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Glossarial Index. 



Harde, //. heard, I64/30. 



Harde by, phr. close, I29/4. 



Harowe-buUes, s. pi, chief pieces of 

 timber composing an ox-harrow, 15/6. 



Harowed, //. harrowed, 15/2. 



Harowe-tyndes, s. pi. tines or prongs 

 of a harrow, 15/io. 



Hasell, s. hazel, 24/i6, 124/5. 



Hassell, adj. stiff, said of a soil ; see 

 it partially defined in note to 2/6. 

 " Hazle, stiff, as clay; Essex." — 

 Wright. " A haisel mould, which 

 I count to be one of the best wealdish 

 moulds, being a compound mould, 

 and very good for marie." — G. 

 Markham, Inrichment of the Weald, 

 1649, p. 9. 



Hasty, adj. early, I2/39. 



Hatched, put for hatchet, note to 46/3. 

 " Brains of a hatchet," a term for 

 the oily substance obtained by burn- 

 ing linen on the head of a hatchet. 



Hatte, s. hat, 142/2. 



Haue, V. take, 68/12. 



Hawdod, s. corn bluebottle, Centaurea 

 Cyanus, 2O/28 ; haudoddes, //. 2O/4. 

 Cf. hardewes, a name for the wild 

 succory {Cichormm Intybus) in 

 Turner's Names of Herbes. 



Hawe, s. an excrescence in the eye of 

 a horse, 89/i. 



Hearbgrace, s. herb-grace, rue, note to 

 144. 



Heare, s. hair, 64/5, 9^/4 5 heares, pi. 

 47/5, "• 



Hearynges, s. pi. herrings, 36/io. 



Hecheled, //. heckled, combed, I46/42. 



Hedge-rote, s. hedge-root, stump, 

 132/12. 



Hedgyngebyll, s. bill for hedging, 5/32. 



Heed, s. head, 47/4, IO2/3. 



Heed, pr. s. subj. 2 /. behead, cut off 

 the top, crop, 132/9; heeded, //. 

 132/15. 



Heeth-grounde, s. ground covered with 

 heather, 2/;. 



Hele-wedge, s. heel-wedge (behind the 

 coulter), 4/23. 



Helpe, V. mend, cure, 58/2. 



Herdman, s. herdsman, 6/10 ; herde- 

 man, I23/15. 



Heringes, J. //. herrings, 36/i2. 



Herode, Herod, I66/27. 



Hert, s. heart, middle, IOO/4 ; herte, 

 114/3. 



Hey, s. hay, 23/4, 66/14 ; heye, 1 46/85. 



Hey-cockes, s.pl. haycocks, 'i^ojl^. 



Hey-rope, s. hay rope, 64/5. 



His, pr. gen. its, 9/8. 



Hode, s. hood, 142/2. 



Hogges, s. pi. hogs, I2I/9. 



Hole, adj. whole, healthy, 149/ 13. 



Hole-footed, adj. whole-footed, web- 

 footed, 146/26. 



Holer, adj. compar. more whole ; 

 healthier, I49/13. 



Hole-straw wheat, wheat with a whole 

 or solid straw, note to 34/43. 



Holmes, s. pi. put for homes = hames, 

 5/25,15/41. i"^^ Hombers. 



Holpen, pp. helped, cured, 61/6, 82/2. 



Holsome, adj. wholesome, 25/i8. 



Holy bread, s. ordinary leavened bread 

 cut into small pieces, blessed, and 

 given to the people, II/18. See 

 note to P. Plowman, C. xvi. 210. 



Holye, s. holly, 124/5. 



Holyrode-day, the day of the holy 

 cross, Sept. 14 (see 17/i6), 134/21. 

 See Phillips' Diet. ed. 1706. 



Hombers, s. pi. horse-collars, 6/24, 

 15/41. Also called /lamberuies, havi- 

 boroughs ; from hanie, one of the 

 bent pieces of wood to which the 

 trace is fastened, and A.S. beorgan, 

 to protect. Lit. 'hame-protectors.' 



Honger, s. hunger, 3O/14. 



Hopper, s. a seed-basket, IO/22, 25 ; 

 34/10. M.E. hoper (P. Plowman). 



Home, s. horn, 142/3. 



Horse, s. gen. horse's, 82/i, 91/i. 



Horse-harowes, s. pi. harrows drawn 

 by horses, 16/15. 



Horse-leche, s. horse-doctor, 120/6. 



Horse-mayster, s. horse-master, 120/i. 



Houe, s. hoof, 78/6, 98/2. 



Hoystynge, s. coughing, 69/3. * Hoist, 

 a cough ; East. ' — Wright. 



Hucbone, s. hip-bone, 57/3. More 

 commonly huckle. 



Hurdes, s. pi. hards, coarse flax, I46/39. 



Hurdels, s.pl. hurdles, I8/35. 



Husbandes, s.pl. husbandmen, 3/i. 



Huske, s. husk, 14/i2. 



Huswife, s. housewife, 148/i. 



Hyer, higher, prol. 33. 



Hynder, adj. latter, 148/ll. 



lagged, adj. jagged, 20/26, 

 James, St., 169/12. 

 lelly, s. jelly, 68/23. 

 leoperdy, s. jeopardy, peril, 6/13, 

 139/2. 



