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 Mathes, vnsauorie white Cotula, and white vnsauorie Camomill; Seeke Oeil. Pennache de boeuf. A goodly paire of hornes.  Teste de boeuf. A ioulthead, iobernoll, cods-head, grouthead, logerhead; one whose wit is as little as his head is great.  Homme de porc, & de boeuf. A grosse, base, rude, vnciuile, or vnmanerly, churle; a clunch, a clusterfist.  Prendre vn boeuf par les cornes. To vndertake a dangerous exploit.  Quiter vn boeuf pour prendre vn oeuf. To quit an Oxe for an egge; or, as our fenne-men, rather catch a ducke than feed an Oxe.  Tourner la charrue contre les boeufs. We say, to set the cart before the horse; Looke Tourner. Le boeuf las marche souef: Prov. The wearie Oxe goes slowly; men that are beaten to the practise of the world are calme, and moderate in their proceedings.  Le boeuf par la corne, & l'homme par la parole: Prov. Se lient, is vnderstood; (for in forreine countries Oxen are yoked by the hornes.)  Le boeuf salé faict trouver le vin sans chandelle: Prov. The salt beefe-eater needs no candle to find his liquor withall; or salt beefe is your onely lantorne in a darke sellar.  Le grand boeuf apprend à labourer au petit: Pro. The old Oxe teaches the young to draw; wee say (with some small difference) the young cocke croweth, as he the old heareth.  Les grands boeufs ne font pas les grandes iournées: Pro. The greatest Oxen rid not most worke; we say, the greatest crabs are not all the best meat.  Au pauvre vn oeuf vaut vn boeuf: Prov. An egge is as deere to a poore man, as an Oxe to a rich; or, a poore man is as well content with an egge as with an Oxe.  Dieu donne biens & boeuf, mais ce n'est pas par la corne: Prov. God giues things plentifully and without perill.  Il ne faut iouër au boeuf: Prov. An Oxe is no fit, or no safe, play-fellow.  Mieux vaut en paix vn oeuf qu'en guerre vn boeuf: Prov. Seeke Oeuf. On a beau mener le boeuf à l'eau s'il n a soif: Pro. In vaine is an Oxe led to the water if he be not athirst; we say (with some difference of sence) a man may lead his horse to the water, but cannot make him drinke vnlesse he list.  Pas à pas le boeuf prend le lievre: Pro. A patient, & moderat proceeding, effects great matters.

Bogue. as Bocque; Also, the bunch, top, tuft, or huske wherein the seeds of hearbs are inclosed; (whence) also, the rough, or prickly rind of a greene chestnut.  Bogue ravel. Seeke Ravel. Bohade. as Bouäde: ¶Auvergnois. Bohourd. as Behourd. Bohourder. as Behourder. Bohu. Emptie, vacant: ¶Rab. Boicheron: m. A wood-cleauer, or wood-feller.

Boie: f. A kind of great water-snake, that vses to sucke whole heards of kine.

Boiffer. To bungle vp, or slubber ouer, things in hast.

Boiffeur: m. A bungler vp, or slubberer ouer, of things in hast.

Boileau. An ordinarie drinker of water.

Boiler. as Vouloir; To will: ¶Gasc.

Boilesve. as Boileau.

Boire: m. Drinke, beuerage. Il se sent vn peu de boire. He is somewhat mustie, a little mellow, almost ouerseene (in drinke.)

Boire. To drinke, bouse, bib, swill, quaffe, tipple; to sucke, or swallow vp; to receiue, or soke in; also, to smell, or vent, an ill sauour.  Boire sa bride. A horse to draw vp his bit into his mouth with his tongue.  Boire la goutte sur l'ongle. To leaue but one onely drop in the cup.  Boire a-lut. To drinke all out, all vp; to leaue iust nothing.  Boire son mors. as Boire sa bride. Boy le vin comme Roy, boy l'eau comme Taureau: Pro. For th' one vses not to drinke much, th' other will drinke no more than he needs.  Assez boit qui a dueil: Prov. He hath drinke ynough that hath sorrow ynough; or, as in Dueil. À petite fontaine boit on à son aise: Prov. In a meane estate most ease.  Aller & parler peut on, boire ensemble & manger non: Pro. A man may visit, & conuerse with a friend, but must not, if he meane to keepe him, feed with him; the best way to preserue a friend, is, not to be verie inward with him.  Apres compter il faut boire: Prov. The reckoning ended we must drinke together; (a Dutch conclusion.)  Apres tout dueil boit on bien: Pro. (So tipling succeedeth teene.)  Celuy de bon sens ne jouït, qui boit & ne s'en resjouït: Pro. He that in drinking feels no pleasure, his wits be surely out of measure.  Qui a fait la faute si la boive: Prov. Let him that did amisse be punished.  Qui bon l'achepte bon le boit: Pro. He that buyes good wine drinks good wine.  Qui n'a laine bovie à la fontaine: Pro. Let him that hath no wealth drinke at the well.  Tel est petit qui boit bien: Pro. Though he be little he can tipple.  Tel fait la faute qu'un autre boit: Pro. One commits the fault which another is blamed for.  Vne fois l'année l'on s'appreste à boire: Pro. Once in a yeare a man prepares himselfe to drinke; (viz. of his owne wine, in vintage time.)

Bois: m. Wood; also, a wood; also, a staffe, launce, or speare; also, the head, or hornes of a deere. Bois d'alöe. th' aromatical wood called Lignū Aloes. Bois de baulme. The sweet wood of the Balsam tree. Bois bedat. Looke Bedat. Bois blanc. Priuet; (called so at Lyons) also, as Blanc bois. Bois de brin. Round, or vncleft-small-wood (of what kind soeuer.) Bois de carde. Small billets; or wood thats like, but lesse than, billets. Bois chablis. Windfalls; Looke Chablis. Bois de charpente. Timber. Bois pour charrons. Yple plankes. Bois de coupe. See Coupe. Bois cuict. Charcoale. Bois debout. The branch (of a vine) left growing (whē all the rest are lopped) for a future yeares increase. Bois de deluge. Okē trees, or timber, which hauing bin lōg orewhelmed in water, are become as black as Ebony Bois d'escaille. The heart of wood, or of timber (so called by Ioyners.) Bois d'esquine. The knottie, and medicinable root of a certaine (Indian) bullrush. Bois à faucillon. Brushwood, small wood.