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Schmidt’s set contains every single word that Shakespeare used, not simply words that have changed their meaning since the seventeenth century, but every word in all the accepted plays and the poems. Covering both quartos and folios, it carefully distinguishes between shades of meaning for each word and provides exact definitions, plus governing phrases and locations, down to the numbered line of the Cambridge edition of Shakespeare. There is no other word dictionary comparable to this work.
Even more useful to the general reader, however, is the incredible wealth of exact quotations. Arranged under the words of the quotation itself (hence no need to consult confusing subject classifications) are more than 50,000 exact quotations. Each is precisely located, so that you can easily refer back to the plays or poems themselves, if you wish context.
Other features helpful to the scholar are appendixes on basic grammatical observations, a glossary of provincialisms, a list of words and sentences taken from foreign languages, a list of words that form the latter part of word-combinations. This third edition features a supplement with new findings.
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| ISBN-13: | 9780486130828 |
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| Publisher: | Dover Publications |
| Publication date: | 07/03/2012 |
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Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary
A COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF ALL THE ENGLISH WORDS, PHRASES AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE WORKS OF THE POET VOLUME II
By Alexander Schmidt
Dover Publications, Inc.
Copyright © 1971 Dover Publications, Inc.All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-486-13082-8
CHAPTER 1
N.
Nabuchadnezzar!, (M. Edd. Nebuchadnezzar) the famous Babylonian king: All's IV, 5, 21 (cf. Daniel IV, 33).
Nag, a worthless horse: the forced gait of a shuffling n. H4A III, 1, 135. Term of contempt for a loose woman: know we not Galloway —s ? H4B II, 4, 205. you ribaudred n. of Egypt, Ant. III, 10, 10.
Naiad, a water nymph: Tp. IV, 128.
Nail, subst. 1) a pointed piece of metal by which things are fastened together: Tp. III, 2, 69. Gent. II, 4, 193. All's II, 2, 26. Cor. IV, 7, 54. Lr. II, 3, 16. Proverbial phrase: is the old king dead ? as n. in door, H4B V, 3, 126 (cf. Door-nail).
2) the horny substance covering the ends of the fingers and toes: Lucr. 739. 1472. 1564. Tp. II, 2, 172. Err. IV, 4, 107. Mids. III, 2, 298. IV, 2, 41. All's V, 2, 31. Tw. IV, 2, 140. Wint. II, 3, 103. R2 V, 5, 19. H5 IV, 4, 76. H6A I, 4, 45. H6B I, 3, 144. R3 I, 2, 126. IV, 4, 231. Troil. II, 1, 115. Lr. I, 4, 329. Ant. IV, 12, 39. V, 2, 223. the parings of one's n. (a trifle) Err. IV, 3, 72. the very parings of our —s shall pitch a field when we are dead, H6A III, 1, 102. to blow one 's n. (in order to warm one's hands) LLL V, 2, 923. = to take patience: their love is not so great, but we may blow our —s together and fast it fairly out, Shr. I, 1, 109. cf. H6C II, 5, 3.
3) a measure of about two inches: thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, n. Shr. IV, 3, 109.
Nail, vb. to fasten with spikes of iron: —ed on the bitter cross, H4A I, 1, 26.
Naked, 1) not covered with clothes: Pilgr. 80. Compl. 317. Wint. III, 2, 212. R2 I, 3, 298. III, 2, 46. H4B III, 2, 333. H5 III, 3, 38. V, 2, 321. 324. 325. H6B III, 2, 336. R3 II, 1, 117. Cor. II, 2, 141. Mcb. I, 7, 21. II, 3, 132. Lr. III, 4, 28. IV, 1, 42.46. Oth. IV, 1, 3. IV, 2, 143. Ant. V, 2, 59. who sees his true love in her n. bed, Ven. 397 ("a person undressed and in bed was formerly said to be in naked bed. It may be observed that, down to a certain period, those who were in bed were literally naked, no night linen being worn." Nares). he doth despise his n. armour of still slaughtered lust, Lucr. 188 (a play upon the word).
2) not sheathed, drawn: with n. swords, Err. IV, 4, 148. Tw. III, 4, 275. H4B II, 4, 222. H5 IV, 2, 21. Rom. I, 1, 39.
3) unarmed: he but n., though locked up in steel, H6B III, 2, 234. n. as I am, I will assault thee, Oth. V, 2, 258. H6C V, 4, 42. R3 I, 2, 178. Cor. I, 10, 20. Cymb. V, 5, 4.
4) unprovided, unfurnished, destitute: some good conceit of thine in thy soul 's thought, all n., will bestow it (mv duty) Sonn. 26, 8. Meas. III, 1, 73. LLL V, 2, 805. John II, 387. R2 1, 2, 31. H4A IV, 3, 77. H4B 1, 3, 61. H5 V, 2, 34. H8 III, 2, 458. Tim. II, 1, 31. IV, 3, 228. Caes. IV, 3, 101. Hml. IV, 7, 44.
5) open, plain, undisguised: the n. truth, LLL V, 2, 716. H6A II, 4, 20. I clothe my n. villany with old odd ends, R3 1, 3, 336. let it go n., men may see 't the better, Tim. V, 1, 70.
6) mere, bare, simple: the very n, name of love, Gent. II, 4, 142.
Nakedness, 1) want of clothing: Lr. II, 3, 11.
2) state of being unfurnished with what is wanted: in his n. he appears but a man, H5 IV, 1, 109. nothing I'll bear from thee but n. Tim. IV, 1, 33.
3) plainness, openness to view: to cover with excuse that which appears in proper n. Ado IV, 1, 177.
Name, subst. 1) individual appellation: naming thy n. blesses an ill report, Sonn. 95, 8. what is your n. ? Tp. III, 1, 36; Meas. II, 1, 45; Ado IV, 2, 11; Tw. I, 2, 26; III, 1, 106 etc. repeat their —s, Gent. I, 2, 7. his n. 16. 111. 120. what do you call your knight 's n.? Wiv. III, 2, 21; Err. III, 1, 53; V, 286; Shr. IV d, 5, 55; H5 IV, 7, 13. could not be distinguished but by s, Err. I, 1, 53. call us by our —s, II, 2, 168; IV, 3, 3; Cor. V, 1, 9; Tim. I, 1, 187. give a name (like a godfather) to every fixed star, LLL I, 1, 89; 93; R2 IV, 256. friend Simple by your n. Wiv. III, 1, 3. which Lion hight by n. Mids. V, 140. one Snout by n.157; H5 II, 1, 81. a very valiant rebel of the n. H4A V, 4, 62 etc. etc. With of: the n. of Prosper, Tp. III, 3, 99. Wiv. II, 1, 72. AsIII, 2, 381. John V, 2, 19. R3 I, 1, 58 etc. Of omitted: thy stolen n. Coriolanus, Cor. V, 6, 89.
2) common or generic appellation: thou dost usurp the n. (of king) Tp. I, 2, 454, he couples it to his com plaining —s, Gent. I, 2, 127. had I more n. for badness (than villain) Meas. V, 59. a noble duke, in nature as in n. Tw. I, 2, 25. I have no n., no title, R2 255. know not what n. to call myself, 259. had his great n. (of king) profaned with their scorns, H4AIII, 2, 64. gave his countenance, against his n., to laugh at gibing boys, 65. called me all these bitter —s, R3 I, 3, 236. a traitor to the n. of God, 1, 4, 210. let life bear his n. Tit. III, 1, 249. be thy thoughts imperious, like thy n. (of emperor) IV, 4, 81 etc. etc. With of: our dear love lose n. of single one, Sonn. 39, 6. the n. of king, Tp. I, 1, 18. no n. of magistrate, II, 1, 149. Gent. II, 4, 142. Wiv. V, 5, 239. Meas. III, 1, 39. Err. II, 2, 137. Ado I, 1, 302. John V, 2, 67. Mcb. III, 1, 58, Lr. IV, 3, 27 etc.
By the n. of = in the quality of, as being; I have wooed Margaret by the n. of Hero, Ado III, 3, 155. I arrest thee by the n. of Richard Earl of Cambridge, H5 II, 2, 145. 147. 149. and by that n. (of traitor) must die, H8 II, 1, 59. this diamond he greets your wife withal by the n. of most kind hostess, Mcb.II, 1, 16. In the n. of or in n. of = under the title, as: to carry me in the n. of foul clothes to Datchet-lane, Wiv. III, 5, 101. I 'll to him again in n. of Brook, IV, 4, 76. thus answer I in n. of Benedick, Ado II, 1, 179. now take upon me, in the n. of Time, to use my wings, Wint. IV, 1, 3. which comes to me in n. of fault, III, 2, 61. received eight thousand nobles in n. of lendings, R2 I, 1, 89. = by virtue of, by means of: and in the lawful n. of marrying, to give our hearts united ceremony, Wiv. IV, 6, 50. cf. wretched shall France be only in my n. H6A I, 4, 97. Under n. = under pretence: he does it under n. of perfect love, Shr. IV, 3, 12.
3) reputation, character: my good n. Lucr. 820. no man that hath a n., by falsehood and corruption doth it shame, Err. II, 1, 112. he hath an excellent good n. Ado III, 1, 98. III, 3, 14. H4A I, 2, 94. I am in good n. and fame, H4B II, 4, 81. you are in an ill n. 98. let our nation lose the n. of hardiness and policy, H5 I, 2, 220. expected to prove so worthy as since he hath been allowed the n. of, Cymb. I, 4, 3 etc.
4) renown, honour, eminence: and for a n., now puts the drowsy and neglected act freshly on me, 'tis surely for a n. Meas. I, 2, 173. 175. none of n. Ado I, 1, 7. R2 II, 3, 56. H5 IV, 8, 110. R3 IV, 5, 8. V, 5, 12. great n. in arms, H4A III, 2, 108. V, 1, 98. that, Talbot dead, great York might bear the n. H6A IV, 4, 9 (= have all the glory of the war), he gives my son the whole n. of the war, Cor. II, 1, 149 etc. Abstr. pro concr.: our battle is more full of —s than yours, H4B IV, 1, 154. Tullus Aufidius, the second n. of men, Cor. IV, 6, 125.
5) descent, ancestry: I am from humble, he from honoured n. All's I, 3, 162. good alone is good without a n. II, 3, 136. thou dislikest of virtue for the n 131. the honour of a maid is her n. III, 5, 13.
6) authority, behalf, part: I did in your n. receive it, Gent. I, 2, 40. charge you in the duke 's n. to obey me, Err. IV, 1, 70. I have wooed in thy n. Ado II, 1, 310. III, 3, 177. IV, 2, 40. Shr. V, 1, 92. Wint. III, 2, 119. John III, 1, 140. H6A II, 1, 26 etc. Common phrases of exhortation or obsecration: a God 's n. H6A I, 2, 102. i 'God 's n. Ado I, 1, 144. V, 1, 319. Shr. I, 2, 195. IV, 5, 1. H4B IV, 1, 227. R3 V, 2, 14 etc. in the —s of all the Gods at once, Caes. I, 2, 148. i devil 's n. Shr. IV, 3, 92. i ' the n. of Beelzebub, Mcb. II, 3, 4. i 'the n. of something holy, Tp. III, 3, 94. close, in the n. of jesting, Tw. II, 5, 23. in the n. of sanctity, III, 4, 93. i 'the n. of truth, Mcb. I, 3, 52. i 'the n. of me, Wint. IV, 3, 54 (the clown's speech. Anon. me-, as abbreviated from mercy), n. of mercy, when was this ? III, 3, 105. what an unweighed behaviour hath this Flemish drunkard picked — with the devil 's n. — out of my conversation ? Wiv. II, 1, 24.
Name, vb. 1) to call: teach me how to n. the bigger light, Tp. I, 2, 335. do not n. Silvia thine, Gent. V, 4, 128. which we may n. tough, LLL I, 2, 18. fairer than tongue can n. thee, R3 I, 2, 81. a servant —d Lucilius, Tim. I, 1, 111.
2) to give a name or appellation to: my father —d me Autolycus, Wint. IV, 3, 24. we will not n. desert before his birth, Troil. III, 2, 101. he whom my father —d? your Edgar ? Lr. II, 1, 94. = to give a title to: nobly —d so, Cor. II, 3, 251. henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland in such an honour —d, Mcb. V, 8, 64.
3) to mention by name, to specify: when thou didst n. the boar, I feared thy fortune, Ven. 641. —ing thy name blesses an ill report, Sonn. 95, 8. I guess the sequel; and yet I will not n. it, Gent. II, 1, 123. never n. her, if she be a whore, Wiv. IV, 1, 65. Meas. III, 1, 102. Ado III, 1, 18. LLL 1, 2, 71. III, 167. Mids. I, 2, 20. 41. III, 1, 37. Merch. I, 2, 40. As V, 4, 96. Tw. I, 2, 28. III, 4, 414. Wint. I, 2, 386. IV, 1, 23. IV, 2, 24. H4A IV, 3, 48. H4B II, 2, 120. H8 I, 2, 60. Mcb. II, 3, 70. Lr. I, 1, 73 etc.
4) to appoint, to designate, to nominate: n. the day of marriage, Ado II, 1, 311. you may n. the time, R3 III, 4, 19. the event is yet to n. the winner, Cymb.III, 5, 15. Marcius, whom late you have —d for consul, Cor. III, 1, 196. and n. thee in election for the empire, Tit. I, 183. he is already —d, Mcb. II, 4, 31.
Nameless, 1) having no name: thy issue blurred with n. bastardy, Lucr. 522. the secret n. friend of yours, Gent. II, 1, 111.
2) inexpressible: she hath many n. virtues, Gent. III, 1, 319. what I cannot name; 'tis n. woe, I wot, R2 II, 2, 40.
Namely, to mention by name; that is to say: n., no time to recover hair lost by nature, Err. II, 2, 103. except it be the last, n. some love, V, 56. to him that owes it, n. this young prince, John II, 248. as well appeareth by the cause you come, n. to appeal each other, R2 I, 1, 27. the borrowed glories … n. the crown, H5 II, 4, 81. to many simple gulls, n. to Hastings, Derby, Buckingham, R3 I, 3, 329.
Nan, diminutive of Anne: Gent. II, 3, 23. Wiv. I, 4, 160. III, 4, 2. 98. 104. IV, 4, 47. 71. 74. 85. IV, 6, 20. V, 3, 12.
Nap, the woolly substance on the surface of cloth: Jack Cade the clothier means to dress the common- wealth, and turn it, and set a new n. upon it, H6B IV, 2, 7.
Nap, a short slumber: Shr. Ind. 2, 83. take a n. Tw. V, 52. R3 V, 3, 104.
Nape, the joint of the neck behind: turn your eyes toward the —s of your necks, Cor. II, 1, 43.
Napkin, handkerchief: oft did she heave her n. to her eyne, Compl. 15. and to that youth he sends this bloody n. As IV, 3, 94. 139. 155. an onion ... in a n. close conveyed, Shr. Ind. I, 127. Wiv. III, 5, 92. H4A IV, 2, 47. H6C I, 4, 79. 159. II, 1, 62. Tit. III, 1, 140. 146. Caes. III, 2, 138. Mcb. II, 3, 6. Hml. V, 2, 299. Oth. III, 3, 287. 290. 321.
Naples, 1) kingdom in the south of Italy: Tp. I, 2, 112. 121. 235. 431. 448. II, 1, 112. 245. 247. 256. 259. 262. 292. II, 2, 72. III, 3, 27. V, 149. 206. Epil. 5. H6A V, 3, 52. 94. V, 4, 78. V, 5, 40. H6B I, 1, 48. V, 1, 118. H6C I, 4, 121. II, 2, 139. Oth. III, 1, 4 (the venereal disease appeared first in Naples).
2) king of Naples: myself am N. Tp. I, 2, 434.
Napless, threadbare: the n. vesture of humility. Cor. II, 1, 250.
Napping;to take n. = to take or surprise in the very act, in committing an offence: I should blush to be o 'erheard and taken n. so, LLL IV, 3, 130. l have ta 'en you n. Shr. IV, 2, 46.
Naps, name: John N. of Greece, Shr. Ind. 2, 95.
Narbon, French name: All's I, 1, 31. 43. II, 1, 104.
Narcissus, a fabulous youth, who fell in love with his own shadow in a brook: Ven. 161. Lucr. 265. Ant. II, 5, 96.
Narrow, 1) not broad, having but a small distance from side to side: Err. IV, 2, 38. Merch. II, 8, 28. III, 1, 4.*All's IV, 5, 53. R2 V, 3, 8. H4A II, 2, 63. H5 Prol. 22. I, 2, 201. H6C I, 1, 239. IV, 8, 3. Troil. III, 3, 154. Rom. II, 4, 88 (from an inch n. to an ell broad ). Caes. I, 2, 135. II, 4, 33. Cymb. V, 3, 52.
2) not wide, very limited: 'tis too n. for your mind, Hml. II, 2, 259; cf. Caes. I, 2, 135. most n. measure lent me, Ant. III, 4, 8.
Narrowly, closely, with minute scrutiny: if my cousin do not look exceeding n. to thee, Ado V, 4, 118. doth watch Bianca 's steps so n. Shr. III, 2, 141. search the market n. Per. IV, 2, 3.
Narrow-mouthed, having a small opening: a n. bottle, As III, 2, 211.
Narrow-prying, watching closely: Shr. III, 2, 148.
Naso, family name of the poet Ovid: LLL IV, 2, 127.
Nasty, dirty, filthy, nauseous: H5 II, 1, 53. Hml. III, 4, 94.
Nathaniel, name of 1) the curate in LLL IV, 2, 11. 50. 140. 156. 2) a servant in Shr. IV, 1, 91. 125. 135.
Nation, a people: Err. IV, 4, 158. Merch. I, 3, 49. III, 1, 59. 89. III, 3, 31. As I, 1, 49. All's IV, 3, 363. IV, 5, 4. John V, 2, 33. 144. R2 II, 1, 22. H4B I, 2, 241. V, 2, 137. H5 I, 2, 219. II, 4, 80. III, 2, 131. H6A III, 3, 23. 62. IV, 1, 138. IV, 2, 16. V, 4, 99. H8 V, 5, 53. Troil. II, 2, 180. 185. Cor. III, 3, 132. IV, 5, 186. Tit. I, 30. Tim. IV, 3, 43. Mcb. IV, 3, 103. Hml. I, 4, 18. II, 2, 370. IV, 7, 95. 101. Lr. I, 2, 4. Oth. I, 2, 68. Per. I, 4, 65. IV, 2, 123.
Native, 1) produced by nature, natural, genuine: her cheeks possess the same which n. she doth owe, LLL I, 2, 111. n. blood is counted painting now, IV, 3, 263. chase the n. beauty from his cheek, John III, 4, 83. in his true, n. and most proper shape, H4B IV, 1, 37. titles misereate, whose right suits not in n. colours with the truth, H5 I, 2, 17. no pulse shall keep his n. progress, Rom. IV, 1, 97. if thou path, thy n. semblance on, Caes. II, 1, 83. the n. hue of resolution, Hml. III, 1, 84. the n. act and figure of my heart, Oth. I, 1, 62. base men being in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is n. to them, II, 1, 218.
2) resulting from birth, hereditary, legitimate: ere her n. king shall falter under foul rebellion 's arms, R2 III, 2, 25. your crown and kingdom, indirectly held from him the n. and true challenger, H5 II, 4, 95. let us fear the n. mightiness and fate of him, 64 (innate in his race), did I put Henry from his n. right, H6C III, 3, 190. the senator shall bear contempt hereditary, the beggar n. honour, Tim. IV, 3, 11.
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