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Allusive, adj. Figurative: p. 102, 1. 22, 28. Todd quotes from South 

 ierm. n. 376), 1 he foundation of all parables, is some analogy or simili 

 tude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable, and the thing 

 couched under it and intended by it. 



Almost, adv. Apparently in the sense of most of all, or generally : 

 ? .3. &amp;gt;: II- Bacon uses it in the same way in Essay xliii. p. 176; 

 Neither is it almost scene, that very beautifull persons, are otherwise of 

 great vertue. 



Aloft, adv. Upwards : p. 89, 1. 6. 



Ambages, sb. Circuitous ways or methods: p. m, 1. 6; p. 124, 1. 18. 

 Compare Bale, Image of both Churches (p. 260, Parker Soc.) ; Evident 

 will these secret mysteries be unto him, which are privily hid unto other 

 under dark ambages and parables. 



Amplification, sb. Exaggeration: p. 3, 1. 17. Shakespeare uses ampli 

 fied in the sense of exaggerated in Coriolanus, v. 2. 16 : 

 His fame unparallel d, haply, amplified. 



Anatomy, sb. A body used for dissection : p. 80 I. 18- p 118 II 16 28- 

 p. 139.1- 17- 



Animosity, sb. Courage: p. 133, 1. 12. Cotgrave (Fr. Diet.) gives, 

 Animosit^ : f. Animositie, stoutnesse, courage, mctall, boldnesse, resolution, 

 hardinesse. 



Anointment, sb. Anointing : p. 83, 1. 5. 



Answerable, adj. Corresponding: p. 93, 1. 79; p. 162, 1. 9. Compare 

 Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, ii. i. 361 : 



4 Six score fat oxen standing in my stalls, 

 And all things answerable to this portion. 



Ant (p. 151, 1. 28), a feminine noun, as in Prov. vi. 6. 



Antistrophe, sb. Literally, that part of a song sung by a chorus of 

 dancers when they retraced their steps in the dance. It corresponds to a 

 previous strophe. Bacon uses it of correspondence generally: p. 131, 



Antiques, sb. Grotesque figures : p. 25, I. 24. Compare Shakespeare, 

 Much Ado, iii. i. 63 : 



If black, why, Nature, drawing of an antique. 



Made a foul blot. 

 Apace, adv. Swiftly: p. 15, 1. 8. 



Apparently, adv. Openly, manifestly: p. 127, 1. 7. Compare Shake 

 speare, Comedy of Errors, iv. I. 78 : 



I would not spare my brother in this case, 



If he should scorn me so apparently. 



Application, sb. Appliance: p. ai, 1. 3. Accommodation, adaptation: 

 p. 192, 1. 30; p. 204, 11. 6, 15, 24. Comp. p. 204, I. 23, which is 

 that properly which we call accommodating or applying. Sec also p. 26, 

 1. 25. 



Apply, v.i. To accommodate, adapt oneself: p. 204, 1. ?6. Used re- 

 flexively, p. 24, 1. 10. To apply ones selfe to others, is good: so it 

 be with demonstrations that a man doth it upon regard, and not upon 

 facilitie. Essay Iii. p. ail. Used transitively in the sense of, to devote 

 oneself to : p. 41, 1. i. 

 Apprompt, v. j. To prompt : p. 156, 1. 32. 



