[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.