An English dictionary explaining the difficult terms that are used in divinity, husbandry, physick, phylosophy, law, navigation, mathematicks, and other arts and sciences : containing many thousands of hard words, and proper names of places, more than are in any other English dictionary or expositor : together with the etymological derivation of them from their proper fountains, whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, or any other language : in a method more comprehensive than any that is extant / by E. Coles ...

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• HAam, sa. an Albe, a Priests linnen vest∣ment.
• Habakkuk, h. a wrestler.
• Haberdasher, (q. Habt ihr d••s? ge. have you that? or Avoir d' acheter, f. having to buy? or Kooper-Daeser, D.) a Mer∣chant of toyes or small wares.
• Hab-, of Hats, a Hat-seller.
• Hab••re facias se••sinam, a Writ commanding the Sher∣iff to give a man seisin of Lands recovered in the Kings Court.
• Habere facias visum, a writ for the veiwing of Lands or Tenements.
• Habeas Corpus, a writ from the King-Bench, for a Priso∣ner to remove himself thi∣ther, and answer the cause there.
• Habeas Corpora, a writ for the bringing in a Jury, or so many of them as refuse to come upon the venire facias.
• Habendum, the latter prin∣cipal part of a conveyance, limiting and qualifying the estate passing in the pre∣misses.
• Haberdupois, as Averdupois.
• Habergion, Haub-, f. a di∣minutive▪ Haubert, a little coat of ma••l, or sleeves and gorget only.
• Habiliment, f. cloathing, al∣so Armour.
• Habilitation, a making one able or capable.
• Hability, l. an aptness or capacity.
• Habit, l. cloathing, also cu∣stom of doing any thing.
• Habitable, l. that may be inhabited or dwelt in.
• Habitacle, -ation, l, a dwel∣ling.
• Habitual, l. grown to a
• Habit or custome.
• Habituate, l. to accustome.
• Habitude, l. the habit, state or disposition of body or mind.
• Hables, f. a Haven or Port.
• Hab-na••, (q. hap n'hap,) at a venture, whether it hap∣pen (succeed) or no.
• Hack, Li. a hay-loft.
• Hack, Tu▪ Truth, and
• Hact-awlaw, Tu. high truth, a Divine Attribute.
• Hace, o. for have, also hoarse.
• Hach, Hache, Hachis, f. a dish of sliced steep••d meat.
• Had••d, h. rejoycing.
• Hades, g. hell, or the state of the Dead.
• Hadarezer, Aderezer, h. beau∣tiful help.
• Hadleigh, a Town in Suf∣folk.
• Hadbote, sa. satisfaction for the violation of holy Orders, or for violence offered to persons in holy Orders.
• Hadock, Hadd-, a small kind of Cod-fish.
• Hadrian, a great Roman Emperour.
• Hadersleve, a Town of South Iuitland.
• Hadrianople, g. a City of Ma••edonia in Greece.
• Haematopodes, g. Birds with

• feet red as blood.
• Haemon, a Theban youth who killed himself over the tomb of Antigone, put to death by Creon.
• Haemoplois, -osis, g. spitting of bloud from the vital parts.
• Haemorrhagy, g. a violent bursting-out of blood.
• Haemorrhoides, g. the Piles, a distention of the Funda∣ment veins by too much me∣lancholy blood.
• Haemus, a Mountain divi∣ding Thrace and Thessaly.
• Haerede deliberando alij, a writ for the Sheriff to com∣mand the delivery of the body of anothers ward to him who's ward he was, by reason of his Land.
• Haerede abducto, a writ for the Lord who having by right the Wardship of his Tenant under age, hath him conveyed away.
• Haeresy, g. (a sect) a do∣ctrine contrary to the funda∣mentals of Religion.
• Haeretico comburendo, a writ that lay against one who (be∣ing convict of Haeresie and abjuring it) fell into it a∣gain.
• Haesitation, l. a doubting, a sticking at any thing.
• Hasne, sa. a Haven or Sea-Port.
• Haga, sa. a house.
• Haghes, No. haws.
• Hagar, h. a stranger, or chewing the cud.
• Hagester, K. a Mag-pie.
• Hagard, f. wild, untamed.
• Hagard Faulcon, which for some time preyed for her self.
• Haggai, h. pleasant.
• Haggase, a kind of pudding made of hogs flesh.
• It Haggles, No. it hailes.
• Haggs, vapours (l••ke flame) about the hair or horses manes, not so much flaming as reflecting light.
• Hagiographer, g. a writer of holy things.
• Haguenaw, a Town in lo∣wer Elsass or Alsatia.
• Hague, the best village in Europe, where the States of Holland keep their Court.
• Haie, f. (hedge) a net to catch Conies.
• Haile, sa. health, whole.
• Hain, a River in
• Hainault, one of the Ne∣therlands.
• Hailes, o. happiness.
• Haine, f. hatred.
• Haire, when a Masculine diurnal Planet appears in the day time.
• Haimburgh, a Town (in higher Austria) where there grows some store of Ginger.
• Haim••ald••tia Catallorum, (in Scotland) a seeking restituti∣on for goods wrongfully ta∣ken away.
• Hakeds, large pikes ta∣ken in Ramsey Moor.
• Hake••••n, o. a sleeveless jac∣ket.
• Halcyonian, peaceable, be∣longing to
• Halcyon, Alcyon, a King∣fisher, which (in calm wea∣ther) builds and breeds on the sea-shore.
• Hasle, Ss. a trammel, Ess. an iron to hang pots on over the fire.
• Halebrede, a lout or lubberly Man or Woman.
• Haledon, Heaven-field in Northumb••rland, where King Oswald (having erected a cross unto Christ) vanquished the Brittish King Cedwal, and became a devout Christian.
• Halesworth, a Town in Suffolk.
• Half-bord, c. six-pence.
• Half-mark, a Noble, 6 and 8 pence.
• Half-seal, the sealing of Commis••ions to Delegates, appointed upon any appeal in Ecclesiastical or marine causes.
• Halicarnassus, the chief City of Ca••ia▪ where the fa∣mous tomb of Mausolus was built by his Queen Artemi∣sia.
• Halidom••▪ sa. holy judg∣ment.
• Halieuticks, g. treatises of the art of fishing.
• Halifax, (sa. holy hair) Horton, a Town in Yorkshire, from a Maids head cut off by a Priest and hung upon a Yew-tree there.
• Haliography, g. a descripti∣on of the Sea.
• Halituous, l▪ thin, vaporous, passing easily through the pores.
• Halinitre, g. Salt-petre.
• Halitz, a Town of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 nigra in Poland.
• Hall the ship, call to her, to know whence she is, and whither bound.
• Haliwerk-folk, sa. Priests and Religious persons.
• Hallage, toll to the Lord of a fair or market for commo∣dities vended in that Com∣mon-Hall, also for cloaths brought for sale to Blackwell-hall, London.
• Hallam-shire, was part of Yorkshire.
• Hallelujah, h. praise the Lord.
• Halle, a Town on the Sein in Hainault.
• Hallucination, l. an erring or mistaking.
• Hallandia, part of Scandia.
• Halm, the stalk (of Corn) from the ear to the root.
• Halsier, he that draws the
• Halser, the rope next to a Cable.
• Hol••fang, Healfang, sa. a Pillory.
• Halo, g. a Circle about the Moon or other Star.
• Halse, o. to embrace.
• Hals, sa. a neck.
• Halstead, a Town in Essex, and a village in Kent.
• Halo••••sus, an Aegaean Isle defended by women when all the men were slain.
• Halteth, o. holdeth.
• Halt▪ a stop or stay [in marching.]
• Halyardes▪ the ropes that ho••se up the yards.
• Hallyattes, a King of Lydi•• Father to Croesus.
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• Halymote, as Heal-gemote.
• Ham, h. crafty or heat.
• Ham, sa. a house or village.
• Hamadryades, g. wood-Nymphs.
• Haman, h. making an up••roar.
• Hambles, (for Hables) ha∣vens.
• Hamburgher, one of
• Hamburgh, the chief City of Lower-Saxony.
• Hames, two crooked pieces of Wood encompassing a horse-collar.
• Hamkin, a kind of pudding made upon the bones of a shoulder of Mutton.
• Hameling, Hambling of Dogs, the same as expeditating.
• Hameled, o. abated.
• Hamlet, hamel, hampsel, a little village sometimes the seat of a free-holder.
• Hammocks, hanging ship-beds.
• Hammon, g, (sandy) a name of Jupiter.
• Hammone, Ham, a Town in the Erldom of Mark.
• Hamor, h. an asse, or dirt.
• Hampton, Southamp••on in Hamshire, and above 20 vil∣lages elsewhere.
• Hampton-Court, a Royal Palace on the Thames in Middlesex built by Cardinal Wolsey, finisht by King Henry the 8th.
• Hamsoken, sa. the liberty or freedom of ones own house.
• Han, o. to have.
• Hanjar, a rich dagger worn by the Bashaws Wives.
• Hand-cloth, sa. a handker∣che••.
• Handfull, four inches.
• Han-speek, a wooden lea∣ver.
• Handy-warp, a kind of cloth made at Coksal, Bock∣ing and Braintree in Ess••x.
• Hancel••d, o. cut off.
• Hanaper, Hanper, seems to be the same as originally) the Latin Fiscus. See Clerk of, &c.
• Han••eret, part of Burglav•• Diocess in Denmark.
• Hankwit, Hangwit, sa. [a being acquited of] a fine for the the unjust hanging or e∣scaping of a Prisoner.
• Hankyn, Hall, Henry, or lit∣tle Hans.
• Hannah, h. gracious, mer∣ciful.
• Hannaw, part of Weteraw in Germany.
• Hannibal, (Gracious Lord) a Carthaginian General, who was beaten by the Roman, Scipio; and poison'd himself.
• Hand••hoven bread, La. with little leaven, stiff.
• Hanno, a Carthaginian re∣bel who had his eyes put out.
• Hannonia, Haynault, one of the Low-Country-Provinces.
• Hans, D. a Companion or fellow.
• Hansz, ge. John.
• Hans-in-kelder, D. Jack or the fellow in the cellar, al∣so the child in the mothers Womb.
• Hanse, (a Gothish word, used also in the Ordonnances of Paris for) a society of Mer∣chants combined for the good usage and safe passage of Merchandize from Kingdom to Kingdom.
• Hanse-towns, (in Germany) about 72 joyn'd in a league offensive and defensive a∣gainst all enemies whatsoe∣ver, Heyl. Cosm. the principal seats of the Dutch Mer∣chants.
• Hansiatick, free of, or be∣longing to the Hanse-towns or Merchants.
• Hansholm, an Island in Den∣mark.
• Hansel, (q. hand-sale) the first money taken in a morn∣ing.
• Hanylowes, o. subtilties, cun∣ning tricks.
• Hanselynes, o. short breech∣es.
• Hanten, o. to use or accu∣stom.
• Hanty [••orse,] No. wanton.
• Hap, f. to catch or snatch.
• Haphe••tlet, Happa••l••••, a course coverlet for a bed.
• Happa, hap ye, No. think you,
• Happe, No. to cover or heap cloaths on.
• Haque, a hand-gun about three quarters of a yard long.
• Haquebut, f. the same as Harquebuse.
• Haracana, Herocane, H••rric-, a violent whirlwind or tem∣pest overturning all.
• Harald, Herauld, an Offi∣cer proclaiming War or Peace, examining coats of arms, &c.
• Haran, h. anger.
• Harangue, f. an oration or speech.
• Haraphah, h. a medicine.
• Harasse, f. to tire or wear out, to trouble, or disquiet and torment.
• Haratium, the breed or stock of Swine.
• Harbinger, (q. H••rberger, D.) he that goes before and pro∣vides lodging.
• Harbours, [a Hart] goes to ••est.
• Herderwick, an University in Gelderland.
• Hardiment, o. boldness.
• Hardly, o. verily, seriously.
• Hare-lip, cloven like a Hares.
• Hare-pipe, a snare made of cane (or Elder) to take Hares.
• Hariant, Hauriant, [a fish] represented standing up∣right (in Heraldry.)
• Haried, o. pulled.
• Hariolation, l. a sooth-say∣ing.
• Hariot, as Heriot.
• Harletrise, o. for Harlotry.
• Harlem, a City in Holland where (they say) Printing was first invented, Anno 1440.
• Harling, a Town in Nor∣folk.
• Harlingen, a Town in West-Friezland.
• Harlot, (q. Horelet,) a lit∣tle whore.
• Arlotta, I. a proud whore.
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• Arletta, Arlotha, Duke Ro∣berts Concubine Mother to Duke William the Conque∣rour.
• Harman, D. the general of an army.
• Harmans, c. the stocks.
• Harman-beck, c. the Con∣stable.
• Harmodius, Aristogeiton's fellow conspiratour against the Athenian Tyrant Hippar∣chus.
• Harmonia, the wife of Cad∣mus, Daughter of Mars and Venus.
• Harmonides▪ a Trojan belov∣ed of Minerva and inspired with all kind of Manufacture.
• Harmonious, -ick, -ical, full of
• Harmony, g. Musical con∣sent or agreement.
• Harns, Cu. brains.
• Hatnet, o. for Hornet.
• Haro, Harol, as Hue and Crie.
• Harold, as Harald.
• Harowed hell, o. Conquer∣ed, spoiled.
• Harpalice, a great huntress, who (by force of arms) re∣scued her father Lycurgus from the Getans.
• Harpe, the Fauchion where∣with Mercury slew Argus, & Perseus Medea.
• Harping irons, barb'd at the end, to strike great fish with.
• Harpings, the breadth of a ship at the bowe, also the end of the bends fastened into the stem.
• Harpocrates, the Egyptian god of silence, with one hand upon his mouth.
• Harpyes, 3 filthy, mon∣strous and ravenous birds (of the lake Stymphalis in Arca∣dia) with Womens faces, Vultures claws &c. Aëllo, Ce∣lero, and Ocypete.
• Harquebuse, as Arqueb-.
• Harrow, o. fie! away! alas!
• Harre, o. hearkning, obe∣dience.
• A Sea harr, Li. a tempest coming from the sea.
• Hart, a stag full five years old.
• Hart-Royal, having been hunted by the King or Queen.
• Hart-Royal proclaimed, when (being chased by the King out of the forest) Proclamati∣on is made that none shall hurt him or hinder his return.
• Hart-hall in O••ford, built (together with Exeter Col¦ledge) by Walter Stapleton Bishop of Exeter.
• Hartle-pool, a town in Dur∣ham.
• Harts-tongue, a long-leav∣ed herb good for the Liver, Spleen, and passions of the heart.
• Hartw••rt, a plant good for
• Harts or stags to feed on.
• Harth-penny, -silver, Chim∣ney-money.
• Harwi••k, a town in Essex.
• Haspa•• or Haspenald-lad, No. a stripling, between man and boy.
• Hasel-nut, good only af∣ter fish (to hinder the ingen∣dring of flegme.)
• Hasford, a Town in the Bishoprick of Mentz.
• Haske, Li. harsh, also a sign o
• Fishes Haske, the sign Pis∣ces.
• Hale, a town in the lower Elsasz or Alsatia.
• Hassia, a Province of Sax∣ony.
• Hastings, a town in Sussex.
• Hastilude, l. spear-play, a running at Tilt or Tourna∣ment.
• Hatering, sa. Cloathing.
• Hatches, the Overtures or Trap-doors of the deck, to let things down into the hold.
• Hatch-way, the place per∣pendicular over the hatches.
• In the Hatch-way, On the hatches.
• Hate, o. for hea••.
• Hatfield, a town in Hert∣fordshire, a Village in Hereford and Yorkshire.
• Hatfield-Brodock, a town in Essex.
• Hatherley, a town in De∣von.
• Hattle. Ky, Che. wild, -Skit∣tish Cow.
• Hattock, No. 12 sheaves of corn.
• Hauberg, -ert, f. a coat of mail.
• Hauberge••••, f. a little one.
• Haubergets, Haberj••cts, a kind of Cloth mentioned in Magna Charta.
• Ha••erjannock, No. an Oaten Cake or loaf.
• Hauback, o. (q. have or held back] return.
• Havelo••k, a Danish found∣ling, and Scullen in the Kings kitchen, preferred by de∣grees to the marriage of the Kings Daughter.
• Havelburg, a town in Ger∣many.
• Haven, a port or safe riding for ships.
• Have, o. heaved.
• Haver, Cu. Oats.
• Haveril, a town in Suffolk.
• Havering, a town in Essex, from a ring supposed to be sent from St. John Baptist (by a pilgrim) to King Edward the Confessour.
• Haulstead, a town in Essex.
• Haunce, o. for Enhaunce.
• Haunt, the walk of a Deer.
• Haulm, Helm, So. Stubble.
• Hauriant, as Hariant.
• Hause, Hose, No. the throat.
• Haus••lynes, Hans-, o. breech∣es or slops.
• Hausible, l. that may be drawn or emptied.
• Haust, l. a soop or draught in drinking, also (No.) a dry cough.
• Haut-goust, ho-goo, f. a high tast or relish.
• Haw (f. hay) a hed••e, also a Disease in the eye, also black, o. also to have.
• Haws, K. little pieces of land adjoyning to the house••, also by some the houses themselves.
• Haward, Hayw-, the keeper of the Town herd [from breaking or cropping hedges]
• Hawgh, Howgh, No. a green plat in a valley.
• Hawis•• as Avice.
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• Hawkers, deceitful fellows wandring up and down to buy and sell brass, pewter, &c. which ought to be utter'd in open market, also those that sell News-books about by retail, as the Mercury-women do from the press by whole-sale.
• Hawk-weed, with thick and dark jagged leaves, good for the eyes and all inflammati∣ons.
• Hawlkes, o. corners.
• Hawser, as Halser.
• Hawses, the holes under the ships head through which the Cables come.
• Hawten, o. (f. bautain,) insolent.
• Haws, the fruit of the
• Haw-thorn, Hedg-, or white-thorn.
• Haylse, o. to charge or com∣mand.
• Haylsham, a Town in Sussex.
• Hazarders, players at
• Hazard, f. chance, the play at dice, &c. also a place into which if the Tennis-ball be strucken, it is a loss.
• Hay, Trekethle, in Brecknock∣shire.
• Hay-boot, a permission to take thorns, &c. to make or repair hedges.
• Haydegines, o. a Country dance.
• Haylayks, Tu. the women-slaves.
• Hayn, o. hatred.
• Hazael, h. seeing God.
• He, hoo, No. She.
• Headborow, Burrow-head, Borow-elder, Burs-holder, Chief-pledge, Third-borow, Tithing-man, chief of the frank-pledge, or Governour of those within his own pledge, now a Constable.
• Head-land, a point of Land lying farther out (at Sea) than the rest, also that which crosses the ends of the plough'd Lands.
• Head-lines, the ropes that fasten the sails to the yards.
• Head-sailes, those of the fore-mast and Bolt-sprit, which make the ship fall off from the Wind, and (in quar∣ter-Winds) are the chief drawing Sails.
• Head-sea, that which after a storm [and sometimes be∣fore] runs contrary to the present wind, here long ships go easiest, because they'l ride upon two waves at once.
• Head-silver, as Common-fine.
• Head-pence, about 40 pounds collected every 3d. and 4th. year by the Sheriff in Nor∣thumberland without any ac∣count to the King, and there∣fore put down by Henry the sixth.
• Heaftling, sa. a Captive.
• Heafod, sa. a head.
• H••alfang, as Halsfang.
• Healed, o. for heared.
• Healing, Der. a hylling, or coverlet.
• Heal, ss. to cover.
• Healgemote, halymote, sa. a Court Baron, or the meeting of all the Tenants of one hall or Mannour.
• Heam, the same in Beasts as the secundine in Women.
• Hearse, [a husk,] an empty tomb or Monument for the dead, also the funeral Cloth or litter, wherein the Corps is carryed.
• H••arth-money, Chimney-money.
• Hearts-ease, Pansie, Pances, Jacea, herba Trinitatis, good for Ruptures and the falling sickness.
• Heath-poult, a bird resem∣bling a Pheasant.
• Heave-offerings, First-fruits paid to the Jewish Priests.
• Heave the booth, o. rob the house.
• Heaver, c. a breast.
• Hebdomade, g. the number of seven [years, ages, months, but most commonly] daies.
• Heb••, Goddess of youth, Daughter of Juno without a Father, Jupiters Cop-bearer till she fell and was remov∣ed.
• Hebberm••n, Fishers below Lo••d••n-bridge, (commonly at Ebbing water) for smelts, whitings▪ &c.
• Hebbing-wears, laid for Fish at ebbing water.
• Hebetude l. a bluntness of point or edge, also dulness of wit.
• Hebraïsm, a dialect or idi∣om proper to the
• Hebrew [tongue,] belonging to the
• Hebrews, Jews, the posteri∣ty of
• H••ber, h. a Companion, in∣chanter, &c. in whose Family (they say) the old language alone remained pure.
• Helrides, Ebudae, Ebudes, Habudes, Eboniae, Mevaniae, the Western Islands 44 in number.
• Hebrus, a River of Thrace.
• Hecalius, an Attribute giv∣en Jupiter by Theseus, from
• Hecale, an old Woman and Theseus's Land-lady, who had devoted herself for his safe return from the Wars.
• Hecate, Apollo's sister, Lu∣na, Diana, Proserpina [with three heads) also a Thracia•• Witch.
• Hecatomb, g. a sacrifice of an hundred Beasts at once.
• Hecatompolis, g. Creete, which had an hundred Cities in it.
• Hecatompylae, -pylos, the Egyptian Theb••s, which had an hundred gates.
• Heck, an engine to take fish withal in Yorkshire, also a rack to feed at, No. see Hack.
• Heckled, o. wrapped.
• Hecrick, g. (habitual) a fea∣ver inflaming the heart and soundest parts.
• Hecla, a Mountain in Iseland sending forth a noise like the cries of tomented persons.
• Hector, Priam's son, slain by Achilles before Troy.
• Hecuba, Priam's wife, who is feigned [after the taking of Troy] to be turned into a bitch.
• Heda, a Haven or Port.
• Hederal [Crown] made of
• Hedera, l. Ivy.
• Hederiferous, l. Ivy bear∣ing.
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• Hederiform vein, passing a∣long the sides of the womb.
• Hed••••ick, Cyreniack [Philo∣sopher••.]
• Heels [to starboard, &c.] the ship leans to that side.
• Heep, o. help.
• Heer and Ha••e, o. hoarse and harsh.
• Heer and Houne, o. hare and hound.
• Hegesians, Philosophers fol∣lowing.
• Heges••••s, disciple to Parae∣b••tes.
• Hegesist••atus, the founder of the City Elea in Asia.
• Hegira, A. the flight [of Mahomet from Mecca] the Turkish Epoche, or Computa∣tion of time, beginning July 16. 622. by some 6 7.
• Hegow, part of Su••via or Schwaben in Germany.
• Heidelberg, a town in the Palatinate of Rhine.
• Hainfare, Hinefare, Sa. a Servants departing from his Master.
• Heiminck stede, a town of Holstein in Germany.
• Heir▪ he that succeeds by right of bloud in any mans lands or tenements in fee.
• Heir, o. their.
• Heire, o. hair-cloth.
• Heir-lome, -loom, Hous∣hold stuff as Tables, presses, &c. which having belonged to the house for certain de∣sce••ts, do (by custom, not Common law) accrew to the heir.
• Heisa, service.
• Heisugge, o. an hedg-spar∣row.
• Helaw, -loe, No. bashfull.
• Hel••••cks, certain solitary rivolets in Richmondshire.
• Helchesaites Hereticks that followed one
• Helc••es••us, he held that it was no sin to deny Christ in time of persecution.
• Helcys••n, g. the dross or scum of silver or any metal.
• Helder, No. rather, before.
• Held, o. an account or to∣tal summe.
• Helded, for held.
• Hele, o. to cover, or hold.
• Helena, Wife to Menelaus, stolen by Paris, occasioned the Trojan wars.
• Helenites, white Friers wearing a yellow cross on their breasts.
• Helenopolis, Frankfurt in Germany.
• Heliacal, g. belonging to the sun.
• Heliacal emersion, when a star which was hid by the light of the Sun, appears.
• Heliades, Daughters of the sun, and Sisters to Phaeton, who for his death wept them∣selves into poplar trees.
• Heli••s, as Elias.
• Helical, belonging to Vrsa major or Charles-wain.
• Heliconian, belonging to
• Helicon, a hill in Phocis, sa∣cred to Apollo and the
• Heliconiades, the Muses.
• Helioscopie, g. the furthest point of the suns course, also a kind of Spurge.
• Heliotropian, belonging to the
• Heliotrope, -py, g. the plant Waterwort or Turn-sole, also a kind of precious stone.
• Helispherical, round as the Sun.
• Helix, g. a spiral-line, rowl∣ing in several circles.
• Hell••, Daughter to Atha∣mas King of Thebes, falling from the back of a golden ram into the Pontick sea, oc∣casioned the nameing of it
• Hellespont, Brachium Sti. Georgij, the narrow sea by Constantinople dividing Asia from Europe.
• Hellebore, Melampodium, Christwort because it flou∣risheth about Christmas, an herb good against madness.
• Hellenism, g. as Grecism.
• Hellenistical, belonging to
• ... H••ll••s, g. Greece.
• Hellenize, to play the
• Hell••nist, g a Grecian, also a Grae••izing Jew, born out of Judaea and using the Septua∣gint transl••tion.
• Helm, Ge. a handle, the piece of wood that guides the rudder, also as Haulm.
• Helmeley, a town in York∣shire.
• Helmed in stark stowers, o. defended in sharp assaults.
• Helstone, a town in Corn∣wall.
• Helter-Skelter, q. Heel-ter-Schetter, D. all to shatter, violently, rashly, confused∣ly.
• Heluation▪ a gluttonous de∣vouring.
• Helve, o. the handle.
• Helvetian, belonging to
• Helvetia▪ l. Swizzerland or Switzerland.
• Hem, o. Them.
• Hemerobaptists▪ g. daily Bap∣tists, a Sect that baptized themselves every day.
• Hemerologe, g. a Calendar or day-book.
• Hemicade, g. half a hogs-head.
• Hemicircular, half round.
• Haemicranick, belonging or subject to the
• Hemi••rain, -cranie, g. the Megrim.
• Hemicycle, g. a half circl.
• Hemingham Castle, in Essex.
• Hemingston, a Town in Suffolk, held formerly by Bald∣win le Petteu••, per saltum, sufflum et pettum, sive sufflatu•• et bumbulum, (a jump, a puff, and a far••) before the King upon Christmas day.
• Hemiplexy, -xia, g. the Pal∣sie on one side only.
• Hemisphere, g. the visible half-compass of the Heavens.
• Hemistick, g. half a verse.
• Hemorhagy, g. a large flux of bloud.
• Hemor••hoides, g. Emrods, the piles like teats in the fun∣dament.
• Hemorrhoidal vein, the first branch of the Mesenterick, ending at the Colon & strait gut.
• Hemlock, a venemous herb.
• Hemule, a Roe-buck of the third year.
• Hempstead, a town in
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• Hertfordshire, and other vil∣lages elsewhere.
• Henares, a river in Spain.
• Henbane, a venemous herb.
• Henchman, (q. Hengst-man Sa. a horsman or Groome) and
• Heinsman (q. Hine-man, Sa. a serving-man or Man-servant) a page of honour.
• Hend, Hende, o. (q. handy or handsom) Feat, fine, gen∣tle.
• H••ndecasyllable, Phaleucium, a verse of eleven syllables, as, Quoquo diffugias pavens Mabili.
• Hengston-hill, in Cornwall, where King Egbert defeated the British Danmonii and Danes conspiring against the Eng∣lish.
• Hengwit, as Hankwit.
• Hengest; -gist, (Sa. a stone-horse) he led the first English men ••ither.
• Henghen, Sa. a prison or house of Correction.
• Heniochus, g. as Auriga.
• Henoch, h. taught or dedi∣cate.
• Henley, a town in Oxford shir••, Warwickshire, and other Villages.
• Henry, (q. Heymrick) Sa. of a rich home or house.
• Hent, o. to catch.
• Hepatical, -tarian, g. belong∣ing to the liver.
• Hepati••ks, treatises or ob∣structions of the Liver.
• Hepatick vein, the great carrying vein.
• Hephaestian [Montains] in Lycia alway burning.
• Heppen, Heply, T. neat, handsome.
• Heptaëdrical, belonging to
• Heptaëdron, g. a figure of seven sides.
• Heptagonal, belonging to a
• Heptagon, g. a figure of sea∣ven angles.
• Heptaphony, the having se∣ven sounds.
• Heptarchy g. a seaven-sold government, as of England by 7 Saxon Kings.
• Heptameron, g. a work of seven daies.
• Haraclea, St. Giles in France.
• Heraclitus, the weeping Philosopher of Ephesus.
• Herald, as Harald.
• Heraude, o. to proclaim.
• Herawdes, o. feats of activi∣ty▪
• Herbage, the natural food for Cattel, also a liberty to feed ones cattel in the For∣rest or another mans ground.
• Herbert, sa. the light or glo∣ry of an army, a good Com∣mander.
• Herbigage, o. lodging, and
• Her••orow, o. harbour.
• Herbalist, Herbist, -bary, l. one skilled in herbs.
• Herbal, a treatise of herbs.
• Herbegeours, Herberjours, o. Herbergers, Inn-Keepers.
• Herbenger, as Harbinger.
• Herber, o. arbour.
• Herbiferous, l. bearing herbs or grass.
• Her•• Christopher, a kind of Aconite, with berries like beads.
• Herb Paris, True love, Oxe∣berry, the leaves like a true lovers••knot with a berry in the midst, good against poi∣son, inflammation, &c.
• Herb Robert, a kind of Cranes-bill with reddish stalks, helps the stone, stops bloud, &c.
• Herbipolis, Wirtzberg, in Germany.
• Herbred, (q. haer broed) their bread.
• Herbosity, plenty or fulness of herbs, a being
• Herbulent, l. grassy or full of herbs.
• Herciebant, they harrow∣ed.
• Hercinia, a German forest of 60 daies journey in length and 9 in breadth.
• Herculean, -lane, belong∣ing to
• Hercules, the son of Jupi∣ter and Alcmena, therefore engaged by Jun•• in 1•• dange∣rous enterprises, which he overcame.
• Hercules pillars, raised on Mount Calpe and Abila, at the streights mouth.
• Herculeus morbus, the
• Herculean or falling sickness which (they say) he got by eating too many quails.
• Herdelenge, the dressing of a Roe, as the undoing of a Bore.
• Here, sa. an army [of re∣bels.]
• Here de Caesar, for Aera &c. an account of time, in Spain and Arabia, taking date 38 years before Christ and lasted in Spain till the year 138••.
• Hereditary, Haer-, l. coming by inheritance.
• Hereditaments, all things that descend by way of inhe∣ritance, and fall not as Chat∣tels, within the Compass of an Executor.
• Heresare, sa. [subsidy to∣wards] warfare.
• Hereford, the City of Here∣fordshire, where Ethelbert King of East England, going to woo the Daughter of Offa King of the Mercians, was murthered.
• H••reg••at, as Hariot.
• Heregeld, a subsidy for car∣rying on the war.
• Heremitage, E••em-, a soli∣tary dwelling of
• H••remites Erem-persons de∣voted to religious solitude.
• Heresie, as Haeresie.
• Heresiarch, Haere-, g. the principal authour of any Sect or Heresie.
• Hereslita, -slia, sa. a Sol∣dier departing without Li∣cence.
• Heretogh, D. a Duke or Leader of an army.
• Hericane, as Haracane.
• Herility, l Master-ship.
• Heriot, Hariot, a tribute given to the Lord of a Man∣nor for his better preparation toward the war, now the best chattel that a Tenant hath at his death, due to the Lord by Custom or service.
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• Herlaxton, a town in Lin∣colnshire where was ploughed up a brazen vessel with a gol∣den helmet set with precious stones, presented to Catha∣rine of Spain wife to King Henry 8.
• Herman, as Harman.
• Hermaphrodite, g. (Mercu∣ry-Venus) one of both sexes, man and woman.
• Hermetical, belonging to
• ... Hermes, g. Mercury.
• Hermes Trismegistus, a great Egyptian Philosopher.
• Hermes fire, as Furole.
• Hermione, the Daughter of Menelaus.
• Hermite as Heremite.
• Hermitage, as Heremitage.
• Hermitorium, an Hermi∣tage, or Chappel belonging thereto.
• Hermitress, a woman Her∣mite or Eremite.
• Hermodactyles, g. Opprobri∣um Herbariorum, certain roots like fingers, but of what plant is uncertain.
• Hermopole, g. a place where Images are sold.
• Hermotimus, a Lydian whose soul was wont to wan∣der far from his body and re∣turn with foreign news, till once his enemies took his bo∣dy and burnt it the mean while.
• Hern, o. Corner.
• Hernious, l. bursten-bellied.
• Hern••ues, Li. an heron.
• Herodian, belonging to
• Herod, King of the Jews un∣der the Roman Emperour.
• Herodian disease, a being eaten up of lice, as He was.
• Heroick, -cal, noble, lofty, belonging to or becoming an
• Hero, g. a Noble or valiant man.
• ... Heroick [verse] Hexameter.
• Heroine, g. a Noble or Vir∣tuous woman.
• Heroner, o. a hawk that flies at a
• Heron, Ardea, a bird whose dung burns what it touch••s.
• Herophila, the Erythraean Sibyl, who being (by Tar∣quin) denied the price of her 3 books of prophecies, burnt 2, and received the whole price for that which was le••t.
• Herostratus, to purchase ••ame, burnt the Temple of Diana.
• Herpsae, as Frodmortel.
• Hersilia, the wife of Ro∣mulus, worshipped by the name of
• Hera, the Goddess of youth.
• Herry, Hery, o. to praise.
• Hertford, Herueford, the chief town of Hertfordshire.
• Herthus, a Saxon Goddess, like the Latin Tellus.
• Hervorden, a free City of Westphalia.
• Hesione, Daughter of La••∣medon King of Troy, whom Hercules delivered from a great whale.
• Hesperian Gardens, whose trees bare golden apples kept by a watchfull dragon which Hercules slew. Here dwelt the
• Hesperides, the 3 Daughters of
• Hesperus, the brother of Atlas, changed (after his death) into the Evening-star.
• Hesta, -tha, a Capon.
• Hests, o. Commands or de∣crees.
• H••••eroclitical, belonging to
• Heteroclites, g. nouns irre∣gular in their declinings.
• Heteriark, g. the General of the Allies, also an Ab∣bot.
• Heterodoxy, l. a being
• Heterodox,, g. of another judgment or opinion than what is generally received.
• Heterogeneity, the being
• Heterogene, -neal, -neous, g. of another or different kind.
• Heteroscians, g. inhabitants of either temperate Zone, whose shadows are to one side and contrary to those of the other temperate Zone.
• Heth, h. fear or astonied.
• Hethen, o. mockery.
• Hetheneffe, the Heathen world, opposed to Christen∣dom▪
• Hetruria, Tuscany in Italy.
• Hette, o. to vow, promise or command.
• Hete, hight, o. promised.
• Hetter, No. Eager, earnest, keen.
• Heva, -ah, as Eva, Eve.
• Heveningham, Henn-, a town and a family in Suffolk.
• Heven, hafe, o. to rise up.
• Hew, o. colour, also wel∣fare, also to hover.
• Hewmond, o. shining.
• Hewte, a little Copse or Grove.
• Hexaëdron, g. a figure con∣sisting of six sides.
• Hexagonal, belonging to
• Hexagon, g. a figure having six corners.
• Hexam and Hexamshire, are now within the County of Northumberland.
• Hexameter, g. consisting of six feet, whereof the last is a spondee, the last but one a Dactyle, the rest indifferent.
• Hexap••de, g. a fathom.
• Hexaptote, g. having 6 cases.
• Hexastick, g. a Stanza or Staff of six verses.
• Hext, o. perhaps for high∣est, as Next for nighest.
• Heydelberg, a City of Ger∣many.
• Hezekiah, Ezechiah, Hizkia••, h. the strength or apprehen∣sion of the Lord.
• Hiation, l. a gaping.
• ... Hibernian, Irish.
• ... Hibernia. Ireland.
• Hibride, mongrel, of a mixt generation.
• Hichel, Hatchel, an instru∣ment to combe hemp or fla••.
• Hickling, a town in Nor∣folk.
• Hickway, a Woodpicker or Wryneck.
• Hictius doctius (q. Hic 〈◊〉〈◊〉 doctus) a canting word a∣mong Juglers, to amuse the people.
• Hidage, Hyd-, an extraor∣dinary tax upon every
• Hide of Land, familia, a plough-land, or as much as one plough yearly ploughs▪ about an hundred acres.
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• Hidous, o. for hideous.
• Hide-bound, when the skin cleaves to the sides of Cattel, or the bark is too straight for the body of the Tree.
• Hide and Gain, Arable land, see Gainage.
• Hidel, o. a Sanctuary▪ pro∣tection, or hiding place.
• Hidromel, as Hydro-.
• Hiera picra, a Confection of Aloes Succatrina.
• Hierarchie, g. a holy spiritu∣al or Church Government.
• Hierarchie of Angels, their supposed order of nine de∣grees, viz. 1. Seraphims, Che∣rubims, Thron••s, 2. Domina∣tions, Principalities and Powers, 3. Vertues, Archangels, and Angels.
• Hierarchical, pertaining to a holy Governor, or Govern∣ment.
• Hieratick, -cal, g. sacred, con∣secrated to a holy use.
• Hieratick paper, dedicated only to Religious books.
• Hierd, Hyerd, Herde, sa. a Shepherd.
• Hieroglyphicks, mystical, E∣gyptian, sacred Characters or Images (instead of writ∣ing) expressing a thing, word or sentence, as that of Diospo∣lis, a Child, an old Man, a Hawk, an Hippopotamus and a Crocodile, for, Oh ye that come into the World▪ and that go out of it! God hates impudence.
• Hierograms, g. sacred writ∣ings.
• Hierography, divine writing, or a description of divine things.
• Hi••ronymians, Monks of the order of St.
• Hierome, Hieronymus, ••erome, one of the chief Fathers of the Latin Church, he transla∣ted the Bible into Latin.
• Hiero••olymitan▪ belonging to
• Hie••os••lyme, g. Jerusalem, the chief City of Judaea.
• Hierothius, g. (holy God) a mans n••me.
• His test••bus, added (in anci∣ent deeds) after, In cujus r••i testimon••um.
• Higham-ferries, a Town in Northamptonshire.
• Higham, a Town in Suffolk, and other Counties.
• Higra, an encounter of con∣trary waters.
• Hight, heete, o. named, cal∣led.
• Hight, Cu. to promise or vow: Ps. 116, 14.
• Hilarion, a Syrian hermite famous for many great mi∣racles.
• Hill, sc. to cover.
• Hilarity, l. mirth chearful∣ness.
• Hilarius, Bishop of Poictou in France, persecuted by the Arrians.
• Hilary or Hillary term, begins January the 23d. (except it be Sunday) and ends Febru∣ary the 12th.
• Hildeth, o. giveth.
• Hildebert, ge. famous Lord.
• Hillulim, h. praises, a Jew∣ish wedding-song.
• Hilkiah, h. the Lords gen∣tleness.
• Himple, No. to halt.
• Hin, h. twelve sextaries or Logins, which contain a∣about 6 egg-shels each.
• Hindberries, No. Raspberries.
• Hinkley, a Town in Leice∣stershire
• Hine, hinde, a servant at hus∣bandry, also (Cu.) hence.
• Hinefare, as heinfare.
• Hinnible, l. apt or able to neigh.
• Hinton, the name of seve∣ral small Towns.
• Hippace, f. I. Cheese made of Mares milk.
• Hipparchus, g. Governour or master of the Horse, also an At••enian Tyrant slain upon his deflouri••g a Maid.
• Hippe, Daughter of Chiron, a great huntress, got with Child and turn'd into a Mare.
• Hippiades, g. Images of Wo∣men on horse-back.
• Hippiatrie, g. horse-physick.
• Hippiaticks, g. books treating of horses.
• Hippicon, -cum, eight miles, or rather four furlongs.
• Hippocentaurs, as Centaurs.
• Hippocras, Hipo••, a com∣pounded and spiced wine from the supposed inventor
• Hippocrates, a famous Phy∣sician of Coos, who lived 104 years.
• Hippocrate's bag, made of white Cotton, pointed at the bottom like a Sugar-loaf.
• Hippocrene, a Fountain in Baeotia, sacred to the▪
• Hippocrenides, the Muses.
• Hippodame, -mia, Daughter to Oenomaus King of Elis, whom Pelops won at a race with her Father by corrupting his Chariot-driver.
• Hippodrome, g. a tilt-yard, or horse-race.
• Hippo-gryph, g. a feigned▪ beast, half horse, half Griffin.
• Hippolyta, a Queen of the Amazons, whom Hercules gave Theseus to wife.
• Hippolytus, their Son, torn in pieces by his Chariot-horses as he fled, being accu∣sed of adultery by his Wives mother Phaedra whose solli∣citations he refused.
• Hippomachy, g. a justing or fighting on horse-back.
• Hippomenes, and Atalanta (won by his golden apples thrown in her way) were turn'd to a Lion and Lioness for lying together in Cybele's Temple.
• H••ppo, -on, an African City whereof St. Austin was Bi∣shop.
• Hippona, the Goddess of horses and horse-coursers.
• Hipponax, an Ephesian Po∣et, whose sharp writings made his Enemies hang them∣selves.
• Hippopheston, g. an herb on the Fullers thorn, good for the falling sickness.
• Hippota••es, Aeolus, King of the Winds.
• Hipsicrataea, followed her husband Mithridates in all his wars and dangers.
• Hirciscunda, the division of an inheritance among heirs.
• Hircine, l. belonging to
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• Hircus, l. a Goat, also the left shoulder of Auriga.
• Hirculation, l. a disease in Vines making them barren.
• Hirsute, l. rough, hairy, bristly.
• Hirundinous, belonging to a swallow.
• Hispalis, Sevil on the River Baetis in Spain.
• ... Hispania, l. Spain.
• Hispanian, a Spaniard or Spanish.
• Hispaniola, Hayti, the fairest of all the American Islands.
• Hispid, l. as Hirsute.
• Historian, one read or skild in History, also as
• Historiographer, one practising
• Historiography, g. a writing of Histories.
• Historiologie, g. a discourse of History.
• Histrionick, -cal, belonging to, or fit for an
• Histrio, l. a stage-player.
• Hitch, to catch hold of any thing (with rope or hook.)
• Hitching, a Town in Hert∣fordshire.
• Hithe, Hythe, (as Queen-hy••he, Lamb-hythe, &c.) a little Port or Haven to im∣bark or land wares.
• H••the, a Town in Kent
• Hlaford, Laford, sa. a Lord.
• Hleafdian, Le-, sa. a Lady.
• Hlafordsocna, sa. the pro∣tection of a Lord.
• Hlasocna, sa. the benefit of the Law.
• Hoan, sa. a fine whetstone.
• Hoast-men, an ancient guild or fraternity (trading in Sea-coal) at New-castle.
• Hoat, as Hot.
• Hob, o. a clown, also (No.) the back of the Chimney.
• Hobgoblins, (q. R••b.) Robin-good-fellows.
• Hobbie, a hawk less than a Sparrow-hawk, also a little Irish nag, for the service of
• Hobilers, Hoblers, a kind of Irish Knights, light horse∣men, also those (with us) whose tenure was by main∣taining a light nag▪ to certi∣fie an invasion or any peril by the Sea-side.
• Hock and Hocks, o. Mire and dirt.
• Hoch-berg, a Town in Bris∣gow, part of Schwaben in Ger∣many.
• Hockettour, Hoqueteur, f. a Knight of the post, decay'd man, basket bearer.
• Hock-tide, Hocks-tide, (q hogh tijd, D. a high time or day) blaze tide or St. Blazes day, observed for the sudden death of Hardi••nute the last King of the Danes and their fall with him.
• Hoc-munday, the Munday se∣ven-night after Easter-week
• Hock tuesday money, paid the Landlord for giving his Tenants and Servants leave to celebrate.
• Hock-Tuesday, the second tuesday after Easter-week, whereon the Danes were ma∣stered.
• Hocus Pocus, a jugler shew∣ing tricks by sleight of hand.
• Hodge-podge, Hotch-pot, a Gal∣limaufry or mixt dish of flesh cut in pieces and herbs boild together, also a putting to∣gether of Lands of several tenures for the better division of them.
• Hodgee, P. a holy man or Priest.
• Hoddy, so. well, pleasant, in good humour.
• Hodiurnal, l. belonging to the present day or time.
• Hodmandod, Nf. a shel-snail.
• Hod••y, P. God, a word much used by the Turks.
• Hog, a young sheep, also (c.) a shilling.
• Hogan, Mogan, (Hoghen Moghen▪ D.) High and Migh∣ty, the Title of the Estates of the United Provinces.
• Hogenhine, Third night-awn hine, a guest that lies in the house the third night, who was then accounted one of the Family, and the Host was responsible for his mis-beha∣viour.
• H••-goo, as Haut-goust.
• Hogs-head, 63 gallons or the fourth part of a tun.
• Hog-steer, a wild Boar of 3 years old.
• Hoistings, as Hustings.
• Hoker, o. peevishness▪
• Hokerly, o. aukwardly, hook∣edly, crooked, crossly.
• Hold, as Covert.
• Hold off, hale away the Ca∣ble (as it is heaved in from the Capstain) to keep it from slipping back.
• Holland, the chief of the seven united Provinces, also a third part of Lin••oln-shire, the other being K••steven and Lindsey.
• Hollow-ro••••, an herb some∣what like Fumitory.
• Holly, o. for whole.
• Holm, the holly-tree, also a River Island.
• Hol••caust, g. a whole burnt offering.
• Holographical, g. wholly writ with his hand that sent it.
• H••lo••ernes, Holoph-, h. (pro∣fane, or mad) Nebuchadnez∣zars General.
• Holour, o. a Whore-monger.
• Holstaines, o. hail-stones.
• Holsatia, (q. Holt Sassia or Saxony) Holstein, woody Ger∣many, a Dukedom.
• Holte, a Town in Norfolk,
• Holly-ho••ks, a kind of Mallows with beautiful Flowers.
• Holy-rose, the leaves are like Sage (but whiter) and the blossomes presently fall.
• Holy-thistle, Carduus Bo••e∣dictus, a very wholsome Root.
• Holy Thursday, Ascension-day, ten dayes before Whit∣sunday.
• Homage, the Jury of a Court Baron, of such as owe to that Lord
• Homage, (f. Hommage,) ser∣vice, fidelity, sworn by the Tenant (on his knees) to the Lord, in these words, I be∣come your man from this time forth, for life, for mem∣ber, & for worldly honor, &c.
• Hommageable, subject or be∣longing thereto.
• Homage Ancestrel, done by his Ancestours time out of mind.
• Homager, one that doth (o••

• is bound to do) homage to another, as the Bishop of Man-Isle is said to be homa∣ger to the Earl of Derby.
• Homagio respectuando, a writ for the Escheator to deliver land to the Heir (of full age) notwithstanding his homage not done.
• Hombre, sp. a man, also a game at cards.
• Homberg, a Town in West∣phalia.
• Homerical, after the manner of
• Homer, (q. Haömer, h. the Eloquent) the most famous Greek Poet.
• Homesoken, Hamsoken, -soca, sa. [an immunity or liberty of] entring violently into an house.
• Homicide, l. the Commission or Committer of Murder, Manslaughter or Chance-medley.
• Homiletical Vertues, which concern mutual conversati∣on.
• Homily, g. a speech or Ser∣mon, common discourse or Communication.
• Homine eligendo ad custodien∣dam peciam sigilli pro Mercato∣ribus editi, a writ for a Cor∣poration to choose a new man to keep one part of the seal appointed for statutes-mer∣chant.
• Homine replegiando, a writ for the bailing a man out of Prison.
• Homine capto in Withern ami∣am, a writ to take him that hath conveyed a bondman or woman out of the County, so as they cannot be replevyed according to Law.
• Hominatio, may be called Dominatio, as many use
• Hominium, for Homagium.
• Homoeomerie, g. a likeness of parts.
• Homoeology, o. likeness of speech
• Homoeon, g. a similitude taken from the parts of a thing.
• Homoeoptoton, g. when di∣vers clauses end with the like cases.
• Homoe teleuton, g. when divers clauses end alike or with the same cadence.
• Homodox, g. of the same o∣pinion.
• Homogeneal, -cous, g. of the same kind.
• Homography, g. alike writing or painting.
• Homologie, g. a confessing or agreeing.
• Homologation, an admission, allowance or approbation
• Homonymie, g. likeness of name, a being
• Homonymous, g. having the same name, though the things be of several kinds, also doubtful, ambiguous.
• Hondfangenethef, Hontf••n-, a thief taken with
• Hond-berend, -habend, a cir∣cumstance of manifest theft, when one is taken with the thing in his hand.
• Hond-fish, o. dog-fish.
• Honie comb'd, [a piece] ill cast, over-worn and rugged within.
• Hony-suckle, Wood-bine.
• Honi soit, qui mal y pense, f. (let him be berayed who things any harm of it) the Motto of the Garter.
• Honitone, a Town in Devon.
• Honour Courts, held within
• Honors, the more noble sort of seigniories, on which the inferiour Lordships or Man∣nors do depend.
• Honour point, the upper part of an Escutcheon, between the chief and the Fesse-point.
• Honorary, l. belonging to, or done in token of honour.
• Honorificabilitudinity, l. hono∣rableness.
• Honorifical, l. bringing or causing honour.
• Honorius, Son to Theodosius the first, he divided the Em∣pire between his two Sons Arcadius (in the East) and Theodosius (in the West.)
• Hony-moon, the sweet-month next after marriage.
• Hood-wink't, c. benighted, belated.
• Hooks of the ship, all the for∣ked timbers placed upright on the keel.
• Hook-norton. a Town in Ox∣fordshire.
• Hoonkeawr, P. (a man of blood) King, a title of the Grand-Signiors.
• Hoop, Y. a-peck.
• Hope, the side of a hill, also (No.) a low ground amidst the tops of hills.
• Hope-Castle, in Flint-shire.
• Hope-steres, Pilots.
• Hophas, a River in Baeotia.
• Hoplochrism, g. the anointing a sword (or other arms) with weapon-Salve.
• Hoplochristical, belonging to the weapon salve.
• Hopple, (q. Couple) the horse, tie his legs together.
• Hoqueton, f. a short sleeve∣less coat.
• Hoppet, No. a little hand-ba∣sket.
• Horary, l. hourly, belonging to
• Horae, l. hours, Goddesses, Daughters of Jupiter and The∣mis.
• Horace, -atie, -tius, a mans name.
• Hord, l. a Cow great with Calf.
• Horcentrick, f. out of the Centre, quite without the compass, when the Sun is far∣thest from the Centre of the Earth.
• Horismos, g. the definition of a thing (to the best advan∣tage.)
• Horizontal, belonging to the
• Horizon, g. the Circle bound∣ing our fight and dividing the upper hemisphere from the lower, the line in which the Sun alway rises and sets.
• Hornbeam, a tr••e of very hard fire-wood.
• Hornbeam-pollengers, Trees that have usually been lop∣ped, are above 20 years growth, and therefore not tythable.
• Horn-Castle, in Lincolnshire.
• Hornet, a large kind of wasp
• Hornicle, Ss. the same.
• Horn-geld, a Forrest-tax for horned beasts.
• Horodix, g. a Dial.
• Horological, belonging to an
• Horologe, g. an hour-teller, Clock, Dial, Glass or watch.
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• Horologiography, g. a trea∣tise of Clocks or Dials.
• Horometry, g. the measure or measuring of hours.
• Horoscope, g. a marking of hours, or the thing whereon they are marked, so much of the firmament as ariseth every hour, also the Ascen∣dant of ones Nativity, or the Calculation thereof by obser∣ving that Hour.
• Horridity, l. a being
• Horrid, l. frightfull, dread∣full.
• Horripilation, l. a growing rough with hair, also a sud∣den quaking or standing up of the hair for fear.
• Horrisonant, l. making a terrible and roaring noise.
• Horror, l. a quaking for fear or cold, astonishment.
• Horrow, o. nasty, base.
• Hors de son fee▪ f. (out of his fee) an exception to avoid an Action (brought by the pretended Lord) for Rent or other service.
• Horse, a rope fasten'd to the fore-mast shrouds, to keep the Sprit-sail sheats clear of the anchor-flooks.
• Horse-ballet, a horse-danse.
• Horsham, a town in Sus∣sex.
• Horse-heal, Elicampane.
• Horse-tail, an herb good for inward Wounds or Ul∣cers.
• Hortative, -tatory, belong∣ing to.
• Hortation, l. an exhorting.
• Hortensius, an Eloquent Ro∣man, Father of
• Hortensia, she so pleaded her cause before the Trium∣viri, that they took off a great tax from the people.
• Hortensian, l. belonging to a garden.
• Hortolages, f. Garden-stuff, things growing in gardens or Orchards.
• Hort-yards, Garden-yards.
• Horwood, a Town in Glo∣cestershire.
• Hosanna, Os-, h. Save now, O Lord! I beseech thee save! a solemn acclamation at the feast of Tabernacles.
• Hose, as Hause, also to hug or carry in the arms, No.
• Hospitalers, an Order of Knights having the care of
• Hospitals, 'Spitles, houses erected for the relief of Pil∣grims, poor, sick, and im∣potent people.
• Hospitality, l. a being
• Hospitable, -tious, l. kind to the poor, strangers &c.
• Hospiticide, l. he that kills his guests.
• Host, an army, also the sacra∣mental sacrifice or body of Christ, also the Landlord en∣tertaing guests, f.
• Hoste, No. Cough: see Haust.
• Hostage, f. a pledge in war.
• Hosters, o. they that take in Lodgers.
• Hostey, o. to Besiege.
• Hostilements, o. Necessaries.
• Hostle, (f. Hostel) a great house, Hall, Inne, &c.
• Host'ler, the Horse-Groom, but properly the keeper of an
• Hostery, Hostelry, (f. Hostel∣lerie) an Inne.
• Hosticide, l. a killer of his enemy.
• Hostile, l. belonging to or like an enemy.
• Hostility, l. enmity.
• Hotagoe the tongue, Ss. move it nimbly.
• Hotch-pot, -potch, as Hodg-podge.
• Hote, hate, hat, o. called.
• Hote the knot, o. made fast.
• Hoten, o. they promise, or command, also as Ho••t.
• Hoti & Dioti, g. That [the thing is] and How or Why [it is so.]
• Hounds, holes in the Cheeks of the masts, wherein the Ties run that hoyse the yards.
• Hounds-tongue, the leaves are like the tongue, and the smell like the piss of hounds.
• Hovingham, a Town in Yorkshire.
• Hover ground, So. Light ground.
• Houp, f. a Lapwing.
• Housage, paid for setting up any stuff in a house.
• House, the twelfth part of the Zodiack, also (No.) the Hall.
• Housleek, Sengreen, a cool∣ing herb.
• House-bote, Estovers, an allowance of Timber from the Lords wood for the re∣pairing or upholding a tene∣ment.
• Housse, f. the cloth which the Kings horse••guards wear behind the saddle.
• Gilb-Houter, Che. an Owl.
• Houton, o. hollow.
• How, Hoo, an high place.
• Howden, a town in York∣shire.
• Howgates, o. how or which way.
• Howld, Hold, the room be∣tween the Keilson and the lo∣wer deck.
• Howse, o. for hooof.
• Hownds, as Hounds.
• Howlsom [ship] that will hull, trie and ride well at anchor, without much rowl∣ing.
• Hown, o. for Gown.
• Howsel, to administer the sacrament to one on his death-bed.
• Howse-in the ship, bring her in narrow to her upperworks, after she is past the breadth of her bearing.
• Hozing of dogs, as Expedi∣tating.
• HS. (for LLS.) the Ro∣man co••n Sestertius▪ or two Asses and a half.
• Hubba, a Danish Captain who once invaded this Is∣land.
• Hudegeld, supposed to be mistaken for Hinegeld.
• Hue and Cry, the pursuit of a Felon by the High-way, by describing the party and giv∣ing notice from Constable to Constable.
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• Huers, as Conders.
• Hugh, D. a Cutter or Sla∣sher, or else (q. hogh) high.
• Huguenotism, -terie, f. the doctrine or profession of the
• Huguenots, Hugonots, a Nick∣name of the French Calvinists, from
• Hugo, a great leader and writer among them, or from
• Hugon, a gate in Tours near which they assembled, or from
• Huc nos venimus, (Hither we come) the beginning of their Protestation.
• Huick, Huke, a Spanish and German mantle covering the whole body.
• Huissiers, f. Ushers.
• Hulk, a kind of great and broad ship.
• Hulfeere, Hulver, Holly.
• Hull, Kingston upon
• Hull, a river in Yorkshire.
• Hull, the Body of a ship without the rigging.
• The ship Hulls, when she is at sea and (in a calm or storm) takes in all her sailes.
• Hullock, part of a sail loosed (in a storm) to keep the ships head to the Sea.
• Hulm, as Holm,
• Hulstred, o. hidden.
• Humane, belonging to man, Courteous, having
• Humanity, Man-hood, or mans nature, also kindness or Courtesie.
• Humane Signs, Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Aquari∣us.
• Humber, a great River (or arm of the Sea) in York∣shire.
• Humbles, o. for humble∣ness.
• Hemectation, l. a moisten∣ing, a softning hard bodies by sprinkling moisture on them.
• Humeral, l. belonging to the shoulder.
• Humerous, l. having large shoulders.
• Humiculation, l. a lying on the ground.
• Humiliates, a Religious Order instituted 1166. who did
• Humiliate, or keep them∣selves low and humble.
• Humidate, l. to make
• Humid, l. wet, moist or li∣quid.
• Humiferous, l. waterish, wetting.
• Humourist, fantastick, full of humours, or odde fan∣sies.
• Humoursom, the same, also obstinate, that will have his own way or humour.
• Humorosity, l. moistness, fullness of
• Humour, l. moisture, juice or sap; also a mans disposi∣tion or fansy.
• Humours in the Body, Bloud, Choler, Phlegme, and Melan∣choly.
• Humfr••y, -phrey, -fred, Sa. house-peace.
• Humling, o. sounding like a humble bee.
• Hundred, ten Tithings.
• Hundreders, a Jury of men dwelling in the hundred where the Land in controver∣sie lies.
• Hundredlagh, sa. the Hun∣dred-Court.
• Hundred-penny, raised here∣tofore by the Sheriffs, out of the hundreds.
• Hundred-setena, sa. the In∣habitants or constitution of a hundred.
• Hungerford, a town in Bark∣shire.
• Hungaria, -ry, Pannonia, divided by the Danaw into two parts, subject partly to the Emperour and partly to the Turk.
• Hunnes, Scythians that over∣ran all Gallia and Italy, but at the entreaty of Pope Leo, retired themselves into Hun∣gary.
• Huntersdune, Huntington, the Ch••ef Town in that shire.
• Hurcly••, o. sits (as a hare.)
• Hure, No. hair.
• Hurlebats, as Whirl-bats or Whorl-bats.
• Hurleth, o. makes a noise.
• Hurlers, Great stones in Cornwall, so tranformed [as the People think] for prophan∣ing the Sabbath by hurling of the Ball.
• Hurn, Hyrn, sa. a Cor∣ner.
• Hurricane, as Huracane.
• Hurts, Heurts, round blew figures in Heraldry.
• Hurt••l, o. to skirmish.
• Hurtleth, o. carries, throws.
• Hurst, sa. a little wood or plump of trees.
• Husearl, sa. a houshold ser∣vant.
• Huseans, buskins.
• Husem, Hussum, a town of South Juitland in Den∣mark.
• Husfastne, he that holdeth house and land.
• Husky lour, c. a guinny.
• Hussars, Husares, Hunga∣rian Hors-men, from
• Husa, the cry which they make at their first charge.
• Husseling people, Commu∣nicants, partakers of the
• Hussel, sa. the Holy Eucha∣rist.
• Hussite, a Bohemian Coin in memory of
• John Husse, the first Re∣former in Bohemia.
• Hussites, his followers.
• Hustings, sa. (house of causes) the principal and highest Court in London, held be∣fore the Lord Mayor and Al∣dermen; the same was at Winchester, Lincoln, York, &c.
• Hutton, about 20 small towns.
• Huy, a town, in the Bishop∣rick of Liege.
• Hyacinthine▪ belonging to
• Hyacinth, Jacinth, a preci∣ous stone of a waterish colour, also the purple flower Crow-toes, made of
• Hyacinthus, playing at quaits with Apollo was killed by his quait blown upon his head by Zephyrus whom he had slight∣ed,
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• Hyades, Atlantides, Suculae, the seven stars Daughters of Atlas, lamenting of
• Hyas, their Brother devou∣red by a Lion.
• Hyaline, g. of glass.
• Hybernial, -nian, l. of Win∣ter.
• Hybla a Sicilian Mountain, famous for Thyme and Bees.
• Hyblaean, belonging there∣to.
• Hybre••s, Governour of Ny∣lasis (a City of Caria) destroy∣ed by Labienus▪ because he called himself Emperour of Caria.
• Hyde-gyld, as Hidage, also a price or ransome to save ones skin [from beating.]
• Hydra, a monstrous Serpent with a great many heads▪ whereof when Hercules had cut off one, there came up two in the room.
• Hydragogues, g. medicines to draw forth water from hydropical parts.
• Hydragogy, g. a conveying of water by furrows and trenches.
• Hydrargyrous, g. belonging to quicksilver.
• Hydraulicks, g. musical wa∣ter-works.
• Hydrogogon, g. a purge a∣gainst watery humours.
• Hydrographer, a describer of Waters, Sea-Charts, &c.
• Hydrographical, belonging to
• Hydrography, g. a descripti∣on of water, Seas, Creeks, Promontories, &c.
• Hydromantick, belonging to an
• Hydromancer, one that useth
• Hydroman••y, -tic, g. divina∣tion by water, or raising Spi∣rits in the Water.
• Hydromel, g. Metheglin, a drink of water and hony.
• Hydrophoby, g. a mel••ncholy dread or fearing of waters, caused (sometimes) by the biting of a mad dog.
• Hydrophobical, belonging thereto or troubled with that fear.
• Hydropick, -cal, g. belonging or subject to the
• Hydropsy, g. the 'Dropsy.
• Hydropotist, g. a continual drinker of water.
• Hydroscope, g. a modern in∣strument to discern the wa∣try volatil streams in the Air.
• Hyemal. l. winterly.
• Hyemation, l. a wintering.
• Hyena, a beast like a Wolf (with a mane and long hairs) accounted the subtilest of all Beasts, changing sex often, and counterfeiting mans voice.
• Hyerds, o. [hired] guides, leaders.
• Hygiastick, g. tending to the preservation of health.
• Hylas, going to fetch Hercu∣les some water, fell into the River, or (poetically) was pulled in by the Nymphs in love with him.
• Hyleg, that Planet or place in the heavens by whose di∣gression they judge of the life or state of a person.
• Hylled, o. hid.
• Hyllus, Hercules's Son, who built a Temple (at Athens) to Misericordia, the Goddess of pity.
• Hylopathy, g. the power or faculty of a Spirit to fill the whole capacity of a body; to become so firmly and closely united to it, as both to actuate and be acted upon, to affect and be affected thereby.
• Hymene••n, belonging to
• Hymen, -naeus, Son of Bac∣chus and Venus, the God (or first instituter) of Marriage, also a nuptial or wedding Song.
• Hymn, g. a Psalm or sa∣cred Song.
• Hymniferous, bringing or making hymns.
• Hymnigrapher, a writer of hymns.
• Hymnist, a singer of hymns.
• Hyngham, a Town in Nor∣folk.
• Hyothyroides, one of the two muscles lifting up the La∣rynx.
• Hype at one, No. to pull the mouth awry, to do one a mis∣chief.
• Hypallage, g. an order of words contrary to their meaning in construction.
• Hypanis, a Scythian River, whence daily arise bubbles with small insects, quickened at morning, flying at noon, and dead at night.
• Hyperbaton, g. a transposing of words from the plain Grammatical order.
• Hy••erbolical, belonging to, or spoken by way of an
• Hyperbole, g. an expression beyond the Truth, either in excess (called Auxesis) or di∣minution (called Meiosis.)
• Hyperboreans, very Nor∣then people.
• Hypercathartica, g. purges that work too violently.
• Hypercritical, belonging to
• Hypercriticism, the judg∣ment or censure of an
• Hypercritick, g. a Master Critick, or over Critical.
• Hyperdissyllable, [a word] of more than two syllables.
• Hyperion, the [Father of the] Sun, the Son of Coelus and Bro∣ther of Saturn, he first found out the motion of the stars.
• Hypermeter, g. [a verse] having a syllable above its or∣dinary measure.
• Hypermnestra, one of Dana∣us 50 Daughters commanded to kill their husbands (the 50 Sons of Aegyptus) she only saved her husband Lyn••eus, who afterwards killed Dana∣us.
• Hyperphysical, g. supernatural.
• Hyphen, g. a note of union, the stroke between two words or syllables.
• Hypocaust, g. a stew, stove or hot-house.
• Hypocistis, Erythanon, an excrescence of the Plant Ci∣stus, whose juice stops fluxes.
• Hypocondriack, -cal, belong∣ing to the
• Hypocondria, g. the sides of the upper part of the belly (about the short ribs) under

• which lie the Liver▪ and Spleen the seats of Melancho∣ly.
• Hypocritical, belonging to
• Hypocrisy, the practice of an
• Hypocrite, g. an Actor in a play, also a dissembler or Counterfeit.
• Hypogastrick, belonging to the
• Hypogastrium▪ g. the groin or lower part of the belly.
• Hypoge, g. a cellar or vault under ground.
• Hypogion, g. a great swel∣ling inflammation of the eyes.
• Hypoglottian [medicines] g. lying under the tongue and melting.
• Hypogram, g. a subscrip∣tion, or any writing subscri∣bed.
• Hypomone, as Paradox.
• Hypophora, a branch of the figure Prolepsis.
• Hypospadean, -dian, -diaean whose water comes out of the midle of his yard, an Her∣maphrodite.
• Hypostatical, belonging to
• Hypostasis, g a personal sub∣sistence.
• Hypostatical union, of Christs humane nature with his Di∣vine person.
• Hypothecary, g. belonging to a pledge or gage
• Hypothenusal line, that side of a right-angled triangle, as is subtended or opposite to the right angle.
• Hypothetical, conditional, belonging to an
• Hypothesis, g. a supposition upon which an argument or dispute is grounded.
• Hypothetical Syllogism, be∣ginning with the Condition If.
• Hypot••posis, g. a rhetorical and most lively description of a person or thing.
• Hypsicratea, as Hipsi-.
• Hypsip••ile, Queen of Lem∣nos banished thence for sav∣ing her Father Thous, when all the men of the Island were killed by women.
• Hyrcania, part of Asia, bordering South on Arme∣nia.
• Hyrcus, a Countryman of Baeotia, to whom was born Orion of an Oxes dung water∣ed by Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune whom he had enter∣tained.
• Hyrn, as Hurn.
• Hyrse, the plant••Millet.
• Hyspaan, a City of Per∣sia.
• Hysterical, belonging to the
• Hystera, g. the womb, also the after-birth.
• Hysterical passions, fits of the Mothe••.
• Hysterology, g. a placing that last (in Discourse) which should be first, & •• contra.
• Hysteron-proteron, g. (last-first) a speaking or doing praeposterously, putting the Cart before the horse.
• Hyth, as Hit••e.
• Hyttenia, Terrapolis, part of Attica, having 4 chief Ci∣ties.