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† ˈcoistered, ppl. a. Obs.
Nares suggests ‘coiled up into a small compass’; Halliwell, ‘inconvenienced’.
1604Marston, etc. Malcontent v. i. Wks. (1856), I could have carried a lady up and down at armes length, on a platter; and I can tell you there were those at that time who, to trie the strength of a mans backe and his arme, would be coisterd. |