Sautrie. Psaltery. Savely. Safely. Saw. Sawst. Scaliger (J. J.). The most eminent scholar of the sixteenth century. 1540-1609. Sceptic. The philosophy of the Sceptics has made their name the usual term for disbeliever. Scheldt. A river flowing by Antwerp into the North Sea. Scholeye. To pursue one's work as a scholar. Schwaben (Suabia, Suabia). One of the ancient divisions of Germany. Scian Muse. Homer. Scio. One of the seven cities claiming to have been the birthplace of Homer. Scole. School (Latin, schola). Scots. Scotch. Seeke. Sicke. Seigh. Past tense of see. Semiramis. Queen of Assyria, wife of Ninus, and founder of Babylon. Semycope. Half-cope. Seventeen Hunder Linen. A brand named from the number of threads. Severn. One of the chief rivers of Wales and England. Shadwell (Thomas). The successor of Dryden as poet-laureate. 1692. Shaw'd. Showed. Shent. Ruined, or destroyed. Shepherd in Virgil. In the Eclogues. Shete. Past tense of shoot. Shette. Past tense of shut. Shirley (James). An English dramatist. 1594-1666. Shiten shepherde. One who does not practice what he preaches. Shoop. Past tense of shape; (to raise or collect.) Shule. Shall. Sic. Such. 1640 Sidney (Algernon). Distinguished for his patriotism, and prominent among those who convicted and beheaded Charles I. Sikerly. Surely. Sileni. Devotees of Silenus, the preceptor of Bacchus. 1622-1683. Sir Christopher. Wren, the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral. Sir Richard Steele. Steele, like many of the early English authors, was improvident, and frequently called upon his friends for assistance. 1675-1729. Sisters of the sacred well. The Muses. Sithe. Since. Skellum. A worthless fellow Skelpit. Dashed along. Skreek. Screech. Slaps. Gates. Sleekit. Sleek. Slidre. Slippery. Sma'. Small. Smoor'd. Smothered. Snaw. Snow. Snell. Bitter, or biting. Snowdon. The loftiest mountain of Wales. Snybben. To snub, or to rebuke. Soirée dansante. A dancing party. Solempne. Solemn. Somnour. Summoner. Soote. Sweet. Sorrento. A town of Naples and the birthplace of Tasso. Stoic. The Stoics were disciples of the Greek philosopher Zeno, whose doctrines were distinguished by the severity of their morals. Stonden. Stand. Stood. Withstood. Stormy Hebrides. These islands were noted for their stormy coasts. Strang. Strong. Strathspeys. Name for a dance. Strewin'. Strewing. Styx. A river of the lower world. Suli. A fortress in Epirus made famous by the Greek revolution. Sunium (Cape). Cape Colonna. Swats. Ale. Swich. Such. Swirl. Curve. Swynken. To toil or labor Syne. Since, and then. Syrens (sirens). Two maidens who by their singing so charmed travellers that, forgetful of all else, they perished of hunger. Table. Tablet Tak. Take. Taliessin. A fabulous British poet of the sixth century. Tantallon. Principal castle of the Douglas family. Tappestere. A bar-maid. Tapycer. Maker of tapestry (French, tapissier). Tartarean. Pertaining to Tartarus, the place of confinement for the wicked. Tasso (Torquato). A celebrated Italian epic poet. 1544-1595. Tauld. Told. Taurus. A sign of the zodiac; the time thus indicated would be the latter part of April to the latter part of May. Teene. Grief. Teian. Of Teos, alluding to Anacreon. Tempe's vale. A Thessalian valley noted for its peacefulness and beauty. Tethys. Wife of Oceanus. Tetricus. A Roman officer, called "one of the thirty tyrants." Teviot. A river of Scotland. Thais. A female companion of Alexander's. Thamyris. A Thracian poet. Thanne. Then. Tharray. Synalopha for the array. The Abominable. The goddess Discord. Thegither. Together. Thencrees. Synalopha for the increase. Thermopyla. Where Leonidas contended with the Persians. Thilke. Synalopha for the ilke. Thouh. Though. Thrave. Two shocks of corn. Thund'rer. A title given by the poet to God the Father. Thurgh. Through. Timotheus. A musician of Miletus. Tint. Lost. Tippenny. Twopence. Tiresias. A Theban seer, Tisiphon. One of the Furies, called the Blood-Avenger. Titian. The greatest of the Venetian painters. 1477-1576. Tooke (John Horne). One of the earliest and most distinguished of English philologists. 1736-1812. Torno. Probably mountains in Sweden. Towzie. Rough. Tramyssene. An ancient name for the East. Tribnia. Britain. Trissino. A village of Austrian Italy. Troas. The country whose capital was Troy. Troy. A ruined city in Asia Minor, and the scene of the Trojan war. Tuscan artist. In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries gold back Ukraine. An ancient division of Russia and South-east Poland. Ulysses. Hero of Homer's Odyssey. Unco. Strange. Uncou. Very, or uncommonly. Unwemmed. Pure, or unspotted. Urania. The Muse of Astronomy. Urien. A Welsh bard. Urim. A breast ornament of the High Priest. Usqueba. Usquebaugh. Utawa. Ottawa, a river flowing into the St. Lawrence. Valerian. Roman Emperor. 253. Vane (Sir Henry, Jr.). A friend of Milton's and a prominent statesman during the English Commonwealth. 1612-1662 Villafranca. A town belonging to the Sardinian States. Wad. Would. Walie. Large. Wallenstein. A famous Bohemian general in the service of the Austrian Archduke Ferdinand. Waller (Edmund). An English poet (1605-1687), whose writings are noticeable for their grace. Wallop. Quick pulsation. War. Ware, or aware, or wary. Wark. Work. Warlocks. Wizards. Wa's. Walls. Wat. Wet. Webbe. A weaver. Wee. Small. Weel. Well. Wende. Thought, or (from another verb) went. What sit we then. What, for a long time, was regarded as the neuter of who, and hence was used interrogatively where now we employ why. Whiles. Whilst. Whins. Furze-bushes. Wi'. With. Wikke. Wicked. Willie-waught. A hearty draught. Winnock-bunker. A seat in a window. Wole. Will. Wolt. Wilt. Wonynge. Dwelling (German, wohnen). Wympul. Wimple. Yarrow. A parish of Scotland. Yeddynges. Romantic songs. Yeman. Yeoman. Yerde. Stick or rod. Y-falle. Past participle of fall, retaining (as yclept) the obsolete prefix y (German, ge). Y-go. Past participle of go. Yoursel. Yourself. Y-plaste. Past participle of place. |