GLOSSARY 



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Meat : food of all kinds, not ex- 

 clusively flesh. E. xxxiii. 

 Mechanic: mechanism. 281. 

 Mechanicals : mechanics. 330. 

 Meliority : superiority. C. I. 

 Melo-cotone : a kind of peach. E. 



xlvi. 

 Mercury rod : the caduceus or rod 



twined with serpents with which 



Hermes is usually represented. 



E. iii. 



Mere : absolute. E. xxviii. 

 Merely : absolutely. E. Iviii. 1 73. 

 Mere-stone : a boundary stone. 



E. Ivi. 

 Mew : to moult or shed the feathers. 



E. xxix. 

 Mezerion : Daphne Mezereum,ca\\ed. 



also by Gerarde Dutch Mezereon, 



or Germane Olive Spurge. E. 



xlvi. W. 



Milken Way: the Milky Way. E.xl. 

 Mintman : one skilled in coinage. 



E. xx. 

 Mirabilaries : narrations of marvels. 



238. 

 Misgovernment : intemperance. 



183. 



Moil : to labour. E. xxxiii. 

 Morigeration : humouring. 188. 

 Motion : impulse. E. x. Emotion. 



xiv. 



Mought : might. E. xv. xxii. 231. 

 Move : to excite. E. iii. 

 Munite : to fortify. E. iii. 

 Musk-melon : the common melon. 



E. xlvi. 



Muster : to count. C. 5. 

 Mystery : a hidden meaning, known 



only to the initiated. E. v. 



Name : reputation. E. vi. 

 Natural : native. E. xxix. 

 Natures : kinds. E. xlv. xlvi. 

 Naught : bad. E. xxxiv. Iii. 

 Nephew : a grandson. E. xxix. 

 Nestling : place for building nests. 

 E. xlvi. 



Newel : " a pillar of stone or wood, 

 where the steps terminate in a 

 winding staircase." E. xlv. 



New men : men who have newly 

 acquired rank. E. ix. 



Note : observation. E. ix. In- 

 formation. E. xlix. 



Nulls : blanks, words with no 

 meaning. 306. 



Object : exposed. C. 5. 

 Obliged : bound. E. xx. 

 Obliquity : unfairness. 243. 

 Obnoxious to : exposed to, under 



the influence of; and hence, 



submissive, complaisant. E. xx. 



xxxvi. xliv. 

 Oes: round bright spots. E. 



xxxvii. 



Offer: an attempt. C. 10. 

 Officious : ready to serve. E. 



xlviii. 



Ointment : perfume. E. liii. 

 Open : disclose, point out. 306. 

 Opinion : reputation. E. xxvi. 



liv. 



Oraculous : oracular. E. vi. 

 Order, to take : to take measures. 



E. xxxvi. 



Other : others. E. viii. xxiv. 

 Out-compass itself: exceed its 



limits. 172. 

 Overcome : in the phrase ' to 



overcome a bargain,' to master it, 



and make it one's own. E. 



xxxiv. 



Pace : to proceed. E. xxxiv. 

 Painful : industrious. 368. 

 Pair : to impair. E. xxiv. 

 Palm : a handbreadth. E. xix. 

 Pardon : permission. E. xliii. 

 Part : party. E. xvi. 

 Particular : partial. E. Iviii. Used 



as a substantive, like 'private,' 



etc. E. xv. 



Particulars: instances. 177- 

 Pasquil : satire. 2 1 3. 



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