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 Mezereon: m. Dutch Mezereon, German Oliue Spurge, Dwarfe Bay tree: (a small shrub.)

Mial. for Miel. Honie: ¶Norm. Miaulement: m. A mewling, or mewing.

Miauler. To mewle, or mew, like a cat.

Miauleur: m. A mewler, or mewer.

Miauleux: m. euse: f. Mewling, or mewing.

Miault: m. A mewing, or counterfeit voyce of wayling.

Mibaudichon. faire le mib. To doe a thing foolishly, or ill-fauouredly; vnhandsomely to goe about it.

Mibrutal: m. ale: f. Sauage, vnciuile, barbarous, halfe beast-like; almost as rude as a beast.

Micacollier: m. The Lote, or Nettle tree.

Miche: f. A certaine worme that feedeth on Bees; also, a fine Manchet, or, particularly, that kind of Manchet which is otherwise tearmed, Pain de chapitre: The countrey people of France call so also, a loafe of boulted bread, or Tems bread.  Miches du Convent militaire. Bullets, or stones.  Miches de S. Estienne. Stones.

Michel: m. Michael.  L'Ordre de S. Michel. Seeke Ordre. Michelot: m. A Pilgrim to S. Michaels Mount.

Michemis: m. A Turkish fruict that somewhat resembles the Apricocke.

Michette: f. A small Manchet.

Michon: m. A sot, blocke, dunce, doult, a iobbernoll, dullard, loggerhead.

Miclette: f. (The name of) a most excellent composition that stops all kinds of fluxes, and dries vp the superfluous moisture of the bodie.

Micocoules: f. Lote berries (be round, and hang by long staulkes like Cherries.)

Micocoulier: m. The Lote, or Nettle, tree.  Micocoulier d'Afrique. Th' African Lote, or Nettle, tree; of whose blacke wood excellent Flutes are made.

Micourber. To bend, or bow himselfe a prettie deale; almost, or halfe to double.

Micraine. as Migraine. Microcosme: m. A little world.

Microist. Looke My-croist. Mideloret. (Coyned in derision of our) My Lord.

Midenier: m. Halfe a pennie, or halfe a fine.

Mideronner. To sleepe in th' afternoone: ¶Norm. Midi: m. Midday, noone; also, the South.  Poids de Midi. One of the Pyrrhenian mountaines, tearmed so, because the Sunne lyes euer on it about noone.  Vent de Midi. The Southerne wind.  Cercher Midi ou il n'est qu'onze heures. To looke for a thing before it be readie to come; to picke a quarell without cause, or find a fault where there is none; also, to seeke for his owne hurt, or striue to procure his owne harme.  À midi estoille ne luit: Prov. Euerie thing hath it season; and, he that looks for night at noone-dayes may well be tearmed mad, or blind.

Midy. as Midi. Mie de pain. The crumme, or pith of bread.

Mie. (Adverb.) Not, not at all, no wayes, by no maner of meanes.  Mie en piece. Not of a long time, not of a great while.

Miel: m. Honie; also, sweetnesse. Miel anacardin. A venomous, and exulcerating oyle found betweene the kernell, and outward rind of the fruit Anacardium. Miel cuict. A kind of sweet meat, or pancake made of, or seasoned with, honie.  Miel Heracléen. Heraclian honie; cleeres the skin, and takes away the blacke spots that come by crushes, or bruises; but in lieu thereof, makes them sneeze that smell at it, and mad that eat of it.  Miel vierge. Virgins honie, the honie which of it selfe, and without pressing, distills from the combe.  Celuy gouverne bien mal le miel qui n'en taste, & ses doigts n'en leche: Prov. We say, he is an ill Cooke that lickes not his owne fingers; One may say, he is vnwise, who in the managing of publicke businesse addes not somewhat vnto his priuate.  Qui n'a argent en bourse, ait du moins du miel en bouche: Prov. He that hath not meanes to pay, at least must frame his mouth to pray.  Trop achepte le miel qui sur espines le leche: Pro. He buyes honie too deere that lickes it off thornes.  Vn'Abeille morte ne fait plus de miel: Prov. A dead thing is good for nothing.

Mielleusement. Honie-like, sweetly, deliciously, lushiously.

Mielleux: m. euse: f. Sweet, lushious, delicious.

Miellier: m. ere: f. Of, or belonging to, honie, full of honie, bearing honie.

Mielsaude. Metheglin; or honie sodden, & therby made into drinke.

Mien: m. enne: f. Mine.  Il est des miens. He is one of my seruants, people, followers; he is of my traine.

Mies mies. The crie of new-borne children: ¶Rab. Mi-esté: f. Midsummer.

Mi-estoupement: m. An halfe-stopping.

Miesure: com. as Miesureux. Miesuresse: f. Incontinencie, wantonnesse, leacherie, lasciuiousnesse, lustfulnesse.

Miesureux: m. euse: f. Incontinent, lasciuious, wanton, leacherous, lustfull, that loues to be figging.

Miettes: f. Crummes, scraps, small fragments, or mammockes of bread, &c.

Mieulx. Looke Mieux. Müiere: com. Malapert, outragious, euer doing one mischiefe, or other; or as Miesureux. Mieüresse: f. A saucie queane, a bold, impudent, or vnchast housewife.

Mieux. Better; also, best.  Au mieux aller (ou faire, ou venir.) Fall out what can; let the best come to the best.   À qui mieux mieux. The best take it, or, striuing who shall doe best.  I'aimeroye mieux. I had rather, I would leuer.

Migeotté: m. ée: f. Well ripened, fully ripe: ¶Norm. Migeotter. To ripen fully: ¶Norm. Mignard: m. arde: f. Migniard, prettie, quaint, neat, feat; wanton; daintie, delicate.  Mignard en paroles. Faire-spoken, smooth-tongued, gently languaged; plausible in speech.

Mignardé: m. ée: f. Dandled, fedled, cockered, much cherished, made a wanton.

Mignardelet: m. ette: f. Prettie, daintie, feat, peart.

Mignardement. Prettily, quaintly, neatly, finely, featly, daintily, wantonly; gently, smoothly, plausibly.

Mignarder. To lull, feddle, dandle, cherish, wantonnize, make much, or make a wanton, of.

Mignardeur: m. A luller, dandler, cherisher; a soother, smoother, flatterer.

Mignardise: f. Quaintnesse, neatnesse, daintinesse, delicacie, wantonnesse; smooth or faire speech, kind vsage.