lawn (n.) Old form(s): Lawne, Lawnes
[type of] fine linen
E3 II.i.56[King Edward alone, of Lodowick] I will acquaint him with my passion, / Which he shall shadow with a veil of lawn
Luc.259[Tarquin to himself, of Lucrece's colouring] First red as roses ... / Then white as lawn
Oth IV.iii.72[Emilia to Desdemona, of infidelity] I would not do such a thing for ... measures of lawn
Ven.590[of Venus] a sudden pale, / Like lawn being spread upon the blushing rose, / Usurps her cheek
WT IV.iv.209[Servant to Clown, of Autolycus] He hath ... inkles, caddisses, cambrics, lawns
WT IV.iv.220[Autolycus singing] Lawn as white as driven snow
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