accompt (37): account
Acheron (15): Hell
adage (44): proverb
afeer’d (34): confirmed
ague (4): disease
alarm (4): trumpet-call
All . . . house (14): Even if I were to double my efforts on your behalf, it would be nothing compared with the honour you pay by visiting our house.
an’t (19): If
Angel . . . served (14): i.e. the Devil
antic round (130): mad dance
aroynt! (6): begone!
auger-hole (120): : the tiniest crevice
augment (27): support
augurs. . . blood (123): Prophecies have (in the past) revealed even the most well-hidden murders
authoriz’d (65): written
avouch (119): justify
bark (24): boat
became him (8): suited him
become (63): suit
before (12): on his chest
beldams (2): witches
bellman (3): man who summoned condemned prisoners
Bellona’s bridegroom (55): bridegroom to the goddess of war (i.e. Macbeth).
benison (40): blessing
borne in hand . . . cross’d (79): deceived, double-crossed
both the worlds (16): earth and heaven
brinded (1): streaked
bruited (22): announced
card (16): a sea-chart
cast the water (50): examine the urine (here, used metaphorically)
chastise (27): beat off, chase away
cleave (146): fit
cleave to my consent (25): approve of my plan
cloudy messenger . . . clogs me with this answer: The surly messenger refuses to report to Macbeth the news of Macduff’s desertion for fear of punishment.
compassed . . . pearl (22): surrounded by the elite of Scotland
constrained things (13): conscripts
construction (12): intention
convinces . . . art (143): defeats all the attempts of (medical) skill
corporal (81): bodily, physical
corporal agent (81): physical part of myself
cours’d (21): chased
cow’d (18): caused me to cower
coz (14): cousin
crack of doom (117): Day of Judgment
