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 is knowne by his clawes; a couetous heart discerned by catching hands.  Quand le François dort le diable le berse. (A Prouerbe made by the Flemings out of patience with th' impatient, and reslesse humors of the French.)  Qui a marastre il a le diable à l'atre: Prov. Looke Atre.

Diablerie: f. Diuellishnesse; also, a diuellish crue, knot, or companie; also, a Play, or Shew of diuells; and hence;  La diablerie à quatre personnages. A great matter, or mischiefe; a mischieuous hap; also, a wonderous rumbling, terrible coile, horrible stirre.

Diablesse: f. A she diuell, or female diuell.

Diableteau. A little diuell, a yong diuell.

Diableteau de coeur. A lad-diuell, or nouice diuell (a prophane allusion to, Enfant de coeur; a Quirrester:) ¶Rab. Diableusement. Most diuellishly.

Diabolique: com. Diabolicall, diuellish, feend-like.

Diaboliquement. Diabollically, diuellishly.ical.] Diacartami. A purging composition, made of sundrie ingredients.

Diacatholicon. A composition so tearmed, because it purgeth all kind of humors.

Diaciminon. A composition made of Simples fit to dissolue windinesse in the stomacke.

Diaconal: m. ale: f. Diaconall; of, or belonging to, a Deacon.

Diaconat: m. as Diaconie.

Diaconie: f. A Deaconrie; the place of a Deacon.

Diacre: m. A Deacon.

Diaculon. A certaine mollifying plaister, tearmed otherwise, Diachylon, because it is made of iuices.

Diademe: m. A Diadem; a Crowne, or wreath for the head of a King; properly it signifies, a wreathed head-*band (with which the auncient Kings were contented, as thinking, that the Crowne belonged onely to the gods.)

Diafane: com. Cleere, bright, transparent, translucent, through-shining, through which one may see.

Diagalange. A confection, or salue made of Galingale.

Diagonal: m. ale: f. Diagonall; or extending from one corner to another.

Diagonalement. Diagonally; from corner to corner.

Diagone: m. A line that extends from one corner to another.

Diagoné: m. ée: f. as Diagonal; also, more high, or deepe, than broad.

Diagredé. A medicine, or ointment made of the Gumme Diagredi.

Diagredi. A strong-purging Gumme, which distilleth from the root of the hearbe Scammonie.

Diagredié: m. ée: f. Mixt with Diagredium, or Scammonie prepared.

Diaire: m. A Diarie, or Jornall; a relation of things done euerie day.

Diaire: com. Of a day, of one day, continuing for a day (and no longer.)

Diale. The diuell: ¶Pic. Dialecte: m. A Dialect, or proprietie of language.

Dialecticien. A Logician.

Dialectique: f. Logicke, the Art of reason, or of reasoning.

Dialectiquement. Logically, by the art of Logicke; as a good Logician.

Diallement. Diuellishly, furiously, fully. Dialogisme: m. A figure, or discourse, wherein one arguing with himselfe as if hee talked to another, both moues the question, and makes the answer.

Dialogue: m. A Dialogue; a discourse betweene two, or more.

Dialthée. An ointment, whose principall ingredient is the mucilage, or slime of Althea, or marsh Mallow.

Diamant: m. A Diamond; also, the Loadstone; (in stead of Aymant.)  Cloué à clous de diamant. Most fast, most sure.

Diamantin: m. ine: f. Of a Diamond, as hard as a Diamond.

Diamargariton. An Electuarie, so called by reason of the Pearles whereof tis made.

Diambre. A confiction of Amber, and other heart-comforting simples.

Diamerdis. A confiction of turds, pilgrims salue; also, a shitten fellow.

Diametralement. Oppositiuely, right ouerthwart, cleane crosse, in opposition to, or one ouer against another.

Diametraler à. To correspond, or answer vnto diametrally; to stand right ouer against.

Diametre: m. A Diameter; a straight line, which passing through the middle, or center of a square, circle, or other figure, diuides it into two equall parts.

Diammour. The Diuell: ¶Barrag. Diamouron. Syrop of Mulberries.

Diamoschum. A kind of cordiall powder.

Diane. à la diane. In the morning, at the breaking vp of the watch (a militarie tearme.)  Bailler la diane. To giue a cold pie, or mornings camisodoe; also, to surprise, or assault, by Moone-light.  Sonner la Diane. Trumpetters to sound in a morning to their Generall, and Captaines.

Dianier: m. ere: f. Consecrated to Diana; or, that hath vowed chastitie.

Dianisum. An Electuarie made of Anise seeds and other things good to breake wind.

Diantre. The diuell, the god of darkenesse: ¶Norm. ¶Rab. Diapason. A Diapason, in Musicke; also, as Iauge; a gage to measure caske with.

Diapente. A powder, or composition wherein there are fiue simples equally incorporated; Myrhe, Gentian, long Birthwort, Bay berries, and shauen or scraped Ivorie.

Diaphane. as Diafane; Transparent, translucent, cleere as Crystall.

Diaphaner. To cleere, brighten, make transparent.

Diaphenicum. A purging Electuarie made of the Dates called Phenices. Diaphoretique: com. Dissoluing, or euaporating humors.

Diphragmatique. veine diaph. Looke Veine. Diaphragme. The Midriffe; a long, and round muscle, whereby the vitall parts are seperated from the naturall, and, the heart & lights from the stomack, and nether bowels.

Diapré: m. ée: f. Diaperd, or diapred; diuersified with flourishes, or sundrie figures.

Diaprer. To diaper, flourish, diuersifie with fleurishings.

Diaprerie: f. Flourishing in worke; or, flourisht worke.

Diapreure: f. A diapring, or flourishing in worke; as in Diapers.