Crush, vb. 1) to press, to squeeze: “you c. me, let me go,” Ven. 611. “c. this herb into Lysander's eye,” Mids. III, 2, 366. “crowd us and c. us to this monstrous form,” H4B IV, 2, 34. “a man into whom nature hath so crowded humours that his valour is --ed into folly,” Troil. I, 2, 23. “c. him together rather than unfold his measure duly,” Cymb. I, 1, 26.
2) to force, to strain: “to c. our old limbs in ungentle steel,” H4A V, 1, 13 (in == into). “this simulation is not as the former: and yet, to c. this a little, it would bow to me,” Tw. II, 5, 152. “that is but a --ed necessity,” H5 I, 2, 175 (== forced, strained).*
3) to destroy by pressing or striking, to bruize, to break: “the iron bit he --eth 'tween his teeth,” Ven. 269. “with time's injurious hand --ed and o'erworn,” Sonn. 63, 2. “now thou --est the snake,” LLL V, 1, 146. Wint. IV, 4, 489. H5 III, 7, 155. R3 V, 3, 111 “(c. down).” Cor. I, 10, 14. Absolutely: Mids. V, 292. Cor. II, 3, 211. R2 V, 5, 34 (--ing penury).
4) to overwhelm, to destroy: “who cannot be --ed with a plot?” All's IV, 3, 360. “we did our main opinion c. in taint of our best man,” Troil. I, 3, 373.
5) to drink, to crack: “come and c. a cup of wine,” Rom. I, 2, 86.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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