The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght

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• FEbricito, aui, are, to be sycke in a feuer.
• Febricula, a lyttell feuer.
• Febriculosus, he that hath often the Feuer.
• Febrilis, le, pertaynyng to a feuer.
• Febrio, iui, ire, to haue a feuer.
• Febris, a feuer.
• Februarius, the monthe of Februarie.
• Februo, aui, are, to pourge sowles by sacri∣fyce or prayer.
• Februa, sacrifices and ceremonies for pur∣gynge of sowles.
• Februatus, ta, tū, that which was so purged.
• Februum, in the Sabines tounge is callyd purgynge or clensynge.
• Faecialis, was a certayne offycer of armes, whiche denounced warre or peace, where as was hostilitie or cause of battayle: whi∣che may nowe be taken for an ambassadour, sent for suche a purpose, or for an Heralde.
• Fel, fellis, the gaulle. sometyme it is taken for griefe of the mynde.
• Felis, a Catte: sommetyme it sygnifyeth a weasyll.
• Fello, aui, are, to soucke.
• Femen, minis, plurali femina, the inner and backe parte of the thygh.
• Feminalia, the keuerynge of the thighes.
• Femur, femoris, the thygh. some englysshe it the hamme.
• Femoralia, breeches.
• Fenestella, the propre name of a story wry∣ter, whiche flourished in the later dayes of Tyberius Cesar.
• Fenestra, a wyndowe, sometyme an entrie into a thynge.
• Fenestratus, ta, tum, open.* 1.1 Nulla est fenestra∣tior domus, No howse is more open.
• Fenestrenula, a lyttell wyndowe.
• Ferabites, wylde.
• Ferae, ferarum, feras, wylde beastes.
• Feralis, le, deedly or mortall, lamentable.
• Feralia, & feralis dies, a day dedicate to the infernall goddis, to pacifie them towarde the soules departed.
• Feralia, were also the sacryfyces doone for sowles.
• Feralia amicula, wyndynge shetes, and su∣che lyke thynges, wherin deade bodyes were lappyd.
• Feralia officia, solēnities about deed bodie••
• Feralis cultus, mournynge apparayle.
• Feralis dies, the daye of buryenge.
• Ferax, acis, fruiteful, or that bryngeth forth

• moche fruite.
• Ferbeo, bui, ere, to boyle or sethe.
• Ferculum, a dysshe with meate. Also a pa∣gent, caryed or borne to be loked on. some¦tyme it signifieth the stage or place, wherin the pagent is.
• Ferè, almoste, nygh, welnygh.
• Ferentarii, men armed in lygyt harnes, redy to come quickly to socours: whiche sought with dartes, swordes, or slynges.
• Ferentinum, a citie, whiche after Plini. stan∣deth in the fyrst region of Italye.
• Ferentum, a towne of the Sabius, or Sam∣nites.
• Ferettius, a name of Iupiter, gyuen by Ro∣mulus, the first kynge of Romanes.
• Feretrum, a beere, wheron deed bodies are borne. somtyme a thinge, wheron ymages, relikes, or iewelles are borne.
• Feretrus, a mountayne, of whiche the house of Pheretre was named, of which the duke of Vrbyne is descended.
• Feriae, feriarum, ferias, holy dayes.
• Ferinus, na, num, wylde as a beast.
• Ferio, percussi, ferire, to stryke, to stablyshe, to knocke.
• Ferire foedus, to make a league or truse.
• Ferire iugulum, to slee, to hit the marke.
• Ferior, aris, ari, to cesse from labour.
• Feriatus, vnoccupyed or ydell.
• Feritas, tatis, a naturall wyldnes.
• Fermé, almoste, welnygh.
• Fermentescere, to increase or waxe.
• Fermento, taui, are, to meddel or myxt well togyther, as leuen with dow. also to leuen.
• Fero, fers, tuli, ferre, to beare, to suffre, to leade or brynge, to saye, to name, to desyre, to brynge forth, to haue, to boste. Ferre ad populū, to aske the people aduyse. To take away, to receyue, to optayne, to accustome.
• Ferre fortunam, to vse fortune: Ferre in ocu∣lis, to fauour moche.
• Ferre acceptum, to receyue, to wryte that whiche is receyued, to knowlege to haue receyued a benefyte or profyte.
• Ferre expensum, to spende or laye out, to wryte expenses, to bestowe.
• Ferocio, ciui, cij, cire, to be fierse.
• Ferocitas, tatis, fiersnes.
• Ferociter, fiersely.
• Feronia, the goddesse of woodes. also a ci∣tie vnder the hyll Soractes.
• Ferox, ferocis, fierse, hardy.
• Ferramentarij, they whiche warke in yron.
• Ferramentum, an instrumēt or tole of yron.
• Ferraria, an yron Myne.
• Ferrarius, a, ū, {per}taynyng to yron, or of yron.
• Ferre iudicem, to agree to the sentence or iudgement.
• Ferreus, ea, cum, of yron.
• Ferro, aui, are, to sette yron on.
• Ferratus, ta, tum, hauyng yron on it, or clo∣syd in yron.
• Ferrugineus, a, um, grene coloure.
• Ferrugo, ginis, ruite of yron, a murray co∣lour, some calleth it a sadde blewe.
• Ferrum, yron, sometyme weapon.
• Ferrumen, minis, glewe, syse, sowder, or su∣che other byndynge or cleauynge matter.
• Ferrumino aui, are, to ioyne or myxe togy∣ther, proprely mettalles, to sowlder.
• Fertilis, le, fertile, or fruitefull.
• Fertum, a Cake made of sondry graynes and spyces.
• Ferueo, es, is, iui, ere, to be chauffed or hette.
• Feruefacio, to cause to boyle.
• Feruidus, a, um, feruent, dilygent.
• Ferula, a rodde or stycke, wherwith chyl∣drens handes be striken in schooles. also a cane or rede. also a potte stycke.
• Ferulatius, a, um, lyke a cane or rede.
• Feruor, oris, heate.
• Ferus, a, um, wylde, cruell, terrible.
• Feritas, tatis, wyldenes, crueltie.
• Fescenini, versis sunge at weddinges.
• Fessus, a, um, werye.
• Festinanter, hastily, quyckely, or swyftly.
• Festinató, spedily, in haste.
• Festino, aui, are, to make hast, to be troublid.
• Festinus, a, um, hasty, quycke.
• Festina lentè, spede the slowely, is spoken, where a man wyll sygnifye a thynge to be done, neither to hastyly nor to slowely, but in a conuenient temperance. See my booke of the Gouernour, in the chapiter of Ma∣turytie.
• Festinatio, haste or spede.
• Festiuitas, tatis, myrthe.
• Festiuo, aui, are, to kepe holy day.
• Festiuus, a, um, mery, prouokynge myrthe, ioyous. also pertaynyng to holy dayes.
• Festuca, the yonge tender spring of a tree, or herbe. Also a moote.
• Festus, ta, tum, feastfull or solemne.

Notes

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