short of a shilling (see Stanley Jevons' book on Money, pp. 36, 70, 96); II. v. 29. See Illustration.

Silver Penny (II. v. 29). Perpend (verb), consider; III. ii. 68. Point device (phrase), precise, fastidiously neat; III. ii. 393. Poke (sub.), either pocket or bag; II. vii. 20. M.E. poke; Irish, poc; Ice. poki. Practice

(sub.), plan, artifice, stratagem; I. i. 155. Priser (sub.), one who competes for a prize; also a prize-fighter; II. i.i. 8. Prodigal (adv.), like the prodigal son; I. i. 40..

Profit (sub.), skill, proficiency; I. i. 7.

Promise (verb), assure; I. ii. 139. Prune (verb), to lop off; II. iii. 63.

See Illustration of tools required for pruning and soil-dressing. Puisny (adj.), petty, with but the skill of a novice; III. iv. 42; buisne is a law term implying i

feriority in rank. O.F. puis-ne,

born after. Purlieus (sub.), land in the vicinity of, the neighbourhood; IV. iii. 77. Pythagoras (sub.), a philosopher who flourished about the sixth century B.C. In his last years he lived in Magna Græcia, as the southern part of Italy was called ; III. ii. 182.

Quail (verb), to shrink, faint, become weak; II. ii. 20.

Question (sub.), talk, speech; III iv. 34.

Quintain (sub.), a post with a turning and loaded top or crosspiece at

From Stow's Survey of London (1602) (I. ii. 25).

which those learning to joust were required to tilt; I. ii. 253. See Note in loc., also Illustration. Quintessence (sub.), the residual extract of any substance containing its best and purest qualities; III. ii. 142.

Quit (verb), release from obligation or

accusation; III. i. 11. Quotidian (sub.), a fever or ague whose attacks recurred regularly every day and generally at the same time; used as an illustration of the attacks of love; III. ii. 374. Henry V., II. i. 122.

Cf.

Ragged (adj.), rasping, uneven, dis-
cordant; II. v. 14.
Rankness (sub.), insolence; I. i. 90.
M.E. rank, strong;
A.S. ranc,

proud, forward. Cf. King John, V. iv. 54.

Rascal (sub.), deer in poor condition; III. iii. 57. Cf. Coriolanus, I. i. 163.

Reason (verb), speak; I. ii. 54.
Recks (verb), minds, cares for, re-
gards; II. iv. 81. M.E. rekken;
A.S. recan, care.
Cf. Hamlet, I. iii.
51.
Recountment (sub.), something told;
IV. iii. 141.

Remorse (sub.), pity, commiseration;
I. iii. 69.

Render (verb), portray, delineate ; IV. iii. 123. Cf. Julius Cæsar, III. ii. 7-10.

with sentiments inscribed on their inner surface were very common in Elizabethan times; III. ii. 280. See Illustration.

Ripe (adj.), mature, grown to man's estate; IV. iii. 88. M.E. ripe ; A.S. ripe, fit for reaping, from ripan, to reap and rip, harvest; Dut. riip; Othello, II. iii. 383. Roundly (adv.), right off, without hesitation; V. iii. 11.

Roynish (adj.), a term of contempt, boorish, lumpish; II. ii. 8.

Satchel (sub.), bag for holding schoolbooks; II. vii. 145. See Illustration.

From an allegorical picture of learning and its rewards (1589), in the Strasburg Library (II. vii. 145).

Saw (sub.), proverb; II. vii. 156. M. E. sare; A.S. sugu, a saying, from secgan, to say; Ger. sagen. Cf. 2 Henry VI., I. iii. 59. Seeming (adv.), genteelly; V. iv. 71. Se'nnight (sub.), seven nights literally, otherwise a week; III. ii.

325. Shadow (sub.), the cool shade; IV. i. 216.

Sheepcote (sub.), a shepherd's hut; II. iv. 84.

Shoots his wit (phrase), discharges his shafts of sarcasm; V. iv. 112. Shrewd (adj.), bitter, rough, harsh; V. iv. 179. M.E. schrewed, accursed, depraved; also shrewe;

A.S. screawa, a shrew. Cf. Taming of the Shrew, I. i. 185. Shrink (verb). shiver, as with cold; II. i. 9. A.S. scrincen, past tense,

scranc, p.p. scruncen, to contract; O. Dut. schrinken. Cf. Cymbeline, IV. iv. 30.

Simples (sub.), medicinal herbs; IV. i. 17.

Skirt (sub.), edge, margin, border; III. ii. 345. M.E. skyrt, Ice. skyrta, a shirt, allied to A. S. sceort, short. Cf. Hamlet, I. i. 97. Smirch (verb), stain, bedaub; I. iii. III. A. S. smerien, to smear; also A. S. smera, fat. Cf. Henry V., III. iii. 17.

66

Snake (sub.), a tame snake," used as an epithet of reproach; IV. iii. 70.

Speed (sub.), helper, used in the same sense as "God speed thee"; I. ii.

211.

Squandering (part.), errant, random; II. vii. 57. Stalking-horse (sub.), a horse, either real or fictitious (says Halliwell), from behind which ancient sportsmen shot at their game; V. iv. III. See Illustration. Stalk, from M.E. stalken; A.S. staelcan, to walk warily.

From a MS. de la Chasse des bestes sauvages (XVth Cent.), preserved at Paris. (V. iv. III.)

Stick (verb), stab, thrust through; I.

ii. 244.

Taxation (sub.), caustic criticism; I. ii. 84.

Tempered (part.), mingled; I. ii. 13. Thrasonical (adj.), bragging. The name is taken from one of the characters, Thraso, in the Eunuchus, a comedy by the Roman dramatist, Terence; V. ii. 34.

Thrifty (adj.), careful; II. iii. 39. Touches (sub.), marks, distinguishing qualities; III. ii. 155.

Toward (prep. used as an adv.), at hand; V. iv. 35. Cf. Hamlet, V. ii. 376.

Traverse (adv.), across; III. iv. 41.

Umber (sub.), brown dye, sometimes

called "burnt umber"; I. iii. III. Unkind (adj.), not according to nature, unhuman; II. vii. 175. Cf. King Lear, I. i. 263. Unquestionable (adj.), refusing to be questioned or addressed; III. ii. 384.

Velvet (adj.), fine, delicate, soft; II. i. 50. M.E. velouette. Spenser uses vellet. O. Ital. veluto. Cf. All's Well that Ends Well, IV. v.

100.

Villain (sub.), serf, one bound to the

soil; also a rascal. There is a double meaning implied; I. i. 58. Voice (sub.), suffrage, support; II. iv. 87.

Ware (verb), cognisant of; II. iv. 58

Warp (verb), distort, make crooked; II. vii. 187.

Wear (sub.), custom, fashion; II. vii. 34

Wearing (part), tiring; II. iv. 38. Woeful (adj.), indicative of sorrow or distress; II. vii. 148. Working (sub.), effort towards an end, action; I. ii. 204. Cf. 2 Henry IV., V. ii. 90. Worldlings (sub.), people of this

our world, our fellow-men; II. i. 48. Worm's-meat (sub.), periphrasis for dead; III. ii. 66.

Wrath (sub.), fiery rage, impetuosity, anger; V. ii. 44. M. E. wraththe; A.S. wrath, wroth. Cf. Cymbeline, II. iv, 151.

Young (adj.), callow, immature, and therefore unskilful; I. i. ~~