Estre entre deux fers. Looke Fer. Estre de garde. To continue long in good plight; to keepe well; beare his age well. Estre du guet. To be taken napping; also, to be gulled, or to swallow a gudgeon. Estre à la grosse haleine. To gape, or gaspe for breath; to be almost cleane out of breath. Estre à l'herte. Looke Erte. Estre du lard: tout y estoit du lard. All went on wheeles there; there was no hoe with them, they were so lustie. Estre en son lourdant. To sell Sowce; to be sicke of the Mumpes; to be troubled with the sullens. Estre malade. A woman to haue her flowers. Estre de Rhodais. The same. Estre à soy. To be his owne Maister, or Man; to be at his owne commaund; to haue the absolute gouernment of himselfe; also, to find himselfe; whence; Faulcon qui est à soy; a wild, or hagard Hawke; a Hawke that preyes for her selfe. Estre sur. Femme qui n'est point sur les hommes. That is verie chast, or continent; that is not eager of the Man; that cares not verie much for a man; Hence also; Estre sur le Vin. To loue Wine; also, to haue the right smacke of, or a right tast for, Wine. Fust qu'aucun raccontast. Whether one tell of. En estre. En voulez vous estre? Will you make one? (at play, &c.) Et en suis là. And I am of the same opinion. I'en suis ainsi. Such is my case, it is euen so with me. Qu'en est il? What of that? Que vous en est il? What is that to you? Y estre. Il y est. (at Tennis;) the Ball is in the hazard; &, Il y estoit. It had beene there but that J saued it. Vous y estes. You are in the right; you haue hit it; you haue said as truly, done as fitly, as is possible; also, you stirre not, or cannot stirre; you sticke fast, or are set fast, therein. Vous n'y estes pas (at Bowles;) you are, or haue throwne, wide. Vous n'y estes de rien. You haue nothing to do in the matter. Ce m'est Dieu. So helpe me God (corruptly.) Quand ce fut à faire cecy, ou cela. When it comes to the doing of this, or of that. Qui n'y est n'y a sa part: Prov. He that comes not, shares not, among them. Tout à esté à autruy, & sera à autruy: Pro. All came from, and will goe to, others.
Estreci: m. ie: f. Streitned; pinched, shrunke in, plucked neere together; contracted, abridged, made or drawne short, brought into a narrow compasse.
Estrecir. To streiten, pinch, draw, or shrinke in, plucke neere together; to contract, abridge, make short, bring into a narrow compasse.
Estrecissement: m. A streitning, pinching, shrinking in; a contracting, abridging, drawing neere, bringing narrow, together.
Estrecisson: f. A streitnesse, or streit; a shrinke, pinch, contraction, abridgement.
Estrecissure: f. as Estrecissement. Estrée: f. A house; an abiding, or place of abode.
Estreignement: m. A straining, wringing, squeezing, fast-griping, hard-holding, sore-pressing; close thrusting vp together.
Estreiller. as Estriller.
Estreinct: m. cte: f. Strayned, wrung, squeezed, gri-*
*ped fast; also, streitned, pinched, shrunke vp, restrained; bound hard, kept fast in; also, strait, strict, or close.
Estreindre. To wring, straine, squeeze; to straiten, restraine, presse hard, thrust vp close together. Estreindre les fesses. To twindge in the buttockes, as one thats hard set, and must not yet goe to it. Et plus gele et plus estreinct: Pro. The more it freezes the harder it growes.
Estreine: f. A New-yeares gift, or Present; also, a Handsell. En bonne estreine. Jn good time, a Gods name, luckily may it be. À bon iour bonne estreine: Prov. On so holie a day happie successe betide vs (Sometimes tis also applyed (Ironically, and in a contrarie sence) vnto one, that on a great day commits any grieuous offence) he hath hanselled the day fairely; or, faire betide him for his goodlie act on so godlie a day.
Estreiné: m. ée: f. Handselled; that hath the handsell or first vse of; also, beaten, swindged, cudgelled, or corrected.
Estreint: m. te: f. as Estreinct. Estreinte: f. A strayning, &c; asEstreignement; also, a straine, gird, wring, narrow, or sore pinch; also, a kind of siluer girdle, for women; or, as Estrainte. Estreintif: m. A restringent and binding medicine, or plaister.
Estrelures. as Estrayers; also, escheatings.
Estrelin: m. An Easterling; one of the East parts, or of the Hanse-townes, of Germanie; also, a drunken huff-*snuff, swaggerer, swash-buckler.
Estrelin: m. ine: f. (whence;) Livre Estrelin. A pound sterling.
Estrene: f. as Estreine. Estrené: m. ée: f. Handselled; or, that hath had a New-yeares gift; also, cudgelled, swindged, corrected.
Estrener. To handsell, or bestow a New-yeares gift on; also, to beat, swindge, cudgell, correct.
Estrette: f. A gird, pinch, nip, wrench, yerke, wring; also, a violent onset on an enemie; also, a kind of punishment.
Estrez. A Crosse of Gueules, (in Heraldrie.)
Estribort. The Starboord; or, the right side of a ship.
Estricqué: m. ée: f. Pranked, decked, neat, fine, spruce, trickt vp.
Estricquoyes. Iron Pinsers. (v.m.) Estrié. A kind of bread, or paste, of fine flower kneaded with water, white wine, the yolkes of egges, salt, and sugar.
Estrié. Vn homme bien estrié. Soaked, drayned, drawne dry, by wenching.
Estrief: m. One of the three little bones that be seated far within the eare, and serue as instruments of hearing.
Estrier: m. A stirrup. Alonger les estriers. To lengthen his (lasciuious) delight; or draw it out, and make it continue, as long as he can.
Estrier. To drayne, or draw dry; to soake, or draw liquor, sap, iuice, &c, from.
Estrieu. as Estrier. Estrif: m. Strife, debate, contention, discord; brabling, altercation.
Estrille: f. A horse-combe, or curry-combe. Vn manche d'estrille. A Dwarfe; the diminutiue of a man.
Estrillé: m. ée: f. Curried; also, bangd, thwacked, beaten, belaboured; also, thin, slender, gaunt, lanke.
Estriller. To currie (a horse;) to rub ouer with a curry-*
