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Search phrase: wether

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.76living by the copulation of cattle; to be bawd to a bell-wether,liuing, by the copulation of Cattle, to be bawd to a Belweather,
King Edward IIIE3 I.ii.23Nor never make fair weather or take truce,Nor neuer make faire wether, or take truce,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.96What vane? What weathercock? Did you ever hear better?What veine? What Wethercocke? Did you euer heare better?
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.114I am a tainted wether of the flock,I am a tainted Weather of the flocke,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.v.100to be detected with a jealous rotten bell-wether;to be detected with a iealious rotten Bell-weather:
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.12It is the pasture lards the wether's sides,It is the Pastour Lards, the Brothers sides,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.i.129As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple!As a nose on a mans face, or a Wethercocke on a steeple:
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.31Let me see: every 'leven wether tods, every todLet me see, euery Leauen-weather toddes, euery tod

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.17.18 My wether's bell rings doleful knell; My weathers bell rings dolefull knell,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.115 No cloudy show of stormy blustering weather No clowdie show of stormie blustring wether,

Glossary

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bell-wetherleading sheep of a flock [wearing a bell]; cuckold [of a ram, because horned]
wethersheep, ram

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BELLANIMALbell-wether n
WETHERBASICwether n, bell-wether n

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