-sen, -son, -zan, obs. corruptions of COGNIZANCE, a badge, etc.
1599. B. Jonson, Ev. Man out of Hum., I. i. I’ll keep men … and I’ll give coats … but I lack a cullisen. Ibid. (1609), Case is Altered, IV. iv. But what badge shall we give, what cullison?
1611. Tarlton’s Jests (1844), 12. Clapping my Lord Shandoyes cullisance upon my sleeve.
1618. Dekker, Owles Almanacke, 36. A blew coat without a Cullizan will be like Habberdine without mustard.
