glozing (93) [Obs.] to fawn or flatter. Used by Milton to describe Satan's lies.
foreknowledge (118) knowledge of something before it happens or exists; prescience.
incarnate (315) endowed with a body, esp. a human body; in bodily form. The Son will become incarnate to save Man.
Fiend (430) here, Satan.
Chaos (421) the disorder of formless matter and infinite space, supposed to have existed before the ordered universe Milton personifies.
wicket (484) a small door or gate, esp. one set in or near a larger door or gate. Used by Milton for Heaven's Gate.
Limbo (495) in some Christian theologies, the eternal abode or state, neither heaven nor hell, of the souls of infants or others dying in original sin but free of grievous personal sin, or, those dying before the coming of Christ; the temporary abode or state of all holy souls after death.
Seraph, Seraphim (667) any of the highest order of angels.
bower (734) a place enclosed by overhanging boughs of trees or by vines on a trellis; arbor.
