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 Lottir. as Lotir. Loty: m. ye: f. Diuided by lots; parted, apportioned, shared.

Loüable: com. Laudable, commendable, praise-worthie, approuable.  La chair loüable. Holesome, sound, or good flesh;  Et, vne selle loüable; vrine loüable. A good, or hopefull stoole, &c; such as promises, or is a signe of, health.

Loüablement. Laudably, commendably, praise-worthily.

Loüade. as Laude. Louäge: m. A hire, hiring, farming, letting out; also, the rent, or hire for things let out.  A chapt passe loüage. One may lawfully dispossesse a hirer of the thing he hath purchased.

Loüager, & Loüagier: m. A hirer, farmer, lessee; a lodger, inmate, soiourner.

Loüange: f. Laud, praise, commendation; glorie, fame, credit, renowme, reputation.

Loüanger. To laud, praise, commend, extoll, renowme.

Loüangier: m. A praiser, lauder, commender.

Loubet. Seeke May-loubet. Loubine: f. The sea-fish, called a Base.

Louche: f. A little ladle, or great spoone: ¶Pic. Louche: com. as Lousche. Loucher. To lade, emptie, or take vp with a ladle, or great spoone.

Louchet: m. A spade, or spade-like instrument, halfe headed with yron.  Les louchets d'vne bale. The corners of a packe.

Loudier: m. as Lodier; A Counterpoint, or Quilt; also, a smell-smocke, haire-beater, leacherous knaue.

Loudiere: f. vne grosse loudiere. A filthie lasciuious queane, a common hackney, or hedge-whore.  Vne vieille loudiere. A beldame, old trot, ouer-ridden iade.

Loüé: m. ée: f. Lauded, praised, commended, extolled; also, hired, rented, farmed; letten, or taken, vpon rent.

Louer. as Loir; A Dormouse.

Louër. To laud, praise, commend, extoll, report or speake well of; also, to hire, farme, rent; let, or take, vpon rent.

Louëresse: f. A praiseresse, commenderesse.

Louëur: m. A lauder, praiser, commender, extoller.

Lougarou. Seeke Loup-garou.

Loup: m. A Wolfe; also, a Base (fish;) also, a kind of flie; also, the flie-deuouring spider; also, a malignant, and remedilesse Vlcer, or Cranker, in the legs, which in th'end it wholly consumes; also, a rauenous, greedie, cruell, vniust, fell, harsh companion. Loup marin. A certaine Wolfe-like beast, which (sayes Belon) liues altogether of fish, vpon our sea-*shore. Couille au loup. Wild Prickmadame, great Stone-*crop, Worme-grasse. Danse du loup (la queuë entre les jambes.) Lecherie. Herbe au loup. Wolues-bane, wolfe-wort (a kind of Aconitum.) Oeil de loup. An eye of an vncertaine blackish colour; a duskie, or darke eye; also, a leering eye. Patte de loup. The Thessalian loue-prouoking hearbe Catanance. Pied de loup. Wolues-foot, wolues-claw, club-mosse (a mossie plant.) Ris de loup. The name of a certaine peare. Vesse du loup. A fusse-ball, puck-fusse, wolues-thistle, puffe-fiste, bull fist. Entre chien & loup. At twie-light, or cocke-shoot-*time; in th'edge, or shutting vp of an euening; also, (of a mans sufficiencie) indifferently, ordinarily, so so. Personne ne luy demanda es tu chien, es tu loup. No man respected him, no bodie tooke heed, or notice of him. Contrefaire le loup en paille. To eaue-drop it; or, to lie scowking, and leering in a corner, or between sleeping and waking in bed, and vnderstand, but take no notice, what persons doe passe, or what things bee done, round about him. Faire le loup à la carriere. Of the same sence. Faire le loup plus grand qu'il n'est. To make, or imagine a mischiefe, or daunger to bee greater then it is. Garder la lune des loups. Foolishly to care for that which cannot doe amisse, or looke to that which will not goe astray. Dieu gard la lune des loups. God keepe the Moone from wolues; an ironicall answer vnto those braggadochioes, which threaten farre greater plagues then they are able to inflict (or promise greater matters then they can effect.) Hurler avec les loups. To play the rude companion in rude companie. Marcher en pas de loup. To tread like a theefe, priuately, subtilly, gingerly, faire and softly. Prendre vn loup par la queuë. To performe a hard, or hazardous exploit. Regarder en loup. Sowerly to leere, or looke askew at. Tenir le loup par les oreilles. To bee in danger, or hard set, on euerie side (for if you hold him he bites you by the fingers; if you let him goe, he will goe neere to deuoure you.) Voir le loup. Some say of one whose voyce is growne hoarse on a sudden; Il a veu le loup; Others, le loup l'a veu: from a vulgar opinion, that if a wolfe get sight of a man before he see him, he will astonish him, and make him so hoarse (by the force of his eyes, and vigour of his breath) that he shall hardly bee able to speake. Deux loups mangent bien vne brebis: Prov. Two knaues with ease deuoure (or deceiue) one sillie foole. Le loup alla à Rome, & y laissa de son poil mais rien de ses coustumes: Prov. The wolfe went to Rome, and left some of his coat, but none of his conditions, behind him. Le loup emporte le veau du povre: Prov. Vnsaciate crueltie preyes most vpon the poore. Le loup mourra en sa peau qui ne l'escorchera vif: Prov. A knaue will die in a knaues skinne, if hee formerly loose it not. Le loup sçait bien que male beste pense: Prov. One lewd fellow is well acquainted with the purposes, or sleights of another. Vn loup ne devore iamais vn autre loup: Prov. Those that are like doe seldome disagree; one knaue will euer beare with another. À mauvais chien ne peut on monstrer le loup: Prov. A bad dog hates to looke vpon a wolfe. À mol pasteur le loup chie laine: Prov. A gentle shepheard stuffes the wolfe with wooll. À petite achoison le loup prend le mouton: Prov.