a Dive-dapper Aesculapius the son of Apollo and Coronis he being taught by Chiron the art of Physick restor'd Hippolitus the son of Theseus to life who because the had refus'd the embraces of Phaedra his Mother-in-law was by her meanes torn in pieces by wild Horses but Jupiter was so incens't at this cure that he slew Aesculapius with a thunderbolt Aesica an ancient City of Cumberland upon the River Esk where the Tribune of the Austures in old time kept watch and ward against the Northern enemies Aesia a River in France now call'd Oyse To Aestuate lat to burn to rage like the Sea To Aestivate lat to keep ones summer in a place Aethalis the son of Mercurie to whom it was granted that he should sometimes converse among the number of the dead Aetherial pertaining to the sky Aethiopia a large Country of Africa first called Aetheria afterward Aethiopia from Aethiops the son of Vulcan Aethon the name of one of the Horses of the Sun also the name of a man so given to fart that he could not abstain in the Capitoline Temple Aethra vide Hyades Aetna a Hill in Sicilie that always casts up flames of fire Aetolia a Country in Greece bordering upon Epirus A F Affability lat curtesie in speech Affaire French a business of importance Affectation lat an overcurious imitation Affectionate lat bearing a good affection to any one Affeâ—rours a Term in law signifying those which are appointed in Court-leets upon Oath to set Fines upon the heads of those that have committed crimes punishable by vertue of that Court. Affiance French trust confidence also a betrothing Affictious lat dissembled counterfeited Affidavit a Term in law to make Affidavit is to testifie a thing upon Oath Affinage French a refining of metals Affinitie lat likeness also kindred by marriage Affirmation lat an absolute maintaining or affirming To Affix lat to fasten unto Affluence lat plenty Afflux a flowing upon or a flowing together To Afforrest a Term in law to lay waste a piece of ground and turn it into forrest Affray French fear also tumult or assault Affrication lat a rubbing against any thing Affront French wrong or abuse Affrontednesse impudence shamelesnesse Afgodnesse Sax. impiety ungodlinesse Africa the third part of the world so called from Afer who peopled it with an army it being before called Libya A. G. AGa a great Officer among the Turks called the Captain of the Janizaries Agamemnon the son of Atreus and Europa King of Argos and Mycenae he was chosen General of the Greeks in the Trojan expedition and after he came home slain by Aegystus at a banquet vide Aegysthus †Agamist Gr. a despiser of marriage Aganippe a Fountain in Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses Agariâ— a Samarian root that helps concoction also a soft excrescence of the Larix or larch tree Agast old word dismaid with fear Agate a precious stone formerly found in Ganges a River of Lycia Agatha a Womans name signifying in Greek good Agathonian lascivious so called from Agatho a minstrel full of ribaldry Agathocles a Tyrant of Sicily whose father was a Potter he first gave himself to robbing but afterwards by his stoutnesse and eloquence he was advanced to the Kingdom he made war with the Carthaginians but seeking to inlarge his Dominions he was betrayed and died for grief Agave the daughter of Cadmus and Hermione she was married to Echion the Theban Age the measure of mans life from his birth to his death a man by the Common-Law is liable to answer for any misdemeanour at the fourteenth year of his age and to inherit at the 21th †Agelastic Greek one that is perpetually sad one that never laugh's Agemoglans the Children of Christians who while they are young are seiz'd on by the Turkish Officers to be made Janizaries or for some other service of the Grand Signior the word in the Turkish language signifieth untaught Agent Lat. a Factor or dealer for an other man Agesilaus a King of the Lacedemonians who overthrew Tissapâ—ernes the Persian General at the River Pactolus and the Athenians and Boeotians at Coronea also a stout Athenian and brother of Themistocles he being judged to be sacrificed at the Altar of the Sun for killing Mardonius held his hand a good while in the fire without changing his countenance and affirmed that all the Athenians were such as himself whereupon he was set free To Aggerate lat to heap up To Agglomerate lat to rowl up together To Agglutinate lat to glue together To Aggrandize to make great also to cry up or augment the fame of any action To Aggravate lat the same also to burthen also to make the worst of a thing in speaking of it To Aggregate lat to assemble together Aggressour lat an assailer of another a beginner of a businesse Agility lat nimblenesse An Agiler a marker of men Chaucer Agilt old word committed Aginatour lat a retailer of small wares from Agina that whereon the beam of a pair of Balances hangeth Agiographer Gr. see Hagrographer Agipe old word a Coat full of plaites Agis a King of the Lacedemonians who made cruel wars with the Athenians and was at length killed in Prison by his own Countrey-men Agist a Term in Common-law signifying to take in and feed the Cattel of strangers in the K. Forrest and to gather money due for the same to the Kings use Agitation lat a frequent motion also a disturbance and inquietude of minde Artamenes Aglais one of the Graces Aglais the Daughter of Magacles she would dayly devour ten pound of flesh half a peck of bread and four Gallons of wine at a meal Aglet French the tag of a point also a little plate of metal Agnail a sore between the finger or toe and the nail Agnation lat kindred or near relation by the fathers side Agnes a womans name signifying in Greek chaste Agnition lat an acknowledging Agnodice a Virgin who putting her self into mans apparel grew famous in physick by the instruction of Herophilus Agnomination lat a surname a name wherewith a man is signalized for any famous act Agnus Castus an Herb which preserveth chastity Agonalia latin feasts in which there were great wrestlings and other exercises of activity Agony Greek anguish of minde To Agonize Greek to play the Champion Agonothert Greek a Master of the Revell's Agramed old word aggrieved The Agrarian law a law made by the Romans for the distribution of lands among the common people Agreeable French suitable to a mans Genius or Inclination To Agredge old word to aggravate Agrestical lat clownish rude Agriculture lat tillage husbandry Agrippa one that is born with his feet formost also the name of several Kings Agrise old word afraid astonished Agrose old word grieved Agroted old word cloyed To Agryse old word to cause one to quake A. J. Ajax the son of Telamon and Hesione daughter of Laomedon he was one of the stoutest of all the Greeks
Askaunce old word if by chance Askaunt old word as to look askaunt to look side-wayes Askes old word ashes Asmodeus Greek a friend of carnality the name of a certain spirit Asmotographers Greek composers of lessons to any instrument Asopus a River of Boeotia running by Thebes which the Poets faign'd to have been the father of Aegina whom Jupiter deflowr'd Asotus Greek prodigal intemperate Aspect Lat. a sight also ones countenance or presence also a position of the stars one toward another Aspectable Lat that may be seen or beheld Asper a certain kinde of coyn bearing the value of a penny farthing of our money Asperation lat a making rough or sharp Asperity lat roughnesse Aspernate lat to despise to scorn Aspersion lat a sprinkling or bespattring it is also taken Metaphorically for a casting a blemish upon other mens reputation Asphaltites a Lake in Judaea where Sodom and Gomorrha stood having been full of brimstone ever since it rained down upon those Cities Asphodil the name of a certain flowr otherwise called Daffadil or Narcissus Aspick a little venemous Serpent Aspiration lat a breathing also a note over a Greek vowel which hath the force of an h. Aspâ—rtation lat a carrying away Assail to set upon to assault Assart a Term in law signifying an offence committed in a Forrest by plucking up the Woods by the roots also to Assart is to set in order to make glades in a Wood to lop off the branches of a Tree to clear a ground of shrubs An Assâ—ssiaâ— Ital. a Robber or Murtherer that kills another for gain Assay French to prove to try an Assayer of the King is an Officer of the Mint for the true trial of silver Assâ—ctation lat a following any one an adhering to anothers opinion Assâ—ntation lat a complying with anothers opinion out of flattery or dissimulation Assert lat to affirm to maintain Assesse Fr. to set down a rate to tax Assâ—â—trix â—at a Midwife a woman that is assistant to another Assets French a Term in Common-law signifying goods sufficient wherewith the Heir oâ— Executor may discharge the Ancestors or Testators Debts or Legacies Assâ—verate lat to affirm earnestly Aâ—sidâ—ous lat dayly observant diligent Assigne French a term in law he that is constituted by another to do any businesse an assign indeed is he whom the person appoints assign in law is he whom the law appoints Assimilatiâ—n lat a likening a resembling Assise Order Chaucer Assised sure firm Idem Assiâ—t lat to help Assize French a Term in law signifying a sitting of Justices upon their Commission it is taken also for a Writ also a setting down the price of any commodity Association lat a being frequent in company with another Assoyle to acquit to pardon also to answer Chaucer Assoylen to declare Idem Assuefaction lat an inuring a bringing one to any thing by custome Assuetude lat use custome Assume lat to take to ones self Assumpsit a voluntary promise whereby a man takes upon him to perform any thing to another Assumption lat a taking to also the minor proposition of a syllogisme Astarites a certain Chrystalline stone having in the midst of it the resemblance of half a Moon Aâ—terisme Gr. a constellation of stars Asterisk Greek a little star also a mark in writing having the form of a star Asterius the name of a certain King of Creet Aâ—terlagour a word used by Chaucer signifying an Astrolabe Aâ—â—ert old word passed Aâ—thma Greek a certain disease which causeth difficulty of breathing Astipulation lat an agreement an assent also a witnesse Astonish lat to dismay to stupifie Astraea the daughter of Jupiter and Themis or as some say of Astraeus and Aurora she was for her Justice taken up into heaven and plac't among the twelve signs Astraeus the son of Crius one of the Titans and Eurybaea he married Aurora and begat the winds and the stars Astragal a word used in Architecture as also in fortification being a certain ring or circle about the neck of a Pillar or a piece of Ordnance Astrâ—ction lat a binding to Astriferous lat star-bearing Astringent lat binding or making costive Aâ—troit a precious stone called in Latin Asteria wherein little streakes like the beams of a star appear Aâ—â—rolabe a Mathematical instrument to finde the motions and distances of stars or to take any heights and depths by Astrologie Greek the art of foretelling things to come by the motions and distances of the stars Aâ—tromela a Citie of the Province of Narbon in France Astronomy Greek an art teaching the knowledge of the courses of the stars Asturia a Province of Spain near Portugall so called from the River Astura the Pyrenean Mountains are also called Asturias Astute lat subtle witty crafty Astyages the father of Mandana and Grand-father of Cyrus Asyle Greek a sanctuary a place of refuge for offenders Asyndeton Greek a Rhetorital figure where comma's are put instead of conjunction copulatives A T Atalanta the daughter of Schoeneus King of Scyrus she being swift of foot it was proposed among her suiters that he who could out-run her should have her for his wife but many of them being overcome at length Hippomenes the son of Megacles who had received three golden Apples of Venus that had been gathered in the Hesperian Garden let them fall in the midst of the Race and by that means arrived at the end before her also the name of a great Huntresse of Arcadia who gave the first wound to the Caledonian Boar and was afterwards married to Meleager Atchievement French the performance of some great exploit Atchekâ—d old word choaked Ateles an Island famous for the abundance of precious Oyntments that grew there Aterst old word in earnest in deed Athamas the son of Aeolus and King of Thebes he had by his wife Nephele Phryxus and Helle who were so persecuted by Ino the daughter of Cadmus whom their father married that they fled away upon the Golden Ram but Helle falling off into the Sea gave the name to Hellespont see Ino. Atheisme Greek ungodlinesse a being of no Religion Athelney or Athelingy i. the Isle of Nobles a little Island made by the River Thâ—ne in Sommersetshire where King Alfred shrouded himself when the Danes overran the Kingdom as Marius did anciently in the Lake of Minturnus Athens a famous Citie of Greece first called Cecropia from Cecrops afterwards Athenae from Athenaea or Minerva who first found out the use of the Olive-tree Athletical Greek belonging to wrastling Athol a County in the South-part of Scotland bordering upon Perth and watered by the River Amund Athos a high Hill between Macedon and Thrace which casts a shadow as far as the Isle of Lemnos upon the top of this Hill is a Citie now called Monte Sancto Athroted old word cloyed Atlantick Islands two Islands upon the Borders of Lybia formerly called the Fortunate Islands or the Hesperides where were said to be the Elysian fields Atlantick-Sea a part of the
Ordinary formed of a threefold line representing the shape of the Escutcheon Inestimable or Inaestimable lat which cannot be rated of too high a price to be valued Inevitable lat not to be shuned or avoided Inexaturated lat not to be filled or satisfied of an unsatiable appetite Inexhaustible or Inexhaurible lat not to be drawn out or emptied Inexorable lat not to be perswaded or intreated Inexpiable lat not to be purged or cleansed from sin never to be satisfied for Inexpleble lat not to be filled Inexplicable lat not to be unfolded or explained Inexpugnable lat not to be taken or won by force Inextinguible lat not to be put out or quenched Inextirpable lat not to be rooted out whose stock or linage can never be utterly destroyed Inextricable lat not to be wound out or disentangled Inexuperable lat not to be overcome or surpassed Infallible lat not to be deceaved never failing Infancie lat the first age of man which is from the first year till the seventh Infandous lat not to be spoken monstrously wicked and hainous Infangtheft a word used in the practic of Scotland signifying a liberty to sit and decide upon any theft committed within a mans own jurisdiction by his own servant Out-fangtheft being the like liberty when a theft is committed by a stranger Infantes and Infantas of Spain all the Sons and Daughters of the King of Spain are so called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or by way of eminence except the Eldest who are called Principe and Princesa Infanterie Ital. the Foot Souldierie of an army Infanticide lat Infant-killing a murdering of Children or Infants Infatigable see Indefatigable Infatuation lat a besoting a making foolish Infaust or Infaustous lat unluckly unfortunate Infelicity lat unhappinesse To Infeof a Law Term to grant in Fee Inferial lat belonging to Funeralls Inferiour lat lower of a meaner degree Inferiour Planets are those which are placed below the Globe of the Sun Infernal lat belonging to the deep or hell To Infer lat to bring in to conclude from something gone before Infertil lat barren unfruitful Infestation lat a troubling molesting or disturbing †Infestive lat without sport joy or solemnity Infibulation lat a buttoning or buckling in Inficiation lat a denying Infidelity lat untrustinesse unfaithfulnesse Infimous lat lowermost meanest Infinitive lat having no end or measure the Ifinitive Mood in Grammer is that Mood which hath neither number nor person as other moods Infirmary an Hospital or Spittle for sick folks Infirmity lat weaknesse indisposednesse To Infix lat to fasten in Inflammation lat an inflaming a swelling or burning with heat Inflate lat swelling or puft up with wind hence an inflate expression is an expression swelling with big words but to little purpose Inflexible lat not to be bowed or bended and by metaphor unruly it is also taken in an amorous sense when a Lady is not to be moved by the most earnest importunity of her servant Artam Infliction lat a laying a punishment upon Influence lat a flowing in also the power which celestial bodies have over earthly things Influx lat a flowing in Infacundity lat unfruitfulnesse barrennesse Information lat an informing telling nor making known Informatus non sum a formal answer made by an Atturny that is commanded by the Court to say what he thinks good in defence of his Client whereby he is deemed to leave his Client undefended and so judgement passeth for the adverse party Informers certain Officers belonging to the Kings bench who complain of those that offend against any penal statutes they are also called Promoters and by the Civilians Delatores Informity lat unhandsomenesse uglynesse a being out of shape or form Infrangible lat not to be broken or discouraged Infriction or Infrication lat a rubbing or chaâ—ing in To Infringe lat to break to pieces also to indamage or diminish Infucation lat a laying on of drugs or artificial colours upon the face Infuscation lat a making dark or dusky Infusiâ—n lat a powring in it is used in Physick for a steeping of roots or leaves or any kind of medicine in some liquid substance for a certain time till the chiefest of their virtue be drawn out Ingannation Ital. a deceaving Ingemination lat a doubling also a repeating the same word over again Ingenerable lat not to be begotten or produc't Ingeniculation lat a bending of the knee a kneeling †Ingeniosity or Ingenuity lat ingeniousnesse wittynesse also Ingenuity is taken for a free condition or state of life also a liberal or free nature Ingestion lat a carrying or conveying in Ingle see Caâ—amite Inglorious lat without glory obscure Ingot a little wedge or masse of gold from the French word Lingot because it something resembleth a tongue Ingrailed from the Latin Ingredior a term in Heraldry as a bordure ingrailed is when the line of which the bordure is made crooks inward toward the field Ingrate lat displeasing not accepted also unthankful whence Ingratitude unthankfulnesse Ingredient lat is taken in Physick for one of the simples put into a compounded medecine Ingree old word in good part Ingression lat an entring or walking into also a beginning Ingressu lat a writ of entrie whereby a man seeketh entrie into Lands or Tenements Ingrosser in Common law signifies one thnt buys up corn growing or dead victuall to sell again Ingurgitation lat a greedy swallowing or gluttonous devouring as it were a craming a bottomlesse pit Ingustable lat untastable not to be tasted Inhabitable lat not to be dwelt in or inhabited but the praeposition in hath not the same force in the word Inhabitant this signifying a dweller or one that lives in this or that place Inhalation lat a breathing in a breathing upon Inhesion or Inhaesion lat a sticking close a cleaving unto Inheritance in Common law is a perpetuitie of lands or tenements to a man and his heirs Inhibition lat a forbiding in Common law it is taken for a writ forbidding a Judge to proceed farther in the cause depending before him but inhibition is a writ issuing out of a higher Court Christian to an inferiour whereas prohibition issues out of the Kings to a Court Christian or to an inferiour temporall Court Inhonestation lat a shaming or disgracing a making dishonest Iahospitality or Inhospitability lat a not affording intertainment a churlishness to strangers also an unfitnesse for intertainment Inhumanity lat cruelty barbarousnesse as it were a putting off and devesting ones self of human nature Inhumation lat a burying or putting into the ground †Inideous lat unfit Injection lat a casting in it signifieth in Physick particularly a conveying of any liquid substance into any part of the body by glister or Syringe or the like Inimitable lat not to be followed or imitated Iniquity lat want of equity corruption injustice Iniswen the white Island a name which in ancient times was attributed to this Island of Brittain Initiation
as far as the Mountain Taurus also Arcadia was heretofore so called from Lycaon the King thereof Lyceum the name of a School which Cicero erected at his Mannor of Tusculum calling it so after the name of Aristotles School near Athens Lycomedes a King of the Island Scyrus by whom Achilles being intertained before he went to the Trojan War and conversing with his daughters in womans apparel he got one of them called Deidamia with Childe and begat Pyrrhus Lycurgus the son of Polydectes and King of Sparta after the death of his brother Eunomus but he soon resigned up the Crown to Charilaus his brothers son and having made wholesome laws for the good of the Common-wealth which were confirmed by the approbation of the Delphic Oracle he afterwards retired himself to Cyrrha where at length he slew himself and had a Temple built him and Divine honours given bim by the Lacedaemonians also the name of a King of Thrace who proceeded so violently against Bacchus that he forced him to retire himself to Naxus and would have caused all the Vines in his Kingdom to be rooted up that no sacrifice might be made to him but ere he had effected his design he fell mad and cut off his own legs Lycus a King of Boeotia who married Antiope the daughter of Nycteus but she being got with Childe by Jupiter in the form of a Satyr he put her away and married Dirce. See more in Dirce and Amphyon also a King of Lybia who using to sacrifice his Guests had intended the same thing towards Diomede but Callirroe the daughter of Lycus falling in love with him delivered him out of Chains and being afterwards neglected by him hanged her self for grief Lydia a Christian name of divers women from the Countrey so called Lydia a Kingdom of Asia the lesse so called from Lydus the son of Atys who perceiving the people grow too numerous for the Countrey resolved to send out one of his sons to whose lot it should fall to plant a Colony in some other place so that it falling to Tyrrenus his lot he went out with a great multitude of Lydians and choosing out a part of Italie which lieth upon the Sea-side he called it from his own name Tyrrhenum his brother Lydus tarrying at home succeeded his father Atys in the Kingdom and called it from his own name Lydia whereas before it was called Maeonia Lydford Law a certain Law whereby they first hang a man and afterwards indite him Lymphatick lat mad distracted as it were by seeing the likenesse of a Nymph in the water from Lympha i. water Lynceus the son of Apareus and one of the Argonauts he was reported to be so quick-sighted that he could see through stone walls even to the very deep it self and that he could discern the Moon in her last quarter and the first the very same day in the signe of Aries whence a sharp-sighted man is proverbially called a Lynceus also Lynceus and Idas were two brothers who fought with Castor and Pollux about the two daughters of Leucippus Castor fell by the hand of Lynceus Lynceus by the hand of Pollux Idas going about to slay Pollux was strook with Thunder from Heaven Lyncus a King of Scythia who going about to kill Triptolemus his Guest as he lay asleep that he might gain to himself the glory of inventing the use of Corn was changed by Ceres into a beast called Lynx or Ounce Lyndus a Citie of Rhodes famous for the solemne sacrifices which in old time were performed there to Hercules Lyra one of the celestial Aâ—â—orismes which the Poets feigned to be Arions Harp Lyrick verses or songs songs composed to the Lyre or Harp whence we say vulgarly playing Leero-way on the Viol which is corruptly used for Lyra-way i. e. Harp-way Lysander a Captain of the Lecedaemonians who overcame the Athenians under the command of Conon in a very great battel Lysidice the daughter of Pelops she was married to Electryon and brought forth Alckmena the mother of Hercules Lysimachus the son of Agathocles and one of the chief Captains of Alexander the Great he was thrown to a Lyon to be devoured by Alexanders command for hearing Callâ—â—thenes the Philosopher after he was in Chains but he wrapping his Garment about his hands thrust them into the Lyons mouth and pulling out his tongue killed him after Alexanders death he had the Government of Thrace Lysippe see Iphianassa Lysius one of the sirnames of Bacchus to whom under that name the Boeotians consecrated a Temple because by his help they overcame the Thracians by whom they had been set upon before and beaten M A MAbel the Christian name of divers women in Latin Mabilia from Amabilis i. lovely Mac an Irish word signifying as much as son in English or fitz in Welsh Macareus the son of Aeolus who got his sister Canace with child which Aeolus coming to discover by hearing the child cry sent Canace a sword privately bidding her do with it as she deserved best whereupon she killed her self and Macareus fleeing to Delphos was made a Priest of Apollo Macaleb a kind of Pomander or bastard Coral whose berries are black and shining and serve for Bracelets Macaronique French a confused huddle of divers things jumbled together Macarons Ital. lumps of boiled paste strewed over with sugar or spice a dish much used by the Italians but here they are commonly compounded of Almonds Sugar Rose-water and Musk. Macedonia a large Country of Europe heretofore famous for being governed by two great Kings Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great it was anciently called Aemathia and Aemonia now Romelli Macegrefs those that buy and sell stollen flesh Macellarious lat belonging to a shambles Maceration lat a mortifying or bringing low also a steeping in liquor Machaon a famous Physitian the son of Aesculapius and Arsinâ—e he was slain at the wars of Troy by Euripilus Machiavilian belonging unto Machiavill a famous Historian and Polititian of Florence whence it is commonly used for subtile or well verst in State-policy Machination lat a plotting contriving or devising from Machina an Engin or Instrument of war but used also for a device or invention Macilent lat thin lean fallen of ones flesh Mackerell or Maquerell French a kind of fish so called from the great company of spots it hath in Latin Scombrus it is also used for a pander or procurer Macritude lat leannesse Macrobii a certain people of Aethiopia so called from the long life they live Macrocosme Greek the greater being taken contradistinct to the Microcosme or lesser world which is man Macrology lat a figure among Rhetoricians being a speech containing more words than are just necessary Mactation lat a killing or committing slaughter Maculation lat a staining or defiling with spots Madefaction lat a moistning or wetting Madidity or Madour lat moistness or wetness Madder a kind of plant with whose root being of a red colour they use to dye wool Madoc an
Greek a kind of pretious stone so called because it is white as milk Galanthis the servant maid of Alcmena who for deluding Juno that sought to hinder the birth of Hercules was turned into a Weasel Galathea a Sea Nimph the Daughter of Nereus and Doris who being beloved of Polypheme and prefering Acis before him Polypheme killed his rival with a great stone which he pluckt out of a rock whereupon Acis was turned into a River of the same name Galatia a region of Asia the Less called also Gallogrecia Galaxy Greek a broad white circle in the sky which is made by the light reflected from a great company of little Stars It is called the milky way Galbanum a kind of gum issuing out of a plant called Sagapane or Fennel Gyant Gale when the wind bloweth gently so that a ship may bear her top-sailes a trip it is called a loom gall when it is much wind a fresh or stiff gale Galege or Galage in French Galloches a kind of outward shooe worn in dirty weather which hath been anciently in use among the Gaules from whence the word is derived Galena the ancient name of a Town in Oxfordshire now called Wallingford Galenus a famous Physitian of Pergamus who flourished in the time of the Emperour Commodus and writ many excellent Volumes Galeon or Gallion French a great Ship of war Galeote French a small Gally also one that rows in a Gally Galgacus the name of a valiant Brittain who led an army against the Romans Galilaea a Region of Syria lying north of Judea Galingale the aromatical root of the rush Cypresse called Acorus Gallantry French compleatnesse accomplishment or a bold confident way of courtship Artam Gallego Span. an inhabitant of Galatia Gallia a great Country of Europe anciently inhabited by the Gaules now called France Galliard French lusty also substantively taken for a kind of dance Galliardise French lustiness livelyness Gallie-foist see Foist Galliegaskines or Galligascoines a kind of breeches first in use among the inhabitants of that part of France which is called Gascoine Gallimafry a kind of meat made up of several sorts of meats minced together It was so called either because it was allotted to the Gally-slaves or else because it was invented by the Gaules Galloches see Galege Gallon Spanish a measure containing two quarts Gaâ—loway a County of Scotland the people whereof were anciently called Novanti also a County of Ireland in the Province of Câ—naught Galloon a kind of Lace Gallulate lat to begin to have a great voice Gallus a River in Phrygia of which when the Priests of Cybele drank they were agitated with divine fury whence they were called Galli also the name of a young man who suffering Sol to discover the adultery of Mars and Venus was by Mars turned into a cock Galnes in the practick of Scotland signifies any kind of satisfaction for slaughter Gamahez in Arabick signifieth certain figures or images of things wrought exactly by nature Gamaliel Hebr. Gods reward Gambado a thing made of leather for a man to put his legges into when he rides Gamboles certain games or tricks which are in use about Christmasse time from the Italian word Gamba a leg Gammot an incision-knife Gamut the first note in the scale of Musick Ganch to put men to death as they do in Turky by letting them fall from a high place upon sharp hooks Ganges a very great River rising out of the Scythian Mountaines and running thorough the middest of India Gangflower a certain Flower which flourisheth in Procession or Rogation-week by some called Rogation-flower Gangiators or Gaugeators signifies in the practick of Scotland those that examine weights and measures mark cloth c. Gangraen lat a spreading sore an eating ulcer which mortifies the member by reason of the greatness of the exhalation Gang-week the next week but one before Whitsunday in which solemn prayer and procession used to be injoyned by the Church as a preparation to the Feast of the Ascension It is also called Rogation-week Gantlet or Gauntlet French a certain Military glove To run the Gantlope a punishment used among souldiers the offender being to run with his back naked through the whole Regiment and to receive a lash from every souldier It comes from Gant a Town in Flanders where it was invented and the Dutch word Lope which signifies running Ganymed the son of Tros whom for his excellent form Jupiter fell in love with and causing him to be brought up to Heaven upon an Eagles back made him his Cup-bearer instead of Heâ—e the daughter of Juno Also it is metaphorically taken for an ingle or boy hired to commit Sodomy Garamantes a people of Lybia so called from Garamas their King the son of Apollo Garbe a sheaf of Corn from the French word gerbe a bundle also handsomness graceful carriage from the Italian word Garbo also a sharp piquant relish in wine or beer Garbel or Garboord a plank next to the keel of a ship Garble to purifie to sort out the bad from the good an expression borrowed from Grocers who are said to garble their Spices i. e. to purifie them from the dross and dirt Garboile French tumult or trouble Garcifer in the practick of Scotland signifies a boy that serves in the Mill. Gard in Common Law is taken for a custody or care of defence as the education of children under age or the like Gardein in Common Law is he that hath the charge or custody of any person or thing especially he that hath the education of children and the government of their estates until they come to 20 years of age also that hath the charge of idiots or frantick persons during their lunacy he is called by the Civilians Tutor or Curator Gardein of the Spirituality is he to whom the spiritual jurisdiction of any Diocess is committed during the vacancy of the See Garderobe a kind of herb so called also the same as Wardrop Gardmanger French a storehouse or sellar for meat Gare a kind of very course wool Gargarism Greek the bubling of any liquor in the throat to wash the throat and mouth Gargarus the top of the Mountain Ida. Gargantua the name of a great Gyant or Monster from the Spanish word Garganta a throat Garner see Granary Garnet a tackle to hoise goods into a Ship Garnishment French signifieth in Common Law the issuing forth a Writ of scire facias against the Plaintiff for an action of Detinue of charters brought against the Defendant also a fee which prisoners give their keepers at their admittance into prison Garnison French preparation or furniture Garret a proper name See Gerrard Garrison French a Town or Strong hold fortified and kept by souldiers Garrulity lat much tatling or prateing Garter the chief of the three Kings at armes also half a bend in Blazon See Bend. Gasehound a certain sort of dogs of an excellent hunting kind being the same with that which among the old Greeks was called Agasaeus
Lenient lat softning of an asswaging or pacifying power Lenitude lat the same as Lenity Lennox a County in the south part of Scotland so called from the River Levin which Ptolomy calleth Letanonius Lenonian lat belonging to a Pander or Band. Lentigenous lat belonging to Lentills which are a kind of round and flat pulse growing in hot Countries also full of little pimples or freckles resembling Lentills Lentisk lat a kind of tree called the Mastick-tree from which there is taken a Gum of very great vertue Lentitude lat slacknesse slownesse or negligence Lentour lat stiffnesse or clammynesse Lent-season in Lat. Quadragesima a Fast of fourty dayes instituted by the Church and first appointed to be kept in England by Ercombert a King of Kent It comes from the Dutch word Lente i. Spring because it ever happens to be about the beginning of the Spring time or as others say from length because about this time the dayes begin to lengthen Leo the name of several Roman Emperours reigning at Constantinople also the name of several Popes of Rome also one of the 12 Signes Leocorion a Monument erected by the Athenians in honour of Leo the son of Orpheus who when no body else would permit their daughters to be sacrificed to the gods to divert a great pestilence which then raged in the City willingly consented to the offering up of his three daughters Pasithea Theope and Eubule Leodegar or Leger a German proper name signifying a gatherer of the people Leodium a famous City of Germany anciently called Ebur num Augusta and is said to have been built by Ambioriges a King of Germany who also called it Legia from the cutting off of a Roman Legion in a valley near unto it at this day it is named Luttich or Leige Leofstan i. most beloved a Saxon name Leofwin i. Winlove Leoh Sax. light Leonard the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch popular disposition as Lipsius will have it but as others say Lion-like disposition answering to the Greek name Thymoleon Leonidas a famous Captain and King of the Lacedemonians who defending the Streights of Thermopylae against the whole Army of Xerxes was himself slain together with all his men Leonine lat belonging to or like a Lion Leopard or Libberd a certain African beast otherwise called a Panther this beast is all over full of streakes or little spots and is begotten between a Pard and a Lionesse Leopold q. Leodpold the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch Defender of the people being in imitation of the Greek names Demochares i. gracious to the people and Demophilus i. a lover of the people and Laodamus i. tamer of the people the chief of this name was Leopoldus Arch-Duke of Austria Leorning â—night Sax. a disciple or scholar Lepid lat neat jocund pleasant in speech or behaviour Leporine lat belonging to a Hare Leprosie Greek a kind of disease which causeth a white scurfe to run all over the body it is also termed Elephantiasis from the roughnesse of an Elephants skin which it resembleth Lerna a Lake near the City of Argos where the Serpent Hydra was slain by Hercules Lesbos an Island in the Aegaean Sea which in old time obtained the Empire of all Troas It is now called Metelin from the chief City thereof Mitylene the rest were Erâ—ssos Antâ—ssa Portus Methymna Lesinage Ital thriftinesse sparingnesse good husbandry from Lesina which signifieth a Coblers aule Lesion or Laesion lat a hurting or endamaging Lessee and Lâ—ssâ—r see Lease Lâ—sses the dung of a Boare Lessian diet a moderate temperate diet from Lessius a famous modern Physitian who wrote divers rules for the keeping of an exact and temperate diet Lestage see Lastage Lestrigones or Laeâ—trigones a certain barbarous people and of a vast Giant-like stature that anciently inhabited Formiae a City of Campania and were said to live upon Human flesh their King Antiphates oppos'd Vlisses with all his might when he landed on that coast and tore one of his companions in pieces with his teeth Letanie Greek the Book of Divine-service used in Churches from Liteuo or Lissomai i. to pray and supplicate Lethality lat deadlinesse or mortality Lethargick Greek sick of a Lethargy i. e. a disease which causeth an excessive drousinesse and sleepinesse Lethean lat forgetful from Lethe a River of Hell which the Poets feign to be of that nature that the water of it being drunk causeth oblivion or forgetfulnesse Lethiferous lat bringing death deadly Letifical or Laetifical lat making glad or joyful Letter missive lat an Epistle or Letter sent from one party to another from the Latin word Mittere i. to send Letters of Atturney writings whereby an Atturney or any friend made choice of for that purpose is appointed to do a lawful act in anothers stead from which warrants of Atturny differ in this that besides being sealed and delivered before sufficient witnesse they must also be acknowledged before a Justice or Serjeant Letters of Mart or Marque are Letters which authorize any one to take by force of armes those goods which are due by the Law of Marque See Law of Marque Letters Patents are writings sealed open with the Broad-Seal of England whereby a man is authorized to do or injoy any thing which of himself he could not from the Latin word patere i. to lie open Lettice a Christian name of severall women from the Latin Laetitia i. joyfulnesse mirth Lettice a kind of plant called in Latin Lactuca because in women that eat of it it breedeth milk Levament or Levation lat an enlightning easing comforting also a lifting up or causing to rise Levant and Couchant French terms used in Common Law when the beasts or cattel of a stranger come into another mans ground and there have remained a good space i. rising and lying down Levant is also taken for the Eastern Countries Levari facias the name of a Writ directed to the Sheriff for the levying of a sum of money upon the lands of him that hath forfeited his Recognisance Leucophlegmatick Greek troubled with a disease called Leucophlegmaty i. a Dropsie caused by the abounding of white flegme Leucothea see Ino. Leucothoe the daughter of Orchamus King of the Babylonians with whom Apollo being in love transformed himself into the shape of Eurynome her mother pretending private businesse with her he re-assumed his former shape and won her by fair speeches to consent to his desires whereupon Clytia who was in love with Apollo growing extreamly envious declared the whole businesse to Orchamus who in a great fury caused his daughter to be buried alive whose death Apollo grieving at transformed her into the Frankincense-tree and Clytia seeing her self contemned of Apollo pined her self away and was turned into a Marygold Leuctra a Town in Boeotia where the Thebans under Epaminondas gave the Lacedemonians so total an overthrow that they could never after recover themselves Level-Coil French is when he that hath lost the game sits out
her maids and teaching them to sing they by the sweetnesse of their Musick so allayed the spirit of Megares that his wife ever after lived a better life with him for which benefite to her she in thankfulnesse built pillars of brasse to their glory and caused them to be honoured in all the Temples thereabout Megacosme Greek the great world Megaera the name of one of the three Furies the other two being Alecto and Tisiphone Megalesian games were certain games celebrated in ancient times at Rome in honour of Cybele or the great goddesse Megalopsychie Greek Magnanimity or greatnesse of minde Megara the daughter of Creon King of Thebes she was given in marriage to Hercules upon condition that he should free the Thebans from the oppression of Erginus King of the Orchomenii which he performed but Juno being highly incenc't against him for killing Lycus possest him with such a madnesse that he slew his wife Megara and all the Children he had by her Megrim a distemper which causeth a great pain in the temples and fore part of the head the word seems to be contracted from the Greek word Hemicrania Meire a term in Blazon See Varry Cuppy Melampod in Greek Melampodium a certain kind of herb otherwise called Hellebore Melampus the son of Amythaon and Dorippe who laying him abroad in the Sun and covering all his body except his feet they were so scorched by the Sun that they became black whence he was called Melampus i. Blackfoot He was a famous Physitian and understood the voices of birds and beasts he cured the daughters of Praetus of their madnesse one of whom named Iphianassa he married Melancholick Greek sad pensive troubled with melancholy i. e. black choler one of the 4 humours of the body also a distemper caused by the abounding of that humour Melantho the daughter of Proteus who had a humour to ride upon a Dolphins back up and down the Sea which Neptune observing turned himself into a Dolphin and carrying her to shore upon his back ravisht her and begot Amycus Melanthus the son of Andropompis he being a Messenian was driven out of his Country by the Heraclidae he went and helpt the Athenians against the Boeotians and killed their Captain Xanthus for which he was chosen King of the Athenians in the place of Thymoetes Melborn a Castle in Darbyshire where John Duke of Barbon taken prisoner at Agincourt was detained prisoner 19 years under the custody of Sir Nicholas de Mountgomery the younger Melchior the name of one of the Magi or Wise men of the East who offered gifts to our Saviour He offered Gold as to a King the second call'd Jasper frankincense as unto God the third called Balthasar Myrrh as to one that was to die also the name of a great Heretick the founder of that sect called the Melchiorists Melchites a sort of Christians in Syria subject to the Patriarch of Antioch they are so called from Melchi which in the Syriack tongue signifies a King because they used to follow the Emperours injunctions in matters of Religion Melicent French honey-sweet a Christian name of women Meleager the son of Oeneus King of Calidonia and Althaea he gathered a company of valiant youths together to slay a wild Bore that wasted the Country of Aetolia and having slain it presented the head to Atalanta the daughter of Jasius King of Argos which Plexippus and Toxâ—us the brothers of Althaea indeavouring to take away he slew them both and married Atalanta but Althaea enraged at the death of her brothers threw the brand into the fire which she had saved from the Destinies when he was borne which as it burnt he consumed away Melimele see Pome Paradise Melioration lat a making better an improving Melissa see Mellona Mellation lat the driving away of the Bees and taking the honey out of the Hives Mellification lat a making Honey Melliâ—â—uous lat flowing with Honey full of sweetnesse Melliloquent lat speaking sweetly as it were speaking Honey Mellilote or Melilote a certain herb bearing round leaves with slender branches from the Greek word meli i. honey and Lotus the Lote-tree as it were the Lote bearing honey Mellona a certain goddesse worshipt by the ancient Romans as the Patronesse of Bees perhaps the same with Melissa who first found out the use of Honey whom the Poets feign to have been turned into a Bee she was the daughter of Melissus King of Creet and the sister of Amalthea the Nurse of Jupiter Melody a musical sound or sweet aire from the Greek words meli i. honey and ode i. a song as it were a honey'd or sweet song Melpomene the name of one of the nine Muses the first inventresse of Tragedies Membrane lat a certain little thin skin which covereth every part of the body also a skin of parchment also the pill between the bark and the tree Memnon the son of Tithonus and Aurora and brother of Laomedon he was slain by Achilles in the Trojan War and his body being burnt it is reported that there flew out certain Birds which are thence called Memnonian Birds who are said every year to come out of Aethiâ—pia to visit the Tomb of Memnon Memorandum lat a short note or token for the better remembrance of any thing or as we commonly say an Iâ—em Memorable lat easie to be remembred worthy of remembrance Memorial lat a remembrancer or that which puts one in mind of any thing Memphis the chief City of Aegypt built by Ogdous and called after his daughters name and from whence the Aegyptians are anciently named Memphians it is now vulgarly called Alcairo Menalippus a Theban who having given Tydeus a mortal wound was slain by the friends of Tydeus who causing Menalippus his head to be brought to him tore it in pieces for revenge and immediately after died †Mendaciloquent lat speaking false telling lyes Mendication lat a begging whence a Friar Mendicant is one that goes up and down begging almes Menelaus the son of Atreus and Aerope he marrying Helena the daughter of Jupiter and Leda she was in his absence stollen away by Paris the son of Priam which was the occasion of the Trojan war wherein after 9 years siege Troy was destroyed and Helena recovered Menestheus the son of Peleus he with the help of the Tyndaridae raising a sedition against Theseus became King of the Atheniaâ—â— but going to the siege of Troy he there died Menial or Moenial servant one that lives within the walls of his masters house from the Latin word Moenia i. walls or from the old word Meny which significes a Family Meninges Greek two thin skins which enwrap the brain the one called dura mater next to the skull the other pia mater which immediately covereth the brain Meniver a kind of Fur being as some think the skin of a Squirrels belly or as others say of a little white beast like to a wesel breeding in Muscovy Mennow from the French word Menu i.
mountains from the Greek word Nape i. a wood Napthe lat a kind of sulphureous substance called Median oile or Babylonish bitumen Narcissus a youth of great beauty the son of Cephisus and Liriope of whom the Prophet Tyresias foretold that he should live so long as he should abstain from beholding himself he being beloved of many Nimphs and especially of Echo was insensible to all their loves at length coming to drink of a clear Fountain and beholding his image in the water he fell in love with it and seeing no hopes of injoying it he pined away for grief and was changed into a Flower of the same name vulgarly called a white Daffadilly and Echo seeing her self despised likewise pined away and was changed into a voice Also the name of a Bishop of Jerusalem who when oil was wanting at Divine service for the Lamps by his prayers turned water into oil Narcotique Greek of a stupefying and benumming quality whence divers things which are used in physick to that end are called Narcotic Medicines Nares a term in Faulconry the holes in the Hawks beake A Narration or Narrative lat a report discourse or relation of any thing Narses an Eunuch who being General of the Emperour Justinians Army in Italy after Belizarius performed very great service against the Goths but at last being affronted by Sophia the Empresse he called in the Lombards into Italy †Nasicornous a made word which signifieth having a horn upon the nose from the Latin Nasus i. a nose and Cornu i. a horn Natalitious lat belonging to ones nativity or birth-day Natation lat a swimming Nathaniel a proper name signifying in Hebr. the gift of God Nativity lat the birth or first entrance into the World Nativo habendo a Writ for the apprehending and restoring to a Lord his villain claimed as his inheritance who in Common Law is called Nief Naturalist lat one that understandeth natural causes a natural Philosopher Naturalization lat an admitting of strangers into the number of Natural Subjects Naval lat belonging to a Ship or Navy To Naucifie lat to set at naught The Nave of a wheele the middle or that part into which axeltree is put Naufrage lat shipwrack losse at sea See Wreck Navicular lat belonging to ships Navigable lat passable by ships Navigation lat a sailing also the Art of Seafaring the knowledge of Sea-affairs Navity lat diligence stirringnesse Naulage French the fraight or passage money for going over the Sea or any River Naumachy Greek a fighting at sea a sea battle Nauplius the son of Neptune and Amymone the daughter of Danaus he was King of Eubaea and father of Palamedes who being by the means of Vlisses stoned to death Nauplius in revenge made a great fire upon the Mountain Caphareus which the Greek Navy taking to be the light of some near Harbour sailed so near that they were cast away upon the rocks Nauseous or Nauseative lat going against ones stomack making one ready to vomit Nausicae the daughter of Alcinous and Arete she going out of the City one night with her maid-servants to bath her met with Vlisses who was shipwrack't upon that shore and almost naked whom she brought to her fathers Palace gave him cloths and entertained him with a great deal of respect Naustible lat a Haven for ships Nautical or Nautic lat belonging to Mariners or to Ships Naxos one of the Cyclades Islands in the Aegean anciently called Strongyle and Dia in this Island Ariadne being left by Theseus married Bacchus Nazal French the nose-piece of a Helmet Nâ—zarites Hebr. a sort of Jews who separated themselves from all others and vowed themselves to God for a certain time in which they abstained from wine and suffered their hair to grow also the Disciples were called Nazarites from Nazareth the place where Christ was born N E Neades a certain kind of beast whose bones are of a miraculous greatnesse Neaera the name of a very fair Nimph who being got with child by Phaebus brought forth two daughters Lampetia and Phaethusa who kept the flocks of their father the Sun in Sicily many of which were killed by the companions of Vlisses for which they were cast away at sea Neale-too in Navigation is when it is deep water close to the shore Neapolis the City of Naples situate in Campania in Italy upon the Mediterranean Sea-side it was built first of all by the Citizens of Cuma and called Parthenope from the name of one of the Syrens who was there buried afterwards it was destroyed then rebuilt and called Neapolis which in Greek signifieth the new City from this City the Kingdom of Naples takes its denomination containing all those Countries of Italy which are called Campania Apulia Lucania Magna Graecia and part of Latium Neap-tides those smaller tides which happen 7 dayes after the change and 7 dayes after the full of the Moon whereas the greater tides which happen 7 dayes before the change and full are called Spring-tides Neat from the Dutch Nieten i. to but an Oxe Cow or Stear Nebule a term in Heraldry bearing a representation of the clouds Nebulous lat misty foggy cloudy Necromancy Greek a divination by calling up deceased bodies also the black art or any kinde of conjuration by dealing with the Devil or evil spirits Nectarean Greek pleasant immortal from Nectar i. a certain pleasant drink which the Poets faign to have been the drink of the Gods and that whosoever drunk of it would become immortal Nefandous lat hainous horrible not to be mentioned Nefarious lat very wicked abominable Negative lat denying or gainsaying Negative pregnant in Common-law is when a man being impleaded to have done a thing upon such a day denies that he did it after the manner and form declared Negotiation lat a merchandizing trafficking or mannaging of affairs Negro Ital. a black-more Neif see Nativo habendo Nemoea a certain wooddy Countrey of Achaia between Cleonae and Phlius here it was that Hercules slew a Lyon of a Monstrous bignesse which from the place was called the Nemaeâ—n Lyon in remembrance of which exploit he instituted certain games called also Nemaean games Nemesis the goddesse of reward and revenge and the daughter of Jupiter and Necessity she was also called Adrastia and Rhamnusia and placed by the Aegyptians above the Moon Nemoral or Nemorous lat belonging to woods wooddy shaded with trees Nenuphar Arab. a certain flower commonly called a water-lilly Neogamist Greek one newly married Neophyte Greek a plant newly set or planted also metaphorically one newly entred into any profession or one newly converted to the Faith Neoterical or Neoterique Greek new or of a late time Nepenthe a certain herb mentioned by Pliny which being put into wine expeleth sadnesse Some think it to be the same with Buglosse Nephglian Crookhorn is Aries Nephritick Greek troubled with a disease which causeth a pain in the reines of the back Nepotation lat riotousnesse or luxury Neptune the son of
Saturn and Ops in the division of the world among Saturns sons the Empire of the Sea fell to him by lot Nereides the Nimphs of the Sea the daughters of Nereus and Doris among whom was Amphitrite the wife of Neptune Domitius Nero one of the ancient Roman Emperours who killed his mother Agrippina his wife Octavia the Poet Lucan and Seneca his master Nerve lat a sinew also by metaphor force or strength of body Nervosity lat a being full of Nerves or Sinews i. certain organick parts of the body which cause strength and motion it is also metaphorically taken for strength or vigour Nescious or Nescient lat ignorant or not knowing Nesh old word tender Nessus one of the Centaurs whom Ixion begat upon a cloud formed into the likenesse of Juno he was slain by Hercules for attempting to ravish his wife Deianira Nestor the son of Neleus and Chloris he came with 50 ships along with the Grecian Army to the wars of Troy and was famous for his prudence and eloquence and the great age he lived to Nestorians a sort of Hereticks so called from Nestorius their first founder their chief tenet was that there were two persons as well as two natures in Christ. Nettings a term in Navigation those small ropes which are ceased together with roap yarnes in the form of a Net with Mashes Nevin a Town in Caernarvonshire where in the year 1284. the Nobles of England triumphed over the Welsh with solemne Justs and Turnaments wherewith they celebrated the memory of King Arthur Nevosity lat fulnesse of Warts or Moles Neustria a region of Gallia Celtica vulgarly called Westrich Neutral lat indifferent inclining to neither side Newark a pleasant Town seated upon the River Trent in Nottinghamshire it is so called as it were the new work from a stately Castle built in King Stephens time by Alexander Bishop of Lincoln In this Town King John ended his dayes Newcastle a noted Town in Northumberland situate upon the River Tine which maketh a very commodious Haven for ships It derived this name from the new Castle built by Robert son to William the Conquerour Some think it to have been that Town which was anciently called Gabrosentum Newcolledge a Colledge in the University of Oxford built by William Wickam Bishop of Winchester Newyears-gift a gift presented to friends or great persons the first day of January a custom derived from the ancient Romans who used to offer Presents to the Emperors in the Capitol though they were absent In Italy it is the custom for the greatest persons to give to the meanest whereas here the meanest give to the greatest Nexible lat easie to be knit N I Nias hawk a term in Faulconry a Hawk newly taken out of the nest and not able to prey for her self also metaphorically taken for a Novice Nicaea a City of Bithynia famous for the great Synod or Council which was kept there by the appointment of Constantine the Great consisting of 318 Bishops Nicia a Christian name of women in Greek Victorious Nicias an Athenian Captain who together with Demosthenes being sent against the Syracusians was repulsed with a very great overthrow by Gylippus the Lacedemonian who was sent to aid the Syracusians Niches or Niâ—es a term in Architecture the hollow places in a wall wherein Statues or Images are set Nicholas Greek Victorious over the people Nicholaitans a sort of Hereticks who held it lawful to have their wives in common so called from Nicholas of Antioch who was created by the Apostles one of the 7 Deacons Nicomedia a City of Bithynia wherein Constantine the Great died having in his sicknesse been baptized by Eusebius Bishop of this City a maintainer of the Arrian Heresie it was anciently built by King Nicomedes and is at this day called Nichor Nicodemites a sort of Hereticks in Switzerland so called from their imitation of Nicodemus who made profession of his faith in private Nicopolis as it were the City of Victory a City of Epirus so called from the great Battle at Actium which is near this City where Augustus overcame M. Antony and Cleopatra It is now vulgarly called Gallipoly Nicostrata the mother of Euander she was otherwise called Carmenta Nicotian a certain plant vulgarly called Tobacco it was called Nicotian from one I. Nicot who first brought it from France into Portugal Nictation lat a twinkling with the eyes Nidgeries French trifles fooleries Nidification lat a building of a birds nest A Niding an old English word signifying a base-hearted fellow a coward Nidisdale a Country in the south part of Scotland q. the dale upon the River Nid Nidulation lat the same as Nidification Nief see Neif Nightertaile Saxon by night Nigrefaction lat a making black Nihil dicit in Common Law is a failing to put in an answer to the plea of the Plaintiff by the day assigned whereupon judgement passeth against him as saying nothing Nil the sparkles that fly from mettals tryed in a furnace it is called in Greek Pompholyx or Spodium Nilling old word unwilling Nilus a River running through the midst of Aegypt and Aethiopia counted the chiefest and the father of all other Rivers and as some say taketh its name from Nilus an ancient King of Aegypt This River is famous for overflowing the Country every year and making the soil fruitful and for falling into the Sea within seven mouths in he figure of a Greek Δ. Nimbiferous lat bringing tempests or stormy showers Nimbot French a dandiprat a dwarf Nimious lat excessive overmuch Ninus an ancient King of the Assyrians the son of Jupiter Belus he very much enlarged the Assyrian Empire overcame Barzanes King of the Armenians Pharus King of the Medes Zoroaster the King of the Bactrians the first inventour of Magick and Sabarius King of the Sagae at length he was secretly made away by his wife Semiramis whom he had taken from Menon the Prefect of Syria who conspiring against his life succeeded him in the Kingdom Niobe the daughter of Tantalus and sister of Pelops she was married to Amphion and by him had 6 sons and 6 daughters whom Juno prevailed with Apollo to kill with his Bow and Arrows because their mother had adventured to preferre her self above the goddesse and Niobe her self while she was railing against Juno was carried by a whirlewind into Asia and there changed into a stone Niphates a Hill parting Armenia the greater from Assyria from this Hill the River Tigris springs Niseus a Tyrant of Syracuse who being admonish't by the Augurs that he had but a short while to live spent the remainder of his life in excesse of luxury and revelling Nisi prius a Writ judicial that lieth where the Enquest is panelled and returned before the Justices of the bank the one party or the other making petition to have this Writ for the ease of the Countrey Nisus a King of the Megarenses against whom war was made by Minos a King of Crete to revenge the death of