| 释义 |
† coise, ? n. Obs.
[Etymology and meaning uncertain.]
(Mätzner explains ‘ugly woman, monster’, comparing coisy; Halliwell says: = ‘body’; Pauli: ‘mistress’.)
1393Gower Conf. I. 100 And prively withoute noise He bringeth this foule great coise To his castell in suche a wise That no man might her shape avise. |
