Absyrtus | [pron: ab'sertus] younger brother of Medea, killed by her to aid Jason's escape with the Golden Fleece |
ape | mimic, imitator, impersonator |
ape | fool, idiot, jackass |
ape-bearer | showman with a performing monkey |
apish | ape-like in copying, stupidly imitative |
arras | tapestry hanging |
arras | made of Arras tapestry fabric |
bavian | baboon, ape |
bed-hanger | hanging tapestry for a four-poster bed |
blessed, blest | curative, therapeutic, endowed with healing properties |
block | [of hats] style, fashion, shape, mould |
bodkin | hair-pin, pin-shaped ornament |
body forth | make available to the mind, give mental shape to |
bore | cavity, aperture, hole |
bottled | bottle-shaped, hunched, swollen |
break | escape, break free, get away |
bugle-bracelet | bracelet adorned with ornamental tube-shaped glass beads |
bulwark | shelter, safeguard, means of escape |
caddis | tape made of worsted yarn |
caper | be lively, show high spirits |
caper | dance with joy, leap with delight |
caper | perform a leap in which the feet are kicked together in the air |
caper | engage in a dancing contest |
capering | prancing, cavorting, frolicsome |
career | gambol, capering, nimble movement |
carpet | tapestry, piece of embroidered fabric |
carve | design, make up, shape artistically |
chaliced | with cup-shaped blossom |
chantry | small private chapel |
chaos | piece of shapeless matter, amorphous mass |
chape | metal plate on the sheath of a weapon, especially one covering rhe dagger-point |
chapeless | without a sheath |
character | letter, letter-shape, graphic symbol |
character | shape, emblem |
cheapen | bargain for, bid for, settle the price of |
cinquepace | five-step capering dance |
clean | well-built, shapely, comely |
collars of esses | chains made of S-shaped links [part of the insignia of knighthood] |
come | escape, get away |
common-hackneyed | made commonplace by habitual exposure, cheapened |
copped | humped, peaked, heaped up in a mound |
crushed | broken-down, subdued, forced out of shape |
cypress | type of lightweight fabric, gauze cloth, crape material [when black, used in mourning] |
Daedalus | [pron: 'dedalus] legendary Athenian inventor who made the labyrinth for King Minos in Crete; escaped to Sicily with wings made for himsef and his son Icarus |
diaper | towel, napkin, cloth |
diet | therapeutic nutrition, curative regime |
dog-ape | [dog-faced] baboon |
dragonish | shaped like a dragon |
enforce | rape, violate, ravish |
escape | elopement, running off, stealing away |
escape | outburst, outbreak, sally |
escape | transgression, misdeed, moral error |
eschew | avoid, escape, prevent |
Europa | [pron: yu'rohpa] daughter of Agenor; abducted by Jove in the shape of a bull, who then swam with her on his back to Crete |
fashion | form, shape, make [into] |
feature | physical appearance, bodily shape, looks |
figure | reproduce, look like, shape like |
figure | form, design, shape, conception |
force | rape, violate, ravish |
form | imprinted shape, impressed image |
form | image, likeness, shape |
frame | order, definite form, regular shape |
frame | adapt, adjust, shape, accommodate |
frame | direct one's steps, shape a course, betake oneself |
frisk | lively movement, caper, jig |
gaberdine | cloak, cape, loose upper garment |
gambol | leap, caper, antic |
gape | long, be eager, yearn |
glean | collect, scrape together, gather up |
hanged | decorated with hangings, furnished with tapestries |
hanging | wall-covering, tapestry, curtain |
head | headland, cape, promontory |
hive | beehive-shaped head-covering |
hoop | circular shape, bent posture |
hornbook | [teaching device] leaf of paper, protected by a piece of thin horn, showing the letters of the alphabet and other information |
Icarus | [pron: 'ikarus] son of Daedalus, who escaped from Crete wearing wings made by his father; ignoring a warning, the wax in his wings melted when he flew too near the Sun, and he fell into the Aegean |
impression | shape, resemblance, appearance |
indigest | shapeless mass, confused situation |
indigest | shapeless, deformed, crude |
indistinguishable | shapeless, misshapen, disfigured |
inform | take form, appear in a shape |
inkle | kind of linen tape, yarn |
jackanapes | upstart, buffoon, monkey |
liking | bodily shape, good condition |
lineament | (plural) parts of the body, form, shape |
Lucrece, Lucretia | [lu'krees] legendary Roman heroine, 6th-c BC, who killed herself after being raped by Tarquin |
malapert | impudent, saucy, impertinent |
metamorphose | transform, alter one's disposition, change one's shape |
Minos | ['minos] king of Crete, who imprisoned Daedalus and his son Icarus for helping Theseus escape from his labyrinth |
misshapen | gone awry, badly directed |
mooncalf | monstrosity, misshapen creature, monster |
mould | model, shape, fashion |
Nessus | centaur, shot by Hercules for attempting to rape Deianeira; Nessus gave her a poisonous liquid disguised as a love-potion, causing Hercules' death when he wore a shirt dipped in it |
nook-shotten | crookedly shaped, corner-ridden |
open-arse | [rustic bawdy, from the shape of the fruit] medlar fruit |
orifex | orifice, opening, aperture |
outrun | escape, avoid, elude |
overture | opening, aperture |
pall | wrap, cover, drape |
paper | put down on paper, write down |
paper | paper replacement for money |
paper | piece of writing, composition |
Philomel, Philomela | [pron: 'filomel] daughter of Pandion, king of Athens; Tereus raped her and cut out her tongue, but she told the tale in her embroidery; the gods turned her into a nightingale after she took her revenge |
physical | medicinal, therapeutic, restorative |
plight | good shape, health, fit condition |
point | summit, apex, highest point |
porringer | hat shaped like a pudding basin or soup-bowl |
Procne, Progne | [pron: 'proknee] Philomel's sister, who served her son Itys in a meal to Tereus, his father, in revenge for Tereus' rape and mutilation of Philomel |
proportion | bodily shape, physical form |
Proteus | ['prohtius] old man of the sea, shepherd of Poseidon's flock, with the ability to change his shape |
race | raze out, erase, scrape away |
raisins of the sun | sun-dried grapes |
rape | abduction, violent seizure |
rapine | rape |
reaped | barbered, clipped, trimmed |
rough-hew | hew roughly, give rough shape to |
sapego | F spelling of 'serpigo' |
scape | escape, avoid |
scape | escapade, fling, sexual wrongdoing |
scape | escape |
schedule | document, paper, scroll |
shape | shaping up, taking shape |
shape | figure, posture, attitude |
shape | role, part [to play] |
shape | disguise, appearance, identity |
shape | be suitable, fit, accord |
shape | give shape to, make out |
shape | appearance, aspect, visible form |
shape | create, fashion, bring about |
shape | confer, provide, create |
shapeless | unshapely, ugly, unsightly |
shapeless | aimless, without guidance, desultory |
shift | escape, flee, slip [away] |
ship-tire | fashionable head-dress shaped like a ship |
shun | look to escape, seek safety in flight |
singing-man | professional musician belonging to a royal chapel or cathedral |
sink-apace, sinke-a-pace | five-step capering dance |
sneaped | nipped, frost-bitten |
sphered | puffed out into the shape of a sphere, rounded |
square | base, form, shape |
stigmatic | misshapen individual, person marked by physical deformity |
story | narrative shown in the arras tapestry |
taber | Welsh pronunciation of 'taper' |
take | accept, receive, escape with |
Tantalus | king of Sipylos in Lydia, punished in the Underworld for his crimes; he sits in a pool which recedes when he bends to drink, and the grapes over his head elude his grasp |
taper | candle |
taper-light | candle-light |
temper | mould, shape, work, bring [to a particular character] |
Tereus | [pron: 'tereus] legendary king of Athens, who raped and mutilated his sister-in-law Philomel |
tight | water-tight, seaworthy, shipshape |
trans-shape | transform, transmute, alter the shape of |
unfurnished | lacking tapestries, without the usual fittings |
unshape | deform, disfigure, destroy |
unshaped | uncontrolled, poorly formed |
valance | drapery making up the border of a bed canopy |
vent | aperture, opening |
Virginius | 5th-c BC centurion who slew his daughter, either to avoid her being raped or because she was raped |
wagtail | [contemptuous form of address] tail-wagger, bower and scraper |
waterwork | watercolour, distemper [imitating tapestry] |
whetstone | shaped stone used for sharpening [whetting] tools |
yawn | open wide, gape |
yawn | [Q2 variant of 'aim'] open wide, gape |