Gan bwyll, gently Pwyllad, n. impulse; reason Pwyllig, a. rational: discreet Pwyllineb, n. rationality Pwyllo, v. to impel; to reason; to consider Pwyllog, a. having impulse, rational, considerate Pwyllus, a. impulsive; rational Pwyniad, n. a spike, a skewer Pwynt, n. a point; plight Pwyntel, n. a pencil; a brush Pwyntiad, n. a pointing; a putting in good plight Pwyntio, v. to point; to perfect, to fatten Pwyntl, n. a pointed end Pwys, n. state of rest; a weight; a pound weight Pwysel, n. a bushel Pwysfawr, a. weighty, n. momentous Pwysi, n. weight, heaviness Pwysiad, a pressing; a weighing Pwysig, a. pressing; weighty Pwyso, v. to press, to weigh Pwyth, n. a point; stitch; gift: at a bidding.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

As for example, that Prayers, and Thanksgiving, be made in Words and Phrases, not sudden, nor light, nor Plebeian; but beautifull and well composed; For else we do not God as much honour as we can.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

SYN: Tyro, learner, pupil, novice, scholar.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

In this frame of thankfulness I went home to my castle, and began to be much easier now, as to the safety of my circumstances, than ever I was before: for I observed that these wretches never came to this island in search of what they could get; perhaps not seeking, not wanting, or not expecting anything here; and having often, no doubt, been up the covered, woody part of it without finding anything to their purpose.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

The first stitch is made like a plain net stitch, the second consists of a knot that ties up the loop of the first stitch.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

“Ay, noble sir,” said Wamba, “and thence goes the proverb— 'Norman saw on English oak, On English neck a Norman yoke; Norman spoon in English dish, And England ruled as Normans wish; Blithe world to England never will be more,
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

SYN: Disseminate, disuse, propagate, publish, notify, spread, travel.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

After this being done, they to the Crowne Taverne, behind the 'Change, and there my Lord and most of the company to a club supper; Sir P. Neale, Sir R. Murrey, Dr. Clerke, Dr. Whistler, Dr. Goddard, and others of most eminent worth.
— from Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 33: January/February 1664-65 by Samuel Pepys

Nature and Human Nature NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE by Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1855 Hominem, pagina nostra sapit.--MART Eye nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise.--POPE CONTENTS I. A SURPRISE II.
— from Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Annals of Philosophy, (new series), vol. 10, Aug. 1825.
— from A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) The Balanidæ, (or Sessile Cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc., etc. by Charles Darwin

It is to take place next Saturday, and will I dare say be a very pretty sight.
— from The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life. Volume II by W. H. (William Henry) Wilkins

The varnishing of the whole of the fingerboard is perhaps not so good in general, too much glare seeming to obtrude itself, but the filling up the pores with the varnish and then working it down to a dull surface has a good effect and helps in the resistance to wear.
— from The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Horace Petherick

There is something in fallen fortune that lends a subtler romance to the consciousness of a noble ancestry, and we may be sure this played no small part in the making of the poet.
— from Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

That is a proceeding not so uncommon, not so outrageous as to account for the stony stare of this woman's eyes.
— from A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

The channel which divides it from the main land is about a falcon-shot across, and in some parts not so much, in which channel the harbour is situated, which is safe in all weathers, as all the winds that blow must come over the land, and it has not much current.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr