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 Poulsier, & Poulsiere. as Poussier, & Poussiere. Poulsif: m. iue: f. Pursie, short-winded, breathing with difficultie; also, broken-winded.

Poulsin: m. A chicken.  La poule, & les poulsins. as vnder Poule. Poulsiner. To hatch, breed, or bring forth, chickens.

Poulsiniere: f. The seuen starres.

Poultis: m. A little gate, or doore, which ordinarily, accompanies a great one before, or belonging to, a draw-*bridge, &c.

Poultre: m. A fole, or horse-coult.

Poultre: f. A fillie, or mare-coult; also, a beame; and (generally) any peece of timber, thats about a foot, or a foot and a halfe, square.

Poulx. as Pouls. Poumon. Seeke Poulmon. Poupart: m. An infant, or young child; also, a meacock, or milkesop; a tender sot that lookes to be alwayes fed with pap.

Poupe: m. as Poulpe: m. also, the cankerous, and pain-*full disease of the nose, called Noli me tangere. Poupe: f. The teat of a woman; as also, the dug of a rauenous beast; also, as Polpe; also, as Pouppe. Poupes de chenilles. Bunches, or clusters of Caterpillers.

Poupeau: m. A little teat, or dug.

Poupée: f. A babie; a puppet, or bable; also, the flax of a distaffe; or a distaffe-full of flax, &c.  Enter en poupée. To lodge a graffe within a slit made into the top of a stocke; and withall to hood it, as in Enter en poupine; Looke Poupine. Poupelé: m. ée: f. Pithie, brawnie, strong, full of pulp; also, plumpe, fleshie, round, fat, well fed.

Poupelin: m. as Popelin; also, as Poupon. Poupetier: m. A babe-maker, or puppet-maker.

Poupette: f. A little babie; puppet, bable.

Poupier: m. ere: f. Of, or belonging to, the poope of a ship.  Vent poupier. A full, or whole wind, at sea.

Poupillons: m. Little teats, or dugs.

Poupin: m. ine: f. as Popin. Poupine: f. as Pompon. Poupine. whence, Enter en p. as Enter en poupée; and to giue it a hood, or couering of straw. Poupinement. Neatly, sprucely, briskly, quaintly, daintily.

Pouple. A Popler tree; Seeke Peuple. Poupon: m. An infant, suckling, young babie; also, as Pompon. Pouppe: f. The poope (or hinder part) of a ship.  Pouppe de filace. A distaffe-full of flax.  Os de la pouppe. Looke Os. Avoir vent en pouppe. To proceed with full sayles; to haue prosperous, or speedie successe in all affaires.

Pouppée. as Poupée. Poupper. To dandle, feddle, cocker, cherish much.

Pour. (In composition, giuing a word the greater energie) signifies, for, as, as for; on, vpon; because, considering, in respect of; as good, or as much as; in stead, in lieu; or in defence, of; (sometimes) also, against; whence; Tous ces charmes se trouverent inutiles pour luy. Pour estre. By being; because it is. Pour le plus. At the most. Pour vous encore 2 solz. (in bargaining) Ile haue but two shillings more of you; or, you shall haue it for two shillings more. Cette façon estoit nouvelle pour luy. Was new vnto him. Pourbondir. To bound, leape, or iumpe ouer; also, to manage, or praunce a horse; to make him leape, or bound.

Pourbouiller. To parboile throughly.

Pource: m. The game called otherwise Triquetrac. Pource. Because, for that cause, therefore.

Pourceau: m. A porke, swine, hog.  Pourceau de mer. A Sea-hog; a fish that something resembles the land hog, and loues to wallow in mud, as th' other in mire.  Champignon de pourceau. The hogs Mushrome, or swines Mushrome; the white, or yellowish Mushrome thats good (if any) to be eaten.  Fenouil de pourceau. Hogs Fennell, sow Fennell, Sulpherwort, Brimstonwort.  Pain de pourceau. Hogs bread, swines bread, sow bread.  Queuë de pourceau. as Fenouil de pourceau; and called also (as it) Horestrong, and Horestrange.  Vin de pourceau. Looke Vin. Gras comme vn pourceau. As fat as a (frank-fed) hog.  Semer des roses aux pourceaux. To throw pearle before swine; to bestow, or cast away excellent things, vpon filthie, sottish, and vnworthie people.  Pourceau gras rompt sa soute: Prov. The well-fed hog breakes ope his stie.  On ne doit pas à gras pourceau le cul oindre: Prov. We should not grease a fat hog in the taile.  Reliques sont bien perduës entre pieds de pourceaux: Prov. Pretious things, in vnworthie hands, are quickly lost; (Others may interpret it otherwise.)  Si truye forfaict les pourceaux le souffrent: Prov. Pigs come to lugs for scathe done by the sow.

Pourcelaine: f. The Purple-fish; also, the sea Snayle, or Venus shell; (a shell-fish made somewhat like a horne;) also, the hearbe Purslane; whence;  Pourcelaine cultivée. Garden Purslane; tame Purslane.  Pourcelaine de mer. Sea Purslane.

Pourcelet: m. A young, or small hog, a pig-hog; See Porcelet. Pourchaille: f. The hearbe Purslane.

Pourchas: m. Eager pursuit, earnest chace after; diligent solicitation, or vehement following, of a matter.

Pourchasser. Eagerly to pursue, follow, prosecute, solicite; instantly to seeke, purchase, procure, compaße.  Qui plus despend qu'il ne pourchasse, il ne luy faut point de besace: Prov. He that spends more then he gets, needs not a bag, (but a bable.)

Povre: com. Poore, needie, bare, beggerlie, penurious; defectiue, scantie, wanting, lacking, hauing but little; also, wretched, miserable, vnfortunate, vnhappie. À povre coeur petit souhait: Pro. An humble heart breedes homelie wishes. À povres gens menue monnoye: Prov. Small money satisfies, or serues, the needie. Au povre vn oeuf vaut vn boeuf: Prov. An egge's as much to a poore man as an Oxe. Enfans sont richesses de povres gens: Prov. Looke Enfans. Il est povre qui de Dieu est hay: Prov. Wretched is he who is abhord of God. Il est bien povre qui ne voit goutte: Prov. He that sees nothing's poore ynough. Il n'est si grand despit que de povre orgueilleux: Prov. The spight of a proud begger is vnmatchable.