Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Arthur H. Savory
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SHIP--sheep; cf. Shipton, Shipston, etc.; _Two Gentlemen of Verona_,
Act I., Scene 1; _Comedy of Errors_, Act IV., Scene 1. FALSING--the present participle of the verb "to false"; _Comedy of Errors_, Act II., Scene 2; _Cymbeline_, Act II., Scene 3. FALL--verb active; _Comedy of Errors_, Act II., Scene 2; _Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act V., Scene 1. CUSTOMERS--companions; _Comedy of Errors_, Act IV., Scene 4. KNOTS--flower beds; _Love's Labour's Lost_, Act I., Scene 1; _Richard II_., Act III., Scene 4. TALENT--for talon; cf. "tenant" for tenon; _Love's Labour's Lost_, Act IV., Scene 2. METHEGLIN--mead, a drink made from honey; _Love's Labour's Lost_, Act V., Scene 2; _Merry Wives_, Act V., Scene 5. HANDKERCHER--handkerchief; _King John_, Act IV., Scene 1; _King Henry V_., Act III., Scene 2. NOR NEVER SHALL--two negatives strengthening each other; _King John_, Act IV., Scene 1, and Act V., Scene 7. CONTRARY--stress on the penultimate syllable; cf. "matrimony," "secretary," "January," etc.; _King John_, Act IV., Scene 2. To RESOLVE--to dissolve; _King John_, Act V., Scene 4; _Hamlet_, Act |
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