Turm, P. R. iv. 66. a troop; a word coined from the Latin turma U Unapparent, P.L. vii. 103. obscure, not visible Uncouth, odd, strange, unusual; from the Saxon_uncud, unknown Understood, P. L. i. 662. not exprefled, not openly de clared, and yet implied; as when we say that a fubftantive or verb is understood in a sentence Uneffential, P. L. ii. 439. void of real being Unexpreffive, unutterable, ineffable, not to be expreffed Unfum'd, P. L. v. 349. not burnt, and exhaling smoke as in fumigations, but with its natural scent Unifon, P. L. vii. 599. founding alone Unprevented, P. L. iii. 231. not preceded by any thing Unremov'd, P. L. iv. 987. for immoveable, not capable of being removed Unweeting, ignorant, unknowing Unwifer, P. L. iv. 716, not fo wife as one should have been To ufe, P. To haunt or frequent Uxorious, fubmiffively fond of a wife, infected with connubial dotage V Van, a wing with which the air is beaten Vant-brafs, or Vant-brace, S. A. 1121. armour for the arms Various, varied with divers fculptures and paintings, P. L. vi. 84.; variegated, diversified, P. L. vii. 318 To vcer, P. L. ix. 515. to turn about Vernant, P. L. x. 679. flourishing as in the spring Vigil, P. R. i. 182. watch; devotions performed in the customary hours of reft; songs fung while the angels kept watch Foid, P. L. iii. 12. destitute of any formed being, void as the earth was when first created. It commonly fignifies emptiness; but it cannot be so understood here; for chaos is described as full of matter Volant, P. L. xi. 561. nimble, active Vollied, P. L. iv. 928. disploded, discharged with a -volley Voluble, rolling, having a quick motion W To wallow, P. L. vii. 411. to move heavily and clumfily War, P. L. xii. 214. forces, army Ware, P. L. ix. 353. wary, cautious To warp, P. L. i. 341, to turn, to work forward; a fca term Wafailer, a toper, a drunkard. Mr Johnson gives this account of the origin of the word. Hail or bçil for health was in fuch continual ufe among the good fellows of ancient times, that a drinker was called a was-heiler, or a wisher of health; and the liquor was termed was-heil, because health was fo often wished over it. These words were afterwards corrupted into wassail and wassailer. Mifcel. Obf. on Macbeth, p. 41. To wattle, P. to bind with twigs; to form, by platting twigs one within another To ween, to think, to imagine, to fancy Weftering, P. drawing towards the west Whilome, P. formerly, once, of old Whift, P. ftill, filent. It is commonly used as an interjection commanding filence. And hence it is fuppofed the game of Whift hath its name, as it requires close attention and filence Wight, a perfon, a being Wifard, P. a wife man, an inchanter, a conjurer To wrench, S. to force, to wrest To writhe, to distort, P. L. x. 569; to twist with vios lence, P. L. vi. 328. Y 'Ycleaped, P. called, named, termed Ꮓ Zenith, the point over head opposite to the nadir Zodiac, a great circle of the sphere, containing the Zone, a girdle, P. L. v. 281.; a division of the earth, P. L. ii. 397.; circuit, circumference, P. L. v. 560. CONTENTS. POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. Page SONNETS. |