Barbe, a kind of veil. Barber-monger, one who consorts with barbers, a low fellow. Barm, yeast; used in the midland counties, and in Ireland and Scotland. Barnacles, a kind of shell-fish, growing on the bottom of ships. Barne, a child. Barrfull, full of impediments. Bases, a kind of loose breeches. Basta, 'tis enough. Bate, strife or contention. Batlet, the instrument with which washers beat their coarse clothes. Batten, to grow fat. Bavin, brushwood, which, fired, burus fiercely, but is soon out. Bawcock, perhaps from beau and coq, a jolly cock, or cock of the game. Bay curtal, a bay docked horse. Bay windows, bow windows. Beadsmen, chaplains, or per sons maintained by charity to pray for their benefactor. Bear a brain, to have a perfect remembrance. Beck, a salutation made with Besmirch, to foul or dirty. Bestraught, distracted. Beteem, to give or bestow, or to permit, deign, or suffer. Bevy, a company, or number, originally applied to larks. Bewray, betray, discover. Bezonian, a term of reproach; from bisognoso, a needy per son. Bias cheek, swelling out like the bias of a bowl. Bid the base, to challenge in a contest. Biggin, a kind of cap, worn now only by children. Bilberry, the whurtle-berry. Bilbo, a Spanish blade, flexible and elastic; the best of which are made at Bilboa. Bilboes, a bar of iron, with fetters annexed to it, by which mutinous sailors were adciently linked together; derived from Bilboa, which was famous for the manufacture of instruments of steel. The bilboes may be seen in the Tower of London, among the spoils of the Spanish armada. Bill, articles of accusation. Bill, the old weapon of English infantry, still used by the watchmen in some towns. Bin, is. Bird-bolt, a short thick arrow without a point, used to kill rooks, and shot from a crossbow. Bisson, blind. Black cornered night, night which is as obscure as a dark Blank, i. e. of the eye, the white, or the white mark at which arrows are discharged. Blank and level, mark and aim, terms of gunnery. Blase, i. e. of youth, the spring of early life. Blench, to start off, to fly off. Blent, blended, mixed together. Blind-worms, the Cæcilia, or slow-worm. Block, the thing on which a hat is formed. Blurted, or blurt, an expression of contempt. Bobbed, fooled out of, cheated. Bodge, to botch, or to budge. Boitier, a box to hold salve, or simples. Bolds, emboldens. Boltered, bedaubed, begrimed. Bolting-hutch, a wooden receptacle into which the meal is bolted. Bombard, a barrel. Bona-robas, ladies of pleasure. Bores, stabs, or wounds. Borne in hand, deceived, imposed upon. Bosky, woody; bosky acres are Boulted, sifted, or refined. Bower, chamber. Brace, the armour for the arm: warlike brace, state of defence. Brach, a kind of hound; or used as a term of contempt. Brack, to salt. -Braid, crafty or deceitful. Brain's flow, tears. Brake, an instrument of torture, or a thicket or furzebush. Brands, a part of the andirons, on which the wood for the fire was supported. Brasier, a manufacturer in brass, or a reservoir for charcoal. Brave, to make fine; bravery was the old term for elegance of dress. Bravely, splendidly, or gal lantly. Bravery, finery. Brawl, a kind of dance. Braying, an epithet applied to the sound of the trumpet, harsh, grating. Break, to begin. Break up, to carve. Break with, to break the matter to. Broker, deals as a broker. Brooch, a trinket with a pin fixed to it. Brooched, adorned. Brow, i. e. of youth, the height of youth. Brown bill, a kind of battle-axe affixed to a stick. Brownist, a follower of Brown, a sectarian. Bruising irons, an allusion to the ancient mace. Bruit, noise, or report. Brush, i. e. of time, decay by time. Buckle, to bend, or yield to Bug, bugbear. [pressure. Bugle, hunting-horn. Bulk, body. Bumbard, a large vessel for holding drink." Bung, a cut-purse. Bunting, the name of a bird. Burst, to break, or broken. Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at butts with. Buxom, under good command, obedient. Caddis-garter, a kind of wor sted garter. Caddises, worsted lace. Cadent, falling. Cage, a prison. Calculate, to foretell or pro- Caliver, a light kind of musket. Canker, the canker-rose, dog- Cantons, used for cantos. climbs the mast to furl the Carl, clown, husbandman. carl. Cased lion, a lion irritated by Cassock, a horseman's loose coat. Cast, to empty, to throw or reject. Cast lips, left-off lips. Cast the water, to find out Cataian, a liar; the first adven- Caviare, too good for, orforeign to. Caviare, a luxurious Russian Cautel, subtlety, or deceit. Cearment, the wrapping of an Cess, measure, tax, or subsidy. for one stolen. Channel, kennel. Charles-wain, vulgar name for Case of lives, a set of lives, or Charneco, a kind of sweet wine. pair of any thing. Chases, a term in tennis. Chaudron, entrails. Cockshut-time, twilight. Cheater, for escheatour, an of- Cockle, a weed which grows up ficer in the Exchequer. Check, command, control. Cheer, countenance. Cherry-pit, pitching cherrystones into a little hole. Cheveril, kid-skin soft leather. Chewet, or chuet, a pie, a noisy, chattering bird, or a fat pudding. Chide, resound, reecho. Child, sometimes applied to knights and heroes. Childing, pregnant. Choppine, a high shoe or clog. Chopping, jabbering, talking glibly. Chough, a bird of the jackdaw kind. Christom, or chrisom, a christened child. Chrystals, eyes. [dearment. Chuck, chicken, a term of enChuffs, rich, avaricious people. Circummured, walled round. Circumstance, circumlocution. Circumstanced, treated according to circumstances. Cital, recital. Clack-dish, a beggar's dish, Clamour, when bells are at the height, in order to cease them the repetition of the strokes becomes much quicker than before, which is called clamouring them Clap in, fall to. Clapped i the clout, hit the white mark. Claw, to flatter. Clean kam, awry. Clearest, purest. Clepe, to call. Clerkly, like a scholar. Clout, the white mark at which Cock and pye, a popular adjuration. with corn. Cockled, like the fish called a cockle. Cockle-hat, cockle-shell hat, such as pilgrims wore. Cockney, a well-known term of reproach. Codding, amorous. Codpiece, a piece of dress. Coffin, ancient term for the raised crust of a pie. Cog, to falsify the dice, to lie. Cogging, lying. Coigne of vantage, convenient corner. Coignes, corners. Collection, consequence or corollary. Collied, black, smutted with coal, discoloured. Collier, a term of reproach, from the impositions of coaldealers. Comart, a bargain. Conduct, conductor. Coney-catched, cheated. Conject, conjecture. deceived, Consent, used sometimes for will. Continent, that which contains or encloses. Contraction, marriage, con Copatain hat, a hat with a conical crown. Copped, rising to a top or head. Coster-monger, a dealer in cos,ters, or costards, a kind of apples. Cote, to overtake. Couch, to lie with. Counter-caster, one who reckons by counters. Countercheck, an old term in the game of chess. Counterfeit, sometimes used for a portrait. Counterpoints, counterpanes. County, ancient term for a nobleman. Courser's-hair, alluding to the notion that the hair of a horse, dropt into a corrupted water, will turn to an animal. Courses, the mainsail and foresail. Court-cupboard, sideboard. Cowed, restrained, or made cowardly. Cower, to sink by bending the hams. Cowlstaff, a staff for carrying a large tub or basket with two handles. [ly. Coyed, condescended reluctantCoystril, a coward cock, a paltry fellow. Cozier, a tailor, from cousu; or a cobbler, or sowter. Crack, a child. Crack of doom, dissolution of Crone, old worn-out woman. Cross-gartered, an article of puritanical dress. Crow-keeper, a scare-crow. Crush, to drink. Crusado, a Portuguese coin. Cry, a pack or troop. Cub-drawn, i. e. bear, one whose dugs are drawn dry. Cuisses, armour for the thighs, cuisses, Fr. Cunning, knowing, skilfal, in a good meaning. Curb, to bend and truckle, from courber. Curled, ostentatiously dressed. Curtle axe, a cutlass, broadsword. Customer, a common woman. Oth. &c. or one who visits such. Cut, horse. Cut and long tail, a phrase from Daff, or Doff, to put off. |