Pledge, P. a child; as children were simply called by the Latins pignora, pledges Pleiades, P. L. viii. 374. a northern constella tion To plight, P. to plait, to braid, to weave Plurality, P. more cures of souls than one To poise, P. L. ij. 905. to give weight or balance to; to hold or place in equiponderance Ponent, P. L. x. 704. setting western Pontifical, P. L. X. 313. bridge-building Pontifice, P. L. X. 348. bridge-work, edifice of a bridge Porcupine, S. A. 1138. a hedgehog, a creature wholly covered with quills To port, P. L. iv. 980. to carry in form. Ported spears, spears borne pointed towards Satan Portcullis, P. L. ii. 874. a sort of machine like a harrow, hung over the gates of a city, to be let · down to keep out an enemy To prank, P. to dress, to decorate ; to dress, or adjust to ostentation Predicament, P. a class or arrangement of beings or substances ranked according to their natures To pretend, P. L. X. 872. to hold or place before; to hold out as a delusive appearance : to exhibit as a cover of something hidden; from the Latin prætendere Pride, P. L. iv. 40. a kind of excessive and vi cious self-esteem, that raises men in their own opinions above what is just and right. See Ambition Proboscis, P. L. iv. 347. the snout or trunk of an elephant Procinct, P. L. vi. 19. complete preparation, pre paration brought to the point of action. In procinct, ready girded ; in allusion to the Ancients, who just before the battle used to gird their garments close to them, which on other occasions they wore very loose Proof, P. L. v. 384. for armour Provision, P. L. ix. 623. what is provided for men, accumulation of stores beforehand, stock collect ed. It usually signifies what men have provided To prowl, P. L. iv. 183. to prey, to plunder Punctual, P. L. viii. 23. comprised or consisting in a point, no bigger than a point : Puny, P. L. ii. 367. weak, little, born since, creat ed long after; from the French puis né To purfle, P. to decorate with a wrought or flower ed border, to embroider. Purfled, flourished, or wrought upon with a needle Porlieu, P. L. iv. 404. border, inclosure To purloin, P. to steal, to take by theft To purvey, P. L. ix. 1021. to procure provisions Quaint, P. L. viii. 78. subtily excogitated, fine spun Quality, P. nature relatively considered ; or pro perty, accident Quantity, P. that property of any thing which may be increased or diminished Quaternion, P. L. v. 181. a fourfold mixture and combination Quintessence, an extract from any thing, containing all its virtues in a small quantity Quip, P. a sharp jest, a taunt, a sarcasm Rathe, P. early, coming before the time to Milton Rebea, P. a three-stringed fiddle Rebell’d, P. L. vi. 737. for those who have rebelled, rebellious To reck, to care, to heed, to mind, to make account of, to rate at much To record, P. L. vii. 338. to celebrate, to cause to be remembered Recreant, P. R. ii. 138. apostate, false To reek, P. L. viii. 256. to steam, to smoke, to emit vapour; from the Saxon rec, smoke Reign, P. L. i. 543. kingdom ; used like regnum Relation, P. manner of belonging to any person or thing Religion, P. L. i. 372. religious rites; or a system of worship opposite to others Reluctant, P. L. vi. 58. unwilling, acting with re pugnance To remark, S. A. 1309. to distinguish, to point out, to mark To repeal, P. L. vii. 59. to abrogate, to revoke. In the same sense as the law is said to be repealed when an end is put to all the force and effect of it: so, when doubts are at an end, they may be. said to be repealed Reprobate, P. L. i. 697. lost to virtue, lost to grace, abandoned Reptile, P. L. vii. 388. an animal that creeps upon many feet To retain, P. L. ix. 601. to confine Rheum, P. L. xi. 488. a thin watery matter ooz ing through the glands, chiefly about the mouth Rhomb, a figure of four sides, which, being con verted into one of three, makes a wedge, P. R. iii. 309 Rubied, red as a ruby Ruin, P. L. i. 46. falling with violence and preci pitation To ruin, P. L. vi. 868. to fall down with ruin and precipitation Russet, P. rustic Ruth, P. pity, mercy, tenderness, sorrow for the misery of another Sablę, P. L. ii. 962. black. A sable is a creature whose skin is of the greater price the blacker it is Sad, P. L. vi. 541. sour or sullen, serious or in earnest Sadly, P. soberly, seriously Sagacious, P. L. X. 281. quick of scent Saphir, a precious stone of a blue colour Saw, P. a maxim, a saying, a sentence, a pro verb Scape, P. R. ii. 189. a loose act of vice or lewd. ness To scathe, P. L. i. 613. to damage, to hurt, to waste, to destroy Sciential, P. L. ix. 837. producing science or • knowledge Scrannel, P. vile, worthless, grating to the sound Scull, P. L. vii. 402. a shoal or vast multitude of fish To sdeign, P. L. iv. 50. to disdain Sensible, P. L. ii. 278. the sense ; the adjective used for a substantive Seneshal, P. L. ix. 38. one who had, in great houses, the care of feasts or domestic ceremonies; a steward Sere, P. L. x. 1071. dry, withered; from the Greek : mpos . Serenate, P. L. iv. 769. music or songs with which |