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GLOSSARY

SCRIMER, fencer; 4. 7. 99 a theatrical company were divided
SCRUPLE, (a) doubt, (b) very small (v. Chambers, Eliss. Stage, i.
quantity; 4. 4. 40 3 52-5 ) 5 3- 2- 279
8
SEA-GOWN, 'a coarse, high-collared SHARK UP, to sweep together
and short-sleeved gown, reach- greedily and indiscriminately
ing down to the mid-leg, and (v. Introd. p. xxxvi); 1. r. 98
used most by seamen and sailors' SHENT, rated, put to shame or con-
(Cotgrave: 'esclavine'); appa- fusion; 3. 2. 401
rently chiefly for night-wear (cf. SHOWING, 'great showing' = dis-
N.E.D.i8j.quot. 1699); 5.2.13 tinguished appearance (Schmidt)
SEASON (vb.), (i) temper, moderate 5.2. 113
(a culinary metaphor); 1.2. 192; SHUFFLE OFF, 'get rid of or evade,'
2. 1. 28; (ii) ripen, bring to 'shirk (a duty)' N.E.D. (v.
maturity; r. 3. 815 3. 2. 208; Introd. p. xxxiv n. and cf. Tiv.
(iii) prepare; 3. 3. 86 Nt. 3. 3. 16); 3. r. 6y
SECURE (adj.), unguarded, un- SHUFFLING, (i) mixing, jumbling
suspecting; 1. 5. 61 together; 4. 7. 136; (ii) shifty
SEEMING, appearance, aspect; 3. 2. or evasive dealing or conduct
(with a quibble on sense i); 3. 3.
SEIZED OP, possessed of; 1. 1. 89 6r
SELLINGLY, in commercial lan- SIEGE, class, category; 4. 7. 75
guage^, note); 5. 2. 114 SKIRTS (sb.), outlying parts (where
SEMBLABLE (sb.), likeness; 5.2.123 authority is weakest); 1. 1. 97
SENSE, feeling, perceptive sensi- SLANDER (vb.), bring disgrace upon
bility; 3. 4. 38, 71, 1615 (with (cf. Ado, 2. 3. 44)5 1. 3. 133
a quibble on'sense' •= one of the SLEDDED, mounted on sleds or
five senses); 3. 4. 80 sledges; 1. 1. 63
SENSIBLE, pertaining to the senses; SLING (sb.), field-gun, culverin
1.*• 57 (cf. Sh. Eng. i, 139-40, and
SENSIBLY, acutely, intensely; 4. 5. Drayton, Agincourt, xcvi 'Their
brazen
slings
send in the wilde-
I 5
« ° fire balls'); 3. 1. 58
SE OFFENDENDO, v. note; 5.1. 9 SLIVER, a branch split from a tree
SERGEANT, an officer whose duty (cf. Lear, 4. 2. 345 Mad.
is to summon persons to. appear 4. 1. 28)5 4. 7. 172
before a court; 5. 2. 334 SOFTLY, slowly (cf. Jul. Caes.
SERVICE, (i) (a) allegiance, (i) re- 5.1. 16 'Lead your battle softly
ligious service; 1. 3. 13; (ii) a on'); 4. 4. 8
course at a meal; 4* 3. 24 SOLICIT, incite, prompt; 5. 2. 356
SET (vb.), value, estimate (v. SORT (vb.), come about, turn out}
N.E.D. 89 c); 1.4. 6$; 4. 3. 61 1. 1.109
SHAPE* (sb.), (i) attitude; 4. 7. 885 SPHERE, 'one or other of the
(ii) plan of proceeding; 4. 7. 149 concentric, transparent hollow
SHARD, fragment of earthenware; globes imagined by the older
5. 1. 225 astronomers as revolving round
SHARE (sb.), one of the parts into the earth and respectively car-
which the capital and profits of