_ A
shortened
form of the asseveration _by this light_,
or _by God's light_.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
166.
=Lose=, _v._ ?To be deprived of the opportunity (to do something).
3. 4. 26.
=Lusty=, _a._ Merry; healthy, vigorous. Phr. _lusty Iuuentus_: the
title of a morality play produced c 1550; often used allusively in
the 16-17th c. 1. 1. 50.
=Light=, _int.
_ A
shortened
form of the asseveration _by this light_,
or _by God's light_.
2. 6. 15.
=Mad-dame=, _n._ A whimsical spelling of _Madame_.
?A courtesan, prostitute. 4. 3. 39.
=Make=, _v._ Phr. _make away_: To make away with; to kill. 2. 4.