directly, without ambiguity. Cor.
iv. 5. 198; Oth. ii. 1. 218; Cym. i. 4.
163; exactly, precisely, just. J.C. i.
2.3; Ham. iii. 4. 210; straight. J.C.
iv. 1. 32; Oth. iii. 3. 408; at once.
Ham. iii. 2. 212; immediately. Oth.
ii. 3. 347; straightforwardly. Oth.
iv. 2. 209; Cym. iii. 5. 112.
dirge, funeral song. R. & J. iv. 5.
88; Ham. i. 2. 12.
disappointed, unprepared. Ham.
i. 5. 77.

disaster, ill luck. Mac. iii. 1. 112;
ruin. A. & C. ii. 7. 17; unfavour-
able aspect of a star. Ham. i. 1.
118.

disbench, cause a person to leave
his seat. Cor. ii. 2. 71.
disbranch, sever. Lear iv. 2. 34.
discandy, dissolve. A. & C. iii. 11.
165; iv. 10. 35.
discerning, intellectual faculties.
Lear i. 4. 227.
discharge, emission. T. & C. iv. 4.
40; perform. Cor. iii. 2. 106; un-
burden, deliver. R. & J. v. 1. 63;
pay, payment. Tim. ii. 2. 12; Cym.
v. 4. 169.
discipline, instruct, instruction.
T. & C. ii. 3. 29, 245; punish. Cor. ii.
1. 130.

disclaim, repudiate all connexion
with, renounce, disavow all share
in. Lear i. 1. 113; ii. 2. 54.
disclaiming, disavowal. Ham. v.
2.241.

disclose, unfold. Ham. i. 3. 40; in-
cubation. Ham. iii. 1. 169; hatch.
Ham. v. 1. 294.

discomfort, discourage, discour-
agement. T. & C. v. 10. 10; J.C. v.
3. 106; Mac. i. 2. 28; sorrow. Mac.
iv. 2. 29; A. & C. iv. 2. 34; grieve.
Ham. iii. 2. 169.
discontented, full of discontent.
Oth. v. 2. 312.
discourse, conversational power.
T. & C. i. 2. 263; process or faculty
of reasoning. T. & C. ii. 2. 116; Ham.
i. 2. 150; reasoning, thought, reflec-
tion. T. &C. v. 2. 139; Ham. iv. 4.36;
narrate. T.A. v. 3. 81; give forth.
Ham. iii. 2. 364; talk, converse,
conversation. J.C. iii. 1. 295; Oth.
i. 3. 150; ii. 3. 277; familiar inter-
course. Ham. iii. 1. 108; pass (the
time) in talk. Cym. iii. 3. 38.
discover, distinguish, discern. Cor.
ii. 1. 45; J.C. ii. 1. 75; spy out,
reconnoitre. A. & C. iv. 10. 8;
Tim. v. 2. 1; show, exhibit. J.C. i.
2. 69; divulge, make known. J.C.
iii. 1. 17; betray. Lear ii. 1. 67.
discovery, bringing to view, show-
ing. Tim. v. 1. 35; exploration, re-
connoitring. Mac. v. 4. 7; Lear v. 1.
53; disclosure of a secret. Ham.
ii. 2. 300.
discretion, do your, act as you
think fit. Oth. iii. 3. 34.

disdain, indignation, vexation. T.
& C. i. 2. 34.

disease, disturb, trouble. Cor. i. 3.
109; trouble, grievance, vexation.
Tim. iii. 1. 55; Lear i. 1. 175.
disedged, satiated. Cym. iii. 4. 94.
disfurnish, deprive. Tim. iii. 2. 47;
Per. iv. 6. 11.

disguise, drunkenness, intoxica-
tion. A. & C. ii. 7. 129.

dishclout, dishcloth; used in con-
temptuous comparison. R. & J. iii.
5. 221.

dishonoured, dishonouring, dis-
honourable. Cor. iii. 1. 59; Lear i.
1.229.

disjoint, fall to pieces. Mac. iii. 2.
16; out of joint. Ham. i. 2. 20.
dislike, disagreement, discord. T.
& C. ii. 3. 226; Lear i. 4. 326; dis-
pleased. R. & J. ii. 2. 61; Oth. ii. 3.
47.

dislimn, obliterate the outlines of.
A. & C. iv. 12. 10.

dismal, disastrous, calamitous.
R. & J. iv. 3. 19.

dismantle, divest, strip. Ham. iii.
2. 285; remove. Lear i. 1. 218.
disme, tenth man sacrificed. T. &
C. ii. 2. 19.

dismiss, send out of court, refuse
further hearing to. Cor. ii. 1. 78.
dismission, discharge from office.
A. & C. i. 1. 26; rejection. Cym. ii.
3. 54.
disnatured, unnatural. Lear i. 4.
283.

disorbed, removed from its sphere.
T. & C. ii. 2. 46.

disorder, misdemeanour. Lear i.
2. 119; ii. 4. 199.
disordered, disorderly, unruly.
Lear i. 4. 241, 255.

dispatch, dismissal, leave to go,
congé. Cor. v. 3. 180; Lear ii. 1. 126;
conduct, management. Mac. i. 5.
68; deprive. Ham. i. 5. 75; putting
away hastily. Lear i. 2. 34; make
away with, kill. Lear ii. 1. 59; iv.
5. 12; speed, expedition. Oth. i. 3.
46: settle, conclude. A. & C. v. 2.
229; settle. A. & C. iii. 2. 2.
dispense with, forgo, do without.
Tim. iii. 2. 89.

displace, remove, banish. Mac. iii.
4. 109.

displant, uproot. R. & J. iii. 3. 58.
displan ing, deposition from office.
Oth. ii. 1. 277.

display, behave ostentatiously.
Lear ii. 4. 40.

displeasure, unpopularity. Oth.
iii. 1. 44.

disponge, pour down as from a
squeezed sponge. A. & C. iv. 9. 13.
disport, amuse. Tim. i. 2. 137; pas-
time, sport. Oth. i. 3. 272.
dispose, temperament. T. & C. ii.
3. 163; distribute. T. & C. iv. 5. 115;
put or stow away, deposit. T.A.

distract, perplex, confuse, be-
wilder. Tim. iii. 4. 115; &c.; crazy,
mad. Ham. iv. 5. 2; Lear iv. 6. 282;
separate, divide, scatter. Oth, i. 3.
325; A. & C. iii. 7. 43.
distraction, division, detachment.
A. & C. iii. 7. 76.
distraught, mentally deranged.
R. & J. iv. 3, 50.
distribute, administer (justice).
Cor. iii. 3. 97.

248.

disquietly, in a disturbing man-
ner. Lear i. 2. 119.

destruction,

disseat, unseat. Mac. v. 3. 21.
dissembling, false, hypocritical.
T. & C. v. 4. 2.
dissolution,
ruin.
Lear i. 2. 150.
dissolve, loosen, undo. T. & C. v.
2. 153; separate. Cor. i. 1. 205; de-
stroy, put an end to. Lear iv. 4. 19;
shed tears. Lear v. 3. 204; melt.
A. & C. iii. 11. 162.

distan, a cleft stick on which wool
or flax was wound; type of a
woman's occupation. Lear iv. 2.
17; Cym. v. 3, 34.
distain, defile, sully, dishonour.
T. & C. i. 3. 241; Per. iv. 3. 31.
distance, definite interval of space
to be kept between fencers. R. & J.
ii. 4. 21; disagreement. Mac. iii. 1.
116; reverse of intimacy or fami-
liarity. Oth. ii. 3. 56.
distaste, disrelish, dislike. T. & C.
ii. 2. 66; Lear i. 3. 15; render dis-
tasteful. T. & C. ii. 2. 123; offend
the taste, cause disgust. T. & C. iv.
4. 47; Oth. iii. 3. 328.
distasteful, expressing dislike or
aversion. Tim. ii. 2. 213.
distemper, deranged condition of
body or mind. T. & C. ii. 2. 169;
Mac. v. 2. 15; Ham. ii. 2. 55; ill-
humour, ill-temper. Ham. iii. 2.304,
342; iii. 4. 122.
distemperature, disturbance of
mind. R. & J. ii. 3. 40; Per. v. 1. 27.
distil, obtain or extract the essence
of. T. & C. i. 3. 350; Mac. iii. 5. 26;
Cym. i. 5. 13; fall or let fall in
minute drops. T.A. ii. 3. 201; iii.
1. 17; R. & J. v. 3. 15; melt. Ham.
i. 2. 204.

distilment, product of distilling.
Ham. i. 5. 61.
distinction, discrimination. T. &
C. iii. 2. 26.

distinctly, separately, individual-
ly. Cor. iii. 1. 205 iv. 3. 44

dizzy, confuse. T. & C. v. 2. 171;
Ham. v. 2. 116.

do, go on. T. & C. ii. 1. 45.
doctrine, instruction, lesson. R. &
J. i. 1. 240; A. & C. v. 2. 31.
document, instruction. Ham. iv. 5.
177.

dodge, be shifty. A. & C. iii. 9. 62.
dog-fox, male fox, bloody-minded
fellow. T. & C. v. 4. 11.
dog-hearted, cruel. Lear iv. 3. 47.
doing, deed, action, performance.
Cor. i. 9. 23, 40.

doit, former Dutch coin, equivalent
to half a farthing. Cor. iv. 4. 17.
dole, sorrow. Ham. i. 2. 13.
dolours, with a pun on dollars.
Lear ii. 4. 53.

done, ruined, lost. Ham. iii. 2. 165.
doom, judge. Cym. v. 5. 421.
doom, day of, last day of one's life.
T.A. ii. 3. 42.
doomsday, death-day. R. & J. v. 3.
234.

door, speak within, do not talk
so loud. Oth. iv. 2. 144.
dotage, feebleness of mind. Lear i.
4. 293; excessive fondness. Oth. iv.
1. 27.

dotant, dotard. Cor. v. 2. 44.
dote on, be excessively fond of.
Ham. v. 2. 189.

do, to, still to be done. Ham. iv. 4.
44.
double, deceitfully. R. & J. ii. 4.
171; doubly, twice. Mac. iv. 1. 83;
be twice as much as. Cym. iii. 4. 178.
double as, as, having twice the
power of. Oth, i. 2. 14.

double-henned, an obscure ex-
pression. T. & C. v. 7. 11.
doubt, suspect, apprehend, fear.
Cor. iii. 1. 151; &c.
doubtful,suspicious,apprehensive.
Mac. iii. 2. 7; Lear v. 1. 12.
dout, put out, extinguish. Ham. iv.
7. 191.

dowered, endowed. Lear i. 1. 205.
down, used in ballad refrains with-
out appreciable meaning. Ham. iv.
5. 169.

down-gyved, hanging down like
fetters. Ham. ii. 1. 80.
downright, straightforward. Oth.
i. 3. 250.

drabbing, associating with bad
women. Ham. ii. 1. 26.
dragon, yoke of dragons attributed
to the goddess of night. T. & C. v.
8. 17; Cym. ii. 2. 48.
dragon's tail, descending node of
the moon's orbit with the ecliptic.
Lear i. 2. 134.
draught, cesspool, privy, sewer.
T. & C. v. 1. 78; Tim. v. 1. 103.
draw, gather, collect, assemble. T.
& C. ii. 3. 73; Cor. ii. 3. 256; J.C. i.
3. 22; displace so much water. T. &
C. ii. 3. 267; act in concert. T. & C.
v. 5. 44; Oth. iv. 1. 67; pull back
an arrow on the string. T.A. iv. 3.
3, 63; receive money, win a stake.
Ham. iv. 5. 141; Lear i. 1. 85; bring.
Lear iii. 3. 23; Cym. iii. 3. 18; with-
draw. Cym. iv. 3. 24.
drawer, tapster. R. & J. iii. 1. 9.
drawn, emptied. Cym. v. 4. 165.
draw on, entice. Mac. iii. 5. 29.
draw out, extend, lengthen. J.C.
iii. 1. 100.

draw up, set in array. Lear v. 1. 51.
dread, revered. Ham. iii. 4. 108.
dreadful, full of dread. Ham. i. 2.
207; Oth. ii. 3. 172.
dreadfully, exceedingly. Ham. ii.

2. 271.

dry-beat, to beat soundly. R. & J.
iii. 1. 78; iv. 5. 127.

ducat, Ital. silver coin, worth about
3s. 6d. Ham. iii. 4. 23.
dudgeon, hilt of a dagger of wood
of the same name (box-wood).
Mac. ii. 1. 46.

due, debt. Tim. ii. 2. 16; straight.
Oth. i. 3. 34.

dull, inactive. Ham. iv. 4. 33; want-
ing acuteness. A. & C. iii. 3. 16;
tedious. A. & C. iv. 13. 61; dim.
Cym. ii. 4. 41.

dumb, put to silence. A. & C. i. 5.
50; Per. v. Gower 5.
dump, tune. R. & J. iv. 5. 108.
dungy, vile. A. & C. i. 1. 35.
dup, do up, open. Ham. iv. 5. 54.
dusty death, death in which all
turn to dust. Mac. v. 5. 23.
duty of the day, morning saluta-
tion. Cym. iii. 5. 32.

dwell, depend on, lie in, rest with.
T. & C. i. 3. 336; reside, exist. Mac.
iii. 2. 7.

eche, eke out. Per. iii. Gower 13.
ecstacy, state of being beside one-
self, in a frenzy or stupor, excite
ment, bewilderment, (sometimes)
madness. T.A. iv. 1. 125; &c.;
swoon. Oth. iv. 1. 79.
edge, utmost point or limit. T. &
C. iv. 5. 68; sword. Cor. v. 5. 113;
stimulant, incitement. Ham. iii. 1.

26.

effect, practical reality, fact. T. &
C. v. 3. 109; give effect to, T. & C.
v. 10.6; practical purpose, result,
end. T.A. iv. 3. 59'; Lear iii. 1. 52;
Oth. i. 3. 105; drift, tenor. J.C. i. 2.
278; Ham. i. 3. 45; v. 2. 37; execu
tion. Mac. i. 5. 47; outward sign,
manifestation, Mac, v. 1. 11; Lear
i. 1. 131; accomplishment. Lear iv.
2. 15; A. & C. v. 2. 328.
effectless, fruitless. T.A. iii. 1. 77 ;
Per. v. 1. 53.

effectually, with the due or in-
tended result. T.A. iv. 4. 106,
effeminate, womanish, unmanly,
feeble, self-indulgent. T. & C. iii. 3.
219; R. & J. iii. 1. 113.
eftsoons, soon. Per. v. 1. 256.
egal, equal. T.A. iv. 4. 4.

egg, applied contemptuously to a
young person. Mac, iv. 2. 81.
egg-shell, worthless thing. Ham.
iv. 4. 53.

Egyptian, gipsy. Oth. iii. 4, 56.
eisel, vinegar. Ham. v. 1. 283.
either, each other. R. & J. ii. 6. 29.
either which, either one or the
other. Ham. iv. 7. 13.

elbow, move. Lear iv. 3. 44.
eld, old age. T. & C. ii. 2. 104.
elder, senator. Cor. i. 1. 227; ii. 2. 42;
aged person. J.C. i. 2. 7; belonging
to a later period. Cym. v. 1. 14.
eldest, oldest, earliest. Ham. iii. 3.
37.

element, general name for earth,
water, air, and fire; constituent
part of a whole, material or im-
material. T. & C. i. 3, 41 ; &c.; at-
mospheric agencies or powers,
sometimes = heavens. Cor. i. 10. 10;
&c.; air, atmosphere, or sky. J. C.
i. 3. 128; Lear iii. 1. 4; sphere. Lear
ii. 4. 57; the celestial spheres of
ancient astronomy. Oth. iii. 3. 465.
elf, twist, tangle. Lear ii. 3. 10.
elf-locks, tangled mass of hair sup-
posed to be due to the agency of
elves. R. & J. i. 4. 91.
embarquement, laying under em-
bargo, hindrance, impediment.
Cor. i. 10. 22.

embassy, mission of an ambassa-
dor. T. & C. iv. 5. 215.
embattle, be drawn up. A. & C. iv.
9.3.
embayed, locked in a bay. Oth. ii.
1. 18.

embossed, foaming at the mouth
from exhaustion. Tim. v. 1. 218; A.
& C. iv. 11.3; swollen, tumid. Lear
ii. 4. 224.
embrace, welcome as a friend, com-
panion, or the like. Cor. iv. 7. 10;
&c.: devote oneself to. A. & C. iii.
11. 56.
embrasure, embrace. T. & C. iv. 4.

36.

ember-eves, vigil of an Emberday.
Per 1. Gower 6.

embrewed, stained or dyed with
blood. T. A. ii. 3. 222.
eminence, advantage. T. & C. ii. 3.
256; acknowledgement of supe-
riority, homage, Mac, iii. 2. 31.
empale, shut or hem in. T. & C. v.
7.5.

emperial, blunder for emperor'.
T.A. iv. 3. 92; blunder for 'imper-
ial'. T. A. iv. 4. 40.
emperor, commander. A. & C. iv.

12.90.

empery, absolute dominion. T. A. i.
1. 19; status of emperor. T. A. i. 1.
22, 201; empire. Cym. i. 6. 120.
emphasis, intensity of feeling.
Ham. v. 1. 262; emphatic expres-
sion. A. & C. i. 5. 68.
empiricutic, empirical, quackish.
Cor. ii. 1. 119.

employ, send with a commission.
A. & C. iii. 3. 36; v. 2. 70; Cym. ii.
3. 65.
empoison, destroy. Cor. v. 5. 11.
empty-hearted, unfeeling. Lear i.
1. 153.

emulate, ambitious. Ham. i. 1. 83,
emulation, grudge against the su-
periority of others, T. & C. i. 3.
134; ambitious or jealous rivalry.
T. & C. ii. 2. 212; J.C. ii. 3. 13; am-
bition to excel. Cor. i. 10. 12.
emulous, envious. T. & C. ii. 3. 73,
232; iii. 3. 189; ambitious. T. & C.
iv. 1. 28.

enact, purpose, resolution. T. A. iv.
2. 119; act the part of. Ham. iii. 2.
102.

enacture, performance, fulfilment.
Ham. iii. 2. 200.
enchafed, furious, angry. Oth. fi. 1.
17; excited, irritated. Cym. iv. 2.
174.

enchant, influence as if by a charm.
Oth. i. 2. 63; Cym. i. 6. 167.
encompassment,roundabout talk.
Ham. ii. 1. 10.

encounter, behaviour. Ham. v. 2.
190; light upon. Cym. i. 6. 112.
encounterer, 'forward' person. T.
& C. iv. 5. 58.

encumbered, folded. Ham. i. 5. 174.
end, get a crop in. Cor. v. 5. 37.
end-all, that which ends all. Mac.
i. 7. 5.

end, an, no more. Cor. v. 3. 171.
endart, shoot as a dart. R. & J. i. 3.
98.

end, for an, cut the matter short.
Cor. ii. 1. 249.

endeared, bound by obligation.
Tim. i. 2. 230; iii. 2. 34.
endue, supply. Cor. ii. 3. 142.
endurance, hardship. Per. v. 1. 138.
endure, remain. Cor. i. 6. 58.
enemy, hostile. Cor. iv. 4. 24; Lear
v. 3. 221; A. & C. iv. 12. 71.
enforce, put forward strongly, lay
stress upon. Cor. ii. 3. 222; &c.;
press upon, urge. Cor. iii. 3.3; urge
the performance of. Cor. iii. 3. 21;
Lear ii. 3. 20; obtain or produce by
force, moral or physical. Tim. v. 4.
45; use force upon. J.C. iv. 3. 111.
enforced, ravished, violated. T.A.
v. 3. 38; Cym. iv. 1. 17; constrained,
forced. J.C. iv. 2. 21; compelled.
Lear i. 2. 130.
enforcedly, under compulsion.
Tim. iv. 3. 242.
enfranched, enfranchised. A. & C.
iii. 11. 149.

enfranchise, release from confine-
ment. T.A. iv. 2. 126: liberate. A.
& C. i. 1. 23.

enfree, set free. T. & C. iv. 1. 38.
engage, enlist, embark on an enter-
prise. T. & C. ii. 2. 124; A. & C. iv.
7.1; to bind by a promise or under-
taking. T. & C. v. 3. 68; pledge,
pawn, mortgage. Tim. ii. 2. 149;
pledge. J.C. fi. I. 127; Oth. iii. 3. 463;
entangle. Ham. iii. 3. 69.
engagement, what one is pledged
to do. J.C. ii. 1. 307.
engine, instrument of warfare. T.
& C. i. 3. 208; &c.; artifice, con-
trivance, machine, implement.
T.A. ii. 1. 123; Oth. iv. 2. 217; in-
strument of torture. Lear i. 4. 268.
enginer, maker of military engines
or works. T. & C. ii. 3. 8; Ham. iii.
4. 206.

englut, swallow up. Oth. i. 3. 57.
engraffed, engrafted, implanted,
firmly fixed. J.C. ii. 1. 184; Lear i.
1. 298.
engross, gain exclusive possession
of, monopolize. R. & J. v. 3. 115.
enjoy, do not part with. A. & C. ii.
6.78.

enkindle, incite. Mac. i. 3. 121.
enlard, fatten. T. & C. ii. 3. 194.
enlarge, give free scope to, extend.
T. & C. v. 2. 35; Ham. v. 1. 233.
enlargement, freedom of action.
Cym. ii. 3. 122.

enmesh, entangle. Oth. ii. 3. 359.
enormity, irregularity. Cor. ii. 1.
17.

enormous, disordered, irregular.
Lear ii. 2. 169.

enpierced, pierced. R. & J. i. 4. 19.
enrapt, carried away. T. & C. v. 3.
65.

enridged, thrown into ridges. Lear
iv. 6. 72.

enseamed, loaded with grease,
greased. Ham. iii. 4. 92.
ensear, dry up. Tim. iv. 3. 188.

ensteeped, lying under water. Oth.
ii. 1. 70.

enter, instruct, initiate. Cor. i. 2.
2; engage. Oth. iii. 3. 412; intro-
duce. A. & C. iv. 12. 113.
entertain, receive, reception. Tim.
i. 2. 188; Per. i. 1. 119; take into
one's service. J.C. v. 5. 60; treat.
Lear i. 4. 57.
entertainment, maintaining a per-
son in one's service. Cor. iv. 3. 44;
Oth. iii. 3. 250; manner of recep-
tion, treatment. Cor. iv. 5. 10; &c.;
meal. Tim. i. 2. 148; accommoda-
tion, provision for the table. Lear
ii. 4. 206; employment. A. & C. iv.

6. 17.

entire, unmixed, pure. Lear i. 1.
241.

entirely, sincerely. Oth. iii. 4. 112.
entranced, in a swoon. Per. iii. 2.
91.

entreasured, stored up. Per. iii. 2.

65.

entreat, treat. T. & C. iv. 4. 112;
entreaty. T.A. i. 1. 449, 483; beguile,
pass the time. R. & J. iv. 1. 40.
entreatment, conversation, inter-
view. Ham. i. 3. 122.
envious, malicious. Ham. iv. 7. 173.
enviously, spitefully. Ham. iv. 5. 6.
envy, envy against, show malice
towards. Cor. iii. 3. 56, 93.
enwheel, encircle. Oth. ii. 1. 87.
epicure, luxurious person, Syba-
rite. Mac. v. 3. 8; A. & C. ii. 7. 57.
Epicurean, suited to the taste of
an epicure. A. & C. ii. 1. 24.
epicurism, luxury. Lear i. 4. 243.
epileptic, distorted and pale. Lear
fi. 2. 81.

epithet, term. Oth. i. 1. 14.

epitome, representation in minia-
ture. Cor. v. 3. 68.

equinox, equal length of days and
nights. Oth. ii. 3. 125.

equivalent, equal in power. Per.

v. 1. 92.

equivocal, ambiguous. Oth. i. 3. 217.
errant, wandering. T. & C. i. 3. 9.
escape, outrageous transgression.
T.A. iv. 2. 114; Oth. i. 3. 197.
escapen, escaped. Per. ii. Gower 36,
escot, pay a reckoning for, main-
tain. Ham. ii. 2. 351.

esperance, hope. T. & C. v. 2. 118;
Lear iv. 1. 4.

espial, spy. Ham. iii. 1. 32.
essay, trial, proof. Lear i. 2. 47.
essence, entity. Oth. iv. 1. 16.
essential, real. Oth. ii. 1. 64.
essentially, in fact. Ham. iii. 4. 187.
establish,settle (estate)upon. Mac.
i. 4. 37.

estate, state, condition. Cor. ii. 1.
116; Lear v. 3. 210; status, rank,
dignity. Mac. i. 4. 37; Ham. iii. 2.
261; v. 1. 228; administration of
government. Ham. iii. 3. 5; pro-
perty, fortune. Cym. i. 4. 114.