Act 2.3:
Line 7: osier cage- a species of willow used in basket- work, a willow basket
Line 31:Benedicite- a blessing
Line 54: intercession- a petition
Line 54: steads- helps, is of use to
Line 81: chidst- rebuked
Line 83- badst- bade
Act 2.4:
Line 16: blind bow- boy's butt shaft- unbarbed arrow; related to children and to Cupid
Line 19: prince of cats- name given to Tybalt
Line 20: captain of compliments- the name given to master of ceremony and dueling etiquette
Lines 24-25: first house- top school in fencing
Line 25: first and second cause- cause according to the code of dueling that would oblige one to seek satisfaction of one's honor
Line 26: passado!…punto reversion!…hay!- forward thrust, backhanded stroke, thrust through
Lines 28-29: phantasimes- fantastically dressed or mannered
Line 29: new tuners of accent- introduction of new words and slangs
Line 37: without his row- looking thin and emaciated, sexually spent (also a play on Romeo's name, suggesting a melancholy lover)
Lines 39-44: these are names of romantic heroines
Line 68: switch and spurs- keep up the rapid pace of the hunt
Line 99: gear- a substance, with sexual innuendo
Line 130: hare- slang word for prostitute
Line 131: hoar- musty; pun on the word whore
Line 151: flirt-gills- women of light behavior; loose women
Line 186: topgallant- highest mast and sail of a ship; the most elevated part
Line 198:
lay knife aboard- to assert a claim, sexual suggestions made
Act 2.5:
Line 7: Love- a reference to Venus, whose chariot was drawn by swift-winged doves
Line 51: Beshrew- to curse
Act 2.6:
Line 18: gossamer- a spider's claim
Act 3.1:
Line 2: Capels- a reference to the Capulet family
Line 11: as hot as a Jack- a phrase meaning hot tempered
Line 48: zounds- by Christ's wounds; used in an oath or asseveration
Line 73: Alla stoccata- Italian for "at the thrust"
Line 74: ratcatcher- one whose business it is to catch rats; another allusion to Tybalt as king of cats
Line 113: effeminate- weak, like a woman; unmanly, enervated, self-indulged, delicate, over-refined
Line 189: amerce- to punish by fines; to exact something from
Act 3.2:
Line 1: steeds- the horses that lead the sun god's chariot; the stud horse/stallion
Line 2: Phoebus- a name of Apollo as the sun god; associated with the sun god, Helios
Line 3: Phaethon- son of the sun god; a rash character who was known for bringing the day to an abrupt end
Line 47: cockatrice- identified with Basilisk: a mythical serpent fabled to kill with its glance
Line 67: general doom- Day of Judgement
Act 3.3:
Line 4: doom- judgement
Line 9: doomsday- another reference to the Day of Judgement, death
Line 143: mishav`ed- misbehaved
Act 3.4:
Line 17: mark you me- pay attention
Act 3.5:
Line 20: Cynthia's- referring to the moon
Line 54: ill-divining- prophesizing of evil
Line 67: procures- induces to come
Line 101: wreak- having vindictive motives; avenge or bestow
Line 109: sorted- chosen
Line 129: conduit- a fountain
Line 149: chopped logic- a shallow and sophistical argument
Line 156: greensickness- an anemic disease that causes a pale, greenish color; an ailment of young unmarried women; suggests Juliet's paleness
Line 182:
liened- descended
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