Tepid, P. L. vii. 417. lukewarm Thankless, P. that earns no thanks, is not thanked. It otherwise signifies unthankful, ungrateful Thrascias, P. L. x. 700. the wind blowing from Thrace, northward of Greece To thrill, P. to pierce, to bore, to penetrate Tiar, P. L. iii. 625. a Persian word for a round cap, high, and ending in a point; the usual covering and ornament the eastern princes wore on their heads To tilt, to run in tilts, P. L. ix. 34; to play unsteadily, P. L. xi. 747 Tilth, P. L. xi. 430). arable, tilled To tine, P. L. x. 1075. to light, to kindle, to set on fire; from the Saxon tynan, to light, to kindle. From this we have the word tinder Tipsy, P. drunk, overpowered with drink To torment, P. L. vi. 244. to put into great agitation; from the French tormente, a great storm Torncament, or Tournament, tilt, just, P. L. ix. 37. encounter, shock of battle, P. L. xi. 652 Tortuous, P. L. ix. 516. twisted, wreathed, winding Trading, P. L. ii. 640. having a trading wind, or a monsoon To train, P. L. vi. 553. to draw along, to draw in train; from the term train of artillery Transmigration, P. L. x. 261. passage from one place or state into another To travel, P. L. iii. 501. to tire, to harrass. Mr. Johnson thinks this word should be spelt travail when it signifies labour, and travel when it signifies journey To trick, P. to dress, to decorate, to adorn Triform, P. L. iii. 730. having a triple shape. The moon is said to be triform when increasing with horns towards the east, decreasing with horns towards the west, and at the full To trill, P. R. iv. 246. to utter quavering To trip, P. L. xi. 847. to dance, to run or step lightly, from tripudiare, to dance To troll, P. L. xi. 620. to move circularly Tropic, P. L. x. 675. the line at which the sun Tun, P. L. iv. 816. a large cask Turkis, or Turkois, P. a blue stone, numbered among the meaner precious stones Turm, P. R. iv. 66. a troop; a word coined from the Latin turma U Unapparent, P. L. vii. 103. obscure, not visible Uncouth, odd, strange, unusual; from the Saxon uncud, unknown Understood, P. L. i. 662. not expressed, not openly declared, and yet implied; as when we say that a substantive or verb is understood in a sen tence Unessential, P. L. ii: 439. void of real being Unexpressive, unutterable, ineffable, not to be expressed Unfum'd, P. L. v. 349. not burnt, and exhaling smoke as in fumigations, but with its natural scent Unison, P. L. vii. 599. sounding alone Unprevented, P. L. iii. 231. not preceded by any thing Unremov'd, P. L. iv. 987. for immoveable, not capable of being removed. Unweeting, ignorant, unknowing Unwiser, P. L. iv. 716. not so wise as one should have been To use, P. to haunt or frequent Uxorious, submissively fond of a wife, infected with connubiak dotage V Van, a wing with which the air is beaten Vant-brass, or Vaunt-brace, S. A. 1121. armour for the arms Various, varied with divers sculptures and paintings, P. L. vi. 84. variegated, diversified, P. L. vii. 318 To veer, P. L. ix. 515. to turn about Vernant, P. L. x. 679. flourishing as in the spring Viduds, food meat dressed Vigd, P. K. 18. watch; devotions performed in the customary hours of rest; songs sung while the angels kept watch Void, P. L. iii. 12. destitute of any formed being, void as the earth was when first created. It commonly signifies emptiness; but it cannot be so understood here; for chaos is described as full of matter Volant, P. L. xi. 561. nimble, active Vollied, P. L. iv. 928. disploded, discharged with a volley Voluble, rolling, having a quick motion W To wallow, P. L. vii. 411. to move heavily and clumsily War, P. L. xii. 214. forces, army Ware, P. L. ix. 353. wary, cautious To warp, P. L. i. 341. to turn, to work forward; a sea term Wassailer, a toper, a drunkard. Mr. Johnson gives this account of the origin of the word: Hail or hei! for health was in such continual use among the good fellows of ancient times, that a drinker was called a was-heiler, or a wisher of health; and the liquor was termed was-heil, because health was so often wished over it. These words were afterwards corrupted into wassail and wassailer. Miscel. Obs. on Macbeth, p. 41. To wattle, P. to bind with twigs; to form, by plaiting twigs one within another To ween, to think, to imagine, to fancy Westering, P. drawing towards the west Whist, P. still, silent. It is commonly used as an interjection, commanding silence. And hence it is supposed the game of Whist hath its name, as it requires close attention and silence Wight, a person, a being Wisard, P. a wise man, an enchanter, a conjurer Within, P. L. i. 725. xi. 470. (an adverb), inwardly To won, P. L. vii. 457. to live, to dwell, to inhabit To worse, P. L. vi. 440. to put to disadvantage To wrack, P. L. ii. 182. to rock, to shake To wrench, S. to force, to wrest To writhe, to distort, P. L. x. 569, to twist with violence, P. L. vi. 328. Y Ycleaped, P. called, named, termed Ꮓ Zenith, the point over head opposite to the nadir |