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.

BITTER SWEETING—­an apple of poor quality grown from a kernel; cf. “bitter sweet”—­the same; Romeo and Juliet, Act II., Scene 4.