| A | B |
|---|
| argosies | large ships |
| burghers | members of the middle class |
| ague: | a fever marked by chills |
| Janus: | The Roman god of gates and doors |
| alabaster: a name applied to | gypsum and calcite |
| jaundice: | a yellowing of the skin |
| fool gudgeon: | a person easily duped |
| not vendible: | not fit for sale |
| prodigal: | wasteful |
| capering: | participating in an evil plot |
| doublet: | man's snug fitting jacket |
| make shift: | a substitute for something else |
| shrive me: | free me from guilt |
| imputation: | substitution of a value |
| strond: (archaic) | beach |
| Rialto: one of the bridges | spanning the grand canal of Venice |
| usance: | letter of credit |
| eaning time: | weaning time |
| beholden: indebted | if only with gratitude |
| Allcides: | the original name of Heracles |
| incarnal: | in the flesh |
| cudgel: | to beat with a club |
| cater cousins: treated as so | but are not blood relatives |
| gormandize: | eat gluttonously |
| youngker: | young nobleman |
| withal: | nevertheless |
| cerecloth: | used for wrapping the dead |
| immured: | confined within |
| ostents: manifestations | token, portent |
| slubber: to do lazily, imperfectly | or coarsely |
| cozen: | to act deceitfully |
| forspurrer: (archaic) | harbinger |
| prolixity: | attention to detail |
| hearsed: (archaic) | conveyed in a hearse |
| Rhenish: | Rhine wine |
| forbear: | to refrain from proceeding |
| bootless prayers: | unprofitable prayers |
| egal: | equal, impartial |
| transect: (archaic) | a ferry |
| wit snapper: one who has a | razor sharp wit |
| moiety: one of the portion into | which something is divided |
| wether: | a male sheep |
| tenour: | tenor |
| prating: | talking idly |
| cuckolds: a man married to an | adulterous woman |
