Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Arthur H. Savory
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INCHMEAL--bit by bit; _Tempest_, Act II., Scene 2.
FILBERDS--filberts; _Tempest_, Act II., Scene 2. TO LADE--to bale (liquid); _3 King Henry VI._, Act III., Scene 3. TO LAP--to wrap; _King Richard III._, Act II., Scene 1; _Macbeth_, Act I., Scene 2. BITTER SWEETING--an apple of poor quality grown from a kernel; cf. "bitter sweet"--the same; _Romeo and Juliet_, Act II., Scene 4. VARSAL WORLD--universal world; _Romeo and Juliet_, Act II., Scene 4. MAMMET--a puppet; cf. "mommet"--scarecrow; _Romeo and Juliet_, Act III., Scene 5. TO GRUNT--to grumble; _Hamlet_, Act III., Scene 1. TO FUST--to become mouldy; _Hamlet_, Act IV., Scene 5. DOUT--do out; cf. "don"--do on; _Hamlet_, Act IV., Scene 7. MAGOT PIES--Magpies; _Macbeth_, Act III., Scene 4. SET DOWN--write down; _Macbeth_, Act V., Scene 1. TO PUN--to pound; _Troilus and Cressida_, Act II., Scene 1. NATIVE--place of origin; cf. "natif"; _Coriolanus_, Act III., Scene 1. |
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