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fulling; also, derided, mocked, flouted; also, taken, or seised vnder a faire pretext. Sarge drappée. Milled Sey.

Drappeau: m. as Drapeau. Drappelet: m. A little linnen cloth, rag, or clowt.

Drapper. as Draper. Drapperie: f. Looke Draperie. Drappeux: m. euse: f. Full of cloth, or fit to make cloth.

Drappier. as Drapier. Drappier: m. ere: f. Of, or belonging to cloth; also, fit to make cloth.

Drave: f. Spanish, or Babylonian Cresses.

Dravée: f. All kind of pulse, as Beanes, pease, &c.

Draule: m. as Drole; A wag, or merrie grig.

Daulerie: f. Waggerie; also, the figure of a Maske, Satire, Monkie, or such like apish visages, and anticke resemblances, set on the top of a Scutcheon, or coat of Armes.

Drege: f. A kind of fish-net; forbidden to bee vsed, except for the catching of Oisters.

Drelotter. as Dorlotter. Dressé: m. ée: f. Straightened, leuelled, euened, set right, made straight; also, raised, aduanced, erected; held, lifted, set, or taken vp; also, directed, instructed, trained vp; ordered; framed, made, fashioned; also, deuised, contriued, inuented; also, found of, as Deere by dogs; also, couered, as a table; dished vp, as meat for a meale.

Dresser. To straighten, set right, make straight, leuell, euen; also, to raise, aduance, erect; lift, set, hold, or take vp; also, to direct, instruct, order, gouerne, traine vp; to fashion; frame, build, make. Dresser vn cerf. The dogs to find of a Deere. Dresser les cheveux. To stroake vp the haire. Dresser vne coquille. To set a trap for a Woodcocke; See Coquille. Dresser vne entreprise. To plot, proiect, contriue an enterprise. Dresser des finesses. To deuise sleights, or lay snares, for fooles. Dresser vn lict. To make a bed. Dis au Cuisinier qu'il dresse. Bid the Cooke dish vp his meat; ou, au sommelier qu'il dresse; or the Butler, that he couer. Se dresser. To raise, to aduance himselfe; to stand boult-vp-right. Se dresser vn bon heur. To procure vnto, or prouide for, himselfe a great fortune. Il se dresse vne guerre. A warre is in preparing. Les cheveux luy dressent. His haire stares, or stands annend. Se faire dresser quelque chose à quelqu'un. To get him to set it straight, or to giue order for it.

Dresseur: m. A straightner, directer, leueller; setler; a raiser, erecter, framer, fashioner, orderer, instructer. Dresseur de compte. An Accompt-caster.

Dressiere: f. A straight or outright path, or tract; a direct, or directiue, way.

Dressoir: m. A cupboord; a court-cupboord (without box, or drawer) onely to set plate on.

Dressouïr: m. A setting yron, or poating sticke, for ruffe bands; a standing thing.

Dridiller. To gingle, as a Hawkes bells.

Drillant. Twinkling, sparkling, glistering, like a starre, or good diamond.

Driller. To twinkle, or sparkle; to cast a glittering, or yeeld a glistening, light.

Drilles: f. Rags, tatters, beggerlie clowts.

Drilleux: m. euse: f. Tattered, ragged, in beggerlie array.

Dringuemorigue. A nickname for a Dutchman. Marcher en dringuemorigue. To staulk, or strout it like a swaggering huffesnuffe.

Drogue: f. A drug.

Drogué: m. ée: f. Bedrugged; mingled, purged, or seasoned with drugs. Boisson drogué. A spiced cup; also, an impoisoned one.

Drogueman: m. An Interpreter.

Droguement: m. A drenching, bedrugging, or ministring of drugs.

Droguer. To drug, bedrug; season, purge, or mingle, with drugs. Droguer le corps. To stuffe himselfe with drugs, to make an Apothecaries shop of his bellie.

Droguerie: f. The season of fishing for herrings, and other such fish, which is to be salted, and barrelled vp.

Drogueries: f. Drugs, druggeries, confections; also, trash.

Droguet: m. A kind of stuffe thats halfe silke, halfe wooll.

Drogueur: m. A druggist, or drug-seller.

Droict: m. The Law (Ciuile, Canon, or Common;) also, right, law, iustice, equitie, reason; also, a right or title vnto, an interest or propertie in, a thing; a mans due; that which either he hath, or should haue. Droict escrit. (Is particularly) the Ciuile Law. À bon droict. Lawfully, worthily, vpon iust cause, with good reason. (See Droict Aduerb.) Ses menus droicts. His vailes, fees, wages. Venir à ses droicts. A Ward, or Pupill, comming vnto his yeares, to enter into the possessions that were left him. Venir, ou estre appellé, aux droicts du Roy. To come, or be called into the Court of the Peeres of France, for the triall of his cause. Bon droict a bon mestier d'aide. (A Prouerb taxing th' iniquitie, and iniustice of our times; wherein good right hath oftentimes need of great fauour.)

Droict: m. (also) A duetie, right, fee, prerogatiue, priuiledge, royaltie, power.
  Droict d'acquest; ou de nouvel acquest; ou de nouveaux aquests. The fine due vnto the king vpon purchases made by Church-men, or in Mortmaine; and either to the king, or vnto other Lords, vpon purchases, made by th' ignoble, of Fiefs, or noble inheritances held of them; The rate of it is, one yeares profit in three; or otherwise, as their composition, or the custome is; (for this Rate is most proper vnto Droict de nouvel acquest, a personall right.)
  Droict d'acquit. The right of Toll, or Custome, due by passengers vnto the Lord of the place wherein tis vsually taken, and payable if they be not free by birth (as the Noble) or by condition (as Church-men) or by Patent, or Charter (as some Officers, and Townesmen) In which cases they must, in good fashion, acquaint him beforehand with their estates, or priuiledges.
  Droict d'advouërie. Soueraigne patronage, or protection.
  Droict d'affeurage. as Droict d'afforage.
  Droict d'afforage. Two pots of wine, &c, due vpon the broaching of eucrie vessell retailed; one to the Lord Feodall, his right for the standing thereof in his Mannor, & for his leaue (if he haue iurisdiction) to sel it; another vnto the magistrate, for allowance of the liquer, and for the rate which he sets on it.