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interchangeably, mutually, reciprocally. T. & C. iii. 2. 57. interdiction, restraint, exclusion. Mac. iv. 3. 107. interessed, be, have a right or share. Lear i. 1. 85. interest, legal concern, right, title. T.A. iii. 1. 249; Lear i. 1. 50; concern, part. R. & J. iii. 1. 187; Cym. iv. 2. 365; advantage, profit. Mac. i. 2. 66. interest, in the, on behalf of. Lear v. 3. 86.

inter'gatory, question formally put. Cym. v. 5. 393. interims, by, at intervals. Cor. i. 6. 5.

interjoin, join mutually. Cor.

iv. 4. 22.

interlude, stage-play of a popular kind. Lear v. 3. 90. intermission, delay. Mac. iv. 3. 231; Lear ii. 4. 32.

interpret, used with ref. to the puppet-show. Ham. iii. 2. 249.

intil, into. Ham. v. 1. 75. into, unto, to. T. & C. iii. 3. 12; Cym. i. 6. 167. intrenchant, incapable of being cut. Mac. v. 7. 38. intrinse, entangled. Lear ii. 2. 75.

intrinsicate, intricate. A. & C. v. 2. 302.

inurned, interred.. Ham. i. 4. 49.

invention, device, design. Lear i. 2. 20; imagination. Oth. ii. 1. 125. inventorially, in detail. Ham. v. 2. 115. investment, clothes. Ham. i. 3. 128.

invisible, ? subtle. A. & C. ii. 2. 217; secret. Cym. iv. 2. 177.

inviting, attractive. Oth, ii. 3. 24.

inward, inwardly, internally. Ham. iv. 4. 28.

Iris, the messenger of the gods, used for rainbow. T. & C. i. 3. 380.

iron, sword. T. & C. ii. 3. 16; hard, cruel. R. & J. iv. 5. 127;

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Tim. iii. 4. 85; armour. A. & C. iv. 4. 3. irregulous, lawless. Cym. iv. 2. 315.

irreligious, believing in a false religion. T.A. v. 3. 121. ise, I shall. Lear iv. 6. 241. issue, outcome, product. T. & C. ii. 2. 89; Lear i. 1. 17; decision, matter ripe for decision. R. & J. iv. 1. 65; Mac. v. 4. 21; action, deed. J.C. iii. 1. 294; ym. ii. 1. 49; conclusion. Oth. iii. 3. 219; fortune. A. & C. i. 2. 95.

issuing, pouring or gushing out. T.A. ii. 4. 30. it, its. Lear i. 4. 216. iterance, iteration. Oth. v. 2. 148.

I wis,certainly. Per. ii. Gower

2.

Jack, low-bred fellow. R. & J. ii. 4. 154; &c.; figure of a man which strikes the bell on the outside of a clock. Tim. iii. 6. 101; in bowls, a small bowl placed as a mark to aim at. Cym. ii. 1. 2; contemptuous use. Cym. ii. 1. 21. jackanapes, pert, conceited fellow. Cym. ii. 1. 4.

jade, vicious or ill-conditioned horse. T.. & C. ii. 1. 20; Ham. iii. 2. 245; make a jade of, exhaust. A. & C. iii. 1. 34. jar, make a discord. Lear iv. 7. 16. jaunce, jauncing, trotting or trudging up and down. R. & J. ii. 5. 26, 52.

jay, flashy or light woman. Cym. iii. 4. 49.

jealous, suspicious, careful. R. & J. ii. 2. 181; &c.; doubtful, mistrustful. J.C. i. 2. 161. jealous-hood, ? jealous spy. R. & J. iv. 4. 13.

jealousy, suspicion, mistrust. Ham. ii. 1. 113; iv. 5. 19. jerkin, close-fitting jacket, often made of leather. T. & C. iii. 3. 265.

jesses, short straps of leather, silk, or other material

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fastened round the legs of a trained hawk. Oth. iii. 3. 261. jest, merriment, jocosity. Ham. v. 1. 191.

jet, encroach. T.A. ii. 1. 64; walk pompously, strut. Cym. iii. 3. 5: Per. i. 4. 26. jig, lively or farcical performance given at the end or in an interval of a play. Ham. ii. 2. 504; move with a rapid jerky motion. Ham. iii. 1. 146. jigging-fools, foolish writers of doggerel. J.C. iv. 3. 135. John-a-dreams, dreamy fellow. Ham. ii. 2. 574.

join, come together in battle. A. & C. iv. 10. 14. jointress, widow who holds a jointure, dowager. Ham. i.

2. 9.

joint-ring, finger-ring made in separate halves. Oth. iv. 3. 72.

joint-stool, kind of foldingchair. R. & J. i. v. 7. journal, daily. Cym. iv. 2. 10. journeyman, used depreciatively one who is not a master of his trade. Ham. iii. 2.34.

Jovial, Jove-like, majestic. Cym. iv. 2. 311; of Jupiter. Cym. v. 4. 105.

jowl, dash, knock. Ham. v. 1. 78.

joy, source of gladness. T.A. i. 1. 382; A. & C. i. 5. 58; enjoy. T.A. ii. 3. 83; term of endearment. Lear i. 1, 82; delight. Cym. v. 5. 425; Per. i. 2.9.

judgement, critic, judge. T. & C. i. 2. 199.

judicious, judicial. Cor. v. 5. 127.

Jug, familiar substitute for the name Joan, applied to a homely woman. Lear i. 4. 224. jump, apply a desperate remedy to. Cor. iii. 1. 153; hazard, venture. Mac. i. 7. 7; A. & C. iii. 8. 6; Cym. v. 4. 183; exactly, precisely. Ham. i. 1. 65; v. 2. 375; Oth. ii, 3. 383; agree. Oth. i. 3. 5.

just, exactly, right. T.A. iv. 2. 24; exact. R. & J. iii. 2. 78; Oth, i. 3. 5; ii. 3. 125; honourable. J.C. iii. 2. 86.

justice do, drink a health. Oth. ii..3. 87..

justicer, magistrate. Lear iii. 6. 22; &c.

justify, prove, confirm. Cym. ii. 4. 79; acknowledge. Per. v. 1.219.

justness, rightfulness. T. & C. ii. 2. 119.

jut, thrust out. Tim. i. 2. 234. jutty, projecting part of a wall or building. Mac. i. 6. 6.

kam, clean, quite wrong. Cor. iii. 1. 302.

keen, bitter, sharp. Ham. iii. 2. 251.

keep, dwell, live. T. & C. iv. 5. 277; Ham. ii. 1. 8.

keeper, sick nurse. R. & J. v. 3.89.

ken, recognize. T. & C. iv. 5. 14; distance that bounds the vision. Cym. iii. 6. 6.

kerchief, wear a, be ill. J.C. ii. 1. 315.

kern, light-armed Irish footsoldier. Mac. i. 2. 30.

kettle, kettle-drum. Ham. v. 2.275.

kibe, chilblain on the heel. Ham. v. 1. 146.

kind, race, class. T. & C. v. 4. 14; J.C. ii. 1. 33; nature. T.A. ii. 1. 116; A. & C. v. 2. 261; fond. Ham. iv. 5. 145; manner. Lear iv. 6. 163; family. Per. v. 1. 68.

kind, from, contrary to nature. J.C. i. 3. 64.

kindless, unnatural. Ham. ii. 2. 588.

kindly, exactly. R. & J. ii. 4. 56; innate. Tim. ii. 2. 219; benign. A. & C. ii. 5. 78. kingdomed, that is a kingdom in himself. T.&C.ii.3.174. kiss, said of balls touching at bowls. Cym. ii. 1. 2.

kite, rapacious person, term of reproach. Lear i. 4. 262; A. & C. iii. 11. 89.

knap, give a smart blow to. Lear ii. 4. 122. knave, boy, servant, sometimes in familiar use. J.C. iv. 3. 239; &c.

knee, used in phrases meaning prostration, bowing. Cor. v. 3. 57; &c.; bend the knee before. Lear ii. 4. 214.

knit, bind, unite. R. & J. iv. 2. 25.

knoll, ring, toll. Mac. v. 7.79. knot, lump, knob. T. & C. v. 3. 33; folded arms. T.A. iii. 2. 4; company. J.C. iii. 1. 117; gather into a knot. Oth. iv. 2. 61.

knotted, knotty, gnarled. T. & C. i. 3. 50; J.C. i. 3. 6. know, be acquainted. A. & C. ii. 6. 83; Cym. i. 4. 35. knowing, knowledge. Tim. iii. 2. 70; &c.; experience. Mac. ii. 4. 4.

knowingly, from experience. Cym. iii. 3. 46.

knowledge, notice. Ham. ii. 1. 13; consciousness. Lear iv. 6. 285; A. & C. ii. 2. 95. know of, ascertain from. Lear v. 1. 1; Oth. v. 1. 117.

la, an expression of derision. Tim. iii. 1. 23; sixth note of the scale. Lear i. 2. 142. label, slip of paper or parchment for appending a seal to a document. R. & J. iv. 1. 57; slip of paper. Cym. v. 5. 431. labour, that which is brought forth in childbirth. T. & C. iv. 4. 37.

laboured, highly wrought. Per. ii. 3. 17.

labouring, rolling or pitching heavily. Oth. ii. I. 187.

laboursome, laborious, elaborate. Ham. i. 2. 59; Cym. iii. 4. 165.

lace, streak or stripe with colour. R. & J. iii. 5. 8; Mac. ii. 3. 113; Cym. ii. 2. 22. lack, perceive the absence of, miss. Cor. iv. 1.15; &c.; be wanting. T.A. iv. 2.44; Ham. i. 5. 187.

'lack, alas! Cym. iv. 2. 374; v. 3. 59.

lackey, follow closely. A. & C. i. 4. 46..

lacks of, is not yet. Ham. i. 4. 3.

lading, cargo. T.A. i. 1. 72. lady, burden common to certain ballads. R. & J. ii. 4. 146; name given to female hounds. Lear i. 4. 111; feminine. A. & C. v. 2. 164; wife. Cym. i. 6. 160. lady-bird, sweetheart. R. & J. i. 3. 3.

lady, God's, the Blessed Virgin. R. & J. ii. 5. 61. lag, lowest class. Tim. iii. 6. 84.

lag of, behind. Lear i. 2. 6. lamb, lambkin, ternis of endearment. T. & C. iv. 4. 22; R. & J. i. 3. 3. Lammas-eve, July 31. R. & J. i. 3. 17.

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Lammas-tide, Aug. 1. R. & J. i. 3. 15.

lance, pierce. Lear ii. 1. 53; cut surgically. A. & C. v. i. 36. land

carrack, ? coastingvessel. Oth. i. 2. 50. land-fish,unnatural creature. T. & C. iii. 3. 264. languishing,lingering. Cym.

i. 5. 9.

lank, become shrunken. A. & C. i. 4. 71.

lanthorn, window-turret. R. & J. v. 3. 84.

lap, wrap. Mac. i. 2. 55; Cym. v. 5. 361.

lapse, fall into sin. Cor. v. 2. 19; Cym. iii. 6. 12.

lapse in, ?allow to pass. Ham. iii. 4. 107.

lapwing, peewit, alluding to its supposed habit of running about when nearly hatched with the shell on its head. Ham. v. 2. 185.

lard, intersperse, garnish. T. & C. v. 1. 59; Ham. iv. 5. 38; v. 2. 20; fatten. Tim. iv. 3. 12.

large, licentious, gross. R. &

J. ii. 4. 99; A. & C. iii. 6. 93; unrestrained. Mac. iii. 4. 11; liberal. Lear i. 1. 52; pompous. Lear i. 1. 185.

large, at, in full size. T. & C. i. 3. 346.

large-handed, grasping. Tim. iv. 1. 11.

largely, abundantly. Per. i. 4. 53.

largess, liberal gifts. Mac. ii. 1. 14.

'larum, battle-cry. Cor. i. 4. 9; tumultuous noise. T.A. i. 1. 147.

'las, alas. Oth. v. 1. 111. last, end. Cor. v. 5. 42; last word. Tim. iii. 6. 94; conclusion, end. J.C. iii. 2. 12; ?utmost lengths. Mac. v. 7. 61. latch, catch, hold. Mac. iv. 3. 195.

lated, belated. Mac. iii. 3. 6; A. & C. iii. 9. 3.

lath, contemptuous word for a sword. T.A. ii. 1. 41; material of a counterfeit weapon. R. & J. i. 4. 5.

laughter, subject for laughter. J.C. iv. 3. 49, 113. laurel, wreathed with laurel. A. & C. i. 3. 100.

lavish, unrestrained. Mac. i. 2.58.

lavolt, lively dance for two persons. T. & C. iv. 4. 85. law-day, day for the sitting of a court of law. Oth. iii. 3. 140. lay, wager, stake. T. & C. iii. 1. 90; &c.; bury. Cym. iv. 2. 233.

lay aside, lay by, put away. T. & C. ii. 3. 79; Cor. i. 1. 198. lay down, wager. Oth. iv. 2. 12.

lay for, lie in wait for. Tim. iii. 5. 117.

lay home to, attack. Ham. iii. 4. 1.

lay knife aboard, make an attack. R. & J. ii. 4. 204. lazar, poor and diseased person, esp. a leper. T. & C. ii. 3. 33; v. 1. 67; Ham. i. 5. 72. lazy, sluggish. R. & J. ii, 2.

31.

lead, go forward. A. & C. ii. 6. 81; Cym. iv. 4. 53.

leaden, depressing. Oth. iii. 4. 175.

leading, direction. Cor. iv. 5. 142.

lead on, conduct. Cor. i. 2. 15. league, alliance, amity. T.A. v. 3. 23.

leagued, allied. Oth. ii. 3. 215; folded. Cym. iv. 2. 213. lean, rely, depend. T. & C. iii. 3. 85; Ham. iv. 3. 59; poor, meagre. A. & C. ii. 2. 19; defer. Cym. i. 1. 78. leap, pass over. T. & C. prol. 27; be eager. A. & C. iii. 11. 51. leaping-time, youth. Cym. iv. 2. 200.

learn, inform of. T. & C. ii. 1. 22; teach. Oth. i. 3. 183. learned, instructed, experienced. Cor. iii. 1, 98; Oth. iii. 3. 259.

learning,acquirement. Ham. v. 2. 35; information. A. & C. ii. 2. 51; lesson. Cym. i. 1. 43. lease of nature, term of natural life. Mac. iv. 1. 99. leasing, lying. Cor. v. 2. 22. least, in the, at the lowest estimate. Lear i. 1. 192; in the smallest degree. Lear ii. 4. 140. leave, abandon, give, stop. Cor. ii. 3. 175; &c.; used as a phrase of dismissal. R. & J. i. 3.7; leave-taking. Mac. iv. 3. 236; Ham. i. 3. 54. leaven on, lay the, taint. Cym, iii. 4. 62.

lecture, discourse

given before an audience. Cor. ii. 3. 238.

leer, complexion. T.A. iv. 2. 120.

leet, special court which the lords of certain manors were empowered to hold yearly or half-yearly. Oth. iii. 3. 140. left out, excepted. Cym. ii. 4. 85.

leg, obeisance, bow. Cor. ii. 1. 71; Tim. i. 2. 237. leiger, ambassador, agent. Cym. i. 5. 80.

leisure, time. Mac. i. 3. 148; iii. 2. 3.

leisure, by, barely, not at all. T.A. i. 1. 301.

lend, hold out. T.A. iii. 1. 187. lendings, non-essential appurtenances. Lear iii. 4. 106. length, reach, range. Mac. iv. 3. 233; Ham. i. 2. 204; Per. i. 1. 168; prolixity, lengthiness. A. & C. iv. 12. 46.

length, of, long. T. & C. i. 3. 136.

lenten, containing no meat. R. & J. ii. 4. 136; meagre, scanty. Ham. ii. 2. 322. leperous, causing leprosy. Ham. i. 5. 64.

less in, inferior in point of. A. & C. v. 2. 359.

let, let go. T. & C. i. 1. 5; Cym. iv. 2. 152; caused. Ham. iv. 6. 11.

let-alone, (a) permission, (b) hindrance. Lear v. 3. 80. let be, no matter. Ham. v. 2. 224. lethargied, dulled, blunted. Lear i. 4. 228.

Lethe, a river in Hades, to drink the waters of which caused oblivion of the past. Ham. i. 5. 33; A. & C. ii. 7. 113.

Lethe'd, oblivious. A. & C. ii. 1. 27.

let out, lend at interest. Tim. iii. 5. 109.

letter, literal meaning. Oth. 1. 3. 68; Cym. v. 5. 450; learning. Per. iv. Gower 8. letter, no, not a word. Cym. iv. 3. 36.

level, range of a missile, weapon. R. & J. iii. 3. 102; with direct aim. Ham. iv. 1. 42; iv. 5. 150; be on a par. Oth. i. 3. 239; guess. A. & C. v. 2. 333.

levy, aim. Per. ii. 5. 52. liable, subject. J.C. i. 2. 198; ii. 2. 104; Per. iv. 6. 176. libel, make libellous statements. T.A. iv. 4. 17. liberal, gross, licentious. Ham. iv. 7. 170; Oth. ii. 1.

164; refined, tasteful. Ham. v. 2. 154; free in speaking, Oth. v. 2. 218.

liberty, privilege, right. Cor. ii. 3. 218; J.C. v. 1. 76; Per. i. 2. 112; licence. Tim. iv. 1. 25; Ham. ii. 1. 24.

licence, leave, permission. Ham. iv. 4. 2.

licentious, unrestrained by law or morality. Tim. v. 4. 4. lictor, official who attended on a Roman magistrate. A. & C. v. 2. 213.

lie, be in a posture of defence. T. & C. i. 2. 270, 275; be asleep in bed. T. & C. iv. 1. 3; Mac. ii. 3. 23; sojourn. Cor. i. 9. 82; be still. Per. iii.

1. 48.

lie along, lie low. Cor. v. 5. 57; J.C. iii. 1. 115.

liegeman, vassal, subject. Ham. i. 1. 15.

lie on, lie upon, depend upon. T. & C. iv. 4. 146; A. & C. iii. 8. 5; rests as an obligation upon. Cor. iii. 2. 52. lies, as in him, as he can. Cor. iii. 3. 92.

lie under, be subject to. T. & C. ii. 3. 134.

lieutenancy.

lieutenantry, Oth. ii. 1. 172. lieutenantry, on, by deputy. A. & C. iii. 9. 39.

lifter, thief. T. & C. i. 2. 122. light, shine through. T. & C. i. 1. 39; swift. R. & J. ii. 2. 66; full of levity. R. & J. ii. 2. 99; Lear iii. 4. 90; of little value. Oth. ii. 3. 171; cheerful. Oth. iv. 1. 102; delirious. Oth. iv. 1. 271; enlightenment. Per. i. 3. 17.

lightly, thoughtlessly. Cor. iv. 1. 29; easily, readily. T.A. ii. 3. 289; cheerfully. R. & J. v. 1. 3; A. & C. iv. 12. 138. lightness, lightheadedness. Ham. ii. 2. 149.

lightning, exhilaration supposed to occur in some instances just before death. R. & J. v. 3. 90.

like, please. T. & C. v. 2.99;

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