GLOSSARY. 



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Dazed, 117. Confused. 



Dessinge, 139. A square cut of hay 

 from the stack ; adhiic ; to pile up. 

 Carr. 



DiNTE, 44. Stroke. A. Saxon. 



DoBLERS, 172. A large earthenware 

 dish. 



DoDDED, 1. Hornless, "no horns; the 

 dodder sheep the best breeders. Oba- 

 diah Blagrave, 1683. " An abbrevia- 

 tion of doeheaded." Brockett. Qu. if 

 because lopped or shorn of their char- 

 acteristic, 



" sed fregit in arbore comu 



Trunca que dimidifi parte decoris erat." — Ovid. 



DoDDiNG, adhue, is to take off the dust 

 and clagges from the fleece. 



DoDDE-KEADE, 99. Of com. 



DowNEDRENS, 115. Down-dinners, the 

 afternoon repast, the " drinkings" sent 

 to hay-makers. 



Drape out, 72. To cull out the refuse 

 of a flock, which are called " di-aft 

 sheep." A drape cow is one not in calf. 



Drawing, 28, 118. To strain. See 

 Halliwcll. At the Court Leet of 

 ElmsweU, 1674, Symon Peck, gent, 

 is fijied " for drawing his goods in the 

 Carr before the time allowed." In an 

 inventory of 1581 is the item, "eight 

 stotts undrawen," that is, not yet put 

 to plough. 



Drive, 22, 109. Postpone. Driven 

 Wheat, 99. 



DuMPLiNGES, 5. A name for a lamb 

 stunted by being too soon weaned; 

 called grass bellyed, 5, or adhuc, 

 " bogg-bellyed. 



DuRSE, 50. Drossedout, 105. To dress. 



Earemarke, 4. See Toimley 3Iysteries, 

 115. 



Eatage, 129. That part of the grass 

 which is left on the ground when the 

 scythe has passed over it. See Hunter, 

 sub voce Eddish Fore- eatage, 12. 

 The fii-st turn at the eatage. Fore- 

 HOLDE, 12. The gi'owth of the fields 

 before the time to eat them down 

 with cattle. Thus Fore-told, at page 

 36, is warned beforehand. 



EizE, 59. The eaves of a house. 



Everinges, 107. The rounds of a 

 waggon. 



F. 



Falleth, 25. Act. sensu. " Obtains." 

 Adhuc '^ falls some money." 



Taugh, 17. Fallow. See note on pages 

 98, 176 



Fawdes, 18. Bundles of straw, twelve 

 of which make a threave. Brockett. 

 Marshall says " as much as the arms 

 can well ' faud,' that is fold." 

 Feased, 97. What is now called " dock- 

 ing" or "dagging." 

 Felles, 35. The wooden rim of a 

 wheel, made up of never less than six 

 pieces, each of which has two spokes 

 or "speaks" fitted into it. A Ganne 

 OF Fellowes, page 171, would make 

 two wheels. Cf. I. Kings, vii. 33. 

 Feltered, 57. Entangled, "cottered." 



Adhuc. Townley Mysteries. 

 Feyed, 4. To winnow with the natural 

 wind. Carr. " Certain unfied beans." 

 Inv. 1621. 

 Filling, 59. The hay or corn thrown 

 to the centre of the stack, to shoot off 

 the rain. 

 Flackets, 172, 176. A small keg in 

 which ale is carried to hay -makers, 

 some not above a pint measure. Bep. 

 Eccl. 

 Flaggie, 40. Overgrown with rushes 



or flags. 

 Fleakes, Peare of, 171. Hurdles or 



crates whereon bacon is hung up. 

 Flea, 8. Flay. 



Flecken, 50. German, to change colour.'; 

 of cattle dappled or pied ; " ring- 

 straked, speckled, and spotted. Genesis 

 XXX., 39. 

 Flezy Holland, 106. 

 Flit, 135. To remove. Adhuc. 

 FoGGE, 130. The after-grass or after- 

 math. 

 FoLD-HANKES, 16. A band to tie bars 

 together, called also hanks and 

 hankings. 

 FoRCiNGE, 9. "To. clip and shear off 

 the upper and more heavy part of the 

 wool; forbidden by statute, 8 Hen. 

 VI., cap. 22." Halliwell. 

 FouRME, 69. A form or wooden bench. 

 FoYST, 103. Grow or smell musty, 

 Freledge, 173. Privilege ; unlimited 



access to and benefit from. 

 Fresh, 84. The new grown grass ; 

 same as the spring, page 4 ; Fresh- 

 grass, page 82 ; Kept-fresh, page 83. 

 Froughy, 32. Spongy, porous ; of green 



wood. 

 Frundell, 68. Two pecks ; in com- 

 mon use of malt. 

 Fulled, 10. Crowded. Full, page 

 78, to tread down ; run over. Adhuc. 

 FuLTH. 5. Fill, or sufficiency; as aa 



adj. full-grown. 

 FuKREs, 17. Fun-ows. 



