COIL, trouble; III. vi. 5. COISTRIL, a paltry young fellow; III. ii. 41, 58. Cf. _Twelfth Night_, I. iii. 43, ‘A coward and a coistril.’ COPESMATE, market-mate, companion; III. v. 104. Cf. _Lucrece_, 925, ‘Misshapen Time, copesmate of ugly Night.’ COLTSTAFF, a staff used by two persons for carrying ‘cowls,’ _i.e._ tubs; V. i. 22. Cf. _Merry Wives_, III. iii. 156, ‘Where’s the cowlstaff?’ COSTARD, head; V. i. 63; literally a large ribbed apple. Frequent in Shakespeare. CROWN, crown-piece; III. vi. 132. CURST, shrewish; IV. ii. 12. CUTTER, bully, cutthroat; I. 522; IV. iii. 74, etc. Cf. Harrison’s _England_, II. 16, ‘Some desperate cutters we have.’ DAG, pistol; III. vi. 9, 131. The derivation is not known. DALLYING, delaying, trifling; I. 397. DISPOSE, disposal; I. 606. Common in Shakespeare. DISTRESSFUL, miserable: III. v. 56; IV. iv. 51. Cf. _Henry V._, IV. i. 287, ‘Crammed with distressful bread.’ DRIFTS, plots; I. 178, 450, etc. EAR, plough; III. v. 24. ESCHEW, avoid; I. 347. FLAW, gust of wind; IV. iv. 44. FORSLOWED, delayed; III. v. 85. Cf. 3 _Henry VI._, II. iii. 56, ‘Forslow no longer.’ FOSTER, forester; III. iii. 13. FROLIC, used as an exclamation = ‘cheer up’; I. 512. Cf. Kyd’s _Jeronimo_, I. i. 1. GIGLOT, a wanton woman, III. v. 87; connected with ‘giggle.’ GLAIVES, swords; V. i. 348. GLOSING, wordy; V. vi. 18. HANDSEL, confirm, seal; II. i. 117. HARBOROUGH, old form of harbour; V. i. 251. HORNSBY, cuckold; IV. iii. 76. HOUGHT, hocked or hamstrung; IV. iii. 38. IMPETRATE, get by asking; II. ii. 16. JETS, struts; I. 30. Cf. _Cymbeline_, III. iii. 4, ‘Giants may jet through.’ LAY IT ON, fall to work; V. i. 50. Cf. _Winter’s Tale_, IV. iii. 43, ‘My father hath made her mistress of the feast and she lays it on.’ LEAVE, cease; III. vi. 72, etc. LORDAINE, clown, IV. i. 58. MISEVENT, mishap; IV. iv. 49. MISTAKING, misunderstanding; IV. i. 27. MITHRIDATE, antidote; I. 383. Called after the famous King of Pontus, who made himself poison-proof. Greene uses the word. MUSCADO, musket; III. vi. 20. MUTCHADO, moustache; II. i. 54. PANTOFLES, slippers; II. ii. 9. PASSIONATE, sorrowful; III. v. 45. Cf. _John II._, 544, ‘She is sad and passionate.’ PLANCHERS, planks; I. 42. ‘Planched’ is found in _Measure for Measure_, IV. i. 3. PLATFORM, scheme; II. i. 100. Cf. 1 _Henry VI._, II. i. 77. PRECISIAN, puritan; III. ii. 18. _Prick-eared_, III. ii. 62; cf. _Henry V._, II. i. 44, ‘Prick-eared cur of Iceland.’ QUALM, fit of nausea; III. vi. 67; V. i. 309. QUARTERAGE, quarterly payment; II. ii. 98. RACE, raze down; I. 47, 118. RELIGIOUS, devout; I. 587. SCONCE, small fort; V. i. 70. SECURELY, without misgiving; I. 50. SLIPSHOE, slipper; V. i. 406. STANDINGS, place of vantage, ambush; III. vi. 38. STOUT, proud, overbearing; V. i. 206, ii. 2. Cf. ‘I will be strange, stout, in yellow stockings.’--_Twelfth Night_, II. v. 185, and 2 _Henry VI._, I. i. 187.