GLOSSARY By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A. ABIDE, sojourn for a short time; "no more but a."only make a short stay; IV. iii. 105. ABOARD HIM, i. e. aboard his ship; IV. iv. 886. ABUSED, deceived; II. i. 141. ACTION, Suit (perhaps “this a. I now go on" this which I am now to undergo); II. i. 121. ADDRESS YOURSELF, prepare; IV. iv. 53. ADVENTURE, venture; I. ii. 38; II. iii. 162; dare; IV. iv. 475. ADVENTURE OF, risk of; V. i. 156. AFAR OFF, indirectly; II. i. 104. AFFECTION, instinct; I. ii. 138; disposition; V. ii. 43. AFFRONT, Confront, come before; V. i. 75. AIR, breath; V. iii. 78. "ALACK, FOR LESSER KNOWLEDGE"; i. e. "Oh, would that I had less ALLOW'D, allowable; I. ii. 263. APPARENT, heir apparent; I. ii. 177. APPOINT, dress; I. ii. 326. APPOINTED, equipped; IV. iv. 608. APPROBATION, attestation, confirmation; II. i. 177. APPROVED, proved, tried; IV. ii. 33. ASPECT, "the peculiar position and influence of a planet"; II. i. 107. AT, (?) to; (perhaps "when at Bohemia you take my lord"= "when you have my lord in Bohemia"); I. ii. 39. AT FRIEND (so Folio 1; Folio 2, "as friend"), "on terms of friendship"; V. i. 140. ATTACH, arrest; V. i. 182. ATTORNEY E D, performed by proxy; I. i. 32. AUNTS, mistresses (cp. doxy); IV. iii. 11. AVAILS, is of advantage; III. ii. 88. AVOID, depart; I. ii. 462. BAR, exclude; IV. iv. 445. BARNE, a little child; III. iii. 71. BASENESS, bastardy; II. iii. 78. BASILISK, a fabulous serpent supposed to kill by its look; I. ii. 388. BAWCOCK, a term of endearment (always masculine); I. ii. 121. BEARING-CLOTH, "the mantle or cloth in which a child was carried to the font"; III. iii. 122. BENCH'D, raised to authority; I. ii. 314. BENTS, dispositions; I. ii. 179. BIDE, dwell upon, repeat; I. ii. 242. BLANK, "the white mark in the center of a butt, the aim"; II. iii. 5. BLENCH, start or fly off; I. ii. 333. BLESS ME, preserve me; IV. iv. 276. BLOCKS, blockheads; I. ii. 225. BLUSTERS, boisterous tempests; III. iii. 4. BOHEMIA = the king of B.; I. i. 7. Booт, avail; III. ii. 27. Booт, profit; IV. iv. 660, “grace to b.," "God help us"; I. ii. 80. BORING, perforating; III. iii. 95. BORROW, borrowing; I. ii. 39. Bosom, inmost thoughts; IV. iv. 579. BOURN, limit, line of demarcation; I. ii. 134. BRANDS, marks of infamy, stigmas; II. i. 71. BRAVE, fine; IV. iv. 204. BREAK-NECK, "dangerous business"; I. ii. 363. BREED, educate; III. iii. 48. BRING, take, accompany; IV. iii. 128. BUG, bugbear; III. ii. 95. BUGLE, a long bead of black glass; IV. iv. 228. BUT, but that; V. i. 141. BUT THAT, only because; II. i. 105. BY-GONE DAY, day gone by= yesterday; I. ii. 32. CADDISSES, Worsted ribbons; IV. iv. 211. CALLAT, a woman of bad character; II. iii. 90. CAME HOME, "did not get hold"; (a nautical term); I. ii. 214. CAP-A-PE, from head to foot; IV. iv. 773. CAPARISON, literally horse-cloth; here used for "rags"; IV. iii. 27. CARBONADOED, cut across for broiling; IV. iv. 273. CARRIAGE, carrying on, management; III. i. 17. CARVER, Sculptor; V. iii. 30. CENSURE, judgment; II. i. 37. CENTER, "the earth as the supposed center of the world"; II. i. 102. CHAMBER-COUNCILS, "private thoughts or intentions"; I. ii. 237. CHANGED, exchanged; I. ii. 68. CHANGELING, a child left by the fairies in the place of another; III. iii. 125. CHARACTER, handwriting; V. ii. 41. CHARGE, Weight, value; IV. iv. 265. CHEAT, (v. silly); IV. iii. 28. CHURL, peasant; IV. iv. 448. 254. CLAP, clap hands, i. e. pledge faith (a token of troth-plighting); I. ii. 104. CLEAR'D, excepted; I. ii. 74. CLERK-LIKE, Scholar-like; I. ii. 392. CLIMATE, reside, sojourn; V. i. 170. CLIPPING, embracing; V. ii. 63. Cock, woodcock, a metaphor for a fool; IV. iii. 38. COLLOP, part of a man's flesh; I. ii. 137. COLOR, reason, pretext; IV. iv. 571. COMFORTING, assisting; II. iii. 56. COMFORTS, Consolation; IV. iv. 573. COMMEND, Commit; II. iii. 182. COMMISSION, warrant; I. ii. 144. COMMODITY, advantage; III. ii. 95. COMPASSED, gained possession of; IV. iii. 108. CONCEIT, intelligence; I. ii. 224; idea; III. ii. 146. CONCERNS, is of importance; III. ii. 88. CONSIDERED, requited, paid; IV. iv. 840. CONTENT, pleasure, delight; V. iii. 11. CONTINENT, chaste; III. ii. 36. CONTRACT, marriage-contract, espousals; V. i. 204. CONTRARY, Opposite side; I. ii. 372. COPEST WITH, hast to do with; IV. iv. 440. CORSE, Corpse; IV. iv. 129. COUNTERS, "a round piece of metal used in calculations"; COZENED, cheated; IV. iv. 258. from Constantinople into England; IV. iv. 126. CURIOUS, requiring care, embarrassing; IV. iv. 530. CURST, wicked; III. iii. 139. CUSTOM, "with a c." from habit; IV. iv. 12; trade, custom; V. ii. 116. CYPRESS, crape; IV. iv. 225. DANCES, throbs; I. ii. 110. DIBBLE, "a pointed instrument to make holes for planting seeds"; IV. iv. 100. DIE, gaming with the dice; IV. iii. 27. DIFFERENCE, i. e. d. in our sta tions in life; IV. iv. 17. DILDOS, a burden in popular songs; IV. iv. 196. DIM, "violets dim," prob. "of quiet color, not showy"; IV. iv. 120. DISCASE, undress; IV. iv. 656. DISCONTENTING, discontented; Do, describe; V. ii. 68. DRAB, a lewd woman; IV. iii. 27. DREAD, apprehension; IV. iv. 17. DREAD, awful, revered; I. ii. 322. DREAMS, idle fancy; III. ii. 83. DUNGY, filthy; II. i. 157. EARNEST, earnest-money, handsel; IV. iv. 668. "EGGS FOR MONEY," a proverbial expression; meaning to put up with an affront, or to act cowardly; I. ii. 161. EMRACEMENT, embrace; V. i. 114. ENCOUNTER, behavior; III. ii. 51. ENCOUNTER, befall; II. i. 20. ENFOLDINGS, garments; IV. iv. 767. ESTATE, affairs; IV. iv. 416. ESTATE, "unspeakable e.," i. e. great possessions; IV. ii. 47. ETERNITY, immortality; V. ii. 115. EXCREMENT, beard; IV. iv. 745. EXTREMEs, extravagance (of praise; and perhaps also in allusion to the extravagance of her attire); IV. iv. 6. EYED, held in view; II. i. 35. FADINGS, a common burden of songs; IV. iv. 197. FAIL, failure; II. iii. 170; want, V. i. 27. FALLING, letting fall; I. ii. 372. FANCY, love; IV. iv. 498. FARDEL (Folio "farthell"), pack, bundle; IV. iv. 738. FASHION, kinds, sorts; III. ii. 106. FAVOR, Countenance, look; V. ii. 57. FEARFUL, full of fear; I. ii. 250. FEATLY, neatly, adroitly; IV. iv. 176. FEDERARY, accomplice; II. i. 90. FEEDING, pasturage; IV. iv. 169. FELLOWS, comrades; II. iii. 142. FETCH OFF, "make away with"; I. ii. 334. FIXURE, direction; V. iii. 67. FLAP-DRAGONED, swallowed it like a flap-dragon (i. e. snapdragon); III. iii. 103. FLATNESS, completeness; III. ii. 124. FLAUNTS, finery, showy apparel; IV. iv. 23. FLAX-WENCH, a woman whose occupation is to dress flax; I. ii. 277. FLAYED, stripped, skinned; IV. iv. 664. FLOWER-DE-LUCE, fleur-de-lys (it is uncertain whether Shakespeare was thinking of a lily or an iris); IV. iv. 127. FOND, foolish; IV. iv. 442. FOOLS, "a term of endearment and pity"; II. i. 118. FOR, because; III. i. 4; IV. iv. 86. FOR BECAUSE, because; II. i. 7. 17. FORK'D, horned; I. ii. 186. FRANKLINS, yeomen; V. ii. 189. GENTLY, kindly; IV. iv. 840. GENTRY, birth; I. ii. 393. GERMANE, akin, related; IV. iv. 815. GEST, appointed stages of a royal progress, hence the fixed limit of a visit; I. ii. 41. GILLYVORS, gillyflowers; a variety of the carnation; IV. iv. 82. GIVE OUT, proclaim; IV. iv. 149. GLASS, hour-glass; I. ii. 306. GLISTERS, shines, sparkles; III. ii. 172. GLOVES; "g. as sweet as damask roses"; alluding to the custom of perfuming gloves; IV. iv. 226. GO ABOUT, intend; IV. iv. 223; GORGE, Stomach; II. i. 44. 32. GRAFTED IN MY SERIOUS TRUST, trusted without reserve, absolutely; I. ii. 246. GUST, taste, perceive; I. ii. 219. GUILTY TO, chargeable for; IV. iv. 554. HALED, dragged; III. ii. 103. HAMMER'D OF, pondered upon; II. ii. 49. HAND, lay hands on; II. iii. 63. HAND-FAST, custody, confinement; IV. iv. 808. HANGMAN, executioner; IV. iv. 473. "HAPPY MAN BE'S DOLE," a pro verbial expression "May his Idole or share in life be to be a happy man"; I. ii. 163. HARLOT, lewd; II. iii. 4. HAVE, possess; IV. iv. 579. HAVE AT, I'll try; IV. iv. 308. HAVING, possessions, property; IV. iv. 752. HEAT, traverse (as at a race); I. ii. 96. HEAVINGS, Sighs; II. iii. 35. HEAVY, sad, sorrowful; III. iii. 118. HEFTS, retchings; II. i. 45. HENT, pass beyond; IV. iii. 140. HEREDITARY, i. e. derived from our first parents (alluding to “original sin"); I. ii. 75. |