In a state of accumulation. or so as that more has been received that expanded.
"Stranger's house is at this time rich, and much beforehand; for it hath laid up revenue these thirty seven years."
-Bacon
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Slop:
Mean and vile liquor of any kind. Generally some nauseous or useless medicinal liquor.
to slop: to drink grossly and greedily
to slop: to drink grossly and greedily
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Weatherspy:
A star-gazer; an astrologer; one that foretels the weather.
"And sooner may a gulling weatherspy,
By drawing forth heav'n's scheme tell certainly,
What fashion'd hats or ruffs, or suits next year,
our giddy-headed antik youth will wear."
-Donne
"And sooner may a gulling weatherspy,
By drawing forth heav'n's scheme tell certainly,
What fashion'd hats or ruffs, or suits next year,
our giddy-headed antik youth will wear."
-Donne
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
bo:
A word of terror; from Bo, an old northern captain, of such fame, that his name was used to terrify the enemy.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Contrite:
(1) Bruised; much worn.
(2) Worn with sorrow; harrassed with the sense of guilt; penitent. In the books of divines contrite is sorrowful for sin, from the love of God and desire of pleasing him; and attrite is sorrowful for sin, from fear of punishment.
(2) Worn with sorrow; harrassed with the sense of guilt; penitent. In the books of divines contrite is sorrowful for sin, from the love of God and desire of pleasing him; and attrite is sorrowful for sin, from fear of punishment.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Bawdry:
Obscenity; unchaste language.
"I have no salt; no bawdry he doth mean; For witty, in his language, is obscene."
-B. Johnson
Bawd:
A procurer, or procuress; one that introduces men and women to each other, for the promotion of debauchey.
to bawd:
To procure; to provide gallants with strumpets.
"And in four months a batter'd harridan;
Now nothing's left, but wither'd, pale, and shrunk,
To bawd for others, and go shares with punk."
-Swift
"I have no salt; no bawdry he doth mean; For witty, in his language, is obscene."
-B. Johnson
Bawd:
A procurer, or procuress; one that introduces men and women to each other, for the promotion of debauchey.
to bawd:
To procure; to provide gallants with strumpets.
"And in four months a batter'd harridan;
Now nothing's left, but wither'd, pale, and shrunk,
To bawd for others, and go shares with punk."
-Swift
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Ambidexter:
A man who is equally ready to act on either side, in party disputes. This sense is ridiculous.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Contrition:
(1) The act of grinding; or rubbing to powder.
(2) Penitence; sorrow for sin: in the strict sense, the sorrow which arises from the desire to please God, distinguished from attrition, or imperfect repentance produced by dread of hell.
(2) Penitence; sorrow for sin: in the strict sense, the sorrow which arises from the desire to please God, distinguished from attrition, or imperfect repentance produced by dread of hell.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
File
to file:
To foul, to sully; to pollute. This sense is retained in Scotland.
"His weeds, divinely fashioned,
All fil'd and mangl'd."
Chapman's Iliads. b. xvii
To foul, to sully; to pollute. This sense is retained in Scotland.
"His weeds, divinely fashioned,
All fil'd and mangl'd."
Chapman's Iliads. b. xvii
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Beldam
An old woman; generally a term of contempt, marking the last degree of old age, with all its faults and miseries.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Chicane
The art of protracting a contest by petty objection and artifice.
"His attornies have hardly one trick left; they are at an end of all their chicane."
-Arbuthnot's History of John Bull.
"His attornies have hardly one trick left; they are at an end of all their chicane."
-Arbuthnot's History of John Bull.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Pother
To pother:
To make a blustering, ineffectual effort.
"He that loves reading and writing, yet finds certain seasons wherein those things have no relish, only pothers and wearies himself to no purpose.
-Locke
To make a blustering, ineffectual effort.
"He that loves reading and writing, yet finds certain seasons wherein those things have no relish, only pothers and wearies himself to no purpose.
-Locke
Monday, January 4, 2010
Embase
to embase:
(1) To vitiate; to depauperate; to lower; to deprave; to impair.
(2) To degrade; to vilify.
(1) To vitiate; to depauperate; to lower; to deprave; to impair.
(2) To degrade; to vilify.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Cully
A man deceived or imposed upon; as by sharpers or a strumpet.
"Yet, the rich cullies may their boasting spare:
They purchase but sophisticated ware."
-Dryden.
"Yet, the rich cullies may their boasting spare:
They purchase but sophisticated ware."
-Dryden.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Vastidity
Wideness; immensity. A barbarous word.
"Perpetual Durance, Through all the world's vastidity".
-Shakespeare
"Perpetual Durance, Through all the world's vastidity".
-Shakespeare
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