What cheer means Shakespeare?

cheer (v.) Old form(s): cheare , Cheared , cheer'd , cheere , cheeres. encourage, urge on, galvanize. Headword location(s) SHAKESPEARE'S WORDS © 2022 DAVID CRYSTAL & BEN CRYSTAL.

What does the phrase cheer mean?

1 : a happy feeling : good spirits full of cheer. 2 : something that gladdens words of cheer. 3 : a shout of praise or encouragement The crowd let out a cheer.

What does Else mean in Shakespeare?

y. z. else (adv.) otherwise.

What does unto mean in Shakespeare?

(archaic or poetic) Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it. quotations ▼ Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle. (archaic or poetic) To, indicating an indirect object.

What is malt worm in Shakespeare?

malt-worm - hard drinker, a drunkard.

What does Dewberry mean in Shakespeare?

z. dewberry (n.) species of blackberry. Headword location(s)

What does maggot pie mean?

1. A magpie. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G.

What does Purpled mean in Shakespeare?

purpled. reddened with blood, bloodstained. queasy. easily upset, delicate, fastidious. rank.

What does fly bitten mean in Shakespeare?

Definition of fly-bitten

: marked by or as if by the bite of flies.

What does coy mean in Shakespeare?

1a : marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness using coy tricks to attract attention. b : shrinking from contact or familiarity "'Tis but a kiss I beg, Why art thou coy?"— William Shakespeare. 2 : showing reluctance to make a definite commitment a coy response.

What does Measle mean in Shakespeare?

"Stinking" is fairly obvious. " Nook-shotten," according to the definition provided by the book, means "Full of nooks and angles; confusing, deceptive." And "Measle," as you may expect, means "Disease; diseased wretch."

What does fat Kidneyed mean in Shakespeare?

Definition of fat-kidneyed

obsolete. : gross, clumsy.

Is it cheer or Chear?

As nouns the difference between cheer and chear

is that cheer is (obsolete) the face while chear is (obsolete) cheer.

What is being referred to as cheer of mind?

1. state of mind or of feeling; mood; spirit. now usually in such phrases as be of good cheer and with good cheer. 2. gaiety; gladness; joy.

What is the difference between cheer and cheers?

Very good question. I think 'Cheer' on its own does not stand as an expression. You need to have a phrase. On the other hand, if you want to express your 'joy' the way you explained, in a single word, it's Cheers!

What does Hadst mean in Shakespeare?

archaic, or dialect (used with the pronoun thou) a singular form of the past tense (indicative mood) of have.

What does haste mean in Shakespeare?

archaic : to urge on : hasten with our fair entreaties haste them on— William Shakespeare haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee jest and youthful jollity— John Milton.

What does thine mean in Shakespeare?

"Thine" for "yours" (possessive, as in "What's mine is thine.")

What does dogfish mean in Shakespeare?

dogfish: name of a kind of small shark, applied opprobriously to a person 1H6 I. iv. 107. A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T.

What does harpy mean in Shakespeare?

Definition of harpy

1 capitalized : a foul malign creature in Greek mythology that is part woman and part bird. 2a : a predatory person : leech. b : a shrewish woman.

What does Elf skinned mean?

An elf-skin is "a man of shrivelled and shrunken form," says the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

What does it mean if you are mangled?

transitive verb. 1 : to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing people … mangled by sharks— V. G. Heiser. 2 : to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude a story mangled beyond recognition.

What does common kissing mean in Shakespeare?

common-kissing: kissing all alike Cym.

Onions. Oxford.

What does rump Fed mean?

that is, fed on scraps, such as liver, kidneys, chitlings, and other kitchen perquisites.

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