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Tragetour, n. F. iii. 187, as Tregetour.
Traie, v. Fr. to betray, F. i. 390.

Trais, n. pl. Fr. traits, the traces by which horfes draw,
2141; T. i. 222.

Tramiffene, pr. n. a kingdom in Africa. See the n. on

ver. 57.

Tranfmewe, v. Fr. to transform, 8261; T. iv. 467.
Trappures, n. pl. barb. Lat. the clothes with which
horfes were covered for parade, 2501. See Du Cange
in v. Trappatura.

Trafked, part. pa. betrayed, R. 3231.
Trate, n. 7164. See the note. Bp. Douglas frequently
ufes trat for an old woman, Æn. vii. 416, in vultus
fefe transformat anileshe renders and hir in
fchape transformyt of ane trat.-See also p. 96, 28,
auld trat-and p. 122, 39.

Trane, n. Fr. travail, a frame in which farriers put un-
ruly horfes, 3282.

Tre, n. Sax. a tree, wood, 5682; Criftes tre, 3765, the crofs.

Trechour, n. Fr. a cheat, R. 6308, 7168.

Trede-foule, n. a treader of hens, a cock, 13951, 15457.
Tregetour, n. See the n. on ver. 11453.

Trenchant, part. pr. Fr. cutting, 3928.
Trental, n. See the n. on ver. 7299.

Trepeget, n. Fr. a military engine, R. 6279. See Du
Gange in v. Trebucbetum.

Treffe, n. Fr. an artificial lock or gathering of hair,
1051. See Du Cange in v. Trica, Trecia.

Tressed, part. pa. gathered in a tress or treffes, 5926.
Trefour, n. an inftrument used in treffing the hair, or

an ornament of it when treffed, R. 568, 3717. See
Du Cange in v. Trefforium.

Tretable, adj. Fr. tractable, P. 216; L.W. 411.
Trete, v. Fr. to treat, to discourse, 10534.

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Tretee, n. treaty, 9566.

Tretis, n, treaty, T. iv. 64, 670.

Tretis, adj. Fr. long and well proportioned, 152; R. 1016, 1216.

Treve, n. Fr. a truce,

T. iv. 1312.

Treave, adj. Sax. true, faithful, 2237, 3706.
True-love, n. 3692. See the note; fince which Mr.
Steevens has very obligingly fuggefted to me that
there is a herb called true-love, according to Gerard,
in his Herbal, ed. 1597, p. 328, Herba Paris; "One-
"berrie or herbe truelove-at the very top where-
"of come forth fower leaves directly set one against
"another, in manner of a Burgunnion cross, or a
"true love knot, for which cause among the Aun-
"cients it hath been called herbe truelove." This
herb, however, to the best of my remembrance, is
rather too large to be carried conveniently under the
tongue. A trewelove of the fame or an other fort
is mentioned in the concluding stanza of The Court
of Love;

Eke eche at other threw the floures bright,
The primerofe, the violete, and the gold;
So than as I beheld the royal fight

My lady gan me fodenly behold,

And with a trewelove plited many a fold

She fmote me through the very heart as blive,

And Venus yet I thanke I am alive.

Triacle, n. Fr. corruption of theriaque, a remedy in general, 4899, 12248.

Trice, v. Sax. to thrust, 14443.

Trie, adj. 13785, f. tried or refined, Gloff. Ur.
Trill, v. Sax. to twirl, to turn round, 10630.

v. neut. to roll, to trickle, 7446, 13604. Trine, adj. Fr. triple; trine compas, 15513, the Trinity. See Compas.

Trippe, n. 7329, evidently means a fmall piece of cheefe; les tripes d'un fagot, in Fr. are the smallest sticks in a faggot, Cotgrave.

Trifte, v. for trufte, T. ii. 247.

Trifte, n. T. ii. 1534, a poft or station in hunting, Cowell This feems to be the true meaning of the word, though the etymology is not fo clear. Trompe, n. Fr. a trumpet, 2176, 2513.

Trompour, n. a trumpeter, 2673.

Tronchoun, n. Fr. a fpear without a head, 2617.
Trone, n. Fr. a throne, 2531, 12776.

Trophee, pr. n. 14123. See the note; it afterwards occurred to me that the reference might poffibly be to the original of the Troilus and Crefeide, which according to Lydgate was called Trophe, [fee the n. on P. 2771. 9,3 but I cannot find any such passage as is here quoted in the Filoftrato.

Trotula, pr. n. 6259. See the n. on ver. 6253.
Trouble, adj. Fr. dark, gloomy, 8341.
Troubler, comp. d. R. 7020.

Trorandife, R. 3954, for Truandife.

Trowe, v. Sax. to believe, 7139, 7567.

Truandife, n. Fr. begging, R. 6664; truanding, R. 6721.

Tulle, v. Sax. to allure, 4132. See ver. 5597.

Tullius, pr. n. M. 262, 3, M. Tullius Cicero. See alfo R. 5286; A. F. 31.

Turkeis, n. Fr. a fort of precious ftone, C. L. 80.
Turkeis, adj. Fr. Turkish, 2897. See the n.

Turmentife, n. Fr. torment, 14435.

Turves, pl. of turf, n. Sax. 10109.

Twaine, T. iii. 551; tway, 794; twey, 1696; tweine,

8526, numer. Sax. two.

Tweifold, adj. Sax. double, 16034.

Twies, adv. Sax. twice, 4346.

Twight, pa. t. & part. of twitch, v. Sax. pulled, pluck

ed, 7145, 10732.

Twinne, v. Sax. to depart from a place or thing, 837, 12364.

Twinned, part. pa. feparated, T. iv. 476.

Twire, v. Bo. iii. m. 2; twireth feems to be the tranf lation of fufurrat, spoken of a bird.

Twift, n. Sax. a twig, 10223.

Trifte, v. Sax. to twitch, to pull hard, 10880.
Trifle, pa. t. twitched, 9879.

V.

Valence, pr. n. A. F. 272, Valencia in Spain, Gloff. Ur. Valerie, pr. n. 6253. See the Difcourfe, c. n. 19. Valerie, 14638, Valerius, 6747, pr. n. Valerius Maximus.

Valure, n. Fr. value, R. 5236.

Varien, inf. m. v. Fr. to change, to alter, T. ii. 1621. -Variaunt, part. pr. 10643, changeable. Vafalage, n. Fr. valour, courage, 3056; R. 5871. Vavafour, n. 362. See the note.

Vauntour, n. Fr. a boaster, T. ii. 724.

Vecke, n. Ital. an old woman, R. 4286, 4495-
Veine-blode, n. blood drawn from a vein, 2749.

Vendable, adj. Fr. to be fold, R. 5804.
Venerie, n. Fr. hunting, 166, 2310.
Venge, v. Fr. to revenge, M. 272, 3.
Venime, n. Fr. poifon, venom, 2753.
Ventoufing, n. Fr. cupping, 2749.
Ver, n. Lat. the fpring, T. i. 157.
Verament, adv. Fr. truly, 13643.
Veray, adj. Fr. true, 6786.

Verdegrefe, n. Fr. verd du gris, the ruft of brass, so called from its colour, a gray green, 16258.

Verdite, n. Fr. judgment, fentence, 789; A. F. 503. Verger, n. Fr. a garden, R. 3618, 3831.

Vermeile, adj. Fr. of a vermilion colour, R. 3645.
Vermelet, adj. C. L. 142, as Vermeile.
Vernage, 9681. See the note.

Vernicle, n. 687, diminutive of Veronike, Fr. a copy in miniature of the picture of Chrift, which is fuppofed to have been miraculously imprinted upon a handkerchief preferved in the church of St Peter at Rome, Du Cange inv. Veronica. Madox, Form. Angl. p. 428. Teftam. Job. de Nevill, an. 1386. "Item "Domino Archiepifcopo Eborum fratri meo, i. "veftimentum rubeum de velvet cum le Verouike "[r. Veronike] in granis rofàrum defuper brondata, "[r. broudata."] It was ufual for perfons returning from pilgrimages to bring with them certain tokens of the feveral places which they had visited, and therefore the Pardoner, who is just arrived from Rome, is reprefented with a Vernicle fewed upon his cappe. See P. P. 28, b.;

An hundred amples on hys hatte fette,
Sygnes of Sinay and thelles of Calice *,

And many a crouch on his cloke and kayes of Rome,
And the Vernicle before, for men thould knowe

And fe by hys fignes whom he fought hadde.

Vernih, v. Fr. to varnish, 4147.

Verre, n. Fr. glafs, T. ii. 867.

Verfifiour, n. Fr. a maker of verses, a poet, M. 297.
Vertules, adj. without efficacy, T. ii. 344.
Vertuous, adj. Fr. active, efficacious, 251.

Veffell, n. Fr. vaiffelle, plate, 14154, 14310.
Ugly, adj. Sax. horrid, frightful, 8549.

Viage, n. Fr. a journey by fea or land, 77, 794.
Vicary, n. Lat. a vicar, 17333.

Fice, n. Fr. the newel or upright centre of a winding flaircafe, C. D. 1310.

Mf. Gales, Perhaps it fhould be Galice. See ver. 468.

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