William Shakespeare Dictionary
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a tablet, note-book
TABLE-BOOK
note-book
TABLES
the game of backgammon, a note-book
TABOUR
a small side-drum
TABOURER
a player on the tabour
TABOURINE
tambourine, drum
TAG
the rabble
TAINT
tainted
TAINTURE
defilement
TAKE
to infect, blast, bewitch
TAKE IN
to conquer
TAKE OUT
to copy
TAKE UP
to borrow money, or buy on credit, to make up a quarrel
TAKING
infection, malignant influence
TAKING UP
buying on credit
TALE
counting, reckoning
TALL
strong, valiant
TALLOW-CATCH
a lump of tallow
TANG
twang, sound
TANG
to sound
TANLING
anything tanned by the sun
TARRE
to excite, urge on
TARRIANCE
delay
TASK
to tax, challenge
TASKING
challenging
TASTE
to try
TAWDRY-LACE
a rustic necklace
TAXATION
satire, sarcasm
TAXING
satire
TEEN
grief
TELL
to count
TEMPER
to mix
TEMPERANCE
temperature
TEMPERED
mixed
TEND
to attend to
TENDER
to hold, to esteem, to have consideration for
TENT
a probe for searching a wound
TERCEL
the male of the goshawk
TERMAGANT
a ranting character in old plays
TESTED
pure, assayed
TESTERN
to reward with a tester, or six-pence
THARBOROUGH
a constable
THEORICK
theory
THEWES
sinews, muscles
THICK
rapidly
THICK-PLEACHED
thickly intertwined
THIRD-BOROUGH
a constable
THOUGHT
anxiety, grief
THRASONICAL
boastful
THREE-MAN BEETLE
a wooden mallet worked by three men
THREE-MAN-SONG-MEN
singers of glees in three parts
THREE-PILE
three-piled velvet
THRENE
lament | THRID
thread, fibre
THROE
to put in agonies
THRUM
the tufted end of a thread in weaving
THRUMMED
made od coarse ends or tufts
TICKLE
ticklish
TIGHT
nimble, active
TIGHTLY
briskly, promptly
TIKE
a cur
TILLY-VALLY
an exclamation of contempt
TILTH
tillage
TIMELESS
untimely
TINCT
stain, dye
TIRE
attire, head-dress
TANG
twang, sound
TOD
to yield a tod of wool
TOKENED
marked with plague spots
TOKENS
plague spots
TOLL
to exact toll, to pay toll
TOO TOO
excessively
TOPLESS
supreme, without superior
TOUCH
touchstone for testing gold
TOUCHED
pricked
TOUSE
to pull, drag
TOWARD
nearly ready
TOYS
trifles, foolish tricks
TRADE
beaten path
TRANECT
a ferry
TRANSLATED
transformed
TRASH
to cheque, as a huntsman his hounds
TRAVAIL
labour, toil
TRAY-TRIP
an old game played with dice
TREACHERS
traitors
TREATIES
entreaties
TRENCHED
carved
TRICK
technically, a copy of a coat of arms
TRICKED
blazoned
TRICKING
ornament
TRICKSY
elegantly quaint
TRIPLE
third
TROJAN
a thief
TROL-MY-DAMES
the name of a game also called pigeon-holes
TROTH-PLIGHT
betrothed
TROW
to trust, think
TRUE
honest
TRUNDLE-TAIL
a long-tailed dog
TUCKET-SONANCE
a flourish on the trumpet
TUNDISH
a funnel
TURLYGOOD
a name adopted by bedlam-beggars
TURN
to modulate
TWANGLING
twanging
TWIGGEN
made of twigs, wicker
TWILLED
Retained by woven branches
TWINK
a twinkling
TWIRE
to peep, twinkle |
Interpreting Elizabethan / Shakespearean Manuscripts and Original Documents
Vital, but little known, information about the Elizabethan alphabet is essential when looking at copies of original manuscripts of the period - examples of which can be found in Shakespeare's ' First Folio '. An understanding of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet will no doubt clarify many questions that the differences of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet have raised such as "Couldn't Elizabethans spell properly?" and "Why is there so much confusion with the letters 'u' and 'v' and 'i' and 'j' ?" Comprehensive information regarding the Elizabethan alphabet can be accessed via the following link and will prove a useful addition to the details provided in the Shakespearean Dictionary. William Shakespeare Education - the Elizabethan Alphabet - Differences only 24 letters - Deciphering manuscripts of the era William Shakespeare - Language, Vocabulary and Dictionary |
