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 Marche-pied: m. A foot-stoole; also, a step, low stoole or bench, that helpes one to get vpon a higher thing.  À marche-pied. A fashion of fishing, wherin one goes stamping in the water, and carries before him (or another for him) a halfe bow-net.

Marcher: m. A pace, gate, walke, tread, stepping, going, footing.

Marcher. To march, goe, pace, walke, tread, step, foot it; to proceed; also, as Marchiser.  Marche cela Iaquet. Tread out you flattering rogue; a phrase vsed in contempt of a base obseruant parasite, who serues for nothing but to applaud euerie doting speech, and to tread out euerie dot of spit, his fond patron deliuers.  Marcher en pas de loup. To tread, or goe, like a theefe, cunningly, couertly, gingerly, faire and softly.  Marcher de pied en terre. Il ne marche de &c. He is rapt, or rauisht with pride, or ioy; he knowes not the ground he goes on.  Marcher à quatre pattes. To creepe on all foure like a beast.  Cela marche à quatre rouës. That goes very roundly forward.

Marchette: f. A little step, a small footing.  Marchettes. Small Organ keyes.

Marchir. as Marchiser. Marchis: m. A thicke trace, or tract of men, or beasts; frequencie of steps, many footings together; also, a path beaten out by often patting, or treading.

Marchiser. To border, adioyne, or lie so neere together that one touch another; to abutt, or bound one on another.

Marchons: m. Stillings for wine vessells to stand on.

Marchure: f. A marching, walking, pacing, treading, stepping, footing, proceeding.

Marciage. Droict de mar. Looke vnder Droict. Marcier. To receiue the rent, or fine, Marciage. Marcoter. as Marquotter. Marcotte. as Marquotte. Marcou: m. An old male cat, a gib cat.

Mardecathene. Looke Mat de cathene, in Cathene. Mardelle d'vne puits. The brinke, or brimme of a well; or, more properly, the round, and high border of wood, or stone, that compasses, beautifies, and keeps whole, the top of that brinke, or brimme.

Mardi. Tewsday.  Mardi gras. Shroue-tewsday.  Cela sent son mardi gras. That is a most licentious act; or (in matters of discourse) that is a most broad speech; (from the libertie taken by many, that day, to tax men, and talke at their pleasure.)

Mare: f. A standing poole, or water neere a house fit for the watering of cattell, and other vses of husbandrie; also, a little fish-pond.

Maré: m. ée: f. Moored; fastened with cables, held fast by ankers, as a ship in a harbor, &c.

Mareant. Mooring.

Marée: f. Sea-fish; also, salt water; also, the tide, or flowing of the sea; also, a sea, or billow, or the rolling of a billow; also, a wind that blowes from sea. Sentir la marée. To looke like a whore (Venus the Goddesse of good-fellowship was bred of the sea-*foame.)

Maréer. as Marer.

Marelle: f. A square in a chesse-boord, or on the backside of a paire of Tables; also, a Churchwardenship; and the place wherein Churchwardens &c, meet. Marenge: f. Our (ordinarie) blew Titmouse.

Marer. To moore, or be moored; to lie fastened with cables, or hold fast by ankers, within a harbor, or neere to a shore.

Marescage: m. A great marsh, fenne, or moore; a fennie, or moorish place, ground, or countrey.

Marescageux: m. euse: f. Fennie, moorish, marsh-*like.

Mareschal: m. A Marshall of a kingdome, or of a camp, (an honourable place;) also, a Black-smith; also, a Farrier, Horseleech, or Horse-smith; also, a Harbinger; and hence;  Mareschal du corps du Roy. The Kings chiefe Harbinger.  Mareschaux de France. The Lord Marshalls of France; (whereof, in Francis the firsts time, there were but two, now there be ten) who hauing their seuerall Prouinces assigned them by the King, ride circuits into them, to be present at all generall musters; to see how militarie discipline is obserued in garrisons; to view the fortifications, and reparations of frontire townes; the munition, and victualls of Arsenalls, and store-houses; and lastly, to prouide for the punishment, and suppression of all vagrant, idle, and lewd rogues: Ils doivent se rendre aux armées les premiers en bon equipage; Et sont sous le Connestable (sayes Ragueau) Vnder whom as they commaund all Dukes, Earls, Barons, Captains, and Gensdarmes; so may they neither giue battell, make proclamation, nor muster any men, without his commandement (sayes a good English Author.)

Mareschal: m. ale: f. Of or belonging to, made or done by, a Smith, or Farrier.  Main mareschale. A Smithes hand; a fist that works in a Smithie.

Mareschaucée: f. A Marshall ship; the place of a Marshall; also, the Marshall-sey, or Marshals Court.

Mareschaucées: f. Timber, or stuffe to build withall.

Mareschaussée, & mareschaussées. as Mareschaucée, & Mareschaucées. Marets: m. A Meere, Fenne, (small) Marsh.  Il s'est sauvé par les marets. Said of one that hath, with shame ynough, cleered himselfe of a dishonor, difficultie, or danger wherein he was ingaged.

Marez. as Marets. Marfil: m. Juorie; or, the Elephants tooth vnwrought.

Margaigne. as Mortgage. Margaignon: m. A male Eele. ¶Langued. Margaire. A Sauoyan bird of sundrie colours.

Margariton: m. Pearle; or the powder thereof.

Margasin. as Magazin. Marge: f. The margent of a booke; also, any edge, brinke, or brimme.  Marge du dos. The inner margent; the space left white betweene the letters, and binding of a booke.

Margelle. as Mardelle. Marger. To make a margent; brinke, edge, or brimme.

Margne. as Marne. Margot. (for Marguerite; or, a rusticall diminutiue thereof;) Meg, or Peg.  Tieu tieu margot. Come beast come; a call for a Cow, vsed by countrey wenches.  La grande iument margot qui se bride par la queuë. A Ship, or Galley; also, a certaine engine vsed by false coyners.

Margotte. as Marquotte.

Margotté: m. ée: f. Dressed, or made to yeeld store of suckers.