HOLLAND, name of two famous chemists HONE AND HONERO, wailing expressions of lament or discontent HOOD-WIND'D, blindfolded HORARY, hourly HORN-MAD, stark mad (quibble)HORN-THUMB, cut-purses were in the habit of wearing a horn shield on the thumb HORSE-BREAD-EATING, horses were often fed on coarse bread HORSE-COURSES, horse-dealer HOSPITAL, Christ's Hospital HOWLEGLAS, Eulenspiegel, the hero of a popular German tale which related his buffooneries and knavish tricks HUFF, hectoring, arrogance HUFF IT, swagger HUISHER (Fr. huissier), usher HUM, beer and spirits mixed together HUMANITIAN, humanist, scholar HUMOROUS, capricious, moody, out of humour; moist HUMOUR, a word used in and out of season in the time of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, and ridiculed by both HUMOURS, manners HUMPHREY, DUKE, those who were dinnerless spent the dinner-hour in a part of St. Paul's where stood a monument said to be that of the duke's; hence "dine with Duke Humphrey," to go hungry HURTLESS, harmless IDLE, useless, unprofitable ILL-AFFECTED, ill-disposed ILL-HABITED, unhealthy ILLUSTRATE, illuminate IMBIBITION, saturation, steeping IMBROCATA, fencing term: a thrust in tierce IMPAIR, impairment IMPART, give money IMPARTER, any one ready to be cheated and to part with his money IMPEACH, damage IMPERTINENCIES, irrelevancies IMPERTINENT(LY), irrelevant(ly), without reason or purpose IMPOSITION, duty imposed by IMPOTENTLY, beyond power of control IMPRESS, money in advance IMPULSION, incitement IN AND IN, a game played by two or three persons with four dice INCENSE, incite, stir up INCERATION, act of covering with wax; or reducing a substance to softness of wax INCH, "to their --es," according to their stature, capabilities INCH-PIN, sweet-bread INCONVENIENCE, inconsistency, absurdity INCONY, delicate, rare (used as a term of affection)INCUBEE, incubus INCUBUS, evil spirit that oppresses us in sleep, nightmare INCURIOUS, unfastidious, uncritical INDENT, enter into engagement INDIFFERENT, tolerable, passable INDIGESTED, shapeless, chaotic INDUCE, introduce INDUE, supply INEXORABLE, relentless INFANTED, born, produced INFLAME, augment charge INGENIOUS, used indiscriminantly for ingenuous; intelligent, talented INGENUITY, ingenuousness INGENUOUS, generous INGINE. See Engin INGINER, engineer. (See Enginer)INGLE, OR ENGHLE, bosom friend, intimate, minion INHABITABLE, uninhabitable INJURY, insult, affront IN-MATE, resident, indwelling INNATE, natural INNOCENT, simpleton INQUEST, jury, or other official body of inquiry INQUISITION, inquiry INSTANT, immediate INSTRUMENT, legal document INSURE, assure INTEGRATE, complete, perfect INTELLIGENCE, secret information, news INTEND, note carefully, attend, give ear to, be occupied with INTENDMENT, intention INTENT, intention, wish INTENTION, concentration of attention or gaze INTENTIVE, attentive INTERESSED, implicated INTRUDE, bring in forcibly or without leave INVINCIBLY, invisibly INWARD, intimate IRPE (uncertain), "a fantastic grimace, or contortion of the body: (Gifford)JACE, Jack o' the clock, automaton figure that strikes the hour;Jack-a-lent, puppet thrown at in Lent JACK, key of a virginal JACOB'S STAFF, an instrument for taking altitudes and distances JADE, befool JEALOUSY, JEALOUS, suspicion, suspicious JERKING, lashing JEW'S TRUMP, Jew's harp JIG, merry ballad or tune; a fanciful dialogue or light comic act introduced at the end or during an interlude of a play JOINED (JOINT)-STOOL, folding stool JOLL, jowl JOLTHEAD, blockhead JUMP, agree, tally JUST YEAR, no one was capable of the consulship until he was forty-three KELL, cocoon KELLY, an alchemist KEMB, comb KEMIA, vessel for distillation KIBE, chap, sore KILDERKIN, small barrel KILL, kiln KIND, nature; species; "do one's --," act according to one's nature KIRTLE, woman's gown of jacket and petticoat KISS OR DRINK AFORE ME, "this is a familiar expression, employed when what the speaker is just about to say is anticipated by another" (Gifford)KIT, fiddle KNACK, snap, click KNIPPER-DOLING, a well-known Anabaptist KNITTING CUP, marriage cup KNOCKING, striking, weighty KNOT, company, band; a sandpiper or robin snipe (Tringa canulus);flower-bed laid out in fanciful design KURSINED, KYRSIN, christened LABOURED, wrought with labour and care LADE, load(ed)LADING, load LAID, plotted LANCE-KNIGHT (Lanzknecht), a German mercenary foot-soldier LAP, fold LAR, household god LARD, garnish LARGE, abundant LARUM, alarum, call to arms LATTICE, tavern windows were furnished with lattices of various colours LAUNDER, to wash gold in aqua regia, so as imperceptibly to extract some of it.
LAVE, ladle, bale LAW, "give --," give a start (term of chase)LAXATIVE, loose LAY ABOARD, run alongside generally with intent to board LEAGUER, siege, or camp of besieging army LEASING, lying LEAVE, leave off, desist LEER, leering or "empty, hence, perhaps leer horse without a rider; leer is an adjective meaning uncontrolled, hence 'leer drunkards'" (Halliwell);according to Nares, a leer (empty) horse meant also a led horse; leeward, left LEESE, lose LEGS, "make --," do obeisance LEIGEP, resident representative LEIGERITY, legerdemain LEMMA, subject proposed, or title of the epigram LENTER, slower LET, hinder LET, hindrance LEVEL COIL, a rough game...in which one hunted another from his seat.
Hence used for any noisy riot (Halliwell)
