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 Linée: f. A stocke, linage, parentage.

Linement. as Liniment. Linge: m. Linnen, flaxen; also, a peece of linnen cloth.

Linge: com. Lanke, thinne, meager, scraggie, leane.

Lingere. as Lingiere. Lingerie: f. The making, or selling of linnen cloth; also, linnen, linnen stuffe, things made of linnen.

Lingiere: f. A Seamster; a woman that makes, or sells linnen, or linnen ware.

Lingot: m. An ingot, lumpe, or masse of mettall.

Lingotiere: f. The mould wherein ingots are framed, or cast.

Linir: m. A Flax-man; a seller of flax.

Liniere: f. A Flax-wife.

Liniment: m. A liniment, or thinne ointment; also, a smearing, annointing, gentle dawbing, soft rubbing on.

Linier. To smeare, annoint, rub softly, or gently on.

Linitif: m. iue: f. Mitigating, refreshing, paine-asswaging, ache-quailing; mollifying, suppling.

Linition: f. A smearing, annointing, gentle rubbing.

Lïnomple: f. A fine, thinne, or open-waled linnen, much vsed in Picardie (where it is made) for womens kerchers, and Church-mens surplesses.

Linon: m. as Linomple; Some also tearme Lawne so.

Linostolie: f. A cutting of the haire.

Linotte: f. A Linnet.  Il a vne teste de linotte. He hath but a light, or giddie head of his owne.

Linsueil: m. A sheet; See Linceul. Linteau: m. The lintell, or headpeece, ouer a doore.

Lintheau. as Linteau. Lion: m. A Lyon; also, the (Zodiacall) Signe Leo; also, a peece of coyne worth about 6 s. sterl. Lion de mer. The sea Lion; resembles both in shape, and bignesse, the land one; also, a kind of great Lobster.  Dent de lion. Dandelion, Priestes crowne, Swines snowt, Pissabed.  Pas de lion. as Pied de lion. Patte de lion. Lyons claw, Setterwort, Settergrasse, bastard blacke Ellebore; also, as;  Pied de lion. Lyons foot, Lyons paw, great Sanicle, our Ladies mantle, (some also tearme Lyons leafe, and Lyons Turnep, pes Leoninus.)  Sault du lion. A certaine tumbling tricke vpon a stoole, or little bench.  Vin de lion. Terrible strong wine; such as makes the drinker, fell, and furious.  Batre le chien devant le lion. See Batre. Conjecturant le lion par les ongles. Ghessing at the Lyon by his clawes; at the humor of the man by his courses; Looke Ongle. Coudre la peau du regnard à celle du lion. To attempt that by sleight which hee could not obtaine by might.  Prendre le lion par les iubes. To performe a difficult or dangerous act.  Il n'y eut iamais bon marché de peaux de lions: Prov. A Lyons skinne was neuer bought good cheape; the valiant euer sold their skinnes full deere.

Lionceau: m. A Lyons whelpe, or young Lyon.

Lionin: m. ine: f. Lyonish, Lyon-like, of a Lyon.

Lionne: f. A Lyonesse.

Lionneau: m. as Lionceau. Lionneux: m. euse: f. Full of Lyons.

Lionnier: m. A keeper of Lyons.

Lionnin. as Lionin; Also, of a Lion-tawnie colour. Liperquam. faire de liper. To shew his authoritie, to let the world see his power; to beare himselfe as one that can doe all in all; to take exceeding much vpon him: This word is (corruptly) vsed in stead of, luy per quem (all things are done.)

Lipie. See Lippie. Lipothymie: f. A swoonding wherein the patient seems dead.

Lippaire: m. Lip-salue.

Lippe: f. A lip; (See Lype) also, as Lippie; or Lippitude. Lippée: f. A big bit, a good morsell, a mouthfull; also, a meale, or bellifull of meat.  Mouche de lippée. A lickorous, or saucie companion.  Il avoit sa lippée du butin. Hee had a share in the bootie.  Il flatte pour la lippée. He collogues with one, of purpose to get a meale by him.

Lippie: f. The rednesse, or sorenesse of a bleare eye.

Lippion. Part of a womans &c.

Lippitude: f. Blearednesse, or bleare-eyednesse; a running of the eyes accompanied with paine, and rednesse.

Lippu: m. uë: f. Thicke-lipped, great-lipt; also, powting, or hanging the lip, as a child thats readie to crie.

Liquabilité: f. Aptnesse to melt, or to become liquid.

Liquation: f. A melting.

Liquefié: m. ée: f. Dissolued, melted, made liquid; clarified.

Liquerice: f. Lickorice.

Liqueur: f. Liquor, humor, moisture, sap, iuyce, water.  Liqueur Septembrine. Wine (because tis made in September.)

Liquidation: f. An euidence, cleering, manifestation; also, a discussing, or examination.

Liquide: com. Liquid, moist, wet; thinne, pure, cleere; manifest, euident, pregnant, apparent; certaine.  Debte liquide. A cleere, sure, sound debt.

Liquidé: m. ée: f. Cleered, manifested, made euident, pregnant, certaine, apparent; also, discussed, examined; also, made liquid, moist; thinne, pure.

Liquider. To cleere, manifest, make pregnant, certaine, apparent; also, to examine, or discusse; also, to make liquid, moist, or thinne.  Liquider les despens d'vn procez. To cleere, or to correct, them; a Judge to set downe which shall be allowed, and which not; (This phrase is applied especially, to th'examination of ordinarie, and well-knowne, charges; such as be the due fees of Counsellors, Atturneyes, Officers, Clerkes, &c.)

Lire: f. The musicall Instrument Lyra.

Lire. To read.  Autant vaut celuy qui chasse & rien ne prend, comme celuy qui lit & rien n'entend: Prov. Hee that hunts, and catches nought, is much like him that reads, and conceiues nought.

Lire-liron. The burthen of a song.

Liripipié. Hooded, as a Graduate.

Liripipion: m. A Graduates hood.

Liripipionné. as Liripipié; Also, mellow, cupshotten; or, faithfull to the pot, and therefore bearing the red-*faced liuerie thereof.

Liron: m. A Dormouse.

Liron de pain. A little gobbet, luncheon, or cantle of bread.

Lis: m. A Lillie. Lis blanc. Th'ordinarie white garden Lillie. Lis celeste. The blew Lillie.