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Search phrase: weed

Plays

19 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW I.iii.82	so all the year! We'd find no fault with the tithe-woman	so all the yeere, weed finde no fault with the tithe woman
As You Like It	AYL II.vii.45	Provided that you weed your better judgements	Prouided that you weed your better iudgements
Coriolanus	Cor II.iii.220	With what contempt he wore the humble weed,	With what Contempt he wore the humble Weed,
Hamlet	Ham I.v.32	And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed	And duller should'st thou be then the fat weede
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 IV.i.203	He cannot so precisely weed this land	Hee cannot so precisely weede this Land,
Henry V	H5 IV.i.11	Thus may we gather honey from the weed,	Thus may we gather Honey from the Weed,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 I.iii.97	So one by one we'll weed them all at last,	So one by one wee'le weed them all at last,
Henry VIII	H8 V.i.52	He be convented. He's a rank weed, Sir Thomas,	He be conuented. He's a ranke weed Sir Thomas,
King Edward III	E3 II.i.165	Who smiles upon the basest weed that grows	Who smiles vpon the basest weed that growes,
King Edward III	E3 II.i.288	Too strict a guardian for so fair a ward.	To stricke a gardion for so faire a weed,
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.ii.836	To weed this wormwood from your fruitful brain,	To weed this Wormewood from your fruitfull braine,
Measure for Measure	MM III.ii.258	To weed my vice and let his grow.	To weede my vice, and let his grow.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND II.i.256	Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in.	Weed wide enough to rap a Fairy in.
Othello	Oth I.iii.319	lettuce, set hyssop and weed up thyme, supply it with	Lettice: Set Hisope, and weede vp Time: Supplie it with
Othello	Oth IV.ii.66	That quicken even with blowing, O, thou weed,	That quicken euen with blowing. Oh thou weed:
Pericles	Per IV.i.13	No, I will rob Tellus of her weed	No: I will rob Tellus of her weede
Richard II	R2 II.iii.166	Which I have sworn to weed and pluck away.	Which I haue sworne to weed, and plucke away.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.iii.195	No funeral rite, nor man in mourning weed,	No Funerall Rite, nor man in mournfull Weeds:
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG III.ii.49	But say this weed her love from Valentine,	But say this weede her loue from Valentine,

Poems

6 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.196	That spots and stains love's modest snow-white weed.	That spots & stains loues modest snow-white weed.
Sonnets	Sonn.2.4	Will be a tattered weed of small worth held:	Wil be a totter'd weed of smal worth held :
Sonnets	Sonn.76.6	And keep invention in a noted weed,	And keepe inuention in a noted weed,
Sonnets	Sonn.94.12	The basest weed outbraves his dignity:	The basest weed out-braues his dignity:
Venus and Adonis	Ven.946	They bid thee crop a weed, thou pluckst a flower.	They bid thee crop a weed, thou pluckst a flower,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.1055	No flower was nigh, no grass, herb, leaf or weed,	No floure was nigh, no grasse, hearb, leaf, or weed,

Glossary

8 result(s).

cockle	variety of weed, darnel
fumiter	fumitory [variety of weed]
fumitory	variety of weed
furrow-weed	weed growing in the furrows of ploughed fields
knot-grass	species of creeping weed
weed	(plural) garments, dress, clothes
weed	garment, piece of clothing
weed	[debated usage] weed out, root out

Thesaurus

7 result(s).

weed	knot-grass
weed	cockle
weed	fumitory
weed	dock
weed	furrow-weed
weed	darnel
weed out	weed

Themes and Topics

2 result(s).

Plants

... compositae arctium lappa type of weed associated with the ‘idle weeds that gr...
... gramineae lolium temulentum type of weed associated with the ‘idle weeds that gr...
...onaceae rumex obtusifolius ‘hateful’ weed one of the plants ‘losing both beauty a...
... usually fumaria officinalis type of weed described as ‘rank’ fumitory ...
... usually fumaria officinalis type of weed described as ‘rank’ furrow-wee...
...kl iv iv 4 unclear meaning type of weed possibly burdock associated with the ‘...
...elliferae conium maculatum poisonous weed associated with rankness and (mac iv i...
...v iv 4 urticaceae urtica stinging weed associated with pain poison ugliness ...

Gods and goddesses

... per iv i 13 i will rob tellus of her weed [i e flowers] roman goddess of the e...

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