A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15Dodsley, Robert
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15
Dodsley, Robert
English drama
Curchy, _to crouch_, _bend_, iii. 272
Cure, _care_, i. 13, 294
Curmudgeonly, vi. 380
Curst, _ill-tempered_, _angry_, iii. 278;
vii. 474
Cursy, _courtesy_, viii. 339
Curtain lectures, xiv. 303
Curtal horse, _a short-tailed horse_, iii. 210;
viii. 124
Cusp, see _note_, xi. 344
Customage, _freight_, xii. 99
Cut, _a short-tailed horse_, _a term of abuse_, iii. 216;
x. 224;
xi. 69
Cut and long-tail, xiii. 84
Cuts, _lots_, xv. 130
Cutter, _swaggerer_, xiii. 16
Dad, _father_, x. 359
Daintrels, _dainties_, iii. 192
Dainty, _rare_, i. 365
Dalliance, _gossip_, i. 293, 355;
iii. 167;
xii. 240
Dally, _vb. trs._, vii. 134
Dallying, _toying_, xi. 58
Dam and brat, _mother and child_, viii. 284
Damn, "a damn-me," _a swearer_ xi. 139
Dandiprat, _dwarf_, ix. 390
Danger, _control_, i. 54;
_power_, iii. 62
Dangerous, _suspicious_, iii. 309
Dapper, _spruce_, _smart_, iv. 84;
ix. 229
Darby's bands, ii. 362
Dare net, _a net for frightening birds into_, x. 149
Darkling, _in the dark_, iii. 105;
vii. 339, 358
Daster, _a dastard_, i. 395
Date, _end or term of life_, vii. 90;
viii. 465
Daubing, _deceit_, i. 159
Daw, _a fool_, i. 8;
ii. 285
Dawcock, _a fool_, iv. 119
Day's eyes, _daisies_, viii. 31, 33
Daysman, _an umpire_, iii. 14
Dazzle, _a dazzling array_, xv. 116
Dealt, _distributed_, xi. 470
Debate, _strife_, i. 411;
vi. 178
Deboshed, _debauched_, xiii 195;
_spoilt_, xii. 512
Decard, _to throw away a card_, x. 187
Decay, _ruin_, i. 293
Deepness, _depth_, i. 18;
ii. 263
Defail, _to fail_, x. 128
Defame, _defamation_, vii. 56, 376;
x. 311;
xii. 104
Defend, _to forbid_, iv. 143
Defendam, xv. 143
Deft, _handy, dexterous_, ix. 394
Defy, _to deny_, in. 228;
_refuse_, viii. 199
Degenerous, _degenerate_, xii. 507
Deject, _dejected_, i. 101
Delayed, _checked_, i. 81;
_diluted_, xiii. 114
Dele, _whit_, xii. 284;
xv. 426
Delibate, _to taste of_, xiii. 468
Delicates, _delicacies_, ii. 220
Delices, _delicacies_, ix. 171
Deliver, _active_, viii. 197
Dell, _deal_, _bit_, _part_, i. 235
Delve, _to dig_, iii. 183
Demand, _to ask_, _question_, i. 85;
vi. 80
Demanding, _a request_, i. 84
Demean, _to behave_, vii. 290
Demeaning, _behaviour_, i. 84
Demesnes, _estates_, ix. 473
Demi-assignation, xv. 61
Demi-culverings, x. 325
Demi-deity, _demi-god_, xiv. 74
Denay, _to deny, refuse_, i. 257;
vii. 52, 330
Dent, _dint_, iv. 215
Deny, _to refuse_, vii. 298
Depardieu, _by God_, xii. 240
Depart, _to separate, part_, i. 129, 404;
ii. 6;
viii. 134;
ix. 479
Deprave, _to depreciate_, _defame_, i. 32;
iv. 257;
viii. 64;
xi. 119;
xiii. 172
Dere, _to injure_, i. 252
Dern, _secret_, xii. 284, 311
Derogate, _to detract from_, xi. 479
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