obsequies funeral rites.
cross to thwart.
mattock a tool for loosening the soil: it is like a pickax but has a flat, adz-shaped blade on one or both sides.
dear employment important purpose.
jealous suspicious.
conjuration solemn entreaty.
lantern an open or windowed structure on the roof of a building or in the upper part of a tower or the like, to admit light or air.
feasting presence presence chamber: the room in which a king or other person of rank or distinction formally receives guests.
keepers guards, as of prisoners.
a light'ning before death! Romeo refers to the belief that on the point of death the spirits were supposed to revive.
conduct that is, the poison.
unthrifty unlucky.
discoloured bloodstained.
churl a surly, ill-bred person.
rust corruption, decay.
descry detect.
let mischance be slave to patience submit to these unfortunate events with patience.
kill your joys kill your children and turn your joy to sorrow.
winking turning a blind eye to.
glooming peace peace overshadowed with grief.
