Queen Mab Speech

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  1. sluttish
    casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
    This is that very Mab
    That plaits the manes of horses in the night
    And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,
    Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes.
  2. hazelnut
    any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
    Her chariot is an empty hazelnut
    Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
    Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.
  3. untangle
    become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of
    This is that very Mab
    That plaits the manes of horses in the night
    And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,
    Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes.
  4. sweetmeat
    a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry)
    And in this state she gallops night by night
    Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
    On courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight;
    O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees;
    O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
    Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
    Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
  5. curtsy
    a gesture involving bending the knees to show respect
    And in this state she gallops night by night
    Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
    On courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight;
    O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees;
    O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
    Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
    Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
  6. joiner
    a person who likes to join groups
    Her chariot is an empty hazelnut
    Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
    Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.
  7. benefice
    an endowed church office giving income to its holder
    And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig’s tail
    Tickling a parson’s nose as he lies asleep,
    Then he dreams of another benefice.
  8. plait
    a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
    This is that very Mab
    That plaits the manes of horses in the night
    And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,
    Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes.
  9. gnat
    any of various small biting flies
    Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
    The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
    Her traces of the smallest spider’s web,
    Her collars of the moonshine’s watery beams,
    Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of film,
    Her wagoner a small gray-coated gnat,
    Not half so big as a round little worm
    Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.
  10. spinner
    someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
    Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
    The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
    Her traces of the smallest spider’s web,
    Her collars of the moonshine’s watery beams,
    Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of film,
    Her wagoner a small gray-coated gnat,
    Not half so big as a round little worm
    Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.
  11. agate
    an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony
    She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes
    In shape no bigger than an agate stone
    On the forefinger of an alderman,
    Drawn with a team of little atomi
    Over men’s noses as they lie asleep.
  12. tickling
    the act of tickling
    And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig’s tail
    Tickling a parson’s nose as he lies asleep,
    Then he dreams of another benefice.
  13. midwife
    a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
    She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes
    In shape no bigger than an agate stone
    On the forefinger of an alderman,
    Drawn with a team of little atomi
    Over men’s noses as they lie asleep.
  14. bode
    indicate by signs
    This is that very Mab
    That plaits the manes of horses in the night
    And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,
    Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes.
  15. blister
    an elevation of the skin filled with fluid
    And in this state she gallops night by night
    Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
    On courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight;
    O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees;
    O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
    Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
    Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
  16. courtier
    an attendant for a monarch
    And in this state she gallops night by night
    Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
    On courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight;
    O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees;
    O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
    Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
    Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
  17. sometime
    at some indefinite or unstated time
    Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier’s nose,
    And then dreams he of smelling out a suit.
  18. tithe
    a levy of one tenth of something
    And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig’s tail
    Tickling a parson’s nose as he lies asleep,
    Then he dreams of another benefice.
  19. moonshine
    the light of the Moon
    Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
    The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
    Her traces of the smallest spider’s web,
    Her collars of the moonshine’s watery beams,
    Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of film,
    Her wagoner a small gray-coated gnat,
    Not half so big as a round little worm
    Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.
  20. time out
    a pause from doing something (as work)
    Her chariot is an empty hazelnut
    Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
    Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.
  21. grasshopper
    terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
    Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
    The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
    Her traces of the smallest spider’s web,
    Her collars of the moonshine’s watery beams,
    Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of film,
    Her wagoner a small gray-coated gnat,
    Not half so big as a round little worm
    Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.
  22. coated
    having or dressed in a coat
    Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
    The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
    Her traces of the smallest spider’s web,
    Her collars of the moonshine’s watery beams,
    Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of film,
    Her wagoner a small gray-coated gnat,
    Not half so big as a round little worm
    Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.
  23. hag
    an ugly evil-looking old woman
    This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs,
    That presses them and learns them first to bear,
    Making them women of good carriage.
  24. prick
    make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
    Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
    The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
    Her traces of the smallest spider’s web,
    Her collars of the moonshine’s watery beams,
    Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of film,
    Her wagoner a small gray-coated gnat,
    Not half so big as a round little worm
    Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.
  25. taint
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
    And in this state she gallops night by night
    Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
    On courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight;
    O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees;
    O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
    Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
    Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
  26. alderman
    a member of a city or town government
    She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes
    In shape no bigger than an agate stone
    On the forefinger of an alderman,
    Drawn with a team of little atomi
    Over men’s noses as they lie asleep.
  27. grub
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain insects
    Her chariot is an empty hazelnut
    Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
    Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.
  28. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement for water depth
    Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier’s neck,
    And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,
    Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,
    Of healths five fathom deep, and then anon
    Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,
    And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two
    And sleeps again.
  29. chariot
    a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle
    Her chariot is an empty hazelnut
    Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
    Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.
  30. cricket
    leaping insect with long antennae
    Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
    The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
    Her traces of the smallest spider’s web,
    Her collars of the moonshine’s watery beams,
    Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of film,
    Her wagoner a small gray-coated gnat,
    Not half so big as a round little worm
    Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.
  31. beam
    a long thick piece of material used in construction
    Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs,
    The cover of the wings of grasshoppers,
    Her traces of the smallest spider’s web,
    Her collars of the moonshine’s watery beams,
    Her whip of cricket’s bone, the lash of film,
    Her wagoner a small gray-coated gnat,
    Not half so big as a round little worm
    Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid.
  32. plague
    any large-scale calamity
    And in this state she gallops night by night
    Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love;
    On courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight;
    O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees;
    O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream,
    Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
    Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.
  33. parson
    someone authorized to conduct religious worship
    And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig’s tail
    Tickling a parson’s nose as he lies asleep,
    Then he dreams of another benefice.
  34. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
    Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier’s neck,
    And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,
    Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,
    Of healths five fathom deep, and then anon
    Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,
    And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two
    And sleeps again.
  35. foul
    highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
    This is that very Mab
    That plaits the manes of horses in the night
    And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,
    Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes.
  36. misfortune
    a state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
    This is that very Mab
    That plaits the manes of horses in the night
    And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,
    Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes.
Created on Tue Feb 28 05:12:34 EST 2012

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