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Search phrase: snare

Plays

 11 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.viii.18.1The world's great snare uncaught?The worlds great snare vncaught.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.1.2and Snareand Snare.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.5Sirrah – where's Snare?Sirrah, where's Snare?
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.6O Lord, ay! Good Master Snare.I, I, good M. Snare.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.8Snare, we must arrest Sir John Falstaff.Snare, we must Arrest Sir Iohn Falstaffe.
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.9Yea, good Master Snare, I have entered him andI good M. Snare, I haue enter'd him, and
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.24hold him sure; good Master Snare, let him not 'scape.hold him sure: good M. Snare let him not scape,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.39Master Fang and Master Snare, do me, do me, do meM. Fang, & M. Snare, do me, do me, do me
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.i.164Exeunt Hostess, Fang, Snare, Bardolph, and Page
The TempestTem II.ii.167To snare the nimble marmoset. I'll bring theeto snare the nimble Marmazet: I'le bring thee
Timon of AthensTim V.ii.17Ours is the fall, I fear; our foe's the snare.Ours is the fall I feare, our Foes the Snare.

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.928 Base watch of woes, sin's packhorse, virtue's snare; Base watch of woes, sins packhorse, vertues snare.

Glossary

 9 result(s).
assaultattack, temptation, snare
birdlimesticky substance spread on branches to snare birds
brakeentanglement, snare, restriction
ginsnare, trap
limetrap, snare, catch [as if by using birdlime]
pitfallbird-trap, fowler's snare
springesnare, trap
tangletrap, snare, enmesh, hold fast
toilnet, snare, trap

Thesaurus

 10 result(s).
fowler's snarepitfall
snareassault
snarebrake
snaretangle
snaretoil
snarespringe
snaregin
snarelime
snare, fowler'spitfall
sticky substance to snare birdsbirdlime

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

 4 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
ENSNAREBASICsee SNARE
SNAREBASICsnare n, snare v
SNAREINTENSITYensnare v

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