[276] I am not quite certain as to this word. It may be 'pust': query from pus = poisonous matter? and so intended to characterize ambition? G.
[277] A pun on the open mouth of wonder and curiosity. G.
[278] Imitative word, as the 'chirr' of the grasshopper. G.
[279] An unrecorded word. G.
[280] Folk-lore, as in Herrick, &c. G.
[281] = the last milk drawn from a cow in milking: same as strippings. G.
[282] = rennets—a kind of apple? G.
[283] = another kind of apple: see Gerard's Herbal, p. 1459 (1636 edn.) G.
[284] A species of apple like 'rennets.' G.
[285] = apple-johns, as in 1, Henry IV., iii. 3: 2, Henry IV., ii. 4 (bis). G.