Counterpoint, sb. a counterpane. Tam. of 8. II. 1. 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. Crack, sb. a loud noise, clap. Mac. IV. 1. A forward boy. 2 H. IV. III. 2. Cracker, sb. boaster. John, II. 1. Crack-hemp, sb. a gallows-bird. Tam. of S. v. 1. Crare, sb. a ship of burden. Cym. IV. 2. 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 coin was formerly stamped with a cross. As you Like it, II. 4. Crow-keeper, sb. one who scares crows. Lear, IV. 6. Crowner, sb. a coroner. Ham. v. 1. Crownet, sb. a coronet. 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. Curb, v.i. to bend, truckle. Ham. III. 4. Curtal, sb. a docked horse. All's Well, II. 3. Custard-coffin, sb. the crust of a custard-pudding. Customer, sb, a common woman. Oth. IV. 1. To draw cuts' is to draw lots. Com. of E. v. 1. 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. II. 3. Damn, v.t. to condemn. J. C. IV. 1. Danger, sb. reach, control, power. M. of V. IV. 1. Darkling, adv. in the dark. M. N's Dr. II. 2. Deboshed, p.p. debauched, drunken. Temp III.2. Deck, sb. a pack of cards. 3 Hen. VI. v. 1. Deftly, adv. dexterously. Mac. Iv. 1. Delay, v.t. to let slip by delaying. Cor. 1. 6. Demurely, adv. solemnly. A. & C. IV. 9. 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. 111. 2. 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. I. 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. Dildo, sb. the chorus or burden of a song. Wint. 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. 1. 4. Discourse, sb. power of reasoning. Ham. IV. 4. Disdained, p.p. disdainful, 1 H. ÍV. 1. 3. Dislimn, v.t. to disfigure, transform. A. & C. 17, 12, Disme, so. a tenth or tithe. T. & Cr. II. 2. Dispute, v.t. to argue, examine. Oth. I. 2. Dissembly, sb. used ridiculously for assembly. Much Adɔ, IV. 2. Distaste, v.t. to corrupt. T. & Cr. II. 2. Distempered, adj. discontented. John, IV. 3. Distraction, sb. a detached troop or company of soldiers. A. & C. III. 7. Distraught, p.p. distracted, mad. R. III. III. 5. Diverted, p.p. turned from the natural course. As you Like it, II. 3. Division, sb. a phrase or passage in a melody. Divulged, p.p. published, spoken of. Tw. N. 1. 5. V. 1. Don, v.t. to do on, put on. T. A. 1. 2; Ham. IV. 5. Dotant, sb. one who dotes, a dotard. Cor. v. 2. III. 3. Dowle, sb. the swirl of a feather. Temp. III. 3. Down-gyved, adj. hanging down like gyves or fetters. Ham. II. 1. Drab, sb. a harlot. Wint. Tale, IV. 2. Drawn, p.p, having his sword drawn. Temp. II. 1. Dribbling, adj. weak. M. for M. 1. 4. Drive, v.i. to rush impetuously. T. A. II. 3. Drumble, v.i. to dawdle. Merry Wives, III. 3. Duc-dame; perhaps the Latin duc-ad-me, bring Eager, adj. sour. Ham. I. 5. Harsh., 3 H. VI. Eanling, sb. a yeanling, a lamb. M. of V. 1. 3. Eche, v.t. to eke out. Per. III. (Gower). Eft, adj. ready, convenient. Much Ado, IV. 2. Embossed, adj. swollen into protuberances. As you Like it, II. 7. Covered with foam. A. & C. IV. 11. Embowelled, p.p. disembowelled, emptied. All's Embrasure, sb. embrace. T. & Cr. IV. 4. Emulation, sb. jealousy, mutiny. T. & Cr. II. 2. Encave. v.r. to place onesest in a cave. Oth. IV.1. End, sb. 'Still an end,' continually for ever. Two Gent. IV. 4. Enfe ff, v.t. place in possession in fee simple. 1 H. IV. II 2. Engine, s.. machine of war. T. & Cr. II. 3. Englut, v.t to swal w speedily. Tim. II. 2. Engross, v.. to mak gross or fat. R. III. m. 7. Engr ssment sb. immoderate acquisition. 2 H. IV. IV 4, Enkindle, v.t. to make keen. Mac. 1. 3. Enm w, v.t. o shut up, as a hawk is shut up aev, M. for M 1. 1. in Ensconce, v.t. to cov r as with a fort. Merry Enseamed,p.p. fat, rank. Ham. III. 4. Entertain, v.t. encounter. H. V. I. 2. Expe rience. A. & C. II. 7. Entertainment, sb. treatment. Temp. I. 2. A disposition to entertain a proposal. Merry Wives, I. 3. Service. All's Well, iv. 1. Entreatments sb. interviews. Ham. 1. 3. Ephesian, sb. a toper, a cant term. Merry Wives, IV. 5. Equipage, sb. attendance. Merry Wives, II. 2. Erewhile, adv. a short time since. As you Like it, II. 4. Escot, v.t. to pay a man's reckoning, to mainain. Ham. II. 2. Esperance, sb. hope, used as a war-cry. I. H. IV. Espial, . a scout or spy. 1. H. VI. IV. 3. Even, v.t. to cqual. All's Well, 1. 3; Cym. III. 4. Exhibitic, sb. allowance, pension. Two Gent. I.3. Exigent, sb. death, ending. 1 H. VI. II. 5. Exion, sb. ridiculously used for 'action.' 2 H. IV. II. 1. Expect, sb. expectation. T. & Cr. 1. 3. Expedience, sb. expedition, undertaking. A. &C. 1.2. Haste. R. II. II. 1. Expedient, adj. expeditious, swift. John, II. 1. Expiate, p.p. completed. R. III. III. 3. Expostulate, v.t. to expound, discuss. Ham. II. 2. Express, v.t. to reveal. Wint. Tale, III. 2. Exsufficate, adj. that which has been hissed off, contemptible. Tw. N. III. 3. Extend, v.t. to seize. A. & C. 1. 2. Extent, sb. a seizure. As you Like it, III. 1. Extirp, v.t. to extirpate. M. for M. III. 2. Facinorous, adj. wicked. All's Well, II. 3. Factious, adj. instant, importunate. J. C. 1. 3. Fading, sb. a kind of ending to a song. Wint. Tale, Iv. 3. Fain, adj. glad. 2 H. VI. II. 1. Fain, adv. gladly. Lear, 1. 4. Fair, sb. beauty. As you Like it, III. 2. Fall, v.t. to let fall. Temp. II. 1. Fallow, adj. fawn-colored. Merry Wives, I. 1. Fancy-free, adj. untouched by love. M. N's Dr. Fang, v.t. to seize in the teeth. Tim. IV. 3. Fardel, sb. a burden. Wint. Tale, Iv. 4. Fartuous, adj. used ridiculously for "virtuous." Merry Wives, II. 2. Fast, adv. assuredly, unalterably. M. for M. I. 3; 2 H. VI. v. 2. Fat, adj. dull. 1 H. IV. 1. 2. Favor, sb. countenance. M. for M. IV. 2. Com- Fearful, adj. subject to fear, timorous. Temp. I. 2. Feat, adj. dexterous. Cym. v. 5. Feater, adv. comp. degree, more neatly. Temp. Feat, v.t. to make fine. Cym. 1. 1. Federary, sb. confederate. Wint. Tale, II. 1. Feeder, sb. agent, servant. As you Like it, II. 4. Fell, sb. the hide. As you Like it, III. 2. Fielded, adj. in the field of battle. Cor. 1. 4. Fights, sb. clothes hung round a ship to conceal the men from the enemy. Merry Wives, II. 2. File, sb. a list or catalogue. Mac. v. 2. File, v.t. to defile. Mac. III. 1. To smooth or polish. L's L's L. To make even. H. VIII. III. 2. Fill-horse, sb. shaft-horse. M. of V. II. 2. Filth, so. a whore. Tim. IV. 1. Fine, sb. end. Ham. v. 1. Fine, v.t. to make fine or specious. H. V. 1. 2. Firago, sb. ridiculously used for 'Virago.' Tw. Fire-drake, sb. Will o' the Wisp. H. VIII. v. 3. Fire-new, adj. with the glitter of novelty on, like newly-forged metal. R. III. I. 3. Firk, v.t. to chastise. H. V. IV. 4. Fit, sb. a canto or division of a song. T. & Cr. Fives, sb. a disease incident to horses. Tam. of S. Flap-jack, sb. a pan-cake. Per. II. 1. Flat, adj. certain. 1 H. IV. IV. 2. Flatness, sb. lowness, depth. Wint. Tale, III. 2. Flaw, sb. a gust of wind. 2. H. IV. IV. 4. Metaph. sudden emotion, or the cause of it. Mac. III. 4; A. & C. III. 10. Flaw, v.t. to make a flaw in, to break. H. VIII. I. 1. Flecked, p.p. spotted, streaked. R. & J. II. 3. Fleet, v.i. to float. A. &. C. III. 11. To pass away. A. & C. I. 3. v.t. to pass the time. As you Like it, 1. 1. Fleeting, pr. p. inconstant. R. III. I. 4. Fleshment, sb. the act of fleshing the sword, hence the first feat of arms. Lear, II. 2. Flewed, adj. furnished with hanging lips, as hounds are. M. N's Dr. Iv. 1. Flight, sb. a particular mode of practising archery. Much Ado, I. 1. Flirt-gill, sb. a light woman. R. & J. II. 4. Flourish, sb. an ornament. L's L's L. IV. 3. Flourish, v.t. to ornament, disguise with orna ment. M. for M. IV. 1. Flote, sb. wave, sea. Temp. I. 2. Flush, adj. fresh, full of vigor. A. & C. 1. 4. Fond, adj. foolish, foolishly affectionate. Oth. Foot-cloth, sb. a saddle-cloth hanging down to the ground. 2 H. VI. IV. 7. For, conj. for that, because, M. for M. II. 1. Forfend, v.t. forbid. Wint. Tale, IV. 3. Foreign, adj. obliged to live abroad. H. VIII. Forepast, adj. former. All's Well, v. 3. Forspent, p.p. exhausted, weary. 2 Hen. IV. Forspeak, v.t. to speak against. A. & C. III. 7. Forthright, so. a straight path; forthrights and meanders, straight paths and crooked ones. Temp. III. 3. Forweary, v.t. to weary, exhaust. John, II. 1. Fosset-seller, sb. one who sells the pipes inserted into a vessel to give vent to the liquor, and stopped by a spigot. Cor. II. 1. Fox, sb, a sword; a cant word. H. V. IV. 4, Frampold, adj. peevish, unquiet. Merry Wives, II. 2. Frank, sb. the feeding place of swine. 2 H. IV. II. 2. Franked, p.p. confined. R. III. 1. 3. Franklin, s6. a freeholder, a small squire. Cym. III. 2. Fraught, p.p. freighted. M. of V. II. 8. Fraughtage, sb. freight. Com. of E. IV. 1. Fraughting, pr. p. of v. to fraught; loading or constituting the cargo of a ship. Temp. 1. 2. Fresh, sb. a spring of fresh water. Temp. III. 2. Fret, sb. the stop of a guitar. Tam. of S. II. 1. Fret, v.t. to wear away. R. II. III. 3; Lear, I. 4. To variegate. J. C. II. 1. Friend, v.t. to befriend. H. VIII. 1. 2. Frippery, sb. an old-clothes shop. Temp. IV. 1. Front, v.t. to affront, oppose. A. & C. II. 2. Frontlet, sb. that which is worn on the forehead. Frush, v.t. to break or bruise. T. & Cr. v. 6. Fullam, sb. loaded die. Merry Wives, I. 3. Furnitor, sb. furnitory, an herb. Lear, IV. 4. Gaberdine, sb. a loose outer coat, or smock frock. Temp. 11. 2; M. of V. 1. 3. Gad, sb. a pointed instrument, a goad. T. A. IV. 1. Upon the gad, with impétuous haste, upon the spur of the moment. Lear, I. 2. Gain-giving, sb. misgiving. Ham. v. 2. Gait, sb. going, steps. Tw. N. I. 4. Galliard, sb. a kind of dance. Tw. N. I. 3. Galliasse, sb. a kind of ship. Tam. of Sh. II. 1. Gallimaufry, sb. a ridiculous medley. Wint. Tale, IV. 4. Gallow, v.t. to scare. Lear, III. 2. Gallowglass, sb. the irregular infantry of Ireland, Gast, p.p. frightened. Lear, II. 1. Gaudy, adj. festive. A. & C. III. 13. Gaze, sb. an object of wonder. Mac. v. 7. Gear, sb. matter of business of any kind. M. of V. II. 2. Geck, sb. a fool. Cym. v. 4. General, sb. the generality, common people. M. for M. II. 4. Generations, sb. children. Wint. Tale, II. 1. Gentility, sb. good manners. L's L's L. I. 1. Gentle, v.t. to ennoble. Hen. V. IV. 31. German, adj. akin. Wint. Tale, Iv. 4. Approriate. Ham. v. 2. Germen, sb. seed, embryo. Lear, III. 2. Gib, sb. a he-cat. Ham. III. 4. Gifts, sb. talents, endowment, Merry Wives, I. 1. Giglot, sb. a wanton girl. M. for M. v. 1. Gilder, sb. a coin of the value of 1s. 6d. or 28 Com. of E. IV. 1. Gilt, sb. money. H. V. II. Ch. State of wealth. Gimmal, adj. double. H. V. IV. 2. Glose, v.i. to comment; hence, to be garrulous. Glut, v. to swallow. Temp. I. 1. Gnarl, v.i. to snarl. R. II. 1. 3; 2 H. VI. III. 1. Good-year or Good-jer, sb. a corruption of the Gorbellied, adj. corpulent. 1 H. IV. II. 2. Gourd, sb. a species of game of chance. Merry Gout, sb. a drop. Mac. II. 1. Gracious, adj. abounding in grace Divine. Ham. I. 1. Grained, adj. engrained. Ham. III. 4. Gramercy, int. grand mercy, much thanks. M. of V. II. 2. Grange, sb. the farmstead attached to a monas. tery, a solitary farm-house. Oth. I. 1. Gratillity, sb. used ridiculously for 'gratuity.' Gratulate, v.t. to congratulate. T. A. I. 2. Greasily, adv. grossly. L's L's L. IV. 4. Greek, sb. a bawd. Tw. N. IV. 1. Green, adj. immature, fresh, unused. R. III. II. 2; Tam. of S. III. 2. Greenly, adv. foolishly. Ham. IV. 5. Groundling, sb. one who sits in the pit of a theatre. Ham. III. 2. Growing, pr. p. accruing. Com. of E. IV. 1. Guinea-hen, so. the pintado, a cant term. Oth. I. 3. Gules, adj. red, a term in heraldry. Tim. IV. 3. Gust, sb. taste, relish. Tw. N. 1. 3. Hack, v.i. to become common. Merry Wives, II. 1. Haggard, sb. a wild or unreclaimed hawk, Tam. of S. I. 1v. Hag-seed, sb. seed or offspring of a hag. Temp. I. 2. Hair, sb. course, order, grain. Merry Wives, II. 3. Halidom, sb. holiness, sanctification, Christian fellowship; used as an oath, and analogous to "By my faith.' Two Gent. IV. 2. Hall, sb. an open space to dance in. R. & J. 1. 5. Hardiment, sb. defiance, brave deeds. 1 H. IV. Harlock, sb. charlock, wild mustard. Lear, IV. 4. Hay, so a term in fencing. R. & J. II. 4. Heady, adj. violent, headlong. Com. of E. V. I. Heat, p.p. of v.t." to heat," heated. M. of V.1. 1. Hebenon, sb. henbane. Hám. 1. 5. Heft, sb. a heaving. Wint. Tale, II. 1. Heft, p.p. furnished with a handle: hence, metaphorically, finished off, delicately formed. Lear, II. 4. Helm, v.t. to steer, manage. M. for M. III. 2. Hence, adv. henceforward. 2 H. IV. v. 5. Henchman, sb. a page or attendant. M. N's Dr. II.2. Hent, v.t. to seize, take. M. for M. IV. 6; Wint. Tale, IV. 2. Hermit, sb. a beadsman, one bound to pray for another. Mac. 1. 6. Hest, sb. command. Temp. III. 1. High, adv. used in composition with adjectives to heighten or emphasize their signification, as, high-fantastical. Tw. N. 1. 1. Hight, p.p. called. L's L's L. I. 1. Hilding, sb. a paltry fellow. Cym. II. 3. Hiren, sb. Qy. a prostitute, with a pun on the word "iron." 2 Hen. IV. II. 4. Hit, v.i. to agree. Lear, I. 1. Hoise, v.t. to hoist, heave up on high. 2 H. VI. I. 1. Hoist, p.p. hoisted. Ham. III. 4. Holp, p.p. of the v. to help; helped. John, 1. 1. Home, adv. to the utmost. Cor. 11.2; Cym. III. 5; Lear, II. 3. Honest, adj. chaste. Oth. IV. 2. Honesty, sb. chastity. As you Like it, III. 3. Hoodman-blind, sb. the game now called blind man's-buff. Ham. III. 4. Horn-mad, adj. probably, harn-mad,' that is, brain-mad. Merry Wives, I. 4. Horologe, sb. a clock. Oth. II. 3. Hot-house, sb. a brothel. M. for M. II. 1. Hull, v.i. to drift on the sea like a wrecked ship. Humorous, adj. fitful, or, perhaps, hurried. R. & J. II. 1. Hunt-counter, v.i. to follow the scent the wrong way. 2 H. IV. I. 2. Huntз-up, sb. a holla used in hunting when the game was on foot. R. & J. III. 5. Hurly, sb. noise, confusion. Tam, of S. IV. 1. Hurtling, sb. noise, confusion. As you Like it, IV. 3. Husbandry, sb. frugality. Mac. II. 1. Management. M. of V. III. 4. Huswife, sb. a jilt. Cor. 1.3. Ice-brook, sb. an icy-cold brook. Oth. v. 2. Pfecks, int. in faith, a euphemism. Wint. Tale, I. 2. Ignomy, sb. ignominy. 1 H. IV. v. 4. Imp, v.t. to graft, to splice a falcon's broken fea thers. R. II. II. 1. Imp, sb. a scion, a child. 2 H. IV. v. 5. Impeach, sb. impeachment. C. of E. v. 1. Impeachment, sb. cause of censure, hindrance. Two Gent. 1. 3. Imperceiverant, adj. dull of perception. Cym. IV. I. Impeticos, v.t. to pocket, Tw. N. II. 3. Importance, sb. importunity. Tw. N. v. 1. Inclining, adj. compliant. Oth. II. 3. Include, v.t. conclude. Two Gent. v. 4. Incony, adj. fine, delicate. L's L's L. III. 1. Ind, sb. India. Temp. II. 2. Indent, v.i. to compound or bargain. 1 H. IV. Index, sb. a preface. R. III. IV. 4; Ham. III. 4. Indite, v.t. to invite. R. & J. II. 4. To convict. Induction, sb. introduction, beginning. 1 H. IV. III. 1. Indurance, sb. delay. H. VIII. v. 1. Infinite, sb. infinite power. Much Ado, II. 3. Ingraft, part of v. to engraff, engrafted. Oth. II, 3. Inhabitable, adj. uninhabitable. R. II. 1. 1. Inhooped, p.p. penned up in hoops. A. & C. II. 3. Inland, adj. civilized, well-educated. As you Like it. III. 2. Inly, adj. inward. Two Gent. II. 7. Insane, adj. that which causes insanity. Mac. 1. 3. Insconce, v.t. to arm, fortify. Com. of E. II, 2. Instance, sb. example. Tw. N. IV. 3. Informa tion. 2 H. IV. III. 1. Reason, proof. H. V. II. 2; Merry Wives, II. 2. Intend, v.i. to pretend. Tam. of S. IV. 1. Intentively, adv. attentively. Oth. 1. 3. Interessed, p.p. allied. Lear, I. 1. Intermission, sb. pause, delay. Mac. IV. 3. Intrenchment, adj. not capable of being cut. Mac. v. 7. Intrinse, adj. intricate. Lear, 11. 2, Intrinsicate, adj. intricate. A. & C. v. 2. Invention, sb. imagination. Mac. III. 1. Inward, sb. an intimate friend. M. for M. I. 2 adj, intimate. R. III. III. 4, |