Appointment, 1) assignation, stipulation: “I shall be with her by her own a.” Wiv. II, 2, 272. III, 1, 92. Hence == engagement: “I will then address me to my a.” Wiv. III, 5, 135. “to stead up your a.” Meas. III, 1, 261.* “my --s have in them a need,” All's II, 5, 72.
2) direction: “that good fellow follows my a.” H8 II, 2, 134.
3) equipment, furniture: “therefore your best a. make with speed,” Meas. III, 1, 60. “where we'll set forth in best a. all our regiments,” John II, 296. “our fair --s,” R2 III, 3, 53. “by our habits and by every other a.” H4A I, 2, 197. “here art thou in a. fresh and fair,” Troil. IV, 5, 1. “a pirate of very warlike a.” Hml. IV, 6, 16. “where their a. we may best discover,” Ant. IV, 10, 8.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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