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GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



Bout of the plough, Uie going and returning with 

 the plough along a land or ridge under ploughing, 

 s. 3266. p. 529. 



Box drains, explained, s. 3607. p. 581. 



Boyn, a vat or tub, s. 706+. p. 1045. 



Brairds, from braird, to spring up, s. 5397. p. 8.>7. 



Brake, a large harrow, s. 26o4. p. 405. In machine- 

 ry, a constraining wheel divided into joints,which 

 stops when needed another wheel that revolves 

 within it. 



Braynhle bonds, bands made of the lon^ shoots of 

 the bramble or blackberry, s. 3191. p. 5l8. 



Braxy, explained, s. 7258. p. 1065. 



Break-share, explained, s. 7259, 7260. p. 1065. 



Breasting over a hedge, cutting it down, p. 4S9. 



Breechin, that part of the horse's harness attached 

 to the saddle, and hooked on the shafts, which 

 enables him to push back the cart or other 

 machine to which he is harnessed. 



Breeding in the line, or in the same line, explained, 

 p. 301. 



Breeding in and in, explained, p. 301. 



Breeding, cross, explained, p. 301. 



Brochen ligger, a quarter-cleft rod, as thick as the 

 finger, and four feet in length, used in thatching, 

 p. 518. 



Brose, a Scotch dish made by pouring boiling wa- 

 ter on oatmeal, and sometimes on the meal of 

 peas, and immediately mixing them by stirring ; 

 leaving the meal in small knots or lumps about 

 the size of marbles. It is afterwards eaten with 

 milk or butter, s. 5217. p. 837. 



Burgage-holding, explained, s. 3404. p. 552. 



j55, short angular ridges, short irregularly shaped 

 lands or ridges in the corners of fields, s. 3253. 

 p. 527. 



Byre, cow-shed, s. 6777. p. 1015. 



Cadence, as ai)pUed to horsemanship, an equal 

 measure or proportion observed by a horse in all 

 his motions when he is thoroughly managed, and 

 works justly at a gallop, terra a terra, so that 

 his motions or times have an equal regard to each 

 other, s. 6672. p. 1003. See Cr abb's Technological 

 Dictionary. 



Caissons, temporary chests in which foundations in 

 deep water are built, s. 4357. p. 718. 



Calcareous soil, soil abounding with lime, p. 775. 



Callipers, or calibers, explained, s. 4075. p. &53. 



Calorifere, from calor, heat, and fero, to bear, ex- 

 plained, s. 7464. p. 1087. 



Campitig potatoes, explained, s. 5345. p. 851. 



Canon of the horse, explained, s. 6232. p. 959. 



Cantle, the protuberant part of the saddle behind, 

 s. 6675. p. 1003. 



Capillaries, the hair-like extremities of the arte- 

 ries and veins, s. 6552. p. 968. 



Cap o/s<;-k;, explained, s. 3195. p. 518. 



Capt'ioles, leaps made m one and the same place 

 without advancing forward, s. 6672. p. 1003. See 

 Crabb's Tech. Diet. 



Capulet, explained, s. 6512. p. 997. 



Carotid arteries, two principal arteries which carry 

 the blood to the head, s. 6398. p, 972. 



Carotids, 967. See Carotid arteries. 



Carpus, explained, s. 6317. p. 965. 



Carriage in irrigation, explained, s. 4408. p. 726, 



Carse, explained, s. 4554. p. 747. 



Caruncula lachrymalis, explained, s. 6370. p. 970. 



Caseous, of the nature of cheese, s. 6979. p. 1036. 



Castrate, to incapacitate male animals from engen- 

 dering offspring, s. 7306. p. 1069. See Spay. 



Catch-drain, explained, s. 4419. p. 727. 



Catch-work meadows, explained, s. 4428. p. 727. 



Cavesson, a sort of noseband, either of iron, leather, 

 or wood, fastened round the nose of a horse to 

 forward the suppling and breaking of the horse, 

 s. 6657. p. 1001. See Crabb's Tech. Diet. 



Cellular membrane, an important membrane in 

 animals in which the fat is lodged, p. 785. 



Cereal grasses, the kinds producing corn, p 723. 



Cerebral hyatids, explained, s. 7267, 7268. p. 1066. 



Cervical ligajncnt, an aiK)iM;urosis or strong band- 

 age of packwax, which runs along the neck and 

 upholds the head, p. 972. 



Chambriere, a kind of long whip used in riding 

 houses, s. 6662. p. 1001. 



Char wood, to, to partially burn it to enable it to 

 resist wet, s. 3039. p. 492. 



Charlock, the .Sinnpis arvcnsia, a wild species of 

 the mustard family, \>, 850. 



Chloride of calcium, quicklime, 8. 4988. p. 850. 

 Chyle, a milky fluid secreted from the aliments In 



the lacteal vessels. 

 Chyme, that poultice like mass to which the food Is 



reduced in the stomach of every animal, s 6404 



p. 975. 

 Cicatrise, to heal over v/ith a scar, p. 513. 

 Cilia, eyelashes, p. 970. 

 Claveau, explained, s. 7248. p. 1065. 

 Clinches, cramps or holdfasts ; to clinch, to turn 



the points of nails which have been driven, as in 



the shoeing of horses, s. 6710. p. 1007. 

 Clough, explained, s. 4455. p. 732. 

 Cob, a kind of wicker basket, made so as to be car- 

 ried on the arm ; hence a seed-cob, or seed-lip, 



is a basket for sowing from, p. 378. 

 Cockle oast, a kind of kiln for drying hops upon, 



s. 6043. p. 927. 

 Cojgr, a Cornish term for offal pilchards, p. 1172. 

 Coffin bone, a bone in the foot of the horse, s. 6117. 



p. 976. 

 Coherent soil, a soil whose parts stick together, p. 772. 

 Collar-blade or haijns, short segments of wood or 



metal, embracing the nock of the horse, to which 



the traces are attached, s. 3235. p.' 524. 

 Collop, explained, s. 7871. p. 1200. 

 Commutation of tithes, the substituting a fixed 



money payment, or a portion of land, instead of a 



tenth of the produce. 

 Concha cartilages, the gristles of the ear, s. 6761. 



p. 1013. 

 Condition of a horse, the state of health and 



strength, p. 977. 

 Consecutive, following, p, 525. 

 Copyhold, explained, s. 3395. p. 552. 

 C6rd vocdles, or chordas voc5.1es, tendons called 



into action by braying in the ass, s. 6765. p. Iul3. 

 COrnea, the first or outer coat of the eye, s. 6371. 



p. 970. 

 Cornetti, a mode of riding, s. 6672. p. 1003. 

 Corollary, a consequent truth gained from some 



preceding truth or demonstration, s. 4961. p. 804. 

 Coronal roots, explained, s.4983. p. 808. 

 Coronary, explained s. 6117. p. 976. 

 Cotyledon, the first or seed leaf or seed lobe of a plant. 

 Couples, chains, collars, or mechanical contrivances, 



by which dogs, &c. are coupled together. 

 Courses, explained, s. 3189. p. 518. 

 Crest, upper part of a hedge -bank, p 483. 

 Croppers, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095. 

 Cross-breeditig, explained, s. 2023. p. 301. 

 Crown and, furrow-ploughing, explained, s. 3256. 



p. 527. 

 Crown scab, a disease in the horse, p. 1007. 

 Crystalline humour, explained, s. 6374. p. 970. 

 Cut mi, stems of grasses, p. 1167. 

 Culmtferous crops, crops of plants whose stems 



yield straw, as wheat, barley, &c., p. 768. 

 Curb, explained, s.6513. p. 987. 

 Curl, explained, s. 5371. p. 854. 

 Curvilinear, formed of curved lines. 

 Cut over, to cut off the top crop, s. 4043. p. 658. 

 Cutting in horses, explained, s. 6529. p. 9S8. 

 Cut-water of a bridge, the projecting part of the 



pier of a bridge, which is opposed to the current, 



and divides it, s. 3612. p. 582. 



D. 



Dandriff, scurf, s. 6738. p. 1006. 



Dashing, or dashed. See Lipped and harled. 



Dead hedges, hedges made with the prunings of 

 trees, or with the tops of old hedges which have 

 been cut down. 



Dead timber, any timber not growing, p. 502. 



Deciduous, shedding the leaves in autumn. 



Decorticated, deprived of the bark, p. 655. 



Defecation, explained, s. 4591. p. 867. 



Dendrometer, an implement invented to ascertain 

 the quantity of timber in standing trees, p. 6()3. 



Deportation, carrying away, removal, p. 519. 



Dew-retting, spreading hemp or flax on grass to 

 expose it to the action of the dews, which expe- 

 dite the separation of the fibre from the feculent 

 matter, s. . 0904. p. 916. 



Dewstone, the name of a species of limestone in 

 Nottinghamshire, s. 3639. p. .587. 



Diagram, an explanatory sketch, p. 757. 



Diarrhoea, explained, s. 6473. p. i)83. 



Diastole, explained, s. 6351. p. 968. 



Digging his toes, in horses, explained, s. 6289. p 9i'>0. 



Dike, explained p. 496. In Cambridgeshire a ditch 

 is called a dike. v 



