326 
3rd May, being the feast of the In- 
vention of the Holy Cross. 
Crowe, 46/9, s. crowbar. 
Cubboord, 89/5,.s. cupboard. 
Culters, 17/10, s. £2. coulters. 
Cumbersome, 10/13, aa7. troublesome, 
vexatious, oppressive. 
Cummin, 45/6, s. cumin, a plant re- 
sembling fennel, cultivated for its 
seeds, which have a bitterish warm 
taste, and are used like those of 
anise and carraway. Arabic £am- 
mun. Hebrew kammén. 
Cunnie, 36/25, s. rabbit. 
Currant, 10/44, adj. current coin, good 
coin. 
Currey, 64*/2, v. gain by flattery. On 
the origin of this phrase see 
*‘Teaves from a Word-Hunter’s 
Note Book,” by Rev. A. S. Palmer, 
4103" 
Cone 77/1, s. custom, habit ; of 
custome =as a matter of course. 
Curtesie, 9/8, s. courtesy, respect. 
D. 
*Dabblith, 27, v. pr. ¢. make wet and 
dirty. 
Dads, 95/5, s. Ad. fathers. 
Daffadondillies, 48/7, s. pl. daffodils. 
Narcissus pseudonarcissus, Linn. 
Daieth, 62/8, v. pr. ¢ names some 
future day for payment, z.e. buys on 
credit. 
“The moste part of my debtters have 
honestly payed, 
And they that were not redy I have 
gently dayed.”’ 
Wager’s Cruell Debter, 1566. 
*Dainty, 94, “adj. difficult, lit. choice, 
excellent. 
Dallops, 54/5, s. £7. ‘‘ A patch or bit of 
ground lying here and there among 
the ‘com.”—T.R. 67/17, “‘Tufts 
of corn such as are commonly seen 
where dung-heaps have stood too 
long, or in shady places.”—T.R. 
Damsens, 34/8, s. f/. damsons, con- 
tracted from damascene=the Da- 
tessa) plum. 
Dank, 22/11, aaj. damp, wet. 
Dare, 2/7, v. pain, grieve. A.S. dari, 
urt. 
Darnell, 65/1, s. darnel, the plant Zo- 
lium perenne. ‘* Darnell or Iuraye 
in Englishe also called Raye.”— 
Dodoens, Newe Herball, 1578. 
Glossary. 
Darth, 63/24, s. dearth, dearness of 
food, etc. 
*Daunger, 90/8, risk. 
Daw, 99/2, s. simpleton, sluggard. 
Day, 57/8, s. day-work, time-work. 
Dead, 78/4, aq7. flat (beer). Cf. ‘‘ Pallyd, 
as drynke, emortwus.” — Prompt. 
Parv. 
Deaw, 56/48, s. dew, damp. 
Deckt, 106/2, 4f. adorned, beautified. 
Defende, 86/7, v. avoid, prevent. 
Deintily, 19/37, adv. dearly. 
Delaide, 66/7, ff. tempered, mode- 
rated. 
Delue, 21/19, v. zmp. dig. A.S. delf, del- 
fan=to dig, from Goth. daz/jan = 
to deal, divide. Cf. Ger. ¢hal, 
Eng. dale. 
Deluing, 36/17, Av. £. burrowing. 
Depart, 10/56, v. zp. give away, part 
with. 
Descant, 68/5, v. comment. O. Fr. 
deschanter, from L. Lat. discantare. 
Despaire, 57/10; Dispaire, 63/9, 5s. 
injury, damage. 
Despight, 106/12, s. despite. 
Det, 118/38, s. debt. 
Detanie, 45/8, s. Dittany or Pepper- 
wurt, apparently a corruption of 
eats “dictamnus. of which Dodoens 
says :—‘‘It is fondly and unlearn- 
edly called in English Dittany. It 
were betterin following the Douche- 
men to call it Pepperwurt.””—Book 
v.c.66. Welsh Dazttain. 
Dew-retting, 16/25, s. steeping flax by 
leaving it out all night on the grass. 
See Water-retting. 
Diall, 68/7, s. sundial. 
Dible, 46/24, s. a planting or setting 
stick, a dimin. of a7é=azf and allied 
to ¢p=a sharp point. ‘* Debdyll, 
or settyng stycke.”—Huloet. 
Dicing, 10/40, s. gambling. 
Didall, 17/19, s. ‘‘ A triangular spade, 
as sharp as a knife, excellent to 
bank ditches, where the earth is 
light and pestered with a sedgy 
weed.”—T.R 
Dide, 113/11, v. et ee died. 
Digest, 11/4, v. quiet, sooth. 
Dight, 23/19, fp. prepared, 
A.S. dthtan. 
Dike, 3/7, s. ditch, dike, fence. 
ate. 
Dill, 44/3, s. dill. 
graveolens. 
treated. 
A.S; 
A.S. dil. Antheum 
