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Absynthe: m. Wormewood. Absynthe marin. Sea Wormwood, is of three kinds; one called white sea-wormwood; the second, broad-leaued sea-wormwood; the third, Mugwoort wormwood, or, Sothernwood wormwood. Absynthe Pontique. Ponticke Wormwood; whereof there be two kinds, the ordinarie broadleaued, and the small Ponticke Wormewood: Some also call the White sea wormewood Absynthium Ponticum; others confound the Ponticke with the Roman; and it seemes (by them) that, that which heretofore was termed Ponticke, is now turned into Roman. Absynthe Romain. Romane Wormewood, French Wormwood, small-leaued Wormwood, Garden or Cypres Wormewood; called also Wormewood gentle, by reason of the sweet smell, which, contrarie to all the other kinds, it yeelds. Absynthe de Sainctongne, ou Santoniq;. The same; or small white Wormewood; (some call the second Ponticke, and others the white sea Wormewood, Absynthium Santonicum, but not so properly.) Petit absynthe; as Absynthe marin; especially the first, and last, kinds thereof.

Abus: m. An abuse; deceit, imposture, disappointment, fallacie, gullerie; also, a mispending, or disorderly imploiment of.

Abusé: m. ée: f. Abused, misused, wronged: also, misspent, or disorderly bestowed: also, deceiued, mistaken, in an error, beguiled, gulled.

Abusement: m. An abusing, or misusing; a mispending, or disordered bestowing of; also, a deceiuing, disappointing, mockerie, beguiling. Abusement de l'œil, ou, de veuë. A mistie dimnesse in the eyes, which causeth them to mistake one thing for another, and is the auauntcourror of blindnesse.

Abuser. To abuse, misuse, wrong, mispend, or bestow disorderly; also to deceiue, disappoint, gull, cousine, beguile. s'Abuser. To mistake, or be in error; to wrong himselfe; also, to loose time.

Abuseur: m. An abuser, a mispender of; also, a deceiuer, imposter, beguiler.

Abuseux: m. euse: f. Full of abuses; deceitfull, guilefull.

Abusif: m. iue: f. Abusiue, deceitfull, guilefull; also, against custom, cleane out of order, or from the vse of.

Abusion: f. An abusing, an error, fallacie, imposture, guile, deceit.

Abusiuement. Abusiuely, most vnorderly, cleane from the right vse, or sence of.

Abutter. To aime, or, to shoot, at.

Abysine: m. An Abysmus; a bottomlesse hole, or pit; an infinit, immense, or vnmeasurable depth; a whirle-*poole, or swallowing gulfe.

Abysmé: m. ée: f. Abismed, ingulfed; thrown into, or swallowed, by a whirlepoole, bottomlesse pit, or hole of an vnknown depth; also beaten, or thrust so flat vnto, or far into, another, that it seemes lost, or appeares no more; also, sunke, vndone, throwne downe, over-*throwne, become on a suddain of most rich most poore: and hence; Il a abysmé son ennemy. He hath wholy suppressed, or vtterly ruined, his enemie.

Abysmer. To abisme, or ingulph; to swallow vp in an infinit, and vnmeasurable depth; to cast into a bottomlesse hole, or pit; to throw downe from a great heighth vnto the bottome; also, to beat, or thrust one thing so flat vnto, or far into, another, that it seeme

 lost, or appeare no more; and (by metaphor) vtterly,   and on a sudden, to destroy, ruine, vndoe, ouerthrow.

Abysmeux: m. euse: f. Gulphie, full of whirlepools; also bottomlesse, of an infinit, or vnmeasurable, depth.

Acablé. as Accablé; Also, made fast with, or vnto, a Cable.

Acabler. To fasten with, or vnto, a Cable; also, as Accabler. Acace: f. A certaine thornie plant, of two kinds; a greater, growing most in Egypt, & a lesse, in Pontus; also, as;

Acacie: f. A medecinall iuice, or liquor, drawn from the seed of the Egyptian thorne Acacia; in steed whereof, (saies Gerard) the German Apothecaries both vse, & call so, the iuice of Sloes.

Academié: m. ée: f. Besotted, puzled, or plundered, with too much skill, or studying.

Acaire. A proper name for a man; and the name of a saint, vnto whome furious, hastie, and harebraind people are sent in Pilgrimage.

Acamusé: m. ée: f. Flatted; made, or beaten, flat; blunt, or flat pointed; like a flat nose.

Acalli: m. ie: f. Hardned, enured, accustomed vnto; that hath got a habit of, &c.

Acanthe: m. The smooth thistle called, Brankvrsin, and Beares-breech.

Acaré: m. ée: f. Affronted, confronted; set before, presented vnto, the face of.

Acarement: m. An affronting, or confronting.

Acarer. To affront, confront, set face to face, or before the face of; bring neere vnto, or, together. Il luy acara son Arquebuse à l'estomac: He presented his Peece vnto the others stomack.

Acariastre: com. Harebraind, rash, brainlesse, hastie, furious, vnreasonable, inconsiderat; one that is violently swaied by his owne mad will, and franticke humour.

Acariastreté: f. Franticke obstinacie, mad wilfulnesse, harebraind furie, opinionat rashnesse.

Acaser. To inhabit, soiourne, lodge, dwell, or house himselfe, in.

Acazer. To rent, or let out vpon a yearely rent.

Accablé: m. ée: f. Ouerthrowne, ouerwhelmed, beaten, or borne, downe with blowes, &c.; Oppressed by much waight, or ouer-heauie burthens; confounded, vtterly ruined.

Accabler. To ouerthrow, beat, or beare, downe with blowes, &c. Oppresse by much waight, or ouerheauie burthens; ouerwhelme, ruine, confound vtterly.

Accagnardement: m. Sloath, idle sensualitie.

Accagnarder. To grow lazie, sloathfull, idle, woorthlesse.

Accaration: f. as Acarement. Accariastreté. as Acariastreté. Accasané. Louing home, euer within doores, a housedoue, mued vp, neuer stirring abroad.

Accasement. as Accoisement. Accelerateur. A speeder, hastner, dispatcher. Muscle accelerateur. A certaine muskle whereby the vrine and seed are ierted out.

Acceleration: Hast, or speedmaking; an acceleration.

Acceleré: m. ée: f. Accelerated, hastened; dispatched.

Accelerer. To accelerat, hasten, speed, make hast, dispatch.

Accence: m. as Acence. Accensement. Il tient cela par ac: He holds that by lease, or at a certaine yearely rent; or is to pay an yearly Cens for it; Looke Acensement. Accensissement: m. A holding by lease, or in farme,