2.
2.3 ‘rout,’ roar.
2.4 ‘withershins,’ backwards, the wrong way, the opposite of the desired way. Often = contrary to the way of the sun, but not necessarily. See note on etymology, Chambers, Mediæval Stage, i. 129.
‘My love he built another ship, and set her on the main,
And nane but twenty mariners for to bring her hame;
But the weary wind began to rise, and the sea began to rout,
My love then and his bonny ship turn’d withershins about.
3.
3.1 ‘coif,’ cap, head-dress.
‘There shall neither coif come on my head nor comb come in my hair;