Draf-fak, 4204, a fack full of draff. Drafty, adj. Sax. of no more value than draff, 13851. Dragges, n. pl. Fr. drugs, 428. Drede, n. Sax. fear, doubt; withouten drede, 4449, without doubt; out of drede, 5313, out of doubt. Drede, v. Sax. to fear, 2595. Dred, pa. t. 8056, for drad. Dredeful, adj. timorous; 1481, 11621. Dredeles, adv. without doubt, T. i. 1035. Dreint, pa. t.& part. of drenche,drowned, 11690,3520. Drenche, v. neut. Sax. to be drowned, 3521, 5343- Dretche, v. act. Sax. to vex, to trouble, T. ii. 1471. Dretche, v. neut. Sax. to delay, T.ii. 1264, iv. 1446; Conf. Am. 178. Dretching, n. delay, T. iii: 855. Drie, v. Sax. to fuffer, R. 4390, 7484; T. v. 264, 296. Drife, v. Sax. to drive, R. 1874. Drinkeles, adj. Sax. without drink, T. ii. 718. Dronkelew, adj, Sax. given to drink,7625,12429; P.P. 41. Dronken, part. pa. of drink, v. Sax. drunk, 7481. Drough, pa. t. of draw,v.Sax. drew, T. v.1557; L. W. 1457. Drovy, adj. Sax. dirty, P. 238. Druerie, n. Fr. courtship, gallantry, 13823; R. 844— a mistrefs, R. 5064. See Du Cange in v. Drudaria. The reader may perhaps be not displeased to fee the following difcription of a drut or lover by Guillem Aefmar, a Provencal poet, mf. Crofts, fol. 219. Ben paoc ama drut, qi non es gelos, Qant eu li quier merce en genoillos Et eu li bais la bucha els ols amdos, Drugge, v. Sax, to drag, 1418. Dubbed, part. pa. Sax. created a knight, P. 231; the phrafe is derived from the ftroke, (with a fword or otherwife) which was always a principal ceremony at the creation of a knight; at dubban, Inland. fignifies to ftrike: this ftroke in French was called la colée. See L'Ordene de Chevalerie par Hue de Tabarie, ver. 244, feq. publifhed by M. Barbazan 1759, and Du Cange in v. Alapa Militaris. Duetee, n. Fr. duty, what is due to any one,6934, 6973. Dulle, v. act. Sax. to make dull, 16561. Dulle, v. neut. Sax. to grow dull, R. 4792. Dun is in the mire, 16954. See Ray's Proverbial Similes, p. 219, as dull as Dun in the mire. I fuppofe Dun was a nickname given to the afs from his colour, as well as Burnell. See the n. on ver. 15318. Dure, v. Fr. to endure, 1362, 11148. Dureffe, n. Fr. hardfhip, feverity, R. 3547- Drvale, n. Sax. a sleeping potion, 4159; C. L. 998. E. Eared, part. pa. ploughed, F. i. 485. See Ere. Ecclefiaft, n. an ecclefiaftical perfon, 710-the book of Ecclefiaftes or Ecclefiafticus, 6233. Eche, adj. Sax. ælce, each one, every one, of any number, 39, 662, 1134. Eche, v. Sax. to add, F. iii. 975-to add to, to encrease, T. i. 706. Edippe, pr. n. OEdipus, T. iv. 300. Effect, n. Fr. fubftance, 7033, 9272. Eft, adv. Sax. again, 1671, 5212, 10945. Eftfone, eftfones, adv. Sax. foon after, presently, 3489, 5329, 6390. Egalitee, n. Fr. equality, P. 258. Eger, egre, adj. Fr. fharp, P. 145; R. 217. Egge, v. Sax. to incite, P. 260. Eggement, n. Sax. incitement, 5262. Egging, n. 10009, as eggement. Egremoine, n. Fr. agrimony, 16268. Eire, for air, 3473. Eifel, n. Sax. vinegar, R. 217. Elat, part. pa. Lat. elated, 14173. Elde, n. Sax. old age, 6797, 10054. "Elde, v. Sax. to make old, R. 391, 2.--v. neut. to grow old, R. 395. Elenge, adj. ftrange, 6781. See the note, but I much diftruft the etymology there proposed from Gloff. Ur. In ver. 13152 it feems to fignify dull, cheerlefs, as in P. P. III, b. hevy-chered I yede, and elenge in herte. And fo perhaps it fhould be understood in the paffages quoted from C. N. 115, and P. P. 3 b. and 46 b. Elengeneffe, n.R. 7406; in the orig. Soucy, care, trouble. Elfe, n. Sax, a witch, 5174—a faery, 6455 Elf-quene, n. queen of elves or faeries, 6442, 13720, 4. Eli, pr. n. 7472, feems to be put for Elie. See 1 Kings, chap. 19. Elie, pr. n. Elijah,7698. The Carmelites pretend that Elifee, pr. n. Elisha, the difciple of Elijah, 7698. Embrouded, part. pa. Fr. embroidered, 89; L.W.119. Emforth, prep. Sax. even with; emforth my might, 2237, even with my might, with all my power; emforth my wit, T. ii. 243, to the utmost of my underftanding: it is a corruption of exenford, which occurs at length in P. P. 66, b. even forth with thyfelfe, and r08, b. he did equitie for all even forth his power. Empeire, v. Fr. to impair, hurt, 10072. Emperice, n. Fr. emperefs, 6828, 11360. Emplaftre, v. Fr. to plafter over, 10171. Emplie, v. to infold, to involve, Bo. v. m. 1; implicat, orig. Empoifoner, n. Fr. a poifoner, 12328. Empresse, v. neut. Fr. to crowd, 9452, 16539. Emprife, n. Fr. undertaking, 2542. Empte, v. Sax. to empty, 16209. Enbattelled, part. pa. Fr. indented like a battlement, 14866. Enbibing, part. pr. Lat. imbibing, 16082. Enbofed, part. pa. Fr. embosqué, sheltered in a wood, Du. 353. Enboffed, part. pa. Fr. embosse, raised, L. W. 1198. Enbraude, v. Fr. to embroider, L. W. 2340. Encenfe, n. Fr. incenfe, 2279. Encenfe, v. Fr. to burn incenfe, 15863; to burn incenfe to, 15880. Enchaufing, n. Fr. heat, P. 253. Enchefon, n. Fr. caufe, occafion, 10770; M. 297. Encorporing, part. pr. Fr. incorporating, 16283. Endelong, prep. Sax. along, 2680,11304-adv.length ways, 1993. Endetted, part. pa. Fr. indebted, 16202. Eneidos, pr. n. Virgil's Æneis, 15365. Enfamined, part. pa. Fr. hungry, L. W. 2418. C. L. 217. Enforce, v. Fr. to ftrengthen, 5922. Enforced, part. pa. constrained by force, P. 261. Enfortune, v.Fr. to endow with a certain fortune, C.M. 106. Engendrure, n. Fr. generation, 5716,5719. Engined, part. pa. Fr. racked, tortured, 15066. Engluting, 16234, rather enluting, stopping with clay. · Engregge, v. Fr. to aggravate, P. 261. Engreve, v. Fr. to hurt, R. 3444. Enbaunfe, v. Fr. to raife, 1436. Enbaunfed, part. pa. raised, 9248. Enhort, v. Fr. to exhort, 2853. Enlaced, part. pa. Fr. entangled, Bo. v. pr. 1. |