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Glossary. 



Mascall is translating, but was never an Eng- 

 lish name of the plant, though Puliol royal 

 occurs in the old Herbals. Both names come 

 from pulegiutn, and this from the fact (?) which 

 Pliny mentions: " flos recentis inconsus pnlices 

 necat odore" (Lib. xx., cap. xiv.). 



Poult, 32, pult, 32, sb., the burbot or eel-pout 

 {Lota vulgaris). 



Proch, II, proching hooke, 23, lit. the hook 

 pushed near. Fr. proche. 



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Rackle, 47, sb., a small rack or frame with 



spindle for winding up a line. 

 • Rosom, 49, sb. , resin. 



Scauell', 33, sb.pl., probably the same as the 

 Suffolk word scaffcl (Halliwell), a small spade 

 used in draining, and having the edges slightly 

 turned up. 



Sheering, 22, /r./., shearing, cutting. ("For 

 sheering," writes Professor Skeat, is "to 

 prevent its being shorn or cut." In M.E., y^r 

 has the very remarkable sense of "against" or 

 "in order to prevent." " For percing of his 

 herte " = to prevent his heart being pierced, 

 is found in Chaucer's Sir Thopas.) 



Shoules, 33, sb.pl., shovels, 



Sow-worme, 7, sb., the wood-louse. 



Stonny, 32, v. to stun. 



Stuis, 34, sb.pl., stews. 



Suckering, 2, pr.p., succouring, sheltering. 



Swooly, 2, adj., overpowering, sultry. Siveal, 

 to bum. 



Tarcell, 49, sb., tercell, the male bird. 



Teme, 26, sb., an emptying-place, outlet. Cf. 



tee7n (Halliwell). 

 Testorne, 48, sb., a testern, sixpence. 

 Tonnell, 26, sb., a tunnel. 

 Tortues, 35, French, tortoises. 

 Tutch, 22, sb., touch. 

 Tyle, 27, v., to get ready, prepare. Cf. teel, to 



set a trap (Halliwell). 



Weat, 48, adj., wet, 



Welbede, 5, sb., whether a wood-louse, a centi- 

 pede or millepede, I am uncertain. For 

 the first, Mascall has sow-7vorme, but this 

 word is his own, "rough like a welbede" 

 coming from the first edition of the "Trea- 

 tyse." '''Welbede is evidently miswritten." 

 notes Professor Skeat, " foi- velbode, vluA bode 

 would be the old spelling of bud, which we 

 have in s/iarn-bud." This word (?) under the 

 form of btcg has taken new root across the 

 Atlantic, and appears to be applied to insects 

 generally. Here, in one particular instance, 

 both forms have survived : the lady -bird, i.e. 

 lady-bud, is also called the lady-bug. 



Wele, 27, sb., a baslcet for catching fish. 



Wixen, 17, sb., greenweed [Genista tinctoria, L.). 



Wood-fatte, 17, sb., woad-vat. 



Wreth, 27, sb., a twisted band. 



Yeele, 11, sb., the eel. 

 Yeirne, 26, sb., iron. 



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