urchin-snouted: having a snout like a hedgehog Ven. 1105 “urchin-snouted boar.” A Shakespeare Glossary.

What does guts griping mean in Shakespeare?

guts-griping: Troil.

“guts-griping, ruptures”; Dryden in his version has 'gut-gripings, ruptures'). A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions.

What does dismal dreaming mean in Shakespeare?

Dismal-dreaming. (adv) - Full of ill-boding dreams. Dissembling. 1. ( adj) Deceitful, hypocritical, false 2. (

What does Pottle deep mean in Shakespeare?

pottle. a pot that holds 2 quarts. Thou gorbellied pottle-deep popinjay! moldy. covered with or smelling of a type of fungus.

What does rump Fed mean?

Rump´-fed. a. 1. A Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps "fattened in the rump, pampered."

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What's a flap dragon?

Definition of 'flapdragon'

1. an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them. 2. the object so caught and eaten.

What does it mean to be onion eyed?

Definition of "onion-eyed" [onion-eyed]

Having the eyes filled with tears, as if by the effect of an onion applied to them.

What does Barnacle mean in Shakespeare?

BARNACLE: a shellfish, supposed to produce the sea-bird of the same name. BASE: a game, sometimes called Prisoners' base. BASES: an embroidered mantle worn by knights on horseback, and reaching from the middle to below the knees. BASILISK: a kind of ordnance. BASTA: enough.

What does bat fowling meaning Shakespeare?

BAT-FOWLING, pr. p. fowling at night by means of. a net with torches and poles.

What does fly bitten mean in Shakespeare?

: marked by or as if by the bite of flies.

What does Elf skinned mean in Shakespeare?

An elf-skin is "a man of shrivelled and shrunken form," says the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

What does canker blossom mean?

A canker blossom (or canker rose) had two meanings in Shakespeare's time: there was a dog rose, a common wild rose that was used for grafting (implying that a person was common, unimportant, and easily used by others rather than having his or her own worth), and it was also a term used to refer to an infectious skin ...

What does toad spotted mean in Shakespeare?

: foully blemished : most evil : infamous.

What does dig you good den mean?

transgressing, going out of the right way. DIG-YOU-GOOD-DEN. give you good evening.

What does bum Bailey mean in Shakespeare?

bum-baily: bunch-back'd: bung: buoy. burden, burthen.

What does hedge pig mean Shakespeare?

In other places, Shakespeare emphasizes the hedgehog's most defining feature, those sharp prickles. greasy evil-eyed hedge-pig. ... hedge-pig: older English for hedgehog, perhaps an ugly person or someone with a prickly personality.

What does Beetle headed mean?

1 : a stupid person.

What does greasy mean in Shakespearean?

greasy. vulgar. grizzled. grey, sprinkled with grey hairs. haughty.

What does common kissing mean in Old English?

common-kissing: kissing all alike Cym.

What does Barr D mean?

Acronym. Definition. BARRD. Bay Area Residents for Responsible Development (California)

What is the English meaning of Hugger Mugger?

Definition of hugger-mugger (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : secret. 2 : of a confused or disorderly nature : jumbled.

What is Apple John Shakespeare?

apple-john a sort of apple, called in French deux-années or deux-ans, because it will keep two years, and considered to be in perfection when shrivelled and withered, 1 HENRY IV., iii. 3.

What does nut hook mean?

1 obsolete : a hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering nuts.

What does tickle brained mean in Shakespeare?

noun One who has a tickle or unsteady brain, as one intoxicated.

What is a Pratt?

: a stupid or foolish person.