BUTURE, 8. The bittern. North. and hence, meek, or humble. Buzz, v. To empty a bottle of wine in carousing; to drink. BUZZARD, 8. (1) A coward. (2) A sort of large moth that is seen in great abundance in the meadows, hovering over certain flowers in a summer evening. Devon. The word is also used in Craven, and is supposed to be the origin of the proverb, "As blind as a buzzard.' BUZZOM-CHUCK'D, adj. Blowsy, or with cheeks of a deep red. Exmoor Buzzy, 8. A familiar term of endearment. Northampt. BY, (1) prep. By is often used by old writers in the sense of in, as, "by his life," in his lifetime; and sometimes in those of for, with, or of. "By and by," distinctly, in order one after the other. (2) s. A by-place. "Burella, a (5) v. To buy. (6) v. To abide. (7) v. To abie. See Abeye. (8) A term in gambling, "Massáre, to play or cast at the by, at hazard or gresco." Florio. (9) adv. Besides. Northumb. BYAR, S. A cow-house. North, BYBBEY, 8. Some kind of herb. Chester Plays, i, 119. BY-BLOW, S. A bastard. In such a ladies lappe, at such a slipperie by-blow, That in a world so wide could not be found such a wilie Lad; in an age so old, could not be found such an old lad. Barnefield's Affectionate Shepherd, 1594. Sal. Thou speak'st not like a subject; what's thy name? Fil. My name is Draco. Sul. Of the Athenian Draco's? Fil. No, of the English Drakes, great Cap, tain Drake (That sail'd the world round) left in Spain a by-blow, Of whom I come, The Slighted Maid, p. 27. BYCALLE, v. (A.-S.) To accuse. BYCLAGGE, v. To besmear. BYCOKET, S. Some ornament for the head. BYDAGGE, v. To splash. Weber. BYDWONGEN, part. p. Compelled. BYET, S. Work not finished. North, BY-FAR, adv. Much. BYFOUNDE. Found out. Hearne. BY-FRUITS, 8. "Those wens or humid bubbles which insects raise upon vegetables, wherein they lodge their egge and produce their young, are call'd by-fruits." Kennett. BYGAGED, adj. Mad; bewitched. Exmoor. BYGATES, S. Spoil; plunder. BY-GOLD, S. Tinsel. BYGORN, S. A goblin. North. BYHETER, S. A surety. Wickliffe. BYHORE, v. To commit adultery against; to cornute. BY-HOURS, 8. Extra hours at work. BYHOVE, v. To advantage. Chaucer. BY-LEMAN, 8. A second lover, or gallant. BYLIE, v. To belong. BYLLERNE, S. A kind of waterplant. Pr. P. BYLLYNE, v. To use a spade or mattock. Pr. P. BY-LOU, part. p. Laughed at. woman. BY-MATTERS, 8. Irrelevant circumstances. BYMOLEN, v. (A.-S.) To spot; to stain. BYMOWE, v. To mock. BYNAME, v. To nick-name. BYNDERES, 8. Binders; robbers who bind. Havelok. BYNE, 8. Malt. BYNNY, 8. A kind of pepper. BY-NOW, adv. A short time ago. BYNTE, pres. t. of binde. Binds. BY-PAST, adv. Past by. "With order BYRE, S. (1) The stump of a tree. North. (2) A cow-house. Cumb. BYRKYN, 8. Breaking. Town. Myst. BYRLAKIN. A diminutive of by our Lady. BYRLET, 8. See Burlet. " Byrlet, or tyrynge for women. Calantica." Huloet. BYRONNE, v. To run over. BYSMALOW, S. The hollyhock. And yit is it tormentid by impacience of BYSPYNG, 8. Confirmation. An abbreviation of bishopping. BYSSI, adv. Quickly. BYSSINE, S. Fine silk. Wickliffe. BYST, pres. t. of bidde. Prayest. BYSTE, 8. A temporary bed used by hop-driers and maltsters. Sussex. BYSYSCHYPPE, s. Activity. BYTACK, 8. A farm taken by a tenant who resides on another farm. Heref. BY-TAIL, 8. The right handle of a plough. BYTE, (1) v. (4.-S.) To cut with a sword, or any instrument. (2) s. A morsel; a bit. BY-THE-WALLS. Unburied. East. BY TIMES, adv. At times; occa sionally. Northamp. BYTRAYSID, part. p. Betrayed. Certis sinful mannes soule is bytraysid of the devel, by coveitise of temporal prosperité; and scorned by disceyt, whian he cheseth fleischly delyres. Chaucer, Persones T. BYTTE, 8. A bottle; a flagon. Warw. BYVONDE, part. p. Found; contrived. BYVORE, adv. Before. BYWAIT, v. To be patient. BY-WASH, S. The outlet from a dam. North. BY-WIPE, S. An indirect sarcasm. North. BYWORD, S. (4.-S.) A proverb. BYWRYE, v. To let out; to betray counsel. And therfore yow is better hyde youre BYZANT, S. A besom. Dorset. C. CA, v. To drive. North. CAAS, 8. (for cas.) A chance, or case. CAB, S. (1) A number of persons secretly leagued together. Sussex. (2) Any glutinous substance. Dev. CABBAGE, (1) s. The part of a deer's head on which the horns are set. (2) v. To grow to a head, applied to the horns of a deer. (3) s. A part of a lady's head- Behind the noddle every baggage, London Ladies Dressing Room, 1705. (4) v. To steal slily; now used merely of tailors. CABANE, 8. (Fr.) A cabin. CABARET, 8. (Fr.) A tavern. CABBY, adj. Sticky; clammy. Devon. CABES, 8. A cabbage. CABLE-HATBAND, 8. A fashion supposed to have been introduced at the very close of the 16th century, consisting of a twisted cord of gold, silver, or silk, worn round the hat. I had on a gold cable-hatband, then new come up, which I wore about a murrey French hat I had,-cuts my hatband, and yet it was massie goldsmith's work, &c. B. Jons., Ev. Man out of H., iv, 6. (2) To couch or lay down. A cock or capon. An old cant term. CACKMAG, 8. Idle talk. East. CACORNE, 8. The windpipe. Devon. CAD, S. (1) A very small pig. East. (2) The person who guards the door of an omnibus, and keeps on the look out for passengers. It is also a low term of abuse. (3) A low fellow who hangs about the college to provide the Etonians with anything necessary to assist their sports. (4) A familiar spirit. (5) A blinker. Leic. CADAR, 8. A wooden frame placed over a scythe to preserve and lay the corn more even in the swathe. Staff, CADATORS, 8. Beggars who make circuits round the kingdom, assuming the characters of decayed gentlemen. CADDEE, S. A servant employed under another servant. CADDEL, (1)8. Cow parsnip. Devon. (2) adv. In a hurry; confusedly. Berks. CADDIS, 8. Worsted ribbon; also, a woollen stuff. CADDLE, (1) v. To scold; to hurry; to attend officiously. West. (2) s. A dispute; a noisy contention. Var. dial. (3) v. To tease. West. (4) v. To coax; to spoil. North. (5) v. To squander money. Warw. (6) adj. Nice in appetite. Leic. CADDLING, part. a. (1) Dawdling. Somerset. (2) Tale-telling. CADDOW, 8. A jackdaw. East. CADDY, (1) 8. A ghost or bugbear. North. (2) 8. The caddis-worm. (3) adv. Well; hearty. North. CADE, 8. (1) A barrel containing six hundred herrings. (2) In Kent, a cade of beef is any quantity of pieces under a whole quarter. (3) A small cask. (4) v. To pet; to indulge. (5) s. The testicle. Still used in the North. Telle schul wives tuelve, gif ani child may be made CADE-LAMB, 8. A pet lamb. on which the fisherman keeps his line. South. CADES, 8. Sheep-dung. Var. dial. CADESSE, S. A jackdaw. CADEW, 8. The straw-worm. CADGE, (1) v. To bind. "I cadge a garment, I set lystes in the lynyng to kepe the plyghtes in order." Palsg. (2) 8. A circular piece of wood, on which hawks are carried when (3) v. To stuff, or fill. North. (6) v. To talk incessantly. Leic. CADGER, s. (1) A packman or itinerant huckster. (2) A butcher, miller, or carrier of any other load. Kennett. CADGY, adj. Cheerful. North. CADILLECK, 8. A kind of pear. CADLE, v. To fondle. Northamp. CADLING, adj. False; insincere. West. CADLOCK, 8. The name of a CALLOCK, plant; rough cadCHARLOCK, lock, the wild mustard; smooth cadlock, the wild rape. North. CADMA, 8. The least pig of a litter. Var. dial. CADNAT, 8. (4.-N.) A canopy. But follow the caduke pleasures of this Every thing in this world is caduke, CADY, adj. Shropsh. Id. CACITY, 8. (Lat.) Blindness. CAFART, S. (Fr.) A hypocrite. CAFF, (1) 8. Chaff. North. "Full of kaff." Apol. Lollards, p. 56. (2) s. A gardener's hoe. North. (3) v. To run off a bargain; to abandon anything. Craven. CAFFA, 8. A kind of rich stuff, perhaps taffata. CAFFLE, V. (1) To cavil; to quarrel. Ah if I now put in some caffling clause, (2) To entangle. Somerset. CAFT, adj. Intimidated. Yorksh. CAG, (1) 8. A stump. West. KM 8. A quay. CAIFE, 8. An iron cap. Grafton. CAILES, 8. Nine-pins. CAINED, adj. Mothery. North. CAINGEL, 8. A crabbed fellow. North. CAKE-SPRITTLE, s. A thin board used for turning the oat-cakes over the oven. Yorksh. CALABASS, 8. A sort of small gun. CALABER, S. A kind of fur. CALABS. (Gr. xáλv.) Steel. CALAMANCE, s. Calamanco, a sort of woollen stuff. CALANDER, 8. (A.-N.) A kind of lark. CALANGY, V. (A.-N..calanger.) To challenge. Rob. Gl. CALASH, S. (Fr. caléche.) An open coach. CALASSES, 8. Alms-houses. Grose. CALCAR, s. An astrologer. See CALKER, Calke. CALCULE, v. (4.-N.) To cal culate. CAINGY, adj. Peevish; ill-tem- CALDESE, v. To cheat, or de pered. North. CAIRD, 8. A tinker. Northumb. CAISAR, S. (4.-N.) A king, or emperor. CAITCHE, S. The game of tennis. CAITIF, S. (4.-N.) (1) A captive. (2) A wretch. (3) A cripple. CAITIFTEE, 8. Captivity. Wickliffe. CAKE, (1) v. To cackle. North. (2) s. A foolish fellow. Var. di. (3) "My cake is dough," I am entirely disappointed, my hope is gone. Notwithstanding all these traverses, we are confident here that the match will take, otherwise my cake is dough. Howell's Letters, 1, § 3, 1, 12 CAKE-BREAD, s. Rolls, or manchet. CAKE-CREEL, s. A rack for drying oat-cakes. North. CAKE-HOUSE, S. A confectioner's. Others not so concern'd, walk in the fields, To give their longing wives what cake-house yields. Satyr against Hypocrites, 1689. CAKE-NIGHT, 8. A term for the eve of All Saints, at Ripon in Yorkshire, when a cake is made for every member of the family. CAKER, v. To bind with iron. North. ceive, chiefly by fortune-telling. Butler. CALE, (1) 8. Colewort. (2) Pottage. (3) A turn. North. (4) v. To throw; to gambol. East. CALEEVER, v. To gambol. North. CALENDER, (1) v. To give the gloss to woollen cloths. (2) A kind of wood. (3) A guide, or director. CALENTURE, 8. A hot fever. Fear may call Friends to partake of palsies, anger strives To fire each neighbouring bosome, envie thrives By being transplanted; but a lovers pure A kind CALF, S. A hart in its first year. CALF-LICK, s. A tuft of hair on COW-LICK, the forehead which cannot be made to lie smooth. CALF'S-SKIN, S. Fools kept for diversion in great families were often distinguished by coats of |