Abuses, deceives; II. ii. 629. Acquittance, acquittal; IV. vii.

I.

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Act, operation (Warburton, effect"); I. ii. 205. Adam's profession; V. i. 32. (Cp. the annexed cut.) Addition, title; I. iv. 20. Address, prepare; I. ii. 216. Admiration, wonder, astonishment; I. ii. 192.

Adulterate, adulterous; I. v. 42. Eneas' tale to Dido; burlesque lines from an imaginary play written after the grandiloquent manner of quasi-classical plays (e.g. Nash's contributions to Marlowe's Dido, Queen of Carthage); II. ii. 466.

Afeard, afraid; V. ii. 302. Affection, affectation (Folios, "affectation"); II. ii. 462. Affront, confront, encounter; III. i. 31.

A-foot, in progress; III. ii. 83. After, according to; II. ii. 552. Against, in anticipation of; III. iv. 50.

Aim, guess; IV. v. 9.

Approve, affirm, confirm, I. i. 29; credit, make approved, V. ii. 135. Appurtenance, proper accompanyment; II. ii. 386.

Argal, Clown's blunder for ergo; V. i. 13.

Argument, subject, plot of a play; II. ii. 370.

subject in dispute; IV.

iv. 54.

Arm you, prepare yourselves;
III. iii. 24.
Arras, tapestry

(originally made at Arras); II. ii. 163. Article, clause in an agreement, I. i. 94; "a soul of great a.," i.e. a soul with so many qualities that its inventory would be very large, V. ii. 118.

As, as if; II. i. 91.

-, as if, as though, IV. v. 103; so, IV. vii. 159; namely, I. iv. 25.

'As' es, used quibblingly (Fo

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lios, "Assis"; Quartos, as sir"); V. ii. 43. Aslant, across; IV. vii. 168. Assault; "of general a.," incí

dent to all men; II. i. 35. Assay, trial, test; II. ii. 71. -, try; III. i. 14.

"make a.," throng to the rescue; III. iii. 69. Assays of bias, indirect aims

(such as one takes in the game of bowls, taking into account the bias side of the bowl); II. i. 65.

Assigns, appendages; V. ii. 150. Assistant, helpful; I. iii. 3.

upon the legal sense of the word; V. i. 122. Attent, attentive; I. ii. 193. Attribute, reputation; I. iv. 22. Aught; "hold'st at a.," holds of any value, values at all; IV. iii. 60.

Authorities, offices of authority, attributes of power; IV. ii.

17. Avouch, declaration; I. i. 57. A-work, at work; II. ii. 507.

the helmet covering the face; I. ii. 230. (Cp. illustration.)

From Whitney's Emblems, 1586. Bedded, lying flat, (?) matted; III. iv. 121.

Bed-rid, bed-ridden (Quartos 2-5, "bed-red"); I. ii. 29. Beetles, projects, juts over; I. iv. 71.

Behove, behoof, profit; V. i. 67. Bent, straining, tension (properly an expression of archery); II. ii. 30.

"to the top of my b.," to the utmost; III. ii. 393. Beshrew, a mild oath; II. i. 113. Besmirch, soil, sully; I. iii. 15. Bespeak, address, speak to; II. ii. 140.

Best; "in all my b.," to the utmost of my power; I. ii.

I20.

Bestowed, placed, lodged; II. ii. 544.

Beteem, allow, permit; I. ii.

141.

Bethought, thought of; I. iii.

90.

Bilboes, stocks or fetters used for prisoners on board ship; V. ii. 6. (Cp. illustration.)

Board, address; II. ii. 170. Bodes, forbodes, portends; I. i. 69.

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Bisson; "b. rheum," i.e. blinding tears; II. ii. 527. Blank; the white mark at which shot or arrows were aimed" (Steevens); IV. i.

42.

Blanks, blanches, makes pale;

III. ii. 227.

Blast in proof; "a metaphor taken from the trying or proving of fire-arms or cannon, which blast or burst in the proof" (Steevens); IV.

blighting influ

vii. 155. Blastments, ences; I. iii. 42. Blazon; "eternal b.," publication of eternal mysteries "eternal (perhaps = infernal, or used "to express extreme abhorrence "); I. v. 21. Blench, start aside; II. ii. 623. Bloat (Quartos, "blowt"; Folios, "blunt"); bloated; III. iv. 182.

Blood, passion, IV. iv. 58; "b. and judgement," passion and reason, III. ii. 74. Blown, full blown, in its bloom; III. i. 165.

Bodkin, the old word for dagger; III. 1. 76.

Bodykins, diminutive of body;
"the reference was originally
to the sacramental bread"; .
II. ii. 550.

"Bonnie Sweet Robin," the
first words of a well-known
song of the period (found in
Holborne's Cittharn Schoole,
1597, etc.); IV. v. 187.
Bore, calibre, importance of a
question; IV. vi. 27.

Borne in hand, deceived with

false hopes; II. ii. 67. Bound, ready, prepared; I. v. 6. was bound; I. ii. 90. Bourn, limit, boundary; III. i.

Bringing home, strictly, the bridal procession from church; applied to a maid's funeral; V. i. 245. Broad, unrestrained; III. iv. 2. Broke, broken; IV. v. III. Brokers, go betweens; I. iii.

127.

Brooch, an ornament worn in

the hat; IV. vii. 94. Brood; on b.," brooding; III. i. 173.

Bruit, proclaim abroad; I. ii. 127.

Budge, stir, move; III. iv. 18. Bugs, bugbears; V. ii. 22. .Bulk, body (according to some = breast); II. i. 95. Business, do business; I. ii. 37. Buttons, buds; I. iii. 40. Buz, buz! an interjection used to interrupt the teller of a story already well known; II.

ii. 410. Buzzers, whisperers (Quarto, 1676, whispers"); IV. v. 90.

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By and by, immediately; III. ii. 392.

By 'r lady, by our lady; a slight

oath; III. ii. 138.

Can, can do; III. iii. 65. Candied, sugared, flattering; III. ii. 65.

Canker, canker worm; I. iii. 39. Canon, divine law; I. ii. 132. Capable, capable of feeling, susceptible; III. iv. 127. Cap-a-pe, from head to foot (Old Fr. " de cap a pie"); I. ii. 200.

Capitol; "I was killed i' the C." (an error repeated in Julius Cæsar; Cæsar was killed in the Curia Pompeii, near the theatre of Pompey in the Campus Martius); III. ii. 109.

Card; "by the c.," with precision (alluding probably to the shipman's card); V. i. 144.

Carnal, sensual; V. ii. 384. Carouses, drinks; V. ii. 292. Carriage, tenor, import; I. i. 94. Carry it arvay, gain the victory; II. ii. 375.

Cart, car, chariot; III. ii. 162. Carve for, choose for, please; I. iii. 20.

Cast, casting, moulding; I. i. 73.

contrive; "c. beyond ourselves," to be over suspicious (? to be mistaken); II. i. 115. Cataplasm, plaster; IV. vii. 144. Cautel, deceit, falseness; I. iii.