Grain and Chaff from an English Manor

by Arthur Herbert Savory

INCHMEAL—bit by bit; Tempest, Act II., Scene 2.

FILBERDS—filberts; Tempest, Act II., Scene 2.

TO LADE—to bale (liquid); 3 King Henry VI., Act III., Scene 3.

TO LAP—to wrap; King Richard III., Act II., Scene 1; Macbeth, Act
I., Scene 2.

BITTER SWEETING—an apple of poor quality grown from a kernel; cf. "bitter sweet"—the same; Romeo and Juliet, Act II., Scene 4.

VARSAL WORLD—universal world; Romeo and Juliet, Act II., Scene 4.

MAMMET—a puppet; cf. "mommet"—scarecrow; Romeo and Juliet,
Act III., Scene 5.

TO GRUNT—to grumble; Hamlet, Act III., Scene 1.

TO FUST—to become mouldy; Hamlet, Act IV., Scene 5.

DOUT—do out; cf. "don"—do on; Hamlet, Act IV., Scene 7.