GLOSSAEY. 



For thin Glossary the Editor is alone responsible. 



Ability, Ablest, 87. "Ayabble man" 



is a rich man ; strong and weak are 



used for rich and poor. 

 After Loggings, 104. Coarse flour, the 



same as " hinder-ends " or " efter- 



temsings." Carr. 

 AiRiSH, 18. Cool and windy. 

 Ayred, 82. Left to grow, same as 



" cleansed" p. 84. 

 Ammerie, 172. A cupboard. See Wright. 

 Anchit RicoAL, 24. Lamb's fry. 

 Andirons, 175. Two flat plates used to 



contract the fireplace ; called also 



^'^ cob-irons." 

 Arder, 176. Ardure, 132. Fallow; the 



same to corn land that "/o^ " is to 



meadow. " 1583, Hook; bean arders 



10 acres, II." 

 Ary, 76. Tiu-ning up the weeds or 



'■'■quicJcs" to be killed by the sun. 



From the old Dutch word " erien " or 



" aarenen" to plough. 

 AwNE, 53. The spike or beard of bar- 

 ley or wheat. 



B. 



Balkes. At page 28, strips of grass di- 

 viding fields. At page 48, the beams 

 forming the roomsteads of a barn. 

 At page 172, the timbers of the roof 

 on which salt meat was hung. 



Bash, 110. Bask, crouch, of a bird. 



Battle, 28. Sweet, moist ; applied 

 to the rib-grass which is good for 

 sheep. The grass with which children 

 play at fighting soldiers, or "Kings 

 and Queens." 



Bearing, 122. "Warming. See Boucher. 

 Q Baking.) 



Bearing Bands, 75. Used in ploughing 

 with two horses when only one plough 

 or guiding spring is used. 



Beastlings, 82. First milk given by a 

 cow after calving. Boucher. 



Beater, 107. A wooden mallet. 



Beddes, 144. Adheres. We speak of 

 the " bed " of a river, of a nail being 

 driven "home," of the "matrix" of a 

 fossil, of a roe being aroused from her 

 " bed." There is the same notion of 

 close contact in the word " coucheth" 

 on this page. 



Beeld, 64. Building, protection. Bou- 

 cher. 



Bebsome, 104. A birch broom. A 

 beesom betty, a name for an untidy 

 person. 



Behoovefull, 37. Needful. 



Bellweather, 97- The leader of the 

 flock, as most likely to stray, would 

 have a bell hung round his neck, ia 

 the Swiss and Tyrolese fashion. 

 Cf. Archibald Bell-the-Cat. 



" the bellweather so brave, 



As none in all the flock they like themselves 

 would have." Drayton. 



Berked, 11. Dirt clotted and har- 

 dened. Carr's Craven Glossary. 



Bittes, 20. Fragments ; hence bitted, 

 6, of the teeth, whole, entire. 



Blares, 81. The cry of a ewe to her 

 lamb. 



Blea-faced, 84. Bley, 99. A pale 

 blue colour. Brockett. 



Blend, 104. To mix ; thus, maseldine, 

 mixtilio, is called blend corn. 



BoLL-ROAKiNG, 59. Keeping of a stack 

 of corn from wet. 



Bordeniid, 24. Boarded. 



Bordered, 110. Fenced, confined. 



BoTTE, 71. A marking iron. I know 

 not how it differeth firom the Burne, 

 71. 



Bottle, 60. As much as a man can 

 carrv. A farm servant is still asked 



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