Linée: f. A stocke, linage, parentage.
Linement. as Liniment. Linge: m. Linnen, flaxen; also, a peece of linnen cloth.
Linge: com. Lanke, thinne, meager, scraggie, leane.
Lingere. as Lingiere. Lingerie: f. The making, or selling of linnen cloth; also, linnen, linnen stuffe, things made of linnen.
Lingiere: f. A Seamster; a woman that makes, or sells linnen, or linnen ware.
Lingot: m. An ingot, lumpe, or masse of mettall.
Lingotiere: f. The mould wherein ingots are framed, or cast.
Linir: m. A Flax-man; a seller of flax.
Liniere: f. A Flax-wife.
Liniment: m. A liniment, or thinne ointment; also, a smearing, annointing, gentle dawbing, soft rubbing on.
Linier. To smeare, annoint, rub softly, or gently on.
Linitif: m. iue: f. Mitigating, refreshing, paine-asswaging, ache-quailing; mollifying, suppling.
Linition: f. A smearing, annointing, gentle rubbing.
Lïnomple: f. A fine, thinne, or open-waled linnen, much vsed in Picardie (where it is made) for womens kerchers, and Church-mens surplesses.
Linon: m. as Linomple; Some also tearme Lawne so.
Linostolie: f. A cutting of the haire.
Linotte: f. A Linnet. Il a vne teste de linotte. He hath but a light, or giddie head of his owne.
Linsueil: m. A sheet; See Linceul. Linteau: m. The lintell, or headpeece, ouer a doore.
Lintheau. as Linteau. Lion: m. A Lyon; also, the (Zodiacall) Signe Leo; also, a peece of coyne worth about 6 s. sterl. Lion de mer. The sea Lion; resembles both in shape, and bignesse, the land one; also, a kind of great Lobster. Dent de lion. Dandelion, Priestes crowne, Swines snowt, Pissabed. Pas de lion. as Pied de lion. Patte de lion. Lyons claw, Setterwort, Settergrasse, bastard blacke Ellebore; also, as; Pied de lion. Lyons foot, Lyons paw, great Sanicle, our Ladies mantle, (some also tearme Lyons leafe, and Lyons Turnep, pes Leoninus.) Sault du lion. A certaine tumbling tricke vpon a stoole, or little bench. Vin de lion. Terrible strong wine; such as makes the drinker, fell, and furious. Batre le chien devant le lion. See Batre. Conjecturant le lion par les ongles. Ghessing at the Lyon by his clawes; at the humor of the man by his courses; Looke Ongle. Coudre la peau du regnard à celle du lion. To attempt that by sleight which hee could not obtaine by might. Prendre le lion par les iubes. To performe a difficult or dangerous act. Il n'y eut iamais bon marché de peaux de lions: Prov. A Lyons skinne was neuer bought good cheape; the valiant euer sold their skinnes full deere.
Lionceau: m. A Lyons whelpe, or young Lyon.
Lionin: m. ine: f. Lyonish, Lyon-like, of a Lyon.
Lionne: f. A Lyonesse.
Lionneau: m. as Lionceau. Lionneux: m. euse: f. Full of Lyons.
Lionnier: m. A keeper of Lyons.
Lionnin. as Lionin; Also, of a Lion-tawnie colour.
Liperquam. faire de liper. To shew his authoritie, to let the world see his power; to beare himselfe as one that can doe all in all; to take exceeding much vpon him: This word is (corruptly) vsed in stead of, luy per quem (all things are done.)
Lipie. See Lippie. Lipothymie: f. A swoonding wherein the patient seems dead.
Lippaire: m. Lip-salue.
Lippe: f. A lip; (See Lype) also, as Lippie; or Lippitude. Lippée: f. A big bit, a good morsell, a mouthfull; also, a meale, or bellifull of meat. Mouche de lippée. A lickorous, or saucie companion. Il avoit sa lippée du butin. Hee had a share in the bootie. Il flatte pour la lippée. He collogues with one, of purpose to get a meale by him.
Lippie: f. The rednesse, or sorenesse of a bleare eye.
Lippion. Part of a womans &c.
Lippitude: f. Blearednesse, or bleare-eyednesse; a running of the eyes accompanied with paine, and rednesse.
Lippu: m. uë: f. Thicke-lipped, great-lipt; also, powting, or hanging the lip, as a child thats readie to crie.
Liquabilité: f. Aptnesse to melt, or to become liquid.
Liquation: f. A melting.
Liquefié: m. ée: f. Dissolued, melted, made liquid; clarified.
Liquerice: f. Lickorice.
Liqueur: f. Liquor, humor, moisture, sap, iuyce, water. Liqueur Septembrine. Wine (because tis made in September.)
Liquidation: f. An euidence, cleering, manifestation; also, a discussing, or examination.
Liquide: com. Liquid, moist, wet; thinne, pure, cleere; manifest, euident, pregnant, apparent; certaine. Debte liquide. A cleere, sure, sound debt.
Liquidé: m. ée: f. Cleered, manifested, made euident, pregnant, certaine, apparent; also, discussed, examined; also, made liquid, moist; thinne, pure.
Liquider. To cleere, manifest, make pregnant, certaine, apparent; also, to examine, or discusse; also, to make liquid, moist, or thinne. Liquider les despens d'vn procez. To cleere, or to correct, them; a Judge to set downe which shall be allowed, and which not; (This phrase is applied especially, to th'examination of ordinarie, and well-knowne, charges; such as be the due fees of Counsellors, Atturneyes, Officers, Clerkes, &c.)
Lire: f. The musicall Instrument Lyra.
Lire. To read. Autant vaut celuy qui chasse & rien ne prend, comme celuy qui lit & rien n'entend: Prov. Hee that hunts, and catches nought, is much like him that reads, and conceiues nought.
Lire-liron. The burthen of a song.
Liripipié. Hooded, as a Graduate.
Liripipion: m. A Graduates hood.
Liripipionné. as Liripipié; Also, mellow, cupshotten; or, faithfull to the pot, and therefore bearing the red-*faced liuerie thereof.
Liron: m. A Dormouse.
Liron de pain. A little gobbet, luncheon, or cantle of bread.
Lis: m. A Lillie.
Lis blanc. Th'ordinarie white garden Lillie.
Lis celeste. The blew Lillie.