“[ John Aubrey, 1667] He was a shiftless person, roving and magotie-headed, and sometimes little better than crased.”

—  Anthony Wood

Life from 1632 to 1672, written by himself; continued till 1695 a 1695, 1772, 1848, O.H.S. 1891–1900; http://www.archive.org/stream/lifeandtimesant00clargoog#page/n150/mode/2up, as quoted in the Oxford English Dictionary, Draft Revision June 2009, http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00299405

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