731. Level. Aim; formerly a technical term. Cf. 2 Hen. IV. iii. 2. 286:
"The foeman may with as great aim level at the edge of a penknife," etc.
747. Nighted. Benighted. It is to be regarded as a contraction of that
word; like lated for belated in Macbeth, iii. 3. 6, etc. Nighted (=
dark, black) in Hamlet, i. 2. 68 ("thy nighted colour") is an adjective
formed from the noun night.
757. Checkered shroud. Tartain plaid. The original meaning of shroud
(see Wb.) was garment.