The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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• NABATHA, the name of a certayne citie.
• Nabathea, a countreye betwene the redde see and the see callyd Per∣sicum, contayning with in it Arabie.
• Nabatheus, a, um, of that countreye.
• Nabis, in the langage of Ethiope, is a beest hauyng a heed lyke a camell, a necke lyke a hors, legges and fete lyke an oxe.
• Nablum, & nablium, an instrument of mu∣syke, called a psaltrie.
• Naccae, & neae, fullers.
• Nactus, the participle of Nansciscor, Na∣ctus sum, I haue gotten, nactus es, nactus est, thou, he hath gotten.
• Nae, sygnifieth valde, or nimis. Nae tu homo facetus es, thou arte a very mery felowe. somtyme it signifieth Certè, profectó, ita. Nae illi vehementer errant, surelye they be farre out of the waye. Nae ego multo libē∣tius emerim diuorsoriū Tarracinae, In good faythe I had leauer haue bought a howse at Tarracine.
• Naeera, a womans name.
• Naenia, a mournynge songe, wont to be son∣gen at burielles, somtyme it signifieth the sōge that the mother or norice doth singe dandyllynge of her chylde.
• Neuia, a womans name.
• Neuus, a mole or lyke marke in the body or face, from the tyme of the byrthe.
• Naiades, fayries, of the ryuers and foun∣taynes.
• Nain, a citie of Galyle.
• Nais, a riuer, whiche cometh out of the hil called Taurus, and runneth in to the see called Pontus.
• Nam, for, therfore.
• Nanciscor, sceris, nactus sum, nancisci, to get or opteyne. sometyme to fynde.
• Nancisci hospitium, to fynde a lodgynge.
• Nancitor, for nactus erit.
• Nan{que}, verily, truely: if it be sette afore o∣ther wordes: if it be putte after, it sygni∣fyeth for.
• Nanum, a lyttell vessell and brode.
• Nanium, a lyttell woman.
• Nanus, a lyttell person, a dwarfe.
• Napataei, people in Ethiopia.
• Napeae, called goddesses of flowres and woddes.
• Napaei, people in the yle called Lesbos.
• Naphtha, a kynd of pitche, also lyme, wher∣with fyre is nourished.
• Napina, a place where Nauewes be sowen.
• Napitae, people in Scithia.
• Napus, a Nauew.
• Nar, the name of a riuer.
• Narane, a riuer in Dalmatia.
• Narbasis, a citie in Spayne.
• Narbonēsis gallia, the south part of Fraūce wherin is Dolphinay, Prouance, Lange∣dok. &c.
• Narciscus, a flowre in facion lyke a lyllye, and whyte, sauing that the chalese, wher∣in the floure is closed, is purpleisome haue purple floures, leaues narower than leke

• blades, a stalke halfe a foote hygh, plaine without leaues, a rounde rote and white. Also the name of a yonge man of excellēt beautie, who for the loue of a maid ē died, and after the fables of poetes, was trans∣fourmed into the same lylly.
• Narcoticum, a qualytie or vertue in thyn∣ges to make a manne to slepe. also to make a membre insensible. Physytions vse me∣dycines, whyche haue this vertue, where the griefe or ache is otherwise incurable, or where they wylle cutte any parte of a mannes bodye.
• Nardinum, the name of a swete oyntment.
• Nardus, the herbe and rote, whiche is cal∣led Spikenarde.
• Nare, to swymme, sometyme to flee.
• Nares, nosethrylles.
• Narica, the name of a lyttell fyshe, whiche dothe swymme very swyftely.
• Naris, a ryuer in Vmbria.
• Naritia, an yle in the see called Aegeum.
• Naritium, a citie of the people named Lo∣cri in Grece.
• Narnia, a towne in Italy.
• Narnienses, men of that towne.
• Narratio, a narration or report of thynges that are doone.
• Narratiuncla, a lyttell narration.
• Narro, are, to telle.
• Nartheticium, a place, wherein medycines are kepte.
• Nasamones, people in Affrike about Libia
• Nasamonites, a stone of coloure languyne, hauynge blacke vaynes.
• Nascor, sceris, sci, to be borne.
• Nasica, the surname of one of the Scipions a noble Romayne.
• Nasiterna, a water vessell, wyde aboue, ha∣uynge handelles.
• Naso suspendere, to mocke couertely, or craftelye.
• Nassa, a fyshers weele or bow nette, wher∣in if a fyshe be ones, he can not gette out.
• Nasturtium, an herbe callyd Cresses.
• Nasus, a nose: somtime sharpenes in speche, and tauntynge wytte. also iudgement in letters.
• Nasuti, taunters, checkers, skorners, som∣tyme wytty personnes, whiche do quikly perceyue a thynge. also men, which haue their priuie membres very great.
• Nasuté, wyttyly, skornefully, tauntyngely.
• Nasutila, a tauntynge wenche, or a shrewe.
• Natalis, le, et natalitius, tia, tium, the daye of birthe or natiuitie.
• Natales, is taken for progeny or dyscente, or bloude. Generosi natales, gentyl bloud. Obscuri natales, a poore dyscente or lowe byrthe, somtyme it is vsed for yeres.
• Natalibus restitui, where a man hath armes and tytle of nobylitie, gyuen vnto hym by the kynge.
• Natatilis, that whiche can swimme.
• Natatitius, a, um, that which doth swimme.
• Natator, toris, a swymmer.
• Natatorium, natabulum, et natatio, a place wherin men do swymme.
• Natatus, tus, the acte of swymmynge.
• Nates, buttockes.
• Natinatores, trauaylours, or they whiche haue moche businesse.
• Natio, a nation.
• Natiuitas, tatis, byrthe.
• Natiuus, where a thyng is borne or begon.
• Natiuus color, the naturall colour.
• Nato, are, to swymme, sometyme to go, to tremble, to sayle, or rowe.
• Natrix, a water serpēt. also an herbe, whose rote smelleth lyke a gote.
• Natura, nature, membres of generacyon. Sometyme facion or maner.
• Naturalis, le, naturall.
• Naturalia, the priuy membres.
• Natus, ta, tum, borne.
• Natus, nata, sonne and doughter.
• Natus grandis, aged or olde.
• Naualis, le, pertaynynge to shyppes.
• Nauale, the docke where shyps be laid vp.
• Nauale, a docke or place where shyppes are made.
• Nauarchis, the admyralles shyppe.
• Nauarchus, an admyrall.
• Nauaria, a countrey in Spayne called Na∣uarre.
• Nauci, a nutte shale, a thynge of naughte.
• Nauci esse, to be naught worthe.
• Naucifacere, to set naught by one.
• Naucleriacus, et nauclerius, a, um, pertey∣nynge to a shyppe mayster.
• Nauclerus, & nauiclarius, a shyppe maister.
• Naucrates, a citie in Egypte.
• Naufragium, a shypwrecke.
• Naufragor, aris, ari, to peryshe on the see.
• Naufragus, whose goodes are peryshed.
• Nauia, a holowe tree lyke a shyppe, whiche is occupied whan grapes be gathered.
• Nauicularius, a capitayne of a shyppe.
• Nauiculor, aris, ari, to rowe or be rowed in a bote for salace.
• Nauigabilis, le, where a shyppe maye passe, Nauigable.
• Nauigatio, a iourneye or goinge by water in a shyppe.
• Nauiger, the pilate of a shyppe, whych ru∣leth the sterne.
• Nauigium, the leadynge or settynge forth of the shyppe. It is also all kynde of ves∣selles

• to sayle or rowe in.
• Nauigo, are, to sayle or rowe, that is to say, to be caried on water in a shippe or any o∣ther thynge lyke.
• Nauis pomparica, a shyppe whiche serueth onely for pleasure, hauynge chaumbers and bankettynge tables for greate men to solace in.
• Nauis, a shyppe.
• Nauiter, diligently, valyauntly.
• Naulium, a citie in Liguria.
• Naulum, the fraite or fare paied for passage
• Naumachia, battayle on the See, also the place where the batayle is.
• Naumachiarij, they which do fyght on the see or water in shyppes or botes.
• Nauo, are, to accomplyshe dylygentely, to gyue, to applye with effect, to be in ayde. Iam mihi videor nauasse operam {quod} huc ve∣nerim, nowe me seemeth I haue well ap∣plyed my labour, that I am come hyther.
• Nauare beneuolentiam, to conferre or de∣clare beneuolence.
• Naupegus, a shyppe wrighte.
• Naupo••itus, a ryuer, whiche passeth out of Slauony.
• Nausea, the abhorrynge of thynges seene, wherby a man is prouoked to vomyte.
• Nauseosus, a, um, dysposinge to vomyte.
• Nausiabundus, dysposed to vomyte.
• Nauseo, care, et nauseor, to be dysposed to vomyte, somtyme to vomyte.
• Nausicaa, was doughter to Alcinous, kyng of Phaeaces, whiche founde Vlysses, whan he escaped from drounynge, and brought hym to her father.
• Nausio, ere, to open or gape as a beane doth whan he spryngeth.
• Naustilious, the sonne of Neptunus, and fa∣ther of Alcinous.
• Naustibulum, an hiue made of the facion of a shyppe.
• Nauta, et nauita, a shyppeman.
• Nautea, curriers bleche or lycour, also the stynkynge water, which issueth out of the pumpe of a shyppe.
• Nauticus, a shyppe mayster.
• Nauticus, ca, cum, perteynyng to shipmen.
• Nautulus, a shypman, also a fyshe, which is in similitude lyke to some that sayled.
• Nautilia, the craft of shypmen.
• Nauus, quicke, actife.
• Naxos, an yle in the see called Aegeum.
• Nazarcus, a man consecrate or dedycate to god. Nazarei were men, which had made vowes vntyll a certayne tyme.
• Nazaret, a lytle towne in Galilea.
• Nazara, a citie in Cappadotia, afterwarde called Caesaria.

Notes

• Pom. Fest.
• Plaut.
• Virg. Geor.
• Budeus.