66 Glossary. Above (so Folios 1, 2, and Quarto; Folios 3 and 4, about"); Induct. ii. 115. Achieve, gain, possess; I. i. 160. Adversaries, opposing counsel; I. ii. 278. Alla nostra casa ben venuto," etc., Welcome to our house my much honoured Signior; I. ii. 25-6. Amort, dejected; IV. iii. 36. Ancient, old, former; Induct. ii. 33; I. ii. 47. And all one, but it does not matter; IV. ii. 101. Angel; "ancient angel," prob ably a cant term for a good old soul; IV. ii. 61. Anna, the sister of Dido; I. i. 158. Antic, buffoon, oddity; Induct. i. IOI. Apes; "lead apes in hell," al luding to the old belief that spinsters lead apes in hell; II. i. 34. Apply, i.e. "ply," or (?) apply myself to; I. i. 19. Argosy, a merchant-ship; II. i. 376. Arms, play upon the two senses, ordinary and heraldic, of arms; II. i. 222. Arras, tapestry; II. i. 353. As, so that; Induct. i. 70; as if, I. ii. 157; as though, II. i. 160; that, IV. iii. 114. Assurance, legal settlement; II. i. 389. At a bay, at bay; V. ii. 56. Awful, awe inspiring; V. ii. 389. Be-mete, be-measure; IV. iii. 113. Bemoiled, besmirched, bedraggled; IV. i. 73. Ben venuto; "I shall be your b. v.," i.e. "I will guarantee your welcome"; I. ii. 282. Bestraught distraught =distracted; Induct. ii. 27. Bias, a weight on one side of a bowl, which affects its direction; IV. v. 25. Bill, with a play upon the two senses of "bill"; IV. iii. 152. Blear'd, dimmed; V. i. 113. Blue coats, the dress of com mon serving men; IV. i. 87. Board, woo; I. ii. 95. Books; "put me in thy books," i.e. good books; used with a playful quibble; II. i. 225. Boot, avail, use; V. ii. 176. Boot-hose, stocking suited to wear with boots; III. ii. 67. Boss'd, embossed, studded; II. i. 355. Bottom, a ball (of thread); IV. iii. 138. Bow'd, bent; II. i. 151. Brach, a kind of scenting-dog, properly a female hound ("Brach Merriman," 1. 17, vide Note); Induct. i. 18. Bravie, i.e. handsomely clad; Induct. i. 40. Braved, used in double sense, (1) made fine, and (2) outbraved; (similarly 'face," ibid.); IV. iii. 125. 66 Bravery, finery; IV. iii. 57. Braves, bullying; III. i. 15. Breathed, in full career; Induct. ii. 50. Breeching scholar, schoolboy; in Elizabethan times, liable to be whipped; III. i. 18. Carousing to, drinking healths to; III. ii. 171. Carpets, probably "table-covers"; IV. i. 50. Cart (used as a play upon "court"), to punish a culprit by carting, a punishment akin to the ducking-stool; I. i. 55. Cast on no water; alluding to the old catch, Scotland burneth, Scotland burneth! Fire, fire, fire, fire! Cast on water, cast on water!" IV. i. 21. "eth Checks (so the Folios and Quarto; Blackstone ics"; the old play in corresponding passage, "Aristotle's walks"), austere rules; I. i. 32. Close, secretly; Induct. i. 127. Cock's, common corruption of the name of God; IV. i. 113. Conformable, compliant, yielding; II. i. 280. 66 Comonty; Sly's blunder for Comedy"; Induct. ii. 140. Compassed, round; IV. iii. 140. Conditions; "soft c.," gentle qualities; V. ii. 167. Conserves, preserves; Induct. ii. 3. Contented, pleased; IV. iv. 104. Contents, pleases; IV. iii. 179. Content you, keep your temper; II. i. 343. Contrive, while away; I. ii. 276. Con tutto, etc.; with all my heart, well met! I. ii. 24. Cony-catched, deceived, tricked; V. i. 96. Cony-catching, trickery, foolery; IV. i. 43. Copatain hat, a high crowned hat; V. i. 63. 66 Cunning, skill, art; Induct. i. 92. dance bare-foot on her wedding day," alluding to the old custom that the elder unmarried sisters danced without shoes at the marriage of the youngest daughter; II. i. 33. Declining; "d. head into "= = head d. into; Induct. i. 119. Deep-mouth'd, having a deep sounding bark; Induct. i. 18. Demi-cannon, a kind of ord nance; IV. iii. 88. Denier, a very small coin; the twelfth part of a sou; Induct. i. 9. Diaper, a towel of figured lin en; Induct. i. 57. Digress, deviate (from his promise); III. ii. 107. Dog-weary, "tired as a dog"; Fashions (a corruption of farcins), a skin disease in horses; III. ii. 52. Fault; coldest f.," i.e. absolute loss of scent; Induct. i. 20. Fay, faith; Induct. ii. 83. Fear, frighten; I. ii. 211. Fears; used equivocally, (1) is afraid of; (2) affrights; V. ii. 16. Few; "in a few," i.e. in a few words; I. ii. 52. Fine, smart; IV. i. 131. Fives, a disease in horses; III. ii. 54. 66 Florentius' love"; an allusion to a story in Gower's Confessio Amantis; a Knight Florent agrees to marry an ugly hag, if she will teach him to solve a riddle on which his life depends (cp. Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale); I. ii. 69. Flouts, mocks; II. i. 29. |