subs. (old).—A shirt or chemise; cf. CAMESA. [An abbreviation of COMMISSION (q.v.).]
1665. R. HEAD, The English Rogue, Pt. I. ch. v. p. 48 (1874), s.v.
1712. T. SHIRLEY, The Triumph of Wit, ‘The Maunder’s Praise of His Strowling Mort.’
| What though I no togeman wear, | |
| Nor Commission, MISH or slate. |
1714. Memoirs of John Hall (4 ed.), p. 13, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1859. G. W. MATSELL, Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon, s.v.
