English (ingglish)

[ Often he woulde englyshe his matters out of the Latine or Greeke vpon the sodeyne.. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 7. Those gracious Acts whereof so frequently hee makes mention may be english'd more properly Acts of feare and di imulation against his mind and conscience. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, v. Lucretius English'd ! 'twas a work might shake The power of English verse to undertake. Otway, To Mr. Creech. 2. To furnish with English speech. [Rare.] Even a poor scantily- Englished French man, who wasted time in trying to ask how long the cars stopped, a good dinner in spite of himself. made Howells, Their Wedding Journey. 3t. To expre in speech; give an account of. A vain-glorious knight, over- englishing his travels. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, Pref. 4. In billiards, to cause to twist or spin and to a ume a more or le sharply angular direction after impact: as, he Englished his ball too much. [U. S.] II. in trans. In billiards , to impart a twisting or spinning motion to the cue-ball: as, I Eng lished just right. [U. S.]