word under I; the noun sometimes meant the person attempting murder.

Assure, v., tto secure or make sure the possession or reversion of; to convey property by deed : 5. 4. 182.

At, prep., to: 3. 5. 73, 74. Cf. Abbott, § 143.

Attachment, n. (Law), taking into the custody of the law the person or property of one already before the court, or of one whom it is sought to bring before it; a writ for the accomplishment of this purpose: 4.7. 16. Attone, v. †(tr. with a personal

object), to set at one, to bring into accord: 4. 5. 163. Audacious, adj., confident, intrepid: 2. 5. 32. +Authenticall, adj., real, actual, genuine 3. 2. 28. Author, n., tinstigator, authorizer, prompter: 1. 2. 9, II. Azure, n. (Her.), the blue color in coats of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal lines: I. 4. 41.

Bait, n., refreshment, slight repast: I. 3. 43. Century gives this word as still colloquial in provincial England.

Balle, n., a spherical piece of

soap: 3.5.75.

Band, n., the neck-band or collar

of a shirt, originally used to make it fit closely, later expanded for ornamentation. In 16th century synonymous with ruff, in the 17th with the drooping collar which gradually took the place of its stiffly - starched, 'stand-up' predecessor: 3.1.42. Banquet, n., ta slight repast

between meals; sweetmeats, dessert: 1. 3. 41.

Barbary, n., ta Barbary horse, a barb: 4. I. 102.

Bare, adj. or adv., with head uncovered: 3. 3. 75.

Bason, n., basin: 3. 5. 86. Bate, v., to make a reduction in, to lessen: 3. 4. 45. Battell, n., a fight between two persons: 4. 2. 108.

Baud, n., pander: 2. 2. 131. Both masc. and fem. before 17th century; after that time always fem. Of uncertain origin; earliest example is in Piers Plowman, 1362, where one MS. reads Bawdstrot.

Bayes, ., the crown of laurel or bay worn as a reward by conqueror or poet, used figuratively for fame: PROL. 3. Beare-ward, n., the keeper of a bear, who leads it about to exhibit its tricks: 1. I. 176, 4. 2. 109. Because, conj., tin order that: 4. 5. 274.

+Bedpheere, n., a bedfellow : 2. 5. 49. [OE. gefera, companion, fellow.]

Beg, v. (tr. with impersonal direct obj.), to beg a person meant to petition the Court of Wards (established by Henry VIII and suppressed under Charles II) for the custody of a minor, heiress, or idiot, as feudal superior or as having interest in the matter: 2. 2. 45, 4. 7. 5. N.E. D. does not recognize the use of the impers. dir. obj., but it seems to have been common. Cf. note, 4. 7. 5. Bell-man, n., a man employed to

go about the streets at night as a watchman: I. I. 166. Benefit, ., Ikindness, favor: 2. 4. 20, 22, 3. 7. 30. Beshrew, v., used only as here in the imperative with the force of an imprecation, 'Evil befall': 2. 6. 29.

Biggen, n., a child's cap. Here figuratively as the sign of infancy: 3. 6. 82.

Blanket, v., to toss in a blanket as a rough punishment: 5. 4. 13.

Bodies, n., a variant of bodice from the original plur. a pair of bodies, meaning 'a pair of stays'. Formerly always treated as a plur. even with spelling bodice, and originally referring to the part of a dress covering the body as distinct from the arms: 2. 5. 77.

Boy, n., page: I. I. I. Cf. note. Brake, ". Cf. note, 4. 6. 27. Brasier, n., one who works in

brass: 1. 1. 158.

Braue, adj., splendid, capital: 2. 2. 24, 4. 5. 231, 5. 4. 59. Brauely, adv., worthily, well: 4. I. 12, 5. 3. 12. Brauery, n., tgallant, beau: I. I.

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78, 1. 3. 30, 2. 3. 55, 2. 4. 120; ostentation, finery: 4. 6. 6. Brauo, n., a bravado, a swaggering fellow: 3. 6. 112. bravo. Earliest English usage, 1597. N.E.D.] Bricke-bat, n., a fragment of

brick: 2. 1. 12. Bride-ale, n., a wedding-feast: 2. 6. 32; brideale: 3. 6. 73; bridall: 4. 5. 48. [OE. brydealo, literally 'wedding-ale'. The analytical form with the stress on the ale never died out.

Very common c. 1600; still used as an historical term.] Brief, adj., †to be brief means to be expeditious or hasty: 5.4. 29. Briefly, adv., tsoon, at once: 3. 2. 18, 4. 5. 237, 5. 3. 76. +Brown baker, n., a baker of brown bread: 2. 5. 120.

Buckle, v., tto fasten up in any

way: I. I. 146.

By, adv., near, ready-in command stand by: 2. I. 29, 4. 5. 302.

By and by, adv., tat once, immediately: 4. 5. 345.

+Calliuer, n., a light kind of

musket: 4. 5. 110. Cf. note. Carpet, n., ta thick fabric worked into covers for tables, beds, &c.: 4. 5. 253.

Carriage, n., ‡manner of conducting oneself socially: 2.5. 51, 5. 3. 51.

Cast, n., the number of hawks

cast off at a time; a couple: 4.4. 192.

Cast, v., tto anticipate, forecast: 4. 5. 214.

Casuist, n., a theologian or other

person who studies and resolves cases of conscience, or questions of duty and conduct: 4. 5. 4. Catch, n., song, originally a short composition for three or more voices, which sing to the same melody, the second singer beginning the first line as the first goes on to the second, and so with each successive singer : 3. 4. IO. Censure, v. i., tto judge; to give an opinion: Dedic. 16. Certificate, n. (Law), a writing made in any court, and properly authenticated, to give notice

that a fact has or has not taken

place: 4.7. 15. Chance-medlee, n. (Law), accident or casualty not purely accidental, but of a mixed character, chiefly in manslaughter by chance-medley, for which later writers use chance-medley itself. -Cowel: 3. 5. 117. Charge, n., theed, attention: 2. 2. 98; pl. expense: 5. 4. 209. +China house, n., a place where Chinese merchandise was exhibited: 1. 3. 38, 4. 3. 24. Cf.

note, 1. 3. 38. +China-woman, n., the owner or keeper of a china-house: 1.4.26. +Christen-name, n., Christian name, the name given at christening: I. 3. 45. Circumstance, n., ceremony, ado: 2. 5. 55; pl. details: 5. 3. 44. Citation, n. (Law), the production

of or reference to the text of acts of legislatures, treatises, &c., in order to support propositions advanced: 4.7. 15. +Citie-wire, n., a woman fashion: PROL. 23. Citterne, n., ‡cithern, an instru

of

ment of the guitar kind, strung with wire, played with a plectrum, very popular in 16th and 17th centuries; modern zither: 3. 5. 62.

Clogdogdo, n. Cf. note, 4. 2. 75. +Coacted, ppl. adj., enforced, compulsory: 3. 4. 54. Coate, n. (Her.), coat-of-arms, escutcheon: I. 4. 40. Collier, n., a man engaged in the coal trade; a term of reproach: 3.5.116.

Comely, adj., appropriate, proper:

2. I. 21.

Comment, n. 'Sometimes it is taken to be a lie or feigned tale' (Bullokar, 1616; also in Cockeram, 1623). [L. commentum]: 5. 4. 55. Comming, ppl. adj., tinclined to meet advances, complaisant: 5. I. 78. Commoditie, n., ta quantity of goods sold on credit to a person wishing to borrow money from a usurer, and resold immediately for some cash at a lower price : I. 4. 69, 2. 5. 118. Companion, n., tfellow, used as a term of contempt: 2. 2. 19, 5. 4. 5, 154. Compendious, adj., texpeditious, direct: 2. I. I.

Composition, n., † constitution of body: 2.5. 17; ta mutual agreement or arrangement between two parties, a contract: 5. 4. 209.

Conceipt, n., +personal or private opinion: 4. 5. 264. Conceited, ppl. adj., †clever, witty: 2.5. 57.

Conceiue, v., to grasp with the mind (of a thing‡): 2. 5. 5, 9, 12, passim.

Condition, n., †character, disposition 2. 5. 15; provision: 2. 4. 45, 137.

Confound, v., to discomfit in argument, to silence: 1. 2. 60. Conscience, n., consciousness, internal conviction : 2. 5. 58. Consent, n., agreement, accord: 4. 6. 103.

Contayne, v., to keep under control (of the mind): 5. 3. 49. Contempt, n., action of condemning; tin pl.: 4. 5. 68. Content, ppl. adj., agreed, used in exclamations: 2.4.158,5.4.16.

Content, v., tto please, delight: PROL. 2.

Conuayance, n. (Law), the transfer of the title of property from one person to another: 2. 2. 142.

Conuiction, n. (Law), that legal proceeding of record which ascertains the guilt of the party and upon which the sentence or judgment is founded: 4. 7. 16.

Correspondence, n., + relation between persons or communities; usually qualified as good, friendly, &c.: 3. 3. 87. Cosen, n., a relative (cousin):

2. 2. 103; cosin, 3. 2. 18, passim. Cosen, v., to cheat: 2. 2. 43, 86, passim.

+Costard-monger, n., a street vender of fruits: 1. I. 155 (costard, apple). Countenance, n., bearing, demeanor: 4. 6. 76.

Course, n., tcharge, onset; bout, encounter: 4. 2. 9, 145.

Courtlesse, adj., wanting in courtliness: 2. 5. 30. N. E. D. and Century have no record of the word elsewhere used. Courtling, n., a gentleman of the court: 4. I. 131. An unusual word to which Jonson always attaches a disparaging meaning. Cf. Cyn. Rev. 5. 2, p. 316, Epi- | grams 52, 72. Crowne, n., an English coin, gold

or silver, worth five shillings, first coined by Henry VIII in gold, in imitation of the French écu au soleil of Louis XII or Francis I. Since Edward VI

it has existed in silver: 1.4. 57. Cumber, n., ttrouble, distress: 5.4. 189.

Cunning woman, n., fortuneteller, conjurer: 2.2. 127. Curious, n., †careful, studious: 4. I. 38. [L. curiosus.]

Damasque, n., a rich cloth, manufactured originally at Damascus, very fashionable in James I's time: 3. 2. 68.

Decline, v., to avert: 2. 2. 101. Delicate, adj., †dainty, fine (of horses): 1. 4. 5, 2. 4. 103, 3. I.

24.

Demand, v., tto ask (dir. obj. the person, ind. obj. the thing): 3. 2. 22.

Desperate, adj., tirretrievable, irreclaimable: 2.5. 50. Desperately, adv., excessively: 4. 2. 46.

Deuis'd, ppl. adj., invented, contrived: 2. 2. 148.

Diet, n., †board: 2.5. 108. Discontentment, n., tdisplea

sure, vexation: 4.4. 181. Discouer, v., to reveal, make known: I. I. 110, 121, 5. 4.250; to find out: 3.3.7.

Discourse, n., tconversational power: 5. 1. 40; conversation: 2. I. 4, 2. 4. 86, passim. Discourse, v., to tell, narrate (with direct obj. of the thing): 4. 5. 246. Disease, n., fault: I. I. 57; eccentricity: I. I. 149, 3. 6. 66. Disfurnish, v., to deprive of: 4. 6. 48.

Dispence, v. i., to excuse, pardon (used with the prep. with):

I. 4. 12. Doctrine, n., +discipline; lesson, precept: 2. 1. 28.

+Dor, n., scoff, mockery; used as

a light imprecation: 2. 3. 45;

to give the dor to, to make game of: 3. 3. 26. Dote, n., natural gift or endow

ment (usually pl.): 2. 3. 100. Doublet, n., ta close-fitting bodygarment, with or without sleeves, worn by men from the 14th to the 18th centuries; rarely applied to women's garments of the same sort of men's, 2. 2. 68, 3. 1. 53; of women's, 3. 2. 76. Dressing, n., artificial aid to good looks; cosmetics, &c.: 1. 1. 105, 4. I. 37, 104.

Drone, v., tto smoke: 4. I. 66. Cf. note.

Eare-wig, n., an insect, Forficula auricularia, so called from the notion that it penetrates into the head through the ear: 5.4.7.

Eater, n., †a menial, servant : 3.5.33.

Election, n., discrimination : 4.7. 47.

Elephantiasis, n., a name given to various kinds of cutaneous diseases which cause the skin to resemble an elephant's hide : 5. 3. 184.

Enable, v., tto empower, qualify: 5. 4. 218.

+Engle, n., catamite: I. I. 25. Ensigne, n., ‡token, sign: 3. 6. 72.

Entire, adj., tdevoted, intimate: 2. 4. 43. Entreat, v., to invite: 1. 1. 176, 1.4. 8, 3. 3. 114, 4. 5. 47, passim ; intreat: 2. 5. 2, 4. 4. 76. This word Jonson uses constantly in the exaggerated speech of the court.

Entreaty, n., treception, entertainment: PROL. 11.

Epithalamium, n., a nuptial song

or poem in praise of the bride and bridegroom, and praying for their prosperity: 3.6. 91, 93. Erection, n., texaltation: 4.6.79. Errandst,adj.(†variant of arrant), thorough-going, unmitigated : 4. 5. 69.

Estate, n., ta condition of existence, physical or social: 3. 4. 47, 4. 5. 28, passim. +Estrich, n., ostrich: 4. I. 50. Example, n., precedent: Dedic. 6. Except against, to take exception to: 5.4. 129. Excursion, n., digression, deviation (upon words): 5. 3. 75. Execution, n. (Law), in civil actions, is the mode of obtaining the debt or damages or other thing recovered by the judgment; it is either for the plaintiff or defendant. For the plaintiff upon a judgment in debt, the execution is for the debt and damages, for the goods, or their value, and costs: 2. 5. 106, 4. 5. 18. Exercise, n., a recreative employment, a pastime: 4. 4. 103. Exhibition, n., maintenance, support: 3.1. 59 (cf. late L. exhibitio et tegumentum, food and raiment).

Expect, v. i., tto wait: 5. 3. 145;

v. t., tto wait for, await: 5. 3. 37. Expresse, v. i. for reflex. use, to put one's thoughts into words: 3. 2. 26. Extemporall, adj., textemporaneous: 2. 3. 10.

+Facinorous, adj., infamous, vile: 2. 2. 54. This very common word in 17th-century usage Cooper defines as 'full of