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 Vtile; for which looke Reparation. Meliorer. To improue, better, mend, amend.

Melisse: f. The hearbe called Balme, or Bawme.  Melisse Constantinopolitaine. Molucca Balme; a rough Plant, whose flowers grow within cups or bells.  Melisse Moldavique. Moldauian, or Turkie Balme; a most sweet and goodlie Plant.  Melisse sauvage. Wild Balme, or Bawme.

Melitite. Pierre mel. Looke Pierre. Melle. as Pomme Appie; also, a Medlar.

Mellifier. To make of honie.

Melliflue: com. Mellifluous, most sweet, honie-sweet, out of which honie floweth.

Mellindres: f. Delicate little pies made of Jndian wheat, and sugar.

Melline: f. A Filberd.

Melliturgie: f. The making of honie; Bees-worke.

Melodie: f. Melodie, harmonie, a tunable sound, or singing; a musicall, or sweet Ayer.

Melodieusement. Melodiously, harmoniously, musically, tunably.

Melodieux: m. euse: f. Melodious, musicall, harmonious, tunable, eare-delighting, full of concords.

Melon: m. A Melon, or Million.  À peine connoist on la femme, & le melon: Prov. Seeke Femme. Melonniere: f. A Garden, Ground, or Bed, of Melons.

Melopepon: m. A Melon-Pumpion; a certaine fruit that participates both of the Melon and Pumpion.

Melte: f. The circuit of a Judge, or Sergeant; the territorie wherein they exercise their iurisdiction. ¶Wallon. Melun. The name of a good towne standing neere to the Riuer of Seine. Anguilles de Melun. Seeke Anguilles. Melze. as Meleze. Memarchure: f. Surbating of the feet (of cattell.)

Membrane: f. A membrane; the vpmost thinne skinne of any thing; also, a skinne of Parchment; also, the pill, or pilling betweene the barke, and tree. Membrane Allantoïde. The middle of the three coats wherein an infant lyes wrapped in the wombe. Membrane Amphiblistroïde. One of the foure principall membranes of the eye; is fashioned like a net; conueyes the light vnto the Christaline humor; and returnes all formes vnto the Optick sinew, whence it carries them vnto the braine, which iudges of them. Membrane Aragnoïde. The spiderie membrane; issues from la pie mere, and incloses the fore-part of the Christaline humor; it serues (as the foyle in a Looking-glasse) to vnite, and retaine formes in the eye. Membrane blanche. as Membrane Conjonctive. Membrane Blepharoïde. A small membrane, wherby the waterie humor of the eye is distinguished from the glassie one. Membrane Conjonctive. The white of the eye; or the fourth principall membrane (that couers all ouer the white) of the eye. Membrane cornée. The hornie membrane; another of the foure, which resembles both in colour, and consistence, a thinne peece of horne; it springs from la dure Mere, and containes, by it hardnesse, all the humors together, but serues especially as a glaße, or spectacle vnto the Christaline. Membrane piliforme. One of the two small membranes of the eye (Aragnoïde the other;) issues from the Vvée; incloses the fore-part of the glassie humour, where it prepares, and whitens the bloud brought vnto it by many small veines, and arteries, for the nourishment of the Christaline humor.  Membrane Pleuretique. A large, and two-fold membrane, through whose doubles paße all the sinewes, veines, and arteries, which are betweene the ribs, the inside whereof (as also of the breast, or bulke) it wholly couers.  Membrane Raisiniere. as Membrane Vvée. Membrane Retiforme. as Membrane Amphiblistroïde. Membrane Vitrée. as Membrane Piliforme. Membrane Vvée. The grapie membrane; one of the foure principall ones; (tearmed so, because it resembles the skinne of a blacke Grape) comes from la pie mere, and incloses the eye on all parts, the ball excepted, where it is full of holes; it serues to comfort the Christaline humor by the diuersitie of the colours of it inward part; to keepe it from being hurt by the hornie tunicle; and to hold, and vnite, by it outward blacknesse, the spirits which otherwise would be dispersed.

Membraneux: m. euse: f. Filmie, full of membranes.  Muscle membraneux. as Peaucier; also, another which drawes the leg outwards.

Membre: m. A member, a limme; a part of the bodie, or of any other thing.  Membres des compagnies de gendarmerie. Places of note, or of commaund, in those companies.  Membres d'esperon. The gimmewes, or ioints of a Spurre.  Vn membre de veau, de mouton, &c. A ioynt of Veale, Mutton, &c.

Membré: m. ée: f. Membred (in Blason.)

Membret d'esperon. The gimmew, or ioint of a Spurre.

Membreure. as Membrure. Membru: m. uë: f. Big-membred, big-limmed, strong, well-set.

Membrure de bois. A clouen boord, a shingle.  Membrures de pierre de taille. Such peeces of free stone as runne through a wall, and appeare on either side thereof.

Memelon. as Mammelon. Memener. To misuse, molest, oppresse; (an old word.)

Meminges. as Meninges. Memithé: m. The bitter, and stinking iuice of an hearb that growes neere vnto Hierapolis in Suria, and is called Glaucium, which Gerard holds to be the red-*horned Poppie.

Memoire: f. Memorie, remembrance, mindfullneße; thought had, or mention made, of things absent, or past; also, a memorandum; a Bill, or note of remembrance; and hence;  Memoires. Notes of, writings for, remembrance; and a charge, or instructions giuen in writing; also, Histories, Chronicles, Commentaries, Records.  Il a memoire de lapin, ou lievre. He hath a verie bad memorie; or forgets in running what he runnes for.

Memorable: com. Memorable, remembrable, worthie of memorie, or of remembrance.

Memorablement. Memorably.

Memoratif: m. iue: f. Memoratiue, mindfull, often remembring.

Memorial: m. A memoriall, record, register; a booke of remembrances, a note, marke, or token for remembrance.

Memoriallement. Memorably.

Memorieux: m. euse: f. Full of memorie, or of a good memorie.