GLOSSARY, 



lamprey), but the distinction between the two 

 fish had probably not then been recognised, and 

 these three names were no doubt applied indif- 

 ferently to both. 

 Pynsons, sb. pincers, 14 



QuARELL, sb. a square, 13. Onarell nedlys were square- 

 headed needles. F. carre, square. 

 QuASY, adj. queasy, fastidious, 24, 30 

 QUENCHE, V. to cool, to extinguish the heat, 14 



Refet, adj. well-fed, plump, 29. See refaict in Cot- 

 grave. 

 Reward, 3*; rewarde, 3, 53. a term in falconry, 



signifying to regard, look, attend to the fowler. 



Rewarde. at p. 19 is a scribal error for rezvar, a river. 

 Rey, 5^. a disease of hawks, 3*. Rye (in 1496 text) 



is the usual form. ( The form is ry in the Book 



of St. Alban's, fol. a 4. W.W.S.) 

 Roche, sb. the roach. The "greyt roche" is the full 



grown fish; the " wexen " or " waxyng roche" 



the young growing fish. 

 Roddyd, adj. redded, red, 34 



RoFFE, 15*; ruf, 29, sb. the ruff, (Acerina vulgaris). 

 RoYT, sb. root, 23*. See hoyt. 

 Rye, see Rey. Rye in 1496 text (p. 11) is probably a 



misprint of trye. 



ScRYE, 5^. cry, 5 



ScRYUE, V. to write, describe. Short for descryue. 



Semy-clam, sb. half-clamp; a sort of vice, 13 



Set, conj. sed (Latin), 5*. A common form. 



Seuerall, adj. peculiar, private, 35 



Seven-eyes, sb. the river lamprey, ( Petromyzon flu- 

 viatilis), 23 



Seyr, adj. sore, 2* 



Shell-fly, 35. Perhaps a sheld-fly, i.e. spotted, 

 variegated fly. See s/z^/r/ in Halliwell. The shell- 

 fly, Granam or Greentail is one of the Phrvga- 

 niidae, ( Lemnephilus striotus). 



