Humour, a word used in and out of season in the time of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, and ridiculed by both.

Humours, manners.

Humphrey, Duke, those who were dinnerless spent the dinner-hour in a part of St. Paul’s where stood a monument said to be that of the duke’s; hence “dine with Duke Humphrey,” to go hungry.

Hurtless, harmless.

Idle, useless, unprofitable.

Ill-affected, ill-disposed.

Ill-HABITED, unhealthy.

Illustrate, illuminate.

Imbibition, saturation, steeping.

IMBROCATA, fencing term:  a thrust in tierce.

Impair, impairment.

Impart, give money.

IMPARTER, any one ready to be cheated and to part
with his money.

Impeach, damage.

IMPERTINENCIES, irrelevancies.

Impertinent(ly), irrelevant(ly), without reason or purpose.

Imposition, duty imposed by.

Impotently, beyond power of control.

Impress, money in advance.

Impulsion, incitement.

In and in, a game played by two or three persons
with four dice.

Incense, incite, stir up.

INCERATION, act of covering with wax; or reducing
a substance to softness of wax.

Inch, “to their—­es,” according to their stature,
capabilities.

Inch-pin, sweet-bread.

Inconvenience, inconsistency, absurdity.

INCONY, delicate, rare (used as a term of affection).

INCUBEE, incubus.

Incubus, evil spirit that oppresses us in sleep, nightmare.

Incurious, unfastidious, uncritical.

Indent, enter into engagement.

Indifferent, tolerable, passable.

Indigested, shapeless, chaotic.

Induce, introduce.

Indue, supply.

Inexorable, relentless.

INFANTED, born, produced.

Inflame, augment charge.

Ingenious, used indiscriminantly for ingenuous;
intelligent, talented.

Ingenuity, ingenuousness.

Ingenuous, generous.

INGINE.  See Engin.

INGINER, engineer. (See Enginer).

Ingle, or ENGHLE, bosom friend, intimate, minion.

Inhabitable, uninhabitable.

Injury, insult, affront.

In-mate, resident, indwelling.

Innate, natural.

Innocent, simpleton.

Inquest, jury, or other official body of inquiry.

Inquisition, inquiry.

Instant, immediate.

Instrument, legal document.