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.GLOSSARY. 



I. Kittffs, vii., 33. Old Dutch "nave " 

 " daar de sppeken in steeken." 



Neafe, 126. The fist. 



Neb, 123. The beak or nose. 



NOSE-GRISSLES, 1. Nostrils. 



NouT-HEAaD, 119. One who tends 

 homed cattle. Cf. Comage ; and 

 Brockett's Northern Glossary. 



0. 



Ordeelt, 37. Gradually, by degrees. 

 OuTLiGGERs, 48. Gatherers who lay 



out the com and put it into sheaf, 



with the band ready to fasten it. 

 OvEKTHWART, 56. Crosswisc ; cross the 



furrows. 

 OxEQAJiO, 42. See pages 127, 155, 165, 



and 186. 

 OXBFLOUOH, 133. See also page 137. 



Painfull, 54. Laborious, painstaking, 

 Pannfals, 104. A pad or pack saddle. 

 Parlous, 81. Dangerous, hard, bad. 

 Pelts, 29. Skins, hides. 

 Pe-vne, 122. The female swan. 

 Penuy-orass, 31. The rich bottom- 

 growth. 



"My poorest trasli . . . 

 Doth like the penny grass or the pure clover 



show 

 Compared wi'h her best'' . . . Drayton. 



Perish, 109. Act sensu. To destroy. 



Pike-stower, 48. The iron bar or 

 standard, fixed in the " ear-breed " of 

 the cart, that strengthens the sides. 

 Pyke, at page 37, a small pointed stack. 



Pile, 76. A stalk or single blade. Cf. 

 Velvet pile. 



P1LLIVER.S, 172. Pillow beares. At 

 page 162, pillow cases. 



PiNDED, 11. Put into the pound or 

 pinfold. Anglo-Saxon pijndan ; hence, 

 costive. 



Pinole, 75. To pick about, eat with 

 verj' little appetite. Ilalliwcll. 



Piper, 97. See Brockett. That this is 

 not a shepherd's "oaten pipe," Dray- 

 ton's words " and whilst the bag-pipes 

 play," prove. 



PiTTES, 118. Small shallow trenches or 

 "haw-haws" that served to bound 

 enclosed lands, or portions of common. 



PiTTE, 32. To fa.sten, adjust. 



Plough-ci.uttes, 172. Strips of iron 

 that cover the side of a plough, which 

 is said to be clouted, just as a wayne 

 is called bound. Plouoh-strinq, at 

 page 16, is whipcord. The Mells 

 mentioned on page 172 arc plough- 

 hnmmcrs. 



Ply, 108. Neut, senmt; exert himself. 



POTUACKERS, 172. 



P0WDER-TRF.A8ON-DAY, 119. The 6th 

 of November. " Gunpowder treason 

 and plot." Nursery Rhyme. 



Prouu, 99. Luxuriant; when green in 

 November, and overgrowing itself, 

 com is said to be uinter-proud. 



Pry, 174. Conunon, producing thin 

 wirj- grass, called by John Best, and 

 still known in Lincolnshire as, pry- 

 yra^s. 



PuBBLE, 54. Full, plump, spoken of 

 corn in opposition to fantome. Brockett. 



Q. 



QuiCKE, 9. Lively, brisk, pronounced 

 " wick," of markets ; opposed to dead, 

 9 ; as in the Apostles' Creed. Old 

 Dutch "quik," hence quicksilver. 



QUA.RTER-CLIFTES, 15. "Wood sawn into 

 four parts. 



Rabbit, 153. To rivet ; properly, reba- 

 ter. Wright. 



Rank, 6. too close together. 



Rated, 34. Hay that has lost its scent 

 and colour, and com that is spoilt, by 

 wet. 



Rayle, 84. To make them i"ally, im- 

 prove their condition. 



Raysino, 48. To make furrows or ruts. 



Reape, 57- A bundle of com, or a 

 loggin of beans. 



Recon, 172. An iron chain with pot- 

 hooks. 



Recky, 15. Damp, smoky. 



Rend, 30. To melt, render. 



Replecomb, 171. A large comb with 

 few teeth. 



RioooN, 1. Equal to Rioeld, 166, 

 An imperfect male. Rig is the back. 



RiGO vp, 60. To roof, or put the ridge on. 



Riven. 53. Ploughed up, of swarth 

 ground. 



RooMSTEAD, 47. The division of a barn 

 made by a low wall. 



Ropeth, 71. To stick, adhere; thus 

 thick treacle and bad pitch will rope, 

 thin treacle and pood pitch will not. 



RowLE, 44. To gather an annftill of 

 shorn poas before they arc allowed 

 to toucn the ground. 



Ruddles, 172. Coarse sieves or riddles. 



RuxDLE, 41. A tree or a small stream. 



Rung, 107. The step of a ladder. 



RuNTiSH, 5. Thick, short set. 



Rye, 103. To winnow. Ryino, 104. 

 A small quantity, a handfall. 



