The new world of English words, or, A general dictionary containing the interpretations of such hard words as are derived from other languages ... together with all those terms that relate to the arts and sciences ... : to which are added the significations of proper names, mythology, and poetical fictions, historical relations, geographical descriptions of most countries and cities of the world ...
Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?
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- Focillation, (lat.) a refreshing.
- Foder, or Fodrum, from the Dutch word Vo•den, to feed, a course kind of meat for cattel, also a prerogative that a Prince hath to be provided of corn for his horses toward any Expedition. Also Fodder is taken for 2000 pound weight of lead.
- Foeculent, (lat.) full of dregs.
- Foecundity, (lat.) fruitfulnesse.
- Foedity, (lat.) filthinesse.
- Foeminine, (lat.) of the Female Sex.
- Foeneration, (lat.) a practising of usury.
- Foine, (French) to prick.
- Foines, a kind of Fur, which is black at the top, taken from a little beast of the same name.
- Foison, (French) abundance.
- Foist, a Pinnace, or little Ship.
- Folgherers, (old word) followers.
- Foliage, branched work.
- Foliatanes, a certain religious Order of men, who lived onely upon leaves.
- Folio, a book is said to be in Folio, when it is of a large volume, consisting of sheets onely once doubled, or making but two leaves a piece.
- Folkland, (Saxon) coppy-hold land.
- Folkmoot, from the Saxon words folk, i. people, and Gemettan, to meet, signi∣fies either the County Court, or the Sheriffs turn.
- Follicle, (lat.) a little bladder or purse.
- Fomentation, (lat.) a cherishing, in physick it signifies the applying of warm or dry things to the body.
- Fons solis, a Fountain in Lybia, near the Temple of Jupiter Hammon, which is at midnight hot as boyling water.
- Foothote, (old word) straightway.
- Foraminous, (lat.) full of holes.
- Foraneous, (lat.) pertaining to a Court or Market-place.
- Forbarr, to deprive for ever.
- Force, in Common Law, signifieth un∣lawful violence.
- Forcible entry, is a violent actual entry into any house or land.
- Forcipated, (lat.) bending, or hooked.
- Fordoe, (old word) to kill.
- Foregoers, purveyours going before the King or Queen in progresse.
- Forein matter, a matter tryable in ano∣ther Country.
- Forein opposer, an Officer of the Exche∣quer, to whom all Sheriffs and Bailiffs do repair to be opposed of their green wax.
- Forejudger, in common Law, is a judg∣ment whereby a man is put by the thing in question.
- Foreland, or Forenesse, an ancient word used for a promontory which jutteth out foremost.
- Foreloin, in hunting, is when a hound going before the rest of the cry, meets chace and goes away with it.
- Forest, (q. Feresta, i. a station of wild beasts) is defined to be a safe harbour or abiding place for Deer, or any sort of beasts that are wild and delight in woods.
- Forestaller, or Regrater, one that buys ware, before it comes to the Market, and Page [unnumbered] sells it again at a higher price.
- Forfare, (old word) forlorn.
- Forfeiture, in Latin, forisfactum, or fo∣risfactura, signifies the transgressing of a penal Law, or the effect of it.
- Forelorn, lost, from the Dutch word Verloren, whence Forlorn-hope, a party of Souldiers put upon the most desperate service, in some old English Writers, For∣leten signifieth the same.
- Forletten, (old word) abandoned.
- Formality, (lat.) outward shew, pre∣cisenesse.
- Formation, (lat.) forming or fashion∣ing.
- Formeth, or seateth, a term in hunting, applied to a Hare when it squats in any place.
- Formidable, (lat.) to be feared.
- Form•sity, (lat.) beauty, fairness.
- Formulary, (lat.) belonging to a form; also used in the substantive, for a presi∣dent, or proceeding in Law.
- Fornication, (lat.) whoredom.
- Forenesse, see Foreland.
- Forses, (Gr. Catadupae) waterfalls.
- Forslegl•n, (old word) slain.
- Forspreak, (old word) an advocate.
- Fortitude, (lat.) valour, or stoutnesse of mind.
- Fortlet, signifieth in Common Law, a 〈◊〉 Fort or place of some strength.
- Fortuitous, (lat.) accidental, or coming by chance.
- Fortuny, a kind of Tourneament or running a tilt on horseback with Launces, a sport much used here in old times.
- Forwelked (old word) dried.
- Forwyned, (old word) withered.
- Fosset, a little long Coffer or Chest, from the Latin word fossa, a ditch.
- Fosseway, a highway, digged out and made passable. See Ikenild.
- Fossion, (lat.) a digging.
- A Foster, contract for a Forrester.
- Fother, or Foder, a twenty hundred pound weight.
- Fotheringhay, a Castle in Northampton∣shire, kept by William Earle of Aumart, against King Henry the third, when the Nobles of England revolted.
- Fotion, (lat.) a cherishing.
- Fougade, (French) a kind of fire∣work.
- Foulk, a proper name, from the Dutch word Volg, i. Noble.
- Founes, (old word) devises.
- Fourche, (in French a fork) signifieth in Common-law a delaying, or putting off an action.
- Fontegeld, signifieth in the Forrest law, an amerciament for not cutting out the balls of great Dogs feet in the Forrest; it cometh from the Dutch word Fusz, and Gelten to loosen.
- Fownder, is when a ship by an extraor∣dinary leak becomes full, or half full of water.
- Fox stones, an Herb so called from the likenesse of the Root.
