Sphere, the orbit in which a star moves: Tp. II, 1, 183. Mids. II, 1, 7. Mids. II, 1, 7 III, 2, 61. As III, 2, 3. All's I, 1, 100. John V, 7, 74. H4A V, 4, 65. Rom. II, 2, 17. Hml. IV, 7, 15. Ant. IV, 15, 10. “as they did battery to the --s intend,” Compl. 23 (i. e. to the stars). “all kind of natures that labour on the bosom of this s.” Tim. I, 1, 66 (the earth). The stars supposed to produce an unearthly music by their motion: “discord in the --s,” As II, 7, 6. “music from the --s,” Tw. III, 1, 121. Ant. V, 2, 84. Per. V, 1, 231. -- Figurative use: “how have mine eyes out of their --s be fitted,” Sonn. 119, 7. “make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their --s,” Hml. I, 5, 17. “to be called into a huge s., and not to be seen to move in't,” Ant. II, 7, 16.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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