Boisterous, the very contrary to gentle; wild, intractable, rudely violent, noisy and tumultuous: “his b. and unruly beast,” Ven. 326. “with a base and b. sword,” As II, 3, 32. “'tis a b. and a cruel style,” IV, 3, 31. feeling what small things are b. there (in the eye) John IV, 1, 95. “to make good the b. late appeal,” R2 I, 1, 4. “roused up with b. untuned drums,” I, 3, 134. “the harsh and b. tongue of war,” H4B IV, 1, 49. “an honour snatched with b. hand,” IV, 5, 192. “O b. Clifford, thou hast slain the flower of Europe,” H6C II, 1, 70. “the waters swell before a b. storm,” R3 II, 3, 44. it (love) “is too rough, too rude, too b.” Rom. I, 4, 26. “the bleak air, thy b. chamberlain,” Tim. IV, 3, 222. “each small annexment attends the b. ruin,” Hml. III, 3, 22. “this more stubborn and b. expedition,” Oth. I, 3, 228.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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