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 Formellement. Flatly, plainely, directly, expressely, openly, wholly, vtterly, without exception; stiffely, earnestly, vehemently, resolutely; exactly, precisely; also, quickly, speedily, forthwith, immediately, without delay.

Formené: m. ée: f. Disquieted, vexed, afflicted, molested, harried, tormented.

Formener. To vex, disquiet, afflict, molest, harrie, torment, giue much trouble vnto.

Forment: m. & formentée: f. Furmentie, Wheat; See Froument & Froumentée. Forment. Almost (as in, forment guery;) also, exceedingly, greatly, mightily, verie much; (forment malade.) Formentin: m. ine: f. Of Wheat.   Vne pilure formentine. A loafe, or lunchion of white bread.

Former. To forme, fashion, shape; make, frame, order, dispose, institute; figure, draw, picture, deuise, represent.  Former le procez à. To draw an Jndictment against.

Formerets: m. The small branches of a vault, in the ends, or inside thereof.

Formi: m. An Ant, a Pismeare; Looke Fourmi. Formiant. Poulx for. The pulse that beats verie fast, but verie weakely; (a signe of approching death.)

Formidable: com. Fearefull, dreadfull, terrible.

Formie: f. as Formi. Formiere: f. An Ants hill, or neast of Pismeares.

Formiliere. as Formiere; also, a kind of wart in the fundament, somewhat resembling a Mulberrie.

Formillement: m. The prickling smart of Ringwormes, or Warts, like the stinging of Ants.

Formilles. as Herpes. Formillon. A small blacke Spider like an Ant, and spotted on the backe with little starre-like specks.

Formion: m. A small Ant, or Pismeare.

Formoret: m. A kind of strong Lye whereof Soape is made.

Formort. as Formorture. Formorture: f. An Escheat falling to, or succession falling on, a man, by the death of another.

Formosité: f. Beautie, comelinesse, well-fauourednesse, sweet feature.

Formoture. as Formorture. Formulaire: m. The stile, fasion, or manner of proceeding in the Law; a President for the drawing of a Deed, Patent, Pleading, &c; also, a womans thing.  Practicien qui entend bien son formulaire. A cunning pleader.

Formule: f. A stile in writing; a certaine rule, order, manner, fashion of proceeding, or pleading, in Law.

Fornage. See Fournage. Fornaise. as Fournaise; a furnace.

Fornicateur: m. A fornicator, wencher, smell-smocke, mutton-munger, whore-hunter.

Fornication: f. Fornication; lecherie committed by an vnmarried couple.

Forniquer. To play the fornicator; to leacher it, vnmarried, with an vnmarried person.

Forpaïser. To wander farre out of his countrey; also, a wild beast to abandon the Couert (wherein he vseth to lodge) and flye, or take, into the Champion.

Forparler. To mispeake, or speake ill.

se Forpasser d'un pas. To go a step further then he needs, or should. Forpie: f. The mouth, or middle of an opened paire of sheeres.

Forrage. as Forage. Forregardant. Out-looking, or awry-looking.

Fors. Except, vnlesse, but onely, without it be; also, without doores, or abroad; also, out, right out, all out.

Forsage. Ouer-weight in money; when a peece is heauier then it should be.

Forsaire: m. A Gally-slaue.

Forsené. as Forcené. Fort: m. A Fort, Hold, Fortresse; also, a standing, or setled Campe, defended and girt about with ditches, rampiers, or pallisadoes, and little Bastions; also, the hearbe Wormewood (so tearmed of the strong smell which it hath.)  Le fort d'un affaire. The chiefest point in, hardest part of, a businesse.  Le fort d'une boule. The drawing part, or byas of a Bowle.  Le fort d'un cerf. The hold of a Stag; the thicket, or couert wherein he lyes, or whereto he flyes.  Les forts des forests. Thickets, or the thickest parts of forrests.  Le fort d'un lievre. The couert of a Hare.

Fort: m. forte: f. Strong; tough, massiue; hardie, sturdie, lustie, able-bodied; mightie, forcible, powerfull, effectuall; able to beare a great shocke, assault, or brunt.  Forte clameur. A fine of ij s. vj d. Tour. due to the King within the Chastellenie of Montereau (vpon euerie personall action) for the first summons, or seruing of the Writ, although the parties agree, and the cause proceed no further; If it doe, and come to a hearing, vij s. vj d. must be payed; both, by the partie that first yeelds, or is foyled.  Forte monnoye, solz forts. Good money, money of the best sort, or most value; (for 25 solz forts are worth 40 solz Tour.) A word peculiar to the Sol, and vsed when the reckoning and rates of money were grounded thereon.  Vn bois fort. A thicke wood.  Le faict fort. See Faict. Terroir fort. A hard, or hungrie soyle.  Fort en bride. Stubborne, stout, vnrulie, head-strong.  Fort comme vn Dauphin en terre. Most weake, most feeble, of no force at all.  Le fort portant le foible. Good and bad together, one with another.  Tes fortes fievres. A plague choake thee, a pestilence take thee.  Cecy n'est pas fort à faire. There is no great difficultie in this; it is not hard to doe.  Ie me fais fort de cela. I take that matter vpon me; I am assured of it; I presume, rely, or build on it; I dare vndertake that it will beare me out.  Faire main forte à. Looke Faire. Fort est qui abbat, & plus fort qui se releve: Prov. He that recouers a foyle is stronger then he that gaue it.   Qui attend il a fort temps: Prov. viz. Thinkes his time verie long.

Fort. (Adverb.) Verie, most, verie much, mainely, exceedingly, excessiuely, extreamely, vehemently.  Fort & Ferme. Looke Ferme. Au fort aller. At most, at worst, if the worst come to the worst.

Fortelet: m. ette: f. A little strong, pretie and forcible, or pretie and strong to his age.