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Twelfth Night
Act 2 Scene 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Scruple | A very tiny pary |
| Sheep biter | Dissembler, Come |
| Shame | Be disgraced |
| Bear Baiting | A popular sport in which a bear. tethered to a post, was tormented by dogs |
| Fool...Blue | Bruise him with fooling |
| Contemplative | Self-Deceiving |
| Tickling | flattery(as poachers catch trout by tickling them |
| Affect | Care for |
| Fancy | Love |
| One...Complexion | Someone like me in appearance and temperament |
| Uses | treats |
| Follows | serves |
| Contemplation | Conceit |
| Jets | struts |
| Advanced | Outspread |
| Slight | By Gods's light |
| Example | Precedent |
| The...Wardrobe | An inexplicable joke with perhaps topical significance |
| The...Wardrobe | Williams Strachey was a shareholder in a rival theatre, and David Yeomans was a wardrobe-keeper for the same company |
| Jezebel | The proud wife of King Ahab |
| Blows | swells |
| State | Chair of state |
| Stone-Bow | crossbow which fired stones |
| Branched | embroiderd(with a design of tree branches |
| Day bed | couch |
| to have... state | To adopt the grand manner |
| Demure...Regard | serious look around at those present |
| Bolts and shackless | Fetters |
| Curtsies | bow down low |
| Take | give |