GUM, a congealed tough Juice running out of Trees, &c. also a Distemper in Fruit Trees.
The GUMS, the Flesh covering the Jaw-bone, wherein the Teeth are set.
A GUN, a Fire-Arm, or Weapon of Defence of several sorts, &c.
GUN-POWDER, a Composition of Saltpetre, Brimstone and Small-Coal Dust, first invented by Bartholdus Schwarts.
GUN-POWDER-TREASON-DAY, a Festival kept on the Fifth of November, in Commemoration of the Delivery of King James I and the States of the Realm from the Gunpowder Plot.
A GUNNER, an Officer who takes Charge of the Ordnance and War-like Stores, and directs the Management of them in a Fight.
GUNNERY, an Art shewing how to level, charge, mount and discharge great Guns, Mortalpieces, &c.
To GUSH, to pour or run out on a sudden, and with Force
GUSSET, a Piece of Cloth put into Shirts or Smocks, &c
GUST, a sudden Blast, or Puff of Wind.
A GUST, a Taste, or Relish.
GUTS, the Bowels
GUTTA SERENA, A Distemper in the Eye, when it looks clear and yet is blind.
GUTTER, a Canal, or RainSpout for Water.
GUY, a proper Name
To GUZZLE, to drink greedily, to tipple
To GYBE, to joke, or banter.
GYRATION, a turning round.
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HAAK, or HAKE, a sort of dried Fish
HABEAS CORPUS, a Writ which a Man imprisoned may have out of the King's-Bench, to remove him, to answer the Cause there
HABERDASHER, a Seller of small Wares, as Hats, &c
To HABIT, to attire, or dress, also to accustom one's self to
HABIT, the Constitution of the Body, Use, or Custom, Dress, Attire.
HABITABLE, that may be inhabited.
HABITATION, a Dwellingplace, or Dwelling.
HABITUAL, grown to a Habit by long Use, customary
HABITUATED, that is grown into a Habit by long Use, or is accustomed to a Thing
HABNAB, rashly, at a Venture.
A HACH, a Dish of minced Meat, a Hash.
To HACK, to hew, or cut
An HACK, a common Hackney-Horse
To HACKLE, to cut small
HACKNEY, a Town about Three Miles from London.
HADDOCK, a sort of Codfish.
HÆMORRAGE, a Flux of Blood
HÆMORRHOIDES, the Piles
A HAFT, the Handle of a Knife, &c.
An HAG, a Witch
HAGGAI, the Name of a Prophet.
HAGGESS, a sort of Pudding made of Liver, Lights, &c.
To HAGGLE, to stand hard in Buying, to cut unhandsomly.
HACKWORTHINGHAM, a Town in Lincolnshire.
HAIL, a known Meteor, also ail Health.
HAILSTONES, small Globules of the Meteor Hail.
HAINOUS, odious, hateful, horrid, outrageous.
HAINOUSNESS, Odiousness, &c.
HAIR, a flexible Substance growing out of the Skin.
HAIRS-BREADTH, among the Jews reckoned the Fortyeighth part of an Inch.
HALBARD, HALBERD, an offensive Weapon well
HALCYON, a Bird called a King's-Fisher, which breeds on the Sea-shore.
To HALE, to pull, or drag.
HALEDON, a Place in Northumberland.
HALL, a large Room at the Entrance into a House, a publick Building belonging to a Society, also a Pleading-Place, or Court of Justice.
HALLELUJAH, praise ye the Lord.
HALLIBUT, a Fish like a Plaice.
To HALLOW, to consecrate, to set a-part for Divine Service.
To HALLOO, to set on, or incite a Dog.
To HALT, to go lame, or crippled, also to stand still, to discontinue a March.
An HALTER, a Rope to tie about the Neck of a Horse, or a Malefactor.
HALYSTON, a Place in Northumberland.
HAM, one of the three Sons of Noah.
HAM, the Leg and Thigh of a Hog
HAMLET, a little Village, Division of a Town, or Suburbs of a City into Precincts, as the Tower Hamlets.
A HAMMER, a Tool used by most Mechanicks
HAMMOCKS, little Hanging Beds on Ship-board.
A HAMMER, a sort of large strong Basket.
To HAMPER, to entangle, to perplex.
HAMPSHIRE, a County in the South-west Part of England.
HAMPTON, a Town in Middlesex on the River Thames, where is a stately Palace built by Cardinal Wolsey.
HANCH, the Hip, a part of the Body.
HAND, a Member of the Body, the Index of a Clock, Watch, &c.
To HAND, to pass a Thing by hand from one to another.
HAND BREADTH, a Measure of Three Inches, in the Height of a Horse, Four Inches.
HANDFUL, as much as can be grasped in the Hand.
HANDICRAFT, a working Trade.
HANDKERCHER, HANDKERCHIEF, an Utensil for wiping the Face, &c.
HANDSPEEK, HANDSPIKE, a sort of wooden Lever for moving heavy Things.
HANDLE, a Part of any Instrument or Vessel to be held in the Hand.
To HANDLE, to hold, or feel with the Hand, also to treat of.
HANDSOME, comely, beautiful, also becoming.
HANDY, ready with the Hand.
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