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 Gazouiller. To sing, whistle, chirpe, as many birds together; also, to warble, as a young bird when it first begins, or learnes, to sing; also, to make, or yeeld a whistling, or whizzing sound.  L'oiseau gazouille selon qu'il est embecqué: Pro. Looke Embecqué. Gazouilleux. as Gazouillard. Gazouillis: m. A singing, chirping, warbling, whistling, whizzing; the confused voice, or song of many birds, &c, together.  Gazouillis de fontaine. The trickling fall of water from the cocke, or spout, of a Fountaine.

Gé: m. Yeast.

Geais: m. Du g. Iet.

Gealloye: f. A measure containing about twelue of our quarts.

Geant: m. A Giant; a man of a huge stature, or size.  Celuy qui est sur les espaules du geant voit plus loing que celuy qui le porte: Prov. We, hauing the aid of our auncestors knowledge, vnderstand somewhat more then they did.

Geante: f. A Giantesse; a woman Giant.

Geanterie: f. Giantrie; the generation, race, kind, or brood, of Giants.

Geantin: m. A young, or little Giant.

Geantin: m. ine: f. Giantlie, Giant-like, huge-bodied, big made.

Geantiser. To Giantize; to make as big as a Giant; also, to play the Giant.

Geau: m. A Cocke.

Geay: m. Jet; also, as Gay. Gect: m. A cast, or throw, as at dice; also, the draught of a Fish net; also, a Marriners sounding lead; also, a gard, or welt; also, a full set of Counters.  Les gects d'un oyseau. A Hawkes Iesses.

Gectons: m. Counters.

Gede. A washing Bowle.

Gehainer. To grone, or grunt.

Gehenne: f. A racke, or torture; a place, or instrument of racking, and retching torments.

Gehenné: m. ée: f. Racked; retched, or stretched vpon a racke; tortured, tormented.

Gehenner. To racke, torture, torment; to retch, or stretch vpon the racke.

Gehenneux: m. euse: f. Full of racking.

Gehi: m. ie: f. Racked, tortured; or wrung out by extreame torture.

Gehine: f. as Gehenne. Gehir. To racke; to wring out a confession by extreame torture. (v.m.) Geindre. To grone; mourne, lament, complaine (as the oppressed) grieuously; also, to crooe, crooke, or mourne as a Doue.

Geine: f. as Gehenne. Geiné: m. ée: f. Racked; retched, or stretched vpon the racke; tortured, tormented in racking; also, extorted by torture.

Geiner. To racke, torture, torment; to retch, or stretch vpon the racke; to extort confessions by torture.

Geisses: f. A kind of flat, or square Pease, resembling somewhat the Chichling. ¶Langued. Gel. as Gelée. Gelais. Arbaleste à gelais; a Stone-bow.

Gelamine: f. A kind of minerall earth.

Gelasin: m. A wrimple in the face, or, a dimple in the cheeke of one that laugheth.

Gelatine: f. An excellent white-broth made of the fish Maigre. Gelé: m. ée: f. Frozen; congealed, thickened, or stiffened with extreame cold.  Gouttes gelées. Isicles.  Avoir le bec gelé. To be tongue-tyed.  Il est gelé de ne rien faire. He is euen starued with idlenesse.

Gelée: f. A frost; also, gellie.

Geleniabin. Honey mixt with Roses. ¶Arab. ¶Rab. Gelement: m. A freezing, or congealing, by cold.

Geler. To freeze; to thicken, or congeale with cold.  Et plus gele, & plus estrainct: Prov. The more the earth freezes the closer it growes.

Geleur: m. A freezer.

Geline: f. A Henne.  Geline d'Aphrique. A Guinnie, or Barbarie Henne.  Geline de bois. as Gelinote de bois. Creste à geline. The hearb Coxcombe, Pennie-grasse, yellow and white ratle.  La journée d'une geline. An egge.  Laict de geline. See Laict. Pied de geline. Hennes-foot, Hennes-Claw, hedge or yellow Fumentorie; also, a trench, ditch, or pit vnder ground, whereby marshes, and ouer-moist corne-lands are drayned; it is fed by many branches, filled with stones (through which the moisture hath sufficient passage) and couered all ouer with earth.  Geline qui poind, & ne pond: Prov. A barren shrew.  La geline pond par le bec: Prov. A Henne layes as she is fed.  En Aoust les gelines sont sourdes: Prov. In August Hennes are deafe.  Iamais grasse geline n'aima chapon: Pro. A wanton wife neuer loued a defectiue husband.  Iamais chapon crester n'aima geline: Prov. See Crester. Noire geline pond blanc œuf: Prov. A black Henne may breed a white Chicke; a black woman a beautifull child.  Pour grasse que soit la geline elle a mestier de sa voisine: Prov. How rich, or powerfull soeuer a man be, he may haue need of his neighbors.  Qui naist de geline il aime a grater: Prov. Cat after kind good Mouse-hunt.

Gelinette: f. A little Henne.  Gelinette d'eau. A Coote.  Gelinette sauvage; as Gelinote; or, as Francolin (in the last sence.)  Gelineux: m. euse: f. Of, or belonging to, Hennes.

Gelinier: m. A Henne-house, or Henne-roost.

Gelinote: f. as Gelinote de bois. Gelinote de bois. The pied, or peckled Pheasant, or wood Henne; somewhat rounder bodied, and much daintier meat, then an ordinarie Henne.  Gelinote de Numidie. The Guinnie Henne.

Gelure: f. Ice, frost; also, a freezing.

Gembette. as Iambette. ¶Rab. Geme. Tarre; or Pitch.

Gemeau: m. A twinne.  Gemeaux. Two muscles of equall bignesse, the one outward, the other inward, which springing from the root of the thighes Condyles, and meeting in the middle of the leg, make one big gristle, that ends on the heele; their office is, to turne the thigh a-round inwards.

Gemelier: m. ere: f. Double, or twinne-like. Arteres gemelieres. Looke Artere.

Gemelle: f. A she twinne.