To couch, P. L. ii. 536. to fix or place the spear in the rest, in the posture of attack; from the French coucher, to place Couchant, P. L. iv. 406. lying down, squatting To cover, P. L. i 763. to inclose Crank, P. any conceit formed by twisting, or changing, in any manner, the form or meaning of a word To craze, P. L. xii. 210. S. A. 571. to crush, bruise, or break in pieces, to weaken Crescent, P. L. x. 434. any similitude of the moon increasing. The Turks bear the horned moon, the crescent, in their ensigns Crescent, P. L. i. 439, increasing, growing, in a state of increase Cresset, P. L. i. 728. a great blazing light set upon a beacon, light-house, or watch-tower To crown, P. L. v. 445. to fill above the brim, yet not so as to run over Crude, not brought to perfection, unfinished, immature, P. L. vi. 511. premature and coming before its time, S. A, 700 Cubic. P. L. vi. 399. four square Cuirassiers, P. R. iii. 328. horsemen armed with cuirasses, which covered the body quite round, from the neck to the waist To culminate, P. L. iii. 617. to be vertical and shoot directly, to be in the meridian Curfeu, P. (of the French couvre feu.)` William the Conqueror, in the first year of his reign, commanded that in every town and village a bell t should be rung every night at eight of the clock, and that all persons should then put out their fire and candle, and go to bed; the ringing of which bell was called curfeu Cycle, P. L. viii. 84. a circle in the heavens, ima-. ginary orbs Cynosure, P. the star next the north-pole, by which sailors steer; the constellation of Ursa Minor D Dank, damp, humid, moist, wet Dapper, P. little and active, lively without bulk To dapple, P. to streak, to vary, to diversify with colours To damask, P. L. iv. 334. to variegate, to di-. versify Darkling, P. L. iii. 39. in the dark without light; a word merely poetical To debel, P. R. iv. 605. to conquer, to overcome. in war; of the Latin debello To defend, P. L. xi. 86. xii. 207. P. R. ii. 370. to forbid, prohibit, keep off, hinder; of the French defendre, to forbid Dell, P. a steep place or valley, a pit, hole in the ground, any cavity in the earth Debonair, P. elegant, civil, well bred, gentle, complaisant Democratic, P. R. iv. 269. a popular government Diapason, P. a perfect concord through all the tones ; Gr. διάπασσῶν. It is the same with an octave; because there are but seven tones or notes, and then the eighth, is the same again with the first To dight, P. to dress, to deck, to bedeck, to embellish, to adorn Dingle, P. a narrow valley between two steep hills Dipsas, P. L. x. 526. a serpent, whose bite produces the sensation of unquenchable thirst; of Siva, thirst Discontinuous wound, P. L. vi. 329. said in allusion to the old definition of a wound, that it separates the continuity of the parts. Vulnus est solutio continui To dispart, to divide in two, to separate, to break, to burst, to rive To dispense, to distribute, to deal out in parcels Divine, P. L. xi. 845, presaging, foreboding Dole, S. A. 1529; gifts and portions, blows dealt out; from a Saxon word, or from the Greek. από το διελεῖν, distribuere Doughty, S. A. 1181. brave. valiant Drear, P. L. x. 525. sad, dreadful, mournful, dismal, sorowful To drizzle, P. L. vi. 545. to fall in short slow drops Drop serene, P. L. iii. 25. a disease of the eye, proceeding from an inspissation of the humour To drug, P. L. x. 568. to physic, to torment with the hateful taste usually found in drugs; to tincture with something offensive Dryad, P. L. ix. 387. a wood-nymph Dulcimer, P. L. vii. 596. a musical instrument played by striking the brass wires with little sticks Dun, P. L. iii. 72. dark, gloomy E Eccentric, such spheres whose centres are different from that of the earth To eclipse, P. L. v. 776. to disgrace Ecliptic, P. L. iii. 740. agreat circle of the sphere, supposed to be drawn through the middle of the zodiac, and making an angle with the equinoctial Eld, P. old age Elfe, P. a wandering spirit, supposed to be seen in wild unfrequented places Elops, P. L. x. 525. a dumb serpent, that gives no notice by hissing to avoid him Emblem, P. L. iv. 703. in the Greek and Latim Q sense, for inlaid floors of stone or wood, to make figures mathematical or pictural To embow, P. to arch, to vault Embryon, the offspring yet unfinished in the womb Emergent P. L. vii. 286. rising into view or no tice Empiric, P. L. v. 440. versed in experiments; who makes bold trials and experiments without much skill and knowledge Emprise, P. L. xi. 642. an old word for enterprise Engin, P. L. i. 750. device, wit, contrivance Ens, P. any being or existence To envermeil, P. to paint with vermilion Epicycle, P. L. viii, 84. a circle upon another circle; or a little circle whose centre is in the circumfe rence of a greater Epilepsy, P. L. xi. 483. a convulsion or convulsive motion of the whole body, or of some of its parts, with a loss of sense Eremite, P. L. ii. 474. P. R. i. 8. a solitary, an anchoret, an inhabitant of the desert, one who retires from society to contemplation and devotion Erst, at first, in the beginning, P. formerly, long ago, S. A. 339. before, till then, till now P. L. ix. 876 Eternal, P. L. v. 173. fixed and continual, perpetual, constant Euphrasy, P. L. xi. 414. the herb eyebright, s named from its clearing virtue |