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 Behistreux: m. euse: f. Tempestuous, raging, stormie.

Behourd: m. A Iuste, or Tourney of many together with launces, and battleaxes; also, a bustling, or blustering noyse.

Behourdir. To iust together with launces, &c, to make a bustling, or blustering noise.

Behourdis: m. A bustling, rombling, iusting of many men together; also, a blustering of winds.  Feu de behourdis. A bone-fire.

Bejaunage: m. Simplicitie, want of experience, lacke of knowledge, vnskilfulnesse; doltishnesse, sottishnesse.

Bejaune: m. A nouice; a late prentise to, or yong beginginner in, a Trade, or Art; also, a simple, ignorant, vnexperienced, Asse; a rude, vnfashioned, home-bred hoydon; a sot, ninnie, doult, noddie; one thats blankt, and hath nought to say, when hee hath most need to speake.  Payer son bejaune. To pay his welcome; a fee exacted, by schollers, of such as are newly admitted into their societie.

Bejaunerie: f. as Bejaunage. Bejaunise: f. Simplicitie, young ignorance, vnskilfulnesse, want of experience; sottishnesse, doltishnesse.

Beignet; Corruptly, for Bignet. ¶Rab. Beille. as Begue. Beillottes: f. Akornes; or, Oake-apples.

Beisle: m. Th' Orelop, or vnder-hatches, of a ship.

Bel: m. belle: f. Faire &c; as Beau. Belaud. as Bedaud; or, a fedle, minion, fauourite. Belenne. A certaine little, skale-lesse, great-headed, small-mouthed, and sharpe-beaked, fish of the Mediterranean, or Grecian sea; and there but rare; in our sea neuer seene.

Beler. as Beeller. To blayte.

Beleter. as Beeller. Belette: f. A Weesill.  Belette Ictide. Authors agree not what beast this is; The old ones, and most of their interpretors hold it to be the Ferret; others, a Fitch, or Fullmart; others (least probably) an Otter, or water Weesill.

Beliard: m. A Ramme.

Belic. A kind of red, or gueules, in Blazon. Belier: m. A Ramme; also, th' ancient Engine of batterie so called.  Belier marin. The sea Ramme; a great, and rauenous fish, enemie to fishermen.  Beliers d'un pressoüer. The branches; the two greatest beames of a Presse.  Chiches de belier. Rammes Citches, blacke Citches.  Couille de belier. A ball made of a Rammes cod.

Belin. as Belier. A Ramme.  Mascher en belin. To mumble, as one that wants teeth.

Beliné: m. ée: f. Rammed; also, cosened, beguiled, gulled.

Beliner. To ramme; also, to cosen, beguile, deceiue, gull.

Belinge: m. as Tiretaine. ¶Norm. Belistraille: f. A crue of beggars; a base, or beggarly crue.

Belistre: m. A beggar, vagabond, scowndrell, ragamuffian, poore knaue, needie rogue.

Belistreau: m. A little, or young beggar.

Belistréement. Beggarly, beggingly, basely, vagabond-*like.

Belistrer. To beg from dore to dore; to play the beggar, or base fellow.

Belistrerie: f. Begging, beggarie, beggarlinesse; also, a leud, base, or filthie act; also, a thing of little, or no worth.

Belistresse: f. A woman Beggar; a Doxie, Morte, base Queane.

Belitresse. (Adiectiuely) begging, importunate, beggar-*like, or beggarly.

Belitraille. as Belistraille. Belitre. as Belistre; a beggar; &c.

Belitrer. as Belistrer; to beg; &c.

Belitrerie. as Belistrerie. Bellastre: com. Fairish, reasonably faire, passable, so so, somewhat like.

Bellateur: m. A Warrior; a professed Souldior.

Bellatrice: f. A Virago, or Warrioresse.

Belle. The feminine of Bel, or of Beau; Looke Beau.

Belle-dame. Great Nightshade; or, a kind of Dwale, or sleeping Nightshade.

Belle-fille: f. A step-daughter; (Looke Fille;) also, the name of a certaine great, and white sweet apple.

Bellement. Fairely, beautifully; also, softly, gently, easily, at leisure, by little and little.

Belle-mere: f. A step-mother, or (most properly) a mother in law; as, the wiues mother, in regard of the husband, &c.

Belleque: f. A Coot.

Bellette. as Belette. Bellettement. Pretily; also, faire and softly; at leisure, by little and little.

Belle-videre. The flower called Blew bells; or, as Belvedere. Bellic. as Belic. Bellin. as Belin. Belliqueusement. Martially, warlikely; warfaringly.

Belliqueux: m. euse: f. Warlike, martiall, valorous, full of prowesse, valiant in armes; warfaring, fit for warre.

Belliric: m. A round Mirabolan plumme, somewhat lesse then the Chebule. Bellistrandie: f. Beggarie, vagabondrie, roguerie.

Bellistrandier: m. A beggar, a great needie rogue.

Bellocier. A Bullace tree, or wild Plum-tree.

Bellot: m. otte: f. Prettie, iolly, somewhat faire, neat, handsome.  Ma Bellotte. My prettie Pigsnie.

Belluge: f. as Belugue. Belotte. as Belette. A Weesill.

Belouze: f. The lower hazard in a Tenis-court.

Belvedere. A certaine shrub which growes to a mans height, in the proportion of a faire tree, full of pleasant greene boughes resembling branches of Hysope; it may very well be Broome tode flax, which by Italians is called, Belvidere. Belugue: f. A sparke, or sparkle of fire; (Provenç.) also, as Milan marin. Belusteau: m. A boulter, or boulting cloth.

Belutage: m. A sifting, or boulting of meale.

Beluteau: m. A boulter, or boulting cloth.

Belutement. as Belutage. Beluter. To boult; also, to swiue.

Belzoin. as Asse douce; or, as Benjoin. Bemol. B flat; (a tearme of Musicke;) Seeke B. Ben. (of one syllable) an aromaticall nut, or akorne, whereof the Perfumers oyle of Benne is made; some call it, the oylie Akorne.

Be'n. (of two syllables) a certaine Arabian Plant, of two kinds, the one bearing a white, the other a red root; both vsed, and held very cordiall; some (improperly) call spatling, or frothie Poppie, white Bene; and red