Obs. (Of obscure meaning.)
Perh. an attrib. use of the sb. (see sense 1, quot. 1601), but the allusion is not obvious.
1600. W. Watson, Decacordon (1602), 147. [The Jesuits] haue a new tricke of a viridary post or current of time to gaine time withall, in keeping Nobles, State and all the people in suspence of euents, vntil they haue what they looke for.
