rellish

plural rellishes

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of relish.

present singular third person rellishes · participle present rellishing · participle past rellished · past rellished · first person past singular rellished · archaic present second person singular rellishest · past second person singular rellished · archaic past second person singular rellishedst · present singular third person rellishes · archaic present singular third person rellisheth · past singular third person rellished · past plural rellished · past subjunctive rellished · participle present rellishing · participle past rellished

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of relish.

   How ſwéete your howlings relliſh in mine eares?

   1599 November–December (date written), Thomas Dekker, The Pleasant Comedie of Old Fortunatus. […], London: […] S. S. for William Aspley, […], published 1600, →OCLC, signature B, recto

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   The olde man, which marrieth a yonge Wyfe, is ſure of this ſowre ſauce, to relliſh his ſwete Imaginations: […]

   1582 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), George Whetstone, “The Syxt Dayes Exercise, Contayninge: Many Needefull Regardes, for a Gentleman: With a Discouerie of the Inconueniences of Marriages, where there are Great Inequalitie of Yeares”, in An Heptameron of Ciuill Discourses. […], London: […] Richard Iones, […], →OCLC, signature T, recto

   But if any ſhall inquire farther as concerning Thetis, my aunſwere muſt then relliſh after the Oracle at Delphos, that euermore left the certaintie of thinges to vncertaine euentes, and howſoeuer it hapned with or contrarie to expectation, yet ſtill the euent made good the oracle: […]

   1584, William Warner, “Thetis. Calamus Secundus. Chapter 14.”, in Pan His Syrinx, or Pipe. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoote, […], →OCLC, signature F3, verso

   Friend? Is there any ſuch fooliſh thing i'the vvorld? ha? S'lid I ne're relliſht it yet.

   1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, signature M, recto

   It had another Cataſtrophe or Concluſion, at the firſt Playing: vvhich […] many ſeem'd not to relliſh it; and therefore 'tvvas ſince alter'd: […]

   1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii [alternative ending], signature Riij, recto

   [T]o relliſh the pallat of lickeriſh expectation, and withall to giue an Item how ſudden a ſlabber this ruffianly ſwaggerer (Death) is, […]

   1603, [Thomas Dekker], 1603. The Wonderfull Yeare. […], London: […] by [J. Browne, Nicholas Ling, and John Smethwick for?] Thomas Creede, […], →OCLC, signature D3, verso

plural rellishes

1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of relish.

   Relliſh, See Projecture [“a jetting over the upright of a Building”].

   [1679, Joseph Moxon, “An Explanation of Terms Used in These Exercises of Turning, Alphabetically Digested”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, […], volume I, London: […] Joseph Moxon, published 1678, →OCLC

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   Forject: m. A iutting, or leaning out, or ouer; a relliſh, or out-footing.

   1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Forject”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature Qq, recto, column 1

present singular third person rellishes · participle present rellishing · participle past rellished · past rellished

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of relish.

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   Val[entine]. VVhy, hovv knovv you that I am in loue? / Speed. Marry by theſe ſpeciall markes: firſt you haue learn'd (like Sir Protheus) to vvreath your Armes like a Male-content: to relliſh a Loue-ſong, like a Robin-red-breaſt: to vvalke alone like one that had the peſtilence: to ſigh, like a Schoole-boy that had loſt his A. B. C. […]

   c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 23, column 2