Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Arthur H. Savory
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SLEEK--bald; cf. "slick"; _Julius Cæsar_, Act I., Scene 2. WARN--summon; cf. "backwarn"--tell a person not to come; _Julius Cæsar_, Act V., Scene 1. BREESE--gadfly; _Antony and Cleopatra_, Act III., Scene 8. WOO'T--wilt thou; _Antony and Cleopatra_, Act IV., Scene 13. URCHIN--hedgehog; _Titus Andronicus_, Act II., Scene 3. MESHED--mashed (a term used in brewing); _Titus Andronicus_, Act III., Scene 2. All the above words and phrases the writer has frequently heard used in the neighbourhood in the senses indicated, but to make the list more complete the following are added on the authority of Mr. A. Porson, in the pamphlet referred to: COLLIED--black; _Midsummer Nights Dream_, Act I., Scene 1. LIMMEL--limb from limb; cf. "inchmeal"--bit by bit; _Cymbeline_, Act II., Scene 4. TO MAMMOCK--to tear to pieces; _Coriolanus_, Act I., Scene 3. TO MOIL--to dirty; _Taming of the Shrew_, Act IV., Scene 1. SALLET--salad; 2 _King Henry VI_., Act IV., Scene 10. |
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