Couchant, P. L. iv. 4c6. lying down, fquatting. To Cover, P. L. i. 763. to inclofe. Crank, P. xiii. 27. any conceit formed by twisting or changing, in any manner, the form or meaning of a word. To Craze, P. L. xii. 210. S. A. 571. to crush, bruise or brake in pieces, to weaken. Crefcent, P. L. x. 4 4. any fimilitude of the moon increafing. The Turks bear the horned moon, the crefcent, in their enfigns. Crefcent, P. L. i. 439. increafing, growing, in a state of increase. Greffet, P. L. i. 728. a great blazing light fet upon a beacon, light-houfe, or watch-tower. To Crown, P. L. v. 445. to fill above the brim, yet not so as to rum over. Crude, not brought to perfection, unfinished, immature, P. L. vi. 511. premature, and coming before its time, S. A. 700. Cubic, P. L. vi. 399. four fquare. Cuirafiers, P. R. iii. 328. horfemen armed with cuiraffes, which covered the body quite round, from the neck to the waste. To Cuminate, P. L. iii. 617. to be vertical and shoot directly, to be in the meridian. Cur feu, P. xiv. 74. (of the French couvre feu). William the Conqueror, in the first year of his reign, commanded that in every town and village a bell fhould be rung every night at eight of the clock, and that all perfons fhould then put out their fire and candle, and go to bed; the ringing of which bell was called curfeu. Cycle, P. L. viii. 84 a circle in the heavens, imaginary orbs. Cynosure, P. xiii. 85. the ftar next the north pole, by which failors fteer; the conftellation of Urfa Minor. Dank, damp, humid, moift, wet. D Dapper, P. xvi 118. little and active, lively without bulk. To Dapple, P. xiii. 44. to streak, to vary, to diversify with colours. To Damafk, P. L. iv. 334. to variega e, to diverfify. Darkling, P. L. iii. 39. in the dark, without light; a word merely poetical. To Debel, P. R. iv. 605. to conquer, to overcome in war; of the Latin debello. To Defend, P. L. xi. 86. xii. 207. P. R. ii. 370. to forbid, prohibit, keep off, hinder; of the French defendre, to forbid. Dell, P. xvi. 312. a steep place or valley, a pit, a hole in the ground, any cavity in the earth. Debonair, P. xiii. 24. elegant, civil, well-bred, gentle, complaifant. Democratie, P. R. iv. 269. a popular government. Diapafon, P. vii. 23. perfect concord through all the tones; Greek Sarasw. It is the fame with an octave; because there are but feven tones or notes, and then the eighth is the fame again with the firft. To Dight, P. xiii. 62. to drefs, to deck, to bedeck, to imbellish, to adorn. Dingle, Dingle, P. xvi. 312. a narrow valley between two fteep hills. Dipfas P. L. x. 526, a ferpent, whofe bite produces the fenfation of unquenchable thirst; of dia, thirst. Difcontinuous wound, P. L. vi. 329. faid in allufion to the old definition of a wound, that it feparates the continuity of the parts. Vulnus eft folutio continui. To Difpart, to divide in two, to separate, to break, to burst, to rive. To Difpenfe, to distribute, to deal out in parcels. Divan, P. L. x. 457. any council affembled. To Divert, P. R. ii. 349. to turn afide, to withdraw the mind. Divinely, (from the Latin divinitus), of God, from heaven, P. L. viii. 500. P. R. i. 26. Excellently in the fupreme degree, P. L. ix. 489. To Doff, S. A. 1410. P. iii. 33. to put off drefs. Dole, S. A. 1529. gifts and portions, blows dealt out; from a Saxon word, or from the Greek ano e dishev, diftribuere. Doughty, S. A. 1181. brave, valiant. Drear, P. L. x. 525. fad, dreadful, mournful, difmal, forrowful. Drop ferene, P. L. iii. 25. a disease of the eye, proceeding from an infpiffation of the humour. To Drug, P. L. x. 568. to phyfic, to torment with the hateful tafte ufually found in drugs; to tincture with something offenfive. Dryad, P. L. ix. 387. a wood-nymph. Dulcimer, P. L. vii. 596. a mufical inftrument played by ftriking the brafs wires with little sticks. Dun, P. L. iii. 72. dark, gloomy. E Eccentric, fuch spheres whofe centres are different from that of the earth. To Eclipfe, P. L. v. 776. to difgrace. Ecliptic, P. L. iii. 740. a great circle of the fphere, fuppofed to be drawn through the middle of the zodiac, and making an angle with the equinoctial. Eld, P. i. 13. old age. Elfe, P. xvi. 846. a wandering fpirit, fuppofed to be feen in wild unfrequented places. Elops, P. L. x. 525. a dumb ferpent that gives no notice by hiffing to avoid him. Emblem, P. L. iv. 703. in the Greek and Latin sense, for inlaid floors Embryon, the offspring yet unfinished in the womb. Empiric, P. L. v. 440. verfed in experiments, who makes bold trials R 4 Ens, P. ii. any being or exiftence. To Envermeil, P. i. 6. to paint with vermillion. Epicycle, P. L. viii. 84. a circle upon another circle; or a little circle whofe centre is in the circumference of a greater. Epilepfy, P. L. xi. 483. a convulfion, or convulfive motion of the whole body, or of fome of its parts, with a loss of sense. Eremite, P. L. iii. 474. P. R. i. 8. a folitary, an anchoret, an inhabitant of the defert, one who retires from fociety to contemplation and devotion. Erf, at first, in the beginning, P. xv. 9.; formerly, long ago, S. A, 339.3 before, till then, till now, P. L. ix. 876. Eternal, P. L. v. 173. fixed and continual, perpetual, conftant. Euphray, P. L. xi. 414. the herb eyebright, fo named from its clearing virtue. Eurus, P. L. x. 705. the east wind. Even, P. L. iv. 555. that part of the hemifphere where it was then evening. Excess, P. L. xi. 111. P. vi. 24. fin, offence; literally, a going beyond the bounds of our duty. To Exercife, P. L. ii. 89. to vex and trouble, to keep employed as a penal injunction. It is used in this sense alfo in Latin. Eyry, P. L. vii. 424, the nest of a bird of prey. F Falfities and lyes, P. L. i. 367. false idols. Fanatic, P. L. i. 480. enthufiaftic, ftruck with a fuperftitious phrenfy. Fatal, upheld by fate, P. L. ii 104.; appointed by deftiny, P. L. v. 861. Favonius, S. xx. 6. the western wind that blows in the spring. To Fet, P. R. ii. 401. to fetch, to go and bring. Flamen, P. iii. 194. a priest. Flaw, P. L. x. 698, a fudden guft, a violent blaft; from the Greek praw, to break. To Flare, P. xiv. 132. to glitter offenfively. Fledge, full feathered, able to fly, qualified to leave the neft. Flown, P. L. i. 502. puffed, inflated, elate, raised, heightened. Founded, P. L. i. 703. melted; from fundere, to melt, to cast metal. Fraud, mifery, misfortune, mischief, punishment confequent upon deceit, P. L. vii. 143.; hurt and damage, P. L. ix. 643. P. R. i. 372. To Freak, P. xvii. 144. to freckle, to spot, to variegate, to cheequer. Freeze, P. L. i. 716. that part of the entablature of columns between the architrave and cornice. Frequence, P. R. ii. 130. croud, concourfe, affembly. To Fret, to form into raised work, P. L. i. 717.; to hurt by attri tion, S. ix. 7. Fret, Fret, P. L. vii. 597. that ftop of the mufical inftrument which caufes or regulates the vibrations of the ftring. Friers, P. L. iii. 474, 5. white, Carmelites; black Dominicans, gray, Francifcans." From, P. R. i. 165. used as vπo and præ, to fignify, for or because of. Frore, P. L. ii. 595. an old word for frosty. To Frounce, P. xiv. 123. to crifp, to curl, to frizzle. Fugue, P. L. xi. 563. (of fuga, a flight), in mufic the correspondency of parts, anfwering one another in the fame notes, either above or below. G Gabble, P. L. xii. 56. loud talk without meaning. Galaxy, P. L. vii, 579. the milky way, a ftream of light in the fky. Gari, P. xiv. 141. gaudy, fplendid, fhowy, fine. Garrulity, S. A. 491. loquacity, incontinence of tongue, inability to keep a fecret. Gauntlet, S. A. 1121. an iron glove used for defence, and throwndown in challenges. Gear, P. xvi. 167. furniture, accoutrements. To Gem, P. L. vii. 325. to put forth the first buds; of the Latin gemmare. Glare, P. L. iv. 402. a fierce piercing look. To Glare, to fhoot fuch fplendor as the eye cannot bear, P. L. vi. 849; to look with fierce piercing eyes, P. L. x. 714. P. R. i. 313. Globe, P. L. ii. 512. a body of foldiers drawn into a circle. To Gloze, to flatter, to wheedle, to infinuate, to fawn. God, P. L. v. 117. for angel. Gonfalon, P. L. v. 589. a kind of ftreamer or banner, an enfign, a ftandard. Gordian twine, P. L. iv. 348. intricate turnings and twistings, like the famous Gordian knot, which no body could untie, but Alexander cut it with his fword. Gorgon, P. L. ii. 628. a monfter with fnaky hairs, of which the fight turned beholders to ftons. Graces, P. L. iv. 267. the beautiful feasons. Grange, P. xvi. 175. a farm; generally a farm with a house at a diftance from neighbours. Greves, S. A. 1121. armour for the legs; a fort of boots. Grunfel, P. L. i. 460. the groundfil, the lower part of the building. Gryphon, P. L. ii. 943. a fabulous creature, faid to be generated between the lion and eagle, and to have the head and paws of the lion, and the wings of the eagle. Guerdon, P. xvii. 73. a prize, a reward, a recompenfe. R 5 Gurge, Gurge, P. L. xii. 41. whirlpool, gulf. Gift, a fudden violent blaft of wind, P. L. x. 698.; height of perception, height of fenfual enjoyment, P. L. x. 565. Gymnic, S. A. 1324. fuch as practise the athletic or gymnaftic exer cifes. Gyves, S. A. 1093. fetters, chains for the legs. H Habergeon, S. A. 1120. a coat of mail for the neck and foulders. Habitable, P. L. viii. 157. an adjective used substantively, to which earth is underflood; like the Greek omape, the inhabited, the earth. Hair, P. L. vii, 323. for leaves, twigs, and branches; as the Latin coma is ufed. Hand, P. R. iv. 59. for handywork, Hardihood, P. xvi. 650. ftoutnefs, bravery. To Harness, P. iii. 244. to drefs, to arm, to accoutre. Harpies, a kind of birds with the faces of women, and foul long claws, P. R. ii. 403. To Harrow, P. xvi. 565. to disturb, to put into commotion. To Hie, P. L. ii. 1055. to haften, to go in haste. Hippogrif, P. R. iv. 542. an imaginary creature, part like a horse, and part like a gryphon; a winged horse. Holocauft, S. A. 1702. an entire burnt-offering. Horrent, P. L. ii. 513. terrible, prickly, fet up like the bristles of a wild boar. It is To Heft, P. L. vi. 93. to encounter in battle. The word bofting (fays Newton) feems to have been firft coined by Milton. a very expreffive word, and plainly formed from the fubftantive kft. And if ever it is right to make new words, it is when the occafion is fo new and extraordinary. Hours, P. L. iv. 267. the time requifite for the production and perfection of things. To Hull, P. L. xi. 840. to float, to drive to and fro upon the water without fails or rudder. Hatcht, P. xvi. 719. coffered; from butch, a corn-cheft. Hyacinthin, P. L. iv. 301. dark or black. Hyaline, P. L. vii. 619. the glaffy fea. Hydra, P. L. ii. 628. S. xv. 7. a monster with many heads; whence any multiplicity of evils is termed hydra. Hydrus, P. L. x. 525. the water-fnake; of dwg, water. Hyana, S. A. 748. a creature fomewhat like a wolf, and faid to imitate a human voice fo artfully, as to draw people to it, and then devour them. I |