GLOSSARY 2 By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A. A', he; (Qq., “a”; Ff., “hee” or "he"); I. ii. 52. ABATED, "reduced to lower temper, or as the workmen call it, let down (Johnson); I. i. 117. ABIDE, undergo, meet the fortunes of; II. iii. 36. ABLE, active; I. i. 43. ABROACH; "set a.," cause, ? set flowing; IV. ii. 14. 66 ACCITE, Summon; V. ii. 141. ACCITES, incites (Ff. 3, 4, excites"); II. ii. 69. ACCOMMODATED, supplied (satirized as an affected word); (Q., "accommodate"); III. ii. 75. ACHITOPHEL, Ahithopel, the coun selor of Absalom, cursed by David (F. 2, "Architophel"); I. ii. 43. ACONITUM, aconite; IV. iv. 48. ADDRESS'D, prepared; IV. iv. 5. ADVISED, well aware; I. i. 172. AFFECT, love; IV. v. 145. AFFECTIONS, inclinations; IV. iv. 65. AFTER, according to; V. ii. 129. AGAINST, before, in anticipation of; IV. ii. 81. AGATE, a figure cut in an agate stone and worn in a ring or as a seal; a symbol of smallness (Johnson's emendation of Ff., “agot");I. ii. 20. AGGRAVATE, Mrs. Q.'s blunder for moderate; II. iv. 181. ALL, quite; IV. i. 156. ALLOW, approve; IV. ii. 54. AMURATH, the name of the Turkish Sultans; Amurath III died in 1596, leaving a son Amurath, who, on coming to the throne, invited his brothers to a feast, where he had them all strangled, in order to prevent any inconvenient disputes concerning the succession. This is probably the circumstance which is here referred to (the allusion helps to fix the date of the play); V. ii. 48. AN, if (Q., "and"; Ff., "if"); I. ii. 63. ANATOMIZE, lay open, show distinctly (F. 4, "anatomize"; Q., "anothomize"; Ff. 1, 2, 3, "Anathomize"); Induct. 21. ANCIENT, ensign; II. iv. 76. ANGEL, with play upon angel, the gold coin, of the value of ten shillings; I. ii. 195. ANON, ANON, SIR, the customary reply of the Drawers; II. iv. 316. ANTIQUITY, old age; I. ii. 219. APPERTINENT, belonging; I. ii. 203. APPLE-JOHNS, a particular kind of apple, which shriveled by keeping; II. iv. 2. APPREHENSIVE, imaginative; IV. iii. 109. APPROVE, prove; I. ii. 225. ASSEMBLANCE, aggregate, tout ensemble (Pope, "semblance"; Capell, "assemblage"); III. ii 285. ASSURANCE, surety; I. ii. 38. AT A WORD, in a word, briefly; III. ii. 331. ATOMY, Mrs. Q.'s blunder for "anatomy," skeleton (Ff., "Anatomy"); V. iv. 36. ATONEMENT, reconciliation; IV. i. 221. ATTACH, arrest; IV. ii. 109. ATTACHED, seized; II. ii. 3. ATTEND, await, waits for; I. i. 3. AWAY WITH; "could a. w. me," i. e. could endure me; III. ii. 220. AWFUL, inspiring awe; V. ii. 86. AWFUL BANKS, bounds of respect, reverence (Warburton, "lawful"); IV. i. 176. BACK-SWORD MAN, fencer at single-sticks; III. ii. 72. BALM, consecrated oil used for anointing kings; IV. v. 115. BAND, bond (Ff., "bond"); I. ii. 39. BARBARY HEN, a hen whose feathers are naturally ruffled; II. iv. 111. BARSON, Corruption of Barston, in Warwickshire; V. iii. 95. BARTHOLOMEW BOAR-PIG, roast pig was one of the attractions of Bartholomew Fair; II. iv. 256. BASINGSTOKE, in Hampshire, about fifty miles from London (Q., "Billingsgate"); II. i. 191. BASKET HILT, the hilt of a sword with a covering of narrow plates of steel in the shape of a basket, and serving as a protection to the hand; II. iv. 145. BASTARDLY, ? dastardly; II. i. 58. BATE, contention; II. iv. 280. BATE, remit; Epil. 17. BATTLE, army; IV. i. 154. BATTLE, battalion; III. ii. 174. BAWL OUT, bawl out from (Q., "bal out"; Capell "bawl out from"); II. ii. 29. Baying, driving to bay (a term of the chase); I. iii. 80. BEAR-HERD, leader of a tame bear (F. 4, "bear-herd"; Q., "Berod"; Ff. 1, 2, "Beare-heard"; F. 3, "Bear-heard"); I. ii. 200. BEAR IN HAND, flatter with false hopes, keep in expectation; I. ii. 44. BEAVERS, movable fronts of helmets; IV. i. 120. BEEFS, oxen, (?) cattle (Ff., "beeues"); III. ii. 368. BEFORE, go before me; IV. i. 228. BEING YOU ARE, since you are (Gould conjectured "seeing"); II. i. 208. BELIKE, I suppose; II. ii. 12. BESTOW, behave; II. ii. 194. coarse headband or cap worn by the Béguines, an order of Flemish nuns; IV. v. 27. BLEED, be bled; IV. i. 57. BLOODY, headstrong, intemperate; IV. i. 34. BLUBBERED, blubbering, weeping; II. iv. 437. BLUE-BOTTLE ROGUE; alluding to the blue uniforms of the beadles; V. iv. 25. BLUNT, dull-witted; Induct. 18. BONA-ROBAS, handsome wenches; III. ii. 26. BORNE WITH, laden with; II. iv. 407. BOUNCE, bang; III. ii. 314. BRUITED, noised, rumored abroad; BUCKLE, bow, bend (Bailey conjectured "knuckle"); I. i. 141. BUNG, sharper; II. iv. 142. BURST, broke, cracked; III. ii. 362. BUSSES, kisses; II. iv. 300. BY COCK AND PIE, a slight oath commonly used; cock, a corruption of God; pie (=Latin pica) was the old name of the Ordinate; V. i. 1. BY GOD'S LIGGENS, an oath, probably of the same force as "bodikins" (omitted in Ff.); V. iii. 70. BY THE ROOD, by the holy cross, an asseveration; III. ii. 3. BY YEA AND NAY, without doubt, III. ii. 10. CALIVER, a very light musket; III. ii. 299. CALM, qualm; II. iv. 40. CAME, became; II. iii. 57. CANARIES, canary wine (F. 4, "Canary"); II. iv. 29. CANDLE-MINE, magazine of tallow; II. iv. 326. CANKER'D, polluted; IV. v. 72. CANKERS, canker-worms; II. ii. 102. CANNIBALS, Hannibals; II. iv. 186. CAPABLE, susceptible; I. i. 172. CARAT, quality (Ff. 1, 2, 3, "Charract"; F. 4. "Carract"; Q., "Karrat"); IV. v. 162. CARAWAYS, a kind of confection made with cumin seeds, "caraway seeds"; V. iii. 3. CARE, mind; I. ii. 148. CAST, calculated; I. i. 166. CAVALEROS, cavaliers (Q., "cabileros"; Ff., "Cauileroes"); V. .iii. 63. CENSER; "thin man in a censer"; censers were used for burning perfumes in dwelling-houses; they were made of thin metal, and often had rudely hammered or embossed figures in the middle of the pierced convex lid; V. iv. 23. CHANCE; "how c.," how comes it; IV. iv. 20. CHANNEL, gutter (Pope, "kennel"); II. i. 55. CHAPT, worn, wrinkled (Q., Ff., "chopt"); III. ii. 304. CHARGE; "in c.," i e. "ready for the charge"; IV. i. 120. CHARGE, pledge; II. iv. 135. CHEATER; "a tame ch.," a low gamester; a cant term (Q., "cheter"; some eds. "chetah," a leopard); II. iv. 109. CHEATER, escheator, an officer of the exchequer; II. iv. 114. CHECK, reproof; IV. iii. 35. CHECKED, reproved; I. ii. 232. CHURLISH, rude, rough; I. iii. 62. CIVIL, well-ordered; IV. i. 42. CLAPPED I THE CLOUT, hit the white mark in the target without effort; III. ii. 52. CLOSE, make peace; II. iv. 366. COHERENCE, agreement, accord; V. i. 73. COLD, calm; V. ii. 98. COLDEST, most hopeless; V. ii. 31. COLOR, pretense; V. v. 96. COLORS; "fear no colors," fear no enemy, fear nothing; V. v. 99. COLOR, excuse; I. ii. 292. COMMANDMENT, command; V. iii. 146. COMMIT, commit to prison; V. ii. 83. COMMODITY, profit; I. ii. 294. COMMOTION, insurrection; IV. i. 36. COMPANION, fellow, used con temptuously; II. iv. 136. COMPLICES, accomplices, allies; I. i. 163. CONDITION, "official capacity"; IV. iii. 91. CONFIRMITIES, Mrs. Q.'s blunder for infirmities; II. iv. 64. CONFOUND, exhaust; IV. iv. 41. CONGER, sea-eel (Q., “Cunger"); II. iv. 58. CONSENT, agreement; V. i. 79. CONSENT, agree, decide (Collier MS. "Consult"); I. iii. 52. CONSIDERANCE, consideration; V. ii. 98. CONSIGNING TO, confirming; V. ii. 143. CONSIST UPON, claim, stand upon (Rowe, "insist”); IV. i 187. CONTAGIOUS, pernicious; V. v. 38. CONTINUANTLY, Mrs. Quickly's blunder for continually (Qq., “continually”); II. i. 29. CONVERSATIONS, habits: V. v. 111. COPHETUA; alluding to the ballad of King Cophetua and the Beggar to be found in Percy's Reliques (Q., "Couetua"; Ff., "Couitha"); V. iii. 107. CORPORATE, Bullcalf's blunder for corporal; III. ii. 242. CORPSE, corpses (Ff. 1, 2, "Corpes"; Ff. 3, 4, "Corps"; Dyce, "corpse'"); I. i. 192. CORRECTIONER, one who inflicts punishment; V. iv. 26. COST; "part-created cost," partly erected costly building; (Vaughan conjectured "parterected, castle"; Herr conjectured "part-erected, cast"; Keightley, “house”); I. iii. 60. COSTERMONGER, commercial, petty dealing; (Q., "costar-mongers times"; Ff. 1, 2, "Costor-mongers"; Ff. 3, 4, "costermongers days"); I. ii. 199. COTSWOLD MAN, a man from the Cotswold Downs, celebrated for athletic games and rural sports of all kinds, hence an athlete (Qq., "Cotsole man"; Ff., "Cot-sal-man"; Capell, "Cotsall man"); III. ii. 23. COURTESY, Curtsy (F. 1, “Curtsie"; Ff. 2, 3, 4, "Curtesie"; Q., "cursie"); Epil. 1. COVER, lay the table; II. iv. 11. CROSSES, Coins stamped with a cross (used quibblingly); I. ii. 267. CRUDY, crude, raw; IV. iii. 108. CURRENT, genuine, with pun upon sterling; II. i. 139. CURRY WITH, Curry favor with; V. i. 83. CUTTLE, knife used by cut-purses, hence, cutpurse; II. iv. 144 DAY, day of battle, battle; I. i. 20. DEAR, earnest; IV. v. 141. DEPART, leave; IV. v. 91. 43. DESCENSION, descent, decline (Ff., "declension"); II. ii. 199. DETERMINED, put an end to, settled; IV. v. 82. "DEVIL'S BOOK,” “alluding to the old belief that the Devil had a register of the persons who were subject to him"; II. ii. DOLE, dealing, interchange; I. i. 169. DOUBT, fear, suspect; Epil. 7. DRAW, draw together, muster; I. iii. 109; withdraw; II. i. 171. DREW, drew aside; I. i. 72. DROLLERY, (probably) a humorous painting; II. i. 164. DROOPING, declining; Induct. 3. DUB ME KNIGHT, referring to the custom of the time, that he who drank a large potation on his knees to the health of his mistress, was said to be dubbed a knight, and retained the title for the evening; V. iii. 79. DUER, more duly (Q., "dewer"; Pope, "more duly"); III. ii. 342. DULL, Soothing, drowsy; IV. v. 2. EASY, easy to be borne; V. ii. 71. EBON, black, dark; V. v. 41. EFFECT, Suitable manner; II. i. 150. ELEMENT, sky; IV. iii. 59. ENDEAR'D, bound (Q., "endeere"); II. iii. 11. ENDING, dying; IV. v. 80. ENFORCEMENT, application of force; I. i. 120. ENGAGED, bound, tied; I. i. 180. ENGROSSED, piled up, amassed; accumulations; ENLARGE, extend, widen; I. i. 204. EPHESIANS, jolly companions (a cant term of the day); II. ii. 172. EQUAL WITH, cope with; I. iii. 67. EVER AMONG, "perhaps a corrup |