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To commemorate National Shakespeare Day, we are sharing an interesting extract from the Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary.
Read moreA viola da gamba, played between the legs like a modern cello.
Read moreSlug-a-bed means lazy-bones! It can also be spelled ‘slug-abed’.
Read moreShakespeare uses rehearse to mean utter.
Read moreQuietus is a noun that means release.
Read moreA movement used in fencing, a passado is a forward thrust with the foil with the rear foot moving forward at the same time.
Read morePronounced ‘ill-yad’, an oeillade is an amorous glance.
Read moreNook-shotten means crookedly shaped.
Read moreMadonna is a noun meaning ‘my lady’, used in Shakespeare as an affectionate, jocular term of endearment.
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