name for a wife.

Kiln-hole, the place into which coals are put under a stove. Kirtle, a sort of garment. Knap, to break short. Knotts, figures into which part of a garden was disposed. Known, sometimes for been acquainted.

Laced mutton, cant name for a

courtesan.

Line, genealogy.

Link, a torch, used to make old hats black.

Linstock, the staff to which the match is fixed, when ordnance is fired.

List, the bound or limit. Lither, flexible, or yielding. Loach, a very small fish, exceedingly prolific.

Lob, an epithet implying dullness and inactivity. Lock, a particular lock of hair, called a love-lock. Lockram, a kind of linen. Lode-star, leading star,,' pole-star.

Loggats, a game played with bowl and pins.

Longing, for longed, wished, or desired.

Longly, longingly.

Loofed, brought close to the

wind.

Manage, conduct, administra- | tion. Mandragora, a plant of soporific virtue.

Mandrake, a root, supposed to have the shape of a man, and to groan when pulled from the ground.

Mankind, i. e. witch, a masculine witch.

Manner, with the manner, in the fact.

Marchpane, a kind of sweet
confection, or biscuit.
Marches, borders, confines.
Martlemas, the latter spring.
Mated, confounded.
Meacock, timorous, dastardly.
Mealed, sprinkled, or mingled.
Mean, a tenor.

Measure, a solemn dance.
Meazels, lepers.
Medicin, physician.
Meditation, quickness of en-
thusiastic thought.
Meiney, people. Fr.
Mell, to meddle with.
Memory, sometimes used for
memorial.

Mends, the means, the wherewithal.

Mere, sometimes for absolute, entire, total.

[tion.

Mered question, the sole ques-
Mewed, contined.
Micher, a truant.
Miching mallecho, a secret mis-
chief.

Minute-jacks, Jack o'lantern.
Miscreate, illegitimate,

ons.

Momentary, short, momentary Monster, to make monstrous. Moonish, variable.

Mope, to be stupid or foolish. Mopes and mowes, wry faces and mockings.

Mort, i. e. of the deer, a tune on the death of the deer. Mortal, abounding. Mortified, religious, retired, peaceable.

Motion, sometimes for puppet; puppetshows were called motions,

Motive, sometimes for assistant, or mover. Mouldwarp, the mole. Moys, pieces of gold. Much, sometimes an expression of admiration or disdain. Muckwater, the drain of a dungbill.

Muffler, a part of the female head-dress.

Mulled, softened, dispirited. Mummy, the liquor that runs from mummies.

Mundane, worldly.
Mure, wall.
Murky, dark.
Muss, a scramble.
Mutine, to mutiny, or a muti-

Neif, fist.

Nether-stocks, stockings.
Newt, the eft.

Next, sometimes for nearest. Nice, sometimes for silly, trifing.

Nick, reckoning or count.
To nick, to set the mark of folly

on.

Night-rule, frolic of the night. Nill, shall not.

Nine men's morris, figures cut out in the turf for a game so called.

Noble touch, true metal unalloyed.

Nonce, for the nonce, on purpose. Noon-tide prick,

point on the dial.

noontide

cropt.

Novum, a game at dice.
Nouzle, to nurstle a fondling.
Nowl, a head.
Nurture, education.
Nut hood, a catchpole.

Odd-even, the interval between twelve at night and one in the morning.

Od's pitikins, God's my pity.
Oeliads, glances of the eye. Fr.
Oes, circles.

Onyers, probably for owners.
Opal, a precious stone, of al-
most all colours.
Operant, active.

Pash, head.

To pash, to butt, or strike with violence.

Passed, sometimes for surpassed all expression. Passy-measure, a kind of Patch, a fool. [dance. Path, to walk.

Patines, round broad plates. Pavin, a kind of dance. Paucas palabris, few words, corrupted from the Sp. pocas palabras.

Peat, pet, or darling, a spoiled child.

Peculiar, belonging to an individual.

conceit.

Orbs, fairy circles.

Ordinance, rank.

Orgulous, proud. Fr.

Ostent, ostentation or demonstration.

Overcrows, overcomes, triumphs over.

Overscutched, whipt, or carted, applied to low prostitutes. Ouples, fairies.

Ousel-cock, supposed the cock black-bird.

Out-vied, defeated, a term in
the old game of gleek.
Owe, sometimes used for own.
Oxlip, the greater cowslip.

Pack, to make a bargain, or
act collusively.
Packings, frauds.

Payed, beaten, drabbed. Hen.
IV. st. Part, punished.
Pale, sometimes dominions,
boundaries.

Pall, to wrap, or invest.
Palled, vapid, decayed.
Palmers, pilgrims who visited
holy places.
Palmy, victorious.
Palter, to shuffle.

Paragoned, peerless, without
comparison.
Parcell-based, half-bawd.
To parcell, sometimes to reckon.
Parcell-gilt, partly gilt.
Pariters, apparitors, officers of
the spiritual court.
Parle, dispute by words.
Parlous, perilous, keen,
shred.

out.

Peevish, sometimes for foolish. Peise, to weigh, to keep in suspense. Fr.

Pelting, sometimes for paltry.
Pennons, small flags.
Perdu, one of the forlorn hope.
Fr.

Perdurable, lasting.
Perdy, a corruption of the
French oath, par Dieu.
Perfect, sometimes used for
certain, or well assured.
Periapts, charms worn about
the neck.

Pew-fellow, a companion. Pheere, a mate, or companion Pheese, to plague, or tease. I'll pheese you, I'll comb your

head.

Pia Mater, the membrane that protects the substance of the brain.

Pick, sometimes for to pitch. Pickers, hands.

Pick-thank, an officicus para. site.

Piece, sometimes used as an
epithet of contempt.
Pieled, shaved.

Pight, pitched, fixed.
Pilcher, leathern sheath.
Piled, that which has lost the
hair.

Piled-esteemed, probably for
vile-esteemed.
Pilled, pillaged.
Pinfold, a pound.
Pink eyne, red eyes.

Pinnace, anciently signified a ship of small burthen.

Race, a single root.
Kack, the last fleeting vestige
of the highest clouds.
To rack, to harass by exactions.
Ram, for rain.

Rampallion, a ramping low

creature.

Rapt, rapturously affected. Rated sinew, a strength reckoned upon.

Ravin, to devour voraciously.
Raught, reached.
Hawly, without preparation,
suddenly, hastily.
Rayed, bewrayed."
Raze, a bale.

Recheat, a horn, a tune to call
the dogs back.
Reck, to care for.
Reckless, careless.
Recorders, a kind of flute.
Red-lattice phrases, alehouse
conversation, from the form
of the doors and windows.
Red plague, the erysipelas, St.
Antony's fire.
Reechy, discoloured by smoke.
Reels, probably for wheels.
Refel, to confute.

Regreet, exchange of saluta

tion.

Reguerdon, recompense, re

turn.

Rheumatic, for capricious, ha

moursome.
Rib, to enclose.
Ribald, lewd fellow.
Rid, to destroy.
Rift, to split.
Riggish, wanton.
Rigol, a circle.

Rim, probably a cant word for

money.

Ringed, encircled.

Rivage, the bank or shore.
Rivality, equal rank.
Rivals, equals.

Rive, to discharge or burst.
Romage, tumultuous hurry.
Rongon, a scab, a despicable
person.

Rood, the cross.

Rooky, abounding with rooks.
Ropetricks, rogaish tricks, or
abusive language.
Ropery, roguery.

Roundel, a circular dance.
Roundure, a circle.

Rouse, a draught of jollity.
carousal.

Royal, or real, a coin of the
value of ten shillings.
Royally attorneyed, nobly sup-
plied by substitution of em-
bassies.

Roynish, mangy, scurvy.
Ruddock, the redbreast.
Ruffle, to be noisy, disorderly.
Ruffling, bustling or rustling.
Rule, method of life.
Kump-fed, fed with offals.
Rush, for rush-ring.
Ruth, pity, compassion.

Sacarson, the name of a bear.
Sacring-bell, the bell which
gives notice of the host ap
proaching.

Sad ostent, grave appearance.
Sagg, to sink down.
Sallet, a helmet.
Saltiers, satyrs.

Samingo, San Domingo.
Sandied, of a sandy colour, the
colour of the true blood
hound.

Saw, discourse.

Say, old word for silk.

Scale, to disperse, to spread 1 Scaling, weighing.

Scamble, to scramble.

Scanned, examined nicely.

plexion.

Revolts, revolters.