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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, I. 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.
Abrook, v.t. to brook, abide. 2 H. VI. II. 4.
Absey-Book, sb. a primer. John, I. 1.

Absolute, adj. positive, certain. Cym. IV. 2;
Ham. v. 2. Complete. Temp. I. 2.
Abuse, v.t. to deceive. Lear, IV. 7.
Abuse, sb. deception. M. for M. v. 1.

Aby, v.t. to expiate a fault. M. N's Dr. III. 2.
Abysm, sb. abyss. Temp. 1. 2.

Accite, v.t. to cite, summon. 2 H. IV. v. 2.
Accuse, sb. accusation. 2 H. VI. III. 1.
Achieve, v. to obtain. H. V. IV. 3.

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.
Acture, sb. action. Lover's Com. 185.

Addition, sb. title, attribute. All's Well, II. 3;
T. & C. I. 2.

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.
Advice, sb. consideration, discretion. Two Gent.
II. 4; M. for M. v. 1.

Advise, v. sometimes neuter, sometimes reflective,
to consider, reflect. Tw. N. IV. 2.
Advised, p.p. considerate. Com. of E. v. 1.
Advocation, sb. pleading, advocacy. Oth. III. 4.
Afeard, adj. afraid. Merry Wives, III. 4.
Affect, v.t. to love. Merry Wives, II. 1.
Affeered, p.p. assessed, confirmed. Mac. IV. 3.
Afront, adv. in front. 1 H. IV. II. 4.

Affy, v.t. to affiance. 2 H. VI. IV. 1. To trust.
T. A. I. 1.

Agazed, p.p. looking in amazement. 1 H. VI. 1. 1.
Aglet-baby, sb. the small figure engraved on a
Jewel. Tam. of S. 1. 2.

Agnise, v.t. to acknowledge, confess. Oth. 1. 3.
A-good, adv. a good deal, plenteously. Two Gent.
IV. 4.

A-hold, adj. a sea-term. Temp. I. 1.

Aiery, sb. the nest of a bird of prey. R. III. I. 3.
Aim, sb. a guess. Two Gent. III. 1.

Alder-liefest, adj. most loved of all. 2 H. VI. I. 1.
Ale, sb. alehouse. Two Gent. II. 5.
Allow, v. to approve Tw. N. I. 2.
Allowance, sb. approval. Cor. III. 2.
Ames-ace, sb. two aces, the lowest throw of the
dice. All's Well, II. 3.

Amort, adj. dead, dejected. Tam. of S. IV. 3.
An, conj. if. Much Ado, I. 1.

Anchor, sb. an anchorite, hermit. Ham. III. 2.
Ancient, sb. an ensign-bearer. 1 H. IV. IV. 2.
Angel, sb. a coin, so called because it bore the
image of an angel. Merry Wives, I. 3.
Anight, adv. by night. As you Like it, II. 4,
Answer, sb. retaliation. Cyn. v. 3

Anthropophaginian, sb. a cannibal. Merry Wives, IV. 5.

Antick, $3. the fool in the old plays. R. II. III. 2.
Antre, sb. a cave. Oth. I. 3.

Apparent, sb. heir-apparent. Wint. Tale, I. 2.
Appeal, sb, accusation. M. for M. v. 1.
Appeal, v.t. to accuse. R. II. I. 1.

Appeared, p.p. made apparent. Cor. IV. 3.
Apple-John, sb. a kind of apple. 1 Hen. IV. II.

3.

Appointment, sb. preparation. M. for M. III. 1. Apprehension, sb. opinion. Much Ado, III. 4. Apprehensive, adj. apt to apprehend or under stand. 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. I. 2.

Argosy, sb. originally a vessel of Ragusa or Ragosa, a Ragosine; hence any ship of burden. M. of V. 1. 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.
Articulate, v.i. to enter into articles of agree
ment. Cor. I. 9. v.t. to exhibit in articles. 1 H.
IV. 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 gene-
rally 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. 1. 2. Attorney, b. 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.
M. for M. 1. 1.

Ave-Mary, sb. the angelic salutation addressed to
the B. Virgin Mary. 2. H. VI. I. 3.
Averring, pr. p. confirming. Cym. v. 5.
Awful, adj. worshipful. Two Gent. IV. 1.
Awkward, adj. contrary. 2 H. VI. III. 2.

Baccare, int. keep back. Tam. of S. II. 1. Backward, sb. the hinder part; hence, when applied to time, the past. Temp. I. 2.

Balke, p.p. heaped, as on a ridge. 1 H. IV. 1. 1. Ballow, sb. a cudgel. Lear, IV. 6.

Balm, sb. the oil of consecration. R. II. IV. 1; 3 H. VI. III. 1.

Ban, v.t. to curse. Lucr. 1460.

Bank, v.t. to sail by the banks. John, v. 2.
Barm, sb. yeast. M. N's Dr. II. 1.

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.
Basta, int. (Italian), enough. Tam. of S. I. 1.
Bastard, sb. raisin wine. M. for M. III. 2.
Bat-fowling, part, catching birds with a clap-net
by night. Temp. II. 1.

Bate, v.i. to flutter, as a hawk. 1 H. IV. IV. 1.
Bate, v.t. to except. Temp. II. 1. To abate. Much
Ado, II. 3.

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. 11. 1.

Beadsman, sb. one who bids bedes, that is, prays prayers for another. Two Gent. I. 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, sb. dwelling. Cym. 1. 6.

Being, conj. since, inasmuch as. A. & C. III. 6.
Be-mete, v.t. to measure. Tam. of S. IV. 3.
Be-moiled, p.p. daubed with dirt. Tam. of S.

IV. 1.

Bending, pr. p. stooping under a weight. H. V. v. Chorus.

Benvenuto, sb. (Italian), welcome. L's L's L. IV.

2.

Bergomask, adj. a rustic dance. M. N's Dr. v. 1.
Beshrew, int. evil befal. Com. of E. 11. 1.
Bestraught, p.p. distraught, distracted. Induct.
to Tam. of S.

Beteem, v.t. to pour out. M. N's Dr. 1. 1.
Betid, p.p. happened. Temp. I. 2.
Bezonian, sb. a beggarly fellow. 2 H. IV. v. 3.
Biding, sb. abiding-place. Lear, IV. 6.
Biggen, sb. a night-cap. 2 H. IV. IV. 5.

Bilberry, sb. the whortleberry. Merry Wives, v. 5. Bilbo, sb. a sword, from Bilboa, a town in Spain where they were made. Merry Wives. I. 1.

Bilboes, sb, fetters or stocks. Ham. v. 2.

Bill, sb. a bill-hook, a weapon. Much Ado, III. 3. Bin-been, are. Cym. II. 3.

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.
Blent, p.p. blended. M. of V. III. 2.
Blood-boltered, part. smeared with blood. Mac.

IV. 1.

Blow, v.t. to inflate. Tw. N. II. 5.
Board, v.t. to accost. Tam. of S. 1. 2.

Bob, sb. a blow, metaph. a sarcasm. As you Like it, II. 7.

Bob, v.t. to strike, metaph. to ridicule, or to ob-
tain by raillery. T. & Cr. III. 1; Oth. v. 1.
Bodge, v. to botch, bungle. 3 H. VI. 1. 4.
Bodikin, sb. a corrupt word used as an oath. 'Od's
Bodikin, God's little Body. Ham. II. 2.

Boitier vert (French), green box. Merry Wives,
I. 4.

Bold, v.t. to embolden. Lear, v. 1.
Bollen, adj. swollen. Lucr. 1417.
Bolter, sb. a sieve. 1 H. IV. III. 3.
Bolted, p.p. sifted, refined. H. V. II. 2.
Bolting-hutch, sb. a hutch in which meal was
sifted. 1 H. ÍV. II. 4.

Bombard, sb. a barrel, a drunkard. Temp. 11. 2.
Bombast, sb. padding. L's L's L. v. 2.
Bona-roba, sb. a harlot. 2 H. IV. III. 2.

Bond, sb. that to which one is bound. Lear, I. 1.
Book, sb. a paper of conditions. 1 H. IV. III. 1.
Boot, sb. help, use. Tam. of S. v. 2.

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.
Oth. 1. 3; Per. II. 1.

Brach, sb. a hound bitch. Induc. to Tam. of S.
Braid, adj. deceitful. All's Well, IV 2.
Brave, adj. handsome, well-dressed. Temp. 1. 2.
Brave, sb. boast. John, v: 2.

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, 1. 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.

III. 1.

Breese, sb. the gadfly. A. & C III. 8.

Bribe-buck, sb. a buck given 3way in presents. Merry Wives, v. 5.

Bring, v.t. to attend one on a urney. M. for M. 1. 1.

Brock, sb. a badger, a term of contempt. Tw. N. II. 5.

Broke, vi. to act as a procuff All's Well, III. 5.

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.
Brotherhood, sb. trading company. T. & Cr. I. 3.
Brownist, sb. a sectary, a follower of Brown, the
founder of the Independents. Tw. N. III. 2.
Bruit, sb. noise, report, rumor. 3 H. VI. IV. 7.
Bruit, v.t. to noise abroad. Mac. v. 7.

Brush, sb. rude assault. 2 H. VI. v. 3; Tim. IV. 3.
Buck, sb. suds or lye for washing clothes in.
Merry Wives, III. 3; 2 H. VI. IV. 2.
Buck-basket, sb. the basket in which clothes are
carried to the wash. Merry Wives, III. 5.
Bucking, sb. washing. Merry Wives, III. 3.
Buck-washing, sb. washing in lye. Merry Wives,

III. 3.

Bug, sb. a bugbear, a spectre. 3 H. VI. v. 2; Cym. v. 3.

Bully-rook, sb. a bragging cheater. Merry Wives,

I. 3.

Burgonet, sb. a kind of helmet. 2 H. VI. v. 1.
Burst, v.t. to break. Ind. to Tam. of S.
Busky, adj. bushy. 1 H. IV. v. 1.

Butt-shaft, sb. a light arrow for shooting at a butt. L's L's L. I. 2.

Buxom, adj. obedient. H. V. III. 3.

By'rlakin, int. by our little Lady: an oath, M. N's Dr. III. 1.

Caddis, sb. worsted galloon, so called because it
resembles the caddis-worm. Wint. Tale, IV. 3.
Cade, sb. a cask or barrel. 2 H. VI. IV. 2.
Cage, sb. a prison. Cym. III. 3.

Cain-colored, adj. red (applied to hair). Merry
Wives, I. 4.

Caitiff, sb. a captive, a slave; hence, a witch. All's Well, III. 2.

Calculate, v.t. prophesy. J. C. I. 3.

Caliver, sb. a hand-gun. 1 H. IV. IV. 2.
Callet, sh, a trull. Oth. IV. 2.

Calling, sb. appellation. As you Like it, 1. 2.
Calm, sb. qualm. 2 H. IV. 11. 4.

Can, v.t. to know, be skilful in. Ham. IV. 7.
Canary, sb. a wine brought from the Canary
Islands. Merry Wives, III. 2.

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. III. 1.
Cantle, sb, a slice, corner, 1 H. IV. III. 1.
Canton, sb. a canto. Tw. N. I. 5.

Canvas, v.t. to sift; hence, metaphorically, to prove. 2 H. IV. II. 4.

Capable, adj. subject to. John, III.1. Intelligent.
T. & Cr. III. 3. Capable of inheriting. Lear,
II. 1. Ample, capacious. Oth. III. 3.
Capitulate, v.i. make head. 1 H. IV. III. 2.
Capocchia, sb. a simpleton. T. & Cr. IV. 2.
Capricio, sb. (Italian), caprice. All's Well, II. 3.
Capricious, adj. lascivious. As you Like it, III. 3.
Captious, adj. capacious. All's Well, I. 3.
Carack, sb. a large ship of burden Com. of E.
III. 2.

Carbonado, sb. meat scotched for broiling. 1 H.
IV. v. 3.

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 vul gar. Ham. II. 2.

Causel, sb. deceit. Ham. 1. 3.

Cautelous, adj. insidious. Cor. IV. 1.
Cease, sb. decease. Ham. III. 3.

Cease, p.p. put off, made to cease. Tim. II. 1.
Censure, sb. judgment. 1 H. VI. II. 3.

Censure, v.t. to judge, criticise. Two Gent. 1. 2.
Century, sb. a hundred of anything, whether
men, prayers, or anything else. Cor. 1.7;
Cym. IV. 2.

Ceremony, sb. a ceremonial vestment, religious rite, or anything ceremonial. J. C. i. 1; Mac.

III. 4.

Certes, adv. certainly. Oth. I. 1.

Cess, sb. rate, reckoning. 1 H. IV. II. 1.
Chace, sb. a term at tennis. H. V. I. 2.
Chamber, sb. a species of great gun. 2 H. IV.
II. 4.

Chamberer, sb. an effeminate man. Oth. III. 3.
Chanson, sb. a song. Ham. II. 2.

Charact, sb. affected quality. M. for M. v. 1.
Character, sb. a letter, handwriting. Lear, 1. 2.
Character, v.t. to carve or engrave. Two Gent
II. 7; Ham. 1. 3.

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, 1. 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. 1. 1.
Cherry-pit, sb. a game played with cherry-stones.
Tw. N. III. 4.

Cheveril, sb. kid leather. R. & J. II. 4.
Chewit, sb. cough. 1 H. IV. v. 1.

Childing, adj. pregnant. M. N's Dr. II. 2.
Ch'ill, vulgar for I will.' Lear, IV. 6.
Chirurgeonly, adv. in a manner becoming a sur-
geon. Temp. II. 1.

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, I, 1; John, II. 1,

Cital, sb. recital. 1 H. IV. v. 2.
Cite, v. to incite. Two Gent. II. 4; 3 H. VI. II. 1.
Cittern, sb. a guitar. L's L's L. v. 2.
Clack-dish, sb. a beggar's dish. M. for M. III. 2.
Clap i' the clout, to shoot an arrow into the bull's
eye of the target. 2 H. IV. III. 2..
Claw, v.t. to flatter. Much Ado, I. 3.
Clepe, v.t. to call. Ham. I. 4.

Cliff, sb. clef, the key in music. T. & Cr. v. 2.
Cling, v.t. to starve. Mac. v. 5.

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.
L's L's L. IV. 1.

Coast, v.i. to advance. V. & A. 870.
Cobloaf, sb. a big loaf. T. & Cr. II. 1.
Cock, sb. a cock boat. Lear, IV. 6.

Cock-and-pie, an oath. Merry Wives, I. 1.

Cock, sb. a euphemism for God. Tam. of S. IV. 1. Cockle, sb. tares or darnel. L's L's L. IV. 3. Cockney, sb. a cook. Lear, II. 4.

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.
Cognizance, sb. badge, token. 1 H. VI. II. 4.
Coign, sb. projecting corner stone. Mac. 1. 6.
Coil, sb. tumult, turmoil. Temp. 1. 2.
Collection, sb. drawing a conclusion. Ham. IV. 5.
Collied, p.p. blackened. Oth. 11. 3; M. N's Dr.

I. 1.

Color, sb. pretence. L's L's L. IV. 2.
Colorable, adj. specious. Ibid.

Colt, v.t. to defraud, befool. 1 H. IV. II. 2.
Co-mart, sb. a joint bargain. Ham. I. 1.
Combinate, p.p. betrothed. M. for M. III, 1.
Combine, v.t. to bind. M. for M. Iv. 3.
Commodity, sb. interest, profit. M. of V. III. 3.
Commonty, sb. used ludicrously for comedy. In-
duction to Tam, of S.

Compact, p.p. compacted, composed. M. N's Dr.

[blocks in formation]

I. 3.

Competitor, sb. one who seeks the same thing,
an associate in any object. Two Gent. II. 6.
Complement, sb. accomplishment. L's L's L. I. 1.
Complexion, sb. passion. Ham. 1. 4.
Compose, v.i. to agree. A. & C. II. 2.
Compostion, sb. composition. Tim. IV. 3.
Comptible, adj. tractable. Tw. N. 1. 5.

Con, v.t. to learn by heart. M. N's Dr. I. 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;
Lear, I. 1.

Condolement, sb. grief. Ham. I. 2.
Conduct, sb. escort. John, I. 1.

Confect, v. to make up into sweetmeats. Much
Ado IV. 1.

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.
Consort. 1.1 to accompany. L's L's L. II. 1.
Constancy, sb. consistency. M. N's Dr. v. 1.
Constant, adj. settled, determined. Temp. II. 2;
Lear, Y. 1.

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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.
Convent, v.t. To convene, summon.

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.
Convey, v.t. to manage. Lear, I. 2. To filch.
Merry Wives, I. 3.

Conveyance, sb. theft, fraud. 1 H. VI. 1. 3.
Convict, p.p. convicted. R. III. I. 4.

Convicted, p.p. overpowered, vanquished. John,
III. 4. A doubtful word.

Convince, v.t. to conquer, subdue. Cym. 1. 5.
Convive, v.i. to feast together. T. & Cr. IV. 5.
Convoy, sb. escort. All's Well, Iv. 3.
Cony-catch, v.i. to cheat. Tam. of S. v. 1.
Conv-catching, pr. p. poaching, pilfering. Merry
Wives, I. 1.

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.
IV. 1.

Copped, p.p. rising to a cop or head. Per. I. 1.
Copy, sb. theme. Com. of E. v. 1.

Coragio (Italian), int. courage! Temp. v. 1.
Coram, an ignorant mistake for Quorum. Merry
Wives, I. 1.

Coranto, sb. a lively dance. H. V. III. 5.
Corinth, sb. a cant term for a brothel. Tim. II. 2.
Corinthian, sb. a wencher. 1 H. IV. II. 4.
Corky, adj. dry like cork. Lear, III. 7.
Cornuto (Italian), sb. a cuckold. Merry Wives,

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.
R. & J. IV. 4.

Cote, sb. a cottage. As you Like it, III. 2.
Cote, v.t. to quote, instance. L's L's L. IV. 3.
Cote, v t. to come alongside, overtake Ham. II.

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, III. 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. 111. 2. A piece of base coin, H. IV. I..

Counterpoint, sb. a counterpane. Tam, of 8. II. 1.
County, sb. count, earl. R. & J. I. 3.
Cowish, adj. cowardly. Lear, IV. 2.

Cowl-staff, sb. the staff on which a vessel is supported between two men. Merry Wives, III. 3. Cox my passion, an oath, a euphemism for "God's Passion." All's Well, v. 2.

Coy, v.t. to stroke, fondle. M. N's Dr. IV. 1. v.i. to condescend with difficulty. Cor. v. 1. Coystril, sb. a kestrel, a cowardly kind of hawk. Tw. N. I. 3.

Cozen, v.t. to cheat. M. of V. II. 9.

Cozenage, sb. cheating. Merry Wives, IV. 5.
Cozener, sb. a cheater. 1 H. IV. I. 3.
Cozier, sb. a tailor. Tw. N. II. 3.
Crack, v.i. to boast. L's L's L. IV. 3.

Crack, sb. a loud noise, clap. Mac. IV. 1. A for-
ward boy. 2 H. IV. II. 2.
Cracker, sb. boaster. John, II. 1.

Crack-hemp, sb. a gallows-bird. Tam. of S. v. 1.
Crank, sb. a winding passage. Cor. I. 1.
Cranking, pr. p. winding, H. IV. III. 1.
Crants, so. garlands. H m. y. 1. A doubtful
word.

Crare, sb. a ship of burden, Cym. IV. 2.
Craven, sb. a dunghill cock. Tam. of S. II. 1.
Create, p.p. formed, compounded. H. V. II. 2.
Credent, adj creditable. M. for M. IV. 4. Cred-
ible. Wint. Tale, 1. 2. Credulous, Ham. I. 3.
Credit, sb. report. Tw. N. IV. 3.
Crescive, adj. increasing. H. V. I. 1.

Crestless, adj.not entitled to bear arms, low-born. 1 H. VI. II. 4.

Crisp. adj. curled, winding. Temp. IV. 1. Cross, sb. a piece of money, so called because coinwas formerly stamped with a cross. As you Like it, II. 4.

Crow-keeper, sb. one who scares crows. Lear, IV. 6.

Crowner, sh, a coroner. Ham. v. 1.

Crownet, sb. a coronot. A. & C v. 2.

Cry, sb. the yelping of hounds. M. N's Dr. Iv. 1. A pack of hounds. Ibid. Iv. 1. A company, used contemptuously. Ham. III. 2.

Cry aim, v.t. to encourage. John, II. 1. Cue, sb. the last words of an actor's speech, which is the signal for the next actor to begin. Lear,

I. 2.

Cuisses, sb. pieces of armor to cover the thighs. 1 H. IV. IV. 1.

Cullion, sb. a base fellow. Tam. of S. IV. 2.
Cunning, sb. skill. Induction to Tam. of S.
Cunning, adj. skilful. Ibid.

Curb, v.i. to bend, truckle. Ham. III. 4.
Currents, sb. occurrences. 1 H. IV. II. 3.
Curst, adj. petulant, shrewish. Tam. of S. 1. 2.
Curstness, sb. shrewishness. A. & C. II. 2.
Curtail, sb. a cur. Com. of E. III. 2.
Curtal, sb. a docked horse. All's Well, II. 3.
Curtal-axe, sb. a cutlass. As you Like it, I. 3.
Custalorum, a ludicrous mistake for Custos Ro-
tulorum. Merry Wives, 1. 1.

Custard-coffin, sb. the crust of a custard-pudding.
Tam. of S. IV. 3.

Customer, sb, a common woman. Oth. IV. 1.
Cut, sb. a cheat. Tw. N. II. 3.

to draw lots. Com. of E. v. 1.

To draw cuts' is

Cypress, sb. a kind of crape. Tw. N. III. 1.

Daff, v.t. to befool. Much Ado, IV. 1. To put off; this seems to be a corruption of 'doff.' Ibid. 11. 3.

Damn, v.t. to condemn. J. C. IV. 1.

Danger, sb. reach, control, power. M. of V. IV. 1. Dansker, sb. a Dane. Ham. II. 1.

Dare, v.t, to challenge. 2 H. VI. III. 2.

Darkling, adv. in the dark. M. N's Dr. II. 2.
Darraign, v.t. to set in array. 3 Hen. VI. II. 2.
Daub, v.t. to disguise. Lear, ¡V. 1.
Daubery, sb. imposition. Merry Wives, Iv. 2.
Day-woman, sb. a dairy-maid. L's L's L. 1. 2.
Dear, adj. dire. Tim. v. 1. That which has to de
with the affections. R. II. 1. 1; R. & J. III. 3.
Piteous. T. A. III. 1. Important. Lear, IV. 3.
Dearn, adj. lonely. Per. III. (Gower).

Deboshed, p.p. debauched, drunken. Temp III.2.
Deck, v.t. to bedew. This is probabl a form of
the verb 'to dag,' now a provincial word.
Temp. 1. 2.

Deck, sb. a pack of cards. 3 Hen. VI. v. 1.
Decline, v.t. to enumerate, as in going through
the cases of a noun. T. & Cr. II. 3.
Declined, p.p. fallen. T. & Cr. III. 3.
Deem, sb. doom, judgment. T. & Cr. IV. 4.
Defeat, v.t. to undo, destroy. Oth. 1. 3; IV. 2.
Defeat, sb. destruction. Much Ado, Iv. 1.
Defeature, sb. disfigurement. Com. of E. II. 1.
Defence, sb. art of fencing. Tw. N. III. 4.
Defend, v.t. to forbid. Much Ado. II. 1.
Defensible, adj. having the power to defend.
2 Hen. IV. II. 3.

Deftly, adv. dexterously. Mac. Iv. 1.
Defy, v.t. renounce. 1 H. IV. 1. 3.
Degrees, sb. a step. J. C. II. 1.

Delay, v.t. to let slip by delaying. Cor. 1. 6.
Demerit, sb. merit, desert. Oth. I. 2.

Demurely, adv. solemnly. A. & C. IV. 9.
Denay, sb. denial. Tw. N. II. 4.

Denier, sb. the 12th part of a French sol. R. IIL
I. 2.

Denotement, sb. marking. Oth. II. 3. Note or manifestation. Ibid. III. 3.

Deny, v.t. to refuse. Tim. III. 2,
Depart, sb. departure. 2 H. VI. 1. 1.
Depart, v.t. to part. L's L's L. II. 1.

Departing, sb. parting, separation. 3 H. VI. II. 6.
Depend, v.i. to be in service. Lear, 1. 4.
Derived, p.p. born, descended. Two Gent. v. 4.
Derogate, p.p. degraded, Loar 1. 4.

Descent, sb. a variation upon a melody, hence, metaphorically, a comment on a given theme. Tw.. Gent. I. 2.

Design, v.t. to draw up articles. Ham. I. 1. Despatch, v.t. to deprive, bereave. Ham. 1. 5. Desperate, adj. determined, bold. R. & J. III. 4. Detect, v.t. to charge, blame. M. for M. III. 2. Determine, v.t. to conclude. Cor. III. 3.

Dich, v.i. optative mood, perhaps contracted for 'do it.' Tim. I. 2.

Diet, sb. food regulated by the rules of medicine. Two Gent. II. 1.

Diet, v.t. to have one's food regulated by the rules of medicine. All's Well, IV. 3.

Diffused, p.p. confused. Merry Wives, IV. 4. Digressing, pr. p. transgressing, going out of the right way. R. II. v. 3.

Digression, sb. transgression. L's L's L. I. 2.
Dig-you-good-den, int. give you good evening.
L's L's L. IV. 1.

Dildo, sb. the chorus or burden of a song. Wint.
Tale, IV. 3.

Dint, sb. stroke, J. C. III. 2.

Direction, sb. judgment, skill. R. III. v. 3. Disable, v.t. to disparage. As you Like it, IV. 1. Disappointed, p.p. unprepared. Ham. 1. 5. Discase, v.r. to undress. Wint. Tale, IV. 3. Discontent, sb. a malcontent. A. & C. I. 4. Discourse, sb. power of reasoning. Ham. IV. 4. Disdained, p.p. disdainful, 1 H. IV. 1. 3.

Dislimn, v.t. to disfigure, transform. A. & C. 17, 12.

Disme, sv. a tenth or tithe. T. & Cr. 11. 2.

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