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 Pierre Thyïte. A greenish stone, which being steeped in liquor yeelds a milkie, or white humor.  Pierre de tuffe. A white sand-stone; or a soft and brittle stone, which is easily crumbled vnto sand.  Pierre vive. Flint.  La pierre est eschappée. My word is past; the dice be cast; the thing is alreadie graunted, and gone.  C'est vne pierre iettée en son jardin. This thorne is thrust into his foot; this bone is thrown for him to gnaw on; these words doe touch, and tax him; are meant or directed vnto him, what other shew soeuer they carry.  Cette pierre tomboit en son jardin. This blow alighted on his shoulders; this mischiefe was a preiudice, this inuectiue had relation, onely vnto him.  D'une pierre faire deux coups. To kill two birds with one stone (say we.)  Faire de pierres pain. To make vse, or take aduantage, of any thing.  Il jette la pierre, & cache le bras. He does the wrong, and yet will not be seene in't; he giues the blow, and will not be aknowne of't.  Mettre toutes pierres en oeuvre. ''To imploy, or make vse of, euerie thing. (This phrase is also applyable vnto a wench, that suffers any mans stones to grind at her Mill.)''  Remuer toute pierre. To attempt all courses, try all wayes.  Pierre en puis n'est pas pourrie: Prov. Stones rot not in the bottome of a Well; they that rest in fit places languish not.  Il n'est pas Masson qui pierres refuse: Pro. He is no Mason who refuseth stones.  Qui remue les pierres ses doigts casse: Pro. The busie stone-remouer lames his fingers.

Pierrerie: f. A Quarrey of stone; also, stone-worke; also, iewels, or precious stones.

Pierrette: f. A little stone.

Pierreux: m. euse: f. Stonie; grauellie; rockie.  La cholique pierreuse. A paine like the Cholicke, but comming of a stone in the kidneyes.  Os pierreux. The bone of the Temples.

Pierrier: m. A Cabinet, Casket, Case, or Box for precious stones.

Pierriere: f. The same; as also a place wherein stones are gotten.

Pierriz: m. Heapes, or walls of dry, or vnmortered stones.

Pierron. See Perron. Pierrot. (A diminutiue of Pierre;) Piers.

Pierrote. as Pierrette; or Pierrotte. Pierrotte: f. A small stone; also, a stonie, flintie, or grauellie soyle.

Pierrou: m. A certaine base coyne, thats currant about Avignon. Piesante: f. A path, or small way, some two foot and a halfe broad.

Piesette: f. A peece, or compartiment; the ioint whereat the players are hanged in the port, or vpsett of a Bitt.

Pietaille: f. A footing, or footmanship; also, a footman; also, a troope of footmen.

Piete: f. A kind of Spade, or digging Instrument.

Pieton: m. A footman; one that trauels on foot; also, a little foot; also, a Pawne at Chests.

Pietonné: m. ée: f. Settled, sadned with the feet; often stamped, or trampled on; hard troden downe.

Pietonner. To settle, sadden, lay, or beat downe with of-* *ten treading, stepping, or stamping on.

Pietonneux: m. euse: f. Treading thicke and short, often stepping or stamping on the earth.

Pietre: com. Jn bad plight, in bare taking, in ill array, beggarlie, wretched, poore, needie; also, meane, homelie, base, bad; false, counterfeit.

Pietrement. Poorely, barely, needily, wretchedly, beggarly; also, falsely, or badly.

Pietrer. To stampe on, tread downe, trample vnder the feet.

Pietrerie: f. Bareneße, miserie, wretchednesse, needinesse.

Piette: f. A Puet.

Pieu: m. A stake, or pile; also, the latch of a doore.

Pieuler. See Piuler. Pieumart: m. A Wood-pecker, Spight, Hickway.

Pieur. Looke Pire. Pieusement. Piously, religiously, deuoutly, holily.

Pieux: m. euse: f. Pious, godlie, deuout, holie, religious.

Pige: f. as Pis; or as Pinge. Pigeassé: m. ée: f. Pied, particoloured.

Pigeon: m. A Pigeon, or Doue; also, a fop, cokes, noddie, ninnyhammer.  Pigeon de palette; &, Pigeon patté; a rough-footed Doue. Pigeon ramier. A Queest, Cooshot, Culuer, Woodculuer, Blockdoue, Ringdoue.  Pigeon de Venise. A kind of Turpentine.  Pied de pigeon. Doues foot, Pigeons foot, an hearbe.  Preneur de pigeons. A Conycatcher.  Le pigeon est au colombier. The Poccard is in his sweating Tub.  Cela chassera les pigeons du colombier. See Colombier. Semer vn grain d'orge pour attraper vn pigeon. To giue, spend, or aduenture a little in hope of getting much.  Pigeon saoul trouve les cerises ameres: Pro. Said of one who loathes, or derides, his owne ouer-easefull estate.  La censure tourmente les pigeons laissant aller les corbeaux libres: Prov. Looke Censure, or Corbeau. On ne peut d'un pigeon faire vn vif esparvier: Prov. The sillie Doue good Sparhawke nere will be; (Somewhat to which purpose we say) a man cannot make a Cheuerill purse of a Sowes eare.  Qui veut tenir nette maison, il n'y faut prestre, ny pigeon: Pro. He that in a neat house will dwell, must Priest and Pigeon thence expell.

Pigeonnade: f. A billing, or Pigeon-like bussing.

Pigeonneau: m. A Pigeon, a yong Doue.  Il a mangé les pigeonneaux. Said of a man that whizzes, or speakes hoarse.

Pigeonnelle: f. A verie young Pigeon.

Pigeonner. To catch Pigeons; also, to cheat, cousen, or fetch ouer, a sillie fellow; also, to bill, or kisse like a Pigeon; to giue long, and lasciuious kisses.

Pigeonnerie: f. The billing of Pigeons; and hence, a long, and lasciuious kissing.

Pigeonnet: m. A young, or little Pigeon.

Pigeonnier: m. A Pigeon-house, or Doue-coat; also, a Pigeon-keeper; one that lookes vnto Pigeons; also, the place wherein Poccards be, or put themselues to be, cured.

Pigmée: m. A Pigmey, dwarfe, dandiprat, elfe, twattle.