352 GLOSSARY. 



G. 



Gamester, sb. A player at any game ; not necessarily a gambler : p. 1 98, 



1.23. 



Generosity, sb. Nobility : p. 69, 1. 30. 

 Gigantine, adj. Giantlike: p. 194, 1. 13. Referring to the war of the 



giants against Jupiter. 



Glance, sb. An allusion, hint: p. 57, 1. 17. 

 Glass, sb. A mirror: p. 108, 1. 6 ; p. 161, 1. 6 ; p. 176, 1. 7. In the New 



Atlantis Bacon uses glass for lens (Works, iii. 162). 

 Glory, sb. Ostentation: p. 7, 1. 27; p. 112, 1. 19; p. 171, 1. 4. See 



Essay Ivi. p. 224, 1. 31 : Whatsoever is above these, is too much; and 



proceedeth either of glory and willingnesse to speake ; or of impatience to 



hear, &c. 



Go, v. t. Used in a transitive sense: p. 83, 1. 29. 

 Go about. To endeavour: p. 173, 1. IO. See Rom. x. 3. 

 Grace, v. t. To compliment, praise: p. 236, 1. 29. Comp. Essay Ivi. 



p. 225: There is due from the iudge, to the advocate, some commend 

 ation and gracing, where causes are well handled, and faire pleaded. 

 Gravelled, p.p. Puzzled. To be gravelled = to hesitate: p. 57, 1. 15. 



Nay, you were better speak first, and when you were gravelled for 



lack of matter, you might take occasion to kiss. Shakespeare, As You 



Like It, iv. I. 74. 



Grecia, sb. Greece : p. 3, 1. 25 ; p. 12, 1. IO. See Dan. viii. 21. 

 Grecians, sb. Greeks: p. II, 1. 15. Comp. Joel iii. 6. 

 Grift, v. t. To graft: p. 255, 1. 22. The ed. of 1605 has grlfte, which 



in ed. 1629 became grift, and in ed. 1633 graft. Baret (Alvearie, s. v.) 



gives To grijfe. Inserere arbori. 



Grossly, adv. Clumsily, unskilfully : p. 37, 1. 7; p. 153, 1. 22. 

 Grot, sb. A grotto or cave : p. 162, 1. 26. 

 Ground, sb. The plain-song of a tune, on which the variations or descants 



are made : p. 197, 1. II. 

 Ground, sb. Foundation : p. 76, 1. 12. 

 Ground, v. t. To lay the foundation of: p. 113, 1. 9. 

 Grounded, p.p. Well founded: p. no, 1. 15. Well grounded = with 



good foundations : p. 217, 1. 21. 

 Grounds, sb. Soils : p. 207, 1. 20. Among the disadvantages in the 



site of a house, Bacon enumerates want of fruitfulnesse, and mixture 



of grounds of severall natures. Essay xlv. p. 1 80. 



H. 



Hand. To be in hand with = to have in hand, to treat of: p. 18, 1. 30; 



p. 98, 1. 32. 

 Hap, v. i. To happen: p. 6i,l. 4. The remnant of people, which hap 



to be reserved, are commonly ignorant and mountanous people. 



Essay Iviii. p. 232. 



