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 *count the Treasurers made of them in the beginning) are not by the end of the yeare got in, though the Collectors, and Receiuers did their vtmost.  Plus-valeurs d'estat. The summes which by the end of the yeare are payed in, ouer and besides all these, that are mentioned in the aforesaid Estimate (in Deniers d'estat.)   Restats d'estat. The summes due, at the yeres end, and after accounts giuen vp, vnto the Receiuers generall, and particular, by the Treasurers of France.   Couché en estat. Made Officer; intertained into seruice, or pay.   Qui n'est couché en l'estat. Ouerslipt, left out, forgotten, not chosen.   Faire estat de. To purpose, or make account to; also, to vse, or make a practise of.   Faire l'estat de. Looke Faire.   Faire son estat. To doe his dutie, play his part, execute his office, exercise his authoritie.   Mettre estat en la cause. To stop, or stay the proceedings in a cause.  Tenir en estat. To keepe in order; hold in awe.  Tout estat, & rien au plat: Prov. All pompe, no hospitalitie; the bellie is starued by the backe.  Tout estat est viande aux vers: Prov. Euerie creature is wormes meat.

Estau: m. as Estal; also, a hollow place vnder the root of a tree, that stands by a water side; also, the yron instrument wherewith Smithes hold fast their worke in the forging thereof.  Demeurer estau. To stand still.

Estaudeau: m. as Hestoudeau. Estaudi: m. ie: f. Sheltered, or shrowded, as vnder a scaffold, or stall.

Estaudir. To shrowd, or shelter himselfe, as vnder a scaffold, or stall.

Estaudy: m. A scaffold, in building; also, a stall before a shop; also, a certaine defence of boords, vsed in approches, or at the entring of a breach.

Estay: m. A rope fastened to the top of the maine Mast, and holding it steadie when the maine sayle is hoised vp; we call it, the Stay.

Estaye: f. A prop, stay, supporter, shore, buttresse.

Estayé: m. ée: f. Propped, supported, shored, vnderset.

Estayement: m. A shoring, propping, supporting, vndersetting.

Estayer. To prop, shore, stay, vnderset, support.

Esté: m. Summer.  Esté S. Martin. The later part of Autumne.  Cela ne faict ny hyver, ny esté. is neither fish, nor flesh; does neither good nor harme; (and therefore may be spared.)  En hyver par tout pleut; en esté là ou dieu veut: Prov. In Winter it raines all ouer, in Summer but some where.

Esté. Beene, subsisted; remained, stood.  Il y a esté trois iours. He hath stayed three dayes about it.  Tout a esté à autruy, & sera à autruy: Prov. Looke Autruy. Esteignement: m. A quenching, slaking, extinguishing, extinguishment.

Esteigneur: m. A quencher, slaker, extinguisher.

Esteinct. as Estainct; quenched, extinguished.

Esteindement. as Esteignement. Estendible: com. Extinguishable, quenchable.

Esteindre. To extinguish; to quench, to slake, or put out; to abolish, or bring vnto nothing.  Cela est plus propre à estendre, qu'a esteindre, le mal. That is more apt to extend, then to extinguish, the mischiefe.

Esteinte: f. An extinguishment, or extinguishing.  Gambadans à esteinte de chandelle; viz. vntill the candle burnt, or went, out.

Estel. as Estal; a stall.

Estelé: m. ée: f. Starrie, set with starres; hauing (as a horse) a starre in the forhead.  Raye estelée. Looke Raye. Esteler. To bestarre, to set thicke with starres.

Esteler les chevaux; Looke Atteler. Estelin. as Estellin; a weight of eight and twentie graines.

Estellage: m. Stallage; also, as Attelage. Estelle: f. A rod, or sticke; also, a little starre; and the rowell of a spurre; (barbarously.)

Esteller. as Estaler. Estellin: m. A Goldsmithes weight, containing eight and twentie graines, or the twentieth part of an ounce.

Estellon. as Estallon; a size, or patterne for measures, or proportions; also, a patterne of Marchandise, such as shop-keepers lay forth vpon their stals; also, a Stallion.

Estelloner. as Estalonner. Estelon. as Estalon; also, a crosse-beame, or binding peece of timber.

Estenché, Estencher. Looke Estanché, Estancher. Estendant. Extending, retching, stretching out.

Estendart: m. An Ensigne, or Standart; Looke Estandart. Estendement: m. An extending; retching, or stretching out; a pulling or spreading, forth; a lengthening; widening, inlarging; also, a planing, vnfoulding; displaying, setting, or shewing, abroad.

Estendre. To extend; retch or stretch, forth; pull or spread out; lengthen, widen, inlarge; vnfold, plane, display, set or shew abroad.  Estendre la loy. To wrest, or straine the Law; to make large expositions, or vse farre-fetcht interpretations, thereof.  S'estendre. To extend, or stretch out it selfe; also, to increase, propagate, or multiply exceedingly.

Estendu: m. uë: f. Extended; retched or stretched forth; pulled or spred out; lengthened, widened, inlarged; vnfoulded, planed, displayed, set or shewed abroad; also, increased, or multiplyed, or dispersed mightily.  Tout plat estendu. Layed all along, or at full length; lying as flat as a flooke.

Estenduë: f. Extent, extension; an out-stretched proportion; length; widenesse, largenesse, greatnesse, dilatation, spaciousnesse.  L'estenduë du ciel. The out-stretcht cope, or scope of heauen; all the space that is betweene heauen, and earth.

Estendure: f. An extension, or extending.

Ester. To stand; indure, abide by it, continue in, sticke vnto.  Ester à vne chose convenuë. To keepe touch; hold tacke, stand to a bargaine.  Ester à droict. To referre himselfe vnto the Law.  Ester en iugement. To sue; to commence, or defend a suit; to stand to his tryall; or to referre his cause vnto ordinarie tryall; also, to appeare, as a partie, in Court.

Esterdre le bestiail. To litter cattell.

Esterlin. as Estellin; or, a pennie sterling; our pennie.