tones ; Gr. diétagrüy. 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 em bellish, to adorn Dingle, P. a narrow valley between two steep hills Dipsas, P. L. X. 526. a serpent, whose bite pro duces the sensation of unquenchable thirst; of Siya, thirst Discontinuous wound, P. L. vi. 329. said in allus sion 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 Divan, P. L. 8. 457. any council assembled To divert, P. L. ii. 349. to turn aside, to with draw the mind Divine, P. L. xi. 845, presaging, foreboding Divinely, (from the Latin divinitus), of God, from heaven, P. L. viii.500.P.R.i. 26. excellently, in the supreme degree, P. L. ix. 489 To doff, S. A. 1410. to put off dress Dole, S. A. 1529; gifts and portions, blows dealt out; from a Saxon word, or from the Greek. ATÚ TO Stedeñv, distribuere 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 Escentric, such spheres whose centres are different from that of the earth . To eclipse, P. L. v. 776. to disgrace Ecliptic, P. L. iii. 740. a great circle of the sphere, supposed to be drawn through the middle of the zodiac, and making an angle with the equi noctial Eld, P. old age Elfc, 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 bissing to avoid him Emblem, P. L. iv. 703. in the Greek and Latin 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 A Ens, P. any being or existence To enuermeil, P. to paint with vermilion E picycle, 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 devo tion 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, perpe tual, constant Euphrasy, P. L. xi. 414. the herb eyebright, se named from its clearing virtue Lurus, P. L. x. 705. the east wind where it was then evening Excess, P. L. xi. lll. sin, offence; literally, a going beyond the bounds of our duty To exercise, P. L. ii. 89. to vex and trouble, te keep employed as a penal injunction. It is used in this sense also in Latin Eyry, P. L. vii. 424. the nest of a bird of prey Falsities and lies, P. L. i. 367.false idols superstitious frenzy Fatal, upheld by fate, P. L. i. 104. appointed by destiny, P. L. v. 861 Favonius, S. the western wind that blows in the spring Faye, P. a fairy, an clfe To fet, P. R. ii. 401. to fetch to go and bring Flamen, P. a priest. Flaw, P. L. X. 698. a sudden gust, a violent blast; From the Greek praw, to break To flare, P. to glitter offensively Fledge, full feathered, able to fly, qualified to leave the nest Flown, P. L. i. 502. puffed, inflated, clate, raised, heightened Founded, P. L. i. 703. melted, from fundere, to melt, to cast metal Fraud, misery, misfortune, mischief, punishment consequent upon deceit, P. L. viii. 143. hurt and damage, P. L. ix. 643. P. R. i. 372 To freak, P. to freckle, to spot, to varigate, to chequer Frequence, P. R.j. 130. crowd, concourse, assem bly To fret, to form into raised work, P. L. i. 717. to hurt by attrition, S. Fret, P. L. vii. 597. that stop of the musical in strument which causes or regulates the vibrations of the string Friers, P. L. iii. 474-5. white, Carmelites; black, Dominicans ; gray, Franciscans Frieze, P. L. i. 716. that part of the entablature of columns between the architrave and cornice From, H. R. i. 165. used as úno and præ, to signi fy for or because of Frore, P. L ii, 595. an old word for frosty To frounce, P. to crisp, to curle, to frizzle Fugue, P. L. xi. 563. (of fuga, a flight), in mu sic the correspondency of parts, answering one another in the same notes, either'above or be. low Gabble, P. L. xii. 56. loud talk without meaning |