verbal phr. (obsolete).—To put up with insults; to endure an affront or injury.
1593. G. HARVEY, Pierce’s Supererogation, in wks. II., 32. Because Silence may seeme suspicious to many: Patience contemptible to some … A knowne forbearer of Libellers, A continuall BEARER OF COALES.
1595. SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet, i. 1. Gregory o’ my word, we’ll not CARRY COALS.
1638. H. SHIRLEY, The Martyr’d Souldier, Act ii., Sc. 1. Hub. I can CARRY anything but Blowes, COLES, my Drink, and that clapper of the Divell, the tongue of a Scould. Farewell.
