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Search phrase: ache

Plays

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE III.i.58.2Let him knock till it ache.Let him knocke till it ake. 
HamletHam V.i.91to play at loggats with them? Mine ache to think on't.to play at Loggets with 'em? mine ake to thinke on't.
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.i.76sad brow, will do with a fellow that never had the achesadde brow) will doe, with a Fellow, that neuer had the Ache
Henry VIIIH8 V.iv.87Stand close up, or I'll make your head ache.Stand close vp, or Ile make your head ake.
King JohnKJ IV.i.41Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,Haue you the heart? When your head did but ake,
Measure for MeasureMM III.i.133That age, ache, penury, and imprisonmentThat Age, Ache, periury, and imprisonment
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.26Charm ache with air and agony with words.Charme ache with ayre, and agony with words,
OthelloOth III.iv.142For let our finger ache, and it induesFor let our finger ake, and it endues
Romeo and JulietRJ II.v.26Fie, how my bones ache! What a jaunce have I!Fie how my bones ake, what a iaunt haue I had?
Timon of AthensTim III.v.96.1My wounds ache at you.My wounds ake at you.
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iii.105such an ache in my bones that unless a man were curstsuch an ache in my bones; that vnlesse a man were curst,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1116 To see the salve doth make the wound ache more; "To see the salue doth make the wound ake more:
Venus and AdonisVen.875 Like a milch doe, whose swelling dugs do ache, Like a milch Doe, whose swelling dugs do ake,

Glossary

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bone-ache, Neapolitan[pain in the bones from Naples] syphilis, venereal disease
Neapolitan bone-ache[pain in the bones from Naples] syphilis, venereal disease

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ACHEBASICache n, ache v, aching adj
ACHEPART OF BODYbone-ache n, heartache n, toothache n
ACHENOTunaching adj
UNACHINGBASICsee ACHE

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