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 take vp for halting; giue chase vnto.

Galopins. as Gallopins. Galvardine: f. A Gabardine.

Galvol: m. A Shittlecocke.

Gambade: f. A gamboll, yew-game, tumbling tricke.  La gambade du rocher. The rocke gamboll; the being throwne headlong from a rocke.  Faire gambades à la terre. To hang, or hang in chaynes.  Payer en gambades. To runne away when he should pay.  Les vieilles gens qui font gambades, à la mort sonnent des aubades: Prov. Old peoples frisking doth presage their ending.

Gambader. To turne heeles ouer head, make many gambols, fetch many friskes, shew tumbling trickes.

Gambadeur: m. A tumbler, a maker of gambols.

Gambage. Droict de g. A fee, or dutie of foure pottles vpon euerie brewing, payed vnto diuers Lords within the Countie of Boullenois. Gambayer. To wag the legs in sitting, as children vse to doe.

Gambe. as Iambe; a leg, or shanke. ¶Pic. Le plus en gambe. The best footman, the swiftest runner, the quickest goer, the lightest of his legs.

Gambeson: f. A fashion of long horsemans coat; See Gobisson. Gambi: m. ie: f. Bent, crooked, bowed.

Gambier. To wag the legs in sitting, as children vse to doe. ¶Pic: also, to walke, or goe.

Gambiller. as Gambier. Gambir. To bow, crooke, bend.

Gambre: m. The sea-Creuisse.

Game: f. Gamvt (in Musicke.)  Foi à la haulte game. An arrant foole, notable coxe, true dunce; an Asse in graine.  Entrer en la haulte game. To busie, or pester his braines with many matters; to enter into deepe, and serious meditations; to stretch his wits.  Nous sommes hors toute la Game. We are out of all good compasse; or, quite off the hindges.

Gamelle: f. A woodden bowle.

Gammare: m. A Lobster, or sea-Creuisse.

Gamme: f. A chime; also, as Game. Sonner la gamme. A chime to sound at certaine houres.

Gan. as Gant; a Gloue. Ganabin. The Northerne wind. ¶Rab. Gances: f. Loopes (of twist, lace, &c.)

Ganché: m. ée: f. Let fall (as in a strappado) on sharpe stakes pointed with yron, and thereon languishing vntill he dye.

Gandalin: m. A bawd, or carrier of loue-messages.

Gandole. as Gondole; a Gondola. Ganglion. A waterie impostumation in the throat.

Gangrene: f. A Gangrene; the rotting, or mortifying of a member.

Gangrené: m. ée: f. Rotted, putrified, mortified, become sencelesse, fallen into a Gangrene.

Gangules: f. Kernels, or wartles in the throat.

Ganif: m. A pen-knife.

Ganivet: m. A little pen-knife.

Ganivetier: m. A pen-knife-maker.

Ganse: f. A loope (of lace, &c.)

Gant: m. A Gloue. Gans de nostre Dame. The hearbe called Fox gloues, London buttons; and, our Ladies gloues; (a name which is also giuen vnto the male Coniza, or great Fleabane.) Gans d'ocaigne. Dogs leather gloues oyled in the inside to keepe the hands moist, and coole.  Droict de gans; &, ventes & gans. A paire of gloues, or in lieu thereof money (more, or lesse, as is the custome of seuerall places) due, and payed as an Income by a purchaser vnto the Lord Censuel, or of the soyle.

Gante. as Iante. ¶Pic. Gantelée: f. The hearbe called Fox-gloues, our Ladies gloues; (which name (also) the male Coniza, or great Fleawort hath) and London buttons.

Gantelet: m. A gantlet, or arming gloue.  Hausser le gantelet. A Marchant to put into his Booke, or Bill, that which was neuer taken vp; to ouer-*reach with false reckonings.  Plier le gantelet. To yeeld, stoope, submit himselfe; to confesse himselfe ouercome.

Gantes. as Iantes; the felles of a Cart-wheele. ¶Pic. Gantier: m. A Glouer.

Ganymedes. The name of a Troian boy, whom Iupiter so loued (say the Poets) as he tooke him vp to heauen, and made him his cup-bearer; hence, any boy thats loued for carnall abuse; an Ingle.

Gaquiere. as Iachere; Land which lyeth lay; a fallow field, sowne euerie other yeare. ¶Pic. Gar. Vn regard à gar. A squint looke; the cast of a skenning eye.

Garagnon: m. A Stallion.

Garance: f. The hearbe Madder; with whose root Dyers make cloth Orange tawnie; or, for a need, red; and ioyning it with woad, blacke.  Garance sauvage. Wild Madder; (Some also call so the hearb Woodroofe, or Woodrowell.)

Garancé: m. ée: f. Dyed with Madder.

Garand. See Garant, or Garent. Garans de palenc. Two slender cords tyed to the bottome of the great pullie of a mast, and passing from that, through diuers others.

Garant: m. A vouchee; warrant; warranter of the thing he hath passed vnto another; a supporter, defender, maintainer, protector; also, an author, in a report; See Garent. Se bouter à garant. To take Sanctuarie; to fly into a safe, or strong place for refuge.  Tenir fort à garant. To hold off; (a sea tearme.)

Garantage: m. A warranting, or warrantie.

Garanti: m. ie: f. Warranted, protected, saued harmelesse.

Garrantie: f. Garrantie, warrantie, or warrantise; protection, maintenance, defence, supportation.  Recours de garrantie. See Recours. Garantir. To warrant; or passe by warrantie; to saue harmelesse; to protect, support, defend, keepe safe from danger.

Garavelle: f. The name of a delicate Peare, thats ripe in August.

Garbe: f. A garbe, comelinesse, handsomenesse, gracefulnesse, good fashion.

Garber. To spruce it; to adorne, decke, set forth, make fine, comelie, neat, gracefull.

Garbin: m. A Southwest wind.

Garbot: m. A kind of fish about Orleans.

Garbouil: m. A garboyle, hurlyburly, great stirre, monstrous rambling, horrible rumbling.

Garburge: f. as Garbouil.

Garçe: f. A wench, lasse, girle; also, (and as wee often meane by the first) a Punke, or Whore. Avoir de l'eau vers les garces. To haue sap, and moisture enough to satisfie his priuate lecherie withall.