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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. x. AUG. 29, 1911.
afler-reckonings, noun. " I could never away
with after-reckonings." ' D-L.C.,' IV. ii. 518.
(First ex. 1649.)
apology, intrans. v. =to apologize. " For which he cannot well apology." ' Cuck.,' V. i. 14. (This instance is unaccountably dated 1671, though the play was printed in 1661, and was written before 1630 ; the only example besides this is from Heywood's ' English Traveller," printed 1633.)
apprehension, noun=fear. " The sudden appre- hension of clanger." ' D.M.,' V. i. 67. (First ex. from Sanderson's ' Sermons,' 1648.)
arras, arras-powder, no un= orris-powder. " Her hair is sprinkled with arras-powder." ' W.D.,' V. ii. 124. " Powder their hair with arras." ' D.M.,' III. i. 60. (These forms are mentioned under the word orris as occurring only in the sixteenth century.)
arrive, intrans. v. =to succeed. "The decency and ingenious structure arrive not to make up ....a harmony." ' D.L.C.,' To the Header. (First ex. from Dryden, 1673.)
arse (to hang an)=to hold back. "The Welsh- man in 's play, do what the Fencer could, Hung still an arse." ' D.L.C.,' V. iv. 20. (First ex. from Massinger's ' Bondman.')
assure, intrans. v. =to rely, to be certain. " I do assure you would not strike my head off." ' Cuck., II. ii. 67. (Last instance, 1420.)
balance, act. v. =to weigh. " Balanc'd in the scale." ' App.,' I. iii. 158. (First ex. from R. L'Estrange, 1694.)
bed-staff, noun. "She's good.... to make her maids catch cold ; they dare not use a bed-staff for fear of her light fingers." ' W.D.,' V. i. 210. (This passage supports Dr. Johnson's definition, no instance of which is quoted in the ' N.E.D.,' namely, " a wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side.")
blood-shed, adj.=bloodshot. "His eye's blood- shed."' W.D.,' II. i. 310. (First ex., 1684.)
blow up, act. v =to ruin, to undo. " We 're blown up, my lord." ' W.D.,' IV. i. 138. (First ex., 1660.)
boast, act. v. =to own, to be endowed with. " The ancient virtues he was wont to boast." ' App.,' IV. ii. 38. (First ex. from Dryden's ' Ec- logues.')
by-slip, noun=bastard. "A many things.... are but by-slips." ' D.L.C.,' IV. ii. 302. (First ex., 1670.)
candy over, act. v. = (fig. ) to endow with a pleasant outside. " Sins thrice candied o'er." ' W.D.,' V. v. 57. (First ex., 1039.)
chamber, noun=o(Yice. "A lawyer's chamber." ' D.L.C.,' I. ii. 69. (First ex., 1611.)
-character, no un = description of somebody's quali- ties. "You give me, noble lord, that cha- racter." ' App.,' I. ii. 7. (First ex., 1645.)
choice, adj.=fastidious. "Those of choicer nostrils." 'W.D.,' IV. i. 112. (First ex., 1616, choice car.)
civil, adv. =in a civilized manner. "Let me have.... his eye-brows filed more civil." ' D.M.,' V. ii. 59. (First ex., 1612.)
floae, ad j.= niggardly. " Your close and sparing hand can be profuse " ' App.,' II. iii. 07. (First ex., 1654.)
curling-iron, noun. "A bodkin or a curling-iron." ' D.L.C.,' III. ii. 90. (First ex., 1632.)
dcirJc-lantern. " Enter Bosola with a dark lan-
tern." ' D.M.,' II. iii., stage-direction. (First
ex., 1650.) deathless, ad j.= everlasting. "Some deathless
shame." ' W.D.,' II. i. 393. (First ex., 1646.) deer-stealcr, noun=poacher. "A most notorious
deer-stealer." ' D.L.C.,' I. ii. ISO. (First ex.,
1640.) distastefully, adv. =with displeasure. " Why do
I take bastardy so distastefully ? " ' D.L.C.,'
IV. ii. 310. (First ex., 1627.)
dog-ship, noun=the personality of a dog, or a dog- fish. " Darest thou pass by our dog-ship
without reverence ? " ' D.M.,' III. v. 132.
(First ex., 1679.) double, act. v. =(fig.) to evade. " I have doubled
all your reaches." ' W.D.,' V. v. 150. (First
ex., 1812, from J. H. Vaux's ' Flash Dictionary.') draw out, act. v. =to detach (a body of soldiers).
" Draw me out an hundred and fifty of our
horse."' D.M.,' III. iii. 74. (First ex., 1638.) drawer on, noun =provoker. " Protesting and
drinking are both drawers on."' W.D.,' V. i.
202. (First ex., 1614.) drop off, intrans. v. =to withdraw. " Do these lice
drop off now ? " ' D.M.,' III. ii. 237. (First
ex., 1709.) dung-boat, noun = a boat for the conveyance of
filth and refuse. " The galley dung-boat."-
' D.L.C.,' II. i. 183. (First ex., 1667.) Dutchwoman, noun. " Travel as Dutchwome
go to church." ' W. D.,' III. ii. 6. (First ex.,
1788.) echoing, adj. " These echoing shouts." ' App.,'
IV. ii. 72. (First ex., 1667.) ecstasied, ad j.= enraptured. " I am struck with
wonder, almost ecstasied." ' D.L.C.,' IV. i. 94.
(First ex., 1624.) employ, act. v. =to engross the attention of.
" This Monument should your eye and ear
employ." ' Mon. Hon.,' 419. (First ex., 1665.) engagement, noun=duel. " I did but name my
engagement." ' Cuck.,' III. i. 40. (First ex.",
1665.) express, act. v. =to represent allegorically.-
" The Ilock expresses the richness of the King
dom." ' Mon. Hon.,' 375. (First ex., 1649.) false door, noun. " Have you ne'er a false door ? "
' W.D.,' I. ii. 211. (First ex., 1627.) false-key, noun. " Ha ! false keys i' the court ? "
'W.D.,' V. v. 170. (First ex., 1701.) The
word also occurs in Overbury's Character of
' A Jesuit ' (1615), one of those which I have
claimed to be Webster's : " Hee is a false Key
to open Princes Cabinets." fatten, iutrans. v. " Blackbirds fatten best in
hard weather." ' D.M.,' I. i. 39. (First ex.,
1638.) fiddle, intrans. v. =to take gross liberties with a
woman. " He was never well but when he was
fiddling." ' D.L.C.,' IV. ii. 352. (First ex.,
1632.) freedom, noun=free use. " Let the freedom of
this room be mine a little." ' D.L.C.,' V. iv. 47.
(First ex., 1652.) frown away, act. v. =to terrify with angry looks.
" You frown away my witness." ' App.,' IV. i.
105. (First ex., 1805.) fur-gowned, adj. " A fur-gown'd cat " ' Cuck.,'
II. iv. 94. (First ex., 1757.)
B ON A. F. BOURGEOIS. (To be. continued.)
