ape (allusion in Ham. III. iv. 194 “like the famous ape,” is obscure)
1.
imitator Wint. V. ii. 112,
Cym. II. ii. 31
“O sleep! thou ape of
death.”
2.
fool
Cym. IV. ii. 194
“jollity for
apes.”
3.
“lead apes in hell,” the
supposed consequence of dying an old maid Shr. II. i. 34.
