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 Accuser. To accuse, or appeach; to complaine of, informe against, charge with a crime; cast an aspersion, lay an imputation, on; also, to bewray, disclose, or discouer, a secret.  Tel s'excuse qui s'accuse: Pro. Looke Excuser. Accuvé: m. ée: f. Put into a fat; let stand, or let worke, in a fat.

Accuver. To put into a fat; to let stand, or let worke, in a fat.

Acence; or Acense: m. A farme, or lease.

Acensé: m. ée: f. Leased, or let out to farme.

Acensement. m. A farming; a letting, or taking, to farme.

Acenser. To let, or take, to farme.

Acenseur: m. A farmer; a letter out, or taker, to farme.

Acensivé: m. ée: f. Let out for (an yearely) Cens. Acensivement: m. A letting out for Cens; the creating of a Censiue, or a Tenure by Cens. Acensiver. To giue, or let out, for (an yearely) Cens: To create a Censiue, or a Tensure by Cens. Acerbité: f. Acerbitie, sharpenesse, sourenesse.

Aceré: m. ée: f. Steeled; forged or made of, tempered, or strengthened with, Steele.

Acerer. To steele; to forge or make of, temper or strengthen with, Steel.

Acertement. as Acertenement. Acertené. Certefied, assertained, assured.

Acertenement. A certifying, ascertaining.

Acertener. To certifie; ascertaine, assure, affirme boldly, informe confidently.

Acertes. (Adverb.) Of a certaine, in very deed; in good earnest; also, hartily, affectionatly, without faigning.

Acetabule. as Cotyledon; Also, an ancient measure containing about six spoonfuls of liquid things; & two ounces and a halfe of drie; or (according to our waight) an ounce, 3 quarters, 2 Carats, 12 graines and a halfe.

Aceteuse: f. The hearbe Sorrell.

Aceteux: m. euse: f. Sharpe, sourish; of the substance, or hauing the tast, of Vinegre.

Acetosité. Sharpenesse, sourenesse; the substance, or tast, of vinegar.

Ach. An Interiection of sorrow, as, Oh; and of sorrowfull exclamation, as Ah; vsed also in Imprecations, as, Ha.

Achalandé: m. ée: f. Customed; frequented by chapman, or customers.

Achalander. To allure chapmen, get customers, draw custome.

Achancri: m. ie: f. Cankered; made, or growne, crankred.

Achantique. Mastic achantique: A sweet tasting Masticke, or Gum, bred on the top of the Calthrop, or Star-thistle.

Achapt: m. as Achet; A purchase, &c.  Achapt passe louage. Seeke Louage. Achapter; & Achapteur: as Acheter; and Acheteur. Acharné: m. ée: f. Fleshed with, or vpon; also, fed, or baited with, affected vnto, flesh; also felly minded, cruelly bent against, prosecuting extreamly, bloudily persecuting, pursuing vnto death without remorce, or mercie.

Acharnement; m. A fleshing; a feeding, or baiting with flesh; a laying of flesh vpon; also, an entering in, or prouocation vnto, crueltie.

Acharner. To flesh on; to lay flesh vpon; to feed, or bait, with flesh; to enter, or traine vp, in blood; also, to prouoke, or egge vnto all cruell and bloodie courses against. Acharner vn Leurre. To tie flesh vnto a Lure. S'acharner sur. To be felly minded, or cruelly bent against; to prosecute extreamly, pursue most hatefully, persecute without remorce, or mercie. Achasser. To driue, or chase, towards.

Achat. m: as Achet. Achate. The pretious stone Achates; (makes the wearer gracious, and keepes him from idlenesse.)

Ache: m. The letter H; also, the hearbe Smallage.  Ache femelle. Female Smallage.  Ache des Iardins. Parseley.  Ache large. Great Parseley, Alexanders.  Ache de marais. March, or marish, Parseley, water-Parsley, Smallage.  Ache de risée. Is either the Crowfoot of Illiria, or, the Crowfoot of the fallow field.  Ache rustique. Smallage, marsh, or marish, parseley.  Ache de Sardaigne. The same.  Ache sauvage. Wild parseley.  Grand ache. The hearbe Alexanders.

Achées: m. Grubs, ground-worms.

Achelois: m. ise: f. Of, or belonging to the famous Grecian riuer Achelous; also, waterie; and hence;   Bruvage Achelois. Water; or waterie drinke.

Achemé: m. ée: f. Decked, attired, adorned, dressed, with.

Achemer. as Achemmer. Achemeresse. as Achemmeresse. Achemes: m. as Achées; Also, attires, deckings, ornaments for women.

Acheminé: m. ée: f. Put, or set, in the way; addressed vnto, directed in, a course; begun, entered into.

Acheminement: m. A setting, or directing, in the way; an en[*tr??]ing; a shewing of the way vnto; also, an addresse, introduction, entrie, ingression; way, passage, means, vnto a thing.

Acheminer. To addresse vnto, put into, set, or direct in, the way; to enter; to shew the way vnto; also, to commence, begin, set forward; breake the ice, giue an entrie, make an ouerture, vnto.  Il persuadoit, & acheminoit tant qu'il pouvoit, à. He persuaded, and laboured all he could, to.  S'acheminer. To wend, go, take his way, beginne his iourney, set forward.

Achemmer. To decke trim, adorne; dresse, array, attire.

Achemmeresse: f. A woman that makes profession of dressing, or decking of Brides; hence also, any waiting-woman, or chambermaid, that hath that office about hir Ladie, or mistresse.

Achenal: m. A channell.

Achepter. as Acheter. Acher. To set the teeth on edge.

Acheron. The name of one of the riuers faigned to be in Hell.

Acheronté: m. ée: f. Plunged in Acheron, drowned in Hell; also, hellish or bred in Hell; and (thence) most cruell, fell, hideous.

Acherontide. Ames Acherontides. Damned soules.

Achesmes. as Achemes; Tires, or ornaments, for women.

Achet: m. A bargaine, or purchase; a thing bought, or purchased; also, buying or purchasing.

Acheté: m. ée: f. Bought, purchased; gotten, or procured, for money.

Acheter. To buy, to purchase; to get, or procure, by bargaining, or for money. Acheter chat en poche. To bargaine vnaduisedly; to buy a pig in the poke; to buy one knowes not, or sees not, what. Achete maison faitte. Pro. Buy a house readie made; (for many haue vndone themselues by building;) The like is;