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GLOSSARY

JEALOUSY, suspicion; 2. I. 110 j KIND, (a) sb. family, stock,
4- 5- i9 (I/) adj. natural, lawful, (c) adj.
JEPHTHAH, a Judge of Israel who affectionate; 1. 2. 655 4. 5. 146
sacrificed his daughter in fulfil- (sense (c) only)
ment of a foolish vow; 2. 2. 408 KINDLESS, unnatural, incestuous;
JIG, a farce or entertainment of 2. 2. 584
singing and dancing performed KNOW, recognise, acknowledge;
after a play (v. SA. Eng, ii. 261 I. 2. 211; 2. 2. 173; 5. 2. 7
and Chambers, Eliz. Stage, ii. KNOWING (adj.), intelligent; 4.7. 3;
5505 2. 2. 504 (sb.) knowledge; 5. 2. 44
JIG-MAKER, a professional clown or
stage fool who composed or LA, 'an exclamation...used to
performed jigs; 3. 2. 123 call attention to an emphatic
JOHN-A-DREAMS. Usually asso- statement* (N.E.D.); 4. 5. 55
ciated by edd. with John a LAPSED. Generally explained'hav-
Droynes, a country bumpkin, for ing let (time) slip'; better, I think,
whom v. McKerrow, Nashe, 'apprehended, arrested.' Cf. Ttv.
iii. 95 (note). There is nothing Nt. 3. 3. 36. N.E.D. (v. 'lap,'
dreamy about this stock figure. sb. 1 6) commenting on the latter
I think Ham. is prob. alluding to passage suggests association with
some forgotten nursery character 'laps' and quotes Strype (1558)
like Little Johnny Head-in-airj 'fallen in the Lapse of the
2. 2. 571 Law' and Daus (1560) 'felinto
JOINTRESS, a widow who holds a the lappes of their ennemies' (v.
jointure or life-interest (N.E.D.); note); 3. 4. 107
1. 2. 9 LAPWING. Said to run about when
JOURNEYMAN, lit. an artisan who is newly hatched with its shell on
not a master of his trade but its head; 5. 2. 186
works for another, (hence) in- LARDED, (i) stuck over with;
different workman; 3. 2. 33 4. 5. 36; (ii) (a) garnished,
JOWL (vb.), strike, dash; 5. 1. j6 (&) greased (to make it go down
JUMP (adv.), just, exactly; 1.1. 655 easily); 5. 2. 20
5- *• 373 LAW OF WRIT AND THE LIBERTZ
JUST, sound, equable, well-balanced (v. note); 2. 2. 406
(v.note)j 3.2. 52 LAY, (i) wager; 5. 2.106; (ii) stipu-
late, lay down conditions; 5. 2.
KEEN, (a) harsh, bitter, (b) with a 166, 259; also 'lay on' (v.
1
strong appetite; 3. 2. 247 N.E.D. 'lay' v. 28, 55)5 5. 2.
KEEP (vb.), lodge (a word still used 168
at the older universities); 2. 1. 8 LAYING IN, burial; 5. 1. 161
KEEP SHORT, keep rigidly con- LAZAR-LIKE, like a leper; 1. 5. 72
fined or under strict discipline LEAN ON, depend on (cf. 2. Hen. IV t
(N.E.D.); 4. 1.18 I. 1. 163-64 'The lives...
KETTLE, kettledrum; 5. 2. 273 Lean on your health'); 4. 3. 56
KIBE, a chilblain on the heelj LEAVE, give up (cf. M.V. 5.1.17.3);
5. 1.137 3.4- 91