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Search phrase: pilled

Plays

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Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.72For this they have engrossed and pilled upFor this, they haue ingrossed and pyl'd vp
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.33Rather than I would be so pilled esteemed.Rather then I would be so pil'd esteem'd:
Richard IIR2 II.i.246The commons hath he pilled with grievous taxes,The Commons hath he pil'd with greeuous taxes
Richard IIR2 V.v.114Both have I spilled. O, would the deed were good!Both haue I spilt: Oh would the deed were good.
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.158In sharing that which you have pilled from me!In sharing that which you haue pill'd from me:
Romeo and JulietRJ III.i.147O Prince! O cousin! Husband! O, the blood is spilledO Prince, O Cozin, Husband, O the blood is spild

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1167 Ay me, the bark pilled from the lofty pine, Ay me, the Barke pild from the loftie Pine,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1169 So must my soul, her bark being pilled away. So must my soule her barke being pild away.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1801 Which she too early and too late hath spilled.’ Which shee to earely and too late hath spil'd.
Venus and AdonisVen.1167 And in his blood that on the ground lay spilled And in his blood that on the ground laie spild,

Glossary

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pilledpoorly, miserably, beggarly
pilledmade bald, with hair removed

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PILL [rob]BASICpilled adj, pilled adv
SPILLBASICspilled adj

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