1573. Harman, Caveat (1814), p. 65. Lag, water.
1610. Rowlands, Martin Markall p. 39 (H. Club’s Repr. 1874). Lagge
water or p—se.
1641. Brome, Jovial Crew, ii. I bowse no lage, But a whole gage Of
this I bowse to you.
1665. R. Head, English Rogue, Pt. i. ch. v. p. 50 (1874). Lage,
Water.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v.
1724. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1724. E. Coles, Eng. Dict., s.v. Lage.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1811. Lex. Bal., s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.