And will not palter."
—Englishmen for my Money, c. 3.—O. G.
[233] I suppose he means to say a little room; and therefore retires till Gammer Gurton has uttered her complaint—S.
[234] I imagine this word was formerly used to signify sharp. So in "The Woman's Prize," by Beaumont and Fletcher, act ii., sc. 4—
"They heave ye stool on stool, and fling [a-]main pot-lids
Like massy rocks dart ladles, tossing irons
And tongs like thunder-bolts, till overlaid
They fall beneath the weight."
[Dyce's B. and F. vii., 140.]
[235] The ancient spurs were fixed into straps of leather. Spurriers, of course, would be obliged to use very strong needles.—S.