Discover (ii. 2. 151, 162). 'Reveal.' So more commonly in Shakspeare than in the modern sense 'find out.'

Dout (iv. 2. 11). 'Extinguish.' Contracted from do out. Cf. don and doff.

Exhale (ii. 1. 60). Either (1) 'draw [your sword]' or (2) 'breathe your last.' Elsewhere chiefly of the sun sucking up vapours. Here the sense is in either case unusual, as often with Pistol's phrases. Lat. exhalare, 'breathe out' or 'evaporate,' with animam and vitam in Ovid and Vergil.

Exhibiters (i. I. 72). Promoters' of a parliamentary bill. Expedience (iv. 3. 70). 'Haste,' as we use expedition.

idea of destiny is present in a marked degree (as in Lat. fatalis); whereas it has disappeared from the modern usage, which is merely destructive."

Favour (v. 2. 63). 'Aspect.'

Fear (i. 2. 155).

See note.

Fet (iii. 1. 18).

'Frighten,' 'cause fear,' not 'feel fear.'

'Derived,' old form of 'fetched.'

Figo, fig (iii. 6. 56, &c.)='a snap of the fingers.' An insulting gesture with the fingers, chiefly used by Italians and Spaniards; hence 'fig of Spain.' (2) The use of the fig for conveying poison may possibly be referred to in the phrase.

Flesh'd (ii. 4. 50). 'Gorged' (iii. 3. 11), ‘having tasted blood. Flexure (iv. 1. 247.) 'Bending.'

Forespent (ii. 4. 36).

Expended before.' To be distin

guished from ‘forspent'=' thoroughly exhausted.'

Fox (iv. 4. 9). A cant word for 'sword.' See note.

France (i. 2. 263). 'A part of a tennis-court.'

Made of links,' from links coupling

together. Der. Lat. gemellus, 'twin'; perhaps of double links.'

Gleek (v. 1. 68).

Gloze (i. 2. 40).

Guidon (iv. 2. 60).

'Scoff.'

'Explain.' Used of legal commentators.

'Commander's flag.' See note.

Gunstones (i. 2. 283). 'Cannon-balls.' Stone projectiles were used for a long time.

H

Head (ii. 2. 18). 'In head''in force.'

Heady (i. 1. 34; iii. 3. 32). 'Headlong.'

Hilding (iv. 2. 29). 'Cowardly.' Contracted from 'hilderling' 'hinder-ling,' from 'hinder' ('behind') with suffix -ling. Cf. Underling.

Humorous (ii. 4. 28). 'Changeable;' i.e. having the humours disordered, the state of mental and bodily health being regarded as dependent on the due admixture of the four humours; viz. "Bloudde, fleume, choler, melancholy." (SIR T. ELYOT.) Husbandry (iv. I. 7). 'Business management.'

I.

Iceland dogs (ii. 1. 39). A breed of small white long-haired dogs.

Imaginary (i. Prol. 18). 'Imaginative'; active, not in the commoner passive sense, = 'imagined,' which it bears at i. Prol. 25. See note.

Imbar (i. 2. 93). Either (1) 'bar'; i.e. 'shut out' (so SCHMIDT), or (2) 'bar-in'='secure,' 'defend' (so Clar. Press). See note.

Imp (iv. 1. 45). 'Child,' 'lad,' without its derogatory modern sense. Used by Spenser, but in Shakspeare only by bombastic persons. Apparently 'shoot,' 'scion.' Der. Lat. imputare, 'graft.'

Impawn (i. 2. 21). 'Pledge.'

Impeachment (iii. 6. 140). Hindrance.' Fr. empêchement, usually accusation.' Der. Low Lat. Impedicare to fetter, from pedica fetter,' pes 'foot.'

Intendment (i. 2. 144). Either (1) 'intention,' or possibly

(2) 'incursion,' from intendere

Instance (ii. 2. 119).

Lavolta (iii. 5. 33).

intendere cursum.

'Motive,' 'cause.'

L

An active dance.'

Lazar (i. 1. 15; ii. 1. 74).

'Leper,' 'leprous,' but not

strictly confined to that disease. Der. Lazarus, the name of the beggar in the parable of Dives.

Lief (iii. 7. 45). 'Willingly.' Lief='dear,' German lieb.

Line (ii. 4. 7). 'Strengthen.' See note.

Linstock (iii. Prol. 33). 'Match,' or stick for holding the gunner's match. Lin is Scand. lunta, 'match,' Eng. link= 'torch'; stock='stick.'

Luxury (iii. 5. 6; iv. 4. 19). 'Lust.' So always in Shak

Morris-dance (ii. 4. 25). Rustic, but especially May-day, dance. Der. apparently corrupted from Moorish-dance, though the connexion with the Moors is obscure.

Nice, nicely (i. 2. 15). 'Over-subtle' (v. 2. 94), 'overpunctilious' (v. 2. 261), 'over-refined.' Der. Lat. nescius, ignorant.' So (1) 'foolish,' hence (2) 'over-particular,' hence (3) merely particular,' hence (4) 'tasteful, 'pleasant.' Such a transition from an uncomplimentary to a complimentary sense is rarer than the reverse; but cf. fond, passing from silly to affectionate.

Noble (ii. 1. 104). A coin, value 6s. 8d.

Nook-shotten (iii. 5. 14). 'Shot with nooks'; i.e. (1) 'shooting out into capes so as to make bays,' or (2) 'full of holes and corners.'

Owe (iv. 6. 9). 'Own.' The form owe is common in Shakspeare in this sense, own being the same word with the inflexional suffix -en. Cf. glad and gladden, ope and open. Owe='possess,' hence to have in your possession someone else's property'; hence to owe in the modern sense.

P

Pax (iii. 6. 39). 'A small crucifix' held out by the officiating priest to receive the "kiss of peace"; hence the name.

editions correct to pyx, q.v.

Peevish (iii. 7. 114).

Pennon (iii. 5. 49).

Silly.'

Some

'Flag,' corrupted from pendant (Lat. pendere, 'hang'). See note.

Peremptory (v. 2. 82). 'Positive,' 'final.' Elsewhere always with a sense of 'commanding.'

Perpend (iv. 4. 8). Consider,' 'weigh thoroughly.' (Lat. per intensive; pendere, 'weigh.')

Pitch and pay (iii. 3. 48). 'Deposit and pay'; ¿.e. 'pay on deposit;' so 'ready money only.'

Pleached (v. 2. 42). 'Twisted together'; 'even-pleached,' of a hedge with the lower branches inter-twisted to give an even surface.

Pleasant (i. 2. 282).

Policy (ii. Prol. 14).

Popular (iv. I. 38).

Popularity (i. 1. 59).

Poring (iv. Prol. 2).

'Merry.'

'Intrigue.'

One of the common people.'

'Association with common people.'

'Difficult to see in.' Properly, 'looking closely'; but here transferred as an epithet to its cause. 'The poring dark' is 'the dark which causes poring.' We have the same word in purblind.

Proportion (ii. 2. 109). 'Calculation'; so probably in (i. 2. 137). But in (i. 2. 305) and (ii. 4. 45) the meaning seems to be very nearly 'levies'; i.e. 'supplies calculated on concrete instead of abstract.

Purchase (iii. 2. 41). 'Obtain' by any other means than inheritance.

Pyx (iii. 6. 39, proposed for pax). The box containing the consecrated wafer'; der. Lat. pyxis, Gk. Tugis, 'box.' The vulgar phrase, please the pigs,' is said to be a corruption of 'please the pyx.'

Quit (iv. 1. 14). (iii. 2. 98) 'answer.' liberty'; whence O.F.

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'Free' [adj.]; (ii. 2. 166) 'pardon; Der. Lat. quietus='at rest,' hence 'at quite='freed,' ' discharged.' So to quit =(1) 'to set free,' (2) 'free oneself by paying a debt,' (3) ‘pay a debt,' (4) 'requite,' 'answer.'

Quittance (ii. 2. 34). 'Requital.' Vide Quit.

Rest (ii. 1. 15). 'Final resolution.' From the gambling expression, 'to set up your rest'; i.e. ‘stake your rest,' ‘wager your last farthing.'

Rivage (iii. Prol. 14). 'Bank.' Der. Lat. ripa, 'bank.' Road (i. 2. 138). 'Inroad.'

Roping (iii. 5. 23; iv. 2. 48). Dripping.' Der. uncertain, but apparently applied to any 'glutinous' and therefore 'stringy' drip.

S

Sack (ii. 3. 26). A dry Spanish wine, generally sherris, i.q. "Xeres" sack. Der. Fr. sec=vin sec, dry wine' (Span. seco), Lat. siccus.

Savage (iii. 5. 7). 'Uncultivated.' In the sense of Fr. sauvage.

Scald (v. 1. 5). 'Scurvy.' Scall='scab.'