3rd new word
Sarah Stockwell
sarahs at qualcomm.com
Mon Mar 26 13:22:12 EST 2001
> >So can someone enlighten us as to what "napiform," "hent," and "jargoon"
> >mean?
> >
> hent: to take hold of; seize (obs.)
Well, and of course there's always:
Up, sword; and know thou a more horrid hent:
When he is drunk asleep, or in his rage,
Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed;
At gaming, swearing, or about some act
That has no relish of salvation in't;
Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven,
And that his soul may be as damn'd and black
As hell, whereto it goes.
(from Hamlet III.ii). But I've never known what it meant except what the context implies; I'll check the notes in my Riverside Shakespeare this evening.
--Sarah
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