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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.