Hudibras eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 333 pages of information about Hudibras.

Hudibras eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 333 pages of information about Hudibras.
Soland geese:  Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis)
Staffier:  A footman
Stentrophonick:  Loud, as from a megaphone
Stum:  A mixture of wine and grape juice
Suggill’d:  Beaten severely
Sui juris:  Independently (L.)
Swound:  A swoon
Synodical:  Arising from or of the nature of a synod — a meeting of
bishops etc. of the Anglican Church
Tantundem dat tantidem:  So much of that gives so much of this =
they are exactly the same (L.)
Tarsel:  A male falcon
Theorbo:  A kind of lute with two necks
Totidem verbis:  In just as many words (L.)
Trapes:  Tripes
Trepan:  To trap
Trigon:  A set of 3 signs of the Zodiac at 120-degree angles to each
other
Tussis pro crepitu:  A cough for a fart (L.)
Velis & remis:  By sail and oar (L.)
Veni, Vidi, Vici :  I came, I saw, I conquered (L.)
Versal:  Universal
Videlicet:  That is, viz. (L.)
Vitiligation:  Argument, quarrelling
Vizard:  A mask or disguise
Welkin:  The sky
Whiffler:  A ceremonial guard who cleared the way for a mayor or
other official
Whinyard:  A short sword
Ycleped:  Named
Yerst:  Erst, formerly

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