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Tricky Terms
-arras: a tapestry hung in front of a wall -beshrew: a curse -carbuncles: firey red stones -down-gyved: fallen in coils -drabbing: consorting with loose women -fishmonger: fish seller, a cheat -incontinency: habitual sexual misconduct -milch: milky, moist with tears -mobled: a muffled face -practices: happenings, doings; trickery -seneca: a Roman writer of trajedies -strumpet: a prostitute -valanced: fringed, scratchy -videlice: to stay -vouchsafe: deighn to stay -wanton: unrestrained |
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