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NOTES AND QUERIES. [us. x. NOV 28, 1914.
NOTES ON WORDS FOR THE ' N.E.D
(See 11 S. ix. 105, 227; x. 264, 334.)
IN sending another list of words, I wish tc acknowledge with thanks the correction a: to a " Taylors Hell " furnished on p. 334. did not suspect the existence of such a sartorial inferno as your correspondent ha laid bare.
1555-00. ' ENEIDOS ' (Thomas Phaer, printet
1562). Alaa (in an odd disguise). Here is our enmy lo
heylagh [printed " beylagh "]. (Orig., " Hostis
adest, eia.") Cc iiij. By, buy (variant of abi/e). Than let the buy their
sinnes. (Orig., " Luant peccata," x. 32.
Ff iij. Calker (' N.E.D.' 1535). O calcars dreamig
heads. (Orig., " Heu vatum ignarse mentes."
I i. Carnation. Carnation cieastid youth. (Orig.
" Purpurei cristis juvenes.") Dd i. Flim-flam. Now causles dost but square in vain
& flym-flam flirts out throwst. (Orig., " Irrita
jurgia jactas," x. 95.) Ff iiij. Life, for one's. They tha at ones all for their
lieues Laid on with sturdy strokes. (Orig.
" Olli certamine summo Procumbunt.") M i. Offering peic. Here stood their offring pewes
(Orig., " Ha? sacris sedes epulis.") S i. Sadman. -Some sadman cometh. (Orig., " Pie-
tate gravem.") A ij. Sexton ('N.E.D.' 1582). Like Calibee, dame
lunos temple sexten. T i. Sun, v. [Sea-birds]. Do kepe their hauting walk,
& sonne their fethers wha thei pleas. L iiij. Vaumure. Afront the Vaumures long.... the
legion wayting stood. (Orig., " Omnis per
muros legio excubat.") Dd i. Walk. One poll shall walke for all. (Orig.,
" Unum pro multis dabitur caput.") O ii. Whewl. Whiles whewling sad he sat. Gg i. Woose (?). His knees before vs still he kept in
woose. (Orig., " Genua amplexus, genibusque
volutans Hesrebat.") H ij.
Nearly all the Phaer references in the 'N.E.D.' are wrongly dated, and some are attributed to Thomas Twyne, 1573. Phaer was a precise man, and dated each book of his translation separately; so he left room for no mistake on this point.
1583. '^ENEID' (R. Stanyhurst). Bon voyage. Thee [the] goulden mazurs vp
skinckt for a bon viage hoysing. P. 52. Pouke bug (perhaps spook bug). That night in
forrest to vs pouke bugs gastlye be tendred.
(Orig., " Tmmania monstra.") P. 58. Scarborough warning (see 4 S. xii. 408 ; S. i. 394 ;
ii. 17, 258). All they like poste haste did
make, with Scarboro scrabbling. P. 78.
1587. ' MORANDO ' (B. Greene).
Halfpenny. [She] did driue his hart fro his half- penny on this manner. Part 2, G 3.
Maid (not of necessity a virgin). All the maides in Rome that gazed at the temple of Vesta were not virgins. Do., G 3, 4.
1589. ' ALBIONS ENGLAND ' (W. \Varner).
Crab, turn a. He turnes a Crab, or tunes a
Round, or sings some merrie rymo. . . .At
Martelmasse wa turnde a crabbe. Pp. 85, 108. Ela. But Pluto, laughing, told his Bride to Ela
it was Fa. P. 77. False carding. Nay, be it that he should espie
false carding, what of it ? P. 132. Hornsby (a cuckold). Sir Hornsbie [Vuloanj
had by proof he was a louing Patch. P. 135. Mash, v. Any pleasant tale Or dazeling toye of
mashing loue. P. 47. Pounce (a pansy). As the Paunce doth cirkle
with the Sonne. P. 125.
Pex. Her lippes meane while my Pex. P. 136. Quit, to cry. By stealing of the Spartane Queene
did Paris cryc them quit. P. 54. Rex, to play. With these did Hercules play Rex.
P. 19. Saturnist. And hence it doth befall That men to
Melancholic giuen, we Saturnists do call. P. 4. Seedster. The Seedsters of thine Essence.
P. 109.
1589. ' GREENES ARCADIA, OR MENAPHON '
(punted 1616).
Ifs and ands (' N.E.D.' 1638, 1678).- Sufficeth them to bodge vp a blanke verse with ifs and ands. Nashe's Preface, A 4.
1589. 'GREENES METAMORPHOSIS ' (printed 1617). Agnomination (' N.E.D.' 1692). I like [the word
penses, pansies] for the agnomination, in that
the word coming from France signifies fancies.
G. Amordelaye. All the amordelayes Orpheus played
on his harp were not amorous. I 3. Chameleon, a bird (!). [She] was turned into this
byrd (a Camelion). H 2. Leivtene (?). [Hee] debated in his bed with many
lewtene slumber how swcete a saint she was.
02.
1589. ' TCTLLIES LOVE' (Greene, printed 1011).
Coin, in one's own (' N.E.D.' 1618, 1690). He had giuen her a sop of the same sawce, and paid her her debt in her owne coine. D 2.
Day-friend. You calling me a day friend. D.
Ears, up to the. [He found her] sitting solitarie in an Arbor vp to the hard cares in a dump. I.
Forehead. Leese not opportunity, take her by the forehead. H 4.
Quip, v.
To quippe faire Venus ouerweening pride, Loues happie thoughts to ielousie were tide.
02.
Varnish, v. The blade yet varnished with blond grasped in his fist. C.
Well (used as an expletive). Wei, the Senators not willing to let this fall to the ground . . . .took the tale by the end . . . .Well, tracing still among the Medowes, they chanced into a valley. C, G 3.
Youngster. I cannot court it as your Romane yongsters. C 4.
1590. ' GREENES MOURNING GARMENT ' (prin
1616).
Jnthrown. A Mayd of a homely hiew, unthro but of a. . . .pleasant disposition. E.
