Grain and Chaff from an English Manor

Chapter 26

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FALSING--the present participle of the verb "to false"; _Comedy of Errors_, Act II., Scene 2; _Cymbeline_, Act II., Scene 3.

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_,