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 Assez gaigne qui malheur perd: Prov. He gets ynough that misses an ill turne.  Iamais ne gaigne qui plaide à son seigneur; (ou qui procede à son Maistre:) Pro. No man euer throue by suing his Lord or Maister; (for either God blesses not so vndutifull a strife, or successe followes not in so vnequall a match.)  Marchand qui ne gaigne perd: Pro. The marchant looses when he gaines not; and yet;  Il n'est pas marchand qui tousiours gaigne: Prov. He trades not cunningly that alwaies gayneth.  Qui bien gaigne, & bien despēd ne luy faut bourse à mettre argent: Pro. Looke Despendre. Qui bien gaigne, & bien espargne devient tantost riche: Prov. He that gets well, and spares wisely, soone growes rich.  Tel change qui ne gaigne pas: Prov. Some change for the worse.

Gaignerie: f. A tilled ground; also, tillage, or tilling; also, the profit thats made of tillage, or of the beasts that be vsed therein.

Gaigneur: m. A gainer, getter, winner, obtainer; one that thriues by, or makes a profit of, his trafficke, labor, industrie.  Mon gaigneur. My Hind, Husbandman, Ploughman; one that labours, and by his labour gets, for me; one that labours to make me liue, or gaine.  Hardi gaigneur hardi mangeur: Pro. A sore toyler, a sound trencherman; they that worke hard eat hard.  Mieux vaux bon gardeur que bon gaigneur: Pro. See Gardeur. Gaillard: m. The round house, or hinder castle, of a ship.

Gaillard: m. arde: f. Lustie, liuelie; frolicke, buxome, cheerefull, blithe, iocond, pleasant, gamesome; braue, gallant; valiant; well disposed, in good tune; also, rash, or somewhat vndiscreet, by too much iollitie.  Galop gaillard. See Galop. Il a le cerveau vn peu gaillard. He is a little humorous, toyish, fantasticall, new-fangled, light-headed.  Ouvrier gaillard cele son art: Prov. The industrious workman prostitutes not his Art.

Gaillardement. Liuely, lustily; cheerefully, pleasantly; gallantly, like a gallant.

Gaillardet: m. See Guaillardet. Gaillardeté: f. Lustinesse, liuelinesse; cheerefulnesse, pleasantnesse, iocondnesse, glee; gallantrie, brauerie; also, rashnesse, follie, indiscretion; or an act rashly, foolishly, or vndiscreetly done, by the headinesse, iollitie, or too much forwardnesse, of youth.

Gaillardise: f. as Gaillardeté; (and the better, and more vsuall word.) Gaille. Perdrix gaille. The French Partridge; a kind of great browne Partridge, that hath a red beake, and red legs.

Gaimaux. Prex gaimaux. as Gaignaux. ¶Lodunois. Gain: m. Gaine, profit, lucre, aduantage, gettings, increase, commoditie, commings in.  Gain de cause. A victorie, or speeding in a suit.  Le petit gain emplit la bourse: Prov. Many a little makes a mickle; or, light gaines make heauie purses.

Gaine: f. A sheath, or scabberd. Dans vne gaine d'or vn cousteau de plomb: Prov. A leaden sword in a golden sheath; a godlesse heart in a goodlie bodie. Selon la gaine le cousteau: Pro. Like sheath like knife. Gaineaux. Prez gaineaux. as Gaignaux. Gainette: f. A little sheath, or scabberd.

Gaing: m. as Gain. Gaings. The fruits growing on, or comming of, tilled grounds; or the profit comming in by sowing of grounds.

Gains. as Gaings; and comprehends all kinds of graine, pulse, and such like fruits (tenants encore par les racines. ¶Nicot.) Gaïofle d'un moulin, for Gayole; See Gayole. Gaïole. as Gayole: f. A Cage. ¶Pic. Gaïoler. To pratle, tatle, chatter, like a bird in a Cage.

Gaïon. A Jay.

Gajure: f. A wager.  Gajure de rachapt; See Gagerie. Gaiz (for Guez.) Foords, or shallow places.

Gal: m. A Cocke; also, a Derce, or Gold-fish. ¶Langued. Gals escouillez. Capons; Eunuches. ¶Rab. Galactite. Pierre galactite. See Pierre. Galaffre: m. A rauenous feeder, greedie deuourer, glutton, gulch, cormorant.

Galaffrerie: f. Gourmandizing; rauenous, or greedie feeding.

Galange. as Galangue. Galangue: f. Sweet Ciperus, English Galingale; or the Aromaticall root thereof.

Galaxie: f. The Milkie way in the Firmament.

Galbanon. Galbanum; a gumme, or liquor issuing out of the Syrian Ferula, or Fennell giant.

Galbe. A Wenne; also, garbe, comelinesse, gracefullnesse; also, the bellie, or forepart, of a doublet.

Galbé: m. ée: f. Bien galbé. Comelie, gracefull, well-behaued, hauing a good garbe.

Galbuge. See Garbouil, or Grabuge. Gale. A Gall-nut, or Oake-apple; seruing both for dying, and making of inke.

Galeace: f. A Galeasse.

Gale-bon-temps. A merrie grig, a good fellow, good drunkard, pot-companion.

Galée: f. The top, or scuttle, of a galley.

Gale-fesson. A scratcht-bum, or scabd-arse.

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

Galefreter. as Calfeutrer; To trimme, to rig vp a ship. Galefretier: m. A rigger, trimmer, mender of ships; also, as Galefrotier. Galefrotier: m. An idle vagabond; a poore scabbie knaue.

Galemar: m. A Pennar.

Galemment. Gallantly, brauely, goodlily, nobly, worthily.

Galeote. A kind of Lizard, thats an enemie vnto all serpents. ¶Rab. Galerand: m. The Fowle tearmed a Bittor. ¶Brett. Galere. A Galley; See Gallere. Galerie. as Gallerie; a Gallerie. Galerien: m. A Galley-slaue; a Souldior, or Marriner in a Galley.

Galerien: m. enne: f. Of, or belonging to, a Galley; haunting, or frequenting the Gallyes.

Galerite: f. The (Medow) Larke.

Galerne: f. A North-west wind.

Galerneux: m. euse: f. North-westerlie.

Galetage: m. Garrets; Galleries; also, Garret-*worke.

Galetas: m. A Garret.

Galette: f. A broad thin cake; also, a little itch, or scab.