jay a loose woman (
“Putta, a wench, a guirle . .
. a whore, a trull . . . a Iay, a Piot, a Magot-apy.”
Florio's Ital. and Engl.
Dict.
):
“Some jay of Italy,”
CYMBELINE, iii. 4. 47
;
“to know turtles from jays,”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, iii. 3.
35.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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