Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Whist:

A game at cards requiring close attention and silence.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Junket

To Junket:
To feast secretly; to make entertainment by stealth.

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

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

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Pass:

An order by which vagrants or impotent persons are sent to their place of abode.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Bragly:

Finely; so as it may be bragged.

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.