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Act III: French Scene 10

dispatch us: marry us

give the woman: the marriage ceremony demanded that someone (usually the father) give the bride away.

guift of any man: Touchstone does not want to accept second-hand goods

what ye cal't: Touchstone uses this to refer to Jaques either to avoid saying his name which sounds like "jakes" which means "a privy" and/or referring to him as a what ye cal't because Jaques resembles the name "Jack" meaning "the penis" and/or and "erection" and what ye cal't is both "a man's or woman's privates" or "a dildo"

goddild you: comes from "God yeild you", means may God reward you

last companie: fellowship when we last met

a toy in hand heere Sir: for even such a trifling matter as this; Touchstone also hopes to take Audrey's toy (maidenhead) and toy (copulate) with her toy (female pudendum).

be cover'd: put on your hat

bow: curved wood going under the ox's neck and fitting the yolk

curb: chain passing under horse's jaw and attaching to the bit

bells: these were worn to frighten the game birds and to make the falcon easier to find

desires: like other animals, man has his passions (carnal desire)

bill: to stroke beak against beak

wedlocke: marriage

nibling: nibling, meaning to inch closer quickly, the wedlocke (copulation) is inching nearer; Touchstone "nibbles" the opportunity to marry, eagerly but carefully, as a fish considers bait.

Wainscot: wainscot is a pane or panel of a wall where each panel fits into a slightly larger frame. If the wood is green, or not properly dried, it will warp (shrink, bend or twist). If the Clowne and Audrey are joined only by their joints (genitals) then they will be only be joined as Wainscot by the tongue and groove system, in which the joints have "male" and "female" ends. Both of them are greene (young, inexperienced) and lack control of their greenes (longings, desires). If Audrey over-indulges her greens (vagina) and the Clowne his timber (penis) then they will shrink (lose vitality) and warp (be sexually unfaithful) and Audrey will become a pannell (loose woman, whore) and the Clowne a pannel (weak or effeminate man).

I am not in the minde: I am not inclined to it

baudrey: unchastity, sin

O sweet Oliver: a popular song where a lovesick maiden pleads with her hardhearted lover

brave: handsome

winde away: get away quickly

flout: mock

calling: vocation, profession

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