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 Dilayant. Delaying, deferring, protracting, prolonging.

Dilayement: m. as Dilation. Diligemment. Diligently, sedulously, quickly, speedily; laboriously, studiously, carefully, industriously; intentiuely, vigilantly.

Diligence: f. Speed; sedulitie; diligence, quicknesse; much trauell, or studie; great instance; laborious industrie; earnest intention, about.  Faire ses diligences. To performe, or pay his dueties; meant of such as are to be performed before one can recouer land sold by his next kinsman, or forfeited by his owne default; also; in the first case, to enter his action for; or, to enter, and take possession of, the land so aliened.  Diligence passe science: Prov. Diligence exceedeth Science; painefulnesse of more merit then skilfulnesse.

Diligent. Diligent, sedulous, quicke, speedie; studious, laborious, painfull; vigilant, intentiue, carefull; earnest, or busie about a thing.

Diligenté: m. ée: f. Speeded, hastened; quickly prepared, soone prouided; forwarded apace.

Diligenter. To hasten, forward, giue speed vnto, set on apace.  Se diligenter. To be diligent, nimble, quicke; painful, earnest about; to make speed, or bestirre himselfe apace, in a businesse.

Dille: f. The Quill, or Fawcet of a Hogshead &c.

Dillon: m. A Quinsell, for a horse.

Dilucide: com. Cleere, bright, plaine, manifest, euident, easie to be discerned.

Dilucidé: m. ée: f. Dilucidated; cleered.

Delucider. To cleere, dilucidate; explaine, manifest, make plaine to be vnderstood.

Dimenche: m. Sunday; the Sabboth day.  Dimenche de blanches. Palmes-Sunday.  Le Dimenche de pasques fleuries. (The same.)

Dimencheret. valet dimencheret. A Holy-day seruant; one that waits but on good dayes.

Dimension: f. A dimension, or measuring.

Diminué: m. ée: f. Diminished, lessened, impaired, abated, extenuated; qualified.

Diminuer. To diminish, lessen, impaire, abate, extenuate; also, to qualifie; also, to diuide (in singing.)

Diminution: f. A diminution; appairing, lessening, impairing, diminishing, extenuation; abatement.

Diminutions. Diuision (in Musicke.)

Dinanderie: f. Broken ware, Copper ware, Tinkers worke; also, the place where such stuffe is sold; or made.

Dinandier: m. A Copper-Smith, or Brasier; a word (as the former) deriued from Dinand, a towne (standing on the riuer of Meuse) wherein copper kettles, &c, are made.

Dinarchie: f. The ioynt gouernement of two Princes.

Dindan: m. The ding-dong, or ringing out of bells.

Dindar. A Turkie-cocke; Seeke Indar. Diner. A dinner; See Disner. Dintiers: m. The cods, dowcets, or tenderings of a Deere.

Diocese: m. A Diocesse; the iurisdiction of a Bishop.

Diole. The diuell: ¶Brett.

Diphthere. Peau Diphthere. The skinne of th' Amalthean Goat, wherein Jupiter is fained to record humane occurrences: ¶Rab.

Dipsade. A Snake whose biting brings with it a mortall drinesse. Dipsode. A thirstie fellow: ¶Rab. Diptam, ou Diptame. Hearbe Dittanie, Garden Ginger; Looke Dictame. Dique: f. as Digue. Dire: m. A saying, tale, speech, talke, word.  Du dire au faict y a grand traict: Prov. Deeds and words dwell farre asunder: either because many things that are spoken are not intended to be done; or because few things will so quickly, or can so easily be done, as they are spoken.

Dire. To say, speake, talke, vtter, expresse, deliuer, tell, declare, shew, signifie, relate, report vnto; also, to bid, or commaund. En dire sa coulpe. To beat, or thumpe his breast, as a repentant sinner, for his faults. Dire par jeu. To ieast. Dire le mot. To breake a ieast. Dire mille pouilles à. To reuile, reproach, raile on, scould at. A dire. Il y a autāt à dire, que du. There is as much difference, as betweene. Trouver à dire. To misse, lacke, need, want the things we had before. Ie ne trouve rien à dire en cela. I find no fault with, I see no defect in, that. Ie ne dis pas. (Encore si elle estoit ieune, ie ne dis pas.) I would neuer speake on't. Mal dire. fortune voulut mal dire à. Would crosse, or become foe vnto. Ouy dire. par ouy dire. By heare-say, by the report of others. Sans dire guare. On a sudden, without warning, at vnawares. Que faut il tant dire? What need so many words about the matter? Dis tu? ''Indeed? It is euen so? (an angrie manner of speaking.)'' Que dis tu! ''(In admiration) Is it possible? good God who would haue thought it! tis a wonder you tell me!'' Ie ne dis qui le dit? ''I am nothing, who is any thing? (a Card-players phrase.)'' Les dez luy disent fort bien. He casts verie well, or hath passing good lucke, at dice; the dice are exceeding fauourable vnto him; The like is; Fortune vous dit. Fortune answers your expectation, or, is fauourable vnto you. La livre dit douze onces. The pound containes, or consists of, 12 ounces. On dit. The speech is, the report goes; tis said, or talked abroad. On me dit ton frere. Men call, name, or tearme mee thy brother. Vous dites d'orgues. You speake to the purpose, you say maruellous well; (Ironically.) Assez en dit qui apporte bonnes nouvelles: Prov. He sayes ynough that sayes his newes are good; or, he that brings good newes loues to tell them often. Bien dire fait rire, bien faire fait taire: Prov. Good words breed laughter, good deeds admiration. Entre faire & dire il y a grand à dire: Prov. Betweene saying and doing there is great difference; (Looke before in Dire, Substan.) On doit dire du bien le bien: Prov. Of things well done we ought to speake well. Tout ouïr, tout voir, & rien dire, merite en tout temps qu'on l'admire: Prov. Heare and see all, but say nothing, so maiest thou still be admired.