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†Reasonable, adv. Reasonably. or arch. 4. 5. 107.

2. I. 136.

Right, adv. Thoroughly, really,

Risse, pp. An obs. pp. of Rise.

*Reciprocall, adj. 5. 3. 484 (cf. very. Arch. or dial. 3. 4. 229. note), 486.

Recouer, v. 1) To recollect, re- E. 22. call. 3. I. 47.

2) Absol., to cause to recover (spirit). Obs.? 3. 4. 171.

43.

Rector, n. A ruler. Rare. 5. 2.

Relinquish, v. intr. [a. Lat. relinquere, to leave.] †An affectation for 'to depart, withdraw from company.' 2. 2. 233.

to seem. 4. 3. 19.

Remember, v. †Reflexively: to call to one's own mind; be reminded. 3. I. 204. Phr., Be remembered: to recollect. 2. I. 61-2.

Riuall, n. One having a common right or privilege with another. I. 2. 27.

Rob, v. †To steal (something); take (something) away unlawfully. 3. 5. 70. †Rode, n. 3. 5. 61. Rooke, n.

An inroad, incursion.

A simpleton; gull.

Relish, v. intr. To have a flavor; [CD. quotes: 'An arrant rook, by this light, a capable cheating-stock; a man may carry him up and down by the cars like a pipkin.' Chapman, May-Day, 3. 2.] Rowle powle, n. (Roly-poly?) A low fellow. I. 2. 26-27. Cf. note. Rue, n. Pity. Obs. or prov. 3. 4. 229.

Remit, v. To omit. 3. 1. 61. Remora, n. The sucking fish, Echeneis remora. See Land-Remora, supra, and cf. note. 3. 2. 6. Reposed, pp. adj. Settled and composed. Arch. 3. 5. 35.

Resolue, v. tr. †To free from doubt or perplexity; inform. 4. 2. 20. Respect, v. 1) To design, purpose. 2. I. 58.

2) To consider, regard, pay attention to. Passim.

I. 2. 18.

Ruffe, n. 'A projecting band or frill, plaited or bristling, especially one worn around the neck. In the sixteenth century ruffs of muslin or lawn, often edged with lace, plaited or goffered, and stiffly starched, were worn by both men and women, some of them very broad, projecting

six inches or more in all directions.' CD. 4. I. 7. Cf. note.

†Scroile, n. [Orig. prob. ‘a scrofulous fellow,' f. Lat. scrofulae,

Rug, n. †Coarse woolen cloth; scrofulous swellings.] A wretch; frieze. 3. 1. 66. Cf. note.

S

Sack, n. A loose gown. 4. 1. 6. Cf. note.

Sadnesse, n. +Seriousness. 4.

I. 2.

mean fellow. 4. 3. 35.

Seated, pp. Situated, located.

2. I. 8.

Sent, v. An obs. form of Scent. To smell (out). (The spelling Sent keeps nearer to the original Lat. sentire, to perceive by the senses.)

Safelier, adv. More safely. Obs. 5. 3. 55. or arch.

I. 3. 47.

Sate, v. Preterit of Sit. Obs. or arch. A.D. 143.

Satisfaction, n. Atonement. 5. 3. 603.

Satyre, n. 1) A writer of satires 3. 5. 2; 5. 3. 386.

2) A satirical poem. 3. 5. 41, 100. 3) Specifically: one of Jonson's 'Comicall Satyres.' 3. 4. 205; 4. 3.

122.

4) A satyr (with quibble). 3. 4. 387.

Say, v. †Phr., Well said: well done, a commendatory exclamation. 2. I. 20-21, et passim.

Sentence, n. A pithy saying; maxim. I. 2. 103.

Sermon, n. A satirical poem. [Cf. Horace, Epist. 2. 2. 60.] 3, I. 26.

Sesterce, n. A sestertius, a large Roman copper coin, equivalent to four asses, or about five cents in American money. 4. 7. 9. Pl., sesterces, 3. 4. 196; sesterties, 3. 4 64.

Set, v. †Phr., Sets off: appears. A.D. 20.

Setter, n. A man who 'points,' or indicates victims for his master or for his confederates. I. 2. 197.

†Say, v. To essay, endeavor. Cf. note.

A.D. 215.

Setting forth, v. phr. †Furnish

+'Sbodie, interj. God's body. 2. ing; adornment. Obs. 2. 2. 217.

I. 79.

Shew, v. Show. Arch. 2. I. 95,

+Scant, adv. Scarcely; hardly. et passim.

4. 3. 71.

†Scape, v. Escape. 3. 1. 217. Scarabe, n. A beetle. It was supposed to be bred in and to feed on dung; hence the name was often applied opprobriously to persons. CD. 4. 7. 51.

Schoole-like, adj. Pertaining to the schools or the schoolmen. 5. I.

129.

Shifter, n. A trickster, dodger, cozener. (Cf. Shift, the 'threadbare shark' in Every Man out of his Humour.) 3. 4. 189.

Shine, n. Brightness, splendor. Arch. E. II.

Shoo'd, v. A form of Should. 3. I. 183.

+Shot-clogge, n. A person tolerated only because he pays the

Scold, n. A noisy, railing woman. shot, or tavern reckoning, for the

4. 5. 214.

company. 1. 2. 18. Cf. note.

Shot-free, adj. Scot-free. A.D. | 25. Cf. note.

+Silkenesse, n. Silkiness: used humorously, simulating such titles as 'your highness,' to imply luxuriousness, etc. CD. 3. 1. 261. Silly, adj. Foolish, but with the added arch. sense of weak, impotent. 4. 9. 108.

Sinnewe, n. A nerve. (It is in some cases difficult to determine whether Jonson has in mind the older meaning 'nerve,' or the present meaning 'tendon.') I. 3. 75, et passim.

Sirra (h, n. A word of address, almost equivalent to 'fellow' ог 'sir,' used in anger or contempt. Obs. or arch. 1. 2. 32, et passim. †Skelder, v. 1) intr. To practise begging, esp. under the pretense | of being a wounded or disbanded soldier; play the swindler. CD. 1. 2. 52. Skeldring, 5. 3. 189.

2) tr. To swindle, etc. 3. 4. 167. Skil, v. To make a difference; have significance. Obs. or arch. 3. 4. 188.

*Snotterie, n. [f. snot, nasal mucus.] Filthiness. 5. 3. 293, 501 (cf. note), 507.

Snuffer, n. †Prob. here, a dish for holding snuff. 2. I. 61. Cf. note.

Sock, n. (a) A light shoe or slipper worn by actors in the ancient comedy; (b) nether stocks. 3. 4. 325.

Sodaine, adv. An obs. variant of
Sudden. 4. 5. 191, et passim.
Soothe, v. To indulge and en-
courage. 4. 5. 224; 4. 6. 55.
Sort, n. A set, company, pack.
I. 2. 219, et passim.

Sounding, n. A flourish of trumpets in the old theatre. Ist S.D. Cf. note.

Soueraigntie, n. †Control, mastery. 2. 2. 16. Cf. note. Sower, adj. bitter. 3. 5. I. Sparke, n. young man.

(Sour.) Satirical;

A gay and sprightly I. 2. 215.

Spermacete, n. A fatty substance found in the head of the sperm whale, used in ointments and Discernment; knowl- cosmetics. Here, a term of endear

Skill, n. edge. 4. 6. 36. Skinker, n. A server of drink; a tapster. Obs. or dial. 4. 5. 139. 'Slid, interj. God's (eye) lid. 3. I. 3.

S'light, interj. God's light. 3. 1. 83; 4. 3. 16 ('Slight).

Sling, n. A piece of artillery in use in the sixteenth century. CD. 4. I. 26. Cf. note.

Smart-tongu'd, adj. Having a sharp tongue; given to the use of biting speech. Arch. 4. 5. 107. *Snarlimg gusts, n. phr. 5. 3. 546. Cf. note.

ment. 2. I. 72.

Spight, n. An obs. form of Spite. E. 60, et passim.

Spight, v.

478.

To hate. Rare. 5. 3.

Spright, n. Obs. form of Sprite. Spirit; wit. 3. I. 12.

'Sprecious, interj. God's precious (blood, life, etc.) 2. I. 134. *Spurious, adj. 5. 3. 293, 501 (cf. note), 507.

Square, adj. Proper; specious. 4. 6. 73.

Staffe, n. †A stanza. 2. 2. 170.
Stager, n. †A player. 3. 4. 196,

et passim. (In 1. 2. 17, possibly a gallant who haunts the theatre.)

Stalker, n. A player-so called because of his imposing stride. 3. 4. 132, 293.

Stalking, adj. Fit for the mouth

of a 'stalker' or player; tragic;

bombastic. 3. 4. 174.

Stall, n. A depository. 3. 1. 114. Stand, n. A robbery. (Prob. from the highwayman's command, Stand! or, Halt!) Cf. mod. slang. 'a hold-up.' Obs.? A.D. 49.

Starch, v. Phr., Starch you: to starch clothes for you. 4. I. 19. Stiffe-toe, n. A nickname for an actor. 3. 4. 187, 321.

Stile, n. A stilus, pen. 3. 5. 65 (cf. note); A.D. 84.

Still, adv. 1) Continually; always. Arch. 2. I. II; 3. 1. 246, et passim. 2) Yet. 1. 3. 64, et passim. †Stinkard, n. One who stinks; a low fellow. I. 2. 34, et passim. Straight, adj. Strait, in the sense of tight. 3. 4. 262.

Strait

+Sunke, adj. Sunken. E. 4. Sute, v. (a) †To dress, clothe; fit out with apparel; (b) to become; befit. 1. 2. 149.

Supersedeas, n. In law, a writ having in general the effect of a command to stay, on good cause shown, some ordinary proceedings which ought otherwise to have proceeded. CD. I. 3. 19.

Surcease, v. To cease; make an end. Obs. or arch. 3. 5. 7. Swagg (e)rer, n. A blusterer, bully, bravo. (Used in compliment by Tucca, as the term 'sport' among certain classes to-day.) I. 2. 88, et passim.

Swell, v. tr. †To fill.

3. I. 8.

I. I. 81;

+Swown, v. ME. form of Swoon, to faint. 2. 2. 192. Sycophant-like, adj. Parasitical; servile. 5. 3. 112.

T.

Tabacco, n. Tobacco. (Cf. Fr. tabac, It. tabaco, Sp. tabaco, etc.) A.D. 159.

Table, n. A tablet or slab, esp. 520 one designed to bear an inscription. 3. 5. 55.

Straight-bodied, adj. bodied: close-fitting. 4. I. 4. *Strenuous, adj. 5. 3. 302, (cf. note), 522. Strooke, pp. Obs. pp. of Strike. I. 3. 71; A.D. 37.

Stumpe, n. A nickname for the elder Ovid, possibly in allusion to his walking stiffly, as an old man. Obs. or dial.? I. 2. 169.

Stut, v. To stutter. prov. 4. 5. 79.

Taile, n. Phr., In taile of: immediately after. 5. 2. 56. Cf. note. Tall, adj. †Bold, sturdy. 3. 2. 24. Tankerd-bearer, n. One who, when London was very imperfectly supplied with water, fetched water Arch. o in tankards, holding two or three gallons, from the conduits and pumps in the street. Such persons were compelled to wait their turn to draw water. CD. 4. 3. 117.

Sufficiencie, n. A kind of knowledge or discipline that gives ability or efficiency. Arch. I. 2. 132. Sugred, adj. Sweet; alluring. Arch. or poet. 4. 2. 55.

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Tell, v. To count. Arch., exc. in phrases such as 'to tell beads.' I. 2. 224.

Tempest, v. To fall like a tempest; to storm. Rare. 5. 1. 52. Terse, adj. [a. Lat. tersus, pp. of tergere, to wipe, polish.] †Smooth and neat? 3. I. 34.

Thankes, n. pl. The use of the plural form for the singular is obs. or rare. 4. 7. 40. Thornie-tooth'd, adj. Railing; sharp-tongued; satiric. Nonce word. 4. 3. 112.

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+Transferred?

mount. 5. 2. 32.
Transpos'd, pp.
or, subjected? 4. 9. 57.
Trick, n. A trifling ornament.
3. I. 54.

Trickt, pp. Drawn, as armorial bearings; portrayed. I. 2. 57.

Troth, n. Truth, faith. In troth, 1. 3. 8; good troth, A.D. 41.

Troth, interj. In faith. Without preposition the use of troth is

†Thorough, prep. Through. 1. colloq. or lit., not vernacular. I. 3.

2. 124.

Threate, v. To menace (with). Obs. or arch. 3. 5. 79.

Thunder, v. 1) intr. To speak with a loud or rumbling voice. 3. 4. 252.

14; 3. I. 19, 99, 235.

Troupe, n. A playhouse audience. Obs.? E. 57.

Trow, v. To believe; think. Added to a question to express surprise or impatience, as here, and then equivalent to 'I wonder.' Obs. or arch. 2. 2. IOI. Tumbler, n. †A kind of greyhound formerly used in hunting Obs. hares; here, a nickname. I. 2. 197. Cf. note.

2) tr. To threaten or prophesy in loud and awful tones. 3. 5. 83. 3) tr. To assail with thunder or thunderbolts. 4. 5. 129. Timely, adv. Early, soon. or arch. I. 2. 81.

Timoria, n. [Gr. Tμwpla retribution, vengeance.] Retribution, vengeance. 3. 4. 247, 249.

†Tumorous, adj. [a. Lat. tumor, a swelling.] Swelling. 5. 3. 405. **Turgidous, adj. [a. Lat. tur

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