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Search phrase: hack

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.iii.151That dost in vile misprision shackle upThat dost in vile misprision shackle vp
Antony and CleopatraAC II.vi.38To part with unhacked edges and bear backTo part with vnhackt edges, and beare backe
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.viii.31Bear our hacked targets like the men that owe them.Beare our hackt Targets, like the men that owe them.
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.6Which shackles accidents and bolts up change;Which shackles accedents, and bolts vp change;
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.163through, my sword hacked like a handsaw – eccethrough, my Sword hackt like a Hand-saw, ecce
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.256a slave art thou to hack thy sword as thou hast done, anda Slaue art thou, to hacke thy sword as thou hast done, and
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.297Falstaff's sword so hacked?Falstaffes Sword so hackt?
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.298Why, he hacked it with his dagger, and said heWhy, he hackt it with his Dagger, and said, hee
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.ii.40So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men,So common hackney'd in the eyes of men,
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vii.47Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder,Hew them to peeces, hack their bones assunder,
Henry VIIIH8 I.ii.97And though we leave it with a root, thus hacked,And though we leaue it with a roote thus hackt,
Julius CaesarJC II.i.163To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,To cut the Head off, and then hacke the Limbes:
Julius CaesarJC V.i.40Hacked one another in the sides of Caesar:Hackt one another in the sides of Casar:
King Edward IIIE3 II.ii.112The sin is more to hack and hew poor men,The sin is more to hacke and hew poore men,
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.61Or hacked a-pieces when thou comest ashore.Or hackt a peeces when thou comest a shore.
King JohnKJ II.i.254With unhacked swords and helmets all unbruised,With vnhack'd swords, and Helmets all vnbruis'd,
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.30and your love perhaps a hackney. (To him) But haveand your Loue perhaps, a Hacknie: But haue
MacbethMac V.iii.32I'll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked.Ile fight, till from my bones, my flesh be hackt.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.i.48knights will hack, and so thou shouldst not alter theKnights will hacke, and so thou shouldst not alter the
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.i.71their limbs whole and hack our English.their limbs whole, and hack our English.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.i.61words. He teaches him to hick and to hack, which they'llwords: hee teaches him to hic, and to hac; which they'll
Richard IIR2 I.ii.20Is hacked down, and his summer leaves all faded,Is hackt downe, and his summer leafes all vaded
Richard IIIR3 III.iii.11Richard the Second here was hacked to death;Richard the Second here was hackt to death:
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.2.20Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot, if she knowMarrian Hacket the fat Alewife of Wincot, if shee know
The Taming of the ShrewTS induction.2.88Sometimes you would call out for Cicely Hacket.Sometimes you would call out for Cicely Hacket.
Troilus and CressidaTC I.ii.205you what hacks are on his helmet, look you yonder, doyou what hacks are on his Helmet, looke you yonder, do
Troilus and CressidaTC I.ii.208hacks!hacks.
Troilus and CressidaTC I.ii.233bloodied, and his helm more hacked than Hector's,bloudied, and his Helme more hackt then Hectors,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.v.34That noseless, handless, hacked and chipped, come to him,That noselesse, handlesse, hackt and chipt, come to him;
Twelfth NightTN II.v.55Bolts and shackles!Boltes and shackles.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.212Beshrew mine eyes for't! Now I feel my shackles.Beshrew mine eyes for't, now I feele my Shackles.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.275.1To knock thy brains out with my shackles.To knocke thy braines out with my Shackles.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.i.30.1Enter Palamon as out of a bush, with his shackles;Enter Palamon as out of a Bush, with his Shackles:
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.i.39I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands,Ile prove it in my Shackles, with these hands,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.i.70‘ His shackles will betray him; he'll be taken,His shackles will betray him, hee'l be taken,

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Glossary

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bandbond, shackle, chain
bilboesshackles, fetters, manacles
boltfetter, shackle, iron fastening
bondshackle, chain, fetter
buttramshackle boat, tub, hulk
carbonadoedcut, slashed, hacked about
common-hackneyedmade commonplace by habitual exposure, cheapened
crest[on an animal head or neck] ridge of feathers, ridge of hairs; hackles
cribhovel, hut, shack
cropcut down, remove, hack off
gyve(plural) fetters, shackles
gyvefetter, shackle, ensnare
hack[unclear meaning] be promiscuous, go whoring
hackneyprostitute, harlot, whore
hackneyed[in compounds]
hagglemangle, hack, lacerate
house-clogprison-restraint, shackle, fetter
jadeworn-out horse, hack, worthless nag
jadedrive like worn-out hacks
jaderybehaviour typical of an ill-tempered hack
lockshackle, hobble, fetter
manglewound, gash, hack
oldhackneyed, worn-out, stale
quartercut to pieces, hack, mutilate
staleworn-out, hackneyed, faded
unhackedunused, with no gashes
unhatchedunmarked, unhacked; or: undrawn

Thesaurus

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behaviour typical of an ill-tempered hackjadery
bond [shackle]band
drive like worn-out hacksjade
hackhaggle
hackjade
hackmangle
hackquarter
hack offcrop
hack, ill-temperedjadery
hacked aboutcarbonadoed
hacklescrest
hackneyedold
hackneyedstale
hackneyed, commonhackneyed
hacks, drive like worn-outjade
shackcrib
shackleband
shacklegyve
shacklelock
shacklesbilboes
shacklesbolt
shacklesbond
shacklesgyve
shackleshouse-clog
unhackedunhatched

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BILBOES [shackles]BASICbilboes n
COMMONSTATEcommon-hackneyed adj
HACKBASIChack v, hacked adj
HACKNOTunhacked adj
HACKNEYBASIChackney n
HACKNEYSTATEcommon-hackneyed adj
SHACKLEBASICshackle n, shackle v
UNHACKEDBASICsee HACK

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