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Full Glossary for Othello

daws (65) jackdaws or crows; here, fools.

defend (266) forbid.

deserve (183) reward.

designment halts (22) plan is crippled.

dial (176) a full twelve hours on the face of a clock.

discourse fustian (272) to speak nonsense.

distemp'ring draughts (99) intoxicating drinks.

do my duties (2) voice my loyalty.

ecstasy (80) a trance.

Egyptian (57) a Gypsy.

encave (82) hide.

engluts (57) [Archaic] devours.

entreats his pause (220) begs him to stop.

enwheel (87) encompass.

fineless (173) unlimited.

fitchew (146) a polecat (meaning "a whore").

fopped (194) duped; deceived.

fordoes (129) destroys.

forfend (32) forbid.

fortitude (222) fortification.

frank appearance (38) no attempt to conceal.

frieze (126) rough cloth.


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