sense, physical feeling, sensuality, sexual desire, mental apprehension, mind, opinion
senseless, without feeling or perception, free from sensual sin
sensible, perceptible, tangible, substantial, having sensation, sensitive, endowed with feeling
sensibly, having sensation, feelingly
sentence, sententious saying, maxim
septentrion, north
sequel, series
sequent, succeeding, following
sequester, separation; to separate
sequestration, separation, seclusion
sere, dry, withered
serpigo, a skin disease
servanted, subject
service, what is placed on the table for a meal
setter, decoy
several, distinct, different, individual, respective, various
severally, separately, at different entrances or exits
sewer, attendant in charge of service at a meal
shadow, shade; to hide, shelter
shame, to be ashamed
shard, piece of broken pottery, patch of cow-dung
shark, gather hastily together
shaver, barber, extortioner
shearman, one who shears woollen cloth
sheaved, made of straw
sheep-biter, sneaking rascal
sheep-biting, sneaking
shent, blamed, rebuked, reproved
shift, expedient, resource, trick, set of clothes; for (a) shift, to serve a turn; make (a) shift, contrive, manage
ship-tire, kind of head-dress
shive, slice
shoat, shallow, sand-bar
shock, to meet with force
shog, go, shift
shoot, shooting movement
shotten, that has spawned, lean
shoulder-shotten, having a dislocated shoulder
shove-groat, shovel-board
shrewd, wicked, mischievous, bad-tempered, dangerous, evil, difficult
shrewdly, sharply, grievously, intensely, very much
shrieve, sheriff
shrift, confession and absolution, penance
shrill-gorged, shrill-throated
shrive, to hear confession and absolve
shroud, protection, sailropes; shelter, hide
shuffle, use trickery, smuggle, shift
siege, seat, rank, turd
sight, visor
sightless, unseen, unsightly
silly, helpless, defenceless
simple, medicinal herb, single ingredient in a compound
simpleness, innocence, simplicity, foolishness
simplicity, ignorance, silliness
simular, pretended, plausible; counterfeiter
sinfully, with sins unatoned for
single, slight, trivial, sincere, simple
singularity, eccentricity, own person
sinister, left (hand), unfavourable, unjust
sink, cause to fall, ruin; sewer, drain
Sinon, a Greek who by guile persuaded the Trojans to take the Grecians’ wooden horse into Troy
sirrah, form of address used mainly to inferiors
sith, sithence, since
size, allowance
skill, judgement, reason, ability; to make a difference, matter
skilless, ignorant
skimble-skamble, confused, rubbishy
skipper, flighty youth
skirr, fly, scour
slab, half-solid
slander, ill-repute, disgrace, discredit; bring into disgrace, reproach
slanderous, shameful, disgraceful
slave, enslave, make subservient to oneself
sleave, floss-silk, silk untwisted into line threads
sleeve-hand, cuff
sleided, (of silk) floss, untwisted into line threads
sliding, slip
slip, unleash
slipper, shifty
slippery, unstable, fickle
slipshod, in slippers
slobbery, sloppy, slovenly
slops, wide breeches
slovenly, nasty, disgusting
slubber, sully, hurry over
smatch, taste
smatter, chatter
smock, woman’s undergarment, woman
smooth, flatter, gloss over
smother suffocating smoke
smug, trim, spruce
sneap, snub, pinch with cold
snuff, resentment
sob, opportunity for a horse to recover his wind, respite
sod, steeped, boiled
soiled, fed with fresh-cut green fodder
soilure, sullying, defilement
sole, unique, mere, alone
solely, alone, entirely
solemnity, ceremony, festivity
solicit, urging, entreaty; move, stir, bring something about
sometime, at some time, sometimes, once, formerly
sonance, sounding, signal
sonties, saints
sooth, truth, flattery
soothe, humour, flatter
soother, flatterer
sop, bread or wafer dipped in wine, etc.
sophister, one using false arguments
sore, buck, deer, in its fourth year
sorel, buck, deer, in its third year
sort, lot, rank, company, group, way, state; allot, ordain, come about, turn out, be suitable, correspond, adapt, fit, classify, choose, contrive, go in company
sortance, agreement, suitableness
sound, utter, proclaim, keep sound
souse, swoop on, pickle
span-counter, game in which counters are thrown to lie within a hand’s span
spavin, disease of horses consisting of swelling of joints, producing lameness
specialty, special characteristic, possession, special contract under seal
spectacles, organs of sight
speculation, watcher, power of seeing, sight, looking on
speculative, seeing
speed, fortune, outcome, protection, assistance; to fare (well or ill), turn out, be successful, assist, favour
speeding, successful, fruitful; lot, outcome, success
spend, consume, exhaust
sphere, orbit of a planet, one of the concentric globes supposed to revolve round the earth with a harmonious sound
spherical, planetary
spial, spy
spigot, peg in faucet of a barrel
spill, destroy
spilth, spilling
spin, spurt
spinner, spider
spinster, spinner
spital, hospital
spleen, bodily organ regarded as the seat of emotions; impetuosity, ill-humour
spoil, plundering, prey, ruin; plunder, seize, destroy
spot, stain, disgrace, embroidered pattern
spring, fountain, source, shoot of a plant
springe, snare for birds
springhalt, disease of horse characterized by twitching and lameness
spurn, kick, insult, blow; to kick, oppose scornfully
square, fair, just; carpenter’s set-square, measure, rule; body of troops in square formation, square of material in bosom of a dress; to regulate, quarrel (among), be at variance
squarer, quarreller
squash, unripe peapod
squiny, look asquint
staff, shaft of lance, lance, stanza
stagger, hesitate, waver
staggers, giddiness
stain, tinge, to eclipse, dim, be obscured
stair, ladder
stair-work, furtive love-making
stale, decoy, bait, prostitute, laughing-stock, urine (of horses)
stall, install, keep, dwell, bring (a hunted animal) to a stand
stamp, stamping tool, coin, medal, distinguishing mark, imprint; to impress, mark with an impression, give approval to
stanch, satisfy
stanchless, insatiable
stand, place where one stands in ambush or in hiding; confront,
oppose, stand firm; stand at a guard with, be fully protected against; stand on, upon, insist on, persist in, depend on, rely on, concern, be the duty or interest of; stand to, have an erection, support, maintain, be firm in, persist in; stand to it, maintain a cause, take a stand
standard, standard-bearer
staniel, kestrel
stare, (of hair) stand on end
start, sudden invasion, sudden flight, impulse; to startle, rush
starting-hole, refuge, loop-hole
starve, die, die of cold, kill or benumb with cold
state, condition, condition of health or prosperity, rank, dignity, chair of state, throne, nobles, ruling body, government
station, way of standing, attitude
statist, statesman
statute, bond, mortgage
statute-cap, woollen cap ordered in 1571 to be worn on Sundays and holy days by all below a certain rank
stay, obstacle; detain, stand, stand firm, wait (for), attend on
stead, to be of use to, help
stell, to fix, portray
stern, rudder
stew, brothel, stewpan
stick, stab, be fastened or fixed, hesitate
stickler-like, like an umpire
stigmatic, deformed person
stigmatical, deformed
still, always, continually
stillitory, apparatus for distillation
stilly, softly
sting, sexual desire
stint, stop
stithy, forge
stoccado, thrust with a rapier
stock, block of wood, person without feeling, stocking, dowry; set in the stocks
stockfish, dried cod or other fish, beaten before cooking
stockish, blockish, unfeeling
stomach, appetite, inclination, temper, courage, pride, anger; resent
stomacher, ornamental front over which the bodice was laced
stone, mirror, thunderbolt, testicle; turn to stone
stone-bow, cross-bow used for shooting stones
stoop, (of a bird of prey) swoop
stop, hole in a wind-instrument, stopped to produce a difference in pitch, fingering of musical chords, fret of a lute; staunch, heal
store, breeding, increase; to populate
stout, bold, strong, proud
stoutness, stubborn pride
stover, fodder for cattle
strain, race, character, kind, class, tune; clasp, force, constrain; urge
strait, narrow, tight-fitting, strict, niggardly; narrow place, difficulty
strange, foreign, new, not knowing, unfriendly, cold, shy
strange-achieved, gained at a distance and for others
strange-disposed, of unusual character
strangely, coldly, without greeting, as a stranger, to an extraordinary degree, in an unusual way
strangeness, behaving as a stranger, aloofness, reserve
strappado, torture in which victim was hoisted up by his arms, which were tied behind his back, then let down halfway with a jerk
stratagem, deed of violence
straw, wisp of straw, mark of disgrace for a scolding woman
stray, body of stragglers; lead astray
strength, authority, legal power, body of troops
strewment, strewing of flowers
stricture, strictness
strike, to lower (sail), blast, destroy, tap (a cask)
strong-house, fortified residence, castle
strossers, trousers
stubborn, inflexible, stiff, rude, harsh, ruthless
stuff, semen; cloth
style, title
subduement, conquest
subjection, duty as, or of, a subject
submission, confession of error
subscribe, sign, write down, assent, acknowledge, admit, submit, yield up, answer
subscribed, endorsed with signatures
subscription, submission
substantial, sturdy
substractor, slanderer
subtle, thin, fine, cunning, treacherous, tricky
subtlety, illusion
success, outcome, result, good or bad fortune, succession
successfully, likely to succeed
succession, following on, successors, success
successive, hereditary, descending by succession
successively, by inheritance
sufferance, suffering, damage, patient endurance
suffice, content, satisfy
sufficient, able, able to meet liabilities, solvent
suggest, tempt, prompt to evil, insinuate to
suggestion, prompting to evil, temptation
sumless, incalculable
summoner, officer who summoned offenders to an ecclesiastical court
sumpter, driver of pack-horse, pack-horse
superflux, superabundance, surplus
supernal, heavenly
superscript, superscription, address or direction on letter
superstitious, idolatrously devoted
supervise, perusal; look over
suppliance, pastime
supply, help, reinforcements
supposal, opinion
suppose, supposition, expectation; believe, imagine, guess
supposition, doubt
surcease, cessation; cease
sure, safe, beyond power of doing harm, reliable, united
surety, confidence of safety, certainty, stability, warrant
sur-reined, overridden
suspect, suspicion
suspire, breathe, draw breath
sutler, one who sells provisions to soldiers
swagger, rant, bluster, quarrel
swaggerer, blusterer, quarreller
swaggering, quarrelling
swart, dark, swarthy
swasher, blustering ruffian
swashing, swaggering, slashing
sway, direction, control, sovereignty; to rule, move
swayed, curved in
swear, swear out, forswear
sweat, sweating sickness, sweating cure; take a sweating cure
sweet, scented; scent
sweet-gorged, crammed full with sweet foods
sweeting, sweet variety of apple, term of endearment
swim, float
swinge, thrash
swinge-buckler, roisterer
sworder, cut-throat, gladiator
‘Swounds, by God’s wounds (a strong oath)
sympathize, to be similarly affected, agree (with), match
table, tablet for an inscription, writing-tablet, flat surface on which a picture is painted, quadrangular space between chief lines on palm of hand
table-book, notebook
tables, backgammon
tabor, small drum
tackled stair, rope ladder
tag, tag-rag, rabble
tailor, ? sex organ
take, strike, strike with disease or enchantment, catch, take effect, reckon, measure, write down, accept as true, catch fire, perceive, understand, esteem, take away, conclude; take head, deviate, run off its course; take in, capture; take me with you, speak so that I can understand you; take it on, assume authority; take on, rage, show great distress, pretend; take out, make a copy of; take up, lift, enlist, arrest, buy on credit, rebuke, reprimand, oppose, encounter, make up (a quarrel)
taking, blasting; state of great excitement or alarm, malignant influence
tale, numbering one after another, talk, story, falsehood
talent, measure for a large sum of money
tall, long, lofty, goodly, line, brave
tally, stick marked with notches for keeping accounts
’tame, broach (a cask)
tang, ring out
tardy, delay
targe, light shield
tarre, urge, incite
tarriance, delay, waiting
tarry, wait, await, remain, delay
B, tax, impose a task on, occupy, put a strain on, put to proof
; tasking, challenge
tassel-gentle, tercel, male hawk
tawdry-lace, silk lace or ribbon for the neck
tax, accusation; blame, accuse, charge
taxation, claim, demand, slander
teem, conceive, bring forth, bear children, be fruitful
teen, affliction, grief, sorrow
tell, count
temper, disposition, temperament, mental balance, hardness and elasticity imparted to steel; to compound, mix, persuade
temperance, mildness of temperature, calmness, chastity
temperate, chaste, secular
temporary, secular
tempt, test, risk
tenant, vassal
tend, listen, watch over, attend on, wait (for)
tendance, attending to, service, people in attendance
tender, offer, thing offered, care; to exhibit, pay down, care for; sensitive, compassionate
tender-hafted, tender-hested, gently framed
tent, probe; to probe, cure (a wound), lodge
Tereus, see PHILOMEL
Termagant, violent character, supposedly god of the Mohammedans, in old miracle plays
termination, expression, term
termless, indescribable
tertian, fever returning every third day
tester, sixpenny piece
tetter, skin disease
text, capital letter
thane, Scottish title or rank, somewhat lower than earl
thankful, deserving thanks
theoric, theory
therefor, for that
Thetis, a sea-goddess, the sea
thews, bodily parts, strength
thick, rapid, dim
thills, shafts of a cart
thing, sexual organ
think, seem
thought, anxiety, sorrow
thrasonical, boastful
three-farthings, thin silver coin, having a profile of Queen Elizabeth with a rose behind the ear
three-nooked, three-cornered
threne, threnos, dirge
thrift, profit, gain, advantage
thriftless, profitless
thrum, thread left at end of a warp
thunder-stone, thunderbolt
tickle, unstable, precarious; please, provoke, vex, thrash, flatter
tick-tack, game in which pegs were put into holes; fornication
tide, time, course
tidy, plump
tight, sound, able
tilt, thrust, fight, encounter
timeless, untimely, premature
timely, early, in due season
tinct, colour, elixir of the alchemists
tire, equipment, dress, head-dress; attire, prey (on), feed greedily
tis, this (dialectal)
tisick, consumptive cough
Titan, god of the sun, the sun
titely, quickly, speedily, swiftly
tithe, tenth; to take the tenth part; tribute
tithing, district
tittle, dot
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