abate
to reduce, lessen
abhor
hate; detest
affront
to insult or to offend
Akeldama
In Aramaic, a place in Jerusalem associated with Judas Iscariot, betrayer of Jesus.
alacrity
promptness; with good cheer
antient
obsolete spelling of ancient
apoplectic
greatly excited or angered
apothecary
one who prepares or sells medicines
appoplexies
archaic spelling of apoplexies (strokes)
apprise
to give notice; tell
assize
ordinance dictating weights, measures and prices of articles of consumption
assuage
make less intense; satisfy
audacious
bold; risky; rash
avarice
greed; insatiable desire for wealth
aver
affirm; justify; prove
bitumen
asphalt
brazier
a container for fire
carbuncles
painful local inflammations of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue
caustick
archaic spelling of caustic (capable of burning)
cavil'd
an abbreviation of caviled (raised trivial and frivolous objection)
censorious
severely critical of others
Chiurgeons
surgeons
colliery
a coal mine and its surrounding buildings
collusion
secret agreement or cooperation, usually for illegal or illicit gain
concourse
a coming together
conflagration
great fire
confuted
overwhelmed in argument; refuted conclusively
conies
rabbits
consternation
amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
deplorable
detestable
depute
assign or delegate
disconsolate
cheerless; downcast; dejected
dissemble
to hide under a false appearance; to put on the appearance of; simulate
distemper
ailment; disorder. In the Journal, synonymous with the plague.
egress
the action or right of going or coming out; a place or means of going out
enervated
weakened
enjoin
urge or instruct someone to do something
evade
avoid
extenuations
mitigations
fain
willing
ferment
to be in a state of agitation
fomented
promoted the growth or development of; roused; incited
gratis
free; at no cost
impetuosity
impulsiveness
importuning
pressing or urging with troublesome persistence; requesting or begging for urgently
injurious
harmful
intermitted
caused to cease for a time or at intervals; discontinued
intimation
communication; announcement
inveterate
ingrained; deep-seated
joyner
carpenter
judicious
having sound judgment
kersey
twilled woolen fabric, often used for coats
languid
listless; sluggish; weak
lenity
leniency
levities
excessive or unseemly frivolities
malignity
an instance of malignant (evil in nature, influence, or effect; injurious) behavior
mountebank
charlatan; purveyor of quack medicines
obstinate
stubborn
opprobrious
something that brings disgrace; scurrilous
physick
archaic name for medicine
plaister
a medicated or protective dressing
precipitant
cause of an action or event
predestinating
foreordaining to an earthly or eternal lot or destiny by divine decree; predetermining
probity
adherence to the highest principles and ideals; uprightness
profane
unholy; obscene; vulgar
propagated
caused to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area; extended
proviso
a clause in a document making a qualification or a condition
purloyned
archaic spelling for purloined (stolen)
regress
to go back; to return
repine
complain; fret
reproach
shame; rebuke
reproved
scolded or corrected usually gently or with kindly intent; expressed disapproval of
requisite
essential; necessary
ribaldry
crude, offensive behavior; using coarse indecent humor
roupy
pertaining to birds, infected with disease
scorbutick
relating to scurvy (a deficiency of vitamin C)
scruple
a doubt or hesitation of what is morally right
sluice
channel, typically for water
smote
past of smite (to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously)
soixante
sixty
sot
drunk
specious
deceptive; false
subsistence
the act of sustaining oneself at the minimum level
supine
exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity
suppurate
to form or discharge pus
surfeit
an excessive amount
timorous
timid; apprehensive
trumpery
worthless nonsense; trivial or useless articles
upbraid
find fault with
viz.
the abbreviation of videlicet (Latin) meaning namely, that is, or to wit
weir
a barrier across a river designed to alter its flow
whither
to what place
