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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW II.i.70	No grapes, my royal fox? Yes, but you will	no grapes my royall foxe? / Yes but you will,
All's Well That Ends Well	AW II.i.71	My noble grapes, and if my royal fox	my noble grapes, and if / My royall foxe
All's Well That Ends Well	AW II.iii.98	There's one grape yet. I am sure thy father drunk	There's one grape yet, I am sure thy father drunke
All's Well That Ends Well	AW IV.iii.245	rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes	rapes and rauishments he paralels Nessus. Hee professes
All's Well That Ends Well	AW V.iii.94	Wrapped in a paper which contained the name	Wrap'd in a paper, which contain'd the name
All's Well That Ends Well	AW V.iii.128.1	I am wrapped in dismal thinkings.	I am wrap'd in dismall thinkings.
Antony and Cleopatra	AC II.vii.114	With thy grapes our hairs be crowned.	With thy Grapes our haires be Crown'd.
Antony and Cleopatra	AC V.ii.281	The juice of Egypt's grape shall moist this lip.	The iuyce of Egypts Grape shall moyst this lip.
As You Like It	AYL I.i.140	against thee by poison, entrap thee by some treacherous	against thee by poyson, entrap thee by some treacherous
As You Like It	AYL IV.i.18	often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness.	often rumination, wraps me in a most humorous sadnesse.
As You Like It	AYL V.i.32	when he had a desire to eat a grape, would open	when he had a desire to eate a Grape, would open
As You Like It	AYL V.i.34	that grapes were made to eat and lips to open. You do	that Grapes were made to eate, and lippes to open. You do
The Comedy of Errors	CE IV.iv.141.1	Enter Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse,	Enter Antipholus Siracusia with his Rapier drawne,
The Comedy of Errors	CE IV.iv.141.2	with their rapiers drawn	and Dromio Sirac
Coriolanus	Cor II.i.199	Into a rapture lets her baby cry	Into a rapture lets her Baby crie,
Coriolanus	Cor IV.v.119	Thou noble thing, more dances my rapt heart	Thou Noble thing, more dances my rapt heart,
Coriolanus	Cor V.iv.18	of his face sours ripe grapes. When he walks, he moves	of his face, sowres ripe Grapes. When he walks, he moues
Cymbeline	Cym I.vii.51.1	Thus raps you? Are you well?	Thus rap's you? Are you well?
Cymbeline	Cym II.iii.114	With scraps o'th' court, it is no contract, none;	With scraps o'th'Court: It is no Contract, none;
Hamlet	Ham I.ii.86	These but the trappings and the suits of woe.	These, but the Trappings, and the Suites of woe.
Hamlet	Ham I.iii.63	Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel.	Grapple them to thy Soule, with hoopes of Steele:
Hamlet	Ham II.ii.342	many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills and dare	many wearing Rapiers, are affraide of Goose-quils, and dare
Hamlet	Ham III.ii.247	The Mousetrap. Marry, how? Tropically. This	The Mouse-trap: Marry how? Tropically: This
Hamlet	Ham III.iv.49	A rhapsody of words! Heaven's face does glow,	A rapsidie of words. Heauens face doth glow,
Hamlet	Ham IV.i.10	Whips out his rapier, cries, ‘ A rat, a rat!’	He whips his Rapier out, and cries a Rat, a Rat,
Hamlet	Ham IV.vi.18	and in the grapple I boarded them. On the instant they got	In the Grapple, I boorded them: On the instant they got
Hamlet	Ham IV.vii.97	And for your rapier most especial,	And for your Rapier most especially,
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.121	The concernancy, sir? Why do we wrap the
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.143	Rapier and dagger.	Rapier and dagger.
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.147	six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as	sixe French Rapiers and Poniards, with their assignes, as
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.296.1	In scuffling, they change rapiers, and both are wounded	In scuffling they change Rapiers.
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 I.iii.195	And let them grapple. O, the blood more stirs	And let them grapple: The blood more stirres
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 II.ii.42	Hang thyself in thine own heir-apparent	Go hang thy selfe in thine owne heire-apparant-
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 II.iii.54	Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapets,	Of Palizadoes, Frontiers, Parapets,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 II.iv.233	at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would	at the Strappado, or all the Racks in the World, I would
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 IV.iii.98	Sought to entrap me by intelligence,	Sought to intrap me by intelligence,
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 I.i.205	Of fair King Richard, scraped from Pomfret stones;	Of faire King Richard, scrap'd from Pomfret stones,
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 II.iv.196	Give me my rapier, boy.	Giue me my Rapier, Boy.
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 III.ii.98	so, so, so, so. Yea, marry, sir. Rafe Mouldy! Let them	yea marry Sir. Raphe Mouldie: let them
Henry V	H5 I.ii.177	And pretty traps to catch the petty thieves.	And pretty traps to catch the petty theeues.
Henry V	H5 II.i.53	foul with me, Pistol, I will scour you with my rapier,	fowle with me Pistoll, I will scoure you with my Rapier,
Henry V	H5 III.chorus.18	Grapple your minds to sternage of this navy,	Grapple your minds to sternage of this Nauie,
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 III.i.22	In that thou laidest a trap to take my life,	In that thou layd'st a Trap to take my Life,
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 IV.iv.37	Hath now entrapped the noble-minded Talbot.	Hath now intrapt the Noble-minded Talbot:
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 I.i.255	To grapple with the house of Lancaster;	To grapple with the house of Lancaster,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.i.340	Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies.	Weaues tedious Snares to trap mine Enemies.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 I.iii.37	Such pity as my rapier's point affords.	Such pitty as my Rapiers point affords.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 I.iv.80	That valiant Clifford, with his rapier's point,	That valiant Clifford, with his Rapiers point,
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 I.iv.137	O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!	Oh Tygres Heart, wrapt in a Womans Hide,
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 II.i.160	And wrap our bodies in black mourning gowns,	And wrap our bodies in blacke mourning Gownes,
Henry VIII	H8 V.i.142.1	The trap is laid for me!	The trap is laid for me.
King Edward III	E3 III.iv.74	Enter Prince Edward in triumph, bearing in his hand his shivered lance, and the body of the King of Bohemia borne before, wrapped in the colours. They run and embrace him	Enter Prince Edward in tryumph, bearing in his hande his shiuered Launce, and the King of Boheme, borne before, wrapt in the Coullours: They runne and imbrace him.
King Edward III	E3 IV.iii.57	Come, Charles, and arm thee. Edward is entrapped,	Come Charles and arme thee, Edward is intrapt,
King John	KJ II.i.97	Outfaced infant state, and done a rape	Out-faced Infant State, and done a rape
King John	KJ II.i.227	And now, instead of bullets wrapped in fire,	And now insteed of bulletts wrapt in fire
King John	KJ III.i.104	The grappling vigour and rough frown of war	The grapling vigor, and rough frowne of Warre
King John	KJ V.i.61	And grapple with him ere he come so nigh.	And grapple with him ere he come so nye.
King John	KJ V.ii.36	And grapple thee unto a pagan shore,	And cripple thee vnto a Pagan shore,
King Lear	KL IV.iii.52	Will in concealment wrap me up awhile.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.ii.72	do excel thee in my rapier as much as thou didst me in	doe excell thee in my rapier, as much as thou didst mee in
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.ii.171	Spaniard's rapier. The first and second cause will not	Spaniards Rapier: The first and second cause will not
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.ii.174	glory is to subdue men. Adieu, valour; rust, rapier; be	glorie is to subdue men. Adue Valour, rust Rapier, bee
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL II.i.204	I was as willing to grapple as he was to board.	I was as willing to grapple, as he was to boord.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL IV.ii.119	You find not the apostrophus, and so miss	You finde not the apostraphas, and so misse
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.i.19	companions, such rackers of orthography, as to	companions, such rackers of ortagriphie, as to
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.i.37	languages and stolen the scraps.	Languages, and stolne the scraps.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.ii.572	Alisander the conqueror. You will be scraped out of	Alisander the conqueror: you will be scrap'd out of
Macbeth	Mac I.iii.56	That he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not.	That he seemes wrapt withall: to me you speake not.
Macbeth	Mac I.iii.142	Look how our partner's rapt.	Looke how our Partner's rapt.
Macbeth	Mac I.v.5	Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from	Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came Missiues from
Macbeth	Mac III.i.105	Grapples you to the heart and love of us,	Grapples you to the heart; and loue of vs,
Measure for Measure	MM I.ii.9	scraped one out of the table.	scrap'd one out of the Table.
Measure for Measure	MM II.i.123	Bunch of Grapes, where indeed you have a delight to sit,	bunch of Grapes, where indeede you haue a delight to sit,
Measure for Measure	MM IV.iii.13	Copperspur, and Master Starve-lackey, the rapier and	Copperspurre, and M Starue-Lackey the Rapier and
Measure for Measure	MM V.i.117	Unfold the evil which is here wrapped up	Vnfold the euill, which is heere wrapt vp
The Merchant of Venice	MV III.ii.101	To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold,	To intrap the wisest. Therefore then thou gaudie gold,
The Merchant of Venice	MV III.ii.122	A golden mesh t' entrap the hearts of men	A golden mesh t'intrap the hearts of men
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW I.i.155	‘ Marry trap with you,’ if you run the nut-hook's humour	marry trap with you, if you runne the nut-hooks humor
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW I.iv.57	Come, take-a your rapier, and come after my heel to the	Come, take-a-your Rapier, and come after my heele to the
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW I.iv.67	Rugby, my rapier!	Rugby, my Rapier.
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW II.i.205	rapier.	Rapier.
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW II.iii.12	Take your rapier, Jack. I vill tell you how I vill kill him.	take your Rapier, (Iacke) I vill tell you how I vill kill him.
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW II.iii.14	Villainy, take your rapier.	Villanie, take your Rapier.
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW IV.ii.203	Yes, by all means, if it be but to scrape	Yes, by all meanes: if it be but to scrape
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND II.i.256	Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in.	Weed wide enough to rap a Fairy in.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND III.i.162	With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries.	With purple Grapes, greene Figs, and Mulberries,
Much Ado About Nothing	MA II.iii.19	honest man and a soldier, and now is he turned orthography;	honest man & a souldier) and now is he turn'd orthography,
Much Ado About Nothing	MA III.i.106	Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.	Some Cupid kills with arrowes, some with traps.
Othello	Oth II.i.245	grapes. If she had been blessed, she would never have	grapes. If shee had beene bless'd, shee would neuer haue
Othello	Oth V.i.2	Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home.	Weare thy good Rapier bare, and put it home:
Pericles	Per II.i.156	And spite of all the rapture of the sea	And spight of all the rupture of the Sea,
Pericles	Per II.v.44	O, seek not to entrap me, gracious lord,	Oh seeke not to intrappe me, gracious Lord,
Pericles	Per Chorus.III.37	‘Our heir-apparent is a king!	Our heyre apparant is a King:
Richard II	R2 IV.i.40	Where it was forged, with my rapier's point.	Where it was forged with my Rapiers point.
Richard II	R2 V.iii.68	As thriftless sons their scraping fathers' gold.	As thriftlesse Sonnes, their scraping Fathers Gold.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.v.2	to take away? He shift a trencher? He scrape a trencher!	to take away? He shift a Trencher? he scrape a Trencher?
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.v.55	Fetch me my rapier, boy. What, dares the slave	Fetch me my Rapier Boy, what dares the slaue
Romeo and Juliet	RJ III.i.82	Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up.	Gentle Mercutio, put thy Rapier vp.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ IV.iii.57	Upon a rapier's point. Stay, Tybalt, stay!	Vpon my Rapiers point: stay Tybalt, stay;
The Taming of the Shrew	TS induction.1.36	Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers,	Wrap'd in sweet cloathes: Rings put vpon his fingers:
The Taming of the Shrew	TS induction.2.40	Or wilt thou ride? Thy horses shall be trapped,	Or wilt thou ride? Thy horses shal be trap'd,
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.ii.12	And rap me well, or I'll knock your knave's pate.	And rap me well, or Ile knocke your knaues pate.
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.ii.30	look you, sir. He bid me knock him and rap him	looke you sir: He bid me knocke him, & rap him
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.ii.40	these words plain, ‘ Sirrah, knock me here, rap me here,	these words plaine? Sirra, Knocke me heere: rappe me heere:
The Tempest	Tem I.ii.77	And rapt in secret studies. Thy false uncle –	And rapt in secret studies, thy false vncle
The Tempest	Tem II.ii.179	Nor scrape trenchering, nor wash dish.	Nor scrape trenchering, nor wash dish,
The Tempest	Tem V.i.84	Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell.	Fetch me the Hat, and Rapier in my Cell,
Timon of Athens	Tim I.i.19	You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication	You are rapt sir, in some worke, some Dedication
Timon of Athens	Tim I.ii.182	Four milk-white horses, trapped in silver.	Foure Milke-white Horses, trapt in Siluer.
Timon of Athens	Tim IV.iii.431	Here's gold. Go, suck the subtle blood o'th' grape	Heere's Gold. Go, sucke the subtle blood o'th'Grape,
Timon of Athens	Tim V.i.62	To their whole being! I am rapt, and cannot cover	To their whole being? I am rapt, and cannot couer
Titus Andronicus	Tit I.i.407	Thou and thy faction shall repent this rape.	Thou and thy Faction shall repent this Rape.
Titus Andronicus	Tit I.i.408	‘ Rape ’ call you it, my lord, to seize my own,	Rape call you it my Lord, to cease my owne,
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.39	Gave you a dancing-rapier by your side,	Gaue you a daunsing Rapier by your side,
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.54	My rapier in his bosom, and withal	My rapier in his bosome, and withall
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.116	Fitted by kind for rape and villainy.	Fitted by kinde for rape and villanie:
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.i.48	And treats of Tereus' treason and his rape;	And treates of Tereus treason and his rape,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.i.49	And rape, I fear, was root of thy annoy.	And rape I feare was roote of thine annoy.
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.i.57	By nature made for murders and for rapes.	By nature made for murthers and for rapes.
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.i.90	Lord Junius Brutus swore for Lucrece' rape –	Lord Iunius Brutus sweare for Lucrece rape,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.9	For villains marked with rape. (To all) May it please you,	For villanie's markt with rape. May it please you,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.27	And sends them weapons wrapped about with lines	And sends the weapons wrapt about with lines,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.58	What dost thou wrap and fumble in thine arms?	What dost thou wrap and fumble in thine armes?
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.84	I'll broach the tadpole on my rapier's point.	Ile broach the Tadpole on my Rapiers point:
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.i.63	For I must talk of murders, rapes, and massacres,	For I must talke of Murthers, Rapes, and Massacres,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.1.2	Chiron as Rape and Demetrius as Murder
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.37	Where bloody murder or detested rape	Where bloody Murther or detested Rape,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.45	Lo by thy side where Rape and Murder stands.	Loe bythy side where Rape and Murder stands,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.59	So thou destroy Rapine and Murder there.	So thou destroy Rapine and Murder there.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.62	Rape and Murder, therefore called so	Rape and Murder, therefore called so,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.83	Rapine and Murder, you are welcome too.	Rapine and Murther, you are welcome too,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.94	Show me a villain that hath done a rape,	Shew me a Villaine that hath done a Rape,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.103	Good Rapine, stab him: he is a ravisher.	Good Rapine stab him, he is a Rauisher.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.134	Nay, nay, let Rape and Murder stay with me,	Nay, nay, let Rape and Murder stay with me,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.155	The one is Murder and Rape is the other's name.	The one is Murder, Rape is the others name,
Troilus and Cressida	TC II.ii.123	Because Cassandra's mad. Her brain-sick raptures	Because Cassandra's mad, her brainsicke raptures
Troilus and Cressida	TC II.ii.149	But I would have the soil of her fair rape	But I would haue the soyle of her faire Rape
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.ii.128	For in this rapture I shall surely speak	For in this rapture I shall surely speake
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.iii.123	His figure and his heat. I was much rapt in this,	His figure, and his heate. I was much rapt in this,
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.iii.148	Those scraps are good deeds past, which are devoured	Those scraps are good deedes past, / Which are deuour'd
Troilus and Cressida	TC V.ii.162	The fragments, scraps, the bits, and greasy relics	The fragments, scraps, the bits, and greazie reliques,
Troilus and Cressida	TC V.iii.65	Am like a prophet suddenly enrapt,	Am like a Prophet suddenly enrapt,
Twelfth Night	TN I.iii.12	in their own straps.	in their owne straps.
Twelfth Night	TN III.iv.230	He is knight dubbed with unhatched rapier and	He is knight dubb'd with vnhatch'd Rapier, and
Twelfth Night	TN III.iv.268	such a firago. I had a pass with him, rapier, scabbard	such a firago: I had a passe with him, rapier, scabberd,
Twelfth Night	TN IV.iii.3	And though 'tis wonder that enwraps me thus,	And though tis wonder that enwraps me thus,
Twelfth Night	TN V.i.8	Ay, sir, we are some of her trappings.	I sir, we are some of her trappings.
Twelfth Night	TN V.i.53	With which, such scatheful grapple did he make	With which such scathfull grapple did he make,
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK I.ii.56	That does command my rapier from my hip	That does command my Rapier from my hip
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK IV.ii.96	Is, as a ripe grape, ruddy; he has felt	Is (as a ripe grape) ruddy: he has felt

Poems

9 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.48	O rash false heat, wrapped in repentant cold,	O rash false heate, wrapt in repentant cold,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.215	For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy?	For one sweete grape who will the vine destroy?
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.456	Wrapped and confounded in a thousand fears,	Wrapt and confounded in a thousand feares,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.636	O, how are they wrapped in with infamies	O how are they wrapt in with infamies,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.909	Wrath, envy, treason, rape, and murder's rages,	Wrath, enuy, treason, rape, and murthers rages,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.987	Disdain to him disdained scraps to give.	Disdaine to him disdained scraps to giue.
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1369	For Helen's rape the city to destroy,	For HELENS rape, the Cittie to destroy,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.286	For rich caparisons or trappings gay?	For rich caparisons, or trappings gay:
Venus and Adonis	Ven.601	Even so poor birds, deceived with painted grapes,	Euen so poore birds deceiu'd with painted grapes,

Glossary

135 result(s).

accomplement	equipment, military trappings
accoutrement	formal embellishment, special trappings
appertainings	trappings, belongings, appurtenances
appertainments	appurtenances, trappings, prerogatives
arm-gaunt	[unclear meaning] in fine condition; with gaunt limbs; with armoured trappings
assigns	accessories, appurtenances, trappings
attired	wrapped, clothed, swathed
baldric, baldrick	leather shoulder belt, strap [for holding a bugle, sword, etc]
belonging	equipment, trappings
bit	morsel, scrap, titbit
blessed, blest	curative, therapeutic, endowed with healing properties
bondage	binding up, tying up, wrapping up
bonny	strong, stalwart, strapping
bouncing	beefy, hefty, strapping
brace	cord, strap, thong
brief	hurriedly, rapidly, in a rush
buckle	grapple, engage, fight at close quarters
buckler	exchange, grapple, couple; catch or ward off [blows]
caparison	trappings, adornments, trimmings
caparison	put the trappings on, equip, harness
Capitol	geographical and ceremonial centre of ancient Rome, the seat of government
career	rapid course, height, full swing
celerity	alacrity, rapidity, swiftness
cere up	wrap up in a shroud, seal up
character	letter, letter-shape, graphic symbol
compass	surround, trap, ring in
crupper	leather saddle-strap on a horse
curb	controlling chain or strap passed under a horse's jaw; check, restraint
cypress	type of lightweight fabric, gauze cloth, crape material [when black, used in mourning]
dancing-rapier	ornamental sword worn in dancing
diet	therapeutic nutrition, curative regime
encouch	enclose, embed, wrap around
end	scrap, fragment, tag, ending
enforce	rape, violate, ravish
engaged	entangled, involved, trapped
enrapt	enraptured, inspired, carried away
enwrap	absorb, engross, enfold
expedience	rapid departure, hasty expedition, urgent enterprise
expedient	speedy, rapid, expeditious
figure	writing system, type of orthography
flaunt	finery, ostentatious clothing, trappings
foil	sword, rapier
fold	hide, swathe, wrap up
footcloth	equipped with long trappings
force	rape, violate, ravish
fraction	fragment, scrap, shred
fragment	scrap of food, left-over
furniture	trappings, harness
gentle	smooth-flowing, not rough or rapid
gin	snare, trap
glean	collect, scrape together, gather up
grapple	join, fasten, bind
guard	trimming, trapping, adornment
gull-catcher	fool-trapper, trickster
hanger	loop or strap attached to a sword belt, from which a sword may be hung
harpy	mythical rapacious bird, half woman, half vulture [symbolizing divine retribution]
impall	enfold, wrap in [as if with a pall = robe]
infold	enfold, wrap up, conceal
jess	[falconry] short strap fastened to a hawk's legs [to which the leash is attached]
key	accord, rapport, mind
knap	hit, knock, rap
knavery	treachery, trap, trickery
lap	wrap, swathe, enfold, clad
large-handed	grasping, rapacious, avaricious
lime	trap, snare, catch [as if by using birdlime]
limed	trapped, ensnared [as with birdlime]
Lucrece, Lucretia	[lu'krees] legendary Roman heroine, 6th-c BC, who killed herself after being raped by Tarquin
luggage	stuff, trappings, goods
mail	wrap up, envelop, encase
marry trap with you	[unclear meaning] insulting or contemptuous exclamation
meat	foodstuff, fodder, scraps
Nessus	centaur, shot by Hercules for attempting to rape Deianeira; Nessus gave her a poisonous liquid disguised as a love-potion, causing Hercules' death when he wore a shirt dipped in it
nimble	sudden, swift, rapid
ort	scrap, fragment, fraction
orthography	speaker of high-flown phrases, stylistically polished person
orthography	correct spelling
pall	wrap, cover, drape
Philomel, Philomela	[pron: 'filomel] daughter of Pandion, king of Athens; Tereus raped her and cut out her tongue, but she told the tale in her embroidery; the gods turned her into a nightingale after she took her revenge
physical	medicinal, therapeutic, restorative
pitfall	bird-trap, fowler's snare
post	carry rapidly, convey swiftly
Procne, Progne	[pron: 'proknee] Philomel's sister, who served her son Itys in a meal to Tereus, his father, in revenge for Tereus' rape and mutilation of Philomel
race	raze out, erase, scrape away
rag	smallest bit, scrap, farthing
raisins of the sun	sun-dried grapes
rap	transport, move with rapture
rape	abduction, violent seizure
rapier	light sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting
rapine	rape
rapt	enraptured, entranced, thrilled
rapt	absorbed, engrossed, preoccupied
rapt	carried away with emotion, lost for words
rapture	fit, seizure, convulsion
rapture	seizure, plundering, carrying away
ravenous	rapacious, predatory, insatiable
ravish	entrance, enrapture, carry away with joy
scarf	wrap round like a scarf or sash
sear up	wrap up in a shroud, seal up
set	focused [on], fixed [on], wrapped up [in]
sheeted	shrouded, wrapped in a winding-sheet
snip	snatch, scrap, shred
soon-speeding	quick-acting, rapidly working
speeding	effective, rapidly working, successful
springe	snare, trap
straight	strong, muscular, strapping
strappado	type of torturing instrument
sudden	swift, rapid, prompt
swathing-clothes	swaddling clothes, cloths for wrapping round a new-born baby
swift-starting	quick-spreading, rapidly moving
take	captivate, delight, enrapture
tangle	trap, snare, enmesh, hold fast
Tantalus	king of Sipylos in Lydia, punished in the Underworld for his crimes; he sits in a pool which recedes when he bends to drink, and the grapes over his head elude his grasp
Tereus	[pron: 'tereus] legendary king of Athens, who raped and mutilated his sister-in-law Philomel
thick	quickly, rapidly, fast
thick	quick, rapid, fast
tire	fittings, furnishings, trappings
tired	attired, equipped with trappings
toil	net, snare, trap
transport	carry away, captivate, enrapture
trapically	Q1 alternative to 'tropically'
trapped	adorned with trappings, decked out
trappings	ornaments, embellishments, bits and pieces
trash	rubbish, stuff, paraphernalia
trim	trappings, equipment, outfit
trinkets	bits and pieces, paraphernalia
tuck	rapier, long slender sword
twig	stratagem for entrapping
tyrant	cruel, violent, rapacious
valance	drapery making up the border of a bed canopy
Virginius	5th-c BC centurion who slew his daughter, either to avoid her being raped or because she was raped
vulture	ravenous, devouring, rapacious
wagtail	[contemptuous form of address] tail-wagger, bower and scraper
week, in by the	hopelessly caught, trapped
wrap	beset, envelop, surround [by]
wrap	entangle, catch, involve

Thesaurus

137 result(s).

adorn with trappings	trapped
armoured trappings, with	arm-gaunt
around, wrap	encouch
bed canopy, drapery for a	valance
bird-trap	pitfall
bower and scraper	wagtail
carry rapidly	post
cloths for wrapping round a new-born baby	swathing-clothes
controlling chain or strap [for a horse]	curb
course, rapid	career
crape material	cypress
departure, rapid	expedience
drape	pall
drapery making up the border of a bed canopy	valance
enrapture	ravish
enrapture	take
enrapture	transport
enraptured	enrapt
enraptured	rapt
entrapping, stratagem for	twig
equipped with trappings	tired
food, scrap of	fragment
fool-trapper	gull-catcher
grapes	Tantalus
grapes, sun-dried	raisins of the sun
graphic symbol	character
grapple	buckle
grapple	buckler
horse, saddle-strap on a	crupper
military trappings	accomplement
move with rapture	rap
moving, rapidly	swift-starting
nutrition, therapeutic	diet
orthography	figure
paraphernalia	trash
paraphernalia	trinkets
rap	knap
rapacious	large-handed
rapacious	ravenous
rapacious	tyrant
rapacious	vulture
rape	enforce
rape	force
rape	Nessus
rape	Philomel, Philomela
rape	rapine
rapid	expedient
rapid	nimble
rapid	sudden
rapid	thick
rapid course	career
rapid departure	expedience
rapid, not	gentle
rapidity	celerity
rapidly	brief
rapidly moving	swift-starting
rapidly working	soon-speeding
rapidly working	speeding
rapidly, carry	post
rapier	foil
rapier	tuck
rapport	key
rapture, move with	rap
saddle-strap on a horse	crupper
scrap	bit
scrap	end
scrap	fraction
scrap	meat
scrap	ort
scrap	rag
scrap	snip
scrap of food	fragment
scrape away	race
scrape together	glean
shoulder belt/strap	baldric, baldrick
shroud, wrap up in a	cere up
shroud, wrap up in a	sear up
strap	brace
strap attached to a sword belt	hanger
strap, controlling [for a horse]	curb
strap, short [falconry]	jess
strap, shoulder	baldric, baldrick
strapping	bonny
strapping	bouncing
strapping	straight
stratagem for entrapping	twig
sun-dried grapes	raisins of the sun
sword, strap/loop holding a	hanger
therapeutic	blessed, blest
therapeutic	physical
therapeutic nutrition	diet
trap	compass
trap	gin
trap	knavery
trap	lime
trap	springe
trap	tangle
trap	toil
trap, bird	pitfall
trapped	engaged
trapped	limed
trapped	week, in by the
trapping	guard
trappings	appertainings
trappings	appertainments
trappings	assigns
trappings	belonging
trappings	caparison
trappings	flaunt
trappings	furniture
trappings	luggage
trappings	tire
trappings	trim
trappings, adorn with	trapped
trappings, equipped with	tired
trappings, equipped with long	footcloth
trappings, military	accomplement
trappings, put on the	caparison
trappings, special	accoutrement
trappings, with armoured	arm-gaunt
winding-sheet, wrapped in a	sheeted
working rapidly	soon-speeding
working rapidly	speeding
wrap	lap
wrap	pall
wrap around	encouch
wrap in	impall
wrap round like a scarf	scarf
wrap up	fold
wrap up	infold
wrap up	mail
wrap up in a shroud	cere up
wrap up in a shroud	sear up
wrapped	attired
wrapped in a winding-sheet	sheeted
wrapped up	set
wrapping up	bondage

Themes and Topics

8 result(s).

Archaisms	...aeus y-ravished entrance enrapture carry away with joy per chorus ...
Exclamations	...hock [real or affected] marry trap with you mw i i 155 i will say &l... ... mw i i 155 i will say &lsquo marry trap with you&rsquo contempt insult [un...
Weapons	...eld and mounted swords daggers and trappings backsword 2h4 iii ii ... ... carriage ham v ii 148 looped strap attached to a sword belt from which a ... ... hanger ham v ii 148 loop or strap attached to a sword belt from which a ... ...ii 147 type of short dagger rapier ham ii ii 342 light sharp-poin... ...sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting rapier whinyard e3 i ii 33 t...
Classical mythology	... husband of lucrece character in the rape of lucrece lucrece in historical f... ...aur shot by hercules for attempting to rape deianeira nessus gave her a poisonous... ... of athens tereus her brother-in-law raped her and cut out her tongue but she t... ...is father in revenge for tereus&rsquo rape and mutilation of philomel philome... ...ecedes when he bends to drink and the grapes over his head elude his grasp ... ...tereus legendary king of athens who raped and mutilated philomel philomel a...
Historical figures	...th-c bc who killed herself after being raped by tarquin subject of the ... ...ed by tarquin subject of the rape of lucrece tarquin below lycu... ...his daughter either to avoid her being raped or because she was ... ...ed or because she was raped xanthippe ts i ii 70 w...
World [outside Britain], places and peoples	... capitol ham iii ii 113 geographical and ceremonial centre of ancient r...
Latin	...um (n nt ) tit iv i 77 rape stygia (n f ) tit ii i 13...
Abbreviations	...by i e the following words act as a paraphrase of all or part of the quotation o... ...lover’s complaint luc the rape of lucrece ma much ado a...

Words Families

36 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
DANCE	OBJECT	dancing-rapier n
ENRAPT	BASIC	see RAPT
ENSWATHE	BASIC	see SWATHE [wrap]
ENTRAP	BASIC	see TRAP
ENWRAP	BASIC	see WRAP
GRAPE	BASIC	grape n
GRAPPLE	BASIC	grapple n, grapple v, grappling adj
MOUSE	OBJECT	mousetrap n
ORTHOGRAPHY	BASIC	orthography n
PARAPET	BASIC	parapet n
RAP	BASIC	rap v
RAPE	BASIC	rape n, rape v, rapine n
RAPIER	BASIC	rapier n
RAPIER	TYPE	dancing-rapier n
RAPT	BASIC	rapt adj, rapture n
RAPT	STATE	enrapt adj
SCRAP	BASIC	scrap n
SCRAPE	BASIC	scrape v, scraping adj
SEAR [wrap]	BASIC	see CERE
STRAPPADO	BASIC	strappado n
SWATHE [wrap]	BASIC	swath n
SWATHE [wrap]	ACTION	enswathe v
SWATHE [wrap]	CLOTHING	swathing-clothes n
TRAP	BASIC	trap v, trapped adj
TRAP	ACTION	entrap v
TRAP	OBJECT	mousetrap n
TRAPPINGS	BASIC	trappings n
WRAP	BASIC	wrap v
WRAP	ACTION	enwrap v

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