A dictionary of barbarous French, or, A collection, by way of alphabet, of obsolete, provincial, mis-spelt, and made words in French taken out of Cotgrave's dictionary with some additions : a work much desired, and now performed, for the satisfaction of such as read Old French / by Gvy Miege ...

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• BAbat, a panting, or often beating.
• Babaye, as faire la babaye, to g••pe, o•• make a mo••th at.
• Babbiner, as Babiner.
• Bab••ure, butter-milk.
• Babillerie, prating, ••••t ••ri••••.
• ...

• Babine, the lip of a beast.
• Babiner, to play with the lips, to prattle, or to talk hard.
• Baboles, (for babioles) gewgaws.
• Babort, the larboord of a ship.
• Babote; a little black caterpiller.
• Babou, as faire la babou, to bob, or to make a mow at.
• Babouïner, to play the monkey.
• Babouinerie, apish tricks.
• Babouleur, a babler, a tale-teller.
• Babovye, a fib, a tale.
• Baboyer, to blabber with the lips; also to tell tales.
• Bacbue, a bottle.
• Baccal, a wesel.
• Baccar, the herb Haslewort.
• Bacces, berries.
• Bacchanaleries, Bacchanales, Bac∣channals, or Bacchus his feasts.
• Bacchanaliser, to play mad pranks.
• Bacchanalisante, Bacchanete, a mad∣dish woman.
• Bacche, a kind of wild pear.
• Bacchique, belonging to Bacchus.
• Bacclé, bolted on the inside.
• Baccler, to bolt on the inside.
• Baccoler, to play at titter-totter, to heave often up and down.
• Bacées. See Brisées in the N.D.
• Bacelle, as Chasteleine.
• Bachat, (for Bassa) a Turkish Bassa.
• Bachelerie, Batchelorship.
• Bachelette, a marriageable maid.
• Bachelier (Adj.) belonging to a Batchelor.
• Bacheval••ur••ux, as Chevaleu∣reux.
• Bachot, a small ferry-boat.
• Bachouë, a kind of basket.
• Bacille, the herb Sampire.
• Bacinet. See Bassinet in the N.D.
• Baclé, and Bacler. See Bacclé, Bac∣cler.
• Bacon, bacon.
• Bacquaige (for bagage) baggage.
• Bacquet (for baquet) a pail, a milk-pail.
• Bacqueter, to drain any water with pails.
• Bacquier, a slye-fed hog.
• Bacul (for bacule) a crupper.
• Baculer, to beat one upon the back.
• Badauderie, Badaudise, silliness.
• Badé, a cry, as of bounds.
• Badecoquille, a small shell-fish.
• Badelaire, a short and broad back-sword.
• Badelori, a silly man.
• Badelorié, besotted.
• Badigoines, the hanging lips of beasts.
• Badinement, foolishly, apishly.
• Baditin, the water-lilly, or water-rose.
• Baffouer, Baffouement. See them with a single f in the N. D.
• Baffray, Baffroy, a Beacon.
• Bagagier, a Carrier of souldiers bag∣gage.
• Bagasse, a Baggage, or a Quean.
• Bagatelleries, idle tricks.
• Bagateur, a maker of playing cards.
• Bagatin, a sort of brass coin.
• Baglon, a gag.
• Bagnoire (for baignoir) a bathing-tub.
• Bagnolet, a wooden dish.
• Bagois, gibridge.
• Bagos, a pimp.
• Bagué, adorned with jewels.
• Baguenauder, to trifle out the time.
• Baguenaudeur, a trifler, a loyterer.
• Baguenaudier, the Sene-shrub.
• Baguer, to adorn with jewels.
• Baguetté, commanded, or beaten with a stick.
• Baguetter, to command like a Ste∣ward; also to strike with a stick or switch.
• Baguetteux, full of switches.
• Baguier, the male bay-tree.
• Bahutier (Adj.) of, or belonging to a trunk.
• Baignerie, a Bath, a private room to bathe in.
• Baigneur, a bather.
• Baigneux, that useth much bathing.
• Baignolet, as Bagnolet.
• Bail (for bay,) bay.
• Baile, Bayliff, Serjeant, a Jaylor.
• Bailif. See Baillif in the N. D.
• Baillarge, a kinde of small barley.
• Baille, a Steward, a Sollicitor; al∣so an ordinary Bayliff.
• Baillet, a pale-red; also a horse that hath a white spot or star in his forehead.
• Baillet, (Adj.) a pale-red.
• Baillette, a lease, or grant; also a little water-fowl.
• Bailleures, sweepings.
• Bailli. See Baillif in the N. D.
• Bailliager, belonging to a Bayliff.
• Baillie, Jurisdiction; also a Bayly∣wick.
• Baillisseur, Baillistre, a Guardian.
• Baillistrerie, Guardianship.
• Bailliveau, as Baliveau in the N.D.
• Baillot, a trough.
• Bailly, as Baillif in the N. D.
• Baimaux (for Baliveaux) standers, or trees left for increase.
• Baiocque, a sort of coin.
• Bair, a kinde of ••urr.
• Bairer, (for baiser) to kiss.
• Baise-nue, high, tall, or reaching to the clouds.
• Baiseret, a little kiss.
• Baisler, (for baailler) to gape.
• Baisse de marest, a low bottom, turneth into a marsh, bog, or quag∣mire.
• Baistieres, the lees of wine, also the dregs of any liquour.
• Balade, a ballet.
• Balafreux, a cutter, a swaggerer.
• Balafrure, a slashing.
• Balaine, (for balene) a whale.
• Balan, an acorn, or any thing like it.
• Balanceur, a weigher of things in a ballance.
• Balanceux, belonging to a ballance, also full of ballances.
• Balancier (Adj.) of, or belonging to a ballance.
• Balancieur, as Balanceur; also the Officer that weighs money assoon as it is coyned.
• Balane. See Balan.
• Balauste, the blossom of the wild Pomgranate-tree.
• Balayeuse, a drudge, or sweeping Wench.
• Balbucie, a stuttering, or stammer∣ing.
• Baldachin, Baldaquin, a Cloth of State.
• Balenchouëres, a Game called tit∣ter-totter.
• Baler, to dance.
• Balestrier, cross-bow like, of a cross-bow.
• Balet, a beesom, or broom.
• Balevolter, Balevoter, to wag, as a streamer in the wind.
• Baley, (for balay) a broom.
• Balievre, the chaps of a man or beast.
• Baligaut, a great lobcock.
• Balise, Balisse, a beacon, or a mark set up for the direction of Saylers in a navigable river.
• Balite, an ancient Engine, whereout stones are thrown.
• Balivaginer, to prattle, to use too many words.
• Baliverner, to tell idle tales.
• Balladin (for baladin) a great dan∣cer.
• Balladiner, to dance much.
• Balladinerie, sprightly dancing.
• Balle. See Bale in the N. D.
• Balles, twelve gross.
• Ballet, a cape of a cloak; also a dancing.
• Balletrou, a sweep-hole.
• Ballier, and its Derivatives. See

• ... Balayer, &c. in the N. D.
• Balliverne (for baliverne,) a tale.
• Ballizer une Riviere, to scowr, or cleanse a River.
• Ballocher, to totter, as one that goeth on a rope.
• Ballon (for balon) a bale.
• Ballot (for balot) the same.
• Ballote, Balloter, Ballotement. See them with a single I in the N. D.
• Ballouetter. See baloter in the N.D.
• Balluque, gold or••, or gold unfined; also a vessel whereinto gold is poured.
• Ballustres (for balustres,) ballisters.
• Balme (for baume) balsam.
• Balme, a cave, or den.
• Baloste, a course bed, or mattress; also the chass of oats or barley.
• Baloié (for balayé) swept.
• Balong (for barlong) more long than broad.
• Balongue, a trough, or vessel, &c. which is much more long than broad.
• Balorde. See Balourde.
• Balorderie, sottishness, blockishness.
• Balotade, a bouncing.
• Balousse. See Baloffe.
• Balourde, sottish, blockish, foolish.
• Baloyer (for balayer) to sweep.
• Balroter, to froth in bubbles.
• Balsamine, the balsam-apple.
• Balsane, as balzane.
• Balser, to bound.
• Balthée, a belt.
• Balzan, a horse that hath a white leg or foot.
• Balzane, the white of a horses leg or foot, or a white spot or mark in any part of his body.
• Bambelotier, as Bimblotier.
• Bancage, the Circuit of a Country within which the Inhabitants are bound to repair to a certain Mill, Oven, Wine-press, &c. paying a fee for their several uses unto the Lord thereof; also the Royalty or Priviledge of having such a Mill, &c. also the re••eaue or benefit made of it.
• Bancelle, a little bench, seat, or bank.
• Bandage, a swath-band; also the gaffle of a cross-bow; also a truc∣kle for a pully; also a bending as of a bow.
• Bandie, as Bancage; also a Privi∣ledge of some Lords to forbid all their Tenants to sell their Wines for 40 days together, that in the mean while they may the better vent their own.
• Bandier, the Lord or owner of the aforesaid Royalty.
• Bandiment, as Ban in the N. D.
• Bandon, leave, liberty, free scope to do a thing. A bandon, at ro∣vers, at random. Prinse de bè∣tes à bandon, the suffering other mens cattel for hire to graze all over his pastures.
• Bandouillier (for Bandolier) a rob∣ber.
• Banie, Banissement, banishment; also confiscation.
• Banir (for bannir) to banish.
• Bannage, Bannal, Bannalité. See them with a single n in the N.D.
• Banne, a hamper, or great basket.
• Bannée, as Bancage.
• Bannerie, low Jurisdiction. Droict de bannerie, the same Royalty as Bancage.
• Bannerole (for banderole) a little stag or streamer.
• Banners, Ground-keepers.
• Banneux, of, or belonging to a ham∣per.
• Bannie, Bannier. See Banie, Banier, under Ban in the N. D.
• Bannon, Banon, the season wherein the Cattel belonging to a whole Town is turned out into, or may feed all over common Pastures. Cela est en banon, that is com∣mon, or for every body's use.
• Banoyement, a proclaiming, or publishing by sound of trumpet, &c.
• Banquage, as Bancage.
• Banquerotier (for Banqueroucier) a bankrupt.
• Banqueterie, a banquetting, or fea∣sting.
• Banqueteux, of, or belonging to bankets.
• Banquier (for Banal.) See Banal under Ban in the N. D.
• Bans, the banes of matrimony.
• Baptismal, of, or belonging to bap∣tism.
• Baptistaire, or Baptistere. See Ba∣tistaire under Batême in the N. D.
• Baque, a berry.
• Baquelette, a young wench.
• Baqueter, as Bacqueter.
• Bar, the fish called a base.
• Baradon, a drone, or dorr-bee.
• Baragant (for barracan) barracan.
• Barat, truck, exchange; also cheat.
• Baratelle, as Cagnole.
• Barater, to truck; also to cheat.
• Barateur, a trucker, or barterer; also a cheater.
• Barateux, Baratier, cheating, de∣ceitful.
• Barathre, an abyss.
• Baratte, a churn.
• Barbacane, a casemate.
• Barbaïan, the great horn-owl.
• Barbaresque, like a barbarous fel∣low.
• Barbaresquement, barbarously, rude∣ly.
• Barbarin, a small river-barbel; also the sea-barbel.
• Barbarine, a piece of coin.
• Barbasse, a goat-like beard.
• Barbasse, as un boue barbasse, a bearded goat.
• Barbaude, beer, Brewers liquor.
• Barbaudier, a Brewer.
• Barbecane, as Barbacane.
• Barbel (for barbean) a barbel-fish.
• Barbelé, bearded.
• Barbelotte, a land-toad.
• Barbelu (for barbu) bearded.
• Barber, to barb, shave or trim. Se barber, to get a beard.
• Barberie, barbing, also a Barbers shop; also the name of an apple.
• Barberies, feathered Gillovers.
• Barberiot, a kind of apple.
• Barbes, pushes, or little bladders un∣der the tongues of Cattel.
• Barber (Adj.) rough, or shag-haired, like a water-dog.
• Barbeter (for barboter) to make a noise as a seething pot, also to m••mble or mutter words between the teeth.
• Barbette, a small beard; also a wa∣ter-bitch.
• Barbidant, part of a womans &c.
• Barbiere, a Barbers wife.
• Barbillon, a little barbel; also the beard of an ear of corn; also the less sin of a fish.
• Barbillons, the frounce, a disease bred in the tongues of hawks by a cold rh••••••n.
• Barbillonné, bearded. Un dard barbillonné, a dart that hath a forked or bearded head.
• Barbin, a little beard.
• Barboire, a mask, or mummery; al∣so a vizard.
• Barbolle, part of a womans &c.
• Barbon (for barbot) a barbel-fish.
• Barbot, Barbotage, the wallowing of a s••••thing pot.
• Barbote, an eel-powt.
• Barbotin, bearded.
• Barbotte, the chin-piece of an hel∣met.
• Barbouillage, Barbouillement, a blotting, a besmearing.
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• Barbouilleries, trash, riff-raff.
• Barbu-marses, starch-corn.
• Barbute, a riding-hood; also the beaver of an helmet, also a man of arms.
• Barbuteur, a Sycophant, a secret Tale-teller.
• Barc, a kinde of smooth red earth, whereof vessels were made in old time.
• Barce, as Berche.
• Barchaux, great barks, or boats.
• Barche, a little bark.
• Bardachiser, to bugger.
• Bardacoculé, as Bardococulé.
• Barde, (for sot) sottish, dull-witted.
• Bardelle, the canvas saddle where∣with Colts are backed.
• Bardeure, the trapping of a horse.
• Bardococulage, a being covered all over with Monkish habit.
• Bardococulé, dressed like a Monk.
• Bardou, a sot, or blockhead.
• Baretter, to churn.
• Barge, a fowl that hath no spleen; also the bank of a river or water.
• Barguignard, (for barguigneur) a haggler.
• Barguigne, a haggling.
• Baricquer, to bray like an elephant.
• Baril, (for barril) a barrel.
• Barillet, a little barrel.
• Barillier, a maker of barrels; also an Officer that looks to the Vessels of a great mans Cellar.
• Bariner, to churn butter.
• Bariquade, (for barricade) a barri∣cado.
• Bariqué, barricadoed.
• Barique. See Barrique in the N.D.
• Bariquelle, a little boat.
• Bariteau, a sieve made of hair.
• Baritonner, to wag, or dangle up and down; also to bray like an Elephant.
• Barizel, a Leader of Catchpoles, an ordinary Provost-Marshal.
• Barlonguer, to make (to grow) more long than broad.
• Barlue, (for berlue) dimness of sight.
• Barme, the bank of a river, &c.
• Barnag, all the train and baggage attending a great person in his Journey.
• Barnez, the Nobility, or Barons.
• Baron (for mâle,) of the male kinde; also manly, hardy, strong.
• Barone (for Baronne) a Baroness.
• Barquette, a little bark.
• Barrage, a barricado; also a pas∣sage-toll.
• Barragouin. See Baragouin in the N. D.
• Barragouiner, to speak a strange dialect.
• Barraté, churned, or tossed as butter is in the churning.
• Barraut, a little barrel.
• Barretade, the putting off of the hat or cap by way of salutation.
• Barrette, a cap, or bonnet.
• Barrez, the Carmes, or white Friars.
• Barricave (for Baricave) a low bot∣tome.
• Barriquade, (for barricade) a bar∣ricade.
• Barriqueau, half a barrel.
• Barriquer, to barricado.
• Barrit, the braving of an Elephant.
• Barroir, a turrel, wherewith Coo∣pers make holes for the bar-pins of a piece of cask.
• Barrot, half a barrel.
• Barroyer, to use delays in a Law∣suit.
• Barroyements, delays in Law.
• Barry, a barrel; also a kinde of fire-work.
• Basaner, to make of a swarthy com∣plexion.
• Basanne, as Bazane.
• Basard, a Market-place.
• Basauchieux, Lawyers Clarks.
• Baschat, a Tarkish Bassa.
• Baschelier, as Bachelier in the N. D.
• Basclé, as Ba••lé.
• Bascule, Basculle, a scoop; also as Bacule.
• Basculer, to sit upon his tail; also as Baccoler.
• Baselie (for basilie,) a Cockatrice.
• Basenne, as Baze••e.
• Basenné (for basané,) sun-burnt.
• Basennier, a seller or dresser of co∣loured sheep-skins.
• Basilaire, as Os basilaire, the cuneal or fundamental bone of the head.
• Basique, belonging to the basis.
• Basme, (for baume) balsam.
• Basoche, the whole company of Law∣yers Clarks in the Pallace of Pa∣ris, having among them a King, and their peculiar Laws; also a certain Court, wherein Wives that beat their Husbands are censured.
• Basochiens, Revellers, or Associates unto that Company, who for the most part are very unruly; or such as belong unto the Court afore∣said.
• Basse, (for base) a basis. Les basses de la Mer, the shallows of the Sea.
• Bassecule, as Bascule.
• Basse-dunse, a measure.
• Bassement, basely, poorly.
• Bassenne, the mizzen-sail of a ship.
• Basse-taille, raised (or imbossed) Imagery.
• Basseté, baseness, abjection.
• Basseur, humbleness, lowliness.
• Bassier, Bassiere, the tub that receives tap-droppings; or a tub to put lees of wine in.
• Bassieres, the lees of wine.
• Bassille, crestmarine.
• Bassine, a deep, or bason-like and foot∣less Posnet, used most by Confecti∣oners.
• Bassinement, a warming with a warming-pan.
• Bassinet, (for petit bassin) a little bason.
• Bastage, a certain Toll exacted by some Country-Lords, for every horse that passes by them sadled with a pack-saddle.
• Bastance, what is enough.
• Bastardage, bastardy.
• Bastardaille, a crue of bastards.
• Bastarde, a demy-cannon, or demy-culverin, a smaller piece of any kinde.
• Baste, (a Subst.) an odde trick, a shrewd turn; also the skirt of a doublet.
• Basteler, to juggle, or tumble; also to play the fool or buffoon.
• Bastelerie, Basteliere, juggling, or tumbling, puppet-playing.
• Bastelet, a little boat.
• Bastier, a maker of pack-saddles; also a base lubberly fellow.
• Bastier, (Adj.) sadled with (or usual∣ly bearing) a pack-saddle.
• Bastilde, a fortress.
• Bastillon, a little fortress.
• Bastine, the skirt of a doublet or coat; also a pad; also as bar∣delle; also a pack-saddle.
• Bastionner, to fortifie with bastions.
• Bastissage, a framing, or building.
• Bastonnadé, banged, cudgelled.
• Bastonneau, Bastonnet, a little staff, or cudgel.
• Bastonnée, the stroke of a pump in a ship.
• Bastonnement, a beating, or cud∣gelling.
• Bastonnier, a Staff-bearer, or Verger; also the Carrier of the Crucifix in Processions; also a great man in any Company.
• Basty, a Territory (or Demesne) be∣longing to a place.
• Basty (for bâti) built.
• Bat, a stroke, or beating.
• Batable, beatable.
• Batail (for battant) de cloche, a bell-clapper.
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• Batalogie, obscene discourse.
• Batant, tout batant, just now; as je vien de là encores tout batant, I come from thence but even now. Or else it is thus rendred; as il les chassa tout batant, he pursued them very hard; il les a mené batant jusques aux portes de la Ville, he pursued them even unto the Gates of the Town.
• Batans de poisson, the gills of a fish.
• Bat-beure, a churn-staff.
• Bate, (for batoir) a rammer, a pa∣ving beetle.
• Batelage, juggling.
• Batelée, a boat full of.
• Bateleresque, juggling, or Juggler-like.
• Batemare, a wag-tail.
• Batiture de fer, the scales that flie from iron in the hammering there∣of.
• Batsain, a rude alarm given to a whole Country by ringing and beating of pots, kettles, basons, &c.
• Battans. See Batans.
• Batte, the bolster of a saddle. Les battes d'une porte, the piece of wood that runs all along upon the edge of a lock-side of a door or gate.
• Batte-eul, a great linnen Vail, such as Nuns wear.
• Batteler, as Basteler.
• Battelerie, as Bastelerie.
• Battellessisuie, the little yellow wa∣ter-wagtail.
• Battequeüe, the same.
• Battue, a beating, or stroke with the feet, in a settled and proportioned time, (a term of horsemanship.)
• Bature, a stripe, a stroke.
• Battus, as Batus.
• Batue, as Battue.
• Bature, as Batture.
• Batus, an Order of Friars, who in their nightly Processions whip their own backs extremely.
• Bau, as le Navire a tant de pieds de bau, the ship is so many foot broad. Bau de bite, the forepike, the part of a Ship, wherein the Bits are placed.
• Bavarder, to drivel, also to prattle.
• Bavasse, an idle tale.
• Bavasser, to tattle.
• Baubance, as Bobance.
• Baube, a prattler.
• Bauboyant, faultering.
• Baue, or Bauch, a sot, an ass.
• Baucal, or Baucale. See Bocal in the N. D.
• Bauche, a row of stones or bricks in building.
• Baucher, to lay even; also to square timber.
• Baucheron, a Squarer of timber.
• Bauci, the root of a parship or car∣rot.
• Baud, bold, saucy.
• Baude-bite, as Bau.
• Baudement, merrily, jollily.
• Baudere, beaver.
• Baudet, an ass.
• Baudiner, two to ride upon an ass or horse; also to teach something unskilfully, to do any thing like an ass.
• Baudir, to cheer up.
• Baudouïnage, Ass-lechery.
• Baudouïner, to ingender like an Ass.
• Baudrayer, & Baudrier. V. Bau∣droyer in the N. D.
• Baudroy, a ravenous and ugly fish called the Sea-toad.
• Bauds, a kinde of white hounds.
• Bauduffle, the great rush wherewith poor houses are thatched; also lit∣ter, or bedunged straw.
• Baverole, Baverotte, a bib.
• Bavesche, the socket of a candle-stick.
• Baveur, as Bavard in the N. D.
• Baveuse, a certain fish without seale, that covers her self when she lists with her own foam.
• Baveusement, foamingly.
• Bauffrer, to devour, or eat greedily.
• Bauffreur, a devourer.
• Bauffreure, a devouring, or greedy feeding.
• Bauffroy, a watch-tower.
• Baug••art, a scoundrel, a scurty or beastly companion.
• Baviere, (for baveret) a bib. Ba∣viere d'un armet, the b••••••r of an helmet.
• Bauldrier, to dress or carry leather.
• Bauldrieur, a leather-dresser.
• Bauldroy, as Baudroy.
• Bavois, a table or paper containing the estimate of the Rights of Sci∣gneuriage, Foiblage, & Brassage, according to the several rates of gold, silver, and b••llion then cur∣rent, or made current by the Kings Ordinances.
• Bavoler, to wag, or fly low, like a gnat in winter-time.
• Bavolet, (for volant) a shittle-cock.
• Bavoleté, giddy-headed, shittle-brain'd.
• Bavon, a bib.
• Bavouer, as bavois.
• Bauracineux, salt, or clammy.
• Baus, as Bauds; also the beams or floor-timber of a ship; the great pieces of timber that lie from side to side within the hould.
• Bausonins, streamers in ships.
• Baut, jocund, merry.
• Bayard, bay; also a greedy beholder, or one that stares at a thing.
• Bayart, a basket or dosser used for the carrying of earth, and fastened for the same purpose about the neck with two leathern thongs.
• Baybaye, a scornful mow made.
• Baye, (for un conte) a sib.
• Bayer, to gape, to gaze.
• Bayeul, (for bahu) a trunk.
• Bayeure, a gaping or gazing.
• Bayle. See Baillif in the N. D.
• Bazane, sheeps leather dressed like Spanish-leather, and coloured red, green, or yellow, &c.
• Bazaner, as Basaner.
• Bazanne, as Bazane.
• Bazaveresque, a sort of pear.
• Baze (for base) basis.
• Bazenne, as bazane.
• Bazette, toile bazette, linnen cloth which is but half white.
• Bazilles, crest-marine.
• Bazoche, as Besoche.
• Beat, happy, blessed, holy, sacred.
• Beatiles, Beatilles, toys, trumpery; also women of a low stature.
• Beau-regard, a Summer-house.
• Beauvois, the name of a fruitful red Vine.
• Becasseau, Becasson, a snipe.
• Beccane, a kinde of black grape.
• Beccard, the female Salmon.
• Beccasse (for becasse,) a wood∣cock.
• Beccasseau, Beccasson, Beccassine, for becassine, a snipe.
• Beccu, beaked, having a beak; sharp or hooked as a birds bill.
• Beccusse, an uproar.
• Becdasse, a wood-cock.
• Becdoye, a dolphin.
• Bechebois, a wood-pecker.
• Bechet, a pike-fish.
• Bechevet, à teste bechevet, the play with pins called heads and points; also the lying of two in a bed, the one right, the other with his head at his feet.
• Becheur, a digger.
• Bechique, a medicine for the cough.
• Bechistre, a tempest, or storm.
• Bechu, as Beccu.
• Bechus, a deformed thing in the Sea, that's neither fish nor plant, yet seems to move of it self.

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• Becquade, a b••ck.
• Becque, a ditch or trench made upon the high-way; also a spade.
• Becqué, beaked (in Heraldry.)
• Becquebo, a wood-pecker, or highaw.
• Becquée, a bill, (or a beak) full.
• Becquefigue (for becfigue) gnat-snapper.
• Becquer, Becqueter, (for bequeter) to peck.
• Becquet, as Bequet.
• Becquillon, a little beak, or bill.
• Becu, as Beccu.
• Bedacier, of, or belonging to a Bea∣dle, Beadle-like.
• Bedaine, a short bar of steel or iron; also a forked arrow for a cross∣bow; also ill luck; also a fat guts or gorbelly; also the belly.
• Bedat, an inclosed wood.
• Bedaud, a darling, or favourite.
• Bedegar, our Ladies thistle.
• Bedengue, a certain apple that yields most excellent Cider.
• Bedier, a sot, a coxcomb.
• Bedon, a tabret, also the belly.
• Bedondaine, that part of the belly which is between the navel and privities.
• Bedonal, Bedonau, a young brock or badger, also a sea-gull.
• Bedone, a badger.
• Bedonner, to play upon the taber.
• Bée, the bleating of sheep; also a hole in a wall, or the like.
• Béement, a gaping.
• Been, an Arabian plant.
• Beer, to gape.
• Beffleries, tricks, gulleries.
• Begauder, to loyter.
• Begude, a cottage.
• Begue (for mouëtte) a sea-mew.
• Beguet, a Serjeant or Officer that executes the Orders given, and Commissions sent out by the publick Magistrate.
• Beguiner, to put on a biggin.
• Beguines, an Order of old Nuns.
• Beguoyement (for begayement) stuttering.
• Behen. See Been.
• Behistre, a ••••rrible storm.
• Behistreux, t••mp••st••••••s, stormy.
• Behourd, a Juste or T••urney of ma∣ny together with la••es and bat∣tle axes; also a bustling voise.
• Behourdir, to just together with ••••••ces, &c. to make a bustling ••••ise.
• Behourdis, a bustling, or blustering. F••u de behourdi••, a bone-fire.
• Bejaunage, simplicity, want of expe∣rience.
• Bejaune, a novice, an ignorant fel∣low. Payer son bejaune, to pay his welcome (a fee exacted by Scholars of such as are newly ad∣mitted into their Society.)
• Bejaunerie, Bejaunise, as Bejau∣nage.
• Beille, as Begue.
• Beillottes, acorns.
• Beisle, the Ʋnder-hatches of a ship.
• Belaud, as Bedaud.
• Beler, Beleter (for Beeler) to bleat like a sheep.
• Beliard (for belier) a ram.
• Belie, a kind of red in Heraldry.
• Belin, a ram. Mascher en belin, to mumble as one that wants teeth.
• Beliné, rammed, also co••ened.
• Beliner, to ram, also to co••en.
• Belinge, as Tiretame in the N.D.
• Belistraille, Belitraille, a ras••ally ••r••e.
• Belistreau, Belitreau, a young rascal.
• Belistrément, rascally.
• Belistrer, Belitrer, to play the rascal.
• Belistrerie, Belitrerie, rascalliness; also a thing of little or no worth.
• Bellistresse, a base Quean.
• Bellastre, pretty fair.
• Bellateur, a professed Souldier.
• Bellatrice, a Virago.
• Belleque, a coot.
• Bellette (for belette) a weesel.
• Bellettement, prettily, also fair and softly.
• Belle-videre, the flower called blue-bells.
• Bellic, as Belic.
• Bellin, as Belin.
• Belliqu••usement, martially.
• Bellirie, a round mirabolan-plani.
• Bellistrandie, roguery.
• Bellistrandier, a needy rogue.
• Belloce, a wild plum.
• Bellocier, a wild plum-tree.
• Bellot, pretty.
• Bellotte, for belette, a weesel.
• Beluge, as belugue.
• Belvedere, the name of a shrub.
• Belugue, a spark of fire.
• Belusteau, Beluteau, a boulting-cloth.
• Belutage, Belutement, a sisting of meal.
• Beluter, to sift; also to swi••e.
• Belzoin (for benjoin) benjamin.
• Ben, the oily acorn.
• Benarie, a goat-snapper.
• Bende, Bendelette, Bender. See Bande, Bandelette, and Bander, in the N. D.
• Bene, a measure of coals worth a∣bout three sous.
• Benedict, blest, happy.
• Beneficial, belonging to a Benefice.
• Beneficience, beneficence.
• Benest, or Benet, a (simple or silly) fellow.
• Benestier (for benaitier) a holy-water-pot.
• Benevole, kinde, or friendly.
• Benisson, a blessing.
• Benistre, to bless.
• Benne, a hamper; also a great sack for corn or coals; also the head or horns of a stag.
• Bennel, a tumbrel, or dung-cart.
• Bennerie, low Jurisdiction.
• Benoict, as Benet.
• Benoicte, herb avens.
• Benoist, as Benet.
• Benoistier (for benaitier) a holy-water-pot.
• Benzoin (for benjoin) benjamin.
• Beque, a sea-cob, or sea-gull.
• Bequebo, a wood-pecker, or high••w.
• Bequée (for bechee) a heak full.
• Bequenauld, a pratile-basket, a pra∣ting boy.
• Bequenaulde, a prattling girl.
• Bequer, as Becquer.
• Bequeru, a Weevels, a little black and corn-devouring vermine.
• Bequerut, a kind of olive.
• Bequet, the pike-fish; also the name of a sowrish apple. Bequet de Mer, a dainty, little, and long∣nosed rock-fish.
• Bequillon, a little bill of a bird.
• Bequu, as Bechu.
• Ber, a Baron; also a cradle.
• Berangene, a kind of fruit like a pea••, growing near the ground as a mellon.
• Berberris, the barbary-tree.
• Berche, the piece of Ordnance called a Base.
• Bercherie, a store of Bases in a ship.
• Berchot, the little wren, our Lady's ben.
• Berdin, the shell-fish called a Lem∣p••t.
• Berée, a chassinch.
• Bergama••que, as il boucle sa femme a la Bergamasque, he buckles up his wife as the Italian Berga∣masks.
• Berrerette, a drink made of old hard wine and ••on••••.
• Bergerolle, Bergerotte, a young Sh••pherd••••.
• Ber••••hot, as Berchot.
• Bericles, a pair of spectacles.
• Berille, as Beril in the N. D.
• Berlaffe, a slash, or a deep cu••.
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• Berlaffer, to slash, or wound extream∣ly.
• Berlaffé, slashed.
• Berlin, as Berdin.
• Berlingasse, Berlingue, a piece of coin worth about six pence sterl.
• Berlong, for Barlong, more long than broad.
• Berlue, p••rblinde.
• Berluement, purblindness, or dim∣ness of sight.
• Berluquer, to trifle out the time.
• Bernadet, a kind of dog-fish.
• Bernage, carriage; also nobleness, gallantness of humour; also mes∣lin, or several sorts of corn min∣gled.
• Bernagoë, a Carpenters wimble.
• Bernaque, the fowl called a Bar∣nacle.
• Berne, a sieve, or van; also a great kettle; also a kind of Moorish garment, or such a Mantle as Irish Gentlewomen wear.
• Bernie, rug, also a mantle thereof.
• Berretin, a little cap.
• Berrouette (for brouëtte) a wheel∣barrow.
• Bers, as Ber, Bers de chariot, the sides, racks, or rails of a Cart.
• Bersaut, a Quintain for Country-Youths to run at.
• Berser, Bersé, Bersean. See Bercer, Bercé, Berceau in the N. D.
• Bertonneau, a Bret, or Turbot.
• Bertouder, Bertouser, as Bertauder in the N. D.
• Bervl. See Beril in the N. D.
• Besacier, a bag-bearer.
• Besanner, to give leather a grain in dressing, or to dress a sheeps skin like Spanish leather; also as Ba∣zaner.
• Besas, amb••sas.
• Besch, a South-west-wind.
• Beschage, an opening, or digging up of the ground.
• Besche-bois, a wood-pecker.
• Beschevet, as Bechevet.
• Bescau, the side of a loaf which in the Oven cleaves to another loaf.
• Besiale, as Champ besiale, a Com∣mon.
• Besicles, a pair of spectacles.
• Besiclier, a Spectacle-maker.
• Besier, the herb Orage.
• Besle, as Beisle.
• Besmus, a sot.
• Besoche, as Bezoche.
• Besongner (for travailler) to work.
• Besongnette, a little work.
• Besot, the last, or youngest childe one hath.
• Besquée, as Bequée.
• Besse, a shovel headed with iron, or as besche.
• Bessieres, the tiltings of low-running wine, &c.
• Besson, twin.
• Besteau, a bell-clapper.
• Bestelette, a little beast.
• Bestement, beastly.
• Besterie, sottishness.
• Bestial (for bétail, or bestiaux) cat∣tel.
• Bestion, a little beast.
• Besto••quer, to stab.
• Bestourner, to amaze.
• Besycles, a pair of spectacles.
• Besyclier, a Spectacle-maker.
• Besyn, fuddled.
• Bete, as Betty.
• Betelle, a kind of herb.
• Betosne (for betoine) betony.
• Betourné, dizzie, or giddy in the head.
• Bettes, sipping, quassing; as entrer en bettes, to grow merry, or mel∣low in drinking.
• Bettescher, to tackle a ship; also to set out any thing.
• Beturre, a sink-hole.
• Beuffroy, a watch-tower.
• Beur, as Moyne beur, a lubberly Monk, or a quaffing Monk.
• Beuratte, a churn.
• Beurée, the name of a pear.
• Beurichon, a w••en.
• Beurrette, a churn.
• Beurrier (Adj.) of, or belonging to butter. Un pot beurrier, a but∣ter-pot.
• Beuvailler, to q••ast.
• Beuvande, small wine, servants wine.
• Beuver••au, a sipp••r.
• Beuveron, a drench for a horse.
• Beuveter (for beuvoter) to sip.
• Beuvet••e, as Buvette.
• Beuvoire de Venus, the Fallers thistle.
• Beuvrage, beverage.
• Bezanne, as Bezane.
• Bezarder, to die.
• Bezer, a cow to run up and down, holding up her tail, when the brizze doth sting her.
• Beset, as aller à S. Bezet, to run up and down like one that hath a bri••••e in his tail.
• Bezeche (for hoyau) a mattock.
• Bezele, the name of a fish.
• Biains, as Bians.
• Biaisement, astop••, b••as-wis••.
• Biaiscure, s••o••ent••.
• Bians, days works both of m••n and beasts due unto Landlords by all Tenants (who are no Gentlemen) within the County of Poictou.
• ...Biaque, ••••r••se, or white lead, where∣with women paint.
• Biarn, a white cloth of course wool, with interwoven streaks of blew, whereof the Country-people about Languedoe make cloaks.
• Biaut, a kinde of Brittish course garment, or jacket, worn loose o∣ver the apparel.
• Bibaille, a present, fairing, or new-years gift.
• Bibelots, buckle-bones, or the play at huckle-bones.
• Bibet, a gnat.
• Bibette, a wheal, or blister.
• Bibliopole, for Libraire, a Book∣seller.
• Biblot, as Bibelot, or a small square piece in checquer-work, or where∣of checker-work is made.
• Bibul, the stalk of great hemlocks, us d by the Country-people of some places, instead of a Kan or Pot to drink in.
• Bibule, blotting, or brown paper.
• Bibus, as une affaire de bibus, ou de neant, a thing of no concern∣ment, an insignificant thing.
• Bicarne, the great verjuice-grape.
• Bichard, a binde-calf, or a red-deer-calf.
• Bichecoter, to leacher it.
• Bichecoterie, a leacherous trick.
• Bichet, a measure for corn.
• Bicherte de Lyon, the half of the bichet, about a bushel of Paris.
• Bicheteau, Bichot, a little ••i••de-calf; also a measure for corn used in Burgundy, and containing a∣•• ••ut sive of their bushels.
• Bichoterie, as Bichecoterie.
• Bicle, as Bigle.
• Bicorne, Bicornu, having two ••orns.
• Bicque, a Goat, or as biche.
• Bidaulx, Bidaux, cowardly strag∣glers after an Army.
• Bidenté, that hath two teeth.
• Bidon, a great cage, or open basket, to keep or feed poultry in.
• Bidonne, a kinde of Sea-purslan.
• Biece, a spade.
• Biecer. to dig.
• Biendisance, eloquence.
• Bien-en-allée, a farewel.
• Bienh••uré, happy, prospero••s.
• Bienh••urer, to make happy, or pro∣sperous.
• Bienh••ureté, happiness, prosperity.
• Bienseamment, decently.
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• Bienveigner, Bienvienner, to wel∣come.
• Bienvenement, a welcome.
• Bien-voulu, well-beloved.
• Bienvueillant, a well-wisher.
• Biés, (for biais) byas.
• Bife, Biffe, a counterfeit jewel, also a fool that would seem wise.
• Bifer. See Biffer in the N. D.
• Bifement, Biffeure, Bifferie, a ra∣sing, defacing, or blotting out.
• Biforme, that is of two several forms or shapes.
• Biformité, double form.
• Bifourché, consisting of two forked parts.
• Bifourcation, a forked form.
• Bifre, (for bievre) a beaver.
• Bigarruge, motley colour.
• Bigaut, a fool, an ass.
• Bigearrement, fantastically.
• Bigearrer, Bigearrure, Bigerrerie. See Bigarrer, and Bigarrure in the N. D.
• Biglement, squintingly, askew.
• Biglesse, a squinting wench.
• Bigne, a swelling after a knock.
• Bignoter, as Binoter.
• Bigorne, a Smiths anvil.
• Bigorneau, Bigornet, a periwincle, or as Nerite.
• Bigotage, Bigotation, Bigotie, Bi∣gotise, superstitious devotion; al∣so hypocrisie.
• Bigotte, as chausses à la bigotte, close breeches tyed below the knee.
• Bigotté, turned superstitious, or hy∣pocrite.
• Bigotter, to make superstitious, or to fill with hypocrisie.
• Biguarruge, as Bigarruge.
• Bihay, byas.
• Bihayser, to byas.
• Bihore, a word wherewith French Carters hasten on their horses.
• Bihoreau, a kinde of little heron.
• Bijon, liquid ro••en.
• Billard (Adj.) as pié billard, a splay foo••.
• Billardier, that goes in at the knees.
• Bille-barré, cross-barred.
• Bille-boquet, a Gardeners line to measure beds and borders withal; also a bob.
• Biller, to play at billiards; also to soften the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of a boat to the wood which rans cross the hams of the horses that are to a••aw it.
• Billeron. See Maille.
• B••llette, a ••ill••t of wood; also a lit•••••• ••owl, ••••••ewhat longer than an ordinary one; also a passage-toll.
• Bille-vezées, trash, trifles.
• Billion, a million of millions.
• Billos, certain Imposts leavied upon Wines.
• Bimauve, the white mallow.
• Bimbelote, furnished with paultry ware.
• Bimblotier, a paultry Pedlar.
• Binage, as Binement in the N. D.
• Bineur, a labourer, a digger.
• Bingu, troubled, molested.
• Binoire, as Bisnoire.
• Binotage, Binotement, Binotir, the second digging of soil.
• Binoter, to dig land the second time.
• Bios, God.
• Bipartient, parting, or dividing in∣to two.
• Bipedal, double footed; also two foot long or wide.
• Biquoquet, the peak of a Ladies mourning-hood.
• Birer, as Virer.
• Birrasque, a high-going Sea, or a tempest at sea.
• Bisacquier, a bag-bearer.
• Bisaguë (for besaguë) a twibil.
• Bisantin, as Besant in the N. D.
• Bisarme, as Guisarme.
• Bis-biane, wheaten bread.
• Biscantin, drink made of bullace.
• Biscapit, a double imployment of one sum in an account.
• Biscaye, a vantage at Tennis.
• Bischard, a sawn, or hinde-calf.
• Bischet, as Bichet.
• Bisclant, Biscle, squinting, looking askew.
• Biscoter, to swive.
• Biscuteau, fine bisket bread.
• Biseau, such a slopeness as is in the point of an iron leaver, &c.
• Biseté, wrought or stript with plate, as some kinde of stuffs be.
• Bisette, plate of gold, silver, or cop∣per, wherewith some stuffs are stri∣ped.
• Bisexte. See Bissexte in the N.D.
• Bisneur, as Bineur.
• Bisnoire, a forked mattock, or pick-axe.
• Bison, a kind of wild Ox.
• Bisongne, as Bison; also a rascally fellow; also a raw souldier.
• Bisouart, a pa••ltry Pedlar.
• Bisse, an adder.
• Bissestre, ill luck.
• Bislin••s, spruce terms, fine words.
• Bissole, as Bizole.
• Bis••arde, a bird called Bustard.
• Bistorie, a kind of launcet.
• Bistorié, Bistorin, crooked, awry.
• Bistortier, a rolling-pin, or pestle of wood.
• Bite, beets. Prendre, du potage de la bite, to do that a maid should not do.
• Bites, the bits, two great wooden pegs whereto the cable is fastened when an anchor is let fall.
• Bituminer, to mingle with bitu∣men.
• Bivet, faire bivet, to make an end of a candle stick with a drop of tallow upon the edge of a candle∣stick.
• Bizarderies, fantastical tricks.
• Bizarreure, diversity of colours or fashions in one subject.
• Bize, for Bise, the North-wind.
• Bizeau, as Biseau.
• Bizet, as Biset in the N. D.
• Bladier, a Merchant of corn.
• Bladier (Adj.) of, or belonging to corn.
• Blaffastre, somewhat pale.
• Blaier, Seigneur Blaier, the Land∣lord that may amerce all such Fo∣reiners as turn their Cattel into the vaines pastures, or wast grounds belonging unto his Lordship, which without his permission (paid for) they ought not to have done.
• Blaime (for pale) pale.
• Blaimeur, paleness.
• Blaimir, to grow pale.
• Blairie, Droit de Blairie, a Lords power to fine, &c. as you have it in the word Blaier. Pais de blai∣rie, a Country plentiful of corn.
• Blanc-doux, a white sweeting.
• Blanchard, an Order of Friars go∣ing in white sheets, and wearing neither hats nor shoes.
• Blancheastre, (for blanchâtre) whi∣tish.
• Blanche-puce, Blanche pute, the Sea-ground-pine (a whitish herb.)
• Blanche-putain, the herb rank-goat, or stinking motherwort.
• Blanche-queuë, the ravenous Kite, called a Kingtail.
• Blanchet, a wast-coat, a blanket for a bed; also the apple called a White-sweeting.
• Blanchet, (for blanchâtre) whitish.
• Blanchette, fine white flour of wheat.
• Blanchiment, a whiting, or whi∣tening.
• Blanes-ma••••••••••, w••it•• Cloaks, an Order of begging Friars.
• Blancuier, a bird like a Whittail.
• Blande, a Salamander.
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• Blandices, flatterings, allurements.
• Blandi, flattered, or soothed up.
• Blandir, to flatter, or sooth up.
• Blandissant, pleasing, flattering.
• Blandissement, blandishment, flat∣tering, or soothing up.
• Blandisseur, a flatterer.
• Blandureau, a kinde of white ap∣ple.
• Blanquet, a sort of the best white wine in Languedoc.
• Blanquette, a delicate white Sum∣mer-pear.
• Blareau (for blereau) a badger.
• Blasser, to foment, moisten, or bathe gently with the hand a hurt (espe∣cially about a horse.)
• Blatir, to gather up, draw, or shrink in himself.
• Blattaire, an herb called Moth∣mulleyn.
• Blatte, a moth, a beetle, a kinde of red wheat, a silk-worm, a wee∣sel.
• Blattier, a Merchant of corn.
• Blavée, corn-land.
• Blavelles, Blavcoles, Blaves, blew-bottles.
• Blavier, of, or belonging to corn.
• Blaureau (for blereau) a badger.
• Blayer. See Blaier.
• Blayeries, a corn-Ground, or corn-Country; also the feeding of cat∣tle upon Corn-lands; also the season (from the Annunciation to the end of harvest) wherein cattle may in some places be turned by some pri∣viledged persons into common corn-grounds.
• Blece-esprit, wounding the spirit.
• Bleecure (for blessure) wound.
• Bleche, Blecque, over-mellow. Pom∣me blecque, an apple that's too ripe, or too mellow.
• Bledier, of, or belonging to corn. Terre-blediere, Corn-ground.
• Blemy, grown pale.
• Blesme, as bleme, pale.
• Blesmet, somewhat pale.
• Blesmir, to grow pale.
• Blesmi, grown pale.
• Blesmissement, Blesmisseure, pale∣ness.
• Blessable, that may be wounded.
• Blet, a block-head.
• Blete, a turf, or peat.
• Blette, as poire blette, an over-ripe pear.
• Blisires, as Belistres; also the herb called Bleets.
• Bloccageux, Bloccailleux, full of rubbish, &c.
• Blocul, the chiefest pole that up∣holds a Tent; also a block∣house.
• Blondir, Blondoyer, to grow light, or flaxen.
• Blondore, of a golden yellow.
• Blondoyement, a making, or be∣coming light yellow.
• Blondurel, as Blandureau.
• Bloquaille, for Blocaille, shards, rub∣bish.
• Bloquil, as Blocul in the first sense.
• Blosse, as poire blosse, an over-mel∣low pear.
• Blot, for Bloc, a block.
• Bloti, squat, hidden, or kept close.
• Blotir, to squat, also to hide, or keep close.
• Blotte, as Bloutre.
• Blotter, to blot, to stain.
• Blouse, a close Tennis-court.
• Bloutte, a clod of earth.
• Bloutté, full of clods.
• Blouttoir, a Rowler.
• Bluard, blewish.
• Blute, the blew-bottle.
• Bluteau, a boulting cloth.
• Bluterie, a boulting, also a boulting-tub.
• Bluttage, Blutement, a boulting of meal.
• Bluttis, a boulting-tub, or a room to boult meal in.
• Bo, word.
• Boage, a place in Abbeys full of drawers, wherein they lay up Copes, &c.
• Bobance, Bobans, riot, luxury; al∣so pride, insolency.
• Bobelin, a patch, or piece set on a shooe or garment.
• Bobeline, an old patched shooe or garment.
• Bobeliner, to patch, or to cobble.
• Bobelineur, a patcher, or cobbler.
• Bobulaire, big, huge, unweildy like an Ox.
• Bobulaires, toyes.
• Bocageux, full of groves.
• Boccabreve, a kinde of apple.
• Boccanner, as Boucaner.
• Boccasin, for Bocassin, a kinde of fine buckram.
• Boce, for Bosse, a bunch.
• Bochaise, a wilde chesnut.
• Bocie, a Limbeck.
• Boclus, as Bouclus.
• Bocon, as Boucon.
• Bocque, a kind of fish, also a slace.
• Bocquer, to bul, or jurr.
• Bocquet, a grove.
• Bode, a young bull.
• Boesseau, (for boisseau) a bushel.
• Boësselet, a little bushel.
• Boëtouyer, to halt, or be lame.
• Boëttelette, a little box.
• Bohade, as Bouäde.
• Bohourd, as Behourd.
• Bohourder, as Behourder.
• Bohu, empty, vacant.
• Boicheron, a wood-cleaver, or wood-seller.
• Boie, a kinde of great water-snake, that uses to sack whole herds of Kine.
• Boiffer, to slubber over things in haste.
• Boiffeur, one that slubbers over things in haste.
• Boileau, Boilesve, an ordinary drinker of water.
• Boiler, to will.
• Boise, a log, also a brace of timber.
• Boisé, woody.
• Boissé, hasted, or trimmed with box.
• Boissel d'osier, a weel, or weer of os••er-twigs.
• Boisselet, a small French bushel.
• Boisselier, a maker, or seller of bushel-measures.
• Boissiere, a plot of box-trees.
• Boissonnerie, excessive drinking.
• Boiste, for Boëte, a box.
• Boistellette, a little box.
• Boistément, lamely.
• Boistusant, limping, halting.
• Boite (for boëte) a box.
• Boitouser, to limp, to halt.
• Boitte (for boëte) a box. Boitte (for bote) de foin, a bottle of hay.
• Boivin, a wine-drinker.
• Bolar, a kinde of asp-resembling tree.
• Bole d'Armenie, bole-armenie.
• Bolet, Bolete, a little mushroom, or toadstool.
• Bolieme, a lip, or chap.
• Boline, a rope used when a ship sails with a side-wind, or goes near a wind.
• Boliner, to lay tack aboard.
• Bolleau (for bouleau) the birch-tree.
• Bollettes de Cypres, Cyprus nuts, or clogs.
• Bolouët, a bulwark.
• Bolus, a morsel, or mouthful; also clay which hath no mineral sub∣stance in it.
• Bombance, as Bobance.
• Bombarde (for Bombe) a murther∣ing piece.
• Bombarder, to discharge a murther∣ing piece.
• Bombardier, a discharger of mur∣thering pieces.
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• Bombycine, the worse kinde of the Levant-Manna.
• Bonace, (Adj.) calm, quiet.
• Bonadies, good morrow.
• Bonasse (for bonace) a calm.
• Bondelle, a fish much like a great smelt.
• Bondener, to argue; also to grum∣ble.
• Bondonné, stopped up with a bung.
• Bondonner, to stop up with a bung.
• Bondrée, a kind of short-winged Eagle.
• Bone, for Borne, bound, limit.
• Bon-enten-tu, a nimble wit.
• Bon-Henry, the wild sorrel.
• Bonhort, as Behourd.
• Bonifié, made good, or rich.
• Bonifier, to make good; also to make rich or wealthy.
• Boniton, a sort of fish.
• Bonnage, as Bornage.
• Bonnaire, bountiful, sincere.
• Bonnaireté, bountifulness, sincerity.
• Bonnairement, bountifully, sincere∣ly.
• Bonne, (for borne) bound, limit.
• Bonnes-dames, the herb Orage, or Golden-herb; also Beet.
• Bonneter, to pull off his cap to one.
• Bonneton, a little cap.
• Bonniere, a measure of Land not much differing from the Arpent.
• Bons-hommes, (for Minimes) an Or∣der of Friars.
• Booie, the water-serpent Boas.
• Boolingue, as Boulingue.
• Boote, a Northern star.
• Boque, as Bocque.
• Boquet, a Grove of trees.
• Borax, for Borras, Borax, a green Mineral.
• Borborigme, the rumbling of the guts; also the murmuring noise of running waters.
• Bordage, edge, side, or brim; also Villenage. Droict de bordage, the drudgery, or base services re∣served by some Lords, upon the letting of their Cottages or small Tenements; which cannot be gi∣ven, sold, nor ingaged by the poor slaves that have taken them.
• Borde, a scattered house in the Country, a farm, or farm-house; also a stalk of pilled hemp.
• Bordeau, (for bordel) a bawdy-house.
• Bordeler, to haunt bawdy-houses.
• Bordelier, a wencher, a whoremon∣ger.
• Bordeliere, the name of a fish that resembles a Bream, and hath nei∣ther teeth nor tongue.
• Bordelois, the name of a very great grape.
• Bordereau, a ticket, a bill, an ac∣count.
• Bordeux, full of hems, edges, &c.
• Bordieux, small Tenements, little Cottages.
• Bordonné, as Bourdonné.
• Borée, the North-east wind.
• Borgner, to wink with one eye and look with another.
• Borgnesse, a woman that hath but one eye.
• Borgnet, almost blinde of one eye.
• Borgnoyer, to want an eye, to look or see but with one eye, to wink with one eye.
• Borgue, a weel for fish.
• Borlet, for Bourlet, a roul of cloth.
• Bornage, bounds, or limits. Droict de bornage, the Royalty of laying out bounds for other mens Lands.
• Bornal de miel, a honey-comb.
• Bornion à miel, a honey-comb, or bees-nest full of honey.
• Borrache, a Spanish leather-bottle.
• Borrais (for borras) Borax.
• Borrasque (for bourasque) a storm.
• Borret, a beast about a year old.
• Borrette, a heifer about a year old.
• Borriere, as vache borriere, a Cow that hath a Calf running after her.
• Borrugat, the name of a Sea-fish.
• Bortiere, the female-salmon.
• Bos, wood.
• Bose, the name of an apple, also wood.
• Boscal, a little Wood.
• Boscale, Champ boscale, a piece of ground or Common (without any House upon it) wherein divers have certain and several parts.
• Bosne (for borne) bounds, limits.
• Bosné, bounded, limited.
• Bosquillon, a Wood-seller, or a Wood-cleaver.
• Bossé, swoollen, knobby.
• Bosseler, to bruise, or make a dint in a vessel of metal or piece of plate.
• Bosselure, such a kind of bruise.
• Bossetier, a Stud-maker.
• Bossetiere, a lettle bunch or knob; a little heap, rising, or swelling of earth; a boss set on a book; a stud on any part of a horses fur∣niture.
• Bossis, high grounds, or little hills raised by the hands of men.
• Bossuer, to make crooked; also to swell or puff up unevenly.
• Bot, a wooden shooe, or patten; al∣so an ill-favoured big piece of any thing.
• Botaige, Temps de botaige, the time from the ninth of October to the last of November.
• Botanique, of, or belonging to herbs.
• Botanomantie, divination by the vertue of herbs.
• Botargues, the hard rows of the Murene, or of a kind of Mullet salted, and then dri'd, and eaten, to provoke drinking.
• Boteau, a bottle of hay, &c.
• Bothoral, full of wheals.
• Botineur, a buskin-maker; also one that continually wears boots or buskins.
• Bortyte, Cadmia in grape-like clu∣sters gathered from the roofs of copper-houses, or over the furnaces wherein copper is ordinarily melted or made.
• Botte, Botter, and Botté. See them with a single t in the N.D.
• Botteler (for boteler) du foin, to make bottles of hay.
• Botterol, a Toad.
• Bou, a boying, or bubbling.
• Bouäde, the Work of two Oxen, or Ʋse of a small Cart due certain days in Summer by Tenants (that hold by Socage or Villenage) unto their Landlords, for the labouring and dressing of their Vineyards.
• Bouban, and Boubance. See Bo∣bance.
• Boubax, the name of a kind of O∣lives.
• Boucal, a Weesel, also a vent for the fire or heat of a furnace.
• Boucan, a he-Goat.
• Boucaner, to do like a Goat.
• Boucané, ridden by a Goat.
• Boucanier, out of date, out of sea∣son.
• Bouccalart, plain Chamlet.
• Bouchard, a kind of great-eared brown Wheat.
• Boucharde, a Masons hammer, or pick, pointed at both ends like a diamond.
• Bouchasses, wild or bastard Ches∣nuts.
• Bouchelette, a little mouth.
• Boucheron, a faggot-maker.
• Bouchet, a kind of broth for a sick body; also a drink made of water sweetned with Sugar and Cinna∣mon.
• Bouchette, a little mouth.
• Bouchimbarbe, Goats beard (an herb.)
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• Bouchonnet, a little wisp, or stop∣ple.
• Bouconneux, full of stopples, wisps of straw, bunches, clusters.
• Bouclas, Birch.
• Bouclette, a small buckle.
• Bouclure, a buckling; also a swel∣ling, or bearing out in the middle; also a buffetting.
• Bouclus, trenches, or ditches.
• Boucon, bit, morsel, mouthful. Ba∣iller le boucon, to poyson.
• Bouconnier, a poysonner, one that gives a poysoned bit.
• Boucque (for bouche) the mouth.
• Boucquine, a rammish, or lascivious quean.
• Bouc-soufflé (for boursoufflé) swoln, or puffed up with wind.
• Boudinal, of, or belonging to a pud∣ding.
• Boudine, the navel.
• Boudrée, as Bondrée.
• Bouë de fer, the small flakes that flie from a hot iron when 'tis beaten.
• Bouée, a buoy for an anchor.
• Bouër, to heal, to mattar.
• Bouërande, the weed Cammock.
• Bouëtte, as Bonnette; also a little box; also a wheel-barrow.
• Bouëur, a Scavenger.
• Boufage, as Bouffage.
• Boufément, puffingly.
• Boufeux, a great eater.
• Bouffage, cheek-puffing meat.
• Bouffanes, puffs in a garment, &c.
• Bouffant, puffing up.
• Bouffard, often puffing, also swelling with anger.
• Bouffe, the part of our cheeks which we puff up in blowing or feeding, a swoln or swelling cheek.
• Bouffe, puffed, blown, or swoln up.
• Bouffement, a puffing, blowing, or swelling up.
• Bouffément, puffingly.
• Bouffer, to puff, blow, or swell up. Bouffer de courroux, to swell with anger.
• Bouffeux, a great eater.
• Bouffiné, greedily eaten.
• Bouffir, as Bouffer.
• Bouffissure, a swelling or puffing up; also a kinde of dropsy.
• Bouffon, Bouffonner, Bouffonnerie. See them with a single f in the N. D.
• Bouffonesque, Buffoon-like.
• Bouffonneur, a Buffoon.
• Bouffron, a Cutle-fish.
• Boug, the little and venemous green frog, or hedge-toad. Boug coupé, a tortoise.
• Bouge, valise, a budget, or wallet.
• Bougeon, a bolt, or arrow with a great bead.
• Bougié, seared with a wax-candle.
• Bougier, to sear with a wax-can∣dle.
• Bougiron, Bougironner, and Bou∣gironné. See Bougeron, &c. in the N. D.
• Bougnette, the fork-fish.
• Bougoir, a sort of candlestick.
• Bougonner, to bungle.
• Bougonneur, a bungler.
• Bougrande, Cammock.
• Bougrin, buggering, or fit for bug∣gery. Chausses à la bougrine, strait Venetians without codpie∣ces.
• Bougrisque, buggering, committing Sodomy.
• Bouhourd, as Behourd.
• Bouhourdi premier & second, the first and second Sunday in Lent.
• Bouillonneux, boyling, or bubbling; also dirty; also full of puffs.
• Bouillu, for Bouilli, boyled.
• Boujon, a boult, an arrow with a great or broad head.
• Boujotte, a pigeon-hole in a dove-coat.
• Bouissiere, a plot of ground stored with Box.
• Boular, the little round nest of a Martin, Titmouse, &c.
• Boulay, a Birch-tree.
• Bouldure d'un moulin, the conduit of a Mill, wherein the wheel goes.
• Boulengé, baked, or made into bread.
• Boulenger, (a Verb) to bake, or make into bread.
• Bouler, to bowl.
• Boulerot, a kinde of Gudgeon that lives continually in mud.
• Boulesche, a great fish-net.
• Boulette, a little bowl.
• Boulever, Bouleverd, Boulevert, a balwark.
• Bouleverse, an over-turning.
• Boulge, as Bouge.
• Boulie, (for bouillie) pap.
• Boulieux, of, or belonging to pap.
• Boulime, Boulimie, a canine appe∣tite.
• Boulin, a pigeon-hole in the Dove-coat.
• Boulinage, a laying of tack aboard, or sailing with a side-wind.
• Boullause, a pout, an eel-pout.
• Bouller, to cozen, also to box.
• Boullon, as Boulon.
• Boullonné, puffed, or drawn out with puffs.
• Bouloers (or Bouloirs) d'un vis, the circles or circling of a scrue.
• Bouloire, a Bowling-alley.
• Boulon, a great peg of wood where∣with Carpenters joyn great pieces of timber together. Boulon de fer, a great pin of iron, such as Tradesmen shut in their shop-win∣dows withal.
• Boulouer, a Bulwark.
• Boulture, a boyling, seething, or bubbling.
• Boune, for Borne, bound, limit.
• Bouquanier, as Boucanier.
• Bouque, for bouquet, a nosegay.
• Bouque d'Ange, conserve of Lettice-stalks.
• Bouquer, to kiss another mans thumb; to take or give a kiss; also to strike sail, or to pay custome.
• Bouquetier, (Adj.) of, or belonging to nosegays, or nosegay-like.
• Bouquetiere, a woman-seller of nose∣gays.
• Bourache, as Borrache; also a lit∣tle candle-case; also an engine (like a candle-case) wherewith fish is caught.
• Bourachon, a small leather-bottle; also a candle-case; also a drunk∣ard, or toss-bottle.
• Bouras, the tow of hemp, the coursest part of any such like stuff.
• Bourasse, a leather-bottle.
• Bourbe, for bourbier, dirt, mire.
• Bourbelier, the breast, or essay of a wild swine.
• Bourbeter, to wallow in the dirt, also to mutter.
• Bourbeteux, full of mud or dirt, al∣so loving dirt or mud.
• Bourbetre, a small fresh-water-fish, that altogether lives on, and lies in mud.
• Bourbetter, Boubetteux, as Bour∣beter, Bourbeteux.
• Bourblier, as Bourbelier.
• Bourboulene, the name of a Vine.
• Bourcier, for Boursier, a Purse-keeper.
• Bourdaine, a kinde of hedge-tree, exceedingly loved by stags.
• Bourdant, feasting, passing the time.
• Bourdé, gravelled as a Cart, &c.
• Bourdelage, a Tenure in the Domi∣nion of Nevers, whereby the Te∣nant is bound to pay unto his Landlord a yearly Rent in money, corn, and feathers, or in any two of them; which if he omit three years together, he forfeits his estate.
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• Bourdelois, a certain Vine or Grape that yields very sowr wine, and therefore it is usually set about Ar∣bours, more for the shadow than for the fruit it yields.
• Bourdelasier, full of jests, or tales.
• Bourder, to tell tales, to sell a bar∣gain to one.
• Bourdereau, as Bordereau.
• Bourdeur, a tale-teller, a jester, a guller.
• Bourdican, a begging Friar.
• Bourdonnasses, a fashion of great hollow launces used in old time.
• Bourdonnesque, drone-like.
• Bourdonneur, a hummer, or buzzer; also a player upon a bag-pipe.
• Bourdonniere, the gudgeon that's in the top of a bar or hinge-band of a gate.
• Boureler, &c. See Bourreler under Bourre in the N. D.
• Bouret, a kinde of shell-fish.
• Bourgage, a Township, or Borough∣ship, the Inhabitants of Houses in Lands belonging to a Town or Borough; also an estate or tenure in Bourgage, held either of the King, or of other Lords of the Borough, and subject to no other than the customary rents and ser∣vices thereof.
• Bourgalois, a Spanish coin worth a∣bout 18 d. sterl.
• Bourgamaistre, (for Bourgmestre) a Burgomaster.
• Bourgeonneux, full of buds, richly set with pimples.
• Bourget, a round stool.
• Bourgrain, buckram.
• Bourguignotte, a burganet, or Spa∣nish murrion.
• Bourjassotte, the name of a certain fish.
• Bourjon, Bourjonner, as Bourgeon, Bourgeonner in the N. D.
• Bourlesque, (for burlesque) burlesk, merry.
• Bournage, as Bornage.
• Bournal, and Bournois, as Bornal.
• Bourrabaquin, a great carousing glass.
• Bourrachiere, as Corneille bour∣rachiere, a roysten crow.
• Bourrachon, a toss-pot.
• Bourrade, a storm, or tempest; also the cuffing or ruffling of a bird by a hawk; also the tossing or muz∣zling of a hare by a greyhound be∣fore he bear her.
• Bourranflé, puffed up.
• Bourraquin, as Bourrabaquin, or a Spanish leather-bottle.
• Bourras, (for borras) borax; also silkrash; also course canvas.
• Bourrasser, to bastinado.
• Bourre, (for canard) a Duck.
• Bourrée, a fagot of twigs, a bundle of any such like stuff.
• Bourrelet, (for bourlet) a wreath, or roul of cloth.
• Bourrelier, tormenting, torturing.
• Bourrette, the uppermost part of the clue or ball of silk yielded by the silk-worm, the coursest of silk.
• Bourreux, full of flocks, &c.
• Bourriquet, a kinde of tumbrel or dung-cart; also as Bourrique, an ass.
• Bourroche (for bourrache) borage.
• Bours de Chevres, stables for goats.
• Boursal, a younger Brother.
• Boursal, (Adj.) of a younger brother. Fief boursal, the portion belonging to a younger brother.
• Boursalement, by the title of Youn∣gership, different from that of the elder Brother, who is to do homage unto the Lord for the whole In∣heritance.
• Boursavit, a purse for a mans yard; also a kinde of big leathern purse.
• Boursaul, the cane-willow.
• Boursaux, younger brethren.
• Boursé, put up in a purse; also bulching, or bearing out, as a full purse.
• Bourseau, a little blister.
• Bourselle, a Mariners Compass.
• Bourser, to put up in a purse.
• Bourseron, a little purse.
• Bourseteux, Bourseaux, purse-like; full of purses; belonging to a purse.
• Boursicouter, to make a purse.
• Boursiller, the same; also to put his hand into ones purse.
• Boursillon, a little purse.
• Boursoufflade, idle vanity.
• Boursouffleure, any swelling, puf∣fing, or blowing up.
• Bousant, Bousat, a buzzard, or bald kite.
• Bouscheron, a faggot-maker.
• Bouse, Bousée de vache, a cow∣turd.
• Bouset, petit bouset, a little odious fellow, a paltry crop of a cow∣turd.
• Bousfler, to puff up, or blow wind into.
• Bousilles, stuff to daub with.
• Bousiller, a dawber.
• Bousin, a soft and mouldring sub∣stance that cleaves to the outside of freestone in quarries.
• Bousinier, as pierres bousinieres, soft and mouldring stones, apt to melt away in water, or by wea∣ther.
• Boussade, the rot, or plague among sheep.
• Bousse, a bunch, the bunch of a Ca∣mels back.
• Boussin, a bit, or morsel.
• Boussu, for bossu, crooked.
• Boustargues, as Botargues.
• Boutage, Droict de boutage, a cer∣tain Duty or Fee exacted by the Lord of Breci (a Member of Bour∣ges) for the wine retailed within his Jurisdiction.
• Boutant, thrusting forward; also budding, or putting forth.
• Boutant, a buttress, or shore-post.
• Boutargues, as Botargues.
• Bousé, thrust forward, also budded or put forth.
• Boute-cul, a new Monk, or Friar.
• Boutée, a thrust, a jert, a violent attempt; also a budding.
• Boutefoire, a certain shitten yew game.
• Bouteillerie, a cupboard, or table to set bottles on.
• Bouteillette, a small bottle, or bubble.
• Bouteilliere, a tympany.
• Boutement, a thrusting forward.
• Bouter, for mettre, to put.
• Bouterolle, the chape of a scab∣bard.
• Bouteuffle, a bubble.
• Bouticle, for boutique, a shop; also a well, or lepe, for fish.
• Bouticlier, a shop-keeper, or he that looketh to a shop.
• Boutiffle, a bubble of water.
• Boutignan, the name of a kinde of Olive.
• Boutillier, as Bouteiller in the N. D.
• Boutine, the navel.
• Boutis, the rooting of a wild boar; also as boutement.
• Boutoir, a Farriers buttress.
• Boutonnerie, a buttoning, or clas∣ping; also a budding, or sprouting out; also a cauterizing.
• Boutonneur, a buttoner, or an in∣strument wherewith buttons are pulled through their over-strait holes.
• Boutouër, the snout of a wild swine.
• Bouts, a great bottle, or as Oudre.
• Boutrice, an ashler, or binding-stone in building.
• Boutton, for bouton, button.
• Boutture, as Bouture under Bout in the N. D.
• Bouvaux, a kinde of figs.
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• Bouveau, Bouvelle, a bullock.
• Bouvi, as qui sent le bouvi, smelling like an Ox.
• Bouviere, a river-fish.
• Bouvine, all kinde of oxen.
• Bouyau, for boyau, gut, bowel.
• Bouys, for bouis, the box-tree.
• Bouze, as bouse.
• Bouzine, a rustical Trumpet or wind-Instrument, made of pitched bark.
• Boye, an Executioner.
• Bozel, a thick or great boultel com∣monly in or near unto the basis of a pillar.
• Bozine, as Bouzine.
• Braçal, for Brassal, an Archers brace, or bracer.
• Braçats, vambraces, an armour for the arms.
• Brace, for Brasse, a fadom.
• Brachial, Brachieux, of, or belong∣ing to the arm.
• Brachialement, with main force of arms.
• Braconnier, a hunter.
• Bradypepsie, slow concoction.
• Bragard, flaunting, pert, bragga∣dochio-like.
• Bragardement, flauntingly, pertly, braggingly.
• Bragarder, to flaunt it, to swagger.
• Bragardise, flaunting, proud vanity, swaggering.
• Bragmarder, to be leacherous.
• Brague, a kind of mortaise, or joyn∣ing of pieces together.
• Braguer, to brag, to swagger.
• Braguerie, bragging, swaggering.
• Bragues, short and close linnen-bree∣ches worn next unto the thighs.
• Braguesques, large Venecians having Cod-peeces, and gathered, or full of stuff at the knees.
• Braguette, a cod-piece. Bonnet à quatre braguettes, a four-square cap.
• Bragueur, as Bragard.
• Brahiers, linnen-breeches.
• Brailler, to make a great noise, to cry out.
• Brain, the branch of a tree.
• Braisillonner, to roast upon quick coals.
• Braismer, for bramer, to roar.
• Braisset, the green toad.
• Branc d'acier, a cuttelas.
• Brancal, and Brancas, as Brancar in the N. D.
• Brance, bearded red wheat.
• Branchet, as Espervier branchet, a brancher, or young hawk, newly come out of the nest.
• Branchette, a little branch.
• Branchiere, a Passage-toll, so called, because the little log that's a signe thereof hangs on the branch of a Tree.
• Branchieres, the out-places, or parts of the highway wherein the said logs or billets have been a long time hung up.
• Branchillon, a little branch.
• Branchue, a kind of Cray-fish.
• Branchure, a branch.
• Brand, as Branc.
• Brandes, healthy grounds.
• Brandif, brandishing, lusty. Il man∣gea un gigot de mouton tout brandif, he eat a whole leg of mutton.
• Brandilloir, Brandilloire, a swing.
• Brandonner, to seize land by pitch∣ing down into it a staff topped with straw.
• Brane, boeuf brane, a kind of wilde Ox in Languedoc and Provence fit onely for the Shambles.
• Branglage, a kind of Toll or Tax.
• Branquar, as Brancar in the N. D. also the edge of the Deck of a ship.
• Branque ursine, an herb called Brank∣ursine, or Bears breech.
• Branquetter, as Bransquetter.
• Branseat, spoil, ravage.
• Bransloire, a swing, a brandling.
• Bransquetter, to ravage, or ran∣sack.
• Braque, for Brac, a little hound.
• Braquemar, ou Braquemard, a wood-knife, hanger, whineyard.
• Braser, to slope the edge of a stone, as Masons do in windows, &c. for the gaining of light.
• Brasillé, broyled.
• Brasiller, Brasillonner, to broyl upon quick coals, or hot embers.
• Brassage, the fee which the Masters of the Mint have out of every sort of money coyned.
• Brassart, and Brassat, as Brassal in the N. D.
• Brassier, a Brazier; also a sling; al∣so a cudgel; also the tab that re∣ceives the droppings of a tap; also a labouring man.
• Brassiere, a womans or a childs wastcoat; also the doublet some women wear in child-bed; also the arm or branch of a river; al∣so a brace; one of the staves whereby men turn the beam of a Crane, &c.
• Brassin, a brewing.
• Brassique, Colewort.
• Brater un Chariot, to turn, set, or bend a cart on the right or left hand.
• Bravache, a swaggerer.
• Bravacherie, a swaggering.
• Brave (a Subst.) the reward or prize for him that hath done best in Plays or Games.
• Braveux, he that gives the prize.
• Brayant, Brayart, braying, or crying like an Ass.
• Brayer, Brayement. See Broyer, broyement in the N. D.
• Brayere, a flax-wise.
• Brayetter la chemise, to put his shirt between the legs. La Lan∣gue me brayette, my tongue trips, or faulters.
• Brayeul, the parts or feathers about the hawks fundament, called the brail in a short-winged, and the pannel in a long-winged hawk.
• Breant, the bird called a Siskin.
• Brebiail, Brebiaille, sheep, ews.
• Brebiette, a little sheep, or ew.
• Breborions, old dunsical books; also charms against the tooth-ach, &c.
• Breché, having a breach made in it.
• Brechedent, one that wants divers teeth, or as Breschedent.
• Brechet, the brisket.
• Brecheure d'une Riviere, a breach in a River.
• Bredaille, a great paunch, or belly.
• Bredailler, a gor-belly, fat-guts.
• Brediner, to pronounce imperfectly.
• Bredouillard, one that speaks or pronounces imperfectly.
• Bredouille, a lurch at Cards or Ta∣bles. Ma p••tite bredouille, my little rogue.
• Bredouiller, to speak, or pronounce imperfectly.
• Brehaigne, a barren woman or fe∣male, or (adjectively) barren.
• Brei, as Bret.
• Breil de forest, a thick-grown wood, or corner of a forest, where∣in wilde beasts use to lurk.
• Breits, for Bray, a kind of ship∣pitch.
• Brelaté, slashed.
• Brelm, Brelandier. See Berlan, Berlandier in the N. D.
• Brelengue, Brelingue, a piece of coin worth about 8 pence sterl.
• Breller, to bat-fowl, to catch birds by bat-fowling, also to twinkle, or glitter.
• Brelles, cives.
• Brelue, for Berlue, dimness of sight.
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• Bremant, as il n'a enfant ne bre∣mant, he hath neither childe nor chick to care for.
• Bremer, for Bramer, to cry out like a Hart.
• Bremme (for brame) a bream.
• Bren, a turd.
• Brenasserie, shitten stuff.
• Breneux, beshitten.
• Bresche, the name of a very hard and sundry-coloured marble.
• Bresché, as Breché.
• Breschedent, as Brechedent; also an Ironical allusion to President.
• Bresillé, made red as Brasil-wood. Boeuf bresillé, Martlemas-beef.
• Bresin, the hook of a Crane, and in a ship the Cane-hook.
• Bressaudes, the crispy mammocks that remain of fri'd hogs grease.
• Bressaux, a kind of fine cakes, or wafers, or as Pain de Quinque.
• Bresse, a brush; also a thin leaf or cake of wax, &c.
• Bresseron, the Sow-thistle.
• Bressille des yeux, the twinkling of the eyes.
• Bressiller, to twinkle with the eyes.
• Bret, a little Engine (made of two sticks joyned together) wherewith Fowlers catch small birds whilst they wonder at an Owl that's set of purpose to amaze them; also as Bray in the N. D. Etre, ou par∣ler bret, to stammer.
• Bretauder, for Bertauder, to cur∣tail.
• Breteler, to brabble.
• Breteleur, a brabbler.
• Breteque, Bretesche, Bretesque, and Brethecque, a publick place in a Town wherein Out-cries and Pro∣clamations are ordinarily made; also a port, or portal of defence, in the rampire or wall of a Town.
• Bretonner, to speak thick and short; also to stammer.
• Bretté, notched like a Saw.
• Brettesse, the Battlements of a wall.
• Brettessé, furnished with Battle∣ments.
• Bretteure, a notching.
• Bretueil, the iron piece called a fow∣ler, or port-piece.
• Brevade, Brevetade, as Brevet un∣der Brief in the N. D.
• Breveter, to abbreviate, to reduce into briefs or breviates.
• Breuil, as Breil.
• Breulet, as Bret.
• Breusse, a bowl of tin.
• Breusté, broosed, or knapped off.
• Breuvoer, liquor, or any liquid stuff that's fit to be made into drink.
• Breze, for braise, a burning coal.
• Brezil, for bresil, the wood Brazil.
• Breziller, as Bressiller.
• Bribe, a piece of bread given to a beggar.
• Briber, to beg his bread; to eat greedily; to run up and down.
• Bribeur, a beggar, a greedy eater; a goer up and down.
• Bribonner, to mumble up his Pray∣ers.
• Briborions, Prayers mumbled up.
• Bric, as Prendre au bric, to take advantage of a word spoken by another, also to give a dead list.
• Brichet, as Brechet.
• Bricot, the stump of a shrub, or little tree; an up-sticking stub of a late∣cut shrub or tree.
• Bricoteau, a quoit of stone.
• Bridaveaux, hollow, round, and wreathed cracknels of fine flour, sugar, salt, and yolks of eggs in∣corporated together with water and white-wine.
• Bridoye, a goose-bridler (a Nick∣name for a Lawyer.)
• Brief, for brevet, a brief.
• Brief (an Adv.) in short.
• Briemart, poor folks drink (made of bran, leaven, and water.)
• Briere, as Bruyere in the N. D.
• Brifaut, Brifeau, a greedy eater.
• Brifec, a morsel eaten greedily.
• Brifer, to eat greedily.
• Brigader, to keep company together.
• Brigaille, a notable smell-smock.
• Brigande, for brigade, a great body of horse-men.
• Brigandeau, Brigandereau, a little Robber.
• Briganderie, a robbing and kil∣ling.
• Brigandin, for Brigantin, the Bri∣gantine Vessel.
• Brigandine, an ancient armour so called.
• Brigant, for brigand, a highway∣robber.
• Brignon, the name of an excellent plum.
• Briguerie, an underhand suing for an Office; also a wrangling, or contending; also a sharking, or robbing.
• Briguet, a mongrel; also one that is nobly born but of one side.
• Brihat, one that is hot and loud.
• Bril, a sparkle, a glittering.
• Brillonner, for briller, to sparkle, or glitter.
• Brimbalatoire, as Brimballatoire.
• Brimbaler, sonner trop fort les clo∣ches, to set the bells agate.
• Brimbalé, tumbled headlong, shaken, swagged.
• Brimbales, the bells worn by Cart∣horses.
• Brimballatoire, swagging, or shaking ill-favouredly.
• Brimballotier, Brimbeur, Brimblo∣tier, a paultry Pedlar, one that hath nought but trash to sell; also a spangle-maker.
• Brimborions, as Breborions; also the knacks or bawbles wherewith fools caps, &c. are garnished. Il dit ses brimborions (for brevi∣aire) he mumbles up his prayers.
• Brimboter, to mumble.
• Brindell••s de balay, the sprigs or twigs of a beesom.
• Bringue, a drinking to.
• Bringuenarder, to swive.
• Bringuenarilles, wide nostrils.
• Bringuenaudée, a common whore.
• Brioche, a brake for hemp; also a rowl or bun of spiced bread.
• Brioler, to glide, or slide on the ice.
• Brionie, Briony, white vine.
• Briquer, to lay bricks, or to build with bricks.
• Briquerie, a brick-kiln.
• Briquet, as Briguet; also a young hare.
• Briquettes, little toys.
• Briqueux, full of bricks, or fit for bricks.
• Briquier, a brick-maker, a brick∣seller.
• Brisable, apt to be broke.
• Brische, a bush made of lime-twigs, and a stale hung at it to draw birds unto it.
• Briscoter, to leacher.
• Brise, a piece of ground that's new broke up for tillage, and hath lai•• long untilled.
• Brise-grain, corn-breaking.
• Brisement, a breaking.
• Brise-ponts, bridge-breaking (said of a River.)
• Brise-tour, tower-breaking.
• Brisette, a little scale or husk, a little splint or shiver broken off any thing.
• Briseur, a breaker.
• Briseux, breaking, crushing.
• Brisgoter, as Briscoter.
• Brisseures, broken pieces.
• Brit, as Bric.
• Brive, a bridge.
• Britascher, as j'ai ouï britascher d'une telle chose, I have heard some such muttering.
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• Briz, as Bris under Briser in the N. D.
• Brize, for bize, the North-wind.
• Brizer, for Briser, to bruise, to break.
• Brocar, for Brocatel, Satin purfled with gold; also a cutting jest.
• Brocardé, jeared, derided.
• Brocarder, to jear, to deride.
• Brocarderie, a jearing, or deriding.
• Brocardeur, a jearer, or derider.
• Brocelles, for Brossailles, thick bushes.
• Brochant, broaching.
• Brochard, as Brocar; also a peg of wood.
• Brochereux, little pickerels.
• Brocheton, a small pike.
• Brochoir, a Farriers shooing ham∣mer.
• Brode, broth, pottage, brue; also a Sun-burnt wench. Pain de brode, brown bread; Langage brode, a loose or an effeminate language.
• Brodes, a leather cloak or mantle.
• Brodeure (for broderie) imbrode∣ry.
• Brodier, the arse, or bum.
• Broisse, for brosse, a brush.
• Brommart, drowsie.
• Bronchique, as muscle bronchique, one of the four Muscles which open the Larinx.
• Brondes, green boughs, brouze-wood, or brouzing for cattle.
• Bronzé, covered with grass.
• Bronzer, to cover with grass.
• Brossailleux, full of little bushes.
• Brossettes, brushes.
• Brot, a drinking Jack; a flagon, or great tankard. Un brot de vigne, the bud of a Vine.
• Brotonne, male Southernwood.
• Brouailles, washing of dishes; also guts and garbage of fowl; any such outcast trash.
• Brouaz, as Brouhaha.
• Broudier, as Brodier.
• Brouë, a little white cloud.
• Broüée, a mist, or fog; also a blu∣ster, hurry, or hurly-burly.
• Brouër, a mist, or fog.
• Brouëtteur, one that works with a wheel-barrow.
• Brouffer, to snurt with the nose, like a horse.
• Brouhaha, Brouhou, a bluster, hurry, hurly-barly.
• Brouil, for Brou, the outward husk of a green walnut.
• Brouillar, Brouillas, a mist, or fog.
• Brouillasser, Brouillasseur. See Brouiller, & Brouillon in the N.D.
• Brouilleur, for Brouillon, a trouble-house.
• Brouillis, for brouillerie, confusion.
• Brouïné, blasted, or burnt with mists.
• Brouïr, to rustle, or bluster; also to humme.
• Brouïssement, a rustling, or bluster∣ing; also a humming.
• Brouser, for Brouter, to brouze..
• Broussaille, as Brossailles in the N. D.
• Broussin, a bunch, or knurr in a tree.
• Broute, the root of the box-tree sea∣soned and fit for use.
• Brouteur, a brouzer; also as Brou∣ëtteur.
• Broutement, Brouteure, a brouzing.
• Broutilles, beggars scraps.
• Broutique, a Monkey.
• Broutonner, for boutonner, to bud.
• Broüy, burned, parched with heat.
• Broüyr, to burn, or parch with heat.
• Bruchet, the craw-bone, or merry-thought of a bird.
• Bruel, Brueil, the brail, or pannel of a hawk.
• Bruge-espine, buck-thorn.
• Brugier, to bellow, or make a hide∣ous noise.
• Brugne, a fashion of Corselet, or Bri∣gandine used in old time.
• Bruiement, Bruiment, a rumbling, rustling, or blustering.
• Bruiné, blasted and burned with mist; also hoary.
• Bruinement, a blasting or burning with hot mists; also a glazing over.
• Bruiner, to blast or burn with hot mists; also to glaze, or set a hoa∣ry gloss on.
• Bruineux, full of hot blasting mists.
• Brule-langue, as Brusle-langue.
• Brumal, of, or belonging to winter, or winter-like.
• Bruman, a son-in-law, the husband of a daughter.
• Brumbay, brown bay, or dark bay.
• Brume, the shortest day in the year; also the midst of winter; also winter.
• Brumestre, the name of a kinde of Vine.
• Bruncher, Brunchement. See Bron∣cher, Bronchement in the N. D.
• Bruneau, clos bruneau, the bum, the ars••.
• Brun-fauve, Deer-coloured.
• Bruni d'un Cerf, the burnishing of a Stags head.
• Brunie, as Brugne.
• Brus••able, apt to be burnt.
• Brusle-ser, iron-burning (a Nick∣name for Smiths.)
• Brusle-grain, corn-burning.
• Brusle-langue, tongue-scorching, tongue-inflaming.
• Brusquet, as vin brusquet, brisk, or sharp wine.
• Brute-bonne, the name of a pear.
• Brutesse, brutality.
• Bruthier, a buzzard.
• Brutif, clownish, also rash, heedless. Parler brutif, to falter in his speech.
• Brutivement, clownishly, rudely; also rashly, heedlesly; also faul∣teringly.
• Bruy, as Brouy.
• Bruyement, as Bruiement.
• Bruyereux, full of heath.
• Bruyné, as Bruiné.
• Bryonie, as brionie.
• Buanderie, a Laundry.
• Bubailler, to gape, to yawn.
• Bubbe, a wheal, or blister.
• Bubelette, Bubette, a red pimple on the nose, &c.
• Buberiges, dogs leeks, or the herb that bears the purple starry Ja∣cint.
• Bubon, a great bunch, a plague-sore, or a pockie-sore.
• Buc, a busk.
• Bucail, Buccail, the course grain cal∣led French-wheat.
• Buccinateur, a Trumpetter.
• Buccine, a Cornet, or Trumpet for the Wars; also the horn of a Cow-herd or Swine-herd; also the shell-fish called Venus-shell.
• Bucheronner, to cleave, or cut down wood; to make faggots, &c.
• Bucine, as Buccine.
• Buclandere, a Billander.
• Bucolie, Herd-man-like.
• Bucoliquement, Hard-man-like.
• Bucquer, as Buquer; also to but, or jurr.
• Buée, a buck of cloaths.
• Buer, to wash a buck, to scowr with lie.
• Buffe, a cuff, or box on the ear.
• Buffelin, buff-like; of, or belonging to a buffle.
• Buffer, to puff, or blow hard; also to spout water on.
• Buffeté, wrought rough or shag like buff; buffeted, cuffed; deaded as wine that hath taken wind, or hath been mingled with water.
• Buffeter, to make rough or shag like buff; also to buffet, or cuff; also to marr a vessel of wine by often

• tasting it before it is broached, or to fill it up with water after much wine hath been taken out of it.
• Buffeteurs de vin, such as steal wine out of the Vessels they have in charge, and afterwards fill them up with water.
• Buffetolt, the fish called a Lump, Padle, or Sea-owl.
• Buffler, to deceive.
• Buffroy, a beacon, or watch-tower.
• Bufon, a toad.
• Bugie, the bark of a barbary-tree.
• Bugle, middle Consound, or middle Comfrey.
• Buglement, a lowing, or bellow∣ing.
• Bugler, to lowe, or bellow.
• Bugleux, full of bellowing, often or much lowing.
• Buglesat, of bugloss, made of bugloss.
• Bugnets, for bignets, fritters.
• Bugrande, Bugrane, Bugrate, Bu∣grunde, Rest-harrow, Cammock.
• Buie, a water-pot, or pitcher.
• Buire, an oyl-glass, viol, or cruze.
• Buirette, a cruet, or little viol, or a cider-jugg.
• Buisart, Buissart, a buzzard.
• Buisine, Buissine, a little pipe, a water-pipe.
• Buissonnages, bushes, or bushy grounds.
• Buissonné, hid amongst bushes.
• Buissonner, to lye in wait for a∣mong bushes.
• Buissonnet, a little bush.
• Buissonneux, bushy, or full of bushes.
• Buissonnier, (Adj.) of, or belonging to bushes; frequenting or haunting bushes; living or lurking among bushes. Faire l'eschole buisson∣niere, to play the truant.
• Buissonniere, a bushy ground.
• Bule, a blister, or bubble.
• Buler, as Bugler; also to send a Bull, as Popes do; to execute or ex∣communicate by Bull.
• Buletin, as Bulletin.
• Buliste, of, or belonging to a bull; a writer, or maker of bulls.
• Bullage, the s••aling of cloth, the marking thereof with a seal of lead.
• Bullé, sealed with lead, as a Bull; also that hath obtained the Popes Bull for some particular advance∣ment or privilege to himself.
• Bulletean, a boulter, or boulting-cloth.
• Bulleter, to boult.
• Bulletin, a T••cket, a Cocket. Bulle∣tins are among the Gray-Friars such as have been reformed by the Pope's bulls.
• Bullette, as Bulletin.
• Bullettes, such bubbles or bobs of glass as women wear for pendants at their ears.
• Bulliste, as Buliste.
• Bullonner, to run, boyl, or burst out in great abundance.
• Bullot, a certain great, yellow, and sowr apple.
• Buon, the beak of an ewer or pot, the mouth of a cruet, viol, &c. also a little oyl-pot.
• Bupreste, the venemous black fly, called a long-leg, or wag-leg.
• Buquer, to knock, or to rap at a door.
• Bur, as Bureau in the N. D.
• Burail, Burat, silk-rash, or any kinde of stuff that's half silk and half woosted.
• Burate, that which remains in a Churh after the butter is taken out; also as Burail.
• Bureau, (Adj.) dark brown.
• Buretté, boulted.
• Burez, for Buret, the Burret-fish.
• Burgan, a snail-like shell-fish.
• Burgrave, the Captain or Governour of a Fortress.
• Burguespine, for Bourguepine, way-thorn.
• Burineur, a Graver.
• Buriot, a young duckling newly crept out of the shell.
• Burler, to howl; also to jest with.
• Burne, the solitary place or corner wherein an Owl sits in the day∣time.
• Burnie, as main burnie, ward, cu∣stody.
• Buron, a poor cottage.
• Burre, for beurre, butter.
• Burré, buttered.
• Burrer, to butter.
• Burrier, a seller of butter; also a great eater of butter, a butter-box.
• Bursauli, Cane-withy, with the yel∣lowish bark.
• Buschailles, small twigs or sprigs.
• Buschetter, to gather sticks for the fire.
• Buschettes, Buschilles, small twigs or sprigs.
• Buschoier, as Buschetter.
• Busine, the pipe of a Cistern or Con∣duit; also a bag-pipe.
• Busquer, chercher fortune, to seek his fortune.
• Bu••sirt, a sort of Wine-vessel.
• Busse de raisins, a great Vessel, wherein raisins be put or trans∣ported.
• Bust, as Buste.
• Bustarin, a great Lubber.
• Buste, the whole bulk of a man from his face to his middle; also a Tomb, or Sepulchre.
• Bustofer, a great Loggerhead.
• Bustuaire, burnt as a dead body, or expecting the sacrifice of mens bo∣dies.
• Buteux, of, or belonging to a butt, full of butts.
• Butinement, a making spoyl of.
• Butineur, a preyer, a pillager.
• Butineux, full of prey, spoil, booty.
• Butoesne, for betoine, Betony.
• Butte, for Bute, a butt.
• Buttel, for Hotte, a sort of basket, called a Dosser.
• Buvable, fit to be drunk of.
• Buvage, liquor.
• Buveau, a bevel.
• Buvereau, a Sipper.
• Buveter, to sip.
• Buvetier, an Officer that gathers mo∣ney for the Judges Collations.
• Buvette, small houshold-wine.
• Buvettes, sippings, tipplings; and particularly the Judges Drinkings or Collations.
• Buvetter, as Buveter, to sip.
• Buvotter, for Beuvoter, the same.
• Buxolle, for Boussole, a Mariners Compass.
• Buydon, a Poulterers Cage or Coop, where he feeds his chickens and other fowl in.
• Buye, as Buie.
• Buyele, as Buxolle.
• Buyer, a Box-tree.
• Buyrette, as Burete under Bure in the N. D.
• Buys, for bouïs, Box.
• Buyser, to bore, or make holes in∣to.
• Buysé, bored, that hath holes made into it.
• Buysine, as Buisine.
• Buy••ronne, a furnace to melt and fine s••••••n in.
• Buysart, Buzart, (for Buzard) a Buzzard.
• Buzine, as Busine.
• Byble, for bible, the Bible.
• Byrrasque, for Bourrasque, a storm.
• Byze, for bize, the North-wind.