and-we see from this word-a Pharisee. Puissance, power. Purblind, dim-sighted, nearly blind. Purchase (215), prize, capture. Purple-in-grain, scarlet dye. Pursue sentence (174), to go on to the sentence. Pursuivant at arms, a messenger or attendant upon a herald. Quaff, to drink. Quaint (164), ingenious, neatly turned. Qualify, to tone down, lessen the strength of. Quality (126, 171), nature, character, special feature. Quarter (132), to cut in pieces. Quell (211), to destroy. Questionless, without doubt. Quick (67), alive. Quillets (84), very fine distinctions, hair-splitting. Rack (19), clouds flying before the wind. Racked (151), strained. Ragged (73), beggarly, wretched. Rawly (75), hurriedly, unprovided for. Raze (214), root. Reave, to take away by violence. Recant, to take back openly, re tract. *Redemption (197). D. means 'damnation'. Redress, (verb) to set right; (noun) a setting right. Reed voice (164), a squeaking voice. Respect, without (179), unless you consider other things with it. Respective (180), careful of your duty, conscientious. Respiration (149), breathing, and so, life. Retardations, hindrances. Return (96), to send in an official report. Revels, dances at a court masque. Rheum, (38) tears; (154) spittle. The Ribbed (35), rock-bound. rocks are ribs (1) because they enclose, (2) because of their ridged lines. Rigol, circle; hence crown. Road (183), roadstead, where ships may ride at anchor some distance from the shore. Roof (161), the roof of the mouth. Rude (133), uncivilized. Ruminate, to chew over; and so, think over. Runagate (103), fugitive, one who runs away from justice. Salutation, greeting, saying 'good day'. *Salvation (191). 'damnation'. D. means Sanctuary (96), a church or sacred Sanguine (222), red-faced. Scandal (119), to speak evil of. Scrip, written document. Scrivener, a writer, especially of legal documents. Scrubbed, scrubby. Scur, fly, scurry. 'Scuse, excuse. Sealed up (56), fully settled, confirmed. Secure, securely, free from care. Seduce, to mislead, draw away Semblance, likeness, resemblance. Senator, a member of the chief council. Senses (132), powers of the mind. Setter (217), a cross between a spaniel and a pointer, trained to mark the position of a bird; comically said of Bardolph, who has marked the movements of the travellers. Several (139), separate. Shotten, that has shed its roe, worthless. Shrewd, spiteful. Shrewdly, sharply. Signed, marked. Significants, signs, tokens. Singular, standing alone, rare. Sinister, on the left hand. Skirr, scurry. Sledge, sledge-hammer. Slighted off, ignored, thrown aside with contempt. Slips, nooses in which the dogs were held until started for the game. Slovenry, slovenliness. Snuff, to be in (210), to be annoyed (because snuff tickles the nose; there is also a joke about the candle). Soft, gently, stop, no hurry! Sort (180), to put straight, arrange for the best. Sparkling of the body (23), scattering, breaking up the main body of the troops. 'Spect, to suspect. Spectacle, sight. Spleen, spite. Split, a part to make all (199), a raging and roaring part. (A metaphor for a ship going to pieces in a storm.) Spruce, dashing. Squander, to make money fly. Squandered (152), scattered. Stars, O my (42). In old days people thought that the stars acted on their lives and fortunes. We still talk of a 'lucky star', and say that an unlucky man is 'ill-starred'. Starting-pole, a loophole, way of escape. Statue, a statue. *Statues (193). D. means' statutes', the laws of the land. Staves (92), shafts of spears. Sternage of, to, astern of. (Fol- Strappado, a military torture: a man was hauled to the top of a beam by a rope fastened under his arms, and then let go the length of the rope, so as to put his shoulder out of joint. Striker (215), a petty thief. Subscribe, to agree. Subtle, sly, cunning. Successively, following in proper order. Succour, help. *Sucking-dove (200). B. is thinking of a' sucking lamb'. Perhaps the noise he makes is something between a coo and a bleat. Sue out (105, 226), to apply for and get. (A law term.) Sufferance (154), patience, endur ance. Sufferance, by his (66), by your allowing him to go unpunished. *Suffigance (195). D. means 'suffisance', or enough. Supposition, in (152), not actually in hand, only supposed. All right, if they come home safe. Surety, one who is bound for a debtor, and has to pay if the debtor cannot. Suspect (49), suspicion. *Suspect (197). D. means 'respect'. Suspire, to breathe. Sustenance, food. Swelling (63), growing greater, rising. Taint (19, 21), to dishonour. Tardy-gaited, moving slowly. Tedious, tiresome. Temporal (171), earthly (the opposite of 'spiritual' or heavenly). Tench, stung like a (214). A nonsense phrase: a 'tench' is a freshwater fish. Tendance, attention. Tending to (135), referring to, aiming at. Tenement, land or a house held of a superior. Testament, a will. To (19, 1. 75), compared with. Tolerable, bearable. D. means 'intolerable'. Tongue-tied, not able to speak freely. Topless, so high that you cannot see the top. Toward (203), ready to begin. Tragedy, a play dealing with the ruin of a great man; (48) a king's death. Train, snare, lure. *Tranquillity (215), quietness. G. means people who live at ease, and do not go in for the excitement of highway robbery; he is trying to talk grandly and mysteriously. Transgress (25), to disobey. Transitory, lasting only for a time, passing away. Translated (204), changed into another creature. Trash (19), to handicap. When a hound was too quick and got ahead of the pack, the huntsman tied on its neck a long strap which dragged along the ground and checked the hound's pace. Tretably (225), moderately, not too fast. Tribute (177), something due and given as a token of friendship or gratitude. Triumphant, victorious and rejoicing. With G.'s use (50), compare p. 35, ll. 15-26. B.'s use (203) is nonsensical; he means 'flaring', 'flaunting its red colour'. Trivial, slight, unimportant. Trunk (169), the body without the Turmoil, uproar and worry. Umbered (72), dusky yellow in the firelight. Unblown (33), still in the bud, like a flower which has not opened. Unbreathed, unpractised. Unburthen, to unload, make no secret of. Uncapable of (149, 166), not able to receive or feel. Unchecked (156), not contradicted. Uncolted (217), without a horse. Undeaf (49), to free from deafness, make him hear. Underling, an inferior, a slave. Undervalued, nothing (151), not a bit less worthy than. Unguided (52), with no king worthy of the name to lead the people. Unraised (63), dull, not rising to the subject as the Muse of fire' would do. Unseasonable, coming at the wrong time. Unstaia, unsteady. Untruss, to untie the breeches. Vagrom, homeless, vagrant. Vaunt, vaunting, boast. Videlicet, namely, 'viz.' Vigil, the eve of a saint's day. *Vigitant (193). B. means 'vigilant'. Visitation, visit, especially to the sick. with a cutting blade, and a hook at the back. What (39, 1. 75), why? Whenas, while all the time, while on the contrary. Where (166, 1. 21), whereas, where on the contrary, although. Whiffler, an officer who headed a procession to clear the way. While, time. While, God help the (219), God help us meanwhile. Whilom, formerly. Withal, (1) with this, (2) also. Wit's regard (50), what the mind knows to be right. Wooden O (63), the wooden theatre, circular inside. |