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268 GLOSSARY

CRESCENT, growing (cf. 'crescive,* 191; (ii) rare, precious, unusual;
i
Hen. V, . i. 66)5 1; 3. 11 5. 2. 154
CROSS (vb.), cross the path of, come DEAREST, direst, cruellest (of
in the way of, obstruct (v. different origin from 'dearest'
N.E.D. 'cross' 12); 1.1.127 «= most precious); 1. 2. 182
CROWFLOWER, buttercup (but also DEARTH, clearness (N.E.D. quotes
applied occasionally to the ragged Bishop Barlow, Three Sermons,
robin and the wild hyacinth); 1596, 'Dearth is that when all
4. 7.168 . . . things...are rated at a high
CROWNER, coroner; 5. 1. 4; price'); 5. 2. 122
'crowner's quest,' coroner's in- DEBATE (vb.), dispute, contend;
quest; 5. 1. 22 4. 4. 26
CROWNET, coronet; 4. 7. 171 DECLENSION, decline, deterioration;
CRY (sb.), a pack of hounds; 3. 2. 2. 2. 149
277 DEFEAT, destruction; 5. 2. 58;
CRY ON (trans, vb.), cry aloud, 'to make defeat upon' = to bring
exclaim (in joy or terror). App. about the ruin or destruction of;
not the same as 'cry on' 2. 2. 574
«= exclaim against, or 'cry on' DEFEATED, disfigured, marred (cf.
«= yelp like a hound on the scent Oth. 1. 3. 346 'Defeat thy
(cf. 4. 5. 109). Cf. Oth. 5.1.48 favour with a usurped beard');
'what noise is this that cries on 1. 2. 10
murder'; Rich. Ill, 5. 3. 231 DEFENCE, science of fence; 4.7.96
'cried on victory.' N.E.D. DEFINEMENT, description, speci-
misses this .meaning; 5. 2. 362 fication; 5. 2. 117
CUNNING (sb.), skill, wisdom, DELATED, accusing ('delate' = re-
dexterity; 2. 2. 4455 4. 7. 154 port details of acrimetoajudge);
CURB (vb.), bow, bend; 3. 4. 155 1. 2. 38
CURRENT, unchecked course (cf. DEVISE, explain, give an account
M.F. 4. 1. 64 'To excuse the (of); 4. 7. 52
current of thy cruelty' and DICTION, description; 5. 2.122
I Hen. IF, 2. 3. 58 'currents of DIET, a day's pay (v. All's Well
a heady fight'); 3. 3. 57 note on 5. 3. 220); 1. 1. 99
DIFFERENCE, (i) a quibble on the
DAMON, a faithful friend (a re- heraldic term = an alteration
ference to the classical story of or addition to a coat of arms to
Damon and Pythias); 3. 2. 281 distinguish a junior member or
DANSKER, a Dane. The correct branch of a family; 4. 5. 182;
Danish term, not found else- (ii) distinguishing qualities; 5.
where in English though Danske 2. 112
2
(= Danish) occurs rarely; .1.7 DIGESTED, ordered, disposed in an
DAYS OF NATURE, days of one's life orderly way (cf. Trail. Prol. 29
(N.E.D. does not note this 'What may be digested in a
phrase). Perhaps suggested by play'); 2. 2. 443
'course of nature'; 1. 5, 12 DIRECTIONS, i.e. how to proceed}
DEAR, (i) important, vital; 3. 4. 2. 1. 63