A or A', 35, 37, 171, &c., all. Abbas, Shah of Persia, 54, 55. Abra (W. Collins), 52-55. Ae, 224, 225, 249, &c., one. Th' Egean deep, 96. Afore, 222, before. Africa, 134.
Aft, 291, later, after. Ails, 222, is the matter with. Ain, 35, 37, &c., own. Ain-spun cleething, 291, own-spun clothing. Aiten, 284, oaten. Aith, 288, oath. Akenside, M.D.; M., 257. Alake! 285, alack. Albion, 97. Altama
Altamaha], 21, a Bairnies, 290, children. Bairnly, 291, childish. Baith, 223, 235, 248, &c., both. Baldock, Hertfordshire, 197. Banes, 291, bones.
river in Georgia, U.S.A. Altho', 225, although. Amanda (D. Mallet), 147. Amang, 290, among. Amynta (Sir G. Elliot, Bart.),
An', 222, 224, 225, &c., and. An, And, 34, if. Ance, 171, once. Ancient Pistol (W. Shake
speare), 195, Ensign Pistol. Ane, 171, one. Angelina (O. Goldsmith), 1-8. Ann (T G. Smollett), 136. Anna, Annama [Craddock],
Antient, 290, ancient. Arion, 230, 231. At, 224, against. Auburn (O. Goldsmith), 10- 21, primarily intended for Goldsmith's birthplace, Lis- soy, Co. Westmeath, in Ire- land; which, from this very Poem, is now called Auburn: but meant by him to stand for any English village. Goldsmith thought that the incessant migration from the villages to large towns was a national evil: and this Poem is the full expression of that opinion.
| Bang, 285, 290, defeat, worst. Bannocks, 289, bread, made in a round and flat shape. The bansters, 171, the bind- ers up of sheaves. Barbauld, A. L., 274-278. Barnard, Bishop T., 25, 26. Barnard, Lady A., 248, 249. Bassie, 292, the farm horse. Batchleour, 224, bachelor. Batie_[Bat Bartholomew]
(R. Fergusson), 288. Bauks o' corn, 292, ridges of land growing corn. Bauld, 286, 288, bold. Beauclerk, Miss, 227. Beaumont, F., 30, 176. Beaumonts, 30, F. Beau- mont (see Vol. IV, 196-208), and Dramatists like him. Bedeckit, 286, covered, adorned.
Behn, Mrs. A., 113. Behns, 113, Mrs. A. Behn (see Vol. VII, 156-162), and Dramatists like her. Bell [= Isabella] (Anon.), 210. Belmour (H. Kelly), 140. Old Ben, 192, B. Jonson. Bens, 30, B. Jonson (see Vol. IV, 214-222; and Vol. V, 1- 30), and Dramatists like him. Berwickers, 35, the people of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Auld-Warld tale, 290, Old Betty (Anon.), 272, the Lady's
The Deserted Village is a picture of an Old World life, beautifully told. Auguste, 39. Auld, 248, 249, old.
Birnam Wood, 195. Birn, 292, burden. Bishop-satin gown, 235- Blackbird, 37, 148, a thrush. Blackfriars Bridge, Lon- don, 296.
Blate, 35, bashful, diffident. Blaun by, 236, blown by. Blaw, 284, blow. Bleachin of their claes, 284, whitening of their washed clothes by exposure to sunlight. Bleer, 292, become dim. Bleezing, 289, blazing. Blink, 292, flicker. Showery blinks,290, flashes of sunlight between the show-
Blyth, 171, 288, &c., blithe. Blythest, 285, blithest. At bogle [ = barley-bracks] to play, 171, a game where- in one hunts others round the corn stacks. Bolingbroke John, H. Bonnily, 283, beautifully. Bonny, 172, 285, 287, &c.,
pleasant, gladsome, comely. The Border, 171, between England and Scotland. Boscawen, Miss, 227. Bosworth Field, 195. Boughts, 222, pens for con- fining ewes at milking time. Bower, A., 28. Bowie, 289, a wooden milk- bowl.
The Box, 39, at the theatre. Boyce, S., 108-111. Bradley, A., 38. Braes, 284, banks. Ever brag, 193, spirited, lively.
Braggart Knight, 195, Sir J. Falstaff.
Braid Cloth [= Broad Cloth], 287-289, fine black woollen cloth. Brak, 36, brake. Braw, 171, 235, 286, 291, &c., brave, fine.
Brawls, 86, French dances like a Cotillon. Brawly, 33, finely. With brede ethereal wove, 56, interwoven with change- able colours. Bremen, 68.
Bricker [= bicker], 290, wrangling, altercation. Brighton Camp, 120. Bristol-see Hervey, J. Britain, 63, 86, 259, 260. Britain's Court, 227-229. British nation, 211. British oak, 135. Britons, 135, 146, 186, &c. Broachie, 287, a brooch. Bruce, R., 31.
Brulzies, 290, broils, fights. Brussels, 186.
Bryce, Rev. A., 148. Buckle wi' me, 223, unite with, marry, me. Bughts, 171, see Boughts. Bum, 284, hum, boom. Burke, M.P.; Rt. Hon. E.,
25-27. Burke, R., 25, 27: Burke, M.P.. 25, 27. Burnet, Justice Sir T., 279. Buskit braw, 291, finely dressed.
Butter'd, 289, buttered. Byre, 222, 292, a cow-house.
Cauler [= caller] air, 236, | Cloe (Anon.), 269. fresh, cool, air. Celadon (Anon.), 161. Celia (Anon.), 161, 253. Cestus, 71, the girdle Venus.
Cloe (E. Moore), 130.
Cloe (C. Sackville, Duke of Dorset), 247.
A Chair, 273, a sedan chair. The chap customer], 225, fellow, lad; applied Scotch to women. Charles II, King, 113. Charles Edward Stuart, the young Pretender; Prince, 31-37. Charlotte Sophia, Queen Consort of George III, 169, 227. Chaucer, G., 96. Chaunter [chanter], 284, that pipe of a bagpipe, with finger holes, on which the melody is played. Chear, 172, cheer. Chelsea Ferry, London, 297. Chesterfield-see Stanhope. The young Chevalier St. George, 32, Prince Charles Edward Stuart.
A chiel [=child], 286, a young
A chiep [ cheep] is, 290, is frequent. Childer, 290, children. Chili, 96.
Chimley, 289, chimney. Chimley cheeks, 289, the stone pillars at the side of a fire.
Chirming, 285, chirping. Chiswick House, Chiswick, London, 60. Chloe (Anon.), 60, 61, 162, 163, 52.
Chloe (S. Boyce), 111. Chloe (A. Bradley), 38. Chloe (J. G. Cooper), 160. Chloe (N. Cotton, M.D.), 122-
125. Chloe (T. Joel), 266. Chloe (M Jones), 105. Chloe (H. Walpole, Earl of Orford), 158. Chloris (I. S. H.), 129. Cibber, P.L.; C., 75. Cibber, S. M., 73. In circulating gold, 117, gold medals. Cits, 262, citizens of London. Claes, 284, clothes.
Clarinda (H. Kelly), 140. Cleething, 291, clothing. Clermont Park, Esher, 67. Clive, the Actress; Kitty [=Catharine], 39, 66, whose cottage at Teddington was called Little Strawberry Hill.
The Clown, 197, rustic. Cobham, Viscountess-see Temple, A. Cockburn, A., 172. Cocky, 225, vain, conceited. Cod, 292, pillow. Colin (Anon.), 198, 268, 269. Colin (S. Boyce), 109, 110. Colin (J. Cunningham), 203. Colin (D. Garrick), 195. Colin (I. S. H.), 129. Colin (W. J. Mickle), 234- 236.
Collins, W., 53-58. The colly, 291, the shepherd's dog. Condescending, 222, agree- ing. Congreve, W., 192. Conj'rer, 91, conjurer. Content
(Anon.), 137. Cooper, J. G., 160. Cooper's Hill, Staines, 67. Cope, General Sir J., 33-35. Corin (A. L. Barbauld), 276,
Correggio, A. A., 30. Corydon (J. Cunningham), 207, 208.
Cosh, 289, snug, comfortable. Cot, 198, cottage. Cottar, 292, cottager. Cotton, M.D.; N., 122-125. Cou'd, 284, 285, &c., could. Coudna, 248, could not. Couter, 292, the coulter of a plough.
Couthy cracks, 290, pleasant talks, chats. Cowley, A., 98. Crabbit, 285, intricate. Cracks, 290, talks, chats. Cranshaks, 223, crooked,
distorted, persons.
Crest, 290, ridge of a moun- tain.
Some Cromwell, 101. Crook her
mou', 287, distort her mouth with dis- pleasure.
A crown, 248, a silver coin of the value of 5s. Cruizy, 292, a small iron lamp, or candlestick. Crum [= crumb, 291, a small particle of food. Crummy, 292, the farm cow. Cud, 223, 225, could. Cumberland, R., 25, 27, 28. Cumnor Hall, Berkshire, 237-241. Cunningham, J., 199–208.
Curfew, 99, a bell rung at a fixed hour in the evening; usually eight or nine o'clock. Curll, E., 69.
Cynthia (S. M. Cibber), 73.
Daffin, 171, frolicking. Damon (Anon.), 141, 198,
Damon (S. Boyce), 111. Damon (A. Bradley), 38. Damon [= King George III] (Queen Charlotte), 169. Damon (Lady D. Du Bois, 165.
Damon (T. Joel), 267. Damon (J. H. Pye), 213. Dante Alighieri, 96. Daphne (S. Boyce), 108, 109. Old Darby (Anon.), 163. Darena, 249, dare not. Daur, 34, dare. Daurna, 33, dare not. Dawson, 3, 40-43. Dawty, 222, darling. Dead, 26, those so intoxicated as to fall under the table. See Vol. VIII, 37, where this term is applied to empty bottles also lying on the floor. Deal, Kent, 190.
Deas, 291, a long wooden settle, ог sofa, in the kitchens of Scotch farm- houses.
Death, Captain, 63, 64. The river Dee, 159. Deidly yew, 290, deadly bow. The De'll, 34, 285, 291, Devil. Delia (Anon.), 141, 211, 212. Delia (J. Scott), 270. Delphi, 96. Denham, Sir J., 67, wrote a Poem called Cooper's Hill in 1643: Denmark, 290. Dennis, J., 69. Desdemona
speare), 195. Devereux, Countess Leicester; A. (Robsart, afterwards), 237-241. Devereux, Earl of Essex; R., 156. Devereux, Earl of Leices.
ter; R., 237, 239, 240. Dibdin, C., 296, 297. Didna, 249, did not. Dight, 264, clothe, dress. Dighting, 288, dressing. I dinna ken, 35, do not know. Dione (Anon.), 76, 77. Divets, 289, thin, flat turfs. Dizened her out, 28, decked her out with finery. Dodd, Rev. W., 28.
Easments, 222, houses. Edinburgh, 281.
Edward III, King, 67. Edwin (O. Goldsmith), 1-8. Edwin (D. Mallet), 142-146. Eelist, 222.
E'en, 107, 160, even. E'en, E'ening,37,171,evening. Een, 289, eyes. E'enings, 288, evening's. E'enin stent, 291, evening task.
E'er, 15, 21, 60, 120, &c., ever. Egypt, 112.
Eidant, 289, diligent, busy. Eild [= eld], 291, age. Ein [eyne], 287, 292, eyes. Eke, 292, also. Eliza, 156, Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth, Queen, 64,86, 156. Elliot, Bart.; Sir G., 170. Elliot, J., 170, 171. Emma (D. Mallet), 142-146. Emma (T. Joel), 267. Emyra (W. Collins), 53. Endermay, 147, 148, 285. Endymion, 139. England, 69, 96, 116. Erst, 290, formerly. E'sham, 46, Evesham. Essex-see Devereux, R. Eton College, near Windsor, 82-85.
Evil Eie, 291, the Evil Eye.
Ev'ry, 38, every.
At our ewes' milking, 171, the milking of our ewes. Eyne, 177, eyes.
Fa', 37 fall.
Fa', 286, obtain.
Had the face, 39, the im- pudence.
Fadge, 291, a flat loaf or bannock.
I fairly [=ferly], 222, wonder. Faith! 287, in good faith! Fand, 223, found. Fanny [= Lady F. Shirley] (P. D. Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield), 70, 71, 157, 158. Fa's, 248, 292, falls. Fastin' mou', 290, fasting mouth.
Fat Knight, 195, Sir J. Fal staff.
Fauld, 248, fold. Faustus, 113, a popular
Fav'rite, 57, 184, favourite. Feather-cinctured, 96, with a girdle of feathers. Fee, 291, reward. Feg, 287, fig.
Fek, 286, quantity. Fells, 292, kills, supplies. Fergusson, R., 283-292. Field, 170, 183, 195, battlefield. Fielding, H., 156, 157. Fient Fiend], 290, the Devil.
First-rates, 190, three-decked ships of war carrying 74 to 120 guns. Fitzgerald, Rev. T., 262, 263. Flat-bottoms, 166, boats
without keels. Flavella (Anon.), 209. Flavia (W. Shenstone), 44, 48. Fleeching, 171, flattering. To fleetch us, 291, tempt. Fletcher, J., 176. Fletcher, Dean of Kildare; P., 74, 75.
Fley'd, 288, frightened. Flings his een, 289, casts his eyes.
Flodden Field, 170, 171. The Flower of the Forest, 171, King James V of Scot- land. Flowers of the Forest, 170- 172, the picked men. Urge the flying ball, 83, ?Tennis. Cricket was not, in 1747, the national game. Fock [fouk], 288, folk. Folding star, 56, the star at the rising of which the flock is put in the fold.
Fond, 179, affectionate. Forby, 222, in addition, over and above.
Forfairn, 225, destitute, for-
Ye forsta me! 225, you understand me! Foster, Mrs. E., Milton's grand-daughter, 116, 117. Fouk, 222, 225, 288, folk." Foy, 291, a parting entertain- ment, a death feast.' Frae, 34, 248, 264, &c., from. France, 39, 87, 135. Friendship with Woman is Sister to Love, 209. Front, 291, forehead. Fu', 286-290, &c., full, very. Fulvia (W. Shenstone), 49. The furrowed task, 205, ploughing.
Gabbin, 171, raillery, jeering. Gentler Gabs, 289, gentle- folks.
Gade [= gaed], 248, went. Gae, 235, go.
'Gainst, 76, 83,90,&c., against. Gaists, 290, ghosts. Gane, 248, 290, gone. Gang, Gangs, 33, 222, 249, 287, &c., go, goes. Gar'd, 290, made. Gardies, 290, arms.
Girnels, 222, meal-chests. Glass, 50, drinking glass. Glass, 182, mirror reflecting the personages in every Age. Through glass, 65, spectacles. Glengarry, 31.
The Gleyb, 292, the field. Glibly gash, 290, freely talk. Glitt'ring, 204, glittering. Gloming, 171, 284,
gloaming. Glowr [=stare], 292, look. Golden Key, 228, the badge of the Vice-Chamberlain. Goldsmith, O., 1–30. Goodman, 234, 235, the hus- band and master of a family. Gowden, 285, golden. A gowk, 286, a fool. Gradden, J. (A. Ross), 224, 225.
Graham, later Cunning. hame-Graham, M.P.; R., 264, 265.
Graith, 286, wearing apparel. Grane, 285, groan. Gray, T., 80-104. Grecian Coffee House, Lon- don, 221.
Bear the gree, 285, 286, to carry off the prize, to be pre-eminent. Greece, 96, 97.
The Green, 10, 11, 12, 19, &c., the village Common, 20.
Garrick, D., 25, 29, 30, 39, 112- Green, the colour of Rejec-
114, 116, 117, 181-186.
Gars, 288, 290, makes. Gash, 290, talk, gossip. The gates o't, 222, ways of it. Gauds, 34, 238, ornaments. Gauls, 67, 260, the French. Gawsy = gaucy], 287, stately. Gear, 201, things given as presents.
Geck at, 286, jibe at, taunt. Taken with the gee, 223, become unmanageable. Wad but gee [ gi'e], 224, give.
George, 41, King George II. George II, King, 41, 190. George III, King, 169, 227. Georgia, Russia, 53-55. Georgia, U.S.A., 21, 22. Ghaist, 249, ghost. Black gibbet, 20. In 1770, criminals were left hanging in chains by the roadside.
Gi'ed [= gived], 249, gave. Gi'en, 35, given. Gin, 287, if. Girdle, 289, a circular iron plate used for baking oat- meal cakes.
Greenwich Hill, Kent, 66. Greet, 236, 249, 290, weep. Grenville, Countess Tem. ple; A., 154, 155. Greville, Mrs., 214-219., Grey, R. (Lady A. Barnard), 248, 249.
Grien [=grene], 292, yearn. Groom, the Steward at Stoke
Park Manor House, 91. Grub Street, London, 29. Grummer, 210, more gloomy. Gudame, 290, grandmother. Gudeman, 289, 291, the hus- band and master of a family. The Gudewife, 289, 292, the farmer's wife. Gunnersbury Park, 66.
H; I. S., 129. H-d; Lady E., 65. Habit, 6, dress. Had, 289, holds, keeps. Hae, 225, 236, 277, &c., have. Haffits, 287, cheeks. Hafflins [= halfings], 292, partially. Hal[= Harry] (Anon.), 210.
Halcyon, 47, the kingfisher. Halland, 289, the screen be- tween the door and the fire- place of a Scotch farm kitchen.
Hame, 248, 289, home. Hamely, 283, 288, homely. Hameward, 284, homeward. Some village Hampden, 101. Handel, F. G., 62, 69. Handled, 289, managed. Hanover, 68.
Hap ye weel, 286, wrap you up well. Harcourt, S., 229. Harry (Anon.), 210. Harry (T. Gray), 81. Harry (W. Shenstone), 39. Har'st, 171, harvest. Har'sts, 292, harvests. Produce hash, 290, destruc- tion, waste. Hatton, Sir C., 86. The Hattons, 86. Hawkies, 292, cows. The Hays [Hays de guise], 279, dances having a winding motion.
Earl Harcourt;
Heart of Oak, 186, the solid
central part of an oak tree; hence, à man of enduring valour.
Heartsome, 289, refreshing, heartening.
Heath'ry turfs, 289, turf covered with heather. Hebe (J. West, Earl De la Warr), 226.
He'd, 69, 221, &c., he would. Heese, Heeze, 288, 291, lift up, raise up. Helicon, 93. Henry VII, King, 82. Herds (Scotch), 284, shep- herds.
Hersel, 32, herself. Hervey, Earl of Bristol; J., 67.
Hervey, Lady M., 68, 69. Het, 289, hot. Hickey, T., 25, 30. Hies her, 171, hastens. Hindmost, 289, last. Homer, 120. Horace, 202.
Housie, 289, an affectionate diminutive of House.
Howard, Countess of Car- lisle; I., 217-219.
Howard, Countess of Suf- folk; H., 154, 157. Howe'er, 150, however. Hunt,, 114, a boxer on the Stage.
Huntingdons, the [Earls of], 86.
Leal [ liel], 288, honestly.
Jonson, B., 30, 112, 113, 192. Lean, 291, rest.
I'd, 68, 165, 185, &c., I would. Kate (D. Garrick), 190.
Idalia, 94.
Ilissus laves, 96.
Ilk, Ilka, 171, 283, 285, &c., each, every.
I'll, 7, 34, 59, &c., I will. I'm, 160, 188, I am.
I'm no like, 249, I am not likely. Indermay, 285, the same as Invermay, 147, 148. Indifference (Mrs. Gre- ville), 215.
Ingle, 288, 292, fire, fireside. The Ingle's low, 290, the
Insight [= insicht], 222, goods, furniture, utensils within the house. Into, 235, in. Invermay, 147, 148, 285. The Isles, 36, the Western
Isles of Scotland.
Islington, 8, 9, a northern suburb of London, a separate town when Goldsmith wrote. Italy, 96, 97, 285. Ither, 37, other. I've, 120, 121, 160, &c., I have.
Jack [= John] (Anon.), 271,
Jacobite Songs, 31-37. Ye jades! 234, hussies! Janes, The Lady, 90-92. Jearing, 171, jeering. Jemmy (Lady A. Barnard), 248, 249. Jenny (Anon.), 32, 33. Jenny (Lady A. Barnard), 248, 249.
Jenny (R. Fergusson), 290. Jenny. Jockie (A. Ross), 225, like the English Darby and Joan, 163. Jesse (E. Moore), 131. Jim [=gim], 67, fine. Joan (Anon.), 163. Joans, The Lady, 90-92. Jock (R. Fergusson), 260. Jock (W. J. Mickle), 234. Jockie (A. Ross), 225. Joel, T., 266, 267. John (Anon.), 271, 272. John (R. Fergusson), 288. Johnson, LL.D.; S., 112- 118. The four bracketed lines on page 24 are by him.
Kate (W. J. Mickle), 234. Kate of Aberdeen (J. Cun- ningham), 199, 200. Kebbock whang'd, sliced cheese. Kebbuck nice, 292, cheese. Keeks, 288, appears, peeps. Keck, Miss, 227. Kelly, H., 29, 30, 138-140. Ken, 35, 222, know. Kend kenned], 33, 223, knew.
Kenrick, LL.D.; W., 28, 29. I'll down the Key, 234, I will Kens, 289, knows. go down to the Quay. Kidlings, 203, young kids. Kill, 291, kiln. Kirkyard, 177, 290, church- King, 228, George III. Kitty (Anon.), 164. yard. Kitty (G. Canning the Elder),
Kitty (M. Prior), 158, Catha- rine [Hyde, afterwards] Douglas, Duchess of Queens berry; see Vol. VIII, p. 84. Kitty (W. Shenstone), 40, 43. Ky, 222, 248, 291, &c., cows.
L., Esquire; C., 62, 63. Lab'rers, 291, labourers. The Lads, 292, farm labour-
Lag, 193, tardy, slow. Laith, 287, loth. Lambkin, 207, lambkins, 252, little lamb, lambs. Land-men, 190, landsmen. Lang, 37, 292, long. Lass of the Mill (Anon.), 197, Polly.
Lass on the brow of the Hill (M. Jones), 106, 107. Lasses, 288, the hireling damsels at 292. Latian plains, 97. Latium, 97: Lauder, W., 28.
The lave [=lafe], 291, the re- mainder, the rest. Lav'rocks, 37, larks.
Lea, 99, Leas, 291, open, untilled grass land.
Lift, 289, the atmosphere. Lilt, 284, cheerfully sing. Lilting, 37, 171, cheerful sing- ing.
Disdain the limits, 83, go out of bounds. Lincoln, 39.
Linties, 285, linnets. Lintwhites, 148, linnets. Loaning [=loan = lawn, and also lane], 171, (1) an open space between fields of corn, left untilled for the passage of cattle; (2) a little Com- mon, near country villages, where they milk their cows. Lochiel, 31.
Lo'ed, Loo'd, 36, 248, loved. Logan, Rev. J., 254-256.
Louping, 290, leaping. LOVE CUPID.
Love, the affection between individuals of the opposite sexes that are capable of intermarriage.
Another Love, 198, Lover. In love.
My Love, the Lady, or Gentleman, I love.
My love, the love I have for that person.
Lover, a man who loves a woman. Also called, Ser- vant, True Love. Low, 290, blaze, flame. Lucetta (T. Joel), 267. Lucinda (I. Bickerstaffe), 159. Lyart, 171, withered, faded." Lybian sands, 136. Lyes, 171, 248, lies.
Macbeth, 64.
Macgibbon, W., 284, 285.
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