A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1).

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Date:: 1819

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$behind, produce such virulent distempers of the blood, as make it cast out a tumour. Wiseman. A'fterclap, af'tur-klap. n. a. [from af- ter and cla/i.~] Unexpected events, hap- pening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. For the next morrow's mead they closely went, For fear of after-claps to prevent. Spens. Hub. Tale. It is commonly taken in an ill sense. A'ftercost, df'tur-kost. n. s. [from after and cost.] The latter charges; the ex- pense, incurred after the original plan is executed. You must take care to carry off the land-floods and streams, before you attempt draining; lest your after-cost and labour prove unsuccessful. Mortimer's Husbandry. A'ftercrop, af'tur-krop. n. s. [from af- ter and cro/i.] The second crop or har- vest of the same year. lifter-crops I think neither good for the land, nor yet the hay ^ood for the cattle. Mortimer. A'fter-dinner, aPtur-din'nur.98 n. s. [from after and dinner.'] The hour pas- sing just after dinner, which is generally allowed to indulgence and amusement. Thou hast nor youth nor age, But (as it were) an after-dinner''s sleep, Dreaming on both. Shaksj). Measure for Measure. A'fter-endeavour, aftur-en-deVur.254 H. s. [from after and endeavour?] En- deavours, made after the first effort or endeavour. There is no reason, why the sound of a pipe should leave traces in their brains; which, not at first, but by their after-endeavours, should produce the like sounds. Locke. A'FTER-iNquiRY, af'tur-in-kwi/re. n. s. [from after and inquiry.] Inquiry, made after the fact committed, or after life. You must either be directed by some, that take upon them to know; or take upon yourself that which (I am sure) you do not know; or lump the after-en- quiry, on your peril. Shaksp. Cymbeline. To A'ftereye, af tur-i'. v. a. [from after and eye.] To keep one in view; to follow in view. This is not in use. Thou shouldst have made him, As little as a crow, or less; ere left To after-eye him. Shaksp. Cymbeline. A'fiergame, af'tur-game. n. s. [from after and game.] The scheme, which may be laid; or the expedients, which are practised, after the original design lias miscarried; methods, taken after the first turn of affairs. This earl, like certain vegetables, did bud and open slowly; nature sometimes delighting to play an after-game, as well as fortune; which had (both) their turns and tides, in course. Wotton. The fables of the axe-handle and the wedge serve to precaution us, not to put ourselves needlessly * upon an after-game; but to weigh before-hand, what we say and do. IS Estranged Fables. Our first design, my friend, has prov'd abortive; Still there remains an after-game to play. Addison. A'fterhours, af'tur-6urs.3a4 313 n. s. [from after and hours.] The hours, that succeed. So smile the heav'ns upon this holy act, That after-hcurs with sorrow chide us not. Shaksp. A'FTER-LivER,aPtur-liv/v\\r.9s n. s. [from after and live.] He, that lives in succeed- ing times. By thee my promise sent Unto myself, let after-livers know. Sidney, b. ii. A'fteri.ove, af'tur-luv.16' n. s. [from af tcr and love.] The second or later love. Intended, or committed, was this fault? If but the first, how heinous e'er it be; To win thy after-love, I pardon thee. Shaksj). A'FTERMATH,af'tur-ma/7i. «.s.[from after and math, from mow.] The latter math; the second crop of grass, mown in au- tumn. See Aftercrop. A'fternoon,af'tur-noon'. n.s.[fromafter and noon.] The time, from the meridian to the evening. A beauty-waining and distressed widow, Ev'n in the afternoon of her best days, Made prize and purchase of his wanton eye. Shaksp. However, lcecp the lively taste you hold Of God; and love him now, but fear him more: And in your afternoons think, what you told And promis'd him at morning-prayer before. Donne. Such, all the morning, to the pleadings run; But, when the bus'ness of the day is done, On dice, and drink, and drabs, they spend the after- noon. Dryden's Persius, Sat. i. A'FTERPAiNSjaf/tuivpanez. n. s. [from af- ter and /lain.] The pains after birth, by which wo- men are delivered of the secundine. A'fterpart, af'tur-part.81 n.s. [from af- ter and part.] The latter part. The flexibleness of the former part of a man's age, not yet grown-up to be headstrong, makes it more governable and safe; and, in the afttrpart, rea- son and foresight begin a little to take place, and mind a man of his safety and improvement. Locke. A'fterproof, af'iur-proof.308 n. s. [from after and /iroof] 1. Evidence, posterior to the thing in question. 2. Qualities, known by subsequent expe- rience. All know, that he likewise at lust was much un- der the expectation of his qfierproof; such a solar in- fluence there is, in the solar aspect. Wotton. A'ftertaste, af'tur-taste. n.s. [from af- ter and taste.] A taste, remaining upon the tongue after the draught, which was not perceived in the act of drinking. A'fterthought, af'tur-thawt. n. s. [from after and thought?] Reflections after the act; expedients, formed too late. It is not properly to be used for second- thought. Expence, and afterthought, and idle care, And doubts of motley hue, and dark despair; Suspicions, and fantastical surmise; And jealousy, suffus'd with jaundice in her eyes, Discolouring all she view'd, in tawny dress'd, Downlook'd, and with a cuckow on her fist. Dryden's Fables. A'ftertimes, af'tur-timez. n. s. [from after and ti??ie.] Succeeding times. See After'ages. You promis'd once, a progeny divine Of Romans, rising from the Trojan line, In aftertimes should hold the world in awe, And to the land and ocean give the law. Dryden's Virgil. A'ftertossing, af'tur-tos-ing.406 n. s. [from after and toss.] The motion of the sea after a storm. Confusions and tumults are only the impotent re- mains of an unnatural rebellion; and are no more, than the aftertossings of a sea, when the storm is laid. Addison's Freeholder. Afterward, af't&r-ward.88 adv. [from after and peapb, Sax.] In succeeding time: sometimes written afterwards, but less properly. i not thought-upon before, may aj, spring-up; and be reasonable causes of retaining that, which former considerations did formerly pro- cure to be instituted. Hooker. An anxious distrust of the divine goodness makes a man more and more unworthy of it; and misera- ble beforehand, for fear of being so afterward. L'Estmnge. A'fterwit, af'tur-wit. n. a. [from after and wit.] The contrivance of expedi- ents, after the occasion of using them is past. See Afterthought. There is no recalling, what's gone and past; sa that afterwit comes too late, when the mischief is done. L'Estrange. A'fterwrath, aPtu.r-rath.72. s. [from af- ter and wrath.] Anger, when the pro- vocation seems past. I hear him mock The luck of Caesar; which the gods give men, T' excuse their after-wrath. Shakcp. Ant. and Chop. A'GA, a'ga. n. s. The title of a Turkish military officer. Aga'in, a-gen'. adv. [agen, Sax.] 1. A second time; once more: marking the repetition of the same thing. The poor remnant of human seed, which remain- ed in their mountains, peopled their country again slowly, by little and little. Bacon's New Atale Should Nature's self invade the world again, And o'er the centre spread the liquid main; Thy pow'r were safe. Waller, Go now, deluded man! And seek again New toils, new dangers, on the dusty plain. Dryd. JEnnd. Some are already retired into foreign countries; and the rest, who possess lands, are determined ne- ver to hazard them again, for the sake of establish- ing their superstition. Swift. 2. On the other hand: marking some op- position or contrariety. His wit increased upon the occasion; and so much the more, if the occasion were sharpened with dan- ger. Again, whether it were the shortness of his foresight, or the strength of his will; certain it is, that the perpetual trouble of his fortunes could not have been without defects in his nature. Bacon. Those things, that we know not, what to do withal, if we had them: and those things again, which ano- ther cannot part with, but to his own loss and shame. L'Esirange's Fables. 3. On another part: marking a transition to some new consideration. Behold yon mountain's hoary height, Made higher with new mounts of snow; Again, behold the winter's weight, Oppress the lab'ring wroods below. Drydtn. 4. In return: noting re-action, or recipro- cal action; as, < his fortune worked upon his nature, and his nature again upon his fortune.' 5. Back: in restitution. When your head did but ake, I knit my handkerchief about your brows, The best I had; a princess wrought it me; And I did never ask it you again. Shaksp. K. John- 6. In return for any thing; in recompense. That he hath given, will he pay again. Prov. xix. 21. 7. In order of rank or succession; marking distribution. Question was asked of Demosthenes, What was the, chief part of an orator? He answered, Action: What next? Action: What next, again? Action. Bacon's Essays. The cause of the holding green, is the close and compact substance of their leaves, and the pedicles$