High and low, two kinds of false dice. High-battled, commanding proud battalions. High-blown, inflated. High-lone, erect without assistance. height, deeply. High-sighted, supercilious. High-stomached, haughty. Hild, held, Lucr. 1257. Hind, a farm servant, a menial. (not necessarily given consciously). Hit, to agree. Hoar, to make white (as with lep- un Hold, endure; refrain; prove true. Honesty, chastity; decency; gener- Honey-seed, blunder for "homicide," at game. Hoodman, the one blinded in blind- Hoodman-blind, blindman's-buff. Horn, sb., the symbol of a cuckold; Horn-mad, stark mad, used frequently of the jealous anger of a cuckold. Horologe, a clock. Husbandry, economy. Hyperion, the sun-god. I, the common spelling of "Ay" in Idle, useless, barren; trifling, friv- Ignorant, producing ignorance or Ill-erected, built to an evil end. Imbar. It is doubtful whether this Include, conclude, T. Gent. V. iv. Inclusive, latent, potential. fine, dainty, L. L. L. III. i. 136. Ind, or Inde, India. Indent, to bargain, make a contract. Index, table of contents, and so introduction, beginning. Indifferency, moderate size; impartiality. Indifferent, adj., impartial; ordinary; adv., tolerably. Indigest, sb., formless mass; adj., Indign, unworthy. lation. Immoment, of no moment. Impair, inferior, T. and C. IV. v. 103. III. vi. 151. Hose, breeches, or breeches and Impleached, interwoven. Implorators, solicitors. Importance, import; importunity; matter, question. Indirection, wrongful means; roundabout method. Indistinguishable, of no recognizable Indite, blunder for "invite," 2 Hen. Individable, not violating unity of Indubitate, undoubted. Induction, beginning; in T. of S., an introductory play forming a setting for the main play; in 2 Hen. IV, a prologue. Indue, endow, fit; affect sympathetically with, Oth. III. iv. 146. Indurance, imprisonment (?), delay (?), suffering (?), Hen. VIII, V. I. 121. Importune, importunate, Lear, IV. Inform, take shape. Inform with iv. 26. Impose, sb. and vb., command. Imprese, a device with a motto. Imputation, reputation; inference. nobleness, make noble. Informal, insane. Information, informer. Infusion, essential quality. Ingenious, highly sensitive; intel lectual. Ingeniously, ingenuously. Inhabit, clothe oneself in, Macb. III. iv. 105. Inhabitable, uninhabitable. Intelligent, bearing intelligence. Intend, tend; direct; mean; pretend. Intendment, aim; intention. Intertissued, interwoven. Intil, into Into, unto, to. Intrenchant, not to be cut. Intrinse, intricately knotted. Intrinsicate, intricate. Jacksauce, a saucy fellow. Jade, to play a jade's tricks with, run away with, Tw. N. II. v. 179; to treat contemptuously; to drive hard. Jar, sb. and vb., tick (of the clock). Jaunce, sb., gadding about; vb., to prance. Jay, a loose woman. Jesses, straps on a falcon's legs. iii. 95. Kecksies, dry hollow stems of hem- Keech, a round lump of tallow. Ken, vb., know; descry; sb., view, Inurned, entombed (Q, reads "in- Kennel, sink, gutter. terred "). Invasive, invading. Invectively, abusively. Invincible, invisible, 2 Hen. IV, III. ii. 337. Invised, invisible (?), Compl. 212. Issued, descended, Temp. I. ii. 59. Iterance, repetition. Iwis or I wis, certainly. Jack, the small bowl aimed at in the game of bowls; the key of a virginal; a knave, rogue; the automatic figure which struck the bell in old clocks; a drinking vessel (used punningly), T. of S. IV. i. 51. Jack-a-lent, a puppet, thrown at in Kern, a light-armed foot-soldier from Kicky-wicky, darling, mistress. Kill! an ancient English battle-cry. Kind, sb., nature; adj., natural. Kitchen, to entertain in the kitchen. Know, sb., knowledge. Label, the slip attached to a deed, Laced mutton, often used for prosti- Lag, sb., the crowd, the lower classes, adv., late. Lag of, later than. Lag-end, latter end. Lakin, Ladykin, little Lady, the Virgin. Lame, to make to appear inferior, to surpass, Cym. V. v. 163. Lampass, a swelling of the palate in Latten, a mixed metal, made of copper and calamine. Laund, lawn; clear space in a forest. Lavish, unrestrained, licentious. Lavolt, Lavolta, a whirling, bounding dance by two persons. Law of writ and the liberty, probably, following the words as written, and improvising, Ham. II. ii. 421. Lay, stake, wager. Lay, to waylay, beset. Lay by, stand. Lay for, strive to win. Lay up, fold and put away. Lead apes in hell, the proverbial occupation of old maids in the next world. Leading, command; generalship. Leash, a group of three (bounds be ing usually leashed in threes). Leasing, lying. Leather-coats, golden russets, a kind of apple. Leave, vb., to cease; to give away. sb., licence. Leech, physician. Leer, complexion. 'Leges, alleges. Legerity, nimbleness. Leiger, ambassador. Lear, II. ii. 9. Unexplained. Liquor, to smear with tallow to keep out water. List, sb., desire; limit, boundary; vb., desire; please. Leisure, use of my time, M. for M. Lither, flexible, yielding. III. ii. 261. Leman, lover, paramour. Lenten, spare, scanty, like fare in Lent. Let, sb., hindrance; vb., hinder; detain; forbear. Let-alone, hindering. Lethe, oblivion; in J. Cæs. III. i. 206, usually interpreted as death, but by Capell explained as the blood of a stricken deer. Level, sb., range, aim; adj., straight; equal; vb., to aim; to guess; to be equal. Lewd, base. Lewdster, lascivious fellow. Liberal, licentious, free-spoken. Of liberal conceit, rich in fanciful ornament. Liberty, licence. Liberties of sin, wicked libertines, C. of E. I. ii. 102. Little (In), in miniature. Liver-vein, the style of men in love. Loggats, small logs used in a game Long of, on account of. Loof, luff, bring close to the wind. Lop, faggots cut from a tree. Lord's tokens, plague-spots on the Lose, to forget; to cause to be lost. Light o' love, the name of a well- Lots, the tickets in a lottery. Like, to compare, resemble; to Lime, sb., birdlime; vb., to put lime of super Made-up, complete. Maggot-pie, magpie. Magnifico, a grandee of Venice. v. 43. Maid Marian, Robin Hood's sv heart; later, a character in th morris-dance. Mail, sb., wallet, L. L. L. III. i. 74; vb., to wrap (as with a cloth round a hawk's wings), 2 Hen. VI, II. iv. 31. Main, mainland; chief power; stake in gambling. Main-course, main-sail. Maintenance, power of defence. Major, first proposition of a syllogism (punning on "Mayor," probably). Make, vb., to fasten, bar; make the Male, father, 3 Hen. VI, V. vi. 15. Mallard, a wild drake. Mallecho (Span. malhecho), mischief. Malt-horse, a brewer's horse. Mammock, tear in pieces. Man, rb., to tame (a hawk); to furnish with a man, or a servant. Manage, sb., training; government, direction; course in the lists; vb., train; wield. Mandragora, mandrake, a soporific. Mandrake, the plant Atropa man dragora, the root of which was thought to resemble the figure of a man, and which was supposed, when pulled up, to utter shrieks which drove the hearer mad. Man-entered, entered into manhood. Mankind, adj., masculine. Manner (With the), in the fact. Man-queller, manslayer. Mantle, sb., scum on the surface of stagnant water; vb., to form such a scum. Manure, to till. Mappery, study of maps (used contemptuously as being bookish, theoretical). Marches, border-country. with almonds, etc. Lubber, blunder for "libbard," i. e. Marchpane, a kind of sweet cake, leopard, 2 Hen. IV, II. i. 30. Luce, pike. Lud's town, London. Lunes, fits of madness, W. T. II. ii. 30. Lurch, to lurk; to win easily a complete victory. Lure, something used to attract a Lust-breathed, animated by lust. Lym, a bloodhound. Maculate, stained, impure. Maculation, stain. Mare, nightmare. To ride the wild mare, to play at see-saw. Margent, margin, border, edge. The margin of books was often used for comment, cf. Ham. V. ii. 162. Marish, marsh. (Old edd. read "nourish.") 1 Hen. VI, I. i. 50. Mark, thirteen shillings and fourpence. Mark, race. God bless the mark, a common phrase used to avert evil omen or as a slight apology. Market. He ended the market, L. L. L. III. i. 111, an allusion to the saying, "Three women and a goose make a market." Marmoset, a kind of monkey. Marry, by (the Virgin) Mary. Middle-earth, the terrestrial world. Milch, giving milk; figuratively, shedding tears. Mill-six pences, coins, first minted in the coining-mill in 1561. Mince, to affect; to walk, talk, or act affectedly. Mind, to intend, be disposed; to remember; to remind. Mineral, a mine. Mingle, sb., mixture, union. Minim, originally, the shortest note Minstrelsy, function of a minstrel, Miscreate, illegitimate. Misprize, undervalue; mistake. Mistempered, ill-tempered, wrathful. In R. and J. I. i. 94, sometimes interpreted tempered to an evil purpose. Mean, sb., means; in music, the intermediate part between treble and tenor; vb., to enjoy moderately. Measles, lepers, scurvy fellows. Measurable, appropriate. Measure, a stately dance, or the Mistreadings, sins. music for it. Medicinable, medicinal. Medicine, sb., a physician, All's Well, II. i. 75; vb., to heal, re store. Meed, merit. = Mistress, the jack or small ball at which aim is taken in bowling. Mistrustful, begetting suspicion. Misuse, sb., offence; vb., deceive; revile. Mobled, with the head muffled. Meet, adj., even, quits; vb., meet Model, mould; copy. In Rich. II, with, check. Meetly, proper, fitting. Meiny, retinue. Mell, meddle, have to do. Memorize, make memorable. Memory, memorial. V. i. 11, perhaps plot. Modern, trite, ordinary. Modest, moderate. Modesty, moderation; decency. Module, image, form. Moe, more. Mends, remedy (?), T. and C. I. i. 68. Moiety, portion. Mercatante (Ital.), merchant. Merchant, fellow; merchantman. Mercy. By mercy, by your leave (?), Mere, absolute, entire. Mermidons, in Tw. N. II. iii. 29, the Meshed, mashed. Mess, a party of four. Lower messes, inferior classes. Metaphysical, supernatural. Moldwarp, mole. Molestation, turmoil. Momentany, momentary. Moonish, inconstant. Mete at, judge in Mope, to drowse, be dazed. Moral, sb., hidden meaning, moralizing rb., to moralize. adj., Metheglin, a drink made from honey More and less. great and small. aiming. Mete-yard, measuring yard. and other ingredients. Mew, shut up. Micher, truant. Miching, sneaking, skulking. Mickle, great. Morisco, morris-dancer. Morris-pike, Moorish pike. Mortified, insensible; ascetic. Mortise, sb., the hole cut in one piece of wood to receive the corresponding projection on another; tổ, to join with a mortise. Mose in the chine, a disease in horses Mot, motto, sentence. Mother, the disease hysterior possi Motion, sb., proposal; motive. at tempt to move; impulse, emot a sense, perception; a puppet-show, a puppet; vb., to propose. Motive, agent, instrument; member Motley, a fool's parti-colored dress. a fool. Moy, a coin (?); a measure of corn (*. Mulled, dulled, insipid. Mummer, masquerader. Muniments, war-supplies. Murdering-piece, a kind of cannon. sometimes loaded with case or grape-shot. Mure, wall. Murk, darkness. Murrion, infected with the murrain, a disease among cattle. Muscadel, a sweet wine. Muse, to wonder; to wonder at. Muset, the hole in a bedge through which a hare is accustomed to go. Mort, the notes on the horn blown at Neeld, needle. Neighbourhood, friendly terms. Nether-stocks, stockings. To Nice, fine; scrupulous; trifling; pre- Unexplained. "Nine foals" and "nine familiars" have been suggested; Lear, III. iv. 126. Nine men's morris, a game somewhat resembling draughts, often played on the turf by rustics. Nit, the egg of a louse. Observe, to show respectful attention Obstacle, blunder for "obstinate," Occupy, engage (in Shakespeare's Odds, discord; advantage allowed. 'Ods, corruption of "God's" in vari- Outrage, outburst of rage. (Eillades, amorous glances. O'ercrow, triumph over, overcome. perannuated. O'erlook, bewitch. su Noble, a gold coin worth six shillings O'ergrown, covered with hair; O'erparted, having too difficult a Noddy, a fool. Noise, a band of musicians. Nole, noddle, head. Nonage, minority. O'erpost, get quickly over. by child O'erteemed, exhausted Noncome, blunder for "non-plus," Offer, to attack; to try. Nook-shotten, full of nooks, running Note, observation; stigma; list, writ- Nothing-gift, gift of no value. Novum, a game at dice, properly "no- Noyance, injury. Office, vb., to perform domestic or Officious, ready to help. Old, plentiful, great, or merely as a Omen, event preceded by portents. Once, sometime; once for all. Nuncle, uncle, the usual address of a Opener, revealer. fool to his master. Nurture, cultivation. O' of; on. Oathable, capable of taking an oath. Obliged, bound by contract. Observance, observation; ceremony; Observant, obsequious follower. Operant, active. Opinion, reputation; arrogance, con- Opinioned, blunder for "pinioned," verse. Oppress, suppress. Orb, orbit; circle; the earth. Outspeak, indicate as excessive. Overgone, overpowered. Overhold, over-estimate. Over-red, redden. Overscutched, over-whipped (?), worn with too much service (?), 2 Oxlip, a kind of cowslip. Oyes! Hear ye! the usual beginning of an announcement by the public crier. Panderly, like panders or procurers. Paper, to set down in the paper or |