Man of warre, n. phr. A soldier. I. 2. 171. Melancholy, n. A gloomy state of mind; esp. †an affected sadness, Mark, n. A marking or noting; one of the Elizabethan 'humours' note. Rare. 2. I. 169. ridiculed by Jonson. 2. 2. 102; 3. I. A Marmaset, n. (Marmoset.) small ape or monkey. 4. 2. 60. Cf. note. Mary, interj. The Virgin Mary. The name (usually written Marry) was used in expressions of surprise, asseveration, etc. 3. 4. 315; 3. 5. 93, et passim. Marry, 3. 1. 141. Obs. or arch. Masque, n. 1) A masquerade; revel. Arch. 2. I. 67. 2) A cover for the face, usually of silk or velvet, worn at masquerades. In Elizabeth's reign, masks began to be used as ordinary articles of women's costume. 4. I. 22. Master, n. A title of address. Master is now changed to Mister in ordinary speech, and used in its unchanged form only before the name of a boy, or by a servile dependent to a superior. CD. Arch. I. I. 4; 2. I. I, et passim. Materiall, adj. Full of matter or thought; wise. 5. I. 128. Matterie, adj. Pithy; Rare. 4. 5. 38. wise. Meat (e, n. Food in general. Obs. or arch. 2. 2. 220; 3. 3. 28, et passim. Cf. Sweat meates, 3. 3. 27. Mee thinkes, v. phr. Methinks; it seems to me. Arch. 1. 2. 59, et passim. Meere, adj. †Absolute, utter. 3. 4. 305; 4. 3. 107; 4. 6. 71. 2) Miserliness; penuriousness. Obs. or Scotch. See CD. 5. I. 63. Cf. note. Mis-gotten, adj. Misbegotten; unnatural. Obs. or arch. 4. 6. 58. †Mis-prize, v. To misunderstand, misconstrue. I. 2. 118, 119. Mistris, n. 1) A woman who is loved or courted. Arch. exc. poet. I. 2. 49; 2. 2. 41 (Mistresse), et passim. 2) Approaches modern derogatory sense? 3. 4. 395; 4. 3. 32. 3) A title of address applied to a citizen's wife: 2. 1. 99 (Mistresse); 2. 2. 27, et passim. Moderne, adj. 1) †Trivial; trifling. 5. 3. 290. 2) Fashionable; ‘up to date.' 3. 4. 332. Moorish, adj. Having the qualities of a moor; barren; wild. 5. 1. 84. Fig., obs.? Moralitie, n. A writing that has a moral aim or contains strictures on folly and vice; a satire. 5. 3. 141. More, adj. †Greater. A.D. 201. Mother, n. The hysterical pas†Purely, abso- sion (with quibble). 3. 1. 196. Motion, n. 1) †A puppet. 3. 4 Meerely, adv. lutely. 4. 6. 70. Melancholicke, with melancholy. Arch. 4. 3. 4. 2) A mountebank. 5. 3. 202. Motly, adj. Party-colored, like the motley dress of a jester; ing a fool's character or mind. 332. hav 5. 3. Numm'd, pp. An obs. form of Numbed. 5. 1. 63. Nut-cracker, ท. One who munches nuts, esp. at the theatre. Moyle, n. An obs. variant of I. 2. 192. Cf. note. Mule. 1. 2. 182, et passim. †Mummia, n. A medicinal preparation supposed to consist of the substance of mummies or of dead bodies; hence, a medicinal liquor or gum in general. Here, a term of endearment. 2. I. 72. Muse, n. Poetic inspiration. I. 1. 46. Personified, 3. 1. 13, et passim. Muse, v. To wonder. P. 5. Musique, n. An orchestra; a company of musicians. Rare. 2. 1. 67; 2. 2. 208. (Cf. Musicke, in modern sense, 3. 4. 148.) N Neat, adj. 1) Pure, unmixed. With neat wine = Lat. mero, Horace, Sat. 2. 1. 9. 3. 5. 15. 2) Complete; clever. 4. 3. 20. Neufe, n. (A variant of Neif, neaf.) The fist or hand. Prov. Eng. and Scotch. CD. 3. 4. 221. Neuft, n. An obs. variant of Newt. 4. 3. 131. New, adv. †Anew. 1. 3. 14. Night-rauen, n. A bird that cries in the night; prob. the night-heron, or night-crow. 3. 4. 370. Nitty, adj. Full of nits, or eggs of lice and similar insects; lousy. 3. 4. 359. Oade, n. Woad. A cruciferous plant, Isatis tinctoria, formerly much cultivated in Great Britain on account of the blue dye extracted from its pulped and fermented leaves. CD. 2. I. 59. **Oblatrant, adj. [ad. Lat. oblatrare, to bark at.] Barking; snarling; captious. 5. 3. 519 (cf. note), 521. Obseruance, n. †Observant care; heed. 3. 5. 34. treat with reI. 2. 141. Obserue, v. To spect and deference. *+Obstupefact, adj. [a. Lat. obstupefacere, to stupefy.] tounded, stupefied. note. As5. 3. 548. Cf. Ocular, adj. Plain to be seen; public. 4. 5. 77. Odoriferous, adj. Fig., pleasing, sweet. 4. 3. 82. Of, prep. 1) By. Arch. 2. 2. 200. 2) In. 3. 1. 253; 4. I. 28. 4) Through; because of. Arch. A.D. 81. Off, prep. A variant of Of. 'Off appears casually from c. 1400, Nominate, v. †To call; de- but of and off were not completely nominate. 5. 3. 286. Not, v. [OE. nytan, f. ne witan; ic not, I know not. ME. not (in Skeat's Chaucer, noot) I know not, he knows not.] Know not; be ignorant. 3. 5. 57. Cf. note. differentiated till after 1600.' NED. 4. 4. 37. Officious, adj. 1) †Formal. 4. 9. 69. 2) Meddling. 4. 7. 65; 5. 3. 19. 3) Over-zealous. 3. 3. 32. Often, adj. Frequent. Arch. or Parcell-guiltie, adj. Half guilty; On, prep. Of. I. 2. 4; 2. 2. 433. Cf. note. Once, adv. †Emphatically: once Orb, n. 1) One of the heavenly †Parcell-poet, n. A poetaster; Patronage, n. †Custody; guar- Pattin, n. (Patten.) A shoe †Ornature, n. An ornament or 5. 3. 421. decoration. 3. I. 59. Pedant, n. A schoolmaster (as Out-landish, adj. Foreign, alien. always in Shakespeare). 5. 3. 381. Arch. 5. 3. 570. Pedigree, n. Antecedents; rec- †Out-roome, n. An outlying ord. Obs.? room. 2. I. 118. Peece, n. †Out-terme, n. Appearance; ex- tion or art. terior. 5. I. II. note. Owleglas, n. Ulenspiegel, the P Pack-needle, n. A large curved Palme, n. Honor; triumph. (A 1. 2. 58. Any work of imagina- Pen, v. intr. To write. Arch. Pencil, n. A fine-pointed brush, Perruke, n. (Peruke.) A wig. ||Petasus, n. [Gr. Téraσos; Lat. Panch, n. An obs. or dial. form hat, worn by Greek shepherds and hunters, and ascribed also to Paralell, n. 1) A social equal. Hermes. 4. 4. 15. I. 2. 31. Phansie, n. [Contr. of fantasy, 2) Something similar; a counter-ad. Lat. phantasia, a making visible.] part. 3. 1. 96. ||Paranomasie, n. 1) A fiction, or fantasy; an illu- sia.) Word-play. 3. I. 97. Cf. note. 2) Inclination, liking; 'fancy." Pish, v. tr. To express contempt once. Arch. 2. 2. 208, et passim. for. Rare. 5. 3. 78. Presently, adv. Immediately, at President, n. A presiding or Pre'thee, v. A corruption of Pray Pish, interj. An expression of ruling spirit. 5. I. 39. contempt. 5. 3. 77. Plagiary, n. A plagiarist. Arch. thee I pray thee. 2. I. 125. Arch. Pray thee, 1. 2. 226, et passim; 'Pray thee, 5. 3. 101. 4. 3. 99. Plausible, adj. [a. Lat. plausibilis, pleasing, acceptable.] †Pleasing, acceptable. 4. 9. 40. Play-dresser, n. One who rehashes old plays. 5. 3. 226-7. Cf. notes on this word and on Dresser, 3. 4. 339. †Poet-ape, n. A pseudo-poet; an envious, imitating rimester. E. 35. Cf. note. †Point-trusser, n. A body servant who ties his master's laces. Obs. 3. 4. 223. Cf. note. Poke, v. To urge. 2. I. 43. †Poore, adv. Poorly. A.D. 20. Pothecarie, n. An aphetic form of Apothecary. 3. 3. 8, et passim. (Pothecary, 3. 1. 154, et passim.) Arch. Poult-foot, adj. [f. ME. pulte, a pullet, fowl (cf. poultry) +foot.] +Club-footed; chicken-footed. 4. 7. 2. Cf. note. Poxe, n. Small-pox; also 'French pox.' In imprecations, equivalent to 'plague.' 2. 1. 152, et passim. Preasse, n. (Press.) Crowd, throng. 5. 2. 45. Prettie, adj. 1) Clever; excellent. Obs. or arch. 3. 1. 28. 2) Strong, robust. 5. 3. 551. Preuented, pp. †Anticipated; forestalled. E. 30. Pronounce, v. I) intr. clame; 'spout.' 3. 4. 224. 2) tr. To utter formally. 5. 3. 597. +De Prophet, n. A poet; an interpreter of the muses. 4. 7. 27 (cf. note); 5. I. 37. *Prorumped, pp. [a. Lat. prorumpere, to break forth.] †Broken forth, burst out. 5. 3. 534 (cf. note), 535, 536. Proscrib'd, pp. Forbidden to have dealings with; interdicted from. Obs.? A.D. 184. Prospect, n. Phr., In prospect: within sight, view. 3. 4. 195. Prospectiue, n. [ad. Lat. prospicere, to look forward, look into the distance.] †Perspective? 3. I. 36. Prouost, n. [ad. Lat. praeposiPreferre, v. [a. Lat. praeferre, totus, principal, chief.] Chief, leader. place before.] 5. I. 8. +Puckfist, n. empty boaster. 5. 3. 38. A puff-ball; fig., an Queane, n. Puet, n. Pewit, the 'laughing gull,' or mire crow, with play on poet. 4. 3. 68. +Puffe wing, n. A puffed-up part of a dress, rising from the shoulders, and resembling a wing. CD. 4. 1. 17. Cf. note. *Puffy, adj. 515. A jade, hussy, scold. 4. 5. 214. Queere, n. An obs. form of Choir. A company; synod. 4. 5. 5. 3. 513 (cf. note), To repay, requite. 5. I. 46. Pu'nee, n. Punke, n. A loose woman; also used as a term of endearment, but with derogatory sense. I. 2. 51, et passim. Pure, adj. Cleanly (i. e., wont to wash clothes clean). Obs. or arch. 4. 1. 20. (Cf. 4. 1. 8.) Purely, adv. Very; remarkably. (CD. cites this Obs. or prov. Eng. passage.) 2. 2. 194. Pyramid, n. A style of headdress. 3. 1. 56. Q Quack-saluer, n. A pretender in medicine; quack. 3. 4. 14. *Quaking custard, n. phr. Fig., a coward. 5. 3. 546. Cf. note. Qualitie, n. High birth or rank; good social position. Arch. 3. 5. 131; 5. 3. 123. Quarried, pp. (a) Pounced upon; made a prey of; or (b) provided with prey. 5. I. 10. Cf. note. Quotidian, adj. Daily. 5. 3. 136. R Raise, v. Absol., to cause to rise. Obs.? 3. 4. 171. Ramme, n. A male sheep: here, a nickname for a sheriff's officer. 3. 4. 18. Rampe, v. To rear, leap up, as a wild beast. (Cf. Romp.) 5. 3. 285. Cf. note. Rand, v. An arch. variant of Rant. 3. 4. 177. Ransome, v. 3. 2. 3. +Rescue, deliver. Rapt, v. [a. Lat. raptare, to seize and carry off.] To seize and carry away. 5. 2. 45. Rapt, adj. Transported. 3. 4. 286. 1) A low fellow. 2) One of the rabble; a boor, churl. I. 2. 89. (These senses are difficult to distinguish: probably both occur in each case.) Rascall, adj. Base; worthless; 'accursed.' Rare. 3. 4. 229. |