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appointment, accoutrement, equipment: your best appointment make with speed, i. 478; in appointment fresh and fair, vi. 71; a pirate of very warlike appointment, vii. 186; Men of great quality by their appointment, viii. 135; these hands Void of appointment, viii. 156; Our fair appointments, iv. 149.

apprehension, faculty for sarcastic sayings, sarcasm: how long have you professed apprehension? ii. 115; To scourge you for this apprehension, v. 32.

apprehensive, possessed of the power of apprehension or intelligence: whose apprehensive senses, iii. 214; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, iv. 375; men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive, vi. 648.

approbation, proof: naught for approbation But only seeing, iii. 439; drop their blood in approbation, iv. 425; on the approbation of what I have spoke, vii. 646.

approbation, probation, novitiate: receive (enter on) her approbation, i. 452.

approof, approbation: Either of condemnation or approof, i. 476. approof, proof: in approof lives not his epitaph As in your royal speech ("The truth of his epitaph is in no way so fully proved as by your royal speech," MASON,-where others understand proof as equivalent to "approbation"), iii. 214; of very valiant approof, iii. 239; as my furthest band Shall pass on thy approof ("As I will venture the greatest pledge of security on the trial of thy conduct," JOHNSON; "such as I will pledge my utmost bond that thou wilt prove," Nares's Gloss. in "Band"), vii. 539. approve, to prove: On whose eyes I might approve This flower's force, ii. 284; to approve Henry of Hereford... disloyal, iv. 115; approve me, lord, iv. 263; To approve my youth further, iv. 325; that sword upon my thee shall approve, vi. 298; does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that, &c., vii. 17; Thou dost approve thyself the very same, vii. 706; 'tis the curse in love, and still approv'd (experienced), i. 320; of approved valour, ii. 94; an approvèd wanton, ii. 119; approved in the height a villain, ii. 126; approv'd in practice culpable, v. 153; Approved warriors, vi. 338; approv'd good masters, vii. 386; approv'd ("convicted by proof of having been engaged," JOHNSON) in this offence, vii .409; I have well approv'd (experienced) it, vii. 412; which well approves You're great in fortune, iii. 255; Approves her fit for none but for a king, v. 81; which approves him an intelligent party, vii. 304.

approve, to ratify, to confirm: approve it with a text, ii. 382; t' approve the fair conceit The king hath of you ("to strengthen, by my commendation, the [good] opinion which the king has formed [of you]," JOHNSON), v. 516; Your favour is well approved by your tongue, vi. 203; He may approve ("make good the testimony of,”

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MALONE) our eyes, vii. 104; approve the common saw ("exemplify the common proverb," JOHNSON), vii. 282; he approves the common liar (fame), vii. 499.

approve, to recommend to approbation: if you did, it would not much approve me ("if you knew I was not ignorant, your esteem [judgment, CALDECOTT] would not much advance my reputation," JOHNSON), vii. 204.

approvers-To their, "To those who try them" (WARBURTON), vii. 666.

apricock, an apricot (the tree), viii. 146; apricocks (the fruit), ii. 290; iv. 154.

aqua vitæ, a term for ardent spirits in general, i. 372; ii. 33; iii. 359, 488; vi. 435, 457.

Aquilon, the North-wind, vi. 72.

Arabian bird, the phoenix, vii. 539, 651.

araise, to raise up, iii. 224.

arch, a chief: My worthy arch and patron, vii. 276.

Arden-The forest of, iii. 8, 19, 25: "Ardenne is a forest of considerable extent in French Flanders, lying near the Meuse, and between Charlemont and Rocroy. It is mentioned by Spenser in his Colin Clout's come home again, 1595... But our author was furnished with the scene of his play by Lodge's novel" (MALONE): see iii. 3.

argal, a vulgar corruption of the Latin word ergo, vii. 192, 193 (twice).

argentine, silver-hued, "of the silver moon" (STEEVENS), viii. 70. Argier, the old name for Algiers, i. 185 (twice). (It was not obsolete even in the time of Dryden: "you privateer of love, you Argier's man." Limberham, act iii. sc. 1.)

argo, a vulgar corruption of the Latin word ergo, v. 170.

argosy, a ship of great bulk and burden, fit either for merchandise or war (probably so named from the Argo), ii. 353, 379; iii. 138 (twice); v. 269; argosies, ii. 345, 415; iii. 138.

argument, conversation, discourse: For shape, for bearing, argument, and valour, ii. 105.

argument, subject, matter: thou wilt prove a notable argument ("subject for satire," JOHNSON), ii. 80; You would not make me such an argument ("subject of light merriment," JOHNSON), ii. 298; an absent argument Of my revenge, iii. 36; th' argument of Time, iii. 461; argument (subject of conversation) for a week, iv. 228; the argument shall be thy running away, iv. 239; And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument, iv. 450; the argument of hearts (“of what men's hearts are composed," MALONE), vi. 529; an argument

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of laughter, vi. 536; the argument of the play, vii. 157; Have you heard the argument? vii. 159; the argument of your praise, vii. 255. Ariachne, vi. 88: see note 154, vi. 126.

arm, to take in one's arms : come, arm him vii. 707; Arm your prize, viii. 206 (where Mason explains arm "take by the arm").

arm-gaunt, vii. 512: see note 36, vii. 603.

aroint thee, witch! vii. 8; aroint thee, witch, aroint thee! vii. 302: That Aroint thee is equivalent to "Away!" "Begone!" seems to be agreed, though its etymology is quite uncertain: "Rynt ye; By your leave, stand handsomely. As, Rynt you, Witch, quoth Besse Locket to her mother. Proverb, Cheshire." Ray's North Country Words, p. 52, ed. 1768: "The word [aroint] is still in common use in Cheshire; and what is remarkable is, that, according to Ray, it is still coupled with a witch, as 'rynt you, witch, quoth Besse Locket to her mother,' which is given as a Cheshire proverb; but which, as the term sounded in my ears when I once heard it pronounced, I should not have hesitated to spell aroint. I have also seen it spelled, and by a Cheshire man of good information, runt: nor is it at all unlikely that it is the same exclamation which in Lancashire is pronounced and spelled areawt, as equivalent to get out or away with thee. But it is most common in the middle parts of Cheshire; and there used, chiefly by milkmaids when milking. When a cow happens to stand improperly, in a dirty place, or with one of her sides so near a wall, a fence, a tree, or another cow, that the milker cannot readily come at the udder, or to her neck, to tie her up in her boose, or stall,—in such cases, the milkmaid, whilst she pushes the animal to a more convenient place, seldom fails to exclaim, 'Aroint thee, lovey (or bonny), aroint thee:' using a coarser and harsher epithet, should the cow not move at the first bidding." Boucher's Glossary of Arch. and Prov. Words: "A lady well acquainted with the dialect of Cheshire informed me that it [Aroint] is still in use there. For example, if the cow presses too close to the maid who is milking her, she will give the animal a push, saying at the same time "Roint thee!' by which she means 'stand off. To this the cow is so well used, that even the word is often sufficient." Nares's Gloss.: "Rynt thee is an expression used by milkmaids to a cow when she has been milked, to bid her get out of the way. Ash calls it local." Wilbraham's Attempt at a Gloss. of some Words used in Cheshire: In Hearne's Ectypa Varia, &c., 1737, is a print representing the Saviour harrowing hell, in which Satan is blowing a horn, with the words "Out, out, arongt" over his head, perhaps to express the sounds of the horn. (Hunter, in his New Illustr. of Shakespeare, vol. ii. p. 166, has cited an example of "araunte thee" from a passage of a book about Perkin Warbeck, with which he became acquainted through the medium of The Monthly Mirror:

but undoubtedly no such book exists; the title and passage of it given in The M. M. are forgeries, and I should have said very clumsy ones, had they not deceived so experienced an antiquary as my old friend Joseph Hunter.)

a-row, successively, one after another, ii. 47.

arras-counterpoints, counterpanes of arras, of tapestry, iii. 138: see note 81, iii. 190.

arrose, to water, to sprinkle (Fr. arroser), viii. 209.

art as you-I have as much of this in, vi. 672: "In art Malone interprets to mean 'in theory.' It rather signifies by acquired knowledge, or learning, as distinguished from natural disposition" (CRAIK).

Arthur's show: see Dagonet, &c.

article—A soul of great, vii. 203: Here Johnson would understand of great article to mean "of large comprehension, of many contents;" while Caldecott explains it "of great account or value." articulate, to enter into articles: with whom we may articulate, vi.

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articulate, to exhibit in articles: These things, indeed, you have articulated, iv. 276.

artificial, ingenious, artful: like two artificial gods, ii. 297.

Ascanius did, &c.—As, v. 155; see note 108, v. 215.

Asher-house, my Lord of Winchester's, v. 538: "Shakespeare forgot that Wolsey was himself Bishop of Winchester, unless he meant to say, you must confine yourself to that house which you possess as Bishop of Winchester. Asher [the old form of Esher], near Hampton-Court, was one of the houses belonging to that bishoprick" (MALONE): "Fox, Bishop of Winchester, died Sept. 14, 1528, and Wolsey held this see in commendam. Esher therefore was his own house" (REED).

askance their eyes, turn aside their eyes, viii. 305.

aspersion, a sprinkling, i. 218.

aspire, to aspire to, to mount to: That gallant spirit hath aspir'd the clouds, vi. 430.

a-squint―That eye that told you so look'd but, vii. 338: Ray gives "Love being jealous makes a good eye look asquint." Proverbs, p. 13, ed. 1768.

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"as's" of great charge, vii. 201: Here, as Johnson was the first to observe, a quibble is intended between as the conditional particle, and ass the beast of burden."

ass on thy back o'er the dirt-Thou borest thine, vii. 267: An allusion sop's celebrated fable of the Old Man and his Ass.

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assay of arms-To give th', "to attempt or assay anything in arms or by force" (SINGER), vii. 133.

assemblance, semblance, external aspect, iv. 361.

assinico, a silly, a stupid fellow ("Asnico. A little ass." Connelly's Span. and Engl. Dict., Madrid, 4to), vi. 28. (This word is usually spelt by our early writers assinego, and so I spelt it in my former editions; but since the old eds. of Shakespeare's play have “asinico," I have now printed "assinico," as a form nearer to the Spanish word.)

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assistance, "assessors" (JOHNSON): affecting one sole throne, Without assistance, vi. 213.

associate me-One of our order, to, vi. 464: “Each friar has always a companion assigned him by the superior when he asks leave to go out; and thus, says Baretti, they are a check upon each other" (STEEVENS).

assum'd this age-He it is that hath, vii. 730: assum'd "I believe is the same as reached or attained" (STEEVENS): "Assum'd this age' has a reference to the different appearance which Belarius now makes in comparison with that when Cymbeline last saw him" (HENLEY).

assurance of a dower in marriage—To pass, iii. 159: “To pass assurance means to make a conveyance or deed. Deeds are by law-writers called 'The common assurances of the realm,' because thereby each man's property is assured to him. So, in a subsequent scene of this act, they are busied about a counterfeit assurance' [iii. 167]" (MALONE).

assurance in that-Seck out, vii. 195: "A quibble is intended. Deeds, which are usually written on parchment, are called the common assurances of the kingdom" (MALONE).

assured, affianced, ii. 29; iv. 27.

Atalanta's better part, iii. 40: Here the meaning of better part (2 common enough expression, and used by Shakespeare in two other places—“my better part of man," Macbeth, act v. sc. 8-"My spirit is thine, the better part of me," Sonnet LXXIV.) has been much disputed: "Cannot Atalanta's better part mean her virtue or virgin chastity? . . . . Pliny's Natural History, b. xxxv. c. iii. mentions the portraits of Atalanta and Helen, utraque excellentissima forma, sed altera ut virgo; that is 'both of them for beauty incomparable, and yet a man may discerne the one [Atalanta] of them to be a maiden, for her modest and chaste countenance,' as Dr. P. Holland translated the passage" (TOLLET): "I suppose Atalanta's better part is her wit, i. e. the swiftness of her mind" (FARMER): "After all, I believe that 'Atalanta's better part' means only the best part about her, such as was most commended" (STEEVENS): "Atalanta's better part was not her modesty, nor her heels, nor her