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And, conj., 1) == an; v. An.
2) the particle which serves to join clauses and words. Peculiarities of its use: the composed numerals have generally the form 'one and twenty' etc.: Wint. III, 3, 60. Wint. III, 3, 60 IV, 3, 44. H4A I, 1, 68. II, 2, 17. 4, 206. III, 3, 54. III, 3, 54 IV, 3, 56. H4B I, 2, 50. 3, 11. H5 I, 2, 57. IV, 8, 111. Troil. I, 2, 171. Troil. I, 2, 171 Tit. I, 79. Tit. I, 79 III, 1, 10. Rom. I, 5, 39. IV, 1, 105. Tim. II, 1, 3. Caes. V, 1, 53. Hml. V, 1, 190. Lr. II, 4, 251. Lr. II, 4, 251 Lr. II, 4, 251 III, 7, 16 etc. etc. But sometimes also “twenty one:” Wint. I, 2, 155. II, 3, 197. IV, 4, 464. V, 1, 126. H4B II, 4, 413. III, 2, 224. H5 I, 2, 61. IV, 8, 88. Cor. II, 1, 170. Cor. II, 1, 170 Tim. III, 2, 43. Caes. III, 2, 248. Mcb. IV, 1, 7. Lr. I, 4, 42 etc. Irregularly: “thirty and six,” H6C III, 3, 96. Troil. Pr. H6C III, 3, 96 “two hundred fifty,” All's IV, 3, 186. 188 (M. Edd. and fifty).
Two and two == by twos, H4A III, 3, 104.
And == and that: “you are abused and by some putter-on,” Wint. II, 1, 141.
Used as a mere expletive in popular songs: “when that I was and a tiny little boy,” Tw. V, 397. “he that has and a little tiny wit,” Lr. III, 2, 74 (Qq has a little). “King Stephen was and a worthy peer,” Oth. II, 3, 92 (Q1 and M. Edd. was a worthy peer).
Very frequently notions, of which one is subordinate to the other, are joined by and, a rhetorical figure called ἓν διὰ δυοι_ν by grammarians: shelves and sands == sandy shelves, Lucr. 335. give fear to use and liberty (to the usual or customary liberty) Meas. I, 4, 62. with dances and delight == with delightful dances, Mids. II, 1, 254. “contempt and clamour,” Wint. I, 2, 189. “in the instant of repair and health,” John III, 4, 113. the tediousness and process of my travel (== the tedious process) R2 II, 3, 12. “we need your use and counsel,” H4A I, 3, 21. “vouchsafe me hearing and respect,” IV, 3, 31. the ragged' st hour that time and spite can bring (== the spite of time, or the spiteful time) H4B I, 1, 151. “the charge and kingly government of this your land,” R3 III, 7, 131. no more assurance of equal friendship and proceeding (of an impartial and friendly proceeding) H8 II, 4, 18. “fool and feather,” I, 3, 25. to keep her constancy in plight and youth (in youthful plight) Troil. III, 2, 168. with all my force, pursuit and policy (with the pursuit of all my force and policy) IV, 1, 18. time, force and death == the force of time and death, IV, 2, 107. through the cranks and offices of man == the cranking offices, Cor. I, 1, 140. “by interims and conveying gusts,” I, 6, 5. thy fame and envy (envious, odious fame) I, 8, 4. “applause and clamour,” I, 9, 64. “the horn and noise o' the monster's,” III, 1, 95. “with the same austerity and garb,” IV, 7, 44. “thy triumphs and return,” Tit. I, 110. “the vigour and the picture of my youth,” IV, 2, 108. “our yoke and sufferance,” Caes. I, 3, 84. “for warnings and portents and evils imminent,” II, 2, 80. “in a general honest thought and common good to all,” V, 5, 72. “our griefs and clamour,” Mcb. I, 7, 78. “your leave and favour,” Hml. I, 2, 51. “in his particular act and place,” I, 3, 26. “by law and heraldry,” I, 1, 87. “reason and sanity,” II, 2, 214. “a combination and a form,” III, 4, 60. “not tomb enough and continent,” IV, 4, 64. “his sables and his weeds,” IV, 7, 81. “respect and fortunes,” Lr. I, 1, 251 (Qq respects of fortune). “the image and horror of it,” I, 2, 192. “this milky gentleness and course of yours,” 4, 364. “with every gale and vary,” II, 2, 85. “on the court and guard of safety,” Oth. II, 3, 216. “out of her own love and flattery,” IV, 1, 133. “rather victorious life than death and honour,” Ant. IV, 2, 44. “the flint and hardness of my fault,” IV, 9, 16. “the heaviness and guilt within my bosom,” Cymb. V, 2, 1. Lr. I, 2, 48. 4, 309. IV, 7, 97.
It is the same with adjectives: thy fair and outward character (outwardly fair) Tw. I, 2, 51. “with self and vain conceit,” R2 III, 2, 166. “my strange and self abuse,” Mcb. III, 4, 142. “by self and violent hands,” V, 8, 70. “this prostrate and exterior bending,” H4B IV, 5, 149. the fatal and neglected English (== fatally neglected) H5 II, 4, 13. sick and green (== green-sick), Rom. II, 2, 8. by free and offer'd light (freely offered) Tim. V, 1, 48. his slow and moving finger (slowly moving) Oth. IV, 2, 56 (Qq slow unmoving).
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