Daphne (231) a nymph who is changed into a laurel tree to escape Apollo's unwanted advances.
dewlap (50) a loose fold of skin hanging from the throat of cattle and certain other animals, or a similar loose fold under the chin of a person.
Diana's altar (89) the altar belonging to the virgin goddess of the moon and of hunting: identified with the Greek Artemis.
disfigure (47) Quince's blunder for "figure."
dowager (5) an elderly woman of wealth and dignity.
eglantine (252) European rose with hooked spines, sweet-scented leaves, and usually pink flowers.
enforced (171) violated by force.
Ercles (22) Hercules.
Ethiope (257) a black person; a reference to Hermia's relatively dark hair and complexion.
exposition of (33) Bottom's malapropism for "disposition to."
eyne (242) eye.
faining voice (31) desirous voice.
false Trojan (174) Aeneas, son of Anchises and Venus, and hero of Virgil's Aeneid: escaping from ruined Troy, Aeneas wanders for years before coming to Latium: he is considered the forefather of the Romans.
fancy-sick (96) lovesick.
filch'd (36) to steal, pilfer.
Furies (266) the three terrible female spirits with snaky hair (Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera) who punish the doers of unavenged crimes.
