allow, or pour down upon. note, p. 104.

Bil (bill), I. ii. 100, list.
Blinde wormes (blindworms), II.
ii. 13, slow-worms; Macb., IV.
i. 18.

Blood, I. i. 77, 83, passion; I. i.
144, birth, social rank.
Bolt, II. i. 171, arrow; Mer. Wives,
III. iv. 29.

Bootlesse (bootless), II. i. 36, in
vain; Jul. Cæs., III. i. 87.
Bottle, IV. i. 38, bundle, truss (of
hay); nowhere else in Sh.
Brakes, II. i. 235, III. 1. 6, 75,
thickets; Hen. VIII, I. ii.
Breath, III. ii. 47, language.
Brisky, III. i. 97, brisk, lively.
Broacht (broach'd), V. i. 156,
stabbed, spitted.

Broke, I. i. 186, for 'broken,' abbreviated form of past participle, as in Early English.

Brow of Egipt (Egypt), V. i. 13, the brow of an Egyptian, gypsy. Bully, III. i. 9, comrade, blustering fellow; Mer. Wives, I. iii. 13, II. iii. 28, IV. v. 18; Hen. VIV. i. 8.

Bush of thorns, III. i. 59, bundle of sticks. See note, p. 135. Buskin'd, II. i. 75, wearing the buskin, high-heeled hunter's boot; neither this word nor 'buskin' found elsewhere in Sh.

Chiding, IV. i. 129, barking, any incessant noise; As You, II. i. 10; Hen. VIII, III. ii. 197. Childing, II. i. 116, fruitful, fertile. Choughes (choughs), III. ii. 23, crows. See note, p. 140. Churle (churl), II. îi. 82, peasant, boor.

Clearkes (clerks), V. i. 100, cleárkes, scholars.

Collied, I. i. 155, black, literally, smutted with coal; used by Sh. only here and Oth., II. iii. 216. Come (comes), III. ii. 465, subjunctive.

Comes, III. ii. 467, cóm-es. Compact, V. i. 10, composed; Ven. & Ad., 149; Tit. And., V. iii. 88; As You, II. vii. 8. Compare, II. ii. 105, try to rival. Con, I. ii. 96, learn by heart; Tw. Night, II. iii. 144.

Concerne (concern), I. i. 69, befit, accord with.

Condole, I. ii. 30, lament, bewail; used only here and Hen. V, II. i. 121.

Confusion, I. i. 159, quadrisyllable, con-fú-si-on.

Constancy, V. i. 27, consistency. Contagious, II. i. 94, poisonous, pestilential; John, V. iv. 33; Hen. V, III. iii. 32.

Canker blossome (canker-blossom), III. ii. 295, a worm that destroys blossoms.

cav

Cankers, II. ii. 4, worms. Capacity, V. i. 112, opinion. Cavalery, IV. i. 25, cavalier; alero in Mer. Wives, II. iii. 70; 2 Hen. IV, V. iii. 55. Changeling, II. i. 22, change-eling, the child left by the fairies in place of the one taken. See note, p. 117.

Cheeke by jowle (cheek by jole), III. ii. 357-8, cheek to cheek, i.e., side by side; used by Sh. no

where else.

Cheere (cheer), III. ii. 99, V. i. 302, face; Mer. of Ven., III. ii. 314.

here in this sense.

Coyle (coil), III. ii. 359, tangle, confusion, turmoil; Temp., I. ii. 241; Errors, III. i. 65; Rom. & Jul., II. v. 69, etc. Crab, II. i. 48, crabapple; Temp., II. ii. 176.

Crazed title, I. i. 101, weak, invalid, a title with a flaw. Create, V. i. 399, created, not a participle without the 'ed,' but a participial adjective from the Latin creat-us; John, IV. i. 118. Critical, V. i. 61, censorious; used by Sh. only here and Oth., II. i. 142. Cry, ÍV. i. 138, pack of dogs; Cor., III. iii. 151; Ham., III. ii. 302. Cry your worships mercy, III. i. 185, beg your indulgence; Mer.

102.

Curst, III. ii. 314, shrewish; Tam. of Shr., I. i. 185, I. ii. 72, 129, II. i. 189, etc.; Ven. & Ad., 187; Lear, II: i. 77; Much Ado, 11. i. 21.

Dance it, V. i. 389; it added to

give dance force of verb. Darkling, II. ii. 91, in the dark; Lear, I. iv. 201; Ant. & Cleo., IV. xv. 17.

Date, III. ii. 394, duration.
Dead, III. ii. 60, death-like.
Debate, II. i. 120, quarrel; 2 Hen.
IV, IV. iv. 4.

Deere expence (dear expense), I. i.
263, a costly sacrifice.
Defeated, IV. i. 176, cheated.
Defect, III. i. 38, effect, a blunder
of Bottom's.

Derision, III. ii. 391, de-ris-i-on. Deriv'd (derived), Í. i. 108, born, descended; as well derived = of as good family; Two Gen. of Ver., V. ii. 25.

Dewberries, III. i. 173; used only here in Sh.

Dewlop (dewlap), II. i. 50, loose skin hanging from the throat; usually used only of cattle, as in 'dew-lapt,' IV. i. 136. Discharge, I. ii. 89, IV. ii. 9, perform; Temp., III. i. 26; Cor., III. ii. 130. Disfigure, 1. i. 58, destroy. Disfigure, III. I. to, a blunder for

'figure,' represent.

Dissention, II. i. 120, dis-sén-ti-on. Distemperature, II. i. 110, disorder

of the elements.

Hen. VI, III. ii. 281. Egeus, I. i. 27, trisyllable, E-ge-us. Eight and sixe (six), III. i. 24, in alternate verses of eight and six syllables.

Enforced, III. i. 208, violated; Tit. And., V. iii. 38; Cymb., IV. i. 18.

Enrings, IV. i. 50, embraces; used by Sh. only here.

Ere while (erewhile), III. ii. 286, a little while ago; As You, II. iv. 94.

Estate unto, I. i. 107, bestow upon; Temp., IV. i. 94; As You, V. ii.

13.

Ever, I. i. 160, always; Hen. VIII, V. i. 163.

Evermore, III. ii. 322, always. Exposition, IV. i. 45, blunder for 'disposition,' 'desire.'

Extort, III. ii. 165, take away. Extremitie (extremity), III. ii. 4, the utmost; Ham., III. ii. 190; Rich. III, I. i. 69; Jul. Cæs., II. i. 34.

...

Eye melodie, I. i. 200, 201, melodie should probably be pronounced to rhyme with eye (H. H. Furness).

Eyne, I. i. 256, sometimes written 'eyen,' a plural analogous to 'oxen,' 'shoon,' 'children.'

Faint, I. i. 228, pale. Faire (fair), I. i. 194, beauty; II. i. 207, kindly.

Fall, V. i. 151, let fall, drop; Temp., II. i. 326; Tro. & Cres., I. iii. 393-4.

Fancy, I. 1. 165, IV. i. 181, love; Tw. Night, I. i. 18. Fancy free fancy-free), II. i. 170, free from the power of love Fancy sicke (fancy-sick), III. ii. 99, love-sick. Favor, I. i. 198, features; As You,

IV. iii. 91; Macb., I. v. 82.
Favors, II. i. 11, love-tokens.
Fell, V. i. 237, fierce; Tw. Night,
I. i. 27.

Fellow, IV. i. 38, match, equal;
Temp., II. i. 302, III. i. 101;
Jul. Cæs., III. i. 72.
Figure, I. i. 251, typify.

Fire, III. i. 113, will-of-the-wisp.
Flew'd (flewed), IV. i. 134, having
an overhanging upper lip.
Floods, II. i. 107, waters.
Flout, II. ii. 134, mock at.
Fond, II. ii. 93, foolish;

Meas.
for Meas., V. i. 129; Cor., IV. i.
31: Jul. Cæs., III. i. 48.
Fond on, II. i. 276, doting on, fond

of.

For, I. i. 126, as regards; fre-
quently used.

Fore-done foredone), V. i. 367, ex-
hausted.

Forgeries, II. i. 85, idle inventions. |
Forth, I. i. 174, out of, from:

1 Hen. VI, I. ii. 63; Cor., I. iv.
38.

For the candle, V. i. 259, because
of the candle.

Forty, II. i. 181, used as an indefinite
number.

French-crowne (French crown)

yellow, I. ii. 91, light yellow, the
color of gold in the French

crown.

Frollicke (frolic), V. i. 380, used
as an adjective.

Gawdes (gawds), I. i. 41, IV. i.
164, trifles; Tro. & Cres., III.
iii. 182.

Generally, I. ii. 5, Bottom's blun-
der for severally.'

Gentles, V. i. 136, 423, used as
familiar address, especially to an
audience; Mer. Wives, III. ii.
80, etc.

79, hint at; Jul.

Give me your hands, V. i. 431,
applaud by clapping. See Temp.,
epil. 12.
Glance at, II.
Cæs., I. ii. 333-
Gleeke (gleek), III. i. 152, talk
ironically; Hen. V, V. i. 93.
Go, I. i. 132, here used, as com-
monly in Sh., for 'come'; Tam.
of Shr., IV. v. 9; Oth., I. i. 197.
Go about, IV. i. 211, attempt.
Good-sooth (good sooth), II. ii. 135,
in truth, indeed.

Gossips bole (gossip's bowl), II. i.
47, originally a christening-cup,
then the drink prepared for the
feast, made of ale, spice, sugar,
and roasted crabapples.

Government, V. i. 131, in tune, un-
der control.

Grace, II. ii. 95, (1) favor, or (2)
good fortune, happiness; Meas.
for Meas, I. iv. 75-
Great chamber, III. i. 56-7, state
apartment.

Griffin, II. i 240; mentioned only
here and 1 Hen. IV, III. i. 164.
Grim lookt (grim-look d), V. i.
182, grim-looking.

Growes, II. i 260, possibly a sur-
vival of the Early English plural
in 's.'

Grow on to a point, I. ïi. 12, come
to the point.

Hallowed (holla'd), IV. i. 139,
holla cry of hunters to their
dogs.

Hath, II. i. 95; the singular verb

after a relative with a plural an-
tecedent is frequent in Sh.
Have broke, V. i. 105, ellipsis of
nominative, Clearkes.

Head, I. i. 115, face.

Hearts, IV. ii. 27, good fellows.
Helen, V. i. 210, a blunder for
'Hero.'

Hempen home-spuns, III. i. 78,
rude fellows.

Henchman, II. i. 125, page, atten-
dant; only use in Sh.
Hermia, I. i. 166, does not prop-
erly add a foot to the line, as poly-
syllabic names often receive but
one accent, thus, Hēr miă.
is generally a trisyllable, I. i.
113.

It

Hight, V. i. 148, is called, bears
the name of; Love's Lab., I. i.
181; Per., IV. prol. 18.
His, II. i. 99, III. ii. 184, for 'its,'
which was rarely used in time of
Sh.

Holding no quantity, I. i. 246,
bearing no proportion (to love's
estimation of them); Ham., III.
ii. 189.

Horned, V. i. 249, crescent; used
quibblingly perhaps with reference
to the material of Moonshine's
lanthorn.

Humane (human), II. ii. 60, hu-
mane, courteous.
Humane (human) mortals, II. i.

(summer's)

spring, II. ii. 86, the beginning of midsummer.

Might, II. i. 167, used in the sense

of 'was able,' 'could.' Mimmick (mimic), III. ii. 21,

actor.

Minding, V. i. 121, intending; 3

Hen. VI. IV. i. 121. Minimus, III. ii. 346, tiny creature. Misgraffed, I. i. 147, grafted on a wrong tree; used by Sh. nowhere else, though 'graff' occurs in As You, III. ii. 117. 'Graffed' is the regular past tense; 'grafted' is corrupt. Mispri'sd (mispris'd) mood, III. ii. 77, mistaken fancy. Misprision, III. ii. 93, mistake; Much Ado, IV. i. 193. Mornings (morning's) love, III.

ii. 410, Cephalus, Aurora's lover. Mouth, IV. i. 137, sound. Mouz'd (moused), V. i. 280, torn in pieces, as a mouse worried by a cat; John, II. i. 378. Murrion, II. i. 101, infected with murrain; nowhere else in Sh, as adjective.

Muske (musk-) roses, II. i. 262, a variety of garden rose bearing a corymb of white flowers with a yellowish base to the petals, very sweet-scented, especially at evening.

Must be, II. i. 76, sometimes used by Sh. to mean definite futurity, like our 'is to be.' My, I. i. 200; 'mine' is used in Sh. generally before 'eye,' except, as here, for emphasis, III. ii. 230.

Never so, III. ii. 471, used where
we commonly use 'ever.'
Newts, II. ii. 13, kind of lizard;
Macb., IV. i. 16.

Night-rule, III. ii. 7, either night
conduct, or night 'revel' from the
old spelling 'reuel.'
Ninus, V. i. 147, ne-nus, the sup-
posed founder of Nineveh, hus-
band of Semiramis, Queen of
Babylon.

Noble respect, V. i. 98, high-minded consideration.

Nole, III. ii. 19, noddle, head. Nor I cannot, II. i. 209; the use of the double negative for emphasis is common in Early English.

Nought (naught), IV. ii. 15, wicked, worthless; Rich. III, I. i. 96-100.

Obscenely, I. ii. 103, a blunder of Bottom's. See note, p. 114. Observation, IV. i. 118, observance of May-day.

Oes, III. ii. 195, orbs; used by Sh. for anything round; Love's Lab., V. ii. 47; Hen. V, prol. 14; Ant. & Cleo., V. ii. 8.

Of, II. ii. 140, 141, by; III. i. 42,
V. i. 238, on; 245, follows
verbal noun.
Of all loves, II.ii. 160, forlove's sake.
Of all the rest, V. i. 256, as com-

pared with all the rest. Orange tawnie (orange-tawny), I. ii. 90, dark yellow.

Orbs, II. i. 7, rings where the grass

overrule.