Grain and Chaff from an English Manor

Chapter 29

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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.

VARSAL WORLD--universal world; _Romeo and Juliet_, Act II., Scene 4.

MAMMET--a puppet; cf. "mommet"--scarecrow; _Romeo and Juliet_,