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 En dire sa coulpe. Le mesme.

Coulper. To blame, tax, reproue, chide, reprehend, find fault with.

Coulteau; &, Coultel. as Cousteau. A knife.

Coultre: m. The Sexton of a Church; also, the Culter, or knife of a Plow.

Coulture: f. A great plowed field; a large close of tilled land; also, plowing, or tillage. Coulure: f. A gentle running, slipping, or sliding along; trilling, or falling downe; creeping through, or into; gliding, or crawling ouer; also, a leaking; also, a straining.  Coulure de Vignes. A fault, or imperfection in Vines, the chiefe grapes falling, and the residue verie little; comes by much raine when they were young, or in knitting.

Counil: m. A Connie.

Counille: f. A Doe Connie, a female Rabbet.

Counilleau: m. A young Rabbet, little young Connie.

Counin: m. as Counil. See Connin.

Coup: m. A blow, stroake; knocke, rap, thumpe, cuffe, whirret; also, a hit, or touch; a Vennie, in fencing; also, a fling, or cast, as at Dice, &c; also, a Cuckold. Coup de bec. A pecking, or pecke (of a birds beake;) also, a quip, taunt, cut, or bad word; also, a kisse. Coup d'essay. A tryall-peece, or Maister-peece; Looke Essay. Coup d'estoc. A thrust, foine, stab; also, a prick-*cast. Coup de haut. A downe-right blow; also, a quaffe, carousse, or sound draught. Coup de langue. A checke, taunt, rebuke; also, a quip, cut, gird; slaunder, disgracefull nip, reprochfull touch; a tearme of imputation; and hence the Prouerbe; Vn coup de langue est plus dangereux qu'un coup de lance. A word is (oft) more dangerous then a wound. Coup de mer. A violent waue, a mightie sea; or, a blow giuen by a waue of the sea. Coup de rets. The draught (of a Net.) Coup de taille. A slash, cut, gash, wype. Coup orbe. A bruise, crush, thumpe, dust, dry-blow. Coup-orbe. Red pimples in the face. Coup perdu. A Misse; also, a cast, or throw made at randome, and without any apparant hope, or likely-*hood of hitting; whence; À coup perdu. Fruitlesly, in vaine, vnto no purpose; also, at randome; without any certaine aime, or hope of hitting; and, Prins à coup perdu. Atchieued by chance, obtained by meere fortune, succeeding beyond expectation, gotten more by hap then by any manner of cunning. Le tiers coup de baston. The knocke which in a Portsale (or Act which any other way) gaines a full, and absolute possession. Coup à coup. Euer; euerie time; or, from time to time. Coup sur coup. Often, eftsoones, now and anon, successiuely, one in the necke of another. À coup; tout à coup; tout à vn coup; tout d'un coup. Speedily, suddainly, at once, all at once, all together. À tous coups. Often, eftsoones; euery time, continually, at each blow. Au bon du coup. When the matter is at best, or in best tearmes; or, when it is time to do a mans best in it. Le coup valoit bien la boule. His good casting was worth all other aduantages; or, his good play was vnto him as great an aduantage, as leading vnto the other.  Donner coup à. To strike the onely stroake; to be of most auaile, to doe all in all, in.  Donner vn coup de gaule par sous l'huis. ''To supplant, or giue a priuie lift. See'' Gaule. Faire coup sur. To strike home vnto, be of great consequence in, worke an important effect on.  Faire vn coup de sa main. Il a fait &c. He hath played a leud part.  Faire vn mauvais coup. de peur qu'il ne feist quelque mauvais coup. Least he should enter into some naughtie practise, or execute any villanous proiect.  Faire selon la jambe le coup. (as we say) to cut his coat according to his cloth.  D'une pierre faire deux coups. To kill two birds with one stone; to make a double vse, or profit, of his trauell.  Gauchir au coup. To auoid a blow by turning, or by wrinching, the bodie aside.  Gauchir le coup. To giue a winding blow, thrust indirectly, strike awry.  Porter coup. To hit home; to preuaile; to attaine to the purpose it was directed vnto.  Porter coup à la foy. To wrong, blemish, violate, infringe, breake, faith giuen.  Prendre coup. cela a desja pris coup. Hath alreadie receiued a fatall blow; or, is come vnto so ill a state, that the ruine thereof must of necessitie follow.  Rompre le coup. ''To beat, or put by a blow. Seeke'' Rompre. Suivre ses coups. To prosecute, or second, with great earnestnesse, an enterprise begun.  Tenir coup à la besongne. To ply a matter; to follow it diligently, prosecute it seriously, hold hard vnto it.  À tout perdre n'y a qu'un coup perilleux: Prov. One sound blow will serue to vndoe vs all.  Chascun est sage apres le coup: Prov. Looke Sage. En adventure gisent grands coups: Pro. In doubtfull cases great blowes are bestowed.  L'arbre ne tombe pas du premier coup: Pro. The first blow fels not the tree; the first attempt, or effort, carries not a great matter.  On ne fait pas à grand coups douce vielle: Prov. Tis not the great (but the apt) stroake that makes the harmonie.  Qui vise loing iamais ne rend son coup heureux: Prov. The farre-off leueller shall neuer hit the white.

Coupant: m. A Spade; or such another earth-cutting instrument of Husbandrie.  Les Coupans des costez des traces d'un sanglier. The sharpe edges, or sides, of the foot of a wilde Bore.

Coupant: m. ante: f. Cutting; cleauing; hacking, hewing; launcing, slitting; caruing, intailing; lopping; mowing.

Coupau: m. A Cuckold; also, a greene Goose.

Coupe: f. A cut, or cutting; a gash, a slit, an incision; also, a cup, goblet, or mazer; also, the roofe of a house, made almost round; the cop of a house. Coupe de balance. The scole of a Balance. Coupe de bois. The cutting, felling, or lopping of wood; also, the season thats fittest to cut, or fell, it in; also, the soyle whereon the wood so cut, or felled, grew.

Courrouceusement. Wrathfully; most angrily.

Courroux: m. Anger; chafing, fuming; wrath, rage, indignation; displeasure, stomacke against; also, vexation, griefe, sorrow, affliction of mind; impatiencie.

Courroye: f. A thong, or belt of leather; a strong leatherne strap, or string; also, the latchet of a shooe.  Alonger la courroye. To delay, prolong, or draw out in length, a gainefull imployment; as many Lawyers do their clients causes, and some Generals the warres they commaund in.  Avoir les deux bouts de la courroye. To haue the Law (or the absolute disposition of a thing) in his owne hands.  Il veut avoir les deux bouts de la courroye, & le milieu. He is a hard, and sore dealer; he will neither do right, nor take wrong; or, no lesse will serue him then all; he will haue the verie extremitie of Law.  Faire d'autruy cuir large courroye. To spend liberally on another mans purse.  On a fait de son dos courroye. He hath been whipped extreamely.  Mieux vaut avoir amy en voye qu'or, ny argent en courroye: Prov. We say (with some little difference) better is a friend in Court then a pennie in the purse.  Qui cuir voit tailler courroye en demande: Prov. While a thing's whole it may be wholly kept.

Courroyé: m. ée: f. Curried; tawed, or dressed, as leather.

Courroyement. as Conroyement (in the first sence.)

Courroyer. as Conroyer; to curry; tew, or dresse, leather.

Courroyeur: m. A Currier (of leather.)

Cours: m. A course, race, running; also, the place wherein a race is runne; also, a continuall iourney, paßage, traine, trace, motion forward; also, length, or tract of time; also, a stile, fashion, way, manner, or meanes of proceeding; also, a road, or expedition against an enemie at sea; (and hence, piracie, rouing, sea-*robbing.)  Cours du ciel. The course of the Starres, Planets, or of the Regions wherein they are seated; also (among Gardeners) a certaine bad constellation, whereby the growth of hearbes is hindered.  Vn Cours Civil, ou Cannon. All the Volumes, or Bookes, of the Ciuill, or Cannon Law.  Le cours des Loix, de Medecine, de Philosophie, &c; the whole order, or proceeding of studie in those Arts, from the first and sleightest rudiments, to the last and deepest mysteries thereof.   Cette marchandise n'a plus de cours. Is cleane out of date, out of vse, out of request; no chapman will buy it, no tradesman can vtter it, there is no further dealing in it.

Coursable. Monnoye coursable. Currant money.

Coursaire: m. ''A Rouer, a Pyrate, a sea-theefe. See'' Corsaire. Course: f. A course, a race; a course, running, speed; also, a road, or incursion into an enemies countrey; also, a small and light chariot, or waggon.

Courserot: m. A little Pyrate; also, a little Courser, or Horse of seruice.

Coursey. as Courson. Coursie: f. Part of the Hatches of a Galley, tearmed the Coursey; or, the Gallerie-like space, on both sides whereof the seats of the slaues are placed.

Coursier: m. A Courser of Naples; also, a Tilting-horse, or horse for the Careere.

Coursier: m. ere: f. Belonging, or like, vnto a Courser; and hence;  Mule coursiere. Which in height & breadth resembles, or equalls, an ordinarie Courser.

Coursiere: f. The Grating, in a ship of warre; also, a compendious course, readie meane, short cut, speedie way.

Coursif: m. iue: f. Swift, speedie, fast, running.  Lettres coursives. Written by a quick, or swift hand; fast written.

Courson: m. A young vine-branch, or shoot, reserued, in the cutting of the vine, for store.

Coursouër. as Escoursouër. Court: f. The Court of a Prince; the Estate, or State, of his house, and houshold; also, his houshold seruants, or followers; also, the aßembly of Nobles about him; also, Courtship, the humors, or fashions of Court; and the courting, or wooing of a wench; also, the court, or yard, or, the court-yard, of a house; also, as Cour. Bouche à Court. Budge-a-Court, diet allowed at Court.  Eau beniste de Court. Court holie-water; fawning, soothing, smoothing, flatterie, faire (but false) words.  Faire la court à. To court, wooe, fawne vpon, solicite, or sue vnto; collogue, or cog with.  Sçavoir sa court. To be a skilfull Courtier; to know well the fashion of intertainement, the phrases of complement, the humors and proceedings, vsed in Court.  Tenir Court; ou, Tenir Court planiere. A Prince to keepe open house; or to intertaine, and feast, all commers.  La Court du Roy Petaud, ou chascun est maistre: Pro. Looke Petaud. En la Court du Roy chascun est pour soy: Pro. In Court men studie onely their owne fortunes.

Court: m. courte: f. Short, briefe, succinct, cutted, compendious; low; also, little, small.  Courte boule. Our round bowle.  Courtes chausses. Short hose; also, women.  Court en paste. Short, crummie, not holding, ill cleauing together.  Robbe courte. Gens de robbe c. Noblemen, Gentlemen, or Souldiers; or Officers, that be any of them.  À leur courte honte. To their exceeding shame.  Demeurer court. To play at Mumbudget, or be at a Nonplus; not to haue a word to throw at a dog.  C'estoit le plus court, & le plus aisé, de les renvoyer. The best, or the neerest, and easiest course was, to send them backe.  Il y alla tout court. He went thither on a suddaine, or without any manner of staying.  Pour le faire court. In summe, or in few words; to conclude; to abridge the matter; not to hold you long.  Tenir court. To restraine, bridle, keepe vnder, tye vp short, hold vnto hard meat.  Tourner court: I'apprēdray bien à tourner court à celuy. I will teach him to be more duetifull, readie, supple, pliable.  Courtes folies sont les meilleures: Pro. The shortest follies are the best.

Courtault, ou Courtaut: m. A Curtall.  Courtaut de boutique. A tradesmans prentise; a shop-keeping boy.  Double courtaut. A strong curtall; or, a horse of a middle size betweene th' ordinarie curtall, and horse of seruice.

Courtaut: m. aude: f. Curtall; being curtalled.