A

ABATE. To cast down in spirit, Corio. iii. 3; to curtail, Mids. N. iii. 2.

ABATED. Depressed, subdued, Corio. iii. 3.
ABHOR. To reject, Henry VIII. ii. 4.
ABODE. To bode or forebode, 3 Hen. VI. v.
6, Hen. VIII. i. 1.

ABRIDGMENT. A term for a dramatic per-
formance, Mids. N. v. 1. Applied in a simi-
lar sense to an actor, Ham. ii. 2.
ABSEY-BOOK. An A B C-book, John i. 1.
ABY. To abide, Mids. N. iii, 2.

ACCITE. To summon, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 2 & v. 2. ACCUSE. For accusation, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 1. ACKNOWN. Acknowledgly acquainted, Oth.

iii. 3. ACONITUM. Aconite; wolfsbane. A poisonous herb, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4.

ACROSS. Used upon a failure in attempt at repartee; an allusion to jousting, All's W.

ii. I.

ACTURE. Action, Lovers' Comp. 27.

ADAMANT. The old term for the magnet,
Mids. N. ii. 2, Tr. Cr. iii. 2.
ADDICTION. Inclination; being given or ad-
dicted to, Oth. ii. 2.

ADDITION. Title, or mark of distinction, Tr.
Cr. i. 2, Ham. i. 4, Lear ii. 2.
ADDREST. Ready, prepared, Mids. N. v. 1.
ADVICE. Consideration, Two Gen. V ii. 4.
ADVISED. Sometimes used for cautious, cir-

cumspect, 2 Hen. VI. ii. 4. At others, used for aware, informed, conscious of, 2 Hen. VI.ii. 1. Mrs Quickly says-"Ae you avised o' that?" in the same sense, Me.. Wives i. 4.

AFFECTION. Affectation, Love's L. L. v. 1. AFFECTION. Used for constitutional inclination, tendency; involuntary sympathy or antipathy, Mer. Ven. iv. 1.

AFFECTIONED. Affected, Tw. N. ii. 3. AFFECTS. Affections, passions, Oth. i 3, Rich. II. i. 4. [In some editions "effects."] AFFEERD. Confirmed, substantiated, Macb.

iv. 3.

AFFIN'D. Joined by affinity, bound, Tr. Cr. i.

3, Oth. i. 1 & ii. 3, Ham. iv. 1.

AFFRONT. To confront; meet face to face, Win. T. v. 1, Cymb. v. 3, Ham. iii. 1.

'Affronted," Tr. Cr. iii. 2.

AFFY. To betroth; trust, or confide in, 2 Hen. VI. iv. i, Tit. And. i. 1.

AGATE. Used in allusion to a small person; re

ferring to the figures cut upon agates for rings, Much Ado iii. 1, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2. AGLET-BABY. A point for fastening dress, from Fr. Aiguillette, a tag; and from the tags, or points, being frequently in the form of small figures, Tam. S. i. 2. AGNIZE. To recognize, or acknowledge, Oth. i. 3.

A-GOOD. In good earnest, heartily, Two Gen.

V. iv. 4.

AIERY. (Spelt also Eyry, from Teutonic Eyren,

eggs.) A brood of eagles, or hawks, Rich. III. i. 3, Ham. ii. 2.

AIM. "Cry aim;" a term in archery of encouragement, Mer. W. ii. 3 & iii. 2.

AIM. Guess, conjecture, Two Gen. V. iii. 1, Jul. Cæs. i. 2, Oth. i. 3.

ALDERLIEFEST. Most dearly beloved, 2 Hen. VI. i. 1.

A'-LIFE. Exceedingly; as my life, Win. T. iv. 3.

ALL-HALLOWN SUMMER. A late Summer; All-Hallows, or All-Saints, occurring on the 1st Nov., 1 Hen. IV. i. 2. ALLOW. To approve, Lear ii. 4. ALLOWANCE. Approbation, Tr. Cr. ii. 3. ALL-THING. Every way, Macb. iii. 1. ALTHEA. Johnson was the first of the commentators to tell us that "Shakespeare is here mistaken in his mythology;" as it was not Althea, but Hecuba, who dreamed that she was delivered of a firebrand. It is not Shakespeare, but (most appropriately and characteristically, -a boy who has picked up a smattering of knowledge) the page, who trips; as Prince Hal points out by ironically paying the lad for his " 'good interpretation," 2 Hen. IV. ii. 2. That

Shakespeare knew the story of Althea, witness the passage in the earlier-written play, 2 Hen. VI. i. 1.

AMAIMON. The name of a Fiend, Mer. W. ii. 2, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4.

AMES-ACE. The two Aces; from the Lat. Ambo, both, All's W. ii. 3.

AMORT. Dead, dispirited, Tam. S. iv. 3, 1 Hen. VI. iii. 2.

ANCHOR. Abbreviation of Anchoret, Hermit, Ham. iii. 2.

ANCIENT. Ensign; also ensign-bearer, 1 Hen.
IV. iv. 2, Oth. i. 1 & ii. 3.
ANDREN. Holinshed (Shakespeare's autho-
rity) gives this as the name for the valley of
Ardren; which, lying between Guynes and
Ardres (the former then belonging to the
English, and the latter to the French, was
a fitting spot for the interview between
Henry VIII. and Francis I., Hen. VIII.

i. I.

ANGEL. A coin, value near ten shillings. Used punningly in 2 Hen. IV. i. 2. Used in Tam. S. iv. 2 ("ancient Angel") for a good old soul.

ANGLE. Fishing apparatus; used metaphori-
cally, Win. T. iv. 1, Ham. v. 2.
ANTRE. A cavern, Oth. i. 3.

APPEACH. To impeach, accuse, Rich. II. v. 2.
APPEAL. To accuse, Rich. II. i. r.
APPEARED. Made manifest, Corio. iv. 3.
APPEARS. Shows, makes manifest or appa-
rent, Cymb. iv. 2.

APPERIL. Peril, Tim. A. i. 2.

APPLEJOHN. A favourite apple, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 3, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4.

APPREHENSION. Used in the sense of brainconceit, or faculty for sarcastic sayings, Much Ado iii. 4 Sarcasm, taunting imputation, 1 Hen. VI. ii. 4APPREHENSIVE. Quick in understanding, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 3.

APPROBATION. Used in the sense of proving, or establishing by proof, Win. T. ii. 1, Hen. V. i. 2.

APPROOF. Approbation, Mea. M. ii. 4, All's W. i. 2, Ant. Cl. iii. 2.

AQUA-VITE.

An old term for Brandy, or other spirituous liquor, Tw. N. ii. 5, Rom. J. iii. 2 & iv. 5.

ARCH. Principal, leader, chief, Lear ii. 1. ARGAL. A corruption of the Lat. word Ergo, therefore, Ham. v. i.

ARGIER The old name for Algiers, Temp. i. 2.

ARGOSIFS. Merchant vessels, Mer. Ven. i. 1 & v. 1, Tam. S. ii. 1.

ARM-GAUNT. Probably a misprint for "rampant," formerly spelt "rampaunt," Ant. Cl.

i. 5. AROINT. Avaunt, Macb. i. 3, Lear iii. 4, (Song.) ARTICULATE. To enter into articles of agreement, Corio. i. 9, 1 Hen. IV. v. 1. ASCAUNT. Aslant, across, Ham. iv. 7. AS MUCH TO SAY, AS. An old form of the mo

dern phrase, "As much as to say," Tw. N. i. 5, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 2.

ASSINICO. An ass, a fool; from a Spanish word for a little ass, Tr. Cr. ii. 1.

ASTRINGER. A Falconer, All's W. v. t. ATOMIES. Atoms, As You L. iii. 2 & iii. 5, Rom. J. i. 4.

ATOMY. Corruption of anatomy; a skeleton, 2 Hen. IV. v. 4.

ATONE. To make at one, to agree, to reconcile, As You L. v. 4, Ant. Cl. ii. 2, Cona. iv. 6.

ATONEMENT. Reconciliation, Mer. W. i 1 Rich. III. i. 3.

ATTAINT. Taint, or any thing hurtful, as weariness, Hen. V. iv. Chor., Lucrece 154ATTACHED WITH. Overpowered by, Temp. iii. 3, Tr. Cr v. 2.

ATTENDED. Awaited, waited for, expected.

Fr. Attendre, 3 Hen. VI. iv 6, Corio. i. 10. ATTORNEY. Shakespeare uses "by attorney' for by deputy, As You L. iv. 1, Rich. IIL v. 3. He uses "attorney" for intervention or interpretation by proxy, Rich. III. iv. 4. And " attorney" for the agent or proxy thus acting, Com. E. v. 1, 1 Hen. VI. v. J. "Attorneyship," 1 Hen. VI. v. 5. AUNT. A slang term for a bad woman, Wis. T. iv. 2, (Song.)

AVOUCH. Proof, testimony, Ham. i. 1.

AWAY WITH. To endure, bear with, a Hea. IV. iii. 2.

AWFUL. For lawful, under the awe of anthority, Two Gen. V. iv. 1, 2 Hen. IV.

V. I.

AWKWARD. Used in the sense of contrary, unfavourable, untoward, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 2.

B

BACCARE. A cant phrase, meaning, "Go back 1" Tam. S. ii. 1.

BAFFLE. A punishment of recreant knights, by hanging them up by the heels, and beating them with sticks. From the Fr. Baffouer, or Baffoler, Tw. N. i 5, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2.

BALDRICK. A belt, Much Ado i. r.
BALE Harm, evil, injury, grief, destruction,
Corio. i. I. "Baleful" is harmful, injuri
ous, destructive, poisonous, 1 Hen. VI. i. 1,
Rom. J. ii. 3.

BALK. To bandy words as a disputant; to
altercate. To "balk logic" was used as
we now say to "chop logic." Tam. SL
I. [In some editions, "talk."]
BALKED. To pile up in ridges, 1 Hea IV
i. I.

BALLOW. A provincial word for a pole or staff, Lear iv. 6.

BAN. (Spelt also Bann.) To curse, Tim. A. iv.
1, Lear ii. 3, Ham. iii. 2.
BAND. Used for Bond, 1 Hen. IV. ii. a, Ant.
Cl. iii. 2, Ham. i. 2.

BANDOG. A fierce dog, a Hen. VI. i. 4

BANDY. To strike to and fro; a term used in the game of Tennis, Rom. J. ii. 5. BARBASON. The name of a Fiend, Mer. W. ii. 2, Hen. V. ii. 1.

BARBED. A corruption of barded; barbe (or more properly barde) being a term for horse-armour, Rich. II. iii. 3, Rich. III. i. 1.

BARN. (Spelt also Barne.) A child, Much Ado iii. 4, Win. T. iii. 3.

BASE. Prison-Base, or Prison-bars; a rustic or school game, Cymb. v. 3. BASES. A garment, worn from the waist by knights on horseback, Peric. ii. 1. BASILISCO. A character in an old drama, who protests his rank, in the words Faulconbridge quotes :-"Knight, knight," John i. 1.

BASILISK. A species of ordnance, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 3. The allusion is two-fold, -to the cannon, and to the serpent which is said to kill by its look, Hen. V. v. 2. BASTA.

An Italian term for enough, Tam.

S. i. I. BASTARD. In ancient times not a term of reproach. Used as a title, 1 Hen. VI. i. 1 & 2, Tr. Cr. v. 8.

BASTARD. A sweet Spanish wine, Meas. M. iii. 2, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4.

BAT. A large stick, or club, Corio. i. 1, Lovers' Comp. 10.

BATE. Dispute, contention, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. BATED. Bating, a term in falconry; to flutter, to beat the wings, from the Fr. Battre, 1 Hen. IV. iv. 1, Rom. J. iii. 2.

BATLET. A small bat, used in clothes-washing, As You L. ii. 4.

BATTEN. To feed, or fatten, Corio. iv. 5, Ham. iii. 4.

BAUBLE. The fool's toy-badge of office, All's W. iv. 5, Rom. J. ii. 4.

BAVIN. A small brush-wood faggot; readily combustible, and used for lighting fires, I Hen. IV. iii. 2.

BAWBLING. Insignificant, like a bauble, Tw. N. v. 1.

BAWCOCK. From the Fr. Beau-coq. A fine, dashing fellow, Tw. N. iii. 4, Win. T. i. 2, Hen. V. iii. 2 & iv. 1.

BAYNARD'S. A residence of Rich. III. in London, and still gives name to one of the wards in that city-"Castle Baynard Ward," Rich. III. iii. 5.

BEADS-MAN. From Bede, a prayer, and from counting the beads of a rosary while praying, Two Gen. V. i. 1, Rich. II. iii. 2. BEARD. To dare face to face, 1 Hen. IV. iv. 1. BEARING-CLOTH. The cloth in which a child was carried to church to be baptized, Wint. T. iii. 3, Hen. VI. i. 3.

BEAR IN HAND. To lure on, to keep in false expectation, Much Ado iv. 1, Tam. S. iv. 2, 2 Hen. IV. i. 2.

BEARNS. (In Scotch, Bairns.) Children, All's W. i. 3. See BARN.

BEAR-WARD. Bear-keeper; also Bear-herd, a Hen. VI. v. I.

BEAVER. The front of the helmet, used for covering the face. Fr. Bavière, the vizor, I Hen. IV. iv. 1, Ham. i. 2.

BECK. A bow of salutation, Tim. A. i. 2. BECK. A signal for citing and summoning, Ham. iii. 1, Tam. S. 2, (Ind.)

BECOME. In the sense of embellish, adorn, As You L. iii. 2, 1 Hen. VI. iv. 7. Shakespeare, by right of his genius, uses this verb arbitrarily for make appear becoming, seemly, or graceful, Com. E. iii. 2, Ant. Cl. ii. 2. BED-FELLOW. A term implying great intimacy, formerly men of the highest grade often sleeping together, Hen. V. ii. 2. BEDLAM. A corruption of Bethlehem, an asylum for lunatics; hence the term was applied to the individuals, Lear i. 2 & ii. 3 & iii. 7.

BEHAVE. Used for govern, control, discipline, or subdue. [In which sense Spenser has employed it.] Tim. of A. iii. 5. But the original word in the Folio is "behoove;" and it is just possible that in Shakespeare's despotic way of using verbs with large meaning condensed into one word (a despotism that was his by right of his dominant genius), he may have written "did behoove his anger," for "did make his anger do that which was behooveful, or becoming."

BEHEST. Command, Love's L. L. v. 2, Cymb. v. 4. See also HEST.

BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE. The form of excommunication used in the Romish Church: the bell being tolled, the book of offices for the occasion being read, and three candles extinguished, John iii. 3.

BENEFIT. A law term, signifying as a beneficiary, 1 Hen. VI. v. 4.

BENISON. Blessing, Macb. ii. 4, Peric. ii. (Gower), Lear i. 1 & iv. 6.

BENT. Stern glance; the eyes bent angrily on the object they behold, Hen. V. v. 2. Moral force; strength of inclination, Much Ado ii. 3 & iv. 1, Jul. Cæs. ii. 1.

BERGOMASK. A clownish Italian dance; in imitation of the people of Bergomasca, a district in the Venetian States, Mids. N.

V. I.

BERMOOTHES. The old name for Bermudas, Temp. i. 2.

BESHREW. To curse. A shrewish woman was called a curst woman, Mid. N. ii. 3, Love's L. L. v. 2, Oth. iv. 3.

BESMIRCH. To soil, Ham. i. 3, Hen. V. iii. 3.
BESORT. To suit, or befit, Lear i. 4.
BESORT. Attendance, escort, Oth. i. 3.
BESTED. "Worse bested," in a worse plight,
or condition, 2 Hen. VI. ii. 3.
BESTRAUGHT. Distracted, Tam. S. 2, (Ind.)
BETEEM. To allow, afford, Ham. i. 2, Mid.
N. i. I.

BEVIS. A hero of chivalry; for whose marvellous exploits (amounting to the incredible) William the Conqueror created him Earl of Southampton, Hen. VIII. i. 1. BEVY. A flock of birds; applied to a company of ladies, Hen. VIII. i. 4. BEWRAY. To betray, to discover, Lear ii. 1, 3 Hen. VI. i. 1.

BEZONIAN. From the Ital. Bisogno, want. A beggar; also a rogue, 2 Hen. IV. v. 3, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 1.

BIAS. "Sphered bias cheek" means a cheek rounded like the bias of a bowl, Tr. Cr.

iv. 5.

BID. Past tense of bided, or abided, endured, Rich. III. iv. 4.

BID. Invited, Mer. Ven. ii. 5, Titus A. i. 1. BIGGIN. A head-band of coarse cloth; so called because worn by the Beguines, an order of Nuns, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4.

BILBO. A sword; from Bilboa, a town in Spain famous for steel manufacture, Mer. W. i. & iii. 5.

BILBOES. Fetters, used at sea to confine prisoners; same derivation as above, Ham.

V. 2.

BILL. A halbert, used by watchmen, Much Ado iii. 3.

BILL. A placard, publicly set up by challengers, Much Ado i. 1.

BIRD-BOLT. A short, thick arrow, blunt at the end, to kill birds by the blow only, Much Ado i. 1, Love's L. L. iv. 3.

BISSON Blind, Corio. ii. 1, Ham. ii. 2. BITE THE EAR. Formerly used as a playful expression of loving kindness, Rom. J.

ii. 4

BITE THE THUMB. An insulting action, performed by letting the thumb-nail jerk from the upper teeth with a clicking noise, as a challenge to quarrel, Rom. J. i. 1. BITTER SWEETING. See SWEETING, Rom. J. ii. 4.

BLACK-MONDAY. Easter Monday. So named from the bitter cold of that day, on the 14th Ap. 1360, which carried of many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, (STOWE,) Mer. Ven. ii. 5.

BLANK. The centre of the target, Lear i. 4, Oth. iii. 4.

BLANKS. "A mode of extortion (says Nares) by which 'blank' papers were given to the agents of the crown, which they were to fill up as they pleased, to authorize the demands they chose to make. No wonder they were thought oppressive," Rich. II.

ii. 1.

BLENCH. To flinch, or start off, Mea. M. iv. 5. Also, a swerving, deviation, Sonnet 110. BLENT. Blended, Tw. N. i. 5, Mer. Ven. iii. 2. BLIND-WORM. A small snake, believed to be venomous; but it is harmless, Mid. N. ii. 3, (Song,) Macb. iv. 1.

BLOCK. Formerly used for the shape or fashion of a hat, Much Ado i. 1, Lear iv. 6.

BLOOD. "In blood" was a term of the chose, applied to deer; meaning in good coadation, vigorous, full of courage, Love's L L iv. 2, 1 Hen. VI. iv. 2. BLOOD. Used for disposition, impulse, Tm A. iv. 2, Cymb. i. 1, Lear iv. 2. BLOOD-BOLTERED. "Boltered," or baltered, is a provincial term for the hair being matted by exudation from a wound or disease. Clotted with gore, Macb. iv. 1.

BLOWN. Swollen, overcharged, puffed m tumid, Lear iv. 4, Oth. iii. 3, Ant. CL v 2, Corio. v. 4.

BLOWS. Swells to bursting, Ant. Cl. iv 6. BLUE-BOTTLE. A term of reproach given to

servants; also to Beadles, from the colour of their livery, 2 Hen. IV. v. 4 BOB. To cheat, or obtain by fraud, Tr. Cr I, Oth. v. 1. Also, a taunt, or scoff, As You L. ii. 7.

BODGE. To budge, to give way, Fr. Bouger, 3 Hen. VI. i. 4.

BODKIN. A small dagger, Ham. iii. 1. In Stowe's Chron it is said that Jul Casar was slain with "bodkins."

BOGGLER. A swerver from the right path, a vicious woman, Ant. Cl. iii. 11. BOLDS. Emboldens, Lear v. L. BOLINS. Bowlines; ropes governing the sai of a ship, Peric. iii. 1.

BOLLEN. Swollen, Lucrece 203.

BOLT. A peculiar kind of arrow, pointed instead of blunted, like the bird-bolt, Cymla iv. 2, Mids. N. ii. 2.

BOLTED. Sifted, Hen. V. ii. 2, Corio. iii 1 BOLTING-HUTCH. The trough into which meal is sifted, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4

BOMBARD. (Sometimes spelt Bumbard' A species of cannon; also (on account of ts similar appearance) a huge drinking vessel, made of leather, Temp. ii, 2, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4, Hen. VIII. v. 3.

BOMBAST. Stuffing. Doublets were stuffed out with cotton; hence applied metaphoris cally, Love's L. L v. 2, 1 Hen. IV. 4 Oth. i. 1.

BONA-ROBA. Ital. A courtezan, 2 Hen. IV. iii. 2.

Book. Nares says every kind of composit was called a "book." Shakespeare uses the word for a bond, or article of agreement, in Hen. IV. iii. 1.

I

BOOT. Something given over and above, Rich III. iv. 4.

BOOT. To "give the boots." An old proverbial expression for mocking, making game of; also a rustic sportive punishment. Te Gen. V. i. 1. To boot, to avail, Iwo Gen V. i. 1, Rich. II. iii. 4.

BORE. The calibre of a cannon; used metsphorically, Ham. iv. 6, Cymb. iii. 2. Also, to pierce, to injure, Hen. VIII i. L BORE, or BORNE IN HAND. Kept in expecta tion, Mea. M. i. 5, Ham. ii. 2.

BOSKY. Low Latin, Boscus: Ital. Bour