Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant ... / Collected by several hands, the mathmatical part by G. Gordon, the botanical by P. Miller. The whole revis'd and improv'd ... by N. Bailey.

Nathan Bailey

Date:: 1730

Credit: Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal etymological English dictionary than any extant ... / Collected by several hands, the mathmatical part by G. Gordon, the botanical by P. Miller. The whole revis'd and improv'd ... by N. Bailey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Fleandike lof^Ieam a flight and tike, Six'! a place in Cambridgjbire. * ,J a ^ Flixton [y. d. Felix's town a Burgundian who re- inSuffdk Eafi^”SIes> when they had revolted] a town Foulness [of fowl, becaufe there in great plenty and nere, Sax. a promontory] a foreland in Effex. ’ Frederick [of jcjicoc peace and ntc, Sax. rich] a proper and firname. J Fremund [of Jtjieoh, free and 0?unb Sax. peace] a proper name. r J Friers, as White Friers, Black Friers, Crouched Friers AuJEn Friers, are feveral places of the city of London be¬ caufe in ancient times there were frieries or cloifters of fri- ers there. Prithwald [of ppi’S peace and peal^ian. Sax. to govern, q. d. a peaceable governour] a prince of Surrey G u and built 3 palace there] a town in the Chriftian faith Huntingtonfiire fl.S°.nMSk.to“ cl. raou’ \d Gono°,rd,ng t0 BrMer] the«— of a place Pn i in t,le diaIeft of Cornwall the P*™ bear Twhitl ep^^.fthet Sat^f°f ^ ^ Godrick [ofSraSjS'S °^r“* t -. . . God or goodnefs] a proper name. “ ’ r‘C1’ ' nch m „a£DSCaL [°f EoS and r->k a leri’anr] a propcr r,tZ£. [°f E°d ad S“ «• «T«] a Godwin Sands, certain fands on the coaft of Kent :^^!C™C!'ndy ^ ^nds of count or ead tS .ounder of the abbey at Chelfey. „ rA- , , { *“**«» 01 count or earl Godwin Fulh am [FuUon-JJam, of yulgc a fowl and J?am Sax whSlSi'!! lhyim,e.of kinS Edward the Con/ejfor u village 1 a town on the river Thames. k; > 5 d‘ed ni/crab!y. and in the reign of William GAAtWH* i-e. an abomination] the fon of of^Yorkfiir? T °V1C1» tbe ancient inhabitants of fome part Gabriel [7nnj, of JOTHeb a mighty one and Z? God y.rf. theftrength of God] the name of an an- Sei> aod alio or men. Gad [~U, Heb. i. e. a troop] one of Jacob's 12 fons j1?1 N s ^ o R ou o H [Dener-bujiuh, of gene/ a ftanftuary y/rd buJluh> bax‘ a town, q. d. a town of refuge] in Lincoln- Gamaliel [^'7QJ, of^CJ a reward and hit, God, God steward] a noted rabbi among the Jews, the mailer of St. Paul. & J * Garret [of Germed] a firname. Georg e [of Tecv^/oc, of ye the earth and 'loyov work, ?• y. 3 husbandman] a proper name of men. Gerard [of get all and aerD,Du. nature a Chriftian name. Gertrude [of gar all, Teut and trutl;] a Chriftian name or women. rS hlSr!%?dJ ~cre fwallowed up by the fea Goff [dBoff, C. Br. a farrier] a firname Gog-Magog, a Bntifb giant, fabled to be 12 cubits SEP °f which «“dsi A Gog-magog’/ Im> a fteep rock in Cornwall wer?au 8 plac' Wl’e thc b°“ »f ra°leta«s Gorn EV Gurney S name. a town in Normandy] a fir- dedvesUi5tEofiTnt,ng W ? but firname C ’ TcUt* Whlch he rendcrs a village] a Gkkc K-Church St. Bonnet's [in London] or rather Grafs fo-calJcd «' Kept there, as is now at the S/oriB. ^ Gr a h a m Dike [fo called of Graham a Scot who firft *r£ “ '■ ,r °[ “ e>hbi>““8 -««’ iallcl rZTU!Zf^Z,IZntfs of ,h' Granvil [gw**/7k,F. i.r. the great town] a fir- of men VAS [Berte,t» Tcat 1 r a11 faft^ a ProPer name Gibcliff [q. <0up--cltff, of Guy of Warwick that fa¬ mous hero that is fabled to have lived like an hermit inere ; or elle of Guy Beauchamp, earl of Warwick. Hcb' e*abreakcror dcftr°yerJ a Gifford [of ti/an, Sax. to give and acth, Du. na- turG ?• 011e of a liberal difpofition] a firname. Gilbert [of fcealepe, Sax. yellow or golden and be- u Gmous or bright ; but Verftegan fuppofes q.d. 0ltBberel)t, of ^ilt)> Sax. a college and bericl;tcti, Teut. to lnltrucf] a proper name of men. Giles [JEgidius, L. of diyisy Gr. the skin of a goat] a proper name of men. J Gillingham [of Syllan, Sax. to make a noife and -am a habitation, probably from the parting of a brook running fwiftly by it] a village in Dorfetfiire. ■ 1KYV 3 ^en> bax-] tbe people who were the ancient mhab.rants of the fenny parts of Lincolnfiire, Cam- tr:agjoire, &c. ’ GlASTENBURY [Blarney, Sax. y. the ifle ofglafs ..n,l !'!xrenbyjiib)Sax. or of glaftum, the Latin name of the plant called woad, with which the ancient Britons paint¬ ed themfe Ives and buj^, Sax. according to Baxter] a town memorabIe for the names of two kings Arthur and Edgar and of Jo/eph of Arimathea, and other primitive Englifb faints. ’ [of dlpnn,C.Br. Slen, Sax. a valley TinJffie* C°Urt °r haH fitU3tCd in 8 valIe^ 3 L-‘£p°Cfc--T ER [LIcancCrteP» SaK* i e‘ 3 Gir city] a Godard [of Sax. good or God, and acr© nature, • °‘ 3 Plous difpofition or temper] a proper name „ dC°Zln'y [°f and ^ or J^Pcbe, Sax.'peace, y. n. Godlike peace] a proper name. Godmanchester [of one Gorman or Gutlrun a Dane who was the firft of all the Danifi princes who embraced’ name. en?\lVh^DA °\ GTe theg^nour of a country and of Kent.' H d °f thC C°Unty:i 3 Ga port in the county placeR]AaVfimamether ^ ^ a S^ernour or burying- ofmenG°RY [°^ Gr. watchful] a proper name A^1VEStlAMr C°!!eie [‘n BiMfg«te-Jlreet, London] was the dwelhng-houfe of Sir Thomas Grejbam, queen Elifabeth's hisThftnt, nln^n 2ad °f the MetCer'S comPa»7. who by his Iaft will and teftament did in the year 15 75 give the oya xchange, and all the buildings thereunto pertaining the one moiety to the mayor and commonalty of London and their fucceflors in. truft, to find four perfons to read eaures of Divinity Agronomy, Mujick and Geometry within Ins faid dwelhng-houle, allowing them 50 pounds ter annum apiece falary. The other moiety to the Mercer's company to find 3 readers, viz. Civil Law, Pbyjick and Rhetmck, allowing them the fame falaries each, which ft. lanes are payable out of rents of the Exchange, thefe le¬ ctures are read daily in Term time, by every one upon his day, in the morning between 9 and 10 in Latin, and in bctWCC,U 2 and 3 in E”&UP> excePc that the Muftck leaure Is read in Englifb only on Thurfday and Ar- turday m the afternoon. / Grissel [of gris, F. grey and IjgiDc, Teut. a lady] a name of women. . a finiameVEN°R ^ ^ ^ veneur' F z'- e- a great hunter] Guild-hall fedb 0f &Itoan Sax. to pay, becaufe of a common contribution, and J5eal an hall, i.e. the com¬ mon hall of the gilds or companies, or incorporated citi- zens of London.] Tins hall was firft built‘in the year ’ by uh°T* K”°J n rh<:1,1 may°r. the aldermen and citizens, but being deflroy’d by the great fire in 1666 it was rebuilt more fpacious, being in length from eaft’to weft 17o foot, and in breadth 68. It coft the city 40000 FHrS\wV /rmS °f Lterrible afPca aHd nionftrous hdghr that ftand facing the entrance of the hall the one holding a pole-ax, the other a halbert, are fuppos’d I?™*' C° rcPrcftnt an indent Briton, and the other a Gun.-$