What does onion eyed mean?

Having the eyes filled with tears, as if by the effect of an onion applied to them.

What does onion eyed mean Shakespeare?

onion-eyed. having the eyes filled with tears. pale-hearted. dispirited; cowardly; craven.

What does Reeky mean?

reeky (comparative more reeky, superlative most reeky) Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul. Emitting a reek; smelly.

What does Giglet mean?

Definition of giglet

1 archaic : a lascivious woman : wanton set upon the giglet and beat her … soundly— S. H. Adams. 2 : a giddy frivolous frolicsome girl that overgrown giglet— Osbert Sitwell.

What does Cockered mean?

to treat with great or excessive care. overjoyed to be parents at last, they will likely cocker that child shamelessly.

What does maggot pie mean?

1. A magpie. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G.

What does Elf skinned mean?

An elf-skin is "a man of shrivelled and shrunken form," says the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).

What does nut hook mean?

Nut-hook. (n) - Constable, officer (a hook for pulling down nuts, hence a thief)

What does the word flirt Gill mean?

Definition of flirt-gill

obsolete. : a pert or wanton woman.

What does flax wench mean?

A woman who spins flax. A prostitute. See also: Flax, Flax.

What is milk livered?

Definition of milk-livered

archaic. : cowardly, timorous.

What does toad spotted mean?

Definition of toad-spotted

obsolete. : foully blemished : most evil : infamous.

What does tickle brained mean?

noun One who has a tickle or unsteady brain, as one intoxicated.

How do you make a Shakespeare Insult?

To make an insult, pick one word from each column and string them together. For example, taking the first word in each column gives you the insult: “artless base-court apple-john.”

What does common kissing mean in Shakespeare?

common-kissing: kissing all alike Cym.

Onions. Oxford.

What does Dizzy eyed mean?

z. dizzy-eyed (adj.) Old form(s): Dizzie-ey'd. blinding, dazzling.

What is Apple John?

Definition of applejohn

archaic. : a variety of apple the flavor of which is said to be improved by drying.

What is a wanton woman?

adjective. If someone describes a woman as wanton, they disapprove of her because she clearly enjoys sex or has sex with a lot of men. [disapproval, old-fashioned] ...the idea that only wanton women have sexual passions. More Synonyms of wanton.

What is malt worm in Shakespeare?

malt-worm - hard drinker, a drunkard.

What is the meaning of dog fish?

Definition of dogfish

: any of various usually small bottom-dwelling sharks (as of the families Squalidae, Carcharhinidae, and Scyliorhinidae) that often appear in schools near shore, prey chiefly on fish and invertebrates, and are a valuable food source.

What does logger headed mean?

at loggerheads, engaged in a disagreement or dispute; quarreling: They were at loggerheads over the distribution of funds.

What does canker blossom mean?

Canker blossom is a seemingly venereal disease that occurs on a hapless infected with festering sores and wounds similar to those of a plague.

What is a horn beast?

horn-beast: horned animal, deer AYL.

What is a bed presser?

(ˈbɛdˌprɛsə ) noun. literary. an overweight, idle person, who exerts a great deal of pressure on their bed.

What is death token?

death-token: plague-spot betokening the approaching death of the patient Troil. II. iii.