ther male or female, Temp. iii. 1, eel being also considered a hot food, to Fennel was also held to be emblematic of flattery, Ham. iv. 5. FEODARY. (Spelt also, Fedary.) A feudal vassal, a dependant, a subordinate agent, a confederate, Mea. M. ii. 4, Cymb. iii. 2. FERN-SEED. It was thought to render people invisible. The seed of the plant is said to be so; perhaps from its growing at the back of the leaf, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 1. FESTINATE. Quick, speedy; Lat. Festinatus, Lear iii. 7. Love's L. L. iii. 1. "Festinately," FESTIVAL TERMS. language, Much Ado v. 2. Holiday, or florid FET. Fetched, derived, Hen. V. iii. 1, 2 Hen. VI. ii. 4, Rich. III. ii. 2. FETCH OF WARKANT. A sanctioned trick or pretence, Ham. ii. 1. FETTLE. To prepare, to make ready; to adjust, to put in order; still in provincial use, Rom. J. iii. 5. [In most editions, "settle."] FEWNESS AND TRUTH. Briefly and veritably or, in few words and truly, Mea. M. i. 5. FICO, or FIGO. Fig. A term of contempt and defiance; said to be of Spanish origin, Mer. W. i. 3, Hen. V. iii. 6 & iv. I. FIFTEEN. A tax; a fifteenth part of each subject's personal property, 2 Hen. VI. FIG. To show contempt for, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 7. V. 4. FIGHTS. Cloths hung round a ship when in action, to conceal the men, Mer. W. ii. 2. FILE. Number, list, catalogue, Mea. M. iii. 2, Macb. iii. 1 & v. 2. FILED. Contraction of defiled, Macb. iii. I. Also, kept an equal pace with, Hen. VIII. iii. 2. FILL. Now called Thill. Fill-horse, or Phill-horse, the shaft-horse, Tr. Cr. iii. 2. FILLY. A young mare; opposed to colt, a young horse, Mids. N. ii. 1. FIND FORTH. Used formerly for find Evasive, prevaricating; wily, crafty; Fr. trop fine, "too fine," All's W. v. 3. Used in this sense, and in its more usual one of refined, elegant, polished, 1 Hen. IV. iv. 1. FINE AND RECOVERY. This was formerly the strongest assurance known to the English law, Mer. W. iv. 2. FINELESS. Endless, Oth. iii. 3. FINSBURY. A space of ground adjoining the city of London, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 1. FIRAGO. For Virago. A double wilful blunder of Sir Toby's, applying the term to a man; instead of, as is usual, to a turbulent woman, Tw. N. iii. 4. FIRE-DRAKE. A fiery dragon. Humorously, a man with a flaming nose, Hen. VIII. v. 3. FIRK. To beat, to thrash, Hen. V. iv. 4. FIRST COMPLAINT. This has been objected to, as affording no meaning; and Mr Collier's MS. corrector gives "thirst complaint.' fers to the former of Menenius's selfBut, "first' accusations, his being a "humorous patrician;" humorous signifying, as he himself goes on to explain, "hasty and tinder-like," Corio. ii. 1. re GLOSSARY. FIT. A division in a song. There is a play upon the word here; in its musical sense, and in its other one, of "fits and starts," Tr. Cr. iii. 1. FIT OF THE FACE. An affected look, a grimace, Hen. VIII. i. 3. FIVES. A corruption of the Fr. Avives. FLAP-DRAGON. A small combustible body FLAW. A sudden wind-storm, 2 Hen. FLIBBERTIGIBBET. The name of a fiend, FLICKERING. Fluttering, as flame, Lear FLIGHT. A light, slender arrow, for i. 1. FLIRT-GILL. A light-charactered wench, FLOTE. A poetical name for the sea, as FLUXIVE. Flowing with tears, Lover's FOB. A check, a balk, Com. E. iv. 3. FOIN. To thrust fiercely in fencing, FOISON. Abundance, especially appli- FOND. Weakly loving, foolish, Rom. J. iii. 3, Ham. i. 5, Lear i. 4 & iv. 7. FOND AND WINNOWED. Esteemed and choice, Ham. v. 2. FOOLS' ZANIES. Fools' baubles; which had a fool's head on them, Tw. N. i. 5. See BAUBLE. FoOT. To clutch, Cymb. v. 4. To kick, to spurn, Mer. Ven. i. 3, Cymb. iii. 5. FOOT-CLOTH. The housing to a horse; used on state occasions, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 7, Rich. III. iii. 4. FOR. Used in the sense of "because," since," Cymb. iv. 2, Oth. i. 3. FORAGE. To go forth abroad; from the Lat. Foris, John v. i. To range for provender, Love's L. L. iv. 1, V. i. 2. Hen. FORCE. To care for, to heed, Love's L. L. v. 2. Also, to urge, Corio. iii. 2. Likewise to cram or stuff. modern use as (Still in "force-meat,") Tr. Cr. FORDO. To undo, to destroy, Ham. v. 1, FORMAL. Sedate, rational, sane, Com. FORESAY. To foretell, predict, Cymb. FORESLOW. To loiter, delay, 3 Hen. VI. FORFEITS. Rules hung in a barber's FORSPOKE. Anticipated, forbidden, Ant. FORTHRIGHT. A direct path, Temp. iii. FORTY. Used anciently to express an indefinite number; as now, fifty, a hundred, or a score, 1 Hen. VI. i. 3, Corio. iii. 1. FOR WHY. Used as because, Two Gen. V. iii. 1, Com. E. iii. 2, Rich. II. v. 1, Tit. A. iii. 1, Pass. Pilgrim 7 & 11. FOUR. This word (like "forty") seems to have been occasionally used to express an indefinite number, Hen. V. v. 1, Corio. i. 6, Ham. ii. 2, Ant. Cl. ii. 6 & 7. Fox. A cant term for a sword, Hen. V. iv. 4. FRACTED. Broken, Hen. V. ii. 1, Tim. A. ii. 1. FRAMPOLD. Vexatious, uncomfortable, FRANK. A place to fatten hogs, a sty, 2 Styed, like swine, Rich. III. i. 3 & iv. 5. FRANKLIN. A freeholder, Win. T. v. 2, An affray, a fight, Mer. W. ii. 1, FRETS. The stopping points in a lute or guitar, Tam. S. ii. 1, Ham. iii. 2. FRIPPERY. Originally meaning an old clothes-shop; now confined to its contents, Temp. iv. 1. FRIZE. A coarse woollen cloth, made in Wales, Mer. W. v. 5, Oth. ii. 1. FRONTLET. A fore-kead band, metaphorically meaning a scowling look, Lear i. 4. FRUSH. To bruise, or break in pieces: Fr. Froisser, Tr. Cr. v. 6. FULLAMS. Loaded dice so named. They were called "high fullams," or fullams," according as they were re"low quired. They were chiefly made at Fulham, in Middlesex; hence FUMITER. A rampant weed in corn, the name, Mer. W. i. 3. Lear iv. 4 Called "Fumitory," Hen. V. v. 2. FURNISHINGS. Appendages, Lear iii. 1. FUST. To mould, or grow fusty, Ham. iv. 4. FUSTILARIAN. A Falstaffism for a fusty fellow, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 1. G GABERDINE. A coarse cloak, or gown; Span. Gavardina, Temp. ii. 2, Mer. Ven. i. 3. GAD. A sharp point, a spur. "Upon the gad," on the spur of the occasion, Tit. A. iv. 1, Lear ì. 2. GAGE. Pledge. The glove, or gauntlet thrown down, was called a gage or defiance, Rich. II. iv. 1. Used also for gauge," to measure, Mer. Ven. i. I. GAGED. Laid as a wager, Ham. i. 1. GAIN-GIVING. Uncertainty of mind, misgiving, Ham. v. 2. GAIT. Procedure, Ham. i. 2. GALLIAN. For Gallic, or French, Cymb. i. 7, 1 Hen. VI. v. 4. GALLIARD. A French dance, lively and nimble, Tw. N. i. 3, Hen. V. i. 2. GALLIASSES. Galleys of large construction, Tam. S. ii. 1. GALLOW. To scare, to frighten, Lear iii. 2. GALLOWAY NAGS. Common hack horses, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4 GALLOWGLASSES. Heavy-armed footsoldiers of Ireland and the Western Isles, Macb. i. 2, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 9. GALLY-MAWFRY. A heterogeneous jumble, Win. T. iv. 3, Mer. W. ii, 1. GAMESTER. A familiar term for a debauchee of either sex, All's W. v. 3, Hen. VIII. i. 4. GAPING. Bawling, Hen. VIII. v. 3. GARBOILS. Uproars, commotions, Ant. Cl. i. 3 & ii. 2. Fr. Garbouille. GARDEN-HOUSE. Now called a summerhouse, Mea. M. v. 1. GARDON. Costard's mispronunciation of Ghasted, made aghast, af- GAUDY NIGHT. A "gaudy day" is a day of rejoicing and festivity. Still used in the English universities and inns of court, Ant. Cl. iii. 11. GAWDS. Toys, finery, gew-gaws, Mids. N. i. 1, John iii. 3, Tr. Cr. iii, 3. GEAR. Matter in hand, Mer. Ven. i. 1, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 1. Dress, Love's L. L. v. 2. GECK. A fool, a dupe, Tw. N. v. 1. A butt, a laughing-stock, Cymb. v. 4. GENERAL. The populace, Mea. M. ii. 4, Ham. ii. 2. GENERAL GENDER. The common race of people, Ham. iv. 7. GENEROUS. Noble in birth and rank, GENTILITY. High birth, and breeding, Love's L. L. i. 1, As You L. i. 1. GENTLE. Belonging to gentry, noble, high-minded, Temp. i. 2, Cymb. iv. 2. GENTLE. To put in the rank of a gentleman, Hen. V. iv. 3. GENTLES. Gentlemen, Love's L. L. iv. 2, Tam. S. iii. 2. GENTRY. Used for urbanity, politeness, Ham. ii. 2. GENTRY. Rank or degree as gentlemen, Merry W. ii. 1, Win. T. i. 2, Corio. iii. 1. GERMAN CLOCK. A notoriously fantastical piece of machinery, and as notoriously incomplete and disorderly, Love's L. L. iii. 1. GERMANE or GERMAN. Akin, allied, Win. T. iv. 3, Ham. v. 2. GERMANS. Relations, Oth. i. 1. GERMINS. Seeds, germinations, Macb. iv. 1, Lear iii. 2. GEST. The stage of progress, as well as resting-place in a journey. Likewise the time for resting. Old Fr. Giste, Win. T. i. 2. GESTS. Deeds, exploits; Lat. Gesta, Ant. Cl. iv. 7. [In some editions, given guests."] GHOST. Sometimes used for corse, dead body. The word occurs three times in this scene: first, meaning dead body; second and third, meaning spirit, or soul of the departed, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 2. GHOSTED. Haunted, ghost-like, Ant. Cl. ii. 6. GIB. A male cat. The gib cat is now called the tom cat; gib being the abbreviation of Gilbert, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2, Ham. iii. 4. GIBBET. To hang; not only on a gallows, but to hang any thing up, or on, 2 Hen. IV. iii. 2. GIG. A small whipping-top, made of horn, Love's L. L. iv. 3 & v. 1. GIGLOT. A dissolute woman, Mea. M. v. 1, 1 Hen. VI. iv. 7, Cymb. iii. 1. GILLYFLOWER. Gillyvor, Gillofer, or Gelofre; a flower of the stock, or carnation tribe, Win. T. iv. 3. GIMMAL. Spelt likewise Gimmer. double ring, from the Lat. Gemelius, a twin. Also, machinery, or clock-work, 1 Hen. VI. i. 2. A GIMMAL BIT. A linked, or double bit, Hen. V. iv. 2. GING. A gang, Mer. W. iv. 2. GIRD. To cut, or lash with sarcasm, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2, Corio i. 1. GIRDED. Besieged, Hen. V. iii. (Chor.) GIRDLE. To turn the girdle, meant, that when a man intended to challenge another at wrestling, he turned the buckle of his belt behind; that his adversary might have a good gripe of his girdle, Much Ado v. 1. Gis. Supposed to be a substituted form of asseveration for "Jesus," Ham. iv. 5, (Song.) GLEEK. To joke, to scoff, or beguile, Mids. N. iii. 1, 1 Hen. VI. iii. 2, Rom. GLOVE. In the days of chivalry the glove was worn on the helmet, as the favour of a lady; and at times, as a challenge, Hen, V. iv. 1 & iv. 7. GLOVES. They used formerly to be daintily scented, Win. T. iv. 3, (Song.) GLOZE. To sophisticate, wheedle, or ca jole, Rich. II. ii. 1, Hen. V. i. 2, Tit. A. iv. 4, Tr. Cr. ii. 2, Peric. i. I. GLUT. To swallow up, to englut; Fr. Engloutir, Temp. i. 1. GNARLED. Knotted, snaggy, Mea, M. ii. 2. GNARLING. Snarlingly gnawing, Rich. II. i. 3, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 1. GO TO THE WORLD. Meaning to be married, All's W. i. 3, Much Ado ii. 1. GODFATHERS. Formerly the twelve jurymen used to be jocosely called the prisoner's godfathers, Mer. Ven. iv. 1. GOD 'ILD, or 'IELD. Corruption of God yield, or reward you, As You L. iii. 3, Ham. iv. 5. GOD'S SONTIES. Thought to be a corruption of God's saints; anciently written saunctes, Mer. Ven. ii. 2. GONGARIAN. Pistol's more sonorous form of "Hungarian," Mer. W. i. 3. GOOD CHEAP. Ital. Buon mercato, Fr. Bon marché. A phrase formerly in common use for a good bargain. There was even the expression "better cheap; ;" while "cheap" and " cheaping" came to signify a market. Hence Cheapside and Eastcheap, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 3 Goss, or GORSE. Furze. A heath plant, bearing yellow blossoms, Temp. iv. 1. GOSSAMER. (Spelt also, Gossomer.) The webs of a particular kind of spider, that float in the air during the latter summer season, Lear iv. 6, Rom. J. ii. 6. GOSSIPS. To act as gossip, or sponsor in giving a name, All's W. i. 1. GOURDS. False dice. (See FULLAM.) Mer. W. i. 3. Gours. Drops; Fr. Gouttes, Macb ii. 1. GOVERNMENT. Mildness and gentle sub mission, with self-control and reticence, 3 Hen. VI. i. 4, Hen. VIII. ii. 4 GRACE AT MEAT. Sometimes said in metre, Mea. M. i. 2, Tim. A. i. 2. GRAMERCY. Great thanks; Fr. Grand merci, Mer. Ven. ii. 2, Rich. III. iii. 2, Tim. A. ii. 2. "Gramercies," Tam. S. i. 1. GRANGE. Originally the farm-house, or granary to a monastery; since used for a lone house, Mea. M. iii. 1, Win. T. iv. 3, (Song, Oth. i. 1. GRAVE. Deadly, fatal, Ant. Cl. iv. 10. GRAVE, To bury, Tim. A. iv. 3. "Graved," Rich. II. iii. 2. GRAVE. The original folio word; in some editions altered to "grace." But grave," as a poetical embodiment of buried beauties, forms an antithesis with the subsequent phrase, "What's seen now," Win. T. v. 1. GREASILY. Grossly, Love's L. L. iv. 1. GREAVES. Leg-armour. In some editions spelt "graves; "in others, changed to glaives," 2 Hen. IV. iv. 1. GREEK. The Greeks being a jovial people, "As merry as a Greek" became proverbial; and has been corrupted into a merry Grig,' Tr. Cr. i. 2 & iv. 4. GREEN. Unripe. Metaphor for unexperienced, John iii. 4. GREGORY. Gregory VIIth became a byword with the early reformers for violence, and enormity of every description; hence Falstaff applies the epithet-title of "Turk" to a Christian Pope, 1 Hen. IV. v. 3. GRIPE. A vulture. The original meaning was griffin, Lucrece 78. GRISE. (Spelt also Grize.) A step, a degree, Tw. N. iii. 1, Tim. A. iv. 3, Oth. i. 3. GRISLY. Frightful, hideous, Peric. iii. (Gower.) [In some editions grizzled.] GROUND. A term in music. The subject, or air upon which variations, or descants are made, Rich. III. iii. 7. GROUNDLINGS. The audience in the pit of a theatre, which was also called the 'Ground;' and the seats, 'groundstands,' Ham. iii. 2. GROWING. Accruing, Com. E. iv. 1. GUARDED. Ornamented with trimmings, Mer. Ven. ii. 2, Hen. VIII. (Prol.) GUARDS. Embroideries, or lace trimmings on dress, Much Ado i. I, Love's L. L. iv. 3, Mea. M. iii. 1. GUDGEON. The Gudgeon is a common bait for fish. It is itself, also, easily caught; and therefore esteemed foolish, Mer. Ven. i. 3. GUERDON. Recompense, Much Ado v. 3, (Scroll.) Costard, who does not comprehend the word, blunders it into gardon," Love's L. I.. iii. i. GUERDONED. Rewarded, 2 Hen. VI. i. 4, 3 Hen. VI. iii. 3. GUINEA HEN. A cant term for a pur- GULES. A term in heraldry for the colour of red, Tim. A. iv. 3, Ham. ii. 2. GULF. Throat, gullet; that which gulps, or engulfs, Macb. iv. 1. GULL. A trick, Much Ado ii. 3. To dupe, to trick, Tw. N. ii. 3. GUMMED VELVET. Velvets used to be gummed to make them stiff; and consequently they soon fret into shreds, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 2. GUNSTONES. Cannon balls of stone, Hen. V. i. 2. GURNET, SOUSED. A common fish of the piper kind; supposed to be vulgar food when so prepared, 1 Hen. IV. iv. 2. GUST. To taste, to be aware of, Win. T. i. 2. Also zest, relish, Tw. N. i. 3. GUST. Used elliptically and figuratively to express violent burst of passion, storm of wrath, Tim. A. iii. 5. GYVE. To fetter, Oth. ii. 1. HAGGARD. H. An untrained hawk, Tw. N. iii. 1. Much Ado iii. 1, Tam. S. iv. 1 & iv. 2. In the sense of irreclaimable, Oth. iii. 3. HAIR. Quality, texture, character, I Hen. IV. iv. 1. "Against the hair," is a saying equivalent to Against the grain,' Mer. W. ii. 3, Tr. Cr. i. 2. HALCYON. The kingfisher. It was believed that when hung up in a room, this bird would always turn its beak to the point of the wind, Lear ii. 2. HALF-CAPS. Slight salutations, halfbows with the cap, Tim. A. ii. 2. HALF-FACED GROAT. A coin with the face in profile: some coins about that period being stamped with a full-face on them, John i. 1. HALF-KIRTLE. A short, loose dress, worn by courtezans, 2 Hen. IV. v. 4. HALIDOM. Holiness, faith, sanctity. Literally Holy-dom, formed like Kingdom. A term of asseveration, Two Gen. iv. 2. A HALL, A HALL! An exclamation, to clear a space in a crowd, Rom. J. i. 5. HALLOWMAS. All-hallows, or All Saints. The poor people, and beggars at Hallowmas went from door to door begging in a lacrymose tone for so-termed Soul-cakes," Two Gen. V. ii, 1. HAND. "At any hand; or "In any hand." A phrase or idiom for 'At all events,' 'In any case,' Tam. S. i. 2, All's W. iii. 6. Of all hands," is equivalent to In every way,' Love's L. L. iv. 3. "Of his hands," was a technical phrase, for 'Of his height,' Mer. W. i. 4, Win. T. v. 2. HANDFAST. Contract, marriage-engagement, Cymb. i. 6. [In some editions printed as two words, "Hand fast," to the destruction of the meaning.] HAND-FAST. "In hand-fast" is in mainprise;' which means, in the custody of a friend on bail, or on security given, Win. T. iv. 3. HANGER. The loop of the belt in which I HARLOCK. Supposed to be Charlock, the wild mustard,- -a common field weed, Lear iv. 4. HARLOT. A hireling: applied to both base men and base women, Com. E. v. 1, Win. T. ii. 3. HARLOTRY. Used both as adjective and noun by Shakespeare, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4 & iii. I. HARNESS. Armour; Fr. Harnois, Macb. v. 5, Ant. Cl. iv. 8. HARNESSED. Equipped in armour, Tr. Cr. i. 2. HARRIED. The same meaning as Harrowed. To harass, torment, ill-treat, Ant. Cl. iii. 3. HATCHED. Engraved, Fr. Hacht. 'Hatchings,' (in the present day, 'Etchings,' an engraver's technical term, Tr. Cr. i. 3. HAVING. Used as a substantive, for possession, or property, Mer. W. iii. 2, Macb. i. 3. "Havings," Hen. VIII. iii. 2. HAVOCK. A word of signal for general slaughter; for no quarter to be given, John ii. 2, Corio. iii. 1, Jul. Cæs. iii. 1, Ham. v. 2. HAY. A dance, said to be an abbreviation of Haydigyes,' a rural dance, Love's L. L. v. 1. HEADY. Violent, impetuous, ungovernable, wilful, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 3, Hen. V. i. 1 & iii. 3. HEAT. To run one heat, or course, in a race, Win. T. i. 2. HEBENON, Ebony. The juice was said to be a poison, Ham. i. 5. HEDGE. To swerve, to deviate; still a sporting term, Mer. W. ii. 2, Tr. Cr. iii. 3. HEFTS. Retchings, heavings of the stomach, Win. T. ii. 1. "Tender-hefted," i.e., moved, or heaved tenderly, Lear ii. 4. HELL. Formerly used jocularly for a prison-dungcon, Com. E. iv. 2. HENCE. For henceforth, 2 Hen. IV. V. 5. HENCHMAN. An attendant page. The etymology contested, Mids. N. ii. 2. HENT. Seized, laid hold of, or taken, Win. T. iv. 2, (Song,) Mea. M. iv. 6. Used also for occasion, or opportunity to be seized, Ham. iii. 3. HERB OF GRACE. Rue, Rich. II. iii. 4, All's W. iv. 5, Ham. iv. 5. HEST. Injunction, command, Temp. i. 2, iii. 1, iv. 1, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 3. HIDE FOX AND ALL AFTER. monly-known boys' game, called 'Allhid,' and 'Hide and Seek,' Ham. iv. 2. A com HIGH AND LOW. A cant phrase for false dice, Mer. W. i. 3. HIGHT. Called, named, Love's L. L. i. 1, Mids. N. v. 1, Peric. iv. (Gower.) HILD. For held; spelt thus for rhyme's sake, Lucrece 180. HILDING. A low, cowardly rascal; a mean woman, All's W. iii. 6, Tam. S. ii. 1, 2 Hen. IV. i. 1, Cymb. ii. 3, Rom. J. ii. 4 & iii. 5. HIP. To "have on the hip;" i. e., at complete advantage, Mer. Ven. i. 3, Oth. ii. 1. HIREN. Corruption of Irene. Pistol's name for his sword, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. His. Almost always used for "its " by old writers. "His effect of gravity," 2 Hen. IV. i. 2. "His grand sea,' Ant. Cl. iii. 10. HOBBIDIDANCE. The name of a fiend, Lear iv. 1. HOBBY-HORSE. A mimic horse that figured in the morris-dance. Latterly, omitted; which gave rise to the almost proverbial expression, "The hobbyhorse is forgot," Love's L. L. iii. 1, Ham. iii. 2. HOB, NOB. Derived from 'Hab, nab;' which means have, or not have; Ger man Haben. Hob, or nob, is a drinking expression; Will you have a glass or not?' It was used to signify a choice of any kind, Tw. N. iii. 4. HOLDING. Burden, or (in modern parlance) Chorus, Ant. Cl. ii. 7. HOLIDAME. An exclamation, thought to mean,- By the Virgin Mary,' Tam. S. v. 2. HOLLA. This word (perhaps more properly spelt hola) is a term of the manege, bidding a horse stop, As You L. iii. 2, Venus and Ad. 48. A command to halt, Lear v. 3, Oth. i. 2. HOLP. Perfect tense of to help, Temp. i. 2, John i. 1. HOLY-ALE. A rural festival, Peric. i. (Gower.) HONESTY. Sometimes used for virtue, purity, chastity, Merry W. ii. 1, As You L. iii 3 & iv. 1, All's W. iii. 4. HONEY-SEED. Quickly's blunder for homicide; as she uses "honey-suckle" for homicidal, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 1. HONEY-STALKS. The flower-stalks of clover, which are sweet to the taste, Tit. A. iv. 4. HOODMAN-BLIND. The game of blindman's buff, Ham. iii. 4. HOOP. A quart pot; so called for its being made like a cask, with staves, held together with hoops, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 2. HOP-DANCE. The name of a fiend, Lear iii. 6. HOPES. Used for expectations, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2. HORN IS DRY. A horn was carried by the Bedlam beggars, which they wound when arriving at a house to ask alms, and into which they put what drink they were given. Shakespeare, in making Edgar exclaim, "Poor Tom, thy horn is dry," not only assigns him a speech which is a last attempt to preserve the character he has assumed, as containing a mendicant hint that his horn needs replen ishing, but which possesses an exquisite double significance, as allusive to his powers of "counterfeiting" being, exhausted at sight of Lear's condition, Lear iii. 6. HOROLOGE. A clock; Lat. Horologium, Oth. ii. 3. HOSE. Breeches and stockings, both in one, Mer. W. iii. 1, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4, Love's L. L. iv. 3. HOST. To lodge, Com. E. i. 2, All's W. iii. 5. HOTHOUSE. A house of ill-fame, Mea. M. ii. 1. HOUSE. Used in the sense of the head of the house, Lear ii. 4. HOXES. Cuts the hamstrings. To hox, is a corruption of the old English word, to 'hough,' pronounced 'hock,' Win. T. i. 2. HUGGER-MUGGER. Low, unworthy hiding, or concealment, Ham. iv. 5. HULK. The mere carcase of a ship: used metaphorically, 2 Hen. IV. i. 1 & ii. 4. For a ship itself, 1 Hen. VI. v. 5, Tr. Cr. ii. 3. HULL. To float listlessly on the waves, "Hul!Rich. III. iv. 4, Tw. N. i. 5. ing," Hen. VIII. ii. 4. HUMOROUS. Humid, damp, Rom. J. ii. 1. Also used for humorsome, or capricious, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4, As You L. i. 1. HUMOUR. Any peculiarity or eccentricity of conduct or manner, was termed a man's humour. Shakespeare ridi. culed the coxcombry of the application in the character of Nym, Mer. W. ii. 1, Hen. V. ii. 1. HUNDRED MERRY TALES. An old jestbook so titled, Much Ado ii. 1. HUNT-COUNTER. A name given by Fal I. In Shakespeare's time the personal pronoun, 1, was constantly used for the word of assent, "Ay;"-hence the tendency to pun upon the term, Two Gen. V. i. 1, Rom. J. iii. 2. I. Used to be repeated, for emphasis' IMMANITY. Savageness, barbarity, 1 Absolute representation, Lear v. 3. IMMOMENT. Unimportant, not momentous, Ant. Cl. v. 2. IMMURES. Wall - enclosures, fortifications, Tr. Cr. (Prol.) IMP. A sprout, an offspring. At first a serious term; latterly jocose, and applied even to small demons, Love's L. i. 2 & v. 2, 2 Hen. IV. v. 5, Hen. V. iv. I. ap. IMP. To supply a broken feather in a hawk's wing. Used metaphorically, Rich. II. ii. 1. IMPAIR. Unequal, unworthy; Lat. Impar, Tr. Cr. iv. 5. IMPALE. To encircle with a pale, 3 Hen. VI. iii. 2 & 3 IMPARTIAL. On one occasion, Shakespeare uses the word to signify not taking part. The Duke leaves Angelo to act the part of judge, while he himself soon after withdraws, Mea. M. v. 1 IMPARTMENT. Imparting, making a communication, Ham. i. 4. IMPEACH. For impeachment, accusation, Com. E. v. 1. IMPEACHMENT. Obstruction, prevention, or hindrance; Fr. Empêcher, Hen. V. iii. 6. IMPERSEVERANT. An old word, for unperceiving, undiscerning. Its modernized orthography would be imperceiverant, Cymb. iv. 1. IMPLEACHED. Interwoven, Lover's Comp. 30. IMPONE. To lay down by way of wager; from the Lat. Impono. It may represent Osric's affected way of pronouncing 'impawned,' Ham. v. 2. IMPORTANCE. Importunity, Tw. N. v. 1, John ii. 1. Import, tendency, Win. T v. 2. IMPORTANT. Importunate, urgent, Com. E. v. 1, All's W. iii. 7, Much Ado ii. 1. IMPORTLESS. Of no moment, unimportant, Tr. Cr. i. 3. IMPOSE. Imposed service, command, Two Gen. V. iv. 3. IMPRESS. Impression, Two Gen. V. iii. 2. Armorial device, Rich. II. iii. 1. Forcible enlistment, Tr. Cr. ii. 1, Ant. Cl. iii. 7, Ham. i 1. To compel to subjection, Macb. iv. 1. IMPUTATION. For imputed excellence, Tr. Cr. i. 3, Ham. v. 2. INCARDINATE. Ague-cheek's ignorant use of the word 'incarnate,' Tw. N. V. I. INCARNARDINE. To stain of a carna- INCH. An island. An Erse word, INCH-MEAL. By an inch at a time; as we now say, piece-meal, Temp. ii. 2. INCISION. Literally, cutting; Lat. Incido. "To make incision," was a surgical phrase for bleeding; humorously employed as a wish for letting some of the foolish blood out of the person addressed, As You L. iii. 2; a similar allusion, Love's L. L. iv. 3. INCLIPS. Embraces, encircles, Ant. Cl. ii. 7. INCLUDE. To close up, or conclude, Two Gen. V. v. 4. INCONTINENT, INCONTINENTLY. Imme diately, suddenly, Rich. II. v. 6,Oth. i. 3. INCONY. Delectable, dainty, pretty, Love's L. L. iii. 1 & iv. 1. INCORPSED. Incorporated, made one body, Ham. iv, 7. INDENT. To bargain, or make an agreement, 1 Hen. IV. i. 3. As a substantive, it means an indentation, or inbending, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 1. INDEX. Used in the sense of pre-indication, as well as subject-matter, Rich. III. ii. 2 & iv. 4, Ham. iii. 4, Oth. ii. 1, Tr. Cr. i. 3. INDIFFERENCY. Equipoise; leaning to INDIRECTION. Wrong, or crooked course, INDUED. Invested, endowed, provided, Two Gen. V. v. 4, Love's L. L. v. 2, Com. E. ii. 1, Hen. V. ii. 2, Ham. iv. 7. INDURANCE. For durance, confinement, imprisonment, Hen. VIII. v. I. INFAMONIZE. A bombastious word for 'to make infamous,' or to disgrace, Love's L. L. v. 2. INFECT. For infected, Tr. Cr. i. 3. INFORMAL. Irrational, insane; opposed to "formal," which is used for staid, rational, Mea. M. v. i. INGAGED. Pledged; by the throwing of the ring, as a gage, or pledge, All's W. INHERIT. Used simply for to obtain, or possess, with no reference to inheritance, Two Gen. V. iii. 2, Rich. II. i. 1, Rom. J. i. 2, Tit. A. ii. 3. INHIBITED. Prohibited, forbidden, Oth. i. 2, All's W. i. 1. INHOOPED. Cocks and quails, when matched for fighting, were confined within hoops, Ant. Cl. ii. 3. INIQUITY. The Vice,' or Buffoon, in the old dramas or moralities, went also by the title of "Iniquity," Rich. III. iii. 1, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4 INKHORN MATE. An inkhorn was used to denote a pedantic person, 1 Hen. VI. iii. 1. INKLE. Tape, Love's L. L. iji. 1, Win. T. iv. 3. INLAND BRED. Meaning gently, or well bred; in opposition to upland bred, which meant rough and unpolished, As You L. ii. 7 and iii. 2. INNOCENT. An idiot, All's W. iv. 3. INSANE ROOT. Probably henbane, Macb. i. 3. INSCRIPTION. This stage direction is not in the original; but we have ventured to introduce it, as indicating the couplet which the soldier finds near the grave, and which he is able to read; while the writing on the tombstone he cannot decipher, it being in another "character," Tim. A. v. 4, Warburton altered "read" to "rear'd:" and most editors follow his example. But Mr Staunton restored "read," interpreting the passage in the way which we feel to be the right one. INSISTURE. A word known only in Shakespeare; implying stability, and order of position, Tr. Cr. i. 3. INSTANCE. Motive, Rich. III. iii. 2, Ham. iii. 2. INSTANT ACTION. Most modern editors, by placing a comma after these words, assimilate their sense too nearly with that of the following ones, "a cause on foot" whereas "instant action" form the close of Lord Bardolph's first proposition, and mean immediate operation. The passage, as it stands, is confessedly obscure; and various attempts have been made to clear it, by altering the punctuation, and by changing "if" to "in," in the first line. We inclined to think (and Henley and Mason had the same idea that the "Indeed" beginning the second line was a misprint for "Induc'd;" which gives a sense in conformity with the gist of Lord Bardolph's argument; but in all probability there has been a line lost between "war" and "Indeed," z Hen. IV. i. 3. INSUPPRESSIVE. Not to be restrained, Jul. Cæs. ii. 1. INTEND. To pretend, Tam. S. iv. 1. "Intending," Rich. III. iii. 5, Tim. A. ii. 2, Lucrece 18. INTENDMENT. Intention, As You L. i. 1, Hen. V. i. 2. INTENIBLE. Upholding, All's W. i. 3. INTENTIVELY. Attentively, heedfully, Oth. i. 3. INTERESS'D. Become of interest, prove acceptable, Lear i. 1. INTERGATORIES. Interrogatories, All's W. iv. 3, Mer. Ven. v. 1. INTRENCHANT. That which may not be cut, Macb. v. 7. INTRINSE. Intricate, Lear ii. 2. "Intrinsicate," Ant. Cl. v. 2. INVECTIVELY. ii. I. Abusively, As You L. INVESTMENT. Vesture, dress, 2 Hen. IV. iv. I. INVISED. Unseen, Lover's Comp. 31. INWARD. Intimate, closely confiding, Rich. III. iii. 4. A familiar acquaintance, Mea. M. iii. 2. INWARDNESS. Familiarity, attachment, Much Ado iv. I. IRIS. Juno's messenger, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 2. IRK. To vex, to distress, As You L. ii. 1, 3 Hen. VI. ii. 2. IRREGULOUS. Disorderly, out of rule, J JACK. The small bowl that serves as a mark to the bowlers, Cymb. ii. 1. JACK. Used for the commonest order of men, Rich. III. i. 3. Frequently used as a term of contempt, Much Ado v. 1, Tam. S. ii. 1. "Play the Jack" is to play the rogue or knave, Much Ado i. 1, Temp. iv. 1. In the latter passage, there is also allusion to the Jack-o'lantern, or Will-o'-the-wisp. JACKS. The keys of a virginal, r harpsichord, Sonnet 128. JACK-A-LENT. A puppet thrown at dur- V. 2. JACK O' THE CLOCK. A figure on the outside of public clocks, Rich II. v. 5, Rich. III. iv. 2. JAR. To tick, as a clock, Rich. II. v. 5. A tick of the clock, Win. T. i. 2. JAUNCING. Spurring and riding a horse hard; old Fr. Jancer, Rich. II. v. 5. JAY. An ill-charactered woman, Mer. W. iii. 3, Cymb. iii. 4. JESSES. The thongs which held the hawks to the fist, Oth. iii. 3. JET. To strut, to throw forth the body in walking, Tw. N. ii, 5, Cymb. iii. 3. JEW. Used humorously as a term of endearment, Love's L. L. iii. I, Mids. N. iii. 1. JOAN. Used as a name for the ordinary | run of women, Love's L. L. iii. r & iv. 3, John i. 1. JOHN - A-DREAMS. A sleepy-headed, lumpish fellow, Ham. ii. 2. JOINT-RING. A united, or jointed ring, Oth. iv. 3. JOURNAL. Daily; Fr. Journal, Mea. M. iv. 3, Cymb. iv. 1. JOVE. Sometimes used by early writers as the name of the God of Christians, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 10. JOVIAL. Like Jove, Cymb. iv. 2 and v. 4. JUMP. Precisely, coincident with, immediately upon, Oth. ii. 3, Ham, v. 2. To run a risk, a hazard, Corio, iii 1, Macb. i. 7, Cymb. v. 4. To suit, to accord, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2. A chance, turn of fortune, Ant. Cl. iii. 8. JUNKET or JUNCATE. Ital. Giuncata. A sweetmeat, or dainty, Tam. S. iii. 2. JUSTICERS. Magistrates, or justices of the peace were so called, Lear iii. 6, Cymb. v. 5. JUT. To intrude or encroach upon, Rich. III. ii. 4, Tit. A. ii. 1. JUTTY. A projecting portion of a building, Macb. i. 6. To protrude, to project, Hen. V. iii. 1. JUVENAL. A playful name for a youth, Love's L. L. i. 2 & iii. 1, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2, Mids. N. iii. 1. K КАМ. Askew, across, ("clean kam," quite irrelevant,) Corio. iii. 1. KECKSIES. Dry and husky stalks, or chaff, Hen. V. v. 2. KEECH. A lump of fat made into a roll; a mass of grossness, Hen. VIII. i. 1, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 1. KEEL. To cool, Love's L. L. v. 2, (Song.) KEISAR. An old form of Cæsar, Mer. W. i. 3. KENDAL GREEN. Kendal, in Westmoreland, used to be celebrated for the manufacture of green cloth, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4. KERCHIEF. A covering for the head; which it was an old English custom to wear in illness, Jul. Cæs. ii. 1. KERNES. Peasants, Irish foot-soldiers, Macb. i. 2 & v. 7, Rich II. ii. 1, Hen. V. iii. 7, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 1 & iv. 9. KIBE. A sort of chilblain, Temp. ii. 1, Ham. v. I. KICKY-WICKY, or KICKSY-WICKSY. A vulgar name for a wife, All's W. ii. 3. KID-FOX. The fox known to be hidden; kidde being a word for 'known,' 'detected,' in Chaucer's time, Much Ado ii. 3. KILL, KILL, KILL! This was the ancient onset-cry in the English army, Lear iv. 6. KILLINGWORTH. The ancient local name for Kenilworth, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 4. KIND. Nature, Jul. Cæs. i. 3, Ant. Cl. V. 2. Kindly possessed of natural feeling, Rich. III. i. 4. KINDLE. To incite, to induce, As You L. i. I. KINDLESS. Unnatural, Ham. ii. 2. KINDLY. Used in a double sense for gentle, and for apposite, or akin to the point in question, Hen. VI. iii. 1. Punningly for amiably and for appositely or aptly, Rom. J. ii. 4 KIRTLE. An ample upper garment, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. KNACK. A bauble, a toy, a trifle, Win. T. iv. 3. KNAPPED. Snapped, or broke, Mer. Ven. iii. I. KNAVE. A boy, or servant lad; Sax. Knabe, Ant. Cl. iv. 12 & v. 2, Lear i. 4 The meaning has now wholly subsided into the synonyme of rogue. KNEEL. It was the custom for the actors, after the play, to kneel down on the stage, and say a prayer for the sovereign, 2 Hen. IV. Epil.) KNIFE. Often used for dagger, or sword, Mach. i. 5 & 7, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 2. KNOT-GRASS. Formerly reputed to have the power of stopping growth, when taken in infusion, Mids. N. iii. 2. KNOTS. Curious garden-beds or plots. (Sce CURIOUS KNOTTED GARDEN.) Rich. II. iii. 4. KNOTTY-PATED. (See NOTT-PATED.) I Hen. IV. ii. 4. LABRAS. Spanish for lips, Mer. W. i. 1. LAG. Late, last, tardy; also, by metaphor, the lowest or commonest people, 1 Hen. VI. iii. 3, Rich. III. ii. 1, Tim. A. iii. 6, (Grace.) LAKIN. A diminutive, for Ladykin, or Little Lady; "By'r Lakin," is, by our Lady, Temp. iii. 3, Mids. N. iii. 1. LAMPASS. A disorder in cattle; a tumour in the gums, Tam. S. ii. 1. LANCES. Used upon one occasion for Lancers or Lancemen, Lear v. 3. LAND-DAMN. A word of threat, coined by Shakespeare, Win. T. ii. 1. LANGUISH. For languishment, Rom. J. i. 2, Ant. Cl. v. 2. LAPSED. Shakespeare seems to use this word as expressive of inadvertency; i negligently straying, thoughtlessly lost, Tw. N. iii. 3, Ham. iii. 4. LAPWING. Plover, and Peewit; all names for the same bird. Believed to lure strangers from its nest by crying and limping, as if wounded, Mea. M, i. 5, Much Ado iii. 1, Com. E. iv. 2, Ham. v. 2. LARGE. Used for coarse, free, Much LASS-LORN. Mistress-bereft, Temp. iv. 1. Anointed, smeared, Mids. LATED. Overtaken by the night, Macb. iii. 3, Ant. Cl. iii. 9. LATTEN. An old word for brass; Fr. Laiton, Mer. W. i. 1. LATTICE. In this passage there is not only allusion to the easily-seen-through crossed frame-work called "lattice, but to the low taverns which the old lord means to say that Parolles haunts, All's W. ii. 3. (See RED-LATTICE.) LAUD. Praise, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4, Tr. Cr. iii. 3. LAUND. An open grass plain; in modern nomenclature, Lawn,' 3 Hen. VI. iii. 1, Venus & Ad. 136. LAVOLT, or LAVOLTA. A brisk, highbounding dance, Tr. Cr. iv. 4, Hen. V. iii. 5. LAY. A wager, Cymb. i. 5, Oth. ii. 3, 2 Hen. VI. v. 2. LEA. A field, or meadow, Sax. Temp. iv. 1, Hen. V. v. 2, Tim. A. iv. 3. LEAD APES. An uncomplimentary phrase respecting the vocation assigned to those old maids in the next world who have been coquettes in this, Much Ado ii. 1. LEAGUER. An adversary's camp. A Bufi besieged town was therefore said to be beleaguered, All's W. iii. 6. LEASH. The thong to fasten hounds together, Win. T. iv. 3, Corio. i. 6. Leashed," Hen. V. i. (Chorus.) LEASING. Lying, Tw. N. i. 5, Corio. v. 2. LEATHER-COAT. Russetine apples; in the west of England called coats,' 2 Hen. IV. v. 3. LEAVE. Used for give away, relinquish, part with. "Leave her token," Two Gen. V. iv. 4. "Love me, and leave me not; "he would not leave it,' Mer. Ven. v. I. Used elliptically for leave off, desist, "Will you bid me leave?" 2 Hen. VI. iii. 2. LEECH. An old term for a physician, Tim. A. v. 5. LEER. Complexion, look, As You L. iv. 1, Tit. A. iv. 2. LEESE. To lose, Sonnet 5. LEET. A court of jurisdiction for petty offences, Tam. S. 2, (Ind.) Oth. iii. 3. LEG. "To make a leg" was to make a bow, All's W. ii. 2, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4 LEGERITY. Lightness, alertness; Fr. Légèreté, Hen. V. iv. 1. LEIGER. (Spelt also Lieger.) A permanently resident embassador, Mea. M. iii. 1, Cymb i. 6. LEMAN. A paramour, a lover, Mer. W. iv. 2, Tw. N. ii. 3, 2 Hen. IV. v. 3, (Song.) LENTEN. Spare, fasting, pertaining to Lent time, Tw. N. i. 5, Rom. J. ii. 4, Ham. ii. 2. L'ENVOY. The moral, or conclusion of a poem, Love's L. L. iii. 1. LET. To hinder, Two Gen. V. iii. 1, Tw. N. v. 1, Ham. i, 4. Hindrance, Hen. V. v. 2, Rom. J. ii. 2. LET. To forbear, Lucrece 2. LETHE. Oblivion. Lethe, the river of oblivion in the Greek mythology, Tw. N. iv. 1, 2 Hen. IV. v. 2, Rich. III. iv. 4, Ant. Cl. ii. 7, Ham, i. 5. |