| 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 |