The Provencial rofes on my razed fhoes. Shaks. Hamlet."To ROYNE. v. a. [rogner, Fr.] To gnaw. SpenHave not many handfome legs in filk ftockings villainous fer." This interpretation is given from Upton, fplay feet, for all their great roses? Roaring Girl. who corrects his own former one to growl;' but ROSICRUCIAN. n. [Of the holy crofs.] A kind this former one agrees much better with the context of Hermetic philofopher. in Spenfer. He has as wife difputes about the original of government, as the Roficrucians had about the beginning of the world. Butler's Characters. RO'SINESS. n. [from rofy.] The colour of roses. Some may delight themselves in a black skin, and others in a white; fome in a gentle natural rofinefs of complexion. Spence's Crito. RO'SMARINE. n. [ros marinus, Lat.] Kofemary. And here trim rofmarine, that whilom crown'd The daintiest garden of the proudeft peer, "ROTATION. n. Shenflone's Schoolmistress. Viciffitude of fucceffion.' This is all the poffible rotation our fpeculative state-botcher can in reafon promise to himself. Butler's Characters. "ROTUNDO. n. --- A building formed round both "infide and outside." On the brink of the precipice ftands the Sibyl's temple, the remains of a little rotundo furrounded with its portico. Gray's Letters. To ROVE. v. n. [formerly] To aim with an arrow called a rover. Faire Venus' fonne, that with thy cruell dart Lay now thy deadly heben bowe apart. Sp. F.Q. .3. Even at the marke-white of his hart fhe roved. Ib. B. V. C.V. ft.35. ROVER. n. [formerly] A kind of arrow. Here be of all forts; flights, rovers, and but-fhafts. B. Jonfon's Cynthia's Revels. ROUGE-DRA'GON. n. [Fr.] The title of one of the heralds. Prouder by far, than all the Garters, and Norroys, and Clarencieux, and Rouge-Dragons that ever pranced in a proceffion. Burke. ROUGH-RIDER. n. One that breaks horfes for riding. I would with jockies from Newmarket dine, And to rough-riders give my choiceft wine. "ROUND. n. Brampton. Fairfax. B.VII. W. Browne. "1. The points of a fpur turning on an axis." Spenfer extends it (according to its French original) to the little iron wheels of a bit. A goodly perfon! and could menage faire F.2. B.I. C.VII.A.37. Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, And foftly royne when falvage choler gan redound, F.2. B.V. C.IX. ft. 33. RUBRICATE. adj. [from rubrica, Lat.] Marked with red. Other festivals I enquire not after, that stand rubricate in old kalendars. Spelman. To RUE. v. n. To have compaffion. Full many a one for me deepe groan'd and fight, And to the dore of death for forrow drew, Complayning out on me that would not on them rew. Sp. F. 2. B.VI. C. VIII. ft.20. He pray'd the Lord upon his flock to rue. "RUE FULNESS. n. --- Sorrowfulness ;" a plaintive manner. For he was falfe, and fraught with fickleneffe, And well could daunce, and fing with ruefulneffe. Fairfax. Sp. F.2. B.I. C.IV. ft. 25. RUFF. n. A bird much esteem'd for eating in some of our Eastern counties. Of partridge, pheafant, woodcock, of which fome RU'FFIN. n. A kind of fish. B. Jonfon's Epigrams. Him follow'd Yar, foft wafhing Norwich wall, Whofe like none else could fhew, the which they Ruffins call. We muft fupplant those rough rug-headed kerns. Shaks. Rich. II. RUINATE. part. adj. [from the verb.] Brought to ruin. These were the Saint-Protectrices, to whom the champions chiefly paid their vows. Shaftesbury. SALE'W. v. a. [from faleur, Fr.]· To salute. But Glaucè, feeing all that chaunced there, Sp. F.2. B.IV. C.VI. ft.25. To SA'CRIFY. v. a. [in Spenser] To facrifice; to SALOƠN. n. [Fr.] A fpacious parlour. This can be no trick: the conference was fadly borne. Shaks. Much Ado. To tell thee fadly, Shepherd, without blame Or our neglect, we loft her as we came. Milton's Comus. "SAFE. n. -A pantry." Rather a moveable 'larder.' To SAFE. v. a. [from the adj.] To procure fafety to. Beft you fafed the bringer Out of the host. Shakl. Antony and Cleopatra. To SAFE-CONDUCT. v. a. [from the noun.] To conduct fafely. Are they not now upon the western shore Safe-conducting the rebels from their ships? Sbakf. Richard III. SAFE-GUARD. n. An outward petticoat. On with your cloak and safe-guard. Ram-Alley. SAGITTARIUS. n. [Lat. for, one carrying bow and quiver.] The ninth fign of the Zodiac. The planets run fucceffively through Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarias, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pifces. "SA'GO. n. A kind of eatable grain. The principal apartment of these buildings confifts of one Chambers. or more large faloons. SALT. n. [faltus, Lat. The a fhould be pronounced as in fancy.] A skip. Frisking lambs Make wanton falts about their dry-fuck'd dams. B. Fonfon's Mafques. "SA'LT-CELLAR. n. [falt and cellar.] Veffel of "falt fet on the table." But how came this fmall veffel to be denominated a cellar ?-The old English word was faler [Promptorium Parvulorum] eafily corrupted into cellar: after which, falt was prefixt, to identify its meaning. SA'LVAGE. n. [from falvus, Lat.] Recompence for faving goods from a wreck. If any fhip be loft on the fhore, and the goods come to land, they fhall prefently be delivered to the merchants, they paying only a reasonable reward to those that saved and preferved them, which is intitled falvage. Blackftone. "To SALUTE. v. a. 3. To kifs." You have the prettiest tip of a finger-I must take the freedom to falute it. Addifon's Drummer. SA'MITE. n. [famy, old Fr.] A kind of filken tex Adams. "SA'MPLE. n. - Bailey." 2. Example. Chefterfield. They recommend an attention to pectorals, fuch as Jago, barley, turnips, &c. Thus he concludes: and ev'ry hardy knight His fample follow'd. Fairfax. SANC SCA SANCTIMONIOUSLY. adv. With fanctimony. The government of the Hebrews, inftituted by God, I choofe to call this delicate Sapphic Ode the first original Might we not therefore attempt the more frequent, locuft, SA'TURN. n. One of the planets. Shenfione. Before the difcovery of the Georgium Sidus, Saturn was reckoned the most remote planet in our fyftem. Adams. Saturn and Venus this year in conjunction. Shaks. Hen.IV.P.II. SA'TURNIST. n. [from Saturn.] One of a melancholy turn. Such places heavy Saturnifts doe crave. W. Browne. "SA'VIN. n. A plant." -- Whilft sharp'ned leaves did favin's anger fhow, Cowley Englished. Brewer's Lingua. SAUNT, SAINT. n. [formerly] A game at cards. Primero, faunt, maw, or such like. SCO "To SCALLOP. v. a. To mark on the edge with Have I for this with labour ftrove, And scallop every winding fhore? Shenflone. To SCAND. v. a. [scando, Lat.] To afcend. Sp. F.2. B.VII. C.VI. 4.8. [Suppofing this participle regularly formed, the verb would be fean; but as it is evidently a creation of Spenser's from fcando, it is apprehended much more likely, that the participle was meant for a contraction from feanded.] SCA'NDALUM MAGNA'TUM. [Lat.] is an evil report invented or difperfed to the prejudice or flander. of any great perfonage, or officer of the realm. Termes de la Ley. "SCATE. n. A kind of wooden hoe with a steel "plate underneath." -- It is like fliding upon skates; no motion fo fimooth or Might fcerne, that it was not his sweetest sweet. Sp. F.2. B.III. C.X. ft.22. SCHOLA'STICISM. n. Scholaftic learning. The talents of Abelard were not confined to the thorny paths of fcholafticifm. Jo. Warton's Pope. SCHOOL-ACQUAINTANCE. n. An acquaintance, made by young people whilft at school. Lord Huntingdon writes me word that he has feen you, and that you have renewed your old fchool-acquaintance. Chefierfield. SCHOOLERY. n. [from fchool.] Precepts. A filed tongue furnish'd with termes of art, T. Heywood's Woman killed with kindness. SCHOO'LMAID. a. A girl at fchool. SAU'NTERER. n. One that faunters. A fine lady will feem to have more charms to a man of ftudy or bufinefs, than to a faunterer. "To SAY. v. a. For once the used ev'ry day to wend Chefter field. As fchoolmaids change their names By vain, though apt, affection. Shak. Meas. for Meas. SCLAVONIAN. adj. Ufed by the Sclavi. If you were to write fo to an antiquarian, he would certainly try it by the Runic, Celtic, or Sclavonian alphabet. ! Chefter field. 'Bout her affairs, her spells and charms to fay. Fairfax. SCLAVONIAN. n. [the adj. by ellipfis.] The Scla"SAY. n. 66 66 4. Silk. -- 5. A kind of woollen ftuff." No example of either: His garment neither was of filke nor say, To SCALE. v. a. To diffufe. I fhall tell you SCU The Scolopendra is noted for the number of its legs branching out from its body. Bryant on Troy. "SCORCE. n. This word is ufed by Spenfer for dif"courfe or power of reafon. "Lively vigour refted in his mind, "And recompenc'd him with a better force.Fairy Queen." Weake body well is chang'd for mind's redoubled force. This concluding line of the paffage [B.II. C.IX. ft.55.] is here added, to fhew, how much better reafon Upton and Church had for interpreting this word by exchange, than Johnson for his expofition of it. "To SCORN. v. n." Senfes 3 and 4 are certainly mifplaced (probably by the editor) as they clearly belong to the verb active. To SCORSE. v. a. [from Scorfa, Ital.] To chase. darkness. SCRIBBET. n. A painter's pencil. Evelyn. Sallow-coal is the fooneft confumed, but of all others the moft eafy and accommodate for painter's feribbets to defign their work, and firft fketches on paper with. To SCRIBBLE. v. a. a. [applied to preparing wool.] To mix and card. SCRUPULIST. n. One that entertains fcruples. Thefe are the feeprics and fcrupulifts, against whom there is fuch a clamour railed. Shaftesbury. T SCUMBER. v. n. [probably from the noun, which (according to Ainsworth) means the dung of a fox.] To dung. Just fuch a one as you use to a brace of greyhounds, When they are led out of their kennels to scumber. Maffing. Picture. . fcutagium, law Lat.] An affeffment on knight's fees. SCUTAGE. King John was obliged to promife in his Magna Carta, that no fcutage should be impofed without the confent of the common council of the realm. Blackftone. SCUTE. n. An Italian coin of different value in different places. |