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LAZAR-LIKE, like a leper; I. v. 72. LEANS ON, depends on; IV. iii.

62.

LEARN, teach; (Ff. "teach"); V. ii. 9.

LEAVE, permission; I. ii. 57.

leave off; II. i. 51; give up; III. iv. 91.

LENDS, gives; (Ff. "giues"); I. iii. 117 (v. Note). LENTEN, meagre; II. ii. 338. LETHE, the river of oblivion; ("Lethe wharf" Lethe's bank;) I. v. 33. LETS, hinders; I. iv. 85.

LET TO KNOW, informed; IV. vi. 11.

LIBERAL, free-spoken; IV. vii. 172.

LIBERTY; v. "writ."

LIEF, gladly, willingly; III. ii. 4. LIFE; "the single and peculiar 1.”, the private individual; III. iii. 11.

"in my 1.", i. e. in my continuing to live; V. ii. 22. LIGHTNESS, lightheadedness; II. ii. 151.

LIKE, likely; I. ii. 237.
LIKES, pleases; II. ii. 80.

LIMED, caught as with bird-lime;
III. iii. 68.

LIST, muster-roll, (Q. 1, “sight"); I. i. 98.

-, boundary; IV. v. 101.

listen to; I. iii. 30.

LIVING, lasting (used perhaps equivocally); V. i. 329. LOAM, clay; V. i. 242.

LOGGATS, a game somewhat resembling bowls; the loggats were small logs about two feet and a quarter long; V. i.

103.

LONG PURPLES, "the early purple orchis (Orchis mascula) which

blossoms in April and May"; IV. vii. 171.

LOOK THROUGH, show itself; IV. vii. 152.

LOSE, waste, throw away; I. ii. 45.

LUXURY, lust; I. v. 83.

MACHINE, body; II. ii. 126. MAIMED, imperfect; V. i. 251. MAIN, main point, main cause; II. ii. 56.

the country as a whole;

IV. iv. 15. MAJESTICAL, majestic; I. i. 143. MAKE, brings; II. ii. 284. MANNER, fashion, custom; I. iv.

15.

MARGENT, margin; it was a common practice to write comment or gloss in the margins of old books; V. ii. 166.

MARK, watch; III. ii. 163. MARKET OF HIS TIME, "that for which he sells his time" (Johnson); IV. iv. 34.

MART, marketing, traffic; I. i. 74. MARVELLOUS, marvellously; II. i. 3.

MASSY, massive; III. iii. 17. MATIN, morning; I. v. 89. MATTER, sense; IV. v. 176. MATTER, subject; (misunderstood

wilfully by Hamlet to mean "cause of dispute"); II. ii. 198. Mazzard, skull; used contemptu

ously; (Qq. 2, 3, "massene"; Qq. 4, 5, 6, "mazer"); V. i. 100.

MEANS, means of access; IV. vi. 15.

MEED, merit; V. ii. 152.
MEET, proper; I. v. 107.

MERELY, absolutely; I. ii. 137.
METAL, mettle; I. i. 96.
MICHING MALLECHO, Mouching

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MILKY, white; II. ii. 517. MINCING, cutting in pieces; II. ii. 535.

MINERAL, mine; IV. i. 26. MINING, undermining; (Ff. 3, 4, "running"); III. iv. 148. MISTOOK, mistaken; V. ii. 406. MOBLED, muffled; (cp. Prov. E. тор, to muffle; "mob-cap," etc.); [Qq. mobled"; F. 1, inobled; Upton conj. “mob-led"; Capel, ennobl'd, etc.]; II. ii. 543.

MODEL, exact copy, counterpart; V. ii. 50.

MOIETY, portion; I. i. 90. MOIST; "the moist star," i. e. the moon; I. i. 118.

MOLE OF NATURE, natural defect, blemish; I. iv. 24.

MOPE, be stupid; III. iv. 81. MORTAL, deadly; IV. vii. 143. MORTISED, joined with a mortise; III. iii. 20.

MOST, greatest; I. v. 180. MOTE, atom; (Qq. 2, 3, 4, "moth"); I. i. 112. MOTION, emotion, impulse; (Warburton, "notion"); III. iv. 72.

movement; I. ii. 217. MOTION, "attack in fencing, opposed to guard or parrying"; IV. vii. 158.

MOULD OF FORM, the model on which all endeavored to form themselves; III. i. 163.

MOUSE, a term of endearment; III. iv. 183.

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NAPKIN, handkerchief; V. ii. 310. NATIVE, kindred, related; I. ii. 47. "n. hue," natural color; III. i. 84. NATURE, natural affection; I. v. 81.

NATURE'S LIVERY, a natural blemish; I. iv. 32.

NAUGHT, naughty; III. ii. 162. NEAR, is near; I. iii. 44. NEIGHBOR, neighboring; III. iv.

212.

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NERO, the Roman Emperor, who

murdered his mother Agrippina; III. ii. 426.

NERVE, sinew, muscle; I. iv. 83. NEUTRAL, a person indifferent to both; II. ii. 520. NEW-HATCH'D, newly hatched; (Ff. "unhatch't"); I. iii. 65. NEW-LIGHTED, newly alighted; III. iv. 59.

NICK-NAME, misname; III. i. 153. NIGHTED, dark, black as night; (Ff. "nightly"; Collier MS. "nightlike"); I. ii. 68.

NILL; "will he, nill he," i. e.

whether he will, or whether he will not; V. i. 19. NIO BE, daughter of Tantalus,

whose children were slain by Apollo and Artemis, while she herself was turned into stone upon Mount Sipylus in Lydia, where she weeps throughout

the summer months; I. ii. 149. NOMINATION, naming; V. ii. 136. NO MORE, nothing more; III. i. 61.

NONCE, "for the n.", for that once, for the occasion; (Qq. 4, 5, "once"); IV. vii. 161. NORWAY, King of Norway; I. i. 61.

Nose, smell; IV. iii. 41.

NOTE, notice, attention; III. ii. 93.

NOTED, known; II. i. 23. NOTHING, not at all; I. ii. 41. NOYANCE, injury, harm; III. iii.

13.

OBSEQUIOUS, dutiful, with perhaps

a reference to the other sense of the word "funereal"; I. ii. 92.

OCCULTED, concealed, hidden; III. ii. 89.

OCCURRENTS, occurrences; V. ii. 379.

ODDS; "at the o.", with the ad

vantage allowed; V. ii. 230. O'ER-CROWS, triumphs over; V. ii. 375.

'ER-RAUGHT, over-reached, overtook; (Qq. "ore-raught"; Ff. 1, 2, "ore-wrought"; Ff. 3, 4, "o're-took"; Warburton "o'errode"); III. i. 17. O'ER-REACHES, outwits; (F. 1, "o're Offices"; F. 2, “ore-Offices"); V. i. 88.

O'ER-SIZED, Covered with size, a sort of glue; II. ii. 502. O'ER-TEEMED, worn out with childbearing; II. ii. 529.

O'ERTOOK, overcome by drink, intoxicated; II. i. 58.

O'ERWEIGH, Outweigh; III. ii. 34. Or, resulting from; IV. iv. 41; by; I. i. 25; IV. iii. 4; in; I. v. 60; on;;IV. v. 203; about, concerning; IV. v. 46; upon, (“I have an eye of you"); II. ii. 307; over; II. ii. 27.

OFFENCE, advantages gained by
offence; III. iii. 56.
OMEN, fatal event portended by
the omen; (Theobald
"omen'd"); I. i. 123.

OMINOUS, fatal; II. ii. 494.
ON, in; V. i. 218; in consequence
of, following on; V. ii. 417.
ONCE, ever; I. v. 121.

ON'T, of it; III. i. 185.
OPED, opened; I. iv. 50.

OPEN'D, discovered, disclosed; II. ii. 18.

OPERANT, active; III. ii. 189.
OPPOSED, opponent; I. iii. 67.
OPPOSITES, opponents; V. ii. 62.
OR, before, ere; V. ii. 30.
ORB, earth; II. ii. 524.
ORCHARD, garden; (Q. 1676, “gar-
den"); I. v. 35.

ORDER, prescribed rule; V. i. 260. ORDINANT, ordaining; (Ff. "ordinate"); V. ii. 48.

ORDNANCE, cannon; (F. 1, “Or-
dinance"); V. ii. 292.
ORE, gold; IV. i. 25.
OR ERE, before; I. ii. 147.
ORGAN, instrument; IV. vii. 71.
ORISONS, prayers; III. i. 89.
OSSA; a reference to the story of
the giants, who piled Olympus,
Pelion, and Ossa, three moun-

tains in Thessaly, upon each other, in their attempt to scale heaven; V. i. 315.

OSTENTATION, funeral pomp; IV.

v. 218.

OUTSTRETCHED, puffed up; II. ii. 276.

OVERLOOKED, perused; IV. vi. 14. OVERPEERING, overflowing, rising above; IV. v. 101.

OWL WAS A BAKER'S DAUGHTER; alluding to a story current among the folk telling how Christ went into а baker's shop, and asked for bread, but was refused by the baker's daughter, in return for which He transformed her into an owl; IV. v. 41.

PACKING, plotting, contriving; (?) going off in a hurry; used probably in the former sense, with play upon the latter; III. iv. 211.

PADDOCK, toad; III. iv. 190. PAINTED; "p. tyrant,” i. e. tyrant in a picture; II. ii. 519; unreal, fictitious; III. i. 53. PAJOCK, pea-jock (i. e. jack), peacock, (cp. Scotch "bubblyjock" a turkey); III. ii. 304. PALL, become useless; (Qq. 3, 4, 6, "fall"; Pope, "fail"); V. ii.

9.

PANSIES, "love-in-idleness," the symbol of thought; (F. 1, "Paconcies"); IV. v. 179. PARDON, permission to take leave; I. ii. 56.

PARLE, parley; I. i. 62.

PART, quality, gift; IV. vii. 77. PARTISAN, a kind of halberd; I. i. 140.

PARTS, gifts, endowments; IV. vii. 74.

PARTY, person, companion; II. i. 42.

PASS, passage; II. ii. 77.

"p. of practice," treacherous thrust; IV. vii. 139. PASSAGE; "for his p.", to accompany his departure, in place of the passing bell; V. ii. 420. PASSETH, surpasseth; (Qq. "passes”); I. ii. 85.

PASSION, violent sorrow; II. ii. 560.

PASSIONATE, full of passion, feeling; II. ii. 469.

PATE, a contemptuous word for head; V. i. 121.

PATIENCE, permission; III. ii. 118.

PATRICK, invoked as being the patron saint of all blunders and confusion; (or perhaps as the Keeper of Purgatory); I. v. 136.

PAUSE, time for reflection; III. i. 68.

"deliberate p.", a matter for deliberate arrangement; IV. iii. 9.

"in p.", in deliberation, in doubt; III. iii. 42. PEACE-PARTED, having departed in peace; V. i. 270.

PEAK, sneak, play a contemptible part; II. ii. 615. PELICAN, a bird which is sup

posed to feed its young with its own blood; (F. 1, 'politician'); IV. v. 148.

PERDY, a corruption of par Dieu; III. ii. 315.

PERIWIG-PATED, wearing a wig; (at this time wigs were worn only by actors); III. ii. 11. PERPEND, consider; II. ii. 105. PERUSAL, study, examination; II. i. 90.

PERUSE, examine closely; IV. vii. 137.

PETAR, petard, "an Engine (made like a Bell or Mortar) wherewith strong gates are burst open" (Cotgrave); III. iv. 207. PICKEN, refined, fastidious; V. i.

158. PICKERS AND STEALERS, i. e. hands; (alluding to the catechism "Keep my hands from picking and stealing"); III. ii. 361.

PICTURE IN LITTLE, miniature; II. ii. 394. PIGEON-LIVER'D, too mild tempered; II. ii. 626. PIONER, pioneer; I. v. 163. PITCH, height, importance; (originally, height to which a falcon soars); (Ff. "pith"); III. i. 86.

PITEOUS, pitiful, exciting compassion; II. i. 94.

PITH AND MARROW, the most valuable part; I. iv. 22. PLAUSIVE, plausible, pleasing; I. iv. 30.

PLAUTUS; "P. too light," alluding

to the fact that Plautus was taken as the word for comedy by the Academic play-wrights; II. ii. 433.

PLAYED I THE UNIVERSITY; alluding to the old academic practice of acting Latin or English plays at Christmastide, or in honor of distinguished visitors; (a play on Cæsar's death was performed at Oxford in 1582); III. ii. 108. PLAYED; "p. the desk or talebook", i. e. been the agent of their correspondence; II. ii. 138.

PLOT, piece of ground; IV. iv.

62.

PLURISY, plethora, a fulness of blood, (as if Latin plus, more, but really an affection of the lungs, Gk. λeupa); IV. vii.

118. POINT;

'at p.' completely; (so Qq.; Ff. 'at all points'); I. ii. 200.

POLACK, Pole; II. ii. 75.
Polish; V. ii. 398.

POLACKS, Poles; (Qq. F. 1, 'pol-
lax'; v. note); I. i. 63.
POLE, pole-star; I. i. 36.
POLITICIAN, plotter, schemer; V.
i. 88.
PORPENTINE, porcupine; I. v. 20.
POSSET, curdle; (Qq. "possesse");
I. v. 68.

Posy, motto, verse on a ring; III. ii. 167.

POWERS, armed force, troops; IV. iv. 9.

PRACTICE, artifice, plot; IV. vii. 68.

PRECEDENT, former; III. iv. 98. PRECURSE, forerunning; I. i. 121. PREGNANT, yielding, ready; III. ii. 70. PRENOMINATE, aforesaid; II. i. 43. PRESCRIPTS, Orders; (Ff., “precepts"); II. ii. 144.

PRESENTLY, at once, immediately; II. ii. 172.

PRESENT PUSH, immediate proof; V. i. 327.

PRESSURE, impress, imprint; III. ii. 30.

PRESSURES, impressions; I. v. 100.
PREVENT, anticipate; II. ii. 312.
PRICK'D ON, incited, spurred on;
I. i. 83.

PRIMAL, first; III. iii. 37.
PRIMY, spring-like; I. iii. 7.

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