oppicatio a covering with pitch Opium Lat. or Opiate the juyce of black Poppy sold dry by Apothecaries It is sometimes used in Physick to cause sleep or to asswage excessive pain but then it must be mixed with other things and given with great discretion for taken alone it will cast one into a deadly sleep being cold and dry in the fourth degree Bul. Oppidan oppidanus a Citizen or Townsman Oppignorate oppignoro to lay in pledge to gage or pawn Oppilation oppilatio an obstruction or stopping the Liver or other chief entrals Oppilative oppilatus obstructive stopping shut up Oppletion oppletio a filling up Opportune opportunus meet for the purpose fit convenient in due time and as it ought to be Opposite oppositum a contrary Aristotle makes four kinds of Opposites first those that are relativè opposita as the Husband and Wife the Master and Servant c. which have reference each to other Secondly those which are Contraria as Right and Wrong Ignorance and Science c. Thirdly Those that are privativè opposita as Light and Darkness Sight and Blindness which succeed and deprive one another The fourth and last kind of Opposites are those which in Propositions and Clauses are Contradicentia the one affirming and the other negative c. J. Doderidge Opprobrious opprobriosus reproachful in words upbraiding reviling taunting Oppugn oppugno to assault to batter to lay seige unto to fight against Also to reason against a thing earnestly Opsimathie opsimathia a learning when one is old Opsonator Lat. a buyer or purveyor of meats a Cater a Manciple Optable optabilis that is to be desired wished or looked for Optation optatio choyce opinion wishing desiring Optative optatum a wish or desire It is also used adjectively as wishing for or that desireth Optick Optical opticus pertaining to the sight Optick sinews are those which bring the vertue of seeing to the eyes So the Optick Science is that by which the reason of sight is known Art speculative Optimacy from optimates a Government in a Commonwealth by noble or other chief persons Optimitie optimitas utility great profit excellency Option optio choyce or election Optive See Adoptive Opulencie opulentia riches abundance plenty wealth Opulent opulentus rich plentiful wealthy abundant Opuscule opusculum a little work a little labor Or Fr. Gold In Heraldry it signifies gold colour Ore ora the end or extreme part of any thing a Region Land or Country Thus Lempsters Ore is that fertile part of Herefordshire which lyes about two miles round that Town Oracle oraculum a Sentence Council or Answer given by God also a notable saying or judgement a Prophesie or Prediction Among the Gentiles these Oracles were but illusions of the Devil who answered for the most part doubtfully in Idols to questions made to him As a great Prince going to the Wars and demanding of the Oracle what success he should have had this ambiguous answer given him Ibis redibis nunquam per bella peribis Which he thus commaing Ibis redibis nunquam per c. ventured on the War and was slain There were two principal places of Oracles one of Ammon in Lybia the other at Delphi in Booetia at the first Jupiter in this Apollo were said to give answers These Oracles ceased at the coming of our Saviour Oracular pertaining to an Oracle Oral from Os oris pertaining to the Mouth Visage face look favor or voyce Oratory oratorium a place wholly dedicated to prayer a Closet a private Chappel to pray in Oratorians a Religious Fraternity or Order instituted the last age by St. Philip Nerius a Florentine Priest They took name from the place first frequented by them for their exercises of Preaching and Catechising which was the Oratory of St. Hierom in Rome Orbation orbatio a depriving or bereaving one of his goods or of any other thing poverty Orbical Orbicular orbicus round like a circle circular Globie Orbiculated orbiculatus made round in the form of a circle or compass Orbitie orbitas the want of children on the Parents part the want of parents on the childrens part any want or privation Orchal orca a stone like Allum used sometimes by Dyers to raise a red colour Ordael or Ordeal ordalium signifies as much as judgement and is compounded as some say of two Saxon words Or a privatitive as A in Greek and dael i. â—ars q Expers But it is artificially used for a kind of purgation practised in antient times whereby the party purged was judged Expers criminis called in the Common Law Purgatio vulgaris and utterly condemned by Pope Steven the second There was of this four sorts one by Kampfight not unlike our Duel The second called Fire-Ordeal which was for the accused to pass blindfold with bare feet over hot Plowshares c. of which see Mr. Fullers hist Cent. 11. p. 141. The third was hot water-Ordeal by putting his arms up to the elbows in seething water c. The fourth was cold water-Ordeal like the late used trial of Witches Of these at large see Verstegan p. 50 51. and Lambert in his explication of Saxon words Verbo Ordalium where he expresses such superstitions as were used in it Mr. Manwood part 1. pag. 15. But Hotom especially disput de feud ca 41 c. Ordalian Law was that Law which instituted the Ordael aforesaid and was long before the Conquest but did continue of force in England till the time of King John in whose days it was abrogated as Pol. Vir. Holinshed Supplimentum Chronicorum witness Ordinal ordinale is properly a Book of Direction for Bishops to give holy Orders and for other things belonging to their Function but sometimes used for a Book containing the Orders and Constitutions of a Religious House or Colledge Ordinary ordinarius though in the Civil Law whence the word is taken it signifies any Judge that has authority to take knowledge of Causes in his own right as he is a Magistrate and not by deputation yet in our Common Law it is most commonly and usually taken for him that hath ordinary Jurisdiction in causes Ecclesiastical See Brook and Linwood hoc titulo Oreads oreades Fairies of the mountains Oredelf is a liberty whereby a man claims the Ore found in his own ground It properly signifies Ore lying under ground as a Delf of Coal is coal lying in veins under ground before it is digged up Orfraies aurifrisium frizled cloth of gold made and used in England both before and since the Conquest worn both by the Clergy and the Kings themselves as may appear out of Math. Paris where he speaks of the Ornaments sent by the Abbots of England to the Pope and also by a Record in the Tower where the King commands the Templars to deliver such Jewels Garments and Ornaments as they had of his in keeping among which he names Dalmaticum velatum de Orefreis that is a damask garment guarded with Orfraies Of old the Jackets or Coat Armors of
Northern Circle before spoken of is to the North Pole These Parallels are also called Aequidistants There is another sort of Parallels two of which go to a Clime called Artificial Parallels because they shew the differences of artificial days c. Heyl. To Parallel to compare or match Parallelogram parallelogrammus having lines every where a like distant a long square Paralogism paralogismus a deceitful conclusion or captious reasoning a manner of arguing which seems true when it is not As in saying He that affirms Peter to be a living creature saith true He that affirms Peter to be a Bear affirms him to be a living Creature Therefore he that affirms Peter to be a Bear says true To Paralogize to reason captiously argue deceitfully conclude falsly Br. Paralysis Gr. a resolution of the sinews a depriving of the feeling or moving or of both in any part of the body the Palsie Paralytick paralyticus sick of the Palsie Paraments Robes of state or the place where they are kept Chauc Paramount from the Fr. par i. per and mounter i. ascendere is in our Law the highest Lord of the Fee For there may be a Tenant to a Lord that holds over of another Lord the first of these is called Lord Mesn the second Lord Paramount c. Paramor peramator a Lover he or she a Sweetheart Paranymph Paranymphus an Orator who a little before the Commencement of Doctors c. makes a publick Speech in commendation of their sufficiency also an overseer of a Wedding a Bride-dresser or he or she that bears all the sway at the Bridal Parapet Ital. Parapetto q. propter pectus a Wall or Defence brest-high on the upper part of a Rampier to defend from the enemies shot Paraph Fr. paraphe the flourish or peculiar knot or mark set unto after or instead of a name in the signing a Deed or Letter and generally any such graceful setting out of a mans hand or name in writing also a subsignature or signing under Paraphonalia is used in our Law but in the Civil it is Paraphernalia which are those goods a Wife brings her Husband over and besides her Dowry or Marriage-money as Furniture for her own Chamber her own Apparel and Jewels if she be of quality all which she must have and not the Executors of the Husband c. Shep. Fa. Counc 122. Paraphrase paraphrasis a free manner of exposition or interpretation wherein a man ties not himself to express every word as it lies in the Copy but to explicate and adorn the matter more at large or to abridge it yet stil keeping the Authors sence Any such Exposition is called a Paraphrase or Paraphrastical Exposition Paraphrast paraphrastes a Paraphraser one that expounds a Text by other words then it is written in Parasang parasanga a measure of ground containing thirty Stades i.e. three miles and three quarters of ours Parasite parasitus a flatterer a Trencher-friend a smel-feast one that is full hanging on some rich man feeding his humor with flattery to the end to partake of his good Cheer Hence Parasitical pertaining to a Parasite Those Plants or Supercrescences are called Parasitical plants that live upon the stock of others as Parasites do such are Misseltoe Polypody Moss and others Paratragediate paratragoedio to help to set forward a Tragedy to make a matter much worse then indeed it is Parature paratura the matter whereof any thing is made Parcae the three Ladies of destiny Clotho Lachesis and Atropos The first bears a Distaff the second spins the thred of mans life the third cuts off the same thred c. with like fabulous stories Parceners Parcinary See Coparceners Parciloquy parciloquium a sparing or nigardly speech Parcity parcitas scantness nearness niggardliness thrift frugality Pard Pardus the Beast called a Libard Pareasse Pareas a Serpent having to the greatness of his body but a small head yet such a wide mouth that he is able to swallow a whole Pigeon and as he creeps makes a Furrow on the ground with his tail Parellelisation or rather Parallelisation a making Parallels or likes a comparison El. of Armories Parellelogram See Parallelogram Parenetick paraeneticus containing such fatherly or Masterly admonitions or exhortations as may not be gainsaid Hence Parenetick paraenetica are taken for verses full of precepts or admonitions Parent parens à pareo obedient dutiful serviceable Parental parentalis of or pertaining to our Ancestors or Parents Parentation parentatio a celebrating Funerals or Obsequies properly of parents Parenthesis Gr. a word or clause comprehended within another sentence in such sort that it may be left out yet the sence still remain whole and is commonly enclosed with two half circles thus as in Virgil. Aeneas neque enim patriam consistere mentem Passus amor rapidum ad naves praemittit Achatem Pâ—rentâ—de parenticida he that murders his Father Mother or dear Friend Parâ—rgâ—â—ergon or Parerâ—m Gr. Parergue Fr. an addition or acceâ—s a thing put unto though no part of the matter any thing that is beside the principal question point or purpose in hand see Landskip Patâ— Marble a sort of pure white Marble had from the Isle Paros and therefore so called Pariation pariatio evenness of account where as much is laid out as received Paricide Paricida a murtherer of his Father Mother or any of his near Kindred any hainous murtherer and from Paricidium it signifies the Act it self Paricidal paricidalis belonging to such murder cruel Paâ—ieâ—t pariens travelling with young lying in travel bringing forth young Parilian Palilian Feasts parilia Feasts or Festival days dedicated to the goddess Pales for the preservation of Cattel Parility parilitas likeness evenness equality resemblance Parish parochia a multitude of neighbors within a certain compass of ground pertaining to one Church This Land was first divided into Parishes by Honorius Archbishop of Canterbury in the year of our Lord 637. Cam. Brit. Of these Parish Churches there are in England and Wales 9285. according to Speed Parisyllable parisyllabus an equal syllable Parisyllabical parisyllabicus that hath equal syllables those words are called Parisyllabical which have no more syllables in one then another as fama mensa c. So likewise we say in Grammar the first decleâ—sion of Nouns is Parisyllabique because all the Cases of such Nouns in the singular number especially have even syllables as Gemma gemmae gemmae gemmam gemma gemma c. Parity paritas likeness equality evenness Paritude Pariture or Parture from pario a breeding or ingendring the time of travail or deliverance of child or young Parliament or Parlement Fr. q. Parler le ment or Parlament from the Italian and Spanish Parlamento With us it was antiently the Assembly of the King and the three Estates of the Realm viz. The Lords Spiritual Temporal and Commons for debating matters touching the Commonwealth and especially the making and correcting Laws which Assembly or Court is of all other the highest and of greatest authority
S. Petri ad vincula That one Quirinus a Tribune having a Daughter who had a disease in her throat went to Alexander then Pope of Rome the sixth from St. Peter and desired him to borrow or see the chains that St. Peter was chained with under Nero which request obtained his said Daughter kissing the said Chains was cured of her disease and Quirinus with his family were baptized Tunâ— dictus Alexander Papa saith Durand hoc festum in Calendis Augusti celebrandum â—instituit in honorem beati Petri Ecclesiam in urbe fabricavit ubi vincula ipse reposuit ad vincula nominavit Calendis Augusti dedicavit In qua festivitate populus illic ipsa vincula hodiè osculatur So that this day being before called onely the Calends of August was upon this occasion afterwards termed indifferently either of the instrument that wrought this miracle St. Peters day ad vincula or of that part of the Maiden whereon the miracle was wrought the Gule of August See Lammas day Gulosity gulositas gluttony Gulph sinus is a part of the Sea insinuating and embosoming it self within the land or between two several lands As the Gulph of Venice the Persian Gulf the Red Sea Sinus Mexicanus Vermilius Gangeticus Gurgitate gurgito to swallow or devour Gurgitive gurgitivus belonging to a Gulph or stream Guttulous guttosus pertaining to or full of drops Gust gustus the sence of tasting a taste Guttural from guttur pertaining to the throat Gultwit seems to be compounded of Gult i. noxa and wit a termination of words in the Saxon tongue signifying nothing in it self but as dome or hood Christendom Childhood Manhood c. Others say and it is true that wit signifies blame or reprehension Gultwit as Saxon in his description of England ca. 11. interprets it is an amends for trespass Gustation gustatio a tasting or smacking also a little knowledge of or experience in Gustatory gustatorium a place where men were wont to banquet Guidage guidagium is that which is given for safe conduct through a strange territory Cassanaeus de consuetud Burgun p. 119. whose words are these Est Guidagium quod datur alicui ut tuto conducatur per loca alterius Guzes The ball of the eye a term in Heraldry Gyges Ring Gyges was King of Lydia and his Ring said to have this property that being on the finger and turned to the inside of the hand the wearer went invisible but turning it to the outside then he was visible again as before Plat. in lib. de Repub. will tell you how Gyges came by this Ring Gymnase gymnasium a place of all kind of exercise either of body or mind a School a Colledge or Hall in an University Gymnastick gymnasticus belonging to the place of wrestling or other exercise which was performed naked Gymnasticks books treating of Exercise Gymnasiarch gymnasiarcha the head Master of the place where Champions did exercise also the chief Master of a School Gymnosophists gymnosophistae from gymnos naked and sophos wisdom certain Philosophers in India that went always naked and lived solitary in woods and desarts feeding on herbs the first beginner of which Sect was as St. Hierome reports Cont. Jovinian called Buddus These Gymnosophists were to the Indians as the Druides to the Brittans and are by them called Brachmans See Brachmans Strabo says there were two kind of Gymnosophists one dwelling in Desarts c. termed Hermanes The other frequented Kings Courts Cities c. and were called Brachmans Gynecocraty or Gynecretic feminine Rule or Authority the Government of a woman Gypsation gypsatio a plaistering or pargetting Gyre gyrus a circuit or compass a cariere a bound or end of a course or race Gyration gyratio a turning about or dizziness H HAbeas Corpus is a Writ which a man indicted of some trespass before Justices of Peace or in a Court of any Franchize and upon his apprehension being laid in prison for the same may have out of the Upper Bench thereby to remove himself thither at his own costs and to answer the Cause there c. Fitz nat br fo 250. h. Habergion or Haubergion Fr. the diminutive of Hauber a little coat of Mail or onely Sleeves and Gorget of Mail. It is used in Scripture Rev. 19.9 Habilitation a making of one able or capable Bac. Habitiment Fr. apparel cloathing array attire Also Armor or Harness Habit habitus the outward attire of the body whereby one person is distinguished from another aâ— the Habit of a Gentleman is different from that of a Merchant and the Habit of a Handy-crafts-man from both Sometimes it signifies a quality or constitution in the body or mind not natural but gotten by long custom or infused by God As an Orator still exercised in making Orations has gotten a habit of eloquent speaking And the holy Apostles had a habit to understand and speak languages without study Bull. Habitable habitabilis that may be inhabited or dwelt in Habitacle habitaculum a dwelling place or habitation Habitual habitus grown to a habit by long custom customary Habitude habitudo the habit state or disposition of the body custom use Hach Hachis or Hacâ—ee Fr. a dish made ordinarily of cold meat cut in little peeces and stewed or boyled on a Chaffing-dish with crums of Bread Wine Vinegar sliced Nutmeg and Orange pills Cotg. Hagard Fr. wilde strange froward unsociable A Hagard Faulcon a Faulcon that preyed for her self before she was taken See Ramage Haggs flammae lambentes are made of sweat or some other vapor issuing out of the head a not unusual sight among us when we ride by night in the Summer time They are extinguished like flames by shaking the horse Mains But I beleeve rather it is onely a vapour reflecting light but fat and sturdy compacted about the Mains of horses or mens hairs Per. Institutions p. 149. Hagiographer Hagiographus he that writes holy things S. Wa. Ra. Hail to you or all Hail to you a Saxon word ab all i. omnis and heile i. sanitas vel salus and so is as much as all health to you Halcyon Gr. a kind of small Bird called by some a Kings-fisher and breeding on the Sea-shoar about the winter solstice which time being about fourteen days there is no tempest or storm Hence t is we call peaceable or quiet times Halcycon or Halcyonian days Two notable properties are observed in the Nest of this Bird which she makes with the foam of the Sea The first is That the Architecture of it is so strong so durable that it cannot be broken nor cut even with the violent stroak of iron The second That it is so proportioned to the Bird as if it were sewed to her body in such manner as no creature can therein be received but the Architect himself Caussinus See more in Vul. Err. p. 128. and 129. Halicuticks halieutica books treating of fishes or fishing whereof Oppianus wrote five Haliographie Gr. a description of
so called A Prepositor in a School Preposterous praeposterus overthwart out of order contrary to all good fashion froward Preproperous praeproperus very quick or hasty over hasty rash Prepuce praeputium the fore-skin that covers the head or nut of a mans Yard which the Hebrews use to cut off in circumcision Prerogative praerogativa an advantage a preheminency authority and rule above others Presbyterians are those that profess the doctrine of Calvin condemn Episcopacy â—n the Church and govern it partly by Lay-Elders and were not much known among us by that name till the long Parliament that began 3. Novemb 1640 took the Scottish Kirk for a pattern in reforming Presbytery that kind of Government in a Church Prescience praescientia fore-knowledge an understanding before-hand of a thing ere it come to pass see Predestination Prescind praescindo to cut or tear before to divide or break first Dr. Ham. Prescription praescriptio a limiting or limitation an appointing or determining a Rule or Law a long possession or continuance in possession the course or use of a thing for a long time Presentaneous praesentaneus present ready speedy forceable effectual c. Presentation praesentatio is used properly for the act of a Patron offering or presenting his Clerk to the Bishop to be instituted in a Benefice of his gift The form whereof see in the Regist orig fol. 222. a. Presentment is a meer denunciation of the Jurors themselves or some other Officer as Justice Constable Searcher Surveyor c. without any information of an offence inquireable in the Court whereunto it is presented see Lamberds Eiren. lib. 4. ca. 5. pag. 467. Preside praesideo to have authority or rule to have the protection or tuition of any thing place or people before others to have the over-sight or charge Presidial praesidialis pertaining to a Lieutenant Vice-Roy chief Ruler or President Presidie praesidium a Garison all manner of aid and defence help comfort Presidiary praesidiarius that is ordained to be an aid to another pertaining to a Garison of Soldiers also as Fresidial Prest or Imprest money from the Fr prest i. ready for that it binds those that have received it to be ready at all times appointed is a kind of an earnest money given commonly to a Soldier when he is Imprested or commanded to be ready to serve in War Prestiges praestigiae deceirs impostures delusions cousening tricks Prestigation praestigatio a jugling cousening or playing Legerdemain Prestigious praestigiosus pertaining to a Jugler or Imposter that deceives with Legerdemain or deludes the eye 〈…〉 Presto Span. quickly a word used by 〈…〉 in their Hocus Pocus tricks Preterition praeteritio a going over a passing by or beyond a surpassing Pretermission praetermissio an omitting a leaving out a letting a thing pass a forgetting Pretor praetor so called à praecundo an Officer in old time having the Rule of an Army the General afterwards he had authority in Judgement and was a chief Justice having other Judges sitting under him as Asconius saith to the number of seventy one others write seventy three in process of time there were so many Praetors chosen as there were Countries subject to the Empire Tho. At first the names of Consul Praetor and Judges were all one Pretorian praetorius of or belonging to or attending on a Praetor the Pretorian guard of Soldiers in old Rome were first established by Augustus and consisted of Ten thousand every one having double the wages of a Legionary Soldier and were in the same nature to the Emperors as the Janizaries are to the Great Turk or as the Mamalukes were to the Sultans of Egypt Prevaricate praevaricor to make a semblance or shew to do a thing and do quite contrary to betray a cause to swerve from truth to go out of the right way See Calumniate Prevaricator praevaricator he that leaves the right way or betrays a cause a false dealer one that pleads by covin a transgressor Prevenient praeveniens coming or going before preventing Previdence previdentia fore-seeing or fore-casting Previous praevius that goes before or leads the way Priapism priapismus is a disease when the Yard is stretched out in length and breadth nothing provoking the Patient to lust and desire if it come with a beating or panting of the Yard then the evil is called Satyriasis Pricker a Huntsman on horse-back Pricket a fallow Male Deer bearing that name when he is a year old compleat Pridian pridianus of the day before Primacy from primus or from the Fr. primace excellency chief rule highest estate and particularly an Ecclesiastical dignity or command over the Archbishops and Bishops of a Kingdom or Province and he who has this dignity is called a Primate or Metropolitan Prâ—ge is a duty due to the Marriners and Sailers for â—oading any Ship at the setting forth from any Haven A. 32. H 8. ca. 14. Prime primus first principal chief Also the first hour of the day in Summer at four of the clock in Winter at eight Also one of the Canonical hours of Prayer among the Romanists which begins at six of the clock in the morning and holds till nine The Third begins at nine and holds till twelve The Sixth holds from twelve to three The Ninth or None from three to six at night Then begins the Vesperas which holds till nine from nine the Compline holds till twelve at night Bellarm. de bonis oper lib. 1. cap. 10. Primer a Prayer-book of the Romanists so called containing the Office of the Virgin Mary which is divided into seven several hours as a memorial of the seven principal parts and Hours of our Saviors Passion viz. the Mattins and Laudes the Prime or first hour the Third hour the Sixth hour the Nineth hour for morning The Evensong and Compline for the Evening and these seven Hours are composed of Psalms chiefly Hymns Canticles Antiphones Versicles Responsories and Prayers Primevous primaevus the elder or of the first age Primâ—ces primitiae first fruits Primigenious primigenius that comes naturally of it self that hath not the beginning of another the first or original Primipotent primipotens of chief power Primitial from primitiae belonging to first fruits Primitive primitivus that hath no beginning of other the first Primogeniture from primogenitus the first begetting or bringing forth Br. Primordial primordium a first beginning off-spring original Bac. It is also used adjectively Primum mobile Lat. in the Pagan Philosophy is the upper Heaven supposed to give motion to all the rest Principality principalitas the estate or seat of a Sovereign Prince Sovereignity Dominion Seignory Principalities are the second Order of the second Hierarchy of Angels Princock praecox a ripe-headed young Boy or one that is soon or over-hasty ripe Non amo puerum Praecocis ingenii I love not a Boy of too early a wit says the Poet. Prisage Fr. prizing praising rating valuing also that custom or share that belongs to the King out of such Merchandize as are taken
make crooked Recusant was by Statute Law any person that refufed to come to Church and hear the Common-Prayer read but the word is now almost wholly appropriated to the Roman Catholiques Redamancy from redamo a loving of him or her that loves us a loving again a mutual loving Montagu Redargue redarguo to reprehend reprove or blame to controle or disprove by argument or reason Redargution redargutio a reprehending checking or reproving Reddition redditio a restoring rendring or giving again Redditive redditus delivered restored apt to give again or repay Redhibition redhibitio restitution of a thing to him that sold it the causing of one by Law to take that again which he sold Redient rediens returning coming or going back the Redient moon luna rediens the new Moon Reditioâ— reditio a returning a coming again Redintegrate redintegro to begin again to renew to make again to refresh Redintegration redintegratio a renewing a beginning afresh Redituaries Fr. Redituaires an order of Franciscan Friers which have Lands and Revenues therein differing from the Mendicants or begging Friers who are to possess nothing Redolâ—nâ— redolens fragrant sweet smelling yielding a savor or scent odoriferous Redonate redonoâ— to give again a thing that is taken Red Sea See Erythraean â—ea Redubbors are those that buy cloth which they know to be stoln and turn it into some other form or fashion Britton cap. 29. Reduction reductio a leading or bringing home again a reducing or bringing back Redulcerate redulcero to begin to make sore again to renew a wound Redundancy redundantia excessiveness over-much superfluity surcharging Reduplicate reduplico to re-double or double often Reduplication reduplicatio a redoubling It is a figure in Rhetorick when the same word that ends one part of a verse or sentence is repeated in that which follows As Facietis maxima Gallo Gallo cujus Amor Virg. And Magna Reipub. spe sita est in juventute In juventute inquam illa Cic. Reeve or Reve alias Greve from the Sax. Gereâ—a a Governor and that by rejecting the first syllable which among the Saxons is usual It signifies with us the Bayliff of a Franchize or Mannor especially in the West parts Kitch fol. 43. Râ—evo by corruption from the Span. Arriva i. above As Arriva Castiliano Up Castilian Refectorn refectorium a place in Monasteries or Colledges where the Company Dine and Sup together a Hall a refreshing or baiting place Refection refectio a rereshing a recreation a repast a repairing or mending a thing that is worn and decayed Refel refello to prove false to disprove to refute to confute by reason and argument Referendaries referendarii Officers under Comes Dispositionum who made relation of Petitions or Requests exhibited to the Emperors and his answer or pleasure rouching the same The like Officers are under the Pope as also under the Masters of Râ—quests in France and are there otherwise called Rapporteurs Refocillate refocillo to comfort refresh revive make lusty again Reformado Span. reformed Vn Capitan reformado a reformed Captain one that having lost part of his men has the rest taken from him and put under another himself being either casheired or continued in pay either as an inferior Souldier or for what he hath done formerly Refractory refractorius wilful in opinion froward rebellious stubborn Refracted refractus broken open weakened Refraction refractio a breaking open also a rebound Refret Fr. refrain the Burthen or Down of a Song or Ballad Refrigerate refrigero to cool refresh comfort to mitigate or asswage Refuge refugium a sanctuary or succor a place of resting or safety Refund refundo to melt to dissolve to melt again to re-flow to cast out again to pay back Refusion refusio a pouring back again Regal regalis Royal Sovereign Majestick Princely pertaining to a King also a certain Musical Instrument so called Also a Jewel or Ring of great value which a King of France offered at St. Thomas shrine at Canterbury called the Regal of France which Henry the Eighth upon the dissolution took thence and wore on his own finger To Regale from the Span. Regalar to make as much account and take as great a care of ones self as if one were a King to feast or entertain with rarities Regaita the Rights of a King which the Civilians say are six viz. 1. Power of Judicature 2. Power of Life and Death 3. All kind of Arming 4. Masterless goods 5. Sessments 6. And the value of money Regalo Span. a costly dainty a curiosity fit for a King Regality regalitas Kingliness the Estate or Authority of a King Regardant Fr. a term in Heraldry when a beast is painted looking back at one Regarder Fr. Regardeur i. Spectator is an Officer of the Forest appointed to surview all other Officers c. Regenerate regenero to engender again to renew also to resemble in nature and property Regeneration regeneratio new birth after we are once born naturally to be born again spiritually renovation Tit. 3.5 Regent Regens a Governor or Ruler Also a Reader Teacher Moderator of a Form in a Colledge or a Professor in some of the Liberal Sciences Regerminate regermino to burgen again to spring anew to grow afresh Regible regibilis easie to be ruled Regifical regificus Royal Princely pompous sumptuous Regiment regimentum Government Rule a Regiment of Souldiers is the proper command of a Colonel If it be of Horse it commonly consists of five six seven or eight Troops If of Foot it usually hath eight nine ten eleven or twelve Companies Reglutinate reglutino to unglue or glue again Reguardism Fr. Fox-like subtilty sliness crastiness falseness and to Regnardise to play the Fox Regrater Fr Regrateur i. a Huckster or one that trims up old Wares for sale in our Law did antiently signifie such as bought by the great and sold by retail Ann. 27. Ed. 3. Stat. 1. cap. 3. But now it signifies him that buyes and sells any Wares or Victuals in the same Market or Fair or within five miles thereof Anno 5. Ed. 6. ca. 14. Ann. 5 Eliz. ca. 12. and 13 Eliz. cap. 25. Regratulate regratulor to rejoyce again in ones behalf to be glad again to return thanks Regresse Regression regressus a returning recoiling or going back Regret Fr. desire or humor unto also grief sorrow repentance To do a thing with regret is to do it unwillingly or with an ill stomack Regulars see Secular Priests Re-imbosce from the Spa. Emboscar to lie in ambush to lie again in ambush or return to the Wood. Reintegrate see Redintegrate Reioynder from the Fr. Rejoindre i. to rejoyn or joyn again signifies in our Common Law as much as Duplication with the Civilians that is an Exception or Answer to a Replication For first the Plaintiff exhibites his Bill the Defendant answers then the Plaintiff replies to that Answer which is called a Replication to which the Defendant rejoyns which is called a Rejoynder especially in Chancery-Westm part 2. Symb. Tit. Chancery Sect. 56.
threefoldness Astrologians divide the twelve signes into four Trigons or Triplicities so called because they are distant the third part of a circle one from the other Tripode tripodium a three footed stool any thing that hath three feet Hence Tripodical that hath three feet three footed Tripoly tripolium a stone with the pouder whereof Lapidaries and Stonecutters smooth or polish their Jewels also a kinde of herb Triptot◠triptoton a Noun having but three cases Tripudiate tripudio to dance to go tripping on the toe dancer-like Tripudiary divination was by bread rebounding on the ground when it was cast unto birds or chickens Br. Triquet or Triquetrous triquetrus having three corners triangular Trirem◠triremis a Galley wherein every oar hath three men to it or a Galley that hath three oars on every side See Quinquereme Trisagien Gr. thrice holy the Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus mentioned in the Church-service or Te Deum Trismegistus i. ter maximus so called because he was the greatest Philosopher Priest and King he is called also Hermes Trismegistus and Mercurius Tristifical tristificus that makes sad or heavy Tristitiate from tristitia to make sad or pensive Felth. Resol Trisulk trisulcus having three edges or three furrows Trisyllabical trisyllabicus that hath three syllables Trite tritus worn over-worn old thred-bare much used common Tritheites thritheitae a sort of Hereticks that held there were three distinct God-heads in the Trinity of the persons Triticean triticeus wheaten of wheat Triton a god of the sea also a weathercock Triturable from trituro that may be threshed threshable Dr. Br. Trituration trituratio a threshing as they do corn Trivial trivialis common used or taught in high wayes of small estimation homely Triumph triumphus a solemn pomp or shew at the return of a Captain from a victory Among the Romans there was Triumphus major Minor the lesser kinde of Triumph was called Ovation above from a sheep which was in this kinde of Triumph led before him and after sacrificed by him In the greater triumph properly so called the Lord General sacrificed a Bull c. Of the magnificence of this Triumph see Plutarch in the Triumph of Paulus Aemilius And of the ceremonies of both see Dr. Heylyn in his description of Italy Triumphant Arches were among the Romans erected for them onely who having subdued whole Provinces or conquered foreign Nations and obtained noble Victories seemed worthy of triumph and thereupon they were cal'd Triumphant Arches Upon these Arches for the perpetual memorial of acts atchieved were engraven the portraiture of the very places where the war was performed the resemblances of Fabricks and ranged Battels if the service was on land and of Ships if it were at sea In Pliny's days they began first to be built before onely Statues and Trophees were set up c. Livie Triumvirate triumviratus the office of the triumvir or of three in the like authority of which there were several sorts in antient Rome as you may read in Livie Trochisk or Trosque trochischus a little wheel also a little Rundlet or Cake whereinto divers medicinable things are reduced the better to be kept and the readier to be used Troglodites trogloditae people in the furthest part of Africk beyond Aethiope that dwell under ground go naked and eat Serpents of whom you may read in Herberts Travels Tronage is a kind of Toll Westm 2. cap. 25. ann 13 Ed. 1. taken as it seems for weighing For I find in Fleta lib. 2. cap 12. Sect. Item Vlnas that Trona is a beam to weigh with Tromperie Fr. fraud cozenage deceit circumvention legerdemain Trope Gr. Tropos i. verborum immutatio is when a word is drawn from its proper and genuine signification to another The difference between a Trope and a Figure is this the first relates to particular words onely the other concerns many words or the whole frame of a sentence The last most commonly uses words elegantly in their native signification the other contrarywise Tropical or Tropological tropicus that speaks or is spoken figuratively or by tropes Trophie trophoeum a token or monument set up in a place where enemies were vanquished with their ensigns or other spoils hanged on it a sign or token of Victory a brave a victory of joy Also a frame of wood made to hang somewhat upon in manner of a funeral Hearse Tropicks tropici two imagined circles in the Heavens of equal distance on either side from the Aequator The one called the Tropick of Cancer the other of Capricorne to the first the Sun cometh about 12 June to the other about 12 December They are called Tropicks of the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to turn because when the Sun comes to either of them he turns his course either higher having been at the lowest or lower having been at the highest Min. Tropology tropologia a figurative kinde of speaking or a speaking by Tropes Trosque See Trochisk Trover from the Fr. trouver i. to find is an Action at Law which lies against a man that having found anothers goods refuseth to deliver them upon demand c. See the New Book of Entries verbo Trover Troy Weight contains twelve ounces in the pound by which Gold Silver Precious stones and Bread are weighed See Weights Trowel from the Fr. Truelle an instrument that Masons and Bricklayers use to dawb Mortar Truand Fr. a common Beggar a lazy Rascal a Vagabond a Schollar that loyters from School or neglects his Book Truch-man or Teriuman Fr. Trucheman Span. Truchaman or Truiaman Ital. Torcimanno an Interpreter a Drogoman Trucidation trucidatio a cruel killing or murdering Truculent truculentus cruel in countenance and menacing rough terrible Truel See Trowel Trullissation trullissatio a pargetting or plaistering with mortar or loam Truncation truncatio a cutting a thing shorter a maiming a mangling Trunck truncus a stump a stem stock or body of a tree without the boughs a body without a head a block-head or Dunce Trutinate trutino to weigh or examine to consider throughly of a thing Tube tuba the Pipe through which the marrow of the Backbone runs also a Trumpet or any long Pipe Tuberous tuberus full of bunches swellings wens or knots Tubicinate tubicino to sound the Trumpet Tubulatio◠tubulatio a making hollow like pipes swelling or puffing out Tudiculate tudiculo to pound or bruise to work as Smiths do with a hammer to engrave Tuel the fundament of a Beast A term in hunting Tuition tuitio defending safe keeping protection Tulipant a roll or wreath commonly of linnen which the Indians wear on their heads instead of hats a shash Herb. Tr. Tullianum Lat. a dark and stinking dungeon or common prison in old Rome built or enlarged by King Tullius from whom it took name Tumbrel is an Engine of punishment which ought to be in every Liberty that hath view of Frank Pledge for the brideling of Scoulds and unquiet women Kitch fol. 13. a. called also a Cucking-stool Tumefie tumefacio to make