Thus merely with the garment of a Grace O, that infected moisture of his eye, GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE WORDS, AND OF WORDS VARYING FROM THEIR ORDINARY SIGNIFICATION. or acensation. Actures, actions. for two years. Apply, to attend to, consider. Appointment, preparation. Apprehension, opinion. Bairn, brushwood. Baldrick, a belt. Bale, misery. Baleful, baneful. Action, direction by mute signs, charge, Apprehensive, quick of comprehen-Balked, bathed or piled up. Action-taking, litigious. Additions, titles or characters. Address, to prepare, to make ready. Addressed, or addrest, ready. Advance, to prefer. sion. Ballase, ballast. Balm, the oil of consecration Band, bond. Bandy, to exchange smartly Banquet, a slight repast. Barbason, the name of a demon. Barbed, warlikely caparisoned. Bare, mere. Barful, full of impediments. Barn, or bairn, a child. Base, a rustic game called prison-base Bases, a kind of loose breeches wors by equestrian knights. Basilisks, a species of cannon. Basta, 'tis enough. Bastard, raisin wine. Bat, a club. Bate, strife. Bate, to flutter as a hawk. Batlet, an instrument with which washers used to beat clothes. Batten, to grow fat. Battle, army. Bawcock, a jolly fellow. Bay, the space between the main beams of a house. Bay-curial, a bay docked horse. tained to pray for their benefactor Beak, the forecastle. Bear a brain, to perfectly resemble Attorneyship, the discretional agency Beard, to defy. of another. Bearing, demeanour Bearing-cloth, a mantle used at chris-Bow, yoke. Bolds, emboldens. Bowlins or bowlines, tackle of a ship. Bordered, restrained. Brace, armour for the arm. Brack, to salt. Braid, crafty, deceitful. Brake, an instrument of torture; also a thicket. Brands, a part of the andirons on which the wood for the fire was supported. Brasier, a manufacturer of brass; also, Brawl, a kind of dance. Break with, to break the matter to. Bias-cheek, swelling out like the bias Breast, voice. of a bowl. Bid, to invite. Breath, speech, also exercise. Breathing-courtesy, mere verbal compliment. Breeched, foully sheathed, mired. Breeching, liable to be flogged. Breathed, inured by constant practice. Bilbo, a Spanish blade, made at Bilboa Breathe, to utter. Bill, articles of accusation. Breed bate, an exciter of quarrels. Bill, a weapon, formerly carried by Bridal, the nuptial feast. watchmen. Bin, is. Bring, to attend or accompany. Brize, the gad, or horse-fly. Bird-bolt, an arrow shot at birds from Broach, to put on the spit, to transfix. a cross-bow. Bissor, blind. Brock, the badger. Brogues, a kind of shoes. Brow of youth, the height of youth. Brown'st, a follower of Brown, a sec. tarian. Bruising-irons, an allusion to the an Bung, a cut-purse. Burgonet, a helmet. Busky, woody. with. Buxom, obedient. Canary, a dance. Candle-wasters, those who sit up a Canvas-climber, a sailor. Cap, to salute by taking off the cap Capon, metaphor for a letter. Carbonado, a piece of meat cut cross compass. Carded, mixed. Care, inclination. Careires, the motion of a horse; t Case, skin, outward garb. Cassock, a horseman's loose coat. Castilian, an opprobrious term. Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at shafts Censure, to give an opinion. By'rlaken, by our lady. C. Caddis, worsted lace. Cade, a barrel. Cadent, falling. Cage, a prison. Cain-coloured, yellow Caitiff, a scoundrel. Boot, profit, something over and above. Calculate, to foretell. Bosom wish, heart's desire. Bots, w、rms in a horse's stomach Bourn, undary, rivulet. •2 Centuries, companies of an hundred men each. Codling, an unripe apple. confederate. Coasting, conciliatory, Cob-loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf. Cock, cock-boat. Cock-and-pye, a vulgar oath. Cockshut-time, twilight. Cockle-hat, a pilgrim's hat. Cockle, a corn-weed. Codding, amorous. Codpiece, a part of the dress. Coffin, the cavity of a raised ple. Cog, to cheat with dice, to lie. Cognizance, badge or token. Cogging, lying. Conversion, change of condition. Conveyance, slight of hand, theft. Conveyed himself, derived his title. Copatain hat, a hat with a conical crown Coragio, courage, be of good cheer. Coigne of vantage, convenient corner. Corinth, a brothel. Cote, to overtake. Coted, quoted, regarded. Cotsale, Cotswood in Gloucester. Count, to reckon upon. Countenance, favour; also, false ap pearance, hypocrisy. Counter, a hunting term. Counter-caster, one who reckons with counters. Counter-check, a term in chess, Courses, the mainsail and foresail. Cowlstaff, a staff used in carrying a basket. Coy, to soothe. Coyed, yielded reluctantly. Coystril, a coward cock, a poltroon. Cozier, a tailor, a botcher. Crack, dissolution; also, a boy-child. Cranks, windings. Cranking or crankling, the rush of s river. Crants, garlands. Crare, a small trading vessel. Crash, to be merry over. Craven, a cowardly cock, mean, cow. ardly. Create, compounded, made up of. Credit, account, information, credulity Crest, the summit. Crestless, those who have no right to armorial bearings. Crewel, worsted. Crisp, curled, winding. Critic, cvnic. Critical, censorious. Crone, a very old woman. Crosses, money stamped with a cross. Crow-keeper, a scarecrow. Crownet, last purpose. Crulentious, cruel. Crusado, a Portuguese coin. Crush, to drink. Crush a cup, to crack a bottle. Cry, a pack of hounds. Cub-drawn, alluding to a bear whose dugs are dry. Cue, a theatrical term, the last word Curled, ostentatiously dressed. Cursed, under the influence of a male diction. Curst, petulant, ill tempered, crabbed harsh. Curstness, ill-humour. Curtail, a little cur. Curtal, a docked horse. Curtle-axe, a cutlass, broad-sword. |