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 Mesaraïques. Veine mes. Looke Veine. Mesarriver. To misarriue, to happen, or come vnfortunately vnto.  À qui il mesarrive on luy mesfaict: Prov. (So apt are men to wrong th' vnfortunate.)

Meschamment. Wickedly, impiously, vngraciously, naughtily, filthily, most impurely, scuruily, roguishly, knauishly, villanously; curstly, frowardly, mischieuously; paltrily, coursely.

Meschance: f. A mischiefe, or mischance.

Meschanceté: f. Wickedneße, impietie, vngraciousnesse, knauerie, naughtineße, villanie, vilenesse; a bad act, lewd pranke, filthie part, sinfull deed.

Meschant. Wicked, impious, vngracious, naughtie, bad, lewd, villanous, roguish; vile, filthie, scuruie, most impure; also, paltrie, course, vnworthie; also, curst, mischieuous, harsh, froward.  Meschant ouvrier ia ne trouvera bons outils: Pro. A bungler seldome fits him with good tooles.  Meschantes paroles ont meschant lieu: Pro. Bad words doe find but bad acceptance.  Meschante parole iectée va par tout à la volée: Prov. A bad word cast, soone roues, abroad.  De meschant homme bon Roy: Pro. The froward, or vntractable man proues a good King.  De meschant hoste bon reconduiseur: Pro. A needie host (or ghest) a notable guide.  Tout meschant est ignorant: Prov. All naughtie men are ignorant.  Aujourd'uy marchant demain meschant: Pro. To day a Marchant, to morrow a miscreant.  Bon bastard, c'est avanture, mais meschant c'est de nature: Prov. Bastards by chance are good, by nature bad.  Sans estre poursuivy le meschant prend la fuite: Prov. The sinner flyes before he be pursued; selfe-guilt, though nought else, makes a sinner fly.

Mesche. as Meiche. Mescheif: m. Mischiefe.

Mescheniere: f. Candle-weeke Mullein.

Mescheoir à. To mishappen, succeed ill, fall out vnluckily for.  À qui meschet on luy mesoffre: Prov. Those whom necessitie, or misfortune forces to sell, are neuer offered the full worth of things.  Aux bons meschet il: Pro. The best men (commonly) haue the worst fortune; whereupon we say, The honester man the worse his lucke.  Il n'est pas en seurté à qui ne mescheust oncques: Prov. He stands not surely that did neuer slip.

Meschine: f. A wench, maid seruant, miskin fro.

Meschinon: f. A girle; a little, or young maid seruant.

Mescle: f. Maßlin; Wheat and Rye mingled. ¶Langued. Mescogneu. Il ne s'est point mescogneu. He acknowledged, forgot not, was mindfull, or not ignorant, of.

Mescognoissance: f. Vnacknowledgement, ingratitude, vnthankfullnesse, churlishnesse; ignorance.

Mescognoissant. Vnacknowledging, ignorant; vngratefull, vnrespectiue, vnthankfull.

Mescognoistre. To mistake; ignore; forget; neglect.

Mescompte: m. A misreckoning, or wrong accompt; a mistaking; fayling, or erring, in accompt.

Mesconseiller. To miscounsell, misaduise, peruert, seduce.

Mesconte: m. as Mescompte.

Mesconté: m. ée: f. Misreckoned, miscompted. Mescontentement: m. Discontentment, offence, ill satisfaction.

Mescontenter. To displease, discontent, offend, giue ill satisfaction to.  Se mescontenter de. To take the pet, or pepper in the nose, at; to be ill satisfied with; no way to like, or allow of.

Mesconter. To miscount, misreckon; fayle, or erre, in reckoning.

Mescreable: com. Vnbeleeuable, suspectable, not to be credited, vnfit to be trusted.

Mescreance: f. Miscreancie, misbeleefe, a wrong beleefe.

Mescreant. Miscreant, misbeleeuing; faithlesse; incredulous, mistrustfull.

Mescreu. as Mescru. Mescroire. To mistrust, suspect, haue little beleefe, put small confidence, in; also, to play the miscreant, or beleeue amisse.

Mescru: m. uë: f. Mistrusted, suspected, not credited, no way beleeued.

Mes-dames. The title, or stile of the French Kings daughters.

Mes-damoiselles. The title, or stile of the French Kings brothers daughters.

Mesdire. To depraue, reproach, reuile; rayle on, detract from, speake ill of.

Mesdisance. as Mesdisson. Mesdisant. Reproachfull, detractiue, obloquious, opprobrious, rayling, reuiling.  Il ne seroit nuls mesdisans s'il n'estoit des escoutans: Pro. There would be none to rayle if none would heare.

Mesdisson: f. Reproach, obloquie, detraction, obtrectation, opprobrious speech; reuiling, deprauing, rayling on.

Mesdonner. To misgiue, or bestow amisse.

Mese: f. An eighth, or proportion of eight, in Musicke; also, as Mere (wantonly.)

Meseau: m. A meselled, scuruie, leaporous, lazarous person.

Plus crasseux que la tasse d'un meseau. See Crasseux. Mesel. as Meseau. Meselerie: f. Meseldnesse, leaprosie, scuruinesse.

Meseleux: m. euse: f. Meseld, leaporous, full of the Scuruie:

Meselle: f. A leaporous, or scuruie woman.

Mesellerie: f. as Meselerie. Meselleux. as Meseleux. Mesentere: m. The Mesenterium, or the middle of the bowells; or, the fat, thicke, or double skinnes that fasten them to the backe, and each vnto other.

Mesenterique: com. Of, or belonging to, the Mesenterium. Arteres mesenteriques. Are two; an vpper, which distributes it selfe among the small guts; and, an vnder one, which goes vnto the lower part of the Mesenteriū. Veines mesenteriques. Looke Veine. Mesescrire. To write ill, or amiße, of; to write against.

Mes-estimer. To misesteeme, or disesteeme.

Mesfaire. To wrong, abuse, misdoe vnto.  À qui il mesarrive on luy mesfait: Pro. Men (lightly) vse him ill that hath ill lucke.

Mesfiance: f. Distrust, mistrust.

Mesgarde: f. Heedlesnesse, retchlesnesse, improuidence, ouersight, carelesnesse, lacke of good-take-heed.

Mesgnie: f. A meynie, familie, household; or household seruants; Looke Mesnie.