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of a familie; also, a receiuer of the rents of a Benefice, &c, during vacancie. Iouïr d'une chose en forme d'oeconome. To possesse a thing onely as a Gouernour, or Steward thereof, during his owne life.

Oeconomie: f. Oeconomie; the gouernment of a familie; the rule, disposition, or managing of household affaires.

Oeconomique: com. Oeconomicall; of husbandrie, or household businesses.

Oedemateux: m. euse: f. Full of, or subiect vnto, a flegmaticke, and painelesse tumor, or swelling.

Oedeme: m. A painelesse, waterish, and flegmaticke swelling, which preßed downe with the finger, retaynes the impression thereof.

Oedipodique. Iambe Oedipodique. A lame, or gowtie leg. ¶Rab.

Oeil: m. The eye; an eye; a sight, a looke.
  Oeil d'airain. A red, fierie, sparkling eye; (Such a one as Lyons, and the leaporous haue.)
  Oeil bigarré. as Oeil veron.
  Oeil blaffard. An eye whose Christaline humor is growne white, and almost dryed vp; (an imperfection that befalls old people.)
  Oeil de bœuf. The hearbe Ox-eye; also, foolish Mathes, vnsauorie white Cotula, white vnsauorie Camomill; also, an out-strouting, or great gogle eye; and, prouerbially, ignorance; or a weake eye; also (in building) such an ouerture as is made in some roofes, and close walls, by a ridge-tyle (or in the forme thereof) to gaine light or ayre from without, or for the voiding of smoake from within.
  Oeil de bouc. A rolling gogle eye; also, an eye that lookes asquint vpward; an eye whose lid couers halfe of the ball; also, a shell-fish, called a Limpin, or Lempet.
  Oeil de carré. A squinting side, or leering eye; also, a prowd, surlie, statelie, or big looke.
  Oeil de cerf. Looke Cerf.
  Oeil de chat. Purple Snapdragon, Calues snowt (an hearbe;) also, a Cats eye; a sight thats better in the night then by day; also, an out-strouting eye; also, a white stone that glisters like a starre, and casts an azure luster.
  Oeil de chevre. A whall, or ouer-white eye; an eye full of white spots, or whose apple seemes diuided by a streake of white.
  Oeil d'hypocrite. An often-twinkling eye.
  Oeil de Iudas. The Nut, or Fryers peece of a Leg of Mutton.
  Oeil de lievre. An eye which in sleeping holds the lids open; also, an eye whose vpper lid by conuulsion, or otherwise, is hindered from couering the vpper part of the white.
  Oeil de loup. A duskie, or darke eye.
  Oeil de mauvais garçon. as Oeil de loup.
  Oeil de moruë. A great, and out-strowting (but dull-sighted) eye.
  Oeil de perdrix. A bright, or orientall rubie Red; also, a kind of Fig.
  Oeil de rat. A small eye, pinke-eye, little sight.
  Oeil rosti. A Carbuncle in the eye.
  Oeil de travers. A squint, or leering eye.
  Oeil veron. A deprauation of the eyes; when the Christaline humor growes white, or is almost dryed vp in onely one of them; or when they are both of sundrie colours; or when their apples be verie blacke; also, a whall eye; whence the Prouerbe, Le Cheval à oeil

veron est meschant, ou tout bon.
  Blanc oeil. Gens aux blancs yeux. White-liuered, faint-hearted, people. Blanc en l'oeil. Il n'a point de blanc en l'oeil. He is a verie spirit, he hath not a crosse to blesse him with. Busche en l'oeil. C'estoit vn busche en son oeil. That was a log, or beame in his eye; an hinderance to his sight; that cast a mist ouer his vnderstanding. Gros oeil. A scornefull, big, surlie, or angrie looke. Mauvais oeil. Juie Chickweed, Henne-bit. Perle de bel oeil. A pearle of an excellent colour, or luster. À yeux de cire. Looke Cire. Les yeux plus grands que la panse. One may sooner, or had better, fill his bellie then his eye. L'oeil tendu au bois. Warily, vigilantly, circumspectly; that feares a surprisall; that lookes verie well about him. Il a vn oeil au bois, (ou aux champs) & l'autre à la ville. He lookes two sundrie wayes, or heeds two seuerall things, at once. Il a vn oeil à la poisle, l'autre au chat. The same; or, as vnder Poisle. Faire les yeux; & faire les doux yeux. Looke Faire. Lever l'oeil. Il n'y a homme qui ose lever l'oeil devant luy. Euerie one stands in wonderfull awe of him; no man dare quitch, or stirre before him. Il leur en pend autant en l'oeil. They are in the like danger; they must one day tast of the same sawce; as much euerie way hangs ouer their (carelesse) heads. Servi au doigt, & à l'oeil. Serued at a becke; diligently attended, excellently wayted on. Tenir l'oeil à. To looke at seriously, view diligently, obserue wistly, giue good heed vnto. À l'oeil malade la lumiere nuit: Pro. An eye distempered cannot brooke the light; sicke thoughts cannot indure the truth. À cœur dolent l'oeil pleure: Prov. A weeping eye discouers the sad heart; moist eyes mournefull heart. Deux yeux voyent plus clair qu'un: Pro. Two eyes see better (two wits discerne more) then one. L'oeil du maistre engraisse le cheval: Prov. See Maistre. Le cœur ne veut douloir ce que l'oeil ne peut voir: Pro. What the eye cannot see the heart will not rue. Nul ne sçait ce qu'à l'oeil luy pend: Pro. No man knowes what will befall him, or how neere a mischiefe is to him. Orgueil n'a pas bon oeil: Prov. Pride lookes not well on any. Quand les yeux voyent ce qu'ils ne virent oncques, le cœur pense ce qu'il ne pensa oncques: Pro. New obiects breed new thoughts. Qui n'a qu'un oeil bien le garde: Pro. Let him that hath but one eye keepe it well; let him that hath but one helpe striue to preserue it. Toute chose se vend au pris de l'oeil: Prov. Mans eye doth set a rate on euerie thing.

Oeillade: f. An amorous looke, affectionate winke, wanton aspect, lustfull iert, or passionate cast, of the eye; a Sheepes eye.

Oeilladé: m. ée: f. Often, or affectionately eyed; looked on wantonly, winked at lasciuiously.

Oeillader. To eye often, behold affectionately, winke at lasciuiously, looke on wantonly; to cast a Sheepes eye at, to dart at with a passionate eye.

Oeilladette: f. A prettie winke, iert, cast of the eye.