The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works

by William Shakespeare

  to, in addition to, against, appropriate to, in comparison with, in respect of, as to

  tod, 28 1b. weight of wool; to yield this amount of wool

  tofore, previously

  toge, Roman toga

  toil, net, snare; to cause to work hard, weary with work

  token, spot of infection, plague-spot

  toll, exact toll or tribute

  tonight, last night

  tool, weapon, penis

  top, head, forelock, highest point; to surpass, copulate with

  top-gallant, highest mast, summit

  topless, supreme

  tortive, twisted

  toss, impale, toss on a pike

  tottering, ragged

  touch, touchstone, taint; sound, test, wound

  touse, pull out of joint

  trace, follow, pass (through)

  tract, trace, track, course

  trade, coming and going, path, habit, business

  traded, practised

  trade-fallen, out of work

  traditional, bound by tradition

  train, tail, troop, bait; draw, entice, lead astray

  traject, ferry

  trammel, bind with the corpse, entangle

  transfix, remove

  translate, change, transform

  transpose, change

  trash, check, hold in leash

  traverse, march, move from side to side

  treatise, tale, talk

  treble-dated, living three times as long as man

  tree, gallows

  trench, cut

  trencher, wooden plate

  trencher-friend, parasite

  trenchering, plates

  trencher-knight, hanger-on

  tribunal, dais

  trick, custom, way, knack, touch (of a disease), toy; to adorn, blazon

  tricking, adornment

  trill, trickle

  triple, third

  triple-turned, three times faithless

  tristful, sorrowful

  triumph, public festivity, tournament, trump card

  triumphant, triumphal, celebrating a triumph

  triumphantly, in celebration

  Trojan, good fellow

  troll, sing

  troll-my-dames, troll-madams, game resembling bagatelle

  trophy, token of victory, memorial, monument

  tropically, figuratively

  trot, bawd

  troth, truth, faith, word of honour

  trow, believe, think, know

  truepenny, honest fellow

  trull, prostitute, wench

  truncheon, staff carried as a symbol of office

  try, test; purify, reline, prove

  tub, sweating-tub used in the treatment of venereal disease

  tuck, rapier

  tucket, signal, flourish on a trumpet

  tun-dish, funnel

  turtle, turtle-dove, symbol of chaste and faithful love

  tushes, tusks

  twire, twinkle

  type, distinguishing sign, stamp

  tyrannically, vehemently

  tyranny, violence, outrage

  tyrant, usurper

  umbrage, shadow

  unaccommodated, unprovided

  unacquainted, unfamiliar

  unadvised, rash, without consideration or knowledge

  unagreeable, unsuited

  unaneled, not having received extreme unction

  unapproved, unconfirmed by proof

  unaptness, disinclination

  unattainted, without infection, unprejudiced

  unattempted, untempted

  unavoided, inevitable

  unbarbed, unarmed

  unbated, unabated, not blunted (with a button)

  unbent, with bow unbent, unprepared, unfrowning

  unbid, unexpected

  unbitted, unbridled

  unbolted, unsifted, coarse

  unbookish, unskilled, inexperienced

  unbreathed, unpractised

  uncase, strip, lay bare

  uncharge, acquit of guilt

  uncharged, unattacked

  unchary, carelessly

  unchecked, not contradicted

  unclasp, reveal

  unclew, undo, ruin

  uncomprehensive, unplumbable

  unconfirmed, uninstructed, ignorant

  uncovered, open, bare-headed

  uncrossed, not crossed through because bill still unpaid

  unction, salve, ointment

  uncurrent, not current, not permissible

  undercrest, wear as a device of honour

  undergo, undertake, come under, support, carry, bear

  underhand, unobtrusive

  underskinker, under-tapster, assistant barman

  undertake, take charge of, assume, have to do with, venture

  undertaker, one who takes on himself another’s quarrel, one who settles with

  underwrite, subscribe, submit to

  uneath, with difficulty, scarcely

  unexperient, inexperienced

  unexpressive, inexpressible

  unfair, rob of beauty

  unfashionable, badly formed

  unfenced, defenceless

  unfold, disclose, display, reveal, release from the fold

  unfurnished, unprovided, unprepared

  ungalled, uninjured

  ungenitured, impotent

  ungored, unwounded

  unhandsome, unskilled, nasty

  unhappily, unfavourably, evilly

  unhappiness, evil nature

  unhappy, ill-fated, wretched, mischievous

  unhouseled, not having received the sacrament

  union, pearl

  unkind, unnatural

  unluckily, with foreboding

  unmanned, not trained, not broken in

  unowed, having no owner

  unpaved, without testicles, castrated

  unphysicked, deprived of medical treatment

  unpitied, unmerciful

  unplausive, unapproving

  unpregnant, unapt

  unprevailing, unavailing

  unprizable, without value, invaluable

  unprized, not valued, beyond value

  unproper, not belonging to one person, indecent

  unprovide, make unprepared

  unquestionable, not inviting conversation

  unraked, not covered with fuel to keep it burning

  unrecalling, past recall

  unreclaimed, unturned

  unrecuring, past cure

  unrespective, heedless, held back by no consideration, undiscriminating

  unrolled, struck off the register

  unscanned, unconsidered

  unseasoned, ill-timed, inexperienced

  unseminared, without seed

  unsifted, untried

  unsorted, ill-chosen

  unspeakable, indescribable, inexpressible

  unspeaking, unable to speak

  unsquared, inappropriate

  unstanched, unquenchable, freely menstruating

  unstate, deprive of rank and state

  untainted, unaccused

  untempering, unwinning

  untented, unable to be treated, incurable

  untoward, perverse, unruly

  untowardly, unluckily

  untraded, not customary

  untrimmed, undressed

  untrussing, undoing hose, undressing

  unwarily, unexpectedly

  unweighed, hasty, unconsidered

  unwrung, not pinched or rubbed

  up, in arms, in rebellion, in prison; up and down, completely, exactly

  upon, because of, in consequence of

  urchin, hedgehog, goblin

  urinal, glass to hold urine, medical urine vessel

  usance, interest on money

  use, habit, custom, usual experience, advantage, profit, lending at interest, interest on something lent, need; to be accustomed, continue, make a practice of, deal with, treat, go
often

  usher, assistant master

  usurp, take or hold what belongs to another, supplant, assume

  utterance, utmost extremity

  uttermost, latest

  vail, gratuity, tip, setting (of the sun); lower, let fall, do homage

  vain, foolish, silly, unreal

  valanced, fringed with hair

  validity, strength, value

  value, estimate, be worth

  valued, denoting the value

  vantage, advantage, gain, superiority, vantage-ground, opportunity

  varletry, rabble

  vastidity, immensity

  vaulty, arched, hollow

  vaunt, beginning

  vaunt-courier, herald, harbinger

  vengeance, harm, injury

  vent, emission, utterance, outlet for energy; let out, emit, utter, make known

  ventage, aperture, finger-hole

  ventricle, cavity of the brain

  Venus, goddess of love and beauty; wife of Vulcan, the smith-god, but more often associated with her lover Mars

  verge, compass, circle

  vexation, agitation, torment, grief

  via, away

  vice, character in a morality play representing a vice, jester, buffoon, gripping tool; to screw

  vicegerent, deputy, representative

  vicious, blameworthy, blemished

  vie, add one to another

  villein, peasant, servant

  vinewed’st, most mouldy

  violent, to rage, storm

  virginalling, fingering as on the virginals—a keyed musical instrument

  virtue, courage, merit, accomplishment, power, efficacy, essence, essential characteristic

  virtuous, powerful, beneficial

  visitor, one who visits to offer spiritual comfort

  voice, speech, words, common talk, rumour, report, expressed opinion, judgement, vote, approval, authority to be heard; to acclaim, vote

  voiding lobby, anteroom

  voluntary, volunteer

  votaress woman who has taken a vow

  votarist, votary one who has taken a vow

  vouch, assertion, testimony; affirm, guarantee, bear witness

  vulcan, the smith-god, whose wife, Venus, was unfaithful

  vulgar, of the common people, commonly known, common, public, mean; common people, vernacular

  waft, to convey by water, beckon, turn

  waftage, passage by water

  wafture, wave

  wage, to wager, hazard, attempt, carry on war, pay

  waist, girdle

  wake, remain awake, be up late for revelry or on guard, wear out with lack of sleep, arouse

  walk, tract of forest

  wall-eyed, white-eyed, having glaring eyes

  want, lack, miss

  wanton, frolicsome, lawless, capricious, luxurious, luxuriant, lustful, unchaste; spoilt child, pampered darling, roguish, sportful, unruly or lustful creature

  wappered, worn out

  ward, guard, custody, prison-cell, defensive position in fencing; guard, protect

  warden, kind of cooking pear

  warp, distort, deviate

  war-proof, war-tested, courage

  warrant, guarantee, assure

  warrantize, surety, authorization

  warranty, sanction, authorization

  warren, game enclosure for rabbits

  warrener, gamekeeper

  wassail, drinking, revelling, feast

  waste, spend, consume

  watch, wakefulness, sleeplessness, watchfulness; be awake, keep from sleep, catch in the act

  watchful, sleepless

  water, lustre

  water-gall, secondary rainbow

  watering, drinking

  water-standing, tearful

  wave, waver

  waxen, increase

  weal, welfare, commonwealth

  wear, fashion; carry, possess, be fashionable, weary

  weather, storm

  weed, garment, dress

  week, to be in by the, be caught, ensnared, deeply in love

  ween, expect, hope

  weet, know

  welkin, sky

  well-liking, plump

  well-respected, well-considered

  well to live, prosperous

  wharf, river bank

  wheel, spinning wheel, tread-wheel on which a dog was harnessed to turn a roasting-spit

  whelk, pimple

  where, whereas

  whiffler, officer who keeps the way clear for a procession

  while, whiles, whilst, till

  whipstock, whip-handle

  whist, become silent

  whiting-time, bleaching time

  whitster, bleacher

  whittle, small clasp-knife

  whoremonger, user of prostitutes

  wide, missing the mark, astray

  widgeon, to cheat

  wight, creature

  wild, reckless, distracted, (of sea) open

  wilderness, wildness of character, licentiousness

  wildly, without cultivation, naturally

  wildness, madness

  will, sexual desire, sexual organ (male or female)

  wimpled, hooded, blinkered

  wince, kick

  Winchester goose, sufferer from syphilis, prostitute

  windgall, soft tumour on horse’s leg

  windlass, circuit made to intercept game, crafty device

  wink, sleep, close one’s eyes

  wintered, used in winter

  wipe, scar

  wistly, intently, closely

  wit, mental power, mind, sense, wisdom, imagination, one who has such qualities; know

  withal, with this, with it, as well, at the same time, with

  without, beyond

  wittol, a man aware of and tolerating his wife’s adultery

  witty, wise, cunning

  woman-tired, henpecked

  wonder, admiration; admire, marvel

  wondered, performing wonders

  wondering, admiration

  wood, mad

  woodcock, dupe

  woodman, hunter

  woolward, wearing wool next to the skin

  world, to go to the, marry; a woman of the, married woman

  worm, serpent, snake

  worn, exhausted, past

  worship, dignity, honour, authority; to honour

  wort, vegetable, unfermented beer

  worthy, excellent, valuable, deserved, well-founded, fitting

  wot, know

  wrack, ruin, destruction

  wreak, vengeance, revenge

  wrest, tuning-key; take by force

  wring, wrest, force, writhe, press painfully on

  writ, document, writing, mandate, written command, scripture

  writhled, wrinkled

  wry, to swerve

  Xantippe, scolding wife of the philosopher Socrates

  yard, yard measure, penis

  yare, ready, quick, moving lightly

  yaw, sail out of course, lose direction

  yellowness, jealousy

  yellows, jaundice

  yerk, thrust suddenly

  youngly, youthfully, without experience

  younker, fine young man, novice, greenhorn

  zany, comic performer awkwardly imitating a clown or mountebank

  INDEX OF FIRST LINES OF SONNETS

  THE Sonnets are to be found on pp.. The numbers refer to their position in the sequence.

  A woman’s face with nature’s own hand painted

  Accuse me thus : that I have scanted all

  Against my love shall be as I am now

  Against that time—if ever that time come

  Ah, wherefore with infection should he live

  Alack, what poverty my muse brings forth

  Alas, ’tis true, I have gone here and there

  As a decrepit father takes delight

  As an unperfect actor on the stage

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nbsp; As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow’st

  Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press

  Being your slave, what should I do but tend

  Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan

  Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took

  But be contented when that fell arrest

  But do thy worst to steal thyself away

  But wherefore do not you a mightier way

  Canst thou, Ocruel, say I love thee not

  Cupid laid by his brand and fell asleep

  Devouring time, blunt thou the lion’s paws

  Farewell—thou art too dear for my possessing

  For shame deny that thou bear’st love to any

  From fairest creatures we desire increase

  From you have I been absent in the spring

  Full many a glorious morning have I seen

  How can I then return in happy plight

  How can my muse want subject to invent

  How careful was I when I took my way

  How heavy do I journey on the way

  How like a winter hath my absence been

  How oft, when thou, my music, music play’st

  How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame

  I grant thou wert not married to my muse

  I never saw that youpainting need

  If my dear love were but the child of state

  If the dull substance of my flesh were thought

  If there be nothing new, but that which is

  If thou survive my well-contented day

  If thy soul check thee that I come so near

  In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes

  In loving thee thou know’st I am forsworn

  In the old age black was not counted fair

  Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye

  Is it thy will thy image should keep open

  Let me confess that we two must be twain

  Let me not to the marriage of true minds

  Let not my love be called idolatry

  Let those who are in favour with their stars