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 Aspic cornu. A sand-coloured Serpent, full of blacke spots; his head (with muzzle vpturned) is bigger then a vipers; in all other parts he is very like her.  Aspic sourd. (Th' Aspe, sayes Gesner, by reason of her exceeding drought, is also accounted deafe; although she be very quicke of hearing.)

Aspic: m. The hearbe Spikenard, or Lauander Spike; especially the common, or blew-floured one.  Aspic Celtique. French Spikenard, mountaine Spikenard.  Aspic d'outre mer Indian Spikenard; or, the true Spikenard; for th' others (especially the French one) are but bastards.

Aspiration: f. An aspiration; a blowing, breathing, drawing of breath.

Aspiré: m. ée: f. Breathed, blowne; also, desired, aspired vnto; also, noted, or pronounced with an aspiration.

Aspirer. To breath, blow, fetch wind, draw breath; also, to desire, couet, ayme at, aspire vnto.

Aspre. A Turkish coyne of siluer, in value little more then our penny, or iust as the French Sous; for 60 of them goe to a Seraph, which is worth about a French Crowne.

Aspre: com. Sharpe, tart; harsh, vnpleasant in tast; rude, rugged, rough, in handling; biting, pricking, or grieuous to be felt; churlish, austere, surly, seuere, vntractable, rigorous, in proceeding; fierce, eager, earnest, vehement, very hot, or forward, in any matter.  L'aspre artere. The wind-pipe.  Lieu aspre. A craggie, ill-fauoured, vneuen place; a place ill to be gone in, traueld on, passed ouer.

Asprelle: f. Horse-tayle, Shaue-grasse (an hearbe.)

Asprement. Sharpely, eagerly, tartly; harshly, vnpleasantly; roughly, ruggedly; seuerely, rigorously, austerely, vntractably; surlily, churlishly; vehemently, earnestly, ardently, fiercely.

Aspresse: f. as Aspreté. Aspreté: f. Sharpenesse, eagernesse, tartnesse; harshnesse, vnpleasantnesse; roughnesse, ruggednesse; austeritie, rigor, seueritie; surlinesse, vntractablenesse, churlishnesse; fiercenesse, vehemencie, earnestnesse, extreame desire to doe a thing.

Asprir. To sharpen; exasperate, aggrauate, incense; to make rough, harsh; churlish, angrie.

Asprissement. A sharpening, exasperating.

Aspron: m. A little, rough-finned, and Gudgeon-like fish, found onely in that part of the Rosne which is betweene Vienne, and Lyons. Assablé: m. ée: f. Grauelled; filled with sand; also, stucke in, or run on, the sand.

Assabler. To grauell, to stick in the sand; to fill with sand; to take in sand, as a boat.

Assablissement. A shole, shelfe, or hill of sand, appearing aboue water.

Assagi: m. ie: f. Become wise, growne discreet.

Assagir. To make wise, discreet, sage.

Assagissement: m. A becomming, or making, wise.

Assaieret. Pillules d'assaieret. Pills made of Hiera, Masticke, Mirablans, Aloës, and the syrrup of Stœchas; (tearmed so by the Arabian Phisitions, and from them by all others.)

Assaillant: m. A Challenger at Tilting, &c; also, an Assailant, or Assailer; whence; Rien ne vaut l'assaillant s'il n'est fort, & vaillant: Prov. It boots not to assaile, if strength, or courage, faile. Assaillant. Assayling, setting on.

Assailli: m. ie: f. Assaulted, assayled, set vpon; also, challenged at Tilt, &c.  Homme assailli à demi vaincu: Pro. He thats assayled is halfe ouercome (tis good therfore to be beforehand with an enemie.)

Assaillir. To assayle, assault, or set vpon; also, to challenge at Tilt, Barriers, &c.

Assaisonné: m. ée: f. Seasoned, made sauourie.

Assaisonnement: m. A seasoning, tempering, making sauourie, giuing a good tast vnto.

Assaisonner. To season, temper, make sauorie, giue a good tast vnto.

Assaisonneur. A seasoner.

Assassin: m. An appoasted manslayer, cut-throat, murtherer; one that kils another for gaine, or vpon hope, or promise, of reward.

Assassinat: m. A murther, or murtherous act committed for gaine, or in hope of a reward; also, a suddaine assault, made of set purpose, and with a murtherous intent, although th' assaulted be not killed.

Assassinateur. as Assassin. Assassiné. Murthered, slaine, killed; also, assaulted, or set on with a murtherous intent.

Assassinement: m. A killing, slaying, murthering; also, an assaulting with a murtherous intent.

Assassiner. To slay, kill, murther for gaine, or vpon hope, or promise, of reward; also, to assaile, or set on with a murtherous intent.

Assation: f. A rosting, or concoction by a forraine, or outward, and drie heat.

Assavanter. To instruct, informe, certifie, let know, giue to wit, make fully acquainted with.

Assault: m. An assault, assayling, setting on.

Assavoir. as Asçavoir. To wit; that is to say.

Assauvagi: m. ie: f. Made wild, become rude, growne sauage.

Assauvagir. To make wild, skittish, or wood.

Asse: m. Th' ancient Romanes As; a copper coyne worth somewhat more then a pennie sterl.

Asse douce. The sweet gumme that issues from the scarified, or cut stalks, and roots of th' African and Cyrenian Laserpitium, or Laserworte.  Asse fetide. The stinking iuyce, or gumme, which issues from the Laserwort that growes in Syria, Media, Armenia, and Lybia: Apothecaries call it, Asse fœtida. Assecher. as Asseicher. Assediacre. An Archdeacon; Ironically.

Assée: f. A Woodcocke.

Asséeur: m. A cessor, in matter of taxes, &c.

Asseiché: m. ée: f. Dried, growne or made drie.

Asseicher. To drie; to make, or wipe, drie.

Asseller. To goe to the stoole.

Assemblage: m. An assembling; a setting, closing, ioyning, couching of many pieces together; also, the worke made of many pieces so ioined; in-layed worke; also, the whole furniture of a roome, &c.

Assemblé. Assembled, gathered, met, flocked, trouped; incountred, come, drawne together; ioyned, couched, closed, set, put, pegged; heaped, packed, compacted together.

Assemblée: f. An assembly, congregation, companie; a meeting, or drawing of people together, as at a hunting; (hence) also, a hunting, or a troupe of hunters; also, a Proclamation, publicke Summons of, or commaund vnto, souldiors, to meet, or make their Rendevous at a certaine place, and thence to goe into the field; also, the fight, coaping, or incounter of two armies.