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for making ix s¢vycke and a half of 
malt.”—Will of John Cocks of 
Stratford - on - Avon, dated May 
27th, 1600. 
Stripe, 57/5, s. ‘‘ beating upon a Hurdle 
or some other rough thing.” —T.R. 
Stroieng, 48/17, s. destruction, injury. 
O. Fr. (de)struive. Lat. struere. 
Stroken, 35/31, %. stroked, kindly 
treated. 
Strowing, 42/1, adj. for strewing. 
Stroyal, 10/23, s. waste all, wasteful. 
Stub, 35/9, s. stump, buie at the stub = 
buy on the ground. A.S. stydé, 
allied to Lat. s¢zZes. 
Stub, 33/47, v. zmp. grub up. 
‘* And badd hym take a mattock anon, 
And s¢uéée the olde rote away, 
That had stonde there many a day.” 
MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38, f. 129. 
Stud, 33/16, s. the uprights in a lath 
and plaster wall. ‘‘In manie 
places there are not above foure, six, 
or nine inches between stad and 
stud.” —Harrison, Pt. 1, p. 233. 
Stur, 62/6, v. move about, exert. 
Sturs, 63/16, s. p/. disturbances, commo- 
tions. 
Substanciallie, 9/23, adv. in reality, 
truly. 
Subtiltie, 9/17, s. cunning, artfulness, 
deceit. 
Sucker, 23/4, s. assistance, help, succour. 
Suckerie, 91/2, Suckery, 39/38, s. suc- 
cory, the wild endive, chicory. 
Fr. chicorée, often replaced by frau- 
dulent dealers with dandelion roots, 
Cichorium Intybus, L. 
Sudgerne, 10/8, uv. settle down. Fr. 
sojourner. Cf. Barbour’s Bruce, 
EK. E. Text. Soc. ed. Skeat, 6/26, 
16/47, and 20/356. 
Suer, 84/3, adj. sure, careful. 
seur, segur. Lat. securus. 
Suerty, 9/24, s. being security or surety. 
Suite, 18/49, s. description, kind. 
Suretie, 10/28, s. security, bail. 
Swage, 113/26, v. assuage. 
Swatches, 67/18, s. 4/7. rows or ranks of 
barley, etc. 
Swathes, 55/2, s. A/. the line of grass or 
corn cut and thrown together by 
the scythe in mowing. Cotgrave 
gives : ‘‘ Gerber des javelles to 
bind corne of szva¢# into sheaues, 
to sheaue vp corne.” ‘‘ Fen striga. 
Monceaux de foin par ordre. The 
swathe or strake of grasse, as it 
OF hr: 
Glossary. 
lyeth mowne downe with the sithe.” 
—Nomenclator. 
Sweate, 56/20, s. a sweating, ze. feel 
the effects of the heat. 
Sweete Johns, 43/33, s. a species of 
Dianthus or pink, called also Sweet 
Fohn’ s-wort. 
Swerue, 96/42, s. fail, depart. 
Swill, 78/5, s. hog’s-wash. 
Swim, 10/59, v. to abound, to overflow. 
Swinge, 52/16, v. zp. cut down with 
the long swinging scythe used for 
that purpose. 
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Tack, 12/3, Tacke, 76/3, s. substance. 
A tough piece of meat is said to 
have plenty of ¢ach in it. 
Taile, 77/8, s. back. 
Taint wormes, 65/3, s. AZ. ‘*A small 
red spider called ¢aint is by the 
country people accounted a deadly 
poison to cows and horses.”’—Sir 
T. Browne. 
Tale, 83/4, s. tally, reckoning. 
Talent, 59/9, s. the gifts and powers 
entrusted by God. Of course the 
reference is to the Parable. 
Tallie, 78/2, s. score, bill, charge. 
Tallwood, 53/12, s. wood cut for billets. 
** Tall woode, pacte wodde to make 
byllettes of, ¢az//ee.” —Palsgrave. 
Tampring, 17/16, v. tempering, mixing, 
thus the Bible speaks of ‘‘ z- 
tempered mortar.” 
Tane, 66/1, Af. taken. 
Tanzie, 39/40, s. tansy, 
vulgare, Linn. 
Tapple up taile, 21/14. See notes, pp. 
253 and 317. 
Tarie, 16/11, v. delay, keep back. 
Tarragon, 40/21, s. tarragon. Tvagum 
vulgave.—Gerard’s Herball. Used 
for perfuming vinegar in France. 
O. Fr. zargon. 
Tarrie, 85/1, v. wait for, await. 
Tawnie, 43/3, adj. yellowish. 
Ted, 54/1, v. to spread abroad new-cut 
grass. ‘‘I teede hay, I tourne it 
afore it is made in cockes, je feve.” 
—Palsgrave. 
Tedder, 10/9, s. tether, ‘‘live within 
one’s tether” =‘‘ within the limits 
of one’s income.” 
Teddered, 16/33, Af. tethered, tied up. 
Teemes, 58/6, s. /. teams. 
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