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The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings,…
The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane.
London: printed for Langly Curtiss, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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Palate, the roof of the mouth pallet, a little bed palliate, to cloak a business pail, to carry milk pale, and wan in the face pales, round a garden pair, two of any thing pare, to cut off repair, to mend, or go to a place pear, a fruit so called peer, a nobleman patent, from the King pattens, for women patience, in affliction patient, a sick person pause, a stop in speaking paws, of a lion, or bear pace, two foot and a half pains, labour and care panes, of glass for windows pans, of earth or brass parson, of a parish person, a man or woman peace, quietness and tranquillity pease, pulse and grain piece, a part or parcel precedence, foregoing precedent, a pattern president, foreman of a society principal, chief of a college principle, a fundamental point power, might or authority pour, out of a vessel pray, to beg and entreat prey, to devour play, comedy, or tragedy plea, a defence pens, made of quills pence, small money penny-post office penny-royal, a herb penury, want, poverty parse, a lesson pierce, bore through prize, goods taken from enemies price, value and worth parasite, that cogs and flatter parricide, that murders his father place, where one is plaise, the name of a fish prophet, telleth things to come profit, advantage and gain potion, prescription of physic portion, a dowry at marriage pore, with ones eyes poor, needy and necessitous partition, a dividing a wall petition, a prayer or request pebble, a little stone people, a multitude pestle, belonging to a mortar ⟨p. 133⟩pestle, of pork pistol, a small gun epistle, a letter pizzle, of a beast pilate, condemned Christ pilot, guide of a ship plot, as a grass-plot plait, to order the hair po•ch, an egg poached pouch, a great purse pottage, or porrage to eat porteridge, carriage by porters pole, a long stick poll, of the head press, of people prest, money press, for books