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Judicious, P. L. viii. 591. chuses with prudence

and skill

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To kennel, P. L. ii. 658. to lie, to dwell Kercheft, P. dressed, hooded; from kerchef, a head dress; French, couvre-chef

Kirtle, P. a woman's gown

Knee-tribute, P. L. v. 782. genuflection, worship or obeisance shown by kneeling

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Lair, P. L. vii. 457. the couch or bed of a boar or wild beast

L'Allegro, P. the cheerful merry man

Larbord, P. L. ii. 1019. the left-hand side of a ship, when you stand with your face to the head Lares, P. household gods

Lazar-house, P. L. xi. 479. a house for the recep tion of the diseased; an hospital

Lea, P. ground inclosed, not open; pastures, or corn fields

Lea or Lee shore, P. L. i. 207. it is that on which

the wind blows. To be under the Lee, is to be close under the weather-shore

Leer, P. L. iv. 503. an oblique view

Lemures, P. night-spirits, hobgoblins

Lenient, S. A. 659. assuasive, softening, mitigating

Less, P. L. ix. 320. for too little
Levant, P. L. x. 704. rising, eastern

Leviathan, P. L. i. 201. a water-animal described in the book of Job, by some imagined to be the crocodile, but in poetry generally taken for the whale

Libbard, P. L. vii. 467. a leopard, a spotted beast

of prey

Libecchio, P. L. x. 706. the south-west wind
Limbec, P. L. iii. 605. a still

Limitary, P. L. iv. 971. placed at the boundaries

as a guard or superintendant; set to guard the bounds

Lithe, P. L. iv. 347. limber, pliant, flexible, easily

bent

Longitude, P. L. iv. 539. length or distance; the sun's course from east to west iu a straight and direct line, P. L. vii. 373

Lore, lesson, instruction

Lubbar, P. a sturdy drone'; an idle, fat, bulky losel; a booby

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Madrigal, P.a pastoral song

Magnetic, P. L. iii. 583. attractive, having the power to draw things distant

To manure, P. L. iv. 628. to cultivate by manual

labour

Marasmus, P. L. xi. 487. a kind of consumption,

accompanied with a fever, wasting the body by degrees

Marish, P. L. xii. 630. an old word for marsh a bog, a fen

Marle, P. L. i. 296. a kind of clay used for fatten ing land

To may, P. to gather flowers on a May morning Meath, P. L. v. 345. sweet drink like mead Meed, .P. reward, recompense

Mellifluous, P. L. v. 429. flowing with honey with sweetness

Memory, reminiscence, recollection, P. L. iv. 24. time of knowledge, P. L. vii. 66, 637 Mickle, P. much, great. An obsolete word Midriff, P. L. xi. 445. the diaphragm, a nervous muscle separating the breast from the belly Mimic, S. A. 1325. a ludicrous imitator. This is mimirs in all the editions, though the table of errata to the first edition directs to read mimics Mimic, P. L. v. 110. imitative, befitting a mimic Minum, P. L. vii. 482. a small being, a dwarf Mintage, P. that which is coined or stamped Miscreated, P. L. ii. 683. formed unnaturally or illegitimately; made as by a blunder of Na

ture

Misery, P. L. ix. 12. xi. 476. sickness, disease, and all sort of mortal pains

To mix, P. L. ii. 69. to fill with

Mold, P. L. ii. 355. vi. 576. substance

Moment, P. L. vi. 239. x. 45. force, impulsive

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weight, actuating power. It is the weight that turns the balance

To moor, P. L. i. 207. to be fixed, to be stationed. It is the laying out of anchors in a proper place for the secure riding of a ship.

Tomope, P. L. xi. 485. to be stupid; to drowse; to be spiritless, inactive, and inattentive; to be stupid and delirious.

Morrice, P. a dance in which bells are jingled, or staves or swords clashed.

Mosaic, P. L. iv. 700. a kind of painting in small

pebbles, cockles, and shells of sundry colours Mound, P. L. iv. 134. any thing raised to fortify or defend, a bank of earth and stone

Mummer, S. A. 1325. a masker, one who performs antics in a personated dress

Murky, P. L. x. 280. dark, cloudy, tainted, wanting light

Murren, P. L. xii. 179. the plague in cattle
Must, P. L. v. 345. new wine

Mysterious, including a hidden meaning in it, inaccessible to the understanding, awfully obscure

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Naphtha, P. L. i. 729. a very pure, clear, and thin mineral fluid, of a very pale yellow, with a cast of brown in it. It is of so unctuous and fiery a nature, that it kindles at approaching the fire or the sun-beams

Nard, P. L. v. 293. spikenard
Nathless, P. L. i. 299. nevertheless

Navel, P. the middle, the interior part

To need, P. L. x. 80. S. A. 1554. to be wanting

Nepenthes, P. a drug that drives away all pains Night, P. L. v. 93. for the visions and dreams fre

quent in it

Nocent, P. L. ix. 186. hurtful, mischievous
Notus, P. L. x. 702. the south wind
Number, P. L. iii. 580. measure, harmony
Number'd, P. L. viii. 19. numerous

To oblige, P. L. ix. 980. to render obnoxious to guilt or punishment. It is used in the large sense of the Latin obligo

Of, P. L. iv. 411. for among

Offal, P. L. x. 633, carrion, coarse meat

Omnific, P. L. vii. 217. all-creating

Ooze, P. L. vii. 303. soft mud, mire at the bottom of water, slime

Opal, P. L. ii. 1049. a precious stone of diverse colours, partaking of the carbuncle's faint fire, the amethyst's bright purple, and the emerald's cheering green

Opiate, P. L. xi. 133. soporiferous, somniferous, narcotic, causing sleep

Orc, P. L. xi. 835. a large kind of sea-beast

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