bles.

Absolute, I. ii. 128, actual; cf. Mer. Wives, III. iii. 56, Ham., | V. ii. 112.

Abuse, V. i. 127, deceive; Much Ado, V. ii. 93.

Aches, I. ii. 433, two syllables, a'-tches.

Admire, V. i. 179, wonder; Tw.
Night, III. iv. 153.
Advance, I. ii. 472, IV. i. 201, lift;
Tw. Night, II. v. 33.
Afeard, II. ii. 153, III. ii. 141,
archaic form of afraid, Sh. uses
both forms; Mids. Night Dr.,
III. i. 27; Mer. of Ven., II vii.

31.

Againe (again), I. ii. 454, again and again, used with the sense of repeatedly by the Elizabethans. Against, III. i. 38, governs it. A hold (a-hold), I. i. 57, close to

the wind.

Amazement, I. ii. 17, 231, terror. Amen, II. ii. 101, so be it; Mer. Wives, III. iii. 185.

And, II. i. 187, IV. i. 264, if; Meas. for Meas., II. i. 197. Anthonio, I. ii. 82, 151, stress on second syllable, An-tho'-nee-o. Argier, I. ii. 309, Algiers. Ariel, I. ii. 220, stress on first syllable, A'-ree-el; last two syllables frequently elided as in I.

ii. 225. As, II. i. 122, as if; I. ii. 86, redundant in expression of time. Aspersion, IV. ì. 21, shower. Attach'd (attached), III. iii. 9, seized; Hen. VIII, I. i. 118. Attend, I. ii. 528, listen to. Avoid, IV. i. 163, begone, away; Ant. & Cleo., V. ii. 295. Ayrie (airy), V. i. 61, magical.

Barnacles, IV. i. 273, geese, supposed to grow from the shellfish. Base, III. iii. 124, sound in deep

voice.

Bat-fowling, II. i. 192, hunting birds at night.

Bate, I. ii. 295, II. i. 100, subtract, except.

Beake (beak), I. ii. 229, bow of a vessel.

Beare (bear) up, III. ii. 4, take

your course, sail up; Oth., I.

111. 12.

Bermoothes, I. ii. 269, the Spanish form for the Bermudas, used commonly by Elizabethans. Beseech, I. ii. 555, the subject I is omitted.

Betid, I. ii. 38, betided, happened;
Rich. II, V. i. 45.
Blasphemy, V. i. 260, blasphemous

one.

Blessed, V. i. 239, two syllables. Blew-ey'd (blue-eyed), I. ii. 317, with livid eyelids.

Blow, III. i. 76, soil; cf. V. i. 337. Boile (boil'd), V. i. 72, seething, mad; Wint. Tale, III. iii. 70. Bootelesse (bootless), I. ii. 43, profitless.

Borne (bourn), II. i. 158, bound-
ary.
Boskie, IV. i. 90, wooded; 1 Hen.
IV, V. i. 6.

Boudge (budge), V. i. 15, stir.
Brave, I. ii. 510, V. i. 310, fine.
Bumbard (bombard), IÍ. ii. 24,
leather bottle.

Burthen, I. ii. 446, undersong, base accompaniment; As You, III. ii. 243.

But, I. ii. 140, otherwise than; 478, except that.

By and by, III. ii. 155, at once.

first syllable, Cál-e-ban. Can, IV. i. 32, can suggest. Candied, II. i. 307, congealed; Tim. of Ath., IV. iii. 246. Canker, I. ii. 479, canker worm. Capable, I. ii. 415, retentive; All's Well, I. i. Carriage, V i. 5, burden; Mer. Wives, II. ii. 165. Case, III. ii. 26, in case, able. Cast, II. i. 273, cast up.

Cat o' mountaine (mountain), IV. i. 289, wild cat, catamount. Catch, III. ii. 124, part-song; Tw. Night, II. iii. 21.

Celebration, IV. i. 33, five syllables.

Certes, III. iii. 42, two syllables; certainly; sometimes pronounced as one syllable; Oth., I. i. 19. Chang'd, I. ii. 514, exchanged. Chat, II. i. 291, talk. Cheerely (cheerly), I. i. 11, cheerily; for the adverb formed with 'ly' from a noun, cf. angerly, Macb., III. v. 4.

Cherubin, I. ii. 180, cherub; the usual form for the singular in Sh.; Oth., IV. ii. 73; cf. Mer. of Ven., V. i. 72. Chirurgeonly, II. i. 144, like a

Closenes (closeness), I. ii. 108, retirement.

Cloudy, II. i. 146, gloomy.

Coyle, I. ii. 241, turmoil; Two Gen. of Ver., I. ii. 108. Crabs, II. ii. 176, wild apples. Crispe (crisp), IV. i. 146, curling, winding, or else ruffled by the wind.

Deare (dear), I. ii. 167, heartfelt. Debosh'd, III. ii. 27, Elizabethan

spelling for debauched; Lear, I. iv. 223; All's Well, V. iii. 238. Deck'd, I, ii. 183, covered; Love's Lab., IV. iii. 275.

Deepe (deep), II. i. 291, wise.
Deere (dear), I. ii. 211(?), II. i.
139, precious, valuable.
Deer'st (dear'st), II. i. 139, one

syllable; cf. IV. i. 30, V. i. 219. Deliver, II. i. 49, V. i. 369, relate; Two Gen. of Ver., III. ii. 37. Demanded, I. ii. 165, asked. Discase, V. i. 97, undress; Wint. Tale, IV. iv. 718.

Discharge, II. i. 277, performance, a theatrical expression. Discovery, II. i. 264, what is found.

Dismissed, IV. i. 76, three syllables.

Distemper'd, IV. i. 167, out of
humour; Ham., III. ii. 325.
Distinctly, I. ii. 233, separately;
Cor., IV. iii. 44.

Doit, II. ii. 35, half a farthing.
Doubt, II. i. 264, distrust.
Dowle, III. iii. 86, fibre of down.

young cock.

Come by, II. i. 321, get, win. Complexion, I. i. 37, appearance. Conduct, V. i. 290, conductor, guide; Rom. & Jul., III. i. 130. Confederates, I. ii. 130, agrees. Confines, IV. i. 134, stress on second syllable; abodes. Constant, I. ii. 241, self-possessed; II. ii. 122, well-settled.

drawn; ii. 156, having taken a draught.

Drie (dry), I. ii. 131, thirsty. Drolerie (drollery), III. iii. 31,

humorous picture, or puppetshow; 2 Hen. IV, II. i. 127.

Earth'd, II. i. 253, buried. Earthy, I. ii. 321, base, low. Ebbing, II. i. 243, of declining fortunes; cf. Ant. & Cleo., I.

iv. 49.

Content, II. i. 295, desire.

Content, V. i. 195, please.

fute.

Coragio, V. i. 307, courage.

surplus.

deer'st, II. i. 139, strongst, IV.

i. 30.

device; Tro. & Cres., I. iii. 215; cf. Ham., III. iv. 204[5]. Envy, I. ii. 305, malice; Mer. of Ven., IV. i. 14.

Estate, IV. i. 94, settle, bestow;
As You, V. ii. 13.
Event, I. ii. 137, III. i. 83, result.
Extasie (ecstasy), III. iii. 135,
madness; Much Ado, II. iii.
148; Ham., III. iv. 148.
Eye, II. i. 59, appearance; Ham.,
I. iii. 135.
Eyther's (either's), I. ii. 525,

each other's.

Fadom (fathom), I. ii. 460, singular form for the plural, as often with measures when used with a numeral.

Fall, II. i. 326, V. i. 76, let fall;
Oth., IV. i. 273.
Feater, II. i. 301, neater; cf.
feate, Cymb., V. v. 106.
Featly, I. ii. 445, neatly, adroitly;
Wint. Tale, IV. iv. 207.
Fellow, II. i. 302, III. i. 106, equal.
Few, I. ii. 170, few words, short;
Meas. for Meas., III. i. 247.
Filth, I. ii. 407, contemptuous for
a person; Oth., V. ii. 288.
Fire, I. ii. 7, two syllables.

Full, I. ii. 25, completely; cf. I. ii. 183, 460.

Gaberdine, II. ii. 41, coarse cloak. Gentle, I. ii. 548, high-born, spirited.

Gins, III. iii. 133, begins; Macb., V. v. 56.

Glasses, I. ii. 282, V. i. 266, hours, in seaman's language; cf. All's Well, II. i. 183. Glut, Í. i. 70, swallow. Go, III. ii. 20, walk. Gonzalo (Gonzallo), I. ii. 190, i. 176, 326, 352, V. i. 19, etc., stress on second syllable, Gonza'-lo.

II.

Good, I. i. 7, 23, vocative, 'good fellow,' or perhaps deprecatory 'I pray you'; Errors, IV. iv. 24; Wint. Tale, V. i. 25. Grace, V. i. 165, favour. Grudge, I. ii. 294, murmuring; cf. Much Ado, III. iv. 83.

He, II. i. 32, him; cf. Rom. & Jul., III. v. 90.

Hearkens, I. ii. 144, listens to; 2 Hen. IV, II. iv. 278. Heed, II. i. 234, the subject 'you' is omitted.

of the blade.

Flote, I. ii. 274, flood, sea.

Foile foil), III. i. 57, disadvantage, defeat; 1 Hen. VI, V. iii. 28.

Foote (foot) it, I. ii. 445, dance.
Footing, IV. i. 155, dancing.
For, I. i. 54, against; I. ii. 272,
because.

Foule (foul), II. ii. 24, old, worn.
Founderd (founder'd), IV. i. 34,
lamed by over-use.
Fourth forth-) rights, III. iii. 6,
straight paths; Tro. & Cres.,
III. iii. 165.

Foyzon (foison), II. i. 170, rich harvest; Meas. for Meas., I. iv.

47.

Fraughting, I. ii. 15, making the burden; cf. Mer. of Ven., II.

viii. 33. Freshes, III. ii. 70, springs. Fringed, I. ii. 473, two syllables. Frustrate, III. iii. 14, unavailing; cf. Ant. & Cleo., V. i. 4.

74, commands.

Him, V. i. 19, loosely constructed in the same case as the accompanying relative.

Hint, I. ii. 157, II. i. 6, theme, occasion; Ant. & Cleo., III. iv.

IO.

His, II. i. 121, its, the latter form

being recent in Sh.'s time and not in full use.

Hollowly, III. i. 84, insincerely. Holpe (holp), I. ii. 78, more common in Sh. than the regular helped.

Holy, V. i. 74, pious, worthy. Home, V. i. 83, effectively, fully; Wint. Tale, V. iii. 8.

Hoyst (hoist), I. ii. 174, hoisted;

such contractions occur especially with verbs ending in tor d. Hudwinke (hoodwink), IV. i. 232, hide.

I (ay), II. i. 49, 71, III. i. 107, yes.

I, IV. i. 244, loosely constructed
for me,' object of 'make.'
Impertinent, I. ii. 162, irrelevant;
used only here and (mistakenly)
in Mer. of Ven., II. ii. 131.
Importun'd, II. i. 131, stress on
second syllable, im-por-tun'd.
Incharitable, I. i. 50, unfeeling.
Infest, V. i. 293, vex.
Infused, I. ii. 182, three syllables;
inspired.

Inherit, II. ii. 184, take possession;
IV. i. 176, possess.
Inly, V. i. 237, inwardly.
Into, I. ii. 325, 423, for in, after
confine, implying movement.
Inquisition, I. ii. 43, enquiry.
Invert, III. i. 84, reverse, change
for the opposite.

Is, I. ii. 562, used with a plural subject, especially after 'there'; Cymb., III. i. 43.

It, II. i. 170, for 'its,' especially before own, and as usual in Sh. 'its' not becoming common until later in the century.

Jacke (jack), IV. i. 224, knave, deceiver.

Jerkin, IV. i. 262, doublet, jacket; Two Gen. of Ver., II.

IV. 22.

Justifie (justify), V. i. 146, prove.

Key, I. ii. 100, tuning instrument. Kybe, II. i. 304, chilblain; Mer. Wives, I. iii. 30; Ham. V. i. 145.

Lakin, III. iii. 4, ladykin, the Virgin.

Lassd, IV. i. 146, lawn; cf. laund, 3 Hen. VI, III. i. 4. Lasse-lorne (lass-lorn), forsaken by his lass.

Learning, I. ii. 427, teaching. Lieu, I. ii. 145, in lieu of, in return for.

Life, III. iii. 110, representation of the life.

Like, IV. i. 265, please, impersonal, in the original construction of please' in if you please.'

Lime, IV. i. 270, bird lime. Line, IV. i. 262, lime tree.

Line-grove, V. i. 14, lime

grove.

reluctance; Ant. & Cleo., III.
xi. 20.

Lorded, I. ii. 115, made a lord.
Lush, II. i. 56, luxuriant.
Lusty, II. i. 56, vigorous.
Lyne (line), IV. i. 268, rule.

Madde (mad), I. ii. 244, delirium.
Maid, III. i. 101, servant.
Maine (main) -course, I. i. 44,
main sail.

Make, II. i. 290, turn into; ii. 33,
make the fortune of.
Mannage (manage), I. ii. 86,
government.

Massie (massy), III. iii. 88, heavy. Master, I. i. I. ii. 8, captain. Matter, II. i. 248, thing of impor

tance.

4,

Me, I. ii. 128, loosely constructed, perhaps as a dative; V. i. 336, 364, redundant object with verbs not usually reflexive. Meanders, III. iii. 6, round or winding paths.

Measure, II. i. 284, make one's way over; Two Gen. of Ver., II. vii. 12.

Medle (meddle), I. ii. 28, mingle. Meerly (merely), I. i. 65, absolutely, III. vii. 10.

Merchant, II. i. 8, merchantman. Mettal (mettle), II. i. 188, spirit. Mine, III. iii. 117, used for my

sometimes when separated from the noun; cf. 'yours,' II. i.

Miranda, I. ii. 59, etc., stress on

second syllable, Mi-ran'-da. Misse (miss), I. ii. 368, do without; Cor., II. i. 268. Mistakings, I. ii. 293, used by Sh. for mistakes'; Meas. for Meas., III. ii. 139.

Mo, II. i. 136, V. i. 279, more. Momentarie (momentary), I. ii. 235, instantaneous.

Moone (moon) -calf, II. ii. 113, deformed monster.

Mop, IV. i. 53, pout; cf. Lear, IV. i. 72[4].

More, I. ii. 24, 512, making a double comparative not uncommon in Sh.

Meas. for Meas,, III. ii. 54.

Mount, II. ii. 14, raise. Mowe (mow), IV. i. 53, grimace. Muse, III. iii. 50, wonder at. Mushrumps (mushrooms), V. i. 46, old form of the word used only here by Sh.

My, IV. i. 230, often so placed after an adjective, with the vocative; Jul. Cæs., II, i. 283. My selfe (myself), Ï. ii. 505, V. i. 28, 176, the reflexive pronoun used for the nominative.

Naturall (natural), III. ii. 34; As You, I. ii. 54. Nature, V. i. 88, natural affection. Neates (neat's)-leather, II. ii. 75, leather of cowhide. Nerves, I. ii. 570, sinews, muscles. Non-pareill (nonpareil), III. ii. 105, paragon. Nooke (nook), I. ii. 267, bay. Nor no, I. ii. 470, emphatic double negative. Not, II. i. 122, V. i. 45, 128, 357, put before the verb as if do or does were used.

Note, II. i. 271, news, information. Nothing, II. i. 177, nonsense; Mer. of Ven., I. i. 123. Nuptiall (nuptial), V. i. 362, three syllables, nup-she-al; regularly used in the singular by Sh.

the pack, a hunting term.

Owe, I. ii. 471, 529, III. i. 56, own,

have.

Owne (own), V. i. 251, master of one's self.

Painfull (painful), III. i. 3, laborious.

Pains, I. ii. 284, tasks; Tam. of
Shr., III. i. 14.

Passe (pass), ÏV. i. 268, thrust,
sally, a fencing term.
Passion, I. ii. 456, grief; IV. i.
164, three syllables.
Passion, V. i. 30, feel deeply; Two
Gen. of Ver., IV. iv. 169.
Patch, III. ii. 66, fool; Errors,
III. i. 39.

Pate, IV. i. 269, wit.
Patience, V. i. 161, three syllables.
Paunch, III. ii. 95, run through
the belly.

Peece (piece), I. ii. 69, pattern;
Ant. & Cleo., III. ii. 33.
Pertly, IV. i. 67, briskly.
Pioned, IV. i. 73, three syllables,

stress on first; peonied,' covered with marsh-marigold. Place, I. ii. 398, perhaps for the plural, places,' the omission of

the plural 's' occurs especially in words ending with an S sound.

Plantation, II. i. 148, colonization. Point, I. ii. 227, exactness, detail. Pole-clipt, IV. i. 77, twined on

poles; for clip, embrace, see Ant. & Cleo., IV. viii. 10. Poore (poor), John, II. ii. 30, salted hake, a coarse fish. Premises, I. ii. 145, first conditions; All's Well, II. i. 221. Presented, IV. i. 191, represented; Much Ado, III. iii. 73. Princesse, I. ii. 204, princesses; the sound of 's' being regarded as plural, cf. As You, I. ii. 160. Professes, II. i. 255, makes it a

business; As You, III. ii. 386. Profit, I. ii. 203, gain, a verb. Prospero, I. ii. 25, etc., stress on first syllable; shortened to Prosper, with same accent, III. iii.