stern helm
stew brothel
stick stick out; stickle, scruple; pierce, kill
stickler-like in the manner of a moderator, usher or umpire
stigmatic someone criminal (branded) or deformed
stigmatical deformed
still adj. constant; adv. always, constantly; still an end = constantly
stillitory apparatus used for distilling perfumes, etc.
stilly quietly
sting passionate urge
stint stop
stithy sb. smithy, forge; v. forge
stoccado (in fencing) thrust with the swordpoint
stock family; dowry; stocking; idiot; stoccado (see stoccado)
stock-fish, stockfish dried cod, haddock, etc.
stockish inanimate, insensible
stole robe, sometimes of religious significance
stomach sb. part of the body supposedly the seat ofpride, ambition and courage; appetite; inclination; v. feel indignant (at)
stomacher piece of ladies’ clothing worn over the breast
stone sb. testicle; thunderbolt; translucent stone used as a mirror; v. turn to stone
stone-bow catapult
stool-ball bat and ball game
stoop bow, bend over; (of a bird of prey) swoop down upon prey
stop (in horseriding) rapid switch from a gallop to a halt; point where the finger determines a note on a musical instrument
store sb. plenty; v. fill up
stoup flagon, tankard
stout proud; courageous
stoutness pride; courage
stover winter food for cattle
Strachy, The Lady of the (?) an unidentified lady of the day
straight-pight standing straight, upright
strain sb. inherited character; pitch, level; v. embrace; transgress; pervert; make no strain = do not doubt; strain courtesy = be unceremonious; hang back
strait narrow; severe
straited hard pushed
strange alien, foreign, unfamiliar; remarkable
strange-achieved (?) got by curious means; (?) got in distant lands
strangely like a foreigner or stranger; remarkably
strangeness aloofness
strappado a form of torture that involves breaking the arms
stratagem trick, plot; violent act
stray men wandering aimlessly; make a stray = stray, deviate
strength body of soldiers
strewments strewed flowers
stricture repression; strictness, rigour strike sb. quantity of bushels; v. strike (lower) sail; (of a planet) ruin with evil influence; fight; strike vessels = (?) chink cups, as in a toast; (?) tap casks
strossers trousers
stubborn hard, rigid
stuck see stoccado
stuffed congested; full (of qualities or accomplishments)
stuprum rape (Lat.)
Stygian of the Styx (see Styx)
style appellation, title
Styx a river of the underworld
subduements men conquered
subjection allegiance, as required of a subject
submission confession
subscribe sign; proclaim; agree; admit
subscription support, allegiance
substractors subtractors, Sir Toby’s word for ‘detractors’ (critics)
subtle deceptive, false
subtleties elaborate sugar sculptures
succeed follow; proceed; inherit; pass by succession
success outcome, upshot, result; succession
successfully potentially successful
succession that which follows; inheritors
successive hereditary
successively through succession or inheritance
sue make a petition, ask; woo
sufferance, suffrance suffering; patience, endurance; permission
suffice feed, nourish; satisfy
sufficient competent; prosperous, well off; qualified to act as a guarantor
suggest tempt, woo, persuade (into sin or discontent)
suggestion prompting; temptation; craftiness
sumless countless
summoner officer who cited people to appear in an ecclesiastical court
sumpter horse used for carrying baggage
superflux unnecessary luxuries
supernal celestial, heavenly
superscript superscription, address at the head of a letter
super-serviceable anxious to do any kind of service
superstitious loving, in the manner of a religious worshipper
supervise sb. inspection, reading; v. look over, inspect
suppliance filling-up, occupation
supply military reinforcement
supposal idea, notion
suppose sb. notion, estimate; v. guess at
supposition, in potential, unconfirmed
surcease sb. end, hence death; v. cease
sure safe; loyal; make sure = dispose of, kill; surer side = mother’s side
surety sb. guarantor; guaranteeing; certainty; v. act as guarantor for
sur-reined overworked, exhausted
suspect suspicion
suspiration sighing
suspire respire, breath
sutler seller of provisions
Suum cuique ‘To each his own’ (Lat.)
swabber sailor in charge of keeping the ship clean
swaddling-clouts see swathing-clothes
swagger act like a bragging ruffian
swaggerer bragging ruffian
swart swarthy, dark
swarth see swath
swashers swashbucklers, loud ruffians
swashing swashbuckling, rough
swath swathe, heap (of mown grass); see swathing-clothes
swathing-clothes, swathling clothes baby clothes
sway sb. rule, authority, control; v. rule, exert influence; control oneself
swayed broken, deformed
swear make swear, exact an oath from; swear out = give up; swear over = attempt to repudiate with oaths
sweat sb. plague; v. use a sweating tub (see tub)
sweet sb. scent; flower; adj. scented
sweeting sweet apple, used as a term of affection
swim sail
swindg’d swinged (see swinge)
swinge beat
swinge-bucklers swashbucklers
Swithold (?) St Withold
swoopstake in the manner of a sweepstake (one who takes all the stakes in a game)
sword-and-buckler swashbuckling, boisterous
sworder soldier
swounded fainted (cf. sound)
’Swounds (by God)’s wounds (an oath)
sympathise, sympathize agree with or resemble (another) in some quality; share; represent accurately
synod gathering, conference
table sb. wooden board for painting on; writing-tablet; palm (of the hand); v. write down
table-book book of writing-tablets
tables backgammon
tabor type of drum, usually played together with a pipe
taborins military drums, similar to tabors
tack about change direction (at sea)
tackled stair rope-ladder on a ship
taffeta, taffety type of silk
tag common people
tailor traditional exclamation when, upon going to sit down, one falls; (?) penis
taint sb. fault; discredit; adj. tainted; v. lose freshness; speak badly of
take take on (a role), feign; take fire; make an impression; encounter; enchant, possess; take head = rush away; take on = show anger; take out = copy; take the heat = show anger; act quickly
taking sb. panic; infection; adj. noxious, infectious
tale penis (cf. tailor); in a tale = agreed upon the same story
talent ancient unit of currency; talon
tall courageous; good-looking, dashing; tall stockings = long stockings
tally stick notched to keep an accoun
t
tamed exposed to the air
tang clang forth, as a bell
Tanta est erga te mentis integritas Regina serenissima ‘Such is the honesty of mind towards you, fairest queen’ (Lat.)
Tantaene animis coelestibus irae? ‘Can heavenly spirits such great resentments feel?’ (Lat., Virgil)
tar see tarre
tardy off, come executed inadequately
targe shield
tarre urge (a dog) to fight
tarriance waiting
tarry await
Tartar Tartarus, the deepest region of the underworld; Mongol, an archer warrior from the East
task challenge; tax
tasking challenging
tassel-gentle see tercel
tawdry-lace coloured neckcloth
tax sb. charge; v. charge, reproach, condemn
taxation critical attacks; requirement
teem breed, esp. abundantly
teen misery, pain
tell count, count up to
temper sb. character as defined by the humours (see humour); stability of character, as from a balance of the humours; v. mix, concoct; dilute
Temperance a Christian name popular with Puritans
temperate well-tempered, balanced, modest
temporary temporal (rather than spiritual)
tempt attempt, make trial of
tenant someone dependent on a lord
tend attend
tendance attendance
tender sb. offer, token; concern; v. attend to; offer, lay (down); cherish; treat;
tender-hefted soft and gentle
tent sb. probe for a wound; canopy over a bed; v. probe (a wound) to clean or explore it
tercel male falcon
Tereus see Philomel and Progne
Termagant a blustering, villainous role in the Mystery plays
terminations terms, language
termless that defies the power of language (terms)
Terras Astraea reliquit‘Astraea has left the earth’ (Lat., Ovid) (see Astraea)
tester, testril small coin
tetchy touchy, irritable
tetter sb. disfiguring skin complaint; v. disfigure on the skin
text motto; sermon; text B = ‘B’ in formal script
Thane Scottish nobleman of middling rank
thankful deserving thanks
theoric (military) theory
therefor for that
Thessaly region of Greece terrorized by a fierce boar
Thetis sea-goddess and mother of Achilles
thews sinews, strength
thick adj. dull; numerous; adv. in a hectic manner, hurriedly
thills shafts of a cart or wagon
thin-belly having a thin waist
thing, a something
think be gloomily introspective
third achieve a third of
thirdborough officer similar to a constable
thought melancholy contemplation; with a thought = quick as a thought
Thracian from Thrace; Thracian poet = Orpheus, killed by followers of Bacchus; Thracian tyrant = Polymestor, blinded by Hecuba for murdering her son
thrasonical like Thraso, a braggart soldier in a comedy by the Roman dramatist Terence
three-farthings coin featuring a rose behind the sovereign’s ear
three-man song-men singers of music for three male voices
three-nooked divided into three, as a map of the world divided into Asian, European and African segments
three-pile thick, costly velvet
Threne threnos (Gr.= ‘lament for the dead’)
thrice-crowned queen the moon
thrift profit
thriftless unprofitable
throe (of giving birth) pain
thrum tuft of unwoven yarn
thunder-stone thunderbolt, believed to be a stone
thwart adj. churlish, obstreperous; adv. sideways; v. cross
tickle adj. unsteady; v. flatter; entertain; tickle’t up = give sexual pleasure, bring to orgasm
tick-tack board game involving pegs and holes
tide full flood, chance for action; high tides = holidays
tidy well-fed
tight water-tight; skilful
tike mongrel
tile, washed a wasted time, as one would by washing an oven tile (proverbial)
tilt spar, thrust
timeless untimely; taking no time, speedy
timely in good time, early
tinct alchemists’ potion (see med’cine); colouring
tincture colour, esp. in heraldry; scent
tire sb. attire, esp. for the head; v. (of birds of prey) feed by pulling the flesh apart
tiring-house attiring-house, green-room
tisick phthisic, a cough associated with lung disease
Titan the sun
titely quickly, speedily
tithe sb. a tenth of one’s produce or income paid to the church; v. take tithes
tithing parish
title entitlement, claim
titlers claimants
tittles little dots and dashes in writing
to cry of encouragement
toast fragment of toasted bread taken in wine
toaze tease
tod sb. unit of weight in wool- dealing; bush; v. amount to a tod of wool
tofore before
toge toga, gown
toil sb. hunter’s snare or net; v. exercise, put to work
tokens, the Lord’s skin blemishes caused by the plague
toll for put up for sale
tomboys harlots, whores
tool blade; penis
top sb. height; v. mount, have sex with (cf. tup); take time by the top see occasion
topgallant platform on a ship’s mast
topless supreme
tortive contorted
toss carry impaled on a pike; (of a book) (?) leaf through; (?) throw about
tottering swaying; ragged
touch sb. touchstone; brushstroke; facial feature; v. test, as a touchstone tests gold; refer to; keep touch = keep one’s promise
touse dislocate
toy something trivial or imaginary; take toy = be seized by a mad impulse
trace succeed; attend, keep up with; roam
tract track, route; trace
trade traffic, business
traded skilled
trade-fallen out of work
train sb. bait, snare; v. lure, as towards a trap
traject an Italian ferry
trammel up entangle, as in a net
transfix pierce, impale; fix, imprint
translate convert, metamorphose; explain
transpose alter
trash keep (an eager hound) in check
travail, travel sb. labour; journey; v. labour
traverse (in fencing) dodge and weave; march
tray-trip a dice game (cf. trey)
treatise words, account, story
treble-dated long-living
tremor cordis ‘trembling of the heart’ (Lat.), palpitations
trench dig (a trench), gouge, cut
trencher wooden plate
trencher-friends friends won by feeding
trenchering trenchers (see trencher)
trencher-knight one who is brave only at the dinner table
trey winning throw of three at dice
tribunal platform for Roman magistrates; tribunal plebs = Clown’s mistake for ‘tribuni plebis’ (Lat.= ‘tribunes of the people’ (see tribune))
tribune Roman magistrate representing the interests of ordinary citizens
trick sb. trifle; knack; distinctive feature; v.(in heraldry) colour; dress
tricking adornments
Trigon triplicity, grouping of three zodiacal signs by element (e.g. fire)
trill roll
triple third
triple-turned three times unfaithful
tristful sorrowful
triumph pageant of processions and
tournaments
triumphant of a triumph, triumphal
triumphantly in the spirit of a triumph
triumvirate a ruling coalition formed on two occasions in Roman history, first between Julius Caesar, Crassus and Pompey, subsequently between Octavius, Antony and Lepidus
triumviry see triumvirate
Trojan lad, bloke
troll sing heartily
troll-my-dames game taken round fairs
trophy monument, esp. of a battle; ornament; token
tropically metaphorically
trot crone, hag
troth truth; faith
trow suppose, believe; know; wish to know, wonder
Troyan see Trojan
truckle-bed small bed on wheels stored under a normal bed
truepenny good lad
trull whore
truncheon baton, symbol of military command
trundle-tail curly-tailed dog
trunk sleave large, wide sleave
try sb. test; v. test, prove; try with main-course = (of a ship) lie stationary
tub pickling barrel; sweating tub, for the treatment of venereal disease
tuck rapier; standing tuck = blade that has lost its resilience
tucket trumpet-call
tuition care
Tully (Marcus Tullius) Cicero, Roman politician, orator and writer of books on oratory
tun-dish type of funnel
tup (of a ram) mount, penetrate
turtle turtle dove, known for its faithfulness
tushes tusks
twiggen made of twigs, wicker- work
twire twinkle, glint
type mark, badge, title
tyrannically fiercely
tyranny violence, fierceness
tyrant fierce; fowl of tyrant wing = bird of prey
umber brown earth
umbrage shadow
unable powerless
unaccommodated not provided with the usual clothes or comforts
unacquainted unfamiliar
unadvised adj. unintentional; adv. carelessly, without thinking
unagreeable inappropriate
unanel’d not anointed with the holy oil of the last rites
unapproved false
unaptness unwillingness
unattainted not infected
unattempted unassailed
unavoided unable to be avoided, inevitable
unbarbed uncovered
unbated not blunted; lacking the protective ‘button’ normally used on the tip of a fencing weapon
unbent not frowning; not prepared, as the slack bow of an archer
unbid not asked for or invited
unbitted unrestrained
unblow’d cut before fully grown
unbolt open up
unbolted impure; (?) without a penis
unbonneted without one’s hat; without having removed one’s hat
unbookish ill-informed
unbraided still in good condition
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