1655 J. Cotgrave Wits Interpreter 77: It is the sober black I love; / I lov’t so well that I profest, / I love the blackest parts the best.at black, n.
1655 J. Cotgrave Wits Interpreter 269: Here six foot deep in his fast sleep / The Lord of Lampasse lyes, / Who his end made with his own blade, / Betwixt his Mistris thighs; / If through that hole to heaven he stole.at blade, n.
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘A Rapture’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 231: Then if the Catch-pole chance to hale, And drag me to the loathsome Gaole; There may your servant die and rot.at catchpole, n.
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘From a Gentleman to his Mistress’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 174: Of polisht Ivory is thy Globe-like belly, [...] And under that same snowy swelling mountain, Coverd with moss, doth stand a milky Fountain.at fountain (of love), n.
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘A Rapture’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 230: No, hang a Mistress, I’le have none, No such toy to dote upon.at hang!, excl.
1655 J. Cotgrave Wits Interpreter 269: Here six foot deep in his fast sleep / The Lord of Lampasse lyas, / Who his end made with his own blade, / Betwixt his Mistris thighs; / If through that hole to heaven he stole.at hole, n.1
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘From a Gentleman to his Mistress’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 174: Of polisht Ivory is thy Globe-like belly, [...] And under that same snowy swelling mountain, Coverd with moss, doth stand a milky Fountain.at moss, n.
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘A Rapture’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 230: The Phoenix too must build his nest.at phoenix nest, n.
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘To His Mistress Desirous to Go to Bed’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 259: Make me thy maiden chamber-man, Or let me be thy warming-pan.at warming pan, n.1
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘A Rapture’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 230: The Phoenix too must build his nest.at phoenix, n.
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘Tobacco’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 228: She will be ready at your call, And take Tobacco, Pipe, and all [...] Your stopper must be stiff and strong, It must be large and long, Or else she swears you do her wrong, She scorns your weak Tobacco.at pipe, n.1
1655 J. Cotgrave ‘To His Mistress Desirous to Go to Bed’ Wits Interpreter (1671) 259: The socket, plays at out and in.at socket, n.
1656 J. Cotgrave Wits Interpreter 329: [A] Vice-Admiral [...] pisseth under the table to offend their shoes or stockings.at vice-admiral (of the narrow seas), n.
1656 J. Cotgrave Wits Interpreter 328: Trumpeter [...] He that belcheth either backward or forward.at trumpeter, n.