Afeard, afraid; II. ii. 139.
Affecting, affected; II. iv. 29.
Affections, inclinations; I. i. 125.
Affray, frighten; III. v. 33.
Afore, before; II. iv. 166.
Afore me, "by my life"; III. iv. 34.
Against, in preparation of; III. iv.
32.

Agate-stone, figures cut in the agatestone, much worn in rings; I. iv. 55.

All along, at your full length; V.

iii. 3.

All so soon, as soon (all used inten-
sively); I. i. 132.
Ambling, moving in an affected
manner (used contemptuously);
I. iv. II.

Ambuscadoes, ambuscades; I. iv. 84.
Amerce, punish; III. i. 192.
An, if; I. i. 4.

An if, if; V. i. 50.

Ancient, old, aged; II. iii. 74.
Antic face, quaint mask; I. v. 58.
Apace, quickly; II. iv. 223.

Ape, a term of endearment or pity;
II. i. 16.

Appertaining rage to, rage belonging to; III. i. 64.

Apt to, ready for; III. i. 43.
Apt unto, ready for; III. iii. 157.
As, as if; II. v. 16.

namely, IV. iii. 39.

Ascend, ascend to; III. iii. 147.
Aspired, mounted to; III. i. 119.
Associate, accompany; V. ii. 6.
As that, as to that heart; II. ii.
124.

Athwart, across, over [so Quarto 1;
Quartos, Folios, "ouer "]; I. iv.

=

58. Atomies atoms, little creatures as tiny as atoms [Quarto I, "Atomi"; Quarto 2, "ottamie"];

I. iv. 57.

Attach, arrest; V. iii. 173. Attending, attentive; II. ii. 167.

Bill, a kind of pike or halberdt, formerly carried by the English infantry, and afterwards the usual weapon of watchmen "; I. i. 72. Bite my thumb; I. i. 41. (Cp. illus. tration.)

From Jacques Lagniet's Recueil des plus

Illustrés Proverbes (c. 1650).

Blaze, make known; III. iii. 151. Blazon, trumpet forth; II. vi. 26. Brace, couple; V. iii. 295. Brief, briefly; III. iii. 174. Broad goose; "far and wide a b g.," prob. far and wide abroad, a goose (some lost allusion perhaps underlies the quibble); II. iv. 88. Broken, cracked; L ii. 53. Brow,face, countenance (Collier MS. and Singer MS. "bow"; III. v. 20. Burn daylight," a proverbial expression used when candles are lighted in the day-time"(Steevens); hence, superfluous actions in general; here waste time"; I. iv. 43. Butt-shaft, a kind of arrow used for shooting at butts; formed without a barb, so as to be easily extracted" (Nares); II. iv. 16. By and by, directly; II. ii. 152.

By my fay, by my faith (a slight oath); I. v. 127.

By my troth, by my truth, on my word; II. iv. 119.

By the rood, by the cross (a slight oath); I. iii. 36.

Caitiff, wretched, miserable; V. i. 52.

Canker, canker-worm; II. iii. 30. Captain of compliments, "complete master of all the laws of ceremony"; II. iv. 20.

Carry coals, endure affronts (the carriers of coal, prob. charcoal, were the lowest menials; cp. "blackguard," originally the attendants upon the royal household's progress); I. i. 1.

Chapless, without jaws; IV. i. 83.
Charge, weight; V. ii. 18.
Cheerly, cheerily; I. v. 16.

Cheveril, the skin of the kid; II. iv.
84.
Chinks, a popular term for money

Chop-logic, sophist; III. v. 150.
Circumstance, details; II. v. 36.
Civil, sober, grave; III. ii. 10.
Close, closely, very near; III. i. 40.
Closed, enclosed; I. iv. 110.
Closely, secretly; V. iii. 255.
Closet, chamber; IV. ii. 33.
Cockatrice (called also basilisk); the

fabulous serpent, said to kill by a look; III. ii. 47. Cock-a-hoop; "set c.-a-h.," i.e. pick a quarrel; I. v. 82. Cockerel, young cock; I. iii. 53. Coil, ado, confusion; II. v. 67. Coldly, coolly, calmly; III. i. 53. Come near ye, hit it; I. v. 21. Comfortable, helpful, full of comfort; V. iii. 148.

Commission, warrant; IV. i. 64. Concealed, "secretly married"; IIL iii. 98.

Conceit, imagination; II. vi. 30.
Concludes, ends; III. i. 187.

con

Conduct, conductor; V. iii. 116. Conduit, referring to the human figures on wells which spouted water; III. v. 130. Confounds, destroys; II. vi. 13. Conjurations, entreaties (Quarto 2, "commiration"; Quarto 3, Folio I, "commisseration ; Capell, juration, etc."); V. iii. 68. Consort, used with play on the two meanings of the word (i.) a company of musicians, (ii.) associate, keep company; III. i. 47. Consort, consort with, keep company with; III. i. 132. Consorted, associated; II. i. 31. Consort'st, dost keep company; III. i. 46.

Content thee, keep your temper; I. v. 66.

Contrary, contradict, oppose; I. v.86. Convoy, conveyance; II. iv. 196. Corse, corpse; III. ii. 128. Cot-quean, a man who busies himself with women's business; IV. iv. 6. Counterfeit; "gave the c.," played a trick; II. iv. 48. Countervail, balance; II. vi. 4. County, count; I. iii. 106. Court-cupboard, side-board for setting out plate; I. v. 8.

Courtship, courtliness; III. iii. 34. Cousin, a term used for any kinsman or kinswoman; I. v. 31. Cover, book-cover; used with a quibble on the law phrase for a married woman, who is styled a femme couverte feme covert) in law French (Mason); I. iii. 88. Cross, perverse; IV. iii. 5.

thwart, hinder; V. iii. 20. Crotchets, used with play upon both senses of the word (i.) whims, fancies, (ii.) notes in music; IV.

V. 120.

Crow, crow-bar; V. ii. 21.
Crow-keeper, scarecrow; I. iv 6.
Crush a cup (cp. modern phrase crack
a bottle); I. ii. 82.

Cunning, skill, art; II. ii. 101. Cures with, is cured by; I. ii. 49. Curfew-bell, the bell ordinarily used for the ringing of the curfew at night; IV. iv. 4.

Cynthia, the moon; III. v. 20.

Damnation; "ancient d.," old sinner; III. v. 235.

Dared, challenged; used with play upon the two senses of the word; II. iv. 12.

Dares, ventures; II. iv. 12. Date, time, duration; I. iv. 108. Date is out, time has long gone by, is out of fashion; I. iv. 3. Dateless, without date, without limit; V. iii. 115.

Dear, true ((Quarto 1), "meere"); III. iii. 28.

important; V. ii. 19. Death, to death; III. i. 136. Defence, defensive weapons; III. iii. 134.

Demesnes, landed estates (Folio 4,
"demeans "); III. v. 182.
Deny, refuse; I. v. 20.
Depart, go away, part; III. i. 54.
Defend, impend; III. i. 121.
Desperate, reckless; III. iv. 12.
Despite, defiance; V. iii. 48.
Determine of, decide; III. ii. 51.
Dew-dropping south, rainy south (it
was a common belief that all dis-
eases and noxious vapours came
from the south); I. iv. 103.
Digressing, deviating; III. iii. 127.
Discover, reveal; III. i. 144.
Discovered, betrayed; II. ii. 106.
Dislike, displease; II. ii. 61.
Disparagement, injury, harm; I. v.