maidenhead virginity.
mammet doll or puppet.
marchpane marzipan, a confection of ground almonds, sugar, and egg white made into a paste and variously shaped and colored.
mark you me take notice of what I say; pay attention.
marry an exclamation of surprise. "Marry" is a respelling of (the Virgin) "Mary."
mattock a tool for loosening the soil: it is like a pickax but has a flat, adz-shaped blade on one or both sides.
medlars small, brown, apple-like fruit.
merry dump here an oxymoron: a sad tune or song.
mew'd up a mew is a cage for molting hawks. Juliet has shut herself away to grieve.
mickle much or great.
misadventur'd unlucky.
misgives feels fear, doubt, or suspicion.
mistemper'd bad-tempered, angry; here, also referring to weapons which have been tempered, or made hard, in blood rather than water.
mistress minion spoiled hussy.
modern commonplace.
move persaude.
moved angry.
my bosom's lord love.
natural fool; idiot.
new infection to thy eye Benvolio continues to encourage Romeo to look for another love. Ironically, Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight.
nice trivial.
night's candles the stars.
nimble-pinion'd swift-winged.
none ill no bad ones.
nothing slow to slack his haste by no means reluctant if I should slow him down in his haste.
obsequies funeral rites.
old cakes of roses dried rose leaves pressed into cakes.
open-arse slang term for a medlar; "arse" is the buttocks.
ordained festival prepared for the wedding festivities.
orisons prayers.
osier cage basket made from willow.
overwhelming overhanging.
