subs. (old).—The virginity. Fr. côte de tribulation.
1719. D’URFEY, Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy, i. 130.
| | My father takes me for a Saint, |
| Tho’ weary of my MAIDEN GEER, |
| That I may give you full content, |
| Pray look, Sir Knight, the coast be clear. |
