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  Ie ne vole point sur la gorge. I vse not to exercise presently after meat. Faire bourre voler. To play much at Tennis; also, to vse much any costlie game, or pastime. Tel pense voler qui ne sçauroit bouger: Prov. Looke Bouger. Volerie: f. A robberie; robbing, ransacking; a violent road wherein all goes to wracke; also, a place ouer a stage which we call the Heauen.

Volet: m. A cloth spread on the ground for the picking of corne; also, a shut, or woodden window to shut ouer a glasse one (as Contre-fenestre;) also, a flight, or light shaft; also, a shittle-cocke; also, a boord, or planke. Esleus, & choisis comme beaux pois sur le volet: &, Triez sur le volet. Choice peeces, picked stuffe.

Voleter. To flicker, or flutter; to flie thicke, moue the wings often; wauer with the wings.

Voleur: m. A flier; also, a robber, or highway theefe; & an inroder, or a road-maker.

Voleuse: f. A woman that flies; or robbes.

Volier: m. A great cage, or coope wherein birds haue roome ynough to flutter.

Voliere: f. as Volier; or (more generally) a cage, or coop for fowle; also, a Doue-coat standing on pillers; therein differing from Colombier à pied; and of a meaner qualitie (or for meaner persons) then it.

Vollatiliser. See Volatiliser. Voller. To get neuer a tricke, at cards: ¶Rab. Volliere. as Voliere. Volontaire: com. A voluntarie; one that serues, or does any thing, without pay, or compulsion.

Volontaire: com. Voluntarie, willing, free, of it selfe, of his owne accord; also, prone, readie, forward, apt to thinke, or execute a thing put into his head; also, wilfull, that does what likes him best, or whatsoeuer comes in his head.

Volontairement. Voluntarily, willingly, promptly, readily, freely, without procurement or compulsion, of his owne accord.

Volonté: f. The will, mind, list; heart, consent, meaning, affection, humor, desire. Bonne volonté. Willingnesse, freenesse, readineße, owne accord or good will; also, absolute will and pleasure; whence, Ie me rends, faites de moy vostre bonne volonté: viz. Whatsoeuer you thinke good. À la mienne volonté, que. I would to God, or I pray God, that.

Volonteux: m. euse: f. Wilfull, selfewillie, wedded to his will; swaied by the throng, or caried by the streame, of his owne (intemperate) humors.

Volontiers. Willingly, readily, freely, gladly, at ease, with delight.

Voltant: m. ante: f. Bounding, curuetting; also, turning.

Volte: f. A round; or turne; and thence, the bounding turne which cunning riders teach their horses; also, a Tumblers gamboll, or turne; whence; Volte en arriere. A backe turne; a ierting, or wheeling backward, lighting againe on the feet; and, Volte en avant; (the contrarie) a turning ouer forward. Prendre la volte de Londres, &c. To goe to London-*wards, or towards London.

Volter. To vault, or tumble; also, to bound, or curuet; also, to turne, or make turne.

Voltigeant: m. ante: f. Vaulting, or tumbling; also, curuetting, or managing in a (narrow) circle.

Voltigement: m. A vaulting, or tumbling; also, a curuetting, or managing in round.

Voltiger. To vault, or tumble; also, to curuet, or manage in a (narrow) circle. Voltoline: f. The name of a vine,

Volubilité: f. Volubilitie; an easie rolling, or glib turning; and thence, unsteadinesse, or an inconstant mouing.

Voluble: f. Withiwind, Bindweed, Roapweed.

Voluble: com. Voluble; easily rolled, turned, or tumbled; Hence, fickle, inconstant, variable, wavering, often flitting, or changing; and, glib, nimble, rolling, alwayes running, ever turning.

Volume: m. A volume, tome, booke, or severall part of a booke; also, the bulke, size, quantitie, or largenesse of a thing.

Voluntaire, & Voluntairement. See Volontaire, & Volontairement. Volunté: f. as Volonté. Volupté: f. Pleasure, voluptuousnesse, sensualitie, worldlie delight.

Voluptuëusement. Voluptuously, sensually.

Voluptuëux: m. ëuse: f. Voluptuous, fleshlie, sensuall, carnall, wholly deuoted to worldlie delights.

Volute: f. The rolling shell of a Snayle; also, the writhen circle, or curle tuft that hangs ouer, or sticks out of the chapter of a piller, &c; and is tearmed by our workmen a Rowle, Cartridge, or Carthouse.

Vomique: f. la vom. A secret, and daungerous impostumation full of matter.

Vomique: com. Vomiting; whence, Noix vomique; the vomiting nut, or fruit; See Noix. Vomir. To vomit, spue, cast, parbreake.

Vomissement: m. A vomiting, or spuing.

Vomitif: m. A Vomitiue, or Vomitorie; any thing that prouokes vomiting.

Vomitoire: m. as Vomitif. Vorace: com. Rauenous, deuouring, swallowing, gluttonous, consuming.

Voracité: f. Voracitie, rauening, gluttonie, deuouring, swallowing, excessiue or greedie feeding.

Vorage: m. A gulfe, whirlepoole, quagmire; a swallowing or vnsaciable depth.

Vortillement des fleuves. as Vortillons. Vortillons: m. The eddie, whirling, round turnings in a streame.

Vos. the plurall to Vostre. Vostre: com. Your, yours, belonging to you.

Vote: m. A vow.

Vou: f. A daughter in law, a sonnes wife: ¶Gasc. Vouade. as Bouade. Vouchement: m. A vouching in law.

Voucher. To vouch; to cite, pray in aid, or call unto aid, in a suit: ¶Norm. Voüé: m. ée: f. Vowed; religiously promised, or protested; also, given, bequeathed, betaken, or devoted, unto.

Voüer. To vow; promise or protest; also, to give, bequeath, betake, or devote unto; whence, Voüer au Diable, &c. Voüer arbre à arbre. To ioyne, or glue tree to tree, boord vnto boord, &c. Voüerie: f. as Voirie; Jurisdiction.

Voüeur: m. A wooer, or suter unto a woman.

Vouge: m. A Hunting, or Hunters, staffe; a Boores speare.

Voulant. Bien vo. Well-willing, friendlie or affectionate, unto.

Voulceure: f. A vaulting, arching, bowing, crooking; or, a vault, arch, bought.