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 of little charge to him that vseth him.

Dromille: f. A little fish caught (all Summer long, but seldome during Winter) in the riuers about Lions.

Dromon. as Dromant. Dronine: f. A spade.

Dronos. donner dronos. Knockes, thumpes, raps, thwacks. ¶Rab. Dropace. A depilatorie; an oyntment, or medicine to take away haire. ¶Rab. Dru: m. druë: f. Thicke, close together, full of, many one by another; copious, plenteous.  Oiseau dru. A full-fledg'd bird, a young bird readie to fly.

Druëment. Thickly, many together, close one by another, plenteously, copiously.

Druge: f. as Truffe; a daintie, round, and russet root, thats all inclosed within, but not on any part fastened vnto, the ground; by the bulking out whereof tis found.

Drugé: m. ée: f. Wet, throughly moistened.

Drugeon: m. A little branch, twig, or sprig.

Drugeonnement. A bearing, or putting forth of small branches, or twigs.

Drugeonner. To beare, or put forth many small branches, or twigs.

Drugeonneux. Twiggie, spriggie, full of small branches.

Druger. Voilà que druge bien. (Spoken of a sound shower) thus wets throughly.

Druguement. A Trucheman, or Interpretor. (v.m.) Drulle: f. as Drylle. Dryinade. as Chelydre. Drylle: f. The Maste, or Akorne of the (female) Oake.

Du. is sometimes (as an Article) set before Masculine words, which begin with a Consonant, and signifie the kinds, or species of things; as, du pain, du vin, &c; (then of little, or no signification:) Sometimes it serues as a note of the Genitiue Case, vnto Nownes of the nature aforesaid; and then signifies, of them; as, Le fruict du iardin: Sometimes it does the Office of a Preposition; and then signifies, in the; as, Si i'eusse du commencement faict cela; du temps du Roy Henry, &c; or, from the; as, Il vient du iardin; du milieu d'eux; or, by the; as, Il a esté batu du Maistre. Du moins. At the least.  Du tout. Throughly, vtterly, altogether.

Dubitation: f. Doubtfulnesse, vncertainetie, suspence, or suspition.

Duc: m. ''A Duke. (When the French Kings had chased the Romanes out of Gallia, and found some of the Prouinces thereof gouerned, vnder the Emperours, by certaine martiall Commaunders tearmed Duces, they, who altered but few of the auncient fashions of the countrey, bestowed the same Title (a little curtalled à la Françoise) on such of their own principall captaines as they placed in the roomes of the others: At which time Dukes were but Officers, and Vassalls; and their Functions, and Fiefs reuocable at the Princes pleasure, or determined with their liues; howsoeuer afterwards, they vsurped, first, the Inheritance of, and then a Soueraignetie ouer, them both: Looke the word Comte; wherein whatsoeuer is said of the ancient, or moderne estate of (Prouinciall) Earles agrees with that of Dukes; with this onely difference, that, commonly, the Title of Duke was conferred on the more warlike, and Comte on the more ciuill, followers of Princes; where-*'' *upon it is coniectured, that when both a Duke, and an Earle haue beene in one Towne, the one gouerned the Souldiors, the other the People.)

Duc: m. (is also) the great Owle tearmed, a Horne-owle, or Horne-coot; of three kinds.  Grand duc. The great Horne-coot; is bigger then a Goose, and keepes alwayes in forrests, and desert places.  Moyen duc. is somewhat lesse then the former[looks right to me-F1]: Both of them be hairie-legd, and rough-footed; and haue tufts of feathers, on either side of their heads, bearing out like hornes; and now and then breath out horrible skrikes.  Petit duc. The small Horne-owle, or Horne-coot; shaped like, but somewhat lesse then, le Moyen duc. Poudre de duc. The name of a most comfortable pouder, made of Aromaticall drugs, and spices.

Ducal: m. ale: f. Ducall, Duke-like; of, or belonging, to a Duke.

Ducat: m. A Dukedome, or Duchie.

Ducat: m. The coyne, tearmed a Ducket; worth vj s. viij d.  Ducat d'Aragon; de Bolongne; de Castille; d'Espaigne à deux testes (the duckat thats currant among vs) de Florence; de Gennes; d'Hongrie; de Portugal; de Portugal à la longue croix; de Portugal à la petite croix; de Portugal à la palme, de Sicile, de Valence, de Venize; All forraine coynes; of whose value (often changed by the French Kings) no certaine interpretation can be giuen, other then that they hold a rate much about v, or vj s.'' sterl. the peece.''  Ducat Henry. A coyne of Gold worth vj d.'' sterl. more then the ordinarie Crowne of the Sunne.''

Ducaton. A small duckat, or halfe duckat.

Duché: m. A Dukedome, a Duchie.

Ducteur. as Conducteur; a guide, leader, &c.

Ductile: com. Easie to be hammered, or beaten into thin plates.

Dudepuis. Since, sithence, from that time.

Dueil: m. Dole, griefe, sorrow, heauinesse; mourning, wayling, moaning, lamentation; also, mourning weeds, or mourning attire; as, Il porte le dueil; also, a mourner, or mourners, following a course to the graue; as, voila le dueil, or, le dueil passe; also, a duello, single combat, or fight betweene two.  Apres tout dueil boit on bien: Prov. Drinke after dole goes merrily downe; or, they tiple now as much as erst they teend.  Assez boit qui a dueil: Pro. Sorrow is dry, say we; or, as in Boire. Bon est le dueil qui apres aide: Prov. That mourning's well bestowed that helpes the mourner.  Chacune vieille son dueil plaind: Pro. See Plaindre. De petit enfant petit dueil: Pro. The death of little ones is not much bemoand.

Duelle: f. The third part of an ounce.

Duire. To vse, accustome, enure; fashion, traine vp, frame; lead, induce, bring, vnto.  Cela me duit. That is good, or maketh, for me; that is helpefull, auaileable, or commodious, vnto me; in which sence they say; Vielles debtes duisent: Prov. asçavoir; helpe the creditor, (but hurt the debtor.)

Duisable: com. Conuenient, fit, for ones turne; auaileable, profitable, whereof good vse, or great benefit, may be made.

Duisant. Apt, meet, conuenient, fitting; handsome, seemelie, becomming.