To breathe, P. L. ii. 244. to fmell, to throw out the fmell, to exhale, to fend out as breath To braid, to plait, to weave, to twift. Braided train, P. L. iv. 349. plaited or twisted tail To bray, P. L. vi. 2c9. (probably from the Greek Bpcxa, ftrepo) to make an offensive or difagreeable noise. It signifies to make any kind of noise, though - now it be commonly appropriated to a certain animal Brigandine, S. A. 1120. a coat of mail To brim, P. L. iv. 336. P. to fill to the top Brinded, P. L. vii. 466. P. streaked, tabby, marked with branches To briftle, P. L. vi. 82. to erect in hriftles. The La tins exprefs this by the word horrere, taken from the brifting on a wild boar's or other animal's back. Milton has the expreffion of horrent arms, P. L. ii, 513. See Horrent Budge, P. furred, furly, stiff, formal Bullion, P. L. i. 704. gold or filver in the lump, unwrought, uncoined. Bullion drofs, the drofs which arofe from the metal in refining it But, P. L. iii. 377. except, unless buxome, is vulgarly understood for wanton, jolly; but it properly fignifies flexible, yielding, obedient, obfequious, as P. L. ii. 842. v. 270.; and also gay, lively, brik, as P. xiii. 24 C Cacias, P. L. x, 699. the north-west wind Callow, P. L. vii. 420. unfledged, naked, without feathers To calve, P. L. vii. 463. to bring forth, from the Belgic word calven, to bring forth Caparison, P. L. ix. 35. a horse-cloth, or a fort of cover for a horfe, which is spread over his furniture Caravan, P. L. vii. 428. P. R. i. 323. a great convoy of merchants, which meet at certain times and places, to put themselves into a condition of defence from thieves, who ride in troops in feveral defert places upon the road in Perfia and Turkey It is like an army, consisting ordinarily of five or fix hundred camels, and near as many horses, and fometimes more Carbuncle, a jewel that shines in the dark like a lighted coal or candle To carcer, P. L. vi. 756. to run with fwift motion. Careering fires, are lightnings darted out by fits; a metaphor taken from the running in tilts, fays Dr. Newton Carol, P. L. xii. 367. a song of devotion To carol, P. to praise, to celebrate To caft, P. L. iii. 634. to consider, to contrive, to turn the thoughts Cataphracts, S. A. 1619. men or horfes completely armed, from καταφράσσω, armis muito Cataract, P. L. ii. 176. xi. 824. a fall of water from on high, a shoot of water, a cascade Catarrh, P. L. xi. 483. a defluxion of sharp serum from the glands about the head and throat Cates, P. R. ii. 348. viands, food, difh of meat; ge nerally employed to fignify nice and luxurious food Cedarn, P. the fame as cedrine, of or belonging to the cedar tree Centaur, P. L. x. 328. the sign of Sagittarius, or the Archer, in the Zodiac Centric, P. L. x. 671. placed in the center: Centric (or concentric) Spheres, P. L. viii. 83. are such spheres whofe center is the fame with that of the earth Ceraftes, P. L. x. 525. a ferpent having horns, or fupposed to have horns; from xipas, a horn Charity, P. L. iv. 756. tenderness, kindness, love. Charities is used in the Latin fignification, and, like caritates, comprehends all the relations, all the endearments of confanguinity and affinity. The theo→ logical virtue of univerfal love, P. L. iii. 216. xii. 584 Chimera, P. L. ii. 628. a monster feigned to have the head of a lion, the belly of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. Hence it fignifies a vain and wild fancy, as remote from reality as the existence of this poe→ tical chimera Chivalry, P. L. i. 307. (from the French chevalerie) fignifies knighthood, and also those who use horses in fight, both fuch as ride on horfes and fuch as ride in chariots drawn by them. In the sense of riding and fighting the word is used ver. 765; and in the sense of riding and fighting in chariots drawn by horses, P. R. iii. 343. compared with ver. 328 Chryfolite, P. L. iii. 596. a precious stone of a dusky green, with a cast of yellow Cieling, P. L. xi.743. the inner roof. It may be thought (fays Mr. Richardson) too mean a word in poetry; but Milton had a view to its derivation from the Latin cœlum, and the Italian cielo, heaven Cimmerian, P. which fees no fun, obfcure, dark. The Cimmerians were a people who lived in caves under ground, and never faw the light of the fun; whence comes the phrase Cimmerian darkness, i. e. great obfcurity Clang, a fharp fhrill noise Clarion, P. L. i. 532. a small shrill treble trumpet; a claro quem edit fono To cluster, P. L. iv. 303. vii. 320. to grow in bunches, to gather into bunches, to congregate Collateral, running parallel, diffufed on either fide, P. L. viii. 426; fide by side, a fense agreeable to the etymology of the word, P. L. x. 86 Colures, P. L. ix. 66. two great circles supposed to pafs through the poles of the world, intersecting each other at right angles, and encompassing the earth from north to fouth, and from fouth to north again Combustion, conflagration, burning in a dreadful man- To commerce, P. to hold intercourse with Compeer, P. L. i. 127. equal, companion, colleague, Cone, P. L. iv. 776. a figure round at bottom, and les- To conglobe, to gather into a round mass, to confoli- P. L. vii. 239. to coalesce in a round mass, P. L. To conjure, P. L. ii. 693. to confpire, to band and league together, to bind many by an oath to fome Convex, bending down on all fides round, rising in a circular form. Convex is fpoken properly of the ex- terior surface of a globe, and concave of the interior Cormorant, P. L. iv. 196. a bird that lives upon fish, Cornice, P. L. i. 716. the uppermost member of the Corny, P. L. vii. 321. strong or hard like horn, horny; |