that the uprooter died mad, Ant. Cl. i. 5, Oth. iii. 3, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 2, Rom. J. iv. 3. MANKIND. Mannish, masculine, manlike, Win. T. ii. 3. Asked in this sense, answered in the usual sense of the word,-human-kind, Corio. iv. 2. MANNER. To be "taken with the manner," meant to be taken in the fact, Love's L. L. i. 1, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4 MANNINGTREE OX. Manningtree, in Essex, was famous for its statute fair, its breed of cattle, and for its roasted ox (whole) at fairtime, I Hen. IV. ii. 4. MAN-QUELLER. A murderer; more anciently, an executioner, 2 Hen IV. ii. 1. MANY. The many meant the populace, or a multitude; in modern phrase, the million, 2 Hen. IV. i. 3. MARCHES. The lands on each side of a country's boundary, Hen. V. i. 2 MARCH-PANE. A confectionary compounded of sugar and pounded almonds, Rom. J. i. 5. MARE. To "ride the wild mare," meant to play at see-saw, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. MARGENT, or MARGIN. Alluding to the margins of old books, which contained a commentary on the subject-matter of the page, Rom. J. i. 3, Ham. v. 2. MARIAN. Maid Marian was Robin Hood's mistress. In after years, introduced into the Morris-dances; when the character was generally performed by a man, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 3. MARRY TRAP. A cant exclamation, when likely to be caught, Mer. W. i. 1. MART. To traffic, or deal; from the substantive, mart, a market, Jul. Cæs. iv. 3. "Marted," Win. T. iv. 3. MARTLEMAS. A corruption of Martinmas; a feast occurring on the 11th of November; facetiously applied to Falstaff, as on the decline, like the year, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 2. MARY-BUDS. Flowers of the Mary-gold; which open in the morning and close at sunset, Cymb ii. 3. "Marigold," Win. T. iv. 3. MATCH. TO " set a match," was a technical expression among thieves for making an appointment to rob, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2. MATED. To bewilder, stupefy, confound, or overpower, Com. E. iii. 2. & v. 1, Macb. v. I. MATES. The various editors contend that this word means either to confound, destroy; or an allusion to chess-playing. But we feel it to comprise both senses,-Shakespeare often using words thus comprehensively, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 1. MAUGRE. In spite of; Fr. Malgré, Tw. N. iii. MAZZARD. A familiar word for the head, Ham. v. 1, Oth. ii. 3. MEACOCK. A sneak and a coward, Tam. S. ii. 1. MEALED. Mingled, mixed, Mea. M. iv. 2. MEANS AND BASSES. Singers with tener voices and bass voices. The middle, or mean part, is called Tenor; the lowest, Bass, Win. T. iv. 3. MEASURE. A grave and stately dance, Much Ado ii. 1, Love's L. L. v. 2, As You L. v. 4 MEAZEL. Measle, or Mesell, is the old tera for a leper; Fr Meselle, Corio. iii. 1. ME. Shakespeare frequently joins this word on to a verb, in the same way with the Fr idiom, as used in Moliere's "Tartuffe," "Pr nez-moi ce mouchoir." It gives a spirited effect to the dialogue; and sometimes affords occasion for a play upon the form of expres sion. "Knock me here," Tam. S. i. 2. "Ber me a bang," Jul. C. iii. 3. “Imagine me,” Win. T. iv. (Chorus.) "Comes me cranking in, and cuts me," &c., 1 Hen. IV. i t "Ascends me into the brain; dries me there," &c., 2 Hen. IV. iv. 3. **Foals me, MEINY. A lord's household retinue, or tra of menials, Lear ii. 4. MELL. To meddle with; Fr. Miler, A W. iv. 3, (Letter.) MEMORY. For memorial, Corio. iv. 5. MEPHOSTOPHILUS. The name of the familar spirit, or the Devil, in Marlowe's play of "Faustus," Mer. W. i. 1. MERCATANTE. A merchant, Tam S. iv. z MERCHANT. Sometimes employed as a terma of familiarity, also of contempt, 1 Hen. VI ii. 3, Rom. J. ii. 4. MERE. "Mere the truth" means quite the truth, the exact truth, All's W. iii. 5 Used for utter, entire, Oth. ii. 2, Cymb. iv. z. For absolute, M. for M. v. 1, Tr. & Cr. i. } "Merely;" completely, utterly, Ant. C iii. Ham. i. 2. 7, MERED. Bounded, limited, defined, Ant. C iii. II. MERIT. Used for reward, guerdon, need: as the latter word is sometimes used for ment, desert, John iii. 1, Rich. II, i. 3. MESS. A large dinner-company was formerty divided into sets of fours, called meses; hence "mess" came to mean a party of forr people, Love's L. L. iv. 3 & v. 2, 3 Hen. VI i. 4 MESSES. "Lower messes" were those who occupied the lower end of the table: afterwards applied to lower orders generally, Wis T. i. 2. METAL. Used in its legitimate sense as a mineral, and sometimes blendedly with the sense which it has obtained, from its cel resemblance with the word mettle, whit means temper, temperament, courage, Mea. M. i. 1, Jul. Cæs. i. 1, Much Ado ii. 1. METAPHYSICAL. Formerly used in the sense of supernatural, Macb. i. 5. METE-YARD. A yard-measure, Tam. S. iv. 3. METHEGLIN. Mead; a beverage made of honey, Mer. W. v. 5, Love's L. L. v. 2. METTLE. (See METAL.) MEWED. Confined, shut up, Mids. N. i. 1, Tam. S. i. 1, Rich. III. i. 1 & 3, Rom. J. iii. 4 MICHER. A sneaking fellow, a truant, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4. MICHING MALLECHO. Lurking malice, or mischief. To mich,' means to skulk, to act stealthily: and malheco' is a Spanish word, signifying misdeed, or evil-doing, Ham. iii. 2. MICKLE. Still the Scotch term for much, or great, Rom. J. ii. 3, Com. E. iii. 1, Hen. V. ii. 1, 1 Hen. VI. iv. 6. MIDDLE EARTH. Formerly a term in frequent use for our globe, Mer. W. v. 5. MIDDLE SUMMER'S SPRING. The season when vegetation puts forth its second shoot, Mids. N. ii. 1. is the change of countenance' which Nym hopes Page will betray when made jealous; and which will make him dangerously vengeful, Mer. W. i. 3. "Mien," represents beauty of countenance, Two Gen. V. ii. 4. MILL-SIXPENCES. Queen Elizabeth first introduced the coining by the mill into England about 1562, Mer. W. i. 1. MILLSTONES. To " weep millstones" was an old saying of those not given to the melting mood, Rich. III. i. 3 & 4. Used for tears of laughter, with doubt of their being shed, Tr. Cr. i. 2. MINCE. To make affectedly small steps, to trip along, Mer. W. v. 1. MINDING. Remembering. Still the Scotch use of the word, Hen. V. iv. (Chorus.) Caring, regarding, Peric. ii. 4 & 5. MINIKIN. Very diminutive, Lear iii. 6, (Song.) MINNOW. One of the smallest of fresh-water fish, Love's L. L. i. 1, Corio. iii. 1. MISER. A wretched person. Used in its strict original sense, without reference to the wretched vice of avarice, 1 Hen. VI. v. 4. MISERY. Avarice, covetousness, Corio. ii. 2. MISPRISED. Mistaken, Mids. N. iii. 2. dervalued, As You L. i. 1 & 2. Un ball; and " Kiss," a slight touching together, Tr. Cr. iii. 2. MISTRESS. A title often appended to a woman's name formerly, whether she were a maiden or a wife. "Mistress Anne Page," Mer. W. i. 1. We find Mistress Quickly is unmarried, Mer. W. ii. 2. "Mistress Silvia," Two Gen. V. iv. 4. Mo. More; for rhyme's sake, Lucrece 212, Much Ado ii. 3, (Song.) MOBLED. Muffled, or negligently covered on the head. Mob-cap is a modern term for an undress cap, Ham. ii. 2. MODERN. Common, trite, ordinary, All's ii. 2. MOIETY. A part, not merely a half, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 1, Lear i. 1. MOLDWARP. The mole, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 1. MOME. A stupid fellow, also a buffoon, Com. E. iii. 1. MOMENTANY. Used by others as well as Shakespeare for momentary, Mids. N. i. 1. MONARCH and MONARCHO. Titles given to pompous, pretentious fellows, Love's L. L. iv. 1, All's W. i. 1. MONTANT. Abbreviation of Montanto, a term in fencing, Mer. W. ii. 3. Beatrice gives the latter as a mocking title to Benedick, Much Ado i. I. MOOD. Capricious humour, sounded like mud, All's W. v. 2. MOON-CALF. A lumpish and shapeless mass; a monster, Temp. ii. 2 & iii. 2. MOONISH. Changeable, As You L. iii. 2. MOONSHINE. "A sop o' the moonshine" was a sippet in a dish of eggs, dressed after a peculiar fashion, called Eggs in moonshine,' Lear ii. 2. MORAL. Formerly meant the sense or signification of a thing, Much Ado iii. 4, Tam. S. iv. 4, Tr. Cr. iv. 4. MORALIZE. To expound, to deduce a meaning from, Rich. III. iii. 1, Lucrece 15. MORISCO. A dancer in the Morris-dance, which, being originally an imitation of a Moorish dance, was thus named, 2 Hen. VI. iii. 1. MORRIS-PIKE. A Moorish pike, used in war both by soldiers and seamen, Com. E. iv. 3. MORT OF THE DEER. A phrase of notes, blown on his horn by the huntsman at the death of the deer, Win. T. i. 2. MORTIFIED. Ascetic, devoted to self-denial, Love's L. L. i. 1, Macb. v. 2. MORTISE. A joint in timber-work, Oth. ii. 1. MOSE. "To mose in the chine," is a disease in horses, somewhat varying from the glanders; which consists of a discharge from the nose, Tam. S. iii. 2. MOST. Was frequently used by the old writers with adjectives already in the superlative degree, in order to add emphasis to the meaning. "Most poorest," Lear ii. 3. "Most best," Ham. ii. 2. "Most unkindest," Jul. Cæs. iii. 2. The comparative, "More," was applied in the same way. "More corrupter," Lear ii. 2. "More better," Temp. i. 2. MOT. 119. MOTHER. There seems to have been some expression, almost proverbial, in allusion to the "mother" of one who sets up for a beauty on slight grounds; as the two passages (with their context) cited in illustration of each other serve to show. “Who might be your mother," &c., As You L. iii. 5. "Whose mother was her painting," Cymb. Motto, word, or sentence, Lucrece MOTHER. There was a disease known by this name, and by that of hysterica passio, Lear ii. 4MOTION. A name for a puppet, and puppet-show, Two Gen. V. ii. 1, Mea. M. iii. 2, Win. T. iv. 2, Peric. v. I. Also used to signify wishes, or desires, Tw. N. ii. 4. And indignation, Hen. VIII. i. 1. Likewise for divinatory agitation, Ant. Cl. ii. 3. MOTIVE. Used for active means, or agent, All's W. iv. 4 For limb, or member, that has motion or motive power, Tr. Cr. iv. 5. MOTLEY. The Fool or Jester's parti-coloured dress, As You L. ii. 7. Hen. VIII. (Prol.) MOUSE. A term of endearment, Love's L. L. v. 2, Ham. iii. 4. MOUSED. Mammocked, torn in pieces, Mids. N. v. i. "Mousing," John ii. 2. MOUTH. "A sweet mouth," formerly meant what is now called 'A sweet tooth,'- -a fondness for sweets, Two Gen. V. iii. 1. Mow. Used in the same way as MOE, Temp. iv. 1, Cymb. i. 7, Ham. ii. 2. Μου. A piece of money; probably a contraction of moidore, a Portuguese coin. The word is used in this sense, and in its French signification of Moi (anciently spelt Moy) 'Me,' Hen. V. iv. 4. MUCH. An exclamation of disdain and denial, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. Used adjectively in the same sense; "Here much Orlando," As You L. iv. 3. MUFFLER. A sort of veil to cover the lower part of the face and throat, Mer. W. iv. 2, Hen. V. iii. 6. MUM BUDGET. A cant signal, or nay-word, implying silence, Mer. W. v. 2. MUMMY. A liquor, or balsam, prepared from A wall, 2 Hen. IV. iv. 4. MUSCLE-SHELL. Falstaff's name for Simple, as a hint that he stands with his mouth open, Mer. W. iv. 5. MUSE To admire or wonder, Temp Two Gen. V. i. 3. Also to consider, to reflect upon, Two Gen. V. ii. 1, Mer, W. v. 5. MUSET. The track made through a hedg by a hare, Venus & Ad. 114. Muss. A scramble for things thrown disn to be snatched up, Ant. Cl. iii. 11. MUTINES. Mutineers, Ham, v. 2. MYSTERY. An art, or trade. Old Fr. M. tier. Played upon, in this sense, and its usual one, Mea. M. iv. 2. N NAPKIN. An old word for handkerchief, As You L. iv. 3, Ham, v. 2, Oth. iii. 3 NAPLESS. Threadbare, Corio. ii. 1. NAUGHT. "Be naught a while." A phrase formerly in use, tantamount to Be hand to you,' As You L. i. 1. NAUGHTY. Formerly, this word had a much stronger signification than at present. It held its primitive force; and meant worthless, worth naught or nothing, Much Ado v 1, Mer. Ven. iii. 3, 2 Hen. VI, ü. 1, Lerā 7. NAYWARD. Inclining to denial; tending to a negative, Win. T. ii. r. NAY-WORD. A watch-word, Mer. W. i ak v. 2. Also, a bye-word, Tw. N. ii. 3 NEAT. Oxen, horned cattle. Also trim, precise, finical. Used in both senses, Win. T. i a In its former sense, 3 Hen. VI. ii. 1, Les ii. 2. NEB. The bill of a bird; used for the mouth, Win. T. i. 2. NEEDLY. Needfully, necessarily, Rom. J. have printed instead of the "mettle" of the Folio edition. "Metal of India," as a mode of expression for gold, is far less characteristic of both Sir Toby's diction and Maria's stinging qualities than "nettle," Tw. N. ii. 5. NEW-FANGLED. Frivolously new fashioned, NICE. Dainty, particular, precise, Two Gen. saint of children and scholars; but the name became applied to one now known by the abbreviated title of 'Old Nick;' consequently, "St Nicholas' Clerks" was a cant name for thieves, 1 Hen. IV. ii. r. NICK. "Out of all nick," i.c., out of all reckoning.' The score was kept upon nicked, or notched sticks, or tallies, Two Gen. V. iv. 2. NICKED. To score, or upon, Ant. Cl. iii, 11. notched, and shaved, fashion, Com. E. v. 1. set a mark of folly Fools were nicked, after a particular NIECE. Used for grand-daughter, Rich. III. iv. 1. NIGHT-RULE. Order of revelry, Mids. N. iii. 2. NINEFOLD. A form of nine foals,' for the sake of rhyme, Lear iii. 4, (Song.) NINE-MEN'S MORRIS. An old game played with nine holes, cut upon a square in a turf. There were nine players on a side; one side using wooden pegs, the other stones. It is a rustic variation of an old French game, called Mérelles, which was played on board, Mids. N. ii. 2. a NOBLE. A play on the words "noble" and "royal;" two coins of the respective value, six-and-eightpence and ten shillings, -the difference between them being "ten groats," Rich. II. v. 5, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4. NODDY. A simple person. A Tom. Noddy' is still used for a simpleton, Two Gen. V. i, 1. NO HAD. An old form of expression as a retort, John iv. 2. NOISE. A band of street-music. A felicitous term for some descriptions of music, - so called. "Sneak's noise." Sneak may have been a known itinerant performer of that day, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. NONCE. Purpose, occasion, 1 Hen. IV. i. 2, 1 Hen. VI. ii. 3, Ham. iv. 7. NONNY, and NONINO. Burdens to old songs; as Fal-lal-la, As You L. v. 3, Ham. iv. 5, (Song,) Much Ado ii. 3, (Song.) NO POINT. A quibble on the French "Non point," not at all, Love's L. L ii. 1 & v. 2. NOOK-SHOTTEN. That which shoots into recesses or nooks, Hen. V. iii. 3 NOR. The old writers considered that the doubling of the negative strengthened the affirmation. "Nor never," Tam. S. iv. 3. "Nor no," and "Nor to no," Jul. Cæs. iii. I. NOTE. Knowledge, information, Lear iii. 1 & iv. 5. NOTHING. A play on this word (sometimes formerly pronounced with the ō long), and noting, Much Ado ii. 3, Win. T. iv. 3. NOTT-PATED. A head with the hair cut close, or shorn, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 4. NOURISH. Sometimes written for Nourice, or Nurse, 1 Hen. VI. i. 1. NOVICE. A religious probationer, Mea. M. i. 5. One fresh and inexperienced, All's W. ii. 1, Tam. S. ii. 1, Rich. III. i. 4, Ant. Cl. iv. 10. NOVUM. A game at dice, in which the principal throws were five and nine, Love's L. L. v. 2. NowL. The head, Mids. N. iii. 2. NURTURE. Education, As You L. ii. 7. O. The single letter O was formerly employed to signify things circular. The Globe Theatre, built of wood, Hen. V. i. (Chorus.) The earth, the world, Ant. Cl. v. 2. "Oes," refer to the stars, Mids. N. iii. 2. And to the pits or marks left by small-pox, Love's L. L. v. 2. OB. An abbreviation of Obolum. The com. mon mode of signifying a halfpenny in bills of the time, I Hen. IV. ii. 4. OBLIGATION. Requirement, duty, bond, Tr. Cr. iv. 5, Lear ii. 4, Ham. i. 2 & ii. 2. Motive, inducement, Hen. VIII. ii. 3. Bond, in a legal sense; a paper of contract, Mer. W. i. 1, 2 Hen. VI. iv. 2. OBSERVATION. For observance, Mid. N. iv. I. "Observance" used for observation, All's W. iii. 2, Ant. Cl. iii. 3. OBSEQUIOUS. Appertaining to funeral obsequies, Ham. i. 2, Tit. A. v. 3, Sonnet 31. 'Obsequiously," Rich. III. i. 2. 66 OBSTACLE. The Shepherd's blunder for obstinate, 1 Hen. VI. v. 4 OCCUPATION. Used for mechanics, operatives, Corio. iv. 6, Jul. Cæs. i. 2. ODDLY. Unequally; with disadvantageous odds, Tr. Cr. i. 3. ODD WITH. Tantamount to at odds with, or to contend with, Tr. Cr. iv. 5. O'ERCOUNT. To out-number, and to out-do by unfair means, Ant. Cl. ii. 6. O'ERLOOKED. Bewitched, enchanted, Mer. W. v. 5, Mer. Ven. iii. 2. ii 3. OFFICES. Those apartments in the house appropriated to the domestics, and to where refreshments are prepared and served out, Macb. ii. 1, Rich. II. i. 2, Tim. A. ii. 2, Oth. ii. 2. OLD. An ancient form of the word 'wold,' a wild open plain, Lear iii. 4. OLD. Frequently used in a humorous sense, signifying abundant, excessive, Mer. W. i. 4. Much Ado v. 2, Mer. Ven. iv. 2, 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. OLD LAD OF THE CASTLE. A term used in great familiarity, good-fellowship, and conviviality, Hen. IV. i. 2. O LORD SIR. An assish phrase, eternally used by coxcombs of the period; well ridiculed by the Clown, All's W. ii. 2. ONCE. Used in the sense of one time or other,' 'sometime,' Mer. W. iii. 4, Hen. VIII. i. 2, Jul. Cæs. iv. 3, Ant. Cl. v. 2. ONCE. The meaning of " once," as Shakespeare has used it in these passages, has been differently interpreted by different editors: one saying it means for the nonce, the occasion, the time being; others, once for all, or absolutely. We take it to be something tantamount to our present familiar phrase, 'It's just this,' Com. of E. iii. 1, Much Ado i. 1, Corio. ii. 3. ONEYERS. Probably Gadshill's cant word for ones,' as the modern slang expression 'one-ers.' Most commentators argue as if this referred to those whom Gadshill means to rob; but the context shows that it relates to those with whom he is to rob, 1 Hen. IV. ii. 1. OPAL. A precious stone, varying in colour OPINION. Conceit, Love's L. L. v. 1. Headstrongness, 1 Hen. IV. iii. 1. Reputation, 1 Hen. IV. v. 4. OPPOSITE Antagonist, opponent, Tw. N. iii. 2 & 4, Corio. ii. 2. ORB. For orbit; the path of a planet, 1 Hen. IV. v. I. ORBS. Fairies' circles on the grass, Mids. N. ii. I. ORDINANCE. Ordination, appointment, decree, Hen. V. ii. 4, Rich. III. iv. 4 & v. 4, Jul. Cæs. i. 3, Lear iv. 1. Rank, degree, Corio. iii. 2. Fate, destiny, Cymb. iv. 2. ORDINANT. Swaying, directing, Ham. v. 2. ORDINARY. A public dining-table, where each man pays his score, Ant. Cl. ii. 2. "Ordinaries," All's W. ii. 3. OWE. Frequently used for to own, have, or possess, Temp. i. 2, Mea. M. ii. 4. Com. E. iii. 1, Love's L. L. i. 2, Mids. N. ii. 3. All's W. ii. 5. OXLIP. The large cowslip, Mids. N. ii. 2. O-YES. Old French, Oyez,-'Hear ye! The exclamation of the town-cryer, even at the present day, in England, Mer. W. v. s, Tr. Cr. iv. 5. P PACK. To contrive, or bargain, Lat. Pactus, PACKED. Made an accomplice or confederate, PACTION. Contract, alliance, Hen. V. v 2. + To decline, wane, fall away, Ham V. 2. To invest, as with a funereal pall, Macb. i. 5. PALLED. Cloyed, waned, faded, dwindled, Ant. Cl. ii. 7. PALLIAMENT. A robe. The white vesture a a Roman candidate, Tit. A. i. 2. PALMY. Victorious, triumphant: the Pal being the symbol of victory, Ham, i. . |