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Pierce’s Supererogation choose

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[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 48: Some parte of his phantasticall bibble-babble, and capricious panges, might haue been tollerated in a greene, and wild youth.
at -babble, sfx
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 63: I [...] will definitiuely pronounce him, the very Baggage of new writers.
at baggage, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 139: The stalest dudgeon, or absurdest balductum, that they, or their mates can inuent.
at balductum, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 132: Knaues are backbiters; whores bellybiters; and both sheepbiters.
at sheep-biter (n.) under bite, v.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 145: It is a blabb: but not euery mans blabb, that casteth a sheepes-eye out of a Calues-head; but a blabb with iudgement; but a blabb, that can make excrements blush..
at blab, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 140: If already he be ashamed of that coniuring leafe, foisted-in like a Bum-carde, I haue sayd nothing.
at bum card (n.) under bum, n.1
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation in Grosart Works II 283: Can... loue quench, [...] or supererogation combe-cutt itselfe?
at comb-cut, v.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 21: A bottomlesse pitt of Inuention, stoared with neuer-fayling shiftes of counterfeite crankes.
at counterfeit crank, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 141: Such a nipping Comedie, as might be made in English, of some leaguers in the queint practiques of the Crosbiting Art .
at crossbiting law (n.) under crossbite, v.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 9: Come young Sophisters, you that affect raylinge [...] come olde cutters, you that vse to make dowty frayes in the streetes.
at cutter, n.2
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 146: The daggletaild rampalion bustleth from the frank-tenement of the dunghill.
at daggle-tailed, adj.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 62: A shrimpe in Witt, a periwinkle in Art, a dandiprat in Industrie.
at dandiprat, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 31: His Best is but Cattes meate, and his Worst but Dogges-meate enough.
at dog’s meat, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 150: His own Flimflams [...] masketh his aduersary more then an Asse, and lesse then no-thing.
at flim-flam, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 145: Although she [i.e Long Meg of Westminster] were a lustie bounsing rampe [...] yet she was not such a roinish rannell, or such a dissolute gillian-flurtes.
at gill-flirt, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 72: Yet shall I putt a beane into Gawins ratling scull: and tell thee, where thy slashing Long-sword commeth short?
at rattle-head, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 74: His witt paunched [...] his conceit as lank, as a shotten herring.
at shotten herring, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 137: Huff, Ruff, and Snuffe, the three tame ruffians of the Church.
at huff, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 134: [He] said he would not smoother-vp sinne, and deale in hugger-mugger against his conscience.
at in hugger-mugger (adv.) under hugger-mugger, n.1
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 146: Yet more possible for him to stay the swing of his eger hand, then for Malkin to stay the dint of her moodie tongue.
at malkin, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 45: Only in that singular veine of asses, thou art incomparable; and such an egregious arrant foole-munger, as liueth not againe.
at -monger, sfx
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 165: The nippitaty of the nappiest grape .
at nipitate, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 71: Written by one, that dares call a Dog a Dog. Imprinted by Iohn Anoke, and Iohn Astile, for the Bayly of Withernam.
at nokes, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 70: Would God, Lilly had alwaies bene Euphues, and neuer Pap-hatchet; that old acquaintance [...] is neither lullabied with thy sweete Papp, nor scarre-crowed with thy sower hatchet.
at pap with a hatchet (n.) under pap, n.3
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 157: The Fox, the finder; as wily a pigeon, as the cunning Goldsmith, that accused his neighbour, and condemned himselfe.
at pigeon, n.1
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 218: The same man hath such a Whipsy-doxy in store for a Iack-sauce, or vnmannerly puppy.
at puppy, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 145: Although she were a lustie bounsing rampe [...] yet she was not such a roinish rannell, or such a dissolute gillian-flurtes.
at ramp, n.1
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 146: The daggletaild rampalion bustleth from the frank-tenement of the dunghill.
at rampallian, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 63: Euery ruffianly Copesmate, that hath bene a Gramar schollar, readeth riotous bookes, hanteeth roisterly companie, delighteth in rude scoffing.
at roister, n.
[UK] G. Harvey Pierce’s Supererogation 137: Huff, Ruff, and Snuffe, the three tame ruffians of the Church.
at ruffian, n.1
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