ill sb. (is used only in the foll. senses)
1.
wrong-doing, wickedness, sin
Tp. I. ii. 353
“capable of all
ill,”
R2 I. i. 86
“So much as of a thought
of ill in him,”
Oth. IV. iii. 106
“The ills we do,”
Lucr. 91
“Whose inward ill no
outward harm express'”
2.
evil inflicted or
suffered, mischief, misfortune, disaster
Mer.V. II. v. 17
“There is some ill
a-brewing,”
Ham. III. i. 81
“bear those ills we
have,”
Sonn. cxix. 9
“O benefit of
ill!.”
