Main-bonne. as Main-bournie. Main-bournie: f. Ward, gard; gouernment, administration, ouersight of; charge, power, authoritie ouer; also, the patronage, defence, or protection of a Soueraigne.
Main-de-gourre. A Hogs-foot; or, one thats handed like a Sow. ¶Rab. Main-ferme: f. Farme, or fee-farme; a title in, or the possession of, an inheritance (either for a time certaine, or for euer) lyable vnto rent.
Main-ferme: com. Held in farme, or fee-farme; Tous Heritages, & biens immeubles qui ne sont fief, sont communement appellez, reputez, & tenus heritages mainfermes. Coust. de Cambray tit. 2. ar. 2. Main-mettre. To manumit, or dismiße; to affranchise a villaine.
Main-mis: m. An affranchised person; one that is freed from seruitude, or slauerie.
Main-mortable: com. Holding, or held by villenage, or by a seruile tenure; whence; Main-mortable envers son seigneur. Slauishly subiect vnto the impositions his Lord is pleased to lay on him while he liues; and at his death not able to bequeath, or giue away vj d without his permission. Heritages main-mortables. Which are charged, at the Lords pleasure, with taxes; and of custome with an yearelie proportion of flesh, bread, or corne, payable vnto him; and which come cleere into his hands, if the tenant thereof dye without lawfull heires of his bodie.
Main-morte: f. Mortmaine; also, villenage; or, a seruile, and slauish tenure. Gens de main-morte. Be Church-men; Abbots, Monks, Fryers; Deanes, Prebends, Canons; brothers of an Hospitall; freemen of a corporate Towne, or Trade; the fellowes, or members of all Corporations; also, villaines, or seruile tenants.
Mainotte: f. A small hand, or childs hand.
Main-pleine. Looke Main. Mainsine. A bundle of grapes; or some six or seuen bunches tyed vp together; as Moissine. Mainsné: m. A younger brother.
Maint: m. te: f. Many, a number, store of. Maintes fois. Often, eftsoones, or at sundrie times.
Maintenance: f. Maintenance; protection, support, countenance, assistance.
Maintenant. Now, presently, at this instant, in this verie moment. Pour maintenant. For this time; for this once.
Maintenir. To maintaine, vphold, support, protect, countenance, defend, backe, beare out; stand in, or vnto. Maintenir de faux. To affirme, and offer, or set himselfe, to proue, that an euidence produced by his aduersarie is forged; Looke Faux. Maintenu: m. uë: f. Maintained, vpheld, supported, defended; stood in, or vnto; countenanced, backed, or borne out.
Maintenuë: f. A maintenance, maintaining, vpholding, defence, countenance, assistance. La pleine maintenuë. The full possession of a thing; or, a poßession adiudged, and giuen after the full tryall of a suit, vnto him that hath most right.
Maintien: m. Gesture, behauior, demeanour, carriage.
Main-tourner. à m. Jn the turning of a hand, instantly, suddainely.
Majorité: f. Maioritie; full age.
Maire: m. A Mayor; the highest Officer or Magistrate
of an incorporate Towne; also, the Judge, or Steward of a Lord Iusticiers Courts. Maire de Chastel. as Merc. Maire du Palais. Was, in old time, the principall Officer of the Crowne, and Steward of the Rings house; since, he hath beene called Seneschal de France; now, the Constable, and Great Maister of France diuide his authoritie betweene them. Le Maire du village. The Judge thereof.
Maire laine. The full-grown fleece, or well-combd wooll of a sheepe.
Mairerie: f. A Maiordome; the office, or place of a Mayor; also, his iurisdiction, or the precincts thereof.
Mairgue: f. as Maigue; Whay. ¶Auvergnois. Mairie: f. A Maiordome, or Maiorship; the office, or place of a Maior, or of a village-Maior; also, (in some old bookes, and customes) base, or low iurisdiction.
Mais. (Adverb.) But; also, more, any more; (whence, Mais de; aboue, or more then;) also, rather. Mais que. But what; also, when that, so that. Plus mais. Ie ne puis plus mais soustenir. J can beare no longer, or not a whit more. À tousiours mais. Eternally, euerlastingly, for euer and euer. Ie n'en peux mais. Jt's not my fault, it's no way long of me, I cannot doe withall.
Mais-huy. Not this day, or not as long as this day lasteth.
Maisné: m. A younger brother.
Maisne. Argent baillé à maisne. Let out to vse for the benefit of younger brethren, being infants, or orphans.
Maisneaux. as Meneaux. Maisneté: f. Youngership, or younger brotherhood; the estate, or title of a younger brother.
Maison: f. A house, or mansion; also, a race, or familie.
La maisons de Monsieur Boyau . Whose foreparts be slated, and backe-parts thatched.
Maisons au ciel. Circles drawne from the one pole to the other, to seperate the twelue signes of the Zodiake, and diuiding the whole Sphere into twelue equall parts.
Maison de despens. A Roome, or Side (of extraordinarie expence) in Prisons, wherein a condemned debtor, that will not pay, is to be kept.
Maison Dieu. An Hospitall, or Spittle, for the poore.
Maison de la Paix. A Court of Iudgement or Iustice; a iudiciall Court.
Toile de maison. (Course) Huswiues cloth.
De vieilles maisons bruslées il sçait tirer des cuilliers neufves. He can picke new spoones out of old houses; (Applyable to a neere, and cunning house-keeper.)
La maison fait cognoistre le maistre: Prov. The house discouers the owner; or, looke into a house, you discerne the owner.
En bonne maison l'on a tost appresté: Prov. Jn a good house all things are quickly readie.
En petite maison Dieu a grand part: Prov. God hath a great share in a small house.
À l'entrée de la ville est le commencement des maisons: Prov. The buildings begin at the towne-*gate; One may ghesse at a mans whole speech by his Proeme; and by his first course what will be his whole proceeding.
Achete paix, & maison faitte: Prov. Buy peace,
