SHAME (SHAME) n.s.[sceam, Saxon; schaemte, Dutch.]1. The passion felt when reputation is supposed to be lost; the passion expressed sometimes by blushes.

Lamenting sorrow did in darkness lye, And shame his ugly face did hide from living eye. Fa. Qu.

1. To disgrace.

Certes, sir knight, ye been too much to blame, Thus for to blot the honour of the dead, And with foul cowardice his carcass shame. Fairy Queen.

To SHAME (SHAME) v.n. To be ashamed.

Great shame it is, thing so divine in view, Made for to be the world’s most ornament, To make the bait her gazers to embrew; Good shames to be to ill an instrument. Spenser.

1. An illustrious or eminent woman.

O foolish fairy’s son, what fury mad Hath thee incens’d to haste thy doleful fate? Were it not better I that lady had, Than that thou hadst repented it too late? Fairy Qu.

LIKENESS (LI'KENESS) n.s.[from like.]1. Resemblance; similitude.

They all do live, and moved areTo multiply the likeness of their kind. Spenser.

ARIGHT (ARI'GHT) adv.[from a and right.]1. Rightly; without mental errour.

How him Lov’d, and love with all my might; So thought I eke of him, and think I thought aright. F. Q.

SPRIGHT (SPRIGHT) n.s.[Contraction of spirit, spiritus, Latin: it was anciently written sprete or spryte; and spirit, as now written, was long considered in verse as a monosyllable: this word should therefore be spelled sprite, and its derivatives spritely, spriteful; but custom has determined otherwise.]1. Spirit; shade; soul; incorporeal agent.

She doth display The gate with pearls and rubies richly dight, Through which her words so wise do make their way, To bear the message of her spright. Spenser.

Forth he called out of deep darkness dread, Legions of sprights, the which like little flies, Flutt’ring about his ever damned head, Await whereto their service he applies. Fairy Queen.

SHEEN (SHEEN) SHEENY (SHEE'NY) adj.[This was probably only the old pronunciation of shine]. Bright; glittering; shewy. A word now not in use.

That lewd ribbald, with vile lust advanc'd,Laid first his filthy hands on virgin clean, To spoil her dainty corse so fair and sheen. Fa. Queen.

When he was all dight, he took his way Into the forest, that he might be seen Of the wild beasts, in his new glory sheen. Hubberd's Tale.

SPANGLE (SPA'NGLE) n.s.[spange, German, a buckle, a locket: whence oher spangen, ear-rings.]1. A small plate or boss of shining metal.2. Any thing sparkling and shining.

As hoary frost with spangles doth attire The mossy branches of an oak half dead. Fairy Queen.

1. To MEET with. To light on; to find.

When he cometh to experience of service abroad, he maketh as worthy a soldier as any nation he meeteth with. Spenser.

To JOY (JOY) v.n.[from the noun.]To rejoice; to be glad; to exult.

Sometimes I joy, when glad occasion fits, And mask in mirth like to a comedy; Soon after, when my joy to sorrow flits, I will make my woes a tragedy. Spenser.

Sith mine he is, or free or bound; Withhold, O sovereign prince, your hasty hand From knitting league with him. Spenser.

Soon as Titan ’gan his head exault, And soon again as he his light withhault, Their wicked engines they against it bent. Fairy Queen.

JEALOUSY (JE'ALOUSY) n.s.[jalousie, French, from jealous.]1. Suspicion in love.

But gnawing jealousy, out of their sight Sitting alone, his bitter lips did bite. Fairy Queen.

CHANGELING (CHA'NGELING) n.s.[from change; the word arises from an odd superstitious opinion, that the fairies steal away children, and put others that are ugly and stupid in their places.] 1. A child left or taken in the place of another.

And her base elfin breed there for thee left; Such, men do changelings call, so chang’d by fairies theft. Spenser’s Fairy Queen, b. i. c. x. stanz. 65.

[She, as her attendant, hath A lovely boy stol’n from an Indian king; She never had so sweet a changeling. Shakesp. Midsummer Night’s Dream.]

To DEW (DEW) v.a.[from the noun.]To wet as with dew; to moisten; to bedew.

A trickling stream of balm most sovereign,And dainty dear, which on the ground still fell,And overflowed all the fertile plain,As it had dewed been with timely rain.Fairy Queen,b. i.

BUSH (BUSH) n.s.[bois, Fr.] 1. A thick shrub.

Eft through the thick they heard one rudely rush, With noise whereof, he, from his lofty steed, Down fell to ground, and crept into a bush, To hide his coward head from dying dread. Fairy Q.b. ii.

HITHER (HI'THER) adv.[hi Saxon.]1. To this place from some other.

Cæsar, tempted with the fameOf this sweet island, never conquered,And envying the Britons blazed name,O hideous hunger of dominion, hither came.Fairy Queen.

WOOD (WOOD) n.s.[wude, Saxon; woud, Dutch.]1. A large and thick plantation of trees.

The wood-born people fall before her flat,And worship her as goddess of the wood.Fairy Queen

Coal-black steeds yborn of hellish brood,That on their rusty bits did champ as they were wood.Fairy Queen.

Calm the tempest of his passion wood;The banks are overflown, when stopped is the flood.Fa. Q.

To MAZE (MAZE) v.a.[from the noun.]To bewilder; to confuse.

Much was I maz’d to see this monster kind,In hundred forms to change his fearful hue.Spenser.

To WONT To WONT) To be WONT To be WONT) v.n. [Preterite and participle wont;wunian, Saxon; gewoonen, Dutch.] To be accustomed; to use; to be used.

A yearly solemn feast she wont to makeThe day that first doth lead the year around. Fairy Queen.

Through power of that, his cunning thieveriesHe wonts to work, that none the same espies. Hubberd.

1. To which place; relatively.

Whither, when as they came, they fell at words,Whether of them should be the lord of lords.Spenser.

WESTERN (WE'STERN) adj.[from west.]Being in the west, or toward the part where the sun sets.

Now fair Phœbus ’gan decline in hasteHis weary waggon to the western vale.Spenser.

1. Guard; vigilant keep.

Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.F. Q.

1. Watchman; men set to guard. It is used in a collective sense.

Before her gate, high God did sweat ordain,And wakeful watches ever to abide.Fairy Queen.

VOYAGE (VO'YAGE) n.s.[voyage, Fr.]1. A travel by sea.

Guyon forward ’gan his voyage make,With his black palmer, that him guided still.Fairy Queen.

1. To be of no importance.

’Tis hard for every trifling debt of two shillings to be driven to law.Spenser.

1. To walk over.

Men as they trace,Both feet and face one way are wont to lead.Fa. Qu.

1. Proverbially, a great number.

So fair, and thousand, thousand times more fairShe seem’d, when she presented was to fight.Fa. Qu.

1. To teach; to inform.

He gently ask’d where all the people be,Which in that stately building wont to dwell,Who answer’d him full soft, he could not tell.Fa. Qu.

Thou fearful fool,Why takest not of the same fruit of gold?Ne sittest down on that same silver stool,To rest thy weary person in the shadow cold?Fa. Queen.

1. To stop; to stand still.

When she lift pour out her larger spright,She would command the hasty sun to stay,Or backward turn his course.Fairy Queen.

1. To delay; to obstruct; to hinder from progression.

The joyous time will not be stay’dUnless she do him by the forelock take.Spenser.

1. To stop; to stand still.

When she lift pour out her larger spright,She would command the hasty sun to stay,Or backward turn his course.Fairy Queen.

1. To delay; to obstruct; to hinder from progression.

The joyous time will not be stay’dUnless she do him by the forelock take.Spenser.

1. Any globe of the mundane system.

What if within the moon’s fair shining sphere,What if in every other star unseen,Of other worlds he happily should hear?Fairy Queen.

1. Spectacle; show; thing wonderful to be seen.

Them seem’d they never saw a sight so fairOf fowls so lovely, that they sure did deemThem heavenly born.Spenser.

SHOT (SHOT) The preterite and participle passive of shoot.

On the other side a pleasant groveWas shot up high, full of the stately treeThat dedicated is to Olympick Jove.Fairy Queen.

1. Serious; not light; not volatile; grave.

He with utterance grave, and countenance sad,From point to point discours’d his voyage.Spenser.

1. Heavy; weighty; ponderous.

With that his hand, more sad than lump of lead,Uplifting high, he weened with Morddure,His own good sword, Morddure, to cleave his head.F. Q

1. Artless; inelegant.

I would know what ancient ground of authority he hath for such a senseless fable; and if he have any of the rude Irish books.Spenser.

RIVER (RI'VER) n.s.[riviere, Fr. rivus, Lat.]A land current of water bigger than a brook.

It is a most beautiful country, being stored throughout with many goodly rivers, replenished with all sorts of fish.Spens.

QUIRE (QUIRE) n.s.[choeur, Fr. choro, Italian.]1. A body of singers; a chorus.

The trees did bud and early blossoms bore,And all the quire of birds did sweetly sing,And told that garden’s pleasures in their caroling.Fa. Qu.

ODOROUS (O'DOROUS) adj.[odorus, Lat.]Fragrant; perfumed; sweet of scent.

Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell,But her sweet odour did them all excel.Spenser.

1. Instrumental or vocal harmony.

When she spake,Sweet words, like droping honey, she did shed;And ’twixt the pearls and rubies softly brakeA silver sound, that heavenly musick seem’d to make.F. Qu.

1. Wares; any thing to be bought or sold.

Fair when her breast, like a rich laden barkWith precious merchandise, she forth doth lay.Spenser.

To MEDLE To MEDLE) To MEDLY To MEDLY) v.a. To mingle. Spenser.

1. Thought employed upon sacred objects.

His name was heavenly contemplation;Of God and goodness was his meditation.Fairy Qu.b. i.

MARGE (MARGE) MARGENT (MA'RGENT) MARGIN (MA'RGIN) n.s.[ margo, Latin; marge, French.] 1. The border; the brink; the edge; the verge.

He drew his flaming sword, and struckAt him so fiercely, that the upper margeOf his sevenfold shield away it took. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

LESSER (LE'SSER) adj.A barbarous corruption of less, formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in er; afterwards adopted by poets, and then by writers of prose.

What great despite doth fortune to thee bear,Thus lowly to abase thy beauty bright,That it should not deface all other lesser light.Fa. Qu.

LAND (LAND) n.s.[land, Gothick, Saxon, and so all the Teutonick dialects.]1. A country; a region; distinct from other countries.

All the nations of Scythia, like a mountain flood, did overflow all Spain, and quite drowned and washed away whatsoever reliques there were left of the land-bred people.Spenser’sState of Ireland.

1. To join; to unite.

His gall did grate for grief and high disdain,And, knitting all his force, got one hand free.Fa. Queen.

KNIGHT (KNIGHT) n.s.[cniht, Sax. knecht, Germ. a servant, or pupil.]1. A man advanced to a certain degree of military rank. It was anciently the custom to knight every man of rank or fortune, that he might be qualified to give challenges, to fight in the lists, and to perform feats of arms. In England knighthood confers the title of sir: as, sir Thomas, sir Richard. When the name was not known, it was usual to say sir knight.

That same knight’s own sword this is of yore,Which Merlin made.Spenser.

Sir knight, if knight thou be,Abandon this forestalled place.Spenser.

To JOY (JOY) v.n.[from the noun.]To rejoice; to be glad; to exult.

Sometimes I joy, when glad occasion fits,And mask in mirth like to a comedy;Soon after, when my joy to sorrow flits,I will make my woes a tragedy.Spenser.

JEALOUSY (JE'ALOUSY) n.s.[jalousie, French, from jealous.]1. Suspicion in love.

But gnawing jealousy, out of their sightSitting alone, his bitter lips did bite.Fairy Queen.

JEALOUSY (JE'ALOUSY) n.s.[jalousie, French, from jealous.]1. Suspicion in love.

But gnawing jealousy, out of their sightSitting alone, his bitter lips did bite.Fairy Queen.

JEALOUSY (JE'ALOUSY) n.s.[jalousie, French, from jealous.]1. Suspicion in love.

But gnawing jealousy, out of their sightSitting alone, his bitter lips did bite.Fairy Queen.

INSUFFICIENT (INSUFFI'CIENT) adj.[insufficient, French; in and sufficient.]Inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; wanting abilities; incapable; unfit.

The bishop to whom they shall be presented, may justly reject them as incapable and insufficient.Spenseron Ireland.

To IMPAIR (IMPA'IR) v.n.To be lessened or worn out.

Flesh may impair, quoth he; but reason can repair.F. Q.

To IMPAIR (IMPA'IR) v.n.To be lessened or worn out.

Flesh may impair, quoth he; but reason can repair.F. Q.

To IMBRUE (IMBRU'E) v.a.[from in and brue.]1. To steep; to soak; to wet much or long.

Thou mad'st many hearts to bleedOf mighty victors, with wide wounds embru'd,And by thy cruel darts to thee subdu'd.Spenser.

Some bathed kisses, and did oft embrueThe sugar'd liquor through his melting lips.Fairy Queen.

HYMN (HYMN) n.s.[hymne, Fr. encomiastick song, or song of adoration to some superiour being.

As I earst, in praise of mine own dame,So now in honour of thy mother dear,An honourable hymn I eke should frame.Spenser.

HURT (HURT) n.s.[from the verb.]1. Harm; mischief.

The hurt which cometh thereby is greater than the good.Spenser’sState of Ireland.

HURT (HURT) n.s.[from the verb.]1. Harm; mischief.

The hurt which cometh thereby is greater than the good.Spenser’sState of Ireland.

HUNTSMAN (HU'NTSMAN) n.s.[hunt and man.]1. One who delights in the chace.

Like as a huntsman, after weary chace,Seeing the game escape from him away,Sits down to rest him.Spenser’sSonnets.

HUMBLE (HU'MBLE) adj.[humble, French; humilis, Latin.]1. Not proud; modest; not arrogant.

And mighty proud to humble weak does yield.Fairy Qu.

1. An instrument of wind-musick made of horn.

The squire ’gan nigher to approach,And wind his horn under the castle-wall,That with the noise it shook as it would fall.Fairy Queen.

1. An instrument of wind-musick made of horn.

The squire ’gan nigher to approach,And wind his horn under the castle-wall,That with the noise it shook as it would fall.Fairy Queen.

To HOLD (HOLD) v.a. preter. held; part. pass. held or holden.[haldan, Gothick; haldan, Saxon; henden, Dutch.] 2. To keep; to retain; to gripe fast.

Too late it was for satyrs to be told,Or ever hope recover her again;In vain he seeks, that having cannot hold.Fairy Queen.

1. White or grey with age.

A comely palmer, clad in black attire,Of ripest years, and hairs all hoary grey.Spenser.

HEADLESS (HE'ADLESS) adj.[from head.]1. Without an head; beheaded.

His shining helmet he ’gan soon unlace,And left his headless body bleeding at the place.Fairy Queen.

HARP (HARP) n.s.[hearp, Saxon; harpe, French. It is used through both the Teutonick and Roman dialects, and has been long in use.

Romanusq; lyrâ plaudat tibi, Barbarus harpâ.Ven. Fort.]1. A lyre; an instrument strung with wire and struck with the finger.

Arion, when through tempests cruel wreckHe forth was thrown into the greedy seas,Through the sweet musick which his harp did make,Allur’d a dolphin him from death to ease.Spenser.

To HANG (HANG) v.n.1. To be suspended; to be supported above, not below.

Over it a fair portcullis hong,Which to the gate directly did incline,With comely compass and compacture strong.Fairy Queen.

1. To come forward; to gather ground.

Some seeing the end of their government nigh, and troublous practice growing up, which may work trouble to the next governour, will not attempt redress.Spenser on Ireland.

GRISLY (GRI'SLY) adj.[grislu, Saxon.]Dreadful; horrible; hideous; frightful; terrible.

His grisly locks, long growen and unbound,Disordered hung about his shoulders round.Fairy Queen.

Where I was wont to seek the honey bee,The grisly toadstool grown there might I see.Spenser.

GRIM (GRIM) adj.[grimma, Saxon.]1. Having a countenance of terrour; horrible; hideous; frightful.

The innocent prey in haste he does forsake,Which quit from death, yet quakes in every limb,With change of fear to see the lion look so grim.F. Queen.

GRIM (GRIM) adj.[grimma, Saxon.]1. Having a countenance of terrour; horrible; hideous; frightful.

The innocent prey in haste he does forsake,Which quit from death, yet quakes in every limb,With change of fear to see the lion look so grim.F. Queen.

1. Acceptable; favoured.

Doctrine is much more profitable and gracious by example than by rule.Spenser.

1. Acceptable; favoured.

Doctrine is much more profitable and gracious by example than by rule.Spenser.

.6. Management of the limbs or body. Obsolete.

Their godShot many a dart at me with fierce intent;But I them warded all with wary government.Fairy Queen

1. A fairy; an elf.

His son was Elsinel, who overcameThe wicked gobbelines in bloody field;But Elfant was of most renowned fame,Who of all crystal did Panthea build.Fairy Queen,b. ii.

To GLANCE (GLANCE) v.n.[from the noun.]1. To shoot a sudden ray of splendour.

He double blows about him fiercely laid,That glancing fire out of the iron play’d,As sparkles from the anvil use,When heavy hammers on the wedge are sway’d.Fai. Queen.

GENTLEMANLIKE (GENTLEMANLI'KE) GENTLEMANLY (GE'NTLEMANLY) adj.[ gentleman and like.] Becoming a man of birth.

He holdeth himself a gentleman, and scorneth to work, which, he saith, is the life of a peasant or churl; but enureth himself to his weapon, and to the gentlemanly trade of stealing. Spenser on Ireland.

1. It is placed before adverbs and adjectives, to intend or strengthen their signification.

Why on your shield, so goodly scor’d,Bear ye the picture of that lady’s head?Full lively is the semblant, though the substance dead.F. Q.

1. It is placed before adverbs and adjectives, to intend or strengthen their signification.

Why on your shield, so goodly scor’d,Bear ye the picture of that lady’s head?Full lively is the semblant, though the substance dead.F. Q.

1. It is placed before adverbs and adjectives, to intend or strengthen their signification.

Why on your shield, so goodly scor’d,Bear ye the picture of that lady’s head?Full lively is the semblant, though the substance dead.F. Q.

1. It is placed before adverbs and adjectives, to intend or strengthen their signification.

Why on your shield, so goodly scor’d,Bear ye the picture of that lady’s head?Full lively is the semblant, though the substance dead.F. Q.

1. Vain; productive of no advantage; idle; unprofitable.

O! let me not, quoth he, return againBack to the world, whose joys so fruitless are;But let me here for ay in peace remain,Or straightway on that last long voyage fare.Fairy Queen.

1. Favour; personal kindness.

Raw captains are usually sent only preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency. Spenser on Ireland

FRANTICK (FRA'NTICK) adj.[corrupted from phrenetick, phreneticus, Latin; uqemsij Mad; deprived of understanding by violent madness; outrageously and turbulently mad.

Far off, he wonders what makes them so glad;Of Bacchus merry fruit they did invent,Or Cebel’s frantick rites have made them mad.Fairy Queen

FORWARD (FO'RWARD) adv.[forweard, Saxon.]Towards; to a part or place before; onward; progressively.

When fervent sorrow slaked was,She up arose, resolving him to findAlive or dead, and forward forth doth pass.Fairy Queen.

FORWARD (FO'RWARD) adv.[forweard, Saxon.]Towards; to a part or place before; onward; progressively.

When fervent sorrow slaked was,She up arose, resolving him to findAlive or dead, and forward forth doth pass.Fairy Queen.

1. To confirm by new endeavours; to keep up indefatigably.

They bound themselves to his laws and obedience; and in case it had been followed upon them, as it should have been, they should have been reduced to perpetual civility.Spenser.

FOAL (FOAL) n.s.[fola, Saxon.]The offspring of a mare, or other beast of burthen. The custom now is to use colt for a young horse, and foal for a young mare; but there was not originally any such distinction.

Also flew his steed,And with his winged heels did tread the wind,As he had been a foal of Pegasus’s kind.Fairy Queen,b. i.

To FLOWER (FLO'WER) v.n.[fleurir, French, or from the noun.]1. To be in flower; to be in blossom; to bloom; to put forth flowers.

So forth they marched in this goodly sort,To take the solace of the open air,And in fresh flowering fields themselves to sport.Fairy Qu.

Sacred hill, whose head full high,Is, as it were, for endless memoryOf that dear Lord, who oft thereon was found,For ever with a flow’ring garland crown’d.Fairy Queen.

1. To be in the prime; to flourish.

Whilome in youth, when flower’d my youthful spring,Like swallow swift, I wandered here and there;For heat of heedless lust me did so sting,That I of doubted danger had no fear.Spenser’sPastorals.

FILL (FILL) n.s.[from the verb.]1. As much as may produce complete satisfaction.

Her neck and breasts were ever open bare,That aye thereof her babes might suck their fill.Fairy Qu.

FIERY (FI'ERY) adj.[from fire.]1. Consisting of fire.

Scarcely had Phœbus in the gloomy EastYet harnessed his fiery footed team,Ne rear’d above the earth his flaming crest,When the last deadly smoak aloft did steam.Fairy Queen.

EYELID (EY'ELID) n.s.[eye and lid.]The membrane that shuts over the eye.

Therewith her dim eyelids she up ’gan rear,On which the dreary death did sit, as sadAs lump of lead, and made dark clouds appear.Fai. Queen.

Mark when she smiles with amiable chear,And tell me whereto can ye liken it!When on each eyelid sweetly do appearAn hundred graces as in shade to sit. Spenser’s Sonnets.

To DROWN (DROWN) v.a. [from drunden, below, German,Skinner, from druncnian, Saxon,Mr. Lye.] 5. To lose in something that overpowers or covers.

Who cometh next will not follow that course, however good, which his predecessors held, for doubt to have his doings drowned in another man’s praise.Spenseron Ireland.

DALE (DALE) n.s.[dalei, Gothick; dal, Dutch and German.]A low place between hills; a vale; a valley.

Long tost with storms, and bet with bitter winds,High over hills, and low adown the dale,She wandred many a wood and measur’d many a vale.Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. 7. stanz. 28.

To CROSS (CROSS) v.a.[from the noun.] 8. To contravene; to hinder by authority; to countermand.

No governour is suffered to go on with any one course, but upon the least information he is either stopped and crossed, or other courses appointed him from hence. Spenser on Ireland.

1. To move laterally, obliquely, or a-thwart; not in opposition; not in the same line.

But he them spying, ’gan to turn aside,For fear, as seem’d, or for some feined loss;More greedy they of news, fast towards him do cross. Spens.

CREATURE (CRE'ATURE) n.s.[creatura, low Latin.] 4. A general term for man.

Yet crime in her could never creature find;But for his love, and for her own self-sake,She wander’d had from one to other Ind.Fairy Queen,b. i.

Most cursed of all creatures under sky,Lo Tantalus, I here tormented lye.Fairy Queen,b. ii. c. 7.

COAT (COAT) n.s.[cotte, Fr. cotta, Italian.] 6. That on which the ensigns armorial are portrayed.

The herald of love’s mighty king,In whose coat armour richly are display’dAll sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring. Spenser.

CIVIL (CI'VIL) adj.[civilis, Latin.] 9. Civilised; not barbarous.

England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. Spenser on Ireland.

CHANGELING (CHA'NGELING) n.s.[from change; the word arises from an odd superstitious opinion, that the fairies steal away children, and put others that are ugly and stupid in their places.] 1. A child left or taken in the place of another.

And her base elfin breed there for thee left; Such, men do changelings call, so chang’d by fairies theft. Spenser’sFairy Queen, b. i. c. x. stanz. 65.

She, as her attendant, hath A lovely boy stol’n from an Indian king; She never had so sweet a changeling. Shakesp. Midsummer Night’s Dream.

CAROL (CA'ROL) n.s.[carola, Ital. from choreola, Lat.] 1. A song of joy and exultation.

And let the Graces dance unto the rest, For they can do it best: The whiles the maidens do their carol sing, To which the woods shall answer, and their echo ring. Spenser’s Epithalamium.

To CAROL (CA'ROL) v.n.[carolare, Ital.]To sing; to warble; to sing in joy and festivity.

Hark, how the cheerful birds do chant their lays, And carol of love’s praise. Spenser’sEpithalamium.

BUSKIN (BU'SKIN) n.s.[broseken, Dutch.] 1. A kind of half boot; a shoe which comes to the midleg.

Sometimes Diana he her takes to be, But misseth bow, and shafts, and buskins to her knee. Spenser’s Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. vi. stanz. 16.

To BUSY (BU'SY) v.a.[from the noun.] To employ; to engage; to make or keep busy.

He in great passion all this while did dwell, More busying his quick eyes her face to view, Than his dull ears to hear what she did tell. Fairy Queen,b. i.

BREATHLESS (BRE'ATHLESS) adj.[from breath.] 1. Out of breath; spent with labour.

Well knew The prince, with patience and sufferance fly, So hasty heat soon cooled to subdue; Tho’ when he breathless wax, that battle ’gan renew. Fairy Q.

BREATH (BREATH) n.s.[bra Saxon.] 3. The state or power of breathing freely; opposed to the condition in which a man is breathless and spent.

At other times, he casts to sue the chace Of swift wild beasts, or run on foot a race, T’enlarge his breath, large breath in arms most needful, Or else, by wrestling, to wax strong and heedful. Spenser.

To BREATHE (BREATHE) v.n.[from breath.] 3. To take breath; to rest.

He presently followed the victory so hot upon the Scots, that he suffered them not to breathe, or gather themselves together again. Spenser’s State of Ireland.

To BREAK (BREAK) v.a. pret. I broke, or brake; part. pass. broke, or broken.[breccan, Saxon.] 12. To tame; to train to obedience.

What boots it to break a colt, and to let him streight run loose at random?Spenser’s State of Ireland.

1. To break out. To discover itself in sudden effects.

Let not one spark of filthy lustful fireBreak out, that may her sacred peace molest.Spenser.

BOOTLESS (BO'OTLESS) adj.[from boot.] 1. Useless; unprofitable; unavailing; without advantage.

When those accursed messengers of hell Came to their wicked man, and ’gan tell Their bootless pains, and ill succeeding night. Fairy Q.b. i.

To ARM (ARM) v.n. 2. To provide against.

His servant, throughly arm’d against such coverture, Reported unto all, that he was sure A noble gentleman of high regard. Spenser’s Hubb. Tale.

To AIM (AIM) v.a.

To point the view, or direct the steps towards any thing; to tend towards; to endeavour to reach or obtain; with to formerly, now only with at. Lo, here the world is bliss; so here the end To which all men do aim, rich to be made, Such grace now to be happy is before thee laid. Fairy Q.

AIM (AIM) n.s.[from the verb.]

Conjecture; guess. It is impossible, by aim, to tell it; and, for experience and knowledge thereof, I do not think that there was ever any of the particulars thereof. Spenser on Ireland.

DALE (DALE) n.s.[dalei, Gothick; dal, Dutch and German.]A low place between hills; a vale; a valley.

Long tost with storms, and bet with bitter winds,High over hills, and low adown the dale,She wandred many a wood and measur’d many a vale.Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. 7. stanz. 28.

1. Object beloved.

Open the temple gates unto my love.Spenser.

DWARF (DWARF) n.s.[dweorf, Sax. dwerg, Dutch; sherg, Scottish.] 3. An attendant on a lady or knight in romances.

The champion stout, Eftstoones dismounted from his courser brave, And to the dwarf a-while his needless spear he gave. F. Qu.4.

DUTY (DU'TY) n.s.[from due.] 4. Act of reverence or respect.

They both attone;Did duty to their lady as became.Fairy Queen,b. ii.5. The business of a soldier on guard.

To DUCK (DUCK) v.n.[from the noun.]1. To dive under water as a duck.

The varlet saw, when to the flood he came,How without stop or stay he fiercely leapt;And deep himself be ducked in the same,That in the lake his lofty crest was steept. Fairy Queen.

To DROWN (DROWN) v.a. [from drunden, below, German,Skinner, from druncnian, Saxon,Mr. Lye.] 5. To lose in something that overpowers or covers.

Who cometh next will not follow that course, however good, which his predecessors held, for doubt to have his doings drowned in another man’s praise.Spenseron Ireland.

DRAWN (DRAWN) [participlefrom draw.] 5. Induced as from some motive.

The Irish will better be drawn to the English, than the English to the Irish government.Spenseron Ireland.

DOOR (DOOR) n.s.[dor, dure, Saxon; dorris, Erse.]1. The gate of a house; that which opens to yield entrance. Door is used of houses and gates of cities, or publick buildings, except in the licence of poetry.

All the castle quaked from the ground,And every door of free-will open flew.Fairy Queen,b. i.

DONE (DONE) part. pass. of the verb.To do.

Another like fair tree eke grew thereby,Whereof who so did eat, eftsoons did knowBoth good and evil: O mournful memory!That tree, through one man’s fault, hath done us all to dye.Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. 11. stanz. 47.

To DISPOSE (DISPO'SE) v.a.[disposer, French; dispono, Latin.] 4. To adapt; to form for any purpose.

These, when the knights beheld, they ’gan disposeThemselves to court, and each a damsel chose.Fai. Queen.

To DISPARAGE (DISPA'RAGE) v.a.[from dispar, Latin.] 4. To bring reproach upon; to be the cause of disgrace.

How shall frail pen, with fear disparaged,Conceive such sovereign glory and great bountihed.Fai. Qu.

DIE (DIE) n.s. pl. dice.[dé, French; dis, Welsh.] 2. Hazard; chance;

Eftsoons his cruel hand Sir Guyon staid,Temp’ring the passion with advisement slow,And must’ring might on enemy dismay’d;For th’ equal die of war he well did know.Fairy Queen.

So both to battle fierce arranged are;In which his harder fortune was to fallUnder my spear: such is the die of war. Fairy Queen,b. i.

To DEW (DEW) v.a.[from the noun.]To wet as with dew; to moisten; to bedew.

A trickling stream of balm most sovereign,And dainty dear, which on the ground still fell,And overflowed all the fertile plain,As it had dewed been with timely rain.Fairy Queen,b. i.

See devis'd

To DEVISE (DEVI'SE) v.a. [deviser, French, as of devisare, to look about.Skinner.]1. To contrive; to form by art; to invent; to excogitate; to strike out by thought.

Whether they, at their first coming into the land, or afterwards, by trading with other nations which had letters, learned them of them, or devised them among themselves, is very doubtful.Spenser’s State of Ireland.

To DEVISE (DEVI'SE) v.n.To consider; to contrive; to lay plans; to form schemes.

Her merry fit she freshly ’gan to rear,And did of joy and jollity devise,Herself to cherish and her guest to chear.Fairy Queen,b. ii.

But sith now safe ye seised have the shore,And well arrived are, high God be blest,Let us devise of ease and everlasting rest.Fairy Queen,b. i.

Since we are so far entered, let us, I pray you, a little devise of those evils by which that country is held in this wretched case, that it cannot, as you say, be recured.Spenser’sIreland.

DEVILISH (DE'VILISH) adj.[from devil.]1. Partaking of the qualities of the devil; diabolical; mischievous; malicious; destructive.

Gynecia took a farther conceit of it, mistrusting greatly Cecropia, because she had heard much of the devilish wickedness of her heart.Sidney,b. i.

For grief thereof, and devilish despight,From his infernal furnaces forth he threwHuge flames, that dimmed all the heaven’s light,Enroll’d in duskish smoak and brimstone blue.Fairy Queen.

To DETEST (DETE'ST) v.a.[detester, Latin.]To hate; to abhor; to abominate.

Nigh thereto the ever-damned beastDurst not approach; for he was deadly made,And all that life preserved did detest.Fairy Queen,b. i. c. 12.

DESTINY (DE'STINY) n.s.[destinée, French.] 2. Fate; invincible necessity.

He said, dear daughter, rightly may I rueThe fall of famous children born of me;But who can turn the stream of destiny,Or break the chain of strong necessity,Which fast is ty’d to Jove’s eternal seat?Fairy Queen,b. i.

To DECK (DECK) v.a.[decken, Dutch.] 3. To adorn; to embellish.

But direful, deadly black, both leaf and bloom,Fit to adorn the head, and deck the dreary tomb. Fai. Queen.

DAY (DAY) n.s.[dæg, Saxon.] 4. Any time specified and distinguished from other time; an age; the time. In this sense it is generally plural.

After him reigned Gutheline his heir,The justest man, and truest, in his days.Fairy Queen,b. ii.

DAYLIGHT (DA'YLIGHT) n.s.[day and light.]The light of the day, as opposed to that of the morn, or a taper.

By this the drooping daylight ’gan to fade,And yield his room to sad succeeding night.Fairy Queen,b. i.

Nay, then thou mock’st me: thou shalt buy this dear,If ever I thy face by daylight see.Now go thy way.Shakesp.Midsummer-Night’s Dream.

To DARK (DARK) v.a.[from the noun.]To darken; to obscure: obsolete.

Fair when her breast, like a rich laden barkWith precious merchandize, she forth doth lay:Fair when that cloud of pride, which oft doth darkHer goodly light, with smiles she drives away.Spenser.

DALE (DALE) n.s.[dalei, Gothick; dal, Dutch and German.]A low place between hills; a vale; a valley.

Long tost with storms, and bet with bitter winds,High over hills, and low adown the dale,She wandred many a wood and measur’d many a vale.Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. 7. stanz. 28.

To CUT (CUT) pret. cut; part. pass. cut.[probably from the French couteau, a knife.] 11. To CUT off. To destroy; to extirpate; to put to death untimely.

All Spain was first conquered by the Romans, and filled with colonies from them, which were still increased, and the native Spaniards still cut off. Spenser on Ireland.

CUNNING (CU'NNING) adj.[from connan, Sax. konnen, Dut. to know.] 2. Performed with skill; artful.

And over them Arachne high did liftHer cunning web, and spread her subtile net,Enwrapped in foul smoak, and clouds more black than jet.Spenser’sFairy Queen,b. ii. cant. 7. stan. 28. And there beside of marble stone was builtAn altar, carv’d with cunning imagery;On which true Christians blood was often spilt,And holy martyrs often done to die.Spenser’sFairy Queen.

CUCKOO (CU'CKOO) n.s.[cwccw, Welsh; cocu, Fr. kockock, Dutch.]1. A bird which appears in the Spring; and is said to suck the eggs of other birds, and lay her own to be hatched in their place; from which practice, it was usual to alarm a husband at the approach of an adulterer by calling cuckoo, which, by mistake, was in time applied to the husband. This bird is remarkable for the uniformity of his note, from which his name in most tongues seems to have been formed.

Finding Mopsa, like a cuckoo by a nightingale, alone with Pamela, I came in.Sidney.

The merry cuckoo, messenger of Spring,His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded.Spenser.

To CRUSH (CRUSH) v.a.[ecraser, French.] 4. To subdue; to depress; to dispirit.

They use them to plague their enemies, or to oppress and crush some of their own too stubborn freeholders. Spenser on Ireland.

To CROSS (CROSS) v.a.[from the noun.] 8. To contravene; to hinder by authority; to countermand.

No governour is suffered to go on with any one course, but upon the least information he is either stopped and crossed, or other courses appointed him from hence. Spenser on Ireland.

1. To move laterally, obliquely, or a-thwart; not in opposition; not in the same line.

But he them spying, ’gan to turn aside,For fear, as seem’d, or for some feined loss;More greedy they of news, fast towards him do cross. Spens.

CROP (CROP) n.s.[crop, Saxon.]1. The highest part or end of any thing; as the head of a tree, the ear of corn.2. The harvest; the corn gathered off a field; the product of the field.

And this of all my harvest hope I have,Nought reaped but a weedy crop of care. Spenser’s Past.

CREW (CREW) n.s.[probably from crud, Saxon.]1. A company of people associated for any purpose; as gallant crew, for troops. Chevy-chase.

There a noble crewOf lords and ladies stood on every side,Which, with their presence fair, the place much beautify’d. Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. 4. stanz. 7

CREATURE (CRE'ATURE) n.s.[creatura, low Latin.] 4. A general term for man.

Yet crime in her could never creature find;But for his love, and for her own self-sake,She wander’d had from one to other Ind.Fairy Queen,b. i.

Most cursed of all creatures under sky,Lo Tantalus, I here tormented lye.Fairy Queen,b. ii. c. 7.

CRADLE (CRA'DLE) n.s.[cradel, Saxon.] 2. It is used for infancy, or the first part of life.

He knew them to be inclined altogether to war, and therefore wholly trained them up, even from their cradles, in arms and military exercises. Spenser’s State of Ireland.

COY (COY) adj.[coi, French, from quietus, Latin.]1. Modest; decent.

Jason is as coy as is a maide;He loked piteously, but naught he said.Chaucer.2. Reserved; not accessible; not easily condescending to familiarity.

And vain delight she saw he light did pass,A foe of folly and immodest toy;Still solemn sad, or still disdainful coy. Fairy Queen,b. ii.

See cowardice

COWARDICE (CO'WARDICE) n.s.[from coward.]Fear; habitual timidity; pusillanimity; want of courage.

Certes, sir knight, ye been too much to blame,Thus for to blot the honour of the dead;And with foul cowardice his carcase shame,Whose living hands immortaliz’d his name. Fairy Queen.

To CONTRIVE (CONTRI'VE) v.a.[controuver, French.] 2. To wear away. Out of use.

Three ages, such as mortal men contrive. Fairy Queen.

CONSORT (CO'NSORT) n.s.[consors, Latin. It had anciently the accent on the latter syllable, but has it now on the former.] 2. An assembly; a divan; a consultation.

In one consort there satCruel revenge, and rancorous despite,Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. Fairy Queen,b. ii.

CONSCIENCE (CO'NSCIENCE) n.s.[conscientia, Latin.] 1. The knowledge or faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of ourselves.

When a people have no touch of conscience, no sense of their evil doings, it is bootless to think to restrain them. Spenser. [first]

To CONGEAL (CONGE'AL) v.a.[congelo, Latin.] 1. To turn, by frost, from a fluid to a solid state.

What more miraculous thing may be told, Than ice, which is congeal’d with senseless cold, Should kindle fire by wonderful device? Spenser.

To CONCEAL (CONCE'AL) v.a.[concelo, Latin.]To hide; to keep secret; not to divulge; to cover; not to detect.

He oft’ finds med’cine, who his grief imparts;But double griefs afflict concealing hearts. Fairy Queen,b. i.

To CON (CON) v.a. [connan, Sax. to know; as in Chaucer, Old wymen connen mochil thinge; that is, Old women have much knowledge.] 1. To know.

Of muses, Hobbinol, I conne no skill Enough to me to paint out my unrest. Spenser’s Pastorals.

To COMPASS (CO'MPASS) v.a.[compasser, Fr. compassare, Ital. passibus metiri, Latin.] 1. To encircle; to environ; to surround; to inclose.

A darksome way, That deep descended through the hollow ground, And was with dread and horrour compassed around. Fairy Q. [first]

To COMPARE (COMPA'RE) v.a.[comparo, Latin.] 4. To compare is, in Spenser, used after the Latin comparo, for to get; to procure; to obtain.

But, both from back and belly, still did spareTo fill his bags, and riches to compare. Fairy Queen,b. i.

To COME (COME) v.n. pret. came, particip. come.[coman, Saxon; komen, Dut. kommen, German.] 1. To remove from a distant to a nearer place; to arrive. Oppose to go.

And troubled blood through his pale face was seen To come and go, with tidings from the heart. Fairy Queen. [first entry of many]

To COLT (COLT) v.n.[from the noun.]To frisk; to be licentious; to run at large without rule; to riot; to frolick.

As soon as they were out of sight by themselves, they shook off their bridles, and began to colt anew more licentiously than before. Spenser’s State of Ireland.

COBWEB (CO'BWEB) n.s.[kopweb, Dutch.] 1. The web or net of a spider.

The luckless Clarion, With violent swift flight, forth carried Into the cursed cobweb, which his foe Had framed for his final overthrow. Spenser.

COAT (COAT) n.s.[cotte, Fr. cotta, Italian.] 6. That on which the ensigns armorial are portrayed.

The herald of love’s mighty king,In whose coat armour richly are display’dAll sorts of flowers the which on earth do spring. Spenser.

CLOSE (CLOSE) adj.[from the verb.] 12. Hidden; secret; not revealed.

A close intent at last to shew me grace. Spenser.

CLEAN (CLEAN) adj.[glan, Welsh; clæne, Saxon.] 1. Free from dirt or filth.

Both his hands, most filthy feculent,Above the water were on high extent,And fain’d to wash themselves incessantly;Yet nothing cleaner were for such intent,But rather fouler. Fairy Queen,b. ii. cant. 7. stan. 61.

A CLAW (A CLAW) n.s.[clawan, Saxon.] 1. The foot of a beast or bird, armed with sharp nails; or the pincers or holders of a shell-fish.

I saw her range abroad to seek her food. T’ embrue her teeth and claws with lukewarm blood. Spenser’s Vis. of Bellay.

CIVIL (CI'VIL) adj.[civilis, Latin.] 9. Civilised; not barbarous.

England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. Spenser on Ireland.

CHURL (CHURL) n.s.[ceorl, Sax. carl, in German, is strong, rusticks being always observed to be strong bodied.] 1. A rustick; a countryman; a labourer.

One of the baser sort, which they call churls, being reproved for his oath, answered confidently, that his lord commanded him. Spenser’s State of Ireland.

CHRONICLE (CHRO'NICLE) n.s.[chronique, Fr. from vq time.] 2. A history.

You lean too confidently on those Irish chronicles, which are most fabulous and forged. Spenser on Ireland.

To CHRONICLE (CHRO'NICLE) v.a.[from the noun.] 1. To record in chronicle, or history.

This to rehearse, should rather be to chronicle times than to search into reformation of abuses in that realm.Spens. Irel.

CHILDHOOD (CHI'LDHOOD) n.s.[from child, cildhad, Sax.] 1. The state of infants; or, according to some, the time in which we are children.

The sons of lords and gentlemen should be trained up in learning from their childhoods. Spenser on Ireland.

CHIEF (CHIEF) n.s.[from the adjective.] 3. In Spenser it seems to signify somewhat like atchievement; a mark of distinction.

Where be the nosegays that she dight for thee? The coloured chaplets wrought with a chief, The knottish rush-rings, and gilt rosemary. Spens. Past.

CHEER (CHEER) n.s.[chere, Fr. entertainment; cara, Sp. the countenance. It seems to have, in English, some relation to both these senses.] 4. Air of the countenance.

Right faithful true he was in deed and word,But of his cheer did seem too solemn sad.Nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad. Spens. Fairy Q.

see cheer

CHARGE (CHARGE) n.s.[from the verb.] 10. Expence; cost.

Being long since made weary with the huge charge, which you have laid upon us, and with the strong endurance of so many complaints. Spenser on Ireland.

To CHANT (CHANT) v.a.[chanter, Fr.] 1. To sing.

Wherein the chearful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet musick. Fairy Queen,b. i. c. vii.

CHANGELING (CHA'NGELING) n.s.[from change; the word arises from an odd superstitious opinion, that the fairies steal away children, and put others that are ugly and stupid in their places.] 1. A child left or taken in the place of another.

And her base elfin breed there for thee left; Such, men do changelings call, so chang’d by fairies theft. Spenser’sFairy Queen, b. i. c. x. stanz. 65.

She, as her attendant, hath A lovely boy stol’n from an Indian king; She never had so sweet a changeling. Shakesp. Midsummer Night’s Dream.

CASE (CASE) n.s.[casus, Lat.] 1. Condition with regard to outward circumstances.

Unworthy wretch, quoth he, of so great grace, How dare I think such glory to attain? These that have it attain’d, were in like case, Quoth he, as wretched, and liv’d in like pain. Fairy Queen.

CAROL (CA'ROL) n.s.[carola, Ital. from choreola, Lat.] 1. A song of joy and exultation.

And let the Graces dance unto the rest, For they can do it best: The whiles the maidens do their carol sing, To which the woods shall answer, and their echo ring. Spenser’s Epithalamium.

To CAROL (CA'ROL) v.n.[carolare, Ital.]To sing; to warble; to sing in joy and festivity.

Hark, how the cheerful birds do chant their lays, And carol of love’s praise. Spenser’sEpithalamium.

CARCASS (CA'RCASS) n.s.[carquasse, Fr.] 1. A dead body of any animal.

To blot the honour of the dead, And with foul cowardice his carcass shame, Whose living hands immortaliz’d his name. Fairy Q.b. ii.

CANOPY (CA'NOPY) n.s.[canopeum, low Lat.] A covering of state over a throne or bed; a covering spread over the head.

She is there brought unto a paled green, And placed under a stately canopy, The warlike feats of both those knights to see. Fairy Queen.

CANKER (CA'NKER) n.s.[cancer, Lat. It seems to have the same meaning and original with cancer, but to be accidentally written with a k, when it denotes bad qualities in a less degree; or, canker might come from chancre, Fr. and cancer from the Latin.]1. A worm that preys upon, and destroys fruits.

And loathful idleness he doth detest, The canker worm of every gentle breast. Spenser.

To CANKER (CA'NKER) v.n.[from the noun.] To grow corrupt.

That cunning architect of canker’d guile,Whom princes late displeasure left in bands,For falsed letters, and suborned wile. Fairy Queen, b. ii. c. i.

BY (BY) prep.[bi, big, Saxon.] 16. As soon as; not later than; noting time.

By this, the sons of Constantine which fled,Ambrise and Uther, did ripe years attain. Fairy Q.b. ii.

BUTTERFLY (BU'TTERFLY) n.s.[butterflege, Saxon.] A beautiful insect, so named because it first appears at the beginning of the season for butter.

Eftsoons that damsel, by her heav’nly might, She turned into a winged butterfly, In the wide air to make her wand’ring flight. Spenser.

BUSKIN (BU'SKIN) n.s.[broseken, Dutch.] 1. A kind of half boot; a shoe which comes to the midleg.

Sometimes Diana he her takes to be, But misseth bow, and shafts, and buskins to her knee. Spenser’s Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. vi. stanz. 16.

To BUSY (BU'SY) v.a.[from the noun.] To employ; to engage; to make or keep busy.

He in great passion all this while did dwell, More busying his quick eyes her face to view, Than his dull ears to hear what she did tell. Fairy Queen,b. i.

BUSH (BUSH) n.s.[bois, Fr.] 1. A thick shrub.

Eft through the thick they heard one rudely rush, With noise whereof, he, from his lofty steed, Down fell to ground, and crept into a bush, To hide his coward head from dying dread. Fairy Q.b. ii.

To BRING (BRING) v.a.[bringan, Sax. preter. I brought; part. pass. brought;broht, Sax.] 15. To bring in. To reduce.

Send over into that realm such a strong power of men, as should perforce bring in all that rebellious rout, and loose people. Spenser on Ireland.

1. To bring under. To subdue; to repress.

That sharp course which you have set down, for the bringing under of those rebels of Ulster, and preparing a way for their perpetual reformation. Spenser’s Ireland.

To BREED (BREED) v.a. preter. I bred, I have bred.[brædan, Sax.] 2. To occasion; to cause; to produce.

Thereat he roared for exceeding pain, That, to have heard, great horrour would have bred. F. Q.

BREATHLESS (BRE'ATHLESS) adj.[from breath.] 1. Out of breath; spent with labour.

Well knew The prince, with patience and sufferance fly, So hasty heat soon cooled to subdue; Tho’ when he breathless wax, that battle ’gan renew. Fairy Q.

To BREAK (BREAK) v.a. pret. I broke, or brake; part. pass. broke, or broken.[breccan, Saxon.] 12. To tame; to train to obedience.

What boots it to break a colt, and to let him streight run loose at random?Spenser’s State of Ireland.

To break out. To discover itself in sudden effects. Let not one spark of filthy lustful fireBreak out, that may her sacred peace molest.Spenser.

BREATH (BREATH) n.s.[bra Saxon.] 3. The state or power of breathing freely; opposed to the condition in which a man is breathless and spent.

At other times, he casts to sue the chace Of swift wild beasts, or run on foot a race, T’enlarge his breath, large breath in arms most needful, Or else, by wrestling, to wax strong and heedful. Spenser.

To BREATHE (BREATHE) v.n.[from breath.] 3. To take breath; to rest.

He presently followed the victory so hot upon the Scots, that he suffered them not to breathe, or gather themselves together again. Spenser’s State of Ireland.

1. It seems to signify, in Spenser, a blow; a stroke: bourrer, Fr. to fall upon.

His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers Were wont to rive steel plates, and helmets hew, Were clean consum’d, and all his vital powers Decay’d. Spenser’s Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. viii. stanz. 41.

BOOTLESS (BO'OTLESS) adj.[from boot.] 1. Useless; unprofitable; unavailing; without advantage.

When those accursed messengers of hell Came to their wicked man, and ’gan tell Their bootless pains, and ill succeeding night. Fairy Q.b. i.

To BOLT (BOLT) v.a.[from the noun.] 5. To sift; or separate the parts of any thing with a sieve.[bluster, Fr.]

Saying, he now had boulted all the flour, And that it was a groom of base degree, Which of my love was partner. Fairy Queen, b. ii. c. 4.

BOARD (BOARD) n.s.[baurd, Goth. bræd, Saxon.] 2. A table.[from burdd, Welch.]

Soon after which, three hundred lords he slew,Of British blood, all fitting at his board. Fairy Queen,b. ii.

To BLOOD (BLOOD) v.a.[from the noun.] 2. To enter; to enure to blood, as a hound.

Fairer than fairest, let none ever say,That ye were blooded in a yielded prey. Spenser,sonn.xx.

See bless

To BLESS (BLESS) v.a.[blessian, Saxon.] 4. It seems, in one place of Spenser, to signify the same as to wave; to brandish; to flourish.

Whom when the prince to battle new addrest, And threat’ning high his dreadful stroke did see, His sparkling blade about his head he blest, And smote off quite his right leg by the knee. Fairy Q.b. i.

BLAME (BLAME) n.s.[from the verb.] 3. Hurt.

Therewith upon his crest, With rigour so outrageous he smit, That a large share it hew’d out of the rest, And glancing down his shield, from blame him fairly blest. Fairy Queen,b. i.

BLADE (BLADE) n.s.[blatte, Germ. blad, Dutch.] 1. The sharp or striking part of a weapon or instrument, distinct from the handle. It is usually taken for a weapon, and so called probably from the likeness of a sword blade to a blade of grass.

He fought all round about, his thirsty bladeTo bathe in blood of faithless enemy. Fairy Queen,b. i.

To BETROTH (BETRO'TH) v.a.[from troth; betrowen, Dutch.] 1. To contract to any one, in order to marriage; to affiance.

He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir Of a most mighty king, most rich and sage. Fairy Q.b. i.

To her, my lord, Was I betrothed, ere I Hermia saw. Shakesp. Midsum. N. Dr.

To BETEEM (BETE'EM) v.a. [from teem.] To bring forth; to bestow; to give.

So would I, said th’ enchanter, glad and fain Beteem to you his sword, you to defend; But that this weapon’s pow’r I well have kend, To be contrary to the work that ye intend. Fairy Q.b. ii.

Belike for want of rain; which I could well Beteem them from the tempest of mine eyes. Shakesp. Midsummer Night’s Dream.

BERRY (BE'RRY) n.s.[berig, Sax. from beran, to bear.] Any small fruit, with many seeds or small stones.

She smote the ground, the which straight forth did yield A fruitful olive tree, with berries spread, That all the gods admir’d. Spens.Muiopotmos.

BENT (BENT) n.s.[from the verb to bend.] 6. Inclination; disposition towards something.

O who does know the bent of womens fantasy! Fairy Queen,b. i. cant. iv. stanz. 24.

BEGGARY (BE'GGARY) n.s. [from beggar.]Indigence; poverty in the utmost degree.

On he brought me into so bare a house, that it was the picture of miserable happiness and rich beggary. Sidney,b. ii.

To BECOME (BECO'ME) v.a.[from be or by, and cwemen, Sax. to please.] 2.Applied to things;to be suitable to the person; to befit; to be congruous to the appearance, or character, or circumstances, in such a manner as to add grace; to be graceful.

She to her sire made humble reverence, And bowed low, that her right well became, And added grace unto her excellence. Fairy Queen,b. i.

BEAD (BEAD) n.s.[beade, prayer, Saxon.] 1. Small globes or balls of glass or pearl, or other substance, strung upon a thread, and used by the Romanists to count their prayers; from whence the phrase to tell beads, or to be at one’s beads, is to be at prayer.

That aged dame, the lady of the place, Who all this while was busy at her beads. Fairy Q.b. i.

To BAY (BAY) v.n.[abboyer, Fr.] 1. To bark as a dog at a thief, or at the game which he pursues.

And all the while she stood upon the ground,The wakeful dogs did never cease to bay. Fairy Queen,b. i.

BATE (BATE) seems to have been once the preterite of bite, as Shakespeare uses biting faulchion; unless, in the following lines, it may be rather deduced from beat.

Yet there the steel staid not, but inly bate Deep in his flesh, and open’d wide a red flood gate. F. Queen.