Hamlet - Page 188

88 take him kill Claudius

89 seasoned prepared

89 passage journey into the next world

91 hent time to be seized at/opportunity

92 drunk asleep in a drunken stupor

95 relish trace, flavor

98 stays awaits

99 physic medicine (either Claudius' prayer or Hamlet's postponement of the murder) Act 3 Scene 4

1 straight straightaway

1 lay home speak plainly, take to task

2 broad unrestrained

4 heat i.e. Claudius' anger

5 round blunt/severe

18 rood Christian cross

19 queen perhaps this puns on "quean" (i.e. whore)

23 glass mirror

28 Dead ... ducat i.e. I'll bet a ducat (gold coin) he'll soon be dead/I'll kill him for a mere ducat 39 busy interfering, prying

43 brazed covered with brass, hardened

44 proof armor

44 proof ... sense fortified against feeling

46 rude violent/harsh/offensive

53 contraction binding agreement (specifically the marriage contract) 55 rhapsody confused mass

55 glow i.e. blush for shame

56 this ... mass i.e. the earth

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57 tristful sorrowful

57 as ... doom as if in anticipation of doomsday

60 index table of contents that prefaces the body of a book

62 counterfeit presentment painted representation

64 Hyperion Greek god of the sun, and one of the Titans

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