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Warton, H. E. P. Warton's History of English Poetry.
GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
A
A, _indef. art._ RG. 367
---- == on. O. and N. 20
---- == he. Alys. 7809
---- == and. HD. 359
---- == one. Ps. liv. 14
Aback, _adv._ RG. 131
Abash, _v. a._ Alys. 224
Abate, _v. a._ == put an end to, make to cease. RG. 54. Fr. abattre
---- _v. n._ == cease from doing a thing. RG. 447
Abay, _v. a._ == drive to bay. Alys. 3882
Abbess, _sb._ RG. 370
Abbey, _sb._ RG. 369
Abbot, _sb._ RG. 376, 447
Abece, == ABC. RG. 266
Abed, _adv._ RG. 547
Abelde, _v. n._ == become bold. Alys. 2442
Abenche, == on a bench. St. Kath. 91
Abide, _v. n._ == remain, tarry. RG. 382. AS. bidan
---- _v. a._ == wait for, hence receive. RG. 265, and 302, pret. 'abade.'
Ps. x.x.xix. 2
Abie, _v. a._ == pay for, pay the penalty for. [abigge] 1624. B. pret.
'abou?te.' 58 B. 'abid.' O. and N. 1775. AS. a-bicgan. See Phil. Soc.
Proc. vol. v. p. 33
Abite, _v. a._ == bite. Alys. 7096
Ablende, _v. a._ == make blind. RG. 208
Aboht, _part._ == bought. Wright's L. P. p. 103
About, _adv._ == round about (of locality). RG. 369; '?eode aboute' 76 B.
---- 'about to,' with a verb, as a future part. 1593 B.
---- == nearly. RG. 247
---- _prep._ == around, circ.u.m. RG. 467; [obout]. Ps. lxxvii. 28
---- == near (of time), 'aboute noon.' Wright's L. P. p. 34
Above, _adv._ 266 B.
---- _prep._ O. and N. 1492
Abow, _v. a._ == make to bend. RG. 46. pret. 'abuyde.' RG. 476
---- _v. n._ == bow, 3s pres. 'abueth.' RG. 193. part. 'abouynde.' RG. 302
Abowes, _sb._ == patron saints. RG. 475. Fr. avoues
Abraid, _v. a._ == open. O. and N. 1042. AS. abredan
Abroad, _adv._ RG. 542
Abrode, _adv._ == breeding, lit. 'on brood.' O. and N. 518. Fragm. on Seven Sins, v. 34
Abusse, _v. a._ == ambush, conceal. 1382 B.
Abuten, _prep._ == without (sine). M. Ode, st. 43
Ac, _conj._ == and, but. RG. 367
Acast, _part._ == disappointed. Pol. S. 149
Accord, _v. a._ == reconcile. RG. 388
---- _v. n._ == agree. RG. 388
