nephew a word which, like cousin, was formerly
used with great laxity:
“Henry the Fourth . . . Deposed his nephew Richard,”
1 HENRY VI., ii. 5. 64
(where nephew ought to mean“cousin” );
“you'll have your nephews neigh to you,”
OTHELLO, i. 1. 113.
(grandsons)
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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