† level-sice Obs.
Also 6 leuell suse.
[app. from an altered form of the Fr. phr. lever le cul (see level-coil), in which assise (seat) was substituted, as more decent, for cul. Skelton's form may be due to association with F. sus up.]
= level-coil.
| 1522 Skelton Why not to Court? 139 We haue cast vp our war, And made a worthy trewse, With, gup, leuell suse! 1608 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 41 Ambitious hearts do play at Level sice [orig. F. Ces cœurs ambitieux iouent au boute hors]. |