=Knowledge=, _n._ †1. Cognizance, notice. Phr. _Take knowledge_ (with clause): To become aware. 4. 4. 61. 2. A matter of knowledge; a known fact (a licentious use). 1. 6. 82. =Lade=, _v._ To load with obloquy or ridicule (as an ass with a burden; the consciousness of the metaphor being always present in the mind of the speaker). 1. 4. 72. =Lading=, _vbl. sb._ A burden of obloquy or ridicule. 1. 6. 161. See _Lade_. =Lady-President=, _n._ 4. 4. 9. See _President_. =Larum=, _n._ †An apparatus attached to a clock or watch, to produce a ringing sound at any fixed hour. 4. 4. 165. =Lasse=, _int._ Aphetic form of _Alas_. 5. 8. 46. =Lay=, _v._ †To expound, set forth. 2. 8. 72. =Leaguer=, _n._ A military camp. 3. 3. 33. =Leaue=, _v._ To cease. Now only _arch._ 2. 2. 79; 4. 4. 125. =Leg=, _n._ An obeisance made by drawing back one leg and bending the other; a bow, scrape. Esp. in phr. _to make a leg_. Now _arch._ or jocular. 4. 4. 97. legge. 2. 8. 22. ||=Lentisco=, _n._ Sp. and It. Prick-wood or Foule-rice, some call it Lentiske or Mastike-tree.’ Florio. (Pistacia lentiscus.) 4. 4. 35. =Letter of Atturney=, _sb. phr._ A formal document empowering another person to perform certain acts on one’s behalf (now more usually ‘power of attorney’). 4. 5. 15. =Lewd=, _a._ †Ignorant (implying a reproach). 5. 6. 37. =Liberall=, _a._ Ample, large. Somewhat _rare_. 1. 6. 179. =Lift=, _v._ To raise (as by a crane). Used _fig._ (a metaphor borrowed from Ingine’s name). 1. 4. 1. =Like=, _v._ †To be pleasing, be liked or approved. P. 26. =Limb=, _n._ 1. A leg (a part of the body). ?2. A leg (curtsy. See _Leg_). A quibble on the two meanings. 1. 6. 218. =Limon=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _lemon_. 4. 4. 25. =Liuery and seisen=, _sb. phr._ erron. for _Livery of seisin_ (AF. _livery de seisin_): ‘The delivery of property into the corporal possession of a person; in the case of a house, by giving him the ring, latch or key of the door; in case of land, by delivering him a twig, a piece of turf, or the like.’ _NED._ 4. 5. 16. =Loose=, _v._ _Obs._ form of _lose_. 4. 7. 79. =Lords-man=, _n._ A lord’s man; an attendant on a lord. ?_Obs._ 3. 3. 166. =Lose=, _v._ †To be deprived of the opportunity (to do something). 3. 4. 26. =Lusty=, _a._ Merry; healthy, vigorous. Phr. _lusty Iuuentus_: the title of a morality play produced c 1550; often used allusively in the 16-17th c. 1. 1. 50. =Light=, _int._ A shortened form of the asseveration _by this light_, or _by God’s light_. 2. 6. 15. =Mad-dame=, _n._ A whimsical spelling of _Madame_. †A courtesan, prostitute. 4. 3. 39. =Make=, _v._ Phr. _make away_: To make away with; to kill. 2. 4. 9. =Manage=, _v. intr._ ?To administer the affairs of a household. 4. 4. 193. =Manager=, _n._ ?One capable of administering the affairs of a household. 4. 4. 138. ||=Mantecada= (for _Mantecado_), _n._ Sp. ‘A cake made of honey, meal, and oil; a wafer.’ Pineda, 1740. 4. 4. 143.