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 Binoire. as Bisnoire. Binotage: m. The second tilth, earing, or digging of soyle.

Binotement. as Binotage. Binoter. To till, eare, dig, land, or vineyards, the second time.

Binotis: m. as Binotage. Bios. God: ¶Gasc. ¶Rab. Bipartient. Parting, or diuiding into two.

Bipedal: m. ale: f. Double footed; also, two foot long, or wide.

Biquoquet: m. The peake of a Ladies mourning hood. (v.m.) Birer. as Virer: ¶Gasc. Birrasque: f. A high-going sea, or tempest at sea, caused by whirle-winds, and accompanied with gustes of raine.

Bis: m. bise: f. Browne, duskie, swart, blackish.  Pain bis. Rye bread, course bread, browne bread.  Pierre bise. Looke Pierre. Roche bise. A hard, and blewish rocke, or quarrey, of stone.  Ou à bis, ou à blanc. By hooke or by crooke, one way or another.

Bisacquier: m. A scrip-carrier, or wallet-bearer.

Bisaguë. as Besaguë. Bisantin. as Besant: So tearmed of Bysantium, or Constantinople, where it was first currant, as it is also at this day in most parts of Asia.

Bisarme: f. as Guisarme. Bisayeul: m. A great great grandfather.

Bis-blanc. Wheaten, or cheat bread.

Biscantine: f. Drinke made of Bullas, or sloes.

Biscapit. is (among Exchequer men) a double imploiment of one summe, in an account, &c.

Biscaye: f. A vantage at Tenis.

Bischard. A fawne, or hind-calfe.

Bischet. as Bichet. Bisclant. Squinting, looking askew.

Biscle. as Bigle. Biscoter. To swiue.

Biscuit: m. A bisket; bisket bread.  S'embarquer sans biscuit. To goe abroad without bisket; to enter into an action without sufficient prouision; to vndertake that which he wants meanes, or abilitie, to performe.  Manger avec vne faim de biscuit. To eat very greedily.

Biscuteau: m. Small, or fine bisket bread.

Bise: m. A North wind.  Bise traverse. A North-west, or North-east wind.

Bise: f. A delicate Italian fruit that resembles the Naveau. Bise. (The feminine of Bis;) Looke Bis. Biseau: m. A bezle, bezeling, or scuing; such a slopenesse, or slope forme, as is in the point of an yron leauer, chizle, &c.  Le bord de la fosse se ravallera en biseau. Shall bee made scarfing.

Biset. as Bizet. Biseté: m. ée: f. Wrought, or stript with plate, as some kind of stuffes be.

Bisette: f. Plate (of gold, siluer, or copper,) wherewith some kinds of stuffes are stripped.

Bisexte: m. The Bisext, or leape yeare; which comes by one day added in foure yeare.

Bisner. as Biner.

Bisneur. as Bineur. Bisnoire: f. A grubbing forke, or grubbing axe; a forked, or double tongued mattocke, or pick-axe.

Bison: m. The Bison; a kind of hulch-backt, rough-maned, broad-faced, and great eyd, wild Oxe, that will not be taken as long as he can stand, nor tamed after he is taken.'' Bisongne. as Bison; Also, a filthie knaue, or clowne; a raskall, bisonian, base humored scoundrell. Bisoüart: m. A paultrie Pedlar, who in a long packe, or maund (which he carries, for the most part open, and (hanging from his necke) before him) hath Almanacks, Bookes of newes, or other trifling ware, to sell.

Bisque: f. A fault, at Tennis.

Bisac: m. A wallet.

Bisse: f. An Adder.  Manier en bisse. as Serpeger; When a horse manages as an Adder goes, wrigling, wagling, or gliding. Bissestre. Jll lucke; (from Bissexte, which is held vnluckie.)

Bissexte: m. The Bissext; the leape yeare; or, one day added in four yeare.

Bissines. Silken words, spruce tearmes.

Bissole: f. as Bizole. Bistarde: f. The great bird called, a Bustard.

Bistorie: f. A kind of crooked, sharpe-pointed, and double-edged launcet, vsed by Chirurgians in th' opening of sores, &c.

Bistorié: m. ée: f. Crooked, hooked, boughtie, awrie.

Bistorin. as Bistorie. Bistorte: f. Bistort, Britannica, Snakeweed, Pashions, Oisterloit.  Bistorte grande. Female Adderwort, or Snakeweed.  Bistorte petite. Male Adderwort, or Oisterloit, small Snakeweed.

Bistortier: m. A rolling pin, or pestle, of wood.

Bite: f. The hearbe called Beets; Looke Bete. Prendre du potage de la bite. To take in some oyle of man; to do that a maid should not do.

Bites: f. The bits; two great woodden pegs whereto the cable is fastened when an anker is let fall.

Bitume: m. Bitumen, held by some to bee a fast, and clammie earth, lome, or clay, somewhat resembling pitch, and of the nature of brimstone; by others, (more probably) a fat skum, or foame driuen by the wind, and waues, on the bankes of the Palestinian lake, Mare Mortuum; whence commeth onely the best (for other waters also yeeld Bitumen) though verie rarely: Our ordinarie shop Bitumen is but a composition of Pitch, Petriolum, and some other such like simples, howsoeuer Apothecaries would make men beleeue it is the Palestinian Bitumen (¶ Mathiolus.)  Bitume Apollonien. Apollonian Bitumen (inferiour to the Palestinian) is also, the foame of a certaine water, thats neere vnto the citie Apollonia (now Valonia) in Epirus. Bituminer. To annoint, besmeare, or mingle with Bitumen.

Bitumineux: m. euse: f. Full of Bitumen; also, glewie, slimie, clammie, fast cleauing, as Bitumen.  Treffle bitumineux. Clauer gentle, Treacle Clauer, Pitch Trefoyle, stinking Trefoyle.

Bivet. faire bivet. To take the end of a low-burnt candle out of the socket, and with a drop of tallow make it sticke vpon the edge of the candlesticks nose.

Bizarderies: f. Fantasticall trickes, odde parts, humo-*