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 * guers, burgesses, freemen, townesmen, citizens; or a crue, or the whole companie thereof; also, a boroughship; and, the liberties, freedome, or priuiledges belonging to a towne, or borough.  Bourgeoisie d'avenage. A certaine quantitie of Oats leuied to the kings vse, of those, who are made free of the towne of Mehun sur Eure in Berry.   Droict de bourgeoisie. Freedome; also, an yearely dutie, or fine of xij d. Paris: payed vnto the king by free burgesses; who in lieu thereof may refuse to answer in any court, but his, any personall action, or complaint whatsoeuer; except it be for an offence committed at that present, or three months before their freedome obtained. (This Dutie is also called, Devoir de bourgeoisie.)   Droict de bourgeoisie de la Bassée sous Lille. An yearely rent, or dutie of iiij d, payed by euerie freeman.   Droict de bourgeoisie de la Chastre en Berry. A certain yeerely summe, and a henne, payed by euery freeman vnto the lord of that place.   Droict de bourgeoisie de Sedan. is xx d. a yeare; and when he is made free (if he be the sonne of a freeman) ij s. vj d; or (if a forreiner) v s. payed vnto the Duke of Buillon.   L'entrée de la bourgeoisie de Calais. A dutie of xxv francs, payed by euery one that is made a burgesse, or freeman, of Calis.  Bourgeon: m. The young bud, sprig, or putting out, of a Vine; also, a pimple in the face.   Bourgeon de laine. A locke of wooll.   Bourgeons. Writlings, or critlings; the smallest, and most vntimely apples or peares; tearmed so by the Normane Fruiterers.

Bourgeonné: m. ée: f. Budded, burgeonned; put, sprung, sprouted out.

Bourgeonnement: m. A springing, budding, putting out.

Bourgeonner. To bud, spring, or sprout out; to burge on, put, or shoot out.

Bourgeonneux: m. euse: f. Full of buds; richly set with pimples.

Bourget: m. A round stoole.

Bourgrain: m. Buckeram.

Bourgespine: f. Buck-thorne, Way-thorne, laxatiue Ramme.

Bourguignon: m. A Burgonian, one of Burgundie; also, the name of a Vine, whereof there bee diuers kinds.  Bourguignon blanc. The most fruitfull of all white Vines.  Bourguignon cinquain. as Foirard. Bourguignon noir. as Neraut. Bourguignotte: f. A Burganet, Huskin, or Spanish Murrion.

Bourjassotte: f. The name of a certaine figge.

Bouringue. as Boulingue. Bourjon. as Bourgeon; a bud, &c.

Bourjonner. as Bourgeonner. Bourlesque: com. Ieasting, merrie, pleasant, flouting, gibing.

Bourlet: m. A wreath, or a roule of cloth, linnen, or leather, stuffed with flockes, haire, &c; also, the Hood worne by Graduats, Lawyers, and Citizens, at their assemblies; also, a supporter (for a Ruffe &c) of Sattin, Taffata &c, and hauing an edge like a roule. Cerveaux à bourlet. Hooded braines, or, such as haue better-stuffed hoods then heads, and (more particu-* *larly) ignorant Lawyers, vnskilfull plodders, Petti-*foggers.

Bournage. as Bornage. Bournal: m. A honny-combe.

Bournois. as Bournal; or, a Bee-neast, or Bee-hiue, full of honny-combes. Bourrabaquin: m. A great carousing glasse, fashioned like a Cannon, Horne, or in some other anticke manner; (sometimes) also, a Bourrachoe.

Bourrache. as Bourroche. Bourrachiere. Corneille bour: A Roiston Crow.

Bourrachon: m. A tipler, quaffer, tossepot, whip-canne; also, a little Bourrachoe.

Bourrade: f. A tempest, or storme; also, the cuffing, or ruffling of a bird by a hauke; also, the tossing, or muzzling of a hare by a greyhound before he beare her.

Bourranflé. Puffed vp, strouting out, with flocks, &c.

Bourraquin. as Bourrabaquin; or, a Bourrachoe. Bourras: m. as Borrais; also, silke-rash; also, grosse, or course, canuas. Bourrasser. To bastinade, beat, belamme, bethwacke.

Bourre: f. Flockes, or lockes of wooll, haire, &c, seruing to stuffe saddles, bals, and such like things; also, the downe, or hairie coat wherewith diuers hearbes, fruits, and flowers are couered; also (lesse properly) any such trash, as chaffe, shales, huskes, &c; also (least vsually) the couering, clothing, or backe-part, of a man.  Bourre de soye. Towe of silke, or the coursest silke; comes of the balls which the wormes haue pierced.  Raisins qui sont encores en bourre. Grapes that are as yet in the blossome, or, so young as they haue no forme.  Faire bourre voler. To play much at Tennis (the ball being meant by bourre, wherewith it is stuffed) also, to vse much, or spend much at, any costly game, pastime, or exercise.

Bourre. A Ducke. ¶Norm. Bourré: m. ée: f. Stuffed, or stopped with haire, flockes, &c; also, beaten, thumped, cudgelled; also, stopped.

Bourreau: m. An executioner; a hangman.

Bourrée: f. A bauin, or faggot, of twigs; a bundle of any such like stuffe.

Bourrelé: m. ée: f. Tortured, tormented; executed; extreamely vexed.

Bourreler. To torture, torment; execute; vex extreamely; See Bourreller. Bourrelerie: f. A torturing, tormenting; executing; th' office of a hangman; also, an extreame vexation.

Bourrelet. See Bourlet. Bourrelier: m. A maker of horse-collars.

Bourrelier: m. ere: f. Tormenting, torturing, executing with crueltie; vexing extreamely.

Bourreller. To torture, torment, execute cruelly; vex extreamely.  Il bourrelle la besongne. (Said of a bungling artificer) he spoyles both worke and stuffe.

Bourrer. To stuffe with flocks, and haire; also, to beat, or thumpe; also, to stop.

Bourrette: f. The vppermost part of the clue, or ball of silke yeelded by the silke-worme; the coursest of silke.

Bourreux: m. euse: f. Full of flockes, &c.  Herbe bourreuse. Cudweed, Chaffeweed, Cotton-*weed.

Bourrier: m. as Bourre; also, weeds; and generally, any filth; as sweepings, or vnprofitable, and house-defiling, trash. Il y a de bourriers en sa fluste. All is not well with him; somewhat's amisse in the matter.