Amble, 1) to move easily and without hard shocks: “my --ing gelding,” Wiv. II, 2, 319. “your wit --s well, it goes easily,” Ado V, 1, 159. As III, 2, 328. As III, 2, 328 As III, 2, 328*
2) to move affectedly, as in a dance: “the skipping king he --d up and down,” H4A III, 2, 60. “a wanton --ing nymph,” R3 I, 1, 17. “give me a torch: I am not for this --ing,” Rom. I, 4, 11. “you jig, you a., and you lisp,” Hml. III, 1, 151.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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