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Glossarial Index. 



Spade-graffe, s. the depth to which a 



spade will dig, about a foot, 1 24/33. 

 Spauen, s. spavin, a kind of lameness, 



IO6/1. Also, the place where spavin 



appears, 10 7/4. 

 Spauen-place, s. place where a horse is 



subject to spavin, II8/3. 

 Spere, s. spear, 142/2. 

 Sperewort, s. spear-wort, a grass, 64/3. 



"Flaniula is the herbe whiche we cal 



in englishe Sperewurte or Spei'grasse-" 



Turner's Names of Herbes. It is the 



lesser spear-wort, Ranunculus Flani- 



mula, as the greater spear-wort, or 



Ranunculus Lingua, is of larger 



growth. See Speerworty in Pegge, 



Gloss. B. 6. 

 Spinner, s. a spider, note to 1AI22. (In 



Shakespeare.) 

 Splent, s. disease in a horse's leg, 96/i; 



97/1. 

 Splente, imp. s. furnish with splents or 



laths, 122/9. See below. 

 Splentes, J. //. laths, 122/io. 

 Spokes, s. pi. spokes of a wheel, 6/9. 

 Spon, //. spun, 146/42. 

 Spores, s. pi. spurs, 142/2. 

 Sporte, s. sport, 153/i8. 

 Sprede, v. spread, IO/38. 

 Sprot-barley, s. sprout-barley, a kind of 



barley, I3/19. 

 Sprutteth, v. sprouteth, 18/38. 

 Sprynge, s. young wood, shoots, 126/ll; 



135/4, 7, 27. 

 Spyndel, s. spindle, IO3/5. 

 Spyres, s. pi. shoots, sprigs, 2O/12. See 



note to P. Plowman, C. xiii. 180. 

 Squecke, s. a disease of turkeys, note to 



144. 

 Stacke, s. stack, 131/il. 

 Staffe, s. a staff, stick, 41/9 ; handle, 



21/8. 

 Staffe-hokes, s. pi. staff-hooks ; sharp 



hooks fastened to long handles to cut 



peas and beans, and trim hedges, 29/3. 

 Stare, v. to stand on end, bristle up, 



66/11, 98/4, 111/3- 

 Starkely, adv. stiffly, with difficulty, 



65/3. 

 Staues, s. pi. staves, bars, rails, 7O/45, 



141/48; 'rough staves,' 8/5, 35. 



See note to 3/i. 

 Staunche, v. to staunch, stop, 58/^2. 

 Staye, s. support, 8/41. 

 Steeled, pp. steeled, 2I/9. 

 Steke, imp. s. shut, fasten, 4O/14, 



165/48 ; V. I67/34. 



Stele, s. handle, 24/i8. A. S. stel. 

 Stere, v. stir, I6/24. 

 Sterte, s. stalk, 2O/23. Cf. start = ta.\]. 

 Steryngtyme, s. time for stirring, I6/26. 

 Stilt, s. the right-hand handle of a 



plough, 3/4. See note to 8/i. 

 Stocke, s. stock, stem, 186/19. 

 Stocke-heed, s. head or top of the 



stock, 138/26. 

 Stole, s. stool, 122/17. 

 Stooles, s. pi. stools ; but, apparently, 



part of the gear of a plough, 5/44. 

 Stoupe, V. to stoop, 21/26; to obey, 



41/18. 

 Stranguellyon, s. strangury, retention of 



urine, 88/1. "Stranguyllyon, a sick- 



nesse, chatildepisse ; " Palsgrave. And 



see Markham, Husbandry, b. i. c. 30. 

 Streyte, adv. close, h^jii. 

 Stringe, s. string, 142/3. 

 Strykes, j-. //. strikes, London bushels, 



12/8. (The measure varied.) 

 Stryndes, s. pi. streaks, 55/2. 

 Stryng-halte, s. string-halt, a twitching 



lameness in horses, 10 8/1. 

 Stubbes, s. pi. old roots, or stumps, 



127/27. 

 Sturdy, s. * the turn,' i.e. giddiness, 



note to 62 (rubric). 

 Sturred, //. stirred, 17/8, I4I/42. 

 Sturrynge, s. stirring, 4/40. 

 Styffe-docked, pp. having a stiff stumpy 



part of the tail, 74/2. 

 Styffe-eared, pp. having stiff ears, 76/i. 

 Stylkynges, s. pi. some part of harness 



for oxen, 5/4. 

 Styred, //. stirred, 146/ioS. 

 Subleuate, lifted up, 166/43. 

 Suet, s. suet, 44/7. 

 Swarth, adj. grassy, note to sect. 8 (ch. 



8, 1. 30). 

 Swathe, s. a row of cut grass, 23/i6. 

 Sweate, v. give out moisture, as cut 



grass, 23/13. 

 Swyneherde, s. swineherd, 123/ 16. 

 Swyngletre, the bar that swings at the 



heels of the horse when drawing a 



harrow, I6/42 ; swyngle-trees, //. 



swinging bars to which traces are 



fixed, 5/25. 

 Syde, adj. long, trailing, I5I/14. A.S. 



sid, long. 

 Syde-longe all, close beside, 88/7. 

 Syde-tailed, pp. longtailed, 77/3- Sec 



Syde. 

 Syde- wedges, s. pi. side-wedges (at the 



side of the coulter), 4/22. 



