tall (the ordinary sense is freq.; 2 common Eliz. prose use; 3 cf. HAND sb. 1)
1.
goodly, fine, ‘proper’
MND. V. i. 146
“sweet youth and
tall,”
Shr. IV. i. 11,
IV. iv. 17
“Thou'rt a fellow.”
2.
(conventional epithet
of ships of large build) fine, gallant Mer.V. III. i. 6, R2 II. i. 286,
Lr. IV. vi. 19
“yond anchoring
bark,”
Oth. II. i. 79,
Sonn. lxxx. 12
“I am a worthless boat,
He of tall building.”
3.
good at arms, strong
in fight, doughty, valiant (freq. ironical)
Wiv. II. ii. 12
“good soldiers and
tall”
“fellows,”
Tw.N. I. iii. 21,
1H4 I. iii. 62
“many a good
fellow,”
R3 I. iv. 157
“Spoke like a
fellow,”
Rom. II. iv. 32
“a very good
blade!—a very man!,”
Ant. II. vi. 7
“much youth”
; brave
H5 II. i. 72
“Thy spirits are most
tall.”
