from, 855, 125; (by an ellipsis) safe from finding, 336, 90.

Securely, without risk or danger, confidently, without fear; in 450, 469 the sense is apparently "without inspiring fear, harmlessly."

Sem, Shem, son of Noah.
Sennight, week.

Sensible, capable of receiving impressions, appreciative, 670, 1230; sensible of, sensitive to, 5001, 29.

Sentence, maxim; short saying, usually containing moral instruction, 3092, 18.

50.

Sequacious, following, inclined to follow, 253,

Seraphims, seraphs, 919', 8.

Set, wager, lay a stake, 52, 54.

Settle, bench, especially one with a high back, to accommodate two or more persons, 802, 44. Severely, harshly, mercilessly, 604, 779.

Shard, leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke and some other vegetables, blanched for table use, 201, 82; dung, ordure, 222, 321.

Share, cut, cleave, 652, 1019.

Sheer (vb.), shear, cut; v. n. 34, 311.
Shelf, sand bank, reef, shoal, 229, 829.
Shent, injured, destroyed, ruined.

Sherd, shard, fragment of pottery, 803, 86.
Sheriff. v. n. 153, 42.

Shipwrack, Shipwrack'd, shipwreck, shipwrecked.

Shog (sb.), jog, shock, 782, 28.

Shole, shoal, throng of people, 332, 395.

Shore, sewer; common shore, public sewer, 232, 1130.

Show, appear, 16, 137.

Shrewdly, sharply, severely, 236, 1427. Shrieve, sheriff, 1562, 3.

Sice, six-spot (at dice), 367, 93.

Sigil. v. n. 853, 606.

Silly, guileless, helpless, weak, 565, 136.
Simagre, grimace, 404, 31.

Simar, long robe or light covering worn by women (used loosely, without precise meaning), 850, 341; 891, 100.

Sincere, unmixed, unalloyed, 891, 48; unhurt, uninjured, 855, 133.

Sincerely, unmixedly, absolutely, 110, 43.
Sinis'ter.

Skinker, tapster, server of drink, 822, 803. Slaver, drivel, suffer spittle to run from the mouth, 892, 179.

Slidder, slide clumsily or timorously, 546,

749.

Slight, sleight, cunning trick, 244, 2004. Smother, that which smothers, thick dust, 547, 827.

Snag, rough branch of a tree, 671, 10.
Snip, shred, small scrap, 9001, 14.
Sophisticate, corrupt, adulterated, not genu-

ine, 17, 6.

Sort, flock, collection, 247, 2240.

Sot, fool, booby, 186, 151.

Sound (vb.), swoon, 752, 56.

Souse, swoop down (hawking term), 637, 931. South, move towards the south, 484, 577.

Sovereign, all-powerful, royal, potent.

Spawl, saliva ejected, 364, 63.

Speaker. v. n. 873, 84.

Species, sensible presentation, visible image, 625, 36. Spet, spit.

Spettle, spittle.

Spire, spiral, curl, 731, 29.

Spirit, breeze, 459, 447 (Latinism); in 841, 30 apparently pronounced as one syllable (cf. Sprite). Spirit'ual, 232, 1097.

Spoom, sail before a strong wind, 236, 1390. Springal, active young man, youth, 353, 479. Springe, noose or snare attached to an elastic bough or other object, and, when released, catching the game by flying into the air.

Sprite, spirit, 234, 1225; cf. Spirit.
Spurn, kick, 828, 435.

Squander (vb. trans.), scatter, disperse (of troops or ships), 543, 571.

Squeasy, queasy, squeamish, 1691, 26.
Squintifego, squinting, 376, 271.

Staff, stanza, 5172, 6.

Startle (vb. intrans.), move suddenly, as with fright, 778, 701.

Starve, die, pine away, 757, 441.

State, commonwealth, republic, 110, 66; cf. n. 71, 22.

Stead, frame of a bed, 803, 78.

Steep, abrupt ascent, steep height, 272, 91.
Steepy, steep, precipitous.

Steerage, apparatus for steering or directing a course, 843, 351.

Stench. v. n. 5, 48.

Sterve, same as Starve.

Stew'd. v. n. 791, 24. Christie explains stew'd, if it be correct, as "made meager by stewing."

Stickle, separate combatants by intervening, 2891, 31; quarrel pertinaciously on slight grounds, 172, 63.

Stickler. v. n. 5, 41, and cf. Stickle.

Stigmatize, mark with a stigma or brand of disgrace, 223, 401.

Still (adv.), uniformly, always, 778, 698.
Still (vb. trans.), drop, 722, 323.

Straighten'd, straitened, cramped, 10, 245.
Strain, embrace, 485, 726.

Strict, tight, close, 578, 48.

Stridor, harsh, shrill noise, 705, 1258.

Stub, stump, end of fallen tree remaining in the ground, 766, 535.

Stum. v. n. 131, 270.

Style (sb.). v. n. 760, 34.

Style (vb.), write, describe, 151, 1051 (Tate). Submit, lower, 16, 139; v. n. 10, 249.

Suborn, procure secretly or unlawfully, 801,

718.

Suburbian, suburban, 135, 83.

Succeed (vb. trans.), give prosperity to, cause to succeed, 50, 1168; take the place of, 544, 617; (vb. intrans.), approach, cleave to, 474, 758; descend, 429, 7.

Success, outcome, result, 5102, 12.

Successive, by succession, hereditary, 113, 301.

Suc'cessor, 852, 556.

Succors, succor, troops serving as aid or assistance, 9222 (Connection).

Suffice, supply adequately, 820, 653.

Suffis'd, satisfied, sated, 225, 554, n.

Suffragating, voting, having right of suffrage, 1061, 31.

Suiting, suitable, suited, 793, 44.

Sumner, summoner, an officer whose duty was to summon persons to appear in court, 7461, 28 (Chaucer).

Superfice, surface. 457, 316.

Surcoat, loose robe worn by knights over the armor, 754, 148.

Swabber, person who uses a swab, or cleaning mop, on board ship, 376, 215.

Swage, assuage, soothe, 148, 781 (Tate). Sweepy, moving with a sweeping motion, 622,

937.

Swerve, climb by winding or turning, 544, 604.
Swill, drink greedily or to excess, 236, 1418.
Swinge, whip, chastise, punish, 521, 2.
Swizzer, Swiss, native of Switzerland.
Swound (sb.), swoon, 781, 982.

Table. v. n. 751, 130.

Take, betake one's self, 485, 662.

Tale, numbering, count, 479, 212.

Tally, duplicate, counterpart, 274, 256. Tarpauling, tarpaulin, canvas made waterproof with tar.

Tawny, tan color, buff.

Tax, accuse, censure, reproach, 238, 1521.
Tear, rage, rant, bluster, 1242, 14.

Teemless, unfruitful, barren, 221, 228.
Teint, tint, color, 415, 178.

Tell, count, 2981, 24.

Temper, middle course, 251, 2525.

Tetter, a skin disease of animals, 473, 672. That, so that, 851, 428.

Theologue, theologian, divine, 250, 2441. Thick, rapidly, fast, 37, 478.

Threat, threaten.

Thrid (sb. and vb.), thread.

Throughly, thoroughly, completely, 211', 14. Tiller, till, drawer, 340, 384.

Timely, betimes, in good season, 9, 190. Tine, tind, kindle, set fire to, 820, 635. Tinkle, ring (of the ears)?, 834, 94. (C. D. explains as tingle; Webster, as hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.)

Tire, tier or row of cannon, battery, 239, 1611. Tit, girl (used in contempt), 401, 14. Tony (abbreviation for Antony), simpleton, 802, 15.

Too too, altogether too, excessively, 8, 111. Top, excel, do one's utmost, 136, 167. Towardly, ready to learn, docile, promising. Trade, implements of any occupation, 471, 535. Traditive, based on tradition, traditional. Traduction, derivation by descent, inheritance, 212, 23.

Tralineate, deviate, stray, 877, 396.

Translate, transfer, transplant, 458, 361. Travail, Travel. These two verbs (labor, and make a journey) are of identical origin, and were not differentiated in Dryden's time. (This is true also of the corresponding nouns.) In some cases, as 240, 1705, it is hard to tell which sense is the more prominent. The present text preserves the spelling of the original editions.

Travelour, traveler.

Traverse, deny formally, oppose, 784, 12.
Treas'nous, treasonable.

Trim away, waste by attempting to hold a middle course, waste by vacillation, 241, 1795. Trine (sb.). v. n. 50, 1165.

Trin'd, joined in the aspect of a trine, 773, 389. Triumph' (vb.), 696, 565.

Trivet, three-legged stool or stand; trivet table, three-legged table, 803, 84.

Trumpet, trumpeter, 848, 228.

Tumbril, tumbrel, dung cart, 825, 251.

Tun, large cask, specifically one holding 252 wine-gallons.

Turbant, turban.

Vallancy wig, large wig that shades the face, 742, 8.

Value, esteem, regard, 7372, 8.
Van, wing, 863, 750.

Vare, wand or staff of authority, 117, 595. Various, diversified, opposite of monotonous, 3022, 50; many-colored, variegated, 638, 2. Vegetive, vegetative, vegetable, 783, 1076. Vehicle, a substance in which medicine is taken, 124, 19.

Vent (vb.), snort, scent (of a hound), 619, 667. Verjuice, the juice of crab apples, unripe grapes, and the like; an acid liquor made from such juice, 371, 73.

Vernish, varnish, 803, 105.

Vest (sb.). v. n. 532, 44; garment, robe, 614,

340.

Vest (vb.), clothe.

View (sb.), look, gaze, 561, 780.

Vile, low, mean, of small value, worthless, 461, 602.

Villanize, debase, degrade, 877, 405.
Vindicative, vindictive, 891, 4.

Virago, strong, robust woman (without bad sense), 193, 39.

Virelay, old French form of poem, in short lines, running on two rhymes, with refrain, 850, 365.

Vizard, Vizard-mask, mask concealing face, person wearing such a mask (a cant term for a courtesan), 621, 13; 671, 4.

Volume, coil, convolution, 579, 113.
Votress, votaress, female votary, 771, 225.
Vouch, call to witness, 230, 951.

Vulgar, common, well-known, 362, n. 15.

Wait, accompany, escort, attend with respect, 225, 557.

Wallow. v. n. 782, 22.

Want (vb. trans.), be without, lack, 112, 197; (vb. intrans.), be absent, be lacking, 797, 372. Wanting, needy, poor, 48, 1093.

Ward, defense, protection, 531, 691. Warn, admonish, summon, 669, 1197. Warp (vb. intrans.), bend, turn, swerve, 585, 584.

Weazon, weasand, wind pipe.

Weigh, raise, lift up, undertake, 611, 67. Well-breath'd, long-breathed, having strong lungs, 117, 631.

Well-manag'd, well-trained, 670, 1226. Wex, wax, increase (of the moon), 9012, 30. When (int.), used as an exclamation of impatience, 366, 12.

Whirlbat, Whorlbat, cestus, sort of boxing glove used by Greeks and Romans, 7491, 23; 464, 30.

Wilder, lead astray, bewilder, 234, 1254. Wilding, a wild plant or its fruit; especially a wild crab apple. 388, 135.

Wilful, voluntary, 235, 1287.
Wimble, gimlet, 371, 68.

Winch, wince, 236, 1427.

Winking, closed (of the eyes), 832, 800 (Chau

cer).

Wit, intellect, intelligence, judgment, sense, 251, 28; person of intellect, genius, 605, 899.

Witness, testimony, evidence, 218, 62. Wittol, contented cuckold, man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it, 169, 48. Woe (adj.), woful, sorrowful, wretched, 873, 108 (really a noun, used as subject of was). Wonderful, wonderfully, 7452, 38. Woodbind, woodbine.

Wreathe (vb. trans.), twist, 663, 745.
Writ of ease. v. Ease, Writ of.
Writhe, twist, whirl, 659, 448.
Writhen, twisted, whirled, 604, 802.

Yet, in addition, 767, 576.

Zambra, "Moorish festival or feast, attended with dancing and music" (Velasquez, Spanish Dictionary), 631.

A CHOIR of bright beauties in spring did appear,
268.

A king is sought to guide the growing state,
879.

A milk-white Hind, immortal and unchang'd,
218.

A parish priest was of the pilgrim train, 888.
A plain-built house, after so long a stay, 73.
A poet once the Spartans led to fight, 71.
A pretty task! and so I told the fool, 77.
A qualm of conscience brings me back again,
125.

A virgin poet was serv'd up to-day, 123.
Acis, the lovely youth, whose loss I mourn, 403.
After our Esop's fable shown to-day, 211.
After the pangs of a desperate lover, 58.
Ah fading joy, how quickly art thou past! 22.
Ah how sweet it is to love! 60.

All human things are subject to decay, 134.
All were attentive to the godlike man, 536.
Almighty critics! whom our Indians here, 21.
And now 't is time; for their officious haste, 4.
And thou, O matron of immortal fame, 610.
Arms and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate,
521.

As a fair nymph, when rising from her bed, 910.
As country vicars, when the sermon 's done, 54.
As Jupiter I made my court in vain, 76.

As needy gallants in the scriv'ners' hands, 71.
As seamen, shipwrack'd on some happy shore,

20.

As some raw squire, by tender mother bred, 52.
As there is music uninform'd by art, 11.

As, when a tree 's cut down, the secret root, 55.
As when some great and gracious monarch
dies, 271.

As when some treasurer lays down the stick,
410.

Ask not the cause, why sullen Spring, 406.
Auspicious poet, wert thou not my friend, 733.

Behold yon mountain's hoary height, 198.
Below this marble monument is laid, 735.
Beneath a holm repair'd two jolly swains, 433.
Beneath a myrtle shade, 63.

Beneath the shade which beechen boughs dif-
fuse, 421.

Blame not your Armeda, nor call her your grief,

69.

Blind love, to this hour, 54.

But anxious cares already seiz'd the queen, 564.
By a dismal cypress lying, 83.

Calm was the even, and clear was the sky, 58.
Can life be a blessing, 86.

Celia, that I once was blest, 262.
Celimena, of my heart, 59.

Chloe found Amyntas lying, 407.
Chronos, Chronos, mend thy pace, 901.

Clarendon had law and sense, 917.
"Come if you dare," our trumpets sound, 265.
Creator Spirit, by whose aid, 406.

Delight of humankind, and gods above, 182.
Descended of an ancient line, 199.

Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars,
162.

Discord and plots, which have undone our age,
105.

Fair Iris and her swain, 263.

Fair Iris I love, and hourly I die, 262.
Fair, kind, and true, a treasure each alone, 268.
Fair, sweet, and young, receive a prize, 203.
Fair was my mistress, and fine as a bride, 904.
Fairest isle, all isles excelling, 267.

Farewell, dear Revecchia, my joy and my grief,
904.

Farewell, fair Armeda, my joy and my grief, 68.
Farewell, too little, and too lately known, 174.
Farewell, ungrateful traitor! 103.

Fools, which each man meets in his dish each
day, 54.

For mighty wars I thought to tune my lute,
729.

For, since 't was mine, the white hath lost its
hiew, 3.

From harmony, from heav'nly harmony, 252.
From him the Calydonians sought relief, 787.
From thence his way the Trojan hero bent, 921.
Full twenty years and more, our lab'ring stage,
210.

Gallants, a bashful poet bids me say, 104.
Gallants, by all good signs it does appear, 55.
Gentlemen, we must beg your pardon, 263.
Go tell Amynta, gentle swain, 202.

Great boy, thy tragedy and sculptures done,
905.

Griev'd tho' I am an ancient friend to lose, 327.

Happy and free, securely blest, 202.

Has winter caus'd thee, friend, to change thy
seat, 378.

He said, and wept; then spread his sails before,
593.

He who could view the book of destiny, 276.
He who in impious times untainted stood, 102.
He who writ this, not without pains and
thought, 51.

Heav'n save ye, gallants, and this hopeful age!
83.

High state and honors to others impart, 203.
Ho, Maris! whether on thy way so fast? 437.
Ho, swain, what shepherd owns those ragged
sheep? 425.

Hold, are you mad? you damn'd confounded
dog, 60.