A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15Dodsley, Robert
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15
Dodsley, Robert
English drama
Brothel, _a wicked woman_, _whore_, _a wretch_, i. 82, 255
Brunt, _burnt_, vi. 76
Brusten, _burst_, iii. 197
Budge, _to stir_, ix. 525
Buffling, _foolish_, x. 370
Bug, _a goblin_, iv. 72;
v. 172
Bugle-gown, x. 347
Bugle-horn, viii. 47
Buke, _a book_, vi. 73
Bulchin, _a bull calf_, viii. 369
Bulk, _body_, iv. 357;
xi. 356
Bullbeggar, _a bogy_, _goblin_, xii. 122
Bully, _a term of endearment_, x. 260;
_fellow_, ix. 494, 515;
_friend_, xii. 120
Bum, _by my_, iv. 62;
viii. 364;
(?) _to brand_, vii. 466;
(?) _bumping_, iv. 122
Bumbard, _a cannon_, xi. 263
Bumbast, _to fill out_, xii. 181
Bumbasting, _stuffing out_, x. 357
Bumfay, }
Bumvay, } _by my faith_, ii. 375;
iv. 219
Bumming, _drinking_, xiii. 8
Bunny, _a term of endearment_, ix. 252
Bur, _by our_, viii. 338
Burbolt(= bird-bolt), _an arrow_, iii. 101.
Burden (of a song), i. 49
Burgh, _a town_, i. 338
Bursemen, xii. 120
Bursting, _breaking_, iii. 180
Burtherous, _burdensome_, vi. 108
Busk, _fine, trim_, x. 235;
_a bush_, iii. 81;
_part of a dress_, ix. 17, _note_;
ix. 368;
xiii. 334
Buskle, _to buckle_, v. 242
Buss, _to kiss_, iv. 233;
ix. 244;
xii. 308;
_voice_ (?), iv. 81
But, _without_, x. 187
Buzzes, _gossamers_, xi. 37
Buzzing, _spreading about rumours_, iv. 366
B' w' y', _be with you_, vi. 532;
_God be with you_, _good-bye_, xii. 297
By (=aby), _atone for_, _pay for_, iii. 139
Bye and main, _on all sides_, xiv. 427
By kind, _naturally_, vii. 294
By-word, _a proverb_, vi. 47
Caitiff, _vile_, xii. 10
Calf, _a fool_, ii. 288, 305
Caliver, xiii. 345
Callet, _a drab_, iii. 209, 215, 217;
xiii. 499;
x. 501;
_craven_, iii. 219
Calverd (salmon), xiv. 450
Camerade, _comrade_, xv. 213, 215
Camp, _to wrangle_, _nag_, ix. 251.
Can, _knows_, i. 7;
_to acknowledge_, i. 147, 364
Can (thanks) _to acknowledge_, iii. 66
Can of Catowe, _Khan of Cathay_, i. 32
Canicular, xiv. 336
Cannibal, _the venereal disease_, xi. 247.
Canst, _knowest_, i. 261;
v. 129
Cant, _to sing_, xiv. 356
Capric (wine), i. 24
Caracts, _ships_, xiv. 325
Carantoman, xiv. 300
Caraways, _caraway comfits_, ii. 300
Carbonadoe, vii. 505
Carcanet, _necklace_, _bracelet_, v. 261
Card (to cool), _note_, xiii. 505
Care, _sorrow_, i. 120, 250
Carefully, _sorrowfully_, ii. 318
Cargo, _courage_, ix. 533
Cargohai, _note_, xi. 421
Cark, _care_, i. 225
Carl, _a churl_, viii. 50;
ix. 215
Carlishness, _churlishness_, xii. 311
Carouch, }
Caroch, } _a coach_, x. 336;
xi. 202
Carping, _talking_, i. 267
Carriage, _behaviour_, xi. 117
Carriages, _deeds_, xiv. 202
Carta blanca, _a fool_, xv. 72
Cartel, xv. 92
Cartiff, _wretch_, i. 29, 106
Case, "if case," _if it be_, iv. 123
Casques, _helmets_, v. 243
Cassock, _a riding-coat_, ix. 372
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