=haie=, a boisterous country dance. =heartlesse=, cowardly. =humourous=, full of humours, variable in temper. =idols=, images, counterfeits. =ill-favour'd=, of unpleasant appearance. =impe=, piece out. _Used, originally, in hawking, of the process of grafting new feathers on a maimed wing._ =implide=, _variant of_ employed. =inennerable=, indescribable. =informed=, moulded, fashioned. =ingenuous=, discerning; _used mistakenly for_ ingenious. =injurious=, insulting. =innative=, native. =intelligencers=, spies. =jealousie=, suspicion. =jet=, strut. =jiggs=, farces, jocular performances. =last=, a certain weight or quantity of goods. _In the case of powder, it represented twenty-four barrels._ =let=, hinder, prevent. =limit=, limitation. =lucerns=, hunting dogs. _Used in the same sense by Chapman in trans. of_ Iliad, XI, 417. _The usual meaning of the word is lynx._ =mall'd=, beaten with a mall or mallet, crushed. =manlessly=, inhumanly. =maritorious=, over-fond of a husband. =mate=, match oneself against. =meane=, moderation. =mezel'd=, leprous, fr. M. E. _mesel_, < O. F. _mesel_, _mezel_, leper, < M. L. _misellus_, a wretched person. =mere=, complete. =misers=, wretched persons. =moon-calves=, false conceptions. =naps=, glossy surfaces on cloth. =naturalls=, idiots. =nice=, dainty, scrupulous. =nick=, notch. =novation=, revolution. =openarses=, medlars. =ostents=, manifestations. =part=, depart. =pedisequus=, (Lat.) lackey. =peece=, firearm, gun. =period=, conclusion. =politicall=, scheming. =pide=, dressed in motley. =prevented=, anticipated. =pricksong=, music written down with points. =proof=, firmness, impenetrability. =put-ofs=, excuses. =queich=, thicket. =quicke=, alive. =randon=, _earlier and more correct form of_ random, _O. F._ _randon_ f. _randir_, to run fast. =ready=, dressed. =rebating=, blunting. =rebatoes=, ruffs. =rebutters=, rejoinders. =reminiscion=, remembrance. =remission=, forgiveness. =resolv'd=, informed. =revoke=, call back. =rivality=, rivalry. =scapes=, escapades. =secureness=, carelessness. =seres=, claws. =sensive=, endowed with sensation. =servant=, lover. =several=, separate. =shadowes=, sunshades, or broad-brimmed hats. =shifters=, tricksters, rogues. =skittish=, changeable, capricious. =sooth=, confirm, approve of. =spice=, piece, kind. =spinners=, spiders. =splinted=, supported. =standish=, inkstand. =stillado=, _rare variant of_ stiletto. =still'd=, distilled. =strappl'd=, strapped. =successe=, result. =surcharg'd=, overladen, vanquished. =swindge=, _n._, sway. =swindging=, swinging to and fro. =tall=, excellent, brave. =temper=, regulate. =touch=, censure. =toy=, whim. =tracts=, tracks, traces. =train=, stratagem. =triumphs=, pageants. =troe=, an exclamation of surprise, added after a question. =trumpet=, trumpeter. =trusse=, seize (_used specially of birds of prey_).
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