harshly, vntuneably; to croake, or cry like a Rooke.
Grailleux: m. euse: f. Speaking hoarsely, sounding hollowly, or harshly; blurring; ratling in the throat; croaking like a Rooke.
Grain: m. Graine, corne; seed; also, a graine, or bitt of salt, sand, &c; a Moat; (and hence, a little, iot, whit;) also, the kernell, or little stone of a Grape, or other Berrie; also, a Grape; also, a Barlie-corne, or the fourth part of an ynch, in measures; also, a graine, or the foure and twentieth part of a pennie-weight; (also, a whirle-*wind, or storme of wind, at sea. ¶Norm.) Grain bernage. The peculiar corne of one countrey; or corne that grew on a mans owne land, or in his owne soyle; also, Messelin; or, Wheat, Rie, and Barlie mingled together. Grains de ladrige. Spots of leaprosie; mezild spots. Grain de sel. A graine of salt; Vn gros grain de sel. A great ball, or stone, of salt. Grain de Turquie. Turkie corne, Turkie wheat, Indian wheat, Mays. Grain sur bord. Scant, or hard-stricken measure of corne, salt, &c. À grain d'orge. In a triangular forme. Ie n'en ay grain, ne goutte; &, Ie n'y voy ny grain, ny goutte. J neither haue a iot, nor see a drop, of it. Il y a plus de paille que de grain. There is more trash then good stuffe to be had. Ioyeux comme fourmis en grain. As merrie as an Ant on a Corne-heape. Iamais grain ne fructifie si premier ne se mortifie: Prov. Seed neuer comes to fructifie vntill it first haue mortified. Nul grain sans paille: Prov. No corne without straw (or chaffe;) good and bad are commonly together. Tel grain tel pain: Prov. Looke Pain. Vin de grain est plus doux que n'est pas Vin de presse: Prov. The first Wine is better then the second expression; good offices willingly done are of much more worth then such as be extorted. Vn sac percé ne peut tenir le grain: Prov. A sacke thats full of holes can hold no corne.
Grainant. Seeding, running to seed.
Graine: f. The seed of hearbes, &c; also, graine, where-*with cloth is dyed in graine; Scarlet dye, Scarlet in graine; whence; Graine d'escarlate. as in Chermes. Graine de Paradis; Graines of Paradise; or, the spice which we call, Graines. Graine de perroquet. Wild Saffron, bastard Saffron, mocke Saffron, Saffron dort. Graine des vers. as Mort aux vers. Laisser vne fille flestrir pour graine. To keepe a maid long without a husband; of such a one may be sayd, she is let runne to seed, as well as of hearbes vngathered, for that onely purpose; Garder vne fille à graine, ou grenie, hath the same meaning.
Grainé: m. ée: f. Seeded, runne vnto seed.
Grainer. To seed; or, to runne vnto seed. Temps de grainer. The season of laying Swine; the time wherein they are driuen into forrests, and woods, for Mastage, and other feeding.
Grairie. as Grarie. Grais: m. A kind of Potters clay, or earth, fit to make vessels of; also, a hard, and sparkling-browne free stone; as Grez; also, the name of a certaine vine that hath a verie big stocke.
Graisle: com. as Gresle. </poem> <poem> Graisleté. as Gresleté. Graissayer. To lispe.
Graisse: f. Fat, seame, grease. De haute graisse. Full, plumpe, goodlie, fat, well-fed, in good liking. Il n'y a pas grande graisse. There is not much good to be done, wealth to be had, profit to be gotten, gaine to be made.
Graissé: m. ée: f. Greased, annointed, or smeared with fat.
se Graisse-fondre. To swelt, swelter, founder.
Graissement. Fatly, grossely, greasily.
Graisser. To grease; to annoynt, or smeare with fat.
Graisset: m. The little (venomous) greene frog, or toad.
Graisseure: f. Fattinesse, greasinesse, greasing.
Graisseux: m. euse: f. Fattie, greasie, full of grease.
Graissier: m. One that loues fat things; also, a Grasier, or fattener of cattell.
Graissin: m. Fat mould, or dung to manure ground with.
Graller. To parch, as Pease, Nuts, &c. ¶Blesien. Grame, ou Gramen. Couch-grasse, Quitch-grasse, Dogs-grasse; also, any kind of grasse; and hence; Grame de Manne. Manna-grasse, Deaw-grasse, (whose seed the Hollanders eat, as we doe Oatmeale.) Grame de Parnasse. Pernassus grasse, white Liuer-*wort. Grame piquant. Pricking, or sharpe Dogs-grasse.
Gramigne. Couch-grasse, Quitch-grasse, Dogs-grasse.
Grammaire: f. Grammer; the Art of Grammer.
Grammairien: m. A Grammarian; a Professor of Grammer.
Grammatical: m. ale: f. Grammaticall; of, or belonging vnto, Grammer.
Gramment. as Grandement; Greatly. (v.m.) N'a pas gramment. It is not long agoe.
Gramouse: f. A dish made of slices of cold meat fryed with Hogs seame, and serued vp in sauce of beaten eggs, and veriuice boyled, a while, in a little of the broth wherein the meat was sodden.
Grampé: m. ée: f. Taken with the Crampe; or, not able to stirre, as one that hath the Crampe.
Grampelle: f. The sea-Crab tearmed, a Grampell, Grit, and Pungar.
Granche: f. as Grange; also, the Carkasse of a fowle.
Grand: m. Le grand des biens, ou de la terre; the whole (masse of) substance, or inheritance, thats to be parted among Coheires. ¶Breton.
Grand: m. grande: f. Great; big, large; huge; mightie; substantiall; also, high, loftie, statelie.
Le grand bras. The whole arme and hand together. Grands iours. A generall, and extraordinarie Sessions called by Commission, or Letters Patents, from the King, (most commonly) after a warre, ciuile broyle, or Insurrection, whereby the course of Law, and proceedings of Iustice haue beene impeached; Looke Iour. Grand d'oye. Good store, a great deale, abundance, numbers of. La grande piece. Looke Piece. Le grand vendredi. Good Friday. On a veu d'aussi grand vent venter; We haue heard as big words as these without trembling; or, little ynough hath beene seene to come of as great words; a Mountaine hath beene brought to bed of a Mouse ere now. Grand bandon fait grand larron: Prov. Great libertie makes great theeues. Grand bien ne vient pas en peu d'heure: Pro.
