career (old edd. also “careire, car(r)ier, carreer(e)”
1.
short gallop at full
speed Wiv. I. i. 185*
“and so conclusions passed the
c-s” (referred by some to 2),
Ado V. i. 138
“I shall meet your wit
in the ”
2.
‘the short
turning of a nimble horse, now this way, now that
way’ (Baret); transf. frisk, gambol
H5 II. i. 133
“he passes some humours
and c-”
3.
running, course; esp.
fig. rapid and continuous course of action Ado II. iii. 262*
“awe a man from the of his humour,”
LLL. V. ii. 483
“Full merrily Hath . . .
this been
run,”
Wint. I. ii. 286
“stopping the Of
laughter,”
R2 I. ii. 49, H5 III. iii. 23.
