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 Argent receu le bras rompu: Prov. He that payes for worke beforehand, lames his workeman; or, hath it but lamely done.

Braser. To skue, or chamfret, viz. to slope the edge of a stone, as Masons doe in windowes &c, for the gaining of light.  Braser l'argent; C'est, la repasser vn peu sur la braise. Brasier: m. A burning coale, quicke fire of coales; hot embers.

Brasillé: m. ée: f. Rosted, broyled, or boyled with a quicke fire; also, broyled, or heated much.

Brasiller. To rost, broyle, or boyle on quicke coales, or hot embers; also, to broyle, or heat much.

Brasillonner. To broyle, or boyle with a very quicke fire; also, to broyle extreamely, burne out, or be on a light fire.

Brassage: m. The fee which the Masters of the Mint haue out of euery sort of money coyned; as out of euery marc (or eight ounces) of gold xxv s. Tourn. and vpon euery marc of Douzains vj s. vj d. Tour. out of which they allow a certain proportion, in respect of euery sort, vnto the Grauers, Monyers, and other workmen; which proportion of theirs is also tearmed Brassage. Brassal: m. An Archers bracelet, or bracer; also, a vambrace, or peece of armour for the arme; also, the woodden cuffe, or bracer worne by Balloone-players.

Brassart. as Brassal. Brassat. The same.

Brasse: f. A fadome, or arme-full; or measure of fiue foot.  Brasse de soing. is to be fiue foot square euery way.  Pain de brasse. A great household loafe (of course bread) a loafe as big as one can fadome.

Brassé: m. ée: f. Brewed; also, deuised, plotted, contriued.

Brassée: f. A fadome, an arme-full, as much as one can hold within, or carrie in, his armes.

Brasselet: m. A bracelet, wrest-band, or bracer; also, an arming gantlet, that reaches vp almost to the elbow; also, the wrist.

Brasser. To brew, or make beere; also, to plot, contriue, deuise.  Il ne sçavoit pas quel brouët se brassoit, avec vn autre. He knew little, what priuat match was in making, what secret bargaine was a beating, what an odde pranke was a forging, with another.

Brasserie: f. A brewing; also, a contriuing.

Brasseur: m. A Brewer; also, a plotter, contriuer, deuiser.

Brassier: m. A Brasier; also, a sling; also, a cudgell; also, the tub that receiues the droppings of a tap; also, a labouring man.

Brassiere: f. A wast-coat, for a woman; or a child; also, (but lesse properly) the doublet some women doe weare in childbed; also, the arme, or branch of a riuer; also, a brace; one of the staues whereby men turne the beame of a Crane, &c.

Brassin: m. A brewing.

Brassique: f. Cole, or Coleworts.  Brassique marine. The sea Cole, or sea Colewort; mistaken by some for sea Bindweed, or Scottish Scuruie-grasse.

Brater vn chariot. as in Braquer. Bravache. (soldat bravache) A Roister, Cutter, Swaggerer, Swash-buckler; one thats euer vaunting of his owne valour.

Bravacherie: f. An vnseemely, or vnseasonable, cutting, roisting, swaggering; also, a fond boasting, vaunting, bragging of his owne valour.

Bravade: f. A brauado; a swaggering pike, or quarrell; a boastfull affront; a glorious shew of challenge, or daring.  De bravade. (also) in a brauerie.

Brave: m. The reward, or prize for him that hath done best in playes, or games.

Brave: com. Braue, gay, fine, gorgeous, gallant (in apparrell;) also, proud, stately, loftie; braggard; magnificall, sumptuous; also, valiant, hardie, stout, couragious, that will carrie no coales.  Faire le brave. To stand on tearmes, or vpon his pantofles; to boast of his owne worth; to preferre himselfe before others.

Bravement. Brauely, gallantly, finely, gaily; supmtuously, gorgeously; magnifico-like; also, proudly, haughtily, loftily; also, stoutly, valiantly, couragiously; also, discreetly.

Braver. To braue, abuse, affront, swagger with.  Se braver. To braue it, or play the Gallant; also, as Faire le brave. Braverie: f. Brauerie, gallantnesse, gorgeousnesse, or costlinesse in apparrell; also, as Bravade. Braveux: m. He that giues the prize to the best doers in an exercise.

Bray: m. Ship-pitch, or a kind thereof; also, Mault.

Brayant: m. ante: f. Braying, yelling, or crying, like an Asse; also, braying, pounding, brusing.

Brayart: m. A braying, yelling, roring, or crying Asse.

Braye: f. A close linnen breeke, or vnder-slop (Looke Brayes) also, a trusse, a swathell, or halfe-flop of linnen, or leather, worne by such as are burst; also, a clout for a childs backside.  Brayes. Short (and close) breeches, drawers, or vnderhose, of linnen, &c, worne for cleanlinesse, &c, next vnto the skin; also, Barnacles for a horses nose.  Braye à chausse. A kind of fish-net, made somewhat like a breeke, or slop.  Braye de cocu. A Cowslip, or Paigle.  Faulse braye. A false-bray, or out-wall, in a fortresse.  Faulses brayes. The straps that hang downe on either side of a horses furniture.

Brayé: m. ée: f. Brayed, pounded, bruised; kneaded, as dough; braked, as hempe; grauen, as a ship.

Brayement: m. A braying, pounding, bruising; braking; also, an Asse-like braying, yelling, or crying out; also, a grauing, or pitching of a ship.

Brayer: m. as Braye. Le brayer d'une Chevre. The Vdder of a shee Goat.  Le brayer d'un oiseau. The Brayle, or pannell of a hauke.

Brayer. To bray, poune, bruise; also, to knead dough with a staffe; also, to bray, yell, or crie, like an asse.  Brayer du lin. To brake, or dresse flax.  Brayer vn navire. To graue, picke, or pitch, a Ship.

Brayere: f. A Flax-wife.

Brayes. Looke Braye.

Brayette: f. as Braguette; also, the tryall, tongue, or cocke, of a Ballance.

Brayetter. La langue me brayette. My tongue trips, or falters. Brayetter la chemise. To accommodate the shirt betweene the legs (passing the fore-skirt behind, and the hinder before) that it be not combersome.