Pair, subst. 1) two things of the same kind used together: a p. of maiden worlds (i. e. breasts) Lucr. 408. “of eyes,” Lucr. 408 John IV, 1, 99. “of anchoring hooks,” Gent. III, 1, 118. “of horns,” Wiv. V, 1, 7. “of shears,” Meas. I, 2, 28. “of stocks,” Err. III, 1, 60. Shr. Ind. 1, 2. “of lips,” As III, 4, 16. “of stairs,” V, 2, 41. “of breeches,” Shr. III, 2, 44. “of boots,” Shr. III, 2, 44 “of gloves,” Wint. IV, 4, 253. “of gallows,” H4A II, 1, 74. “of heels,” II, 4, 53. “of sheets,” H4B II, 4, 243. “of legs,” H5 III, 6, 158. “of spectacles,” Troil. IV, 4, 14. “of chaps,” Ant. III, 5, 14. “of bases,” Per. II, 1, 167. Per. II, 1, 167 Uninflected in the plural: “twenty p. of eyes,” Gent. II, 4, 95. “how many p. of stockings,” H4B II, 2, 17.
2) couple, brace: “a p. of honourable men,” Ado V, 1, 275. “a p. of these,” Tw. III, 1, 55. “of kings,” Wint. V, 3, 146. “of carved saints,” R2 III, 3, 152. “of graves,” R2 III, 3, 152 “of knaves,” H6B I, 2, 103. “of bleeding hearts,” R3 IV, 4, 272. “of strange ones,” Cor. II, 1, 89. “of tribunes,” V, 1, 16. “of hell-hounds,” Tit. V, 2, 144. “of maidenhoods,” Rom. III, 2, 13. “of kisses,” Hml. III, 4, 184. “of indentures,” V, 1, 119. “of twins,” Ant. III, 10, 12. “of sons,” Cymb. V, 5, 356. == two beings of different sex joined in love: As V, 4, 37. H6A II, 2, 30. H6A II, 2, 30. Ant. I, 1, 37. V, 2, 363. Plur. --s: “the --s of faithful lovers,” Mids. IV, 1, 96.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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