[275] Sift.
[276] Pear-tree.
[277] Finely attired.
[278] A Cataian came to signify a sharper because the people of Cataia (China) were famous for their thieving propensities.—Dyce.
[279] Serving-men’s livery at this time was usually blue.
[280] A kind of false dice.
[281] Whoremonger.
[282] The loops or straps appended to the girdle in which the dagger or small sword usually hung.—Halliwell.
[283] Means both a herring and a piece of money.
[284] Horses with long housings.