From Petra-Sancta de Symbolis Heroicis (1634). (This portable time-indicator is interesting because of the magnet by which the owner might "ascertain the proper position by means of the shadow cast from a line which opens with the top") (II. vii. 20). of the sun; II. vii. 20. See Note and also Illustration. Disable (verb), disparage (Schmidt); IV. i. 34. Dishonest (adj.), dishonoured, unchaste; V. iii. 4. Disputable (adj.), disputatious; II. v. 34. Lat. dis, apart, putare, to think. Antony and Cleopatra, III. 13, 74. Diverted (adj.), turned from its own kind; II. iii. 37. Dog-ape (sub.), baboon; II. v. 25. Ducdame a nonsense refrain like "hey ho and a hey nonino" or "hey diddle diddle do-dum-dee." No satisfactory explanation of it has ever been given; II. v. 54. Dulcet (adj,), harmless; V. iv. 67. Effect (sub.), purport; IV. iii. 35. Effigies (sub.), likeness, image, effigy (Schmidt); II. vii. 193. Emulator (sub.), one who is enviously Enchantingly (adv.), spellbound as Entame (verb), subdue; III. v. 48. Erring (part. adj.), straying, de- Erst (adv.), formerly; III. v. 95. Exempt (adj.), apart, separate, re- Exercises (sub.), ordinary occupa- III. i. 18. Extent (sub.), seizure (Schmidt); Extermine (verb), destroy entirely, 50. Fail (verb), miscarry; II. iii. 24. False gallop (phrase), a kind of iv. 91. v. 29; passion, V. iv. 156. Fancy- Favour (sub.), appearance; IV. iii. Feeder (sub.), shepherd; he who Figure (sub.), rhetorical construction V. i. 43. A.S. Fleet (verb.), make to pass swiftly; Fond (adj.), foolish; II. iii. 7. Forked (adj.), barbed; II. i. 24. Free (adj.), innocent; II. vii. 85. Furnished (part.), attired, equipped; I. ii. 324. God buy you (phrase), a greeting, "God be with you," whence comes our "good-bye"; III. ii. 266; other greetings of a like kind are: "God 'ild you""God yield you," or God give you what you desire; III. iii. 74. Golden world (phrase), golden age; I. i. 124. Gondola (sub.), a boat used on the canals in Venice. See Illustration; IV. i. 38. Headed (verb) come to a head, as, for instance, a tumour; II. vii. 67. Heap (sub.), great quantity, mass; I. ii. 68. M.E. heep; A.S. heap, a crowd; Dut. hoop; Ger. haufe. Cf. Timon of Athens, V. i. 155. Hind (sub.), farm-servant, fieldlabourer; I. i. 20. Hire (verb), to engage in temporary service for wages; I. i. 14. M E. hire; A.S. hyr, wages; Dut. huur; Dan. hyre. Much Ado Nothing, V. i. 306. About Hooping (sub.), shouting from wonder or surprise; also applauding; III. ii. 198. Hose (sub.), breeches; II. vii. 160. Humorous (adj.), changeable, vacillating, full of sudden likes and dislikes; I. ii. 268; II. iii. 8; IV. i. 20. Hurtle (verb), clash, make a noise in colliding; IV. iii. 132. Hyen (sub), hyæna; IV. i. 157. See From an ornamented post in Wenden Church, Essex (IV. i. 157). Idle (adj.), useless, unprofitable; V. ii. 56. M.E. idel; A. S. idel, vain; Dan. idel; Dut. ijdel, vain. The original sense seems, according to Skeet, to have been "clear." King John, III. iii. 46. Ill-favoured (adj.), unprepossessing, hard-featured; V. iv. 60. Incontinent (adj.), immediately; V. ii. 42. Intendment (sub.), purpose, determination; I. i. 139. Invectively (adj.), mockingly, railingly; II. i. 58. Irks (verb), troubles, distresses, impersonal form; II. i. 22. Jar (sub.), harsh sound, discordant noise; II. vii. 5. Stands for the older form char: allied to Aryan root gar. Cf. King Lear, IV. vii. 16. Justly (adv.), precisely, truly; I. ii. 246; also note the use of "just" as an adverb of manner, and meaning "just so." Kindle (verb), stimulate, urge to a Labour (sub.), pains; II. vi. 14. Learn (verb), teach; I. ii. 5. 66. M.E. lere, the cheek, face: A.S. hleor, the cheek, hence the face. Limned (verb), drawn, painted (Schmidt); II. vii. 194. In little (phrase), in miniature; III. Make (verb), fasten, close; IV.i. 162. Manage (sub.), training of a horse or dog; I. i. 13. Mannish (adj.), masculine; I. iii. 120. pp. of mercari, to trade. Memory (sub.), that which calls to remembrance, memorial; II. iii. 3. Mewl (verb), whimper; II. vii. 144. A factitive verb, from mew. Mines (verb), nullifies; I. i. 21. Misprise (verb), undervalue, slight; I. i. 176. Fr. mépriser, despise. Misuse (verb), abuse; IV. i. 200. Mocks (sub.), sneers, ridicu'e, derision; III. v. 33. From mockable, ridiculous, giving rise to derision; III. ii. 49. Modern (adj.), trite, common, of everyday occurrence; II. vii. 156. Moonish (adj.), changeable, inconstant, capricious; III. ii 421. M.E. mone; A.S. mona; Dan. maane. Literally, "the measurer of time." Mortal (adj.), human, "mortal in folly "human in folly; II. iv. 57. Mossed with (adj.), overgrown IV. iii. 105. Motley (adj.), parti-coloured; II. vii. 13; (sub.), the domestic personage whose duty it was to amuse by his wit; III. iii. 77; the dress of the fool; II. vi. 34. O.F. martele, clotted; M.E. mottelee. Twelfth Night, I. v. 58. moss ; Much (adj.), much of ironical; IV. iii. 2. Mutton (sub.), sheep; III. ii. 57. (sub.), handkerchief Napkin Natural (sub.), an imbecile, simple- Neighbour (sub.), a fellow-creature ; II. vii. 78. Neighbourly (adv.), kind; III. v. 90. M.E. neig hebour; A.S. neahgebur, from neah, nigh and bur or gebur, a husbandman; Dut. boer, a boor. Richard III., I. iv. 136; Merchant of Venice, I. ii. 85. Nice (adj.), squeamish, capricious, not contented; IV. i. 15. From Calot's series of plates illustrating the Italian comedy (II. vii. 158). Parcels in (phrase), bit by bit; III. v. 125. Passing (adv.), very marvellously; III. v. 138. "" 66 un Pathetical (adj.), used in this play with the force of a superlative, either of good or evil. The meaning probably is "case-hardened," conscionable," or the like; IV.i. 191. Payment (sub.), retribution, penalty; I. i. 165. Peascod (sub.), the pod or husk containing the peas, used sometimes as a gift by rustic lovers; used also for purposes of divination; II. iv. 52. Peevish (adj.), petulant, querulous; Cf. Henry V., III. vii. A III. v. 110. 136. Penny (sub.), silver pennies. popular coin in early England, weighing 22 grains, and in value or purchasing power was not far |