GLOSSARY TO SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS. ABATE, v.t. to shorten. M. N's Dr. III. 2. To cast down. Cor. III. 3. To blunt. R. III. v. 4. Abatement, sb. diminution. Lear, 1. 4. Abide, v.i. to sojourn. Wint. Tale, 1v. 3. v.t. to expiate (a corruption of 'Aby '). J. C. III. 1; Ibid. III. 2. Able, v.t. to uphold. Lear, IV. 6. Abridgement, sb. a short play. Ham. II. 2. Absolute, adj. positive, certain. Cym. Iv. 2; Aby, v.t. to expiate a fault. M. N's Dr. III. 2. Accite, v.t. to cite, summon. 2 H. IV. v. 2. Acknown, p.p. to be acknown' is to acknowledge. Oth. III. 3. Acquittance, sb. a receipt or discharge. Ham. IV. 2. Action-taking, adj. litigious. Lear, II. 2. Addition, sb. title, attribute. All's Well, II. 3; Address, v.r. to prepare oneself. 2. H. VI. v. 2 ; Ham. 1. 2. Addressed, part. prepared, L's L's L. II. 1. Advance, v.t. to prefer, promote to honor. Tim. I. 2. Advertisement, sb. admonition. Much Ado, &c. v. 1. Advertising, pr. p. attentive. M. for M. v. 1. Advise, v. sometimes neuter, sometimes reflective, Affy, v.t. to affiance. 2 H. VI. IV. 1. To trust. Agazed, p.p. looking in amazement. 1 H. VI. I. 1. Aglet-baby, sb. the small figure engraved on a jewel. Tam. of S. 1. 2. Agnise, v.t. to acknowledge, confess. Oth. I. 3. A-hold, adj. a sea-term. Temp. I. 1. Aiery, sb. the nest of a bird of prey. R. III. 1. 3. Amort, adj. dead, dejected. Tam. of S. IV. 3. Anchor, sb. an anchorite, hermit. Ham. III. 2. Anthropophaginian, sb. a cannibal. Merry Wives, IV. 5. Antick, $3. the fool in the old plays. R. II. III. 2. Apparent, sb. heir-apparent. Wint. Tale, I. 2. Appeared, p.p. made apparent. Cor. IV. 3. 3. Appointment, sb. preparation. M. for M. III. 1. Apprehension, sb. opinion. Much Ado, III. 4. Apprehensive, adj. apt to apprehend or understand. J. C. III. 1. Approbation, sb. probation. Cym. 1. 5. Approof, sb. approbation, proof. All's Well, 1. 2; Temp. II. 5. Approve, v.t. to prove. R. II. I. 3. To justify, make good. Lear, II. 4. Approver, sb. one who proves or tries. Cym. II. 4. Arch, sb. chief. Lear, II. 1. Argal, a ridiculous word intended for the Latin ergo. Ham. V. I. Argentine, adj. silver. Per. v. 2. Argier, sb. Algiers. Temp. 1. 2. Argosy, sb. originally a vessel of Ragusa or Ragosa, a Ragosine; hence any ship of burden. M. of V. I. 1. Argument, sb. subject. Much Ado, II. 3. Armigero, a mistake for Armiger, the Latin for Esquire. Merry Wives, I. 1. Aroint, v.r. found only in the imperat. mood, get thee gone. Mac. I. 3; Lear, III. 4. A-row, adv. in a row. Com. of E. v. 1. Ask, v.t. to require. 2 H. VI. 1. 2. Aspect, sb. regard, looks. A. & C. I. 5. Aspersion, sb.sprinkling; hence blessing, because before the Reformation benediction was generally accompanied by the sprinkling of holy water. Temp. III. 3. Assay, sb. attempt. M. for M. III. 1. Assay, v.t. to attempt, test, make proof of. Merry Wives, II. 1. Assinego, sb, an ass. T. & Cr. II. 1. Assubjugate, v.t. to subjugate. T. & Cr. II. 3. Assurance, sb. deed of assurance. Tam. of S. IV. 2. Assured, p.p. betrothed. Com. of E. III. 2. Atomy, sb. an atom. As you Like it, III. 2. Used in contempt of a small person. 2 H. IV. v. 4. Atone, v.t. to put people at one, to reconcile. R. II. 1. 1. v.i. to agree. Cor. IV. 6. Attach, v.t. to seize, lay hold on. Temp. III. 3; Com. of E. IV. 1. Attasked, p.p. taken to task, reprehended. Lear, I. 4. Attend, v.t. to listen to. Temp. 1. 2; M. of V v. 1. Attent, adj. attentive. Ham. I. 2. Attorney, sb. an agent. R. III. IV. 4. Attorney, v.t. to employ as an agent. M. for M. v. 1. To perform by an agent. Wint. Tale, I. 1. Audacicus, adj. spirited, daring, but without any note of blame attached to it. L's L's L. v. 1. Augur, sb. augury. Mac. III. 4. Authentic, adj, clothed with authority. Merry Wives, II, 2. Avaunt, int. be gone, a word of abhorrence. Com. of E. IV. 3. Ave, ini. the Latin for hail; hence acclamation. Ave-Mary, sb. the angelic salutation addressed to Baccare, int. keep back. Tam. of S. II. 1. Balm, sb. the oil of consecration. R. II. IV. 1; 3 Ban, v.t. to curse. Lucr. 1460. Bank, v.t. to sail by the banks. John, v. 2. Barn, sb. a child. 1 H. IV. II. 3. Barnacle, sb. a shell-fish, supposed to produce the sea-bird of the same name. Temp. IV. 1. Base, sb. a game, sometimes called Prisoners' base. Cym. v. 3. Bases, sb. an embroidered mantle worn by knights on horseback, and reaching from the middle to below the knees. Per. II. 1. Basilisk, sb. a kind of ordnance. 1 H. IV. IV. 3. Bate, v.i. to flutter, as a hawk. 1 H. IV. IV. 1. Batlet, sb. a small bat, used for beating clothes. As you Like it, II. 4. Battle, sb. army. 1 H. IV. IV. 1. Bavin, sb. used as an adj. a piece of waste wood, applied contemptuously to anything worthless. 1 H. IV. III. 2. Bawcock, sb. a fine fellow. Tw. N. III. 4. Bay, sb. the space between the main timbers of the roof. M. for M. II. 1. Beadsman, sb. one who bids bedes, that is, prays prayers for another. Two Gent. 1. 1. Bearing-cloth, sb. a rich cloth in which children were wrapt at their christening. Wint. Tale, III. 3. Beat, v.i. to flutter as a falcon, to meditate, consider earnestly. Temp. 1. 2. Beaver, sb. the lower part of a helmet. 1 H. IV. IV. 1. Beetle, sb. a mallet, 2 H. IV. 1. 2. Being, conj. since, inasmuch as. A. & C. III. 6. Bending, pr. p. stooping under a weight. H. V. v. Benvenuto, sb. (Italian), welcome. L's L's L. IV. 2. Bergomask, adj. a rustic dance. M. N's Dr. v. 1. Beteem, v.t. to pour out. M. N's Dr. I. 1. Bilberry, sb. the whortleberry. Merry Wives, v. 5. Bilbo, sb. a sword, from Bilboa, a town in Spain where they were made. Merry Wives. J. 1.* Bilboes, sb. fetters or stocks. Ham. v. 2. Bird-bolt, sb. a bolt to be shot from a crossbow at birds. Much Ado, I. 1. Birding, part. hawking at partridges. Merry Wives, III. 3. Bisson, adj. blind. Cor. II. 1. Blank, sb. the white mark in the middle of a target; hence, metaphorically, that which is aimed at. Wint. Tale, II. 3. Blench, v.i. to start aside, flinch. M, for M. IV. 5. IV. 1. Blow, v.t. to inflate. Tw. N. II. 5. Bob, sb. a blow, metaph. a sarcasm. As you Like it, II. 7. Bob, v.t. to strike, metaph. to ridicule, or to ob- Boitier vert (French), green box. Merry Wives, Bold, v.t. to embolden. Lear, v. 1. Bombard, sb. a barrel, a drunkard. Temp. 11. 2. Bond, sb. that to which one is bound. Lear, I. 1. Boot, v.t. to help, to avail. Two Gent. I. 1. Bootless, adj. without boot or advantage, useless. Temp. 1. 2. Boots, sb. bots, a kind of worm. Two Gent. I. 1. Bore, sb. calibre of a gun; hence, metaph. size, weight, importance. Ham. IV. 6. Bosky, adj. covered with underwood. Temp. III. 3. Bosom, sb. wish, heart's desire. M. for M. IV. 3. Bots, sb. worms which infest horses. 1 H. IV. II. 1. Bourn, sb. a boundary. Wint. Tale, 1. 2. A brook. Lear, III. 6. Brace, sb. armor for the arm, state of defence. Brach, sb. a hound bitch. Induc. to Tam, of S. Bravery, sb. finery. Tam. of S. IV. 3. Boastfulness. Ham. v. 2. Brawl, sb. a kind of dance. L's L's L. III. 1. Breed-bate, sb. a breeder of debate, a fomenter of quarrels. Merry Wives, I. 4. Breast, sb. voice. Tw. N. 11. 3. Breathe, v.t. to exercise. All's Well, г. 3. Breathing, pr. p. exercising. Ham. v. 2. Breeching, adj. liable to be whipt. Tam. of S. Broken, p.p. having lost some teeth by age. All's Well, II. 3. Broken music, the music of stringed instruments. T. & Cr. III. 1. Broker, sb. an agent. Two Gent. I. 2. Caddis, sb. worsted galloon, so called because it Cain-colored, adj. red (applied to hair). Merry Caitiff, sb. a captive, a slave; hence, a witch. All's Well, III. 2. Calculate, v.t. prophesy. J. C. 1. 3. Caliver, sb. a hand-gun. 1 H. IV. IV. 2. Calling, sb. appellation. As you Like it, 1. 2. Can, v.t. to know, be skilful in. Ham. IV. 7. Candle-wasters, sb. persons who sit up all night to drink. Much Ado, v. I. Canakin, sb. a little can. Oth. II. 3. Canker, sb. a caterpillar. Two Gent. I. 1. The dog-rose. Much Ado, 1. 3. Canstick, sb. a candlestick. Hen. IV. II. 1. Cantle, sb. a slice, corner, 1 H. IV. III. 1. Canvas, v.t. to sift; hence, metaphorically, to prove. 2 H. IV. II. 4. Capable, adj. subject to. John, III.1. Intelligent. Carbonado, sb. meat scotched for broiling. 1 H. Carbonado, v.t. to scotch for broiling. Lear, II. 2. Card, sb. the paper on which the points of the compass are marked under the mariner's needle. Ham. v.1. Careire, sb. the curvetting of a horse. Merry Wives, I. 1. Carkanot, 4, a necklace, Com, of E. III. 1. Carl, sb. a churl. Cym. v. 2. Carlot, sb, a churl. As you Like it, III. 5. Castilian, sb, a native of Castile; used as a cant term. Merry Wives, II.3. Castiliano vulgo, a cant term, meaning, apparently, to use discreet language. Tw. N. 1. 3. Cataian, adj. a native of Cathay, a cant word. Tw. N. II. 3. Catling, sb. cat-gut. T. & Cr. III. 3. Cavalero, sb. a cavalier, gentleman. 2 H. IV. v. 3. Caviare, sb. the roe of sturgeon pickled; metaph. a delicacy not appreciated by the vulgar. Ham. II. 2. Cautel, sb. deceit. Ham. I. 3. Cautelous, adj. insidious. Cor. IV. 1. Cease, p.p. put off, made to cease. Tim. II. 1. Ceremony, sb. a ceremonial vestment, religious rite, or anything ceremonial. J. C. I. 1; Mac. III. 4. Certes, adv. certainly. Oth. 1. 1. Cess, sb. rate, reckoning. 1 H. IV. II. 1. Chamberer, sb. an effeminate man. Oth. III. 3. Charact, sb. affected quality. M. for M. v. 1. Charactery, sb. handwriting. Merry Wives, V. 5. That which is written. J. C. II. 1. Chare, sb. a turn of work. A. & C. IV. 13. Charge-house, sb. a free-school. L's L's L. v. 1. Charles' wain, sb. the constellation called also Ursa Major, or the Great Bear. 1 H. IV. II. 1. Charneco, sb. a species of sweet wine. 2 H. VI. II. 3. Chaudron, sb. entraiis. Mac. IV. 1. Cheater, sb. for escheator, an officer who collected the fines to be paid into the Exchequer. Merry Wives, I. 3. A decoy. 2 H. IV. II. 3. Check, v.i. a technical term in falconry; when a falcon flies at a bird which is not her proper game she is said to check at it. Tw. N. 11. 5. Checks, sb. perhaps intended for ethics. Tam. of S. I. 1. Cheer, sb. fortune, countenance. Temp. I. 1. Cheveril, sb. kid leather. R. & J. II. 4. Childing, adj. pregnant. M. N's Dr. II. 2. Chopin, sb. a high shoe or clog. Ham. II. 2. Christom, adj. clothed with a chrisom, the white garment which used to be put on newly-baptized children. H. V. II. 3. Christendom, sb. the state of being a Christian. John, IV. 1. Name. All's Well, I. 1. Chuck, sb. chicken, a term of endearment. Mac. III. 2. Chuff, sb. a coarse blunt clown. 1 H. IV. II. 2. Cinque pace, sb. a kind of dance. Much Ado, II. 1. Cipher, v.t. to decipher. Lucr. 811. Circumstance, sb. an argument. Two Gent. 1. 1; John, II. 1, Cital, sb. recital. 1 H. IV. v. 2. Cliff, sb. clef, the key in music. T. & Cr. v. 2. Clinquant, adj. glittering. H. VIII. I. 1. Clip, v.t. to embrace, enclose. 2 H. VI. IV. 1; Cor. 1. 6; Oth. III. 3. Clout, sb. the mark in the middle of a target. Coast, v.i. to advance. V. & A. 870. Cock-and-pie, an oath. Merry Wives, I. 1. Cock-shut-time, sb. the twilight, when cocks and hens go to roost. R. III. v. 3. Cog, v.i. to cheat, dissemble. Merry Wives, III. 3. Color, sb. pretence. L's L's L. IV. 2. Colt, v.t. to defraud, befool. 1 H. IV. II. 2. Compact, p.p. compacted, composed. M. N's Dr. v. 1. Comparative, adj. drawing comparisons. 1 H. Comparative, sb. rival. 1 H. IV. III. 2. I. 3. Competitor, sb. one who seeks the same thing, Con, v.t. to learn by heart. M. N's Dr. 1. 2. To acknowledge. All's Well, IV. 3. Conceit, sb. conception, opinion, fancy. Two Gent. III. 2. Concupy, sb. concubine. T. & Cr. v. 2. Condition, sb. temper, quality. M. of V. 1. 2; Condolement, sb. grief. Ham. 1. 2. Confect, v. to make up into sweetmeats. Much Confound, v.t. to consume, destroy. 1 H. IV. 1. 3; Cor. 1. 6; Cym. 1. 5. Conject, sb. conjecture. Oth. III. 3. Consign, v. to sign a common bond, to confederate. 2 H. IV. IV. 1. Consort, sb. company. Two Gent. IV. 1. Constantly, adv. firmly. M. for M. IV. 1. Continent, sb. that which contains anything. Lear, III. 2; M. N's Dr. II. 2. That which is contained. 2 Hen. IV. II. 4. Continuate, adj. uninterrupted. Tim. 1. 1. Contraction, sb. the marriage contract. Ham. III. 4. Contrary, v.t. to oppose. R. & J. I. 5. Contrive, v.i. to conspire. J. C. II. 3. v.t. to wear away. Tam. of S. 1. 2. Control, v.t. to confute. Temp. 1. 2. H. VIII. v. 1. v.i. to be convenient. Tw. N. v. 1. Convert, v.i. to change. Tim. IV. 1. Convertite, sb. a convert. As you Like it, v. 4. Conveyance, sb. theft, fraud. 1 H. VI. I. 3. Convicted, p.p. overpowered, vanquished. John, Convince, v.t. to conquer, subdue. Cym. I. 5. Cooling card, sb. used metaphorically for an insurmountable obstacle. 1 H. VI. v. 3. Copatain hat, a high-crowned hat. Tam. of S. v. 1. Cope, v.t. to reward, to give in return. M. of V. Copped, p.p. rising to a cop or head. Per. I. 1. Coragio (Italian), int. courage! Temp. v. 1. Coranto, sb. a lively dance. H. V. III. 5. Corinth, sb. a cant term for a brothel. Tim. II. 2. III. 5. Corollary, sb. a surplus. Temp. IV. 1. Corporal, adj. corporeal, bodily. M. for M. III. 1. Corporal of the field, an aide-de-camp. L's L's L. III. 1. Corrival, sb. rival. 1 H. IV. I. 3. Costard, sb. the head. R. III. I. 4. Coster-monger, adj. peddling, mercenary. 2 H. IV. I. 2. Cot-quean, sb. an effeminate man, molly-coddle. Cote, sb. a cottage. As you Like it, III. 2. 2. Couchings, sb. crouchings. J. C. III. 1. Countervail, v.t. to counterpoise, outweigh. R. & J. II. 6. Country, adj. belonging to one's country. Oth. III. 3; Cym. I. 5. Couplement, sb. union. L's L's L. v. 2; Son. 19. Court holy-water, sb. flattery. Lear, 111. 2. Covent, sb. a convent. M. for M. Iv. 3. Cover, v.t. to lay the table for dinner. M. of V. III 5; As you Like it, 11. 5. Count confect, sb. a nobleman composed of affectation. Much Ado, Iv. 1. Countenance, sb. fair shew. M. for M. v. 1. Counterfeit, sb. portrait. M. of V. 11. 2. A piece of base coin, 1H, IV, U. de |