Argent receu le bras rompu: Prov. He that payes for worke beforehand, lames his workeman; or, hath it but lamely done.
Braser. To skue, or chamfret, viz. to slope the edge of a stone, as Masons doe in windowes &c, for the gaining of light. Braser l'argent; C'est, la repasser vn peu sur la braise. Brasier: m. A burning coale, quicke fire of coales; hot embers.
Brasillé: m. ée: f. Rosted, broyled, or boyled with a quicke fire; also, broyled, or heated much.
Brasiller. To rost, broyle, or boyle on quicke coales, or hot embers; also, to broyle, or heat much.
Brasillonner. To broyle, or boyle with a very quicke fire; also, to broyle extreamely, burne out, or be on a light fire.
Brassage: m. The fee which the Masters of the Mint haue out of euery sort of money coyned; as out of euery marc (or eight ounces) of gold xxv s. Tourn. and vpon euery marc of Douzains vj s. vj d. Tour. out of which they allow a certain proportion, in respect of euery sort, vnto the Grauers, Monyers, and other workmen; which proportion of theirs is also tearmed Brassage. Brassal: m. An Archers bracelet, or bracer; also, a vambrace, or peece of armour for the arme; also, the woodden cuffe, or bracer worne by Balloone-players.
Brassart. as Brassal. Brassat. The same.
Brasse: f. A fadome, or arme-full; or measure of fiue foot. Brasse de soing. is to be fiue foot square euery way. Pain de brasse. A great household loafe (of course bread) a loafe as big as one can fadome.
Brassé: m. ée: f. Brewed; also, deuised, plotted, contriued.
Brassée: f. A fadome, an arme-full, as much as one can hold within, or carrie in, his armes.
Brasselet: m. A bracelet, wrest-band, or bracer; also, an arming gantlet, that reaches vp almost to the elbow; also, the wrist.
Brasser. To brew, or make beere; also, to plot, contriue, deuise. Il ne sçavoit pas quel brouët se brassoit, avec vn autre. He knew little, what priuat match was in making, what secret bargaine was a beating, what an odde pranke was a forging, with another.
Brasserie: f. A brewing; also, a contriuing.
Brasseur: m. A Brewer; also, a plotter, contriuer, deuiser.
Brassier: m. A Brasier; also, a sling; also, a cudgell; also, the tub that receiues the droppings of a tap; also, a labouring man.
Brassiere: f. A wast-coat, for a woman; or a child; also, (but lesse properly) the doublet some women doe weare in childbed; also, the arme, or branch of a riuer; also, a brace; one of the staues whereby men turne the beame of a Crane, &c.
Brassin: m. A brewing.
Brassique: f. Cole, or Coleworts. Brassique marine. The sea Cole, or sea Colewort; mistaken by some for sea Bindweed, or Scottish Scuruie-grasse.
Brater vn chariot. as in Braquer. Bravache. (soldat bravache) A Roister, Cutter, Swaggerer, Swash-buckler; one thats euer vaunting of his owne valour.
Bravacherie: f. An vnseemely, or vnseasonable, cutting,
roisting, swaggering; also, a fond boasting, vaunting, bragging of his owne valour.
Bravade: f. A brauado; a swaggering pike, or quarrell; a boastfull affront; a glorious shew of challenge, or daring. De bravade. (also) in a brauerie.
Brave: m. The reward, or prize for him that hath done best in playes, or games.
Brave: com. Braue, gay, fine, gorgeous, gallant (in apparrell;) also, proud, stately, loftie; braggard; magnificall, sumptuous; also, valiant, hardie, stout, couragious, that will carrie no coales. Faire le brave. To stand on tearmes, or vpon his pantofles; to boast of his owne worth; to preferre himselfe before others.
Bravement. Brauely, gallantly, finely, gaily; supmtuously, gorgeously; magnifico-like; also, proudly, haughtily, loftily; also, stoutly, valiantly, couragiously; also, discreetly.
Braver. To braue, abuse, affront, swagger with. Se braver. To braue it, or play the Gallant; also, as Faire le brave. Braverie: f. Brauerie, gallantnesse, gorgeousnesse, or costlinesse in apparrell; also, as Bravade. Braveux: m. He that giues the prize to the best doers in an exercise.
Bray: m. Ship-pitch, or a kind thereof; also, Mault.
Brayant: m. ante: f. Braying, yelling, or crying, like an Asse; also, braying, pounding, brusing.
Brayart: m. A braying, yelling, roring, or crying Asse.
Braye: f. A close linnen breeke, or vnder-slop (Looke Brayes) also, a trusse, a swathell, or halfe-flop of linnen, or leather, worne by such as are burst; also, a clout for a childs backside. Brayes. Short (and close) breeches, drawers, or vnderhose, of linnen, &c, worne for cleanlinesse, &c, next vnto the skin; also, Barnacles for a horses nose. Braye à chausse. A kind of fish-net, made somewhat like a breeke, or slop. Braye de cocu. A Cowslip, or Paigle. Faulse braye. A false-bray, or out-wall, in a fortresse. Faulses brayes. The straps that hang downe on either side of a horses furniture.
Brayé: m. ée: f. Brayed, pounded, bruised; kneaded, as dough; braked, as hempe; grauen, as a ship.
Brayement: m. A braying, pounding, bruising; braking; also, an Asse-like braying, yelling, or crying out; also, a grauing, or pitching of a ship.
Brayer: m. as Braye. Le brayer d'une Chevre. The Vdder of a shee Goat. Le brayer d'un oiseau. The Brayle, or pannell of a hauke.
Brayer. To bray, poune, bruise; also, to knead dough with a staffe; also, to bray, yell, or crie, like an asse. Brayer du lin. To brake, or dresse flax. Brayer vn navire. To graue, picke, or pitch, a Ship.
Brayere: f. A Flax-wife.
Brayes. Looke Braye.
Brayette: f. as Braguette; also, the tryall, tongue, or cocke, of a Ballance.
Brayetter. La langue me brayette. My tongue trips, or falters.
Brayetter la chemise. To accommodate the shirt betweene the legs (passing the fore-skirt behind, and the hinder before) that it be not combersome.
