BROWN. adj. [brun, Saxon.] The name of a colour, compounded of black and any other colour. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/brown_adj

Brownish. adj. [from brown.] Somewhat brown. A brownish grey iron-stone, lying in thin strata, is poor, but runs freely. Woodward. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/brownis...

Brownstudy. n.s. [from brown and study.] Gloomy meditations; study in which we direct our thoughts to no certain point. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/brownst...

To MUSE. v.n. [muser, Fr. muysen, Dutch; musso, Latin.] 1. To ponder; to think close; to study in silence. 2. To be absent of mind; to be attentive to something not present; to be in a brown study. 3. To wonder; to be amazed. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/muse_vn

Depulsion. n.s. [depulsion, Latin.] A beating or thrusting away. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/depulsi...

ANA. adv. [ἄνα] A word used in the prescriptions of physick, importing the like quantity; as, wine and honey, à or ana ii; that is, of wine and honey each two ounces. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/ana_adv

Generosity. n.s. [generosité, French; generositas, Latin.] The quality of being generous; magnanimity; liberality. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/generos...

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To Reave. v.a. pret. rest. [ræfian, Saxon; whence to bereave.] 1. To take away by stealth or violence. An obsolete word. 2. It was used as well in a good as bad sense. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/reave_va

Livelihood. n.s. [It appears to me corrupted from livelode.] Support of life; maintenance; means of living. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/livelih...

To Aftereye. v.a. [from after and eye.] To keep one in view; to follow in view. This is not in use. Thou shouldst have made him As little as a crow, or less, ere left To aftereye him. Shakespeare’s Cymbeline. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/afterey...

E'THER. n.s. [æther, Latin; ἄιϑηϱ.] 1. An element more fine and subtle than air; air refined or sublimed. 2. The matter of the highest regions above. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/ether_ns

Unselfish. adj. Not addicted to private interest. The most interested cannot purpose any thing so much to their own advantage, notwithstanding which the inclination is nevertheless unselfish. Spectator, № 588. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/unselfi...

Middest. superl. of mid, middest, midst. Yet the stout fairy ’mongst the middest crowd, Thought all their glory vain in knightly view. Spenser. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/middest...

Economick. Economical. adj. [from economy.] 1. Pertaining to the regulation of an houshold. 2. Frugal. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/economi...

Paschal. adj. [pascal, French; paschalis, Latin.] 1. Relating to the passover. 2. Relating to Easter. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/paschal...

Synodal. n.s. [from synod.] Money paid anciently to the bishop, &c. at Easter visitation. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/synodal...

GOOD. adj. comp. better, superl. best. [god, Saxon; goed, Dutch.] ... 24. Having moral qualities, such as are wished; virtuous; pious; religious; applied both to persons and actions. Not bad; not evil.... johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/good_adj

Passover. n.s. [pass and over.] 1. A feast instituted among the Jews in memory of the time when God, smiting the first born of the Egyptians, passed over the habitations of the Hebrews. 2. The sacrifice killed. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/passove...

Maundy-thursday. n.s. [derived by Spelman from mande, a hand-basket, in which the king was accustomed to give alms to the poor.] The Thursday before Good-friday. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/Maundy-...

To ADUMBRATE. v.a. [adumbro, Lat.] To shadow out; to give a slight likeness; to exhibit a faint resemblance, like that which shadows afford of the bodies which they represent. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/adumbra...

Physick. n.s. [φυσιϰὴ, which, originally signifying natural philosophy, has been transferred in many modern languages to medicine.] The science of healing. 2. Medicines; remedies. 3. [In common phrase.] A purge. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/physick...

Anthypochondriack. adj. [from ἀντὶ, against, and ὑϖοχονδϱίακος.] Good against hypochondriack maladies. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/anthypo...

Blessedness. n.s. [from blessed.] 1. Happiness; felicity. 2. Sanctity. 3. Heavenly felicity. 4. Divine favour. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/blessed...

Turkois. n.s. [turquoise, French, from turkey.] A blue stone numbered among the meaner precious stones, now discovered to be a bone impregnated with cupreous particles. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/turkois...

Meered. adj. Relating to a boundary; meer being a boundary, or mark of division. Hanmer. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/meered_...

Firelock. n.s. [fire and lock.] A soldier’s gun; a gun discharged by striking steel with flint. Prime all your firelocks, fasten well the stake. Gay. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/fireloc...

Agnomination. n.s. [agnominatio, Lat.] Allusion of one word to another, by resemblance of sound. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/agnomin...

To Meine. v.a. To mingle. Ains. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/meine_va

To Outwear. v.a. [out and wear.] 1. To pass tediously. By the stream, if I the night out-wear, Thus spent already how shall nature bear The dews descending and nocturnal air. Pope. 2. To last longer than something else. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/outwear...

Terrestrious. adj. [terrestris, Lat. terrestre, Fr.] Terreous; earthy; consisting of earth. This variation proceedeth from terrestrious eminences of earth respecting the needle. Brown. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/terrest...

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BIRD. n.s. [bird, or brid, a chicken, Saxon.] A general term for the feathered kind; a fowl. In common talk, fowl is used for the larger, and bird for the smaller kind of feathered animals. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/bird_ns

To Bird. v.n. [from the noun.] To catch birds. I do invite you tomorrow morning to my house, to breakfast; after, we’ll a birding together. Shakesp. M. W. of Winds. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/bird_vn

FA'SHION. n.s. [façon, French; facies, Latin.] . . . 8. Rank; condition above the vulgar. It is used in a sense below that of quality. It is strange that men of fashion, and gentlemen, should so grosly belie their own knowledge. Raleigh. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/fashion...

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Lady-bird. Lady-cow. Lady-fly. n.s. A small red insect vaginopennous. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/lady-bi...

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Mocking-bird. n.s. [mocking and bird.] An American bird, which imitates the note of other birds. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/mocking...

Canary bird. An excellent singing bird, of a green colour, formerly bred in the Canaries, and nowhere else, but now bred in several parts of Europe, particularly Germany. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/canary_...

Blackbird. n.s. [from black and bird.] The name of a bird. Of singing birds, they have linnets, goldfinches, blackbirds, thrushes, and divers others. Carew. A schoolboy ran unto’t, and thought The crib was down, the blackbird caught. Swift. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/blackbi...

Humbird. n.s. [from hum and bird.] The humming bird. All ages have conceived the wren the least of birds, yet our own plantations have shewed us one far less; that is, the humbird, not much exceeding a beetle. Brown’s Vulg. Err. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/humbird...

Jailbird. n.s. [jail and bird.] One who has been in a jail. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/jailbir...

Oyes. n.s. [oyez, hear ye, French.] Is the introduction to any proclamation or advertisement given by the publick criers both in England and Scotland. It is thrice repeated. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/oyes_ns

STRUMA. n.s. [Latin.] A glandular swelling; the king’s evil. A gentlewoman had a struma about the instep, very hard and deep about the tendons. Wiseman’s Surgery. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/struma_ns

To Enchafe. v.a. [eschauffer, French.] To enrage; to irritate; to provoke. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/enchafe...

Verger. n.s. [from verge.] He that carries the mace before the dean. I can tip the verger with half a crown, and get into the best seat. Farquhar. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/verger_ns

To HABILITATE. v.n. [habiliter, French.] To qualify; to entitle. Not in use. Divers persons in the house of commons were attainted, and thereby not legal, nor habilitate to serve in parliament, being disabled in the highest degree. Bacon. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/habilit...

Inconsiderately. adv. [from inconsiderate.] Negligently; thoughtlessly; inattentively. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1773/inconsi...

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