1616–61 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.
1693 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.
1693 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
1693 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
1693 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.
1693 Dryden Persius VI 83: Put out the principal, in trusty hands: Live of the use; and never dip thy Lands.at dip, v.1
1693 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.
1693 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.