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Honesty-liberality. T. Ath. iii. 1, n.

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. Honey-seed-used by Hostess for homicide. H. 4, S. P. ii. 1, n. O thou honey-seed rogue! thou art a honey seed. Honeysuckle-used by Hostess for homicidal. H. 4, S. P. ü. 1, .

O thou honeysuckle villain! wilt thou kill God's officers, and the king's?

Honorificabilitudinitatibus. L. L. L. v. 1, i.

Not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus. Honour-a style of nobility. V. A. Dedication.

I leave it to your honourable survey and your honour. Hoodnan comes-allusion to the game of blindman's buff, formerly called hoodman blind. A. W. iv. 3, n. Hoodman-blind-blindman's buff. H. iii. 4, n. What devil was 't

That thus hath cozen'd you at hoodman-blind? Hope (v.)-expect. A. C. ii. 1, n.

I cannot hope

Cæsar and Antony shall well greet together. Hopes-expectations. H. 4 F. P. i. 2, n.

By how much better than my word I am,
By so much shall I falsify men's hopes.
Hopes not surfeited to death. O. ii. 1, n.

Therefore my hopes, not surfeited to death,
Stand in bold cure.

Horse-used in the plural. T. S. iii. 2, n.
Petrucio.
Grumio, my horse.

Grumio. Ay, sir, they be ready.

Horse, qualities of the. T. S. iii. 2, i.
His horse hipped.

House-representative of the family. L. ii. 4, n.

Ask her forgiveness?

Do you but mark how this becomes the house?

Household's grave. T. N. K. i. 5. n.

This funeral path brings to your household's grave.

Houses in 1577. H. v. 1, i.

Imperial Cæsar.

How the wheel becomes it-how well is this ditty adapted to be sung by spinners at the wheel. H. iv. 5, n.

You must sing, Down-a-down, an you call him adown-a. O how the wheel becomes it!

However-in whatsoever way. G. V. i. 1, n.

However, but a folly bought with wit.

Hores-hamstrings. W. T. i. 2, n.

Which hores honesty behind, restraining
From course requir'd.

Hugger-mugger-a confused state, disorderly. H. iv. 5, n.

And we have done but greenly,

In hugger-mugger to inter him.

luman mortals. M. N. D. ii. 2, n. The human mortals want.

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Humorous-full of humours. H. 4, S. P. iv. 4, n.
As humorous as winter, and as sudden
As flaws congealed in the spring of day.
Humorous-dewy, vaporous. R. J. ii. 1, ≈.

Come, he hath hid himself among these trees,
To be consorted with the humorous night.
Humphrey Hower. R. T. iv. 4, n.

Duchess What comfortable hour canst thou name, That ever grac'd me in thy company?

K. Rich. Faith, none, but Humphrey Hower, that call'd your grace

To breakfast once, forth of my company.

Hundred Merry Tales. M. A. ii. 1, i.

That I had my good wit out of the Hundred Merry Tales.'

Hungarian. M. W. i. 3, n.

O base Hungarian wight!

Hunts-up, song of. R. J. iii. 5, i.

Hunting thee hence with hunts-up to the day.

Hurly-loud noise. H. 4, S. P. iii. 1, n.

That, with the hurly, death itself awakes.

Hurly-burly-uproar, tumultuous stir. M. i. 1, m.

When the hurly-burly's done,

When the battle 's lost and won.

Husband. M. M. iii. 2, n.

You will turn good hust and now, Pompey; you wũi keep the house.

Husbandry-frugality. M. ii. 1, n.

There's husbandry in heaven,

Their candles are all out.

Hurtled-clashed. J. C. ii. 2, n.

The noise of battles hurtled in the air.

Hymn attributed to St. Ambrose, passage from. H.,
The cock that is the trumpet to the morn.
Hyperion. H. i. 2, i.
Hyperion to a satyr.

I.

I will-I shall. C. E. iv. 1, n.
Perchance, I will be there as soon as you.
A. W. i. 3, s.

I care no more for-1 care as much for.

O, were you both our mothers,

I care no more for than I do for heaven,
So I were not his sister.

Ice-brook's temper O. v. 2, n.

It is a sword of Spain, the ice-brook's temper. Iceland dog. H. F. ii. 1, i.

Thou prick-ear'd cur of Iceland.

Ides of March,-from North's Plutarch. J. C. i. 2, i. Beware the ides of March.

Idle-useless, fruitless. C. E. ii. 2, n.

Usurping ivy, briar, or idle moss.

Idle-sterile, barren. O i. 3, n.

Antres vast, and deserts idle.

Idle talk. A. C. v. 2, n.

Sir, I will eat no meat, I'll not drink, sir;

If idle talk will once be necessary,

I'll not sleep neither.

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Your if is the only peace-maker, much virtue in if. If not denounc'd against us if there be no especial denunci ation against us. A. C. iii. 7, n.

If not denounc'd against us, why should not we
Be there in person?

Ilium. T C. i. 2, i.

When were you at Ilium?

Ill inhabited-ill-lodged. A. L. iii. 3, n.

O, knowledge ill-inhabited! worse than Jove in a thatched house!

Ill-erected-erected for evil. R. S. v. 1, n.
Julius Caesar's ill-erected tower.

Ill-ill-usage. H. 6, F. P. ii. 5, n.

Either to be restored to my blood,

Or make my ill the advantage of my good

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Imogen's cookery, Mrs. Lenox's remarks on. Cy. iv. 2, i. He cut our roots in characters

And sauced our broths as Juno had been sick.

Imp-a shoot, a graft, applied to a child. L. L. L. i. 2, n. The self-same thing, dear imp.

Imp (v.)-engraft, insert. R. S. ii. 1, n.

Imp out our drooping country's broken wing.

Impartial-very partial. M. M. v. 1, n.

Come, cousin Angelo,

In this I'll be impartial; be you judge

Of your own cause.

Impawn (v.)-engage. H. F. i. 2, n.

Therefore take heed how you impawn our person. Imperseverant-most perseverant. Cy. iv. 1, n.

Yet this imperseverant thing loves him in my despite. Impertinent-used by Launcelot for pertinent. M. V. ii. 2, n. The suit is impertinent to myself.

Impeticos thy gratillity. T. N. ii. 3, n.

I did impeticus thy gratillity; for Malvolio's nose is no whipstock.

Impitious-un pitying. H. iv. 5, n.

The ocean, overpeering of his list,

Eats not the flats with more impitious haste,
Than young Laertes.

Impleach'd-interwoven. L. C. n.

And lo! behold these talents of their hair,
With twisted metal amorously impleach'd.
Importance-importunity. T. N. v. 1, n.
Maria writ

The letter, at Sir Toby's great importance.
Importance-importunity. J. ii. 1, n.

At our importance hither is he come.

Importance-import. W. T. v. 2, n.

The wisest beholder, that knew no more but seeing, could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Importance-import. Cy. i. 5, n.

Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Important-importunate. M. A. ii. 1, n.

If the prince be too important, tell him there is measure in everything.

Impose-command. G. V. iv. 3, n.

According to your ladyship's impose.

Impossible slanders. M. A. ii. 1, n.

His gift is in devising impossible slanders.

In-into. R. T. i. 2, n.

But first I'll turn yon fellow in his grave.

In during. P. i. Gower, n.

And lords and ladies, in their lives
Have read it for restoratives.

In at the window J. i. 1, n.

Something about, a little from the right,

In at the window, or else o'er the hatch.

In blood-term of the forest. H. 6, F. P. iv. 2, n.
If we be English deer, be then in blood.

In good time-very well. M. M. iii. 1, n.

Duke. Leave me a while with the maid; my mind promises with my habit no loss shall touch her by my company.

Prov. In good time.

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In print-with exactness. G. V. ii. 1, n.
All this I speak in print.

In that because. M. A. v. 4, n.

But in that thou art like to be my kinsman, live an bruised, and love my cousin.

In their poor praise he humbled-in their poor praise he being humbled. A. W. i 2, n.

Making them proud of his humility,

In their poor praise he humbled.

In use-lent on interest. M. V. iv. 1, n.

In

The other half in use.

He will let me have

your books-in your favour. M. A. i. 1, n.

I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your books.

Incensed-incited. R. T. iii. 1, n.

Think you, my lord, this little prating York
Was not incensed by his subtle mother,

To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously?.
Incontinent-immediately. A. L. v. 2, n.

They have made a pair of stairs to marriage, which they will climb incontinent.

Incony-knowing. L. L. L. iii. 1, n.

My sweet ounce of man's flesh! my incony Jew. Increase-produce. M. N. D. ii. 2, n.

The mazed world,

By their increase, now knows not which is which.
Index. H. iii. 4, n.

Ah me, what act,
That roars so loud, and thunders in the index?
Indies, Linschoten's map of. T. N. iii. 2, i.

He does smile his face into more lines than are in the new map with the augmentation of the Indies. Indifferent knit-particoloured knitting. T. S. iv. 1, n. Their garters of an indifferent knit.

Indifferently-tolerably well. H. iii. 2, n.

We have reformed that indifferently with us, sir. Indigest-disordered, indigested state of affairs. J. v. 7, n. You are born that indigest.

To set a form

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Ingener-contriver, designer. O. ii. 1, n.

One that excels the quirks of blazoning pens,
And in the essential vesture of creation
Does tire the ingener.

Inhabit then. M. iii. 4, n.

And dare me to the desert with thy sword;
If trembling I inhabit then, protest me
The baby of a girl.

Inhabitable-uninhabitable. R. S. i. 1, n.
Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps,
Or any other ground inhabitable.
Inherit (v.)-obtain possession. G. V. iii. 2, n.
This, or else nothing, will inherit her.
Inherit us-cause us to receive. R. S. i. 1, n.
It must be great, that can inherit us
So much as of a thought of ill in him.

Inkhorn mate. H. 6, F. P. iii. 1, n.

So kind a father of the commonweal,
To be disgraced by an inkhorn mate.
Inn-dwelling. R. S. v. 1, n.

Thou most beauteous inn,
Why should hard favour'd grief be lodg'd in thee?

Insane root-henbane. M. i. 3, n.

Or have we eaten on the insane root,
That takes the reason prisoner?

Insconce it-defend it, fortify it. C. E. ii. 2, n.

I must get a sconce for my head, and insconce it too.
Instance-example, corroboration. R. T. iii. 2, n.

Tell him, his fears are shallow, without instance.
Instances-solicitations, inducements. H. iii. 2, n.
The instances that second marriage move

Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.
Instruction. O. iv. 1, n.

Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing
passion, without some instruction.

Insurrection of the Roman plebeians against the patricians,
Plutarch's account of. Cor. i. 1, i.

Suffer us to famish, and their storehouses crammed
with grain.

Intend (v.)-direct. M. N. D. iii. 2, n.

For if thou dost intend

Never so little show of love to her.

Intend to sell. T. C. iv. 1, n.

We'll not commend what we intend to sell.

Intending pretending. R. T. iii. 5, n.

Tremble and start at wagging of a straw,
Intending deep suspicion.

Intending pretending. Luc. n.

Intending weariness with heavy spright.
Intendments-intentions. V. A. n.

And now her sobs do her intendments break.
Intention eagerness of attention. W. T. i. 2, n.
Affection! thy intention stabs the centre.
Interess'd. L. i 1, n.

To whose young love

The vines of France and milk of Burgundy
Strive to be interess'd.

Intituled having a title to, or in. Luc. n.

But beauty, in that white intituled,

From Venus' doves doth challenge that fair field.

Intrinse-closely tied. L. ii. 2, n.

Which are too intrinse t' unloose.

Invention-imagination. M. M. ii. 4, n.

Whilst my invention, hearing not my tongue,
Anchors on Isabel.

Invis'd-invisible. L. C. n.

The diamond, why 't was beautiful and hard,
Whereto his invis'd properties did tend.
Invisible-unlooked at, disregarded. J. v. 7, n.

Death, having prey'd upon the outward parts,
Leaves them invisible.

Inward-intimate. M. M. iii. 2, n.

Sir, I was an inward of his.

Inward-intimate, in confidence. R. T. iii. 4, n.
Who is most inward with the noble duke.
Iona, cathedral at. M. ii. 4, i.

Russ.

Where is Duncan's body?
Macduff. Carried to Colmes-kill.

Irish rhyme. A. L iii. 2, i.

I was never so be-rhymed since Pythagoras' time, that

I was an Irish rat.

Irks-is irksome to. A. L. ii. 1, n.

And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,-
Being native burghers of this desert city,-

Should, in their own confines, with forked heads
Have their round haunches gor'd.

Irregulous-irregular, disorderly. Cy. iv. 2, n.

Conspir'd with that irregulous devil, Cloten.

'It was a lover,' song of. A. L. v. 3, i.

It was a lover and his lass.

Italian gardens. M. V. v. 1. i.

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!

Italian nights. M. V. v. 1, i.

The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick.

Italian division of time. R. J. ii. 4, i.

Is it good den?

Italian mode of interment R. J. iv. 1, i.
In thy best robes uncover'd on the bier.
Iteration-repetition. H. 4, F. P. i. 2, n.
O thou hast damnable iteration.

'Ivanhoe,' reference to. R. S. i. 2, i.

Be Mowbray's sins so heavy in his bosom.

J.

Jack-a-Lent-puppet thrown at in Lent. M. W. iii. 3, n.
You little Jack-a-Lent.

'Jack Drum's entertainment.' A. W. fii. 6, i.

Jack o' the clock-automaton that strikes the hours. R. S
v. 5, n.

While I stand fooling here, his Jack o' the clock.
Jack. R. T. iv. 2, n.

Because that, like a jack, thou keep'st the stroke
Betwixt thy begging and my meditation.

Jack (at bowls). Cy. ii. 1, n.

When I kissed the jack, upon an up-cast to be hit
away!

Jacks-leathern drinking-vessels. T. S. iv. 1, n.

Be the jacks fair within, the jills fair without.

Jacks-small hammers, moved by the keys, which strike the
strings of a virginal. So. cxxviii. n.

Do I envy those jacks, that nimble leap
To kiss the tender inward of thy hand.

Jades. H. F. iii. 7, n.

He is, indeed, a horse; and all other jades you may
call beasts.

Jades. H. 6, S. P. iv. 1, n.

And now loud-howling wolves arouse the jades
That drag the tragic melancholy night.

Janus, two-headed. M. V. i. 1, i.

Now, by two-headed Janus.

Jape-belonging to a buffoon, a japer. T. N. K. iii. 5, .
Ye most coarse frieze capacities, ye jape judgments.
Jar o' the clock-tick of the pendulum. W. T. i. 2, a.
I love thee not a jar o' the clock behind
What lady she her lord.

Jauncing-jaunting, hurriedly moving. R. S. v. 5, s.
Spur gall'd, and tir'd by jauncing Bolingbroke.
Jay of Italy. Cy. iii. 4, n.

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Some jay of Italy,

Whose mother was her painting, hath betray'd him.
Jephthah, Judge of Israel,' passage from the ballad of
H. ii. 2, i.

One fair daughter, and no more.

Jerkins. G. V. ii. 4, i.

My jerkin is a doublet.

Jerusalem chamber. H. 4, S. P. iv. 4, i.
In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Jesses--term of falconry, footstraps. O. i. 3, n.
If I do prove her haggard,
Though that her jesses were my dear heartstrings,
I'd whistle her off, and let her down the wind
To prey at fortune.

Jest-a mask, or pageant. R. S. i. 3, n.
As gentle, and as jocund, as to jest,
Go I to fight.

Jews, toleration of, in Venice, and practice of usury by
M. V. i. 3, i.

He lends out money gratis, and brings down
The rate of usance here with us in Venice.

Jews in Venice. M. V. ii. 2, i.

Which is the way to master Jew's?

Jig-ludicrous interlude. H ii. 2, n.

He's for a jig, or a tale of bawdry, or he sleeps.

Jills-cups of metal. T. S. iv. 1, n.

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Be the jacks fair within, the jills fair without.

Jog on, jog on.' W. T. iv. 2, i.

Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way.

John-a-dreams-heavy, lethargic fellows. H. ii. 2, n.
Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause,
And can say nothing.

Johnson's criticism on Edgar's description of the cliff. L. iv,
6, i.
How fearful

And dizzy 't is to cast one's eyes so low!

Joint ring, Dryden's description of. O. iv. 3, i.
A joint ring.

Joy-used as a verb. R. S. ii. 3, n.

The present benefit which I possess:
And hope to joy, is little less in joy,
Than hope enjoy'd.

Judicious-judicial. Cor. v. 5, n.

His last offences to us
Shall have judicious hearing.

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That such a keech can with his very bulk
Take up the rays o' the beneficial sun.

Keel (v.)—scum. L. L. L. v. 2, n.

While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.

Keep (v.)-restrain. G. V. iv. 4, n.

A cur cannot keep himself in all companies.

Keep (v.)-care for. M. M. iii. 1, n.

Reason thus with life:

If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing
That none but fools would keep.

Keep (v.)-dwell. V. A. n.

And sometime where earth-delving conies keep.
Keeps-dwells. M. M. i. 4, n.

And held in idle price to haunt assemblies,
Where youth, and cost, and witless bravery heeps.
Kendal green-livery of Robin Hood. H. 4, F. P. ii. 4, n.
Three misbegotten knaves in Kendal green came at
my back.

Kenilworth, pageants at. M. N. D. iii. 1, i.

Let him name his name; and tell them plainly he is
Snug the joiner.

Kerne. H. F. iii. 7, i.

A kerne of Ireland.

Kernes. H. 6, S. P. iv. 9, n. (See M. i. 2, n.)

Of gallowglasses, and stout kernes.

Kernes and gallowglasses. M. i. 2, i. (See H. 6, S. P. iv. 9, n.)
Of kernes and gallowglasses is supplied.

Ketch cask. H. 4, F. P. ii. 4, n.

Thou whoreson, obscene, greasy tallow-ketch.

Key-cold-cold as a key. Luc. n.

And then in key-cold Lucrece' bleeding stream

Kill-ancient word of onset in the English army. L. iv. 6, n.
And when I have stolen upon these sons-in-law,
Then kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill.

Killingworth-Kenilworth. H. 6, S. P. iv. 4, n.

My gracious lord, retire to Killingworth.

Kind-kindly affections. A. L. iv. 3, n.

Whether that thy youth and kind
Will the faithful offer take

Of me, and all that I can make.

Kind-natural. Luc. n.

Conceit, deceitful, so compact, so kind.

Kindle (v.)-instigate. A. L. i. 1, n.

Nothing remains but that I kindle the boy thither.

Kindly naturally. T. S. Induction 1, n.

This do, and do it kindly, gentle sirs.

Kindly gird-reproof meant in kindness. H. 6, F. P. iii. 1, n.

Sweet king! the bishop hath a kindly gird.

King Cophetua,' ballad of. R. J. ii. 1, i.
When king Cophetua lov'd the beggar-maid.

King's wards. A. W. i. 1, i.

To whom I am now in ward.

Kings, of our fear. J. ii. 2, n.

We do lock

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King's evil, cure of. M. iv. 3, i.

Hanging a golden stamp about their necks
Kiss, as a form of affiancing. R. S. v. 1, n. (See G. ii. 2, t.)
Let me unkiss the oath 'twixt thee and me;
And yet not so, for with a kiss 't was made.
Kissing cherries. M. N. D. iii. 2, i.

Thy lips, those kissing cherries.

Knee-used as a verb. Cor. v. 1, n.

A mile before his tent fall down, and knee
The way into his mercy.

Knight, use of the term. Cy. iii. 1, i.
Thy Cæsar knighted me.

Knight of the Sun. H. 4, F. P. i. 2, i.

Phoebus,-he, that wandering knight so fair.
Knot-grass-a low reptant herb. M. N. D. iii. 2, n.
You minimus, of hind'ring knot-grass made.
Knots-beds. R. S. iii. 4, n.

Her fruit-trees all unprun'd, her hedges ruin'd.
Her knots disorder'd.

Knotted gardens. L. L. L. i. 1, i.
Curious knotted garden.

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My old lad of the castle.

Lady of the Strachy. T. N. ii. 5, n.

The lady of the Strachy married the yeoman of the
wardrobe.

Lady of my earth. R. J. i. 2, n.

She is the hopeful lady of my earth.

Lady brach-female harrier. L. i. 4, n.

Truth's a dog must to kennel; he must be whipp'd
out, when the lady brach may stand by the fire and stink.
Laid on with a trowel-coarsely. A. L. i. 2, n.
Well said; that was laid on with a trowel.
Lamentation of the French. H. F. v. Chorus, i.
As yet the lamentation of the French, &c.
Land damn. W. T. ii. 1, n.

Would I knew the villain,
I would land-damn him.

Lanterns, ancient. M. A. iií. 3, i.
Bear you the lantern.

Lapwing. C. E. iv. 2, i.

Far from her nest, the lapwing cries away.
Lash'd with woe. C. E. ii. 1, n.

Why, headstrong liberty is lash'd with woe.
Latch them-lay hold of them. M. iv. 3, n.
But I have words
That would be howl'd out in the desert air,
Where hearing should not latch them.

Latch (v)-lay hold of. So. cxiii. n.

For it no form delivers to the heart

Of bird, of flower, or shape, which it doth latch.
Latch'd-licked o'er. M. N. D. iii. 2, n.

But hast thou yet latch'd the Athenian's eyes
With the love juice.

Late-lately. R. T. iii. 1, n.

Too late he died, that might have kept that title.
Late, five thousand. T. Ath. ii. 1, n.-

And late, five thousand.

Late-recently. Luc. n.

I did give that life
Which she too early and too late hath spill'd.
Lated-obstructed, hindered. A. C. iii. 9, n.

I am so lated in the world, that I

Have lost my way for ever.

Latin. T. S. i. 2, i.

Nay, 't is no matter what he 'leges in Latin.
Latten bilbo-sword of thin latten plate. M. W. i. 1, n.
I combat challenge of this latten bilbo.

Laugh mortal. M. M. ii. 2, n.

Like an angry ape,

Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven,
As make the angels weep: who, with our spleens
Would all themselves laugh mortal.

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They bid us-to the English dancing-schools,

And teach lavoltas high.

Law and heraldry. Hi. 1, n.

Who, by a seal'd compact,
Well ratified by law and heraldry.

Lay by-stop. H. 4, F. P. i. 2, n.
Got with swearing-luy by.

Lead in hell-die unmarried.
apes

T. S. ii. 1, n.

1 must dance barefoot on her wedding-day,
And, for your love to her, lead apes in hell."

League, war of the. C. E. iii 2, i.

Making war against her heir.

Leasing-falsehood. T. N. i. 5, n.

Now, Mercury endue thee with leasing, for thou
speakest well of fools!

Leave (v.)-part with. G. V. iv. 4, n.

It seems you lov'd her not to leave her token.
Leave-licence. V. A. n.

Chiefly in love, whose leave exceeds commission.
Leaven'd. M. M. i. 1, n.

We have with a leaven'd and prepared choice
Proceeded to you.

Leek, custom of wearing the. H. F. v. 1, i.

Why wear your leek to day? St. Davy's day is past.
Leer-feature. A. L. iv. 1, n.

But he hath a Rosalind of a better leer than you.

Leer-complexion. hue. T. And. iv. 2, n.

Here's a young lad fram'd of another leer.

Leese (v.)-lose. So. v. n.

But flowers distill'd, though they with winter meet,
Leese but their show; their substance still lives sweet.
Left on your right hand-being, as you pass, left. A. L iv.
3, n.

The rank of osiers, by the murmuring stream,
Left on your right hand.

'Leges-alleges. T. S. i. 2, n.

Nay, 't is no matter what he 'leges in Latin.

Leiger-resident ambassador. M. M. iii. 1, n.

Intends you for his swift ambassador,
Where you shall be an everlasting leiger.
Lenten-sparing. H. ii. 2, n.

What lenten entertainment the players shall receive
from you.

L'envoy. L. L. L. iii. 1, n.

No l'envoy, no l'envoy, no salve, sir, but a plantain.

Less than kind. H. i. 2, n.

King. But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son,-
Ham. A little more than kin, and less than kind.

Lesser linen. W. T. iv. 2, n.

My traffic is sheets; when the kite builds, look to
lesser linen.

Let them work. M. M. i. 1, n.

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Lets-obstructs. H. i. 4, n.

Unhand me, gentlemen;

By Heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me.
Lett'st slip. H. 4, F. P. i. 3, n.

Before the game's a-foot thou still lett❜st ship.
Letter-syllable. Cy. iv. 3, n.

I heard no letter from my master.
Letters, formal conclusions of. M. A. i. 1, i.
Ere you flout old ends any further.

Letters, ancient forms of conclusions to. Luc. n.
So I commend me from our house in grief.
Level-aim. W. T. iii. 2, n.

My life stands in the level of your dreams,
Which I lay down.

Levy. H. 4, F. P. i. 1, n.

Forthwith a power of English shall we levy.
Lewd-wicked. R. S. i. 1, n.

The which he hath detain'd for lewd employments.
Lewdly-wickedly. H. 6, S. P. ii. 1, n.

A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent.

Libbard-leopard. L. L. L. v. 2, a.

With libbard's head on knee.

Liberal-licentiously free. M. A. iv. 1, s.

Who hath, indeed, most like a liberal villain.

Liberal-licentious. O. ii. 1, n.

Is he not a most profane and liberal counsellor ?
Liberal-unrestrained, uncontrolled. O. v. 2, a.

No, I will speak as liberal as the north.

Licence to kill (beasts during Lent). H. 6, S. P. iv. 3, n.
The Lent shall be as long again as it is; and thou shalt
have a licence to kill for a hundred lacking one.

Lie (v.)-reside. L. L. L. i. 1, n.

She must lie here on mere necessity.

Lie for you-be imprisoned in your stead. R. T. i. 1, s.
I will deliver you or else lie for you.

Liefest-dearest. H. 6, S. P. iii. 1, n.

And, with your best endeavour, have stirr'd up
My liefest liege to be mine enemy.

Lies-sojourns, dwells. T. N. iii. 1, n.

The king lies by a beggar, if a beggar dwell near him.

Lies dwells. H. 6, F. P. ii. 2, n.

To visit her poor castle where she lies.

Lifter-thief. T. C. i. 2, n.

Is he so young a man, and so old a lifter?

Ligarius,-from North's Plutarch.' J. C. ii. 1, i.

Here is a sick man, &c.

Light o' love. G. V. i. 2, i.

Best sing it to the tune of Light o' love.

'Light o' love. M. A. iii. 4, i.

Clap us into Light o' love.'

Lightly-commonly. R. T. iii. 1, n.

Short summers lightly have a forward spring.

Like-probable. M. M. v. 1, n.

O, that it were as like as it is true!

Likeness-comeliness. M. M. iii. 2, n.
How may likeness, made in crimes,
Making practice on the times.

Likes-pleases. G. V. iv. 2, n.

How do you, man? the music likes you not.

Liking-substance. H. 4, F. P. iii. 3, n.

Well, I'll repent, and that suddenly, while I am in
some liking.

Limbeck-alembic, part of a vessel through which distilled
liquor passes. M. i. 7, n.

A limbeck only.

And the receipt of reason

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