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 Refaucher. To cut, or mow neerer, or ouer againe.

Refect. as Refaict. Refection: f. A refection, repast, meale; food, sustenance.  Refections d'une maison. The reparations of a house.

Refectouër: m. A Refectuarie, or Fratrie; the roome wherein Friers eat together.

Refendre. To cleaue, to cut againe.

Refendu: m. uë: f. Cleft in the middle, or into halues; clouen asunder, or in two.

Refente: f. A cleft, slit, or cut (especially) in the middle of a thing.  Refente de fueilles. The line, or diuision that runnes along, or appeares in the middle of, leaues.  Bois de refente. Cleft wood, such as pales, &c, are made of.

Referendaire: m. The Lord Chancelor of France was tearmed so in old time; Now the Referendaire is an Officer inferiour to the Maisters of Requests, for whose ease it seems, he & his cōpanions were, at the first, ordained; for they report vnto them th' effect of Petitions preferred vnto, and of Patents that paße out of, the seuerall Chaunceries of France; and are therefore tearmed otherwise, Rapporteurs. Referer. To recite, repeat, rehearse, relate, report.

Referir. To smite, or strike againe.

Refermer. To close, or shut vp againe.

Referrer. To new-shooe a horse.

Refesser. To whip, ierke, or scourge againe.

Refester. To make a new holy-day.

Refestier. To feast againe.

Refestoyer. The same.

Reffe. vne noix reffe. An hard-sheld nut: ¶Bourb. Reffiron: m. The third gate of the wombe; or the mouth of the matrix, which is cleft acrosse, and not length-*wise, as the Hymen, &c.

Reffonder. Looke Refonder. Reffort. as Raifort. Reficher. To fasten againe.

Refier. To trust once more.

Refiger. To refix, reclose; clot, coagulate, or curdle together againe.

Refiguré: m. ée: f. Refigured.

Refigurer. To figure, or paint ouer, againe.

Refiler. To spinne, or twist anew.

Reflairer. To smell, vent, or wind againe.

Reflamber. To retort, or beat backe a flame; also, to flame backe, or cast backe flames.

Reflater. To flatter anew.

Reflateur: m. An egregious flatterer, a palpable claw-*backe.

Reflechi: m. ie: f. Reflected; bowed, bent, or turned backe.

Reflechir. To reflect; to bow, bend, or turne backe.

Refleschir. The same.

Refleurir. To flourish againe.

Refleuter. To pipe, or whistle often.

Reflexif: m iue: f. Reflexiue, reflexing.

Reflot: m. An ebbe, or ebbing of waters.

Refloter. To flote, or swimme againe; also, to ebbe, or fall, as waters after a floud.

Reflourir. as Refleurir. Reflux: m. The ebbe, or ebbing of the sea, or of a riuer, after the tide.

Refocillation: f. A refreshing, reuiuing, recomforting, a new heartening.

Refociller. To refresh, reuiue, recomfort, recreate, or hearten anew.

Refomenté: m. ée: f. Refomented, cherished againe.

Refomenter. To refoment, to warme or cherish againe.

Refoncé: m. ée: f. Headed againe, as caske; also, plunged, or gone downe to the bottome againe.

Refonder les despens. To restore, pay, returne, or giue backe, the costs and charges.

Refondre. To cast anew, to melt againe.  Refondre les gens. To breed lustie humors in decayed bodies, to make young men of old.

Refondrement, & Refondrer. as Renfondrement, & Renfondrer. Reforgé: m. ée: f. New forged, new made, wrought or hammered anew.

Reforger. To forge, worke, hammer, anew.

Reformateur: m. A reformer, correcter, amender.

Reformation: f. Reformation, amendment, correction.

Reformé: m. ée: f. Reformed, corrected, amended; also, new-formed, or brought to it former shape.  Reformez. Reformists, an Order of Franciscan Fryers.

Reformer. To reforme, amend, correct; repaire, bring into better fashion.

Refort. Looke Raifort. Refouëtter. To whip, or scourge againe.

Refouiller. To search, feele, grope; root, or dig for, anew.

Refouïr. To dig into againe.

Refoulé: m. ée: f. Dulled, blunted; obtuse; rammed in; troden downe, stamped on againe; also, tyred, wearied, ouerlaboured, foyled, ouertoyled.

Refoulement: m. A blunting, dulling; ramming in, treading downe; a tyring, foyling, ouertoyling.

Refouler. To dull, blunt; foyle, straine, vex, grieue, tyre, with ouerlabouring; also, to tread vpon againe.  Refouler le dos d'un cheval. To gall a horses backe.  Refouler aux pieds. To stampe on, or tread vnder foot.  Refouler la pouldre. To ramme in the powder.

Refouller. as Refouler. Refouloir: m. The Rammer head, wherewith powder is rammed into a Peece.

Refourbir. To refurbish, repolish; to smooth, or sleeke vp anew.

Refournir. To furnish anew.

Refourrer. To furre; also, to thrust in, againe.

Refourvoyer. To mistake, roue, erre, stray anew.

Refractaire: com. Refractarie, stubborne, wilfull, obstinate, headstrong.

Refraction: f. A rebound.

Refrain d'une balade. The Refret, burthen, or downe of a Ballade.

Refraindre. Looke Refriendre. Refrainte: f. A bridling, refrayning, restraint.

Refraischi: m. ie: f. Refreshed, refrigerated; renewed.

Refraischir. To refresh, coole, refrigerate, recreate; renew.

Refranchir. To leape, or skip ouer againe.

Refrappé: m. ée: f. Strucke againe; also, reflected, reuerberated.

Refrappement: m. A striking againe; also, a reflecting, or a reuerberating.

Refrapper. To returne blowes for blowes, to strike backe or againe; also, to reflect, or to reuerberate.

Refrein: m. as Refrain.

Refreindre. To bridle, restraine, containe, hold in, keepe vnder, pull backe.