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A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues choose

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[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Archimarmiton-erastique an abbey-lubber, or Arch-frequenter of the Clooyster beefe-pot or beefe-boyler.
at abbey-lubber, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: adoniser to adonise it; to resemble Adonis, to imitate or counterfeit the graces, or beautie of Adonis.
at adonize, v.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: retraict An aiax, privie, house of office.
at ajax, n.1
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Pas d’Abbe alderman’s pace, a leasurely walking, slow gate.
at alderman’s pace (n.) under alderman, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Iarretier... Baker-legd, that goes in at the knees.
at baker-kneed, adj.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Forbeu [...] pot-shotten, whose fudling or barley Cap is on.
at barley cap (n.) under barley, n.1
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: A fat boss, Femme bien grasse et grosse; une coche.
at boss, n.1
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Cul de cheval. A small and ouglie fish, or excrescence of the sea, resembling a man’s bung-hole, and called the red Nettle.
at bunghole, n.1
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Dameret, An effeminate fondling, or fond carpet knight; one that spends his whole time in entertaining or courting women.
at carpet knight, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Gars A lad [...] Aller a gars. To hunt after lads; [a wench] to goe a caterwawling.
at caterwaul, v.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Chaumoufflet, Bumbast put into a cornet of paper, then kindled, and the smoke thereof put into the nosethrils of a sleeper; we call it, a choaking pie, or cold pie.
at choking pie, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Il a este au festin de Martin baston, he hath had a triall in Stafford Court, or hath received Jacke Drums intertainment.
at have a trial in Stafford Court (v.) under Stafford Court, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Fille-femme. A crackt peece, [...] one that goes for a maid, (but is none).
at cracked piece (n.) under cracked, adj.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Caignardiere, a hedge-whore, lazie queane, lowsie trull, filthie curtall, Doxie, Morte.
at curtal, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Cutter, a swashbuckler.
at cutter, n.2
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Aller, Aller au saffran, to fall to decay, to grow bankrupt in estate, to goe downe the weather.
at go down the weather (v.) under go down, v.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: alluz all-out; or a carouse fully drunk up.
at drink all out (v.) under drink, v.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Emplir une femelle. To serve, bag, make her great, fill her panniers, give her her paiment, get her with yong.
at fill a woman’s pannier (v.) under fill, v.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Fille perdue. A desperate filth, gracelesse flurt; or ... Fille de ioye.
at filth, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Gaultiere [...] A whore, punke, drab, queane, gill, flirt, strumpet, cockatrice, mad wench, common hackney, good one.
at flirt, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Gaultiere a whore, punke, drab, queane, gill flirt.
at gill-flirt, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Bransler la pique. To frig, to wrigle it.
at frig, v.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Gadouard. a gould-finder, Jakes-farmer.
at gold-finder (n.) under gold, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Gaultiere – A whore, punke, drab, queane, gill, flirt, strumpet, cockatrice, mad wench, common hackney, good one.
at good girl (n.) under good, adj.1
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Clapoir, a botch in the Groyne, or yard; a winchester goose.
at Winchester goose, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Holie Moyses, whose ordinarie counterfeit having on either side of the head an eminence, or luster, arising somewhat in the forme of a horne, hath imboldened a prophane author to stile cuckolds parents de Moyse.
at holy Moses (n.) under holy, adj.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Apistoler ... to hornifie, or glue the blow that smarts not.
at hornify, v.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Ferré, Mangeur de charrettes ferrées, a terrible huffsnuffe, scarre-crow, braggadochio.
at huff-snuff, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Il s’acoustre bien. He stuffes himself soundly, he lines his jacket thoroughly with liquor.
at line one’s jacket (v.) under jacket, n.
[UK] R. Cotgrave Dict. of Fr. and Eng. Tongues n.p.: Richereau, a wealthie chuffe, rich lobcocke, well-lined boore.
at lobcock, n.
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