every man in his humour-第22部分
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MENTARIES; masters of accomplishments COMPOSITION; constitution; agreement; contract COMPOSURE; composition COMPTER; COUNTER; debtors' prison CONCEALMENT; a certain amount of church property had been retained at the dissolution of the monasteries; Elizabeth sent commissioners to search it out; and the courtiers begged for it CONCEIT; idea; fancy; witty invention; conception; opinion CONCEIT; apprehend CONCEITED; fancifully; ingeniously devised or conceived; possessed of intelligence; witty; ingenious (hence well conceited; etc。); disposed to joke; of opinion; possessed of an idea CONCEIVE; understand CONCENT; harmony; agreement CONCLUDE; infer; prove CONCOCT; assimilate; digest CONDEN'T; probably conducted CONDUCT; escort; conductor CONEY…CATCH; cheat CONFECT; sweetmeat CONFER; compare CONGIES; bows CONNIVE; give a look; wink; of secret intelligence CONSORT; company; concert CONSTANCY; fidelity; ardour; persistence CONSTANT; confirmed; persistent; faithful CONSTANTLY; firmly; persistently CONTEND; strive CONTINENT; holding together CONTROL (the point); bear or beat down CONVENT; assembly; meeting CONVERT; turn (oneself) CONVEY; transmit from one to another CONVINCE; evince; prove; overcome; overpower; convict COP; head; top; tuft on head of birds; 〃a cop〃 may have reference to one or other meaning; Gifford and others interpret as 〃conical; terminating in a point〃 COPE…MAN; chapman COPESMATE; companion CORV (Lat。 Copia); abundance; copiousness CORN (〃powder … 〃); grain COROLLARY; finishing part or touch CORSIVE; corrosive CORTINE; curtain; (arch。) wall between two towers; etc。 CORYAT; famous for his travels; published as 'Coryat's Crudities' COSSET; pet lamb; pet COSTARD; head COSTARD…MONGER; apple…seller; coster…monger COSTS; ribs COTE; hut COTHURNAL; from 〃cothurnus;〃 a particular boot worn by actors in Greek tragedy COTQUEAN; hussy COUNSEL; secret COUNTENANCE; means necessary for support; credit; standing COUNTER。 See Compter COUNTER; pieces of metal or ivory for calculating at play COUNTER; 〃hunt ;〃 follow scent in reverse direction COUNTERFEIT; false coin COUNTERPANE; one part or counterpart of a deed or indenture COUNTERPOINT; opposite; contrary point COURT…DISH; a kind of drinking…cup (Halliwell); N。E。D。 quotes from Bp。 Goodman's 'Court of James I。: 〃The king。。。caused his carver to cut him out a court…dish; that is; something of every dish; which he sent him as part of his reversion;〃 but this does not sound like short allowance or small receptacle COURT…DOR; fool COURTEAU; curtal; small horse with docked tail COURTSHIP; courtliness COVETISE; avarice COWSHARD; cow dung COXCOMB; fool's cap; fool COY; shrink; disdain COYSTREL; low varlet COZEN; cheat CRACK; lively young rogue; wag CRACK; crack up; boast; come to grief CRAMBE; game of crambo; in which the players find rhymes for a given word CRANCH; craunch CRANTON; spider…like; also fairy appellation for a fly (Gifford; who refers to lines in Drayton's 〃Nimphidia〃) CRIMP; game at cards CRINCLE; draw back; turn aside CRISPED; with curled or waved hair CROP; gather; reap CROPSHIRE; a kind of herring。 (See N。E。D。) CROSS; any piece of money; many coins being stamped with a cross CROSS AND FILE; heads and tails CROSSLET; crucible CROWD; fiddle CRUDITIES; undigested matter CRUMP; curl up CRUSADO; Portuguese gold coin; marked with a cross CRY (〃he that cried Italian):; 〃speak in a musical cadence;〃 intone; or declaim(?); cry up CUCKING…STOOL; used for the ducking of scolds; etc。 CUCURBITE; a gourd…shaped vessel used for distillation CUERPO; 〃in ;〃 in undress CULLICE; broth CULLION; base fellow; coward CULLISEN; badge worn on their arm by servants CULVERIN; kind of cannon CUNNING; skill CUNNING; skilful CUNNING…MAN; fortune…teller CURE; care for CURIOUS(LY); scrupulous; particular; elaborate; elegant(ly); dainty(ly) (hence 〃in curious〃) CURST; shrewish; mischievous CURTAL; dog with docked tail; of inferior sort CUSTARD; 〃quaking ;〃 〃 politic;〃 reference to a large custard which formed part of a city feast and afforded huge entertainment; for the fool jumped into it; and other like tricks were played。 (See 〃All's Well; etc。〃 ii。 5; 40) CUTWORK; embroidery; open…work CYPRES (CYPRUS) (quibble); cypress (or cyprus) being a transparent material; and when black used for mourning
DAGGER (〃 frumety〃); name of tavern DARGISON; apparently some person known in ballad or tale DAUPHIN MY BOY; refrain of old comic song DAW; daunt DEAD LIFT; desperate emergency DEAR; applied to that which in any way touches us nearly DECLINE; turn off from; turn away; aside DEFALK; deduct; abate DEFEND; forbid DEGENEROUS; degenerate DEGREES; steps DELATE; accuse DEMI…CULVERIN; cannon carrying a ball of about ten pounds DENIER; the smallest possible coin; being the twelfth part of a sou DEPART; part with DEPENDANCE; ground of quarrel in duello language DESERT; reward DESIGNMENT; design DESPERATE; rash; reckless DETECT; allow to be detected; betray; inform against DETERMINE; terminate DETRACT; draw back; refuse DEVICE; masque; show; a thing moved by wires; etc。; puppet DEVISE; exact in every particular DEVISED; invented DIAPASM; powdered aromatic herbs; made into balls of perfumed paste。 (See Pomander) DIBBLE; (?) moustache (N。E。D。); (?) dagger (Cunningham) DIFFUSED; disordered; scattered; irregular DIGHT; dressed DILDO; refrain of popular songs; vague term of low meaning DIMBLE; dingle; ravine DIMENSUM; stated allowance DISBASE; debase DISCERN; distinguish; show a difference between DISCHARGE; settle for DISCIPLINE; reformation; ecclesiastical system DISCLAIM; renounce all part in DISCOURSE; process of reasoning; reasoning faculty DISCOURTSHIP; discourtesy DISCOVER; betray; reveal; display DISFAVOUR; disfigure DISPARGEMENT; legal term supplied to the unfitness in any way of a marriage arranged for in the case of wards DISPENSE WITH; grant dispensation for DISPLAY; extend DIS'PLE; discipline; teach by the whip DISPOSED; inclined to merriment DISPOSURE; disposal DISPRISE; depreciate DISPUNCT; not punctilious DISQUISITION; search DISSOLVED; enervated by grief DISTANCE; (?) proper measure DISTASTE; offence; cause of offence DISTASTE; render distasteful DISTEMPERED; upset; out of humour DIVISION (mus。); variation; modulation DOG…BOLT; term of contempt DOLE; given in dole; charity DOLE OF FACES; distribution of grimaces DOOM; verdict; sentence DOP; dip; low bow DOR; beetle; buzzing insect; drone; idler DOR; (?) buzz; 〃give the ;〃 make a fool of DOSSER; pannier; basket DOTES; endowments; qualities DOTTEREL; plover; gull; fool DOUBLE; behave deceitfully DOXY; wench; mistress DRACHM; Greek silver coin DRESS; groom; curry DRESSING; coiffure DRIFT; intention DRYFOOT; track by mere scent of foot DUCKING; punishment for minor offences DUILL; grieve DUMPS; melancholy; originally a mournful melody DURINDANA; Orlando's sword DWINDLE; shrink away; be overawed
EAN; yean; bring forth young EASINESS; readiness EBOLITION; ebullition EDGE; sword EECH; eke EGREGIOUS; eminently excellent EKE; also; moreover E…LA; highest note in the scale EGGS ON THE SPIT; important business on hand ELF…LOCK; tangled hair; supposed to be the work of elves EMMET; ant ENGAGE; involve ENGHLE。 See Ingle ENGHLE; cajole; fondle ENGIN(E); device; contrivance; agent; ingenuity; wit ENGINER; engineer; deviser; plotter ENGINOUS; crafty; full of devices; witty; ingenious ENGROSS; monopolise ENS; an existing thing; a substance ENSIGNS; tokens; wounds ENSURE; assure ENTERTAIN; take into service ENTREAT; plead ENTREATY; entertainment ENTRY; place where a deer has lately passed ENVOY; denouement; conclusion ENVY; spite; calumny; dislike; odium EPHEMERIDES; calendars EQUAL; just; impartial ERECTION; elevation in esteem ERINGO; candied root of the sea…holly; formerly used as a sweetmeat and aphrodisiac ERRANT; arrant ESSENTIATE; become assimilated ESTIMATION; esteem ESTRICH; ostrich ETHNIC; heathen EURIPUS; flux and reflux EVEN; just equable EVENT; fate; issue EVENT(ED); issue(d) EVERT; overturn EXACUATE; sharpen EXAMPLESS; without example or parallel EXCALIBUR; King Arthur's sword EXEMPLIFY; make an example of EXEMPT; separate; exclude EXEQUIES; obsequies EXHALE; drag out EXHIBITION; allowance for keep; pocket…money EXORBITANT; exceeding limits of propriety or law; inordinate EXORNATION; ornament EXPECT; wait EXPLATE; terminate EXPLICATE; explain; unfold EXTEMPORAL; extempore; unpremediated EXTRACTION; essence EXTRAORDINARY; employed for a special or temporary purpose EXTRUDE; expel EYE; 〃in ;〃 in view EYEBRIGHT; (?) a malt liquor in which the herb of this name was infused; or a person who sold the same (Gifford) EYE…TINGE; least shade or gleam
FACE; appearance FACES ABOUT; military word of command FACINOROUS; extremely wicked FACKINGS; faith FACT; deed; act; crime FACTIOUS; seditious; belonging to a party; given to party feeling FAECES; dregs FAGIOLI; French beans FAIN; forced; necessitated FAITHFUL; believing FALL; ruff or band turned back on the shoulders; or; veil FALSIFY; feign (fencing term) FAME; report FAMILIAR; attendant spirit FANTASTICAL; capricious; whimsical FARCE; stuff FAR…FET。 See Fet FARTHINGAL; hooped petticoat FAUCET; tapster FAULT; lack; loss; break in line of scent; 〃for ;〃 in default of FAUTOR; partisan FAYLES; old table game similar to backgammon FEAR(ED); affright(ed) FEAT; activity; operation; deed; action FEAT; elegant; trim FEE; 〃in 〃 by feudal obligation FEIZE; beat; belabour FELLOW; term of contempt FENNEL; emblem of flattery FERE; companion; fellow FERN…SEED; supposed to have power of rendering invisible FET; fetched FETCH; trick FEUTERER (Fr。 vautrier); dog…keeper FEWMETS; dung FICO; fig FIGGUM; (?) jugglery FIGMENT; fiction; invention FIRK; frisk; move suddenly; or in jerks; 〃 up;〃 stir up; rouse; 〃firks mad;〃 suddenly behaves like a madman FIT; pay one out; punish FITNESS; readiness FITTON (FITTEN); lie; invention FIVE…AND…FIFTY; 〃highest number to stand on at primero〃 (Gifford) FLAG; to fly low and waveringly FLAGON CHAIN; for hanging a smelling…bottle (Fr。 flacon) round the neck (?)。 (See N。E。D。) FLAP…DRAGON; game similar to snap…dragon FLASKET; some kind of basket FLAW; sudden gust or squall of wind FLAWN; custard FLEA; catch fleas FLEER; sneer; laugh derisively FLESH; feed a hawk or dog with flesh to incite it to the chase; initia