Helpful, 1) lending aid: “our h. ship,” Err. I, 1, 104. “h. swords,” R2 III, 3, 132.
2) salutary, medicinable: “gave the tongue a h. ornament,” H4A III, 1, 125 (tending to improve the language). “heavens make our presence and our practices pleasant and h. to him,” Hml. II, 2, 39.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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