Crown, crown-piece; III. vi. 132.
Curst, shrewish; IV. ii. 12.
Cutter, bully, cutthroat; I. 522; IV. iii. 74, etc. Cf. Harrison’s England, II. 16, ‘Some desperate cutters we have.’
Dag, pistol; III. vi. 9, 131. The derivation is not known.
Dallying, delaying, trifling; I. 397.
Dispose, disposal; I. 606. Common in Shakespeare.
Distressful, miserable: III. v. 56; IV. iv. 51. Cf. Henry V., IV. i. 287, ‘Crammed with distressful bread.’
Drifts, plots; I. 178, 450, etc.
Ear, plough; III. v. 24.
Eschew, avoid; I. 347.