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Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse choose

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[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Frygge in the arse as a queene dothe whan she is in tapynge.
at arse, n.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Substances: Botyfelowe, parsomnet.
at booty-fellow, n.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Cakyll or clatter [...] Howe these women cackyll nowe they have dyned.
at cackle, v.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Catche copper, I catch harme.
at catch copper (v.) under catch, v.1
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: I coyle ones kote, I beate hym, je bastonne.
at coil someone’s coat (v.) under coat, n.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Drinke to you [...] you must drinke agayne for you tolde me not whether you dranke to a marke or els all out.
at drink all out (v.) under drink, v.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Speake a pedlars frenche, or a gybberishe or any contrefait language, Ie iargonne [...] They speke a pedlars frenche amongst themselfe: ils iargonnet entre eulx.
at pedlar’s French, n.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Iape a wenche [...] It is better to iape a wench than to do worse.
at jape, v.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Substances: Mecher, a lytell thefe; Micher, a lytell thefe.
at mitcher, n.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Substances: Mecher, a lytell thefe [...] Micher, a lytell thefe.
at moocher, n.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Substances: Ribaulde. The counsayle of one naughtypacke may make a wenche to bolde.
at naughty pack (n.) under naughty, adj.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Substances: Queane, garse, paillarde.
at quean, n.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Rampe, I playe the callet.
at ramp, v.1
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Sarde a queene [...] foutre. They say there was a lorde in Englande asked [...] if she was nat well sarded.
at sard, v.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Iape a wenche [...] It is better to iape a wench than to do worse.
at wench, n.
[UK] Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: I wete my whystell as good drinkers do [...] Will you wete your whystell.
at wet one’s whistle (v.) under wet, v.
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