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 Pied de chat. The port, or vpsett of some bitts, made like the foot of a Cat. Pieds chauds. Il a les pieds chauds. He prattles, tattles, babbles verie much; his tongue neuer stints, neuer leaues, neuer lyes; also, he is lustie, gamesome, frolicke, wanton; also, he is iealous. Pied de chevre. Looke Chevre. Pied de colombe. Doues-foot, Pigeons-foot; a kind of Pinkneedle. Pied de coq. Hedge-sumitorie, Hennes-foot; Gerard calls bastard Parseley Hennes-foot, and another calls it Pied de coq. Pied de corbin. Crowfoot, Butter-flower, Kings-cob, Gold-cups, Gold-knops. Pied de corneille. Crowfoot Plantaine, Harts-horne Plantaine, Buck-horne, Harts-horne, Sandwort, hearbe Iuie, hearbe Eue. Pieds corniers. Looke Pieds-corniers. Pied droict d'une cheminée, fenestre, porte, &c. The iaumb, or iaume of a chimney, &c. Pied fourchu. Any clouen-footed beast; as an Oxe, Hog, Sheepe, &c; also, the toll thats taken vpon the sale of any of them in Markets, or Faires. Pied de geline. Hedge Fumitorie, yellow Fumitorie, Hennes foot; also, as vnder Geline. Pied de Griffon. A Griffons foot; an Jnstrument wherewith Surgeons draw Moles, or the peeces of a dead child, out of womens wombes. Pied gris. A clowne, boore, hinde, swaine; a countrey hob. Pied de jars. Goose-foot, wild Orache. Pied de lievre. Hares-foot, Hare-foot Trefoile, base Trefoile, rough Clauer. Pied de Lion. Lions foot, Lions paw, Ladies mantle, great Sanicle, Padelion. Pied de Loup. Wolues claw, Club-mosse. Pied de milan. The hearbe Kites-foot. La pied de monnoye. The ground of reckoning, and for the rate, of money; which was, vntill the yere 1577, by solz, but hath beene euer since by Escus. Pieds neufs. Faire pieds neufs. A woman to be deliuered; a horse to cast his hoofes. Vn pied ne nez. Great shame, extreame disgrace (or sence of disgrace.) Pied d'oison. Goose-foot, wild Orache; called also Swines-bane, because it kills, or meazels, the Swine which eat of it. Pied d'oye. The same. Pied de pigeon. as Pied de Colombe. Pied de poulain. Fole-foot, Colts-foot, Hall-foot, Hors-*foot, Bull-foot. Pieds pouldreux. Looke Pouldreux. Pied rond. Any whole-hoofed beast; as a Horse, Cammell, Moyle, Asse, &c; also, the toll thats taken vpon the sale of such beasts. Pied de stat. as Pied-stal. Pied de veau. Calues-foot, wake-Robin, Ramp, Aaron, Starchwort, Cuckoe-pint, Priests-pint. Faire, ou trousser le pied de veau. Looke Veau. Colombier à pied. A round, or square Doue-cote built of stone, &c, from the verie ground. Fer à pied. Elle n'a eu fer à pied. She is vntainted, vndefiled, vnbroken vp. Froid aux pieds. Avoir froid aux pieds; &c, Avoir les pieds froids. Looke Froid. Le grand pied. The thigh, leg, and foot altogether; tearmed so by Anatomists. Haut le pied. S'en aller haut le p. To flye with lift-* vp legs, or as fast as his legs can carrie him. Sergent à pied. A Sergeant, or Officer that arrests, &c, onely within some peculiar Towne, or Towneship. Tiers peid. as Trepied. Pied à pied. By little and little; step after step; one foot before another, by degrees. Pied à pied de. Close by, neere vnto. Les pieds au feu. Il semble qu'il ait les pieds au feu. He keepes such a figging that one would thinke his feet were in the fire. À pied coy. Stilly, softly; also, settledly, reposedly; with a firme, or fast-planted foot. À pied de grue. Jn suspence, on doubtfull tearmes; or, not well, or but halfe, settled, like a Crane that stands but vpon one leg. À pied levé. Respondre à pied levé. To answer extempore. Au pied levé. Poursuivre au pied levé. To follow foot-hot, or hard at the heels. Prendre au pied levé. To snap vp in words; to take verie short, or at all aduantages; to trip a man vnawares, on a suddain, or when he is not prouided; to take things at the worst. À pied de plomb. Slowly, heauily, dully. À pied de plomb, & de pompe. The same; also, stately, haughtily, maiestically. À pied tout porté. Looke Porté. À plein pied. Mettre à plein pied. To raze, or lay euen with the ground. Entre le pied, & le carreau. In the middest of danger, in the height of affliction. Et au pied. And to his heeles he betooke him, and away he got him; or (more briefely) And away. Iusques à la semelle du pied seulement. Sleightly, barely, as little as may be. Sur ce pied. Vpon this ground or occasion, here-*upon. Sur le plein pied. Mettre sur le plein pied. To settle, make sure, make fast. Aller de l'un pied sur l'autre. To affect, or mince it, in treading. Aller du pied comme vn chat maigre. Looke Aller. Cercher cinq pieds en vn mouton. To look for more then can be had.. Clocher sur vn pied. Ie sçay bien sur quel pied il cloche. J know full well his infirmitie, or defects; J know well enough what he ayles, what he lacks. Donner pied à. To set on foot, giue a beginning, make an ouerture, lay a foundation, vnto. Donner pied ferme à. To settle, or giue sure footing vnto. Donner du pied à. To kicke, spurne, contemne, reiect. Faire selon la jambe le pied. To doe things orderly; to keepe, obserue, or hold a iust proportion. Faucher l'herbe sous les pieds à. To supplant, or put the nose out of ioynt; to depriue, or preuent one of a thing which he expected. Fendre les pieds. Looke Fendre. Gaigner au pied. To run his countrey, or to run away. Iouër à quattre pieds contre. To kicke, winse, or let fly at with all foure; to contend, or play reakes, against with all his power. Marcher de pied en terre. Il ne marche &c. He is so proud, or so glad, that he knowes not the ground he goes on. Mettre sous pied. To forgiue, and forget. Il me se mouche pas du pied. He is a craftie, subtill, warie whoreson.