clammy, like the Tongue in a Fever.
FURRIER, one who deals in Furrs.
FURROW, a Trench, or Drain for moist Land.
FURTHER, beyond.
FURY, Rage, Frenzy, Madness.
FURZ, a sort of prickly Broom used for Fuel.
FUSEE, a Musket; also that part of a Watch about which the Chain or String is wound.
FUSILIER, a Foot Soldier armed with a Fusee.
FUSTIAN, a bumbaste, swelling and affected Style in Writing.
FUSTICK, a sort of Wood used by Dyers, brought from Barbadoes.
FUSTY, that has a rank Smell, stinking.
FUTURE, that is to come, or be hereafter.
FUTURITY, the Time to come.
To FUZZ, to ravel, or run out.
FY, an Interjection of dislike.
G.
To GABBLE, to talk fast, to prate, or prattle, to chat, or chatter.
GABIONS, Baskets about Four or Five Foot Diameter, and Five or Six Foot high, which being filled with Earth are placed upon the Batteries, &c.
GABLOCKS, false Spurs for Fighting-Cocks.
GABRIEL, a proper Name of Men
To GAD, to ramble, rove, range, or straggle about.
GADDING, rambling, or roving about.
GAD-FLY, an Insect that bites Cattle; also called a GadBee.
GAFF, an Iron Hook to pull great Fish into a Ship, also a false Spur for a Fighting-Cock.
GAGE, a Rod to measure Casks with.
To GAGE, To GAUGE, to measure with a Gage, to know the Contents of a Vessel.
GAGER, GAUGER, an Officer employed in Gauging.
A GAGG, an Instrument put into the Mouth, to keep it from shutting.
GAINESS, GAIETY, Chearfulness, Gallantry, Finery.
GAIN, Profit, Lucre.
To GAIN, to get, or win.
GAINFUL, profitable, advantageous.
To GAINSAY, to deny, to contradict, to speak against.
GAINSBOROUGH, a Town in Lincolnshire.
To GAINSTAND, to resist, to oppose.
GALE, a Blast of Wind.
GALEN, a famous Physician.
GALL, the Bile, one of the Humours of the Body; also a Fret or Sore.
To GALL, to fret or rub off the Skin, to teeze, or vex.
GALLNUT, a Fruit growing on an Oak, use to make Ink with.
GALLANT, fine, civil, accomplished, genteel, brave.
A GALLANT, a Lover, a Spark, a Sweetheart.
GALLANTNESS, GALLANTRY, Intrigue, or Amour, courteous Behaviour, Gentleness, Bravery, Valour.
GALLEON, a larger sort of Galley.
GALLERY, a kind of Balcony that surrounds a Building, or a Passage, leading to several Apartments in a great House.
GALLEY, a Sea Vessel with Oars.
GALLICAN, belonging to France, or to the French Nation.
GALLICISM, a French Idiom, or speaking after the manner of the French.
GALLIGASKINS, a sort of wide Breeches used by the Inhabitants of Gascoign in France.
GALLIMAFRY, a Hotchpotch of all sorts of Meats.
GALLIOT, a small Galley designed for Chase.
GALLON, a Measure containing Four Quarts.
To GALLOP, to ride fast.
A GALLOP, the swiftest Pace of a Horse.
GALLOSHES, Leather Cases, or Clogs worn over Shoes.
GALLOWS, a Frame of Wood on which Malefactors are hanged.
GALLS, See GALL.
GAMALIEL, a Jewish Rabbi, Tutor to St. Paul.
GAMBADOES, a sort of Leathern Boot fixed to the Saddle, and serves for a Stirrup.
GAMBOLS, Games, or tumbling Tricks played with the Legs, certain Sports used about Christmas Time.
GAME, a Play, Sport, or Diversion.
To GAME, to play, sport, &c. Also to play upon, to decide.
GAMMON, a Thigh, Ham, or Shoulder.
GANDER, a Male Goose.
GANG, a Company of Men going the same way, a Crew.
To GANG, to go
GANGRENE, the Corruption of a Part attended with Blackness and Mortification.
GANTLET, GAUNTLET, an Iron Glove.
GANTLOPE, a Town in Flanders, also an usual Punishment among Soldiers, invented there.
To run the GANTLOPE, to run through a Company of Soldiers making a Lane, with each a Switch in his Hand, to scourge the Criminal.
GAOL, a Poison.
GAOL-DELIVERY, the clearing a Prison of Prisoners.
A GAP, an open Place in a Wall or Hedge.
To GAPE, to open the Mouth wide, also to open.
GARB, Attire, Dress, &c.
GARBAGE, Guts, Entrails, &c.
GARD. See GUARD.
GARDEN, a Plot of Ground furnished with Variety of Plants, Flowers, &c.
GARDINER, a Dresser of a Garden.
GARGARISM, a liquid Medicine to cleanse the Throat.
To GARGARIZE, to gargle, to wash the Throat or Mouth.
GARGET, a mortal Disease in Cattle.
To GARGLE, to wash the Throat or Mouth with Liquor.
GARLAND, an Ornament for the Head made of Flowers.
GARLICK, a Plant.
GARMENT, any Vestment.
GARNET, a sort of Carbuncle Stone, so called from its red Colour, like to that of the Seed of a Pome-granate.
To GARNISH, to adorn, to set off, also to furnish.
GARNISH, a Fee paid by Prisoners, at their first entrance into Gaol, Money spent on their Fellow Prisoners.