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
Fustigation, xv. 32
Ga, _gave_, iii. 193
Gaberdine, _a long frock_, xiv. 125
Gaffer, _godfather_, vi. 399
Gage, _pledge_, iii. 233;
vi. 311
Gaged, _gauged_, i. 148
Gagtooth, _a large tooth_, viii. 119
Gainful, _advantageous_, viii. 35;
xi. 547;
_meritorious_, xiv. 117
Gallant, _to act the gallant_, x. 125
Galley-foist, _a pleasure-boat_, xiv. 385
Galliard, _a dance_, ii. 117, 372
Gallon, _gallant_, viii. 344
Gallow-tree, _the gallows_, ii. 15;
viii. 189
Gallymawfries, _cowards_ (_properly a dish of remnants_), xii. 166
Gambawds, _gambols_, i. 44
Gan, _did_, xii. 242
Gang, _to go_, xii. 257
Gape, _to desire_, iv. 353;
ix. 519
Gar, _to cause_, _mate_, vi. 70;
xii. 507;
_to force_, x. 363
Gard, _welt_, vii. 213
Garded, _laced_, xi. 366
Garden-house, x. 135
Garden-plot, v. 155
Gardings, _trimmings of a dress_, x. 121
Garish, _gay_, _fine_, x. 199
Gash, _tear in a garment_, iii. 176
Gauding, _toying_, iii. 109
Gaudish, _gaudy_, i. 286
Gaurdon, _reward_, _recompense_, i. 206
Gauds, _gauderies_, x. 175;
_gaudy toys_, iv. 130
Gazet, _name of a coin_, xv. 128
Gear, _matter_, _business_, ii. 302;
xi. 204;
_costume_, iii. 28
Geason, _scarce_, ii. 319;
iv. 138;
vii. 130
Gelt, _gelded_, xiv. 396
Generate, _generated_, i. 13
Genman, _a gentleman_, iii. 160
Gentle, _gentle hearer_, iv. 396;
_noble_, i. 81, 147
Gergon, _jargon_, _talk_, xii. 241
German clock, xii. 231
Gewgaw, xiv. 291
Gib, _a term of contempt_, iii. 215
Gibb'd, _castrated_, xiii. 31
Gibe, _to taunt_, iv. 330;
_to mock_, viii. 365
Gibridge, _gibberish_, viii. 75
Gif, _if_, vi. 75;
xii. 507
Gimmal, _a ring_, ix. 372
Gin, _a snare_, xii. 232;
_a trick_, xii. 242;
_a wire trap_, xi. 134;
_contrivance_, i. 246
Gin, _to begin_, x. 338;
_do_, xii. 507
Ging, _a gang_, viii. 145
Gingerly, _delicately_, i. 147;
_mincingly_, ii. 22.
Gi'r (= give her), iii. 217
Gird, "at a gird," _in a trice_, ii. 331;
_to strike_, i. 429
Girl, _a roebuck two years old_, ix. 148
Gis, _Jesus_, ii. 129;
iii. 225
Gittern, iii. 87;
ix. 444;
xv. 114
Give aim, _to incite_, x. 85
Glad, _to gladden_, xi. 516
Glassing (= glassen), _of glass_, i. 62
Glave, x. 358;
_a sword_, ix. 362;
xii. 477
Glay, _a dirty wench_, iii. 176
Gleek, _three_, xi. 217, 364;
_a term used in card-playing_, xi. 395
Gleering, _leering_, ix. 191
Glister, _to glitter_, _to shine_, i. 252;
xi, 432, 485;
x. 218
Gloming, _lowering_, iii. 59
Glooming, _sultriness_, iii. 220
Glorify, _to boast_, i. 68
Glose, _to flatter_, i. 7;
_gloss_, iii. 12
Gloser, _a flatterer_, iii. 224;
_liar_, iii. 43
Glosing, _flattering_, vii. 165
Gloss, _to glose_, i. 199
Glossing, _commenting_, iii. 198
Glustering, _glistering_, xii. 351
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