and F. 1, "smiles"); I. ii. 92. SINEW, strength; IV. iv. 17. SINK OR SWIM, "an old English proverbial expression implying to run the chance of success or failure"; I. iii. 194. SIRRAH, generally used to an inferior; here an instance of unbecoming familiarity; I. ii. 206. SKILL, wisdom, good policy; I. ii. 247.

SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE, wild, confused; III. i. 154.

SKIPPING, flighty, thoughtless; III. ii. 60.

SLOVENLY, battle-stained; I. iii. 44.

SMUG, trim, smooth; III. i. 102. SNEAK-CUP, (probably) one who sneaks from his cup; III. iii. 104. SNUFF; "took it in snuff," i. e. took it as an offense; with a play upon "snuff in the ordinary sense; I. iii. 41. So, howsoever; IV. i. 11. SOLEMNITY, awful grandeur, dignity; III. ii. 59. SOOTHERS, flatterers; IV. i. 7. SOUSED GURNET, a fish pickled in vinegar, a term of contempt; IV. ii. 13.

SPANISH-POUCH, evidently a contemptuous term drunkard; II. iv. 83.

SPEED; "be your s.," stand you in good stead; III. i. 190. SPITE, vexation; III. i. 192.

SPLEEN, waywardness; II. iii. 87. SPOIL, ruin, corruption; III. iii. 13.

SQUIER, Square (Q. 8, "squaire";

Ff. 3, 4, "square"; the rest "squire"); II. ii. 13. SQUIRE; "s. of the night's body,"

a play upon "squire of the

body," i. e. attendant upon a knight; I. ii. 28.

STAIN'D, soiled, bespattered (F. 1, "strained"); I. i. 64. STANDING-TUCK, rapier set on end; II. iv. 283.

START; "s. of spleen," impulse of caprice; III. ii. 125. STARTING-HOLE, subterfuge, evasion; II. iv. 301.

STARVE, to starve (Ff. "staru’a”); I. iii. 159.

STARVELING, a starved, lean person; II. i. 78.

STARVING, longing; V. i. 81. STATE, chair of state, throne; II. iv. 432.

STEAL, steal yourselves away; III. i. 93.

STOCK-FISH, dried cod; II. iv. 281.

STOMACH, appetite; II. iii. 48. STRAIT, strict; IV. iii. 79. STRAPPADO; "the strappado is

when a person is drawn up to his height, and then suddenly to let him fall half way with a jerk, which not only breaketh his arms to pieces, but also shaketh all his joints out of joint, which punishment is better to be hanged, than for a man to undergo" (Randle Holme, in his Academy of Arms and Blazon); II. iv. 271. STRENGTH, strong words, terms; I. iii. 25.

STRONDS, Strands; I. i. 4.
STRUCK FOWL, wounded fowl; IV.
ii. 22.

SUBORNATION; "murderous S.," procuring murder by underhand means; I. iii. 163.

SUDDENLY, very soon; I. iii. 294. "SUE HIS LIVERY," to lay legal

claim to his estates, a law term; IV. iii. 62. SUFFERANCES, sufferings; V. i. 51. SUGGESTION, temptation; IV. iii.

51.

SUITS, used with a quibbling allusion to the fact that the clothes of the criminal belonged to the hangman; I. ii.

82.

SULLEN, dark; I. ii. 235. SUMMER-HOUSE, pleasant retreat, country-house; III. i. 164. SUNDAY-CITIZENS, citizens in their "Sunday best"; III. i. 261. SUPPLY, reinforcements; IV. iii. 3. "SUTTON CO'FIL," a contraction

of Sutton Coldfield, a town twenty-four miles from Coventry (Q. 2, "Sutton cophill”; Ff. and Qq. 5, 6, 8, "Sutton-cop-hill"; IV. ii. 3. SWATHLING CLOTHES, Swaddling clothes (Q. 1, 2, 3, "swathling"; the rest, "swathing”); III. ii. 112.

SWORD-AND-BUCKLER, the distinctive weapons of serving men and riotous fellows; I. iii. 230.

TAFFETA, a glossy silken stuff; I. ii. 12.

TAKE IT, Swear; II. iv. 10.
TAKE ME WITH YOU, tell me what
you mean; II. iv. 526.
TALL, strong, able; I. iii. 62.
TALLOW-CATCH "tallow-ketch,” i.
e. a tallow-tub, or perhaps "tal-
low-keech" (Steeven's conject-
ure), i. e. a round lump of fat
rolled up by the butcher to
be carried to the chandler; II.
iv. 262.

TARGET, Shield; II. iv. 232.
TARRY, remain, stay; I. ii. 167.
TASK'D, taxed; IV. iii. 92.

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TASKING, challenge (Q. 1, "tasking"; the rest, "talking"); V. ii. 51.

TASK ME, test me; IV. i. 9. TASTE, test, try the temper (Q. 2, "taste"; Q. 1, "tast"; the rest, "take"); IV. i. 119. TEMPER, disposition, temperament; III. i. 170. TENCH; "stung like a t."; pos

sibly there is an allusion to the old belief that fishes were supposed to be infested with fleas; or perhaps the simile is intentionally meaningless; II. i. 17. TERM, word (Ff. and Qq. 7, 8, "dreame"; Qq. 5, 6, “deame"); IV. i. 85.

TERMAGANT, an imaginary god of the Mahomedans, represented as a most violent character in the old Miracle-plays and Moralities; V. iv. 114. THEREFORE, for that purpose; I.

i. 30.

THICK-EYED, dull-eyed; II. iii. 53. THIEF, used as a term of endearment; III. i. 238. TICKLE-BRAIN, some kind of strong liquor; II. iv. 452. TINKERS, proverbial tipplers and gamblers; II. iv. 22. TOASTS-AND-BUTTER,

effeminate fellows, Cockneys; IV. ii. 23. TONGUE; "the tongue," i. e. the English language; III. i. 125. TOPPLES, throws down; III. i. 32. Toss, "to toss upon a pike"; IV. ii. 76. TOUCH, touchstone, by which gold was tested; IV. iv. 10. TRACE, track, follow; III. i. 48. TRADE-FALLEN, fallen out of service; IV. ii. 33. TRAIN, allure, entice; V. ii. 21.

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TRANQUILLITY, people who live at ease (Collier MS., guinity"); II. i, 87. TRANSFORMATION, change of appearance; I. i. 44. TREASURES; "my t.," i. e. tokens of love due to me from you; II. iii. 52.

TRENCH, turn into another channel; III. i. 112. TRENCHING, entrenching, making furrows; I. i. 7.

TRICK, peculiarity; II. iv. 460, TRIM, ornamental dress, gallant array; IV. i. 113. TRISTFUL, Sorrowful (Qq., Ff., "trustful"; Rowe's correction); II. iv. 447.

TRIUMPH, public festivity; III. iii. 50.

TROJANS, cant name for thieves; II. i. 79.

TRUE, honest; I. ii. 127. TRUMPET, trumpeter; "play the t.," act the herald; V. i. 4. "TURK GREGORY"; Pope Gregory VII; V. iii. 47.

TURN'D, being shaped in the turning-lathe; III. i. 131. TWELVE-SCORE, twelve score yards (in the phraseology of archery); II. iv. 623.

UNDER-SKINKER, under tapster; II. iv. 28.

UNEVEN, embarrassing; I. i. 50. UNHANDSOME, indecent; I. iii. 44. UNJOINTED, disjointed, incoherent; I. iii. 65.

UNJUST, dishonest; IV. ii. 31. UNMINDED, unregarded; IV. iii. 58.

UNSORTED, ill-chosen; II. iii. 14. UNSTEADFAST, unsteady; I. iii. 193.

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UNTAUGHT, ill-mannered; I. iii, 43. UNWASHED; "with u. hands," without waiting to wash your hands, immediately; III. iii. 216.

UNYOKED, uncurbed, reckless; I. ii. 227.

UP, up in arms; III. ii. 120.

VALUED, being considered; III. ii. 177.

VASSAL, Servile; III. ii. 124.
VASTY, vast; III. i. 53.
VELVET-GUARDS, trimmings of vel-

vet; hence, the wearers of such
finery; III. i. 261.

VIRTUE, valor; II. iv. 137. VIZARDS, visors, masks; I. ii. 147.

WAITING; "W. in the court,” i. e.

"dancing attendance in the hope of preferment"; I. ii. 80. WAKE, waking; III. i. 219. WANT; "his present w.," the present want of him; IV. i. 44.

WANTON, Soft, luxurious; III. i. 214.

WARD, posture when on guard;
II. iv. 224.
WARDS, guards in fencing, pos-

tures of defense; I. ii. 218. WARM, ease-loving; IV. ii. 20. WASP-STUNG, (so Q. 1; Qq. and

Ff., "wasp-tongue" or "wasptongued") irritable as though stung by a wasp; I. iii. 236. WATERING, drinking; II. iv. 19. WEAR, carry, bear (Ff., "wore") I. iii. 162.

WELL, rightly; IV. iii. 94.
WELL-BESEEMING, well becoming;
I. i. 14.

WELL-RESPECTED, ruled by reasonable considerations; IV. iii. 10.

WHAT! an exclamation of impatience; II. i. 3.

WHEREUPON, wherefore; IV. iii. 42.

WHICH, Who; III. i. 46.

WILD OF KENT, weald of K.; II. i. 61.

WILLFUL-BLAME, willfully blamable; III. i. 177.

WIND, turn in this or that di-
rection; IV. i. 109.
WITCH, bewitch; IV. i. 110.
WITHAL, with; II. iv. 590.

WORSHIP, honor, homage; III. ii. 151.

WRUNG IN THE WITHERS, pressed in the shoulders; II. i. 7.

YEDWARD, a familiar corruption of Edward, still used in some counties; I. ii. 154. YET, even now; I. iii. 77. YOUNKER, greenhorn; III. iii. 98.

ZEAL, earnestness; IV. iii. 63.