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GLOSSARY. 



SiTH, adv. since, i* 



SiTHEN, a,h'. afterwards, 7* 



Skome, sb. scum, 9* 



Slough, sb. the casting of its skin by a caterpillar, 32 



Smyte, v. strike, 18. (A curious use. W.W.S.) 



SoKiiL, 22. ^ee waier-sokul. 



SoiiKiTH, v.pr. t. sucks. A characteristic expression 

 for the act of feeding in many fish. 



Stange, sb. a pool ; usually stank. F. etaiig, O.F. 

 estang. 



Stone-fly, Perla bicaudata. 



SOUCE, 3*; sowse, 3, sb. sudden fall, downfall, death. 

 ( See Halliwell, who gives the proverb " dead as 

 a fowl at souse," i.e. dead as a bird soused down 

 upon. A term in hawking. W.W.S.) 



SouERAYN, 22 ; souerent, 22*, adj. sovereign, chief. 



SURBAT, 2*; surbatted, 2, adj. foot-sore. 



SwoLY, adj. overpowering, sultry, 20. Swelt, to faint 

 with heat. 



Syth, conj. since, i 



Tan, adv. then, 7*. Put for than. 



Tandy, adj. tan-coloured, 34. Called by Walton the 



" tawny-fly." Probably the Dung-flies, (Scato- 



phagites). 

 Tanner's ose, lit. tanner's ooze or liquor ; spelt ouze 



in Halliwell, li. A.S. wos, M.E. wose. 

 Tapre wexe, 7; tapur wyys waxing, 8*, tapering, lit. 



taper-shape, or taper-wise. Tapur of wax in the 



Denison text, (7*), seems an erroneous gloss. 

 Thilke, adj. thick, 20*. The same as thycke, which 



is used in the 1496 text. ( Some scribes write Ik 



for kk., to the confusion of editors. Thus thilke= 



thikke. W.W.S.) 

 Thinhe, a scribal error for thinge, 17* 

 Thouer, the over or upper, 8 

 Twytch, sb. an earth-worm, 31. See a7igledog in 



Halliwell. 



Unfette, v. to unbind, 7 



