The Works of Shakespeare

Burden, undersong, (with a quibble | Dump, slow, melancholy tune; III.

on the ordinary sense of the
word); I. ii. 85.

Canker, canker-worm; I. i. 43.
Cate-log (Launce's blunder for " cata-
logue"); III. i. 273.
Censure, pass judgment; I. ii. 19.
Character'd, written; II. vii. 4.

Circumstance, circumstantial deduction; I. i. 36; I. i. 84; the position in which one has placed one's self, conduct; I. i. 37; detail, particulars, III. ii. 36.

Cite, incite; II. iv. 85.
Close, union; V. iv. 117.
Clerkly, scholarly; II. i. 106.
Codpiece, "a part of the male attire,
indelicately conspicuous in the
poet's time; " II. vii. 53.
Coil, fuss, ado; I. ii. 99.
Commit, sin; V. iv. 77.
Compass, obtain; IV. ii. 91.
Competitor, confederate; II. vi. 35.
Conceit, opinion; III. ii. 17.
Conceitless, devoid of understanding;
IV. ii. 95.

Condition, quality; III. i. 273-
Consort, a company; IV. i. 64; a
company of musicians playing
together; III. ii. 84.
Conversed, associated; II. iv. 63.
Creus, bands; IV. i. 74.
Curst, shrewish; III. i. 339.

Dazzled (trisyllabic); II. iv. 210. Deign, condescend to accept; I. i. 152.

Descant, "counterpoint, or the adding one or more parts to a theme, which was called 'the plain song"; I. ii. 94.

Diet, "takes diet"=" is under a strict regimen"; II. i. 24. Dispose, disposal; II. vii. 86. Doublet, inner garment of a man, sometimes without the jerkin, with which at times it was confounded; II. iv. 20.

worn

ii. 85 (see end of Notes).

Earnest, pledge, token of future bestowal (with a quibble on " earnest" as opposed to " jest "); III. i. 163.

Else, elsewhere; IV. ii. 124.
Engine, instrument; III. i. 138.
Entertain, take into service; II. iv.

104; IV. iv. 68. Exhibition, allowance; I. iii. 69. Extreme (accented on the first syllable); II. vii. 22.

Farthingale, hoop petticoat; II. vii. 51.

Feature, shape, form; II. iv. 73.
Figure, a turn of rhetoric; II. i. 146.
Fire (dissyllabic); I. ii. 30.
Fond, foolish; I. i. 52.
For (=for fear of), I. ii. 136.
For why, because; III. i. 99.
Forlorn (accented on first syllable);
I. ii. 124.

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Impeachment, reproach, discredit; 1. Leave, cease, III. i. 182; part with,

iii. 15.

Impose, injunction; IV. iii. 8.
Include, conclude; V. iv. 160.
Infinite, infinity; II. vii. 70.
Inherit, win; III. ii. 87.
Inly, inward; II. vii. 18.
Integrity, sincerity: III. ii. 77.
Interpret, act the interpreter (to the

figure in a puppet show); II. i. 101.

Jade (used quibblingly); III. i. 277.
Jerkin, jacket or short coat, usually
worn over the doublet; II. iv. 19.
Jolt-head, blockhead; III. i. 290.

Keep, restrain; IV. iv. 11.
Kind, kindred; II. iii. 2.
Knots (true-love); II. vii. 46.

From a Monument in Ashford Church,

Kent.

Laced, see "mutton."

Learn, teach; II. vi. 13.

Learn'd, taught; V. iii. 4.

Lease, "out by lease," i.e. "let to others, and not under one's own control"; the point of the line turns on the equivocal interpretation of " possessions" in the sense of "mental endowments; " V. ii. 29.

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IV. iv. 79.

Lets, hinders; III. i. 113. Liberal, wanton; III. i. 355. Lies, lodges; IV. ii. 137. "Light o' love," a popular old tune, referred to also in Much Ado, III. iv. 44; I. ii. 83. Likes, pleases; IV. ii. 55. Lime, bird-lime; III. ii. 68.

Manage, to wield; III. i. 247. Mean, tenor; I. ii. 95. Means, " to make means," i.e. " to contrive measures and opportunities" (to win her); V. iv. 137.

Measure, "within the measure," "within reach"; V. iv.

i.e.

127.

Merops, Phaëthon was reproached, though falsely, with being the son, not of Apollo, but of Merops; III. i. 153.

Minion, a spoiled favourite; I. ii. 88, 92.

Moneth's mind (fol. "month"; "moneth," archaic form preserved in phrase "moneth's mind"), originally meant the monthly anniversary of a person's death; hence " remembrance," finally "yearning;" I. ii. 137 (cp. Notes).

Mood, rage; IV. i. 51.

Motion, puppet-show; II. i. 94.

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On, of; IV. ii. 72.
One, "one knave," i.e. " a single,
not a double knave" (referring
perhaps to Proteus' falsehood to
both friend and mistress); III. i.
263.

Omitting, neglecting; II. iv. 65.
Onset, beginning; III. ii. 94.
O'erlook'd, perused; I. ii. 50.
Owe, own; V. ii. 28.

Pageants, dramatic entertainments;
IV. iv. 164.

Pardon, excuse your absence; III ii. 98.

Parle, talk; I. ii. 5.
Passenger, passer-by; IV. i. 1.
Passioning, passionately grieving;
IV. iv. 172.

Peevish, wayward; III. i. 68; V. ii.

49.

Persévers (accented on second syllable); III. ii. 28. Possessions, interpreted equivocally in the sense of "mental endowments; " V. ii. 25. Post, messenger; I. i. 153. Practising, plotting; IV. i. 48. Presently, forthwith; II. iv. 86. Pretence, design; III. i. 47. Pretended, proposed; II. vi. 37. Principality, an angel of the highest rank, next to divinity; II. iv. 152.

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An Exchequer Tally of the XIV. Cent.

Noddy (quibblingly for " nod-ay"), Print, "in print" "=" to the letter. simpleton; I. i. 117.

Proper, well-shaped; IV. i. 10.
Publisher, one who brings to light;
III. i. 47.

Puling, "like a beggar at Hallow-
mas"; it was a custom on All
Saints Day for the poor to go
from parish to parish a-souling,
i.e. "begging and puling for
soul-cakes"; II. i. 25.

Quaintly, cleverly; II. i. 120; III. i. 117.

Quality, profession; IV. i. 58.

Quips, sharp jests; IV. ii. 12.

Quote (pronounced "cote"; hence

the quibble); II. iv. 18.

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Shot, a tavern-reckoning (used quibblingly); II. v. 9.

Ravel, become entangled; III. ii. Silly, helpless; IV. i. 72. 52.

Reasoning, talking; II. i. 139.
Receive, acknowledge; V.

78.

iv.

Recking, caring for; IV. iii. 40.

Record, sing; V. iv. 6.

Sluggardized, made lazy; I. i. 7.

So, so be it well and good; II. i. 129.

Soho; the cry

of hunters

i. 189.

Remorseful, compassionate; IV. iii. Sort, select;

Road, port, harbour; I. i. 53; II. iv. 187.

Root (of the heart); V. iv. 103.

Sad, serious; I. iii. 1.

Servant, a term of gallantry, from a lady to her admirer; II. i. 99,

III. ii. 92.

Speed, succeed;

IV. iv. 112.

Squirrel (ap-
plied to a
small dog);

IV. iv. 59.
Statue, image;
IV. iv. 206.

From a seal (XIV. Cent.) discovered in Sussex.

Stead, be of use to; II. i. 111.
Still, ever; V. iv. 43.

Still an end, perpetually; IV. iv. 67.
Stock (used quibblingly); III. i. 305;
306.

106.

Set, set to music; interpreted playfully by Julia in the sense of " to estimate"; I. ii. 81.

Set, seated (used quibblingly); II. i.
85.

Several, separate; I. ii. 108.
Shapeless, purposeless; I. i. 8.

Stomach, used quibblingly in sense
of " temper" and of "hunger";
(observe also the play upon
" meat" and " maid,"
nounced nearly alike); I. ii.

68.

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Strange, "she makes it strange" =

"she pretends to be shocked"; I. ii. 102.

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Throughly, thoroughly; I. ii. 115.
Timeless, untimely; III. i. 21.
Tire, head-dress; IV. iv. 190.

To; "to Milan"= "by letters addressed to Milan"; I. i. 57: in comparison with; II. iv. 138, 139.

Tongues. languages; IV. i. 33.

Weeds, garments; II. vii. 42.
Where, whereas; III. i. 74.
Wink, shut the eyes; V. ii. 14.
With, by; II. i. 31.
Without (used quibblingly); II. i.
34-38.

Wood, mad; II. iii. 30 (see
Notes).

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