A-work, to work, into action (always joined to set): “So Lucrece, set a., sad tales doth tell,” Lucr. 1496. “that sets it a.” H4B IV, 3, 124. Troil. V, 10, 38. Hml. II, 2, 510. Lr. III, 5, 8.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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