Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie
Lash, 10/15, _s._ the leash in which an animal is caught or held, hence
"to run in the lash" = to fall into the snare.
Lasheth, 23/18, _v. pr. t._ lavisheth, wastes.
Lashinglie, 9/6, _adv._ lavishly, freely.
Lash out, 9/6, _v._ lavish, spend.
Laster, 85/10, _s._ is no laster = will not or does not last, i.e. is
soon broken.
Launders, 83/2, _s. pl._ washers, laundresses.
Lauender cotten, 42/12, _s._ the Garden cypres,
_Chamæcyparissus_.--Lyte's Dodoens, ed. 1578, p. 29.
Lauender spike, 42/11, _s._ spike lavender, _Lavandula spica_, from
M. Lat. _lavendula_, from _lavare_ = to wash, as being the plant used
to scent newly-washed linen, whence the expression of "laid up in
lavender." The essential oil distilled from this plant, which is nearly
allied to the common Lavender, is called in French Essence d'Aspic,
and in English Oil of Spike. It is used in porcelain painting and in
veterinary medicine. See Pharmacographia, p. 430.
Lawe, 56/2, _s._ rule, for a lawe = as a rule.
Laxe, 19/41, _s._ looseness, diarrhœa. See Cowlaske.
Lay, 10/60, _v. pr. t._ plan, try.
Lay land, 33/49, _s._ untilled lands. "Lay lande, _terre nouvellement
labourée_."--Palsgrave.
Lead, 56/14, _s._ a cauldron, copper, or kettle. Gaelic _luchd_ =
a pot, kettle. "That stemede as a forneys of a _leede_."--Chaucer,
Prologue to C. T. l. 202. "Make þe broys in þe _led_."--Havelok, ed.
Skeat, 924.
Lease, 33/49, _s._ a pasture. "A lease is a name used in some
countries for a small piece of ground of two or three acres."--T.R.
O.E. _leswen_, to pasture, from A.S. _læsu_, a pasture, _lǽswian_, to
pasture.
Leaueled, 46/7, _pp._ levelled, measured.
Leauens, 89/10, _s. pl._ the barm and meal laid together for
fermentation: _to lay the leavens or leavance_ = to put them together
for that purpose. See Halliwell, s.v. Leavance.
Leese, 56/47, _v. imp._ lose, miss.
Leete, 86/10, _s._ a manor court.
Lemmans, 40/2_a_, _s. pl._ lemons. Arabic _laimûn_.
Lent stuffe, 63/36, _s._ provisions for Lent.
Lesse, 2/8, _s._ lease, term. Fr. _lais, laissement_, the lease or
instrument by which a holding of any kind is let (_laissé_) to a tenant.
Let, 57/50, _s._ hindrance, obstacle.
Letted, 23/2, _pp._ hindered, delayed.
Lettis, 39/18, _s._ lettuce. Lat. _lectuca_, from Greek γαλὰ [Greek:
gala] gen. γάλακτος [Greek: galaktos], milk, and ἔχω [Greek: echo], to
contain, through _lattouce_, an older form (still retained in Scotland).
"Letuce of lac derivyed is perchaunce;
Ffor mvlk it hath or yeveth abundaunce."
--Palladius on Husbondrie, E. E. Text Soc. ed. Lodge, 51/216.
Leuer, 50/9, _adv._ sooner, rather. A.S. _leofer_.
Lick, 23/6, _v._ lick themselves.
Licoras, 45/13, _s._ liquoras.
Licour, 22/23, _s._ water, drink.
Lide, 114/3, _v. pt. t._ lay, was situate.
Lie in the dust, 10/32, cease, be done away with.
Lieng alonge, 19/25, lying at a distance.
Linage, 114/3, _s._ lineage, family.
Lightly, 46/20, _adv._ easily.
Likest, 35/34, _adj._ most likely, promising.
Lillium cum-vallium, 43/20, _s._ Lily of the valley, or Lily-convally.
Lat. _Lilium convallium_, a name taken from Canticles ii. 1, "I am the
lily of the valleys."
Line, 17/5, _s._ rope (?).
Ling, 57/36, _s._ a fish (_Lota molva_) resembling a cod, but longer
and more slender. When salted, it is extensively used for food in
Scotland and Ireland. Fr. _lingue_, O. Dutch, _linghe_.
Linne, 97/3, _s._ the town of Lynn. "To purchase Lynn" seems to
have been a proverbial mode of expression used in ridicule of
stinginess.--Mavor.
Linnen, 94/13, _s._ linen.
Litherly, 85/8, _adj._ lazy, idle.
Lively spide, 3/2, quickly seen.
Liuerwort, 39/20, _s._ so called from the _liver_ shape of the thallus.
Lyte (Dodoens, ed. 1587, p. 411) tells us it is "a sovereign medicine
against the heate and inflammation of the liver."
Loiterers, 2/6, _s. pl._ hangers on, dependents.
*Lone, 10, _s. pl._ a loan, grant from God.
Longing, 16/10, _s._ desire, what it requires.
Longwort, 39/19, _s._ lungwort, _Pulmonaria maculosa_.
Looke, 5/1, 10/4, _v._ look for, seek, expect.
Loose, 57/22, _v. pr. t._ lose, waste.
Lop, 33/13, _s._ the faggot wood of a tree.
Lordlie, 113/3, _adv._ to live in a lordly or grand style.
Losels, 63/12, _s. pl._ worthless, abandoned fellows. Prompt. Parv. has
"Lorel or losel, or ludene, _lurco_."
Louage, 45/12, _s._ Lovage. _Ligusticum Scoticum_, Linn.
Lowe, 23/24, _adj._ not advanced, if Spring is taken to mean the
_season_; or, not grown up, if Spring is the _young grass_.
Lowe, 63/11, _adv._ low, feeding so lowe = to allow the flocks to eat
the pasture too low or short.
Lower, 20/17, _v._ scowl, look discontented.
Lubberlie, 9/16, _adj._ lazy, idle. "Thither this lusking
_lubber_ softly creeped." _Tom Tel Troth's Message_, New Shak.
Soc. ed. F. J. Furnivall, p. 128. "_Baligaut, m._ an vnweldie
_lubber_, great lobcocke, huge luske, mishapen lowt, ill-fauoured
flabergullion."--Cotgrave.
Lubbers, 57/22, _s. pl._ louts, awkward fellows. Welsh _llob_ = a heavy
lump, _llabi_ = a looby. Gaelic _leobhair_ = a lubber.--Wedgwood.
Lug, 87/4, _v._ drag, draw.
Lurched, 23/3, _pp._ robbed of their food, being left in the _lurch_.
Lurching, 88/7, _s._ greediness. L. Lat. _lurcare_, to swallow food
greedily. "To _lurch_, devour, or eate greadily, _ingurgito_."--Baret's
Alvearie. Cf. Bacon's Essays, xlv.
Lurke, 86/1, _v._ idle, loiter about.
Lurketh, 62/9, _v. pr. t._ lounge, dawdle about. The same as Lusk.
Harman, p. 82, speaks of "lewtering luskes and lazy lorrels."
Lust, 15/10, _s._ desire.
Lustie, 60/5, _adj._ strong, lusty.
M.
Mads, 50/4, _s. pl._ maggots, worms. Another form of _moth_.
Magget the py, 49/9, the magpie. See note E300.
Maides, 90/3, _s. pl._ maidens, girls.
Maierom, 42/13, _s._ marjoram, from Lat. _majorana_, with the change of
_n_ to _m_, as in "Holm, Lime," etc.
Maine, 19/17, _adj. = meint_, i.e. _mixed_ wheat. See _Mung_ or
_muncorn_ in Halliwell.
Mainecombe, 17/3, _s._ a comb for horses' manes.
Maine sea, 14/4, the ocean, the high sea. Cf. the expression "the
Spanish main."
Male, 102/4, _s._ mail-bag, portmanteau, or sack.
Mallow, 33/6, _s._ the field mallow.
Mams, 95/5, _s. pl._ mothers, mammas.
Manerly, 85/11, _adj._ polite, decent.
Mar, 95/2, _v._ spoil, ruin.
*Marefoles, 53, _s. pl._ fillies.
Marke, 17/17, _s._ marking tool.
Marres, 20/14, _v. pr. t._ spoils, interrupts.
Marrow, 57/40, _s._ a mate, companion. "Marwe, or felawe yn trauayle
or mate, _socius, compar, sodalis_."--Prompt. Parv. See Towneley
Mysteries, p. 110, and quotations in Craven Glossary and Jamieson.
Marsh men, 17/19, _s. pl._ farmers in the fen and marshy country.
Martilmas, 12/3. The feast of St. Martin, 11th November. See Note E60.
Mast, 63/5, _s._ the fruit of the oak and beech and other forest trees.
A.S. _mǽst_. Ger. _mast_, from Gothic _matan_, to nourish.
Mastlin, 63/23, _s._ mixed corn. See Mestlen.
Mates, 114/30, _s. pl._ companions.
Mawdlin, 49/_c_, _s._ Magdalene.
Mawdelin, 42/14, _s._ Maudlin. _Balsamita fæminea_.--Gerard's Herball.
Meade, 63/3, _s._ meadow. A.S. _mǽd, meadu_, genitive, _meadewes_.
Meake, 17/14, _s._ "a hook at the end of a handle five foot
long."--T.R. "A _meag_ or _meak_, a pease-hook."--Ray. Also in Coles'
Dict. 1676.
Meane, 114/25, means, help.
Meanie, 2/6, _adj._ many.
Measling, 16/23, becoming measly. "_Masyl_ or _mazil_,
sekenesse."--Prompt. Parv.
Measure, 68/9, _v._ be moderate, be within measure.
Meated, 17/12, _pp._ fed.
Meateth, 62/7, _v. pr. t._ feeds, supports.
Medcin, 33/19, _s._ medicine.
Meedeful, 87/7, _adj._ thankful.
Meedes, 106/4, _s. pl._ meadows. See Meade.
Mendbreech, 89/6, _s._ one who sits up late at night to mend his
clothes.
Mercurie, 39/22, _s._ Mercury, or Good King Henry, is largely grown by
cottagers in Lincolnshire. This plant, the _Chenopodium bonus henricus_
of botanists, bears tender young leaves resembling spinach, which, when
cooked, are but little inferior in flavour to the finest asparagus.
It is a robust-growing perennial, and, when once planted in deep,
rich soil, requires no further cultural attention than a dressing of
well-decomposed manure during the winter.
Mestlen, 37/21, _s._ a mixture of wheat and rye. "Mastilȝone,
_bigermen, mixtilio_."--Cath. Ang. "_Framois_, meslin of oats
and barlie mixed." "_Meteil_, messling or misslin, wheat and rie
mingled."--Cotgrave.
Mew, 36/26, _s._ a cage for moulting.
Michel, 33/32, Mihel, 57/25, Mihell, 12/4, _s._ Michaelmas. The feast
of St. Michael and All Angels, 29th September.
Michers, 10/15, _s. pl._ lurking thieves, skulkers. "Mecher, a lytell
thefe, _laronceau_."--Palsgrave. Now common as a term for a truant.
Cf. Shak. I Henry IV. ii. 4: "Shall the blessed sun of heaven prove a
_micher_ and eat blackberries."
Mickle, 68/1, _adj._ great, much.
Mier, 107/4, _s._ mire, filth. A.S. _myre._
*Mier, 38, Mierie, 114/27, _adj._ filthy, muddy.
Mihelmas, 57/44, Michaelmas.
*Millons, 72/_c, s. pl._ melons. See Musk Million.
Mind, 68/5, _v._ notice, comment on.
Mind, 63/1, _v. pr. t._ intend, have in mind, wish.
Minion, 66/4, _adj._ pleasant, agreeable, favourite. Fr. _mignon_. L.
Lat. _mignonetus, gratissimus, minna,_ love.
Minnekin, 10/20, _adj._ little, perhaps with the idea of the modern
contracted form "minx."
Miring, 23/3, _v._ being stuck in bogs.
Mis, 16/8, _v._ want, be without.
Mischiefe, 23/4, _v._ hurt, injure.
Mischieued, 10/36, _adj._ unfortunate, ruined.
Misdeeme, 30/3, _v._ misjudge. A.S. _deman_, to judge.
Mislike, 23/16, _v._ displease, not suit.
Mistle, 33/12, _s._ mistletoe. A.S. _mistel_. O. H. Ger. _mistil_.
Mitch, 17/17, _adj._ large.
Mite, 63/20, _s._ the smallest piece. A.S _mite_.
Mo, 33/57, _adj._ more, others. A.S. _mâ_.
Moether, 17/13, Mother, 16/14, _s._ a girl. A woman and her mawther = a
woman and her daughter. "Moder, servaunte or wench."--Prompt. Parv.
Mogwort, 45/15, _s._ mugwort, _Artemisia vulgaris_, Linn.
Moile, 4/1, _v._ to work hard, drudge. Lat. _moliri_, to struggle. "In
the earth we _moile_ with hunger, care and paine."--Mirror for Magist.
ed. 1610.
Molding, 55/4, _v._ becoming musty, or mouldy.
Mome, 62/3, _s._ blockhead, fool. "A gull, a ninny, a _mome_."--Florio,
p. 81. "A youth will play the wanton, and an olde man proove a
_mome_."--Drayton, Skeltoniad.
Mone, 67/1, _s._ complaint, lamentation.
Mooueth, 94/7, _v. pr. t._ moves or exerts herself, plans.
Mother, 16/14, _s._ a girl. See Moether.
Moulspare, 17/18, _s._ mole spear.
Mow, 17/19, _s._ stack of hay or corn. A.S. _muwa_. L. Lat. _mugium_.
Mowles, 36/17, _s. pl._ moles.
Mowse, 38/3, _v. pr. t._ mouth, bite.
Mowth, 57/25, _v._ eat.
Muck, 51/13, _s._ manure.
Mulley, 57/46, a common name for a cow in Suffolk.
Mungrels, 46/3, _s. pl._ cur dogs, mongrels. A.S. _menegan_, to mix,
hence an animal of a mixed breed, a hybrid.
Musk Million, 40/8, _s._ the musk melon. "Pickled cowcombers I have
bought a pecke for threepence, and _musk mellions_, there hath beene
cast five or sixe loads of them in one day to their hogs."--Taylor's
Works, 1630. See Lyte's Dodoens, p. 590.
Myslen, 16/11, _s._ mixed corn. Mestlyone or monge corne or
dragge.--Prompt. Parv. See Dredge and Mestlen.
N.
Nads, 17/9, _s._ an adze.
Naile, 17/8, _s._ nails.
Nall, 17/4, _s._ an awl.
Naughtie, 53/20, _adj._ useless, unfit.
Naughtly, 10/4, _adv._ by unfair or improper means.
Nauewes, 41/6, _s. pl._ wild navew. _Brassica napus_, L. Fr. _naveau_,
from _napellus_, dimin. of _napus_ = the rape.
*Nawlt, 32, ? _nawt_, nothing.
Neat, 50/28, _s._ cattle. A.S. _neât_, horned cattle.