Week, the time from Sunday to Saturday; a space of seven days: Lucr. 213. Sonn. 116, 11. Tp. II, 1, 184. Wiv. I, 3, 8. IV, 3, 12. Err. III, 2, 101. V, 45. Ado II, 1, 369. LLL I, 1, 39. LLL I, 1, 39 I, 2, 135. IV, 2, 36. IV, 2, 36 Shr. II, 179. IV, 2, 74. All's III, 6, 99. Wint. I, 2, 39. IV, 4, 433. John I, 113. III, 1, 87. H4A II, 2, 101. III, 3, 18. H6C II, 5, 36. R3 IV, 1, 97. H8 IV, 1, 77. Troil. IV, 1, 9. Tit. IV, 3, 82. Rom. IV, 5, 5. Tim. II, 2, 30. Oth. III, 4, 173. Cymb. III, 2, 53. == week-days, working days: “does not divide the Sunday from the w.” Hml. I, 1, 76. Proverbial: “at fourscore it is too late a w.” As II, 3, 74.* “O that I knew he were but in by the w.” LLL V, 2, 61 (an expression taken from hiring servants; == if I had him at my command).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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