EARNEST (sub.), earnestness, seri- ENTERTAIN (verb), receive; III. i. 83; also the noun Entertainment, meaning reception; III. iv. 26. Cf. Merry Wives of Windsor, 1. iii. 48. FACTOR (sub.), agent; II. i. 12. FILLET (verb), fasten, tie with a cord; v. ii. 141. FIRK (sub.), a trick, a piece of roguery; III. ii. 191; also the verb to firk, to cheat, and the substantive, a firker, a cheat. Cf. The Parson's Wedding, 'I would so firk him till be found physic in a rope. FOLDINGS (sub.), embraces, attitudes; I. iii. 47. Cf. Troilus and Cressida, III. iii. 223, ' Cupid shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold.' FOOTINGS (sub.), feet; v. ii. 26. FOOTINGS (sub.), way of life; I. iii. 15. FOREFEND (verb), hinder, prevent; IV. iii. 165. GLASS (sub.), hour-glass; III. V. 12. GRAMMATES (sub.), elements of language; I. iii. 147. GRAVITY, a title of honour; III. i. 68. HEARKEN AFTER (verb), investigate; I. iii. 38. HUDDLE (verb), crowd, throng; II. i. 76. INQUISITION (sub.), prying; IV. i. I. INQUISITIVE (adj.), solicitous; II. iii. II. INVENTIONS (sub.), masques, or spectacular shows; III. iii. 70. ISSUE (sub.), purpose, determination; I. ii. 87. LARGESSE (sub.), an offering, sacrifice; IV. ii. 38. LEADER-ON, the coryphæus, or principal dancer among the Dionysia or Bacchanalia, i.c., the feasts of Bacchus; I. ii. 100. LIST (verb), hearken; IV. i. 172. MALICE (verb), menace, do evil to ; III. iv. 16. MASTERY (sub.), skill; IV. ii. 187. MEGRIM (sub.), the blues, a slight indisposition; III. ii. 191. METAMORPHOSED (verb), disguised; I. iii. 37. MINION (sub.), favourite; IV. iii. 107. MISCONCEIT (sub.), mistake; III. i. 16. MISDOUBT (sub.), hesitation; v. i. 35. MOTION (sub.), appeal, request; II ii. 65. MOUNTING (partic. adj.), aspiring; I. ii. 134. NICENESS, needless coyness; I. iii. 57. Cf. Richard III., VII. 175; the form nicety also exists. Cf. Measure for Measure, II. iv. 162. ORACULOUS (adv.), containing as much truth as was expressed by the oracles; I. iii. 12. PITH (sub.), meaning; III. i. 70. PRESUME (verb), make a condition that; v. iii. 48. TENT (verb), to widen; IV. iv. 58. TENTER (sub.), a frame studded with hooks whereon the dyers hung their cloth to dry; I. iii. IIO; we use the form tenterhooks. TETCHY (adj.), peevish, irritable; I. iii. 134. Cf. Richard III. IV. iv. 168. TIMELY (adj.), opportune; II. ii. 9. THRIFT (sub.), prosperity, success; III. iv. 13. Cf. Cymbeline, v.i. 15. THRUM (verb), to trim a dog as to leave tufts resembling the 'thrums' of the loom; I. ii. 171. GLOSSARY ABILIMENT (sub.), power; v. ii. 67. ABSOLUTE (adj.), resolute; IV. iii. 99. Knight, act IV. sc. i. 'Sloth in my conceit is but a type of pride.' CONCORD (sub.), harmony; II. ii. 103. CONDITION (sub.), temperament; III. iv. 21. CONFEDERACY (sub.), band, league; II. i. 12. CONSENTED (adj.), cemented together; II. ii. 116. CONSEQUENCE (sub.), a cause; I. iii. 7. CONSEQUENCE (sub.), effect; III. i. 6. CONSTANCY (sub.), composure; v. i. 37. CONSTRUE (verb), interpret; Iv. iii. 30. CONTENTS (sub.), will; I. i. 130. CONTRACTED (verb), affianced; v. iii. 74. CURRENT (adj.), timely; II. ii. 61. DAMMED UP (verb), blocked up; DEMUR (sub.), procrastination, delay; II. ii. 91. DESERTFUL (adj.), worthy; II. ii. 18. DETERMINED (partic.), terminated, past; IV. iv. 72. Cf. Coriolanus III. iii. 43. DREADFUL (adj.), full of de fear; v. ii. 150. EARNEST (sub.), earnestness, seri- ENTERTAIN (verb), receive; III. i. 83; also the noun Entertainment, meaning reception; III. iv. 26. Cf. Merry Wives of Windsor, I. iii. 48. FACTOR (sub.), agent; II. i. 12. FILLET (verb), fasten, tie with a cord; V. ii. 141. FIRK (sub.), a trick, a piece of roguery; III. ii. 191; also the verb to firk, to cheat, and the substantive, a firker, a cheat. Cf. The Parson's Wedding, I would so firk him till be found physic in a rope.' FOLDINGS (sub.), embraces, attitudes; I. iii. 47. Cf. Troilus and Cressida, III. iii. 223, 'Cupid shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold.' FOOTINGS (sub.), feet; v. ii. 26. FOOTINGS (sub.), way of life; I. iii. 15. FOREFEND (verb), hinder, prevent; IV. iii. 165. GLASS (sub.), hour-glass; III. v. 12. GRAMMATES (sub.), elements of language; I. iii. 147. GRAVITY, a title of honour; III. i. 68. HEARKEN AFTER (verb), investigate; 1. iii. 38. HUDDLE (verb), crowd, throng; II. i. 76. INQUISITION (Sub.), prying; IV. i. I. INQUISITIVE (adj.), solicitous; II. iii. II. INVENTIONS (sub.), masques, or spectacular shows; III. iii. 70. ISSUE (sub.), purpose, determination; I. ii. 87. LARGESSE (sub.), an offering, sacrifice; IV. ii. 38. LEADER-ON, the coryphæus, or principal dancer among the Dionysia or Bacchanalia, i.e., the feasts of Bacchus; I. ii. 100. LIST (verb), hearken; IV. i. 172. MALICE (verb), menace, do evil to ; III. iv. 16. MASTERY (sub.), skill; IV. ii. 187. MEGRIM (sub.), the blues, a slight indisposition; III. ii. 191. METAMORPHOSED (verb), disguised; I. iii. 37. MINION (sub.), favourite; IV. iii. 107. MISCONCEIT (sub.), mistake; III. i. 16. MISDOUBT (sub.), hesitation; v. i. 35. MOTION (sub.), appeal, request; II ii. 65. MOUNTING (partic. adj.), aspiring; I. ii. 134. NICENESS, needless coyness; I. iii. 57. Cf. Richard III., VII. 175; the form nicety also exists.. Measure for Measure, II. iv. 162. ORACULOUS (adv.). containing as much truth as was expressed by the oracles; I. iii. 12. PITH (sub.), meaning; III. i. 70. PRESUME (verb), make a condition that; v. iii. 48. |