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Savory, Arthur H.

"Grain and Chaff from an English Manor"

_, 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_,
Act III., Scene 5.
TO GRUNT--to grumble; _Hamlet_, Act III., Scene 1.
TO FUST--to become mouldy; _Hamlet_, Act IV., Scene 5.
DOUT--do out; cf. "don"--do on; _Hamlet_, Act IV., Scene 7.
MAGOT PIES--Magpies; _Macbeth_, Act III., Scene 4.
SET DOWN--write down; _Macbeth_, Act V., Scene 1.
TO PUN--to pound; _Troilus and Cressida_, Act II., Scene 1.
NATIVE--place of origin; cf. "natif"; _Coriolanus_, Act III., Scene 1.
SLEEK--bald; cf. "slick"; _Julius Caesar_, Act I., Scene 2.
WARN--summon; cf. "backwarn"--tell a person not to come; _Julius
Caesar_, Act V., Scene 1.
BREESE--gadfly; _Antony and Cleopatra_, Act III., Scene 8.
WOO'T--wilt thou; _Antony and Cleopatra_, Act IV., Scene 13.
URCHIN--hedgehog; _Titus Andronicus_, Act II., Scene 3.
MESHED--mashed (a term used in brewing); _Titus Andronicus_, Act III.,
Scene 2.
All the above words and phrases the writer has frequently heard used
in the neighbourhood in the senses indicated, but to make the list
more complete the following are added on the authority of Mr.


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