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GLOSSARY. 



for the scythe. At page 104, a flat 

 piece of wood used in striking off an 

 even measure of com. 



Stkicklino, 9. Straggling. 



Strike, 104. To spread or lay out 

 flat. 



SruBBLE-BOY, 133. Perhaps a boy who 

 frightens away the birds from the 

 com; an animated "fiay-craw." 



Stumpie, 31. Heaw, unjnelding, 

 Sturdie, 2. Water in the head, 

 sheep that have hydatides on the 

 brain. Halliwell. 



Styes, 137. Stees, 171. Ladders. 



SuMMEBiNO, 75. Summer-grass, 160. 

 Pasturing for the summer; an in- 

 creased charge being made for eatage 

 of the fogge. The summering of a 

 large beast will now be bl. 



SwANG, 40. Low grass land, liable to 

 to be flooded. 



Sweath-balke, 22. " Laid o' the 

 sweath-balk " is spread abroad. 



Thoreshy. 



SwEATH-BAKE, 43. The com-sweep, 

 or rake used to gather loose ears of 

 com. 



SwEiOHiNG, 36. Swaying, render un- 

 steady. 



Swill, 20. To rinse or wash, now cal- 

 led " swaishing." 



SwippLE. At page 123, a pointed iron. 

 At page 143, the shorter portion of a 

 flail. 



Switching Knife, 139. A thatching 

 knife, called an eize-knife, page 147. 



SwoRu, 15. The .slanting stays of a 

 sheep-bar. 



Take Tardy, 103. Of the quantity a 

 dishonest miller takes, as though he 

 retarded or kept back somewhat. Cf. 

 Catch tripping. 



Tashled, 71. Fringed, tasselcd, hence 

 readily entangled. 



Teame, 36. To unload the waggon, 

 pour out the cont<'nts. 



Teendino, 25. To tithe. Teend. 42. 

 The tithe. Dutch teen. 



Tempheu, 103. Bread made of fine 

 floor, that has passed through the 

 tempse, or coarse hair sieve. 



Tende, 117. Wait on, attend. Tenth, 

 120, is the same word, which is still 

 applied to the watching of cattle. 



Tewe, 138. To tumble, crumple, weary, 

 of tempered mortar; answering ex- 

 actly to the Frciuli fatiijuer as applied 

 tu a salad. 



'I'^ACKE, Theaker, 147. Thatch. 

 " 1760, 30 thrave of thatch 1/. 10«." ' 



Threave, 132. Two stookes or twenty- 

 four sheaves. "1621, 40 threavcs of 

 mown rye in the lathe 5/." 



Throden, 5. To thrive, grow. 



Tiffany, 106. Gauze, cock web or cob- 

 web lawne, called in Totcnley Mys- 

 teries '"crisp." 



TiFLE, 33. Trifled, 54. Com that 

 has fallen down in single ears, and is 

 ruffled and entangled with the stand- 

 ing com. HalliweU. 



TiFTiNG, 31. To adjust, dress up. 



ToYLED, 63. Wearied. 



Tractable, 116. Perhaps not exactly 

 docile, but " may be induced to fancy 

 him;" the Ij^Xin tractabilis. 



Traile, 43. To drag, draw ; the notion 

 of slowness is implied. 



Tripe-wives, 29. The name of women 

 who sell only the intestines 

 of animals generally, and cow- 

 heels. 



Tryed up, 29. Melted down — gener- 

 allv applied to whale's blubber. See 

 Wright. 



TuFTEs, 76. Refuse grass not eaten by 

 cattle; grass that has grown on the 

 site of a former manure heap. 



TWEL-PIECE, 41. A twelve-sided field. 



Tyed, 97- Bound, compelled. 



Tyred, 117. Dre.ssod, attired. Cf. 

 IL Kings, ix., 30. 



U. 



Under-growth, 20. In Au.stralia cal- 

 led bottom- wool. 



Underlay, 63. Now called ekes, ad- 

 ditional bands of straw placed beneath 

 the hive, for which a patent was 

 granted to John Geddes circa 1640. 



Upheap, 103. See sub voce ciinnUatm 

 in Hatfield's Surrey. 



V. 

 Vendible, 84, Gette vfjjte, 111. 

 Vente, 101. Have vF„\TE, 112. To 

 sell. 



W. 



Wages, 172. Iron wedges Qti. crow- 

 bars. (?) 



Waine-way, 38. A waggon road. 

 Waine-blades, 172. Waggon shafts. 



Walked, 22. Matted, entangled. 



Wai.leu, 140. Those wlio build the 

 stone walls witlmut mortar so common 

 in the North. 



