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 Herbe aux Viperes. Vipers hearbe, Snakes Buglosse, Vipers Buglosse, wild Bugloße the lesse.

Vipereau: m. A young, or little Viper.

Viperiere: f. as Herbe aux Viperes. Viperillon: m. A young, or small Viper.

Viperin: m. ine: f. Viperous, of a Viper.  Sel viperin. Looke vnder Sel. Viquerie: f. as Vicairie; or, as Viguerie. Virade: f. A whirling, or swift turning about.  Carte, ou Charte virade. The Dutch Card-game called, Hocke.

Viraire. Looke Veraire. Vire: f. The arrow called a Quarrell; vsed onely for the Crosse-bow.

Virebrequin: m. A Wimble.

Virecots: m. Little bundles, or packets of grapes made vp in Fig-leaues, and thereby long kept.

Virelay: m. A Virelay, Round, freemans Song.

Virelis: m. A Periwinkle; or, as Nerites. Virement: m. A veering, whirling, wheeling, round turning, frisking about.

Virer. To veere, turne round, wheele or whirle about.  De quelque costé que le bast vire. Howsoeuer things be carried, which way soeuer the world waggeth.  Mau de terre te vire. The foule euill take, or choake, thee.

Vire-soli. as Herbe au soleil. Vireson: m. One of the last, and least receptacles for the sea-water, whereof salt is made.

Vireton: m. A little Quarrell; or, a fashion of arrow-*head, thats turned, or made, like a skrue.

Virevolte. as Virevoulte. Virevolter. Looke Virevoulter. Virevoulte: f. A veere, whirle, round gamboll, friske, or turne.

Virevoulter. To veere, whirle, turne or wheele round about, fetch many a friske about.

Virevouste. as Virevoulte. Vireur: m. A veerer, or whirler, a round turner, or turner of things often about.  Vireurs d'aumelettes. Pancake-turners, Omelet-makers; Looke Aumelette. Vireux: m. euse: f. Ranke, strong-smelling, rammish of sauor; also, poysonous.

Virgeal. as Virginal. Virginal: m. ale: f. Virgine-like, maidenlie, belonging to a virgin or maid.  Huile virginal. Virgines oyle; the oyle which of it selfe, and without any pressing, comes from Oliues.  Laict virginal. See Laict. Virgineux: m. euse: f. as Virginal. Virginité. Virginitie, maidenhead, or maidenhood.

Virgule: f. A little rod, yard; streake; and thence also, a comma.

Virgulte: m. A bunch of young, and tender shootes; a companie of sprigs, or sprouts growing together.

Viridique: com. Looke Veridique. Viril: m. ile: f. Virile, manlie, manlike, manfull, male; bold, stout, couragious, valiant; strong, substantiall, pithie; graue.

Virilement. Manly, manfully; boldly, stoutly; pithily, substantially; grauely.

Virilité: f. Virilitie, manlinesse, manfullnesse; strength, vigor; stoutnesse, courage; also, a mans genitalls.

Virlis. as Virelis. Virole: f. An yron ring put about the end of a staffe, &c, to strengthen it, and keepe it from riuing.

Virolet: m. as Ventail, a boyes windmill; also, a shittle-*
 * cocke; also, an arrow-head; also, a sword with an indented edge; also, a piercer; also, a mans yard.

Virollé: m. ée: f. Bound about with an yron ring, or hoope.

Virollette: f. A sword with an indented edge.

Viron. (Vsed in some parts of France) as Environ. Vironnant: m. ante: f. Veering, enuironning, turning or winding about.

Vironner. To veere, enuiron; turne, goe, or wind about.

Virulence: f. Stench, rankneße, rammishneße; poison, venomousnesse.

Vis: m. The visage, &c, as Visage. Vis à vis. Face to face; directly opposite, right oueragainst.  Au vis le vice: Pro. Our faults may be read in our faces; our visage telleth what our vices be.

Vis: f. The vice, or spindle of a Presse; also, a winding staire.  Vis brisée. A staire which hauing four or fiue steps vpright, then turnes, and hath as many forward another way.  Vis S. Gilles. A fashion of winding staire, thats vaulted all vnder the steps.  Vis à iour. Another consisting of many steps, and yet so contriued, that a man may from the highest discerne the lowest.

Visa. A word written by the Lord Chauncelor on the backside of Edicts, and Charters, to signifie his examination, and approbation of them; tis also vsed by the Patrons of Benefices, or by Ordinaries, or Diocesans, for the allowance, or in the behalfe, of such, as come into Spirituall Cures, &c, by Prouision.

Visadmiral: m. A Viceadmirall.

Visage: m. The visage, face, looke, cheere, countenance, aspect of a man.  Visage d'appelant. A sad, heauie, pittifull, or cheerelesse looke.  Visage de bois faict à. A doore shut against.  Visage de pressurier. A mustulent, or maumsie face.  Visage de rebec. A sneake-bill, sharp-nose, chittiface.  Faux visage. A Maske, or Visard.  Homme à deux visages. A dissembler, or double-*dealer; one that seldome keepes promise, or is neuer as good as his word; whence the Prouerbe;  Homme à deux visages n'agrée en villes, ne villages. A man that hath a double visage is neither lou'd in towne, nor village; dissembling is a hatefull sinne.  Mot à deux visages. A word of a doubtfull sence, or double vnderstanding; an equiuocation.  Pois à visage. Looke Pois. Vent au visage: Pro. Aduersitie, crosses; Looke vnder Vent. Couché sur son visage. Layed groueling.  Rouge visage, & grosse pance, ne sont signes de penitence: Prov. He that a red face hath, and swollen guts, his bodie vnto pennance little puts.

Visant. Ayming, leuelling at.

Visc: m. Missell, Misseltoe, Mißeldine; also, Birdlime (which is commonly made of Misseltoe.)

Visceral: m. ale: f. Inward, of or from the bowels.

Viscide: com. Clammie, cleauing, Birdlime-like.

Viscidité: f. Visciditie; or, as Viscosité. Viscosité: f. Viscositie; a Birdlime-like slyminesse, clamminesse, or cleauing.

Visduché: f. A Vice-Duchie, or Vice-Dukedome.

Visée: f. A leuelling, or ayming at with the eye; also, a leuell, or ayme taken. Il ne tiroit iamais sans visée. He neuer shot at randon.