| A | B |
|---|
| gleek: | to trick, to make a jibe at |
| creeping fowler eye: | game-bird provider |
| Antipodes: geographic places | diametrically opposed |
| durst: | dared |
| bequeath: | to hand down |
| engilds: | to make bright |
| chid: | chided |
| perserver: | to persevere |
| canker-blossom: | corrupted rose |
| neif: | hand |
| dotage: | old age |
| vaward: | advanced army guard |
| eunuch: male singer | who has been castrated |
| Bacchanals: | drunken revelry |
| brakes: | bushes |
| eglantine: | spiny Eurasian rose |
| spaniel: | a docile or servile person |
| dank: | cold and damp |
| darkling: | occurring in the dark |
| flout: | break the rules |
| good sooth, you | good truth, you |
| parlous fear: | a real problem |
| Juvenal: | a Roman poet |
| bower: | boudoir |
| Theseus: legendary founder | king of Athens |
| gambol: frolicking like | lambs and little children do |
| forsook: | to renounce |
| Pyramus and Thisbe: | part of Roman mythology |
| throstle: | song thrush |
| childing: bearing a cluster | of newer blossoms |
| henchman: | horse handler |
| progeny of evil: | created by Titania and Oberon |
| vot'ress: | woman who has made vows |
| perchance: | by chance |
| haunts: | places frequently visited |
| thyme: | member of the mint family |
| leviathan: | a sea monster |
| griffin: wings of an eagle | body of a lion |
| dulcet: | pleasing to the ear |
| league: | three miles long |
| English roundel: | a form of poetic verse |
| languish: | living in a state of despair |
| woodbine: | Virginia creeper |
| perforce: | under duress |
| dewlap: | a loose fold of skin |
| Corin: | almsgiver and faithful feeder |
| passing fell and wrath: | in an ugly mood |
| barm: yeasty foam | on fermented malt liquors |
| neeze: | sneeze |
| extempore: | without preparation |
| quire: | a stack of paper |
| margent: | margin, border |
| forsworn: renounce or | repudiate under oath |
| wanton: | immoral or unchaste, lewd |
| buskins mistress: | relating to tragedy |
| murrion flock: | infected by plague |
| avouch: | acknowledge, advocate |
| extenuate: lessen the seriousness | of the situation |
| misgraffed: | mismatched |
| collied: | blackened |
| visage: | face |
| beguiled: | led by deception |
| waggish: | done for sport |
| deceived: | beguiled |
| waggish: | done for sport |
| Phibbus: | the shining one |
| bated: | reducing the intensity thereof |
| thither: | there |
| hither: | here |
| marry: a term used to | provide transition |
| pensioners: | young gentlemen of rank and fortune |
| savour: | a specified flavour or taste |
| quern: a primitive handmill | for grinding grain |
| changeling: a baby | changed for another in infancy |
| imbrue: | to soak or drench |
| sprite: | a haunting creature |
| Gentles: | noblemen and noblewomen |
| nuptial hour: the time of the | wedding ceremony |
| step-dame | stepmother |
| dowager: | a widow holding property |
| withering out: suggests that the | dowager may outlive the money |
| pert: | trim and stylish in appearance |
| vexation: | irritation |
| gauds: | showy items |
| conceit: | elaborate or strained metaphor |
| abjure: | shun |
| mew'd | confined |
| livery: | uniform |
| austerity: | poverty |
| idolatry: the worship of | idols, graven images |
