subs. (old).—The hand; usually in pl. See BUNCH OF FIVES and DADDLE.
1601. JONSON, The Poetaster, v. 3. Bring the whoreson detracting slaves to the bar, do. Make ’em hold up their spread GOLLS.
1602. DEKKER, Satiromastix, in wks. (1873), i., 203. Holde up thy hand: I ha seene the day thou didst not scorne to holde vp thy GOLLES.
1611. MIDDLETON, The Roaring Girle, Act i. This is the GOLL shall do’t.
1620. MIDDLETON, A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, ii., 2. What their GOLLS can clutch.
1634. S. ROWLEY, The Noble Souldier, Act ii., Sc. 2. Bal. Saist thou me so? give me thy GOLL, thou art a noble girle.
1659. MASSINGER, The City Madam, iv., i.
| All the gamesters are | |
| Ambitious to shake the golden GOLLS | |
| Of worshipful master Luke. |
1661. MIDDLETON, The Mayor of Quinborough, v., i. Down with his GOLLS, I charge you.
1672. DRYDEN, The Assignation, Act iii., Sc. 1. A simperer at lower end of a table, with mighty GOLLS, rough-grain’d, and red with starching.
1787. GROSE, A Provincial Glossary, etc. GOLL, a hand or fist; give me thy GOLL.
1803. C. K. SHARPE, in Correspondence (1888), i., 179. Miss Reid with her silk coat and greasie GOLLS.
