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GLOSSARIAL INDEX. 



stumming, explained, s. 4132. p. 67-t. 



Sturdy, explained, s. 7267. p. 1066. 



Subcarbonate of soda, a salt in which soda predo- 

 minates, p. 837. 



Sublingual, under tlie tongue, s. 6J88. p. 972. 



Succedaneum, a substitute, p. 846. 



Swath, the bands or ridges produced by mowing 

 with the scythe, p. 903. 



Swath balk, the line between two swaths where the 

 stubble is cut least closely, presenting a little ridge 

 of stubble, p. 514. 



Sivays, long bramble rods used in thatching with 

 reeds, p. 518. 



Sweating of hay, a slight fermentation, p. 904. 



Swing plough, any plough without wheels, p. 390. 



Switching bill, an instrument used in pruning 

 hedges, p. 485. 



Switching hedges, cutting off the one year's growth 

 which protrudes from the sides of hedges, s. 4005. 

 p. 652. 



Synchronous, at one time, at the same time, con- 

 temporary, p. 1002. 



Synopsis, the seeing all at once, or at one view ; a 

 comprehensive volume, p 881. 



Synovia, joint oil, p. 965, 967. 



Systole, explained, s. 6351. p. 963. 



T. 



Tag-belt,2id\sea.s,e in sheep, explained, s. 7260. p. 1065. 



Tail drain, explained, s. 4414. p. 726. 



Tapetum, explained, s. 6373. p. 970. 



Tarsm, explained, s. 6328. p. 96d 



Teathing, explained, s. 5824. p. 906. 



Tecernos, explained, s. 7141. p. 1052. 



Tedding hay, scattering, spreading, turning, and, in 

 short, making hay, p. 903. 



Tenon, a projection in a rail, &c., made to fit a 

 mortice. 



Tenon joint, a joint formed by a tenon and mortice, 

 p. 598. 



Tenure, a holding or occupying, p. 179. 



Territorial economy, whatever relates to the valu- 

 ation, purchase, sale, exchange, arrangement, im- 

 provement by roads, canals, drainage, &c., of 

 territorial surface, including interposing waters, 

 as rivers, lakes, and also mines and minerals. 

 Territorial improvements are mostly effected by 

 the proprietors of lands or their agents and 

 stewards, and not to any great extent by renters 

 of land, or farmers. 



Tetanus, a spasmodic affection, accompanied by 

 rigidity, one species of which is known by the 

 popular name of a locked jaw, s. 6370. p. 970. ; 

 s. 6432. p. 978 ; s. 6965. p. 1035. 



Tethering, restraining grazing animals by a rope or 

 chain, fastened to the animal at one end, and to 

 the earth at the other, s. 5560. p. 876. 



The line of draught, the direction in which an ani- 

 mal is pulling or drawing, s. 2592. p. 390. 



Theodolite, an instrument used in surveying, and 

 chiefly in taking angles, p. 544. 



Thill, the beam or draught tree of a cart or waggon. 



Thiller or Thill horse, the horse that is put under the 

 thill, or into the shafts or draughts, p. 1139. 



Thoracic duct, the trunk of the absorbent vessels, 

 so called from its being placed in the thorax or 

 chest, p. 968. 



Thorough-pin, explained, s. 6293 p. 961. 



Threave, twenty-four sheaves of straw or corn, 

 s. 3168. p. 517. 



Thrush paste, explained, s. 6554. p. 988. 



Tibia, the leg bone, p. 965. 



Ticks, a variety of bean, called the tick bean, s. 

 6225, 5226. p. 838. 



Tie, a bar so placed as to resist a drawing or twisting 

 power, p. 498. 



Till, coarse obdurate land, p. 746. 



Tiller, to send forth numerous stems from the root ; 

 applied only to culmiferous plants, s. 4984. p. 808. 



Tillering. See Tiller, s. 5130. p. 826. 



Tilth, the degree or depth of soil turned by the 

 plough or spade, that available soil on the earth's 

 surface, into which the roots of crops strike, p. 803. 



Tippling, as applied to hay-making, explained, 

 s. 5549. p. 875. 



Tithe, the tenth of the produce of the soil, paid to 

 the clergy of England. 



Tithing.man, a person employed by the clergyman 

 in a village to set out and collect his tithes. 



Torrefied earth, earth subjected to the action of 

 fire, p. 522. 



Trctchea, the windpipe, p. 972. 



Tracking flax, breaking the wooily part in the 

 stems of flax, s. 5912. p. 915. 



Tramp, an instrument used in making hedges, p 431. 



Tramroad, explained, s. 3795 p. 615. 



Translucent, transparent, diaphanous, allowing 

 light to shine through, p. 811. 



Tremblings, explained, s. 7253. p. 1035. 



Trench, explained, s. 4412. p. 726. To trench, to 

 turn over and mix soil to the depth of two, three, 

 or more spades, or spits. 



Trench drain, explained, s. 4413. p. 726. 



Trindle, to allow to trickle or run down in small 

 streams, p. 611. 



Trochar, an instrument resembling a pipe, used for 

 making incisions, when water or air is received 

 out of the incision through the trochar, p. 1034. 



Truncheons, large sets, stakes, or poles, of willow, 

 poplar, &c. planted to form trees speedily, p. 749. 



Trumpeters, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095. 



Tubers, knobs, fleshy bodies at the roots of plants, 

 as in potato, yam, pignut, &c., p. 511. 



Tumblers, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095. 



Turbits, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095. 



Turners, a variety of pigeon, p. 1095. 



Turnsick, explained, s. 7267. p. 1066. 



Tussocks of grass, clumps, tumps, tufts, or mi- 

 nute hillocks of growing grass, p. 518. 



Twibil and hink, explained, o. 5171. p. 832. 



U, 



Urinarium, a receptacle for urine, s. 6998. p. 1033. 



Vilum palatt, explained, s. 6382. p. 972.. 



Vena cava, explained, s. 6348. p. 967. 



Vena cava ascend ens, explained, s. 6348. p. 937. 



Vena cava desce'ndens, explained, s. 6348. p. 967. 



Vena p6rtce, explained, s. 6349. p. 967. 



Vinquish. See Pining. 



Viscid, thick, glutinous, gummy, p. 1036. 



Vivacious, living, sprouting, very lively, very free 



of growth, p. 803. 

 Vives, explained, s. 6388. p. 972. 



W. 



Wads, explained, s. 5208. p. 836. 



Walls dashed with lime. See Harled. 



Walls en pise, vfalh built of mud rammed in be- 

 tween a frame of boards, p. 457. 



Warbles, explained, s. 6489. p. 984. 



Ward-holding, explained, s. 3402. p. 552. 



Warping, explained, s. 4452. p. 7 >2. 



Watering of hemp, the maceration, steeping, or 

 immersion of the stems of the hemp plant, in 

 water, s. 677. p. 107. 917. 



Water-retted, watered, s. 5929. p. 917. 



Water tables across a road, sunk pannels, which 

 conduct the surface water into drains, p. 582. 



Water.tabling,eyi^\a.meA, s. 3014. p. 486. 



Watery head, explained, s. 7267. p. 1066. 



Wattle, to weave, to interlace, or plat branches or 

 rods. 



Wattled fence. See Stake and Rice. 



Wattled hurdles, hurdles wattled with rods. 



Way pane, explained, s. 4416. p. 726. 



Wear, a dam made with stakes and osier twigs in- 

 terwoven, as a fence against water, p. 722. 



Well-bred, explained, s. 2064. p. 3l)5. 



Whethering, explained, s.6971. p. 103o. 



Whin, furze, gorz, gorse, or goss, p. 510. 



Whinstone, explained, s. 3654. p. 5^9. 



Whipping out grain, striking the ears against a 

 stone or the edge of a board, till the corn is se- 

 parated from the straw, p. 51;>. 



Whipping in plants, to bruise, abrade, or injure, 

 by rubbing or striking against another, as the 

 competing branches of neighbouring trees, s. 

 4014. p. 653. ^ ^ 



Whirlbone of the horse, the articulation of the 

 thigh bone with the pelvis, 959. 



Whitten, the small-leaved lime, p. 1 141. 



Wilding, trees sprung up from seeds naturally dis- 

 tributed, i. e. by winds, birds, running waters, 

 &c., p. 675. 



Winlestraivs, the withered flower -stalks of grasses 

 standing in the fields ; in English, bents, s. 50j8. 



Wornals or puckeridge, explained, s. 6968. p. 1035. 

 Woodward, a land-reeve or ground officer, s. 4638. 

 p. 760. Y. 



Yellows, explained, s. 6480. p. 984. 

 Ycrking, one of the motions taught to horses, s. QnTi. 

 p. 1(03. 



