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 giuen with a woman in mariage.

Dot. as Dost. Dotal: m. ale: f. Dotall; giuen in dowrie; of, or belonging to, a dowrie.

Dotateur: m. An endower.

Doté: m. ée: f. Indued, or endowed with; hauing a portion in.

Dotter. To doate.

Doüaire: m. A dower, or ioynture for a woman after her husbands death; also her mariage good, or the portion she hath, or brings, to her marriage.  Doüaire plein &, entier. A ioynture of, or thirds in, the whole land descended; which is especially, when no other woman hath any dower out of it.

Doüairiére: f. A dowager; a widow endowed, or that hath a ioyntrue.

Doüane. The name of the Customehouse at Lyons; hence also, any custome, or impost; and particularly, two French Crownes taken by th' Officers of that house, for euerie peece of gold, or siluer (and ratably for all other kinds of stuffe, and marchandise) imported.

Doüanne: f. as Doüane. Doüannier: m. An officer of the Custome-house.

Doubé: m. ée: f. Rigged, or trimmed vp, as a ship.

Douber. To rig, or trimme, a ship.

Doublage. as Aides Chevels; Called so in the Customes of Aniou, and Maine; Looke Aides; a reliefe is also called, doublage; because a double, or two yeres, rent, or Cens is paid for it.

Doublant. Doubling, making double, or as much more.

Double: m. A double; double part; or double pace; twice as much; also, the copie of a writing; also, a peece of base coine worth two pence Tourn. Double d'Aoust. Looke Aoust. Le double d'un cerf. Deeres suet.  Au double. Doubly, with great vsurie, two-fold, vnto his great aduantage.

Double: com. Double; twice as big, as great againe; of as much weight, or worth againe.  Double vaisseau. A cauldron, or kettle, full of hot water; or, as Bain de Marie. Habillement double. A garment thats lined, or furred cleane through, or double all ouer.

Doublé: m. ée: f. Doubled; made two-fold, or twice as much; increased verie much, or vnto as much more; also, bowed much, or made almost to meet at the ends; also, copied out as a writing; also, lined, as a garment; also, repeated, reiterated.

Doubleau: m. as Hemicycle; A halfe circle; also, a double quarter of timber.

Doubleau. Somewhat double, almost two-fold.  Arcs doubleaux. as Branches d'Augiues. Double-marcheur: m. The little, spotted, and worm-*like Serpent Amphisbæna; which hauing a head at both ends (en errour in auntient authors, in the opinion of Mathiolus, and Grevinus) can goe both wayes.

Doublemént: m. A doubling; a making two-fold, or twice as much; a rising vnto as much more; also, the copying out of a writing; In a Portsale, a double out-*bidding, or double the price of the most that was at first bidden (which he that arises vnto, most commonly carries the thing.)

Doublément. Doubly, two wayes, in two sorts, for two causes.

Doubler. To double; to make two-fold, or twice as much; to increase very much, or vnto as much more; also, to bow much, or make both ends meet; also, to copie out a writing; also, to line a garment; also, to reiterate. Doublet: m. A Doublet; a Jewell, or stone of two peeces ioyned, or glued together.  Doublet en case. A corner-point taken with two men at Tables.

Double-testu: m. The worme-like Serpent Amphisbæna; double-headed, as auncient authors haue imagined; But no Serpent, sayes Mathiolus, hath naturally two heads; Looke Double-marcheur. Double-vaisseau. as Bain de Marie. Doublier: m. A long, and large Table-cloth of Damask, Diaper, &c, hanging to the ground on both sides of the boord, and laid double thereon; a Table-cloth for Princes, and great States.

Doublure: f. Lining for a garment.  Fin contre fin n'est bon à faire de doublure: Pro. Two craftie knaues being matcht, will neuer agree together.

Doutable: com. Doubtable; redoubtable; vncertaine, fit to be feared.

Doubtance: f. Doubt; suspition; feare; vncertaintie.

Doubtant. Doubting; suspecting; vncertainly thinking of; (and sometimes) also, as much as hoping.

Doubte: f. A doubt; suspect; feare, scruple; mistrust; suspence; vncertaintie of, or staggering in, opinion; also, a reuerant awe, or dread of.  Sans doubte. Questionlesse, vndoubtedly, certainely, without faile, as sure as can be.  Amener, ou mettre, en doubte. To call in question, bring in controuersie, make men doubtfull of.  Tenir en doubte. To delay, deferre, hold in suspence.

Doubté: m. ée: f. Doubted; suspected; mistrusted; feared; awed.

Doubtement: m. A doubting, suspecting; fearing.

Doubter. To doubt, suspect, mistrust; bee vncertaine, make a question, or scruple of; to stagger, stammer, wauer betweene hope and feare; to be in suspence; also, to feare, awe, dread, redoubt; (sometimes) also (as much as) to hope.  Qui ne scait rien de rien ne doubte: Pro. He that knowes nothing liues in feare of nothing.

Doubteusement. Doubtfully, vncertainly; inconstantly, waueringly; mistrustfully.

Doubteux: m. euse: f. Doubtfull, vncertaine, in suspence; also, variable, inconstant, staggering; also, ambiguous, perplexed, subiect to cauilling, or exception; whereof a question may be made, a controuersie raised, or diuers sences gathered; also, fearefull, terrible, redoubtable.

Douce (The feminine of Doux) la douce personne''. A sweet fellow sure; Ironically; See'' Doux. Douceastre: com. Sweetish.

Doucelet: m. ette: f. Dulcet, prettie and sweet, or, a little sweet.

Doucement. Sweetly, deliciously; softly, smoothly; mildly, graciously, courteously, louingly; easily, tractably.

Douce-ente: f. The name of a certaine thicke, ruddie, and sappie apple.

Doucereux: m. euse: f. Full of sweetnesse, delicious; most pleasant; most courteous.

Doucet: m. A kind of sea-fish like a Hedgehog; Looke Dousin. Doucet: m. ette: f. Dulcet; prettie and sweet; or, a little sweet.

Doucettement. Sweetly; prettily; mildly, gently, easily.

Douceur: f. Sweetnes, delight, pleasātnes, daintines; softnes, smoothnes; meeknes, gētlenes, mildnes, tractablenes;