Army, a body of men armed for war: Lucr. Arg. H6A I, 2, 42 Lucr. 76. Tp. I, 2, 128. Ado I, 1, 33. II, 1, 254. All's IV, 3, 261. Wint. IV, 4, 631. H5 III, 5, 58. H6A I, 1, 101. H6A I, 1, 101 II, 5, 88. IV, 3, 2. V, 2, 11. 4, 173. H6B IV, 2, 185. 4, 32. 6, 13. V, 1, 35. H6C I, 1, 6. 2, 64 (vb. in the plural). R3 IV, 3, 50. H8 V, 4, 81. Troil. III, 3, 279. Ant. III. 7, 43. Cymb. IV, 4, 31 etc. etc. Figuratively for a great number: “the huge a. of the world's desires,” LLL I, 1, 10. “an a. of good words,” Merch. III, 5, 72.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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