The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

GLOSSARY

A GLOSSARY OF WORDS

Grammatical Usage and Pronunciation

Absolute, III. iii. 56, perfect; | Ham., V. ii. 112 [2]; Temp., I. ii.

128. Abstract, IV. ii. 56, inventory. Additions, II. ii. 281, titles; All's Well, II. iii. 138; Lear, V. iii. 73, 337; Macb. III. i. 121. Addresse (address), III. v. 124, make ready; All's Well, III. vi.

100.

affected.

Admittance, II. ii. 216, III. iii. 52, acceptance, of admittance, received, approved. Affective, II. i. 130, Aggravate, II. ii. 268, add to. Aime (aim), III. ii, a cry of encouragement to archers. Allhallowmas (all-hallowmas), I. i. 188, All Saints' Day, November 1.

Allow'd (allowed), II. ii. 218, ap-
proved; cf. 2 Hen. IV, IV. ii. 58.
A-manie (a many), III. iii. 64,
many; cf.a few,'' many a.'
Amaze, V. iii. 19, v. 225, confuse ;
Meas. for Meas., IV. ii. 220.
Amiable, II. ii. 224, amorour;
Much Ado, III. iii. 146.
Angels, I. iii. 48, gold coins.
An-heires (mynheers), II. i. 199,
gentlemen.

Armigero, I. i. 13, squire, corrupt
for Latin armiger.
Attends, I. i. 245, waits for.
Authenticke (authentic), II. ii.

217, of acknowledged authority;
All's Well, II. iii. 13.

A-vis'd (avised), I. iv. 94, advised, aware; Meas. for Meas., II. ii. 160.

Ballow (baille), I. iv. 82, fetch; found only here. Beholding, I. i. 248, under obligation; Meas. for Meas., IV. iii. 177.

Bestow, IV. ii. 43, v. 106, find a place for, hide; Errors, Í. ii. 82. Bil-berry, V. v. 50, whortleberry. Bilboe (bilbo), I. i. 150, sword. Bloudy (bloody), V. v. 102, in the blood.

Body-kins (bodykins), II. iii. 43, an oath by the sacramental bread. Bolt, III. iv. 29, blunt arrow. Boorded (boarded), II. i. 81, ad

dressed, wooed; Tam. of Shr., I. ii. 97; cf. Tw. Night, I. iii. 5. Breede (breed) = bate, I. iv. 13, breeder of dissension."

Brewage, III. v. 31, brewed beer. Brib'd (bribed), V. v. 28, cut into pieces.

Buck-basket, III. iii. 5, clothes basket.

Bucking, III. iii. 118, washing; cf. 2 Hen. VI, IV. ii. 49. Buck-washing, III. ^iii. 138, laundry work.

Bully, I. iii. 8, II. i. 197, etc., dashing fellow.

Bully Rooke (bully-rook), I. iii. 4, II. i. 187, etc., gallant.

Canarie (canary), III. ii. 78, sweet wine from the Canaries. Canaries, II. ii. 62, 64, quandary.

Car-eires (careers), I. i. 165, race limits.

Carion (carrion), III. iii. 173, spoiled flesh, a term of contempt.

shows courtesy ;

Carves, I. i. 40: s. 62.

Love's Lab., Casheerd (cashiered), I. i. 164, eased of his cash; casheere, Ï. iii. 8, discharge.

Cataian, II. i. 132, Chinaman,

cheat.

Cat-a-Mountaine (mountain), II. ii. 28, wild-cat.

Chaires (chairs) of order, V. v. | Curnuto (cornuto), III. v. 64,

66, seats of the Knights of the
Garter.

Challices (chalices), III. v. 27,
goblets.
Characterie (charactery) stress
on second syllable; writing;
Jul. Cæs., II. i. 338.
Charge, II. ii. 156, burden, put to

expense.

Charinesse (chariness), II. i. 91, scrupulousness.

Charmes (charms), II. ii. 102, enchantments.

Cheaters, I. iii. 63, forfeit-col-
lectors.

Clapper-claw, II. iii. 62, thrash;
Tro. & Cres., V. iv. 2.
Clearkly (clerkly), IV. v. 58,
scholarly.

Coate (coat), I. i. 19, V. v. 68,
coat-of-arms.

Cocke, I. i. 275, corruption of
'God,' in oaths.
Cog, III. i. 108, iii. 42, wheedle,
deceive; Much Ado, V. i. 106.
Colours, III. iv. 84, standards;
John, V. ii. 78; colour, IV. iii.
148, pretext; Two Gen. of Ver.,
IV. ii. 5.

Come off, IV. iii. 13, pay down.
Companion, III. i. 108, fellow, in a

contemptuous sense.
Conceited, I. iii. 22, ingenious.
Confidence, I. iv. 149, conference,
conversation.

Conicatch, I. iii. 31, conycatching,
I. i. 120, cheat, cheating; Tam. of
Shr., V. i. 98.

Contents, IV. vi. 15, stress on sec-
ond syllable.
Contrary, II. i. 189, different.
Convay (convey), Í. iii. 27, steal;
Rich. II, IV. i. 323.
Conversation, II. i. 22, behaviour;
Ant. & Cleo., II. vi. 145.
Coram, I. i. 10, corruption of' quo-
rum' (?).

Costard, III. i. 17, apple, head;
Love's Lab., III. i. 73.
Couch, V. i. 3, V. 53, lie, hide;
Much Ado, III. i. 33.
Countrie (country), I. i. 201, dis-

trict.

cuckold.

Cut, III. iv. 48, docked, a term of contempt.

Dawbry (daubery), IV. ii. 163,
imposture.

Dickens, III. ii. 18, an oath, per-
haps 'devilkins.'
Diffused, IV. iv. 58, three sylla-
bles; uncouth.

Distemper, III. iii. 194, v. 69, IV.
ii. 26, ill temper.

Dole, III. iv. 67, lot; Tam. of Shr.,
I. i. 144.

Doublet, III. i. 40, inner coat.
Doubt, I. iv. 39, fear, suspect;
John, IV. i. 24.

Drawer, II, ii. 151, tapster, waiter;
1 Hen. IV, II. iv. 7.
Drumble, III. iii. 131, dawdle.

Eld, IV. iv. 39, the olden time.
Elder, II. iii. 29, elder wood.
En-sconce (ensconce), II. ii. 28,

III. iii. 81, shelter, hide. Entertaine (entertain), I. iii. 12, 49, take into service; Two Gen. of Ver., II. iv, 102.

Ephesian, IV. v. 20, boon com-
panion; 2 Hen. IV, II. ii. 140.
Eringoes, V. v. 24, sea-holly, sup-
posed to act as a love charm.
Evitate, V. v. 233, avoid.
Expressure, V. v. 72, expression,
form of words; Tro. & Cres.,
III. iii. 213.
Eyas-musket, III. iii. 1, little
hawk.

Fault, I. i. 89, III. iii. 195, misfor-
tune; Per., IV. ii. 71.
Fee-simple, IV. ii. 195, absolute
ownership.

Fellow, V. v. 30, game-keeper.
Fico, I. iii. 27, fig.

Fights, II. ii. 130, canvas screens
used during naval battles.
Figures, IV. ii. 201, fancies; Jul.
Cæs., II. i. 257.

Fine, IV. ii. 196, in absolute posses

sion.

Fixed, V. v. 44, two syllable. Flannel, V. v. 171, a Welshman, flannel being made in Wales. Foigne (foin), II. iii. 24, thrust in fencing; 2 Hen. IV, II. i. 16. Foolishion (foolish), III. iii. 173, misprint, anticipating the ending of the next word.

Forced, V. v. 235, two syllables. Frampold, II. ii. 90, quarrelsome. Frize, V. v. 146, coarse woollen. Froth, I. iii. 15, raise the foam on a tankard.

Fullam, I. iii. 79, loaded dice.

Gally-mawfry

(galli-maufry), II. i. 107, medley, here 'the female sex'; Wint. Tale, IV. iv. 354. Gar, I. iv. 101, etc., corruption of 'God.'

Geminy, II. ii. 11, pair of twins. Give us leave, II. ii. 150, withdraw; Two Gen. of Ver., III. i. 4. Good-jer (good-year), I. iv. 113, an oath, referring to a loathsome disease, equivalent to a pox on it.'

Gourd, I. iii. 78, false dice.
Grated upon, II. ii. 8, vexed.
Groates groats), I. i. 144, four-
penny bits.

Hacke (hack), II. i. 47; hac, IV. i.
60, grow cheap (?)
Had rather, III. iii. 110, good
English, the following clause
being the object of had = 'would
have.'

Haire (hair), II. iii. 39, grain, nature; cf. heire, 1 Hen. IV, IV. i. 69.

Hardest, I. iii. 42, harshest.
Hauthorne (hawthorne) buds,
III. ii. 65, dandies.
Have with you, II. i. 143, 200,
I will go with you; As You, I. ii.
255.

Having, III. ii. 65, property; As
You, III. ii. 363.

Havior (haviour), I. iii. 71, deportment; Tw. Night, III. iv.

204.

Hindes (hinds), III. v. 88, ser

vants.

Hold, V. i. 3, keep to a bargain,

Image, IV. vi. 19, idea; Meas. for
Meas., III. i. 279.
Impatient, III. iv. 73, four sylla-
bles, im-pa'-she-ent.
Infection, ÌI. ii. 111, affection.
Ingross'd (engrossed), II. ii. 188,

seized; cf. All's Well, III. ii. 69. Instance, II. ii. 234, example; Errors, IV. iii. 88.

Intention, I. iii. 59, intentness ; Wint. Tale, I. ii. 167. Intollerable (intolerable), V. v.

161, monstrous, enormous. It, II. i. 198, he, this, used for person especially before'is'; 2 Hen. IV, III. ii. 264.

Jack-a-lent, III. iii. 24, V. v. 134, stuffed puppet.

Fayes (jays), III. iii. 37, immodest women; Cymb., III. iv. 52.

Keiser, I. iii. 11, Kaiser, German

emperor.

Kibes, I. iii. 30, chilblains; Ham. V. i. 145.

Kissing comfits, V. v. 24, scented sugarplums.

Labras, I. i. 151, lips.

Larded, IV. vi. 16, garnished; Ham., IV. v. 37.

Larum, III. v. 65, alarm; 2 Hen.
IV, III. i. 19.

Latine (latten), I. i. 150, a soft
alloy of copper.
Laundry, I. ii. 6, laundress.
Lay, II. ii. 63, resided.

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