Lisp, to speak affectedly with a particular articulation: “these --ing hawthorn-buds,” Wiv. III, 3, 77. “a can carve and l.” LLL V, 2, 323. “look you l. and wear strange suits,” As IV, 1, 34. “antic, --ing, affecting fantasticoes,” Rom. II, 4, 29. “you amble and you l.” Hml. III, 1, 151. With to: “--ing to his master's old tables,” H4B II, 4, 289.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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