officer in ordinarie; who makes not onely these instruments of shooting, but also, all manner of artificiall fire-*workes.
Artinion. A little sayle, called otherwise, Trinquet. Artiron: m. A little, round, and greenish worme, not much vnlike a lowse, and ordinarily cleauing, in great numbers, to the leaues of Coleworts, and other plants, the which in time they deuour.
Artisan: m. An artificer, workman, handicrafts man; also, an artist, or artisan.
Artison. as Artiron; also, a kind of moth; also, a wood-*worme; also, as Teigne, the skurfe of a scald head; so tearmed, because the part infected with it seemes to be moth-eaten, or worme-eaten.
Artisonné. Moth-eaten, worme-eaten.
Artiste: m. as Artisan; also, an artist, or Master of art. Artistement. as Artificiellement. Artoir: m. The great toe.
Artre: f. A moth; also, a kings-fisher. Artres des boulengiers. A kind of butterflies, or great white mothes, which liue altogether in bake-houses, or mylls. Artre grise des bois. The vermine called, a Wood-*lowse.
Artrose: f. A naturall, and moueable connexion of bones.
Artuson. A corne-deuouring Weeuill; or, as Artison. Arzel: m. A horse with a white foot on the right, or further side.
As. An Ace at dice, or cards. Demeurer entre deux & as. To rest on vncertaine tearmes, to bee doubtfull of his successe; not to know what will betide him. Respondre entre deux & as. Looke Deux; or, Az. Asare: m. The hearbe Folefoot, Haslewort, Asarabacca. Asarine: f. Italian Asarabacca. Asarole: f. A kind of small, and prickly medlar tree, bearing a lesse, and harder fruit then the ordinarie one; Seeke Azarole. Asbetin. of Asbestinum; a kind of line, or flax, that wil not be burned, and yeelds a cloth which fire scoures better then water. Ascalabe. The venomous beast called Stellio, or, the starrie Lizard.
Ascalaue, & Ascalavette. as Ascalabe. Ascaride: f. A kind of small round worme, which breeds in the bowels.
Asçavanté. Instructed, fully informed, made skilfull in, or throughly acquainted with.
Asçavanter. To informe, or instruct throughly, to let know, giue to wit, make skilfull in, or fully acquainted with.
Asçavoir. To wit, that is to say.
Ascendant: m. A kinsman in ascent; as the vnkle is to the nephew, &c.
Asche: f. The hearbe Smallage; Looke, Ache. Aschée. A ground-worme, or grub.
Aschet. as, Aschée. Ascite. A kind of Dropsie, which makes the belly sound like a bottle, when one strikes on it.
Ascles: f. Shiuers, or splinters of wood, breaking. ¶Langued. Ascouter. as Accouter; or, as Escouter. Aserches: f. Wild prickmadam, stone-crop, wormegrasse.
Asereiner. To cleere, or cheere, vp.
Asgrandissement. as, Aggrandissement.
Asinin: m. ine: f. Asse-like; of, or belonging to an Asse.
Chardon asinin. The white thistle, milke thistle, our Ladies thistle. Concombre asinin. The wild, or spirting, Cowcomber.
Asmatique: com. Pursie, short-winded, breathing with difficultie.
Asme: m. Difficultie of breathing, short-wind; a painfull, or hard drawing of the breath, accompanied with a wheezing, puffing, or pursinesse.
Asne: m. An Asse; also, a little fish with a great head, called, a Bull head, or Millers thumbe; also, a dunce, blockhead, sot, loggarhead, dull-pated fellow.
Asne d'Inde. The beast Rhinoceros; or (as some will haue it) th'Vnicorne.
Coq à l'asne. A Libell, Pasquine, Satire.
Cul d'asne. The name of a daintie fish.
Dos d'asne. à dos, ou, en dos d'asne. Ridgill-backed; bowed, boughtie, or bowing; highest in the middle.
Miroir d'asne. A kind of tender, and transparent white stone; as Talc.
Oreille d'asne. Th'hearbe Comfrey, knit-backe, knit-wort, blackewort.
Oreille d'asne: Pro. The part, or dutie of a seruant; to heare all his angrie master sayes without replying; from the nature, and custome of an Asse, that (whatsoeuer noise is made about him) only claps downe his eares, and followes on his way.
Pas d'asne. The hearbe Folefoot, Coltsfoot, Horsefoot, and Hallfoot; also, a certaine ring, or hoope, of yron in the forecastle of a ship; also, a fashion of a Port, or Vpset in the mouth of some bits.
Persil d'asne. Wild Cheruill, mocke Cheruill, great Cheruil, Asse parsely, Myrrhis Cashes, Caxes, or Kexes.
Pont aux asnes. Any shift, euasion, helpe at a pinch for th'ignorant; any ease, or direction vnto dull, or vnlearned people, for the resolution of difficulties which otherwise they cannot conceiue; as, a Dictionarie; and, in Logicke, the conuersion of Propositions.
Avoir de l'asne. Il y aura icy de l'asne. Here will be some foolish coyle, some idle sturre, or other.
Braire avec les asnes. To follow the fashion, or doe what others doe, how absurd, or sottish soeuer it be.
Brider l'asne par la queuë. To do things out of order; to goe the wrong way to the wood, or to worke.
Cholere comme vn asne à qui l'on attache vne fusée aux fesses. As angrie as an Asse with a squib in his breech.
Demander de la laine à vn asne. To aske for a thing where tis not to be had.
Desferrer l'asne. To vnshoe the Asse; wee say, to ride the wild mare.
Faire de l'asne pour avoir du bran. Looke, Bran.
Laissons aux asnes les chardons. Let Asses feed on thistles, dunces on dull stuffe, dull wits on drie matters.
Mener l'asne. To be laughed at, or little accounted of by all men that see, or meet him.
Monter sur l'asne. To breake, become bankrupt, renounce his owne goods: (A Phrase deriued from an auncient custome, whereby such as broke were compelled to ride backward on an Asse through the towne they dwelt in, holding his tayle in their hands, in stead of a bridle.)
On y va comme asnes desbastez: (Of those that meet at stollen lecherie) they goe to it hotely, furiously, with a terrible appetite; (for Asses discharged of their burthens, vnsadled, and set at libertie, are the friskest creatures aliue.)
Saulter du coq à l'asne. To digresse from the matter, or, to leape suddainely, and disorderly, from one matter to another.
