big (1 orig. sense; the S. exx. are late instances)
1.
strong, stout, mighty
H5 IV. ii. 43
“Big Mars”
; fig.
Oth. III. iii. 350
“big wars.”
2.
great with young
Cym. I. i. 39; fig.
Mer.V. II. viii. 46.
3.
haughty, pompous
All'sW. I. iii. 101
“a big heart,”
H8 I. i. 119
“Shall lessen this big
book.”
