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 Bastilde: f. The fortresse, or fortification tearmed a bastillion, or bastile.

Bastille. as Bastilde; or, a fortresse, or castle furnished with towers, donion, and ditches; (in Paris, la Bastille is as our Tower, the chiefe prison of the kingdome.)

Bastillon: m. A bastillon, or little fortresse.

Bastiment: m. A building, frame, house, or edifice; also, a composition, or compaction of many things together.

Bastine: f. The skirt of a doublet, or coat; also, a pad; also, as Bardelle; also, a packsaddle.

Bastion: m. (The fortification tearmed) a Bastion, or Cullion-head.

Bastionner. To fortifie with Bastions.

Bastir. To build, make, frame, erect; raise, or set vp; also, to compose; contriue, deuise.  Bastir à quelqu'vn son rouler. To teach one before hand what he shall say or doe.  Denier sur denier bastit la maison: Prov. Pennie vpon pennie builds the house; by little and little great matters are effected, great workes finished.

Bastissage: m. A frame, a composition; a building, making, framing.

Bastissant: m. ante: f. Building, framing, making, rearing, erecting; composing; contriuing.

Baston: m. A staffe, bat, cudgell, trunchion; club; also, a sword, and (more generally) any weapon of offence; also, a Battu*ne, in blazon; also, a stay, prop, supporter. Baston d'Adam. Adams weapon; a mans yard. Baston cornu. A battle-axe. Baston à deux bouts. A quarter staffe; or, a staffe which hath a pike at both ends. Baston à feu. A Harquebuse, Calecuer, musket, &c. Baston pastoral. Water plantaine; or as Verge à berger. Baston de potence. Looke Potence. Baston rompu. à bastons rompus. A cutting, pinking, lacing, &c, crosse billet fashion. Baston royal. A kingly Scepter. A dague & baston. Large measure, heaped measure, measure with aduantage. Le tiers coup de baston. The third (and last) knock of the Cryers staffe in an Outrope; and hence (metaphorically) that action, or effect, which absolutely carries a matter. Par rain, & baston. By a bough and a bat; (a fashion of Liuerie and Seisin vsed in some places.) Estourdi de baston. Looke Estourdi. Entendre le ru du baston. To be a cunning Fencer, old beaten souldior, of much experience in the world. Faire mordre au baston. To make the more eagar; or make to bite at the offered bait. Mettre la main au baston. To dispossesse himselfe of an inheritance, by the deliuerie of a little rod or sticke to him vnto whom he passes it. Saulter le baston. To do the deed; or to performe, with resolution, an ineuitable exploit. Sçauoir bien le tour du baston. To be subtile, craftie, cunning, of great experience; to know well how things are to be carried, or, how the world goes. Tirer au baston. To struggle, wrastle, tug, striue, contend; also, to fight, or lay about him. Baston porte paix quant & soy: Prov. A good bat makes peace where it comes; The like is: Comme vn faquin porte faix, ainsi le baston la paix. Autant vaut aller à pied, que de cheuaucher vn baston maigre: Prov. As good go a foot as ride on a

leane iade.  Qui de mastin fait son compere plus de baston ne doit porter: Prov. He that makes a mastiue his gossip need not carrie a cudgell about him.  Tel porte le baston dont à son regret le bat on: Many a one prouides a rod for his owne taile, or wears a bat wherewith himselfe is beaten.

Bastonnade: f. A bastonadoe; a banging, or beating with a cudgell.

Bastonnadé: m. ée: f. Banged, bethwacked with a cudgell.

Bastonné. as Bastonnadé; Cudgelled.

Bastonneau. A little staffe, trunchion, cudgell, bat; a sticke, or great rod, or wand.

Bastonnée: f. The stroake of a pumpe in a ship.

Bastonnement: m. A beating, or banging with a cudgell.

Bastonner. To strike, beat, bang, bethwacke with a cudgell; to giue the bastonadoe vnto.

Bastonnet. as Bastonneau; Also, the bastonet of a bridle.

Bastonnier: m. A staffe-bearer, or Vergier; also the carrier of the Crucifix in Processions; also, a great man in any company.

Bastonnier: m. ere: f. Of, or belonging to, a staffe, &c; also, bearing a staffe; and hence,  Sergent bastonnier. A Mace-bearer, or Sergeant of the Mace.

Basty: m. A territorie, or demesne, belonging to a place.

Basty: m. ie: f. Builded, made, framed, composed, reared, or set vp.

Bat: m. A stroake, or beating.

Batable: com. Beatable; batterable; worthy, fit, or apt, to be beaten; which will indure hammering, as mettall; or may be battered with cannon, as a fortresse; &c; also, quarelsome, contentious, litigious; (for such a one comes by many a knocke, and wil, now and then, put vp all he comes by.)

Batail de cloche. A mill clapper.

Bataille: f. A battell, or fight betweene two armies; also, a battell, or maine battell; the middle battallion, or squadron of an armie, wherein the Prince, or Generall, most commonly, marcheth; also, the whole army; and sometimes also, any squadron, battallion, or part, thereof.  C'est belle bataille de chiens, & de chats; chascun a des ongles: Prov. The fairest battels are performed with edged tooles: (but that is onely when the combatants are not worth keeping.

Battaillé: m. ée: f. Battelled, fought; also, clappered, or hung with a clapper.

Batailler. To battell, wage battell; fight, striue, contend.

Bataillon: m. A battallion, or squadron (of footmen.)

Batallier: m. ere: f. Battelling; for battels; of, or belonging to, battells.

Batalogie: f. Effeminate, obscene, or scurrile, discourse.

Batans d'vn poisson. The gill of a fish.

Batant. as Batail; A bell clapper; also, a batant; the peece of wood, that runnes all along vpon the edge of the lockeside of a doore, gate, or window.  Vne port à deux batans. A fowlding, or two leaued, doore.

Batant. (partic. of batre;) beating; battering; thrashing. Il arriua tout batant vers. He came verie hastily, or very lately, towards; or (as in this phrase) Ie viens de là encores tout batantI come thence but euen now;