Thes sevene Heth holi cherche sacremens, William de Shoreham. So when he was houseled and aneled, and had all that a Christian man ought to have. Mort d'Arthur, p. iii, c. 175. The extreme unction or anelynge, and confirmacion, he sayed be no sacraments of the church. Sir Thos. More's Works, p. 345. The byshop sendeth it to the curates, because they should therwith annoynt the sick, in the sacrament of anoyling. Ib., p.431. Also children were christen'd, and men (2) (A.-S. analan.) To temper (3) (4.-S. nealacean.) To approach. Bothe wyth bullez and berez, and borez otherquyle, And etaynez, that hym anelede, of the heze forth one young at a time. Their ewes also are so full of increase, that some dos usuallie bring foorth two, three, or foure lambes at once, whereby they account our anelings, which are such as bring foorth but one at once, rather barren than to be kept for anie gaine. Harrison's Desc. of Brit., p. 42. (2) The sacrament of anointing. See Anele (1). ANELY, adj. (A.-S. anlic, anlic.) ANLY, Alone; solitary. Anelynes, solitariness. ANEMAS, conj. (supposed to be ANEMIS, J derived from the Scandinavian dialects.) Lest; for fear; as, "shut that window anemas it should rain;" "spar the door anemis he come," shut the door lest he come in. Norfolk. It appears to be now obsolete. AN-END, adv. Onwards; towards the end; "to go an-end," to go forward; "to go right an-end," i. e., to go straight forward. ANENS, 8. Chains or fetters. Now er his anens wrouht of silvere wele over gilt; Peter Langtoft, p. 167. Dayet that therof rouht, his was alle the gilt. ANEMPST, ANENST, ANENT, ANENTIS, ANENDS, prep. Against; over against; opposite to. (In a secondary sense) concerning; with respect to. In the MS. Household Book of Henry Lord Clifford, 1510, there is mention made of an action "anends the dean of York." And wee humbly beseech your highnes And right anenst him a dog snarling-er. The king shall sitt anempst hym, face to Rutland Papers, p. 14. As it was borne towards the place, when the bearers came aneynst the sepulchre of her husband, king Malcolm, they were not able to remove the relykes any further. Holinshed, Hist. of Scot.; Alexander, 287. Foure times the brazen horse, entring, stuck fast Anenst the ruin'd guirdle of the towne. Heywood's Troja Britannica, p. 394. Anenst this partition there was greeces and stayres, down to the place of tournage, for messengers, &c. Leland's Coll. v, 357. Of that doun-cast we may bi chaunce Cursor Mundi, MS. Cantab., f. 141. ANEOUST, prep. Near; almost. Var. dial. ANERDE, v. (A.-S.) To adhere; dwell with. ANERRE, v. (4.-S.) To draw near to; to approach. ANERTHE, adv. On the earth. To briny anerthe, to bury, to inter. So that it was thoru hyre wyth gret honour y-bore To the hous of Waltam, and y-brozt anerthe there. Rob. Gloucest., p. 364. ANES, (1) adv. Once. His herber her anes gan he ta, Iwaine and Gawin, 1. 3015. ANES-KINES, adv. (A.-S.) Any ANIS-KINES, kind of; any. Withouten anis-kines duelling, Leg. of Pupe Gregory, p. 26. ANESAL, v. To nestle (?). A term in hawking. Then, when he is well reclemyd thertoo, anesal hym to a malard, and when he is made unto a malard, lete oon have a tame malard, &c. Reliq. Antiq., i, 299. ANET, S. (A.-N.) The herb dill. ANETHE, adv. 1.-S.) Scarcely, ANETHYS,See Unnethe. ANETHERE, V. (A.-S.) To depress. Rob. Glouc. ANEUST, adv. (A.-S.) Much the And that thynge hys ase ich seyde her, In tome, Of spouhoth thys aneyment Louketh zou for hordome. William de Shoreham. ANEYS, 8. (A.-N.) Aniseed. Cursor Mundi, MS. Edinb. To the mak I mi bon. MS. Cott., Vesp., A iii, f. 142. ANFELDTYHDE, (A.-S.) A simple accusation. Skinner. ANFEELD, s. (A.-S. anfilt.) An ANFIELD, anvil. By this had Vulcan hammered his heate, and bad to stay The bellowes; and he lymping from the anfeeld thus did say. Warner's Albion's England, 1592. ANFRACTUOUS, adj. (Lat.) Winding; crooked. rise ANFRACTUOSITIES, s. (from Lat. anfractus.) Mazy and involved turnings and windings. Which arteries, taking their from the left capsula of the heart, bringing through several circuits, ambages, and anfractuosities, the vital spirits, to subtilize and refine them to the ætherial purity of animal spirits. Rabelais, iii, 22. ANG, S. The hairy part of an ear of barley. North. ANGE, NUNGE, 8. (4.-N.) An angel. } ANGEL, S. (1) A gold coin worth from about six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings. This word was frequently punned upon. and You follow the young prince up down like his ill-angel. Not so, my lord; your ill angel is light; but I hope he that looks on me will take me without weighing. 2 Hen.IV, i, 2. It appears from the following epigram, that a lawyer's fee was only an angel: (2) Anangular opening in a building. Willis's Architectural Nomenclature, p. 52. ANGEL-BEAST, s. A game at cards. This gentleman offering to play at angel-beast with 'um, though he scarce know the cards, and has no more visible estate then what he may lose at a sitting. Sedley, The Mulberry Garden, 1668. ANGEL-BED, 8. A kind of open bed, without bed-posts. Phillips. ANGEL-BREAD, s. A purgative cake, made of spurge, ginger, flour, oatmeal, &c. ANGELICA, S. A species of master Illuding Sathan cannot shine so bright, Sylvester's Du Bartas, p. 161. ANGELOT. (1) A small cheese brought from Normandy. See Holme's Academy of Armory, &c., b. iii, p. 81, which he says is curds made of milk, cream, and rennet, made into thin cheese. Your angelots of Brie, Your Marsolini, and Parmasan of Lodi. The Wits, iv, 1. How to make an angellet.-Take a pint of cream, and double the quantity of milk, putting to them a small quantity of runnet, and when it thickens, take it up with a spoon, and put it into a fat, there let it continue till it is very stiff, then salt it; and when it is so, let it dry, and at the end of three months eat it. The Closet of Rarities, 1706. (2) A gold coin of the value of half an angel. ANGEL'S-FOOD, 8. Apparently a term for heavy ale. Harri it calls him pitifull, Repentant, jealous, fierce, and angerfull. ANGERICH, adv. Angrily. And angerich I wandrede The Austyns to prove. Piers Pl., p. 466. ANGERLY, adj. Angrily. Shakesp. ANGILD, 8. (A.-S.) A fine. Skinner. ANGINE, S. (Fr.) The quinsey. [He] knew the cold cramp, th' angine, and lunacy. Sylvester, Du Bartas, p. 83. ANGLE, S. (A.-N.) (1) A corner. (2) An astrological term. ANGLE-BERRY, s. A sore under the claw or hoof of an animal. North. See Anberry. ANGLE-BOWING. A method of fencing the grounds wherein sheep are kept by fixing rods like bows with both ends in the ground, or in a dead hedge, where they make angles with each other. Devon. ANGLEDOG, S. A large earthworm. Devon. ANGLE-LEGS, s. Bent legs. worm. They are mentioned as being troublesome to sick hawks by Lady Juliana Berners, and called anguelles. ANGLER, S. One who begs in the daytime, observing what he can steal at night. A cant word. ANGLET, S. (Fr.) A little corner. ANGNAIL, 8. A corn on the toe. Cumberl. See Agnail. ANGOBER, S. A sort of large and long pear. Dict. Rust. ANGORAS, S. An anchorite. ANGROME, v. (A.-S., from an and gremian.) To grieve; to torment. ANGRY, adj. Painful; inflamed; troublesome. ANGRY-BOYS, 8. A set of wild young men who delighted to commit outrages, and pick up quarrels. They are often mentioned by the dramatists of the time of James I. Sir, not so young, but I have heard some speech Of the angry boys, and seen 'em take Green's Tu. Qu., O. Pl., vii, 25. ANGRY-WATER. A liquid of an inflammatory nature arising from a sore, as in blisters from chafing, the skin not being broke. Norfolk. ANGUELLE,8. (Fr.) A kind of worm, mentioned by early writers, as being troublesome to sick hawks. ANGUISHOUS, adj. (4.-N.) In ANGUISOUS, anguish; in pain. I was bothe anguishous and trouble, And fortherover, contricioun schulde be mercy. ANGUYOUSLY, adv. (A.-N.) Painfully. Tho kyng Arture agen the brest felawe ys vorst anhytte. Rob. Glouc., p. 185. AN-HOND, adv. In hand, i. e., in his power. Me to wreken ye schul go ANHOVE, v. (A.-S.) To hover. ANIENTE, v. (A.-N.) To destroy; to annihilate. That wikkedliche and wilfulliche Piers Pl., p. 365. AN-IF, conj. If. Tristrem to Ysoude wan, Anight with hir to play. Sir Tristrem, p. 232. ANILE, adj. (Lat. anilis.) Imbecile from old age. ANIMABLE, adj. (Lat.) That may be endowed with life. ANIMATE, adj. (Lat. animatus.) Encouraged. I am animate to importune your goode lordship with moste harty desyres to contynue my goode lorde in augmenting the kinges goode estimacion of me. Monastic Letters, p. 141. ANIME 8. A white gum or resin brought out of the West Indies. Bullokar. ANIMOSITE, S. (Lat.) Bravery. AN-IRED, adj. (A.-N.) Angry. myght. ANJURDOGS, s. Kitchen utensils for the spit to run on. I. of Wight. ANKER, 8. A measure of liquid. See Anchor. We'll drink it out of the anker, my boys. The Barley Mow Song, n. d. ANKER, 8. (4.-S.) An anchoret; a hermit. See Anchor. ANKERAS, 8. A female hermit. See Ancresse. ANKLEY, 8. An ankle. West Sussex. See Anclow. That hy ne take hiis for no man, Bote onelepy sythe. ANLAS. William de Shoreham. See Anelace. ANLET, 8. An annulet; a small ring; a tag, or piece of metal attached to the end of laces or points. Yorksh. ANLETH, 8. (4.-S. anwlit, andwlit.) To the mi hert saide the soght face mine, ANLICNE, V. (4.-S.) To liken; to compare. Thuervore hi byeth anlicned to the tayle of the voxe, be hare barat, and vor hare bezuykinge. MS. Arundel, 57, f. 17 b. ANLICNES, ANLICNESSE, s. (A.-S.,anlicnes.) An image; a resemblance. Therefter wendeth onto ure lavedi anlicnesse and cneolith mit five Avees; alast to the other images and to the relikes luteth other cneoleth. MS. Cott., Cleopatra, C vi, f. 9. ANLY, adj. (4.-S.) Solitary. See ANLOTE, V. (A.-S.) To pay a share of charges, according to the custom of the place. Minsheu. ANNAMELYD, part. p. Enamelled. For the wyche thyng schynis of dyvers fold, Schynand full bryght of fyn gold, Tundale, p. 64. ANNARY, 8. (Med. Lat. annarius.) A yearly description. Fuller. v. (A.-S. unnan, annan.) (1) To give; to yield; to consent. Havelok, 2107. ANNE, UNNE, Rohant that was thare, Sir Tristrem, f. i, st. 71. |