assurance
often meant to signify "legal guarantee"
belike
perhaps
cambio
Italian for "change" or "exchange"
countenance
face, or identity
demicannon
large cannon
dower
that part of a man's estate that passes to his wife's ownership should he die
froward
perverse
gamut
musical scale
habiliments
clothes
halt
signifies very often in the play to "move slowly"
mead
meadow
mean
often used to signify "plain"
pantaloon
a foolish old man
plash
pool
spleen
mood or temper (as the spleen was considered to be the source of anger and laughter)
stale
laughingstock
third-borough
constable
frivolous
not having any serious purpose or value
maim
wound or injure someone
peevish
easily irritated
