Mercy; pity; tenderness; sorrow for the misery of another.
All ruth, compassion, mercy he forgot.
-Faifax
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Humorist
(1) One who conducts himself by his own fancy; one who gratifies his own humour.
(2) One who has violent and peculiar passions.
(2) One who has violent and peculiar passions.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Incony
(1) Unlearned; artless
(2) In Scotland it denotes mischievously unlucky: as he's an incony fellow. This seems to be the meaning in Shakespeare.
"O my troth, most sweet jests, most incony vulgar wit,
When it comes so smoothly off.
-Shakespeare.
(2) In Scotland it denotes mischievously unlucky: as he's an incony fellow. This seems to be the meaning in Shakespeare.
"O my troth, most sweet jests, most incony vulgar wit,
When it comes so smoothly off.
-Shakespeare.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Annats:
First fruits; because the rate of first fruits paid of spiritual livings, is after one year's profit.
- Cowell
- Cowell
Friday, November 12, 2010
Improve:
To disprove.
"Though the prophet Jeremy was unjustly accused, yet doth not that improve any thing I have said.
-Whitgift
"Though the prophet Jeremy was unjustly accused, yet doth not that improve any thing I have said.
-Whitgift
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sapid:
Tasteful; palatable; making powerful stimulation upon the palate.
"Thus camels, to make water sapid, do raise the mud with their feet."
-Browne's Vulgar Errors.
"Thus camels, to make water sapid, do raise the mud with their feet."
-Browne's Vulgar Errors.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
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