Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Habit, 1) exterior, appearance, carriage, deportment: “now he throws that shallow h. by wherein deep policy did him disguise,” Lucr. 1814. “love's best h. is in seeming trust,” Sonn. 138, 11. “here she comes in the h. of a light wench,” Err. IV, 3, 52. “every lovely organ of her life shall come apparelled in more precious h.” Ado IV, 1, 229. “put on a sober h.” Merch. II, 2, 199. “I will speak to him like a saucy lackey and under that h. play the knave with him,” As III, 2, 314. “you seem a sober ancient gentleman by your h.” Shr. V, 1, 76. “in the h. of some sir of note,” Tw. III, 4, 81. “it is her h. only that is honest,” Tim. IV, 3, 113. “put this sour-cold h. on,” Tim. IV, 3, 113 “my father, in his h. as he lived,” Hml. III, 4, 135. “these thin --s and poor likelihoods of modern seeming,” Oth. I, 3, 108 (appearance, outward show). “scan the outward h. by the inward man,” Per. II, 2, 57. H8 I, 2, 122. Hml. III, 4, 162. V, 2, 198.
2) peculiar manner, custom: “how use doth breed a h. in a man,” Gent. V, 4, 1. “a better bad h. of frowning,” Merch. I, 2, 63. “some h. that too much o'erleavens the form of plausive manners,” Hml. I, 4, 29.
3) dress, garb: Lucr. Arg. Hml. I, 4, 29 Gent. II, 7, 39. V, 4, 104. Wiv. IV, 6, 36. Meas. I, 3, 46. II, 4, 13. III, 1, 181. V, 389. LLL V, 2, 368. LLL V, 2, 368 Merch. III, 4, 60. Shr. III, 2, 102. IV, 3, 176. Tw. V, 223. John I, 210. H5 III, 6, 121. Tim. IV, 3, 205. Hml. I, 3, 70. Lr. V, 3, 188. Cymb. V, 3, 86. Plur. “--s:” LLL V, 2, 542. LLL V, 2, 542 Wint. III, 1, 4. H4A I, 2, 196. H8 III, 1, 117. Plur. for sing.: “drives me to these --s of her liking,” Tw. II, 5, 183. “when in other --s you are seen,” V, 396. “more valour in me than my --s show,” Cymb. V, 1, 30 (but in all the three passages it may be exterior, outward show in general).