=Credit=, _n._ †1. Authority. 1. 4. 29. †2. Repute. 5. 6. 49. =Crisped=, _ppl. a._ Closely curled; as applied to trees of uncertain significance. 2. 6. 78 (see note). =Cunning=, _a._ †Learned; versed in. 2. 4. 12. =Custard=, _n._ †‘Formerly, a kind of open pie containing pieces of meat or fruit covered with a preparation of broth or milk, thickened with eggs, sweetened, and seasoned with spices, etc.’ _NED._ 1. 1. 97. =Cutpurse=, _n._ One who steals by cutting purses; hence, a thief. 1. 1. 140. =Cut-work=, _n._ †1. ‘A kind of openwork embroidery or lace worn in the latter part of the 16th and in the 17th c.’ _NED._ 2. 1. 163; 3. 3. 23. †2. _attrib._ 1. 1. 128. cut-worke. =Danger=, _n._ †Mischief, harm. 2. 6. 30. †=Daw=, _v._ _Rare._ To frighten, torment. 4. 4. 208. =Dearling=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _darling_. 5. 6. 74. =Decimo sexto.= ?_Obs._ ‘A term denoting the size of a book, or of the page of a book, in which each leaf is one-sixteenth of a full sheet; properly SEXTO-DECIMO (usually abbreviated 16mo.).’ _NED._ Also applied _fig._ to a diminutive person or thing: hence, ?An exquisite or perfect condition. 4. 4. 50. =Deed of Feoffment=, _phr._ 4. 6. 44. See _Feoffment_. =Defeate=, _n._ †Undoing, ruin. Phr. _do defeate upon_: To do injury to; to bring about the ruin of. 2. 6. 21. =Defend=, _v._ †To prohibit, forbid. _Obs._ exc. _dial._ 1. 4. 97. =Degree=, _n._ 1. A high degree or quality. 2. 1. 89. 2. Any degree. 4. 3. 26. =Delicate=, _a._ †1. Charming †2. Voluptuous. 2. 2. 103; 2. 2. 126. Both meanings seem to be present. =Delude=, _v._ †To frustrate the aim or purpose of. 1. 6. 54. †=Deneer=, _n._ [Form of _Denier_, _obs._ or _arch._] A French coin, the twelfth of a sou; originally of silver, but from the 16th c. of copper. Hence (esp. in negative phrases) used as the type of a very small sum. 3. 3. 188. =Deny=, _v._ ?Prove false to. 1. 4. 91. =Depart=, _v._ †Phr. _depart with_: To part with; give up. 1. 4. 58; 1. 4. 83. =Dependance=, _n._ †A quarrel or affair ‘depending,’ or awaiting settlement. 3. 3. 130. =Devil=, _n._ Jonson uses the following forms: Deuill. 5. 5. 49, etc.; Diuel. 5. 5. 20; Diuell. Titlepage, etc. =Diligence=, _n. †pl._ Labors, exertions. 2. 2. 106. =Discourse=, _n._ †Conversational power. 4. 4. 225. =Discourse=, _v._ To discuss. _Arch._ 4. 2. 40. =Dishonesty=, _n._ †Unchastity. 4. 4. 158. †=Displeasant=, _a._ Displeasing; disagreeable. Epilogue 6. =Distast=, _n._ †Quarrel. 3. 3. 77. =Diuident=, _n._ [Erron. spelling of _dividend_.] †The share (of anything divided among a number of persons) that falls to each to receive. 2. 1. 123; 3. 3. 201. =Dotage=, _n._ Infatuation. 5. 8. 92 (see note). =Dottrel=, _n._ 1. A species of plover (Eudromias morinellus). 2. A silly person; one easily ‘taken in.’ 2. 8. 59. See note 2. 2. 49-50.