Shower, subst. a short fall of rain: Ven. 66. Sonn. 75, 2. 124, 12. Tp. IV, 79. Wiv. III, 2, 38. R2 II, 1, 35. H6B III, 1, 337. H6C II, 2, 156. H8 III, 1, 7. Tit. III, 1, 18. Tim. II, 2, 180. Ant. I, 2, 156 (a s. of rain). Used of any thing falling fast and thick; of tears: Lucr. 796. Shr. Ind. 1, 125. John V, 2, 50. H6C I, 4, 145. II, 5, 85. Tit. V, 3, 161. Hml. IV, 5, 39. Ant. III, 2, 44. of blood: R2 III, 3, 43. of pebbles: H8 V, 4, 60. “a s. of gold,” Ant. II, 5, 45. “in the great s. of your gifts,” Tim. V, 1, 73. “made a s. and thunder with their caps and shouts,” Cor. II, 1, 283. “--s of oaths,” Mids. I, 1, 245.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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