gear matter in hand, business:
“I'll grow a talker for this gear,”
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, i. 1.
110
;
“a good wench for this gear,”
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, ii. 2.
152
;
“To this gear,”
2 HENRY VI., i. 4. 14
; TITUS ANDRONICUS, iv. 3.
52;
“I will remedy this gear,”
2 HENRY VI., iii. 1. 91
;
“Will this gear ne'er be mended?”
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, i. 1.
6.