call —
“Be as a,”
KING JOHN, iii. 4. 174.
A metaphor derived from bird-catching,—one bird being placed (in a cage, or
fastened by a string) to allure others to the net by his call.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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