THE
ENGLISH
DICTIONARIE:
OR,
AN INTERPRETER
of hard English Words.
Enabling as well Ladies and Gentle­
women, young Schollers, Clarkes, Merchants,
as also Strangers of any Nation to the vnder­
standing of the more difficult Authors already
printed in our Language, and the more
speedy attaining of an elegant perfection of
the English tongue, both in reading,
speaking and writing.
Being a Collection of some thousands of words,
neuer published by any heretofore.


By H. C. Gent.
LONDON.
Printed for Nathaniel Butter, and are 
to be sold at his shop, at St. Austins
gate, at the signe of the Pide-Bull.
1623.








TO THE RIGHT HO­
nourable, Sir Richard Boyle, Knight, 
Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghall, Viscount Dun­
garuan, Earle of Cork, and one of his Maie­
sties most Honourable Priuie Councell 
of the Kingdome of Ireland, &c.
PArt of euery desertfull birth, 
(Right Honourable) in any man 
his Country may challenge, his 
Soueraigne a part, his Parents a
part, & his friends another. As I 
cannot be vseful in euery respect to each of those, 
so I will striue to expresse at least a will, if not a 
perfection in abilitie to all. Where a generall 
voice warrants an approbation, there euery ser­
uice is a duty. The truth of it both concernes and 
inuites me, out of the fame and applause of your 
Noblenesse, to make a particular dedication of 
some serious houres to your suruey, whom the 
world speakes both noble and learned, wherein 
as I haue done my best to accommodate discourse 



with the choisest language, so I desire that my 
ambition of being knowne vnto your Lordship 
may not be imputed either vnto an errour of im­
pudence, or an impudence in erring. Please you 
to know thus much of me, that I am partly im­
boldned hereunto, by the assurance of your loue 
and fauours to that noble Gentleman, Sir Wil­
liam Hull, to whom as I am tied in double 
bonds of bloud and friendship, so, I am so much 
obliged vnto him, that I cannot deuise a better 
rent than to doe you seruice : But chiefely the re­
port of your owne honourable merit and iust 
commendations, encourage mee to this duty, 
though otherwise vnknowne, not questioning 
but you will be pleased to take notice of one who 
loues and honours vertue in all Personages for 
vertues sake. Vouchsafe (Right Honourable)
this poore testimonie of my obseruancie, intended 
only to serue you, not to instruct you, and you shall 
not onely largely requite my endeuours, but 
may also expect a more steady and particular du­
ty from
Your Honours most ready seruant,
Henry Cockeram.





A Premonition from the 
Author to the Reader.

I Am not ignorant of the 
praise-worthy labours which 
some Schollers of deserued 
memorie haue heretofore be­
stowed on the like subiect 
that I haue here aduentured on :
howsoeuer it might therefore 
seeme a needlesse taske of mine, to intrude vp­
on a plot of study, the foundation of whose buil­
ding hath beene formerly leuel'd and laid, yet the 
Iustice of defence herein is so cleere, that my en­
deuours may bee truly termed rather a necessity 
of doing, than an arrogancie in doing. For 
without appropriating to my owne comfort any 
interest of glory, the vnderstanding Readers will 
not, the ignorant cannot, and the malicious
dare not, but acknowledge that what any before
me in this kinde haue begun, I haue not onely



fully finished, but throughly perfected. To write 
an Apologie of iustification would argue rather 
a distrust of my Worke than a confidence of me­
rit :  Be pleased therefore (honest and (therin)
learned Reader) to suruey a short Premonition 
for the order of the ensuing Vocabularie. First 
the method is plaine and easie, being alphabeti­
call, by which the capacity of the meanest may 
soone be inlightened. The first Booke hath the 
choisest words themselues now in vse, where­
with our language is inriched and become so 
copious, to which words the common sense is 
annexed. The second Booke containes the 
vulgar words, which whensoeuer any desirous 
of a more curious explanation by a more refi­
ned and elegant speech shall looke into, he shall 
there receiue the exact and ample word to ex­
presse the same : Wherein by the way let me pray 
thee to obserue that I haue also inserted (as occa­
sion serued) euen the mocke-words which are ridi­
culously vsed in our language, that those who 
desire a generality of knowledge may not bee 
ignorant of the sense, euen of the fustian 
termes, vsed by too many who study rather 
to bee heard speake, than to vnderstand them­
selues. The last Booke is a recitall of seuerall per­
sons, Gods and Goddesses, Giants and Deuils, 
Monsters and Serpents, Birds and Beasts, Riuers, 
Fishes, Herbs, Stones, Trees, and the like, to 
the intent that the diligent learner may not pre­



tend the defect of any helpe which may informe 
his discourse or practice. I might insist vpon the 
generall vse of this worke, especially for La­
dies and Gentlewomen, Clarkes, Merchants, 
young Schollers, Strangers, Trauellers, and all 
such as desire to know the plenty of the English;
but I am confident, that experience will be the 
truest Herauld to publish to the world on my be­
halfe, how as my debt to my countrie is to bee 
challenged, so my Country shall not altogether 
boast of any immunity from being indebted to 
my Studies. Thus what I haue done is (Reader)
for thy benefit, accept it and make vse of it, so 
shall I finde reward in my labours, and rest thy 
friend,
H. C.








To his very good friend, Master 
Henry Cockeram, on his Vo­
cabulary.

He whose selfe loue, or too ambitious spirit,
Enuies or carpes at this thy Muses action,
Nere let him liue, or of a Muse once merit,
Regard or fame, but die in his detraction,
Irreuocably plagu'd with Zoilan spight,
Ere he once taste of Hellicons delight.

Could I, oh could I quintessence my skill,
Or with Elixir truly alcumize,
Knowledge with learning should instruct my quill.
Effectually to praise thy Muses guise,
Re-felling all the criticall disasters,
Among some captious, yet wise seeming masters,
Made by her curious eye, their owne distasters.
Nicholas Smith, Eques Auratus 
Encomiastes Posthumus.



To my industrious freind, the Au­
thor of this English Dictionarie,
Mr. HENRY COCKRAM
of EXETER.

BOrne in the West? liue there? so far from Court?
From Oxford, Cambridge, London? yet report
(Now in these daies of Eloquence) such change
Of words? vnknown? vntaught? tis new & strange.
Let Gallants therefore skip no more from hence 
To Italie, France, Spaine, and with expence 
Waste time and faire estates, to learne new fashions 
Of complementall phrases, smooth temptations
To glorious beggary : Here let them hand
This Book;  here studie, reade, and vnderstand :
Then shall they finde varietie at Home,
As curious as at Paris, or at Rome.
For my part I confesse, hadst not thou writ, 
I had not beene acquainted with more wit
Than our old English taught; but now I can 
Be proud to know I haue a Countryman
Hath strugled for a fame, and what is more, 
Gain'd it by paths of Art, vntrod before.



The benefit is generall; the crowne
Of praise particular, and thats thine owne.
What should I say? Thine owne deserts inspire thee, 
Twere base to enuie, I must then admire thee.
A friend and louer of thy paines,
IOHN FORD.



To the Reader on this Verball of his 
esteemed friend, Master Henry Cocke­
ram of Exeter.

ARt hidden moulds, the Author freely sends, 
His sweat of brow to publike priuat friends, 
His courtesie to labour, yours to raise,
As it deserues the countenance of praise.
Hard words far fetch'd, made smooth, before being rough,
Claime fauour for requitall, that's enough.
If you betray them with a trecherous kisse,
He'l laugh in's sleeue, and at your follies hisse.
Thomas Spicer.

To the Reader on this Vocabulary 
of his good friend, Master Henry Cocke­
ram of Exeter.

IF things farre fetch'd are dearest most esteem'd, 
which by times sweatful houres haue been redeem'd, 
Of what count's this,of which sort like was neuer, 
Praise it of force you must, and loue him euer.
The Adage is far sought, deare bought, please ladies, 
You must yeeld to this Maxime, or proue babies.
Then giue worths due, that worthinesses guise,
If not, my Motto is, you are vnwise.
Bartho. Hore.



To my very good friend, Master Co­
keram, Author of this worke.

TO speake good words of thee were but in part 
To pay backe what we owe, for thy rare Art 
Hath taught vs all good language : a rude pile 
Of barbarous sillables into a stile
Gentle and smooth thou hast reduc't : pure gold 
Thou hast extracted out of worthlesse mould.
And that no one may thinke thy merit weake, 
Of a rough speech th'ast taught vs all to speake
A perfect language ; in which Cockerams praise
Shall liue belou'd, whilst time leaues making daies. 
Iohn Day.

To his industrious friend, Master 
Henry Cockeram.

TO ouer-praise thy Booke, in a smooth line,
(If any errour's in't) would make it mine :
Onely, while Words, for paiment passe at Court;
And whilst loud talke and wrangling make resort 
I'th Terme to Westminster, I doe not dread
Thy leaues shall scape the Scombri, and be read.
And I will adde this as thy friend, no Poet,
Thou hast toild to purpose, and the euent will shew it.
Iohn Webster.



To his worthily respected friend, 
Master Henry Cockeram.

WHo hath discouer'd yet a neerer way,
By which, what we conceiue, we can conuey
To others, then by words, that full expresse
What Mimicke action doth but onely guesse:
But where a language hath variety,
And euery word a reall property,
How much it adds to elocution,
As doe but reade this Booke, then thinke vpon 
The Authors paines and praise, giue him respect 
For this addition to our Dialect.

Iohn Crugge.





THE
FIRST PART OF
THE ENGLISH
DICTIONARY.


Abacted. Caried 
away by vio­
lence.


Abaction. A 
violent driuing.


Abandon. To forsake or
cast off. 


Abarsticke. Insatiable. 


Abate. To make lesse.


Abatement. That which is
abated or abridged.


Abbet. To further one 
in euill.


Abbettour. Which coun­
selleth one to doe euill.


Abbot. A spirituall Lord.


Abbreuiate. To make
short.


Abbreuiation. A making
short.


Abdicate. To renounce 
or forsake.


Abducted. Led away.


Abduction. A leading a­
way.


Abecedarian. One that
teacheth the Crosse-row.


Abecedarium. The Crosse­
row.


Abequitate. To ride away.


Aberration. Wandering.


Abgregate. To lead out 
of the flocke.


Abhorre. To shun or dis­
daine.


Abiect. A cast-away, vile,
base.


Abisse. A bottomlesse pit.


Abiudicated. Giuen by
iudgement from one to
another.


Abiuration. A denying by
oath.


Abiure. To forsweare.


Ablacted. Wained.


Ablecticke. Any thing



garnished for sale.


Ablepsie. Blindnesse, want
of sight.


Abligurie. Spending in 
belly cheere.


Ablocate. To set, or let out
to hire.


Ablution. A washing.


Abnegation. A denying.


Abolet. Old, out of vse.
"obsolete"


Abolished. Taken away.


Abolition. A taking a­
way.


Abortion. The birth of a
childe before his time.


Abortiue. Which is vn­
timely borne.


Abrase. To shaue.


Abridge. To shorten.


Abriped. Rauished.


Abrodieticall. A delicate
person.


Abrogate. To take away.


Absolue. To pardon.


Absolution. Pardon, for­
giuenesse.


Absolute. Perfect.


Absonant. Vntuneable.


Absorbeate. To swallow
vp.


Abstaine. To refraine.


Abstinence.  A forbearing
from euill.


Abstinent. Temperate, so­
ber.


Abstorqued. Wrested away 
by force.


Abstract. A small booke
taken out of another.


Abstraction. A taking a­
way.


Abstruse. Hidden, secret.


Absurd. Foolish, without
wit.


Absurditie. Follie.


Abuert. To turne away.


Abuolate. To flie away.


Academie. An Vniuersitie.


Academicall. Belonging to 
an Vniuersitie.


Academicke. A Philoso­
pher of the sect of Plato.


Accelerate. To hasten.


Acceleration. A hastning.


Accent. Tune.


Acceptilation. A verball ac­
quittance.


Accersed. Sent for.


Accesse. Libertie to come
to a place.


Accessible. Which may be
come to.


Accessorie. Which wit­
tingly hideth an offender,
or counselleth him in
euill.


Accident. Which hapneth
by chance.




Accidentall. Hapning by
chance.


Acclamation. A crying
out.


Accommodate. To make
fit.


Accoste. To draw neere
to one.


Accoutrement. Attire or
dressing.


Accrue. To grow, or in­
crease.


Accub. The print of any
creatures foot.


Accumulate. To heape.


Accumulation. A heaping
vp.


Accurately. Cunningly
done.


Acerbitie. Sowrenesse.


Acerote bread. Browne
bread.


Acersecomicke. One whose
haire was neuer cut.


Acerulate. To mough vp.


Acetarr. A salad of small
herbes.


Acheeue. To bring to
passe.


Acheruse. An entrance
into Hell, from whence
Hercules drew forth Cerbe­
rus the three-headed Dog
of Hell with an Adaman­
tine chaine. Poets likewise
faine, that in this place
Charon receiued the soules
into his Boat which he ca­
ried ouer Stix, Acharon, and
Phlegiton.


Acolasticke. A prodigall
person.


Acolite. Froward.


Aconicke. Poysonous.


Aconitum. A poysonous
herbe whereon Cerberus
spued out his poyson when
he was dragd out of Hell
by Hercules.


Acquire. To get.


Acquisition. A getting, a 
purchasing.


Acquitall. A freeing of
one from being guilty.


Acrimonie. Sharpnesse.


Acrocomicke. One hauing
long haire.


Acteoned. Horned.


Action. A deed done, or
a doing.


Actiue. Liuely, nimbly.


Actiuitie. Nimblenesse.


Actor. A stage-player, or
one doing a thing.


Actresse. A woman-
doer.


Actuall. That which is
done.


Acuminate. To whet or
sharpen.




Acupinge. To embroder.


Acute. Witty.


Acutely. Wittily.


Acyrologicall. An vnpro­
per speech.


Adacted. Driuen in by
force.


Adage. A prouerbe.


Adamant. A Diamond.


Adamantine. Hard, not
to be broken.


Adamat. To loue deerely.


Adaration. Souldiers pay.


Adcorporated. Maried.


Addecimate. To take
tithes.


Addicted. Giuen to.


Additament. Any thing
added.


Addition.  The same that
Additamentis.


Adecasticke. One that will 
doe iust howsoeuer.


Ademtion. A taking a­
way.


Adequate. To make leuel.


Adequitate. To ride by.


Adesed. All eaten vp.


Adfiliated. Adopted for a
sonne.


Adhabitate. To dwel nigh.


Adhalate. To breath or
blow on.


Adhamate. To hooke, to
binde.


Adhere. To sticke or
cleaue to.


Adherence. A cleauing to.


Adherent. Which clea­
ueth to.


Adiacent. Bordering 
neere by.


Adiaphoricie. Indifferen­
cie.


Adiourne. To defer, to
put off.


Adiournament. When a
Court is dissolued.


Adipate. To feed fat.


Adiument. Helpe.


Adiunct. A qualitie ioy­
ned to a thing, as heat to
fire, or the like.


Adiure. To binde by oath.


Adiuration. A swearing, or 
binding by oath.


Adiutor. A helper.


Adiuvate. To helpe.


Admetiate. To measure.


Administer. To dispose
of a dead mans goods.


Administration. The dis­
posing of a dead mans
goods, which made no
will.


Administrator. He to whom
the Ordinarie committeth
in charge the goods of a
dead man so dying.


Administratrix. A woman



in that place.


Admire. To wonder.


Admission .  A receiuing in .


Admit. To let in.


Admixtion. A mingling of 
things together.


Admonish. To warne.


Admonishment. A warning.


Adolescenturate. To play
the boy, or foole.


Adonai. Lord.


Adopt. To chuse one to
be his sonne.


Adoption. The chusing of
one to be his sonne.


Adoptise. Chosen.


Adore. To worship.


Adoration. Worshipping.


Adornation.  A decking.


Adorne. To deck, to trim.


Adpugne. To fight
against.


Adriaticke Sea. The gulfe
of Venice.


Adruminge. Churlish.


Adstupiate. Greatly to e­
steeme riches.


Aduent.  The comming of
certaine weekes before
Christmas: so called, for
then in the Church is made
solemne preparation for
Christs comming.


Aduentaile. A coat of de­
fence.


Aduerse. Contrary.


Aduerte. To marke.


Aduertise. To giue know­
ledge of a thing.


Aduesperate. To waxe
night.


Aduigilate. To watch di­
ligently.


Adulable. To be flattred.


Adulation. Flatterie.


Adulatorie. Which flatte­
reth.


Adulterate. To corrupt.


Aduocate. Which plea­
deth for another in a Con­
sistorie.


Aduocitate. To call often
vpon.


Adumbrate. To shadow.


Aduncitie. Hookednesse, crookednesse.


Advouson. Right which a
man hath to present a
Clergie man to a spirituall 
Benefice.


Adust. Burnt.


Adustion. A burning.


Aerie.  A nest of hawkes.


Æucator. A Trumpetor.


Aeriall. Of or belonging
to the aire.


Æstiuate. To summer in
a place.


Æstiuall. Of or belonging 
to Summer.


Affabilitie. Courtesie.




 Affable. Courteous.


Affect. To loue.


Affectation. An inordi­
nate desire which we haue.


Affected. Giuen to.


Affiance. Trust.


Affianced. Betrothed.


Affinitie. Kindred by ma­
riage.


Affirmatiue. Which affir­
meth.


Affix. To naile to.


Affluence. Plenty, abun­
dance.


Affrica. The South part
of the world.


Affricke bird. A coward,
one in gay cloathes.


Agast. Amazed, afeard.


Agelasticke. One that ne­
uer laughes.


Agent. A doer, or medler
in a thing.


Aggerate. To heape vp.


Agglutinate. To ioyne or
glue together.


Aggrauate. To make a
thing worse by words.


Aggregate. To assemble
together.


Aggression. An assault, a
setting vpon.


Agilitie. Nimblenesse.


Aginate. To retaile small
wares.


Aginator. He which retai­
leth.


Agitable. Moueable.


Agitation. A iogging, a
shaking.


Agitate. To tosse, iogg, or shake.


Agnate. A kinsman by the
fathers side.


Agnation. Kindred by the
fathers side.


Agnition. Knowledge.


Agnize. To acknowledge.


Agonalies. Feasts at which
there were great exercises
of actiuitie.Cf. OED "agonal"


Agonie. Torment of bo­
die and minde.


Agonist. A Champion.


Agonotheth. A Iudge in
maisteries of actiuitie.


Agresticall. Rude.


Agricolation. Tillage of
ground.


Agrose. One which hath
much lands.


Aiax shield.  A sure de­
fence.


Aiglent wine  Mustie
wine.


Alablaster. A very cold
marble white and cleare.


Alacritie. Cheerefulnes.


Albedonie. Whitenesse.


Alchymie. The Art of
melting or dissoluing met­



tals by separating the pure
from the impure.


Alchymist. One skild in
Alchymie.


Alcoron. The Turks law.


Alcyon daies. Merry daies.


Algate. If so be, notwith­
standing.


Algide. Chill with cold.


Algorie. Chilnesse.


Alien. A stranger.


Alienate. To estrange
ones selfe.


Alienation. An estranging, 
or changing.


Aliment. Nourishment.


Allay. To asswage.


Allegation. Proofe of a
matter.


Allegate. To proue.


Allegiance. Obedience to
a Prince.


Allegorie. A sentence that
must be vnderstood other­
wise than the literall inter­
pretation shewes.


Allegoricall. Belonging to
an Allegorie.


Alleluia. Praise the Lord.


Alliance. Affinitie, kin­
dred.


Allie. Of kin to one by
mariage.


Alligate. To bind or tie
vp.


Allot. To appoint.


Alloquie. Communicati­
on or speech.


Allude. To speake any
thing which hath resem­
blance to another thing.


Allusion. A resembling
of one thing to another.


Alloes. A pretious wood
vsed in Physicke.


Aloesucotrena. The iuyce
of an herbe, being an ex­
cellent medicine to purge
choler.


Alopick. One that hath
no haire on his head.


Alpha. The first letter of
the Greekes.


Alphabet. The Crosse­
row.


Alphabeticall. Belonging
to the Crosse-row.


Altercation.  An angry rea­
soning in words.


Alternately. Things done
by course.


Altitude. Height.


Alucarie. A Bee-hiue.


Alucated. Trenched, cha­
nelled.


Allutation. A tanning or
dressing of leather.


Amatthean horne. Plenty
of all things.


Amande. To send one
away.




Amaritude. Bitternesse.


Amate. To dismay,
or discourage.


Amation. Wanton loue.


Amatrix.  A shee-para­
mour.


Ambage. A long circum­
stance of words.


Amber. A hard yellow
gumme.


Ambergreise. As some
write, is the spawne of a
Whale, the fume there­
of good to comfort the 
braine.


Ambidexter. One that can
vse both hands alike, or a
subtle knaue.


Ambiguitie. Doubtfulnes.


Ambiguous. Doubtfull.


Ambition.  Pride, immo­
derate desire of soueraign­
tie.


Ambrosiacke. Smelling
sweet.


Ambrosia. After the Po­
ets, the meat of the Gods.


Ambuate. To moue hi­
ther and thither.


Ambulation. A walking.


Ambulatorie. A place to
walke in.


Ambuscado. Souldiers hid
in a secret place to entrap
the enemie.


Ambushment. A secret ly­
ing to entrap one.


Ambustion. Scorching,
scalding.


Amenitie. Delectablenes.


Amentie. Madnesse.


Ament. A thong or
string.


Amerce. To punish one
by making him pay some
small summe of money.


Amercement. A punish­
ment by the purse.


Amnick. A Riuer.


Amiable. Louely.


Amoniscorne. A gemme
of a gold colour like a
Rams horne, which cau­
sethone to dreame true 
things.


Amit. To send away.


Amitie. Friendship.


Amorte. Dead.


Amorous. Louely.


Amphibolie. A speech
which may be taken many
wayes.


Amphibologicall. Doubtfull.


Amphitheater. A place
made hauing seats.


Amphithalmi. A chamber
hauing a chamber on both
sides.


Ample. Great.


Amplect. To embrace.




Amplifie. To enlarge.


Amplification. An enlarge­
ment.


Amplitude. Greatnesse.


Ampute. To cut off.


Anabathur. A Pulpit.


Anakim. A Giant.


Anagnosticke. A Curate
seruing only to reade.


Anagogick. One skild in 
explaining the Scriptures.


Anagram. An inuention
by altering the places of
the letters of ones name to
make another word, as of
lude, to make vide.


Analects. Crums which
fall from the table.


Analogie. Proportion, like­
nesse of one thing to ano­
ther.


Analysis. A resolution in 
doubtfull matters.


Anarchie.  When a king­
dome is without a King.


Anathema. Cursings.


Anathematize. To giue
ones selfe to the Deuill.


Anatomie. The trunke of
a dead man, from whence
all the flesh is cut off with
the sinewes, and nothing
remaining saue the bare
bones.


Anatomize. To cut and
search euery part, to make
an Anatomie.


Anchoresse. A religious
woman, liuing solitarie.


Anchorite. A religious
man, liuing solitarie.


Androgine. He that is both 
man and woman.


Angle. A corner.


Anguise. Griefe of mind.


Angust. Streight, narrow.


Anhelation. The Tissique.


Anilitie. Dotage.


Animaduersion. A mar­
king, a harkning.


Animate. To encourage.


Animositie. Liuelinesse,
courage.


Annales. Chronicles from
yeere to yeere.


Annates. The first fruits
paid of a spirituall liuing.


Annex. To knit or ioyne
to.


Annihilate. To make void.


Anniuersarie. A solemnity 
kept from yeere to yeere.


Annuall. Yeerely.


Annuate. To nod with 
the head.


Annuitie. Yeerely pay­
ment of money to one.


Annulet. Any thing han­
ging about the necke.


Annull. To make void




Annunciate. To declare.


Anomalie. Vnequalitie,
vnlikenesse to any thing.


Antagonist. An enemie.


Antarticke pole . The South 
pole of the world.


Anteambulate. To vsher.


Antecedent. That which
goeth before.


Antefact. A deed done
before.


Anthemne. A Song which
Church-men sing by course
one after another.


Anthropophagize. One man 
to kill and eat anothers 
flesh.


Antelucidate. To worke by
candle light before day.


Antiloqui. A terme which 
Stage-players vse by them
called theire cue.


Anticipate. To preuent.


Anticipation. A preuent­
ing.


Antidate. A dating of
some letter or other writ­
ing on some day past.


Antidote. A preseruatiue
against poyson.


Antilogomenes. Contra­
dictions.


Antipathie. A disagree­
ment of qualities.


Antiquarie. One skild in 
Antiquities.


Antiquate. To make old.


Antique. Old, out of vse.


Antithesis. Contrarieties
of things placed one a­
gainst another, as spokes in 
a wheele.


Annullitie. Nothing.


Anxietie. Carefulnesse.


Anxious Carefull.


Aonian band . The Muses.


Aparitions. Strange sights.


Aphorisme. A short sen­
tence briefly expressing 
the properties of a thing.


Apocrypha. Hidden, doubt­
full, not knowne.


Apolactize. To spurne
with the heele.


Apologie. A defence or
excuse.


Apologicall. He which ma­
keth an excuse.


Apologize. To excuse.


Apophoret. A new yeeres
gift.


Apoplexie. The dead palsie.


Apostasie. A falling from Religion.


Apostate He which fall­
eth from true Religion.


Apostla. One sent in a
message, a messenger.


Apothegme. A quick, short 
and witty sentence.




Apotheck. A store-house.


Appall. To make afraid.


Apparant. Manifest.


Apparitor. A Sumner,
summoning one to a
Court.


Apparition. An appear­
ing.


Appeach. To accuse one.


Appeale. When a malefa­
ctor accuseth his consort.


Appellant. Which appea­
leth.


Appellation. A calling or
naming.


appendixAppendix. Which depen­
deth on another thing, a
waiter.


Applaud. To shew liking
to a thing by clapping of
hands.


Applause. A clapping of
hands for ioy.


Application. An applying
of one thing to another.


Approbate. To allow.


Approbation. An allow­
ing.


Approperate. To make
haste.


Appropinquation. A draw­
ing neere.


Appropriate.  To challenge 
to ones selfe.


Appropriation. When a
priuate man hath right to
a Parsonage in himselfe,
and may receiue the profit
thereof by maintaining a
Vicar to serue the place.


Aprication. A beaking in
the Sunne.


Apricitie. The warmenes
of the Sunne in winter.


Aquation. Abundance of
raine.


Arabian bird .The Phe­
nix.


Arable. To be plowed.


Aratrate. To plow or till.


Arbiter. A Iudge in some controuersies,
chosen in­
differently for both par­
ties.


Arbitrament. An agree­
ment made betwixt two
parties.


Arbitrator. The same that
Arbiter.


Arbitrary. Belonging to 
arbitrament.


Arbitrate. To make an
agreement.


Arblaster. A Crosse-bow.


Arbust. To plant with
trees.


Arch-Colonell. A General.


Archiatrer. A chiefe or principall Physitian.


Architect. A chiefe worke­
man.




Architecturie. The science
of building.


Architype. The chiefe or
first patterne.


Ardent. Burning hot.


Ardour. Heat.


Arduitie. High, hardnesse 
to come to.


Aretalogon. A vaunter of
his owne vertues.


Argent. Siluer, or of siluer colour.


Argentagenie. The siluer­
sicknesse.


Arerages. Debts vnpaid.


Argologie. Idle or vaine 
speaking.


Ariditie. Drinesse.


Aristocracie. A kinde of 
gouernment where the
Nobilitie beare all the
sway.


Aristocraticall. Of or be­
longing to Aristocracie.


Arithmeticke. The arte of 
numbring.


Armillated. Wearing
bracelets.


Armipotent. Mighty strong.


Aromaticall. Sweet smel­
ling.


Aromaticke wine. Sweet
wine brewed with spices:
Hippocras.


Arride. To please well.


Arrogancie. Pride.


Arrogant. Proud, insul­ ting.


Arrogate. Proudly to chal­
lenge to himselfe more ho­
nour than is due.


Artemisean moneth. The
moneth of May.


Arteries. Hollow sinewes
or veines, wherein the spi­
rits of life doe walke.


Articulate. To set downe
articles or conditions of
agreement.


Artick pole. The North
pole of the world.


Artificiall. Cunning, well contriued.


Artillerie. Great Ord­
nance for warre.


Artisan. A handy-crafts­
man.


Artist. One skild in any
Arte.


Aruspicie. Diuination by
opening the bowels of
beasts.


Asa-fœtida. A dried gum
hauing a very strong and
loathsome smell.


Ascance. Side-waies.


Ascribe. To impute, or ac­
coumpt.


Aspect. Sight, the coun­
tenance.




Asperate. Rough.


Asperitie. Sharpnesse.


Aspertion. A sprinkling.


Aspiration. A breathing.


Aspire. To hope to come
to a thing.


Asportation. A carrying 
away.


Assassinate. To rob or
murther in the high way.


Assassinous. Murderous.


Assector. A companion, a
follower.


Assecure. To ensure one.


Assentation. Flatterie.


Assertion. An affirming.


Assertionate. To auouch.


Assestrix. A woman assi­
stant.


Assets. When a man hath
goods come to his hand
to discharge a dead mans
debts or legacies giuen by
him.


Asseueration. An earnest
affirming.


Asseditie. A Bishops pue.


Assiduitie. Continuance.


Assiduous. Daily.


Assignation. An appoint­
ment.


Assigne. To appoint.


Assignement. A passing of
one thing ouer to another.


Assistant. A helper.


Associate. To accompanie.


Association. A ioyning to­
gether in fellowship.


Assoile. To acquite or dis­
charge, to pardon.


Assonate. To sound or  ring 
like a bell.


Assume. To take to him­
selfe.


Assumpsit. When one for
some consideration giuen
doth vndertake to doe any
thing.


Assumpted. Taken vp.


Assumption. A taking or
lifting vp.


Astipulate. To affirme or
agree.


Astipulation. An agree­
ment.


Astragalize. To play at dice.


Astriction. A binding.


Astrictiue. Which hath
power to binde.


Astringent. Idem.
I.e., astrictive.

Astrologie. A foretelling
of things to come.


Astrologer. One skild in
Astrologie.


Astronomie. An Arte
teaching the knowledge of the
courses both of Planets
and Starres.


Astronomicall. Belonging



to Astronomie.


Asymbolick. One escaping 
scot-free.


Atcheeuement. The perfor­
mance of any great matter.


Atheisme. The damnable
opinion of the Atheists.


Atheist. That thinks there
is no God, or rule of reli­
gion.


Athleticall science. The
wrastling science.


Atomie. A mote flying in
the Sunne beames: any
thing so small that it can­
not be made lesse.


Atonement. Quietnesse.


Atrate. One clad in blacke,
a mourner.


Atribute. To bestow, to
giue.


Atricke. An Vsher of a
Hall.


Atrocitie. Crueltie.


Attach. To lay hands on.


Attainted. Conuicted of
some great crime.


Attentiue. Diligently hark­
ning.


Attenuate. To diminish
or make lesse.


Attestation. A witnessing.


Atticke. Wittie.


Attract. To draw to.


Attractiue. Hauing power
to draw.


Attraction. A drawing or
pulling.


Attrection. A handling or
feeling.


Attrition. Repentance,
sorrow.


Atturney. He that by mu­
tuall consent taketh charge
of another mans businesse.


Atturnment. The paying
of a small peece of monie
by a Tenant in token that
he acknowledgeth the par­
tie to whom he payeth it,
his Landlord.


Auarice. Couetousnesse.


Aucupation. Hunting af­
ter a thing.


Audatious. Bold.


Audacitie. Boldnesse.


Audible. Easie to bee
heard.


Audience. A hearing:
sometime it signifieth an
assembly of people.


Auditor. An officer of ac­
compts.


Auerre. To iustifie.


Aueruncate. To take a­
way that which hurts, to
weed.


Auerment. Approuing a
thing to be true and hon­
est.




Auersion. A turning away.


Auert. To turne away.


Augment. To increase.


Augmentation. An increa­
sing.


Augur. A Soothsayer.


Auguration. Diuination
by flying of birds in the
aire.


Augurize. To prophesie.


Auiditie. Greedinesse.


Auoke. To fall from, or
backe againe.


Auowable. That which
may be iustified.


Auow. To iustifie.


Auricular. Spoken in the
eare.


Aurigation. A driuing of a
Coach.


Aurora. The morning.


Auspitious. Luckie.


Austere. Sharpe, cruell.


Austeritie. Hard visage,
cruelty.


Australe. Southerne.


Authenticke. Vndeniable,
approued of all.


Autumne. Haruest time.


Autumnall. Belonging to
Autumne.


Autonomie. Libertie to
liue after ones owne law.


Axiome. A maxime or sen­
tence allowed to be true.


Axinomancie. Diuination
done by hatchets.


Aye. For euer.


Azure. A fine blew co­
lour.




BAcchanals. The feasts of
Bacchus.


Bacchanalean frowes. Wo­
men-Bacchus-Priests.


Badger. One that buyes
corne or other victuall in
one place to transport it 
to another, for gaine.


Ballatron. A rascally base
knaue.


Bale. Sorrow.


Balefull. Sorrowfull.


Balme, or Balsamum. An
excellent medicine for a
greene wound, and diuers
other purposes.


Bandle. An Irish measure
of two foot in length.


Baptize. To wash.


Baptisme. A washing or
dipping in water.




Baptist. A washer.


Barbarisme. Rudenesse in
speech or behauiour.


Bardes. Ancient Poets.


Barrester. One allowed
to plead at a barre.


Barretter. A common
quarreller.


Barricado. A warlike de­
fence made with empty
barrels.


Barriers. A warlike exer­
cise of men fighting with
short swords, and within
some appointed compasse.


Bassaw. A noble man in
Turkie.


Basiate. To kisse.


Bastinado. A staffe, or
cudgell.


Bastion. A defence built
within a City.


Bath. Ten pottles in li­
quor.


Battery. A beating.


Baubee. A farthing.


Bauin. A faggot.


 Bayne. A Bath.


Beatitude. Blessednesse.


Belaue. To wash.


Beleaguerd. Besieged.


Belligerate. To make war.


Bellitude. Fairnesse.


Belt. A girdle.


Benediction. A blessing.


Benedicted. Blessed.


Benefactor. A friend, one
that doth one good.


Beneficence. A doing
good.


Beneficent. Liberall, lo­
uing.


Beneuolence. Good will.


Beneuolent. Louing, or
friendly.


Benigne. Gentle, fauo­
rable.


Benignitie. Liberalitie,
courtesie.


Benison. A blessing.


Bereft. Tooke away.


Bestiall. Beastly.


Betide. Befall.


Beuie. A troope of La­
dies, Quailes, or of Deere.


Bezell. The broad place
of a Ring where the stone
is set.


Bice. A delicate blew
painting.


Bigamie. The Marriage
of two wiues.


Bigamus. One twice mar­
ried.


Bimaticall. Two yeares
space.


Bimensicall. Two months
space.


Bipartite. Diuided into
two parts.




Bipedicall. Two foot long.


Bissextile. Leape-yeare.


Blandiloquie. Flattering
speech.


Blanke-manger. A custard.


Blend. To mixe toge­
ther.


Blephoron. One hauing
great browes and eye-lids.


Blith. Merry, frolike.


Blomarie. The first forge
through which the yron
passeth after it is melted
out of the Mine.


Blunder. To bestir ones
selfe.


Bocconie. Poyson, or Ita­
lian figs.
Not in OED.

Bombards. Great guns.


Bonayre. Gentle, milde.


Bonnet. A hat or cap.


Boone. A request, some­
time good, as a boone
companion.


Boote. Helpe.


Boras. A white substance
like salt-peeter wherewith
goldsmiths solder gold and
siluer.


Boreas. The North-wind.


Brachigraphy. A short
kind of writing, as a letter
for a word.


Braket. Drinke made of
hony, spice, and water.


Brachilogies. Short spee­
ches.


Braine-sicke. Mad, foolish.


Brandish. To shake pro­
perly a sword, or the like.


Bretfull. Topfull.


Breuitie. Shortnesse.


Brigandine. A coat of
defence.


Brigantine. A kind of a
small ship.


Brocage. Meanes vsed by
a spokes-man.


Brochitie. Crookednesse.


Brocket. A red Deere of
two yeeres old.


Brothell. A bawdie house.


 Brothelrie. Bawderie.


Bruit. Report.


Brumall. Of or belong­
ing to winter.


Brute, or brutish, beastly. 


Brutishnesse. Beastlinesse.


Brutus heires. English­
men.


Bubulcitate. To cry like a
cow boy.


Buccinate. To blow a
trumpet.


Bucentaure. A carricke or
great ship.


Bugle. A little blacke
horne.


Bulbitate. To befilth ones
breech.




Bullion. Siluer or gold
vnrefined.


Burdon. A deepe base.


Burganet. A helmet.


Burglarie. A breaking in­
to a house by night with an
intent to steale and mur­
der.


Burnet. An attire for the
head, a hood.


Burnish. By rubbing to
make a thing glitter.


Bursholder. An officer in
a borough.


Buttresses. Staies to prop
vp a wall.


Buxome. Pliant, obedi­
ent.


Buxomnesse. Lowlinesse.






CAbal. The traditions
of the Iewes doctrine
of religion.


Cabalist. One skilful ther­
in.


Caball. A little horse, a
iade.


Cachinnation.  A great
laughter.


Cacologie. Ill report.


Cacuminate. To make
sharpe or copped.


Cadence. The falling of
the voyce.


Cæleb. A batchellor.


Calamitie. Miserie.


Calamist. One hauing his
haire turning vpward.


Calcate. To stampe.


Calcinate. To burne.


Calcination. A burning.


Calcitrate. To kick or
wince.


Calculate. To reckon, to
cast account.


Calculation. An account.


Calefie. To warme.


Calefaction. A making
warme.


Caligation. Dimnesse of
sight.


Caligraphie. Faire wri­
ting.


Callette. A lewd woman.


Calliditie. Craftinesse.


Callositie. Hardnesse.


Calthrate. To stop with
barres of lettice.


Calthrope. A little thing
made with foure prickes of
iron, of such a fashion that
which way soeuer it bee
throwne, one point will al­
way sticke vp like a naile
to spoile the foot of the e­
nemies horse.


Caluarie. A place for dead
mens bones.


Caluitie. Baldnesse.




Calumniate. Falsly to ac­
cuse.


Calumniation. A false ac­
cusation.


Calumnie. Idem.


Camelionize. To change
into many colours.


Camerate. To seile or
vault.


Camphire. A gum very
cold and drie.


Canaces. Incestuous wo­
men.


Cancell. To deface, to blot
out.


Candicate. To wax white.


Canicular dayes. Dog daies,
verie hot daies in Iuly and
August: so called of the
Starre Canis the dog, which
then riseth with the Sun,
and doth much encrease 
his heat.


Canine. Doggish.


Canniticke houses. Thet­
ched houses.


Canon. A Law.


Canonicall. Approued by
exact rule.


Canonier. One which shoot­
eth in great Ordnance.


Canonize. To pronounce
one to be a Saint.


Cantation. Singing.


Canvas. To sift a matter.


Capacitie. aptnesse to con­
ceiue.


Cape. A corner of a land
shooting out into the sea.


Caperate. To frowne.


Capistrate. To halter.


Capitall. Chiefe, princi­
pal, sometime abominable.


Capite. When one holds
land immediately from the
Crowne.


Capitoll. An ancient pal­
lace in Rome so called.


Capitulate. To draw or
bring into Chapters.


Capnomancie. Diuination
by flying of smoake.


Capricorne. A signe con­
taining twentie starres.


Capriole. The leaping of
a horse aboue ground, cal­
led by horsemen the goats
leape.


Caprious. A goatish de­
sire, lustfull.


Capstand. An instrument
to wind vp things of great
weight.


Captious. Quicke, quar­
relsome in demands.


Captiuate. To take priso­
ner.


Captiuitie. Bondage.


 Carbonado. A rasher vpon
the coales.




Carbunculate. To burne
like a cole.


Carkanet. A small chaine.


Carionized. Stinking.


Caritie. Dearth.


Carle. A husbandman.


Carminate. To spin.


Carnall. Fleshly.


Carnalitie. Fleshlinesse.


Carol. A song.


Carnificate. To hang.


Carpe. to rebuke, to check


Carreere. A short swift
race with a horse.


Carrick. A great ship of
burden.


Castaldie. Stewardship.


Castalides. The surname
of the Muses.


Castigate. To chastice.


Castigation. A correction.


Castrated. Gelded.


Casuall. Which happe­
neth by chance.


Casualtie. Chance.


Catadrome. A tilt-yard.


Catalogue. A roll, a bill, a
register of names.


Cataplasme. A plaister.


Cataract. A distillation 
of humours out of the eyes.


Catarrhe. A distillation 
of watrie humours out of 
the head.


Catastrophe. The end of a
comedie, a sudden alte­
ration.


Catastrophize.
 To end a
comedie, or the like.


Catastrum. The decke or
hatch of a ship.


Catamite. A boy which is
vsed for buggery.


Catechise. To instruct by 
mouth.


Categony. An accusation.


Cathedrall. Of or belong­
ing to a Bishops chayre.


Catholike. Vniuersall or
generall.


Catillate. to licke dishes.


Catennate. To chaine.


Catoptromancie. Diuinati­
on by visions shewen in a
glasse.


Cauerne. A hole or caue
in the earth.


Caueat. A warning.


Causidicke. A lawyer, attur­
ney, aduocate, or procter.


Caution. Idem as caueat is.


Cavill. To reason ouer­
thwartly.


Cautelous.  Deceitfull.


Cauterize. To seare, to
burne.


Celebrate. To doe a thing
in honour of some one.


Celebration. The solemni­
zation of a feast.




Celebritie. Great renown.


Celeripedean. A swift foot 
man.


Celeritie. Swiftnesse.


Celestiall. Heauenly.


Celsitude. Highnesse.


Cement. Morter.


Cænation. A supper.


Censor. A graue officer
hauing power to correct
matters.


Censure. Opinion.


Center. The point in the
midst of a round circle, and
therefore the earth is cal­
led the center of the world
because it is in the mid­
dest thereof.


Centurion. A Captaine
of one hundred men.


Cericean. A subtle knaue.


Cermocinatrix. Shee that
instructed to speake.


Certation. Strife.


Certes. Surely.


Certificate. A writing a­
uerring the truth of a 
thing.


Ceruse. White lead.


Cespitate. To stumble.


Chalon. A blanket or co­
uering.


Champertie,  see Champer­
taures.


Champertaurs. Such as stir
other to law bearing their 
charges, to share part of 
what they sue for.


Chancellor. A chiefe of­
ficer in a spirituall court.


Chancerie. The court of
equitie.


Chantor. A singer.


Chaos. A confused and
disordered heap, whereof
poets faine the world, and
all that therein is to bee
made.


Character. The forme of
a letter.


Charibdis. A gulfe in 
the sea, wherein is most 
dangerous sayling by rea­
son of contrarie windes.


Charily. Warily.


Charls-waine. Certaine
starres winding about the
North Pole of the world
in fashion like foure
wheeles and horses draw­
ing it.


Charnall house. A place to
lay sculls & dead bones in.


Chart. A written deed.


Charter. A writing of
priuiledge and liberties.


Cheat. To deceiue and
cozen.


Cheating. Cousenage.


Cheeke-varnish. Painting.




Chermez. A graine dying
skarlet.


Chevisance. Merchan­
dise.


Chirographicall. Writing,
a writing of ones owne
hand.


Chorographie. The descrip­
tion of a countrey.


Chrisme. A white linnen
cloth wrapped about an in­
fant after it is newly chri­
stened.


Christianisme. The beliefe 
of Christians.


Chrisostomaticall. Golden
mouthed.


Chronologer. One skilfull
in chronicles.


Chronologie. The knowl­
edge of old stories.


Chymæras. Strange phan­
tasies, castles in the ayre.


Chymist.  See Parecelsus.


Chyromancie. Diuination
by the palme of the hand.


Chyvalrie. Knighthood.


Cibaries. Belonging to
meates.


Cibarian bread. Browne
bread.


Cicurate. To tame.


Cimball. An old musi­
call instrument made with
plates of brasse.


Cimbicke.  A misard, or ni­
gard.


Cimbricke. A Dane.


Circinate. To turne round.


Circuition. A compassing
about.


Circular. That which is
round in compasse.


Circulate. To compasse
about.


Circumcise. To cut off the
foreskin of ones priuitie.


Circumcision. A cutting
off the foreskin.


Circumcellion. A tauerne
haunter.


Circumlidge. To bind a­
bout.


Circumlocution. A speaking 
of many words.


Circumplicate. To roll or
wrap about.


Circumscribe. To draw a
line about.


Circumscriptible. Which
may bee limited within
bands.


Circumspect. Wise, warie 
aduised.


Circumvall. To trench a­
bout.


Circumvent. To deceiue
one.


Circumvert. To turne a­
bout.




Circundate. To compasse
about.


Circundolate. To hew
round about.


Circunduction. Guile or
deceit.


Circunstate. To compasse
about.


Circunstrued. Built round about.


Circunvolate. To flye
round about.


Cispeld. Kept from en­
trance.


Cite. To warne one to 
appeare.


Citation. A warning.


Citharize. To play on the
harpe.


Citrine. Yellow.


Citadell. A castle with a
small garrison to keepe a
towne in awe.


Civilize. To make ciuill.


Civitated. Become like a
citizen.


Clamour. A great cry.


Clamourous. Crying out.


Clandestine. Close, secret.


Clarifie. To make cleere.


Claritie. Noblenes, cleere­
nesse.


Claudicate. To goe lame.


Clause. A short sentence.


Cleepe. To name or call.


Clemencie. Gentlenesse,
mercie.


Clement. Gentle, courte­
ous.


Client. One asking coun­
sell of a Lawyer.


Clymactericall. Is euerie
seuenth yeere, which is held 
very dangerous, and by this 
account the 14, 21, 28, 35, 
&c. are held clymactericall 
yeeres: some hold the 
ninth yeere to be the cly­
mactericall yere, & as dan­
gerous as the other: and by 
this account 18, 27, 36, &c.
are so called: But the most 
dangerous and notedst cli­
mactericall yeere is at the 
age of 63. for that both ac­
counts doe meet in this 
number, namely, 9. times 
seuen, and 7. times 9. either 
of which numbers make 
63. this (I say) is held the 
most dangerous yeere of 
all.


Climate. Signifieth a por­
tion of the world between
North and South, contai­
ning some notable diffe­
rence in the sunne rising.


Clynopaly. Ouermuch le­
chery.


Cloake. To couer or hide.




Cloddred. Mustie.


Cluck. To call like a hen.


Coacervate. To heape vp
together.


Coaction. Constraint.


 Coactiue. Constraining.


Coagmentation. plunging
together.


Coaiutor. A fellow helper.


Coagulate. To turne to a
curd.


Coccinated. Clad in skar­
let.


Coequitate. To ride to­
gether.


Coequall. Equall in degree
with another.


Coessentiall. Of the same
essence or substance.


Coetanes. Of one time
and age.


Cocternall. Equall in eter­
nitie.


Cohere. To agree, sticke,
or hang together.


Cogitation. Thinking.


Cognition. Knowledge.


Coherence. An agreement.


Cognominate. To name.


Cognomination. A naming.


Collachrimate. To weepe 
with.


Collachrimation. A wee­
ping with.


Collaterall. Sidewaies: eue­
ry degree of kindred is 
either lineall or collate­
rall: the lineall is that 
which commeth from the 
grandfather to the father, 
and from the father to the 
sonne, and so still right
downewards: collaterall is
that which commeth side­
waies, as first between bro­
thers and sisters, then be­
tweene their children, &c.
Also vncles, aunts, and all 
cousens are contained vn­
der this terme of collate­
rall kindred.


Collation. A small ban­
quet.


Collaud. To praise.


Colleague. A companion.


Collect. To gather.


 Collection. A gathering.


Colligate. to bind toge­
ther.


Collimate. To leuell or
winke with one eye.


Collocation. A placing.


Collocuplicate. To enrich.


Colloquie. A talking to­
gether.


Colluctation. A wrastling.


Collusion. Deceit.


Collutulate. To defile.


Colon. A marke of a sen­
tence not fully ended: it is



thus made with two pricks
(:) thus.


Coloquintida. A kinde of
wild gourd, it is often vsed
in Physicke.


Colosse A huge Image or
statue made of wood: wee
read of one in the Ile of
Rhodes, whose thumbe few
men could fathome.


Columbine. Doue like.


Columbate. To bill or kisse
like a Doue.


Columne. A Pillar.


Combate. A fight between
two allowed by the law, for
the triall of some contro­
uersie.


Combatant. Hee which is
to fight a Combate.


Combine. To ioyne toge­
ther.


Combination. A ioyning
together.


Combust. Burnt, scorched.


Combustible. That which
will soone be set on fire.


Combustion. A firing or
burning.


Comedie. A Play or Enter­
lude, whose beginning is 
full of trouble, the end
thereof is mirth and ioy.


Comedian. A Player or
Writer of Comedies.


Comet. A blazing starre.


Comicall. Pleasant, merry.


Comma. A marke made (,)
oft vsed in writing.


Commasculate. To set one
in stomacke.


Commeation. A pasport.


Commemorate. To re­
hearse.


Commemoration. A re­
hearsing.


Commence. To enter an
Action against one.


Commendatorie. Which
commendeth one.


Comment. A lye or tale,
sometimes a note of in­
struction set in the mar­
gent of a Book to expound
that which is hard to bee
vnderstood.


Commentarie.  See Com­
ment.


Commerce. Conuersation,
entercourse of merchan­
dise.


Commination. A threat­
ning.


Commitiall ill. The falling sicknesse.


Commiserate. To pitty.


Commiseration. Pitty, com­
passion.


Commission. A writing,
shewing that one or many



haue some authority in
matters of trust commit­
ted to their charge.


Commissioner. That hath
authority by commission.


Committe. He to whom a
matter is committed to be
ordered or decided.


Commix. To mixe toge­
ther.


Commixtion. A mingling
together.


Commodious. Fit, profita­
ble.


Commonstrate. To teach.


Commoration. A staying
or tarrying.


Commotion. A hurly bur­
ly.


Commotrix. A maid that
makes ready and vnready
her Mistris.


Communicable. That which 
may bee imparted to ano­
ther.


Communion. A partaking 
together.


Community. Fellowship in 
partaking together.


Commulceate. To asswage.


Commutation. A chan­
ging.


Commutatiue. Which may 
be changed.


Compact. Hard or close
knit together.


Compactible. To be ioy­
ned.


Compassionate. Pittifull.


Compaginate. To set toge­
ther that which is broken.


Comparation. Prouision.


Compeeres. Companions.


Compendious. Briefe or
short.


Compendium. A sauing
course, a short way.


Compensation . A recom­
pence.


Comperendinate. To de­
ferre.


Competencie. Sufficiencie.


Competent. Conuenient,
necessarie.


Competitor. One suing
for the same thing another
doth.


Compile. To make or set
together.


Compilation. Theft, mur­
der.


Complement. Perfection,
fine behauiour.


Compleat. Perfect, full.


Complexion . The tempe­
rature of the humors in 
ones body, which causeth 
the colour.


Complices. Confederates
in lewd matters.




Complore. To weepe to­
gether.


Compose. To frame, to set
together.


Componderate. To weigh.


Composition. A ioyning or 
setting together.


Compositor. Which set­
teth things together.


Comprehend. To conceiue 
in the minde.


Comprehensible. That which 
may be conceiued.


Comprehension. Vnderstan­
ding, conceiuing.


Compremise. An agree­
ment made by indiffe­
rent men chosen on both 
sides.


Compulsion. Constraint.


Compunction. A sticking in 
the side.


Comprise. To containe.


Computate. To account,
to reckon.


Computation. An account.


Comrade. A companion,
a good fellow.


Concaue. Hollow.


Concauity. Hollownes.


Concertation. Strife, en­
uie.


Concessation. Loytering.


Concinnate. To make fit.


Concionator. A preacher.


Concise. Briefe, short.


Concitation. Prouoking,
mouing.


Conclaue. An inner par­
lour.


Concoct. To digest, to
boyle.


Concoction. A digestion of 
meat in the bodie.


Concordancie. Agreement.


Concourse. A great assem­
bly.


Concupiscence. Lust, fleshly
desire.


Concurre. To meet toge­
ther.


Concussed. Shaked.


Condensate. To thicken.


Condescend. To ioyne to­
gether, to agree.


Condigne. Worthy, due.


Condole. To weepe with
another.


Condone. To giue.


Condorme. To sleepe with
one.


Conduce. To bring with,
to helpe.


Conduct. To guide one
in the way.


Conduplicate. To double.


Confabulate. To talke, to
tell tales.


Confection. A mingling,
or what is mingled.




Confederate. One linked
with another in something.


Conferre.  To talke toge­
ther, to compare together.


Conference. A talking to­
gether.


Confidence. Trust, credit.


Confident. Bold, nothing
doubtfull.


Confine. To appoint bounds


Confines. The borders of a
City.


Confiscate. Seised on to
the Kings vse, forfeited.


Confiscation. Forfeiture of 
our goods.


Conflagitate. Earnestly to
desire.


Conflict. A fight or bickring.


Confluence. A flowing to­
gether, great store.


Conforme. To frame ones
selfe to what is required of
one.


Conformitie. Likenesse.


Confront. To face one
boldly.


Confuse. Mingled, out of
order.


Confusion. A disorderly
mingling.


Confute. To disproue or
ouerthrow by Argument.


Congeale. To freeze, to
grow stiffe with cold.


Congestion. A heaping
vp.


Conglobed. Gathered vp
round.


Conglomerate. To winde
vp on bottomes.


Conglutinate. To ioyne or
glew together.


Conglutination. A glewing
together.


Congratulate. To reioyce
in anothers behalfe.


Congratulation. A reioy­
cing in ones behalfe.


Congregate. To gather
together.


Congruent. Agreeable.


Congruity. Agreement.


Coniecturall. Which may
or may not be, vncertaine.


Conioyne. To ioyne to­
gether.


Coniugall. Belonging to
Wedlocke.


Coniunction. A ioyning
together.


Coniure. To sweare, to
bind by oath.


Conlatrate. To barke or
carpe.


Connex. To knit toge­
ther.


Connexion. A knitting to­
gether.


Conniue. To winke at a
thing.




Conniuence. A winking at a
matter.


Connudate. To strip na­
ked.


Consanate. To heale.


Consanguinity. Kindred by
bloud.


Consecrate. To giue, to
hallow.


Consecration. A making
holy.


Consectator. An imitator.


Consequence. That which
followeth after.


Consequent. Necessarily
comming after another
thing.


Conserue. To preserue.


Conseruer. A preseruer.


Conserues. The iuyce or
substance kept of things
which are boyled with su­
gar, &c.


Considerate. Wise, discreet.


Consigne. To seale or
print.


Consistorie. A iudgement­
place, or assembly of Iud­
ges.


Consobrine. A Sisters sonne.


Consolation. Comfort.


Consolatory. Comforting.


Consolidate. To make firme
or sound


Consomnat. To dreame.


Consonant. Agreeable: al­
so, euery letter that is no
vowell, as b. c. d. are so cal­
led.


Consopiated. Luld asleepe.


Consort. A companion, or
Musitians together.


Conspergate. To sprinkle, to 
scatter.


Conspicuous. Bright or
cleere.


Conspuated. Bespotted.


Conspurcate. To defile.


Conspurcation. A making
foule.


Constellation. A company
of starres together.


Consternation. A great fear.


Constitute. To appoint, to
ordaine.


Constitution. A Decree, an 
appointment.


Constuprate. Carnally to
accompany a woman.


Construction. A ioyning of
words together.


Consubstantiall. Of the
same substance.


Consubstantiality. Agree­
ment in substance.


Consull. A chiefe Romane 
officer: there were two 
yeerely chosen.


Consult. To take aduice.


Consultation. A taking of
counsell.




Consummate. To finish, to 
end.


Consumption. A disease
consuming away the body.


Contagion. An infection.


Contagious. Infectious.


Contaminate. To defile.


Contamination. A defiling.


Contemne. To despise.


Contemplation . A behold­
ing in ones mind.


Contemplate. To behold in 
the mind.


Contemptible. Vile, base.


Contemptuous. Despite­
full.


Continencie. Chastitie.


Continent. Chaste.


Continent land. Main land,
no Iland.


Contingencie. Chance.


Contingent. Casual,
which may and may not be.


Continuate. To ioyne close 
together.


Contract. A bargaine.


Contraction. A shrinking
together.


Contradict. To gainesay.


Contradiction. A speaking 
against.


Contrection. A handling, a 
touching.


Contribute. To giue with
others.


Contributarie. Which gi­
ueth as others.


Contribution. A giuing
with others.


Contristate. To make sad.


Contrition. Inward sorrow.


Contrite. Sorrowfull, re­
pentant heartily.


Controuert. To striue or
contend about things.


Contruncate. To cut away
part.


Contumacie. stubbornnes.


Contumely. Disgrace, re­
proch.


Contumelious. Reprochful.


Contund. To beat small in 
a morter, to pownd.


Contusion. A bruise.


Contused. Bruised.


Conuent. To bring one
before a Iudge.


Conuenticle. A small assem­
bly commonly for ill things


Conuersant. Much vsing
ones company.


Conuersion. Turning from 
ill to good.


Conuexion. A bearing.


Conuiction. A proofe of
being guiltie.


Conuicted. Found guiltie.


Conuocate. To call toge­
ther.

Conuocation. An assembly, 



or calling together.


Convulsion. The shrinking 
together of the sinewes.


Cooperate. To worke to­
gether.


Cooptate. To chuse.


Cope. A Church vestment


Copious. Abundant, plen­
tifull.


Copulation. A ioyning to­
gether.


Cor. A measure of a pottle.


Corbets. Places in walls
where images stand.


Corbitate. To lade a ship.


Cordial. That which com­
forteth the heart, heartie.


Cordwayner. A shoemaker.


Corim. A measure of 18.
gallons.


Coronell. A Captaine ouer 
many bands.


Coronize. To crowne.


Coronation. A crowning
of King or Queene.


Corporall. Of or belonging
to the bodie.


Corporation. A bodie poli­
tike, hauing by the Kings
grant a common seale, a
chiefe officer, and inferior
persons belonging to it.


Corpulencie. Grossenesse,
fatnesse.


Corpulent. Fat, grosse.


Corrade. To rake, shaue,
or scrape.


Correlatiues. Words which
cannot be spoken, but there
must be supposed some o­
ther word which is necessa­
rily a dependant vpon it;
as a father and a sonne, a
captaine and a souldier, 
a husband and a wife, &c.


Correspondence. Agreeablenesse.


Correspondent. Agree­
able.


Corrigible. Which may be
corrected.


Corriuall. Hee which is a
suiter with another for 
mariage to a woman.


Corroborate. To streng­
then.


Corrode. To gnaw asun­
der.


Corroge. To gather of e­
uery side.


Corrosiue. A fretting pla­
ster .


Corrugated. Wrinckled.


Corruge. To frowne, to
wrinckle.


Corruscant. Bright shi­
ning.


Cosignificatiue. Of the
same signification with a­
nother thing.


Cosmographie. An Art



touching the description
of the World.


Cosinomancie. Diuination 
by a fiue.


Cotabulate. To planch.


Cothurnated. One wea­
ring buskins.


Couch. A little bed.


Couchant. Lying on the
ground.


Couent. The whole com­
pany of religious men
dwelling in one house to­
gether.


Couerture. The time that
man and Wife liue toge­
ther in holy Wedlocke, a
couering.


Couert-barron. A married
woman.


Couert. Secret, hidden.


Couine. Fraud, deceit.


Cumbred. Let, hindred.


Countermand. A command­
ment giuen contrary to a 
former command.


Countermine. To digge in
the earth against another.


Countermure. A wall made 
in defence against another


Counterpane. A fellow co­
pie of a deed.


Counterpoyse. Which is
laid in weight against ano­
ther thing.


Counteruaile. To be of e­
quall value to another
thing.


Courser. A great horse.


Cranies. Little chinks or
holes in the earth.


Crauen. Coward.


Cratch. A manger.


Crassitude. Thicknesse.


Crazie. Sicke, weake.


Credence. Beleefe.


Credible. That which may 
be beleeued.


Creditor. Which lendeth
mony or wares.


Creditor-crazed. Banque­
rout.


Credulitie. Easinesse of
beleefe.


Credulous. Which easily
beleeueth a thing.


Crepitate. To winde or
fart.


Cressant. The moone (or
any thing else) growing.


Cremation. Burning.


Crime. A fault.


Criminall. Faultie.


Crisis. Iudgement.


Crispe. Curled.


Cristalline. Shining like
christall.


Criticall daies. Daies wher­
in Physitians giue iudge­
ment of the continuance 



of ones sicknes, death, or 
recouery.


Crociate. To cry like a ra­
uen.


Crownet. A little crowne.


Crowd. A great throng of
people.


Croysado. A battle.


Crude. Raw, not well dige­
sted.


Cruditie. Rawnesse, ill di­
gestion.


Cubite. The measure of a
mans elbow, to the top of
his middle finger.


Cucubate. To cry like an
owle.


Cucuriate. To crow like a
cocke.


Cullion. The stone of any
liuing thing.


Culpable. Faultie.


Culture. Tillage.


Cumaticall-colour. Blew
colour.

Cumulation. A heaping
vp.


Cunctation. Slacknes.


Cupiditie. Desire.


Curfew. A bell that rings about bed time.


Cursorily. Swiftly.


Curiositie. More diligence
then needs.


Currant. Going into.


Curtezan. A harlot.


Curtilage. Any piece of
ground ioyning to a house.


Cuspedate. To sharpen.


Custodie. Safe keeping.


Cynicall. Doggish.


Cynosure. The North
star.


Cypher. A circle in Arith­
metique, like the letter (o)


Cyrens. Mermaides.


Cyrne. A goblet to drinke
wine in.






DAffe. A coward.


Daine. To vouchsafe.


Danisme. Vsurie.


Danist. A vsurer.


Dapinate. To prouide
daintie meates.


Dapaticall meates. Daintie 
meates.


Dardanar. A forestaller.


Dardanean Art. Witch­
craft.


Darreigne. To challenge,
to attempt.


Dealbate. To white-line a
thing.


Deambulate. To walke a­
broad.


Deambulation. A walking 
abroad.




Deartuate. To quarter.


Deaurate. To gild, to
glister gold-like.


Debacchate. To reuile one
after the manner of drun­
kards.


 Debellate. To vanquish, to
subdue.


Debilitate. To weaken.


Debilitie. Weakenesse.


Deblaterate. To babble
much.


Deboyst fellow. A lewd
scum of the earth.


Debitor. A debtor.


Debonaire. Milde, courte­
ous.


Debuccinate. To report a­
broad.


Decachinnate. To scorne.


Decad. The number of
tenne.


Decalogue. The ten Com­
mandements.


Decapulate. To poure out
from one thing to another.


Decide. To determine a
matter in controuersie.


Decipher. To write after
a strange maner that none
shall read it: also to find
out the meaning of a thing
so written.


Decision. An end of a mat­
ter in controuersie.


Declaime. To speake ill of.


Declamation. A speech
purposely made in dispraise 
of some thing.


Declaymer. Hee that ma­
keth a declamation.


Decline. To bend downe­
ward.


Declination. A bending
downewards.


Decliuitie. A steepe ben­
ding downewards.


Decoct. To boyle, to 
seeth.


Decoction. A boyling, or
seething.


Decolerate. To staine.


Decoleration. A staining.


Decollate. To behead.


Decollation. A beheading.


Decorate. To decke, to
grace, or trim.


Decorticate. To peele off
the barke of a tree, or the
like.


Decortication. Such a pee­
ling.


Decorum. Comely, seem­
ly.


Decrepite. Old, feeble with 
age.


Deculcate. To tread som­
thing vnder foot.


Decult. To hide priuily.


Decressant. Any thing 
wayning, perishing.




Decretalls. Ordinances, 
Decrees.


Decuriate. To diuide into 
bands, to separate.


Decuriation. A making of 
Knights or Captaines.


Decursion. A running of
souldiers on their enemies.


Decurt. Short.


Decurtate. To shorten.


Decute. To cut off.


Dedecorate. To dishonor,
or shame one.


Dedicate. To giue abso­
lutely.


Dedication. A giuing, an
offering vp.


Dedigne. To disdaine.


Dedignation. A disdaining.


Dedition. An yeelding or
surrendring.


Dedoceat. To teach or 
instruct.


Dedoleate. To end ones
sorrow or griefe.


Deduce. 
Deduct.  To take away,
or abate.


Deduction. A taking away.


Defæcate. To take away
lees or dregs.


Defalcate. To diminish
or take away.


Defamation. A defaming.


 Defamatorie. Slanderous.


Defame. To disgrace.


Defamed. Disgraced.


Defatigate. To make
wearie.


Defatigation. Wearinesse.


Defeasance. An vndo­
ing of what was formerly 
done.


Defeat. To deceiue, to beguile.


Defect. A failing or wan­
ting of any thing.


Defection. A failing.


Defectiue. Faultie, want of 
any thing.


Defendant. Which answe­
reth to a challenge, or ac­
cusation.


Defensiue. Done or spo­
ken in defence.


Deferre. To put off.


Define. To declare a 
thing plainely.


Definition. A declaration
what a thing is.


Definitiue. Which decla­
reth, or concludeth a mat­
ter.


Deflectings. Turnings from 
good to bad.


Defloccate. To weare out a 
thing.


Defloration. A corrupting, 
a deflowring.


Defloure. To corrupt, to
marre.




Defomicate. To chip bread, 
or so.


Deforme. To spoile, to
disfigure.


Deformed. Disfigured.


Deformation. A spoiling.


Deformity. Ill-fauorednes.


Defraud. To deceiue, to
beguile.


Deft. Neat, handsome,
pretie.


Defunct. Dead.


Defust. To cudgle or beat
one.


Defuse. To powre out.


Degenerate. To turne out
of kind.


Deglabrate. To pull off
skin, hayre, or the like.


Deglubate. To fley a
thing.


Deglutinate. To vnglue.


Degrade. To take away
the priuiledge of holy Or­
ders from one.


Degradation. A taking a­
way of Ecclesiasticall Or­
ders.


Degrandinate. To haile
downe right.


Degresse. To vnlight from
a Horse.


Degulate. To consume in belly cheere.


Degust. To taste.


Dehort. To disswade.


Dehortation. A perswasion 
from doing some thing.


Deiect. To abase, or
throw downe.


Deiection. An abasement.


Deierate. To sweare
deeply.


Deierator. A great swea­
ror.


Deitie. Godhead.


Delachrymate. To weepe.


Delachrymation. A wee­
ping.


Delation. An accusation,
or secret complaint.


Delectation. Delight.


Delegate. To assigne, to
send in commission.


Delegation. A commissi­
on, or charge.


Deletion. A blotting 
out.


Deliberation. Aduisement.


Delian twins. The Sunne
and Moone.


Delibate. To sippe, or
kisse the cup.


Delibrate. To pull off the
rinde of a Tree.


Delimate. To file or shaue
from off a thing.


Delineate. To drawe the
first proportion of a 
thing.




Delirate. To dote.


Delinquent. An offendor.


Deliration. Dotage.


Delitigate. To skold, or
chide vehemently.


Delude. To mocke, to 
deceiue.


Deluge. An vniuersall 
ouerflowing of waters:
Noahs floud.


Delumbate. To beate,
weaken, to breake.


Delusion. A mocking.


Delute. To couer with
clay.


Demaynes. The Lords
Manor house.


Demeane. To behaue, or
carrie ones selfe.


Demeanour. Behauiour.


Demencie. Madnesse.


Demerite. To deserue.


Demerged. Drowned,
plunged.


Demigrate. To change
houses.


Demigration. A changing
of places, or houses.


Demise. To giue, or 
grant.


Democracie. Rule which
people haue ouer them­
selues without a superiour,
vnlesse such as they them­
selues will appoint.


Demolish. To pull downe.


Demolition. A pulling
downe.


Demoniack. One possest
with a Diuel.


Demonstrable. Which may
be shewed.


Demonstrate. To shew.


Demonstration. A shewing.


Demurre. A stay, or
pause.


Demy. Halfe.


Deneere. A pennie.


Denegate. To deny.


Denigrate. To make
blacke.


Denizen. A stranger made 
free by the Kings Letters 
Patents.


Denominate. To name.


Denomination. A na­
ming.


Denotate. To note or
marke.


Denotation. A marking, a
noting.


Denounce. To threaten, to
giue warning.


Dentiate. To breed teeth.


Deoccate. To harrow, or
clod the Land.


Deodand. When by a
horse, cart, bull, or the
like, a man is casually kild,
&c. that which moued, and
was cause of his death, be­



ing forfeited to the King,
belongeth to the Kings Al­
moner to bestow it in 
deeds of charitie, and ther­
fore cald a Deodand, as gi­
uen away for Gods sake.


Deonerate. To vnload.


Deosculate. To kisse sweet­
ly


Depalmate. To giue one a
box on the eare.


Depauperate. To impoue­
rish.


Depeculation. Robbing of
the common-wealth.


Depend. To hang vpon
another thing.


Dependant. Which han­
geth on another thing.


Depex. To kemb.


Depilate. To pull off
haires, or the like.


Deplorable. To bee lamen­
ted.


Deploration. A lamenting.


Deplore. To lament.


Deplorement. Weeping,
la­
menting.


Deplume. To pull off fea­
thers of a thing.


Depopulate. To spoile or
waste a countrey.


Depopulation. A spoyling
thereof.


Deport. To cary, to beare.


Depose. To sweare, to thrust 
one out of his kingdome, 
or so.


Deposition. An oath, or a
deposing from authoritie.


Depositum. A pledge.


Depraue. To corrupt, to
marre.


Depræliation. A battell.


Deprecation. A supplicati­
on.


Deprehension. A taking
one vnawares.


Depresse. To keepe downe.


Depriuation. A losse of any
thing.


Depriue. To take away.


Deproperate. To make too
much speed.


Depudicate. To defloure a
maid.


Depute. To appoint.


Depulse. To driue away,
to thrust one often away.


Depulsion. A driuing a­
way.


Derelinque. To leaue.


Deride. To mocke, to
flout.


Derision. A mocking.


Deriue. To take or draw
from another thing.


Deriuatiue. That which is
deriued.


Deriuation. A deriuing.




Derogate. To impaire or
diminish.


Derogation. A taking away 
of ones honour, or so.


Derogatorie. That which
impaireth any thing of his
credit.


Describe. Plainely to ex­
presse a thing.


Description. A plaine ex­ pressing.


Descend. To goe downe.


Desecate. To mow or cut
off.


Desection. A mowing or
cutting off.


Designe. To appoint.


Designement. A purpose
which one intends to doe.


Desipiate. To wax foolish.


Desist. To leaue off.


Despicable. Despised, no­
thing set by.


Despituous. Contempti­
ble, vile.


Despitiencie. Despite, ha­
tred.


Desponsated. Betrothed.


Despume. To take vp the
scum of a thing.


Desquame. To scale a fish.


Desubulate. To pierce
with a nale.


Desuetude. Lacke of vse.


Desterting. Snorting.


Desticate. To cry like a
rat.


Destinate. To appoint.


Destination. An appoint­
ment.


Destitute. Forsaken.


Detect. To discouer.


Detection. A discouerie.


Deterge. To rub out.


Deterred. Discouraged,
made afraid.


Detest. To abhorre a 
thing.


Detestable. Vile, abhomi­
nable.


Detext. Vnwouen.


Detonded. Poled.


Detract. To speake ill of.


Detraction. A speaking ill
of one.


Detriment. Losse, hinde­
rance.


Detrectation. A refusing to 
doe a thing.


Detrude. To thrust out.


Detruncate. To cut, or 
lop boughs.


Detruncation. A lopping
or cutting.


Deturpate. To defile.


Deuast. To spoile a coun­
trey.


Deuastation. A wasting of
a countrey.


Deuenerate. To worship.




Deuest. To vncloath
one.


Deuiant. Farre out of the
way.


Deuoire. Endeuour.


Deuolue. To role downe.


Deuolution. A rolling
downe.


Deuirginate. To rauish a
Maide.


Deuitation. An eschu­
ing.


Deuoke. To call downe.


Deuoted. Vowed.


Dexter. Belonging to 
the right hand.


Dexteritie. Nimblenesse, skilfulnesse.


Diabeticall disease. When
one cannot but pisse.


Diabolicall. Deuillish.


Diadem. A Kings Crown.


Diagrafficall art. The art
of painting, or caruing.


Diagramme. The title of a
Booke.


Dialect. A difference of
certaine words in a lan­
guage, as here in England,
the North Dialect differs
from the Southern, and the
Western Dialect differs
from them both.


Dialecticall. Of, or be­
longing to the art of Lo­
gicke.


Dialogue. A conference
between two or more men
in a Booke or writing.


Diameter. A strait line
passing betweene the midst
of a figure diuiding it into
two equall parts.


Diapason. A concord in
musicke of all.


Diaper. A fine kinde of
Linnin, not wouen after
the common fashion, but in 
certaine workes.


Diapred. Diuersified, of
diuers colours.


Diarie. Daily.


Diarrhea. The flixe, or
laske.


Dicacitie. Much babling,
or scoulding, scoffing.


Dicker. Tenne Hides of
Leather.


Dictate. To endite what
another writes.


Dictatrix. A woman com­
manding things to be don.


Dictator. A chiefe Officer
in Rome, neuer chosen but
in great danger of the 
Estate of their Common­
wealth.


Didinie. Twins.


 Dissarreation. A sacrifice
done betwixt a man & his
wife at a diuorcement.




Difficult. Hard.


Difficultie. Hardnesse.


Diffidence. Distrust.


Diffident. Distrustfull.


Diffuse. To spread
abroad.


Digamus. One hauing
two wiues.


Digama. She that hath
two husbands.


Digest. To set in order.


Dight. Made readie.


Digladiation. Fight, strife, 
debate.


Dignorate. To marke a
beast.


 Digresse. To goe from a
matter.


Digression. A going from
a matter.


Dijudicate. To determine
by censure.


Dijudication. A determi­
ning by censure.


Dilacerate. To teare in
peeces, to spoyle.


Dilaniation. A tearing in
peeces.


Dilate. To spread abroad.


Dilatation. A drawing in
length.


Dilemma. An argument
which both wayes conuin­
ceth ones aduersarie, as
thus, If he be a good man,
why speake you ill of him?
If he be naught, why doe
you keepe him companie?


Diloricate. To rip.


Dilucidate. To declare.


Dimediate. To part into
two parts.


Dimension. Measuring of
a thing.


Dimication. A battell.


Diminutiue. Little.


Dire. Fierce, cruell.


Directorie. That which
directeth.


Diremption. A separation.


Direption. A violent ta­
king away.


Diritie. Crueltie, fierce­
nesse.


Diruncinate. To weed.


Disanimate. To disharten.


Disanull. To disallow.


Disappeare. To vanish out
of sight.


Disastrous. Vnfortunate,
vnluckie.


Disauow. To denie, or re­
fuse by vow.


Discalceate. To put off
ones Shoes.


Discalendred. Razed, or
blotted out.


Disceptator. A Iudge in a
matter.


Disciple. One that learn­
eth, a Scholler.




 Discipline. Instruction.


Disciplinate. To instruct.


Discituated. Displaced, o­
uerturned.


Disclaime. To deny.


Disconsolate. Comfortlesse.


Discontinuance. Lacke of
vse.


Discordant. Much diffe­
ring, disagreeing.


Discrepant. Idem.


Discrepitate. Often to dis­
agree.


Discrepancie. Disagreeing,
diference.


Discusse. To examine, de­
bate, to trie a matter.


Discussion. An examining or triall of a thing. 


Disfranchise. To make one 
lose his freedome.


Disfranchisement. A ta­
king away of ones free­
dome.


Disgorge. To rid the sto­
mach, to spue.


Disgust. To dislike.


Disheuelled. Bare headed,
the haire hanging downe
about the eares.


Disiunction . A separating.


Dislocate. To vnplace.


Dislocation. A displacing.


Disloyall. False, vntrue.


Dismall. Vnluckie.


Dismantle. To vncloath
one.


Dismisse. To discharge.


Disparadized. Falne from
happinesse to miserie.


Disparage. To disgrace
one.


Disparagement. Shame,
dishonour, disgrace.


Disparates. Words which
are differing one from an­
other, but not contrarie, as
heat and cold are contra­
ries, but heat and moisture 
disparates: viz. two con­
trarie qualities.


Disparitie. Vnlikenesse.


Disperse. To scatter a­
broad.


Disperdition. An vndoing.


Dispersion. A scattering.


Dispitience. Aduisement,
diligence.


Displayed. Spread wide a­
broad.


 Disputable. Doubtfull.


Disrobe. To vncloath.


Dissention. Strife.


Dissert. To dispute on
matters.


Dissertation. A disputing
on things.


Dissimilitude. Vnlikenesse.



Dissipate. Abroad to scat­
ter.




Dissipation. A scattering
abroad.


Dissolue. To melt, to
plucke downe.


Dissolute. Wanton, loose.


Dissolution. A pulling a­
sunder, a breaking.


Dissonant. Disagreeing.


Dissociable. Not to bee
brought to good fellow­
ship.


Dissociate. To separate.


Distermine. To diuide, to
separate.


Distillation. A dropping.


Distinction. A note or
marke of difference.


Distinguish. To put a dif­
ference betweene things.


Distorqued. Wrested.


Distortion. A wrything,
crookednesse.


Distracted. Mad, out of
his wits.


Distraction. Madnesse.


Distresse. Miserie, goods
taken for not paying rent.


Distribute. To diuide a­
mong many.


Distribution. A diuision a­
mong many.


Disturbe. To trouble.


Disunion. A seuering.


Disunite. To part.


Diuage. To wander from
place to place.


Diuaricate. To step, to
stride wide.


Diuert. To turne aside.


Diuident. That which di­
uideth.


Diuination. A foretelling
of what will happen.


Diuine. To foreshew a
thing to come.


Diuorce. A separation of
man and wife.


Diureticall. Causing v­
rine.


Diurnall. Of or belonging
to the day.


Diuturnitie. Long Conti­
nuance.


Divulgation. A publishing
abroad.


Divulge.  To publish a­
broad.


Docible. Aptnesse to bee
taught.


Docilitie. Aptnesse of vn­
derstanding.


Document. A lesson.


Dogdayes. See Canicular
daies.


Dogmaticall. Which is
held in some mens opi­
nion.


Dogmatist. Which bree­
deth a sect or opinion.


Dole. Griefe, sorrow.




Dolefull. Full of sorrow.


Dolorificall. Causing sor­
row.


Dolorous. Sorrowfull.


Domable. Easie to be ta­
med.


Domesticke.   Domesticall.  One of the
house, or any 
thing belong­
ing thereto.


Domineere. To beare rule,
or great sway.


Dominicall. Belonging to
the Lords day.


Dominion. Lordship, rule.


Domnonian. A Deuon­
shire man.


Donarie. A gift.


Donation. A giuing.


Donatiue. Giuen to a
thing.


Donour. A giuer.


Donee. He to whom a
gift is giuen.


Doome. A sentence pro­
nounced.


Doomesman. A Iudge.


Dormant. Sleeping.


Dormatiue. Sleepe cau­
sing.


Dormatorie. A place to
sleepe in.


Dorodocean. Briberie in
Iudges.


Doted. Endowed.


Doughtie. Strong.


Dowager. A widow Prin­
cesse.


Draule. To speake drea­
mingly.


Dread. Feare.


 Drearie. Sorrowfull.


Dreriment. Sorrow, hea­
uinesse.


Driblets. Small debts.


Drile. To trickle downe
the Face, or the like.


Duall. Of, or belonging
to two.


Dubious.
Dubitable.  Doubtfull.


Ductible. Easie to be per­
swaded, or drawne.


Duell. A single fight, or
combate.


Dulced. Sweet.


Dulcitude.
Dulcitie.   a deepe Base.  Burden. 


more Base. Inferiour.


Baskets of earth to keepe off great shot from a 
campe. Gabeons.


 a Bacheler. Cæble.


 a Bath Bauin, Lauacre.


of a Battell the hinder
part.  Reereward.


of a Battell the foremost
part. Vaward.


 a Battell. Dimication, Croy­
sado, Depræliation.


 Bawdery. Brothelry, Obsce­
nity, Ribaldry.


a Bayliffe in a lordship.
 Recue.


a Beaking in the Sun. A­
pricity.


 Beardlesse. Imberbicke.


 a Bearing. Supportation, Con­
uexion.


Bearing onely a tytle. Ti­
tular.


 a Beating. Battery.


the Beating of the heart.
 Palpitation.


 to Beate back. Reuerberate, 
Propulse.


to Beate or leape like the
heart. Palpitate.


 to Beate. Verberate.


to Beate to powder. Pul­
uerate.


to Beate blacke and blew.
 Sugillate. 




to Beate ones braines. Ex­
cerberate.


to Beate downe flat. Pro­
sternate.


which may Become to, Ac­
cessible.


not to Become to, Inaccessi­
ble.


a small Bed. Couch.


layed in Bed, Imburied.


 a Bedrole, Catalogue.


an idle Bee, Drone.


 a Bee-hiue, Aluiary.


 to Befall. Betide.


 to Beg, Mendicate.


 Beggery. Penury.


 Begging, Mendicant.


the Beginning of the Gods
 Theogeny.


to Begin to speake bigge,
 Gallulate.


 to Begin, Jnitiate, Incoate.


 to Beget, Generate.


which may be Begotten,
 Generable.


not to be Begotten, Inge­
nerable.


Begotten of the sun onely, 
  Soligene.


not lawfully Begotten, 
 Il­
legitimate.


lawfully Begotten. Legete­
mate.


not Begotten. Improcrea­
ble.


ciuill Behauiour, Comple­
ment, Vrbanity, Morality, 
Demeanour, Ciuility.


 to Behead one, Decollate,
Obtruncate.


 a Beheading, Decollation,  Obtruncation.


a Beholding in minde, Con­
templation.


to Behold in minde. Con­
template.


 the Being of a thing, Es­
sence, Existence.


 the not Being of a thing,
 Inexistence, Inessence.


a wretchles Being on nei­
ther side, Neutrality.


 a Beere to carry the dead,
  Orcamon, Sandapile.


belonging to the Being of 
a thing.  Essentiall.


 to Belch, Galpe, Perbreake.


 Belching, Eructation.


easines of Beleefe, Credu­
lity, Credence.


one too much Beleeuing,
 Credulous, Credible.


which will not Beleeue, 
 Incredulous.


not to be Beleeued, Incre­
dible.


want of Beleefe, Incredu­
ity.


one that Beleeues there is 
no God, Atheist. 




 a Carying on the shoul­
ders. Succollation.


 a Casting backe. Retortion,
Reflection.


 Giddines of the head. Ver­
tigiousnes, Vertigo.


belonging to Giddines. 
Verticall.


 Girlishnes. Puelliter.


 to Giue. Consecrate, Dedicate,
Impend, Contribute, Con­
done, Attribute.


 a giuing. Condonation, Attri­
bution, Consecration, Con­
tribution, Dedication, Dona­
tion.


a Giuing of what one lacks 
Suppeditation.


to Giue one what one lacks. 
Suppeditate.


one Giuing as others. Con­
tributory.


a Giuing backe. Redona­
tion.


belonging to Giuing. Do­
natiue.


to Giue ones selfe to the
diuell. Anathematize.


to Giue warning. De­
nounce.


to Giue more then is askt. 
Superasitate.


 a Guift. Donary.


to whom a Guift is giuen. 
Donee.


which Giues a guift. Do­
nor.


to Glitter before. Proful­
gurate.


 a Turning away. Ouer­
sion. 




to Turne one from good
to bad. Peruert.


Turned vpside downe. Sub­
uerted.


a Turning from euill to
good. Conuersion.


a Turning about. Reuolu­
tion.


the Turning of the backe
bone. See, Verteber.


to play the Tyrant. Tyran­
nize.


the Twinckling of an eye. 
Nictation.


 Twins. Didimies.


 A  VAgabond. Foyterer,
Erraticke.


 Vaine. Friuolous.


 Vaine-glorious. Thrasoni­
call.


 Valiantnes. Magnanimitie.


of equall Value. Equiualent.


not to be Valued. Inestima­
ble.


to Vanish out of sight. Dis­
apeare.


 Vanquished. Debellated.


 to Vapour. Halitate, Euapo­
rate.


 Vapour. Euaporation.


 Vaporous. Halituous.


a Vaunter of his owne
vertues. Aretalogon.


the beating Veine. Pulse.


 Venus, or Loue. Cyprian
Dame.


a Verse made by measure. 
Meeter.


halfe a Verse. Hemistick.


lamentable Verses. Elegies.


six Verses. Hexatick.


to make Verses. Poetize,
Versifie.


one truly Vertuous. He­
royk.


the Vessell of a Bruer. Ke­
meling.


 to Vex. Perasperate.


the Vice of louing many
women. Mulierosity.


in signe of Victorie any
thing set vp. Trophe.


 a Viewing. Inspection, Lu­
stration.


 Viewed. Inspected.


to View againe. Reuise.


the full View of a thing. 
Synopsie.


 Vile. Gethicall, Detestable,
Contemptible, Opprobrious.


one Vilme broken. Herni­
ous.


a small Village in the 
countrey. Glinn, Ham­
let. 




a hard Visage. Austeritie.


a lowring Visage. Toruitie.


 Violent. Impetuous.


 a Virgin. Nymph.


Virgins consecrated to 
Venus. Vestalls.


 a Vision. Phantasma.


 Vnaduisedly. Inconsideratly.


 Vnapt or foolish. Inept.


 to Vnbinde. Renode, Dis­
solue.


 to Vnbuckle. Refibulate.


 Vnchastnes. Incontinencie.


 Vnchast. Incontinent.


 to Vncloath. Deuest, Dis­
robe.


 Vncleannes. Impuritie.


 Vncomely. Indecorum.


 Vnconstantly. Instabilitie,
Mutabilitie.


 Vnconstant. Instable, Volu­
ble.


 Vnconstrained. Incoact.


 Vndeniable. Allowed. Au­
thenticke.


 an Vnderminer. Pioner.


 an Vndermining. Suffoca­
tion.


 Vnderstanding. Intellect,
Comprehension, Apprehensi­
on, Capacitie.


hard to be Vnderstood. 
Misterious, Intricate.


which Vnderstandeth. In­
telligent.


belonging to Vnderstan­
ding. Intellectuall.


one Vnderstanding the
law. Pragmaticall.


not to be Vnderstood. Vn­
intelligible.


 an Vndooing. Disperdition.


an Vndoing of what was
formerly done. Desea­
sance.


Vtterly Vndone. Forlorne.


 Vndried. Insiccated.


not to be Vnfolded. Inex­
plicable.


 Vnequalitie, or contrary
to a thing. Anomalie.


 an Vnfolding. Explication,
Euolution.


 to Vnfold. Euolue.


 Vnfortunate. Inauspitious,
Dismall, Saturnine, Disa­
sterous.


 Vnfruitfulnes. Infecunditie.


 Vngentlenes. Inclemencie.


 to Vngirt. Recinge.


 to Vnglue. Deglutinate, Re­
glutinate.


 an Vngluing. Deglutination,
Reglutination.


 Vngratious. Facinorous.


 to Vnhollow. Exaugurate.


 Vnhansomnes. Sinisteritie,
Inconcinnity.


 Vnhappines. Infelicitie.


 to Vnioyne, Dislocate. 




to Vnite againe. Solus.


a Vniuersall ouer-flowe of
waters. Deluge.


 Vniuersall. Catholicke.


 an Vniuersitie. Academie.


to Vniuersitie belonging. 
Academicall.


 to Vnknitt. Renode.


not to be vnknotted. Ineno­
dable.


 Vnknowne. Ignoce, Vncouth.


 Vnlearned. Inscient. Illite­
rate.


 to Vnlight. Degresse.


 Vnlikenes. Imparitie, Dispa­
ritie.


Vnlikly to be true. Impro­
bable.


 Vnlikelyhood. Improbabili­
tie.


 to Vnload. Exonerate.


Vnluckily done. Inauspica­
ted.


 Vnluckines. Scæuitie.


 Vnmannerlines. Immode­
stie.


 Vnmannerly. Rusticall, Sil­
uestrick.


 Vnmercifull. Rigorous, Illa­
crimable.


 Vnpleasantnes, Iniucundi­
tie.


Vnpossibilitie of beleefe. 
Incredulitie.


 Vnprofitablenes. Inutility.


 Vnrecouerable. Incompacti­
ble.


 Vnreasonable. Irrationall.


 Vnrewarded. Guerdonlesse.


 Vnripenesse. Immaturitie.


 Vnrulines.