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Malchus (O. Edd. Mauchus), king of Arabia: | IV, 2, 48. Cor. I, 1, 91. III, 3, 55. Mcb. IV, 3, 59. Ant. III, 6, 72.

Malcolm, name in Mcb. I, 4, 38 etc.
Malcontent, see Malecontent.

Male, adj. of the sex that begets, not bears young:
Wiv. V, 5, 19 (quibbling. Err. 1, 1, 56. John III, 4,
79. H4B IV, 3, 100. H5 1, 2, 70. H8 II, 4, 189. 191.
Troil. V, 1, 17. Cor. V, 4, 30.

Male, subst. 1) one of the male sex, one whose office is to beget young: the beasts are theirs' subjects, Err. 11, 1, 19. you love the breeder better than the m. H6C II, 1, 42. compose nothing but ―s, Mcb. 1, 7, 74.

2) male parent, father: thy mother's son! like enough, and thy father's shadow: so the son of the female is the shadow of the m. H4B III, 2, 141. I, the hapless m. to one sweet bird, H6C V, 6, 15.

Malecontent, adj. discontented, displeased: that you stand pensive, as half m. H6C IV, 1, 10. is it for a wife that thou art m.? 60.

Malecontent, subst. one who feels unhappy, because he has not what he wishes: then, like a melancholy m., he vails his tail, Ven. 313. to wreathe your arms like a m. Gent. II, 1, 20. thou art the Mars of -s, Wiv. I, 3, 113. Cupid, liege of all loiterers and -s, LLL III, 185.

Malediction, evil speaking: menaces and -s against king and nobles, Lr. 1, 2, 160.

Hml. I, 1, 146. II, 2, 536. Lr. III, 5, 10. Oth. I, 1, 100. 2) full of hate: commander of this hot m. day, John II, 314.

Maliciously, 1) malignantly: Cor. I, 1, 35. 2) like one full of hate, with the strength of hate: I will be treble-sinewed, hearted, breathed, and fight m. Ant. III, 13, 179. Used of strong poison: a lingering dram that should not work m. like poison, Wint. I, 2, 321 (in an apparently pernicious manner).

Malign, vb. to regard with envy or malice: as you m. our senators, Cor. I, 1, 117. wayward fortune did m. my state, Per. V, 1, 90.

Malignancy, malevolence: the m. of my fate, Tw. II, 1, 4.

Malignant, 1) full of malice: thou liest, m. thing, Tp. I, 2, 257. a m. and a turbaned Turk, Oth. V, 2, 353.

2) injurious, pernicious, hostile: unless the nexɩ word have some m. power upon my life, Gent. III, 1, 238. hearing your high majesty is touched with that m. cause, All's II, 1, 114 (= disease). O m. and ill-boding stars, H6A IV, 5, 6. cracked in pieces by m. death, R3 II, 2, 52. to your person his will is most m. H8 1, 2, 141.

Malignantly, malevolently, maliciously: if he should still m. remain fast foe to the plebeii, Cor. II, 3, 191.

Malkin, a kitchen-wench: Cor. II, 1, 224. Per.

Malefaction, crime: Hml. II, 2, 621.
Malefactor, a criminal: Meas. II, 1, 52. Ado | IV, 3, 34.
IV, 2, 3. Ant. II, 5, 53. Not understood by Elbow
and Dogberry.

Malevolence, ill will, enmity: the m. of fortune,
Mcb. III, 6, 28.

Malevolent, ill disposed, hostile: m. to you in all aspects, H4A I, 1, 97.

Malice, 1) malignity, disposition to injure others: Meas. III, 2, 157. Merch. IV, 1, 214. As II, 3, 36. All's III, 6, 9. Tw. I, 5, 196. V, 373. Wint. I, 1, 37. John IV, 1, 109. H4B I, 2, 195. H6A III, 1, 26. 75. B 1, 3, 213. II, 1, 25. III, 1, 154. III, 2, 23. H8 I, 1, 105. II, 2, 69. III, 2, 237. 243. V, 1, 135. V, 2, 8. V, 3, 44. 145. 152. Troil. V, 1, 64. Cor. 11, 1, 58. 11, 2, 36. Tit. V, 3, 13. Tim. I, 1, 47. Mcb. II, 3, 138. III, 2, 25. Lr. II, 2, 137 (with against). Oth. II, 1, 148. V, 2, 343. Ant. I, 2, 112. Cymb. I, 5, 35. III, 5, 33. IV, 2, 324. Abstr. pro concr.: shruggest thou, m.? Tp. I, 2, 367.

2) hate, enmity, ill will: our cannons' m. John II, 251. your sharpest deeds of m. 380. combine the blood of m. in a vein of league, V, 2, 38. I have heard you preach that m. was a great and grievous sin, H6A III, 1, 128 (i. e. hatred). I never sought their m. H8 V, 2, 15. translate his m. towards you into love, Cor. II, 3, 137. to affect the m. and displeasure of the people, II, 2, 24. Merch. IV, 1, 18. As I, 2, 294. R2 1, 1, 9. 14. 155. H6A IV, 1, 108. H6C IV, 3, 46. IV, 6, 28. R3 1, 3, 29. II, 2, 125. H8 II, 1, 62. 80. 157. III, 2, 268. Cor. II, 1, 244. IV, 5, 78. 102. IV, 6, 41. Caes. III, 1, 174. Mcb. III, 2, 14. Oth. II, 3, 275. V, 1, 102. With of, to indicate the object of hate: 'tis in the m. of mankind that he thus advises us, Tim. IV, 3, 456. With towards: the m. towards you (is) to forgive you, Cymb. V, 5, 419.

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Mall, diminutive of Mary: Tp. II, 2, 50. are they like to take dust, like Mistress -'s picture? Tw. 1, 3, 135 (commonly supposed to allude to one Mall Cutpurse, but with little probability, as Mall Cutpurse was born in 1589 and died in 1659. Perhaps Sir Toby means only to say: like a picture intended for a beauty, but in fact representing Mall the kitchenwench. In the poet's time it was the custom to hang curtains before pictures).

Mallard, a drake: Ant. III, 10, 20.

Malleable, capable of extension by the hammer: Per. IV, 6, 152.

Mallecho (O. Edd. mallico and malicho), probably from the Spanish malhecho, = mischief: this is miching m.; it means mischief, Hml. III, 2, 146. Mallet, a wooden hammer: there's no more conceit in him than is in a m. H4B II, 4, 263 (or = = mallard?).

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Mallows, the plant Malva: Tp. II, 1, 144.
Malmsey, a kind of sweet wine: LLL V, 2, 233.
Malmsey-butt, a large cask of malmsey: R3 I,
161. 277.

Malmsey-nose, red-nosed: m. knave, H4B II,

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Malt, grain prepared for brewing: Lr. III, 2, 82.
Malt-horse, a brewer's horse; used as a term of
contempt: Err. III, 1, 32. Shr. IV, 1, 132.
Malt-worm, a tippler of ale: H4A II, 1, 83.
H4B II, 4, 361.

Malvolio, name in Tw. I, 5, 79 etc.
Mamillius, name in Wint. I, 1,38. I, 2, 119. 211
Mammering, hesitating, Oth. III, 3, 70 (Q1 mut-

tering).

Mammet, a doll, a puppet: this is no world to play with ―s, H4A 11, 3, 95. a whining m. Rom. III,

Malicious, 1) malignant, malevolent, prone to do mischief: H6A IV, 1, 7. H8 1, 2, 78. II, 4, 83.5, 186

Mammock, to tear in pieces: how he -ed it, Cor. 1, 3, 71.

Man, name of an island in the Irish sea: H6B 11, 3, 13. II, 4, 78. 94.

man, just the man wanted: Ovidius Naso was the m. LLL IV, 2, 127. here comes the m. Merch. II, 2, 119. am I the m. yet? As III, 3,3. soft, soft, unless the master were the m. Tw.I, 5, 313. I am the m. 11,2,26. I will be Man, subst. (plur. men), 1) a human being: this point-devise the very m. II, 5, 177. Harry the Fifth's is the third m. that e'er I saw, Tp. I, 2, 445. a m. or the m. H4B V, 3, 122. this is not the m. V, 5, 149. a fish? II, 2, 25. 35. II, 1, 154. III, 1, 51. H5 IV, 1, you'll be the m. Rom. I, 5, 83. 'tis the m. Ant. I, 5, 106 etc. etc. wilt thou be made a m. out of my vice? 54. cf. here comes my m. Rom. III, 1, 59. I was never Meas. III, 1, 138 (= wilt thou live etc.); cf. am 1 mine own m. since, H6B IV, 2, 91 (= I was not what dead? do I not breathe a m.? HCC III, 1, 82; since II used to be). cf. when no m. was his own, Tp. V, 213 was m. Lr. III, 2, 45 (since my birth). The article (in his senses). omitted, to denote the whole human race: beyond -'s life, Tp. II, 1, 247. where m. doth not inhabit, III, 3, 57. Wiv. 1, 1, 21. Meas. II, 2, 50. 79. Mids. IV, 1, 211. Wint. IV, 4, 829. 830. H4B IV, 3, 118. Tim. IV, 3, 194. 197 (more m.? plague, plague!). Lr. III, 1, 10. Per. II Prol. 35. Plur.: men hang and drown their proper selves, Tp. III, 3, 59. V, 242. H6B III, 1, 301 etc. a m. any person, one: misery acquaints a m. with strange bedfellows, Tp. II, 2, 41. to sing at a's funeral, 46. as a nose on a 's face, Gent. II, 1, 142. II, 5, 5. III, 1, 311. V, 4, 1. Wiv. II, 1, | 193. III, 2, 37. Ado II, 3, 247. H4B IV, 3, 95 etc. not a m. of them =none of them: LLL V, 2, 128. H4B Ind. 38. R3 II, 1, 119. every m. everybody: Ado III, 2, 110. LLL 1, 1, 152. Mids. 1, 2, 4. IV, 2, | 38 etc. every m. of them, H4A II, 4, 197. no m. nobody: Tp. V, 213. 257. Gent. II, 1, 65. Wiv. V, 5, 52. Tw. II, 5, 110 etc.

Often joined, in O. Edd., by a hyphen to preceding monosyll. adjectives, or spelt as a compound, while M. Edd. prefer writing them in two words. Very often, too, the adjective is accentuated, so that in many such expressions a similar difference is discernible as between madman, freshman, nobleman and mad man, fresh man, noble man. Cf. blind-man, H6A II, 4, 24. H6B II, 1, 63. deadman, Err. V, 241. Wint. II, 1, 150. R2 IV, 144. H5 II, 4, 107. H6B IV, 1, 6. V, 2, 4. R3 I, 4, 29. Tit. II, 3, 229. Rom. IV, 1, 82. 85. V, 1, 7. V, 2, 30. Mcb. IV, 3, 170 etc. dumb men, Cor. II, 1, 278. good m. LLL I, 1, 310. As II, 7, 115. 122. R2 I, 1, 114. H5 IV, 3, 56. R3 II, 1, 61. H8 III, 1, 22. 64. Tit. IV, 1, 123. Oth. V, 1, 99 etc. (cf. Goodman). great m. Meas. II, 2, 110; cf. 128. H6B III, 1, 19. H8 II, 1, 67. III, 2, 375. Hml. III, 2, 214. mean m. R2 1, 2, 33. old m. Err. I, 1, 97. John II, 570. H6B V, 2, 51. H6C V, 6, 39. H8 IV, 2, 21. Rom. II, 3, 35. Caes. I, 3, 65. Lr. II, 1, 101. II, 4, 291. 298. Oth. 1, 3, 78. Cymb. V, 3, 52. 57. 85. Per. Prol. 13. plain m. R3 1, 3, 51. poor m. John IV, 1, 50. H6B IV, 7, 93. Caes. I, 1, 62. Lr. IV, 6, 29. prime m. H8 III, 2, 162. proud m. Troil. III, 3, 49. rich m. Tim. I, 2, 72. rude m. John I, 1, 64. sick m. R2 II, 1, 84. Cor. I, 1, 182. Caes. II, 1, 310. 327. tame m. Mids. III, 2, 259. true m. LLL IV, 3, 187. R2 V, 3, 73. H6C I, 4, 64. Cymb. II, 3, 76. wise m. Tw. II, 3, 45. III, 1, 73. 75. R2 1, 3, 276. V, 5, 63. H6C III, 1, 25. Rom. III, 3, 62. Lr. 1, 4, 182. young m. Mids. I, 1, 6. Shr. II, 393. John II, 570. Troil. V, 2, 165. Tit. 1, 484.

3) a servant: one of my husband's men, Lucr. 1291. now they are my men, Tp. II, 1, 274. get a new m. II, 2, 189. Gent. IV, 2, 75. Wiv. I, 1, 114. 136. 281. II, 1, 182. Meas. IV, 2, 103. Err. II, 1, 43. II, 2, 207. III, 2, 74. IV, 4, 8. Ado III, 2, 45. Merch. II, 2, 94. V, 183. Shr. Ind. 2, 107. John III, 3, 72. H5 III, 2, 32. R3 I, 1, 80. H8 IV, 2, 148. Rom. II, 4, 3. 200. III, 1, 59. Lr. II, 4, 201 etc.

2) a male of the human race: more widows than we bring men to comfort them, Tp. II, 1, 134. kept from resort of men, Gent. III, 1, 108. 109. the putting down of men, Wiv. II, 1, 30. it is a 's voice, Meas. I, 4, 7. Tp. I, 2, 109. 214. 488. II, 2, 32 (cf. Make). III, 2, 114. Wiv. II, 1, 83. III, 3, 78. Meas. II, 1, 176. III, 2, 112. Err. II, 1, 7. Mids. I, 1, 66. Tw. III, 4, 333 etc. etc. Without the article, in a general sense: were m. but constant, he were perfect, Gent. V, 4, 110. she could not love me, were m. as rare as phoenix, As IV, 3, 17. m. is enemy to virginity, All's I, 1, 123. Tw. II, 2, 37. Lr. III, 4, 84. Oth. IV, 1, 111. Cymb. 1, 6, 69 etc. m. by m. Mids. 1, 2, 3. H4A III, 3, 65. to the last m. H4B IV, 2, 44. man at arms and man of arms = knight, warrior: LLL IV, 3, 290. H4B 11, 2, 82. H6C V, 4, 42. H6A 1, 4, 30. m. of war = warrior, soldier: three thousand men of war, R2 II, 1, 286. with his men of war, II, 3, 52. doth the m. of war stay all night? H4B V, 1, 31. the nine men's morris, Mids. II, 1, 98 (cf. Morris). Used as a familiar | compellation: no marrying? None, m. Tp. II, 1, 166. 11, 2, 133. 137. Gent. II, 3, 38. II, 4, 168. IV, 2, 55. Meas. 1, 2, 97. Err. IV, 2, 41. LLL 1, 2, 139. Merch. 1, 3, 157. II, 8, 1. H6B 1, 2, 85. Tit. II, 1, 85. Rom. 1, 5, 36. Caes. 1, 2, 135 etc. Used with some latitude; applied to boys: bring my young m. here to school, Wiv. IV, 1, 8. go play, Mamillius, thou art an honest m. Wint. 1, 2, 211. to God: God's a good m. Ado III, 5, 40 (Dogberry's speech). to the devil: no m. means evil but the devil, Wiv. V, 2, 15. to flies: they are free | men, Rom. III, 3, 42. Emphatically: play the men, Tp. 3) to furnish with a servant: I was never —ed 1, 1, 11. H6A 1, 6, 16. to trial of a m. Ado V, 1, 66. with an agate, H4B 1, 2, 18. I were ―ed, horsed and LLL V, 2, 697. H5 III, 2, 33. Mcb. 1, 7, 46. 49. 51. wived, 66 Caes. 1, 2, 153. 155. 157. Hml. 1, 2, 187. III, 4, 62. Lr. II, 2, 127. 11, 4, 42 etc. my man of men, Ant. I, 5, 72. Opposed to a boy: Compl. 92. Wiv. III, 2, 6. Tw. 1, 5, 165. 169. V, 402 etc. the m. the right

4) a m. of war = a ship of war: Tit. IV, 3, 22.

Man, vb. 1) to furnish with men, to line, to guard: the castle, —ed with three hundred men, R2 II, 3, 54. the castle royally is —ed, III, 3, 21. see how the surly Warwick -s the wall, H6C V, 1, 17. your ships are not well-ed, Ant. III, 7, 35. with the rest fullmanned, 52. to m. his galleys, IV, 11, 3.

2) to accustom to man, to tame: to m. my haggard, to make her come and know her keeper's call, Shr. IV, 1, 196. cf. Unmanned.

4) Very singular use: m. but a rush against Othello's breast, and he retires, Oth. V, 2, 270 (Johnson: to point, to aim. Perhaps manage). Manacle, subst. chain for the hands, shackles:

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it is a m. of love, Cymb. I, 1, 122. Plur. -schains: Meas. II, 4, 93. Cor. 1, 9, 57. V, 3, 115. Cymb. V, 4, 199.

Manacle, vb. to chain, to fetter: I'll m. thy neck and feet together, Tp. I, 2, 461. m. the bear-herd in their chains, H6B V, 1, 149.

Manage, subst. 1) training, government of a horse: or he (became) his m. by the well doing steed, Compl. 112. they (his horses) are taught their m. As I, 1, 13. wanting the m. of unruly jades, R2 III, 3, 179. speak terms of m. to thy bounding steed, H4A II, 3, 52. spur them, till they obey the m. H8 V, 3, 24. she's not paced yet: you must take some pains to work her to your m. Per. IV, 6, 69. By conjecture in LLL V, 2, 482: merrily hath this brave m., this career, been run (Qi nuage, Q2 Ff manager).

Mane, the hair growing on the necks of horses and lions: Ven. 271. 298. Troil. III, 3, 224. Rom. I, 4, 89. Used of the foaming crest of waves: Oth. II, 1, 13. In All's IV, 5, 41 O. Edd. main, M. Edd. name.

Man-entered, initiated in, introduced into manhood: his pupil-age m. thus, Cor. II, 2, 103.

Manfully, bravely: Gent. IV, 1, 28. Tit. I, 196. Mangle, vb. to cut into pieces, to mutilate; absol.: her sight dazzling makes the wound seem three, and then she reprehends her —ing eye, Ver. 1065. trans.: As II, 7, 42. H4A V, 4, 96. H5 II, 4, 60. IV, 4, 41. H6C V, 2, 7. Troil. V, 5, 33. Tit. III, 1, 256. Rom. IV, 3, 52. Oth. V, 1, 79. Ant. IV, 2, 27. Metaphorically, to take from, to impair, to reduce to nothing: the naked, poor and —d peace, H5 V, 2, 34.

2) administration, conduct: and to him put the m.—ing by starts the full course of their glory, Epil. 4. of my state, Tp. 1, 2, 70. the husbandry and m. of my house, Merch. III, 4, 25. their negotiations all must slack, wanting his m. Troil. III, 3, 25.

3) proceeding, taking of measures, contriving of means: which now the m. of two kingdoms must with fearful bloody issue arbitrate, John 1, 37. for the rebels which stand out in Ireland expedient m. must be made, R2 1, 4, 39.

4) the bringing about, setting on foot: I can discover all the unlucky m. of this brawl, Rom. III, 1, 148. Manage, vb. 1) to handle, to wield: m. it (the staff of hope) against despairing thoughts, Gent. III, 1, 247. m. rusty bills against thy seat, R2 III, 2, 118. m. me your caliver, H4B III, 2, 292. 301. m. it (your sword) to part these men, Rom. I, 1, 76. that still would m. those authorities, Lr. 1, 3, 17.

2) to train, to break in (as a horse): he will not m. her, although he mount her, Ven. 598.

3) to administer, to control, to govern: whose state so many had the -ing, H5 Epil. 11. the son (should) m. his revenue, Lr. 1, 2, 79. Photinus and your maids m. this war, Ant. III, 7, 16.

4) to handle, to treat with caution and address: shame hath a bastard fame, well-d, Err. III, 2, 19. in the -ing of quarrels he is wise, Ado II, 3, 197. Shr. Ind. 1, 45. Wint. IV, 2, 17. H4A 1, 2, 181. H6A IV, 1, 181.

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5) to bring about, to set on foot, to contrive: m. private and domestic quarrel, Oth. II, 3, 215. Manager, 1) one who wields: rust, rapier! still, drum! for your m. is in love, LLL I, 2, 188. 2) one who sets on foot, a contriver: where is our usual m. of mirth? Mids. V, 35.

Manakin, little man; term of contempt: this is a dear m. to you, Tw. III, 2, 57.

Man-child, male child, boy: Cor. 1, 3, 18. menchildren: Mcb. 1, 7, 72.

Mandate, order, authoritative command: Hml. III, 4, 204. Oth. I, 3, 72. IV, 1, 270. Ant. I, 1, 22. Mandragora, mandrake; a soporific: Oth. III, 3, 330. Ant. I, 5, 4.

Mandrake, the plant Atropa mandragora, the root of which was thought to resemble the human figure, and to cause madness and even death, when torn from the ground: thou whoreson m., thou art fitter to be worn in my cap, H4B 1, 2, 17. the whores called him m. III, 2, 339. would curses kill, as doth the groan, H6B III, 2, 310. shrieks like —s' torn out of the earth, Rom. IV, 3, 47.

your dishonour -s true judgment, Cor. III, 1, 158. what tongue shall smooth thy name, when I have —d it? Rom. III, 2, 99. to m. me with that word 'banished', III, 3, 51. take up this --d matter at the best, Oth. 1, 3, 173. our laws, whose use the sword of Caesar hath too oft ―d, Cymb. III, 1, 57.

Mangy, scabby: a m. dog, Tim. IV, 3, 371. Manhood, 1) virility, opposed to womanhood: fit you to your m. Cymb. III, 4, 195.

2) virility, opposed to boyhood: thy prime of m. daring, R3 IV, 4, 170. many unrough youths that even now protest their first of m. Mcb. V, 2, 11.

3) qualities becoming a man, bravery, fortitude, honour: Ado IV, 1, 321. Mids. III, 2, 412. Tw. III, 4, 198. H4A I, 2, 155. II, 4, 141. 142. H5 II, 1, 103. III, 2, 53. IV, 3, 66. H6B V, 2, 75. H6C II, 2, 108. 125. IV, 2, 20. Troil. I, 2, 276. II, 2, 47. Cor. III, 1, 246. Tim. IV, 3, 14. Mcb. III, 1, 103. Lr. I, 4, 319. IV, 2, 68. Oth. III, 3, 153. Ant. III, 10, 23. Cymb. V, 2, 2. Mrs. Quickly and Fluellen agree in saying saving your m. for saving your honour, or your reverence: H4B II, 1, 29. H5 IV, 8, 36.

Manifest, adj. 1) obvious, evident, not doubtful: Meas. IV, 2, 145. Merch. IV, 1, 358. H6A I, 3, 33. III, 1, 21. Cor. III, 1, 172. Lr. V, 3, 92.

2) plain, open, notorious, public: to retort your m. appeal, Meas. V, 303. his reading and m. experience, All's I, 3, 229. make't m. where she has lived, Wint. V, 3, 114. you are m. house-keepers, Cor. 1, 3, 54.

Manifest, vb. to make appear, to show plainly, to reveal: Wiv. IV, 6, 15. Meas. IV, 3, 94. V, 417. Ado III, 2, 100. Tw. II, 5, 181 (she -8 herself to my love). H4B IV, 5, 105. Cor. 11, 2, 14. Oth. 1, 2, 32 (my parts, my title and my perfect soul shall m. me rightly). Partic. ―ed adjectively: to make you understand this in a -ed effect, Meas. IV, 2, 169, i. e. so as to make the matter manifest, as to leave no doubt.

Manifold, multifarious: Compl. 216. Tp. 1, 2, 264. H4A IV, 3, 47. Tim. I, 1, 5. Lr. II, 1, 49. the m. linguist, All's IV, 3, 265 (i. e. knowing many languages). a m. traitor, Lr. V, 3, 114.

Manifoldly, in many ways: All's II, 3, 214.
Manikin, see Manakin.

Mankind (accented mostly on the last syll. in Tim., on the first in the other plays) 1) the human race: how beauteous m. is! Tp. V, 183. Tw. III, 4, 's 108. Troil. II, 3, 30. Tim. III, 4, 84. IV, 1, 36. 40. IV, 3, 23. 42. 53. 456. 506. Mcb. II, 4, 18. Ant. IV, | 8, 25.

2) the males of the human race: so rails against | all married m. Wiv. IV, 2, 23. should all despair that have revolted wives, the tenth of m. would hang themselves, Wint. I, 2, 199. what kind o' man is he? why, of m. Tw. 1, 5, 160. thou art a woman, and disclaimest finty m. Tim. IV, 3, 491. Adjectively, masculine: a m. witch, Wint. II, 3, 67. are you m.? Cor. IV, 2, 16 (quibbling).

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Man-like, manly: not more m. than Cleopatra, Ant. I, 4, 5.

Manly, adj. 1) becoming a man, brave, full of fortitude, vigorous: Lucr. 109. 1486. 1777. Ado V, 2, 15. Mids. III, 2, 157. Merch. II, 3, 14. All's II, 3, 298. John V, 2, 49. H5 II, 3, 3. III, 2, 24. H6B IV, 8, 53. V, 2, 63. HCC II, 2, 40. R3 I, 2, 165. Troil. IV, 5, 104. Rom. III, 2, 53. Mcb. II, 3, 139. Cymb. IV, 2, 397. Per. III, 1, 22.

2) pertaining to a man, not like a woman or boy: turn two mincing steps into a m. stride, Merch. III, 4, 68. his big m. voice, As II, 7, 161.

Manly, adv. in the manner of a man, courageously: this tune goes m. Mcb. IV, 3, 235.

Man-monster, servant-monster, a monster in a person's service: Tp. III, 2, 14.

Manna, the food of the famished Israelites in the Arabian desert: you drop m. in the way of starved people, Merch. V, 294.

Manner, 1) form of executing and performing, way, mode: mark the m. of his teaching, Shr. IV, 2, 5. the m. of his gait, Tw. II, 3, 170. Troil. IV, 5, 14. | the m. of your bearing, Wint. IV, 4, 569. the pretty and sweet m. of it, H5 IV, 6, 28. the m. of his speech, Ant. II, 2, 114 (opposed to matter). sets down the m. how, Tw. III, 4, 80. the m. how he found it, Wint. V, 2, 4. the m. how she came to it, 92. unless I be obtained by the m. of my father's will, Merch. 1, 2, 118 (i. e. in the way prescribed by the testament of my father). she is dead, and by strange m. Caes. IV, 3, 189. in this m. Wiv. II, 1, 25. in a most hideous and dreadful m. IV, 4, 34. in most uneven m. Meas. IV, 4, 3. V, 196. Ado IV, 2, 64. 65. LLL I, 1, 206. 207. 211 (in m. and form following). Mids. II, 2, 130. As III, 2, 427. Tw. III, 4, 9. Wint. V, 2, 49. H6C III, 3, 178. H8 I, 2, 35. II, 4, 144. Troil. V, 7, 6. Cor. II, 3, 66. Tim. III, 6, 15. Lr. I, 4, 59. Per. I, 1, 147. In a m. and in m. almost: it is in a m. done already, John V, 7, 89. you have in m. with your sinful hours made a divorce betwixt his queen and him, R2 III, 1, 11.

2) course, process: I'll show you the m. of it, Gent. II, 3, 15. the cunning m. of our flight, II, 4, 180. the m. of it is, I was taken with the m. LLL I, 1, 204 tell us the m. of the wrestling, As I, 2, 118. the m. of their taking, R2 V, 6, 9. the m. how this action hath been borne, H4B IV, 4, 88. the m. and true order of the fight, 100. the treacherous m. of his death, H6A II, 2, 16. in writing I preferred the m. of thy vile outrageous crimes, III, 1, 11. tell us the m. of it, Caes. 1, 2, 234. 236. to relate the m. were to add the death of you, Mcb. IV, 3, 205. he has done all this.... here's the m. of it, Ant. III, 6, 2. the m. of their deaths, V, 2, 340.

3) custom, habit, fashion: it was ever his m. to do so, Meas. IV, 2, 138. I'll view the -S of the town, Err. 1, 2, 12. it is the m. of a man to speak to a woman, LLL I, 1, 212. my lady, to the m. of the days, in cour

tesy gives undeserving praise, V, 2, 365. I am yet se near the -8 of my mother, Tw. II, 1, 41. our country -s give our betters way, John I, 156. whose -S OUT apish nation limps after, R2 II, 1, 22. these external -8 of laments, IV, 296. your m. of wrenching, H4B II, 1, 120. we are the makers of -s, H5 V, 2, 296. | showing, as the m. is, his wounds to the people, Cor. II, 1, 251. as the m. of our country is, Rom. IV, 1, 109. I am native here and to the m. born, Hml. I, 4, 15.

4) kind, sort: and words express the m. of my pity-wanting pain, Sonn. 140, 4. the grosser m. of these world's delights he throws upon the gross world's baser slaves, LLL I, 1, 29. the m. and the purpose of his treason, R3 III, 5, 58. beyond all m. of so much I love you, Lr. I, 1, 62 (i. e. beyond any 'so much', any comparison, of whatever kind it may be). all m. of men assembled here, H6A 1, 3, 74. that no m. of persons have recourse unto the princes, R3 III, 5, 108 (Ff no m. person). what m. of man? As III, 2, 216. Tw. I, 5, 161. III, 4, 288. Wint. IV, 3, 89. H4A II, 4, 323. 462. H8 V, 1, 118. what m. o' thing is your crocodile? Ant. II, 7, 46. Evans: Mistress Quickly, which is in the m. of his nurse, Wiv. 1, 2, 3.

5) to be taken with the m. (apparently from another root), a law-term, to be taken in the fact: LLL I, 1, 205. H4A II, 4, 347. if you had not taken yourself with the m. Wint. IV, 4, 752.

6) Plur. —s= a) behaviour, carriage, bearing: their -s are more gentle-kind, Tp. III, 3, 32. frame your -s to the time, Shr. I, 1, 232. I advise you use your -s discreetly in all kind of companies, 247. that changeth thus his -s, Wint. 1, 2, 375. what foolish master taught you these -s? H4B II, 1, 203. thou dost affect my —s, Tim. IV, 3, 199. their -s are so apish, Lr. I, 4, 184. infected with their —s, 264. these bloody accidents must excuse my —s, Oth. V, 1, 94. b) rules of good breeding and decency: beshrew my -s and my pride, Mids. II, 2, 54. we stand upon ours, Wint. IV, 4, 164. our griefs, and not ours, reason now, John IV, 3, 29. whom our s term the prince, R3 III, 7, 191. my -s tell me we have your wrong rebuke, Oth. I, 1, 130. I extend my —s, II, 1, 99. you put me to forget a lady's -s, Cymb. 11, 3, 110. good -S= = good breeding, civility, decency: As II, 7, 92. III, 2, 42. 43. 47. V, 4, 95. H4A III, 1, 190. H8 V, 2, 29. Rom. 1, 5, 4. —s, alone, in the same sense: a million of—s, Gent. II, 1, 105. against all checks, rebukes and s, Wiv. III, 4, 84. if you have any pity, grace, or -s, Mids. III, 2, 241. I lacks, As IV, 3, 15. if God have lent a man any -S, he may easily put it off at court, All's II, 2, 9. V, 1, 15. Tw. II, 3, 94. IV, 1, 53. Wint. IV, 4, 244. H4A III, 1, 184. H6A II, 2, 54. H8 III, 2, 308. V, 1, 161. Tit. II, 1, 27. Rom. V, 3, 214. Tim. II, 2, 147. IV, 1, 18. Hml. V, 2, 17. Lr. IV, 6, 264. V, 3, 234. Treated as a sing.: All's II, 2, 9. Wint. IV, 4, 244. Rom. V, 3, 214. Lr. V, 3, 234. as a plur.: Tw. IV, 1, 53. R3 III, 7, 191. in -s, and with -8, = decently: my tongue-tied Muse in -s holds her still, Sonn. 85, 1. it charges me in -s to express myself, Tw. II, 1, 15. how thy worth with -s may I sing, Sonn. 39, 1. can we with -s ask what was the difference? Cymb. I, 4, 56. I was thinking with what -8 I might safely be admitted, All's IV, 5, 93 (= how I might decently be admitted).

c) cast of mind, morals, character: their face their -s most expressly told, Lucr. 1397. public means

-S,

which public -s breeds, Sonn. 111, 4. as disproportioned in his -s as in his shape, Tp. V, 290. though Ι απ am a daughter to his blood, I am not to his Merch. II, 3, 19. a like proportion of lineaments, of -s and of spirit, III, 4, 15. neither his daughter, if we judge by -8, As I, 2, 283. III, 2, 43. All's I, 1, 71. John II, 127. H4B IV, 4, 64. 123. H5 1, 2, 49. H6B V, 1, 158. R3 IV, 4, 206. H8 IV, 2, 45. Tim. IV, 1, 25. Hml. I, 4, 30. Oth. II, 1, 232.

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Mannered, minded, affected, disposed: he is one the truest m. Cynıb. 1, 6, 166. to give her princely training, that she may be m. as she is born, Per. III, 3, 17. Mannerly, adj. decent; civil: let me have what thou thinkest meet and is most mannerly, Gent. II, 7, 58. m. distinguishment betwixt the prince and beggar, Wint. II, 1, 86. here is a m. forbearance, H6A II, 4, 19. which m. devotion shows in this, Rom. I, 5, 100. Mannerly, adv. decently; civilly: the wedding m. modest, Ado II, 1, 79. Cupid's post that comes so m. Merch. II, 9, 100. we'll m. demand thee of thy story, Cymb. III, 6, 92.

Manningtree, place in Essex, famous for its pastures and the size of its oxen: that roasted M. ox with the pudding in his belly, H4A II, 4, 498.

Mannish, 1) male: we'll have a swashing and a martial outside, as many other m. cowards have that do outface it with their semblances, As I, 3, 123. 2)| pertaining to the age of manhood: though now our voices have got the m. crack, Cymb. IV, 2, 236. 3) masculine, bold in an unbecoming manner: a woman impudent and m. grown, Troil. III, 3, 217.

Man-of-war, see Man. Manor, estate, land belonging to a nobleman: Wiv. II, 2, 19. All's III, 2, 10. R2 IV, 212. H6C V, 2, 24. H8 I, 1, 84. Manor-house, house belonging to a manor: LLL I, 1, 208. Man-queller, a slayer of men, murderer: H4B II, 1, 58.

Mansion, a lord's house: Lucr. 1171. Sonn. 95, 9. 146, 6. Compl. 138. Gent. V, 4, 8. Merch. III, 2, 170. H4B III, 2, 351. Rom. III, 2, 26. III, 3, 108. Tim. IV, 3, 191. V, 1, 218. Mcb. IV, 2, 7. Cymb. III, 4, 70. V, 4, 87. V, 5, 155.

Mansionry, abode in a place: the martlet does approve, by his loved m., that the heaven's breath smells wooingly here, Mcb. I, 6, 5 (O. Edd. mansonry, some M. Edd. masonry).

Manslaughter, unlawful killing of a man: Tim. III, 5, 27.

Mantle, subst. 1) cloak: Lucr. 170. Pilgr. 79. Mids. V, 143. 146. 287. Wint. V, 2, 36. Caes. III, 2, 174. 191. Ant. II, 5, 22. Cymb. V, 5, 361. Used of the darkness of night: H6A II, 2, 2. H6C IV, 2, 22. Rom. III, 2, 15. of the twilight of morning: the morn, in russet m. clad, Hml. I, 1, 166.

2) that which gathers on the surface of a pool: the green m. of the standing pool, Lr. III, 4, 139.

Mantle, vb. 1) trans. to cloak, to cover: the ignorant fumes that m. their clearer reason, Tp. V, 67. if you come not in the blood of others, but -d in your own, Cor. 1, 6, 29. Applied to the filthy covering of a pool: I left them in the filthy-d pool, Tp. IV, 182. 2) intr. to gather a covering on the surface: whose visages do cream and m. like a standing pool, Merch. 1, 1, 89.

Mantua, town in Italy: Gent. IV, 1, 50. IV, 3, 23. V, 2, 47. Shr. II, 60. IV, 2, 77. 81. Rom. 1, 3, 28. III, 3, 149. 169. III, 5, 15. 89. IV, 1, 117. 124. V, 1, 51. 66. V, 2, 3. 12. 28. V, 3, 273.

Mantuan, a native of Mantua: LLL IV, 2, 97° 101 (the poet Baptista Spagnolus Mantuanus).

Manual seal, signet: set thy seal manual on my wax-red lips, Ven. 516. my gage, the manual seal of death, R2 IV, 25.

Manure, vb. 1) to cultivate, to till: to have it sterile with idleness, or —d with industry, Oth. I, 3, 328.

2) to fatten with composts, to dung: the blood of English shall m. the ground, R2 IV, 137. the cold blood .......... he hath, like lean, sterile and bare land, —d, husbanded and tilled with excellent endeavour of drinking fertile sherris, H4B IV, 3, 129.

Many, subst. multitude: 0 thou fond m., with what loud applause didst thou beat heaven, H4B 1, 3, 91. Many, adj. 1) sing., used with the indef. art. behind it, more than one, not few, more than one would suppose: I sigh the lack of m. a thing I sought, Sonn. 30, 3. the expense of m. a vanished sight, 8. how m. a holy and obsequious tear hath dear religious love stolen from mine eye, 31, 5. the injury of m. a blasting hour, Compl. 72. Err. I, 2, 17. II, 2, 83. LLL I, 1, 173. Merch. II, 7, 67. III, 1, 6. IV, 1, 221. As 11, 7, 130. III, 3, 53. 54. IV, 1, 101. Wint. I, 2, 192. John II, 303. IV, 1, 50. H4B II, 3, 13. IV, 5, 25. H6A V, 4, 19. H6B III, 1, 115. H6C I, 2, 74. IV, 4, 21. Cymb. V, 5, 71. Per. Prol. 39 etc. etc. of folded schedules had she m. a one, Compl. 43. though in this city he hath widowed and unchilded m. a one, Cor. V, 6, 153. these talents of their hair I have received from m. a several fair, Compl. 206. m. a thousand grains, Meas. III, 1, 20. H6C V, 6, 37. m. a time, R2 IV, 92. Tit. V, 3, 162. m. a time and oft, Merch. 1, 3, 107. H4A 1, 2, 56. Caes. I, 1, 42. (Simpcox's wife says m. time and oft, H6B II, 1, 93). m. a time and often, Tim. III, 1, 25. how does your honour for this m. a day? Hml. III, 1, 91 (= the long time that I have not seen you). I think your highness saw this m. a day, H8 V, 2, 21 (i. e. it is a long time since you saw this). Reduplicated: m. a m. foot of land the worse, John I, 183; cf. Hml. III, 3, 9. Preceded by full: full m. a glorious morning have I seen, Sonn. 33, 1. Tp. III, 1, 39. Mids. III, 1, 135. Many and a separated by the verse: Wint. V, 3, 140. H8 II, 4, 49.

2) plur. a great number of: burn in m. places, Tp. I, 2, 199. II, 1, 60. III, 3, 34. V, 182. Gent. I, 2, 21. II, 7, 31. III, 1, 236 etc. etc. Saxon Genitive: in 's looks the false heart's history is writ, Sonn. 93, 7. Seemingly for much: one is one too m. Err. III, 1, 35. being one too m. by my weary self, Rom. I, 1, 135 (not in Globe Ed., which here follows the spurious Q1). cf. how m. is one thrice told? LLL 1, 2, 41. In the predicate: your helps are m. Cor. II, 1, 39. Various use of so m.: this is a sleep that from this golden rigol hath divorced so m. English kings, H4B IV, 5, 37 (: many an English king; German: so manchen Koenig). they flock together like so m. wild-geese, H4B V, 1, 79 (= as if they were wild geese). fathers that, like so m. Alexanders, have fought, H5 III, 1, 19. those few almost no better than so m. French, III, 6, 156. he that cuts off twenty years of life cuts off so m. years of fearing death, Caes. III, 1, 102. we are but men, and what

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