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 Faire vne grosse grauité. To be surlie, or take much state vpon him. Faire de guedon guedon. To make it goodlie, seeme loath; or, say nay and take it, as maides (that would be no maids) doe; See Guedon. Faire le guet. To watch, to keepe watch. Faire le guet à Montfaucon. To be hanged. Faire le guet au temps. To obserue narrowly the change of seasons, course of the starres, reuolutions of the skies; to affect, or studie for, weather-wisedome; also, to let slip no aduantage that the time offers, or affoords. Faire gros hahay. To make a huge stirre, or mightie slaughter. Faire halte. To stop, stay, make a stand. Faire haut le bois. To drinke for the heauens; also, soldiers, aduancing their pikes, to stop, or make a stand. Faire du herr. To play the maister; to take more vpon him then he should doe; Looke Herr. Faire le hola. To stop, stay, bid stand. Faire hon de la teste. To seeme loath, or shew himselfe vnwilling, to do a thing. Faire iambes de vin. To drinke hard when he is readie to take a iourney. Faire selon la jambe le coup; as; Faire selon la jambe le pied. To cut his coat according to his cloth; or, to doe things proportionably. Faire la jambette. A horse to goe, or manage, on three legs, and gracefully hold vp the fourth. Faire iarret. See Iarret. Faire le ject. In a storme to cast ouerboord the loding of a ship. Faire ioug à. To yeeld, or submit himselfe vnto. Faire jour. Day to breake, or appeare; Looke Iour. Faire jour à. To make way vnto. Faire jour en. To passe, or pierce through & through. Faire du lard. To liue idly, fare daintily, grow fat with ease, pleasure, and good cheere. Faire largesse. Princes to throw money among the people; See Largesse. Faire largue. To make roome, giue place, leaue space ynough. Faire la lexiue. To wash the bucke. Faire lictiere de. To scorne, contemne, abase, tread, or pull vnder foot; to abuse, violate, prophane. Faire lignade. To take firewood into a ship. Faire le lime sourde. To make as though hee heard not, or cared not, what were spoken. Faire de liperquam. To shew his authoritie to be absolute, to take verie much vpon him. Faire le logis à. To prouide, prepare, or take vp, a lodging, for. Faire le long. See Long. Faire longue. Il ne la fera longue en ce monde. He is no man of this world, hee cannot liue any long time. Faire le loup à la carriere. See Loup. Faire le loup plus grand qu'il n'est. To report, or imagine, a mischiefe greater then it is. Faire la lype. To powt, sell sowce, hang the lip. Faire la maille bonne de. To warrant, make good, answer, or vndertake for. Faire main basse. To put all vnto the sword. Faire main forte à. To ioyne strongly with. Faire main mise. To seise vpon; See Main mise. Faire sa main. To inrich himselfe, or feather his neast by prises taken, purchases gotten. Faire d'une main l'autre. To applie one thing vnto diuers vses; or after the vse of it one way to imploy it another. Faire mal de: (mon coeur luy fait mal. Ils me veulent faire mal de vous.) To fall out with; to hate, loath, detest, wish ill vnto; Looke Mal. Faire vn marc. Looke Marc. Faire le mauvais. To cracke, brag, swagger, keepe a stinking sturre. Faire mine. To seeme, or make a shew of. Faire des mines. Looke Mine. Faire la mine. To lowt, or lowre vpon. Faire les mines. To act it, or play on a stage. Faire bonne mine. Looke Mine. Faire bonne mine, & mauvais ieu. To set a good face on a bad matter. Faire le mitou. To dissemble, play the hypocrite; to looke humbly, poorely, simply, sowrely on it. Faire la morgue. To looke sadly, grauely, seuerely, austerely. Faire mort. On le faisoit mort. They gaue him out for dead. Faire la mouë aux harengieres. To be set on the pillorie. Faire vn nez de Cire à. Looke Nez, or Cire. Faire la nique. To mocke, by nodding of the head, or lifting vp of the chin; or, to bid a fig for &c; as in Nique. Faire sa nuict. (When a man sells vp his houshold-*stuffe, they say (in some parts of France) Il fait sa nuict. Faire de ses oeufs poules. To count his chickens before they be hatched.  Faire l'oreille sourde. To giue no eare, nor heed vnto, to be deafe of that eare.  Faire leurs orges. To speed exceeding well; to make a good market, or their mouthes vp to the full.  Faire de tel pain soupes. Looke Soupe.  Faire le Palais. To plead, or argue at the Barre.  Faire du pall-allant. To staulke, or strout it; to march with a statelie gate.  Faire la part au plus esloingné; ou, au plus ieune. To part and chuse; or to allot one but a small part, but a poore share out of.  Faire vn faux pas. To slip, misse his footing; erre, mistake.  Faire les Pasques. To receiue the Sacrament.  Faire la patrouille. To be driuen to linger, and spend his time idly, as one thats forced to watch. Faire vn peigne. To flie, auoid, giue the slip. Faire vn pertuis dedans vn trou. To be idle, or busie about nothing. Faire le pet à. To bid a fart for. Faire vn pet. To let a fart. Faire le petit. To humble himselfe; or vse many courtesies; also, to pretend great insufficiencie; or take verie little vpon him. Faire le petit pain. To liue neerely, to play the nigard. Faire ses petits. To whelpe, kittle, kindle, farrow, &c; breed little ones, bring forth yong ones. Faire le pied de veau. To make an vntowardlie, or clownish leg; or, to vse a foolish lifting vp of the leg in dauncing, &c. Faire pieds neufs. To cast his hoofes, as a horse; to be deliuered of child, as a woman. Faire de pierres pain. To make vse of any thing; to turne to his aduantage, or applie vnto his purpose, any matter whatsoeuer. Faire la pirouëtte. To whirle, or turne often about. Faire du plait. To talke, babble, or prattle much; to