or nole, subs. (old).—The head: see CRUMPET.
c. 1400. Arthur [E.E.T.S.], line 209.
| How darst þow any wyse | |
| Aȝenst the Emperour þus aryse, | |
| And ryde on Remes on eche wey, | |
| And make kyngeȝ to þe obey? | |
| Þu art wood on þe NOLLE! |
2. (old).—A simpleton.
1587. J. HIGGINS, The Mirrour for Magistrates, King Chirinnus, 20 The British Bibliographer (1814), iv.
| A drousy NOLE that lyes on drinke a sleepe so long, | |
| May pardon craue, although His tongue trip twifold wrong. |
OLD NOLL, subs. (old).—See quot. 1696.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. NOL Oliver. OLD NOL, the late Vsurper, Cromwell.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
