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CADUCEUS, Mercury's wand CALIVER, light kind of musket CALLET, woman of ill repute CALLOT, coif worn on the wigs of our judges or serjeants-at-law (Gifford) CALVERED, crimped, or sliced and pickled. (See Nares) CAMOUCCIO, wretch, knave CAMUSED, flat CAN, knows CANDLE-RENT, rent from house property CANDLE-WASTER, one who studies late CANTER, sturdy beggar CAP OF MAINTENCE, an insignia of dignity, a cap of state borne before kings at their coronation; also an heraldic term CAPABLE, able to comprehend, fit to receive instruction, impression CAPANEUS, one of the "Seven against Thebes" CARACT, carat, unit of weight for precious stones, etc.; value, worth CARANZA, Spanish author of a book on duelling CARCANET, jewelled ornament for the neck CARE, take care; object CAROSH, coach, carriage CARPET, table-cover CARRIAGE, bearing, behaviour CARWHITCHET, quip, pun CASAMATE, casemate, fortress CASE, a pair CASE, "in --," in condition CASSOCK, soldier's loose overcoat CAST, flight of hawks, couple CAST, throw dice; vomit; forecast, calculate CAST, cashiered CASTING-GLASS, bottle for sprinkling perfume CASTRIL, kestrel, falcon CAT, structure used in sieges CATAMITE, old form of "ganymede" CATASTROPHE, conclusion CATCHPOLE, sheriff's officer CATES, dainties, provisions CATSO, rogue, cheat CAUTELOUS, crafty, artful CENSURE, criticism; sentence CENSURE, criticise; pass sentence, doom CERUSE, cosmetic containing white lead CESS, assess CHANGE, "hunt --," follow a fresh scent CHAPMAN, retail dealer CHARACTER, handwriting CHARGE, expense CHARM, subdue with magic, lay a spell on, silence CHARMING, exercising magic power CHARTEL, challenge CHEAP, bargain, market CHEAR, CHEER, comfort, encouragement; food, entertainment CHECK AT, aim reproof at CHEQUIN, gold Italian coin CHEVEIL, from kidskin, which is elastic and pliable CHIAUS, Turkish envoy; used for a cheat, swindler CHILDERMASS DAY, Innocents' Day CHOKE-BAIL, action which does not allow of bail CHRYSOPOEIA, alchemy CHRYSOSPERM, ways of producing gold CIBATION, adding fresh substances to supply the waste of evaporation CIMICI, bugs CINOPER, cinnabar CIOPPINI, chopine, lady's high shoe CIRCLING BOY, "a species of roarer; one who in some way drew a man into a snare, to cheat or rob him" (Nares) CIRCUMSTANCE, circumlocution, beating about the bush; ceremony, everything pertaining to a certain condition; detail, particular CITRONISE, turn citron colour CITTERN, kind of guitar CITY-WIRES, woman of fashion, who made use of wires for hair and dress CIVIL, legal CLAP, clack, chatter CLAPPER-DUDGEON, downright beggar CLAPS HIS DISH, a clap, or clack, dish (dish with a movable lid) was carried by beggars and lepers to show that the vessel was empty, and to give sound of their approach CLARIDIANA, heroine of an old romance CLARISSIMO, Venetian noble CLEM, starve CLICKET, latch CLIM O' THE CLOUGHS, etc., wordy heroes of romance CLIMATE, country CLOSE, secret, private; secretive CLOSENESS, secrecy CLOTH, arras, hangings CLOUT, mark shot at, bull's eye CLOWN, countryman, clodhopper COACH-LEAVES, folding blinds COALS, "bear no --," submit to no affront COAT-ARMOUR, coat of arms COAT-CARD, court-card COB-HERRING, HERRING-COB, a young herring COB-SWAN, male swan COCK-A-HOOP, denoting unstinted jollity; thought to be derived from turning on the tap that all might drink to the full of the flowing liquor COCKATRICE, reptile supposed to be produced from a cock's egg and to kill by its eye -- used as a term of reproach for a woman COCK-BRAINED, giddy, wild COCKER, pamper COCKSCOMB, fool's cap COCKSTONE, stone said to be found in a cock's gizzard, and to possess particular virtues CODLING, softening by boiling COFFIN, raised crust of a pie COG, cheat, wheedle COIL, turmoil, confusion, ado COKELY, master of a puppet-show (Whalley) COKES, fool, gull COLD-CONCEITED, having cold opinion of, coldly affected towards COLE-HARBOUR, a retreat for people of all sorts COLLECTION, composure; deduction COLLOP, small slice, piece of flesh COLLY, blacken COLOUR, pretext COLOURS, "fear no --," no enemy (quibble) COLSTAFF, cowlstaff, pole for carrying a cowl=tub COME ABOUT, charge, turn round COMFORTABLE BREAD, spiced gingerbread COMING, forward, ready to respond, complaisant COMMENT, commentary; "sometime it is taken for a lie or fayned tale" (Bullokar, 1616)

COMMODITY, "current for --," allusion to practice of money-lenders, who forced the borrower to take part of the loan in the shape of worthless goods on which the latter had to make money if he could COMMUNICATE, share COMPASS, "in --," within the range, sphere COMPLEMENT, completion, completement; anything required for the perfecting or carrying out of a person or affair; accomplishment COMPLEXION, natural disposition, constitution COMPLIMENT, See Complement COMPLIMENTARIES, masters of accomplishments COMPOSITION, constitution; agreement, contract COMPOSURE, composition COMPTER, COUNTER, debtors' prison CONCEALMENT, a certain amount of church property had been retained at the dissolution of the monasteries; Elizabeth sent commissioners to search it out, and the courtiers begged for it CONCEIT, idea, fancy, witty invention, conception, opinion CONCEIT, apprehend CONCEITED, fancifully, ingeniously devised or conceived; possessed of intelligence, witty, ingenious (hence well conceited, etc.); disposed to joke; of opinion, possessed of an idea CONCEIVE, understand CONCENT, harmony, agreement CONCLUDE, infer, prove CONCOCT, assimilate, digest CONDEN'T, probably conducted CONDUCT, escort, conductor CONEY-CATCH, cheat CONFECT, sweetmeat CONFER, compare CONGIES, bows CONNIVE, give a look, wink, of secret intelligence CONSORT, company, concert CONSTANCY, fidelity, ardour, persistence CONSTANT, confirmed, persistent, faithful CONSTANTLY, firmly, persistently CONTEND, strive CONTINENT, holding together CONTROL (the point), bear or beat down CONVENT, assembly, meeting CONVERT, turn (oneself) CONVEY, transmit from one to another CONVINCE, evince, prove; overcome, overpower; convict COP, head, top; tuft on head of birds; "a cop" may have reference to one or other meaning; Gifford and others interpret as "conical, terminating in a point" COPE-MAN, chapman COPESMATE, companion CORV (Lat. Copia), abundance, copiousness CORN ("powder - "), grain COROLLARY, finishing part or touch CORSIVE, corrosive CORTINE, curtain, (arch.) wall between two towers, etc. CORYAT, famous for his travels, published as 'Coryat's Crudities' COSSET, pet lamb, pet COSTARD, head COSTARD-MONGER, apple-seller, coster-monger COSTS, ribs COTE, hut COTHURNAL, from "cothurnus," a particular boot worn by actors in Greek tragedy COTQUEAN, hussy COUNSEL, secret COUNTENANCE, means necessary for support; credit, standing COUNTER. See Compter COUNTER, pieces of metal or ivory for calculating at play COUNTER, "hunt --," follow scent in reverse direction COUNTERFEIT, false coin COUNTERPANE, one part or counterpart of a deed or indenture COUNTERPOINT, opposite, contrary point COURT-DISH, a kind of drinking-cup (Halliwell); N.E.D. quotes from Bp. Goodman's 'Court of James I.: "The king...caused his carver to cut him out a court-dish, that is, something of every dish, which he sent him as part of his reversion," but this does not sound like short allowance or small receptacle COURT-DOR, fool COURTEAU, curtal, small horse with docked tail COURTSHIP, courtliness COVETISE, avarice COWSHARD, cow dung COXCOMB, fool's cap, fool COY, shrink; disdain COYSTREL, low varlet COZEN, cheat CRACK, lively young rogue, wag CRACK, crack up, boast; come to grief CRAMBE, game of crambo, in which the players find rhymes for a given word CRANCH, craunch CRANTON, spider-like; also fairy appellation for a fly (Gifford, who refers to lines in Drayton's "Nimphidia") CRIMP, game at cards CRINCLE, draw back, turn aside CRISPED, with curled or waved hair CROP, gather, reap CROPSHIRE, a kind of herring. (See N.E.D.) CROSS, any piece of money, many coins being stamped with a cross CROSS AND FILE, heads and tails CROSSLET, crucible CROWD, fiddle CRUDITIES, undigested matter CRUMP, curl up CRUSADO, Portuguese gold coin, marked with a cross CRY ("he that cried Italian):, "speak in a musical cadence," intone, or declaim(?); cry up CUCKING-STOOL, used for the ducking of scolds, etc. CUCURBITE, a gourd-shaped vessel used for distillation CUERPO, "in --," in undress CULLICE, broth CULLION, base fellow, coward CULLISEN, badge worn on their arm by servants CULVERIN, kind of cannon CUNNING, skill CUNNING, skilful CUNNING-MAN, fortune-teller CURE, care for CURIOUS(LY), scrupulous, particular; elaborate, elegant(ly), dainty(ly) (hence "in curious") CURST, shrewish, mischievous CURTAL, dog with docked tail, of inferior sort CUSTARD, "quaking --," " -- politic," reference to a large custard which formed part of a city feast and afforded huge entertainment, for the fool jumped into it, and other like tricks were played. (See "All's Well, etc." ii. 5, 40) CUTWORK, embroidery, open-work CYPRES (CYPRUS) (quibble), cypress (or cyprus) being a transparent material, and when black used for mourning

DAGGER (" -- frumety"), name of tavern DARGISON, apparently some person known in ballad or tale DAUPHIN MY BOY, refrain of old comic song DAW, daunt DEAD LIFT, desperate emergency DEAR, applied to that which in any way touches us nearly DECLINE, turn off from; turn away, aside DEFALK, deduct, abate DEFEND, forbid DEGENEROUS, degenerate DEGREES, steps DELATE, accuse DEMI-CULVERIN, cannon carrying a ball of about ten pounds DENIER, the smallest possible coin, being the twelfth part of a sou DEPART, part with DEPENDANCE, ground of quarrel in duello language DESERT, reward DESIGNMENT, design DESPERATE, rash, reckless DETECT, allow to be detected, betray, inform against DETERMINE, terminate DETRACT, draw back, refuse DEVICE, masque, show; a thing moved by wires, etc., puppet DEVISE, exact in every particular DEVISED, invented DIAPASM, powdered aromatic herbs, made into balls of perfumed paste. (See Pomander) DIBBLE, (?) moustache (N.E.D.); (?) dagger (Cunningham) DIFFUSED, disordered, scattered, irregular DIGHT, dressed DILDO, refrain of popular songs; vague term of low meaning DIMBLE, dingle, ravine DIMENSUM, stated allowance DISBASE, debase DISCERN, distinguish, show a difference between DISCHARGE, settle for DISCIPLINE, reformation; ecclesiastical system DISCLAIM, renounce all part in DISCOURSE, process of reasoning, reasoning faculty DISCOURTSHIP, discourtesy DISCOVER, betray, reveal; display DISFAVOUR, disfigure DISPARGEMENT, legal term supplied to the unfitness in any way of a marriage arranged for in the case of wards DISPENSE WITH, grant dispensation for DISPLAY, extend DIS'PLE, discipline, teach by the whip DISPOSED, inclined to merriment DISPOSURE, disposal DISPRISE, depreciate DISPUNCT, not punctilious DISQUISITION, search DISSOLVED, enervated by grief DISTANCE, (?) proper measure DISTASTE, offence, cause of offence DISTASTE, render distasteful DISTEMPERED, upset, out of humour DIVISION (mus.), variation, modulation DOG-BOLT, term of contempt DOLE, given in dole, charity DOLE OF FACES, distribution of grimaces DOOM, verdict, sentence DOP, dip, low bow DOR, beetle, buzzing insect, drone, idler DOR, (?) buzz; "give the --," make a fool of DOSSER, pannier, basket DOTES, endowments, qualities DOTTEREL, plover; gull, fool DOUBLE, behave deceitfully DOXY, wench, mistress DRACHM, Greek silver coin DRESS, groom, curry DRESSING, coiffure DRIFT, intention DRYFOOT, track by mere scent of foot DUCKING, punishment for minor offences DUILL, grieve DUMPS, melancholy, originally a mournful melody DURINDANA, Orlando's sword DWINDLE, shrink away, be overawed

EAN, yean, bring forth young EASINESS, readiness EBOLITION, ebullition EDGE, sword EECH, eke EGREGIOUS, eminently excellent EKE, also, moreover E-LA, highest note in the scale EGGS ON THE SPIT, important business on hand ELF-LOCK, tangled hair, supposed to be the work of elves EMMET, ant ENGAGE, involve ENGHLE. See Ingle ENGHLE, cajole; fondle ENGIN(E), device, contrivance; agent; ingenuity, wit ENGINER, engineer, deviser, plotter ENGINOUS, crafty, full of devices; witty, ingenious ENGROSS, monopolise ENS, an existing thing, a substance ENSIGNS, tokens, wounds ENSURE, assure ENTERTAIN, take into service ENTREAT, plead ENTREATY, entertainment ENTRY, place where a deer has lately passed ENVOY, denouement, conclusion ENVY, spite, calumny, dislike, odium EPHEMERIDES, calendars EQUAL, just, impartial ERECTION, elevation in esteem ERINGO, candied root of the sea-holly, formerly used as a sweetmeat and aphrodisiac ERRANT, arrant ESSENTIATE, become assimilated ESTIMATION, esteem ESTRICH, ostrich ETHNIC, heathen EURIPUS, flux and reflux EVEN, just equable EVENT, fate, issue EVENT(ED), issue(d) EVERT, overturn EXACUATE, sharpen EXAMPLESS, without example or parallel EXCALIBUR, King Arthur's sword EXEMPLIFY, make an example of EXEMPT, separate, exclude EXEQUIES, obsequies EXHALE, drag out EXHIBITION, allowance for keep, pocket-money EXORBITANT, exceeding limits of propriety or law, inordinate EXORNATION, ornament EXPECT, wait EXPLATE, terminate EXPLICATE, explain, unfold EXTEMPORAL, extempore, unpremediated EXTRACTION, essence EXTRAORDINARY, employed for a special or temporary purpose EXTRUDE, expel EYE, "in --," in view EYEBRIGHT, (?) a malt liquor in which the herb of this name was infused, or a person who sold the same (Gifford) EYE-TINGE, least shade or gleam

FACE, appearance FACES ABOUT, military word of command FACINOROUS, extremely wicked FACKINGS, faith FACT, deed, act, crime FACTIOUS, seditious, belonging to a party, given to party feeling FAECES, dregs FAGIOLI, French beans FAIN, forced, necessitated FAITHFUL, believing FALL, ruff or band turned back on the shoulders; or, veil FALSIFY, feign (fencing term) FAME, report FAMILIAR, attendant spirit FANTASTICAL, capricious, whimsical FARCE, stuff FAR-FET. See Fet FARTHINGAL, hooped petticoat FAUCET, tapster FAULT, lack; loss, break in line of scent; "for --," in default of FAUTOR, partisan FAYLES, old table game similar to backgammon FEAR(ED), affright(ed) FEAT, activity, operation; deed, action FEAT, elegant, trim FEE, "in --" by feudal obligation FEIZE, beat, belabour FELLOW, term of contempt FENNEL, emblem of flattery FERE, companion, fellow FERN-SEED, supposed to have power of rendering invisible FET, fetched FETCH, trick FEUTERER (Fr. vautrier), dog-keeper FEWMETS, dung FICO, fig FIGGUM, (?) jugglery FIGMENT, fiction, invention FIRK, frisk, move suddenly, or in jerks; "-- up," stir up, rouse; "firks mad," suddenly behaves like a madman FIT, pay one out, punish FITNESS, readiness FITTON (FITTEN), lie, invention FIVE-AND-FIFTY, "highest number to stand on at primero" (Gifford) FLAG, to fly low and waveringly FLAGON CHAIN, for hanging a smelling-bottle (Fr. flacon) round the neck (?). (See N.E.D.) FLAP-DRAGON, game similar to snap-dragon FLASKET, some kind of basket FLAW, sudden gust or squall of wind FLAWN, custard FLEA, catch fleas FLEER, sneer, laugh derisively FLESH, feed a hawk or dog with flesh to incite it to the chase; initiate in blood-shed; satiate FLICKER-MOUSE, bat FLIGHT, light arrow FLITTER-MOUSE, bat FLOUT, mock, speak and act contemptuously FLOWERS, pulverised substance FLY, familiar spirit FOIL, weapon used in fencing; that which sets anything off to advantage FOIST, cut-purse, sharper FOND(LY), foolish(ly) FOOT-CLOTH, housings of ornamental cloth which hung down on either side a horse to the ground FOOTING, foothold; footstep; dancing FOPPERY, foolery FOR, "-- failing," for fear of failing FORBEAR, bear with; abstain from FORCE, "hunt at --," run the game down with dogs FOREHEAD, modesty; face, assurance, effrontery FORESLOW, delay FORESPEAK, bewitch; foretell FORETOP, front lock of hair which fashion required to be worn upright FORGED, fabricated FORM, state formally FORMAL, shapely; normal; conventional FORTHCOMING, produced when required FOUNDER, disable with over-riding FOURM, form, lair FOX, sword FRAIL, rush basket in which figs or raisins were packed FRAMFULL, peevish, sour-tempered FRAPLER, blusterer, wrangler FRAYING, "a stag is said to fray his head when he rubs it against a tree to...cause the outward coat of the new horns to fall off" (Gifford) FREIGHT (of the gazetti), burden (of the newspapers) FREQUENT, full FRICACE, rubbing FRICATRICE, woman of low character FRIPPERY, old clothes shop FROCK, smock-frock FROLICS, (?) humorous verses circulated at least (N.E.D.); couplets wrapped round sweetmeats (Cunningham) FRONTLESS, shameless FROTED, rubbed FRUMETY, hulled wheat boiled in milk and spiced FRUMP, flout, sneer FUCUS, dye FUGEAND, (?) figment: flighty, restless (N.E.D.) FULLAM, false dice FULMART, polecat FULSOME, foul, offensive FURIBUND, raging, furious

GALLEY-FOIST, city-barge, used on Lord Mayor's Day, when he was sworn into his office at Westminster (Whalley) GALLIARD, lively dance in triple time GAPE, be eager after GARAGANTUA, Rabelais' giant GARB, sheaf (Fr. Gerbe); manner, fashion, behaviour BARD, guard, trimming, gold or silver lace, or other ornament GARDED, faced or trimmed GARNISH, fee GAVEL-KIND, name of a land-tenure existing chiefly in Kent; from 16th century often used to denote custom of dividing a deceased man's property equally among his sons (N.E.D.) GAZETTE, small Venetian coin worth about three-farthings GEANCE, jaunt, errand GEAR (GEER), stuff, matter, affair GELID, frozen GEMONIES, steps from which the bodies of criminals were thrown into the river GENERAL, free, affable GENIUS, attendant spirit GENTRY, gentlemen; manners characteristic of gentry, good breeding GIB-CAT, tom-cat GIGANTOMACHIZE, start a giants' war GIGLOT, wanton GIMBLET, gimlet GING, gang GLASS ("taking in of shadows, etc."), crystal or beryl GLEEK, card game played by three; party of three, trio; side glance GLICK (GLEEK), jest, gibe GLIDDER, glaze GLORIOUSLY, of vain glory GODWIT, bird of the snipe family GOLD-END-MAN, a buyer of broken gold and silver GOLL, hand GONFALIONIER, standard-bearer, chief magistrate, etc. GOOD, sound in credit GOOD-Year, good luck GOOSE-TURD, colour of. (See Turd) GORCROW, carrion crow GORGET, neck armour GOSSIP, godfather GOWKED, from "gowk," to stand staring and gaping like a fool GRANNAM, grandam GRASS, (?) grease, fat GRATEFUL, agreeable, welcome GRATIFY, give thanks to GRATITUDE, gratuity GRATULATE, welcome, congratulate GRAVITY, dignity GRAY, badger GRICE, cub GRIEF, grievance GRIPE, vulture, griffin GRIPE'S EGG, vessel in shape of GROAT, fourpence GROGRAN, coarse stuff made of silk and mohair, or of coarse silk GROOM-PORTER, officer in the royal household GROPE, handle, probe GROUND, pit (hence "grounded judgments") GUARD, caution, heed GUARDANT, heraldic term: turning the head only GUILDER, Dutch coin worth about 4d. GULES, gullet, throat; heraldic term for red GULL, simpleton, dupe GUST, taste

HAB NAB, by, on, chance HABERGEON, coat of mail HAGGARD, wild female hawk; hence coy, wild HALBERD, combination of lance and battle-axe HALL, "a --!" a cry to clear the room for the dancers HANDSEL, first money taken HANGER, loop or strap on a sword-belt from which the sword was suspended HAP, fortune, luck HAPPILY, haply HAPPINESS, appropriateness, fitness HAPPY, rich HARBOUR, track, trace (an animal) to its shelter HARD-FAVOURED, harsh-featured HARPOCRATES, Horus the child, son of Osiris, figured with a finger pointing to his mouth, indicative of silence HARRINGTON, a patent was granted to Lord H. for the coinage of tokens (q.v.) HARROT, herald HARRY NICHOLAS, founder of a community called the "Family of Love" HAY, net for catching rabbits, etc. HAY! (Ital. hai!), you have it (a fencing term) HAY IN HIS HORN, ill-tempered person HAZARD, game at dice; that which is staked HEAD, "first --," young deer with antlers first sprouting; fig. a newly-ennobled man HEADBOROUGH, constable HEARKEN AFTER, inquire; "hearken out," find, search out HEARTEN, encourage HEAVEN AND HELL ("Alchemist"), names of taverns HECTIC, fever HEDGE IN, include HELM, upper part of a retort HER'NSEW, hernshaw, heron HIERONIMO (JERONIMO), hero of Kyd's "Spanish Tragedy" HOBBY, nag HOBBY-HORSE, imitation horse of some light material, fastened round the waist of the morrice-dancer, who imitated the movements of a skittish horse HODDY-DODDY, fool HOIDEN, hoyden, formerly applied to both sexes (ancient term for leveret? Gifford) HOLLAND, name of two famous chemists HONE AND HONERO, wailing expressions of lament or discontent HOOD-WIND'D, blindfolded HORARY, hourly HORN-MAD, stark mad (quibble) HORN-THUMB, cut-purses were in the habit of wearing a horn shield on the thumb HORSE-BREAD-EATING, horses were often fed on coarse bread HORSE-COURSES, horse-dealer HOSPITAL, Christ's Hospital HOWLEGLAS, Eulenspiegel, the hero of a popular German tale which related his buffooneries and knavish tricks HUFF, hectoring, arrogance HUFF IT, swagger HUISHER (Fr. huissier), usher HUM, beer and spirits mixed together HUMANITIAN, humanist, scholar HUMOROUS, capricious, moody, out of humour; moist HUMOUR, a word used in and out of season in the time of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, and ridiculed by both HUMOURS, manners HUMPHREY, DUKE, those who were dinnerless spent the dinner-hour in a part of St. Paul's where stood a monument said to be that of the duke's; hence "dine with Duke Humphrey," to go hungry HURTLESS, harmless

IDLE, useless, unprofitable ILL-AFFECTED, ill-disposed ILL-HABITED, unhealthy ILLUSTRATE, illuminate IMBIBITION, saturation, steeping IMBROCATA, fencing term: a thrust in tierce IMPAIR, impairment IMPART, give money IMPARTER, any one ready to be cheated and to part with his money IMPEACH, damage IMPERTINENCIES, irrelevancies IMPERTINENT(LY), irrelevant(ly), without reason or purpose IMPOSITION, duty imposed by IMPOTENTLY, beyond power of control IMPRESS, money in advance IMPULSION, incitement IN AND IN, a game played by two or three persons with four dice INCENSE, incite, stir up INCERATION, act of covering with wax; or reducing a substance to softness of wax INCH, "to their --es," according to their stature, capabilities INCH-PIN, sweet-bread INCONVENIENCE, inconsistency, absurdity INCONY, delicate, rare (used as a term of affection) INCUBEE, incubus INCUBUS, evil spirit that oppresses us in sleep, nightmare INCURIOUS, unfastidious, uncritical INDENT, enter into engagement INDIFFERENT, tolerable, passable INDIGESTED, shapeless, chaotic INDUCE, introduce INDUE, supply INEXORABLE, relentless INFANTED, born, produced INFLAME, augment charge INGENIOUS, used indiscriminantly for ingenuous; intelligent, talented INGENUITY, ingenuousness INGENUOUS, generous INGINE. See Engin INGINER, engineer. (See Enginer) INGLE, OR ENGHLE, bosom friend, intimate, minion INHABITABLE, uninhabitable INJURY, insult, affront IN-MATE, resident, indwelling INNATE, natural INNOCENT, simpleton INQUEST, jury, or other official body of inquiry INQUISITION, inquiry INSTANT, immediate INSTRUMENT, legal document INSURE, assure INTEGRATE, complete, perfect INTELLIGENCE, secret information, news INTEND, note carefully, attend, give ear to, be occupied with INTENDMENT, intention INTENT, intention, wish INTENTION, concentration of attention or gaze INTENTIVE, attentive INTERESSED, implicated INTRUDE, bring in forcibly or without leave INVINCIBLY, invisibly INWARD, intimate IRPE (uncertain), "a fantastic grimace, or contortion of the body: (Gifford)

JACE, Jack o' the clock, automaton figure that strikes the hour; Jack-a-lent, puppet thrown at in Lent JACK, key of a virginal JACOB'S STAFF, an instrument for taking altitudes and distances JADE, befool JEALOUSY, JEALOUS, suspicion, suspicious JERKING, lashing JEW'S TRUMP, Jew's harp JIG, merry ballad or tune; a fanciful dialogue or light comic act introduced at the end or during an interlude of a play JOINED (JOINT)-STOOL, folding stool JOLL, jowl JOLTHEAD, blockhead JUMP, agree, tally JUST YEAR, no one was capable of the consulship until he was forty-three

KELL, cocoon KELLY, an alchemist KEMB, comb KEMIA, vessel for distillation KIBE, chap, sore KILDERKIN, small barrel KILL, kiln KIND, nature; species; "do one's --," act according to one's nature KIRTLE, woman's gown of jacket and petticoat KISS OR DRINK AFORE ME, "this is a familiar expression, employed when what the speaker is just about to say is anticipated by another" (Gifford) KIT, fiddle KNACK, snap, click KNIPPER-DOLING, a well-known Anabaptist KNITTING CUP, marriage cup KNOCKING, striking, weighty KNOT, company, band; a sandpiper or robin snipe (Tringa canulus); flower-bed laid out in fanciful design KURSINED, KYRSIN, christened

LABOURED, wrought with labour and care LADE, load(ed) LADING, load LAID, plotted LANCE-KNIGHT (Lanzknecht), a German mercenary foot-soldier LAP, fold LAR, household god LARD, garnish LARGE, abundant LARUM, alarum, call to arms LATTICE, tavern windows were furnished with lattices of various colours LAUNDER, to wash gold in aqua regia, so as imperceptibly to extract some of it. LAVE, ladle, bale LAW, "give --," give a start (term of chase) LAXATIVE, loose LAY ABOARD, run alongside generally with intent to board LEAGUER, siege, or camp of besieging army LEASING, lying LEAVE, leave off, desist LEER, leering or "empty, hence, perhaps leer horse without a rider; leer is an adjective meaning uncontrolled, hence 'leer drunkards'" (Halliwell); according to Nares, a leer (empty) horse meant also a led horse; leeward, left

LEESE, lose LEGS, "make --," do obeisance LEIGEP, resident representative LEIGERITY, legerdemain LEMMA, subject proposed, or title of the epigram LENTER, slower LET, hinder LET, hindrance LEVEL COIL, a rough game...in which one hunted another from his seat. Hence used for any noisy riot (Halliwell) LEWD, ignorant LEYSTALLS, receptacles of filth LIBERAL, ample LIEGER, ledger, register LIFT(ING), steal(ing) LIGHT, alight LIGHTLY, commonly, usually, often LIKE, please LIKELY, agreeable, pleasing LIME-HOUND, leash-, blood-hound LIMMER, vile, worthless LIN, leave off Line, "by --," by rule LINSTOCK, staff to stick in the ground, with forked head to hold a lighted match for firing cannon LIQUID, clear LIST, listen, hard; like, please LIVERY, legal term, delivery of the possession, etc. LOGGET, small log, stick LOOSE, solution; upshot, issue; release of an arrow LOSE, give over, desist from; waste LOUTING, bowing, cringing LUCULENT, bright of beauty LUDGATHIANS, dealers on Ludgate Hill LURCH, rob, cheat LUTE, to close a vessel with some kind of cement