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Afoot, 1) on foot: “walked ten mile a.” Ado II, 3, 17. R2 I, 1, 63. H4A II, 2, 13. H4A II, 2, 13 H4A II, 2, 13 H4A II, 2, 13 II, 3, 87. II, 4, 387. H6B V, 2, 8. H6C V, 7, 18. Troil. V, 5, 21.
2) concerning infantry: “of what strength they are a.” Alls IV, 3, 181.
3) in motion and action: “the matter being a.” Meas. IV, 5, 3. “the game is a.” H4A I, 3, 278 (hunted up, started); cf. H5 III, 1, 32. “these rebels now a.” H4B IV, 4, 9. H5 I, 2, 211. Cor. I, 2, 25. Caes. III, 2, 265. Mcb. IV, 3, 185. Hml. III, 2, 83. Lr. IV, 3, 51. “to keep base life a.” Lr. II, 4, 218 (to sustain). well a. == in good health: Tit. IV, 2, 29.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.

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