Dam, vb., to stop up: “the strait pass was --ed with dead men,” Cymb. V, 3, 11. Joined with up: “voice --ed up with woe,” Lucr. 1661. the more thou --est it (the fire) “up, the more it burns,” Gentl. II, 7, 24 (cf. the following simile). “I'll have the current --ed up,” H4A III, 1, 101. “now will I d. up this thy yawning mouth,” H6B IV, 1, 73.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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