Shakespearian Terms from Othello Act 1 Scene 1

Set: Shakespearian Terms from Othello Act 1 Scene 1

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	Term	Definition
	'Sblood	by Christ's blood; a strong oath, was omitted in F.
	bombast	some fancy reason; cotton stuffing
	non-suits	confounds, rejects the petition of
	artithmetician	theorist
	spinster	person (usually a women) who spins wool
	toged	wearing offical gowns
	be lee'd	be delayed
	affin'd	bound
	knee-crooking knave	bowing and scraping sevant
	doting on	enjoying
	provender	feeding
	cashier'd	dismissed, sacked
	whip me	A contemptuous dismissal
	throwing	bestowing
	lin'd their coats	made a profit for themselves
	peculiar	personal, private
	complement extern	outward demonstration
	daws	jackdaws (which snap up every trifle)
	like timorous	such frightening
	zounds	Iago swears by Gods wounds
	tupping	copulatin gwith (Iago uses the language of sheep-farmers)
	distmepering draughts	intoxicating drink
	covered with	mated with
	jennets	little Spanish horses
	profane	foul-mouthed
	saucy	insolent
	taper	candle
	deserve	rewards
	fathom	ability

Terms	29
Creator	BillClearCGS
Created	May 9, 2007
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Tags	old, shakespeare, othello, english
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Some words and phrases that never quite made it to the modern English language.

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