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Search phrase: boar

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xiii.2Than Telamon for his shield; the boar of ThessalyThen Telamon for his Shield, the Boare of Thessaly
CymbelineCym II.iv.168Like a full-acorned boar, a German one,Like a full Acorn'd Boare, a Iarmen on,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.ii.139Where sups he? Doth the old boar feedWhere suppes he? Doth the old Bore, feede
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.37Pard, or boar with bristled hairPard, or Boare with bristled haire,
Richard IIIR3 III.ii.11He dreamt the boar had razed off his helm.He dreamt, the Bore had rased off his Helme:
Richard IIIR3 III.ii.28To fly the boar before the boar pursuesTo flye the Bore, before the Bore pursues,
Richard IIIR3 III.ii.29Were to incense the boar to follow us,Were to incense the Bore to follow vs,
Richard IIIR3 III.ii.33Where he shall see the boar will use us kindly.Where he shall see the Bore will vse vs kindly.
Richard IIIR3 III.ii.73Fear you the boar, and go so unprovided?Feare you the Bore, and goe so vnprouided?
Richard IIIR3 III.iv.82Stanley did dream the boar did raze our helms,Stanley did dreame, the Bore did rowse our Helmes,
Richard IIIR3 IV.v.2That in the sty of the most deadly boarThat in the stye of the most deadly Bore,
Richard IIIR3 V.ii.7The wretched, bloody, and usurping boar,The wretched, bloody, and vsurping Boare,
The Taming of the ShrewTS I.ii.200Rage like an angry boar chafed with sweat?Rage like an angry Boare, chafed with sweat?
Timon of AthensTim V.i.163Who like a boar too savage doth root upWho like a Bore too sauage, doth root vp
Titus AndronicusTit IV.ii.137The chafed boar, the mountain lioness,The chafed Bore, the mountaine Lyonesse,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.79The scythe-tusked boar, that with thy arm as strongThe Sith-tuskd-Bore; that with thy Arme as strong
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.18As once did Meleager and the boar,as once did Meleager, and the Bore

Poems

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.9.10 Here in these brakes deep-wounded with a boar, Here in these brakes, deepe wounded with a Boare,
Venus and AdonisVen.410 Unless it be a boar, and then I chase it. Vnlesse it be a Boare, and then I chase it,
Venus and AdonisVen.588 To hunt the boar with certain of his friends. To hunt the boare with certaine of his frends.
Venus and AdonisVen.589 ‘ The boar!’ quoth she; whereat a sudden pale, The boare (quoth she) whereat a suddain pale,
Venus and AdonisVen.614 But that thou toldst me thou wouldst hunt the boar. But that thou toldst me, thou woldst hunt the boare,
Venus and AdonisVen.641 When thou didst name the boar, not to dissemble, When thou didst name the boare, not to dissẽble,
Venus and AdonisVen.662 The picture of an angry chafing boar The picture of an angrie chafing boare,
Venus and AdonisVen.672 If thou encounter with the boar tomorrow. If thou incounter with the boare to morrow.
Venus and AdonisVen.711 To make thee hate the hunting of the boar, To make thee hate the hunting of the bore,
Venus and AdonisVen.884 But the blunt boar, rough bear, or lion proud, But the blunt boare, rough beare, or lyon proud,
Venus and AdonisVen.900 And with that word she spied the hunted boar, And with that word, she spide the hunted boare.
Venus and AdonisVen.906 But back retires to rate the boar for murther. But backe retires, to rate the boare for murther.
Venus and AdonisVen.999 When as I met the boar, that bloody beast, When as I met the boare, that bloodie beast,
Venus and AdonisVen.1003 ‘ 'Tis not my fault: the boar provoked my tongue; Tis not my fault, the Bore prouok't my tong,
Venus and AdonisVen.1052 Upon the wide wound that the boar had trenched Vpon the wide wound, that the boare had trencht
Venus and AdonisVen.1105 ‘ But this foul, grim, and urchin-snouted boar, But this foule, grim, and vrchin-snowted Boare,
Venus and AdonisVen.1112 He ran upon the boar with his sharp spear, He ran vpon the Boare with his sharpe speare,

Glossary

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Bartholomew boar-pigpig sold at the annual London fair held on St Bartholomew's day
brawnfattened boar, stuffed pig [ready for eating]
Calydonregion of ancient Aetolia, Greece, where the hunt for the Calydonian boar took place
Meleager[pron: melee'ager] son of Althaea, his life-span determined by an unburnt magic log; he murdered his uncles in a quarrel over the killing of a boar ravaging the fields in Calydon; in her rage Althaea burnt Meleager’s log on a fire, and he died
swinewild boar

Thesaurus

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boarCalydon
boarswine
boar, fattenedbrawn

Themes and Topics

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Classical mythology... do you / as once did meleager and the boar / break comely out before him son of...
...ncles in a quarrel over the killing of a boar ravaging the fields in calydon in her r...
World [outside Britain], places and peoples...reece where the hunt for the calydonian boar took place meleager in classical mytholo...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BOARBASICboar n, boarish adj
BOARANIMALboar-pig n
BOAROBJECTboar-spear n

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