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149 Cards in this Set
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bridle
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strap used to steer animals
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lash'd
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punished; beat with a lash or whip
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beshsrew
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a wish of bad luck to (in this case) his master's hand
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prithee
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pray tell; let me know
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prating
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foolish or gibbering
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football
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soccer ball
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spurn
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reject, or in this case, kick away
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loureth
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threatens
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minions
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chosen ones, pets
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coluble
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wordy, fluent
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defeatures
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marred or damaged features
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pale
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a fence peice
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homage
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praise
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computation
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a calculation, figuring out
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jeer
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to make fun of
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flout me in the teeth
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insult me right to my face
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sauciness
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slapstick behavior, frequent joking
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choleric
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angry, acting as if one had a stomach ache
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durst
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should have
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periwig
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a small wig worn back on the head by men
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niggard
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a miser
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excrement
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any material shed from the body; in this case, hair
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scanted
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given only a small amount
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falsing
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false; untruth
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wafts
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calls
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estranged
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seperated
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licentious
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unfaithful, bawdy
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adulterate
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contaminating
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buffet
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to knock against
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aught
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anything
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dross
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something base or low
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fallacy
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a lie
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shrive
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forgive
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Sirrah
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a term used to address any male of lesser standing
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Gaoler
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a jailer or other law-enforcement officer
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Syracusa
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Syracusa, a commercial city on the east coast of Sicily
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rancorous
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mean-spirited, angry
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guilders
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Dutch currency; Shakespeare's audience would understand the term to mean money in general
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intestine jars
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the jars used to store the intestines of the dead
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seditious
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traitorous
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synods
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councils or committees that make policy
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adverse
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opposing
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confiscate
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taken away
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hap
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luck or fortune; chance or happenstance
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factor
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agent or business manager
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meaner
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lower in class, poorer
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burthen
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burden, load
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league
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a distance measured over water; 2-4 statute miles
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dilate
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to enlarge; tell more about
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importuned
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begged
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reft
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been bereft of, stripped of
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Exeunt.
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Latin for "they exit." The word is followed by a period because it is abbreviated from the phrase "exeunt omnes" meaning "they all exit."
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mart
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the exchange, or place of business for merchants; marketplace
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confiscate
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to take away
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mean
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meaning
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saddler
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man who makes saddles for horses
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crupper
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a leather loop that keeps the saddle steady on a horse
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pate
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head, forehead
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maw
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stomach
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sconce
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head
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hie
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hurry, go
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cozenage
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cheating
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shrewish
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angry and vengeful
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carcantet
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a necklace or jeweled collar; here it refers to the gold chain Angelo is making
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marry
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a word used to convey agreement, especially tinged with surprise; used like "surely"
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danties
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small words of flattery
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churl
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a disagreeable person
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niggardly
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stingy
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cates
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cakes or sweets
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Mome
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idiot, dolt
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malt-horse
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the horse that pulls the grinding wheel used in making beer; a person of low intelligence
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apon
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a eunuch, an insulting term
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coxcomb
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a fool named after the shape of the hat worn by a jester
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conjure
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call up magically
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wenches
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women; serving girls
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mickle
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much; large
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minion
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an underling, servant
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pair of stocks
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a punishment in which a person's head and hands or feet were put through holes
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crow
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a crowbar; iron bar
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ungalled
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unsullied, pure
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Poerpentine
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porcupine; another inn
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orator
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a speaker
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lays claim to me
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says we are engaged
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doomsday
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the end of the world
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Swart
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swarthy, dark
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reverted
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turned inward
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rheum
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a mucus-like discharge
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armadoes of carracks
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fleets of large ships
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Pentecost
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a feast day fifty days after Easter
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importuned
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bothered, demanded
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Belike
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maybe
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fraughtage
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baggage or cargo
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balsamum
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a slave or balm; here, it is a part of their baggage
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aqua-vitae
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"The water of life" distilled spirits, usually brandy; here it could be for drinking on the voyage or, in larger quantities, to be traded or sold when they return home
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waftage
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a place on a ship
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list
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to listen
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hie
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to hurry
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Dowsabel
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a sweetheart
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austerely
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solemnly, without adornment
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meteors
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disturbances, such as shooting stars; here, "heart's meteors" means disturbances of the heart, romantic conflicts
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forsworn
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guilty of perjury, or lying under oath
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beseech
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to beg
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Stigmatical
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with signs of disease or deformity; stigmatical in making means deformed in body
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lapwing
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a bird known for its shrill cry
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conceit
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an understanding or knowledge
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therewithal
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in addition; also
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durance
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jail; also, a heavy confining cloth, suggesting clothing as restrictive as jail
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mace
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a club, often with spikes embedded in it; here, the sergeant's billy-club
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morris-pike
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a club supposedly copied from ones used by the Moors (Moor-ish pike)
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bark
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a sailing ship
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hoy
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a small, fast sailing boat, in this case, ironically called the "Delay"
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courtezan
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a woman of easy virtue; she may be a prostitute or simply one who is available to men when she is entertained or given gifts
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dam
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a mother; usually used to describe animals rather than people
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wench
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a woman of poor morals
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spoon-meat
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a stew or soup
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covetous
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desiring; wanting worldly goods; greedy
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whoreson
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son of a whore; an insult meaning one is of low birth
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wont
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usual; is used to dealing with
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conjurer
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a person who is able to draw forth spirits; since a school master would know Latin, it was thought he could also summon spirits
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saffron
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orange, after the spice; here meaning that Pinch has and orange face
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Perdie
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a corruption of per Dieu, French for "by God"
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sans fable
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without a lie, truthfully
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certes
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certainly, surely
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suborned
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secretly brided
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Dissembling
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lying
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harlot
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a loose woman, prostitute
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strumpet
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a loose woman, prostitute
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forswore
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denied under oath
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Signior
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a title of respect indicating seniority
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Abbess
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the head of an order of nuns
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distemperate
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out of temper; insane
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formal
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healthy, normal, sane
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order
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a community of nuns
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tender
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have tender feelings for; here, so much do we respect or care for him
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important letters
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importuning (or begging) letters; here, letters from the Duke sent to urge Adriana to marry Antipholus of Ephesus
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bondman
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slave, or man in bond to; here, meaning Dromio
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Anon
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soon
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wot
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to know
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ireful
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angry
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puddle mire
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puddles of foul liquid
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halberds
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weapons; long sticks with axes on the tops
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befall
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to happen
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burthens
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burdens
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mounteback
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a trickster, conjurer
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pernicious
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harmful, evil
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have drunk of Circe's cup
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been transformed; in the Odyssey, Circe changed men into animals when they drank a potion from her cup
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defeatures
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deformities; here, changes to Egeon's features brouth on by worry
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discoursed
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discussed, told
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travail
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the labor of childbirth
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