sign sb. (the sense ‘omen, portent’ is freq.)
2.
“sign of battle” or
“war,” ensign,
banner, standard
H5 II. ii. 192
“the signs of war
advance,”
Cæs. V. i. 14
“Their bloody sign of
battle”
; cf.
Oth. I. i. 157
“flag and sign of
love.”
3.
“sign of the leg,” sign
hung over a bootmaker's shop 2H4 II. iv. 271.
4.
mere appearance or
semblance (“of”
something)
Ado IV. i. 33
“She's but the and
semblance of her honour,”
LLL. V. ii. 470,
R3 IV. iv. 89
“A sign of dignity, a
garish flag”
(cf. sense 2),
Oth. I. i. 158
“Which is indeed but
sign.”
5.
(?) constellation
Cym. I. ii. 34*
“she's a good sign, but I have
seen small reflection of her
wit.”
