Bosom, the folds of the dress covering the breast, stomacher; III. i. 128.

Botcher, mender of old clothes; I. v. 46.

Bottle-ale, bottled ale; II. iii. 29.

Bottom, ship, vessel; V. i. 56. Brabble, brawl, broil; V. i. 64. Branched, adorned with needlework, representing flowers and twigs "; II. v. 49. Breach, surf; II. i. 22. Breast, voice; II. iii. 20. Bred, begotten; I. ii. 22. Brock, badger, a term of contempt; II. v. 106. Brownist, a member of a Puritan sect; III. ii. 31. Bum-baily, bailiff; III. iv. 190. But than; I. iv. 13.

Buttery-bar; buttery, place where drink and food were kept; bar, place where they were served out; I. iii. 71.

Buttery-bar, Christ Church, Oxford.

By the duello, by the laws of duelling; III. iv. 329.

Catch, "a song sung in succession"; II. iii. 18.

Chain, the chain of office which stewards were accustomed to wear; II. iii. 124. Chantry, a private chapel; IV. iii. 24.

Checks; "to check" is a term in falconry, applied to a hawk when she forsakes her proper game, and follows some other of inferior kind that crosses her in her flight"; II. v. 116; III. i. 69. Cherry-pit, a game consisting in pitching cherry-stones into a small hole"; III. iv. 127. Cheveril, roe-buck leather; symbol of flexibility; III. i. 13.

Chuck, chicken, a term of en-
dearment; III. iv. 124.
Civil, polite, well-mannered;
III. iv. 5.

Clodpole, blockhead; III. iv. 208.

Cloistress, inhabitant of a cloister, nun; I. i. 28. Cloyment, surfeit; II. iv. 10I.

Cockatrice, an imaginary creature, supposed to be produced from a cock's egg, and to have so deadly an eye as to kill by its very look; III. iv. 211. Collier; "the devil was called so because of his blackness"; cp. the proverb: "like will to like, quoth the devil to the collier"; III. iv. 128. Colours; fear no colours," fear no enemy; I. v. 6. Comfortable, comforting; I. v. 232.

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Commerce, conversation; III. iv. 187.

Compare, comparison; II. iv.

Convents, is convenient; V. i.

382,

Coranto, a quick, lively dance; I. iii. 130.

Couplet, couple; III. iv. 401. Coxcomb, head; V. i. 175. Coystrill, a mean, paltry fellow; I. iii. 41.

Coziers, botchers, cobblers; II. iii. 92.

Credit, intelligence; IV. iii. 6. Cross-gartered; alluding to the custom of wearing the garters crossed in various styles; II. v. 156.

Dedication, devotedness; V. i. 81.

Deliver'd, set at liberty; V. i. 315.

Denay, denial; II. iv. 126.
Deny, refuse; IV. i. 61.
Desperate, hopeless; II. ii. 8;
reckless; V. i. 63.

Despite, malice; III. iv. 239.
Determinate, fixed; II. i. 10.
Dexteriously, dexterously; I. v.
61.
Diluculo surgere (saluberri-
mum est), to rise early is
most healthful; II. iii. 2.
Dimension, bodily shape; I. v.
271; V. i. 237.

Discourse, reasoning; IV. iii.

12.

Dismount, draw from the scabbard; III. iv. 240.

Disorders, misconduct; II. iii.

Dissemble, disguise; IV. ii. 5. Distemper, make ill-humoured; II. i. 5.

Distempered, diseased; I. v. 93. Dry, insipid; I. v. 44.

Egyptian thief; an allusion to Thyamis, a robber chief in the Greek Romance of Theagenes and Chariclea (trans. into English before 1587); the thief attempted to kill Chariclea, whom he loved, rather than lose her; by mistake he slew another person; V. i. 117.

Element, sky and air, I. i. 26; sphere, III. i. 63. The four` elements, i.e. fire, air, water, earth, II. iii. 10. (See illustration.)

Fellow, companion; III. iv. 82. Firago, corruption of virago; III. iv. 296.

Fire-new, brand-new; III. ii. 21. Fit, becoming, suitable; III. i. 72.

Flatter with, encourage with
hopes; I. v. 313.
Fleshed, "made fierce and
eager for combat, as a dog
fed with flesh only"; IV. i.
43.

Fond, dote; II. ii. 35.
Forgive, excuse; I. v. 200.
For that, because; III. i. 161.
Fourteen years' purchase, i.e.

at a high rate," the current price in Shakespeare's time being twelve years' purchase; IV. i. 24.

Fraught, freight; V. i. 60.
Free, careless (or perhaps

Ginger, a favourite spice in Shakespeare's time, especially with old people; frequently referred to by Shakespeare; II. iii. 121.

Goes even, agrees, tallies; V. i. 239.

Good life, jollity, with a play upon the literal meaning of the word, “virtuous living"; II. iii. 37-39. Goodman, (Folios

"good man"), a familiar appellation, sometimes used contemptuously; IV. ii. 135. Grace, virtue; V. i. 31. Gracious, full of graces; I. v. 272.

Grain; "in grain," natural; I. v. 247.

Gratillity; clown's blunder for

Idleness, frivolousness; I. v. 65.

Impeticos, to impocket or impetticoat; one of the clown's nonsense words; II. iii. 27. Importance, importunity; V. i. 363. Impressure, impression; II. v. 95. Incensement, exasperation; III. iv. 256. Incredulous, incredible; III. iv. 86.

Ingrateful, ungrateful; V. i. 76. Interchangement, interchange, V. i. 158.

Into, unto; V. i. 83.