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Fierce, V. ii. 920, ardent, strenu- | Halfe cheeke (half-cheek), V. ii.

ous; Lear, II. í. 42. Filed, V. i. 12, polished. Fire, new fire-new), I. i. 189, brand-new, fresh from the mint; Rich. III, I. iii. 269; Tw. Night, III. ii. 23. Flapdragon, V. i. 44-5, a raisin, or the like, set on fire in a glass of brandy; 2 Hen. IV, II. iv. 242. Flaske (flask), V. ii. 682, powderflask; Rom. & Jul., III. iii. 51. Fleer'd, V.

ii. 115, laughed, mocked, from Middle English ferien; fleer, Much Ado, V. i. 66; fleering, Jul. Cæs., I. iii.

129.

Force not, V. ii. 492, attach no force to, care not for, have no scruples; Lov. Comp., 157; Lucrece, 1021.

Fortuna delaguar (de la guerra),

V. ii. 589, fortune of war. Friend, V. ii. 450, mistress, as sometimes elsewhere; Meas. for Meas., I. iv. 33.

Gallows, V. ii. 13, one who deserves the gallows, gallows-bird. Gards (guards), IV. iii. 58, gauds, ornaments, form changed by pronunciation; Much Ado, I. i. 276; Meas. for Meas., III. i. III. Gentilitie (gentility), I. i. 138, urbanity, good manners. Gigge (gig), IV. iii. 172, V. i. 66, 68, a top, often made of the tip

of a horn.

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683, profile.

Heavy.. light, I. ii. 116-17, also II. i. 209; this play on different senses of light is frequent in Sh. ; Mer. of Ven., V. i. 150. Heed, I. i. 87, care. See note,

p. 124.

Hight, I. i. 181, 258, is called, used as an archaism; Mids. Night Dr., V. i. 148; Per., IV. prol. 18.

Hinde (hind), I. ii. 112, boor, peasant, also an animal, hence rationall hinde man as opposed to beast; As You, I. i. 21; Mer. Wives, III. v. 88.

Home, V. i. 60, V. ii. 704, home thrust.

Honie (honey), V. ii. 587; used in
this personal sense in i Hen. IV,
I. ii. 152; Tro. & Cres., V. ii. 22;
Rom. & Jul., II. v. 20.
Horne-booke (horn-book), V. i. 48,

spelling-book. See note, p. 170. Houres (hour's), II. i. 72, often,

as here, pronounced hou-ers; Temp., V. i. 6.

Humerous (humorous), III. i. 173, capricious; As You, I. ii. 266; John, III. i. 126; 2 Hen. IV, IV. iv. 40.

Hyperboles, V. ii. 453, pronounced hy-pér boles here and Tro. & Cres., I. iii. 167.

Illustrate, IV. i. 74, V. i. 117, illustrious; used only here in Sh. Impe (imp), I. ii. 6, V. iii. 655, originally an offshoot or scion of a tree, thence offspring, child; used only by Armado, Holofernes, and Pistol.

Importeth, IV. i. 65, concerneth.

Importunes, II. i. 35, pronounced by Sh. im-pór-tunes; Ham., I. iii. 117:.

In, IV. iii. 19, in the same state as himself.

In blood, IV. ii. 4, a term of the chase meaning in full vigor. Compare 1 Hen. VI, IV. ii. 52; Cor., I. i. 167. Incision, IV. iii. 101, blood-letting; only meaning in Sh.; Mer. of

Ven., II. i. 11; As You, III. ii. | 71; Rich. II, I. i. 160. Inconie (incony), III. i. 133, IV. i. 168, fine, delicate. Incounters (encounters), V. ii. 88, possibly for 'encounterers,'

as

in other instances where the noun is formed from the verb without the suffix '-er.'

In print, III. i. 169, to the letter; Two Gen. of Ver., II. i. 165; As You, V. iv. 93. Intellect, IV. ii. 149, used here only in special sense for part of writing giving intelligence of sender, as the signature.

Inward, V. i. 93, 94, in private, intimate, confidential; Rich. III, III. iv. 12; Much Ado, IV. i. 14.

Jaques, II. i. 46, pronounced Já-ques or Ja-kes; As You, II. i. 30; elsewhere debatable, probably Jakes.

Jone (Joan), III. i. 203, V. ii. 1010, a general name for a peasant woman; John, I. i. 194. Juvenall (juvenal), I. ii. 9, youth, juvenile; used only here and Mids. Night Dr., III. i. 97; 2 Hen. IV, I. ii. 20.

Keele (keel), V. ii. 1001, stir, cool by stirring, or skim. Kersie (kersey), V. ii. 459, coarse woolen stuff; Meas. for Meas., I. ii. 35; Tam. of Shr., III. ii. 67. Kingly poore (kingly-poor), V. ii. 302, poor for a king. Knave, III. i. 150, boy, servant; Ant. & Cleo., IV. xiv. 17; Jul. Cæs., IV. iii. 281.

Know my Ladies foot, V. ii. 527, know her humor. See note, p. 176.

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Like of, I. i. 116, IV. iii. 163; the of in such cases is a result of the old impersonal use 'me liketh,' which could not take a direct object; Much Ado, V. iv. 96; All's Well, II. iii. 135; Rich. III, IV. iv. 371.

Longaville, pronounced Long-avill to rhyme with 'ill,' IV. iii. 128, Long-a-vile (and So spelled) to rhyme with 'compile,' IV. iii. 138.

Long (long) of, II. i. 126, because of, owing to; Mids. Night Dr., III. ii. 359: Along' does not occur in this sense in Sh., and the use of the apostrophe in modern text is wrong.

Loose, V. ii. 814, loosing, parting; loose is an adverbial expression, which could not be amplified now as in time of Sh. Loose (lose) an oath, IV. iii. 74, to break an oath, be no longer held by it.

Lye (lie), I. i. 159, lodge, reside; 2 Hen. IV, IV. ii. 108; Two Gen. of Ver., IV. ii. 140; Mer. Wives, II. i. 163; Oth., III. iv. 4.

Lye (lie) in my throate (throat), IV. iii. 13, a proverbial expression for deliberate lying, the lie in the teeth being merely an impulsive lie; 2 Hen. IV, I. ii. 80.

Made a doubt, V. ii. 107, were afraid, expressed fear. Magnificent, I. i. 203, III. i. 176, pompous, boastful; used only here in Sh.

Make, IV. iii. 364, singular to agree with 'voice," but plural by proximity to 'gods'; similar construction, Wint. Tale, IV. ii. 26; Hen. V, V. ii. 22. Makes, IV. iii. 200, does, a common use of the word, here played upon; As You, I. i. 33. Male (mail), III. i. 78, bag, from Middle English male, French malle.

Mallicholie (melancholy), IV. iii. 14, evidently a Middle English form.

Manager (manage), V. ii. 535,

management of a horse, handling, from Latin manus, hand. Marcade (mercade), pronounced in modern text, V. ii. 787, verse, Mer-kah-dey, but in Folio, prose, may be Mar-kāde. Margent, II. i. 262, margin, alluding to practice of putting notes in margin of books; Lucrece, 102; Rom. & Jul., I. iii. 82. Meane (mean), V. ii. 367, tenor part; Two Gen. of Ver., I. ii. 104; Wint. Tale, IV. iii. 46. Measure, V. ii. 197, stately dance; Much Ado, II. i. 69. Meat (mete), IV. i. 152, to measure, hence to take aim. Meere (mere), I. i. 159, I. ii. 34, absolute; Mer. of Ven., III. ii. 278; Oth., II. ii. 5. Mellowing of occasion, IV. ii. 86, opportune moment.

Messe (mess), IV. iii. 221, V. ii. 101, party of four; 3 Hen. VI,

iv. 80.

Methegline (metheglin), V. ii. 252, mead. See note, p. 174. Misbecom'd, V. ii. 840, a frequent irregular participial form; Rom. & Jul., IV. ii. 31; Ant. & Cleo., III. vii. 33: Cymb., V. v. 483. Misprision, IV. iii. 102, mistake; Mids. Night Dr., III. ii. 93; Much Ado, IV. i. 193. Monarcho, IV. i. 109, name of a Spanish braggart of the time. See note, p. III. Moth, originally pronounced Mote, as shown in IV. iii. 166, from the pun on 'mote' and 'beam.'

Mouse, V. ii. 19, used as a term of endearment; Tw. Night, I. v. 61; Ham., III. iv. 186. Much, II. i. 21, frequently used as an ordinary adjective.

Native she doth owe, I. ii. 100, she possesses by nature. Owe is frequently used for 'own,' II. i. 9: Tw. Night, I. v. 313: Neither of either, V. ii. 512, a common expression in time of Sh.

Night of dew, IV. iii. 29, tears of sorrow; Ven. & Ad., 481.

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Oes (O's), V. ii. 47, marks left by smallpox.

Of, I. i. 47; used with expressions of time signifies during'; Tam. of Shr., Ind. ii. 85; Mids. Night Dr., II. i. 263. II. i. 61, by; here = loved for (his) virtue by all that love virtue. For this use compare Macb., III. vi. 7. Of all hands, IV. iii. 235, on all sides, in any case.

Of force, I. i. 158, perforce, of necessity; Mids. Night Dr., III. ii. 42; Mer. of Ven., IV. i. 61. On her (one, her), IV. iii, 147, (the hairs) of one, her put by analogy with 'his' for the possessive, one's (one his); no other example in Sh., but frequent in Elizabethan literature.

Opinion, V. i. 7, self-conceit; I Hen. IV, III. i. 199. Ore-parted (o'erparted), V. ii. 651, having a part beyond his power. Out of frame, III. i. 189, out of order; Ham., I. ii. 24. Compare Much Ado, IV. i. 136; Meas. for Meas., V. i. 74.

Parcell (parcel), V. ii. 169, frequently used of persons; Mer.

of Ven., I. ii. 104; All's Well, II. iii. 54. Parlee (parle), V. ii. 128, hold parley.

Parrators (paritors), III. i. 184, apparitors, court clerks; perhaps here used in sense of go-betweens.'

Passado, I. ii. 171, a thrust in fencing; Rom. & Jul., II. iv. 26, III. i. 86.

Passe (pass), V. i. 124, pass as, represent.

Passion, I. i. 261, grieve, sorrow; used as a verb; Two Gen. of Ver., IV. iv. 169; Ven. & Ad., 1059; Temp., V. i. 30.

the center of the

Pricke (pick) out, V. ii. 602, single

out.

Primater (pia mater), IV. ii. 85,
the pia mater, covering of the
brain, here put for the brain
itself; Tw. Night, I. v. 114;
Tro. & Cres., II. i. 68.
Profound, IV. iii. 173, pronounced
pró-found for the sake of meter.
Pruning mee (me), IV. iii. 189,
adorning myself, from Middle
English proinen, prunen, to dress
up smartly. Compare Hen.
IV, I. i. 101.
Pursents, V. ii. 544, blunder for
' represents.'

Patch, IV. ii. 36, a play on the | Pricke (prick), IV. i. 152, the word in its sense of fool' or point in 'clown'; Mer. of Ven., II. v. target. 49; Mids. Night Dr., III. ii. 11; | Macb., V. iii. 20. Patheticall (pathetical), I. ii. 92, IV. i. 176, touching, pleasing; used as an affectation, only here and As You, IV. i. 184. Pedant, III. i. 175, pedagogue; only meaning in Sh.; Tw. Night, III. ii. 75. Pensals (pencils), V. ii. 45, small brushes used by painters. Perjure, IV. iii. 48, perjurer, 'wearing papers,' as punishment for his crime. See note, p. 160. Person (parson), IV. ii. 97, IV. iii. 204, parson, a specialized use of same word. See note, p. 156. Perst, persing (pierced, piercing), IV. ii. 99, 102, shows the old pronunciation of pierce, still common in proper names. Phantasime, IV. i. 109, V. i. 21, fantastic fellow.

Pied, V. ii. 974, variegated; Mer.
of Ven., I. iii. 82.
Pitcht (pitched) a toyle (toil),
IV. iii. 4, set a snare.
Placcats (plackets), III. i. 182,
the opening in a woman's skirt,
hence here a name for 'woman';
Lear, III. iv. 102.
Please-man, V.
thank, flatterer.
Pompion, V. ii. 559, blunder for
'Pompey.'

ii. 516, pick

Pomwater (pomewater), IV. ii. 5,
a kind of apple.
Power, IV. iii. 350, sense.
Poysons (poisons) up, IV. iii. 323;
for the intensive force of up,
compare As You, II. i. 67.
Praise sake, IV. i. 41; the sign of
the possessive case was fre-
quently omitted before a sibi-
lant, or when the noun itself
ended in 'sh.'

Present, IV. iii. 197, matter to be
presented; V. i. 129, represent;
Temp., IV. i. 191; Much Ado,
III. iii. 73; Mer. Wives, IV. vi.

22.

President (precedent), I. ii. 110, precedent.

Qualme (qualm), V. ii. 313, pro-
nounced calm; 2 Hen. IV, II.
iv. 37.

Quicke (quick), I. i. 172, V. i. 59,
V. ii. 318, sprightly, lively; 2
Hen. IV, IV. iii. 102; Ant. &
Cleo., V. ii. 260.

Quillets, IV. iii. 305, casuistries,
nice distinctions; 1 Hen. VI, II.
iv. 21; Ham., V. i. 102; Tim.
of Ath., IV. iii. 170.

Rack'd, V. ii. 892, reckoned up

against you, from Anglo-Saxon reccan, to reckon.

Reasons, V. i. 4, discourse, con

versation.

Reformation, V. ii. 944, here pronounced in five syllables, reform-á-ti-on.

Repasture, IV. i. 102, repast, food.
Requests (request'st), V. ii. 221,
the Folio form is frequent in
verbs ending with 't'; Rich. II,
IV. i. 273; Rich. III, II. i. 108;
Ham., I. iv. 36.

Resolve, II. i. 117, answer; Tam.
of Shr., IV. ii. 9.
Retire, II. i, 250, withdrawal, re-
tirement; John, II. i. 347.
Right, V. ii. 579, true; Mids.
Night Dr., III. ii. 316; Ant. &
Cleo., IV. xii. 33.
Rosaline, pronounced Rose-a-line
to rhyme with 'thine,' IV. iii.
238, V. ii. 139. When spelled

Rosalin in IF. the pronunciation Rõs-a-lin seems to be indicated. Rubbing, IV. i. 164, a term in bowling; Rich. II, III. iv. 6. Russet, V. ii. 459, homespun.

Salve, III. i. 77, 79, this play on the two words, English salve and Latin Salve, seems to show an old pronunciation of the former. Saw, V. ii. 1003, maxim; As You, II. vii. 167; 2 Hen. VI, I. iii. 61; Ham., I. v. 105. Sensible, IV. iii. 356, sensitive: Temp., II. i. 181. Severall (several), II. i. 238, belonging to a private owner, separate, as frequently; Temp., III. i. 53-4, V. i. 277. See note, p. 143.

She, V. ii. 522; used here for the rhyme, but frequently as if an uninflected noun in place of 'woman'; Oth., IV. ii. 5; Ant. & Cleo., III. xiii. 120; Tro. & Cres., II. iii. 245.

Shooter (suitor), ÏV. i. 122, suitor; the Folio reading shows old pronunciation of the word and the pun intended.

Shrewd, V. ii. 13, mischievous, evil, the old meaning; Mer. Wives, II. ii. 214; Mids. Night Dr., II. i. 32. Shrowes (shrows), V. ii. 48, another spelling of 'shrew' (showing the pronunciation), for the sake of rhyme, as 'strew,'

strow.'

Simplicitie (simplicity), V. ii. 56, 82, silliness.

Situate, I. ii. 130; verbs ending in 'd' or 't' do not add another dental for the participle in Sh. as in Middle English. Skipping, V. ii. 833, flighty, thoughtless; Mer. of Ven., II. ii. 183.

Small, I. i. 91, little; this use of adjectives for nouns is frequent. Compare Meas. for Meas., II. iv. 184; Ham., I. iii. 133; Temp., I. ii. 170. V. ii. 711, of the leg. Sneaping, I. i. 109, snipping, nipping; Wint. Tale, I. ii. 17. Sod, IV. ii. 23, sodden, boiled; a

frequent form of the past participle of 'seethe'; twice sod 'simplicitie' concentrated stupidity. Sodaine bold (sudden-bold), II. i. 114; this compounding of adjectives, the first gaining an adverbial force, is frequent in Sh.; Lear, IV. vi. 6; Mer. Wives, V. v. 70; Rich. II, I. iii. 88; 2 Hen. IV, prol. 43; As You, II. vii. 175. Solemnized, II. i. 46, pronounced sol-ém-niz-éd.

Sometime, III. i. 16, sometimes; used interchangeably by Sh. Sore, IV. ii. 68, four-year-old deer. Sorell, IV. ii. 71, three-year-old

deer.

Sorted, I. i. 259, associated. Compare Ven. & Ad., 689; Ham., II.

ii. 297.

Sound (swoon), V. ii. 437, an early way of spelling swoon; Mids. Night Dr., II. ii. 160; As You, V. ii. 30; Rom. & Jul., III. ii. 62, etc. Sowla, sowla (sola!), IV. i. 177, a shout to attract attention, possibly from so, la, notes of the gamut; Mer. of Ven., V. i. 50. Spirits, V. ii. 176, here pronounced in one syllable, spir(i)ts, as frequently; Ham., I. i. 153; Mids. Night Dr., II.

Spleene (spleen), V. ii. 123, sudden fit or spasm of emotion, here of merriment. Compare Mids. Night Dr., I. i. 156. Spoke, V. ii. 389, for 'said.' Squier (squire), V. ii. 527, square, foot-rule; Wint. Tale, IV. iv. 366; 1 Hen. IV, II. ii. 15. Stand, IV. i. 13, term for the hunter's station.

State, IV. iii. 190, attitude in quiet, as opposed to gait in motion. States, V. ii. 472, estates; Mer. of Ven., III. ii. 295; As You, V. iv. 181.

Stay not thy complement (compli ment), IV. ii. 158, do not wait for polite formalities. Stoope (stoop), IV. iii. 92, stooped,

crooked.

Straines (strains), V. ii. 832, impulses, vagaries; Mer. Wives, II. i. 80; Tim. of Ath., IV. iii. 233; Cor., V. iii: 161.

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