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 Perte de Veuë. Discours à p. Looke Veuë. Pertinemment. Pertinently, properly, fitly, aptly, to purpose.

Pertinent: m. ente: f. Pertinent; fit, apt, proper, vnto purpose.

Pertroubler. To trouble, or perturbe extreamely.

Pertuis: m. A hole.  Pertuis de l'Araigne. The centre of an Astrolabe; the hole wherein all the tables thereof are, by a pin or nayle, ioyned together.  Les pertuis des poelles. Two trunkes, or gutters of wood, whereby sea-water (for Salt-making) is conueyed from the receptacle called Forans vnto those which are called Viresons. Les gens qui regardent par vn pertuis. Monkes, or Fryers (by reason of their Cowles.)  Faire vn pertuis dedans vn trou. To doe iust nothing.  À tel pertuis telle cheville: Prov. Looke Cheville. Pertuisane: f. A Partisan, or leading staffe.

Pertuisanon: m. A little Partisan.

Pertuisé: m. ée: f. Holed, or full of holes.

Pertuiser. To make a hole or holes, to bore full of holes.

Perturbateur: m. A perturbator, disturber, disquieter, vexer, troubler; an importunate, or busie fellow.

Perturbation: f. Perturbation; disturbance, vnquietneße of mind; a troublesome passion, restlesse affection; an agitation of spirit.

Perturber. To perturbe, disturbe, trouble, disquiet, blunder, vex.

Pervenche: f. Periwinkle, or Peruincle (an hearbe.)

Pervers: m. erse: f. Peruerse, crosse, aukeward, ouerthwart, skittish, froward, vntoward; also, naught, corrupt, mard; wry, skewing.

Perversement. Peruersly, croßely, aukewardly, ouerthwartly, frowardly, vntowardly; maliciously; askance, askew, awry.

Perversion: f. A peruersion; an vntoward, or ill-fauoured wrying; whence, Perversion de bouche; a crampe, or conuulsion, whereby the mouth is drawne awry.

Perversité: f. Peruersitie, croßnesse, ouerthwartnesse, aukewardnesse; frowardnesse, harshneße of disposition; a skittish, giddie, or vntoward humor to doe an vnlawfull, or ill, thing.

Perverti: m. ie: f. Peruerted, depraued, corrupted, seduced; maliciously wrested.

Pervertir. To seduce, peruert, depraue, corrupt, marre, spoyle; to wrest maliciously, to turne awry, or to a wry course.

Pervertissement: m. A peruerting, deprauing, seducing; a false, or malicious wresting of.

Pervertisseur: m. A peruerter, deprauer, seducer; a false, or malicious wrester.

Pervis. as Parvis. Pes. Looke Peis. Pesade: f. Looke Posade. Pesant: m. Le pesant de. The weight, or burthen of.

Pesant: m. ante: f. Weightie, ponderous, heauie, burthensome; also, peising, or weighing.  Il ne trouve rien trop chaud, ny trop pesant. He finds nothing too hot, nor too heauie for him; nothing comes amisse vnto him.

Pesanteur: f. Weightinesse, ponderositie, heauinesse; also, a weight, burthen, charge. Pesanteur de teste. A dull, or dulling, headache.

Pesart: m. The disease called, the Nightmare. Peschage: m. A fishing; or place to fish in.

Pesche: f. A fishing; also, the cast, or draught of a fish-*net; also, the fish gotten thereby; also, a Peach; whence;  Pesche blanche. Our ordinarie white Peach.  Pesche iaulne. as Pesche-coing. Pesche d'or. The gold Peach; one of the most delicate kinds of that fruit.  Pesche rouge, ou sanguine. The red Peach; the little, round, and ruddie Peach, whose pulpe, neere to the stone, is of a sanguine hue.  Pesche de Troyes. An Apricocke; or a small and delicate Peach resembling an Apricocke.

Pescheable: com. Fishable, which may be fished in.

Pesche-amande. The Almond Peach; a delicate Jtalian Peach, whose kernell is a verie sweet Almond.

Pesche-coing. The Quince-Peach, or yellow Peach, more hard, and more delicate, then any other.

Peschement: m. A fishing.

Pesche-noire. The blacke Peach.

Pesche-noix. The Nut Peach; is of a firme, or hard substance; and not much vnlike, nor much inferior, to the yellow one.

Pescher: m. A Fish-pond (for household prouision;) also, as Peschier. Se mettre en la vigne iusques au pescher. To be tipled with Wine.

Pescher. To fish; to catch fish.  Pescher en eau trouble. ''To fish in troubled waters. Looke'' Eau. Pescher des estourgeons en l'air. To attempt impossible, or vaine, matters.  Pescher au maillet. See Maillet. Pescher au plat. To cut, and carue at pleasure; to take what, and where, one likes.  Il fait beau pescher en eau large: Prov. There is no fishing to the sea.  Il faut perdre vn veron pour pescher vn saulmon: Pro. Somewhat must be lost that much may be gotten.  Tousiours pesche qui en prend vn: Prov. And yet he fishes who catches one; or, he that takes one, may well be said to fish.

Pescheresse: f. A fisheresse, a woman fisher.  Grenouille pescheresse. The sea-Frog, sea-Toad, or sea-Diuell; a most ouglie fish.

Pescherie: f. A fishing; also, a little fish-pond.

Pescheteau: m. The sea-Frog, sea-Toad, or sea-Diuell. ¶Bourdelois. Pescheur: m. A fisher, or fisherman; also, the Kings-*fisher, called otherwise, Martinet pescheur. Tour de pescheur: Pro. Great hazarding for great matters; whence;  Il fit vn tour de pescheur. He exposed himselfe vnto much danger to obtaine a thing of much worth.  À grand pescheur eschappe anguille: Prov. The Eele escapes the cunning fishers hands.

Pescheux: m. euse: f. Fishing; or, full of fishing.

Peschier: m. A Peach tree.  Couleur de fleur de peschier. A Peach colour.

Pesé: m. ée: f. Peised, poised, weighed; pondered, considered, examined.

Pesée: f. A peising, or weighing; also, poise, or weight.

Peser. To peise, poise, weigh; to ponder, perpend, consider. Peser sur la plume. To leane vpon a penne. Cela me poise. That lyes heauie on my stomacke, or exceedingly grieues me.