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Rider. To wrinkle, or to wrimple; also (among Mariners) to stiffen, or stretch out vnto a stiffenesse. Se rider. To frowne, lowre, scoule, looke sterne, furrow or wrinkle the forhead, knit the browes.

Rides: f. Wrinkles, or furrowes on the face of an old, or angrie person; also, crumples, wrimples; foulds, plaites.

Ridicule: com. Ridiculous, vaine, fond, worthie to be laughed at.

Ridiculement. Ridiculously, vainely, foolishly.

Rié: m. as Rie. Rie: f. A wast; an vntilled or vnhusbanded peece of ground.

Riéble: m. Cleauer, Clauer, Goose-share, Loue-man, Goose-graße.

Rien. (without the companie of a Negatiue, signifies as the Latine Res) a matter, thing, some thing, any thing, ought; (but with one either expressed, or vnderstood, signifies) nought, nothing, no whit, not a iot. Rien rien. No no, neither so nor so. Ce n'est plus rien que de moy. I am as good as nothing, or, I am vtterly vndone. Elle le haït sur tout rien. She hates him extreamely, aboue all things, more then she hates all the world besides. Encores s'il m'eust donné quelque rien. Yet, had he giuen me any thing, or neuer so little. Me voulez vous rien mander. Looke Mander. Rien n'a qu'assez n'a: Prov. He nothing hath who (thinkes he) hath not ynough; or, as good haue nothing as not haue ynough. Rien n'est bien faict que ce que Dieu parfaict: Prov. &, Rien ne faict qui ne parfaict; Looke Parfaire. Rien n'est si caché qui ne se trouve: Prov. The closest kept things are at length found out. Rien ne peut estre grand qui n'a bon fondement: Prov. The thing cannot be great that hath no good foundation. Rien ne vaut l'assaillant s'il n'est fort, & vaillant: Prov. In vaine he playes th' assailant who is not strong, and valiant. Rien ne vaut la chose sinon ce qu'on la fait valoir: Prov. Euerie thing is as it is taken; or, conceit sets rates vpon all earthlie things. Rien sans peine: Prov. Looke Peine. Aujourd'huy roy demain rien: Prov. To day a King to morrow (as good as) nothing. On ne fait de rien grasse porrée: Prov. Fat broth cannot without some stuffe be made. Qui rien ne porte rien ne luy chet: Prov. He that beares nothing letteth nothing fall. Qui n'a patience n'a rien: Prov. Looke Patience. Qui n'a santé n'a rien: Prov. He that wants health wants all things. Qui n'a suffisance il n'a rien: Pro Look Suffisance. Qui ne sçait rien de rien ne doubte: Prov. He that knowes nought of nothing doubts.

Rien-ne-vaut. A scoundrell, scumme, rascall; base or worthlesse fellow.

Riens. as Rien. (v.m.) Riere. Backward, behind; also, with or among; whence; Ils ont esté captifs riere les Espagnols. Among the Spaniards, or in Spaine.

Riereban. as Arriereban.

Rierefief. A Fief held of a mesne Lord; also, a rent seck, or charge, granted by a vassall out of his Fief.

Riere-filz: m. A grand-child.

Riere-vassal: m. An vnder vassall, a vassall vnto a vassall.

Riets. as Rie. Riu: m. A little brooke, a reyne, or gullet of water.

Rieulle. as Ruille. Rieur: m. A laughter.

Rif: m. as Rieu. Il ne luy lairra rif ny raf. He will strip, reaue, or depriue, him of all.

Rifage: f. A Sowre, lowring, powting, scouling, frowning housewife.

Rifflarde: f. A rauenous, or a rifling drab; one that loues, or liues by, the spoyle of them she conuerses with.

Rifflandouille. A bellie-god, spoyler of chitterlings, louer of good cheere.

Rifle: f. Fire: ¶Barrag. whence; On n'y a laissé ne rifle, ne rafle. They haue swept all away; they haue left no manner of thing behind them.

Rifler. To rifle, ransacke, spoyle, make hauocke or cleane worke, sweepe all away before him; also, to rauine, or eat greedily.

Rigalisse: f. Lickorice. Rigalisse fertile. Common Lickorice. Rigalisse sterile. Barren Lickorice, Hedge-hog Lickorice.

Rigaud. m. aude: f whence; À jambes rigaudes. C'est à la renverse, & les jambes en haut; or, With stradling, and vp-stretcht legs. Rigle; &, Riglet. as Reigle; & Reiglet. (v.m.) Riglisse: f. Lickorice.

Rigolage: m. A mocking, ieasting, or laughing at.

Rigolement: m. as Rigolage. se Rigoler de. To mocke, ieast, laugh at, make himselfe merrie or play the wanton with. Se rigoler au soleil. To sport, solace, or ioyfully to bleake, or spread himselfe in the Sunne, taking a sensuall or wanton felicitie in it.

Rigolerie: f. as Rigolage. Rigoleur: m. A common mocker of, a ieaster at; one that battles, or pleases himselfe, in a continuall sporting with, or laughing at, others.

Rigoreusement. Rigorously, sternely, austerely, seuerely, in extremitie, without any fauour.

Rigoreux: m. euse: f. Rigorous, hard, strict, sterne, extreame, pitilesse, vnmercifull, austere, seuere.

Rigueur: f. Rigour, strictnesse, extremitie, austeritie, seueritie, sternenesse.

Rillon de porc. as Graton; or that part of a hogs intrailes which is like the tripes in an Oxe.

Rim de vent. A puffe of wind; or as Rum. Rimaille: f. Paultie meeter, sorrie rime.

Rimailleur: m. A meane composer, a sorrie rimer.

Rimailleuse: f. An vnlearned, or paultrie Poetesse.

Rimarde: f. as Rimailleuse. Rimart: m. An vnlearned, or scuruie rimer.

Rimasser. To rime vnlearnedly, to make sorrie meeter.

Rimasseur: m. A sorrie rimer, a paultrie meeter-maker.

Rimasseuse: f. as Rimailleuse. Rime: f. Rime, or meeter; also, a crannie, chinke, rift, cleft, chap, chawne.

Rimer. To rime; to write or speake in meeter.

Rimette: f. A little rime, or small riming poesie.

Rimeur: m. A rimer, a maker of rimes, a writer in rime.

Rimeuse: f. A Poetesse, or woman that makes rimes.

Rimonner. To rime, &c; as Rimer.