Grain and Chaff from an English ManorSavory, Arthur Herbert
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Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
Savory, Arthur Herbert
Aldington (Worcestershire, England); Country life -- England; England -- Social life and customs
FALL--verb active; _Comedy of Errors_, Act II., Scene 2; _Midsummer
Night's Dream_, Act V., Scene 1.
CUSTOMERS--companions; _Comedy of Errors_, Act IV., Scene 4.
KNOTS--flower beds; _Love's Labour's Lost_, Act I., Scene 1; _Richard
II_., Act III., Scene 4.
TALENT--for talon; cf. "tenant" for tenon; _Love's Labour's Lost_, Act
IV., Scene 2.
METHEGLIN--mead, a drink made from honey; _Love's Labour's Lost_, Act
V., Scene 2; _Merry Wives_, Act V., Scene 5.
HANDKERCHER--handkerchief; _King John_, Act IV., Scene 1; _King
Henry V_., Act III., Scene 2.
NOR NEVER SHALL--two negatives strengthening each other; _King John_,
Act IV., Scene 1, and Act V., Scene 7.
CONTRARY--stress on the penultimate syllable; cf. "matrimony,"
"secretary," "January," etc.; _King John_, Act IV., Scene 2.
To RESOLVE--to dissolve; _King John_, Act V., Scene 4; _Hamlet_, Act
I., Scene 2.
STROND--strand; cf. "hommer"--hammer, "opples"--apples, etc.;
_1 King Henry IV_., Act I., Scene 1.
APPLE JOHN--John Apple (?); _1 King Henry IV_., Act III., Scene 3;
_2 King Henry IV_., Act II., Scene 4.
GULL--young cuckoo; _1 King Henry IV_., Act V., Scene 1.
TO BUCKLE--to bend; _2 King Henry IV_., Act I., Scene 1.
NICE--weak; cf. "naish"--weak; _2 King Henry IV_., Act I., Scene 1.
OLD--extreme, very good; _2 King Henry IV_., Act II., Scene 4.
PEASCOD-TIME--peapicking time; _2 King Henry IV_., Act II., Scene 4.
WAS LIKE--had nearly; _King Henry V_., Act I., Scene 1.
SCAMBLING--scrambling; _King Henry V_., Act I., Scene 1.
MARCHES--boundaries; cf. Moreton-in-the-Marsh, _i.e._, March; _King
Henry V_., Act I., Scene 2.
SWILLED--washed; _King Henry V_., Act III., Scene 1.
To DRESS--to decorate with evergreens, etc.; _Taming of the Shrew_,
Act III., Scene 1.
YELLOWS--jaundice; _Taming of the Shrew_, Act III., Scene 2.
DRINK--ale; "Drink" is still used for ale as distinguished from cider;
_Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act II., Scene 1.
BARM--yeast; _Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act II., Scene 1.
LOFFE--laugh; _Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act II., Scene 1.
LEATHERN--(bats); cf. "leatherun bats," as distinguished from
"bats"--beetles; _Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act II., Scene 3.
EANING TIME--lambing time; _Merchant of Venice_, Act I., Scene 3.
SPET--spit; cf. set--sit, sperit--spirit, etc.; _Merchant of Venice_,
Act I., Scene 3.
FILL-HORSE--shaft horse; cf. "filler" and "thiller"; _Merchant of
Venice_, Act II., Scene 2.
PROUD ON--proud of; _Much Ado_, Act IV., Scene 1
ODDS--difference; cf. "wide odds"; _As you Like It_, Act I., Scene 2.
COME YOUR WAYS--come on; _As You Like It_, Act I., Scene 2.
TO SAUCE--to be impertinent; _As You Like It_, Act III., Scene 5.
THE MOTION--the usual form; _Winter's Tale_, Act IV., Scene 2.
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.
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