'A, he, i. 1, 40; i. 2, 185; iii. 2, 256; v. I, 33, 146, 159, 173, etc.

A—, at, ii. 1, 57; of, ii. 2, 564. About, to work, to business, ii. 2, 585.

Above, more; over and above, ii. 2, 126.

Abridgments, used with a double meaning, (1) of those who play an abridgment, i.e. an entertainment to while away the time; (2) of those whose coming abridges his talk, ii. 2, 417. Absolute, precise, exact, v. 1, 133; perfect, v. 2, 107.

Abstract (sb.), that which gives the essential characteristics, omitting unimportant details, ii. 2, 519. Abuse, deception, iv. 7, 49. Abuses (vb. trans.), deceives, ii. 2, 600.

Acquittance [acquittal], iv. 7, 1. Aut, effect, action, i. 2, 204. Addition, title, hence reputation, i. 4, 20; title, ii. 1, 46. Address-to, prepare for, i. 2, 215, 216.

Admiration, wonder, astonishment, i. 2, 191; iii. 2, 319, 322.

Adulterate [adulterous], i. 5, 38.
Advantage, gain, i. 2, 21.
Aerie of children, i.e. brood of

children. The reference is
to the fashion in London, for
children (boys) actors (“these

are

now the fashion") and probably more particularly to "the boyes commonly called the Queenes Majesties Children of the Chappell ", who were "first sett up" by Evans, the lessee of the Blackfriars Theatre from Michaelmas, 1600. These children acted many of the plays produced during "the war of the theatres" ("berattle the common stages"), among them such satirical plays as "Cynthia's Revels" and "The Poetaster " (hence goose quills"=satires). See, Eyases, Inhibition, Innovation, Top of question, ii. 2, 338. Affection [affectation], ii. 2, 440.

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Amiss (sb.), misfortune, iv. 5, 18.
An (prep.) [on], i. 5, 18; iii. 4,120.
Anchor's, anchorite's, iii. 2, 214.
And, if, iv. 5, 167 ; iv. 5, 64 ; v.

I, 277, etc.
And if is a strengthened form of
"and,” i. 5, 169, 170.
And't, if it; iii. 4, 205; iv. 6, 9.
Annexment, appendage, iii. 3, 21.
Anon, immediately, ii. 2, 463.
Antic, fantastic, i. 5, 165.
Antique, ancient, v. 2, 334.
Apart, away, iv. 1, 24.
Ape, like the famous; the allusion
has not yet been traced, iii. 4,
192.
Ape, like an; the full expression
is given in F, "like an ape
doth nuts,” iv. 2, 17.
Appointment, equipment, iv. 6, 16.

Argument, plot of a play, ii. 2,
353; reasonable cause, iv. 4,
54.
Arrant, scoundrelly, i. 5, 118;
iii. I, 127.

Arrests, articles of restraint, ii. 2,
67.

Article, clause in an agreement,
i. 1, 91; article, of great, of
many clauses, i.e. of large
comprehension, v. 2, 116.
As, like, i. 1, 114; just as, i. 2,

208; as though, ii. 2, 475;
iv. 7, 86; iv. 5, 101; that, ii.
I, 93.
Assay, attempt, ii. 2, 71; iv. 7,
150; assay him to, test him in
regard to, iii. I, 15.
Assay, attempt: hence "make
assay" attempt what I pray,
iii. 3, 69.

Assays of bias, indirect attempts:
the metaphor is from the game
of bowls in which the player
aims in a curve suited to the
bias, ii. 1, 63.

Assigns, appendages, v. 2, 146. Assistant (adj.), helpful, i. 3, 3. Assume, acquire, iii. 4, 157. Assurance, security, v. 1, 113. At: "at foot," i.e. close, iv. 3, 56; "at help" helpful, iv. 3, 46. Attended, dreadfully; there is a double meaning here (1) my retinue is dreadfully bad, (2) my dreams are bad, ii. 2, 271. Attends, awaits, iii. 3, 22. Attent [attentive], i. 2, 192. Avouch, acknowledgment, i. I, 54.

Audit, final account, iii. 3, 82.

Back, reserve aid, iv. 7, 151. Baked meats, funeral; i.e., the cold pastries, i. 2, 179. Bands [bonds], i. 2, 24. Bare, mere, iii. I, 74. Barked about, grew like bark about, i. 5, 67. Barred, excluded, i. 2, 14. Bated, abated or intermitted, v. 2, 23.

Batten, grow fat, iii. 4, 66. Beaten, well-worn, ii. 2, 271. Beautied [beautified], iii. 1, 49. Beauties, traits of beauty, iii. 1, 37.

Beautified, endowed with beauty,

ii. 2, 109.

Bear, carry on, i. 3, 67; carry

on, administer, iv. 3, 87. Beaver, the moveable part of the

X.

helmet covering the face, the Hamlet. Glossary.

visor, i. 2, 228.

Bedded, laid flat, iii. 4, 119.
Bed-rid [bed-ridden], i. 2, 29.
Beetles, overhangs, i. 4, 71.
Behaved, as he is; according to
his behaviour, iii. 1, 33.
Behove [behoof], profit, v. 1, 62.
Belike, perhaps, iii. 2, 134; iii.
2,288.

Bended [bent], ii. 1, 98.
Benefit, give; are beneficial or
favourable, i. 3, 2.

Bent, inclination, ii. 2, 30: "to the top of my bent" ie., to the utmost, iii. 2, 375. Bent, is; is inclined in the direction of, iv. 3, 47.

Be-rattle, belabour, ii. 2, 340. Beseeched [besought], iii. 1, 22. Beshrew, curse (mildly), ii. 1,

III.

Besmirch, soil, i. 3, 15. Bespeak, address, ii. 2, 140. Bestow, lodge, ii. 2, 517; iv. 3, 12; place, iii. 1, 31; iii. 1, 42; find a place for, iii. 4, 174; give up, iv. 1, 4. Beteem, allow, i. 2, 141. Bethought, thought of, i. 3, 90. Bewept, wept over, iv. 5, 37. Bias, inclination to one side (metaphor from the game of bowls), ii. 1, 63.

Bilboes, stocks or fetters (from
Bilbao in Spain), v. 2, 6.
Bird, i.e., hawk: the cry, "Illo,

T

ho, ho" has suggested to Hamlet the practice of falconers when calling their hawks, i. 5, 110.

Bisson, blinding, ii. 2, 501. Blank, the white mark in the centre of a target, iv. 1, 42. Blanks (vb. trans.), blanches, iii. 2, 215.

Blast in proof, burst while being tested (metaphor from testing of fire-arms), iv. 7, 152. Blastments, blighting influences, i. 3, 42.

Blazon, proclamation: “eternal blazon," ie., proclamation of eternal mysteries, i. 5, 20. Blench, turn white, start, ii. 2, 594. Bloat [bloated], iii. 4, 180. Blown, in its full bloom, iii. 1, 159.

Board, accost, address, ii. 2, 170. Bonds, pledged vows, i. 3, 130. Bore, calibre, significance, iv. 6, 25.

Borne, limit, boundary, iii. 1, 77. Brainish, brainsick, iv. I, 11. Brave, glorious (used ironically),

worm that destroys blossoms) i. 3, 39; destructive element, v. 2, 69. Canónized, buried according to the canon, i. 4, 47. Capable, capable of doing, iii. 2, II; susceptible, iii. 4, 125. Cap-a-pe, from head to foot, i. 2, 199.

Card, by the; with precision (metaphor from the precision with which ship charts are drawn), v. I, 134; cf. v. 2, 109. Card, chart, guide, v. 2, 109. Carefully, exactly, i. 1, 3. Carriage, import, i. 1, 91. Carriages, Osric's word for the "hangers" of a sword, v. 2, 146, 148.

Carry it away, carry the palm of victory away, ii. 2, 358.

Carve for, choose for, i. 3, 20. Cast beyond (vb.), seek for a lost trail in a wrong direction, hence be mistaken, ii. 1, 113. Cast, surface colouring, iii. 1, 83. Cataplasm, plaster, iv. 7, 141. Cautel, deceit, i. 3, 15. Caviare, a delicacy made of the roe of sturgeon, and in Shakespeare's time recently imported from Russia, ii. 2, 433. Cease [decease], death, iii. 3, 15. Gensure, opinion, i. 3, 69; i. 4, 35; iii. 2, 26.

Centre, i.e., centre of the earth, ii. 2, 159. Cerements, shrouds made of waxed linen, i. 4, 48. Chameleon's dish, i.e., air.

The

belief prevalent was that the Chameleon fed on air, iii. 2, 91. Character (vb.), write, i. 3, 59. Charge, command, i. 3, 135. Charge (sb.), cost, iv. 4, 47; im

portance, v. 2, 43. Chariest, most scrupulous, i. 3, 36.

Checking at, abandoning (the metaphor is from falconry, and is applied to a hawk that forsakes the proper game), iv. 7, 61.

Chief, chiefly, especially, i. 3, 74. Children, ii. 2, 338. See Aerie of Children.

Choler, anger, iii. 2, 300.

Chopine, a high-heeled shoe, ii. Hamlet. Glossary.

2, 424.
Chorus; the function of the chorus
in drama was to interpret the
play, iii. 2, 240.
Chough, clown (the word literally
means crow), v. 2, 88.
Circumstance, affairs, i. 3, 102;
detailed talk, i. 5, 121; oc-
currence, iii. 2, 74; detail, iii.
3, 83.

Clepe, call, i. 4, 19.
Climatures, regions of the earth,
i. I, 122.

Closely, secretly, iii. 1, 28.
Clout, cloth, ii. 2, 501.
Coagulate [coagulated], ii. 2, 458.
Cockle hat, a hat decked with
cockle shells indicative of the
places beyond sea visited by
the pilgrim, iv. 5, 25.
Coil; two meanings are here sug-
gested, (1) life, (2) turmoil,
bustle, iii. 1, 65.

Coldly, lightly, iv. 3, 64.
Collateral, indirect, iv. 5, 201.
Collection, to; to collect some

meaning from it, iv. 5, 9. Colour, give a pretext for, iii. 1,43. Colour (sb.), pretext, iii. 4, 128. Columbines, symbolize ingratitude, iv. 5, 176.

Co-mart, joint bargain, i. 1, 90. Comma, the least of all intervals or breaks, v. 2, 42. Commandment [command], iii. 2, 309.