Fight, subst. 1) combat, battle: Ven. 114 “(the god of f.).” Ven. 114 Lucr. 62. Sonn. 25, 9 “(famoused for f.).” Pilgr. 280. Meas. I, 3, 42. Merch. III, 2, 62. John I, 266. H6A I, 5, 27. II, 2, 22. III, 1, 93. IV, 2, 56 etc. etc. single f. == a combat between two persons, H4A V, 1, 100. V, 2, 47. H6C IV, 7, 75. Ant. III, 7, 31. IV, 4, 37. fight, alone, == single combat: Gentl. IV, 1, 28. As V, 2, 33. H6A IV, 1, 116. Troil. IV, 5, 90.
2) cloth and canvass to screen the combatants in ships: “up with your --s,” Wiv. II, 2, 142.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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