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[UK] Davies of Hereford Vpon Eng. Prouerbes 49/2: Shee’s ambodexter, with both hands shee playes: But yet with both leggs she workes nights and dayes. Shee’s woone with an apple, and lost with an nutt.
at ambidexter, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Vpon Eng. Prouerbes 42/1: Baccare quoth Mortimer vnto his sowe: But wheres a Mortimer to say so now?
at baccare!, excl.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 14: Graxus if thy sole repute bee bralling; A Bandogge is thy better, by his balling.
at bandog, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 7: Yet is he foolish, rude, and beastly-base.
at beastly, adv.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 58: My better half’s, the better by a Lease Shee holds from you, till she (not you) decease.
at better half, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 83: Iella, why frown’st thou: say (sweet Biddies-nie).
at biddy, n.2
[UK] Davies of Hereford Vpon Eng. Prouerbes 49/2: Her bumme is no bilbo, and yet it will cutt As keene as a razer that shaues away all.
at bilbo, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 145: The Shep-herd’s a Knaue, or a Block.
at block, n.1
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 8: Against bouzing Bossus the woman-queller.
at bousing, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 9: Kate [...] she’s well pleased with all Bum-fiddlers, And hir owne Body stirring still besides.
at bum fiddle, v.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 101: How can thy Bumme (here bare) but blush. [Ibid.] 110: Her Breasts like Balloones, like great Globes her Bummes.
at bum, n.1
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 15: Against Marcus his fire-worke. Marcus his Wifes great modesty doth hate; And swears hee loues the impudence of Kate [...] Well Marcus, if such Coolers thou dost loth, Thy Kate, perhaps, will coole, and burne thee both.
at burn, v.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 16: One call’d Calistus Caulves-head, in a fume.
at calf’s head (n.) under calf, n.1
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 102: I haue but yet begun To teach you how you shall such Carrion shunne.
at carrion, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 86: To haue a wily ouer-wittie wife, Is (though a Catso) to be made a foole.
at catso, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 83: He (staggering) is vpheld to purse some Chincks.
at chink, n.1
[UK] Davies of Hereford Vpon Eng. Prouerbes 49/2: Whores are still Clawbacks to knaues but for lack: Who stil claw their bellyes as they claw their backe.
at claw-back (n.) under claw, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 17/2: I maruell then Sardinius is so old When he is cocking still with euery trull.
at cock, v.1
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 93: Against proud crooked-shankt Lucius.
at crookshanks, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 93: Why then he lou’d a man and woman too; But lou’d them passing well that well could Doo. Go too then Lotus, sith you are a dooer.
at doer, n.1
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 3: In State-craft he was still his betters brauing, Till Kate with her craft gaue him a dry-shauing.
at dry shave, v.1
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 220: All night she sleepes, she snores, she farts, past care.
at fart, v.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 141: His manly wife, the Breech doth weare; While other men (they say) do weare her Geare.
at gear, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 25: Of Cornutus and his costly wife [...] But who a Gold-finch faine would make his wife, Make her (perhaps) a wag-tail all her life.
at goldfinch (n.) under gold, adj.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 52: More wit than ere their head-peece held perchance.
at head-piece, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly II 28: Wiues of reaching’st wit Haue shortest heeles, and wondrous apt to fall.
at short heels, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 166: Some Cuckolds, though their Caps be of horne, Their heads neuer ake, but highly are borne.
at horn, n.1
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 8: Like one, to ten (like Huncks) he them doth spoile, But ten to one hee’s but a Beast the while.
at hunks, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 15: Marcus his Wifes great modesty doth hate; / And swears hee loues the impudence of Kate.
at kate, n.
[UK] Davies of Hereford Scourge of Folly 31/2: Flauus hath done his laundres now to death That oft (before) had done her out of breath.
at laundress, n.
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