_Eminence_, a Rising opposed to a flat Ground, _rais’d to an Eminence of pitch of greatness; to make a figure, or be a Man of mark in the World_, i. e. to be conspicuous, as a City set on a Hill cannot be hid. _His Eminence_, the Title given to a Cardinal. _Empty-fellow_, Silly. _Empty-skull’d_, Foolish. _Empty-talk_, silly, idle vain Discourse, more Noise then Sense. _Ends_, Aim, Design, Drift, and variously used in composition as, _Candle-ends_, _Ends of gold and silver_, Shreds of either. _Cable-ends_, _finger-ends_ for extremity or utmost part of either. _’Tis good to make both Ends meet_, or to cut your Coat according to your Cloth. Every thing has an End, and a Pudding has two. _English-cane_, an oaken Plant. _English Manufacture_, Ale, Beer, or Syder. _Ensnaring Questions_, Interrogatories laid to trap and catch one. _Entries_, where the Deer have lately passed the thickets. _Epicurean_, one that indulges himself, nice of Palate, very curious and a critick in eating. _Equip_, c. to furnish one. _Equipt_, c. rich; also having new Clothes. _Well equipt_, c. plump in the Pocket, or very full of Money; also very well drest. _The Cull equipt me with a brace of Meggs_, c. the Gentleman furnish’d me with a couple of Guineas. _Eriffs_, Canary-birds two years old. _Evasion_, a Shift, sly or indirect Answer. _Eves-drop_, to be an _Eves-dropper_, one that skulks, lurks at or lies under his Neighbor’s Window or Door. _Ewe_ or _the White Ewe_, c. a Top-woman among the Canting Crew, very Beautiful. _Execution-day_, Washing-day; also that on which the Malefactors Die. _Exigence_, a special or extraordinary occasion, a pinch. _Expedient_, a ready shift or trick to deliver one from any difficulty, or danger near at hand. _Ey_, of Pheasants, the whole Brood of young ones. _Eye-sore_, an Annoyance, whatever is grievous or offensive, an unwelcome dish or guest. _All that you get you may put in your Eye and see ne’er the worse_, a pleasant Periphrasis or Round of Words, for getting nothing at all. ’Tis good to have an Eye to the main Chance, or look to your Hits. What the Eye ne’er sees the Heart ne’er rues: Or out of Sight, out of Mind. F _Facer_, c. a Bumper without Lip-room. _Face_, in Wine, the Colour. _A good Face_, a very fine bright Colour. _To make a Face_, to make a show or feign; also to wryth, contract or distort the Face in Contempt or Derision. _To set a good Face upon a bad Cause, or Matter_, to make the best of it. _A good Face needs no Band_, or no advantage to set it off. _The Broad-fac’d Bird, or the Bird that is all Face under Feathers_, a Periphrasis for an Owl. _Face about to the Right or Left_, turn about. _To Face Danger_, to meet it. _Facing of the Sleeve_, the Turn-up. _Facetious_, full of Merry Tales and Jests, pleasantly merry. _Factitious_, Bodies made by Art, as Glass, Paper, and all Compound or made Metals, as Brass, Steel, Pewter, Latin _&c._ _Fadge_, it won’t fadge or doe. _Fag_, c. to Beat.