William Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition (613 page)

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quatch,
word of unknown meaning
quean,
hussy, whore
queasy,
hazardous, squeamish
quell,
slaughter
quest,
jury, inquest, search party
questant,
seeker
questionable,
inviting question
questrist,
seeker
quick,
flowing, fresh, impatient, living
quiddity,
subtlety, equivocation
quietus,
clearing of accounts
quintain,
object or figure to practise tilting at
quirk,
quibble, clever expression, peculiarity of behaviour, fit, start
quit,
set free, rid, acquit, acquit oneself of, revenge, repay, requite
quittal,
requital
quittance,
discharge from debt, requital; requite
quoif,
close-fitting cap
quondam,
former
quote,
give marginal references to, set down in writing, note, observe, regard
quoth,
said
quotidian,
(of an intermittent fever) returning every day
 
race,
root (of ginger), lineage, breed, natural disposition
rack,
driving cloud; to torture, extend, stretch, strain
rage,
madness, angry disposition, sexual passion; to enrage
‘raigning
arraigning, putting on trial
ramp,
loose woman
rampallian,
riotous woman
rampire,
barricade
rank,
growing too luxuriantly, swollen, grown too fat, rebellious, high, full, lustful, in heat, coarse, festering; closely
rankle,
cause a festering wound
rankness,
overflowing, insolence
rare,
splendid
rascal,
inferior deer
rate,
estimate, value, expense
ravel,
become entangled, disentangle
raven,
devour greedily
rayed,
bespattered, fouled
read,
teach, discover the meaning of, expound a riddle
re-answer,
compensate for
reason,
speech, remark; to talk, discuss, explain
reasonable,
needing the use of reason
reave,
deprive, take away
rebate,
make dull, blunt
rebato,
stiff collar
receipt,
what is received, receptacle, receiving, capacity, recipe
receiving,
understanding, reception
recheat,
notes sounded on a horn to call hounds together in stag-hunting
reck,
to care (for), mind
reclaim,
tame, subdue
recognizance,
bond, token
recomfort,
console, restore
record,
witness, memory; to witness, sing
recordation,
memorial, impression on the memory
recourse,
access, admission, flowing
recover,
reconcile, reach, rescue
recovery,
process by which entailed estate was transferred from one party to another
rector,
ruler, head
rectorship,
rule
recure,
restore, heal
reduce,
bring, bring back
reechy,
smoky, dirty, stinking
reek,
smoke, steam
refel,
refute
reflect,
shine
regiment,
authority, rule
region,
upper air, air
regreet,
greeting, contract
reguerdon,
reward
rehearsal,
account
rehearse,
describe, tell
reins,
kidneys
rejoindure,
reunion
rejourn,
adjourn
relative,
able to be related and believed
religion,
strict fidelity, religious duty
religious,
exact, conscientious, strict
remember,
mention, commemorate, remind
remit,
pardon, give up
remonstrance,
demonstration
remorse,
pity, tenderness, moderation, qualification, mitigation
remorseful,
compassionate
remotion,
departing
removed,
remote, secluded, separated by time or space
removedness,
absence
remover,
one who changes
render,
surrender, rendering of an account, statement; to give back, represent, describe as being, declare, state, surrender
rendezvous,
refuge, last resort
renege,
deny, renounce
renown,
make famous
repair,
restoring, coming; go, come, return
repairing,
able to renew the attack
repasture,
food
repeal,
recall from exile; recall as from banishment, call back into favour
repetition,
recital, mention
repine,
vexation
replenished,
perfect
replication,
reply, echo
reprisal,
prize
reprobance,
damnation, rejection by God
reprobate,
depraved
reproof,
disgrace, disproof, refutation
reprove,
disprove, refute
repugn,
oppose
repugnancy,
resistance
repugnant,
refractory
rescue,
freeing from legal custody by force
resemblance,
appearance, likelihood
resist,
affect with distaste
resolve,
dissolve, answer (a question), solve (a problem), convince, inform
resolvedly,
answering all questions
respect,
relationship, discrimination, consideration, esteem; to regard, care for, esteem
respective,
careful, worthy of being cared for, discriminating
respectively,
respectfully
respite,
delay, date to which something is postponed, limit
responsive,
suited
rest,
place to rest, restored strength, resolution, stakes kept in reserve
restrain,
draw tight, withhold
resty,
restive, sluggish
retention,
detention, reserve, power to hold or retain
retentive,
confining, restraining
retire,
return
retort,
to reflect (heat), reject (an appeal)
retreat,
recall of pursuing force
retrograde,
contrary, seeming to move in a backward course
reverb,
resound
revolt,
revulsion, change; rebel
revolution,
alteration, change produced by time
revolve,
consider
rhapsody,
confused medley
rheum,
mucus from nose or throat, cold in the head, rheumatism
riggish,
wanton
rigol,
ring, circle
rim,
belly, membrane lining the abdomen
ring-carrier,
go-between
ringlet,
little circle
riot,
loose living, debauchery
rivage,
shore
rival,
partner
rive,
split
rivelled,
wrinkled
road,
riding, period of riding, stage (of journey), roadstead, highway
robustious,
boisterous
roguing,
roaming
roguish,
vagrant
roisting,
blustering, bullying
roll,
household register
rondure,
circle
ropery,
knavery
Roscius,
famous Roman actor
rote,
fix by memory
round,
plain, plain-spoken, severe; round dance, roundabout way, rung of a ladder; surround, become round
roundet,
round dance
rouse,
full draught of liquor, drinking bout
royal,
gold coin of the value often shillings (fifty pence)
royalty,
prerogative enjoyed, or granted, by the sovereign
roynish,
scurvy
rub,
in bowls an obstacle hindering or turning aside the bowl, obstacle, hindrance, roughness, unevenness; to turn aside, hinder
rubious,
ruby-red
ruddock,
robin
rude,
ignorant, barbarous, violent, rough
rudeness,
violence, roughness
rudesby,
rough unmannerly brute
ruffle,
bustle; swagger, bear oneself proudly, bluster, be turbulent
rugged,
shaggy, frowning
rug-headed,
having shaggy hair
ruinous,
brought to ruin
rumour,
fame, tumult, uproar
runagate,
deserter, vagabond
runnion,
wretch (a term of abuse)
russet,
homely, simple
 
sable,
black
sack,
white wine
sackbut,
trumpet resembling a trombone
sad,
steadfast, grave, serious, dismal
sadly,
gravely, seriously
sadness,
seriousness
safe,
make safe
safety,
custody, safeguard
sain,
said
salamander,
lizard-like animal supposed to live in fire
sale-work,
ready-made goods not of the highest quality
sallet,
light helmet, something mixed or savoury
salt,
lecherous
salute,
touch, affect
sample,
example
sanctimony,
holiness, sanctity
sanctuarize,
give sanctuary to
sand-blind,
half-blind
sanguine,
red

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