Glossary. A=on; II. 1. 185. Admire, wonder; V. i. 154. From the Harleian MSS., XIV. cent. Amazement, anguish, I. ii. 14. An, if; II. i. 181. Aspersion, sprinkling of rain or dew (with an allusion perhaps to the ceremony of sprinkling the marriage-bed with holy water); IV. i. 18. Attached, seized; III. iii. 5. Backward, distant, past; I. ii. 50. Badges; "household servants usually wore on their arms, as part of their livery, silver 'badges' whereon the shield of their masters was engraved"; V. i. 267. Barefoot (used adjectively); II. ii. II. Barnacles, barnacle geese; "it was formerly thought that the barnacle shell-fish, which is found on timber exposed to the action of the sea, became when broken off a kind of goose. Sometimes it is related that the barnacles grew on trees and thence, dropping into the sea, became geese" (of. Sir John Maundevile's Travels); IV. i. 249. Base, utter in a deep bass; III. iii. 99. Bat-fowling, a term used for catching birds by night; thence the name of a thieves' trick for plundering shops about dusk by pretending to have lost a jewel near; II. i. 185. Beak, bow (of a ship); I. ii. 196. Bear up, i.e., take your course, sail up; III. ii. 3. Bermoothes, i.e., Bermudas; " said and supposed to be inchanted and inhabited with witches and deuills, which grew by reason of accustomed monstrous thunder, storme, and tempest," &c. Stow's Annals; I. ii. 229. Berries, see Notes; I. ii. 334. Blue-eyed, with blueness about the eyes, with livid eyelids; I. ii. 269. Boil'd (ff. boile, Pope's correction), frenzied; V. i. 60. Bombard, "black jack" of leather; II. ii. 21. From a specimen (no longer extant) at Bootless, profitless; I. ii. 35. Bring to try; "to lay the ship with her side close to the wind, and lash the tiller to the lee side"; I. i. 35. Broom-groves, rich copses of broom (Spartium scoparium); or perhaps woods overgrown with genista, pathless woods; IV. i. 66. Budge, stir; V. i. 11. Burthen, undersong; I. ii. 381. But, except that; I. ii. 414; otherwise than, I ii. 119. By and by, immediately; III. ii. 156. Can, is able to make; IV. i. 27. Candied, converted into sugar, (?) con gealed; II. i. 279 (v. Notes). Capable, retentive; I. ii. 353. Capering, jumping for joy; V. i. 238. Carriage, burden; V. i. 3. Case, condition; III. ii. 29. Cast, to throw up; perhaps with a play upon "cast" in the sense of "to assign their parts to actors"; II. i. 251. Cat (with reference to the old proverb that "good liquor will make a cat speak"); II. ii. 86. Catch, a part-song; III. ii. 126. Chalked forth, i.e., chalked out; V. i. 203. Cherubin, a cherub; I. ii. 152. Come by, to acquire; II. i. 292. Correspondent, responsive, obedient; I. ii. 298. Courses, the largest lower sails of a ship; I. i. 52. Crabs, crab-apples; II. ii. 171. Crack, to burst (with reference to magic bands, or perhaps to the crucibles and alembics of magicians); V. i. 2, Dear, zealous; I. ii. 179. Dearest, most precious object; II. i. 135. Deboshed, debauched; III. ii. 29. Decked, sprinkled; I. ii. 155. Deep, profound, wise; II. i. 266. Deliver, relate; V. i. 313. Demanded, asked; I. ii. 139. Dew-lapped, having flesh hanging from the throat (a reference probably to the victims of " goitre "), see "wallets of flesh"; III. iii. 45. Dis, Pluto; IV. i. 89. Discase, undress; V. i. 85. Discharge, performance, execution; used probably as a technical term of the stage; II. i. 254. Distempered, excited; IV. i. 145. Distinctly, separately; I. ii. 200. Ditty, words of a song; I, ii. 405. Doit, the smallest piece of money; eighty doits went to a shilling; II. ii. 33. Dollar, used quibblingly with Dregs (with reference to the "liquor Earth'd, buried in the earth; II. i. 234. Ebbing, "ebbing men," i.e., “men whose fortunes are declining"; II. i. 226. Ecstasy, mental excitement, madness ; III. iii. 108. Endeavour, laborious effort; II. 1. 160. Engine, instrument of war, military machine; II. i. 161. Entertainer, perhaps quibblingly interpreted by Gonzalo in the sense of " inn-keeper"; II. i. 17. Envy, malice; I. ii. 258. Estate, to grant as a possession; IV. i. 85. Eye, tinge; II. i. 55. Fall, to let fall; II. i. 296. Fish, to catch at, to seek to obtain ; Flesh-fly, a fly that feeds on flesh and Frippery, a place where old clothes are sold; IV. i. 225. Heavy, "the heavy offer," i.e., the offer which brings drowsiness; II. i. 194. Help, cure; II. ii. 97. Hoist, hoisted (past tense of "hoise" Honeycomb, cells of honeycomb; I. ii. 329. Ignorant, appertaining to ignorance; "i. fumes"="fumes of ignorance"; V. i. 67. Invert, change to the contrary; III. i. 70. Jack, "played the Jack," i.c., the knave = "deceived"; IV. i. 198. Jerkin, a kind of doublet; IV. i. 236. Justify, prove; V. i. 128 Key, tuning-key; I. ii. 83. Knot, (folded arms); I. ii. 224. Lakin, "Ladykin," or the Virgin Laughter, possibly used with a double meaning; "lafter" was perhaps the cant name of some small coin; still used provincially for the number of eggs laid by a hen at one time; II. i. 33. Learning, teaching; I. ii. 366. Lieu, "in lieu of," i.e., in consideration of; I. ii. 123. Life, "good life," i.e., "life-like truthfulness"; III. iii. 86. Like, similarly; III. iii. 66. Lime, bird-lime; IV. i. 246. Line, lime-tree (with punning refer ence to other meanings of " line " Line-grove, lime-grove; V. i. 10. Infused, endowed; I. ii. 154. Inherit, take possession; II. ii. 179. Make, to prove to be; II. i. 265. Maid, maid-servant, III. i. 84. Main-course, the main sail; I. i. 35. Inly, inwardly; V. i. 200. Inquisition, enquiry; I. ii. 35. Make a man, i.e., make a man's fortune; II. ii. 32. Manage, government; I. ii. 70. Marmoset, small monkey; II. ii. 174. Massy, massive, heavy; III. iii. 67. Matter, an important matter; II. i. 230. Meanders, winding paths or (probably) circles (of. Notes); III. iii. 3. Measure, pass over; II. i. 259. Meddle, to mingle; I. ii. 22. Merchant, merchantman (" the mas ters of some merchant"); II. i. 5. Merely, absolutely; I. i. 55. Mettle, disposition, ardour; II. i. 182. Minion, favourite; IV. i. 98. Miraculous; "the miraculous harp" of Amphion, the music of which raised the walls of Thebes; II. i. 86. Miss, to do without; I. ii. 312; to fail in aiming at, not to hit; II. i. 40. Mo, more; II. i. 133. Momentary, instantaneous; I. ii. 202 Moon-calf, abortion; II. ii. 111. Mop, grimace; IV. i. 47. Morsel, remnant, "a piece of a man" (contemptuously); II. i. 286. Mount, raise; II. ii. 11. Mow, grimace; IV. i. 47. Moru, make grimaces; II. ii. 9. Much, "to think it much," to reckon it as excessive, to grudge; I. ii. 252. Mum, hush; III. ii. 59. Natural, idiot; III. ii. 37. called the Well-Spoken Nobody; III. ii. 136. From the title-page of the comedy of "No-body and Some-body, with the true Chronicle Historie of Elidure" (before 1600). Nook, bay; I. ii. 227. Observation, attention to detail; III. iii. 87. Occasion, critical opportunity; II. i. 307. Odd, out-of-the-way; I. ii. 223. O'er, over again; "trebles thee o'er," i.e., "makes thee three times as great"; II. i. 221. O'erprized, surpassed in value; I. ii. |