The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght
Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
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- CHabrias,
the name of a noble philo∣pher & capitayne of Athenes, which vsed to say, that more terrible was an hoste of hartes, hauynge to their capitayn a lyon, than an hoste of lyons, hauyng an harte their capitayne.- Chalame,
a citie of Perse, whiche nowe is called Aetisiphon.- Chalaza,
a gatherynge vnder the skynne lyke the disease called Bubo.- Chalastra,
a certayne apparayle.- Chalcedonia,
a citie in Asie agaynste Con∣stantynople.- Chalcis, dis,
the name of a citie in Grece. also of an yle, and of a byrde.- Chalcites,
a stone of the colour of brasse, but more blacke.- Chaldaea,
a region in Asia, ioyning to Ara∣bie, wherin was the great cite of Babylon.- Chaldei,
be taken for greate astronomers of the contrey of Assiria.- Chalestra,
a citie of Thessaly on the se cost.- Chalyx,
a flynte stone, oute of the whiche fyre is stryken.- Chalybes,
a people in the lasse Asia, in the countrey called Pontus, whiche people do dygge greatte plentie of yron naked. It is proprely taken for steele. And also it is the name of a fludde in Spayne.- Chamaecissos,
an herbe called grounde iuy.- Chamaedaphne,
an herbe whiche groweth in length wynding togither in dyuers par∣tes, and hath leaues lyke to lawrel or bays, and hath a floure lyke to a vydlette, and is called of some men perwyncle.- Chamaedreos,
an herbe called Germander.- Chamaeleon, ontis,
a lyttell beaste, hauynge his skynne spotted lyke to a lybard, whych chaungeth into dyuers colours, according to the thynge that he seeth. They be ingen¦dred in Inde, and is of the quantitie and fi∣gure of a lysard, but that his legges be len∣ger, and goeth vpryght, and hath a snoute lyke a swyne, a longe tayle, and small at the ende, his eyen be neuer closed, he doth ne∣uer eate or drynke, but is nourisshed onely by ayre. Chameleon is also an herbe.- Chamaemelon,
an herbe called camomylle.- Chamaeterae,
maydens whiche were wonte to sytte at their maystresses feete.- Chamelopardalis,
a beaste whyche is as great as a camel, of skynne and colour lyke Panther, hauynge spottes of sondrye co∣lours, and hath his forelegges and necke longe, and the heed lyke a camell, his fete and legges lyke an oxe.- Chamelus,
a beaste called a camelle, com∣munely knowen.- Chania,
the countrey callyd Epirus, Cha∣ones, men of that countrey.- Chaos,
a confuse matter without fourme, made fyrst of nothyng, wherof poetes sup¦posed all other thynges to procede.- Characote,
a frame, aboute the whiche vy∣nes be wounde and tourned.- Page [unnumbered]
- Characias,
an herbe callyd Spourge. - Character,
a token, a note made with a pen, a fygure, a style or fourme of speakynge.- Characteres,
letters.- Charadrius,
a greatte deuowrynge byrde of the see.- Caraxes,
the brother of Sapphus.- Charistrium,
a grene marble stone.- Carrisius,
the name of a grammarion.- Charistia,
the plurell numbre, is as it were a Christmas feaste, or a wake, where kynnes∣folke do resorte togither, bryngyng or sen∣dynge presentes mutually.- Charitas,
charitie or loue, proprely toward men, or a mans countrey.- Charites,
the graces, whiche were suppo∣sed to be the doughters of Iupiter, which were thre in noumbre, whose names were Aglaia, Thalia, Euphrosyne: And where in speakynge or writinge appered to be a mer¦uaylous dilectation or swetenes, ir was said that therin was a grace, in latine, Charis.- Chariophilon,
a kynde of soote spyce that groweth in India.- Charon, tis,
was named of the Paynyms, the booteman, that caried sowles ouer the three ryuers of Helle, Acheron, Stix, and Cocytus.- Catopus,
amyable, pleasant, gratious.- Charta,
paper. Also a leafe of paper, or o∣ther lyke thyng, wherin we do write. also a mayden that had neuer chylde.- Chartaceus,
of paper.- Chartilago, ginis,
a grystell.- Chartophylacium,
a coffer, or other lyke thynge, wherin papers and rolles be kept.- Charundas,
the name of a man, which gaue lawes to the Atheniens.- Charus,
well beloued.- Charybdis,
a gulf of the see by Sicyl, wher in is daungerous saylynge, by reasone of stremes flowynge contrarye eche agaynst other, wherby shippes be therin deuourid.- Chasma,
a gapynge. or openyng of the fir∣mament, or of the erthe.- Chelae,
the klees of a Crabbe, Crauaise, or Scorpyon.- Chelonophagi,
eaters of snayles.- Cheledonia,
an herbe callyd Selandine. al∣so a westerne wynde.- Chelys,
a snayle. somtyme it is taken for an harpe or lute.- Chelydros,
a see snayle.- Chemites,
a maner of tombe, like to yuorie.- Chemiscus,
a parte of the foreshyp, wher∣by the ancre doth hange. sometyme it is ta∣ken for all the shyppe.- Chennis,
is an yland, as Pompon. writeth.- Chenoboscion,
a place where geese be fed.- Chenopus,
a goose foote.- Cheospes,
a kynge of Aegypte.- Cherronesus,
the parte of Grece callydde nowe Morea. It is sometyme taken for the north part of the great Asia, it is also callid Chersonesus.- Chersina,
a kynde of lande snayles.- Chersydros,
a serpent, whiche abydeth as well in water, as on londe.- Cherubin,
one of the holy orders of aun∣gelles, wherein is the science dyuine and mystycalle.- Cherusci,
a people of Germany.- Chibis,
an herbe.- Chilorus,
a ryuer of Macedonic.- Chiliarchus,
a capitayne of a thousand me.- Chilias, adis,
the numbre of a thousande.- Chilon,
one of the .vii. wyse men of Grece.- Chilones,
men hauynge great lyppes.- Chimaera,
a gote. Also a mountayne in Ly∣cia. Also a monster, hauynge thre heedes, one lyke a lyon, an other lyke a goote, the thyrde lyke a dragon.- Chimerinos,
a cerkle of heuen, into the whiche whan the sonne cometh, the days be at shortest.- Chymus,
the iuyce procedynge of meate digested, whiche by the vaynes commeth into the membres, and restoreth that whi∣che is consumed by heate.- Chios,
an yle in the see callyd Eous, whi∣che was somtyme called Aeolia, where ma¦stix growith.- Chirâgra,
the goute in the fyngers.- Chiragricus,
he that hath suche a disease.- Chiridota,
a cote with longe sleues.- Chirographum, et chirographus,
an obliga∣tion or lyke instrumente, wherby a man is bounden, and hath put to his hande.- Chiromantia,
palmestry.- Chiron, nis,
the name of a man, whom poe∣tes doo fayne to be the one halfe of a man, the other halfe lyke a hors: who fyrst dyd fynde the vertues of herbes, and taughte Aesculapius phisike, and Apollo to harpe, and Astronomy to Hercules, and was ma∣ster to Achylles, and excelled all other mē of his tyme in vertue and iustyce.- Chironium,
is a sore in the legges or fete, which is hote, & swelleth by the two sydes.- Chironia,
wylde vyne.- Chironomia,
a facyon of gesture with the handes vsed in daunsynge, or in keruynge of meate.- Chirotheca,
a gloue.- Chirurgia,
surgerye.- Chirurgus,
a surgion.- Chaena,
a cloke.- Chlamis, idis,
a cloke, whiche proprely is Page XIX worne by men of warre.- Chlamidatus,
cloked.- Chobar,
signifieth all the greatte floodes, which be in the region of Caldee.- Choenix, ici•,
a certayne measure, contay∣nynge foure tymes the measure callyd Sextarius.- Cholera,
an humour callyd choler. Also a syckenes callyd the colyke.- Choliambi,
a certayne kynde of verses.- Chondros,
a grayne of frankensence.- Choragium,
stuffe, proprely wherwith that place is adorned, where as shall be enter∣ludes or disguysynges.- Choragus,
he that kepethe suche stuffe or apparayle.- Chorannel,
certayn men that lyue in wod∣des in Persia, whiche are soo swyfte, that they take hartes with runnynge.- Choraula,
the crafte to blowe trumpettes, or to playe on shawlmes, or other lyke pypes.- Choraules,
players on the sayde Instru∣mentes.- Chorda,
a corde or rope.- Chorea,
a daunse.- Choriambus,
a fote in meetre, which hath the fyrste syllable, and the laste longe, and two in the myddell short.- Chorius,
a fote in meter, whiche by an o∣ther name is called trochaeus, & is but of .ii. syllables, the fyrst longe, the seconde short.- Chorobates,
a measure to meete grounde with, or a masons rule.- Chortos,
hay, or grasse mowen.- Chorus,
the company of players or daun∣cers. also a quyar.- Chresis,
is vse, & carachresis is abusyon.- Chreston,
an herbe called cycorie.- Chytrapus podis,
a treuytte.- *
- Chrestus,
the name of a noble authour of Athenes. - Chria,
a notable sentence spoken shortly, to exhorte to vertue, or disswade from vyce.- Chrisis,
vnction.- Christus,
annoynted.- Chromaticus,
whose colour neuer chaun∣geth, but is alway one.- Chronica, corum,
an historie of actes done, with the tymes expressed, Cronicles.- Chronicus, ca, cum,
temporal, or pertayning to tyme.- Chrysia,
a cytie in Phrigie, and an ylande in Indie.- Chrysendeth,
any thing boūden with gold.- Chryses,
the name of a Prophete amonge the gentiles. Also of a maiden giuen by the grekes to kinge Agamēnon at the battayle of Troye.- Chrysippus,
the name of a famous and no∣ble phylosopher.- Chrysoaspides,
knyghtes that hadde shyl∣des of golde.- Chrysocolla,
a stone with the pouder wher of paynters do make a golden colour, also goldsmythes do vse it to sowder golde.- Chrysocoma,
golden heare.- Chrysocomus,
he that hath golden heare.- Chrysogonum,
that bryngeth forth golde.- Chrysolampis,
a stone of fyrye coloure by nyghte.- Chrysomela,
apples of the colour of gold. by an other name callid apples of Armeny.- Chrysolitus,
a precious stone of the colour of golde.- Chrysopastus,
a stone with golden spottes.- Chrysothemis,
the doughter of Agamem∣non and Clytemnestre.- Chrysostomus,
the name of a byshoppe of Constantinople, and also of an hystoryen, whiche were so called for their eloquence. for Chrysostomus is in englysshe a golden mowthe.- Chus,
a certayne measure conteynynge syx tymes the measure called Sextarius.- Chytra,
a pot with feete, or a tryuette.
