curdled, Mer. W. i. 4 & v. 5, Macb. ii. z; used as a verb, Ham. i. 5. POST. At the doors of sheriffs, posts were set up, on which proclamations were placed, Tw. N. i. 5. Posy. A motto; from poesy, Mer. Ven. v. 1, Ham. iii. 2.

POT. "To the pot" was an old form for the still-used vulgarism 'gone to pot,' Corio. i. 4.

POTABLE. Drinkable. "Med'cine potable" refers to the solution of gold, called 'potable gold,' formerly pretended to have life-preserving powers, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4.

POTCH. To thrust at, to poke, Corio. i. 10.

POTENTS. Potentates, John ii. 2.
POTTLE. Ameasure holding two quarts.
But often used for a drinking vessel,
without reference to the measure,
Mer. W. ii. 1 & iii. 5, Oth. ii. 3.
POULTER. A poulterer, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4.
POUNCET-BOX. A small perfume-box
perforated, 1 Hen. IV. i. 3.
POWDER. To cure with salt, 1 Hen. IV.

V. 4. 'Powdered beef' is still a provincial name for salted beef, as the 'powdering tub' is for salting meat. But the reference is to an old curative process for disease, Mea. M. iii. 2, Hen. V. ii. 1.

PRACTICE. Art, deceit, treachery, Lear ii. 4 & v. 3, Oth. v. 2. PRACTICK. Practical, Hen. V. i. 1. PRACTISANTS. Confederates in stratagem or treachery, 1 Hen. VI. iii. 2. PRÆMUNIRE. The first words of, and signifying the writ which puts an offender out of the king's protection, -all his goods, chattels, &c., becoming forfeit to the crown, Hen. VIII.

PRANK. To dress gaily and daintily,

Tw. N. ii. 4; used metaphorically, Corio. iii. 1. Pranked," Win. T. iv. 3. PRECEDENT. The first draught, or rough copy of a writing, John v. 2, Rich. III. iii. 6, Hen. VIII. i. 2; used for prognostic, indication, Venus & Ad. 5.

PRECEPTS. Justices' warrants, 2 Hen. IV. v. I.

PRECISIAN. A restrainer within precise limits, Mer. W. ii. 1, (Letter.) PREGNANCY. Fruitfulness of intellect, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2.

PREGNANT. Apprehensive, fertile in perception, Tw. N. iii. 1. Well informed, Mea. M. i. 1. Rich in evidence, convincing, Mea. M. ii. 1, Oth. ii. 1, Cymb. iv. 2. Full of mischievous ingenuity, Tw. N. ii. 2. Apt, meaning, replete with intelligence, Ham. ii. 2. Promptly subservient, Ham. iii. 2. Susceptible of, open to, capable of receiving, Lear iv 6. PREMISED. Pre-sent. Latin, Premitto, to send beforehand, 2 Hen. VI. v. 2. PRENOMINATE. Heretofore named, Ham. ii. 1. To foretell, to name beforehand, Tr. Cr. iv. 5. PRESCRIPT. Prescribed, or previously written injunction, Ant. Cl. iii. 8. Pre-written, laid down, Hen. V. iii. 7. PRESENCE. The receiving-room of the sovereign, Hen. VIII. iii. 1, Rich. II.

i. 3. Hence, it came to be used for any state room, Rom. J. v. 3. PRESENT, Used for represent, perform, enact, or personate, in stage parlance, Love's L. L. v. 1. "Presents," Love's L. L. v. 2. "Presented," ! Temp. iv. 1, Love's L. L. v. 2, Mids. N. iii. 2. PRESENTLY. Immediately, Temp. iv. 1, Two Gen. V. v. 2, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 7. PRESS. A crowd, Hen. VIII. iv. 1 & v. 3, Jul. Cæs. i. 2. Fr. Presse.

PREST. Ready. Old Fr. Prest, Mer. Ven. i. 1, Peric. iv. (Gower.) PRETENCE. Intention, Two Gen. V. iii. 1, Macb. ii. 3, Lear i. 2. PRETENDED. Designed, intended, Two Gen. V. ii. 6, Lucrece 83. PREVENT. To anticipate, to be beforehand with. Lat. Prevenio, to come before, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2, Jul. Cæs. v. 1. PRICK-SONG. Written music; from its being marked down with points or dots, Rom. J. ii. 4.

PRICKET. A buck of the second year, Love's L. L. iv. 2.

PRIME. First, Temp. i. 2. Youth. spring, morning, Al's W. ii. 1, Two Gen. V. i. 1. Rich. III. i. 2.

PRIMERO. A game at cards, Mer. W. iv. 5, Hen. VIII. v. 1. PRIMY. Early, spring-like, Ham. i. 3. PRINCIPALS. The chief beams of a house, Peric. iii. 2.

PRINCOX From the Latin Præcox, a forward, pert youngster. According to the modern cant, a 'fast young gent,' Rom. J. i. 5.

PRINT. "In print," meant to speak, or act with precision, Love's L. L. iii. 1, Two Gen. V. ii. 1, As You L. v. 4. PRIZE. Privilege, 3 Hen. VI. i. 4 & ii. 1.

PRIVATE. Privacy. Tw. N iii. 4. Spe-
cial intelligence, information, John iv.3.
PROBAL. A contraction of probable,
Oth. ii. 3.

PROCESS. A law term for a summons,
a citation, Ant. Cl. i. 1.
PRODIGIOUS. Unnatural, portentous,
John iii. 1, Rich. III. i. 2, Rom. J.

1. 5. PRODITOR. VI. i. 3. PROFACE. A term of welcome; equiv alent to Much good may it do you.' An old Norman romance word, Prouface, meaning, "Bien vous fasse," 2 Hen. IV. v. 3.

Traitor, betrayer, 1 Hen.

PROGRESS. The journey of a sovereign, when visiting his dominions in state, 2 Hen. VI. i. 4. Sarcastically applied, Ham. iv. 3.

PROJECT. To pre-arrange, or shape out,
Ant. Cl. v. 2.

PROLIXIOUS. Delaying, Mea. M. ii. 4.
PRONE. Meek, humble, Mea. M. i. 3.
Addicted, Win. T. ii. 1, Hen. VIII.
1, Cymb. v. 1.

PROOF. For approof, in the sense of
approval, Tam. S. iv. 3.
PROPER. Comely, well-shaped, Temp.
ii. 2, Two Gen. V. iv. 1, Mids. N. i. 2.
Also, one's own, or belonging to, Win.
T. ii 3, Ham. v. 2, Oth. i. 3.
PROPERTIED. Made a property of, made
use of, Tw. N. iv. 2, John v. 2. Gift-
ed with qualities, or properties, Ant.
Cl. v. 2.
PROPERTIES. Theatrical necessaries,
Mer. W. iv. 4, Mids. N. i. 2.
PROPOSE. Talk, conversation, Fr. Pro-
pos, Much Ado iii. 1. Harangue,

holding forth, Oth. i. 1. PROROGUE. Suspend, Ant. Cl. ii. 1.

Lengthen out, or prolong, Peric. v. 1. "Prorogued," Rom. J. ii. 2. PROVAND. Provender, food, Corio. ii. 1. PRUNE. To dress, and make neat the

feathers, 1 Hen. IV. i. 1, Cymb. v. 4. PUCELLE. A virgin, 1 Hen. VI. i. 2 & 4. PUCK. Robin Goodfellow. A waggish sprite, of Celtic origin. Puke, in Icelandic, means a demon, Mids. N. ii. 1. PUGGING.

Thieving, Win. T. iv. 2,

(Song.) PUKE-STOCKING

1 Hen. IV. ii. 4.

A dark-coloured hose,

PUN. To pound, as in a mortar, Tr. Cr. ii. 1.

a

PUNTO. A hit. A term in fencing, Mer. W. ii. 3. "Punto reverso," back-handed stroke, Rom. J. ii. 4. PURCHASE. A cant name among thieves for their booty, Hen. V. iii. 2. PURCHASE. Gain, profit, advantage, Peric. i. (Gower.) [In some editions changed to "Purpose."]

PURPLES. "Long Purples." A common English flower, orchis mascula, Ham. iv. 7.

PUSH. An old form of Pish,' or 'Pshaw,' Much Ado v. 1, Tim. A. iii. 6.

PUT ON. To incite, to instigate, Cymb. v. 1. Instigated, induced, Ham. v. 2. PUTTER-ON. Instigator, adverse inducer and contriver, Win. T. ii. 1, Hen. VIII. i. 2.

PUTTER-OUT. One who places money out at interest, Temp. iii. 3. PUTTOCK. A debased kite or hawk, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 2, Tr. Cr. v. 1, Cymb. i. 2. PUZZEL. A dirty wench or drab; Ital. Puzzolente, 1 Hen. VI. i. 4.

Q

QUAIL. To give way, to faint, Mids. N. v. 1, As You L. ii. 2, Cymb. v. 5. QUAILS. A cant name for ill-charactered women, Tr. Cr. v. 1. QUAINT. Agreeably fantastical, graceful, Temp. i. 2. Tasteful, well-fancied. Much Ado iii. 4, Tam. S. iv. 3. Ingeniously contrived, Two Gen. V. iii. 1, Mer. Ven. iii. 4. QUAINT MAZES. Fairy rings, Mids. N.

ii. 2.

QUALITY. Qualification, gift, Temp. i. 2. Used technically of the theatrical profession, Ham. ii. 2. QUARREL A square-headed arrow.

Making Fortune the arrow which divides or divorces, Hen VIII. ii. 3. QUARRY. A heap of dead game, Macb. iv. 3, Corio. i. 1, Ham. v. 2. Shakespeare makes the soldier use the words "his damned quarry" for Macdonwald's heap of Kernes and Gallowglasses doomed to become the slaughtered prey of Macbeth, Macb. i. 2. QUART D'ECU. The fourth part of a crown, All's W. iv. 3 & v. 2. QUAT. A pimple on the skin. Applied metaphorically to mean a little common fellow, Oth. v. 1.

QUATCH. Squat, or flat, All's W. ii. 2. QUEAN. A slut, an ill-famed woman, Mer. W. iv. 2, All's W. ii. 2, 2 Hen. IV. ii. i.

QUEASY. Squeamish, fastidious, delicate, Much Ado ii. 1, Lear ii. 1. Disgusted, Ant. Cl. iii. 6.

QUELL. To subdue, to destroy, to murder, Two Gen. V. iv. 2, Mids. N. v. 1, 1 Hen. VI. i. 1, 2 Hen. VI. v. 1, Tim. A. iv. 2. Used as a noun for murder, assassination, Macb. i. 7.

QUERN. A hand, or horse-mill for grinding corn, Mids. N. ii. 1.

QUEST. A common abbreviation of inquest, Rich. III. i. 4, Ham. v. 1. (See CROWNER'S-QUEST.)

QUESTANT. A seeker, an aspirant, All's W. ii. 1.

QUESTRISTS. Searchers, those in quest, Lear iii. 7.

QUICK. Alive, living, Mer. W. iii. 4, All's W. v. 3, Win. T. iv. 3, Hen. V. ii. 2. QUIDDIT. A contraction of quiddity. A refinement in reasoning usually ap plied to legal quibblings, Ham, v. 1. QUIDDITIES. Shrewd quirks of argument, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2.

QUILLETS. Sophisms, chicanery, Ham.

ii. 2.

ROTHER. A provincial name for ox, Tim. A. iv. 3. ROUND. Bluntly candid; roughly free, and plain spoken, Tw. N. ii. 3, Tim. A. ii. 2, Ham. iii. 1 & 4, Hen. V. iv. 1. Punningly used in this sense, and in its sense of spherical, Com. E. ii. 1. ROUNDED. Whispered, suggested, John "Rounding," Win. T. i. 2. ROUNDEL. Roundelay; a merry song, or catch. Fr. Rondelet. Also, a dance, Mids. N. ii. 3. ROUNDURE. Encircling, John ii. 1. "Rondure," Sonnet 21. ROUSE. Carousal, Ham. i. 2 & ii. 1. A jovial draught, Óth. ii. 3. ROYAL MERCHANT. A term applied to commercial traders of the highest grade; erectors of principalities, like the Grimaldi, &c., of Venice, and the Medici of Florence. Sir Thomas Gresham, of London, was an English Royal Merchant, Mer. Ven. iii. 2 & iv. 1.

ROYNISH. Scurvy, paltry, As You L.

ii. 2.

RUBIOUS. Ruby-red, Tw. N. i. 4. RUDDOCK. The red-breast, Cymb. iv. 2. RUDESBY. An ill-bred, rude person, Tw. N. iv. 1, Tam. S. iii. 2. RUE. Called "Herb of grace," from its being used in exorcisms against evil spirits, Rich. II. iii. 4, Ham. iv. 5, Win. T. iv. 3.

RUFF. An ornament for the neck, worn by both men and women, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4, Peric. iv. 3. Also, the trimming of a boot, All's W. iii. 2. RUFFLE. To agitate, excite, rouse, Jul. Cæs. iii. 2. To be riotous, or boisterous, Tit. A. i. 2. To rifle, pillage, Lear iii. 7.

RULE. Behaviour, Tw. N. ii. 3. RUNAWAYS. Speeders, fugitives, wanderers, truants, vagabonds, As You L. ii. 2, Hen. V. iii. 5, Rom. J. iii. 2. [In the last passage, its allusive signification has been variously explained by different editors; and, by some, discarded for other substituted words. None are satisfactory; and "Runaways" has been retained in the text, assuming it to allude to the horses of the sun (the "fiery-footed steeds") as a poetical embodiment of Day. The nearest that could be proposed to the original lection is, Sunny day's,"according well with the whole speech,

ous.

Runnawayes, Sunny day's.. Possibly either "curious," or "enviThe latter is much in Shakespeare's way of using a word with a double meaning; envying her joys, and inimical, hating, malevolent. RUSH'D. Pushed forcibly. To "rush aside" is to wrest. Shakespeare has used "wrest" in the same sense ("wrest once the law," &c., Mer. Ven. iv. 1) as "rush'd" here, Rom. J. iii. 3. RUSHES STREWED. The usual covering for state-room floors, before the invention of carpets, Tam. S. iv. 1, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 1, 2 Hen. IV. v. 5, Cymb. ii. 2, Rom. J. i. 4.

RUSH RING. Marriages with rush rings were probably jocular ceremonials; similar to jumping over a broomstick, All's W. ii. 2.

S

SABA. The form of her name under which Sheba, Solomon's queenly visitor, usually appears in the pages of our early writers, Hen. VIII, v. 4.

SACK.

Sherris sack is a dry rough sherry wine. Hence its being commonly drunk with sugar, Mer. W. ii. 1 & iii. 5, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2 & 4, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 3. SACKBUT. A bass wind instrument, Corio. v. 4 SACKERSON.

A famous bear of that period. It was customary to call the bears by the names of their leaders, Mer. W. i. I.

SACRED. Used as an ironical sneer by the speaker; and explained by the word 'consecrate" in the next line, Tit. A. ii. 1. SACRIFICIAL.

Worshipping, homage

full, Tim. A. i. 1. SACRING BELL. The bell sounded at mass, or in processions, at the elevation, or approach of the Host, Hen. VIII. iii. 2.

SAD. Sedate, serious, grave, Two Gen. V. i. 3. Win. T. iv. 3, Much Ado i. 3, Mer. Ven. ii. 2, Tw. N. iii. 4, Hen. V. iv. I. 66 Sadly;" "sadness," Rom. J. i. I. SAFE. To make secure, Ant. Cl. i. 3. "Safed," Ant. Cl. iv. 6. SAFFRON. A colour much in fashion at the time, All's W. iv. 5.

SAGG. To droop or flag, Macb. v. 3. SAGITTARY. A famous and fabulous

archer in the history of the Trojan army by Guido da Colonna; and translated by Lydgate. He is described as a terrible archer, halfman, and half beast, who neighs like a horse, whose eyes sparkle like fire, and strike dead like lightning,' Tr. Cr. v. 5. The residence of the military officers at the arsenal at Venice; over the door of which is the figure of an archer, Oth. i. 1 & 3. SAID.

"Well said," was not unfrequently used for well done, As You L. ii. 6, 1 Hen. IV. v. 4. Tit. A. iv. 3. SAIN. Said, Love's L. L. iii. 1. SALAD, SALLAD, or SALLET.

A dish

of herbs, All's W. iv. 5. Also, a headpiece, or helmet, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 10. SALLETS. Phrases, seasoned with salt, or gross and ribald meanings, Ham.

ii. 2.

SALT. Sometimes used in the sense of salacious, licentious, gross, Mea. M. v. 1, Tim. A. iv. 3, Ant. Cl. ii. 1, Oth. ii. 1 & iii. 3.

SALTIERS. The servant's blunder for satyrs, Win. T. iv. 3.

SALUTE. Excite, stimulate, exhilarate,

Hen. VIII. ii. 3. "Salutation;" hailing or awaking correspondent emotion, Sonnet 121. SAMINGO. Silence's drunken corrup tion of San Domingo; who was satirically dubbed patron saint of topers, 2 Hen. IV. v. 3.

SAND-BLIND. Bad sight, as if sand were floating in the eyes, Mer. Ven. ii. 2. SANDED. Marked with sand-coloured spots, Mids. N. iv. 1. SARUM. The old name for Salisbury, Lear ii. 2,

Lear

SAW. A saying, As You L. ii. 7,
ii. 2.
SAWN. Seen; for rhyme's sake, Lover's
Comp. 13.

SAY. A sort of satin, a Hen. VI. iv. 7.
'SAY. From assay; taste, relish, or
sample. "Some 'say of breeding,"

Lear v. 3. SCALD. Scabby, particularly in the head: hence used as a term of loathing and contempt, Hen. V. v. 1, Ant. Cl. v. 2.

SCALED. Weighed, estimated justly,
Mea. M. iii. 1. Scaling," Corio.
ii. 3.
SCAMBLING.
A form of scrambling,

i. 2.

SCRIP AND SCRIPPAGE.

Touchstone's diminutive of Bag and baggage," As You L. iii. 2. SCROYLES. Scabby fellows, John ii. 2. SCULLS. Shoals of fish, Tr. Cr. v. 5. SEAM. Lard, grease, Tr. Cr. ii. 3. SEA-MELLS. Waterfowl; a species of gull. The best that can be made of the word in the old editions, ("Scamels") is that it may mean small limpets; but Caliban would scarcely offer to get "young" little shell-fish as a tempting prize; whereas nestling birds are poetically appropriate, Temp. ii. 2.

SEAR. (Spelt also Sere.) To dry, to
wither, to scorch, Mach. iv. 1 & v. 3,
Win. T. ii. 1, Rich. III. iv. I.
SEAR. Used comprehensively, with a
mingled reference to the dry wither-
ing of death, and to the closing with
wax by those "bonds of death," cerc-
cloths (sometimes written seare-
cloths,) Cymb. i. 2.

SEASON. To preserve, Tw. N. i. 1, All's
W. i. 1, Tr. Cr. i. 2. To temper, Mer.
Ven. iv. 1, Ham. i. 1.
SECT.

A section, a cutting in horticulture, Oth. i. 3. SECURE. Sometimes used in the sense of making too sure: over-confident, fool-hardy, Mer. W. ii. 1 & 2, iii. 2, Rich. II. v. 3, Oth. iii. 3 & iv. 1. "Securely perish;" perish while making sure of safety, Rich. II. ii. 1. Security;" rash confidence, Hen. V. ii. 2. Macb. iii. 5. SEEL. To close the eyes; metaphorically, to render blind, Ant. Cl. iii. 11, Oth. i. 3 & iii. 3.

SEELING. Closing the eye-lids. A term
in falconry, Macb. iii. 2.
SEEN. "Well seen," well skilled, Tam.
S. i. 2.

SEETH. To boil, to heat, Tim. A. iv. 3, Tr. Cr. iii. 1. "Seething," boiling, working, fermenting, Mids. N. v. 1. SEGREGATION. The dispersing of a company, Oth. ii. 1.

SEIZED. Possessed. A law-term in use
at the present day, Ham. i. 1.
SELD. For seldom, Tr. Cr. iv. 5. Pass.
Pilg. 9. "Seld-shown," Corio. ii. 1.
SELDOM-WHEN. An old form of rarely.

not often, Mea M. iv. 2, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4. SELF-EXHIBITION. Self-same allowance, See EXHIBITION. Cymb. i. 7. Resemblance, likeness, SEMBLABLE. ResemTim. A. iv. 3, Ham. v. 2. "Sembling, similar, Ant. Cl. iii. 4. blably," 1 Hen. IV. v. 3.

SEMBLATIVE.

Tw. N. i. 4.

Seemingly, apparently,

SENNET. A flourish of trumpets. Stage direction to 2 Hen. VI. iii. 1.

SENOYS. Siennese; natives of Sienna, All's W. i. 2.

SENSIBLY. Feelingly, Ham. iv. 5. SEPTENTRION. The North, 3 Hen. VI. i. 4.

be "Tickled o' the sere," may SERE. interpreted, "Troubled with dryness," -probably of old age, Ham. ii. 2. SERPIGO. An eruption, or tetter on the skin, Mea. M. iii. 1, Tr. Cr. ii. 3. SERVANT, and Suitor, were formerly (in the chivalrous times) synonymous, Two Gen. V. ii. 4.

SESSA Supposed to be derived from the French Cessez,-cease, Tam. S. i. (Ind.) Lear iii. 4 & 6.

SET A MATCH.

Used among thieves for

settling the plan of a robbery, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2.

SETEBOS. A fabled god, mentioned in
books of travel in Shakespeare's time,
Temp. i. 2 & v. 1.
SEVERAL.

Enclosed pasture-land, in to common-land. contradistinction Punningly used in this sense, and in Love's one, its meaning of more than L. L. ii. 1. Used simply in this sense, Sonnet 137. Severals," a collection of individuals, Win. T. i. 2. Specialities, peculiarities, Tr. Cr. i. 3. SEWER. The attendant who placed and Stage removed the dishes on table. direction to Macb. i. 7. SHALE, Shell; the outer coat of fruit, Hen. V. iv. 2. SHARD. Fragments of tile or earthen pots, Ham. v. 1. Scaly covering of a wing, Ant. Cl. iii. 2. "Shard-borne," Macb. iii. 2. "Sharded," Cymb. iii. 3. SHARKED. Picked up, as prey, Ham, i. I. SHEARMAN. A shearer of woollen cloth, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 2.

SHEARS. "There went but a pair of
a proverbial
shears between us :"
metaphor, meaning, We are both of
the same piece of cloth,'-so much
alike, Mea. M. i, 2.

SHEEN.

A

ii. 2.

SHROUD.

i.

7,

iii. I.

SKIRR. To scour, to ride furiously,
Macb. v. 3, Hen. V. iv. 7.
SLAB.

Moist and adhesive, sticky,
Macb. iv. I.
SLEAVE.

Raw silk, ready for weaving,
Macb. ii. 2, Tr. Cr. v. I
SLEDDED. Borne in a sled, or sledge,
Ham. i. I.

SLEEVE-HAND. The cuff or wristband
of a sleeve, Win. T. iv. 3.
SLEEVELESS. Useless, futile, Tr. Cr. v. 4.
Untwisted silk; what
SLEIDED-SILK.

is now called floss-silk; used in em-
broidery, Peric. iv. Gower,) Lover's
Comp. 7.
SLEIGHT.

(Sometimes spelt Slight.) Cunning practice, art, Macb. iii. 5, 3 Hen. VI. iv. 2.

'SLIGHT. Contraction of 'by this light,' Tw. N. ii. 5 & iii. 2.

The noose to restrain grey-
SLIP.
To "let slip,"
hounds, Hen. V. iii. 1.
was to loose the grey-hound, 1 Hen.
IV. i. 3.
SLIP. A name for counterfeit coin;-
and, to 'Give the slip,' is a familiar
expression for stealing away, Rom. J.
ii. 4.

SLIVER. A portion, broken, or cut off,
"Slivered,"
Lear iv. 2, Ham. iv. 7.
Macb. iv. 1.
5.
SLOBBERY. Dank, miry, Hen. V. iii.
Loose trousers, or
SLOP, or SLOPS.
breeches, Much Ado iii. 2, Love's L.
L. iv. 3, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2, Rom. J. ii. 4.
SLOUGH. The cast-off skin of a snake,
Tw. N. ii. 5. (Letter,) Hen. V. iv. 1,
2 Hen. VI. iii. 1.
SLUBBER. To sloven, or neglect, Mer.

lv

Ven. ii. 8. To soil, or make dim, Oth.
i. 3.
SMACK. A flavour, a taste, All's W. ii.
To have a
3 & iv. 1, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2.
tinge, or taste of, Mea. M. ii. 2, Mer.
Ven. ii. 2, Win. T. iv. 3, Macb. i. 2,
John i. 1 & ii. 2.

SMATCH. A taste, a tincture, a twang,
Jul. Cæs. v. 5.

SMIRCHED. Dirtied, soiled, obscured,
Much Ado iii. 3 & iv. 1, Hen. V. iii. 3.
SMOOTHING. Flattering, 2 Hen. VI. i. 1,
Rich. III. i. 2.
SMULKIN.

(Spelt also Smolkin.) The name of a spirit, or fiend, Lear iii. 4. SNEAK-CUP. A flincher from his cup, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 3.

SNEAP. Sneer, scoff, taunt, 2 Hen. IV.
ii. I.

SNEAPING. Checking, cutting, Love's
L. L. i. 1, Win. T. i. 2.
SNECK UP.

An exclamation of con-
temptuous defiance, Tw. N. ii. 3.
SNUFF. To "take in snuff," meant to
be angry, to take offence, 1 Hen. IV.
i. 3. Punningly used in this sense;
and in the sense of candle-snuff,
Mids. N. v. 1, Love's L. L. v. 2.
SNUFFS. Mutual offence-takings, and
dislikes, Lear iii. 1.

SO-FORTH. Used for expressing addi-
tional, or unwillingly uttered enume-
rations, 2 Hen. IV. v. 3, Ham. ii. 1.
Shakespeare has employed it to imply
a title of disgrace difficult for the
speaker to name, Win. T. i. 2.
SOILED. Pampered, high-fed, full of
blood, Lear iv. 6.

SOILURE. Defilement, Tr. Cr. iv. 1.
SOLICITS. Solicitations, Cymb. ii. 3.
SOLICITED. Incited, occasioned, Ham.

V. 2.

SOLICITING. Prompting, temptation, incitement, Macb. i. 3. SOLIDARES.

A coin, believed to be a coinage of the poet, from the Ital. Soldi, Tim. A. iii. 1.

SOLVE. Solution, Sonnet 69.

SOMETIME. Heretofore, Mer. W. iv. 4, Win. T. iv. 3.

Or sometime.

SOMETIMES.

Former,

formerly, Rich. II. v. 5, Hen. VIII. ii. 4.

SONTIES.

Supposed corruption

of

'Saints,' (in old language Saunctes,') Mer. Ven. ii. 2.

& v. 5, Oth. iii. 3 & 4. Sweetness, softness, Rich. II. iii. 3.

SoOTH. Truth, Temp. ii. 2, Macb. i. 2

SOOTH. To smooth over by a show of truth, 3 Hen. VI. iii. 3. SOOTHED. Flattered, Corio. ii. Hen. IV. iv. "Sooth'st," John iii. 1.

A buck of the third year. Love's L. L. iv. 2.

SORT. Assort, dispose orderly or tranquilly, 2 Hen. VI. ii. 4.

SORT. Distinction, rank, Mea. M. iv. 4, Much Ado i. 1, Hen. V. iv. 7. SORT. A set of people, used contempA lot, a tuously, Rich. III. v. 3. To choose, sechance, Tr. Cr. i. 3. lect, 1 Hen. VI. ii. 3, Rich. III. ii. 2, To fit, or suit, 3 Hen. VI. v. 6. Much Ado v. 4, Ham, i. 1, 3 Hen. VI. ii. 1.

SORTED. Associated, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. "Sorteth," Venus & Ad. 115.

SOT. Used for drunkard, Tw. N. i. 5 & v. I. Used for dullard, dolt, fool. Fr. sot, Temp. iii. 2, Mer. W. iii. 1, Com. E. ii. 2, Cymb. v. 5, Lear iv. 2. An expressive word of SOUD, SOUD. Shakespeare's to convey the noise made by an impatient person, heated and fatigued, Tam. S. iv. I.

SOWLE. iv. 5. SOWTER.

To pull by the ears, Corio.

The name of a hound. Tw. N. ii. 5. SPAN-COUNTER. A boy's game of pitching counters within span of a mark, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 2.

SPAVIN. A disease in horses' legs, Tam. S. iii. 2, Hen. VIII. i. 3. SPEAKING THICK. Speaking rapidly, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 3, Cymb. iii. 2. SPECIALTIES. Legal papers containing

particulars, or special points of agreement, Love's L. L. ii. 1, Tam. S. ii. 1. SPEED. Course, procedure, Win. T. iii. 2.

SPERR. To close, or bar up, Tr. Cr. (Prol.)

SPILTH. That which is spilt; waste, Tim. A. ii. 2.

SPIRIT OF SENSE. Exquisite faculty of sensation, Tr. Cr. i. i & iii. 3. SPIT WHITE. The morning consequence of over-drinking at night, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2.

SPITAL. Abbreviation of hospital, Hen. V. ii. 1 & v. 1, Tim. A. iv. 3. SPLEEN. Shakespeare uses this word for violent emotion, as well of humour as of anger, Tw. N. iii. 2, Tam. S. i. (Ind.) Also for haste, hurry, Mids. N. i. 1, John ii. 2 & v. 7. SPLEENY. Irritable, ill-tempered, Hen. VIII. iii. 2.

SPLINTER D. Shakespeare uses this word in the sense of splinted; secured, held firmly adjusted, Rich. III. ii. 2. Το 'splinter," Oth. ii. 3.

SPOON. Allusion to the old proverb,

"He needs a long spoon that eats with the devil," Temp. ii. 2, Com. E.

iv. 3. SPOONS. A present formerly given at christenings, by the sponsors; called Apostle Spoons, from their having the apostles' heads on them, Hen. VIII. v. 2 & 3.

SPOTTED. Polluted, stained, Mids. N. i. 1, Rich. II. iii. 2, Tit. A. ii. 3. SPRAG. Sir Hugh's pronunciation of 'Sprack.' Nimble, alert, Mer. W.

iv. I.

SPRIGHTED. Haunted, Cymb. ii. 3. SPRINGHALT. A lameness in horses, from being over-ridden; shown in twitching up their legs, Hen. VIII. i. 3.

SPURS. The longest lateral roots of trees, Temp. v. 1, Cymb. iv. 2. SQUARE. To quarrel. The action of pugilists preparing to strike, is still called squaring,' Mids. N. ii. 1, Tit. A. ii. 1, Ant. Cl. ii. 1 & iii. 1I. "Squarer," Much Ado i. 1. SQUARE. The front of a woman's dress, Win. T. iv. 3.

SQUASH. The unripe pod of a pea, Tw. N. i. 5, Mids. N. iii. 1, Win. T. i. 2. SQUINNY. A familiar use of the word squint, Lear iv. 6. SQUIRE. A measure, a square; old Fr. Esquierre, Love's L. L. v. 2, Win. T.

IV. 3.

STAGGERS. A disease in horses, like apoplexy, Tam. S. iii. 2. Unsteady courses, All's W. ii. 3. Reeling, tottering, Cymb. v. 5.

STAIN. To throw into shade, to eclipse, Ant. Cl. iii. 4. STALE. A decoy, a bait, Temp. iv. 1. A pretence, a stalking horse, Tit. A. i. 2. A pun upon a term at chess, Tam. S. i. 1. An ill-famed woman, Much Ado iv. I. STALE. To make stale, flat, vapid, worn out, Tr. Cr. ii. 3, Jul. Cæs. i. 2, Ant. Cl. ii. 2, Corio. i. I. [In this last passage, the old editions have "scale."]

Sometimes used for standard-bearer. A play upon the word in this sense, and upon Caliban's being disabled by drink from standing upright, Temp. iii. 2.

STANYEL. Ân inferior kind of hawk, Tw. N. ii. 5.

STAR. In the sense of ruling star of destiny, Ham. ii. 2. STARRED.

iii. 2. START-UP. Ado i. 3

Fated, destined, Win. T.

Now, 'up-start,' Much

STATE. Throne, or seat of dignity, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4, Tw. N. ii. 5. STATION. Standing position, Ham. iii. 4. State of repose, Ant. Cl. iii. 3. STATUTE-CAPS. Woollen caps, worn by the commonalty, under Statute 13 of Elizabeth, Love's L. L. v. 2.

STAVES. The wood of the lances, of which, the lightest, as well as the soundest, was the best, Rich. III. v. 3, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 1. STEAD. To aid, benefit, or support, Tam. S. i. 2, Two Gen. V. ii. 1, Rom. J. ii. 3, Oth. i. 3. STEL'D. Delineated, Lucrece 207, Sonnet 24.

STELLED. Starry, Lear iii. 7.

STERNAGE. An old word for steerage, Hen. V. iii. (Chorus.)

STICKLER. An umpire to separate the combatants upon a given occasion, Tr. Cr. v. 9.

STIGMATICK. One stigmatized by a mark of deformity; and one branded for a crime, a Hen. VI. v. 1, 3 Hen. VI. ii. 2.

STIGMATICAL. Marked with a stigma, Com. E. iv. 2.

STILL AN END. An old idiom, for perpetually, always, Two Gen. V.

iv. 4.

STINTED. Ceased, stopped, Rom. J. i. 3.

STITHY. Now called Smithy.' The place where the anvil stands; Stith being an old name for an anvil, Ham. iii. 2. "Stithied," forged, Tr. Cr.

iv. 5.

STOCCATA. A thrust in fencing. Mercutio calls Tybalt "A la Stoccata," as a nick-name, Rom. J. iii. 1. "Stoccadoes," Mer. W. ii. 1.

STOCK. A fencing term: to hit in attack, Mer. W. ii. 3. STOMACH. Haughtiness, arrogance, Hen. VIII. iv. 2, Tam. Ś. v. 2. Inclination, appetite, Hen. V. iv. 3, Tr. Cr. ii. 1 & iii. 3. To resent, to bear in angry remembrance, Ant. Cl. iii. 4. STOMACHING. Ill-will, resentment, Ant. Cl. ii. 2.

STONE-BOW. A cross-bow for discharging stones, Tw. N. ii. 5. STOOP. (Spelt also Stoup.) A measure of about half a gallon in quantity; a cup, bowl, or flagon, Tw. N. ii. 3, Ham. v. 1 & 2, Oth. ii. 3. STOOP. Bend, sink down. Constance, while instructing her sorrows to be proud, feels herself weighed to the ground by her grief; and not choosing it should appear like submission, takes refuge in the idea supplied by her rich imagination that she uses the earth as her throne, and bids kings come bow to it. The commentators who adopt Hanmer's substituted word "stout" as agreeing better with the whole tenour of Constance's bear

ing, overlook her physical state,

sick," in "vexed spirits" that 'quake and tremble," incapable of standing, which is at war with her spiritual condition,-disposed to resist firmly, John iii. 1.

STORIES. See CLEAR STORIES.
STOVER.
iv. 1.

Fodder of all kinds, Temp.

STRACHY. Hitherto Editors have been unable to assign a special signification to this word. Possibly it is an instance of Shakespeare's way of Anglicising the orthography of an Italian word for the pronunciation of his actors, and may be used for stracci. In this case, it would mean really rags, or tatters; and might be taken by Malvolio for the family-name of an old Italian house. The lady of Rags-and-Tatters marrying the yeoman of the Wardrobe, looks somewhat like ground for our conjecture, Tw. N. ii. 5.

STRAIN. Family, descent, lineage, Much Ado ii. 1. Nature, disposition, Lear v. 3.

STRAITED. Put to a difficulty, embarrassed, Win. T. iv. 3.

STRANGE. Alien, foreign, unacquainted with a place, Cymb. i. 7. STRANGENESS. Shyness, coyness, reserve, Tw. N. iv. 1, Tr. Cr. iii. 3, Oth. iii. 3.

STRAPPADO. A punishment; by drawing a person to his height, and suddenly letting him fall with a jerk half way; which dislocates his arms and joints, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4. STRATAGEM. In the sense of dire event, disastrous occurrence, calamity, Hen. IV. i. 1, 3 Hen. VI. ii. 5. STROND. Strand, shore, 1 Hen. IV. i. 1, 2 Hen. IV. i. 1, Lucrece 206. STROSSERS. (Spelt also Trossers.) Trousers, Hen. V. iii. 7.

2

STUCK. (See STOCK.) Ham. iv. 7.
STUFF. Baggage, luggage, Com. E. iv.
4 & V. I.
SUBMERGED.
Whelmed under water,

Ant. Cl. ii. 5.

SUBSCRIBE. To yield, or give way to, Tr. Cr. iv. 5.

SUBSCRIBED. Surrendered, Lear i. 2 & iii. 7. Submitted, All's W. v. 3. SUBSCRIPTION. Obedience, submission, Lear iii. 2.

SUBTLE. Smooth, deceptious, Corio. v. 2. SUCCESS. Succession, lineage, Win. T. i. 2.

SUCCESS. Sequel, consequence, following conclusion, Oth. iii. 3. SUFFER'D. "Being suffer'd" is used elliptically for being suffer'd to remain, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 2 & v. 1, 3 Hen. VI. iv. 8. SUFFICIENCY. Ability, efficiency, Mea. M. i. 1, Much Ado v. 1, Win. T. ii. 1, Oth. i. 3.

wicked A cunning

SUGGEST. To tempt, prompt, instigate, All's W. iv. 5, Oth. ii. 3. SUGGESTION. Temptation, prompting, Temp. ii. 1. device, Hen. VIII. iv. 2. SUIT. A petition to royalty, Rom. J. i. 4. SUMPTER. A horse or inule to carry baggage or provision, Lear ii. 4. SURCEASE. Completion, Macb. i. 7. Το cease, Corio. iii. 2, Rom. J. iv. i. SUR-REINED. Over-ridden, worn out, Hen. V. iii. 5.

SUSPIRE. To breathe, John iii. 4, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4.

SWART. Dark, brown, black, Com. E. iii. 2, John iii. 1, 1 Hen. VI. i. 2. SWARTH. For swart, Tit. A. ii. 3. SWASHER. A swaggerer, a bully, Hen. V. iii. 2. SWASHING. Bold, dashing, As You L i. 3, Rom. J. i. 1.