19. 22. V, 223; of Don Pedro's attendant in Ado II, 3, 45. 86; of servants in Merch. III, 4, 45. IV, 1, 154. Rom. V, 1, 12.

Ban, subst. 1) curse: take thou that too, with multiplying -s, Tim. IV, 1, 34. with Hecate's b. thrice blasted, Hml. III, 2, 269. sometime with lunatics, sometime with prayers, enforce their charity, Lr. II, 3, 19.

2) only in the plural, bans (O. Edd. banes) = notice of a matrimonial contract proclaimed in the church: when I shall ask the -8 and when be married, Shr. II, 181. make feasts, invite friends, and proclaim the -8, III, 2, 16. contracted bachelors, such as had been asked twice on the -s, H4A IV, 2, 18. 1, her husband, contradict your -s, Lr. V, 3, 87.

Ban, vb., to curse; 1) trans.: -ing his boisterous and unruly beast, Ven. 326. Lucr. 1460. H6B II, 4, 25. 2) absolutely: though she strive to try her strength, and b. and brawl, Pilgr. 318. felling hag, H6A V, 3, 42. H6B III, 2, 319 (curse and b.). stand upon the —ing shore, Oth. II, 1, 11 (only in Q1, the rest of O. Edd. foaming).

Ban, abbreviation for Caliban: Tp. II, 2, 188. Banbury, name of an English town: you B. cheese, Wiv. I, 1, 130 (in allusion to the thinness of Slender, B. cheese being proverbially thin).

Band, subst., 1) tie, bandage: her arms infold him like a b. Ven. 225. ivory in an alabaster b. 363. in infant ―s crowned king (i. e. in swaddling clothes) H5 Epil. 9. the b. that seems to tie their friendship, Ant. II, 6, 129. Hence fetters: release me from my-s, Tp. Epil. 9. dissolve the -S of life, R2 11, 2, 71. die in -s, H6C I, 1, 186. And = conjugal ties: to bind our loves up in a holy b. Ado III, 1, 114. As V, 4, 136. H6C III, 3, 243. Hml. III, 2, 170.

Bandog, a fierce dog kept chained: the time when screech-owls cry and -S howl, H6BI, 4, 21. Bandy, 1) to beat to and fro, as a ball: my words would b. her to my sweet love, and his to me (viz, if she were a ball) Rom. II, 5, 14. Figuratively of words, looks, etc.: well-ied both: a set of wit well played, LLL V, 2, 29. to b. word for word and frown for frown, Shr. V, 2, 172. I will not b. with thee word for word, H6C 1, 4, 49. do you b. looks with me? Lr. 1, 4, 92. to b. hasty words, II, 4, 178.

2) intrans. to contend, to strive, a) in cmulation: one fit to b. with thy lawless sons, to ruffle in the commonwealth of Rome, Tit. I, 312. b) in enmity: I will b. with thee in faction, As V, 1, 61. this factious -ing of their favourites, H6A IV, 1, 190. the prince expressly hath forbidden ―ing in Verona streets, Rom. III, 1, 92.

Bane, subst., 1) poison: rats that ravin down their proper b. Meas. 1, 2, 133.

2) destruction, ruin: though nothing but my body's b. would cure thee, Ven. 372. b. to those that for my surety will refuse the boys! H6B V, 1, 120. 'twill be his death, 'twill be his b. Troil. IV, 2, 98. lest Rome herself be b. unto herself, Tit. V, 3, 73. I will not be afraid of death and b. Mcb. V, 3, 59. two boys. was the Romans' b. Cymb. V, 3, 58.

Bane, vb., to poison: to give ten thousand ducats to have it (the rat) —d, Merch. IV, 1, 46.

Bang, subst., blow: you'll bear me a b. for that, Caes. III, 3, 20.

Bang, vb., to beat, thump: the desperate tempest hath so-ed the Turks, Oth. II, 1, 21. Figuratively to strike: with some excellent jests, firenew from the mint, you should have —ed the youth into dumbness, Tw. III, 2, 24.

Banish, 1) to condemn to leave the country: Gent. II, 6, 38. III, 1, 217. V, 4, 124. As I, 1, 104. 111. I, 2, 6. 285. II, 1, 28. V, 3, 6. R2 1, 3, 179. H6A IV, 1, 47. H6B II, 3, 42. H6C III, 3, 25. R3 I, 3, 167. Cor. III, 3, 123. Rom. III, 2, 112. Tim. III, 5, 98. 112. etc. etc.

3) a company of persons joined in a common design: the sergeant of the b. Err. IV, 3, 30. our fairy b. Mids. III, 2, 110. the gross b. of the unfaithful, As IV, 1, 199. we b. of brothers, H5 IV, 3, 60. his threatening b. of Typhon's brood, Tit. IV, 2, 94. Especially a troop of soldiers, an army: the warlike b. where her beloved Collatinus lies, Lucr. 255. All's IV, 1, 16. IV, 3, 227. H5 IV Chor. 29. H6B III, 1, 312. 348. H6C II, 2, 68. Tit. V, 2, 113. Tim. IV, 3, 92. Cymb. V, 5, 304. Bands troops: H6A IV, 1, 165. H6C III, 2, 204. Cor. I, 2, 26. I, 6, 53. Ant. III, 12, 25. Cymb. IV, 4, 11.

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Band, vb., to unite in troops: and -ing themselves in contrary parts, H6A III, 1, 81.

Banditto (O. Edd. bandetto), outlaw, robber: a Roman sworder and b. slave murdered sweet Tully, H6B IV, 1, 135.

In both significations followed by from: Tp. 1, 2, 266. Gentl. IV, 1, 47. H4A II, 3, 42. H6B III, 2, 334. Tp. II, 1, 126. Gentl. III, 1, 171. 172. III, 2, 2. Tw. V, 289. H6B V, 1, 167 etc. etc. Or by hence or thence: Gentl. IV, 1, 23. Shr. Ind. 2, 34. Rom. III, 3, 15. 19, etc.

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Followed by a double accus.: we b. you our territories, R2 1, 3, 139. one of our souls. -ed this frail sepulchre of our flesh, 196. b. not him thy Harry's company, H4A II, 4, 525. I b. her my bed and company, H6B II, 1, 197. —ed fair England's territories, III, 2, 245. has ed me his bed, HS III, 1, 119. and my poor name -ed the kingdom, IV, 2, 127. b. him our city, Cor. III, 3, 101. His banished R2 1, 3, 210.

years the years of his banishment,

Banisher, he who condemns another to leave his country: to be full quit of those my —s, Cor. IV, 5, 89.

Banishment, exile: Lucr. 1855. Gentl. III, 1,

173. As I, 3, 140. Shr. Ind. 2, 33. R2 I, 3, 143. 212. III, 1, 21. III, 3, 134. H6B II, 3, 12. 14. III, 2, 253. R3 1, 3, 168. 193. Cor. III, 3, 15. Tit. III, 1,51. Rom. III, 2, 131. III, 3, 11. Tim. III, 5, 111. Lr. I, 1, 184

etc. etc.

Banister, servant to Henry of Buckingham, whom he betrayed: H8 II, 1, 109.

Bank, subst., 1) mound, elevated ground: sitting on a b. Tp. 1, 2, 389. I upon this b. will rest my head, Mids. II, 2, 40. how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this b. Merch. V, 54. Especially a ridge of earth set with flowers; a flower-bed: this primrose b. whereon we lie, Ven. 151. thy -s with pioned and twilled brims, Tp. IV, 64. Mids. II, 1, 249. Tw. I, 1, 6. Wint. IV, 4, 130. R2 III, 4, 105. H6B III, 1, 228. Cymb. V, 4, 98.

2) the earth arising on the side of a water; a) of a river: Ven. 72. Lucr. 1119. 1437. John II, 442. H4A I, 3, 98. 106. III, 1, 65. H4B IV, 1, 176. Troil. III, 2, 10. Caes. I, 1, 50. 63. Cymb. II, 4, 71. Per. II, 4, 24. b) of the sea: Sonn. 56, 11. H4A III, 1, 45. H6B III, 2, 83. R3 IV, 4, 525 (Qq on the shore). were his brain as barren as —s of Libya, Troil. I, 3, 328, i. e. the sandy shore.

3) Perhaps bench (as we speak of a bank of rowers) in a difficult and much disputed passage in Mcb. 1, 7, 6: upon this b. and school of time. All M. Edd. write: upon this bank and shoal of time; but nowhere else in Sh. the word bank occurs in the sense of sandbank, and school is the constant reading of O. Edd.

Bank, vb. Have I not heard these islanders shout out 'Vive le roi!' as I have ―ed their towns? John V, 2, 104; probably the French aborder: as I landed on the banks of their towns.

Bankrupt (0. Edd. often bankrout), adj., insolvent: they prove b. in this poor-rich gain, Lucr. 140. a. b. beggar, 711. Sonn. 67, 9. Gentl. II, 4, 42. LLL 1, 1, 27. Mids. III, 2, 85. R2 II, 1, 151. 257. H5 IV, 2, 43. Followed by of: what a face I have, since it is b. of his majesty, R2 IV, 267.

Bankrupt, subst. (O. Edd. mostly bankrout), insolvent trader: blessed b. that by love so thriveth, Ven. 466. Err. IV, 2, 58. Merch. III, 1, 47. IV, 1, 122. As II, 1, 57. Rom. III, 2, 57. Tim. IV, 1, 8.

Banner, flag, standard: when his gaudy b. is displayed, Lucr. 272. John II, 308. H5 IV, 2, 61. IV, 8, 87. Cor. III, 1, 8. Tim. V, 4, 30. Mcb. I, 2, 49. V, 5, 1. Lr. III, 1, 34. IV, 2, 56. Oth. III, 3, 353. Ant. I, 2, 106. III, 1, 32. Per. V Prol. 19.

Banneret, little flag: the scarfs and the -s about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing thee a vessel of too great a burthen, All's II, 3, 214. Banns, see Ban.

Banquet, subst., a rich entertainment, feast: what b. wert thou to the taste, Ven. 445. Sonn. 47, 6. Ado II, 1, 178. II, 3, 22. As II, 5, 64. Shr. Ind. 1, 39. H5 I, 1, 56. H8 I, 4, 61. IV, 2, 88. Tit. V, 2, 76. Mcb. I, 4, 56. Ant. 1, 2, 11. Joined to feast: this is the feast that I have bid her to, and this the b. she shall surfeit on, Tit. V, 2, 194. free from our feasts and -s bloody knives, Mcb. III, 6, 35.

Sometimes = dessert, a slight refection consisting of fruit and sweetmeats: my b. is to close our stomachs up, after our great good cheer, Shr. V, 2, 9. we have a trifling foolish ↳. towards, Rom. I, 5, 124.

ladies, there is an idle b. attends you, Tim. I, 2, 160.

A running banquet, originally a hasty refreshment, in a lascivious sense: some of these should find a running b. ere they rested, H8 1, 4, 12; and for a whipping: besides the running b. of two beadles, V, 4, 69.

Banquet, vb., 1) intr, to feast: the mind shall b., though the body pine, LLL I, 1, 25. H6A 1, 6, 13. 30. II, 1, 12. Troil. V, 1, 51. Tit. V, 2, 114. Caes. 1, 2, 77.

2) trans. to treat with a feast: visit his countrymen and b. them, Shr. I, 1, 202.

Banquo, name in Mcb. 1, 2, 34 etc. etc. Baptise, to christen: I'll be new -d, Rom. II, 2, 50.

Baptism, christening: washed as pure as sin with b. H5 1, 2, 32. H8 V, 3, 162. Oth. 11, 3, 349. Baptista, 1) B. Minola, father of Catharine and Bianca in Shr. I, 1, 85. 2, 97. 118 etc. etc.

2) female name in Hml. III, 2, 250. Bar, name of a French nobleman: H5 III, 5, 42. IV, 8, 103 (Edward Duke of B.).

Bar, subst., originally a pole used for hinderance or obstruction; 1) the rail of a grate: a secret grate of iron -8, H6A 1, 4, 10. I could rend -8 of steel, 51. 2) the bolt: each trifle under truests to thrust, Sonn. 48, 2. which obloquy set -S before my tongue, H6A II, 5, 49.

3) the railing that encloses a place: unto this b. and royal interview, H5 V, 2, 27. Especially the place where causes of law are tried: all several sins ....... throng to the b., crying all Guilty, R3 V, 3, 199. the duke came to the b. H8 II, 1, 12. 31. And other places of public function: at which time we will bring the device to the b. and crown thee for a finder of madmen, Tw. III, 4, 154.

4) any thing that separates or confines: so sweet a b. should sunder such sweet friends, Merch. III, 2, 119. life being weary of these worldly -s, Caes. 1, 3, 96.

5) any impediment: those -s which stop the hourly dial, Lucr. 327. any cross, any b., any impediment, Ado II, 2, 4. the watery kingdom is no b. to stop the foreign spirits, Merch. II, 7, 45. put -s between the owners and their rights, III, 2, 19. having God, her conscience, and these -8 against me, R3 1, 2, 235. -8 he

6) exception against a demand: other lays before me, Wiv. III, 4, 7. since this b. in law makes us friends, Shr. 1, 1, 139. there is no b. to make against your highness' claim to France, H5 I, 2, 35. the founder of this law and female b. I, 2, 42, i. e. this exception to female succession.

Bar, vb., 1) to shut with a bolt, to shut in general: all ports I'll b. Lr. II, 1, 82. to b. my doors, III, 4, 155. you b. the door upon your own liberty, Hml. III, 2, 351. which with a yielding latch hath —ed him from the blessed thing he sought, Lucr. 340. things hid and -ed from common sense, LLL I, 1, 57. To b. up to shut up: that is stronger made which was before-ed up with ribs of iron, Ado IV, 1, 153. a jewel in a ten times -ed up chest, R2 I, 1, 180.

2) to put a stop to, to prevent: sweet recreation -ed, what doth ensue but melancholy? Err. V, 78. Ib. confusion, As V, 4, 131. merriment, which a thousand harms, Shr. Ind. 2, 138. inspired merit so

1, 55. Followed by at: Ado I, 1, 182. H6C II, 1, 17. R3 1, 1, 23. Lr. III, 6, 66. IV, 6, 158. Figuratively: the envious -ing of your saucy tongue against my lord, H6A III, 4, 33. that thou-est at him, Troil. II, 1, 38. Barkley, M. Edd. Berkeley, q. v.

Barkloughly, name of a castle in Wales: R2 III, 2, 1.

Barky, covered with a bark: the female ivy so enrings the b. fingers of the elm, Mids. IV, 1, 49. Barley, a grain of which malt is made: Tp. IV, 61.

Barley-broth, term of contempt for beer: can sodden water, a drench for sur-reined jades, their b., decoct their cold blood to such valiant heat? H5 III, 5, 19.

Barm, yeast: and sometime make the drink to bear no b. Mids. II, 1, 38.

2) dull: the b. tender of a poet's debt, Sonn. 83, 4. b. tasks, LLLI, 1, 47. such b. plants are set before us, IV, 2, 29 (quibble). the shallowest thickskin of that b. sort, Mids. III, 2, 13. now I let go your hand, I am b., Tw. I, 3, 84 (quibble). such a b. rascal, 1, 5, 90. V, 383. b. ignorance, R2 1, 3, 168. such b. pleasures. H4A III, 2, 14. some quantity of b. spectators, Hml. III, 2, 46. made b. the swelled boast of him that best could speak, Cymb. V, 5, 162.

Barrenly, without fruit: let those whom Nature hath not made for store, b. perish, Sonn. 11, 10. Barrenness, sterility: Where Scotland? I found it by the b. Err. III, 2, 123.

Barren - spirited, dull: a b. fellow, Caes. IV, 1, 36.

Barricado, subst., a fortification made in haste, an obstruction: windows transparent as

Barn, subst., a little child: Ado III, 4, 49 (quibble). All's 1, 3, 28. Wint. III, 3, 70.

Barn, vb., to lay up in a barn: but like still-pining Tantalus he sits, and useless -s the harvest of his wits, Lucr. 859.

3, 22 etc. V, 472.

Barnardo (M. Edd. Bernardo) name in Hml. I,

1, 4 etc.

Baron, a nobleman next under the viscount: Earl of Southampton, and B. of Tichfield, Ven. Dedic. Lucr. Dedic. Merch. 1, 2, 72. H6B1, 1,8. A powerful nobleman in general: H4A IV, 3, 66. H5 III, 5, 46. IV, 8, 94. four -S of the Cinque-ports, H8 IV, 1, 48.

Barony, the lordship of a baron: for a silken point I'll give my b. H4B 1, 1, 54.

Barrabas, the robber set free by Pilate at the request of the Jews: would any of the stock of B. had been her husband, Merch. IV, 1, 296.

Barrel, cask, tun: -S of pitch, H6A V, 4, 57. a beer-barrel, Hml. V, 1, 235.

Barren, 1) sterile: so b. a land, Ven. Dedic. 6. Tp. I, 1, 70. 1, 2, 338. R2 III, 2, 153 (the b. earth, i. e. the earth which serves for a grave) H4B V, 3, 8. Tit. II, 3, 93. mountains, Wint. III, 2, 213. H4A I, 3, 89. 159. winter, H6B II, 4, 3. metal, Merch. 1, 3, 135. women, Ven. 136. Mids. I, 1, 72. Caes. I, 2, 8. b. dearth of daughters and of sons, Ven. 754. Figuratively: b. skill, Lucr. 81. b. rage of death's eternal cold, Sonn. 13, 12. rhyme, 16, 4. hate, Tp. IV, 19. b. practisers, scarce show a harvest of their heavy toil, LLL IV, 3, 325. wit, Err. II, 1, 91. I am not b. to bring forth complaints, R3 II, 2, 67. brain, Troil. I, 3, 327. sceptre, Mcb. III, 1, 62. Followed by of: trees b. of leaves, Sonn. 12, 5. why is my verse so b. of new pride? 76, 1. of that kind our rustic garden is b. Wint. IV, 4, 84. b. and bereft of friends, R2III, 3, 84. b. of accusations, Cor. 1, 1, 45. Mine ears, that long time have been b., Ant. II, 5, 25, i. e. my ears which have long been, as it were, untilled, unploughed, having heard nothing.

2, 336.

Basan: 0, that I were upon the hill of B., to outroar the horned herd! Ant. III, 13, 127 (cf. Psalms 22, 12).

Base, subst., 1) the part of a thing on which it stands, the foundation: laid great -s for eternity, Sonn. 125, 3. as doth a galled rock o'erhang and jutty his confounded b. H5 III, 1, 13. Troil. IV, 2, 109. 5, 212. Tim. I, 1, 64. Caes. III, 2, 192. Hml. I, 4, 71. II, 2, 498.

2) ground, reason: on b. and ground enough Orsino's enemy, Tw. V, 78.

Base, subst. 1) (most M. Edd. bass). the lowest part in the harmony of a musical composition: the mean is drowned with your unruly b. Gentl. I, 2, 96. 'tis now in tune. All but the b. Shr. III, 1, 46. means and ―s, Wint. IV, 3, 46. the very b. string of humility, H4A 11, 4, 6. b. viol, Err. IV, 3, 23.

2) Bases, plur., 'a kind of embroidered mantle which hung down from the middle to about the knees or lower, worn by knights on horseback' (Nares). It must have consisted of two parts: Only, my friend, I yet am unprovided of a pair of bases. We'll sure provide: thou shalt have my best gown to make thee a pair, Per. II, 1, 167.

Base, subst., a rustic game won by the swiftest runner: to bid the wind a b. he now prepares, Ven. 303, i. e. to challenge the wind to a race. I bid the b. for Proteus, Gentl. 1, 2, 97 (quibble). lads more like to run the country b. than to commit such slaughter, Cymb. V, 3, 20.

Base, vb. (M. Edd. bass), to sound with a deep voice: the thunder did b. my trespass, Tp. III, 3, 99.

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Base, adj., 1) low in place: the cedar stoops not to the b. shrub's foot, Lucr. 664. lest the b. earth should from her vesture steal a kiss, Gentl. II, 4, 159. I do affect the very ground, which is b., where her shoe, which is r, guided by her foot, which is -st, doth tread, LLL 1, 2, 173. kisses the b. ground, IV, 3, 225. fall to the b. earth from the firmament, R2 II, 4, 20. in the b. court he doth attend to speak with you, III, 3, 176. 180 (i. e. the outer or lower court). scorning the b. degrees, Caes. II, 1, 26. In most of the passages it implies also the idea of meanness.

2) of low station, of mean account: whose ―r stars do shut us up in wishes, All's I, 1, 197. make conceive a bark of -r kind by bud of nobler race, Wint. IV, 4, 94. neighboured by fruit of -7 quality, H5 I, 1, 62. with a --r man of arms, H6A I, 4, 30. b. metal, Tim. III, 3, 6. -st metal, Caes. I, 1, 66. Hml. IV, 1, 26. unmixed with -r matter, Hml. I, 5, 104. our-st beggars are in the poorest thing superfluous, Lr. II, 4, 267. 'tis the plague of great ones; prerogatived are they less than the b. Oth. III, 3, 274. my other elements I give to -r life, Ant. V, 2, 292.

3) mean, vile: throwing the b. thong from his bending crest, Ven. 395. hiding b. sin in plaits of majesty, Lucr. 93. my digression is so vile, so b. 202. thou nobly b. 660. 1000. 1002. Sonn. 33, 5. 34, 3. 74, 12. 94, 11. 141, 6. Gentl. II, 7, 73. III, 1, 157. IV, 1, 29. 73. V, 4, 136. Wiv. I, 3, 23. 97. Meas. III, 1. 89. Ado II, 1, 214. LLL I, 1, 30. 87. I, 2, 51. 61. Mids. I, 1, 232. Merch. II, 7, 50. As II, 3, 32. II, 7, 79. H6A I, 1, 137. IV, 1, 14. IV, 6, 21. R3 III, 3, 180. Cor. I, 1, 161. Tim. IV, 3,471. Ant. V, 2,303, etc. etc.

Base-viol, a stringed instrument for the lowest sounds: Err. IV, 3, 23.

Bashful, shamefaced: he burns with b. shame, Ven. 49. and forth with b. innocence doth hie, Lucr. 1341. hence, b. cunning, Tp. III, 1, 81. b. sincerity and comely love, Ado IV, 1, 55. b. modesty, Shr. II, 49. you virtuous ass, you b. fool, H4B II, 2, 80. wherefore should you be so b.? H5 IV, 8, 75 (Fluellen says pashful). and b. Henry deposed, H6C I, 1, 41. her b. years, R3 IV, 4, 326.

Bashfulness, shamefacedness: no maiden shame, no touch of b. Mids. III, 2, 286.

Basilisco-like: knight, knight, good mother, B. John I, 244 (Nares: "This is in allusion to an old play, entitled Soliman and Perseda, in which a foolish knight, called Basilisco, speaking of his own name, adds, Knight, good fellow, knight, knight. And is answered immediately, Knave, good fellow, knave, knave”).

Basilisk, 1) a fabulous serpent, called also cockatrice (q. v.) supposed to kill by its look: make me not sighted like the b. Wint. I, 2, 388. H5 V, 2, 17. H6B III, 2, 52. 324. H6C III, 2, 187. R3 I, 2, 151. Cymb. II, 4, 107.

2) a kind of ordnance: of —s, of cannon, culverin, H4A II, 3, 56.

Basimecu, term of contempt for a Frenchman: for giving up of Normandy unto Mounsieur B., H6B IV, 7, 31 (baisez mon cul).

Basin, see Bason.

Basingstoke, place in England: H4B II, 1, 182. Basis, foundation: the shore that o'er his

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Base-born, of low birth: contemptuous b. callet as she is, H6B 1, 3, 86. better ten thousand b. Cades miscarry, IV, 8,49. to let thy tongue detect thy b. heart, H6C II, 2, 143.

Baseless, without foundation, airy: like the b. fabric of this vision, Tp. IV, 151.

Basely, vilely: they b. fly, Ven. 894. b. dignified, Lucr. 660. not bought b. with gold, Lucr. 1068. the king is not himself, but b. led by flatterers, R2 II, 1, 241. 253. H4A V, 2, 83. H6A IV, 5, 17. Tit. I, 353. 433. IV, 2, 38. V, 3, 101. Ant. V, 15, 55.

Baseness, 1) low rank: reflect I not on thy b. court-contempt? Wint. IV, 4, 758.

2) that which becomes a low station: some kinds of b. are nobly undergone, Tp. III, 1, 2. such b. had never like executor, 12. I once did hold it a b. to write fair, Hml. V, 2, 34.

Pedestal: that now on Pompey's b. lies along, Caes. III, 1, 115.

Bask, to warm by exposing to the sun; who laid him down and -ed him in the sun, As II, 7, 15.

Basket, a vessel made of twigs or other things interwoven: Wiv. III, 3, 13. 137. 192. III, 5, 5. 99. 104. IV, 2, 33. 94. 121. Hml. III, 4, 193. 195. Ant. V, 2, 343. Youth in a b. Wiv. IV, 2, 122, perhaps a proverbial expression, whose sense has not yet been ascertained.

Basket-hilt, the hilt of a sword with a covering like basket-work: you b. stale juggler, H4B II, 4, 141, i. e. bully, braggart.

Bason (M. Edd. basin), a vessel to hold water for washing or other uses: Shr. Ind. 1, 55. Shr. II, 350. Tit. V, 2, 184. Tim. III, 1, 7. Bass, v. Base.

Bassanio, friend of Antonio: Merch. I, 1, 57. 69 etc. etc.

Bassianus, brother to the emperor Saturninus:

Basta (from the Italian), enough: b., content thee, for I have it full, Shr. I, 1, 203.

Bastard, subst., a sweet Spanish wine: we shall have all the world drink brown and white b. Meas. III, 2, 4. a pint of b. H4A II, 4, 30. your brown b. is your only drink, 82.

Bastard, subst., a person born out of wed

1, 55. Followed by at: Ado I, 1, 182. H6C II, 1, 17. R3 1, 1, 23. Lr. III, 6, 66. IV, 6, 158. Figuratively: the envious -ing of your saucy tongue against my lord, H6A III, 4, 33. that thou-est at him, Troil. II, 1, 38. Barkley, M. Edd. Berkeley, q. v.

Barkloughly, name of a castle in Wales: R2 III, 2, 1.

Barky, covered with a bark: the female ivy so enrings the b. fingers of the elm, Mids. IV, 1, 49. Barley, a grain of which malt is made: Tp. IV, 61.

Barley-broth, term of contempt for beer: can sodden water, a drench for sur-reined jades, their b., decoct their cold blood to such valiant heat? H5 III, 5, 19.

Barm, yeast: and sometime make the drink to bear no b. Mids. II, 1, 38.

2) dull: the b. tender of a poet's debt, Sonn. 83, 4. b. tasks, LLLI, 1,47. such b. plants are set before us, IV, 2, 29 (quibble). the shallowest thickskin of that b. sort, Mids. III, 2, 13. now I let go your hand, I am b., Tw. 1, 3, 84 (quibble). such a b. rascal, 1, 5, 90. V, 383. b. ignorance, R2 I, 3, 168. such b. pleasures. H4A III, 2, 14. some quantity of b. spectators, Hml. III, 2, 46. made b. the swelled boast of him that best could speak, Cymb. V, 5, 162.

Barrenly, without fruit: let those whom Nature hath not made for store, b. perish, Sonn. 11, 10. Barrenness, sterility: Where Scotland? I found it by the b. Err. III, 2, 123.

Barren-spirited, dull: a b. fellow, Caes. IV,

1, 36.

Barricado, subst., a fortification made in haste, an obstruction: windows transparent as

Barn, subst., a little child: Ado III, 4, 49 (quibble). All's I, 3, 28. Wint. III, 3, 70.

Barn, vb., to lay up in a barn: but like still-pining Tantalus he sits, and useless ―s the harvest of his wits, Lucr. 859.

Barnacle, a kind of goose: Tp. IV, 249. Barnardine, name in Meas. IV, 2, 8. 63. 68. 125. 3, 22 etc. V, 472.

Barnardo (M. Edd. Bernardo) name in Hml. I,

1, 4 etc.

Barricado, vb., to fortify: man is enemy to virginity; how may we b. it against him? All's I, 1, 124.

Barrow, a small carriage either borne by two men, or supported by one wheel and rolled by a single man: to be carried in a basket, like a b. of butcher's offal, Wiv. III, 5, 5.

Barson, a place in England: H4B V, 3, 94. Barter, to exchange: with a baser man of arms they would have —ed me, H6A I, 4, 31.

Baron, a nobleman next under the viscount: Earl of Southampton, and B. of Tichfield, Ven. Dedic. Lucr. Dedic. Merch. 1, 2, 72. H6B1, 1, 8. A powerful nobleman in general: H4A IV, 3, 66. H5 III, 5, 46. IV, 8, 94. four -s of the Cinque-ports, HS IV, 1, 48.

Barony, the lordship of a baron: for a silken point I'll give my b. H4B 1, 1, 54.

Bárrabas, the robber set free by Pilate at the request of the Jews: would any of the stock of B. had been her husband, Merch. IV, 1, 296.

Barrel, cask, tun: -s of pitch, H6A V, 4, 57. a beer-barrel, Hml. V, 1, 235.

Barren, 1) sterile: so b. a land, Ven. Dedic. 6. Tp. I, 1, 70. 1, 2, 338. R2 III, 2, 153 (the b. earth, i. e. the earth which serves for a grave) H4B V, 3, 8. Tit. II, 3, 93. mountains, Wint. II, 2, 213. H4A I, 3, 89. 159. winter, H6B II, 4, 3. metal, Merch. I, 3, 135. women, Ven. 136. Mids. I, 1, 72. Caes. I, 2, 8. b. dearth of daughters and of sons, Ven. 754. Figuratively: b. skill, Lucr. 81. b. rage of death's eternal cold, Sonn. 13, 12. rhyme, 16, 4. hate, Tp. IV, 19. b. practisers, scarce show a harvest of their heavy toil, LLL IV, 3, 325. wit, Err. II, 1, 91. I am not b. to bring forth complaints, R3 II, 2, 67. brain, Troil. I, 3, 327. sceptre, Mcb. III, 1, 62. Followed by of: trees b. of leaves, Sonn. 12, 5. why is my verse so b. of new pride? 76, 1. of that kind our rustic garden is b. Wint. IV, 4, 84. b. and bereft of friends, R2 III, 3, 84. b. of accusations, Cor. I, 1, 45. Mine ears, that long time have been b., Ant. II, 5, 25, i. e. my ears which have long been, as it were, untilled, unploughed, having heard nothing.

2, 336.

Basan: 0, that I were upon the hill of B., to outroar the horned herd! Ant. III, 13, 127 (cf. Psalms 22, 12).

Base, subst., 1) the part of a thing on which it stands, the foundation: laid great- -s for eternity, Sonn. 125, 3. as doth a galled rock o'erhang and jutty his confounded b. H5 III, 1, 13. Troil. IV, 2, 109. 5, 212. Tim. I, 1, 64. Caes. III, 2, 192. Hml. I, 4, 71. II, 2, 498.

2) ground, reason: on b. and ground enough Orsino's enemy, Tw. V, 78.

Base, subst. 1) (most M. Edd. bass). the lowest part in the harmony of a musical composition : the mean is drowned with your unruly b. Gentl. 1, 2, 96. 'tis now in tune. All but the b. Shr. III, 1, 46. means and—s, Wint. IV, 3, 46. the very b. string of humility, H4A 11, 4, 6. b. viol, Err. IV, 3, 23.

2) Bases, plur., 'a kind of embroidered mantle which hung down from the middle to about the knees or lower, worn by knights on horseback' (Nares). It must have consisted of two parts: Only, my friend, I yet am unprovided of a pair of bases. We'll sure provide: thou shalt have my best gown to make thee a pair, Per. II, 1, 167.

Base, subst., a rustic game won by the swiftest runner: to bid the wind a b. he now prepares, Ven. 303, i. e. to challenge the wind to a race. I bid the b. for Proteus, Gentl. 1, 2, 97 (quibble). lads more like to run_the_country b. than to commit such slaughter, Cymb. V, 3, 20.

Base, vb. (M. Edd. bass), to sound with a deep voice: the thunder... did b. my trespass, Tp. III, 3, 99.