[125] A term of contempt like "pilchard" and "poor John." "Haberdine" was the name for an inferior kind of cod used for salting.
[126] So Pistol, "A foutre for the world, and worldlings base!" "A foutre for thine office!" ii. Henry IV. v. 3.
[127] Verjuice was made by pounding crab-apples.
[128] Kite.
[129] Dingy. "Russet" or "russeting" was the name of the coarse brown dress worn by shepherds.
[130] In Henry V., iv. 1, Pistol accosts the king with "Che vous la?" according to the first folio. Modern editors correct the intentional blunder.
[131] To "outface with a card of ten" was just what we mean by "browbeat." The expression (which is very common) was no doubt drawn from the game of primero.
[132] Old spelling of "pumpkin."
[133] The officer of lowest rank (now called "lance corporal").
[134] Quart d'écu.