A SHAKESPEARE GLOSSARY BY C. T. ONIONS M.A. LONDON ; OF THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONAJIY OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1911 PR 0(^ HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON, EDINBUBGH, NEW YORK TORONTO AND MKLBODRNE PEEFACE The steady advance towards completion of the great Oxford English Dictionary has made it possible for the Delegates of the Clarendon Press to authorize the preparation and issue of this book, which is primarily the outcome of an analysis of Shakespeare's vocabulary conducted in the light of the results published in the Dictionary. The application of these results to the making of a glossary to a single author, if it is to have an independent value and to be true to the facts, must not be a mere mechanical transference of definitions and classifica- tions of meanings such as an industrious compiler might make with small expenditure of time and labour. Such a work as is here attempted is one of difficulty and delicacy, and there are pitfalls even for the expert ; but, relying upon a fifteen years' experience on the editorial staff of the Dictionary, I have allowed myself a wide freedom of adaptation, and trust at the same time to have escaped such errors as would be almost inevitable if a task of this kind were undertaken by one wlio knew the great book only from the outside and had no adequate training in lexicographical method. The aim of the Shakespeare glossary now presented to the reader is to supply definitions and illustrations of words or senses of words now obsolete or surviving only in provincial or archaic use, together with explanations of others involving allusions not generally familiar, and of proper names carrying Avith them some connotative signification or offering special interest or difficulty in the passages in which they occur. Senses still current in general literature have also been occa- sionally illustrated, chiefly where there is contextual obscurity, or where it seemed desirable, for one reason or another, to give a complete conspectus of a word that has many ramifications of meaning. Words of this last class have received very diverse treatment according to the circumstances of their usage ; but a feature common to the greater number of them is the intro- duction of the scheme of meanings by a statement indicating iv PREFACE how far Shakespeare's uses are those of his contemporaries or are peculiar to him, what senses are first exemplified— as far as present evidence shows — in his works or in those of Elizabethan writers generally, what is the relative fret^uency of the various senses, or supplying information of a more general character as to their status or origin. The elucidation of idiom, the definition of colloquial phrases, and the detailed illustration of specialized uses of pronouns and of the so-called particles, are points on which I have bestowed much care. I have throughout recorded any important readings and spellings of the original folio and quarto editions, as well as conjectural emendations, even when these are certainly wrong, as is the case with Pope's widely accepted marisli. It is hoped that this information as to variant readings will enable the student to take his first steps in textual criticism, and will give him an insight into the problems that have to be solved in establishing the text. I have also made it a i^art of my plan to bring together evidence to shoAV the relation of the poet's vocabulary to that of the dialects of the midland area, and in particular the dialect of his own county, Warwick- shire. Interesting, and here and there entirely fresh, information on this head will be found under the words halloic, Basimccu, hatld, hloocl-holterd, bum-haily, cJtop, door, elder-gun, father ., galloiv, (jcclc, groio to (p. 256), honeij-stcdJcs, line s]>.', moUed, vinss, ixtslt, Ijotch, sheep, sight, soiled, tarrc, vails, ichccl. Among articles in which non-midland dialects have been drawn upon to illus- trate the status or interpretation of a word may he mentioned dispttrse, handsaw, overscutchcd, side vb. In one noteworthy instance — that of minnicJc or minnocl' — a collation of dialect evidence has led to the tentative restoration of a word which has been almost universally excluded from the text since the time of Johnson, who regarded it as a genuine word and the right reading. Another special feature of this glossary is that it includes obsolete or technical terms that occur only in stage directions, for example sennet. The common view has been that these form no part of what Shakespeare wrote, but their appearance in the oldest editions of the plays seemed to me sufficient ground for treating tiiem here. PREFACE One who enters at this time of day upon so well worked a field of investigation as the language of Shakespeare can hope to do little more in the direction of novelty or originality than present a compamtively few points with a greater degree of clearness or certainty than has been achieved by his many pre- decessors. The following articles in the present book may, however, be referred to as recording words or facts about words that have been either ignored or imperfectly explained by many pi'evions glossarists : — ci-lifc, enew (a palmary emendation of Keightley's), great-helly and thln-heUy doublet, minnicJc (referred to above), relish ( = to warble), salt rheum, the verb sol-fa, washing ( = swashing). A long list might be given of words concerning which I have been able to supply information not usually accessible in books of this kind, or to bring forward suggestions to some extent new, bearing upon a textual question or an interpretation ; the following are selected as typical : — accommo- dation, alarm alarum, Arthurs show, bloat, the two participial adjectives compact, the two adjectives dear, dismal, foregone conclusion, green fields (see field), holy-ale, hue, humour, inn, Lethe, metal mettle, nonce, ordinate, Provincial rose, lioman hand, the adjective royal, Salique, scrowl, spright sprite, steppe, thrce-man-song- men, tidy, token, tract, the verb trash, travail travel, unbraided, vale, tceird sisters, ichinid'st, ivilful-blame, tvorldly, icot. This glossary contains considerably more matter than any other select glossary of similar scope, and it is expected that many who glance over its pages will express the opinion that it takes in more than is necessary for the guidance of a reader of average literary knowledge ; but a careful examination made with a view to ascertaining what i^roportion of the vocabulary here dealt with can be truly described as present-day English will prove such a criticism to be ill-founded. And hei-e it may not be out of place to suggest a method of study to the serious student to whom an accurate and even minute know- ledge of the meaning of the poet's words is no bar to the enjoy- ment of his poetry. He will do well from time to time to examine the articles in the glossary, especially the longer ones and those concerned with words of Latin origin, apart from the PREFACE reading of any Shakespearian text ; he will in this way discover how much he is in danger of missing or misunderstanding, and will gradually acquire that attitude of alertness which is essen- tial to the appreciation of the richness and subtlety of Eliza- bethan English. To make a selection of words and meanings that should satisfy all, and to carry out their illustration in a perfectly consistent manner, would be alike impossible, even with an expenditure of double the time that has been given to the present book, the compilation of which has occupied the full working days of a year and a half. It is hoped, however, that the oversights and inconsistencies inevitable in a book which, although of slender dimensions, comprises close upon ten thousand separate articles, will not prove to be so numerous or so serious as to impair its general accuracy and usefulness. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of the lexical works devoted to Shakespeare I am chiefly indebted to Schmidt's Shakespeare-Lexicon and Bartlett's Con- cordance. For textual matters the Cambridge Shakespeare has of course been indispensable. The commentaries from which I have derived the greatest help are those of the Clarendon Press series of select plays, edited by W. Aldis Wright and W. G. Clark, and those of the Arden Shakespeare, of which the volumes by the late H. C. Hart must be specially mentioned for the wealth of illustrative quotation which is distributed among the notes. In investigating technical terms I have had recourse as far as possible to treatises of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; but I have frequently turned with advantage to Rushton's ShaT{€sj)carc a Laivycr, and Shalccspearc and 3Iusic by Dr. E. W. Naylor, who has kindly allowed me to consult him on some musical difficulties. In the preparation of material and the verification of refer- ences I have been assisted throughout by Mr. J. W. Birt, of the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary. C. T. O. May, 1911. § 1. SHAKESPEARIAN EDITORS, COMMENTATORS, AND CRITICS. Campbell (Thomas) 1777-1844 ; td. 1838. Capell (Edward) 1713-81 ; ed. 1 768. Chalmers (Alexander) 1759-1834; ed. 1805. Clark (W. G.), Glover (J.), and Wright (W. A.) ; ed. 1863-6 [tlie Cambridge Shakespeare], reissued 189J-3. Clark (W. G. and Wright (W. A.); ed. 1866 [the Globe edition] ; 1868, &c. [select plays. Clarendon Press series]. Clarke (Charles and Mary Cowden ; ed. 1860, 1864. Collier (John Payne) 1789-1883 ; ed. 1844. Craig (William James) died 1906 ; ed. 1892 [the Oxford Shake- speare]. Delius (Nicolaus) ; ed. 1854 ; 1877 [the Leopold Shakespeare]. DowDEN (Edward) living; ed. plays in the Arden Shakespeare; poems 1903. Dyce (Alexander) 1798-1869; ed. 1857. Farmer (Richard) 1735-97. FuRNESs (Horace Howard) sin. and jun.; ed. 1871, &c. Halliwell (James Orchard) 1820- 89; ed. 1851-3. Hanmer (Sir Thomas) 1677-1746; ed. 1743-4. Harness (William) 1790-1869; ed. 1825. Hart (H. Chichester) died 1908 ; ed. plays in the Arden Shake- speare. Heath (Benjamin) 1704-66. Hudson (Henry Norman) 1814-86; ed. 1851-6. Johnson (Samuel) 1691-1773; ed. 1 765. Keightley (Thomas) 1789-1872; ed. 1865. Knight (Charles) 1791-1873; ed, 1839-42, 1867. Malone (Edmund) 1741-1812 ; ed. 1790 ; edited by James Boswellthe younger 1821 [the third variorum edition]. Nares (Robert) 1753-1829. Pope (Alexander) 1688-1744 ; ed. 1725. Reed (Isaac) 1742-1807; ed. 1785 ; 1803 [the first variorum edition] ; 1813 with notes by Malone [the second variorum]. RoLFE (William James) ; ed. 1871- 96 [the Friendly edition]. RowE (Nicholas) 1674-1718; ed. 1709. Schmidt (Alexander) 1816-87 ; Shakespeare-Lexicon 1874-5, 1886; 1902. Singer (Samuel Weller) 1783-1858; ed. 1826. Spedding (James) 1808-81. Staunton (Howard) 1810-74 ; 1858-60. Steevens (George) 1736-1800; with Johnson 1773. Theobald (Lewis) 1688-1744; 173.3. Walker (William Sidney) 1795- 1846. Warburton (William) 1698-1779; ed. 1747. White (Richard Grant,- 1821-86; ed. 1857-9, 1883. Wright (W. Aldis) : see Clark. Wyndham fGeorge) living; ed. poems 1S98. ed. ed. ed. § 2. AUTHORS AND WORKS CITED. Ascham (Roger) 1515-68 ; Toxo- philus [treatise on archerv] 1545. Bacon (Sir Francis) 1561-1626. Bailey (Nathaniel) died 1742 ; An Universal Etymological Englisli Dictionary 1721, &c. Baret (John) died 1580 (?) ; An Alvearie or triple Dictionarie, in Englishe, Latin, and French 1573 ; An Alvearie or quadruple dictionarie, containing foure sundrie tongues, English, Latine, Greeke, and French 1580. AUTHORS AND WORKS CITED Bloumt (Thomas) 1618-79 ; Glosso- grapliia ; or a Dictionary inter- preting all such hard words, of whatsoever language, now used in our refined English tongue 165C. 1661, l(3~i,&.c.;'Sofj.o-A(^iKoi': a Law- Dictionary 1670, 1691. Blundeville i^Thonias); The Art of Riding [with] The Order of Cur- ing Horses diseases 1580. BoRDE (Andrew) died 1549 ; A com- pendyous Kegynient or Dyetary of Helth 1542. BoTONEK or Worcester (William^) 1415-82 (?^; Itinerarium. Bourne (William) died 1583 ; A Regiment for the Sea : conteyn- ing most profitable rules ... of navigation 1574. Breton ; Nicholas) 1546 vV)-1626(? . Browne (Sir Thomasi 1605-82. Caxton (William) died 1491. Chapman (George) 1659 ('?)-1634. Chaucer ;^Geoifrey) died 1400. 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Dymmok (John) ; A Treatice of Ire- land, about 1600. Elyot (Sir Thomas) died 1546 ; The Dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght 1538. Evans (A. B. and S.); Leicestershire Words, Phrases and Proverbs 1881. Fletcher (John) 1579-1625 ; The Woman hater 1607 ; The Spanish Curate, about 1622. Florio (Jolm) died 1625 ; A Worlde of Wordes, or most copious and exact Dictionarie in Italian and Englishl598, (enlarged ed.) 1611. FoxE (John) 1516-87 ; Actes and Monuments of these latter and perillous dayes 1563, 1570, &c. [known as' The Book of Martyrs ']. Fuller (Thomas) 1608-61 ; ' The Church-History of Britain 1655. Gascoigne (George) died 1577 ; The delectable history of Dan Bartholomew of Bath 1572-5. Gerarde (John) 1545-1612; The Herball, or generall liistorie of plantes 1597. GoLDiNO (Arthur) died 1605 (?) ; The XV. Bookes of P. Ovidius Naso entytuled Metamorphosis, trans- lated oute of Latin into English meeter 1567. Greene (Robert) died 1592 ; The Scottish Historie of James the fourth. GuiLLiM (;John) 1565-1621 ; A Dis- play of Heraldrie 1610 Hall (Edward) died 1547; The Union of the two noble and illus- trate famelies of Lancastre and Yorke. [ = Hall's Chronicle.] Hall (Joseph) 1574-1656 ; Virgide- miarum, sixe bookes of . . . satyrs 1597. Harsnet (Samuel) 1561-1631 ; A Declaration of egregious Popish Impostures . . . vnder the pre- tence of casting out diuels 1603. Harvey (Gabriel) 1550 (?)-1631. Heslop (Oliver); Northumberland Words 1892-4. Hey WOOD (John) died 1580 i,?) ; A Dialogue, conteyninge the num- ber in effccte of all the Proverbes in th(i Englishe tunge 1561. AUTHORS AND WORKS CITED HoccLEVE (Thomas) died 1450 (?). HoLiNSHED (Raphael) died 1580 (?) ; Tlie Chronicles of Englande, Scot- lande, and Irelande 1577. Holland (Philemon) 1552-1637 ; The Historie of the World, com- monly called the Naturall His- torie of C. PliniusSocundus 1601 ; The Philosophic, commonly call- ed the Morals, written by . . . Plutarch of Chteronea 1603. Holme (Randle) 1627-99; The Acadeniy of Armory, or a store- house of armory and blazon 1688. JoNsoN (Ben) 1573(?)-1637 ; Epi- grams, published 1616 and 1640. Kyd (Thomas) 1558-94 ; The Trage- dle of Soliman and Perseda 1592. Latham (Simon) flourished 1618 ; Lathams Falconry, or the Faul- cons Lure and Cure 1615-18. Leland (John) died 1552 ; Itinera- rium [1534-43]. Lily (William) died 1522; Brevis- sima Institutio [Latin grammar]. Marlowe (Christopher) 1564-93 ; The Jew of Malta, about 1590; Tamburlaine 1587-8. MiDDLETON (Thomas) died 1627 ; The Roaring Girle 1611. Milton (John) 1608-74 ; Paradise Lost 1667, MiNSHEu (John) flourished 1600- 17; 'H'ye/^wi' 6'S ras 'yKujaaa';, id est Ductor in Linguas, The Gvide into Tongves 1617. More (Sir Thomas) 1478-1535. Nashe (Thomas) 1567-1601. North (Thomas) died 1601 (?) ; The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes, compared together by . . . Plutarehe of Chseronea : translated out of Greeke into French by J. Amyot, . . . Bishop of Auxerre . . . and out of French into Englishe by T. North 1579. OvERBURY (Sir Thomas) 1581-1613. Palsgrave (John) died 1554 ; Lesclarcissement de la Langiie Francoyse 1530. [French gram- mar and vocabulary ; cited as Palsgr.] Peele (George) died 1597 (?) ; The Turkish Mahamet and Hyrin tlie fair Greek. Randolph (Thomas) 1605-35. Ray (John) 1627-1705; A Collection of English Words not generally used ... in two Alphabetical Catalogues. The one of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties 1674. Rider (John) 1562-1632 ; Biblio- theca Scholastica, a double Dic- tionarie. Penned for all those that would have within short space the vise of the Latin Tongue, either to speake or write 1589. Robyn Hode (A Lytell Geste of), about 1500. Sherwood : see Cotgrave. Skelton (John) died 1529 ; A . . . tratyse vpon a goodlj' Garlande or Chapelet of LauroU 1523; The boke of Phyllyp Sparowe. Skinner (^Stephen) 1623-67 ; Ety- mologicon Linguae Anglicanaj 1671. Smith (Sir Thomas) 1513-77 ; The Common Welth of England 1583. Smyth (Sir John) 1534(?)-1607 ; Certain Discourses . . . concern- ing the formes and effects of diuers sorts of Weapons, and other verie imijortant matters Militarie 1590. Spenser (Edmund) died 1599 ; The Faerie Queene 1590-6. Steenhold (Thomas) and Hopkins (John) ; The whole booke of Psalmes collected into Englyshe Meter 1564. Stow (John) died 1605 ; A breviat Chronicle contaynynge all the Kynges 1561. STUBBEs(Philip) flourished 1581-93; The Anatomie of Abuses 1583. Swetnam (Joseph) ; Swetnam the woman-hater, arraigned by wo- men 1620. Torriano (Giovanni); Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese, a Dictionary Italian & English 1659. Wright (Thomas) 1810-77 ; Diction, ary of obsolete and provincial English 1857. § 3. TEXT AND AKEANGEMENT OF THE QUOTATIONS. The text used in the illustrative quotations is that of the Oxford Shake- speare, edited by W. J. Craig, except in a few instances wliei-e it has been set aside for some special reason. Where its numeration of act, scene, and line differs greatly from that of other widely used editions, a second reference is given within square brackets ; so that the Glossary is avail- able for all unabridged editions of the works. Variant readings, and interpretations of particular quotations, are placed within round brackets ; words inserted to complete the sense within square brackets ; ' &c.' following a quotation reference indicates that more examples occur in the same play or poem. Paraphrases of passages which are quoted very briefly or indicated by a reference only are sometimes given between inverted commas, e. g. ADVANTAGE sb. 3. § 4. ABBKEVIATIONS OF TITLES OF PLAYS AND POEMS. of Ado = Much Ado about Nothing AU'sW. = All's Well that Ends Well Ant. = Antony and Cleopatra Arg. = Argument AYL.=As You Like It Caes.= Julius Caesar Chor. = Chorus Compl. = A Lover's Complaint Cor, = Coriolanus Cym. = Cymbeline Ded. = Dedication Epil. = Epilogue Err. = The Comedy of Errors Gent. = The Two Gentlemen Verona 1H4 =The First Part of Henry IV 2H4=The Second Part of Henry IV H5 =The Life of King Henry 1H6 = The First Part of Henry VI 2H6 = The Second Part of Henry VI 3H6=The Third Part of King Henry VI HS = The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII Ham. = Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Ind. = Induction John = The Life and Death of King John Kins. Kins; V Kim Kinj LLL. = Love's Labour 'a Lost Lr. =King Lear Lucr. =The Rape of Lucrece Mac. = Macbeth Meas. = Measure for Measure Mer.V. r-^The Merchant of Venice MND. = A Midsummer-Night's Dream 0th. = Othello, tlie Moor of Venice Per. = Pericles, Prince of Tyre Phoen. = The Phcenix and the Turtle Pilgr. =The Passionate Pilgrim Pro!. = Prologue E2--The Tragedy of King Richard II 113 -The Tragedy of King Richard III Rom. = Romeo and Juliet Shr. =The Taming of the Shrew Sonn. — Sonnets Sonn. Music = Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music Tim. = Timon of Athens Tit. = Titus Andronicus Tp.^ The Tempest Troll. ^Troilus and Cressida Tw.N. = Twelfth-Night ; or, What You Will Ven. = Venus and Adonis Wint. = The Winter's Tale Wiv. = The Merry Wives of Windsor § 5. ABBKEVIATIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS. absol. = absolute(ly), i.e. without some usual construction, as a verb without an object, an adjec- tive without a noun adj. = adjective adv. = adverb advb. =advcrbial(ly) app. = appai-ently arch. = archaic attrib. =attributive(ly) c, cent. = century cf. = confer, compare comb. = in combination (with an- other noun) comm. = commentators comp. = compound concr. = concrete conj. = (1) conjecture(s , (2) conjunction constr. =(1) construed with, (2) construction corr. = corruption Cotgr. = Cotgrave (see above, p.viii) dial. — dialect(s), dialectal(ly; e. g. = for example edd.= editions Eliz. = Elizabethan (see p. xii) ellipt. =elliptical(ly) esp. = especially etym., etymol. = etymology, etymo- logical exx.= examples Fi,&c., Ff (seep, xii) fig. = figurative(ly) foil. = following Fr. = French freq. = frequent (ly) gen. = genera l(ly) i. c. = id est, that is imper. = imperative impers. = impersonal interj. = interjection intr. = intransitive It. = Italian J. = Johnson (soo above, ]>. vii) \i. = Latin lit.-literal(ly) midl. = midland mod. = modern mod. edd. = modern editions (from Rowe, 1709, onwards) obj. = object obs. = obsolete occas. =occasional(ly) O.Fr. = Old French orig. =original',ly) Palsgr. = Palsgrave (see above, p. ix) pa. pple. =past participle pass. = passive pa. t.-=past tense phr. =phrase(s) pi. = plural post-S. = post-Shakespearian ppl. adj. = participial adjective pple. = participle pre-Eliz. = pre-Elizabethan pre-S. = prc-Shakespearian prec. = preceding prop. = preposition prob. = probably Qi, &c., Qq (see p. xii) q. V. = quod vide, which see ref. = (,1) reference, (2) referred, (3) referring roll. -= reflexive S. = (l) Shakespeare, (2) Shake- spearian (see p. xii) sb. —substantive scil. = scilicet, that is to say sing. = singular spec. = specific(ally) s.v. ^ sub verbo, under the word syll. = syllablers) trans. = transitive transf. = in a transferred sense usu. =usual(ly; vb. = verb vbl. sb. = verbal substantive viz. — videlicet, namely §6. SIGNS, SYMBOLS, ETC. # denotes a word, phrase, or passage the meaning of which is disputed. Alternative explanations of these are arranged under letters (a) (b) (c) ; see e.g. purely. •|- denotes a conjectural emendation, e.g. marishI" ; or a form of a word substituted by modern editors for the form found in old editions, e. g. STATUAf. ' placed after a vowel marks the Shakespearian stressing of the word in question ; e. g. aspe'ct ; u'nfelt, an/e'lt in the quotations s.v. (S.), (Eliz.) placed immediately after a word or a definition mean that the word or the sense defined is peculiar to Shakespeare, character- istic of the Elizabethan period, respectively; (not pre-S."), (not pre-Eliz.) are used witli corresponding implication : (once), (twice) = occurs only once, twice, in Shakespeare. In the introductory note (immediately following tlio headword) of articles in which two or more meanings are treated, the meanings are referred to by their numbers, and the remarks appropriate to each are placed after the respective number. Thus, when expanded, the note s. v. cabin vb. will read : With sense 1 com- pare sense 2 of the substantive cabin ; sense 2 has been echoed by modern Avriters. The note s. v. line sb.^ : Sense 1 involves a metaphor from angling; sense 7 is recorded only from Shake- speare. Etymological statements are placed within square brackets. The term 'aphetic' is applied to a form produced by the loss of an unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word, e. g. lege, for ' allege '. Fj, F.,, Fg, Ti^lst, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Folio edition (of lt)23, 1G32, 1663, 1685, respectively) ; Ff=all the Folio editions. Qi) Qj> "-^c. = 1st, 2nd, &c. Quarto edition; Qq = all the Quarto editions of a particular play or poem. The method of recording variants is illustrated by the following examples: couipnlsative (S.; Ff), compulsatory (,Qq) — means that the first form, which is peculiar to Shakespeaie, is the reading of the Folios ; the Quartos having the second form. Ustsb.': ...0th. II. i. 10-i(Q, ; Qq,, FfZeawe)— means thatthe IstQuarto reads list, the 2nd and 3rd Quartos and all the Folios leaue. uLiBttxil f (Ft mixtfuU) — means that mist/ul does not occur in any old edition, all the Folios reading mixtfull. undlstingniislied ... 0 undistingnish'd (Qj Ff in-) space oftcomati's will! (Qq loit) — informs us that the old editions liave the following readings (minor differences of spelling being neglected): — Folios 0 indistinguisli'd space of woman s icill ; 1st Quarto 0 indistinguish'd space of icoman'' s toit ; 2nd and 3rd Quartos 0 undistinguish'd space of u^omans wit. Italic type is restricted to quotations from the text of Shakespeare. Small capitals are employed in referring from one article to another. An article immediately preceding or following is referred to as ' prec' or ' next '. SHAKESPEARE GLOSSAEY A- — ABSOLUTE a' : for ' )ia ' = lie, in mod. odd. usually a', or re- j placed by he Ham. ii. i. 58 There loas a (juming. a- : for ' lia ' (q.v.) = have LLL. v. ii. 17, Ham. iv. V. 65. a ■ (worii-down form of 'of and 'on', freq. in Ff | and Qq and retained in a few places in mod. j edd., but usually altered to o", c^\ or ow 1 = of Ado III. ii. 42 ft mornings, (Cf. a-days, a- KIGHT.) 2 = on H5 IV. iii. 42 a tip-toe. (Cf. a-ueight, a-high.) 3 = in All'sW. II. i. ii Icept a coil. (Cf. a-piec£S.) | -a used, without affecting the meaning, to provide an extra syllable in burlesque verse Wint. iv. ii. , 1:54, l:;ti[iii. 133,135], iv. iii. Sitiliv. •.',2-i]MgdttiHtii due/,, iHij datr-ii. Ham. iv. v. 170, i-c. [ii. 117. aliandoned: banished, kept away /)0i/« Slir. Ind. I abase: to lower (.the eyes) 2H6 i. ii. 15, R3 i. ii. 1248 (Ff). abate U the usual sense; the corresponding intr. | sense ' decrease ' israi'e ; 2 is common Eliz. ; 3 l> are rare) 1 to lessen, shorten MND. ill. ii. 432 A. thy hours.' 2 to blunt, tig. 2H4 i. i. 117 his metul . . . once in him (ihidid, R3 V. iv. 48 Lv. 35] Abate the tdtn of traitors. 3 to deprive of Lr. 11. iv. 161 a-d inc of ludfing trai)i. 4 to bar, except LLL. v. ii. 545 .1. throw at uoviiiii, and the tihole itorld again Cannot pick onfjiie such. 5 to dei)reciate (a person) Cyni. i. iv. 78 / would abate her nothing. 6 to liumble Cor. iii. iii. 130 most Abated caiitiies. abatement (in sense 1 usu. legal nietaplior) 1 reduction, diminution Ham. iv. vii. 120 abate- ments and dilai/s, Lr. I. iv. 64, Cym. v. iv. 21. 2 depreciation of a person's character Tw.N. 1. i. 13. abhor (2 term of canon law = Latin ' detestor') 1 to liorrify, disgust Ham. v. i. 2o5(Ffi how abhorred my inmgination is, 0th. iv. ii. 162 It docs a. }ne. 2 to protest against H8 11. iv. 79 I ntlcrlif abhor, vea . . . lief Use you for myjiidge ; cf. Err. iii. ii. 165. abhorred :" abominal)le (ireq.) John iv. ii. 224. abhorringf (rare ; • abhorrence ' is post-S.) 1 abhorrence, loathing Cor. l. i. \l\Jtatter hemuth a. 2 object of disgust Ant. v. ii. 60 hi the water-fiies Blow me into abhorrim/ : cf. 'an abhorring unto all tlesh' (Isaiah lxvi.'24i. abide (.senses 'remain ' and 'endure' are common) 1 no more but a., make onlv a brief stav 'Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 100. 2 to face or encounter in fight MND. ni. ii. 422 A. me, if thou dar'st, 2H4 11. iii. 36, Cym. in. iv. 186. 3 esp.'with ' dear ' = abv MND. iii.' ii. 175 (Q.. Ffi, Caes. m. i. 94, ii. 120. ability: wcaltli, means Tw.N. in. iv. 380, 2H4 i. iii. 45 ; cf. Ado IV. i. 201 .ibility in m(ans. abject: adj. his abject object, the object of his con- tempt H8 I. i. 127. — sh. the queen's abjecls, the most servile of her subjects R3 i. i. 106. abjectly: basely Tit. n. iii. 4 thinksof me so abjectly. able adj. (1 occurs six times, 2 once) 1 strong, vigorous, active AU'sW. iv. v, 87, 2H4 i. i. 43, Ham. v. ii. 211. 2 talented, clever Sonn. Ixxxv. 7 titat able spirit. able vb. : to warrant, vouch for Lr. iv. vi. 173. abode sb. (1 and 2 now obs. ; 3 now chiefly in echoes ofthe Bible; cf. ' We will. . . makeourabode witli him ' John xiv. 23) 1 waiting, delay Mer.V. n. vi. 21 my long abode, 2 temporary remaining, stay Cym. i. vi. 53. 3 make abode, to dwell, reside Gent. iv. iii. 23, Lr. I. i. 136. abode vb. : to bode, forebode 3HG v. vi. 45, H8 1. i. 93. abodement : foreboding, omen 3H6 iv. vii. 13. abomination : sense of 'detestation ' not S.) 1 abominable tiling or act Ant. in. vi. 94 tnost large In his aboiiiiuatiuns, Lucr. 921, 1832. 2 abominableness Lucr. 704 Ere he can see his own a. abortive : adj. born prematuicly ; (hence) un- timely, unnatural, monstrous, lit. and tig. LLL. I. i. 104 (Oi a. birth, 2H6 iv. i. 60 this thy a. pride, R3 I. ii. 21, I. iii. 228. — sb. untimely or monstrous birtli John 111. iv. 158 Abortms. jin^fK/is. aboiind : to be rich H8 1. i. 83 ; cf. I'liilippians iv. 18. about : used imperativelv : get to work, bestir yourself! Wiv. v. v. 61,"2H4iii. ii. 305, C»s. in. ii. 209, Ham. ir. ii. 625. about prep. : follows its nouii in Per. in. Gower 2 •Vo dill hnt snijris thi liousi abimt. above: upstairs Wiv. iv. ii. 80, Err. 11. ii. 211, II i4 n. iv. 558. Abraham Ciipid : ace ADA:si-f Cupid. [21. abram: corruption of 'abron' = auburn Cor. n. iii. abridge ./Vofi/ : to deprive of, debar from Mer.V. i. i. 127 t(j hi aliridi/'d Front such a nuble rate. abridg'ement : means of shortening or whiling away t he time, pastime MND. v. i. 39 what abridge- ment have you for this evening?, Ham. n. ii. 448 look uhere my dbridgenuut comes [i.e. the players]. abroach: set abroach, to set on foot 2H4 iv. ii. 14, K3 I. iii. 325, Rom. i. i. 110. abroad ^the following are the chief uses) 1 outside certain limits : (a) away or apart from one's own body or person 2H6 in." ii. 172 His hands abroad display'd, Cym. i. ii. 4, in. iv. 180, Compl. 137, 183 All my offences that abroad you see ; (b) away from one's home, out of one's house, in foreign lands Tp. in. i. 52, Caes. v. iii. 95, Ham. i. i. 161 then . . . no spirit can walk abroad. 2 about in the world, in public Meas. in. ii. 90, LLL. I. i. 187 There's lillany abroad, Rom. v. iii. IttO, 0th. I. iii. 393. abrook: to brook, endure, bear 2H6 11. is'. 10. abruption : breaking off in speech Troil. in. ii. 68. absent: iihsint time, time of absence R2 11. iii. 79 ; so ahsint hours 0th. in. iv. 173. absey-book, i.e. ABC-book : primer, hornbook John I. i. 196 then comes answer like an ubsey-book. absolute (sense 3 is common in 17tli cent.) 1 free from imperfection, complete, finished, per- ABSTRACT I'ect Meas. v. i. 54, Ham. v. ii. 112 an absolitte (/ottlemaii, Per. iv. Gower 31. 2 unrestricted, unconditional 2H4 iv. 1. 18*5, Cor. III. i. 115 Thowjh there the people lind more a. poiitr. 3 positive, perfectly certain, decided Meas. in. i. 5, Cor. III. i. 89 mark tjou his absolute ' shall ' /, Cym. IV. ii. 106. abstract (3 and 4 are peculiar to S.) 1 epitome (of something greater), compendium (of many qualities) John ii. i. 101, Ant. i. iv. 9 the eihstract of all faults. 2 summary account R3 iv. iv. 28, Ham. ii. ii. 555 abstretds and brief chronicles of the time. 3 summary proceeding All'sW. iv. iii. 100 nn ab- stract of success. Ant. in. vi. 61 (obstruct i). 4 short catalogue or inventory Wiv. iv. ii. 65. abuse sb. (1 and 2 were common Eliz., now obs.) 1 ill-usage, injury, wrong, insult, offence, crime Wiv. V. iii. 9, Meas. v. i. 241, 3H6 in. iii. 188 the abuse done to my niece, Rom. iii. i. 199, Sonn. cxxxiv. 12 throuf/h my unkind abuse. 2 imposture, deception, delusion Ham. rv. vii.50 Or is it some a. and no such thing ? (Cf. Self-abuse.) 3 corrupt practice Meas. ii. i. 43, C«s. ir. i. 115 the time's abuse, Ven. 792. 4 injurious speaking, reviling 2H4 ii. iv. 341 ; pi. (obs.) Meas. v. i. 342 his treasonable abuses. abuse vb. (precise meaning often doubtful ; in many examples two or more senses are blended) 1 to impose upon, cheat, deceive Ado v. ii. 104. Ham. II. ii. &i0, Lr. iv. i. 22 thy abi'scd father's wrath, rv. vii. 77, Cym. i. iv. 129. 2 to ill-use, maltreat, do violence to Wiv. i. i. 3, Err. V. i. 199, R3 i. iii. 52 his simple truth must be a-d, Rom. iv. i. 29, Lr. iv. vii. 15, Sonn. xlii. 7. 3 to insult Ant. v. ii. 43, Cym. il. iii. 154. |v. 41. 4 to disgrace, dishonour Wiv. ii. ii. 310, IHO iv. 5 to malign, revile Tim. ii. ii. 48, 0th. v. i. 123. abuser : corrupterOth. i. ii. ISabuserofthe icorld. aby : to pay the penalty for, atone forMND. iii. ii. 175 (Q._, Ff abide), 335 (Ff abide). abysm (orig. fonn 'abime'; rliymes with 'time' as late as 1616) 1 bottomless pit Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 147 abysmofhell. 2 profound chasm or gulf (fig.) Tp. i. ii. 50 ubysm of time, Sonn. cxii. 9. academe : academy, philosophical school LLL. i. i. 13, IV. iii. 30.3. accent (1 first in S., as also the senses 'peeuliin- mode of utterance ' A YL. in. ii. 363, ' metrical stress' LLL. iv. ii. 125) 1 word, speech, language John v. vi. 14 emy accent breaking from thy tongue, 1H4 i. i. 3, Rom. il. iv. 31, Caes. III. i. 113 7n . . . accents yet unknoini , Lucr. .jOO. 2 second accent, echo H5 ii. iv. 126. accept: accepted (as decisive) H5 v. ii. 82. accidence : rudiments of (Latin) grammar Wiv. IV. i. 18. accident : occurrence, incident, event Tp. v. i. 305 the particular accidents gone by , Ado ii. i. 190, Ham. III. ii. 211. accite (1 common 1500-1680 ; 2 used by Ben Joiison) 1 to summon, cite 2H4 v. ii. 141, Tit. i. i. 27. 2 used for ' excite ' 2H4 ii. ii. 67 (Ff 3 \ cvcites). accommodate (rare ; 1 first in S.) 1 to furnisli, t(|ui!i 2H4 in. ii. 73. Lr. iv. vi. 82. 2 pa. pi'lc. favijund Cym. v. iii. 32 A-d by the place. accommodation (Ben Jonson in his 'Discoveries' speaks of : the perfumed terms of the time, as 'accommodation', 'complement", ' spirit ', &c.) 1 provision, entertainment 0th. i. iii. 230 such a. eind hesort As lerels niXQ^\, acquaintance) 1 writing in evidence of a discharge LLL. 11. i. 160 ac<{uitleinces Forsuch a sum, Cym. v. iv. 174. 2 discharge, acquittal Ham. iv. vii. 1. acquittance vb.: to acquit, clear R3 in. vii. 231. across: crossed, folded Caes. 11. i. 240 nith your eirms across, Liicr. 1062. act sb. (S. has several ordinary uses : earliest known example of ' act ' of a play H8 Epil. 3). 1 performance, action, operation, execution Mer.V. 1. iii. 84, All'sW. i. ii. 30, John 111. i. 274, H8 in. ii. 183 tJie honour nf it hoes paij the ewt of it. 2 event Oth. v. ii. 370 This hcai'ij act. act vb.: to put ill action 2HG v, i. 103 toa. controlling lairs. Rom. III. ii. 16, Ant. v. ii. 45. action: gesture, gesticulation Shr. Ind. i. 132, Cajs. III. ii. 226 .4., nor utt(ranii. nor tin pniier of speech. Mac. v. i. 31, Ham. in. ii. 20, Lucr. 1403. action-taking': litigious, seeking satisfaction at law I.1-. n. ii. IS action-taking knave. actor: doer Jleas. II. ii. 37 Condemn th$ fault, and not the actor of it.', All'sW. n. iii. 29, Lucr. 008. ACTUAI. - actual : consisting in action, active Mac. v. i. 13 )ar imlliiiui and ullicr acttud performances, 0th. iv. ii. 153 of tlioiiglif or acfmil (hril. acture : action, pertuiinaucc Compl. 185. Adam {'2 ' bufl' ' was useil toi- ' the naked skin ') 1 the offending Adam, the Old Adam, H5 i. i. 29. 2 the picture of old Adam, (jocularly for) the bailiff's officer, who wore bulf (like Adam) Err. iv. iii. 13. 3 = Adam Bell, a fainuus arcliir Ado i. i. 269 [261]. Kenct; Ada mi Ciijiid i.e. tujiid the Archer, Kom. II. i. 13, for orig. Abraham VniUd (whicli has not been satisfactorily explained). adamant : stone or mineral of excessive hardness 1H() I. iv. 52; identified with the loadstone or magnet MND. li. i. 105, Troil. iii. ii. 186 as turtle /o her mate, As iron to adamant. a-days (mod. edd. e/ daijn) : 2H4 ii. iv. 250, Tim. iv. iii. 293. addiction : inclination, bent H5 1. i. 54, 0th. ii. ii. G. addition (the ordinary uses occur; 1 is frcq. ; 2 and 3 rare) 1 .something added to a man's name to denote his rank, &c. ; title, style of address ; mark of dis- tinction ; Wiv. II. ii. 'MH devils' additions, All'sW. II. iii. 134, Cor. i. ix. 66, Mac. in. i. 106 (cf. sense .3), Ham. i. iv. 20, Lr. i. i. 138 The name and all th' addition to a kinr/, ii. ii. 26, Otli. iv. i. 105. 2 something added to a coat of arms as a mark of honinir Troil. iv. v. 140. [20. 3 puriicular a-s, distinctive attributes Troil. i. ii. address (most freq. in sense 2 ; 3 and 4 are rare) 1 to direct LLL. v. ii. 92, MND. ii. ii. 14.3, Tw.N. i. iv. 15 address thij r/ait iinto her. 2 to prepare, make ready MND. v. i. 106, Mer.V. II. ix. 19, H5 III. iii. 58 To-morrow for the march arc lie addrest, Caes. in. i. 29, Ham.i. ii. 216 it. , . did iiddriss Itself to motion. 3 to get oneself ready Troil iv. iv. 146 Let us address to tend OH Hector's heels. 4 to make one's speech Lr. i. i. 193. adhere: to hang together, agree Wiv. ii. i. 63, Mac. I. vii. 52 Xor time nor place Did then adhere. adjunct (not pre-Eliz.) adj. connected, annexed John in. iii. 57, Ronn. xci. 5 ererij humour liatli his adjiinti jilmsiirc. sb. something annexed LLL. iv. iii. 314 liarnin// is hutan a. ti> ourself ; pei'son in attendance Sonn. cxxii. 13 To keep an a. to remember thee. admirable : to be wondered at, wonderful MND. V. i. 27 strani/e and admirable. [x. 2]. admiral: flagship 1H4 in. iii. 28, Ant. in. viii. 12 admiration (the foil, are occasional uses) 1 quality of exciting wonder or approbation, ad- niirableness Tp. in. i. 38. 2 object of wonder, marvel All'sW. ii. i. 91. 3 note of admiration, the sign ! Wint. v. ii. 12. adxaire (rare use) : to wonder (.at) Tp. v. i. 154, Tw.N. in. iv. 167 nor admire not in thy mind, why I do cull thcr so. adm.ired (1 . : to have affection for Wiv. i. i. 234. affectioned * : (a) full of affectation ; (b) self- willed, obstinate Tw.N. ii. iii. 162. affeer : to confirm Mac. tv. iii. 34 The title is affeerUJ. affiance : confidence H5 ii. ii. 127, Cym. i. vi. 163. affianced : betrothed Meas. m. i. 221 affianced to h(r by oatli. affined (sense 2 is only S.) [all affin'd and kin. 1 related Troil. i. iii. 25 The wise and fool . . . seem 2 bound 0th. i. i. 39 Whe'r I . . . am affin'd To lore the Moor. affirm: to maintain (a statement) H5 v. ii. 117, Lr. II. ii. 83, affray : to frighten away Rom. in. v. 33. [87. affront sb. : gaee tk' a., made the stand Cym. v. iii. affront vb. (the precise sense in passages under 2 and 3 is doubtful) 1 to meet, accost Ham. in. i. 31 That he . . . may here Aff'ront Ojihelia. 2 to face, encounter Wint. v. i. 75, Cym. iv. iii. 29. 3 to confront ; meet, respond to Troil. iir. ii. 173. affy (both senses were in gen. use till 1650) 1 to tru.st in Tit. i. i. 47 I do affy In thy npriyhluess. 2 to l)etroth 2H6 iv. i. 80. a-front: abreast 1H4 ii. iv. 226 /oi»- came all a. after (unusual applications of common meanings) 1 according to Tp. n. ii. 79 after the irisest { = in the wisest fashion). 2 at the rate of Meas. n. i. 261. after- in comb.: = later, subsequent, future ; afler- dibts All'sW. IV. iii. 256, -hours E3 iv. iv. 294, -inquiry Cym. v. iv. 187, -loss Sonn. xc. 4, -lure Gent. in. i. 95, -meetinyCov. ii. ii. 44, -nourishmiiit Per. I. ii. 13, -times 2H4 iv. ii. 51, -wrath Ant. v. ii. 2S'i. after-dinner: time following dinner, afternoon Meas. HI. i. 33, Troil. n. iii. 122. after-eye: to look after Cym. i. iii. 16 left To iiflir-eye him. [i. 34. after-supper: late sijiiper, rere-supper MND, v. -AlB ag°ain (sense 2 arose first with vbs. like ' ring ' : cf. Mac. V. iii. 54//((; iC>vy(c/(0, That should applaud a.) 1 back AYL. m. v. 132 why I answer'd not arjaiti, Shr. n. i. 217 come ai/ain. Good Kate, Cym. iv. iii. 1, Sonn. Ixxix. 8 pays ii tine again. 2 used to indicate intensity of action Mer.V. in. ii. 2114 II Oiling here until I siveat again, 2H6 iv. i. 78 sliitll hiss at thee again. against (see also the aplietic form 'gainst) 1 exposed to Sonn. Ixxiii. 3 those boughs which shake against the cold. 2 in expectation of, in time for AYL. iv. i. 158, Troil. I. ii. 189, Rom. iv. ii. 47, Ham. ii. ii. 513 0.5 we often sec, a. some storm, A silence in the lieaiens. 3 as conj.: in expectation of the time when, by the time that MND. in. ii. 99 against she do appear, Shr. IV. iv. 104. ag'ate : iise- aidance 'gainst the enemy, A'en. 330. aidant: helpful Lr. iv. iv. 17 aidant.. la the good mini's distress. aim sb. (3 meaning doubtful ; some interpret ' let me liave space or scope ') 1 mark, butt Meas. i. iii. 5, R3 iv. iv. 90 To he the aim of II try dangerous shot, H8 v. iii. 118 ; gate aim to, was tlie object of Gent. v. iv. 101 her that gate aim to all thy oaths. 2 conjecture, guess C»s. i. ii. 162 'What you would work nte to, 1 have some aim. 'igite aim, to guide (a person) in his aim by in- forming; him of the result of a preceding shot ; fig. to lielj) Tit. V. iii. \i^ give me aim awhile*. 4 cry aim, to encourage archei-s by crying ' Aim ! ' wlientheywereaboutto shoot, (hence) to applaud John II. i. 196. aim. vb. (S. lias also the ordinary sense ' direct a weapon ' witli its fig. derivatives) 1 to guess, conjecture 2H6 11. iv. 58 ihon aiinesf all awry, R3 i. iii. 65, Ham. iv. v. 9 they aim at it. 2 to mean, intend Err. in. ii. 66 (aimf. Ft am). air sb. (senses 2, 3, and 4 become common after S., as also the sense of ' tunc ' MND. i. i. 183) 1 breath Wint. v. iii. 78 There is an air comes from her, 2H6 in. ii. 371* catch the air. 2 take air, (of a plan) to get abroad Tw.N. iii. iv. 147 lest the device take air. 3 manner, style Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 758 the air of the court, Tim. v. i. 26 I'romising is the very air 0' the time. ' 4 mien, demeanour Wint. v. i. 128 Your father's image. .His very air. AIR- ; air vb. (1 is now associatoJ with ' to put on airs ') 1 to wear openly, expose to public view Cym. ii. iv. 96 to air this jewel. 2 aind abroad*, exposed to the airs of foreign lands Wint. IV. i. [ii.] 6. Ajax : son of Telamon (2H() v. i. 26), one of the Greek heroes in the Trojan war, taken as tlie type of the dull-witted warrior (Lr. u. ii. 132 ; cf. Troil. II. i. 1-69J : with pun on 'a jakes ' LLL. V. ii. 578. alarm, alarum sb. (diiferentiated spellings of the same word, used indiscriminately in the old edd., but in mod. edd. ulavam is usu. appropri- ated to 1 and 2, and alarm to 'i, 4, and 5) 1 the cry or signal ' allarmo ' (to arras) 2116 v. ii. ?, R3 IV. iv. 149 strike alarum, drums J 2 ca-lltoarmsRSi. irl Oar skrHalTohn iv. ii. 102, Cor. iv. vi. 34. — adj. any whatever Mac. in. ii. 11 Thini/s wilh- mtt all remedy. — adv. only, exclusively All'sW. III. ii. 71, Lr. i. i. 102, Sonn. Ixxvi. 5.— all too, al- together too 2H4 V. ii. 24.— conj. although R3 iv. iv. 226 Thy head, all indirectly, gate direction, all- in comb. : 1 (objective) nll-buildinr/ Meas. n. iv. 95, -cheeriiu/ Rom. I. i. 139, -hidim/ Lucr. 801, -oblivious Sonn. Iv. 9, -secinyTm ii. i. 83, -seer v. i. 20, -teliinn LLL. 11. i. 21. 2 = ' wholly, completely ', sometimes assuming an instrumental relation = 'by all', all-nlihomd 1H4 v. i. 16, -disgraced Ant. in. x. [xii.] 22, -licensed Lr. i. iv. 223, -o6r //»(//(= obeyed ; cf. UNRECALLiNG) Ant. III. xi. [xiii.] 77, -worthy Cym. III. V. 94 ; all-watched (= tliat has all been spent in watches) H6 iv. Chor. 38. all-amort [Fr. a la mort ' to death '] : ' sick to death,' dispirited, dejected Shr. iv. iii. 36, 1H6 HI. ii. 124. allay sb. : means of abatement Wint. rv. i. [ii.] 9 to irhoxefeelin/i sorrows I might be some allay ; so allay ment "Troil. iv. iv. 8, Cym. i. v. 22. allaying: diluting Cor. ii. i. 53 not a drop of allin/infi Tiber. allegiant: giving allegiance, loyal H8 in. ii. 177 ulleyiant thanks. - AMEBCE All-Hallond eve : eve of All Saints' Day, Meas. II. i. 135. AU-Hallowmass : Nov. 1st, Wiv. I. i. 211 All-J/iilhjwn„iss 1, 1st, a f.ehii.jhl before Michaelmas. All-Hallown summer, spell of fine weather in the late autuiun ; tig. vigour lasting on into later life 1H4 i. ii. 177. all hid: children's cry at the game of hide-and- seek or blindman's-buff LLL. iv. iii. 78. alliance : marriage Ado n. i. 332, Rom. ii. iii. 91. allied : related, connected Gent. iv. i. 49, Meas. III. ii. Ill the vice is of a great kindred ; it is ivella. allot: to appoint 1H6 v. iii. 55 Thou art allotted to he ta'en by me, allottery: share, portion AYL. i. i. 78 the poor (illottery my father left vie. allow (the foil, are the less common S. uses) 1 to approve, .sanction, license Tw.N. i. ii. 57, I. v. 100 an allowed fool, Tim. v. i. 167 Allowed wilh absolute power, Lr. n. iv. 194. 2 to grant, admit 2H4 i. iii. 5, Lucr. 1845 ; also with o/Tw.N. IV. ii. 64 ere 1 will a. of thy wits. 3 to assign as one's due Mer.V. iv. i. 304 the law allows it [the pound of flesh]. 4 refl. to lend itself Lr. ui. vii. 105 his roguish madness Allows itself to any thing. allowance : admission or acknowledgement of a claim Troil. i. iii. 377, Ham. in. ii. 32 in your allowance, 0th. ii. i. 49. all-thing: in every way Mac. in. i. 13 all-thing unbecoming. ally (cf. allied) : kinsman, relative AYL. v. iv. 196, Rom. III. i. 115. allycholly : corr. of ' mallycholly ', old form of 'melancholy' Gent. iv. ii. '28, Wiv. i. iv. 160. Almain : German 0th. u. iii. 87. almost : used to intensify a rhetorical question .Julm IV. iii. 43. Tf A16th-18th cent. use. alms-basket: to live on the alms-basket., to live upon l)ublic charity LLL. v. i. 42. alms-deed : act of charity 3H6 v. v. 79 murder is thy iilms-deed. alms-drink: remains of liquor reserved for alms- folk, leavings Ant. n. vii. 5. alms-man : man supported by alms, beadsman R2 III. iii. H'i an alms-man's gown. alone : having no equal, unique Gent. ii. iv. 168 She is a., Ant. iv. vi. 30 a. the villain of the earth. alter : to exchange Tw.N. ii. v. 173 She that would alter services with thee. amain : with full force or speed Tp. iv. 1. 74, her peacocks fly amain, Troil. v. viii. 13 cry you all a. amaze sb. : extreme astonishment LLL. ii. i. '244. amaze vb. : to bewilder, perplex John iv. iii. 140 / am a ma id . . . and lose my way, Ven. 684. amazement: bewilderment, perplexity, distrac- tion, frenzy Meas. iv. ii. '220, John v. i. 35, Troil. V. iii. 85, Ham. in. iv. Ill amazement on thy mother sits. ^ The mod. sense of ' ovei-whelniing wonder' occurs, e.g. Ham. in. ii. 346. Amazonian : resembling an Amazon or female warrior 3H6 1. iv. 114, Cor. n. ii. 96 his Amazonian chin (' beardless '). ambition: object of strong desire Ham. in. iii. .55 3Iy crown, mitie own ambition, and my r/uien. ambuscado: ambush Rom. i. iv. 85. amend (he . . . did angle for me, Ant. ii. v. 16. an-heir(e)S : Wiv. n. i. 227. See MYNHEERst- an-hungry : hungry Cor. i. i. 211. a- night : at night AYL. n. iv. 47 coming a-night to Jane Smile. annexion : addition, adjunct t'ompl. 208 With the annexions of fair gems enrich'd. annexzaent : adjunct, appendage Ham. in. iii. 21 £nrh small unnijiiu nt, ["Ity consK/mncc. annothanize iQq, P^i) prob. for anatomize (Ff2 3 4) : to explain, interpret LLL. iv. i. 70. anon (like 'presently', 'anon' meant orig. ' straightway ', ' at once ') 1 soon, in a little while, presently ; = a waiter's ' coming ' 1H4 ii. i. 5 ; till anon, for a while Ant. II. vii. 45. 2 now again, presently again LLL. iv. ii. 6 ; erer and anon, every now and then LLL. v. ii. 101. ans'wer sb. (the foil, uses are somewhat technical) 1 reply made to a charge, defence, account 2H6 ii. i. 201 callthese foul offenders to their ansuers, Cor. HI. i. 176, Ci»s. I. iii". 114. 2 anything done in return, corresponding or resulting action, retaliation, punishment H5 ii. ii. 143 to the a. of the law, iv. vii. 143 quite from the answer of his degree (= not bound to answer the challenge of one beneath his rank), Cym. v. iii. 79 Great the skeughter . . . gnat the answer ; in fencing, the return hit Tw.N. in. iv. 308, Ham. V. ii. 283 in a. of the third exchange. answer vb. ('reply', 'correspond to', 'satisfy", are freq. senses) 1 to return, requite Wiv. iv. vi. 10 hath answir'd my affection. 2 to atone for Ctes. in. ii. 86 grievously hath Casnr answer d it. 3 to render account of lH4iv. ii. 8, Ham. in. iv. 176 I will . . .a. will Thi death I gave him, Cym. in. v. 42. 4 to act in conformity with, obey Tp. i. ii. 190 To answer thy best pliasure. answerable (only thrice in S.) 1 accountable 1H4 n. iv. 579 if he have robb'd these mi II, He shall be answerable. 2 corresponding, suitable Shr. it. i. 353 all things ansirerable to this portion, Oth. i. iii. 351. anthem : song of grief or mourning Gent. iii. i. 241, Yen. S3n; Plia-n. 21. Anthropophaginian : Wiv. iv. v. 10, one of the Aiithiiipiipliiiiii i(ith. I. iii. 144) or cannibals. antic(k (ni old edd. a'ntick or a'ntiqtie in all uses) adj. fantastic, grotesque, ludicrous Rom. i. v. 60, n. iv. 30, Ham. i. v. 172 To put an antic disposition on, Sonn. xix. 10. sb. 1 grotesque entertainment LLT,. v. i. 122 page- ant, or antick, or firi-iiork. 2 burlesque performer, buffoon. mcrrj--andrew Ado MI. i. 63. R2 iii. ii. 162 the untick [Death], Troil. v. iii. 86 Like williss nnticks. antic vb. : to make like btitfoons Ant. u. vii. 132. ANTICKLY - — APFBOBATION antickly : fiintastically Ado v. i. 96 Go untickli/, >/«)((' outiiiinl hiiUoasHCus. antipathy : contrariety of feeling or disposition Lr. ir. ii. 92. Antipodes : tliose who dwell on the opposite side ..f the glolio Mer.V. v. i. 127, K2 in. ii. 49 iiitiiihriii;! aitli the Antijwdts. antiquary: ancient Troil. ii. iii. 265 the a. times. antiquity: old age 2H4 i. Li. 211 blasted iiitli uittiquilij Sonn. Ixii. 10. antre : caveni Otli. i. iii. 140 anires vast and disarts idle. ape (allusion iji Ham. in. iv. 194 like the /anions ape, is obscure) 1 imitator Wint. v. ii. 112, C'ym. ii. ii. i31 0 skip! thou ape of death. 2 fool C'yui. IV. ii. i^-ljollitij for apes. 3 /((((/ ajies in lull, the supposed conseiiuentc of dying an old maid Slir. ii. i. 34. ape-bearer: one who carries a monkey about lor exhibition Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 102. a-pieces : in or to pieces H8 v. iv. 82 heiii;/ torn a. apoplezed: paralysed Ham. in. iv. 73 tlial sense Is ajiojiU.r'd. apostroplias : ?read ' apostrophus ' (usu. 16tli- IStli cent, form) = apostrophe LLL. iv. ii. 124* Yon find not the a., and so miss the aectitf. appaid : contented, satisfied Lucr. 914. apparent adj. (most freq. in sense 1) 1 evident, plain Gent. in. i. 116 Without ajijiarint hazard of his life, Oas. ii. i. 198. 2 seeming Mer.V. iv. i. 21 thy struni/e-a. cruelty. sb. = heir apparent 3116 n. ii. 64 as apparent to the croirn ; fig. claimant Wint. i. ii. 177 Aext to thy- xclf . . ., he's Apparent to my heart. apparently: evidently, openly En\ iv. i. 19 If he should scorn me so apparently. appeach (2 peculiar to S.) 1 to inform against, impeach R2 v. ii. 79, 102. 2 to give accusatory evidence AU'sW. i. iii. 199 your passions Have to the full appeach'd. appeal sb. : impeachment, accusation R2 i. i. 4 to make f/ood the . . . late appeal. Ant. in. v. 12. appeal vb. : to accuse, impeach R2 i. i. 9 // he appeal the duke, i. iii. 21. appeared (Ft) : made evident Cor. iv. iii. 9 your favour is irell a. {approvuli) by your fonr/iie. appellant (Ff appmlant) : adj. accusing or im- peaching another of treason R2 i. i. 34 Come I appellant to this princely presowe, iv. i. lOi Lords A ppellanis (Fi: fl.oi'eidji). — sb. one who challenged another to single combat to prove upon his body the treason or felony of which he ' appealed ' him R2 i. iii. 4 the s^tminons of the appellant's trumpet, 2H6 II. iii. 49. [105. appendix: adjunct (said of a bride) Shr. iv. iv. apperil : peril, risk Tim. i. ii. 33 Let me stay at thiiit appiril. appertaining' : appropriate to Rom. in. i. 68. appertainin^s (S.): belongings, appurtenances Conipl. 115. appertainments (S.) : rights, prerogatives Troil. n. iii. 88 We lay by Our appertainments. appertinent (by-form of 'appurtenant' after Latin ' pertinere') adj. I)eh>ni;ing or becoming to LLL. i. ii. 17, 2H4 i. ii. 196 ijit'ts apptrtinent to num. ah. pi. tilings pertaining (to a person) H5 il. ii. 87 ((// appirtinenis Belonyiiif/ to his honour. applaud: to approve of, praise Gent. i. iii. 48 0: that our fathers ivould applaud our loves, Mac. in. ii. 46, Per. ii. v. 58. applause: approbation, approval AYL. i. ii. 2S0 Bijh Lommcndation, true upplauH. apple of the eye; the pupil of the eye, so calif I because it was supposed to be a solid s'oljulai- body MIsD. ni. ii. 104; LLL. v. ii. 476* laauh upon the apple of htr (ye ('laugh upon her i.i a very affectionate manner'). apple-john: kind of apple said to keep two years and to be in perfect condition when shrivelled and withered 2H4 n. iv. 5. appliance (the mei.icinal sense colours most uses) 1 (a) willing service ; (b) medicinal treatment All'sW. II. i. \h'>* I conutotender . . . uiy applianci . 2 remedy, medicinal application H8 i. i. 124 that's theupptiance onlyM'liivh yourdisease rc'iuires, Ham. IV. iii. 10, Per. in. ii. 86. 3 means, apparatus 2H4 in. i. 29 With all (qipliaiuis and nu(ins to lout. application : administration of a medicament, iiifdicinal treatment AH'sW. i. ii. 74. apply (used freq. with ref. to the application of remedies ; the foil, are rare uses) 1 apply for, interpret as Caes. n. ii. 80 these dots she apply for ivarninys. 2 to attend assiduously to Mac. in. ii. 30 Let your remembrance apply to Banf/uo. 3 to be suitable to Wiv. ii. ii. 252. appoint (the more usual senses are 'determiue', ' designate ', ' nominate ') 1 to arrange (e. g. a meeting) Tit. iv. iv. lui. 2 to equip, chiefly in pa. pple. Wint. iv. iii. [iv. ] 605 To hare you royally appoinlul, H5 in. Clior. 4 The icell-appointid kiny ; also retl. and fig. Wint. I. ii. 326* To appoint myself in tliis vexation. 3 to assign, grant C«s. iv. i. 30 / do appoint him store of provender. appointment (the sense ' engagement, assigna- tion ' and 3 are equally common) 1 resolution, purpose Ant. iv. x. 8*. 2 direction, dictation H8 n. ii. 134 tluit yood fellow . . .follows my appointment. 3 equipment, accoutrement R2 ni. iii. 53 Our fair appointments. apprehend (1 the commonest meaning ; mod. sense 'anticipate with dread' barely appears: cf. Troil. in. li. 78) 1 to seize, arrest 0th. i. i. 178, ii. 77. 2 to understand Ado n. i. 85 you apprehend iiaxxinr/ shrewdly.Cym. in. iii. 17. 3 to conceive, imagine MND. v. i. 5, 1H4 i. iii. 209 He apprehuuls a world offiyures here. apprehension (4 tends to "pass into the mod. sense ' anticipation with dread ') 1 seizure, airest 3H6 in. ii. 122, Lr. in. v. 20 that he may he ready for our apprehension. 2 physical perception MND. in. ii. 178 The ear more quick of apprehension. Cor. ii. iii. 232. 3 mental perception, understanding, grasp of mind H5 in. vii. 150 // the English had any a., Troil. II. iii. 125 his evasion . . . Cannot ouljiy our as. Ham. II. ii. 326 [iii. 319] in a. how like a nod!; quickness of wit Ado in. iv. 67 ; 1H6 n. iv. 102* (or, conception, i. e. of my father and me). 4 conception, imagination Meas. in. i. K Tlie sense of death is most in a., R2 l. iii. 300 thea. oftheyood, Ham. IV. i. 11 in this brainish a., Cym. iv. ii. 110. apprehensive: possessed of intelligenceornnder- standing. quick to perceive or learn AU'sW. i. ii. tiO, 2H4 IV. iii. 107, Cses. in. i. 67 men are fiesh and blood, and apprehensive. approach: liostile advance, attack John v. ii. 131 This apish and linnuinnerly approach, Tim. v. i. 169 Of Atcibiades the approaches wild ; inf a river) H8 in. ii. 190. approhation Oion-techuical seiiso of ' approval, assent ' also occurs) AFPROOF - i 1 confiniiation, attestation, pioof Wiiit. ii. i. 176, H5 I. ii. 19, Cym. i. iv. I'i9 put . . . on the ujiprv- hation of tvlint I liate spoke. 2 sanction H8 l. ii. 71 Jii/ harned a. of the judijis. 3 probation, novitiate Meas. i. ii. 189 the doidcr otlii; And there recehe her approbation. approof (not freq. outside S., wlio lias 4 examples) 1 trial, proof All'sW. li. v. 'i of mliunt upproof { = oi proved valour). Ant. iii. ii. 21 on thy approof {-on tlie trial or proof of tliy conduct). 2 approbation Meas. ii. iv. 175 Either of condemna- tion or approof; All'sW. i. ii. 50* So in approof liees not his epitaph { = tlie truth of Lis epitaph is in no way so fully confirmed). appropriation: special attribute or excellence (added to his onn i/ood parts) Mer.V. i. ii. 45. approve (1 and 3 are freq. ; the ordinary mod. .sense occure) 1 to prove, demonstrate to be true, corroborate, confirm Mer.V. ill. ii. 79 approve it with a text, All'sW. 111. vii. 13 icUirh well approves You're greed in fortune, H8 ii. iii. 74, Mac. i. vi. 4, Ham. I. 1. 29 He may approie our eyes, Cym. v. v. 246. 2 to convict Ado iv. i. 44 an approved nanton, 0th. II. iii. 2\'i approv'd in this offence. 3 to put to the proof, test," try (esp. in pa. pple.) Shr. 1. i. 7, R2 ll. iii. 44 more approved service, 1114 I. i. 54 valiant and approved Scot, Otli. i. iii. 77. 4 to commend Ham. v. ii. 142 (' would not be much to my credit'). Per. ii. i. 56. approver : one who malies a trial Cym. Ti. iv. 25. appurtenance : that which belongs to something Ham. II. ii. 397. apricock : apricot MND. iii. i. 173, R2 iti. iv. 29. apron-man: mechanic Cor. iv. vi. 97 i'ou, and i/oar apron-uti a. apt (1 is freq., but hardly passes into the mod. ' likely, calculated ' ; tlie sense ' fit, suitable " is also freq.) 1 ready, prepared, willing Ado ii. i. 215, H5 ji. ii. S6 how apt our love was to accord, Cses. iii. i. 160 so apt to die. 2 easily impressed, ready to learn Cor. iii. ii. 29, Cses. v. iii. 68, Ham. i. v. 31 Ifnd thee apt. 3 natural Otli. ii. i. 299 'tis apt, and of yreat credit, V. ii. 175. aqua-vitae: ardent spirits Wiv. ii. ii. 322 my uqua- litir lid/llc, Rom. IV. V. 16. Aquilon: north wind Troil. iv. v. 9 paff'd A. Arabian 'bird : phosnix ; fig. unique specimen Ant. HI. ii. 12, Cym. i. vi. 17. Arabian tree: tree of tlie phwnix Phoen. 2 (cf. Tp. in. iii. 22-4). araise: to raise from the dead All'sW. ii. i. 79. arcll sb.' : v:alery arch, rainbow Tp. iv. i. 71; raaUcd arch, heaven Cym. i. vi. 33. arch: adj. chief, prime, principal, pre-eminent R3 iv. iii. 2 Tlie Most arch deed of piteous massacre, H8 in. ii. 103 ; 3H6 ii. ii. 2 (arch-enemy), 0th. iv. i. 71 {arch- mock) , Meas. v. i. 57 (arch-riUain). [patron. sb.- chief, master Lr. li. i. 61 My worthy arch and argal, arg'o : corruptions of ' ergo ', therefore Ham. v. i. 13, &c. ; 2H6 iv. ii. 32. arg'osy [orig. form ' ragusy ' = a vessel of Ragusa in Sicily] : merchant vessel of the largest size and burden Mer.V. i. i. 9, &c. arg°ue: to prove, evince, betoken LLL. iv. ii. 57, 3H6 II. ii. 25 Which aryu'd tliee a tiiost unlnvimj father, Ham. v. i. 11 itaryaesnn act, Lucr. 65. argument (occurs 78 times in S., of which 18 have the sense ' debate, discussion ') 1 itroof, evidence. Ado ii. iii. 254 [242] no yreat arjument of lur folly. -AKT 2 subject of contention or debate H5 in. i. 21 sheatlCd their swords for lack of a., Mac. ii. iii. 127. 3 subject-matter of discourse, tJieme, subject Ado I. i. 266, 1H4 II. ii. 104 it would be aryument for a week, II. iv. 314, Sonn. xxxviii. 3, Ixxvi. 10. 4 summary of tiie subject-matter of a book Ham. III. ii. 150 ; fig. contents Tim. ii. ii. 188 /// would . . . try the aryument of hearts. Ariachiie: incorrect for 'Arachne', who chal- lenged Athene to a weaving match ; the goddess tore up A.'s web, and A. hanged herself, but Atliene clianged her into a spider Troil. v. ii. 152. arithmetic: computation, calculation Cor. in. i. 244 'tis odds beyond arithnutic. arm vli. : to take in one's arms Cym. iv. ii. 400. armado : fleet of ships Err. in. ii. 141 whole arnai- dois of carracks, John in. iv. 2. arm-gaunt": (a) lean from bearing arms or from much warlike service ; (b) with gaunt limbs Ant. I. v. 48. armipotent : mighty in arms LLL. v. ii. 647 aniiipotiiU Mars, All'sW. iv. iii. 266. arms : military profession 1H6 ii. i. 43 since first I fotlow'd arms. aroint thee !-. avaunt, begone Mac. i. iii. 6, Lr. in. iv. 127. ^Cf. the north-country 'roint' or 'rynt thee ' = get out of the way. a-row : one after another Err. v. i. 170. arrant : thoroughgoing, out-and-out (freq.) H5 in. vi. 64. ^ Tlie orig. application was to ' thief ' (cf. Tim. IV. iii. 443) ; an arrant ( = errant) thief was an outlawed robber roving about the country. arras: hanging screen of tapestry placed round the walls of household apartments, often at such a distance from them as to allow of people being concealed in the space between Wiv. iii. iii. 97, Ham. n. ii. 163. arrearag'es: arrears Cym. ii. iv. 13 grant the tribnti , St nil the arrearages. arrest sb. (always with legal or judicial reference) 1 under (an) arrest, under legal restraint, arrested Meas. I. ii. 1-U, R2 iv. i. 158. 2 order, decree Ham. ii. ii. 67 he . . . sends out arrests On Voriinbras. arrest vb. (usu. in sense ' to apprehend ' a pei-son) 1 to seize (property; by legal warrant Wiv. v. v. 121 his horses are arrested for ii. 2 to take as security (hg.) Meas. ii. iv. 135 I do arrest your words, LLL. ii. i. 159. arrivance (Qq Ff -ancie, -uncy) : people arriving 0th. II. i. 42. arrive (1 is close to the etymol. meaning, Latin ' arripare ' to bring ashore ; cf. ' 1 aiyve or come newly to a porte by sea ', Palsgr.) 1 to land at 3H6 v. iii. 8 have arriv'd our coast, Cks. I. ii. 110. 2 to reach Cor. ii. iii. 189 arriving A place of potency and sway o' the state, Lucr. 781. 3 arrive at, attain to Tim. iv. iii. 514. art (4 short for 'art magic ', Latin ' ars magica') 1 skill (esp. opposed to ' nature ') : skill in a par- ticular science MND. i. i. 192, Rom. ii. iv. 97 by art as irell as by nature, Mac. iv. i. 101 ;/ your art ('((», /(// so murh (cf. sense 41, Ven. 291. 2 learning, science Wiv. in. i. 109, LLL. iv. ii. 115 all those pleasures. . . that art irouldconiiiri lieiid; pi. with allusion to the ' liberal arts ' studied in the middle ages LLL. ii. i. 45, Shr. i. i. 2, Per. ii. iii. 82 Ml/ education been in arts and arms, Sonn. Music 13 [Pilgr. 223]. 3 practical application of a science H5 i. i. 51 the art and practic part of life ; fig. experience Lr. iv, vi. 227; (';vs. iv. iii. 193-4 (' liis art had not be- come a second nature '). ABTKUB — 4 magic Tp. i. ii. 1, &c., 1H4 m. i, 48, IHG ii. i. 15 Cun/riv'd hy art find baleful sorcery. 5 artifice Compl. 295 his passion, but an a. of craft. 6 cunning Honn. cxxxix. 4 slay me not by art. Arthur (2 perhaps suggested by place-names such as ' Arthur's Head ', ' Arthur's Seat ') 1 Arthur's show, exhibition ot archery by the 'Order of Knights of Prince Arthur's Kound Table', or 'the fellowship of Prince Arthur's Knights ', a society of archers which met on Mile-end Green 2H4 iii. ii. 303. 2 Arthur's bosom, jocular alteration of 'Abraham's bosom ' (Luke xvi. 22) H5 ii. iii. 9. article (in 1 and 2 'matter, business, concern' seems to be the underlying meaning) 1 ofqreat article*, of great moment, of importance; of ^arge scope Ham. v. ii. 123. 2 the article of thy gentry, tlie character of thy rank ^Viv. II. i. 53. articulate vb. : to come to terms Cor. i. ix. 77 Ttie liisf, iiilli irliom ire may articulate. articulate pa. pple.: set forth in articles, specified 1H4 V. i. 72 These thinr/s . . . you haie arlicniale. artificial (the sense ' produced by art (not nature) ' becomes common after S.: 3H6 iii. ii. 184) 1 skilled in constructive art MND. iii. ii. 203 like two artificial i/otls. 2 .skilful, cunning Per, v. i. 72 thy prosperous and artificial feat. 3 a. strife, the vying of art with nature Tim. i. i. 38. artist (only 3 exx.; both .senses are common Eliz.) 1 one learned in the ' liberal arts ', scholar Troil. i. iii. 24, Per. ii. iii. 15. 2 professor of the liealing art, medical practitioner AllsW. II. iii. 10. artless: unskilful Ham. iv. v. 19 So full of artless jealousy is guilt. as (the following are common old uses, now obs. in literary English) 1 =t!iat K3 I. iv. 289 coward as thou art. 2 ' as ... as ' =though, however Ado i. i. 120 as like him ns she is, like liim though she is, liowever like liim she may be. 3 =so that Shr. Ind. i. 70, Sonn. Ixii. 8. 4 =asifTp. II. i. 1'28, H5ii. iv.'20. Ham. iv. vii.87; esp. in as it nere. 5 redundant in as how AYL. iv. iii. 143. (Contrast Ham. IV. vii. 58.) Ascanius: son of ^Eneas 2H6 iii. ii. 116. ash : spear of ash-wood C'or. iv. v. 114 My grained a. asinico : see as.sinego. askance : to turn aside Lucr. fi37 askance their ryes. aslant (Qq ascaunt) : across, athwart Hani. iv. vii. 167 aslant a brook. aspe'ct ('look, appearance, air' is the most freij. meaning) 1 look, glance Err. it. ii. 115, Ant. i. v. 33 There woul. audience (1 the commonest S. use ; the sense ' assembly of li.steneis ' occurs 7 times) 1 liearing, attention to what is said Cor. lil. iii. 30 audicme ; peace 1 1 say, Ham. i. iii. 93, Ant. in. X. [xii.] 21 ; hare a., to be heard LLL. v. i. 144 ; I/ire (lend, rouchsnfe) audience, listen Cies. in. ii. 2 ; Compl. 278 ; LLL. v. ii. 314. 2 reception at an inteniew, formal interview granted by a superior H5 i. i. 92 The French ambassador . . . Crav'd audience. Cor. it. i. 82. audit: statement of account, chiefly fig. H8 in. ii 142, Cor. I. i. 1.50 I can make my audit up. Ham. in. iii. 82 how his audit stands, Sonn. iv. 12. auditor (occurs only thrice in S.) 1 hearer, listener M'XD. in. i. 84 What I a play to- irard? Ill be an auditor. 2 person appointed to examine accounts of money 1 H4 n. i. 63, Tim. n. ii. 166 the exartest auditors. augfer : carpenter's tool for boring holes in wood AUGUR — Cur. IV. vi. 8S coiijiii'd Into iin «-'.< Ion ; avig"er- liole Mac. II. iii. 129 rt(rr/n/f, Hid in an n.-huli. aug'ur sb.: propliet Sonn. cvii. 6, Plioen. 7 Azii/nr 0/ /lie fern-' s inj. ^ In the technical sense S. uses AUGURER, q. v. aug'ur vb.: to prophesy Ant. it. i. 10 my a-ing hope. augnre: augury Mac. in. iv. 12-i(Ffau(/MrtA', mud. edd. aitgurn). augurer: augur, religious official among the Komans whose duty it was to foretell future events from the observation of omens C;ies. ii. ii. 37 ihefiiiy^irers. ..Plucking the enirails of an offer- ing forth, Cor. II. i. 1. augiiry : art of tlie augur, divination by omens Ham. V. ii. 232 ; prophetic skill Gent. iv. iv. 74 if my augury deceive me not. aunt (1 peculiar to S.; 2 common 17th c, sense) 1 old woman, gossip MN'D. ii. i. 51 The tvinetit aunt, telling the saddest tale. 2 light woman "VVint. iv. ii. [iii.] 11. auricular : perceived by the ear Lr. i. ii. 102 an auricular asi'urance. auspicious (not pre-S.; but 'auspiciously' is in Drayton, 1596) 1 favourable, propitious Tp. i. ii. 182 .1 nmst auspicious star, AirsW. iii. iii. 8. 2 betokening happiness, cheerful Ham. i. ii. 11 n i/h one auspicious and one drajjping eye. [241. authentic: of autliority, authoritative Wiv. ii. ii. authority: those in office Cor. i. i. 16 What authority surfeits on. authorize (accented autho'ri-e in S."s time) 1 to sanction Sonn. xxxv. 6. 2 to vouch for Mac. ni. iv. 66 A leonuni's story . , . Authorii'd by her grandam. avail sb.: benefit, profit All'sW. i. iii. 192, iir. i. 22 for your nrails they fell. avail vb. (2 intr. use (-refl.) is peculiar to S.) 1 to be of use to 1H6 in. i. 178, Lucr. 1273 it small arai/s my mood. 2 '(. out of, avail oneself of, profit by Meas. iii. i. 243. avaunt : order to be off H8 ii. iii. li) To give her the a. ave : shout of welcome Meas. i. i. 70 A-s vehement. Ave-Mary : number Ave-Maries, say the rosary 2116 I. iii. 59, 3H6 ii. i. 162. aver : to assert the existence of Cym. v. v. 204. avert : to turn away Lr. i. i. 214 To avert your lik- iiii/ a more irorthier tray. avised : spelling in old edd. of advised. avoid (1,2, 3 common 16th-17thc.: 4 is a legal term) 1 to get rid of Wiv. in. v. 155, AYL. i. i. 27, Troil. II. ii. 65 Hoir may I avoid . . . The wife I chose? 2 to withdraw, depart, retire Tp. rv. i. 142, "Wint. I. ii. 462 let us avoid. Cor. iv. v. .34. 3 to depart from, quit Cor. iv. v. 25 a. the house. 4 to make void, refute (an accusation, &c.) Meas. III. i. 200 (viz. 'by saying that he made trial of you only '), AYL. v. iv. 103. [iv. 277. avoirdupois (Q Ff haber-de-pois) : weight 2H4 ii. avouch : guarantee, assurance Ham. i. i. 57 the . . . /rue avouch Of mine onn eyes. avouchnient : used for ' avouch ' H5 rv^. viii. 37. await (iinlv two exx. in S. ; 1 is an unusual sense) 1 to ln,,k Jiut for 1H6 I. i. 48 Posterity, aicait for irretclicd years. 2 to be in store for 2H6 i. iv. 35 What fate aivaits the Duke of Suffolk? [echoed in line 67]. award : to adjudge, decree R3 n. i. 14. away (1 arises from the ellipsis of some verb) 1 (cannot) get on ivith or tolerate 2H4 in. ii. 216. 2 rfiiiie aivay, come here, come along Tp. i. ii. 187, Mac. III. v. 34; so bring nivay R2 n. ii. lo7. aweless (rare, in senses not freq. in Eliz. period) 1 fearless John i, i. 266 The awehss Won, 11 — BAFFLE 2 tliat inspii-es no awe R3 n. iv. 52 /he iniiDcen/ anil iiiveliss throne. awful (sense 2 is comumn after S.) 1 commanding reverential fear or profound respect Gent. i\. i. 46* (or sense 2), Shr. v. ii. 110, 2H6 v. i. 98 an airful priiinly scip/rc. 2 profoundly lespectfuJ or levneiitial R2 in. iii. 76 To pay /luir an Jul dn/y. awkward (root-meaning ' turned in a wrong direction ' ; 2 not pre-S.) 1 perverse H5 ii. iv. 85 no sinister nor no a. claim. 2 untoward, unfavourable, adverse 2H6 in. ii. 83 by aivkivard wind. . . Drove back, Per. v. i. 94. 3 uncouth, ungainly Troil. i. iii. 149 ridiculous and aivkicard ac/ion. axle-tree : used of the axis of revolution of the heavens Troil. i. iii. (56. ay adv. (all old edd. have the spelling T) 1 yes Tp. I. ii. 268 ; introducing a more forcible statement than tlie preceding one Wint. n. i. 137. 2 used to introduce a question = Come ! Why! Tp. n. i. 284 [276], Shr. v. ii. 42, Ant. in. viii. 38 [x. 29J. ay interj. (old edd. ay, aye) : ah ! alas ! John in. i. ;M5 : esp. ay me .' (iS-eq.) Ham. ni. iv. 51, Ven. 187. aye: ever; aye-remainine/ Per. in. i. 63 {nir- rcmaininyf). B babe of clouts : rag doll John ni. iv. 58. ^ ' Babe that children play with,' Palsgr. baby of a e/irl : infant of a very young mother Mac, in. iv. i06^ baccare : see backare. Bacchanal (from Bacchus, the name of the Greek and Roman god of wine) (i. 48. 1 priest, priestess, or devotee of Bacchus MN'D. v. 2 dance in honour of Pacchus Ant. n. vii. 111. back sb. (1 said orig. of a sword which is all steel from edge to back and not merely edged with .steel ; 3 was common 1560-166(1) 1 meteil . . . steel to the very back, sound all tln-ough Tit. IV. iii. 47. 2 rear of an armed force 2H4 i. iii. 79. 3 support, backing Ham. iv. vii. 153 this project Should have a back or second. back vb. (S. is earliest authority for both uses) 1 to mount 1H4 n. iii. 76, Cym. v. v. 428, Yen. 410. 2 is trith a vineyard back'd, has a vineyard at the back of it Meas. iv. i. 31. " [i. 73. backare (old edd. bac{c)are) : stand back ! Shr. n. back-friend ; pretended or false friend Err. r\'. ii. 37 (.with punning allusion to the sergeant approaching from behind or clapping the man on the back), •ff In the Warwickshire dialect ' back- friend ' is a name for the troublesome agnail. backsword-man : fencer at single-stick 2H4 in. ii. 71. [I. iii. 133. back-trick : (?) some figure in the galUard Tw. N. backward : what lies behind, the past Tp. i. ii. 50. backwardly: perversely Tim. in. iii. 18 And does he think so backicard/y of me noic? back-wounding : injuring treacherously from behind Meas. in. ii. 201 back-iroiinding calumny. bacon: (1) 'chaw-bacon ', rustic ; (2') fat man 1H4 11. ii. 99*. badge : device, emblem, or mark on a piece of cloth or of silver used to identify a knight or distin- guish his followers 1H6 iv. i. 177 he iccars /he badi/c of Somerse/, Lucr. 1054 ; (hence) token, symbol Mer.V. i. iii. Ill, 2H4 iv. iii. 114 /he badge of pusilliinimi/y, Sonn. xliv. 14 : so badged (fig.) Mac. II. iii. 109 badg'd ivi/h blood (applied to Duncans ' grooms '). baffle: to subject (a perjured knight) to public in- BAG- 1 famy by exhiliiting the picture of l.ini lianging by the lieels 1H4 i. ii. 113; (hence) to disgrace, treat with contumely Tw.N. ii. v. 177, R2 i. i. 170 ihs(jriu'^in lit {most old edd. beds), Cses. in. i. 2S4 hiiiils i,/s,,n-iin: 2 applied to a \ cry small thing, e.g. a fairy 'Wiv. V. v. 55 (Ff, &e. Jitde), MND. iii. ii. :S3(i. " SI t of beads, rosary R2 iii. iii. 147. beaded: in the form of beads Compl. 37 Ofamher, irystitl, mid ofbiiididjd (Q hidilid). beadle : inferior parish otticer who might punish petty offences 2HC ii. i. 1;!5, iic, H8 v. iv. 72; fig. wifh reference to his punitive functions l>LL. III. i. 185 [177J, H5 iv. i. 180 mar is his b. beadsman : man paid or endowed to pray for otliers, jionsioner or almsman Gent. i. 1. 18, R2 III. ii. 116. beag'le : small variety of hound, tracking by scent; fig. used contemptuously of a woman Tim. iv. iii. 176', but also approvingly(?) Tw.N. u. iii. I.i8'. beak : pointed and ornamented projection at the prow of ancient vessels Tp. i. ii. 1"J6. beam (1 cf. 'the staff of [Goliath's] spear was like a weaver's beam ', 1 Samuel xvii. 7) 1 wooden roller in a loom, on which the warp is wound Wiv. v. i. 24 ; lance Troil. v. v. 9. 2 with ref. to Matthew vii. 3 : LLL. iv. iii. 162 the kiiiij ycur mote did see ; But la beam do find. bear sb. : the constellation Ursa major 0th. ii. i. 14. bsar vb. (besides the mod. senses we find the foil.) 1 to have as a member or part of itself Wint. i. ii. 309, 3H6 v. i. 69 the deurist blood your bodies bear, Rom. I. iii. 29 / do bear u brain. 2 to contain (a meaning or the like) AYL. in. ii. 176 more feel than the rerses would hear, 1H4 iv. i. 20 His letters hear his mind. Ant. i. ii. 130, Compl. 19 often readinij witat content it bears. 3 to cany as a consequence Tim. i. i. 132. 4 to sustain (a part), keep going (the burden of a song) Tp. i. ii. 380, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 2991 caw hetcr my part, Lucr. 11.32, &c. 5 to carry on, conduct, execute Ado ii. Iii. 240 [229], John III. iv. 149 This art so eiilly home, H5 I. ii. 212, Mac. III. vi. 3 Tliini/slmic ban stianrjely borne. G refl. (freq.) and intr. to behave Meas. i. iii. 47 (Ff beare ; mod. edd. bear mi), H8 ii. i. 30 ; also occas. passive Troil. ii. iii. 252 surly borne ( = of surly behaviour). Dear "back, to move or go back Cies. in. ii. 173 Stand hark .' room.' hear bark !, Lucr. 1417; bear down, to ovei-whelm, overthrow Mer.V. iv. i. 214 Thai malice bears down truth, 2114 i. i. 11, Tit. II. i. .30, Cyni. ii. i. 61 ; bear hard (1) to bear ill will to'Cws, I, ii, 318 Cwsardotlt hear me hard, II. i. 215 ; (2) to take heavily or sadly 1114 i. iii. 270 irho hears hard His hrulhi/s dialh] R:l n. i. 57 (hardly) : bear it, to cany tlie day 2H4 iv. i. 135 He ni'er hud burnt it mil of Coitntn/, Troil. n. iii. 231, 0th. I. iii. 23 : bear" off, to kiep oft Tp. ii. ii. 18 niilliir husli nor shrub to hear (jff any iriat tier: bear out, (1) to support, back up Jolin iv. i. 6 I lioye your aarrunt will bear oul the di id, 2114 v. i. 63; (2) with //, to have tlie upper hand, carry the day Tw.N. i. v. 22, 0th. li. i. 19, Sonn. cxvi. 12 Loce . . . bears it out even to the edije of doom ; bear up, to put the helm up so as to bring the vessel into the direction of the wind, fig. Tp. in. ii. 3. bearer : possessor, owner, holder 2H4 iv. v. 28 0 majesty! Wlien tliou dost pincli thy bearer, H8 n. iii. 15, Troil. in. iii. 104. bear-herd (Ff, &c. b(ar(e)-heard, hearard, berard, berrord, mod. edd. bear-ward) : one who keeps and exhibits a bear Ado ii. i. 43, Shr. Ind. ii. 21, 2H4 I. ii. 194, 2H6 v. i. 149, 210. bearing : cirriage, deportment, behaviour, de- m anour Ado u. i. 168, H5 iv. vii. 186 his blunt hi II vi mi. Cor. 11. iii. 257. [in. iii. 119. bearing-cloth: child's christening-robe Wint. beastly adv.: in a beastly manner, like a bea.st Shr. IV. ii. 34, Ant. i. v. 50, Cyin. v. iii. 27. beat (1 intr. use peculiar to S.: cf bate vb.') 1 to flap the wings with force Shr. iv. i. 199. 2 to think or ponder laboriously Tp. v. i. 246, Ham. III. i. 183 Vilureon his brains still beatiii// : said of the thouglits Tp. i. 11. 176 still 'tis beating in my mind, Lr. in. iv. 14. beated* : usually taken to be a term of the south- west country and the Welsh border for slicing .sod from the eroun 1 for burnina Sonn. Ixii. ID Il,ii/id and rhiqip'it irith tann'd antiquity. beautied : lieaufified Ham. in. i. 51. beaver : face-guard of a helmet 2H4 iv. i. 120, 115 IV. ii. 44 tliroayh n rusty beaver peeps. Ham. I. ii. 229 ; sometimes, the whole helmei R3 v. iii. 50 is my beaver easier than it was? become: (pa. t. became, pa. pple. become and beronud) 1 to agree with, befit Mer.V. v. i. 57. 2 inipers. to be fitting 1H6 v. iii. 169 as it hicfjm.s. Tit. I. i. .347 as becoiiirs. 3 to adorn, grace Tp. in. ii. 115, Shr. n. i. 25"*, Cym. V. V. \01 Hewouldhacewellhecom'dthis plan . becoiued (S.) : becoming, befitting Rom. iv. ii. 27. becoming' : grace (S.) Ant. i. iii. 96, Sonn. cl. 5. bed (1 still to be seen at Rye House, Herts.) 1 bed of Ware, enomious bed 11 ft. square Tw.N. in. ii. 53. 2 grave Tp. ii. i. 292 [284], Cym. iv. iv. .52. 3 b. ofdoirn, delightful resting-place 0th. i. iii. 232. 4 irint iinto my beds, (?) arrived at the 'bed-time' or close of life Tw.N. v. i. 413*. bed, bedded : old fonns of bead, beaded. Bede : see head. bedded : laid in a smooth layer Ham. in. iv. 120. Bedlam (earlier 'Bedlein', 'Bethlem', 'Bethle- hem ') 1 the Hospital of St. Mary of Eethlehcm in London used as an asylum for the mentally derauLied 2H6 V. I. 131 To Bedlam with him ; Tom o' ISidlam, madman Lr. i. ii. 152. 2 lunatic, madman John ii. i. 183 Biillam, havednne, Lr. in. vii. 103. 3 as adj. mad H5 v. i. 20 .\rt thou bedlam ?, 2H6 in. i. 51, V. i. 132 a bedlam and amhitiuus liumonr. bed-presser, lazy fellow 1H4 n. iv. 272 ; bed- swerver, one "unfaithful to marriage Wint. n. i. 92 : bed-vow, marriage vow Sonn. (dii. 3 ; bed-work, easv work such a* could be done in bed Troil. i. iii. "205. BEEP-WITTED BENCH 'beef-witted: tliick-litadeil Tioil. ii. i. 14. beer: sniull bar, trirting matters Otli. ii. i. ICO chronicle siiian heir. beetle sb. : tliree-mnn beetle, mallet rcquii-ing throe men to lift it, used in raminini;' jiaving' stones 2H4 I. ii. 259 ; beetle-headed, tliick-lieaded, stupid Shr. IV. i. XySOheetU-Iuitilul^flnp-ear'dknnvc! beetle vb.: to project like beetle brows, overhang threateningly Hani. I. iv. 71 the dreadful summit of the cliff Tlidt beetles o'er his base into the sea. beetle brows: prominent eyebrows Rom. i. iv. 32. befall: to become o/ Err. i. i. 123 to dilate What hnlli befall'n of them. before pi-ep. (follows its sb. LLL. iv. i. 93) before vie!, on my soul ! Tw.N. ii. iii. 197, Oth. IV. i. l-i7. (^ Modelled on before {mij) God .') before adv. : 1 in front Shr. in. ii. 58 ncnr-lerje/'d before, Mac. v. vii. 75 [viii. 46] Had he his hurts before ? 2 O'od before, witli God as our leader H5 i. ii. 307. 3 the better font before, put your best foot foremost John IV. ii. 170,' Tit. ii. iii. 192. 4 used adj. earlier, previous H5 rv. i. 182 hefore- brench of the hiiiifs laws. before co'nj.: rather than Meas. ii. iv. 183, Mer.V. III. ii. 3(12, R3 HI. ii. 44. beforeband: been beforehand vith, anticipated, forestalled John v. vii. 111. beg": to petition the Court of Wards, established by Henry VIII and suppressed under Charles II, for the custody of (a minoi-, an heiress, or an idiot), as feudal superior or as having interest in the matter LLL. v. ii. 491 (' You cannot prove us idiots '). beget (1 this is a late example of the sense) 1 to obtain Ham. ui. ii. 8 You must acejitire and bujet a temperance. 2 to produce LLL. ii. i. G9 Hi,\ eye Ifr/cts occasion fur his Hit. beggar sb. : one who begs a favour, suppliant AliVW. I. iii. 22. beggar vb. (3 freq. echoed by later writers) 1 to reduce to beggary Mer.V. ii. vi. 19, R3 I. iv. 145 [Conscience} ber/e/ars any man that l!ceps it. 2 to make valueless Troil. ii. ii. 91. 3 to exhaust the resources of Ant. ii. ii. 200 It beejijar'd all description. 4 bei/i/ared of, destitute of Ham. iv. v. 92 necessity, ofiiialhrbiyr/ar'd, Sonn. Ixvii. 10. beggary : contemptible meanness Cym. i. vi. 115. beguile (3 first in S.; 4 peculiar to S.j ^210. 1 to deprive or rob o/" LLL. i. i. 77, Oth. i. iii. 15(i, 2 to cheat, disappoint (hopes) Gent. v. iv. 154. 3 to divert attention in some pleasant way from (anythingdisagreeable), while away (time) Tw.N. III. iii. 41 Vi'hiles you beyuile the time, Tit. IV. i. 35 And so hcffuile thy sorroiu. 4 to disguise Lucr. 1544 Tarquin . , , so beguiVd With oiifirard honesty. behalf: in {the) behalf of, on behalf of, in the interest of, in favour of, for the benefit or advantage of AYL. Epil. 9 in the behalf of ayood plaii, All'sW. IV. iii. 359, rv. v. 77, John i. i. 7, 3HB iv. i. 03 (Fi\ R3 rv. iv. 358 Be eloquent in my b. to her, Oth. iii. iv. 19 (Fi on), Cym. in. ii. 74 ; — in behalf of, on the part of, in the name of 1H4 i. iii. 48, R3 in. iv. 19 m tlie (hike's b. I'll e/ire my voice, Tim. in. i. 18 ; — on behalf of, concerning, with regard to Ado rv. i. 212, Tw.N. in. i. US your yinlle thouijhts On his b.; — in that behalf, in respect of tliat LLL. ii. i. 27, John II. i. 20}. behave (1 this constr. with pa. pple. not pre-R.) 1 as he is behar'd, according to liis behaviour Ham. III. i. 35- 2 to control Tim. in. v. 22 He did bihari his anr/er. , ■ behaviour (1 in use l.WO-KiSO ; 2 only K.) 1 pl. = sing. C»s. I. ii. 42. 2 in my behaeiour, as represented in my jierson and outward acts John I. i. 3. " (l.M. behind-hand adj.: backward, tardy "Wint. v. i. beholding vbl. sli. : 1 siglit Cor. I. iii. 10, Lr. in. vii. 9 not fit for your b. 2 looks, aspect Per. v. i. 224 wild in my'behohlinn. beholding ppl. a.: indebted, beholden (freq.) Wiv. I. i. 28.5. behoof, behove: benefit, advantage 2Hfi iv. vii. 83 For your behoof. Ham. v. i. 09 /or, nh ! my be- hove (rhymes with love), Compl. 165 m our behoof. behoveful : necessary Rom. iv. iii. 8 (Qq behoofc-). behowlt: to bay (the moon) MND. v. ii. 2 [i. 379] (F, &c. beholds). being (2 is an application peculiar to S.) 1 life, existence Shr. i. i. 11 Pisa . . . Gave me mi\ being, Mac. iii. i. 55, Ham. n. i. 96 end his bcini/, Oth. I. ii. 21 my life and b., Cyin. i. i. 38 he quit b. 2 stay, abode, dwelling Ant. ii. ii. 39 3fy beini/ in Eitypt, Cym. i. v. 54 to shift his beine;. [u. i. 20!!. being (that) conj.: seeing that Ado iv. i. 251, 2114 beldame (1 cf. ' belsire ' = grandfather) 1 grandmother 1H4 in. i. 32 the old bildawr earth, Lucr. '.•.">3, H.'SS. 2 loathsome old woman, hag John iv. ii. 185 Old men and hddames, Mac. ni. v. 2. be-leed(S.): in such a position that the wind is intercepted ; fig. Oth. i. i. 30 be-leed and calm' d Hy debitor and creditor. belie (often in sense 1 ; twice in s.'>nse 2) 1 to tell lies about, calumniate Oth. iv. i. 30. 2 to fill with lies Cym. in. iv. 38, Lucr. 153.3. bell (the ordinary .sense occurs in various con- nexions) 1 with allusion to the little bells attached to hawks 3H6 1. i. 47 ;/ Warwick shake his hells. 2 bell, bonk, and candle, used with reference to a form of excommunication which closed with tlie words ' Do to the book, quench the candle, ring the bell 1 ' John in. iii. 12. bellman: crier wlio announced deaths and called on the taithfiil to pray for the departed, and acted as night-watchman, calling the hours Mac. II. ii. 4 //(( oul . . . the fatal bellman. Which gives the si I rii'st ijond-night. bell-wether": leading sheep of a flock on whose neck a bell is hung AYL. in. ii. 86 ; fig. clamorous person Wiv. in. v. 114. belly-doublet: see great-bei.ly, thin-belly. belonging (recorded first from S.) 1 (?) caparison (of a horse) Cor. I. ix. 62. 2 pi. circumstances ; endowments Meas. i. i. 29'' Thysdf and thy b-s Are not thine own so proper . . . beloving : loving Ant. i. ii. 24 moi-e b. than helov'd. below (not common as prep, or adv. before the Eliz. period) [ii. 10. 1 downstairs Wiv. ii. ii. 153 ; = heloir stairs Ado v. 2 in Hades or hell Tp. iv. i. 31 Night kept chain'd b. belt: Mac. v. ii. 16 cannot buckle his di.itempei-'d caii'Se Witliin the belt of rule { = cannot f,ox\XYo\ his disorganized party) ; cf. Troil. li. ii. 30. bemadding : maddening Lr. in. i. 38 b. sorrow. be-niete: to measure Shr. iv. iii. 113 I shall so bi-iiiili thee villi thy yard . . . benioil: to liefoul with mire Shr. iv. i. 77. be-monster: to make monstrous, deform Lr. iv. ii. 03 lU-inonsler not thy feature. bench sb.: senators collectively Cor. in. i. 105, 100. bench vb. (the foil, senses are rare outside S.) 1 to raise to authority Wint. l. ii. 314 whnin I from meaner form Nave bench'd and rear'd to worship. BENCHER- ■2 to sit as a judge Lr. in. vi. 41 Bench hij Ins xide. bencher : senator Cor. ii. i. 93. bench-hole : privy Ant. iv. vii. 9. bend sb.: look, glance Ctes. i. ii. 123, Ant. ii. ii. •JlCr (' tlieir adoring looks or obtisances added grace and beauty to her'). bend vb. (3 properly, to bring a gun to bear) 1 h. up, to strain, neixe H5 iii. i. 16, Mac. i. vii. 79. 2 laid file bron>i, &c., to frown, scowl John iv. ii. 90, B2 II. i. 171 Or b. one wrinkle on my soicreiyn's face, Sonn. Music iv. 13 [Pilgr. 311]. 3 to level, aim, turn, direct John ii. i. 379 bend Your ttliiirpfst deeds of malice, R-3 i. ii. 95, iv. v. 17 do fheij hind their power, Lr. n. i. 43 'Gainst parri- cides did all their thunelers bend. 4 intr. and refl. to direct one's course, turn, pro- ceed All'sW. III. ii. 57 Thither n-e bend ai/ain, Wint. V. i. lt)5, 1H4 v. v. 3(5 ; fig. to tend, incline Tp. IV. 1. in always bending Towards their project, Ham. I. ii. 55, lib bend you to remain Here, Sonn. cxvi. 4. See also bent pa. pple. bending' : submissive, courteous K3 iv. iv. 95, Truil. I. iii. 236 ; H5 v. ii. 404* [Chor. 2] (a) bending under the weight of the task, (b) stoop- ing to the hearers' clemency. beneath used as adj. : this beneath norld, this world below Tim. I. i. 45. Cf. this widirylobehr.u. ii.l70. benediction : blessing Lr. ii. ii. 168 (the usual form of the proverb is ' out of God's blessing into tliC warm sun '). beneficial (thrice in S. ; 1 ' beneficent ' is post-S.) 1 beneficent Err. i. i. 151, H8 i. i. 56 the reiyif o' the hinificial sun. 2 ailvantageous 0th. ii. ii. 7 these beneficial news. benefit (1 ' benefaction ' is post-S.; 2 is only S.) 1 liestowal of property or rights, benefaction 1H6 V. iv. 152, R3 III. vii.195 Thisprnferr'd b. ofdiynity. - natural advantage or gift AYL. iv. i. 37 disable all III! Ik ne-fits of your own country, H8 I. ii. 115. benetted : ensnared Ham. v. ii. 29 benetted round iiilh lillains. bsnevolence : forced loan or aid levied by kings of England, first raised by Edward IV in 1473 as a token of his people's ' goodwill ' K2 ll. i. 251. "I Its use here is an anachronism. benign : stressed on the first syll. Per. n. Gower 3. benison: blessing Mac. ii. iv. 40 Hod's b. yo with you. bent slj. (not earlier than 16th c. in any sense) 1 '(/ hint for (so Ff; Qq and mod. edd. is bent), turned in the direction of Ham. IV^ iii. 48. 2 inclination of the mind Ado ly. i. 188 the very bent of honour, C' his birth, John ii. i. 430 a match of birth. 3 nature Rom. ii. iii. 20 RetoUs front true birth. 4 nativitv, horoscope 2H0 iv. i. 'S-i calculate my b. birtb-child : child born in a particular place'Per. IV. iv. 41 (.Marina was born in Thetis element, the sea). [130). bisson (1 also in mod. edd. b. miiltitiHle + Cor. in. i. 1 purblind Cor. n. i. 72 (Fibees. = blank charter (R2 I. iv. -18), document given to the agents of the crown in Ricliard Us reign to till up as they pleased R2 il. i. 251. 4 void T\v. X. II. iv. 112 what's her history 1 — A. blank. blank vb. : to make pale, blanch Ham. lU. ii. 232. blast (3 metaphor from the testing of cannon) 1 to ' split ' (the ears) witli a din Aut. jv. viii. 36. 2 to witlier or fall under a blight Gent. I. i. 48 hlastiiiij in the bud, Lucr. 49. 3 to burst Ham. iv. vii. 154 // this should blast in liroof blastment : blight Ham. i. iii. 42. blazon sb. (1, 2 proper tei-ms of heraldry) 1 armorial bearings, coat of arms Wiv. V. v. 70 With loyal blazon ; tig. Tw.N. i. V. 314. 2 description of armorial bearings according to the rules of heraldry, (hence simply) description Ado II. i. 309 I think your blazon to be true. 3 ]iroclaiming, publishing Ham. i. v. [iv.] 21 this fji rnal 6., Sonn. cvi. 5 inthe b. of sweet beauty s best. blazon vb. (used partly with heraldic metaphor) 1 to describe fitly, set forth honourably in words, publish the praises of Rom. ii. vi. 26, 0th. ii. i. 03 the quirks of blazoning pens, Compl. 217 \Vith wit well blazon'd. 2 to proclaim, make public Tit. iv. iv. 18 blazoning iiur injistire fiery where. Cym. iv. ii. 170. bleak : pale All's W. i. i. 116 Look b. in the cold wind. blear the eyes : to hoodwink, deceive Shr. v. i. 120. bleeding' : running or suffused with blood, bloody .Tulin n. i. 304 ^/(« b. ground, C'ses. iii. i. 168, Mac. v. ii. 4 : tig. unstanched, unhealed Cor. ii. i. 87 dis- miss the controversy b.; as adv. Tim. i. ii. 81 b.-new. blench, sb. : swerving, inconstancy Soun. ex. 7. blencll vb.: to start aside, 'shy' at, flinch /roHi Mcas. IV. V. 5 blench frooi this to that, Troil. I. i. :io //. lit sufirance. Ham. ii. ii. 634 [626]// Ac but b. blend: Weiirin with btowivo. blow vb.^: to blossom, bUiom Gent. i. i. 40, MXP. n. i. 249 (( bank whtrcon-f the mid thyme blown ; tig. Troil. I. iii. 317. SImOWN blown ppl. a.i (1 a very rare use) 1 wLispered, hinted 0th. in. iii. 182 (Ff hluncd). 2 swollen, inflated (lit. and fig.) 1H4 iv. ii. 54 b.Juck, Cor. V. iv. 51 /lie b. tide, Lr. iv. iv. 27 b. uiubitiun. blown ppl. a." : blossomed Ant. iii. xi. [xiii.] 39. blowse : ruddy-faced fat wench Tit. jv. ii. 73. blowt : see bloat. blue (first in S. as applied to mountains, flame, and veins) 1 formerly the distinctive colour of the dress of servants .Shr. iv. i. 93, 1H6 i. iii. 47 Blue vuats to in any coats. 2 leaden-coloured, livid Wiv. iv. v. 117 heafen black and blue, v. v. 51 as blue as bilbctrij. 3 applied to the bluish-black circle round the eyes caused by weeping or watching AYL. lu. ii. 398, Lucr. 1587. blue-bottle : nickname for a beadle, in allusion to his blue uniform 2H4 v. iv. 22 (Ff bluv-Bott(c)rd, Q bleabottk). blue-cap: a 'blue-bonnet' or Scotchman 1H4 ii. iv. 397. ^A broad round flat cap of blue woollen material was fonnerly common in Scotland. blue-ey'd: see blue 3, Tp. i. ii. 269 tin's b. hay. blvint (1 historically the earliest; 'dull-edged,' of a tool, is later; this occurs in S., as well as the meaning 'abrupt, unceremonious") 1 of dull perception, dull-witted Gent. n. vi. 41, 2H4 Ind. 18 the blu)tt monster with \incounted heads ( = ' the many-headed multitude '). 2 nide, unpolished, 3H6 iv. viii. 2 blunt Hollanders, Lucr. 1300 ; (hence) rough, harsh, unfeeling 3H6 V. i. 86 so blunt, unnatural, Ra I. iii. 104. Ven. 884 the blunt boar, rourjh bear, or lion proud. blurt: to pooh-pooh n^ Per. n'. iii. 34 ours was blurted at. board (1 and 2 are fig. uses of the hostile entering of a ship ; the sense ' provide meals for ' occurs) 1 to make advances to, address, accost Wiv. ii. i. 91, Shr. I. ii. 96, All's W. v. iii. 213. 2 b(ar up and board 'em Tp. III. ii. 3 (.' make another attack on the bottle '). boar-pig: young boar 2H4ir. iv. '2h0 Bartholomttcb. boast (used both intr. andrefl. in the usual sense) 1 to display proudly Lucr. 55 ^Yhin beauty boasted blushts. 2 bejast off, to ci-y up, praise highly Tp. iv. i. 9. bob sb.: 'rap', jibe, taunt AYL. h. vii. 55. bob vb.' (of different origin fi-om bob vb.- and vb.') 1 to cheat out of Troil. iii. i. 76 You shall not bob us out of our melody. 2 to filch 0th. V. i. \% jewels that I bohb'd/rom him. bob vb.- : to bang, thump R3 v. iii. 335 bobh'd, and thnmp'd, Troil. ll. i. 75. bob vb.^ : to move with a jerk MXD. ii. i. 49 tiyainst /((»• lips I boh. bodement: omen, augury Troil. v. iii. 80, Mac. rv. i. 96 Siieit bodements! bodg'e : to give way 3H6 i. iv. 19. bodkin (1 the orig. sense, Chaucer onwanis ; the mod. use is post-S.) 1 dagger Ham. lil. i. 76 When he himself miyht his quietus make With a hate hodkin. 2 small pointed instrument for piercing holes in cloth, &c., Wint. III. iii. 87. 3 long pin or pin-shaped ornament for the hair LLL. v. ii. 612 The head of a bodkin. \)Ody forth : to give mental shaie to MXD. v. i. 14. ^ Imitated by modern writers. boggier : waverer Ant. iii. xi. [xiii.] 110 i'ou hare been a boyyler ever. boil sb. (old edd. bile, byle) : Cor. i. iv. 31 BoHs and plrif/ues piaster you n'cr .' boiled: boiled brains (Ffn^ hyplicncd'. hot-headed 19 -BOND fellows Wint. in. iii. 63 (cf. Tp. v. i. 60, and MND. Y. i.i Lovers a ndinadme a huie such. veethiny brains); in boil'd stuff Cym. i. vi. 125 there is an allusion to the sweating-tub. bold (the ordiuai-y senses are well represented in S.) 1 be or wake (so) bold, to venture so far as to, pre- sume to Wiv. II. ii. 164, iv. v. 13 I'll be so bold us stay, H8 iir. ii. 319, Ven. 124 ; be or make bold with tor upon), to take liberties with, make free with Wiv. 11. ii. 267, Ado iii. ii. 8, Kom. iii. i. 83, Caos. n. i. 86 we are too bold upon your rest. 2 confident (o/), trusting (in) LLL. ii. i. 28 B. of your ■worthiness, AU'sW. V. i. 5, 0th. li. i. 51 my hopes . . .Stand inb. cure, Cym. it. iv. 2 Iain b. Iier honour Will n main, hirs ; SO make bold Cym. v. v. 89. bold-beating : app. confusion of hold-facd (1H6 IV. vi. 121 anil 'brow-beating' : Wiv. ii. ii. 2'8yrjur hold-biiitiiiy oaths. boldness: confidence Mea.s. iv. ii. l(Ji boldness of { = confidence in). bolin : early form of ' bowline ' Per. in. i. 43 Slack the bolins there. bollen (old edd. boln) : swollen Lucr. 1417 all boll'n and red ; Mer. V. iv. i. 56 bollen t bagpipe (old edd. Woollen ; many conj'. wauliny, &c.). [iii. 400. bolster : to lie on a l)olster(i. e. together) Otli. iii. bolt sb. (the senses ' door-fastening ' and ' thunder- bolt ' occur ; 2 was common from 1480 to 1690) 1 arrow, esp. one of the stouter and shorter kind with blunt or thickened head MND. ii. i. 165 the bolt of Cupid, Cym. iv. ii. 300 ; A fool's bolt is soon shot (proverb common from the 13th to 18th v.) H5 III. vii. 137 ; I'll make a shaft or a bolt out, Fll risk making something or other out of it, I'll make the venture Wiv. in. iv. 24. 2 fetter Meas. v. i. 345 Lay bolts enouqh on him, CjTU. v. iv. 10 tojjick that bolt. 204. bolt vb." : to sift (lit. and fig.) Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 377 the fanned snow That's b-ed by the northirn blasts. bolt vb.2 : to fetter (fig.) Ant. v. ii. 6 shackles acci- dents, and bolts lip chanye. bolter : box or chest in which flour is sifted from bran 1H4 lir. iii. 81 / have yiien them away to baker.s' wives, and. they hare made bolters of them ; so bolting-hntcb fig. 1H4 ii. iv. 501. bombard : leather j'ug for liquor (probably resem- bling the (annolis formerly so called) Tp. ii. ii. 21, lH4ir. iv. 503 thathu.ji b. of sack, H8 v. iv. 87. bombast sb. : cotton wool used for padding or stuffing 1H4 n. iv. :;64 my sweet creature of b.\ fig. LLL. V. ii. 789 As h. and as lining to the lime. bombast adj'.: inflated, turgid 0th. I. i. 13 bombast cirrit instance. bona-roba : showy wanton (.T.) 2H4 in. ii. 26, 220. bond (2 and 4 are the most freq. uses) 1 chain, fetter, usu. pL (often fig.) Err. v. i. 250 gnawing , , . my b-s in sunder, John in. iv. 70 liore them (= hairs) /row their h-s, Troil. i. iii. 66, Caes. I. i. 38 capfhe b-s, Cym. i. i. 117 b-s of death. 2 tic of duty, obligation of affection AYL. i. ii. 293 the natural bond of sisters. Cor. v. iii. 25 All bond and privilei/e of nature, Tim. i. i. 145, Lr. I. i. 95 / lore your majesty According to my bond, Sonn. cxvii. 4 Whereto all bunds do tie me ; Cses. u. i. 280 bond of m-arriage ; cf. H8 ii. iv. 38 My bond to wedlock. 3 cementing or uniting force Wint. rv. iii. [iv.]586 Prosperity's the very bond of love. 4 deed by which one binds oneself to another to make a payment or fulfil a contract iMer.V. i. i'i. 28 / think I may take his bond, in. ii. 318, &c., R2 II. i. 64 rolten parchment bonds ; often fig. and in extended use, R3 iv. iv. 77 Cancel his bond of life, Mac. III. ii. 49 Caned and tear to pieces that BONDAGE - 20 iiruit hijii/l ( = Ban iuo"s life), Sonn. cxlii. 7 seal'cl fdlse homh of love, Lucr. 136. bondag'e (1 with allusion to senses 'captivity', ami ' servitude ') 1 coiulition of being bound Cym.v.v.307i(;^/j/sf(»-Bis alone ; they were not born for lionihuje Conipl. 34. 2 binding force, obligation Cym. ii. iv. Ill the vows eif iifimcn Of no more howJuije he . . . bone I the usual senses are Ireq. ; 2 used only in '■atlis ; 4 cf. ' The lace-makers still call their work getting their bread out of the bones ', Naresj 1 ijOHtii/ honex, unborn child Lr. ii. iv. 163. 2 tin honm, lingei-s 2H6 i. iii. 193. 3 pi. some rude musical instrument MXD. iv. i. 33. 4 pi. boblMns with whicli bone-lace was made Tw.X. n. iv. 45 weave their thread with bonis. bonnet: to take off the bonnet in token of respect Cor. II. ii. 30 those who, havinr/ hien supple and eonrfeons to the people, bonneted. bonny (2 doubtful sense ; 3 still dialectal) 1 pleasant to look upon, comely 2Htj v. ii. 12 the bonny beast he lov'd so well. Ham. iv. v. 186 bonny sirvd Robin, [line of an old ballad] 2 big. stout AYL. n. iii. 8 b. priser (mod. edd. bony). 3 gladsome Ado ii. iii. 71 be you blithe and honny. book (fig. and allusive uses of 2 are freq.) 1 writing, document 1H4 ill. i. 224 By that time will our book, I think, be drawn. 2 volume or literary work read or consulted (freq.); fig. John n. i. 485 tins hook of beauty (— Bianca), Rom. I. iii. 87 This precious hoi the runniny brooks, H8 I. i. 122 A b(i/;/ar's b. Outworlhs a nobk 's blood. bookful : Ado V. ii. 32 ; or read, a ivhole hook full. book-man : scholar, student LLL. ri. i. 225, &c. book-mate: fellow-student LLL. iv. i. 103. boorish: used as sb. = illiterate speech AYL. v. i. 54. boot sb.' (3 influenced by the word ' booty ') 1 something given in addition or into the bargain AVint. IV. iii. [iv.] 6.54, R3 iv. iv. 65 I'onng York he is hut boot, Troil. iv. v. 40 I'll yive you boot ; rilyive you thr^eforone ; esp. in phr. to b. (freo.). 2 advantage, profit : phrases make boot of, profit by Ant. iv. i. 9 ; it is no boot, it is of no avail or use Shr. v. ii. 177 ; to hoot, to our lielp Wint. i. ii. 80, R3 V. iii. 302 Saint Oeorye to boot ! 3 bootv, plunder in phr. make boot {upon, of) 1H4 II. i. 01, H5 I. ii. 194, 2H6 iv. i. 13. boot sb.- ; to yivc (a person) the bouts, to fool him — BOTS Gent. I. i. 27'. ^ Cf. 'to give one the boots, to sell him a bargaine ' Cotgr. s.v. Bailler. boot vb.' (1 the usual sense ; 2 once) 1 to a-vail : intr. R2 iii. iv. 18 ; trans. Gent. i. i. 28. 2 to enrich with an additional gift Ant. ii. v. 71 / (('/// hejot thee with what ijift biside . . . boot vl).= : to put on one"s boots 2H4 v. iii. 138. boot-hose : over-stocking covering the leg like a jack-boot Shr. in. ii. 69 a ktrsey boot-hose. bootless: unavailing (freq.) ; adv. MSD. u. i. 37, Tit. III. i. 36. border : to keep within bounds Lr. iv. ii. 33. bore sb. (2 metaphor from a gun) 1 small hole Cor. iv. vi. 88 (see augek), Cym. iii. ii. 58 the bores of hearing ( = the eai-s). 2 calibre (fig.; Ham. l\'. vi. 28 too light for the bore of the matter. [v.) bore vb. (2 used by Fletdier, ' Spanish Cm-ate ' iv. 1 to perforate, trans, and intr. MND. iii. ii. 53, R2 III. ii. 170. 2 to clieat, gull H8 1, i. 128 He b-s me with some trick. Boreas: the north wind Troil. i. iii. 38thc ruffian B. bore-sprit : see Bowsprit. borrow sb.: borrowing Wint. i. ii. 39. borrow vb. (extensions of the common sense are) 1 to derive, receive Troil. iv. v. 132 any drop [of blood] thou borrow'dst from thy mother, Sonn. cliii. 5 Which borrow' d from this holy fire vf Love A dateless lively heat. 2 to assume, putonH5ll. iv. Id The borrow' d glories; cf. Lr. I. iv. 1 If but as well I other accents borrow ; hence borrowed often = counterfeit, false Rom. IV. i. 104, Lucr. 1549 those borroit'd teecrs. bosky : shrubby Tp. iv. i. 81 My hosky acres. bosom sb. (bosom multiplied Cor. in. i. 130 prob. = the bosom of the many-headed monster, i. e. the people ; bisson multitueh\) [38. 1 Abraham's h. (Luke xvi. 22) = Paradise K3 iv. iii. 2 fold or pocket in the front part of a bodice, used for letters, &c. Gent. I. ii. Ill, Ham. ii. ii. 112. 3 seat of affection, desire, passion = 'heart' (freq.); Lr. V. iii. 50 the common b. (=the affections of the populace) ; sometimes = (i) repositoiy of secrets Meas. v. 1. 10 To lock it in the wards of covert b., Ctes. v. i. 7 / eem in their b-s, Lr. iv. v. 26 you are of herb.; (ii) desire, intimate thoughts Meas. IV. iii. 143 have your b. on this wretch, Uth. m. i. 58 To speak your b. freely. 4 of things : (i) surface John rv. i. 3 the h. of the ground, Rom. i. iv. 102, ii. ii. 32 the b. of the air ; (ii) enclosing walls (of a tower) R2 v. i. 3 whose flint b.; (iii) depths, inmost recesses LLL. iv. iii. 32, John II. i. 410 this city's b., R3 i. i. 4 the deep h. of the ocean ; cf. H8 li. iv. 180 the b. of my con- science ( = my inmost conscience). bosomi vb. (Cf. ' I'll bosom what I think', John Day, 1606) 1 lit. to take to the bosom, embrace ; (hence) to admit to close companionship Lr. v. i. 13 con- junct And bosoin'd irith her. 2 to keep in secret H8 l. i. 112 B. up my counsel. botch sb. : flaw resulting from iiuskilfui workman- ship Mac. HI. i. 134 ; so botch vh. to patch, esii. unskilfully (chiefly fig. witli /(;/) Tw.X. iv. i. 6(1 hoa< many fruitless pranks This ruffian hath b-'it up ( = clumsily contrived), H5ii. ii. 115, Ham. iv. V. 10 b. the words up to fit their own thoughts ; botcher AU'sW. iv. iii. 211, Cor. ii. i. 99. botchy con, central hard mass of a boil or tumour Troil. II. i. 6 ^?soIne pun on botch vb.). both-sides: duubk-faccd AllsW. iv. iii. 252 Damn- uhli Imlh-sidis rogiii ! bots : disrase ot horse s caused by parasitic worms or maggots Shr. III. ii. 67, IHl ii. i. 11 ; in oaths BOTTLE 21 —BRANCHLESS Per. 11. i. 1'28 bols on't. fj ' Bots ' was used both as sing, (for the disease) and as pi. (for the mag- gots) in Eliz. times. bottle : truss (of hay i MND. iv. i. 38. bottled (not pre-S.) : bottle-shaped, big-bellied E3 I. iii. :i42 that hotthd spider, iv. iv. 81. bottom sb. (freq. in the ordinary sense, and fig. ■= ' depths ') 1 low-lying land, valley AYL. iv. iii. 80 down in the ne/yhbour bottom, 1H4 iii. i. 106 so rich a b. 2 ship, vessel (orig. the keel or hull) Mer. V. I. i. 42 3Iy rentures are not in one bottom trusted, Tw.N. V. i. 61, John n. i. 73, H5 ni. Chor. 12. 3 ball of thread Shr. iv. iii. 137 b. of brown thread. bottom vb. (cf. prec. 3) : to wind, as a skein of thread Gent. in. ii. 53 as you itnwind her love from him . . . Van must p^roride to bottom it on me. bottom-g-raes : grass growing in low valleys Yen. 236. bounce sb. and int. : bang John ir. i. 462 cannon jirf, and smoke undbounce, 2H4nr. ii. 307 'bounce,'' no til (I a' say. bound sb. (' bound ' = leap is a different word) 1 boundaiy, limit, barrier (lit. and fig. ) Tp. i. ii. 97 A conjidence sans bound, MXD. in. ii. 65, John III. i. Ii Like a proud river peering o'er his bounds ; Hani. IV. vii. Ii8 Jievenye should have no bounds. 2 chiefly pi. territory, district, precinct Err. i. i. 133 tl'irouyk the bounds of Asia, Tim. v. iv. 61 in your city's hounds ; sometimes sing. = area Tp. li. i. 1.59 bound of land, 1H4 v. iv. 90. bound vb.' : to enclose, confine, restrict .Tohn ii. i. 431, 442 the banks that bound them in, Troil. i. iii. Ill the boundid waters, xv. v. 128. bound vb." (not pre-Eliz.; 1 and 2 are obs.) 1 to recoil, rebound All'sW. ll. iii. 314 these heills bound; there's noise in it, R2 I. ii. 58 ('She coiii- paies her reiterated complaints to the rebound- ing of a tennis-ball '). 2 to cause to leap H5 v. ii. 145 bound my horse. bound ppl. a.' (older ' boun ', ' bun ' of Norse origin) 1 ready, prepared 3H6 ii. iv. 3, Ham. I. v. 6 I am bound to hear, in. iii. 41 « man to double business bound, Lr. in. vii. 11. 2 intending to go Err. rv. i. 3 b. To Persia, Cor. in. i. 53, Ham. rv. vi. 10, 6. for England, Sonn. Ixxxvi. 2. bound ppl. a.- (pa. pple. of the vb. 'bind ') 1 under obligation, obliged 1H6 n. i. 37. 2 I dare be bound, I am certain Cym. iv. iii. 18. bounden: obliiied/o AYL. i. ii. 303, John in. iii. 29. bounteous, bountifully, bounty are freq. used where ' generous ' and ' liberal ' and their deriva- tives would be now usual. bourn' : brook Lr. in. vi. 28 Come o'er the bourn. bourn- : boundary, confine, limit Wint. i. ii. 135 Xo b. 'twixt his and mine. Ant. i. i. 16 I'll set a b. how far to be belov'd, Lr. iv. vi. 58 this chalky b. ( = Dover clitfs). TJThe meaning in Ham. in. i. 79 country from whose b. Xo traveller returns has been variously taken by modern writers to be ' goal ' and ' realm, domain '. bout : round or turn (in fencing) Tw.N. ni. iv. 341, Ham. IV. vii. 158, v. ii. 298 ; transf. to dancing Rom. I. V. 21 ladies that have the toes Vnplagued with corns will walk a bout\ with you (Qi have about = a bout, Qq Ft icalke about). bowsb.: yoke for oxen AYL. in. iii. 85 As the o.v luith his bow. bow vb. : to cause to bend, make crooked Shr. n. i. 151 boii'd her hand to teach her fingering, H8 n. iii. 36 tt three-pence bow'd, Per. iv. ii. 94 you arc a young foolish sapling, and must be bowed ; fig. H5 I. ii. 14 wrest, or bow your reading, Cor, v. v. [vi.] 25 He bow'd his nature. bow-back : < urved or arched back Yen. 619. •[i ' Bow-backed " is recorded from 1470. [16. bow-boy : boy with the bow, i.e. Cupid, Kom. n. iv. bow-case: ease in wliich a bow is kept ; in 16th- 17th cent, applied humorously to a lean starve- ling 1H4I1. iv. 277. bowels: used in the Eliz. period = offspring Meas. in. i. 29 thine own bowels, which do call thee sire. bower : to embower, enclose Kom. ui. ii. 81. bowg'et: see budget. bow hand: hand that holds the bow in arcliei-y, i. e. the left hand LLL. iv. i. 137 Wide o' the b. bowl (four times in S.; 1 rhymes with 'owl ') 1 to play at bowls LLL. r\". i. 142 challenge her to b. 2 to cause to roll Ham. ii. ii. 526 [518J. 3 to roll like a bowl, i. e. with a regular motion Wint. n'. iii. [iv.] 340' if it be not too rough for some that knoiv little but bowling. 4 howl'd, pelted with rolling missiles Wiv.in.iv. 91. bowsprit : Yibon-sprit{t, common Eliz. form Tp. i. ii. 200. boy my greatness : Ant. v. ii. 219 ; allusion to the fact that l)oys or youths played female parts on the stage in S.'s time. boy-queiier : boy-killer Troil. v. v. 45. brabble: quarrel, brawl Tw.X. v. i. 69 hi private b. did ire appreliend him. Tit. ii. i. 62 This petty b. brabbler : quarreller, brawler John v. ii. 162 ; cf. Troil. V. i. 102 Be will spend his mouth , . . like Jlrabbler the hound. brace sb. (etym. meaning ' the two arms ', (hence) 'armour covering the arms' ; 3 orig. of dogs, perhaps because the leash was called a brace) 1 (?) coat of armour "Per. n. i. 137. 2 state of defence 0th. i. iii. 24 stands not in such war-like brace. 3 pair (of dogs) 3H6 ii. v. 129 b. of greyhounds ; (of persons, freq.) Tp. v. i. 126 my h. of lords, [ii. 169. brace vb.: to tighten the skin of (a drum) John v. bracta.: kind of hound that hunts by scent Shr. Ind. i. 17, Lr. m. vi. 72 b. or lym ; esp. a bitch-hound 1H4 111. i. 240 Lady, my brach, Lr. i. iv. 125. bragf vb. (the foil, are rare uses ; 2 peculiar to S.) 1 to boast of, vaunt Cor. i. viii. 13, Cym. v. iii. 93. 2 to talk with just pride of Rom. i. v. 71 brags of him To be a virtuous . . . youth, n. vi. 31. brag'less(S.) : without vain boasting Troil. v. ix. 4. braid adj. (S.) : (?) deceitful All'sW. rv. ii. 73. braid vb.' : to plait Yen. 271 braielcd . . . mane, Compl. 35 slackly braided, [yourself. braid vb.^ : to upbraid Per. l. i. 93 'Twould braid brain sb. : bear a brain, to have remembrance Bom I. iii. 29 ; beaten with brains, satirized, mocked Ado V. iv. 104 ; for other phrases see boiled, DRY, HOT, &C. brain vb. (1 fig. from dashing out the brains) 1 to defeat Meas. v. i. 397 That brain'd my purpose. 2 to conceive in the brain (S.) Cym. v. iv. 147. brained : having brains Tp. in. ii. 7 brained like iis. brainisb : headstrong, passionate Ham. iv. i. 11. brake: thicket Yen. 816 her fawn hid in some b.; fig. H8 1, ii. 75 the rough b. That virtue must go through. branch (1 peculiar to S. ; in AYL. iv. ii. 5 there is a ref. to the palm-branch and to the division of a deer's horn called a ' branch ') 1 pi. applied to the human hands Tit. ii. iv. 18 made thy body bare Of her two branches. 2 division, section, part Err. v. i. 106 a branch and parcel of mine oath, Mer.Y. n. ii. 68 branches of teaming. Ham. v. i. 12, Cym. v. v. 384. branched : adorned with a figured pattern sug- gestingbraiichesTw.N. n. v. 65my branched velvet gown. 1 In use 1510-1700. branchless : fig. destitute Ant. in. iv. 24. 3 BRAUD — i brand : Cujiid's torch C'yiii. ii. iv. 91, Sonn. cliii. 1. brass : used to symbolize U) liarduess, iiupeiushable- ness Meas. v. i. 11 chnracters of 0., H5 iv. iii. 97 live in 6., Cjes. i. iii. 93 ualh o/beattn h., Soiin. Ixiv. 4; (ii) insensibility Sonn. cxx. 4 I'liless mij nci-res vu-eh.; (iii) obduracy LLL. v. ii. S'd'Jdiiy /ticeo/b. brass'dt : see brazeb. brassy : hard as brass, pitiless Mer.\ . iv. i. 31 hriiiisii hosrims and roiifih hinrts of flint. brave sli.: bravado, deifiant threat Slir. m. i. 15 Iinl! ni)t hcnr ilitse Inives of thine, John V. ii. 159 Tlun I ml thy bnne. Tit. n. i. 30. brave adj. (neither sense is pre-Eliz.) 1 finely arrayed ; (hence) sho^\'J-, splendid Shr. Ind. i. 40 bnne nttendnnt^, Sunn. xv. 8 uear their bnne state out of mimonj, Pilgr. xii. 4 [160] Youth like summer brave, aye like irinter bare. 2 verv freq. used as an epithet of praise of persons and" things : excellent, capital, line Ado v. iv. 131 bnne puHishme7its, AYL. iii. iv. 41 that's a brave man ! he writes brnre rerses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, 1H4 iv. i. 7 a braver place In my heart's love ; (ironically) Ham. it. ii. 619. brave vl>. (1 freq. in S. ; 2 in common Eliz. use) 1 to challenge, defy (lit. and fig.) John iv. iii. 87 dar'sl thou brave a nobleman?, R3 iv. iii. 57 when traitors brave the field, Lucr. 40 so rich a thiny, Braviny compare ; also intr. in pres. pple. AlFsW. I. ii. 31 bravinij war, K2 il. iii. 112 braving arms. 2 to make splenilid Shr. iv. iii. 125, E3 v. iii. 280 Hi [tlif sun] shinild have h-'d the east fin hour ago. bravely: nsed in the senses of the adj., but the meanings 'valiantly' and 'excellently, finely' are often blended, e. g. Mac. v. vii. 26 The noble thanea do bravely in the war. bravery (sense ' valour ' does not clearly emerge) 1 defiance, bravado Ca?s. v. i. 10, Cym. m. i. 18. 2 splendour, finery, fine clothes Meas. i. iii. 10, AYL. II. vii. 80, Shr. it. iii. 57 With scarfs luid fans a>id double change of bravery, Sonn. xxxiv. 4. 3 ostentatious display Ham. v. ii. 79 the bravery of lii.t grief. brawl sb. : French dance resembling a cotillon LLL, III. i. 9. T[A ditferent word from ' brawl ' = quarrel, squabble (cf. next). brawl vb. (1 freq. in lit. sense ; 2, 3 not pre-S.) 1 to quarrel noisily ; (hence) to be clamorous, or noisy, or discordant Meas. iv. i. 11 my brawling discontent, Slu'. iv. i. 209 FU rail and brawl, 2H4i. iii. 70 as the times do b., Rom. i. i. 181 0 h-iny love ! 2 (of a stream) to make a noise in its course over stones, &c. AYL. li. i. 32 the brook that breiwls . . . 3 to beat down with clamour John ii. i. 383. brawn (2 in common use from 1400 and now dial.) 1 tiesliy part of the bo 1y, esp. the arm, calf of the leg, or buttock Troil. i. iii. 297 in my vanlbran put this uitlur'd brawn, Cym. IV. ii. 311 The bnwns of Hercnhs ; attnb. = fleshy All'.s^V. ii. li. 20. 2 (?) boar (said of Falstatf) 1H4 n. iv. 125. brazed [from bkass] : hardened Ham. m. iv. 37 (FfQo braid, Qq.,-r, brasd, mod. edd. brass' d-\), Lr. I. i. 11 1 am brazed to it. brazen: in fig. senses following those of brass 2HG III. ii. 89 ioos'd them [the winds] forth their brazen caves, 3H6 n. iv. 4 a brazen wall. brazier : worker in brass H8 v. iv. 43 he should be a brazier by his face. breach (1 is frei[. and colours other uses, esp. 2) 1 gap in a fortification made by a battery H6 iii. i. 1 Once more iin/o the Imacli, dear friends. 2 fissure or gap caused by breaking John rv'. ii. 32 patches set upon a little breach, Ven. 1175 ; esp. = wound Troil. iv. v. 244 the very breach whereout Hector's great spirit flew, Ven. 1066. -BBZSATH 3 violation, infraction Eir. rv. i. 49 i. of promise, H5 IV. i. 182, Ham. i. iv. 16 a custom More honour'd ■in the breach, Cym. iii. iv. 27. 4 break-up of friendly relations, rupture H8 ]v. i. 106, Lr. I. ii. 167 nuptial hnaches. 5 theb. of the sea, the breakers or surf Tw.N. ii. i. 23. bread : God's bread, the sacramental bread, the Host (used in oaths) Rom. iii. v. 177 ; bread and cheese, typical of simple fare Wiv. ii. i. 139 I love ■no/ the liunidur of bnad and cheese. bread-chipper : see chip vb. 2H4 n. iv. 346 breadth: extent (S.) AUsW. in. ii. 26 (Fi brtdth, Craig hrcath), John iv. ii. 99 (see blood 5), Per. IV. i. 36. break (see also broken) 1 to cut open (a persons head) Wiv. I. i. 126 I broke your head. Err. I. ii. 79 / shall b. that merry sconce of yours, il. i. ISIirill b. thy pate across ; similarly Kom. I. iii. 38 the day befori shi hmki Inr broir. 2 to crack (a joke) Shr. iv. v. 72 to Im ak a ji si ipon the company, Troil. i. iii. 148 ; similarly Ado ii. i. 154 briak a comparison or two upon me, li. iii. 256 rimiunils of wit broken on me. 3 to reveal, disclose H5 v. ii. 264 break thij mind to me, lH6i. iii. 82, Mac. i. vii. 48 bn Qq ; Ff h((tes), ' your quarrels (or spirits) which had risen high and broken out into rancour ') 1 fragmentary, incomplete ; broken meeds, remains of food, as eaten by servants Lr. ii. ii. 15 A l-neac, n rascal, an eater ejf broken nnats ; AH'sW. li. iii. CO Ml) mouth no more nere brolcen ( = having gaps in the tcetlr, H5 r. ii. 201: brokin Ene/lish. 2 interrupted AVint. v. ii. 10 brokin diliriri/, H8i. iv. 61 brokin hanquel, Troil. iv. iv. 48 brokin tears (i.e. broken with sobs). rs ruined, bankrupt AYL. ii. i. 57 that poor and broken bankrupt, R2 il. i. 258 bankrupt, like a broken )//<(»( (? = outlaw, the regular meaning in old Scotch law), Cym. v. iv. 19 broken debtors. 4 broken music, music arranged for parts, concerted music (with a pun) AYL. i. ii. 151, H5 v. ii. 202, Troil. III. i. 53. 5 broken bosoms, broken hearts Compl. 254. broker : agent or intermediary (freq. with implied censure), esp. go-between in love affairs Jolinir. i. 508 tliat .«(/ devil. That broker, that still breaks tlie pate of faith, 582, 3H0 iv. i. 03 To play the broker on mine own behalf ; fig. Ham. I. iii. 127, Conipl. 173 voirs were ever brokers to dejilini/ ; so broker-between Troil. in. ii. 211. broking' pawn : pledge R2 ii. i. 293 Redeem from broking pann the blemish'd crown. broocli: in S.'s time used to include any jewel- ornament, esp. one worn round the neck ; hence fig. like 'jewel', ' ;;cm ' E2 v. v. 00, Ham. iv. vii. 9:i the brooch indud And i/eni of all tlie nation. broocli'd : adorned as wilh a jewel Ant. iv. xiii. [xv.] 25 not flic imperious .show Of the fnll-fortun d I'll sar ever slinll He hrooch'd with me. brood : sits on broejd (in earlier English ' abrood '), sits lirooding like a hen Ham. in. i. 174. brooded* : having a brood to watch over John in. iii. 'rl hroodid untchfulday. ^The coiij. 'brood- eied '=broad-eyed, is plausible: cf Chapman's ' brode-ey'd loue ' (ciipiioTra Z^r, Iliad viii. 200). brook sb.: flying at the brook, liawking at the river witli a goshawk for waterfowl (contrast bibding), the royal sport of falconry 2H0 ii. i. 1. brook vl). : to endure, tolerate (freq.) ; cf abrook. broom-grove' : Tp. iv. i. (iO broom-groves, Whose sliiidiiir till disiiiissid bachelor lores. broonistaff i lirst in S.) : broom-handle H8 v. iv. 59 //(((/ came to tlie broomstaff to me. brother (pi. bnthnn, 3 syll. in Tit. I. i. 89, 348, 357): often used for 'brother-in-law', e.g. Err. ii. ii. 150 ; also ' lialf-brotlier ' R3 v. iii. 90. brother-love: brotherly affection H8 v. iii. 172. brow : properly, the arch of hair over the eye 2H0 I. ii. -i Why doth the great ]>ukt Hatnphrty knit his brows? ; (hence) pi. the prominences of the fore- head on either side above the eyes LLL. v. ii. .'i93 Helji ! hold Itis brows.', Ca-s.v. iii. 82 ; sing, the fore- head Ven. 59 she kiss'd his brow ; fig. aspect, ap- pearance lH4r\'. iii. 83 6^ this face, This seeming brow of justice, Mac. iv. iii. 23, Ham. i. ii. 4 our II hole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe. Brownist : adherent of the sect founded in Eliza- lieth's reign by Robert Brown, an English Puri- tan Tw.N. III. ii. 30. [lOS. bruit sb.: rumour, report 3H6 iv. vii. 64, Tim. v. i. bruit vb. (1 tlie ordinary sense ; 2, 3 only in S.) 1 to noise abroad, report, rumour IHO ii. iii, 08 I find lliou art no liss than fame hath bruited. 2 to herald with noise Mac. v. vii. 22 By this great clatter, one of greatest noti Seems bruited. 3 brtiit again, to echo Ham. i. ii. 127. brush ; forcible rush, hostile encounter Troil. v. iii. 34 the b-es of the war ; fig. Tim. iv. iii. 205 with one winter's b.* ; app. associated with ' bruise ' 2H0 V. iii. 3 Aged contusions and all b. of time. bubble: fig. empty, unsubstantial thing AYL. ii. vii. 152 Silking flu bubble ripntation, All'sAV. III. vi. 5 (said of a person). bubukle : mixture of 'bubo ' and ' carbuncle ' H5 in. vi. Ill (Fluellen's speech). buck : quantity of clothes put tbroush the ' buck ' or lye ; hence, c^uantity waslu.il 2H0 iv. ii. 52 she washes bucks ; so buck-basket, dirty-linen basket Wiv. in. iii. 2, &c.: blocking, w-ashing Wiv. III. iii. 140. bucket: come off and on .j. 3H0 i. iv. .50 (Qqj. 3 to bend under stress or pressure 2H4 i. i. 141 whose Jever-weakend joints . . . buckle under life. buckler sb.: shield; I give thee the bucklers'{ = l own that you are the better man) Ado v. ii. 17. U Similar phrases were 'to yield, lay down the bucklers ' ; the opposite was expressed by ' to carry away the bucklers '. buckler vb. (thrice in S., not otherwise common) 1 to .shield, defend Shr. in. ii. 242 /'// buckler thee against a million, 2H0 in. ii. 210, 3H0 ni. iii. 99 buckler falsi hood with a pedigree. ■2 to catch or ward off (blows) 3H0 i. iv. 50 (Ff). Bucklersbury : street of London off Cheapside. inliabited by herbalists Wiv. in. iii. 79 smell like Bucklersbury in simple-time. buckratu : coarse linen stiffened with gum or paste 1H4 n. iv. 217 two rogues in buckram suits ; attrib. prob. fig. = stiff, starched, stuck-up 2H0 IV. vii. 28 (with quibble : see say). buck-washing Wiv. iii. iii. 165 : see buck. bud sb.: used for ingrafting under the bark of a different stock Wint. n'. iii. [iv.] 95 make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race ; fig. .Tohn in. iv. 82 now icill canker-sorrow eat my bud [i.e. Arthur]. bud vb. : fig. to develop Shr. rv. v. 37 budding virgin, H8 I. i. 94 The .sudden breach , . . is budded out. bvidge (old edil. also bouge, boudge) : spec, to flinch Cor. I. vi. 44, C»s. iv. iii. 44 ; hence budger (S.) : one who flinches Cor. i. viii. 5 the first budger. BUDGET - b\xdget : puucli, wallet Wint. iv. ii. 20 {i\ Buiiyd rliyining with avouch-il). btiff: stout leather made of ox-hide, used for the attire of soldiei's, and (in S.) sergeants and bum- baililVs Err. rv. ii. 3(5, 1H4 r. ii. 48 is not a buff jirkin a must sived robe of diinntce? bug : hobgoblin, bogey, imaginary object of terror Shr. I. ii. 214 ferir boi/s with bu n,',ii,r, nl ehihl. R3 V. iv. 39 [v. 26] b. to the sire. ■butcherly : murderous 3H6 ii. v. 89 how fell, how b. toiitcher-sire : murderous father Ven. 766. hutt ' : cask for wine or ale containing two hogs- licads Tp. II. ii. 130 ; fig. Troil. v. i. 32*. ^ In Tp. I. ii. 146 (if doubtful meaning (mod. edd. boati). butt = : mark for archery practice, properly a mound or other erection on which the target is set up H5 I. ii. 186 To which is fixed, as an aim or butt. Obedience, 3H6 l. iv. 29 1 am your butt, and J abide your shot ; (hence) goal, object Otli. v. ii. 266 my jiiunii !i's t lid . . . nil/ butt. See also butt-shaft. butt-' : laiUiiig iif a iKjrned animal Shr. v. ii. 41. butt-end: iii;. tlie concluding part, fag-end K3 ii. ii. 110 the hiitt-uid of a mutlur's blessiny. butterfly: vain, gauilily attired person (e.g. one who (hitters about a cciurt) Lr. v. iii. 13 we'll . . . I, null, At ijihhd hiifln-Jlus. buttery: ori^;. stnie-iciom for liquor, later for piiivisions generally Shr. Ind. i. 102; buttery- bar, ledge on the top of the buttery hatch or lialf- door, to rest tankards on Tw.N. i. iii. 75 briny your hand to the butlery-har and let it drink. button (1 the origin of the phrases is doubtful) 1 'lis III his buttons, he has fortune at his command, is sure to succeed Wiv. iii. ii. 74; butcher of a silk button, expert fencer Bom. n. iv. 25. 2 knob on the top of a cap Ham. ii. ii. 237 On For- tune's cap tee are not the very button. 3 bud Ham I. iii. 40 before their buttons be disclos'd. button-hole : take (a person) a button-hole lower, liumiliate, take down a peg LLL. v. ii. 7u5. butt-shaft: unbarbed arrow used in shooting at the butts ; aiiiilieil tci Cupid's dart LLL. I. ii. 184, Iiom. H. iv. 17 //)(; blind hoiv-hoy's bntt-sliaft. buxom (twice in R.) : lively, brisk H5 m. vi. 27 of b. iiiloiir, Per. i. Gower 23 h., blithe, and full of face. buy (sense 2 (i) is obs.) 1 hill/ mill Sill, barter, traffic with, in a ba'l sense 118 1, i. l'.)2 lliiis h. inidsill his honour ; so hnui/ht and sold, betrayed Err. iii. i. 72, John v. iv. 10, R3 v. iii. 306 bie'Uon thy master is bouijht and sold. 2 buy out, (i) ransom, redeem EiT. I. ii. 5 not bciny able to buy out his life ; (ii) get rid of by a money payment John in. i. 164 the curse that money may buy out, 1H4 IV. ii. 24 houyht out their services ( = paid money to be releaseuls, Sunn. Ixxx. 13 ; c. by, to throw aside Rom. i. i. 99. cast, casted pa. pple: disused, abandoned, forsaken AYL. HI. iv. lr> a pair of cast lipsof JJiiena, R5lV. i. 23 ]Vilh nis/,d slouyh. castigate: to cbasten Tim. iv. iii. 241 To nislifial, Ihy priile. '', First in S., but castigation (Utli. HI. iv. 42) is in Cliaucer. castle (1 if. 'some old Lads of the Castell", 'a lusty ladd of the Castell, that will binde Beares, and ride golden Asses to death,' CUibriel Harvey) 30 —CAUDLE 1 old lad of the c. : (?) roisterer 1H4 i. ii. 48. 2 fig. = st)ong protection, stronghold Troil. v. ii. 184 and Tit. in. i. 170 (in which the word lias been needlessly taken to mean 'helmet"). casual (twice in S.) 1 accidental Ham. v. ii. 396 casual slaughters. 2 subject to chance, precarious Cym. i. iv. 105 the one is but frail and the oilier casiml. casvially ; accidentally Cym. n. iii. 146. cat (1 chiefly in allusions and proverbs) 1 domestic animal Tp. n. ii. 89 here is that which will give language to you, cat (very strong drink was .said to make a cat speak). Ado v. i. 136 care killed a cat (i.e. for all its nine lives), MND. i. ii. 32 a part to tear a cat in ( = to rant violently), Mac. I. vii. 45 Like the poor cat i' the adiuje (the cat that would eat fish, but would not wet lier feet), Ham. v. i. 314 The cat will mew. 2 civet-cat or musk-cat AYL. in. ii. 71 civet is . . . the very uncleanly flux of a cat, Lr. in. iv. 108 Thou owest . . . the cat no perfume. 3 term of contempt for a human being All'sW. iv. iii. 269 he's a cat to me, 297, Cor. iv. ii. 34. Catalan : for ' Cathaian,' man or woman of Cathay, i.e. China, (hence) sharper, scoundi'el Wiv. ii. i. 147, Tw.N. n. iii. 83. cataplasm : poultice, plaster Ham. iv. vii. 143 c. so ran , Colheti d from all simiilix Ihat have virtue, catastrophe (2 is recorded first from S.) 1 that which produces the conclusion or final event of a dramatic piece, denouement LLL. iv. i. 78, Lr. I. ii. IbOpat he comes, like the c. of the old comedy. 2 conclusion, end All'sW. i. ii. 57 On the calaslrop'tc and heel of pastime. 3 (jocularly) the iiosteriors (S.) 2H4 n. i. 68. catch sb. (1 not pre-S.; 2 not pre-Eliz.) 1 that which is caught or is worth catching Slir. II. i. 325 a quiet catch, Troil. il. i. 110 Hector shall have a great catch. 2 short musical composition for three or more voices, wliich sing the same melody, the second singer beginning the first line as the first goes on to the second line, and so on Tp. in. ii. 129, 137, Tw.N. n. iii. 99, &c. catch vb. {caught occurs 31 times, calchid 4 times ; the senses ' overtake, come up with ' (Tp. v. i. 315, MND. II. i. 233, R3 n. ii. 44), 'ai>prehend by the senses or intellect ' (LLL. n. i. 70, Ant. i. il. 149, Sonn. cxiii. 8), 'apprehend so as to adopt or appropriate ' (Mac. i. v. 19), and ' catch a cold ' (Gent. I. ii. 133) are recorded first from S.; tliere are many other uses ; the foil, arc occas.) 1 to attain, get possession of 3H6 in. ii. 179 I . . . Torment myself to ceitcli the English croiot, Mac. i. vii. 3 if the assassination Could . . . catch With his stircease success, Sonn. cxliii. 11 ; absol. John i. i. 173 have is have, however moi do caleh, 2 fig. of contracting a disease MND. i. i. 189 My tongue should catch your ionque's sweet melody. 3 caleh the air*, (?) gasp for breath 2H6 in. ii. 371. cater-cousins: good friends Mer.V. n. ii. 143 His maslir and he , . . are scarce cater-cousins. ^ This is the prevailing sense in mod. dial. use. [190. cates : dainties, delicacies Err. in. i. 28, Shr. n. i. catling : catgut Troil. in. iii. 309 unless the fiddler Apollo get his sineics to make catlings on. ^Cat- ling is the name of a musician in Rom. iv. v. 133. cat-o'-mountain : leopard or panther Tp. iv. i. 264 piird, or cat-o'-mnunlain; attrib. Wiv. n. ii. 27. caudie (meaning unknown) : 1114 i. iii. 251 iihal n iiuidie dial of courtisy (Fn. caudie, Fj i gaudic, -y, ino.l. edd. eaiidyf). caudle: warm drink given to sick people, con- siating of thin gruel, uii:icd with wine or ale CAUSE — .sweetened and spiced LLL. iv. iii. 174; hempen niiidh, halter 2H0 iv. vii. 94. cause ah. (the foil, are obs. or archaic uses ; 1 is a H'litial application of the legal sense 'subject of lilii;ation ' ; 4 taken over from late Latin ' causa ') 1 matter in dispute, affair to be decided Slir. iv. iv. 2/, the connuon 16th- IStli cent, forms): roe of tlie sturgeon pressed and salted and eaten as a relish, generally un- palatable to those who have not acquired the taste for it Ham. 11. ii. 466 the play . . . pleased not the million ; 'tivas caviare to the yeneral. cease sb.: cessation Ham. in. iii. 15 Tlie cease of hi((jisly {Ft cease, Qq ccsse), Lr. v. iii. 2ti6 Fall and cdisc t. f\ Partly an aphetic foiTn of ' decease '. cease vb. (rare use) : he not ceas'd, do not allow yourself to be silenced Tim. 11. i. 16. cellarag'e: in the c, underground Ham. t. v. 151 (old edd. selleredfje, scllcridije, celliridije, scllerir/c). ceir ent sb. and vb. (old edd. also ciinent, cyim nt, syiiiaut) : always stressed on the first syllable Oor. IV. vi. 86, Ant. n. i. 48, in. ii. 29. censer : pcrfuming-pan having an ornamented lid Shr. IV. iii. 91 Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash, Lilce to a censer in a b((rher's sliop, 2H4 V. iv. 21 thin num in a censer (ref. probably to figures embossed on censer-lids). censor : name of two magistrates in ancient Rome, who drew up tlie census of the citizens and had the supervision of public morals Cor. 11. iii. 252. censure sb. (2 the prevailing S. use ; 3 not pre-S.) 1 judicial sentence, esp. a condemnatory one Cor. ni. iii. 45, v. v. [vi.] 143 Your heaviest censure, 0th. V. ii. 367 the censure of this hellish villain. 2 judgement, opinion AYL. iv. i. 8 every modern censure R3 11. ii. 144 To f/ive your censuns in this business, Ham. I. iii. 69 Take each man's n iisare. 3 adverse judgement, unfavourable oi)inioii, l)hiiiie Meas. III. ii. 201 Xo mif/ht nejrf/reatniss in mortality Can censure 'scape, H8 in. i. 63 yiiur late censure Both of his truth and him, Lr. i. iv. 232. censure vb. (1 the prevailing ,sen.se) 1 trans, to fonn or give an opinion of, estimate John n. i. 328, Cor. 11. i. 25 hnin you are censured here in the city, Cxa. iii. ii. 16, Lr. iii. v. 3. 31 — CHAIB 2 intr. to give an opinion (on) Gent. i. ii. 19 That I . . . Should censure tlms on lovely yenth men. Ham. III. ii. 92 to c. of his seeminy (Ff To c, Qq In c). 3 to pass sentence upon Meas. 11. i. 29 When I, that censure him, do so offend, Lr. v. iii. 3. center [Fr. 'ceinture'] : girdle John iv. iii. 155 (Ff center, mod. edd. cincture, ceinture) ; by some taken = centre 3. centre (in Wint. 11. i. 101* the sense is perhaps architectural 'temporary framework supporting a superstructure ') 1 middle point of the earth MND. in. ii. 54, Ham. II. ii. 159 / Mill find Where truth is hid, iliouyh it irere hid indeid Williin tlie centre. 2 the earth, as the supposed centre of the universe Troil. I. iii. 85 The heavens. . ., tin plaints, and th is c. 3 the heart or soul, taken as the centre of the body Wint. I. ii. Vi'd thy intention stabs the centre, Rom. n. i. 2, Sonn. cxlvi. 1. century (sense of ' 100 years ' is post-S.) 1 division of the Roman army, probably consisting orig. of 100 men Cor. i. vii. 3, Lr. iv. iv. 6. 2 hundred Cym. iv. ii. 391 a century of prayers. Cerberus: three-headed watch-dot; oi' the Jiifcinal regions in ancient mythology LLL. v. ii. .Mio. cereclotll : winding-sheet, projicrly one impreg- nated with waxMer.V. 11. vii. 51. cerements (Qq ; Fj cermetils, F-2 3 4 cearments) : waxed wrapping for the dead, (hence) grave- clothes Ham. I. iv. 48. ^ A purely S. word, which has been caught up by modern writers. ceremony (1 common Eliz. use ; 2 peculiar to S.) 1 external accessory or symbol of state Meas. n. ii. 59 Xo cerimony that to yreat ones 'lonys, Xot tlie Iciny's crown, &c., H5 iv. i. 110 his [the king's] ceremonies laid by ; applied to festal ornaments Cses. I. i. 69 Disrobe the imayes If you do find them deck'd with ceremonies. 2 portent, omen Cses. 11. i. 197 elreams, and cere- monies, II. ii. 13. [ii. 2. Ceres: goddess of agriculture Tp. iv. i. 60, 2H6 i. 'cern: short for 'concern' Shr. v. i. 76. ^I Cf. the midland dial, 'sarn', short for ' consarn ', 'con- cern ' = confound ! certainly (rare use) : steadfastly, fixedly 1H6 v. i. 37 cirtainly resolv'd. certes (two syll. in Tp. in. iii. 30 and Err. iv. iv. 77, one syll. in 118 I. i. 48 and 0th. i. i. 16) : certainly LLL.'iv. ii. 171. certify : to assure, inform with certainty Mer.V. n. viii. 10, 1H6 n. iii. 32, ly. i. 144, R3 i. iv. 96 (Ff signify), in. ii. 10. cess [aphetic form of ' assess ' = assessment] : out of all cess, beyond all ciilculation 1H4 11. i. 8. cesse [variant of 'cease' not geneially current in S.'s time] : to cease All'sW. v. iii. 72 (Fi) : rhymes with bless. chace : term of tennis for the second impact on the floor of a ball which the opponent has failed or declined to return ; used vaguely in the pi. = tennis-play H5 l. ii. 266 all the courts of France will be disturb'd With cliaces. chafe sb.: rage, passion Ant. i. iii. 85 How this Herculean lioman does become The carriaye of his c. chafe vb.: not pre-S. in the intr. sense 'to fret, rage ' of the sea or a river against its banks Wint. m. iii. 89, C»s. i. ii. 101 The troubled Tiber cliafimj iritli tier slioirs, Lr. iv. vi. 22, chafedf: John in. i. 259 ; see case vb. 2. chain : to surround as with a chain, embrace Ant. IV. viii. 14 Chain mine arm'd neck. chair (used as the .symbol of old age, when rest is the natural condition, in IHO in. ii. 51, iv. v. 5 ; Cf CHAIK-DAYS) CHAIR-BAYS - 32 CHANGE 1 sent of authority, as a throne, a jiulgement-seat, the Roman rostra Wiv. v. v. iil chairs of orihr (in St. George's Chapel, Windsor), 3H6 i'. iv. 97 lie that took Kiiif/ Hniry's chair, n. i. 90 His dukedom nnd his chair, H8 IV. i. 67 chair of state, Cor. in. iii. 3-1 the chairs of justice, iv. vii. 52*, Caes. iii. ii. 69 the public chair. 2 sedan (not prc-S.) Otli. v. i. 82, 96. chair-days : days of rest, i.e. old age 2H6 v. ii. 48. chalic'd(S. coinage, imitated by moderns) : having a cup-like blossom Cyin. ii. iii. 25 chaiic'd flowers. challenge sb. (3 the usual sense in S.) 1 claim 1H6 V. iv. 153 OfleneJitproceediiiijfroiHonr km II And not of anij challenge of desert. 2 in law, exception taken against either persons or things H8 ir. iv. 75 and make my challenge you shall not he nig judge. [iv. 8. 3 summons to single combat Ado i. i. 41, Rom. ir. challenge vb. (1 the orig. sense, the ultimate ftym. of the word being Latin 'calumniari ' = to accuse falsely ; 2, 3 the chief Eliz. uses) 1 to accuse, bring a charge against Tit. i. i. 340 c-d of wrongs, Mac. in. iv. 42 c. for itnkindness. 2 to lay claim to, claim as due, demand or urge as a right LLL. v. ii. 813, R2 ii. iii. 134 /«)» a subject. And challenge law, 3H6 in. ii. 86, iv. vi. 6, iv. vii. 23, 0th. II. i. 214 his icorthiness Does challenge much respect, Lucr. 58 ; absol. Lr. i. i. 55 Where nature doth with merit challenge. 3 to summon to fight or single combat (freq.) Ado I. i. 42, H8 I. i. 34 ; Tw.N. ii. iii. 137 to challenge him the field. ^The foil, variants of the last phrase occur : ' to challenge a person in the field ' (1556), 'into the field' (1693), 'to challenge the field one of another' (1693). challenger : in senses 2 and 3 of the vb. ; H5 ii. iv. 95, Ham. iv. vii. 28 ; AYL. i. ii. 172, &c. Cliani: obs. form of 'Khan', formerly applied to rulers of the Tartars and Mongols, esp. the em- peror of China Ado II. i. 219 the Great Cham's beard. chaniher (2 London is called ' Regum Angliae Camera ' = Chamber of the Kings of England, by Camden in his ' Britannia' ; the orig. application ■was to cities or provinces directly subject and yielding immediate revenue to the king) 1 of (a person's) chamber, one of his attendants, chamberlain to him AYL. ii. ii. 5, Mac. i. vii. 76, II. iii. 108, Per. i. i. 152. 2 metropolis, capital R3 in. i. 1 Welcome, sweet firince, to London, to your chamber. 3 I6th-17th cent, name of a small piece of ordnance 2H4 II. iv. 56. chamber-covinsels : private affairs "Wint. i. ii. 237 (F cliiimhir-roitncels, some mod. edd. -councils). clianiber'd : lodged R2 i. i. 149 the best blood cliiimhi r'd in liis hosom. chauaberer : frequenter of ladies' chambers, gal- lant Oth. in. iii. 265. chamberlain : 1 one who waits on a king or lord in his bed- chamber, fig. in Tim. iv. ill. 223; spec, officer having charge of the king's private ap.irtments and household Iv3 i. i. 123. 2 attendant in an inn in charge of the bedrooms II14 n. i. 52. chambermaid: lady's maid Tw.N. i. iii. 55. chamblet : see camlet. chameleon : formerly supposed to live on air ; hence Gent. n. i. 181 thongh the chameleon Loie can feed on thi air. Ham. in. ii. 98 Excellent, i' faith ; of the r. '\ dish ; I eat the air, promisi-crammeel. champaign: flat open country Tw.N. n. v. 175 /iinjiiglit nnd cha mjiaigii. (Ffi ^ chain pian, Vfn champion, mud. edd.t/((i//';»((((y);0,Lr, I. i. 66 With shadoiig forests and with chanijiaigns riched (Fj clianijiaiti, Ff? 3 1 Champion, mod. edd. cheim- pai{ij)n) ; attrib. Lucr. 1247 a goodly champaign plain (Fi cliampaine). champion sb. (3 Wyclif has ' strong schampions and pileris of holy chirche ') 1 fighting man, man of valour 1H6 in. iv. 19 .1 stouter champion nei:er handled sword. Tit. i. i. 65 Home's best champion. 2 one who does battle in his own cause or for another in single combat R2 i. iii. 5, Lr. v. i. 43, Per. I. i. 61, Ven. 596. 3 one who defends a per.son or a cause All'sW. iv. ii. 50, John in. i. '265 be champion of our cliurch, R2 I. ii. 43 God, the widow's champion. champion vb.: to challenge Mac. in. i. 72. ^In- troduced by S. and imitated by mod. writers. chance (2 is now archaic, 5 is obsolete) 1 fortuitous circumstance, accident Wint. n. iii. 182 Where chance may nurse or end it, Troil. in. iii. 131, Cor. iv. iv. 20, Lucr. 1596 ; so by chance LLL. V. ii. 219, Ham. iv. vii. 161. 2 something that happens, event, occurrence ; esp. unfortunate event, mishap 2H4 iv. ii. 81 /// chances, Rom. v. iii. 146, Mac. n. iii. 98, Ham. v. ii. 348 Von that look pale and tremble at this cliance. 3 opportunity, possibility of good or bad fortune Mer.V. II. i. 43 bring nie unto my chance, Cym. v. iv. 1.32/, That have this golden chance ; so fake (onc'a) chance John i. i. 151 ; main chance, chief or para- mount issue 2H4 in. i. 83 a mein may propliesy . . . of the main chance of things. 4 fortune, good or ill AViv. v. i. 5, Troil. Prol. 31 the chance of war, Mac. i. iii. 143 If chance will hare me king, Oth. iv. i. 278. 5 piece of (good) fortune, a person's fortune, luck, or lot Tw.N. III. iv. 179 // ii be thi/ chance to kill me, 1H6 v. iv. 4, Troil. iv. v. 149, Cor. iv. vii. 40 tliose chances Which lie iras lord of Ant. n. iii. 36. chance vb. (now generally superseded by ' happen '; the foil, are idiomatic uses, in which the word assumes the character of an adv.) 1 may chance with an infinitive = may possiblv Ado II. iii. 265 [244], 2H4 11. i. 13, Troil. i. i. 28 you may chance burn i/niir lips (Ff /o burn). 2 Bow chance = How does it come about that ? Wiv. y. v. 241 [2301, 2114 iv. iv. 20, R3 iv. ii. 99, Lr. n. iv. 64 How c. the king comes with so small a number f chancellor: secretary H8 i. i. 219 {Ff counsellor), II. i. 20; spec, the 'King's Chancellor' or Lord High Chancellor, the keeper of the Great Seal and highest judicial functionary in England SHii I. i. 238 Waricick is chancellor, H8 in. ii. 395 Sir Thomas More is chosen Lord Chancellor. change sb. (the foil, are obs. or special uses) 1 exchange Ado iv. i. 185 Meiintain'd the change of words, H5 iv. viii. 29, Troil. in. iii. 27 Give us a prince of blood, . . . In ehange of him, Cies. V. iii. 51. 2 cbangefulness, changing humour, caprice Lr. i. i. 291 how full of changes his ae/e is, Cym. I. vi. 115, Sonn. XX. 4 A noman's gentle heart, but not ac- epiaintcd With shifting change. 3 variation or modulation in music Gent. iv. ii. 69 ; in verse Sonn. Ixxvi. 2, cv. 11. 4 r?) round in dancing (S.) LLL. v. ii. 210. change vb. (in Cor. v. iii. 152*, Ant. i. ii. 5* Ff real chani/c, mod. edd. chan/ef : see commentators) 1 to exchange Tp. l. ii. 438, LLL. v. ii. 134, AYL. T. iii. 94 Wilt thou change fathers? ; to exchange (a thing) with (a person) Sonn. xxix. 14 I scorn to chani/i mg slate with kings, Oth. 1. iii. 318 changi 111)1 liumanitg with a baboon ; intr. with /or beford the thing taken in e.Kchange Oth. i. iii. 356 She must change for yuulh, Per. iv. \ i. 170. CHANGEABLE — 33 —CHARON 2 ='cliaiige colour' (AYL. iii. ii. 193), turn pak-, ))hisi) Ado V. i. 143 lie clianr/es more and more : I iliiiik III III rniyrij indeed, H5 ii. ii. 73, Cym. i. vi. 11 Chinijii ijoit, tiuulnm?. changeable : vaiying in colour in different lights, 'shot' Tw.N. II. iv. 75 chauycnhk iaffetn. ^In use 1480-1815. cliang"eful(notpre-S.): inconstant Troil. iv. iv. 97. changfeling' (1 now obsolete or archaic) 1 fickle or inconstant person 1H4 v. i. liijickle c-s, Cor. IV. vii. 11 /(/'*• tmlitre In tliafs no clinngeUm). 2 child left by the fairies in exchange for one stolen MND. n. i. 23; attrib. ii. i. 120, iv. i. 65; fig. of a letter substituted for another Ham. v. ii. 53. channel sb.: street gutter= kennel 2H4 ii. i. 54-5, 3H0 II. ii. 141. "[I Still in use locally in northern counties. channel vb. (not prc-S.i : to furrow lH4i. i. 7 Xo iiinrc slinll tvaiihiKii inir iluiiiiid lier fields. chanson: song Hani. ii. ii. 447(438] The first row of tlif piiiiis rliiiiixoii (so Qq o_5 ; Fi Pons Chanson, Qg Y\'i-n I'll IIS Chiinson). chantry: chapel endowed for the maintenance of one or more priests to sing mass for the souls of the founders or others Tw.N. iv. iii. 24, Ho iv. i. 321. chaos (1 is a sense of the orig. Greek word ; 4 is a rare use) 1 'black gulf or 'deep abyss' of night or darkness 0th. III. iii. 92* when I hie thee not, Chnos is come iifjiiin (or ? = sense 2j, Yen. 1020 hlnck chaos comes lii/ain, Lucr. 767 Vast sin-roiiriiilin!/ c. ( = night). 2 fctate resembling that of primitive chaos or the ' formless void ' of primordial matter, utter con- fusion Troil. I. iii. 125 This chaos, when degree is suffocate. 3 confused ma.ss or conglomeration Rom. i, i. 184 Mis-shapen chaos of inll-sitiiiiiui forms. 4 shapeless mass 3H6 iii. ii. 101 To disproportion ine . . . Like to a chaos, or an iinlick'd bear-nhelp. chape : metal plate or mounting of a scabbard, esp. that which covers the point All'sW. iv. iii. 105 the chape of his dagger ; so chapeless (S.) Slir. III. ii. 49 uith a broken hilt, and chainUss. chapless: lacking the lower jaw Kom. rv. i. 83 //(//(//(■ c. skulls (Qq..3 Fi chapipjfis), Ham. v. i. 95. chapman (2 survivccl in dialect till the 19th cent.) 1 merchant, trader LLL. ii. i. 16 Not itlter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues. 2 purchaser, customer Troil. iv. i. 75 as chapmen do, Dispraise the thing that ijmi desire to bug. chaps': cracks in the skin Tit. v. iii. 77. See chops. chaps 2 : jaws Tp. ii. ii. 93, Mac. i. ii. 22 (Ff chops). charact (Ff) : distinctive mark Meas. v. i. 56. character sb. (in R3 iii. i. 81 charu'cter, as often in 10th-17th cent.; the foil, uses are not pre-S.) 1 in collective sing, used = writing, printing Tim. V. iii. fithe character III take with wax, Sonn. lix. 8 Since mine at first in character u-e tuneable "Was never holla'd to, nor chcir'd with horn. cheerfully : encouragingly H5 iv. i. 34. cheerly : blithely, cheerily AYL. ii. vi. 15 ; as a cry of encouragement among sailors = heartily Tp. i. i. 6 Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! chequin : sequin, gold coin of Italy and Turkey, worth from 7a-. to 9s. 6rf. Per. iv. ii. 28 (old edd. chcckins, chickens, -ecus, -ins). cherish (1 common in Eliz. use of rearing plants ; 2 in use 1330-1740) 1 to foster 3H6 ii. vi. 21 what doth cherish weeds but gentle air ?, Lucr. 950 To . . . cherish springs. [193. 2 to entertain (a guest) with kindness 1H4 in. iii. cherry-pit: children's game consisting in throw- ing cherry-stones into a hole Tw.N. in. iv. 131. cherry-stone : as the type of a trifle Err. iv. iii. 74. cherubin: applied to an 'angelic' woman Tp. i. ii. 15J, 0th. IV. ii. 62 thoti young and rnse-lipp'd I hernhin ; also attrib. =angelic Tim. iv. iii. 63 For all hir clieruliin look. chest: used = breast Lucr. 761 Some purer chest. cheveril: kid-leather; always used allusively as a type of flexibility Tw.N. in. i. 13, H8 ii. iii. 32 your soft c. conscience, Rom. n. iv. 90 a wit of c^ chew (in fig. uses) : to ruminate upon CafS. l. ii. 170 ; to keep mumbling over Meas. ii. iv. 5 As if I did hat iiiiiii clii If his )ianic. Chewet: chou^'h, jackdaw [Fr. 'chouette']; applied to a chatterer 1H4 v. i. 29* Peace, chewet, peace! chick : used as a term of endearment (S.) Tp. v. 1. 316 My Ariel, chick. CHICKEN - chicken (2 cf. ' cliicken-liearted ') 1 applied to human oltspriiig Mac. iv. iii. 218. 2 applied to one wlio is as timorous or defenceless as a chicken Cym. v. iii. 42 tin ij flu Chickens. chide (pa. t. cUid, pa. pple. rhid, chukUn) 1 intr. to scold, quanel, sjicak loudly, brawl LLL. rv. iii. 132 Yon elude at liiiii, Slir. i. ii. 9(5 thoiujh she chide as loiul As thundir, Sonn. cxi. 1 for my sdke do you iiith Fortune chide. 2 trans, to scold (treq.) ; to drive away with scold- ing MND. lU. ii. 312 he hath chkl me hence. 3 applied to sounds wliicli suggest angry vehe- mence, e.g. the lashing of water 1H4 in. i. 43 the sea That chides the banks, Otli. li. i. 12 The chidden billow (Q(i chidiiii/). 4 to proclaim with noise H5 n. iv. 125 cares. . . Sliali chide your trrspass^and return your mock. chiding' vbl. sb.: brawling or angry noise MND. iv. i. IJl luvcr did I hear Such nalhuil clmlini/ (of hounds], AYL. ir. i. 7 chidin;/ of the uinter's irind. chidingf ppl. a.: brawling, noisy 118 iii. ii. 198 the cliidinq flood, Troil. ]. iii. 54 (of the tempest). Per. III. i. 32. chief: in chief, mainly, principally Mcas. v. i. 214, 2H4 IV. i. 31. Tl Ham. i. iii. 1'^Are most select and yenerejus, cliief in that (old edd. Are of n most, Qi (/(nernll, Ff cheff, Qq2— c have a comma at yenirous; manycohj.: see commentators). child (fig. uses of the ordinary senses are common) 1 female infant Wint. in. iii. 71 A boy or a chdd, I wonder; so my child is always used by S. of a daughter Tp. v. i. 198, Ado iv. i. 77, Lr. iv. vii. 70. 2 youth of noble birth ; used in ballads as a kind of title Lr. iii. iv. 185 Child Rowland to the dark toirer came. child-chang'ed* : (a) changed by the conduct of his children, (b) changed into a child Lr. iv. vii. 17. Childed : having children Lr. in. vi. 119 He chddcd as Ifather'd. childhood: filial relation Lr. n. iv. 181. childing': fertile, fruitful MND. ii. i. 112 c. aniunin. childishness: second childishness, second child- hood AYL. II. vii. 165. childness: cliildish humour Wint. i. ii. 170. chill (Somerset dial., cf. che) : I will Lr. iv. vi. 240. chimney (obs. use): fireplace Wiv. v. v. 49, 1H4 II. i. 22. chinks (common Eliz.) : money Rom. i. v. 121. chip (1 cf. ' Chyp the vpper crust of your brcade ' Andrew Borde's ' Dyetary ', 1542 ; 2 not pre-S.) 1 to pare (bread) by cutting away the crust 2H4 ii. iv. 258. 2 to hew, hack Troil. v. v. 34. chips: applied to the keys of a spinet or harpsi- iliurd Siiim. cxxviii. 10 those dancinq chips. chirurgeonly adv. (S.) : like a skilled surgeon Tp. II. i. 1!7. chivalry (orig. applied to the mounted and fully armed men-at-arms of the Middle Ages) 1 men-at-arms 2H4 ii. iii. 20 all the chivalrii of Enyland, H5 I. ii. 157. 2 knightly condition, knighthood 1H4 v. i. 94 a truant. ..to chivalry, Troil. i. ii. 2i(, the prince of c. 3 bravery or prowess in war R2 i. i. 203 the lictm-'s chivalry, ii. i. 54 Christian service and true chivalry, 3H6 II. i. 71, Lucr. 109. 4 rank or order of knighthood Per. ii. ii. 29 his d( rice, a wreath of chivalry. choice sb. (1, 2, 3 not pre-S.; 4 only S.) 1 abundant and well-chosen supply John ir. i. 72, lH(i V. V. 17 So full replete with c. of all delii/hts. 2 person or thing chosen Wiv. in. iv. 31 This is iiiij fathers choice, Wint. V. i. 214, 2H4 I. iii. 87, Tit. IV. ii. 79. 35 CHOUGH 3 dioice or picked company John li. i. 72 « braver choice of dauntless spirits. 4 special estimation All'sW. in. vii. 2(). choice adj. : choice spirits 1H6 v. iii. 3, Cies. in. i. 163 ; a S. expression taken up by modei'ii writers. choice-drawn : cliosen with special care H5 in. Prol. 24. choke (the following are rare in S. ; 3 cf. Matthew xiii. 22 in the threat Bible of 1539, 'The care of the worlde, and the dissaytfulnes of riches, choke vp the worde ') 1 to prevent the free play of Mac. t. ii. 9 As tiro spent swimmers, that do cling tnycther And choke their art. 2 to silence, stop the mouth of Shr. ii. 1. 370 have I chok'd you with an aryosy 1 3 to enclose so as to smother E2 in. iv. 44 Iter fairest fliiirers chok'd up. choler (orig. =bile, one of the 'humours'; 1 cf. 'These thynges folowyng do purge color : Fumy- tory, Centory,worniewod .. . Reuberbe', Andrew Borde's 'Dyetary', 1542) 1 bilious disorder R2 l. i. 153 Let's pure/e this choler, Ham. in. ii. 320 : in both passages with quibble on sense 2. 2 anger (freq.) ; with a pun on ' collar' 1H4 ii. iv. 361, Rom. I. 1. 4. choleric (3 the usual sense in S.) 1 causing bile Shr. iv. iii. 19 too choleric a meal (Fi Q choler icke, Ff2 3 4 phlegmaticke). 2 inclined to wrath, irascible Lr. I. i. 302 infirm and chohric years. 3 angry Meas. ii. ii. 1.30, Cses. rv. iii. 43. choose (.s])ccial idiomatic uses are) 1 to do as one likes, take one's own course Mer.V, I. ii. 50 An you will not have me, choose. 2 cannot choose, have no alternative, cannot do otherwise Tp. i. iL 186, Cor. iv. iii. 39 ; followed by but Mer.V, iir. i. 123, 2H4 ni. ii. 223, Yen. 79. 3 to choose, to prefer one way or another Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 175 not half a kiss to choose. chop : to thrust with sudden force, ' pop ' R3 i. iv. 161 we will chop him in the malmsey butt (so Qq ; Ff thi-oiv him into). %A word of the modern Shropshire dial.; in literary use 1560-1650. chopine : kind of shoe raised by means of a cork sole or the like, worn in Spain and Italy, esp. at Venice, Ham. ii. ii. 455. chop-log"ic : contentious sophistical arguer Rom. HI. V. 150 (Qi chop loyicke, but the rest chopl loyic, which would naturally mean ' sophistical or con- tentious argument '). choppingf* : changing the meanings of word E2 v. iii. 124 The chojipiny French. choppy : chapped Mac. i. iii. 44. chops' : = chaps' Lucr. 1452 (mod. edd. chaps). chops = : jaws Mac i. ii. 22 (Ff) ; person with fat or bloated cheeks 1H4 i. ii. 150, 2H4 ii. iv. 234. chorus : the chorus of Attic tragedy (consisting of a band of interested spectators) was imitated and adapted by English dramatists, and by S. and others reduced to a single person, who speaks tlie prologue and explains or comments upon the course of events Wint. iv. i. Enter Time, the C, H5 Prol. 32 Admit me C. to this history, Ham. in. ii. 259, Phoen. 52 Asc. to their traijir scene ; chorus- like Ven. 360 And all this dumb play had his acts madi plain With tears, which, c, her eyes didrain. chough: applied to the small cliattering species of the crow family, esp. the jackdaw MND. ni. ii. 21 russel-patedc-s, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 632, Mac. III. iv. 125; (hence) as the type of a chatterer Tp. II. i. 274 A c. of as de(p chat, AU'sW. iv. i. 22 c-'s lantjuuye, ijabbic enowjh. "^In Lr. iv. vi. 14 per- CHRISTEN liaps tlie Cornish cliongh or red-legged crow, wliich was abundant on the Sussex coast 150 years ago. christen: Christian lH4it. i. 19 ne'ern king christi n Ft /(( Christendom), ii. iv. 8 their christen miiiies v.. Qq: Ff omit). Christendom (usu. sense ' Christians, or Christian ( oiintrics collectively ') 1 Christianity John rv'. i. 16, H8 i. iii. 15. 2 Christian name All'sW. i. i. 190. christom child : corruption (by association with f HuisTEx) of ' chrisom child ' = child in its chrisom-cloth or christening-robe, innocent babe H5 II. iii. 12. chrysolite : name formerly given to several differ- ent gems of a green colour, as zircon, tourmaline, topaz, and apatite Otli. v. ii. 143. chuck: freq.= CHICK LLL. v. i. 120. [244. chud (Somerset dial., cf. che) : I would Lr. iv. vi. chu£f : close, avaricious person, esp. one who does not know how to put his wealth to good u.se 1H4 II. ii. 98. church: / nm of fl. C, I am a ' churchman,' i. e. rlergyman Wiv. i. i. 32; cf. the familiar phrase ' to enter the church ' = to take holy orders ; to (/o to churrli, to be married Ado ii. i. 373 irheii iiiain 1J0H to f/o to church ?, Mer.V. iii. ii. 304, Slir. iii. ii. 129, Rom. ii. v. 74, iii. v. 1G2 ; so Ado iii. iv. 97 tofitcli you to chttrclt. chnrch-like : befitting a church or a clergyman 2HC I. i. 248 Whose c. humours fl not for a cromn. churchman : ecclesiastic, clergyman H8 i. iii. 55. churl (2 not earlier than the 16th cent.) 1 countrjnnan, peasant, rustic, boor Err. in. i. 24 Good meat . . . is common ; tliateiery churl affords ; (hence) rude, low-bred fellow Rom. v. iii. 163 0 churl! drunk all. . .?, Tim. i. ii. 26. 2 miser, niggard Sonn. i. 12 And, tender churl, nink'st H-iiste in ninyardinii; fig. Ixix. 11. churlish (4 formerly said also of soil and metal) 1 rude, rough, brutal AYL. v. iv. 81 the ' replij churlish,' Ham. v. i. 262 churlish priest, Yen. 134. 2 (of beasts, natural objects or agencies) rough, violent, ' nnkind ' AYL. ii. i. 7 the . . . r. chiding of the icinters wind (cf. 2H4 i. iii. 62 c. wintir), H5 IV. i. 15 a churlish turf, Troil. i. ii. 21. 3 niggardly, miserly AYL. ii. iv. 81; sparing of praise John ii. 1. 519. 4 stiff, hard 1H4 v. i. 16 unknit This churlish knot. cicatrice: properly -sear Cor. ii. 1. 166; used loosely = mark, impression AYL. iii. v. 23. 'cide: see side vb. [ii. iii. 72. Cimmerian : applied to Aaron, the Moor, in Tit. cincture : see center. cinders (1 still so used dialectally) 1 ashes (residue of combustion) Tit. ii. iv. 37 burn the lieart to cinders, 0th. iv. ii. 74, Phoen. 55. 2 embers (pieces of glowing coal) Ant. v. ii. 172 / shrill show the c. of my spirits Through the ashes of my chance ; applied to the stars 2H4 IV. iii. 58 tlie 11 lull rs of the element. cinquepace : kind of lively dance, the steps of which are supposed to be based on the number five Ado ii. i. 78, Tw.X. i. iii. 141 (Fi Sinke-n-jmce). Cinque-ports: group of sea-ports (orig. five) situated on the S3uth-east coast of England, in ancient times furnishing the chief part of the English navy, in return for which they had many privileges and franchises H8 iv. i. 49; used for 'barons of the Cinque-ports' H8 iv. i. (Order of the Coronation) A canopy lame by four of the C. cinque-spotted : liaving five spots Cym. ii. ii. 38. cipher sb. : zero, usu. in fig. application = nonen- tity, a mere nothing Mcas. ii. ii. 39, LLL. i. ii. 60, 36 -CITE AYL. III. ii. 310 ; with lef. to its increasing the value of figures preceding it Wint. i. ii. & lilt u c. Vet standing in rich place, H5 Chor. 17 let us, cijdiers to this great accompt. On your imaginary forces irork. cipher vb. (1 common Ellz. ; 2 peculiar to S.) 1 to show forth, express Lucr. 207 7'of. me how fondly I did dote, 1396 The face of either c-'d either's heart. 2 to decipher Lucr. 811 To cipher what is writ. Circe: enchantress of the island of Aea, who trans- formed all who drank of her cup into swine Err. v. i. 271, lH6v. iii. 35. circle (3 in use 1400-1070 ; 4 only S.) 1 ring used as a figure in magic AYL. n. v. 60 n Greek invocation to call fools into a circle, H5 v. ii. 318, Rom. II. i. 24. 2 crown, diadem John v. 1. 2, Ant. iii. x. [xii.] 18. 3 circuit, compass AYL. v. iv. 34 in the circle of this forest, John v. ii. 136 the circle of his territories. 4 come full circle, turned quite round Lr. v. iii. 176 : for the general sense cf. Tw.N. v. i. 389. circled: rounded, circular Rom. ii. ii. 110 the . . . moon, Tliat monthly changes in her circled orb, Lucr. 1229^ '//«« int Her circled eyne. circuit: circlet, diadem (S.) 2H6 in. i. 3.52 thegoUh u circuit on my head ; cf. 3H() I. ii. 30. circummur'd (not pre-S.) : walled round Meas. iv. i. 30 (( garden circumnntr'd witli brick. circtimstance (1, 4 the commoner S. senses) 1 attendant fact or 'adjunct' of an action: e.g. time, place, manner, &c. amid which it takes place Meas. iv. ii. I. : to make a companion Ant. r. ii. 31. companionship: Tim. r. i. 251 All of compan.on- ship, all belonging to one party. company .sb. (S. is earliest for the application to a ship's crew) COMPANY - 42 — COMPOUND 1 from coiiijxitnj, alone, in solitude 1H6 v. v. 100: for company, by way ofsociablenessSlir. iv. i. 180. 2 companion All'sW. iv. iii. 37 ; fig. MND. I. i. 219 vcii' frkwh anil xlntnyer companies, H5 I. i. bb Bis com Jinnies xtnhtltr'd. company vb.: to accompany Cym. v. v. 409. comparative (the S. vises are unique) : adj. 1 = ' full of comparisons ' (cf. comparison 2) 1H4 i. ii. 90 conijKiratiK, rascalliest, su'(et youny prince. 2 (a) servinu as a means of comparison, (b) com- parable (witli) Cym. ii. iii. 134* C. for your virtues, sb. (a) one wlio is 'full of comparisons,' as above, (b) rival, compeer 1H4 iii. ii. C7* every beardless rain comparative. compare sb. : compai-ison Tw.N. ii. iv. 103, Sonn. XX i. 5. compare vb. (2 cf. 'Art stryving to comijayre Witli Nature', Spenser) 1 to draw comparisons R2 ir. i. 186. 2 c. ii'ifli, to vie witb, rival MND. ii. ii. 99, 211411. iv. 179, Ham. v. ii. 146 test I should compare Willi liim in (.rnilcnce. comparison (1 perhaps there is a suggestion of ' caparison ' intended) 1 pi. Ant. III. xi. [xiii.] 26 his f/ay comparisons, advantages which appear when we are compared. 2 satirical or scoffing simile Ado ii. i. 154, LLL. v. ii. 852 Fall of comparisons and wounding flouts. conipass (sense ' range of voice ' occurs Ham. in. ii. 391) 1 circle, circumference Gent. ii. vii. 51 Wliatc. irill you wear your fartliimjale .?, Wiv. v. v. 72, R2 ii. i. 101, 3H6 IV. iii. 46 the c. o//(cr [Fortune's] wheel. 2 circular course, circuit Ctes. v. iii. 25 My life is run his compass, Otli. iii. iv. 72 A sihyl, that had numher'd in the world The sun to course two hun- dred compasses. 3 bounds, limits ; range, reach R2 iii. iv. 40, 1H4 HI. iii. 22 in yood c. ( =within reasonable limits), H8 I. i. 36 Beyond thouylil's compass, Tit. V. i. 126, 0th. III. iv. 21 (Qq compassiny). compassed: round, arched Shr. iv. iii. 139a small c. cape, Veil. 272 his c. crest; — c. irindow, semi- circular l)ay-window Troil. I. ii. 118. compassion vb. : to pity Tit. iv. i. 124. compassionate: (a) feeling pity for oneself, (b) sni riiwfully lamenting, (c) piteous R2 i. iii. 174'. compeer : to rival, equal Lr. v. iii. 70 he compeers /III hfsf. compel : to take or get by force, extort AH'sW. IV. iii. 361 I'd compel it of you, 2H4 iv. i. 147, H5 in. vi. 119, H8i. ii. 57. compelled: enforced, unsought, involuntary Meas. II. iv. 58 Our co'inpill'd sins, H8 li. iii. 87 This co'inpell'd fortune. Ham. iv. vi. 18«f. r«/oi(r, Lucr. 1708 this cennpe'lled stain. competence : adequate supply 2H4 v. v. 71. competent: sufficient, adequateTw.N. in. iv. 273, Hani. 1. i. 90. competitor: associate, ]iartncr Gent. ii. vi. 35, W't w. iv. 505 mejre competilurs Flmk to the rebels. Ant. v. i. 42. ^ This is tbe coniinoncr H. use. conipile : to compose as an original work LLT,. iv. iii. 134 J)id never sonnet for her sake comjiih, Sunn. Ixxviii. 9. complain: - 'complain of, bewail R2 in. iv. 18, Lucr. ls:{',i //kU late conijilain'il }lir iiromis tii Us. complement (cf. roMruMENT) : that which goes to ' conijilete ' the character of a gentleman in regard to external aj)pearance or demeanour Wiv. IV. ii. .5, LIjL. I. i. 167 A man of c-s, m. i, 24, H5 II. ii. 134 derk'd in modest c. (=unosfenta- tioiis demeanour), Hom. ii. iv. 21 captain of c-s, 0th. I. i. 63 c. extern. ^ Mod. cdd. fluctuate be- tween comjilement and compliment in some of these passages. com.plete (stressed co'mplete in the attributive and comple'te in the predicative position ; Ham. i. iv. 62 in co'mplete sleel = in full annour, Troil. iv. i. 27 -1 thousanel co'mplete courses of the sun, 3H6 ii. V. 26 make the hour full comple'te) 1 perfect in nature or quality, perfectly consti- tuted Meas. I. iii. 3 n complete bosom. 2 fully equipped or endowed, perfect, accom- plislied H8 i. ii. 118, in. ii. 49 c. In mind and feeiture, Troil. m. iii. 181 theju ijrcut and c. nmn, 'Tim. in. i. 10. 3 filled (with), full Gent. ii. iv. 74 c. . . . Witli eiH ijeiiid yrace , Tim. iv. iii. 245 The one is fillinij still, ■never complete. complexion (3 orig. as showing the bodily tem- perament) 1 bodily habit or constitution, orig. supposed to be constituted bj' the four ' humours ' Ham. v. ii. 103 very sultry and hot for iny complexion. 2 constitution or habit of mind, disposition, tem- perament, ' nature ' Ado ii. i. 307 of that jeetlons c, Mer.V. iii. i. 32 H is the c. of them [birds] edl to leave the dam ; quibblingly in LLL. i. ii. 83. 3 natural colour and appearance of the skin, esp. of the face Tp. i. i. 34, Err. ill. ii. 104 What c. is she of?—Swart, Cor. ii. i. 231, 0th. iv. ii. 61. 4 colour(fig.)Wint.i.ii.381 chenie/d c-s, H5ii. ii. 73 lose i'o much c.\ fig. 2H4 ii. ii. 6 it discolours the c. ofmyyreatness. TJAYL. in. ii. 205 Good my c! (' Rosalind appeals to her complexion not to be- tray her by changing colour' Aldis Wright). 5 visible aspect, look (of objects in general) R2 in. ii. 194 the c. of the sky. complice: confederate, comrade R2 ii. iii. 165, 2H4 I. i. 163. (Cf. ACCOMPLICE.) compliment (so mod. edd. in passages bearing the foil, meaning, where old edd. have comjile- ment) : observance of ceremony in social rela- tions, foniial civility or courtesy AYL. ii. v. 26 that tlicij call c. is like the encounter of tieo doq- apcs, Tw.N. in. i. Ill, John i. i. 201, Roin. ii. ii. 89 fareivell c. .', Lr. I. i. 306, v. iii. 235, Ant. iv. iv. 32. coinplimental : courteous Troil. in. i. 43 (Fi eiimpliuini/iih. complot sli. and vb. ( = ]ilot), stressed cei'mplot2l{6 111. i. 147, R2 I. i. 96, complo't R3 in. i. 192, R2 I. iii. 189. comply (1 rare sense ; 2 not pre-S.) 1 to fulfil, accomplish 0th. i. iii. 265. 2 'to use complements, or ceremonies, or kind offices' (Florio), observe the formalities of courtesyHam.il. ii.S'd^letmec.ieithyou, v. ii. 195. compose (S. senses now obs. are) 1 to make up, fashion, construct, produce MND. i. i. 48, All'sW. I. ii. 21, Troil. v. ii. 167h f«.s-^HefO»(- pos\l by Vulcan's skill, Mac. I. vii. 73, Ham. in. i. 98. 2 to come to a settlement Ant. ii. ii. 15. [69. composed: elaborately put together Gent. in. ii. composition (3 peculiar to S.) 1 cunstitution John i. i. 88 the laryc composiliun of this man, R2 ii. i. 73. 2 compact, agreement Jleas. i. ii. 2, v. i. 214, Jnhn II. i. 561, Mac. i. ii. 61. 3 consistency 0th. i. iii. 1 There is no composition in. these ucies That i/ivis Hum eridil. composture: manure, comimst (■<.) Tim. iv. iii. 447. composixre (imt pre-S. in either sense) 1 leniperanuiit, disposition Troil. n. iii. 2.54 of sinit lomposiiri , Ant. I. iv. 22. 2 conilii nation Troil. n. iii. 110»,s/ro)/.r/f. (.Vfcoiinscl). compound .sb. (the underlying meaning is 'com- pounded drug ' Cym. i. v. 8) COMFOUND — 43 — CONDITION 1 coiiipouiKl word Sonii. ly.x\iAco>iipoit»dssira)ige. 2 mass, liiiiip 1H4 it. iv. 138, 2114 ii. iv. 3:31. componnd vb. (the following uses are obs.) 1 to fonstriict, form, make up, constitute H5 v. ii. 220 SIkiH not thou and I . . . compound a boy ?, Tim. IV. ii. 35, iv. iii. 274. 2 to settle (a difference) Sin". l. ii. 27 c. /Ins quarrel, K3 II. i. 75 ; alsointr. to agree, make terms, settle Mcas. IV. ii. 25, Jolin it. i. 281 Till thou c. ichose riijht is narlhicst, Lr. i. ii. 144 ; fig. H5 iv. vi. 33. comprehend : used blunderingly for ' apprehend ' Ado in. iii. 25, ill. v. 50. compromise : 1 settlement by arbitration Wiv. i. i. 34. 2 coming to tenus by concessions on both sides John V. i. 67, K2 ii. i. 254. compromis'd : come to an agreement Mer.V. i. iii. 79 When Lahan and himself were compromis'd. compt (cf. COUNT) : account, reckoning All'sW. v. iii. 57 strikes some scores amtij From the great c, Tim. 11. i. 35 have the dates in c. (i. e. for tlic cal- culation of interest due), Mac. i. vi. 26 iu c. ( = accouiitable, subject to account), 0th. v. ii. 272 at c. (= at the day of reckoning, the judge- ment day ; Qi count). compter : = counter AV'int. iv. ii. [iii.] 38. comptiljle: readily answering to, (lience) sus- ceptible, sensitive to Tw.N. i. v. 188. comptroller: officer in a great houseliold whose duties were primarily to check expenditure and so to manage in general HS i. iii. 07. conipulsative (S.; Ff), compulsatory (Qq) : in- volving compulsion Ham. l. i. 103 by stromj hand And terms c. [ii. 44. Com.pulsioii : compelling circumstances John v. compulsive (not pre-S.) : exercising compulsion Ham. III. iv. 86 c. ardour; (in physical sense) driving or forcing onward 0th. in. iii. 455 the Ponlick sea, Whose . . . c. course . . . [46. com.punctious (not pre-S.) : remorseful Mac. i. v. comrade (old edd. alsoc!(»irf((?e, comerade): stressed comra'de 1H4 iv. i. 96, Ham. I. iii. 65 (Qq courcuje) \ co'mradc Lr. ii. iv. 213. con (1 is freq.; 2 is still dial.) 1 to learn by heart MND. i. ii. 103, Troil. it. i. 18 (Q cunne), Cies. iv. iii. 97 coini'd by role. 2 con thanks, be grateful AlTsW. iv. iii. 175, Tim. IV. iii. 431. concave (obs. use) : hollow AYL. in. iv. 24, C'ompl. 1 concave iiomb. co'nceal'd: secretly married Rom. tit. iii. 97»7ia/ siii/s My r. lady to cjur cancdl'd {Ff conceal'd) locel concealment : secret, mystery 1H4 iii. i. 166. conceit (it is often difficult to determine the pre- cise meaning) 1 what is conceived in the mind, conception, idea, thought LLL. Ti. i. 72, Mer.V. ni. iv. 2, Ham. iv. V. 46"^ C. xqmn her father, 0th. in. iii. 115 Some horrible conceit, Sonn. cviii. 13 the first c. of lore. 2 faculty of conceiving, apprehension, understand- ing, mental faculty or capacity Err. iv. ii. 65, AYIj. v. ii. 60 a i/entleman of good c, John in. iii. 50, Tioil. I. iii. 153 u'hose c. Lies in his hamstriny. Per. III. i. 16. 3 personal opinion or estimate Gent. in. ii. 17 the yood conceit I hold of thee, H8 ii. iii. 74. 4 imagination, fancy AYL. n. vi. 8, R2 ii. ii. 33, Ham. in. iv. 113* C. in weakest bodies strone/esi works, Lr.'iv. vi. 43; gaiety of imagination, wit 2H4 n. iv. 203"* there is no more c. in him than is in a mallet. 5 fanciful design, device, invention 1H6 iv. i. 102, Tit. IV. ii. 30, Ham. v. ii. 160 of very liberal c; fancy article MND. i. i. 33 rinys, tjaivds, conceits. conceit vb. (only thrice in S.) 1 to form a conception, or opinion of Cies. i. iii. 162 Him and his worth . . . you haie riyht wdl c-id, in. i. 192 one of two bad ways you must conceit me. 2 to form an idea 0th. in. iii. 149 (Qq coniects). conceited (the modern sense is not S.) 1 full of imagination or fancy, ingenious Wiv. i. iii. 24, 2H4v. i.39, Lucr. 1371 thee. painter, Conipl. 16 her napkin . . . Which had on it c. characters. 2 possessed of an idea Tw.N. ni. iv. 326. conceitless : witless Gent. iv. ii. 99. conceive (1 and 2 were common Eliz. senses) 1 to take the meaning of (a person), understand "Wiv. I. i. 251 c. me, c. me, Meas. n. iv. 142, MM). IV. i. 220, Lr. i. i. 12 ; absol. 2H4 it. ii. 126 takes ■upon him not to c, Tp. iv. i. 50 M'ell, I conceiie. 2 to have a certain opinion of H8 i. ii. 105 The yriee'd commons Hardly conceiie of me. concent (old edd. consent, the common Eliz. form) : harmony H5 i. ii. 181 yorcrnment . . . Put into pai'ls, dulh keep in one concent, 206. conception (2 with quibble on the meaning 'off spring ') 1 mere fancy 0th. in. iv. 155. 2 design, plan Troil. i. iii. 312 I have a younrj con- ception in my brain. conceptions (S.) : fi-uitful Tim. iv. iii. 188. concern (2 not pre-S. ; 3 is obs.) 1 trans, to have reference to, relate to 2H4 iv. i. 30 What do/h concern your coming. 2 to be of importance to Meas. i. i. 77, 0th. i. iii. 22. 3 intr. to be of importance Gent. i. ii. 73, LLL. iv. ii. 149 ii may c. much, Wint. in. ii. 87' ; with pro- noun 1H6 V. iii. 116 what c-s his freedom unto me?. 4 to befit MND. i. i. 60. [129. concernancy (S.) : import, meaning Ham. v. ii. concerning' : concern, atfair Meas. i. i. 56 As time and our coiicerniiii/s shall importune, Ham. in. iv. 191 Such dear concertiinys. concert : see consort. conclave: college or whole body of cardinals H8 II. ii. 100 the holy conclaie. conclude (special or obs. uses are the foil.) 1 be itc-d, to conclude, in brief Wint. x. ii. 203. 2 to come to a final arrangement or decision K2 r. i. 156 c. and be aejrecd, 1H6 v. i. 5, 2H6 i. i. 218, Cor. HI. i. 144, Ham. in. iv. 201 'tis so c-d on. 3 to decide, resolve K3 i. iii. 15, Cws. ir. ii. 93, Mac. III. i. 141 It is concliuled. [i. 127. 4 intr. to be decisive, settle the matter John i. conclusion (meanings ' end, close ' and ' inference ' freq.; in c. means (1) finally, e.g. Err. n. i. 74, (2) in short, e. g. Gent. ii. i. 94, 0th i, i. 15) 1 problem, riddle Per. i. i. 56. 2 experiment 0th. i. iii. .334, Ant. v. ii. 356 She hath pursu'd c-s infinite Of easy ways to die, Cj'm. i. v. 18 ; so try c-s Ham. in. iv. 195, Lucr. 1160. concupiscible : lustful Meas. v. i. 99. condemn: Ant. v. ii. 100 C-iny shadows quite ( = casting discredit upon unsubstantial things) ; Sonn. xcix. 6 The lily I c-ed for thy hand (= 1 accused the lily of having stolen its whiteness from thy hand). condign: worthily deserved LLL. i. ii. 27; now only applied to appropriate punishment, a use originating in the phraseology of Tudor acts of parliament 2H6 in. i. IZO condign punishment. condition (1 and 6 are the commonest senses) 1 provision, stipulation (freq.) ; plira.se on condition (that) 1H6 v. iii. 152, shortened to coiidilion. Troil. T. ii. 78 Condition, I had gone bare-foot to India. 2 covenant, contract Tp. i. ii. 117, 120, Mer.V. i. iii. 149 such . . . sums ets are Ej.press'd in the con- dition, AU'sW. IV. ii. 30, 1116 v. iv. 165. CONDITION ALLY 44 - CONJURATION 3 mode or state of being AYL. i. ii. 16, C«s. ii. i. 236 i'oitr neak condition (= constitution), Otli. i. ii. 26, II. iii. 304. 4 social or official position, rank Tp. in. i. 59 I am in my condition A prince, 2H4 iv. iii. CO, H5 iv. iii. 63, 2H6 v. i. 64. 5 mental disposition, temper, character LLL. v. ii. 20 A light c. in a heauti/ dark, Mer.V. I. ii. 141 flic condition of a saint, H8 i. ii. 19, Cor. ii. iii. 102, Tim. IV. iii. 140. 6 characteristic, property, quality Gent. iii. i. 275, Ado III. ii. QShixill conditions, AYL. i. i. 48, Shr. V. ii. IC,S soft conditions, H5 iv. i. 110. conditionally : on condition 3H6 i. i. 196. conditioned: in specified circumstances Tim. iv. iii. 5.35 tlins condition'd. ^ For another meaning see BEST-CONDITIONED. condole (used in two obs. senses) 1 to grieve MND. i. ii. 29, 44 a lover is more c-iny. 2 to grieve with (a sufferer) H5 ii. i. IMLet us con- doh the kuifiUt. condoleiuent (2 only S., ? confused with ' dole ") 1 .soni.wiiiL; Ham. I. ii. 93 obstinate condolcmcnf. 2 taiiuilile expression of sympathy, solatium Per. H. i. 163* titere are certain c-s, certain rails. conduce: Troil. v. ii. 144* there doth c. afyht (a) intr. for refl. carries itself on, goes on, (b) intr. fur pass, is joined or begun. conduct : 1 guidance, leading Lr. in. vi. 106 that will to some provision Give thee quick conduct. 2 escort, guard (see also safe-conduct) Tw.JJ. hi. iv. 268 I mill . . . desire some c. of the lady, John i. i. 29, 1H4 in. i. 93, R3 i. 1. 45 This conduct to convey me to the Toiver. 3 guide, leader, conductor Rom. v. iii. 116 Come, hitter c, come, unsavoury f/uide ; fig. Tp. v. i. 244, 2H4 V. ii. 36, 2H6 ii. iv. 102 conduct of my sha)ne, Lucr. 313(of a torch). 4 leadership, command AYL. v. iv. 164 on foot In his own c, Tit. IV. iv. 64 under c. Of Lucius. conduit: pipe for the conveyance of water Cor. ii. iii. 250; fig. Err. v. i. 315 the c-s of my Hood: structure for the distribution of water, which is made to spout fiom it, often in the form of a human figure (hence allusively) Wint. v. ii. 61, Tit. II. iv. 30, Rom. in. v. 130 a conduit, girl ? what! still in tears?, Lucr. 1234. confection: compounded preparation of drugs < yin. I. V. 15 ; spec, prepared poison v. v. 247. confectionary : (a) place in whicli sweetmeats arekeiit, ihi niakerof sweet meats Tim. iv. iii. 201. confederacy ami confederate are msed both in a f:iiod and a bad sense with ref. to (1) alliance, (J) cunspiracy. confederate (strained use) : conspiringd.e.toassist tlic murderer) Ham. in. ii. 271 Confederate season ((^.| v_i; Considerat(e). confess : 0th. iv. i. 38 c, and he hanged, proverbial )>lira.se of the 16th-17th cent., the orig. ref. of wliiili is doubtful. confessor : stress varies, co'nfcssor, confe'ssor. confidence: prob. misused for 'conference ' AViv. 1. iv. 168, Ado in. v. 3, Rom. ii. iv. 136. confident: John ii. i. 2B secure And c, confidently secure (sec and 1) ; Cym. v. iii. 29 Three thousand c having the confidence of three thousand. confine sb. (pi. is stressed co'nfines in senses 1 and 2 ; sing, always confi'ne, but usually in sense 4, to whicli the few instances of pi. stressed con- fi'ncs possibly belong) 1 pi. boundaries, bounds Rom. in. i.Gnhenhc entirs thr cn)ifin(s of a tiiiirn. 2 pi. region, territuiy R2 i. iii. 137 our quiet c-s, R3 IV. iv. 3 in these c-s . . . have I hirk'd, Cics. in. i. 272 ; fig. John iv. ii. 246 this c. of blood and breath. 3 confinement, limitation 0th. i. ii. 27 Put into circumscription and confine, Compl. 265. 4 place of confinement, prison Tp. iv. i. 121 Spirits, which ... 7 have from their c-s calVd\ Ham. i. i. 155* hies To his confine, ii. ii. 256 confines, wards, and dungeons, Ant. iii. v. 13. confineless (S.) : boundless Mac. iv. iii. 55. confiner : inhabitant Cym. iv. ii. 337^-4-. . . of Italy. confirmed : firm, immovable, steady, resolute Ado II. i. 398 of approved valour, and c. honesty, v. iv. 17 ((///( c-d countenance. Cor. i. iii. 65 ; R3iv. iv. 172 Thy aye confirm" d (= thy riper manhood). confiscate pa.pple. : confiscated Err. i. i. 20 His goods confi'scate to the duke's dispose, i. ii. 2 Lest that your goods too soon be ccfnfiscate, Mer.V. iv. i. 333, Cym. v. v. 324. confixed: firmly fixed Meas. v. i. 226. conflux (not pie-S.j : Mowing together Troil. i. iii. 7. conformable: compliant, submissive Slir. ii. i. 272, H8 II. iv. 22 At all times to your will c. confound (sense ' destroy, ruin ' is the most freq.) 1 to waste, consume, spend 1H4 i. iii. 100 He did c. the best part of an hour, H5lii. i. IZAs doth a galled rock O'erhanr/ etnd jntly hisc-ed base. Cor. i. vi. 17, Ant. I. i.45, i'. iv. 28, Per. v. ii. 14[279], Sonn. viii. 7. 2 to mingle indistinguishably Err. i. ii. 38, K2 iv. i. 141. confounding': ruinous Tim. iv. i. 20 your con- fiinnding contraries, iv. iii. 394 confounding odds. confusedly : promiscuously 1H6 i. i. 118. confusion (1 is common in S., now obs.) 1 overthrow, ruin, destruction Mac. in. v. 29 : as an imprecation Lr. ii. iv. 96 Vengeance ! plague ! death ! confusion .'. 2 mental agitation Mer.V. in. ii. 178 there is such confusion in my powers. Ham. in. i. 2. 3 pi. disorders, commotions Rom. iv. v. 66. conge'd, congied: taken leave All'sW. iv. iii. 100 I have c. with the duke. conger: applied abusively to a man 2H4 ii. iv. 57 Hanrj yourself, you muddy conqer (Q cungtr). congest : to collect together Compl. 258. congratulate: to salute LLL. v. i. 95. congree (S.) : to agree, accord H5 i. ii. 182 C-ing in II full and natural close (Qq congriieth with a innlital consent). congreet (S.) : to greet mutually H5 v. ii. 31. congrue (S.) : to agree H5 i. ii. 182 (see congree). Ham. IV. iii. 67 letters conyruiny to that effect (Ff ciinjuriny). conject: to conjecture 0th. in. iii. 149 (Ff conceits). conjecture (the foil, are obs. uses) 1 supposition H5 iv. Chor. 1 Xow entertain c. of a time "When creeping murmur and the poriny dark Fills the wide vessel of the wiiverse. 2 evil surmise, suspicion Ado iv. i. 107, Wint. ii. i. 175, Ham. iv. v. 15 Dangerous conjectures. conjunct: closely joined or connected Lr. ii. ii. 125 iVi colli iinii), V. i. 12. conjunction (the gen. sense ' union ' occurs) 1 position of two planets when they are in the same direction as viewed from the earth 2H4 ii. iv. 286 Saturn and Venus . . . in conjunction. 2 united force 1H4 iv. i. 37 our small conjunction. conjunctive : closely united Ham. iv. vii. 14 She's Ml r. Ill my life and soul, 0th. I. iii. 374 Let us be c. Ill iiur riHio/i (Qi communicative, Q.j conjective). conjuration (much less common than "the vb.) 1 solemn appeal or entreaty, adjuration R2 ill. ii. 23, H5 I. ii. 29 inder this c. speak, Rom. v. iii. 68, Ham. v. ii. 38 .\n earnest c. from the king. 2 incantation, iharm 2H6 i. ii. 99, 0th. i. iii. 92. CONJURE 45 - CONTAGION conjure (mostly co'njiire, occas. conju're) 1 to call upon solemnly, adjure Gent. ii. vii. 2 ; absol. Ham. iv. iii. 67 (see congrle). 2 to influence by incantation, cliann, or magic (freq.) Otii. i. iii. 105; with infinitive Tim. i. i. 7 ((H these npirils tliy power Hath c-'d to attend, Lr. II. i. 41 ; witli adv. Koni. ii. i. 26 Till ilie had laid it, and c-'d it duan ; esp. conjure tij) (not pre-S.), to raise or bring into existence as by magic, to cause to appear to the fancy MND. iii. ii. 158, Cies. II. i. 323 ; cf. Mer.V. I. iii. 35, Wint. v. iii. 40, 1H4 IV. iii. 43 i'on c. from the breast of ciiil peace Such bold hostility ; used absol. Err. in. i. 34 Dost thou c. for mnches?, H5 v. ii. 317, Troil. V. ii. VM 1 cannot cmjure. co'njurer : niagiciarilirr. v. i. 243. consang°uineousinot pre-S.) : of the same blood Tw.N. II. iii. 85. conscience (1 tlie usual sense ; plir. upon or in (one's) conscience Tw.N. iii. i. 33, 3H6 in. iii. 113, 0th. IV. iii. 62 ;— a or o' conscience [see a'] Per. iv. ii. 23 -y—for conscience' sake Cor. li. iii. 36; 1 sense of i-ight and wrong Ham. iii. i. 83 Thus c. docs malie coirards of 2(.v (dl ; Tp. ii. i. 286 / feel not This deity in my bosom; twenty consciences . . . candied be they .... 2 regard for tlie dictates of conscience, conscien- tiousness Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 663 / cannot with c. take it, 0th. iii. iii. 203 their best conscience Is not to leave t ttndone, but keep't unknown. 3 inward knowledge or consciousness, internal conviction, inmost thought Wint. iii. ii. 47, H5 IV. i. 124 1 will speak my c. of the kinij, 2H6 in. i. 68, Cym. i. vi. 116 my mutest conscience. 4 reasonableness, sound judgement Tim. ii. ii. 185 Ciiiist tlioH tlie c. lack, To think I shall lack friends? conscionable : conscientious Otli. ii. i. 244. consent sb. ('compliance, concurrence' is the chief sense) 1 agreement as to a course of action, concert Tp. II. i. 211, LLL. V. ii. 461 here was a consent , . . To dash it, AYL. ii. ii. 3, Ti-oil. in. iii. 176. 2 agreement or unity of opinion, unanimity 2H4 v. i. 78, H5 II. ii. 22, Cor. ii. iii. 25 consent of ( = agreement about), v. iii. 71. 3 opinion, or the expression of it Wint. v. iii. 136 by my consent, 1H6 i. ii. 44, 3H6 iv. vi. 36, Mac. n. i. 25* (or ? party). consent vb. (unusual sense) : consent in, agree in planning 0th. v. ii. 296. [in. iv. 80. consequently : afterwards, subsequently Tw.N. conserve (occurs only twice in S.) 1 to preserve Mcas. in. i. 86. 2 to make into a conserve 0th. in. iv. 76 il wasdy'd ill mammy which the skilful Conserv'd of maidens' hiiirts (Qq with the skilftil conserie(s). consider (in a sense common in nth cent.): to requite, recompense, remunerate Wint. iv. i. [ii.] 10 irliiih [sen ices] if I have not enough c-ed, iv. iii. [iv.jSJO, Cvni. it. iii. 31. [98. considerance (not post-S.) : reflection 2H4 v. ii. considerate : considering, thoughtful, reflective K3 IV. ii. 30, Ant. ii. ii. 116. consider'd : suitable for deliberate thought (S.) ilani. n. ii. 81 at our more consider'd time. consi'gn: fpioperly) to set one's seal, (hence) agree /" 2H4 v. ii. 143 God consi'inimi to mil r/ood intents, H5 V. ii. 90, ,'}25. J ■' JJ co'nsign'd : added by way of ratification Tioil. i v. iv. 4.1 With distinct breath and c. kisses to them. consist (always takes a prep, in, of, or on ; the following are obs. uses) 1 r. on, upon, insist upon 2H4 iv. i. 187, Per. i. iv. 83 Welcome is peace if he on peace consist. 2 consist in, reside or inliere in K3 iv. iv. 407 In her consists my happiness. consistory : council-chainber, fig. R3 n. ii. 150 ; college of cardinals presided over by the pone 118 II. iv. 91. consonancy : agreement, accord Tw.N. ii. v. 143, Ham. n. ii. 301. consort sb. (in 2 and 3 mod. edd. read concert) 1 fellowship, company Gent. iv. i. 64, Lr. ii. i. 99. 2 liarmonious music Gent. in. ii. 84. 3 company of musicians 2H6 in. ii. 321 screech-owls make tlie consort fiill. consort vb. (like the sb., not pre-£liz.) 1 to accompany, attend Err. i. ii. 28, LLL. ii. i. 177 Sweet heidlh imdfair desires consort your Grace .', Rom. III. i. 136. 2 to keep company or associate with MND. in. ii. 387 ; with play on consort sb. 2, Rom. in. i. 49-50. consorted : associated, leagued LLL. i. i. 258, R2 V. iii. l:38, R3 in. iv. 70, Rom. ii. i. 31, Lucr. 1609. conspectuity (.S.; liumorous or random forma- tion) : sight Cor. n. i. 12 your bisson conspectuities. conspire: used of the plots of a single person Gent. I. ii. 41, Troil. v. i. 70 I would conspire ai/ainst destiny, 0th. iii. iii. 142, Sonn. x. 6. constable: in France and England, a principal officer in the royal household, having jurisdiction in matters ofarmsand chivalry H5 11. iv. 41, &c., H8 n. i. 102. constancy (the foil, are obs. and rare uses) 1 persistence, perseverance H8 in. ii. 2*. 2 ccitamty MiiD.v.i. 26 r/rows to somethiny of yrcatc. constant (rare uses in S. are) 1 constant question, formally conducted discussion Tw.N. IV. ii.54\ 2 settled, steady Tp. ii. ii. 124 my stomach is not c. constantly (used only in senses now obs.) 1 fixedly, resolutely, faithfully C«s. v. i. 92, Ham. I. ii. 234, Cym. in. v. 119. 2 confidently Meas. iv. i. 23 I do consiemtUj helieie you, Troil. iv. i. 40. 3 continuously Tw.X. ii. iii. 162. constant-qualified: endowed with constancy Cym. I. iv_. 68 (Ff and some edd. constant, qualified). constellation : position or configuration of the ' stars ' or planets in regard to each other, as supposed to influence men and events, (hence) a pei-son's character as determined by liis ' stars ' Tw.N. I. iv. 35*. conster : see construe. constitution : frame (of body or mind) Mer.V. in. ii.247 the constif-ution Of any constant man, Tw.^. I. iii. 143 //(( ccceUcnt constitution of thy ley. constrain (2 is peculiar to S.) 1 to assume or put on by an effort Lr. n. ii. 103 constrains the ejarb Quite from his nature. 2 to violate Tit. v. ii. 178 /icr . . . chastity . . . you c-'d. constrained: produced by compulsion, forced Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 69, Cym. v. iv. 15. constringfe : to compress, constrict Troil. v. ii. 170 Constrinij'd in mass by the almiyhty sun. construe (old edil. fieq. conster) : to interpret, ex- plain ; (with clause) Tw.N. III. i. 64/ ic/Hf./oWffii vhcncc you come ; to translate orally Shr. in. i. 30. consul: used = senator 0th. i. ii. 43 many of the c-s . . . Are at the duke's already, Cym. iv. ii. 385. consummation: death Lr. iv. vi. 132 (Ft' consump- tion), Cym. iv. ii. 280 Quiet c. hare ; cf. Ham. in. i. 63 (( consummaticni Devoutly to be wish'd. contagfion (rare uses) : contagious or poisonous influence C*s. n. i. 265 the lilec. of the nii/hf, Hani, in. ii. 415 When . . . hell itself breathes out C. tn this world ; poison Ham. IV. vii. 147 I'll touch my point With this contagion. CONTAGIOUS — 46 -COITVERSION contag'ious: pestilential, poisonou.s, noxious MNO. ir. i. 90 t'. f(i. content sb. : the precise meaning is often doubtful ; ocras. - fulfilment of one's desire, or (simply) desire, wish R2 v. ii. 38 To whose hifjh will ne bow our calm c-s, 2H6 1. iii. 70 work your Grace's full c, Troil. I. ii. 319 tny heart's c, Ven. Ded. 7, Conipl. 157 'i/ainst her own c; — in heart's content S. some- times plays upon the sense 'containing power, capacity ' of the other sb. ' content ', e. g. 2 116 i. i. 35 Such is the fulness of my heart's content, content adj. (1 recorded only from S.) 1 he c. (used imper.), be calm, be not uneasy R2 v. ii. 82, Caes. iv. ii. 41, Cym. v. iv. 102 ; also elliptically Lr. t. iv. 338 I'ray you, content. 2 elliptically, as an exclamation = I am content ; agreed ! Shr. v. ii. 70, 1H6 iii. i. 146, 3H6 m. ii. ls:i, (or. H. iii. 52, Ant. iv. iii. 22. content vb. (obs. uses are as follows) 1 to jilease, gratify Gent. iir. i. 93 scorns what best c-s her, Shr. iv. iii. 180 Because his painted skin c-s the eye, H8 iir. i. 131, Hani. iii. i. 24, Ven. 213. 2 refl. and pass, used imper. c. thee or be c-ed - l>e calm, do not trouble AViv. iir. iii. 176, Ado v. i. 87, Lr. III. iv. 113, Cym. i. v. 26. 3 to remunerate, pay K3 in. ii. 110, 0th. ni. i. 1 7 will conk at your pains; absol. Shr. l. i. 167. 4 intr. to acquiesce Ven. 61 Fore el to content. contented (1 a use of the sense ' ready, willing ") 1 Will contented ! = content adj. 2, Mac. ii. iii. 141. 2 marked by contentment K3 i. iii. 84 that c. Iiap. contentless : discontented Tim. iv. iii. 246. continent sb. (3 Milton speaks of ' the moist con- tinent ' of the moon, prob. imitating S.) 1 Something that holds or contains : (i) cover, en- closure, receptacle Ham. iv. iv. 64 tomb enoiii/h anel c. To hide the ulaiu, Lr. in. ii.58. Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 40 Heart, once be stron;/er than tliy c; (ii) bounding or enclosing land MND. ii. i. 92 hare overborne their c-s, 1H4 in. i. Ill the opposed c. 2 earth, ' terra finna ' 2H4 in. i. 47. 3 ' solid globe ' or orb of the sun Tw.N. v. i. 281*. 4 sunnnary, sum LLL. iv. i. 112 my c. of beauty, Mer.V. iir. ii. 130 The c, and summary of my fiirtitiir. Ham. V. ii. H6. continent adj. (2 in both passages there is probably a jilay upon the sen.se of ' chaste ') 1 sclt-icstraining, temperate Lr. i, ii. 188. 2 I'cstrainiiig, restrictive LLL. i. i. 259 c. canon, j\lac. IV. iii. 64 All continent impediments. continuance : permanence Meas. in. i. 250, Tw.N. I. iv. tl Ihi r. ofhisloie, Rom. i. Clior. 10. continuantly (humorous perversion) : 2H4 n. i. 30. continviate il an early-17tli-cenfc. sense) 1 uiiinlcii-uiilcd Oth. in. iv. 177 (Qi vonixnieni). 2 lasting 'I'lm. i. i. 11 co)itinnale i/oodncss. continue 'the toll, are rare uses) 1 to retain n8 n. iv. .'il irlmt friend of mine . . . did I C. in my Hkiny? ; to let live Meas. iv. iii. 91. 2 to come as a sequel Tim. il. ii. 5. contract sb.: contra'ct twice as freq. as co'nlract. contract vb.: most freq. in the sense 'betroth, affiance ' ; fig. Sonn. i. 6 thou, contracted to thine own hriylit eyes. contract pple.: espoused R3 in. vii. 178. contracting (Meas. in. ii. 304), contraction (Ham. III. iv. 46) : betrothal. contrarious: adverse 1H4 v. i. 52 contrarious Hinds; Jleas. iv. i. 63^ these fcdse and niost con- /)((c/o((,sr/HC,sfo(? self-contradictory, inconsistent). co'ntrary sb. (2 occurs twice, to the c. 8 times) 1 opposite side Wint. i. ii. 372 Wafting hiseyes to the c, H8 II. i. 15 The king's attorney on the c. Urg'd. 2 in the contrary = io the contrary H8 in. ii. 183, Oth. IV. ii. 175. 3 by contraries, in a manner contrary to what is customary Tp. n. i. 1.54. contrary adj. (usu. co'ntrary; contra'ry 4 times) : wrong (S.) Mer.V. l. ii. 103 set a deep glass of Jiliinish w'ltie on the c. casket, John iv. ii. 198 upon c. feet;— a.i\v. in an oppcsite direction 1H4 v. v. 4 turn, our offers contrary. contra'ry vl).: to ojipose, iJiivart Rom. i. v. 89. contrive' : to devise, plan, esp. to plot R2 i. i. 96 treiisons . . . Coiiijilotteil and c-d, H5 v. ii. 6. Troil. I. iii. 201, Ham. n. ii. 220 c. the means of meeting ; alxsol. Mer.V. iv. i. 363, Ca^s. ii. iii. 16.' contrive^ : to spend, pass (time) Shr. i. ii. 279* Phase ye ice may contrive this afternoon. control: to overpower, overmaster Tp. i. ii. 373, Cor. in. i. \%0 the til whicli doth c. 7 (cf. Romans vii. 19), Sonn. xx. 1 all hues in liis c-iny, evil. 3. controller: censorious critic, detractor 2H6 in. ii. 205 an arrogant c, Tit. n. iii. 60 Saucy c. of our private steps. controlment : restraint, check John i. i. 20 ; very common in 16th-17th cent, in witliout c. Ado i. iii. 21, Tit. II. i. 68. controversy: Cfes. i. ii. lOQ hearts of c. = courage that contended with the violence of the stream. convenience (1 the usual Eliz. sense) 1 fitness, aptitude, propriety Meas. in. i. 259, All's W. in. ii. 75 (dl the honour That good c. claims. 2 ]il. comforts, advantages, Troil. in. iii. 7* certain and possess'd c-s, Oth. n. i. 236' tliese required c-s. conveniency : fitness Mer.V. iv. i. 82: advantage Oth. IV. ii. 178. convenient: fitting, proper, becoming Meas. iv. iii. Ill, MND. III. i. 2 a iiiarvel'oiis c. place for our rehearsal, 2H6 i. iv. 9, Tit. v. ii. 90, Lr. v. i. 36 ; so conveniently Mer.V. n. viii. 45. convent vb. : to summon, convene Meas. v. i. 158, H8 V. i. 52, Cor. ii. ii. 59 ; Tw.N. v. i. 394'* When , . .golden time c-s ( = either 'summons' or 'is convenient '). conventicle: secret meeting 2Hfi in. i. 166. conversation (cf. 'of upright c' Psalm xxxvii. 14) 1 intercourse AH'sW. i. iii. 242 the c. of my thenu/hts, R3 III. V. 30, Ham. in. ii. 60, Cym. i. iv. 118. 2 behaviour, conduct Wiv. n. i. 25, Otii. nt. iii. 264 tliose soft parts of c, Ant. ii. vi. 130, Per. n. (iower 9 ; pi. manners 2H4 v. v. 106. converse sb. (not pre-S.) : intercourse, (hence) conversation Ham. ii. i. 42 Your party inc., Oth. in. i. 40 J/o!(r c. and business; phrase c. of breath LLL. V. li. 743. converse vb.: to hold intercourse, associate with (tn(|.i. •iTlie nioi)Ic.: proved guilty R3 i. iv. 196. convicted : defeated John in. iv. 2 armadoofc. .mil. convince (2 cf. 'AYhich of you convinceth me of sin? ' John viii. 46) 1 to overcome Mac. l. vii. 64 his tito chamberlains Will I with vine.. . c, iv. iii. 142, 0th. iv. i. 28, Cym. I. iv. 109, Per. i. ii. 123. 2 to prove guilty q/'Troil. ii. ii. 130. 3 to give proof of LLL. v. ii. 754*. convive (S.) : to feast together Troil. iv. v. 271. convocation : assembly Ham. iv. iii. 21 a certain c. of politic norms : gathering of provincial synod of clergy H5 i. i. 761 convoy: means of conveyance or transport AlTsW. IV. iii. 10.3, H5 iv. iii. 37 crowns for c. put into his pur.ie, Rom. ir. iv. 205 cords . . . Which . . . Must be iin/ coniny, Ham. I. iii. 3. convulsion : cramp Tp. iv. i. 262. cony : laliliit AYL. iii. ii. 361, Yen. 687. cony-catch : to cheat Wiv. i. i. 129, i. iii. 34, Shr. IV. i. 45, V. i. 101. coop : to enclose for protection or defence John ii. i. 25f-x/ro)H other lands her islanders, 3H6 v. i. 109. copatain: high sugar-loaf hat Shr. v. i. 69. "] I 'rigiri unascertained ; other forms were ' cop- iiitank". ' coppid tank ", 'coptank". cope sb. : the firmament Per. iv. vi. Vi6 under thee. cope vb. (1 and 2 not pre-S.; 3 only S.) 1 intr. to come into contact with, liave to do with Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 437 The royal fool thou cop'st wilh. Ham. ni. ii. 60, Lucr. 99. 2 trans, to meet, encounter AYL. ii. i. 67 / lore to c. him in these sullen fits, H8 i. ii. 78, Troil. i. ii. 34, Lr. V. iii. 126 (Qq c. withal), 0th. IV. i. 87, Yen. 88S irho shall cope him first. [iv. i. 41.3. 3 to match (a thing) with (an equivalent) Mor.V. copesmate: companion Lixcr. W2b Mis-shapen Time, ce'jKsmatc nfiii/ly Xiyhf. 47 COST copp'd : jieaked Per. i. i. 101 Copp'd hills. copulative : used Inimorously = one about to be married AYL. v. iv. 58 the country copulatives. copy ( = ' specimen of penmanship ' in 2H6 iv. ii. 99) 1 copyhold, tenureof land 'by copy", i.e. according to the copy of the manorial court-roll, (fig.) Mac. III. ii. 38 in them nature's copy's not eternc. 2 pattern, example All'sW. i. ii. 46 a copy to these, youni/er limef, John iv. ii. 113, H5 in. i. 24, Tim. in. iii. 32 talus virtuous copies to be nicked. 3 original Sonn. xi. 14 nor let that copy die. 4 minutes or memoranda of a conference, (hence) subject-matter, theme Err. v. i. 62 the copy of our conftrence. coranto : quick dance H5 in. v. 33 .'iwift coreintos. cordial: restorative, comforting Wint. i. ii. 318, v. iii. 77 conlial comfort, Cym. i. v. 64. core (2 S. phrase imitated by later writers) 1 central part of an ulcer Troil. ii. i. 7 a botchy c; fig. V. i. 4 thou core of envy, v. viii. 1. 2 heart's c. perhaps containing a play on Latin ' cor ' = heart Ham. in. ii. 78. Corinth; (allusively) hou.se ofilliiame Tim. ii.ii. 72. Corinthian: gay, spirited fellow 1H4 ii. iv. 13. co-rival: to vie with Troil. i. iii. 44. (Cf. corkivai,.) corky : withered Lr. in. vi '. 29 his corky arms. cormorant : glutton (fig.) R2 ii. i. .38 I.ii/ht vanity. insatiate c; attrib. = ravenous, rapacious LLL. i. i. 4, Troil. ii. ii. 6 this cormorant war. Cor. i. i. 127 the cormorant belly. corn : pipes of c, i.e. of oat-straw MND. ii. i. 67. corner : (fig!) place of concealment H8 in. i. 31. corner-cap : app. some kind of three-cornered cap LLL. IV. iii. 53. comet : company of cavalry, so called from its standard, which was orig. a long horn-sliaped . pennon 1H6 iv. iii. 25. cornuto (cf. horn) : cuckold Wiv. iii. v. 74. corollary : surplus Tp. iv. i. 67 briny a corollary, lia/lur thein want a spirit. coronet: chaplet, garland MND. iv. i. 58, Ham. IV. vii. 173. corporal sb.: LLL. iil. i. 197 And I to be n c. of his [Cupid's] field. ^ ' Corporals of the field ' were superior officers of the army in the 16th and 17tb cent., who acted as assistants or aides-de-camp to the sergeant-major. corporal adj. (2 in common use 1520-1700) 1 bodily Meas. m. i. 78, Mac. i. vii. 80. 2 material, physical LLL. iv. iii. 86 .she is but c, Mac. I. iii. 81 what .leem'd c. incited As breath. corporate: belonging to a body of persons Tim. n. ii. 214 a joint and corporate voice. correctioner (S.) : one who administers correction 2H4 V. iv. 23 you filthy famished correctioner. correspondent : responsive, submissive Tp. i. ii. 297 I nil! Ill correspiiiahnt to command. corrigible 1 2 ct. ■ bear a reasonable c. hand ' Jonsoii) 1 submissive Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 74 Bis c. neck. 2 correcting 0th. i. iii. 330 the . . . c. authority. COrrival (old edd. corrival{l and cejrival{l ; 2 cf. for the meaning competitor and rival) 1 rival 1114 i. iii. 207 Without corrival. 2 partner 1H4 iv. iv. 31 many moe corrirals. corroborate: used absurdly in H5 ii. i. 130. co'rrosive .sb.: sharp or caustic remedy 2H6 in. ii. 403. co'rrosive adj.: fietting, wasting 1H6 in. iii. 3 ('(()■( is no litre, but rather c. (Ffb s rorrasive). corruptibly : so as to be corrupt John v. vii. 2. corse (tVe<|.) : corpse R3 i. ii. 32, C«s. in. i. 199. cost (tlie following senses are obs.) 1 outlay, expense Ado i. i. 100 the fashion of the iioiiil is to avoid cost. COSTARD - 48 2 costly thing Mcas. i. iii. 10, AYL. ii. vii. 76 The r. of princes, 2H4 i. iii. 60 (said of a building), Sonn. Ixiv. '_', xci. \Q prouder than ciarmcnls' cost. costard : orig. a large kind of apple, applied liuniurously to the head Wiv. iii. i. 14, LLL. ill. i. 73, K3 1. iv. 160, Lr. iv. vi. 248. costerniongfer (orig. sellerof costard apples) : used contemptuously = ' commerciar 2H4 i. ii. 193 in tlnse iv^tini(0>ii/tr times. costly : lavish, rich Mer.V. ii. ix. 94 c. summer. co-supreme: co-equal in supremacy Phoen. 61. cote sb.: cottage AYL. iir. ii. 454 (Fi Coat). cote vb. (orig. a coursing term) : to pass beyond, outstrip Ham. il. ii. 338 ive cotid them on the miij (Fi coafal). cot-quean : man that busies himself unduly with matters belonging to tlie housewife's province Kom. IV. iv. 6. Cotswold : Wiv. i. i. 93 (Fi Cotsnll), 2H4 iii. ii. 23 (Fi ('o/-.s(t?-Hif()i=athletic man, such as inhabited the Cotswold Hills, famous for athletic sports). couch (the gen. senses are ' lay ' and ' lie ') 1 to cause to crouch Lucr. 507 a falcon ioweriwj in the skies, Coucheth thefoni below. 2 to lower to the position of attack 1H6 in. ii. 134 A hrarcr soliUer never couched hence. 3 to lie hidden or in ambush Wiv. v. ii. 1, AlTsW. IV. i. 24c., ho! here he comes, Tit. v. ii. 38, Ham. V. i. 244, Lr. in. i. 12. coiiched : lying, csp. lying concealed Wiv. v. iii. 14 (. in a pit, Ado in. i. 30, Tim. n. ii. 182 Tliese flies lire c. Ham. ii. ii. 485 ; fig. R2 i. iii. OS 17)7((c ii'ith valour c. in tliine eye, Troil. i. i. 41 sorrow, thai ISC. in seeininn (jliulness ; expressed 2H6lli. i. 179 worels . . . clerkly c. couching' vbl. sb.: low bowing Cnes. in. i. 36. couching' pple.: represents the heraldic term 'couchant' = lying 1H4 in. i. 152 A c. lion. council : spec, the body of the king's privy coun- cillors AViv. I. i. 35, K2 I. iii. 124, 2H6 ii. i. 174, H8iv. i. 112. counsel (sense of ' legal adviser ' occurs in 2H4 i. ii. 155, Cyni. i. iv. 185) 1 consultation, deliberation, consideration Ado n. iii. 221, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 422, 1H4 iv. iii. 11 I hold as little c. with weak feur As yon ( = consult fear), 2H6 i. i. 98. 2 private or secret purpose, secret, inmost tliought Ado in. iii. 91 keep your fellows' c-s ami your own. Cor. I. ii. 2 they of Rome are enter d in onr c-s, Hani. IV. ii. 11 ; in c, in private, in secret Wiv. i. i. 123 ; so counsel-keeper 2H4 ii. iv. 290, counsel-keeping Tit. ii. iii. 24. counsellor : 1 jirivy councillor H8 i. i. 219 (Fj Councelluur ; chaiirillijr f). 2 legal advocateMeas. I. u.Wofjijod c-s lack no clients. count sb. (cf. COMPT) 1 reckoning, account Rom. i. iii. 71, Ant. n. vi. 54, .Sonn. ii. 11 Shall sum mij c.\ phr. out of (all) c, incalculable Gent. ii. i. 64-65. 2 legal indictment Ham. iv. vii. 17 a public count. count vb.: to make account n/'Gent. ii, i. 67. Count Comfect: Ado iv. i. 322 'my Lord Lollipop' (Staunton) ; juubably with |ilav on the legal sense of 'eniint'=eliari:e, iiidictiiieiit. counted: aecuunted, esteemed K3 iv. i. 46. countenance sli. (tlie precise meaning of many ili-,taMres is doubtful) "■ 1 bearing, demeanour AYL. n.vii. 108//(C c. Of slim romimniihiicnf, Slir. iv. ii. 65, v. i. 41*, 1H4 v. i. 69 unkind nsin/e, danyeroas e., Lr. i. ii. 177. 2 (?)Hhow, pretence Meas. v. i. 119 the toil which is here nrnjit n/i In 'vmilenancc. -COURSE 3 favour, patronage AYL. i. i. 19', 1H4 i. ii. 33 under whose c. we steal, 174, 2H4 iv. ii. 13, 24, Cor. v. v. [vi.] 40, Ham. i. iii. 113 hath i/iven c. to his speech. countenance vb.: to be in keeping with, give a suitable accompaniment to Slir. iv. i. 101*, Mac. II. iii. 87*. counter sb.: Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 38 (see compter), Troil. II. ii. 28 (Fj Counters, Q Compters) ; used = debased coin Csbs. iv. iii. 80 ; typically of a thing of no intrinsic value AYL. n. vii. 63. counter adv.: (hunting term) following the trail in a direction opposite to that which the game has taken Err. iv. ii. 39 A hound that runs c, 2H4 I. ii. 102, Ham. iv. v. 110 this is c, you false Danish doi/s. ^ In tlie first two instances there is a quibble on the ' Counter ' or debtors' prison, cf. COUNTER-GATE. counter-caster (S.) : contemptuous name for an aritliiiietieiau Uth. I. i. 31. counterchange : exchange Gym. v. v. 397. countercheck: rebuke in reply to one from an- otlier person AYL. v. iv. 85 the ' counlercliick ijaiirnhome' ; check John ii. i. 224 Nave brouijlit countercheck before your gates. counterfeit sb. : image, likeness, portrait Mer.V. III. ii. 115 Fair Portia's counterfeit, Tim. v. i. 85, Mac. II. iii. 83 sleep, deatli's counterfeit, Lucr. 1269, Sonn. xvi. 8, liii. 5. counterfeit (2 a rare use) 1 deceitful, false H5 in. vi. 64 an arrant c. rascal, V. i. 73, Tim. iv. iii. 113. 2 portrayed Ham. in. iv. 54. counter-gate : gate of the Counter, a name for debtors' prisons in London, Southwark and else- wliero Wiv. in. iii. 85. countermand (obs. uses) 1 to ojijiose the power of Lucr. 276. 2 to prohibit Err. iv. ii. 37 c-s The mssayes of alleys. counterpart: copy, reproduction Sonn. Ixxxiv. 11. counterpoint : counterpane Shr. ir. i. 345. counterpoise : compensation, equivalent All'sW. II. iii. 182. counterseal (S.) ; to seal with an additional seal by way of further sanction Cor. v. iii. 205. countervail: to equal, counterbalance Rom. n. vi. 4, Per. II. iii. 56 Had }iot a show miyhl c. his north. coiintless (not pre-S.) : in Ven. 84 Qq comptles{se. country : man of countries, traveller John i. i. 193. county : count (freq.) Mer.V. i. ii. 48. coupleinent (2 cf. ' a comely couplement' Spenser) 1 coupling, union Sonn. xxi. 5. 2 couple, pair LLL. v. ii. 533 most royal c. coviplet : pair, couple (S.) Tw.N. iii. iv. 414 a c. or two of niost sai/e saws. Ham. v. i. 309 (the pigeon lays only two eggs at a time and the newly hatched birds are covered with yellow down). courage (the foil. obs. uses began in 14th cent.) 1 spirit, disposition 3H6 n. ii. 57 this soft c, Cor. m. iii. 90, iv. i. 3. 2 desire, inclination Tim. in. iii. 24 c. to do him i/ood : sexual inclination, lust Ven. 276 liis hoi c. courageous : used blunderingly in MND. iv. ii. 28. courta : to bow Ham. in. iv. 155 (mod. edd. ctirb). course sb. (obs. or special uses are) 1 current, freq. of a river ; of air 2H4 iv. v. 149 found no c. of breath within your majesty ; c. of the sun, a year H8 n. iii. 6, Sonn. lix. 6 ; no yearly c, John nr. i. 81. 2 customary ju-occdure, habit Meas. in. ii. 244, Troil. 1. iii. 9, Ham. nr. iii. 83 in our circuinstance and c. of thuuijht ; csp. pi. liabits, way of life, goings-on Mcas. n. i. 201, H5 i. i. 24, Otli. iv. i. 290. 3 regular order or process Ado v. iv. 6 the true c. of all the question, John i. i. 113 Ihc c. of time, H5 v. COURSE - 4 Clior. 4, Lr. iii. vii. 101 the old c. o/ileuUi ( =iiatural death), Otli. I. ii. 8(5; in c. = in due course, as a matter of course Meas. in. i. 260. 4 line of action, method of procedure (freq.) Tp. n. i. 295, Lr. i. iii. 27 To hold mij nry course {= ' to take the same course as I do '). 5 point of the compass Tp. i. i. 55' Set her tiro c-s off to sen af/ain ; some place a colon at c-s, which is tlien taken = ' sails '. 6 in bear-baiting, one of a succession of attacks Mac. V. vii. 2 bear-like I must fyht the c, Lr. iii. vii. 54. course vb.: to pursue AYL. ii. i. 39, Mac. i. vi. 21, Lr. iiT. iv. 56 to c. his own shadow, Ant. iii. xi. [xiii.] 11 to c. your flijiufi flufis. coursing' : marauding H5 i. ii. 143 c. snntchcrs. court-cupboard ^^ movable sideboard or cabinet used to display plate, &c., Rom. i. v. 8 remote the coiirt-cupbouyd, look to tlie plate. courteous : as a formula of address, orig. to superiors Troil. v. ii. 182 Jfi/ c. lord, Rom. ill. ii. 62. courtesy (usu. 3 syll., but in a few instances 2 syll., where old edd. have curtsic, cursic, mod. edd. court'sy, ciirl'sy, curtsy) 1 good mannei-s MND. in. ii. 147 If you were ciiil and knew c; sense of what good manners requii's Mer. V. V. i. 217 I ivas beset with shame and c. 2 obeisance, bow (freq.) LLL. i. ii. 67, Troil. ii. iii. 115 The elephanchath jointsbut none for c; acom- mon phr. was to make c. Ado ii. i. 57, AYL. Epil. 24; fig. Meas. ii. iv. 176 (cf. Lr. in. vii. 26 ' yield to wrath '). [49. 3 c. of nations, usage of civilized peojjles AYL. i. i. court-hand: style of handwriting in use in the f^nglish law-courts from the 16th cent, to the reign of George II, 2H6 iv. ii. 105. courtier : one who courts, wooer Ant. ii. vi. 17 c-s of beauteous freedom. courtly (2 courtlike is also used Wiv. n. ii. 242) 1 belonging to or connected with the court All"sAV. in. iv. 14 c. friends, 2H6 i. i. 27 c. company. 2 befitting the court, elegant, refined AYL. in. ii. 73 too c. a wit, Troil. in. i. 31, Cym. in. v. 71. 3 (in an unfavourable sense) characteristic of the fiilse manners of courtiere Tim. v. i. 30 To promise is most coiirtly. court of guard : guard room, guard house 1H6 ii. i. 4, Otli. II. i. 221 (cf. iii. 218), Ant. iv. ix. 2. [44) courtship (not pre-S.; = 'wooing' in Mer. V. ii. viii. 1 courtliness of manners LLL. v. ii. 364 Trim gal- lants, full of c, 788, AYL. in. ii. 3C8 (with play on sense 'wooing'), 2H6 i. iii. 57, 0th. ii. i. 172 (Qi courtesies). 2 state befitting a court or courtier Rom. in. iii. 34. 3 paying of court to anyone R2 i. iv. 24. cousin (the ordinary mod. sense is freq.) 1 collateral relative more distant than brother or sister, formerly very freq. applied to nephew or niece, as in Ado l. ii. 2, AYL. i. ii. 166; also = uncle Tw.N. i. v. 130, v. i. 316 ;=brotber-in-law 1H4 in. i. 52. 2 in legal language, often formerly applied to the next of kin, including direct ancestors and descendants; so=grandchild in John ni. iii. 17, R3 II. ii. 8, II. iv. 9, 0th. i. i. 113. 3 used by a sovereign in formally addressing or mentioning another sovereign or a nobleman Meas. v. i. 165, R3 in. iv. 35. covenants : clauses or articles of a contract Sbr. II. i. 128, 1H6 V. iv. 114, v. v. 88, Cym. i. iv. 60. covent : early form of 'convent' sui-viving in ' Covent Garden ' Meas. iv. iii. 137, H8 iv. ii. 19. cover (f ommon Eliz. senses are the foil.) 1 to spread the cloth for a meal ; trans. Mer.V, m. I -CBANK V. 65 c. the table ; intr. AYL. ii.,v. 31 Sirs, c. the while, 2H4 II. iv. 11. 2 intr. and pass, to put on one's hat Mer.V. n. ix. 44 How many then should c. that stand bare, AYL. III. iii. 83 pray be covered. covert'st : most secret R3 in. v. 32. [ii. l:i. coverture : covering, cover Ado in. i. 30, 3H6 iv. covet : to have inordinate desire /oc IHG v. iv. 145. covetousness : strong or inordinate desire John IV. ii. 29 Th(y do confound their skill in c. coward : to render timorous H5 ii. ii. 75. fcowardship : cowardice Tw.N. iii. iv. 425. cowish : cowardly Lr. iv. ii. 12 cowisk terror. cowl-staff: pole on which a 'cowl' or basket is borne between two persons Wiv. in. iii. 157. cox : spelling of ' cock's ' = God's, All'sW. v. ii. 44 Cox my passion ! coxcomb (the sense of ' fool " is most freq.) 1 cap worn by a professional fool, like a cock's comb in shape and colour Wiv. v. v. 149, Slu'. n. i. 224, Lr. i. iv. 117. 2 ludicrous appellation for the head Wiv. in. i. 91, Tw.N. V. i. 180 a bloody c, H5 V. i. 45, Lr. n. iv. 125. coy adj.: distant, di.sdainful, Gent. i. i. 30, Shr. ii. i. 238 rouf/h and coy and sullen, Yen. 96, 112, my coy disdain. coy vb. (twice only ; 2 peculiar to S.) 1 to stroke caressingly, pat MND. iv. i. 2. 2 to disdain Cor. v. i. 6 if he coy'd To hear Cominius speak. coystril : see coistrel. coz (= corsiN in its ditferenr K,'plications) 1 = nephew Jolni in. iii. 17, Rom. i. v. 69; =uncle Tw.N. I. V. 143; =brother-in-law 1H4 ni. i. 79. 2 =cousiN 2, 1H4 I. i. 91, H5 iv. iii. .30 {Ficouze). cozen : to cheat (trans, and intr.) Mer.V. n. ix. 38, All's W. IV. iv. 23 c-d thoughts, Lr. v. iii. 156, 0th. IV. ii. 1.32 c-ing slave, Lucr. 387 C-ing the pillow of a lawful kiss • so cozenage, cheating Ham. v. ii. ()!', cozener, impostor Lr. iv. vi. 168. cozier : ccihblcr Tw.N. ll. iii. 99 coziers' catches. crack si).': flaw, defect LLL. v. ii. 416, Wint. I. ii. 322 / cannot Believe this c. to be in my dread mis- tress ; breach 0th. n. iii. 333. ^ In crack of doom Mac. IV. i. 117 the ref. is either to the thunder- crash of the judgement-day or the blast of the archangel's trumpet. crack sb.^ (not pre-S.): lively or pert little boy 2H4 III. ii. 34 when a' was a c, not thus high. Cor. I. iii. 74. crack vb.: to utter (a boast) loudly or smartly Cym. V. V. 178 onr brags Were c-'d ; (hence) to boast LLL. IV. iii. 268 Eihiops of their sweet complexion c. cracker : boaster John ii. i. 147. crack-hemp (S.): gallows-bird Shr. v. i. 47. ^ A variant of the usual word of the period, ' crack- halter '. cradle: place of repose MND. in. i. 83, Ven. 1185. cradle : to lie as in a cradle (S.) Tp. i. ii. 461 husks ^^'llerein the acorn cradled. craft : to make a (good) job of it (S.) Cor. iv. vi. 119 you have crafted fair ! crafty (2 extension of the ordinary use) 1 skilfully wrought Ado in. i. 22 crafty arrows. 2 feigned John iv. i. 53 you may think my lore 7ras c. love ; cf. crafty-sick, feigning sickness 2H4 Ind. .37. cramm'd reason : Troil. ii. ii. 49"^. crank sb.: winding path Cor. i. i. US though the c-s and offices of man. crank vb.: to run in a winding course, zigzag 1H4 III. i. 99 how this river comes me c-ing in, Ven. 682 [the hare] c-s and crosses. CRAITNIED - 50 CRUDY crannied : like a cranny (S.) MND. v. i. ICO. Grants: garland, wreath Ham. v.i. 254 aUoivdher virgin crants (Ff riien). HTlie word ( = German 'kranz') occurs in the Eliz. period also in the forms 'cranse, craunce, corance.' craret (variant spelling of ' crayer ') : small trad- ing vessel Cyni. iv. ii. 205 (old edd. care). crave (unusual sense) : to beg to know Slir. ii. i. ISO /'// craie the daij V/hm I shall ask the banns. craven sb.: cock that is not ' game ' Slir. ii. i. 22G. craven vb.: to render cowardly Cym. in. iv. 80. craver : beggar Per. ir. i. 94. H In use 1400-1600. craze : to break, impair R3 iv. iv. 17 c-'d iinj voice. crazed : impaired, unsound MND. i. i. 92 Thyc. tide. crazing : (?) shattering H5 iv. iii. 105 (see graze vh.-i. crazy : broken d.iwn, decrepit IHG in. ii. 89 c. age. cream : to ionn a scum Mer.V. i. i. 87 cnam and inantle like a standing pond. cream-fac'd : pale Mac. v. iii. 11 f. lonn. create pple. : created MND. v. ii. 35 [i. 412] the issue tlure. c, .John iv. i. 107, H5 n. ii. 31 hearts c. of da/ij and of zeal. credent (2 for similar use of an active form with passive sense cf. intrenchant) 1 believing, trustful Ham. i. iii. 30 with too c. ear, C'ompl. 279 Lending. ..c. sonlto that strong-bonded oath. 2 credible Meas. iv. iv. 29 my eenihoritij hears so credent hulk, Wint. i. ii. 142. credit sb.: report (S.) Tw.N. iv. iii. 6. credit vb.: to do credit to, honour Shr. iv. i. 106. creek : narrow or winding passage Err. iv. ii. 38 ; winding part of a rivulet Cym. iv. ii..l51. crescent : growing, increasing Ham. i. iii. 11, Ant. ir. i. 10 Ml/ pollers are c, Cym. i. iv. 2 of a c. note. crescive : growing H5 i. i. 66 c. in his faculty. cresset: open lamp or fire-basket set up to a beacon, transi'. lH4iii. i. 15. crest sh. (fig. uses of 1 and 4 coincide ; the allusion in John v. iv. 34 is doubtful ; LLL. iv. iii. 256 bianiy's tcci/ = brightness) 1 comb, tuft of feathers, or the like on an animal's liead, only fig. 1H4 i. i. 99 bristle up The c. of youth, Troil. I. iii. 380 make him fall Bis c, Cor. iv. v. 226. 2 device placed on a wreath, coronet, &c., and borne above the shield and helmet in a coat of arms, often fig. Wiv. v. v. 6J Eetch . . . coat, and seeeral c, MND. iii. ii. 214 like coats in heretldry. . . crotemd with one c, AYL. iv. ii. 64, Shr. ii. i. 224, John IV. iii. 46, 2H6 v. i. 202 old Xevil's c, The rampant bear. 3 helmet (orig. plume of feathers, &c., on a helmet, or the conical top of it) John ii. i. 317, Mac. v. vii. 40 [viii. 11], Yen. 104. 4 ridge of the neck of a horse or dog Caes. iv. ii. 26, Ven. 272 his braided hanging mane Upon his com- pass'd crest. crest vb. : to serve as a crest to, to top Ant. v. ii. 83 hisrear'darm C-ed the world (some heraldic crests were of tlie form of a raised arm on a wreath). crestless : having no heraldic crest 1H6 ii. iv. 85. crest-wounding : disgracing the crest or cogni- zance Lucr. 828 crest-wounding, private scar. crewel: worsted Lr. ii. iv. 1 c. garters {Fi 12 cruell). cribb'd: confined, hampered Mac. iii. \\.'2i cabin d, erihli'd, eonfin'd. ^ In mod. use gen. an echo of S. crimeftil : criminal Ham. iv. vii. 7 ((l([criminall), Lucr. 1170. cringe : to distort (the face) Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 100. cripple: lame 115 iv. Chor. 20 (old edd. creeph). crisp : 1 curled, rijipled Tp. iv. i. \i(i Leave your c. channels, 1H4 I. iii. 106 who [swifi Severn] hid his c. head in the hollow bank. 2 (?) shining, clear Tim. IV. iii. 184* heloiv c. heaven. crisped: curled Mer.V. in. ii. 92 those c. . . . locks. critic adj.: censorious LLL. iv. iii. 170 c. Timon; so critical (not pre-S.) with the same meaning MND. V. i. 54 satire, keen and c; critic sb. (not pie-S.) fault-finder, caviller LLL. in. i. 186. crone: witliered old woman Wint. 11. iii. 76. crook-back : hunchback 3H6 n. ii. 96 ; — adj. hunchbacked 3H6 i. iv. 75 tliat valiant c. prodigy. crooked (fig. uses date from the ISth cent.) 1 false H5 i. ii. 94 their crooked titles. 2 perverse, malignant Gent. iv. i. 22 c. fortune, 2H6 v. i. 158, V. vi. 79, H8 v. iii. 44 c. midicc. crop (3 not recorded before S.) 1 to gather, pluck R2 n. i. 134, 1H4 v. iv. 73. 2 to lop off R3 I. ii. 248 ; fig. Per. i. i. 141. 3 intr. to yield a crop Ant. n. ii. 233* he ploughed her, and she cropt. [iii. 74. crop-ear (not pre-S.) : crop-eared animal 1H4 n. cross sb.: coin, properly, one having on it the representation of a cross (usu. quibblingly) LLL. I. ii. 37, AYL. n, iv. 12, 2H4 i. ii. 257. cross adj.: 1 passing from side to side Cues. i. iii. 50 c. blue lightning (i.e. forked), Lr. iv. vii. 35. 2 perver.s'e H8 in. ii. 215 what c. divil, Rom. iv. iii. 5 my slate, Which . . . is c. etndfull of sin ; inclined to quarrel or disagree Shr. 11. i. 244 c. in talk, R3 III. i. 126, Tit. II. iii. 53. cross ad v.: iroiccrosi', broken across the adversary's body Ado v. i. 142. cross vb. (2 the commonest S. sense) 1 to meet, face Ham. i. i. 127. 2 to thwart, go counter to MND. i. i. 150, Mac.^in. i. 81 How . . . borne in hand, how cross d, Ven. 734. 3 to debar from 3H6 in. ii. 127 To c. me from the golden time I look for. 4 puss, to have one's debts crossed off or cancelled (i|uibl)lingly) Tim. i. ii. 170* ^\'hcn alls spent, he'd he cross'd tian, an lie could. cross-gartered: wearing garters above and below tlie knee so as to cross behind it Tw.N. 11. v. 169, &c.; so cross-gartering in. iv. 23. crossing: cuntiadiction 1H4 in. i. 36. cross-row : more fully ' Christ- ' or ' criss-cross- row ', the alphabet, so called from the cross formerly prefixed to it in primers R3 r. i. 55. crotchet: used with play on the senses 'whim, fancy ' and ' musical note ' Ado 11. iii. 59, Rom. IV. V. 120. crow : crowbar Err. in. i. 80, Rom. v. ii. 21. crowd : to squeeze, crush (lit. and fig.) 2H4 iv. ii. 34, C»s. n. iv. 36. crow-flower: buttercup Ham. iv. vii. 170. •? So in mod. north-midland use ; Gerarde (1597) gives the name to the Ragged Robin. crow-keeper : one employed to keep rooks away from corn-fields, also = scarecrow Rom. i. iv. 6, Lr. IV. vi. 8d handles his how like a crow-keeper. crown sb.: triple c, the papal tiara 2H6 i. iii. 66. •[1 There are many instances of puns on various senses MND. i. ii. 100, H5 iv. i. 248, Lr. i. iv. 172. See also French crown. crowner : by-form of ' coroner ' assimilated to ' crown ' Tw.N. i. v. 142, Ham. v. i. 4 The c. hath set on tar, 23. crownet : liy-form of 'coronet' (cf. prcc.) Ant. v. ii. 91. crown-imperial: handsome fritillary, Fritillaria imperialis, a native of the Levant, cultivated in Englisli gardens Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 126. crudy (Q): 'curdy', thick2H-liv, iii. 106(Fi cruddii). CRUEIi cruel: Lr. ii. Iv. 7, see crewel;— sb. pi. cruelties Lr. in. vii. 65. cruelly : excessively H5 v. ii. 214 Ilote thee c. cruelty : concr. cruel person Tw.N. i. v. 309 Fare- ivill, fair crudti;, u. iv. 82. crusado, cruzado: Portuguese coin, oiig. of gold, bearing the figure of a cross Otli. iir. iv. 27. crush: to discuss (a cup of wine) Rom. i. ii. 86. crush'd: forced, strained H5 i. ii. 175. [ii. 200. crutch: symbol of old age LLL. iv. iii. 245, Cym. iv. cry sb.: 1 public report, rumour Troil. iii. iii. 184 The cry went once on thee, Otli. iv. i. 124 the cry ijocs: 2 pack of hounds MND. iv. i. 130, Cor. iir. iii. 118, IV. vi. 149, 0th. n. iii. 373 ; applied to a company of people Ham. iii. ii. 294. cry vb. (' cry niercy^- pardon, grace ' belongs to 2) 1 to supplicate, appeal IHO v. iv. 53 c. for venyeance at the (jutes of heaven, Tim. ii. i. 20 M// nsen cry to me. 2 to beg for (something) Compl. 42 'W'liere want cries some ; to call for, demand loudly Otli. i. iii. 278 The affair cries haste. 3 to extol, ' cry up ' H8 l. i. 27 cried incomparahlc. cry on: to invoke ■with outcry Tw.N. v. i. 03 Cried fame and honour on him, Troil. v. v. 35 Cryint/ on Hector ; cry down, to put down, overwhelm by more vehement action H8 i. i. 137 c. doitn Tliis Ipswich fellow's insolence ; cry on, (of liounds) to yelp on the scent Shr. Ind. i. 23, Tw.N. ii. v. 137, Ham. IV. V. 109 on the false trad Ihei/ cry : cry out, (1) to tell plainly Rom. iir. iii. 108, (2) to be in labour H8 v. i. 67 ; cry out of, to complain loudIyofH5ii. iii. 29. crystal: used of the eyes 115 ii. iii. 57, Ven. 963. crystal-button: worn on the jerkins of vintners lH4n. iv. 78. cub-drawn : sucked dry by her cubs, fierce or ravenous Lr. iii. i. 12. [286. cuckoldly: whose wife is unfaithful Wiv. ii. ii. cuckoo: fool, 'gowk' lH4ii. iv. 392. ^Associated with 'cuckold' LLL. v. ii. 908, MND. ill. i. 138, All'sW. I. iii. 68. cuckoo-bud : some yellow flower LLL. v. ii. 904. cuckoo-flower (not identified) : Lr. iv. iv. 4. cudgell'd : produced by a cudgel (S.) H5 v. i. 93. cuisses : see cusiies. cullion : base fellow Shr. iv. ii. 20 ; so cullionly. culverin [ultimately from Fr. 'couleuvre ', adder) : cannon, very long in proportion to its bore 1H4 11. iii. 58. cumber : to harass, trouble Tim. in. vi. 62 Let it 7tot c. your better remembrance. Ores. iir. i. 264. cunning' (the sense of ' underhand craft ' is freq.) 1 knowledge Troil. v. v. 41, Cor. iv. i. 9, Tim. v. iv. 28, Otli. III. iii. 49. 2 skill, ability Shr. Ind. i. 92, H5 v. ii. 149 I haie no c. in protestation, Rom. ii. ii. 101, Hani. iv. vii. 155, Ant. ii. iii. 34. 3 profession Tim. iv. iii. 210 By puttiny on the c. of a carper. cunning adj. (2 still in wide dial, use) 1 ' knowing ', skilful, clever Ado ii. ii. 53, v. i. 239, Shr. I. i. 97, 191 c. schoolmasters, Rom. iv. ii. 2 cunniny cooks, Hani. iii. iv. 138. 2 cunniny man, fortune-teller, wizard 2H6iv. i. 34; cf. cunniny witch 2H6 i. ii. 75. 3 dexterously wrought or devised R2 i. iii. 163 a c. instrument, 0th. v. ii. 11, 332 any c. cruelty. cup : to ply with drink, intoxicate Ant. ii. vii. 124. Cupid's flower : the pansy, also called heartsease and love-in-idleness MND. iv. i. 79. cur : formerly used without depreciation of dogs of the mastiff or other large kind Mac. in. j. 93. *'„ Still dial. = shepherd's dog, watcli-dog. 51 -CUSTOMER curate : priest having a cure of souls, parish priest LLL. v. i. 123, Tw.N. iv. ii. 3, 25. curb: to restrain from R2 i. i. 54, Cym. ii. iii. 125 you are curb'dfroiii that enlarytment. ^ Also the usu. spelling in mod. edd. of courb. curdled (S.): congealed Cor. v. iii. 66 the icicle That's curdied. curdy: see c bud y. cure sb. (for proverbs see care) 1 remedy 118 i. iv. 33 For my little c. Let me alone. 2 stand in bold {hard) cure, are in a healthy (desper- ate) state Lr. iir. vi. 109, 0th. ii. i. 51. cure vb.: to bo remedied Rom. i. ii. 50. cureless: incurable Mer.V. iv. i. 142, 3H0 ii. vi. 23, Lucr. 772. curiosity : nicety, delicacy, fastidiousness Tim. IV. iii. 303, Lr. i. i. 6, i. ii. 4, i. iv. 15 jealous c. curious (meaning uncertain in some passages) 1 anxious, concerned Cym. i. vi. 191 c. . . . To have ilieiii in safe stowaye ; causing or involving care Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 527 c. business, Troil. iii. ii. 68. 2 particular, fastidious, nice Shr. iv. iv. 36, AU'sW. I. ii. 20 rather c. than in haste, Sonn. xxxviii. 13, Compl. 49 c. secrecy ; careful in observation Rom. I. iv. 31 curious eye. 3 made with care, skilfully wrought.dainty, delicate 3H6 II. v. 53, Lr. i. iv. 35 a c. tale, Cym. v. v. 362 a Most c. mantle, Per. I. i. 16, l. iv. 43, Veu. 734. 4 adv. delicately, nicely LLL. i. i. 247 c.-lcnolted yardiii, Lucr. ViOO too curious-ejood, curiously : fastidiously, delicately, minutely Ado V. i. 100, Shr. IV. iii. 143 The sleeves curiously cut, Ham. V. i. 226. currance : current H5 i. i. 34 (Ff2 3 -ant, F4 -ent). currentsb.: unimpeded course or progress Mer.V. IV. i. 64 the c. of thy cruelty, 1H4 11. iii. 60 c-s of a heady fiyht, current adj. : often allusively used in ref. to 'current coin' = (i) common R2 v. iii. 123; (ii) sterling, genuine 1H4 11. i. 59 holds c. (-proves true), R3 i. ii. 84 malie No excuse c, i. iii. 256, 11. i. 95 c.froni suspicion (= sound and not attacked by suspicion), H8 i. iii. 47 Held c. music (ellipt. = have it considered good music). [v. 26% currish : (?) involving stories about beasts 3H0 v. curry : to use flattery 2H4 v. i. 81. cursorary (S.) : cursory H5 v. ii. 77 (Q3 cursorury, Qi[i2 cursenary. Ft curselurie, -y). curst (usu. spelling of ' cursed ' in the foil, uses) 1 malignant, perverse, slirewish LLL. iv. i. 36 c. wives, Shr. 1. i. 184 c. and shrewd, 11. i. 307, 1H4 11. iii. 51 thiclc-eycd musiny and curst melancholy. 2 savage, vicious Ado ir. i. 25 God sends a c. cow short horns, "Wint. in. iii. 135 (of bears), Ven. 887 (of a boar). curstness : malignancy, ill humour Ant. 11. ii. 25. curtal: having the tail docked, applied to a common dog Wiv. II. i. 112, Err. iii. ii. 152 ; — sb. the proper name of a horse AU'sW. n. iii. 65. curtle-axe [perverted form of ' cutlass ' = Fr. ' coutelas '] : broad cutting sword AYL. i. iii. 120, H5 IV. ii. 21. curtsy sb., .see courtesy ; vb. (old edd. frtq.cursie), cushes: armour for the thighs 1H4 iv. i. 105. cushion : symbol of peace and ease Cor. iv. vii. 43 From the casque to the c; a swelling simulating pregnancy 2H4 v. iv. 17. [82. custard-cofiin : crust over a custard Shr. rv. iii. custerell: form of coistrel in Per. iv. vi. 181 (^412 3). custom : of c, customary Wiv. v. v. 81 Our dance of c, Mac. in. iv. 97, 0th. in. iii. 122 ; ivitli a c, from liabit AVint. rv. iii. [iv.] 12. customer: harlot All'sW. v. iii. 291, Otli. iv. i. 120. CUSTOM-SHBtllTK 52 — SAR£ custom-shrunk : having fewer customers Meas. I. ii. 90. cut sb. (:{ ? one with a docked tail) 1 druii) ciilf:, draw lots Err. v. i. 425. 2 slash in a garment Ado in. iv. 19. 3 common or working horse ; (as a proper name) 1H4 II. i. 6, (as a term of abuse, cf. horse) Tw.N. II. iii. 206 call me cut. cut vb.: 1 to carve, represent in stone Mar. V. i. i. 84 cut in alahdsler, Wint. v. iii. 79 uliat fine chisel Could ever yet cut breath ?. 2 to preclude /ro»i 1H4 v. ii. 90. cut off, (1) to make an end of, break off, cancel John II. i. 96, H5 V. i. 88, Cies. IV. i. 9, Lr. ll. iv. 177 ; (2) to put to death Meas. v. i. 35, Ham. i. v. 76, I^r. TV. V. 38 ; cut out, to shape according to a pattern, fig. Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 395. cut and long-tail : lit. horses or dogs with docked tails and with long tails, fig. all sorts of people AViv. III. iv. 47. cutpurse: pickpocket, thief Lr. in. ii. 88. cutter: sculptor Cym. ii. iv. 83; cutter-off: inter- rupter, curtailer AYL. i. ii. 54 the c. o/Xuture'swit. cuttle : ? cut-throat, bully 2H4 ii. iv. 138. Cyclops : one of a race of one-eyed giants who forged thunderbolts for Zeus Tit. iv. iii. 46 of the C size, Ham. il. ii. 519 the C hammers. cynic : one of tlie same school of philosophy as Diogenes, who carried to an extreme of asceticism the principle of contempt for ease, wealth, and the enjoyments of life ; (hence) surly, rude fellow Caes. IV. iii. 132. Cynthia : the moon personified as a goddess Rom. III. V. 20, Yen. 728. cypress' : tree of hard durable wood and dense dark foliage, symbolical of mourning ; attrib. Shr. II. i. 345 In c. chests, 2H6 iii. ii. 323, Cor. i. X. 30 fit the c. f/rove (Ff Cyprus) ; Tw.N. n. iv. 52* in sad c, (a) in a coffin of cypress wood, (b) on a bier strewn with cypress. cypress- : crape-like fabric Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 221 Cypress black as e'er 7tas croiv (some mod. edd. ci/jirus) ; kerchief made of this, used as ' luourn- iijg' Tw.N. in. i. 134 (see Aldis Wriglit's note). Cytherea: Venus, Shr. Ind. ii. 53, Wint. iv. iii. [IV.] 122. D daff (2 diiff'd the world aside 1H4 iv. i. 90 has been much imitated by modern writers) 1 to put off (clothes, armour) Ant. iv. iv. 13 till wc do please To daff't for our repose, Compl. 297 my nh He stole . . . t daff'd. 2 to put, turn, or thrust aside Ado ii. iii. 187, v. i. 78 Canst thou so d. me?, Pilgr. xiv. 3 [183] daff'd Vie to a cabin. 3 to put off with an excuse 0th. iv. ii. 176 (Fi dafts, Qq dofftst). dagg'er (S. is earliest for fig. uses exemplified in Mer.V. III. i. 118, Mac. il. iii. 147, Ham. in. ii. 421) 1 rapier (or sword) and (/., method of lighting intro- duced towards the end of the 16th cent, and taking the place of sword-and-buckler fighting Wiv. I. i. 297, Ham. v. ii. 152 ; attrib. Meas. iv. iii. 16 the rapier and dagger man. 2 d. of lath, wooden weapon borne by Vice in the morality plays Tw.N. iv. ii. 140, 1H4 ii. iv. 154 ; cf. 2H4 III. ii. 347 Vice's d., H5 iv. iv. 78 pare his nails with a wooden d. (cf. Tw.N. iv. ii. 138-144), dainty sb. (2 common plirase 1550-1050) 1 daintiness, fastidiousness 2H4iv. i. IQSwearyOfd. 2 make dainty, be chary or loth Rom, i. v. 23. dainty adj.: d. of, scrupulous or particular about Troil. I. iii. 145, Mac. ii. iii. 151 let its not be d. of Itare-takiny. daisied (not pre-S.): full of daisies Cym. rv. ii. 398. dalliance (obs. use): idle delay 1H6 v. ii. 5. dally: to trifle (wUh) Shr. iv. iv. 68, Tw.N. ii. iv. 47, III. i. 16. Damascus : referred to as the place where Cain slew Abel, 1H6 I. iii. 39. damask sb.: the colour of the d. rose (Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 222), = (1) blush-red colour Cor. li. i. 235 the war of u'hite and d. in Their. . . checks ; (2) striped red and white AYL. in. v. 123 mingled d. ;— adj. of such colour (in both applications) LLL. v. ii. 297 their d. sweet commixture, Tw.N. n. iv. 114 her d. cheek, Pilgr. vii. 5 [89] A lily pale, with d. dye to grace her. [5. daiuask'd: of the hue of a damask rose Sonn. cxxx. dame (3 Ijy far the most freq. use) 1 mistress (of a household, &c.) Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 57 Both d. and servant, Lucr. 1034. 2 a form of address to a lady Ant. iv. iv. 29. 3 woman of rank, lady MND. v. i. 300, Mac. iv. ii. 63, Lucr. 21 such n fearless d.; prefixed to a name 2H6 I. ii. 39 Dame Margaret. 4 motlier 2H4 nr. ii. 125, Lucr. 1477. damp : vapour, fog, mist All'sW. ii. i. 166, Ant. IV. ix. 13, Lucr. 778 With rotten damps ravish the morning air. damnation : abusively addressed to a person Rom. in. v. 235 Ancient d.! 0 most wicked Jiend ! Dan : master ( = don) LLL. in. i. 190 (Qi). dance: d. bare-foot, said of an elder sister when a younger one is married before her Shr. n. i. 33. dancing' horse: a famous performing hor.se named Morocid, kept by one Banks LLL. i. ii. 58. dancing- rapier : sword worn only for ornament in dancing Tit. n. i. 39 (cf. AU'sW. ir. i. 33, Ant. III. ix. [xi.] 36). danger (2 these are late cxx. of this sense) 1 power to liarm ; reach or range (as of a weapon) : within (a person's) d., John iv. iii. 84 Xor tempt the d. of my true defence ; in his power, at his mercy Mer.V. iv. i. 180 ; so in, into or out of the d. o/Tw.N. V. i. 88, Mac. in. ii. 15, Ham. i. iii. 35 Out of the shot and d. of desire. 2 mischief, harm, damage Mer.V. iv. i. 38, Cses. n. i. 17 Thfit at his will he may do d. with. dangerous: threatening Ado v. 1. 97 d. words, 1H4 v. i. 69 (/. countenance. dankish: dank, humid Err. v. i. 248 rf. vault. Dansker: Dane, Ham. ii. i. 7. IJThe Danish form. Daphne : nymph pursued by her lover Apollo and changed into a laurel tree MND. ii. i. 231, Shr. Ind. ii. 59. Dardan, Dardanian: Trojan, of Troy. dare sb. : defiance Ant. i. ii. 197 Pompeius Hath qiven the d. to Cusar ; daring, boldness 1H4 iv. i.'78 II lends ... A larger d. to our great enterprise. dare vb.' (2 freq.: not pre-Eliz.) 1 to go so far as to, be willing to Mer.V. v. i. 251 / d. be bound, H8 v. i. 17 / love you Attd durst commend a secret to your ear ; phr. dares or durst better =-vfou]d rather All'sW. in. vi. 95, H8 in. ii. 254 2 to challenge, defy MND. in. ii. 413, IHO i. iii. 45 am I dar'd and bearded to my face ?, Rom. ii. iv. 12 being d-d. Ham. iv. v. 1.32 7 d. damnation, Mac. III. iv. 104, Ant. III. xi. [xiii.] 25. % Obscure passages : Meas. iv. iv. 28'' (' Reason taunts or defies her with no,' or ' Reason defies her denial of my assertions'); 2H4 iv. i. 119* ('Their coursers, by neigliing, challenging the spur to give the signal of setting off'). DARE — dare vb.- (of difleieiit origin from vb.') : to tlaze, dazzle, or fascinate (larks) ami so entrap them, e.g. by means of a piece of scarlet cloth and alooking-glassHSlii. ii. 283 Jjif/ d. us wiUi litscap like li(rks (i-ef. to the cardinal's biretta) ; so H5iv. ii. 30 dare thejltkl ( = make the prey crouch). dareful : defiant Mac. v. v. G. daring' : qiiasi-adv. in K2 i. iii. 43 tluniij-linrdi/. dark adj.: S. is the earliest authority (in the mod. pei'iocl) for the senses ' iniquitous, evil ' (R2 i. i. 169), ' gloomy, dismal ' (Mer.V. v. i. 87, Rom. iii. V.36), 'frowning, clouded' (Ven. 182), 'indistinct, indiscernible ' (Tp. i. ii- 50, Ven. 700), 'concealed, secret ' (Lr. i. i. 38) ; also for d. Iioitse, d. room, formerly considered a jjroper place of confine- ment for madmen Err. IV. iv. 96, AYL. iii. ii. 427; similarly keep liiiiLd., keep him confined in a dark room AU'sW. iv. i. 101. dark vb.: to obscure, eclipse Per. iv. Govrer 35. dark adv. = DABKLiNG AYL. in. v. 39 //o d. to btd. darken : to deprive of lustre or reiiown, eclipse Cor. II. i. 278, Ant. iii. i. 24 f/am ultkli d-s liiiii. darking : eclipse Troil. v. viii. 7 d. of the sun. darkling : in tlie dark MND. ii. ii. 80, Lr. i. iv. 240. darkly : S. is earliest for ' secretly ' (Meas. iii. ii. 192, All'sW. IV. iii. 14), 'gloomily, frowningly' (Tw.N. II. i. 4 My stars shine d. over uie, R3 i. iv. 178 Hoio darkly . . . dost thou speak .'). darkness : death Meas. in. i. 82. ^ t'f. the biblical phrase 'darkness and the shadow of death '. darnel : a grass, Lolium temulcntuni, a weed in- jurious to growing corn Lr. iv. iv. 5. T] In IHO III. ii. 44 there is possibly a ref. to the belief tliat ' Darnell hurteth the eies and maketh them dim, if it happen in corne ' (Geraide). darraign : to set in array 3H0 ii. ii. 72. darting: shooting darts Ant. iir. i. 1 d. Parthia (ref. to the jpractice of Parthian Iiorsemen, who retreated snooting flights of arrows backward upon the enemy). dash sb. (1 common Eliz. and Caroline phr.) 1 at Jirst dash, from the first IHO i. ii. 71. 2 stroke of the pen, or of colour Lucr. 200 Souie loatlisoiiie dash the herald will contrive. 3 touch Wint. v. ii. 127 the d. of uiy former life. dash vb. (physical senses also occur) 1 to destroy, frustrate LLL. v. ii. 403, 3H0 ir. i. 118. 2 to daunt, dispirit, abash LLL. v. ii. 583 an honest man, look you, etnd soon dashed .', 0th. in. iii. 214. date (1 the prevailing S. meaning) 1 duration, term of existence Err. i. ii. 41, MND. in. ii. 373 whose d. till death shedl never end, John IV. iii. 106, R3 iv. iv. 255, Rom. i. iv. 3, 109, Sonn. exxiii. 5 Our dates are brief. 2 limit or end of a period or term Sonn. xiv. 14 Thy e)id is truth's and beauty's doom and dale. date-broket: Tim. ir. ii. 'i% demands of dale-broke bo)uls (Fi dema}uls of debt, broken Honds). dateless (not pre-S.): without term, endless, limitless R2 i. iii. 151 The d. limit, Kom. v. iii. 115, Sonn. xxx. 6, cliii. 0. daub : to cover with a specious exterior R3 in. v. 28 d-'dhisvicewithshowof virtue ; nod. it, dissemble, pretend Lr. iv. i. 52 (Qq dance it). daubery : false sliow Wiv. iv. ii. 190. daughter: rhymes with 'after' in Shr. i. i. 243. Oaiiphin (old edd. Dolphin) : Hrj i. ii. 221. daw: type of foolishness IHO ii. iv. 18, Cor. iv. v. 48. dawning : morning Lr. n. ii. I Good d. (Qq ciien) ; biril of dawnvny, the cock Ham. r. i. 100. day (3 the lit. sense of ' daylight ' occurs in com- parisons 2H4 IV. iv. 32 Open as day, 2H0 ii. i. 107 clear as day) 1 phrases : JHow's the d.l, wliat time is it ? Tp. v. i. 53 -DEAR 3 ; so by tlie d. =o'cIock 1H4 ii. i. 2 ; take no lonr/er d-s, be no longer about it Tit. iv. ii. 107 ; The duty of the d., morning salutation Cyni. in. v. 32, also time of day (freq.). 2 =day of battle John in. iv. 116 by losiny of this d., 2H4 I. ii. 170 ; (hence) victory John n. i. 393 To whom in favour she shall ejive the d., 1H4 v. iv. 103, 2H0 v. ii. 89. 3 light (fig.) Ant. iv. viii. 13 0 thou d. o' the world .'. day-bed: sofa, couch Tw.N. n. v. 55, R3 in. vii. 71 lollinij on a lend d. ^\ Used dial, as adj. = lazy. day-woman : dairy-woman LLL. i. ii. !38. dazzle : (of the eyes) to lose distinctness of vision, esp. from gazing at too bright light LLL. i. i. 82, 3H0 II. i. 25 D. mine eyes, or do I see three sitns ?, Tit. III. ii. 85, Ven. 1004. ^ In Gent. ii. iv. 211 d-d is 3 syll. (Fj dazel'd, Ffo_« dazel'd so). dead (« dead man = ' a man marked out for death ' occurs once Wiv. iv. ii. 45) 1 is dead = hAa died Ado v. i. 254, H5 v. i. 86, Rom. v. iii. 210 my wife is deeal to-niqht, Lr. v. iii. 294. 2 deadly, mortal MND. ni. ii. 57, Wint. rv. iii. [iv.] 447 the d. blow of it, R2 IV. i. 10* thai d. time (but ? = (l;nk and dreary, like d. hour Ham. i. i. 05). 3 deadly \v.xW 2114 i. i. 71, 0th. n. iii. 179. dead-killing ^S.): mortal R3 iv. i. 35, Lucr. 540. deadly adj.: death-like, deathly Err. iv. iv. 'ih their ■pale and d. looks, Tw.N. i. v. 286 such a d. life, Lr. V. iii. 292 clieerless, dark, and deadly. deadly adv.: = mortally (in various uses) Ado v. i. 182 hale him d., R3 in. vii. 20 d. pale, Troil. v. v. 12 dually hurt. Cor. 11. i. 08 they lie dtadly. deadly-handed: murderous 2H0 v. ii. 9. deadly-standing* : fixed with deathly stare Tit. II. iii. 32. dead men's fingers: the early purple orchis, Oichis mascula Hani. iv. vii. 172. [271.] deal sb.: no d., not at all Sonn. Music iii. 27 [Pilgr. deal vb. : to act (freq.) John v. ii. 22 ; phr. d. upon, set to work upon, proceed against H3 iv. ii. 73 ; d. in, (1) proceed or act in (a matter) Ado iv. i. 249, V. i. 101 ; (2) have to do with Tp. v. i. 271, 1H6 V. V. 66, 3H0 in. ii. 154 ; dealt on lieutinanlry, fought by proxy Ant. in. ix. [xi.] 39. [270. dealing : in plain d., putting it plainly Meas. ii. i. dear adj. ' (2, 4, and 5 peculiar to 8. ; many instances of rf. usu. referred to this word belong to the next) 1 precious, valuable, worthy Mer.V. i. i. 02 Your worth is very d. in my rnjard, R2 I. iii. 156, 1H4 IV. iv. 31 d. men Of estimation. Cor. i. vi. 72, ii. iii. 102, Sonn. xxx. 4 wail my d. times' waste. 2 important, significant 1H4 iv. i. 34, Rom. v. ii. 19 full of charge Of d. import, v. iii. 32, Lr. ni. i. 19 I '. . . dare . . . Command a d. thiny to you ; hence in weakened ironical sense of ' precious ' Ado i. i. 134, Mer.V. III. V. 71 0 dear discretion, Lr. i. iv. 290. 3 afl'ectionate, fond, loving Gent. iv. iii. 14 what d. good will I bear, Wint. ii. iii. 149 our d. services, Sonn. cxxxi. 3 my dear doling heart. 4 heartfelt, hearty ; (hence) earnest, zealous LLL. II. i. 1, 1H4 V. V. SQyour d-est speed, Troil. v. iii. 9. 5 (a) rare, unusual, or (b) loving, kind Rom. in. iii. 28* This IS dear mercy (Qi meere, i. e. mere). dear adj.'- (of different origin from dear adj.', but undoubtedly associated with it in use) : liard, grievous, dire Tp. ii. i. 142, LLL. v. ii. 872, All'sW. IV. V. 11, Tw.N. v. i. 75, John i. i. 257 my d. offence, R2 l. iii. 151 tlty d. exile, R3 i. iv. 219, Tim. IV. iii. 384, v. i. 233 In ourd. peril, 0th. i. iii. 201, Sonn. xxxvii. 3 fortune's d-est spite. Ti Cf. ' turnd to disadvantage deare,' Spenser. dear adv.: = dearly (i) with the verbs 'aby ', ' buy", 'cost', (ii) with 'love'; occas. with 'grieve' C'.Ts. in. i. VM yricie thee deanr. BEAR'D 54 _ DEEP-MOUTH'D dear'dt: lield dear Ant. i. iv. 44 (old edd. fear d). dearly (sense 3 is purely S.) 1 richly, finely Troil. iii. iii. 06 how d. ever parted (= richly gifted), Cym. ii. ii. 18. 2 heartily 'SVint. v. i. 130 dearly nelroine. 3 deeply," keenly Err. ii. ii. 134 hoicd. nmM ,t touch thee, AYL. I. iii. 36, Ham. iv. iii. 44 'cedf/rure. dearness: affection, fondness Ado in. I'.-.^VVi dearth: costliness, high value Ham. v. ii.-.l-*; death (first in S. as an exclamation H8 i. ui. l-i) 1 the death : a common idiom in earlier Lnglisli Err. I. i. 14(i adjiuhied to the d., MND. i. i. 05, K2 III. i. 29, H5 IV. i. i84, E3i. ii. 119 be,, the d.- also in phrases still current die the d., to the d., he the death of. .. „^ , ■ n 2 skeleton, or skull Mer.V. ii. vii. 6S A carrion D., John V. ii. 177 A hare-rihVd D.\ cf. d- s face LLL. V. ii. 613, death's-head Mer.V. i. ii. 55. deathful: deadly, mortal 2H6 iii. ii. 404 a d. wound ; so death-like Per. i. i. 29 dcath-liU drayons death-mark'd: marked out for death Rom. Prol. J. death-practis'd : whose death is plotted hi: n . deathsman: executioner 2H6 in. ii. 217, Lucr. 1001. death-token: plague-spot betokening the ap- jir.iaching death of the patient Troil. ii. in. 189 (cf. Ant. III. viii. 19 [x. 9]). •••ion debase: to degrade the dignity of R2 in. "i-.l^O- debate sb.: contention, quarrel MJsD. ii. i. li", Sonn. Ixxxix. 13. U Not used = argument, dis- cussion. , .,, , debate vb.: to fight Lucr. 1421 d. with angry sirord^ S,.nn XV. 11 ; with U AllsW. l. ii. 75* natureaud s,rknc>:s Debate it at their leisure. U Tlie sense ot 'discuss' occurs. debatement: deliberation, consideration Meas. V. i. 100, Ham. v. ii. 45. debater : disputant Lucr. 1019. debile : weak AU'sW. ii. iii. 40, Cor. i. ix. 48 some ihliiii ivnteli. , debitor find creditor : statement of account, account- book 0th. I. i. 31, Cym. v. iv. 171. debonair : gentle, meek Troil. i. in. 235. deboshed (2 a 17th cent, sense) 1 corrupted, depraved Tp. in. ii. 31, All sA\ . ii. m. 145 Lr. I. iv. 265 {Videbnsh'd, Qq diboyst). " vilified All'sW. v. iii. 208 lax'd and debosli'd. debted (not post-Eliz.) : indebted Err. iv. i. 31. decay sb. (la common 16th c. use) ,r < t; 1 downfall, destruction, ruin John iv. in. loillic nnminent d. of wrested pomp. 2H6 in. i. 194, K.i ly. iv. 410, Lucr.' 516 thy life's d.; also, cause of ruin Sonn. Ixxx. 14 my love 7vas my decay. 2 a ruin (fig.) Lr. v. ii. 299 this great decay. decay vb. (cf. prec. word) . „ , . , ■ . 1 to perish, be destroyed 1H6 i. i. 34, Ant. ii. i. 4, Lucr. 23, Sonn. Ixxi. 12. , , , , "> to destroy Cym. i. v. 56 to decay A day s wort;. d'eceas'd : bygone 2H4 in. i. 81 times deceas'd. deceivable : deceitful, deceptive Tvv.N. iv. m. n, K2 n. iii. 84. deceive (rare and obs. uses) 1 to be f;ilse to, betray 1H4 v. i. 11. 2 to cheat onto/ Sonn. iv. 10. .. deceptions (first in S.) : delusive Troil. v. n. 120 Iv ,fllin.^f organs had deceptious functions. decimation: selection of every tenth man tor punishment bv death Tim. v. iv. 31. decipher (both S. senses are obs.) .. o , j, 1 to reveal, detect 1H6 iv. i. 184, Tit. iv. ii. 8 both decipUer'd . . . For villains, mark d uith rape. 2 to make known, indicate Wiv. v. ii. 11. deck sb. : pack of cards 3H0 v. i. 44. "l Since lab c. dial, (chielly midland). deck vb.: to cover Tp. i. n. lo5 . . , , declension: falling away from a Ingh standard '>H4 n. ii. 193 (Q descension), R3 in. vu. 188 ; ae- cline, deterioration Ham. ii. ii. 149 and by tittsd. Into the madness. , -i i-t„ decline (the sense of ' fall off in vigour, vitality, &C.' occurs, cf. DECLINED) 1 to incline or lean to Err. in. n. 44. 2 to fall, sink Shr. Ind. i. 119 vith d-inghead, Troil. IV v. 188, Cor. II. i. 180, Tim. i. i. 89, Ham. ii. n. 508 ; in pa. pple. AVint. v. ii. 82 had one eye d-d, Lucr. 1661 With head d-'d ; fig. to fall upon (an unwojthy object) Ham. i. v. 50 to d. Upon a uretch. 3 to bend (the head, &c.) Err. in. ii. 139, Lr. iv. ii. 22. 4 to inflect (a word) AViv. iv. i. 43 ; (hence) to go through (a matter) formally and in order R3 ly. iv 97 (' eo through it all from beginning to end j, Troil u iii. 55 III decline the ukole question. declined : fallen, decayed, deteriorated, enfeebled Troil. in. iii. 76, iv. v. 188, Ant. m. xi. [xin.y7 ('decayed in fortune') ; similarly declining (ti'i) Lr. I. ii. 80 (Ff rffc/m (J). decoct : to warm up (S.) H5 in. v. 20. dedicate pple.: dedicated Meas. n n. 154 uhose winds are d. To nothing temporal, 2Hb ^. ii. o7 didioite to n-ar. . dedicated: Tim. iv. ii. 13 A d. beggar to the an { = ' a beggar devoted by fortune to a homeless life ); Sonn. Ixxxii. 3 The d. mrds (=words of dedica- tion, dedicatoiy epistle). . ,^ .,,.,„ deed: performance (o/ what is promised) AUsW. III. \^. 101, Tim. V. i. 29, Ham. i. iii. 27 ; Lr. i. i. 73 mil very deal of lore (=what my love really is). deed-achievinff : achieved by acts of valour Cor. II. i. 192. "H Cf. uNKECALLiNG for jjassive sense. deedless: inactive Troil. iv. v. 98. .,,,.,,., deem : thought Troil. iv. iv. 69 what icicJced d.is this f deep sb.: depths in d. of night AViv. iv. iv. 41, C«s. deep adj. "(besides the sense of 'intense' the follow- ing are the chief fig. uses) ... 1 grave, serious, weighty 1H4 i. in. 190 matter d- and dangerous, R3 in. vn. 66 d. dtsigns.iv. n. 118 viy d. service (Qq true), Mac. i. in. 12b Ind-est consequence, Cym. ii. iii. 96 ; grievous, lieinous. R3 n. ii. 28 d. vice, Tim. in. iv. 31, Mac. i. vn. 20, Lucr. 701. . • 1 f T,, 2 profound in learning, knowledge or insiglit ip. II. i. 274 A chough of as d. chat, 2H4iv. n. 17, K-J ju.vU.li deep divines. . .n i i 3 profound in craft or subtlety 2H6 iii. i. 57 il. de- ceit, R3 I. iii. 2-24 d. traitors, ii. i. 38. deep- in comb.: = to a depth, deeply, profoundly, intensely, as deep-contuitplatiu AlL. ii. vn. di, deen-elivn-ciiKi (but ? two separate words) Err. ii. ii 142 ,?«p-rfr,(»//(-y Troil. Prol. 12, dcepHlrenched Lucr. 1100, diep-green Compl. 213, deeji-premcdi- tatcd 1H6 in. i. 1, deep-revolving R3 iv. n 42, deep- scarched LLL. I. i. 85, deep-sore Yen. 432, def?'- sivat Yen. i32, ehep-nounded Pilgr. >X- J? Il2bj , = froiu the depths (^ffp-./'rf (i.e. fetched) 2Hb II. IV. 33 : = solemnly deep-sieorn John in. i. 2.31 (ci. DEEPLY 2); deep-brain'd : full of profound thought Compl. 209. deeply (3 freq., with various applications) 1 profoundlv, thoroughly Tw.N. ii. v. 48 ; with pro- found craft Shr. iv. iv. 42 dissemble deeply. 2 solemnly Ham. iii. ii. 237 'Tis d. sieorn (cf. deep oaths LLL. I. i. 23, deep vow Lucr. 1847). 3 intensely AVint. n. iii. 14, 2H4 iv. v. 2b so deeply •direct Tit. iv. i. 98, A'en. 814 eleeply distress d. 4 with' 'deep '.sound Shr. II. i. 194, A'en. 832. deep-moiith'd : loud and sonorous Shr. Ind. i. ib d. braeh, John v. ii. 173, H5 v. Chor. 11 ((. sea. DESB — 55 deer: in Lr. iir. iv. 142 mice and nils and such small deer, & line from tlie old romance of Sir Bevis of Hampton is echoed, where 'deer' has the old sense of ' beasts ', ' animals ' ; but S. no doubt ' associated the word with the object of the chase. deface: to ert'ace, obliterate, cancel Mer.V. iir. ii. WW dfface ilie bond, 2H6 i. i. 103. defame : evil repute, infamy Lucr. 768, &c. defam'd : made of ill repute 2H6 iii. i. 123. default (1 phrase peculiar to S.) 1 lack All'sW. ir. iii. 241 m the d. ( = at need). 2 fault Err. i. ii. 52, 1H6 ii. i. 60, iv. iv. 28. defeat sb. (obs. use) : destruction, ruin Ado iv. i. 47 defcut of her vinjhiity. Ham. ii. ii. 606 [598]. defeat vb. (1 common 1435-1635 ; 2 rare sense) 1 to undo, destroy, ruin Tim. iv. iii. 164, Hani. r. [ ii. 10 a d-idjoij, 6th. iv. ii. 160 muij d. iiii/ life. 2 to disligurc, deface 0th. r. iii. 346. 3 to defraud (any one) o/MND. iv. i. 163, Sonn. xx. 11 Xdlure . . . by addition iiic of thee d/featcd. defeature: disfigurement Err. ii. i. 98, Ven. 736. defect: defectiveness, faultiness Mac. ir. i. 18, Sonn. cxlix. 11 all my best doth worship thy d. defence (2 a 17tli cent, use, now rare) 1 capacity of defending itself 3H6 v. i. 64*. 2 art of defending oneself, practice or skill in self- defence AYL. III. iii. 65, Vxs. iv. iii. 201, Ham. iv. vii. 97. 3 arms, armour Tw.N. iii. iv. 243, Rom. iir. iii. 133, Ant. IV. iv. 10 Go put oh thy dffencis. defend (1 chiefly in God defend!) 1 to forbid Ado ir. i. 99, iv. ii. 22, 1H4 iv. iii. 38, 0th. I. iii. 268, Ant. ur. iii. 43 his else defend! 2 intr. (of the usual trans, sense) to make a defence H5 I. ii. 137 defend Against the Scot. defendant : defensive H5 ir. iv. 8 means d. defensible : able to make a defence 2H4 ii. iii. 38, H5 iir. iii. 50. defer (obs. use) : to waste (time) 1H6 in. ii. .33. defiance (1 the usual S. sense ; 2 only S.) 1 challenge to fight K2 in. iii. 130, Cas. v. i. 64. 2 declaration of aversion, rejection Meas. iii. i. 141 Take my defiance ; Die, perish .'. deficient: failing, fainting Lr. iv. vi. 24 the de- ficient siyht. ^ Not pre-Eliz. in anv sense. defile : used with a quibble on ' pitch ' AH'sW. iv. iv. 24 I)-s the pitchy night, Tim.i. ii. 234 ; cf. Ado III. iii. 61. [118. definement (not pre-S.) : description Ham. v. ii. definite : resolute Cym. i. vi. 43 ; so defijiitive Meas. v. i. 428. deformed: deforming Err. v. i. 299 Time's d. hand. defunct (not pre-S. as an adj.) ; dead H5 iv. i. 21 ; (?) discharged, laid aside 0th. i. iii. 266 In my{mef) defanct and proper satisfaction. defunction : decease H5 i. ii. 58. defunctive (S.): funeral Phoen. 14 J. music. defuse : see diffuse. defy (1, 2, and sense ' set at defiance ' are about equally common in S.) 1 to challenge, esp. to a fight Err. v. i. 32, John ii. i. 406, H5 II. i. 76, Ant. ii. ii. 164. 2 to reject, despise AYL. Epil. 21, Mer.V. iir. v. 76, lH4 IV. i. 6 do d. The tongues of soothers, Ham. v. ii. 232 we defy augury. Per. iv. vi. 29. deig°n (obs. use) : to condescend to take, accept without grudging Gent. i. i. 162, Ant. i. iv. 6,3. deject pple.: downcast, dejected Troil. ii. ii.50 Jlake . . . luslikood d.. Ham. in. i. 164 d. and wretched. dejected : abased, humbled Wiv. v. v. 175, Lr. iv. i. 3 (= thing most humbled by fortune), Per. ii. ii. 46 the d. state wherein he is. delated* : (a) expressly stated, (b) conveyed Ham. I. ii. 38 (Q of 1603 reluUd, Q-i dclalul, Fi dilated). - DEMOySTBASI.E delation: accusation Otli. in. iii. 123 (Qi denole- tiiints, Ff Qq2 3 dilations'^. delectable: K2 n. iii. 7, 2H4 iv. iii. 108. delicate sb.: delicacy, luxury 3H6 n. v. 51. delicate (often more than one sense is implied) 1 delightful, pleasant Wint. in. i. 1 The climate's d., Mac. I. vi. 10, 0th. i. iii. 360, Ant. it. vii. 115 delicate Lethe. 2 graceful, dainty, elegant Tp. i. ii. 438 d. Ariel, II. ii. 97, Tim. iv. iii. 387, 0th. n. iii. 20d. creature. 3 voluptuous Ado I. i. 313 soft and delicate desires. 4 tender, not robust Ham. iv. iv. 48arf. and fender prince, 0th. i. ii. 74 herd, youth, ii. i. 236. 5 exquisite in nature, beauty, &c., Tp. i. ii. 272 a spirit too d. To act her earthly . . . commands. 6 skilful, ingenious Lr. iv. vi. 189 a d. slrataijem, 0th. IV. i. 197 So d. with her ncidlc !, Cym. v. v. 47 ; skilfully or finely wrought All'sW. iv. v. Ill (/. fine hats. Ham. v. ii. 160 most d. carriages. delig'ht: charm, delightful ness LLL. v. ii. 905, Rom. I. iii. 82, Ven. 78, Sonn. xci. 11, cii.l2 47(<:c/,v griiirn common lose their dear d. ^ The senses ' i>Ieasure ' and ' source of pleasure ' are the usual ; o/(/. =delightful, e.g. Sonn. xcviii. 11. delig'hted (.from the noun delight) : endowed with or alfording delight, delightful Meas. in. i. 119, Otii. I. iii. 291 d. beauty. Cym. v. iv. 102 to make my gift, The more delay'd, delighted. deliver (3 weakening of the legal use 'hand over") 1 to bring forth (offspring), lit. and fig., chiefly passive Err. v. i. 405, LLL. iv. ii. 72, 0th. i. iii. 378, Per. v. i. 107. 2 to send AU'sW. i. i. 1, in. vii. 33. 3 to present, exhibit Tw.N. i. ii. 40, Cor. v. iii. 39 The sorrow that d-s tis thus chang'd, v. v. [vi.] 141. 4 to declare, communicate, report, relate (very freq.) Err. n. ii. 168, Wint. v. ii. 4 d. the manner how he found it, 1H4 v. ii. 26, H8 I. ii. 143, Cses. III. i. 181, Mac. I. V. 11, Ham. i. ii. 193. 5 intr. to speak, discourse R2 in. iii. 34, Cor. i. i. 98. deliverance (sense ' release ' is used 5 times) 1 bringing forth of offspring Cym. v. v. 371. 2 utterance, enunciation, delivery All'sW. n. i. ^5 In this my light d., li. v. 4, 3H6 ii. i. 97 at each word's dtliv ranee. delivery: statement, account Wint. v. ii. 10. Delphos: Delphi, the oracle of Apollo Wint. n. i. 182. demand sb. and vb. are often used simply = question, without any idea of authoritative or peremptory asking. dem.ean : refl. to behave oneself Err. iv. iii. 83, v. i. 88 he d-'d himself rough, 2H6 1. i. 189, 3H6 i. iv. 7. demerit (1 the orig. sense in English) 1 pi. merits, deserts Cor. i. i. 278, 0th. l. ii. 22. 2 pi. offences, sins Mac. iv. iii. 2'lbXotfor their own d-s, but for mine. Fill slaughter on their souls. demesne (oldedd. demeam) 1 pi. lands, estates Rom. in. v. 182 Of fair d-s. 2 pi. regions, domains Rom. ii. i. 20, Cym. in. iii. 70. demi- in comb.: = half (often contemptuous) dcmi- deril Tp. v. i. 272, Otli. v. ii. 300, dtmi-i/od Meas. I. ii. 129, LLL. iv. iii. 79, Mer.V. ni. ii.116, dimi- natitr'd Ham. iv. vii. 87, dcmi-paradisc R2 n. i. 42, dcmi-iiupiKt'Yp. V. i. 36, deiiii-ii(jlf'M:\r. iii. i. 94; demi- Atlas [see Atlas], one tliat holds up half the world Ant. i. v. 23 ; demi-cannon, large gun of about 6} inches bore Slir. iv. iii. 88. demise: to convey, transmit R3 iv. iv. 248. demon (old edd. Damon) 1 attendant or ministering spirit Ant. ii. iii. 19 Thy demon— that's thy spirit which keeps thee. 2 evil spirit, devil H5 II. ii. 121. de'monstrable : evident, apparent Oth. in. iv. 141, DEMONSTRATE — 56 -DESERVING demonstrate (stressed de'iiiotisirutc,deiiio'nsiraie) 1 to oxliibit, set t'oitli, manifest, show AYL. iii. ii. 405, H5 IV. ii. 54, H:ini. i. i. 124, Otli. i. i. 61. 2 to prove All'sW. i. ii. 47, Oth. in. iii. 432. deniiire adj.: grave, sober H8 i. ii. 167, Liicr. 1219. demure vb.: {?) to look demurely Ant. iv. xiii. [XV. I 29. deinvxrely: gravely Mer.V. ii. ii. 207; With sub- tlueil sounl Ant. iv. ix. 31. denay sb. : denial Tw.N. ii. iv. 126. denay vb. : old form of deny, 2H6 i. iii. 107. denier : French coin, the twelfth of a son ; used as the type of a very small sum Slir. Ind. i. 9, 1H4 in. iii. 90, K3 i. ii. 253 My dukedom to a hcy- (jinli) denier. denote (not pre-S.) is used in the ordinary mod. senses. denotement: indication, token Oth. ii. iii. 325 I »,) , ; see devotement), hi. iii. 123 (Qi ; others 'Ii ifi/ioiis, d/l(dwns). denoxmce: to proclaim, declare John in. i. 319 (/. « curse, III. iv. 159 denouncing vengeance, Ant. in. vii. 5 [war] ihnotDic'd atjainst us. denunciation: fcjrmal declaration Meas. i. ii. 158. deny (see also pen-av) 1 to refuse to do something Slir. ii. i. 180 // she dcn/j to wed. 2 to refuse permission to, not to allow R2 ii. iii. 12Q I am denied to sue mij livery here, Tit. ii. iii. 174. 3 to refuse to accept R2 ii. i. 205 If yon . . . deny Ills offer d homnr/e. 4 to refuse admittance to 1H4 ii. iv. 552 If you will dinif the slteriff, so. depart sb.: departure Gent. v. iv. 97, 2H6 i. i. 2, 3Ht> IV. i. 92 : death 3H6 n. i. 110. depart vb. (2 this sense is now only used in 'de- part this life ') 1 to take leave of one another Tim. i. i. 263 Ere ice depart, Cym. i. i. 108 The loath iicss to depart. 2 to go away from, leave, quit 2H4 iv. v. 89, 3H6 II. ii. 73 depart the field, Lr. in. v. 1, Sonn. xi. 2. 3 d. with{al), part with, give up LLL. n. i. 146, John II. i. 563 Hath loillinffly d-ed icitli n part. departing^ : separation 3H6 ii. vi. 43 li/e and d(orsliip d. gods. Dis: god of the infernal regions Tp. iv. i. 89. disallow : to disapprove of John i. i. 16. disanimate : to discourage 1H6 in. i. 182. disappointed : unprepared (cf. appoint 2) Ham. I. V. 77 i'lihoHseVd, disappointed, unantVd. disaster sb. (etymol. sense, rare) : unfavourable aspect of a star Ham. l. i. 118 D-s in the sun ; (hence) ill-luck Mac. iii. 1. 112 Ho ueary icith d-s, ingi/'d ivith fortune. disaster vb.: to ruin Ant. n. vii. 18 the holes nhire eyes should be, which pitifully disaster the chains. disiiench : to cause (a person) to leave his seat (S.) Cur. II. ii. 76 / hope My irords d-d you not, disbranch : fig. to sever Lr. iv. ii. 34. discandy (S.) : to dissolve or melt out of a solid condition Ant. iii. xi. [xiii.] 165, iv. x. 35[xii. 22]. disease : to undress Tp. v. i. 85 / will d. me ; to un- mask Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 651. TfCf. case sb.^ 1 (i) and 1 (v). discemer : person of judgement, critic H8 1. i. 32. discernings: intellectual fiiculties Lr. i. iv. 250 his discernings Are lethargied. discharg'esb.: occurs? times in S., who is the ear- liest authority for the senses 'lotting off a fire- arm'(1H4 I. i. 57), 'emission' (A YL. ii.i. 37, Troil. IV. iv. 41), 'payment' (Cym. v. iv. 173), 'per- formance, execution' (Tp. ii. i. 262). discharg'e vb. ('dismiss, disband' and 4 are tlie most freq. meanings) 1 to unburden, disburden, deliver, free Ado v. i. .335, 2H4 II. iv. 145, Rom. v. i. 63 d-'d of breath. 2 fig. of letting off cannon H8 i. ii. 206 d. a horrible oath, Lucr. 1605 d. one word of woe. :t to pay, settle with (a creditor) Err. iv. i. 32, Mei.V. III. ii. 274, Tim. ll. ii. 12. 4 to perforin MND. i. ii. 96, iv. ii. 8, Cor. in. ii. 106. discipline sb. (tlie earliest sense in English, 'chastisement, correction,' is not S.) 1 instruction, teaching Gent. iii. ii. 88, Shr. i. i. 30 //(('.<• moral d., Troil. ii. iii. 33 heaven bless thee from, a tutor, and discipline come not near thee. 2 training in military affairs, military experience John II. i. 39 our chieftst men of d., H5 in. ii. 65. discipline vb. (2 tliis sense was orig. applied to the penitential use of the scourge) 1 to instruct, train Troil. ii. iii. 258 he that d-d thy arms to fight, Compl. 261 d-'d, ay, dieted in gravt. 2 tocliasti.se, 'punish' Cor. ii. i. 141. disclaim (not in pre-Eliz. use) 1 to renounce or disavow all share in Lr. ii. ii, 58. 2 to repudiate connexion with, disown John i. i. 241 1 have d-'d Sir Robert, R2 I. i. 70 JJ-iiig here the kindred of the king, Lr. I. i. 115. disclaiming' : disavowal Ham. v. ii. 255. disclose vb. (the sense 'reveal ' is the common one) 1 to unfold Ham. i. iii. 40 before their buttons be d-'d, Sonn. liv. 8 their masked buds discloses. 2 pass, to be hatched Ham. v. i. 309 (see couplet). disclose sb.: incubation (fig.) Ham. in. i. 175. discolour: to bring a blush to 2H4 ii. ii. 5 it d-s the complexion of my greatness to acknowledge it. discolour'd : paie Lucr. 708 lean d. cheek. discomfit: discouragement 2H6 v. ii. 86. discomfited : discouraged Shr. ii. i. 164 be not so d, discomfiture: defeat, rout 1H6 i. i. 59. discomfort sb. (sense 'uneasiness' is late) 1 disconirtgement R2 in. ii. 65, Mac. i. ii. 28. TJ ' Discourage' and its compounds are not S. 2 sorrow 2H4 j. ii. 119, Mac. iv. ii. 29% Ant. iv. ii. 34 What mean you, sir. To give them tliis d. ?. discomfort vb. (thrice in S. ; cf. the senses of piec.) 1 to discourage Troil. v. x. 10, Cses. V. iii. 106. 2 to grieve Ham. in. ii. 178. discontent: a malcontent (not pre-S.) 1H4 v. i. 76. discontented : full of discontent Otb. v. ii. 313. discontenting': dis-atisfiedAVint. iv. iii. [iv. 1545. discontintie : to cease to frequent Ado v. i. 197 / must d. your company, Mer.V. ill. iv. 75 / have discoitliiin'd school. discordant : disagreeing 2H4 Ind. 19. discourse sb. (() d-s with the dud, Y.kX- "• i. lOo, Liicr. 1070, 1279, 1704. dispiteous : pitiless John iv. i. 34 (Ft dispitious). displace: to remove, banish Mac. in. iv. 1U9, Lucr. 887. displant : to uproot (fis.) Knni. in. iii. 58 D. a town. displanting: deposition tium office Otli. ii. i. 280. display : to behave ostentatiously Lr. ii. iv. 41. displeasure (the foil, are special or obs. uses) 1 i/onr d., the unpopularity you are in H8 in. ii. 393, Otli. III. i. 45. 2 take a d., take oflence Tp. iv. i. 202. 3 offence, wrong Err. iv. iv. 118 Do oiitraije and d. to liiiiistif, V. i. 142 JJoinij d. to the citizens. disponge : reading in mod. edd. for dispunge. disport sb.: pastime, sport Otli. i. iii. 273, Lucr. Arg. 11. disport vb.: refl. to amuse oneself 3H6 iv. v. 8 CoiiHs liiintinr/this icaytod. himself, Tim. i. ii. 143. dispose sb. (not pre-S.) 1 disposal Gent. n. vii. 80, iv. i. 70 Which . . . all rest at thy dispose, Err. I. i. 20, John i. i. 203. 2 bent of mind, temperament Troil. n. iii. 170. 3 external manner Otli. l. iii. 403 a smooth dispose. dispose vb. (dispose of is common in sense 2) 1 to place or distribute, to manage, do with H5 iv. Chor. 51, H8 1. ii. 110 these so noble benefits . . . Sot well d-d, Ti-oil. iv. v. 115 His blows are well d-'d: there, Ajax.'. 2 to put or stow away, deposit Tp. i. ii. 225, Err. i. i. 83, I. ii. 73, Tit. iv. ii. 175. 3 to regulate, order, direct H5 TV. iii. 132 how thou pleasest, God, d. the day! ; refl. to direct one's ac- tion Wint. I. ii. 179, Per. i. ii. 117 ; also in gerund (/(«po.«m/7=direction, arrangement John v. vii. 92, H8 I. i. 43, Ven. 1040. 4 to settle matters, come to terms (S.) Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 123 you did siispect She had d-'d with Casar. disposed : inclined to merriment, in amerry mood LLL. n. i. 248, v. ii. 467, Tw.N. n. iii. 91. disposition (1 rare ; 2 and 3 about equally freq.) 1 arrangement 0th. i. iii. 237// d.for my wife. 2 inclination, humour, mood AYL. i. i. 133, iv. i. 118 a more coiiiiny-on d., R3 1, iii. 03, Cor. i. vi. 74, in. ii. 21 The thwarting of your d-s, Rom. i. iii. 05 your disposition to be married, Lr. i. iv. 310. 3 natural constitution or temperament Wiv. iv. v. m the villanous inconstancy of man's d., Rom. in. iii. 114, Ham. i. ii. 169. disprize: to hold in contempt Troil. rv. v. 74 (Q uiisprisinfi). Ham. in. i. 72 d-d lore (Qq despiz'd). disproperty (S.) : to alienate (a possession) Cor. 1 1. i. 207 Dispropertiid their friedoms. disproportion sb. : want of fitness Otli. in. iii. 233 Foul d., thoni/lits unnatural (so Qq ; Ff d-s). disproportion vb.: to make out of proportion 3HG III. ii. 100 To d. me in every part. Like to a chaos. disproportion'd (2 is peculiar to S.) 1 out of proportion Tp. v. i. 290. 2 inconsistent Oth. i. iii. 2. dispunge: to pourdown as from a squeezed sponge Ant. IV. ix. 13 The poisonous damp of niyht dis- pu>ir/e upon me. dispurse : to disburse 2HC in. i. 117. TJ ' Probably from some Scottish chronicle' (H. C. Hart); the only other recorded examples of this word are from a Scottish Act of Parliament (1043), and Heslop's Northiiinberland glossary (1892). dispiitable: inclined to dispute (S.) AYL. ir. v. 35. disputation: conversation (S.) 1H4 in. i. 205, H5 III. ii. 105. dispiite (1 an obs. sense ; 2 not pre-S.) [02. 1 todiscuss Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 413 ; cf. Rom. in. iii. 2 to strive against, resist Mac. rv. iii. 219'. disquantity (not pre-S.) : to diminish Lr. i. iv. 272. disquietly: inadisturbingmanner(S.)Lr. i. ii.l27. disseatf: to unseat Mac. v. iii. 21 (Fi dis-eate, Ff234 dis-ease; many conj.). dissemble: to disguise (once in S.) Tw.'N'. iv. ii. 5. dissenibling vbl. sb.: falseness, hypocrisy 3H0 III. iii. 119; so the ppl. adj.=false, hypocritical Err. IV. iv. 102 D. villain, Troil. v. iv. 2 Thaid mrltt ; fig. MND. ii. ii. 98 What ...d. (jlass of mine. dissembly : Dogberry's perversion of ' assembly ' Ado IV. ii. 1. dissolution (5 times in S.; 1 not pre-S.) 1 liquefaction Wiv. in. v. 121 a man of continual d. and thaw, Lucr. 355 Ayainst love's fire fear's frost hath dissolution . 2 destruction, ruin Meas. in. ii. 242, R2 n. i. 259 Kcproach and d., Lr. I. ii. 103 d-s of ancient amities. dissolve (sense 4 iiitr. is most free].) 1 to loosen, undo R2 ii. ii. 71 d. the bands of life, Troil. v. ii. 153 The bonds of heaven are . . . d-'d, mid loos'd. 2 to part, separate "Wiv. v. v. 249 [237] nothinij can d.us, AH'sW. I. ii. (SGd-dfrom my hive, Cor. I. i. 210. 3 to destroy, put an end to Lr. iv. iv. 19 Lest his ■unijovern'd raije d. the life; also intr. to come to an'end Tp. rv. i. 154, v. i. 64 The charm d-s apace. 4 to melt R2 in. ii. 108 all d-'d to tears ; also intr. Gent. III. ii. 8, MND. i. i. 245, Lr. v. iii. 205 ('ready to shed tears'). Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 162. dissuade: discourage AlFsW. in. v. 24. distaff: cleft stick on which wool or flax was formerly wound ; used as tlie typo of woman's occuijation Lr. iv. ii. 17, Cym. v. iii. 34; so distaff-woman R2 in. ii. 118. distain: to defile, sully, dishonour R3 v. iii. 323, Troil. I. iii. 241, Per. iv. iii. 31 She did distaiuir nil) child (old edd. disdain{e), Lucr. 780. distance (1 the orig. sense of the word ; the usual S. .sense is that of 'intervening space', of which 2 is a special use) 1 disagreement Mac. in. i. 116 in such bloody d. 2 in fencing, definite interval of space to be kept between the combatants Wiv. ii. i. 232 [223], ii. iii. 27, Rom. ii. iv. 23. 3 remoteness in intercourse, thei-everseof intimacy or familiarity Oth. ll. iii. 59 a wary d., in. iii. 13 o politic d., Compl. 151 With safest distance I mine honour shielded. distaste (not pre-Eliz.; 2, 3 not pre-S.) 1 to have no taste for, disrelish, dislike Troil. ii. ii. 66, Lr. I. iii. lb (Qq dislike). 2 to offend the taste, cause disgust Troil. iv. iv. 48 D-ini/ (Ff) with the salt of broken tears, Oth. in. iii. .328. 3 to render distasteful Troil. ll. ii. 123 her hrani- sick raptures Cannot d. the yoodness of a quarrel, IV. iv. 48 D-d (Qq) with the salt of broken tears. distasteful: expressing dislike or aversion Tim, I n. ii. 221 distasteful looks. DISTEMPER - distemper sb. (2 and 3 not pre-S.; 3 cf. distem- pering) 1 ill linmour, ill temper Wiv. iii. iii. 230, m. v. 80 tnxtifjatfd hi/ Ill's fl., Wint. I. ii. 385, Hani. iii. ii. 358 nhat is: yoiir rcmse. (if (I.?, III. iv. 122. 2 deranged condition of body or mind, illness, disease Ham ii. ii. 55 your .ion's distemper. 3 intoxication H5 ii. ii. 54 little faults, proceeding oil dis/fiiijiir. distemper vb.: to distnrb, disorder Tw.N. ii. i. 5 ///( mill III ltd ncij of my fate might, pirhaps,d. yours. Yen. ('.53 ihstiuhiiuj Jealousy . . . Uisteiiiperiiiij f/nilU Lovf ill his lUsire. % See also distempered. distemperance : - distemperature 2, Per. v. i. 27 distemperature (in MND. ii. i. 106, 1H4 v. i. 3 tliciv is prob.'ibly a glance at tlie old sense of ' inclemency of weatlier ', but tbe direct ref. is to 'ill liumoiir, discomposure ') 1 physical disorder or derangement, ailment, ill- ness Err. V. i. 82 pnle d-s, 1H4 m. i. 34 Our gran- dam earth, having this d.. In passion shook. 2 disturbance of mind Rom. ii. iii. 40 Thou art up- rntts'd by some d.. Per. v. i. 27. distempered (1 tlie orig. sense ; cf. prec. •word) 1 inclement .John in. iv. 1.54 no d-d day ; transf. All'sW. I. iii. 159 this d-d messenger of net (i. e. the rainbow). 2 out of humour or temper, vexed Tp. iv. i. 145, John IV. iii. 21, Ham. in. ii. 317. 3 pliysically disordered, diseased, ailing Tw.N. i. V. 97 a d. appetite, 2H4 in. i. 41 as a body, yet, d-d, Troil. II. ii. 169, Sonn. cliii. 12. 4 mentally or morally deranged, distracted Eoni. 11. iii. 33 a d-d head, Mac. v. ii. 15 his d-d cause. distil (3 is much the commonest S. use) 1 to fall in minute drops Tit. in. i. 17. fiii. 15. 2 to let fall in minute drops Tit. ii. iii. 201, Rom. v. 3 to obtain or extract the essence of, also to obtain (the quintessence) by extraction or distillation (lit. and fig.) MND. l. i. 76 the rose d-d, AYL. in. ii. 153 Nature prestnth/ d-'d Helen's cheek, AU'sW. II. iv. 47, H5 IV. i. 5, Troil. I. iii. 350 a man d-'d Out of our virtttes, Mac. in. v. 26 : used absol. Cym. I. V. \^ To make perfumes? distil? preserve?. 4 to melt Ham. i. ii. 204 (F, hestil'd). distillation : product of distilling Wiv. in. v. 117, Sonn. V. 9 ; so distilment Ham. i. v. 64 The hperous distilment. disti'nct sb.: separate thing (S.)Phoen. 27 Two d-s. distinct adj.: stressed disti'nct Troil. iv. v. 244; di'stinct Mer.V. ii. ix. 61, Troil. iv. iv. 45. distinction : discrimination Troil. iir. ii. 26. distinctively : (?) distinctly 0th. i. iii. 155 (so Ff:;?i4; F] iiistinctiuely, Qqintentiichj). distinctly (obs. use): separately, individually Tp. I. ii. 200, (or. III. i. 205, iv. iii. 48, 0th. ii. iii. 292'. distingiiishm.ent : distinction Wint. ii. i. 85. distract ppl. adj.: 1 separated, divided Compl. 231 Tlicird. parcels. 2 perplexed, confused C;es. iv. iii. 154. [vi.289. 3 crazy, mad Tw.N. v. i. 290, Ham. iv. v. 2, Lr. iv. distract vb. : 1 to separate, divide, scatter All'sW. v. iii. 35 to the liriglitest beams J)-ed clouds give tcay, 0th. I. iii. 328, Ant. III. vii. 43 Distract your army. 2 to perplex, confuse, Ijewilder Wiv. n. ii. 141 This nni's d-s me, Tim. in. iv. 110 your distracted sottl, Mac. 11. iii. Ill, Ham. I. v. 97 this d-cd globe. 3 to make mad Err. v. i. 39, 2H4 n. i. 12(). [28. distractedly: disjointedly Tw.N. n. ii. 22, Compl. distraction: division, detachment Ant. in. vii. 76 I/is piticer went out in such d-s. ^J The senses re- ferring to mental derangenunt follow the vb. 62 —DO distrain; to levy a distress upon R2 ii. iii. 131, (hence) to confiscate 1H6 i. iii. 61 (/-'-' .1 ''. 0/ jiii/itiicc, Cyiii. iv. ii. 304. drop vli.: d. forth, biing forth, produce AYL. iii. ii. 262 irlicn il d-s fotth mich J'ntil, iv. iii. 35 d. forlli .such niniit-rnde inicnlion \ d. in for, come "in for Sonn. xc. 4. dropping: (Irijiiiiiig wet Per. iv. i. G2 ivith a d. iiidiistiij tliiij sliiii From sUin to sltrn \ tearful Ham. I. ii. 11 drojiphii/ cijc. dropsied: iiillatcil Airs\\'. ii. iii. 135 a d. honour. drossy: Irivulniis Hani. v. ii. 197 the diossi/ ai/c. drouth: lack of moisture, thirst Per. in. Cio\ver8, Yen. 544. drovier : cattle-dealer Ado ii. i. 201. drown : to niake-tonipletely drunk (S.) Tw.N. i. v. l^^) (I third [dnnii/h/l d-s him ; cf. Tim. ill. v. 70 (( sin Hull (ijtin Ihoii lis him. Veil. 984. drowsy: inducing sleep Otli. iii. iii. 3S2d.sijrttps. drug': spec, poisonous or injurious concoction Honi. V. i. GO, Ham. in. ii. 270, 0th. l. ii. 74. drumble: to be .sluggish Wiv. in. iii. 157. dry adj. (1 properly, =tliat docs not draw blood) 1 severe, hard Err. il. ii. 05 nuoihcr d. basthif/. 2 (of jests, i:c.) dull, stupid AYL. n. vii. 39, LLL. V. ii. 374, Tw.N. i. iii. 81, v. 44. dry vb : to cause (tlic brain) to lose its substance (cf. DRV adj. 2) AViv. v. v. 147, Ham. iv. v. 153. dry-beat: to beat soundly (cf. drv adj. 1) LLL. v. ii. 204, Kom. in. i. 84, iv. v. 127. dry-foot: drmn d., track game by the scent of the foot Err. IV. ii. 39. dub: to confer the rank of knighthood Tw.N. in. iv. 200, H5 IV. viii. 91 ; (hence) to invest witli a dignity R3 i. i. 82 dnbb'd than rifntUwoiiicn ; to dub with an opprobrious name H6 n. ii. 120. ducat : gold coin of varying value, formerly in use in most European countries, that current in Holland, Russia, Austria, and Sweden being equivalent to about 9.v. 4rf.; also, silver coin of Italy, value about 3*'. Crf. Mer.V. ii. viii. 19, double d-s, ILani. in. iv. 23 Deud, for a d., dead ! ducdame (unexplained ; many coiij.) : AYL. ii. v. 51, .'>S. dudgeon : hilt of a dagger of wood of the .same name (/boxwood) Mac. ir. i. 40. due si), (obs. use) : debt Mer.V. iv. i. 37 the due and forfeit of mij bond, Tim. n. ii. 10 a note of ctrtuin 'dues, 158. due adj. (nautical use): straiglil, direct 115 in. Clior. n Noldinr/ d. course to Hiirfleur, Otli. l. iii. 34. due adv.: duly 2H4 in. ii. 333 duer paid. ^ S. is the earliest authority for the nautical use Tw.N. in. i. 148 due ircsf. due vb. : to endue, invest IHO iv. ii. 34. duello : established code of duellists LLL. i. ii. 188, Tw.N. in. iv. 341 he cunnot bi/ the dmilo moid il. duke sb.: sovereign prince, ruling a small state called a duchy Tp. i. ii. 58 I), of Miluu ; hence used to render the Venetian 'doge' 0th. iv. i. 2.30; liere2 E-ed wonrlers, 111. i. I16»7((i/ murder tooHath been e-ed, R3 v. iv.2. enacture'' (S.): performance, fulfilment Ham. in. ii. 209 Tlieir own (tinctures (Qi| ; Fi en{n)actors). enaniell'd : having nuluiall v a hard bhin v surface ENCZ:i.AI>XJS - r,9 — ENGAGEMEITT Gent. 11. vii. 28 e. slones, MND. ii. i. 255 e. skin. Enceladus: giant of ancient story Tit. iv. ii. 94. enchafed: excited, irritated Cym. iv. ii. 174; tniious, angry Otii. ii. i. 17 the encliafcJ food. enchant (fig. uses) : to influence as if by a clianii, hold spelibound, attract as if by magic 1H6 iir. iii. 40, Otli. I. ii. 63, Cym. i. vi. 167, Compl. 128. enchantment : applied to a person (cf. dread sb.) "Wiiit. IV. iii. [iv.)447. enchas'd: adorned as with gems 2H6 i. ii. 8. enclog' (S.) : to hinder 0th. ii. i. 70 (Qq do;/). encompass: to outwit, take advantage of, 'get nmnd' (S.) Wiv. li. ii. 161. encompassment : ' talking round ' a subject (S.) Hani. 11. i. 10 iltis e. and drift of qucdion. encounter sb. (the sense of 'meeting, friendly or liostile' is the common one ; 1,2, andSaie oiilyS.) 1 amatory meeting Wiv. iii. v. 76, Meas. iii. i. 26:i, Ado III. iii. 160 lliia aiuinhle c, iv. i. 91, AU'sW. III. vii. 32, Troil. iii. ii. 217. 2 accosting, address Gent. li. vii. 41. 3 style or manner of address, behaviour Shr. iv. v. 54, Wint. 111. ii. 50, Ham. ii. ii. 164 Mark the e., V. ii. 199 outward habit of encounter. encounter vb. (the foil, are peculiar to S.) 1 to go to meet Ado i. i. 100 the fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you e. it ; used bombastically - to go towards Tw. N. in. i. 83 Wilt you e. the house ?. 2 to light upon, befall Wint. ii. i. 20 . .speak) Err. jii. ii. 188 ,w/. an offer d chain, 1»3 iv. iv. 152 entreat me f.: on good terms 2114 ii. i. 211 lap for tap, and so part fair. 2 equitably, honestly Meas. in. i. 139, 1114 v. i. 114. 3 becomingly, fittingly Cor. iv. vi. 111)*. 4 auspiciously, favourably, fortunately Err. iv. i. 92, Mer.V. ii. i. 20, R2 n. ii. 122 The wind sitsf, 1H4 V. V. 43 since this business so f. is done, Troil. I. iii. 372 Should he 'scape Hector f.\ phrase F. be to yon, prosperity attend you Troil. iii. i. 47. 5 softly, gently Ado v. iv. 72 Soft nndf.,\\li in. i. 104 f. and evenly ;— stand /., stand still Troil. iv. v. '234. fair vb.: to beautify Sonn. cxxvii. 6. fairest-boding: of happiest omen 113 v. iii. 228. fair-fac'd (not pre-S.) : of fair complexion Ado in. i. 61 ; fair in appearance John n. i. 411 peace and fair-fac'd leaijue. fairing: complimentary gift LLL. v. ii. 2. fairly (2 recorded only from S.) 1 beautifully, handsomely Shr. T. ii. 149 I'll have them vcryf. bound, Troil. i. iii. 84, Rom. in. ii. 84; ill beauty Sonn. v. 4 ; in a neat or elegant hand Shr. in. i. 71, K3 in. vi. 2. 2 courteously, respectfully Eit. v. i. 233 Then f. 1 bespoke the officer, Per. v. i. iO yreet them fairly. 3 ijecomingly, properly, honourably Mer.V. i. i. 129 to comef. off from the great debts, Cor. iv. vii. 21 he bears all things fairly. 4 auspiciously, favourably 1H4 v. iii. 29, H5 v. ii. 10 fairly met, 18. 5 completely, fully, quite Shr. i. i. 108, Rom. ii. iv. 49 Yon gave us the counterfeit fairly. fairness: To the f. of my poner, as fairly as I can Cor. I. ix. 73. fairplay (not pre-S.; hyphened in old odd.) : equit- able conditions of intercour.se John v. i. 07, y. ii. 118. fair-spoken : of courteous or pleasant speech H8 IV. ii. b2 fair-spoken, atid persuading. fairy : enchantress, charmer (S.) Ant. iv. viii. 12. faith, (the commonest uses are) 1 loyalty, fidelity Gent. iv. iii. 26, MND. in. ii. 127 Bearing the badge off. to prove lliem true, 2H6 v. i. 166 0; where isf.l 0 .' where isloyaltyl, H8 n. i. 143, Cfes. III. i. 137 ; csp. faithfulness in love, true love (freq.). 2 frcq. used exclamatorily in by or on my faith, (in) good faith, in or i' faith, faith (also 'faith); added to imperatives Err. iv. iv. 153, Ado i. i.236, MND. I. ii. 50, Troll, iv. i. 51 ; to questions Tw.N. n. iv. 27, Ham. i. ii. 168. faith'd : Ijclieved in Lr. n. i. 72 Make fhy words f. faithful (the meaning ' loyal ' is the commonest ; 2 cf. ' This is a faithful saying ', 1 Timothy i. 15) 1 believing (in religion) R3 i. iv. 4. 2 true Meas. iv. iii. Vib a faithful verity. 3 (?) conscientious Ham. ii. ii. 114. faithfully (in Mer.V. v. i. 299 answer all things f. is a formula used in the Court of King's lieneh) 1 confidently Tim. in. ii. 46 urge it half so f. 2 assuringly AY'L. n. vii. 195 trhisperd faiHifully. faithless: unbelieving Mer.V. n. iv. 38/ Jew; disloyal John n. i. 230, H8 n. i. 123/. service ; not to be'trusted Meas. in. i. 135 Ofiiihless coward !. faitor : (properly) impostor, cheat : doubtful word In 2II4 II. iv. 171 (qfalers, Ff Fates). falchion : (properly) sword more or less curved with the edge on tlie convex side R3 i. ii. 94, Lucr. 176, &c. falcon : Irmale hawk trained for the sport of hawk- ing (contrast tercel) Mac. n. iv. 12, Ven. 1027. fall sb. (of the following less frequent S. uses, 1 and 2 arc only S., 3 and 4 arc ohs.) 1 shedding (of blood) H5 i. ii. "25. 2 downward stroke (of a sword) R3 v. iii. 112 n heavy f, Olh. ii. iii. 236 the clink and f. of swords. FALI.- 3 ebb of the title ; phrase atf., ;it a low ebb Tim. ir. ii. 215. 4 musical cadence Tw.N. i. i. 4 a dying fall. 5 bout at wrestling AYL. i. ii. 219 Yov, shall try but one fall. fall vb. (3 is used with various complements) 1 (of a river) to discharge itself, fig. Lucr. 653. 2 to shrink, become lean H5 v. ii. 167 A good leg will fall ; cf.fall aitay (below). 3 to come to be, get (into a condition), become Mer. V. IV. i. 207 / am fallen to this fur yoxi, Tw.N. IV. ii. 94 hotc fell you beside your fite nuts 1, 2H6 i. i. 254 be fall'n at jars, H8 il. i. 35 fell to himself ( = regained self-control), Cjes. iv. iii. Ibi she fell distract. 4 to let fall, drop Tp. ii. i. 304 To f. ii (viz. your hand) on Oomalo^ AYL. in. v. 6 F-s not the axe npon the humbled'iKcli, R3 V. iii. 136/. thi/ edaeless snord, Lucr. 1551 every tear he f-s ; "to give birth to Mer.V. i. iii. 89 Fall parti-col our' d lambs. 5 to happen, come to pass; also, to turn out (in a particular way) MND. v. i. 189, Mer.Y. i. ii. 95 An the uwst f. that ever fell, Vses. ni. i. 146, 243, Ham. IV. vii. 70 It falls right. 6 to happen to, befall John r. i. 78 Fair/, the lanes that took the pains for me.', Ant. in. vii. 39 Ao dis- grace Shall fall you, Yen. 472. fail away -- sense 2 (above) 1H4 iii. iii. 1, 1H6 in. i. 192 : fall down, to come to grief 2H4 iv. ii. 44 : fall from, il) to forsake the allegiance of, revolt from Ado i. i. 265 [257J, John in. i. 320, Tim. iv. iii. 404 ; (2) pass, to have forfeited All'sAY. v. i. 12, H8 in. i. 20, Ham. ii. ii. 165 And be not from his reason fallen ; fall in, to make up a quarrel Troil. III. i". 114 ; fall into, to come within the range of H8 ni. ii. 341 ; fall off, to withdraw from allegiance, revolt 1H4 i. iii. 94, Lr. i. ii. 119, Cym. m. vii. 6 The fallcn-off Jlrilains; fall over, to go over lo (the enemy) John in. i. 127 ; fall to, to apply oneself (to), begin (upon), set to (work), esp.to begin eating or fighting Tp. i. i. 3, AYL. 11. vii. 171, Shr. i. i. 38, 1H6 in. i. 90, Tit. HI. ii. 34. fallacy : delusive notion, error Err. ii. ii. 190. fallilile : liable to be erroneous Meas. iii. i. 169 hopes that aref; blunderinaly used in Ant. V. ii. 257 (old cM. falliable). falling' sickness: epilepsy Ca?s. i. ii. 257. fallow: adj.' uncultivated "H5 v. ii. 44 her f. lens The darnel, hcmlorl; . , . Doth root upon ;— sb. arable land H5 v. ii. 54; ground ploughed and har- rowed but left uncroppcd for a time Meas. i. iv. 42. fallow adj. 2; of pale brownish or reddish yellow colour Wiv. I. I. 92 your fallow qreyhound. false: ?vb. or adj. in Cym. n. iii. 74*; if a vb. ?=beti-ay their trust. falsehood (obs. meanings are) 1 falseness, faithlessness, perfidyTp. i. ii. 95, Gent. IV. ii. 8 my f. to my friend, ^Vint. in. ii. 142 this is mere f., John m." i. 95, 277, Troil. iv. ii. 107 Mahe Cressid's name the very crown of falsehood. 2 deception, imposture Meas. iir. ii. 303 [295], Ant. I. i. 40, Sonn. cxxxvii. 7. falsely: wrongly John iv. ii. 198/. thrust upon contrary feet, ()t]\. v. ii. 115 0 .' /., /. murdcr'd, Sonn. cxlviii. 4; perfidiously, treacherously Tp. IF. i. 71, Meas. ii. iv. 48, <-'or. in. i. 59 laid f. V the plain way of his merit. Ham. it. ii. 67/ borne in hand; improperly K3 v. iii. 252* England's chair, nlicre he is falsely set. falsify (once) : to prove (expectations) to lie ill- founded 1H4 I. ii. 23'i falsify men's hopes. falsing": deceptive Err. ii. ii. 97. famesb. : common talk or report, rumour IH611. 77 - FANTASTIC iii. 68 thou art no less than f. hath bruilid, H8 i. iv. 66, Ant. n. ii. 109 ; personified Ado n. i. 223 / have played the part of Lady Fame. fame vb.: to speak abroad tlie fame of, make re- nowned Troil. n. iii. 256% Sonn. Ixxxiv. 11. fam'd/o>- : reported as being 3H6 iv. vi. 26. familiar: adj. ('intimate,' • friendly ' is the most common meaning) 1 belonging to the household or family, domestic, household Wiv. i. i. 21 a f. beast to man, 0th. n. iii. 'Sib good wine is agoodfamtluir creature. 2 well-known H5 i. i. 47 /'. as his garter, in. vii. 40, Cym. V. v. 94 His favour is familiar to me. 3 current, habitual, ordinary, (hence) trivial Wiv. I. iii. 49, Meas. i. iv. 31, H5 iv. iii. 62 mir names, F. m his mouth as household words, Cses. ni. i. 266 dreadful objects [shall be] so familiar. 4 plain, easily understood LLL. i. ii. 9 a familiar demonstration, Troil. iii. iii. 113. 5 /. spirit, a demon supposed to be in association with or under the power of a man, and to attend at his call 1H6 v. iii. 10 Aow, ye f. spirits, Sonn. Ixxxvi. 9. sb. intimate friend LLL. v. i. 104 ; familiar or at- tendant spirit LLL. i. ii. 180, 1H6 in. ii. 122, 2H6 IV. vii. 113 he has a f. under his tong-ue. famine : hunger, stai-vation 2H6 iv. "x. 64, Mac. v. v. 40. Cym. in. vi. 19. famous : notorious Shr. i. ii. 257, Wint. in. iii. 11, 2114 IV. iii. 70, Ant. i. iv. ^ famous pirates. famoused: renowned Sonn. xxv. 9. famously: with renown K3 11. iii. 19 ; gloriously, splendidly Cor. i. i. 38. fan sb.: motion of the air such as is made by a fan Troil. v. iii. 41 thef. and windof your fair sword. fan vb. : fig. from the winnowing of corn Cym. i. vi. 177 The love I bear liim Made me to f. you thus. fanatical: extravagant LLL. v. i. 20. fancy sb. (2 the commonest S. sense) 1 fantasticalness LLL. i. i. 169, Ham. i. iii. 71 Cosily thy habit , . . But not express'd in fancy. 2 amorous inclination, love Mer.Y. in. ii. 63 Tdl me rchere isf. bred, AYL. in. v. 29, Tw.N. n. iv. 33 Our fancies arc more giddy aiul unfrm . . . Than women's arc, 0th. iii. iv. 64; used for 'one in love' Compl. Gl, 197. 3 musical composition in an impromptu style Shr. iir. ii. 71, 2H4 in. ii. 346. fancy vb. (the only S. sense) : to love, fall in love with Gent. ni. i. 67, Shr. 11. i. 12, 2H6 i. iii. 97 ; with a thing as object Shr. n. i. 16 ; intr. Tw.N. ir. V. 30 should she /.. it should be one of my com- plexion. Troil. V. ii. 162. fancy-free : free from the power of love MND. n. i. 164 /» maiden meditation, f. fancy-monger: one who deals in love AYL. in. ii. 387. fancy- sick : love-sick MND. in. ii. 96. fane: temple Cor. i. x. 20, Cym. iv. ii. 242. fang sb. (old edd. phang) : canine tooth, tusk : also fig. AYL. 11. i. 6 the icy fang . . . of the winter's Kind, Tw.N. I. V. 197 the very fangs of malice. fang vb. (old edd. phnng): to seize Tiin. n'. iii. 23 Ix^truifion fang mankind. fanged mot pVe-S.) : having fangs Ham. ni. iv. 203 adders faiig'd. fangled: fond of fineiy or foppery Cym. v. iv..l34 our fiDigled irorld. fantasied: full of (strange) fancies John iv. ii. 144. fantastic (cf next word) 1 imaginary R2 1. iii. 299. 2 fanciful, capricious Gent. n. vii. 47, Yen. 850 the humour of f. wits; (said of things) extravagant, grotesque Meas. n. ii. 121 /'. tricks, Troil. v. v. 38 Mad and f. execution, Ham. iv. vii. Id^f. g<(rlaiids. r ANTASTICAI. — 78 — rAXJIiT fantastical (3 the coiiiiuon S. sense) 1 -FANTASTIC 1, Mac. I. ill. 53, 131). 2 imaginative Tw.N. i. i. 15. 3 =FANTASTic 2, Meas. iii. ii. 100 a mad f. trick, Ado II. i. 80 like a Scotch Ji(/, and full as/., Otli. II. i. 221 t'-llin(j her fan/a.sfical lies. fantastically : oddly, strangely 2H4 iii. ii. 338 (( /),(((/ fnntadicallfi canal, H5 II. iv. 27. fantastico : absurd, irrational person Rom. ii. iv. 31 (Q, -icoes ; other old cdd. phaniacics, -asics). fantasy (contrast fancv sb.) 1 delusive imagin.ation, hallucination 1H4 v. iv. 137' is it/. That plaijs niiim our i.ijisiijtif !, Ham. i. i. 54* Is not this soimthini) more ihnn /antasij !. 2 imagination Wiv. v. v. 57 the onjans <>/ her /., MND. V. i. 5, AYL. n. iv. 31*, Rom. i. iv. 99 liei/ot ofnothrni/ hut vain f., C»s. ii. i. 197, iii. iii. 2. 3 product or figment of the imagination, fanciful image, fancy MND. il. i. 25S full o/ hateful /-ies, John v. vii. 18 lef/iotis ofstranye f-ies. Cues. ii. i. 231 no figures nor ho fantasies. 4 caprice, whim Rom. ii. iv. 31, Ham. jy. iv. 61 /o>- a fantasy and trick of fame, Otb. III. iii. 299. fap : drunk Wiv. i. i. 184. far: (?) comparative in Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 444 Far than iJitualion of{Fi F((rri:). farced: stulfed out with pompous phrases 115 iv. i. 283 Th( forced title ratuiiiKj 'fore the kinr/. fardel, farthel : bundle, pack Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 729, &c., Ham. in. i. 7(). fare : state of things John v. vii. 35 ill fare, 3HG n. i. 95 H7/ai'/«re?( = What cheer?). far-fet : lit. far-fetched, = deeply laid or cunningly devised 2H6 iir. i. 293 his f. policy. UTlie slj. ' far-fetch ' was in use 1560-1680 in the sense of ' deeply-laid or cunning stratagem '. farm sb.: in farm, on a lease R2 ii. i. 257. farm vb.: to" rent (land) Ham. iv. iv. 20 ; to let or lease (land) R2 i. iv. 45. farrow : properly, a litter of pigs ; in Mac. iv. i. 65 //()• nine farroit' is used in sing, with numeral to iiiilitlis Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 501 all . . . the pro- fijiiiiil s,ii hiihs In unk mm- n fathoms. fathomless : that cannot be embraced by the arms Troil. n. ii. '.iO n waist tnost fathomless. fathom-line: sounding-line 1H4t. iii. 204. fatigate ]'pl. (not post-S.) : fatigued Cor. n. ii. 122. fat-kidneyed : gross 1H4 n. ii. 6. fatness : L;rossness Ham. in. iv. 153. fatting vbl. sb.: growing fat R3 i. iii. 314. fat-witted: dull-witted 1114 i. ii. 2. fa,ucet : kind of tap for drawing liquor from a barrel: only in faucil-silUr Cor. ii. i. 80 (Ffi..;^ Forstt, F, Fausif. mod. edd. /o.v.ve/). f Faucef'is tlieconunoii s|i(lling from the 14th,cent. onwards. fault (2 and the sense ' defect, imiierfection ' are the most freq. S. meanings ; 4 ? only B.) 1 lack, want, in phr. for f. of, in the absence of, for want of Wiv. i. iv. 17, 2H4 ii. ii. 47, Rom. ii. iv. 1.32. 2 something wrongly done ; also in obs. phr. do or make a f., commit an offence AViv. v. v. 9, Wint. III. ii. 218, R2 I. ii. 5, Lucr. 804, Sonn. xxxv. 5. 3 (in hunting) a break in the line of scent, loss of scent Tw.N. n. v. 142 the cur is excellent at f-s. ; FAULTrUL— plir. cold fault, cold or lost scent Slir. Ind. i. 20, Veil. 6'J4. 4 misfortune Wiv. i. i. 96, in. iii. 232, Per. iv. ii. 79. foultful: culpable Lucr. 715. (iii. 75. faulty : guilty 1H4 iii. ii. 27, 2H6 iii. ii. 202, H8 v. fanset : see faucet. Faustus : the famous German magician made familiar in England by Marlowe, Wiv. iv. v. 71. favour (obs. or archaic senses are the foil. ; 4 and 5 were very common in the 15th-16th cent.) 1 leave, permission, pardon LLL. iii. i. 10 Bi/ tliyf., John II. i. 422 Speak on uith /., H8 i. i. 168, Mac. I. iii. 149, Ham. l. ii. 61 Your lean and/atonr. 2 lenity, leniency Mer.V. iv. i. 387 that, for litis f, He presently become a Chrisliati, 2H6 iv. vii. 72 Justice ivitlif., Ant. iii. xi. [xiii.] 133, Yen. 257. 3 attraction, cliarm^2H6 i. ii. ifronniiir/ at thef-s of the world, Ham. iv. v. 188 turns to f. and to prettiness, 0th. iv. iii. 21 even his . . . frowns . . . have grace and favour in them. 4 appearance, aspect, look John v. iv. 50 the f. and the form Of this most fair occasion, H5 v. ii. G3, Caes. I. iii. 129 the complexion of the element In f-'s t like the work we hare in hand (Ff Is Fauors, like, some mod. edd. isf-ed), Lr. i. iv. 260. 5 countenance, face Meas. iv. ii. 34 a good f. you have, Troil. i. ii. 99 a brown f., Ham. v. i. 213, Sonn. cxiii. 10 ;/(/ sec . . . The most sircetf. or dc- formed'st creature; pi. features 1H4 iii. ii. 136, Lr. in. vii. 40. favourable (obs. use): gracious, kindly 2H4 iv. v. 2 siiiiH dull ((nd favourable hand. favoured f. featured C»s. i. iii. 129 ; see favour 4. favouringf: kindly Ant. iv. viii. 23 thyf. hand. fawn sb.' : young lallow deer AYL. ii. vii. 128. fawn sb.2 : servile cringe Cor. iii. ii. 67. fawn vb.: to AViig the tail with delight or fondness R3 I. iii. 290, Caes. v. i. 41, Lucr. 421 As the grim lion f-etli o'er his prey; fig. to wheedle, cringe (freq.). fay: faith Ham. ii. ii. 276 hy my fay. fealty: obligation of fidelity on the part of a feudal tenant or vassal to liis lord K2 v. ii. 45; (licncc gen.) fidelity, loyalty Gent. n. iv. 92. fear sb. (3 in some cxx. ? ^grounl of alarm, as in Psalm liii. 6 (Prayer-book) 'They were afraid where no fear was') 1 dread, alarm, apprehension ; phr. give or put f. to, make timid, intimidate Meas. i. iv. 62, Yen. 1158; for f. of trust (= fearing to trust myself) Sonn. xxiii.5; I'pon the font of f, in i\ight \Hiy. v.20; out of f., (i) for fear 1H4 iV. iii. 7, (ii) without fear 1H4 IV. i. 135 1 am cut of fear Of death (cf. MND. III. i. 23 this will put them out of fear). 2 formidableness, dreadfulness AYL. i. ii. 189 the f. of your adventure, 3H6 ii. vi. 5, Caes. li. i. 190, Cym. III. iv. 9 put thyself Into a haviour of less f. 3 object of dread, something to be feared MND. v. i. 21 imagining somef., 1H4 I. iii. 87, 2H4 i. i. 95, Ilani. III. iii. 25. fear vb. (1 was the orig. meaning of the vb. in Anglo-Saxon ; 2 is now used only intr.) 1 to frighten, scare Meas. ii. i. 2 a scarecrow . . . to f. the birds of prey, Shr. i. ii. 214/. boys with bugs, 3H6 V. ii. 2 Warwick was a bug that f-'d its all, Lr. in. V. 4 How ...I may be censured, . . . someth ing fears me to think of. 2 to be apprehensive or concerned about, (hence) mistrust, doubt Wiv. iv. iv. 80, Err. iv. iv. 1 /•'. me not, man ; I will not break away, Ado iii. i. 31 F. you not my part of the dialogue, Slir. iv. iv. 10, R3 I. i. 1.37 his physicians f. him mightily, (^or. in. ii. 126, Ham. iv. v. 122. 3 to be afraid o/Sonn. cxv. 9. 79 - FEE-GRIEF fearful: about equally freq. in (1) the objective sense ' dreadful, terrible ' and (2) the subjective, ' timorous, apprehensive ' ; /. of occas. = con- cerned about 3H6 v. vi. 87/. of his life. feast : to keep holiday, enjoy oneself (S.) Wint. iv, iii. [iv.] 359, 2H4 iii. i. 59, Per. i. iv. 107. feast-finding' : hunting for banquets Lucr. 817. feast-won: won by a feast Tim. n. ii. 181. feat : adj. adroit, dexterous Cym. v. v. 88 A page . . . Ho f., so nurse-like; neat, trim Tp. ii. i. 281 [273]; —adv. neatly Compl. 48 With sleidid silkf. and affectedly Ensiralh'd. feat vb.: (?)to constrain to propriety Cym. i. i. 49* A sample to the youngest, to the more mature A glass that fulled them (/tatur'df, fear'd). feather (in Tw.K. in. i. 72 almost = bird) 1 kind nf plumage 3H6 in. iii. 161 birds of silf-f^ame /.; fig. of that f., of such a kind Tim. i! i. 101. 2 pi. wings John iv. ii. 174 setf-sto thy hcc'.s, Koni. I. iv. 20 To soar with his light f-s, Lucr. 1216. 3 used with ref. to the wearing of plumes in hats H8i. iii. 25 those remnants Offoolandf.; soptume of f-s, trifling person, coxcomb LLL. iv. i. 97. feather'd : winged 1H4 iv. i. 106 /. Mercury, 0th. I. iii. 271/. Cupid, Per. v. ii. Ib'inf. briefness. featly : with graceful agility, nimbly Tp. i. ii. 379, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 176. feature : shape or form of body Tp. in. i. 52 how f-s are abroad, Gent. ii. iv. 74 complete in f. and in mind, H8 in. ii. 50, Ham. in. i. 168, Sonn. cxiii. 12; shapeliness, comeliness R3 i. i. 19 Vheatidoff. by dissembling nature. ^ The sense of ' line:\nKnts of the face ' is not S. featur'd : shaped Ado in. i. 60, Sonn. xxix. 6. featureless (not pre-S.) : ugly Sonn. xi. 10. fedary (S.) : confederate, accomplice Meas. ii. iv. 123 {Fifedarie, FfQSifeodary), Cym. in. ii. 21 (Ff Fadarie), Wint. ii. i. 89 (Fi Fe'derarie, ?a mis- jirint or a scholarly correction). federary: see preceding word. fee sb. (1 phrases derived from the sense of in- heritance in land) 1 in fee, (to be held) in absolute possession Ham. IV. iv. 22 should it be sold in fee ; — at a jtin's fee, at a pin's value Ham. i. iv. 65. 2 sum which a public officer is authorized to de- mand as payiuentfortheexcrciseofhi.sfunctions; tig. 2H6 in. ii. 217 / shoidd rob the dealhsmun of his fee. 3 remuneration paid to a professional man Mer.V. IV. i. 424, Rom. i. iv. 74, Lr. i. i. 166, Yen. 609. 4 perquisite 3H6 m. i. 22 a deer whose skin's a keeper's fee. 5 payment, recompense Ado n. ii. 54, R3 i. ii. 170, Ham. n. ii. 73 three thousand crowns in annual f. 6 bribe John ii. i. 170. feevb.: to employ, make use of (an opportunity), as one would a servant Wiv. ii. ii. 208. feedsb.: feeding-ground, pasture-land AYL. ii. iv. 84 bounds of feid ; food-fodder Tit. iv. iv. 92 [sheep] rot ltd uith del icinus feed. feed pple.: hired Tw.N. i. v. 305 no feed post. feeder : one dependent on anotlier for food, (hence) servant AYL. n. iv. 100, Tim. n. ii. 169, Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 109. feeding : food 2H4 i. i. 10 a horse Full of high /., Cor. v. i. 56 wine and/., Sonn. cxviii. 6 To bitter sauces did I frame my f.; pasture Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 169. ^Cf. FEEDSb. fee-farm : kind of tenure by which land is held in fee-simple subject to a perpetual fixed rent, fig. in phrase in fee-farm Troil. in. ii. 51. fee-grief: grief that has a particular owner Mac. IV. iii. Kd a fee-grief iMte to some single breast. FEEL — 80 feel: to test, sound H5 iv. i. 132 io f. other men's iiiiiiils, Lr. I. ii. 97 to/, my eiffedion to your honour. feeling- vbl. sb. (the 'sense 'sensibility, suscepti- bility', e.g. LLL. IV. ii. 30, isnotpre-S.; the loll, are obs. or rare) 1 experience Meas. ni. ii. 129, LLL. iir. i. 120. 2 what is felt to belong to a thing, impression pro- duced by it R2 i. iii. 301*. feeling ppl. adj.: (in passive sense) deeply felt, heartfelt Win't. IV. i. [ii.] 8 /. sorroicn, Koni. in. V. 75 stich a f. loss, Lr. iv. vi. 227 Icnoiin and J. sorrnit'S. feelingly (1 arises from tlie meaning ' with just perception, undcrstandingly ' ; 2 not pre-S.) 1 appropriately, to the purpose Meas. I. ii. 37, Tw.N. II. iii. 175 most/. jH-rsonnteel, Ham. v. ii. 114. 2 with feeling or emotion Lucr. 1112, 1492. 3 so as to be felt or leave an impression AYL. ii. i. 11, Lr. IV. vi. 153. fee-simple : estate belonging to the owner and his heirs for ever 2H6iv. x. 28 the lord of the soil come io seize me for a stray, for enlcrim/ liisf. loitliout leave; usu. fig. =absolute possession Wiv. iv. ii. 229 if the devil have him not in /., All'sW. iv. iii. 314, Rom. III. i. .35 buy the f. of my life, Compl. 144. feigfn: to relate in fiction", fable Mer.V. v. i. 80, HHti I. ii. 31 all theit poets fei(jn of bliss and joy. feigning (3 the sense 'sing softly, hum' was in use in the 15tli-16th cent.) 1 inventive, imaginative AYL. ill. iii. 22 the truest poetry is the most feif/nine/. 2 deceitful MND. I. i. :il feie/nin// love. 3 siii<_'ini.' Softly MND. i. i. 'M feiejnimj voice. felicitate pple. (S.) : made happy Lr. i. i. 77. fell sb.: skin Lr. v. iii. 24 flesh eind f. (used quasi- adv. =entirely) ; covering of hair or wool, fleece AYL. III. ii. 56, Mac. v. v. 11. fell adj.: fierce, cruel (freq.); hot, angi-y MND. li. i. 20 Oheron is peissing fell and ivrath. fellow sb. (5 in 14tli cent, implied polite condescen- sion = ' comrade ', 'my friend ' ; in S.'s time this notion had disappeared, but the word when ad- dressed to a servant does not seem to have necessarily implied haughtiness or contempt, though its application to one not greatly inferior Avas a gross insult) 1 companion, associate (freq.) Tp. in. iii. 60 ; also attrib. AYL. iii. ii. 378, Ham. i. ii. 177. 2 partaker, sharer o/Wint. iii. ii. 39. 3 consort, spouse Tp. iii. i. 84*. 4 equal, match MND. iv. 1. S9 yood hay fellow, Caes. v. iii. 101. Mac. ir. iii. 69. 5 customary title of address to a servant LLL. iv. i. 103 Thoa,f., a irord, R3 iii. ii. 105 Gramercy,f.: there, elrinlc that for me, Rom. i. ii. 58 Good den, flood filloiv. fellow vb.: to be a 'fellow ' to Wint. i. ii. 143. fellowly : sympathetic Tp. v. i. 64. fellowship (see also good-fellowship) 1 partnership, memt)ership MND. i. i. 85 cverleistinfj bond (iff., Ham. iii. ii. 294 af. in ei cry of players. 2 participation, sharing (in an action, &c.) Tim. v. ii. 12 H/sfilUiirship i" the ceiuse against your city. 3 cominuiionsliip, company LLL. iv. iii. 49 sweet f. in sliaiiir, John ill. iv. 3 disjoin'dfrom /., Cor. v. iii. 175, Otli. II. i. 93 Parted ei'urf., Lucr. '790/. in weie. 4 intercourse H8 in. i. 120 all the f. I hold now with him, llam. il. ii. 300 by the: ri(/hfs of our f. felonious : wicked, crimiiuil 2110 iii. i. 129. ^ The technical legal sense rehltill,^ to telony is post-S. female : womanish, effeminate R2 iii. ii. 114 their fomile joints. femietary : old spelling of fumitouy H5 v. ii. 45. femiter: see fl-.mitek. hath no - FIELD fence sb. (2 occurs only once) 1 art of fencing Ado v. i. 75, John ii. i. 290. 2 defence 3H6 iv. i. 44. fence vb.: to defend, shield, protect 3H6 ii. vi. 75, III. iii. 98, Tim. iv. i. 3, Lucr. 63. fennel : fragrant yellow-flowered perennial, Facni- culum vnlgare, used in fish-sauces, and regarded as an emlilem of flattery 2H4 ii. iv. 267 eats conger and fiHUfJ, Ham. iv. v. 179. fenny : inhabiting marshland Mac. iv. i. 12. fen-suck'd : drawn up from marshes Lr. ii. iv. 169. feodary : see fedary. fere: spouse Tit. iv. i. 89 the woeful fere... of theit ... elamc. Per. i. Gower 21 (Qq Peere, Ffsi Peer). fern-seed: ' seed ' of the fern, once supposed to be invisible and capable of communicating its in- visibility to any one who possessed it lH4ii. i. 96. ferret : to worry H5 iv. iv. 30. fertile: abundant Tw.N. i. v. 276/. tears. ^In 2H4 IV. iii. 132* /. sherrts perhaps = promoting fertility (fig.). fertile-fresli : with luxuriant foliage Wiv. v. v. 74. fervency: eagerness Ant. ii. v. 18. [in. i. 6. festinate : hasty Lr. iii. vii. 10 ; festinately LLL. festival: like a feast-day John in. i. 76 kept f.; joyful Ado V. ii. 42 moo in festival terms. fet: fetched H5 in. i. 18, R3 ii. ii. 121 (Qq fetcht). TJCf. deep-fet, far-fct. fetch sb.: dodge, trick Ham. it. i. 38, Lr. ii. iv. 90. fetch vb. (3 trans, from the phrase ' fetch a blow ') 1 /". and carry, said orig. of dogs, hence fig. to run backwards and forwards with news, tales, &e. Gent. III. i. 276 her master's maid . . . hath more qualities than a water-spaniel . . . Slie cein f. and carry. 2 to draw, derive, borrow from a source Meas. in. i. 80, R2 I. i. 97, 2H4 ii. ii. 130, H5 ii. ii. 116/orm.v, being f -el From glistering semblances of piety, 0th. I. ii. 21 //. my life and being From men of royed siege. 3 to deal a blow at Per. ii. i. 17 I'll f. thee with a weinnion. 4 to perform (a movement) Mer.V. v. i. 73 F-ing mad bounds, Cym. i. i. 81 /'// /. « turn about tlie garden. fetch about: to take a roundabout course John iv. ii. 24; fetch in, (1) to close in upon, surround Ant. IV. i. 14, Cym. iv. ii. 141 ; (2) to take in, cheat Ado i. i. 233 [225] ; fetch off, to do for, get the better of Wint. i. ii. 334, 2H4 in. ii. 327. fettle : to make ready, prepare Rom. in. v. 154. fever vb. (not pre-S.) : to throw into a fever Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 138 The white heind of a ladyf. thee. feverous: feverish Meas. in. i. T.i a f. life, TroiL lu.ii. 'Ma fev'rous pulse. Cor. I. iv. 61, Mac. ii. iii. 67. few: in ftw, in a liew words, in short Tp. i. ii. 144, Meas. HI. i. 236, H5 i. ii. 245, Ham. i. iii. 120. fewness: only in /'. and truth, in few words and truly Meas. l. iv. 39. fico : Italian for 'fig' AViv. i. iii. 31. Of. figo. fiddlestick: tlie deed rides upon af., here's a fine commotion ! 1H4 ii. iv. 543 [535]. fidelity: by my f., upon my word Wiv. iv. ii. 164. fidiiised : jocular formation on the name Aufidius Cor. II. i. 146. field (1 a frei|. sense, 4 common in lit. sense) 1 open country MND. ii. i. 96, Yen. 8. 2 country as opposed to town MND. ii. i. 238 in the town, the field, in. ii. 398, Cor. ii. il. 126. 3 land as ojiposed to water Otli. i. iii. 135 by flood andjield, Yen. 454. 4 battle-ground, scene of war (fig.) Ven. lOS Making my arms his field. 5 battle Mer.V. ii. i. 26 won thru f-s, 1H4 \. v. 16 FIELD-BED — Hoto (joes the f., IHG v. iii. Vi;itt tlic/., 3Ht)iii. ii. 1 (tt iieiint Allan's yield . . . mis slain, Lucr. 1430. 6 expanse (of sky) Per. i. i. 37 yon field of stars. 7 surface of an eseutdieon on which tlie cliarge is displaj'ed Lucr. 58; ?in 2H0 iv. ii. 56 with play on sense 1 ; fig. (with play on sense 4) Lucr. T2 This silent ivar of lilies and 7-oses, . . . in her fair face's field. 8 green /., green cloth of a counting-house ; ? the meaning in H5 ll. iii. 18 his nose ints as sharp us a pen, and (?read on) a table of ijrecn f-s, where Tlieobald's emendation a' hahbled\ o' green f-s is generally accepted. field-bed :" bed in the open field Rom. ii. i. 40. fielded : engaged in battle Cor. i. iv. 12. fierce (2 cf. 'fierce credulity,' 'fierce flattery,' Ben Jonson) 1 proud, haughty 2H6 iv. ix. 45 he isf. and cannot brook hard lamjnaeje. 2 wild, extravagant, excessive MXD. iv. i. 75 the f. vexation of a dream, H8 i. i. 54 /. vanities, Tim. r\'. ii. 30 the f. wretchedness that glori) brings Its, Cym. V. V. 383 This fierce abridgement. fife: in Mer.Y. ii. v. 30*^ the ury-neck'd f., either the instrument or the player. fift : old form of ' fifth ' (Anglo-Saxon fifta), now confined to dial. use. fifteen : = fifteenth ; a tax of one fifteenth formerly imposed on personal property 2H6 iv. vii. 24. fig of Spain : contemptuous gesture consisting in thrusting the thumb between two of the closed fingers or into the mouth H5 iii. vi. 62 ; hence fig' vb., to insult (a pereon) by giving him the 'fig'2H4 V. iii. 121. fig's end : used scornfully as a substitute for some word just mentioned 0th. ii. i. 258 she is full of most blessed condition. — Blessed fig's end .' fight o'er : to fight one after another Tp. iii. iii. 103 I'll fight their legions o'er. fights : kind of screen used during a naval engage- ment to conceal and protect the crew of the vessel Wiv. ii. ii. 144 np with your fights. figo : Spanish for 'fig" H5 iii. vi. 60/. for thy friendship, iv. i. 60 Tlie figo for thee. figTire sb. (3 referred by some to the sense ' horo- scope, diagram of the aspects of astrological houses ') 1 distinctive shape or appearance Ado i. i. 15 doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion. 2 imaginary form, phantasm "Wiv. iv. ii. 234 to scrape thej-s out of your husbaml's brains, Caes. ii. i. 231 no figures nor no fantasies. 3 (?) effigy 'SViv. rv. ii. 189* She works... by the figure (? = operates on a wax effigy of a person, for the purpose of enchantment). 4 represented character, part en.icted Tp. in. iii. 83 Bravely thef. of this harpy luisf thou Perform'd. 5 written character Tim. v. i. 159 shall ... write in thee the f-s of their love, v. iii. 7, 0th. i. i. 62. 6 any of the various rhetorical forms of expression, which are adopted in order to give beauty, variety, or force Gent. ii. i. 156, LLL. i. ii. 59, v. i. 68, Shr. I. ii. 115, Ham. ii. ii. 98. figure vb. : 1 to picture in the mind, imagine Meas. i. ii. 56 Thou, art always figuring diseases in me, Sonn. eviii. 2, Compl. 199. 2 to portray, represent K3 i. ii. 194 I would I knew thy heart.— 'Tis figur'd in my tongue. 3 to prefigure, foreshow 3H6 ii. i. 32*. 4 to be a symbol of, represent typically MND. i. i. 237, 2H4 IV. i. 45. file sb. (2 and 3 are not pre-Eliz.) 1 list, roll AU'sW. iv. iii. 190 the musler-f, 2H4 i. 81 —FINE iii. 10, HS I. i. 75 tlie f. Of all thegenlnj, Mac. in. i. 95 the tuludfile. 2 the number of men constituting the depth from front to rear of a formation in line ; often used loosely for 'ranks, numbers, army' AU'sW. iir. iii. 9 O'reat Mars, I put myself into thy f.,iY. iii. 305 the doubling of f-s {^Tputting two files into one and so making the ranks smaller). Cor. v. v. [vi.] 34, Tim. V. ii. 1 are his f-s As full eis thy report ?, Ant. I. i. 3, IV. i. 12. 3 body (of persons), properly, a small one H8 i. ii. 42, V. iv. 60 a/, of boys. Cor. ii. i. 26 us o' the right- hand f. ( = the patricians), Cym. v. iii. 30 (' three who are really active practically constitute the whole troop'); hence in phrases the greater f., the majority Meas. in. ii. 148 The common f., the common herd Cur. i. vi. 43. file vb.' : to rub smooth with a file Tw.N. iii. iii. 5, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 626 ; (hence) to polish, refine neatly LLL. v. i. 12 his tongue [is] f-d. Tit. ii. i. 123 she shall f. our engines with advice, Sonn. Ixxxv. i precious phrase by'all the JJusesf-d (Qfil'd) ; in Sonn. Ixxxvi. 13 some, after Ma'lone, read //'(/, but qhasfild=filled. file vb.- : to defile Mac. in. i. 65 For Banquo's issue have Ifil'd my mind. file vb.' : to march in line, keep pace ((•///( H8 in. ii. 172 (Ff >•//•(?, as also Ffi2 in Wint. iv. iii. [iv.J 626 : See file vb.'). fill sb. : pi. thills or shafts of a cart Troil. in. ii. 46 ; cf. FILL-HORSE. fill vb.: to satiate, satisfy 115 iv. i. 289, Tim. i. i. 271 to see meat fill kmnes, Sonn. Ivi. 5 fill Thy hungry eyes ; also inti'. to be satiated Yen. 648 glutton-like she feeds, yet never filleth ; fill up, (1) to come up to the measure of, equal LLL. v. ii. 194 How many inches do fill up one mile ; (2) to fulfil, satisfy Mer.V. iv. i. 160 comes . . . to fill up yuur Grace's request in, my stead. fill-horse: shaft-hoi-se Mer.V. ii. ii. 103 (old edd. phil-, mod. thill-). film sb.: fine thread, as of gossamer Rom. i. iv. 04 (Fi Qq PItilome, others fil me). [iv. 147. film vb. (not pre-S.) : to cover with a film Ham. in. filthy (1 is peculiar to S.) 1 murky, thick H5 in. iii. 31, Mac. i. i. 12. 2 disgraceful, contemptible, scurvy Shi-, iv. iii. 65, 1H4 III. iii. 79, Tim. l. i. 203, Lr. n. ii. 17 filthy . . . knave, 0th. v. ii. 155 her most filthy bargain. fijich egg (contemptuous epithet) : Troil. v. i. 41. find (obsolete uses are the foil.) 1 f. forth = &nd out Err. I. ii. 37, Mer.V. i. i. 144. 2 to experience, feel Meas. in. i. IS f-s a pang, Cor. v. iii. Ill We must find An evident calamity. 3 to discover the true character of, esp. to discover the weakness of All'sW. ii. iv. 34, v. ii, 47, 1H4 I. iii. 3, H5 IV. i. 279 / am a king that f. thee (viz. ceTemony), 0th. n. i. 254. 4 to provide, furnish H5 i. ii. 72 Tof. his title with sotiie shows of truth. find- fault : fault-finder H5 v. ii. 296. TJ Survives in Lancashire and Somei-set. finding: thing found "Wint. in. iii. 132. fine sb. (3 extension of the sense ' pecuniaiy mulct ') 1 end Ado i. i. 255 [247] the f. is, . . . I will live a bachelor, All'sW. iv. iv. 35, Ham. v. i. 113 is this tlief. of his f-s; esp. in the phrase in f., m the end, finally All'sW. in. vii. 19, 1H6 i. iv. 34, Ham. II. ii. 69, Lr. ii. i. 50 ;— All'sW. iv. iv. 36 thef-'s the crown, probably a translation of the Latin ' Finis coronat opus '. 2 amicable agreement of a fictitious suit for the possession of lands, formerly in vogue where the ordinary modes of conveyance were not available FINE- or equally efficacious Ham. v. i. 112 ; /. and recovu-y, means by which an estate tail was converted into a feersimple, hence = absolute ownership Wiv. iv. ii. 229, quibblingly in Err. II. ii. 76. [65. 3 penalty, punishment Meas. ir. ii.40, Cor.v.v. [vi.] fine adj. ithe unliuary material senses occur ; 5 or 6 is often blentletl with tlie sense of 'excellent, admirable') 1 (of gold) containing a certain proportion of pui-e metal, specified in carats 2H4 iv. v. 160 Other [gold], less fine in curat. 2 (of wine) clear 2H4 v. iii. 46. 3 consummate, egregious Wiv. v. i. \9tlief-s( mad devil of jealousy, 0th. iv. i. 153 a fine foot. 4 highly accomplished or skilful Shr. i. ii. 177 .1 /. mnsiciun, Cics. i. i. 10 af. icorkinitn, Ant. u. vi. 63 yniir fine E3All with me's meet thai I can /ash ion fit. 2 prepared, ready Meas. iii. i. 268, Mer.V. v. i. 85 fit /or treasons. Cor. i. iii. 48 We are fit to bid he.'' welcome, 0th. ill. iv. 165. fit vb. (obs. uses are as follows) 1 to be fitting or suitable Rom. i. v. 79 It fits, when .such a villain is a guest. 2 to agree or harmonize with Tit. iii. i. 265 it fits not with this hour, Lr. in. ii. 76 ; construed with to John v. vi. 19. 3 to be suitable for, answer the requirements of Wiv. II. i. 166 she'll fit if. 4 to furnish (a person with something) Gent. ii. vii. ■i2 fit me with sitch weeds. Ado i. i. 3291321], All'sW. II. i. 93 I'll fit you, H8 ii. i. 99, Cym. v. v. 21. fitchew : polecat Troil. v. i. 67, Lr. iv. vi. 125 ; used as a term of contempt 0th. iv. i. 148. fitful : marked by fits or paroxysms Mac. m. ii. 23 li/e's /. /ever. ^ Used once by S., the earliest authority for the word, and popularized in various applications by mod. writers. fitly : at a fitting time Tim. in. iv. 113, Lr. i. ii. 190 / IV ill fitly bring you to hear my lord speak. fitment (not pre-S.; the S. exx. are the only in- stances till the 19th cent., when the word is used in the sense of ' fittings ') 1 preparation Cym. v. v. 410. 2 duty Per. iv. vi. 6. fitness : readiness, inclination (S.) Ham. v. ii. 209* >/ his fitness speaks, mine is ready (Qa). fitted : driven as l)y fits or paroxysms out o/a place Sonn. cxix. 7. five-finger-tied : (?) exaggerated expression for ' tied very securely ' Troil. v. ii. 154. fives ( = ' vives ', aphetic form of ' avi ves ') : disease ofthe parotid glands in younghorses Shr. 111. ii. 56. fixture : fixing Wiv. m. iii. 67 the firm/, of thif/oot (Vim fi.cure) ; fixedness Troil. i. iii. 101 (Ffs^). fixure: fixedness, stability Wint. v. iii. 67% Troil. I. iii. 101 (Pin fijcturO, FLAKE - flake: lock ofliair Lr. iv. vii. 20 thcst iihile fiitkat. flaky : broken into Hakes of cloml K:^ v. iii. H7. flamen : priest in ancient Rome devoted to tlic service of a particular deity Cor. ii. i. 232, Tim. IV. iii. 156. [111. flaming: liiglily-coloiired, high-down Troil. i. ii. flannel: ludicrously used to designate a Welshman Wiv. V. V. 17ti to unsH'tr the Vi'ilsli Jiatind. flap-dragon: raisin or the like u.sed in the game of snapdragon LLL. v. i. 46 thou art easier swalloicid than a/.; hence as vb., to swallow as one would a ' flap-dragon ' Wint. m. iii. 100. flapjack: pancake Per. ii. i. 88. flap-mouthed : having broad hanging lips Ven. ll'JU AiKitlirr flnp-moiilh'd iitoiirner. flare : to stream in the wind Wiv. iv. vi. 42. flat sl>.: level grouru.1, plain Ham. v. i. 274 Till of this/, a mountain you have made ; swamp Tp. ii. ii. 2 bo(/s, fens, f-s; shallow, shoal Mer.V. i. i. 26, John V. vi. 40. flat adj. (not very frcq.; chiefly in fig. uses) 1 absolute, downright Meas. ii. ii. 131/. blasphemy, Ado II. i. 231 the /. trunsyression of a schoolboy, IV. ii. 45, John iir. i. 298; that's/, (not pre-S. =that's the absolute, undeniable truth LLL. iii. i. 107, lH4i. iii. 218, iv. ii. 43. 2 stupid, dull H5i. Chor. 9/. unraised spirits, Troil. IV. i. 62 a flat tamed piece. flat-long": with the flat side downward Tp. ii. i. 188. flatness : .ibsoluteness Wint. iii. ii. 123. flatter vb.' : 1 to try to please by obsequious speech or conduct AYL. IV. i. 194 that f-itir/ tonfjue of yours, R2 ir. 1. 87 / mock my nauie, yreat kin;/, to f. thee ; also intr. /. ifith 1(2 ii. i. 88 Should dying men f. ivith those that lite ?. 2 to gratify the vanity or self-esteem of Cses. ir. i. 208 tvhen I tell him he hales f-crs. He says he docs, being then most flattered. 3 to encouiage with hopeful or pleasing representa- tions Slir. Ind. i. 44 a f-ing dnam, 2H4 i. iii. 29 F-ing himself with (Q in) project of a power Much stnalkr than the smallest of his tlmughts, Ven. 989 liope . . . dothf. thee in thouyhtsvidikcly ; also intr. /. with Gent. iv. iv. 195 Unless If. icith mysdf too much, Tw.N. i. v. 324 not to f. with his lord, Nor hold liim up ivith hopes. [978. 4 to please with the belief or suggestion that Ven. 5 to represent too favourably Gent. iv. iv. 194 the paintirf-'d her a little, John ii. i. 503 Brawn in the flattering table of her eye. 6 flatter up, pamper, coddle LLL. v. ii. 822. flatter vli.-' : to flutter Cor. v. v. 116 (Ff 34 Flutter'd). flatteringf : uscil adv. =flatteringlyl?om. 11. ii. 14L flattery: gratifying deception, delusion (S.) 0th. IV. i. 131 she is persuaded I xvM marry her, out of her oicn lore and flattery, Sonn. xlii. 14. flaunts: finery Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 23. flaw sb.' (1 by some referred to flaw sb.^) 1 flake of snow 2H4 I v. iv. 35* as sudden As f-s con- gealed in the spring of day. 2 fragment Lr. 11. iv. 288* thisheart Shall break into a liundred thousand flatus. 3 crack, fissure (fig.) Ant. iii. x. [xii.]34 Observe how Antony becomes his flaw. 4 defect, blemish LLL. v. ii. 416' sound, sans crack or flaw. flaw sb.^: 1 sudden burst or squall of wind 2H6 iii. i. 354, Cor. V. iii. 74 a great seamark, standing every f., Hani. V. i. 238 winter's flaw. Per. 111. i. 39. 2 outburst of feeling or passion Meas. 11. iii. 11 the f-s of her own youth, Mac. in. iv. 03 these f-s and starts. 83 — FI.ZGKT flaw vb. : to make a flaw in, damage, mar H8 1. i. 95 France hathf-'d the league, I. ii. 21, Lr. v. iii. 198 hisf-'d heart . . . "fwixt two extremes of passion . . . Burst smilingly. flax : as the material of which a wick is made 2H6 v. ii. 55 od and flax. flax-wench : female flax-worker Wint. i. ii. 277. flay: to skin : (hence, jocularly) to strip (a person of his clothes) Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 658 (old edd. fled). fleckled : dappled Kom. 11. iii. 3/. darkness (Qi and mod. ed(\. flecked ; •a]so flecker' ilf). fledge : 1 to bring vp (a young bird) till its feathers are grown and it can fly Mer.V. lii. i. S2 knew the bird was fledged. 2 to cover with down 2H4 i. ii. 22 the juvenal . . . irhose chin ts not yet fledged. flee: used for 'fly' LLL. in. i. 68, 2H4 i. i. 123 arrows fled (.flyf) not swiftir, Ven. 947. fleece: transf. head or mass of hair Tit. ii. iii. 34 Uly fleece of n'oolly liair, Sonn. Ixviii. 8. fleer sb. (not pre-S.) : sneer 0th. iv. i. 83. fleer vb.: to smile or grin contemptuously, gibe or sneer at Ado v. i. 58, LLL. v. ii. 109, Rom. i. v, 61, Ci«s. I. iii. 117 no fleering tell-tale. fleet (the sense ' pass away, vanish ' is frcq.) 1 to be afloat Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 171. 2 to pass (time) AYL. i. i. 126. flesh sb. (3 referred by some to 1) 1 inf., in good condition Rom. v. i. ?A(jet thyself in f. 2 strange f., unusual or loathsome food Ant. l. iv. 67. 3 visible surface of the body Ant. i. ii. 19* fairer tliein you are . . . in flesh. 4 piece off, liuman being, sample of liumanitj^ Ado IV. ii. 88 as jiretty a piece of f., AYL. in. li. 69, Tw.N. I. V. 'iQ piece of Ere' s flesh . 5 human nature with its limitations and frailties H8 V. iii. 12 capeible Of our f.. Ham. in. i. 63 the thouseind ncdured shocks That f. is heir to, Sonn. cli. 8 flesh stays no farther reason. flesh vb. (the orig. meaning was ' to reward a hawk or a hound with a piece of the flesh of the game killed to excite its eagerness in the chase ') 1 to initiate in or inure to bloodshed John v. i. 71 /. his spirit in a weir-like soil, Lr. 11. ii. 50 come, I'll flesh ye. 2 to inflame the ardour or rage of (a person) by a foretaste of success, &c. Tw.N. iv. 1. 44 you are well f-ed, 2H4 i. i. 149/-'rf with conquest, H5 11. iv. tiQ flcslt'd upon us. 3 to ]dunge (a weapon) into flesh 2H4 iv. v. 131 the ii'del dog Shall f. Iiis tooth in every innocent; — /■. one's maiden sword, use it for the first time in "battle 1H4 v. iv. 132, 1H6 iv. vii. 36 Did f. his puny snvrel in Frenclnnen's blood. 4 to gratify (hist) All'sW. iv. iii. 19 he f-s his will in the spoil of ill r honour. flesh'd: inured to bloodshed, hardened H5 iir. iii. 11 the flesh'd soldier, R3 IV. iii. Q flesh'd rillains. fleshly : consisting of flesh John iv. ii. 245. fleshment (S.): excitement resulting from a first success (cf. FLESH vb. 2) Lr. 11. ii. 130 in the f. of this dread exploit. flesh-monger : fornica-tor Meas. v. i. 333. flew'd: having large chaps MND. iv. i. 126. Plibbertigiljbet : Lr. ni. iv. 118, iv. i. 62 one of the names I if fiends taken from Harsnet's ' Decla- ration of egregious Popish Impostures', 1603. flickeringf: shining with unsteady light Lr. 11. ii. 114/. Phoebus' front (Qqia printed fiitkering, Q 3 fletkering, Ff flicking). flight sb. (1 cf. ' You must liaue diuerse shaftes of one flight, fethered with diuerse winges, for diuerse windes,' Ascham 'Toxophilus ', 1545) FLIGHTY 1 of the stl/saiiief., liaving tlie same power of fliglit, applied to arrows ofequal size and weight Mer.V. I. i. 142. 2 flock (of birds) Tit. v. iii. 68 ; transf. company (of angels) Ham. v. ii. 374. 3 long-distance shooting with special arrows called ' flights ' or ' flight-arrows ' Ado i. i. 40' challcwjtd Cupid at ttie fiijilU. fligfhty adj.: swift Mac. w. i. 145. flingf (2 used of animals from the 14th cent.) 1 to dash, rush Tim. JV. ii. 45 Hes fiiiwj in rayc from this inrji-alcful seat 0/ monstrous friends. 2 to kick and plunge violently Mac. ii. iv. 16 Duncan's horses. ..broke ilieir stalls, fiang out. flirt-ffill (not pre-S.): woman of light or loose beliaviour Rom. II. iv. 163. ^ ' Gill ' is a pet form of ' Juliana'. flock : tuft of wool 1H4 II. i. 7. flood (fig. uses are fairly numerous) 1 freq. used of large bodies of water, rivers, the sea (Mer.V. IV. i. 72 tlie main /.), also for water as opposed to land (MND. ii. i.5 Through f, tlirouijli fire, 0th. I. iii. 135 hy f. and field) ; hence, of streams of tears and blood. 2 flowing in of the tide Gent. ir. iii. 48 in losing the f. [thoii'lt] lose thij voyage, John v. vii. 64 Deroured 'ill the ■unexpected /., Cses. IV. iii. 218 a tide . . . ialiuintth, fl<,id. flood-gate' : sluice 1H4 ii. iv. 440, Ven. 959. flood-gate-: strong stream, torrent ; used adj. = torrential 0th. i. iii. 56 my . . . grief Is ofsof. etnd o'erbearing nature. TJCf. 'Outoi' her gored wound the crueli Steele He lightly snatcht, and did the floud-gate stop With his faire garment,' Spenser. floor: /. of heaien, the sky Mer.V. v. i. 58; app. transf. from the meaning of 'ceiling', which is found in Holland's ' Plutarch ', 1603. flote: sea (S.) Tp. i. ii. 234 the Mediterraneem f. TI The usu. meaning (1480-1660) is ' wave, billow.' flourish, sb.: ostentatious embellishment, gloss, varnish LLL. ii. i. 14, iv. iii. 238Lend me tlief. of all gentle tniii/uis, 1x3 I. iii. 241, iv. iv. 82, Ham. ii. ii. 91 sinci hn i i/y is the soul of wit. And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, v. ii. 187. floiirish vb.: 1 to embellish Meas. iv. i. 76. 2 to brandish a sword (intr.) Tit. r. i. 310 him that f-'dfor her itith his sirord, Cfes. III. ii. 197 Whilst bloody treason fltntrish'd over us. flotit : to (niiite with sarcastic purpose Add, i. 298 ere i/nn. Jloat old ends any further. floiiting-stock in the form vlouting- : object of nioikery Wiv. lii. i. 120 ; used for 'flout' iv. v. 83/i(// of gibes etnd vlouting-stocks. flow sb. : 1 stream (fig.) H8 i. i. 152 /. of gall, Tim. ii. ii. 3 cease his f. of riot, v. iv. 76 o\ir brain's f. ( = tears) ; phr. set eil flow, cause to weep Tim. ii. ii. 173. 2 rise of the tide Tp. v. i. '270; fig. 1H4 I. ii. 43, Troil. II. iii. 140, Tim. ii. ii. 152. 3 rise of water in general Ant. ii. vii. 20 /Ac/, o' the }iile, Lucr. 651 Tlie petty streams that . . . Add to his [the sea's] flow. flow vb. (pa. pple. once flown All'sW. ir. i. 142) 1 to circulate Meas. i. iii. 52 Lord Angela . . . scarce confesses That his blood f-s, Cym. ill. iii. 93 The princely blood flows in Itis cheek. 2 flow orer, overflow Ant. v. ii. 24. 3 fig. to issue {from a source) Per. iv. iii. 27 he did ii'it f. From lionourable sources; of. All'sW. ii. i. 142V/)-<;((/ floods heive flown From simple sources. 4 (of the sea, iiC.) to rise and advance AYL. ii. vii. 72 Doth it (sc. pride) not f. as hugely as the sea. 5 to rise and overflow (fig.) Troil. v. ii. 39 You f. to 84 - TOIL e/reat distraction. 0 to overflow with tears H8 Prol. 4, Cor. v. iii. 99, Sonn. XXX. 5 an eye, unus'd to flow. 7 to abound in, overflow with Ado iv. i. 251, Wint. V. i. 102 your verse F-'d with Iter beauty once, Roui. ir. iv. 42 the numbers that I'etrarch flowed in. flower : bloom, beauty (S.) Per. in. ii. 96. flower-de-luce : 1 iris Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 127. 2 the heraldic lily, borne upon the royal arms of France 1H6 i. i. 80, i. ii. 99, 2H6 v. i. 11 ; hence applied to Princess Katharine H5 v. ii. 223. flowering : 1 blooming (fig.) H5 m. iii. 14 ; /. youth, bloom of manhood IHb ii. v. 66. 2 flowery 2H6 in. i. 228 the snake, roU'd in af. hank, Rom. III. ii. 73 0 serpent heart, hid with a f. face (cf. Mac. I. V. 66 look like the innocent flower. But be the serpent under't). flowery : full of or expressed in flowers of speech (not pre-S.) Meas. iii. i. 81*. flowing: abundant, copious H8 ii. iii. 02. fluent: copious (cf. prec.) H5 in. vii. 36. flush (not pre-Eliz.; 1 and 2 not pre-S.) 1 full Tim. V. iv. 8 Now the time is flush. 2 full of life, lusty, vigorous Ham. iii. iii. 81 asf. as May (Ff fresh). Ant. I. iv. b2 flush youth. flushing: redness Ham. i. ii. 155. fluster: to excite with drink 0th. ii. iii. 61. flux: discharge AYL. iii. ii. 71 the very uncleanly f. of a cat ; continuous stream (of people) ii. i. 52. fluxive (not pre-S.): flowing Compl. 50/. eyes. fly (often used in the senses of ' flee ') 1 trans, and intr. (of a falconer) to cause a hawk to fly at game 2H6 ii. i. 1 flying at the brook (see BROOK sb.), Ham. ii. ii. 459 [450] We'll e'en to' I like French falconers, fly at anything ice see. 2 fly off, desert Lr. ir. iv. 91 The images of revolt and flying off { = rehe]\ion and desertion), Ant. ll. ii. 159 and never F. off our lores again ; fly outf rnsh out, break out Cor. i. x. 19 [3Iy valour] Shall f. out of itself (' s\va\\ deviate from its own native generosity,' J.), Cym. in. iii. 90 his spirits f. out Into my story, iv. iv. 54 their blood thinks scorn, Till it f. out and show them princes born. fly-bitten : fly-specked 2H4 n. i. 163. fly-slow t (Pope) : slowly passing R2 i. iii. 150 The /. hours (Qqi-4 slie slow, Qs Ffiai slye slow, F, flye slow ; many conj.). fotosb.f: Err. iv. iii. 24 (old edd. .2 v. v. 3; (2) in order that 3110 III. i. 9 And, for the time shall not seem tedious, I'll till thee . . ., III. ii. 154. 2 for and, and moreover Hani. v. i. 101. for-, prefix, spelt also/orf-, expresses prohibition, neglect, destructive or injurious effect, &c. : sec FORBEAR, FORBID, FORDO, FORSLOW, FORSPEAK, FORWEARIED. forag"e sb.: raging, ravening LLL. iv. i. 94. forage vb.: to range abroad for food Jolin v. i. 59 ; to glut oneself as a Avild beast, raven H5 1. ii. 110, fig. Yen. 554. forljear: toleavealone,witlidrawfrom theprcsence of Lr. I. ii. 181, Ant. l. ii. 130, ii. vii. 45 F. me till anon ; (hence) iiitr. to withdraw, retire Wint. v. iii. 85 /"., Quit presently the chapel, Ant. v. ii. 174, Cym. I. i. 68. forbid vb.: with personal object and negative clause Pilgr. ix. 8 [124] She. . . Forbade the boy he shmiUl not pass those (/rounds. forbid piile.: banned, cursed Mac. i. iii. 21. forbiddenly : unlawfully "Wint. i. ii. 417. forbidding : obstacle Liicr. 323. force sb.: phrases -.—of force, (1) ofweiglit, weighty 1116 uf. i. 15(j those'occasions . . . were of f., 2H6 i. iii. 106, 3H6 ii. ii. 44 on/innents of mii/htij /.; (2i necessarily LLL. i. i. 146, MND. iii. ii. 40 Thai, when he wak'd, of force she must be ei/ed, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 436, lH4'ii. iii. 122, C.ics. iv. iii. 202 Cood reasons ynust, off., yiic place to belter ;— /. perforce, (1) by violent constraint, ai:ainst one's will John III. i. 142, 2H4 IV. i. 116, ^2H6 I. i. 259; (2) of necessity 2H4 iv. iv. 46. force vb.' (4 common 10th cent, sense ; H5 ii. Chor. 32* /. rt play, by some referred to force vb.-, is possibly corrupt) 1 to press home' urge Meas. iir. i. 108, H8 iii. ii. 2 If yon will now tniite in your complaints, And f. Ihi in with a constancy. Cor. III. ii. 51, Comjil. 167. 2 to reinforce Mac, v. v. 6. 3 to attach importance to, care for Lucr. 1021 //. not urqununt a straw; (hence) to hesitate to do something LLL. v. ii. 441 Your oath once broke, you force not to forswear. force vb.2 : to stulf, farce Troil. ii. iii. 237 /. him inlh praises, v. i. 04 malice f-d with nit. fordo, f oredo : to kill, put an end to Ham. ii. i. 103, v. i. 243 F. its oirn life, Lr. v. iii. 257 she for- d:d herself, Otli. v. i. 129". fordone : exhausted M.ND. v. ii. 4 [i. 381]. fore adv.: before (of time) Sonn. vii. 11 The eyes,f. dnleuus. fore prep, (in mod. cdd. usually 'fore ; 1 and 2 late exx. of the senses) 1 in the presence of ^Yint. iv. iii. [iv.] 403 Contract iisf. these icitnesscs ; in asseverations Al^s^Y. ii. iii. 61 F. God, I think so, Cor. i. i. 126 Fore me. 2 before (of time) Meas. ii. ii. 160 At any time f. tioon. Cor. iv. vii. 3 the yrace fore meat. 3 in preference to IHO i. iii. 2i prizest himf. me?. fore conj.: before AYint. v. i. 220, John v. i. 7. fore-, preti.K, is used = (1) in front, front-, in f- finyer All'sW. Ji. ii. 25, f-foot H5 ii. i. 71, /- rank H5 v. ii. 97, f-runner Mer.Y. i. ii. 13(), f-skirt H8 II. iii. 9S, f-spurrer Mer.V. ii. ix. 95 ; (2) beforcliand, previously, pre-, in f-adciscd Cor. II. iii. 199, f-benioancd Sonn. X.N.X. 11, /- betrayed Conipl. 328, f-knowiny Ham. i. i. 134, Yen. 245, f-knowledije Tw.N. i. v. 151, f-named Meas. HI. i. 249, f-past All'sW. v. iii. 121, f- recited H8 i. ii. 127, f-said Ham. i. i. 103, /- Touched Lr. i. i. 223. forecast : forethought, prudence 3H0 v. i. 42. ^ Still common in the midlands. foredoom: to conlcnm beforehand Lr. v. iii. 293 Your eldest dauyhters have foredoom'd themselves (Ft fore-done). fore-end : early part Cym. m. iii. 73. foregoer: predecessor AU'sW. ir. iii. 144. foregone: gone by, past All'sW. i. iii. 142 daysf., Sonn. XXX. 9 yrievances f. % Otb. lii. iii. 429 /. conclusion, a S. phrase, usually taken by the commentators = previous experience (cf. con- CxusioN 2), but used by mod. writers = (1) decision formed before the case is fully argued or the evidence known, or (2) result that might have been foreseen as inevitable. forehand adj.: /. shaft, arrow used for shooting straight before one' 2H4 iii. ii. 62 ; done at an earlier time Ado iv. i. 50 extenuate thef. sin ; — sb. the f., the upper hand or advantage H5 iv. i. 300; vanguard, mainstay (S.) Troil. i. iii. 143 The sinew and the forehand of our host. fore'iiorse : leader in a team ; fig. All'sW. ii. i. 30. foreign: not of one's household or family (S.) Otli. IV. iii. 91 they . . . pour our treasures into foreiyn laps, Per. iv. i. 33 I love the king . . . 'With more than foreiyn heart. fore-nin : to be the precursor of Meas. v. i. 8, 1?2 II. iv. 15, Rom. V. i. 53 thowjht did but fore-run my need. fore-say: to decree Cym. iv. ii. HQastheyodsf. it. forespent : previously bestowed Cym. ii. iii. (Ahis yoodnessf. on ns ; past H5 ii. iv. 36 his vanities f. ij Contrast FORSPENT. forestall : 1 to deprive (a person) of something by jirevious action Cym. iii. v. 69 may This niijhlf. htm of the comi}ii) day. 2 to discount or condemn by anticipation Troil. I. iii. 199 They . . . Forestall presci'ence, forestall'd: 2H4 v. ii. 38 /. remission, (a) antici- pated pardon, (b) pardon on conditions wbiclj honour would piuvciit accepting. FOBETEI.!.- i foretell (2 in ficq. uso 1300-1680 ; once in S.) 1 to indicate bul'orcliand Wint. ii. iii. 198, Jolin v. vii. 5, 3H6 ii. i. 43 tlioit, irliose lieavi/ looks/. Some draulfid a/orij lianr/hig on llii) loiimte. 2 to tell bcloicliand Tp. iv. i. 149 As 1 ford old yoit. forethought: piedestinud Jolin iii. i. 312 /'. hij litaitn. foreward: vanguard R3 v. iii. 294. forfeit sb. (1 tlie oiig. sense) 1 bicacli, violation (of an obligation) Mcr.V. v. i. 252*, Koni. I. i. 103' Your lives shall ptiij the forfeit of III e peace. 2 penal fine, penalty for breacli of contract, or neglect of duty Mer.V. i. iii. 149, iv. i. 37, fioni. I. iv. 112 some vile forfeit of wilimiljj death ; lig. Cym. V. V. 209. 3 person lianded ever to tlie law or to death Mcas. II. ii. 71 lour brother is a forfeit of the lair, iv. ii. 100, Troil. IV. V. 180* Despisiwj many forfeits and subdntiHcnls. 4 lorfeituie, loss Meas. i. iv. 00, Mcr.V. iv. i. 212, AllsW. III. vi. 3.3, 3H6 ii. i. 197 wiike f. oj his head. forfeit vb. (rare use)-; intr. to fail to keep an obli- gation Mcr.V. III. i. 55, 135. forfeit pple.: lo.st by reason of breach of an obli- gation or the lilce, to be given up as a penalty Mcas. II. ii. 73, LLL. v. ii. 420, Mer.V. iv. i, 300; /. to, liable to All's W. iv. iii. 210, Sonn. cvii. 4. forfended: forbidden Lr. v. i. 11 ilief. place. forget : to drop tlie practice of (a duty, &c.) Err. III. ii. 1 you have quite fonjol A husband's office, 2H0 II. i. Wifon/ot Honour and virtue; with infin. to forget how to do something Gent. iii. i. 85, Meas. 1. ii. 41, 2H4 v. ii. 22 like men that hiidfor- !/nt to s/ieak, 2H6 v. i. 101, Veil. 1001 her voice is slojip'd, her joints fort/ei to bow. forgetive: a S. word of uncertain formation, commonly taken to be a derivative of the vb. ' forgo ' and = inventive, creative 2H4 iv. iii. 107 itpprehensiie, quick, fori/etive. forgive: to remit (a debt), overlook the omission of (a duty, liC.) Wiv. v. v. 184 F. that sum, LLL. IV. ii. 15b //. thy duty, Mer.V. iv. i. 20, Tw.N. i. V. 205 I forijive you the praise. fork : only in transferred uses, of whicli 1 and 2 are only S.: — (1) forked tongue (popularly supposed lo be tlie sting) of a snake Meas. in. i. 10, Mac. IV. i. 10 ; (2) barbed liead of an arrow Lr. i. i. 140 ; (3) pi. lower limbs of tlic body Lr. iv. vi. 122. forked (2 and 4 are common Eliz.) 1 cleft at the summit ^nt. iv. xii. [.xiv.] 5. 2 (of an arrow) barbed AYL. ii. i. 24. 3 two-legged Lr. lil. iv. Ill a poor, bare, f. ttHiiiial : cf. 2H4 III. ii. 337 liken forked radish. 4 'horned', cuckolded Wint. r. ii. 180. forlo'm ' : pa. pple. of ' foilcse ' = to bring to ruin, confound Sonn. Music iii. 21 [Pilgr. 265] Love hath forlorn mc. forlorn- adj. {fo'rlom ov forlo'm ; cf. entire) 1 (?) the same sense as in ' forloi n liope ' Cyni. v. V. 400 Thcf. soldier, that sonoblyfoiiijht. ^\ ' For- lorne boies,' ' forlorne sentinels,' ' forloriie fellowes'areexpressions found in tlie Eliz. period. 2 abandoned, forsaken, desolate, (hence) unhappy, wretched (the usual sense). 3 of wretched appearance, meagre (S.) 2H4 in. ii. 339, Tit. II. iii. 94 The trees . . .forlorn and lean. sb. forlorn person 3H0 iii. iii. 20. form (tlie foil, are obs. uses ; 1 is a peculiarly S. use of an old sense ; 2, 3 are not pre-S.) 1 image, likeness, portrait Gent. iv. iv. 205, Meas. II. iv. 127, LLL. II. i. 235, John v. vii. 32 / am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen, Sonn. ix. 6. 2 orderly arrangement, good oraer John in. iv. 101 — FORTH / will not keep thisf. upon my licad l\V;ru lliirc is such disorder m my wit ; military formation 2H4 IV. i. 20 In yoodly form comes on the enemy. 3 behaviour, pi. manners Gent. v. iv. 56 chanye yon lo a milder f, Tw.N. V. i. 302 cam'st . . . in suih Jorm, tJBS. I. ii. 304 tie puts on this tardy form. formal (tlie meaning is not always certain) 1 having regard to due form or propriety, cere- monious, precise Shr. in. i.02 ^ire j/oitio/..', iv. ii. C4/. in apparel. Ham. iv. v. 215/. ostentation. 2 extiemely regular or accurate, stiff, rigid AYL. II. vii. 165 beard of f. cut*, Compl. 29 [liair} tied in formal plat. 3 (?) conventional R3 iii. i. 82 thef. Vice, Iniquitij\ 4 dignified 2H4 v. ii. 133 inf. majesty, Cce.s. n. i. 227 /. constancy ( = dignified self-possession). 5 normal or ordinary in intellect, sane Err. v. i. 105 (t /. man, Tw.N. it. v. 130 any f. capacitij ( = any one of a well-regulated mind), Ant. ii. v. 41 Mot like a formal man. former (obs. use) : front, forward Cxs. v. i. 80. formerly : just now Mer.V. iv. i. 303. forsake (in H8 ii. i. 89* absol. app. = leave the body) 1 to decline, refuse All's W. ii. iii. 02, IHOiv. ii. 14 If you f. the offer of their love, 0th. iv. ii. 125 for- sook so many noble matches. 2 to give up, renounce, reject Err. iv. iii. 19 and bid you f. your liberty, Lucr. 1538 'It cannot be', she in that sense forsook. And turn'd it thus. for set: see faucet. forslow: to delay 3H6 ii. iii. 50 (Ffi2 Forcslow). forsooth: in truth, certainly ; used by low persons as a phrase of honest asseveration ; implying some contempt wlien used by well-bred persons (Sdimidt). forspeak: to speak against Ant. in. vii. 3. forspent : worn out, exhausted 2H4 i. i. 37/. with spud, 3H6 II. iii. 1 Forspent with toil. forswear (also intr. and red. ' to swear falsely') 1 to abandon or renounce on oath Tp. iv. i. 91 Nir and tier blind boy's scandat'd company I hare for- sworn ; construed with intin. (only S.) Tw.N. iii. iv. 279/. to wear iron about you. Cor. v. iii. 80 The thinys I have forsworn to yrunt, Eom. i. i. 229 She liatli forsicorn to love. 2 to deny or repudiate on oat h or witli strong words Err. V. i. 11 that self chain . . . Which he forswore . . . lo have, Shr. v. i. 113 deny him, f. him, 1H4 v. ii. '^Sforsiiearine/ that he is forsworn. fotted : fortified Meas. v. i. 12 A forted residence. forth adv. (u.sed with/ic redundantly, in thus fur f. Tp. I. ii. 177, 60 far f. Wiv. iv. vi. 11, how far /. 2H4 IV. ii. 53) 1 forward (in movement or direction) Shr. iv. i. 149 .Is hef. walked on his way, H5 n. ii. 189* Then /., dear countrymen, Tim. i. i. 50 flics an euijle flight, bold andf. on, Cym. iv. ii. 149 Did make my way long f. ( = made it seem long). 2 onwards," immediately afterwards and continu- ously C*s. IV. iii. iSfrom this day forth. 3 in various contexts= out Meas. v. i. 249 hear this mailer f.. Err. iv. iv. 97 wherefore didst thou lock mef, Mer.V. i. i. 144 To find the other f., Shr. iv. iii."62 Lay f. the gown, v. ii. 105 Swinge me them soundly /., 3H6 ii. i. 12 how he singled Cliff'ordf, Cor. I. iii. 99 1 will not f, Tit. v. iii! 133 beat/', our brains, Otli. v. i. 10 f., mij sword ; similarly /. of Tp. V. i. 100, R2 III. ii. 2(34, C.-es. ni. iii. 3. 4 abroad, not at home Wiv. ii. ii. 281 at that time.. . her husband will bef.. Err. u. ii. 214 Say he dines /., CiBS. I. ii. 294 I am promised forth. 5 (of a force) in the field, at sea Cor. i. iii. 108 The Volsces have an urmyf.. Ant. iv. x. 12 [xi. 3j* his best force Is forth to man his galleys. P03TH— S fortliprcp.: ontoiMND. i. i. \iA tilcdl /. (Iiij/a/liir s houxr, Cor. I. iv. 23 issue/, their city. Ant. iv. x. 7 jnd /. tlip liriien ; similarly /ro)»/. (freq.) Wiv. IV. iv. 5.5 Let tliem from fort li a sairjiit rush. forthcoir.ing : ready to appear or to be pro Uiccl wlieii ri'(|uirud, e.g. in court Slir. v. i. 95, 2HG i. iv. 5ii, ir. i. 177. forthright sb. (not prc-S.) : straigbt path Tp. iii. iii. 3, I'rcjil. III. iii. 158. fortitude (obs. use): physical or structural strength nil) II. i. 17 his oini arm's/., 0th. i. iii. 222 the/. of Hie pliire. fortress: '[ildu. \.2(iGodisoiir/.\ cf. Psalmxxxi.3 anil Luther's ' Ein teste burg ist unser CJott.' fortressed : protecte 1 /roin Lucr. 28 ; cf. Conipl. 9 /(irtified her lisiif/e/roiii the sun. f jrtiine sb. (the chief obs. uses arc the foil.) 1 Iji/ f., by chance Mcr.V. ii. i. 34, AYL. i. ii. 48, Otii. V. ii. 224, Sonn. xxxii. 3 ; ut f, at random Oth. III. iii. 203. 2 chance, hap, accident Mer.V. t. i. 44, Shr. in. ii. 23 yVhutcicr/. staijs him/rom his nord, Oth. I. iii. 130 the buttles, sierjes, /-s That I tune piiss'd ; Cor. IV. V. 99 to prove viore/s ( = to try the fortune of war again). 3 pi. used = sing.: a person's possessions, wealth Ado II. i. 310, Oth. v. ii. 365 seize upon the /-s o/ tlie Monr. fortune vb. (occurs twice ; 1 late ex. of this scn.sc) 1 to regulate the fortunes of Ant. I. ii. 79. 2 to happen Gent. V. iv. 109. forty (1 very common in Eliz. dramatists) 1 used inletinitely to express a large number Err. IV. iii. 84 north /. diirnts, Cor. m. i. 242 / could halt /. o/ tluiii, fsonn. ii. 1 When /. tvititcrs slnill hcsie'/e till) broil' ; so /. tliousnud Wiut. iv. iii. [iv.] 279, ■R2 III. ii. 85 (Ff Q-, ; others ticenly). Ham. v. i. 291, Oth. III. iii. 443. [iii. 89. 2 /. pnice, A customary amount for a wager H8 ii. forward (1 not prc-S.; the meanings 'early', ' really, prompt', ' precocious', ' pert, bold ' occur) 1 situated at the front Tp. ii. ii. 98 His /. voice, All'sW. III. ii. 110 M'hocvcr chari/es OH liis/. breast, V. iii. 39 /.et's talie tlie instant by tlie /orimrd. top. 2 eager, ardent, zealous R2 iv. i. 72 How /ondlij dost thou spur a f. horse, 2H4 i. i. 173, R3 iii. ii.' 46/. Ipon his p'lrly, H8 iv. i. 9, Tit. i. i. 50. forwearied: tlioroughly exhausted John ir. i. 2.33. foster (gen. sense ' cherish ' occurs four times) 1 to feci Cym. ii. iii. 119/-'rf with cold dishes. 2 to bring up as a foster-child, be a foster-parent to John V. ii. 75 ii lion/-'d itp at hand, Tit. il. iii. \:A /lister /orlorn chddren. Per. IV. iii. 15. [12. fo3ter-iiur3e(notpre-S.) : AYL. ii. iii. 40, Lr. iv. iv. foul 1 1 it ten merely a strong epithet of condemnation or disgust ; 1 very freq., and in most midland and northern dials, the chief current sense ;/.]ilay~ unfair dealing Tp. i. ii. 60, Ham. i. ii. 255 is not pre-Eliz.) 1 ugly LLL. IV. iii. 87, 115 iv. Clior. 21 f. and w/li/ nileh, 2110 v. i. 157, Otli. it. i. Ill, Yen. 133 hard- favour'd, foul. 2 unattractive, ytoor in (luality Troil. i. iii. 359 Let lis like merchants show our /oldest irures. 3 stormy Tp. ii. i. 148 [141], John iv. ii. 108 .So /.a shy, Oth. II. i. 34, Yen. 456 Gusts and /oul flans. 4 grossly abnsive Meas. v. i. 304 in /. mouth . . , To call him villain ; cf. /nnl-sjwken Tit. ll. i. 58. 6 harsh, rough H5 ii. i. 59' 1/ yon grow/, with me, Yen. 573 Foul irords and/roirns. fonlly: shame fully, disgracefully, wickedly All'sW. V. iii. 155, Mac. iii. i. 3; imuurely Meas. ii. ii. 174; insultingly lH4r. iii. 154. foulness: moiul impurity, wickedness Ado iv. i. i - FRANKLIN 155, IlK III. ii. 184, Lr. I. i. 230; ugliness AYL. iir. iii. 42, iii. v. (>0. foundation: Ado v. i. 334 [327] God .inve the /..', said to be a formula used on receiving alms at a liouse of charity. founded : solid, steady Mac. in. iv. 22/ as the rock. founder (2 rare tig. use of the nautical sense) 1 to cause (a horse) to break down or go lame Tp. IV. i. 30 Phoebus' steeds are/-'d, 2H4 iv. iii. 39. 2 to come to grief, be wrecked H8 in. ii. 40. four : used like the Fr. ' quatre ' for an indefinite number, large or small according to the circum- stances (cf. FOKTY) Tw.N. I. iii. 115 it's /. to one, ^Yint. V. ii. 155 [148] any time tliese/. hours, 1H4 II. ii. 14 1/Itravil but/, '/oot, H5 v. i. 43 / will peat his pale/, days. Cor. i. ii. 6 'Tis not/, days yone, Ham. II. ii. 100 he wallcs /. hours toi/elher (mod. odd. incorrectly/o)'t). Ant. ii. vii. 109 1 had rather /ast/rom all /. days. T] Freq. in Eliz. writers. four-inched: four inches wiclc Lr. in. iv. 55. foutra, foutre: contemptuous expression 2H4 v. iii. 100 .1 / /or the world, 118 (Q /owtre, Ff/ootrn). fox' : type of ingratitude Lr. i. iv. 342, in. vi. 25, &c.; so foxship, ingratitude Cor. iv. ii. 18. fox-: kind of sword H5 iv. iv. 9. T] Tlie wolf on some makes of sword-blade is supposed to have been mistaken for a fox. fracted : broken H5 n. i. 130 His heart is /., Tim. n. i. 22 my reliances on Ins fractid dates. fraction (2 not pre-.S. in this gen. sense) 1 discord, dissension, rupture Troil. ii. iii. 108. 2 fragment Troil. v. ii. 155, Tim. ii. ii. 221. fragment : applied to a person as a term of con- tempt (S.) Troil. V. i. 9, Cor. i. i. 228. frame sb. (the sense of ' picture frame ' is not pre- ss., used fig. in Sonn. xxiv. 3) 1 ' framing ', contrivance Ado rv. i. 191 toil in /. o/ villanies. 2 structure, form "SVint. ii. iii. 102* The very mould and/. 0/ hand, nad, finger \ (lience) constitution, nature, 'mould' Meas. v. i. 61, AU'sAV. iv. ii. 4, Tw.N. I. i. 33 a heart o/ tliat fine/., Tim. i. i. 70. 3 established order, plan, system Ado iv. i. 130" Chid I /or that at /rugal nature's/.?, Mac. ni. ii. 16* let the frame o/ things disjoint. 4 definite form or order LLL. ni. i. 201 [193] Still a-repairing, ever out o//.. Ham. in. ii. Z2^ put your discourse into some/rame. 5 structure of parts fitted together Ham. v. i. 47. 6 applied to the earth 1H4 in. i. 16, Ham. ii. ii. 317 [310]. 7 the huiuan body Meas. ii. iv. 1.34, 1H6 n. iii. 54, Sonn. lix. 10 this composed wonder of your /raine. frame vb. (1 survives in Y'orkshire dial.) 1 to direct one's steps, go Per. i. Gower 32. 2 to cause, produce, bring to pass 2H4 iv. i. 180 which God .w f.;, 2H6 v. ii. 32 Fear /-s disorder, Pilgr. vii. 15 [99]. frampold : disagreeable "VYiv. n. ii. 95. franchise (S. u.ses) : pi. lilicrties, privileges Cor. IV. vi.87 Your /-s...ron fill' d Into anaiigei's bore; free exercise Cym. jii. "i. 57 remiir and /ranchise [of the laws]. franchis'd : free Mac. ii. i. 28 keep My bosom /. frank sli. : enclosure for hogs, sty 2114 n. ii. 160. frank a Ij. (1 is obs. ; 2 now somewhat arcliaic) 1 unrestrained AU'sNY. n. iii. 61 thij f. election. 2 liberal, bounteous Al^s^Y. r. ii. 20, Cor. in. i. 129, Oth. in. iv. 45, Sonn. iv. 4. 3 0])cn, undi.sguised Oth. i. iii. 38, in. iii. 195 ; out- spoken 115 I. ii. 244. franked up : shut up in a sty E3 i. iii. 314, &c. franklin: freeliokUr ; orig., in 14-15th cent., the name of a class of landowners, of free but not rBANKLY - noble birth, and ranking next below the gentiy Wint. V. ii. 181 [173] boors andf-s, 1H4 ii. i. OU, Cyni. III. ii. 78 no costlier tlutn uoidd fit A f-'s huuseivife. frankly : 1 freely, without rcstiaint or constraint, unre- strictedly Troii. V. viii. I'.i, Tim. ii. ii. 18>J.Vt« and min's fortunes could I /. une, Ham. iii. i. iJ4 We may of their oianinter f. judi/e, v. ii. 2ii7. 2 generously, unreservedly Meas. ill. i. 104, Tit. i. i. 4:20, Oth. II. Iii. 301 to uinke me f. despise myself. 3 openly, without disguise H8 ii. i. 81, Troil. i. iii. •2b.i SiHiikf. nsllie ii-nul, Mac.l.iv.5f. he confess' d. fraud: faithlessness Gent. ii. vii. 78, Ado ii. iii. 70 Th( f. of iiK 11 H as erer so, 1H6 IV. iv. 36, Yen. 1141. fraught sb.; Ircight, cargo Tw.N. v. i. IJ5, 'lit. i. i. "(I ; tig. load (>tlKiii.iii.450,s'/(y//, bosum,aiththyf. fraught vb.: to lua- harry ten shillinqs in F. c-s, H5 iv. i. 246, 2H6 iv. ii. 170 ; with imii on tlie sense 'top of the liead' and with refer- ence to the baldness produced by 'the Fnnch disease' Meas. l. ii. 55, MNU. i. ii. 100, All'sW. 11. ii.'24; comp. /'.-co/otir, yellowish MND. I. ii. 98. frequent adj. (twice only in S.) 1 addicted to Wint. IV. i. [ii.] 30. 2 familiar ivitli iionn. cxvii. 5. frequent vb.: to resort to a place R2 v. iii. 0. fresh sb.; siring of fresh water Tp. in. ii. 77, fresh adj. (1 cf. 'freshman ' at a university) 1 raw, inexperienced John in. iv. 145. 2 invigorating, refreshing Oth. iv. iii. 45* The f. straims, Cym. v. iii. 71 /. cttps, soft bids, Sweet words, Compl. 213 The deep-cjreen emerald, in whose frisk rcijard . , . 3 cool 3H0 n. V. 49* afresh tree's shade. 4 blooming, looking liealthy or youthful Tp. iv. i. 137, t-ln: iv. V. 29, Otli. ii. iii. 20, Ven. 104. 5 ready, eager H8 l. i. 3* a fresh admirer. fresh-fish: novice H8 ii. iii. 80. freshly: newly, recently Tp. v. i. 236*/. bihild tiir . . . i-hip (or?=beheld our ship renovated); anew, afresh Meas. i. ii. 181, Cym. v. iv. 143; with undiminished intensity H5 iv. iii. 55/. rc- iiiimhind, H8 v. iii. 31/ pitiid in our memories; healthily, bloomingly AYL. ill. ii. 244, H5 iv. Clior. '.i'.t freihly looks. fret sb. : in instruments of the guitar kind, (former- ly) a ring of gut (now a bar of wood) (ilaced on the finger-board to regulate the fingering Lucr. 1140. fret vl). ' : to make or form by wearing away K2 ill. iii. 107, Lr. i. iv. 309 /(v/ ihainuls in hir cheeks. fret vb." : to i.dorn (a ceiling) with carved or em- l)ossed work in decorative jiatterns Cyui. n. iv. 88 Tin: roof o' the chamber With i/oldin chirubiiis is frilled ; fig. Ham. n. ii. 3':0 [313) ; to clie<|uer C«s. n. i. 104 yon ijrey lines That frit the clinuls. fret vb.^: to furnish (a guitar, &c.) with frets; quibblingly in Ham. in. ii. 395 [388] though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me. fretful (not pre-S. in either sense) 1 eating away 2H6 in. ii. 403 a fretful co'rrosive, 2 peevish, ill-tempered, impatient 1H4 in. iii. 13, Ham. 1. v. 20, Lr. in. i. 4. friar : member of any of certain religious orders founded in the 13th cent, and afterwards, of whidi the chief were the Franciscans or Grey Friars, the Augustines or Austin Friars, the Dominicans or Black Friars, the Carmelites or White Friars ; in Shr. iv. i. 148 It was the f. of orders r/rey is a fragment of a lost ballad. friend sb. (in the ordinary sense the foil, plirases occur : atf., tof. = afi a friend, friendly, on one'a side ; be or hold f-s with, malcef-s to) 1 ])1. relatives, kinsfolk, ' people ' Gent. I. i. 64, in. I. 100 she . . . is promis'd by her f-s i'nto a youthful i/inlleman, Meas. i. ii. 161, AY'L. I. iii. 65, R2 i. iv. 22, Tit. V. i. 130 ; occas. sing. IHG v. iv. 9. 2 like Fr. 'ami', 'amie' = lover, sweetheart Wiv. III. iii. 125, Ado v. ii. 75, LLL. v. ii. 40.5, Oth. iv. 3, Ant. in. X. [xii.] 22, Cym. i. iv. 79 her adorn; not her friend. 3 used as adj. = friendly Ctes. v. iii. 18. friend vb.: to befriend, assist Meas. iv. ii. 110, H5 IV. V. 17, H8 1. ii. 140 Xotf-ed by his wish, Cym. n. iii. 52 ; absol. Troil. I. ii. 82 time must f. or end. friending: friendliness Ham. i. v. 185/(/.v lore and f. friendship: friendly act, favour, friendly aid Mel■.\^ I. iii. 109. Wint. iv. i. [ii.] 22 the heapiiiy f-s, Tim. IV. iii. 70 whatf. may I do thee ?, Lr. ni. FRIEZE - ii. 62 a hovel ; Some f. will it lend you 'ijainsl the tempest, Otli. iii. iii. 21. frieze, frize: kind of coarse woollen cloth witli a nap Wiv. v. v. 150, Otli. il. i. 12(5 iQq freeze). frippery : place where cast-off clothes are sold Tp. IV. i. 228. fritters : nuike fritters of, liasli up Wiv. v. v. 155. fro = from Kom. "iv. i. 75, Cyni. v. v. 202. [iii. 184. frolic : merry MND. v. ii. 17 [i. 394] ; adv. Slir. iv. from prep, (the chief obs. uses are) 1 among, fiom among AU'sW. ii. i. 1.30 entreatiwj f. your royal thoitrjhis A modest one, Tim. i. ii. iiO 7rliy hnve you that cli(irit<(hle title from ttionsnnds?. 2 away from, apart from ; at variance witli, not in accordance with, alien to ; otherwise than, in a diffe lent way from Mer.V. iii. ii. 192 you c((>i nisli none ( = no joy)/, me, 1H4 iii. ii. 31, H5 iv. vii. W:i quite f. the answer of his de.f/ree, C»s. I. iii. 35 Clciiu f. the purpose, 64 f. quality and kind, u. i. 196, Mac. III. i. 100, Haiii. iii. ii. 24, 0th. i. i. 132 /. the sense of all civility. Ant. ii. vi. 30 /. the present ( = not to the purpose liis hand), Cym. i. iv. 18, Lucr. 341 Sof. himself impiety hath in-ouyhl. from adv.: away Tim. iv. iii. 404 the fallnuj-f. of his fnniits (mod. eM. falliny-ofi). front sb. (1 the usual S. sense) 1 forehead, (hence) face John ir. i. 356 these royal f-'s, li'i I. i. 9 siHOoth'dhis wrinkled f., Mac. iv. iii. 231 ; transf. 1H4 m. i. 14 /. of hedien (cf. Lr. ir. ii. Hi flickering J'hcebus' f.), H5 I. Clior. 21 ; phr. Otli. I. iii. 80 head andf. of my offendiwj, iii. i. 62 To take the saf'st occasion by the front. 2 foremost line of battle 3H.G i. i. 8, Cor. i. vi. 8 (with pun on sense 1), Ant. v. i. 44. 3 first period, beginning Wint. iv. iii. [\v.]3 April's /., Sonn. cii. 7 summer's front. front vb.: to march in the front rank (S.) H8 i. ii. 42 / . . . front hut in that file . . . frontier: outwork in fortification 1H4 ir. iii. 57 ]i(disadoes, f-s, parapets; fig. i. iii. 19 The moody f. of a servant brow (cf. H5 in. i. 10); frontier lortress or town Ham. iv. iv. 16. frontlet: band worn on the forehead; fig. with ref. to a frowning visage Lr. i. iv. 210 what makes that frontlet on?. frosty : characteristic of old age 2H6 v. i. 167 the f. head. Tit. V. iii. 77 my frosty siyns. froth: to make drink irotliy; fig. Wiv. I. iii. 14 J,et me see thee froth and lime. fruit (1 not a common use in S. or elsewhere) 1 dessert Ham. ii. ii. 52 thefriiit to that yreat feast. 2 otlspring 3H6 iv. iv. 24 King Kdwaril'sf., H8 v. i. 20, Lucr. 1064, Sonn. xcvii. 10. fruitful (sense 1 is rare outside S.) 1 abundant, copious Meas. iv. iii. 165 one/, meal, Tim. v. i. 155 a lecoiiipcnse more f., Ham. i. ii. 80. 2 generous, liberal H8 i. iii. 56, Oth. ii. iii. 350. frilitfully : copiously, fully All's AV. n. ii. lb you iindiystand me?— Most f., Lr. iv. vi. 271 f. offered. fruitf Illness : liberality (S.) Oth. iii. iv.'39. fruitless: barren, not producing offspring, un- fertile MND. I. i. 73 the coldf. moon, Mac. ni. i. 61 a fruitless crown, Ven. 751 fruitless chastity. frush : to smash, batter Troil. v. vi. 29. frustrate vb.: toannul 3H6ii. i. 175 Tof.... hisoath. frustrate pplc.: frustrated Ant. v. i.^* ; vain Tp. HI. iii. 10 Onr frustrate search. |146. f rutify : comic blunder for 'notify' Mer.V. ii. ii. fiib: see FOB 2H4 n. i. 39. fulfil (1 the earliest sense) 1 to lill full, fill up LLL. IV. iii. 364 f//a»v7// itself f-s the law, Lucr. 1258 [women] so fulfill'd With men's abuses, Sonn. cxxxvi. 5/. the treasure of thy love. 2 to execute, perform 1H6 in. ii. 133, Lucr. 1635. 90 - FURROW fulfilling: suitable, complementary Troil. Prol. 18. full sb. phrases : — atf., (1) fully, completely Meas. I. i. 43 be thou atf. ourself; (2) at length Err. i. i. 122 dilate eitf., H5 il. iv. 140 know our mindatf., Ham. IV. iii. 66 ; (3) at the period or moment of fullness LLL. v. ii. 215 ^oA- the moon atf.. Ant. iii. ii. 49 at f. of tide ; — in the f., with full complement Troil. IV. v. 271 -—to the f., (1) fully All'sW. I. iii. 199, 2H6 I. ii. 84 ; (2) to its full state Ant. ii, i. 11 tt will come to tlief, Troil. iii. iii. 242 to my f. of view (=to my eye's complete satisfaction). full adv.: freq. in the senses (1) fully, quite : (2) very, exceedingly. full-acorn'd : fed full on acorns Cym. n. v. 16. fuUani: kind of false dice loaded at the corner Wiv. I. iii. 92. fuller : one who cleanses cloth H8 i. ii. 33. full-gorg'd: craiunKil full with foodShr. iv. i. 194. full-hearted: full otcdiiiage Cym. v. iii. 7. fullness: repletinn,s:UictySonn. lvi.6; abundance Cyni. III. vi. 12 To lapse in fullness. fully : to satiety Cor. i. ix. 11, Lr. iii. v. 22. fulsome (1 a S. use ; the rest are obs.) 1 (?) lustful Mer.V. i. Vn. HI fulsome ewes. 2 cloying, Avearisome Tw.N. v. i. 113/ to mine ear. 3 offensive to the senses, physically disgusting John III. iv. 32/. dust, R3 v. iii. 1'S.i fulsome ivine. 4 morally foul, filthy Oth. iv. i. 37. fumble: to wrap up clumsily Tit. iv. ii. 59; fig. Troil. IV. iv. 46. fume : to be clouded with fumes of liquor Ant. ii. i. 24 Keep his brain fuming. fumiter (mod. edd.): the plant Fumaria Lr. iv. iv. 3 (Qq femiter, Ff incorrectly h'enitar) ; also fumi- tory "(mod. edd.) H5 V. li. 45 (most old edd. Jihutary). fimction (the usual meaning is 'office, employ- ment ', 2 not pre-S.) 1 activity, action (of the faculties') Mac. i. iii. 140/.7,v smother'd in surmise. Ham. ii. i i. 590 [682] /(('* whole f. 2 particular kind of activity or operation, (i) of a physical organ MND. in. ii. 177 J>ark vight, that from the eye his f. takes: (ii) of intellectual or moral powers Oth. ii. iii. 857 Even as her appetite shall play the god With his weak function. funeral (1 a 16-17tli cent, use) 1 pi. obsequies Tit. i. i. 381, Ca3S. v. iii. 105. 2 death Per. n. iv. 32. furlong : thousand f-s opposed to an acre Tp. i. i. 70, Wint. I. ii. 95. furnace : to exhale as from a furnace Cym. r. vi. 06 f-s The thick sighs. IJSo used by Chapman. furnish (the construction/, inth also occurs) 1 to supply with what is necessary, equip, lit out Mer.V. II. iv. 9 we have two hours Tof. ii.v, 1H6 iv. i. 39 He then that is notf-'d in this sort. Ant. i. iv. 77 I shall be furnish'd to inform you rightly. 2 to dress, also to decorate, embellish Ado in. i. 103 Which IS the best tof me, AYL. in. ii. 260 f-d like a hunter, Rom. iv. ii. 3Q ornaments . . . tof. me to-morrow. 3 /. forth = sense 1 (S.) 2H4 i. ii. 255 lend we n 'thousand pound to f. me forth. Ham. l. ii. 181 /. forth the marriage tables ;— /. out, to provide for Tim. in. iv. Ill not so much left to f. out A moderate tabic. furnishings: unimportant appendages, mere externals Lr. in. i. 29. furniture: fitting out, equiyiping, provision 1H4 in. iii. 224 Money andordcr for their f; equipment Slir. IV. iii. 182 this poor f. and mean array, 2H6 I. iii. 172; trappings, harness All'sW. n. iii. 05. furrow: arable or ploughod land Tp. iv. i. 135; lance furrow-weed (S.) i^r. iv. iv. 3. furse : Tp. i. i. 72 (Ft/)(().s), iv. i. ISO {Ffjiries). further : more distant or remote H8 ii. iv. 2:J0 lill /. (Idij, Lr. V. iii. 54 To-morrow, or alf. space [—vo /nrllirr = no furtlier business Cor. I'l.iii. 181. fury (tlio ordinary senses are freq.) 1 inspired frenzy, poetic 'rage' LLL. iv. iii. 229, Otii. III. iv. 73^1 xibyl . . . hi licr prn/ihe/ic/., Sonn. c. 3 Spend' st thou tliy f. on some irorlli/ess soiuj ?. 2 oneoftlie avenging deities, dread goddesses witli snal i. iii. 31, R3 i. iv. 57, Tit. v. ii. 82, Ant. ll. v. 40. fiistian : 1 coarse clotli made of cotton and flax Slir. iv. i. 49 the seriinfj-uieti in their neiofiislinn. 2 (a) bombastic language, rant, (b) gibberish, non- sense Otli. ir. iti. 284*. 3 as adj.: bombastic, ridiculously pompous Tw.N. ir. v. 120, 2H4 n. iv. 202. fustilarian : (?) comic formation on tlie word ' lustilugs ' = fat frowzy woman 2H4 ii. i. 08. G graberdine: loose upper garment Tp. ii. ii. 41. gad; sliarp spike ; applied to a stylus 'lit. iv. i. 103 / . . . nilli a yad of steel, will write these iioids ; phrase upon the f/nil, suddenly Lr. I. ii. 26 All this done I'ponthey.! (cf. 'on the spurof the moment). gag'e sb. 1 pawn, pledge, security ; in phr. lay to g., to put in pawn Lucr. 1351. 2 pledge (usu. a glove thrown on the ground) of a person's appearance to do battle in support of his assertions, challenge R2 i. i. 69, &c., iv. i. 34 ni>i fi. . . . in (J. to thine, 86 )Y.s/ under (jnge, 105. gfage vb. (3 a sense peculiar to S.) 1 to pledge, stake, risk Ham. i. i. 91 a woictij com- petent ]Y((s f/-d by our king, Lucr. UAonejorull, or eill for one ive gage. 2 to bind as by oath or promise 1H4 i. iii. 173 7)/(Z e/iige them both in iin itnjust belnilf, 'I roil. v. i. 40. 3 to entangle in Mer.V.' i. i. 131' the f/renl debts Wherein my tune . . . Httth hft me guged. g°aiii (the folL uses aie app. only S.) 1 to acquire (a language) 2H4 iv. iv. 69. 2 to restore Cym. iv. ii. 167 to gain his colour. 3 to give victory to Cym. ti. iv. 59. g'ain-g'iving : misgiving Ham. v. ii. 227. g'ainsay : to forbid (S.) Troil. iv. v. 131. gainsaying': refusal SVint. i. ii. 19 I'll nog. gainst, in mod. edd. usually 'gainst: used in the various senses of 'against', the temporal mean- ing being least usual ; = against 2 Slir. ii. i. 309 [3i7] I/, the ireddnif/dai/, K2 v. ii.06(Qq2-5 nr/ainst), Rom.' III. V. 154 ; ^against 3 Tit. v. ii. 206 (Qq ai/iiinst). Ham. l. i. IbS gainst thai season comes. gait : walking, going forward Wiv. i. iv. 31, MN1>. V. ii. 46 [i. 423] take his g. ( = go his way), Tw.N. I. iv. 15 address thij g. {- go), in. i. 94 irilk g. and entrance, H8 iii. ii. 117 fast g., Lr. iv. vi. 243 go your g.: fig. proceeding Ham. I. ii. 31 to su2>press /lis further gait herein. Galen (old edd. also C((//«n = mediaeval Latin 'Galienus', Gallen, Gallon): celebrated physician of the 2nd cent. A.n., AU'sW. ii. iii. 12. Cor. ii. i. 130 the most sorereii/n prescription in G.\ (hence gen.) a physician Wiv. ii. iii. '29 Vfhat says my Jisc7ihipins? my Galen ?. gallsb.: spirit to resent injury or insult 0th. iv. iii. 95 ive hare gnlls. gall vb. (orig. sense ' make sore by chafing ' and fig. ' liarass, annoy ' occur ; 2 'm only S.) 91 - GABBOII. 1 to graze with a weapon, to wound, hurt Shr. v. ii. 60, John iv. iii. 94, H8 in. ii. 208, Tit. iv. iii. 70, Ham. iv. vii. 147. 2 to scotf at H5 v. i. 78. gallant sb. (2 a courteous mode of address) 1 man of fashion and ideasure, fine gentleman Ado ni. iv. ^ all the gallants of the toiin, 0th. n. iii. 31. 2 pi. used as a vocative- gentlemen Ado in. ii. 15, 1H4 11. iv. 310, 1H6 in. ii. 41. 3 ladies' man, lover Wiv. ii. i. 22. gallant adj. (orig. = ' showy in appcaranfc,'sm.Trt ') 1 loosely used as a gen. epithet of praise -e.xcel lent, splendid.fine AYL. I. w.VlO A g . curtle-(o:e, AVint. I. i. 42 (i (/. cliild, Ca?s. iv. ii. 24 r/. sliow ; of a ship r. noble, stately Tp. v. i. 237. 2 chivalrous, lull of nob'e daring (the common S. use) 1H4 IV. iv. 2%fjidlant warriors. gallantry (once) : body of gallants Troil. in. i. 151. gallant-springing: 'growing up in beauty' (.Schmidt) R3 i. iv. 230//., brarc I'luntai/enet. galled': (a) irritated, (b) full of gall, rancorous Troil. V. X. 55* Some gitlhel goose of Winchester. galled^: sore from chafing Ham. in. ii. 256///? r/. j(ale ; fretted with salt water H5 in. i. 12 a g. rock, Lucr. 1440 the g. shore ; with tears R3 iv. iv. 53, Ham. I. ii. 155 Iter galhd eyes. galley: low flat-built sea-going vessel with one deck, formerly used in the Mediterranean, Shr. II. i. 373 [381]. Gallia: Gaul, France H5 v. i. 94 m the G. wars, 1H6 IV. vii. 48. Gallian : French 1H6 v. iv. 1.39, Cym. i. vi. 06. galliard: quick and lively dance in triple time Tw.N. I. iii. 129, H5 i. ii. 252. galliass: heavy low-built vessel, larger ilian a galley, employed in war Shr. ii. i. 372 [.380]. gallin aufrey : medley, jumble Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 337 11 g. of gambols ; promiscuous assemblage Wiv. II. i. 117 He lores the gain nam frey. gallop : false g., canter (fig.) Ado in. iv. 94, AYL. III. ii. 120 This is the very false gallop of rerses. gallow : to frighten Lr. lii. ii. 44. ^ Now dial. usually in the form 'galley', but 'gallow' is used in south-west midl. gallowglasses : soldiers or retainers formerly maintained by Irish chiefs 2H0 iv. ix. 20, Mac. I. ii. 13. gallows (with additional pi. suffi.K gallowses Cym. V. IV. 213) : one deserving to be h;inged, gallows- bird Tp. I. i. 34, LLL. v. ii. 12. gambol: as adj. sportive, playful 2H4 n. iv. 273. game (the loll, are absolute meanings) 1 fun, sport LLL. v. ii. 155, 361 pleasant game, MND. I. i. 240 As irai/i/ish boys in ipniic . . . 2 amorous play Troil iv. v. 63, Otli. n. iii. 19. 3 sport derived fiom the chase LLL. iv. ii. 174, 3H6IV. v. 11. ganrester (thrice in the sense 'gambler') 1 frolicsome person AYL. I. 1. 173, Shr. ii. i. 394 [402], H8 I. iv. 45 low are a merry gamester. 2 lewd person AH'sW. v. iii. 190, Per. iv. vi. 83. gamut: musical scale Shr. ni. i. 72, &c. (old edd. gamfith, gamoulh). [iii. 128. Ganymede: cup-hearer to Zeus (Jupiter) AY'L. i. gape : to be eager to Rom. ii. Chor. 2. gaping vbl. sb.: bawling 118 v. iv. 3 leare your g. gaping p|il. adj.: g. pig*, pig's head served on the table with its mouth wide open Mer.V. n'. i. 47, 54. garb: style, manner, fashion H5 v. i. 81, Cor. iv. vii. 44 (luster di/ and g. (-austere behaviour). Ham. II. ii. 399 [.390], Lr. ii. ii. 103 constrains the g. Quite from his nature, 0th. ii. i. 318. H The meaning ' fashion of dress, costume ' is not S. garboil : brawl, commotion Ant. i. iii. 61, ii. ii. 71. GARDEN-HOUSE - GERMAN garden-house [nut pie-S.) : summer-liouse Meas. V. i. 2M. Garffantiia : tlie large-moiitlied voracious giant ill liabehiis AYL. lii. ii. :i39. garland (2 cf. ' Bellay, first garland office Poesie ' 1 royal crown or diadem 2H4 iv. v. 20Q{(/(a-iiieHtf), V. ii. 84, K3 ni. ii. 40 Till Richard mar the g. o/ the realm. ■ -mn ,,■ 2 principal ornament or 'glory Cor. i. i. 190 Hiw . . ^thnt was your ij., I. ix. CO, ii. ii. 106, Ant. iv. xiii. [XV.] 64. Efarnisli: outfit, dress Mcr.V. ii. vi. 45. g^arnished: furnished (? with words or with brains) Mtr.V. III. V. 7.5. g'askins : breeches Tw.N. i. v. 27 if hoth break, your ,ia.kiiix/att. pasted: terrified Lr. ii. i. 57//- hi/ the noise I made. gastness: terror Otli. v. i. 106 //(«//. o/hcraje. g'ate : in llaiii. i. v. 67 The natural (/-s and alleys of the body there is perliaps an allusion to tlie ' vena porta' (rendered 'gate-vein' by 17tli cent. writers). gather : to infer, deduce, conclude Err. i. i. 95, iv. iii. 87 The reason that If/, he is mad, H3 i. iii. 68 ; absol. to draw inferences, get information All's W. iv. i. 87 To (J. from thee, Ham. ii. ii. 108 now, y., and surmise. gand, gawd: plaything, toy, gewgaw MND. i. i. :!!, .Jolui III. iii. 36. gaiided, gawded : adorned Cor. ii. i. 236 nicely ils. ir. i. 12, Ham. II. ii. 466 [457] 'ticas caviare to the y. 3 that which is common to all Troil. i. iii. 180 Si rrriils anil yi nerals of yracc. 4 in general, (ij in a body, collectively ; univer- sally, without exccjitionlHl iv. iii. 26 So are tlie horses of tlie enemy In y., Troil. iv. v. 21 (i.e. by all), C;es. IV. ii. 29, Lucr. 1484 ; (ii) in all respects Per. V. i. 185 Most wise in g.\ (iii) generally Cres. II. ii. 29 to the 7rorld in genered as to Casar. ■>ral adj.: 'Ul collectively, whole 1H4 in. ii. 178 0(1)^^. forces, 1H6 iv. iv. 3 all our g. force, Troil. v. ii. 129 theg. sex[ = &\\ womenkind), Lr. i. iv. 65, 0th. III. iii. 346 the genered camp. 2 relating to the whole people, common, public 2H4 IV. i. 94, Ciies. III. ii. 95 tiie g. coffers. Ham. ii. ii. 597 [589] cleave to the g. ear with horrid spitch. general adv.; generally 1H4 iv. 1. 5. generally (tlie sense ' usually, commonly ' is post-S.j 1 in a body, as a whole AYL. iii. ii. 372, Shr. i. ii. 277 To whom we nil rest y. belioldiny, H5 i. i. 88. 2 universally, without exception \Viv. ii. ii. 242(y. allowed, Ail'sW. ii. iii. 43 to be y. tiauikjal, HH li. 1. 47, Tim. II. li. 119. generation : 1 offspring, progeny Wint. ii. i. 147, Ii2 v. v. 8, Troil. III. i. 148 is love a y. of vipers '!, Lr. i. i. 119. 2 breed, race, kind Tp. in. iii. 33 (inr human y., Meas. IV. iii. 96, Tiiu. i. i. '205 Thy mother s ofmyy. generative: capable of generation Meas. in. ii. 121. generous: of noble lineage, higli-burii Meas. iv. vi. 13, LLL. V. i. 98 most g. sir. Ham. i. iii. 74, Oth. III. iii. 280. genius (3 not pre-S.) 1 in classical pagan belief, tutelary god or at- tendant spirit supposed to be allotted to every man at liis birth Tw.N. in. iv. 144, Tioil. iv. iv. 50 the G. so Cries ' Come.' 'to him, Ca;s. n. i. 06, Mac. III. i. 56 iinder him My genius is rebiik'd. 2 used with allusion to the two miitally opposed sjiirits (the good and the evil genius) by whom every person was supposed to be attended throughout liis life Tp. iv. i. 27 the strong'st suggestion Our worser genius can. 3 embodied type or representation 2H4 in. ii. 341 It' was the very genius of famine. gentility : politeness LLL. i. i. 127. gentle sli.: pi. gentlefolk LLL. iv. ii. 174 ; chiefly used (sing, and pi.) in polite address Wiv. in. ii. 96, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 46 Be merry, g., H5 i. Clior. 8 pardon, g-s all. Ant. IV. xiii. [xv.] 47. gentle adj. (the senses 'well born', 'kind', 'not viuleiit, mild ' are well represented in S.) 1 used in p(dite aidless or as a complimentary ep;tbet Gent. i. ii. 14 Wlad think'st thon of the g. I'roliiis?, n. i. 118 I thank you, g. servant, in. i. 14 your r/.daiii/hter, C;es. in. ii. 78 i'lm gentle Romans. 2 tanieilSiii. vii. 58, H8 v. iii. 22. gentle vli.: to ennoble H5iv. iii. 63^. his condition. gentleman (1 in the 17tli c. ' something more than an ordinary Souldier, hath a little more pay, and doth not stand Centincl ') [iv. i. 39. 1 officer of a company of soldiers 1H4 iv. li. 26, H5 2 man of gentle birth attached to the household of a person of high rank Tw.N. v. i. 184 The count's //., H8 I. ii. 5 That g. of Buckingham's ; transf. 1114 I. ii. 29 Diiniii's'fores/ers, y-miii of the shade; so gentlewoman Ado n. iii. '234 [223], H8 in. ii. 95, tlfli. in. i.26 the y./hatattends the yeneral's wife. gentry (2 properly ' what is proper to gentlemen ') 1 rank by birth, quality or rank of gentleman Wiv. n. i. 53, Wint. i. ii. 393 which no less adorns Our y., 1H6 II. iv. 93 ancient y.. Cor. in. i. 143. 2 good-breeding Ham. v. ii. 115 the card or calendar iify.: courtesy Ham. n. ii. 22 y. and goodwill. George: the jewel, on which isa figure of St.Georgc, liiiiiiiiiii part of the insignia of the order of the garter 2H6 iv. i. 29, R3 iv. iv. 367, 370. german adj. and sb. {cousin-i/erman = first cousin Tniil. IV. v. 120) 1 ( lose ly related, akin Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 805 (Ff hrmainic), Tim. iv. iii. 345 (Ff Ocrmidi)ne). 2 appropriate Ham. v. ii. \Kivioreg. tothe nialter(Yi Germainc, Qfi2a Icrman, Qj more cosin german). OSBMEir - 93 — GLASS-OAZIKG 3 sb. near relative Otli. i. i. 114 (Fi O'ermaines, Q\ lernutns). g'ermen (not pre-S., old eild. {/(rmuine) : germ Mae. IV. i. 5'.t tin Ireasiirc Of Niiturts y-x, Lr. in. ii. 8. gest't: pl. deeds Ant. iv. viii. 2 (old edd. t/iuxls). gest-: time allotted for a halt (S.) Wint. i. ii. 41. gresture (obs. use): carriage, bearing, demeanour AYL. V. ii. 70 If you do love Jiosdlnut so ««(»• tia heart as your g. cries it out, H5 iv. (Jlior. 25 their gesture sad. get (pa. t. got, in Per. ii. ii. 6 gat to rhj'uie with ((/, pa. pple. got, also gotten) 1 iiitr. to gain 1H6 iv. iii. 32 we lose, they . . . get. 2 to get knowledge of, learn, ascertain Gent. ii. v. 40, Wint. IV. i. [ii.]55. Ham. iii. i. 2 tiet from liim tthy he puts on this confusion. 3 to beget (frecjj ; in John i. i. 259 to get=io be begotten ; absol. Ven. 108 to gel it is thy duty. ■[J The foil, uses are recorded first from ti. : senses 1 and 2 above, 'acquire (a custom or quality)' Cym. IV. ii. 230, Sonn. ixxviii. 3 ; ' catch (an ill- ness)'Tp.ii.ii. 70; hate (/o< = possess Tim. i. ii. 2G; get thee gone Evv. in. i. 84; ' become,' with an adj. complement Mer.V. j. i. 135 ; get aboard Err. iv. iv. 100, Wint. III. iii. 7 ; gel back Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 139 ; get o^'= escape Cor. n. i. 143 ; gd ow = put on 2H4 v. iii. 134, Mac. n. ii. 71. getter: begetter Cor. iv. v. 241. g'host sb. (the mod. use is tlie prevailing one) 1 incorporeal being, spirit Sonn. Ixxxvi. 9. 2 apparition, spectre Ven. 933. [iv. 85. 3 corpse 2H0 in. ii. 101 a timely-parted g., Ham. i. ghost vb.: to haunt Ant. n. vi. 13. ghostly: spiritual Meas. iv. iii. 53, Rom. in. iii. 48 ghostly confessor. [i. 190 [182]. giant-dwarf: dwarf with giant's power LLL. in. gib(-cat): tom-cat Ham. in. iv. 190; 1H4 i. ii. 83. gibbet: to hang as on a gibbet (S.) 2H4 in. ii. 285. gig si). : wliipping-top LLL. iv. iii. 107, v. i. 71, 74. gig vl>. : (?) to walk wantonly Ham. in. i. 152 (so Q 1004 ; F nidge, Q 1070 jig). giglet, -ot: iewd, wanton woman Meas. v. i. 347 ; used adj. IHO iv. vii. 41, Cym. in. i. 31 y. fortune. gild (1 common in 1G-I7th cent.) 1 to smear with blood John n. i. 316 nU gill leith Frenchmen's blood, Mac. n. ii. 57 (quibble). 2 to supply with money Mer.V. ii. vi. 49. 3 to flush Tp. V. i. 2S0 liq}tor that hItiirn my y., 1H6 IV. ii. 35, Sonn. cxxvi. 2 ; in nautical use, half-hour glass, hence = lia]f-an-hour Tp. i. ii. 210, V. i. 223 three glasses since. 2 magic mirror or crystal Mac. iv. i. 119. 3 eye-ball R2 i. iii. 208, Cor. in. ii. 117. glassed : enclosed or cased in glass LLL. ir. i. 2t2. glass-eyes: spectacles Lr. iv. vi. 175. glass-fac'd : reflecting, like a mirror, the looks ot another Tim. i. i. r^'.MI,, glass-fic'dflaltrrer. glass-gazing: contemplating oneself in a mirror Lr. n. ii. 19. 6I.ASSY - g'lassy : frail as glass Moas. ii. ii. 120 Hisy. essence. g'laze: to stare Cits. i. iii. 21 (mod. edd. /y/io'dt). ^ In mod. use found only in Coinwall and Devon. g'lean: to collect into one mass H8 iii. ii. 265. gleaned: stripped of defenders H5 i. ii. 151. gleeksb.: gibe, iestlHGiii. ii. 123, Rom. iv. v. 115; so gleek vb. MND. iii. i. 154, H5 v. i. 78. g"lib: to castrate, geld Wint. n. i. 148. glijupse: transient brightness, flash Meas. i. ii. 108 //. (*/ luirntss ; Ham. I. iv. 53 ij-s of /lie moon ( = the earth by night); fig. faint appearance, tinge, trace Triiil. i. ii. 25. Eflobe; Ham. i. v. 97 tins dis/raclal )/.=t\ns eon- insed head or braia g-looming' (once): dark (fig.) Rom. v. iii. 305 A r/. pfdif. ^ Glooiiii/, which occurs thrice in S., is net recorded before liis date. glorious: eager for glory Cyni. i. vi. 7 (lie desire tliitt'sfi., Per. I. GowerO. gloss : sU (I s. v. i. 52. goal : Ant. iv. viii. 22 Get y. for y. of -he even with. goatish: lascivious, lustful Lr. i. ii. 143. gobbet: piece of raw flesh 2H6 iv. i. 85, v. ii. 58. god sli.: prefixed, without the article, to the name of a deity, or a person likened to one Ado iii. iii. 142 likeyod Bel's priests, Troil. i. iii. 160 yod Achilles (QFi; Ffa.T yood)\—Cod he iri' yon, in old edd. usually God buy you or ye (also bu-'y, buy'), occas. 94 — GOOD God be with you, God buy to you, later Ff and Qq God b' w' ye, b' wi' ye or you \—God diy-you-den, God (y)i//odeH : see good-den. god vb.: to deify, idolize Cor. v. iii. 11. God-a-mercy (2 ay^p. orig. = ' God reward you ') 1 =God have mercy I Shr. iv. iii. 153, 1H4 iii. iii. 58, Ham. iv. v. 198 6'. on his soul .' (Ff Gramercy). 2 used in response to a respectful salutation or a wish, usu. expressed by an inferior, for a person's • welfare John i. i. 185, H5 iv. i. 34, Troil. v. iv. 33, Ham. II. ii. 172. godfather: fig. sometimes with ref. to the god- father's naming the child at l)aptism LLL. i. i. 88 'J'tuse early y-s of heaven's liyhts That yivc a name to eviry fixid star, Ven. Ded. 5; — jocularly, p!. jurymen whose verdict brings a man to tho gallows Mer.V. iv. i. 399 (cf. '1 will leaue you To your (lod-lathers in Law, Let twelve men worke,' Jonson, ' twelve God-vathers, good men and true ' Randolph). God 'ild, Godild (old edd. yod{d)ild, God-eyld,yood dild, Goddd'd): lit. ' God yiekl,' used in' return- ing thanks AVL. in. iii. 81, v. iv. 56, Mac. i. vi. 13, H:im. IV. v. 42 Bow do you, pret/y lady ?—Well, G. you .' ( = thank you). god-like adv.: divinely Per. v. i. 208*/. perfec/. goer : (/.-back, one who retreats Cym." i. i. 169 ; //.- iackniird, one who deteriorates AH'sW. i. ii. 48; y.-ietween, go-between Troil. in. ii. 208. Gog: perveision of oouShr. iii. ii. l&ibijy-s-nouns. gold: the metal used in the ornamentation of fabrics, gold thread Shr. ll. i. 348 [356] Valance of Venice yold. golden (the fig. sense 'precious' is frecj.; 3 o my g.to them, Rom. li. iv. 118 Goil ye g., Lr. ii. ii. 1G5 Giie you g. .'. goodness: 'good things' Meas. in. ii. 234 Blis'i and g. on you!, v. i. G ne hear Such g. of your justice, 1H6 in. ii. 72 Talbot means no le Ant. II. ii. 04 with graceful eyes. gracious (only 3 is still current ; 5 is not evidenced clwfwhere in Eliz. literature) 1 finding favour, acceptable, popular AYL. i. ii. 202*, 3H0 III. iii. 117 g. in the people's eye. Tit. i. i. 11, 170, 429. 2 attractive, graceful, elegant, lovely Ado iv. i. 109, MND. IV. i. 220, Mer.V. iii. ii. 76 a g. voice, John III. iv. 81 a g. creature, R'i iv. iv. 205 toyal and gracious. 3 kind (frcq.) ; used as a courteous epithet, e. g. Tp. V. i. 253 How fares my g. sir?, LLL. v. ii. 737 gracious lords. 4 godly, righteous, pious, holy Meas. iii. ii. 238 a brother Of g. order, Troil. ii. ii. 125 To mike it (a quarrel) D. I. ii. 98 ^0((r ;)i()7)/e in-g. beard; (hence) in- delible, ineradicable, ingrained Err. in. ii. lOJ [a fault] 'tis m g., Tw.N. i. v. 267 'Tis in g., sir ; 'twill endure wind and weather. 2 arrangement of veins and fibres in wood ; fig. dm rt his g. Tortive and errant Troil. i. iii. 8 ; phr. (not pre-8.) against the grain L'or. n. iii. 241. grained' : ingrained Ham. in. iv. 'Mmich black and I/, spots ; furiowed, lined Err. v. i. 313 this g. face \.fmi,u. grained-: pronged, forked C'ompl. (A his g. bat. gramercy (2 the Qq read Hod a mercy) 1 - Gou-A-MERCY 2, Mer.V. n. ii. 131 h'ud bless your worship! — Gramercy .', R3in. ii. 105, Tit. i. i. 495, IV. ii. 7, Tim. ii. ii. 08, 73 ; expressing thanks for advice Slir. i. i. 41, 107. 2 = GoD-A-MERcy 1, Ham. iv. v. 198 (/. on his soul. grammar-school: one of a class of scliools orig. foundel for the teaching of Latin 2H0 iv. vii. 37. grand (in Wiv. iv. v. 89*, Lr. ii. ii. 112' the mean- ing is uncertain ; in Ham. v. ii. IS g. commission is prob. modelled on technical terms like ' grand assize ', ' grand jury ') 1 pre-eminent, chief Tp. i. ii. 274 her g. hesis, v. i. 280 thisg. liquor { = the elixir), R2 v. vi. 19 The g. conspirator, R3 iv. iv. 52. 2 '/• sum, grand total H8 in. ii. 294. :{ main, principal Ant. in. x. [xii.] 10 g. sea ( = ocean). grand captain : chief captain or commander Ant. in. i. 9. ^ A technical military term of the IGth cent. grandsire : used for ' old man ' Shr. iv. v. 50 : adj. = ancient Rom. I. iv. 37 I am proverb'd with a grandsire phrase) grange: farm-liouse, country liouse Meas. in. i. 279 the moated g., Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 3o9, Utli. i. i. 100 My house is not a grange. grant : to assent to 3H6 i. i. 245 g-ed to that act. grasp sb.: embrace Troil. iv. ii. 13 the g-s of love. grasp vb. (2 not pre-S.) 1 to clutch 2H0 III. ii. 172 g-'d And Ingg'dfor life. 2 to embrace Troil. in. iii. 108 G-s in the comer. grass-green : green with grass (not pre-S.) Ham. IV. v. 31. grass-plot (not pre-S.) ; Tp. iv. i. 73. grate sb.: grating IHOi. iv. 10, 00; barred place of confinement Wiv. n. ii. 9 looked through the g., like a genii ny nf baboons. g'rate vi>. (the foil, are now obs. or rare uses) 1 to wear away Troil. in. ii. 195 g-d To dusty nothing. 2 to harass, irritate Ham. in. i. 3 G-mg so harshly all his days of quiet , Ant. i. i. 18. 3 to make exacting demands u)ion AViv. ii. ii. 7. g'ratify (the sense ' to please ' al.so occurs) 1 to reward, requite Cor. ii. ii. 45 To g. his noble service, Oth. v. ii. 211, Cym. n. iv. 7 / barely g. your love. 2 to give a gratuity to, fee Mer.V. iv. i. 407 g. this f/entlcman. 3 to gi ace LLL. IV. ii. 103 to gratify the table. gratillity : clown's humorous jierversion of 'L'latuity ' Tw.N. ii. iii. 28. gratulate adj.: gratifying Meas. v. i. 531. gratulate vb.: to greet, salute R3 iv. i. 10 To g. the giiille princes, Tim. I. ii. 13:3; to express joy at Tit. I. i. 221 gratulate his safe return. grave (|ia. pplo. gravid and graven) 1 to bury, swallow upas in a grave R2 ni. ii. 140 GRAVEI. - 3 of tender age, youtliful Tim. iv. i. 7 g. virginity, Sonn. civ. 8, Pilgr. iv. 2 [44]/)f.v/i, and green. 4 flesh (frcfj. of material and immaterial things); //. in earllt, just buried Rom. iv. iii. 43. 5 raw, inexperienced LLL. i. ii. 95 a g. wit, H5 ii. iv. 136 his g-cr days. Ham. i. iii. 101 a greeii girl. green-ey'd: epithet of jealousy Mer.V. iii. ii.llO, Otli. in. iii. 166. [iv. iii. 75. green goose: young goose, gosling LLL. i. i. 97, greenly : unskilfully, foolishly H5 v. ii. 148, Ham. IV. v. 83. green-sickness: kind ofanaemiacaiicd chlorosis, affecting young women Per. iv. vi. 14; transf. of a man Ant. in. ii. 6; with rcf. to the morbid ay)pe- tite characterizing the disease 2H4 iv. iii. 100. greet: to gratify Per. iv. iii. 38. ^ A rare sense, found also in Greene's 'James IV '. grey sb.: cold sunless light of early morning Ado v. iii. 27, Rom. in. v. 19; cf. grey-ey'd }/(or)i Rom. n. iii. 1. ^These uses are not pre-S. grey adj.: iioaiy, ancient 1H4 ii. iv. 506 [499] that g. iniiiuitg. ^I In its application to the colour of eyes grey is supposed by some, e.g. Malone, to iiiiaii wiiat we now call ' blue '. grief (both the foil, are common Eliz.) 1 hanlfsliip, sutfering, cause of pain or sorrow Ado 1. i. 323 [315] love's g., LLL. iv. iii. 171 }Yhere lies thy g.1, Tw.N. ii. iv. 117* siinling at g., 1H4 v. i. 134 tlie g. of a wound, 2H4 i. i. 144 my limbs, Weakcn'd nith grief. 2 grievance 1H4 iv. iii. 42 The nature of your g-s, H8 I. ii. 56 The subjects' g., Cses. i. iii. 118 redress of all these griefs, Per. li. iv. 23. grief-shot (S.): sorrow-stricken Cor. v. i. 45. grievance (the sen.se ' cause of complaint' occurs) 1 oppression, annoyance 2H4 iv. i. 198 such picking grievances, 0th. i. ii. lb restraint and griirancc. 2 trouble, distress, suffering Gent. i. i. 17, iv. iii. 37 / pity much your g-s"*, Rom. I. i. 162, Sonn. XXX. 9 Then can I grieve at g-s foregone. grieve (1 a rare use ; 2 a freq. poetical use) 1 to be a grievance or cause of complaint Per. ir. iv. 19 It shall iio longer grieve wilhont reproof. 2 to feel grief for, be sorry for, regret Wint. iv. Chor. [i.] 18, R2 il. ii. 37 the nothing that I grim. 1H4 V. iv. 29, Lr. iv. iii. 55 you shall not g! Lend- ing me this acquaintance, Ven. 1024. grievous: used adv. (S.) R2 i. iv. 54 (Ff Qs viry), 1H4 IV. i. 16 he's grievous sick. grievously : 1 with a heavy penalty, dearly Cies. in. ii. 86, 2 bitterly, sorrowfully Gent. in. ii. 14 takes hts going grievously, 0th. v. i. 53 erg so grievously. 3 strongly, exceedingly John iv. iii. 134. griffin: fabulous animal, lialflion, half eagle. grind (2 metaphor from sharpening an axe) 1 to affiict, torment Tp. iv. i. 261 ;/. their joints. 2 to whet (the appetite) Sonn. ex.' 10. lin. i. 62. gripe sb.': grasp H5 iv. vi. 22, H8 v. iii. 100, Mac. gripe sb.^: vulture Lucr. 543 the g.'s sharp claws. gripe vb. (commonly said of grief in the 16th cent.) 1 to clutch or grasp at Per. i. i. 49. 2 to clutch, seize, grasp (lit. and tig.)AViv. i. iii. 92 J,et ml lures g. thy guts, John iv. ii. 190, 1H4 v. i. 57, H8 n. ii.' 136 to he g-'d by (= join Jiands with); absol. Cym. in. i. 40. 3 to grieve, afflict 3H6 I. iv. 171 To see how utiy stirrow gripes his soul. [grief. griping: painful, distres.sing Rom. iv. v. 129 g. grise, grize (old edd. also grice, greese): step Tw.N. III. i. 138, Tim. iv. iii. W every g. of fortune, 0th. I. iii. 200 as a g. or step. grisled: horrible, grisly Per. in. Gower 47*' the g, north (Qi; Qqj-c grislee, ^^grtesUe, FI3 1 yrmlg)' GRISLY — 1» grisly : f:iim, gliastly USD. v. i. Ul TliiSf/. beast, IHO I. iv. 47, Per. iii. Gowcr 47 (sec grisled). Grizel (Fi GrisscJI): later form of the proper name '(irisildc' borne bv the heroine of Chaucer's Clerk's Talc (adapted from a story of Pctrarcli's), who is the proverbial type of a meek, patient wile Shr. ii. i. 289 [297]. grizzle: sprinkling ofgrey Tw.N. v. i. 169. griszled: grey Ham. i. u.'£i9{Qqgrissrd, Ffr/risly), Ant. III. xi."[xiii.] 17 (his f/. head (Ft (jfnicd). grizzly : grey, grizzled Ham. i. ii. 239 (see jjrec.). groat: coin equal to four pence Airs"W. ii. ii. 23, H5 V. i. 132. groom (the common sense is 'servant') '1 fellow Tit. IV. ii. 166 ijoii are gallant f/rooins. 2 bridegi-oom Shr. iii. ii. 216, 6th. ii. iii. 182, Cym. jir. vi. 69. gross sb.: twelve dozen ; only in plir. hy the f/., in largo numbers Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 208. grossadj.(the senses 'glaring, flagrant' and 'coarse' are common) 1 big, bulky Wiv. ill. iii. 42 this li.sh of the genus Trigia ; .soused g., used as a term of opprobrium 1H4 iv. ii. 13. gust sb.: taste, liking, relish Tw.N. i. iii. Mthe g. liC'hath in quarrelling, Tim. III. v. 55* sin's ex- trcmest g., Sonn. cxiv. 11. gust vb.: app. to taste (fig.) Wint. I. ii. 219* (? 'when I am the last to licar of it '). guts: gluttonous or corpulent person 1H4 n. iv. 256 thou clay-brained g.; still in u.se in Warwick- shire for ' a greedy person ' ; (?) offal, applied to a dead body Ham. in. iv. 212*. guts-gripirig : Troil. v. i. 21 ;/. ruptures (mod. cdil. guts-i/rijiing, ruptures ; Drydenin his version has ' gut-gripings, ruptures'). Guy: Guvof Warwick, whoslewtliegiantCoi.nRAND (q.v.) H8 v. iv. 23 not Sam.son, nor Sir diiij. gyve vb.: to fetter, shackle 0th. ii. i. 17l'(Ffi34 giue, Q(] cutcli). gyves: fetters, shackles (also fig.); Ham. iv. vii. 21 Convert his g. to graces (?' regard his impri- sonment as an ornament to liim, au'l so calling for more devotion from them '). H H : Ado III. iv. 55, quibble on ache sb. (q.v.). ha (2 is freq. and is chiefly S.) 1 exclamation expressing wonder or surprise, eagerness, indignation ; often preceded hy ha or ah (Tp. v. i. 203 Jla, ha! What things are these !, Ham. I. v. 150 \h, ha, boy ! sayst thou so?). 2 used as an interjectional interrogative = cli ? Mer.V. II. V. 44 What says that fool . . . ha? 3 in.trticulate vowel sound, expressing liesitatioii or interruption in speech, often with hum Troil. iir. iii. 287, Per. v. i. 84. ha' : worn-down form of have. hatoer-de-pois : Eliz. form of avoirpupois. habit: the common moil, senseot 'settled practice, custom' occurs only three times (Gent. v. iv. 1, Mcr.V. I. ii. 02, Ham. i. iv. 2'J), the usual S. meanings being 'dress, garb' and 'bearing, demeanour', wliicli are app. blended in some exx. habited: not pre-S. in the sense 'dressed, attired' Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 569, Tit. ii. iii. 67 is it Dian, habited like her?. habitude: constitution, temperament Compl. 114"*. hack vb. : of uncertain meaning in Wiv. ii. i. 52, IV. i. 09; the context suggests some indelicate ref. (cf. Hackney). hackney : common woman LLL. in. i. 35. hackney'd : see common-hackney'd. haggard: sb. wild female hawk caught wlicn in her adult plumage Ado in. i. 36 as coy and wild As li-s of the roek, Shr. iv. i. 190 to inein my h. (fig.), Tw.N. in. i. 72 ; (licnce) wild and intract- able woman Shr. iv. ii. 39 ;— adj. wild, intractable 0th. III. iii. 200 if I do prove her haggard. haggle (not pre-Eliz. in any sense): to hack, iiiaiiglc H5 IV. vi. 11 York, all haggled over. hag-seed: a hag's offspring Tp. i.ii. 305. hair (3 a common Eliz. sense ; Ant. i. ii. 200 like the courser's hair refers to the popular notion that a liorsehair placed in water will turn into an eel) 1 type of something small or slight, jot or tittle, iota Tp. I. ii. 217 .\'oi a h. iicrish'd, 2H4 i. ii. 20 it IS not a h. amiss, Troil. iii. ii. 191 // 7. . . sivcrve a h. from truth ; so h-'s breadth Wiv. rv. ii. 3 ; to a /(., to a nicety, witli the utmost exactness Troil. III. i. 159. 2 against (he /(., contrary to the natural tendency, against the grain Wiv. n. iii. 42, Troil. i. ii. 28. 3 kind, nature, stamp, character 1H4 iv. i. 61 The quality and hair of our attempt. HAIR-BREADTH - loo - HANDSAW hair-breadth: not pre-S. as ad j. Otli. i. iii. 13i>. halberd: military weapon, used cliiefly in tlic loth and IGtIi eent., consisting of a sliarp-cdged blade ending in a point and a spearlicad mounted on a liandle five to seven foot long Err. v. i. 185, ■■iUC-, IV. iii. 20. R3 i. ii. 40. halcyon: a bird (identified with tlie kingfislier) ul which the ancients fabled that it bred about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and produced a calm for the space of fourteen days ; (hence) /(. dai/x = period of calm 1H6 I. ii. 131 ; in Lr. ii. ii. 83 (urn /heir h. heats Wil/i ererij (I'lle there is a ref. to tlie belief that a dried specimen of the bird hung up so as to move freely would turn in the direction of the wind. half: one of two partners LLL. v. ii. 250 III not he your It., Shr. v. ii. 78 / iciU be ijniir h. ( = sliare the risk witli you); (hence) wife Cxs. ii. i. 274 /o we, your self, tjoitr li.\ cf. Ado il. iii. 188 [177J lidlf iiii/^t!f ( = my wife). half- blooded (not pre-S.): of superior blood by dill' parrnt only Lr. v. iii. 81 H. fellow. half-cap : lialf-conrtoous salute (S.)Tim. ii. ii. 222. half-chsck'd, cheek'd (Fl hMeman ts of no h., AYL. in. ii. 401, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 743, H8 11. iii. 23 Om/- content Is our best h., Cym. i. ii .20 ; also pi. H8 in. ii. 160 ; in 0th. iv. iii. 94 our h.* = our allowance of expense (J.) ; fig. endowments, 'gifts', accomplishments Troil. ui. iii. 97, Compl. 235. haviour : behaviour, bearing, manner Wiv. i. iii. 84, Tw.N. in. iv. 229, R2 i. iii. 77, Ham. i. ii. 81 the dejected h. of the visage, 11. ii. 12 (Ff humour), Cym. in. iv. 9. havoc : cry h., orig. to give an army the order 'havoc !' as the signal for pillaging John 11. i.357. Cor. III. i. 273, Caes. in. i. 273 Cry ' //. .' ' and let slip the dogs of war. Ham. v. ii. 378 This quarry cries on h. ( = calls for merciless slaughter). hawk sb. : in Ham. 11. ii. 406 [397] commonly taken to be the bird (ef. handsaw), but perhaps a variant of ' hack ', which was applied to various tools (if the mattock, hoe, and pickaxe type. hawk vb. : fly at, as a hawk M.ac. 11. iv. 13. hawking : 'iLawk-like, keen ' (Schmidt) All's W. I. i. 106 his hiiuking eye. hay' : country (huue having a winding or serpen- tine nioveiiunt I.LL. v. i. 166. hay- (S.): home-thrust Rom. n. iv. 28. hazard sb. : (2 the prevailing sense ; 4 cf. ' Peloiiso . . . the lower hazard in a tennis-court ' Cotgr.) HAZARD 103 -HEARTED 1 game at dice at which the chances are compli- cated by a number of arbitraiy rules H5 iii. vii. 98 ; hence fig. come or r/o to It., to run extreme risks Mer.V. ir. ix. 18, HS m. vii. 98. 2 venture, chance, (hence) risk, peril, jeopardy ; — phr. on (the) hazard, at stake Troil. Pro!. 22 Sets all on /(., C*s. V. i. 08 ; put in h., risked Cor. il. iii. 2t)4. .3 thing risked or staked Mer.V. i. i. 152. 4 each of the winning openings in a tennis-court H5 I. ii. 263 We will in France. . .play a ait ,'-/(.A7j/(-f»,v. heavy (the literal sense of 'weighty', and the tig. senses of ' oppressive, grievous, sore ', ' sad, sorrowful '.'distressing, saddening', and 'sleepy, drowsy ' are freq.) 1 weighty, important, serious All'sW. ir. v. 50 matter of h. consequence, 1H4 ii. iii. 68 h. biisiiiess, H5 II. ii. 53, Lr. v. i. 21 3Iost just and h. causes. 2 dull, stupid 0th. ii. i.ll'i 0 heavy igtiorance .' thou prnisest the worst best, 3 slow, sluggish MND. v. i. 377 The h. r/ait of nujht, John III. iii. 43 [thy blood] h. thick {heavy'-thickf), iv. i. 47 h. time, Ant. ill. vii. 38; cf. heavy- gaited K2 in. ii. 15. 4 (of a deed or its agent) grievous, heinous, wickid Meas. ii. iii. 28, "Wint. in. ii. 209, John iv. lii. M, Hain. iv. i. 12 0 heavy eleid .'. heavy-headed: drowsy or stupid with drinking, clniukeii 11am. i. iv. 17 heavy-headed revel. hehenon (Ff,', hebona (Qq) : (?) yew, which was notorious for its poisonous properties Ham. i. v. 62 juice of cursed h. ^] So ' iouyce of Hebon ', Marlowe ' Jew of Malta ' in. Hebrew: reading of Fi in Gent. n. v. 58, Mer.V. I. iii. 58, 179 ; cf. Ebrew. Hecate (usu. 2 syll.; 3 syll. in IH6111. ii. 64, as also once in Milton, (iomiis 535); goddess of Greek mythology supposed to preside over witchcraft and magical rites MND.v.ii.l4 [i. 391] (Fj Hecates), Mac. HI. V. 1 (Fi Hecat), Lr. 1. i. 112 (Fi (jq Heccat; used abusively -hag, witcli 1H6 ni. ii. 04 that railinej Hecate (viz. Joan of Arc). hectic: hectic or wasting fever Ham. iv. iii. 69. Hector: transf. in allusion to the Trojan hero -= valiant warrior "Wiv. i. iii. 11, 11. iii. 35. hedge (l 16-17tli cent, use ; 2 not pre-S.) 1 liedgc out, shut out, debar Troll, in. i. 66. 2 to go aside from the straight path Troll, in. iii. 158 (Q turne); (hence) to shufile, dodge Wiv. 11. ii. 27 to shuffle, to heebje and to hnrli. hedge-born': of low or mean birth 1H6 iv. i. 43 ; cf. born under a hedge 2H6 iv. li. 58. hedge-hog : applied to a person who is regardless of others' feelings R3 i. ii. 103. hedge-pig : hedgehog Mac. iv. i. 2. *[] Survives in East Anglian and southern dial. hedge-priest : illiterate priest of low status LLI.. v. ii. 543. heed: that which one heeds or pavs attention to ,S.) LLL. I. i. 82 that eye shall be li'is heed. heel sb.: in phr. referring to (1) flight or speed Err. I. ii. 94 I'll take my h-s, Mer.V. n. ii. 32 my h-s (ue at yrnir commandment, AYL. in. ii. 295 i'ou have a nimble nit : Itlnnk twasmade of Atalanta's h-s, 1H4 n. iv. 52 slioiu it a fair pair of h-s, Mac. 1. ii. 30 to trust their h-s ; (2) punishment in the stocks Airs"\V. IV. iii. 119 his h-s have deserved it, 2H4 I. ii. 142 To punish you by tlie h-s ;— out at h-s, ill unfortunate or decayed circumstances, in trouble or distress AViv. i. iii. 32, Lr. 11. ii. 164. heel vb. : to perform (a dance) Troil. iv. iv. 86 1 can- not . . . h.thchiijh lavolt. ^ Only S. in this sense ; cf. Ado in. iv. 46 Ye Itylit 0' love tcith your h-s .', v. i v. 122, 115 in. V. 34 our f/race is only in our heels. heft: straining, retching (S.) Wint. n. i. 44. heigh: cry of encouragement Tp. i. i. 6, Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 2, 0 iVfhey), 10, 1H4 n. iv. 542 [534]. heigh-ho, hey-ho (both forms occur in old edd.): used (1) to summon a person MND. iv. i. 208 Hciijli-ho! Peter Quince!, 1H4 11. i. \ Hciyh-ho! . . . ^Yhat, ostler .' ; (2) to express joy AVL. 11. vii, 182 hciyh-ho: the holly .' ; (3) to express sadness or dejection Ado n. i. 334 cry h. for a liushand, in. iv. 53, AYL. IV. iii. 170, troil. in. i. 139, Lr. ni. li. 75/1. the wind and the ram {Qc^hey-ho, Fi heir/li- ho, mod. edd. hey, ho). height (old edd. also spelt hciyhth, liujlit) 1 high rank, degree, or position R2 i. i. 189, R3 i. iii. 83 this careful h., Tit. iv. ii. 34 to be advanced to this height, Sonn. xxxii. 8. 2 highest jioint, zenith, summit Err. v. i. 200, John IV. iii. 46, 2H4 11. iii. 63 the tide swell'd up unto hish. (Fi), R3 in. vii.'187/)iyf/( and h.;—at {the) /(., at the or its highest point, at its height AYL. V. ii. 51 at the h. of heart-heaviness, R3 i. iii. 41 (Qq highest). Tit. III. i. 71, Ca-.s. iv. iii. 216 \ye, at the /(., are ready to decline ;—in h. of, at the height ofR3 V. iii. 177 ; inh., at hisliighest Ant. in. viii. 30 [x. 21]; jn the h., in the extreme Ado iv. i. 306, Per. 11. iv. 6 ; to the h., to the utmo.st H8 i. ii. 214 traitortothe h., Troil. v. i. 3 ; onh. of our . . ., on pain of our utmost . . . Tim. in. v. 89. heighten : to e.xalt Cor. v. v, [vi. ) 22. BEX]!rOUSZ.Y - 105 -HEY heinously : very badly, ' shockingly ' lH-1 in. iii. 212. heir: in transf. use (1) a person to whom some- thing (e. g. fate, sorrow, &c.) is bouml to fall due Wiv. V. V. 45 lis of fixed destiuy, K2 ii. ii. 63 mij sorrow'n dismal It., Ham. in. i. (53 Thai flesh is h. to; (2) offspring, product 2H-i iv. iv. 122 L'n- father'd h-s . . . of nature. Yen. Ded. 5 the first heir of my intention. heir apparent: used in the strict sense of 'heir whose right is indefeasible' 1H4 i. ii. 65, &c., and also = 'heir presumptive ' 2H6 i. i. 153 (of the Duke of Gloucester, the King's uncle). hell : place of confinement for debtors Err. iv. ii. 40 One that, be/ore the judgement, curries poor souls to hell. hell-hatei : hatetl as hell Lr. v. iii. 149 h. lie. hell-hound: applied to a fiendish ] erson R3 iv. iv. 48, Tit. V. ii. 144, Mac. v. vii. 32 [viii. 3]. hell-kite: person of hellish cruelty Mac. iv. iii. 217. [155. helm vb. (not pre-S.) : to steer, fig. Meas. in. ii. help sb. (1 only S. ; 2 a common S. sense) 1 at help, in our favour Ham. iv. iii. 47. 2 relief, cure, remedy Err. v. i. 160, 2H6 iv. vii. 95, Troil. iv. i. 47 There is no help. Cor. in. i. 220, IV. vi. 121, Yen. 93, Sonn. cliii. 11 /, sick uithal, the help of bath desired. help vb. (pa. t. and pa. pplc. helped, but more often holp) : to relieve, cure, remedy Tp. ir. ii. 102 / will h. his aijtie, Gent. iv. ii. 48 To h. him of his blindness, Rom. i. ii. 49 Turn giddy, and be holp by backivarel turning, Lr. iv. iv. 10, Lucr. 1822 Bo non)ids help uounds /. helpless: affording no help, unavailing, unpro- fitable Err. II. i. 39 urging h. patience, R3 i. ii. 13 the Ii. balm of my poor eyes, Ven. 004, Lucr. 1027, 1056 Poor h. help. ^ In Lucr. 756* either this sense or 'that cannot be helped, irremediable', as in Spenser's 'helpless hap ', lielpltss liarnis '. hem : to clear away with a heiu or cough AYL. i. iii. 19. hemp : the material of the Iiangnian's halter H5 III. vi. 45 ; so hempen in jocular phr. 2H6 iv. vii. 94 I'e shall lane a h. caudle then. ^ Of such phrases there were many, e. g. ' be not caute in an hempen snare' (Skelton), 'dauncing in a hempen circle ' (Nashe). hempseed : gallows-bird 2H4 ir. i. 66*. (Cf. prec.) hen : chicken-hearted fellow All'sAV. ii. iii. 223. hence (1 always with here, as in earlier English) 1 in the next world John iv. ii. 89, Ham. iir. ii. 234. 2 henceforward LLL. v. ii. SUBenceeier, 2H4 v. v. 57, 0th. 111. iii. 380/>O)u hence I'll love no friend. henceforth : for h., for the future Ado v. i. 308. hence-g'oing : departure Cym. m. ii. 64 ; cf. "SYint. I. ii. 450. henchman : page of honour MND. ii. i. 121. henloft: hen-house Wiv. ui. iv. 41 (Qq 12 ; Ff Q3 jini). TjUsed by Xashe. Henry : 3 syll. in R3 n. iii. 16 and elsewhere. hent sb. : in Ham. in. iii. 88* Up, sword, anel know thou a more horrid hent it is doubtful whether we have the sense of 'clutch, grasp' or of 'intention, design ', or whether hent is for hint in its S. sense. hent vb. : to take, seize Wint. rv. ii. [iii.] 134* merrily h. the stile-a ; in pa. pple=reached, occu- pied Meas. iV. vi. 14 The generous and gravest citizens Hare hent the gates. her ; old possessive pron. of the 3rd person pi. = their; app. surviving in 1H6 i. i. 8'i her flowing tides, Troil. i. iii. 118 right and wrong . . . Should lose her names ; mod. cdd. th^ir. herald sb. (in old edd. also herauld, -null, har(r)ohl) 1 officer having the duty of (i) making proclama- tions 2H6 IV. ii. 190, (ii) bearing messages be- tween 1 rinces and hostile forces John. 11. i. 325, 115 III. V. 36, Troil. i. iii. 218, (iii) conveying challenges H8 i. i. 34, Lr. v. i. 48, (iv) arranging public processions, funerals, &c. 1H6 i. i. 45, Cor. v. V. [vi.] 145 the most noble corse that ever h. Did follow to his nrn, (v) regulating the use of annorial bearings Shr. 11. i. 223 A h., Kate? 0! pat me in thy books, Lucr. £06 Some loathsome dash the herald will conlriie. 2 messenger, envoy LLL. v. ii. 97 Their herald is a pretty knavish page, R3 I. i. 72, Ham. in. iv. 58 (he herald Mercury. 3 fore-runner, precursor Ado 11. i. 319 Silence is the perfectest h. of joy, Rom in. v. 6 the lark, the h. of the morn, Cses. i. iii. 56, Ven. 531 The owl, ■niilht's herald, Sonn. i. 10. 4 attrib. use of 1 (ii) Gent in. i. 144 My h. thoughts in thy pure bosom rist them ; ^yhlle I, their king . . . herald vb. : to usher (ix) Mac. i. iii. 102, Per. in. i. 34. heraldry : (2 is only S.) 1 art or science of a herald, blazoning of armorial bearings MND. ui. ii. 213 like coats in h.; fig. 0th. III. iv. 48. 2 heraldic practice or regulation Ham. i. i. 87 a seaid compact. Well ratified by law and heraldry ('a kind of hendiadys, meaning heraldic law', Clark and ^Yrigl^t). 3 heraldic title or rauk AU'sW. 11. iii. 279 the heraldry of your birth. 4 heraldic device, armorial bearings (fig.) Ham. 11. ii. 487 [478] Hath now this dread and black com- plexion smear'd With h. more dismal, Lucr. 64 This heraldry in Lucrece' face. herb-grace, herh-of-grace : tlie plant rue, Euta graveolens AH'sW. iv. v. l8{Fihearbe of grace), R2 in. iv.V)b(V iHerbe of b'racf), Ham. iv. v. 181 (Ff Herb{e)-Grace, Qi htarb a greice, Qq herbe of Grace). herblet (not pre-S.) : little herb Cym. iv. ii. 287. here: as sb. = the present life Lr. i. i. l64 ; as adj. here-approach, arrival Mac. iv. iii. 133, hcre-rt- main, stay 148. hereafter: as adj. - future 1H6 11. ii. 10 h. ages, R3 IV. iv. 391 Hereafter time. hereby : close by LLL. iv. i. 9 ; in LLL. i. ii. 143 Theit's hereby is app. intended for a country ex- pression, but the meaning is uncertain. hereto: hitherto Cor. 11. ii. 05. hermit : begqing h., (?) mendicant friar Tit. in. ii. 41 ; beadsman (S.) Mac. 1. vi. 20 We rest your hermits. Herod : represented in the old mystery plays as a blustering tyrant Wiv. 11. i. 20 What a H. of .Jewry is this!. Ham iii. ii. 16 (see out-Herod), Ant. 111. iii. 3 H. of Jewry elare not look upon you, But uhen you are well pleas'd. Hesperides : nymphs who were, fabled to guard, with the aid of a dragon, the garden in which golden apples grew in the Islands of the Blest ; used allusively and as sing. Per. i. i. 27 this fait H., Wdli golden fruit, but dangerous to he touch'd; transf. applied to the garden LLL. iv. iii. 341 (ref. to the Uth Labour of Hercules). Hesperus : the evening star All's W. 11. i. 167. hest: bidding, command Tp. in. i. 37, 1H4 11. iii. 67* iQ 1 ; others hast{e). hew : Tim. v. iv. 46 hew to "/, cut thy way to it. hewgh : imitation of a whistling sound Lr. iv. vi. 94 (Qq /i«ff/0. hey : call to dous Tp. iv. i. 258 ; cry expressing BEYDA'Sr - 106 HO excitement, surprise, exultation, Qq haijli AYL. V. iii. ly, 22, INv.N. rv'. ii. 79, Lr. in. ii. 75; with nony, nomno Ado ii. iii. 73, AYL. v. iii. 19, Ham. IV. V. 164. ^ See also ueigh. heyday: state of excitement Ham. iii. iv. 69 The It. in the blood is tame. ^ As interj. put in mod. edd. fov high-day (TTp. ii. ii. 199 [190]), hoyday, q.v. h3y-ho : see heigh-ho. Hitobocrates : i. e. Hippocrates, Greek physician (4th cent. B.C.) Wiv. iii. i. 66. hide: (pa. pple. usually hid, but hidden occurs in predicative use 9 times ; 3 cp. all hid) 1 to sheath (a sword) AYL. ii. vii. 119, K3 I. ii. 176. 2 to shield, protect John ii, i. 260, IH-t ii. iv. 295, CiBS. II. i. 85 To hide thee from prevention, Cym. IV. ii. 388 I'll hide my master from the flies. 3 hide fox, and all after, old signal cry in the game of hide-and-seek HauL iv. ii. 32. hideous : detestable, odious Lr. i. i. 153 check This h. rashness; shocking Tw. N. in. iv. 216 a most liideous opinion of his raijc. hie : intr. and retl. to liasten (freq.). Hienis : winter personified LLL. v. ii. 899, MND. II. i. 109. hig-h aij.: All's W. ii. i. 12* higher Italy, (?) the Italian nobility ; Tim. iv. iii. 246 at high wish, at the height of one's desires ; Cses. ii. i. 110 the high east, the exact cast. hig'h adv. (in All'sW. iv. iii. 50 higher app. = fur- ther inland) 1 loudly Ant. i. v. 49 neigh'd so high. 2 Jiiglily Tw.N. i. i. 15 high fantastical, Lucr. 19 liiijh- proud \ deeply, intensely, very AH'sW. V. iii. 36 3ly high-repented blames, Tit. iv. iv. 63 high- resolied men. hig'h and low : short for ' high and low men ', two kin Is of false dice made so as to turn up hitrh and low numbers respectively AViv. i. iii. 93'; perh. also Wint. v. I. 207. high-battled : liaving a lofty command Ant. in. xi. [xiii.J 29 ; hig'h-blown (S.) : inflated H8 in. ii. 362 mil h. pride ; hig'h-born or -borne (S.): of liigh Dirth or exalted lofty LLL. i. i. 171*; hig'h cross (not pre-S.) : cro.ss set on a pedestal in a market-place or the centre of a town Shr. l. i. 136 ; high-day adj.: holiday Mer.V. ir. ix. 98 /(. leit ; high-engender'd : produced in the sky Lr. in. ii. 23 ; high-gravel-blind : jocular intensive of sand-blnid Mer.V. ii. ii. 38; high- grown: overgrown with tall \egetation (S.) Lr. IV. iv. 7; hig'h -judging' (S.): ? tliat is siqireme judge Lr. ii. iv. 231; high-lone (not pre-S.) : quite alone, without support Kom. i. iii. 36 (Qi high lone, Q) hylone, others a lone, alone); high- minded: arrogant 1H6 i. v. 12; high- pitch'd : of lofty cliaracter (not pre-S.) Lucr. 41 h. thoughts ; high-proof (S.) : in the highest degree Ado v. i. 124 ire are h. melancholy ; high-sighted (S.) : .su|iercilious, arrogant Ca'S. II. i. lis h.ti/rann I) : high-stomach'd : haimlitv R2 I. i. 18 ^. . . .'and fall of tn ; higll-Witted": cunning Tit. iv. iv. 35 h. Tamora. hight: is named LLL. \. i. 169, MND. v. i. 141. hild : form of the pa jiplc. of hold used for rhyme's sake Lucr. 1257. ^ Found also in Golding("l587). hilding: good-for-notliing fellow AU'sW. iii. vi. 4 ; attrib. 2H4 i. 1. 57 some hxlding fellow; jade, ba'.'gagc IJom. in. v. 169. hilt : pi. -sing, (formerly freq.) H5 ll. 1. 69 I'll run him iip to the hilts, Ca'S. v. iii. 43. hind ': icmalc of the rcil deer MND. ii. i. 232. bind " [2 orcurs more frequently than 1) 1 .servant Wiv. iii. v. 101, AYL. i. i. 20. 2 rustic, boor LLL. i. ii. 125, 1H4 ii. iii, IS. hinge sb.: fig. pivot 0th. in. iii. 366. hinge vb. (not pre-S.): to bend Tim. iv. ill. 212 h, thy knee, hint : occasion, opportunity Tp. I. ii. 134, ii. i. 3 Our h. of woe Is common, Cor. in. iii. 23 ready for this h., bth. I. iii. 142, Ant. in. iv. 9 When (he best h. teas given htm, he not iook't, in. ix. [xi.] 18, Cym. V. v. 173 took his hint. ^ The mod. sense of 'suggestion' is only in 0th. i. iii. 166'' Upon ill is hint I spake. hip ' : on or upon the hip, at a disadvantage Mer.V. I. iii. 47, IV. i. 335, 0th. ii. i. 317. hip-: fruit of the wild rose Tim. iv. iii. 425. hipped: lamed in the hip Shr. in. ii. 50 his horse h., icith an old mothy saddle. ^ 'The Jiorse is said to be liipt, when the iiip-bone is remooucd out of liis right place ' (Topsell, 1607). Hiren : name of a female character in Peele's play of 'The Turkish Mahamet and Hyrin the fair Greek ', used allusively by S. and early 17tli cent, writers = seductive women, harlot2H4 ii. iv. 172, 188 (? with quibble on ' iron '). his (3 its is S., but much less freq.) 1 =.that one's 2H6 n. i. 131 his (F{ it, mod. edd. thatf) cunning . . . that could . . ., Mac. iv. iii. 80 Desire litsjcircls and this otiitr's liouse. 2 often = the genitive inflexion 's Tp. ii. i. 244 [236] llie king, his son's alive Ham. ii. ii. 520 [512] JUars liis armour (Qq i-i Marscs Armor, Ff Jlars Ins Armours); occas. joined redundantly with 's John I. i. 139 Sir Robert's his. 3 =its (very freq.) Tp. i. ii. 295 / will rend an oak And peg thee in Ins knotty entrails. hist (not pre-S.): ' notasileiitii ' (Minsheu, Ductor in Linguas, 1617) Iloni. ii. ii. 158. history sb. (in Per. v. i. 119 almost = life-story) 1 narrative, tale, story Tw.N. ii. iv. Ill, 3H6 v. vi. 28 that tragic h., K3 in. v. 27 The h. of nil her secret thoughts. Ham. in. ii. 314, 0th. i. iii. 139 m my travel's history, Cym. in. v. 99. 2 story represented dramatically, drama (fig.) AYL. n. vii. 164 Last scene of all. That ends this strange eventful h.; historical play or drama Shr. lud. ii. 144, ■H5 i. Chor. 32 Chnrxis to this h.. Ham. n. ii. 425 [416] tragedy, comedy, history, Otli. ii. i. 266. history vb.: to record, recount 2H4 iv. i. 203. hit : old form of it, app. surviving in All'sW. v. iii. 197 (FO, Mac. i. v. 48(Ffi2). hit vb. (3, 4, 5 are not jire-S. as also the idiomatic hit ithhL. IV. i. 128, and hit or miss Troil. i. iii. 384) 1 hit o/^hit upon Err. in. ii. 30. 2 to imitate exactly Wint. v. i. 127 Your father's image tsso hit in you. 3 to succeed Mer.V. in. ii. 268 Hath all his ventures fuit'd? \\hat,notonehit1; to be fulfilled All'sW. II. i. 146 Oft expectation . . . hits \>liere hope is coldest. 4 intr. to i;ill in suitably or exactly Tim. in. i. G this hits right; trans, to suit or fit in with H8 l. ii. 84 Hitting a grosser quality. 5 to agree Lr. l. i. 308 let's hit together (Qq lets hit ; Ff. iittssit; mod. edd. let us hitf). hitherto: up to this point, thus far Ham. in. ii. 218, 0th. I. iii. 185 ; to this place 1H4 in. i. 75. hive sb. (the ordinary sense occurs 5 times) 1 hived swarm 2H6 in. ii. 125 on angry h. of bees. 2 headgear of plaited straw Conipl. 8. hive vb.: to lodge together (not pre-S.) Mer.V. II. V. iS drones hive iioi iinlh me. ho : in old edd. also hoa and hoiu ; see also iiElon- lio, Olio, soiio, WHAT no, WHOA HO ; repeated, it expresses derisive laughter, e.g. MJSU. lu. ii. 421. HOAB 107 - tlOLDXNG hoar adj. (2 is only S.j 1 greyish-white Ham. rv. vii. 168 a iviUo'o . . . Thai shows his hoar leaves. 2 hoar leprosy, wlute leprosy, elephantiasis Tim. IV. iii. 35. 3 mouldy Rom. ii. iv. 142, &c. (quibbling). hoar vb.: to become mouldy Rom. ii. iv. 147 When it hoars ere xt be spent ; to smite witli ' hoar leprosy ' (S.) Tim. iv. iii. 15(5. hoardockf: see hardock. hoary (once): = hoar 1, Ham. iv. vii. 1G8 (Qq23 horru, Q4 hoary, Qqse hoarie). Hoh ; by-form of 'Rob '= Robert, used as a generic name for a rustic Cor. 11. iii. 123 Hob and Dick. Hobbididance : name of a fiend taken, like Flib- behtioibbet, from Harsnet, who spells it ' Hober- didance ' Lr. iv; i. 60 (Qi -dence). hobby-horse (2 not pre-S.) 1 in the morris-dance, a figure of a liorse made of light material and fastened round the waist of a performer, who went through various antics ; only in quotation from a ballad (perhaps satiriz- ing Puritan opposition to 'May-games ') LLL. 11 1. i. 32 The hobby-horse is forgot, Ham. iii. ii. 144-5. 2 frivolous fellow, buffoon Ado lii. ii. 75 ; light woman LLL. iii. i. 33, Wint. i. ii. 276 (Ff Holy- Horsc), 0th. IV. i. 158. Hobgoblin : name for Puck or Robin Goodfellow Wiv. v. v. 47, MND. 11. i. 40. hob, nob: variant of 'liab, nab' = have, have not, Tw.N. in. iv. 265. hodge-pvidding- (S.): pudding made of a medley of ingredients Wiv. v. v. 163. hoeboy : spelling of hautboy. hoise (hoist is also used by S.) 1 to lioist (sail) R3 iv. iv. 528. 2 to raise, lift Tp. i. ii. 148 there they hoist us (Fi hoyst), Ham. iii. iv. 207 the enyrncr Hoist with his men pctar ( -= blown into the air by his own bomb). 3 to remove 2H6 1. i. 170 yVe'll . ..h. Duke Humphrey from his seat. Holborn : formerly the place of residence of the bishops of Ely, K3in. iv. 31. hold sb. (the sense of 'grasp', lit. and fig., is the most freq. ; AoW -place in a ship for cargo 2H4 II. iv. 69 IS of different origin) 1 in hold{s), in custody, in prison Mcas. iv. iii. 04, Shr. I. ii. 121, R3 iv. v. 3. 2 animal's lurking-place Cym. iii. iii. 20. hold vb. (pa. t. and pa.pple. usually held ; pa. pplc. once holdtn 2H6 11. iv. 71, once uild, q.v.) A. Transitive meanings : — 1 to endure, bear Cor. iii. ii. 80 the ripest nnilherry That will not h. the handiintj, Tim. I. ii. 161, Ham. V. i. 181 many pocky corses . . . that will scarce h. the laying in. 2 in various uses where 'have' or 'keep 'is now the idiomatic verb Tp. 11. i. 66 our garments . . . /(.,.. their freshness, MND. I. i. 232 Things base and vile, li-ing no (juiintity, AU'sW. v. ii. 3 when I haveheldfaiiidiarily with fresher clothes, John i. i. 223 That h-s in chase mine honour up and down, 1H4 II. iv. 437 how he h-s Ins countenance, H8 i. iii. 8 wlien they hold 'em (viz. fits of the face), Ham. I. V. 96 while memory h-s a scut In /his distracted globe, Lr. 11. iv. 245 Hold amity ; refl. = keep or be (so-and-so) Gent. iv. i. 32, /. . . held me glad. Err. iii. ii. 69, R3 i. iii. 157, Mac. in. ii. 54 hold thee still, Sonn. Ixxxv. 1. 3 to keep (one's word) Wiv. v. v. 271 ^258]. 4 to restrain, keep back, keep waiting, detain (freq.) Gent. i. iii. 2 sad talk was that Wliereii'ilh my brother held you. Ado. i. i. 214 [206], Tw.N. III. iv. 313, John in. iv. 18 H-ing the eternal spirit . . . In the vile prison, Caes. i. ii. 83 h. me here so long, II. i. 201 h. him from the Capitol; I\3 iv. i. 81 hath held mine eyes from rest, Mac. in. vi. 25 From whom this tyrant h-s the due of birth \ phr. hold one's hand Lr. in. vii. 72, hold one's tongue Sonn. cii. 13. 5 to entertain (a feeling, thought) Gent. in. ii. 17 the good conceit I h. of thee, John. in. iv. 90 Vou h. loo heinous a respect of grief. Ham. I. ii. 18 Hold- ing a weak siipposal of our worth. 6 to esteem at a certain value, regard in a par- ticular way Ado in. ii. 101 he h-s you well, All'sW. IV. iii. 345 men very nobly held, Tw.N. n. iv. 86, in. iv. 255, .SH6 11. li. 109 1 h. thee reverently, Rom. III. iv. 25, Ham. iv. iii. 61 if my love thou h-'st at aught. 7 to offer as a wager Mci-. V. in. iv. 62, Shr. in. ii. 86 / hold you a penny. B. Intransitive meanings: — 8 imper. = Here ! take it ! Gent. iv. iv. 134, Wiv. I. iii. 86 //., sirrah, bear you these letters, I. iv. 162, R3 III. ii. 105 hold, sjiend thou that (Qq ; Ff there, drink that for mc), Ca?s. I. iii. 117 Hold, my hand, Mac. n. i. 4 ; also/ioW thee, hold you Shr. iv. iv. 17, H5 V. i. 61, Cws. v. iii. 85. 9 to remain fast or unbroken, not to break or give way Shr. n. i. 147, Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 36 If the springe h., the cock's mine, John v. vii. 56, Ham. r. V. 93 Hold, hold, my heart!, Cym. I. vi. 69 Can my sides hold?. 10 ="hold one's hand (freq.) Mac. v. vii. 63. [viii. 34] ; hence, to refrain AYL. v. i. 14, H8 Epil. 14. 11 to maintain one's position, 'hold out' Ant. iir. xi. [xiii.] 170 Our force by land Hath nobly hild. 12 to continue ; also, to continue in one state of mind, be steadfast Wiv. v. i. 2 I'll h., Meas. in. i. 174, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.]36 I'our resolution can- not h., Tim. n. i. 4, Cais. i. ii. 296 if . . . your mind h.. Ham. v. ii. 206; phr. h. friends Ado r. i. 93. 13 to be valid or (rue, 'hold good' Wiv. i. iii. 92, LLL. IV. ii. 42 The allusion holds in the exchange, All'sW. IV. V. 99, H8 n. i. 149 ; also with an adj. 1H4 n. i. 59 It h-s current, Tim. v. i. 4 hold for true, Lr. iv. vii. 85 H-s it true, sir, that . . .?. 14 to take place E2 v. ii. 52* hold those justs and trniniphs?. C. Phrases : — hold hands with, bo on an equality with, match (S.) John n. i. 494; hold in, (1) intr. keep counsel 1U4 11. i. 85 ; (2) trans, keep silent about Lr. v. iii. 204 ; hold off, keep away or at a distance, maintain a reserve Troil. I. ii. 311, IV. ii. 17, Ham. n. ii. 309 [302],; hold out, (1) keep out, exclude lH4ii. i. 93 will she h. out water in foul way ?, Rom. 11. ii. 67 stony limits cannot h. lore out, Tim. i. ii. 113 ; (2) keep up, persist in 3H6 ii. vi. 24 /;. out flight ; (3) en- dure to the end John iv. iii. 156 can Hold out this tempest, 2H4 iv. iv. 117 /(. out these pangs ; (4) remain unsubdued, continue or persist in a course Meas, v. i. 367, LLL. v. ii. 396, Mer.'V. iv. i. 448 h. out enemy for evir, Tw.N. iv. i. 5 Well held out, John v. i. 30 nothing there holds out But Dover Castle ; with j< Wiv. iv. ii. 145 ; hold up, keep going, carry on Wiv. v. v. Ill, MND. in. ii. 239, Ado 11. iii. 1.36 [126]. ^ The jihr. /;., or cut bow-strings MND. I. ii. 115* has not yet been satisfactorily explained. holdfast: adj. grasping firmly Lucr. 555 in his h.foot the weak mouse pantcih ; — sb. as a name for a dog that holds tenaciously H5 11. iii. 55 hold- fast is the only dog. holding' (I is S. only ; 2 is an Eliz. use) 1 consistency All'sW iv. ii. 27 this has no holding. 2 burc'en of a song Ant. 11. vii. 118. HOLDING-AHCHOB - 108 HOirOURABZ.!: liolding'-anchor : the largest of a sliip's anchors, shtet-anclior 3H6 v. iv. 4. hole (1 Eliz. and still in some dial.) [in. vi. 01. 1 \)hr.Jind a h. in his coat, find some fault in him H5 2 spit in the h., (?) spit in the hollow of the hand in jucparation for vigorous action Shr. in. i. 41. holiday : 1 spoik /(., use choice language Wiv. in. ii. 72. 2 as adj. (of things) festive, gay, sportive Wiv. li. i. 2 the h.-tnne of my btauttj, AYL. i. iii. 14 h. foolery, IV. i. 71 intih. Inunonv; choice, dainty 1H4 I. iii. 46 h. and hidy terms; (of persons) idle, trifling Tp. ii. ii. 30 a hotidny fool. holla interj. :=stop! cease ! AYL. in. ii. 259 Cry ' holla ! ' to thy tongue, 0th. I. ii. 50 Holla .' sland there.', Yen 284; used to excite attention LLL. V. ii. 898 Holla! approach, Shr. iv. i. 12 Holla, ho! Curtis, Ham. i. i. 18 Holla! Bernardo ! ; used to express surprise Tit. ii. i. 25 Holla, ivhat storm is this? (QqFi Hollo), Lr. v. iii. 72 Holla, holla!. holla vb. (see also hollow vb.) 1 to cry out loud, shout (trans, and intr.) Mer.V. V. i. 43 Leave hollaingf (old edd. hollowing), Tw.N. I. V. 2Vi Holla t your name (Fi Hallow, F2 Hollaie, Ffsi Hollow), K2 IV. i. 54 as many lies As may he holla'd t (old edd. hollowed), 1H4 l. iii. 222 in his ear I'll holla ' Mortimer' (Qqio hollow). 2 to call to the hounds in hunting 'MND. iv. i. 131 A cry more ttincable Was never holla'd to (Fi hallowed). 3 to call to or after Lr. in. i. 55 Holla the other (Q4 hollow). hollo interj. : Tit. 11. i. 25 (sec holla). hollow vb. : = HOLLA vb. (which see for other in- .stances) Cor. 1. viii. 7 Hollow me like a hare (//o//((t), Yen. i^l'-ishe hears some huntsnuin hollow (lji| 123 hallow, tlie rest hollow). hollow adv.: insincerely, falsely Tw.N. iii. iv. 103; so hollowly Tp. in. i. 70, Meas. 11. iii. 23, hoUowness insincerity Lr. i. ii. 12(3. ^f The corresponding meaning of the adj. is common. hollow-pamper'd (Ff ; no hyphen in Q) : 2H4 n. iv. 177 h. jiides ef Asia, app. a misquotation of 'Holla, ye' pampcr'd jades of Asia!', Marlowe, Tamburlaine iv. iv. 1. holy : devoted as a priest to Moas. v. i. 384. holy-alef! reading of mod. edd. in Per. 1. Cower C (old odd. Hohjdayes, Holy dayes, iS;c.) for the sake of the rhyme (festivals), intended as a synonym of 'church-ale ' = festive gathering in connexion with a church ; but there is no evidence for the existence of the word. holy-horse : reading of old edd. in AYint. i. ii. 27G: usu. taken as a misprint for hohy-horse, but per- haps genuine ; cf. the ironical phr. ' He maketh as though he were as holy as a horse' (Palsgr.). holy-rood day: feast of the Exaltation of the 11. .ly Cinss, 14th Sept., 1H4 I. i. 62. holy-thistle: -CARDUusBEXEDicTusAdoiii.iv. 79. holy-water: fig. balm Cym. v. v. 270; court h., izracious but empty promises, fair words Lr. in. ii. 10. homager : humble servant Ant. i. i. 31. home sb. : 1 latest /(., the grave Tit. 1. i.S3 near eit h.; Meas. IV. iii. 103 Petition us at h., beg for me to come home Ant. 1. ii. 190 ; from h., abroad John IV. iii. 151 ; from (one's) h., not at (one's) home Krr. II. i. 101, Lr. 11. i. 12G ; not at home, not pre- pared to receive visitors Tw.N. i. v. 110. 2 jdace where one would be, place of rest 1114 iv. 1. 57, 3H6 HI. ii. 173 many lives stand between mc and h., Sonn. Ixi. 0, cix. 5 mij home of love. home adj.: domestic Gent. 11. iv. 120, K2 i. i. 205. home adv.: 1 to its right or proper place, back to the person or place from which a thing issued MND. in. ii. 172 now to Helen my heeirt is home return'd, AH'sW. V. iii. 225 ^end for your ring; I nill return it home, H8 in. ii. 159 come home ( = accrue to yon), Sonn. Ixxxvii. 12 Comes home again (=returns to thee). 2 to the point aimed at, so as to reach, touch, or penetrate effectually (freq. with verbs of striking or thrusting); hence in various fig. connexions fully, satisfactorily, thoroughly, plainly :— with speak, &c., Meas. iv. iii. 152 Accuse him home aiid home. Cor. 11. ii. 108, in. iii. 1, iv. ii. 48, Ham. in. iii. 29 tax him home. Ant. i. ii. 114 Speak to me home ; with pay, &c., Tp. v. i. 71, Wint. v. iii. 4, 1H4 I. iii. 289, Lr. in. iii. 13 will be revenged home; with know, confirm, .lalisfy, trust All's \V. v. iii. 4, Mac. I. iii. 120, Cym.' ni. v. 92, iv. ii. 328 ; Wint. I. ii. 2i8 play'd home, played to a finish. homely (not pre-S. in this sense) : not beautiful, plain, uncomely Gent. 11. iv. 99 Upon a homely object Love can wink, Err. 11. i. 89, AYint. iv. iii. [iv.l4:i9. homespun : iiistic, clown MND. in. i. 82. honest (the ordinary mod. sense is freq., as also are 1 and 3) 1 holding an honourable position, respectable Tp. III. iii. 34 H. lord, Wiv. 11. ii. 121 Master Page is an h. man, H8 iv. ii. 161 h. lord; hence (like 'worthy') a vague epithet of appreciation MND. III. i. 191 Your name, k. gentleman?. Cor. i. i. 65 mij good friends, mine honest ntighhours. 2 decent, seemly, befitting Wiv. i. i. 188, Moas. in. ii. 170, IV. iii. 189 your company is fairer than h., 1H4 in. iii. 194 thou shall find me tractable to any h. reason. 3 chaste AYiv. iv. ii. 110 "Wives may he merry, and yet h. too, &c., 0th. in. iii. 385 ; transf. Ado in. i. 84 I'll devise some h. slanelers ('some slanders which do not afl'ect her virtue ', Wright). 4 genuine Wiv. iv. ii. 129*^ Behold what h. clothes you send forth to bleaching !. honesty (the senses correspond to those of the prec. adj.): honour, honourableness Gent. u. v. 1 by mine h.!. Err. v. i. 30, A lo 11. i. 398. Ca;s. iv. iii. 07; decency, decorum Tw.N. 11. ill. 96 no nit, manners, nor h., H8 v. ii. 27, Otli. iv. i. 288; womanly honour, chastity Wiv. i. iii. 53, &c., Ham. III. i. 108; uprightness, integrity Cies. n. i. 127 ivhat other oath Than h. to h. cngag'd ; — in h. = in truth Cym. in.vi.09 ; occas. generosity Tim. III. i. 31. honey : to talk fondly or sweetly Ham. m. iv. 93. honey-hag': enlargement of the alimentary canal in wliich the bee carries its honey MND. in. i. 175, &c. honey-dew: sweet sticky substance found on the leaves and stems of plants, supposed to be ex- creted liy plant-lice Tit. iir. i. 113. honey-seed: the host's blunder for 'homicide' 2H4 II. i. 60. honey-Stalks: stalks of clover-flowers Tit. iv. iv. 90. % ' Honeysuckle' was anciently a name for red clover, and is still in Warwickshire and other midland districts. honeysuckle: the host's blunder for 'homicidal ' 2H4 II. i. 58. honour (obs. use) : to do lionour or homage to, pay worthy respect to 1II6 1. vi. 5, v. iii. 50, 3H0 I. i. 198 To h. me as thy Icing. Per. 11. iii. 61, Yen. Dcd. 4. tiU I have h-cd you with some graver labour, Sonn. cxxv. 2. hononrahle (obs. use): respectable, decent, bo- HONOUR'S - 109 HOUSE coming LLL. v. ii. 328 chides (lie dice In h. terms, Slir. liid. i. 110 bear himself with h. action. ^[ The meaning 'upright, lionest' is notpre-S. All's W. V. iii. 241, Rom. u. ii. 143, C;bs. in. ii. 88-9 ; also the advh. use = ' honourably ' 3H6 in. ii. 123 (so Fi; Qq Ffosi honourably), Caes. v. i. 60. honoar'd : lionourable Lr. v. i. 9 h. tore, Ant. iv. viii. 11 kiss The honour'd f/ashes iihole. honoiir-flaw'd : of'damaged virtue Wint. ir. i. 142. honour-owing' (see owe): possessing honour, liunourablu 115 iv. vi. 9 hono^tr-owiwj wounds. hood sb. : Mer.V. ii. vi. 51 by my li..' an asseveration as old as Chaucer, but of uncertain reference. I hood vb.: to blindlold (a hawk) when it is not pur- suing game ; always fig. H5 in. vii. 12(5 7(4- a h-id ralour; and whenit appears, it will bate, Rom. iii. ii. 14 fsee bate vb.'). hoodman: blindfolded player in blind-man's-buff AU'sW.iv. iii.l37(alhisivcly);hoodnian-blind, blind-man's-buff Ham. in. "iv. 77. hoodwink : to blindfold All's W. iii. vi. 25 TVe will bind and h. lam, Koia. I. iv. 4, Cym. v. ii. 16 ; fig. to cover up Tp. iv. i. 206 the prize I'll briny thee Shall hoodwink tins mischance. hoof: j' oro' Ih', hoof, on foot Wiv. i. iii. 89 (Ffzsi olh', FiQsirt'). hoop sb.: 1 tumbler's h., hoop decorated with ribbons of different colours twisted round it LLL. in. i. 198 [190]. 2 one of the bands placed at equal intervals on a quart pot 2HG iv. ii. 75 the three-hooped pot shall hate ten hoops. 0 applied to a finger ring Mer.V. v. i. 147. hoop vb.': to encircle \Vint. iv. iii. [iv.] 452 (Ff hoiK). hoop vb.- (mod. edd. mostly whoop) 1 to shout with astonishment A YL. in. ii. 204 niK/ yet again wonderful .' and after that, out of nil h-ing, H5 n. ii. 108 admiration did not h. at them. 2 to drive out with derisive cries Cor. iv. v. 84 to be lluop'd out of Home. hoot: to shout LLL. iv. ii. CI the people fall a h-iny, I a-s. I. ii. 245 (Fi howled, Hannier shouted f). hop : 2H0 I. iii. 140 h. without thy head, be beheaded. Hopdance: = HoBBiDiiiANCE Lr. in. vi. 33. hopesb.: 1 out ofh., (i) witliout hope Tp. ni. iii. 11, Slir. v. i. 14'7 ; (ii) not merely hoping MND.lii. ii. 279; (iiii past hope Yen. 567 Thinr/sout of h.; (iv) in hopes H8Prol.8, Cor. iv. v. 85. 2 person or thing that is the centre of one's liopes 1H6 IV. iv. 20 lou, his false h-s, 2H6 ii. iii. 24, H8 V. iv.bdthe h. o' the Slratid, hwcr. W'iQthtir brave h. 3 thing hoped for Mer.V. i. i. 17, Tit. li. i. 74, Sonn. cxiiii. 11 if thou catch thy hope. 4 expectation 1H4 i. ii. 233 falsify men's hs, Otli. I. iii. 203 the worst, which late on hopes depended. hope vb. (obs. use): to expect, anticipate, suppose 115 III. vii. 82, Ant. ii. i. 38. hopeless: Cor. in. i. 16 To h. restitution, ' in such a way that restitution should be hopeless', AYrigiit. horn (in Lr. in. vi. 79 thy h. is dry tliere is a ref. to the practice of beggars canning a horn, by ,^ Mowing which they announced tlieir approach ^ and in which they received litjuor given tothem) 1 attributed to cuckolds, who were fancifully said to wear horns on the brow \Yiv. ii. i. 123, &c., Ado I. i. 274 [206], &c., LLL. iv. i. 115, 4;c., John I. i. 219, Ant. I. ii. 6. 2 pi. deer LLL. iv. i. 114 /o kill horn". 3 h. o/ii')i(i!rf(ii!rf. cornucopia fsymluil of fruitful- ncss and plenty) 2H4 i. ii. 51 iquibblingly). horn-beast: horned animal, deer AYL. ih. iii. 53. horn-book (not pre-S.): leaf of paper containing the alphabet (ohen with the addition of the ten digits, some elements of spelling, and the Lord's Prayer) protected by a thin plate of translucent horn and mounted on a tablet of wood with a projecting piece for a handle LLL. v. i. 50. horn-mad : orig. of horned beasts, enraged so as to be ready to horn anyone ; hence, of persons, stark mad, furious Wiv. i. iv. 51, sometimes, by word-play, mad with rage at being made a cuck- old ^Yiv. in. v. 158, Err. ii. i. 57 [cf. lines 58, 59], Ado I. i. 280 [272]. horolog"e (once): clock 0th. ii. iii. 136. horrid, horridly : nearly synonymous with ' horrible', ' horribly ' Tw.N. in. iv. 223 meditate . . . iipon some horrid message for a challenge. Ham. T. iv. 55 So horridly to shake our disposition, horse (the old pi. without ,« is freq. used) 1 proverbial plir. (of obscure meaning) Shr. I. ii. 82 as many diseases as two-and-fifty h-s, (cf. Lr. in. vi. 21); Tw.N. II. iii. 184 a h. of that colour, some- thing of that kind ; R3 i. i. 159 I run before my h. to market, I count my gains prematurely. 2 applied contemptuously to a man (cf. cut sb. 3) 1H4 II. iv. 219 spit in my face, call me h., Troil. in. iii. 126 o very h.. That has he knows not what ; cf. 1114 III. iii. 10 a peppercorn, a brewer's horse. horse vb. (2 is peculiar to S.) 1 to set (one thing up on another) '\Yint. i. ii. 288. 2 to bestride Cor. ii. i. 230 ridges liors'd With vari- able completions. horse-drench : draught of medicine for a horse Cor. 11. i. 132. horse-hair: used for fiddle-bows Cym. n. iii. 33. horse-leech: inedicinal leech H5 ii". iii. 68. horseway : road for horse traffic Lr. iv. i. 56 Both stile and gate, h. and footpath. \i Cf. the modern AVarwickshire use of ' horse-road ' for the part of the roadway allotted to horse and wheeled traffic (opposed to ' footpath '). hose: two meanings were current in S.'s time, — (1) long stockings, e.g. Gent. ii. i. 85 ; (2) article of clothing for the legs and loins, close-fitting breeches or drawers, e. g. 1H4 ii. iv. 243 ; esp. in DOUBLET (Oirf h.;— French h., large, wide breeches H5 in. vii. 00, Mac. ii. iii. 16. hostsb.: lie at /i. = host vb. Err. v. i. 413. TJ A different word from /(04< -= landlord of an inn. host vb.: to lodge, put up Err. I. ii. 9 Go bear it to the Ci nittur, where tee h., AU'sW. iir. v. 94. hostage: 1 security or pledge given to enemies, &c., for the fulfilment of an undertaking Tit. iv.iv.lOt, Cym. IV. ii. 185 ; a person thus given and held in pledee Cor. I. X. 29. 2 (in a gen. sense) pledge, security Troil. iii. ii. 114 Vou know now your h-s; your uncle's ivord, anil my firm faith. hot: eager, ardent Gent. ii. v. 53 a hot ?om»", Wint. rv'. iii. [iv.]702o/io^6j-((m, R3 i. iii. 311, Caes. iv.ii. 19 A hot friend cooling ; angry, in a passion Err. i. ii. 47 She is so hot because the meat is cold. hot-house : brothel, stew Meas. ii. i. 67. hour (treated metrically as one or as two syll.): = moment Mer.V. iv. i. 19 To the last hour of act. hourly: marking the hours Lucr. 327 hourly dial. house sb.: keep (the)h., stay indoors, remain at home Meas. III. ii. 77, Cym. in. iii. 1 A goodly day not to k(ip h.; so Tim. lii. iii. 42 Who cannot keep his wealth must keep his h. ( = stav at home and look after it) ; cf. AYL. iv. iii. 83 the h. doth keep itself, Cym. ni vi. 36 Poor h., that keep'st thyself! (i.e. that ir, empty). HOUSE - 110 HUMPHREY HOUB liouse vb.: to drive or pursue into a house Err. v. i. 18-i. household: as ailj. domestic, homely Shr. ii. i. 27-' |_'S(.)] ,( Kiitc Coii/onnable us other li. Kates. household stuff: goods and chattels belonging to a hciuseliold Shr. iii. ii. 234. housekeeper : 1 one who keeps at home Cor. I. iii. 56*. '2 i\oii kept to guard the lionse Mae. iii. i. 07. housekeeping': liospitality LLL. ir. i. 10+, Shr. n. i. 35U [358], 2H0 i. i. 192. housewife, housewifery: rare spelling in old erey of their hunger. hungry-starved: famished with hunger lH6i. V. 16 ; cf. laiwjer-starved 3H6 i. iv. 5. hunt (rare use) : game, quarry Cym. iii. vi. 89. huntsman: two meanings were cuirent in R.'s time,— (1) man who hunts, hunter, e. g. MND.iv. i. Ill ; (2)manager of aliunt, e.g. Shr. Ind. i. 16. hunts-up : orig. ' the liunt is up ', the name of an (dd song sung to awaken liuntsmen in the morning ; liencc, Early morning song Rom. in. v. 31 limits-up to the day. hurling': impetuous, violent Ham. i. v. 1.33 ivihl (Old liiiylnuj irords ((jq iilnirliufi). hiirly (not pre-S.): ccunmotion Slir. iv. i. 206. hurly-bixrly : commotion, tumult Mac. i. i. 3 'When the h.'sdfjue; attrib. = tumultuous 1H4 v. i. 78 hiirlif-burly innovation. hurricano: waterspout Troil. v. ii. 169 the dread- fid spout yfiiicli sttipiiien do tlie h. call, Lr. ill. ii. 2 You cataracts and h-es. •] In this sense other- wise only in Drayton (? copying S.) ' downe tlie sliower impetuously dotli tall, Like that which men the Hurricano call ', Moon-Calfe, 1627. hurry sh. (not pre-Eliz.): commotion, tumult Cor. IV. vi. 4. hurry vb. (not pre-S.) : is used trans, and intr. ; in John v. i. 35* trans, or intr. according as up and down is taken as adv. or as prep.; Per. iv. i. 20 Hrirrying tuefioin my friends (Qqi23 whirriny). hurtle : (of weapons, battle) to clatter, crash AYE. IV. iii. 133 in which hiirllinf) . . . I awalc'd, Cres. II. ii. 22 The noise of battle liurtled in the air. hurtless: harmless Lr. iv. vi. 171. husband si), (cf. the senses of nfSBANDRV) 1 one who manages a household 2H4 v. iii. 11 (Ffs i Itusbandman). 2 one who manages (well or ill, thriftily or other- wise) Meas. III. ii. 76, Shr. v. i. 70 while I play the (food Ii. at home, H8 in. ii. 143 an ill h. ( = a bad economist). husband vb. (3 not pre-S.) 1 to till, farm 2H4 iv. iii. 130 land . . . husbanded, and tilled. 2 to manage with thrift and prudence, use econo- mically or sparingly Wiv. iv. vi. 53 //. your device, Shr. liid. i. 68 // // be h-ed loilh modesty ('if it is not overdone'). Ham. iv. v. 137 Fll h. them so well. They shall ijo far, Sonn. xciv. 6 lius- biind nature's riches from expense. 3 to be a husband to, marry All'sW. V. iii. 126, Lr. V. iii. 71 if he should husband you. husbandman: farmer 2H4 v. iii. 11 (Ffsi)- husbandry : 1 management (of a household) Mer.V. in. iv. 25 I commit into your liands Tlie h. and manage of my house ; — goodh., profitable, careful, or econo- mical management H5 iv. i. 7, Cor. iv. vii. 22 ; also h.= good h., economy, thrift Troil. i. ii. 7 like as there were liusbandry in tear. Per. in. ii. 20 (in both instances with ref. to early rising). 2 cultivation of the soil, tillage, farming Meas. i. iv. 44 (fig.) tilth and h., AYL. ii. iii. 65, 2H4 in. ii. 126, H5 V. ii. 39, 2H6 in. i. 33 they'll . . . choir the herbs for want of husbandry. [516 [508]. hush adj. (not pre-S.) : hushed, silent Ham. n. ii. husht: hush ! Shr. i. i. 68 (Ffi2 Q Husht Ffai Hush'd), Per. I. iii. 10 (Qq Ff3 4). H A 16th-17th cent, form, which survives in dial. ; mod. edd. sub- stitute hushf, which occurs 9 times in S. husks: fig. refuse 115 iv. ii. 18, Troil. iv. v. 165. huswife, housewife (hous{e)- in Ff thrice, in Qq once 0th. ii. i. 112) 1 woman who manages a household (freq.) ; applied to Fortune, Nature AYL. i. ii. 35 the good h. Fortune, Tim. iv. iii. 426 The bounteous h., Xatnre. 2 liglit woman, Imssy 2H4 in. ii. 344 the over- scutched Iniswives, H5 v. i. 85, 0th. ii. i. 112, iv. i. 95, Ant. IV. xiii. [xv.] 44 the false h. Fortune. huswifery: (good) housekeeping H5 ii. iii. 66, 0th. II. i. 112 (Qq hous{e)itnpair(e, Q impare, J. impure-^). impale, empale (both forms in old edd.) 1 to shut or hem in Troil. v. vii. 5 Impale him with your iceapons round about. [18'.i. 2 to encircle with a crown 3H6 in. ii. 171, in. iii. impart : 1 to furnish, afford Lucr. 1039 this no slaughter- house no tool impartcth. 2 to communicate, make known, tell Ham. in. ii. 349 (Qq only); in Ham. i. ii. 112* love is app. to be supplied as the object of hnparl, the prep, to- ward partly depending on it; unless impart = ' impart myself ' (J.). impartial (not pre-S. ; the ordinary sense in R2 i. i. 115, 2H4 V. ii. .36) : indifferent Meas. v. i. 166, Ven. 748. % In Rom. line 1856 (Qi) Cruel, vmust, impartiall destinies misused for 'partial', a use found also in Swetnam, ' The Woman-hater,' 1620. impartment (not pre-S.) : communication Ham. I. iv. 59. impasted : made into a paste Ham. n. ii. 490 [481]. impeach sb. : calling in question, challenge, ac- cusation Err. V. i. 270, 3H6 i. iv. 60. impeach vb. : to call in question, discredit, dis- parage MND. n. i. 214 Yon do i. your modesty, Mer.V. in. ii. 279, hi. iii. 29, R2 i. i. 189. impeachment (the orig. sen.se = Fr. 'empoche- nient '; 2 a lGth-17th c. sense ; 3 almost obs. in tile gen. sense) 1 hindrance H5 in. vi. 154 to march . . . Without i. 2 detriment Gent. i. iii. 15. 3 accusation, charge R3 n. ii. 22. imperator (old edd. emp-) : absolute ruler LLL, III. i. 195 [187]. imperious: imperial Troil. iv. v. 171 most i. Ac/a- mcmuou, Tit. i. i. 2.'i0 (Q2 Ff imperiall), iv. iv. 80 he thy thoughts i., like thy name, Ham. v. i. 235 iFf ImjicriiiUJ), Ant. iv. xiii. [xv.] 23, Ven. 996. ^ Tlie irovailing mod. sense is equally freq. imperiously: majestically Ven. 265 I. he leaps. imperseverant (S.), mod. edd. imperccirerant:\in- (lisceriiing Cym. iv. i. 15. TJ 'Perceiverant ' is instanced only once. [vi. 179. impertinency (once) : irrelevant matter Lr. n'. impertinent : irrelevant Tp. i. ii. 138. ^ Misused by Launcelot, Mer.V. n. ii. 151. impeticos : burlesque word put into the mouth of a fool, app. as a perversion of ' impocket ', and perhaps intended to suggest 'petticoat' T\v.N. II. iii. 28. impierced : see enpierced. impiety : want of natural piety Tit. i. i. 355*. impious : irreverent Cym. in. iii. 6. impleach'd: intertwined Conipl. 205. ^ In early use only S. ; taken up by mod. poets. implorator (S.) : solicitor Ham. i. iii. 129. imply: to involve All'sW. i. iii. 224, Per. iv. i. 81. impone (Ff) : (?) intended to suggest an affected pronunciation of 'impawn' = to stake, wager Ham. V. ii. 155 (Qq impairncd, impaund), 171. import (comes into general use in the 16tli cent. with many meanings ; 5, 7 not pre-S.) 1 to bring about, carry with it or involve as a con- IMPORTANCE - 114 — INCABNATE sequence Meas. v. i. 109, R3 in. vii. 67, Lr. iv. iii. 5 itlikh is (othe kingdom so much fear and danqev, Ant. II. ii. 139. 2 to imply, betoken, indicate, signify, denote Wint. I. ii. 57, Rom. v. i. 28 Your looks . . . do i. Some misadeenlure, Ham. in. ii. 150 Belike this show i-s the argument of the play, iv. v. 27, iv. vii. 81, Otli. IV. i. 140, Sonn. cxxii. 14 To kcip an adjunct to remember thee ^Ycre to i. forgctfulniss in me. 3 to bear as its purport, express, state Tim. v. ii. 11, Ham. I. ii. 23 message I-ing the surrender of those lands, Lr. iv. v. 6, 0th. ii. ii. 3, v. ii. 309 ; absol. Jolin iv. iii. 17, 1H4 i. i. 51 unwelcome news . . ., and thus it did i. (Ft' report). 4 to portend 1H6 i. i. 2 Comets, importing change of times and states. 5 to be important, matter 1H4 iv. iv. 5 How much they do i. ; witli datival pron. Troil. iv. ii. 52 it doth i. him much to speak with me. Ant. i. ii. 130 n'lth what else more serious Importeth thee to know. 6 tu relate to, concern LLL. iv. i. 57 This letter . . . 1-cth iionc liere, Otli. I. iii. 285 (Qi concerne). importance (? 'consequence' or sense 3 in Wint. II. i. ISO") 1 inattur, affair (of sligiit importance) Cym. i. iv. 47 upon importance of so sliglil . . . a nature. 2 importunity, solicitude John ir. i. 7 At oiir i. 3 import, meaning Wint. v. ii. 20. importancy : significance 0th. i. iii. 20. important (obs. sense, not pre-S.) : urgent, press- ing, importunate Err. v. i. 138 At your i. letters. Ado II. i. 75, AU'sW. in. vii. 21 his i. blood unit noui/ht ihng, Lr. iv. iv. 26 (Ff importun'd). importing': significant, meaning AU'sW. v. iii. 136 her business looks in her ^Vltll. an i. visage. Importless (S.) : unimportant Troil. i. iii. 71. importii'nacy ! importunity Gent. iv. ii. 114, Tim. II. ii. 42. importune (in the sense of ' ask urgently and per- sistently ' usu. with a person as obj., but thrice with a thing) 1 to trouble, weary Ant. iv. xiii. [xv.] 19. 2 to be urgent, impel Meas. i. i. 66 our concernings shall importune. importun'd: importunate Lr. iv. iv. 26 My mourn- nifi and i. tears (Ff; Qq important). ^For the active meaning of the passive form cf. disdain'd. impose sb.: injunction Gent. iv. iii. 8. impose vb. (2 not post-S.) 1 to lay (an imputation) upon H5 iv. i. 159. 2 to subject to a penalty Ado v. i. 286. im.position (1 only S. ; the sense of ' imposture ' is post-S., but is seen in germ in 0th. ii. iii. 271) 1 imputation, accusation, charge Meas. i. ii. 200 [194] stand under grievous i., Wint. i. ii. 74 tlie i. clear'd. 2 injunction, command or charge laid upon one Mer. V. HI. iv. 33 this i,. The which my love . . Now lags upon you, KJ III. vii. 230, Lucr. 1697 As bound III kiiii/h/liiiod to her imposition. impossible : extravagant, incredible, inconceiv- able Ado II. i. 145 in devising i. slanders, 254* huddling jest upon jest toith . ..i. conveyance (many conj.), Tw.N. III. ii. 79 such i. passages of grossness. imposthume: purulent swelling, abscess Troil. v. i. 24, Ham. iv. iv. 27, Ven. 743. imprese: device, emblem R2 iii. i. 25 (Qs). impress sb.': impression Gent. iii. ii. 6 weak. i. of loic. impress .sb.' (not pre-S.) : enforced levy Troil. ii. i. Iii7, Ham. i. i. 75, Ant. in. vii. 3G. Impress sb.' (not pre-S.): variant of impkese 112 in. i. 26 {Fiimpress(e, Qq impre{e)s(). impress vb.' (2 is not pre-S.) 1 to produce (a mark) upon or in something by pressure AU'sW. i. iii. 141, Cor. v. v. [vi.] 108. 2 to mark or stamp (a thing) LLL. n. i. 234 His heart, like an agate, with your print i-'el, Mac. v. vii. 39 [viii. 10]. impress vb.2 (not pre-S.) : to compel (men) into servicelH4i.i.21,Mac.iv.i.95F/ioca»ii.id strong circumstances ( = ' opinion founded on strong circumstantial evidence,' Schmidt). impute: to reckon, regard Sonn. Ixxxiii. 9 This silence for my sin you did impute. in pre^i. (1 extension of the normal use in which ' in with a gerund is equivalent to a clause, e. g. Tp. II. i. 226) 1 used redundantly with gerunds R2 v. v. 54, lH6v. iii. 41 suddenly surpris'dDy bloody hands, in sleep- ing on your beds, H8i. i. 145, Troil. in. iii. 250, Cor. IV. vi. 132 cast Your . . . caps tn hooting at Corio- hinus' exile. 2 =at 0th. I. ii. 94 In this time of the night. 3 = on 2H4 i. ii. 237 in a hot day. 4 used where no prep, is now expressed Meas. iv. iv. 9 why should ice proclaim it in an hour before his entering. in adv.: 1 within Troil. in. iii. 97 or without or in. 2 in prison 2H4 v. v. 41 Doll is in. 3 engaged, involved Meas. iv. ii. 112 ( = liable for punishment), LLL. iv. iii. 20 / would not care a pin if the other three ircre in, Tw.N. ii. v. 48 now he's deeply in, R3 iv. ii. 64 /((*)( in So far in blood. 4 in office, in power Lr. v. iii. 15. 5 drunk Ant. n. vii. 38. in vb. (once) : to get (a crop) in AU'sW. i. Iii. 49 (Fi Innc). in-a-door (old edd. unhyphened): in doors, at home Lr. I. iv. 139. ^ ' In a door(s ' was a common 17th cent. phr. inaidible tS.) : helpless AU'sW. Ii. i. 122 (mod. edd. -able). incag'ed (mod. edd. encaged) : caged, confined R2 n. i. 102, 3H6 iv. vi. 12, Ven. 582. incapable (occurs 6 times ; not pre-S. in active senses ; 1, 2, 3, and 4 are construed with of) 1 unable to contain Sonn. cxiii. 13 I. of more. 2 insensible (to one's condition) Ham. iv. vii. 179 incapable of her own distress. 3 not admitl;ingo/Cor. iv. vi. \2l incapable of help. 4 lacking the capacity or fitness (for) Tp. i. ii. Ill of temporal royalties He thinks me now i., Wint. IV. iii. [Iv.] 410 (. Of reasonable affairs. 5 unintelligent R3 n. ii. 18 Incapable . . . innocents. incardinate, incarnal, incarnation : blunders for ' incarnate' Mer. V. ii. ii. 28(Ff Qqosi incarna- tion, Qi inrarnall), Tw.N. v. i. 1S6. incarnadine: to tinge with red Mac. ii. ii. 63 icf'rt . . . The multitudinous seas i. (Ff printed -ardine). incarnate: in human shape H5 n. iii. 31, Tit. v. i. 40. ^ Always as an epithet oi devil, as arc also the corrupt forms above. INCENSE — - INI)ISTING1JISHABI.E incense (obs. use) : to instigate or incite to Wiv. I. iii. 108, Ado v. i. 247, C*s. i. iii. 13, Lr. ii. iv. 309. 1 Foi- H8 V. i. 43 see insense. incextain : ' not knowing what to think or do ' (Schmidt) Meas. iii. i. 125 laivless and i. thoughts, AVint. V. i. 29 ^yhai dangers . . . May . . . devour i. look(rs-on. inch ': the furthest inch, the most distant part Ado II. i. 277 ; the teryextretnest inch, the very utmost 2H4iv. iii. 39 ;«^nn inch, in immediate readiness 2H6 I. iv. 45 ; even to his inches, from top to toe Troil. IV. V. 111. T] S. is the earliest authority for I )ie/iM = stature Ant. i. iii. 40, and the fig. phr. by inches Cor. v. iv. 43. inch -: small island Mac. i. ii. 63 Saint Cohiie's Inch. inchmeal : by inchmeal, little by little Tp. n. ii. 3. incidency (not p4;e-S.) : happening, occurrence Wiiit. I. ii. 403 what incidtncy of hiirni. incision : cutting for the piir|iuso of letting blood LLL. IV. iii. 97 A fever in your blood! uhy, then i. Would let her out in saucers, Mer.V. ii. i. 0, AYL. III. ii. 76 6od makei. in thee! (? to cure thee of thy simpleness), R2 i. i. 155, H5 iv. ii. 9 ; (bombastically) 2H4 ii. iv. 209. incivil : unmannerly, rude Cym. v. v. 293 ; so incivility Err. iv. iv. 48. inclination : natural disposition, nature, charac- ter Jolin v. ii. 158, Ant. ii. v. 113. incline : intr. and reti. with to, to side with Cor. ii. iii. 42, Lr. in. iii. 14, Ant. iv. vi. 14. inclining^: party, following (cf. prec.) Oth.i. ii.82. inclining' ppl. adj.: compliant Uth. ii. iii. 349. inclip (S.) : to enclose, embrace Ant. ii. vii. 75. include : to bring to a close, conclude Gent. v. iv. IGO we will i. all jars Wilh triumphs ; refl. (?) to resolve itself (into) Troil. i. iii. 119*^. inclusive (not pre-S.) : enclosing, encircling R3 IV. i. 58 the i. verge Of golden metal ; comprehen- sive All'sW. I. iii. 234*. Income (once) : arrival, advent Lucr. 334. incomprehensible : boundless, unlimited 1H4 i. ii. -OS the i. lits that this same fat rogue nill tell us. inconsiderate : thoughtless person LLL. iii. i. 82. incontinent: forthwitli, at once AYL. v. ii. 44, 1(2 v. vi. 4-!, 0th. IV. iii. 12; so i-/^ 0th. l. iii. 307. inconvenience : mischief, liarm H5 v. ii. 66, 1H6 I. iv. 14. inconvenient : unfitting, inappropriate AYL. v. ii. 74. incony : (?) rare, fine, delicate LLL. iir. i. 142 my i. •Ii If, IV. i. 140 most i. vulgar mit. ^ A cant word, pievalent about 1600, of unascertained origin. incorporal : incorporeal, immaterial Ham. iii. iv. 117 (Q.(). incorporate pple.: 1 united in one body, closely united or combined, intimately bound up (with) MND. iii. ii. 208, Cor. I. i. 136 my i. friends. Tit. i. i. 462 lam i. in Rome, Cces. I. iii. 135 one i. To our attempts, Ven. 540. 2 associated with another Err. il. ii. 1-26. 3 forming a close union H5 v. ii. 394 their «'. league. incorpsed (S.) : incorporated, made into one body liilh Ham. r\'. vii. 87 (Q incorp'st, Ff encorp'st). incorrect : unchastened Ham. i. ii. 95. incxea'se sb. (3fre(i. in earth's increase) 1 reproduction, procreation Lr. i. iv. 303 Dry up in her the organs of increase. 2 oft'spring, progeny R3 iv. iv. 298, v. iv. 51 [v. 38], Cor. III. iii. 112 her womb's i., Tit. v. ii. 192. 3 multiplication of crops, &c., produce Tp. iv. i. 110 Earth's i., MND. ii. i. 114, 3H6 ii. ii. 164 thy summer bred us no i., Ven. 169, Sonn. xcvii. 6. increase vb.: to cause to thrive Cor. iv. v. 236'. incxeasefal : fruitful Lucr. 968 i. crops. incredulous: incredible (not pre-S.) Tw.N. iii. iv. 90. Ind(e : India, or (vaguelj') Asia or the East Tp. ir. ii. 62, LLL. iv. iii. 222 (rliyming with hlnul); £ast, ^Yestern Ind, the East, West Indies AYL. in. ii. 94. indeed (the interrogative use=Is it so ? Really?, as in Wiv. iv. ii. 15, Otli. ill. iii. 101, is not re- corded before S.) 1 in reality, in truth Tp. i. ii. 103, Wiv. i. i. 26, MND. III. i. 20 Fyramus is not killed i.; placed after a word to emphasize it -really and truly 0th. II. i. 145 a deserving woman indeed. 2 in an adversative clause, emphasizing the real fact in opposition to what is false Tp. ii. i. 57. indent (2 this meaning arises from the fact that agreements between mutually contracting parties wore written in duplicate on one sluct, the two copies being tlien severed bj' a zigzag line) 1 to move in a zigzag lino, to double Ven. 704 Turn, and return, i->ng with the way; cf. AYL. iv. iii. 114 A green and gilded snake . . . toUh i-ed glides did slip away. 2 to enter into a compact with 1H4 i. iii. 87. indenture: contract, mutual agreement (lit. and fig.); peiir of i-s (for the reason of the term see note on prec.) Ham. v. i. 117. index : table of contents prefixed to a book, (hence fig.) argument, preface, prologue R3 ii. il. 148 As i. to the story we late talk'd of, iv. iv. 85 The /tattering i. of a direful pageant, Troil. i. iii. 343 in such i-es, although small pricks To their subsequent volumes. Ham. lii. iv. 52, 0th. ii. i. 265. India : used allusively for a country fabulously rich 1H4 iii. i. 168 a« bountiful As mines of India, H8 I. i. 21, Troil. i. i. 105. Indies : the East Indies Tw.N. iii. ii. 88 ; allusively for a place yielding great wealth or to which pro- fitable voyages may be made Wiv. i. iii. 77 /hey shall be my East and West I., and I will trade to them loth. Err. in. ii. 137, H8 iv. i. 45. indifferency (twice only ; 2 only S.) 1 impartiality John ii. i. 579*. 2 moderate size 2H4 iv. iii. 23. indifferent adj. : 1 impartial R2 il. iii. 116, H8 il. iv. 15. 2 iK'ither good nor bad, ordinary Gent. in. ii. 44, Shr. IV. i. 94, Tim. i. i. 31, Ham. ii. ii. 235. indifferent adv.: tolerably, fairly Shr. i. ii. 184, Tw.N. I. iii. 145, H5 iv. vii. 35, Ham. in. i. 126. indifferently: unconcernedly C»s. i. ii. 87; neutrally Cor. ii. ii. 19; moderately, tolerably, fairly H5 ii. i. 58 to knock you i. well, Hani. in. ii. 42. indigfest : adj. shapeless, unformed Sonn. exiv. 5 ; — sb. (S.) shapeless mass John v. vii. 26. indigested (not pre-S.) : = indigest adj. 2H6 v. i. ^blfuul i. lump, 3H6 v. vi. 51 (Ff ; qq undigest, Maloiie indigest t). indign : unworthy, shameful 0th. i. iii. 275. indignity : unworthy trait 1H4 in. ii. 146. indirect: wrong, unjust AYL. i. i. 161, R3 i. iv. 227 no i. or lawless course, in. i. 31,0th. i. iii. Ill indirect and forced coitrscs. indirection (not pre-S.) 1 devious course, roundabout means Ham. n. i. OG. 2 irregular or unjust means, malpractice John in. i. 276 i. thereby grows direct, Caes. iv. iii. 75. indirectly (2, 3 not pre-S.) 1 wrongly, unjustly John ii. i. 49, H5 ii. iv. 94, 2 evasively Meas. iv. vi. 1, 1H4 i. iii. 66. 3 not in express terms R3 iv. iv. 226. indisposition: disinclination Tim. ir. ii. 140, indistinguishable: of indeterminate shape Troil. INDISTINGUISH'D — 116 INHERIT V. i. 3:1 Hfjii iiliorison i. cur (? with rcf. to Tlicr- sites' dftunnitv). indistinguisli'd : see undistinguished. indite : misused for ' invite ' 2H'l 11. i. 3i', Rom. 11. iv. i:iS. individable": (?) 'where the unity of place is ob- sLTved' 1 Aldis \Vright)Ham. 11. ii. 427 [4181 (Q-i-s uiiUiiidiMe, Qqi so indeitidiible, Ff indiiiibte). indrench'd : immersed Troil. i. i. 53. indvibitate: undoubted LLL. iv. i. 67. % Re- coraed from 14S4 (C.-xxtonjto 1678 (Cudworth). inducement (not pre-Eliz.; 1, 2 not pre-S.) 1 action of inducing All'sW. iii. ii. 91. 2 tliat whicli induces, something attractive R3 iv. iv. 280, 118 II. iv. 167. induction : initial step in an undertaking 1H4 iii. i. 2 our i.fuU of prosperous hope, K3 i. i. 32, iv. iv. 5. indxie, endue : . ,Kn x , 1 to furnish, supply, endow Gent. v. iv. 153, John IV. ii. 43, H5 11. ii. 139, Cor. 11. iii. 147 ; Ham. iv. vii. 180 i-d Unto that element, endowed with qualities fitting her for living in water. 2 to bring to a. certain condition Otii. iii. iv. 145. industrious: clever, ingenious John 11. i. 376*. industriously: of set purpose Wint. i. ii. 256. industry : (?) gallantry LLL. iv. i. 89. inequality: (?) injustice Meas. v. 1. 65\ inexecrable: not to bo sufficiently execrated ]Mer. V. IV. i. 128 damn'd, i. dog .'. H Some regard it as a misprint for inexorable, which is the reading of Ff3 4. infallible: undoubted, certain Meas. in. ii. 121, All'sW. I. i. 152 to accuse your mothers, which is most i. disobedience, Wint. I. ii. 287, 2H6 11. ii. 5 mil title, Which is infiiUihlc to Ew/liuuVs crown. infamonize [perversion of infamize'] : to defame LLL. V. ii. 682(Armado). infant : fig. applied to a young plant Ham. i. iii. 39. •^ Tliere are several attrib. uses LLL. iv. iii. 78 11 n old i. plaij, John 11. i. 97 )'. stale { ~ ' state tliat belongs to an infant', Wright), H5 v. ii. 411 [Epil. 91 i. bands, Rom. ir. iii. 23 the i. rind of this weak flower. infect vb.: to affect with some feeling Wint. i. ii. 262 a fear Which oft i-s the wisest, John iv. iii. 69 Never to be t-ed li'ilh delight. Cor. v. v. [vi.] 72 infected with my countrij's lore. infect pplc.: contaminated Troil. i. iii. 187. infected: affected, factitious Tim. iv. iii. 203 This is m tliee ei nature but i., Compl. 323. infection: misused for 'affection' Wiv. 11. ii. 120, Mer.V. 11. ii. 137. infactious: infected with disease Wint. iii. ii. 99, (Uh. IV. i. 21 (Qq infected). infer il, 2 are 16th-17th cent, uses) 1 to bring about, cause R3 iv. iv. 344*. 2 to allege, adduce 3H6 11. ii. 44 Inferring argu- ments, R3 III. V. 74, &e., Tim. in. v. 74. 3 to prove, demonstrate John iii. i. 213 Thai need niHstnads i. this principle, 2H4 v. v. 15. inference : allegation oth. in. iii. 183. infest: to harass Tp. v. i. 240 Do not i. your mind. infinite : infinity Gent. n. vii. 70 i. of love. Ado 11. iii. l\2 past the i. of thought, Troil. n. ii. 29. infirm (obs. use): diseased All'sW. 11. i. 170. infirmity (obs. use): illness, disease All'sW. n. i. 71, Cres. i. ii. 274, Mac. in. iv. 86, Cym. i. vi. 124. inflammation: excitement with liquor 2114 iv. iii. 10:;. inflict : to send an infliction or visitation upon, afflict Per. v. i. 61. ^ Mod. edd. afflictf, but this use of ' inflict ' can be paralleled from 16th and 17th cent, writers. infliction ; fact of being inflicted Meas. i. iii. 28 our decrees. Dead to i. (i.e. dead, as far as their execution goes). influence : supposed flowing from the stars or heavens of an etherial fluid acting upon the character and destiny of men Tp. i. ii. 182, Ham. I. i. 119 ; hence, exercise of personal power re- garded as something akin to astral influence (ient. in. i. 183 by Iter fair i. Foster'd, illuiniu'd. ^1 In Sonn. Ixxviii. 10 app. = inspiration. in folio: in the form of a full-sized sheet folded once LLL. i. ii. 195 ichole volumes in folio. inform (the obs. uses are as follows) 1 to take shape Mac. n. i. 48 It is the bloody business which informs Thus to mine eyes, 2 to imbue, inspire Cor. v. iii. 71. 3 to instruct, teach Cor. in. iii. 18, Ant. in. il. 48 nor can Her heart inform her tongue, Cym. i. i. 79. 4 refl. to learn, know' Wint. n. i. 166 i. yourselves. We need no more of your advice. 5 to give information AU'sW. iv. i.9S, Mac. i.v. 34. 6 to report, tell (a fact) Meas. in. ii. 140 that let me inform you, AU'sW. iv. i. 87, Cor. i. vi. 42. informal: (?) disordered in mind, crazy (cf. for- mal 5) Meas. v. i. 230 These poor infonnal women. infuse (the sense ' instil ' also occurs) 1 to shed, ditfuse 1H6 i. ii. 85. 2 to imbue, to inspire with Tp. i. ii. 154, Shr. Ind. ii. 17, R2 in. ii. 166, Cajs. i. iii. 69, Yen. 928. infusion : infused temperament, character im- parted by nature (S.) Ham. v. ii. 123. ing'ag'ed*: (a) pledged, (b) not pledged or engaged All'sW. V. iii. 96. ingfener : see enginer. ingenious (5 cf. the misuse of ingenuous) 1 able, talented R3in. i. 155. 2 intelligent, quick of apprehension Ham. v. i. 270 thy most i. sense ; 'delicately sensitive ' (Wright) Lr. IV. vi. 288 i. feeling Of my huge sorrows. 3 clever at contriving, skiiful LLL. i. ii. 30 that an eel is i. (Qi Fi ingenious, Ffi23 Qa ingenuous), Cym. V. V. 216 torturers ingenious. 4 stilfully contrived LLL. in. i. 61 ((^^ingenuoits), Cym. IV. ii. 186 My ingenious t instrument (old edd. ingenuous). 5 usedforiNOENUous-befittingawell-born person, ' lil)eral ' Shr. i. i. 9 ingenious studies. ing-eniously : ingenuously, frankly Tim. 11. ii.231. ingeniious: misused, as freq. in the 17th cent., for INGENIOUS (q. v. senses 3, 4) LLL. iv. ii. 80 if their sons be i. (Qi ingenous, Q2 Ffsi ingenuous, Ffi2 ingenuous). ingraft: see engraffed. ingredience : ingredients Mac. i. vii. 11 the i. of our poison'd chalice {ingredientsf), iv. i. 34 {iii- gredientsf); in Oth. II. iii. 313 (Qq), see next word. ingredient: chief component Oth. n. iii. 313 Every inordinate cup is unblessed and the i. is a devil (Ff ; Qq inr/redience). inhabit: (?) to continue, (?) remain at home Mac. III. iv. 105* If trembling I inhabit then, protest mce The Baby of a Giric (F,) ; many conj. inhabitable: uninhabitable R2 i. i. 65. inhabited: lodged AYL. in. iii. 10. inhearse : to lay as in a coffin 1H6 n'. vii. 45, Sonn. Ixxxvi. 3. inherent : permanently indwelling Cor. in. ii. 123. inherit (1 the orig. sense ' to make heir ') 1 to put (a person) in possession o/R2 i. i. 85 /. \is So muck as of a thought of ill in him. 2 to enjoy the possession of, receive, hold as one's portion Tp. iv. i. 154, R2 11. i. 83 a grave. Whose hollow womb i-s naw/ht but bones. Cor. 11. i. 217, Rom- I. ii. 30 such delight . , . shall yon .../.; so INHIBITED — 117 — ZirSTRUMENT inheritance, possession, ownersliip All'sW, IV. iii. 315, Cor. in. ii. 68, Ham. i. i. 92 ; inheri- tor, possessor, owner LLL. ii. i. 5, K3 iv. iii. 34, Ham. v. i. 119. iuhiiiited : forliiildcn, as by ecclesiastical law All'.sW. I. i. 100 (sue CANON), Otli. i. ii. 79 arts i. inhibition: foniuil prohibition Ham.u.ii.;!55 [340]. inhoop'd: (of liglitiiig cocks or quails) enclosed in a hoop in which the birds were kept fighting close together Ant. ir. iii. 38. inhuman: old edd. iiiliuimi{i))ie : cf. human. Iniquity : comic character or buffoon in the old morality plays, also called Vice K3 hi. i. 82 ; alhiilcd to in Meas. ii. i. 186, 1H4 ii. iv. 500. initiate: of a novice (S.) Mac. in. iv. 143. injoint (S.): to join, unite Uth. i. iii. 35. injurious : calumniating, contumelious, insulting 2\Hi I. iv. 51, Cor. in. iii. 08 Call me their traitor ! TItoH i. tribune.', Cym. iv. ii. 80; malicious or insolent in wrong-doing Gent. i. ii. 103, K2 I. i. '.'1 a /((lac iniitiir and i. villain, Cym. in. i. 48. injury (1 common Uith-lTth cent.; 2 only S.) 1 reviling, insult, calumny, affront Err. v. i. 200, MND. II. i. 147, in. ii. 148 // you were civil and knew courtesji. You would not do me thus much t.,:iH(iiv.iAoi what said Warwicic to these injuries?. 2 bodily wound or sore H5 ni. vi. 133. inkle: kind of tape LLL. in. i. 140, Wint. iv. iii. |iv.l 208; lineuoryaru from which it is madePer. v. Gower 8. inland: inlying districts of a country near the capital and centres of pojuilation aiid'cultiire, as opposed to tlie remote oroutlyiiig wild jiarts 115 1. ii. U2lodcfind Oar i./roin the jnl/i rim/ buydi n r.v (QqyoiirEnyUind) ;— adj. cultured, refined AVL. in. ii. 367 oh i. man ; one that kntio courtship too well ; cf. AYL. n. vii. 90 yet I am inland bnd, And know some nurture. inly adj. and adv.: iinvard(ly) Tp. v. i. 200 I have i. wept, Gent. ii. vii. 18 the mh/ touch of lore. inn : place of residence for law students, often named after the person from whcim they were first rented or acquired 2114 in. ii. 15 Vbmcnl's Inn (one of the Inns of Chancery, belonging to the InnerTemide), 36 Gray's Inn ^—inns o' court, the four sets of buildings in London (the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn) belonging to the four legal societies which have the exclusive right of admitting per- sons to practise at the bar 2H4 ni. ii. 14, 2110 iv. vii. 2. ^ The original meaning of this word, ' habitation, lodging', is possibly glanced a-t in K2 V. i. 13. innocent : adj. silly Ado v. ii. 38 ;-sb. idiot, half- wit, simpleton All'sW. iv. iii. 214 a dumb inno- on/.l.v. III. vi. 9, Per. iv. iii. 17 play the pious i. innovation: alteration for the worse Ham. ir. ii. 356 [3471 ; disturbance, commotion 0th. ii. iii. 42 ; rcvLdtition 1114 v. i. 78. inobled: see mobled. inoculate : to engraft Ham. in. i. 121 i. our old stock. inquire sb.: inquiry Ham. ir. i. 4 (so Qq ; Ff luiuiry). Per. ni. Gower 22. inquire vb.: in old edd. enquire, ctiquier ; 3 syll. in hhr. i. ii. 169 Ipro'mis'il to' rnqui're ca'rcfulli/'. insane: causing madness (S.) Mac. i. iii. 84 the i. riiiit, Tlial takes the reason prisoner. insaniet (Warburton) : madness LLL. v. i. 28 it msinualcth me of t. (old edd. in/amic). "IJ The w«ird is otherwise known only from one other author. insconce: sec ensconce. [ri. vii. 72. inscroU (not pre-S.) : to describe on a scroll Mer.V. insculp: to cai-ve, engrave Mer.V. ii. vii. 57. insculpture (only 17th cent., not pro-S.) : carved inscription Tim. v. iv. 67. insense : to make (a person) understand H8 v. i. 43 / think I have I-d the lords o' the canned that he IS ... A most arch heretic {i\ Incenst ; referred by some to INCENSE and explained ' provoked to be- lieve '). U In literary use from 15th to 17th cent., subsequently dial, and now in gen. use from Northumberland to Cornwall. [i. 139. insensible: not perceptible by the senses 1H4 v.' inship'd (not pre-S.); embarked 1H6 v. i. 49 (so lu ; Ft 1 3 wherein ship'd). insinew'd (not pre-S.) : joined as by strong sinews -114 IV. i. 172 i. to this action (Qi tnsincwid). insinuate (m Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 703 perhaps an absol. use of a 15th-16th cent, sense ' to win or attract subtly or covertly ') 1 intr. to wheedle oneself into a person's favour, ingratiate oneself with R2 iv. i. 165 To i., flatter, bow. Cor. II. iii. 105, Tit. iv. ii. 38, Yen. 1012 With Death she humbly doth insinuate. 2 (?) to suggest or imply something to (a person) LLL. V. i. 27 it insinuateth me of insanic. insinuation : 1 sell-ingiatiation John v. i. 08 ; 'artful intrusion into the business ' (Clark and Wright) Ham. v. ii. 59. 2 (?) suggestion, hint LLL. iv. ii. 14. insisture' (S.) : (a) steady continuance in their path, (I)) persistency, (c)i-egularityTroil. i. iii. 87. insolence : pride, overbearing nature Cor. i. i. 268. insomuch: inasmuch as AYL. v. ii. 62 insomuch I sdi/ I kiioir you are. instalment: place or scat in which a person is installed Wiv. V. v. 69. instance (the sense of ' illustrative example ' passes almost into 'sample, specimen' in 2H4 I. i. 66, Ham. iv. v. 161) 1 motive, cause All'sW. iv. i. 44, K3 iir. ii. 25 .shallow, without instance ( Ff), Ham. in. ii. 194 The instances that second marriuye move. 2 being present, presence 2H4 iv. i. 83* every tninnic s msiance. 3 evidence, proof, sign, token Gent. 11. vii. 70 i-s of mfintte of love. Err. i. i. 04, Ado 11. ii. 42, 2H4 in. i. 103 A cerium i. that Glendower is dead, Ca-s. IV. ii. 16* familiar i-s ( = niarks of familiarity), Lucr. 1511 no guilty instance ( = 110 sign of guilt). instancy : = INSTANCE 1, R3 in. ii.25 ((jq 2-k). instant sb.: upon, on, or, 0' the i., immediately, at unco LLL. in. i. 44, Tim. 11. ii. 208, 0th. i. ii. 38. instant adj.: 1 now|HL'scnt, existing, liappening All'sW. iv. iii. 128, H8 I. i. 225 tliisi. cloud, Troil. in. iii. 153 Take the i. way. Cor. v. i. 37 the i. army we can make. 2 immediate All'sW. 11. iv. 50 lake your i. leave, 1H4 IV. iv. 20, Lr. i. iv. 270 For i. remedy; also a-i>nj o'crhis ]iytij, K-3ii. iv. 61 1-inj tjraiuij, Tit. in. ii. 71 1 icill insult on linn. insulter : triumphing power Yen. 550. [145. insultment: contemptuous triumph Cym. iii. v. insuppressive (not pre-S.): insuppressible t'a;s. u. i. 131 th' nisiiji/ircsshe mettle of our spirits. intellect: meaning, import LLL. iv. ii. 139. intelligence : 1 coiiinuuilcation, intercourse AYL. i. iii. .''lO //" ivilli hiijsdf I hold i., Cym. iv. ii. 347, Sonii. Ixxxvi. 10 that . . . (/host ^Yhic!l niijhtly (julls hitn mtit intdliyence. 2 obtaining of secret information, agency by wliich it is obtained John iv. ii. 116 where hath oitr i. been (Irnnk ? ( = our spies), 1H4 iv. iii. 98 to entrap Die by intellii/cnce. intelligencer: informer, spy, secret agent 2H4 IV. ii. 2(1, K3 IV. iv. 71. [iii. 68. intelligencing : conveying intelligence Wint. ii. intelligent: 'bearing intelligence, giving in- formation, communicative' (Schmidt) Wint. I. ii. 378, Lr. III. i. 25, in. v. 12, in. vii. 12 Our jwsts sJinll be sirift a)id inteUtt/ent betwixt us. intemperatiire (rare sense) : intempcrateness 1H4 III. ii. 166 (Ff ; Qq intemperance). intend ('purpose, design' is the commonest sense) 1 to purpose making (a journey) Ant. v. ii. 2tXJ Casir through St/ria I-s liis journey, Per. i. ii. 116 I ... to Tarsus Intend iiii) trmel, Sonn. xxvii. G ; also intr. 1H4 iv. i. 92 i'he kiny . . . is set forth, Or hither/cards intended speedily. 2 to design to express, signify by one's words, mean 1H6 in. i. 141 / ;'. it not, 3H6 in. ii. 94, Ant. 11. ii. 44 Bow intend you, practis'd?. 3 to pretend, make pretence of Ado ii. ii. .'^5, Slir. IV. i. 206, K3 iii.v. 8, in. vii. 44/. some fear, Lucr. 121 I-ine/ iteariness. 4 to tend,' incline MXD. in. ii. 333", 2H4 i. ii. 8 any'huui Ihat i-s toluuyhter (so Q : Vi tends'. intendment: purpose, intent, design AYL. i. i. 142, Ho I. ii. 144, 0th. iv. ii. 206, Yen. 222. intenible : incapable of liolding AH'sAV. i. iii. 210. intent (the sense ' purpose, design ', and its wider development ' will, inclination, desire,' are tlie commonest uses) 1 aim, bent Tw.N. ii. iv. 78, Lucr. 46. 2 meaning, import, ])urport Mer.Y. iv. i. 247 the i. (uid purpose of the lair, 2H4 iv. i. 9, lH6iv. i. 103, Ant. II. ii. 45 to catch at mine intent. [139. Intantion: ^in-tent 1, AViv. i. iii. 71, Wint. j. ii. intentively : intently 0th. i. iii. 155 (see I^•STI^'C- TIVELYl. intercept: to interrupt Tit. in. i. 40 ;'. my talc. interchained: linked one with another MND, ii. ii. 49 (ij'i ; ¥{ interchanyed). [9. interchange : alternation, vicissitude Sonn. Ixiv. interchangeahly : mutually, reciprocally (in phr. bused on the wording of legal agreements) K2 v. ii. 98, 1H4 in. i. 82 sealed i., Troil. in. ii. 60. interdiction: restraint, exclusion Mac. iv. iii. \i)~Hij hisown I. stands accurst (so Ffj;); Fj arcust). interess'dt : to be i., to Lave a right or share Lr. i. i. 87 (Ff interest). interest (usu. 2 syll.; but sometimes 3 syll. at the end of line, e.g. 1H4 iv. iii. 49 You .shall hare ijour desires with interest, but nut in Cvm, iv. ii. a66) 1 legal concern (oO, right or title (/o possessions or the enjoyment of them) John iv. iii. 147 unow'el I. of proitd-sivelling state, 1H4 iii. ii. 98 ;'. to the state, 2H6 in. i. 84 all your i. in those territories, Lr. I. i. 52 I. of territory, 81 tobei. ( = to constitute a claim ; but see ikteress'd) ; fig. AY'L. v. i. 8, Tit. in. i. 249 Vilhere life hath no more i. but to breathe, Lucr. 1067, 1619, 1797. 2 right or title to share in, part 1H6 v. iv. 107, iJ3 n. ii. 47 so much i. have I in thy sorrow, Kom. lu. i. 194. 3 advantageous concern (in a thing) Cym. iv. ii. 365 yVhat's thy i. In this sad irrack'/: )irolit, advantage Mac. i. ii. 66 Our bosom i.; phr. in the interest of Lr. v. iii. 86. 4 (?) influence due to personal connexion Mer.Y. in. ii. 222' my new i. (viz. as Portia's accepted suitor) ; but perhaps merely fig. of sense 1. 6 money paid for the use of money lent Mer.Y. i. iii. 52, Tim. in. v. 110 let out their coin iipon large i.\ fig. 1114 IV. iii. 49, Yen. 210 Oixe me one liiss, I'll gne it thee again. Anil one for interest. inter'gatory: ouestion formally put, or drawn up in writing to oe put, to an accused person or a witness to be answered as upon oath Mer.Y. v. i. 298 chari/e lis there upon i-ies, 300, All'sW. iv. iii. 207, Oym. v. v. 393. interim: by i-s, at intervals Cor. i. vi. 5 ; inter- lude LLL. I. i. 170. interjoin (S.): to join mutually Cor. iv. iv. 22. interlace : to interweave Lucr. 13O0. interlude : (orig.) dramatic or mimic representa- tion, of light or humorous character, such as was introduced between the acts of the long mystery or morality plays ; (in 16th-17th cent.) stage-plav, esp. of a popular kind, comedy, farce MMD. I. ii. 6, Lr. v. iii. 90. intermission: delay Mac. iv. iii. 231, Lr. ii. iv. 33 ; in Mer.Y. iii. ii. 200 for i. (with stop at i.), 1 to avoid loss of time, fill up the time. interpret: used with ref. to the puppet-show (' motion ') Gent. II. i. 105 0 excellent motion! 0 exeiednig puppet! now will lie i. to her. Ham. in. ii. 260 / could i. bitwcen you and your lore, if I could see the puppets dallying. Lucr. 1325 the n/e I-s to the ear The henry motion that it doth leholct. interrogatory : = inter'gatory John iii. i. 147. intertissued(not pre-S.): interwoven H5 iv. i. 282. intestate : not having made a will ; fig. K3 iv. iv. 128 Any sticceeders nf i. joys (Ff intestine), ' mere words succeed as next of kin to an empty iii- lieritance ' (Wright). intil : dial, for ' into ' Ham. v. i. 79. intitled : form in old edd. of entitled. intituled: designated LLL. v. i. 8. into : unto, to (frecj.) Tp. i. ii. 100 (Warburtou un- iof), AU'sW. I. iii. 262 pray God's blessing into thy attempt, Tw.N. v. i. 88, John in. iii. 39, (?; nntoi), lib J.ii. 102 Look back into your mighty ancestors, Troil. in. iii. 12, Cym. i. vi. 167 he enchants societies into him. intolerahle (loose use): excessive, exceedingly great Wiv. v. v. 105 i. entrails, 1114 n. iv. 599 [592] /. deal of sack ; also adv. exceedingly Shr. I. ii. 90 she is intolerable curst. intrenchant (S.): incapable of being cut Mac. v. vii. 38 [viii. 9]. intrince (S.); entangled Lr. ii. ii. 80 t'inlrince t'nn- loose (mod. edd. too tntrinse^). ^ (?) Abbreviated from next ; cf. liEVEun. intrinsicate(Eliz.) : intricate Ant. v. ii. 300A)io/i, intriide : to enter forcibly (S.) Lucr. 848. inurn'd not pre-S.): interred Ham. i. iv. 49 (Fj (IIII) n'd, (Ji| m/err'il}. INVASIVE— 119 invasive: invading Joliu v. i. V3unii8 i. invectively : with denunciation AYL. ii. i. 58. invention : 1 puwcr of mental creation or construction, inven- tiveness, imagination Ado v. i. 2'M if your luie Can labuur aiKjIit in .sad i., LLL. iv. ii. 130 the jirks of i., H5i. Clior. L', Otli. ii. ii. l:i5,Ven. Ded. 5 thejirst heir of inij iuk itiioii. [v. i. 345. 2 worli ol'iniagination, literary comjiositionTw.N. ci device, design, plan Slir. i. i. 194, 1H6 iir. i. 5 III) if. without miintivn, iuddcit!//, Lr. I. ii. 20. inventorially (S.): in detail Ham. V. ii. 119 (Q^). invest: to endow, lurnish l'H4 iv. v. 71 lo i. Thar sons with (iris and martial exi.rci.sis. ^ In Ho iv. Clior. 26 tlieir ytsiiire sad I imj tank-lean, cluiks and icar-iiorn coats app. to accompany. investment (not-pre-S.): pl. clothes 2H4 iv. i. 45, Ham. I. iii. 128. invincible : app. error for intisihlef 2H4 in. ii.340. invis'd (S.j: app. invisible Compl. 212. invisible: CO subtle Ant. ii. ii. 220 A slrani/e i. juiftunc ; (?) secret Cyni. IV. ii. 177 ani. inslniil. invitation: inducement, allurement Wiv. i. iii. 48. inviting: attractive, alluring Otli. ii. iii. 24. inward : adj. familiar with R3 in. iv. 8 ]Vho is most i. with the noble diilce ; private, secret Ado iv. i. \2aHj] i. iuijiediment, LLL. v. i. 105/. beticeeniis; — adv. inwardly, internally Mer.V. in. ii. 86 [Her- cules and Mars] i.searclt'd, hate liters while as null,, Ham. IV. iv. 28 the inipostlntine . . , That i. bnal,s, Sonn. Ixii. 4, so grounded i. in my heart ; — sb. intimate friend Meas. lii. ii. 142. inwardness: close friendship Ado iv. i. 247. ire, ireful: not used in the ])roso parts. [261. Ireland: 3 syll. in 2H6i. i. 195, iii. i.329, H8 iii. ii. Iris : in Greek mythology, the goddess who acted as messenger of tl;e gods and displayed as her sign, or appeared as, the rainbow; (hence, allusively) messenger 2H6 in. ii. 407 I'll hate an Ins that shall find thee out ; used for 'rrtinbow' Troil. I. iii. 380 bine Iris ; an appearance likened to a rainbow AH'sW. i. iii. 160 That this dis- teiiipcr'd incssenijer of wet, The maiiy-colour'd Iris, rounds thine eije (cf. Lucr. 1586). iron (usu. two syll.; one syll. iu John iv. i. 120, IV. ii. 194, K3 v. iii. Ill) 1 the metal of which arms and armour are made ; hence (i) offensive weapons Ado v. i. 257, 1H6 IV. iii. 20 ; (ii) sword Tw.N. iv. i. 4.3, K3 v. iii. Ill, Troil. n. iii. 18 ; (iii) armour 2H4 i. i. 150, Ant. IV. iv. 3. 2 used to symbolize hardness of heart MND. n. i. 196, 3H6 II. ii. 139, H8 in. ii. 425 ; hence as adj. = harsh, cruel, merciless John iv. i. 00 this iron ai/c, 1H4 n. iii. 53 iron wars, Rom. iv. v. 127 an iron lilt (]iunningly), Tim. in. iv. 85f(U iron heart. iron-witted : harsh-minded, unfeeling R3iv. ii.28. irreconcil'd (notpre-8.) not atoned forH5iv.i.lC2. irrecoverable: not to be recovered or redeemed 2H4 II. iv. 360. irregular: lawless John v. iv. 54, 1H4 i. i. 40, in. ii. 27 ; so irregulous l^.) Cym. iv. ii. 315. irreligious: believing in a false religion Tit. v. iii. 121-. ise : sec Ice. issue sb. (tlie usual S. meanings are ' offspring, progeny' and 'event, result, consequence '; 1 is notpre-S.; 2 is peculiar to S.) 1 oiitcoine, product (o/ a practice or conditiun: Air.sW. II. i. 109, Jolm ni. iv. 21 the i. of your p(ai:e, Troil. II. ii. 89, Lr. i. i. 18. 2 action, deed Meas. i. i. 36/i(f i-.s-, Cws. in. i. 294 The cruel i. of these bloody men, Cym. u. i. 53. 3 fortune, luck Ant. i. ii.'lOl better isiuc. —JACKANAPES 4 outcome or upshot of an argument, evidence, &c.; (hence) conclusionOth. in. iii. 219 //rower i-s. 5 (orig. legal use) matter ripe for decision, point at which decision becomes possible John 1. 1. 38, 113 v. i. 178 I'll put it to the issue, Roni. iv. i. 05, Mac. V. iv. 21 But certain issue strokes must arbitrate. issue vb.: to shed tears (8.) H5 iv. vi. 34. issiied: born, descended Tp. i. ii. 59 A princess, — no worse issued, 1H6 v. iv. 38. issuing: pouring or gushing out 3H6 ii. vi. 82 the i. blood. Tit. n. iv. 30 three issuing spouts. it (cf. HIT ; 1 arose in the 16th cent.) 1 very freq. with intransitive verbs as a kind of vague object, e.g. Tp. i. ii. 379 Foot itfeatly, Slir. I. ii. 75 to wire if, in. ii. 254 to bride it, 115 v. ii. 130 to mince if, H8 n. iii. 37 to queen if, Mac. n. iii. 20 detil-porterit, Cym. in. iii. 85 to prince it. 2 = there Gent. IV. iv. 12 For 'tis no trusting to yvnd foolish lout. 3 =itsTp. II. i. 170o//i;o«)( A7)iy-fijrm of the name 'John'; hence a generic proper name for any man of the common people; T^ro\t:ib Jack shall hate Jilt MKD. in. ii. 401 ; so LLL. v. ii. 883 ; in Shr. iv. i. 51 a quibble is intended (see sense 7). 2 low-bred or ill-mannered fellow, ' knave ' Mer. V, III. iv. 77 bragging J-s, Shr. n. i. 159, 282 [290] a siteariiiy J., 1H4 in. iii. 98 the prince is a J., a sneak-cup, R3 i. iii. 53, 72 Hince etery J. became a gentleman, Rom. n. iv. 161, in. i. 12, Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 93, 103 ; see also sense 8. 3 play the Jack, play the knave, do a mean trick Tp. IV. i. 198, Ado i. i. 192. 4 figure of a man which strikes the bell on the out- side of a clock R3 iv. ii. 113, Tim. in. vi. 118. 5 in the virginal, an upright piece of wood fixed to the key-lever and fitted with a quill which plucked the string as the jack rose when the key was pressed down Sonn. cxxviii. 5 Howofl. . . Lo lenty those j-s that nimble leap To kiss the tender in- wariioftliyhaiid, 13; usu. explained here as -key. 6 i u bowls, a smaller bowl placed as a mark to aim at Cym. ii. i. 2. 7 measure for drink, j pint Shr. rv. i. 51 Be the J-s fair tiithin, the Jills fair without (cf. 1). 8 attrib. as a kind of proper name or nickname, used in contempt Wiv. i. iv. 122 / till kill de .lack priest, ir. iii. 05 Hcurty jack-dog priest ! , Cym. n. i. 23 Fiery Jack-slate. Jack-a-lient : figure of a man set up to be pelted, an ancient form of the sport of Aunt Sally prac- tised during Lent; hence fig. (1) butt for every one to throw at Wiv. \. v. 137 ; (2) puppet, con- temptible person Wiv. in. iii. 27. jackanapes {a.\HOJackanape, jark'nape) 1 ape 115 v. ii. 147 sit like a j., neur off. JACK O' THE CLOCK — 120 - JOINDEB 2 pelt, conceited fellow, coxcomb Wiv, iv. iv. 67, All's W. III. V. 85, Cyiu. ii. i. 4. Jack o' the clock : ? cf. jack 4, K2 v. v. 60. Jack-sauce : saucy Jack H5 iv. vii. 147. jade si I.: 1 ' bony,' ill-conditioned horse Meas. ii. i. 276 [2G9] let carman whip his jade, H5 iv. ii. 46, Ham. iii. ii. 256 let the (jailed jade wince ; vicious liorse (allusively) Ado i. 1. 161 You always end with a jade's trick, Slir. I. ii. 252 yive him head : I know 'he'll prove a jade, All'sW. iv. v. 64, Troil. ii. i. 21. 2 term of contempt for a woman Shr. ii. i. 202, H6 HI. vii. 66 ; applied to men John ii. i. 385. jade vb. (not pre-S. ; 2 a 17th cent, sense) 1 lit. to make a jade of (a liorse), hence, to ex- liaust, weary Ant. iii. i. 34. 2 to befool Tw.N. ii. v. 180* to let vnar/ination jade me, H8 iii. ii. 281* To be thus jaded hij a piece of scarlet. jaded: (?) regarded with contempt 2H0 iv. i. 52* (Q'l j'tdy). jady : see prcc. word. jang°le: to dispute, wrangle LLL. n. i. 223, MND. III. ii 353. Janus : ancient Italian deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions Mer.V. i. i. 50. Jar sb. (1 a IGtli cent, use ; 2 only S., cf. jar vb. 2) 1 discord in music AYL. ii. vii. 5 If he, compact of jars, grow musical. 2 tick (of the clock) Wint. i. ii. 43 / love thee not a jar o' the clock behind Wliat lady she her lord. jar vb. (2 cf. JAR sb. 2) 1 to make a musical discord, be out of tune Gent. IV. ii. 68, Shr. iii. i. 40 the treble jars ; in tig. con- text Shr. V. ii. 1 our jarrinrj notes uijree, All'sW. I. i. 188 Ills jarring concord, 2H6 I'l. i. 57 ^Yhen such strings jar, Lr. iv. vii. 16 The imtun'd and I'lrring senses. 2 to cause (a watch) to tick R2 v. v. 51. jaiincesb. : = jaunt sb. Rom. it. v. 26 (Qqas iauncc, Ff Qriritcil in Ft of Itom. iv. iv. 13 and taken =; jealousy [' liood ' being the suffix forming abstract nouns] ; but earlier odd. have jealous hood, where liood may be used typically = Woman, or possibly with allusion to the use of llie liood as a disguise for a spy. jealousy: suspicion, appndiension of evil, mistrust Ado 11. ii. 5U.;. shall be called assurance, Tw.N. in. iii. Sj. what might befall your travel, 2H4 liid. 16, 115 II. ii. 126, Ham. 11. i. 113 beshrew my j.'., iv. v. 19 (' Guilt is so full of suspicion that it unskilfully betrays itself in fearing to be betrayed '). jennet, gennet : small Spanish horse 0th. i. i. 114, Yen. 200. jerk : short, sharp, witty speech, sally LLL. iv. ii. 130 tlie jerks of invention. ^ A freq. 17th cent. use. jerkin : close-litting jacket often made of leather, worn by men in the 16th and 17th cent. Troil. III. iii. 269 A plague of opinion! a man may ivear it on both sides, like a leather jerkin. Jerusalem. : Paradise 3H6 v. v. 8. jesses : short straps of leather, silk, or other material fastened round the legs of a trained hawk 0th. in. iii. 261. jest sb. (the meaning 'object of ridicule' AViv. in. iii. 161 is not pre-S.) 1 merriment, jocosity Ham. v. i. 203. 2 frolic, prank, practical joke MND. in. ii. 239 hold the sweet jest up. jest vb. (occas. use) : (a) to amuse oneself, make merry, (b) to act in a masque or play R2 i. iii. 95*. jet': to walk pompously, strut, stalk, swagger Tw.N. n. V. 36 jets ttnder liis advanced plumes, Cym. III. iii. 5, Per. i. iv. 26. jet^ (cf. JUT) : to encroach \ipon Err. 11. ii. 28 Your snuciness will jet f iipon my love (Fi test), R3 u. iv. 51 tyranny begins to jet (Ff lull, jut) Upon tlie . . . throne. Tit. 11. i. 6i to jet (Qq iet, Ff set) upon a prince's right. Jew : phr. a Jew's eye, a proverbial expression for something valued highly Mer.V. 11. v. 43 There will come a Christian by. Will be worth a Jewes eye (mod. edd. alter Pope Jewess'^). jig sb. (3 cf. t'otgr. s.v. 'Farce,' 'the lyg at the endofaiiEnteriude, whereinsomepreticknauerie is acted ') 1 lively, rapid kind of dance Ado 11. i. 79 hot and hasty, like a Scotch jig, Tw.N. i. iii. 140 My very walk should be a jig ; music for sucli a dance, rapid, lively dance-tune LLL. iv. iii. 168 to tune a jig. 2 (?) lively, jocular ballad Sonn. Music iii. 9 [Pilgr. 253]. 3 lively, comic, or farcical performance given at the end or in an interval of a play Ham. 11. ii. 630 [522] he's for a jig or a tale of bawdry ; so jig- niakcr in. ii. 133. jig vb. (not pre-S.) 1 to sing as a jig LLL. m. i. 12 (Fj ligge). 2 to move with a rapid jerky motion Hani. in. i. 152 goujigf, you amble iQfigig, Fi gidge). jigging : '(J«s. rv. iii. IS& these j. fools, 'those fool- ish writers of doggerel ' (Wright) ; cf. jig sb. 2, 3. Jill (old edd. also Gill): short for 'Gillian,' i.e. Julian, and used (in conjunction with Jack) generically = a lass LLL. v. ii. 883, MND. in. ii. 461, Shr. iv. I. 62. Joan (old edd. lone, loane) : generic name for a female rustic LLL. in. i. 215 [207] Some men must love my lady, and some J., v. ii. 928, John 1. i. 184 110)0 can I make any Joan a lady. Jockey: pet form of ' Jock,'— ■ Jack ' R3 v. iii. ;!0.") Jiirhi // ((/■ Norfolk. John-a-dreams : dreamy fellow Ilam. n. ii. 603 1695]. join : = 'join battle ', conic toKcther incondict 1H4 V. i. 85, 3116 I. i. 16, R3 v. iii. 313 ; pass. Ant. iv. -N. Ufxii. 1]. joinder: joining, union Tw.N. v. i. 161 Confirm' d by mutual j. of your hands. ^ Not pre-S. in the gen. sense; as a legal term it meant 'the coupling of two in a suite or .action against auoihcr' (Cowcll, 1607). JOZNTBESS 121 -KEEP jointress (not pre-S.) ; widow who holds a join- ture, dowager Ham. i. ii. 9. joint-ring' (not pre-S.) : finger-ring made in separ- able lialves, gimmal-ring Uth. iv. iii. 74. joint-stool (old edd. nearly always ioyn'd-sioole or ioyn-stooh) : stool made by a joiner as distin- guished trom one of rough make Shr. ii. i. 199, 1H4 II. iv. 423, '2H4 ii. iv. 2G9, Kom. I. v. 7. jole: see jowl. jollity : finely Sonn. Ixvi. 3 nolUing trimm'd inj. jolt-h.ead : blockhead lient. in. i. 2y2, Shr. iv.i.l69. Jordan : eliaraber-pot 1H4 ii. i. 22. joiirnal: daily, diurnal Meas. iv. iii. 93 Ere twice the sun Until made Ins j. greeting, Cym. iv. ii. 10 Stick to your Journal course. [2(3. journey-bated: wearied with travel lH4iv. iii. journeyman :jised depreciatively = one who is not a master of his trade Ham. iii. ii. .38. Jovial: of Jupiter Cyni. v. iv. 105 Our J. star; Jove-like, majestic iv. ii. 311 his J. face. ^ The meaning 'meny, jolly' (Mac. iii. ii. 28 Be bright andjoiial among your guests) is derived from this through the astrological use, Jupiter as a natal planet being regarded as the source of joy and happiness. jowl, jole : cheek ; sec cheek. jowl, joul, mod. edd. joU : to dash, knock All'sW. I. iii. 60 they may j. horns together. Ham. v. i. 82 how the knnie jowls it to the ground. Tj ' To jowl a person's head against the wall ' is a threat common to the northern and midl. dial. joy sb. : [v. i. 80. 1 take joy, be pleased or glad AYL. iv. i. 92, Wint. 2 source or object of gladness MKD. n. i. 21 she . . . makes him all her joy, AIl'sAV. i. iii. 78, Tit. I. i. 382 young Mutitts . . . that teas thy joy. 3 term of endearment for a sweethe;irt or child, darling MN'D. iv. i. 4 my gentle joy, Lr. i. i. 84 yoir, our joy. Although our lust, not least, Ant. i. v. !>8 In Egypt with his joy. joy vb.: 1 to gladden, delight R3 i. ii. 220 it joys me, Cym. v. v. 425 Joy'd are we. Per. i. ii. 9. 2 to enjoy R2 v. vi. 26, 2H(5 iii. ii. 3G5, R3 ii. iv. 59, Tit. II. "iii. 83. [conim.). Judean: 0th. v. ii. 346 (Fi ; others Indian; see judge: to think, suppose Gent. i. ii. 136 although yoHJ. I wink. III. i. 25 when they hare j-d me fast asleep, 2HC III. ii. 07 It may be judg'd I made the duke anay, judgement (2 was a 17tli cent, use) 1 in my j.'.s place Sonn. cxxxi. 12 = in myj. Gent. IV. iv. 158, R3 III. iv. 43 (Qq tn mine opinion), to myj. Lr. I. iv. 62. 2 competent critic, 'judge ' Troll, i. ii. 205 one o" the soundest jwlgemcnts in Troy (Q). judicious: (?) judicial Cor. v. v. [vi.] 128 J. hearing, Lr.ui.iy.l'i* J. punishment. ^ 'Judicial' is not S. Jug: pet-form of, or familiar substitute for, the feminine name Joan, applied to a homely woman, a maidservant, or a mistress Lr. i. iv. 247 Whoop, Jug! I lore thee. jump sb.: hazard, venture Ant. ni. viii. 6 our for- tune lies Upon this jump. ^ Cf. jump vb. 2. jump vb. (unexplained in Wint iv. iii. [iv.] 195) 1 to agree, tally, coincide Mer.V. ii. is. 32./. with common spirits, Shr. i. i. 194 meet andj. in one, Tw.X. V. i. 262 cohere a)id j., 1H4 I. ii. 78 itj-s with my htimour, R3 in. i. 11. 2 to hazard, risk (S.) Mae. i. vii. 7 We'd j. the life to come, Cym. v. iv. 187 j. the after inquiry on your own peril ; (by extension) to apply a des- perate remedy to Cor. in. i. 153* Toj. a body with a dangerous physic (conj. vamp\, tmpf). jump adv.: exactly, precisely Ham. i. i. G5 /. at this dead hour m just), v. ii. 389, 0th. ii. iii. 395 bring him jump when he may Cassiofind. junkets: sweetmeats Shr. in. ii. 251. jure: used contextually in connexion with jaror, as if=make jurors of you 1H4 ii. ii. 101. justsh.: tilting match K2 v. n.52j-s and triumphs. just adj. : 1 lionourable, faithful Caes. ni. ii. 91 He was my frie>id, fnitliful and just to me- 2 exact Ado ii. i. 377, Mer.V. iv. i. 328 a j. pound, 2H4 IV. i. 226, R3 in. v. 88 j. computation "(Ff true), Rom. III. ii. 78 J. opposite, 0th. i. iii. 5, ii. ill. 130. just adv.: in replies and expressions of assent = exactly so, just so, right! Meas. in. i. 66, v. i. 196 [2U2], Ado II. i. 29, AYL. iii. ii. 282 Rosalind IS your loie's name ? — i'es, just, All'sW. ii. iii. 21, H5 III. vii. 163, Tit. iv. ii. 24 0.' 'tis a verse m Horace . . . — Ay just, a verse in Horace. just-ljome : carried in a just cause John ii. i. 345. justice: do (a person) JH.s-^/ce, drink to his health 0th. II. iii. 91. justicer: judge, magistrate Lr. in. vi. 24 (Qn iustice, mod. edd. j!(s^(ff)t), 59, iv. ii. 79 (corrected Q lusttsers, others Justices), Cym. v. v. 215. justify : 1 to show to be righteous, innocent, or in the right, vindicate Meas. v. i. 159 To j. this worthy nobleman. So vulgarly . . . acciis'd, Wint. i. i. 10, 2H6 II. iii. 16 ; with thing as object Sonn. cxxxix. 1 call not me to justify the wrong. 2 to prove, confinu, verify Tp. v. i. 128 / here could . . . j. you traitors, Wint. i. ii. 278 say'i and justify t, H8 I. ii. 6, Cym. n. iv. 79. 3 to acknowledge (that something is true) Per. v. i. 2\9 justify . . . She is thy very princess. [158. jnstle: spelling in old edd. of jostle Tp. in. ii. .30, v. i. justly; the senses 'uprightly', 'rightfully, deservedly', 'with good reason, properly', 'correctly, truthfully ', ' exactly, jirecisely ' arc all I'epresenteil. justness: rightfulness Troil. ii. ii. 119. jut ': to thrust out Tim. i. ii. 240. jut ■: = JET - R3 n. i v. 51 (Qq id). jutty sb.: projecting part of a wall or building Mac. I. vi. G no jutty, frieze. Buttress. jutty vb.: to project ueyond, overhang (S.) H5 iii. i. 13 O'erhang and jutty his confounded base. Juvenal (not pre-S.: attected or jocular): youth LLL. I. ii. 8, III. i. 69, MND. ni. i. 100, 2H4 1. ii. 21. K Kad : Welshman's pronunciation of ' God ' Wiv. r. i. 192 So Kad ulge me (Q ; Fi got-udgt). kam: clean kam, quite wrong Cor. in. i. 302. kecksy (not pre-S.): local name for umbelliferous plants with hollow stems (e.g. Cow Parsnip) H5 v. ii. 52. keech: fat of a slaughtered animal rolled into a lump ; applied to a butcher's wife 2H4 ii. i. 104, to Wolsey the butcher's son H8 i. i. 55. keel: to prevent (a pot) boiling over bj" stirring, skimming, or pouring in something cold LLL. v. ii. 928 While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. keen: bitter, sharp, severe LLL. v. ii. 400, MND. II. ii. 123, v. i. 54, John in. i. 182, Ham. ni. ii. 262. keep sb.: keeping, custody Shr. i. ii. 120. keep vb. (3 freq. in literary use c. 1580-1630) 1 refl. to restrain oneself Gent. iv. iv. 12. 2 to carry on, continue to make Err. in. i. 61 Who is that at the door that keeps all this noise ?, Tw.N. II. iii. 79 What a caterwauling do you keep here .'. KEEPER - 122 - KISSINGCOMFXT 3 to rlwell, live, lodge Mer.V. iit. iii. 19 ihe most impcnelrahle cur That irer kfpt Pitli men, Troil. iv. V.277 In wlintphice oftUefiehldntli Calclias k.?, Hair.. II. i. 8 ich(tt Jktmkirs are in I'arix . . . where they k. keeper : sick nurse Rom. v. iii. 89. Keisar : old form of ' Kaiser ', emperor Wiv. i. i li. 9. ken sb. (1 Bourne, 1574, saj-s that a ken is 6 or 9 leagues ; Leland, 153s, has ' a ICenninc, tliat is to say about a xx miles,' Botoner, lotli cent., ' quilibet kennyn? continet 21 miliaria ') 1 the distance tliat bounds the range of ordinary vision, esp. at sea ; about 20 uiiles 2H4 iv. i. 151 within a ken our army lies, Cym. iii. vi. 6 Thou ii'ast within a ken. 2 sight or view (of a place) 2H6 iii. ii. 113 losinp k.'of Albion s wished const, Lucr. 1114 oi k. of shore. ken vb. (occurs thrice ; 3 an affectel use) 1 to descry, see 2Ht) in. ii. 101. [his unit. 2 to recognize Troil. iv. v. 14 / ken the mnnner of 3 to know (a person) Wiv. i. iii. 38. Kendal green : kind of green woolltn cloth made at Kendal in Westmoreland 1H4 ii. iv. 250, 2G1. kennel ' : pick (of dogs) IHG iv. ii. 47. kennel =: street gutter Slir. iv. iii. 9S, 2H6 tv. i. 71. kennelled : lodged as in a kennel Ven. 9l:i. kerchief : cloth used to cover the head, formerly a female head-dress "Wiv. in. iii. 62, iv. ii. 76; phr. wear a kerchief, to be ill Ci«s. n. i. 315. kern(e: liglit-armed Irish foot-soldier, 'a kinde of footeman, sleightly armed with a sworde, a targett of woode, or a bow and slieaf of arrows with barbed lieades, or els 3 dartcs ' (Dymmok, li')00) Ri ir. i. 157, Mac. i. ii. 30. kernel : pip, seed Tp. ii. i. 97 (of an apple), All'sW. n. iii. 276 (of a pomegranate); as the type of something insignificant Wiiit. i. ii. 160. kersey : kind of coarse cloth Meas. i. ii. 36 ; as ad.j. (fig.) plain, homelv LLL. v. ii. 414 honest k. noes. kettle : short for ' kettle-drum ' (S.) Ham. v. ii. 289. key : (not recorded before S. in the uuisical senses) 1 in plir. expressive of control or nu\story AllsW. I. i. 77, H5 n. ii. 95 Thou th,U duU! bear the key of nil my counsels, 2H6 i. i. 115 These counties ivere (he keys of Normandy, Mac. in. vi. 18, 0th. iv. ii. 21. 2 scheme or system of tones in which a piece of music is written, being based on some particular note(called the key-note) Adoi. i. 194, MN'D. in. ii. 206; in tig. phr. Err. v. i. 312, MXD. i. i. 18 / ii'ill wed thee in another key, Mer.V. i. iii. 124, Troil. I. iii. 53. 3 tool for tuning string instruments Tp. i. ii. 83 (fig.) h(trin;i both the key Of officer and office. k 3y-cold : cold in death R3 i." ii. 5, Lucr. 1774. kibe: chapped or ulcerated chilblain on the hocl Tp. ir. i. 284 [276], Ham. v. i. 152 the toe of Ihe pdisanf comes so near the heel of the courLiir, he i/'ills his k. (i.e. is in annoying proximity to him). kickshaws: fancy dish2*H4 v. 1. 29 a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaivs ; fig. trifle Tw.X. i. iii. 12i Art thon yood at these kick- shawses, kniyht?. ^ Florio, 1598, defines the Italian ' Carabozzada ' as 'a kinde of daintie dish or quelque chose vsed iu Italie'; Cotgr., 1611, the French ' Fricandeau.x' as 'short skinlesse, and daintie paddings, or Quelkchoses '. kick 3)y-wlckiS)y: jocular term forawifeAU'sW. ir. iii. 2i»7 (Fi hickie irickie, Ffoj kicksie wicksie). kid-fox: (?j (•ul>f(ix (fig.) Ado ii. iii. 45. kill: kill up = 'kill off' exterminate AYL. ii. i. 62. Tl Cf. Palsgr. ' I kyll up, as one that kj-lleth tlioresydewe where many have been ky lied afore.' klllen: arch, infinitive of Kn.L Per. ii.Gower 20. kin: not pre-S. in tlicpredicativeadj. use =related, akin .\ll'sW.n. i.41 my sirord and yours are k. ,2lii II. ii. 122 those that are k. to the kiny, Troil. in. iii. 175 One touch of nature makes the ivhole world k. kind sb. (the foil, and the sense ' sort, species ' are all the S. uses ; 1 was common down to about 1600 ; 3 common in the 17tli cent., freq. in S.) 1 natural disposition or character, nature AYL. IV. iii. 60 thy youth and kind ( = thy youthful nature), Lucr. 1147 to chanqe their k-s -.—of its oil n kind, of itself, naturally Tp. ii. i. 170 ; (to his kind, act according to its nature Ant. v. ii. 263. 2 nature in general or in the abstract, established order of things Mer.V. i. iii. 86 the deed nf kind ; phr. by kind, by nature, naturally All'sW. i. iii. 68, Tit. IT. i. 116 ; from kind, contrary to nature Caes. I. iii. 64. 3 (qualified by a demonstrative or a possessive) manner, way, fashion Gent. in. i. 90 tn their silent kind, R2 ii. iii. 143 in this kind to come, in braring arms, Lr. iv. vi. 167 to use her in that kind. 4 race, class Tp. v. i. 23 One of their kind, (icnt. ii. iii. 2, M.ND. iv. i. 125 bndoutofthe Spartan kind, H6 II. i. 80, Tioil. v. iv. 15 that dog of as hud a kind, C>«s. n. i. 33. 5 family, ancestral stock Per. v. i. G8 Came of a (/(iillc kindand noble stock. kind adj.: 1 natural, appropriate, proper Ado i. i. 26 A kind 01 n-jliiir of kindness, Lucr. 1423. 2 favonrable, gracious Tp. in. i. 69 kind event, Tim. I. ii. 155, Sonn. x. 11. 3 affectionate, loving, fond Err. l. i. 43 kind eiiibracemcnfs, All'sW. v. iii. 315, 2H6 i. 1. 19 this kind kiss. Ham. iv. v. 145 the kind , . . pelican, Compl.186 yVherendthir party isnortrucnor kind. kindle ': to incite (cf. enkindle) AYL. i. i. 182. kindle = : to bring forth AYL. in. ii. 362. kindless : imnatural Ham. n. ii. 617 [609] k. villain!. kindly adj. (AYL. ii. iii. 53* (a) natural, proper, (b) agreeable, pleasant ; 2H4 iv. v. 82 k.* tears (a) natural, not forced, (b) naturally shed for a f.ither ; cf. sense 2) 1 innate, inherent Tim. n. ii. 227 k. warmth. 2 natural (as belonging to a father) Ado iv. i. 75 fatherly and kindly poieer. 3 apiiropriatc, fitting 1H6 in. i. 131. 4 benign Ant. n. v. 78'* kindly creatures. kindly adv. (in Lr. i. v. 15 sense 1 witli )ilay on the more freq. sense of' affectionately ') 1 naturally (as of the same kin) Tp. v. i. 24. 2 easily, naturally, spontaneously Hhr. Ind. i. 66". 3 exactly Rom. ii. iv. 61. kindness: tenderness, affection, love Ado i. i. 26, Shr. II. i. 77, iv. i. 211 to kill a wife with kindness, Tw.N. li. i. 42, R:! iv. ii. 22 thy kindness freezes, Sonn. clii. 9. kindred: attrib. = (1) of or belonging to relatives R2 II. i. 18^ guilty of no k. blood {Qqj-i kin(d}red,Fi kindreds^kindred's), R3 n. ii. 63 our k. iears ; (2) C02nate John in. iv. 14 any kindred action like to this (Vikindred-aclion). kingdom (2 cf. John iv. ii. 246, 2H4 iv. iii. 118) 1 sovereignty R3 iv. ii. 61. 2 little kindred, microcosm 2H4 iv. iii. 118. kingdoni'd: that is a kingdom in himself Troil. ii. iii. 187 K. Achilles in commotion rages. king'd (John n. i. 371 King'df o/=overpowcred by ; old edd. Kings of) 1 made a king R2 v. v. 36 Then am I king'd again. 2 governed H5 n. iv. 26 so idly king'd. kirtle : woman's gown, skirt, or petticoat 2H4 n. iv. 297, IS.inn. Music v. 11 ^ Pilgr. 363]. kiss: Slid (if balls touching, at bowls Cym. li. i. 2. kissing-comflt : porfumcd sweetmeat for sweet- ening the breath Wiv. v. v. 22. KIT 123 -Z.ACK kit : kitten ; see kite »T. [i. 418. kitchen: to turnisli with kitchen-fare (S.) Err. v. kite: rapacious person, also indefinitely as a term of reproach H5 ii. i.80, Lr. i. iv. 280, Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 89. ^ In H5 ii. i. 80 kite of Cresmh kind, ? reaJ/i(7( = kitten),as in F4, the passage being app. an echo of Gascoigne's Dan Bartliolomew ' kits of C'ressides kiiido'. [iii. 67. knack: trifle, knick-knack MXD. i. i. 34, Shr. iv. knap: to bite noisily Mer.V. iii. i. 10; to give a smart blow to Lr. 11. iv. 118. knave : boy or lad employed as a servant ; male servant or menial in general Wiv. in. v. 101, 2H4 I. ii. 83, Lr. i. iv. 88, 0th. i. i. 126 n k. 0/ common line. Ant. v. ii. 3 ; opposed to knit/lit Tw.N. n. iii. 72 [09], John i. i. 243 ; often used vocatively in addressing o-servant with friendly familiarity LLL. HI. i. 151 [144] mij yood k. Costard, Cses. iv. iii. 240 Poor knnie. knavery: pi. roguish or waggish tricks MND. in. ii. 34(), AU'sW. l iii. 14. H5 iv. vii. 63. T] Used for tlie nonce, as a rhyme-word, = tricks of dress or ornament Shr. iv. "iii. 58. knee sb. : part of the body used in kneeling or curtseying; hence, kneeliing, prostration, curt- sey R2 II. iii. 83, 1H4 iv. iii. 68 nith cap nnd knee, Cor. V. iii. 57 i'our knees to me.', Tim. iii. vi. 108 Cap and knee slates, iv. iii. 36 yiie them title, knee, and apprabution, 0th. 11. i. 84. knee vb. : to bend the knee before Lr. 11. iv. 217. knit sb. (not pre-S.): knitted work, textiiie Shr. IV. i. 94. knit vb. : to tie in or with a knot John iv. i. 42 / k. mij haiutkerclier about your hroirs ; usil. transf. or fig. to bind,pin, or unite firm lyorclosely MND. I. i. 172 that which knitttth snuls ; also knit up (in various senses) Tp. iii. iii. 89 all k. up In their dis- tractions, MND. V. i. 194 Thy stones icitli lime and hair k. up, Rom. iv. ii. 25 III have this knot k. -up. knob: pimple Ho iii. vi. 112 hubukles, and rohelks, and knobs {^i\(li irlidkesand knubs. And puniples). knock vb. : the foil, uses are not recorded before S. : — to drive by striking Tp. in. ii. 71 k. n nail into his head;— k. o/f Cyni. v. iv. 198; /•. out 1116 in. i. 83; A-. it (= strike up) H8 i. iv. 108 Ut the iiiHsic knock it. knoll: to ring, toll AYL. 11. vii. 114 hells hare k-'d to church, 121, 2H4 i. i. 'lO^ k-iny a departed friend (Q toUiny), Mac. v. vii. 79 [viii. 50]. knot sb. (said fig. of the marriage tie, e.g. R3 iv. iii. 42 ; 2 survives in midl. and south-west dial.) 1 folded anus Tp. i. ii. 224, Tit. in. ii. 4. 2 (iower-bed laid out in fanciful or intricate design ; hence, any laid-out garden plot R2 m. iv. 46. 3 lump or knob Truil. v. iii. 33. 4 group, band, company Wiv. iv. ii. 126, R3 in. 182, Ofes. III. i. 117 So often shall the knot of us be calVd. [ii. 61. knot vb. : to gather into a knot, a cluster 0th. iv. knot-grass: the plant Polygonum aviculare, hav- ing small pale-pink flowers, a common weed in waste ground, an infusion of which was formerly supposed to stunt the growth MND. ni. ii. 329 you ditarf ; You minimus, of hindering k. made. knotted: laid out in intricate designs LLL. i. i. 248 thy curious-k. garden ; gnarled Troil. i. iii. 50 knotted oaks. knotty: gnarled Tp. i. ii. 295, Caes. i. iii. 6 k. oaks. knotty-pated : thick-headed 1H4 n. iv. 255. know sb. : knowledge Ham. v. ii. 44 on the ricir and know of these contents (Ff ; Qq knowing). know vi). : hate known (together), have been ac- quainted (S.) Ant. II. vi. 83, Cym. i. iv. 38 ; more known, better acquainted Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] OG ; be not you knnirn on't, have no knowledge of it 0th. I'n. iii. 320 (Ff acknnimU) ; know for, be aware of 2H4 i. ii. 5 ; know of, ascertain from Meas. i.iv. 8, MND. i. i. G8, Lr. v. i. 1, 0th. v. i.ll7. knowing (2 is peculiar to S.) 1 knowledge Tim. in. ii. 75 in 3Iy k.. Ham. v. ii. 44 (Qq) on the view and k. of these contents, Cym. i. iv. 31 gentlemen of your k., n. iii. 102. 2 e.xperience Mac. 11. iv. 4 this sore night Hath trifled former knowings. knowingly: from experience All'sW. i. iii. 258, Cym. nr. iii. 46. knowledge : [of h im. 1 notice Ham. ii. i. 13 Take you . . . some distant k. 2 personal acquaintance Meas. in. ii. 163 Love talks with better knowledge, AYL. i. ii. 302. 3 consciousness (of what one is) John v. ii. 35, H5 in. vii. 149 so far out of his k. ( = so as to forget himself), Lr. iv. vi. 292 And noes by wrong imagt- ixations lose The k. of themselves. Ant. 11. ii. 95. la: sixth note of the scale LLL. iv. ii. 104, Lr. i. ii. 154. la: exclamation used to introduce or accompany a conventional phrase or an address, or to call at- tention to an emphatic statement Wiv. i. i. 87 I thank you always with my heart, la ! with my heart, 115 IV. vii. 151 in my conscience, la! ; also La you! = look you Tw.N. in. iv. 113, Wint. 11. iii. 50; repeated, as an expression of derision Tim. iii. i. 23 /.((, la, la, la I 'nothing doxibting,' says he?. label sb. : slip of paper Cym. v. v. 431 ; slip of paper or parchment for appending a seal to a document (flg.) Rom. iv. i. 57. ^ The sense 'codicil' is represented in S. in the vb. label vb. : to add as a ' label ' or codicil Tw. N. i. v. 267 every particle and utensil labelled to my will. labour sb. : trouble or pains taken Gent. 11. i. 143 take it for your I., R2 v. vi. 41, H5 ill. vi. 170 There's for thy labour. labour vb. (the ordinary uses are freq.) 1 to endeavour to bring about, work for or with a view to Ado v. i. 206, Shr. i. i. 119 to L and effect one thing, R3 i. iv. 256 he would I. my delivtri/. 2 to suffer the pains of childbirth (only fig.) Tim. III. iv. 8, Otli. 11. i. 127 ; also said of wiiat is * brought forth ' LLL. v. ii. 520, Troil. iv. iv. 38. laboured : 1 oppressed with labour John 11. i. 232. 2 highly wrought Per. n. iii. 17. labouring: heaving, palpitating 2H6 iii. ii. 1(53 the I. heart; rolling or pitching heavily 0th. 11. i. 190 the labouring bark. laboursome: laborious, elaborate Ham. i. ii. 59 laboursome petition, Cym. iii. iv. 167. lace sb. : cord for fastening up the bodice, &c. Wint. III. ii. 174 cut my lace, 2H6 iv. ii. 50. lace vb. : to trim with ornamental (gold or silver) braid Ado ni. iv. 20 l-el with silver ; fig. to streak or stripe with golden (or other) colour Rom. ni. V. 8 envious streaks Do I. the severing clouds, Mac. II. iii. 119 His silver skin l-'d icith his golden blood, Cym. n. ii. 22 iihile and azure l-'el with blue of heaven's own tinct ; to trick out, adorn Sonn. Ixvii. 4 That sin . , . should . . . I. itself with hissociety. laced mutton: strumpet Gent. i. i. 102. lack (1 sui-vives in the gerund 'lacking') 1 to be wanting Tit. iv. ii. 44 Here l-s but your mother for to say amen, Hani. i. v. 186 what so poor a man . . . 3Iay do . . . shall not I. ; Ham. i. iv., 3 (/ l-s of twelve ( = is not yet twelve o'clock). I.ACK — 124 - ZaABGELY 2 (with cannot) to do or go without AYL. iv. i. 188 , hence, to perceive the absence of, miss (S.) Cor. IV. i. 15 I shall be lov'd iihen J am l-'d, Mac. lii. iv. Si, 0th. III. iii. 319, Ant. i. iv. 44 Comes deat'd by htiHij Idck'd. lack-: S. is the first to make extensive use of this to form compounds : — lack-beard Ado v. i. 200, -brain 1H4 li. iii. 19, -linen (= sliirtless) 2H4 ii. iv. 132, -love MND. ii. ii. 77, -luslre AYL. n. vii. 21. [59. 'lack interj. : alas ! only in Cyni. iv. ii. 374, v. iii. lackey s)). : running footman AU'sW. iv. iii. :>27. lackey, lacqueyt vb. : to follow closely (like a hickey) Ant. i. iv. 4t) Goes to and back, lackeyinijf the iiiri/inr/ tide (Ff lackinr;), lade : to empty as by baling 3H0 iii. ii. 139. lading": cai-go Mer.V. in. i. 3, Tit. i. i. 72. lady (the Virgin Maiy is usually called oitr Lndij, occas. God's lady Rom. ii. v. G3 ; see also by'k LADY and LAKIN) 1 wife Wiv. III. iii. 54, MND. ii i. 64, 2H6 ii. i. 177, Cym. I. vi. 160 A I. to the worthiest sir. 2 proper name given to female hounds 1H4 in. i. 240 Lady, my brach, Lr. i. iv. 125 Lady the brach. 3 attrib. = ladylike, feminine 1H4 i. iii. 46 holiday and I. terms. Ant. v. ii. 164 some I. trifles ; — lady she, woman of rank Wint. i. ii. 44. lady, lady: burden common to certain ballads Tw.N. II. iii. 87, Rom. ii. iv. 152. lady-bird : sweetheart, dear Rom. i. iii. 3. lady-smock : cuckoo-flower, Cardamine pratensis l.LL. V. ii. 903 ludy-smocks all silver-wliite. lagt sb. (Rowe, 1709, and later edd.): lowest class Tim. in.vi.91 (old edd. %(.'/e, conj. taf/f). ^ ' Lag ' is not found elsewhere with this meaning. lag" adj. : late R3 ii. i. 91 came too tag to see him burial ; — lag of, behind, later than Lr. i. ii. C. lag"-end: latter part, fag-end 1H4 v. i. 24. lag'g'ing' : tardy R2 i. iii. 214 Four lagging tointcrs. lakin [ = ladv-kin] : byr i. = by'k lady Tp. in. iii. I. MND. lii. i. 14. lanib and lambkin are used as terms of endear- ment : Troil. iv. iv. 23, Rom. i. iii. 3 ; 2H4 v. iii. 119. lamentable: of sorrow John in. i.^lthnt I. rheum. Latnmas-eve (Rom. i. iii. 17), 'day before ^anunas- tide I Rom. i. iii. 15), which is August 1, lamp (2 now only a slang sense) 1 torch Tp. rv. i. 23 Hymen's lamps. 2 pi. the eyes Err. v. i. 'ill My toasting l-s. Yen. 489 Vfere never four such l-s together mix'd. lampass : disease incident to horses, consisting in a swelling of the fleshy lining of the roof of the mouth behind tlie front teeth Shr. ill. ii. 63. lance, lanch : 1 to pierce R3 iv. iv. 225 Whose hands soever l-'d their tinder hearts (Ff lanch'd, Rowe lanced), Lr. II. i. 54 Vi'ith lus pn pared sivord . . . l-'d mine arm (Q.j lanrht or htunclit, Ff latch'd). 2 to cut surgically R2 i. iii. 303 l-cth not the sore (Ff Qr,lancefh, Qi launceth, Qq^u la{u)nchetlt). Ant. v. i. 36 lie do I. Diseases (Ff launch, Pope launcc). land: applied to the human body John iv. ii. 245 this fleshly I., Lucr. 439 the heart of all her I. T In Tp. IV. i. 130, LLL. v. ii. 310 land is taken by some to be laund, but it is to be noticed that in both passages it is used for the sake of rhyme (rommiind, hand). land-carrack : (?) coasting vessel (cf. carrack) 0th. I. ii. 50. ^ There is prob. a rcf. to the slang sense of ' strumpet', for which 'land-frigate ' was also used. land-damn*: (?) to make a liell on earth for (a jiLTbon; Wint. ii. i. 142 ; many conj. and inter- pretations. TI The alleged survival of the word in dialects, with the sense ' to abuse witli ran- cour', appears to be imperfectly authenticated. land-fish: unnatural creature (app. literally, a tish that lives on land) Troil. in. iii. 266. land-raker : see foot-laxd. land-service : military, as opposed to naval, ser- vice ; used humorously in Wint. iii. iii. 96, and 2H4 1, ii. 165 ('my counsel, learned in land-seiTice of this kind '). lan^uag'e : power of speech Tp. n. ii. 89 here is that ithiiii Hill give I. to you, cat ; ability to speak a foreign tongue AU'sW. iv. i. 75 / shall lose my life fur nil lit of Iniiguiuje. langiiishing'v'bl.sb.: pi. lingeringdisease AU'sW. I. iii. 237 ; so the ppl. adj. = lingering Cym. i. v. 9. lank: to become shrunken (S.) Ant. i. iv. 71. lanthom : window-turret Rom. v. iii. 84. lap: to wrap R3 ii. i. 116, Mac. i. ii. 55 lapp'd in proof, Cym. v. v. 361. Iiapland: the fabled home of witches andmagicians Krr. IV. iii. 11 Lapland sorcerers. lapse sb.: ftiU from rectitude All'sW. ii. iii. 170. lapse vb. (not pre-S. ; 2 there was a 17th cent. sense ' to let slip ' of whicli this may be an early instance with inverted construction) [vi. 12. 1 to fall into sin (by lying) Cor. v. ii. 19, Cym. in. 2 (?) Ham. in. iv. 107 l-'d in time and passion, ' having sutfered time to go by and passion to cool '(J.). Ti In Tw.N. III. iii. 36 (?) to pounce upon as an offender, apprehend ; prob. associated with ' laps ' in the phr. 'fall into the laps of =come within the power of. lapwing": peewit; always with allusion to its habits, e.g. its wilinessin dmwingaway a visitor from its nest, its supposed habit of running about when newly hatched with its liead in the shell Meas. I. iv. 32, Err. iv. ii. 27, Ado in. i. 24, Ham. V. ii. 193. lard (orig. a cookeiy tenu) [iii. 12. 1 to fatten 1H4 ii. ii. 120 l-s the lean earth, Tim. iv. 2 to intersperse or enrich (speech) with particular words, &c. Wiv. r\'. vi. 14 The mirth ... so l-cd with my matter, Troil. v. i. 63 teit l-ed tciilt malice, Ham. V. ii. 20. 3 to garnish H5 rv. vi. 8, Ham. iv. v. 38. larg"e (for S. uses other than those given below tlie mod. synonyms would for the most part be 'extensive,' ' for-reaching,' or 'wide,' i-ather than 'great,' 'big') 1 liberal, generous, bountiful, lavish 2H6 i. i. 112 whose large style Agrees not nith tlie leanness of liis purse, IV. vii. 76, Lr. i. i. 64 our largest bounty. 2 pompous Lr. i. i. 187 your large speeches. 3 free, unrestrained Mac. in. iv. 11 Be I. in mirth ; (in a bad sense) licentious, gross Ado n. iii. 217 [206] I. jests, IV. i. 52, Rom. n. iv. 105 (with play on the literal sense), Ant. in. vi. 93 large In his abominations. 4 as sb. John n. i. 101 Tin's little abstract doth con- tain that large 'n'liich died in Geffrey. 5 at large, (i) in full size AYL. v. iv. 176 .1 land itself at I., Troil. i. iii. 346 The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come at 1.: (ii) at length, in full, fully ficnt. ni. ii. 61 you, nith Silvia may con- fer at 1., MND. v. i. 153 At I. discourse, H6 i. i. 78 ^Yhil■h I have open'd to his Grace at 1., 1 H6 i. i. 109 ; (iii) as a whole, in general, altogether LLL. I. i. 154. 115 n. iv. 121 in grant of all demands at large, large-handed : t^rasping (S.) Tim. iv. i. 11 '. largely: bountifully, copiously, abundantly Wiv. II. ii. 211, "2114 I. iii. 12, 1'er. I. iv. 53 ; at length, in full Ado v. iv. 09 I'll tell i/ou I. of fair Hero's death, I.ABGX:SS - 125 — I.AY. . . ABOASD larg'ess : liberal bestowal of gifts, free giftof money Shr. I. ii. 154, H5 n'. Chor. 43, Mac. ii. i. 14 ; lavish expenditure R2 i. iv. 44. laroone (old edd.), larron (mod. edd.) : robber Wiv. I. iv. 71. i] The French ' larron ', which is found in the anglicized forms 'laroun' (14th cent.), ' larroon ' and ' laron ' (17th cent.). larnm (mod. edd. 'larum) : 1 call to arms, battle cry Shr. i. ii. 210 in a pitched batlle heard Loud lurHtiis, Cor. i. iv. it. 2 tumultuous noise Tit. i. i. 147 icitli loud l-s wel- cnme them to Koine. n uneasy condition Wiv. in. v. 75 I. ofjealonsif. larum-bell: alarm-bell 2H4 iir. i. 17. [Alas). las, 'las (I7th cent, form) : alas 0th. v. i. Ill (Ff lash : to scourge, castigate Err. ii. i. 15' hendstrotuj lihirty IS InsU'iOvith woe. [138. lass-lorn : for.saken by one's sweetheart Tp. iv. i. last: lust morning, yesterday morning (jent. ii. i. 88 ; the last, (1) the conclusion, end Tp. i. ii. 170 hear the last (if our sea-sorrow, Goes. in. ii. 12 Be patient till the last. Ant. v. ii. 336 Bravest at the last; Mac. v. vii. 01 [viii. 32] try the last*, (?) go to the utmost lengthsof venture ; (2) the last time (S.) All'sW. v. iii. 79; at the last (e.g. Shr. v. i. 130) in the same senses as at last, but less freq. ; in the last (S.), in tlie end, finally Cor. v. v. [vi.] 42 ; (one's) last = la.st time, last breath Tp. in. iii. bO I will stand to and feed. Although mij last, R2 11. i. 1 breathe my last, Tim. in. Vi. 101 This is Timon's last, Compl. 108 'It is thy last.' lasting': contextually = everlastiiig (freq.) Tp. v. i. 208 set it down With gold on lastimj pttlars. latch : to catch Lr. ll. i. 54 With his prepared sword he . . , latch'd mine arm (Qq la(,H)ncht) ; to catch or receive the sight or sotnid of Mac. iv. iii. 195 Where hearing should not I. them, Sonn. cxiii. 0 For it no form delners to the Iieart Of bird, of flower, or shape, which it doth I. ; to catch and hold fast as by a charm or spell MND. in. ii. 36 hast thou yet l-'d the Athenian's eyes With the lovc- jnice ?. late adj. (the superlative latest usu. = last LLL. v. ii. 795 iVo«', at the l-st minute of the hour, 2H4 iv. v. 181 the very l-st counsel That ever I shall breathe, 0th. I. iii. 28 To have that latest which concerns him first ; absol. Tim. iv. ii. 23 The l-st of my wealth) 1 performed at a late hour H8 v. i. 13. 2 recent in date, recently made, completed, per- formed, appointed Tp. v. i. 145 the like loss.— As great to me, as /. JJ^j^vi. 1 the l-st news we hear, US It. ii. Gl the iTcommissioners, H8 ii. i. 147 of late days, Mac. i. vi. 19 the I, dignities heap'd up to them, Lr. iv. v. 24 at her late being here. late adv.: recently, of late, lately Tp. v. i. 113 to abuse me, As I. I have been, MND. v. i. 53 I. de- ceased, Tw.N. V. i. 225 but so I. a/jo, R3 in. i. 99 Too I. he died that might have kept that title. Ant. IV. i. 13 those that servd Mark Antony butl.; with ppl. adjs. 1H4 II. iii. 64 Like bubbles in a l.-dis- turbed stream, 1H6 in. ii. 82 this l.-betray'd town, Tit. I. i. 184 our l.-deceased emperor's sons, Ven. 818 Gazing upon a l.-embarked friend, Lucr. 1740 (( late-sack'd island. lated : belated Mac. in. iii. 6, Ant. iii. ix. [xi.] 3. late walking : keeping late hours Wiv. v. v. 156. lath: as the material of a counterfeit weapon (.see also dagger 2) Rom. i. iv. 5 no Cupid . . . Bearing a Tartar's painted bow of lath ; contemp- tuously - sword Tit. li. i. 41 have your lath glued within your sheath Till you know better how to handle it. latten: mixed metal of yellow colour.identical with or closely reseuibljng brass Wiv. i. i. 167 /. bilbo. latter: last H5 iv. i. 144 at the I. day, 1H6 ii. v. 38 in his bosom spend my I. gasp ; also t. days, times, age, end. lattice : red I., window of lattice-work painted red (the sign of an alehouse) 2H4 ii. ii. 88. laud : hymn Ham. iv. vii. 178 snatches of old lauds (Q, VUunes). laughter: subject for merriment 1H4 n. ii. 105, Cas. IV. iii. 49, 113. launch: to cut ; see lance. laund: glade 3H6 in. i. 2, Yen. 813. launder : transf. to wet Compl. 17. laundry : blunder for ' laundress ' Wiv. i. ii. 4. laurel: wreathed with laurel Ant. i. iii. 100 Vpon your sword Sit laurel victory (Ff2 34 Lawrell'd). lave : Mac. in. ii. 33 Must lave our honours in tlusc flattering streams { = ' must keep our royal dig- nities unsullied by flattering Banquo and those who are formidable to us'). lavish (obs. sense) : unrestrained, wild, licentious 2H4 IV. iv. 64, Mac. i. ii. 58. lavishly : wildly 2H4 iv. ii. 57. lavolt Troil. IV. iv. 86, lavolta H5 iii. v. 33 : lively dance for two persons. law sb. (special uses are the foil.) 1 what the law awards 2H6 i. iii. 214. 2 in phr. expressing rel.ation by marriage Shr. iv. V. 00 by law . . .1 may entitle thee my loving father, R3 IV. i. 23 Their aunt I am in law. 3 system of divine commands and of penalties imposed for disobedience contained in Holy Scripture LLL. iv. iii. 304 charily itself fiilflts the law, John II. i. 180 The anion of the law. law interj.: = LA, LLL. v. ii.415i(; Godhdp me, law. law-day: day for the sitting of a court of law, session of such a court 0th. in. iii. 140 leets and law-days. lay sb.: wager 2H6 v. ii. 27 My soul and body on the action both! — ,1 dreadful lay!, 0th. li. iii. 332, Cyni. I. iv. 16L lay vb. (4 only once in S., hut common in literature from the 14th cent, and app. not regarded as a soleci.sm in the 17th and 18th) 1 to bui-y Tw.N. ii. iv. 52 in sad cypress let me be laid, H8iv. ii. 22 to lay his weary bones among ye, Gym. IV. ii. 233 where shall 's lay him ?. 2 to beset with traps 2H6 iv. i. 4 all the country is laid for me. 3 to stake, wager LLL. i. i. 306 I'll lay my head to any good man's hat, Tw.N. in. iv. 225 I have . . . laid 'mine honour too unchary on't (mod. edd. out), Troil. III. i. 97 lay my life. Ham. v. ii. 106 laid a great wager. [tale. 4 "to lie Compl. 4Atid down I laid to list the sad-tun'd lay . . . aboard (1) lay knife aboard, make an attack, board (cL board i) Rom.ii. iv. 216 ; (2) board (a vessel) 2H6 iv. i. 25 / lost mine eye in laying the prize aboard ; lay apart, aside, put away from one AYL. iv. iii. 45, Wint. iv. i. [ii.] 57, R2 ii. ii. 3, H5 II. iv. 78, Cor. I. i. 203; lay toy, (1) put aside or away from one Ado v. i. 64 to lay my reverence by, H5 i. ii. 276, Troil. ii. iii. 87 ; (2) come to a stand, 'stand' 1H4 i. ii. 40; lay down, (1) bring to bed of a child, H8 i. iii. 40 a speeding trick to lay down ladies ; (2) formulate, prescribe Ado iv. i. 238 m better shape Than lean lay it down in likelihood, 1H4 i. ii. 167 I will lay him down such reasons, 2H4 I. iii. 35 To lay down likelihoods and forms of hope, H5 i. ii. 137 lay down our proportions ; (3) wager, stake, 0th. iv. ii. 12 Lay down my soul at slake ; lay for, lie in wait forTim. in. v. 117 ; lay forth,(l) bring out and display Shr. iv. iii. 62 ; (2) lay out for burial H8 lY. ii. 172 ; lay home to, attack, press hard LAYER-UP - LSAVE Ham. in. iv. 1 ; lay it on, do it in good style Tp. iTi. ii. 164, Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 43; layoff, steer away from the sliore Tp. t. i. 55 ; lay on, (1) impose Shr. v. ii. l:iO luijini/ on m>/ dutij : (2) apply a coat of (paint), always in fig. con- text AVL. I. ii. 113 tiKii was laid vn with a Iron-tl (i.e. laid on thick), Tw.N. i. v. 260 beauty . . . whose rid and nliite Xahire's aim . . . handlatdon, ■\Vint. V. iii. 49 the colour 's Sot dry.— My lord, your sorrow n'as too sore laid on . . . So many summers dry ; lay out, expend Tw.N. in. iv. 225 I have . . . laid my honour too unchary oulf (old etUl. 0)i7); lay to, bring into action Tp. iv. i. 253; lay up, (1) put away 2H4 v. i. 94 like a vd cloak ill laid up ; (2) to incapacitate, ' do tor ' AYL. I. iii. 7. layer-np* : Ho v. ii. 247 old afje, that ill I. ofheauty, ' which storesup beauty till it becomes wrinkled ' (cf. 2H4 V. i. 94). lazar : poor and diseased person, esp. a leper H5 I. i. 15, Troil. ir. iii. 37, v. i. 13the louse of a I., Ham. I. V. 12 Most I. -like, with vde and loathsome crust ; — adj. H5 il. i. 80 the I. kite of Cressid's kind. lazy: sluggish MND. v. i. 41 The I. time; Rom. ii. ii. 31 the l.-puffing clouds (Qi lasie pacing, mod. edd. lazij-pacing. Collier -passinii\). [35. lead sb.: bullets, shot LLL. nr. i. 60, 65, lH4v. iii. lead (1 tlie orig. sense of the verb) 1 to carry All's W. iv. iii. 300 h'ns led the drum before the English tragedians; fig. Mer.V. r\'. i. 18 That thou, but kad'st'this fa< legions). legerity: nimbleness lH5'iv. i. 2^ fresh legerity. legion: host, military or otherwise, esp. of devils ; in Tw.N. m. iv. 97 If all the devils in hell bedraun in little, and Legion himself possrss'd him, the ref. is to Mark v. 9 ' their name is Legion '. legitimate: logically inferred Tw.X. in. ii. 16. legitimation: legitimacy John i. i. 248. ledger, leiger: (resident) ambassador, (perma- nent) representative or agent Meas. in. i. 57, Cym. I. V. 80. leisure (the now somewhat archaic sense of ' opportunity ' is freq.; 3 cf. Greek . lend : to hold out (a handj to be taken Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 74/,. me thy hand, I'll hdp thee. Tit. in. i. 187. lendings (2 a l(5th-17th cent, use; 'Succors or lendings which they giue souldiers where there is no paie, and when the paie conies they take it off,' Minsheu, 1599) 1 non-essential appurtenances Lr. iir. iv. 112. 2 money advance to soldiers when the regular pay cannot be given R2i. i. 89. length sb. (1 rare outside S. ; 5 common Eliz.) 1 of I., long R2 IV. i. 11 Is not my arm of I., Troil. 1. iii. 136 To cud a tale ofleni/th. 2 prolixity, lengthiness 'R2 v. i. 94 there ts such I. ■in grief. Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 46 All length is torture. 3 reach, range Mac. iv. iii. 233 Within my sivord's /., Ham. I. ii. 204 Within his truncheon's I., Per. I. i. 108 within my pistol's length. 4 (long) strctcli or extent John I. i. 105 lai-ge l-s oj seas, Sonn. xliv. 10 To leap large l-s of miles. 5 draw out in I., prolong, pi'otra'ct Mer.\'.in. ii. 23. length vb.': to lengthen Pilgr. xiv. 30 [210]. lenten: meagre, scanty Tw.N. i. v. 9 A e/ood I. answer, Ham. ii. ii. 337 [329] whatl. entertainment; — /. pic, pie containing no meat Kom. ii. iv. 142. lenvoy, I'envoy: concluding part of a poem LLL. III. i. 74, &c. leperous : causing leprosy Ham. i. v. 64. less : less in, inferior in point of R2 ii. iii. 15, R3 IV. iv. 300, Ant. V. ii. 363 ; nothing less than, (1) the same thing as 1H6 ii. v. 100 n'ly father's exe- cution Was nothing less than bloody iynniiiy ; (2) anything but R2 ii. ii. 34 'Tis nothing bat con- ceit, my gracious lady. — 'Tis nothing less. % Used peculiarly by S. with words expressing or im- plying a negative, wliere the sense requires 'more ' Wint. in. ii. 57, Cor. i. iv. 14, Cym. i. iv. 24 ; similarly lesser in Troil. i. i. 30. lesson : musical piece or exercise .Shr. in. i. 01 My lessons make iio music iii tliree parts. let sb.: hindrance H5 v. ii. 65, Lucr. 330, 646. let vb. (the other vb. let ' to liinder ' occurs) 1 to allow to remain Wint. i. ii. 41. 2 to forbear lo Lucr. 10 did not lit To praise the clear nnmutched red and white. 3 with ellipsis of ' go ' (very freq.) chiefly in the im- perative Gent. in. ii. 91 Leius into the citij, Mer.V. III. ii. 39 let me to my fortune, 1H4 I. i. 91 Hut let him from my thowjhts, H8 I. ii. 176 Let him on, Troil. I. i. 5 Let him to field, Cym. iv. ii. 152 I'll throw't into the creek . . . and lei it to the sea. 4 special uses of the imperative :— (i) let me have, give me, tell me Gent. ii. vii. 57, Cor. iv. v. 237 ; (ii) /(/ him be, suppose him to be R2 i. i. .59, H8 iv. ii. 147 ; (iii) let me alone for, trust ine for Tw.N. in. iv. 204. 5 to cause Ham. iv. vi. 11 if your name be Horatio, rtv I am let to know it is (i.e. informed). let be, let it alone Wint. v. iii. 61, Ant. iv. iv. 6 ; no matter Ham. v. ii. 238 ; let forth, allow to pass forth, give passage to MND. v. ii. 11 [i. 388], Lucr. 1029 ; let loose, (1) to unfold H5 iv. ii. 41 their ragged curtains (i.e. banners) poorly are let loose ; (2) abandon Tp. ii. ii. 37 / do now 'let loose my opinion ; (3) relax one's hold, let go MND. iii. ii. 260 Hnng off . . . let loose; let out, lend at interest Tim. in. v. 109. let-alone* (S.) : (a) forbearance, abstention from in- terference, (hence) permission, (b) hindrance Lr. v. iii. 80. [251. lethargied (not pre-S.) : dulled, blunted Lr. i. iv. Ziethe : in Greek mythology, a river in Hades, the drinking of whose waters caused forgetfulncss LETHE'D - 128 I.IEGE of the past; hence, ' waters of oblivion ' Tw.X. iv. i. CO, 2H4 V. ii. 72 ivasli'd in L., (uid fotr/ottcu, K3 IV. iv. 251, Ant. ir. vii. 115 sttcp'd mir stnsc In soft (tnd delicate L.\ attrib. Ham. i. v. 33//. ivliarf. ^ in C«s. III. i. 200 (Fi Lelhec) used for 'death ' a|i|i. through the influence of Latin tei[li')i<>n ; cf. Blount 'Glossographia', 1070, 'Lethean', deadly, mortal. Lethe'd, old edd. Iiethied: oblivions Ant. n. i. 27 Eien (ill a J.cllie'il dnliies';. letter (2 'hunt the letter', 'lick tlie letter' were other Eliz. phrases) 1 110 leltcr, not a word Cj-ni. iv. iii. 30. 2 tiffict the I., practise alliteration LLL. TV. ii. 50. 3 pi. with sing, sense, esp. =formal commnnication issued by authority Ado i. i. 20, IHG v. iv. '.)5, K3 IV. V. 20 (Qq These Is, Ff Mi/ L.), 0th. iv. i. 280 ; = letter of recommendation Err. v. i. 138 ; cf. 0th. I. i. 36 by I. (i.e. by commendatory letter, by favour). 4 literal meaning, litcralness Otli. i. iii. 08 m the bitter I., Cym. v. v. 451 Answerimj the letter of the oracle. 5 learning Tp. ii. i. 157 [150], Per. iv. Gower 8 Irain'd In music's l-s (mod. edd. music, l-sf) ; a.]HO yood l-s in the same sense 2H-i iv. i. 44. lettered: learned, literate LLL. v. i. 40. level sb. (2 only in fig. phrases) 1 hold. . . level with, be on an diuality with 1114 lii. ii. 17. 2 aiming a missile, ■weapon, range of a missile All'sW. II. i. 150 the I. of mine aim, Wint. iii. ii. 82 Mjj life sia}uls in the I. of your dreams, H8 r. ii. 2 I stood i' the I. Of afitll-chari/'d confuUracy, Koin. III. iii. 102 Shot from the deadli/ Lofaijiin, Sonn. cxvii. 11 within the level of your froirn. level adj. (used literally oiily once 2H4 iii. i. 47) 1 hvcl to, readily accessible to 2H4 iv. iv. 7. 2 'ci|uipoised, steady ' (Schmidt) Tw.X. ii. iv. 31 So sways she I. in Iter husband's heart, 2H4 ii. i. 128 rt level consideration. 3 adv. witli direct aim Ham. iv. i. 42 As L as the rininon to his blank, IV. v. 150. level vb. (2 is transf. from the sense of ' aim ', which is the most frcq. S. sense, lit. and fig.) 1 1(1(1 with, be on a par with 0th. I. iii. 240. 2 krtl at, gucss at Wer.V. i. ii. 41, Ant. v. ii. 337. leven, mod. edd. 'leven : clipped form of ' eleven ' LLL. III. i. ISO [172J ((. l.-jHiicefarHiini/, Mer.V. ii. ii. 177 a I. widuirs, Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 33 Every I. vithir iiids. ■] In mod. use chiefly northern and Kast-Auglian dial. levy: app. misused for levef, = aim Per. ii. v. 52 Sever did thoiujlit of mine levy offence. T] There are other instances of this misuse in the 17th cent. lewd: bad, vile, worthless (once a common sense) Ado V. i. 348 [.341] this I. fellow, Shr. iv. iii. 05 'tis I. and filthy, lH4iir. ii. 13 ,v!if/t /., suck mean at- ti inpts, R3 1, iii. 01 /. complaints ; so lewdly, wick- edly 2H0 II. i. 105 nauf/lity persons, I. bent ; lewd- ness, wickedness H8 I. iii. 35. lewdster : lascivious per.son Wiv. v. iii. 24. liable : 1 /. /(), (i) subject the influence or operation of C.ies. I. ii. 198 )/ my name ( = 1) were I. to fear. Per. iv. vi. 183 ; (ii) subject or subservient to John ii. i. 490, V. ii. 101 such us to my claim are I., Cxs. ii. ii. 104. 2 suitable, fit LLL. v. i. 99, .Tolin iv. ii. 226. libbard : old form of ' leopard ' LLL. v. ii. 540 ^\'ilh l-'s head on t.nee. ^] Cf. ' A Lihbards head (on the knees or elbowes of old fashioned garments)', Slurwood, 1032. libel sb.: defamatory bill or pamphlet R3 i. i. 33. libel vb.: to make libellous statements Tit. iv. iv. 17. [ous') liberal (the most freq. sense is ' bountiful, gener- 1 the distinctive epithet of those arts and sciences which were deemed worthy of a free man Tp. i. ii. 73. 2 of gentleman-like liabits or character 2HG iv. vii. 08, 3HG I. ii. 43 ; ' becoming a gentleman ' (J.) or person of refinement or taste LLL. ii. i. 167 All I. reason I will yield unto. Ham. v. ii. 160 of very I. conceit ( = of tasteful design ; similarly l.-conceited 169). 3 free in speech R2 it. i. 230 a I. tongue, 0th. v. ii. 218 I'll be in speakiny I. as the north (as an adv. in Ft speak as liberal as the north). 4 unrestrained by prudence or decorum, gross, licentious Ado iv. i. 93 ii I. villain, LLL. v. ii. 741, Mer.V. II. ii. 200, Ham. iv. vii. 171* That I. shep- herds (live a f/rosser name (or ? sense 3), 0th. ii. i. 164 a most profane and liberal counsellor. libertine: one who follows his own inclinations H5 I. i. 48 The air, a charter'd libertine. liberty {the I. in Ham. it. ii. 430 [421] is of doubtful meaning) 1 the I. of, unrestricted access to Meas. rv. ii. 155. 2 improi3er freedom, licence Weas. i. iii. 29, Err. i. ii. 102 l-ics of sin, Tim. iv. i. 25, Ham. ii. i. 24. 3 pi. privileges, rights Cor. ii. iii. 223, Caas. v. i. 76, Per. I. ii. 112 wrong my liberties. licence sl>. : leave, permission Meas. n. iv. 146, H5 IV. vii. 75, 2H6 iv. iii. 8, Ham. iv. iv. 2. licence vb.: to permit 1H4 i. iii. 123. licentioiis : unrestrained by law or morality Tim. v. iv. 4 you have . . , fill'd the time With all I. measure. licourish: see i.iQuoEisn. lictor : oflicial who attended upon a Roman magis- trate, kind of beadle Ant. v. ii. 213. lid: by God's lid = 'slid Troil. i. ii. 225. lie (pa. jijde. lain 5 times, lien twice ; Ham. v. i. 189 Qq lycn. Ft lain ; Per. in. ii. 85 Qq i_3 lien, Ff ^ t been) 1 to be or remain in bed asleep Troil. iv. i. 3 to lie lony, Mac. it. iii. 20 lie so late. 2 to be still Per. iit. i. 49 the ivind is loud, and will not lie till the ship be cleared of the dead. 3 to be kept in prison 1H4 iv. iii. 90 without ransom to lie forfeited, R3 r. i. 115 I will deliver you, or else lie for you. 4 to dwell, sojourn, lodge, csp. to sleep or pass the night somewhere (freq.) Wiv. ii. i. 180 Jtoes he lie at the darter?, IHO it. ii. 41 her poor castle irhcre she lies. Cor. i. ix. 82 I sometime lay . , . At a poor man's house. 5 to be in a certain posture of defence 1H4 ii. iv. 220 Thou knowest my old ward ; here I lay, and thus I bore my point, Troil. i. ii. 281, 286. liealon^: lie outstretched upon the ground AYL. IT. i. 30 ; lie in, reside in, depend upon Wiv. v. i. 3 good luck lies in odd numbers, Meas. in. i. 275, R2 1, ii. 4 correction lieth in those hands Which made the fault. Cor. in. iii. 92 ,1s ynnch as in him lies; lie off, stand some distance away//0)u a place 1H4 III. i. 80 ; lie on or upon, (1) rest as an obligation upon 1H4 v. ii. 47 woiilil the qunrnl lay iipon our heads.'. Cor. in. ii. 52 it lies you on to speak To the people; (2) depend upon AU'sW. III. vii. 43 As if his life lay on't, Troil. iv. iv. 147, Ant. III. viii. 5, Sonn. xcii. 10 ; lie under, be subject to (some disadvantage) Ado iv. i. 171, Troil. II. iii. 145. lief: dear 2H0 III. i. IM My liefest liee/e; otherwise only in plir. had as lief {oUl odd. also lievi). liege : only in the sense ' sovereign lord, superior LIEGEBIAN — 129 - LIMB-niEAI. to whom allegiance is due'; fig. LLL. in. i. 193 [185]. lieg'enian : vassal, subject Wint. n. iii. 173, 1H4 II. iv. 377 that , . . stoore the devil his true L, Ham. I. i. 15. lie-g'iver : one tliat gives tlie lie R2 iv. i. 68. lieutenantry : lieutenancy Otli. ii. i. 174 If suclt tncks us these strip you out of your I. ;— om /., by deputy Ant. in. ix. [xi.] 39. life (for o' life f Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 263 see a-life ; 7 is recorded first from S.) 1 of life, living Sonn. xvi. 9. 2 (one's) life, in one's lifetime Wint. i. i. 45, v. i. 137 I desire my life Once more to look on him. 3 in asseverations and oaths:— /o>- my I. Ado iii. ii. 76, LLL. v. ii. 726 ; God's my I. Ado iv. ii. 75, MND. iv. i. 210^ YL. in. v. 43 Od 's my little life. 4 embodiment of life, living being Mac. v. vii. 31 [\in. 2] Whiles I see lives. 5 soul, essence John v. vii. 1 the I. of cdl his blood, Troil. I. iii. 385, li. ii. 194 the I. of our desiijn. 6 my I., my beloved, my dearest (I'req.) Cym. v. v. 227 My queen, my life, my wife. 7 (chiefly the I.) the living form or model, living semblance Ado li. iii. 117 [110], Wint. v. iii. 19 the I. as lively mock'd, H5 v. Chor. 5 cannot in their liuye and proper I. Be here presented, Tim. l. i. 36, 39, Ven. 289 when a painter icould surpass the I. ;— to the I., with faithful or exact presentation or reproduction Cor. in. ii. 106, Per. v. i. 247 ; so wi/k jjood life Tp. in. iii. 86. life-blood : life-giving or vital blood Mer.V. in. ii. 2(17 ; fig. vital part 1H4 iv. 1.29 1. of 07tr enterprise. lifeless (old edd. always liveless) : obscure use in Err. I. i. 158 {luclclessf, life's lastf). lifelines : in a trivial oath Od's I. Tw.N. v. i. 188. lifter: tliief Troil. i. ii. 127 (with quibble). liftingf up : rising 2H4 iv. iv. 93 The I. of day. lig-gens : in By God's I. (an oath) 2H4 v. iii. 66 (Q). light tih. {put out a person's Ityht is not pre-S.) 1 in asseverations: — bij this I. (freq.), God's I. (cf. •slight) Tp. n. ii. 165 [147], 162 [154], 1H4 ni. iii. 71, H5 IV. viii. 66. 2 enlightenment, information Gent. in. i. 49, Tw.N. v. i. 348, John iv. iii. 61, Per. I. iii. 18. light adj. (quibbles are frequent) 1 unimportant, slight, trivial Tp. I. ii. 449 .Vab: Ih, prise I., MND. in. ii. 133 as I. as tales, Ho ii. ii. 811 for a few I. o'otcns ; — liold, set I., account of small value R2 i. iii. 293, 0th. ii. iii. 176. 2 full of levity, frivolous Shr. ii. i. 204 youny and lif/ht, Rom. II. ii. 99, Lr. in. iv. 92 liyht ofpl. adj.: 1 during one's life or lifetime, while one is or was alive Gent. lii. i. 170 death rather than I. tor- ment, K2 v. i. 39 my last I. leave, H8 iv. ii. 70 my I. etctions, Sonn. Ixvii. 6 his I. hue ; so /. death K3 I. ii. 153, Lucr. 720. 2 real AYL. lu. ii. 445 [439] a I. htimoiir of metd- »if»*, 0th. ni. iii. 410 a I. reason* (? or sense 3). 3 lasting LLL. i. i. 14 I. art, Ham. v. i. 319 o I. uiouumcnf. 4 (?) life-giving Mac. ii. iv. 10 livine/ light. lo : with 2nd pei-sonal pron. (cf. O.Fr. 'es vos ') AVint. I. ii. 100 lo you note, Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 87 7,0 thee .'. load : pa. pple. laden 4 times, loaden 6 times. loathea: loathsome (cf. despised) R3 i. iii. 232, Kum. III. V. 31. loathly : with abhorrence Lr. ii. i. 51 /. opposite. loatlmess : reluctance Tp. ii. i. 137 [130J. lob sb.: country bumpkin MND. ii. i. 16. lob vb.: to hang heavily, droop H5 iv. ii. 47. lock : lovelock Ado in. iii. 181 a' icears a lock. lockram : linen fabric Cor. ii. i. 228 Her richest I. locust* : (a) fruit of the carob-tree, locust-bean ; (b) honeysuckle (an old i-endering of Latin 'locusta'); (c) lollipop, sugar-stick (a meaning now extant only in Devon and Cornwall), 0th. I. iii. 355 04' ltisciox<.s as locusts. [Lucr. 179. lode-Star : guiding-star, guide MND. i. i. 183, lodgre [I Eliz. sense ; 2 notpre-S.) j 1 to harbour, entertain (feelings) AVint. ii. i. 110, I 2H4 IV. V. 200 lodge a fear, K3 ii. i. 65. [ 2 (of rain or wind) to beat down (crops) K2 iii. iii. 162, 2H6 III. ii. 17(i, Mac. iv. i. 55. lodg-'d : settled, abiding Mer.A\ iv. i. 60 a I. hate. lodg-ing (formerly of much wider use than now) 1 accommodation for rest at night or for residence LLL. V. ii. 809 hard lodging, H5 iv. i. 16. 2 dwelling-place, abode, house Mcr.A'. ii. ii. 128, AYL. II. iii. 23, 0th. i. ii. 45, Per. in. ii. 14 ; fig. applied to the stocks Lr. ii. ii. 179 This shamtfiil I. 3 apartment, room Shr. Ind. i. 49, R2 i. ii. 08 empty l-s and unfurnish'd mills, 2H4 iv. v. 232. loffe: rare form of ' laugh ' in oldedd. of MND. ii. i. 55 (rhyming with coffe). loggfats, -ets: game in whicli tliick sticks arc thrown to lie as near ah. possible to a stake tixed in the ground or a block of wood on a lloor Ham. V. i. 99. Iiondon stone : ancient stone in Cannon Street, London, 2H0 iv. vi. 2. long adj.': phr. before or ere it be long, before long, shortly Meas. iv. ii. 79, IHO in. ii. 75, 3H6 in. iii. 232 ; think I., grow weary or impatient Rom. iv. v. 41, Lucr. 1359 /. she thinks till he return again : — adv. after a long time Shr. v. ii. 1 .1/ last, though I. long adj.-: long of, owing to, on account of LLL. ii. i. 118, 1H6 IV. iii. 33, Cor. v. iv. 33. long vb.' : to desire earnestly (with clause) Err. IV. iv. 152 I long that ue were seife and sound aboard ;= 'thing long '(see long adj.') 3H0 in. iii. 254 I long till Edaard fall by icar's mischance. longvb.-: to belong or pertain to Shr. iv. iv. 7 M'tth such austerity as longeth to a father, H8 I ii. 32 lo maintain The many to them'longing. long-grown : inveterate 1H4 in. ii. 150'. long heath : common heath, heathei-, or ling, Erica vulgaris Tp. i. i. 71 (see lingH). longing : prompted by strong desire Gent. ii. vii. 85 my I. journey, Pilgr. vi. 4 [74] A I. tarriunce. longly : for a long while Shr. i. i. 169. long purples : the early purple orcliis, Orchis mascula Ham. iv. vii. 170. long-staff 4(.(7it)i)i(/ strikers: 'thieves with long staves that knock men down for sixpence ' (Wright) 1U4 II. i. 82. long-tail : see cut. long-winded: long-breathed 1H4 in. iii. 180 one . . . pennyworth of sugar-candy to make thee I. loo, low (not pre-S.): cry to incite a dog to the cliasc Troil. V. vii. 10 now, dog! Low, Paris, low! (F* 'loo), Lr. III. iv. 76.4/o(c, alow, loo, loo (Qq a lo lo lo). loof: old form of 'luff '.to bring the head of (a vessel) nearer to the wind Ant. in. viii. 27 [x. 18], look sb.: have a I. of, be looked at by Geut.ii.iv.109. look vb. (obs. and idiomatic uses are) 1 to take care, see Tp. iv. i. 51 L. thou be true, R3 in. iv. 77 /. that it be done, 0th. iv. iii. 9 look it be done. 2 to expect AVint. iv. iii. [iv.] 370 Tlie gifts she l-s from me ; with infln. (freq.) Tp. v. i. 292 ; with clause K2 i. iii. 243, Sonn. xxii. 4. 3 prefixed to an interrogative pron. or adv., or a relative eonj., to form indefiuitc relatives = 'whoever', 'whatever', 'whenever', 'however' Err. 11. i. 12 Look when I serve him so, he takes it ill, Troil. I. iii. 79 look how many, Sonn. xxxvii. 13 Look what is best, that best I wish in thee. 4 to seek, search for, 'look for' AViv. iv. ii. 85, AYL. II. V. 33 He hath been all this day to look you, All'sAV. in. vi. 114, Lr. in. iii. 15 (Qq secke). 5 to tend or promise to Cor. in. iii. 29. look about, oe on the watch Rom. in. v. 40 be wary, look about ; look after, (1) search for(aiiersoh) Cym. 111. V. 55 ; (2) seek for, demand 0th. n. i. 253 tliose requisites . . . that folly and green minds look after ; (3) keep watch upon Meas. i. ii. 154 Is hclury so looked after? ; look against, look at (something dazzling) AA'iv. ii. ii. 259 too bright to be looked against; look back = look back to Ant. in. ix. [xi.] 53 By looking back what I have left behind ; look beyond, overlook the true character of, misjudge 2H4 iv. iv. 67 ; look like,give promise of Lucr. 585 Thou look'dsl not like deceit ; look on, hold in esteem, respect 3H6 v. vii. 22, Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 109, Per. iv. iii. 32 ; look out, (1) appear, show itsell (S.) Troil. iv. v. 56, Tim. in. ii. 81, Ant. v. i. 50; (2) find out by looking Tim. in. ii. 08 I'll look you out a good turn ; look through, (1) be visible (S.) 2H4 iv. iv. 120 hfe looks through and will break out ; (b) be visible tiirougli (S.) Shr. Ind. ii. 12 my foes look through the uicrleaiher, Ham. iv. vii. 151 that our drift I.OON, t.0W2r - 132 -tow look tliroHi/h our bud ptrjoriiutnce ; look lip, cheer up, take courage (S.) Wint. v. i. 215, 2H4 IV. iv. 113, Ham. iir. iii. 50; look upon, look on, be a mere spectator (S.) Wint. v. iii. 100, 3H6 II. iii. 27 ivhdes the foe doth . . . look iijion, as ■if th e trfKjedi) Were play d in jest, Troll, v. vi. 10. loon, lown: 1 stiipiil fellow Mac. V. iii. 11 thou cream- fac'd loon! (Ft Limn), Otli. II. iii. 96 (old ballad) Vi'tili that he cdU'd the iador lown (rliyming with crown). 2 men of low birth Per. iv. vi. 19 both lord and I. loop': (app.) part of a hinge 0th. iir. iii. 3GG no hiiii/e nor l.To hang adouhton. ^ A north-country sense. loop-: loop-hole, opening IH-l iv. i. 71 all siyhi- liiilis, every loop. looped (S.) : having loop-holes Lr. iii. iv. 31 Your I. (Did window'd riififiedness (Qq loopt ; Ff lop'd). •f[ A different word from ' looped '=arranged or made up in loops, which is not S. loose sb.: lit. discliarge of an arrow; hence fig. \Aiv.at his[\. e. time's] very I., at the last moment LLL. v. ii. 750. loose adj. (1 cf. ' Mosquettiers . . . are not be im- ployed as loose shot in skirmishes', Sir J. Smyth, loyO) [H8 v. iv. 60. 1 loose shot, marksmen not attached to a company 2 wanting in restraint H8 ii. i. 127, 0th. iii. iii. 417. 3 careless, negligent Troil. in. iii. 41. loose vb.: 1 to unjoin hands Tit. ll. iii. 243 Thy hand once wore ; I will not loose aqain. 2 to let fly (an arrow) MND. ii. i. 159, 115 i. ii. 207 many arrows, loosed several ways ; iutr. Tit. iv. iii. 58 Marcus, loose nhen I bid. 3 to give vent to AYL. iir. v. 103 /. now and then A scatter d smile, All'sW. ii. iii. 172 both iny revenge and hate Loosing upon thee. loosen : to make a breacli between (S.) Lr. v. i. 19. lop : smaller branches and twigs H8 i. ii. 96. lorded : raised to the position of a lord Tp. i. ii. 97. lording': [i. i. 146. 1 Inid Sonn. Music 1 [Pilgr. 211]; pl. = Sirs!2H6 2 liinlling, petty lord Wint. i. ii. 62. lordliness : lordly state or office Ant. v. ii. 160. lordship: authority of a husband MND. i. i. 81, AH'sW. V. iii. 157. lose (in old edd. freq. spelt Zoosc) 1 to destroy, ruin 1H4 i. iii. 88, H8111. i. 106, Ham. III. ii. 207 yVhat to ourselves m passion we jiropose. The passion ending, doth the purpose lose, Cym. 11. iv. bd gains or loses Your strord or mine ; to ruin in estimation Lr. i. i. 236 JJath lost me in your liking. See also lost. 2 to forget LLL. iv. iii. 73 lose an oath, MND. i. i. 114 being over-full of self-affairs, My mind did lose it, H8 II. i. 57 go home and lose me, Ven. 408, Lucr. 1580 ; (?) refl. in Err. i. ii. 30. 3 to cause (a pei-son) the loss of Tw.N, 11. ii. 21, Lr. I. ii. 129 it shall lose thee nollinig. 4 to miss (one's aim) Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 71. 5 refl. to lose one's wits Ant. i. ii. 126. losing: resulting in loss Mer.V. iv. i. 62 A I. suit, 211 1 I. i. 101 a I. office, Cxs. v. v. .% /7(/.s/. day. loss (2 if. ' vp pcync of los of lyf, Chaucer: in 'I'w.N. V. i. 62 the tongue ofl. = ' the report of tlie losers', Wright). 1 jierdition, ruin, destiiiction All'sW. iii. ii. 44, Lr. III. vi. 104 his life, With thine . . . Stand m assured loss. Ant. iv. x. 42 [xii. 29] ; probablj' also in Wint. 11. iii. 191 *, 118 11. ii. 31 \ 2 life's loss, being put to deatli John iv. iii. 106. 3 failure to make good use of (time, &c.) Gent. 1. iii. 19, Lucr. 1420 /(»■ loss of Nestor's golden words. 4 default, lack Meas. 11. iv. 91 m the loss of question* ( = provided there is no dispute). 5 failure of the scent Shr. Ind. i. 23 at the merest loss (=wlien the scent was quite lost). lost: 1 brought to destruction or death, perished All'sW. I. iii. 238, Wint. v. iii. 135, H8 iv. i. 96 that title's lost Mac. I. iii. 24. 2 give lost, despair of Wint. iii. ii. 96. 3 spent to no advantage, (hence) vain, groundless R3 II. ii. 11 It were lost sorrow, 0th. v. ii. 268 a lost fear. [vii. 54. 4 bewildered, perplexed Mac. ir. ii. 72, Hani. iv. lot: prize in alottery ; allusive plir. lots to blanks, a thousand to one Cor. v. ii. 10. lottery (2 is S. only) 1 decision by casting lots Troil. 11. i. 140 ; by I., by chance Cies. 11. i. 119. 2 what falls to one by lot Ant. 11. ii. 251. loud (2 and 3 are S. only) 1 full of noise John v. iv. 14 this loud day. 2 pressing, urgent 0th. l. i. 151 loud reason. [39. 3 to the loudest, at the top of my voice Wint. 11. ii. loiise: to be infested with lice (S.) Lr. iii. ii. 29. lousy : only fig. = ' scurvy ', contemptible ; in 2H6 jv. i. 50 Ff loivsie, Qq loirly. lout: to insult, mock 1H6 iv. iii. 13. love sb. (3 an Eliz. sense) 1 act of kindness John iv. i. 49, Per. 11. iv. 49. 2 dear friend Mer.V. iv. i. 278, Sonn. xiii. 1, &c. 3 paramour Wiv. lu. v. 81. 4 phr. for one's love, for one's sake, on one's account LLL. v. ii. 848 ; of all loves, phr. of strong adjuration or entreaty AViv. 11. ii. 119, MND. 11. ii. 154 Speak, of all loves, 0th. ill. i. 13 {Ff for love's sake); out of love with, unfavourably inclined to, disgusted with Gent. iv. iv. 212, Meas. iii. i. 172 lam so out of loie with life, 2H4 11. ii. 15. love vb.: to love one another AYL. i. i. 120, 2H6 IV. vii. 138, Cres. iv. iii. 130 Love, and be/riends. Ant. I. iii. 88. love-book, liouk treating of love (S.) Gent. i. i. 19 ; love-broker, one who acts as an agent between luvei-s Tw.N. III. ii.41 ; love-cause (S.), love- alfair AYL. iv. i. 100 ; love-day, day appointed fur a meeting to settle a dispute Tit. i. i. 491; love-feat (S.), act of courtship LLL. v. ii. 123; love-in-idleness, heartsease, Viola tricolor MND. II. i. 1(„S; love-juice (S.), juice used as a philtre MND. iii. ii. 89; love-line (S.), love-letter AUsW. 11. i. 81. lovely adj.: amorous, loving Shr. in. ii. 126 a I. kiss, Pilgr. iv. 3 [44] many a lonly look. lovely adv.: lovably, beautifully 1H4 111. i. 124, Oth. IV. ii. 67 117(0 art so lovely fair. lover (olis. or archaic uses are) 1 friend, well-wisher Mer.V. in. iv. 17, 118 iv. i. 104, Cor. V. ii. 14 Thy general is my lover, Ca>s. III. ii. 13. 2 sweetheart, mistress Meas. i. iv. 40, AYL. 111. iv. 44 the heart of his lover, Cym. v. v. 173. lover'd: having (such) a lover Conipl. 320. love-spring: tender 'shoot' of love Err. iii.ii.3. loving ppl. adj.: of love AYL. v. iv. 198 thy I. vinjiiiic, Lucr. 480 mif I. tale ; 115 v. Clmr. 20 by a lii'in'r but I. likilihood (' one which the love oftlio people leads them to dwell on ', \Vrii;lit). T] Tho usu. sense is ' alfectionate ', ' friendly '. low adj. (see also loweu) 1 short, not fall Ado I. i. 179, MND. 111. ii. 295 so dwarfish and so low, AY'L. iv. iii. 89. 2 mean, l>ase 1114 in. ii. 12 low desires, 2114 11. ii. 194, Lr. 11. ii. 119, 11. iii. 17. 3 lowly, humble, meek Mer.V. I. iii. 44 low siin- I.OW- 133 — MAIM phcitij, Tw.N. III. iv. 380 my lean and low abili/;j, K3 jv. iv. 356 (Qq lore), Cym. ni. ii. 10, iii. iii. 85. 4 not flourishing Mer.V. ill. ii. 318 mij estate is lerij low, IH-t IV. iii. 57, Per. n. i. 152 my low fortunes. 5 not loud LLL. iv. iii. 335 will hear the lowest sound, Slir. Ind. i. 114 soft low ionyiie ; so low-tongued Ant. III. iii. 12 is she sln-ill-tonf/n'd or low ?. low adv. : poorly, on poor diet 1H4 i. iii. 167. low interj.: see loo. low-crooked : bent low Caes. in. i. 43. low Dutch : Germans of the sea-coast or the flat countries of the north and north-west All's W. IV. i. 76. lower adj.: I. chair, (?) easy chair Moas. ii. i. 137 ; tlie or this I. world (not pre-S.), the earth Tp. ill. iii. 54, R2 in. ii. 38. lowliness: low ox mean condition LLL. iv. i. 81, 115 IV. viii. 55. lowly adj.: (?) lying low (in death) 1H6 in. iii. 47. lowly adv.: meanly AH'sW. ii. ii. 3 lowly iawjht. lowness : abasement Lr. in. iv. 70 ; baseness Ant. III. ix. [xi.] 63. loyal : legitimate Lr. ii. i. 86 L. and natural hoy. lozel: worthless fellow, rascal Wint. n. iii. 103. liibtoer : clumsy stupid fellow, lout Gent. ii. v. 47, Lr. I. iv. 101 If youi tvill measure your l-s length (tf/ain. lubberly : loutish AVi v. v. v. 202 [195] re great I. hoy. luce: pike, as a heraldic bearing Wiv. i. i. 16. IiUcina : goddess of childbirth Cym. v. iv. 43, Per. I. i. 8. lucre: acquisition or gain (of something) 1H6 v. iv. 141 /or lucre of the rest unvanqiiish'd. Lud's town : London, Cym. in. i. 32. "H So called alter a mythical King Lud. luggag'e: heavy stutf to be carried, lumber Tp. iv. i. 233, v. i. 298, 1H4 v. iv. 160; baggage of an army H5 iv. iv. 80, iv. vii. 1. lull : old form of ' loll ' R3 in. vii. 71. lullaby : good-night, farewell Tw.N. v. i. 48, Sonn. Music i. 15 [Pilgr. 225]. lump : used with lef. to the piece of clay taken up by a potter or sculptor for one operation 118 II. ii. 49 Lie like one I. before him, to befashion'd. . . lumpish: low-spirited, dejected Gent. iii. ii. 62. lunes : fits of frenzy or lunacy, mad freaks Wint. n. ii. 30 These . . . unsafe lunes i' the king; in mod. edd. for lines (see line sb.' 7) in Wiv. iv. ii. 22, Troil. ii. iii. 140, and for lunacies (Qq browes ? misprint) in Ham. in. iii. 7. Ltipercal: Roman festival of Lupercus (Pan), Cks. in. ii. 101. lurch (both were common 16th-17th cent, uses) 1 to lurk about with evil design Wiv. n. ii. 27 to shuffle, to hedge, and to larch. 2 to cheat, rob Cor. n. ii. 106. lure sb. : apparatus used by falconers to recall their hawks, 'being made of feathers and leather in such wise that in the motion it looks not vnlike afowle' (Latham, 1615) Shr. iv. i. 195 she never looks upon her I., Yen. 1027 As falcon to the lure. lure vb.: to recall (a hawk) to the lure Kom. n. ii. 159 To lure this tassel-gentle back again. lush ; succulent and luxuriant Tp. ii. i. 55. ^ The literary currency of this sense is due to S. lust (neither sense sui-vived the 17th cent.) 1 pleasure, delight Tim. iv. iii. 494, Lucr. 1384 Gazing tipon the Greeks with little lust. 2 desire Troil. iv. iv. 132 to my lust=a.a I please. lust-breathed*: (a) inspired by lust, (b) ' breathing out ' lust Lucr. 3 L. Tarquin. lust-dieted : app. feeding gluttonously Lr.iv.i.70. lustihood : bodily vigour Ado v. i. 76, Troil. ii. ii.50. Insty (the main sense is ' vigorous '; often a vague epithet, so that it is difficult to say how far sense 1 and the common Eliz. meaning of ' pleasing, pleasant' are represented in S.; 2 was in use from Chaucer to Dryden) 1 merry AYL. iv. ii. 17 the lusty horn, John i. i. 108 this same lusty qentleman. 2 lustful 0th. n. i. 307* the lusty Moor (Qq lustfull). lute: stringed musical instrument, in vogue 14th- 17th cent.; /.-C((seH5 III. ii. 47, /.-4/)(»i(/Adoin.ii.61. luxurious: lascivious, lustful Ado iv. i. 41, H5 IV. iv. 20 ; so Ivixuriously Ant. in. xi. [xiii.l 120. luxury: lasciviousness, lust Wiv. v. v. 100, Ham. I. V. 83. Lycurgus: legislator of Sparta, Cor. n. i. Gl. lymt : laie form of ' lyam ' in the sense of ' lyam- lioiuKl '= bloodhound, proposed by Hanmer in Lr. III. vi. 72 (Qq him. Ft Hym). M mace : staff of office carried by a sergeant Err. iv. iii. 27 ; attributed to sleep Cies. iv. iii. 267 0 murderous slumber! Lay'st tliou thy leaden mace upon my hoy? (i.e. as if arresting liim) ; sceptre of sovereignty H5 iv. i. 281, 2H6 iv. vii. 143. Machiavel : intriiiuer, unscrupulous schemer Wiv. in. i. 104, 1H6 v. iv. 74, 3H6 in. ii. 193. machine : bodily frame (not pre-S.) Ham. ii. ii. 123. maculate: stained, polluted LLL. i. ii. 98. maculation: stain of impurity Troil. iv. iv. 64. mad vb. : to make mad, madden (fieq.) ; to bemad 2H0 III. ii. 117 madding Lido. mad-bred : prodiietd by madness 2H6 in. i. 354. made-up : consummate, accomplished Tim. v. i.l03. m.adonna: Italian form of address = my lady, madam Tw.N. i. v. 46, &c. madrigal : properly, (1) short lyrical poem, (2) kind of part-song forming a musical setting to such poems ; hence gen., song, ditty Wiv. in. i. \8 Melodious birds sing madrigals. maggot-pie: magpie Mac. in. iv. 125. magnanimity : courage, fortitude 3H6 v. iv. 41. magnanimous : great in courage, nobly valiant All'sW. III. vi. 69, 2H4 iir. ii. 173 most ni. mouse, H5 III. vi. 6 as m. as Agamemnon, Troil. ii. ii. 200 valiant and magnanimous deeds. maguifico : title given to the magnates of Venice Mer.V. in. ii. 281, Otli. i. ii. 12. Mahu : name of a fiend taken from Harsnet (cf. Flibbertigibbet) Lr. in. iv. 148, iv. i. 61. maid-child (not post-S.) : female child Per. v. iii. 6. maiden : very freq. as adj. = (1) virgin 1H6 iv. vii. 38 Thou m. youth ; (2) belonging to or befitting a maiden Tw.N. v. i. 265 my m. weeds, 1H6 n. iv. 47 this pale and m. blossom, v. iv. 52, H8 iv. ii. 170 strew me over With m. Jlowers, Rom. n. ii. 86 a m. blush ; (3) of a fortress, &c., that has never been taken Lucr. 408 ; (4) untried in warfare or bloodshed, (hence) innocent, bloodless John xv. ii. 252 a maiden and an innocent hand, 1H4 v. iv. \mflish\l Thii m. sword, Troil. iv. v. 87 A m. battle. m.aidenhead (freq.) : virginity Shr. in. ii. 228. maiden-widowed : widowed while still a maiden Rom. in. ii. 135. maidhood : maidenhood Tw.N. in. i. 164, 0th. i. i. 173. Maid Marian: female personage in the May-game and morris dance 1H4 in. iii. 128. [98. maid-pale: white-eomplexioned (fig.) R2 in. iii. mail: piece of mail-armour Troil. in. iii. 152. mailed up : wrapped up, enveloped 2H6 n. iv. 31 ilail'd up in shame, with papers on my back. maim. sb. : mutilation or mutilating wound, (hence fig.) grave defect or disablement R2 i. iii. 156, 10 MAIN- t ]H4 IV. i. 42 Yoiir/atlier's sickness is a in. to vs, 2H6h. iii. 41, Cor. iv. v. 92. main sb.' (the orig. sense of ' strength ' is probably represented in Troil. ii. iii. 276 nnth all our main of power) 1 chief or m.iin part, main body (of something) Mer.V. V. i. 97 Etitpltes ilself, as doth an inland brook Inlo the main of waters, Ham. iv. iv. 15 Ujiainst the main of Poland. 2 principal point, cliief concern Ham. ii. ii. 56. 3 mainland Lr. iii. i. 6 swell the curled toaters 'bote ilie viatn. 4 'main sea', ocean John ir. i. 26 England, hed(/'d in H-ith the mam, R3 I. iv. 20, Otii. n. i. 3, '39, Sonn. Ixiv. 7 the watery main, Ixxx. 8. main sb.^: in tlie game of hazard, a ntinibcr (from five to nine inclusive) called by tlie 'caster' before tlie dice are tlirown ; only lig. (cf. main chance) 1H4 IV. i. 47 to set so rich n mam On the nice hazard of one doubtful hour, 2H6 I. i. 209 look unto the main ( = the most important thing at stake). main adj. (6 is tlie commonest S. sense) 1 exerted to the full, overpowering 2H6 i. i. 211 by main force, 118 ii. ii. 7 main power. 2 liiglily important, momentous H8 in. ii. 216 this main secret. 3 very great in degree All'sW. in. vi. 16 a m. danf/cr. 4 chiefinsizeorextent, chief part of AYL. III. v. 103 the main hancst ; m. battle, tlie body of troops form- ing the bulk of an army 3H6 i. i. 8, R3 v. iii. 300. 6 general H5 i. ii. 144 tlie main intendment of tlie IScot, H8 III. i. 92, IV. i. 31 the main assent. Troll. I. iii. 373, Cces. ii. i. 196 the main opinion he held once. Ham. i. iii. 28. 6 principal, cliief All'sW. iv. iii. 104, H8 ii. ii. 41, Cor. IV. iii. 20, Ham. i. i. 105, Ant. i. ii. 204. 7 main flood, high tide Mer.V. iv. i. 72. main vb.: old form of ' maim ' 2H6 iv. ii. 176 there- by IS Knfiland mamed, and fain to yo with a staff. main chance: as a term in hazard = main sb.^, used tig. (1) general probability as to the future 2H4 111. i. 83 prophesy . . . of the m. ofthinr/s ; (2) most important matter at stake 2H6 i. i. 213. niain-course : mainsail Tp. i. i. 40. mainly: forcibly, violently 1H4 ii. iv. 226 m. thrust at me ; greatly, very much Ham. iv. vii. 9 ; so m., so much Troil. iv. iv. 85 ; entirely, perfect- ly Lr. IV. vii. 65 m. ignorant What place this is. maintain (the less freq. uses are the foil.) 1 to carry on (conversation) Ado iv. i. 185, Tw.N. IV. ii. !()% Maintain no worils with liim. 2 to bear the expense of, afford Shr. v. i. 78. 3 to sustain (a part) LLL. v. ii. 900. maintenance: bearing, demeanour 1H4 v. iv. 22. major : adj. greater Cur. ii. i. 66 the m. part ; para- mount to all other claims Troil. v. i. 49 My major row lies here ; — sb. major premiss of a syllogism 1H4 II. iv. 552 [544] I'deny your major. [109. majority: superiority, pre-eminence 1H4 iii. ii. make sb. : mate, husband or wife Lr. iv. iii. 36 one self mate and make (Qi ; the rest mate). make vb. (6 always coupled with meddle) 1 to give (a dinner, &c.) H8 i. iii. 62. 2 to get together (a force), muster, raise R3 iv. iv. 451, Cor. V. i. 37 ; see also head sb. 7. 5 to shut, close, bar Err. iii. i. 93 the doors are made against you, AYL. rv. i. 168. 4 to represent, regard, consider (a thing as so-and- so) Meas. v. i. 51, Shr. iii. ii. 194, All'sW. ii. ii. 6, II. iv. 51, v. iii. 5, Wint. I. ii. 388, 2H4 i. ii. 89, Cor. I. i. 181. 5 to do, in What m. you?, What m-s he? and the like Wiv. II. i. 243, R3 i. iii. 1C4, 0th. iii. iv. 168. 6 to have to do (with a person or in a matter) Wiv. 1 — MAW I. iv. 115, Ado III. iii. 56 the less you meddle and make with them, Troil, I. i. 14, 87. 7 to go Err. i. i. 92, Lr. i. i. 145 The bow is bent and draun ; m.from the shaft, Yen, 5 Venus m-s amain iinto him. make away, (1) put an end to, destroy 2H6 in. i. 167 to make anay my i/Hilthss life, Yen. 763 So in thysdf thyself art made away', Sonn. xi. 8 And threescore year ivonld make the world away, (2) intr. set out R3iv. iv. 528 (Qq) ; make forth, go forward, advance H5 n. iv. 5, Cies. v. i. 25 ; make out, sally forth Tw.N. ii. v. 66; make np, (1) complete R3 i. i. 21 sent before my time Inlo this bnatlinig world, scarce lialf made up, Cym. iv. ii. 109 Being scarce made up . . . to man; (2) get togetlier, collect 2H6 ii. i. 39 31ake iip no factious viunbers, Cses. iv. iii. 207 ; (3) compile, draw up H8 I. i. 75 ; (4) form (a total) LLL. iv. iii. 207; (5) constitute, compose 3H6 i. iv. 25 The sands , , . that make up my life, Rom. v. i. 48 to make tip a show ; (6) set out the items of (an account) Cor. I. i. 150 make my audit rip; (7) come to (a decision) Troil. II. ii. 170 to make up a free determination ; pass. (?) to have made up one'smind John ii.i.541'* I know she is not for this match made up (Fj); intr. Lr. I. i. 209 Election makes not up on such conditions ( = does not come to a decision). makeless[see make sb.]: husbandless Sonn. ix. 4. making' (2 not prc-S.) 1 form, shape, build, make Err. JV. ii. 22, MXD. ii. i. 32. [i. 87. 2 the m-s of, the materials that go to make H8 iv. malapert : impudent, saucy Tw.N. iv. i. 48, R3 i. iii. 255. m.alcontent: the usual 16th-17th cent, form is maUi'ontent 3H6 iv. i. 10, 60 (Fi). [621]. malefaction (not pre-S.) : evil-doing Ham. ii. ii. 629 malevolent: (of a star) exercising a baleful in- fluence (fig.) 1H4 I. i. 97 (cf. aspect). malice (1 and 2 in use late 14th to late 17th c.) 1 power to harm Jolin n. i. 251 Our cannons' m. 2 malicious act Cor. ii. ii. 37. malicious: violent John n. i. 314 this hot m. day. maliciously: violently Wint. i. ii. 321, Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] \18 fight mahcionsly. malign: to regard with hatred or en\'y Cor. i. i. 119 ynu malign our senators, Per. v. i. 90. malignant (3 orig. astrological ; the mod. sense oc- curs tliiice Tp. I. ii. 257, R3 ii. ii. 52, H8i. ii. 141) 1 rebellious against God 0th. v. ii. 352*. 2 (of a disease) virulent All'sW. ii. i. 114. 3 of evil or baleful influence Gent. in. i. 239 some m. power upon my life, 1116 iv. v. & m. ... stars. malkin : untidy female servant, slut Cor. ii. i. 227, Per. IV. iii. 34. T] A diminutive of 'Malde' = Maud, Matilda; it occurs in gkaymalkin. Mall: petform of 'Maud' Tp. n. li. 51; Tw.N. i. iii. 137 Mistress J/., (?) the kitchen-maid (cf. malkin). mallecho: see michixg mai.icho. malmsey-nose : red-nosed 2H4 n. i. 44. Tj Cf. 'Malmesoy', a jolly, red nose (Diet, of Canting Crew). malt-horse : lie.avy kind of horse used by malt- sters ; only as a term of abuse Err. in. i. 32, Shr. IV. i. 132. malt-worm : toper 1H4 ii. i. 83, 2H4 ii. iv. 366. mammer : orig. to stammer, mutter, (hence) to waver Otli. in. iii. 70 (Qi muttering). [186. mammet: doll, puppet 1H4 ii. iii. 97, Rom. in. v. mammock vb. (not pre-S.): to break intofragmenta Cor. I. iii. 71 0! Iwarrant, how lie mnmiiiocked it. mansb.: Since I was man, since I was Ixirn Lr. in. ii. 45 ; / write man, I am entitled by my years to call myself a man All'sW. ii. iii. 201 ; 2HG iv. ii. UAN- 135 -MABK Silicas neiey mine own man since =v/ha.t I used to be; Tp. V. i. 213 wo man Has his on n = in Inssennes. man vb, (in 0th. v. ii. 209 Han but a rush ucjainsl Othello's breast, the metaphor may be from the manning of a gun) 1 to provide (one) witli attendants 2H4 r. ii. 18 1 lias never manned with an ayale till now, 59. 2 to accustom (a hawk) to the presence of men Shr. IV, i. 196 Another way . . . to man my haijijard. xaanag'e sb. (1 used botli lit. and fig.) 1 training of a horse in its paces R2 lii. iii. 179 the III. of unruly jades, 1H4 ir. iii. 54 terms of m., 118 V. iii. 24 spur 'em, Till they obey tlie m.. Per. iv. vi. 70, Compl. 112. 2 action and paces to whicli a horse is trained AYL. I. i. 13 lUs horses . . . are taught (heir in. 3 sliort gallop af full sjteed LLL. v. ii. 483 this brave iiiaiiaijef, this career ((Ji nuaye, Q2 Vi inuiiaijer). 4 management, conduct, administration Tp. i. Ii. 70 The m. of my stale, Mer.V. in. iv. 25, John i. i. 37, R2 I. iv. 39 Expedient m., Troil. ni. iii. 25 ; bringing about, contrivance Horn. iii. i. 149*. manage vb. (in Ven. 598 there is probably a ref. to tlio technical sense of training a liorse) 1 to handle, wield Gent. 111. i. 248, U2 in. ii. 118 m. rusty bills, Koni. i. 1. 75 ; fig. Lr. I. ill. 18. 2 to bring about, contrive 0th. 11. iii. 217. manager: wielder(of aweapon, Sic.)LLL. i. ii. 191 rust, rapier! be still, drum/ for your m. is in lore. manakin : little man Tw.N. nr. ii. 59. mandragora: mandrake Otli. iir. iii. 331. mandrake : poisonous plant of the genus Mandra- gora, native to Southern Europe and the Kast, havingenietic and narcotic properties; itsforked root is thought to resemble the luinian form and was fabled to utter a shriek when pulled up 2H<) iir. ii. 310 the m-'s groan, Rom. iv. iii. 48 .shrieks like m-s torn out of the earth ; as a term of abuse 2H4 I. ii. 16, HI. ii. 342. m.ane: applied to the crests of waves Otli. 11. i. 13. man-entered: initiated into manhood Cor. 11. ii.l04. manhood: condition of being a man; as opposed to 'childhood' R3 iv. iv. 171, Mac. v. ii. 11 ; as opposed to womanhood Gym. iii. iv. 195. U The prevailing sense is ' manliness, courage, valour '. mankind: sh. stressed mei'ttkind and manki'nd (6 out of 8 passages in Tim.) in both senses ' human race' and 'male sex' ; — adj. masculine, virago- like Wint. II. iii. 67 A ma'nkind witch I, Cor. iv. ii. 16 Are you tna'nki>id?. manly adv.: gallantly, bravely (S.) Mac. iv. iii. 234 This time (Rowe tiinci) yoes manly. manner sb.^ : 1 usage, custom, fashion, e.g. Meas. iv. ii. 138 // was ever his m. to do so ; Ham. i. iv. 15 to the m. born destined by birtli to be subject to the custom in question. 2 pi. moral character, morals Mer.V. 11. iii. 19 though I am a daughter to his blood, I am not to his m-s, H5 1, ii. 49 some dishonest m-s of their life, Ham. I. iv. 30 plausive m-s, Lucr. 1397 Their face their manners . . . told. 3 pi. good way of living 1H4 in. i. 183. 4 pi. forms of politeness Shr. i. i. 245 use your m-s discreetly, All'sW. iv. v. 94. 5 pi. in plir. in or wilh vi-s, becomingly, decently Tw.N. II. i. 15, Cym. i. iv. 59, Sonn. xxxix. 1, ixxxv. 1. manner sb.^: taken with the »»., taken with the thing stolen in one's possession, (hence) taken in the very act LLL. i. i. 203, 1H4 11. iv. 350 ; Wint. IV. iii. [iv.]755 if you had not taken yourself with the m. (kept what you were going to give us). Tl A term of Anglo-French law, orig. 'mainoure" (= Fr. 'manoeuvre', lit. hand-work), which acquired the concrete sense of ' thing stolen '. mannerly adj.: seemly, decent Gent. 11. vii. 58, Wint. If. i. 85, 1H6 11. iv. 19, Rom. I. v. 102. mannerly adv.: decently, becomingly Ado 11. i. 80, m. modest, Mer.V. 11. ix. 100, Cym. ill. vi. 91. man-qiieller : manslayer, murderer 2H4 11. i. CO. mansion: dwelling, 'house' Tim. v. i. 220 his (_iei lasting mansion (i.e. grave) ; cf. ho.me sb. 1. iransionryt : (?) abode Mac. i. vi. 5 (Ff mansonry, ? misprint for masonry^). mantle sb. : vegetable coating on the surface of stagnant water (S.) Lr. iii. iv. 137 the gran m. of the standing pool ; cf. Tp. IV. i. 182 the Jilthy- matitkd pool. mantle vb. (2 cf. mantle sb.) 1 to cover, envelope Tp. v. i. GT the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason. Cor. i. vi. 29. 2 to become covered with a coating Mer.V. i. i. 89 cream and mantle like a standing pond. manvial seal : =seal jianual R3 iv. i. 'lb. maniire vb.: to till, cultivate Oth. i. iii. 329. many sb.: multitude 2H4 i. iii. 91 thou fond m.. Cor. III. i. 65 the mutable, rank-sctnted many (so F4 ; Ff 1 2 3 Meyny, Meynie). many adj.: m. a day, a long time ago H8 v. ii. 20 (contrast for this m. a d((i/=all this long time Ham. III. i. 91) ; m. a m. =many and many a John I. i. 183 ; followed by a possessive pron. Tim. in. vi. 11 m. my near occasions ( = iiiany urgent affairs (if mine). Ant. l. ii. 195 w. our contriving friends ; used once in the possessive form Sonn. xciii. 7 In many's looks. map : fig. detailed representation in epitome, also cniboiliment, very picture or image (of some- thing) R2 V. i. 12 Thou, map of honour, 2H6 111. i. 203, (Jor. II. i. 69 in the map of my microcosm,Tit. III. ii. 12 Thou map of woe, Lucr. 402, 1712, Sonn. Ixviii. 1 Thus is his cheek tlic map of days out- irorn. ^ Freq. 17tli cent. uses. [iii. 205. mappery : map-making (contemptuous) Troil. I. marble (2 cf. Cym. v. iv. 87 thy m. mansion, 120) 1 hard-hearted Wint. v. ii. 100 Who was most m. there changed colour, 3H6 in. i. 38 a m. heart ; cf. m.-breasted Tw.N. v. i. 128, m.-hearlid Lr. i. iv. 283. 2 (of the heavens) shining like marble Oth. in. iii. 461 yond marble heaven. marble- constant : firm as marble Ant. v. ii. 2.39. marbled : = MARBLE 2, Tim. iv. iii. 192 the marbled mansion all above ( = the heavens). marcantant : corruption of Italian ' mercatante ' = niercliant Shr. iv. ii. 63. March chick : fig. precocious vouth Adoi. iii. 58. marches: the Scottish or Welsh border H5 i. ii. 140, 3H6 n. i. 140. marchpane: confectionery made of almond paste, sugar, &c., marzipan Rom. i. v. 9. mare': The man shall have his m. again, all will come right in tlie end MND. in. ii. 463 ; ride the wild mare, play at see-saw 2H4 11. iv. 268 ; Whose mare is dead 1 Wliat is amiss? 2H4 11. i. 48. mare ^ : nightmare 2H4 11. i. 86. margent (' margin ' is not a S. word) 1 edge, border, brink MND. n. i. 85 the beached m. of the sea, Compl. 39. 2 margin of a page of a book ; lience, commentary (from the fact that the margin is used for a com- mentary on tlie text) Ham. v. ii. 162 ; esp. of the eyes as 'illuminating' the countenance LLL. n. i. 244, Rom. I. iii. 86 written in the m. of his eyes, Lucr. 102. marisht (Pope) : marsh, swamp 1H6 i. i. 50 a m. of salt tears (old edd. nourish). mark ' (1 freq. in the literal sense) MARK 136 — MASTER 1 target, butt ; fig. plir. hci/oiid the m. of, l)eyoiul tlio rcatli of Cor. ii. ii. 9-1 liej'oiii/hl beyond the m. ofolliers. Ant. iii. vi. 87 Beyond the m. of tlioujilit. 2 O'od bless or srire the m., probably orig. a formula to avert an evil omen, and lience used by way of apology when anything disagreeable or improper lias been mentioned, or to express impatient scorn at something said by the speaker Gent. iv. iv. 21, 1H4 I. iii. 50, Kom. in. ii. 53, Otb. l. i. 33. 3 attention, notice, obsei-vancc Meas. v. i. 320 As much in mock as m., Oih. ii. iii. S2b (he cotiteinpln- iion, m., and denotement of her jmrls •,—o/no ni. of no importance or note 1H4 iii. ii. 45. 4 object serving to mark a spot at sea, sea-mark Sonn. c.wi. 5 an eeer-fixed m., That looks on tem- pests and is neier shaken; lig. guiding object, ' example, pattern ' (Schmidt) Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 8 Your hir/li self, The gracious m. o' the land, 2H4 II. iii. 31 the m.'and f/lass . . . That fashion d others. mark ^ : sum of 13.«. Ad. (freq.). market: hhh.ui.i.Wfi he ended the m. is an allusion to tlie proverb ' Three women and a goose make a market') ; R3 I. i. 159 Iran before my horse to JO., I count the gain before the bargain is made ; Ham. IV. iv. 34 m. of his time*, (a) lit. marketing or selling of his time, i. e. the best use he makes of Jiistime; (b) 'that for which lie sells his time' OT.). market-ljell : bell rung to announce the opening of a market IHO iii. ii. 16. [man). mark-man : marksman Rom. i. i. 212 (Ff 3 4 Marks- marl : clay, earth Ado ir. i. 07 « clod of wayward marl (= a man). marmoset: small monkey Tp. 11. ii. 183 [174]. marquess (3 a common 16th-17th cent, use) 1 in Latin countries, grade of noble rank 1)elow those of duke and count Mer.V. I. ii. 123 the 3Iarqness of Montferrat. 2 in England, degree of tlie peerage between those of duke and earl 2Hf) i. i. 64 Lord m., 3H6 iii. iii. 164 M. Montaejue, R3 l. iii. 255 Master marquess, 3 marchioness H8 v. iii. 169 Lady M. Dorset. marriage: 3 syll. once, in Lucr. 221. niarry vb. : freq. fig. = to unite intimately, join close- ly, c. g. John III. i. 228, Rom. i. iii. 83, Sonu. viii. 6. marry interj.: orig. the name of the Virgin Mary used as an oath or invocation : = ' indeed, to be sure ' Err. 11. ii. 105 M., and did, sir, AU'sW. 11. iii. 64, R3 1, iii. 261, iii.iv.34 ; esp. (l)in answering a question, when it often implies surprise that it should have been asked = 'why' or 'wliy, to bo sure ' Tp. iii. ii. 47 Will thou be pleas'd? . . . —M., will I, Gent. 11. i. 66 How painted?— M., sir, so painted, R3 i. iii. 98 What may she not? She may, — ay, m., may she. Goes. I. ii. 228 Weis the croiimoffer'd him thrice? — Ay, m., was't ; (2) with asseverative words or invocations Tw.N. iv. ii. Ill God be wi' you . . . 31., amen, R2 iv. i. 114 J/., Godforbiel.', Rom. iv. v. 8 God forgive me, M., and amen ! ; (3) marry come up.' (not pre-S.), used to ex|)ress indignant or amused surprise or con- tempt Rom. If. v. 64, Per. iv. vi. 164 ; marry-trap* (S.), ? be off witli you Wiv. 1. i. 172. niarshal sb. (scanned as 2 or as 3 syll.) 1 Iiigh officer of state in Eniiland, now called 'enrl marshal ' 1H4 iv. iv. 2 the lord m., H8 iv. i. 19 earl marshal. 2 officer charged with the arrangement of cere- monies, esp. with the regulation of combats in the lists R2 I. i. 204, &c., 2H4 I. iii. 4, &c.; fig. leader MXD. 11. ii. 120. 3 general officer of t lie highest rank in the French army Lr. iv. iii. 9 The JJarshal of Fninrc. marshal vb.: to guide, lead, conduct Mac. it. i. 42, Ham. III. iv. 205, 0th. 11. i. 270, Per. 11. iii. 19. Marshalsea ; prison in Southwark (abolished in 1842) under the control of the knight marshal of the royal household H8 v. iv. 92 (old edd. -sey). mart sb. (not pre-S. in the sense ' market-place or hall ' Err. i. ii. 74, ike., Mer.V. in. i. 51) 1 meeting of people for buying and selling, time of liolding a market Err. i. i. 17 Syracusian m-sand fairs, Per. iv. ii. bthis mart. 2 buying and selling, traffic Ham. i. i. 74 foreign m. for implements of war ; bargain Slir. 11. i. 321 [329] venture madly on ei desperate mart. marts b.: totrafficCym. i. vi.l51 ;trans. totraffic in, buy or sell Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 364, C»ojrtc«/r(j-(/7times. [14. momentary-swift : rapid as a moment Ti-oil.i v. ii. Monarcho: title assumed by an insane Italian wliofancied himself emperorof the world ; hence applied to one who is the object of ridicule for his absurd pretensions LLL. iv. i. 102. money : from S. onwards the use of the pi. for the sing, has been commonly attributed to Jews Mer.V. I. iii. 109, &c. 11 Cf. 'nioiiish'. mongfrel bitch, cur: abusive epithets for persons Troil. v. iv. 14, Lr. ii. li. 24. Monmouth, cap : flat round capformerly worn by soldiers and sailors H5 iv. vii. 105. monster (I peculiar to SfT 1 to make monstrous Lr. i. i. 223 her offence Must be of sucli unnatural degre^That monsters tt. 2 to point at as something wonderful Cor. ii. ii. 82 idly sit To hear my nothings monster'd. monstrous: as an e.xclamation =astoundingMND. III. i. 110, 0 m..' 0 strange.' we are /taunted, 1H4 II. iv. 247, Lr. v. iii. 161 ; as adv. exceedingly, wonderfully MND. I. ii. 65 in a m. little voice, AU'sW. II. i. 187 monstrous desperate. montant: 'an upright blow, or thrust' (Cotgr.) W'iv. II. iii. 27 thy punto . . . thy distance, thym.; cf. Siynior Mountanto applied to Benedick (Ado i. i. 30) to imply that he is a professional fencer or bravo. month's mind : inclination, likingGent. i. ii. 134. monument (1 occurs freq., 2 once) 1 place of burial, grave, sepulchre Ado iv. i. 208 your family' s old m.. Tit. li. iii. 228, Rom. in. v. 203 In that dim m, where Tybalt lies, Ant. iv. xi. txiii.]3, &c. 2 portent Shr. in. ii. 98 some wondrous 'm.. Some comet, or unusual prodigy. 3 statue, effigy Meas. v. i. 227, All'sW. iv. ii. 6, Cym.ii.ii.32(( m. Thusinachapil h/iiig, Luci\ 391. monumental (not pre-S.) : sepuUlmil i»th. v. ii. 5 m. alabaster; serving as a memeiitd All'sW. iv. iii. 20 his m. ring ; like a monument Troil. in. iii. 153 to liang . . . like a rusty mail In m. mockery. mood ' (1 current from the 12th cent, to 1600) 1 anger, displeasure Gent. iv. i. 51 Who, in my m., I stabb'd, AU'sW. v. ii. 5 muddied in Fortune's )»., H5 IV. vii. 38, Rom. in. i. 13, 0th. n. iii. 276; (?) angry cast of countenance Sonn. xciii. 8 m-s and frowns. 2 form, shape, mode Ham. i. ii. 82 all forms, m-s, .';/(0(('so/£»r!c/(Q 1695 and mod. edd.»Horfe.st),Comp!. 201 the encrimson'd mood [i.e. of rubies]. mood^: key in which music is written (fig. and associated with ' mood ' = state of mind) 2H4 iv. V. 198 now my death Changes the m. (Q mood, Ffi'j moode, Ff'3 4 mode). moon (occurs six times in the sense ' month') 1 phr. moon's men, minions of the moon, 'night- walkers', robbers by night IH4 i. ii. 35 ; yo by the m., be a 'night-walker' l. ii. 15 ; under or beneath the m., on earth Ham. iv. vii. 145, Lr. iv. vi. 27, Ant. iv. xiii. [xv.] 08 ; below the m., earthly H8 in. ii. 135. 2 typifying a place impossible to reach 2H6 in. i. 158 dogged York, that reaches at the moon. 3 symbolical of or identified with Diana, goddess ot chastity MND. l. i. 73 the cold fruitless m., 11. i. 156, 162, Mer.V. v. i. 109, 1H4 i. ii. 32, Cor. i. i. 263, V. iii. 65 Publicola, The moon of Home. [115. mooncalf: mis-shapen birth, monster Tp. 11. ii. moonish: ehangeable(asthemooii)AYL. in. ii.436. moonshine (1 jocular nonce-use) 1 iiKinth Lr. i. ii. 5. 2 III. in the water, appearance without substance, something unsubstantial or unreal LLL. v. ii. 209. 3 make a sop 0' th' m. of*, (a) throw into a pool of water, where he may, so to speak, float on moon- shine, (b) make a 'mess' of (with rcf. to the 16th-17th cent, dish called ' eggs in moonshine') Lr. II. ii. 35. Moor : negro, negress Mer.V. in. v. 42, 0th. i. i. 40. Moorditch : filthy stagnant ditch outside tlie city walls, draining the swampy ground of Moorfields 1H4 I. ii. 88. Moorfields: place outside Moorgate where the city trainbands were exercised H8 v. iv. 34. mop : grimace Tp. iv. i. 47 mop and mow ; also vbl. sl». mopping Lr. iv. i. 62 mopping and mowing. mope : to be in a state of bewilderment, go about or act aimlessly Tp. v. i. 240 brought mnp- viy hither, H5 iii. vii. 148 (see knowledge), Ham. III. iv. 81. TJ A sense now confined to nortliern dial. moral sb. (both the foil, are rare) 1 hidden meaning Ado in. iv. 77 you have some m. in this Benedictus, Shr. iv. iv. 79. 2 symbolical figure H5 ni. vi. 35. moral adj. (3 cf. moral sb. 1) 1 enunciating moral precepts, moralizing Ado v. i. 30, Lr. IV. ii. 58 a m, fool ;so Adoi. iii. 13 to apply a moral medicine to a mortifying mischief. 2 allegorical Tim. i. i. 91 moral paintings. 3 (of a meaning) hidden Ado in. iv. 78. moral vb. : to moralize AYL. n. vii. 29. moralize: to draw out the hidden meaning of, morai.i:.x:b — i (gen.) interpret, explain AYL. ii. i. 44 Dtd he not m. litis spectacle ?, Siu'. iv. iv. 81, K3 iii. i. 83 / m. two mcaninijs in one word, Lucr. 104 ; also inti% Veil. 712 iliou hcnr'st nic hioralize. moraller (S.) : moralizer Otli. ii. iii. 303. niore : 1 of higher class, only in more and iess= persons of all ranks 1M4 iv. iii. 68, Mac. v. iv. 13, Sonn.xcvi.3. 2 (with sbs. of quality, condition, or action) greater in degree or extent Gent. v. iii. 3 A thou- sand m. Mischances than this one, John ll. i. 34 To make a more requital to your love, Cor.iii. ii. 124 it IS ini) more dishonour, more above: moreover Ham. ii. ii. 126. moreover: with clause = besides {//(«/) Ham.ii.ii.2. Morisco : morris-dancer (S.) 2H6 lu. i. 365. morn : not used in prose. morning': used as adj. connoting vaguely the attributes possessed in the morning, or the fact that niorning is the time referred to MXD. iv. i. 100 / do hear the m. lark, AYL. ii. vii. 146 the . . . schoolboy loith his. . . shminy m, face, Ham. I. ii. 218 the morning cock crew load. m.orris ', morris-dance: grotesque dance per- formed by persons in costume, usually represent- ing cliaracters from the Robin Hood legend All'sW. II. ii. 2fi As fit as . . . a morris for ilaij- daij, H5 II. iv. 25 A \YhitsHn morris-dance. morris^: nine men's m., game played on a board between two players, each with nine pebbles, disks, pegs, or ' pins ' MND. ii. i. 98. morris-pike : pike supposed to beof Moorish origin Err. IV. iii. 27. m.ort : note sounded on a horn at the death of the deer Wint. i. ii. 119 The mart o' the deer. mortal (the senses ' deadly, latal ' and ' subject to death ' are the commonest in S.) 1 of or for death All's W. iii. vi. 81 mij m. prepara- tion, Mac. IV. i. 100* mortal custom. 2 belonging to, or common to mankind, lumian Tp. I. ii. 403 This ts no m. hiisnicss, K2 i. i. 177 m. limes ( = lifetime of men), H5 iv. i. 262 m. griefs, Mac. I. v. 3 m. hiouleehie. 3 (?) excessive, very great AYL. ii, iv. 55 m. in folly. mortality (2 not pre-Eliz.) 1 human or mortal Hie Meas. iii. ii. 200, John v. vii. 5, H5 I. ii. 28 brief m., Mac. ii. iii. 100. 2 death Meas. i. i. 44, iv. ii. 151, John iv. ii. 82 m-s strong hand, 1H6 iv. v. 32 I beg mortality. 3 (?) deadliness H5 iv. iii. 107 inrelapse of m. ( = 'a deadly rebounil', Wright). mortally : in the mannerof mortals Per. v. i. 105. m.ortal-staring : ftital-visaged R3 v. iii. 91 1;;. (par. mortar-piece : short piece of ordnance with a large bore 118 v. iv. 49. mortgage : pass, to be pledged Sonn. cxxxiv. 2. mortified (Mac. v. ii. 5* is referred to 1 and 2) 1 destroyed, dead H5 i. i. 2(jhisit'ildness,in. uihim. 2 dead to the world LLL. i. i. 28. 3 deadened, numbed, insensible Ores. li. i. 324 My m. spirit, Lr. II. iii. Iblheirnumb'demdm. bare arms. mortifying : mortal, deadly Adoi. iii. VSa m. mis- chief\ involving mortification of desire, self- denying Mcr.V. I. i. 82 mortifying groans. mose (S.): m. in the chine, suffer from glanders Slir. III. ii. 52. most {the most of = 'the majority of ' Tp. i. ii. 477) 1 greatest in degree or extent Meas. ni. i. 76 The sense of death is )ii. in apprehension, iv. i. 46 my m. stay Can be but brief, 1H6 iv. i. 38 resolute in m. extremes. Ham. i. v. 179 at your m. need. Ant. ii. ii. 172 With m. (jladness. [2H6 i. iii. 140. 2 m. master, app.the greatest master, i.e. the king 3 for the most, for the most part Meas. v. i. 441, 4 - MOULD mot: motto Lucr. 830. [moth, month) mote (old edd. in 1 mote, moatie, in 2 and 3 chieHy 1 particle of dust in a sunbeam Per. iv. iv. 21. 2 minute particle ofanything, atom LLL. iv. iii. 161, MXD. V. i. 326 .1 m. will lurn the balance, John iv. i. 92, Ham. i. i. 112 A m. U is lo trouble the mind's eye, Lucr. 1251. 3 spot, blemish H5 iv. i. 192 wash every mote out of It is conscience. moth : fig. parasite Cor. i. iii. 93 (pun), 0th. i. iii. 258. ^ As a proper name applied to small persons LLL. I. ii. 81, &c. MND. in. i. 169, but in this use perhaps a fonn of mote, q.v. mother : 1 womanish qualities H5 iv. vi. 31. 2 term of address to an elderly woman of the lower class Wiv. IV. ii. 195 H. Prat, 2H6 i. iv. 13. 3 lig. source, cause R3 ii. ii. 80 the m. of these griefs, Cym. III. iv. 52* Whose m. was her painting ( = 'a creature born and made up of the paint-pot,' Dowden). [86. 4 head of a female religious community Meas. i. iv. 5 hysteria Lr. ii. iv. 56. mother-queen: queen-mother John ii. i. 62. motion sb. (5, 6 still prevalent uses in 18th cent.) 1 power of movement Meas. in. i. 118 This sensible warm m. (i.e. in the body), Rom. in. ii. 59. 2 bodily exertion Ham, iv. vii. 157 When inyourm. you are hot and dry. 3 movement of the body acquired by drill and train- ing Tw.N. in. iv. 307, Ham. iv. vii. 101 the scrt- mtrs . . . He swore, had neither m., giiartl, nor eye, 4 instigation, prompting Wiv. in. ii. 37 he gives her folly m. and advantage. Err. lU. ii. 24 ; influence Cor. II. ii. 58 (or ? sense 5). 5 inward prompting or impulse, (hence) desire, in- clination, emotion Meas. l. iv. 59 m-s of the sense, Mer.V. v. i. 86, John iv. ii. 255 The dreadful m. of a murderous thought, Cies. II. i. 64, Ham. in. iv. 72, 0th. I. ii. 75 *, I. iii. 335 our rar/mt/ m-s. 6 proposal, offer Wiv. i. i. 55, 1H6 v. i. 7, H8 ii. iv. 231 an earnest m. Meule to the queen. Tit. i. i. 243. 7 motive, reason H8 i. i. 153 From sincere m-s. Cor. n. i. 57 hasty . . . upon too trivial motion. 8 puppet-show Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 104 a m. of (lie I'rodigal Son, Lucr. 1326; puppet Gent. ii. i. i04 0 excellent m.! 0 exceeding puppet !, Meas. iii. ii. 121. motion vb.: to propose 1H6 i. iii. 03 One that . . . motions war. motive (in the ordinary mod. sense constmed with of, for, or clause ; 2 only S.) 1 mover, promoter, instigator All'sW. iv. iv. 20, Tim. V. iv. 27, 0th. iv. ii. 42 Am I the m. of these tears ?, Ant. ii. ii. 100 ; that which promotes H5 II. ii. 156. 2 moving limb or organ R2 i. i. 193 The slavish m. of recanting fear (viz. the tongue), Troil. iv. v. 57 every joint and motive of her body. XtlOtley: parti-coloured dress of a professional jester AYL. II. vii. 34; attrib. il. vii. 13 A m.fo'ot, H8 Prol. 16 a long m. coat; (hence) fool AYL. in. iii. 84, Sonn. ex. 2 / hare . . . made myself a m. lo the vteio. motley-minded: foolish AYL. v. iv. 41. mought (pa. t. of MAY) : could 3H6 v. ii. 45. mould sb. ' : earth ; men of m., mortal men H5 in. ii. 24. mould sb. 2 (2 cf. Fr. 'moule'; 3 in poetical use since tbe Eliz. period) 1 model, pattern Ham. in. i. 162. 2 applied to the body with rcf. to the clothes fashioned for it Mac. i. iii. 145. 3 bodily form ; in Cor. in. ii. 103 this single plot . . . This m. of Marcius with a quibble on mould sb.' mould vb.: m. up, go to form H8 v. v, 27. MOUI.TEN — 145 MUSET moulten (S.) : having moulted 1H4 iii. i. 161 a m. mouncll : old form of ' mimeli '. [raven. mount sb. : oiini., set upon high Ham. iv. vii. 28. mount vb. : 1 to cause to rise H8 l. i. 144 The f re thai m-s (lie liquor till it run o'er ; to erect, set up Tp. ii. ii. 11 like hedjje-lioys, which . . . in. Their pric/is, 2H6 i. iv. 40 ensiles m-ed ; to excite to a liiglier degree All'sW. I. i. 239 nhich m-s mij love so hiyh. 2 to set (guns) into position John ii. i. 211, 381 ; fig. LLL. V. ii. 82, H8 i. ii. 205. mountant: rising Tim. iv. ill. 136, Slountanto : see montant. mountebank : to win over, witii tricks like those of a mountebank Cor. ill. ii. 132. mounting' mind -. plir. of Eliz. writers, used quib- blingly in LLL. jv. i. 4. mouse sb.: playful term of endearment to a woman LLL. v. ii. ly, Tw.N. i. v. tiS, Ham. iii. iv. 183. mouse vb.; to tear, biteMND. v. i. 276, John ii.i. 354. mouse-hunt: woman-hunter Rom. iv. iv. 11. mouth sb.: 1 phi-.: — a sweet mouth, (?) a taste for sweet things Gent. III. i. 333 ; m the moiith(s of, spoken of by Mer.V. I. iii. 61 Your worship was the last man in our m-s, Jolin iv. ii. 187, 1H6 m. i. 196, 0th. ii. iii. 195 m-sof wisest censure (Qi men), Sonn. Ixxxi. 14. 2 Voice (of hounds) MND. iv. i. 129 mntch'd in in. like belts; 1H6 ii. iv. 12 ; phr. spend his m., bark H5 II. iv. 70 canard doys Most spend their m-s (= bark the loudest). Yen. 695, fig. Tioil. v. i. 101 He will spend his mouth, and promise. 3 spokesman 3H6 v. v. 18 / am now my father's m.. Cor. 111. i. 35. 4 used in compounds to express insincere pro- fession : — mouth-friend Tim. in. vi. 100, -honour Mac. v. iii. 27, -made vows Ani. I. iii. 30. mouth vb. (2 used contemptuously) 1 to take into tlie mouth Ham. iv. ii. 20. 2 to join lips with Meas. iii. ii. 198. mouthed: gaping, open-mouthed 1H4 i. iii. 97 hi. wounds, Sonn. Ixxvii. 6 mouthed graves. move (tlie foil, are obs. fig. uses) 1 to make angry, exasperate Wiv. i. iv. 95, Shr. v. ii. 143, R3 I. iii. 248 Lest . . . thou m. our patience, Kom. 1. i. 7, Cses. iv. iii. 58 he durst not thus have m-d me, Ven. 623 Being mov'd, he strikes. 2 to urge, incite, instigate, make a proposal to, ap- peal or apply to (a person) Err. ii. ii. 185 she m-s me for her theme, R3 in. vii. 139 In this just cause come I to 111. your Grace, Otli. in. iv. 19 I have m-d my lord in his behalf, Cyni. i. i. 103, v. v. 343. 3 to propose, suggest (something) Ado rv. i. 74 Let me but m. one question, Hani. iii. ii. 194 The in- stances that second marriage move, Otli. in. iv. 155. mover (1 so ' first Mover' in Milton) 1 applied to God as moving the universe 2H6 in. iii. 19 eternal Mover of the heavens. 2 cause (S.) Cym. i. v. 9. 3 living creature Ven. 368. 4 stirring active person (used ironicallyof loiterers for plunder) Cor. i. v. 4*. moving' vbl. sb. (common Eliz. uses) 1 motion (of a heavenly body) 1H6 i. ii. 1. 2 bodily movement Ham. ii. li. 325 [317]. moving ppl. adj.: exciting the feelings Meas. ii. ii. 36, R2 v. i. 47 ; as adv. m.-delicate Ado iv. i. 230. mowsb.: (derisive) grimace Tp. rv. i. 47 with mop andm., Hani.ii. ii.390[381], Cyni.i. vi. 41 Contemn with m-s the other ; also as vb. Tp. ll. ii. 9 apes that mow and chatter, Lr. iv. i. 63 mopping and m-ing. moy: imaginarynameofacoinevolved by 'Ancient Pistol' from a misunderstanding of tlie French moy (me) in his prisoner's speech H5 iv. iv. 14. much (3 now only in phr. ' much like ') 1 used ironically, where ' no ' would be used in serious language AYL. iv. iii. 2 Is it not past two o'clock? Andhere much Orlando! ; alsoasadv. = not at all 2H4 ii. iv. 141 God's light J ivith two points on your shoulder ? much 1. 2 'lis m., it is a great or difficult thing or a serious matter 1H6 iv. i. 192, R3 in. vii. 92 (Qq hard), Cym. I. vi. 79, Ven. 411 ; so think (it) much, regard as important or onerous, beshy of (doing sometliiiig) Tp. I. ii. 252 think'st it m. to tread the ooze, M(i iv. i. 18 ihmk you much to pay two thousand crowns?. 3 adv. pretty nearly, approximately Meas. in. ii. 248 Much upon this riddle runs the unsdom of the world, H5 v. ii. 203 m. at one ( = very much the same), Rom. l. iii. 72 much upon these years. mudded : buried in mud Tp. in. iii. 102, v. i. 151. muddy: confused in mind Wint. i. ii. 325. muddy-mettled: duU-spiritedHam.ii. ii. 602(594]. muffled: blindfolded All'sW. iv. i. 95, Rom. i. i. 176. muffler: bandage for blindfolding H5 in. vi. 32. mulled : dispirite>l, dull Cor. iv. v. 240 m., deaf. nxultiplying medicine: the substance with which alchemists claimed to 'multiply' the precious metals by transmuting the baser metals All'sW. V. iii. 102. [128. multipotent (not pre-S.): mostmighty Troil. iv. v. multitudinous (occurs twice) 1 vast Mac. ii. ii. 63 The muUitudinous seas. 2 of the multitude or common people Cor. in. i. 155 The multituditious tongue. mum: Wiv. v. ii. 6 /. . . cry 'mum' ; she cries ' budget ' ; the two elements of the 16th-l 7th cent. ' niumbudget ', which was used like 'mum' = silence, silent. mumble-news : tale-bearer LLL. v. ii. 465. mummy (2 a rare jocular use) 1 medicinal or magical preparation of the flesh of dead bodies Mac. iv. i. 23 Witches' m., Otli. in. iv. Ibiiy'd in m. which the skilful Conserv'd of maidens' hearts. 2 dead flesh Wiv. in. v. 19 a mountain of mummy. muniments : furnishings Cor. i. i. 124. munition: military stores John v. ii. 98; in tlie Mtli-nth cent, olten used = ammunition, as probably in 1H6 i. i. 168. muralt (Pope): wall MND. v. i. 210 Xow is the m. down {Y"{ moriill ; ? read 'wall '). murdering-piece: small cannon or mortar Ham. IV. V. 95. Ti A 17th cent, term for what was usually called 'murderer' (15th-17th cent.). murderoits, often in old edd. murtherous : always 2 syll., except in R3 iv. i. 55. mure (once) : wall 2H4 iv. iv. 119. murk (once) : darkness All'sW. ii. i. 166. murmur: rumour; m?«., whispered about Tw.N. I. ii. 30 'twas fresh in murmur . . . That . . . niurrain: plague; in imprecations rt xi. oh Tp. in. ii. 90, Troll ii. i. 21 ; used as adj. = diseased MND. II. i. 97 the m. flock (old edd. murrion, a 16th-17th cent. form). muscadel : strong sweet wine made from the mus- catel or similar grape Shr. iii. ii. 175. muscat: see musk-cat. Muscovite: Russian LLL. v. ii. 121, &c. miise 2) this sense occurs in Sternhold & Hopkins, Psalm ii, ' Why did the Jewish people muse ? ') 1 to wonder, marvel All'sW. n. v. 71, John in. i. 317, R3 I. iii. 305 / in. why .■'he's at liberty, Cor. in. ii. 7, Mac. in. iv. 85 Do not m. at me, Ven. 866 ; also trans, to marvel at Tp. in. iii. 36 / cannot too much mitse Such shapes . . . 2 to grumble, complain Wiv. v. V. 265 [253]. muset : gap in a hedge or fence through whiclt MUSIC - 1 hares habitually pass, or run, when hunted, for relief Ven. 583 (Q musits). music: band of musicians LLL. v. ii.212 Play, m., linn:, 217, H8 iv. ii. 9f Bid the m. leave, Rom. iv. iv. 22 The county will he here with in.; as adj. = pleasing, deliglitful Ham. iii. i. 165 the honey of his music vows (Qq2 3 4 musickt). nivisk : odoriferous substance secreted in a gland or sac by the male musk-deer Wiv. n. ii. 70. musk-cat : musk-deer, Moschus moschiferus (cf. prec.) All'sW. v. ii. 21 (old edd. Muscat ; another fre.j. 16th-17th cent, spelling was 'musket '). musk-rose : lar^e rambling rose with large frag- rant flowers MKD. II. i. 252, II. ii. 3. muss : game in which small objects are thrown d'>\vu to be scrambled for Ant. iil. xi. [xiii.] 91 Li 1,1 hoys unto a innss. ^ Survives = ' scramble ' in Luicestersliire and Wai-wickshire. m.ussel-s}iell : one who gapes (like a mussel-shell) Wiv. IV. V. 29. mixst : very freq. with ellipsis of a vb. of motion Gent. II. iv. 177 / must after, K2 i. ii. 50 / m. to Coientry, Cajs. v. 1. 22 we in. out and talk. % Asa past tense, used to express regret with regard to an untowai'd event Mac. iv. iii. 212 And I must he from thence .'. m.uster (orig. sense is ' show, display ' ; cf. 1) 1 (?) to set an example of All'sW. ii. i. 55. 2 to enlist, enrol Cym. iv. iv. 10 not m~d Amonq the bands. muster-toook : book in which militai-y forces are registered 2H4 in. ii. 148. mvister-file: muster-roll All'sW. iv. iii. 190. m.usty : stale Ham. in. ii. 3G0 [359] the proverb is. . . mvite : silent spectator Ham. v. ii. 349 ; in oriental countries, dumb house-servant or janitor Tw.N. I. ii. 60, H5 I. ii. 232 our f/rave, Like Turkish in., shall have a tonyueless mouth, Cym. in. v. 158. mutine: mutineer John ii. i. 378, Ham. v. ii. 6 ; also as vb. to rebel (tig.) Ham. iii. iv. 83. mutiny sb.: discord, contention LLL. i. i. 168, IHO IV. i. 131, H8 in. ii. 121 There is a m. in's mind, Rom. I. V. 84, Lucr. 1153 So with hei-self is she in m. mutiny v)).: to contend, strive, quarrel R2 n. i. 28, 0th. II. i. 284, Ant. in. ix. [xi.] 13. mutton (2 see also laced mutton) 1 sheep Gent. l. i. 101 u lost in., AYL. in. ii. 58. 2 food for lust, (hence) loose women Meas. in. ii. 196. miitual (2 now regarded as incorrect, is the com- monest S. sense) 1 intimate Meas. i. ii. 164 [158] onr most m. enter- tainment, 2H6 I. i. 25 The mutiud conference. 2 common Gent. v. iv. 173 one m. happiness, MND. IV. i. 123 one in. cry, Mor.V. v. i. 77, 1H4 i. i. 14, Tit.v.iii.71, Ven. 1018 rn. overthrow of mortal kind. mutuality: intimacy (not pre-S.) 0th. ii. i. 269. mutually : in return Wiv. iv. vi. 10 ; jointly, in common Wiv. v. v. 105, Meas. ii. iii. 27. my : in vocative pln-ases, often placed between an adj. and its noun, e. g. Wint. li. iii. 27 yood my lords, R2 I. i. 184 dear my licye, Rom. in. v. 2U0 sireet my mother. Ham. i. ii. 5(i Dread my lord (Ff). mynheers t [Dutch]: sirs Wiv. ii. L 238 (Fi An- lau-is). Myrmidon : one of a warlike race of Thessaly, whom Achilles led to the siege of Troy, Tw.N. n. iii. 30, Troil. v. v. 33, &c.; the great M., Achilles Troil. I. iii. 378. mystery ' : iiersonal secret Ham.ni.ii. 389 [382] you iioitid jilark out the heart of my mystery. mystery''' (late Latin ' misterium ' = ' ministerium ') 1 craft, trade, profession Meas. iv. ii. 30, &c., Tim. IV. i. 18, iii. 461 thrirein our mystery, 0th. iv. ii. 29. 2 skill, art All'sW. iii. vi. 67 your in. in stratayem. -NATURE N naif: applied to a wanton woman 2H4 ii. iv. 204, Ant. III. viii. 20 [x. 10] Yon rihaudred nay of Egypt. ^ Cf. HACKNEY, JADE. Naiads : river-nymphs Tp. iv. i. 128. nail: 1 blow one's nail{s, (i) lit. so as to keep one's hands warm LLL. v. ii. 921 Dick the sheplurd blows his nail, 3H6 ii. v. 3 ; (ii) fig. to exercise patience Shr. I. i. 108. [109. 2 measure of length for cloth, 2i inches Shr. iv. iii. naked (the literal sense and derived fig. uses 'desti- tute', 'unprovided', 'unfurnished' are freq.) 1 n. bed, used with ref. to the custom of sleeping entirely naked Ven. 397 in her naked bed. 2 unarmed 2H6 in. ii. 234 he [is] hut n., though lock'd tip in steel. Cor. i. x. 20, 0th. v. ii. 257. 3 mere, bare Gent. ii. iv. 143 the very n. name of love. nakedness : bareness, destitution H5 iv. i. 110, Tim. IV. i. 33. name sb. (l cf. the uses of Latin ' nomine ') 1 ((( (the) n. of, under the title or designation of, in the character of Wiv. in. v. 102 in the n. of foul clothes, IV. iv. 78, Ado n. i. 181, Wint. in. ii. 61 Which comes to me in n. of fault, R2 1. i. 89 ; by the n. of, in the quality of, as Ado in. iii. 154, H5 n. ii. 146, iStc, H8 n. i. 69 by that name (i.e. as a traitor), Mac. ii. i. 16. 2 family, stock All'sW. i. iii. 164, &c., Tit. n. iii. 183 oar general name (=the human race). 3 distingui.shed or honourable repute, honour Meas. I. ii. 179 /or a n., 1H6 iv. iv. 9 hear the n., Cor. n. i. 151 the whole name oftlie war. name vb.: to utter, say'(S.) LLL. v. ii. 240, 3H6 v. V. 58, Tit. III. ii. 33 name the word of hands, nameless (all senses are not pre-S.) 1 of unknown name Gent. n. i. 115. 2 bearing no legitimate name Lucr. 522. 3 inexpressible, indefinable Gent. in. i. 322 n. rir- tiKs, R2 II. ii. 40 nameless woe. napkin : handkerchief (the only S. sense) Compl. 15. Naples: in 0th. in. i. 4 a ref. to the venereal disease ; cf. Neapolitan. narrow adj.: small Ant. in. iv. 8 narrow measure. narrow adv.: closely Shr. in. ii. 149 n. prying. narrowly: carefully, closely Ado v. iv. 118, Shr. in. ii. 142. native sb.: (?) origin, source Cor. in. i. 128* the n. Of our so frank dotmtion (Heath motive f). native adj. (the gen. mod. sense ' belonging to a certain countiy, or to one's birthplace ' is freq.) 1 natural LLL. iv. iii. '263 n. blood, John in. iv. 83 n. beauty, Kom. iv. i. 97, Ham. in. i. 84 the n. hue of resolution ; with to 0th. n. i. 219 a nobility . . , nujre than is native to them. 2 closely connected, related (to) All'sW. i. i. 242 hiss like native things. Ham. i. ii. 47. 3 proper, rightful R2 in. ii. 25 her native king. [53. natural sb.: idiot, half-wit Tp. in. ii. 38, AYL. i. ii. natural adi". (various ordinary uses occur) 1 that is so by birth 3H6 l. i. 82 Whom should he follow hut his n. king 1, Lr. rv. vi. 196 The n.fool of fortune ( = born to bo the sport of fortune). 2 related by blood AYL. i. i. IbWhisn. brother, Tim. IV. iii. 385 'Twixt n. son and sire, Cym. in. iii. 107. 3 having natural feeling or kindnessMeas. in. i. 228, H5 II. Chor. 19 kind and natural, Lr. ll. i. 86. 4 (?) half-witted Tw.X. i. iii. 31. naturalize : to familiarize All'sW. i. i. 227. naturally : in a life-like manner Shr. Ind. 1. 87. nature (2 not pre-S. and now dial.) 1 of n. = natural (in various senses) Troil. v. i. 39 NAUGHT - 147 — NEITHER diiiiinii/iicsofn.. Ham. i. iv. bi/oohofn., Lr. i. ii. 117 irisdom ofn. {-natural philosopliy), 124 hian of n. ( = natural affection). 2 natural feeling or affection Tp. v. i. 76 remorse and II., 2H4 IV. V. 38 n., love, and filial tenderness, Mao. I. V. 4G no compunctions visitiwjs ofn., Ham. i. v. 81, III. ii. 4181411]. [thing) naugrht sb. (sometimes confused with noitght =no- 1 net at H., slight, despise Gent. I. i. 08, 2H4 v. ii. 85, Cor. III. i. 269; call all to n., abuse or decry vehemently Ven. 993 (Qqi-4 nowjlti) ; be n., efface yourself, withdraw AYL. i. i. 39. 2 wickedness, wrong K3 1. i. 99 He that doth n. with her; — ^/»/!//o/»j., something wicked MND. rv. ii.l5. naught adj. (3 not pre-S,) 1 worthless, useless Ado v. i. 160 my knife's naught AYL. III. ii. 15, JH5 i. Ii. 73 [his title] was corrupt and naught. 2 wicked, naughty Rom. iii. ii. 86«// n all for- sworn, Mac. IV. iii. 224, Ham. iii. ii. 158, Lr. ii. iv. 136 Thy sister's naught. 3 lost, ruined Cor. m. i. 230, Ant. in. viii. 11 [x. 1]. naughty: (of weather) bad, nasty Lr. in. iv. 114 'tis a n. night to swim in. ^ The word is usu. applied to persons = bad, wicked, worthless. nave (2 is peculiar to S.) 1 hub (of a wheel) Ham. ll. ii. 526 [518] ; in 2H4 ii. iv. 278 this n. of a wheel there is a ref. to Falstaff's rotundity and a quibble with 'knave '. 2 navel Mac. i. ii. 22. navel (once) : flg. centre Cor. in. i. 122. navigation (once): vessels, shipping Mac. iv. i. 54. nay : tlie commoner S. use is that of serving to cor- rect, amplify, or emphasize something that pre- cedes, or to express a mild protest, e. g. Tp. i. i. 17 Xay, good, be patient. Err. iv. ii. 36 A wolf, nay, 7i-orse, a fellow all in buff. nayward (S.) : to the n., towards denial or disbelief Wint. II. i. 63 lean to the nayward. nayword (of obscure derivation) 1 watchword Wiv. ii. ii. 132, v. ii. 5. 2 byword, proverb Tw.N. n. iii. 147 if I do not gull him into a nayword f (old edd. an ay word). Nazarite: native of Kazareth Mer.V. i. iii. .35. ne (twice) : and not, nor All'sW. ii. i. 176 ne worse of II first (Ff; mod. edd. nay, worse — if worst f), For. II. GowerSG. ^ Still current in tlie Eliz. period. neaf : fist MND. iv. i. 20 (Qq Fi neafe, F2 nciife, F3 ncwse,_ F4 news), 2H4 11. iv. 199 (Q Ff neaffe). Neapolitan bone-ache : venereal disease (cf.'JsAPLES) Troil. II. iii. 20. near adj. : closely affecting or touching one Tim. ni. vi. 11 many my n. occasions ; absol. in Mac. in. i. 118 my near'st of life ( = my very inmost being). near adv. » : nearer K2 m. ii. 64 Nor near nor further off. . . Than this weak arm, Mac. 11. iii. 147 the near in blood. The nearer bloody ; — ne'er the n., no nearer the object in view K2 v. i. 88. near adv. 2 and prep. : 1 come near the house, come or draio nearjenterlp. v. i. 318, Wiv. I. iv. 137, in. iii. 159, Mer.V. v. i. 223. 2 n. upon, close at hand Meas. iv. vi. 14. 3 go n. to, be on the point of, almost succeed in (doing something) Tp. 11. ii. 80, 2H6 i. ii. 102. 4 intimately, deeply, closely Gent. iii. i. 60 some affairs That touch men., 1H6 in. i. 58, Tim. i. ii. 186 ; also as prep, closely touching or affecting, esp. in phr. come near Gent. iv. iii. 19 No qrief did ever come so near thy heart, AYL. v. ii. 70 7/ ymi do love Rosalind so near the heart, 1H4 1, ii. 14, H8 iii. i. 71, 0th. rv. i. 209 )/ it touch not you, it comes n. nobody. 5 intimate with 2H4 v. i. 80 being n. their master. near-legged before -. going with the forelegs close together Shr. in. ii. 58. neat .sb.: animal of the ox-kind Tp. 11. ii. 75 neat's- leather, Shr. IV. iii. 17 a neat's foot, 1H4 11. iv. 275 you dried neat's tongue ; cattle Wint. i. ii. 126. neat adj. (1 applied in botli laudatory and depreci- atory sense) 1 elegant Gent. i. ii. 10 a knight . . . neat and fine, Wint. I. ii. 124 not neat, but cleanly, 1H4 I. iii. 33, Lr. II. ii. 46 yon neat slave. 2 dainty Cym. iv. ii. 49 his neat cookery. 3 tidy Shr. iv. i. 117, 1H4 11. iv. 508. [i. i. 149. neat-herd: cowherd Wint. rv. iii. [iv.] 334, Cym. neb : beak, mouth Wint. i. ii. 183. necessary : rendering useful service Cor. n. i. 93 « nictssary In ncher in tlie Capitol. necessitied (S.) : n. to, in need of All'sW. v. iii. 85. neck : phr. (1 j with ref. to hanging or beheading 1H4 11. i. 68 I'll give thee this neck, H5 iv. viii. 44 let his neck answer for it ; (2) denoting the laying of a charge upon one 0th. v. ii. 1 68 men must lay their murders on your neck ; (3) in won the neck of, im- mediately after 1H4 iv. iii. 92 in the mck u'f that, Sonn. cxxxi. 11 One on another's neck ; (4) break (one's) neck, destroy, kill Troil. in. iii. 262, v. iv. 34 a plague break thy neck !, Cor. in. iii. 30. need sb.: for a need, in case of necessity, at a pinch 3H6 I. ii. 67, R3 ni. v. 84, Ham. n. ii. 573 [566] ; had need, would do well (to), ought (to) AYL. n. vii. 169, Tw.N. li.iii.202, 2H4 n.iv.l61, H8 ii.ii.45. need vb. : it needs, it is necessary, there is necessity Err. V. i. 393 It shall not need, 3H6 i. iv. 125, Mac. V. ii. 29 ; what need{s ....«, what necessity is there for. . . ? Err. ni. i. 60 What nmls all that ?, Tim. I. ii. 251 what luedthesefnists f. Ant. 11. vii. 132 ^yllat needs more tvords!, Lucr. 31 ]Vhiit mcdith thill iijitj!iji/y he niaele ?. needful: warning supplies of men 3H6 n. i. 147 tliis iiuilful inir. needle: one syll. in MND. in. ii. 204, John v. ii. 157 (Ffi2 necdl's). Per. iv. Gower 23, v. Gower 5, where mod. edd. substitute the once common spelling necid for old edd. needle ; in Per. v. Gower 5 (,!q have neile, another old and still dial. form. needless : not in need AYL, 11. i. 46 his weeping into the needless stream. needly : of necessity Rom. ni. ii. 117. needy: necessary Per. i. iv. 95 your needy bread, neeze : to sneeze MND. 11. i. 56. negative : denying Wint. i. ii. 274 impudently n. neglect: to cause neglect of R3 in. iv. 24. neglectingly : negligently 1H4 i. iii. 52. neglection (not pre-S.) : negligence, neglect 1H6 IV. iii. 49, Troil. i. iii. 127, Per. in. iii. 20. negligence : disregard, contempt Ham. iv. v. 133 ho/h the worlds I give to negligence. negligent: due to negligence Ant. in. vi. 81 And Iff in negligent danger. neighbour sb.: the n. to, privy to R3 iv. ii. 43 ; in attrib. use freq.= neighbouring. [by. neighbour vb. : to lie near Ven. 259 a copse that n-s neighbour'd : 1 n. by, liaving as a neighbour H5 i. i. 62. 2 closely connected or associated Ham. n. ii. 12 so n. to his youth, Lr. l. i. 121 to my bosom Be as well n. neighbourhood : friendly relations, neighbourly feeling H5 v. ii. 381, Tim. iv. i. 17. neither: used to strengthen a negative = (i) nor tliat either Gent. n. v. 18 shedl she marry him ? — No. — How then ? Shall he marry her 1 — No, neither. Err. V. i. 94, 1H4 m. i. 244 ; (ii) either, e. g. Tp. in. ii. 23 We'll not run . . . — Nor go neither, Gent. II. iii. 18 nay, that cannot be so neither; (iii) for all that, nevertheless Wint. n. iii. 157 lei it live: It shall not neither ; also with but Ado I. i. 298 [290], Mer.V. in. v. 8, All'sW. 11. ii. 37, Ham. v. ii. NEMESIS — 148 -NIP 121 and yet hut yaw neither , notso n., bynomeans Adoiir. ui. 152, MND. in. i. 150, Cor. iv. v. 170. Nemesis : goddess of retribution, (lience allusive- ly) avenger IHO iv. vii. 78. nephew (2 a common 17th 'ent. sense) 1 cousin IHO II. V. 64, Troii. i. ii. 13. 2 grandsou Otli. i. i. 112. Neptune : god of tlie sea, (hence) the sea Tp. v. i. 35 tlie ebbiny N., MND. ll. i. 120 Jf-'s yellow sands, Per. III. iii. 30. Nereides: sea-nympbs Ant. ii. ii. 214. nerve: sinew, tendon; esp. pi. = tlie parts of the body in which the cliief strength lies Tp. i. ii. 481, Cor. I. i. 144, Ham. i. iv. 83, Cym. iii. iii. 94, Soiin. cxx, 4 ; fig. Meas. l. iv. 53 the very n-s of state ; sing, applied to a person Troil. i. iii. 55 n. and bone of Greece, ^i The mod. sense is probably represented in Ant. iv. viii. 21 A brain that ■nourishes our nerves. nervy: vigorous, sinewy Cor. ii. i. 119 nervy arm. net : applied to sophistical argument H5 i. ii. 93. nether : committed here below Lr. iv. ii. 79 our ndher crimes. nether stock : stocking 1H4 ii. iv. 132 Til sew n-s. neuter : neutral K2 ii. iii. 169 remain as neuter. new adv.: 1 newly, freshly, recently, lately John iii. i. 233 even before this truce, but J)e;w before, Tim. I. ii. 81 thcj) were bleeding new, Sonn. Ivi. \0 two contracted new. 2 anew, afresh, over again Err. iii. ii. 39 would yon create me new ?, R2 i.ui.l6farbish new, H5 iv.i.315 / Richard's body have interred new, Cyni. i. vi. 105 new o'er, Sonn. Ixxvi. 11 dressing old words new. H Used very freq. in both senses prefixed (and often hyphened in mod. edd.) to pa. pples.; also, in sense 1, to pres. pples. (4 instances), and once to an adj. (new-sad LLL. v. ii. 739), and in sense 2, to transitive verbs (7 instances). The foil, com- pounds are not pre-S.: new-built Shr. V. ii. 119, new-create 0th. iv. i. 287, new-devised LLL. i. ii. 67, new-fallen 1H4 v. i. 44, new-form Tp. i. ii. 83, new-risen IHO I. iv. 102, new-sprimg Yon. 1171. next (1 next way survives in the midlands) 1 nearest in place Tp. in. ii. 42 if i/ou prove a mu- tiiieer, the next tree .', Wint. i. ii. 195 his next neigh- bour ; plir. then, ivay (lit. and fig.) AH'sW. i. iii. 64 I speak the truth the n. loay, AVint. iii. iii. 129, 1H4I1I. i. 203. 2 nearest in relationship 1H4 i. iii. 14G the n. of blood, 1 H6 II. V. 73 the n. bg birth, Sonn. cxxxiii. 0. 3 absol. the next, what comes next or afterwards 2H6 III. i. 383. nice (of somewhat vague use in the 16th-17tlicent. and freq. variously explained by comni. on S.; the common mod. sense of ' agreeable ' is post-S.) 1 wanton, lascivious LLL. iii. i. 25 nice wenches, Ant. III. xi. [xiii.] 179'. 2 notable to bear much, delicate 2H4 1. i. 145 Hence, therefore, thou nice crutch .'. 3 shy, coy Gent. iii. i. 82 she is nice and coy, LLL. V. ii. 220 We'll not be nice : take hands. 4 reluctant, unwilling; Tphr.makesniceof, isscrupu- lous about John in. iv. 138. 5 fastidious, dainty, 'particular' Mer.V. n. i. 14 nice direction of a maiden's eyes, Shr. in. i. 81, AU'sW. V. i. 15 sharp occasions. Which lay nice manners by, H5 v. ii. 291*, 297*, Compl. 97. 6 minute, subtle LLL. v. ii. 233, 1H6 ii. iv. 17 these nice sharp quillets of the law, 3H6 iv. viL bSwhere- fore stand you on nice points ?. 7 slender 0th. in. iii. IS* nice andwaterish diet. 8 unimportant, trivial R3 in. vii. 174 the respects . . . are nice and trivial, Rom, ill. i. 160, V. li. 18 not nice, but full of charge, Caes. iv. iii. 8 evcrg nice offence. 9 critical, precarious 1H4 iv. i. 48 the nice hazard of one doubtful hour. 10 accurate, exact, precise Ado v. i. 75* his nice fence, 2H4 II. iii. 40, Troii. iv. v. 249 n. conjecture, Mac. IV. iii. 174 0! relation Too n,, Lucr. 1412 the painter was so nice. nicely : 1 elegantly, daintily Tw.N. in. i. 17 they that dully nicilg with words. Cor. ii. i. 230. 2 trill! ngly R2 ii. i. 84\ 3 scrupulously, punctiliously Lr. ll. ii. 110 silly- ducking observants. That stretch their duties n., V. iii. 140, Per. iv. i. 6 ; with great particularity H5 V. ii. '■Aarticles too nicely wg'd, 4 ' by nice and subtle sophistry ' (J.) H5 i. ii. 15. 5 with e.Kact correspondence Cym. ii. iv. 90. niceness: coyness Cym. in. iv. 158 /ear and n. nice-preserved: coyly guarded Tit. ii. iii. 135. nicety: reserve, coyness Meas. ii. iv. 163. Nicholas : patron saint of scholars Gent. in. i. 303; Saint Nicholas' clerks, highwaymen 1H4 n. i. 68. nick sb. (1 developed from the sense of ' notch used as a means of keeping a score ') 1 out of all nick, lit. beyond all reckoning, i.e. exceedingly Gent. iv. ii. 77. [interim). 2 m the n., at the right moment 0th. v. ii. 316 (Ff nick vb.: to cut in nicks or notches Err. v. i. 175 ; fig. to cut short Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 8. nickname: to name wrongly Ham. ni. i, 153 ; to mention by mistake LLL. v. ii. 350. niece: grand-daughter R3 iv. i. 1. ^Cf. nephew. nig'g'ard : to put off (toith a small amount of some- thing) C;es. IV. iii. 227. nig'g'arding : miserly, sparing Sonn. i. 12. nig'^ardly : sparingly "\Vi v. ii. li. 209. night: IVAd/zi-^Af «.?, what timeof niglitisit? (cf. DA Y 1) Mac. HI. iv. 120 ; good n., farewell {to) Tp. iv. i. bigood n. your vow, Meas. v. i. 296 Goodn. to your redress, Shr, 11. i. 295 [303], R3 iv. iii. 39 bid the world good n.. Ant. lii. viii. 39 [x. 20] ; the n., during the night, by night (S.) 2H4 iv. v. 124, R3 IV. iv. 118 to sleep tlie n.;—on m-(s), by night (habitually) 2H4 ii. i. 85, ii. iv. 251 ; of the n., at night MND. «. i. 253. night-bird: nightingale Per. iv. Gower 26. night-cap or -cape : fig. wife 0th. ii. i. 319. night-crow : (?) owl 3H0 v. vi. 45. nighted (not pre-S.) ; dark or black as night (S.) Ham. I. ii. 68 cast thy n. colour off'iQq ; Fi nightly), Lr. IV. V. 13 to dispatch Nis nighted life. night-gown: kind of dressing-gown worn at night Ado in. iv. 18, Mac. ii. ii. 71, v. i. 6, 68, 0th. iv. iii. 34. nightly adj. : 1 belonging to the night, used by night, active at night Gent.n.iv. 1.33 M./f(i)s, MND. v. i. 379?i.rf le/s, Tit. II. iii. 97 the n. owl, Lucr. 680 n. linen, 1080. 2 dark Ham. i. ii. 68 (see nighted). nightly adv. : at night MND. n. ii. 6, Rom. iv. i. 81. night-rule: diversion of the night MND. in. ii. 5. nill : will not; except in the phr. will he, nitl he (H.am.v. i. 18),njill you,nill gouiShr. ii. i. 265 [273]) only archaically in Per. in. Gower 55 / nill relate, Pilgr. xiv. 8 [188] mil I construe. nimble-pinioned: swift-winged Rom. ii. v. 7. nimbly: briskly Mac. i. vi. 2. ninefold* : attendant company ofnineLr. in. iv.l24. Niobe: in Greek mythology, a woman changed into stone while weeping for the death of her children Troil. V. X. 19, Ham. i. ii. 149 Like N., all tears. nip : [i. 89. 1 nips r the head, gives a decisive check to Meas. iii. KIT- 2 to arrest tlie attention of Per. v. i. 235 Jloii hea- renlij music : It nips me unto list'nin;/. nit : applied to persons in contempt LLL. iv. i. 152 iiinst pdlhelical nit, Shr. iv. iii. 110. noblesse: nobility R2 iv. i. 119 (Qi only). nobody: in old edd. mostly two words, sometimes liynliened : stressed iio'bodj) or nobo'dy. nod si).: oscillation li'i iir. iv! 99. nod vb.: to beckon (a person) Ant. in. vi. 66. noddy: simpleton Gent. i. i. 120, &c. noise sb. (2 Chaucer applies ' make noyse ' to the , nightingale) f 1 rumour, report Troil. i. ii. 12 The n. goes, Lr. in. vi. 120, Ant. I. ii. 150 tlie least noise of this. 2 musical sound, music Tp. iii. ii. 147, Mac. iv. i. 106, Ham. v. ii. 363, Ant, iv. iii. 12. 3 band of musicians 2H4 ii. iv. 13. noise vb. (chiefly in noise abroad) [arjaitisl us. 1 to clamour Ant. iii. vi. 96 a trull. That noises it 2 to rumour Tim. iv. iii. 406. nole, nowl: head MND. in. ii. 17. nominate (senses now rare) : to name, call LLL. i. ii. 16, V. i. 8, AYL. v. iv. 92, 2H6 ii. i. 129 ; to ap- point, specify Mer.V. i. iii. 150, iv. i. 260. nomination: naming, mention LLL. iv. ii. 140, Ham. V. ii. 134 ; specifying, appointing R3 in. iv. 5. nonage : minority K3 ii. iii. 13 in his nonage. nonce : for the n., for tlie purpose in hand, on pur- pose, expressly 1H4 i. ii. 200 1 have cases of buckram for the n.. Ham. iv. vii. 100 I'll have prepar'd him A chalice for the n.\ as a tag with no special mean- ing (after the fashion of Middle English poetry) UK) II. iii. 57 This is a riddling merchant for ilii; n. noncome : usii. taken as a nonsensical abbrevia- tion of ' non compos (mentis) ', but perhaps in- tended as a substitute for ' nonplus ' Ado iii. v. 08 (Dogberry). none adj.: not any, no .John in. iv. 151 n. so small adianlage ( = no advantage however small), H8 iv. i. 33 made of n. effect, Ant. I. iii. 36 n. our parts f= no parts of oiirs), Cyni. i. iv. 108 n. so accom- /ilisliul a (imrtier, vi. 59 none a stranger. nonny-nonny: meaningless refrain Ado ii. iii. 73, Hani. IV. V. 164 ; so nonny-no, nonino AYL. v. iii. 19, &c. nonpareil: one that lias no o'lual Tp. in. ii. Ill, Tw. N. I. V. 275 The n. of beauty, Mac. in. iv. 19, Ant. III. ii. 11. non-reg'ardance (S.): disregard Tw.N. v. i. 125. nonsuit : to reject the suit of 0th. i. i. 16. nook-shotten (not pre-S.): running out into cor- ners HT) in. V. 14 that n. isle of Albion. ^ Survives in north-west-midland dialects. north : north wind Oth. v. ii. 218 as liberal as the n. (Q I ".'/'f ), Cym. I. iii. 36 breathing of the n. ; — sailed into the n. of = ' out of the sunshine of (Wriglit) Tw.N. in. ii. 29. northern star: north or pole star Ca^s. in. i. 60. nose : plir. by one's nose, under one's vei-y eyes Tit. II. i. 9t ; so to one's twsc Cor. rv. vi. 84 ; bite, plurlc, tweak bii the n., treat with contempt Meas. i. iii. 29, in. i. 107, V. i. 339, Ham. li. ii. 609 L601J ; Speak V the nose Oth. in. i. 4 and down villi tlie nose Tim. IV. iii. 158 refer to the effects of venereal disease. nose-herb : plant grown for its perfume, scented licrb AHsW. IV. v. 20. [iii- ^'^^ nose-painting' : colouring of the nose red Mac. n. not (obsolete uses) 1 preceding the finite verb Tp. ii. i. 128 [121] I not doubt, R3 I. ii. 251 wliose all not equals Edimrd's moiety, Ant. li. i. 3 nhat they do delaif, tin y not d< ny. 2 = not only Meas. iv. i. 68 It is not my rtnisi iit, lint my entreaty too. Cor. in. ii. 71, iii. 95, Per. in. ii. 46. 3 - not even Ant. ii. ii. 70. 149 -NUITCLB not-answering-: refusal to answer Troil. in. iii. 273. not-appearance : non-appearance in court H8 iv. i. 30. notary : clerk, secretary (fig.) Lucr. 765 Dim register and notary of shame!. note sb. (3 occurs once ; 5 phr. of note is not pre-S.) 1 sign, token, indication Ado in. ii. 54, Wint. i. ii. 2, 287 a note infallible Of breaking honesty, H5 iv. Chor. 35 no note Now . . ., Tim. i. ii. 53* dam/crous notes, Cym. n. ii. 28 natural notes about her body. 2 stigma, reproach, brand LLL. iv. iii. 125 aperjurd, n., V. ii. 75, R2 i. i. 43, Lucr. 208 my posterity, sham'd with the note. 3 observation, remark Tw.N. in. iv. 170. 4 bill, account 2H4 v. i. 19 the smith's nole for shoe- ing and plough-irons, Tim. il. ii. 16, 5 distinction, importance, eminence Cym. ii. iii. 127 soil The pricious n. of it with a base slave ; in phr. of sucli-and-such note Mae. in. ii. 44, Cym. i. iv. 2, Compl. 233. 6 knowledge, information, intimation Tp. n. i. 256 [248], All'sW. I. iii. 235* in note {^-known), Tw.N. in. ii. 40 take n. of it (=know about it), iv. iii. 29 come to n., Wint. i. i. 40, H8 i. ii. 48, Lr. ir. i. 86, Cym. IV. iii. 44 Even to the note o' the king. 7 tune, melody, music Gent. i. ii. 78 Give me anote : your ladyship can set, 2H6 in. ii. 40 smg a raven's note, Cym. iv. ii. 237 use like note and words. note vb. (1 only in quibbles ; 2 borrowed from North's Plutarch) [Rom. iv. v. 123. 1 to set music to, provide with notes Troil. v. ii. 11, 2 to stigmatize, brand Caes. iv. iii. 2. notedly: particularly Meas. v. i. 331. nothing : nothingness Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 628 ad- miring the notliing of it. nothing-gift : worthless gift Cym. in. vi. 85. notice (the foil, meanings are now arch.) 1 information Gent. ii. vi. 36 I'll give Iter father n. Of their . . , flight, H5 iv. vii. 123 liring me just n. of the numbers dead, Csos. in. ii. 275 they had some n. ( = they learned). 2 observation Cor. ii. iii. 166 To my poor unworthy n. notify (twice only) 1 to notice Wiv. ii. ii. 86 she gives you to n. that. . , 2 to give information Oth. ni. i. 31 to n. unto her. notion: understanding, mind Cor. v. v. [vi.] 107, Mac. in. i.Kian.craz'd, Lr. i. iv. 250/(/4«. weakens. 'H The only S. meaning. not-pated : close-cropped, short-haired 1H4 ii. iv. 79 (knot-pated-f). nouns: perversion of 'wounds' in the oath od's nouns Wiv. iv. i. 26. nourish sb. : nurse (fig.) 1H6 i. i. 50 Our isle be made (I, niiiirish of salt tears [marishf). nourish vb.: to support, maintain 2H6 in. i. 348 Willies I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. nouslef: see nuzzle. no-verb : word that does not exist Wiv. iii. i. 107. novum : old game at dice played by five or six per- sons, the two principal throws being nine and five LLL. v. ii. 545 Aliate throw at novum. now-bom* (Ffi 2 borne) : (?) produced at tliis junc- ture All'sW. II. iii. 180. nowl : sec nole. noyance: harm Ham. in. iii. 13 To hup itself from n. numb: causing chill R3 11. i. lis tin. 11. midnight. nviniber sb. : the multitude, tlie ])opulate Cor. in. i. 71 us, the honour'd numbir. number vb.: to celebrate in 'numbers' or verse (S.) Ant. in. ii. 17*. number'd : abounding in stones or sand Cym. 1. vi. 3B the II. bench (Tlicobald III' unnumbcr'df). nuncio: messenger Tw.N. i. iv. 28. nuncle : variant of ' uncle ' with ' n ' carried on from 11 Kussz: — 150 — OCCASION 'iiiinu', 'the customary appellation of the licensed fool to his superiors' (Nares) Lr. i. iv. 117, &c. nurse : fig. that which fosters or promotes some- thing Gent. in. i. 244 Tdiib is the n. and breeder o,t all yood, H5 v. ii. 35 Beam, of arU, Ant. v. ii. 8, Yen. 446 ; so the vb. Meas. lii. i. 15 n-'d by base- ness, H8 V. V. 29 truth shall nurse her, Lucr. 141. nurser : =nurse (fig.) IHb iv. vii. 46. nursery: nursing Lr. i. i. 126. ^ In Slir. i. i. 2, Troil. I. iii. 319 the metaphor is taken from gar- dening ; in All'sW. I. ii, 16 = scliool, sphere of training. nurture: education, training Tp. iv. i. 189, AYL. 11. vii. 97 7. . . knoio some nurture. [iv. iii. 74. nut: as a type of something of trifling value Err. nutliook : beadle, constable Wiv. i. i. 173, 2H4 v. iv. 8. nuzzle vb.': to push with the noseVen. 1115 huzz- liiif/ in his flank (Qq iwusHnij). nuzzle vb.-: to train up Per. i. iv. 42 to n. up their babes (old edd. nouzle, nouzell, mod. edd. iwuslcf). nymph: young and beautiful woman Gent. v. iv. 12, MND. II. i. 245, &c., Ham. in. i. 89. o O sb. (plural written Oes, in mod. edd. O's) 1 cipher, mere notliing Lr. i. iv. 214 thou urt an 0 U'ltliout ufi(jure. 2 circle, round spot LLL. v. ii. 45 0, that i/oiir face 7vere not so full of 0'6-( = smallpox marks), MNU. III. ii. 188 yon f.try oes ( = stars), H5 i, Clior. 13 this loooden 0 ( = the Globe Theatre, London), Ant. V. ii. 81 The little 0, the earth. O interj.: used as a sb.=lament Rom. iii. iii, 89 V/hy should you fall into so deep an 0?. o' : very freq. for o/and on ; of. a'. oak : the wood of the tree 0th. iii. iii. 210 close as oak ; the leaves used as a garland Cor. i. iii. 16, II. ii. 103 ; cf. ii. i. 140 oaken, garland. oar vb. (not pre-S.): to row Tp.' ii. i. 125 [118]. oathable (S.): fit to take an oath Tim. iv. iii. 136. oh.: abbreviation of 'obolus' = halfpenny 1H4 ii. iv. 597 [590]. obdu'rate: always so stressed, e.g. Ven. 199. obedient: of obedience AU'sW. ii. iii. 167 that o. riyht, 1H4 v. i. 17 nioee in that obedient orb. obey: twice construed with to Troil. in. i. 167 his stubborn buckles . . . Shall more o. tlian to the edyi of steel, Phoen. 4 To irhose sound chaste irin^/s obey. Obidicut : name of a fiend taken, like Fi.iisberti- oiBBET, from Harsnet, where it is spelt 'Haberdi- cut ', Lr. IV. i. 60. object sb.': often somewhat specific = one that ex- cites love or pity or their opposites MND. iv. i. 176 The 0. and the pleasure of mine eye. Is onlij Helena, H8 i. i. 127 (see abject), Troil. iv. v. 106, Tim. IV. iii. 123 Sirear ayainst objects (i.e. be not moved to pity), Ven. 255 her object will anay. object sb.- : presentation (of something) to tlie eye or the perception Troil. ii. ii. 41 reason flics the o. of all harm. Cor. i. i. 21 the object of our tniser>j. object vb.; to urge 1H6 ii. iv. 43 it is well objected. Objection: charge, accusation 1H6 iv. i. 129, 2H6 I. iii. 15S, H8 iir. ii. 308 I dare your tvorst o-s. oblig'ation : bond, contract Wiv. i. i. 11 quittance, or 0., 2H6 IV. ii. 104 /(« can make obligations. Obliged: pledged Mer.V. ii. vi. 7 obliged faith. oblique: indirectTroil.v.i.61o. jjiOHOrm^o/'cnc/.oMi, Tim. IV. iii. 18 all iso.f (old edd. All's obtiquie). oblivious: causing forgetfulness Mac, v. iii. 43. obloqiiy: renroacb, disgrace All'sW. iv. ii. 44, Lucr. 523 thou, the author of their obloquy. obscene: disgusting, repulsive LLL. i. i. 242 that most 0. u)ul preposterous event, R2 iv. i. 131 so . . . 0. a deed, 1H4 ii. iv. 256 o., greasy talloir-catch. obscenely: misused in LLL. I'v. i. 147, MND. i. ii.ll2. obscure adj. (stressed like entire) 1 dark, dim Mer.V. ii. vii. 51 the o'bscure grave. Veil. 237 brakes obscn're ayul rough ; loving the darkness Mac. li. iii. 65 The o'bscure bird. 2 retired, remote Tit. ii. iii. 77 an o'bscure plot. 3 lowly, mean, undistinguished R2 iii. iii. 154 an o'bscure grave, 2H6 iv. i. 50 Obscu're and lowly strain, Ham. iv. v. 213 his o'bscure burial. 4 not clear or plain LLL. in. i. 88 Some o'bscure pre- cedence. [C»s. I. ii. 324. obscurely: in the dark Lucr. 1250; not openly Obsequies: dutiful acts performed in memory of one departed 3H6 i. iv. 147, Rom. v. iii. 16, 20. obsequious (2 this sense is mainly S.) 1 dutiful, obedient Wiv. iv. ii. 2 I see yon are o. in your love, Meas. ll. iv. 29 in o, fondness Crowd to his presence. 2 dutiful in manifesting regard for the dead 3H6 ii. V. 118 so 0. will thy father be. Tit. v. iii. 152 o. tears. Ham. I. ii. 92 To do o. sorrow, Sonn. xxxi. 5 many a holyando. tear ; so obsequiously, as a dutiful mourner R3 I. ii. 3. observance (obs. or arch, uses are) 1 respectful attention, dutiful service, reverence AViv. II. ii. 207 a doling o., AYL. v. ii. 103, 2H4 IV. iii. 16 do 0., Troil. i. iii. 31 With due a. of thy yod-l ike seat, 0th. iii. iv. liSiQqobseruances, Ffist observance, Fi obsernancic). [Lucr. 1385. 2 observant care Ham. iii. ii. 22 ivith this special o., 3 observation AYL. iir. ii. 249, AirsV,\ iii. ii.bBi/ uhato.?, 0th. III. iii. 151, Ant. iii. iii. 22. Observancy: ^observance 1, 0th. in. iv. 148(Fi), o'bservant: obsequious attendant Lr. ii. ii. 109. observation (2 cf. observance 1, observant, and OBSERVE) 1 observance (of rites) MXD. iv. i. 110. 2 observing of the wishes of others, paying court, obsequiousness John I. i. 208. 3 = OBSERVANCE 2, Tp. III. ill, 87 ivith good life And observation strange. 4 something learned by observing, knowledge, ex- perience Ado IV. i. 167, AYL. n. vii. 41 in his brain . . he hath strange places cramm'd With o., Lr, i, i. 292. observe: to show respectful attention to, pay court to, humour, gratify 2H4 iv. iv. 30, Tim. iv. iii. 213 his very breath, whom thou It c, Ham. III. i. 163 'The observed of all observers. [138. observingr : compliant, obsequious Troil. ii. iii. obstructt : impediment, bar Ant. in. vi. 61 Being an 0. 'tween his lust and him (Ff abstract), ^ A word not otherwise known. obstruction : 1 sliutting out of light Tvv.N. iv. ii. 44. 2 stagnation of the blood Tw.N. iii. iv. 23 ; cold o., cessation of the vital functions Meas. in. i. 117 to die . . . To lie in cold obstruction and to rot. occasion (3 only S.) 1 opportunity for attacking or fault-finding John IV. ii. 62 To grace occasions ; (?) AYL. iv. i. 184* (see 3 below). 2 cause, reason (freq.) ; sometimes passes into 'cause of being occupied or detained, business' Ado I. i. 157, Tim. in. vi. 12 ; on . . . occasion, for a . . . reason Tw.N. ii. i. 44, R3 in. i. 26, 0th. iv. i. 59, Lucr. 1270. 3 tliat which is occasioned AYL. iv. i. 184' that woman that cannot make her fault her husba>id's o. (= ' represent her fault as occasioned by her hus- band', J.). OCCUPATION - 151 O'ER-WBESTED 4 particulurorperbonalneecloriequiremeiitMer.V. II. i. 140 mi/ . . . iiiea)is Lie nil ntuock'd to your o-s, Tim. III. ii. 26, Cyiii. v. v. 87 SulcmJu-mcr Imo-s. 5 course of events Jolin iv. ii. l'J5 Willilwld tlnj speed, dnad/ul o..', 2H4 iv. i. 72 IJic roiii/li liirrtnt of o. occupation: handicraft, trade, luisiiicss Meas. iv. ii. 36, &c.. Cor. iv. i. 14, vi. 08 the xoiceofo. (-vote of worliiug men), Cses. i. ii. 209, Ant. iv. iv. 17 The royal occupation. I occupy (twice) : to have to do witli carnally Rom. II. iv. 108 (quibblingly). ^ In consequence of its vul,i,'ar use in this sense, tliis vb. was little used in literature in the 17th and 18th cent.; cf. 2H4 II. iv. 159 an odious as lite word ' occupy '. occurxent: event, incident Ham. v. ii. 371. o'clock : old edd. a clock ; sec a '. Od : ininced form of ' God ' used in oaths Wiv. i. i. 275 Od's plessed ivdl, in. iv. 59 Od's lieartlings (lit. - little heart), iv. i. 26 Od's nouns, Tw.N. v. i. 188 Od's li/tlinys, 0th. iv. iii. 76 Od's vily, Cym. iv. ii. 293 oil's pilti kins ; by confusion Wiv. I. iv. 64 Od's me, AYL. hi. v. 43 Od's my little li/e, iv. iii. 18 Od's my will. odd (the sense 'strange, peculiar ' is not pre-S.) 1 at variance ivitli Troil. iv. v. 264. 2 unconnected, irregular, casual Ado ii. iii. 255 [244] some odd quirks, Mer.V. ii. ii. 68 such odd sayinys, I\3 1. iii. 337 old odd ends (Fi'oddc old eiuls). 3 out of the way Tp. 1, ii. 223 an o. anyle of the isle. 4 extra, received over and above Ham, v. ii. 185 )/(// sliaiiie and the odd hits. [action. 5 extraordinary, unexampled Lucr. 1433 such odd odd-conceited : strangely devised Gent. ii. vii, 46. odd-even : (?) midnightor tliercabouts 0th. i. i. 124 At this 0. . , . o' the night ; cf. Mac. in. iv. 127. oddly: unequally, unevenly Troil. i. iii. 339. Odds (2csp. in phr. 0^0.; 3 the commonest S. sense ; the betting sense in lay odds 2H4 v. v. Ill is not pre-S.) 1 initke 0. all even, level inequalities Meas. ill. i. 41 death . , . That makes these odds all tini. 2 variance, strife H5 ii. iv. 129, Tim. iv. iii. 42, 394, Otli. II. iii. 187 this peevish odds. 3 balance of advantage, superiority (one way or another) AYL. i. ii. 171 there is such o. in t.he man, H5 IV. iii. 5/(6 to one . . . 'tis a fearful o.. Cor. in. i. 244 'tis odds beyond arithmetic. Tit. v. ii. 19 Thou hast the 0. of me, Ham. v. ii. 277 ire hare therefore 0.; phr. at (the) o., with the balance of advantage in one's favour Ham. v. ii. 222, Ant. ii. iii. 38 ; take (the) o., take advantage 1H4 v. i. 97, 2H6 iv. X. 47. 4 chances, balance of probability Shr. iv. iii. 15 1, Wint. v. i. 207, Cym. v. ii. 9. oeillade (old edd. il{l)iad, eliad, ediad) : amorous glance, ogle Wiv. i. iii. 66, Lr. iv. v. 25. o'erbeat: to overwhelm Cor. iv. v. 137 Like a hold flood 0. (so Ff ; mod. edd. o'erbeart, which is freq. used by S. of waters overwliclniing the land). o'erblow : to blow away H5 in. iii. 31. o'ercloyed : filled to satiety K3 y. iii. 319. [moss. o'ercome : overrun, covered Tit. ii. iii. 95 0. with o'ercount: to outnumber Ant. ii. vi. 26. o'ercrow: to overpower Ham. v. ii. 367. o'erdyed : dyed with a second colour Wint. i. ii. V'VA false As o'erdyed blacks. o'er-eaten : nibbled away on all sides (fig.) Troil. v. ii. 157 The fragments . . . Of her o'er-eaten faith. o'er-eye : to observe LLL. iv. iii. 80 hecdfully o. o'er-flourish'd* : covered with elaborate carvings Tw.N. in. iv. 406 trunks o'er-flourish'd. [liquor. O'erflow : to pour out Wiv. ii. ii. 159 that o. sxtch O'erneen (S.) : flg. to cover (evil) with something pleasing Sonn. Ciii. 4. o'ergTown : 1 covered with hair Cym. iv. iv. 33 yourself . . . so 0. ; cf. o'ergrown with hair AYL. iv. iii. 108. 2 very big Meas. i. iii. 22 an o'ergroivn lion, o'erleap (2 is only S.) 1 to leap over or across Mac. I. iv. 49 a step . . . I must . . . o'erleap ; fig. to pass over, omit Cor. ii. ii. 141 Let me o'erleap that custom. 2 refl. to leap too far Mac. i. vii. 27. o'erlook (cf. overlook ; 3 not pre-S., now the com- monest dial, use) 1 to examine, inspect, survey R3 iir. v. 16 o. the nulls. Per. I. ii. 48 o. . . . tcliut lading's in unr haven ; to peruse, read Gent. i. ii. 48 / tvo'tdd I had o-'d the letter, MND. li. i. 121 your eyes; lohcre lo. Loie's stories, Lr. i. ii. 41, Sonn. Ixxxii. 2. 2 to despise, slight John v. iv. 55. 3 to look upon with tlie evil eye, bewitch Wiv. v. V. 89 thou wast o-'d even in thy birth, Mer.V. in. ii. 15 Ileslnew your eyes. They have o'erlook'd me. o'ermaster: to have in one'spower John ii. i. 109. o'er-ofiice (S.) : to lord it over (someone) by virtue of one's oflfice Ham. v. i. 85 (Qq ore-reaches). [585. o'erparted: having too difficult a part LLL. v. ii. o'erpeer : =overpeer 1, Cor. ii. iii. 128. o'erjjercli(S.) : to fly over Rom. ii. ii. 66 o. these tcalls. o'erpicture: to surpass the picture of Ant. ii. ii. 208 O'lrpicturing that Venns irhere . . . o'erpost (S.) : to get over rapidly 2H4 i. ii. 173. o'erprize: to exceed, surpass Tp. i. ii. 92 O-'d all jiojntlar rate. o'er-reach: to overtake Ham. ni. i. 17. o'er-run {over-run is used in other senses) 1 to flow over, overflow Meas. v. i. 317, Shr. Ind. ii. 67, Tit. n. iii. 212. 2 to pass in review 3H6 i. iv. 45. 3 to run over Troil. in. iii. 163; fig. to overwhelm AYL. v. i. 02 / will o'er-run thee ivith policy. o'ershoot: refl. to go too far Cies. iii. li. 156. o'ershot: =overshot LLL. iv. iii. 100. o'ersized : to cover over with something like size Ham. II. ii. 493 [484] o'ersized with . . . gore. o'erskip : not to heed Lr. in. vi. 115. o'erslip : =overslip Gent. n. ii. 9. o'erstare : to outstare Mer.V. ii. i. 27 (Qi outstare). o'erstink (S.) : to stink more than Tp. iv. i. 184. o'erstraw'd : strewn over Yen. 1143 o. With sweets. o'ersway (see also overswav) 1 to domineer over LLL. v. ii. 67. 2 to prevail over by superior authority or power Ham. V. i. 250 but that great command o-s the order, Sonn. Ixv. 2 mortality o'ersiniijs their power. 3 to influence, prevail upon Cas. n. i. 203. o'erteemed: exhausted by excessive production Ham. n. ii. 539 [531] her . . . o'erteemed loins. o'ertook : overcome by drink Ham. n. i. 58. o'ertrip : to trip over Mer.V. v. i. 7 o. the dew. o'ervalue : to surpass in value Cym. i. iv. 125. o'erwatched: wearied with much watching Caes. IV. iii. 240, Lr. ii. ii. 177. o'erween : - overween Wint. iv. i. [ii.] 9 or I o. to think sn, 2H6 v. i. 151 a hot o-ingcur, '.iiity ill. ii. 144. o'erwhelm : (of the brows) to overhang so as to cover (the eyes) H5 in. i. 11 let the brow o. it [i.e. the eye), Ven. 183 Bis louring brows o-ing his fair sii/ht. ^ See also overwhelming, o'erworn (cf. overworn) 1 the worse for wear, faded R3 i. i. 81 The Jealous o'erworn widow. 2 worn out, exhausted Ven. 135 0., despised, Sonn. Ixiii. 2 crush'd and o'erworn. 3 spent, passed away Ven. 800. o'er-wrested : strained Troil. i. iii. 157 (old edd. on-rested). OP- 152 -OX of(l nuw lepieseiitcd by'ott"; 4 a prevailing use of this prep, down to 1600) 1 from, away from Err. ii. ii. 140 iear the stain d skin of my harlot-hrow (mod. edd. off), All's W. ill. iv. 1 take the letter of her. 2 from (a certain' point of time), from (a certain stage of existence) Gent. iv. iv. 3 one that I brought up o/apiippu, Ham. ii. ii. 11 being of so young days brought up with liim. 3 from (a person or thing as the origin or source) 1H4 V. iv. 23 lustier maintenance than I did look for Of such an unqrown warrior; by reason of, through Tp. V. i. 230 We were dead of sleep, 2H6 ii. i. 88 cam'st thou here by chance. Or of devotion ?, Cyni. IV. iii. 3 A Madness, of which her life's in danger. 4 introducing the agent after a passive vb. = by Ado I. iii. 30 to be disdained of all, R3 iv. iv. 419 tempted of the devil. Ham. i. i. 25 seen of us. 5 introducing the means or instrument = with Mer. V. V. i. 297 you are not satisfied Of these even's. Ham. v. i. 233 why of that loam . . . might they not stop a beer-barrel?. 0 in, in the person of All'sW. i. i. 7 I'oii shall find of the king a husband, iv. ii. 65, v. iii. 1 We lost a jewel of her. 7 in respect of (frcq. in dependence on an adj.) Mer. V. II. ii. 196 too rude and bold of voice, 2H4 ii. ii. 74 a proper fellow of my hamls, 0th. i. iii. 63 lame of sense. 8 during (a space of time) Shr. Ind. ii. 84 did I never speak of all that tune ?, H8 ii. i. 147 Did you not of late days hear . . . ? 9 =on (freq.) Mer.V. li. ii. 107 he had more hair of his ■ tail than I have of my face, All'sW. iv. iii. 336 a plague of all drums, H5 ii. iii. 29 he cried out of sack, Lr. I. v. 23 to keep one's eyes of either side's nose. off adv. (idiomatic uses with vbs. will be found un- der these vbs.; 3 not pre-S., still in dial, use) 1 beside the mirk Cor. ii. ii. 65 that's off. 2 be off, take off one's hat Cor. ii. iii. 106. 3 off of, from 2H6 ii. i. 96 A fall off of a tree. oflfprep.: off the matter, irrelevantly (see matter 3) Ado III. V. 10 (old edd. of: see or 1). oifcap (S.) : to doff the cap 0th. i. i. 10. offence ('transgression, fault' is the most freq. sense, witli phr. do, make offence) 1 hurt, liaim, injury MND. ii'. ii. 23, AYL. in. v. 117, John II. i. 75 To do o. and scathe, Cono^ //if nicfl/i/ooo. 2 patent, evident Wiv. i. iii. 26, Meas. ii. i. 21, 1H4 II. iv. 254 0., palpable, H5 ll. ii. 142, R3 in. v. 29 his apparent open guilt. 3 generous, liberal 2H4 iv. iv. 32 a hand 0. as day for melting charity, Tim. v. i. 63 open bounty. open vb. : 1 to disclose, reveal (a matter) Gent. i. i. 137, H5 r. 1. 78, I. ii. 16 o-ing titles inisinate. Ham. ii. ii. 18, Cym. V. V. i2 1 would not Be lie re her lips in o-ing it. 2 (of hounds) to give tongue Wiv. iv. ii. 213 If I cry out thus upon notrail,Heirr trust me when 1 0. again. opener : one who reveals 2H4 iv. ii. 20. open et cetera : substitute for ' open-arse ', the old name of the medlar Rom. n. i. 38. open-ey'd : vigilant Tp. n. i. 309 [301] 0. conspiracy. operant : active Ham. in. ii. 186 My o. powers ; potent Tim. iv. iii. 25 thy most operant poison. operation: eflficacy Ant. iv. xiii. [xv.] 26 if knife, drugs, serpents, have Edge, sting, or operation. opinion (4 app. peculiar to S.) 1 censure 0th. iv. ii. 108. 2 ^ ' public opinion' 1H4 iii. ii. 42, 2H4 v. ii. 128, 0th. I. iii. 225 o., a sovereign mistress of effects. 3 (one's) reputation or credit Mer.V. i. i." 91 to be dress'd in an o. Of wisdom, 1H4 iv. i. 77, v. iv. 48 Thou hast redeemed thy lost o., 0th. ll. iii. 197 your rich opinion. 4 favourable estimate of oneself, (i) in a bad sense = self-conceit, arrogance LLL. v, i. 6 learned with- out 0., 1H4 in. i. 184, Troil. in. iii. 267, (ii) in a good sense = self-confidence Troil. i. iii. 353, Ant. ii. i. 36. opportunity : misused for ' importunity ' Wiv. in. iv. 20*. Tl This use is found in other writers. oppose: 1 to expose H8 iv. i. 67 opposing freely The beauty of her person to the people, Lr. iv. vii. 32 To be o-'d against the warring icinds (Qq exposd). 2 refl. and intr. to offer resistance (to), contend (ar/ainst) Gent. ni. ii. 26, Wint. v. i. 46, R2 m. iii. 18, Ham. nr. 1. 60, Lr. iv. ii. 74, v. i. 27. opposed : 1 opposite, contrary Mer.V. n. ix. 62 of o. natures, 1H4 III. i. Ill the opposed continent. 2 in antagonism, hostile \lHi. i.9thoseo. eyes, K5iv. i. 311, Ham. I. iii. 67 th'opposfd ( = the adversary). opposeless (not pre-S.) : irresistible Lr. iv. vi. 39. opposing: opposite Per. in. Govfer \1 four o. coigns. oppositesb. (common 17thcent. sense) : antagonist, adversary, opponentTw.N. in. iv. 296 the mostskil- ful, bloody, and fatal 0., R3 v. iv. 3 Daring an o. to every danger, Lr. v. iii. 43 the o-s of this day' s strife. opposite adj. : hostile, antagonistic, adverse 2H6iii. ii. 251, R3 IV. iv. 216 at their births good stars were 0., Tim. I. i. 285 o. to humanity, Lr. li. i. 51, 0th. I. ii. 67 0. to marriage ; const, with Tw.N. ii. v. 164 Be opposite with a kinsman, R3 n. ii. 94. opposition (not pre-S. in these senses ; 1 is pecu- liar to S.) 1 ottering for combat Ham. v. ii. 178 the o. of your person in trial. 2 what is opposed 1H4 ii. iii. 16 too light for the counterpoise of so great an opposition. 3 antagonism, hostility LLL. v. ii. 741, Rom. iv. ii. 19, Ham. i. ii. 100, Cym. n. v. 17. 4 encounter, combat Oth. n. iii. 186 In o. bloody, phr. single o. 1H4 I. iii. 99, Cym. iv. i. 15*. oppress (the lit. sense of ' press ' is traceable in Luir. 1242 ; cf. oppression 1) 1 to suppress Per. in. Gower 29 The mutiny . . . t' o. 2 to trouble, harass, distress All'sW. i. iii. 155, Lr. V. iii. 5, Cym. v. iv. 99. oppress'd: distressed, troubled Ham. i. ii. 203 their oppriss'd . . . eyes. oppression : 1 pressure, burden R2 in. iv. 31 o. of their . . . weight, Rom. I. iv, 24 To great o. for a tender thing. 2 distress, trouble R2 l. iv. 14 o. fjfsuch griif, H8 n. iv. 206 i/ow under my o. I did reek, Rom. i. i. 190 thy good heart's o., Sonn. xxviii. 3 When day'so. is not eas'd by night. oppugnancy (not pre-S.) : conflict Troil. i. iii. 111. orconj.': before Ham. v. ii. 30 (Ff £■)(); esp. or eV>- (in old edd. often spelt ere) ; once or ever Ham. i. ii. 183 Or ever I had seen (Ff Ere I had euer seen). or conj.^ (or . . , or = either . . . or, is very freq.) 1 or . . .or introduces alternative questions Mer.V. m. ii. 64 Tell me where is fancy bred. Or in the heart or in the head?, Cym. iv. ii. 356 How! a page ! Or deador sleeping on him? \ so Orwhether.. . Or whether Sonn. cxiv. 1, 3. 2 loosely used where no alternative is in question Tim. II. ii. 165 my husbandry or falsehood (ex- plained as a hendiadys), Ven. 10 More white and rid than doves or roses are. orangfe-tawny : of a dull yellowish brown MND. I. ii. 97 your orange-la iiny beard, in. i. 132. orator: advocate Lucr. 3U Uiauly itself doth of itself persuade The eyes of men without an orator. orto (6 is derived from 2) [rings). 1 circle MND. n. i. 9 lier orbs upon the green ( = fairy 2 (in old astronomy) each of the concentric spheres which cari-y the planets and stars with tliem in their revolutions Ado iv.i.57 n,v Z>/(m ( = the moon) in her orb, Rom. li. ii. 110 the moon . . . That monthly changes in her circled orb. Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] iiG mil good stars.. . Have empty lift their orbs, 3 globe Compl. 289 orb of one particular tear. 4 heavenly body Mer.V. v. i. 60, Lr. i. i. 113, Cym. I. vi. 35 The fiery orbs above. 5 the earth, the world Tw.N. in. i. 44, Ham. ii. ii. 515 [507] the orb below. Ant. v. ii.85. 6 sphere of action 1H4 v. i. 17, Per. i. ii. 122 m our orbs we'll live so ro^ind and safe. orlied: spherical; (of the sun) Tw.N. v. i. 281 ; (of the earth) Ham. in. ii. 168, Compl. 25. ordain (the most freq. sense is ' decree ') 1 to establish, found, institute Shr. in. i. 10 why music was o-'d, 1H6 iv. i. .33, Cym. in. i. 56. 2 to design Tit. v. iii. 22 o-'d to an honourable end, Rom. iv. V. 84 All things that we ordained festival. ORDER - i; order sb. U a common loth-lTth cent, sense) 1 suitable measures for tlie accomplishment of a puipose Meas. ii. ii. 25 There slutll be o.for't ; esp. in phr. take o., take measures or steps, maJ8 fondly pass our . . . offer. Cor. ii. ii. 144, iii. 207. 0 to transfer, hand over Shr. iv. iv. 45 pass my daughter a sufficient dower. 7 to transact Shr. iv. iv. 57 pass the business privately and ivdl. 8 (?) to enact, perform LLL. v. i. 139. 9 = ' pass sentence ', give judgement Meas. n. i. 19, 23, Lr. in. vii. 2-^ pass upon his life. 10 to receive the approval of Cor. in. i. 28 Hath he not pass'd the noble and the common 1. 11 to pledge (one's word, &c.) LLL. i. i. 19 Your oaths are p-'d, All'sW. in. vii. 36, Tw.N. i. v. 85, R2 v. iii. 51 thy promise p-'d. Tit. I. i. 408. 12 to make a thrust Ham. v. ii. 312 ; fig. to make a witty sally Lr. in. vii. 24 ; trans, to make (a jsass) Wiv. n. iii. 26 p. thy punfo, thy stock, thy reverse. 13 to care 2H6 iv. ii. liO As for these silktn-coatid slaves, I pass not. 14 pass upon, impose upon Tw.N. v. i. 364. passable : 1 current (like coin) Cor. v. ii. 13 the virtue of your name Is not here passable. 2 affording passage Cym. I. ii. 10. passado : forward thrust with tlie sword, one foot being advanced at the same time LLL. i. ii. 188, Rom. II. iv. 27, m. i. 90. passag'e : [0th. v. i. 37. 1 passing of people, people passing by Err. in. i. 99, 2 death Ham. in. iii. 86, v. ii. 412. 3 procedure, course Wint. iii. ii. 91, Troil. ii. iii. 141, Rom. I. Chor. 9. 4 occurrence, incident All'sW. I. i. 21 h mo sad a p. 'tis!. Ham. IV. vii. 112, Cym. in. iv. 94. 5 act, proceeding Tw.N. in. ii. 80 such impossible p-s of (/rossness, 1H4 in. ii. 8 thy p-s of life ( = tlie actions of thy life), H5 in. vi. 100, H8 n. iv. 103. passant (heraldic term) : walking Wiv. i. i. 20. passing': adj. surpassing, extreme Gent. i. ii. 17 n p. shame, II. i. 83, 3H0 v. i. 106 0 p. traitor ; — adv. pre-eminently, exceedingly (freq.) passion sb. (applied widely to all kinds of feeling by which the mind is powerfully moved, c. g. mirth John in. iii. 47, H5ii. ii. 132 ; 2 isa special application ; cf. the vb.) 1 painful affection or disorder of the body Err. v. i. 47, 1H4 III. i. 35, Mac. in. iv. 57. 2 sorrowful emotion LLL. v. ii. 118 p-s solemn tears. Tit. I. i. 106 A mother's tears in p. for her son,Yen. 832 Passion'on passion decplij is redoubled. 3 pi. feelings or desires of love Tit. ii. i. 36 my sword . . . shall . . . plead my p-s for Lavinia's lore, Lucr. Arg. 13 smothering his passions for the present. 4 passionate speecli or outburst MND. v. i. 323 her passion ends the play. passion vb. : sorrow, grieve Tp. v. i. 24, Gent. iv. iv. 174, LLL. I. i. 201, Yen. 1059. passionate adj. (1 cf. passion sb. 2, and vb.) 1 grieved, sorrowful Gent. i. ii. 121, LLL. in. i. 1, John II. i. 544 She is sad and passionate. 2 compassionate R3 1. iv. 121 this p. humour of mine (Qq my holy humour). PASSIONATE 159 ■ PEI.F passionate vb.: to express with passion Tit. III. ii.t). passy-measures ]MniH [Ital. 'passamezzo pa- vana '] ; the pavan, a grave antl stately ilance, vrlien played less solemnly and more quickly was called a passamezzo Tw.N. v. i. 208% past-proportion : that which is beyond measure Troil.ii. ii. 29 Tliep. o/liis i )ijiiiite{ = iheimmea.sur- ableness of his infinite greatness). pastry : place where pastrjr is made Rom. rv. iv. 2. patch : fool, dolt Tp. in. li. 73, Eit. hi. i. 32, 36, LLL. IV. ii. 32 a p. set on learning, MND. in. ii. 9 A crew o/p-es, rude meclmnicals, Mer. V. ll. v. 46, Mac. V. iii. 15. patched fool -. app. motley fool MXD. rv. i. 216 ; cf. AYL. ii. vii. 13 and Tp. iii. ii.73. [v. i. 101. patchery: roguery, knavery Troil. ii. iii. 78, Tim. path: intr. togaabont (S.)C£es. ii. i. 8:i if tlioii p., thy luitire semUance on (conj. putf, liailst'f thy nntiie semblance on). pathetical ; 1 moving, affecting LLL. i. ii.104: Sweet mrocntion of a child; most pretty and p., IV. i. \blatnost p.nit. 2 (?) pitiable, 'miserable' AYL. r\'. i. 202* the inost p. break-promise. patience : indulgence, leave, permission Ham. m. ii. 114: they stay npon yoiir p.; chiefly in phr. by your p., e.g. Tp. in. iii. 3 ; also mth your p. lH(i II. iii. 78; itnder your patience Tit. ii. iii. 66. patient yourself : be patient Tit. i. i. 121. [32. patronag'e : to uphold, defend 1H6 in. i. 48, in. iv. patten: thin i)late (of metal) Mer.V.v. i.59/oo*, how the Jloor of heaven Is thickinlaitl in'th p-sof bright (/old (Qq234 Fi pattens, Q , patients, later Ft patterns). pattern sb. (1 16th-17th cent., not pre-S.) 1 precedent, instance appealed to John in. iv. 16 find some pattern of our shame, Tit. v. iii. 44. 2 ' something made after a model, an example, an instance' (Schmidt) H5 ii. iv. 61, 1H6 v. v. 65, Lucr. 1350. pattern vb. (1 cf. prec. sb.) 1 to be a pattern for, provide a precedent for Mcas. II. i. 30, Tit. IV. 1. 57, Lucr. 629. 2 to match Wint. in. ii. 37. Paul's (old edd. usu. Poit'es, Ponies): St. Paul's Cathedral, which in the 16th-17th cent, was nuich frequented for business and pleasure 1H4 n. iv. 583 [576] This oily rascal is knonn as leell as P., 2H4 I. ii. 57 / houfiht him in Paul's, H8 v. iv. 17 We may as mil push against Paul's as stir 'em, pannch: to stab in the belly Tp. in. ii. 101. pause sb.: hesitation, suspense Mer. V. n. ix. .53, Troil IV. iv. 35, Ham. iv. iii. 9 ; e/ire (one) pause, cause one to hesitate, ' pull up ' Ham. ni. i. 68 ; in pause, hesitating Ham. in. iii. 42 I stand in p. uhere I shall first hee/in. pause vb.: refl. to delay action 2H4 iv. iv. 9. pauser (S.) : hcsitater Mac. ii. iii. 118. pavement : the meirble p., the sky Cym. v. iv. 120. pavilion'd : tented, encamped H5 i. ii. 129 tie pnrilion'd in the fields of France. pawn sb. (1, 2 only S.; in 2 there may be a ref. to the pawn in chess) [v. i. 55. 1 gage of battle R2 1, i. 74 to take up minehonovr sp., 2 stake Lr. x. i. 157 « ;). To iraf/e against thineenemies. pawn vb. (2 and 3 ajip. peculiar to S.) 1 to stake, wager, risk Mer.V. in. v. 88, Wint. n. iii. 165, Lucr. 156. 2 to part with (something valuable) R3 iv. iv. 371 p-d his knightly rirtiie. Ant. i. iv. 32 boys, who . . . Pawn their experience to their present pleasure. 3 ' to secure by a pledge ' (Schmidt) Troil. i. iii. 301 (Q prove). pax: tablet with a projecting handle behind, bear- ing a representation of the Crucifixion or other sacred subject:, which was kissed by the priest and then by the people at mass H5 in. vi. 42 he hath stol'n a pax, peace sb. : 1 the p., the king's peace, the general peace and order of the realm as provided tor by law A\'iv. il. iii. 47, / am of the p. ( = an officer of the public peace), 55 sworn of the peace ( = made a justice of the peace), 2H4 in. ii. 100. 2 keep p. between (freq.) keep apart Mac. I. v. 47 keep p. between The effect and it ; — take p. witlt (S.), make peace with H8 u. i. 85. peace vb.: to be silent R2 v. ii. 80 Peace, foolish woman. — / will not p., Lr. iv. vi. 105 tchen the thunder icould not peace at my bidding. peace-parted : departed this life in peace Ham. v. i. 260 peace-parted souls. peach ; 1 to denounce (one) as being (something) Meas. iv. iii. 12 peaches him a beggar. 2 to inform, turn king's evidence 1H4 n. ii. 50, peak (3 survives in midland dial.) 1 to mope about Ham. ii. ii. 602 [594]. 2 to sneak Wiv. in. v. 73 peaking coinufo, 3 to waste away Mac. i. iii. 2'6diinidle, p., and pine. peasant : low fellow, rascal (freq.) Wiv. n. ii. 299 ; attrib. =base Ham. ii. ii. 584 [576]. peasantry: low birth, baseness Mer.V. ii. ix. 46. peascod time : season for peas 2H4 n. iv. 420 [413]. 'jl In old edd. also pcseoei, showing the shortened vowel, a pronunciationwhichhas survived locally in the northern and east-Anglian area. peat : pet, darling Shr. i. i. 78 ,4 pretty pent. ^J Com- mon from about 1570 to 1640. peck : to pitch, fling H8 v. iv. ^C^ get up o' the rail : I'll p. yon o'er the pales else (Fipeck(e,ra(n{.v({i\. pi ck\), peculiar (the general sense is ' appropriated to an individual', 'own particular', 'private'): the sinqle and p, life, the private individual Ham. in. iii.ll. pedant (not pre-S.) : schoolmaster, tutor LLL. in. i. 187 [179], &c., Shr. in. i. 4, &c., Tw.N. in. ii. 83. pedantical: schoolmasterly LLL. v. ii. 409. peel'd : tonsured 1H6 i. iii. 30 P. priest (Ff Piel'd). ^ See also pill. peep : early form of pip Shr. i. ii. 33 (F{pecp{e). peer (1 not pre-S.; 2 only S.) 1 to come in sight, be seen, appearWint.n'. iii. [iv.] 3 Flora P-ing in April's front, H5 iv. vii. 89 a many of your horsemen p.. Yen. 86 Like a diie-dapper peering through a ware. 2 to show a little Lucr. 472 Who o'er the white sheet peers lier trhiter chin. peevish (the mod. sense occurs) 1 silly, senseless Wiv. i. iv. 14, AYL. in. v. 110 'Tis but a p. boy, 1H6 v. iii. 185 To send such p. tokens to a king, C£es. V. i. 61 A peevish schoolboy. 2 perverse, refractory, obstinate Gent. v. ii. 49 a p. (/irl. That fies her forttnie irhen it follows her, John II. i. 402, 1H4 ni. i. 197 a p. self-will'd harlotry, Ham. I. ii. 100, Cym. l. vi. 54 He^s strange and p. peevish-fondt (Malone) : obstinately foolish R3 iv. iv. 418 (Qi j)ieiiish,fond ; Qq3-4 peeuish fond ; Ff peeiiish found). peise, peize : 1 to keep in equilibrium, poise John n. i. 576 The ii'orld, who of itself is peised well. 2 to weigh down R3 v. iii. 106. 3 p. the time* Mer.V. in. ii. 22, fa) ' weigh with de- liberation each precious moment ' (Clark and Wright), (b) ' weight the time that it may pass slowly' (Steevens). pelf: property, possessions Tim. i. ii. 64 Immortal gods, I crave no pelf, Per. ii. Gower 35. PSIiICAN ICO - PERNICIOUS pelican : used with reference to the fable that tlie pelican revives or feeds lier young with her own blood R2 II. i. 126, Ham. iv. v. 145 the kind life- riH(hi-in(j p. ; hence attrib. = feeding on their parent's blood Lr. iil. iv. 74 Those p. ihtunhter^. Pelion : mountain in Thessaly, famous as that which the giants, in their war upon tlie gods, piled witli Ossa on Olympus Wiv. ii. i. 82, Ham. V. i. 275. pellet : to form into small globules Compl. 18 the lirhic That season d woe had pelleted in tents. pelleted : falling in pellets Ant. iii. xi. [xiii.] 165. pelt : to throw out angry words Lucr. 1418. pelting: paltry, petty Meas. ii. ii. 112, MXD. ii. i. Vil ( II nj p. river iFUpelf/j), R2 il. i. QOp.farm, Troil. IV. v. 260, Lr. II. iii. 18. pencill'd : painted Tim. i. i. 160, Lucr. 1497. pendant : hanging unsupported in space Meas. iii. i. 124 round about The p. world. ^ An Eliz. sense. pendulous: hanging overhead Lr. in. iv. 66 the pnuhtlons (dr. [14. penetrate : intr. to touch the heart (S.) Cym. ir. iii. penetrative: that sounds thedepthsof the feelings Ant. IV. xii. [xiv.] 15 penctratiie shame. pennon: flag, banner H5 iii. v. 49. pensioners: body of gentlemen instituted by Henry VIII to be a bodyguard to the sovereign within the royal palace Wiv. ii. ii. 81 ; transf. MN'D. II. i. 10 / serve the fairy queen . . . The cow- slips tall Inr ptiisiotters be. pensiv'd (S.) : saddened Compl. 219. pent-house lid : eyelid Mac. i. iii. 20. peoniedt : see pioned. Pepin : founder of the Carlovingian dynasty of French kings ; used, like Clothair, as a type of anti-iuity LLL. IV. i. 123, AU'sW. ii. i. 79, H8 I. iii. 10. pepper : to give it (a person) hot ; (hence) to punish decisively, make an end of, do for 1H4 ii. iv. 216, V. iii. 37, Rom. in. i. 104. pepper gingferbread : hot-spiced gingerbread 1H4 in. i. 259. perceive (obsolete uses) 1 to see through H8 in. ii. 38 The king in thisp-shim, Troil. I. i. 38 Lest Hector or my father should p. mc, IV. V. 87 0! I perceive you. [from her. 2 to receive Gent. i. i. 144 couhht thoti, p. so much perch : measure of land Per. in. Gower 15. perchance: by chance, by accident Tw.N. i. ii. 5 If is percliance that you yourself were sat'd. perdie, -y : 'by God ! ', certainly, indeed T\v. N. iv. ii. 82, H5 n. i. 52, Ham. in. ii. 310. perdition (2 only S., affected or rhetorical) 1 utter destruction 0th. n. ii. 3. 2 loss, diminution Tp. i. ii. 30 not so much p. as an liair, H5 in. vi. 106 Tlie p. of tli' ntlnersary hath been very f/reat. Ham. v. li. 118. perdu: soldier placed in a position of special dan- ger Lr. IV. vii. 35 (o watch — poor perdu ! — \\ith this thin hihii. perdurable : lasting H5 iv. v. 7 0 p. shame ; ; so perdxirably Meas. in. i. Wiperdnrablyjind. peregrinate pedantic) : having the air of one who has travtllfd abroad LLL. v. i. 15. peremptory : 1 (onihisive, final H5v. ii. 82 our , . .p. answer. 2 resolved, determined John n. i. 45inot Death him- silf . . . half so p. As weto keep this city. Cor. in. i. 284 ire are p. to dispatch This viperous traitor. 3 overbearing LLL. iv. iii. 226 p. caijle-siyhted eye, Hit I. iii. 17, 2H6 III. i. 8. perfect adj. (7 is peculiar to S.; the senses ' entire, l>iiie ' and ' mere, sheer' are not pre-S.) I full, mature Lr. I. ii. 79 sons at perfect aye. 2 fully prepared Meas. v. i. 82, 0th. i. ii. 31. 3 thoroughly learnt Ven. 408 the lesson . . . once made perfect, never [is] lost again. 4 sound, sane Eit. v. i. 42 not in his p. wits, Lr. iv. vii. 03 not in my perfect mind. 5 correct John v. vi. 6 Thou hast a p. thought, 2H4 III. i. 88 a perfect guess, Mac. in. i. 130^. 6 completely assured, certain Wint. in. iii. 1, Cym. in. i. 73, IV. ii. 118 ; (of statement) accurate, reli- able Mac. I. V. 2 the perfectest report. 7 satisfied, contented Tim. i. ii. 91, Mac. in. iv. 21 Then comes my Jit again : I had else been perfect. perfect vb. (2 app. peculiar toS.) 1 to carry through, accomplish All'sW. iv. iv. 4, H5 I. i. 69 tlie means How tilings are perfected. 2 to instruct or inform completely Tp. i. ii. 79 Be- ing once p-ed how to grant suits, Meas. iv. iii. 150, Per. in. li. 67. perfection : accomplishment, performance, ese- cutiun Troil. in. ii. 92 voicing more than the p. of ti II and discharging less than the tenth part of one. perfectness: fulness (of time) 2H4 iv. iv. 74. perfit : one of the oldest fomis of 'perfect ', found in Qq of MXD. i. ii. 99, Lr. i. ii. 79, and in Ff of H5 III. vi. 75, R3 in. vii. 89 ; so perfitly H5 in. vi. 81 (Ff). perforce: by violence or constraint, forcibly Err. IV. iii. 95 He . . . took p. My ring away, R2 ii. iii. 121 linck'd from my arms p., Lr. i. iv. 322 these hot liars, which break from me perforce. perform : intr. to do one's part H8 i. i. 35 ihey did p. Ikgond thiiui/ht's compass, Cor. I. i. 273 though he perform To the utmost of a man. performer: doer, agent All'sW. in. vi. 64, Tit.iv. i. SO, Cym. v. iii. .30. perfume (/)(')•/(()»< 7 times, perfu'me^):diseiis'd p-s, 'perfumed liiistresses' (Schmidt) Tim. iv. iii. 208. perfumer : one employed to perfume rooms Ado I. iii. 60. periapt : amulet 1H6 v. iii. 2 spells and periapts. peril : in p. of, (i) exposed to danger in regard to Mer.V. n. ii. 180 [173] to he in p. of my life ; (ii) at the risk of, under the penalty of Cor. in. iil. 100; in p. to, at the risk of (doing something) Shr. Ind. ii. 124 ; without the p. of, beyond the dangerous reach of MND. iv. i. 159. | iii. 54. perilous : = PARLOUS 2 and 3, E3 in. i. 154, Rom. i. period sb. (' extent of time ' is not a S. sense) 1 termination, conclusion 2H4 iv. v. 229, 1H6 iv. ii. n The p. of thy tyranny approacheth, R'-i i. iii. 2;58, Otli. V. ii. 356 0 bloody period .'. 2 highest point, acme Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 107 lime is at his period. 3 end, goal Wiv. in. iii. 47 this is the p. of my ambition, iv. ii. 240, H8 I. ii. 209 There's his p.; To sheathe his knife in ns. 4 pause such as is properly made at the end of a sentence Gent. ii. i. 127, MND. v. i. 96 Make p-s in the midst of sentences, Lucr. 665 She puts the p. often from his place. period vb.: to bring to an end Tim. I. i. 100. perish : to destroy 2HG in. ii. 100. periwig-pated : wearing a wig Ham. in. ii. 10. perjure sli.: one guilty of perjury LLI^. iv. iii. 48 like a pirjure, wearing papers (of. pekjuk'u). perjure vb.: to make perjured, corrupt Ant. in. x. [xii.l '^0 perjure The ne'er-iouch'd vestal. perjur'd note : paper attached to a perjurer amuiuncing his guilt LLL. r\'. iii. 125. perk'd up : trimmed out H8 ii. iii. 21. pernicious : wicked, villainous Meas. n. iv. 151 )i(()s/ /). purpose, R2 i. iii. 82 thy adverse p. enemy, Hani. I. V. 105 0 most p. tcoman .', Lr. in. ii. 22 two pern icious daughters. pz:Biriczous]:.Y 161 PIGEON-EGG perniciously : ' so as to desire liis death ' ( Wriglit) lis II. 1. 5U all the commons Hate him p. peroration: ilietoncal discourse 2H(j i. i. 106. perpend: to consider Wiv. ii. i. 117, Tw.N. v. i. 310 /).... and (jive ear, H5 IV. iv. 8 /'. tnij irords. persecute (once) : All's W.i.i. IGjmI time ii'ilh hope, (?) toi'hucd his present life in hope of future cure. perse'ver : tlie only stressing evidenced in S., but the form pir^iivtre occurs in Lr. ill, v. 23 (Qq F4); so perse'verance. [deeds. persisted := persisted in Ant. v. i. 30 Our most p. person (the same word as tliat now written ' par- son ', which appears as person in old edd. of LLL. IV. ii. 85, Kom. i. iv. 81) 1 bodily figure, personal appearance MND. iv. ii. 12 he hath . . . the best p. too, Hani. I. ii. 243 // it assume mij nobte father's p., Ant. 11. ii. 205 For litr own person. It bcijijar'd all description. 2 personal presence Mac. iii. iv. 128. personage : personal appearance, figure MND. 111. ii. 21)2 /(()• tallpersonaijc, Tw.N. I. v. 165. personal : bodily, physical 2H4: iv. iv. 8 a little p. slriiKjIh', Ctes. I. iii. 77 In personal action*. personate: to rei)resent, typify Tw.N. 11. iii. 170, Cym. V. v. 455 The lofty cidars ,., I'crsonatc thcc. pe'rspective (nou-literaliu all exx.) 1 optical device for producing fantastic images All'sW. V. iii. 48, Sonn. xxiv. 4. 2 picture or figure constructed so as to appear dis- torted except from one particular point of view Tw.N. V. i. 227 A natural p., iliat is, and is iiot, K2ii. ii. IS Like p-s, ivhichrujhtlij ijaz'd ^tponShoic nolhiny but confusion, ey'd uicrij Distinguish form. perspectively : as through a perspective (sense 1) 115 V. ii. 347 you, see them perspectively. persuade : 1 to urge (a person), plead with, advise strongly Wiv. I. i. 1, K3 I. iv. 151 persuading me not to lull the duke, Lr. 11. iv. 219 ; p. from, dissuade from AYL. I. ii. 222, 2H6 v. iii. 10. 2 to urge (something upon a person) 3H6iii. iii. 170 to p. me patience, Hani. iv. v. 107 lladst thou thy ivits, and didst persuade riveni/e. 3 to use persuasion Meas. v. i. 94 Now I p-d, how I prayd, Mer. V. in. ii. 282 [they] have all p-d with him. persuading': persuasive H8 iv. ii. 52. persuasion (1 not pre-S.) 1 persuasiveness Tw.N. iir. iv. 385. 2 belief, opinion Meas. iv. i. 49, MND. l. i. 156 A good persuasion, Cym. l. iv. 130 too bold a persuasion. pert : lively, brisk LLL. v. ii. 273, MND. i. i. 13. pertain : pertain to life, live Wiiit. v. iii. 113. pertaunt-like (of unknown meaning): LLL. v. ii. 07 .So p. would I o'crsway his state (Qi pcrttaunt like ; many conj.). pertly : briskly, promptly Tp. iv. i. 58. perturbation: cause of agitation 2H4 iv. v. 22 0 polisli'd perturbation ! yolden cure.'. perusal (twice ; not pre-S.) 1 scrutiny Ham. 11. i. 90 such perusal of my face. 2 rea ling over Sonn. xxxviii. 0. peruse (2 the trans, use is freq.) 1 to survey, inspect Err. i. ii. 13, H8 11. iii. 75 I hare p-'d her will, Kom. v. iii. 74 Let me p. this fact, Cym. I. iv. 7 to peruse him by items. 2 peruse over, read over John v. ii. 5. pervert: to turn, divert (S.) Cym. 11. iv. 151. pester: to infest Cor. iv. vi. 7 peslcriwi streets. petar : small engine of war used to blow in a door or to make a breadi Hani. 111. iv. 207 to have the enf/iner Hoist with his own jietar. petition: clause of a prayer Meas. i. ii. 16. petitionary : suppliant, intreating AYL. in. ii. 200 most petitionary uhemence, Cor. v, ii. 82. petitioner : plaintitt" in an action commenced by petition 2H0 i. iii. 26. pettiness: insignificance H5 m. vi. 140. pettish: ill-luimoured Troil. 11. iii. 140. pew-fellow : associate R3 iv. iv. 58. [20. phantasinKe: fantastic being LLL. iv. i. 102, v. i. phantasnia : nightmare Cies. 11. i. 65. [40. Phebe vb.: to treat cruelly, like Phebo AYL. iv. iii. pheeret : Malone's reading in Per. i. Gowcr 21 (old edd. J'eerie), mod. edd. feref). Pheezar: jocular derivative of pheeze invented to jingle witli Cecsar, Keisar Wiv. i. iii. 10. pheeze : (properly) to drive or frighten away ; (hence) to do for, settle the business of Shr. hid. i. 1 ril p. you, in faith ((J /(«), Troil. 11. iii. 219 An a' be proud with iiic, I'll pheae his prielc (Q Ffphese), phil-horse : see fill-horse. Philip: iiameforthesparrow John 1. 1.231. T| Still dial.; cf. Skelton's 'Boke of Philip Sparowe '. Philip and Jacob : festival of St. Philip and St. James, May 1st, Meas. iii. ii. 218. Philippan: sivord P., the sword that triumplied over Brutus and Cassius at Philippi, Ant. 11. v. 23 ; taken by some as a noun, tlie proper name of the sword. PhilomeKa: nightingale MND. 11. ii. 13, Lucr. 1079. philosopher : p-s' stone, reputed substance sup- posed by the alchemists to have tlie property of changing other metals into gold ; alluded to quibblingly in 2H4 111. ii. 358, Tim. 11. ii. 117. Phoebe: Diana, the moon-goddess MND. i. i. 209. Phoebus : sun-god Tp. iv. i. 30, MND. 1. ii. 38. phoenix (cf. Arabian bird) : fig. unique or match- less person AU'sW. i. i. 184 ; attrib. = matchless Compl. 93 His phoenix down. phrase : word "VViv. 1. iii. 31 ' Convey ', the wise it call. 'SteaU'foh! a fico for the phrase .', 2114: m. ii. 80 Accommodated .' . . . a good phrase, Ham. n. ii. Ill ' beautifiid ' is a vile phrase. phraseless* (S.) : which tliere is no word to de- scribe Compl. 225 that phrasekss hand. physic sb.: tiie healing art LLL. ji. i. 180, Per. in. ii. 32 ; transf. Rom. 11. iii. 62 thy help and holy p.\ tlie medical faculty, jihysicians Cym. iv. ii. 268 The scejitre, learning, jihysic. physic vb.: to do (a tiling) good, keep in liealth or vigour Wint. i. i. 43 one that . . . p-s the subject, Cym. 111. ii. 34 it doth physic love. physical : curative, remedial, beneficial Cor. i. v. 18, Civs. n. i. 261. physiognomy: art of judging character by the features of tlie face Lucr. 1395. pia mater: used loosely=brain Troil. 11. i. 77. pibble : common early form of pebble. pick : to pitch, throw Cor. i. i. 206 as high As I could pick my lance ; in H8 v. iv. 96 old edd. peck. picked: refined, exquisite, fastidious LLL. v. i. 14, John I. i. ri3. Ham. v. i. 150. picking : fastidious 2H4 iv. i. 198 such p. grievances. pick-thank : flatterer, sycophant 1H4 in. ii. 25. Pickt-hatch : quarter of London famous in Eliz. times for houses of ill fame, tlie houses liaving liatches or lialf-doors guarded with spikes Wiv. 11. ii. 20 f/o . . . to your manor of Pickt-hatch. pie: magpie 3H6 V. vi. 48 chattering pies. piece sb.: 1 cask of liquor; infig.contextTroil.lv. i. 62 aflat famed piece. 2 applied to a woman orgirl H8 V. V. 27 such a mighty p. as this, Tit. i. i. 309, Per. IV. ii. 48 I have gone through for this piece. piece vb.: to add to, eke out, augment, csp. p. out Wiv. III. ii. 34, H5 1. Chor. 23, Troil. in. i. 55, Cses. n. i. 51, Lr. iii. vi. 2 ; piece up AVint. v. iii. 56. pigeon-egg : type of something small LLL. v. i. 78 thou pigton-eyg of discretion. PI&EON-I.IVEB'D 162 - PLAIN pigeon-liver'd : meek, gentle Ham. ii. ii. 613. piglit (pa. pple. of ' pitch ') 1 ])itclied Troil. v. x. 24 knls . , . pifjht. 2 determined, resolved Lr. ii. i. 67. pike : spilce in the centre of a buclclcr Ado v. ii. 21 . pilcher ' : older form of 'pilchard ' Tw.N. iir. i. 40. pilcher ^ : scabbard Rom. iii. i. 86. ^ App. transf. and contemptuous use of a word meaning 'outer garment of skin or leather'. pile: nap of velvet, etc.; applied to the down on tlie cheek All'sW. iv. v. 10-4 {two pdc, pile of double tlie ordinary closeness). piled : iiaving a pile like velvet (used witli a quib- ble) Meas. I. ii. 36. pill (2 in mod. edd. peel) 1 to plunder, rob I\2 ii. 1. 247 The commons huth he jnU'd ivith grinons tiixcs, R3 I. iii. 159 that whicli i/oit h(tve pill'd J'roin me, Tim. iv. i. 12 [youj pill hi) Inn: 2 to strip, strip off Mer.V. i. iii. 85 The skilful shep- herd pill'd )iie certiiin wands, Liicr. 1161 the bark pill'd j'roiii Ihe lofty pine. pillagre : booty, plunder H5 i. ii. 195, 1H6 ly. vii. 41, Lucr. 428. pillar : portable ensign of office in the form of a pillar borne before Wolsey as cardinal H8 ii. iv. fit age dir. pillicock: penis Lr. in. iv. 75 (Qqu Pilicock . . . pdinjcks hdl). ^ Used also in Eliz. times as a term of endearment ; cf. ' Mistigowri ', my pilli- cocke, myprettie rogue (Cotgr.). pin (2 from the ordinary sense) 1 peg, nail, or stud fixed in the centre of a target LLL. IV. i. 140 defiviiij/ the pin, Rom. ii. iv. 15. 2 type of something insignificant, hence usedinter- jectionally to express impatience at trifles Wiv. I. i. 118, Troil. v. ii. 21. 3 jiin and mh, a disease of tlie eye Wint. l. ii. 291, Lr. III. iv. 120 tlie ueb and ihe pin. [ii. 19. pin-Tjuttock : narrow or sharp buttock AIl'sW. ii. pinch sb.: 1 bite 1H6 iv. ii. 49. 2 pang of remorse, &c. Tp. v. i. 77 inivard p-es, Cyni. I. i. 130 a pinch in death. pinch, vb. (1 used by Chapman and Dryden) 1 to bite 3H6 ii. i. 16 a bear . . . Iiaving pincli'dafeii'. 2 to gripe 1H4 iii. i. 29 with a kind of colic p-'d ; to torment 2H4 i. ii. 262 the jwx pinches the. other. 3 to distress, afflict, hai-ass, cause discomfort to Tp. v. i. 74 Thou'rt p-'d for' t noir, Shr. ii. i. 365 [373], 1H4 I. iii. 229 to e/all and p. this Boliwjbroke, Ant. II. vii. 7 As tint] )}. one anolhtr bij the disposition. pinched: (a) made ridiculous, (b) galled Wint. ii. i. .M* / Remain a pinch'd thin//. pinchingf: distressingly cold Cym. in. iii. 38. pinch-spotted : discoloured with marks of pinch- iiig Tp. IV. i. 263. pine (the corre.spondiiig intr. senses are iref|.) 1 to deprive of food, starve Ven. 602 pine the maw. 2 to consume, wear away R2 v. i.77 towards the north, Mlure shivering cold and sickness p-s the clime. pinfold : pound for stray cattle Gent. i. i. 114. pinion : flight-feather of a wing Ant. in. x. [xii.]4. pink : winking, half-shut Ant. ii. vii . 121 pink tt/nc. pinked : ornamented with perforations H8 v. iv. 51 her pinked porringer. pioned": (?) excavated, trenched Tp. rv. i. 64 Thij banks with p. and twilled hrims (Knumcr peoniid, (irul lilted t). TI The vb. ' pion ' = dig, trench, was current from Spenser to hir Thomas Browne. pioner (in old edd. /liimer, jtyoner, even in Lucr. 1380 where it rhymes with appear ; pioneer is only in later Ff) : "digger, miner Ham. i. v. 16.3. pip (old edd. peep{e) : plir. two-and'thirtij, a pip out, not quite tlie thing Shr. i. ii. 33 ; ref. to the old card game of one-and-thirty or boiie-aco. pipe sb.: put up one's p-s, put one's instruments away, cease playing Rom. iv. v. 96, Otli. in. i. 20. TJ Tliis phr. was used lig. in the 16th cent, for ' desist from action '. pipe vb.: p. for, look for in vain, ' wliistle for ' Tit. IV. iii. 24 we mag go pipe for justice. pipe-wine: wine iVom the pipe, cask, or 'wood' Wiv. III. ii. 94 (with quibble). piping times : peaceful times in whicli the music of the pastoral piije is heard, instead of that of the martial fife R3 i. i. 24. pismire : ant 1H4 i. iii. 240 stung with pismires. pissing' conduit : popular name of a conduit near tlie Royal Exchange, which ran with a very small stream 2H6 iv. vi. 3. pissing while : veiy short time Gent. iv. iv. 21. pit: applied to a dimple Ven. 247 these round en- chanting pits ; phr. beat to the pit, driven to the last ditch Cses. v. v. 23. pitch sb.': typifying something foul Otli. ii. iii. 369 So will I turn her virtue into pitch. pitch sb.2: height (fig.) Tw.N. i. i. 12 Of what validity atid p. soe'er, R3 in. vii. 187, Ham. in. i. 86 of great pitch and moment {Flpith}. pitch vb. (1 the orig. sense from which that of setting up tents, &c., is derived) 1 to drive (stakes into tlie ground) 1H6 i. i. 118. 2 jiitch and pay, (?) pay ready money H5 ii. iii. 52. piteous : full of pity, compassionate Tp. i. ii, 14, R2 V. iii. 126, Ven. 504, Lucr. 1502. piteously: so as to excite pity Tit. v. i. 66, Ant. IV. xi. [xiii.] 9 word it, prithee, piteously. pith: 1 strength, vigour, mettle H5 in. Chor. 21, 0th. I. iii. 83, Ven. 26. 2 importance, gravity Ham. ui. i. 86 enterprises of gnat jnlh and moment (Ff). pithless: weak 1H6 ii. v. 11. pittance: scanty meal Slir. iv. iv. 61. pittie-ward (unexplained): Wiv. in. i. 5. pittikins: diminutive of 'pity' (like 'bodikins') in 'Ods pittikins Cym. iv. ii. 293. pity ; of p., (1) compassionate Mer.V. iv. i. 27 an eye of p., Wint. III. ii. 124, (2) to excite pity Cym. v. iv. 47 A thin// of p. \—it is p. of, it is a sad thing for Meas. n. i. 78, MND. in. L 45, Otli. n. iii. 131. pizzle : bull's p., as a type of something very thin 1H4 II. iv. 275. place (2 so in Crosby place, &lc.) 1 in p., present, at liand Meas. v. i. 500, Slir. i. ii. 160, IV. iii. 150, 3H6 iv. i. 103 ; keep p., be in agree- ment or accord Wiv. n. i. 63, Troil. in. iii. 200; take p. (i) find acceptance All'sW. i. i. 115 ; (ii)seat oneself H8 i. ii. 10; (iii) be accomplished, take effect H8 in. ii. 34. 2 residence, dwelling AYL. ii. iii. 27 This is no p. ; this house is but a butchery, E3 in. i. 69, 0th. i. iii. 238 Due reference of p. and exhibition, Conipl. 82. 3 pitch attained by a falcon before swooping down upon her quariy Mac. ii. iv. 12. 4 subject, topic AYL. ii. vii. 40. placket (not pre-Eliz.) 1 petticoat, or slit in a petticoat or skirt LLL. in. i. 194 [186] Ban Cupid . . . Bread prince of p-s, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 245, 624, Lr. in. iv. 97. 2 wearerof a petticuat, woman Troil. ii. iii. 22 //io«« that war for a jilmkil. plain sb.: field of battle John ii. i. 295, H5 iv. vi. 8, Ki V. iii. 292. plain adj. : 1 flat, level MND. iii. ii. 404 Follow me, then. To p-er ground, Mer.V. m. i. IZcrossing the p. highway of Fi.Ain 163 POINT lalk, All's W. II. i. 31 the p. masonry. Tit. iv. i. 69 This snndi) plot is pluin. 2 smooth Err. ii. ii. 72 the p. hakl pate of Father Time, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 746 We are but plain fellows, sir. — .1 lie; you are rough and hairy. plain vb.': to complain Err. i. i. 72, R2 I. iii. 175, Lr. III. i. 39, Liicr. 559. plain vb.2: to explain Per. iii. Gower 14. plain-songf : simple melody or theme H8 i. iii. 45 -In honest country lord . . . n>ay bring his p. ; fig. H5 III. ii. 6, 7 ; attrib. = singing a plain tune MNl3. HI. i. 138 Tlie plain-song cuckoo. [1364. plaint (alwaj'spl.) : lamentation R2 v. iii. 127, Lucr. plaintfal : mournful Compl. 2 A plaintfut story. plaitt, plaitedf : see ple.\t, pleated. planched: boarded Meas. iv. i. 'il a planchcd gate. plant sb. : sole of the foot Ant. ii. vii. 2 (with quib- l)le on the other word plant). plant vb.: to set up, establish LLL. i. i. 163 A man in alt the norld's neic fashion p-cd, R2 iv. i. 127, v. i. 63 To p. unrightful kings, 1H6 ii. v. 80 to p. the rightful heir. plantag^e : plants Troil. iii. ii. 184 As trite as steel, as p. to the moon ('plants vrere supposed to im- prove as the moon increases', Kaies). [isle. plantation : settlement Tp. ii. i. 150 [143] p. of this plash: pool Shr. l. i. 23 .1 shalloic plaiih. plate sb. : piece of money Ant. v. li. 92. plate vb. : to clothe in armour R2 i. iii, 28, Lr. iv. vi. 170 (fig.), Ant. I. i. 4 plated Mars. platform (1 common Eliz.) 1 plan 1H6 ii. i. 77 lay neic 2ilatforms. 2 level place constructed lor mounting guns in a fort Ham. i. ii. 251, 0th. ii. iii. 126. plausible : laudable, acceptable Meas. iii. i. 255 ansner his requiring with a plattsible obedience. plausibly : approvingly Lucr. 1854. plausive (1 only S.; 2 not pre-S.) 1 = PLAUSIBLE AU'sW. I. ii. 53 his p. words. Ham. i. iv. 30 p/rtU4/(e manners. [rcntion. 2 plausiole, specious All'sW. iv. i. 29 a very p. in- play off: to toss off (liq^uor) 1H4 ii. iv. 18. plea ; that which is claimed LLL. ii. i. 7 the p. of no less iveight Than Aqititaine, Mer.V. lii. ii. 283, iv. i. 198, 203. pleached (in early use only S. in both senses ; 2 cf. IMPLEACHED) 1 (of tlie arms) folded Ant. n'. xii. [xiv.] 73. 2 formed by or fenced with intertwining boughs Ado I. ii. 11 a thick-p. alley, in. i. 7 the p. hoicer. plead : to utter by way of plea or argument MND. I. i. 61 In such a presence here to p. my thoughts, 1H6 II. iv. 29 If he suppose that I hare p-ed truth. pleasance: delight, joy 0th. ii. iii. 295. pleasant: jocular, facetious, 'meny' LLL. v. i. 4 ;). without scurrility, Slir. iii. i. 59 That I have been thus p. with you both, H5 i. ii. 281, TroiL III. 1. 68. ^ ' Pleasantry ' is post-S. pleasantly : merrily Troil. rv. v. 248. pleasant-spirited : jocose Ado ii. i. 357. please: tlie impersonal, personal passive, and per- sonal active constructions represented by (1) )/or an it please you,{so) phase you, please if you, plca'seth your grace, (2) (/ yoii be p-d, be p-d /o . . ., (3) if you phase, if she p-d, are all well represented, but the simple ' please ' ( ^ if you please) is post-S. please-man : man-pleaser LLL. v. ii. 464. pleasing- vbl. sb. : agreeableness R3 i. i. 13. pleasing- ppl. adj. : willing (scil. to listen) Lucr. 1126* Ihlish your nimble notes to phasim/ cars. pleasure: (one's) will, desire, choice (freq.) ; ofji., voluntarily 2H6 v. i. 16 Art thnii . . . come nf'p.f; —you speak your p., you give free expression to your tliouglits H8 lu. ii. 13, Troil. m. i. 52. pleat : fold Lucr. 93 Hiding base sin in p-s of majesty (mod. edd. plaitsj). pleated : folded Lr. i. i. 283 Time slaill unfold whatp. ciinn ing h ides (Qqi 2; Vfpligh ted, mod. edd. plaited-f). pleljeian : so stressed in Cor. i. ix. 7, v. iv. 40, Ant. IV. X. 47 [xii. 34]. pledg'e (2 not pre-S.) 1 bail, surety Shr. i. ii. 45 I am Grumio's p., R2 v. ii. 44, Tit. III. i. 291. 2 drinking to a person's health, toast Cfes. iv. iii. 159, Mac. III. iv. 92, Ham. i. iv. 12. plenty sb.: pi. necessaries and comforts of life 115 v. ii. 35. Ti A 16th-17th cent. use. plenty adj. : abundant, plentiful Tp. iv. i. 110 foisor, p., 1H4 11. iv. 269 iQiphntiful). pleiirisy : excess Ham. rv. vii. 117. pliant: suitable (S.) 0th. l. iii. Ibl Took .. .a p. hoity. plight: pledge, plighting Lr. i. i. 103. plig-hted: see pleated. plot: piece of ground, spot (freq.) ; Cor. iii. ii. 102 iliis single plot = my own person. pluck: used much more widely than at present = draw in a particular direction, diaworbringrfo«H, takeaiiay, with animmaterial oliject, e.g. Meas. 11. iv. HSTopluckonothus,AU'ti\\'.j.i. 79 What., .my prayers p. down (^obtain from heaven), R2 v. ii. 92 iidt thou p. my fair son from mine age ?, R3 iv. ii. 64 sin will p. on sin. Cor. in. iii. 94 To p. away their power, Lr. v. iii. 50 Top. the common bosom on his side, Soini. xiv. 1 Not from the stars do I iiiy judge- ment p. ( = desire) ; H8 11. iii. 40 P.offa little, come down to a lower rank ; p. tip, (intr.) rouse thyself, collect thyself Ado v. i. 212. plume : (?) plumage Tp. in. iii. 65 One dowle that's III my plume (old edd. plumb, plumbe). plume «^( : to trick out, glorify 0th. i. iii. 399 to p. lip my Hill In (Q 1 iiaike rp my will. A) double knavery. plume-pluck'd : humbled R2 iv. i. 108. plummet: Wiv. v. v. 177' is a p. o'er me, has sounded me, got to the bottom of mo. plumpy (not pre-S.) : plump Ant. 11. vii. 121. pocket up: (1) to pnit away out of sight, (hence) conceal or leave unheeded Tp. 11. i. 71, Ant. n. ii. 77 ; (2) to submit to, 'swallow ' Jolin in. i. 200 I must pocket up these wrongs, 1H4 iii. iii. 182. point sb. (in Cor. iv. vi. 125 obeys his points app. = obeys him in every point) 1 p. of war, short pln-ase sounded on an instrument as a signal 2H4 iv. i. 52. 2 highest elevation, summit MND. 11. ii. 119 the p. of human skill. 3 conclusion MND. i. ii. 10 and so ffrow on to ap. ; see GROW ON (2). 4 = point of the sword John 11. i. 390 Turn . . . bloody p. to p., 1H4 n. iv. 220 thus I bore my p., v. iv. 21 hold Lord Percy at the p., Rom. in. i. 172, Ham. IV. vii. 146 I'll touch my p. With tliis contagion. 5 tagged lace for attaching hose to the doublet and fastening various parts where buttons are now used Slir. in. ii. 50, lH4ii. iv. 242 (quibble) Tlieir points being broken, — Down fell their hose, 2H4 i. i. 53, II. iv. 140, Ant. iii. xi. [xiii.] 157 one that ties his points. 6 advantageous position in which the hawk 'waits the fowl ' 2H6 11. i. 5. 7 phrases : at p., (i) in readiness Lr. i. iv. 349 keep At p. a hundred knights ; also at a p. Mac. IV. iii. 135 ; (ii) ready to, just about to Cor. in. i. 193 Voii are at p. to lose your liberties, Lr. in. i. 33, Cym. in. i. 30 ; at ample p., to the full Troil. in. iii. 89; full p-s, 'full stop' 2H4 n. iv. 197 (with play on sense 4); nop., not at all LLL. 11. i. 188, V. ii. 278 (quibble) ; standnpon p-s, be over- scrupulous M>'D. V. i. 118; so 0H6 iv. vii. 58 POINT — 164 — POSSET ivhcre/ore stand yon on nicep-s I ; — tu {ilie)ji., to tlie sinaU'estcletail, exactly Tp. i.ii.l9-t, Meas.iii. i. 25(j. point vb.': to indicate to, direct (a person) LLL. II. i. 243 (Q i), Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 539, Ham. i. v. 129. point vb.': aplietic form of appoint Slir. iii. i. 19 //('/ to . . . p-ed times, &c., Liicr. 879, Sonn. xiv. 6 /'-)■/(;/ to mc/j [minute] Itisthnnder, fain, andwind. point-blank: tig. range, reach 2H6 iv. vii. 28. point-device, -devise: adj. extremely precise LLL. V. i. 21, AYL. in. ii. 407 ;— adv. precisely Tw.X. II. V. 178. pointing-stock: object of ridicule 2H6 ii. iv, 46. poise sb. (1 tlie literal sense does not occur) 1 weiglit (fig.) Meas. ii. iv. 69, 3H6 ii. v. 13 ilie equal 21. of this/ell war ( = equipoise, balance), Lr. II. i. 122 Occasions . . . of some poise (Qqzs Fipme), Oth. III. iii. 82. 2 heavy fall Troil. i. iii. 207*. poise vb. (2 not pre-Eliz.) 1 to weigh, estimate AU'sW. ii. iii. 101, Troil. i. iii. 339, Rom. i. ii. 100. 2 to counterbalance Oth. i. iii. 332. poison vb.: = EMPoisoN LLL. iv. iii. 305 {prisonsj), 1H6 V. iv. 121 )nij p-'d roicr, Kom. iii. ii. 46, Utli. V. ii. St',:i Hie object poisons siijlil. poisonous : destructive o/Cor. v. iii. 135. poke : p'Jiket AYL. ii. vii. 20. pokingf-stick : rod used for stiiTening the plaits of riitts Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 228. Polack : Pule, Hani. ii. ii. 63, &c.; — adj. Polish v. ii. 390. ^ In Ham. i. i. 63 mod. edd. Polacksf, Q<1 Ff 12 pollax, I'oltax, ¥3 Poldx, Ft I'oU-axe. pole: pole-star Ham. i. i. 36, Oth. 11. i. 15 tlieyuards of the ever-fixed p.; fig. lodestar, guiding star Ant. IV. xiii. [XV.] 60. polecat: prostitute Wiv. iv. il. 199. pole-clipt: hedged in witli poksTp. iv. i. 68. policy (tlie most i)ec|. meaning is 'prudence in the management of affairs") 1 form of government Lr. I. ii. 50. 2 con luctof publicatl'airs, administration of govern- ment H5 I. i. 45 anij cause of policy, Troll, i. iii. 197 Tlity tax our policy, and call it cowardice. 3 contrivance, crafty device, slratageni AU'sW. i. i. 135 no military p., 1H6 iii. ii. 2, in. iii. 12 secret policies, 3H6ii. vi. 65, Troil. iv. i. 18, Cor. 111. ii. 42 Honour and p. . . . F the war do grow totjdher. politic: dealing \vitli political science T\v.N. u. v. ll^S politic authors. poll (old spelling 770/f) 1 head 2H4 11. iv. 282, Ham. iv. v. 195. 2 with a numeral ; (so many) units AU'sW. iv. iii. 191 fifteen thousand poll. 3 uuini)er of persons Cor. in. i. 133 the yreater poll. polled : stripped (properly, of branches or foliage) Cor. IV. V. 216. pomander: perfumed ball Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 611. pomewater: large juicy kind of apple LLL. iv. ii. 4 rijif as a poinurater. [IH4 11. iv. 42. Ponigarnet : pomegranate, the name of a room pomp: triumphal orcei'einonial procession, pageant MXD. I. i. 15, John 11. i. 560, in. i. 304, Tit. i. i. 171; this funiral pomp, Tim. i. ii. 252 these feasts, piiiiip^, and rain-(ilorics. Pontic sea: Black Sea, Oth. in. iii. 454. IJOop : to deceive, l)elool Per. iv. ii. 25. poor-john : salted hake (a type of poor fare)Tp. n. ii. 28, Rom. i. i. 36. poorly: meanly, unworthily R2 in. Iii. V28 To look , so p. and to speak so fair, H5 iv. ii. 41, Mac. 11. ii. 72 Be not lost So p. in your thoughts, Lr. iv. i. 10 My fattier, poorly led ?. pop(e)rin : variety of pear Rom. n. i. 38. ^ From Popuringhe, a town in West Flanders. popular: plebeian, vulgar Tp. i. ii. 92, H5 iv. i. 38, Cor. n. i. 233, &c. popularity : keeping company witli the common jicople 1H4 in. ii. 69, H5 i. i. 59. populous: numerous Ant. in. vi. 50 p. troops. poi'ch: portico Ca>s. i. iii. 126 Ponipey's porch. poring: looking closely as if short-sighted, peering 115 IV. Chur. 2 the poring dark. porpentine (common 16th-l 7th cent, form) : porcu- pine Ham. I. V. 20 Lil;e quills upon tlie fretful p.; applied allusively to a person Troil. 11. i. 27 ; in Err. the name ot an inn. porridge : pottage, soup Tp. 11. i. 10, Lr. in. iv. 54. *i] The mod. sense is post-S. porringer: basin from which soft or liquid food is eaten Slir. iv. in. 64 this [caji] was moulelcd on a p.\ ajiphed humorously to a cap H8 v. iv. 51 till her pinliid porringer fell off her heeid. port': gate AU'sW. in. v. 37, Cor, v v. [vi.] 6 The city ports : fig. 2H4 iv. v. 23 tlie ports of slumber. port- (both senses are freq. 16th-17tli cent.) 1 bearing, carriage, demeanour H5 i. Chor. 6 Assume the port of Mars, 2H6 iv. i. 19, Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 52 with our sprightly port. 2 style of living, state, social station Mer.V. i. i. 125, III. ii. 282 themagnificoes Of greatest port, Shr. I. i. 2U7 Keep house and port. portable : bearable, endurable Mac. iv. iii. 89, Lr. III. vi. Ill light and portable. portage ': port-dues Per. in. i. 35\ portage =: port-holes (fig.) H5 in. i. 10 Let it pry through the portageoftlie head. portance : behaviour Cor. n. iii. 232, Oth. i. iii. 139. portcullis : to enclose as with a portcullis E2 i. iii. 167. portend: to signify Tw.N. 11. v. 133 what should that . . . position portend?. portly: stately, dignified, majestic Mer.V. i. i. 9 iiitli p. sad, 1H4 I. ill. 13, Troil. iv. V. 161 hislurge and p. size, Rom. i. v. 10 like a p. mnCleman, Per. I. iv. 61. ^ 1H4 II. iv. 470 A goodly portly man, «' faith, and a corpulent, shows the transition from this sense to that of ' coipiilent, stout ' Wiv. I. ni. dl nil) portly belly. posied : inscribed witli a motto Coinpl. 45. position: affirmation, affirmative assertion Troil. iir. iii. 112, Oth. n. i. 241 a inost pregnant and un- forced p., in. iii. 234 /do not in p. Distinctly speak of her, positive (neither use is pre-S.) 1 admitting no question, certain Wiv. in. ii. 50 it IS as pusitire as the earth is firm, H5 ly. li. 25. 2 absolute Troil. 11. iii. 71 a fool positive. positively : with assurance or confidence R3 iv. ii. 25, Ham. 11. ii. 154. possess (3 more commonly in therefl., and the jtass. possessed of or ivitlt repossessing) 1 to be in occu])ation t'yni. i. v. 48 let instructions enter Where folly now possesses. 2 to take possession of, seize, take Tp. in. ii. 103 Remember First to p. his bocjks, 3H6 i. i. 26 this [is] the regal scat : p. it, Cor. in. ii. Ill, Tit. n. iii. 26, Kom. III. ii. 27. 3 to put (one) in possession of a thing Ant. in. ix. [xi.] 21 / will possess you of that ship. 4 to inform, acquaint Meas. w. i. 46 I have p-'d him my most stay Can be but brief, Tw.N. n. iii. 151 ;). lis; tell us something of him, John IV. ii. 41 Some reasons . . . I have p-'il i/ou ivitli, Troil. iv. iv. U2 Fll. . . possess thee what'shc is. possession : being possessed by aspirit Err. v. i.44. posset sb. : drink composed of liot milk curdled with ale, wine, &c., formerly used as a delicacy and as a remedy Wiv, i. iv. 8, Mac. 11. li. 7. FOSSET 165 — PBECEDENCS posset vt). ; to curdle likoa posset (S.) Ham. i. v. 68. possibility (2 an Eliz. sense ; in Tit. m. i. 214 speak with p. (Qi) =app. speak of tilings within the range of possibility ; Fi has po.ssibilifies) 1 capability, capacity AH'sW. in. vi. 87 to the p. of thy soliliership, 2H4 iv. iii."39 I hate speeded hUhir with the v( nj ixtrcmest inchof p.\ chance (of having something) 1H6 v. iv. Xi6 ceist from p. of all. 2 pecuniary prospects, 'expectations ' Wiv. i. i. 65 Seven hundred pounds and possibilities. post sb.': pole set up by the door of a sheriff Tw.N. I. V. 167 ; doorpost on which the reckoning at a tavern was kept Err. i. ii. 64. postsb.2: 1 courier Mer.V. v. i. 46 there's a p. come . . . with his horn full of good news, 2H4 Ind. 37 The p-s come tiring on, Mac. i^iii. 98 As thiol! as hail Came post with post. 2 post-horse 2H4 iv. iii. 40 1 have foundered nine score andoddposts ; phr. us Oth. i. ii. 37 requires your haste-p. etppeurtiuci \ similarly ;)04'^- post-haste as adj. 0th. i. iii. 46. ^ The old direction on letters was ' haste, post, haste ', being an ex- hortation to the courier. posy : motto inscriiied on the inside of a finger-ring Mer.V. V. i. 151, Ham. iii. ii. 163. pot: to the pot, to destruction Cor. i. iv. 47. potato : the Spanish or sweet potato, Batatas cdulis, in the 16th-17th cent, supposed to have aphrodisiac qualities Wiv. v. v. 21, Troil. v. ii. 54. potch: to thrust at Cor. i. x. 15 (mod. edd. also poach). ^ Survives in Warwickshire. potent: potentate John ii. i. 358 You etfual patents. potential: powerful 0th. i. ii. 13, Compl. 264. pother: disturbance, commotion, turmoil Cor. ii. i. L':!7 [Ffpoothcr), Lr. iii. ii. 50 (Ff pitdder, Qi Po((>- thcr, Qqo3 Thnndring). potting' : tippling 0th. ii. iii. 80 potent in potting. pottle : measure of capacity for liquids = 2 quarts Wiv. II. i. 222, 0th. ii. iii. 88 ; so pottle-pot 2H4 II. ii. 86. pottle-deep : to the bottom of the tankard 0th. ii. iii. 57 hath . . . carous'd Potations pottle-dccp. pouch : purse Wiv. i. iii. 94, AYL. ii. vii. 159. poulter : poulterer 1H4 ii. iv. 487 [480]. pouncet-box (S. word, revived in mod. times by Scott) : small box for perfumes 1H4 1. iii. 38 'lioixt his finger and his thumb he held A p. ^ Perliaps orig. 'pounced (=perforated) box . pound sb.': pound-weight Cor. iii. i. 312 Tie leaden pounds to's heels. poundsb.': public enclosure for stray cat tie, pinfold Gent. I. i. 113. [Cor. I. iv. 17. pound vb.: to shut up as in a pound Gent. i. i. 110, poverty : poor stuff Sonn. xl. 10 Although thou steal thee all my p., ciii. 1 what p. my Muse brings forth. pow,waw(mod.edd.wowt): poohpooh! Cor.ii.i.l59. powder: to salt 1H4 v. iv. U2 to p. me and eat me too. powdered: lit. salted; (hence) subjected to the sweating-tub treatment (see next) Meas. ili. ii. 64 your poiidi nd hand. powdering tub : lit. pickling vat ; humorously ai>plied to the sweating-tub used for the euro of venereal disease H5 ii. i. 79. power (2 a common S. sense) 1 person of rank or influence H8 ii. iv. 111. 2 body of armed men, lighting foice, pi. forces John IV. ii. 110 Xeicr such a p. . . . Vias levied, Cfes. iv. i. 42 Brutus and Cassias Are levying p-s, Lucr. 1368 the power of Greece. practic (once) : practical H5 i. i. 51 the art and p. part of life. H 'Practical ' is post-S. practice (2 the commonest S. sense) 1 execution Ado v. i. 260 paid me richly for the p. of it; so in phr. ;)!i^/j(;).Gent. iii.ii.89,LLL. i.i.3U4. 2 stratagem, conspiracy, trickery, plot, intrigue Meas. v. i. 108, 124 This neals must be a p., Tw.N. V. i. 364 This p. hath most shnwdly pass'd iipon thee, H5 ll. ii. 90 Hath . . . lightly conspir'd, And sworn unto the p-s of France, Ham. iv. vii. 138 a pass of p., Lr. ii. iv. 116 That this remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. practisant (S.) : ? plotter, conspirator 1H6 iii. ii. 'M Puceltc and her practisants. practise (2 cf. peactice 2) 1 to perform, carry on 1H6 ii. iii. 47 to practise your severity, Cses. iv. iii. 87. 2 to use stratagem or artifice, scheme, plot (with against or on, upon) AYL. i. i. 158 he will p. against thee by poison, H5 ii. ii. 99 p-'d on me, 0th. i. ii. 73 pi'-d on her with foul charms, ii. i. 322 practising upon his peace and qiiiet. 3 to plot (some evil) John iv. i. 20 My uncle p-s more harm to me. practiser: practitioner All's W. ii. i. W& Sweet p., thy physic I will try. prserniinire : more fully 'prsemunire facias', a writ by wliicli the sheriff is charged to summon a per- son accused of maintaining papal jurisdiction in England H8 iii. ii. 341 Fall into the compass of a p. prsetor : magistrate in ancient Rome, subordinate to the consuls Ores. ii. iv. 35. praise sb. : that for which a person or thingdeserves to be praised, desert, virtue Mer.V. v. i. 108 To their right praise and true perfection, H5 iii. vii. 51, Troi). II. ii. 145, Per. i. i. 15 Her face the book of p-s, Sonn. Ixxxiv. Upraise, which makesyourp-s worse. Tf In Tp. III. iii. 39 the common Eliz. proverbial phr. ' praise at parting ' (=praise given not too soon, not till the entertainment is ovei') appears as Praise in departing. praise vb.: to appraise, value Tw.N. i. v. 270 Were you sent hither to p. me ?, Troil. iii. ii. 97 P. us as ice are tasted. praised : esteemed Per. iii. ii. 102. praiseful: laudable LLL. iv. ii. 58 (F2 praysfull, Ff3 4 prais{e)full ; Qq Fi prayful,see peeyful). prank sb. (always pi.) : malicious or mischievous deed or trick Err. 11. ii. 212, 1H6 iii. i. 15, Ham. III. iv. 2 Tell him his p-s have been too broad to bear with, Otli. II. i. Ii2 foul pranks. pray : to invite Meas. n. i. 301 [292] I pray you home to dinner with me. prayer : metrically 1 or 2 syll. preambulate : walk in front LLL. v. i. 86 (mod. odd. pre-, prerambulaf). prece'dence : sometliing said before LLL. iii, i. 88 anepiloyue . . . to make plain Some obscure p., Ant. 12 PRECEDENT - 166 - PRESENT II. V. 51 / do not like ' but yet ', it does aVaij The good precedence. pre'cedent sb. (1 only S.; 2 othenvise rare) 1 sign, token Yen. 26. 2 original from which a copy is made John v. ii. 3 let tills be copied out . . . Hdunt the p. to these lords (((/niii, R3 III. vi. 7. pre'cedent adj.: former Tim. i. i. 134, Ham. iii. iv. 98, Ant. IV. xii. [xiv.] 83 thy precedent services. precept (in 1 pre'cept, in 2 prece'pt) 1 instruction, direction Tp.iii. i. 58 my father's p-s. Ham. II. ii. 142 {Cl(l-2-5 prescripts), Compl. 267. 2 writ recjuiring something to be done 2H4 v. i. 14, H5 HI. iii. 26. preceptial : consisting of precepts Ado v. i. 24. preci'nct : quarter over wliieh a person has con- trol 1H6 II. i. 68. precious: egregious, arrant 0th. v. ii. 233 P. rillarn, Cym. III. V. 81, iv. ii. 83 ;— as adv. = preciously John IV. iii. 40 too p. princely for a grave, Troil. v. iii. 28 more p. dear than life (hyphened only in Ff2 3 4). preciously : as a valuable thing Tp. i. ii. 241, precipit [obs. Fr. ' precipite '] : precipice H8 v. i. 14U (.Fi Prccepit, mod. edd. precipicef). precipitate: to fell headlong Lr. iv. vi. 51. precipitation : steepness of descent, preclpitous- ness Cor. m. ii. 4. precisian : (?) rigid spiritual adviser Wiv. ii. i. 5 {phijsiiiaiip. •; In 16th-17th cent, synonymous with ' Pui itan '. pre-contra'ct : previous engagement of marriage Meas. IV. i. 73. precurrer (S.) : forerunner Phoen. ii. precurse (S.) : heralding Ham. i. i. 121. predecease (not pre-S.) : to die before Lucr. 1756. predeceased: previously extinct Ho v. i. 76. predecessor : ancestor H5 i. ii. 248, Cor. ii. i. 102, Mac. II. iv. 34. predicament: condition, situation Mer.V. iv. i. 358, 1H4 I. iii. 168 the tine and the p. Wherein you range, Rom. in. iii. 85. ^ Orig. a term of logic = category. predict (S.) : prediction Sonn. xiv. 8. predominance: asoendaiuy of a planet Lr. i. ii. 138 thii_ i(s (( ml Iniicliers by spherical predominance ; so predominant, in the ascendant, ruling All's W. I. i. 214 born under iMars. — ^Yhen he ir((s predoiiiiiaint, Wint. i. ii. 202. predominate (twice ; 2 not pre-S.) 1 to have ascendancy (like a planet) Wiv. ii. ii. 299. 2 trans, to prevail over Tim. iv. iii. 143. prefer (in MND. iv. ii. 40* either 1 or the mod. sense) 1 to place or put before a person, put forward, present, offer 1H6 in. i. 10, 33, C»s. in. 1. 28 ;>. his suit to Cusar, Ham. iv. vii. 159 I'll have pre- ferred him (Ff prepar'd) A chalice, 0th. i. iii. 109. 2 to introduce, recommend Gent. ii. vi. 15, Shr. i. i. 97, 2H6 IV. vii. 77 my hook preferr'd me to the king, C«s. v. v. (i2if Messalaivill preferme toyou. preferment: preference Shr. ii. i. 94. *\ The ordinaiy sense is ' advancement, promotion '. pregnancy : readiness (of wit) 2H4 i. ii. 194. pregnant ': clear, obvious Meas. ii. i. 23, Wint. v. ii . 34 Most true, if ever truth were p. by circumstance, 0th. II. i. 241, Ant. it. i. 45, Cym. iv. ii. 325. % Old Fr. ' preignant ', from ' preindre ' to press ; ]ience = pressing, cogent. pregnant^ [Latin ' praegnans'] 1 resourceful, ready, apt Meas. i. i. 11, Tw.N. n. ii. 29, Ham. ii. ii. 216 Hoio p. . . . his replies are. 2 receptive, (hence) disposed, inclined Tw.N. in. i. 101 your oivH most p. and vouchsafed ear. Ham. ni. ii. 66 crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. pregnantly : cogently, clearly Tim. i. i. 93. prejudicate : to pass judgement upon beforehand All'sW. I. ii. 8. prejudice: inquiry, detriment H8 i. i. 182; so the vb. lH6in. iii. 91. premi'sed : sent before the time 2H6 v. ii. 41 the p. flames of the last day. premises (occurs thrice) 1 conditions, stipulations Tp. I. ii. 123 in lieu o" the p. Of homage, AllsW. n. i. 204. 2 previous circumstances H8 ii. i. 63* 'T has done ■upon the premises but justice. prenominate vb.: to name beforehand Troil. iv. v. 249 ; also ppl. adj. aforesaid Ham. ii. i. 43 the prenominate crimes. [95. prenzie* : doubtful word, (?) an error Meas. iii.i.92, pre-ordinance : previously established ordinance Cies. III. i. 38. preparation (2 is peculiar to S.) 1 force or fleet equipped for tight 1H4 iv. i. 93, Cor. I. ii. 15, Uth. I. iii. 14 The Turkish p. makes for Rhodes, Cym. iv. iii. 29. 2 accomplishment Wiv. ii. ii. 243 your many irar- like . . . and learned preparations. prepare : preparation 3H6 iv. i. 131. preposterous: inverting the natural order of tilings Slir. III. i. 9 Preposterous ass. prerogative : precedence, pre-eminence Tp. i. ii. 1U5, Shr. in. i. 6, All'sW. ii. iv. 43 The great p. and rite of love, Wint. ir. i. 162, 1H6 v. iv. 142. pre£.age sb. (the stress varies ; the vb. is always presa'ge and is used in senses corresponding to those of the noun) 1 omen, portent John i. i. 28 sullen pre'sage of your own decay, in. iv. 158 Abortives, pre'sages, and tongues of heaven, Ven. 457 This ill presa'ge. 2 prognostication Sonn. cvii. 6 the sad augurs mock their oicn presa'ge. 3 presentiment, foreboding R2 ii. ii. 141 ?/ heart's presa'gcs he not tain. presa'ger : that which indicates Sonn. xxiii. 10, prescript : prescribed, laid down H5 in. vii. 51. prescription: claim founded upon long use 3H6 in. iii. 94. presence (the senses 'fact of being present' and ' demeanour, carriage, aspect ' are freq.) 1 in p., present R2 rv. i. 62 you were in p. then ; And you can icitness with me this is true, 2H4 iv. iv. 17, H5 I. ii. 2. 2 presence-chamber R2 1. iii. 289, H8 ni. i. 17 the two great cardinals Wait in the p., Rom. v. iii. 86. 3 assembly, company LLL. v. ii. 534 a good p. of Worthies, R2 iv. i. 32 the best In all this p.. Ham. V. ii. 242 This presence knows. 4 (with possessive) person, personality John t. i. 137 Lord of thy p. and no land beside, ii. i. 377 Your royal p-s, R2 in. iii. 76 our p., 1H4 in. ii. 56. present sb. {the p. = ' the present time ' not pre-S. ; Tw.N. III. iv. 382 my p. app. = mv present store) 1 the or this p., the affair in hand, the present occa- sion or pui-pose Meas. iv. ii. 27, Cor. i. vi. 60, in. iii. 41, Ant. n. vi. 30. 2 this p., the present time or moment Wint. tv. Chor. [i.] 14, Cym. iv. iii. 8 ; adv. (?) = just now Tw.N. I. V. 254; m p., at present, nowTim, i. i. 142. 3 (?) writing LLL. tv. iii. 189 What p. hast thou there?. present adj. (1 cf. ' a vei-y present help fii trouble ' Psahii xlvi. 1 ; 2 very freq.) 1 (ofmoney) immediately available, 'ready' Err. iv, i. 34 I am not furnish'd with the p. money, Mer.V, I. i. 179 To raise a p. sum, ni. ii. 274 The p. money to discharge the Jew. 2 immediate, instant AViv. iv. vi. 56 Fit make a p. recompense, Wint. i. ii. 281 without My p. vengeance FBESENT 167 PBXDE tttkni, H8 I. ii. 211 Cull him fo p. hid!, Rom. iv. i. 61 Gire me some p. minitel, Otli. I. ii. 90 so;(« /'. biisi- iiess of the state. 3 (?) urgent, pressing Tim. ii. ii. 154 To pay your p. debts. III. ii. 39 He has only sent his p. occasion now. present vb. (.S occurs only once) 1 to set forth, describe 0th. i. iii. 124 So justly to your (jrace cars. I'll present How . . . 2 to represent (a character), personate Tp. iv. i. 167 iclun I p-ed Ceres, Wiv. iv. vi. 20, LLL. v. i. 127, &c., MND. HI. i. 65, &c., H8 Trol. 5. [the led. :5 to l)ring a cliarge against Shr. Ind. ii. 89^= her at presentation (1 some refer tliis to 2) 1 display, sliow AYL. v. iv. ll.'i'. 2 semblance K3 iv. iv. 84. presently: immediately, instantly, directly Tp. IV. i.42 I'ttsmlly? — Ay, with ativinlc. ^ Veryfreq. in S. and the nsual Eliz. sense ; tlie mod. sense of ' in a little while, shortly ' is not evidenced with certainty before li»0, but there are possible instances in S., e.g. Wiv. iv. ii. 102. presentment (not pre-S. in either sense) 1 dedication of a book Tim. I. i. 27. 2 picture, portrait Ham. iii. iv. 54. president : head, sovereign Ant. iii. vii. 17. pres-s sb.i (in H8 iv. i. 78 Fi has prense) 1 crowd, throng H8 iv. i. 78, Cses. i. ii. 15. 2 crowding or thronging together John v. vii. 19. 3 = printing-press Wiv. ii. i. 80 puts into the press (quibble). 4 = clothes-press Wiv. iii. iii. 225, iv. ii. 64. press sb. 2; warrant or commission giving authority to impress recruits 1H4 iv. ii. 13* / have misused the ki>iy's press damnably. press vb. (in 3H6 iii. i. 19 Ft has prease) 1 ;). to death, (properly) subject to the ancient tor- ture called the ' peine forte et dure ' Meas. v, i. 524 p-iny to death, nhipping, and hanging ; also in fig. use Ado III. i. 76 she would . . . p. me to death with wit, R2 in. iv. 72, Troil. in. ii. 217. 2 to oppress, weigh down Rom. i. i. 193, Lr. iv. iii. 28, 0th. III. iv. 176 I have , , . with leaden thoughts been p-'d, Sonn. cxl. 1. 3 to crowd, throng 3H6 iii. i. 19 No humble suitors press to speak for right, Ca'S. li. iv. 15, &c. 4 to push or strain forward Tit. iv. iii. 89 to p. to heaven in my young days, Rom. V. iii. 215 To p. be- fore thy father to a grave. press-money ; earnest-money paid to a soldier or sailor on his being ' pressed ' into the service Lr. IV. vi. 88. pressure : impressed character, impi'cssion, stamp Ham. I. V. 100, iii. ii. 28. prest: ready Mer.V. r. i. 161, Per. rv. Gower 46. Prester John : name given in the Middle Ages to an alleged Christian priest and king supposed to reign in the far East, and from the 15th cent. identified with the king of Etliiopia or Abyssinia Ado II. i. 278 bring yon the length of P.-J-s foot. presuppos'd * : suggested beforehand (for one's adoption) Tw.N. v. i. 362 p. Upon thee in the letter. pretence : intention, purpose, or design Gent. in. i. 47, Wint. in. ii. 18 the p. whereof being , , . laid open, Mac. n. iii. 138, Lr. i. ii. 98. pretend (only in obs. or arch, senses) 1 to hold out, offer Lucr. 576. [adore. 2 to assert Tit. I. i. 42 Wliom you, p. to honour and 3 to claim 3H6 rv. vii. 57 if you pretend no title. 4 to allege falsely, use as a pretext Meas. in. i. 2.35 p-ing in her discoveries of dishonour, Cym. n. iii. 118, v. v. 251. 5 to intend, purpose, design Gent. ii. vi. 37 their disguising and p-ed flight, 1H6 iv. i. 6^. Malicious practices, Mac. n. iv. 24. 6 to import 1H6 IV. i. .54 doth this churlish supir- srription Pretend some alteration ...'!. prettily: ingeniously, skilfully, neatly MND. n. ii. 53 Lysander riddles very p., R3 in. i. 1.34 He p. and aptly taidils himself. prettiness : pleasantness Ham. iv. v. 188. prevail : to avail, liave effect H5 in. ii. 17, Rom. in. iii. 59 It [sc. philosophy] lielps not, it p-s not. prevailment : superior power or influence MND. I. i. 35. prevent (2 cf. prevention 1) 1 to anticipate (an event) Ca;s. v. i. 105 so to p. The timeoflife. Ham. n. ii. 312 [305] so shall my einticipa- tion prevent your discovery. 2 to be beforeliand with, forestall, anticipate (a per- son) Mer.V. I. i. 61 // worthier friends had not p-ed me, Tw.N. in. i. 95, 1H6 iv. i. 71, Caes. in. i. 35 / must prevent thee. 3 to escape, avoid B2 ni. ii. 179, 2H4 i. ii. 263. 4 intr. to use preventive measures Caes. ii. i. 28 So Casar may ; Tlien, lest he may, prevent. prevention : 1 forestalling another in the execution of his designs Caes. in. i. 19 Be sudden, for we fear p. 2 precaution Troil. i. iii. 181. presrfnl : killing mucli prey LLL. iv. li. 58. pril>l)les and prabbles : petty disputing, vain (hatter Wiv. i. i. 56. price (in sense 3 .spelt prize in old edd.) 1 value, worth 2H4 v. iii. 98 happy news of price (=worth much), Troil. n. ii. 82, iii. 143, Lr. i. i. 200 her price isfall'n. 2 esteem, estimation Meas. i. iii. 9 held [it] in idle p., All'sW. V. iii. 61 Make trivial p. of serious things, Tw.N. i. i. Vi falls into . , . low price. 3 valuation, appraisement Ant. v. ii. 182, Cym. in. vi. 76. prick sb. (often with indelicate quibble) 1 each of the marks by wliich the circumference of a dial is divided 3H6 i. iv. 34 Phatthon hath , . . maele an evening ed the noontide ^.,'Kom. ii, iv. 122, Lucr. 781. 2 mere point Troil. i. iii. 343.* 3 spot in the centre of a target LLL. iv. i. 136 Let the mark have a p. int; phr. eit p-s, shooting at a target having such a mark fixed at a certain distance (opposed to shooting 'at the butts'), LLL. IV. i. 143. 4 prickle of a hedge-hog Tp. n. ii. 12 ; thorn AYL, in. ii. 119 ; skewer Lr. n. iii. 16 wooden pricks. prick vb. (1 metaphor ft-om spurring) 1 to urge, incite Gent. in. i. 8 iVy duty p-s mean to utter that, Shr. in. ii. 75 some odd humour p-s him to this fashion, 1H4 v. i. 131 honour p-s me on, 0th. HI. iii. 413. 2 to mark or indicate by a ' prick' or tick, mark or tick otf 2H4 n. iv. 364 The fend hath p-ed down Bardolph irrecoverable, in. ii. 123 P. him, &c.,C£es. in. i. 216, rv. 1. 1 their names are p-d ; to choose or pick out LLL. v. ii. 546 Cannot p. out five such (Qi picke), Sonn. xx. 13. 3 to fasten with a pin Shr. in. ii. 71. 4 to attire elaborately, dress up 2H4 in. ii. 123, &c. 5 to remove by a prick Rom. i. iv. 67. prick-eared : having erect ears H5 ii. i. 44. pricket : buck in its second year LLL. iv. ii. 12. pricksongr : descant or accompanying melody to a plainsong or simple theme ' pricked ' or noted down Rom. il. iv. 22. pride (the mod. uses are freq.) 1 magnificence, pomp Rom. i, ii. 10 Let two more sumiiurs wither in their p., 0th. in. iii. 355 P., pomp, and circumstance of glorious war, Sonn. Ixxx. 12 of goodly p., civ. 4 three summers' p. PRIEST - li"i8 — FBODIGAL 2 love of display Lucr. 864. 3 magnificent or ostentatious adornment H8 i. i. 25 the inadams . . . did almost siieat to hear Tin' pride upon tlicm, Lucr. 18u9 to dotlic liis nit in siatt and p., Sonn. Ixxvi. 1 IVA/y is my verse so hurrut of new pride I. 4 lionour, gloiy 1H6 iv. vi. 57 let's die in pride. 5 best conilition, pi-ime 1H4 i. i. 00 in ilie very heat And pride of their contention, 1H6 iv. vii. 1(5. 6 mettle in a horse 1H4 iv. iii. 22, Yen. 420. 7 sexual desire LLL. ii. i. 2:i5, 0th. in. iii. 405 As salt as wolves in p., Lucr. 438, Sonn. cxliv. 8 her foul pride. priest : 1 ie a person's priest, kill him (in allusion to the priest's performing the last offices to the dying) 2H6 III. i. 272. 2 priestess Cym. i. vi. 133, Per. v. i. 243. priesthood : with possessive used as a mock title tur a priest 2H6 ii. i. 23. prig- islang) : thief Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 109. [i. iv. 41. primal: primitive, primeval Ham. in. iii. 37, Ant. primater: error lor 'pia mater' LLL. iv. ii. 71. primes!).: spring Lucr. 332, Sonn. xcvii. 7. prime adj. (4 only S.) 1 lirst in time R3 iv. iii. 19. 2 first in ranker dignity Tp. i. ii. 12Prospero tliep. duke, H8 in. ii. 163 TIte prime man of the state. 3 first in importance or excellence Tp. i. ii. 422 my p. request, H8 i. ii. 67 no p-r business, il. iv. 227. 4 sexually excited 0th. ill. iii. 404. primero : gambling card-game very fashionable truni aliout 1530 to 1640 Wiv. iv. v.105, H8 v. i. 7. primog"enitive : the right of succession belong- ing tu the first-born Ti'oil. i. iii. 106. primrose iialh, luay : path of pleasure Mac. ii. iii. 22, Ham. i. iii. 50. primy (S. coinage) : that is in its prime Ham. i. iii. 7 in the youth of primy nature. prince : the two senses are ' sovereign ruler ' and ' male member of a royal family '; the pi. is used = royal pair John il. i. 445, 533. princess : (?) used as pi. in Tp. i. ii. 173. principal (2 a legal use) 1 employer Per. iv. vi. 91, 93. 2 one who is directly responsible for a crime, or aids and abets it Wint. n. i. 92. 3 principal rafter of a house Per. in. ii. 16. principality : (?) one of the liigher orders of spiritual beings so designated Gent. il. iv. 153. princox: pert saucy boy Rom. i. v. 90. print si).: in p., with exactness, to a nicety Gent. 11. i. 177, LLL. in. i. 181 [173]. print vb. : to commit to writing Tit. iv. i. 75. Priscian: famous Roman grammarian (6tli cent. A. D.) ; LLL. v. i. 31 P. a little scratched, a mild variant of the common phr. ' break P.'s head ' = violate the rules of grammar. prison : to imprison, confine (always in fig. con- nexion) ; LLL. IV. iii. 305 uninr^al pbullinn p-sf a pTIie nimble spirits in thearter'(s(i\\dfdi].jioy sons). pristine : ancient H5 in. ii. 90 the p. wars of th< Hoiiians ; former, original Mac. v. iii. 52 to a sound and /irislinc health. private sb. (2, 3 only S.; 4 not pre-S.) 1 one not holding a public position H5 iv. i. 258 irhat luive kings that privates have not too?. 2 intimate, favourite Ham. n. ii. 242 (quibble). 3 private communication John iv. iii. 10. 4 privacy Tw.N. in. iv. 102. private adj. (obs. rare use) : by oneself, alone H8 n. ii. 15 I left him private, Rom. i. i. liii private in his chamber. privilege sb. (1 and 2 only S.) 1 ' favourable circumstance ' (.Schmidlj Gent. in. i. 160 think my patience ... Is /). for thy departure hence, MND. li. i. 220 Your virtue is my p., Sonn. xcv. 13 this Ifirgc privilege. 2 advantage yielded, superiority IHO in. i. 121. 3 right of asylum or sanctuary R3iii. i. 41. privilege vb.: to authorize, license Lucr. 621, Sonn. Iviii. 10. privity : being ' privy ' to something H8 i. i. 74. prize sb.' (1 and 2 perhaps belong to sbs. of really distinct origin ; see also pricej 1 advantage, privilege 3H6 i. iv. 59 It is war's p. to take all vantages, ll. i. 20 JUetliinks, 'tis p. enough to be liis son (Qq pride). 2 contest, match Mer.V. in. ii. 141 Like one of tiro contending in a p.; phr. play one's p., play one's ' game ' or part Tit. i. i. 399. prize sb.=: booty, plunder R3 in. vii. 186 Made p.... of ( - took possession of ). prize vb. : 1 to value, estimate, esteem Tp. i. ii. 168 volumes that I p. above my dukedom. Ado in. i. 90 so swift and excellent a wit As she is p-'d to have. Cor. I. v. 4 p. their hours At a crack'd drachm, Tim. I. i. 172 Tilings . . . Are p-d by their masters (i. e. according to the esteem in which their masters are held). 2 (with negative) to care nothing for Tw.N. n. iv. 84, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 369, 388, Sonn. cxliii. 8. prizer ' : one who values a thing Troil. ii. ii. 56. prizer - : one who fights in a 'prize' or match (of, PRIZE sb.'2) AYL. II. iii. 8. probable: worthy of acceptance or belief, plausible All sW. II. iv. 53, 2H6 iii. ii. 178, Cor. iv. vi. 66. probal:= PROBABLE, q.v. 0th. n. iii. 347. probation (2 the commoner sense) 1 trial, investigation Tw.N. ii. v. 144 ; testing of vocation Meas. v. i. 72. 2 proof Meas. v. i. 157, Mac. in. i. 80, Ham. i. i. 156 of the truth . . . This present object made p., 0th. in. iii. 366. proceed: [i. ii. 180. 1 to take place All'sW. iv. ii. 02, R3 in. ii. 23, Caes. 2 to arise, be caused H5 ii. ii. 54, Cym. in. v. 58. proceeder : one who proceeds to a university degree (used quibblingly) Shr. iv. ii. 11 And may you prove, sir, master of your art .'—While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart. — Quick p-s, marry. process (3 is peculiar to S.) 1 drift, tenor, gist Troil. iv. i. 8 the p. of your speech. 2 narrative, story Meas. v. i. 93, Mei-.V. iv. i. 275 Tell . . . the p. of .[ntonio's end, H3 iv. iii. 32, Ham. I. V. 37 a forged p. of my death, 0th. i. iii. 142. [9. 3 what goes on, proceeding All'sW. i. i. 18, H8ii. iii. 4 formal command or mandate Ham. iv. iii. 66, Ant. I. i. 28. process-server: =bailifi' Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 103. proclaim : to make a puljlic announcement Meas. IV. iv. 27. proclamation: open declaration, manifestation IMeas. III. ii. 156 give him a bettir p. (= proclaim him to be a better man), All'sW. i. iii. 182. procreant: adj. bringing forth young Mac. i. vi. 8 [a bird's] p. cradle ; — sb. generator 0th. iv. ii. 27 procure (uses now obs. or arch.) 1 to cause, bring about Meas. v. i. 475, 2H6 n. iv. 62, Lr. II. iv. 306. 2 to get (a person to do something) W^lv. iv. vi. 49, lH6v. V. 88, Rom. ii. ii. 145. 3 to bring (a person to a place) Rom. in. v. 08 What . . . cause procures her hither?. 4 to manage or contrive (to do something) Sonn. Music iii. 32 [Pilgr. 276]. prodigal: adj. in the sense of ' wastofully lavish ' transferred from the agent to an attribute LLL. v. PRODIGIOUS - 169 -J^&OFENSIOir ii. G-l How I nonld tiiakt liiiii . . . spend liix p. ivitu in bootless limes, AYL. i. i. 41 Wliai p. portion have 1 spent, Tim. ii. ii. 175 how many p. bits hate slaves and peasants . . . enghitted ; — adv. lavishly Ham. I. iii. 116. prodigious : 1 of the nature of a prodigy, ominous, portentous MXD. V. ii. 42 [i. 410] Never mole, hare-lip . . . Xor mark prodif/ious. 2 abnormal, unnatural, monstrous John iii. i. 46 crooked, swart, p., R3 i. ii. 22 1/ ever he have child, alxirtirv he it. Prodigious. [91. prodigiously : (?) by monstrous births John iir. i. prodigy, unien, portent 1H4 v. i. 20 A p. of fear and a por/ent Of . . . mischief, C*s. i. iii. 28, Yen. 926 ii)>piirilio)is, signs, and prodiyics, proditor : traitor 1H6 i. iii. 3i. product: to produce 0th. i. i. 147 (Ff). proface : iunnula of welcome at a meal (lit. may it do yuu good) 2H4 V. iii. 'I'i. ^ In I'req. use from early 16th to mid-17th cent. profess : 1 to dcohire openly, affirm, acknowledge Meas. iv. ii. 103 [he] hath to tlie public ear P-d the contrary, HS II. iv. 82 / do p. Yon speak not like miirsilf, Lr. I. i. 74 I profess Myself an enemy to all other joys. 2 red. to make professions C'a;s. i. ii. 77 ; intr. to make a profession of friendsliip Wint. i. ii. 456 a man which ever Profess'd to him. 3 to claim to have knowledge of or skill in (an art or science) Ado m. iv. 67 how lomj hme yon p-ed apprehension?, 1H4 v. ii. 91 I p. not talkiny ; to make (a thing) one's business Meas. ii. i. 67. professed : openly declared or avowed Ado i. i. 176 u p. tyrant to their sex, Rom. iii. iii. 49 my friend p., Lr. I. i. 275 To your p. bosoms I commit him. proficient: Icarnerwlio makes progress lH4ii.iv. 19. profit sb. (the foil, senses are only S.) 1 something advantageous or profitable Meas. i. iv. 61 p-s of the mind, 0th. ill. iii. 380 / thank you for this profit ( = profitablc lesson). 2 progress, proficiency AYL. i. i. 7 report speeiks ijuldtnly of his profit [at school], Shr. I. i. 39. profit vb. : to make progress, improve Wiv. iv. i. 16 my son p-s nothing in the world at his book, Shr. iv. \\.\i profit you in what you read?, lH4r. ii. ViQ God give . . . him the ears of p-ing .', iir. i. 165 well read, and profited ( = proficient). profound: of deep significance Mac. in. v. 24. progeny (the sense 'oftspring' occurs) 1 race, stock, family 1H6 v. iv. 38 issu'dfrom the p. of kings. Cor. I. viii. 13 the Hector That teas tlic whip of your bragged progeny. 2 lineage, descent 1H6 iii. iii. 61 Doubting thy birth and laiiful progeny. prognostication : 1 loifcast for the year published in or as an almanac \Viiit. IV. iii. [iv.] 821 in hottest day p. proclaims. - siuii. token Ant. i. ii. 56. progress sb. (2 not pre->S.) 1 .state .journey made by a king 2H6 i. iv. 75 The king IS now in p. towards Saint Alban's ; jocularly ilani. IV. iii. 34 how a king may yoei progress through the i/nts of a beggar. 2 onward movement in space, course John il. i. .340 let his silver uHxter keep A piaccfal p. to the ocean, Caes. II. i. 2 the progress of the stars. 3 course or process (of action, &c.) H8 ii. iv. 173 7' the p. of this bnsine.'is, v. iii. 32 in all the p. . . . of my life and office. pro'gress vb. (once in S.; not pre-Eliz.) : to move along John v. ii. 46. prohibit: occursonly once : used wrongly bv Dog- berry Ado V. 1. 343 [335], ' ' ' project sb. : conception, idea, notion Ado iii. i. 55 She cannot . . . take no shape nor p. of affection, 2H4 I. iii. 29. [120. pro'ject vb. (once) : to put forth, exhibit Ant. v. ii. projection (once) : scheme, design H5 ii. iv. 46 of a irnik and niggardly projection. prolixious (only Eliz.) : tedious Meas. ii. iv. 163. prologue sb. : one who speaks the prologue to a play H5 Kilter Prologue (Ft). prologue vb.: to introduce, preface AH'sW. ii. i. 95. prolong' : to defer, put off Ado iv. i. 256, R3 in. iv. 45 Hire the day prolonged. Promethean tire : fire stolen by the demigod Prometheus irom Olympus and conveyed to men, to whom he taught its use ; allusively applied to that which inspii'es or infuses life LLL. iv. iii. 304, 351 ; so 0th. v. ii. 12 Promithean heat. promise sb. : contextually, with vb. c/aiHJ = fulfil- ment of a promise Gent. iv. iv. 94. promise vb.: phr. / promise you {thee), 1 assure you, I can tell you Wiv. iii. ii. 75, Ado iv. ii. 49/ do not like thy look, I p. thee, AYL. i. ii. 149, E3 i. iv. 65 (Ff me thinkes), Lr. i. ii. 161 1 p. you tlie effects he writes of succeed unhappily. promised : engaged C';es. i. ii. 294. prompt adj.: inclined, disposed Troil. iv. iv. SSfair virtues alt, To which the O'recians are most p. and pregnant. prompt vb. (4 only S.) 1 to incite, move Tw.N. iii. iv. 154, Troil. iii. iii. 2, Ham. II. ii. 621 [613] Prompted to my rivinge. 2 to inspire Tp. in. i. 82 p. me, plain and holy inno- cence, LLL. IV. iii. 322. 3 to suggest (a thing to a person) Cor. in. ii. 54 the matter which your lieart prompts you. 4 to remind Ado i. i. 314 [306] All p-iny me how fair young Hero is. prompted: ready Troil. v. ii. 172 my p. sword. prorupture uiot pre-S.) : prompting Meas. ii. iv. 179. promulg'ate : to publish 0th. i. ii. 21 (Qi pronilyate). prone : read j', eager Cym. v. iv. 207, Lucr. 684. ^ In Meas. I. ii. 194 p. and speechless is commonly taken as a hendiadys - ' speechlessly prone ', speaking eagerly without words. pronounce: to deliver, declaim, recite Mer.V. i. ii. II Good sentences emd well p-d, Ham. in. ii. 1 Spiak the speech . . . as I p-d it to you, 328 (intr.). T] In the sense of 'utter, declare, proclaim ' p. is used with a variety of objects and constructions, some of which are now obs. or at least archaic. proof (4 Cf. WAR-PROOF) 1 test, trial, experiment Ado rv. i. 45, AYL. i. il. 186, 1H4 n. ii. 75 ice leave that to the p., Troil. i. ii. 140 stand to the p., Tim. ii. ii. 167 set me on the p., Ham. IV. vii. \bi If this should blast in p., 0th. V. i. 26 / will make proof of thine. 2 experience Ado n. i. 190 an accident of hourly p., Tw.N. in. i. 138 'tisa vulgar p., R3 ii.'iii. i-ibyp., H8 I. i. 197 in tliat very shape He shall appear in p., Ham. in. ii. 181, Cyiii. iii. iii. 27 Out of your p. you speak. 3 issue, result, fulfilment Shr. iv. iii. 43 n/Z my pains is sorted to no p. ( = comes to nothing), 2H4iv. iii. 98 come to any proof ( = turned out well). 4 proved or tested "strength of armour or arms, inipiMotrahility Shr. n. i. 141 he thou arm'd . . . — .1^, to the p. ( - so as to be proof against attack), R2 I. iii. 73, Rom. l. i. 216 in strong p. of chastity well arm'd. Ham. n. ii. 520 [512] Mars's armour, forg'dfor p. eterne. Ant. iv. viii. 15 p. of harness. propag^ation : increase Meas. i. ii. 160 for p. of a doiv, r. propend: to incline Troil. ii. ii. 190. propension : inclination Troil. ii. ii. 133. FBOFEB - 170 FBOVAND proper (the mod. sense 'suitubie, betittiiig' occurs) 1 (one's or its) own Tp. ni. iii. 60 tuen hang ami drown Tlieir p. selves, All'sW. iv. ii. 49 your oitii p. wisdom, 2H4 v. ii. 109 my p. son, Ham. v. ii. 6(5 Illy proper life. 2 belonging distinctly or exclusively [to], peculiar Meas. I. i. 30, v. i. Ill FuuUs p. to himself, H5 v. Clior. 5 in their huge and p. life, CtCS. i. ii. 41. 3 excellent, capital, fine (ironically) Ado iv. i. 316, 2H6 I. i. 133 A p. jest, H8 i. i. 98, Mac. in. iv. 60 0 proper stuff. 4 honest, respectable All'sW. iv. iii. 240 a p. maid, 2H4 II. ii. 169 A proper gcntlenoniaii. 6 good-looking, handsome, elegant (t'req.) Tp. ll. ii. 61 As proper a wan as ever tiwnt on four legs. 6 as adv. = properly, appropriately Tim. i. ii. 108 what belter or p-cr can we call our own than the riches of our friends ?. proper- false : ' false-lioartcd but witli a goodly exterior ' (Wright) Tw.N. ii. ii. 30. properly : 1 for oneself Wint. ii. i. 169, Cor. v. ii. 90. 2 (to speak) in accordance with fact, strictly AYL. I. i. 8, John II. i. 514. propertied : possessed of qualities Ant. v. ii. 83 his voice iras propertied As all the tuned spheres. property sb. (the most freq. sense is ' peculiar or particular quality, peculiarity ') 1 ownership Plioen. 37* Either was the other's mine. Properly was thus appall' d. 2 mere means to an end, tool Wiv. in. iv. 10 'tis a itiiiii] impossible I should love thee but as a ]>., Cits. IV. i'. 40. property vb. : 1 to make a tool of Tw.N. iv. ii. 101, John v. ii. 79 to be properliid, To be a . . . serving-man. 2 to appropriate Tim. l. i. 58 his large fortune . . . properties to his love , . . All sorts of hearts. prophesy : to foreshow Lr. v. iii. 177. prophet: omen, portent IH6111. ii. 32. Propontic: Sea of Mannoia 0th. iii. iii. 457. proportion sb. (6 ef. measure sb. 6, 8) 1 due relation of one thing or part to anotlior, balaiic3, symmetry Wiv. v. v. 247 [235] Where there was no p. held in love, H5 11. ii. 109 'gainst all p., Troil. I. iii. 87 Insislure, course, p., season, form . 2 size 1H4 iv. iv. 15* Whose power teas in the first p. ( = of the first magnitude), 2H4 iv. i. 23*. 3 proportioning, proportionate adjustment Mac. i. iv. 19* That the p. both of thanks and paiimcnl Might have been mine ( = in my power to perform). 4 estimate of forces or supplies required for war, (hence) the forces or supplies themselves H5i. ii. 137 lay down our p-sto defend Against the Scot, 304 let our p-s for these wars Be soon collected, 11. iv.45, Ham. I. ii. 32. 5 configuration, form, shape Mer.V. iii. iv. 14 a like p. Of lineaments, 2H6 i. iii. 57, R2 i. i. 18, Tit. V. ii. 106. 6 metrical or musical rhythm Meas. i. ii. 23 in iiidre 1 — In any p. or in any language, R2 v. v. 43 When time is broke and iio p. kept ; cf. Rom. 11. iv. 23 He fights as yon sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and. proportion. [137. proportion vl).: to bo in proportion to H5 iii. vi. proportioned : [xv.] 5. 1 ailjustcd in due measure or relation Ant. iv. xiii. 2 assigned, allotted Lucr. 774 ji-'d course of time. 3 formed, fashioned Rom. iii. v. 184. [purpose). propose sb. : purpose, intention Ado iii. i. 12 (Ff propose vb. (3 is only S.) 1 to set before one's mind Troil. 11. ii. 146 ; ' to look forward tu, be ready to meet ' (Schmidt) Tit. 11. i. 80 a thousand deaths Would I p., to achieve her. 2 to imagine 2H4 v. ii. 92 make the case yours ; Be now the father and propose a son. 3 to converse, discourse Ado in. i. 3 Proposing with the prince and Claudio, 0th. I. i. 25. proposer: one wlio propounds something for con- sideration Ham. II. ii. 303. proposition (both senses are rare outside S.) 1 offer Troil. i. iii. 3 I'he ample p. that hope makes In all designs. 2 question AYL. in. ii. 247. propriety (occurs twice only) 1 individuality, identity Tw.N. v. i. 151. 2 proper state or condition 0th. 11. iii. 178 Silence that dreadful belt ; it friqlits the isle From her p. propug-nation : defence Troil. n. ii. 136. prorogue (tlie mod. use is not S.) 1 to prolong Ant. n. i. 26, Per. v. i. 26. 2 U> defer Rom. n. ii. 78, IV. i. 48. prosecution : pursuit Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 65. prospect (3 not pre-S.) 1 range or scope of vision Ado iv. i. 231 the eye and prospect of his soul, John n. i. 208. 2 what is seen 2H6 in. ii. 324 Their chitfest p. m urdcring basilisks. 3 ai)pearaiice, aspect 0th. in. iii. 399. prosperous : propitious, favourable Wint. v. i. 161 A p. south wind, Tim. v. i. 188 the p. gods, 0th. i. iii. 246 your prosperous ear (Ff ; Qq a gracious). protect : to act as Protector of (a king) 2H6 1. i. 166, II. iii. 29, R3 n. iii. 21. [ii. 182. protes't sb. : protestation 1H4 in. i. 259, Troil. in. protest vb.: 1 to assert publicly, proclaim Ado v. i. 152 I will p. goiir coieaidice, 0th. IV. ii. 205 what I p. intend- Hicid of doing. 2 to vow, promise MND.i.i.89 to p. Forage austerity and single life, Tim. iv. iii. 440 since you p. to do't. protestation: solemn declaration, affirmation, or promise Gent. i. ii. 96, LLL. i. i. 33, All'sW. v. iii. 139 /u's many p-s to marry me, H5v. ii. 149, Troil. IV. iv. 66. protester : one who makes solemn declarations Cics. I. ii. 74. Protevis (2 or 3 syll.) : sea-go 1, fabled to assume various shapes 3H6 in. ii. 192 ; hence the name of the inconstant lover in Gent. protract: to delay Cym. iv. ii. 232. [iii. 20. protractive (not pre-S.) : long drawn out Troil. i. proud (1 cf. mod. dial, sense of' glad ') 1 elated, gratified, pleased LLL. n. i. 17, R2 v. v. 84 So p. thill Bolinghrokc irason his back, Yen. 309 proud . . . to sie him woo her. 2 exalted, lofty Ado in. i. hi) nature never from' d a woman's heart Of prouder stuff, H8 in. ii. 128 The several parcels of ... his treamre . . . I find at .sxu-h a proud rate. 3 magnificent, splendid LLL. I. i. 102 tvhy should p. summer boast, Jolin in. iii. 34 the p. day, Troil. I. iii. 380, Lr. in. iv. 82 p. array, Lucr. 1371, Sonn. ii. 3, Ixxxvi. 1. 4 (of animals) spirited, high-mettled, vigorously or fearlessly active Tit. n. ii. 21 the p-est panther in the chase. Yen. 260 A breeding jennet, lusty, young, and proud, 884 linn proud. 5 (ol waters) swelling, .swollen MND. 11. i. 91 Have III ry pi lling river iniide sop.; (of plants)exuberant, luxuriant li2 iii. iv. 50 over-proud with sup. 6 sensually excited, lascivious Lucr. 712 The Jlcsh bcinii piuiid. proudly: magnificently, splendidlv John 11. i. 70 ; with force 2H4 v. ii. 130. proud-pied: splendidly variegated Sonn. xcviii. 2 proiid-pidl April. provand; pruvendcr Cor. 11. i. 270. PROVE — 171 prove (1 the prevailing use in the 1611 Bible ; the senses ' establish as true ', and ' turn out to be so- and-so, come to be, become ' are fi'eq.) 1 to tiy, test 1H6 ii. ii. 68 / mean to p. (his lad/j's coiirieny, Cym. i. v. 38 Which [driiija] first . . . she'll p. on cats and doi/s ; with infin. Ven. 40 I'o tie the rider she bei/ius to p.; with clause Ado i. iii. 75 Shall loe yo prove what's to be done?, Mer.V, ii. i. 7, Ham. III. ii. 214. 2 to find out by experience John m. i. 2S give i/oii cause to p. mi] saying true, 0th. iii. iii. 260 if I do p. her haggard, v. i. 66, Lucr. 613 ; also in the idiomatic conditional phr. prove (you) thal = U' you discover Ado I. i. 260 [252J, 2H4 ii. iv. 303, Per. IV. vi. 205. 3 to have experience of, to experience Ham. in. i. 47, Ant. I. ii. 35 You have seen and p-'d a fairer former fortuHe,~'V(in. 597 All is imaginary she doth prove, Soiin. cxxix. 11. prover : one who tries or tests another Troil. ii. iii. 73 Why am I a fool} — Make that demand of the p. (Ff to the Creator). proverb'd: provided with a proverb Rom. i. iv. 37 / am proverb'd with a grandstre phrase. provide : [your going. 1 to prepare or make ready for Ant. in. iv. 36 )'. 2 lefi. to equip or prepare oneself AYL. i. iii. yu, Hani. III. iii. 7 Therefore prepare yuu. . . .— We will ourselves provide. provided : prepared, ready Gent. i. iii. 72 / cannot be so soon p., R3 in. i. 132 With . . . a sliarp p. wit. providence : foresight, ' timely care ' (J.j Troil. in. iii. rj7, Ham. iv. i. 17. [i. 314. provincial : subject to a certain province Meas. v. Provincial rose : rosette imitating the damask I'o.se Hain. in. ii. 293 with two P. roses on my razid shoes. 11 Cf. 'Rose dc Provence', the Prouiiice Rose, the double Damasko Rose (Cotgr.) ; in Geiarde's Herbal, 1597, called 'Rose prouincialis'. provoke: to incite, urge, stimulate to action AYL. I. iii. 113 Beauty p-lh thieves sooner tlian gold, R3 1. ii. 99 Thou wast p-d by thy bloody mind, Sonn. 1. 9 The bloody spur cannot p. him on ; absol. John ir. i. 246 no further enemy to you Than the constraint (f hospitable zeal . . . p-s. 51 The senses ' call forth, arouse (feeling)', and 'enrage, exasperate' arc also common. provost : officer diarged with the appreliension, custody, and punishment of offenders Meas. i. ii. 124. &e. provulg-ate (once) : to make public 0th. i. ii. 21 ((■it ; Ff )iriiiHulgat(). prune : (of a bird) to preen (its feathers) 1H4 i. i.98, Cym. V. iv. 118; (of a person) to trim, dress up LLL. IV. iii. 183 see me . . . spend a minute's time In pruning me (refl.). psaltery (once) : stringed instrument resembling the dulcimer, but played by plucking the strings with the lingers or a plectrum Cor. v. iv. 53. publican (once) : tax-gatherer Mer.V. r. iii. 42 fdirnitiii jinhUcan (the allusion is uncertain). publication (once) : m.Tking a thing generally known Troil. i. iii. 326. publish.: to proclaim (a person) publicly as being of a certain character Tw.N. ii. i. 30 ; (deprecia- tively) to denounce Wint. ii. i. 97. publish'd: publicly proclaimed Lr, iv. vi. 237 Dar'st thou siijijiort a publish'd traitor?. publisher : one who brings to light or makes pub- lic Gent. III. i. 47 love of you . . . Hath made me p. of this prettncc, Lucr. ii the p. Of that rich jewel. Pucelle (in old edd. I'uzel. Puull, Pucelt] : maid ; .loiin hi P., Joan of Arc ; in 1H6 1. iv. 101, l. vi. 3 old cdd. have the confused form Ioan{c) de Puzel. - PUBCHASE Puck: goblin or sprite otherwise called Robin Good- fellow MND. II. i. 40, &c. Tl The earlier form was ' Pouke ' ; the S. text is the earliest evidence for the mod. form. pudder : see pother. puddi>ngf : stuffing for a roasted animal 1H4 ii. iv. 505 [498]. Tl An extension of the orig. meaning of the word = ' mixture of meat, herbs, &c. stuHed into an animal's stomach or intestine ', which survives in ' black pudding ' ; cf. Wiv. u. i. 32 o»' sure as his guts are made of puddings. puddle: to sully the purity of 0th. in. iv. 142. pudency (not pie-S.) : modesty Cym. n. v. 11. pugging" : (?) thieving, thievish Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 7 The white sheet bleaching on the hedge . . . Both set my p. tooth on edge. ^ (?) An old canting word ; cf. ' puggard ' = thief, in Middleton ' Roaring Girl ' v. i. puisny : petty, paltry AYL. in. iv. 44. puissance (metrically 2 syll. pui'ssance, or 3 syll. pa'issance ; 2 the commoner S. sense, not post- S.) 1 power, strength H5 m. Chor. 21, 2H6 iv. ii. 177. 2 armed force John in. i. 339 Cousin, go draw our pu'issance together, H5 n. ii. 190 let us deliver Our pu'issance into the hand of Uod. pui'ssant (always 2 syll.) : powerful, strong H5 i. ii. 116, Lr. v. iii. 218. puke sb. : superior kind of woollen cloth 1H4 ii. iv. 79 puke-slocking. puke vl). (not i3re-S.) : to vomit AYL. ii. vii. 144 the infant, Mtiiling and puking. pull : to pluck oiit (feathers) 1H6 in. iii. 7 We'll pull his pliniKs; pull down, 'bring low', liumole, hiiniiliatc 2H6 i. i. 260 Whose bookish rule hath pull' d fair England down, 0th. ii. iii. 99 'Tis pride that pulls the country down ; pull in, rein in, check Mac. v. v. 42 I pull in resulittion. pulpit: applied to the rostra in the Forum of ancient Rome, Caes. in. i. 80, &c. pulpitert (Spedding) : preacher AYL. in. ii. 164 0 iiiost gailli pulpitir {Ft Jupiter). pulsidge : blunder for ' pulse ' 2H4 n. iv. 25. pumpion : pumpkin Wiv. in. iii. 43. pun : early form of ' pound ' vb. Troil. ii. i. 42 He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. punk : strumpet, harlot Wiv. ii. ii. 143. punto : stroke or thrust with tlie point of the sword Wiv. n. iii. 26; p. reterso, back-handed thrust Rom. n. iv. 28. puppy-headed : stupid Tp. n. ii. 168 [159]. purblind (2 occurs in a 13th cent, catalogue of iianiea of the hare) 1 quite blind LLL. in. i. 189 [181] This . . . p., way- ward boy . . . Dan Cupid, Wint. l. ii. 228 to this business p., Troil. i. ii. 31 «... p. Argus, all eyes and no sight (Q), Rom. n. i. 12 (of Cupid). 2 partially blind, dimsighted 1H6 ii. iv. 21 any p. eye, Ven. 679 the purblind hare. purblinded: = PURBLIND 1, Troil. i. ii. 31 (Ff). purchase sb. : 1 obtaining, acquisition John in. i. 205 p. of a heavy cu rse from Home, Per. i. ii. 72 / sought the p. of (t gloniius btaiily. 2 spoil, booty 1H4 ll. i. 101 a share in our p. {Ff pur- pose), H5 III. ii. 46, R3 lii. vii. 186 Made prize and purchase of his wanton eye. 3 after fourteen years p., lit. at a price equivalent to fourteen years' annual rent, i.e. (app.) at a very high price Tw.N. iv. i. 24. purchase vb. (3 properly a legal term) 1 to exert oneself, strive Tim. ni. 'n. hi* that I should p. the day before for a little part, and undo a great deal of honour. PURCHASING — 172 - PUT DOWN 2 to acquire, obtain, gaiuTp. iv. i. liusmyyiftand thine oivn ucquisitiun Worthily p-'d, LLL. iii. i. 28 How hast thou p-d this experience?, R2 i. iii. 282 / sent thee forth top. honour, Tit. ii. iii. 275 Do this, and p. us thy . . .friends, Cym. il. iii. "di purcUasititj hilt trouble. 3 to acquire otherwise tlian by inheritance or de- scent 2H4: IV. V. 198 what in me wasp-'d, Falls upon tint in a more fairer sort. Ant. I. iv. 14 His faults . . . hi riilitarij Rather than purchased. pvirchasing' : deserved acquisition Cor. ii. i. 157 ; cf. A.lo III. i. 70. pure adv.: merely, simply Tw.N. v. i. 87. piirely : (a) so as to be pure, (1j) absolutely Troll, iv. v. litS' faith andiroth. Strain' d p. from all hollow hiiis-ilniiriiif/. piirg'ation : clearing from the accusation or sus- picion ol guilt AYL. I. iii. 56, Wint. in. ii. 7 Jurn to the guilt or the p., H8v. iii. 152 /or histrialAud fair p. to the world ; phr. put to one's p. AYL. v. iv. 45 (' let liim give me the opportunity of proving the truth of what I have said', Wright); with play on the sense 'purging by evacuation of ex- crement ' Ham. III. ii. '623 for me to put him to his p. irould pcrliaps plunge liim into far morecholer. purge sb. (once) : purgation Mac. v. ii. 28. purge vb. (used ircely of lit. and fig. cleansing, clearing, or purifying, but esp. with ref. to purging of the bowels or expelling of 'humours', c. g. choler, melanelioly) [thick amber. 1 to discharge Ham. li. ii. 203 their eyes purging 2 to be restored to Estate of activity (asby medicinal purgation) Ant. i. iii. 53 quietness, groien sick of rest, would purge By any desperate change. purl (once) : to flow with whirling motion ; said of breath Luer. 1407. [AYL. iv. iii. 78. purlieu : tract of land on the border of a lorcst purple : as a poetical epithet to describe the colour of blood (properly said of the crimson venous blood, the arterial blood being scarlet) K2 in. iii. 94, Rom. I. i. 91 p. fountains issuing from your ?f/)).s Yen. 1054, Lucr. 1734. ' [158. purpled : blood-stained John ii. i. 322, Ctes. iii. i. piirples: see loxg purples. purpo'rt: meaning Ham. ii. i. 82. purpose sb. (phr. on p. is not pre-S. . the older phr. of p. also occurs, e.g. H8 v. ii. 13) 1 used with vb. of motion implied MND. iv. i. 167 this their p. hither, to this wood, 1H4 i. i. 102 Our holy purpose to Jerusalem. 2 proposition, proposal 1H4 iv. iii. Ill in the morn- ing early shall my uncle Bring him ourp-s, 1H6 v. i. 36, Cor. II. ii. 157, Ant. ii. vi. 4 Our writteti p-s. 3 discourse, conversation Ado ni. i. 12 There will she liide her, To listen our purpose (Q propose). 4 import, effect, meaning Mcas. ii. iv. 149 3Iy words express my p., Troil. i. iii. 204 lie bade me . . . to this purpose speak. 6 phr. to such a p., with such an end in view, with regard to tliis Wiv. ii. ii. 226, Meas. i. ii. 84 ; cf. Cyni. IV. ii. 345 of this irar's p., with jogard to this war ; to any p., of any imjiortaiice A(lo v. iv. 107. purpose vb. (1 common about 1460-1640) 1 with vb. of motion implied (cf. purpose sb.l) Ant. IK. i. 35 He piirposttli to Athens. 2 pass, to be (so) resolved lir. ii. iv. 296 So am I p-d. purse: to pocket Mer.V. i. iii. 175 I will go and p. Ilie duciils ; fig. to take possession of Ant. ii. ii. 195 she pursed up his heart. purse-bearer: one who has charge of another's money Tw.N. in. iii. 47. purse-taking: robbin'z of purses on the liighwav 1114 ]. ii. 115. pursue (obs. or arch, uses are) 1 to follow with hostility, jiersecute Vi'iv. iv. ii. 225 May we ... p. him with any further revenge?, Troil. iv. v. 69 will you the knights Shall to the edge of all extremity Pursue each other?. 2 to punish Meas. v. i. \\i) pursue Faults. 3 to follow as an attendant or suppliant (lit. and fig.) Tw.N. V. i. 392, R2 ii. iii. 69 your love p-s A hanish'd traitor, Troil. v. iii. 10 P. ice him on kncis. Ham. iir. ii. 231 Both here and hciiri p. uu histimj strife. Ant. in. X. [^'n.yib FnrtaiK imrsn, /Im .'. 4 toensue R3ir. iii. 43 (Ff) mistrust J'ursii nig dmigcr (Qq Fusuing). 5 to proceed with Mer.V. iv. i. 299 j). sentence, Ham. I. v. 84 pursu'st this act. Ant. v. ii. 356. pursuivant : one of the junior officers attendant on the lirralds R3 ni. iv. 87, v. iii. 59 a p. at arms; , fig. messenger 1116 ii. v. 5 these gray locks, the p-s of death. pursy : short-winded Tim. v. iv. 12 ; fat, corpulent (fig.) Ham. iir. iv.1.53 in the fatness of these p. limes. purveyor : domestic officer who provi.led lodging and necessaries in advance for a great personage Mac. I. vi. 22. pushsb.: 1 attack, onset C.xs.v.ii. 5 ; \^hi: stand the p. of, w'dh- stand the attack of, face, meet 1H4 in. ii. 66, 2H4 IF. ii. 42, Troil. n. ii. 137. [iii. 129. 2 effort, attempt Mac. v. iii. 20 ; impulse AVint. V. 3 put to the present p., put to immediate trial Ham. V. i. 317. push. vb. : to thrust with a weapon H5 ii. i. 103 push home (see home adv. 2). push-pin: child's game in which each player pushes his pin with the object of crossing that of another player LLL. iv. iii. 169. put (used with a great variety of implication de- pending largely upon the object of the vb. and the construction employed ; the foil, are some of tlie uses now unfamiliar) 1 to thrust (a weapon) home 0th. v. i. 2. 2 to stake (something) on Cym. i. iv. 138 Would I had put my estate ... on the approbation of ivhat I have spoke. 3 to foist (a trick) iipon a person Tp. ii. ii. 61 Do you put tricks upon us ?, All'sW. iv. v. 64. 4 to pass off (news, unwelcome speech) upon a per- son, communicate or impart Meas. ii. 11.133, AYL. I. ii. 100, Tw.N. V. 1. 71 put strange speech upon me, Ham. i. Hi. 94. 5 to lay the guilt or blame of (something) on a per- son, Impute ^Mac. I. vii.70, ii. iv.26, Ham. ii. 1.19. 6 to urge or incite to do something Cor. n. i. 275 If he be put upon't, Lr. ii. i. 101 "Tis they have put him on the old man's death. 7 to oblige, compel, force Meas. i. i. 5, 2H6 iii. i. 43 had I first been put to speak my mind, Cym. ii. 111. 110 You put me to forget u lady's manners. 8 to assert, affirm Tim. v. 1. l'J8 ^l*' common bruit doth put it. put apart or away, send away, dismiss, get rid of >Vint. ir. ii. 14 Tn put apart these your attendants, 2116 ni. i. 383, Rom. u. w.'lW Twomnykvi pcnaiisil, putting one away, Lr. i. iv. 213 ; put back, re- pulse,'reject 3Ht) v. V. 80, Troil. iv. iv. 34, Tim. n, ii. 140 When my indisposition put you bark, Lucr. 843 ditmiiui from //(it, / could not put him back; put by, (1) thrust aside Ca'S. i. ii. '220 ; (2) de- sist from, give up R3 in. vii. 182, 01 h. ii. iii. 174 put by this barbarous brawl ; put down, (1) al)oli.sii Meas. in. ii. 113/;// eating and drinking he put down ; (_') depose from office 2116 iv. ii! 39 nispind with till spirit of palling down kings and princes, 3116 i. 1. 200 to put me down and reign PUT FORTH 173 - QUEASINESS i.'ii/scif ; (o) take down, snub, put to silence LLL. IV. i. 145, Tw.N. I. V. 80 1 saw linn put down . . . ici/k «)( oydinari/fool, 1H4 ir. iv. 285 ; (4) subdue, ovei- tlirow Jolin'il. i. 346, 2H6 iv. iv. 40 ; (5) make away witli, destroy AViv. ii. i. 30, 1H4 i. iii. 175 To /nit down liichard, that sireet lovely rose ; put forth, (1) extend (one's hand) H5 i. ii. 292, 2H6 i. ii. 11 : (2) send out Gent. i. iii. 7; (3) lend out (money) Sonn. cxxxiv. 10 Tlimi usurer, itxil putt'si forth (dl to use ; put in, (1) advance one's claim Tim. III. iv. 86 ; (2) plead, intercede /or Meas. i. ii. 108 ; (3) cuter the harbour 0th. ii. "i. C5 ; put oS, (1) dismiss from one's mind or thought Tp. iii. iii. 7 I It ill put off my hope, Wiv. ll. i. 2'i2 put off' my opinion ; (2) set aside (scornfully) All'sW. ii. ii. 7 ; (3) dismiss from service or employment H8 i. ii. 32 The clothiers^fill, not able to iimintain The many to them lonying, Itaee put off The spinsters . . ., ii. iv. 19 ; (4) avert Per. i. i. 140 ; (5) refuse (an in- vitation) Tim. III. vi. 12 ; (6) postpone, defer All'sAV. II. iv. 45 ; (7) refer (a person) to a later time for payment of debts Tim. ii. ii. 19 ; put on, (1) 'lay on, as a blow' (Schmidt) LLL. iv. i. 119 Finely put on, indeed ! ; (2) set to work, or to per- form an office Mac. iv. iii. 238, Ham. iv. vii. 131, V. ii. 411 ; (3) assume AYL. v. iv. 188 hath put on a reliyious life. Ham. i. v. 172 ; (4) urge forward, incite, impel Meas. iv. ii. 120, Coi". ii. iii. 260, 0th. It. i. 316 ; (5) encourage tlie performance of (an evil deed), promote (an evil state of things) Ham. III. i. 2, v. ii. 'i^Jl deaths put on, Lr. i. iv. 230 That you protect this course, and put it on By your allowance, 0th. ll. iii. 360 When devils loill the blackest sins put on, Cym. v. i. 9 ; put out, exer- cise, exert Koiu. iv. v. I2b put out your wit ; put over, transfer John i. i. 62; put to, -yo to it (2) Wint. I. ii. 277 ; put to it, force (one) to do one's utmost, (hence) reduce to straits, drive to extremities Meas. in. ii. 103, AU'sW. ii. ii. 53, III. vi. 1, AVint. I. ii. 16 We are toiiyher . . . Than you can put us to't, 0th. ii. i. 118 ; put up, ' pocket ', submit to, suffer quietly Tit. i. i. 433, Oth.i v.ii.181. putter-on : instigator Wint. ii. i. 140 Yon are (ibus'd,andby some p., ¥18 i.ii.24:p.O/ these exactions. putter-out: one who invests money at interest Tp. III. iii. 48 ; see the comm. puttock : bird of prey of the kite kind 2H6 ui. ii. 191, Troil. V. i. 68, Cym. i. i. 140. pu'zzel: drab, slut lH6i.iv.l07 (Fi, Puzelor Pussel). puzzle : to bewilder Tw.N. iv. ii. 49 more p-d than the Egyptians in their fog. pyramis : pyramid 1H6 i. vi. 21 ; pi. pyramises Ant. 11. vii. 40, pyru'midcs v. ii. 61. Q Q, Qu : old spellings oi cue. quail sli.: f. in. i. 147 Vour wife is like to reap i; proper man, 118 lii. ii. 205 What sudilcn anger's this? how have I reap' d it? ; to get knowledge of Cym. 11. iv. 86. rear sb.: in or within the r. {of), behind AVint. iv. iii. [iv.] 594, Ham. i. iii. 34. rear vb. : used in various senses of 'raise', e.g. Tp. n. i. 30:J [295] r. my hand, R2 iv. i. 145 r. this house against this house. rearmice (pi.) ; bats MND. ir. ii. 4 (Fi licremirc). REASON 177 — BECOURSE xeason sb. : 1 observation, lemaik, account or explanation of something LLL. v. i. 2 tjoiirt-s at dinner, AYL. I. iii. 6, R3 IV. iv. 362 Ymir r-s are too shallow, H8 V. i. 50 those fell misihirfs Oar r-s laid before him, Cor. V. iii. 158 ; talk, discourse Meas. I. ii. 196 r. and discourse, Sonn. cU.S flesh staijs no further r. 2 cause, ground; plir. reason, and (/real reasons there is good reason (for it) Wiv. ii. ii. 16 li., you roijue, r., LLL. v. ii. 28, John v. ii. 130 and r. too he should, K3 V. iii. 180 Great reason why. Tit. ll. iii. 81. 3 reasonableness; chiefly in plir. in (.all) r.,goodr., lis bat r., MND. v. i. 261, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 420, 3H6 III. iii. 147, 0th. iii. iii. 04 in onrcoiiniion r., Cyni. IV. ii. 131 in all safe reason. 4 reasonable speech or behaviour Wiv. i. i. 218 1 shall do that that is r.. Ado v. i. 41 thou speak'st r., Mer.V. I. i. "116, AYL. ii. vii. 100. 5 what is reasonable, reasonable amount Ado v. iv. 74 no more than r., Mer.V. iil. v. 45. C do >•., do justice, make satisfaction Tp. iii. ii. 131, Tit. I. i. 279 To elo myself this r. and this riijht. 1 have r., be right Gent. il. iv. 157, Yen. 012 You hare no reason to iviltihold me so. 8 (with negative) possibility of action Gent. ii. iv. 213 Tliere ts no r. but . . ., Shr. ii. i. 4ul / see no reason but . . . reason vb. (1 cf. reason sb. 1) 1 to hold discussion, cany on conversation, dis- course, talk LLL. r. i. 94 How well he's read, to r. ei/jainsl readiwj !, Mer.V. ii. viii. 27 / r-'d ivith a French man yesterelay, "W'lio told me. . ., H5in. vii. 38 my horse . . . 'Tis a subject for •.... his natural rebate (mod. edd. rahato) : kind of stiff collar worn about 1590-1630 Ado in. iv. 6. [rebeck : early form of the fiddle ; used as a musician's name in Rom. iv. v. 136.] rebuke: to check, repress John ii. i. 9 to r. the usurpation Of thy unnatural uncle, H5 in. vi. 131 we could have r-d hiin at Uarfieur, Mac. lir. i. 56 under him My genius is r-'d, I'er. in. i. 1 r. these sriri/es. recant : to retract (a pardon) Mer.V. iv. i. 392. receipt (2 not post-Eliz.) 1 t hat which is received (in money) R2 i. i. 126 ; (in food) Cor. r. i. 118, Lui r. 7u3. 2 receptacle Mac. I. vii. 66 the r. of reason [shall be] A limbeck only. 3 capability of receiving, capacity Sonn. cxxxvi. 7 thiiiys ofyrcal receipt. receive (iicq. in the oidinaiy meanings) 1 to hear H5 iv. Clior. 6, Lr. v. iii. 217, Per. i. i. 1. 2 to understand Meas. ll. iv.83 To be receuxd plain, I'll speak more gross. 3 to give credit to, believe Tw.N. in. iv. 215, Mac. 1. vii. 74 Will it not be r-'d . . . That they have done't ?, 77, Ham. if. ii. 467 [458] it 70us—as I r-d it . . .— ein excellent play. receiving": reception Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 539 you shall have such r. As shall become your highness ; understanding Tw.N. iii. i. 133 Toone of your r. Ti ' Reception ' is not S. recheat: series of notes sounded on the horn for calling the hounds together Ado i. i. 251 [242] (with ref. to the cuckhold's ' horns '). recite: to rehearse, tell, declare Sonn. Ixxii. 1. reck (old cdd. always reak(e or wreak(e) : to care for, heed Gent. iv. iii. 40, Ham. i. iii. 51 himself . . . r-s not his own rede, Ven. 283 ; once with inlin. AYL. II. iv. 82 ; once intr. Troil. v. vi. 26. reckless: in old edd. also wreakkssc. reckon : to count among the number of Wint. in. ii. 191 trespasses . , . lolureof I r. The casting forth to crows thy baby daughter. reckoning" (3 Eliz. ami Caroline sense) 1 way of looking at a thing Shr. iv. i. 87 By this r. he IS more shreiv than she. 2 all one reckonings, of the same value, equivalent H5 IV. vii. 18. 3 estimation, repute Rom. i. ii. 4 Of honourable r. are you both. reclaim : to reduce to obedience, subdue 1H6 in. iv. 5, 2H6 v. ii. 54,Rom. iv. ii. 48. [life. reclusive (not pre-S.) : retired Ado iv. i. 244 recognizance : 1 'a Bond or Obligation of Record testifying the Recognisor to owe to the Recognisee a certain sum of money ' (Cowel, 1607) Ham. v. i. 111. 2 token, badge 0th. v. ii. 212 that r. ... of love. recoil (the toll, are rare 17th cent, uses) 1 to fall away, degenerate Mac. iv. iii. 19 A good and virtuous nature may r. In an imperial charge, Cym. I. vi. 128 you Becoil from your great stock. 2 to go back in memory Wint. i. ii. 155. recollect (once) : to gather up Per. ii. i. 55. recollected" (once) : (a) gathered with pains, not spontaneous, (b) picked, refined, studied, (c) re- called, repeated Tw.N. n. iv. 5 recollected terms. recomforted : consoled Cor. v. iv. 52. recomforture (S.) : consolation, comfort R3 iv. iv. 426 (Qq recomflture). recommend (1 an Eliz. sense ; 2 only S.) 1 to consign, commit Tw.N. v. i. 95, Cor. ii. ii. 156. 2 to inform 0th. I. iii. 41 recommends you tints. 3 refl. to be acceptable Mac. i. vi. 2. reconcile : 1 to bring back {to a state of peace) R3 ii. i. 59. 2 to bring back to favour Lr. in. vi. 122. reconciliation : (?) submission with a view to being restored to favour 0th. in. iii. 47. record sb. (chiefly rcco'rd ; also re'cord) 1 in or upon r., (properly) committed to writing as authentic evidence of a matter of legal impor- tance ; (hence) Meas. ii. ii. 40 whose fine stands in r.. Ado v. i. 252, R2 iv. i. 230. 2 witness R2 l. i. 30 heaven be the r. to my speech. 3 memory, recollection Tw.N. v. i. 256, Cor.iv.vi.50. record vb. (1 an Eliz. sense ; 2 legal) 1 intr. to sing, warble Per. iv. Gower 27 the night- bird , . . That still r-s with moan ; trans, to sing about, render in song Gent. v. iv. 6 Tune my dis- tresses and record my woes. [iv. i. 389. 2 to liave (a gift) properly placed on record Mer.V. 3 intr. to bear witness lit. i. i. 255 Home shall r.; trans, to take to witness Tim. iv. ii. 4 Let me be rccoidid by the righteous gods. recordation: remembrance, recollection 2H4 n. iii. 01, Troil. v. ii. 113. recorder; wind instrument of the flute or flageolet kind MND. v. i. 124, Ham. lii. ii. 308, 367. 1( 'The Figure of Recorders, and Flutes, and Pipes are straight ; But the Recorder hatli a less Bore and a greater; Above, and below' (Bacon). recovintment(S.): relation, recital AYL. iv.iii.l42. recourse (2 a lOtli cent, meaning) 1 flowing Troil, v, jji, 55 recourse of tears. RECOVER - 17 2 opportunity of resorting (to a person), access (Tent. III. i." 112, Wiv. ii. i. 222, Ki m. v. 108. _ recover' (2 an Eliz. use) [275. 1 to bring back to friendship, reconcile 0th. ii. iii. 2 to get (the wind of a person) Ham. iir. ii. 308. 3 to get to, reach, arrive at Tp. iir. ii. 16, Gent. v. i. 12, Tw.N. II. iii. 203. 4 to bring back to consciousness or to liealth AYL. IV. iii. 152 and now he fainted . . . I r-'d him, All'sW. III. ii. 22, Per. in. ii. 9 There's! nothing can be minister'd . . . That can recover him. 5 to deliver from peril Tw.N. ii. i. 40. recover '': to cover again, re-sole Cses. i. i. 27 (with pun on recover', sense 4). recoverable"* (once) : capable of being retraced Tim. in. iv. 13 a prodigal course Is like the sun's ; hut not, like his, recoverable. recovery: process by which entailed estate was commonly transferred from one party to another Ham. v. i. 113, 114 ; see also fine sb. 2. recreant: traitor Cor. v. iii. 114. [meaning) recreation ('diversion, amusement' is the usual 1 refreshment by partaking of food LLL. rv. ii. 175. 2 one who furnishes amusement Tw.N. ii. iii. 148 make him a common recreation. rector: ruler, governor All'sW. iv. iii. 69. rectorship: rule Cor. ii. iii. 213 the r. of judgement. recnre: to restore, make whole R3 iii. vii. 129, Sonn. xlv. 9 ; to remedy Yen. 465. red: specific name of one kind of the plague Tp. i. ii. .364 the red plague rid you, Troil. ii. i. 20 a red murrain o' thy jade's tricks, Cor. iv. i. 13 the red lie.ft Hence strike all trades in Rome. redbreast: r. teacher, one who teaches rohins to sing 1H4III. i. 264. rede (once) : counsel Ham. i. iii. 51 Himself . . . recks not his own rede (¥iread(e, Qq reed). redeem : 1 to regain, recover 1H4 v. iv. 48 Thou hast r-'d thy lost opinion. 2 to go in exchange for 1H6 it. v. 108 would some part ofmij young years Might hut redeem the passage of yottr age .'. 3 to make up for Tw.N. in. ii. 31, Wint. v. i. 3, 1H4 III. ii. 1.32 / will r. alt this on Percy's head, Lr. v. iii. 268 a chance irliich does redeem all sorrows. 4 to save from something regarded as prejudicial All'sW. IV. iii. 309, Tim. iv. iii. 509. red lattice : lattice painted red as the sign of an ale- liouse ; only attrib. Wiv. ii. ii. 29 your red-lattice plirases ( = potliouse talk). redoubted : feared, dreaded ; common in 15th-17th cent, in addressing sovereigns (and in S. other high personages) = dread R2 in. iii. 198, H5n. iv. 14 My most r. father, 1H6 ll. 1. 8, R3 rv. v. 14 r. Pembroke. redress: relief from trouble, assistance, aid .John in. iv. 23-4, R2 in. ii. 32, Rom. iv. v. 147 music iiitli Iter silver soiuid . . . doth lend redress. reduce (only in the foil, senses) 1 to bring R3 ii. ii. 68 All springs r. their currents to mine ei/es. 2 to restore (a state of things) R3 v. iv. 49 [v. 36] r. these bloody days again ; toliringback m^oaformer state H5 v. ii. 63. reechy : dirty, filtliy Adoiii. iii. 142 like Pharaoh's siililnrs in tlie r. painting (old edd. recliie). Cor. ii. i. -28 pins Her richest lockram 'bout her r. neck. reed voice: squeaky voice Mer.V. in. iv. 67 speak bctiicen thechnnr/e of man and boy With a reed voice. re-edify : to rebuild R3 in. i. 71, Tit. i. i. 351. reek : to be exhaled, (hence) rise, emanate LLL. iv. iii. 14U /. . . Saw siglis r. from you, H5iv. iii. 101 tlie sun shall greet them, And draw their honours ! - REGARD reeking up to heaven, Sonn. cxxx. 8 the breath that from my mistress i-eeks. , [shanks. reeky: full of rank moisture Rom. iv. i. 83 reeky reel: to stagger along (a street) Ant. i. iv. 20. ^| A use peculiar to .S. reelingf-ripe : drunk enough to be on the point of reeling 'Ip. v. i. 279. reels : revels, revelry (S.) Hani. i. iv. 9 Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels, Ant. ii. vii. 101 Drink thou ; increase the reels. refel : to refute Meas. v. i. 95. refer : [256. 1 refl. to have recourse {to), rely (upon) Meas. in. i. 2 to hand over, transfer Cym. i. i. 6 His daughter . . . hath referr'd herself Unto ( = married) a poor but irortlty gentleman. reference (2 is peculiar to S.) 1 referring or submitting a matter to a person for consideration Ant. v. ii. 23. 2 assignment Otli. i. iii. 238 Due reference of place. 3 relation AYL. l. iii. 130, All'sW. v. iii. 29, H5 i. ii. 205. [vi. 10. refigf ure : to reproduce the foi-m of (a person) Sonn. reflect (none of the S. uses are pre-S.) 1 to tlirow or cast back again Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 761 reflect I not on thy baseness court-contempt ?. 2 to shine R3 i. iv. 31 r-mg gems. Tit. I. i. 226, Lucr. 376 she reflects so bright. 3 to bestow attention upon Cym. i. vi. 23. reflection: (a) shining, (b) return Mac. i. ii. 25 whence the sun gins his reflection. reflex: to throw or cast (beams) 1H6 v. iv. 87. reform : to put a stop to (an abuse or disorder) 1H4 r\'. iii. 78, H8 v. iii. 19 heresies . . . not reform'd, Ham. III. ii. 41. refrain : to desist from 3H6 ii. ii. 110. refugfesb.: [send him. 1 resource Cor. v. iii. 11 Their latest refuge Was to 2 pretext, excuse 1H6 v. iv. 69, Lucr. 1654. refuge vb. : to find protection for R2 v. v. 26. refuse vb. : 1 to decline to meet (an opponent) Ant. in. vii. 39 ; to decline to bear (a name) Rom. ii. ii. 34. 2 to cast (a person) off Ado iv. i. 180. regard sb. (exx. such as Tp. in. i. 40, Gent. n. iv. 61, by some referred to 6, probably liave the sense 'esteem, affection, kindly feeling ') 1 look, glance Tw.N. v. i. 222 i'ou throw a strange r. upon me, Troil. iii. iii. 257 he . . . bites his lip with (t politic regard. 2 sight, view Cqmpl. 213 m whose fresh regard. 3 object of sight Otli. ii. i. 40 till ice make the main and the aeried blue An indistinct regard. 4 (?) intention, design H5 i. i. 22 Tlie king is full of grace and fair r., Cses. in. i.224* Our reasons are so full of good regard That were you, Antony, the .son of CiKsar, You should be satisfied. 5 repute, account, estimation 2H4 1. ii. 193 Yirtue is of so little r., H5 ii. iv. 117 slight r., contempt, 1H6 IV. i. 145 a thing of no r., Troil. in. iii. 12S Most ab- ject in r. , and dear in use ; — in one's regard, in one's opinion, estimation, or judgement 1H4 iv. iii. 57, Ham. IV. vii. 75. 6 attention or care bestowed upon a thing Shr. iv. i. 129 no attendance ? no regard ? no duty ?, Lr. I. iv. 289 m the most exact r. ( = with extreme care). 7 heed Tim. i. ii. 254 not to give r. to you, Mac. in. ii. 12 Things vithniit all remedy Should he nithoutr. 8 thoughtful attention or consideration R2 n. i. 28 Where will doth mutiny with wit's r., Lucr. 277, &c. 9 thing taken into account, consideration Ham. iii. i. 87, Lr. J. i. 242 (Qq respects). 10 phr. in r. of, (i) with respect to H5 i. i. 77 ; so in which r., = with respect to which 0th. i. i. 154 ; (ii) REGARD 179 -REMAIN out of consideration for R2 r. iii. 216; in r. (conj.), inasmucli as, since IHC v. iv. 124 ; on such 7--s, on such conditions Ham. ii. ii. 79 regard vb.: 1 to consider, take into account Gent. iii. i. 257 B. thy danyer \ with clausa Gent. in. i. 70 Seither r-imj that she is my child. 2 to attend to, tend 1H6 in. ii. 86. 3 to hold in respect or honour Cor. v. v. [vi.] 144, Ca^s. V. iii. 88. regardfuUy : respectfully Tim. iv. iii. 82. regenerate : born again K2 i. iii. 70. regent : ruler, governor R2 ii. i. 109 >•. of the world, Per. \. i. 188 the r. . . . of Mitykne \ fig. LLL. in. i. 191 [183] Regent of lore-rimes. regiment : rule, government Ant. in. vi. 95 Antony . . . gives his potetit regiment to a trull. region (1 current~since the 14th cent.) 1 tlie air, heaven Rom. li. ii. 21 her ei/es in heaven 'Would through the airy r. stream so bright, Ham. II. ii. 517 [509J the dreadful thunder Both rend the v.; attrib. Ham. ii. ii. 615 [607] the r. kites, Sonn, xxxiii. 12 The region cloud. 2 one of the successive sections into which the at- mosphere is theoretically divided ; only fig. = status, rank "Wiv. in. ii. 78 he is of too high a v., Cyin. V. iv. 93 petty spirits of region loir. register ' : record Wiv. n. ii. 198 turn another [scil. eye] into the r. of your own [follies], Sonn. cxxiii. 9 Thy [Time's] r-s, Compl. 52 ;—in r., on the list Ant. IV. ix. 21. register- : one who keeps a record Lucr. 765 Night . . . Dim register and notary of shame. regreet sb. (not pre-S.) : greeting Mer.V. ii. ix. 89 From ivhom he tringeth sensible r-s, Jolin in. i. 241 this seizure and this kind regreet. regreet vb. (not pre-Eliz.; in S. only in R2). 1 to greet again H2 i. iii. 142, 186. 2 to greet, salute R2 i. iii. 67 I r. The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet. regress : return, re-entry Wiv. it. i. 225 thoii shall have egress and regress (orig. a legal term). reguerdon sb.: reward 1H6 in. i. 169 ; also as vb. 1H6 in. iv. 23. rehearsal : recital, account 2H6 i. ii. 24. rehearse: to give an account of, relate, narrate Mer.V. IV. i. 363 The danger formerly by me r-'d, Wint. V. ii. 68 Like an old tale still, which will have emitter to r. , Sonn. xxxviii. 4 too excellent For every rulgar paper to rehearse. rein sb. (old edd. often raine) : chiefly in fig. phr. give the r., allow full scope LLL. v. ii. 660 ; take the r., go on without restraint Wint. ll. iii. 51 ; in phr. with the vb. bear, expressing the holding of the head up high or haughtily Troil. i. iii. 189 Ajax . . . bears his head In such a rein . . . As broad Achilles, Lr. in. i. 27 the hard rein irhich both of them have borne. rein vb. : 1 to restrain (from something) Troil. v. iii. i8 Spur them to ruthful work, rein them from ruth. 2 to bear or submit to the rein Tw.X. in. iv. .302 He . . . reins well. reinforce : intr. to obtain reinforcements Cym. v. ii. 18 Let's reinforce, or fly. reins : loins Wiv. in. v. 24. rejoice : to feel joy at H5 n. ii. 159, Cym. v. v. 371 Xe'er mother Rejoic'd deliverance more. rejoicing-fire : bonfire Cjtii. in. i. 32. rejoindiire (S.): reunion Troil. iv. iv. 36. rejourn : to put off Cor. n. i. 80 r. the controversy. relapse (occurs twice) : falling back into an illness Per. III. ii. 110 he'rrela'pse is luo'rlal. % H5iv. iii. 107 Ki'llmg in re'lapse of morta'lity perh. = ' with renewed deadliness'; but some comm. explain ' with a deadly rebound '. relative (once) • pirtinent, relevant Ham. n. ii. 641 [633] /■// have grounds More relative titan this. release : to surrender, make over, give up R2 iv. i. 210 With mine own breath r. all duty's rites, 2Hti i. i. 52 Thai the Duchy of Anjon . . . shall be released and dilivvrid to the king her fatiier. relent (used also in tlio mod. sense) 1 to dissolve Meas. in. i. 239 he, a marble to her tears, . . . relents not, V'en. 200 stone at rain relenteth. 2 to give up a previous deteiniination or obstinacy, yield, give way Wiv. ii. ii. 32 you will not do it, you!— I do r., MND. i. i. 91, 1H6 in. i. 108, 2H6 IV. viii. 12 will ye r.. And yield to mercy ?. relenting: easily moved to pity, compassionate 2H6 in. i. 227, R3 iv. iv. 432 R.fool, Lucr. 1829 such relenting dew of lamentations. relics : ancient remains Tw.N. in. iii. 19 .ice the r. of this town. relieve : to lift up again Tp. ii. i.l28 [121]//(es/(o)-c, that . . . bow'd. As stooping to relieve him. religion: devotion to a principle, strict fidelity, conscientiousness AYL. iv. i. 208 [201] keep your promise. — With no less r. than . . ., Rom. i. ii. 93 Wlien the devout r. of mine eye Maintains such falsehood, Cym. i. iv. 154 ; make r. to, make a point of Ant. V. ii. 198. religions : scrupulous, strict, conscientious All's W. II. iii. 190, Tw.K. iii. iv. 426 a most devout coward, r. in it, H8 iv. ii. 74 r. truth and modesty, Sonn. xxxi. 6 religious love. religiously: solemnly John in. i. 140 / . . . from J'ope Innocent the legate here. Do ni his name r. demand ; faithfully, conscientiously John n. i. 246, IV. iii. 73, H5 l. ii. 10. relinqiiish : to give up as incurable (S.) All'sW. II. iii. 10 relinquished of tite artists. relish sb. (old edd. rellis'h, rallish) 1 taste, flavour (of a thing), always fig. Tw.N. iv. i. 64, Troil. in. ii. 18 The imaginary r. is so sweet ; hence =kind, quality H5 iv. i. 115 his fears. . . be of the same relish as ours are. 2 trace, tinge 2H4 i. ii. 112 some r. of the saltnessof time, Mac. iv. iii. 95 / have no r. of them, Ham. iii. iii. 92 some act That has no r. of salvation int. 3 individual taste or liking Cor. ii. i. 208. relish vb.' (the sense 'enjoy' is commonest) 1 to taste (a thing) AYL. in. ii. 248 take a taste of my finding him, and r. ii with good observance ; fig. to appreciate Wint. ii. i. 166 if you . . . cantiot . . . R. a (asi) truth like us ; to feel Tp. v. i. 23 One of their kind, that relish all as sharply. 2 to have a taste (o/ something) Ham. iii.i. 122, Cym. III. ii. 30 r. of love. Per. ii. v. GO my thoughts, That never relish'd of a base descent. 3 to be agreeable, find acceptance Wint. v. ii. 137. relish vb.^: to sing, warble Gent. ii. i. 21 to r. a love-song like a robin-redbreast, Lucr. 1126 R. your nimble notes. reliver: to give up again Meas. iv. iv. G r. our authorities (Ff234 deliver, Capell redtliverj). relume, relumine : to rekindle 0th. v. ii. 13 that Promethean heat That can thy light r. (Ff re-lume, Qi returne, Qq23 relumine). [ni. i. 87. remain sb.': the r., what remains to be done Cym. remain sb.^: stay Cor. i. iv. 62 make v.; see also nERE-;-f»;«m. remain vb. (l not post-S.; 3 only S.) 1 to dwell Tp. I. ii. 420, AYL. in. ii. 236, Cym. rv. iii. 14/or my mistress, Inolhing knoip where she r-s. 2 almost^ be Tim. iv. iii. 326 Wouldst thou . . . r. a beast with the beasts?, V. i. 102 ?•. assur'd ; also let her remam- let her be Cym. ii. iii. 17. REMAINDER - 180 RENEW 3 r. Kith, stick ill the mind of Tim. in. vi. 40. remainder (2 used in 16tli-17tli cent.) 1 residual or further interest remaining over from an estate, coming into effect when this has de- termined, and created by tlie same conveyance by whicli tlie estate itself was granted All'sW. IV. iii. 316 ch/ the entnil frDin titl reiitainders. 2 pi. those wlio remain Cym. i. i. 12y. 3 balance (of an account) K2 i. i. 130 in my debt Upon remitinder of a dear account. 4 attrib. = left over AYL. ii. vii. 39 the r. biscuit After a royar/e. remediate: remedial Lr. iv. iv. 17 aidant and r. {(iq reiuediat, Ff -ate). IJ (?) Error for ' remedial ' or ' remediant '. remedy sb.: reparation, redress; csp. in plir. thoe's no r. = there's no help for it Wiv. i. iii. 34, Jidiniv. i.91, Oth.i. i.35 ; no r. often = inevitably, without a doubt Wiv. ii. ii. 128 i'oii must send her your pay e ; nor., Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] G73, v. i. 77, Troil. IV. iv. 55, Cym. in. iv. 165 ; what r.?, what help is there for it ? what can be done ? Wiv. v. V. 262 [250] Well, what r.? . . . What cannot be eschew'd must be embrac'd, Tw.N. i. v. 55, 1H6 v. iii. 131. rem.ember {{or remember since . . . sec since) 1 to maintain 2H4v. ii. 142 we Kill uccite, As Ibefore rdiiember'd, all our slate. 2 to commemorate Tp. i. ii. 402 The ditty does r. my droirn'd father, 1H4 v. iv. 101 Thy itjnomy . . .not remembcr'd in thy epitaph. 3 refl. to bethink oneself, recollect Tw.N. v. i. 289, R3 IV. ii. 94, Rom. i. iii. 9 ; to reflect ujion (one- self) Lr. IV. vi. 234 Briefly tliyself rononber. 4 to remind (a person) Tp. i. ii. 243, K2 i. iii. 269, H5 v. Chor. 43, Lr. i. iv. 72. ^ The phr. r. thy courtesy — he covered (LLL. v. i. 106 I do beseech thee, r. thy courtesy; I beseech thee, apparel thy head) is of obscure origin ; cf. Ham. v. ii. 109 / beseech yon, remember — . remembered : be r., recollect, remember Meas. ii. i. 113, Slir. IV. iii. 96, R3 n. iv. 23, Luer. 607. rem.em.brance (sometimes 4syll., e.g. Tw.N. i. i. 32, Mac. III. ii. 30) 1 faculty or power of remembering Tp. ir. i. 240 [232] this lord of weak r., Cym. ii. iv. 93. 2 kind thought or consideration All'sW. iv. v. 79 out of a self-gracious r.. Cor. ll. iii. 2o% commend To your r-s. Ham. i. ii. 7. 3 memorial inscription H5 i. ii. 229. 4 reminder 2H4 V. ii. 115. 5 keepsake, love-token Gent. ir. ii. 5, Mer.V. iv. i. 423, Ham. in. i. 93, 0th. nr. iii. 291 This was her first remembrance from tlie Moor. remembrancer : one who reminds another Mac. III. iv. 37, Cym. i. v. 77. remission: inclination to pardon (S.) Meas. v. i. 499 I find an apt ronission m myself. remit : to give up, surrender LLL. v. ii. 460. remnant: surviving member of a family R3i. ii.7. remonstrance : demonstration Meas. v. i. 393. remorse (1 the commonest S. sense) 1 pity, comjiassion Tp. v. i. 76 Expell'd r. andnalnre, John iv.iii.50 the tearsof soft r., Tim.iv.iii.l23•., without intermission Tw.N. ii. iii. 100. 3 solemn obligation (S.) Otli. in. iii. 469 to obey shall be in me remorse. remorsefvil: compassionate, full of pity Gent. iv. iii. i:'>, Ivi I. ii. \t>6 remorseful tear. remorseless: pitiless 2II0'm. i. 213, Ham. ii. ii. Ill 7 J:, Hut never saw bt/ore. 2 reputation (good or bad) AU'sW. iv. iii. 18 of a most chaste renown. Per. iv. vi. 42. 3 good name Cyni. v. v. 203. renown vb.: to make famous Tw.N. in. iii. 2t, H5 I. ii. 118 TIte blood and courage tltaf renowned them. rent: to rend, tear MNl). in. ii. 215 r. oar . . . lore (iMinder, R3 i. ii. 127 (Qq rend), Mac. iv. iii. 168. renying: renunciation tjonii. Music iii. 7 [Pilgr. 25UJ Heart's rcnijini/. repair sb. ' : going or com ing to a place, resort Meas. IV. i. 45, LLL. II. i. 238 mala their v., 3H.6 v. i. 20, Ham. V. ii. 230 their repair hither. repair sb.- (not prt-S.) 1 restoration AVint. v. i. 31 for roijally's r., John III. iv. 113 repair and health, Cym. in. i. 57. 2 /Vf,s7( repair, healthful state Sonn. iii. 3. repair vb.': to return LLL. v. ii. 293, MND. iv. i. 73 May all to Athens back ar/ain r., Tim. in. iv. 70 to r. some other hour. •[ The prevailing meaning is 'go, betake oneself. repair vb.-': 1 to restore, renew (with immaterial object) 3H6 in. iii. 193 to r. my honour, lost for him, H8 v. i. 3 to repair our iiuture, Otli. ii. iii. 363, Cym. ii. ii. 12. 2 to refresh, revive (a person) Gent. v. iv. 11 H. mc n'lth thy presence, Silcia, AH'sW. i. ii. 30 It much repairs me To talk of your yood fa/h(r. 3 toiemedy (an evil) Lr. iv. i. 77 /'// r. the misery, IV. vii. 28 A', those violent harms, Per. iv. ii. 122. repairingf : that recovers easily 2H6 v. iii. 22. repast : to feed Ham. iv. v. 1 16 H. them inlh my blond. repast : in R3 iv. iv. 397 app. misprint for orepasi : ^fc ill-used, s.v. ILL-. repasture: food LLL. iv. i. 96. repeal sb. : recall from exile Gent. in. i. 235, Cws. iii. i. 54. ^ The only S. use. repeal vb. (1 see the prec. word) 1 to recall from exile K2 ii. ii. 49 The banish'd Doling- broke r-s himself. Cor. v. iv. 71 [v. 5] ; fig. AIl'sW. II. iii. 55 whose banish'd sense Thou hast reptal'd. 2 to call back into favour or honour Lr. in. vi. 122 r-s and reconciles thee, 0th. ll. iii. .366 That she r-s him for her body's lust (=attempts togetliim re- st (u-ed). [iv. iii. 274. repent: to live out (a time) in repentance All'sW. repetition: recital, mention All s\V. v. iii. 22 kill All r. (=check any mention of what is past), John II. i. 197 these til-tuned repetitions. Cor. i. i. 48 he hath faults . . . to tire in repetition, Lucr. 1285. repine : dissatisfaction Yen. 4'.t0. replenish: tofill hucr.VSbl saw the blood hischeeks r. replenished: complete, perfect LLL. iv. ii.27 his intellect IS notr. ; he is only an animal, Wint. ii. i. 78 The most replenish'd villain, R3 iv. iii. 18. replication (2 not pre-S.) 1 reply LLL. iv. ii. 15, Ham. iv. ii. 13, Compl. 122. 2 reverberation Cass. I. i. 50. report sb. (the sense ' wliat is said about some- thing ' is very freq. in various phrases : yirei/ood r. speak well (of a person) AVint. v. ii. 170[i62|, viake >--.s = speak All sW. iv. iii. 344, suffer the r. ^ be told Cym. i. iv. 63) 1 rumour, common talk AYL. i. i. 6 r. speaks goldenly of his profit, 1H6 ii. iii. 18 I see r. is fabu- lous and false. Ant. ii. ii. 192 ifr. be sqriare to her. Per. I. i.'35. 2 reputation, good name Meas. ii. iii. 12 Hath blister'd her >•., Ado in. i. dl foremost in r. through Italy, 3 testimony {to), commendation (S.; LLL. ii. i. 63 my r. to his great iiorthiness, Sonn. Ixxxiii. 5 there- fore have I slept in yourr. ( = in commending you). 4 resounding noise K3 iv. iv. 153 report oftvur. report vb. (2 cf. hei-ort sb. 3) 1 to give an account of, describe Meas. in. ii. 176, Cor. V. iv. 28 if you r. him truly. Ham. v. ii. 353 r. me and my cause aright ; refl. Cym. ll. iv. 83 figures So likely to report themselves. 2 (?) to speak in commendation of Wint. in. i. 3. 3 to speak in a certain way of All'sW. iii. v. 57 There is a gentleman . . . H-s but coarsely of Iter ; to relate, state lH4ii.iv.461 as ancient writers do r. reporter : informant Ant. n. ii. 196. reporting-ly : by liearsay (S.) Ado iii. i. 116. reposal, reposure : act of placing (trust) Lr. ii. i. 70 (,Ff rrposalil, Qq reposure). reprie'vre: time during wliich one is reprieved Meas. II. iv. 40 his reprieve. Longer or shorter. reprisal: prize 1H4 iv. i. 118. reproach vb. (once) : to bring disgrace upon Meas. V. i. 422 reproach your life. reproachful : abusive Tit. i. i. 308, ii. i. 55. reproachfully : shamefully 2H6 n. iv. 98 us'd r. reprobance (S.): reprobation, rejection by God 0th. v. ii. 201 fall to reprobance (Qq reprobation). reprobate : depraved, morally degraded LLL. i. ii. 65, Lucr. 300 reprobate desire. reproof (the ordinary sense is freq.) 1 shame, disgrace Err. v. i. 90 She did betray me to Illy own reproof, Tim. v. iv. 57* Those enemies . . . ^yhom you yoursdves shall set out for reproof. 2 disjiroof, refutation 1H4 i. ii. 212, in. ii. 23 in r. of many tales devis'd, Troil.i. iii. 33, Cor. ii.ii. 38. reprove: to disprove, refute Ado ii. iii. 252 [241] 'tis so, I cannot r. it, 2H6 m. i. 40 K. my allegation. Yen. 7S7. repugrn : to oppose, resist 1H6 iv. i. 94 r. the truth. repug'nancy : opposition, resistance Tim. in. v. 46. repug°nant: offering resistance Ham. ii.ii. 501 [493]. repure (not pre-S.): to purify again Troil. in. ii.21. repute : to think of, value Gent. n. vii. 59 how will the vorld r. mc ?, C.rs. ii. i. 295 .1 woman well r-d ; to think highly o/2H6 iii. i. 48 by reputing of his high descent. request : to beg (a person) to come off (i. e. away) Ant. n. vii. 127 Let me ree/uest you off. rectuire: to ask, request (a person) Wiv. i. ii. 10 to disire and r. her to . . ., H8 n. iv. 142 / r. your highness. That it shall please you . . ., Cor. n. ii. 161 He will require thtm. As if . . . req'oired: reouisite Wint. v. iii. 94, Lr. iv. iii. 7 most required and necessary. requiring' : demand, request Tp. n. ii. 195 [186], Meas. III. i. 254, H5 ii. iv. 101 if r. fad, he will com pi I. requit (variant of requite, which is more freq.) : to repay Cor. iv. v. 76 the drops of blood . . . are n- ijuitted, 0th. IV. ii. 15 (Fi requit, Qi requite), Per.iii. li. 75 (Qi only) ; pa.pple. requit in Tp. in. iii. 71. reremice : see reakmice. rescue: forcible taking of a person out of leg;il custody Err. iv. iv. 113 I am thy prisoner: wilt thou suffer them To make a r.t. Cor. in. i. 275 ; fig. Ant. III. ix. [xi.] 48 diath will seize her, but Vour comfort makes the rescue. resemblance: likelihood, probability (S.) Meas. IV. li. 202 .\'ot II resemblance, hut a certainty. reservation (the foil, are all the exx.) 1 reserving of something for oneself Lr. i. i. 135 With r. of a hundred knights; resei'ved right ii. iv. 255(1 r. to he folloiv'd With such a number. 2 keeping a tliins .secret or to oneself All'sAV. II. iii. 259 make some resenation of your wrongs. 13 - BESEBVE — 3 kecijing ;i thing for oneself AlTsW. i. iii. 233 In heedfidl'st r. to bestow them, Cor. in. iii. 128* Mukiiiy hut r. of yourselves (i.e. keeping only yourselves, wliile you ' banish your defenders'). reserve (uses now obs. are) 1 to keep safe, preserve All'sW. in. v. 63 n r-d honesty, Cyni. i. i. 87 Aluuiys r-'d my holy duty ( = ' so far as I may say it without breach uf God rest you merry ; with ' God ' dropped Meas. iv. iii. 190 Rest you mil, Mer.V. I. iii. 60 it. you fair, Rom. i. ii. 65 r. you merry. Ant. l. i. 62 Rest you hapjiy. rest vb.^: used often where ' remain ' would be the modern word, e.g. Tp. v. i. 144, 1H6 iv. i. 121, H8 V. i. 55, Mae. i. vi. 20, Ham. in. iii. 64. rest vb.% mod. edd. 'rest : aphetic form of ' arrest ' freq. in 15th-16th cent. Err. iv. ii. 42. re-stem (S.) : to steer again 0th. i. iii. 37 they do re- stem Their backward course (Ff ; Qi resterine, app. misprint for restcmme; Qq23 resterne). resting': stationary Cies. in. i. 61 the northern star, Of irliose true-fix'd and resting quality. restivef: some mod. edd. for eesty. restore: to make amends for (loss) Sonn. xxx. 14. ^ By extension = to make (amends) MND. v. ii. 6"J [i. 445] And Robin shall restore amends. restrain (2 once ; rare outside S.) 1 to keep back, witliliold (something/toi/i a person) Ii3 v. iii. 323 They would r. tlie one [viz. lands], Cor. V. iii. 167 That thou r-stfrom me tlieduty which To a mother's part belonijs, Tim. v. i. 153 r-iny aid to Timon. 1 to draw tight Shr. in. ii. 60. restrained: withheld, prohibited Meas. ii. iv. 40. restraint (2 not pic-S.) 1 keeping back or out Err. in. i. 97. 2 constraint, reserve AIl'sW. ii. iv. 45, v. iii. 215, Tw.N. V. i. 85. resty: inactive, inert, sluggish Troil. i. iii. 263 Who in this.. . lonff-continu'd truce Is r.i/roirn (Fi rusty), Cym. in. vi. 34 r. sloth, Sonn. c. 9 Rise, r. Muse. resume : (?) to take (care) Tim. ii. ii. 4. retain : to have in one's service H8 i. ii. 192. retention (2 only Eliz.) 1 power of retaining things in the mind, memory iSonn. cxxii. 9 TIkU poor r. ; capacity for holding Tw.N. n. iv. 98 they lack retention. 2 detention, eonfineme'it Lr. v. iii. 48. retentive : holding, confining Tim. in. iv. 83 my r. enemy, Cses. l. iii. 95. [sense) retire sb. (2 common 1550-1600 ; 3 the commonest S. 1 retirement, withdrawal LLL. ii. i. 232. 2 return John ii. i. 253, Luci-. 573. 3 retreat in warfare .Tohn n. i. 326, Cor. i. vi. 3 Xor cowardly in retire, Lucr. 174. retire vb. (1 an Eliz. sense) 1 to return Troil. I. iii. 281, 0th. in. iii. 456 retirimj ebb, Ven. 906 now she Hill no further, Rut backr-s, Lucr. 962. 2 refl. to withdraw Tp. v. i. 310 r. me to my Milan, R2 IV. i. 96 rctir'd himself To Italy, Otli. n. iii. 389 R. thee ; go where thou art billetid ; to retreat in battle John v. iii. 13. retired: withdrawn into oneself Wint. iv. iii. [iv.J 62 ; subsided John v. iv. 53 « . . . retired Jiood. retirement: retreat, refuge 1H4 iv. i. 56. retort (2 only S.; in Wiv. ii. ii. 4 Qq 7 will r. the sum 171 equipaiie perhaps a humorous use of the sense ' return a blow ') 1 to reflect (heat) Troil. in. iii. 101. 2 to reject (an appeal) Meas. v. i. 298. retrait(e : retreat 2H4 in. ii. 289 (later Ff retreat). ^ A common 16th cent, form, occurring once in S., ritreat occurring 10 times. retreat : recall of a pursuing force 2H4 iv. iii. 78. retrograde (occurs twice) 1 (of planets) moving apparently in a direction contrary to the order of the signs, or from east to west AU'sW. I. i. 215 born under Mars . . . When he was ritroyrade. 2 contrary or repugnant (to) Ham. i. ii. 114. return sb.: answer, retort H5ii. iv. 127. return vb.' 1 retl. to turn away 1H6 in. iii. 56 R. thee therefore, with n flood of tears. 2 to turn back again Veil. 704 see the dew-bedabbled wretch Tarn, and r. ^ The foil, senses are not re- corded before S. : 'to give back ' (Tim. i. ii. 6), ' to give or send 'an answer (Tw.N.i.i. 25, lH6n.v.20), ' to say by way of answer ' (R2 in. iii. 121, Per. 11. ii. 4), ' to give ' thanks(lH6 ii. ii. 51), ' to re- pay, pay back ' (H5 iv. vii. 190, Lr. i. i. 99). revenge sb. (the pi. is freq. used=sing.) 1 pi. (one's) vindictive desires All'sW. v. iii. 10 my rtccwjcs were liiyh bent upon him. 2 avenging of a person 1H6 i. v. 35 strike a stroke in his rcvenye, 2H6 in. ii. 127, Lucr. Arg. 20. 3 in rercnije of, in return for Gent. i. ii. 107. revenge vb. (in the trans, use the injury or the person injured is the object) 1 pass, be r-d, to take vengeance (freq.) ; const, of = on 2H4 11. iv. 165 (Q ; Ff on) ; const, on = for Lucr. 1778/0 be revenyed on her death. 2 intr. to take vengeance Mer.V. in. i. 72, 3H6 i. iv. 36 may briny forth A bird that will r. upon you all, Tit.iv.i.l29 R., ye heaiens, for old Andronicus. revengement: retribution, punishment 1H4 in. ii. 7. ^ Very common 1540-1650. revengingly (S.) : in revenge Cym. v. ii. 4. revengive (S.) : vindictive Lr. n. i. 47 the r. ijods (Qq ; Vi revenging). reverb (S. coinage, app. shortened from reverberate, which occurs twice) : to re-echo Lr. i. i. 156. reverberate adj.: reverberating, resounding Tw.N. I. V. 293 »-. hills. T] Ben Jonson has 'a reuerberate glasse '. reverence: save or saving your r., an apologetic phr. introducing a remark that might offend the hearer Ado in. iv. 33, 1H4 ii. iv. 523 [515], Rom. 1. iv. 42, Cym. iv. i. 5 ; corrupted to sik-revek- ENCE, q.v. reverend, reverent : in old edd., as commonly in the 16th-17th cent., used indifferently in the senses ' worthy of respecter reverence', 'exhibit- ing or feeling reverence '. reverse : back-handed stroke Wiv. ii. iii. 27 ; cf. punto reverse, s.v. funto. reversion: prospect of possessing a thing at some future time lH4iv. i. 53; in r., destined to come into a person's possession, or to be realized in the future R2 l. iv. 35 As ivere our England in r. his, Troil. HI. ii. 99 A'o perfection in r. shall huv6 a praise m present. REVERT — 184 RIFE revert : to return Ham. iv. vii. 23 nty arrows . . . ^\'oald liaie riiirtcd to iiiij huio a(/aiit. reverted: (?)in opposition or rebellion Err. iii.ii. 127. review : to see again Wint. iv. iii. [iv.J 683 ; to survey Sona. Ixxiv. 5. revokement (not pre-S.) : revocation H8 i. ii. 106. revolt sl.>.' (the gen. sense of 'casting off of allej-'iance, obedience, or faithfulness ' is freq. ; 2 only S.) 1 i/ue (one) the reioU, to rebel against Mac. v. iv. 13. 2 rcioU to, relapse inlo LLL. v. ii. 74. 3 revulsion of appetite T\v.\. ir. iv. 101. revolt sb.2: rebel John v. ii. 151, v. iv. 7, Cym. iv. iv. 6 iintwlund rttolts. revolution: alteration, change (esp. as wrought by time) LLL. iv. ii. 70 motioux, r-x, 2H4 in. i. 46 the r. of the times. Ham. v. i. 96 Here's fine r.. Ant. I. ii. 134, Sonn. lix. 12 wlitther r. he the srtme. revolve: intr. to consider Tv^.N. ii. v. 157 // this /(ill into till] hand, remlee. re-word (not prc-S.) 1 to repeat in words Ham. iii. iv. 143. 2 to re-echo Compl. 1. rhapsody : string (of words) Ham. in. iv. 48. Rhenish (old edd. Heinisli, Heiuush, Rciush): Rhine wine Mer.V. I. ii. 102, iii. i. 45, Ham. i. iv. 10, V. i. 196. rheum (sec also salt rheum) 1 watery matter secreted by glands, &c. (i) saliva Mer.V. I. iii. 118, H5 iii. v. 52 spit and void his r. upon ; (ii) mucus from the nose Err. in. ii. 132 ; (iii) tears Ado v. ii. 88, Johniii. i. 22 thatlamcnl- uble r., IV. i. 33, iii. 108, Cor. v. v. [vi.l 46 women's rheum. Ham. ii. ii. 537 [529] hisson rheum. 2 morbid defluxion of liumours (such as was sup- posed to cause rheumatism), also, catarrh Meas. III. i. 31 the yiiul, serpii/o, and the r., Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 412, Troil. v. iii. 105 a r. in mine eyes. Ant. III. ii. 57. rheu'niatic : characterized by or affected witli 'defluxion of rheum' MND. n. i. 105 r. diseases, Ven. 135 r., andcold ; inducing ' rlieuin ' (sense 2) Wiv. III. i. 47 this raw r. day. Tf Misused in 2H4 11. iv. 01, H5 11. iii. 40. rheumy: inducing 'rheum' (sense 2) Cses. ii. i. 266 the rlienmij and ^inpuri/ed air. vhymef : sjielling of rime in some mod. edd. rib: to enclose with a strong protection Mer.V. ii. vii. 51, Cym. lii. i. 19. rihald : (?) offensively noisy Troil. iv. ii. 9 the bustj dill) . . . halh rous'd the ribald crows. rihaudred: (?j lewd, wanton Ant. iii. viii. 20 [x. 10| Yon r. nay of Eijiipt. ^ Perhaps an alteration of the Eliz. adj. ' ribaudrous ' ; or (?) meant for 'ribaudried' (from 'ribaudry '). rich (ordinary senses are freq.) 1 applied to eyes that have seen much AYL. iv. i. 25, All's W. V. iii. 17. 2 rich opinion, good reputation 0th. ii. iii. 197. rich'd: enriched Lr. i. i. G6. rid (2 the usual phr. was ' rid ground ') 1 to make away with, kill, destroy Tp. I. ii. 364 the red plaijue rid you, R2 v. iv. U, 2H6 in. i. 233 This Gloucester should be i/uickly rid the world, 3H6 v. v. 67, Sonn. cxxxix. 14 rid my pain. 2 rid way, to cover the ground quickly, make rapid progress 3H6 v. iii. 21 We . . . \YiU thither slraiyht, for willinf/ness rids way. ride (pa. pp'le. j-orf« 2H4 v. iii. 96, 115 iv. iii. 2 in intr. .senses, riddenVt'iv. v. v. 148, H8ii. ii. 3 in trans., rid MND. V. i. 119, C;es. in. ii. 274 in liotli) 1 to rest or turn as on a pivot or axle 1H4 v. ii. 83 ll' life did ride upon a dial's pond, Troil. I. iii. 67 the axle-lrte On tvhich heaven rides. 2 ride oat, to sustain (a storm) without great damage Per. IV. iv. 31. 3 to train (a horse) H8 ii. ii. 3. [ii. 204. 4 to tyrannize over, harass Wiv. v. v. 148, Err. ii. rider: horse-trainer AYL. i. i. 14. rife : (?) current MKL>. v. i. 42 huw many sports are rife (Q 1 ripe). rift : to split ; intr. Wint. v. i. 66 ; trans. Tp. v. i. 45. rigrgish : wanton Ant. ii. ii. 248. right sb.' : 1 just or equitable treatment ; phr. do (one) r., to do him justice, give him satisfaction Ado i. i. 254 [246] I will do myself the riyht to trust none, v. i. 152 Do me )"., or I will protest your cowardice, Tit. i. i. 20 J Humans, do me rii/ht : Patricians, draw your swords ; with ref. to pledging a person by drinking to him 2H4 V. iii. 74 U7(^, now you have done me riyht. 2 justifiable claim to have or to do something ; in {the) r. of, in support or by virtue of the claim of John II. i. 153 In r. of Arthur do I claim oftliee, &c., lH6in. i. lid this scroll. .. Wliich inther.ofliichard I'lanlayenit We do exhibit, Cor. iii. iii. 14 It shall be so, r the riyht aitd strenf/lh o' the commons. 3 the r., the straight road Jolin i. i. 170' Homethiny about, a little f rain the riijht. [i. 139. rights!).^: erroneous old spelling of 'rite' MXD. iv. rig'ht adj.: straight LLL. v. ii. 566 tt [sc. your nose] stands too riyht. ri^ht adv. (the sense 'very' is the most freq.) 1 inastraight course or line; r. on, straight on Cks. in. ii. 227, Compl. 26 ; fig. r. out, outright, com- pletely Tp. IV. i. 101 And be a boy riyht out. 2 exactly, just Err. v. i. 358 here beqins his nwrninf) s/ory r., MND. IV. ii. 32 r. as it fell out, R3 I. iv. 251, Troil. I. iii. 170 'Tis Xestor r.\ plir. r. now, just now 2H6 in. ii. 40. 3 properly John ii. i. 139 an I catch you r., in. i. 183, 3H6 I. iv. 160. rigrht-drawn : drawn in a just cause K2 i. i. 46. rigrhteously : rightly AYL. i. ii. 14. [r. jadye. rig-htful: doing right, just Mer.V. iv. i. 'i(i2 Most rig-ht-hand A'^e : aristocratic party Cor. ii. i. 26. rightly: directly, straight K2 ii. ii. 18 perspectives . . . riyhthj yaz'd npon. rig'ol(l : ring, circle 2H4 iv. v. 35 this yolden r.{ - the crown), Lucr. 1745 About the mournniy and coh' yealed face. Of that black blood a ivatery r. goes. •[1 The meaning is app. derived from the sense of groove running round a thing, wliich belongs to the variant forms ' rigal ', ' riggal ', ' riggle '. rim (old edd. rym{me): short for 'rim of the belly', the lining membrane of tlie abdomen, the peri- toneum H5iv. iv. 15 I will fetch thy rim out at thy titroat. rime, rimer: the only spellings (except occas.ri/xte) in old edd. of the words now usu. written 'rhyme', ' rhymer '. ring : cracked within the riiiy, (of a coin) having the circle broken that surrounds the sovereign's head Ham. 11. ii. 457 [448]. ring-carrier (S.) : go-between All'sW. in. v. 92. ring-time (S.) ; time for exchanging rings, as love- tokens AYL. V. iii. 21. rinsing : in old edd. wrencliiny, still a widespread dial, pronunciation H8 i. i. 167. rioter: reveller Tim. in. v. 69. riotous: dissolute Tim. ii. ii. 169, Lr. i. iv. 267. ripe (various transf. and fig. uses) : (of lips) red and full MND. in. ii. 139, Lr. iv. iii. 22; ready for birth R2 it. ii. 10; grown-up AYL. iv. iii. 89 a ripe sister{Fi); requiring imniediato satisfaction Mer.V. I. iii. 64 ripe wants; ready for use or posses- fdon MND. v. i. 42 liow many sports are ripe (Qj), R3 III. vii. 157 the ripe reicniu. XtZVAGE - 185 — ROUND rivage : sliore H5 iii. Chor, 14. rival sb.: partner, associate Ham. i. i. 13 The rimh of mil H'utch. rival vb. : to compete/or Lr. i. i. 104. rivality : partnership, equalitj' Ant. iii. v. 9. rive (pa.pple. only rmd) \ to cleave, split ; trans. Troil. l. iii. 316, C:vs. i. iii. 6 ; intr. Troil. I. i. 37. 2 to burst IHO iv. ii. 29 To r. their datigo-oits niiilhrij Upon . , . English Talbot. rivelled: wrinkled Troil. v. i. 26 (Qj). rivo : oxolaniation (? of Spanish origin) useil at drinking-bouts 1H4 ii. iv. 126. road (2 very common 1500-1650 ; 4 not pre-S.) 1 Journey on horseback H8 IV. ii. 17 yl< /((»•/, loilh rasij ronds, he mine to Leicester. 2 hostile incursion, raid H5 i. ii. 1.38 the Scot, who ii'ill malce rond iipon its. Cor. iir. i. 5. 3 roadstead Gent. i. i. 53, Mer.V. i. i. 19, Shr. ii. i. 369 [377] lynif) in M<(rseilUs' road. 4 highway AYL. ir. iii. 33 enforce A thievish lirinr/ on tlie common r., 1H4 ii. i. 16 the most rillannns house in all J^ndon r. for fleas, 2H4 ii. ii. 183 ; fig. way, course Ado v. ii. 34 in the even r. of a btaiili verse, Mer.V. li. ix. 30 in the force and r. of casualty. Cor. V. i. 60 Yon Icnoiv the very r. into his kindness ; phr. Per. iv. v. 9 out of the road ofruttiny. roadway (not pre-S.) : highway 2H4 ii. ii. 65. roar (orig. a ditt'erent word from the 'roar' of lions, cannon, &c., but associated with it in modern times, esp. in echoes of the Hamlet p.Tssage) 1 confusion, tumult Tp. i. ii. 2 yon have I'ut the wild waters in this roar. 2 set on a r., provoke to a wild outhurst of mirth Hani. V. i. 210. rob: to cut off /row the possibility of doing some- thing K2 I. iii. 173 death. Which robs my tonyne from hreathiny native breath. rototlstioilS : violent, boisterous H5 in. vii. 164 r. and roiiyh coming on. Ham. m. ii. 10 a r. periwig- pated feiloin. rogTie (1 orig. a canting term of the 16th cent.; tlie Diet, of the Canting Crew, 170n, defines ' Rogues ' as 'the fourth Order of Canters' ; 3 common in the 17th cent, dramatists) 1 one of aclass of idle vagrants or vacabonds Wint. IV. ii. [iii.] 107, Lr. iv. vii. 39 To liovel thee with sivine and r-s forlorn. 2 rascal (freq.) ; applied abusively to ser\'ants Shr. IV. i. 150 Out, yon royue.'. 3 term of endearment 2H4 ii. iv. 232 i/on sireei liffh r., Lr. V. iii. 13, 0th. iv. i. 112 Alas; poor r., I think . . . she loves me. rog'iiing' : vagrant Per. iv. i. 96 roguing thieves. rogTlish : vagrant Lr. lir. vii. 104 his r. madness. roistingf: blustering, bullying Troil. ii. ii. 208. roll sb. (2 not pre-Eliz.) 1 list, register (fig.) 1H4 iir. i. 43 in the r. of common men, Ant. v. ii. 180 i' the roll of conquest. 2 muster-roll 2H4 in. ii. 107. 3 master of the rolls, keeper of the rolls, patents, and grants that pass the great seal, and of all records of the Court of Chancery 118 v. i. 35. roll vb.: out of 13 cxx. 9 refer to turning of the eyes in different directions. romag'e (old form of 'rummage'): bustle, commo- tion Ham. I. i. 107 post-haste and romnye. Boman: (of handwriting) applied in Eliz. times to a variety of the sloping Italian hand Tw.N. in. iv. 32 the sweet B. hand ; of the character of the ancient Roman alphabet Tit. v. i. 1.39 R. letters. Borne : rhymes with words in -oom Lucr. 715, 1644 ; associated in word-play with room John in. i. 180 let it be That I have room with Home to curse airhde. Bomish : of Rome, Roman, Gym. i. vi. 152. ^ This use was current from Kliz. times to 1800. rondure: circle Sonn. xxi. 8. T] Cf. boundure. ronyon* (not pre-S.) : abusive term for a woman ^Viv. IV. ii. X'-J^ yon bayyaye . . . your. (Fi Runnion), Mac. I. iii. 6 ttie rump-fed ronyon. [iv. 40. roof 'd ; under one's roof, in one's house Mac. in. rook : to squat, crouch 3H6 v. vi. 47 The raven rooli'd her on the chimney's top. ^J In general literary use from I3th cent, to Eliz. times, afterwards dial, in tlie form of ' ruck ' (as in Golding, Gabriel Harvey). rooky: full of rooks Mac. iii. ii. 51 the r. wood. room igivc room, and simply room, - make way) 1 place assigned to one Shr. in. ii. 253 let iJiniira lake her sister's r., John in. iv. 93, R2 v. v. 108 O'o thon and fill another r. in hell, 3H6 ii. vi. 54, in. ii. 132, Sonn. Iv. 10. 2 in their r-s, in their stead Ado i. i. 312 [.304]. root sb.: the ' bottom ' o/the heart (lent. v. iv. 103 How oft hast thou with perjury cleft I hi rcol :, Troil. IV. IV. 54 my heart will be bluirii I'tji by the root. Cor. n. i. 204 at very root on 's heart. Ant. v. ii. 105 smites ily very heart at root. root vb.': to fix firmly by the root, implant deeply Gent. II. iv. 163 lest the base earth tihonld . . . Dis- dain to root the summer-swelling flower, Sonn. cxlii. 11 Root pity in thy heart. root vb.=: to dig up with the snout Tim. v. i. 170 W'lio, like a boar . . . doth root itn JJis country's peace. Veil. 636 as lie roots the mead. ^ Later Ibiiii of ' wroot ', associated with root vb.' = uproot. rope : halter Tp. i. i. 35 the rope of his destiny ; as a derisive cry (attributed to parrots) 1H6 i. iii. 53 Winchester goose .' I cry a rope .' a rope .'. ropery : trickery, knavery Koin. n. iv. 155. ^ L.sed also by the dramatist Fletcher. rope-trick: (?) punning or illiterate distortion of ' rhetoric ' Shr. l. ii. 113. roping': hanging or flowing down like a rope or thread H5 in. v. 23 r. icicles, iv. ii. 48 The gum doirn-roping from their peile-Aead eyes. rose: cake of roses, preparation of rose-pct.als in the form of a cake, used as a perfume Rom. v. i. 47. rosed : rosy Tit. ii. iv. 24 thy rosed lips. rosemary : used as an emblem at funerals and weddings Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 74, Rom. n. iv. 221, 228, IV. V. 79, Ham. iv. v. 174 There's r., that's for remembrance ; indecorating dishes Per. iv. vi. 165. roted: learnt by rote Cor. in. ii. 55 (Ffroatrd). rothert: ox Tim. iv. iii. 12 It is the pasture lards the rolher's sides (Ff Brothers). rotten: applied to unwholesome vapour, dc. Cor. II. iii. 35 r. dews, in. iii. 119 reek of the r. fens, Tim. IV. iii. 2 R. humidity, Lucr. 778 r. damps, Sonn. xxxiv. 4 their (clouds] rotten smoke. rough-hew: to shape roughly Ham. v. ii. 11. round sb. (1 an Eliz. use) 1 this mortal round, the earth Ven. 368. 2 circle, circlet Wiv. rv. iv. 52, Mac. i. v. 29 the golden round ( = crown), iv. i. 88. 3 circular movement Compl. 109 ; circular dance MXD. n. i. 140, Mac. iv. i. 1.30. 4 roundabout way MND. in. i. 112*. round adj. : 1 (of a sum of money) large, considerable Mer.V. i. iii. 104, H8 v. iv. 86 round fines. 2 plain, straightforward 0th. i. iii. 90 a round unvarnish'd tale. 3 plain-spoken, not mincing matters Tw.N. n. iii. 104, H5 IV. i. 219 Your reproof is something ton r.. Ham. in. i. 192, Lr. i. iv. 58 he ansirend me in the roundest manner, he would not. round adv.: straightforwardly Ham. n. ii. 1.39. BOUND - round vb.' (^ peculiar to S.) [n -ilee}!. 1 to finish off Tp. iv. i .158 our little life Is r-ed witit 2 to surround, encircle, encompass MND. iv. i. 57, All'sW. I. iii. 160, R:J in. ii. I'il Hit liollow civint Tlidt r-.i the mortal ttiitjitis of a tiiwj, K:i iv. i. 5y. 3 to liem in Troii. i. iii. 196. 4 to become spherical Wint. ii. i. 16 ; cf. round- 7comh(d Lr. i. i. 14. „ „ , , round vb.-: to whisper Wint. I. ii. 217, John ii. i. 566 roundtd in the ear. roundel: round dance MXD. ii. ii. 1. roundly : 1 completely, thoroughly 2H4 irr. Ii. 21. 2 plainly, outspokenly, unceremoniously Slir. i. ii. 59, III. ii. 217, &c. 3 without circumlocution or beating about the bush, straight AYL. v. iii. 12, 1H4 i. ii. 24, Troil. mi. ii. 161. {thy head. 4 glibly R2 ii. i. 122* This tongue that riinf: nor. in roundure : circuit, enclosure John ii. i. 259 the r. of your old-fac'd walls (Ff rounder ; cf. ivafter= waftnre). 1| Cf. kondure. rouse sb. (prob. arose from phr. ' drink carouse ', apprehended as ' drink a rouse ') 1 full draught of liquor, bumper Ham. i. ii. 127 the kiny's r., i. iv. 8 takes his r., 0th. ii. iii. 68 they have (jiven me a r. already — Good faith, a little one. 2 carouse, drinking-bout Ham. ii. i. 58. rouse vb. : 1 to cause (an animal) to rise from bis lair 1H4 i. iii. 198 To r. a lion, Tit. ii. ii. 21 / have dons . . . ^Ylll r. the proudest panther. Yen. 240 ; fig. R2 ii. iii. 128 To r. his lerowjs and chase them tothebay, .3H6 v. i.6.5. 2 to raise 2H4 iv. i. 118 Being mounted and both r-d in their seats ; reli. H5 i. ii. 275, iv. iii. 43 yVill stand a tip-toe . . . And r. him, Ant. v. ii. 286, Lucr. 541. 3 to rise up, stand on end Mac. v. v. 12. 4 intr. to wake up Mac. iii. ii. 53 night's black agents to their preys do rouse. rout (the sense of 'disorderly flight' is not pre-Eliz.) 1 disorderly or disreputable crowd 2H4 iv. i. 33, ) v. ii. 9 a rout of rebels, 1H6 iv. i. 173. 2 the (.common) rout, the common herd, the rabble Err. HI. i. 101 the common »•., Shr. iii. ii. 184 after vie . . , the rout is coming, Caes. i. ii. 78. 3 riot, uproar Otli. ii. iii. 212. row: (?) stanza Ham. ii. ii. 447 [4.38] The first row of the pious chanson. [royal sb.: gold coin value lOshillings; onlyalluded to in puns All'sW. ii. i. 75 (?), R2 v. v. 57, 1H4 i. ii. 156, II. iv. 325 ; see face-koyal.] royal adj. (the senses of ' belonging to, originating from, connected with, proceeding from a king or sovereign ', ' of the rank of a sovereign ' are freq. ; sometimes applied to dukes) 1 of or consisting of a sovereign or sovereigns John II. i. 347 add a r. number to the dead, H5 v. ii. 27 this . . . r. interview ; also H8 i. iv. 86 My r. choice ( = el»oice of a king), Mac. i. iii. 56 }•. hope (-pro- spect of kingship). 2 (devoted) to the king 2H4 iv. i. 193 our r. faiths, H8 IV. i. 8 their royal minds. 3 performed by kings, Johnm. i. 235 //(/.vr. bargain; appointed by a sovereign H8 ii.iv.64 this r. session. 4 (of things) magnificent, splendid Tp. v. i. 237 Our r ,v/i//), Tw.N. II. iii. 190 Sport r., H8 i. i. 42, IV. i. 37 A r. train, Tim. iii. vi. 56 Ii. cheer, Ant. iv. viii. .35 which promises royal peril. 5 (of persons, tlieir character, &c.) noble, maicstic, generous, munificent AYL. iv. iii. 119 r. disposi- tion, H.') IV. viii. lOr, (( r. fellowship of death, (;a\s. III. I. 127 Ciesar teas might ij, hold, r., and loiitig, Lr. v. iii. 178. l!si, —RULE 6 powerful and wealthy as a king Mer.Y. iii. ii. 240 Hiat royal merchant, iv. i. 29. royalty (most of the foil, uses are obs.) 1 personality ofasovereign, royal person, (his, your) majesty Wint. i. ii. 15, John v. li. 129, Ant. i. iii. 91, (Jym. V. v. 39. 2 sovereignty (of a state) R3 in. iv. 40. 3 royal persons, royal family H5 v. ii. 5, Mac. iv. iii. 155 the succeeding royalty. 4 kingly character Mac. in. i. 50, Cym. iv. ii. 178. 6 emblem of sovereignty, crown John iv. ii. 5, 1H4 IV. iii. 55, R3 v. iv. 17 [v. 4J ; pi. prerogatives and rights of a sovereign Tp. i. ii. 110 temporal royalties, John II. i. 176 dominations, royalties, and righti Of this oppressed boy; of a noble K2 ii. i. 191. roynish: scurvy, coarse AYL. ii. ii. 8. rub sb. (3 not pre-S.) 1 in l)owls, an obstacle by which a bowl is hindered in or diverted from its proper course (tig.) R2 in. iv. 4. 2 obstacle (physical or otherwise) Johnm. iv. 128 each dust, each straw, each little rub, H5 ii. ii. 188, Cor. in. i. 59 this . . . rub, laid. . . I' the plain way of his merit, Ham. in. i. 65 ay, there's the rub. 3 unevenness, inequality Mac", in. i. 134. rubvb.t in bowls, to encounter an obstacle (allusive- ly) LLL. IV. i. 143 challenge her to bowl.— I fair too much rubbing, Troil. ill. ii. 50 r. on, and kiss the mistress. rubious (S. coinage) : ruby-colonred Tw.N. i. iv. 32. ruby: red i>imple on the face Err. in. ii. 1.39. ruddock: robin Cym. iv. ii. 224 (Ff It■., in a state of disorder or revolt lH4iv. iii. 3y ;— oi such )■., so far in order Mer.V. iv. i. 178. 3 conduct, behaviour Tw.N. ii. iii. 133. Tunimage (mod. eild.) : see homage. rumour: talk or report (o/a person) 1H6 ii. iii. 7. rump-fed* : (a) fed on oltal, (b) lat-rumped, (c) fed on the best joints, pampered Mac. i. iii. 0 the >: yonyoH. run : to ride on liorseback rapidly 1 H-t ii. iv. 382 that runs o' horseback up a hill perpindicittar ; transf. Tp. T. ii. 254 To run upon the shurp wind of the north. rnnagfate (later form of ' renegade ') 1 deserter Cym. i. vi. 137 thut rumujate to your bed. 2 vagabond R3 ir; iv. 465, Rom. iii. v. 90 that same Ui)iishcd runagate, Cym. iv. ii. 62. riinaway : vagabond, ' runagate ' K3 v. iii. 317 taya- toiids, rasc'. laio, the alleged fundamental law of the French monarchy, by whicli females were ex- cluded from the succession to the crown H5 i. ii. 91; S. /((Hrf, = Latin 'terra Salica' (a term of which the meaning is disputed), alleged to mean France, H5 r. ii. 40 Winch Salique land the French nnjustly gloze To be the realm of France (cf. Hall's Chronicle, ' They say that Pharamond made the law for the land Salieque, which the glose calleth Fraunce '). sallet' : a prevalent Eliz. foi-m of salad' 2H6 rv. X. 9 ; used asa typeof (1) a mixture All'sW. iv. v. 18 she was the swett-inarjorain of the s.; (2) Some- thing tasty Ham. 11. ii. 471 [402] no s-s in the lines to make the matter sacoury. sallet^: in mediaeval armour, a light round head- piece 2H6 IV. X. 1:!. salt sb.: applied to tears from their bitter saline taste John v. vii. 45, Cor. v. v. [vi.] 93 drops of salt, Ham. I. ii. 154, Lr. iv. vi. 200 a man of salt (i. e. melting to tears). salt ad.j.i (freq. epithet of the sea and tears) 1 living in the sea Wiv. i. i. 22 the salt fish. 2 fig. bitter Troil i. iii. 371 salt scorn. salt adj.': lecherous, wanton Meas. v. i. 402 Wliose s. imagination, Tim. iv. iii. 85 thy s. hours, 0th. 11. i. 246 his s. and most hidden loose affection, iii. iii. 405, Ant. II. i. 21. ^ Orig. 'to go'assaut ' = to be in heat. [rogue. salt-'butter : attrib. (?) = ' rank ' Wiv. n. ii. i95 s. Saltier : blunder for ' Satyr' Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 336. saltne3S : (?) 'rankness' 2H4 i. ii. 113. salt rheum : irritating discharge of mucus from the nose, a running cold Err. iii. ii. 132, 0th. iii. iv. 52 I have a salt and sorry rlieum offends nie. salt-sea : attrib. in Mac. iv. i. 24 the . . . s. sliark. salutation (2 only S.; cf. salute) 1 used elliptically LLL. v. i. 38 Most military sir, .v., AYL. V. iv. 39. 2 give s. to, to affect (S.) Sonn. cxxi. 6 Give s. to my sportive blood. salute: to come in contact with John 11. i. 590 When Ins fair angels would s. mijpnlm; to all'ect or act upon H8 II. iii. 103 If this salute my blood a jot. sample : example Cym. i. i. 48 A s. to the youngest. sanctified : 1 consecrated, hallowed, holy All'sW. i. i. 154 buried . . . out of all s. limit, Otli. in. iv. 125 ertry spirit sanctified, Compl. 233 a mm. Or sis/tr sanctifitd. 2 sanctimonious AYL. 11. iii. 13 s. and liulg traitors, Ham. I. iii. V.iO sanrtified and pious bawilsf. sanctify (2 not post-S.) 1 to consecrate (a person) 2H4 iv. v. W^drop^ofbalm to sanctify thy liead. 2 to honour as holy, reverence All'sW. i. i. 110, in. iv. 11 His name with . . . fervour sanctify. 3 to impart a blessing or virtue to, sanction All'sW. I. iii. 253 his good receipt Shall . . . be sanctified liy the luckiest stars in heaven ; to give a sanctity to Troil. III. ii. 190. sanctimonious : sacred Tp. iv. i. 16. sanctimony : lioliness, sanctity All'sW. iv. iii. 59, Troil. v. ii. Vii If s. be the gods' delight ; pi. sacred things Tioil. v.ii. 136 if vows be sanctimonies (Q). sanctiiarize (not pre-S.) : to atfonl sanctuary to Ham. IV. vii. 127 Xo place . . . should murder s. sanctiiary : break s., to violate the right of a sanc- tuary K3 III. i. 47 Vou break not s. in seizniij him ; — .s. mt n, ihildren, those who have taken refuse in a privilimd place of protection R3 in. i. 55, 56. sandal shoon : shoes Ham. iv. v. 26 (from an old ballad). sandblind : half-blind Mer.V. n. ii. 37. sanded : of a sandy colour MND. iv. i. 126. sandy : ,v. huur-i/lass, sand-,t;lass, hour-glass Mer.V, I. i. 25; so siilidg hour 1H6 iv. ii. 36. sang'iiine: red 1114 ii. iv. 272 (red-faced), 1H6 iv. i. 92, Tit. IV. ii. 98, Cym. v. v. 365. sans: without LLL. v. ii. 416 sans crack or flaw, AYL. II. vii. 160 Suits teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. Ham. in. iv. 79. sap: juice, fluid (fig.) H8 1. i. 148 If with the sap of reason you ivotild quench . . . the fire of passion ; — there's sap in . . ., there is life or promise in . • . Wint. IV. iii. [iv.]578, Ant. ni. xi. [xiii.] 191. sarpego : see serpigo. sarsenet, sarcenet : fine soft silk material ; only attrib. Troil. v. i. 36 green s. flap for a sore eye; fig. = Soft 1H4 III. i. 255 [thou] gn'st such s. surely for thy oaths. satire : satirist Sonn. c. 11 [J/hsc] , ..leas, to deceiy. satisfaction: m heavy s., in sorrowful acceptance of the truth All'sW. v. iii. 100. Saturn : the most remote of the seven planetsknown to ancient astronomy, supposed to cause coldness, sluggishness and gloominess of temperament in those born under its influence Ado i. iii. 12, Tit. II. iii. 31 ; the same qualities were attributed to the ancient Italic god after whom the planet was named Cym. 11. v. 12, Sonn. xeviii. 4 heavy S. sauce (1 'pay sauce' was an old phr.=pay dearly.) 1 to make (a person) pay dearly Wiv. iv. iii. 10 I'll make them pay ; I'll sauce them. 2 to rebuke smartly AYL. in. v. 69 Fll s. her nith hitter words. savicer: dish used to receive the blood in blood- letting LLL. IV. iii. 98 A fever in your blood .' why, then incision Woulel let her oiU in saucers. saucy (in S.'s time often an epithet of more serious Condemnation than at present with ref. to inso- lence or impertinence of behaviour) 1 higlily-seasoned, piquant (fig.) Tw.N. in. iv. 101 there's vinegar anil pepper in't [a letter].— /»'/ so saucy ?. 2 wanton, lascivious Meas. 11. iv. 46 Tlieir s. sweet- ness, All'sW. IV. iv. 23 ,s-. trusting of the cozen'd thoughts Ikfiles the pitchy night, Cym. i. vi. 151 A s, stranger m his gourt to marl As in a Homish stew. SAVAGZ: - 189 SCANT 3 fof a boat) rashly venturing, presumptuous Troil. I, iii. 42 the snncy boat, Sonn. Ixxx. 7. savage (not pre-S. in sense 'uncivilized') 1 wild, untamed Ado i. i. 271 [263J the s. bull, Mer. V. V. i. 78 unhiindled colts . . . Their s. eyes tiini'd to a modest giize, AYL. li. vi. 7 «nythiii(/ s. ( = any wild animal). 2 (of demeanour, noise, &c.) wild, ungoverned Ado IV. i. bl llidt ruge m s. senstudity, Wint. iii. iii. 55 A s. clnmottr, Tioil. ll. iii. 136 the s. stranyeness he puts on. savagery: wild vegetation (S.) H5 v. ii. 47. save vb. (1 in old edd. often 'snte ; 3 common 17th cent, plirase) 1 s.. short for God s. (which is freq.) Gent. i. i. 70, Lr. II. i. 1 SiifC thee. 2 to spare (a person's life), allow to live 2H6 iv. vii. 123, Caes. v. iii. 38, Lr. v. iii. 153, Cym. ii. iii. 76 miikes the true mntt kili'd and sates the thief. 3 s. (a person's) longing, to anticipate and so prevent it Tim. I. i. 261. save prep, and conj. (.«. /or = ' but for ' not pre-S.) 1 followed by a pronoun in the nominative Tw.N. in. i. 174 save I alone, Ca?s. iii. ii. 67, v. v. 6J sate only he ; in tlie accusative Tim. iv. iii. 509 all, ,«(!'« thee, I fell with curses. 2 .«. that, were it not that Sonn. Ixvi. 14 Sate that, to die, I leave my love alone. saving prep. (2 see reverence) 1 except John i. i. 2ul. 2 witliout prejudice or offence to, with all respect to Err. IV. i. 27 8. your merry humour, Shr. ii. i. 71 S. your tnle, H8 ii. iii. 31 S. your mincing ; — s. (your) manhood, 2H4 ii. i. 31, H5 iv. viii. 34. savour sb. (2 rare) 1 .smell, pei-fume Tp. ll. ii. 55 the .i. of far, Shr. In]. say sb.>: cloth of fine texture resembling serge 2H6 IV. vii. 27 (punning). say sb.-: usu. taken as the aphetic fomi of 'assay', and = smack, flavour, or proof, sample Lr. v. iii. 145 And that thy tongue some say of breeding breathes ; but F) has {some say) in brackets. say vb.' (3 cf. the vulgar ' Now you're talking ') 1 / have said, (i) I have finished speaking, I have spoken my mind John il. i. 2.35 When I have said, make answer to us both. Ant. in. ii. 34 ; (ii) I have spoken decisively H8 v. i. 86 I have said. Begone ; (iii) It is as I have said, That is so Mac. iv. iii. 213 My wife kili'd too?— I have said, Ant. i. ii. 60;— You have said. What you say is true Gent. ii. iv. 29, Tw.N. III. i. 12, 0th. iv. ii. 204, Ant. ii. vi. 110 ;— Say you ?, What is that you say ? Meas. v. i. 270, Ham. IV. V. 28, 0th. iii. iv. 82, Cjni. il. i. 28 (after an aside), iv. ii. 379 ; — How . scarf id bark. scarlet: clothed in .scarlet (the cardinal's colour) IHt) I. iii. 56 out, s. hijpocrite .', H8 iii. ii. 256 Thou scarlet sin (cf. CARDINAL). scarre : hitherto unexplained All'sW. iv. ii. 38 (many conj.). scatlie m1). : harm 2H6 ii. iv. 62 ; phr. do s. John ii. i. ?:>, R3 I. iii. 317, Tit. v. i. 7. scathe vb. (once) : to injure Rom. i.v. 88 (Fiscath). scatheful: harmful Tw.N. v. i. 60 (Fi scathfull). scatter'd: distracted Lr. in. i. 31 this s, kinydom : stray AYL. in. v. 104 loose now and then A s. smile. scene : represent.ation of a piece on the stage, dramatic performance, play or drama Wiv. iv. vi. 17 wherein fat F(dstaff flath ayreats.. AYL. n. vii. 138 the s. Whfrdn iri jilhr. yire, have s. = give, have free play, liberty or opportunity) 1 end in view, object, aim R2 ill. iii. 112 Hiscominy hither hath no furthers. Than . . . , 1H4 in. i. 17o He . . . curbs himself even ofhisnatural s.. Ham. in. ii. 231, Sonn. Ixi. 8 me, The s. and tenoiir oftliy Jealousy ; phr. to .«., to the purpose Tim. i. i. 73. 2 licence Meas. i. ii. 136 every s. by the immoderate use Turns to restraint. 3 s. of nature, 'circumstance witliin the limits of nature's operations, natural etl'ecf (Aldis U'right) John III. iv. 1.54. scorch: toslash witha knife Mac. in. ii. 13 VTehare sairch'dthe snake, not kill'd it (Theobald scolch'df). score sb. : 1 notch cut in a stick or tally used in keeping ac- counts 2H6iv. vii. 39. 2 account kept by means of tallies or marks on a door, &c.; on the s., in debt Shr. Ind. ii. 25 I am not fourteen pence on the score. score vb. : 0th. iv. i. 128* scored me, (a) made my reckoning, (b) branded me, scorn sb. : 1 derisive utterance or gesture, taunt, insult LLL. V. ii. 873 if sicklij ears , . . Will hear your idle s-s, lH6n. iv. 77, Ham. in. i. 10 bear the whips and s-s of time, 0th. iv. i. 83 the gibes, and notable scorns. 2 object of mockery or contempt Err. iv. iv. 105 To make a loathsome abject s. of me, LLL. i. i. 307, 1H6 IV. vi. 49 To be shame's scorn, Tit. i. i. 265. 3 phr. take or think s. (witli infin.), to regard as dis- graceful, disdain, despise LLL. i. ii. 68 / think s. to siijh, AYL. IV. ii. 13, 1H6 iv. iv. 35 take foul s. to fawn on him, 2H6 iv. ii. 14 ; Cym. iv. iv. 53 thinks scorn ( = despises everything else). scorn vb. (1 and 2 are the orig. senses) 1 intr. to mock or jeer {at a person) LLL. rv. iii. 147 How will he scorn !, AYL. in. v. 131, John I. i. 228 why s-'st thou at Sir Robert 1, Rom. I. v. 61. 2 trans, to ridicule, mock, deride Err. iv. iv. 76 taunt, and s. me, Mer.V. m. i. 00 mocked at my gains, s-ed my nation. Cor. II. iii. 230, Ca'S. j. ii. 205. scornful : regarded with scorn Lucr. 520 The s. mark of every open eye. scot and lot : used fig. to express paying a person out thcjrouglily 1H4 v. iv. 115 or that hot terma- gant Scot had paid me scotand lot too. SCOTCH - 191 SEASON scotch sb. : cut, gash Ant. iv. vii. lu. scotch vb.: to cut, score, gash Cor. iv. v. 198 he s-id him and notched him like a carbonado. % See also SCORCH. scour: to remove, get rid of 1H4 iii. ii. 137 Which, irash'd away, shall s. my shame iiilh it, H.5 I. i. 34 s-iiiy faults. TJ InHSii. \. dO If you yrow foul icilh me . . . I will s. you with my rapier there is app. an alhision to a current sense ot ' beat, punish '. scouring' : hurrying along Tim. v. ii. 15. [196. scout vb.' (once) : to keep a look-out Tw.N. ui. iv. scout vb.= (once) : to deride Tp. m. ii. 133. scrape: to erase (writing) witli a knife Meas. i. ii. 9 scraped one [commandment] out of the iahle ; fig. Wiv.iv. ii. 234 to s. the figures out of your husband s brains. scraping': savhig, parsimonious R2 v. iii. 69. scribe : penman, writer Gent. ii. i. 1.50, Tit. ir. iv.4. scrimer iS.) : fencer Ham. iv. vii. 100. scrip : piece of paper written upon MND. i. ii. 3 ai(orili)i(/ to the scrip. scrippage (S. coinage) : contents of a scrip (or shei'lierd's pouch) ; only in scrip and .?., modelled on hay aiul baijgaye in AYL. ili. ii. 172. scripture: pi. writings Oym. in. iv. 83. scritch, scritch-owl : early forms of 'screech', ' screech-owl ' MND. v. ii. 6 [i. 383] (Ff Q2). scrivener : 1 professional scribe R3 in. vi. stage dir. 2 notary or drawer-up of contracts Shr. iv. iv. h'K Ecrowl : (?) a form of ' scrawl ', to gesticulate, with a play on ' scroll ', to write down Tit. 11. iv. U Sa , how with signs and tokens she ran scroirl. scroyle (not pre-S.) : scoundrel, wretch John 11. i. :!73 these scroyles of Angu rs jiunt you. scriibbed (not pre-S.) : 'stunted Mer.V. v. i. 162. scruple: make s. of, (1) to stick at Ti-oil. iv. i. 56 A'o? making any s. of her soilure ; (2) to hesitate to believe or admit, to doubt 2H4 i. ii. 150 the wise may make somedram of a s., or . . . a s. itself, Cym. V. V. 183 7. . . Made scruple of his praise. scrupulous: cautious or hesitating in taking action Ant. i. iii. 48. scul(l) : see school sb.^ scullion : domestic servant of the lowest rank who performed the menial duties of the kitchen 2H4 II. i. 67, Ham. 11. ii. 624 [6161. [-t*^- scuse : aphetic form of ' excuse ', e.g. Mer. V. 1 v. i. scvit: tail of a deer "Wiv. v. v. 2fi. scythe: tomow down (fig.) Conipl. 12. [223. 'sdeath (once) : an oath ( = 'God's death') Cor. i. i. sea (the foil, are special uses) 1 used to typify water as one of the ' elements ' Err. II. i. 17, Ham. i. i. 153 Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air, Pei-. i. iv. 34. 2 pi. used -sing. freq. ; occas. even for a definite stretch of water Mer.V. 11. viii. 28 the narrow seas that part The French and English, Shr. I. ii. 74 the swelling Adriatic sens. 3 phr. at the sen=a.t sea Per. i. iii. 29, v. iii. 47 ; to S(as = to sea Per. 11. Gower 27 (rhyme ease). sea-bank: sea-shore Mer.V. v. i. 11, 0th. iv. i. 136. sea-boy : ship's boy 2H4 111. i. 27 the wet sea-boy. sea-cap : sailor's cap Tw.N. iii. iv. 367. sea-coal: mineral coal (as distinguished from charcoal) Wiv. i. iv. 9, 2H4 11. i. 98. seal sb. : 1 something which authenticates, attests or con- firms a covenant or undertaking, final addition which completes and secures Meas. iv. i. 7 my kisses . . . S-s of lore, MND. iii. ii. 144, H5 iv. i. 174, Troil. IV. iv. 122 ; pi. Ham. iil. ii. 424 [417] To giie them seals (,=to confirm them by making word.s into deeds). 2 token, sign (of a thing) All'sW. i. iii. HO, 0th. II. iii. 353 All seals and symbols of redituud sin, Lucr. 941. seal vb. (.V. one's lips, mouth are not pre-S. ; also s. one's eyes, for wliich see also seel) 1 intr. to set one's seal (to something) Mer.V. i. iii. 153, Tw.N. II. V. 105, 1H4 in. i. 269, Ven. 512 ; s. under for, to become suretj'for Mer.V. i. ii. 88. 2 to bring to completion or conclusion Tim. v. iv. 54 till we Have s-'d thy full disire. Ham. iv. iii. 59 s-'d and done ; absol. Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 49 s. then, and all is done. 3 .«. up, (i) to confirm fully 2H4 iv. v. 102 Tliouhast seal d lip my expectation; (ii) to complete IH61. i. 130 the conquest fully. . . s-'d tip; (iii) to make up (ones mind) finally AYL. iv. iii. 59. sealed quarts : quart measures officially marked with a stamp as a guarantee of accurate size Shr. Ind. ii. 90. sea-like': (a) likely to keep the sea, (b) in sea-going trim Ant. in. xi. [xiii]. 171 [ships|/ff/, threat'ning most sea-like. sealing-day: day of contract MND. i. i. 84. seal manual : app. alteration of the ordinary phr. 'sign nuuiual' Ven. 516 6V< thy s. on my nax-rid lips. % Cf. MANUAL SEAL. seam: fat, grease Troil. 11. iii. 19" bastes his arrogance with his OHii seam. ^ Cf. exseamed. sea-maid : mermaidMeas. in. ii. 117, MND. n. i. 154. sea-mallti -mel(l)t: sea-gull, se.a-inewTp. 11. ii. 185 I176J {F( Saniifls). seamy (not pre-S.) : the s. side without, the worst side outside 0th. iv. ii. 146. sear sb. (Mac. v. iii. 23) : see sere. sear vb. : 1 to dry up, cause to wither, blight Cym. I. i. 116. 2 tobrand All'sW. II. i. 176 my maiden's name Heard otherwise, Wint. 11. i. 72 calumny will .swr Virtue itself. 3 to liurn, scorch 3H6 v. vi. 23, R3 iv. i. 60 s. me to the brain, Mac. n^ i. 113. search sb.: search-party (S.) 0th. i. i. 1.59. search vb. (1 now only used with ' out ') 1 to seek for Cym. v. v. 11 he hath been searrh'd among the dead and liiint/. 2 to probe (a wound) Gent. i. ii. 113, AYL. 11. iv. 4.1, Tit. II. iii. 262 ; absol. Troil. 11. ii. 16 the tent thai searches To the bottom of the worst. 3 to penetrate (lit. and fig.) LLL. i. i. 85 the henren's glorious sun. That will not be deep s-'d with saucy looks, Cses. v. iii. 42 tcith this good sword . , . s. this bosom. searcher : official appointed to view dead bodies and report on the cause of death Koni. v. ii. 8. searching : (of words) cutting, trenchant 2H6 in. ii. nil bitter s. terms ; (of wine) stirring or exciting the blood •2H4 II. iv. 30. seared: withered, blighted Meas. n. iv. 9 sear'd-^ and tedmis, Cym. 11. iv. 6 sear'd hopes, Compl. 14 seiir'd age. sea-rooni : the open sea Per. in. i. 45. sea-sick : weary of the sea Rom. v. iii. 118 thy s, iriary bark. season sb. (the sense of 'time ' is freq.) 1 of (the) s., in season Wiv. in. iii. 169 btick ; and of the s. too, Meas. 11. ii. 85 kill the fowl of s.; — of s,, befitting the time of year, seasonable AU'sW. v. iii. 32 a day of s. ;—to s., when opportunity presents itself Err. iv. ii. 58 ;— of such a s., of such an age Cym. in. iv. 175. 2 spell of bad weather Lr. in. iv. 32. 3 that which keeps things fresh (fig.), preservative, 'seasoning' Ado iv. i. 144 s. give To her foul-tainted flesh, Mac. iii. iv. 141 the s. of all natures, .'sleep. SEASON - 192 — SEEMZNG season vb. (5 a rare use) 1 to mature Tim. iv. iii. 85, Ham. i. iii. 81 mij hUsfiinff s. this in thee, in. ii. 221, iii. 8G // and s-dfor his passage. 2 to add salt to, as seasoning or a preservative ; fig. to give a spiie, relisli, or zest to Troil. i. ii. 276 the spice and salt that s. a nian, Cyni. I. vi. 9 tliose . . . that have their honest mills, Which s-s comfort ; said of tlie effect of tears All'sW. l. 1. 66, Rom. ii. iii. 72, Lucr. 796. [vii. 148. 3 to give a pleasing ' savour ' Mer.V. v. i. 107, R3 iii. 4 to temper, qualify Mer.V. rv. i. 197 Wlien mercy s-s justice. Ham. i. ii. 192 S. ynnr admiration, li.i.2S. 5 to cratify (the palate) Mer.V. iv. i. 97. [iii. 6:r. seasoned : (a) matured, (b) made palatable Cor. in. seat sb. (tlie sense of ' throne ' is freq. in tlie hi.s- toriral plays, e.g. R2 in. ii. 119) 1 estate Mer.V. I. i. 172, 1H4 v. i. 45, H5 ill. v. 47, Cym. v. iv. 60. [seat. 2 situation, site Mae. I. vi. \ This cnstlehatli a pleasant seat vb. : to settle H5 i. ii. 62. seated (1 in the historical plays) 1 on the throne 3H6 ni. i. 96, R3iv. ii. 4. 2 firmly fixed Mac. i. iii. 136 my seated heart. 3 situated Lucr. 1144 seatoi /row the way. second sb. : 1 supporter Tp. in. iii. 103, Cor. i. iv. 43, viii. 16, Lr. IV. vi. 199 No s-s? All myself?, Cym. v. iii. 90; (of a thing) Ham. iv. vii. 153. [cxxv. 11*. 2 pi. (a) inferior matter, (b) inferior rivals Sonn. second adj. (2 is peculiar to S.) 1 secondary, subordinate lH4i. iii. \6hhases. means, 2H4 V. ii. 90, Troil. it. iii. 150. 2 lending support AVint. ii. iii. 21 he second to me. second vb. : to follow up Cym. v. i. 14. secondary : subordinate Meas. i. i. 46 thy s., John v. ii. 80 To be a secondary at control. secret sb. : marks of s., secret marks Cym. v. v. 207. secret adj. (Lr. iii. i. 32 haves, feet In — have landed secretly at) 1 belongingpeculiarly tooneself, private Tw.N'.i.iv 14 my s. soul, R3 in. v. 21 her s. thoughts, Ham. n. ii. 243 the secret parts. 2 mysterious, occult Tp. i. ii. 77 rapi in s. studies, 3H6 IV. vi. 68 s. powers, Mac. iv. i. 48 s., hlnck, and midnight liags, Sonn. xv. 4 the stars in s. influence. 3 keeping counsel, not revealing secrets Gent. iii. i. 60, Ado I. i. 220 [212] s, as a dumb man, Cses. ii. i. 125 H'hat other bond Than secret Romans . , .? . 4 s. to, having the confidence of (a person), in close intimacy with Shr. i. i. 157 That art to me as s. (Old (IS dear . . ., Rom. I. i. 154 to himself so s, and so close. sect (in 0th. I. iii. 337 ? a misprint for sett : see set sb. 4) 1 party, faction Tim. iii. v. 30 sects aiid factions, Lr. v. iii. 18 jtaclcs and sects of great ones. 2 class (of people), rank Meas. ll. ii. 5 All sects, all ages ; (?) in Ham. I. iii. 26 (Ff) m his peculiar Sect and force {Qq particular act and place) ; app. 'with ref. to sex 2H4 ii. i v. 40 So is all her sect. sectary : s. astronomiccd, student of astrology Lr. i. ii. 169. secure adj. (1 as freq. as the sense 'safe'; s. of= safe from Tit. ii. i. 3 ; stressed like entire) 1 free from care or apprehension, confident, over- confident, unsuspicious Wiv. ii. i. 240 Though Page be a s. fool, R2 V. iii. 43 secu're, foolhardy king. Ham. i. v. 61 Upon my se'cure hour thy uncle stole, 0th. III. iii. 198 not jealous nor secu're, iv. i. 72 To lip a wanton in n se'cure couch. 2 safe Iroin doing harm 1H6 I. iv. 49 In iron icalls they (li(i)i'il me not secure. 3 as adv. 1H4 i. ii. 144 ue may do it as s, as sleep. secure vb. : 1 to give confidence or a sense of .safety to, make careless Tim. li. ii. 186 .5. thy heart, L"r. iv. i. 20 Our means s. its ; refl. 0th. i. iii. 10 / do not so s. me in the error. 2 to make safe, guard Tp. ii. i. 318 [310], 2H6 v. ii. 76, Ham. I. v. 113, Cym. iv. iv. 8. securely : confidently, without apprehension or suspicion of evil Wiv. ii. ii. 257, John ii. i. 374 stand s. on tlieir battlements, Troil. iv. v. 73 .s\ done. Tit. III. i. 3 whilst you securely slept. security : consciousness of safety, confidence, want of caution R2 in. ii. 34, H5 n. ii. 44, C;es. ii. iii. 8 s. gives iray to conspiracy, Mac. in. v. 32 s. Is morteds' chiefest enemy. sedgf'd : made of sedges Tp. iv. i. 129 .tcdg'd croiins. see sb.: the See, Rome, Meas. in. ii. 2.38. see vb. (in sense 3 also witli various constr. : — object and adj. 1H6 ii.v. 121, 2H6 ii. iii. 54, object and pple. Mer.V. ii. ii. 126, 170, clause Gent. i. ii. 44, MND. in. ii. 98) 1 see (way, spend in seeing H8 Prol. 12. 2 in reciprocal sense = see each other, meet H8 i. i. 2 Since last ice saw in France, Troil. iv. iv. 57 When sliall we see again ?, Cym. i. i. 1-4. 3 to attend to, provide for, 'see to' Shr. i. ii. 150 see tliat at any hand, R2 n. 1. 218 To see this busi- ness. Ant. V. ii. 366 see High order in this great solemnity. 4 s. for, to look out for Rom. v. i. 35 Let's see for means, 0th. il. i. 95 See for the news:. seeded : arrived at maturity like a plant that has done flowering and is ready to sow itself Troil. i. iii. 316 the s. pride That hatli to this mutarity bloirn up, Lucr. 603 Hoiv will fliy shame he s. in thine age. seedness (once) : sowing with seed Meas. i. iv. 42. seedsman : sower of seed Ant. n. vii. 24. seeing ! 1 faculty of sight LLL. iv. iii. 333 It addsaprecious seeing to Hit tye. 2 appearance Sonn. Ixvii. 6 And steal dead s. of his linng lute ?. seek: 's.through,to seek out,followupCym.iv.ii.l60; s. to, to approach in the way of appeal Lucr. j!93. seeking': suit, petition Cor. i. i. 194 What'stheir s.?. seel : in falconiy, to close up a hawk's eyes when it is taken by drawing the upper eyelids down with a needle and thread which is fastened under the beak ; fig. to blind Mac. in. ii. 46 .•;-/»»/ nn/ht, 0th. I. iii. 271 (Qq /o)//e.s), ni. iii. 210 To .v. ' //<>>• father's eyes up close as oak (Ff i 2 seele, Qq Ff 3 4 scale). Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 112. T] Liable to con- fusion with SEAL vb. seely : =silly 1, R2 v. v. 25 (Qq 1-4), Lucr. 1812. seemingf vbl. sb. (1 the commonest use) 1 outward form, appearance, or show Wint. rv. iii. [iv. ] 75 these keep S. and savour all the icinter long, H8 II. iv. 106 infull s. ( = to all appearance), Troil. I. iii. 157, Ham. in. ii. 92, Cym. v. v. 65 thought her like her seeming. 2 false appearance or show, hypocrisy Meas. 11. iv. 151, Ado IV. 1. 56 Out on thee! Seeming !, Lr. in. ii. 56 covert and convenient s., 0th. in. iii. 209. 3 probability Cym. v. v. 453 This hath .lome seeming. seeming" ppl. adj. (1 the commonest use) 1 that is so in appearance, apparent Mer.V. iii. ii. 100 The seeming truth, 1H4 v. ii. 34 There is no s, mercy in the king ( =-- no mercy even in appearance), Ant. II. ii. 211 A seeming mermaid. 2 specious Wiv. iir. ii. 44 the so s. Mistress Page, 3 .as adv. seemingly Ham. i. v. 46 s.-virtiious, Conipl. 327 all that borreiw'd motion s. ow'd ( = apparently possessed by him) ; becomingly AYL. v. iv. ""^ SEEN 193 - SEFARABI.E seen : well seen, versed or skilled in Slir. i. ii. 136. seetlie (see also sou, SODDEN) 1 to boil Tim. iv. iii. 4;i(j. 2 to be in hot haste Troil. m. i. 44. seething^ : boiling hot Sonn. cliii. las. hath ; fig. MND. V. i. 4 sedhhtij brums (cf. boiled). segregation: dispersal 0th. ii. i. 10. seized of: possessed of Ham. i. i. 89 {Ff om). seizure : grasp, clasp John m. i. 241, Troil. i. i. 59 /«)■ hand . . . to irhose ao/t seizure. seld ; seldom Troil. iv. v. 149 As s. I hate the chance, Cor. II. i. 232 sM-shown fiamtns. seldom adv. : s. but = it is seldom that . . . not, usually Per. iv. ii. 133 ; s. irhen = seldom that Meas. IV. ii. 89, 2H4 iv. iv. 79. self (2 only with demonstratives the, this, that) 1 of or belonging to oneself, one's own Mac. v. vii. 99 [viii. 70J s. and violent hands; cf. K2 in. ii. 166 s. and vain conceit (app. =vain self-conceit), and Mac. iii. iv. 142 My stramje and self-abuse (see SELF- 2). 2 same, selfsame Mer.V. i. 1. 149 that s. way, 3H6 III. i. 11 In this s. place, Phoeii. 38 That the s. teas not the same. 3 one s., one and the same Tw.N. i. i. 39 one s. kiny (Ff234 selfsame), Lr. iv. iii. 36. self- (in compounds) : 1 in attrib. relation = one's own, occas. one's very .self-affairs MND. I. i. 113, -bounty )■-- inherent or natural goodness) 0th. in. iii. 200, -breath ( = one's own words) Troil. ii. iii. 184, -danyer Cym. iii. iv. 149, -example ( = one's own precedent) Sonn. cxlii. 14, -mettle H8 i. i. 134, -offences Meas. iii. ii. 288 [280], -will Lucr. 707. 2 in objective relation, usu. =of oneself self-abuse ( = self-deception, see abuse sb. 2) Mac. in. iv. 142, -admission ( = self-approbation), Troil. ii. iii. 178, -affriyhted K2 ni. ii. 53, -charity ( = self-love) 0th. II. iii. 204, -comparison Mac. I. ii. 66, -expli- cation Cym. III. iv. 8, -ylorious ( = boasting of oneself) H5 v. Chor. 20, -harminy Err. li. i. 102, K2 II. ii. 3 (Qqi 2 I ife-harminy), -love H5 u. iv. 74, Lucr. 266, -loviny Cor. iv. vi. 32, Yen. 752, -neylect- ing H5 li. iv. 75, -reproving Lr. V. i. 4, -slaughter Ham. I. ii. 132, -trust Lucr. 168, -wrong Err. iii. ii. 169. 3 in adverbial relation ; (i) denoting the agent self- doing ( = committed by oneself) Sonn. Iviii. 12, -fiyur'd Cym. ii. iii. 124, -kilVd Sonn. vi. 4, -mis- it.s'rf R3 TV. iv. 377, -slaughkr'd Lucr. 1733, -snth- du'd Lr. II. ii. 129 ; (ii) to oneseU self-affected Troil. II. iii. 263, -apply Compl. 76, -cndrar'd Ado in. i. 56, -gracious All'sW. iv. v. 79 ; (iii) self-horn* = 'indigenous, liome-sprung', Clark and AVright, R2 n. iii. 80 (but some edd. -borne). 4 miscellaneous: — self-coiered* ( = having the real self concealed) Lr. iv. ii. 62, -drawing ( = drawn out of itself) H8 i. i. 63, -substantial ( = consisting of thine own self) Sonn. i. 6, -unable ( = impotent of one's own self) All'sW. in. i. 13. self- bom: (1) U2 n. iii. 80, see self- 3 ; (2) reading of Fi in Wint. iv. Chor. [i.] 8 in one s. hour ; but perhaps two words (cf. self 3) ; in any case the meaning is ' one and the self-same hour '. sell (the orig. meaning is ' to give ') 1 .v. one's life, die Mer.V. ii. vii. 67, 3H6 v. i. 74. 2 .v. (a thing) from (oneself) = to lose it John in. i. 167, Cor. I. iii. 9. seniblable: adj. similar 2H4 v. i. 72, Ant. m. iv. 3; sb. (one's) like Tim. iv. iii. 22, Ham. v. ii. 125. semblably : similarly 1H4 v. iii. 21. semblative (S.) : like, resembling Tw.N. i. iv. 34 ((// IS sdiililatne a noman's part. semi-cixcled farthingale : a petticoat, the hoop of which did not come round in front Wiv. in. iii. 68. send: to send acknowledgement of allegiance to Ant. v. ii. 29 / sind him The greatness he has got. Seneca : Roman tragedian (died a.d. 65 ) Ham. ii. ii. 428 [419]. seniory : seniority R3 iv. iv. 36 (old edd. sign-). sennet (only in stage dir.) : set of notes played on a trumpet as a signal for the approach and dejiar- ture of processions 2H6 iii. i, H8 u. iv, Cor. n. i, Mac. 111. i, Lr. i. i. sennight : week AYL. m. ii. 337, Mac. i. iii. 22 (Ff Hea' nights), Otli. n. i. 77. Senoys: Sienese All's W. i. ii. 1. sense (used as a pi. without inflexion in Mae. v. i. 28 Ff their s. are shut, Sonn. cxii. 10 ; the meanings 'fliysical perception or feeling', 'mental percep- tion, or appreliension ', 'understanding', 'feel- ing, sensibility ', ' reason, reasonableness ', ' mean- ing, import ' are the chief ; for common s. see COMMON adj. 5) 1 mental faculty, mind Tw.N. rv. i. 66, 0th. ni. iii. 375 have you a soul or s. ?, Cym. ii. ii. 11 man's o'erlahour'd sense Repairs itself by rest. 2 (one's) sensual nature, sexual desire Meas. i. iv. 59 The wanton stinys eind motions of the s., ll. ii. 169, Per. v. iii. 30 my sanctity WtU to my s. bend 110 licentious ear. 3 phr. in all s., in all reason Mer.V. v. i. 136 ; m nos., in no respect Shr. v. ii, 142; to the s., to the quick Otli. v. i. 11. senseless (2 the commonest sense) 1 having no sense (viz. of hearing), inattentive Cym. II. iii. 58*; s. of, insensible to AYL. ii. vii. 65 s. o/ the bob, Cym. i. i. 135 .v. of your wrath ; (?) regard- less Tim. n. ii. 1 senstUss of expense. 2 having no sensation, inanimate Caes. i. i. 39 yon worse than s. things. Yen. 211 cold and s. stone ; R2 III. ii. 23 my s. conjuration ( = conjuring of an in- animate thing). sensible (meaning ' full of good sense' occurs) 1 capable of phvsital feeling or perceptiim, endowed with sensibility, sensitive Tp. ii. i.181 [Hi] s. and nimble lungs, Meas. in. i. 118, Vat. iv. iv. 26 s. in nothing but blfju's, LLL. iv. ii. 28. MND. v. i. 184 The wall, . . . being s., Cor. l. iii. 95 s. as your fin- ger ; const, of 1H4 v. iv. 94, C«s. i. iii. 18. 2 involving the use of one of the senses Ham. i. i. 57 the sensible and true aiouch Of mine own eyes. 3 capable of orcxhibitingemotion, 'feeling' Mer.V. II. viii. 48 wit h affectionwondrous s., Ham.iv. v. 149 / . . . am most s. in grief for it (Ft), Lucr. 1678 3Iy woe too s.; const, o/ John in. iv. 53 s. of grief. 4 rational 0th. ii. iii. 311 To be noiv a s. man , . . and presently a beast. 5 capable of being perceived (by a sense) Mac. ii. i. 36 s. To feeling as to sight ; tangible, palpalilc, substantial Mer.V. n. ix. 89 s. regreets. To ted . . . Gifts of rich value. sensibly : 1 as a creature endowed with feeling Cor. i. iv. 53, Tit. IV. ii. 12.3. 2 feelingly, with emotion LLL. in. i. 119, Ham. iv. V. 149(Qq.2 3; ¥i sensible). sentence: sententious saying, maxim Ado ii. iii. 200 quips and s-s, Mer.V. i. ii. 11 Good s-s and well pronounced, oth. i. iii. 199, Lucr. 244 Who fears a s., or an old man's sail'. sententious : expressing much in fewwords, pilhy LLL. V. i. ',i your reasons . .. have been sharp and s., AYL. V. iv. 66 he is very swift and s. TJ In Rom. II. iv. 227 app. a blunder for ' sentences '. sentinel vb. (once) : to guard Lucr. 942. (6. separable (once) : causing separation Souii. xxxvi. SEPTENTBION — SET DOWN Septentrion (once) : iiortli 3Ht3 1. iv. 136. seqviel : in s., in due succession H5 v. ii. 361 Hit; daiujht.r first, and (lien in sequil aU. sequence: m s., one after the other Tit. iv. i. 37 Wli'J ''/'*' 'Shetip her arms in s. tlius ! ; Tim. v. i. J13 1)1 the s. of deyree, according to tlieir status. sequent sb. (pedantic) : follower LLL. iv. ii. H5. sequent adj.: 1 cousefiuent Meas. v. i. 374, Lr. i. ii. 118 ; s. to, consequent upon All's \V. ii. ii. 60, Ham. v. ii. 34. 2 following one upon another Otli. i. ii. 41 a dozen se'iuent incsfeHyen: se'questersb.(S.): seclusion, separation 0th. in. iv. 41 .1 scquesttr from liberti/. sequester vb. : to separate AYL. ir. i. Siapoor s-'d stiiii, Troil. III. iii. 8, Tit. il. iii. 7.5. sequestration: senaration, seclusion H5 i. i. 58s. From opin hnunts", 1H6 ir. v. 25, 0th. i. iii. 351. seresb.: part of a gun-lock wliichl^eepa tlieliammer at full or half cock ; only in fig. phr. ticlcle o' the ,v., ready to 'go off' at any time, yielding easily to any impulse Ham. ii. ii. 347 [337]. sere adj.: dry, withered Err. iv. ii. 19 croohd. old and .s-.;— sb. witliered state Mac. v. iii. 23 fdl'n into the s., the yellow leaf {mod. edd. sear, after Fi Scan). serg'eant: sheriffs officer Err. iv. ii. 56, H8 r. i. I'JS, Ham. V. ii. 350 this fell s., death, Is strict in A/,s iirrcst. serpent: s-s tongue, hissing MND. v. ii. 64 [i. 430]. serpig'O (Fi Sapei/o, ^appeano, Ffasi Sarmijo, F3 Serpe-, ensign, banner, standard H5 n ii. 192 the signs of war advance, Caes. v. i. 14 Their bloody sign of battle ; cf. 0th. I. i. Iblflag and siun of love. , i , . i 3 sign of the leq. sign hung over a bootmaker s shop 2H4 n. iv. 271. ^, . ^ . , 4 mere appearance or semblance (o/ something) Arto IV i m She's but the s. and semblance of her honotir, LLL. v. ii. 470, R3 iv. iv. 89 A sign of dignity, a garish flag (cf. sense 2), 0th. i. i. 158 Which is in- deed but sign. , , , . 5 (?) constellation Cj-m. i. ii. 34* she s a good sign, but I have seen small reflection of her wit. sign vb. (2 cf. note on SIGN sb.) 1 to mark H8 ii. iv. 106 You s. your place and calling . With meekness, Cks. ni. i. 206 S- d in thy spoil C=bearing tlie bloody tokens of thy slaughter); to mark out John iv. ii. 222 s-'d to do a deed of shame (? if not aphetic form of 'assigned ). 2 to bode Ant. rv. iii. 14 It signs ti'ell- . signal : sign, token H5 v. Chor. 21, 1H6 n. iv. 121. siCTiificant : to\en, sign LLL. ni. i. 137 (applied Ijombastically to a letter), 1H6 ii. iv. 2b In dumb -,(V/)»/c(U)/s. tTheadj.isnotS. . ,« „ , signior : gentleman, nobleman Mer.V. 1. 1. 10 s-s and rich burghers. SIGWOBY - 1 Siifnory (old edd. also seit/iwrtj) 1 pi. domains, estates R2 ni. i. 22, 2H4 iv. i. 111. 2 one of the states of northern Italy under the rule of princes Tp. i. ii. 71. .3 governing body of Venice Otli. i. ii. 18. silence sb.: concr. =silent one Cor. ii. i. 194. silence vb. : euphemistically for ' to keep under restraint ' 2H4 v. ii. 97, H8 1. i. 97 ; cf. put to sihnci', C»s. I. ii. 291. silent : silence 2H6 i. iv. 19 (hesiknt of the niijlit. silk : silky AYL. in. v. 46 silk hair. silken: 1 worked in silk Compl. 17 silken figures. 2 delicate, soft, effeminate LLL. v. ii. 407 s. terms, Jolin V. i. 70 A cocker'd s. wanton, H5 ii. Cher. 2 .s/7/,Y)! (hdliance, R3 i. iii. 53. silly (see the earlier form seely ; senses 2, 3, 4, 6 and that of ' footish, senseless ' are not pre-Eliz.) 1 deserving of pity, ' poor ' R2 v. v. 25 *■. bcf/gars Who sitthif/ in the stocks . . ., 2H6 I. i. 226, Lr.il. ii. 109 s. ducking observants, Lucr. 1812* s. jeering idiots. 2 helpless, defenceless (of women) Gent. rv. i. 72, 3H6 I. i. 243, (of sheep) 3H6 ii. v. 43, Yen. 1098. 3 feeble, frail 1H6 ii. iii. 22 a silli/ dwarf. 4 scanty, meagre 3H6 iii. iii. 93* threescore and two years, a silly time To make prescription for a king- dom's north. 6 unsophisticated, simple Lucr. lSi6 silly groom .'. 6 plain, simple, homely Tw.N. n. iv. 46 it iss. sooth, 1H6 IV. vii. 72, Cym. v. iii, 86 a fourth man, in a silly habit. 7 silly cheat, (?) petty thievery Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 28. silverly (not pre-S.) : with silveiy brightness John V. ii. 46. silver-sheddingf : flowing in silvery streams Gent. iir. i. 231 silrer-shcdding tears. simple sb. (common 1580-1750) 1 medicinal lierb Wiv. i. iv. 65, m. iii. 79 like Bucklersbury in s.-time (=niidsummer, the time at which apothecaries were supplied with simples), Rom. v. i. 40 Culling ofs-s, Lr. iv. iv. 14. 2 ingredient or element in a compound AYL. rv. i. 18, Ham. n^ vii. 144, Lucr. 530. simple adj. (the chief meanings are 'humble, un- pretentious', 'artless, unaffected', ' ordinaiy, undistinguished', 'plain, homely', 'insignifi- cant, feeble ', ' plain, mere ', ' of weak intellect ', ' foolish, silly ') 1 of poor or humble condition Slir. Ind. i. 135 this s. peasant, "Wint. rv. iii. [iv.] 774, Ant. v. ii. 340 A s. countryman [cf. line 232 a rural fellow] ; plir. simple though I stand here Wiv. i. i. 226. 2 uncompounded, unmixed Wiv. ni. v. 32 [sack] With eggs, sir ? — Simple of itself, Sonn. cxxv. 7 For compound sweet foregoing simple savour, Phosn.44. simpleness : 1 simplicity, innocenceMND. v. i.83, 0th. i. iii. 248. 2 integrity All'sW. i. i. 62. 3 piece of folly Rom. m. iii. 76 (Q2). simplicity : folly, silliness LLL.rv.ii.23,v.ii. 52 p)o- founds., Mer.V. i. iii. 44, Sonn. Ixvi. 11 simple truth miscall'd simplicity. simply : without addition, by itself Wiv. iii. ii. 81 let him take her s., AU'sW. iv. iii. 373 s. the thing 7aHi,Troil. in. iii. 80. simular : sb. counterfeiter Lr. ni. ii. 54 s. of virtue, (Ff; Qq s. man of virtue) ;—a(ij. counterfeited, pretended Lr. in. ii. 54 (Qq), Cym. v. v. 201 with simular proof enough. since ; (with verbs of recollection) when, the time whenM'S'D.u.i.liQThouremcmbcr'st Since once .. ., Wint. v. i.219, 2H4in. ii. 208, 2H6in. i. 9 Weknow the time since he was mild and affable. 9 -SIR sinew sb. : 1 pi. nerves Lr. iii. vi. 107, Ven. 903. 2 pi. strength Cor. v. v. [vi]. 45my s-sshall besiretch'd upon Iii III. 3 main strength orsupport, mainstay Meas. in. i. 229 the portion and s. of her fortune, 1H4 rv. iv. 17~( rated sinew, H5 i. ii. 223. sinew vb. : to join fast together as with sinews 3H6 _ II. vi. 91. sinewed: strengthened John v. vii. 88. sinfully : in the midst of his sins H5 iv. i. 157 do sinfully miscarry uiioii the sea. singing--man : man who sings in the choir of a cathedral or collegiate church 2H4 11. i. 101 a s. of Windsor. singfle (the most freq. senses are 'only one*, 'sepa- rate, solitary ', ' unmarried ' ; MND. i. i. 78 s. blessed- ness, divine blessing accorded to a life of celibacy) 1 mere 3H6 v. i. 43 whiles he thought to steal the s. ten (at cards). 2 poor, weak, feeble Tp. i. ii. 429 A s. thing (play on the meanings 'solitaiy ', 'one '), 2H4 i. ii. 210, Cor. n. i. 40* your helps are many, or else your actions would grow iiondrous single, Mac. i. iii. 140 my s. state of man, i. vi. 16* All our service . . .twice done . . . Werepoor and single business. 3 single-minded, sincere HS v. iii. 38. 4 s. bond*, bond without a condition Mer.V. i. iii. 146. single vb. : (in hunting parlance) to select (an animal) fi-om the herd to be hunted (only allu- sively) 3H6 II. iv. 1 1 have s-d thee alone. Tit. 11. i. 117 Single you thither then this dainty doe. singleness: simplicity, silliness Rom. 11. iv. 72. single-soled : fig. contemptible, mean Rom. n. iv. 71 Os.Jest!. HCf.' A threadbare or single-soled gentleman ' (Cotgr. s.v. ' Relief '). singly : 1 by a single individual Cor. 11. ii. 92 [he] cannot Be singly counttrpois'd. 2 uniquely Tim. rv. iii. 532 Thou singly honest man. singular: adj. unmatched, uniS'. have continual ploilders ever won; — m i/ie «-«(!, theslightest degree Meas. IV. ii. 178 ;— 6m s. and s., little by little R2 III. ii. 198. 5 adv. (i) in a ' small ' voice, shrilly Wiv. i. i. 49 speaks s. like a woman, MND. I. ii. 53 ; (ii) little Lucr. 1273 it small avails my mood. smart : painful 2H0 iii. ii. 325, Ham. iii. i. 50. smatch: smack, taste Cajs. v. v. 40. smatter: to chatter Rom. in. v. 172 *. wdh your gossips, go. smear : to besmiixh, befoul, sully Ado iv. i. 135 s-cd thus, and mir'd with infamy ((I smirched), 1H6 I v. vii. 3 Triumphant death, s-'d with captivity, 3H0 v. ii. 23 my glory s-'d in dust eind blood, Lucr. 945 s. with dust their . . . towers. smell: to have or emit a smell of Tp. iv. i. 190 I do smell all horse-piss, Gent. iv. iv. 22 all the chamber smelt him, Wiv. iii. ii. 72 he s-s April and May, Meas. III. ii. 198 she smelt brown bread and garlic. smile : 1 to sneer or mock at Lr. ii. ii. 87 Smile you, my speeches (Ff Qq smoile, sj)10^^«); similarly s. at Troil. V. X. 7. [face into wrinkles. 2 LLL. V. ii. 466 s-s his cheek in years— X-Axv^ha his smilet : little smile Lr. iv. iii. 21. smock : ' a Linnen innermost Garment worn by Women ' (Bailey) ; used typically for ' a woman ' AU'sW. II. i. 30, Rom. ii. iv. 112 a shirt and as. ( = a man and a woman). smoke sb. : 1 vapour, mist 1H6 ii. ii. 27 .v. and dusky vapours of the night, Mac. I. v. 52 the dunnest s. of hell, Sonn. xxxiv. 4. 2 fig. applied to a 'mist' of words, mere talk (usu. ill contexts with literal phraseology) LLL. in. i. 66, John II. i. 229, Tim. in. vi. 100, iv. iii. 143, Lucr. 1027 This helpless smoke of words i,ci. 1042-3). smoke vb. (2cf. ' to Smoke or Smell a Design ', Diet, of Canting Crew) 1 to fumigate Ado i. iii. 61, Cym. v. v. 399. 2 to unearth (a fox) by fire ; fig. to find (a person) out All'sW. III. vi. 110, IV. i. 30. [ii. i. L39. 3 s. a person's skin-coat, give him a drubbing John 4 to have a ' warm ' time of it Tit. iv. ii. 112 some of you shall smoke for if. Smolkinf : see Smulkin. smooth adj. : 1 mild, bland, ' oily ' AYL. ii. vii. 96 s. civdity, 2H6 III. i. 05 s. Puke Humphrey,Tim. in. vi. 105 smiting, smooth, detested parasites. 2 free from inequalities or asperities, pleasant 1H4 I. i. 66 s. and welcome news, 2H4 Ind. 40 s. comforts. Ant. I. iii. 100 smooth siiccess. smooth vb. : 1 to gloss over R2 i. iii. 240 To s. his fault, 3H0 in. i. 48 smooths the wrong. 2 to flatter, humour (trans, and intr.) 2H6 ii. i. 22 That s-'st it so, R3 i. iii. 48 s., deceive and cog. Tit, V. ii. 140, Lr. ii. ii. 80 smooth every passion. SMOOTHING — 202 — SOZ.DIER smoothing : flattering 2H;6 i. i. 157, Lucr. 892. smooth-pate : smooth-headed fellow 2H-t i. ii. 42 (Q amoothij-paUs). smote: pa.pple. of 'smite' Cor. iil i. 317. sniother: suffocating smoke AYL. i. ii. 304 /roiif the smoke inio the smother. smug' : neat, spruce, trim Mer.V. iii. i. 51 to come so s. upon the mart, 1H4 in. i. 103 the s. and silver Trent, Lr. iv. vi. 203 like a smuy bridegroom (Ff). Sm.iilkin : name of a fiend from Harsnet (cf. Flibbertigibbet), where it appears as Smolkinf (restored by Theobald) Lr. iii. iv. 144 (mod. edd. also Smidkingf, in coi-rection of Qq snulbtir/). snake: appliedcontemptuously toa person AYL. iv. iii. 72 a tume smike. snatch : 1 sudden or swift catch Tit. ii. i. 95. 2 smart repartee Meas. iv. ii. 6* leave me your s-es. 3 sudden check in speech C>nn. iv. ii. 105*. snatchex : freebooter H5 i. ii. 143 conrsinj s-s (Qq sneakers). sneak-cup: (?) one who sliiiks his liquor 1H4 iii. iii. 98. sneap sb. : rebuke, snub 2H4 ii. i. 137. sneap vb. (only in pples.) : to nip or pinch with cold LLL. I. i. 100 s-inr/ frost, Wint. i. ii. 13 s-inr/ iiinds, Lucr. 333 sneaped birds. sneck up: go hang! Tw.N. ii. iii. 103. ^ Other Eliz. forms are ' snick up ', ' sneik up'. snipe : fool 0th. i. iii. 3i)l. ^ Cf. woodcock. snipt-taffeta : wearing slashed garments of taffeta All'sW. IV. V. 2. snort: to snore 1H4 ii. iv. 586 [578] fast asleep . . . and s-iny like a horse, 0th. i. i. 90 Awake the s-iwj citizens. ^ An Eliz. sense. snnif : huff, resentment, taking offence Lr. iii. i. 26 i^-s and packings of the diikes : plir. in s. 1H4 i. iii. 41 Who thenirithanf/rij . . . Took it in s.\ (witli play on the word meaning ' burning candle-wick') LLL. V. ii. 22 You'll mar the light by taking it in s., MXD. V. i. 256. SO (the following are obs. or arch, meanings ; see also EVEX, HOW, WHY -, 3 and 5 occur only once) 1 in ellipt. constr., qualifying an adj.=be he or it never so . . ., however . . . Meas. in. ii. 202 What king so strong Can . . .?, Shr. v. ii. 145 none so dry . , , Will deign to sip. Ham. iv. vii. 143 no cata- plasm so rare . . . can save the thing from death. 2 so many, the same number (of) All'sW. iv. iii. 185 Spuria, a hundred and Jifty ; Sebastian, so many, Wint. V. iii. 51. 3 =so so (ii) LLL. i. i. 225 he is, in telling true, bnt so. 4 provided that Ado ii. i. 92 will you walk about icith your frie ml ?—So you walk softly, Shr. i. ii. 82 nothing comes amiss, so money comes irithal, R3 i. ii. 125 To nnilertakethe death of all the imrld, So might I hie one hour in your sweet bosom, Sonn. cxxxiv. 3 ; also so as R2 v. vi. 27, so that All'sW. II. iv. 21, if so Ham. iv. vii. 00 [FS If so. Qq so you w'lll not) ; often in so {it) please =if it please. 5 even though Ant. ii. v. 94. 6 expressing satisfaction or acquiescence = good ! very well ! Tp. i. ii.24 So : Lie there, my art, Wiv. III. iv. 67 if it he my luck, so, Meas. ii. i. 211, H8 V. ii. 6 Yottr Grace must wait till you be cedl'dfor. — So, Otli. V. i. 82 Lend me a garter. So. 7 so so (i) good ! good ! Gent. ii. iii. 26, H8 i. i. 219 So, so ; These are the limbs o' the plot : iio more, I hope. Ant. iv. iv. 28 ; (ii) not very good, middling AITL. III. V. 110 Bis leg is but so so; and yd 'tis well ; as adv. indifferently, not vervmuclior well Gent. I. ii. 13, AYL. v. i. 29, Tim." v. i. 87 ; so ,vo so, that will do very well, goo 1 ! good ! Tp. V. i. 96, Lr. III. vi. 90,91. 8 Ma«=suchasSonn. Iii. 1 So am I as the rich, cxxxi. 1 So as thou art ; Wint. v. i. 172 So sacred as it is ( = sacred though it is). soaking : absorbent Wint. i. ii. 224 conceit is s. sotoer (the sense ' abstinent ' is not S.) 1 calm Tim. in. v. 21 sober and unnoted passion, Caes. IV. ii. 40 this s. form of yours ; so sober- blooded 2H4 IV. iii. 94. 2 serious Ado i. i. 177 «. judgement, AYL. v. ii. 77 Speakest thou in sober meanings?. 3 grave, dignified, (of women) modest, demure Err. III. i. 90 Her s. virtue, Mer. V. ii. v. 36 JfJy s. house, Shr. l. ii. 134 disgiiis'd in s. robes. Ham. HI. iv. 189, Ant. v. ii. 54 the s. eye Of dull Octavia, Lucr. 1403 Making sucli s. action with his heind ; so sober-suited Kom. iii. ii. 11, sober-seal Lucr. 1542. soberly : with dignity Ant. i. v. 48. sohriety : modesty Shr. i. i. 71 JJaids' . . . sobriety. sociable : sympathetic Tp. v. i. 63. society : partnership LLL. iv. iii. 53 ; companion- ship Wiv. III. iv. 8 my wild societies. sod: lit. boiled ; (hence) scalded with tears Lucr. 1592 ; twice sod simplicity, the essence of stupid- ity LLL. IV. ii. 23 ; cf. sodden-witted Troil. ii. i. 47. sodden : boiled H5 ill. v. 18 s. water ; with allusion to the bagnio Troil. lii. i. 45, Per. TV. ii. 21. SO-forth : used like et cetera (see open) to veil im- propriety Wint. I. ii. 218. soft adj.: gentle, mild H5 iii. iii. 48 thy soft mercy. Cor. III. ii. 82, 0th. i. iii. 82 the soft phrase of pence. soft adv. (1 elliptical for ' go soft ') 1 stay!, stop! (freq.) Tp. i. ii. 446 Soft, sir. Ant. ii. ii. 87 Soft, Casar ! — No, Lepidus, let him speak ; with a pron. soft you Ado v. i. 212, Ham. iii. i. 88 ; Soft and fair Ado v. iv. 72. 2 gently 2H4 v. ii. 97 soft silencing your son. softly : 1 gently Shr. i. ii. 241 S., my masters .', Tw.N. ii. v. I34, Wint. IV. ii. [iii]. 81. 2 slowly AYL. in. ii. 350 though he go as s. as foot can fall, Cxs. v. i. 16 lead your battle softly on. softly-sprighted : (?) gentle Wiv. i. iv. 25. soho : hunting cry used when a hare was descried in her form Gent. in. i. 189, Rom. ii. iv. 139 So- ho !— Whett hast thou found l—Xo hare, sir. soil 1 : blemish Ado in. ii. 5 as great a soil in the new gloss of your marriage, Troil. iv. i. 56 (Q soyle : Ff soilure). Ham. i. iv. 20, Ant. i. iv. 24 yet must Antony Xo way excuse his soilsf {Fi foyl(e)s : see FOIL si).'). ^ Etymologically unconnected with so(7 = earth; related to 'sully.' soil^: solution Sonn. Ixix. 14 (Q solye, misprint for soyle, mod. edd. solvef). '^ From the vb. ' soil ' (freq. in 16th cent.) = to solve, aphetic form of ' assoil ', ultimately from L. 'absolvere.' soiled [connected with Fr. ' sour = sated] : high- fed Lr. IV. vi. 125 the s. horse. ^ Still dial. ; 'To soil a horse is to give him green meat in the stable ' (Evans' Leicestershire Words, 1881). soilure: defilement Troil. iv. i. 56 (Ff). Sol : the sun, viewed astrological! v Troil. i. iii. 89. sola : hallo ! LLL. iv. i. 153, Mer.V. v. i. 39. solace (the sb. often in Eliz. use = sport, diversion) 1 to provide sport or amusement for LLL. iv. iii. 377 uilh .«o»ic . . . pastime solace them. 2 to be happy, delight (/»i) E3 ii. iii. 30, Rom. iv. v. 47, Cyni. i. vi. 86. solder (old edd. soader, sodder) : to close up, unite Tim. IV. iii. 390, Ant. in. iv. 32. soldier (3 syll. in Cor. i. i. 122) : s. to, enlisted in the service of, devoted to Cym. in. iv. 186 this attempt I'm s. to, Per. iv. i. 8 >■. to thy purpose, SOI.X: 203 -SORT sole (obs. or archaic uses) 1 unique John rv. iii. 52 this [murder] so s., Sonn. xxsvi. 7 love's s. effect, Phoen. 2 the s. Arabian tree ; quasi-adv. Troil. i. iii. 244 that praise, sole pure. 2 mere Mac. iv. iii. 12 whose sole name. solely : 1 adv. absolutely, entirely AU'sW. i. i. 113 solely a coward, Mac. I. v. 71 s. sotereiyn swaij ; — not solely, not only Mer.V. ii. i. 13. 2 (passing intoadj.)aloneWint. ii. iii.l7£cai'e mes., H5 II. Clior. 4 honour's ihour/ht Reigns s. in the breast of every man ; sole Shr. il. i. 118 Left solely heir. soleiun : 1 ceremonious, formal All'sW. iv. iii. 90 taken a s. leave ; belonging to a celebration or festivity Shr. III. ii. 104 our s. fcsiivii!. Tit. ii. i. 112 a s. hunting ts in hand, Mac. iir. i. 14 a solemn supper. 2 ' sad, melancholy '(Schmidt) LLL.v.ii.ll8paM/o«'s solemn tears, Ven. 1057 This solemn sympathy. solemnity: celebration of nuptials MND. i. i. 11, John II. i. 555, Rom. iv. v. 61 ; festivity Gent. v. iv. 161 triumphs, mirth, and rare s., MND. iv. i. 140, Rom. I. V. 61. sol-fa : to sing from a score Shr. i. ii. 17 Fit try how you can sol-fa and sing it (jocular). ^ CJf. ' Solfa're ', ' Solfeggia're ', to Sol-fa, or sing prick-song (Tor- riano, 1659). solicit sb. : solicitation Cym. n. iii. 52. solicit vb.: to move, urge R2 i. ii. 2, 1H6 v. iii. 189 Solicit Henry with her wondrous praise. Ham. v. ii. 372. TI Morefreq. is the sense of 'petition, en- treat '. solicitation : illicit courtship 0th. rv. ii. 202. soliciting': incitement, prompting Mac. i. iii. 130. solidare (S.) : small coin Tim. iii. i. 47. Solon : famous Athenian lawgiver (about 640-559 B.C.), one of the ' Seven Wise Men ', to whom is attributed the saying ' Call no man happy till he is dead ' Tit. i. i. 177 Solon's happiness. solve t : see soil -. H Not a S. word. some (obsolete uses are the foil. ; 2 the corresponding use with pi. nouns is freq.) [122. 1 some certain = ' a, certain ' R3 I. iv. 125, Caes. i. iii. 2 about a(n) LLL. v. ii. 90 s. half an hour, R3 lu. i. 64 some day or two, Lr. i. i. 20 some year elder. 3 some one R2 iv. i. 268 Go s. of you and fetch a looking-glass, Lr. III. i. 37. some deal (once) : somewhat Tit. m. i. 244 To weep with them that weep doth ease some deal. some other where: somewhere else Err. ii. i. 30, Rom. T. i. 204. something' : somewhat, to some extent Tp. m. i. 68 / prattle S. too wildly, 2H4 I. ii. 215 s. a ( = a somewhat) round belly, Ham. i. iii. 121 Be s. (Ff soinenhat) scanter of your maiden presence; at some distance Mac. in. i. 132 s. from the palace. sometime and sometimes are both used in the senses (1) from time to time, at times. (2) on one occasion, once, (3) formerly ; also as adj. = former, quondam. son: freq. = son-in-law Wiv. ra. iv. 79, Shr. v. ii. 13. sonance : sound H5 iv. ii. 35 The tucket sonance. song-men: three-man s. Wint. iv. ii. [iii]. 45 (see THREE-MAN-SONG-MEN). sonnet : always of a poem written in praise of a person, esp. a mistress Ado v. ii. 4, H5 in. vii. 42, 45. sonneting: sonnet-writing LLL. iv. iii. 158. sonties : by God's s., app. a rustic oath Mer.V. ii. ii. 47. ^ Diminutive of an old form 'sont' (cf. Scottish 'saunt') of 'saint '; Skelton, about 1525, has 'seynty '. soon : s. at night (common Eliz.), towards evening Wiv, I. iv. 8, 0th. III. iv, 199 ; similarly Err. i. ii. 26 Soon at five o'clock, iii. ii. 181 soon at supper- time, R3 IV. iii. 31 soonat after supper (Yisoonc, and). soonest : quickest Ant. in. iv. 27 your s. haste. soopstake : see swoopsrAKE. sooth (2 associated with soothe) 1 truth Mac. i. ii. 36 If I say s. ; asseverative phr. in (jiood) s., in tiiith, truly, indeed (freq.) ; also without ' in ' MND. in. ii. 265 Yes, sooth \ ii. ii. 129 Good troth, you do me wrong, good sooth, yon do ; once very sooth Wint. I. ii. 17. 2 flattery, cajoling R2 III. iii. 136 H'orrfi'O/i'. ; personi- iied Per. i. ii. 44 When Signior Sooth here does pro- claim a peace. He flatters you. soothe (cf. Bailey's Diet, 'to assent to, to flatter, or encourage ') 1 to humour Err. rv. iv. 81 to s. him in these con- traries, 3H6 III. iii. 175 to s. your forgery, R3 i. iii. 298 s. the devil that I warn thee from, Lr. iii. iv. 181. 2 to flatter (trans, and intr.) John in. i. 121 thou . . . s-'st up greatness. Cor. n. ii. 78 You s-'d not, there- fore hurt not ; in vbl. sb. and ppl. adj. R3 i. ii. 169 (Ff Qq 7 8 smoothing). Cor. i. ix. 44, Pilgr. i. 11, soother : flatterer 1H4 rv. i. 7. sop: cake or wafer put in a prepared drink to float on the top Shr. in. ii. 176, 179 ; in allu- sive phr. make a sop o/R3 I. iv. 163 throw him into the malmsey butt . . . — make a sop of him, Troil. l. iii. 113 ; see also moonshine. sophister (once) : ' a cunning, orcauilling disputer' (Cotgr.) 2H6 V. i. 191 A subtle traitor needs no s. sophisticated : adulterated Lr. in. iv. 109. Sophy : Shah of Persia Mer.V. ii. i. 25, Tw.N. u. V. 199. sore sb. : buck in its 4tli year LLL. rv. ii. 59. sore: adj. grievous Tp. in. i. 11 a s. injunction, R3 I. iv. 42 this s. agony, Lr. in. v. 24 though the con- flict be s. ; — adv. grievously, heavily Wint. v. iii. 49 your sorrow was too s. laid on, Troil. v. v. 14 S, hurt, Ven. 702 sore sick. sorel : buck in its 3rd year LLL. iv. ii. 60. sorely : = sore adv. Wint, v. i. 18, H8 iv. ii. 14, Mac. V. i. 59. sorro-w : I am ,?. = I am sorry Cym. v. v. 298 (Fi ; later Ffsor[r)y). T| Modelled on the phr. I am woe (see WOE). sorrowed : sorrowful Tim. v. i. 154. sorrow-wreathen : folded in grief Tit. in. ii. 4. sorry (by far the commonest sense is 'full of regret ') 1 distressing, painful 0th. iii. iv. 52 a salt and s. rheum offends me. 2 full of sorrow, sorrowful, sad Wint. ii. i. 122 / never ivish'd to see you s., H8 ll. iv. 2i glad or s., Mac. m. ii. 9 sorriest fancies, Sonn. xix. 5. 3 exciting sorrow or sadness, woeful, wretched Err. V. i. 121 death and s. execution, 2H6 i. iv. 78 A s. breakfast, Mac. il. ii. 22 This is a sorry sight. sort sb.' (6 is the commonest sense) 1 kind, species (most fi'eq. all s-s, many s-s) ; phr. of s-s, of variouskindsHS l.ii. 190 They have a king wnd officers of sorts (Qq of sort, which may belong to sense 2). 2 rank, degree H5 rv. vii. US a gentleman of greats., IV. viii. 80 ;)?-(SO«t)s of goods. ; pregnantly = high rank Meas. rv. iv. 19 men of s. and suit, Ado i. i. 1 few of any sort, and none of name. 3 class of people AYL. i. i. 176 of all s-s . . . beloved, 1H6 II. V. 123//i« m«nji«>-s.,3H6v.v. Slthecommon s.. Tit. I. i. 230 With . . . applause of every s., Patri- cians and plebeians, Cass. I. i. 61. 4 set, company, 'crew' MND. in. ii. IS that barren s., R2 IV. i. 246 a s. of traitors, R3 v. iii. 317. 5 in s., assembled togethei', in company MND. in. ii. 21 choughs, many m sort. SOB* — 204 - SPEAK 6 way, manner Wiv. ii. ii. 76 in nni/ such sort , . . but in the nay of homsty, Mer.V. i. ii. Ill hy some o//i«rs.,3H6iv. ii. Winsilents. ( = silently), Cor. i. iii. 2 express yourself hi a more comfortables., Ciies. 1. ii. 2oi lie . , . smiles in such n s. As if lie mock'd himself; phr. m some s. (freq.) Wiv. i. i. 106; ina s. Tp. II. i. 109 ; ins., afteralasliionCa?s. ll. 1.283. 7 state, condition Tp. iv. i. 146 Voii elo look . . .in a mov'd s. ; outwarcT style, array H5 v. Clior. 25 The mnijor and all his brethren in best .sort. sort sb=. : lot Troil. i. iii. 376 draw The sort. sort vb. (tlie sense ' to separate ' is represented only in H5 IV. vii. 78 ; 3 intr. and 5 tend to blend) 1 to put in tlie same class, associate with Ham. n. ii. 279 I Kill not s. you with the rest of niysermiits ; also intr. to consort n-ith Yen. 689 [the hare] some- time sorteth wdli a herd of deer. 2 to clioose, select, (passing into) find out, contrive Gent. III. ii. 92 I'o s. some e/entlemen well skill'd in music, 3H6 v. vi. 85 I will s. a pitchy day for thee, Rom. III. V. 110 who . . Hath s-d out a sudden day of joy, Liicr. 89'J sort an hour great strifes to end. 3 to fit, adapt, make to agree with Gent. r. iii. 63 3Jy will is somethinrj s-ed with his ii'ish, 2H6 ii. iv. 68 s. thy heart to patience, Lucr. 1221 ; also intr. to fit, suit, be in accordance with MND. v. i. 55 some satire . . . Xot sorting with a nuptial ceremony, H5 IV. i. 63, Troil. i. i. Ill this icomun's emswer sorts, Ham. I. i. 109'. 4 (of God) to dispose, ordain Mer.V. v. i. 132, R3 ii. iii. 36 // God sort it so. 5 to fall out, turn out MND. iii. ii. 352 so/ar am I f/lad it so did s., 2H6 i. ii. 107 S. how it will; i)assive Shr. IV. iii. 43 is sorted to no proof (see proof 3). Bortance: liold sortance with, suit 2H4 iv. i. 11. sorted : associated LLL. i. i. 258 ; ill s., in bad com- pany 2H4 II. iv. 161. sot : fool Tp. III. ii. 104, Lr. iv. ii. 8. sottish: stupid Ant. iv. xiii. [xv.] 79 Patience is s. soud': interj. of doubtful import Shr. iv. i. 145. soul (freq. in tlie sense 'creature, being, person') 1 used periplirastically Wiv. ii. ii. 258 the folly of my s. ( = my folly), Meas. v. i. 6 our s. ( = we). Ado IV. i. 44, Ham. iii. ii. 68 my dear s., 0th. i. iii. 268 your good souls: 2 quintessence Meas. in. i. 185 grace, being the s. of your complexion , MND. ll. i. i82 the s. of lore, H5 IV. i. 265 thii s. of adoration ( = ' the real nature or essence of the adoration paid to tliee '), Tim. i. ii. 218, Ham. li. ii. 90 brevity is tlie soul of wit. soul- fearing : terrifying the soul John ii. i. 383. sound sb. : see swoon. sound adj. : 1 lionest, loyal H8 in. ii. 275, v. iii. 81. 2 (of voice) clear Tw.N. i. iv. 33. sound adv.: soundly Wiv. iv. \\.(}i pinch him sound. sound vb.: to utter, pronounce, proclaim Shr. ii. i. 193 Hearing . . . thy beauty sounded, R2 in. iv. 7t sound tliis unpleasing neirs, Troil. iv. ii. 116 break my heart With sounding Troilus, Ant. ii. ii. 38 to sound your name. soundless' : witliout sound Ctes. v. i. 36. soundless^: unfathomable Sonn. Ixxx. 10. [soundpost: part of a violin ; used as a musician's name in Rom. iv. v. 140.] sour adj.: bitter, harsh LhL. i. i. 311 the s. cup of prosperity, R2 iv. i. 241 iiig s. cross, 2H6 in. ii. .301 sour affliction, Tim. v. i. 225 .sour words. BOlirvb. : sour one's cheek, look sullen or crabbed R2 II. i. 170, Yen. 185 ; cf. sour-eyed Tp. IV. i. 20. sour-fac'd : of melancholy aspect Lucr. 1334. sourly: cruelly Sonn. xxxv. 14. [v. ii. 150. souse : (of a bird of prey) to swoop down upon Jolin soused: pickled 1H4 iv. ii. 13 « soused gurnd. South Sea: the Pacific, used allusively in AYL. III. ii. 2u8* a S. of discovery ( = a voyage of dis- covery in an unknown region). southward: southern Win't. iv. iii. [iv.] 823. sovereign : of supreme or paramount power or ex- cellence LLL. n. i. 44 ,4 man of s. parts, 1H4 in. ii. 161 charge and s. trust herein, Lr. iv. iii. 44 A s. shame. Ant. v. i. 41 tears as s. as the blood of hearts ; of medicines 1H4 i. iiL 57 the s-'st thing . , . H'd.s parmaceti for an inward bruise. Cor. ll. i. 129 the most s. prescription m Geden, Yen. 28; fig. Gent. I. ii. 113. sovereignly: supremely Wint. i. ii. 323. sovereignty: supreme excellence Gent. ii. vi. 15, LLL. IV. iii. 234 Of all complexions the cull'ds.; of medicines All'sW i. iii. 232. ^ In Lucr. 69 used with allusion to lieraklic phraseology ; cf. 'sove- reignty of the partitions (Guillim). sowl, old edd. sole : to pull by the ears Cor. iv. v. 214 He'll . . . s. the porter of Home gates by the ears. Sowter : properly, cobbler ; name given to a poor hound in contempt Tw.N. ii. v. 1.37. space: time, period of time AYL. iv. iii. 153 after some small s., All'sW. ll. iii. 188 the soleuni feast Shall more attend upon the coming speice (app. = shall be deferred a while), rv. i. 93, Lr. v. iii. 54 at further space ( = later). Ant. u. i. 31. span-counter: a boys' game, in wliich 'one throws a counter, or piece of money, winch the otlier wins, if he can tlirow another' so as to hit it, or lie within a span of it' (Nares) 2H6 iv. ii. 170 in whose time boys ivent to s. for French cronns. spaniel'dt (Hanmer) : followed subserviently (like a spaniel) Ant. iv. x. 34 [xii. 21] The hearts That spaniel'd me at heels (old edd. paiinelkd). Spanish pouch : applied in contempt to a vintner 1H4II. iv. 80. spann'd: limited H8 i. i. 223 My life isspamid. spare (the mod. uses are freq.) 1 *•. for no . . ., s. not for . . ., be liberal in respect of Ado III. V. 66, 1H6 v. iv. 56, Rom. iv. iv. 6. 2 to forbear Tp. ii. i. 26 / prithee, s.. Ado ii. ii. 23 s. not to tell him, R3 i. iii. 114 Tell him, and s. not. Cor. I. i. 262 ; ell ipt. -forbear to give 2H4 iii. ii. 291 s. we the great ones ; app. = forbear to offend Meas. II. iii. 33 spare heaven. [haunts. 3 to avoid MND. ii. i.li2 shun me, and I n'lll s. your sparingly: occurs twice, only in context with /,((• ofUr, I. ii. 239, R3 in. v. 92. Sparta: hejunds of S., celebrated in antiquity for their swiftness and keenness oi scent, in modern writers (luuttd for their fierceness MND. iv. i. 1:^0, 132 ; so Spartan MND. iv. i. 125, 0th. v. ii. 360. spavin(s: disease of horses causing swelling of tlie joints Shr. in. ii. 55, H8 i. iii. 12. spayt : to castrate Meas. ii. i. 249 (Ff splay). speak (pa.t. spake and spoke, pa.pple. spoke, -en) 1 (euphemisticall}') to exchange blows, fight Cor. I. iv. 4, Ant. II. ii. 170, vi. 25. 2 to call for action Cor. in. ii. 41 when extremities s.. Ham. v. ii. 209 )/ hisfitne.ss s-s. Ant. i. iv. 29, II. ii. 102 ; also trans, to call upon, summon to action Tp. il. i. 215 [207]* occasion speaks thee. 3 to proclaim (a person to be so-and-so) H8 ii. iv. 138 //(// paiits . . . could sjieak thee out, — The queen of earthly ijueens, Mac. iv. iii. 159 blessings . . . That speak him full of grace. 4 to bear witness in favour of (a person), give testi- mony to H8 11. iv. 164, III. i. 124 let me s. nnjself, Cor. II. ii. 108 (see home adv. 2). 5 s. oneself o/= bespeak Mer.Y. n. iv. 5 We have not spoke us yet of torch-bearers. 6 phr. with object equivalent to an adverbial ex- pression Uelining the manner of speaking Wiv. SPEAK FAB - 205 - SPIRIT III. ii. 72 (see holiday 1), Atlo ii. i. 257 Site s-s poniards, AYL. lii. ii. 227 s., sad brow and (rue maid, H5 v. ii. 155 / s. to Hue plain soldier, Otli. II. iii. 283 speak parrot ( = talk nonsense). speak far, (l) go great lengths in what one says Lr. v. iii. 64, Cyui. v. v. 310 ; (2) say niiicli of (a person) H8 iv. li. 32, Cyrn. i. i. 24 ; speak for, call for, demand Lr. l. iv. 269 The shame ilstlf doth s. For instant remedy ; speak to, (1) tell (a person something) Cjes. iv. iii. 280 iipeak to me what thou art ; (2) pass, to have an intimation (of something) H8 1. iii. 66 / was spoke to, with iSir Henri/ Guildford, This night to be comptrollers ; (3) to mai;e an appeal to Ant. i. ii. 194. special: make s., indicate specially AllsW. ii. ii. 7. specialty (in 1 Ff 31 read speciality) 1 .V. o/rn/e, 'partLculari'ightsof supremeauthority' (J.) Ti-oil. I. iii. 78. 2 special contract under seal for tlie payment of money LLL. 11. i. 164, Shr. 11. i. 127. [iv. v. 116. speciously : dial, for ' specially ' AViv. iii. iv. 113, spectacles : organs of sight 2H6 111. ii. 112, Cym. I. vi. :i7. spectatorship : in s., under the eyes of spectators for. v. ii. 70 some death more tony m spectalorsliip. speculation (1 concrete for abstract; cf. Latin ' speculatio ' = spying) 1 scout, watcher Lr. iii. i. 2i spies and s-s. 2 looking on 115 iv. ii. 31 idle spiculaiion. 3 power of seeing, sight Troil. in. iii. 109, Mac. 111. iv. 95* Thou hast 110 s. in those eyes (some explain 'the intelligenceof which the eye is the medium', Wright). speculative: liaving the power of vision, seeing 0th. I. iii. 272 (see offic'd). sped: dispatdied, 'done for' Mer.V. 11. ix. 72, Shr. III. ii. 54 sped with spavins, v. ii. 186 We three are married, but you two are sped, Rom. 111. i. 96 I am hurt . . . I am sped. speechless : without words Sonn. viii. 13 s. song. speed sb. (1 cf. 0th. 11. i. 77 anticipates our thoughts A se'nniyhl's speed) 1 had the speed of, outstripped Mac. i. v. 36. 2 fortune, 'hap' Shr. 11. i. 139 /(«/)/)(/&<;//((/, v., Wint. III. ii. 146/«(r 0/ihe queen's s., Cym. in. v. 167. 3 in expressions invoking the assistance of a pa- tron or protector Gent. in. i. 304 Saint Nicholas be thy s., AYL. i. ii. 226 Heradcs be thy s., Rom. V. iii. 121 ; similarly 1H4 in. i. 1S9 good manners be your speed. speed vb. (pa.pple. speeded twice Meas. iv. v. 10, 2114 IV. iii. 38; otherwise sped, q.v.) 1 to liave (a certain) success, fare (well or ill) Shr. II. i. 277 s. amiss, John rv. ii. 141 Now I have sped, Troil. ill. i. 157. 2 to turn out Cor. v. i. 62 Speed how it will. 3 to be siicce-isful Wiv. in. v. 69 sped you, sir?, R3 IV. i V. 359 .^1 n honest tale s-s best beinq plainly told, Lr. I. ii. 19(/7/((j W/e>-A-.,Oth. iv.ii.l09 Howquickly should you speed. 4 trans, to hasten Meas. iv. v. 10, All'sW. iii. iv. 37 speed her foot, H5 in. v. 36. 5 to be a person's 'speed' (see speed sb. 3) Wiv. iii. iv. 12 heaven so s. me, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 684 For- tune s. us, Cfes. I. ii. 88 let the gods so s. me ; witli subject omitted Lr. iv. vi. 213 Sir, speed you. spekent : arcli. ihfin. of ' speak ' Per. 11. Gowcr 12 (iild edd. apip. misiiriiiliMl sjiokcn). spell-stopp'd : siirlllx.und Tp. v. i. 61. spell bnckwunl : to misconstrue Ado in. i. 01. spend (see also spent below) 1 to give vent to, utter MND. iir. ii. 74 s. your passion, 1H6 11. v. 38 s. my latter gasp. Cor. 11. i. 59 s. my malice, 0th. i, ii. 48 s. a word, Cym. 11. i. 6. 2 to part with freely, throw away, lose R2 i. i. 108 or this life Ishall] be spent, Mac. in. ii. 4 Nought's had, all's .spent, 0th. 11. iii. 197 s. your rich opinion. 3 to consume, exhaust, waste Ado i. i. 281 [273] if Cupid have not spent all his quiver, Shr. v. i. 71 my son and my servant s. all, 3H6 i. iv. 21 s. her strength. spent : 1 consumed, eaten 2H4 in. ii. 1.30 Mouldy, it is time you were spent, Rom. 11. iv. 143 stale . . . ere it be s. 2 exhausted Mac. i. ii. 8 two s. swimmers, Cym. 111. vi. 62 spent with hunger. 3 passed, gone by R2 i. iii. 211 Six frozen winters .v., Lucr; 1589, Sonn. cvii. 14 When tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent. sperret "(Theobald): to shut Troil. Prol. 19 with massy staples . . . S. up the sons of Troy (old edd. Stirre). T] An old form of ' spar '. sphere (2 usu. with allusion to sense 1, ii) 1 orbit of a planet MND. 11. i. 7 Swifter than the mooniTs s., John v. vii. 74 you stars, that move in your right spheres, 1H4 v. iv. 65, Ham. iv. vii. 15 ; allusively All'sAV. i. i. 101, Ant. iv. xiii. [xv.] 10 0 sun! Mum the great s. thou mov'st in ; (i) with lef. to the music supposed to be produced by tho concentric 'spheres' of the Ptolemaic system AYL. II. vii. 6 discord in the s-s, Tw.N. in. i. 122, Ant. v. ii. 84 all the tuned s-s ; (ii) with ref. to stars 'starting' from their 'spheres' (see also sense 2) MND. II. i. 153. 2 orbit of the eye Rom. 11. ii. 17 do entreat her eyes To Iwinlde in their s-s. Ham. i. v. 17 Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their s-s. Ant. 11. vii. 16 2'o be called into a huge s., and not to be seen to move in't, are the holes ivhere eyes should be . . ., Sonn. cxix. 7 How have mine eyes out of their s-s been fitted. 3 planet, star Tim. i. i. 67 this s. ( = the earth), Compl. 23. sphered (1 see sphere 1) 1 placed in a ' sphere ' Troil. i. iii. 90. 2 rounded Troil. iv. v. 8 thy sphered bias cheek, spherical : planetai-y Lr. i. ii. 138. sphery (once) : star-like MND. 11. ii. OOsphery eyne. spice : taste, tincture, sample Wint. ui. ii. 185, H8 II. iii. 26, Cor. iv. vii. 46. spicery : nest of s., allusion to the nest of spices of which the phoenix made a funeral pyre R3 iv. iv. 425. [I. iii. 22. spig°ot : peg in the faucet of a barrel of liquor Wiv. spill : to destroy Ham. rv. v. 20 It s-s itself in fear- ing to be spilt, Lr. III. ii. 8 all qermens spill at'once. spilth: spilling Tim. 11. ii. MO'spilth of wine. spin: (?) to pour in roiic-likc streains H5 iv. ii. 10 That their hot hlnail iiiiii/ spin in English eijes, spinner: long-kgged spider MND. 11. ii. 21, Rom. I. iv. 60. [33. spinster: one who spins Tw.N. 11. iv. 44, H8 1. ii. spire : fig. summit Cor. i. ix. 24. spirit (freq. to be scanned as onesyll., e.g. Wint. II. iii. 185, R2 i. iii. 70 ; cf. spright) 1 vital energy, life John iv. i. 110 The breath of heaven hath blown hiss. [viz. that of a burning coal] out. Ant. iv. xiii. [xv.]58 Now my s. isyoiny, Sonn. cxxix. 1 The expense of spirit. 2 anger Tim. in. v. 104 not to swell our spirit. 3 intellectual power 1H6 II. iv. \(t some shallow spirit of judgement, Sonn. Ixxxvi. 5 Was it his s. . . .that struck me dead ?. 4 .V. of sense, exquisite sense, essence of sensibility Troil. I. i. 60 to whose soft seizure . . . s. of sense [is] Hardas the palm of ploughman, HI. iii. 106 the eye itself— That most pure spirit of sense. 5 uses of "the pi. (i) = sense 1, Tp. i. 'ii. 483 My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up, John 11. i. 232 your SPIRITED — king, whose labour'd s-s . . ., Cym. i. v. 41 ihe lock- twj-np the s-s ; (ii) scntimeuts, feeliugs, Tim. v. iv. 74, Mac. I. V. 27 pour my s-s m tliine ear, Ham. III. ii. l>3 thy rjood s-s ; (iii)miml, soul Muas. iv. ii. I'i ileaieiiyneyour s-s comfort, John iii. i. 17 iity vex' d s-s, 0th. iii. iv, 63 his s-s should hunt After new fandes. spirited: animated H5 in. v. 21 spirited with wuie. spiritin^t : see sPEiGiinxc;. spiritualty : clergy Ho i. ii. 132. spirt : (ula plantj to sluot up Ha iii. v. 8. spital, spital-house : hospital H5 u. i. 78, v. i. 80 ; Tim. IV. iii. 39. spite sb. (sense 'malice, ill-will' and phr. On) s. of = notwithstanding, are Ireq.; ct. meanings ot DESPITE, of which this is an aphetic torm) 1 outrage, injury MNU. in. ii. 420, Rom. iv. i. 31. 2 contemptuous defiance Rom. l. i. 84 OldJIontajue . . . Jionrtshes his blade in spite of me, i. v. (30. 3 vexation, mortification. Err. iv. ii. 8 the more my s., 1H4 III. i. 191, 0th. IV. i. 71; MND. iii. ii. 194 To fashion this false sport in s. of me, 1H6 ii. iv. 106 these my friends in s. of thee shall wear ; —(in) s. of s., let the worst happen tliat may, notwith- standing anything Jolni v. iv. 5, 3H6 ii. iii. 5. 4 vexatious or mortifying circumstance Gent. iv. ii. 10 that chaw/c is Ihe s., Err. ir. ii. 193 0! s. of s-s, 3H6 V. i. 18 0, unbids. .', Ham. i. v. 188 Ocurseds. spite vb.: to vex, mortify Shr. iv. iii. 11. splay : to castrate Mcas. ii. i. 249 (spayf). spleen (4 (ii) cf. 'Untempeiate laughers have al- waies great Splenes,' Holland's Plmy) 1 the organ itself viewed as the scat of emotions and passions (cf. the senses below) Meas. ir. ii. 122 the anf/els . . . irho, with our s-s. Would all themstlccs lauyh mortal, John il. i. 68 'With ladies faces and fierce dragons' s-s (cf. R3 v. iii. 351), Troil. II. ii. 128 the weakest s. (= the dullest spirit), CiVS. IV. iii. 47 digest the rcnoin of your spleen. 2 fiery temper, fiery impetuosity or eagerness John II. i. 448, v. vii. 50 violent motion And s. of speed, 1H4 v. ii. 19 yovcrn'd by a s., 3H6 ii. i. 124, Rom. in. i. 163 the unruly spleen Of Tybalt. 3 malice, hatred H8 ii. iv. 87 / have no s. against you, Cor. iv. v. 97 the s. Of all the wider fiends, Lr. I. iv. .306 If she must teem, Create her child of s. 4 impulse, fit (i) of anger or passion MND. i. i. 146 (Hg.) the light ning . . . That, in a s., unfolds both heaven and earth, 0th. iv. i. 89; (ii) of laughter LLL. III. i. 80, V. ii. 117 this s. ridiculous, Shr. Ind. i. 137 the ovrr-merry .v., Tw.N. in. ii. 75, Troil. I. iii. 178; (iii)of passionate desire Troil. ii. ii. 196 our heaving sple(ns,Xcxi.Wl A thousand s-s. 5 (aprice, waj-wardness AYL. iv. i. 224 [217], lH4n. iii. 8:!, iir. ii. 125. spleenative: passionate, impetuous, hot-lieadeJ Ham. v. i. 283 s. and rash (mud. edd. splenitivef, spkn(tive-f) ; similarly spleenful 2H6 in. ii. 128 s. mutiny. Tit. ir. iii. 191, spleeny H8 in. ii. 100 .1 splccnij /.Hlluran. splint : = iii-'xt R3 II. ii. 118 (Q2). splinter: to mend as with splints, R3 11. ii. 118 The broken rancour of your . . . hearts, But lately splinter d (QO, 0th. fi. iii. 332. split (not found in pa.t.; pa.pple. in intr. sense split, in trans, sense splitted) 1 to mutilate (a tongue, one's speech) Err. v. i. 310 so cracked and splitted my poor tongue. Ant. 11. vii. 131 mine own tongue Splits what it speaks. 2 make all s., cause great commotion MND. I. ii. 33 ; (?) similarly Troil. i. iii. 177 / shall split all In pleasure of my splcvn. spoil sb. (sense ' booty, prey ' is freq.) 1 plundering, snuliation H5 in. iii. 25, 32, 2H0 iv. 206 - SPRIGKTI.Y, SPRITELiY vii. 141 the s. of the city, CPBiiJGj, Veu. b5b ; (of down on the lip) Yen. 127. 2 source (fig.) R2 i, i. 97 all the treasons . . . Fetch from false Mowbray their first head and .v., Mac. I. ii. 27 from that s. ivhtnce comfort sceiii'd to come. 3 beginning, early part MND. ii. i. 82 the middle summer's sprniy ( = the beginning of midsummer); tlies. of day, the very early morning 2114 iv. iv. 35. 4 lig. of ' tlie first season of the jear ' 112 v. ii. 50 in this new s. of time, Lucr. 49 TIty hasty s. still blasts ; esp. of love Gent. i. iii. 84 this s. of loic, Ant. III. ii. 43 The Api'tl's in her eyes ; tt is loie's s. , Yen. 801, Sonn. cii. 5. spring'e: snare for birds ^Vint. iv. ii. [iii.] 30, Ham. I. iii. 115. spring'halt : lameness in a horse H8 i. iii. 13. springing : growing Yen. 417 springing things. spur sb. (3 properly, side-roots) 1 plir. un the s., at full speed Caes. v. iii. 29 ; set s-s, started off at full speed Wiv. iv. v. 70. 2 fig. incitement, incentive R2i. ii. 9 Finds brother- hood IU thee no sharper spur?, Lr. li. i. ISpoiential spurs To make thee seek tt (Qq ; Ff spirits). 3 pi. roots of a tree Tp. v. i. 47 by the s-s [have I] pluck'd tip The pine and cedar, Cym. iv. ii. bSyritf and patience rooted in him, both JUingle their s-s together. spur vb.: to hasten (trans.) Gent. v. i. 6, Cor. i. x. 33 that , . . I may spur on my journey. spur-galled: chafed with the spur R2 v. v. 94 (Ff; Qcii2 Spurrde, galld). spurn sb. : contemptuous stroke or thrust Tit. iii. i. 102 that which gives my soul the greatest s., Tim. i. ii. 148 ; insult Ham. in. i. 73. spurn vb.: to kick IHG i. iv. 52 s. in pieces posts of adamant ; cf. Err. ll. i. 83 That like a football yon do s. me thus ; s. at, oppose contemptuously John iir. i. 142, Cks. n. i. 11. squandered : scattered recklessly Mer.V. i. iii. 22. squandering : ramlom AYL. ii. vii. 57 s. glances. square -sb. J meta)ihor from carpentry; see also SQUIER ; Lr. i. i. 76* the most precious s. of sense, (a) feeling in its highest poifection, (b) the most delicately sensitive part of my nature) 1 due proportion or bounds (in action) Ant. ir. iii. 6 I have not kept my square. 2 squadron H5 iv. ii. 28 s-s of battle. Ant. iii. ix. [xi.] 40 squares of tear. [iv. iii. [iv.] 212. 3 embroidered bosom or yoke of a garment Wint. square adj. : 1 square broics, high forehead Per. v. i. 109. 2 suitable, proper Tim. v. iv. 36. 3 con•espondingfaitllfullJ'^ Ant. ii. ii. 193 if report hesqtiare to her. square vb. (3 common Eliz.) 1 to adjust or shape (as to some pattern or model), regulate, rule Meas. v. i. 483, All'sW. ii. i. 153 .s. our guess by shows, AYint. iir. iii. 40, / will be s-'d by tins, V. i. 52, Tit. iii. ii. 31 sqtutre my talk. 2 to take the measure of, estimate Troil. v. ii. 129 to square the general sex By Crcssid's rule. 3 to quarrel MND. u. i. 30, Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 41. squarer : quaireller Ado i. i. 83. squash: unripe pea-pod MUD. iii. i. 195, Tw.X. i. v. 167(iA'a4'. IS before'tisapeascod; contemptuously of a person Wint. i. ii. 161. squier, squire: foot-rule LLL. v. ii. 475, Wint iv iii. [iv.J 350, 1H4 ii. ii. lifourfuot by the sqi'uu' ", Early and common Eliz. lorni of square sb squint (once) : to cause to squint Lr. iii. iv. I'o squiny : to look peeringly at Lr. iv. vi. 141 . ' "n'still iu midl.dial. squire (2 cf. squike-like) 1 gentleman next below a knight in rank AYiv iii iv. 48 come cut and long-tail, under the degree of a s ' H5 IV. viii. 83 knights and s-s, Cym. ii. iii. 128 a squire's cloth. 2 body-sei-A'ant 1H4 i. ii. 27 us that are s-s of the night's body, Ant. iv. iv. 14 my queen's a s. More tight at this ilian titou. 3 young man, young fellow Ado i. iii. 54 A proper s. ! ; contemptuously 0th. iv. ii. 145 iSumc such s. he was That turn'd yutiruit the seamy side without. squire-like : like a body-servant Lr. ii. iv. 217. squirrel : applied to a small dog Gent. iv. iv. 00. stable (once) : steadyTw.K. iv. iii. 19 stable haring. stableness ijiice) : constancy Mac. iv. iii. 92. stablish miue) : to establish 1H6 v. i. 10. [vi. 9. stablishnient (once) : settled occupation Ant. in. staff (3 common Eliz.) 1 shaft of a lance John n. i. 318 There stuck no plume in any English crest That is removed by a staff of France, R3 v. iii. 65 Look that my slaves be sound ; breakas. =break alanceisee break) Ado v. i. 141. 2 set in one's s., make oneself at home Err. iii. i. 51. 3 strophe, stanza LLL. rv. ii. 108. stage sb. : scaffold, platform Ham. v. ii. 392, 410. stage vb. : to exhibit publicly Meas. i. i. 68 to s. me to their eyes. Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 30 ; to represent on the stage Ant. v. ii. 216 the quick comedians . . . will stage tis. stagger : to waver, hesitate Wiv. in. iii. 12 inlhouf any pause or s-mg, Meas. I. ii.l75, AYL. in. iii. 51 A man may . . . stagger in this attempt. staggers (2 some explain 'bewilderment '). 1 giddiness Cym. v. V. 234 ; spec, disease in cattle attended by giddiness Slir. in. ii. 56. 2 giddy or wild conduct AU'sW. ii. iii. 170*. staid : calm Cym. iii. iv. 10 my staider senses. stain sb. (3 cf. stain vb. 3) 1 disfigurement John in. i. 45, Cym. n. iv. 139. 2 disgraceMeas.in.i.207, lH4in. i. 186,Cur. i.x. 18. 3 stain to, eclipsing Yen. 9 Stain to all nymphs. 4 tinge All'sW. i. i. 123 You have some s. of soldier in you, Troil. i. ii. 27. stain vb. (some make a sense 'tinge, colour' for Lucr. 66 stain that ore ; but ? read o'eri) 1 to disfigure Tp. i. ii. 411 s-'d With gritf, K2 in. i. 14, K3iv. iv. 207 slain her btauty. Yen. 797. 2 to taint, corrupt All'sW. ii. i. 123 s. onr judge- ment, in. vii. 7 any s-ing act, John iv. ii. 6 The faiths of men ne'er s-ed with revolt, Ham. iv. iv. 57 / . . . HCIiat have a father kill'd, a mother s-'d, Lucr. 168, &c. 3 to make dim, eclipse I?2 in. iii. 66 to s. the track Of his bright passage, Lr. v. iii. 264 mist or s. the stone, Lucr. 1435, Sonn. xxxv. 3 *. both moon and sun ; fig. to eclipse Ant. in. iv. 27; also intr. to be dimmed or obscured, suffer eclipse LLL. n. i. 48, 8onn. xxxiii. 14 ho<»oo>- Iain hut hiss. ; (ii) dupe, laugliing-stoek Slir. i. i. 58 To make a s. of me ainowj these mates (play on ' stalemate '), 3Ht) III. iii. 260, Tit. i. i. 304. stale sb.= : harlot Ado ii. ii. 26, iv. i. 65. stale sb.' : urine (of horses) Ant. I. iv. 62 ; applied to Dr. Cains, Wiv. ii. ili. 30 bully stale. stale vb.: to make stale Cor. i. i. 97 (old edd. scalf), Ant. II. ii. 243 ; to make common or clieapTroil. II. iii. 203, Cses. i. ii. 73. stalk : to move cautiously like a fowler in pursuit of his game Ado ii. iii. 102 L95] s. on ; the fowl sits ; (?) transf. in Lucr. 365. Btalking-horse : real or artificial horse behind which a fowler hid wlien pursuing his game AYL. V. iv. 112. stall (oecas. uses) 1 to keep close All'sW. i. iii. 133 s. this in your bosom. 2 to install K3 i. iii. 206. 3 to dwell tof/ethei- Ant. v. i. 39. stallion: misprint in Tw.N. n. v. 126 (mod. edd. staiuelf), Ham. ii. ii. 624 [616] Qq (Ff scullion). stamp sb. (in 1H4 iv. i. 4, K3 i. iii. 256 metapiior from coining ; in Meas. ii. iv. 47, Tit. IV. ii. 7U with ref. to begetting children, cf. stamp vb. 2) 1 that with which an impression is made Cor. ir. ii. 112 his sword, death's s., Sonn. Ixxxii. 8 ; spec, in- strument for stamping coin Meas. ir. iv. 47. 2 impression made, mark, character Mer.V. ir. ix. 39 Without the s. of merit, 1H4 iv. i. 4, R3 I. iii. 256 Your fire-new s. of honour is scarce current, Cj'm. V. V. 367 tliat natural stamp (viz. a mole). 3 thing stamped with a certain impression Tit. iv. ii. 70 ; spec, coin Wiv. iii. iv. 16, Mac. iv. iii. 153, Cyin. V. iv. 24. stamp vb. (2 cf. stamp sb.) 1 to mark with a stamp or character R3 i. i. 16 /, tiiat am rudely stump'd. 2 to beget Cym. ii. v. 5. 3 to give currency to Otii. ii. i. 249; to give tlie im- press of genuineness to Cor. v. ii. 22 Have almost stamped the leasiny. stanch adj.^: firm, firmly united Ant. ir. ii. 121. ^ Perhaps fig. of the sense 'watertight '. stanch vb.: to satiate Tit. in. i. 14. stanchless: unsatiable Mac. iv. iii. 78 s. avarice. stand sb. : station Meas. iv. vi. 10 ; esp. in phr. make (one's) .';., take (one's) s.; spec, station taken up by a hunter or an archer "Wiv. v. v. 260 [248], LLL. IV. i. 10, 3H6iir. i. 3, Cym. ii. iii. 15 yield up Their deer to the stand o' the stealer. stand vb. (very freq. withadjs., pples., and adverbial phr. almost = to be, e.g. Cses. v. i. 94 The gods to-day stand fi iendtfi, Mac. iv. iii. 107 s-s accurs'd, 0th. I. i. 152 s. (nnd=are in action; less commonly with nouns, e.g. 2H4 iir. ii. 238 s. my friend, iv. iii. 89 Stand my gonel lord) 1 to remain stationarv, stop Gent. iv. i. 3 Stand, sir, Meas. III. ii. 2s6 [287], Shr. iv. iii. 44 let it s., Troil. IV. v. 247 Stand ayain, Von. 284 Stand, I say. [12. 2 to make a stand, fight MND. in. ii.424, Rom. i. i. 3 (in iniper.) furljear, stop I Troil. v. vi. 9, Cor. v. v. [vi.] 128 Stand, Aufidius. 4 to continue, remain Mac. in. i. 4 it was said It should not stand in thy posterity. 5 to remain or stay (to do something), lose time over Gent. V. ii. 44 s. not to discourse, Sviv. in. iii. 133 never s. ' you had retther ', 3H6 iv. viii. 23 s. not to reply, Cses. v. iii. 43. 6 trans, to withstand, resist Shr. i. ii. 114, 1H6 i. i. 123 none durst ,v. Iiiiii, Cor. v. iii. 74, Lr. IV. i. 69 {Ff slaves), Cym. v. iii. 60 stand his foe. stand 'by, (1) remain inactive 2H6 ii. iv. 45 ; (2) = sense 2, Wint. i. ii. 444 ; stand for, be on the side of, support, stand up for Wiv. in. ii. 65, "Wint. in. ii. 46 only tliat I s.for, H5 i. ii. 101, Cor. iv. vi. 45 ivhen Marcius stood for koine, Cym. in. v. 56 thou stand'st so for Postltumus ; stand in, insist upon Tit. IV. iv. 104 (mod. edd. stand onf) ; stand off, (1) stand apart All'sW. ii. iii. 127 ; (2) be promi- nent, stand out H5 n. ii. 103 the truth of it s-s off ri.v yross As black from ivhite ; stand on or upon, (1) depend or rest upon MXD. i. i. 139, Mer.V. in. ii. 203, Lr. iv. vi. 219 6'-* on the henuiy thouyht - ia hourly expected ; (2) rely upon Wiv. ii. i. 241, H8 V. i. 123 TIte ejoodls. on ; (3) insist on, be particular about, make much of '\Viv. il. i. 232 you s. on dis- tance, 1H6 II. iv. 28 s-s upon the honour of his birth, Rom. II. iii. 93', Mac. in. iv. 119 S. not upon tlie order of your yoiwj. Ant. iv. iv. 31 ; (4) concern or trouble oneself about Err. i. ii. 80, Cxa. in. i. 100 ; (5) be of importance to, concern Err. iv. i, 68 hoiv it s-s upon my creelit, R3 iv. ii. 59 ; (6) be incumbent upon K2 n. iii. ViS It s-s your Grace upon to do htm rii/ht, R3 IV. ii. 58, Ham. v. ii. 63 Iiocs it not . . . s. me now upon . . . To quit him icitli this arm? ; app. impersonally Lr. V. i. 69* for my state Stands on me to defend ; stand to, (I) upliold (authority) Cor. in. i. 207 ; (2) stand by (a person) Cor. v. iii. 199 ; stand to it, make a stand Cor. iv. vi. 10 ; Stand vinder, be subject to H8 v. i. 113 ; stand up, (1) make a stand Cor. ii. iii. 16, Ciies. ii. i. 167 ; (2) act honestly H5 ii. ii. 118 ; (3j take ones stand as, claim to be Ant. i. i. 40 Wes. up peerless, Cym. v.iv.54 Tiled could s. up hisparallel; Stand 'With, be consistent with A'V^L. ii. iv. 92 if it steind icilh honesty. Cor. n. iii. 90. standard: standard-bearer Tp. in. ii. 19; in line21 he's no standard = he can't stand upright. standing vbl. sb.: 1 existence "Wint. i. ii. 431 his folly . . . will con- tinue The standiny of his body (=while he lives). 2 (?) position, attitude Tim. i. i. 32*. Standing' ppl. adj. (1 only in fig. context) 1 (of water) neither ebbing nor flowing Tp. ii. i. 229[221]/«»i s. water, Tw.N. i. v. 169 'lis with him in standiny water, between boy and man. 2 fixed, staring Tit. n. iii. 32 deadly standiny eye. 3 liaving a support ; (of a bed) having legs Wiv. iv. V. 7 ; (of a bowl) resting on a foot H8 v. v. stage dir., Per. ii. iii. 65. 4 set on end 1H4 ii. iv. 278 you vile standinej tuck. stanielt: inferior kind of hawk Tp. ii. ii. 185 [176] (see scAMEi,), Tw.N. n. v. 126 (see stallio.v). Stanza: LLL. iv. ii. 108 (Ff 2-4), stanze LLL. iv. ii. 108 (Fi Q,), stanzo (Eliz.) AYL. 11. v. 18, 19. 51 The form stanza is app. post-S. Staple: iibre (of wool), only fig. LLL. v. i. 19. star (2 seven s-s was also an Eliz. name for the Great Bear, which may be meant in some of the S. instances) 1 freq. referred to as influencing human destiny ; lience transf. position or condition in which one is placed by fortune Tw.N. 11. v. 157 In my stars I am eibove tliee. Ham. I. iv. 32 Ileiny nature's livery, or fortune's star, 11. ii. 141 out of thy s. (F2-4 sphere)- above thee in position. 2 inoist or watery s., the moon Wint. I. ii. 1, Ham. I. i. 118 ; seven stars, Pleiades 1H4 I. ii. 10, 2H4 n. iv. 200, Lr. l. v. 39. 3 pole-star, lodestar Ado in. iv. 58 no more sealing by the s., Sonn. cxvi. 7 [love] is the star to every waneUriny bark. Stare: (of iiair) to stand on end Cpbs. iv. iii. 279, stark : completely Shr. in. ii. 56 stark spoiled. Starkly: stiffly Meas. iv. ii. 70. STABS'D— 2 Starr'd : fated 'Wint. iir. ii. 100 S. mod nnluch-ilij. Start sb. : sudden lit or impulse 1H4 in. ii. 125 /Ue s. of xpltcH, Lr. I. i. 304 ■Si(t7( unconstant x-s ; phr. h)] ov in s-s = by fits and starts Tw.N. ir. ii. 22 she did spenl: in s-s. Ho v. ii. 406 [Epil. 4], Ant. iv. X. 20 fxii. 7] ; on the s., when it suddenly appears AIl'sW. III. ii. 52. start vb.: to startle, alarm All'sW. v. iii. 234 (lerij feather s-s you, Mac. v. V. 15 ; to disturb 0th. i. i. 101 To start mi/ quiet. Btarting'-hole : place of refuge for a bunted animal; fig. subterfuge lH4ii."iv. 295. Startle: to start, be alarmed or sliocked AYL. iv. iii. 14 u'onhl s. at tliis letter, 113 iii. iv. 84 mij . . . horse . , . start/eil. Start-up : upstart Ado i. iii. 69. ^ S. uses xipstnrt only as adj. in this sense R2 ii. iii. 122. starve (in old eda. also sterve) 1 to die of cold Cym. l. iv. 187 [180] catch cold and s. 2 to nip with cold Gent. iv. iv. 161 The air hath S-'d the roses in her cheeks ; transf. to disable, paralyse Tim. i. i. 258 Aches contract anel s. your supple joints .'. starved : benumbed with cold 2H6 iii. i. 343 warm the s. snake. Tit. in. i. 251 ; famished, lean Mer.V. IV. i. 138 s-'d, and reivenoiis, 2H4 ill. ii. 330, v. iv. 30 v. lloiiil-hound; fig. feeble, miserable Troil. i. i. ',iS tuo s/iirr'd a subject for my sicord. Starve-lackey : name descriptive of needy gal- lants who starved their pages Meas. iv. iii. 15. state (the senses 'condition in general' and 'body politic, commonwealtli ' are freq. ; sense 10 oc- curs once) 1 condition of tilings H8 ii. iv. 211 Bearing a s. of mighty moment in't, dvs. i. iii. 71 some monstrous s.. III. i. 136, Lr. ii. ii. 176 this enormous s.; Sonn. cxxiv. 1 the child of s. ( = born of circumstances, merely accidental). 2 condition in respect of worldly prosperity, for- tune, (hence) estate, property Wiv. in. iv. 6 my s. heinfi yall'd with my expense, Mer.V. iii, ii. 260 when i told yoic My s. was nothing, Shr. I. ii. t»2 my s. far worser than it is, 1H4 iv. i. 46 the exact wealth of all our s-s, Tim. l. i. 68 To propagate their stales. 3 status or position in the world, degree, rank, esp. high ranker dignity, (hence) majesty, power Tp. I. ii. 76 /. . . to my s. i/rew stranejer, LLL. iv. iii. 293 the kingly s. of youth, AYL. v. iv. 182, John ir. i. 97, R2 ii. i. il4 s. o/Vaw (=legal status as king), iv. i. 252, 3H6 n. ii'. 152 had he match'd according to his s., in. ii. 93 by my s. I swear, R3 III. vii. 204 vnft for s. and majesty, Mac. iv. ii. 64 your s. of honour. Per. ii. v. 62 a rebel to hers., Lucr. 1006 ; fig. 2H4 v. ii. 132 the s. of floods (.=Ui(i majesty of the ocean). 4 pi. = persons of 'state' or rank John ii. i. 395 mie/hty s-s, CjTU. in. iv. 39 kings, queens, and s-s. (Ci'. sense 7). 5 outward display of one's condition, grandeur, dignity, pomp (of behaviour, equipment, furni- ture) Err. II. 1. 95, Ado ii. i. 81 a measure, full of ., lu, ii. 153, 'ttubtle 0th. i, iii. 363. SUFEBFINICAI. - SUSTAINING superfinical: see finical, Lr. ii. ii. 19 (Qq super- finiciiU roijne, Ff sttperseruiceable Jinicall). superfluous (in Per. i. iv. 54 by transference in epithet s. riots = riotous revelling in luxuries) 1 excessive H8 i. i. 99 At a snpcffluous rate. 2 liaving more than enough AU'sW. i. i. 117, Lr. ii. iv. 268 our basest bcyi/dr.s Are in the poorest tin mj s. , IV. i. 68 superfluous ami lust-dieted man. superflux: supertluity Lr. iii. iv. 35. supernal : heavenly John ii. i. 112 tluit s.jiuhje. superscript: aklress of a letter LLL. iv. ii. 137 ; so superscription 1H6 iv. i. 53, Tim. ii. ii. 82. super serviceable^ : (a) above his work (Wrightj, (hi over-otlicious (J.) Lr. ii. ii. 19. supervise sb. (once) : on the s., at the first perusal Ham. V. ii. 2:5. supervise vb. (once) : to look over, peruse LLL. iv. ii. rJ5 ht lite supercise the canzonet. supervisor (once) : looker-on 0th. iii. iii. 396 (Q i ; the rest siipervisioti). Euppli'ance (once) : s.ofa minute, diversion to fill up a minute Ham. i. iii. 9. [in. vii. 14. suppli'ant, mod. edd. supplyant: au.xiliary Cym. supply sb. (in H5 i. Chor. HI for the ichich s. = for the supply of which) 1 aid, relief Tim. u. i. 27, Ham. li. ii. 24. 2 sing, and pi. auxiliaiy forces, reinforcements John V. iii. 9 the great s. . . . Are wrack'd, 2H4 iv. ii. 45 We have suppliis to second our attempt, 1H6 1. i. 159, Cym. iv. iii. 25. Siipply vb. : 1 to reinforce Mac. i. ii. 13. 2 to satisfy the desires of, gratify Meas. v. i. 206, 0th. IV. i. 28. [182. supplyment: continuance of supply Cym. in. iv. support: to endure Lr. v. iii. 199, 0th. i. iii. 260. supportaljle : endurable Tp. v. i. 145. supportance: support R2 in. iv. 32 Gire some s. to the hindiiifi tirii/s ; maintenance Tw.N. m. iv. 333 for the supiioviance of his row. supposal: estimate, opinion Ham. i. ii. 18. suppose sb.: supposition, coniecture Shr. v. i. 120"*, Troil. I. iii. 11 we come short of our s.. Tit. i. i. 410 on vain suppose. suppose vb. (2 Cf. SUPPOSED 1, SUPPOSING) 1 to form an idea of 1H6 iv. i. 186 more furious . . . broils Than yet can be imagined or s-'d, Sonn. 1 vii. 10 or your affairs suppose. 2 to picture to oneself, imagine H5 i. Chor. 19, in. Chor. 3, Per. v. ii. 5. 3 to presume the truth of, conjecture Err. in. i. 101 supposed by tlie common rout. supposed : 1 imaginary Lucr. 455 maJces supposed terror true. 2 pi-e tended Wiv. iv. iv. Q3 the s. fairies, Shr. ii. i. 402, 3H6 in. iii. 22;i false Edward, thy s. kiny, Tim. V. i. 16 m this s. (listnss of his, Lr. v. iii. 113. supposing' : imagination Per. v. Gower 21 In your supposiiii/ . . . put your sir/lit Of heetvy Pericles. supposition : ;/( ,v. , of doubtful existence Mer. V. i. iii. 17. Giipreme sb.: chief Ven. ^d(j Imperious su'preiiie of (ill mortal tliiiiy^. sur-addition : additional title or name Cym. i. i. 33 f/ainel the sur-addition Leonatus. surance (once) : assurance Tit. v. ii. 46. surcease sb. (once) : cessation Mac. i. vii. 4. surcease vb.: to cease Cor. in. ii. 121 Lest I s. to honour mine own truth, I?om. iv. i.97 no pidse Shalt keep his native proyress, hut surcease, Lucr. 1766. sure adj. (in various senses, of which the foil, are now more or less rare) 1 in safety, safe Gent. v. i. 12, Wiv. iv. ii. 6 sure of your husband (i.e. safe from), I\3 iii, ii, 83, Tim. III. iii. 4U Doors . . . must be employ'd Xow to yuard sure their master. 2 unable to do liarm, harmless; (with the vb. malce = disable, destroy) 1H4 v. iii. 48, iv. 127, Tit. ii. iii. 133, 187, Per. i. i. 169 ; (with the vb. bind) Tit. v. ii. 161, 166 ; (with the vbs. hold, guard) 2H4 li. i. 29, IV. iii. 81, 2H6 in. i. 188, Tit. v. ii. 76. 3 reliable Ado i. iii. 71 You are both s., and loill assist me ?, 1H4 III. i. 1, Cor. i. i. 178 no s-r . . . Tlian is the coed of fire upon the ice, Tit. v. i. 100 .4* sure a iftrd as ever won the set. 4 indissolubly joined, firmly united Wiv. v. v. 249 [237] she and I . . . Are now so s., LLL. v. ii. 286 iHunanu is mine, as s. as bark on tree, AYL. V. iv. 142 I'ouand you are sure togetlier. sure adv. (very freq. in the sense ' certainly, as- suredly ', e. g. Tp. II. i. 334 [325] he is, sure, i ' tlie island) 1 safely Cies. iv. i. 47 How . . . open perils [may he] surest answered. 2 infallibly Ham. ii. ii. 47 this brain . . . Hunts not the trait of policy so sure . , . surety sb. (1 cf. security ; 5 whence the concr. sense ' bail ', e. g. Tp. i. ii. 472, Sonn. cxxxiv. 7) 1 feeling of security Troil. ii. ii. 14 The tvound of peace is surety. Surety secure. 2 certainty 0th. i. iii. 396 o* if for surely ( = as if the thing were certain). 3 stability John v. vii. 68 WJiat s. of the world, what hope, trhat stay . . . ?. 4 reliable support Troil. i. iii. 220. 5 guarantee, warrant, ratification LLL. n. i. 134, All'sW. V. iii. lUS She calVd the saints to s., John in. i. 282, H5 v. ii. 400 we'll take your oath . . . for surety of our hagues, Troil. v. ii. 68. surety vb.: to be suretv or bail for All'sW. v. iii. 302, Cor. ni. i. 177 IVtV/ surely him. surmise sb. ('suspicion' i.'s the chief sense) 1 thought, reflection Lucr. 83, 1579. 2 conjecture, speculation 2H4 i. iii. 23 Conjecture, expectation, and s. Of aids incertain, Mac. I.' iii. 141 function Is smothcr'd in surmise, surmise vb.: to imagine, conjecture (trans, and intr.) 2H6 in. ii. 347, Troil. i. iii. 17 the thought That gare't s-d sliapc, Ham. ll. ii. 108 now, gather, (lull surmise. surprise : to perplex, bewilder, dumbfound Wint. III. i. 10 tlie ear-deafening voice , , . so s-d my sense, Tit. II. iii. 211 s-d with an uncoutli fear, Tim. v. i. 161 Yon . . . S. me to the very brink of tears, Ven. 8;i0, 1049. surrein'd : over-ridden H5 ni. v. 19 s. jades. survey : to perceive, notice Mae. i. ii. 31 s-ing van- tage ( = seeing his opportunity). T[ The main sense is ' view, look upon'. surveyor: overseer of a household, estate, &c. 2H6_iii. i. 253 To malce the fox s. of the fold, H8 I. i. 115 The Duke of Buckingham's snrveijor. suspect : suspicion Err. in. i. 87, 2H6 in. i. 140 (old edd. mispi'inted suspence), 3H6 rv. L 142, Sonn. Ixx. 13 some suspect if ill. stispicion (possessive pronouns when qualifying s. are usu. subjective, e.g. Wiv. iv. ii. 37, but occas. as in objective Tit. ii. iii. 298 their s.^the suspicion they are under, Lr. in. v. 22) 1 ofs., under suspicion, suspected Rom. v. iii. 222 ; in strong s., much to be suspected Wint. v. ii. 31 ; out of ei'll s., beyond a doubt Ado li. iii. 177 [166], 2 suspicious circumstance Rom. v. iii. 187. suspiration: breathing Ham. i. ii. 79. siispire: to brcatlie, draw breath John in. iv. 80, 2114 IV. V. 32. sustain : rcfl. to have its place 0th. v. ii. 259. sustaining ; bearing (them) up in the water Tp. SUTLEB- 217 SWOLN I. ii. 218* their s. garments ; nourishing Lr. rv.iv. G our sustaining corn. Butler : one who sells provisions to soldiers in a camp or garrison H5 ii. i. 116. Sutton Cophill (mod. edd. Co'jii) : Sutton Cold- field iu Warwickshire 1H4 iv. ii. 3. swabber : one of ' the Sorriest Sea-men put to Wasli and clean tlie Ship ' (Diet, of Canting Crew) Tp. II. ii. 49, Tw.N. I. V. 217. swaddling'-clouts : handages in which new-born cliildren were wrapped Ham. ii. ii. 411 [401] (Qq). swag'-bellied : pendulous-paunchedOth. ii. iii. 81. swagg'er : to play the boaster or bully, bluster, ' hector ' Tw.N. v. i. 411 uhenlcume, alas .' to wive, . . . By s-ing could I never thrice, 2H4 ii. iv. 100 he will not s. with a llarbary hen, 0th. il. iii. 283 squabble, s., swear ; trans. Troil. v. ii. 133 Will he s. himself out on 's own eyes ?, Lr. iv. vi. 244 zwag- qirid out of my life. [ii. iv. 82. swaggerer: blusterer, bully AYL. iv. iii. 15, 2H4 swain: young man in love Gent. iv. ii. 41 what is she. That all our s-s commend her?, Troil. iii. ii. 180 True swains in love. swallow : fig. to retract (a promise) Meas. iii. i. 234 snallowed his cows whole. swan: ref. to as singing shortly before its deatli 0th. V. ii. 245, Plioen. 15 ; cf. swan-like Mer.V. III. ii. 44 /le makes a s. end. Fading in music. swart : swarthy, dark Err. in. ii. 105 S. , like my shoe, 1H6 I. ii. 84 ; so swart-complexion'd Sonii. xxviii. 11 the swart-conwU xiond night. swarth. sb.: fig. ' heap ' Tw.N. ii. iii. 164 an. .. ass, that cons stale wtlltoul book, and utters it by great swarthy'. ^ A variant form of swath. swarth, swarthy, swarty (each once) : dark- complexioned Tit. II. iii. 72 (Ff) your swarlh Cimmerian (Qq snarly) ; Gent. ii. vi. 26 a swarthy F.thiope. swasher: bully, braggadocio H5 ni. ii. 31 ; so swashing, blustering AYL. i. iii. 123 a s. and a meiriial outside ; (?) dasliing, swinging Rom. i. i. 69 thy s. blow (Ff Qq^?. washing). 'i\ ' Swash ' is to clash swords on bucklers or shields ; ' swash- buckler ' is not S. swath (1 cf. SWARTH) 1 tlio quantity cut by the mower with one sweep of the scythe TroiL v. v. 25. 2 swaddling-clothes Tiin. iv. iii. 253 our first s. (i.e. earliest infancy). swathing-clothes, -clouts: swaddling-clothes 1H4 III. ii. 112 (Ff siralhing, Qq swallding clothis), Ham. II. ii. 411 [401] (Ff swalhing, Qq sivadlnig clouts), Cym. r. i.b9 swathing clothes. sway sb. (in C«s. i. iii. 3 all the sway of earth*, ? = equable motion, or settled order) 1 management, direction, control John ii. i. 578 This s. of motion, Cor. ir. iii. 190 «. o' the stale, Sonn. Ixvi. 8 /nHp/«^ ^w?/ (-misdirection). 2 rule, sovereignty Tp. i. ii. 112 So dry he was for s., Mer.V. IV. i. 193 this sceptred sway, Mac. i. v. 71. sway vb. (3 these two passages are by some referred to sense 2) 1 to liave under control, manage, direct Ado rv. i. 203 let my counsel s. you, John i. i. 13 the sword Which s-s usurpingly these several titles, Ant. ii. ii. 155 The heart of brothers govern in ottr loves And sway our great designs. 2 to bear liile or sway Tw.N. iv. i. 56 Let thy fair wisdom, not thy passion, .?., 1H6 iii. ii. 135 A gentler heart did 7iecer sway in court, Cor. ll. i. 222. 3 to be directed in one's movements Tw.N. ii. iv. 31* So sways she ^ece/ (= maintains a steady course), Mac. V. iii. 9' The mnid I sway by. 4 sway on, (?) move on 2H4 iv. i. 24*. swayedt (Hanmer) : s. in the back, sunk in the back- bone Shr. III. ii. 57 (old edd. Weiid). swear (pa.t. occas. sware 2H4 in. ii. 345) 1 to take oath of allegiance Mac. iv. ii. 47 [a traitor] one that sitcars and lies. 2 =to swear by John iil. i. 281 the thing thou s-'st, Lr. I. i. 163 Thou swear'st thy gods m cam. 3 to administer an oath to, make (one) swear Mcas. IV. ii. 195, H8 I. ii. 165 Whom. . . He solemnly laid sworn, Caes. ii. i. 129, v. iii. 38 / swore thee . . . TItat . . . swear out, forswear, renounce solemnly LLL. ii. i. 104 your grace hath sworn out house-keeping ; swear over, outswear Wint. i. ii. 424. sweat sb. : the sweating sickness, a form of the plague Meas. i. ii. 89. [5(). sweat vb.: to take the sweating cure Troil. v. x. sweet sb. : perfume (of a flower) Sonn. xcix. 2, 15. sweet ad.j. : 1 perfumed, scented Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 252 s. gloves, Tit. II. iv. 6 call for sweet water. 2 (of the heavens or heavenly powers) gracious, 'dear' LLL. in. i. 70s. welkin, Ham. in. iii. 45//(« s. Iieacens, Lr. I. v. 51 let me not be mad, . . . sweet heeicen, 0th. n. 1. 19S Amen to thett, sweet powers.'. 3 dear to 1H6 iv. vi. 55 Thy life to me is s., Sonn. cxxxvi. 12. 4 sweet-tongued, eloquent 2H6 iv. i. 136 s. Tully. sweet-and-twenty : term of endearment Tw.N. ii. iii. 54' (see twenty). sweet heart : as a term of affectionate address, usu. printed as two words in old edd. (cf. heart3) A\iv. IV. ii. 12, 2H4 n. iv. 24, Rom. iv. v. 3. sweeting : 1 sweet kind ofaiple Rom. ii. iv. 86. 2 term of endearment Shr. iv. iii. 36, 0th. il. iii. 254. sweetness: (?) self-indulgence Meas. ii. iv. 46. sweet-seasoned : (of rain) soft Sonn. Ixxv. 2. [7. sweet-suggesting : sweetly seductive Gent. ii. vi. swell'd: inflated Cym. v. v. 163 swell'd boast. swelling : 1 full to bursting or overflowing 1H4 in. i. 201 these s. heaans ( = eyes filled with tears). Tit. v. iii. 13 venomous malice of my swelling heart. 2 inflated with pride (Jth. ii. iii. 58; inflated with anger R2 i. i. 201 The s. difference of your settled hate, R3 ii. i. 51 swelling wrong-incensed peers, 3 pompous, ostentatious Mer.V. i. i. 125. 4 increasing in interest and grandeur H5 i. Chor. 4 tlic s. scene, Mac. l. iii. 128 happy prologues to the sirelling act Of the imperial theme. swelter'd : caused to exude Mac. rv. i. 8. swerve : to go astray, err Cym. v. i v. 129. swift: vdAily-wiited AYL. v. iv. 65 s.and sententious ; cf. Ado in. i. 89, Shr. v. ii. 54. swill: to swallow greedily, gulp down R3 v. ii. 9 The . . . boar, Tliat . . . S-s your warm blood like wash ; fig. H5 in. i. 14 [the rock's] base, SwiU'd with ( = by) the wild and wasteful ocean. swim (pa.t. and pa.pple. swam and sworn) : to float AYL. IV. i. 40 you have swam in a gondola, Cxs. v. i. 67 sivim bark I. swinge : to thrash, belabour Gent. u. i. 91, John ii. i. 288, 2H4v. iv. 21. swinge-buckler : roisterer 2H4 in. ii. 24. swinish: gross Ham. i. iv. 19 with swinish phrase. switch : .«. and spurs, at full gallop, as hard as one can go Rom. ii. iv. 75 (old edd. swits). Swithald (Qq), Swithold (Ff) : St. Vitalis, who wasapp. invoked in cases of niglitmaie Lr. ni. iv. 123 S. footed thrice the old (Theobald St. Wilhold^). Switzers : Swiss guards Ham. iv.v. 97 (Qq Swissers). swoln : inflated, bombastic Troil. ii. iii. 165 such s. eind hot discourse. SWOON - 218 — TAINT swoon: in old edd. the foil, forms occur— 1 swoun, sKoini, 2 sicoon, 3 swound, 4 snooml, 5 sound. swoopstake (old edJ. soopstnke) : lit. drawing tlio wliole stake at once ; (lience) indiscriminately Ham. IV. V. 141 s., you nill draw hoth friend and foe. sword (see dagger 1, eat 1) 1 symbol of resal or other power Meas. in. ii. 283 [275J He, who the s. of heaven will heitr, John I. i. 12, 2H6 IV. iii. 14 the Mayor s .?., R3 iv. iv. 470 is the s. iinsway'd?, Otli. V. ii. 17 that dost almost persuadt .luslice to break her sword. 2 oatlis were taken on the sword because the hilt is in the form of a cross H2 i. iii. 179, Ham. i. v. 147, 154. Bwovd and buckler: fencing weapons in common use fill the end of the 10th cent., but in S.'s time supplanted in gentlemen's use by rapier and dagger ; used attrib. - ruffianly 1H4 1. iii. 230 that same snwd-and-huckler I'rhice of Wales. [31. sworder: g!adiator2H6iv. i. 135, Ant. iii. xi. [xiii.] swordnian(once): fighter All'sAV.ii.i. 62. ^Neither 'swurdsnian' nor the Eliz. 'sword-player' is used by S. sworn (3 in mediaeval chivalry 'fratres jurati ' wei-e men who had taken an oath to share each others' fortunes ; 4 developed from sworn foe 3Htj HI. iii. 257, siivrn enemy Tw.N. lu. iv. 189) 1 sworn counsel, pledged secrecy All'sW. iii. vii. 9. 2 l)ound by a tie or obligation, (of a friend) close, intimate Wint. l. ii. 167 Xow my s. friend, H8 i. ii. 191 heiufi my s. servant, Lr. lii. iv. 81 commit not with man's s. spouse, Cym. ii. iv. 125 her at- tendants ecre All sworn and honourable. 3 s. brother, one pledged to another in comrade- ship, close or intimate friend Ado i. i. 74 eveni month a new s. brother, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 609, K2 V. i. 20 / am s. brother . . . To grim Necessity, 1 114 II. i V. 7, H5 II. i. 13 s. brothers to France ( = pledged to share each others' fortunes in the expedition to Fiance), (Jor. ii. iii. 101. 4 inveterate Tim. iii. v. 69 a sworn rioter. swonn(d) : see swoon. swounds : = God's wounds, zounds Ham. ii. ii. 012 [604] (Ff Why), v. i. 296 (Ff Come). syllable: to the last or utmost s. of, to the utmost limit or extent of All'sW. in. vi.73, Mac. v. v. 21. sympathize : 1 to be of the same mind Troil. iv. i. 25. 2 to agree or be in conformity (with) 1H4 v. i. 7 with the losers let it [a tempest] s., H5 in. vii. 103 the men do s. with (--are like) the mastiffs, Troil. I, iii. 62. 3 to feel sympathy for, have a fellow feeling for ; only transf. said of inanimate things R2 v. i. 40 the senseless brands will s. The heavy accent of thy moviitf/ tonyue. And in compassion iveep Die fire out. 4 pass, corresponded to, answered, matched LLL. III. i. 64 A message well s-d, Lucr. 1113 Trtie .sor- row . , . When with like semblance it is s-'d, Sonn. Ixxxii. n\ sympathized ppl. adj.: shared in (by all) Err. v. i. 400 this sympathized . . . error. sympathy : agrtcmcnt, conformity, correspond- ence Wiv. II. i. 7 You are not youni/, no more am I;. . . there's .«., 2H0 i. i. 23 s. of love. Tit. in. i. 149 whett a s. of woe (-likeness in suffering), Rom. in. iii. 84, Otli. ll. i. 233 .?. in years, mannirs, and beauties, Cym. v. iv. 151, Yen. 1057, Lucr. 1229 ."(. 0/ (-likeness to); equality of blood or rank MND. I. i. 141 a s. in choice, R2 iv. i. 33 If that thy valour stand on. s-ies. ^ The only S. use ; dic- tionaries down to Bailey give first place to the sense ' the natural agreement of things, a con- formity in nature, passions, &ic.' synod: legislative assembly Err. i. i. 13; more freq. (5 exx.) assembly of the gods AYL. in. ii. 159, Cor. V. ii. 74, Ant. in. viii. 15 [x. 5]. syrup: medicinal decoction Err. v. i. lOi whe^lesome s-s, drugs, 0th. in. iii. 332 drowsy s-s. ^ Cf. 'Diacodion ', is a syrup made with heads of the lierbe called popy, and water, ... to cause one to sleape (Elyot's Diet.). ta : dial, form of ' thou' (after a dental, in interro- gative sentences) 2H4 n. i. 65 Thou wot, wot ta 9 (Q ; Ff Tliou wilt not ?). table (2 cliietiy, and 3 only, in fig. context) 1 one or both of the stone tablets containing the tenconimandnientsMeas. i. ii. 9 scraped one [com- mandment] out of the t., R3 i. iv. 205 in the table of his law (Fi Table). 2 writing tablet, memorandum book (cf. tabi.e- book) Gent. n. vii. 3 thee. Who art the t. ivherein all my thoughts Are . . . chartuter'd. Ham. i. v. 98 fromthet. of my memory; esi>. pi. 2H4 n. iv.289/(/4- tuaster's old t-s, , . .his connsil-kicper, iv. i. 201, Troil. IV. V. 60 uncletsp the t-s of their tlioiights. Ham. I. V. 107, Cym. in. ii. 39 young Cupid's t-s ( = love-letters), Sonn. cxxii. 1, 12. 3 board or flat surface on which a picture is painted All'sW. I. i. 107 draw His arched brows . . . In our heart's t., John ii. i. 603 Drawn in the flattering table of her eye, Sonn. xxiv. 2. 4 (in pailmistry) quadrangle formed by four main lines in the palm of the hand Mer.V. ii. i. 174. table-book: note-book Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 612, Ham. II. ii. 130. tabled: set down in a list€ym. i. iv. 7 though the catalogue of his endoitments liad been tabled. tables : backgammon LLL. v. ii. 327. % The ordi- nary name for the game circa 1300-1050. table-sport : butt or laughing-stock of the com- jiaiiy (lit. at table) Wiv. rv. ii. 173. ta'bor: small drum used on festive occasions LLL. V. i. 105; used by professional clowns and jesters Tw.N. in. i. 2 ; coupled with j)ipe as symbolical of peaceful rejoicing Ado n. iii. 15, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 183 ; so taborer, drummer Tp. in. ii. 104. tatiorin, tabourine : military drum Troil. iv. v. 274, Ant. IV. viii. 37. tackled: tackled stair, rope ladder Rom. ii. iv. 203. taffeta : lustrous kind of silk LLL. v. ii. 159, 1H4 i. ii. 11 in flame-colour'd i.; used as adj. fig. LLIi. V. ii. 407 Taffeta phrases, silken terms jirecise. tag": rabble Cor. in. i. 247 ; sotag'-rag' people Cx'R. I. ii. 269. tailor: MND. ii. i. ^V down topplesshe, And 'tailor' cries ; obscure allusion. taint sb. (not pre-Eliz. in these senses) 1 corruption, decay H8 v. iii. 28, Lr. i. i. 224. 2 stain, blemish Ham. ii. i. 32 ; disgrace Troil. i. iii. .374. taint vb. (not pre-EIiz. in these senses) 1 to aft'ect or imbue slightly with an undesiralde quality IHOv. iii. 182>.\Vifr2/f//(i/«^[pa.pplc.](('i/yi love, 3H0 in. i. 40 Xero will be tainted with remorse ; also intr. to become so affected Mac. v. iii. 3 / cannot taint with fear. 2 to injure, impair Meas. iv. iv. 5, Tw.N. iii. iv. 14 t-ed ni's irits, 0th. i. iii. 273 That my disports corrupt and taint my business, iv. ii. 161. 3 to sully, stain, bring into discredit (a person, liia lionour, &c.) Tw.N. v. i. 142, 1H6 iv. v. 46, H8 in. i. 54 To t. that honour, iv. ii. 14 ; to disparage Otli. II. i. 277 tainliny his discipline. TAINTINGI.Y - 219 — TAI.I. 4 to infect with rorruption, oori-iipt, dopiavo Tw.N. V. i. :iii9, IHC v. iv. 45 t-ul inlli d /hoiisinid rices, Ham. i. v. 85 T. not tin/ wind, Cym. v. iv. Co, Lucr. :i8 ; also intr. Tw.N. iil. iv. 147 lest :ln device lake air, and taint ( = become stale). 5 to convey infection Troil. iii. iil. 233. taintingly (Fo Cor. i. i. 116, app. misprint for tanthujiy (Ffoa), taiuitiiiyly (Fi), wliiclilast is the reading of mod. edd. tainture : dctilemcnt 2H6 n. i. 186 (Fi Taincturt). take (2 see also taking vbl. sb. and ppl. adj.) 1 to strike R3 r. iv. 100 T. him orer llie costard iiilh the hilts ; with double obj. to give (a person a blow) Meas. ii. i. 194, Shr. iii. ii. 166, Tw.X. ii. v. 76, H5 IV. i. 234 / will take thee u box on the ear. 2 to strike with disease Wiv. iv. iv. 33 he blasts the tree, and t-s the cattle. Ant. iv. ii. 37 Xow, the witch t. me; absol. Ham. I. i. 163 then no planets strike, yo fairy takes {Fi talk(,e)s). 3 to catch, meet, find Err. iii. ii. 174, H5 iv. i. 239. 4 t. {it) OH one's death, honour, salmtion, give a strong assurance, affirm veliemently Wiv. ir. ii. 13, Jolin I. i. 110, R2 v. iii. 11, 1H4 ii. iv. 9, v. iv. 154. 5 /. on or upon oneself, besides mod. senses of 'undertake' and 'assume', means (i) profess, pretend Err. v. i. 243 took on him as a conjurer, 2H4 IV. i. 60 / t. not on me here as a physician, Cym. V. iv. 185 be directed by some that t. upon them to know; make believe Troil. i. ii. 151 ^he t-s iipoH her to spy a iihite hair on his chin ; pre- tend to know Lr. v. iii. 16/. upon's the mystiry of thini/s; (ii) assume lofty airs Shr. iii. ii. 217, IV. ii. i09, 1H6 I. ii. 71. 6 to assume, pretend Ham. ii. i. 13 Take you . . . some distant knoirledrje of him. 7 to repair to (a place) for refuge Err. v. i. 36 for God's sake, take a house.', 94, Troil. v. iv. 21 Fly not ; for shouldst thou t. the river Styx, I nould sitim after. 8 retl. or intr. to have recourse, betake oneself Gent. IV. i. 42 have you anylhini; to t. to?, H5 in. ii. 127 ere theiseeyes ofminet. Ilumsdvesto slumber. Per. ni. iv. 10 A restid livery ivill I take me to. 9 to liear, learn John i. i. 21, Cor. in. i. 139 Xo, t. more; cliiefly in take it or this of me = \Qi me tell you Shr. ii. i. 191, H8 v. i. 30, tit. ii. i. 108, Tim. III. iv. 71 ; (pregnantly) to accept as true Lr. iv. vi. 145 I irouhl not lake this from report. 10 to receive without resistance, acquiesce in, put up with Ham. ii. ii. 612 [604], Lr. il. ii. 106. 11 to accept (a person) as being, or suppose him to be so-and-so All's W. III. v. 52 He's bravely taken ( -regarded as a fine fellow). Tit. v. ii. 155 The empress' sons I take them. 12 to arrange, conclude (truce, peace) Jolin iii. i. 17 t. a truce, H8 ii. i. 85 /. peace, Troil. ii. ii. 75, Rom. III. i. 163, Yen. 82, Sonn. xlvii. 1 a leae/ue is took. 13 intr. to catch fire H5 ii. i. 56. 14 =. ' take effect ' Cor. ii. ii. 113. take all, (?) orig. a gaming expression indicating a last i!esp.Tiring hazard Rom. i. v. 19 the longer lira- take all, Lr. in. i. 15 And bids what wilt iaki all, Ant. IV. 'n.Srilstrike,andcry'Takeair;ta.lieone's death, (1) die 3H6 i. iii. 35 ; (2) take one's dying oath 2H6 it. iii. 91 / inll t. my death I never n'uant him any ill ; take forth, select, choose Cor. I. ix. 34 ; take one's haste, makeliasteTim.v. i. 215; take the heat, get the start 2H4 ii. iv. 326; take in, conquer, subdue, overcome Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] .WO affliction may subdue the cheek, Dul not t. in the mind, Cor. i. ii. 24 To t. in many toivns, Ant. i. i. 23, Ac, Cym. in. ii. 9, iv. ii. 121; take me with you, speak so that 1 can under- stand you, be explicit 1114 ii. iv. 513 [506], Rom. in. V. 142 ; take note of, d) notice Cor. iv. ii. 10 ; (2) know about Tw.N. in. ii. 40 ; take off, (1) dissuade, disincline Mac. ii. iii. 38 it sets him on, and it t-s him off; (2) relieve one of (an office) Cor. III. iii. 60, 0th. v. ii.SM i'oitr power and your command is t-n off; (3) make away with, destroy (a person or his life, 4:c.) Mac. v. vii. UiO[viii. 71] Took off her life, Cym. v. v. 47, Per. iv. vi. 140 I must have your maidenhead taken off (quibble on ' head ') ; (4) there's laying on, t. it off who will, pro- verbial phr. applicable toany thing excessive Troil. I. ii. 22i ; take on, be furious, rage, rave Wiv. III. V. 40.s7(c does so t. on with her men, MXD. in. ii. 258, 3H6 n. v. 104 ; take ovit, (1) lead out from the company for a dance H8 i. iv. 95 / were un- mannerly to t. you out. And not tokiss ijou, (2) tak'e a copy of 0th. in. iii. 296, iv. 179 T. 'me this work out . . . Fd have it copied ; take up, (1) raise, levy 2H4 II. i. 203 you are to f. soldiirs up, iv. ii. 26 ; (2) arrest (with quibble on sense of taicing-up, q.v.) Ado III. iii. 189, 2H6 iv. vii. 134 ; (3) ' oppose, encounter, cope witli ' (Schmidt) Wint. in. iii. 90 (quibble on sense 4 below), 2H4 i. iii. 73, Cor. in. i. 243 / could myself T. up a brace o' the best of them ; (4) take to task, rebuke, rej rimand Gent, I. ii. 132, Cym. ir. i.4/. meupforswiaring; (5) retort to (a speech) H5 in. vii. 131 ; (6) make up, settle, arrange amicably AYL. v. iv. 50, 104, Tw.N. in. iv. 323, Tit. iv. iii. 91 to t. up a matter of brawl, 0th. I. iii. 173 ; (7) occupy entirely. All up, (hence) obstruct H8 i. i. 56 T. up the rays o' the . . . sun. Cor. in. ii. 116 tears t. up The glasses of my sight ; (8) trip up Mac. n. iii. 46 he took up my legs. taking vbl. sb. ( 1 cf. take 2) 1 blasting, malignant influence Li-. tii. iv. 60. 2 state of agitation or alarm Wiv. in. iii. 190 What a taking was he in, Lucr. 453. taking' ppl. adj.: blasting, pernicious Lr. ii. iv. 166 i'oit taking airs. taking-off : murder Mac. i. vii. 20, Lr. v. i. 65. taking-up : obtaining on credit 2H4 i. ii. 45. tale (1 the earliest sense ; 2 Skelton 1523 has 'Tlierby lyeth a tale '.Holland 1600' Hereto longeth a tale'; the sense ' number ' is not S.) 1 talk Rom. ii. iv. 102 to stop in my t., Ven. 74 to a pretty ear slie tunes her tale. 2 thereby hani/s a t., there is something to say about that Shr. iv. i. 60. 3 in a tale, in agreement Ado iv. ii. 34. talent' (Ian Eliz. sense) [hair. 1 pi. riches, treasure Conipl. 204 these t-s of their 2 evil inclination or passion Cym. i. vi. SO' beyond all talents. talent^: common old form of ' talon ' ; hence the pun in LLL. iv. ii. 65 If a talent be a clair, look how he claws him with a talent. talk: 1 (emphatically) to talk idly, talk nonsense Wint. III. li. 42, Mac. IV. ii. 62 Poor pratthr, how thou, talkest, 0th. iv. iii. 25 Come, come, you talk. 2 to speak (a word) R3 iv. iv. 199 (Qq speak), Lr. in. iv. 161 ; to say that . . . Tp. n. i. 101 ; to tell (a person) o/ something 0th. in. iv. 92. tall (the ordinary sense is freq. ; 2 common Eliz. prose use ; 3 cf. hand sb. 1) 1 goodly, fine, ' proper ' MND. v. i. 146 sweet youth and tall, Shr. iv. i. 11, iv. iv. 17 Thou'rt a t. fellow. 2 (conventional epithet of ships of large build) fine, gallant Mer.V. in. i. 6, R2 it. i. 286, Lr. iv. vi. 19 yond t. anchoring bark, 0th. iI. i. 79, Sonn. Ixxx. 12 lam a worthless boat. He of tall building. 3 good at arms, strong in fight, doughty, valiant (freq. ironical) Wiv, ii. ii. 12 good soldiers and tall TAIiIiOW — 220 - TAWDSY-I.ACS /Mows, Tw.N. I. iii. 21, 1H4 I. iii. 62 manfi a tjood t. /Mow, R3 I. i V. 157 Spoke like a t. fellow, Rom. ii. iv. 32 a very good blade! — a wry t. matit. Ant. ii. vi. 7 miicli t. youth ; brave H5 ii. i. 72 Thy spirits are most tall, tallow: fat of an animal Wiv. v. v. 10( = grow tliin as a stag in rutting time). "H Cf. ' All betstis that beere talow ', Book of St. Albans, 1480. tallow-catcU ^ ((jq Ff) ; (a) by Hanniur taken = * tallow kettli ', i.e. tub of tallow, (b) by Jolinson = ' tallow keech', i.e. lump of tallow (see keecuj 1H4 II. iv. 251). tallow-face : pale-faced wretch Rom. in. v. 158. tally: stick of wooJ, marked witli ti-ansveise notches or scores representing tlie amount of a debt; it being cleft lengtliwise across the notclies, tlie debtor and creditor each retained one of tlie lialves2H6iv. vii. 3Q the score and ihet., Sonn. cxxii. 10 Xor tued I tallies thy dear loee to score. talon : old edd. talent, see talent 2. tame: maket. to, (i) subject or subjugate to John IV. ii. 2(52, Lr. iv. vi. 226 (Qq titade tame by for- tune's blows) ; (ii) familiarize witli Troil. iir. iii. 10. ^ Tlie fig. senses ' submissive, meek ', ' lack- inganiiiiation, force, or effectiveness, spiritless ' are freq. ta.ined: broachedTroil. iv. i. 62//e . . . would drink up The lees and dregs of aflat t. piece ( = broached cask). tang'sb.: 'something that leaves a sting or pain behind it ' (J.) Tp. 11. ii. 5-'!* she had a tongue with a t. ^ Perhaps ' tang ' = tongue of a snake (sup- posed to sting), sting of an insect, is here asso- ciated with ' tang ' = sliarp ringing sound. tan^ vb.: ti-ans. to sound loud with Tw.N. 11. v. 1()5 let thy tongue tang argiimmls of slate ; intr. 11 1. iv. 7y lei thy tongue tang with arguments (Ffasi ; Fi lunger? misprint). tangfle : to entrap, snare Gent. in. ii. 68 hiy lime to t. her desires, 1H6 iv. ii. 22, Yen. 07 Look how a bird lies tangled in a net. . . tanlin^ (notpre-S.) : one tanned by tlie sun's rays Cym. IV. iv. 29 summer's tanlings. tap: to act as tapster Wiv. i. iii. 11 ; to draw out as liquor from a cask R2 11. i. 127. tardy adj.: ta'en t., taken unawares, surprised R;i ly. i. 51 ; come t. off, fallen short, inadequately done Ham. iii. ii. 2y. tardy vb.: to delay Wint. in. ii. 163 lardiedily swift command. tardy-g-aited : slow-paced H5 iv. Chor. 20. targ-e (thrice) : light shield LLL. v. ii. 654. target (9 times) : -targe 1H4 11. iv. 228. Tarpeian rock : rock on the Capitoline Hill at Rome over which persons convicted of treason were thrown lieadlong Cor. in. i. 212, 265 ; hence III. iii. 80 the sleep Tarpeian death, tarre: to provoke, incite, hound ou John iv. i. 117, Troil. I. iii. 392 t. the mastiffs on. Ham. 11. ii. 379 [370] t, them to controversy. "[I Survives in midl. dial. (Worcestershire). tarriance: delay Gent. ir. vii. 90; waiting in ex- jiectation Pilgr. vi. 4 [74]. tarry (1 common down to about 1800) 1 to lodge (in a place) Mer.V. iv. ii. 18. 2 to wait for Wiv. iv. v. 21, Ti'oil. i. i. 10 ; to stay for (a meal) 2H4 iii. ii. 200. tart : only fig. ; painful, grievous Lr. iv. ii. 87 another way. This news is not so tart ; (of aspect) sour Ant. 11. v. 38 .so tart a favour. Tartar (Eliz.): Tartarus, tlio infernal regions, hell EiT. IV. ii. 32 in T. limbo, worse than hell (see UMBO), Tw.X. II. v, 227//iei/atoo/r.,II5ii, ii. 123. tartly: (of aspect) sourly Ado n. i. 3. [v. iv. 19. tartness: sourness (fig.) AU'sW. iv. iii. 96, Cor. task sb. : at t. (S.), blamed Lr. i. iv. 368 at task for ivant of wisdom (Qq attask'd), task vb. (cf. TAX vb.) 1 to lay a tax upon, tax 1H4 iv. iii. 92. 2 to impose a task upon LLL. n. L 20 to t. the tasker. Cor. 1. iii. 40 a harvest man that's task'd to mow. 3 to make demands upon, summon, or challenge (a person) to perform (something) Tp. i. ii. 192 to thy stroHi. V. i. 126, 1H6 in. ii. 7, Cor. V. V. [vi.] 43 When . . . and that. . ., Ham. I. ii. 2, 0th. II. i. 312 Till . . . Or, failing so, yet that . . ., in. i. 54, Cym. in. v. 71 /or ( = because) she's fair and royal. And that . . .; similarly after a conditional clause with inversion Meas. n. i. 12 Bad time coher'd . . . Or that . . ., Sonn. xxxix. 13 Were it not . . . And that . . . thatch'd : covered Tp. iv. i. 63 meads t. with stovir. theft : thing stolen Ham. in. ii. 94 / will pay the t. ^ In All'sW. n. i. 34, Mac. 11. iii. 152 it gets the meaning of ' stealing away 'by virtue of a quibble. theme (on Ant. n. ii. 48 see the comin.) 1 what is said, discourse Err. v. i. 65 the subject of my t., Wint. v. i. 100. 2 business, matter 2H4 I. iii. 22 in a theme so lloody- fac'd as this. THEN 224 THIS then ': sometimes spelt thmi (see than-). then 2; old form of than ', as piob. in John iv. ii. 42 more [reason], more sirony, than (Fj then) lesser is my /fa )■( = ' more strong in proportion as my fear is less', Aldis Wright) ; conj. wlienf, thef. thence : away, absent Wint. v. ii. 123, 3H6 ii. v. 18 Tliey prosper best . . . when lam t., Troil. i. i. 33 ' when she comes '.'— When is she tJ ; similarly from thence =&\ya.y from home Mac. in. iv. 30. theoric : theory AU'sW. iv. iii. 164 the whole t. of war, H5 1. i. 52, 0th. I. i. 24 theOookish t. U ' Theory ', although Eliz., is not S. there (5 cf. where) 1 qualifying a noun or pron., e.g. Err. V. i. 219 That goldsmith there, R3 I. i. (j7 her brother there ( = thut iHotlier of hers), rv. iv. 502 ; sometimes separated from the pron. Err. ll. i. 74 he did heat me there (i.e. 'lie there'). 2 =tlmt All'sW. II. iii. 27 what do you call t. ? ; esp. in there's . . . A'fL. i. iii. 61 there's enough, Cyni. I. V. 87 there's (til . . . 3 -with that, by that, in that Ado v. ii. 98 There (=with those words) will I leave you, Rom. iit. iii. 137 there art thou happy. Ant. n. v. 92 dost thou hold there St ill h 4 =at that, at that juncture, then Mer.V. ii. viii. 46 And even t. . . . he put his hrcnd behind him, Ham. IT. i. 19, Lr. IV. iii. 31. 5 are yon there with me ?, is that what you moan ? Lr. IV. vi. 149. thereabout: that part o/Hani. ir. ii. 477 [468]. thereabouts: meaning that, pointing at that Wint. I. ii. .378, Ant. in. viii. 38 [x. 29]. thereafter: according «.? 2H4 ni. ii. 56. therefore : for that, for that purpose or reason, in respect of that Tp. iii. iii. 100, MXD. in. ii. 78 irhu/ should I get t.?, 1H4 i. i. .30, 2H4 v. iii. 110, 2H6 I. iv. 3 ire are t. provided, iv.viii. 25, R3 iv. iv. 479 t. mistrust me not, Troil. in. iii. 20, Cor. n. iii. 225 dogs that are as often beat for barkinq As t. kept to do so, 0th. I. iii. 2G3 (referring to the infin. foil.). thereto : in addition, besides Wint. i. ii. 391, 0th. II. i. 132, Cym. iv. iv. 33. thereiinto : = prec. 0th. n. i. 141 There's none so fold and foul ish thereunlo . , . therewithal (2 only after and, hut, when) 1 by means of tliat Gent. rv. iv. 177 moved t., LLL. V. ii. 856. 2 in addition to that, at the same time, moreover Gent. IV. iv. 92, Mac. ni. i. 34, Cym. ii. iv. 33 one of the fairest . . . — And therewitlial the best. Thessaiy: Ant. iv. xi. [xiii.] 2 the boar of T., the Calydonian boar sent by Artemis to ravage Thessaiy and killed by Meleager in the celebrated Calydonian hunt, to which allusion is made in MND. IV. i. 132. Thetis: sea-nymph, daughter of Nereus and mother of Achilles Troil. i. iii. 212, in. iii. 94; used for 'the sea ', prob. partly by confusion with Tethys, wife of Oceanus, Troil. i. iii. 39, Per. iv. iv. 39 ; applied to Cleopatra app. as the partner in Antony's naval war Ant. iir. vii. 60. thews : sinews, bodily strength 2H4 in. ii. 279, C*s. I. iii. 81, Ham. i. iii. 12. thick: (of slumber) heavy Per. v. i. 235 ; (of sight) dim 2H4 III. ii. 340 his dimensions to any t. siyhl were nivincible, Caes. v. iii. 21 ; (of words, &c.), quick, rapidly uttered Cym. i. vi. 67 The thick sighs, Lucr. 1784 ;— adv. fast, quickly All'sW. ii. ii'. 49 T., t., spare not me, 2H4ii. iii. 2^ speaking t.. Troil. III. ii. 36 My heart beats t-er . . . , Ant. i. V. 63 'Why do you send so thick?, Cym. in. ii. 57. thicken : to become dim Mac. nr. ii. 50 Light t-s. Ant. II. iii. 27 thy lustre thickens. thick-eyed : dim-sighted 1H4 n. iii. 51. thick-pleached: made with dense hedges of inter- twined shrubs Ado i. ii. 11 a thick-pleached alley. thick-sighted: dim-sighted Ven. 136. [13. thick-skin: blockhead Wiv. iv. v. 2, MXD. in. ii. thief: term of reproach =; wretch Meas. v. i. 40 an adulterous t.. Ado in. iii. 130 ; used affectionately 1H4 in. i. 238 Lie still, ye t., 2H4 v. iii. 58 my lilUc tiny thief. thievery : thing stolon Troil. iv. iv. 4.3. thievish : 1 infested with robbers Rom. rv. i. 79 thievish ways. 2 stealthy AU'sW. n. i. 169 the t. minutes, Sonn. Ixxvii. 8 Time's thievish progress. thin-belly doublet : doublet with an unpadded ' belly ' or lower part LLL. in. i. 20. ■] Cf. great- belly. thing : 1 a2Dj)lied to human beings = being, creature Gent. IV. ii. 52 each mortal t., H8 i. i. 91 Every man , . . ^oasA t. inspir'd, Mac. v. iv. U none serve with hi:n but constrained t-s, Cym. i. i. 125 Thoubasest thing. 2 a thing, something LLL. iv. iii. 181 write a t. in rime, Kom. iv. i. 74 A t. like death, 0th. iii. iii. 301 / have a thing for you. think ' (for plir. see long adj.', much 2, scorn) 1 to have despondent ormelancholy thoughts Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 1 Think, and die. 2 to bear in mind Mac. in. i. lS2always thought ( = it being continually borne in mind) That I require a clear)i(ss. think on or upon, (1) remember, bear in mind All'sW. in. ii. 50 T. upon patience, Ham. in. ii. 144 he must build churches then, or else shall he suffer not thinkiny on ( = shall be forgotten); (2) have regard or thought for, provide for Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 549 Have you thought on A place whereto you'll go ?, 1H6 I. ii. 116 Tlitn will It. upon arecompcnse, Lr. V. iii. 252 Well thoitf/ht on; (3) cherish kind thoughts of, have a good opinion of, esteem Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 533 To /(«(•« them recompens'd as thought on. Cor. II. iii. 61, 196 so his gracious nature Would think upon you for your voices. think ^ : it t-s, it seems (impers., as in 'methinks') R3 in. i. 63 Where it t-s t best unto your royal self (Ff think' st, Qqi2 seems). Ham. v. ii. 63 Does it not, thinks' t thee, . . . (Fi thinkst, Qq ihiiik(e) ; with the Ff readings cf. melhiuk'st in All'sW. ii. iii. 269. 1 In Conipl. 91 thinks app. ^ methinks. thinkings: thoughts All'sW. v. iii. 128, H8in. ii. 135 Jli-< t-s are below the moon, Oth. in. iii. 131. tliird: Eliz. form of thread Tp. iv. i. 3 a ^. of my ///(■(some mod. edd. Ihrid-f, another 16tli cent, form). third-borough t (Theobald) : constable Shr. Ind. i. 12 (old edd. Headborowjh). thirst : to desire to drink (to a person) Mac. in. iv. 91 to all, and him, we thirst. thirsty: Meas. i. ii. 1^9 thirsty evil. this, pi. these (reduced to 's Ham. in. ii. 136 wilhin 's two hours -.—this is is occas. contracted to this iNIeas. v. i. 132 This a good friar, Shr. i. ii. 46, Lr. rv. vi. 188, Cym. ii. ii. 50; cf. Chaucer, 'This al and som, and pleynly our entente ') A. Idiomatic uses of the adj. 1 this other day, the other day, just lately All'sW. rv. iii. 226, 1114 in. iii. 150, Lr. i. ii. 158 ; within this mile, within a mile of this Cor. i. iv. 8, Mac. V. v. 37. 2 such (followed by as) Tw.N. in. iv. 281 do me this courteous office, as to know . . ., Cies. i. ii. 173 these hard conditions as this time Is like to lay upon its. 3 these and these, such and such Cnes. n. i. 31 ; these many, so many C*s. iv. i. 1. THISNE - '2 B. Idiomatic absolute uses. 4 =tliis person Ado v. ill. 33, LLL. v. ii. 637 Hector icus hut a TroytDi hi respcd n/lliis, 3Ht) v. v. 56 He menu man; this, in respect, a child, Lr. i. i. 20. 5 this it is, (i) this is wliat it is, so it is Gent. v. ii. 49 this it is to he a pcerish //irl, R3 i. i. 62 /his it is, ivhen meiKtre ruVd hij nijiiun, H8 ii. iii. 81, Ant. II. vii. 12 ; (ii) it is as I shall tell you Gent. i. iii. 90, Ado III. V. 7, Ca;s. iv. iii. 197, Ant. iv. x. 4. 6 hij this, by this time Cies. i. iii. 125 ; from this, hontet'orwaid Li\ i. i. 118 from this for ever ; — to this, to such an extent Ant. v. i. 48. 7 ellipt. =(it is) as lollows Troil. i. ii. 12 The noise ijoes this: there is uinon(j the Greeks . . ., Per. ill. Gower 24 To the court . . . Are letters brought, the tenoiir these. C. adverbial = in this way, thus Ven. 205 that thou shonldst conteiiiH me this ; = thus, so Per. ii. Gower 40 this lonr/'s the text (Ff 3 ^ thus ; some read //(/,v /on(/4' = belongs to); perhaps = thus far John 11. i. 518 further I will nut flatter you . . . Tlian this. thisne: (?) in this way MND. i. ii. 56. ^ ' This- soii(s) ' belongs to northern and midl. dialects. thitherward: on his way thither All'sW.ui.ii. 55. thorough adv. and i>rep.: through K2 v. vi. 43 Vi'ith Vain 1/0 iiiindtr tliuraiti/hf sluulcs of night (Qi thnnujh, Ft throuyh tlic), 2H'6 iv, i. 87, Caes. v. i. 110 to he led. . . T. the streets of Home, Per. iv. iii. 35 It pierc'd we t., Lucr. 1861 To show her hleediwj body thorough Home. thou: the pron. used (1) in addressing relatives or Iriends attectionately, (2) by masters when speak- ing good-humouredly or confidentially to ser- vants; but//(0Mis replaced by (/oiewhen.thetoneof speech becomes cold, serious, or angiy, or when tliou with its pertaining inflexions would produce a heavy eflfect (ef. Tp. v. i. 75-79, Gent. i. i. 9-20, 25, 28, 36-39, 11. i. 16, 46, 11. iv. 120, iv.iv. 48, 1H4 II. iii. 42-62, 101-117, iii. ii., 1H6 iv. vi. 6-9, Cies. V. V. 31-33, Lr. iv. vi. 33, 42 ; it is used (3) in contemptuous or angry speech to strangers (ct. Tw.N. III. ii. 50 if thou thoiCst him some thrice tt shall not he umiss), and (4) in solemn style gener- ally. For details see Abbott's Shakespearian Grammar §§231 foil. though: irhtit though (1) witli clause = even though Ado V. i. 135 What t. care killed a cut, thou hust mettle enough in thee to kill care, R3 l. i. 153, Ant. III. xi. [xiii.) 4, Ven. 574 What t. the rose hath jirickles, yet 'tis pluck' d ; (2) with ellipsis of clause r^What does it matter? What then? Wiv. i. i. 288, AYL. III. iii. 53, John i. i. 169, H5 11. i. 9. thought (1 cf. THOUGHT-SICK and think' 2) 1 care, anxiety, sorrow, melancholy AYL. iv. i. 224 [217], Troil. iv. ii. 6 infants' [sleep'] empty of all t., Ca?s. II. i. 187 take t. ( = give way to sorrow or melancholy), Ham. iii. i. 85 the pale cast of t., IV. V. 187 T. and eiffliction, Ant. iv. vi. 36. 2 phr. with a t., in an instant, in no time Tp. iv. i. 164 Come with u t., 1H4 11. iv. 246, Cks. v. iii. 19, Ant. IV. xii. [xiv.]9(i()i with at. Thereickdislimns; similarly j(/K»i (I t. Mac.iii. iv. 55; int., in silence, without (it) being spoken of R3 iii. vi. 14. thoughten: be you t., think Per. iv. vi. 119. thought-executing: doing execution with the rapidity of thought Lr. iii. ii. 4. thoughtful (once): careful 2H4 iv. v. 71 they have ban tlioaijhtful to iiiiist Their sons . . . thought-sick : sick with anxiety Ham. iii. iv. 51. Thracian : the T. poet, snujir, Orpheus, who was torn to pieces by Thracian women under the ex- citement of the Bacchanalia MND. v. i. 49 ; his music charmed even Cerberus Tit. 11. iv. 51 ; the T. steeds, the snow-white horses of Rhesus, king of J - THRONG Thrace, 3H6 IV. ii. 21; the T.tyrant,F(}\ym{n)eHtor, king of the Thracian Chersonese, who murdered Priam's son Polydorus, Tit. i. i. 138. thrall: enslaved Ven. 837 love makes young ment. thrasonical: boastful LLL v. i. 14, AYL. v. ii. 35 t'asar's t. hrug. T] Thraso is a boasting cha- racter in Terence's Eunucluis. thread: in allusion to the thread of life spun and cut by the Parcae or Fates, MND. v. i.293 0 Fates, conic, come. Cut thnad and thrum (cf. thkuw), 349, H5 III. vi. 49 Hardolph's vital t., 0th. v. ii. 204 graf Shore his old t. in twain. ^ See also THIRD. threa'den : made of woven threads H5iii. Chor. 10^. sails. Compl. 'i'i thrciulen fillet. three- farthings : three-farthing silver piece coined under Queen Elizabeth, which was very thin and bore the queen's prolile with a rose be- hind the ear John i. i. 143. three-hooped : see hoop sb. 2. three-man : see beetle sb. three-man-song-men: singers of 'threemen(s) songs ' (app. orig. called ' freemen(s) songs '), a lively kind of catch or round popular in Eliz. times AVint. iv. ii. [iii.] 45. three-nook'd [ef. nook-shotten] : three-cornered Ant. IV. vi. 6 the t. world*, variously explained as = (a) divided among the triumvirs, of. Caes. iv. i. 14 The threefold world divided, (b) consisting of Europe, Asia, and Africa, (c) divided into three parts as between Shem, Hani, and Japheth ; cf. John V. vii. 116 tlie three corners of the world. three-pile: three-piled velvet Wint.iv.ii. [iii.] 14. three-piled: having a very thick pile ; name of the richest kind of velvet Meas. i. ii. 34 thou art good velvet; thou art a t. piece; fig. superfine LLL. v. ii. 408 Three-pil'd hyperboles. three-suited*: (app.) havingthreesuitsof clothes a year, proliably a servant's allowance Lr. 11. ii. 16 beggarly, tlircv-suitid . . . knave. threne, anglicized form of (Ueek threnos : funeral song or dirge Phoen. 49 it made tins threne (below, the title is //(»((io,v). thrice-crowned : epithet of Diana, alluding to her threefold character as ruling in heaven (as Luna or Cynthia), on earth (as Diana), and in the lower world (as Hecate or Proserpina) AYL. in. ii. 2 t. ijueen of night. thrice-drivien : see driven, thridt : see third. thrift (the mod. sense is rare Hani. i. ii. ISO) 1 gain, profit Wiv. i. iii. 45, 91, Mer.V. i. iii. 51 my well-won t., 91, Wint. 1. ii. 311 their profits. Their own particular t-s. Ham. in. ii. 67 Where t. inuy follow fawning, 195. 2 "thriving, success, advantage Mer.V. i. i. 176, Cym. V. i. \hto the doers' thrift. thriftless: unprofitable Tw.N. 11. ii. 40 What t. sighs, Soiin. ii. 8 thriftless praise. thrifty (cf. thrift 2) 1 intent on gain Mer.V. 11. v. 55, Troil. v. i. 61. 2 obtained by economy AYL. 11. iii. 39 The t. hire 1 sav'd. thrilling: causing one to shiver with cold Meas. III. i. 121 thrilling region of thick-rihhed ice. thrive : to t. =help me to succeed R2 i. iiL 84 Mine innejctncy and Saint George to thrive!. thriving : successful Wint. 11. ii. 45 A t. issue. throat: voice AYL. 11. v. 4, Cor. iii. ii. 112 My t. of war be turn'd . . . into a pipe . . ., 0th. in. iii. 356. throe: to pain Tp. 11. i. 239 [231] a birth . . . Which t-s thee much to yield ; tobring/o>//i Ant. in. vii. 80*. throne : to be enthroned Cor. v. iv. 27. throng: to oppress, overwhelm Per. i. i. 101 to tell the earth is t-'d Hy innn's oppression, 11. i. 78 A muH ihrong'd up with cold. THROUGH - 2; throug'li: tlioroughlyTroil. ll. iu.2'66t.nariii, Cyni. IV. ii. 100 seek us t. (=follow us up with detci-- mination). throilgllly (commoner tlian thorouqhhj) : Tp. hi. iii. U, H8 V. i. Ill, Ham. iv. v. 135. throw sb. : cast of the dice LLL. v. ii. 545, Mer.V. ir. i. 33 ; fig. venture Tw.N. v. i. 45 at this t. ; of a bowl Cor. \. ii. 21 IJkc to a howl itimn a subtle ground, 1 have iiuiibleil past the t. (i.e. gone beyond tlie mark). throw vb. : 1 to cast (a look), direct (the eye) AYIj. iv. iii. 104 he throe his eye aside, Tw.N. v. i. 222, 3Hii ii. v. 85 T. tiji thine (ijc, Cym. v. v. 3'J5, Lucr. 1499 Hhe t-s Iter tilts idmitt tlie jiainlinf/ round. 2 to slied 3IND. ii. i. 255 iltere the snake throws her ciinnuird ski)i, throw away, divert, deflect Soun. cxlv. 13 ' I hate ' frill, I hii/t iiirai/ she throv ; throw hy, lay aside, cast otf Lucr. 1S14 noit' he tliroifs tlmt shaltoin hahit hy, Pilgr. vi. 9 [79] t-s his mantle hi/; throw down, overtlirow, bring low AYL. i. ii. 267 Mi/ better parts Are all t-n down, R2 in. iv. 66, Troil. III. iii. 209 To t. down Hector ; throw . . . on, (1) bestow or confer upon John iv. ii. 12 To t. a per- fume on the violet, Tit. IV. iii. 19 1 threw the people's suffrages On him, 0th. I. i. 52 t-ing hut shows of service on their lords ; (2) inflict or put upon Err. V. i. 202 the wrong That she . . . hath . . . t-n on me, R2 III. ii. 22 T. death upon thy sovereign's enemies, Otli. IV. ii. 116, IV. iii. 93 T-itig restraint tipon us. thrum : tufted end of a weaver's Avarp ; only in phr. MND. V. i. 293 thread and thrum, fig. good and bad together, everytliing ; cf. tiihead. thrnmmed : made of coarse yarnWiv. iv. ii. 82 Iter thniiniiud lull. thrusting" on: impulse Lr. i. ii. 141 divine t. thunder-hearer Lr. ii. iv. 230, thunder-darter Troil. II. iii. 11, thunderer Cym. v. iv. 95, thun- der-master V. iv. 30 : appellations of Jove. thunderstone : thunderbolt Cies. i. iii. 49. thwart ailj. : perverse Lr. i. iv. 307. thwart vb. : to cross Per. iv. iv. 10 thwarting the iiag/raril seas. thwart adv. : crosswise, the wrong way Troil. i. iii. 15' every action . . . trial did draio Bias anil tlticart (taken by some as a vb.). Tib : as a proper name typify ing M'omen of the lower class AU'sW. II. ii. 25 As Jit . . . as Tib's rush for Tom's forefinger ; common woman Per. iv. vi. 181 cit ry Coystril that comes inquiring for his Tib. tice (once) : to entice Tit. ii. iii. 92. tickle adj. : easily sliif ted, unstable, insecure Meas. I. ii. 183 thy Iiead stands sot. on tliy shoulders, 2H6 I. i. 217 the stale of Xormandy Stands on a t. point, llani. II. ii. 346 [337] (see sere), ^j Cf. Tickyll nat stuly, 'inconstant' (Palsgr.). tickle vb.: 1 to disturb by tickling Cym. iv. ii. 210 as some fly had tickled slumber. 2 to touch plcasurably Cym. i. i. 85 How fine this tyrant Cunt, wliere she wounds.', Sonn. cxxviii. 0. 3 to flutter John ll. i. hT-i That smooth-fac'd gentle- man, tickling Commodity, Cor. i. i. 206 Tickled ivitli good success. 4 to vex, irritate, nettle 2H6 i. iii. 153 She's t-d now. 5 to touch (one) up, pay (one) out Tw.N. v. i. 199, nil It. iv. 495 I'll t. ye for a young prince ( = 1'11 show you what a young prince ought to be). tickle-brain : strong liquor 1H4 ii. iv. 443. tickled (Ff) : app. error lor tickle adj. Hani. ii. ii. 346 [337], [IV. v. 61. tickling (Ff), ticklish (Q) : wanton, prurient Troil . tick-tack \ form of backgammon in which pegs 5 — TIME wore driven into holes ; used with indelicate ap- plication in Meas. i. ii. 202. tide sb. (most freq. applied to the ebb and flow of the sea, also fig.) 1 time, season John in. i. Sdtheliigh t-sin the calen- dar (i.e. the great festivals), Kom. in. v. 178 (?), Tim. I. ii. 58 Flow this way ! , . . he keeps his tides will (with a pun) ; perhaps = riglit time Troil. v. i. 92 I have imjiortant business. The tide whereof is now (or ? short for ' flood-tide ' used fig.). 2 course (of time) Clbs. hi. i. 257 the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. [death. tide vb.: to betide, befall MND. v. i. 207 T. life, t. tiding's: equally common witli sing. (R2 iii. iv. 80) and pi. (Rom. in. v. 105) concord. tidy (once) : (?) in seasonable or prime condition, fit for killing ; or delicate, tender (ironicallyj 2H4 II. iv. 249 Thou whoreson little tidy Barlholo- meio boar-pig. ^ Cf. Tidie, latte, or tender, ' Cereus ' (Rider's Diet., 1589). tie: to bring into bondage, restrict tlie liberties of H8 IV. ii. 36 one, that by suggestion Tied all the kingdom. ^ In fig. meanings, used where we should now prefer to say ' bind ' or ' confine '. tied : (of the eyes) fixed Compl. 24 ; obliged Slir. i. i. 216, R2 I. i. 63. tig'er- footed : fierceandswiftCor. iii. i. 310^. rage. ti^ht (1 formerly said also of casks) 1 (of ships) not leaking, sound Tp. v. i. 224 t, and yare, Slir. ii. i. 373 [381] tight galleys. 2 able, deft Ant. iv. iv. 15. ti&htly : 1 like a ' tight ' ship, safely Wiv. i. iii. 86^ 6£«r ?/0!t these letters t. : Sail like my pinnace to these golden shores. 2 soundly Wiv. ii. iii. 67 clapper-claw thee tightly. tike: small dog, cur Lr. in. vi. 73 bobtail t. ; as a term of contempt to a person H5 il. i. 31 Base tike. tilly-fally, -vally : expression of contempt at something said Tw.N. ii. iii. 86, 2H4 ll. iv. 89. tilt: to thrust ftHioiu. in. i. 164, 0th. n. iii. 185 tilting one at other's breast ; to fight, contend Err. IV. ii. 6 his heart's meteors tilting in his face, 1H4 II. iii. 97 to tilt Kith lips. tilter : properly, one who runs a ' tilt ' in a tourna- ment AYL. III. iv. 44 ; transf. fighter, fencer Meas. IV. iii. 17. [44. tilth: tillage, cultivation Tp. ii. i. 159, Meas. i. iv. timber'd: Ham. iv. vii. 22 my arrows. Too slightly t. ( = of too light a wood)/or so loud a wind, 0th. ii. i. 48 His bark is stoutly t. ( = strongly built). time (often jjersonified as masculine) 1 age, duration of life Gent. ii. vii. 48 a youth Of greater t., LLL. I. ii. 18 your old t., H8 ii. i. 93, Cym. I. i, 43 all the learnings that hist. Could make him thereceiver of. 2 (one's) life or lifetime AYL. ii. iv. 96 waste my t., All'sW. I. i. 17, Rom. iv. i. %Q thy long experienc'd t., Lr. I. i. 298 The best and soundest of his time (=his best and sanest years), 0th. i. i. 162 my de- spised time ; rarely witliout possessive pron. R2 i. i. 177 mortal t-s ( = human existence). Ant. in. ii. 60 the time ( = the remainder of my life). 3 (chiefly the time) the present state of affairs, the present moment, present circumstances LLL. v. ii. 'iSO As bomljiist and as lilting to the t., John iv. ii. 61 the time's enemies, v. ii. 12 such a sore of t., 1H4 IV. i. 25 the state oft., Ctes. ii. i. 115 the time's abuse. Ham. I. v. 188 the t. is out of joint, in. i. 116 ; in time, in the present All'sW. iv. ii. 62. 4 the ago in wliicli one lives, (hence) the world, society, mankind All'sW. ir. i. 55 (see cap 1 ii), R3 V. lit. 93 deceive the t., Mac. i. v. 64 beguile the t., vii. SI, Ham. iii. i. 70 the whips and scorns of i,, TIMEI.ESS- 227 -TO Otli. IV. i i. 53 Ihe t. of acorn { = the scornful world), Veil, loathe rights oft. (=tlie claims ol society), Sonn. cxvii. 6. riirascs :— (!) (/Ik) time uKs that (or nlien) = oncc upon a time Err. II. ii. 117, AYL. iii. v. 92, All'sW. iv. iv. 5, 2H4 ir. iii. 10; also the time lias hccii, the times hate hcai Mac. in. iv. 78, v. v. 10 ; similarly ivhai time inis Tp. ii. ii. 149 I was the man i' the moon, tiltin time was, (ii) fair ovfioodiime of day =good-AAy LhL. v. ii. 340, K3 I. i. 122, Tim. in. vi. 1 ; yiie the t. of day, greet 2H6 III. i. 14 ; not worth the t. of day, not worth speaking to Per. iv. iii. 35. (iii) qood time, happy issue, good fortune AVint. ii. i. "20 (jood t. encounter her!, Cym. iv. ii. 108 1 wish my brother make good time with him. (iv) mgood t., on ^seasonable occasion, at the right moment Err. ii. ii. 66 to jest mgood t., Cor. iv. vi. 10 Westoodto'l in goodt., Lr. ii. iv. 253; ata happy juncture, propitiously Meas. v. i. 281, R3 ii. i. 45 ut (joodt., here comes the nolle duke, iv. i. 12 ; hence by "ellipsis ^arrived at a happy moment, well met Gent. I. iii. 44, Rom. I. ii. 46; use!, like Fr. 'a la bonne heure ', to express approbation or acqui- escence Tp.ii. i. 100, Meas. III. i. 181, also to express indignation or scorn -that's good! forsooth! in- deed! Slir. II. i. 196 Mysdf am mot'd to woo thee . . .—Moi''d.' in goodt., Rom. iii. v. 112,0th. i. i. 32 Jie, in good t.l must his lieutenant he. See also happy time s.v. happy 1. (V) at a t., at some time or other 0th. ii. iii. 321 (Qq at some tune). (vi) to t., to the end of time, for ever Cor. v. iii. 127 to keep I/our name lAting tt> time, fSonn. xviii. 12. (vii) tlying medicine. tincture :=T[NCT 1, Gent. iv. iv. 162, Wint. in. ii. 206 briny T. or lustre in her lip, her eye, Sonn. liv. C ; in Cies. ii. ii. 89 t-s, stains, relics, and cognizanci , there is allusion to the heraldic use of the word, and to the practice of dipping handkerchiefs in the blood of martyrs. tinder-box: ajiplitd to Bardolph because of his ' flaming' nose Wiv. i. iii. 25. tinder-like : ' flaming up ' quickly Cor. ii. i. 56. tinker : proverbial tvpc of tipplers and talkers Tw.N. II. iii. 97 to gabble like i-s, 1H4 ll. iv. 21 / can drink with any tinker in his own language. tinsel : clotli of gold or silver Ado iii. iv. 22 under' borne with u bluish tinsel. tiny (old edd. only t/ne, tyne): always joined with little, Tw.N. V. i. 401, 2H4 v. i. 29, Lr. in. ii. 74. tipstaves : ' [so called from their Staves being tipt with Silver] Officers who take into Custody such Persons as are committed by the Court ' (Bailey) H8 II. i. stage dir. tire sb.: head-dress Gent. iv. iv. 192, Ant. ii. v. 22, Sonn. liii. 8, \ In Per. in. ii. 22 app. = bed furni- ture. tire vb. (cf. ' Tiring [in Falconry], giving a Hawk a Leg or "Wing of a Pullet to Pluck at ', Bailey) 1 to iney or feed ravenously upon 3H6 i. i. 209 y\'ill . . . like an empty eagle T. on the flesh of me. Yen. 56 ; fig. Tim. lii. vi. 5 Upon that were my thoiu/hts tinny ( = busily engaged), Cym. in. i\.\)l her That now thou tir'st on. [he tir'd. 2 to glut (the eyes) Lucr. 417 in his wilt his wilful eye tired: clothed, dressed (fig.) Yen. 177' Titaii, t. in the mid-day heat ; adorned with trappings LLL. IV. ii. 132 tlie tired horse. tire-valiant: fanciful head-dress AYiv. in. iii. 60. tiringt : dressing the Ijair Err. ii. ii. 101 (Ft trying. Pope tyriugf. Collier 'tirinyf). tiring'-house : dressing-room MND. iii. i. 5. tirrits: (?) for ' terrors ' 2H4 ii. iv. 219. 'tis : there's Gent. iv. iv. 72 'tis no trusting to yond foolish lout. tisick : consumptive cough Troil. v. iii. 101. H Used as a proper name in 2H4 n. iv. 91. tissue : cloth of gold off., stuff made of gold thread and silk woven together Ant. n. ii. 207. ^] Phr. borrowed from North's Plutarch, rendering Amyot's 'or tissu'. Titan: god of the sun lH4ii. iv. VibDidsl thou never sec T. kiss a dish of butter ?, Rom. ii. iii. 4 I-s fiery wheels. Yen. 177. tithe adj.: tenth All'sW. i. iii. 90 One good woman in ten . . . we'd find no fault with tlie tithe-woman if I were the parson (quibblingly, =tenth woman and woman paying tithe), Troil. ii. ii. 19 Every tithe soul. tithe vb.: to levy a tenth, take tithe John ni. i. 154 tithe or toll. tithed : involving the slaughter of a tenth Tim. v. iv. 31 a tithed death ( = decimation). tithe-pig : pig paid as tithe Rom. i. iv. 80. tithing" : district, being orig. the tenth part of a liundred Lr. iii. iv. 138 whijrped from t. to t. (i.e. as a vagabond). title (2 very freq. ; plir. make ^. =lay claim All'sNV. I. iii. 108, H5 i. ii. 68) 1 inscription, motto Mer.V. ii. ix. 35. 2 name, appellation Wiv. v. v. 252 [240] imdutious t. ( = name of undutifulness), Ado n. i. 214, R3 iv. iv. 351 tliat t. 'ever', H8 iv. i. 96 that t-'s [viz. lork- place]lost,Tim.l.u.9blliatcharitablet. [of 'hieiids'], Mac. v. vii. Sat. More hateful to mine car [than ' Macbeth ']. 3 interest (in something) R3 ii. ii. 48. 4 that to which onehasatitle,possession(s)Air.sAV. n. iv. 28* To say notliing, to do notliing . . . is to be a great part of your t., Mac. iv. ii. 7 to leave his babes, His mansion, and his titles. titled : having a (certain) name All'sW. iv. ii. 2 T, goddess ( = having the name of a goddess), Troil. ii. iii. 205 As amply titled as Achilles is. tittle : point or dot ; spec, applied to the dots com- monly printed at the end of the alphabet in horn- books LLL. IV. i. 85 exchange . . . for t-s ? titles. to adv.: used interjectionally = go oil ! Troil. ii.i. 119 to, Achilles! to, Ajax! to!; — to and hack = the commoner to and fro Ant. i. iv. 46. to prep, (obsolete or archaic uses are) 1 in addition to, besides, to accompany John i. i. 144, TOAD-SPOTTED — 228 - TOOTH R3iii. i. \16 that's the snord to it, Troil. i. i. Istrowj, and ikilful to their strength, Kom. I. iii. 106 scik happij nitjhts to huppij days, Mac. ill. i. 52, Lucr. 1580 I ew storms to tliose already spent. 2 in opposition to, against LLL. v. ii. 87 Saint Denis to Saint Cupid;, R2 i. i. 76 ana to arm, 1H6 i. iii. 47, H8 m. ii. 93 nhcthis anycr to him, Troil. ir. i. 93 set your nit to a foot's, Lr. iv. ii. 75 lending his saord To his great master. 3 in connexion or relation with Tp. in. iii. 60 that's my business to you, MND. in. ii. 62 What's this to my Lysander?, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 7GS, 828 Tell me . . . nhat yon have to the king. Cor. iv. v. 133 no quarrel . . . to Koine, Tim. iv. iii. 288 (see have 3). 4 appropriate or pertinent to Meas. v. i. 91 Thejihrase IS to the matter, Troil. in. i. 33 That's to't, indeed (-That's coining to the point). 5 in accordance with, according to, to coiTespond with LLL. V. ii. 300 to the manner of the days, Mer. V. 11. ix. 20 To my heart's hope, Shr. iv. iii. 97, TroiL IV. iv. 1 34 to her oiin north She shall be priz'd, 3Iac. HI. iii. 4, Per. iv. i. 35 to all reports ; to the ntniost of MND. v. i. 105 to my capacity, Cor. ii. i. 265 to's poner. 6 denoting inclination or preparedness for (some- thing) H5 IV. iii. 35 he wliich hath no stomach to this fi'jht. Ham. III. iii. 24 Arm yon . . , to this speedy eoyag: 7 in comparison with, as compared with, to be compared to Tp. ir. i. 178 thou, dost talk nothing to me, Gent. ir. iv. 139 There is no woe to his correc- tion, 2H4 IV. iii. 56 show like gilt tno-pences to me, 1H6 III. ii. 25 So miij to that, Mac. in. iv. 64 Iiii- ptjstors to true fear. Ham. i. ii. 140, Cym. iii. iiL 26 no life to ours. 8 in respect of, with regard to Tim. i. i. 148 Pawn me to this your honour, in. v. I yuu hate my voice to it, Lr. in. i. 62 to effect ; of. guilty to, see GUILTY ad fin. 9 in the character of, as, for Tp. ii. i. 79 with such a paragon to their queen, R2 iv. i. 308 / liave , Troil. ii. iii. 189 (see death- TOKES), Lucr. 1748 Corrupted blood some ivatery token shows. ^ Cf. 'Tokens', the plague (Diet, of Canting Crew). token'd : the t. pestilence, the plague (cf. prec.) Ant. III. viii. 19 [X. 9]. toleratole : (app.) passable All'sW. ii. iii. 212 thon didst meike t. vent of thy travel. ^Otherwise only as misused by Dogben-y for ' intolerable ' Ado ui. iii. 37. toll vb.' (each sense only once) 1 to take toll, levy a tax John ni. i. 154. 2 to take as a toll, collect 2H4 iv. v. 73 tolling from every flower The virtuoussweets (C^toli ng \ Ficulling). 3 /. for, take out a licence for selling ; fig. get rid of AU'sW. V. iii. 150 / will . . . toll for this (sell. Bertram) ; Fll none of him. toll vb.2 (each sense only once) 1 (of a clock) to strike 115 iv. Chor. 15. 2 to ring the passing-bell for 2H4 1. i. 103 (Ff knoll- ing). Tom; typical name of a servant or man of the lower class LLL. v. ii. 922 Tom bears logs into the hall, All'sW. II. ii. 25 fit . . . as Tib's rusk for Tom's forefinger, 1H4 n. i. 6 [an ostler's name], n. iv. 9 [a drawer's name], 2H6 ii. iii. 77. tombed : buried Sonn. iv. 13. tomboy: wanton Cym. i. vi. 122 tomboys hir'd. tongas: some rude musical instrument MXD. iv. i. 33 let lis heue the t. and the bones. (In Fi follows stage dir. Mnsicke Tongs, Rurall Musicke). tongTie sb. (2 freq. in gen. sense) 1 the common or general t., common report, general opinion Tim. i. i. 175, Ant. i. ii. 114. 2 language ; 1H4 in. i. 125 the t., the English lan- guage (J.) ; the t-s, foreign languages Gent. iv. i. 33, Ado V. i. 171. 3 vote Cor. n. iii. 216, in. i. 34. tong-ue vb.: to speak, utter Cym. v. iv. 147 such stuff asmeidineii T. ; to speak against, scold, abuse Meas. IV. iv. 28 How might she tongue me. tongued: (?) eloquent 0th. i. i. 25 (see toged). tongTieless : not spoken of Wint. i. ii. 92. to-night : last night Ado in. v. 33, Mer.'Y. ii. v. 18 1 did dream of money-bags to-night, H5 in. vii. 78 the etrmour that I saw in your lent t., Roin. ii. iv. 2 Came he not home to-night ?, Csps. ir. ii. 76. too: and too, and at the same time Err. in. i. 110 wild and yet, too, gentle, Ctes. li. i. 244, Ven. 1147, 1155 It sh
i the top, All'sW. v. ill. 39 Let's take the in- stuiit by the foruard top. 3 fit.', summit", acme ISlcas. ii. ii. 76 He [viz. God], nhich IS the lop ofjudijenieiit ; plir. in iopof, at the height of 3H6 V. vii. 4 in tops of all their pride. Ant. V. i.43 my competitor In top of all desiijH (-in the supreme conception of enterprise). Com pi. 55 in top ofriKje. 4 in the top of, above Ham. ii. ii. 468 [459]. top vb.: to surpass tor. ii. i. 23 toppiny all others in liuastiny. Ham. IV. xii. SSsofnr he topp'd my thouylit (.h'tpust). top-gfallant : the liigliest mast on a slnp, fig. summit IJom. II. iv. 20i the hiyh top-yallant of my joy. to-pinch t (Steevens) : to pinch thoroughly \Viv. IV. IV. 59. Tl But the ' to ' is prob. only the sign ot the iiifin., as in Joiin. v. ii. 39. topless: immeasurably liighTroil. r. iii. 152. top-proud: excessively proud H8i. i. 151. torcher : torcli-bearer ; lig. liglit-beaicr (the sun) All'sW. II. i. 165. torn : (of faith) orokeii LLL. iv. iii. 2S5 our faith not torn, Sonn. clii. 3. tortive: distorted Troil. i. iii. 9. toss; to carry aloft on the point of a pike 1H4 iv. ii. liyood enough to toss ; cf. 3tl6 i. i. 244 ; tiansf. 2H6 V. i. 11 ^l sceptre . . . On which I'll toss the jioirer-de-luce of France. toss-pot: toper Tw.N. v. i. 415. tother : the other 2H4 ii. iv. 91, 2H0 r. iii. 87 (Fi t'other), Ham. ii. i. 56 (Ff 3 1 'tother), Lr. in. Vii. 71 [FfTh'othcr.qq tother). to-topple t (Dyce) : Per. 111. ii. 17. T^ Cf. remark S.V. TO-PlNCHt. tottered: ragged R2 in. iii. 52 /. battlements (Ff tnlkr'd), 1H4 iv. ii. 37 (mod. edd. tattered -f) ; so tott'ring John v. v. 7 (see tattering t)- totters: raas Ham. iii. ii. M tear a passion to totters ^qq; Ff tatters). touch sb. (the physical sense of 'act of touching, contact ' is the most freq. ; cf. also the applica- tion to unlawful commerce in Meas. iii. ii. 25, v. i. 141, Sonn. cxli. 6) 1 fingering or playing of a musical instrument Gent. III. ii. 79 Orpheus' lute . . . 'Whose f/olden /....; phr. know no t., have no skill in playing R2 I. iii. 165, Ham. ni. ii. 378 [371] ; transf. in pi. notes, strains Mer.V. v. i. 57 the touches of siveel harmony, 67. 2 stroke of the brush Tim. i. i. 37, 39, Sonn. xvii. 8 Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces ; lig. Sonn. Ixxxii. 10 What strained t-es rhetoric can lend (cf. line 13). 3 stroke ffig.) LLL. v. i. 63 sircet touch [of wit], MND. III. ii. 70 hrnietouch ( = fine stroke, grand exploit). 4 trait or feature (of the fiice, &c.) AYL. in. ii. 161, V. iv. 27 Some lively t-es of my daai/htei's favour, Troil. III. iii. 175 One toiuh of nature. 5 dash, spice H5 iv. Chor. 47 A little t. of Harry, R3 IV. iv. 158 a touch of your condition. 6 hint H8 v. i. 13 Some touch of your late business. 7 feeling, csp. delicate or refined feeling Gent. n. vii. 18 the inly touch of love. MND. iii. ii. 286, Tw.N. II. i. 13*, R3 I. ii. 71 some t. of pity, Troil. II. ii. 115, Mac. iv. ii. 9 He wants the natural t. ; feeling of sympathy Tp. v. i. 21 a touch, afeehny Of their afflictions ; transf. something that toudies one Ant. l. ii. 193 The death of Fulvia, with more urgent touches, Do strongly speak to us. 8 =T0UCiiST0NE R3 IV. ii. 8 now do I play the t.. To try if thou be current gold indeed ; fig. that which tests Tim. iv. iii. 392 ihoti t. of liearts (said of gold itself). 9 trial of gold ; only fig. 1H4 iv. iv. 10' Must bide the t. ( = must be put to the test) ; Cor. iv. i. -(9 of iioW6^( = that have been tested and proved noble). 10 sullying, taint (cf. TOUCH vb. 4) H8 II. iwlb'itothe . . . touch of lur good person. touch vb. (obs. or special uses are) 1 to land at Wint. v. i. 139, R2 u. i. 288 /o touch our northern shore, Troil. n. ii. 76; intr. Wint. in. iii. 1. 2 to attain, reach to Tim. i. i. 14 If he will touch the estimate ( = go as high as the price at which it is valued), Ant. v. ii. 332 thy thoughts T. their effects (=attaiu realization). 3 to wound, hurt, injure Tim. in. v. 19 Seeing his reputation t-'d to death, Cym. iv. iii. 4 How deeply you at once do touch me, v. iii. 10. 4 to infect, taint, sully AYL. in. ii. 371 to be touched with so many giddy offences, John v. vii. 2 touch'd corruptibly. 5 to mention or touch upon in speaking R3 in. v. 93, III. vii. 4 Touch'd you the bastardy of Edioard's children?. Ant. 11. ii. 24. 6 to test as with the touchstone, try John ni. i. 100 a counterfeit . . . ichich, being touch'd and tried. Proves valueless, Tim. in. iii. 6 touch'd and found basemetal,\y. iii. 5, 0th. in. iii. 81 to touch your love. touchstone: stone used for testiug gold Per. 11. ii. 37. "i The clown's name in AYL. tourney : to tilt in a tournament Per. 11. i. 120,154 wilt thou tourney for the lady ?. touse: to tear Meas. v. i. 309 t. you joint by joint. toward adj. (1 opposed to ' froward ' ; 2 Eliz.) 1 docile, tractable, willing Shr. v. ii. 183, Yen. 1157. 2 ready for fight, bold 3H6 n. ii. 66. toward adv. : in preparation, about to take place, forthcoming JIND. in. i. 84 "[Vliat ! aplay toward. 2H4 n. iv. 213, Ham. v.ii. 379 What feast is t .?. towardprep. (freq. -simple ' to ', e. g. Mac. i. iii. 152) 1 with a view to, tending to, aiming at Shr. n. i. 99, Tim. n. ii. 202 to use themt. a supply of money, CiVS. I. ii. 85, Mac. i. iv. 27. 2 witii regard to, for (-Latin ' ei'ga ', French 'en- vei-s') All'sW. n. v. 81, Tw.N. in. ii. \3 love in her t. you, Tim. v. L 149 They confess T. thee forget- fulness. 3 with, in dealing with Wiv. n. iii. 98, Cor. 11. ii. 58 Your loving motion toward the common body. towardly: -toward adj. 1, Tim. in. i. 38. towards adv. : = toward adv. Rom. i. v. 126. towards prep, (the uses correspond precisely with those of toward prep., except that towards is used also in relation to time R3 in. v. 100) 1 = TOWARD 1, R2 n. i. 161, 235, Mac. v. iv. 22. 2 =TOWARD 2, Meas. n. iii. 32 Which sorrow is always t. ourselves, H8 i. i. 103 a heart that wishes t. you Honour, Mac. i. vi. SOour graces t. him, Lr. i. ii. 196. 3 -TOWARD 3, Cor. V. i. 42 what your love can do For Home, t. 3Iarcius, Cym. 11. iii. 08 To employ you t. this Roman. tower vb. : (of a falcon) to rise in circles of flight till she reaches lier 'nlace' 2H6 11. i. 10 3Iy lord Protector's hawks do t. so well, Mac. u. iv. 12 A. falcon, t-ing in her pride of place ; (hence) to soar, lit. and fig. John 11. i. 350, v. ii. 149. town clerk : (app.) parish clerk Ado iv. ii. stage dir. (Ff Q) ; he is called sexton tliroughout the scene. toy sb. (not in the sense of ' plaything') 10 TOY — 230 - TRAVERSE 1 trifle, trifling ornament Tw.N. iii. iii. 44, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 328 Ahij toijs for your head. 2 tiling of no substance or value, trifling matter Wiv. V. V. 48 siltHce, you airy toys, LLL. iv. iii. 170, 2U1, jMND. v. i. 3 these fairy toys, Shr. ii. i. 3% [404] a toy! (= nonsense !), 2H4 li. iv. 182 fall foul for toys, Otli. i. iii. 270, Cym. iv. ii. 193 la- luentin;! toys. 3 idle fancy, whim, freakish thought John i. i. 232, R3 I. i. 60, Rom. iv. i. 119 no nicotistant toy, nor Homaiiish fear. Ham. I. iii. 6 a toy in blood [- a passing amorous fancy), 0th. iir. iv. 155. toy vb. : to dally amorously Ven. .34, 106. trace vb. (reading of Ff Qcjos in 0th. ii. i. 315, but difficult to explain ; see trash vb.) 1 to follow 1H4 III. i. 48 t. me in the tedious iimys of art, H8 III. ii. 45, Mac. iv. i. 153 his babes, and all . . . souls That t. him in his line, Ham. v. ii. 126. 2 to pass through, traverse, range Ado iii. i. 16 t. this alley up and down, MXD. ir. i. 25 to trace the forests. tract (/nice, truck, and tract were largely inter- changeable in the Eliz. period ; cf. Cotgr., ' Trac ', a tracke, tract, or trace) 1 track of a path Tim. i. i. 51 Leaving no t. behind. 2 course (of the sun) R2iii. iii. &^ the t. Of his briyht passaye to the Occident (Qq track), R3 V. iii. 20 (Q(i track), Sonn. vii. 12. 3 course (of events) H8 i. i. 40. trade (1 in this sense a variant of ' tread ') 1 passing to and Iro as over a path, resort R2 iii. iii. 156 Some tvuy of common t., 2H4 i. i. 174 where most t. of danger rang'd ; beaten path H8 v. i. 36 Stands in the gap and trade of moe preferments (i. e. where more preferments are to be found). 2 business Tw.N. iir. i. 84 // your trade be to her, Ham. III. ii. 353 [346]. 3 settled habit or custom Meas. iir. i. 147 Thy sin's . . . a trade. traded : practised John iv. iii. 109 long I. in it, Troil. II. ii. 64 traded pilots. trade- fallen : out of employment 1H4 iv. ii. 32. tradition: old custom R2 in. ii. 173 T., form, and cfninonioasduty ; so traditional, old-fashioned R:! iH. i. 45 Too ceremonious and iradiliomd. traducement: calumny Cor. i. ix. 22. traffic: business, occupation Rom. I. Chor. 12 tlie two hours' traffic of our stage. trail : track, scent Wiv. iv. ii. 212 cry out. . . upon no f.. Ham. ii. ii. 47 Hunts not the t. of policy, iv. V. 109 ; traces (of an animal) Ant. v. ii. 352. train sb. (1 applied to the tails of bitds in heraldry) 1 tail of (i) a peacock 1H6 iii. iii. 7, (ii) a comet Ham. I. i. 117. 2 troop 2114 IV. ii. 93 let our trains Jtarch by us. 3 lure, false device Mac. iv. iii. 118. train vb.: to lure, allure, entice Err. in. ii. 45 /. me not . . . with thy note. To drown me, John in. iv. 175, 1H4 V. ii. 21 train him on, Tit. v. i. 104. trajectt(Rowe): ferry Mer.V. iii.iv.53(seeTKANECT). trammel up : lit. to entangle in a net ; fig. to prevent Mac. l. vii. 3. [1595. trance: ecstasy, transport Shr. i. i. 181, Lucr. 974, tranced: in a trance, insensible Lr. v. iii. 220. trauect (S.) : (?) ferry Mer.V. iii. iv. 53 (Qfj^Ff). ^ Of uncertain origin. tranquillity : concr. people who live at ease 1H4 II. i. 84. transfix : to remove Sonn. Ix. 9 Time doth t. the flourish set on youth. transform: to change (a person into something) 2H4 n. ii. 79 if the fat villain havenot t-edhim ape. transformation: shape into which one is changed Wiv. IV. V. 99, Troil. v. i. 59. transformed: effecting a transformation MND. IV. i. 70 this transformed scalp. translate (the only S. uses are) 1 to transform, change, convert MND. in. i. 125 Bottom .' . . . thou art t-d, AYL. v. i. 59 t. thy life into death, Tim. I. i. 73, Ham. in. i. 113 ; with allusion to translation from one language to another Wiv. i. iii. 52, AYL. ii. i. 19, 2H4iv. i. 47 translate yourself Out of the speech of peace. 2 to interpret John ir. i.'513, Troil. iv. v. 112, Ham. IV. i. 2 these profound heaves: i'ou must t.; 'tis fit we understand them. transport (the orig. sense of ' carry from one place to another ' is the prevalent one) 1 to remove from this world to the next Meas. iv. iii. 75. 2 (?) to transform MND. iv. ii. 4*. 3 to carry away (i) by violent passion W^int. in. ii. 159 t-ed by my jealousies. Cor. I. i. 79 ; (ii) by ecstasy or ravishment Tp. i. ii. 76 t-cd And rapt in secret sludiis, Wint. v. iii. 69, Mac. i. v. 57. transportance : conveyance Troil. iii. ii. 11. transpose : to change, transform MND. i. i. 233 ; Mac. IV. iii. 21. trans- shape : to distort Ado v. i. 176. trash sb.: worthless creature 0th. ii. i. 315, v. i. 85. trash vb. (hunting term): to check (a dog) that is too fast by attaching a weight to its neck Shr. Ind. i. 17 I'raslif ilerriman, the poor cur is emboss'd (old edd. Brach) ; fig. Tp. l. ii. 81 who t'adcance, and who To t. for over-topping, 0th. ll. i. 315 this poor trash of Venice, whom I t.f For his (/nick hunting (Ff Qqss ''"«, Qi crush). ^ The meaning ' lop ' assigned by some to Tp. I. ii. 81 is not supported elsewhere. travail, travel sb. (differentiated spellings of the same word, indiscriminately used in old edd., but in mod. edd. allotted according to mod. usage) 1 labour, toil Gent. iv. i. 34, 1H6 v. iv. 102, Troil. I. i. 73, Sonn. xxvii. 2 limbs with travel tired. 2 labour of childbirth Err. v. i. 403, H8 v. i. 71 With gentle travail ; pi. Per. in. i. li the pangs Of my queen's travails. 3 painful or wearisome journeying, or the fatigue caused by itTp. in. iii. 15 oppress'd with t., AVL. I. iii. 134, II. iv. 75, Lucr. 1543 As if with grief or travel he had fainted. 4 wandering, journeying, travelling Tw.N. iii. iii. 8 what might befall your it., H8 1, iii. 31 those types of t.\ fig. Tw.N. II. V. 00/. o/>ti/an?(- looking anout), 5 journey R2 i. iii. 262 Vail it a t. that thou, tak'st for fileasure. travail, travel vb. (see prec. sb.) 1 to labour, work All's W. ii. iii. 165 which t-s in thy good, Tim. v. i. 18. 2 (of players) to ' stroll ', go on tour Ham. n. ii. 352 [343] How chances it they travel ?. travailer, traveller (see prec.) : labourer Meas. IV. ii. 70 (Fi Trauellers), LLL. iv. iii. 308 tires The sinewy vigour of the t. (Fi trauailer). ^ In the sense of one who travels ' old edd. have the forms traueller, trauellor, trauailer, trauailor, traveller. travel-tainted: travel-stained 2II4 iv. iii. 40. traverse vb. (military term) : to march, esp. back- wards and forwards Wiv. ii, iii. 25 To see tlieefif/ht . . . to see thee t., 2H4 in. ii. 294 Hold, ^Vart,' t.; transf. 0th. i. iii. 378 (spoken bylago, the ancient') Traverse ; go. '\ The full phr. was ' traverse one's ground '. traverse adv.: across AYL. in. iv. 43 swears brave oaths, and breaks tliem bravely, quite t. (witli allu- sion to tlie disgrace of breaking one's lance across one's opponent's body, instead of lengthways ; cf. ciioss adv.). , TRAVERSED - 231 - TRIUMPHBRATE traversed: (of the anus) folded Tiin. v. iv. 7. 51 Cf. ACROSS. tray-trip: game at dice, success in wliicli depended on throwing a three (see trey) Tw.X. n. v. 209 alirtll I ptaij my freedom at tray-trip?. treacher (Ff), treacherer (Qq Trecherers) : traitor Lr. I. li. 138. treacherous: (?) cowardly IHC i. v. 30 Sheep run not lid!/ so treacherous from the wolf. treasure sh.: treasury Sonn. cxxxvi. 5 Will will fatjil the treasure of thy love. treasure vb. : to enrich Sonn. vi. 3 t. thon some pliire With beauty's treasure. treasury : treasure Wint. iv. ill. [iv.] 362, H5 i. ii. 165, Lr. IV. vi. 44. ^ Only once = storehouse (fig.) 2Hi; II. i. 18. treatise: discourse, talk Ado i. i. 325 [317], Mac. V. V. 12 my feli of~hair Would at it dismal t. rouse and stir, Ven. 774. ^ The only S. sense. treaty: proposal of agreement, negotiation, dis- cussion John II. i. 481, 118 I. i. 165, Cor. ii. ii. 60 contented Upon a pleasing t., Ant. iii. ix. [xi.] 62 send humble treaties. treble: Tp. ii. i. 229 [221] T-sihee o'er, makes thee ihree times as great. treble-dated: living three times as long as man Pliocu. 17 thou treble-dated crow. tree : Jove's tree, oak AYL. in. ii. 251, 3H6 v. ii. 14. ^ See also Arabian tree. trembling' : tremor denoting possession by a devil Tp. ir. ii. 86. trembling' contribution : contribution given with tiembling H8 i. ii. 95. [i^oiin. ii. 2. trench .sb.: pi. furrows, \vi'lnkles Tit. v. ii. 23 ; cf. trench vb. : 1 to cut Gent. lu. ii. 7 a fiyure T-ed in ice, Mac. in. iv. 27 t-cd f/ashcs, Ven. 1052 the wide wound thai the boar had tretich'd. 2 to dig a new channel for (a river) 1H4 in. i. 113. trenchant : cutting, sharp Tim. iv. iii. 116 1. sword. trencher: (wooden) plate Tp. ii. ii. 196 [187], Rom. I. V. 2 //(■ shift a trencher! he scrape a trencher '. trencher-friend: parasite Tim. in. vi. 107. trenchering- : trenchers collectively Tp. n. ii. 196 yor smipe Ircncherinij {trencher^). [ii. 4()5. trencher-knight: serving-man at table LLL. v. trencher-man : great eater Ado i. i. 52. trey : throw of three with the dice LLL. v. ii. 233. •f[ Cf. TRAY-TRIP. tribulation : H8 v. iv. 67 Ike Tribulation of Tower- hill ; allusion unexplained. tribunal: scat of eminence Ant. in. vi. 3 on a t. silver'd. tribunal plebs : blunder for ' tribunus plebis ' - tribune of tlie people Tit. iv. iii. 91. tribune: in ancient Rome, title of representatives of the plebs or common people, orig. granted to them as a protection against the patricians and consuls Cor. i. i. 221, \([ c(\<\. trustfull). Ham. in. iv. 50 With t. visage mq^heaUd). tri'umph sb. (mod. senses also occur) 1 public festivity or rejoicing, festive show or entertainment Gent. v. iv. 161, MND. i. i. \9with t., and with revelling, 1H4 in. iii. 47 a perpetual t., an everlasting bonfire-light, 3116 v. vii. 43, Per. v. i. 17 ; spec, tournament R2 v. ii. b2 justs and t-s, 1II6 v. V. 31 at a t. having vow'd To try his strength. Per. n. ii. 1 ; so triumph day R2 v. ii. C6. 2 trump-card ; this sense is alluded to in Ant. iv. xii. fxiv.] 20 she . . . has Pack'd cards with Cwsar, and falsc-play'd my glory Unto an enemy's triumph. triumphani: triumphal, celebrating a triumph 1H6 I. i. 22 a t. car. Cor. v. iv. 69 [v. 3] t.firis ; transf. Sonn. cli. 10 his triumphant prize. triumphantly : festively MND iv. i. 95. triumpherate (Ant. in, vi. 28), triumphery TBOJAN 232 - TRUST (LLL. IV. iii. 53), readings of old edd. replaced by ti-iniiii'irnttf, irmmm-ij\ in mod. odd. 1] Tlie foiins are duo to association with 'trinmpli '. Trojan (old edd. Trohm, Troyiiii) : cant term for 'boon companion, dissolute fellow' LLL. v. ii. C:ii3, 679, 1H4 ii. i. 77, H5 v. i. 20, 32. troll: to run over (a song) Tp. iir. ii. 129 will yon troll tlie catcli . . .?. troll-my-dames : game in which the object was to ' troll ' balls through arches set on a board (a sort of bagatelle) Wiat. iv. ii. [iii.] 93. ^ In a pamphlet of the 16th cent. called'troll-in-madame'; in 17th and 18th cent, diets, 'troll-madam'. Equivalent to Fr. ' trou-madame ' (Cotgr.). troop : to march Wiv. i. iii. 112, 2H4 iv. i. 62 ; /. inth, follow in the train of Lr. i. i. 134 all the Utrije effects Tlial troop witli mdjesti/. troops : retinue, followers 2H6 i. iii. 80 with t. of liHliea, J{3 IV. iv. 96, Tit. ii. iii. 56 V)i/urni.sh'd of ho- H-ell-heseemiwi t.. Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 53 Dido (utd her Aeiietts shall want troops. trophy (not S. in the definite sense of ' spoil taken from the enemy ') 1 token H5 v. Chor. 21 Giving fall t., sii/md enid os- tent, Quite from himself, io God (cf. line 18 His hruised helmet and his bended sivord), v. i. 76 a memondle t. of predeceased icdour, Compl. 218 all these trophies of affections hot. 2 emblem or memorial placed over a grave or on a tomb All'sAV. ii. iii. 146 on every grate A lying t.. Tit. I. i. 388 with trophies do adorn thy tomb. Ham. IV. v. 214 No t., sword, nor hatchment o'er his bones, Sonn. xxxi. 10. 3 applied to a crown or garland C?es. i. i. 73 lei no images Be hung with Ccesar's trophies, Ham. TV. vii. n^ her /cecdy trophies {Qf.linenScorotiel weeds). 4 monuments Cor. i. iii. 44 it more becotnes a man Than gdt liis t., Tim. v. iv. 25 tliesc great toircrs, trophies, and schools. tropically: figuratively Ham. iii. ii. 250. trossersf! see strossers. trot: an old trot, 'a sorry old Woman' (Bailey) .Shr. I. ii. 80 ; applied to a man Meas. in. ii. 5t. troth (pronounced trot by Dr. Caius, Wiv. iv. v. 90) 1 truth MND. ii. ii. 36, Cor. iv. v. 198, Cym. v. v. 275 ril speak troth. 2 faitli LLL. IV. iii. 143 break faith and t., Lr. in. iv. 126 Bid her edight. And her troth plight ; used exclamatorily = FAITH 2 by my t. (very freq.), o' luy t., in t., (in) good t., aiid simply troth > ; once t. and t. H8 II. iii. 34 Say, good troth.— Yes, troth and troth. trothed : betrothed Ado iii. i. 38. troth-plig-ht sb. : plighting of troth in marriage Wint. I. ii.278. [ii. i. 21. troth-plight pple.: betrothed Wint. v. iii. 151, H5 trouble : to agitate, disturb (water, the sky) ; chiefly in pa. pple. Shr. v. ii. 143 like a fountain t-d, 1H4 I. i. 10i!/(e meteors of a t-d heaven, 2H6iv. i. 72 T-s the silver spring, dies. i. ii. 101, Lucr. 589. trowiahvaysin 1st or2nd person present indicative) 1 to believe Lr. i. iv. 136 Learn more than flion irowest. 2 to think, suppose 2H6 ii. iv. 38, 3H6 v. i. 85. 3 to know H8i. i. 181 as I trow, Which I do well, Lr. I. iv. 237 you trow (Ff know). 4 idiomatic uses :— (i) I trow, I am pretty sure, I daresay Shr. i. ii. 4 1 1. this is his house, R2 ii. i. 219 'tis time, I (., Rom. i. iii. 33 'twas no need, I /. ;— (ii) trow you ?, do you know ? can you tell ? LLL. V. ii. 280, Slir. l. ii. 168 T. you whither I am going? ; — (iii) / trow or simply trow, I wonder Wiv. i. iv. 137 Who's there, I /.?, ii. i. 05, Ado in. iv. 58, Cym. I. vi. 47 What is the matter, trow ?. Troyan : sec Trojan. truant vb.: t. ruth, be unfaithful to Err. in. ii. 17. truce: peace Err. ii. ii. 149, 1H6 v. iv. Wl peaceful t. shall be prodaim'd ; phr. take in) truce, make peace John in. i. 17, Kom. in. i. 163, Yen. 82. truckle-hed : bed without legs running on castors, that could be pushed away under a standing-bed (see STANDING ppl. adj. 3) Wiv. iv. v. 7, Kom. 11. i. 39. ^ 'Truckle' is 'a little running wheel' (Bailey). Cf. also tkundle-bed. true (1 true man often opposed to thief as in legal language, e.g. in Coke's Institutes) 1 honest Tp. v. i. 268, Wiv. ii. i. 149 the priest . . . comme-ndtd him for a true nam, 1H4 II. ii. 25 to turn true tnananrlleate these rogues, Cym. il. iii. 76. 2 trustworthy, reliable Troil.i.iii. 238 strong joints, true swords, Cor. ll. i. Ibl his t. purchasing. Tit. v. i. 102, Sonn. xlviii. 2 Each trifle under t-st bars to t/iriist. 3 well-proportioned Lr. i. ii. 8 my shape us true .Is honest miidiim's issue, Sonn. Ixii. 6 Xo shape so true. 4 as adv. truly All's W. iv. ii. 22 the plain single vow that IS tow'd true, 1H4 1, i. 62 a . . . true industrious friend. true-confirmed: faithful and steadfast Gent. iv. iv. 110. true-penny: honest fellow Ham. i. v. 150. truest-mannered: most honestly disposed Cym. 1. vi. 166. trump: trumpet 1H6 i. iv. 80, 0th. in. iii. 352. trumpet : trumpeter H5 iv. ii. 61 / will the banner from a trumpettake, Troil. iv. v. 6. truncheon sb.: staff or mace borne by kings and military officers Meas. ii. ii. 61 Tlic marshal's t., Troil. v. iii. 53 the hand of Mars Beckoning with ,fiery truncheon, Ham. I. ii. 204, 0th. ii. i. 282 (Qq). triincheon vb. : (?) to beat out of the ranks with a truncheon (see prec.) 2H4 ii. iv. 152 An captains ivere of my miiut, they would t. yon out for taking their names npon you. truncheoner : one armed with a cudgel H8 v. iv. 55 (Ff 3 i Truncheons). trundle-bed: =truckle-bed AViv. iv. v. 7 (Qu, Rom. 11. i. 39 (Qi). trundle-tail : curly-tailed dog Lr. in. vi. 73. trunk: in allusion to the carved chests in great vogue in S.'s time T^v.N. in. iv. 406 the beauteous (til Are empty human trunks o'erflourisli'd by the deed. % 'Chest', not 'human body', is app. the .sense (fig ) in 1H4 ll. iv. 501 that t, of humours, that bolting-liulch of beastliness. trunk sleeve: large wide sleeve Shr. iv. iii. 141. truss: to pack 2H4 in. ii. 353 yon might have t-'d him . . . into an eel-skin (Q thrust). trust sb.: 1 belief, conviction Tw.N. iv. iii. 15 persueulea me To any other trust but that I am mad. 2 credit Mer.V. i. i. 186 o/ my t. ( = on my credit ; cf. OF 9). 3 trusted poi-son 1H6 iv. iv. 20 the t. of England's honour. Tit. i. i. 181 their tribune and their trust. 4 phrasesand contextual uses: —tn /., enjoyingone'.s confidenee, confidential H8 i. ii. 1*25 ; of /."trust- worthy, reliable Cor. l. vi. 52 their men of t., 54, Lr. II. i. 117 Natures of such diept.. Ant. v. ii. 153 of no more t. (-no more to be relied upon), Sonn. xlviii. 4 ; on my t., as I am to be trusted, on my word Meas. v. i. 147 ; put in t., entrust important matters to Lr. i. iv. 15, OtJi. ii. iii. 132 ;— 1H6 m. ii. 112 What is the i. of . . ., What reliance can be placed upon ? ; — Sonn.xxiii. bfor fearoft. ,feni\ng to trust myself. trust vb. : 1 to believe, be sure of Shi-, iv. ii. 07 If he be credu- TRUSTFUIi - 233 TWINN'D loits and hud my tide, Wint. ii. iii. 40 i. it, He shall not rule me, Mac. I. iii. 120 Tlud, t-ed home, Mijjlit i/et enkindle you unto the crown. 2 /. me, believe me, truly Gent. i. ii. 42, &e., Wiv. II. i. 33, &e., Tit. i. i. 261 ; ncier t. me (usu. as the apodosis of a conditional sentence) Tw.N. ii. iii. 207 // / do not, never t. me, Tioil. v. ii. 57 / will, la ; never t. me else ; — ^'ever t. me then. Have no fear Tw.N. HI. ii. 05, IHOii. ii. 48. trustful (once) : faithful 1H4 ii. iv. 439 (tristful-f). txrustless (once) : faithless Lucr. 2. truth (the foil, senses are freq.) 1 honesty, righteousness Ado iv. i. 35, John iv. iii. 144, Lucr. 1532. 2 loyalty, faithfulness 3H6 iv. viii. 26, Sonn. xli. 12. try sb. : test Tim. v. i. 12 a try for his friends. try vb. (3 cf. ' a Ship is said to try, when she has no more Sails abroad but her Main or Missen Sail only, [and] is let alone to lie in the Sea ', Bailey) 1 to refine (gold) Mer.V. ii. vii. 53 tried ijold ; fig. ix. 63, 64. 2 to prove Rom. iv. iii. 29 he hath still been tried a holy man. Yen. 280 thus niy strength is tried. ■ ' Tp. I. i. ■" " ■ try with main course. 3 to sail close to the wind T^p. i. i. 40 Bring her to tuTj : with ref. to the use of the sweating cure (cf. powDEKiNG-TUB) Meas. III. ii. 61, H5 ii. i. 79, Tim. IV. iii. 86 ; so tuti-fast Tim. iv. iii. 87. tuck: rapier Tw.N. in. iv. 247 Dismount thy tuck. II Sec also standincj ppl. adj. 4, tucket : preliminary signal given on a trumpet H5 IV. ii. 35 let the trumpets sound The t. sonance and the note to mount ; othenvise only in stage direc- tions as a personal trumpet call Mer.V. v. i., All'sW. III. v., H5 III. vi., Lr. ii. i. tuffe : bunch Wiv. v. v. 76 (mod. edd. tufts-f). tuft : clump (of trees) AYL. iii. v. 75, Wiiit. n. i. 33, R2 II. iii. 53. tug': to buffet Mac. iii. i. 112 titgy'd with fortune. tuition: protection Adoi. i. 291 [283] and so I commit you — To the t. of God (a freq. concluding formula in 16tli cent, letters). TuUy : Cicero 2H6 iv. i. 136 sweet T., Tit. iv. i. 14 Tiilh/'s Orator (=;the treatise De Oratore). tumtoie : the orig. sense ' to roll ' (trans, and intr.) is jirominent : — Tp. ll. ii. 11 hedge-hogs, which Lie tiunhling inmybarc-foot tt'uy, John hi. iv. 176rt little snow, t-d about. Anon becomes a inou)itain. Per. ic. i. 34 [the whale] plays and t-s ; in indelicate sense Wint. IV. ii. [iii.] 12, Hani. iv. v. 63, Ant. i. iv. 17 ; in nautical use t-d, 'rolled ' about the trough of the sea Per. v. Gower 13 t-d and tost (Qqi-s wee there him left). tun-dish : funnel Meas. in. ii. ISC^ filling a hot fie with (I t. •( Still the ordinary word in Warwick-sliire. tune (1 common Eliz.) 1 tone, accent (of the voice) Cor. ii. iii. 91 tlie t. of your voices, Cym. V. v. 239 Tlw t. of Imogen, Sonn. cxli. 5 thy tongue's tune. 2 temper, humour, mood Meas. ni. ii. 52, Hani. v. ii. 198 the t. of the time, Lr. iv. iii. 41 in his better tune ( = ' saner intervals', Craig). tuneable : tuneful, musical MND. i. i. 184, iv. i. 130. txirf : clod LLL. iv. ii. 90. Tj An Eliz. sense. Turk (1 in this sense replacing the once common use of ' Saracen ') 1 used generically = infidel AYL. iv. iii. 34 she defies me, Like Turk to Christian, B3 iii. v. 40 think you we are T-s or infidels ? ; phr. turn T., change com- pletely (as from a Cliristian to an infidel) Ado in. iv. 56, Ham. iii. ii. 292. 2 the T., the Grand Turk, the Sultan of Turkey, All'sW. 11. iii. 94, H5 v. ii. 222, Lr. iii. iv. 92 ; transf. T. Gregory, Pope Gregoiy VII, 1 H4 v. iii. 46. turlygod : app. a name (? cant) fur a ' bedlam-beg- gar ' Lr. II. iii. 20. % For the form cf. ' grinagod ' (16th cent.), which was app. a name for a profane person. turmoiled: harassed 2H6 iv. x. IS. turn vb. (5 cf. turning and triple-turned) 1 to shape on a lathe 1H4 in. i. 130 / liad rather hear a brazen canstick turn'd. 2 to compose (verse, a tune) LLL. i. ii. 193' turti sonnet, AYL. li. v. 3 turn his merry note. 3 to fling back, retort R2 iv. i. 39 I will t. thy false' hood to thy heart, 1H6 ii. iv. 79 Vll turn my pari thereof into thy throat, Tim. ii. i. 2%my relief Musi not be toss'd and turn'd to me in words. 4 to come back, return AYL. ii. vii. 162, R3 iv. iv. 185 Ere from this war tliou t. a conqueror, Tit. v. ii. 141 tdl I turn again, 0th. iv. i. 263. 5 to go back on one's word, (hence) to be inconstant or fickle Gent. ii. ii. 4, MND. in. ii. 91 Some true- love turn'd, 1H6 in. iii. 85 turn, and turn ariain 0th. IV. i. 264. 6 to change (one's countenance or colour) Cor. iv. vi. 60 some news . . . That t-s their countenances. Ham. II. ii. 550 [542] helias not t-ed his colour, 0th. IV. ii. 61 Turn thy complexion. Tum'bull street: Eliz. corruption of 'Turnmill street ', formerly the resort of dissolute and dis- orderly persons 2H4 in. ii. 333 {Ft Turnhalh. turning: fickle H5 ni. vi. 35sheist.,and inconstant. turtle: turtle-dove, symbolical of faithful love Wiv. n. i. 83, LLL. iv. iii. 212, v. ii. 913. tushes: tusks Ven. 617, 624. tutor : to teach (a thing) 2H4 iv. i. 44. twain : 1 both twain, redundantly = both LLL. v. ii. 460, Sonn. xlii. 11. 2 parted, separated Troil. iii. i. 113, Rom. in. v. 240 Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be t. , Sonn. xxxvi. 1 toe two must be twain. 3 as sb. pair, couple Tp. iv. i. 104 To bless this t., Ant. I. i.38. tway : Scottish form ottwo H5 in. ii. 132. tweife : old form of tirelfthf (which is not found in old edd.) TSv.N. ii. iii. 93, and in the title of the play itself. twelve score : viz. yards Wiv. in. ii. 35 as easy as (I cannon will shoot point-blank t., 1H4 ii. iv. 605 [598], 2114 HI. ii. 52. twenty : usetl indefinitely to express a large num- ber Wiv. I. i. 3 if he were t. Sir John Falst'affs, Lr. II. iv. 71 there's nota nose among t. (Qf| a hundred) but can sitiell /liiii tliat's slinking, Ven. 522 t. hundred kisses ;— Wiv. n. i. 203 Good tvin and t. (app. = twenty times good);— Shr. iv. ii. 57 eleven and t. perhaps contains an allusion to the game of one-and thirty (see pip) ; see also sweet-and- TWENTY. twiggen : cased in wicker Avork Otii. ii. iii. 153* I'll beat the knave into a t. boltle (Qq wicker bottle). twilled^: (?) agricultural term ; not satisfactorily explained; many conj., the most generally ac- cepted being Hanmer's (see pioned) Tp. iv. i. 64. twin : to be like twins in resemblance or close companionship Cor. iv. iv. 15 who t.. as 'twere, in love i'nseparable (Ff2-i Twine), Per. v. Gower 8* Her inkle, sdk, twin with the rubied cherry { = are an red as the red cherry ; unless twin is adj. ; old odd. twine). twink : in or with a t., in a twinkling Tp. iv. i. 43, Slir. ir. i. 3041312]. twinn'd: twin Wiiit. i. ii. 67 We were as t. lambs (old edd. iwyn'd), Tim. iv. iii. 3 ; (hence) exactly alike Cym. i. vi. 35 Ihe t. stones, L'pon the number'd beach (Fi twinn'd). TWIRE 234 - UNCLEANLY twire: to twinkle Sonii. xxviii. 12 When sparkling stars Inirc not. twist sb.: skein Cor. v. v. [vi.]96 .1 /. of rotten silk. twist vb.: to draw out (a tlueadj Jobii iv. iii. 128 tlie siJhdlist thread That ner spider t-ed from her noiiib; fig. Ado i. i. 321 [313] io t. so fine a story. two-and-thirty : see pip. Tybalt : tlie lact tliat ' Tybei t ' or ' Tybalt ' was the name of tlie cat in the History of Reynard the Fox is alluded to Koni. ii. iv. 18, iii. i. 80, 82. Tyburn : usual place of execution in London ; only allusively LLL.lv.iii. 5i tltetriiuntiry, tlie corner- cap of society, The shape of lore's Tyburn (with ref. to the triangular form of the gallows). type (the only S. senses are) 1 distinguishing mark or sign, badge 3H6 i. iv. l-'l* Thy father hears the t. of Kiny of Naples (i.e. the crown; or ?- title, .sense 2), 113 iv. iv. 245, H8 I. iii. 31 those types of travel. 2 title Lucr. 1050 Of that true type [viz. loyeil] heith Tarquin rifleil )iic. Typhon : another name of Typlioeus, a fire-breath- ing giant, defeated in an attempt to dethrone Jove, and imprisoned in Tartarus under Aetna, Troil. I. iii. 160 roariny T., Tit. iv. ii. 95 Enceletdus (son of Tartarus), With all his ihreedening hand of Typhon's brood. tyrannically : vehemently, outrageously Ham. II. ii. oGl [356] most tyrannically clapped. tyrannize: to inflict pain or torment on John v. vii. 47, Tit. in. ii. 8 This poor right hand of mine Is left to tyrannise upon my breast. tyrannous: cruel, pitiless K3 iv. iii. 1 The t. and bloody act IS done, Ham. ii. ii. 491 [482], Lr. iii. iv. 1.55 this t. night, Sonn. cxxxi. 1. ^ More freq. than the meaning 'tyrannical, despotic '. tyranny (the sense ' despotic rule ' is freq.) 1 usurpation Mac. iv. iii. 67 intemperance In nature is ei tyranny. 2 cruelty, pitiless violence All'sW. i. i. 59 the t. of her sorroirs, Cor. v. iii. 43 Best of my flesh, Foryiie my t., Lr. in. iv. 2 The t. of the open night,\en. 737. tyrant (1 cf. AYL. n. i. 61) 1 usurper 3H6 in. iii. 69, 71 To prove him t. this reason may suffice. That Henry liveth still, Mac. in. vi. 22 His presence at the tyrant's feast. 2 cruel or pitiless one Ado i. i. 176 a professed I. to their sex, 2H4 Ind. 14 the stern t. 7far, Cyin. i. i. 84 Hoic fine this t. Can tickle where she wounds. u Ullorxa (not satisfactorily explained) : Tim. in. iv. 114 (Fi Seiiipronius Vllorxa : All, Ff.14 Sem- proniiis: all) ; printed in italics in Fi, like the names that precede it. umber: brown i)igment, used to disguise the face AYL. I. iii. 115 with n kind of it. smirch my face. tiniber'd : darkened as if with umber ; perhaps, shadowed by the firelight H5 iv. Chor. 9. % 'Um- bered ' was also a term of heraldry =shadowed. umbrage: shadow Ham. v. ii. 126. umpire: applied to Death as 'the friendly com- pounder of differences ' (Cotgr. s.v. Arbitrateur) IHti n. v. 29, Horn. iv. i. 63. unable: weak, impotent Shr. v. 'n.llOfroward etnd n. icorms, H5 v. ii. 403 [Lpil. 1] rough and edl-u. pen, Lr. I. i. 62. unaccommodated: UMfiunislied with necessaries, e. g. dress Li . in. iv. lOU it. man . . . a poor, bare, forked aiiiiiin!. unacquainted: (in active sense) having no inti- mate knowledge ot things Troil. in. iii. 12 As neii into the n-orld, strange, n.: (in passive sense) un- familiar, strange John in. iv. 166 u. change,\. ii. 32. unadvised: by inadvertence Gent. iv. iv. 129 / have ii-'d Deliier'd you a paper that I should not ; done in ignorance Lucr. H88 friend to friend gives It. wounds ; inconsiderate(ly) John 11. i. 45 IrCst ii-'d you stain your sivords with blood, 191, v. ii. 132, Rom. II. ii. 118 too rash, too u-d, too sudden ; so iinadvisedly R3 iv. iv. 293. unagreeable : unsuitable Tim. 11. ii. 41. unanel'd: not having received the sacrament of extreme unction Ham. l. v. 77 I'nhouscl d, dis- nppoinlid, u. *\ 'Anele ' = to anoint was in regu- lar use from 1300 to 1650. unapproved: unconfirnied Compl. 53 u. witness. \inapt: unfit Shr. v. ii. 167 C. to toil, Lucr. 695; nut prepared or inclined 1H6 v. iii. 132 a soldier, and It. to iieep. Cor. v. i. 53, Yen. 34 ; so unapt- ness, disinclination Tim. 11. ii. 141. unarm. : to take off a person's armour ; trans. Troil. III. i. 165 To help u. our Hector ; refl. i. ii. 298, v. iii. 35 L'. thee ; intr. i. i. 1 I'll it. again, v. iii. 3, 25 ; Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.]35 U., Eros{\.c. take off my armourj. unattainted: unbiased Rom. i. ii. 90 with ii. eye. iinautho'riz'd : 0th. iv. i. 2 An unauthoriz'd kiss. unavoided (2 cL unvalued 2) 1 (ifi not avoided R3 iv. i. 55 ^1 cockatrice . . . Whose unavoided eye is murderous. 2 unavoidable, inevitable K2 11. i. 269, 1H6 iv. v. 8 .1 terrible emd unavoided danger, R3 iv. iv. 218. unbacked : unridden Tp. iv. i. 176, Yen. 320. unbanded: having no liatband AYL. in. ii. 404 your bonnet unbaneled. unbarbed: unarmed Cor. m. ii. 99 my u. sconce. unbated : unabated Mer.V. 11. vi. 11 with the u. file ; not blunted (with a button ; cf. abate 2) "JIam. IV. vii. 1.38. unbend : to make slack, relax Mac. 11. ii. 40. unbent: toheit., not to have one's bow bent, (hence) to be unprepared Cym. in. iv. Ill ; (of a brow) not wrinkled or knit Lucr. 1509. Tinbid : unwelcome 3H6 v. i. 18 0, unhid spite .'. unbitted: unbridled 0th. i. iii. 336 itnhitted lusts. unbless : not to make happy Sonn. iii. 4. unbodied: incorporeal Ti-oil. i. iii. 16. iinbolt : to disclose (intr.) Tim. i. i. 52. unbolted : lit. unsifted, (hence) coarse Lr. 11. ii. 70. unbonneted : ' uncovered ', (hence) on equal terms 0th. I. ii. 23 speak itnbo)meted with . . , unbookish: unskilled 0th. iv. i. 102. unborn : non-existent Cor. in. i. 128 All cause J(. linbraced: unbuttoned, unfastened C'ses. i. iii. 48, II. i. 262, Ham. 11. i. 78. unbraided*: (?) not soiled or faded Wint. iv. iii. [iv]. 201 Has he any u. wares ?. % 'Braided wares' ( = soiled or faded goods) was a 16th cent. plir. unbreathed: unexercised JIXD. v. i. 74. unbred: unborn Sonn. civ. 13 thou age unbred. unbrvxised: unhurt Kom. 11. iii. 37 u. youth. unbuckle : to tear off (a helmet) in a close figlit Cor. IV. v. 131, Ant. iv. iv. 12. uncape*: (?) to uncouple, throw off the hounds ^YlV. III. iii. 175. uncase: refl. and intr. to undress LLL. v. ii. 700, Shr. I. i. 211. unchargre: to acquit of guilt Ham. iv. vii. 07. uncbarged: unattacked Tim. v. iv. 55. unchary : carelessly Tw.N. in. iv. 225. unchecked: not contradicted Mer.V. in. i. 2. unclasp : to disclose Ado i. i. 333 |325], NVint. in. ii. 168 he . . . to my kingly guest L'-'d my practice. uncleanly: improper, indelicate .■W'L. in. ii. 52, John n-. i. 7 iiirleanly scruples, Otli. 111. iii. 139. t)tNCI.E W - 235 tJNFIRBX unclew: lit. to unwind (see clew); fig. to ruin Tim. I. i. 109 It iioiild ttnclew me quite. uncoined*: (a) not yet current, (b) unalloyed, genuine H5 v. ii. IGO a fellow of plain anduncoined coHxtancij. uncolted: deprived of one's horse 1H4 ir. ii. 45 (pun). tincomforta'ble : cheerless Rom. iv. v. 60 V. time. iincomprehensive: illimitable, incomprehensible 'i'roil. in. iii. 199. unconfirmed : inexperienced Ado iii. iii. 123, IjLL. IV. ii. 19 untrained . . . imlettered . . . wi- lOii tinned fasli ion. [3U4 n. itarls. tinconstant : uncertain, abrupt, irregular Lr. i. i. unconstrained : imposing no constraint Compl. 242 (n unconstrained yijies. uncouple n^ : to liunt Ven. 674. n'ncouch: strange, wild, uncanny AYL. ii. vi. 6 this n. forest, Titr ii. iii. 211 surprised with an u. fear, Lucr. 1598 What uncouth ill event, uncovered: 1 'are-headed 2H6iv. i. 128; open, un- concealed Ado IV. i. 310 uncovered slander. uncropped: not plucked AH'sAV. v. iii. 332. nncross'd : not cancelled Cyin. in. iii. 26 keeps liis book uiicross'd ( = remains unpaid). [vii. 141. unction: salve, lit. and flg. Ham. iir. iv. 145, iv. unctious: oily, fat Tim. iv. iii. 196. uncurrent: fig. not allowable or passable, (hence) objectionable or extraordinary AVint. iii. ii. 50' With what encounter so uncurrent. uncurse : to remove a curse from R2 in. ii. 137. undeeded: having accomplished nothing Mac. v. vii. 20 niij sword . . . I sheathe . . . undeeded. under (follows its noun in Lucr. 380) 1 under the pretence of Tim. iii. iii. 33 ; under the auspices of Sonn. Ixxviii. 4. 2 fio u., (i) profess to be All'sW. iir. v. 21 ; (ii) ad- here to (an opinion) Troil. i. iii. 383. 3 next to Cor. i. i. 193 Under the nods. 4 as adi. (i) infernal Cor. iv. v. 98 all the u. fends ; (2) belonging to ' this world below ', sublunary Meas. IV. iii. 96 the iinderf (old edd. yond) genera- tion, Lr. IT. ii. 170 this it. ylobe, Sonn. vii. 2 each tinder eye (=every mortal eye). underbear : to endure John in. i. 05 woes . . . which I . . . Am bound to n., R2 I. iv. 29 patient u-imj. underbome ^elth -. witli a lining or undergarment of Ado III. iv. 21 underbome with a bluish tinsel. undercrest: to wear as if a crest Cor. i. ix. 72* / iii(i. ; mischievously Sonn. Ixvi. 4 purest faith unhappily forsworn. iinliappiness : evil nature R3 1. ii. 25 heir to his ii. unhappy : 1 fatal, pernicious Cym. v. v. 154 n. mas the clock That struck the hour, Lucr. 1565 that u. guest ; licnce used as a term of depreciation =miserable Err. IV. iv. 126 0 most n. strumpet .', Mer.V. v. i. 238 the u. subject of these quarrels, Lr. iv. vi. 233 Thou old u. traitor, Otli. ii. iii. 35 / have very poor and unhappy hrainsfor drinking. 2 'mischievously waggish' (J.) All'sW. iv. v. 67 A shr( hJ knave and an unhappy, unliatched ' : fig. not brought to maturity Ham. I. iii. 65 (arh u-cl . . . comrade (Qq vew hatcht), Oth. in. iv. 140 some it-'d practice Made demonstrable. iinhatched^: not hacked or blunted Tw.N. iii. iv. 260. unheard : unheard-of, unexampled John v. ii. 133 (sec unhaie'd). unheart : to dishearten Cor. v. i. 50. linheedful: rash Gent. ii. vi. 11, 1H6 iv. iv. 7. unhoused' : (a) having no household ties or cares, (b,i unmarried Oth. i. ii. 26. iinhouseled : not having received the holy sacra- ment Ham. I. V. 77. unimproved' : not turned to account Ham. i. i. 96. T] ()ther explanations are 'untutored, un- disciplined', ' unreproved, unimpeached ', 'un- proved, untried '. unintelligent : unaware "Wint. i. i. 15 u. of our iiisuj/iciiiicc. Union: pcaii Ham. v. ii. 286 (Ff union, Q2 Vnice, Qq3-5 Onixie), 340 {Ft' union, Qq ^-;, Onixc). united: ?«. ceremony, union of the' marriage rite ■NViv. IV. vi. 62. unity (rare sense) : oneness Troll, v. ii. 138 If there be rule in u. itself {=' if there be a rule that one is one ', J.). universal: u. earth, jcorM, the whole world H5iv. i. 67, viii. 10, Rom. iii. ii. 94; dipped to lersal Rom. II. iv. 221 (nurse's speech). unjust (1 and the sense ' inequitable, unlawful ' arc the most frequent) 1 unfaithful, talse Gent. iv. ii. 2, iv. 175, All'sW. V. iii. 63, 3H6 v. i. 106 ^«:/(!)-'rf, and n., Troil. v. i. 99 a most u. knave, Sonn. Music iv. 33 [Pilgr. 331] Uidess thy lady prove unjust. 2 dishonest Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 691, 1H4 iv. ii. 30. unjustly : perfidiously Lucr. 1836 this chaste blood so u. s/ain'd ; dishonestly AU'sW. iv. ii. 76. unkennel : fig. to reveal Ham. 111. ii. 86. unkind adj. : (prob.) unnatural AYL. 11. vii. 175, 1116 IV. i. 193, Tit. I. i. 86 h. and careless of thine own, Lr. iii. iv. 70 his unkind daughters, Ven. 204 (? with play on the sense ' unfeeling, cruel '). unkindness : ill-feeling, want of kindly feeling Wiv. I. i. 204, Shr. iv. iii. 169 Take no u., All'sW. II. V. 36 Is there any u. bdueen my lord and you 1, C»s. IV. iii. 158. unkiss: to undo by a kiss R2 v. i. 74 Let me u. the uath 'twixt thee and nie. unknown (peculiar uses) : (?) that may not be ex- pressed or mentioned R3 i. ii. 218 For divers n. leasons, Sonn. cxvii. 5 That I have frequent been ■with u. minds ; All'sW. 11. iii. 6 an n. fear ( = a fear of what is unknown); Troil. iii. iii." 125* The ■u. Ajax (' who has abilities which were never brought into view or use ', J.). unlace: (app.) to undo (fig.) Oth. 11. iii. 196 That you unlace your reputation thus. vinlearn'd: not acquired Cym. iv. ii. 178. unless : except, it it be not, if there be not All'sW. IV. i. 6, R2 V. iii. 32 My tongue cleave to my roof . . . l. a pardon ere I rise or sprnik, R3 iv. iv. 475-6, Cor. V. i. 72 all hope is vain U. his noble mother and his ivife (i.e. there is no hope except in them), Oth. I. i. 24 y^or the division of a battle knows . , . iinlcss the bookish theoric. unlike: unlikely, improbable Meas. v. i. 52, Cor. III. i. 47, Cym. v. v. 355. unlimited : not limited by the ' unities of time and place ' Ham. 11. ii. 428 [419] poem unlimited. unlived : deprived of life Lucr. 1754. unlooked for : disregarded, unheeded 1H4 v. iii. (i4 honour comes n., Sonn. xxv. 4 I'nlook'd for joy. unloved : Ant. iii. vi. 53'* our love, which, left iin- shoivii, Is often left iinlov'd (=often ceases to be love). unluckily : with ill omen Cibs. in. iii. 2 things u. cliargc m/j fantasy. 'onniahn'd [see man vb. 2] : (in falconry) not ac- customed to the presence of man Rom. 111. ii. 14 Hood my unmann'd blood. unmastered: unrestrained Ham. i. iii. 32 his un- masttr'd importunity. tiniueritable : untlesen'ing, without merit R3 ni. vii. 154 my desert Vnmcritabii, Cits. iv. i. 12. iinniinded: unregarded 1H4 iv. iii. 58. xinmoan'd: uiilamente^l R3 11. ii. 64 Our fatherless distress Has Uft unmoan'd. unmoving': iii Qq of Oth. iv. ii. 54 slow 11. finger, prob. an error, which is corrected by Fi slow, and inouing finger (see and 1). unmuzzle: only fig. to set free AYL. i. ii. 76 n. your wisdom ; ppl. adj. unrestrained Tw.N. ill. i. 132 uniiiuzzlcd thoughts. unnerved [cf. nerve] ; weak Ham. 11. ii. 501 [496]. unnoted (2 see note 1) 1 unnoticed, unregarded All'sAV. i. ii. 34, Lucr. 1014. UNNUMBER'D- 237 UNTAINTED 2 (a) liaviiig no outward signs, impeieeptibic, (b) un- demonstrative Tim. iir. V. 21* xobcr and ii. prission. unnumber'd : innumerable Cses. iii. i. 63, Lr. iv. vi. -22, Cyni. i. vi. 30 (see numbek'd). unordinate: inordinate Otli. ii. iii. 313 (Qi). nnowed: having no owner Jolin iv. iii. 147. unpaxag'oned : matchless Cym. i. iv. 92, ii. ii. 17. unpartial : impartial H8 ii. ii. 107 (Ffj 2). unpaved (.jocuiar): without 'stones', castrated C'ym. II. iii. 34. unpay : to undo 2H4 11. i. 134 u. the villany yon litive done licr. unpeeled [cf. pill 2 ; nn- is Intensive] : stripped LLL. II. i. 88 his it. house (Qi ; the test wipeopled). unperfect : not knowing one's part Sonn. xxiii. 1 an n. actor. ^ Cf. perficlness LLL. v. ii. 174. unpink'd: nut scalloped Shr. iv. i. 136 Giibrid's pumps Hire nil tinpntk'd f the heel. unpitied : unmercitul Meas. iv. ii. 13. unpiausive : disapproving Troil. iii. iii. 43. unpregnant (see pregnant ^) 1 unapt Meas. iv. iv. 23 it.Anddidl to allprocecdiiiys, 2 u. of, not quickened by Ham. 11. ii. 603 [695). unprevailing' : unavailing Ham. i. ii. 107. ^ 'Pre- vail ' = avail is a 10th cent. use. unprizable : to which no value can be attached ; lience in two opposite senses, (1) worthless Tw.N. \. i. 59, (2) invaluable Cym. i. iv. 104. nnprized': (a) not valued or .appreciated, (b) in- valuable (cf. UNVALUED) Lr. I. I. 262. unprofited : prolitless Tw.N. i. iv. 22 ii. return. improper: not belonging exclusively to an indi- vidual, common 0th. iv. i. 69 lie in those it. heih 'Which they dare sivear peculiar. ^ There is prob. no allusion to a sense 'indecent', sincecorrespond- ing uses of the words ' proper ' and ' improper ' are post-S. uaproperly: improperly Cor. v. iii. 54. unproportion'd : inordinate Ham. i. iii. GO. improvide : to make unprepared, weaken the re- solution of Otli. IV. i. 217 lest her body and hiau/y unjn-oeide my mind nyaiii. iinprovided : unprepared H5 iv. i. 186 if they die ((., 3HG V. iv. 03 ; unarmed R3 in. ii. 73, Lr. ii. i. 54 he charr/es home My iinproiidcd body. iinqualitied : divested of his (manly) qualities Ant. III. ix. [xi.]44. imquestionable : unwilling to talk AYL. in. ii. 3'J9. ^Cf. QUESTIONABLE. unraised: not aspiring H5 i. C'hor. 9 n. spirits. imrak'd : (of a fire) not raked together and covered witli fuel so as to keep it in Wiv. v. v. 60 Where Jires than find'st itnrali'd. iinready : not fully clothed 1H6 ii. i. 39. unreasonable: not endowed with reason 3H6 ii. ii. L'ti Unreasonable crcattires. Txnrecalling' : not to be recalled, past recall Lucr. 'Mi his nnrecallinfi crime. nnreclain^ed: untamed Ham. ii. i. 34 n. blood. ^I'rojicrly used of hawks. xinreciiring- : incurable, past cure Tit. iii. i. 01 soiin ttiiricurinr/ n-otuid. ixnreprievable:' without possibility of a reprieve .Julm v. vii. 48. xinresisted: irresistible Lucr. 282. irnrespected: unnoticed, not regarded Sonn. xljii. 2lhc)/riew things n., liv. 10 They lite un- iiijii'd, and liurespecttd fade. iinrespective : unobservant, heedless R3iv. ii. 29 u. boys; fig. Troil. ir. ii. 71 *th row inn. sieve {ai>i>, = tliat cares not what is put into it). linreverend, unreverent [cf. reverekd] : irre- verent, disrespectful Shr. iii. ii. 115 the.se iinre- lercnt robes, John i. i. 227 Ihoit iiurctiroid boy. unrightful : liaving no rightful claim R2 v. i. 63 Tu plant unrii/htful kinys. unrolled : struck off the roll (of thieves) Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 131. vinroosted: ousted from one's place Wint. ii. iii. 74. unrough : smooth, beardless Mac. v. ii. 10. unsalted: not salted Troil. ii. i. 16 thou u. leaven (Vt II Itinid'st, mod. edd. vinewcd'stf). unsanctified : wicked Mac. iv. ii. 79, Lr. iv. vi.282. unscann'd : inconsiderate Cor. in. i. 311 The harm of tinscann'd sivifttiess. unsealed : not ratified (as by aseal) All'sW. iv. ii. 30. ixnseani: to rip up Mac. i. ii. 22 lie unseam'd hint from the nave to the chaps. unseasonable: not in season for hunting Lucr. 681 To. strike a poor unseasonable doe. unseasoned : 1 unseasonable, ill-timed Wiv. ii. ii. 176 ihisn. in- Inision, 2H4 in. i. 105. 2 immature All'sW. i. i. 81. unsecret : v. to ourselves, not keeping our own counsel Troil. in. ii. 133. [i. 156. unseeming' : not seeming (to be willing to) LLL. n. unseminar'd : destitute of seed Ant. i. v. 11. unset : not planted or sown Sonn. xvi. 6 many iHuidoi !/iirdens, yet unset. [02. unsettled : undecided All's W. ii. v. 69, H8 ii. iv. unsever'd: inseparable (cf. abhoeked) Cor. in. ii. 42 nnsfver'd friends. unshak'd : not shaken C'ses. in. i. 70 r. of motion ( = ' undisturbed by the force whicli moves the rest ', Aldis Wright), Cym. ii. i. 70. unshape : to put out, upset Meas. iv. iv. 23. unshaped: unfonned, artless Ham. iv. v. 8 Iter sjituh is nothing. Yet the unshaptd ttse of it , . . ixnshapen : deformed Bii i. ii. 262 {Ff mishapen). unshorn : having the nap undipped Conipl. 94 u. unshout: to reverse by shouting the effect of (fornier shouting) Cor. v. iv. 70 [v. 4] U. the noise that hanisli'il Marcius. unshunnable : inevitable Otli. in. iii. 275. unshunned (cf. unsever'd) :=prec. Meas. m. ii. 64 iin unshunned conseifiunce. unsifted: untried Ham. i. iii. 102. unsinew'd: weak Ham. iv. vii. 10 (Ffjo Qq ^"i- sinnoii(t)d ; see sinew). unsisting: (?) misprint in Ffiaa for insisting (Ft) ^persistent Meas. TV. ii. 92 (many conj., e.g. im- rcsisliugf, unansistingf). unsorted: ill-chosen (cf. sort vb. 2) 1H4 n. iii. 15 the time itself unsorlcd. unsphere: to remove (a star) from its sphere (see SPiiEiiE) Wint. I. ii. 48. unsquare (Q), unsquar'd (Ff) : not adapted to the purpose, inapt Troil. i. iii. 15i». unstaid : unbecoming Gent. n. vii. 00. unsta(ii)nched (2 cf. unsever'd) 1 leaky (fig.) Tp. I. i. 53. 2 insatiable 3H0 ii. vi. 83 tinslaunelnd thirst. tinstate : to strip of state and dignity Lr. i. ii. Ill I nould u. myself ( = lose my rank). Ant. in. xi. [xiii.] 30 Cccsar will Vnstate his happiness, unsure : 1 unsafe 2H4 l. iii. 89 A habitation giddy and unsure. 2 uncertain Tw.N. il. iii. 62 What's to come is still 11., Mac. V. iv. 20 their it. hopes, 0th. in. iii. 151 his scattering and unsure observance. xinsured : insecure John ii. i. 471. xmsway'd : 1 not wielded R3 I v. iv. 470 is the sword uusnay'df. 2 (?) deprived of self-control Sonn. cxli. 11*. untainted (2 cf. taint vb. 3) 1 unaccused R3 in. vi. 9. UNTAUGHT - 238 UPOH 2 unsullied, witliout blemisli Sonn. xix. 11. untaught : uncultured, unmannerly Meas. ii. iv. 30 tlieiy u. loce Must needs appear offence, 1H4 i. iii. 43 n. laiaces, Koni. v. lii. 214 0 ikou ti. ! what iniiniieys is tn ihis . . . ?. iintempering : not having a softening influence H5 V. ii. 239 (he poor and u. effect of my visafje. untented ' : (of a wound) not tented or cleaned out, and so liable to fester Lr. i. iv.324 J/f' untented itonndinr/s ofu/atlier's curse. unthread: John v. iv. 11 U. the rude eye of rebellion = retrace tlie rough path of rebellion. ^I Cf. the uses of thread in R2 v. v. 17, Cor. in. i. 123, Lr, ii. i. 121. tinthrift: prodigal, (hence) good-for-nothing; adj. Mer.V. V. i. 10 an u. luce, Tim. iv. iii. 311 'SVhitt niiiH didst thou ever know h. that teas beloved after his means? ;— sb. R2 il. iii. 122 upstart n-s, Sonn. ix. 9, xiii. 13. ^ Marked as an 'old word ' by Bailey. unthrifty (with 1 and 2 cf. u.nthrift) 1 not thrifty, not eager for increase or jirofit Wint. V. ii. 126 u. to our tiuowledye ( = not increasing in knowledge), Sonn. iv. 1 Unthrifty loveliness. 2 good-for-nothing Mer.V. i. iii. Ill eimi,. knave, R2 V. iii. 1. 3 not bringing success (cf. thrift 2), unlucky Rom. %■. iii. 136 «oiii« ill u. thing (Q2 ; the vesiunlucky). untie : to solve Cym. v. iv. 149. unto : =to, in various senses ; = in addition to AYL. I. ii. 255 I should have ijivcn him tears unto entrea- ties, R2 V. iii. 97 L'nlo my mother's prayers I bend my knee \ in regard or relation to Ant. 11. ii. 150 his power nnlo Octavia ; in accordance with Per. II. i. 16a Unto thy value. ^ Usually placed so that the second syll. bears the verse-accent, e.g. Yen. 203 The stro'ng-neck'd stee'd, being tie'd unto' a tree' ; contrast 2H0 11. ii. 50 Sole da'ughlcru'nto Li'onel, Jlii'ke of Cla'rence. iintold: unreckoned Sonn. cxxxvi. Q inthenumber Id me pass iinlold. [243. itntoward: nnmannerlv Shr. iv. v. 79, Jolini. i. untowardly : perversely Ado 111. ii. 136 0 day u. tumid. iintraded: unliackneyed Troil. iv. v. 177 that I uffed the untradedoath. untread: to retrace (a path, steps) Mer.V. 11. vi. lu, John V. iv. 52, Yen. 908. untreasured: stripped of the treasure of AY'L. ir. ii. 7. untrimmed: with her hair lianging loose, after the fashion of brides John in. i. 209 a new n. bride. ^ Cf. Untrimmed, 'incomptus', 'impexus' (Rider's Diet.). untrue sb.: untruth Sonn. cxiii. 14* maketh mine It. ( -is the cause of my not seeing things truly); Capell, Malono makes mine eyef untrue. untrue adv.: untruly, indefiauceof thetruthSonn. Ixxii. 10. untrussing' : untying the points (see point sb. 5) Meas. III. ii. 194. untruth: unfaithfulness, disloyalty R2 11. ii. 101, Truil. V. ii. 176. xintucked : dishevelle.l Compl. 31. untuneable (twice ; cf. tuneable) : discordant Gent. III. i. 209 harsh, «., AY'L. v. iii. 38 (he note vas very unluneable (Theobald unttmeable tj. untun'd (2 cf. tune ^ tone) 1 untuneful, discordant R2 i. iii. 134 hoist'rous u. drums; out of tune Lr. iv. vii. 16 Then, and jar- ring senses. 2 the tone of which is changed Err. v. i. 312 my feeble key of u. cares ( - the weak tone of my voice, whicli is altered by sorrow), Lucr. 1211 With u. tongue she hoarsely call'd her maid. untutor'd : -untaught 2H6 in. ii. 213 Some stern u. churl, 3H6 v. v. 32 U. lad, thou art too malapert, Sonn. cxxxviii. 3. unvalu'd (2 cf. unavoided 2) 1 of no value Ham. i. iii. 19. 2 inestimable R3 1. iv. 27 utivalu'd jewels. unvex'd: unmolested John 11. i. 253. unwares : unawares 3H0 11. v. 02 ; in Troil. iii. ii. 38 (Q)((/ unwares, misprint for at unawares (Fi). ^ L sed by Golding, and freq. in Spenser. unwarily: unexpectedly John v. vii. 03. unwashed: 1114 in. iii. 205 with u. hands, with- out waitiiiu' to wash your hands, i.e. at once. unwedgeahle : not splittable into wedges Meas. u. ii. im Itie U7iwcdgcable and gnarled oak. unweigfhed : inconsiderate Wiv. 11. i. 23. unweighing: thoughtless Meas. in. ii. 151. unwholesome: foul Troil. 11. iii. 130. unwish : to wish (persons) out of existence H5 iv. iii. 70 thou liast unwisli'd five thousand men. iinwit : to deprive of understanding 0th. 11. iii. 184. unworthy: undeserved, unfitting R3 1. ii. 88 d/dii luinorthy slaughter upon others. unwrung : not wrenched or galled, as by a bad saddle Ham. in. ii. 257 our withers are unwrung, unyoke : 1 to free cattle from the yoke ; fig. to finish one's work Ham. v. i. 57 Ay, tell me that, and unyolce. 2 to disjoin John iir. i. 241. unyok'd: uncurbed 1H4 i. ii. 218 The n. humour of your idleness. up "adv. : 1 on foot, in motion, going on Tit. 11. ii. 1 The hunt is up, Ca>s. V. i. 08 The storm is up, Cym. in. iii. 107 'flie game is up (cf. supra the game is roused). 2 in a state of hostile activity, 'up in arms' 1H4 HI. ii. 120, 2H4 i. i. 189 [he] is up, WM well- appointed powers, 2H6 iv. ii. 191 rroclaini them traitors thai are up with Cade. 3 in confinement Ant. in. v. 13 the poor third is up, till death eiitarge his confine. up and down: 'allover', altogether, exactly Gent. ir. iii. 32 here's my mother's breath n.. Alio 11. i. 120 Here's his dry hand u., in. iii. 134 a' goes u. like a yenllcman. Tit. v. ii. 107 u, site doth resemble thee. upbraid: to find fault with (a person's action) Tp. II. i. 295 L287] who Should not u. our couise, 2H4 IV. V. 191, Troil. in. ii. 198 let memory . . . U. my falsehood, Mac. v. ii. 18 upbraid his faith-breach. upcast : a ihruw at the game of bowls Cym. it. i. 2 when I kissed the jack, upon an ?(. to be hit away .'. tipmost: topmost Ca?s. 11. i. 2i Hie upmost round. upon adv. (see also look upon) 1 on the surface Mer.V. 11. vii. 57 A coin . . . that's tnsculp'd upon. 2 (with advs. near, hard, fast) almost immediately after the event in question Meas. iv. vi. 14, Troil. IV. iii. 3, V. vi. 10. upon prep, (follows its noun in All'sW. iii. iv. 6 the cold ground upon, R2 n. iii. 138 ; 0 developed from the use with words like 'attack '; for idio- matic uses with vbs. and adjs. see the latter) 1 on the side or party of John 11. i. 237 whose pro- tection Is most divinely vow'd upon (he right Of him it holds, Mac. III. vi. 30 upon his aid To wake XorthumberliDid. 2 independenceon, inconscqucnccof, onaccountof, because of, in pursuance of Ado iv. i. 225 When he shall hear shedicd upon his words, ic. All's AV.iv.iv. 30 Upon your will to suffer, Tw.N. v. i. 285 he upon some action Is now in durance, John 11. i. 597 kings break faith upon Commodity, H5 i. i. 70 Upon our spiritual convocation, iv. i.'lO, Cor. il i. 217 upon UFRIGHTEOUSLY - 239 UTTERMOST tlteir nxcienl iiialkc, Cxs. iv. iii. 151 She is dead. . . . VjiOH uiint sicktKbii ? ; lit'iitc u})on the hand = by tlic liaticlMND. ii. i. 244 To die upon tltehund I late so well i? witli mixture of sense ' near '). 3 on the strength of Tim. in. i. 4(Ji(;. iv. i. Ill the v. of the day, 2H4l. ii. 202 Ihe vaiiard of our youth. vegfetives : vegetables Per. in. ii. 36. vein (1 tlie literal sense is freq.) 1 fig. John v. ii. 38 combine The blood of malice i)i a V. of league, Troil. i. iii. 6, Per. i. iv. 94 the Trojan horse was stuff'd within With bloody icnis. VSI.UBE — 241 — VICE 2 disposition, humour Err. ii. ii. 20 in iliix merry v., R3 IV. ii. 115 in tlie f/iviiii/ rein, Troil. ii. iii. 213 Ae rubs I lie rein of him. 3 particular style or manner of life or action Meas. II. ii. 70, MND. l. ii. 4:j This is Ercks' v., a tyrant's teiti, 1H4 II. iv. 431. velure : velvet Slir. in. ii. 63. velvet: adj. 'sleek and prosperous' (Aldis Wright) AYL. II. i. 50 his velvet friends. velvet-guards : wearers of velvet trimmings (see GUARD sb. 4) or such finery 1H4 iii. i. 260. venew, venue, veney : tluust in fencing LLL. V. i. 63 (fig.) a sweet touch, a quick v. of luit .', Ham. (Q i) line 181 1 in twtlce venies (Fi in a dozen passes) ; also a fencing-bout Wiv. i. i. 298 (F i veneys). vengeance (3 cf. phr. ' with a vengeance ') 1 mischief, harm AYL. iv. iii. 49 That could do no veni/eance to me, Tit. ii. iii. 113. 2 in imprecations Gent. ii. iii. 21 A v. on't, 2H6 in. ii. 304 threefold v. tend upon your steps.', Troil. ii. iii. 19 the v. on the whole camp, Cor. iii. i. 261 What the lemjeance!, Lr. ii. iv. 96. 3 as adv. Cor. ii. ii. 6 xewjeance proud, vengeful: revengeful, vindictive Sonn. xcix. 13. Venice gold: gold thre.id of Venetian manufacture Shr. II. i. 348 [356]. venison : wild animals hunted for food AYL ii. i. 21 Icitl . . . v., Cym. in. iii. 75 Be that strikes The v. venom: poisonous (lit. and fig.) Err. v. i. 69 The v. clamours of a jealous woman, R2 ii. i. 19, 3H6 ii. ii. 138 renom toads, Lucr. 850 venom mud. venomed (2ef. rcnom'd-mouth'd H8 i. i. 120, altered in mod. edd. to venom-mouih'df) 1 poisoned R2 i. i. 171 slander' sv-dspeur, Ham. iv. vii. 161, Yen. 916 renom'd sores. 2 venomous K3 i. ii. 20 creeping renom'd thinf/, Tim. IV. iii. 183 ; fig. Troil. v. iii. 47 v-'d renycance. venomous: fig. injurious, pernicious Truil. iv. ii. 12* V. wiijhis. Cor. iv. i. 23 Thy tearsare . . . e. to thine eyes. Tit. v. iii. 13 venomous malice. vent sb.' [? orig. a variant of ' lent ' = slit] 1 opening, aperture 2H4 Ind. 2 The v. of hearini/ ( = the ear), Ti-oil. v. iii. 82 how thy wounds do bleed at many v-s, Lucr. 310 Utile v-s and crannies, 1040. 2 emission, efl"usion Ant. v. ii. 350 a v. of blood ; utterance (of words) Ven. 334 ; make v. of, talk freely or copiously about All'sW. ii. iii. 212. ventsb.2 [Fr. 'vent '=wind, scent]: scent; Cor. iv. v. 239*/i(H o/i'., (?)full of excitement oractivity, as a dog on a good scent. vent vb.: to emit Tp. ii. ii. 115, Cym. i. ii. 5 ; csp. to utter, e.g. Tp. I. ii. 280; to void, get rid of Cor. I. i. 231 to vent Our musty superfluity. ventage : vent-hole ; applied to the stops of a flute Ham. III. ii. 380[373J. ventricle: the v. of memory, that one of the three divisions of the brain which was held to be the seat of memory LLL. iv. ii. 70. venture : concr. venturous person Cym. i. vi. 123. venue: see venew. verbal : (a) plain-spoken, (b) verbose, (c) playing with words Cym. ii. iii. 111*. verbatim : by word of mouth 1 H6 in. i. 13. verge: compass R2 n. i. 102 ; circle R3 iv. i. 58 the inclusirev. Of golden metal; (magic) circle 2H0 l. iv. 25 within a hallow'd v, "^ In R2 n. i. 102 there isallusion to the sense ' Compass, orextent of the King's Court, formerly of twelve Miles extent, within the Jurisdiction of the Lord High Steward of the King's Household '. verify : 1 to affirm, maintain Ado v. i. 228 they have verified unjust things, H5 in. ii. 79, 1H6 i. ii. 32. 2 to speak the truth about (Malone), bear witness to (J.) Cor. V. ii. 17* (many conj. e.g. mafjuifiedf, (jhrified^). verity : truthfulness AYL. in. iv. 23 his v. in lore, Mac. IV. iii. 92 justice, verity, temperance. versal (common Eliz.) : =universal Rom. it. iv. 221 the rersrd world. versing: telling in verse MND. n. i. 67 v. lore. very(«(«)ec.= very same John IV. i. 125, R3iii. ii. 49) 1 veritable, real, true, that is indeed so Ado iv. i. 188 Two of them have the very bent of honour. Ham. II. ii. 49 Tlie very cause of HamUfs lunacij ; esp. iii very friend Gent. ui. ii.41, Mer.V. ni. ii. 224, Rom. in. i. 116 ;— Cym. iv. ii. 107 very Cloten ( = Clot6n himself). 2 complete, thorough, perfect Tw.N. i. iii. 2bhe'sa very fool, Troil. i. ii. 15 They say he is a very man perse. [iij. ;;96, 0th. i. i. 88. very adv. : quite, exactly, just Meas. jv. iii. 41, Lr. v. vesper: evening Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 8. vessel : freq. in the sense of (i) 'ship', less common in the sense (ii) ' cask, &c., for holding liquids ' ; both are used fig. (i) All'sW. ii. iii. 215 believing thee a v. of too great a burden. Cor. iv. v. 68, (ii) 2H'4 IV. iv. 44, H5 IV. Chor. 3 When creeping murmur and the poring dark Fills the wide v. of the unirerse, Tim. II. ii. 187 If I would broach the v-s of my lore (i.e. my friends) ; esp. applied to the human body (i) Tim. V. i. 206 nature's fragile v.. Per. iv. iv. 30 A tempest, which his mortal v. tears, (ii) 0th. iv. ii. %i to preserve this v. for my lord; hence = person (ii) Wint. in. iii. 20 1 never saw a v. of like sorrow, SofilVd, Coes. V. V. 13 Now is that noble v. full oj grief; similarly tveaker i). =wcnnau LLL. i. i. 271, Rom. I. i. 20. vestal : sb. priestess of Vesta, vowed to chastity, and having the charge of keeping alight the ves- tal fire Ven. 752 ; transf. virgin MM), ji. i. 158 a fair r. throned by the west (ref. to Queen Elizabeth) ; kitchen v, (jocular), kitchen maid, ' lier cliarge being, like the vestal virgins, to keep the fire burning' (J.) Err. iv. iv. 77;— adj. Per. in. iv. 10 A V. lirery will I take me to (=1 will embrace the life of a vestal) ; chaste Rom, ii. ii. 8, iii. iii. 38 pure and vesUd ■modesty. vesture : applied to the human body Mer.V. v. i. 64 this muddy v. of decay, 0th. n. i. 64 in th' essential V. of creation ( = 'the real qualities with which creation has invested her ', J.). vex (2 freq., as also the current mod. sense of ' irritate, annoy ') 1 to disturb, agitate (physically) Tp. i. ii. 229 (see STILL adv. ^), Lr. iv. iv. 2 As mud as the vex'd sea. 2 to disturb, agitate (mentally) ; to afflict, harass, torment Tw.N. in. iv. 232 it hath no tongue to vex: you, John in. i. 17 my vex'd spirits, iv. 109 a twice told tale. Vexing the dull car of a drowsy man, Caes. I. ii. 39 Vexed , . . with 2)assions of some difference. vexation (cf. vex) : agitation ; affliction, torment, uneasiness, anguish MND. iv. i. 75 the fierce v. of a dream, R3 iv. iv. 306 Your children were v. to your youth, 0th. i. i. 72 changes of v., Lucr. 1779 The deep vexation of his inward so^tl. vial (old edd. viall, violl, violle) : bottle or flask Rom. IV. i. 93 ; spec, bottle such as those found in an- cient Roman tombs, commonly supposed to have been made to receive tears Ant. i. iii. 6'i the sacred vials thou shouldst fill With sorrowful water. vice sb.' (2 cf. Cotgr., ' Badiner ', to play the foole, or Vice) 1 sinful act, offence, transgression Meas. ii. iv. 117 Yon . , . rather prov'd the sliding of your brother A merriment than a vice, 0th. iv. i. 179 how he laughed at his vice, iv. iii. 71 'tis a great price For u small vice. VICE 242 -VISITATION 2 (with capital V) = Iniquity Tw.N. iv. ii. 138, 2H4 III. ii. :i47 (see dagger 2) ; of. R3 ill. i. 82 tlie formid Vice, Itiu/itilij ; transf. Ham. in. iv. 98 a Vice of kings (-a buffoon of a king). vice sb.- : screw Ado V. ii. 21 ijoxi must put in (he pikes uith a vice ; instriunent for gripping things tliat are being worked upon ; fig. grip 2H4 ii. i. 26 ini a' come but ivitltin my vice (,Q rieu'). vice vb.: to screw Wint. i. ii, 416 an inslnunent To riff i/OH to't. vicegerent : deputy LLL. i. i. 219 the icelkin's v. vicious : 1 faulty, wrong 0th. iii. iii. 145 Thowjh I perchance tun I.' in my f/iiess, Cjnn. V. V. 65 it had been v. To have mistrusted Iter. 2 constituting a defect Ham. I. iv. 24 some vicioits mole of nature. victor : victorious Lr. v. iii. 134 thy v. sword (Ff tictor-Sivord). vie (orig. a term at cards ; of. To Vie, as they do at cardes, 'Augere, Adniittere, Accipere Sponsi- onem'. Rider's Diet. 1589.) 1 to stake ; fig. Shr. ii. i. 303 [311] kiss on kiss Slie lied so fast (i.e. as if to outdo me). 2 to compete !('///! (another) in respect of (something) Ant. V. ii. 98 nature irants stuff To vie slranye forms with fancy, Per. III. i. 26 we. . . therein may Vie honour with you, iv, Gower 33 so With the dove of Paphos miijht the crow Vie feathers white. view (1 freq. in the gen. sense of ' sight ' with sub- jective and objective genitive, e.g. Gent. i. ii. 52 force the letter to my view, Ant. ll. ii. 173 to my sister's view = to see my sister) 1 phr. at ample view, so as to be fully seen Tw.X. i. i. 27 ; 0)1 more view, on closer inspection Roui. i. ii. 32 ; from view o\ out of sight of Gym. iir. iii. 28; full of view*, liaving many opportunities of observation Gym. in. iv. 150 : to the view, so as to be seen by all, to the public view Ham. v. ii. 392, Ant. v. ii. 210, Sonn. ex. 2 ; H8 I. i. 44//fae each thinr/ view, showed everything to full advantage ; in (the) view is freq. 2 look, glance Wiv. i. iii. 67, Troil. iv. v. 281 amo- 7-oiis view, Gompl. 26 ; inspection Tw.N. ii. ii. 20 7nade good view of me ( = examined me closelv), Troil. III. iii. 242. 3 outward appearance Mer.V. in. ii. 131 You that choose not by the vieir, Rom. i. i. 176. Viewless: invisible Meas. iii. i. 122 i'. winds. vigil: eve of a festival H5 iv. iii. 45. vigitant: blunder for vigilant Ado iii. iii. 99. vigoiir : power or efficacy (of a poison) Ham. i. v. 68, Gym. i. v. 21 ; fig. Meas. ii. ii. 184 the strum- pet, With all her double vigour, art and nature. vile (very often spelt vild, vil'd, vilde in old edd.) 1 low or mean in rank or condition Mer.V. ir. iv. 6, 2H4 I. ii. 19 in v. apparel, H5 iv. iii. 62, 2H6 iv. i. l.'Mr Great men oft die by vile bezonians. 2 liaving a bad effect or induence, evil R3 in. ii. 62 'Tis a vile thing to die , , . When men are unpre- pard, Gais. ir. i. 265 the vde contagion of the night, Mac. III. i. 103 the v. blows and buffets of the world. vilely (twice so spelt in old edd. 1H4 iii. iii, 1, 121 ; elsewhere vildly, vildely). villagery : villages collectively MND. ii. i. 35. villain (most freq. in the mod. sense) 1 serf, bondman, servant AVL. i. i. 60 I am no v. (witli play on the sense ' rascal "), Tit. iv. iii. 72 the empress" v., Lr. in. vii. 78, Lucr. 1338 The homely villain curtsies to her low. 2 used without serious implication of bad qualities (cf. ' rascal ', ' wretch '), esp. as a term of address, e.g. Wiv. IV. v. 73 They are gone but to meet the dnke,villain,En: n. i. 58; (hence) good-humouredly or as a term of endearment Err. i. ii. 19 .1 trusty v., Wint. r. ii. 137 siieet v. : applied to women Tw.N. ir. V. 16, Troil. in. ii. 33 the prettiest v. vindicative: vindictive Troil. iv. v. 107. vinewed'st+, vinni(e)d'st : most mouldy Troil. IF. i. 15 thou V. leaven (Fi whiiiid'st, Q vnsalted). viol: six-stringed instrument played with a bow R2 I. iii. 162, Per. i. i. 81. viol-de-gamboys : for 'viol da ganiba' =base- vioi. Tw.N. I. iii. 28. violence : ' bold action ' (Rolfe) 0th. i. iii. 251 My doirnright violence. violent: to be violent Troil. iv. iv. 4 The grief . . . violenteth in a sense as strong . . , viperous : venomous Cor. in, i. 285 The v. traitor, Cym. in. iv. 41 This viperous slaneler. virgin adj.: of a virgin Mer.V. in. ii. 56 The virgin tribute (viz. Hesionc) paid by howling Troy To the sea-monster ; of virginity MND. I. i. 80 my virgin patent ( = my privilege of virginity). virgin vb. : (with it) to play the virgin, be chaste Cor. V. iii. 48. virginal: virgin, maidenly 2H6 v, ii. 52 tears v., Cor. V. ii. 45, Per. iv. vi. 62. virginalling: lit. playing on the virginals, a keyed instrument of tlie harpsichord class; fig. fingering Wint. i. ii. 126 Still v. Upon his palm .'. virgin-knot: zone or girdle anciently worn by maidens Tp. iv. i. 15. virtue (2 cf. Latin ' virtus ' and Cor. ii. ii. 89 vedour is the chief est virtue) 1 concr. use of the moral sense 2H4 ii. iv. 50 my poor v., Tim. in. v. 7 a humble suitor to your v-s (viz. the senate). 2 valour, bravery 1H4 ii. iv. 134, Cor, i, i. 42, Lr. v. iii. 104 Trust to thy single v.; concr. Ant. iv, viii, 17 0 infinite virtue .'. 3 good quality or property, merit Ado ii. i. 120, AYL. in. ii. 128 that's the right v, of the medlar, 1H4 III. i. 126. 4 good accomplishment Gent. in. i. 279 She can milk ; . . . a sweet v. in a maid. Per. iv. vi. 200 / can sing, weave, sew, . . , With other virtues. 6 power, efficacy (of a thing) Mer.V. v, i. 199 Tf you had known the v. of the ring, AYL. v. iv. 109 much V. in ' if\ John v. vii. 44 some v. in my tears, Sonn. Ixxxi. 13 such virtue hath my pen. 6 (a person's) power 2H4 iv. i. 163 /){ very ample v. '>/( = by the full authority of) his fattier, Mac. iv. iii. 156 With this strange v., He liath a heavenly gift of prophecy, 0th. i, iii, 321 it is not in my v. to amend it. 7 essence, essential part Tp. i. ii. 27 Tlie very v. of compassion, MND. iv. i. 175, Tim. in, v. S pity is the virtue of the law. virtuous (most freq. in the moral sense) 1 ofefficaciousorpowerfulpropertiesMND.nl. ii. 367 Whose liiiuor hath this v. property, 0th. in. iv. 110 by your v. means ; (?) beneficial Meas. n, ii. 168* (see season sb. 3). 2 essential 2H4 iv. v. 74* culling from every flower The virtuous siceets. virtuously: app. used affectedly = preciously, dear- ly Tim. I. ii. 23,5. [Ixxxix. 32) visit (2 cf ' visit their offences with the rod ' Psalm 1 to afflict with disease LLL. v. ii. 423 These lords are v-ed (viz. with the plague), 1H4 iv. i. 26, Mae, IV. iii. 150 strangely-visited people. 2 to punish (sins) Mer.V. in, v. 14, John ii. i, 179, H5 IV. i. 188. visitation (1 spec, applied to attacks of tlie plague, cf. VISIT vb. 1 ; 2 the sb. ' visit ' is not S.) 1 affliction Tp. in. i. 32. 2 visiting, visit Wint. i. i. 7 to pay Bohemia the v. VISITOR - 2^ winch he justly owes him, R3 in. vii. 100 Deferred the V. of 1111/ friends, Tim. i. ii. 227, Ham. it. ii. 25. Visitor: one who takes spiritual consolation to others Tp. ii. i. 11. visor, vizor : mask Ado ii. i. 102, Rom. i. Iv. 30. vivest : see fives. [i. i. 39. vizaments : for 'advisements' =deliberationsWiv. vizard, visard: = visor Wiv. iv. iv. 72, Mac. iii. ii. 34. vizarded : masked Wiv. iv. vi. 40, Tioil. i. iii. 83. vlouting'-stog' : see flouting-stock. voice sb. (tlie usual medium of expressing one's meaning, intention, or opinion ; hence the foil. senses) 1 what one says, speech, words Wiv. i. iii. 49, i. iv. 163 let me have thy v. in my behalf ( = speak for me), H5 V. ii. 93 Haply a woman's v. may do some r/ood. Ham. I. ii. 45 loseijour voice ( = speak in vain). 2 utterance, expression of opinion 2H4 iv. i. 136 in ageneral v., Tim. ii. ii. 214 in a joint and corporate V. ; semi-concr. Tit, V. iii. 140 The common v. do cry it shall be so. 3 general talk, rumour, report Tw.N. i. v. 281, H8 III. ii. 406 the v. is now Only about her coronation, V. iii. 175 The common v., Caes. ii. i. 146 buy men's voices. 4 judgement, opinion H8 ii. ii. 88, 94, Troil. i. iii. 187, Ham. v. ii. 263 Till . . . I have a v. and prece- dent of peace ; public or general opinion, (hence) reputation H5 ii. ii. 113 p<] hath got the v. in hell for excellence, 0th. i. iii. 226 opinion , . . throws a more safer voice on you. 5 vote, (hence) support, authority, approval MND. I. i. 54 wanting your fathers v., H3 in. iv. 19 in the duke's behalf I'll give my v., 28, H8 v. iii. SSagreed . . . by all v-s, Cor. ll. iii. 223 of no more v. Than dogs, Caes. iii. i. 177, 0th. i. ii. 13 ; often with ^(oc, have. 0 plir. in my v., (i) in my name Meas. i. ii. 191, (ii) as far as my opinion is concerned A YL. ii, iv, 88 ; cf. Troil. II. iii. 150. voice vb. (twice) 1 to acclaim Tim. iv. iii. 82 Is this the Athenian minion, whom the world Voic'd so regardfnlly?, 2 to nominate Cor. ii. iii. 242. void adj. : empty Caes. ii. iv. 37 a place more void, void vb. [aphetic form of avoid, q.v.] 1 to emit Mer.V. I. iii. 118 v. your rheum, H5 ill. V. 52 ; void up, vomit Tim. I. ii. 145. 2 to quit H5 rv. vii. 63 void the field, [i. 61. voidingf-lobby: anteroom, waiting-room 2H6 iv. volable: quick-witted LLL. iii. i. 69 (Qi ; Ff Q2 voluble), Volquessen; Vexin, ancient territorial division of France, John 11. i. 527. volume : Cor. iii. iii. 33 yVill bear the knave by the v. = wiU endure whole volumes of contemptuous epithets. voluntary : volunteer John 11. i. 67 Rash, incon- siderate, fery voluntaries, Troil. 11. i. lOQ Ajax was here the voluntary. votaress (old edd. also volarisse, rotresse) : woman that is under a vow MND. 11. i. 123, 163, Per. iv. Gower4. votarist : = votary Meas. i. iv. 5, Tim. iv. iii. 27. votary : one who has taken a vow Gent. i. i. 52, Sonn. cliv. 5. vouch sb.: testimony, witness Meas. 11. iv. 157, H8 I. i. 157, 0th. 11. i. 147. vouch vb.: to bear witness 0th. I. iii. 263 V. with me, heaven. ^ The common senses are (1) warrant, answer for, (2) assert, maintain, where mod. idiom prefers 'vouch for' (which is not S.). voucher: person who is called upon to warrant a I - "WAGGONER tenant's title Ham. v. i. 112f/o?(W(! r-.?, 115;transf. Cym. II. ii. 39. vouchsafe (the prev.alent senses are ' deign, con- descend ' and ' deign to grant ') 1 to allow (a person to do something) Err. v. i. 283 V. me speak a word ; witli infln. suppressed Ado III. ii. 4 I'll bring you thither, . . . if you'll v. me. 2 to deign to accept .John in. i. 294, "H8 11. iii. 43?/ your back Cannot V. this burthen, Tim. i. i. 153 1'. my labour, Caes. 11. i. 313. vow-fellow : one under the same vow LLL. 11. i. 38. "Vulcan : \'-'s badge, cuckold's horns Tit. 11. i. 89. vulgar sb. : 1 common people LLL. i. ii. 52 the base v., Cies. 1. i. 74 ; pi. Wint. 11. i. 93 those That r-s give bold'st titles ; common soldiers H5 iv. vii. 81 our vulgar. 2 ' vulgar tongue ', vernacular LLL. iv. i. 69, 70, AYL. V. i. 54 abandon, — ivhich is in the vulgar, leave. vulgar adj. (the sense ' low, mean ' occurs) 1 of the common people, plebeian 2H4 i. iii. 90 the V. heart. Cor. l. i. 221 Five tribunes to defend their r. wisdoms, 11. i. 234 a v, station ( = among the crowd), IV. vii. 21. 2 public Err. in. i. 100 A v, comment. Ant. ni. xi. [xiii.] 119, Sonn. cxii. 2 vulgar scandal. 3 commonly known or experienced Tw.N. iii. i. 138 ft I'. ;«-oo/ ( = common experience). Ham. i. ii. 99 the most vulgar thing to sense. 4 common to all John it. i. 387 the v. air ; in an un- favourable sense Ham. i. iii. 61 Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. yv wafer-cake: as a, type of fragility H5 11. iii. 54 men's faiths are wafer-cakes. waft (pa.t. and pa.pple. waft) 1 to convey by water John 11. i. 73, 2H6 iv. i. 116 / must waft thee to thy death, 3H6 in. iii. 253. 2 to beckon Err. 11. ii. 113, Mer.V. v. i. 11, Tim. i. i. 71, Ham. i. iv. 79 It wafts me still (Qq waves), 3 to turn away Wint. i. ii. 372 Wafting his eyes. waftage: conveyance by water Err. rv. i. 96 to hire waftage, Troil. in. li. 10. wafture: wave Caes. 11. i. 246 w. of your hand. wag: to go forward, go on one's way Wiv. i. iii. 7 let them wag ; trot, trot, &c.. Ado v. i. 16 Bidsorrow wag, AYL. 11. vii. 23 how the world wags ; to go or move about Tit. v, ii. 87 the empress never wags But in her company there is a Moor. wage (the foil, are all the S. uses) 1 to lay as a wager, to stake Ham. v. ii. 154 (Qq wagered), Lr. i. i. 158, Cym. I. iv. 149. 2 to venture, hazard John i. i. 266, 1H4 iv. iv. 20 too weak To w. an instant trial, 0th. i. iii. 30, Ant. III. vii. 31. 3 to carry on (war) Ant. in. iv. 3 ; also intr. Lr. n. iv. 212 To wage against the enmity 0' the air. 4 to contend equally, be equal Ant. v. i. 31 His taints and honours Wag'd equal with him (F2 way ; mod. edd. weighf, weigh'ctf), Per. iv. ii. 34 the commodity wages not with the danger. 5 to remunerate (as with wages) Cor. v. v. [vi.] 40 He wag'd me with his countenance. waggish : frolicsome, roguish MND. i. i. 240 wag' gish boys, Cym. in. iv. 160. waggon: chariot, carriage AU'sW. iv. iv. 34, Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 118 Dis's waggon. Tit. V. ii. 51 Provide two proper palfreys . , . To hale thy venge- ful waggon swift away. waggoner: charioteer Tit. v. ii. 48, Rom. i. iv. 65. WAGTAII. - ^ wag'tail: opprobrious term for a ' bobbing ', ' diuk- ing ', or obsequious person Lr. ii. ii. 12. waid 'uiiexpliiinedj : Shr. iii. ii. 57 [a liorse] mtui in the buck (Ff; moil. edd. iceiyludf, swayaif). wail : (of tlie eyes) to weep Lucr. 1508. wainrope : cart-rope Tw.N. iii. ii. 07. waist: 1 girdle Meas. iii. ii. 42 His neck will come to ijour w. ( = lie will be banged), Jobn ii. i. 217, IHO iv. iii. 20 ijirdlal with a liuid of iron. 2 pirtofasbip between tlie mainmast and foremast Tp. I. ii. 197. wait (the prevalent use is wait on = be at the service o(, follow, accompany) 1 to remain expecting (sonietliing), await LLL. v. ii. (j:} AhiI wnit the season, and ob^erie the tunes, John IV. iii. 152, Per. I. i. ob I w. the sharpest blow. 2 to be in attendance 1H4; i. ii. 78 waUing in the court, Rom. i. iii. \Q'i I must heme to watt. waiting'-woman : Diana's waitiny-women, the stars Troll. V. ii. 88. wakesb.: feast of the dedication (or title) of acluircb and the merrymaking connected witli it LLL. v. ii. :iHt At w-s and wtusads, Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 110, Lr. lu. vi. 77 wakes and fairs. wake vb.: 1 tig. to arouse, excite Ado v. 1. 102 w. your pa- tience, Mac. III. vi. 31, R2 I. iii. 132, 0th. i. iii. 30, III. iii. 064 mij wak'd wrath, Lucr. 759. 2 to ' turn night into day ' with revelling Ham. i. iv. 8 doth w. . . . and talccs his rouse, Sonn. Ixi. 13. walk sb. (obsolete senses) 1 pi. (a person's) way or course MXD. iii. i. 172 Hop in his walks, and gambol iti his eyes, v. i. 31 inijour royal walks. Tit. ir. iv. 8 let's leave hir to tier silent valks, Sonn. Ixxxix. 9 / loill . . . Be absent from thy walks. 2 tract of garden, park, or forest Wiv. v. v. 29, 2H<> II. ii. Sin this close walk (viz. the Duke of York's garden), 3H6 v. ii. 24 3Iy parks, my tcalks. Tit. 11. i. 114 Tlic forest walks, Cses. i. ii. 154 her wide walks (app. the gardens round Rome ; mod. edd. walls^), III. ii. 252. walk vb.: (1 also walk aside Ado in. ii. 73) 1 to go aside, withdraw Wint. i. ii. 172, Lr. iv. vii. 82 iVill't please your highness walk?, Otli. iv. iii. 4, Cym. I. i. 176. 2 w. about, promenade witli a partner at a masque- rade Ado II. i. 90, Rom. i.v. 21 ; transf. applied to taking part in a fencing-bout Rom. iii. i. 80. wall-eyed : iiaving the iris of theej'e discoloured, which gives a look of fierceness, (lience) glaring, herce-looking Jolin iv. iii. 49 w. wrath or stariny rage. Tit. v. i. 44 tmll-ey'd slave. wall-newt: lizard Lr. iir. iv. 133. wan: to turn pale Ham. 11. ii. 588 [580] all his visage nniiii'd iClq loand, ¥i ivarm'd). wanderingf : w. knight, knight errant MXD. i. ii. 48 ; w. star, planet Ham. v. i. 278. wan'dt : withered Ant. 11. i. 21 soften thy ican'd lip {Fi wand, wliicli is perhaps wanned, paled). wan'njion: with a w., witli a vengeance Per. 11. i. 17. ^ Of obscure origin. want: (1 the commonest S. sense ; 3 ef. less^j) 1 to be without, lack Tji. iii. iii. 38 they ivant the iiseoftongtie, John iv. 1. 'd'dthe utterance of a brace of tongues. Viist needs want pleading for a pair of eyes (=be insufficient to plead), R3 v. iii. 13, Cor. i. iii. 90 'Tis not . . . that I want love, Lucr. 389 to want (=at missing), Sonn. x.xiv. IS eyes this cunning vHint to (jrace their art ; also intr, with o/Rom. 11. ii. 78 wanting of thy love. 2 to be lacking, =lack 1 Gent. i. ii. 92 There want- eth hut a mean to Jill your somj, LLL. iv. iii. 237 I ~ 'WARXr \Miere nothing wants that want itself doth seek, Lr. IV. vi. 270 if your will want not. 3 with a negative, used in a sense the reverse of wliat is intended Mac. in. vi. 8 Who cannot want the thought . . .? (= Who can help tliinking. . .?). wanton sb. : 1 person of unrestrained, sportive, or roguish be- liaviour, trifler Wiv. 11. ii. 59 your ivorship'sa w., MND. II. i. 63 Tarry, rash w., Rom. i. iv. 35 w-s, light of heart ; phr. play the w-s, dally, trifle R2 III. iii. 164. 2 spoilt or pampered cliild, effeminate person John V. i. 70 .1 cocker'd silken w., R2 v. iii. 10, Ham. v. ii. 313, Cym. iv. ii. 8 not so citizen a w. as To seem to die ere sick. wanton ailj. ('lascivious' the most freq. sense) 1 unrestrained, sportive, frolicsome LLL. iv. iii. 104 the w. air, v. ii. 76'J All to. as a child, Mer.V. V. i. 71 a wild and w. herd, H8 iii. ii. 360 little w. boys. Ham. 11. i. 22 wanton, wild, and usual slips. 2 capricious, frivolous 1H4 v. i. 50 the injuries of a w. time, 2H4 iv. i. 191 every idle, nice, atid mtnton reason. 3 luxuriant MND. 11. i. 9'd the quaint mazes in the 10, gran, R2 i. iii. 2H four u\ springs, Rom. 11. v. 72 Now comes the w. blood up m your cheeks, Mac. I. iv. 34* my plenteous joys \ianlon in fulness. 4 luxurious, effeminate 1H4 iii. i. 214 ^Ae 10. rushes [strewn on the floor], 2H4 i. i. 148 a guard too w. for the head Which pri)ices . . , wantonly : sportively Sonn. liv. 7. wantonness : playful or frolicsome beliaviour, sportiveness John iv. i. 16 as sad as night, Only for w., 1H4 V. ii. 68 ; (?) wanton self-satisfaction Troil. III. iii. 137*. wappen'd (S.): (?) stale Tim. iv. iii. 38 That makes the w. widow wed again (Singer wapper'd\, a dial. word for ' fatigued, tired '). ward sb. (4 tlie commonest sense in S.) 1 guard, protection LLL. iii. i. 139. 2 in II'., in the positionof a ward, under (a person's) guardianship All's W. i. i. 6. 3 go to ward, be placed in custody 2H6 v. i. 112. 4 guard in fencing, posture of defence Tp. 1. ii, 468 come from thy ward, 1H4 ii. iv. 219 ; fig. Wiv. ir. ii. 262 drive her then from the icard of her purity, Troil. I. ii. 286. 5 bar, bolt Tim. iti. iii. 38 Doors, that were ne'er ac- eiuainted with their wards, Lucr. 303 The locks . . . Each one . . . retires his ward. 6 cell in a prison Meas. iv. iii. 69, Ham. 11. ii, 256 in which [prison] there are many confines, wards, and dungeons ; fig. Meas. v. i. 10, Sonn. xlviii. 4. 7 ' a portion of the City committed to the especial! cliarge of one of the 24 Aldermen of the city ' (Cowell's Interpreter) Meas. 11. i. 288, lH4iii.iii. 129. [194. ward vb.: to guard, protect K3 v. iii. 255, Tit. in. i. warden : 'a large sort of delicious baking pear' (Bailey) Wint. iv. ii. [iii.] 49. warder : staff or mace held by one presiding over a combat R2 i. iii. 118 the king hath thrown his w. down (i.e. to stop the flglif), 2H4 iv. i. 125. ware adj.: aware (0/) AYL. 11. iv. 57 Thou speakest iriser than thou art ware of, Rom. i. i. 130, 11. ii. 103 ; in AYL. 11. iv. 59 the meaning ' cautious ' is played upon. ware vb.: beware of LLL. v. ii. 43, Ti-oil. v. vii. 12. warm : well off, comfortable 1H4 iv. ii. 19*. % Cf. ' Warm ', well-lined or flush in tlie Pocket (Diet. of Canting Crew). warn (1 cf. warrant vb. 2, of wliich ' warn ' is a widespread dial, pronunciation) 1 God warn us .' = God keep us !, Mercy on us ! MND. WABP- 245 - WATER V. i. 328 (old edd. warnd, mod. edd. warrant^), AYL. IV. i. 79. 2 to summon John ir. i. 201 Who is it that hath nara'd us to the walls f, K3 I. iii. 39 to warn them to his royal presence, Cks. V. i. 5. warp (I here belongs app. AYL. ir. vii. 187 Though thou tlie waters warp, viz. by freezing or ruffling tlieni) 1 to change the aspect of, distort All'sW. v. iii. 49 his scornful perspective . . . Which tcarp'd the line of every other favour ; also intr. Wint. i. ii. 3(35 Jly favour here begins to warp. 2 to deviate Meas. i. i. 14 our commission, From which we would not have you warp. warped: perverse, malignant, = crooked 2, Meas. III. i. 140, Lr. III. vi. 50. war-proof [see troof 4] : valour proved in war H5 111. i. 18. warrant sb. (tlio legal senses colour the use of the word to a large extent) 1 deed by which a pei-son anthorizes another to do something in his name Wiv. i. i. 10. 2 allowance, justification Wiv. iv. li. 224, Mac. ir. iii. 152 there 's w. in that theft, Ham, ir. i. 38 of w. ( = warranted, allowed), 0th. i. ii. 79 oiU of w. ( = not allowed), Per. iv. ii. 142 with icarrant. warrant vb. (2 cf. warn 1) 1 to give (a pei-son) security Meas. iv. ii. 179 By the vowof mine order I w. you, En: iv. iv. 'i III give thee . , . so much money. To w. thee, as I am rested for. 2 to defend, keep MNU. v. i. 328 God warranty vs (old edd. warnd), AYL. ill. iii. 5 Lord w. tis I. 3 to justify, defend Troil. n. ii. 90. warranted: justified Mac. iv. iii. 137 our w. quarrel ; requiring a warrant or guarantee Meas. III. ii. 165 upon a warranted need. warrantise : [Sonn. cl. 7. 1 surety, guarantee IHG i. iii. 13 I'll be your w., 2 = WARRANTY Ham. V. i. 249 as far entarg'd As we have warrantise (Fi -i'.v). warranty: anthorization, permission Mer.V. i. i. 133, Ham. v. i. 249 (Fi warranlis), 0th. v. ii, 00 with such general warranty of heaven. warren : 'a Franchise or privileged Pljice by Pre- scrii'tion or Grant to keep Beasts and Fowl of Warren, as Conies, Hares, Partridges, and Plieasants ' (Bailey) Ado ii. i. 224 as melancholy as a lodge in a warren. warrener : keeper of a warren Wiv. i, iv. 28. warrior: used pl.ayfully in ref. to Desdemona hav- ing followed Othello to the wars Otli. ii. i. 185 ; prob. alluded to in iii. iv. 150 unhandsome w., whicli J. glosses ' unfair assailant '. wash sb.: Xeptune's salt w., the sea Ham.lii.ii.lC8. wash vb.: wash oneself of, get rid of Wiv. iii. iii. 167 / would I could wash myself of the buck! (pun on BUCK-WASHING) ; wash one's brain (Eliz. plir.), drink copiously Ant. ii. vii. 100. wash'd: bat lied in tears Lr. i. i. 271 wash' d eyes. Washford: AVexford 1H6 iv. vii. 63. washing ppl. adj.: = SWASHING (q.v.) Rom. i. i. 69 thy w. blow. TJ Nashe uses this expression. waspish-headed: hot-headed, fieiy Tp. iv. i. 99. wasp-stung': irritable (as if stung by a wasp) 1H4 1. iii. 236 a w. and impatient fool (Qi ; the rest wasp-tongue, -longu'd). wassail: carousal, revelry LLL. v. ii. 319, 2H4 r. ii. 181 w. candle ( = candle lighted up at a feast), Mac. I. vii. 64, Ham. i. iv. 9. waste sb. (in K2 ii. i. 103 a ref. to the legal sense ' destruction of houses, woods, lands, &c., done bv the tenant to the prejudice of the heir' ; 2 is also perhaps a legal metaphor) 1 wasting, squandering, devastation (often in phr. make w.) Mer.V. i. i, 158, H5 i, ii. 28, iii. iii. 18, Lr. II. i. 102 the tcaste and spoil of idl revenues. 2 spoliation Wiv. rv. ii. 230. 3 concr. that which is laid waste or destroyed R2 II. i. 103 The w. [made by the flatterers] is no whit lesser than thy land, Sonn. xii. 10 the wastes of time ( = things devastated by Time). 4 = VASTsb. 1, Ham. i. ii. 198 the dead w. and middle ofthenighKVi Qqj-i wasl{e ; Quas^, Maloneari/.v/). waste adj.: empty Sonn. Ixxvii. 10 (see blank 3). waste vij. (see also wasted) 1 tospend(time, money, &c.), consume (food) AY^L. II. vii. 134 we will nothing w. ( = eat), K2 ii. i. 253, 2H4 IV. i. 215 hath w-d all his rods On late offcnikrs, Ven. 583 this night I'll waste in sorrow. 2 to make as if non-existent Per. iv. iv, 1 Thus time we waste. wasted : consumed by fire MND. v. ii. 5 [i. .382] the w. brands ; (of time) past 0th. i. iii. 84 Till now some nine moons w., Sonn. cvi. 1 the chronicle of icasted time. wasteful : devastating, consuming, destructive AY'^L. III. ii. 344 w. learning, H5 iii. i, 14 w. ocean, Sonn. Iv. 5 wasteful tear. Wat : name for the liare Ven. 097, watch sb. : 1 condition of being awake Cym. iii. iv. i3 in watch (=awake) ; keeps watch, is awake H5 iv. i. 303, Rom. II. iii. 35 ; state of sleeplessness Ham. ii. ii. 148 then into a fast. Thence to a watch. 2 timepiece, clock LLL. iir. i. 202 [194] A woman, that is like a German clock, . . . never going aright, being a w. , R2 v. v. 52 m ine eyes, the outward watch, Pilgr. xiv. 14 [194] Jly heart doth charge the tcatch ( = accuse it of not going quick enough). 3 sentinel's and watchman s cry Mac. ii. i. 54* the wolf, WItose howl's his watch. ^ The meaning in the foil, passages is doubtful : — R2 v. v. 52^ jar Their to-es oij = indicate, as by the ticking of a clock, the intervals of time as one succeeds an- other ; but Schmidt makes «'-f4'= marks of the minutes on the dial-plate ; in R3 v. iii. 63* Give me a w. (?)= watch-light, or candle divided into sections which burn through in a definite time ; but perhaps = sentinel ; Lucr. 928* Mis-shapen Time . . . Base watch ofwocs= ' divided and marked only by woes " (Schmidt). watch vb. (1 the commonest sense) 1 to be or lie awake, have no sleep, sit up at night LLL. III. i. 210 [202] to sigh for her ! to w. for her .', Shr. IV. i. 208, Lr. ii. ii. 162, Lucr. 1575 they that w. see time how slow it creeps ; to remain awake for a specified purpose John iv. i. 30, Miic. v. i. 1. 2 to keep (a hawk) awake in order to tame her (also fig.) Shr. IV. i. 198, Troil. in. ii. 43, 0th. in. iii. 23 I'll watch him tame. 3 to wait or look out for 2H6 ii. iv. 7 To w. the coming of mi) punish'd duchess ; also intr. with/o>- Mer.V. II. VI. 24. 4 to catch in an act Wiv. v. v. 109, 2H6 1. iv. 45, 58. watch-case: sentry-box 2H4 in. i. 17. watcher : one who remains awake Gent. ii. iv. 136, Mac. II. ii. 72. watchful (John iv. i. 46* the w. minutes to the hour = the minutes that watch tlieprogressof the liour) 1 marked by or causing loss of sleep Gent. i. f. 31 w. . . . nights, 2H4 iv. v. 24, Ca?s. ll. i. 98 w. cares. 2 used in keeping watch H5 iv. Chor. 23 w. fires. water (freq. = tears, e.g. 1H4 in. i. 95, Cor. v. ii. 77, 0th. IV. ii. 103) 1 phr. raise the w-s, call foith tears Mer.V. ii. ii. 52 i for all w-s, ready for anything Tw.N. IV. ii. 69. 2 lustre of a diamond Tim. i. i. 18 'Tis a good form, —And rich : here is a water, Per. iii. ii."l02. 17 WATER-riiV — 246 - WEEPING-RIFB water-fly : fly that hovers over water Ant. v. ii. 59 ; tig. vaia or busily idle person Troil. v. i. 38, Ham. V. ii. 84. water-gall: secondary rainbow Lucr. 1588 These uuttey-yalls in her dim element. watering : drinking 1H4 ii. iv. 17 breathe in your waterimj ( = take breath when you drink). waterish : well-watered, abounding in i-ivers Lr. i. i. 261 w. Burgundy (with play on the sense 'poor, thin ' exeniplifled in 0th. iii. iii. 15 tv. diet). water-rat : Mor.V. i. iii. 23 there he land-ruts and water-rats, land-thieves and water-thieves, — Intian pirates ; cf. the use of ' rat ' = pirate in the 17th cent. water-rug: (?) shaggy water-dog Mac. in. i. 94. t^ater-standing : flooded with tears 3H0 v. vi. 40 UH orplian's imter-standing eye. water-work: water-colour painting 2H4 ii. i. 162 the German hunting in water-work, watery : 1 epithet of the moon as controlling the tides MND. 11. i. 162, R3 11. ii. 69. 2 ' watering ', desirous Troil. in. ii. 20 the tv. palate. waulingt : see woollen. wave : to waver Cor. ii. ii. 19. wawl [cf. ' caterwaul '] : to wail Lr. iv. vi. 185 (Ff WKwle, Qi H'ayle, Qq23 waile). wax sb.: with pun on wax vb. 2H4 i. ii. 182 ; Rom. 1. iii. 76' a man of wax, like a model in wax for beauty; Tim. i. i. 48* In a tvide sea o/ wax (not satisfactorily explained ; many conj.). wax vb. (pa.pple. waxed, waxen ; 2 freq.) 1 to grow, increase LLL. v. ii. 10 (witii quibble on wax sb.), Coi'. 11. ii. 104 he tvaxed like a sea, Tit, in. i. 96 the waxing tide, Ham. i. iii. 12. 2 to become (so-and-so) H5 v. i. 89, Ham. i. iv. 87. waxen adj.: fig. uses : — easily impressed Tw.X. ii. ii. 31 icoiiien's tv. hearts, Lucr. 1240 women [have] «'. minds ; easily effaced H5 1. ii. 233 "^ a iv. epitaph ; easily penetrable R2 i. iii. 75 Mowbray's w. coat, waxen vb.: to increase MNU. ii. i. 56. way (senses 3 and 4 are rare) 1 passage, course Err. iv. iii. 92 Belike his wife . . . sitnt the doors against his way ; chiefly in phr. hold or keep one's way Wiv. in. ii. 1, H8 n. iv. 126 pray you, keep your way. Ant. iii. vi. 85 let determin d things to destiny Hold unbewail'd tlieir way. 2 freedom of action, scope ; phr. have way, give way Meas. V. i. 233 Let me have way , . . To find this practice out, 2H4 v. ii. 82 / gave hold way to my authority, Lr. ll. iv. 301 'Tis best to give him way ; hence ^ice ivay {to) =humour, favour H8 in. ii. 16 the time Gives way to us,_ Per. iv. vi. 20, v. i. 232. 3 ' way of thinking ', belief H8 v. i. 28 you're a gen- tleman Of mine oicn way. 4 (pregnantly) best course R3 i. i. 78. 6 adverbial phr. -.—any way, inany degree orrespect Err. 111. ii. 154 if the wind blow any icay from shore, H8 in. i. 55 Nor to betray you any way to sorrow •,—out of the way, (i) beside the mark LLL. IV. iii. 76, 0th. i. iii. 366 ; (ii) gone astray 0th. in. iv. 81 Is't lost? is't gone ? speak, is it out o' the way 7— that way, (i) in that respect Wiv. I. iv. 15 he is something peevish that way ; (ii) by reason of that Oym. i. i. 137 ;—this way, (i) in re- spect of this H8 11. ii. 69 our breach of duty this >my ; (ii) by acting thus Cym. iv. iv. 4. ways : old genitive of ' way ' used in adverbial ex- pressions come your ways, go your ways ; and (dial.) this jcays Wiv. n. ii.48, 52 come . . . this ways, ^ Cf. German ' gcht Eures 'Weges ! '. we: used, like /, for the objective 'us ' Cor. v. iii. 103 to poor irc. Ham. l. iv. 54 Making night hideous; and wc fools of nature . . . to shake our disposition. weak: foolish, stupid Tp. ii. ii. 156[148J, Ado in. i. 54, Rom. n. iv. 181. weak-Mng'd : ill-balanced Wint. n. iii. 118 your own weak-hing'd fancy. weal (1 survives in weal and woe) 1 welfare John iv. ii. 65, 66, Tim. iv. iii. 161 the general weal. Ham. in. iii. 14. 2 commonwealth 1H6 i. i. 177 public weal. Cor. ii. iii. 189 the body of the weal, Mac. ill. iv. 76 Ere human statnle jiurg'd the ginilt weal, Lr. I. iv. 233. weal-balanced : adjusted with due regard to the public welfare Meas. iv. iii. 108 (Rowe well- balancedf). wealsman : statesman Cor. ii. i. 60. wealtli: welfare, prosperity Mer.V. v. i. 249, Ham. IV. iv. 27. ^Cf. Prayer Book, 'Grant him in health and wealth long to live '. wean: fig. to turn away, alienate 3H6 iv. iv. 17 / the rather wean me from despair (Ff ifain{e). Tit. I. i. 211 / will restore to thie The people's hearts, and wean them from themselves. wear sb. : fashion Meas. in. ii. 81 it is not the tocar, AYL. II. vii. 34 Molletfs the only wear. All's \V. i. i. 223, Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 329. wear vb. (freq. used where ' bear ' would now be idiomatic ; Ado v. i. 82 yVin me and wear me, a common Eliz. proverb ; see also worn) 1 to Weary, ' wear out ' AYL. n. iv. 38 Wearing thy /((((etc (Ff 2-4 Wearying), All's W. V. i. 4 To wear your fjinlle limbs in my affairs. 2 to be worn, be fashionable All'sW. i. i. 174 the brooch and the toothpick, which wear not noiv. 3 to grow tu Tw.N. n. iv. 30 so wears she to him. wearer: bearer, owner Mer.V. ii. ix. 43. wearing: clothes Wint. iv. iii. [iv.]9 a swain's w., 0th. IV. iii. 16 my nightly wearing, weary : tiresome, irksome Meas. i. iv. 25 Not to be w. with you. Ham. I. ii. 133, 0th. in. iv.l75 ; AYL. II. vii. 73 ^ the w. very means, emended by Singer to the wearer's f. weather (2 nautical metaphor) 1 storm, tempest Tp. i. i. 42 louder than the w., Mer.V. u. ix. 29, Wint. v. ii. 134 extremity of w, continuing, John iv. ii. 109, Cym. in. iii. 64. 2 -weather-gage; in phr. keeps the iv. of, is towind- Avard of ; fig. has the advantage of Troil. v. iii. 26. weather-bitten: weather-worn, weathered Wint. V. ii. 61 a weather-bitten conduit. [i. 10. weather-fend : to protect from the weather Tp. v. weaver : ref. to as fond of singing Tw.N. u. iii. 63 « catch that will draw three soulsoui of one w., 1H4 II. iv. 149 1 would I were a w.; I could sing psalms or anything. wedded: nuptial Rom. i. v. 139 my w. bed (Fi ; Qq ivedding). weed ': dress, garment Lucr. 196 lore's modest snow- white weid ; veiy freq. in pi. Gent. ii. vii. 42, Cor. II. iii. 102, Ham. iv. vii. 80. weed -: (?) ill-conditioned horse Meas. i. iii. 20 The needful bits and curbs to headstrong weeds (Theo- bald steeds t). weed vb.: to uproot (lit. and fig.) Gent. in. ii. 49, Meas. in. ii. 292 [284] Tu weed my vice and let his grow, R2 ii. iii. 167 The caterpillars of the common- weulth, WItich I havesiforn tow. a nd pluck away ,i affection which cannot choose but branch now, IV. iii. [iv.] 786. whiffler: officer who clears the way for a proces- sion H5 v. Chor. 12 the deep-moutlid sea. Which, like a mighty w. 'fore the king. Seems to prepare his way. while sb. : the while in exclamations - (at) the present time Mer.Y. ii. i. 31 alas the iv..', John iv. ii. 100 bad world the w. .', R3ni. vi. 10 Here's a good world the lohile !. while prep, and conj. : till R2 1. iii. 122 let the trum- pets sound W. tve return these dukes what wedecree, Mac. in. i. 44 while then, O'od be ivilh you .'. WHII.EERE - 249 - WIDOW while-ere : a little while ago, erewliile Tp. iii. ii. l:iO Will ijou troll the cn/ch i'ou tnuijht me but ir. K whiles: till Tw.N. iv. iii. 29 He sli<'(ll conceal it W. ijOH are n'illnu/ it shall come to note. whinid'st : spelling of superlative of ' vinnii'e)il ', by-forni of ' vinewed ', ' finewed ' = moulJy Troil. ir. i. 15 (see vine\ved'st+). whip : intr. and reti. to move quickly Ado i. iii. 63 I iiliipt (Q uliipt me) behind the arms, LLL. v. ii. 310 Whip to your tents. whipping'-cheer : 'banquet' of laslies with the whip 2H4 V. iv. 5. Tj Cf. running banquet. whipster : contemptible fellow 0th. v. ii. 242 enry puny whipster. whirlig'ig' : whipping-top ; fig. Tw.N. v. i. 389 thus the w. of time brings in his revenges ; old edd. have only the old forms uhirl(e)gigg{e. whirling': impetuous, violent Ham. i. v. 133 w. nords CQi wherling, Q2 nhurUng ; t'f hurling). whissing: old form of 'wheezing' Troil. v. i. 24 (Q). whist: silent Tp. i. ii. 378 The wild wares wliisl .'. whistle sb. : Lr. iv. ii. 29 / have been worth the w. - Once I was worthy of some notice ; ref. to proverb 'It is a poor dog that is not worth the whistling.' whistle vb.: phr. 2H4 iii. ii. 345 tunes . . . that he heard the carmen u: (ref. to a popular Eliz. tune named 'The Carman's Whistle'j ; Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 716 lit the law go whistle ( = ^0 hang) ; whistle off, (in falconry) to send (a hawk) from the fist 0th. III. iii. 262 if I do prove her haggard . . . I'd w. her offand let her down the windCi.e. so tha.t she mny not return) To prey at fortune ; fig. Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 247 to whistle off these secrets. white sb. (in 0th. ir. i. 1.33 with pun on wight) 1 = BLANK sb. 1, Shr. V. ii. 187 'Twnslwon the ivager though you hit the to. (with allusion to Bianco = white), 2 spit w., variously explained as a sign of (i) immo- derate drinking, (ii) thirst 2H4 i. ii. 241. white adj.: typical of cowardice Mcr.V. ni. ii. 8(^) livers w. as milk (cf. milk-liver'd), 2H4 iv. iii. 113, Mac. H. ii. 06 I shame To wear a heart so w.-.—w. herring, fresh herring orpickled herring (opposed to ' red herring ') Lr. iii. vi. 34. white-lim'd (Ff3 4) : whitewashed Tit. iv. ii. 09 IV ir. walls (Ff 1 2 -Umb'd, Qq -limbde, which are com- mon 16th-17th cent, forms of limn'd: cf. next). white-limn'dt (Malone) : painted white Tit. iv. ii. 99 (see prec). ^ ' Limn ' was specifically used of painting in distemper. white-livered: =lily-uver'd, milk-liver'd (cf. WHITE adj.) H5 III. ii. 35, E3 iv. iv. 465 M'hite- liver'd runagate .'. whitely : pale LLL. iii. i. 206 [198] .1 w. wanton (Qq Ff 12 whitl(e)y ; Aklis Wricht wightlyf). whither : whithersoever 1H4 v. iii. 22, Cor. i. ii. 16. •j A freq. spelling in old edd. is whether. whiting-time: bleaching-time AViv. ni. iii. 141. whitster: bleacher of linen "NViv. iii. iii. 15. whittle : small clasp-knife Tim. v. i. 185 There's not a w. in the unruly camp Hut I do prize it . . . ^ Wright in his Provincial Dictionary quotes as a Warwickshire saying, ' A penny whittle, That will neither cut stick nor vittle '. who interrogative pron.: freq. used for 'whom' Mer.V. II. vi. 30 For who love I so much ?, Ho iv. vii. 155 Who servest thou tinder?, 2H6 iii. ii. 127 And care not who they sting. Veil. 847. who relative pron. (1 cf. prec; see whom) 1 u. ed for ' whom ', e.g. Mer.V. I. ii. 25 (Qq who, Ff whom), R3 I. iii. 327 who I, indeed, hare cast in darkness (Fi who, Qq whom), 0th. 11. iii. 15. 2 = which, e.g. Tp. i. ii. 7 a brave vessel. Who had, no doubt, some noble creatures in her, Cses. iv. iii. 111. 3 as who should say, as if to say Shr. iv. iii. 13, R2 V. iv. 8. whoahoho(a: linllo! (call from a distanced Wiv. V. V. 194 [187], Wint. iii. iii. 79. whoe'er, whoever : whomsoever Tw.N. i. iv. 42 Whoe'er I woo, H8 11. i. 47 whoever the king favours, Rom. V. iii. 173. whole : in a liealthy state, restored to health, well 2H6 IV. vii. II he was thrust in the mouth . . . and 'tis not whole yet, Caes. 11. i. 327 make sick men u:. Ant. IV. viii. 11 kiss The honour'd gashes »'.; fig. All'sW. v. iii. 37, John I. i. 35. wholesome : 1 sound, healthy Mac. iv. iii. 105 thy w. days (= days of health). Ham. i. v. 70 curd . . . The thin and to. blood, in. ii. 275, iv. 05. 2 reasonable, sensible Ham. 11. ii. 474 [465], iii. ii. 334 to make me a to. ansicer, 0th. m. i. 49 in w. wisdom. 3 suitable to H8 in. ii. 100 to. to Our cause, 0th. i. i. 146 not meet nor wholesome to my place. whom relative pron.: 1 = which, e.g. 2H6 in. ii. .345 the seal. Through lohom a thousand sighs are breath' d for thee, Troil. in. iii. 202 a mystery — with whom . . , 2 used for ' who' Tp. v. i. 76 tvhom, with Sebastian . . . Would here have kiH'd your king, Meas. 11. i. 73, John IV. ii. 165 ivhom they say is kilt'd to-mght, Cym. I. iv. 142. 3 once preceded by the Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 541 your mistress,— from the tvhom . . . whoohnb: clamour Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 631. whoop : a coarse exclamation Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 199 hemakesthe nutid to answer, ' Whoop, do me no harm , good tnan', Lr. i. iv. 247 Whoop, Jug! I love thee. whoop vb.: see hoop vb.^ Whoreson: used in coarse playfulness = fellow, ' dog ' H8 I. iii. 39 the sly ic-s, Rom. iv. iv. 20 a merry to. ; as adj. chiefly as an epithet of contempt, e.g. Tp. I. i. 48 Hang, cur, hang J you ir., insolent noi se maker !, 2H4 n. ii. 93 Away, you to. iijiright rabbit, aicay .' ; also as a coarse term of endearment 2H4 II. iv. 224 you to. little valiant villain, you 1 ; or a mere intensive of little meaning 2H4 in. ii. 195 What disease hast thou 7— A ic. cold, sir, Ham. v. i. 188 your to. dead body, 192 A whoreson mad fellow. whosoever: no matter who it be Troil. i. ii. 206 he's one 0' the soundest judgements in Troy, w. whosoever: for 'whomsoever' Troil. n. i. 69 (Ffi2Q who some euer). why (obsolete idiomatic u-ses) 1 used, like what, in calling to a person Mer.V. ir. V. 6 T^7(f(^, Jessica .' . . . What, Jessica .' . . . Why, Jessica, Isay!, 2H4 v. i. 8 Why, Davy! — Here, sir. 2 for why, (i) because Gent. in. i. 99, Shr. in. ii. 170, R2 V. i. 46, Tit. ni. i. 2.30, Lucr. 1222 sorts a sad look to her lady's sorrow. For why her face toore sorrotv's livery ; (ii) for which 0th. i. iii. 259 The rites for tohy I love him (Qq for tvhich). 3 tohy,'so! = vff\\, so let it be, phr. implying acqui- escence, content, or relief Mer.V. in. i. 98, Shr. IV. iii. 198, R2 11. ii. 87, R3 11. i. 1, Cor. v. i. 15, Mac. III. iv. 107. wicked : 1 mischievous, baneful Tp. i. ii. 321 w. deiv, Lr. 11. i. 41 loicked charms. 2 unlucky, ill-starred MXD. 11. ii. 98 What to. and dissembling glass of mine, Tim. in. ii. 49 What n wicked beast teas I . . . wide of: indifferent to Wiv. ni. i. 58 so toide of his oini respect. wide-chapped: open-mouthed Tp. i. i. 62. widen : to open wide Cor. i. iv. 44. widow (the .sense ' make a widow of occurs) WIDOWHOOD — 250 -WIND AWAY 1 io settle a jointure upon Meas. v. i. 425 Wr •(/ /)-iCHrfs = hairs (cf. Sonn. cxxx. 4) ; Sonn. cxxviii. 4 The wiry concord -the harmony of the sti ings. wis : / WIS t : see i-wis. wisdom : w. of nature, natural science Lr. i. ii. 116. wise sb. : manner Per. v. ii. 11 (Gower) in no wise _( = not at all), Pilgr. iii. 33 [277]. wise man (nearly always printed as one word in old edd.): usually opposed to 'fool', e.g. AYL. y. i. 36 The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool; occas.to 'madman' R2 v. V. 63 For though it hare liolp madmen to their irils, In me it seems it will make wise men mad. wise woman : woman .skilled in occult arts, witch ^\iv. IV. V. 27 the w. of L'rainford, 69, Tw.N. in. iv. 116. wish, : to invite or commend (one) to another Shr. I. i, 112 / will wish him to her father, I. ii. 60 shall I . . . Irish thee to a shreird ill-farourd wife f. Wishful: longing 3H6 iii. i. 14 my wishful sight. wishtly : with longing looks 1!2 v. iv. 7 he w. looked on me, As who should say, ' I would thou wert tlie man ' (Qq 1 2 ; the rest wiMy). wistt (Steevens, Capell) : knew 1H6 iv. i. 180 An if I wist he did, — but let it rest (old edd. wish ; Theobald I wisf). ^ See note s.v. wot. wlstly: (of looking) steadfastly, attentively Ven. 343, Lucr. 1355 and, blushiw/ with him, w. on him ^^^•gaz'd, Pilgr. vi. 12 [82]. "IJ Cf. ' Robin behelde our comly kynge Wystly in the face ' (Robyn Hode, vii. fytte). wit sb. (the foil, senses are characteristic of tlie Eliz. period) 1 the mental powers or faculties, the mind ; usu. pi. e. g. Gent. i. i. 44 lore Inhabits in the finest wits, Cor. n. iii. 21, ic; fire wits, common sense, imagination, fancy, estimation, memory Ado i. i. 67, Rom. i. iv. 47, Lr. in. iv. 57, Sonn. cxli. 9 my fire wits nor my fire senses; occas. sing. Gent. I. i. 47 the young and tendir wit, 1H6 i. ii. 73 My wit wntraind in any kind of art. 2 power of imagination or invention LLL. i. ii. 194 Devise, wit; write, pen, MND. iv. i. 212 past the wit of man, H5 in. vii. 33, Lucr. 1299 What wit sets down is blotted straight tcilh will ; (hence) 'contrivance, stratagem, power of expedients ' (J.) Wiv. IV. V. 123my admirable dexterity of ivif, Lr. I. ii. L'05/.f/»if, ifnotbybirlh,liarelanasbywit. 3 sound sense or judgement, understanding, in- telligence LLL. I. ii. 184, Wint. 11. ii. 52, Ciss. iir. ii. 225 / hare neither wit, nor icords, nor worth, Ham. II. ii. 90 since brerity is the sold of wit. 4 wisdom, wise or prudent knowledge Wiv. iv. v. 61, 3H6lv. vii. 61 Away ivith scrupulous wit! now arms must rule, Lucr. 153, Sonn. cxl. b If I might teach thee wit. 5 person of a certain condition or turn of mind (expressed by a qualifying word or phr.) 2H4 ir. ii, 40 It shall serve among luits of no hiijher breeding WIT- 252 - WOODBINE tlian thine, H5 ill. vi. 85 ale-washed loits, Yen. 850 the humour of fnntastic wits. 6 "Wit, irhither wilt?, Eliz. phr. of doubtful origin, addressed to one wlio is talking too much or foolishly AYL. iv. 1. 174 ; alluded to in Wit, nhi- ther wander you ? addressed to Touchstone, AYL. I. ii. 60. wit vb.: to know 1H6 ir. v. 16 As wilting I no other comfort have. Per. iv. iv. 31 Xow pleaseyou wit The epitaph is for Marina writ. witch : to bewitch IH-t iv. i. 110, 3H6 iii. ii. 150 (Ff 'witch), Tim. v. i. 160, Ham. in. ii. 413 [406] the lery witching time of night, When churchyards yawn. Ti Cf. wot. with (1 one of the commonest S. senses) 1 expressing agency = by Ado ii. i. 65 to he pver- maslered with a piece of valiant dust, John ii. i. 567 roimded in theear With that same purpose-changer, Ant. V. ii. 170 must I be luifolded With one that I liave bredf. 2 expressing means of nourishment = on LLL. i. i. 29dfast a week with bran and water, R2 in. ii. 175, Mac. IV. ii.82, v. v. 13 1 hare supp'd fuUwith horrors. 3 (with ^oswM)=of John iv. ii. 9. 4 pregnant or ellipt. uses: from union or associ- ation with Cyai. iv. ii. 60 let the stinking -elder, grief, untwine His perishing root w. the increasinij vine ; Cor. in. iii. 30 With tts, as we shall turn it to advantage ; 2H6 v. i. 153 (see suffer). 5 idiomatic plir.: Pll be with you is used threaten- ingly, almost = I'll trounce you, I'll give you ' wliat for ', MND. in. ii. 403, Slir. iv. i. 170 What: do yon grumble? I'll be with you straight, H8 v. iv. 30 ; / am with you, I understand 2H6 n. i. 48 ; not with himself, beside himself Tit. I. i. 368 ; What news or tidings with . . .? What news has . . . ? Gent. III. i. 282, 2H6 ll. i. 163 ; with all my heart, used as (i) a salutation Tim. in. vi. 28, (ii) a reply to a salutation Lr. iv. vi. 33, 0th. iv. i. 229 ; with superlatives used absol.=at 0th. ii. iii. 7 with your earliest. Ant. V. i. 67 with your speediest. withal: the common meanings are (1) with this, with it, therewith, (2) at the same time, besides, (3) with ; phr. I could not do withal, I could not help it Mer.V. in. iv. 72. withdraw : Ham. in. ii. 367 [360'*] To w. with you, let me speak privately with you. wither : w. out, cause to dwindle MXD. i. i. 6 w-ing out a young man's 7'evemie. withers : in a horse, the part where the shoulder- bones join the neck 1H4 n. i. 8 wrung in the to., Ham. III. ii. 256 oiir withers are nniorung. within: to close quarters with Err. v. i. 34 Some get w. hi)n, take his sword away. ^ Within once follows its objt.ct, which is in tlie nominative Mac. III. iv. 14 'Tis better thee withorit than he within. Withold : see Swithold. without prep. : beyond the reach of Tp. v. i. 271 w. her power, MND. iv. i. 1.59 Without the peril of the Athinian law, Mac. in. ii. 11 Things w. all remedy. Without conj. : unless Gent. ii. i. 40, Err. ill. ii. 92, Ado III. iii. 85. Without-book : recited by heart Rom. i. iv. 7 no without-book prologue. without-door : outward Wint. n. i. (JSherw.form. witness sb.: with a w., with a vengeance Slir. v. i. li'l Here's packing, with a witness. witness vb. : to give or show evidence of Meas. iv. iii. 103 letters . . . whose contents Shall w. to him I am near at home, R2 ii. iv. 22 W-ing storms to come, Sonn. xxvi. 4 / send this tvritten ambassage, To w. duty. wit-old : mentally feeble LLL. v. i. 67 (quibble on WITTOI.). Wit-snapper : one who seizes every opportunity of indulging in witticism Mer.Y. in. v. 55. Wittily : wisely Tw.N. iv. ii. 16 asthe old hermit of Prague . . . very w. sccid . . . ' That that is is' ; cleverly Ven. 471. wittol: contented cuckold \Viv. ii. ii. 317. wittoUy : cuckoldly AYiv. n. ii. 288. witty (obs. uses ; cf. wit sb.) 1 wise, prudent MXD. v. i. 169, Tw.N. i. v. 38 Iletter a witlif fool than a foolish wit, 3H6 i. ii. 43 Witty, courtio'us, liberal, Troil. in. ii. 30, 0th. ii. i. 13L 2 clever, cunning Ado iv. ii. 28, R3 iv. ii. 42 The deep-revolving witty Buckingham. wo ha ho: call to excite attention Mer.V. v. i. 39. wod(d)e : see wood. woe sb.: lament Ado v. iii. 33 this for whom we ren- der'd up this woe ! ; grievous thing H5 1. ii. 26 whose guiltless drops Are every one a woe . . . 'Gainst . . . ; in exclamations = alas for Tp. i. ii. Ibiooe the day I, H5 IV. vii. 79 iroe the while.'. woe adj.: sorry Tp. v. i. 139 I am woe for' t, 2H6 iii. ii. 73, Ant. iv. xii. [xiv.] 133 icoe are we, Sonn. Ixxi. 8 If thinking on me then sliould make you woe. *] ' I am woe ' was developed from the old ' "Woe is me ' ; Chaucer blends the old and tlio new in ' me is as wo For him as ever I was for any man'. wolvish : the form current in old edd. ; mod. edd. often wolfish t. woman sb. (1 contrast wife) 1 wife Wiv. n. ii. 309 the hell of having a false w., 1H4 II. iii. 44. 2 M!OHfanV=womanish, feminine Gent. i. ii. 23, 1H4 I. iii. 237 to break into this iroman's mood, in. i. 244, Troil. i. i. Ill wherefore not afield? Because not there : this wo)nan's answer sorts, Mac. i. v. 48 Come to my woman's breasts. woman vb.: to bend or subdue (like a woman) All'sW. in. ii. 53. woman'd: accompanied bj' % woman 0th. in. iv. 194. woman-queller : woman-killer 2H4 ii. i. 61. woman-tired: henpecked ^Vint. n. iii. 74. womb sb. : transt. applied to anything hollow or conceived as hollow (e.g. the earth, night) R2 ii. i. 83 a grave, Whose hollow womb . . ., 1H4 in. i. 31, H5 IV. Chor. 4 the foul womb of night, Rom. v. i. 65 the fatal cannon's womb, Comjjl. 1 a htll Whose con- care womb . . . womb vb.: to enclose "Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 503. womby : hollow H5 ii. iv. 124 womby vaultages. Woncot : = Wincot 2H4 v. i. 42. wonder sb. (obsolete uses) 1 admiration Tw.X. ii. i. 2') s%teh estimable wonder, Wint. V. i. 133, Lucr. 84 In silent wonder of still- gasine/ eyes. 2 miracle, miraculous quality, miraculous means Err. in. ii. 30 by what w. you do hit of mine (i.e. my name)? Shr. n. i. 403 [411], 0th. in. iv. 100 there's some wonder in this handkerchief. wonder vb.: to admire Sonn. cvi. 14 tee . . . Hare eyes to w., but lack tongues to praise; const. atLLL. V. ii. 267 Are these the breed of tvits so wonder'd at ?. wonderingf: admiration Wint. iv. Chor. [i.] 25. wonder'd: performing wonders Tp. rv. i. 123 So rare a n\ fat her ( = performing such rare miracles). wont : =tlie much commoner is or are wont, was or were wont Err. iv. iv. 38 I bear it on my shoulders, as a bev/gar ivont Iter brat (" isnccustome^l tohcar), lH6i.'ii. 14, I. iv. 10. wood: mad Gent. ii. iii. 31 0, that she could speak now like a tvoodf woman (Ff irouhl-womati). MN'D. IT. i. 192 here am I, and wood (Qi woddc) within this wood, 1H6 IV. vii. 35 raging wood. woodbine: honeysuckle' Ado ni. i. 30, MND. ii. i. 251 ; (?) bindweed, Convolvulus sepium MM), iv. WOODCOCK 253 - WORSHIP i. 48 So dolh the n\ the sweet lioneysitc!;le Gentlij e)iti(ist, woodcock: type of stupidity ; lience = fool Ado v. I. 161, Ham. i. iii. 115. wooden: fig. IHO v. iii. 89* a wooden iliitu/, (a) ' awkward business ' (Stccveus), (b) ' expression- less, insensible thing— referring to tlie king ' (H. C. Hart). woodman: luinfcr Wiv. v. v. 30, Cyni. in. vi. 28 I'ou, roljjdore, liittc proi'dhcst «'., Lucr. 580; fig. wonian-liunter Mcas. iv. iii. 174. woollen adj. : covered witli woollen clotli Mer.V. IV. i. 56 a w. lidfipipe (so Qq Ff 12:5 ; Capell vnul- iiiij f) ; coarsely clad, homely Cor. iii. ii. 9 woollen Kissdls: — sb. Ado 11. i. 33 lie m tlie w., sleep be- tween the blankets with no sheets. wcolward: with woollen clothing next the skin LLL. V. ii. 716 I (/olt>./or penavce. ^ Cf. Palsgr., "Wohvardc, without any lynneii nexte ones body, ' sans chemyse '. woot: wilt (thou) Ham. v. i. 297 Wool weep f wool Jtylit?, Ant. IV. xiii. [xv.] 59 jXohlest of iiien, woot die 1. If Remains in west-midland dial. Cf. wot. word sb. (4 is freq. in ordinary plirases) 1 at a word, to be brief, in short Wiv. i. i. 109, Ado II. i. 120, Cor. I. iii. 122 go ahnfi with its. — Xo, eU a w., madam ; so with a word iH4 11. iv. 287 ; in phr. expressing prompt decision or action Wiv. I. iii. 14 / aw ett a word; follow, 2H4 in. ii. 322 Go to ; I have spoke at a word (-yon may depend upon me), Caes. i. ii. 270 if I would iiot have tulien h I III at a ivord ; cf. C«s. I. ii. 104 i'poii the word . . , / phiiirjed in. 2 watch-word, pass-word Mer.V. iii. v. 58, H5 11. i. 76, iii. 52, Ham. i. v. 110, iv. v. 105. 3 hate, yive, maintain w-s,hreak ovchani/e aw., come to if-s, spend to. for w., hold conversation Gent. 11. iv. 42, Err. in. i. 75, LLL .v. ii. 239, Tw.N. iv. ii. 109, Cres. V. i. 25, Ham. i. iii. 134, Ant. 11. vi. 3. 4 promise, assurance Gent. 11. iv. 44 yon have an exchequer of words, All'sW. n. i. 2lti If thou proceed As hiyh as word (=if youractions tally with your undertaking). 5 the word, the inspired word, Holy Writ, Wiv. in. i. 44, R2 V. V. 13, 2H4 iv. ii. 10 Turii/ii(/ the word to sword ; so The words of heetven JMeas. i. ii. 131. 6 inottoPer. II. ii. 21 The word, JAtxiuavitamihi,6iC. word vb. (only in Ant. and Cym.) 1 to say (as opposed to 'sing ) Cym. rv. ii. 240. 2 to speak of Cym i. iv. 17 worels him . , . n i/reed deal from the matter ( = make a report of him which is remote from the fact). 3 to flatter with words Ant. v. ii. 190. Work.sb. : fortification H8 v. iv. 63, Otli. in. ii. 3. work vb. (pa.t. and pa.pple. always wrowjht -. Icf. WORKING vbl.sb. andppl. adj.; 5saidcsp. of seeth- ing waters in Eliz. period) 1 to act upon or affect, powerfully move Tp. iv. i. 144 your father's in some passion That works him stron!/ly,v. i. 11 your charm sostrowjly works them, Mac. I. iii. 149 my dull brain was wrowjht ^Yith thinr/s forgotten, 0th. v. ii. 344. 2 to strive to effect (something) H8 in. ii. 312 You wrought to be a legale, Cor. n. iii. 254; to bring about, effect Rom. in. v. 145 theit we hare wrought So worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroom, 3 work out, (i) "scent out like a dog Tw.N. 11. v. 141, (ii) bring through safely 2H4 1. i. 182 if toe wrought out life. 4 let . .'. n'ork, allow (a person or thing) to follow his or its course Caes. n. i. 209, Hani. in. iv. 205. 5 to be agitated Per. ni. i. 48 the sen works. 6 (with object and predicative adj.) to render by continuous action 2H4 iv, iv. 119, working- vbl. sb.: 1 pi. actions 2H4 v. ii. 90. 2 effort, endeavour AYL. i. ii. 218 h is wilUiath in it a more modest w., 2H4 iv. ii. 22 our dull w-i". 3 mental or emotional activity, 'affection' of the mind or heart Meas. n. i. 10, LLL. iv. i. 33 the w. of the heart, 1 H6 v.v.86 sick with w. of my Ihow/hts, Ham. II. ii. 588 [580J/(O(/i her [i.e. the soul's] w. all his visage wamiUl, Sonn.Xciii. 11 thy heart's w-s. working- ppl.adj.: exciting the emotions, full of pathos H8 Prol. 3. workingr-day : ordinaiy, trivial AYL. i. iii. 12 this working-day world. ^ Cf. workv-day. working-hoiise : factory (fig.) H5 v. Chor. 23. workman: skilled worker Tim. iv. iii. 441 Do villany , . . Like workmen. Ant. iv. iv. 18 thou, slioiildst see A workman in't, Cym. iv. i. 7. worky-day:= WORKING-DAY Ant. i. ii. 57. world : 1 matter of the w., anything at .ill Troil. 11. iii. 198 ; it is a UK, it is wonderful (to see) Ado in. v. 38, Shr. II. i. 305 [313]. 2 life, condition of existence Rom. in. i. 105 I am peppered . . .for this world ■,—hoth tlie w-s, this life and the next Ham. iv. v. 133 ; the w. to come, future generations Troil. in. ii. 180. 3 go to the world, get married Ado n. i. 333, All'sW. I. iii. 21 i woman of the w., married woman AYL. V. iii. 5. 4 with ref. to the microcosm or 'little world 'of man Lr. in. i. 10, Compl. 7 Storming her w, with sorrow's wind evnd rain. worldlings : (?) men of this world, mortals AYL. II. i. 48, 2H4v. iii. 100. worldly (the sense ' devoted to the world and its pursuits' is not S.) 1 belonging to this world or this life 2H4 iv. v. 229 My w. business ( = my life), 2H6 i. ii. 45 w. pleasure, in. ii. 151 my w. solace, Ctes. i. iii. 96 life, beim/ weary of those w. bars, Cym. iv. ii. 2(i0thy w. task. 2 mortal Meas. in. i. 127 w. life, R2 in. ii. 66 w. men. Tit. I. i. 152 w. chances, v. ii. 65 ; no worldly {qood), no(good) inthe world Gent. in. i. 9, R3 in. vii. 62. 3 pertaining to one's relations with the world (as opposed to private interests) Tp. i. ii. 89 ner/lectniy w. ends, eilt dedicated Tocloseness, R2 in. ii. 94, Otli. I. iii. 301 an hour Of lore, of worldly viallers . . . To spend with thee. world-withoiit-end : eternal LLL. v. ii. 797 a w, bargain, Sonn. Ivii. 5 cliide the tv. hour. worm (in early use applied widely to all small creeping things) 1 supposed to cause pain and decay in teeth Ado III. ii. 27; humorously supposed to infest tlio fingers of a lazy person (and hence sometimes called ' idle worms ') Rom. i. iv. 66 « . . . worm Prick'dfrom the lazy finger of a maid. 2 snake, serpent MND. rii. ii. 71 Could not a worm, an adder, do so much ?, 2H6 ni. ii. 263 The mortal worm (cf. 259 a serpent . . , with forked tongue). Ant. V. ii. 242 the pretty worm of Alius ; fig! Yen. 933 [Death] earth's worm. worn: 1 (of time) spent, past Wint. v. i. 142 infirmity, — Which iraits upon worn times (=attends old age), Lucr. 1350 irorn-oul age. 2 exhausted Cor. in. i. 6. 3 effaced from memory 2H6 ir. iv. 69 These few days' wonder will be quickly worn. worry : to ' pull to pieces ' Wint. v. ii. 59 then again worries he his daui/hter with clippiiiq her. worshipsb. : honour, dignity AVint. i. ii.314 hench'd and rear'd to irorship, John iv. iii. 72, 3H6 iv. iii. 16 »'. and qxiietness (='otium cum dignitate '), WORSHIP - 254 WRIT R3 I. i. Wjilialfiood man of ii:, Cor. iii. i. 141 ('this divided authority of the' senate and the people '), Lr. I. iv. 290 ; H8 1, i. 39 belony to w. ( = are of noble rank). worship vb.: to honour, dignify H5 i. ii. 233 our (/rate . . . Xot norslupp'd nUh a ivaxen epitaph. wort' : plant, vegetable Wiv. i. i. 125 Good iiorts .' good cabbage. wort-: infusion of malt before it is fermented, sweet unfennented beer LLL. v. ii. 234. worth sb. (Malone explains liis h: in Cor. iii. iii. 26* ' his full quota or proportion ') 1 wealth, riches MND. ii. i. 219 tlic rich w. of your iirgmitji, Tw.N. iir. iii. 17, Rom. ii. vi. 32 They are hut beggars that can count their w., Lr. iv. iv. 10, 0th. I. ii. 28 not . . . For the sea's worth. 2 merit, deservingness Meas. i. i. 22 If any ... he of w. To undert/o such ample qrace, Cyni. v. v. 308. worth adj.: of value, valuable 1H4 iv. i. 27, Troil. n. ii. 22. [of praise. worthiness: deservedness Troil. i. iii. 241 Tlie ic. worthless : unwortliy IHO iv. iv. 21 n: emulation \ —worthless of, not deserving Caes. v. i. 61. worthy sb.: pi. excellences Uent. ii. iv. 167, LLL. IV. iii. 236. worthy adj. (the senses ' excellent ' and ' deserv- ing ' are tlie most freq., the latter with various constructions) 1 valuable Tp. l. ii. 247 / hare done thee iv. seriice, AYL. III. iii. 62, Cies. in. i. 116 Xo worthier than the dust, Sonn. xlviii. 6. 2 well-deserved, due R2 v. i. 68 w. danger and de- serted death, 1H6 V. v. 11 her w. praise, R3i. ii. 87 doing irorthy vengeance on thyself. 3 legitimate, justifiable Jolm ii. i. 281 whose right is worthiest, 1114 in. ii. 98, Cor. iir. i. 2\() your w. rage, 0th. in. iii. 254 worthy cause. 4 befitting, fitted [for) Gent. i. iii. 33 every exercise W. his youth, II. iv. 77 w. for an empress' love, Caes. V. v. 24, Mac. I. ii. 10 Worthy to he a rebel. worthy vb.: to give (a person) a reputation for excellence Lr. ii. ii. 128 he . . . put upon him such a deal of man. That worthied him. wot ' : know(s) Wiv. ii. ii. 91 the picture . . . thai yon wot of, Wint. III. ii. 77 the gods themselves, Wottin;/ lio more than I, Ho iv. i. 302 The slave . . . little wots What watch the king keeps, R3 ii. iii. 18 no, no, good friends, God wot, in. ii. 89 Wot you what, mij lord? ( = let me tell you), Tit. n. i. 48, Ant. i. v. 22 wot'st thou whom thou mov'st ?. ^ Tlie present tense of WIT vb.; the past tense 'wist' occurs in the 1611 Bible (e.g. Luke ii. 49), but is not S. WOt = : wilt2H4 ii. i. 65 thou wot, wot ta, (Q ; Ff ihon wilt not ?), Ant. iv. ii. 7. ^ Cf. woot. would (obs. or archaic uses of the past subjunctive) 1 = wish, desire Gent. ii. iv. 117 my lord your father w. speak witli you, Tit. ni. i. 209 would thou kneel with me (Ff wilt), Ca>s. n. i. 12 He w. be crown'd Mac. I. V. 19 thou wonldst be great ; withsb. orpron. as obj. Mer.V. n. ii. 132 wouldst thou, aught with me?, H5 iv. i. 32 / w. no oilier company, v. ii. 68 If. . . you w. the peace ; with clause Ham. i. ii. 234 / w. I had been there ; with accus. and infin. H5 n. Prol. 18 Wliut mightst thou do that honour would thee do. 2 = require to Mac. i. vii. 34 Golden opinions . . . Which w. be worn now in their newest gloss. Ham. III. iii. 75 That would be scann'd. wovind: entwined Tp. n. ii. 13 wound with adders. woundless : invulnerable Ham. iv. i. i'lthe wound- less air. wrack sb. (always so spelt in old edd., not ' wreck') 1 destruction, ruin AU'sW. in. v. 23 the w. of maidenhood, 2H6 i. ii, 105 Hume's knavery will be the duchess' w., Mac. l. iii. 114 He labour'd in his country's icrack, Yen. 558 honour's irrack. 2 wreck, shipwreck Tp. i. ii. 26 The direful spectacle of the »'., Err. v. i. 49 by w. of sen, 1{2 li. i. 268, 0th. II. i. 23 a grievous w. and sufferance On most part of their fleet. 3 wrecked ship or person Tw.X. v. i. 83, R3 1. iv. 24. 4 wreckage H5 i. ii. 165 sunken ivrack. wrack vb.: to destroy, ruin i;3 iv. i. 96, Ham. ii. i. 113 meant to wrack thee. wracked (freq.) : shipwrecked Tp. i. ii. 236. wrackfnl: destructive Sonn. Ixv. 6 wrackful sieqe. wrangler: adversary H5 i. ii. 264, Troil. n. ii.'75 The sens and winds — old wranglers. wrath sb. (l freq.; 2 once) 1 warlike ardour=RAGEsb. 5 Tw.N'. in. iv.257?/oi(r opposite hath inliimwiiat youth, strength, skill, and irrath can furnish withal, 2114 r. i. 1U9, Cor. l. i.K. 86, Ham. ii. ii. 492 [483]. 2 ardour of passion = rage sb. 3, AYL. v. ii. 45. wrath adj. (once) : wrathful MND. ii. i. 20 fell and w. (rhyme hatit). ^[ 'Wroth ' adj. does not occur, wrathful : ' raging, furious, impetuous ' (Schmidt) R2 I. iii. 136 w. iron arms, 2H4 in. ii. 173 valiant as the w. dove, 2H6 n. iv. 3 Barren winter, with liis wrathful nipping cold, v. ii. 70. wreak sb. : vengeance, revenge Cor. iv. v. 91 A heart of w.. Tit. iv. iii. 33 Take w., iv. iv. 11 inhis wreaks ( = vindictive acts). wreak vb.' : to revenge Tit. iv. iii. 51 to wreak our wrongs, Rom. in. v. 102. wreak vb.- : 16tli-17tli cent, variant of reck. wreak'd: revenged Von. 1004 Be w-'don him. wreakful : revengeful Tit. v. ii.32, Tim. iv. iii. 230. wreakless : old form of reckless. wreathed: (of the arms) folded LLL. iv. iii. 135. wrenching (H8 i. i. 167) : see rixsi.vg. wrest sb. : key for tuning a harp ; fig. Troil. in. iii. 23 Antetior . . . is such a irrest in their affairs Tliat their negotiations all must slack, Wan ting his manage. wrest vb. (2cf. o'er-wrested) 1 to get as if by main force Tit. in. ii. 44 / of these [signs] will wrest an alphabet. 2 to strain the meaning of wilfully in a wrongdirec- tion, misinterpret Ado in. iv. 34 an bad thinking do not w. true speaking, H5 i. ii. 14 fasliion, w., or boir your reading, 2H6 in. i. 186. wretch: as a teini of endearment Rom. i. iii. 44, Otb. in. iii. 90, Ant. v. ii. 305. wretched: hateful, loathsome R3 v. ii. 7 The w., bloody, and usurping boar, Lucr. 999S((c/i wretched hands such wielchcd hlood should spill. wringf (see also wrinoixg, wrung) 1 to wrencli, wrest (lit. and fig.) Meas. v. i. 32 w. redress from you, 3H6 in. i. 16 thy sceptre wrung from thee. Ham. l. ii. 58 He hath . . . wrung from me mil slow leave, 0th. v. ii. 287 (Ff Wrench). 2 to writhe, suffer torture Ado v. i. 28 w. under the load of sorrow, Cym. in. vi. 78 He wrings at some distress. wringing' : torture, suffering H5 iv. i. 256, H8 ii. ii. 28 wringing of the conscience. wrinkle : to give "wrinkles to, make to appear old Troil. n. ii. 79. writ sb. f2 holy writ is the usu. phrase) 1 that which is written, writina, document 2H6 i. iv. 60 the devil's writ. Tit. ll. iiT. 264//i(.f you haceoccasiOH to use me . , ., yon shall find me y., Tw.N. III. iv. 248 be y. in thy preparation, Ant. III. xi. [.xiii.] 131 ; (of a ship) easily managed Tp. V. i. 224, Ant. in. vii. 38 ; adv. Tp. i. i. 7 cheerly, my hearts! yare, yard, &c.. Ant. v. ii. 285 ; so yarely Tp. i. i. 4, Ant. 11. ii. 219. yaw: (of a ship) to move unsteadily, fig. in Ham. v. ii. 121 ; but the passage is ditticult. yawn: to gape in surprise or wonder Cor. iir. ii. 11, Ham. IV. v. 9{Ffayme, aim), 0th. v. ii. 100. yawning" : lulling to sleep Mac. in. ii. 43 y. peal. yclad : clad, clothed (fig.) 2H6 i. i. 33. ycleped (old odd. yclyped, ycliped, ecliped) : called (see CI.EPE) LLL. i. i. 240, v. ii. 599. yea: freq. used, like kay, to correct or amplify Tp. I. ii. 206 make his bold jrares tremble. Yea, his elread trident shake ; prefixed to a question of re- proof or surprise MND. in. ii. 411 Yea, art thou there ?, R3 1. iv. 88 Yea, are yon (Ff What) so brief?. Yead: sliort for Yedward Wiv. i. i. 162. yea-forsooth : using tlie asseveration 'yea, for- sootli ', like a person of low station 2H4i. ii. 40. > — YOUTHrtL yeanf: form in mod. odd. of eax. year: pi. = mature age R2 n. iii. 66 cowestoy-s, 2HG II. iii. 28 a kinr/ of y-s ;—in y-s, old 1H4 n. iv. 507 [500], Rom. in. v. 46 ; LLL. v. ii. 466 smiles liis cheek in years (see smile 2). yearnt : to vex, grieve AV'iv.ni.v.45 it would y. your heart ; impers. R2 v. v. 76 it y-'d my heart (Qq 1-4 ernd, Ff 1-3 Qsyern'd), H5 iv. iii. 26 It y-s me not. ^ Cf. EAKX=. Yedward : familiar fonn of ' Edward ' 1 H4 1. ii. 148. yellowness: jealousy AViv. i. iii. 109. yellows : jaundice in horses Shr. in. ii. 55. ^ Cf. ' The Jandis, called in a Horse, the Yellowes ' (Bkindeville, 1580). yeoman : 1 one of the class of small freeholders (who formed a large part of the infantry of English armies) lH4lv. ii. \Q> good householders, yeomen's sons, H5 in. i. 25, 3H6 i. iv. 123, R3 v. iii. 3S'.)Fiyht,/jentle- men of Enylandl fight, bold yeomen !, Ham. v. ii. 36 y-'s service, ( = good and faithful service) ; con- trasted with ^e«^/(;»jmnlH6 11. iv. 81, Lr. in. vi. 12. 2 ;/. of tite wardrobe, keeper of a gentleman's ward- robe Tw.N. II. v. 45. 3 sheriff's officer 2H4 n. i. 4. yert : to thrust or push smartly H5 iv. vii. 84, 0th. I. ii. 5 yerk'dhim . . . under the ribs. yes : used to correct a negative statement = on the contrary, but it is or was 2H4 i. iii. 36, Cor. iv. vi. 62, V. iv. 28, Cym. i. iv. 55 ; = yea H8 i. ii. HS I say, take heed; Yes, heartily beseech you. yest : foam Wint. in. iii. 95 yest and froth. yesty : foamy, frothy Mac. iv. i. 53 the y. waves ; fig. Ham. v. ii. 1991/. co//fd(0>i( = supcrfleial know- ledge ; Qq2 3 histy, Q4-6 misty). yet: one of the most freq. senses is 'still, now as before, now as always ' Wiv. n. ii. 148 Will they yet look after thee?, R3 l. iv. 126 Some . . . dreys of conscience are yet ivithin me. Ham. i. iii. 55 Yet here, Laertes! ; also as yet Compl. 75 1 miejht as yet have been a spreading flower. yield (the chiefs, meanings are 'afford, give, grant, allow ', ' deliver, give up, surrender, resign ', and intr. 'give way, submit, surrender, assent') 1 to bring forth, bear Tp. 11. i. 239 [231]rt hirth . . . Which throes thee much to y., Per. v. iii. 48 she was yielded there. 2 to reward Ant. iv. ii. 33 the gods y. youfor't; cf. God 'ild. yielded : given up for lost John v. ii. 107. yielding : compliance LLL. i. i. 118, John 11. i. 474, Rom. II. ii. 105, Lucr. 1658. yoke sb.: pair of oxen 2H4 in. ii. 42 ; of servants Wiv. n. i. 180 a yoke of his discarded men. yoke vb.: to bo joined or coupled 3H6 iv. i. 23, iv. vi. 49 We'll yoke together. Cor. in. i. 56. yoked: married Otb. iv. i. 67 (quibble). yore: ofy., once upon a time Sonn. Ixviii. 14. young: 1 raw, inexperienced AYL. i. i.bSyoii are too young in this, Mac. in. iv. 144 We are yet but young m deed. 2 recent H8 in. ii. 47 this is yet but young. younger sb.: younger son (cf Luke xv. 12) Mer.V. n. vi. 14 like a y. or a prodigal (yoiinkerf). younger adv. : ago Per. i. iv. 39 not yet two .sum- mers yniinr/erf ( = not two years ago ; old edd. . !/£/). youngling: stripling, novice Shr. 11. i. 331 [339J, Tit. II. i. 73. IV. ii. 94. youngly: early in lifeCor. n. iii. 244, Sonn. xi. 3. younker : =younoung 1H4iii. iii. 91, 3H6n.i. 24. youth; recentness Mer.V. in. ii. 222. yoiithful: belonging to the period of youth, of or in youth Gent, iv, i. 34 My y, travel, AYL. n. iii. YBAVZSK 256 ZOUNDS 67 thtj ij. n(if/es; ii. vii. 160 His y. hoxe, R2 i. iii. 70 Mlio^e)jOHiiifitl spirit, Compl. 79. yravish (arcliaic) : to ravish Per. in. Gower .^5. yslaked (arcliaic): reduced to inactivity Per. in. Gower 1. zany : buffoon who imitated tlie tricks of a profes- sional clown or fool LLL. v. ii. 464 so»i€ sli;ilil znny, Tw.N, I. v. 95 the fools' zanies. zeal: once construed with o/(instcad of tiie usual to) 2H4 IV. ii. 27 L'nde}- llie counterfeited z. of God. zed : the letter z Lr. ii. ii. 68 Tiioii iihoreson zed ! tlioii iDinecessary letter. zenith : highest point of one's fortune Tp. i. ii. 181. zodiac: used for 'year' Meas. i. ii. 178 nineteen zo- diacs have gone round. [v. i. .S04. zone : tlie burning zone, the path of the sun Ham. zoiinds: an oath = God's wounds (cf. swounds) John II. i. 466 ; in Ff often omitted or changed to ijci, come, tukut, or the like. ADDENDA across: =CROssadv. AlI'sW. ii. i. 70 (cf. notes. v. TKAVKRSE adv.). apolog"y : explanatory statement LLL. v. i. 146. astringer : keeper of goshawks All's W. v. i. stage dir. Enter a tjentle astrin'/er. [Compl. 6. atwain : in two Lr. ii. ii. 79, 0th. v. ii. 204 (Qi), barlet : see niARTLETf. Ijaste : to sew lightly Ado i. i. 297 [289]. Tjlame adj.: see wilful-bi.ajie. book: to register 2H4 iv. iii. 50, H5 iv. vii. 77 To boot: our dead (conj. tooki), Sonn. cxvii. 9 Ilool; botit inij luilfulness and errors down. Charlion: usu. explained as = Fr. 'cliairbon'(good flesh) and expressing the Puritan's contempt of fast-days, Poysam. being interpreted as = Fr. •poisson' (fish) and typifying the papist's strict observance of them All'sW. i. iii. 57. cittern-head: grotesquely carved head of the cittern, an instrument of the guitar kind ; used in contempt LLL. v. ii. 611. coram : used erroneously for ' quorum ', which was a title of certain justices whose presence was nectssary to constitute a bench Wiv. i. i. G Justice of /idtrr mid cornni. down-roping' : see roping. Dowsabei : typical name of a sweetheart Err. iv. i. Ill ^YIlere IK did claim me for her husband-. fairy gold : money given by fairies, supposed to crumble away rapidly Wint. iii. iii. 127. fit sb. : strain of music Troil. iii. i. 6:5 (quibble). grow to: to acquire an unpleasant taste (as food does when burnt to the bottom of a saucepan) Mcr. V. II. ii. 18 my father did sometliing sinaci:, sometliing grow to, he had a kind of taste. ^ In Warwick- shiro 'grown to' is used of milk, &c., that has caught in cooking. haste-post-haste : see post-haste. legative : pertaining to a legate 118 Iii. ii. 340 By your power 1. (Fi Legatiue ; mod. edd. usu. lega- //jift.tocorrespond with 'by hispowerlegantine ' in Holinshed's Chronicle ; ' legantine' and 'lega- tive ' were both common earlier synonyms of ' legatine', which does not appear till. 1611), liealong: = ' lie low' Cor. v. v. [vi.] 57, Goes. in. i. 115. pennyworth: bargain Ado ir. iii. 45 We'll ft the lad-fox with a p. ( = sell him a bargain in which he gets the worst of it), Wint. iv. iii. [iv.] 653 though tlie petntyworth on his side be the iiorse. proceed: to followlegalprocedureMer.V.iv. i. 179. too too (in old edd. also ioo-too) : exceedingly, very Gent. H. iv. 206, AViv. II. ii. 265, LLL. v."ii.536, Mer.V. u. vi. 42, 3H6 i. iy. 106, Ham. i, ii. 129, Lucr. 174. FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES (Words like Misanthropos, wliicli, though not anglicized in form, were more or less naturalized in the Elizabethan period, will be found in the main glossary.) Where the language is other than Latin, the spelling in the old editions is frequently full of errors ; all these deviations are not recorded here. L.=Latin. Fr.=French. lt. = ltalian. Sp.=Spanish. Gl. =tlie foregoing Glossary. absque hoc nihil est [L.] : apart from this there is nothing 2H4 v, v. 31. accommodo [L.]: I accommodate 2H4 iii. ii. 79. accusativo [L.] : in the accusative case Wiv. iv. i. -18. ad Jovem, ad Apollinem, ad Marteni [L.] : to Jupiter, to Apollo, to Mars, Tit. iv. iii. 53, 54. ad manes fratrnm [L.] : to the departed spirits of the brothers Tit. i. i. 1*8. adsum |L.] : 1 am here 2H6 i. iv. 20. Aio te, Aeacida, Bomanos vincere posse [L. ; ambiguous answer given by the Delphic oracle to Pyrrlius, quoted from Eunius by Cicero, De divinatione ii. Ivi.]: I say that thou, Aeacides, canst conquer tlie Romans, or, that the Romans can conquer thee, Aeacides 2H0 i. iv. 65. Alia nostra casa hen veniito, molto honorato signiormioPetmchioCIt.) : WcUoine toour house, mv much honoured lord Petruchio Shi". I. ii. 25. alia stoccata[It. in old edd. in hispaniolized form ulla stnmtlto] : with the stoecado Rom. iii. i. 7'J. allons! [Fr.]: come ! LLL. rv. iii.3S3jlWo*is.' allons! (old edd. uloiu, alone), v. i, 163 Allons I we will iiiiplijtj ilice. Anne intelligfis, domine? [L.]: Do you under- stand, sir? LLL. v. i. 28. armi^ero [L. ; dative or ablative of 'armiger '] : esquire Wiv. I. i. 10. bailie t IFr.] : give Wiv. i. iv. 92 (Ff Q3 ballon). basta[It.]: enough Shr. i. i. 202. benedicite [L.] : used as a salutation by friars Meas. II. iii. 39, Rom. 11. iii. 31. ben vennto [It.; old edd. lien] : welcome LLL. iv. ii. 160, Shr. i. ii. 185. bis coctiis (L.] : twice cooked LLL. iv. ii. 23. bona terra, mala gens [L.] : a good land, a bad people 2H6 iv. vii. 61. bon jour [Fr.] ; good day AYL. i. ii. 105, Rom. 11. iv. 47. bonos dies [blunder for L, ' bonus dies '] : good day Tw.N. iv. ii. 14. caelo [L., ablative of 'caelum'] : sky LLL. iv. ii. 5. ?a ha ! [Fr.] : exclamation of delight H5 iii. vii. 13. calen o custure me t : see Qualtitie (&c.). candidatus [L.; lit. white-robed] : candidate Tit. I. i. 185. canis [L.] : dog LLL. v. ii. 590. capocchia [feminine of It. 'capocchio' ] : dolt, fool Troil. IV. ii. 32. caret [L.] : (it) is wanting Wiv. iv. i. 56, LLL. iv. ii. 1l'8. Castiliano vulgo* [pseudo-Sp.] : (?) phr. used in drinking boutsTw.N. i. iii. 46 (some read C. coltof = put on your Castilian, i.e. solemn, face). caveto [L.] : take care H5 11. iii. 56. circum circa t [L.] : round about, round and round LLL. v. i. 73 (old edd. iinuiii citu). Con tutto il cuore ben trovato [It.] : With all mv heart, well met >Slir. i. ii. 24. coragio [It. ] : courage Tp. v. i. 258, All's W. 11. v. 98. coram [L.] : see Gl., Addenda. coupe la gorge [Fr.] : cut the throat H5 11. i. 75. cubiculo [ablative of L. ' cubiculum ' ] : chamber, aiiaitnieiit Tw.N. 111. ii. 58. CucuUus non facit monachum [L.] : The cowl does not make the monk Meas. v. i. 257, Tw.N. i. v. 01 ; ct. HS III. i. 23 ail hoods make not monks. cum privilegio [L.] : with exclusive right H8 i. iii. 34. cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum[ L.]: with exclusive cojiyright ; lig. with ref. to mar- riage rights Shr. iv. iv. 93. custalorum : corruption of L. 'custos rotulorum', keeper of the roils Wiv. I. i. 7. diable [Fr.] : devil Wiv. iii. i. 93. diablo [Sp.] : devil 0th. 11. iii. 163. Dieu debatailles[Fr.]:God of battles H5 iii. v. 15. Dieu vous garde, monsieur.— Et vousaussi, votre serviteur [Fr.]: God keep you, sir.— And j'ou too ; your servant Tw.N. iii. i. 79, SO. Di faciant laudis summa sit ista tuae [L., Ovid, Heroides ii. OGJ ; The gods grant that this may be the summit of thy glory 3H6 i. iii. 48. dxluculo surgere [L.]: to lise early (scil. ' saluber- rimuni est ', is most wholesome) Tw.N. 11. iii. 3. eccesignum[L.] : behold the token lH4ii.iv. 190. Ego et Rex mevis [L.] -. I and my King H8 in. ii. 315. ergo : see Glossary ; also aroal, akgo. Et bonum quo antiquius eo melius [L.] : And a good thing is the better for being older Per. i. Gower 10. Et txi, Brute [L.]: Thou too, Brutus? Ciies. in. i. 77. facere [L.] : to make LLL. iv. ii. 15. Pauste, precor gelida quando pecus omne sub umbra Buminat|l.. ; first line of the lirst EclogueotJoaniies BaptistaMaiituanus, died 1516 A.D.J : Prithee, Faustus, whileall oureattle chew the cud in the cool shade . . . LLL. iv. ii. 96. fortuna de la guerrat [Sp.] : fortune of war LLL. v. ii. 531 (old edd. ddanaar). Gelidustimor occupatartus[L. ; reminiscence of Virgil, Aeneid vii. 446 ' subitus tremor occupat artus'] : cold fear takes hold of thelimbs2H.6iv. i. 117. genitivo [L.] : in the genitive case W^iv. iv. i. 46. haud credo [L.]: I do not believe LLL. iv. ii. II. Hie et ubique [L.] : here and everywhere Ham. i. v. 156. Hie ibat Simois, hie est Sigeia tellus ; Hie steterat Friami regia celsa senis [ L. ; Ovid, Heroules i. 33] ; Here ran the river .Simois, hero is the Sigeian land ; here stood the lofty palace of old Priam, Shr. 111. i. 28. 29. hie jacet [L.] : here lies All's W. lu. vi. 65. HOMO — 2| homo [L.] : man IH-t u. i. lu+. Honi soit qui maly pense [Fr.; the motto of the Older of tlie garter] : Shamed be he who thinks evil of itWiv. v. v. 75. honorificabilitudinitati'btis [ablative plural of mediaeval L. ' honorilicabilitudinitas', a grandi- ose extension of 'hoiioriticabilitudo' = honourable- ness] : cited as a typical long word LLL. v. i. 45. hysterica passio [L.j : hysteria Lr. ii. iv. 57. ignis fatuixs [L.] : will o' the wisp 1H4 iii. iii. 45. imitari [L.] : to imitate LLL. iv. ii. 131. imprimis [L.] : in the first place Gent. in. i. 275, aOo, Shr. IV. i. 08, iv. iii. 134, 2H0 i. i. 43. in capite[L.] : as a tenant in chief, directly from tlic crown 2H0 iv. vii. 130 men shall hold ufme lu CK/n/e. In hac spe vivo [L.] : In this hope I live Per. ii. ii. 44. in limbo Patrum [L.] : sec Glossary s.v. limbo. Integer vitae scelerisque purus Won eget Mauri jaciilis nee arcu [L. ; Horace, Odes i. xxii.] : A man of s]iotlc^-s life and free from crime Needs not the bow and arrows of the Moor, Tit. IV. ii. 20. In terram Salicam miilieres ne snccedant [L. ; quotation from the Frankish 'Salic law'] : that women shall not succeed to Salic land H5 i. ii. 38. in via [L.] : in the way LLL. iv. ii. 14. invitis niitaibiis [L.] : in spite of the clouds 2H6 IV. i. '.19. ipse [L.] : himself AYL. v. i. 49. Ira furor brevisest [L. ; Horace, Epistles i. ii. 62] ; Wrath is a brief madness Tim. i. ii. 28. Jarre tiere[Fr.] : Garter Wiv. iii. i. 94. [168. labras [blunder for L. ' labra', pi.] : lips Wiv. i. i. Iia fin couronne les oeuvres [Fr.] : The end crowns the works 2HtJ v. ii. 28. lapis [L.] : stone Wiv. iv. i. 33. Iiaus Deo, bone, intelligo [L.] : Thank God, good sir, I understand LLL. v. i. 30. le cheval volant qui a les narines de feu [ Fr . ] : tile winged liorse with tierv nostrils Ho iii. vii. 14, 15. Le chien est retourne a son propre vomisse- ment, et la truie lavee au bourbier : The dog has returned to his vomit, and the sow is washed in the mire H5 in. vii. 71, 72. lege, domine [L.] : read, sir LLL. iv. ii. 109. Iieo-natvis [L.] : lion-born Cyni. v. v. 446. lustique[Dutch 'lustig']: merrily, jovially All'sW. II. iii. 47 Lustique, as the Dutcliinan sai/s. ^ Freq. in 17th cent, in this form and as ' lustick '. L\ix tua vita mihi [L.] : Thy light is my life Per. n. ii. 21. ma foi, il fait fort chaud. Je m'en vais d, la cour,— la grande affaire [Fr.] : my word, it is very hot. I am going to court, — the great affair Wiv. i. iv. 53. ma foi [Fr.] : i' faith H5 in. vii. 54. Magni dominator poli, Tarn lentus aiidis scelera? tam lentus vides? [L. ; alteration of Seneca, Phaedra 071 ' Magnc regnator deuni ', . . .] : Ruler of tlie mighty heavens, art tliou so slow to see and licar the crimes that are com- mitted ? Tit. IV. i. 81. manus [L.]: hand LLL. v. ii. 692. Medice, teipsum— [L.; scil. 'cura', Luke iv. 23] ; Physician, lieal thyself 2H6 n. i. 53. mehercle [L.] : by Hercules ! LLL. iv. ii. 80. memento mori [L.] : lit. remember tliat thou must die ; used coiicr. a symbolic reminder of death, such as a skull-aud-crossbones 1H4 in. iii. 35. i - QUALTITIE Me pompaet (old edd. Poinpc/j) provexit apex [L.j : The highest summit of honour has led mo on Per. ii. ii. 30. minime [L.] : not at all, no LLL. iii. i. 63. mi perdonate [It.] : pardon me Shr. i. i. 25. mollis aer [L.] : ' tender air ' Cym. V. v. 448. m.ons [L.] : mountain LLL. v. i. 90. Mort de ma vie! [Fr. ; lit. death of my life] : an oath Ho in. v. 11. MortDieu! [Fr.]: 'sdeatli 2H6 i. i. 124. Mort diivinaigre ! [Fr. ; lit. death of the vinegar] : a meaningless oath All'sW. ii. iii. 50. mulier [L.] : woman Cym. v. v. 449. nominativo [L.] : in the nominative case Wiv, iv. i. 43, 45. Won nobis [L.] : first words of Psalm cxv (part of cxiii in the Vulgate) 'Non nobis, Domine, noii nobis ', Xot unto us, 0 Lord, not unto us, recited as a thanksgiving for mercies received H5 iv. viii. 128. Notre tres cher fils Henri, roi d'Angleterre, heritier de France [Fr.]: our dearest son Henry, king of England, heir to France, Ho v. ii. 367. Novi hominem tanquam te [L.] : I know the man as well as 1 know you LLL. v. i. 10. O Dievi vivant ! [Fi-.]: O living God ! H5 in. v. 5. O diable, diable ! [Fr.] : 0 devil, devil ; Wiv. i. iv. 7u. omne bene [L.]: all is well LLL. iv. ii. 33. ostentare |L.] : to show LLL. iv. ii. 16. Oui ; mettez-le au mon pocket; dep^chez [Fr.] : Yes ; put it in my pocket ; be quick Wiv. I. iv. 56. palabras [Sp.] : (mere) words Ado in. v. 18. pardona-mee [ = It. ' perdonami ']: see pardon-me in the Glossary. pardonnez-moy [Fr.] ; pardon me R2 v. iii. 119; see also pakdon-me in the Glossary. pauca, in full paiica verba [L.] : few words Wiv. I. i. 124, 137, LLL. iv. ii. 173, H5 n. i. 83. paucas pallabris [blunder for Sp. 'pocas pala- bras '] : few words Shr. Ind. i. 5. pedascule [vocative of a coined L. ' pedasculus 'j : tutor Shr. in. i. 51. perge [L.] : go on, proceed LLL. iv. ii. 54. per se [L.] : by himself Troil. l. ii. 15. Per Styga, per nianes vehor [L.] : I am carried across the Styx, through the realm of the shades Tit. n. i. 135. pourquoi [Fr.] : why Tw.N. i. iii. 97. praeambixlaf [L.] : walk in front LLL. v. i. 86 (see PREAMBLLATE ill G1.1. praeclarissimusfilius noster Henricus, Rex AngliaeetHeresrranciae[L.]: our most re- nowned son Henry, king of England and heir to France, H5 v. ii. 369. primo, secundo, tertio [L.] : firstly, secondly, thirdly Tw.N. v. i. 39. piu per dolcezaa che per forzat [It.] : more by gentleness than by force Per. ii. ii. 27 (old edd. in Spiinisli, I'ae Per doleera kee per forsa, but pue is not a Spanish word ; some mod. edd. Pin por dulzura que por faenaf). pueritia [L.j : boyhood LLL. v. i. 53. pulcher [L.] : beautiful Wiv. iv. i. 29. qu'ai-je oubli6 ? [Fr.] : what have I forgotten ? Wiv. I. iv. 65. Qualtitie calmie ctistiire me: H5 iv. iv. 4 ; the last word, qualite, of the French soldier's speech pieced out with Calen o custure inei, the burden of an Eliz. song (also appearing as the name of a tune, 'Calliuocastura-mc'), intended to represent Irish 'cailin oc astoir' = young girl, my treasure. QUABE — 259 — VOX quare [L.] : why LLL. v. i. 30. qviasi [L.] : as if LLL. iv. ii. 85. iii. 109. quid/oc quo [L.] : quid pro quo, tit for tat 1H6 v. qilis [L.] : wlio LLL. v. i. 50. Quod me alit me extingviit [L.] : Tluvtwliicli leeils my flame puts out my liglit Per. ii. ii. 33. quoniam [L.] : because LLL. v. ii. 593. ratolorum,: for 'i-otulorum' (see custalokum) ■\Viv. I. i. 8. Bedime te captum quam queas minimo [L.] : Buy tliysc'lf out of t-aptivity for as little as thou canst Slir. i. i. 100. ^ From Lily's Latin Grani- mar ; an alteration of Terence, Eunuclius 74 [i. i. 2y] ' Quid agas ? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas minimo '. respice finem. [L.] : look to the end Err. iv. iv. 43. sancta inajestas [L.j : sacred majesty 2H6 v. i. 5 ; Qq snittK lltmxkt [it.]. sanguis [L.] : blood LLL. iv. ii. 3. Satis quod sufficit [L.] : Enough is as good as a feast LLL. V. i. 1. semper idem [L.] : always the same 2H4 v. v. 31. se offendendo [l.] : in self-'ott'ence ' ; comic blunder for tlie legal phr. ' so dcfendcndo ', in self-defence Ham. v. i. 9. Sic spectanda fides [L.] : Thus is faitli to be tried Per. ii. ii. 38. Si fortune (-a) me tormente (-o), sperato (spero)mecontente(-o) [Pistol's It.; variously altered in mod. edd.]: If fortune torments me, hope contents me 2H4 il. iv. 194, \. v. 102. singtilariter [L.] : in the singular number Wiv. IV. i. 43. sit fas aut nefas [L.] : be it right or wrong Tit. II. i. 133. solus [L.]: alone H5 ii. i. 48-51, 54; stage dir. (Fi) in lH4n. iii., R3 i. i. Stuprum [L.] : violation, rape Tit. iv. i. 78. SUUmcuique[L.]: toeachman hisdueTit.i.i.280. Tanta est erga te mentis integritas, reg'ina serenissima [L.]: Such whole-luartedness is there towards you, most serene highness H8 lu. i. 40. Tantaeneanimis caelestibus irae? [L.; Virgil, Aeneid i. 15] : Is tliere such resentment in the minds of the gods? 2H6 ii. i. 24. Te Deum [L.] : title of tlie canticle beginning ' Te Deum laudamus ', We praise thee, 0 God, H5 iv. viii. 128. terra [L.] : earth LLL. iv. ii. 7. Terras Astraea reliquit [L.; Ovid, Metamor- plioses I. 150] : Astraea left tlie earth Tit. iv. iii. 4. TICf. Astraea in Gl. tremor cordis [L.] : palpitation of tlie licart Wint. I. ii. 111. un boitier vertt [Fr.] : a green box AViv. i. iv. 47 (old edd. xinlioijleeuc icrd). un garcon, un paysan IFr.] : a boy, a peasant "Wiv. V. V. 228. ungiiem [L.] : in phr. 'ad unguem ', to a nicety, perfectly LLL. v. i. 85. ursa major [L.] : the Great Bear, Lr. i. ii. 140. Veneiia, Venetia, Chi non ti vede non ti pretia [It.] : Venice, Venice, who sees thee not esteems tlicc not LLL. iv. ii. 100, 101. veni, vidi, vici [L.] : I came, 1 saw, I conquered LLL. IV. i. 08. ver [L] : spring LLL. v. ii. 901. verbatim [L.] : word for word IHO iii. i. 13. via [It.] : on, go on, say on "Wiv. ii. ii. 101, LLL. V. i. 100, V. ii. 112, Mer.V. h. ii. 11, H5 iv. ii. 4, 3H0 II. i. 182. videlicet [L.] : namely Wiv. i.\.\iS{fidelicel), LLL. IV. i. 70, MND. V. I. 331, AYL. iv. i. 100, Ham. II. i. 01. ■Videsne quis venit ?— 'Video et gaudeo [L.] : Do you see who comes?—! see and am glad LLL. v. i. 33, 34. Vilia miretur vulgus ; mihi flavus Apollo Focula Castalia plena ministret aqua [L. ; Ovid, Amores i. xv. 35] : Let the l.iase vulgar ad- mire trash ; to me golden-liaired Apollo shall serve goblets filled trom the Castalian spring; motto of Venus and Adonis. Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur [L.] : The man is wise who says little LLL. iv. ii. 82. viva voce [L.] : so that their voices can be heard H8 II. i. 18. vocative [L.] : in the vocative case Wiv. iv. i, 55. vocatur [L.] : is called LLL. v. i. 25. vox [L.] : lit. voice ; appropriate, i.e. loud, frantic, tone Tw.N. v. i. 307. oxford: nouACE hart, m.a. PRINTER TO THE UMVEKSITV BINDSI^G OEPT. JUN 27 1958 PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO LIBRARY • PR Onions, Charles 2892 Tslbut 06 A Sh&kespeare glossery.