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Search phrase: circled

Plays

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Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.ii.6Encircled you to hear with reverenceEncircled you, to heare with reuerence
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.ii.10Until thy head be circled with the same.Vntill thy head be circled with the same.
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.viii.21Or modest Dian circled with her nymphs,Or modest Dyan, circled with her Nymphs,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.iii.60semicircled farthingale. I see what thou wert if Fortune,semi-circled Farthingale. I see what thou wert if Fortune
Romeo and JulietRJ II.ii.110That monthly changes in her circled orb,That monethly changes in her circled Orbe,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.407 Her breasts like ivory globes circled with blue, Her breasts like Iuory globes circled with blew,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1229 Her circled eyne, enforced by sympathy Her circled eien inforst, by simpathie

Glossary

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blue[of eyes] dark-circled, shadow-rimmed
circledin a circular motion, encircling
circledrounded, circular
encompassedsurrounded, encircled, enclosed
engirtsurrounded, encircled, hemmed-in
girdedbesieged, blockaded, encircled

Thesaurus

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dark-circled [of eyes]blue
encircledengirt
encircledencompassed
encircledgirded

Themes and Topics

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Archaisms...maid with swelling drops 'gan wet / her circled eyne forthy therefore for ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CIRCLEBASICcircled adj
CIRCLETYPEsemicircled adj

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