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 Convexe: com. Crooked, bowing, or bending downe on euerie side, as an Arch, &c.

Convexion: f. The crookednesse, or bending of a hollow thing turned downeward.

Convi: m. A banquet, feast, great supper, or dinner, whereto acquaintants, and friends are inuited.

Convice: m. A reproach, railing word, biting tearme, spightfull scoffe, despightfull gird, or glaunce, malicious taunt.

Convié: m. ée: f. Inuited, or bidden vnto a feast.

Conviement. An inuiting, or bidding vnto a feast.

Convient. il con. que vous; (Jmpersonally) you must, or should; it beseemes, or behooues you; See Convenir. Convier. To inuite, or bid, vnto a feast, &c.

Convitieux: m. euse: f. Reuiling, reproachfull, rayling, maliciously taunting, despightfully girding at.

Convocation. A Conuocation; an assemblie, or calling together.

Convoitable: com. Couetable, fit to be coueted, or lusted after.

Convoitant. Coueting, desiring, longing for, lusting after.

Convoité: m. ée: f. Coueted, desired, affected, longed for, lusted after.

Convoitement: m. A coueting, desire, lust; a stomack, or appetite vnto.

Convoiter. To couet, desire, affect greedily, wish, or long for, thirst, or lust after.  Qui tout convoite tout perd: Prov. He that couets all looses all.

Convoiteux: m. euse: f. Couetous, greedie, desirous of, longing for, lusting after.

Convoitise: f. Couetousnesse, concupiscence; an earnest desire, a restlesse affection, greedie thirst, vnsatiable lust, after.

Convoler en secondes nopces. To marrie a second wife (in hast.)

Convoqué: m. ée: f. Called, assembled.

Convoquer. To call, or assemble many together.

Convoy: m. An accompanying; a following, waiting, or attending on (especially in mariage, and buriall matters;) also, a conuoy, or companie of souldiours, or ships, for the wafting, or safe-conducting of passengers.

Convoyé: m. ée: f. Conuoyed, accompanied; followed, waited, attended on.

Convoyer. To conuoy, or accompanie; to follow, wait, or attend on.

Convulsion: f. A convulsion; a plucking vp, or shrinking, as, of the sinewes in a crampe; also, a pricking, or shooting ache.

Conyle: f. Great Cheruill, sweet Cheruill, mirrhe Cheruill.

Conyse. The hearbe Flea-bane, or Flea-wort; of three kinds.  Conyse grande. Great Flea-wort.  Conyse moyenne. Flea-bane Mullet.  Conyse petite. Dwarfe, or small Flea-bane.

Coöperer. To worke, effect, or labour, with.

Cope gorgée, in stead of, Gorge coupée: ¶Rab. Copeaux. as Coupeaux; Chips. Copelle: f. as Coupelle; A Test, or Coppell. Copellé: m. ée: f. Tested; melted, or fined, as siluer, in a Test, or Coppell.

Copené. face copenée; A Fesse Gobonie, (a tearme of Blazon.)

Copet: m. as Couperet.

Cophin: m. A basket, skep, or small pannier of wicker; See Cofin. Copie: f. The copie of a writing; also, store, plentie, abundance of.

Copié. Copied, written out; also, flowted.

Copier. To copie, or write out; also, to flowt, scoffe, deride, ride, mocke, gibe at; to play the knaue with in words, &c.

Copiere. Herbe copiere. as Oeil de Cerf. Copieusement. Copiously, plenteously, abundantly, greatly, at large, in great measure.

Copieux: m. A well-spoken, or Courtlie person; (a word misused by clownes;) also, a flowting, or ieasting companion; whence;  Les Copieux d'Angers. (Th' Angeuins being held great flowters.)

Copieux: m. euse: f. Copious, abundant, plentifull; great large, full; well furnished, throughly prouided of.

Copiosité: f. Plentie, store, abundance, fulnesse, copiousnesse.

Copiste: m. A maker of Counterpanes, a writer out of copies.

Coppe. A measure; the halfe of a Burgonian Bushell.

Coppé. as Coupé; Cut. Coppeau. as Coupeau. A chip.

Copper. To cut; See Couper. Coppeter. To ring all-in, or the last peale.

Coppier. To rouse, and stretch out himselfe, as one that goes about an exercise, or to try a masterie; (an old word.)

Coppon: m. A pecke; or, the eight part of a Parisien bushell.

Cops. A certaine fish verie like vnto a Sturgeon.

Copté: m. ée: f. Tolled, or strucken only on the one side, as a Bell, &c.

Copter. To toll, or strike only on one side; as a bell, when it is not fully rung out.

Copuland: m. A coupling, or ioyning together; or as Copulasse: ¶Rab. Copulasse. An exercise in Schooles; when schollers dispute, and he that hath done best is placed highest.

Copule: f. A coniunction, a ioyning, or coupling together.

Coq: m. A cocke; (vn coq;) also, the Dorce, or Saint Peters fish; (le coq;) also, Costmarie, Balsamine, Alecoast; also, (and the more properly) Dittanie, Dittander, Pepperwort (du coq.) Coq à l'asne. A libell, pasquin, Satyre. Coq de bois. A blacke, and rough-legd Moore-cocke, full twice as big as ours, and liuing altogether in the mountaines. Coq d'esglise. A Weather-cocke. Coq d'Inde. A Turkie; a Turkie-cocke. Creste au coq. The hearbe Coxcombe, Pennie-grasse, yellow and white Rattle; also, the hearbe Clarie. Pied de coq. Hedge Fumitorie, Hennes-foot; also, bastard Parsley; also, the hearbe Crow-foot, Kings-cob, Gold-cup, Gold-flower, Butter-flower (the single one; the double one being ordinarily called) double Crow-foot, or Batchelers buttons. Elle chante le coq. Said when a henne crowes. Il n'y fera rien, non plus que le coq sur les oeufs. (Whereon he cannot by any meanes be brought to sit.) On n'y a iamais ouy le coq chanter. Said of an vnhaunted, and vnhabited place. Sauter du coq à l'asne. To run, without order, out of one matter into another.