Astrolabe: m. An Astrolabe; a flat-round instrument, whereby the seuerall motions of heauenly bodies, and the length, height, and breadth of any other thing, may be discerned and found out.
Astrologie: f. Astrologie; a reasoning, or speculation of heauenly motions.
Astrologien: m. as Astrologue. Astrologue: m. An Astrologer; a skilfull discourser, or studious beholder, of celestiall motions.
Astronome: m. An Astronomer; a teacher, or professor, of the knowledge of starres, or heauenly motions.
Astronomie: f. Astronomic; knowledge, or, profession of the knowledge, of starres.
Astronomien. as Astronome. Astrucier: m. An Ostridger; one that keepes or catches, Ostridges.
Astruser. To presse, or keepe downe.
Astuce: f. Craft, subtiltie, guile, deceit, cousenage.
Astut: m. ute: f. Astute, craftie, subtill, wylie, guilefull.
Asur: m. Azure; skie-colour, or, the stuffe whereof tis made. Asur d'Acre. Naturall Azure, as it is taken out of the Mine. Asur d'Alemaigne; Germane Azure; is an exhalation of siluer Mines; from the tops and sides of whose stones it is choicely scraped, and gathered. Asur de Levant. as Asur d'outre mer. Asur d'outre mer. Beyond-sea Azure; the best kind of Azure, made of Lapis Lazuli, and resisting both fire, and water. Cendrée d'asur. The whitest kind of Azure. Pierre d'asur. Lapis Lazuli; or, the Lazull stone. Vert asur. A colour betweene a blonket, and a greene; found in mines of the copper which is mingled with siluer; and an excellent purger of melancholie.
Asurer. To dye, paint, staine, or colour, with azure.
Asurin: m. ine: f. Skie-coloured; cleere as the skie; blew, or wanne like azure; of, or belonging to, azure.
Asyle: m. A Sanctuarie; a priuiledged place; a place of refuge for the afflicted, or offendor; a place of libertie, franchise, freedome.
Asymbole: com. Shot-free, or scotfree; that payeth nothing for his victuals.
Atabal. as Attabale; also, a tymbrell, or little brasen drumme, to daunce by.
A-tant. Forthwith; incontinently.
Ataraxie: f. Resolution, constancie, vnmoueablenesse of iudgement; also, tranquilitie, or quietnesse of mind.
A-tard. Late, slowly.
Atastre. The plaine part, or face of an Architrave; also, a large fillet, or bend in a pillar, &c.
Atedier. Seeke Attedier; to wearie.
Atelles. as Attelles. Atermoyé. as Attermoyé. Atermoyement: m. A giuing of dayes for the payment of a summe.
Aterrer. To throw, or ouerthrow, to dash, or cast downe, to the earth; also, to couer, or ouerwhelme, with earth; also, to ruine, oppresse, wrong extreamely. s'Aterrer. To grow earthie, or full of earth; to be ouergrowne, or choaked vp, with earth.
Athanasie. The hearbe Tansie.
Athaner. To kill. ¶Bourg. Athée: m. An Atheist; one that beleeues there is no God.
Atheïsme: m. Atheisme; infidelitie; the denying of, or not beleeuing in, God.
Atheïste. as Athée. Atheisterie. as Atheïsme. Athelan: m. A very small fish in the riuer Laiz neere Montpellier. Atheronne. A little painelesse impostume, whose mattar is like vnto pap.
Athle: m. A miserable, wretched, or languishing fellow.
Athlete: m. A champion, at wrastling, running, and such other common games of strength, actiuitie, or sleight.
Athletique: com. Champion-like, belonging to a champion; strong, swift, actiue, as a champion.
Atifer. Seeke Attifer. Ativelles: f. Trinkets, tyres, or attyres.
Atizer. Seeke Attiser. Atome: m. A moate in the Sunne; a thing so small, that it cannot be diuided.
Atour: m. An attire; also, a French hood. Toile d'atour. Lawne.
Atourneresse: f. as, Attourneresse. Atout. With, together with.
Atrabiliaire: com. Subiect, or belonging to melancholy, or blacke choller; or, as Atrebiliaire. Atrainer. To traile, drag, or draw along vnto.
Atre: m. A harth. Il n'y a rien en sa maison si froid que l'atre. Hee keepes a very poore house; his cheere is as cold as his chimney (in which there came no fire this seuen yeare.) Qui a Marastre a le diable en l'atre: Prov. As good haue a diuell to his dam as a stepdame.
Atrebiliaire: com. Composed of melancholy, and blacke choller; or, as Atrabiliaire. s'Atrister. To mourne, wax heauie, become sorrowfull, grow sad.
Atroce: com. Most cruell, pittilesse, fell; fierce, terrible, horrible to behold; also, outragious, hainous, extreame.
Atrocement. Most cruelly, pittilesly; felly, fiercely, terribly, horribly; also, outragiously, hainously, extreamely.
Atrocité: f. Atrocitie, great crueltie, fiercenesse, felnesse; terriblenesse, horriblenesse; also, outragiousnesse, extremitie, hainousnesse.
Atrophe: com. In a consumption; one with whom his meat dowes not, or to whom it does no good.
Atrophie: f. A consumption that comes by a fearefull eating of too little, or a greedie deuouring of too much.
Atrophié: m. ée: f. One thats in such a consumption; or as Atrophe. s'Atrophier. To consume, wast, pine, grow leane, weare away.
Atruander. Seeke Attruander. Atsens. Bounds, meeres, limits; ¶Wallon. Attabale. A kind of brazen drumme, vsed by the Moorish horsemen.
Attache: f. A thing fastened on, or tyed vnto, another thing; as a Libell, Proclamation, or publicke Edict pasted on the corner-postes of streets, or set vp in open places, that all persons may take notice thereof. Attache d'un cheual. The standing, or tying vp of a horse in an Inne (or any such like place) for which some small consideration is to be giuen to the Inne-keeper, or owner. Levrier d'attache. An Irish, or great, greyhound.
Attaché: m. ée: f. Fastened, tyed, clapt vpon; set, annexed, knit; also, grapled, vnto; also, medled, quarrelled, brabled; fought with.
