mockery:
1.
imitation,
counterfeit representation, unreal appearance
H5 IV. Chor. 53
“Minding true things by
what their mockeries be,”
R3 III. ii. 27
“the of unquiet
slumbers,”
Mac. III. iv. 107
“Unreal , hence!.”
2.
ludicrously futile
action
Ham. I. i. 146
“our vain blows [are]
malicious mockery.”
3.
attrib.=imitation
R2 IV. i. 260
“ king of
snow.”

