? sb. Obs. [Etymology and meaning uncertain.]
(Mätzner explains ‘ugly woman, monster,’ comparing coisy; Halliwell says: = ‘body’: Pauli: ‘mistress.’)
1393. Gower, Conf., I. 100. And prively withoute noise He bringeth this foule great coise To his castell in suche a wise That no man might her shape avise.
