_ 'Originally the term in Vagabonds' Cant for the
unmarried mistress of a beggar or rogue: hence.
unmarried mistress of a beggar or rogue: hence.
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74.
=Decimo sexto. = ? _Obs. _ 'A term denoting the size of a book, or of
the page of a book, in which each leaf is one-sixteenth of a full
sheet; properly SEXTO-DECIMO (usually abbreviated 16mo. ). ' _NED. _
Also applied _fig. _ to a diminutive person or thing: hence,
? An exquisite or perfect condition. 4. 4. 50.
=Deed of Feoffment=, _phr. _ 4. 6. 44. See _Feoffment_.
=Defeate=, _n. _ ? Undoing, ruin. Phr. _do defeate upon_:
To do injury to; to bring about the ruin of. 2. 6. 21.
=Defend=, _v. _ ? To prohibit, forbid. _Obs. _ exc. _dial. _
1. 4. 97.
=Degree=, _n. _ 1. A high degree or quality. 2. 1. 89.
2. Any degree. 4. 3. 26.
=Delicate=, _a. _ ? 1. Charming ? 2. Voluptuous. 2. 2. 103;
2. 2. 126. Both meanings seem to be present.
=Delude=, _v. _ ? To frustrate the aim or purpose of. 1. 6. 54.
? =Deneer=, _n. _ [Form of _Denier_, _obs. _ or _arch. _] A French coin,
the twelfth of a sou; originally of silver, but from the 16th c. of
copper. Hence (esp. in negative phrases) used as the type of a very
small sum. 3. 3. 188.
=Deny=, _v. _ ? Prove false to. 1. 4. 91.
=Depart=, _v. _ ? Phr. _depart with_: To part with; give up.
1. 4. 58; 1. 4. 83.
=Dependance=, _n. _ ? A quarrel or affair 'depending,' or
awaiting settlement. 3. 3. 130.
=Devil=, _n. _ Jonson uses the following forms: Deuill.
5. 5. 49, etc. ; Diuel. 5. 5. 20; Diuell. Titlepage, etc.
=Diligence=, _n. ? pl. _ Labors, exertions. 2. 2. 106.
=Discourse=, _n. _ ? Conversational power. 4. 4. 225.
=Discourse=, _v. _ To discuss. _Arch. _ 4. 2. 40.
=Dishonesty=, _n. _ ? Unchastity. 4. 4. 158.
? =Displeasant=, _a. _ Displeasing; disagreeable. Epilogue 6.
=Distast=, _n. _ ? Quarrel. 3. 3. 77.
=Diuident=, _n. _ [Erron. spelling of _dividend_. ] ? The share
(of anything divided among a number of persons) that falls to
each to receive. 2. 1. 123; 3. 3. 201.
=Dotage=, _n. _ Infatuation. 5. 8. 92 (see note).
=Dottrel=, _n. _ 1. A species of plover (Eudromias morinellus).
2. A silly person; one easily 'taken in. ' 2. 8. 59.
See note 2. 2. 49-50.
=Doublet=, _n. _ A close-fitting body-garment, with or without
sleeves, worn by men from the 14th to the 18th centuries. _Obs. _
exc. _Hist. _ 1. 1. 52. Phr. _hose and doublet_: as the typical
male attire. 1. 6. 151.
=Doubt=, _n. _ ? Apprehension; fear. 5. 1. 8.
=Doubt=, _v. _ ? To suspect; have suspicions about. 2. 6. 47.
=Dough-bak'd=, _ppl. a. _ Now _dial. _ Imperfectly baked, so as to
remain doughy. 4. 4. 20.
=Doxey=, _n.
_ 'Originally the term in Vagabonds' Cant for the
unmarried mistress of a beggar or rogue: hence. _slang_, a mistress,
prostitute. ' _NED. _ 2. 8. 38.
=Draw=, _v. _ ? 1. To pass through a strainer;
to bring to proper consistence. 1. 6. 222.
2. To frame, draw up (a document). 3. 3. 67.
? 3. _intr. _ To withdraw. 2. 1. 127.
4. Phr. _draw to_: To come upon;
to catch up with. 2. 6. 24.
=Dwindle=, _v. _ ? 'To shrink (with fear. ) _Obs. _, _rare_.
(Prob. a misuse owing to two senses of shrink. )' _NED. _ 4. 4. 63.
=Effectuall=, _a. _ ? Earnest. 2. 2. 107.
? =E-la=, _n. _ _Mus. _ _Obs. _ exc. _Hist. _ [f. E+La; denoting the
particular note E which occurred only in the seventh Hexachord, in
which it was sung to the syllable _la_. ] 'The highest note in the
Gamut, or the highest note of the 7th Hexachord of Guido, answering
to the upper E in the treble. ' _NED. _ _Fig. _ of something very
ambitious. 5. 5. 59.
=Employ=, _v. _ ? Phr. _employ out_: To send out (a person)
with a commission. 5. 5. 46.
=Engag'd=, _ppl. a. _ 1. Morally bound. 4. 6. 9.
? 2. Involved, hampered. 1. 2. 41.
? 3. Made security for a payment;
rendered liable for a debt. 3. 3. 90.
=Enlarge=, _v. _ ? Phr. _enlarge upon_, _refl. absol. _:
To expand (oneself) in words, give free vent to one's thoughts.
2. 1. 128.
=Ensigne=, _n. _ ? Token; signal displayed.
? _Obs. _ 1. 6. 210.
=Enter=, _v. _ Phrases. ? 1. _Enter a bond_:
To enter into a bond; to sign a bond. 1. 7. 17.
? 2. _Enter trust with_: To repose confidence in. 3. 4. 36.
=Entertaine=, _v. _ ? 1. To give reception to; receive
(a person). 1. 2. 44.
? 2. To take into one's service; hire. 3. 5. 19.
=Enter-view=, _n. _ _Obs. _ form of _interview_. 2. 6. 23.
=Enuious=, _a. _ ? Hateful. 1. 6. 196.
=Enuy=, _n. _ ? Ill-will, enmity. 2. 6. 20.
=Enuy=, _v. trans. _ ? To begrudge (a thing). 1. 6. 13.
=Equiuock=, _n. _ [_Obs. _ form (or misspelling) of _equivoke_. ] The use
of words in a double meaning with intent to deceive:=Equivocation.
_Rare. _ 3. 3. 184.
=Erect=, _v. _ ? To set up, establish, found (an office).
_Obs. _ or _arch. _ exc. in _Law_. 3. 3. 67.
||=Escudero=, _n. _ Sp. An attendant; a lady's page.
4. 4. 87.
=Euill=, _n. _ The Vice, _q. v. _ 5. 6. 76.
=Exchequer=, _n. _ The office of the Exchequer;
used hyperbol. for the source of wealth. 3. 3. 81.
=Extraordinary=, ? _adv. _ Extraordinarily. 1. 1. 116.
=Extreme=, ?
=Decimo sexto. = ? _Obs. _ 'A term denoting the size of a book, or of
the page of a book, in which each leaf is one-sixteenth of a full
sheet; properly SEXTO-DECIMO (usually abbreviated 16mo. ). ' _NED. _
Also applied _fig. _ to a diminutive person or thing: hence,
? An exquisite or perfect condition. 4. 4. 50.
=Deed of Feoffment=, _phr. _ 4. 6. 44. See _Feoffment_.
=Defeate=, _n. _ ? Undoing, ruin. Phr. _do defeate upon_:
To do injury to; to bring about the ruin of. 2. 6. 21.
=Defend=, _v. _ ? To prohibit, forbid. _Obs. _ exc. _dial. _
1. 4. 97.
=Degree=, _n. _ 1. A high degree or quality. 2. 1. 89.
2. Any degree. 4. 3. 26.
=Delicate=, _a. _ ? 1. Charming ? 2. Voluptuous. 2. 2. 103;
2. 2. 126. Both meanings seem to be present.
=Delude=, _v. _ ? To frustrate the aim or purpose of. 1. 6. 54.
? =Deneer=, _n. _ [Form of _Denier_, _obs. _ or _arch. _] A French coin,
the twelfth of a sou; originally of silver, but from the 16th c. of
copper. Hence (esp. in negative phrases) used as the type of a very
small sum. 3. 3. 188.
=Deny=, _v. _ ? Prove false to. 1. 4. 91.
=Depart=, _v. _ ? Phr. _depart with_: To part with; give up.
1. 4. 58; 1. 4. 83.
=Dependance=, _n. _ ? A quarrel or affair 'depending,' or
awaiting settlement. 3. 3. 130.
=Devil=, _n. _ Jonson uses the following forms: Deuill.
5. 5. 49, etc. ; Diuel. 5. 5. 20; Diuell. Titlepage, etc.
=Diligence=, _n. ? pl. _ Labors, exertions. 2. 2. 106.
=Discourse=, _n. _ ? Conversational power. 4. 4. 225.
=Discourse=, _v. _ To discuss. _Arch. _ 4. 2. 40.
=Dishonesty=, _n. _ ? Unchastity. 4. 4. 158.
? =Displeasant=, _a. _ Displeasing; disagreeable. Epilogue 6.
=Distast=, _n. _ ? Quarrel. 3. 3. 77.
=Diuident=, _n. _ [Erron. spelling of _dividend_. ] ? The share
(of anything divided among a number of persons) that falls to
each to receive. 2. 1. 123; 3. 3. 201.
=Dotage=, _n. _ Infatuation. 5. 8. 92 (see note).
=Dottrel=, _n. _ 1. A species of plover (Eudromias morinellus).
2. A silly person; one easily 'taken in. ' 2. 8. 59.
See note 2. 2. 49-50.
=Doublet=, _n. _ A close-fitting body-garment, with or without
sleeves, worn by men from the 14th to the 18th centuries. _Obs. _
exc. _Hist. _ 1. 1. 52. Phr. _hose and doublet_: as the typical
male attire. 1. 6. 151.
=Doubt=, _n. _ ? Apprehension; fear. 5. 1. 8.
=Doubt=, _v. _ ? To suspect; have suspicions about. 2. 6. 47.
=Dough-bak'd=, _ppl. a. _ Now _dial. _ Imperfectly baked, so as to
remain doughy. 4. 4. 20.
=Doxey=, _n.
_ 'Originally the term in Vagabonds' Cant for the
unmarried mistress of a beggar or rogue: hence. _slang_, a mistress,
prostitute. ' _NED. _ 2. 8. 38.
=Draw=, _v. _ ? 1. To pass through a strainer;
to bring to proper consistence. 1. 6. 222.
2. To frame, draw up (a document). 3. 3. 67.
? 3. _intr. _ To withdraw. 2. 1. 127.
4. Phr. _draw to_: To come upon;
to catch up with. 2. 6. 24.
=Dwindle=, _v. _ ? 'To shrink (with fear. ) _Obs. _, _rare_.
(Prob. a misuse owing to two senses of shrink. )' _NED. _ 4. 4. 63.
=Effectuall=, _a. _ ? Earnest. 2. 2. 107.
? =E-la=, _n. _ _Mus. _ _Obs. _ exc. _Hist. _ [f. E+La; denoting the
particular note E which occurred only in the seventh Hexachord, in
which it was sung to the syllable _la_. ] 'The highest note in the
Gamut, or the highest note of the 7th Hexachord of Guido, answering
to the upper E in the treble. ' _NED. _ _Fig. _ of something very
ambitious. 5. 5. 59.
=Employ=, _v. _ ? Phr. _employ out_: To send out (a person)
with a commission. 5. 5. 46.
=Engag'd=, _ppl. a. _ 1. Morally bound. 4. 6. 9.
? 2. Involved, hampered. 1. 2. 41.
? 3. Made security for a payment;
rendered liable for a debt. 3. 3. 90.
=Enlarge=, _v. _ ? Phr. _enlarge upon_, _refl. absol. _:
To expand (oneself) in words, give free vent to one's thoughts.
2. 1. 128.
=Ensigne=, _n. _ ? Token; signal displayed.
? _Obs. _ 1. 6. 210.
=Enter=, _v. _ Phrases. ? 1. _Enter a bond_:
To enter into a bond; to sign a bond. 1. 7. 17.
? 2. _Enter trust with_: To repose confidence in. 3. 4. 36.
=Entertaine=, _v. _ ? 1. To give reception to; receive
(a person). 1. 2. 44.
? 2. To take into one's service; hire. 3. 5. 19.
=Enter-view=, _n. _ _Obs. _ form of _interview_. 2. 6. 23.
=Enuious=, _a. _ ? Hateful. 1. 6. 196.
=Enuy=, _n. _ ? Ill-will, enmity. 2. 6. 20.
=Enuy=, _v. trans. _ ? To begrudge (a thing). 1. 6. 13.
=Equiuock=, _n. _ [_Obs. _ form (or misspelling) of _equivoke_. ] The use
of words in a double meaning with intent to deceive:=Equivocation.
_Rare. _ 3. 3. 184.
=Erect=, _v. _ ? To set up, establish, found (an office).
_Obs. _ or _arch. _ exc. in _Law_. 3. 3. 67.
||=Escudero=, _n. _ Sp. An attendant; a lady's page.
4. 4. 87.
=Euill=, _n. _ The Vice, _q. v. _ 5. 6. 76.
=Exchequer=, _n. _ The office of the Exchequer;
used hyperbol. for the source of wealth. 3. 3. 81.
=Extraordinary=, ? _adv. _ Extraordinarily. 1. 1. 116.
=Extreme=, ?
