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[UK] B. Holyday Persius 311: That my fellow might not put false play Upon me, neatly cogging forth a die Out of the small-neck’d casting box.
at cog forth (v.) under cog, v.
[UK] Dryden Persius III 36: But then my Study was to Cog the Dice; And dext’rously to throw the lucky Sice: To shun Ames-Ace, that swept my stakes away; And watch the Box, for fear they shou’d convey False Bones, and put upon me in the Play.
at ambs-ace, n.
[UK] Dryden Persius III 36: But then my Study was to Cog the Dice; And dext’rously to throw the lucky Sice: To shun Ames-Ace, that swept my stakes away; And watch the Box, for fear they shou’d convey False Bones, and put upon me in the Play.
at bones, n.1
[UK] Dryden Persius V 215: Cubb’d in a cabin, on a mattrass laid, / On a brown george, with lousy swabbers fed .
at brown george (n.) under brown, adj.2
[UK] Dryden Persius III 36: But then my Study was to Cog the Dice; And dext’rously to throw the lucky Sice: To shun Ames-Ace, that swept my stakes away; And watch the Box, for fear they shou’d convey False Bones, and put upon me in the Play.
at cog, v.
[UK] Dryden Persius VI 83: Put out the principal, in trusty hands: Live of the use; and never dip thy Lands.
at dip, v.1
[UK] Dryden Persius III 38: And after, envy not the store Of the Greaz’d Advocate, that Grinds the Poor: Fat Fees from the defended Umbrian draws.
at fat, adj.
[UK] Dryden Persius III 36: But then my Study was to Cog the Dice; And dext’rously to throw the lucky Sice: To shun Ames-Ace, that swept my stakes away; And watch the Box, for fear they shou’d convey False Bones, and put upon me in the Play.
at sice, n.
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