avoid! I c. thee, tempt me not, Err. IV, 3, 48. IV,4,57. I c. you, on your souls, to utter it, Ado IV, 1, 14. I c. you by the law, proceed to judgement, Merch. IV, 1, 238. I c. thee, be not thou more grieved than I am, As I, 3, 94. now will I c. you in the band of truth, remain there but an hour, All's IV, 2, 56. I c. thee, fling away ambition, H8 III, 2, 441. they -d him even as those should do that had deserved his hate, Cor. IV, 6, 112. speak, I c. you, Mcb. I, 3, 78. by what more dear a better proposer could c. you withal, Hml. II, 2, 297.

6) to call to account, to challenge: and c. us there upon intergatories, Merch. V, 298. to c. me to an answer, John III, 1, 151.

7) to attack: c.! and give no foot of ground, | H6C 1, 4, 15. mend and c. home, Cor. 1, 4, 38. whoever ―s on his forward breast, All's III, 2, 116. to c. in with our horse upon our own wings, III, 6, 52. will c. on us, H5 IV, 3, 70. c. upon our foes, H6C II, 1, 184. Transitively: either not assailed or victor being -d, Sonn. 70, 10. you c. him too coldly, Wint. I, 2, 30. H6C I, 1, 8. Troil. III, 2, 29. Cor. 1, 6, 4. Lr. II, 1, 53. Ant. IV, 11, 1.

8) to prepare for an attack, to load: their battering cannon-d to the mouths, John II, 382. H4B II, 4, 57. 121. III, 2, 280. Cor. V, 3, 152 (O. Edd. change). | Figuratively: I shall meet your wit in the career, an you c. it against me, Ado V, 1, 136. what are they that c. their breath against us? LLL V, 2, 88.

Chargeful, expensive: the fineness of the gold and c. fashion, Err. IV, 1, 29.

Charge-house, certainly a school-house, but uncertain of what kind: do you not educate youth at the c. on the top of the mountain? LLL V, 1, 87 (Armado's speech!).

Chariness, nicety, scrupulousness: I will consent to act any villany against him, that may not sully the c. of our honesty, Wiv. II, 1, 102.

Charing-cross, place in England: H4A II, 1, 27. Chariot, 1) a carriage of state, especially a triumphal car: their mistress (viz Venus) in her light c. quickly is conveyed, Ven. 1192. in a captive c. bring him our prisoner, H5 III, 5, 54. my sword, my c. and my prisoners, Tit. I, 249. horse and -s let us have, II, 2, 18. her (Queen Mab's) c. is an empty hazel-nut, Rom. 1, 4, 67. and when you saw his c. but appear, Caes. I, 1, 48. shall set thee on triumphant -s, Ant. III, 1, 10. follow his c. IV, 12, 35. seated in a c. Per. II, 4, 7.

2) a car formerly used in war: it fits us therefore ripely ours and our horsemen be in readiness, Cymb. III, 5, 23.

Chariot-wheel: H6B II, 4, 13. Tit. V, 2, 47. Caes. I, 1, 39.

Charitable, full of charity, benevolent, ready or fit to relieve distress: c. deeds, Lucr. 908. let him have all c. preparation, Meas. III, 2, 222. a c. duty, Err. V, 107. with c. hand, Ado IV, 1, 133. born under a c. star, All's I, 1, 205. a c. office, Wint. IV, 3, 80. a just and c. war, John II, 36. license, H5 IV, 7, 74. deeds, R3 1, 2, 35. care, Cor. I, 1, 67. murderer, Tit. II, 3, 178. deed, III, 2, 70. wish, IV, 2, 43. title, Tim. 1, 2, 94. men, III, 2, 82. intents, Hml. I, 4, 42. prayers, V, 1, 253. bill, Cymb. IV, 2, 225.

Charitably, benevolently, with Christian love: how can they c. dispose of any thing, when blood is their argument? H5 IV, 1, 149.

Charity, that disposition of heart which inclines men to think favourably of their fellow-men, and to do them good: Compl. 70. Tp. I, 2, 162. - Gentl. II, 5, 60. Meas. II, 3, 3. II, 4, 63. 66. 68. IV, 3, 53. LLL IV, 3, 127. 364. Merch. I, 2, 85. IV, 1, 261. Shr. IV, 1, 214. IV, 3, 6. Wint. III, 3, 113. John II, 565. R2 III, 1, 5. H4B IV, 4, 32. H5 IV, 8, 129. H6B III, 1, 144. H6C V, 5, 76. R3 I, 2, 68. I, 3, 274. 277. II, 1, 49. II, 2, 108. H8 I, 2, 143. II, 4, 86. III, 1, 109. III, 2, 298. IV, 2, 33. Troil. III, 3, 173. V, 3, 22. Cor. V, 6, 12. Tit. V, 1, 89. Tim. I, 2, 229. IV, 3, 534. Lr. 11, 3, 20. III, 3, 17. III, 4, 61 (ao). V, 3, 166. Oth. IV, 1, 124. Cymb. II, 3, 114. IV, 2, 169. V, 4, 170. Per. 1, 2, 100. III, 2, 44. 75. III, 3, 14. V,3,94. your―ies, Wint. II, 1, 113. fie! c., for shame, speak not in spite, H6B V, 1,213. for c., be not so curst, R31,2,48. for shame, if not for c. 1, 3, 273. H8 II, 1, 79. IV, 2, 23. of c., what kin are you to me? Tw. V, 237* — Synonymous to piety: the bastard Faulconbridge is now in England, ransacking the church, offending c. John III, 4, 173.

Name of a female saint: by Gis and by Saint C., Hml. IV, 5, 58.

Charlemain (trisyllabic), 1) Charlemagne: All's II, 1, 80. 2) Carloman, son of Lewis of Germany: H5 I, 2, 75 (Sh., adopting Holinshed's mistake, calls him Charlemagne's grandson, being his great-grandson).

Charles, 1) Charlemagne: Charles the Great, having subdued the Saxons, H5 I, 2, 46. 61. 71. 77. 84. 2) C. duke of Lorraine, dispossessed by Hugh Capet: H5 1, 2, 70. 3) the French king C. the sixth: H6B I, 1, 41. 44. 4) the dauphin, afterwards Charles VII: H6A I, 1, 92. II, 1, 48. III, 2, 123 etc. - 5) C. duke of Orleans: H5 IV, 8, 81. - 6) C. Delabreth, high constable of France: H5 III, 5, 40. IV, 8, 97. 7) the emperor Charles V: HS I, 1, 176. 8) C. duke of Suffolk: H8 V, 1, 56. 59. 72. 78. 9) the father of the king of Navarre: LLL II, 163. 10) C. the wrestler: As I, 1, 95 etc. I, 2, 134 etc. II, 2, 14. 11) Charles' wain, popular name of the Great Bear: HA II, 1, 2.

Charm, subst., 1) magic power, means of a magic influence: honest fear, bewitched with lust's foul c. Lucr. 173. who, with a c. joined to their suffered labour, I have left asleep, Tp. 1, 2, 231. 339. III, 3, 88. IV, 95. V, 2. 17. 31. 54. Tp. Epil. 1. Wiv. II, 2, 107. Meas. IV, 1, 14. Ado II, 1, 187. III, 2, 72. Mids. II, 1, 183. R3 1, 3, 215. III, 4, 64. Cor. I, 5, 22. Mcb. I, 3, 37. V, 8, 13 etc. Charm and spell placed together as two different things: she works by -s, by spells, by the figure, Wiv. IV, 2, 185. never harm, nor spell nor c. Mids. II, 2, 17. unchain your spirits now with spellings, H6A V, 3, 31 (charming spells, V, 3, 2). your vessels and your spells provide, your S and every thing beside, Mcb. III, 5, 19 (cf. spell). Charm, abstr. pro concr., charmer: when I am revenged upon my c., I have done all, Ant. IV, 12, 16. O this false soul of Egypt, this grave c. 25 (v. 30 spell).

2) that which irresistibly gains the affections: 'even thus, quoth she, the warlike God unlaced me', as if the boy should use like loving -8, Pilgr. 150. bewitched by the c. of looks, Rom. II Chor. 6. whose age has -s in it, to pluck the common bosom on his side, Lr. V, 3, 48. all the -s of love soften thy

waned lip, Ant. II, 1, 20. forth of my heart those —s, thine eyes, are blotted, Oth. V, 1, 35.

Charm, vb., 1) intr. to work with magic power: -ing spells, H6A V, 3, 2. nor witch hath power to c. Hml. 1, 1, 163. ere I could give him that parting kiss which I had set betwixt two-ing words, Cymb. 1, 3, 35.* more —ing with their own nobleness, V, 3, 32.

2) trans. a) to affect by magic power: I'll c. his eyes against she do appear, Mids. III, 2, 99. 376. -ing your blood with pleasing heaviness, H4A III, 1, 218. whose dangerous eyes may well be -ed asleep, H4B IV, 2, 39. -ing the narrow seas to give you gentle pass, H5 II Chor. 38. this siren, that will c. Rome's Saturnine, Tit. II, 1, 23. has almost-ed me from my profession, Tim. IV, 3, 454. I'll c. the air to give a sound, Mcb. IV, 1, 129. no witchcraft c. thee, Cymb. IV, 2, 277.

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Special significations: to fortify, to make invulnerable by spells: I bear a ed life, Mcb. V,8, 12. I, in mine own woe-ed, could not find death, Cymb. V, 3, 68. To force to obey: And for my sake, when I might c. thee so, for she that was thy Lucrece, now attend me, Lucr. 1681. and upon my knees I c. you, by all vows of love, that you unfold to Caes. II, 1, 271. To produce, to call forth: music such as eth sleep, Mids. IV, 1, 88. 'tis your graces that from my mutest conscience to my tongue -s this report out, Cymb. I, 6, 117. To appease, to make silent: c. ache with air and agony with words, Ado V, 1, 26. I will c. him first to keep his tongue, Shr. I, 1, 214. to tame a shrew and c. her chattering tongue, IV, 2, 58. it shall c. thy riotous tongue, H6B IV, 1, 64. I will c. your tongue, H6C V, 5, 31. c. your tongue, Oth. V, 2, 183.

b) to fascinate, to subdue the affections (but there is always some trace of the primary signification): it beguiled attention, -ed the sight, Lucr. 1404. not one... my leisures ever -ed, Compl. 193. my parts had power to c. a sacred nun, 260. I ―ed their ears, Tp. IV, 178. Fortune forbid my outside have not -d her, Tw. II, 2, 19.

Charmed, adj. endowed with a charm: threw my affections in his c. power, Compl. 146. boil thou first in the c. pot, Mcb. IV, 1, 9.

Charmer, sorceress: Oth. III, 4, 57.

| 39. I must have liberty, as large a c. as the wind, to blow on whom I please, As II, 7,48. you need but plead your honourable privilege;... of that I have made a bold c. All's IV, 5, 97. take from Time his -s and his customary rights, R2 II, 1, 196. taking him from thence, you break no privilege nor c. there, R3 III, 1, 54. my mother, who has a c. to extol her blood, Cor. I, 9, 14. ever spake against your liberties and the -8 that you bear i' the body of the weal, II, 3, 188. let me find a c. in your voice, to assist my simpleness, Oth. 1, 3, 246.

2) blank c. carte blanche: our substitutes shall have blanks, whereto, when they shall know what men are rich, they shall subscribe them for large sums of gold, R2 1, 4, 48.

Chartered, privileged: the air, a c. libertine, H5 1, 1, 48 (cf. As II, 7, 48).

Chartreux, name of a religious order: a monk of the C. H8 I, 1, 221. a C. friar, I, 2, 148.

Chary, nice, heedful: bearing thy heart, which I will keep so c. as tender nurse her babe, Sonn. 22, 11. the -iest maid is prodigal enough, if she unmask her beauty to the moon, Hml. I, 3, 36.

Charybdis, the vortex in the straits of Sicilia: when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into C., your mother, Merch. III, 5, 19.

Chase, subst., 1) hunting: Ven. 3. 696. 883. Oth. II, 3, 369. this is the c. Wint. III, 3, 57 (commonly explained as meaning the hunted beast).

2) a ground well stored with game: at the lodge upon the north-side of this pleasant c. Tit. II, 3, 255.

3) pursuit in general: I am out of breath in this fond c. Mids. II, 2, 88. As II, 1, 40. seek thee out some other c. H6B V, 2, 14; cf. H6C II, 4, 12. R3 III, 2, 30. Figuratively: you see this c. is hotly followed, H5 II, 4, 68.* by this kind of c. I should hate him, As I, 3, 33 (= by this way of following up the argument). To hold the c. to pursue: Mids. II, 1, 231. To hold in c., in the same sense: Lucr. 1736. Sonn. 143, 5. John I, 223. Cor. I, 6, 19. To give c.: Hml. IV, 6, 16. To have in c.: Gentl. V, 4, 15. I did send a ring in c. of you (= after you), Tw. III, 1, 124. in the c. of this fair couple, Wint. V, 1, 189.

4) course, race: if thy wits run the wildgoose c. Rom. II, 4, 75. the barren, touched in this holy c.

Charneco, a sort of wine, probably coming from Portugal: H6B II, 3, 63.*

Charnel-house, a place where the bones of the dead are reposited: Rom. IV, 1, 81. Mcb. III, 4, 71. Charolois, name of a French nobleman: H5 III, 5, 45.

Charon, the ferryman of Tartarus: Troil. III, 2, 11. Spoken of, though not named: R3 I, 4, 46.

Charter, subst. 1) recorded right, and in general right, privilege: be where you list, your c. is so strong that you yourself may privilege your time to what you will, Sonn. 58, 9. thou art too dear for my possessing, ... the c. of thy worth gives thee releasing, 87, 3. if you deny it, let the danger light upon your c. and your city's freedom, Merch. IV, 1,

2) to pursue; absol.: all swoln with -ing, down Adonis sits (earlier Qq chafing)Ven. 325.Transit.: who this accomplishment so hotly —d, Lucr. 716. Sonn. 143, 10. Tp. V, 35. Merch. II, 6, 13. H4A I, 1, 24. H6A I, 5, 3. Tim. I, 1, 25 (M. Edd. chafes). Cymb. III, 3, 42. V, 3, 48. to c. injustice with revengeful arms, Lucr. 1693. though Fortune should c. us with our father, Wint. V, 1, 217. to rouse his wrongs and c. them to the bay, R2 II, 3, 128. to c. us to our graves, R3 IV, 4, 54.

3) to drive away: their rising senses begin to c. the ignorant fumes, Tp. V, 67. Followed by from: Lucr. 1834. Gentl. II, 4, 134. All's III, 2, 106. John III, 4, 83. R2 II, 1, 118. H5 V, 2, 38. H6A I, 2, 115. H6C 1, 1, 90. —d your blood out of appearance, H5 II, 2, 75. c. hence, H6A 1, 3, 55. H6B III, 1, 144. c. away, Err. V, 153. HGB III, 2, 44.

Chase, subst., see Chace.

Chaser, pursuer: then began a stop i the c., a retire, Cymb. V, 3, 40.

Chaste, pure, undefiled, continent: Lucr. 7. 322. 682 (st). 840. 1836. Sonn. 154, 3. Phoen. 4. Tp. IV, 66. Wiv. II, 1, 83. V, 5, 89. Meas. II, 4, 184. V, 97. Ado IV, 1, 59. LLL V, 2, 252. Mids. II, 1, 162. Merch. I, 2, 117. As III, 2, 3. 10. Shr. 11, 263. All's IV, 3, 18. Wint. III, 2, 35. 133. IV, 4, 33. H4A 1, 2, 32. H6A V, 4, 51. V, 5, 20. HS IV, 2, 132. 170. Troil. I, 3, 299. Cor. V, 3, 65. Tit. II, 1, 108. IV, 1, 90. Rom. I, 1, 223. Hml. III, 1, 140. Oth. IV, 1, 47. 73. V, 2, 2. 249. Cymb. II, 4, 82. II, 5, 13 etc. Chastely, in a chaste manner: All's I, 3, 218. III, 7, 34. Cor. V, 2, 28.

Chastise, 1) to punish severely: Tp. V, 263. John II, 117. V, 2, 84. R2 II, 3, 104. H6A I, 5, 12. R3 IV, 4, 331. Troil. V, 5, 4. Tit. I, 32. Ant. V, 2, 54. 2) to reprimand, to set to rights: that I may c. with the valour of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, Mcb. I, 5, 26.

Chastisement, severe punishment, correction: Meas. V, 257. John V, 2, 147. R2 1, 1, 106. IV, 22. H4B IV, 1, 217. H6A IV, 1, 69. R3 V, 3, 113. Caes. IV, 3, 16.

Chastity, purity of the body: Ven. 751. Lucr. Arg. 7. Lucr. 692. 808. Compl. 297. 315. Pilgr. 50. Phoen. 61. Gentl. IV, 3, 21. Meas. II, 4, 185. V, 410. Ado IV, 1, 96 (there is not c. enough in language). Mids. III, 1, 205. As III, 4, 18. Shr. II, 298. All's IV, 2, 46. H6B V, 1, 186. Tit. II, 3, 44. 124. V, 2, 177. Rom. I, 1, 216. Oth. V, 2, 276. Ant. 1, 2, 47. Cymb. I, 4, 176. II, 2, 14. V, 5, 179. 207. Per. IV, 6, 130. 160.

Chat, subst., prate, in a good as well as bad sense: leave this bootless c. Ven. 422. palmers' c. makes short their pilgrimage, Lucr. 791. Tp. II, 1, 266. LLL IV, 3, 284. Shr. II, 270. H4A I, 3, 65. III, 1, 63. To have some c.: Shr. II, 163. H6C III, 2, 109. let's hold more c., LLL V, 2, 228.

| I, 2, 175. R2 V, 5, 68 (—est). H4B V, 3, 20. H6B I, 1, 222. Cor. II, 1, 100. IV, 5, 249. V, 1, 17. V, 6, 47. Per. IV, 2, 65. IV, 6, 131.

Hence, of small value: the goodness that is c. in beauty makes beauty brief in goodness, Meas. III, 1, 185. so stale and c. to vulgar company, H4A III, 2, 41. man's life's as c. as beast's, Lr. II, 4, 270.

Cheap, adv. sold c. what is most dear, Sonn. 110, 3. I hold your dainties c. Err. III, 1, 21. h. their manhoods c. H5 IV, 3, 66 (cf. Hold). buy land now as c. as..., H4A II, 4, 394. would have bought me lights as good c. at the dearest chandler's, III,3,51 (the word being originally a subst., bargain). Cheapen, to offer to buy, to chaffer, to bid for: virtuous, or I'll never c. her, Ado II, 3, 33. she would make a puritan of the devil, if he should c. a kiss of her, Per. IV, 6, 10.

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Cheaply, at a low price: so great a day as this is c. bought, Mcb. V, 8, 37.

Cheapside, quarter of London: H6B IV, 2, 74. IV, 7, 134.

Cheat, vb., to deceive, to swindle; 1) absol.: you base, rascally, -ing, lack-linen mate, H4B II, 4, 133. 2) transit.: I hope you do not mean to c. me so, Err. IV, 3, 79. how to c. the devil, LLL IV, 3, 288. With of, to swindle out of sth.: Tp. I, 1, 59. III, 2, 49. John II, 572. R3 I, 1, 19.

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Cheat, subst., deceit, swindling: my revenue is the silly c. Wint. IV, 3, 28 (= the harmless fraud, not attended by bloodshed). 129.

Cheater, 1) swindler: Sonn. 151, 3. Err. I, 2, 101. H4B II, 4, 152. Tit. V, 1, 111. a tame c. (evidently a cant phrase; cf. Fletcher's Fair Maid of the Inn IV, 2, and 'the silly cheat' in Wint. IV, 3, 28) H4B II, 4, 106, i. e. a man who uses false dice and other tricks, but is harmless else.

2) = escheator, an officer of the exchequer, employed to exact forfeitures: I will be c. to them both, and they shall be exchequers to me, Wiv. 1, 3, 77. The same quibble is, perhaps, intended in H4B II, 4, 111.

Chatillon (O. Edd. Chatillion), French name: John I, 1. 30. II, 46. 51. 53. H5 III, 5, 43. IV, 8, 98. Chattels, movable goods: she is my goods, my c. Shr. III, 2, 232. H5 II, 3, 50. H8 III, 2, 343 (so M. Edd., following Holinshed; O. Edd. castles).

Chatter, vb., 1) to utter inarticulate sounds, resembling human speech: apes that mow and c. at me, Tp. II, 2, 9. —ing pies, H6C V, 6, 48. apes and monkeys would c. this way, Cymb. I, 6, 40. Hence of a restless tongue: to tame a shrew and charm hering tongue, Shr. IV, 2, 58.

2) to make a noise by collision of the teeth: when the wind came to make me c. Lr. IV, 6, 103. Chaudron, entrails: add thereto a tiger's c. Mcb. IV, 1, 33.

2) rebuke, reproof: patience bide each c. Sonn. 58, 7. against all —s, rebukes and manners, Wiv. III, 4, 84. As IV, 1, 169. so devote to Aristotle's -8 as Ovid be an outcast, Shr. I, 1, 32 (i. e. Aristotle's austere morals). rebellion shall lose his sway, meeting the c. of such another day, H4A V, 5, 42. H4B IV, 3, 34. Tim. II, 2, 149. Lr. 1, 3, 20. Oth. I, 1, 149. III, 3, 67. IV, 3, 20. Ant. IV, 4, 31. Cymb. III, 3, 22.

| Check, vb., 1) trans. a) to bridle, to restrain: had doting Priam -ed his son's desire, Lucr. 1490. to c. the tears in Collatinus' eyes, 1817. if I can c. my erring love, I will, Gentl. II, 4, 213. in this spleen ridiculous appears, to c. their folly, passion's solemn tears, LLL V, 2, 118. c. thy contempt, All's II, 3, 164. hadst thou ne'er given consent that Phaethon should c. thy fiery steeds, H6C II, 6, 12. nor c. my courage for what they can give, Cor. III, 3, 92. c. this hideous rashness, Lr. 1, 1, 152. Followed by from: hardly can I c. my eyes from tears, H6C I, 4, 151.

b) o stint, to repress: sap-ed with frost,

c) to treat as a bondman: thy bastard shall be king, that thou mayst be a queen and c. the world, John II, 123. this earth affords no joy to me, but to command, to c., to o'erbear such as are of better person than my self, H6C III, 2, 166.

d) to rebuke, to chide: if thy soul c. thee that I come so near, Sonn. 136, 1. be —ed for silence, but never taxed for speech, All's I, 1, 76. to c. time broke in a disordered string, R2 V, 5, 46 (Ff hear). I have ―ed him for it, H4B 1, 2, 220.-ed and rated by Northumberland, III, 1, 68. next time I'll keep my dreams unto myself, and not be ed, H6B I, 2, 54. he cannot swear, but it (conscience) -8 him, R3 I, 4, 140. then I-ed my friends, III, 7, 150. —ed like a bondman, Caes. IV, 3, 97. the good king his master will c. him for it, Lr. II, 2, 149.

2) intr., to start, to be startled: if he be now returned, as -ing at his voyage, and that he means no more to undertake it, Hml. IV, 7, 64.* Applied to a hawk stopping at the sight of a game not seen before: with what wing the staniel· -s at it, Tw. II, 5, 125. and, like the haggard, c. at every feather, III, 1, 71. cf. Half-checked.

Checker, to variegate in the manner of a chess-board: a purple flower sprung up, -ed with white, Ven. 1168. the snake... with shining—ed slough, H6B III, 1, 229. the green leaves make aed shadow on the ground, Tit. II, 3, 15. -ing the eastern clouds with streaks of light, Rom. II, 3, 2.

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Cheek, the side of the face below the eye: Ven. 45. 185. Lucr. 386. Tp. II, 1, 229. Gentl. IV, 4, 159. Err. 1, 2, 46. II, 1, 90. LLL V, 2, 465. Mids. V, 339. As III, 2, 153 etc. etc. c. by jole close: I'll go with thee, c. by jole, Mids. III, 2, 338. here by thes I'll drag thee up and down, H6A 1, 3, 51 (= by the beard?). Figuratively: to save unscratched your city's threatened —s, John II, 225. not the morning sun of heaven better becomes the grey · -8 of the east, Sonn. 132, 6. the sea, mounting to the welkin's c. Tp. I, 2, 4. tears the cloudy -s of heaven, R2 III, 3, 57. to tear with thunder the wide -s o'the air, Cor. V, 3, 151. she hangs upon the c. of night like a rich jewel, Rom. I, 5, 47.

Cheek-roses, blooming cheeks: Meas. I, 4, 16. cf. Gentl. IV, 4, 159. Mids. I, 1, 129.

Cheer, subst., 1) cheerfulness, high spirits: if they sing, 'tis with so dull a c., Sonn. 97, 13. their c. is the greater that I am subdued, Ado I, 3, 74. I have not that alacrity of spirit, nor c. of mind, R3 V, 3, 74. ne'er let my heart know merry c. Tit. II, 3, 188. receive what c. you may, Mcb. IV, 3, 239. you are so sick of late, so far from c. Hml. III, 2, 174. my royal lord, you do not give the c., Mcb. III, 4, 33 (i. e. the merry disposition which should attend a feast). to remain here in the c. and comfort of our eye, Hml. I, 2, 116 (under the genial influence of our eye). that lived, that loved, that liked, that looked with c. Mids. V, 299 (Pyramus' speech).

Good c.! courage! be of good heart! Merch. IV, 1, 111. Caes. III, 1, 89. Ant. IV, 15,83. Be of good Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon. 3. Ed. T. I.

2) countenance, aspect, as expressive of disposition: she securely gives good c. and reverend welcome to her princely guest, Lucr. 89. whereat she smiled with so sweet a c. 264. all fancy-sick she is and pale of c. Mids. III, 2, 96. bid your friends welcome, show a merry c. Merch. III, 2, 314. your looks are sad, your c. appalled, H6A I, 2, 48. chance of war hath wrought this change of c. Tit. I, 264.

3) food, entertainment: I have good c. at home, Wiv. III, 2, 53. 81. pray God our c. may answer my good will, Err. III, 1, 19. small C., 26. better c. 29. here is neither c. nor welcome, 66. good c. V, 392. Ado V, 1, 153. here is c. enough, Shr. Ind. 2, 103. wedding c. III, 2, 188. one mess is like to be your c. IV, 4, 70. some c. is toward, V, 1, 14. our great good c. V, 2, 10. make good c. H4B V, 3, 18. poor c. Tit. V, 3, 28. our wedding c. Rom. IV, 5, 87. royal c. Tim. III, 6, 56. an anchor's c. Hml. III, 2, 229.* better c. Cymb. III, 6, 67. In R2 I, 2, 70 Q1 c., the other O. Edd. hear.

Cheer, vb., 1) trans. a) to make cheerful, to comfort, to encourage: to c. the ploughman with increaseful crops, Lucr. 958. Pilgr. 394. Err. III, 2, 26. H4B IV, 2, 9. H6A I, 4, 90. V, 2, 1. H6C 1, 4, 77. II, 2, 4. 5. 78. V, 4, 65. R3 1, 3, 5. II, 2, 114. V, 3, 174. Troil. V, 3, 92. Tit. I, 457. IV, 4, 88. Rom. II, 3, 25. Ant. III, 6, 81. Cymb. III, 5, 67. this push will c. me ever, or disseat me now (Dyce chair; but there is no verb to chair in Sh.) Mcb. V, 3, 21. be―ed, Ant. V, 2, 184. c. yon stranger, bid her welcome, Merch. III, 2, 240. c. your neighbours, H8 1, 4, 41 (amuse them by sprightly conversation). Used of the influence of the sun: he -s the morn, Ven. 484. -ed and checked even by the self-same sky, Sonn. 15, 6. all the world is ―ed by the sun, R3 I, 2, 129. ere the sun advance his burning eye, the day to c. Rom. II, 3, 6. To c. up, in the same sense: —ing up her senses, Ven. 896. his drumming heart ―s up his burning eye, Lucr. 435. —ed up the heavy time, John IV, 1, 47. H5 IV, 6, 20. H6A 1, 5, 16. H6C I, 1, 6. II, 1, 133. II, 2, 56. R3 V, 3, 71. Mcb. IV, 1, 127. Used reflectively: c. thyself a little, As II, 6, 5. c. up yourself, H4B IV, 4, 113.

b) to encourage, to incite: and here's the heart that -s these hands to execute the like upon thyself, H6C II, 4, 9. and all the madness is, he ―s them up too, Tim. I, 2, 43. III, 5, 114.

c) to salute with sounds of joy: a cry more tuneable was never holla'd to, nor―ed with horn, Mids. IV, 1, 130.

2) intr. to be in a state or disposition, to fare: how-est thou, Jessica? Merch. III, 5, 75 (Qq farest). Cheerer, giver of joy: her vine, the merry c. of the heart, H5 V, 2, 41.

Cheerful, 1) in good spirits, full of joyful animation: Tp. IV, 147. V, 250. Wiv. V, 5, 179. As I, 3, 96. John IV, 2, 2. R2 II, 2, 4. H4A II, 4, 465. H5 IV Chor. 40. H6B I, 1, 36. R3 III, 7, 39 (Qq loving). V, 3, 121. Rom. V, 1, 5. Ant. III, 2, 44. Cymb. IV, 2, 402. Per. IV, 1, 40 (mostly in the phrase 'be cheerful”).

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