Feeling, subst. 1) the sense of touch: Sonn. 141, 6. LLL IV, 3, 337. Wint. IV, 4, 625. Tit. IV, 2, 28. Mcb. II, 1, 37. Hml. III, 4, 78. “the sense of f.” Ven. 439.
2) sensation, perception: R2 I, 3, 301. Lr. III, 4, 13. Cymb. V, 5, 68. With “of:” Lucr. 1578. Tp. V, 21. Meas. I, 2, 38. R2 II, 3, 141. Hml. V, 1, 73. Lr. IV, 6, 287.
3) experience, knowledge: “he had some f. of the sport,” Meas. III, 2, 127. “thou hast no f. of it,” LLL III, 115.
4) sensibility: Lucr. 1317. LLL IV, 2, 30. R2 III, 2, 24. R3 I, 4, 257.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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