in a difficulty whichever way he may reply, 93, 9 diriges, funeral hymns, 5, 14 disagreement, refusal, objection, 78, 5

discharge (to), to relieve from blame, to acquit, 214, 3 discompose (to), to interfere with, to remove from a position, 217, 33 discountenancer, a depressor, one who strives to keep others down, II2, 20

discover (to), to unfold, disclose, explain, 104, 24 discovery, enquiry, espionage, 35,

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disguises, masks, court entertainments of a dramatical kind, 219,

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disinherison, the disinheriting, 8, 19: 15, 17

disinterest (to), to relieve from obligation, 55, 20

dismes (Fr. disme), tithes, tenth parts, a term employed in taxation, 142, 27: 143, 5 dismiss himself (to), to resign voluntarily, 200, 31 dispeopling, the emptying a country of people, 82, 22

distaste, a dislike, dissatisfaction, 125, 7

distasted with, out of love with, disliking, 163, 21 distemper (to), to spoil the character of, to lead wrong, 81, 26 dormant, slumbering, ready to be waked up, 171, 6

doubt (to) to fear, 130, 11 doubts, fears, 55, 10

drape (to), to manufacture cloth, 74, I

drapery, the manufacturing of cloth, 73, 27

drily, meanly, scurvily, 181, 11 dry, profitless, unproductive, 104, 7

ducats, coins originally issued by

the Italian dukes. They were generally of gold, 102, 19

edify (to), in the phrase to cdify with to produce an effect upon, 145, I

embar (to), to put a stop to, forbid, 119, 27

engage (to), to pledge, pawn or mortgage, 103, 14

engine, a plot or stratagem, 38, 19 entertain, to cherish, gratify, please, 181, 32 entertainment (a countenance of), manners of society, a company face, 204, 5

entire (n.), entirety, 143, 26 entire, trustworthy, faithful, 220, 8 escuage, a tax or feudal duty paid in lieu of military service, 148,

32 espials, spies, 105, 12: 106, 32: 116, 14, 17

evading, escaping, getting clear of, 219, 23

evangile, good news, a pledge of peace, end of all litigation, 134, 22 exasperate, embittered, exasperated, 77, 3 exhibition, maintenance, support, as the term is now used in schools and colleges, 200, 21 expect (to), to wait for, 64, 1: 108, 24: 138, 18

expedite (adj.), prepared for the march (of troops), 166, 9 expedited, issued, sent forth, 200,

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extraordinary (adv.), extraordinarily, 158, 11

extreme (adv.), exceedingly, very, 202, 28

eye (to), to have regard unto, 54, 27

fact, act, deed, 50, 29: 105, 4 fancy (to), to have a liking for, to think well of, 154, 14

gossip, godfather, 106, 1 grace (to fall into), to become a favourite, 68, 17

greece (Lat. gradus, Romance, grès), stairs or steps, 162, 17

groat, a silver fourpence, 197, 15

habilitate, legally qualified, 15, 31 half-couraged, faint-hearted, 155, 13

half-face, partial resemblance, 191,

half-pace, the uppermost step be

tween the chancel and the choir of a church, 98, 3.

hand, signature to a bond, 102, 24 hand (to bear in), to make believe, 95, 4

hardly, sparingly, thriftily, 148,

impound (to), to shut up, enclose, confine, 154, 5 impropriate (to), to appropriate, gain for one's own, 17, 9: 216,

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impuissance, want of power, weakness, 92, 15

incense, honorary offerings, signs of joy, 188, 29

inchoation, first efforts, commencement, 62, 22: 92, 6 incompetent, unfounded, without grounds, unsatisfactory, 31, 1: unable to sue in a court of justice, as persons not yet of full age and others, 70, 8 indifferent, applying to all alike, impartial, 63, 15

indifferently, impartially, fairly, 187, 15

indubitate, undoubted,

certain,

true, 8, 19 inexpected, unexpected, 213, 24 infausting, an omen of ill-luck, 179, 22

ingenerate, inborn, natural, 6, 17 inheritress, heiress, II, 33 inlawed, under the protection of the law, opposite to outlawed, 16, I

inn (to), to gather in, as of a harvest, 65, 6

innocents, idiots, fools, 207, 19 intelligences, informations, 115, 18 intend (to), to attend to, 70, 18:

157, 7: 209, 3 interested, connected with, con

cerned with, 194, 12 interreign, an interregnum, 9, 10 invasive, partaking of the nature of an invasion, 44, 14 investing, taking possession of, occupying, 173, 2 inviolate, successful, unimpaired, unfailing, 212, 25

inward, intimate, confidential, 126,

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inwardness, confidential communication, 43, 27

itinerary, partaking of the character of a progress or legal visitation, 39, 3

joustings, tournaments, tilts, combats by appointment, 98, 32 jubile, a time of festivity or rejoicing, 183, 2

kindle (to), to provoke, to enrage, 173, 22 king-at-arms, the herald, who regulates (among other duties) the nature and granting of all armorial bearings, 99, 3. kings, used to signify a king and queen, 13, 33: 98, 11: 101, 24 knights-bachelors, a lower order of knighthood than knights-bannerets, 121, IO

knot, confederacy, united band, 113, 29

knowledge (to take), to admit, to let anything be known, 110, 30

labour (to), to urge strongly, to press hard, 110, 24 laics, laymen, 120, 27 land (to take) to land, after a sea-voyage, IOI, 2 land-louper, a wandering vagabond, man of unsettled life, 105, 25

lay down (to), to put aside, give up, 162, 28

laying down, the giving up or laying aside, 149, 5 leave (to), to cease. 81, 22 legiances (more usually spelt alle

giances), lawful services, 142, 7 let (to), to hinder or prevent, 119, 12

159, 15

to fail, cease, leave off,

levy (to), used of a siege, to raise

it and depart, 77, 2 lie (to), to be imprisoned, 209, 9

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old, computed at an ancient valuation; so old rent rents which had not been raised from the old standard, and which might therefore be largely advanced, 123, 7

opinion, popular repute, common fame, 104, 6

oppignorated, pledged, given in pledge, 91, 31

orator, ambassador, 162, 9 ordnance, great guns, chief ar tillery, 21, 6

out (to be), not to know one's part, to be at fault, 104, 21 over-liver, the longer liver of the two, 175, 5

overmerit, desert so great that no

reward can repay it, 122, 29 over-rule (to), to set aside, 124, 8

overseen, deceived, mistaken, looking beyond the mark, 163, 17 over-trading, bringing in too many imports, without taking away a corresponding quantity of exports, 58, 32

over-weighed, out-weighed, counterbalanced, 122, 27,

oyer and terminer, the French title of courts of assize, having power to hear and decide, 178, 5

pact, agreement, compact, 7, 19: 27, 30: 144, 23

pain, penalty, fine, punishment, 191, 30

pale, a term used for the parts round Calais, where English rule prevailed, 75, 32.

The word is also used of those parts of Ireland where the law of England was recognized parricides, used to signify any murderers, 6, 13

partakers, partizans, confederates 38, 30: 76, 16: 109, 14: 120, 9: 151, 7 particular, a detailed description, 200, 6

particulars, some particular persons, 131, 5

party, plaintiff in a legal cause, 213, 6

passable, tolerable, endurable, 40, 30

passages, circumstances which have occurred or come to pass, 107, 15

passing (adv.), exceedingly, 181, 8 pedantical, savouring of the schoolmaster, 187, 29 peregrination, wandering to and fro, 107, 27 perforce, by force, 168, 21 person, character, 23, 14 perspective, inquisition, examination, looking into, 25, 31 pesterous, pestiferous, pernicious, 196, 29

phthisic, phthisis, consumption,

209, 2

piece, a part to play, 207, 27 pieces, pictures, 4, 7

pill (to), to peel, strip bare, 149, [ pilling, peeling, stripping of the hair (pilum), or skin (pellis),

142, 17, 27

place (to take), to prevail, to assert itself, 190, 14

(to take no) to be unsuccessful, 68, 3 plausible, used in a good sense, as

excellent, praiseworthy, 7, 30 plays, dramas in real life, 178, 13 plume (to), to pluck off the fea thers, to strip bare, 103. 16 points, ribbons or laces wherewith

to tie parts of the dress, 195, 33 poll (to), lit. to cut the hair, and hence, to shear down in any way, 148, 33

pontifical, priestly or papal, 220,

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