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1755 Johnson Dict.

Johnson Dict.

2605 haunt ] Johnson (1755): 1. “place in which one is frequently found;”

2. “habit of being in a certain place.”

1765 john1/john2

john1/john2

2605 haunt] Johnson (ed. 1765): “I would rather read, out of harm.”

1773 v1773

v1773 = john1 +

2605 haunt] Steevens (ed. 1773): “Out of haunt means, out of company; the place where men assemble, is often poetically called the haunt of men. So in Rom [3.1.50 (1481)] ‘We walk here in the public haunt of men.’ Steevens.”

1765- mDavies

mDavies: v1773

2605 out of haunt] [Davies] (ms. notes in Johnson, ed. 1765, opp. 8. 248): “Shd. have confined him & restrained him from Company—”

1778 v1778

v1778 = v1773 +

2605 haunt] Steevens (ed. 1778): “So, in Ant. [2886-87]: ‘Dido and her Sichæus shall want troops, And all the haunt be ours.’ Again, in Warner’s Albion’s England, 1602, book 5. chap. 26: ‘And from the smith of heaven’s wife allure the amorous haunt.’”

1784 ays1

ays1 = v1778 minus john and Rom. //

2605 haunt] Ayscouth (ed. 1784): “Out of haunt means out of company.”

1785 v1785

v1785 = v1778

1790 mal

mal = v1785

1791- rann

rann ≈ v1773

2605 out of haunt] Rann (ed. 1791-): “from company, should have confined.”

1793 v1793

v1793 = v1785

1803 v1803

v1803 = v1793

1813 v1813

v1813 = v1803

1819 cald1

cald1

2605 kept . . . haunt] Caldecott (ed. 1819): “Narrowed the range, and prohibited from places of public resort.”

1821 v1821

v1821 = v1813

1826 sing1

sing1 ≈ v1778 without attribution

2605 haunt] Singer (ed. 1826): “Out of haunt means out of company. ‘Frequentia, a great haunt or company of folk.’ Thus in Ant. [4.14.53 (2886-7)]:—‘Dido and her Sichæus shall want troops, And all the haunt be ours.’ And in Rom. [4.14.53 (2886-7)]:—‘We talk her in the public haunt of men.’”

1832 cald2

cald2 = cald1

1854 del2

del2

2605 haunt] Delius (ed. 1854): “haunt ist ’Verkehr’ und ‘Ort des Verkehrs.’” [haunt is ‘social contact’ and ‘place of social contact.’]

1856 hud1 (1851-6)

hud1 = aysi

2605 out of haunt] Hudson (ed. 1851-6): “Out of haunt means out of company.”

1856b sing2

sing2 = sing1

1857 fieb

fieb ≈ hud1, sing1 (for Rom. //)

2605 out of haunt] Fiebig (ed. 1857): “Out of haunt, means out of company. The place in which one is frequently found, where men assemble, is often poetically called the haunt of men. So, in Rom. [3.1.50 (1481)]: ‘We talk here in the publick haunt of men.’”

1860 stau

stau ≈ hud1

2605 out of haunt] Staunton (ed. 1860): “Out of company.”

1864a glo

glo ≈ hud1

2605 haunt] Clark and Wright (ed. 1864a [1865] 9: glossary, Haunt): “sb. company. Ham. 4.1.”

1865 hal

hal = v1778 for haunt

1869 tsch

tsch ≈ hud1

2605 out of haunt] Tschischwitz (ed. 1869): “Fern von Verkehr.” [Far from the crowd.]

1872 hud2

hud2 = hud1

2605 out of haunt] Hudson (ed. 1872): “Out of haunt means out of company.”

1872 del4

del4 = del2

1872 cln1

cln1: xref,

2605 kept short] Clark and Wright (ed. 1872): “kept, as it were, tethered, under control; opposed to ‘loose,’ [4.3.2 (2663)].”

cln1: AYL //

2605 out of haunt] Clark and Wright (ed. 1872): “away from the haunts of men. Compare AYL [2.1.15 (621)]: ‘This our life exempt from public haunt.’”

1877 v1877

v1877 ≈ cln1

2605 kept short] Furness (ed. 1877): “Clarendon: Kept, as it were, tethered, under control; opposed to loose,’ [4.3.2 (2663)].”

v1877 ≈ v1773 (def. and Rom. //); cln1 (AYL //)

2605 out of haunt] Furness (ed. 1877): “Steevens: Out of company. As in Rom. [3.1.50 (1481)]; AYL [2.1.15 (621)].”

1878 rlf1

rlf1 = cln1

2605 kept short] Rolfe (ed. 1878): “’Kept, as it were, tethered, under control’ (Wr.).”

rlf1 ≈ v1778 (AYL, Ant. //s)

2605 out of haunt] Rolfe (ed. 1878): ““Out of company” (Steevens). Cf. AYL [2.1.15 (621)]and Ant . [4.14.54 (2886-7)].”

1881 hud3

hud3 = hud2 + magenta underlined

2605 out of haunt] Hudson (ed. 1881): “Out of haunt means out of company; in seclusion.”

1884 Gould

Gould: john1 conj. without attribution

2605 out of haunt] Gould (1884, p. 40): “‘Out of haunt.’—Read ‘harm’.”

1890 irv2

irv2 ≈ cln1 + magenta underlined

2605 kept short] Symons (in Irving & Marshall, ed. 1890): “under control.”

2605 kept short] Symons (in Irving & Marshall, ed. 1890): “Kept short means kept in restraint, under control. Compare H5 [2.4.72 (964)].”

irv2 ≈ cln1 + magenta underlined

2605 out of haunt] Symons (in Irving & Marshall, ed. 1890): “Out of haunt is out of company (‘exempt from public haunt,’ AYL [2.1.15 (621)]. The verb is two or three times used by Shakespeare in the similar sense of frequent (as the French hanter).”

1891 dtn

dtn = cln1

2605 short] Deighton (ed. 1891): “‘opposed to loose. [3.3.2 (2663)]’ (Cl. Pr. Edd.).”

1899 ard1

ard1: Florio analogue

2605 kept short] Dowden (ed. 1899): “So in Florio’s Montaigne: ‘When his soldiers were nearest unto their enemies he restrained and kept them very short’ (2:34).”

ard1 ≈ v1773 (AYL //)

2605 haunt] Dowden (ed. 1899): “resort, as in AYL [2.1.15 (621)].”

1903 rlf3

rlf3 = rlf1 minus v1773 attribution + magenta underlined

2605 kept short . . . haunt] rolfe (ed.1903): “Kept under control. Out of haunt = out of company. Cf. AYL[2.1.15 (621)]and Ant [4.14.54 (2886-7)].”

1931 crg1

crg1

2605 short] Craig (ed. 1931): “i.e., on a short tether.”

crg1

2605 out of haunt] Craig (ed. 1931): “secluded.”

1934 rid

rid ≈ irv2 minus par.

2605 kept short] Ridley (ed. 1934): “kept in check.”

rid ≈ irv2 minus //

2605 out of haunt] Ridley (ed. 1934): “isolated.”

1939 kit2

kit2

2605 short] Kittredge (ed. 1939): “on a short leash; under control.”

kit2

2605 out of haunt] Kittredge (ed. 1939): “away from the society of others.”

1942 n&h

n&h ≈ kit2

2605 short] Neilson & Hill (ed. 1942): “in leash.”

n&h ≈ kit2

2605 haunt] Neilson & Hill (ed. 1942): “society.”

1957 pel1

pel1

2605 haunt] Farnham (ed. 1957): “association with others.”

1974 evns1

evns1 ≈ kit2

2605 short] Evans (ed. 1974): “on a short leash.”

evns1 ≈ kir2

2605 out of haunt] Evans (ed. 1974): “away from other people.”

1980 pen2

pen2

2605 short] Spencer (ed. 1980): “under control.”

1982 ard2

ard2 = crg1

2605 short] Jenkins (ed. 1982): “i.e. on a short tether.”

ard2 ≈ evns1

2605 out of haunt] Jenkins (ed. 1982): “away from any place of resort.”

1984 chal

chal ≈ evns1

2605 out of haunt] Wilkes (ed. 1984): “away from the public.”

1987 oxf4

oxf4: OED; AYL //

2605 out of haunt] Hibbard (ed. 1987): “secluded, away from the society of others. Compare AYL [2.1.15 (621)], ‘this our life, exempt from public haunt’ (OED haunt sb. 2).”

1988 bev2

bev2 = ard2

2605 short] Bevington (ed. 1988): “i.e., on a short tether.”

bev2 = crg1

2605 out of haunt] Bevington (ed. 1988): “secluded.”

1997 evns2

evns2 = evns1

1998 OED

OED

2605 haunt] OED (Sept. 15, 1998): “b. Companionship, society, company. Obs.

“1500-20 DUNBAR Poems xiv. 7 Sic hant of harlettis with thame bayth nicht and day. 1552 HULOET, Hawnte or felowshyp, familiaritas, frequentia.”

2006 ard3q2

ard3q2 ≈ pen2

2605 kept short] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “i.e. controlled.”

ard3q2 ≈ crg1

2605 out of haunt] Thompson & Taylor (ed. 2006): “away from society, secluded.”