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te tairas: Prov. When on another thou wouldst raile, behold thy selfe, thy tongue will quaile. Qui de tout se taist de tout a paix: Prov. He that holds his peace of, is at peace with, all men.

Tairir. as Tarir; To drie vp.

Tais: m. A potshard; also, a scull, or scalpe; also, a shell, or great scale.

Taiser. Looke Taire. Taisible: com. Still, silent, quiet, husht.

Taisiblement. Silently, quietly, stilly.

Taisson: m. A Gray, Brocke, Badger, Bauson; of two kinds. Taisson chemin. The dog Badger; footed, and snowted somewhat like a dog; blacker, and longer-legd then the Porchin; feeds on flesh, and carrion; and voyds his ordure farre from his earth; whichhe makes (either in a tough soyle, or in some rocke) both deeper, and narrower, then the other doth his. Taisson porchin. The hog Badger; is footed, & snowted like a swine; feeds on roots, and fruits; and dungs in the mouth of his earth, which hee, commonly, makes in a sandie, or light soyle: he sleepes verie much, and is thereby much fatter, & (for such as can eat of him) better meat then th' other.

Tal: m. Oyle extracted from the berries of the Crimzon, or pricklie Cedar.

Talaires: m. Mercuries winged shooes.

Talare: com. Reaching, or hanging downe to the heeles, or ankles.

Talc: m. A tender and transparent stone, which indures extreame heat, and cold, without breaking, and hath beene heretofore vsed in stead of glasse.

Talemouse. as Talmouse; also, a cuffe, or dash on the lips.

Talemouser. To cuffe, or dash on the lips; also, to vex, harrie, trouble, toile, molest.

Talent: m. A talent in money; of diuers sorts; one worth about 175 l. sterl. another 291 l. and a noble; and another 400 l. also, will, desire, lust, appetite, an earnest humor vnto.

Talenté: m. ée: f. Verie desirous of, eager vpon, earnest after.

Taleoles: m. Shiuers, or slices of a sticke, or of a root.

Tales. Dice; also, the game tearmed Cockall.

Talion: m. A paine equall to harme done, a punishment counteruailing the offence committed; one bad turne for another.

Talle: f. as Thale; also, a shoot, sprig, bud.

Tallemellier: m. A hedge-baker. (v.m.) Taller: m. The coyne tearmed a Dollar.

Taller. Looke Thaller. Tallevas: m. A large, massiue, and old-fashirned Targuet, hauing in the bottome of it a pike, whereby, when need was, it was stucke into the ground.

Tallut. as Talus. Talmouse: f. A Cheese-cake; a Tart, or cake made of egges, and cheese.

Taloche: f. A bob, or a rap ouer the fingers ends closed together.

Taloché: m. ée: f. Rapped, or bobbed ouer the fingers ends.

Talon: m. The heele, a heele.
  Talon du gouvernail. The bottome of the backe of a rudder.
  Le talon d'un soulier. The heele-part of the sole.
  Chausser les talons à. To course, pursue neere, giue hard chase vnto.
  Iouër des talons. To shew a faire paire of heeles, be-*

take him to his legs, runne away.

Talonné: m. ée: f. Kicked, spurred, or strucken with the heeles; also, hard chased, hotly followed, neerely pursued.

Talonnement: m. A kicking, spurring, striking, or beating with the heeles; also, a hard chasing, neere pursuing, close following; also, a digging with the heeles in the sides of a horse.

Talonner. To kicke, spurre, strike, or beat, with the heeles; also, to chase hard, follow hotly, pursue closely, tread on the heeles of; also, to spurgall, or to ride digging with the heeles into a horses sides.

Talonneux: m. euse: f. Vsing, or hauing heeles.

Talonniere: f. A treading on or downe, a spurring or striking with, the heele.

Talque. as Talc. Talu: m. uë: f. Slope, sloping, slopewise, aslope. Maison taluë. A house whose bottome is fenced from the raine that falls off the eaues, by water-tables, or boords, set off from the wall.

Talvassier: m. A long lowt or lubber, fond luske or slimme, foolish or vnfashioned loggerhead.

Taluër. To slope, to set, cut, or make a slope.

Talure: f. The blue marke of a blow, bruise, or hurt.

Talus: m. A slope, sloping, slopenesse, or slopinesse; also, the sloping side, or descent of a hill, banke, or causey; (and sometimes) also, the banke, or causey it selfe; also, the head-hoope of a peece of caske; also, a great furrow in ploughing. Fossé en talus. A narrow-bottomed, and wide-mouthed ditch.

Talusant: m. ante: f. Sloping, made or descending aslope.

Talut, & Taluz. as Talus. Taluzer. To build, or make aslope.

Tam: m. Blacke Brionie, our Ladies Seale, the wild Vine.

Tamaridin. as Tamarind. Tamarin. as Tamaris. Tamarind: m. A small, soft, and darke-red Indian Date, of a laxatiue propertie, and a good purger of the heat of choller.

Tamarinde: f. The Indian Date tree.

Tamaris: m. Tamariske; a shrub, or small tree, red-barked, and leaued like Heath. Tamaris sauvage. Wild Tamariske; is lesse then the other, and beares no fruit at all; some also call thus, Heath, Ling, or Hather, because it resembles the wild Tamariske.

Tambour: m. A Drumme; also, a Tabor. Batre le tambour avec les dents. To didder, or chatter with the teeth for cold. Prendre les lievres au son du tambour. Seeke Lievre. Vn fol dessus vn pont c'est vn tambour en la Riviere: Prov. A foole on a bridge is a Drumme in the riuer; viz. makes it resound by his madde thumping, leaping, or dauncing ouer it.

Tambrays. as Estambres. Tambu: m. The bastard Pepper plant called Bettle, or Betre, sometimes (but improperly) taken for the Indian Leafe.

Tamis: m. A searce, or boulter; (also, a strayner) made of haire.

Tamisé: m. ée: f. Searced, or boulted; also, strained through a searce.

Tamiser. To searce; to boult; also, to passe or straine through a searce.

Tamoulenant. Pondering, musing, studying.