14. target. Small shield. Cf. Shakespeare, 3 Henry VI., II i. 40:
Bear
Upon my target three fair-shining suns.
16. pommel. Rim in front of saddle.
17. rid. Obsolete. Now rode.
tournament. Here used for lists.
24. the coffee-house, v. Appendix I.
27. bass-viol. A large fiddle-shaped instrument held between the legs. It was very fashionable in the eighteenth century, and was generally to be found in the sitting-rooms of the upper classes for the use of any guests who could perform on it. It is the viol-de-gamboys of Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Twelfth Night, i. iii. 27).
28. basket-hilt. Steel hilt shaped like a basket.
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1. go-cart. A sort of cage on small wheels for teaching children to walk.