BATTLE, army; Prol. IV. 9. BAWCOCK, a term of endearment; III. ii. 25. BEAVER, visor of a helmet; IV. ii. 44. BECOME, grace; I. ii. 8. BEFORE-BREACH, breach committed in former time; IV. i. 179. BEGUILING, deceiving; IV. i. 171. BENDING, bending beneath the burden of the task; (Warburton conj. "blending"); Epil. 2. BEND UP, strain (like a bow); III. i. 16. BENT, (1) glance, (2) aim; V. ii. 16. BESHREW, a mild oath; V. ii. 241. BESMIRCH'D, soiled, stained; IV. iii. IIO. BEST, bravest; III. ii. 39. BESTOW YOURSELF, repair to your post; IV. iii. 68. BLOOD, temperament, passion; II. ii. 133. BLOODY, bloodthirsty; II. iv. 51. "b. flag," i.e. signal of bloody war; I. ii. 10I. BOLTED, sifted; II. ii. 137. BONNET, Covering of the head, cap; IV. i. 224. Book, to register: IV. vii. 76. 194. 66 BRAVE, bravely decked, finely appointed; Prol. III. 5. BRAVELY, making a fine show; IV. iii. 69. BREAK, rend, III. iii. 40; disclose, V. ii. 265. ་་ BREATH, breathing time; II. iv. 145. BRIM (used adjectivally); I. ii. 150, f. BRING, accompany; II. iii. 1. BROACHED, spitted; Prol. V. 32. BROKEN MUSIC; 'some instruments, such as viols, violins, flutes, &c., were formerly made in sets of four, which, when played together, formed a consort.' If one or more of the instruments of one set were substituted for the corresponding ones of another set, the result was no longer a 'consort,' but broken music (Chappell; W. A. Wright); V. ii. 263. BRUISED, battered, dented; Prol. V. 18. BUBUKLES, a corruption of carbuncles; (Qq., "pumples"; Capell, “pupuncles"); III. vi. 108. BUFFET, box; V. ii. 146. BULLY, dashing fellow; IV. i. 48. BURNET, the name of a herb (sanguisorba officinalis) ; V. ii. 49. BUT, used after a strong asseveration; III. v. 12. CADWALLADER, the last of the Welsh CAPET, i.e. Hugh Capet, the ancestor CAREERS, gallopings of a horse backwards and forwards; a course run at full speed; "passes careers pro CASE, set of four; a musical allusion; III. ii. 4. CASQUES, helmets; (Capell's emendation; Ff. 1, 2, 3, "Caskes," F. 4, "Casket"); Prol. I. 13. CASTED, cast, cast off; IV. i. 23. CHACE, a term in the game of tennis; a match played at tennis; I. ii. 266. CHANCED, happened; Prol. V. 40. CHARGE, load, burden; I. ii. 15. CHATTELS, goods generally; II. iii. 50. CHEERLY, cheerfully; II. ii. 192. CHILDERIC, the Merovingian king; I. ii. 65. CHOLER, wrath, anger; IV. vii. 188. CHRISTOM, "a white vesture put upon the child after baptism; in the bills of mortality such children as died within the month were called "chrisoms"; (Qq. 1, 3, "crysombd," Johnson, "chrisom"); II. iii. 12. CHUCK, a term of endearment; III. ii. 26. CLEAR THY CRYSTALS, "dry thine eyes"; II. iii. 56. CLOSE, cadence, union; (F. 2, "close"); I. ii. 182. CONGREETED, greeted each other; V. ii. 31. CONSCIENCE, inmost thoughts, private opinion; IV. i. 123. CONSENT, harmony, a musical term, I. ii. 181; unity of opinion, II. ii. 22. CONSIDERATION, meditation, reflection; I. i. 28. CONSIGN, agree; V. ii. 90. CONSTANT, unshaken; II. ii. 133. CONSTRAINT, compulsion; II. iv 97. CONTEMPLATION, observation; I.' 'i. 63. CONTRARIOUSLY, in contrary ways; I. ii. 206. CONTRIVED, plotted; IV. i. 171. CONVEY'D, Secretly contrived to pass off; I. ii. 74. CONVOY, Conveyance; IV. iii. 37. CORANTO, a quick and lively dance; (Johnson's emendation of Ff., “Carranto"); III. v. 33. CORROBORATE (one of Pistol's meaningless words); II. i. 130. COUCH DOWN, crouch down, stoop down; IV. ii. 37. COULTER, plough-share; (Ff., “Culter"); V. ii. 46. COUNTERFEIT, dissembling; V. i. 73. COUPLE A GORGE!=coupe la gorge, perhaps merely Pistol's blunder; II. 1. 75. COURSING, hunting after booty, marauding; I. ii. 143. COURTSEY, bow, yield; (Ff., "cursie"); V. ii. 293. COUSIN, used as a title of courtesy ; I. ii. 4. Coz, cousin; (Ff., "couze "); IV. iii. 30. CREATE, created; II. ii. 31. CRESCIVE, growing; (Ff. 1, 2, 3, "cressiue"; F. 4, crescive); I. i. 66. CRISPIN CRISPIAN, two brothers who suffered martyrdom; the patron saints of shoemakers; IV. iii. 57. CRUSH'D, forced, strained; (Qq., Pope, "curst,"; Warburton, scus'd"); I. ii. 175. CULLIONS, base wretches; a term of abuse; III. ii. 21. CUNNING, skill; V. ii. 150. CURRANCE, current, flow; (F. 1, “ currance"; Ff. 2, 3, "currant"; F. 4, "current"); I. i. 34. CURSORARY, Cursory (Ff., 66 curselarie"); V. ii. 77. CURTAINS, banners, used contemptuously; IV. ii. 41. CURTLE-AXE, a corruption of cutlass, a broad, curved sword; IV. ii. 21. DALLIANCE, trifling, toying; Prol. II. 2. DARE, make to crouch in fear; a term of falconry; IV. ii. 36. DARK, darkness; Prol. IV. 2. DAUPHIN, the heir-apparent to the throne of France; (Ff., Qq., "Dolphin"); I. ii. 221. DEAR, grievous; II. ii. 181. DEFENDANT, defensive; II. iv. 8. DEFENSIBLE, capable of offering resistance; III. iii. 50. DEFUNCTION, death; I. ii. 58. 66 DERACINATE, uproot; V. ii. 47. DIFFUSED, wild, disordered; (Ff. 1, 2, "defus'd"); V. ii. 61. DIGEST, reduce to order; (Pope, "well digest," for "we'll digest"); Prol. II. 31. DIGESTED, concocted; II. ii. 56. DISHONEST, immoral, unchaste; (so Holinshed's 2nd edition; Capell, from Holinshed's 1st edition, honest"); I. ii. 49. un DISTEMPER, mental derangement, perturbation; II. ii. 54. DISTRESSFUL, hard earned; (Collier MS., "distasteful"); IV. i. 287. DOUT, extinguish, put out; IV. ii. 11. DOWN-ROPING, hanging down in filaments; IV. ii. 48. DRENCH, physic for a horse; III. v. 19. DRESS US, address ourselves, prepare ourselves; IV. i. 10 DULL'D, made insensible; (Ff. 3, 4, "lull'd"; Steevens, "dol'd"; II. ii. 9. EARNEST, earnest money, money paid beforehand in pledge of a bargain; II. ii. 169. EKE OUT, piece, lengthen out; (Pope's emendation, F. 1, "eech"; Ff. 2, 3, 4,"ech "); Prol. III. 35. ELEMENT, sky; IV. i. 107. EMBASSY, message, I. i. 95; mission, I. ii. 240. EMBATTLED, arrayed for battle; IV. ii. 14. EMPERY, empire; I. ii. 226. END, end of the matter; (Steevens, from Qq.," the humour of it"); II. i. 11. ENGLISH, i.e. English King, or General; II. iv. 1. ENGLUTTED, engulfed, swallowed up; IV. iii. 83. DEGREE; of his d.", i.e. "of one of ENLARGE, release from prison, set at his rank"; IV. vii. 143. liberty; II. ii. 40. ENOW, enough; IV. i. 240. ENROUNDED, surrounded; Prol. IV. 36. ENSCHEDULED, formally drawn up in writing; V. ii. 73.. ESTATE, state; IV. i. 99. EVEN, "the e. of it", just what it is; II. i. 128. EVENLY, directly, in a straight line; II. iv. 91. EVEN-PLEACH'D, evenly interturned; V. ii. 42. EXCEPTION, disapprobation, objections; II. iv. 34. EXECUTORS, executioners; I. ii. 203. EXHALE, draw; (according to Steevens, "die"); II. i. 66. EXHIBITERS, the introducers of a bill FACED, outfaced (used quibblingly); FACULTY, latent power; I. i. 66. 27. FARCED, "f. title," "stuffed out with pompous phrases" (alluding perhaps to the herald going before the King to proclaim his full title); IV. i. 280. FATAL AND NEGLECTED, i.e. "fatally neglected; neglected to our destruction"; II. iv. 13. FAVOUR, appearance, aspect; V. ii. 63. FEAR'D, frightened; I. ii. 155. FELL, cruel; III. iii. 17. FER, a word (probably meaningless) coined by Pistol, playing upon "Monsieur le Fer"; IV. iv. 29. FERRET, worry (as a ferret does a rabbit); IV. iv. 30. FET, fetched; III. i. 18. FETLOCK, hair behind the pastern joint of horses; IV. vii. 82. FEW;" in f.", in brief, in a few words; I. ii. 245. FIGO, a term of contempt, accompanied by a contemptuous gesture; the word and habit came from Spain; hence "the fig of Spain"; III. vi. 60. FIG OF SPAIN, possibly an allusion to the poisoned figs given by Spaniards to the objects of their revenge (Steevens); according to others,= figo; III. vi. 62. FIND, furnish, provide; (Qq. Pope, "fine"); I. ii. 72. FIND-FAULTS, fault-finders; V. ii. 298. FINER END, probably Mrs Quickly's error for final end"; II. iii. 11. FIRK, beat, drub (Pistol's cant); IV. iv. 29. FITS, befits, becomes; II. iv. II. FLESH'D, fed with flesh like a hound trained for the chase, II. iv. 50; hardened in bloodshed, III. iii. 11. FLEXURE, bending; IV. i. 272. FLOODS, rivers; I. ii. 45. FLOWER-DE-LUCE, fleur-de-lys, the emblem of France; V. ii. 224. FOOTED, landed; II. iv. 143. FOR, "cold f. action," i.e. cold for want of action; I. ii. 114. 'FORE GOD, before God, a mild oath; II. ii. 1. FORESPENT, past; II. iv. 36. FOR US, as for us, as regards ourself; II. iv. 113. Fox, sword; IV. iv. 9. FRACTED, broken; II. i. 130. FRANCE, the King of France; Prol. II. 20. = FREELY, liberally; I. ii. 231. FRET, chafe; IV. vii. 82. FROM ; GAGE, pledge; IV. i. 223. GALLING, harassing, I. ii. 151; scoffing, V. i. 78. GAMESTER, player; III. vi. 120. GENTLE, make gentle, ennoble; IV. iii. 63. GENTLES, gentlefolks; Prol. I. 8. GESTURE, bearing; Prol. IV. 25. GIDDY, hot-brained, inconstant; I. ii. ii. 117: GLOZE. interpret; I. ii. 40. GOD-DEN, good evening, I wish good evening; III. ii. 89. GOOD LEAVE, permission; V. ii. 98. GORDIAN KNOT, "the celebrated knot of the Phrygian King Gordius, untied by Alexander"; I. i. 46. GRACE, ornament; Prol. II. 28. GRANT; "in g. of," by granting; II. iv. 121. GRAZING (Ff., 2, 3, 4, “grasing"; F. 1, "crasing"); IV. iii. 105. GREENLY, sheepishly, foolishly; V. ii. 149. GROAT, a coin worth four pence; V. i. 61. GROSS, palpable; II. ii. 103. GUIDON, standard; (Ff., "Guard: on"); IV. ii. 60. GULF, whirlpool; II. iv. 10. GUN-STONES, cannon balls, which were originally made of stone; I. ii. 282. HAD, would have; IV. i. 297. HAGGLED, cut, mangled; IV. vi. 11. HAMPTON, Southampton; II. ii. 91. HANDKERCHERS, handkerchiefs; III. ii. 52. HANDLE, talk of; II. iii. 39. HARD-FAVOUR'D, ugly; III. i. 8. HARDINESS, hardihood, bravery; I. ii. 220. HARFLEUR; (Ff., "Harflew"); Prol. III. 17, etc. HAZARD, (technical term of tennis); I. ii. 263. HEAD; in h.", in armed force; II. ii. 18. HEADY, headstrong; (F. 1, "headly"; Capell conj. "deadly"); III. iii. 32. HEAPS; "on heaps "; in heaps; V.ii. 39. HEARTS, courage, valour; IV. i. 309. HILTS, a sword; used as singular; |