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Aigument. Sharpely, piercingly; subtilely, wittily, quickly.

Ail: m. Garlicke, poore-mans Treacle; Seeke Aulx. Ail masle. The whole-headed Garlicke. Ail d'ours. Ramsons, Ramsies, Bucke rammes, Beares garlicke. Ail porreau. Great mountaine Garlike. Ail Sauvage. Wild Garlicke, Crow Garlicke, Hearts Garlicke, Stags Garlicke, Snakes Garlicke. Ail de Serpent. The same. Il amassé la disme de l'ail. Hee hath beene soundly cudgeled; (a Poictevin Prouerbe.)

Aile: f. A wing; also, the brimme, or brerewood of a hat. Les ailes d'un forest. The sides or skirtes of a Forrest. Les ailes du nez. The nose-thrils. Les ailes de poissons. The finnes of fishes. À tire d'aile. With force of wing; as fast as hee can flye. Batre de l'aile. To smell ranke, or strong, especially from the arme-holes. Il ne bat plus que d'une aile. Hee is become lame, hee is halfe vndone, he hath but one string left to his Bow; also, hee is wellnigh dead, or adying. Chausser les ailes. Il leur chaussa les ailes aux pieds. Hee gaue wings to their feet; hee made them flye as if fire had beene at their tayles. Rongner les ailes à. To weaken, pull downe, bring vnder, hold short, keepe low. Tirer de dessus l'aile. Cunningly to steale, purloin, conuey away a thing that was hid, couered, kept close, or warily looked vnto. Il en tirera pied, ou aile. See Pied. Voler de haulte aile. To carrie himselfe proudly, loftily, ambitiously; to beare a high sayle, to stand on high points, to flye a high pitch; to meddle with no meane matters. Ils veulent voler sans ailes. They would compasse great matters without meanes; also, they would be held Masters before they haue serued halfe a Prentiship.

Ailé: m. ée: f. Winged; swift, flying.

Ailées. bailler les ailées à vn cheval. To giue a horse the head, that he may run the faster.

Ailer. To giue wings vnto, or set wings vpon.

Ailerette. as Aileron. Aileron. A little wing; or the end of a wing. Ailerons grands. as Landies. Aileron petit. as Nymphe. Ailerons de poissons. The finnes of fishes.

Ailes: f. Wings; also, as Aisselles; The arme-holes; also, (in Anotamie) the sides of a womans priuities.

Ailette: f. A little wing.

Aileures: f. Two beames that runne along the hatches of a Shippe, and with the Trauersins make a long-square hole, whereat the Ship-boat is let downe into the hold; our Ship-wrights name them, Comings, or Carlings.

Aillade: f. Garlicke sawce; also, the smell of Garlick; whence; Il sent l'aillade. He smells of, or like vnto, Garlicke; he smells as if he had eaten Garlicke.

Aillasse: f. A great wing.

Ailler: m. A Quaile-net.

Ailleurs. Elsewhere, somewhere else, otherwhere, in another place, or matter.

Ailloignon: m. Great Garlicke.

Ail-porreau: m. Great mountaine Garlicke.

Aimable. as Amiable; also, loueable.

Aimant: m. A louer, a seruant, a sweet-heart; also, the Adamant, or Load-stone.

Aimant: m. ante: f. Louing, affecting, delighting, pleasing himselfe in.

Aimantin: m. ine: f. Adamantine; like an Adamant; strong as the Adamant; Iron-drawing; belonging to the Adamant.

Aimé: m. ée: f. Loued, affected, beloued, well liked; delighted, or pleased with. Ils ont aimé mieux. They had leauer, they chose rather. Bien a en sa maison qui de ses voisins est aimé: Prov. He finds all well within, who is beloued without, doores. Le dernier venu est le mieux aimé: Prov. Hee is best thought of that comes last; a new friend makes the old forgotten; the last Suiter wins the wench.

Aime-bal. Liuely, actiue, daunce-louing.

Aime-carnage. Cruell, butcherly, bloudie minded, well pleased with slaughters.

Aime-esbats. Gamesome, sportfull, sports affecting.

Aime-humains. Gentle, charitable, sociable, men-affecting, mankind-louing.

Aime-loix. Iust, Iustice-louing, Lawes-affecting.

Aime-lyre. Musicall, Harpe-louing, Lyre-affecting.

Aime-maistre. Obsequious, dutifull, seruiceable.

Aime-mars. Martiall, warlike, warre-affecting.

Aime-noise. A brabler, vnquiet fellow, contentious companion, wrangling marchant, brawling make-*bate; one that loues to see, or set, others together by the eares.

Aime-noveauté. Inconstant, humorous, fantasticall, new things louing, nouelties affecting.

Aime-paix. Peaceable, mild, quiet, peace-louing, rest-affecting.

Aime-pleurs. Cruell, pitilesse; also dolefull, teares-louing, much giuen, or affected, vnto weeping.

Aimer. To loue, affect, like well of; to delight, or be pleased in.
  Et l'aime de vous. And I loue it because it was yours.
  Aimer & sçavoir n'ont mesme manoir: Prov. Loue and knowledge liue not together.
  C'est trop aimer quand on en meurt: Prov. They loue too much who dye for loue; We say, loue me little and loue me long.
  Iamais grasse geline n'aima chapon: Prov. A fat wife neuer loued a faint husband.
  Iamais tigneux n'aima le pigne: Prov. Neuer did Scabdiade loue the currycombe; nor a corrupt heart correction.
  Les folles femmes n'aiment que pour pasture: Pro. Whoores affect your purse, not you; or, loue you not if you feed them not.
  Le paresseux aime bien besongne faitte: Prov. The sluggard loues alife things done to his hands.
  Onques n'aima bien que pour si peu haït: Prov. He neuer loued well, that hated for a trifle.
  Onques mastin n'aima Levrier: Prov. A churle neuer cared for gentleman.
  Qui aime Bertrand aime son chien: Prov. Loue me loue my dog (say we.)
  Qui bien aime bien chastie: Prov. He throughly punishes that loues throughly.