formality, decorum, regularity
former, foremost
forsake, refuse, reject, renounce
forslow, delay
forspent, exhausted
fortitude, strength
forwhy, because
foutre, strong expression of contempt, a fuck (French)
fox, kind of sword
fracted, broken
fraction, discord, quarrel, fragment
frame, contriving, structure, plan; to prepare, go, bring to pass, perform
frampold, disagreeable
franchise, freedom, privilege
franchised, free
frank, unrestrained, generous, free; sty; to pen up in a sty
franklin, yeoman
fray, affray, skirmish; to frighten
free, generous, magnanimous, innocent, untroubled; to absolve, banish
French crown, French coin, baldness produced by venereal disease
frequent, addicted, familiar
friend, lover, mistress, relative
frieze, coarse woollen cloth
frippery, old-clothes’ shop
front, forehead; face, foremost line of battle, beginning; to confront, oppose
frontlet, band worn on forehead
froward, perverse, wilful, rebellious
frush, smash
fullam, false dice
fulsome, pregnant, loathsome, filthy
furnishings, externals
furniture, equipment, harness
fury, rage, passion, poetic passion, goddess of vengeance
fustian, coarse cloth, bombastic gibberish
gaberdine, loose-fitting coat or cloak
gag, prop open, or jerk open
gage, pledge; to stake, bind, engage
gain-giving, misgiving
Galen, famous physician of second century
gall, resentment, bitterness; to rub sore, chafe, graze, wound, harass, scoff
galliard, lively dance
galliass, large, heavy ship
galloglasses, heavily-armed foot-soldiers of Ireland or the Western Isles
gallow, frighten
gallows, gallows-bird, one born (or deserving) to be hanged
gamut, musical scale
garboil, disturbance, quarrel
Gargantua, large-mouthed giant in Rabelais
garland, royal crown, glory
garnish, dress; to adorn, equip
gaskins, breeches
gaud, plaything, showy ornament; to ornament
gear, stuff, talk, matter, business
geck, dupe
gender, kind, sort, offspring; engender
generosity, high birth
generous, high-born
genius, spirit, good or bad angel, embodied spirit
gentle, of noble birth; to ennoble
gentry, rank by birth, good breeding, courtesy
George, jewel bearing figure of the saint, part of insignia of Order of the Garter
germen, seed
gest, deed, time allotted to stage of journey
gesture, bearing
ghasted, frightened
ghastness, terror
ghastly, spiritual
gig, whipping-top
giglet, wanton
gimmaled, jointed, hinged
ging, gang
gird, gibe; taunt, besiege
glance (at), hint at, cast a slight on
glass, mirror, sand-glass
glaze, stare
gleek, gibe; to gibe, jest
glib, castrate
gloss, lustre
glut, swallow
go, walk
God-a-mercy, thank God
God’s me, God bless me
go to! expression of disapproval, protest, or disbelief
goatish, lustful
good, financially sound, rich
good-brother, brother-in-law
goodman, husband, yeoman, master
goose, smoothing iron
goose of Winchester, prostitute
gorbellied, fat-bellied
gore, to defile, wound
gorge, what has been swallowed
gorget, piece of armour for the throat
Gorgon, woman whose look turned the beholder to stone
gossip, god-father or -mother, sponsor; make merry
gourd, kind of false dice
gout, drop
government, control, self-command, evenness of temper
grained, ingrained, showing grain of the wood, lined, forked
gramercy, thank you
grange, outlying farmhouse
gratify, thank, reward, pay, do honour to
gratulate, pleasing; greet, express joy at
gravel, urinary crystals
greasily, obscenely
grece, step, stair, degree
gree, agree
grief, grievances
grieve, vex, taunt
groat, fourpenny piece
groundlings, those who stood in the cheapest part of the theatre
grow, be or become due
guard, caution, border, trimming; to ornament
guidon, pennant
guiled, treacherous
guinea-hen, prostitute
guise, custom, habit
gules, red (heraldry)
gull, unfledged bird, dupe, fool, trick; to cheat
gummed, stiffened with gum
gust, taste, relish
Guy, Guy of Warwick, slayer of the giant Colbrand
gyve, fetter
habit, dress, appearance
habitude, temperament
hackney, prostitute
haggard, wild hawk
haggle, to hack, gash
hag-seed, child of a witch
hai, home-thrust in fencing
hair, kind, character
halcyon, kingfisher
half, partner
half-blooded, of noble blood by one parent only
half-cheek, profile
half-cheeked, with a piece missing or broken on one side
half-face, thin face
half-faced, showing half the face
half-sword, half a sword’s length
halidom, holy relic
Hallowmas, All Saints’ Day, I November
handfast, firm hold, marriage contract
handicrafts, artisans, workmen
handy-dandy, choose which you please (in a children’s game)
haply, perhaps, by chance
happiness, handsomeness, appropriateness, opportunity
hardiment, bold exploit
hardness, difficult, hardship
harlot, man or woman of promiscuous life
harlotry, harlot, silly wench
hatch, engrave, inlay, lower half of a divided door
hatchment, memorial tablet with coat of arms
hautboy, shawm, woodwind instrument, ancestor of the oboe
havoc, devastation; cry havoc, give the signal to an army to plunder
hazard, game at dice, chance, venture
head, headland, topic, army
head borough, parish officer
heap, crowd
heavy, important, dull, sluggish, sleepy, grievous
hectic, wasting fever
Hector, Trojan hero
Hecuba, Queen of Troy, wife of Priam and mother of Hector
hedge-pig, hedgehog
Helen, most beautiful woman of her world, wife of the Greek Menelaus, carried off to Troy by Paris
Helicon, mountain of Greece sacred to the Muses
hemp-seed, gallows-bird, one born (or deserving) to be hanged
Hercules, as a baby strangled two serpents; performed twelve great labours, including the obtaining of the golden apples of the Hesperides and the overcoming of Cerberus, the three-headed dog of the underworld
Hero, see LEANDER
Hesperus, the evening star
hest, command
heyday, excitement
high-crested, prou
d
high-lone, quite alone, without support
high-proof, in the highest degree
high-stomached, haughty
hight, called
hilding, contemptible, good-for-nothing, baggage
him, male (dog)
hint, occasion, reason, opportunity
hipped, lame in the hip
hit, succeed, agree
hive, hive-shaped hat
hoar, grow mouldy
hobby-horse, figure of a horse used in morris dances, etc., buffoon, prostitute
holding, consistency, burden of a song
holp, helped
honest, worthy, virtuous, chaste
honesty, honour, decency, chastity
honour, chastity
hoodman-blind, blind man’s buff
horn, the mark of a cuckold
horn-book, child’s first reader
horn-mad, ready to gore the enemy, enraged at being cuckolded
hose, stockings, breeches
host, lodge
hot-house, brothel
housekeeper, householder, watch-dog, stay-at-home
housekeeping, hospitable running of the household
hox, hamstring
hoy, a small vessel
hugger-mugger, secrecy
hull, float, drift with sails furled
humorous, moist, capricious, moody
humour, moisture; bodily fluid supposedly composed of blood, phlegm, choler, and melancholy, the proportions determining personal temperament; temperament, mood, whim, caprice, inclination
Hungarian, hungry, needy
hunt’s-up, morning-song to arouse huntsmen
hurly, commotion, uproar
hurricano, waterspout
hurry, commotion, disorder
hurtless, harmless, unhurting
husband, one who keeps house; to farm, till
husbandry, management, thrift
Hybla, mountain in Sicily famous for fragrant flowers and honey
Hydra, many-headed snake whose heads grew again as they were cut off
Hymen, god ofmarriage
Hyperion, sun god
Icarus, see DAEDALUS
idea, image
Ides of March, according to the old Roman calendar, 15 March
idle, empty, trifling, worthless, useless, foolish, out of one’s mind
ignis fatuus, will-o’-the-wisp
Ilion, Ilium, citadel of Troy
image, likeness, copy, representation, sign, embodiment, idea
imbecility, weakness
imbrue, pierce, shed blood of
immanity, cruelty
imminence, impending evil
immodest, arrogant, immoderate
immoment, insignificant
imp, young shoot, child; to engraft feathers into a bird’s wing
impart, afford, make known
impartment, communication
impeach, accusation, reproach; to accuse, challenge, discredit
impeachment, accusation, detriment, hindrance
impertinency, irrelevancy, ramblings
impertinent, irrelevant
imply, involve
import, involve, imply, express, be important, concern, portend
importable, unbearable
importance, matter, meaning, importunity
importancy, significance
important, importunate, urgent
importless, meaningless, trivial
imposition, imputation, accusation, command
impostume, abscess
impress, impression, to stamp
imputation, reputation
incapable, unable to receive or realize
incident, about to happen
inclining, compliant; party, inclination
incomprehensible, boundless
incontinently, immediately
incorpsed, made one body
incorrect, unchastened, rebellious
incredulous, incredible
index, table of contents, preface
indifferency, impartiality, moderate size
indifferent, impartial, ordinary; tolerably, fairly
indigest, unformed, unformed mass
indign, unworthy
indirection, roundabout method, dishonest practice
indirectly, wrongfully, evasively, by suggestion, inattentively
indiscreet, lacking judgement
indiscretion, want of judgement
indisposition, disinclination
indistinguishable, mongrel
indrenched, waterlogged
infect, affect with some feeling
influence, supposed flowing from the heavens of an ethereal fluid acting on human character and destiny, inspiration
inform, take shape, inspire, instruct
infuse, shed, imbue
ingenious, talented, intelligent, discerning, skilfully contrived
ingling, engaging in sexual play
inhabitable, uninhabitable
inherit, possess
inhibit, prohibit
inhibition, prohibition
injurious, insulting, malicious
inkle, linen tape, thread, or yarn
inland, of the central, more cultured, part of a country
innocent, idiot, half-wit
innovation, insurrection
inoculate, engraft by budding
insensible, imperceptible to senses
insinuate, ingratiate, suggest
insinuation, ingratiation, hint
instance, cause, detail, proof, mark, presence
intellect, meaning, content
intelligence, communication, information, news, obtaining of secret information, spy; to pass information
intelligencer, agent
intelligencing, informative
intelligent, giving information, open, informative
intemperature, wildness, intemperance
intenable, unretentive
intendment, purpose, intention
intercept, interrupt
intercourse, commerce, business
interest, right, title, share
interressed, invested right or share
interlude, entertainment, play
intrenchant, invulnerable
intrinse, intrinsicate, closely entwined
investments, vestments, clothes
irreconciled, unexpiated
irregular, irregulous, lawless
iterance, repetition
iwis, indeed, certainly
Jack, jack, fellow, scoundrel, figure striking the hall on a clock; key of a virginal, smaller bowl aimed at, quarter of a pint
Jack-a-lent, puppet set up as target during Lent
jade, horse of poor condition or vicious temper, term of contempt; to wear out, make a fool of
jakes, privy
jaunce, prance, trudge up and down
jay, a flashy whore
jealous, suspicious, afraid, apprehensive, doubtful
jealousy, suspicion, apprehension, mistrust
jennet, small Spanish horse
jess, strap attached to the leg of a trained hawk
jet, strut, encroach
jig, quick lively dance, short lively comic entertainment
jointress, dowager
jollity, finery
jolthead, block-head
jordan, chamber-pot
journal, daily
journey-bated, exhausted with travel
Jove, poetic form of JUPITER
jowl, strike, knock
jump, just, precisely; hazard; to hazard, agree, coincide
junket, sweetmeat, delicacy
Juno, queen of the gods and wife of Jupiter; goddess ofmarriage
Jupiter, ruler of the gods. He was thought to hurl thunderbolts at mortals who displeased him, but otherwise was best known for his many amorous adventures.
just, true, honourable, exact
justicer, judge
justify, maintain the innocence of, vindicate,
prove, corroborate
justly, with good reason
jut, encroach
keech, fat of slaughtered animal rolled into a lump
keel, skim
ken, range of sight; to see, recognize, know
kennel, pack, gutter
kern, light-armed Irish foot-soldier
kersey, homely; coarse woollen material
kibe, chilblain
kind, natural, tender, courteous, affectionate; nature, way, race, sort
kindle, bring forth
kindly, naturally, properly, exactly
knack, trifle, knick-knack
knap, nibble, strike
knot, fancifully laid-out flower bed or garden plot
laager, camp
label, slip of paper, strip of paper or parchment by which a seal is attached; to
add as a codicil
laboured, worn out, highly finished
laboursome, elaborate
lace, to ornament
lading, cargo, merchandise
lag, last, late
lampass, disease of the horse in which flesh swells behind front teeth
land-damn, damn in this world
lank, become thin
lantern, window-turret
lard, fatten, garnish
large, generous, lavish, free, improper
latch, strike, catch, receive, bewitch
laund, glade
lavolt, lavolta, high-leaping dance
lay, wager
lazar, leper, sick beggar
leading, command, direction, generalship
leaguer, camp
lean, depend
Leander, lover of Hero of Sestos, he swam the Hellespont nightly to visit her in her tower, and was drowned in a storm
learn, teach
leasing, lying
leather-coat, russet apple
lecture, lesson, instruction
leer, appearance, complexion
leese, lose
leet, court held by lord of the manor
leman, sweetheart, lover
lengthen, delay, postpone
lenity, gentleness
leno, pimp, pander
lenten, meagre
let, hindrance; to binder, forbear, cause
Lethe, river in Hades; to drink its waters gave forgetfulness
level, aim, line of fire, range; to aim, guess
liable, subject, suitable
liberal, accomplished, humane, abundant, free in speech, unrestrained, gross
lie, to lodge, stay, be still, in prison or in defensive posture
lief, dear
liege, sovereign lord
light, frivolous, unchaste, swift, easy, merry, trivial, delirious
like, please, be in good condition
liking, bodily condition
limbeck, distilling vessel
limber, flexible
lime, cement, catch with birdlime
limit, prescribed time, time of rest after childbearing, region; to appoint
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