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Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie

Thomas Tusser

Clod, 114/37, _s._ earth, hence = landed property. Clog, 89/1, _s._ charge, duty. Closet, 14/3, _s._ retirement, seclusion. Closeth, 62/5, _v. pr. t._ incloses, fences in. Closier, page 2, _s._ enclosures. Fr. _closure_. Clot, 33/24, _s._ clods. A.S. _clûd_. "Clodde or clotte lande, _occo_."--Huloet. *Cloughted, 89, _pp._ See Clouted. Clout, 67/16, _s._ piece of cloth. A.S. _clût_, a little cloth. Mid. Eng. _clout, clutian, clutien_, to patch. Clouts, Cloutes, 17/10, _s._ an instrument similar to the _plowstaff_, shod with iron and used for breaking large clods, etc. Clouted, 17/6, _pp._ "having the Axle-tree armed with Iron plates."--T.R. O. Fr. _clouet_, dimin. of _clou_, a nail, from Lat. _clavus_. See Nares, s.v. Clout. Coast, 63/7, _s._ country, district. O. Fr. _coste_, from Lat. _costa_, a rib, side. Coast man, 36/22, _s._ masters of coasting vessels. Cobble, 74/5, _v. imp._ patch, mend. Cock, 53/4, _v. imp._ put into cocks, or small stacks. Cocking, 95/5, _adj._ over-indulgent. Cockle, 46/13, _s._ the weed corn-rose, _Agrostemma githago_, Linn. Cockle or Cokyl is used by Wycliffe and other old writers in the sense of a weed generally. Cockneies, 92/4, _s. pl._ spoilt or effeminate boys. See note E460, and Halliwell, s.v. Cockney. Cocks, 57/16, _s. pl._ small conical heaps of hay or corn. Codware, 19/26, _s._ all plants that bear pods (or cods); peas, beans, etc. "Pescodde, _escosse de poix_."--Palsgrave. A S. _codd_. Welsh, _cod, cwd_, a small bag. Coeme, Coome, 17/7, _s._ a measure of half a quartern. A.S. _cumb_.--Somner. "There is no such word in A.S. as _cumb_; it is one invented by Somner, so that the (so-called) A.S. _cumb_ is really derived from Eng. _coomb_"--Note by Rev. W. W. Skeat. Cofer up, 10/61, _v._ to hoard up, lock up. Cofers, 16/4, _s. pl._ money-boxes. Cog, 63/14, _v._ cheat, defraud. "Cog a dye, to load a die."--Cotgrave. "A cogger, _un pipeur_. To cogge, _piper_"--The French Schoolemaster, 1636. Coile, 4/1, _s._ bustle, hard work; cf. Fr. _cuellée_, a mob, tumult. Cold, 91/2, _adj._ cooling. Cole, 57/31, _s._ turf, peat. Colewort, 39/10, _s._ or collet, cabbage. _Brassica oleracea_, Linn. Collembines, 43/4, _s. pl._ columbine. Lat. _columbina_, _adj._ from _columba_, a pigeon, from the resemblance of its nectaries to the heads of pigeons in a ring round a dish, a favourite device of ancient artists.--Dr. R. A. Prior. Comfort, 19/19, _s._ strength, fertility. Commodities, 37/17, _s. pl._ advantages. Compact, 112/1, _pp._ composed. Lat. _compactus_, from _compango_. "Love is a spirit all _compact_ of fire."--Venus and Adonis, 149. Compas, 47/3, _s._ manure, compost. O. Fr. _compost_, from Lat. _compositum_. Compassing, 56/1, _s._ manuring. *Compast, 11, _pp._ manured. *Compound, 11, _v. imp._ agree, arrange. Confer, page 2, _v._ compare. Lat. _conferre_. Confound, 67/27, _v._ destroy, spoil. Conie, 15/20, _s._ a term of endearment. Conies, 63/10, _s. pl._ rabbits. Welsh _cwning_. Irish _coinni_. Lat. _cuniculus_, cognate with Lat. _cuneus_ (what cleaves, a wedge), and comes from the Sanskrit root _khan_ = to dig.--Palmer. Conserue, 91/3, preserve. Constancie, 9/23, _s._ consistency, firmness. Conster, 114/34, _v._ understand. Contemne, 106/7, _v. pr. t._ despise. Lat. _contemnere_. Continue, 19/35, _v._ to breed from, to keep up stock from. Contrarie, 67/25, _v. imp._ oppose, contradict. Cooples, 10/6, _s._ couples, husband and wife. Coosen, 63/14, _v._ cheat, swindle. Shakespere's _cozen_. Copie, 47/8, _s._ coppice. Coresie, 19/24, _s._ annoyance, trouble. Cornet plums, 34/7, _s._ cornel plums, cornel cherries. Corneth, 75/8, _v. pr. t._ preserve and season, cure. Corps, 53/1, _s._ body. Cost, 32/5, _s._ coast, country. See Coast. Costmarie, 42/4, _s._ costmary, called also ale-cost, _Balsamita vulgaris_. Cote, 58/11, _v._ cogitate, reflect. Coted, 2/8, _v. pt. t._ took note of, wrote down. "Howe scripture shulde be _coted_ (quoted)."--Skelton, Colin Clout, l. 758. Count, 10/21, _v._ reckon, "be to counte" = be of account, be worth. Counterfait, 64/29, _adj._ counterfeit, sham, false. Coursest, 55/4, _adj._ coarsest. Court, 86/10, _s._ account, examination. Cousleps, 42/5, _s. pl._ cowslips. Couert, 63/5, covert, underwood. Couertlie, 9/5, _adv._ closely. Cowlaske, page 4, _s._ diarrhœa in cattle. See Fletcher's Differences, 1623, p. 33. Laske, _v._ = to _relax_, slacken. See Glossary to "William of Palerne," E. E. Text Soc. edit. Skeat. Coxcombe, 64/18; Coxcome, 10/48, _s._ The cap of the licensed fool had often on the top a cock's head and comb and some of the feathers. Therefore he "strives for a coxcome" = he will only succeed in proving his own folly. Crabs, 15/17, _s. pl._ crab apples. Cracketh, 10/37, _v. pr. t._ half breaks, injures. Cradle, 17/14, _s._ "A three-forked instrument of wood, on which the corn is caught as it falls from the sithe."--T.R. Crake, 18/21, _v._ brag, boast. Dutch _kraaken_. Crakers, 54/4, _s. pl._ boasters. Cram, 114/15, _v._ feed up, satisfy. Creake, 47/2, "to cry creak" = "to be afraid," "to desist from any object, to repent."--Halliwell. Credit crackt, 4/1, credit or trust broken. Creekes, 49/4, _s. pl._ corners, seek creekes = hide herself. Creekes, 38/26, _s. pl._ servants. Creepinglie, 9/32, _adv._ stealthily, by degrees. Cresies, 40/5, _s._ cress. Fr. _cresson_. M. Lat. _crissomum_ from Lat. _crescere_, to grow, "a celeritate crescendi." Crome, 17/19, _s._ "Like a dung-rake with a very long handle."--T.R. Crone, 56/46, _v. imp._ pick out the crones, i.e. the old ewes. The meaning is, weed out your flocks. Crones, 12/4, _s. pl._ "Ewes, whose teeth are so worn down that they can no longer keep their sheep-walk."--T.R. Crooked, 57/46, _adj._ deformed. Croppers, 18/19, _s._ the best or most productive crops. Croppers, 19/20, _s. pl._ persons who extract crop after crop from the land. Crosse, 46/9, _s._ a cross-piece. Crosse, 9/29, _v._ happen, result unfavourably. Crosses, 9/29, _s._ troubles, misfortunes. Crosserowe, page 3, _s._ called also Christcrossrow; the alphabet. "A is the name of the first letter in the _Crosrowe_."--Baret's Alvearie. Crotch, 51/10, _s._ "a curved weeding tool."--T.R. Crotches, 60/11, _s. pl._ crutches. A.S. _cryce_. L. Lat. _croccia, crucca_. H. Ger. _krücke_. Crotchis, 57/51, _s. pl._ crooks, hooks. O. Fr. _croche_. Crowchmas, 50/36, _s._ St. Helen's Day, 3rd May, being the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross. Crowe, 46/9, _s._ crowbar. Cubboord, 89/5, _s._ cupboard. Culters, 17/10, _s. pl._ coulters. Cumbersome, 10/13, _adj._ troublesome, vexatious, oppressive. Cummin, 45/6, _s._ cumin, a plant resembling fennel, cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish warm taste, and are used like those of anise and carraway. Arabic _kammûn_. Hebrew _kammôn_. Cunnie, 36/25, _s._ rabbit. Currant, 10/44, _adj._ current coin, good coin. Currey, 64*/2, _v._ gain by flattery. On the origin of this phrase see "Leaves from a Word-Hunter's Note Book," by Rev. A. S. Palmer, p. 63. Custome, 77/1, _s._ custom, habit; of custome = as a matter of course. Curtesie, 9/8, _s._ courtesy, respect. D. *Dablith, 27, _v. pr. t._ make wet and dirty. Dads, 95/5, _s. pl._ fathers. Daffadondillies, 43/7, _s. pl._ daffodils. _Narcissus pseudonarcissus_, Linn. Daieth, 62/8, _v. pr. t._ names some future day for payment, i.e. buys on credit. "The moste part of my debtters have honestly payed, And they that were not redy I have gently _dayed_." --Wager's Cruell Debter, 1566. *Dainty, 94, _adj._ difficult, lit. choice, excellent. Dallops, 54/5, _s. pl._ "A patch or bit of ground lying here and there among the corn."--T.R. 57/17, "Tufts of corn such as are commonly seen where dung-heaps have stood too long, or in shady places."--T.R. Damsens, 34/8, _s. pl._ damsons, contracted from _damascene_ = the _Damascus_ plum. Dank, 22/11, _adj._ damp, wet. Dare, 2/7, _v._ pain, grieve. A.S. _daru_, hurt. Darnell, 65/1, _s._ darnel, the plant _Lolium perenne_. "Darnell or Iuraye in Englishe also called Raye."--Dodoens, Newe Herball, 1578. Darth, 63/24, _s._ dearth, dearness of food, etc. *Daunger, 90/8, risk. Daw, 99/2, _s._ simpleton, sluggard. Day, 57/8, _s._ day-work, time-work. Dead, 78/4, _adj._ flat (beer). Cf. "Pallyd, as drynke, _emortuus_."--Prompt. Parv. Deaw, 56/48, _s._ dew, damp. Deckt, 106/2, _pp._ adorned, beautified. Defende, 86/7, _v._ avoid, prevent. Deintily, 19/37, _adv._ dearly. Delaide, 66/7, _pp._ tempered, moderated. Delue, 21/19, _v. imp._ dig. A.S. _delf, delfan_ = to dig, from Goth. _dailjan_ = to deal, divide. Cf. Ger. _thal_, Eng. _dale_. Deluing, 36/17, _pr. p._ burrowing. Depart, 10/56, _v. imp._ give away, part with. Descant, 68/5, _v._ comment. O. Fr. _deschanter_, from L. Lat. _discantare_. Despaire, 57/10; Dispaire, 63/9, _s._ injury, damage. Despight, 106/12, _s._ despite. Det, 114/38, _s._ debt. Detanie, 45/8, _s._ Dittany or Pepperwurt, apparently a corruption of Lat. _dictamnus_, of which Dodoens says:--"It is fondly and unlearnedly called in English Dittany. It were better in following the Douchemen to call it Pepperwurt."--Book v. c. 66. Welsh _Ddittain_. Dew-retting, 16/25, _s._ steeping flax by leaving it out all night on the grass. See Water-retting. Diall, 68/7, _s._ sundial. Dible, 46/24, _s._ a planting or setting stick, a dimin. of _dib = dip_ and allied to _tip_ = a sharp point. "_Debbyll_, or settyng stycke."--Huloet. Dicing, 10/40, _s._ gambling. Didall, 17/19, _s._ "A triangular spade, as sharp as a knife, excellent to bank ditches, where the earth is light and pestered with a sedgy weed."--T.R. Dide, 114/11, _v. pt. t._ died. Digest, 11/4, _v._ quiet, sooth. Dight, 23/19, _pp._ prepared, treated. A.S. _dihtan_. Dike, 3/7, _s._ ditch, dike, fence. A.S. _díc_. Dill, 44/3, _s._ dill. A.S. _dil. Antheum graveolens_. Dippings, 86/3, _s. pl._ dripping, grease, etc., collected by the cook. Discharge, 53/3, _v._ relieve you of the trouble. Discurtesy, 9/19, _s._ incivility, rudeness. Dispaire, 57/53, _v._ injure, depreciate. Dissurie, 114/26, _s._ the strangury. Distaffe, 67/15, _s._ distaff. Docking the dell, 10/40, dissipation. See Grose's Dict. s.v. _Dock_. Docks, 17/11, _s. pl._ weeds. *Dockes, 27, _s. pl._ ? Dole, 33/16, _s._ share. Doles, 48/6, _s. pl._ boundary marks, either a post or a mound of earth; also, a balk or slip of unploughed ground. Dolt, 33/37, _s._ stupid, fool. Don, 106/21, _pp._ done. Doo of, 33/39, _v. imp._ get rid of. Doong, 19/29, _s._ dung, manure. Doong Crone, 17/7, _s._ a crook or staff with hooked end for drawing dung. Doonged, 53/21, _pp._ dunged, manured. Doted, 2/8, _v. pt. t._ became foolish, was silly. Fr. _dotter, radoter_, to dote, rave.--Cotgrave. Cf. Piers Plowman, "Thou _doted_ daffe." Doughtful, 115/3, _adj._ doubtful. Douse, 10/7, _s._ strumpet, prostitute; the same word as _Doxy_. Halliwell, _s.v._ Douce, quotes this passage, and renders _douse_ by "a pat in the face," but s.v. Dowse he gives the correct meaning. Dout, 87/7, _s._ danger, risk, difficulty. Doues, 56/24, _s. pl._ doves, pigeons. Dowebake, 79/2, _s._ dough, underbaked bread. Drab, 77/5, _s._ sloven, loose woman. Dragons, 45/7, _s._ the herb Serpentine, Serpentarie, or Dragonwort. Dredge, 16/13, _s._ a mixture of oats and barley. "Dragge, menglyd corne (drage or mestlyon), _mixtio_."--Prompt. Parv. See Note E91. Drest, 49/8, _pp._ treated. Dreue, 35/42, Driue, 33/42, _v._ follow you up, press you.