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 Il ne perdra point l'avoine à faute de brailler. He will want no commoditie which clamorous, or importunate, words can get him. Avoine touillée croist comme enragée: Pro. Looke Touillé.

Avoir: m. Wealth, substance, meanes, goods, riches, possessions, abilitie. Fy d'avoir qui n'a ioye, & d'amours sans monnoye: Pro. Look  Fy.

Avoir. To haue; to hold, occupie, vse, possesse, enioy; also, to containe; also, to be. Avoir beau. Looke afterwards; or, in Beau. Avoir bec. Ils n'ont que le bec. They are nothing but words; or the best thing in them is but a little tatle; or, they haue no more of a man in them but the face, outside, presence. Avoir bon bec. To speake discreetly, or warily; to be circumspect in his speeches; to heed well what he sayes (especially in a time of danger, or during an examination. Avoir le bec gelé. To play mumbudget; to be tongue-tyed; to say neuer a word.  Avoir le bond. To be cosened, cheated, gulled; to haue the gentle thumpe.  Avoir bouche à Cour. To eat and drinke scotfree; to be in ordinarie at Court.  Avoir bonne bouche. To be secret.  Avoir la bouche fraiche. Tant vous avez la bouche fraiche! Good Lord what quaint tearmes, what goodly words you vse! Ironically.  Avoir son Cardinal; ou, son cas. A woman to bee troubled with her monthly flux.  Avoir sa chemise; &, ce qu'elle doit avoir. The same.  Avoir le cœur net de. To be fully satisfied in, throughly resolued of.  Avoir son compte. To be merrie, liuely, iolly, light hearted, at ease; as one that hath past a troublesome accompt, or is cleere of a combersome reckoning, and knowes alreadie what he is to trust vnto. Avoir les dents à machecoulis. Looke Dent. Avoir le feu à la feste. To be hot, hastie, cholericke, fierce, furious; forward, hazardous, aduenturous. Avoir le filet. To be tongue-tyed. Avoir du foin aux cornes. Il a du foin aux cornes; He beares hay in his hornes; he is a shrewd, fierce, curst, or dangerous fellow to meet with; See, Foin. Avoir froid. To be cold. Avoir froid aux pieds. To be iealous; or, as in Froid. Avoir haine à. To hate, or beare hatred vnto. Avoir les mains derriere le dos. To be lazie, idle, negligent, carelesse, retchlesse, not to passe, not to care, how the world goes. Avoir sa male semaine. A woman to haue her flowers. Avoir son Marquis. The same. Avoir son mois. The same. Avoir le Moyne. Nous avons le Moyne. We haue ill lucke; or, we are cosened, guld, poopt. Avoir du nez. S'il a du nez. If there be any sence, conceit, or iudgement in him. Cela n'a point de nez. There is no wit, no fauour, no garbe at all in that. Avoir la salle. To be whipt in publicke, as breeching boyes are sometimes in the hals of Colledges. Avoir son temps. A woman to be troubled with her monthly disease. Avoir la teste prez du bonnet. To be hot, hastie, chol-*
 * lericke; also, to be craftie, subtill, wylie.  Avoir vent en pouppe. To prosper, to proceed happily, to lead the world in a string, to haue the world at will.   Avoir bon vent. To be long-breathed; also, to haue a readie wit; quicke sent; perfect smelling.   Avoir leur vin. Avoir son vin. Looke Vin.   Avoir la vogue. To beare sway, to rule the roast.   Il n'a garde de faire cela. Hee cares not greatly for doing that; or, I beleeue he will take heed how he does it.   Il y a bien Monsieur pour toy. I might be Master (or Lord) in thy mouth well ynough.   Il y a de l'oignon. There is a pad in that straw; somewhat is amisse among them.   Qu'auez vous à plorer? What ayles you, or, what cause haue you, to weepe?   Il y aura icy de l'asne. We shall be troubled with some foolish coyle, or vaine businesse.   I'ay beau attendre! Here's goodly tarrying sure! I stay to much purpose indeed! (Ironically) also, as in;   Ils l'avoient beau flatter. They were faine to speake him faire.   Assez a qui se contente: Prov. Contentment is treasure ynough; nor needs he more thats pleased with what he hath.   Assez a qui bon credit a: Prov. A good report is a sufficient portion.   Assez y a si trop n'y a: Prov. There is ynough where there is not too much; (a difference betweene sufficiencie, and superfluitie.)   Bien a en sa maison qui de ses voisins est aimé: Prov. Well doth he liue within, who is beloued without, dores.   Il faut avoir mauvaise beste par douceur: Prov. A mischieuous, froward, or curst beast must be reclaymed, caught, or woon, by faire meanes.   Qui a argent a des chapeaux: Pro. Looke Argent.   Qui a bon voisin a bon matin: Pro. Good neighbors affoord kind salutations, vse friendly greetings, giue good dayes, or the time of the day.   Qui a compagnon a maistre: Prov. He that hath a fellow-ruler, hath an ouer-ruler.   Qui n'a argent en bourse ait du moins du miel ou bouche: Prov. Let him that cannot spend freely speake faire.   Qui n'a cœur ait iambes: Prov. Let him that dares not fight vse flight.   Le frere veut que sa sœur ait, mais que rien du sien n'y ait: Pro. The brother loues to see, but not to make, his sister rich.   Mieux vaut vn tenez que deux vous l'aurez: Pro. Better is one thing in possession then two in expectancie.

s'Avoisiner. To approch, draw neere, seat himselfe hard by, be neighbor vnto.  De grasse cuisine pauvreté s'avoisine: Pro. A great housekeeper is next dore to a beggar.

Avoye: f. A Blind-worme.

Auque: m. A Goose. ¶Langued. Aure: f. as the Latine, Aura; a soft, gentle, coole wind, or aire.

Aureille: f. ''An eare. Seeke'' Oreille. Aureillons: m. The Mumpes.

Aurelles: f. Whoortle berries, Wyn-berries, Bill-berries, Bull-berries.  Aurelles rouges. Red Whoorts, red Whoortle-berries.

Aureole. Seeke Laureole.

Auriculaire: com. Auricular, of the eare.