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co'ntrary sb. (2 occurs twice, “to the ” 8 times)
1. opposite side Wint. I. ii. 372 “Wafting his eyes to the ,” H8 II. i. 15 “The king's attorney on the Urg'”
2. “in the contrary”=to the contrary H8 III. ii. 183, Oth. IV. ii. 175.
3. “by contraries,” in a manner contrary to what is customary Tp. II. i. 154.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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