canvass
“thee in thy broad cardinal's hat—I'll,”
1 HENRY VI., i. 3. 36.
“This means, I believe, ‘I'll tumble thee into thy
great hat, and shake thee, as bran and meal are shaken in a sieve’”
(STEEVENS)
. Here Mr. Staunton explains canvass by
“toss, as in a blanket.”
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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