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 Dire pourquoy. To yeeld a reason, or shew a cause, for.

Pourreau. as Porreau. Pourri: m. ie: f. Rotten, putrified; corrupted; tainted.  Pot pourri. Looke Pot. Le plus grand est le premier pourri: Prov. The greatest man's the soonest rotten; (perhaps because the much ease, and ill diet, whereto he gaue himselfe, had filled his bodie with corruption.)  Pierre en puis n'est pas pourrie: Prov. Looke vnder Pierre. Pourrir. To rot, putrifie; corrupt.

Pourris: m. A suppuration; a rotting; a turning out of bloud into bealing.

Pourrissable: com. Soone rotting, likely to grow rotten.

Pourrisseur: m. A rotter; and, particularly, the spotted, broad-headed, small-necked, sharpe-mouthed, and short-tailed Serpent, Seps; no bigger then a little Viper; and called thus, because whatsoeuer part of the bodie is stung by her presently rots.

Pourrissure. as Pourriture. Pourriture: f. Rottenneße, putrifaction, corruption.

Poursaillir. To leape out of, to bound ouer.

Poursemé: m. ée: f. Sowed throughout, or all ouer.  Poursemé de rougeolle. Full of, spotted or powdered all ouer with, the Measells.

Poursemer. To sow throughout, or all ouer.

Poursuir. as Poursuivre. Poursuitte: f. Pursuit, prosecution, earnest following, eager chase after; also, a suit, or proceeding, in Law.

Poursuivable: com. Pursuable.

Poursuivant: m. A pursuer, suitor, suer; the follower of a cause; also, a Wooer; (In auncient time a Maister of Requests was also tearmed so.)  Poursuivant d'armes. A Herauld extraordinarie, or young Herauld, a Batchler in the Art of Herauldrie; one thats like to be chosen when a place falls.

Poursuivant: m. ante: f. Pursuing, prosecuting, following, chasing after; suing for.

Poursuivi: m. ie: f. Pursued; followed, or chased hard; sued, prosecuted, persecuted.  Sans estre poursuivi le meschant prend la fuite: Prov. The wicked flies though no man follow him.

Poursuivir. To follow; also, to walke, or wander from countrey to countrey; (an old word.)

Poursuivre. To pursue, prosecute; persecute; eagerly to follow, or chase; earnestly to proceed in, or goe on with.  Poursuivre à cor, & à cry. To follow hard, or hatefully; to pursue with all extremitie; to make hue and crie after.  Poursuivre sa poincte. To follow his thrust; Looke Poincte. Poursuyr. as Poursuivir; or Poursuivre; (an old word.) Poursuyvant, Poursuyvi, & Poursuyvre. as Poursuiuant, &c. Pourtant. Notwithstanding, yet for all that, howsoeuer.  Pourtant que. Forasmuch as, because that, seeing that.

Pourtoir. as Portoir. Pourtraict: m. A pourtrait, image, picture, counterfeit, or draught of.

Pourtraicture: f. A pourtraiture; or as Pourtraict.

Pourtraire. To pourtray, draw, delineate, paint, counterfeit. Il pourtrait fort bien à son pere. He is verie like his father, he resembles his father verie neere.

Pourvende: f. A Prebendrie, the place of a Prebend; (an old word.)

Pourveoir. Looke Prouvoir. Pourveu: m. A patent, gift, grant; also, a Patentee, or one thats prouided (by Patent, &c,) of a Bishopricke, or Benefice.

Pourveu: m. uë: f. Priuiledged, &c; as Prouveu. Pourveu que. So that, on condition that.

Pourvoy: m. A prouision, helpe, remedie. (v.m.) Pourvoyance: f. Prouidence, forecast, foresight.

Pourvoyant. as Prouvoyant. Pourvoyeur: m. A Prouidor, or Purueyor.

Pourvoyeuse: f. A Prouideresse, or Purueyeresse.

Pousade: f. as Posade. Poussade: f. A push, thrust; iustle, ioult.

Pousse: m. as Poussade; whence;  De plein pousse. At once, at one push, thrust, or effort; wholly, all at one time, all together.

Pousse: f. Short wind, pursinesse; also, the hinder part of a sowes bellie, or that part whereon hinder teats are.  Pousse de bled. The chaffe of corne.

Poussé: m. ée: f. Looke Poulsé. Pousse-avant. as Poulse-avant. Poussée: f. A push, or thrust forward; a putting, or violent wringing, in; also, a ioult, or iustle; also, as Poulcée. Poussement: m. Looke Poulsement. Poussepied: m. The fish Pourcontrell, Preke, or Many-*feet.

Pousser. To push, or thrust, &c, as Poulser; also, to breath, or fetch wind.

Pousset de bronze. The scalie dust that falls from brasse after it hath beene melted, or much heated.

Poussier: m. as Poussiere. Poussiere: f. Thicke dust, or dustinesse.  Qui se laisse jecter de la poussiere dans les yeux. Looke Iecter. D'un sac à charbon ne peut sortir que de la poussiere noire: Prov. Looke not for ought but coale-dust from coale-sackes; th' infected heart must vnsound stuffe belch out.

Poussif: m. iue: f. Pursie, short-winded; also, broken-winded.

Poussoir: m. An impulsarie Instrument, vsed by Chirurgians, for the forcing through of a forked arrow head: This Instrument is of two kinds; one hollow, tearmed Poussoir femelle; th' other massiue, tearmed Poussoir masle, ou sourd. Poussol. Pouldre de Poussol. See Pouldre. Poussouër: m. Th' yron pinne wherewith Joyners driue out woodden pegs.

Poustaignade: f. A brood, neast, or laying of egges; as many as a henne vses to set on at once: ¶Langued. Pousteau: m. as Posteau. Poustelé. as Poupelé. Poutie, & Poutieux. Looke Potie, & Potieux. Poutraiges: m. Beames; postes.

Poutre: f. A beame; also, a fillie, or young mare.  Poutre dentelée. A harrow.

Pouvoir: m. Power, strength, abilitie, might, force.  Le pouvoir de la verge. The Libertie, or Precinct wherein a Sergeant may distraine, or arrest.

Pouvoir. To may, or can; to be able; to haue power, force, might, strength. Ie n'en puis mais. I cannot help it, I cannot doe withall, I am no cause of it, it is not long of me.