patches (9) clowns.
noll (17) head.
mimic (19) burlesque actor.
russet-pated choughs (21) reddish brown-headed crows.
Antipodes (55) the opposite side of the earth.
mispris'd (74) mistaken.
fancy-sick (96) lovesick.
Taurus (141) mountain range along the S coast of Asia Minor, Turkey.
Ethiope (257) a black person; a reference to Hermia's relatively dark hair and complexion.
cankerblossom (282) a worm that destroys the flower bud.
minimus (329) petite person.
coil (339) commotion; turmoil.
aby (335) to pay the penalty for.
welkin (356) the vault of heaven, the sky, or the upper air.
Acheron (357) a river in Hades: often identified as the river across which Charon ferries the dead.
Aurora's harbinger (380) the morning star, precursor of the dawn.
the Morning's love (389) Cephalus, a beautiful boy loved by Aurora.
recreant (409) cowardly, craven.
wot (422) to know.
