SHAKESPEARIAN GLOSSARY

ABATE    to shorten
    To cast down
    To blunt
ABATEMENT    diminution
ABHOR    protest; disgust
ABIDE    to sojourn
    to expiate
ABLE    to uphold
ABRIDGEMENT    a short play
ABROAD    away, apart
ABROOK    to brook, abide
ABSEY-BOOK    a primer
ABSOLUTE    positive, certain
    Complete
ABUSE    to deceive
ABUSE    deception
ABY    to expiate a fault
ABYSM    abyss
ACCITE    to cite, summon
ACCUSE    accusation
ACHIEVE    to obtain
ACKNOWN    'to be acknown' is to acknowledge
ACQUITTANCE    a receipt or discharge
ACTION-TAKING    litigious
ACTURE    action
ADDITION    title, attribute
ADDRESS    to prepare oneself
ADDRESSED    prepared
ADVANCE    to prefer, promote to honour
ADVERTISEMENT    admonition
ADVERTISING    attentive
ADVICE    consideration, discretion
ADVISE    sometimes neuter, sometimes reflective, to
    consider, reflect
ADVISED    considerate
ADVOCATION    pleading, advocacy
AFEARED    afraid
AFFECT    to love
AFFY    to affiance
    To trust
AFRONT    in front
AGAZED    looking in amazement
AGLET-BABY    the small figure engraved on a jewel
AGNISE    to acknowledge, confess
A-GOOD    a good deal, plenteously
A-HOLD    a sea-term
AIERIE    the nest of a bird of prey
AIM    a guess
ALDER-LIEFEST    most loved of all
ALE    alehouse
ALLOW    to approve
ALLOWANCE    approval
AMES-ACE    two aces, the lowest throw of the dice
AMORT    dead, dejected
AN    if
ANCHOR    an anchorite, hermit
ANCIENT    an ensign-bearer
ANGEL    a coin, so called because it bore the image of
    an angel
ANIGHT    by night
ANSWER    retaliation
ANTHROPOPHAGINIAN    a cannibal
ANTICK    the fool in the old plays
ANTRE    a cave
APPARENT    heir-apparent
APPEAL    accusation
APPEAL    to accuse
APPEARED    made apparent
APPLE-JOHN    a kind of apple
APPOINTMENT    preparation
APPREHENSION    opinion
APPREHENSIVE    apt to apprehend or understand
APPROBATION    probation
APPROOF    approbation, proof
APPROVE    to prove
    To justify, make good
APPROVER    one who proves or tries
ARCH    chief
ARGAL    a ridiculous word intended for the Latin ergo
ARGENTINE    silver
ARGIER    Algiers
ARGOSY    originally a vessel of Ragusa or Ragosa, a
    Ragosine; hence any ship of burden
ARGUMENT    subject
ARMIGERO    a mistake for Armiger, the Latin for Esquire
AROINT    found only in the imperative mood, get thee
    gone
A-ROW    in a row
ARTICULATE    to enter into articles of agreement
    to exhibit in articles
ASK    to require
ASPECT    regard, looks
ASPERSION    sprinkling; hence blessing, because before the
    Reformation benediction was generally accompanied
    by the sprinkling of holy water
ASSAY    attempt
ASSAY    to attempt, test, make proof of
ASSINEGO    an ass
ASSUBJUGATE    to subjugate
ASSURANCE    deed of assurance
ASSURED    betrothed
ATOMY    an atom
    Used in contempt of a small person
ATONE    to put people at one, to reconcile
    to agree
ATTACH    to seize, lay hold on
ATTASKED    taken to task, reprehended
ATTEND    to listen to
ATTENT    attentive
ATTORNEY    an agent
ATTORNEY    to employ as an agent
    To perform by an agent
AUDACIOUS    spirited, daring, but without any note of blame
    attached to it
AUGUR    augury
AUTHENTIC    clothed with authority
AVAUNT    int. be gone, a word of abhorrence
AVE    the Latin for hail; hence acclamation
AVE-MARY    the angelicsalutation addressed to the Blessed
    Virgin Mary
AVERRING    confirming
AVOID    get rid of
AWFUL    worshipful
AWKWARD    contrary


BACCARE    keep back
BACKWARD    the hinder part; hence, when applied to time,
    the past
BAFFLE    embarrass
BALKED    heaped, as on a ridge
BALLOW    a cudgel
BALM    the oil of consecration
BAN    to curse
BANK    to sail by the banks
BARM    yeast
BARN    a child
BARNACLE    a shellfish, supposed to produce the sea-bird
    of the same name
BASE    a game, sometimes called Prisoners' base
BASES    an embroidered mantle worn by knights on
    horseback, and reaching from the middle to
    below the knees
BASILISK    a kind of ordnance
BASTA    enough
BASTARD    raisin wine
BATE    to flutter, as a hawk
BATE    to except
    To abate
BAT-FOWLING    catching birds with a clap-net by night
BATLET    a small bat, used for beating clothes
BATTLE    army
BAVIN    used as an a piece of waste wood, applied
    contemptuously to anything worthless
   
BAWCOCK    a fine fellow
BAWD    procurer
BAY    the space between the main timbers of the roof
BEADSMAN    one who bids bedes, that is, prays prayers
    for another
BEARING-CLOTH    a rich cloth in which children were wrapt at
    their christening
BEAT    to flutter as a falcon, to meditate, consider
    earnestly
BEAVER    the lower part of a helmet
BEETLE    a mallet
BEING    dwelling
BEING    since, inasmuch as
BE-METE    to measure
BE-MOILED    daubed with dirt
BENDING    stooping under a weight
BENVENUTO    (Italian), welcome
BERGOMASK    a rustic dance
BESHREW    evil befal
BESTRAUGHT    distraught, distracted
BETEEM    to pour out
BETID    happened
BEZONIAN    a beggarly fellow
BIDING    abiding-place
BIGGEN    a night-cap
BILBERRY    the whortleberry
BILBO    a sword, from Bilboa, a town in Spain where
    they were made
BILBOES    fetters or stocks
BILL    a bill-hook, a weapon
BIN    been, are
BIRD-BOLT    a bolt to be shot from a crossbow at birds
BIRDING    part. hawking at partridges
BISSON    blind
BLANK    the white mark in the middle of a target;
    hence, metaphorically, that which is aimed at
BLENCH    to start aside, flinch
BLENT    blended
BLOOD-BOLTERED    smeared with blood
BLOW    to inflate
BOARD    to make advances to; accost
BOB    a blow, metaph. a sarcasm
BOB    to strike, metaph. to ridicule, or to obtain
    by raillery
BODGE    to botch, bungle
BODIKIN    a corrupt word used as an oath. 'Od's Bodikin,'
    God's little Body
BOITIER VERT    green box
BOLD    to embolden
BOLLEN    swollen
BOLTED    sifted, refined
BOLTER    a sieve
BOLTING-HUTCH    a hutch in which meal was sifted
BOMBARD    a barrel, a drunkard
BOMBAST    padding
BONA-ROBA    a harlot
BOND    that to which one is bound
BOOK    a paper of conditions
BOOT    help, use
BOOT    to help, to avail
BOOTLESS    without boot or advantage, useless
BOOTS    bots, a kind of worm
BORE    calibre of a gun; hence, metaph. size, weight,
    importance
BOSKY    covered with underwood
BOSOM    wish, heart's desire
BOTS    worms which infest horses
BOURN    a boundary
    A brook
BRACE    armour for the arm, state of defence
BRACH    a hound bitch
BRAID    deceitful
BRAVE    handsome, well-dressed
BRAVE    boast
BRAVERY    finery
    Boastfulness
BRAWL    a kind of dance
BREAST    voice
BREATHE    to exercise
BREATHING    exercising
BREECHING    liable to be whipt
BREED-BATE    a breeder of debate, a fomenter of quarrels
BREESE    the gadfly
BRIBE-BUCK    a buck given away in presents
BRING    to attend one on a journey
BROCK    a badger, a term of contempt
BROKE    to act as a procurer
BROKEN    having lost some teeth by age
BROKEN MUSIC    the music of stringed instruments
BROKER    an agent
BROTHERHOOD    trading company
BROWNIST    a sectary, a follower of Brown, the founder
    of the Independents
BRUIT    noise, report, rumour
BRUIT    to noise abroad
BRUSH    rude assault
BUCK    suds or lye for washing clothes in
BUCK-BASKET    the basket in which clothes are carried to the
    wash
BUCKING    washing
BUCK-WASHING    washing in lye
BUG    a bugbear, a spectre
BULLY-ROOK    a bragging cheater
BURGONET    a kind of helmet
BURST    to break
BUSKY    bushy
BUTT-SHAFT    a light arrow for shooting at a target
   
BUXOM    obedient
BY'RLAKIN    by our little Lady: an oath


CADDIS    worsted galloon, so called because it resembles
    the caddis-worm
CADE    a cask or barrel
CAGE    a prison
CAIN-COLOURED    red (applied to hair)
CAITIFF    a captive, a slave; hence, a witch
CALCULATE    prophesy
CALIVER    a hand-gun
CALLET    a trull
CALLING    appellation
CALM    qualm
CAN    to know, be skillful in
CANAKIN    a little can
CANARY    a wine brought from the Canary Islands
CANDLE-WASTERS    persons who sit up all night to drink
CANKER    a caterpillar
    The dog-rose
CANSTICK    a candlestick
CANTLE    a slice, corner
CANTON    a canto
CANVAS    to sift: hence, metaphorically, to prove
CAPABLE    subject to
    Intelligent
    Capable of inheriting
    Ample, capacious
CAPITULATE    make a combined force
CAPOCCHIA    a simpleton
CAPRICIO    caprice
CAPRICIOUS    lascivious
CAPTIOUS    capacious
CARACK    a large ship of burden
CARBONADO    meat scotched for broiling
CARBONADO    to scotch for broiling
CARD    the taper on which the points of the compass
    are marked under the mariner's needle
CAREIRE    the curvetting of a horse
CARKANET    a necklace
CARL    a churl
CARLOT    a churl
CASTILIAN    a native of Castile; used as a cant term
CASTILIANO VULGO    a cant term, meaning, apparently, to use discreet
    language
CATAIAN    a native of Cathay, a cant word
CATLING    cat-gut
CAUTEL    deceit
CAUTELOUS    insidious
CAVALERO    a cavalier, gentleman
CAVIARE    the roe of sturgeon pickled; metaph. a delicacy
    not appreciated by the vulgar
CEASE    decease
CEASE    put off, made to cease
CENSURE    judgment
CENSURE    to judge, criticise
CENTURY    a hundred of anything, whether men, prayers, or
    anything else
CEREMONY    a ceremonial vestment, religious rite, or
    anything ceremonial
CERTES    certainly
CESS    rate, reckoning
CHACE    a term at tennis
CHAMBER    a species of great gun
CHAMBERER    an effeminate man
CHANSON    a song
CHARACT    affected quality
CHARACTER    a letter, handwriting
CHARACTER    to carve or engrave
CHARACTERY    handwriting
    That which is written
CHARE    a turn of work
CHARGE-HOUSE    a free-school
CHARLES' WAIN    the constellation called also Ursa Major, or
    the Great Bear
CHARNECO    a species of sweet wine
CHAUDRON    entrails
CHEATER    for escheator, an officer who collected the
    fines to be paid into the Exchequer
    A decoy
CHEQUE    a technical term in falconry; when a falcon
    flies at a bird which is not her proper game she
    is said to cheque at it
CHEQUES    perhaps intended for ethics
CHEER    fortune, countenance
CHERRY-PIT    a game played with cherrystones
CHEVERIL    kid leather
CHEWIT    cough
CHILDING    pregnant
CH'ILL    vulgar for 'I will.'
CHIRURGEONLY    in a manner becoming a surgeon
CHOPIN    a high shoe or clog
CHRISTENDOM    the state of being a Christian
CHRISTOM    clothed with a chrisom, the white garment
    which used to be put on newly-baptized children
CHUCK    chicken, a term of endearment
CHUFF    a coarse blunt clown
CINQUE PACE    a kind of dance
CIPHER    to decipher
CIRCUMSTANCE    an argument
CITAL    recital
CITE    to incite
CITTERN    a guitar
CLACK-DISH    a beggar's dish
CLAP I' THE CLOUT    to shoot an arrow into the bull's eye of the target
CLAW    to flatter
CLEPE    to call
CLIFF    clef, the key in music
CLING    to starve
CLINQUANT    glittering
CLIP    to embrace, enclose
CLOUT    the mark in the middle of a target
COAST    to advance
COBLOAF    a big loaf
COCK    a cockboat
COCK    a euphemism for God
COCK-AND-PIE    an oath
COCKLE    tares or darnel
COCKNEY    a cook
COCK-SHUT-TIME    the twilight, when cocks and hens go to roost
COG    to cheat, dissemble
COGNIZANCE    badge, token
COIGN    projecting corner stone
COIL    tumult, turmoil
COLLECTION    drawing a conclusion
COLLIED    blackened. Othello;
COLOUR    pretence
COLOURABLE    specious
COLT    to defraud, befool
CO-MART    a joint bargain
COMBINATE    betrothed
COMBINE    to bind
COMMODITY    interest, profit
COMMONTY    used ludicrously for comedy
COMPACT    compacted, composed
COMPARATIVE    drawing comparisons
COMPARATIVE    rival
COMPARE    comparison
COMPASSIONATE    moving comparison
COMPETITOR    one who seeks the same thing, an associate in
    any object
COMPLEMENT    accomplishment
COMPLEXION    passion
COMPOSE    to agree
COMPOSTION    composition
COMPTIBLE    tractable
CON    to learn by heart
    To acknowledge
CONCEIT    conception, opinion, fancy
CONCUPY    concubine
CONDITION    temper, quality
CONDOLEMENT    grief
CONDUCT    escort
CONFECT    to make up into sweetmeats
CONFOUND    to consume, destroy
    Coriolanus;
CONJECT    conjecture
CONSIGN    to sign a common bond, to confederate
CONSORT    company
CONSORT    to accompany
CONSTANCY    consistency
CONSTANT    settled, determined
CONSTANTLY    firmly
CONSTER    to construe
CONTEMPTIBLE    contemptuous
CONTINENT    that which contains anything
    That which is contained
CONTINUATE    uninterrupted
CONTRACTION    the marriage contract
CONTRARY    to oppose
CONTRIVE    to conspire
    to wear away
CONTROL    to confute
CONVENT    to convene, summon
    to be convenient
CONVERT    to change
CONVERTITE    a convert
CONVEY    to manage
    To filch
CONVEYANCE    theft, fraud
CONVICT    convicted
CONVICTED    overpowered, vanquished
    A doubtful word
CONVINCE    to conquer, subdue
CONVIVE    to feast together
CONVOY    escort
CONY-CATCH    to cheat
CONY-CATCHING    poaching, pilfering
COOLING CARD    used metaphorically for an insurmountable obstacle
COPATAIN HAT    a high-crowned hat
COPE    to reward, to give in return
COPY    theme
CORAGIO    courage!
CORAM    an ignorant mistake for Quorum
CORANTO    lively dance
CORINTH    a cant term for a brothel
CORINTHIAN    a wencher
CORKY    dry like cork
CORNUTO    a cuckold
COROLLARY    a surplus
CORPORAL    corporeal, bodily
CORPORAL
OF THE FIELD    an aide-de-camp
CORRIVAL    rival
COSTARD    the head
COSTER-MONGER    peddling, mercenary
COTE    a cottage
COTE    to quote, instance
COTE    to come alongside, overtake
COT-QUEAN    an effeminate man, molly-coddle
COUCHINGS    crouchings
COUNT CONFECT    a noblemancomposed of affectation
COUNTENANCE    fair shew
COUNTERFEIT    portrait
    A piece of base coin
COUNTERPOINT    a counterpane
COUNTERVAIL    to counterpoise, outweigh
COUNTRY    belonging to one's country
COUNTY    count, earl
COUPLEMENT    union
COURT HOLY-WATER    flattery
COVENT    a convent
COVER    to lay the table for dinner
COWISH    cowardly
COWL-STAFF    the staff on which a vessel is supported
    between two men
COX MY PASSION    an oath, a euphemism for 'God's Passion.'
COY    to stroke, fondle
    to condescend with difficulty
COYSTRIL    a kestrel, a cowardly kind of hawk
COZEN    to cheat
COZENAGE    cheating
COZENER    a cheater
COZIER    a tailor
CRACK    to boast
CRACK    a loud noise, clap
    A forward boy
CRACKER    boaster
CRACK-HEMP    a gallows-bird
CRANK    a winding passage
CRANKING    winding
CRANTS    garlands.  A doubtful word
CRARE    a ship of burden
CRAVEN    a dunghill cock
CREATE    formed, compounded
CREDENT    creditable
    Credible
    Credulous
CREDIT    report
CRESCIVE    increasing
CRESTLESS    not entitled to bear arms, lowborn
CRISP    curled, winding
CROSS    a piece of money, so called because the coin
    was formerly stamped with a cross
CROW-KEEPER    one who scares crows
CROWNER    a coroner
CROWNET    a coronet
CRY    the yelping of hounds
    A pack of hounds
    A company, use contemptuously
CRY AIM    to encourage
CUE    the last words of an actor's speech, which
    is the signal for the next actor to begin
CUISSES    pieces of armour to cover the thighs
CULLION    a base fellow
CUNNING    skill
CUNNING    skilful
CURB    to bend, truckle
CURRENTS    occurrences
CURST   
CURSTNESS    shrewishness
CURTAIL    a cur
CURTAL    a docked horse
CURTAL-AXE    a cutlass
CUSTALORUM    a ludicrous mistake for Custos Rotulorum
CUSTARD-COFFIN    the crust of a custard-pudding
CUSTOMER    a common woman
CUT    a cheat
    'To draw cuts' is to draw lots
CYPRESS    a kind of crape


DAFF    to befool
    To put off; this seems to be a corruption of 'doff.'
DAMN    to condemn
DANGER    reach, control, power
DANSKER    a Dane
DARE    to challenge
DARKLING    in the dark
DARRAIGN    to set in array
DAUB    to disguise
DAUBERY    imposition
DAY-WOMAN    a dairy-maid
DEAR    dire
    That which has to do with the affections
    Piteous
    Important
DEARN    lonely
 

receipt [ri´si:t]   n.收到；收据   (初中英语单词)

promote [prə´məut]   vt.促进；发扬；助长   (初中英语单词)

consideration [kən,sidə´reiʃən]   n.考虑；原因；体谅   (初中英语单词)

acknowledge [ək´nɔlidʒ]   vt.(公开)承认；感谢   (初中英语单词)

vessel [´vesəl]   n.容器；船；脉管   (初中英语单词)

exhibit [ig´zibit]   vt.展出 n.展览品   (初中英语单词)

blessing [´blesiŋ]   n.祝福   (初中英语单词)

supposed [sə´pəuzd]   a.想象的；假定的   (初中英语单词)

flutter [´flʌtə]   vi.飘扬；摆 n.拍动   (初中英语单词)

barrel [´bærəl]   n.(琵琶)桶；圆筒   (初中英语单词)

advantage [əd´vɑ:ntidʒ]   n.优势；利益   (初中英语单词)

armour [´ɑ:mə]   (=armor) n.甲胄，盔甲   (初中英语单词)

debate [di´beit]   n.&v.讨论，辩论   (初中英语单词)

follower [´fɔləuə]   n.追随者，信徒；执行者   (初中英语单词)

captive [´kæptiv]   n.俘虏；捕获物   (初中英语单词)

capable [´keipəbəl]   a.有能力；能干的   (初中英语单词)

coarse [kɔ:s]   a.粗(糙)的；粗鲁的   (初中英语单词)

embrace [im´breis]   vt.&n.拥抱；采纳；信奉   (初中英语单词)

twilight [´twailait]   n.黎明；黄昏   (初中英语单词)

associate [ə´səuʃieit]   v.联合a.同伴的n.伙伴   (初中英语单词)

temper [´tempə]   n.韧度 v.锻炼；调和   (初中英语单词)

consume [kən´sju:m]   v.毁灭；浪费；憔悴   (初中英语单词)

conquer [´kɔŋkə]   v.征服；克服；抑制   (初中英语单词)

reward [ri´wɔ:d]   n.&v.报答；报酬；奖赏   (初中英语单词)

ignorant [´ignərənt]   a.无知的，愚昧的   (初中英语单词)

lively [´laivli]   a.活泼的；热烈的   (初中英语单词)

formerly [´fɔ:məli]   ad.从前，以前   (初中英语单词)

positive [´pɔzətiv]   a.确定的   (高中英语单词)

ridiculous [ri´dikjuləs]   a.荒谬的；可笑的   (高中英语单词)

originally [ə´ridʒənəli]   ad.本来；独创地   (高中英语单词)

contempt [kən´tempt]   n.轻蔑；受辱；不顾   (高中英语单词)

virgin [´və:dʒin]   a.处女(般)的 n.处女   (高中英语单词)

hinder [´hində, ´haində]   vt.阻止 a.后面的   (高中英语单词)

mantle [´mæntl]   n.斗蓬 v.覆盖；笼罩   (高中英语单词)

horseback [´hɔ:sbæk]   n.马背   (高中英语单词)

rustic [´rʌstik]   a.田野的；质朴的   (高中英语单词)

corrupt [kə´rʌpt]   a.腐败的 v.败坏；贿赂   (高中英语单词)

liable [´laiəbəl]   a.易于…的；有责任的   (高中英语单词)

badger [´bædʒə]   n.獾；獾皮(毛)   (高中英语单词)

skillful [´skilfəl]   a.有技巧的；熟练的   (高中英语单词)

scotch [skɔtʃ]   vt.&n.刻痕(于)；划伤   (高中英语单词)

apparently [ə´pærəntli]   ad.显然，表面上地   (高中英语单词)

species [´spi:ʃi:z]   n.(生物的)种，类   (高中英语单词)

technical [´teknikəl]   a.技术的；专门性的   (高中英语单词)

tumult [´tju:mʌlt, ´tu:-]   n.喧哗；激昂；烦乱   (高中英语单词)

conception [kən´sepʃən]   n.构思；概念；怀孕   (高中英语单词)

doubtful [´dautful]   a.怀疑的，可疑的   (高中英语单词)

alongside [əlɔŋ´said]   ad.在旁 prep.横靠   (高中英语单词)

apprehend [,æpri´hend]   vt.理解；忧虑；逮捕   (英语四级单词)

imperative [im´perətiv]   a.紧急的 n.命令式   (英语四级单词)

daring [´deəriŋ]   a.&n.勇敢(的)   (英语四级单词)

raisin [´reizən]   n.(无核)葡萄干   (英语四级单词)

falcon [´fɔ:kən]   n.隼，猎鹰   (英语四级单词)

meditate [´mediteit]   v.考虑；策划；反省   (英语四级单词)

inasmuch [,inəz´mʌtʃ]   conj.因为；鉴于   (英语四级单词)

ridicule [´ridikju:l]   vi.&n.嘲笑；奚落   (英语四级单词)

canary [kə´neəri]   n.金丝雀   (英语四级单词)

cavalier [,kævə´liə]   n.骑士；勋章获得者   (英语四级单词)

constellation [,kɔnstə´leiʃən]   n.星座；灿烂的一群   (英语四级单词)

vulgar [´vʌlgə]   a.粗俗的；大众的   (英语四级单词)

drawing [´drɔ:iŋ]   n.画图；制图；图样   (英语四级单词)

nobleman [´nəublmən]   n.贵族   (英语四级单词)

composed [kəm´pəuzd]   a.镇静自若的   (英语四级单词)

cowardly [´kauədli]   a.&ad.胆小的(地)   (英语四级单词)

corruption [kə´rʌpʃən]   n.腐化；贪污；贿赂   (英语四级单词)

angelic [æn´dʒelik]   a.天使(般)的   (英语六级单词)

salutation [,sælju´teiʃ(ə)n]   n.招呼，致意；行礼   (英语六级单词)

applied [ə´plaid]   a.实用的，应用的   (英语六级单词)

beating [´bi:tiŋ]   n.敲；搅打；失败   (英语六级单词)

contemptuously [kən´temptjuəsli]   ad.蔑视地；傲慢地   (英语六级单词)

infest [in´fest]   vt.(盗匪等)猖獗，侵扰   (英语六级单词)

ceremonial [,seri´məuniəl]   a.礼仪的，仪式的   (英语六级单词)

effeminate [i´feminit]   a.女人气的；柔弱的   (英语六级单词)

affected [ə´fektid]   a.做作的；假装的   (英语六级单词)

condescend [,kɔndi´send]   vi.屈尊；堕落   (英语六级单词)