Information
Reason, proof
INTEND to pretend
INTENDING regarding
INTENDMENT intention
INTENTIVELY attentively
INTERESSED allied
INTERMISSION pause, delay
INTRENCHMENT not capable of being cut
INTRINSE intricate
INTRINSICATE intricate
INVENTION imagination
INWARD an intimate friend
intimate
INWARDNESS intimacy
IRREGULOUS lawless, licentious
ITERATION reiteration
JACK a mean fellow
JACK-A-LENT a puppet thrown at in Lent
JACK GUARDANT a jack in office
JADE to whip, to treat with contempt
JAR the ticking of a clock
JAR to tick as a clock
JAUNCE to prance
JESS a strap of leather attached to the talons of a
hawk, by which it is held on the fist
JEST to tilt in a tournament
JET to strut
JOURNAL daily
JOVIAL appertaining to Jove
JUDICIOUS critical
JUMP to agree
to hazard
JUMP hazard
JUMP exactly, nicely
JUSTICER a judge, magistrate
JUT to encroach
JUTTY a projection
JUTTY to jut out beyond
JUVENAL youth, young man
KAM crooked
KECKSY hemlock
KEECH a lump of tallow
KEEL to skin
KEEP to restrain
KEISAR Caesar, Emperor
KERN the rude foot soldiers of the Irish
KIBE a chilblain
KICKSHAW a made dish
KICKSY WICKSY a wife, used in disdain
KILN-HOLE the ash-hole under a kiln
KIND nature
KINDLE to bring forth young; used only of beasts
KINDLESS unnatural
KINDLY natural
KIRTLE a gown
KNAP to snap, crack
KNAVE a boy
A serving-man
KNOT a figure in garden beds
KNOW to acknowledge
LABRAS lips
LACED-MUTTON a courtesan
LAG the lowest of the people
LAG late, behindhand
LAKIN ladykin, little lady, an endearing term applied
to the Virgin Mary in the oath, 'By our lakin.'
LAND-DAMN perhaps to extirpate; Hanmer thinks it means
to kill by stopping the urine
LAPSED taken, apprehended
LARGE licentious, free
LARGESS a present
LASS-LORN deserted by a mistress
LATCH to smear
To catch
LATED belated
LATTEN made of brass
LAUND lawn
LAVOLTA a dance
LAY wager
LEAGUE besieging army
LEASING lying
LEATHER-COATS a kind of apple
LEECH a physician
LEER countenance, complexion
LEET a manor court
LEGE to allege
LEGERITY lightness
LEIGER an ambassadorresident abroad
LEMAN a lover or mistress
LENTEN meagre
That which may be eaten in Lent
L'ENVOY the farewell or moral at the end of a tale or
poem
LET to hinder
to binder
LET hindrance
LETHE death
LEVEL to aim
LEVEL that which is aimed at
LEWD ignorant, foolish
LEWDLY wickedly
LEWDSTER a lewd person
LIBBARD a leopard
LIBERAL licentious
LIBERTY libertinism
LICENCE licentiousness
LIEF dear
LIFTER a thief
LIGHT O' LOVE a tune so called
LIGHTLY easily, generally
LIKE to please
LIKE to liken, compare
LIKE likely
LIKELIHOOD promise, appearance
LIKING condition
LIMBECK an alembick, a still
LIMBO or Limbo patrum, the place where good men under
the Old Testament were believed to be imprisoned till
released by Christ after his crucifixion
LIME bird-lime
LIME to entangle as with bird-lime
To smear with bird-lime
To mix lime with beer or other liquor
LIMN to draw
LINE to cover on the inside
To strengthen by inner works
LINSTOCK a staff with a match at the end of it used by
gunners in firing cannon
LIST a margin, hence a bound or enclosure
LITHER lazy
LITTLE miniature
LIVELIHOOD appearance of life
LIVERY a law phrase, signifying the act of delivering
a freehold into the possession of the heir or
purchaser
LIVING lively, convincing
LOACH a fish so called
LOB a looby
LOCKRAM a sort of coarse linen
LODE-STAR the leading-star, pole-star
LOFFE to laugh
LOGGATS the game called nine-pins
LONGLY longingly
LOOF to lull, bring a vessel up to the wind
LOON a low contemptible fellow
LOT a prize in a lottery
LOTTERY that which falls to a man by lot
LOWT a clown
LOWT to treat one as a lowt, with contempt
LOZEL a spendthrift
LUBBER a leopard
LUCE n. the pike or jack, a fresh-water fish
LUMPISH duff, dejected
LUNES fits of lunacy
LURCH to defeat, to win
LURCH to shift, to play tricks
LURE a thing stuffed to resemble a bird with which
the falconer allures a hawk
LUSH juicy, luxuriant
LUSTIG lusty, cheerful
LUXURIOUS lascivious
LUXURY lust
LYM a limer or slow hound
MADE having his fortune made
MAGNIFICO the chief magistrate at Venice
MAGOT-PIE a magpie, a pie which feeds on magots
MAIL covered as with a coat of mail
MAIN-COURSE a sea-term
MAKE to do up, bar
To do
MALKIN a familiar name for Mary; hence a servant
wench
MALLECHO mischief
MAMMERING hesitating
MAMMETS a woman's breasts
A doll
MAMMOCK to break, tear
MAN to tame a hawk
MANAGE management
MANDRAGORA or Mandrake a plant of soporiferous quality,
supposed to resemble a man
MANKIND having a masculine nature
MARCHES frontiers, borders
MARCHPANE a kind of sweet biscuit
MARGENT margin
MARRY TRAP an oath
MARTLEMAS the Feast of St. Martin, which occurs on the
11th of Nov. when the fine weather generally ends;
hence applied to an old man
MATCH an appointment
MATE to confound, dismay
MEACOCK tame, cowardly
MEALED mingled
MEAN instrument used to promote an end
MEAN the tenor part in a harmony
MEAN opportunity, power
MEASURE reach
A stately dance
MEAZEL a leper, spoken in contempt of a mean person
MEDAL a portrait in a locket
MEDICINE a physician
MEED reward, hire
Merit
MEHERCLE by Hercules
MEINY retinue
MELL to mix, to meddle
MEMORISE to cause to be remembered
MEPHISTOPHILUS the name of a familiar spirit
MERCATANTE a foreign trader
MERELY simply, absolutely
MESS a company of four
METAPHYSICAL supernatural
METE-YARD measuring-wand
MEW UP to confine
MICHER a truant
MICKLE much
MILL-SIXPENCE a milled sixpence
MINCE to do any thing affectedly
MINCING affected
MISCREATE illegitimate
MISDOUBT to suspect
MISERY avarice
MISPRISE to despise
To mistake
MISPRISION mistake
MISSIVE messenger
MISTEMPERED angry
MISTHINK to think ill of
MISTRESS the jack in bowling
MOBLED muffled
MODERN commonplace
MODULE a model, image
MOE and more. Of frequent occurrence
MOIETY a portion
MOME a stupid person
MOMENTANY momentary
MONTHS-MIND a monthly commemoration of the dead, but used
ludicrously to mean a great mind or strong desire
MOOD anger
MOON-CALF a nick-name applied to Caliban
MOONISH inconstant
MOP nod
MORISCO a Moor
MORRIS-PIKE Moorish-pike
MORT death, applied to animals of the chase
MORT-DU-VINAIGRE a ridiculous oath
MORTAL fatal, deadly
Murderous
MORTIFIED ascetic
MOSE a doubtful word, applied to some disease
in a horse
MOTION solicitation
Emotion
MOTION a puppet
MOTIVE one who moves
That which moves
MOTLEY or the many-coloured coat of a fool, or
a fool
MOTLEY-MINDED foolish
MOUSE-HUNT a weasel
MOW to make grimaces
MOY a coin, probably a moidore
MUCH int. significant of contempt
MUCH used ironically
MURE a wall
MUST a scramble
MUTINE to mutiny
MUTINE a mutineer
NAPKIN a handkerchief
NATURAL an idiot
NAYWARD towards denial
NAYWORD a catch-word, by-word
NEB the beak
NEELD a needle
NEIF hand
NEPHEW a grandson
NETHER-STOCKS stockings
NEXT nearest
NICE foolish
NICK score or reckoning
NICK to brand with folly
NIGHTED black as night
NIGHT-RULE nightly solemnity
NINE MEN'S MORRIS a place set apart for a Moorish dance by
nine men
NINNY a fool, jester
NOBILITY nobleness
NOBLE a coin, worth 6s. 8d
NODDY a dolt
NONCE for the nonce, corrupted from 'for then once,'
for the occasion
NOOK-SHOTTEN indented with bays and creeks
NOURISH a nurse
NOVUM a game at dice
NOWL head
NUTHOOK a hook for pulling down nuts, hence a thief
O a circle
OAR to row as with oars
OBSEQUIOUS behaving as becomes one who attends funeral
obsequies
OBSEQUIOUSLY funereally
OBSTACLE ridiculously used for 'obstinate.'
OCCUPATION persons occupied in business
OCCURENT an incident
OD'S BODY | 'Od's in these
OD'S HEARTLINGS | and all similar
| exclamations is
OD'S PITTIKINS | a euphemism
OD'S PLESSED WILL | for 'God's.'
OEILLIAD an amorous glance
O'ERPARTED having too important a part to act
O'ER-RAUGHT overreached
overtasked
OFFERING challenging
OFFICE benefit, kindness
use, function
OLD a cant term for great, as we say fine, or pretty
ONCE some time
ONEYER a banker. A doubtful word
OPE open
OPE to open
to open
OPEN plain
Public
OPEN to give tongue as a hound
OPERANT active
OPINIONED used ridiculously for pinioned
OPPOSITE adversary
OPPOSITION combat
OR before
ORDER measures
ORDINANCE rank, order
ORGULOUS proud
ORT leaving, refuse
OSTENT show, appearance
OSTENTATION show, appearance
OUNCE a beast of prey of the tiger kind
OUPHE a fairy
OUSEL-COCK the blackbird
OUT all out, fully
OUT-LOOK to face down
OUTWARD not in the secret of affairs
OUTWARD outside
OWE to own
PACK to practise unlawful confederacy
PACK a number of people confederated
PADDOCK a toad
PAID punished
PALABRAS words, a cant term, from the Spanish
PALE to enclose
PALL to wrap as with a pall
PALLED impaired
PALMER one who bears a palm-branch, in token of having
made a pilgrimage to Palestine
PALMY victorious
PARCELLED belonging to individuals
PARD the leopard
PARITOR an apparitor
PARLE talk
PARLOUS perilous
keen, shrewd
PARTED endowed, gifted
PARTIZAN a pike
PASH the face
PASH to strike violently, to bruise, crush
PASS to practise
To surpass expectation
PASSANT a term of heraldry, applied to animals
represented on the shield as passing by at a trot
PASSING surpassingly, exceedingly
PASSION to have feelings
PASSIONATE to suffer
PASSY-MEASURE a kind of dance
PASTRY the room where pastry was made
PATCH a mean fellow
PATCHED dressed in motley
PATCHERY trickery
PATH to walk
PATHETICAL affected, hypocritical
PATIENT to make patient, to compose
PATINE the metal disc on which the bread is placed in
the administration of the Eucharist
PATTERN to give an example of
Afford a pattern for
PAUCA VERBA few words
PAUCAS few, a cant word
PAVIN a dance
PAX a small image of Christ
PAY to despatch
PEAT a term of endearment for a child
PEDASCULE a pedant, schoolmaster
PEER to peep out
PEIZE to balance, weigh down
PELTING paltry
PERDU lost
PERDURABLE durable
PERDY a euphemism for Par Dieu
PERFECT certain
PERFECT to inform perfectly
PERIAPTS charms worn round the neck
PERJURE a perjured person
PERSEVER to persevere
PERSPECTIVE a telescope, or some sort of optical glass
PEW-FELLOW a comrade
PHEEZE to comb, fleece, curry
PIA-MATER the membrane covering the brain, the brain
itself
PICK to pitch, throw
PICKED chosen, selected
PICKERS (and stealers), the fingers, used ridiculously
PICKING insignificant
PICKT-HATCH a place noted for brothels. Merry Wives
of Windsor
PIED motley-coated, wearing the motley coat of a
jester
PIELED shaven
PLIGHT pitched
PILCHER a scabbard
PILL to pillage
PIN a malady of the eye
The centre of a target
PINFOLD a pound, a place to confine lost cattle
PIONED digged
PLACKET a petticoat-front
PLAIN SONG a simple air
PLAITED intricate
PLANCHED made of boards
PLANTATION colonizing, planting a colony
PLAUSIVE plausible
PLEACHED interwoven
POINT a lace furnished with a tag by which the
breeches were held up
POINT-DE-VICE faultless
POISE balance
Doubt
POLLED bare
POMANDER a perfumed ball
POMEWATER a kind of apple
POOR-JOHN a herring
POPINJAY a parrot
PORT pomp, state
PORT a gate
PORTABLE bearable
PORTANCE conduct, behavior
POSSESS to inform
POTCH to push violently
POTENT a potentate
POUNCET-BOX a box for holding perfumes
POWER forces, army
PRACTISE wicked stratagem
PRACTISANT a confederate
PRANK to dress up
PRECEPT a justice's summons
PRECIOUSLY in business of great importance
PREGNANCY fertility of invention
PREGNANT fertile of invention
Ready
Obvious
PRENOMINATE to name beforehand, to prophesy
PRE-ORDINANCE old-established law
PRESENCE the presence-chamber
High bearing
PREST ready
PRETENCE design
PRETEND to portend
To intend
PREVENT to anticipate
PRICK the mark denoting the hour on a dial
PRICK to incite
To choose by pricking a hole with a pin opposite the
name
PRICK-SONG music sung in parts by note
PRICKET a stag of two years
PRIDE heat
PRIG to steal
PRIME rank, lecherous
PRIMER more-important
PRIMERO a game at cards
PRINCIPALITY that which holds the highest place
PRINCOX a coxcomb