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level-coil
† level-coil Obs. Forms: 6–7 level(l coyl(e, coile, 7 levell acoile, leve le cull, leve-le-queue. [Corruptly ad. Fr. phrase (faire) lever le cul (à quelqu'un), to make a person rise from his seat (lever to raise, cul buttock): see Cotgr., and cf. coil n.4 The Fr. name of the game is lève-cul (Littré... Oxford English Dictionary
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level-sice
† 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 o... Oxford English Dictionary
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coill
▪ I. † coil, v.1 Obs. Also coyl(e. [a. OF. coillir, now cueillir:—L. colligere to collect, gather.] An earlier form of cull (q.v.), used in the sense, To select, choose. Hence coiling vbl. n.1399 Langl. Rich. Redeles iii. 200 Coile out þe Knyȝtys þat knowe well hemself. 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xi... Oxford English Dictionary
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