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 Il a gaigné la bague. He hath woon the spurres, or carried away the Prize; the victorie, or day, is absolutely his.  Bagues. (The plurall) is taken, sometimes for iewels, or any ornament of gold, or siluer belonging to, or worne by, a woman; and sometimes for our whole substance, or stuffe; hence; moy, mes gens, & mes bagues; my selfe, my people, and goods; hence also,  Bagues sauves. With bag and baggage, safe and sound, scotfree; without the losse, wast, or expence, of any thing.

Bagué: m. ée: f. Beiewelled; inriched, adorned, or furnished, with iewels; also, tucked, or trussed, vp.

Baguenaude: f. A (forme of) ridiculous ryming, or versifying vsed (and thus named) in old time.  Baguenaudes. Bladder nuts, S. Anthonies nuts, wild Pistachoes; also the cods, or fruit of bastard Sene; also (the fruit of red Nightshade, or Alkakengie) red Winter cherries; (all which being of little, or no value, cause this word to signifie) also, trifles, nifles, toyes, paltrie trash.

Baguenauder. To trifle, toy, dally with, idle out the time.

Baguenaudeur: m. A trifler, toyer, dallier, loyterer, lingerer; a vaine, or idle, companion.

Baguenaudier: m. The Sene tree, or bastard Sene; a shrub which hath bin mistaken for the true Sene; most improperly; for it onely resembles it, and is not (howsoeuer we name it) any kind thereof, sayes Gerard. Baguer. To inrich, adorne, or furnish, with iewels; also, to trusse, or tucke, vp; (whence;)  Trousser, & baguer. To packe vp (his) bag, and baggage.

Baguette: f. A wand, switch, riding rod, whisking rod; also, a (household) stewards, or principall officers, white rod; also, a little iewell; also, the (sleight) cloth Pennistone; also, a small brasse coyne in Gasconie.''  Baguette d'arquebuse. The scouring sticke.  Baguette de Veneur. A hunting Pole.  Commander à baguette. To commaund (like a steward) absolutely, peremptorily, or with authoritie.  Si tu veux cognoistre vn villain baille luy la baguette en main: Pro. The way to discerne a (knaue, or) clowne, is to giue him authoritie.

Baguetté. Beaten with a rod, or wand; also, commaunded, ouer-ruled, awed.

Baguetter. To commaund like a steward; also, to strike with a sticke, or wand.

Baguetteux: m. euse: f. Wandie, full of rods, wands, or switches.

Baguier: m. The male Bay-tree (so tearmed about Montpellier.)

Bahu: m. A trunke (to carrie, or keepe, things in.)

Bahutier: m. A trunke-maker.

Bahutier: m. ere: f. Of, or belonging to, a trunke; whence;  Cheual bahutier. A Sumpter-horse, or trunke-horse.

Bai; &, Baiard; See Bay; &, Bayard. Baie: f. A berrie; See, Baye. Baigner. To bathe; wet, moisten; wash.  Il se baigne en ces nouvelles. These newes doe him good at the heart; he battles with them; he takes exceeding delight in them.

Baignerie: f. A bathe; a priuat roome to bathe in.

Baigneur: m. A bather; wetter, moistener.

Baigneux: m. euse: f. Bathing; or, that vseth much bathing.

Baignoire: m. A bathing-tub; also, any great and open vessell made like a bathing-tub; and (hence) the tub whereinto new wine fals out of the Presse.

Baignolet: m. A little bath; bathing house; or, bathing tub.

Bail: m. A guardian, or gouernour, of a Ward, or (as a husband) of a wife; also, such a wardship, tuition, gouernment; also, the Deed, Instrument, or Lease, whereby a thing is passed, or let, vpon a certaine rent; also, a giuing, graunting, yeelding, passing ouer in farme, or by lease; See, Garde. Bail à ferme. A lease for yeares; especially such a one, as giues the lessor power to reenter for non-payment of the rent.  Bail à ferme d'heritage. A fee-farme; (with like clause of reentrie.)  Bail de Iustice. The publicke magistrats letting, or setting of land, &c, (seised by order of Law) or of Wards lands; or of the rights of the kings Demaine; or of the profits of his woods, and forrests.  Bail à louage. A chattell, or moueable hired out for a certaine time, and with clause of reentrie, as before.  Bail de mariage. The wardship, or gouernment which a husband hath (de Iure) of his wife, and of her whole estate.  Bail naturel. The wardship a father or mother hath of their child.  Tenir le Royaume en bail. To be Protector of the Kingdome; or to haue the Regencie, or Gouernment thereof.

Bail: m. baille: f. Bay (of colour.)

Baile: m. The Bailife, or Magistrate of a village: ¶Langued. also (in Gasconie) a Iaylor; or one that lookes to a Prison; or an Officer that hath power onely to apprehend, and keepe, malefactors.

Baile: f. A nurse. ¶Langued. Bailif: m. as, Bailli. Baillarge. A kind of small barly.

Baille: m. A Steward, or Ouerseer of; a Solicitor, Atturney, or vndertaker for, a Church, Towne, Corporation, Communaltie, &c; also, as, Bailli; also, an ordinarie Bailife, or Sergeant.

Baillé: m. ée: f. Giuen, graunted, conferred, bestowed; yeelded ouer, passed away; also, presented, offered, exhibited vnto.  Il luy l'a baillé belle. He hath payed him soundly, he hath giuen it him home; or, hee hath serued him a touch indeed; also, he hath faire and mannerly cousened him.''

Baillement: m. A giuing, graunting, bestowing; dealing, deliuering, conferring; also, a presenting, or exhibiting vnto.

Bailler. To giue, bestow, conferre, graunt; yeeld ouer, deliuer, deale, or passe away; also, to present, offer, exhibite vnto. Bailler à aucun tout du long de l'aulne. To course one soundly, to handle him shrewdly, to pay him home. Bailler de l'avoine pour du foin. To returne a benefit with vsurie, to be better then his word. Bailler balliuernes. To cog, foist, lye. Bailler belle; Baille luy belle (of one that hath done, or spoken foolishly) faire befall him; let him euen haue it a Gods name. Ironically. Bailler bonne. vous la baillez bonne; (neere the sence of bailler belle) True Roger, wisely brother Timothie; See, Bon. Bailler le boucon. To poyson.