Dam, subst. female parent, used of birds: Merch. III, 1, 33. Mcb. IV, 3, 218. Of quadrupeds: Mids. V, 227. H6B III, 1, 214. H6C III, 2, 162. H8 I, 1, 176. Tit. II, 3, 142. IV, 1, 97. V, 2, 144. -- “The devil and his d.:” Wiv. I, 1, 151. IV, 5, 108. Err. IV, 3, 51. Shr. I, 1, 106. III, 2, 158. John II, 128. H6A I, 5, 5. Tit. IV, 2, 65. Oth. IV, 1, 153.
Used of human mothers, in contempt: Tp. I, 2, 320. Tp. I, 2, 320 III, 2, 109. Merch. IV, 1, 136. Wint. I, 2, 137. II, 3, 94. H6C II, 2, 135. Cor. III, 1, 293. Tit. V, 1, 27. V, 2, 191. Used as a term of endearment: “blemished his gracious d.” Wint. III, 2, 199.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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