(archaic); from O.E. téona, hurt, = 0. Fris. tiona, injury. spruce (v. 1. 14, v. 2. 407), | teen (iv. 3. 164), grief, woe smart, trim. The adjective is an alteration of Pruce, Prussia, signifying things obtained from Prussia, and probably acquires its sense with reference to Prussian leather, spruce (leather); N.E.D. illustrates by Dekker, Gull's Hornbook, 1609, "Even he that jets upon the neatest and sprucest leather." stops (i. 1. 70), obstructions, the term (i. 1. 37), definitely limited portion of time; from A.F. terme, limit (of time or place), from *termne, Lat. terminum, limit. told (v. 2. 190), counted, reck- = obsolete, but regular Shake-train (i. 1. 71), decoy, lead astray; spearean sense: cf. King John, iii. 1. 292, "Then arm thy constant and thy nobler parts Against these giddy loose suggestions.' From A.F., O.F., suggestioun, Lat. suggestionem, noun of action from suggerere, to suggest. swain (i. 1. 180, 251), servant, especially farm-servant; earliest sense of this word is servant (in the ordinary sense or in the special sense of servant to a knight, i.e. squire). It acquired its semi-facetious sense of rustic lover in the 17th century. From M.E. swain, swayn, swein, O.N. sveinn, boy, servant. the commonest 16th century sense; from M.E. from O.F. trainer, trahiner, a derivative of Lat. trahere, to draw. trow (v. 2. 279), accept as true, believe; the root sense "believe," however, gave way to looser senses, especially in assertions (I trow = = I suppose) and sometimes in questions (cf. Merry Wives, i. 4. 140, "Who's there, I trow?"). O.E. had two types trúwian, from trúwa, faith, belief, and tréowan, tréowian, from tréowe, faith, belief; the second of these was the more usual in O.E., but M.E. trowen seems to be from the former. umpire (i. 1. 170), arbiter, judge; from M.E. nompere (wrongly dividing a numpere as an umpere). O.F. nomper, peerless, not equal (i.e. the odd or third man), from non + per (Lat. par), equal. utter'd (ii. 1. 16), offered for sale, put on the market; cf. Winter's Tale, iv. 4. 330, and Romeo and Juliet, v. 1. 67. From M.E. uttren, from O.E. uttera, compar. of út, out. un varnish (i. 2. 46), figuratively, gloss, outward show; from O.F. vernis (varnis), Italian vernice, Sp. barniz, of known origin. voluble (ii. 1. 76, iii. 1. 67), glib, fluent; from Fr. voluble, Lat. volubilis, that turns round, whirling, fluent of speech, from volvere, to turn. wag (v. 2. 108), roguish, witty person; in earlier English wagge, probably shortened from obsolete wag-halter, gallows-bird, from verb wag, with reference to moving the head playfully or derisively. ware (v. 2. 43), beware; M.E. waren, warien, O.E. warian, to be on one's guard, from war, watchful. 66 a wench (i. 1. 265), girl; originally with no depreciatory significance. It retained respectful sense even after it had acquired one or two depreciatory senses which were always clearly marked by the context. In Chaucer it is sometimes" lewd woman," in 2 Samuel xvii. 17, servant woman. Shakespeare applies it to Desdemona, Othello, v. 2. 272. From M.E. wenche, shortened from wenchel, child, from O.E. *wencel (found in unique winclo, prob. for *wencelu, neut. plur. of adj. wencel, weak, a variant of wancol, weak, unstable). whip (v. 2. 309), move quickly; from M.E. whippen, not found in O.E. Cf. Dutch wippen, skip, hasten, akin to Lat. vibrare. wight (i. 1. 178), person (archaic); M.E. wight, wyght, O.E. wiht, wuht, a creature, animal, person, thing; cf. Dutch wicht, child, Germ. wicht, fellow. INDEX OF WORDS (The references are to the Notes ad loc. Other words will be found annothanize, iv. 1. 69. armipotent, v. 2. 650. arts, ii. 1. 45. arts-man, v. 1. 85. common sense, i. 1. 57. conceit, ii. 1. 72. convince, v. 2. 756. crosses, i. 2. 36. curious-knotted, i. 1. 249. green, i. 1. 97; 1. 2. 86, 90. hedge-priest, v. 2. 545. preambulate, v. 1. 185. prick, iv. 1. 134. pricket, iv. 2. 12. proceeded, i. 1. 95. revolutions, iv. 2. 70. rubbing, iv. 1. 141. sorel, iv. 2. 60, 62. sympathised, iii. 1. 52. treys, v. 2. 232. trick, v. 2. 416, 460, 465. venue, v. 1. 62. vice-gerent, i. 1. 221. welkin, i. 1. 221; iii. 1. 68. whitely, iii. 1. 198. phantasime, iv. 1. 101; v. 1. wot, i. 1. 91. 20. woolward, v. 2. 717. zany, v. 2. 463. Abbott's Shakespearian Gram- Bible, echoes of, etc., i. 1. 198, "buck of the first head," iv. 2. 10. Capell, i. 1. 174, 198; ii. 1. 19, 66 iv. 3. 2, 181, 344; v. 1. 46, 56, 221, 266, 310; i. 2. 36, 123, Heath, ii. 1. 63. Johnson, Dr., i. 1. 74, 76, 92, 95, Keightley, i. 1. 106; iv. 1. 146; law, Shakespeare's acquaintance |