Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie
Neatherd, 63/2, _s._ herdsman, the man who attends to the cattle.
Needams shore, 97/5. "A punning proverb recorded in Ray; and signifying
that waste and extravagance bring a man to want or need."--Mavor.
Needfullie, 9/15, _adv._ necessarily.
Ne forte, 23/10, Latin, lest by chance.
Nep, 39/24, _s._ cat mint, a contraction from the Lat. _nepeta_.
Nest, 11/6, _v._ nestle, settle.
*Nestling, 41, _v._ harbouring, supporting.
Nettie, 68/1, _adj._ natty, neat. O. Fr. _net_, from Lat. _nitidus_.
Nice, 102/1, _adj._ careful, particular.
Nick, 98/4, _v._ cut, notch.
Nie, 16/4, _adj._ near, convenient.
Nips, 114/5, _s. pl._ pinches.
Niggerly, 27/4, _adj._ niggardly, miserly. Icel. _hnöggr_, sparing,
miserly. Cf. Ger. _knicker_, a niggard.
Nittes, 21/23, _s. pl._ the eggs of a louse or other insects. A.S.
_hnitu_.
Noble, 16/16, _s._ noble, a gold coin of the value of 6_s._ 8_d._
Noddies, 18/20, Nodie, 98/4, _s. pl._ simpletons, fools.
"Ere you come hither, proove I was somebody,
The king delighted in me, now I am a _noddy_."
--Damon and Pythias, i. 174.
Noe, 7/4, _s._ Noah.
Noiance, 16/8, _s._ injury, trouble.
Noie, 52/15, _v. pr. t._ are injurious, noxious.
Noieth, 57/13, _v. pr. t._ suffer harm or injury.
Noisome, 10/8, _adj._ injurious, damaging.
Norfolk wiles, 114/18, "Essex miles, Suffolk stiles, Norfolk wiles,
many men beguiles."--Old East Anglian saw. See note E500.
Nowles, 36/17, _s. pl._ the hillocks, little mounds. A. S. cnoll,
_cacumen_. "Nolle, _idem quod_ nodul."--Prompt. Parv.
Noy, 53/15, _v._ hurt, are injurious. See Noie.
Noyer, 13/2, _s._ one that hurts or injures.
Nurteth, 20/28, _v. pr. t._ poke or push with the horns.? connected
with Fr. _nuire_, Lat. _nocere_. Halliwell quotes from Gawayne _nirt_ =
a cut, hurt.
Nurture, 10/57, _s._ training.
O.
Of, 106/12, _prep._ through, in consequence of.
Of, 106/2, _prep._ out of, from.
Of, 19/22, _prep._ after.
Of, 64*/4, _prep._ with, by means of.
Ofcorne, 86/5, _s._ offal or waste corn.
Office, 99/2, _s._ duty. Lat. _officium_.
Oke, 19/31, _s._ oaks. A.S. _Æc_.
Ope gap, 16/36, hedge or fence breakers.
Open, 16/38, _v._ bark, open his mouth.
Opprest, 19/29, _pp._ troubled, laden.
Opte, 114/22, _v. pt. t._ opened.
*Or and, 18, before. Cf. Er an.
Orach or Arach, 39/26, _s._ Orach. _Atriplex sativa alba. Atriplex
sativa purpurea_.--Gerard's Herball, ed. 1633.
Orderlie, 9/8, _adv._ in due order.
Orengis, 40/4_a, s. pl._ oranges. Arabic, _nârandj_. L. Lat. _arantia_,
from its first title, _pomum aurantium_, golden apple.
Otemell, 46/26, _s._ oatmeal. A.S. _âta_, oat, and _mæl_, meal.
Otes, 46/13, _s. pl._ oats.
Othing, 94/6, one thing.
Out, 16/17, _adv._ outdoor, open air.
Ouercome, 53/4, _v._ manage, keep up with.
Ouerly, 23/21, _adv._ all over.
Over reaching, 2/11, cheating, deceiving.
Ouerthwart, 46/9, _prep._ across. A.S. _oferþweorh_. O. Eng. _outhwar,
thweorh_. O. Norse, _thwert_.
Ox bowes, 17/10, _s. pl._ the bow of wood which goes round the neck of
an ox.
Oxboy, 63/15, _s._ the boy who attends to the cattle.
Oxteeme, 17/10, _s._ team of oxen.
Oxyokes, 17/10, _s. pl._ yokes for oxen.
P.
Pad, 17/21, _s._ padlock.
Paggles, 43/25, _s. pl._ cowslip, primrose, paigles. In Suffolk the
_Cuckoo flower_. See note E232.
Paier, 17/13, _s._ pair, couple.
Paine, 3/1, _s._ pains, trouble.
Painfull, 77/15, _adj._ painstaking, careful.
Painfull, 2/13, _adj._ full of trouble, requiring care.
Painted, 5/3, _pp._ adorned; the _sermo ornatus_ of Cicero.
Paltrie, 57/30, _adj._ poor, worthless.
Panel, 17/5, _s._ a pannier. A _pannel_ and _ped_ have this difference:
the one is much shorter than the other, and raised before and behind,
and serves for smaller burdens; the other is longer and made for
Burdens of Corn. These are fastened with a leathern Girt called a
Wantye.--T.R.
Parasites, 10/27, _s. pl._ flatterers, hangers on.
Pare, 2/7, _v._ injure, damage, impair.
Pared, 46/4, _pp._ cleaned and cleared of all superfluous roots.
Partition, page 2, _s._ division.
Pas, 48/6, _v. pr. t._ care. "As for these silken-coated staves, I
_pass_ not."--Shakspere, 2 Henry VI. iv. 2.
Pask, 46/2, _s._ Easter. Lat. _Pascha_.
Passeth, 102/3, _v. pr. t._ think, reflect. See Pas.
Pasties, 90/7, _s. pl._ pies.
Patch, 51/32, _s._ originally a fool, jester, here = the farm labourer.
Ital. _pazzo_, which Florio ("New Worlde of Wordes") defines as
"foolish, fond, mad, rash, doting, rauing or simple. Also a foole, a
gull, an idiot, a mad man, a naturall." By some, however, it is derived
from the _patched_ or motley coat of the jester.
Patches, 53/2, _s. pl._ places where the shearer has cut the skin of
the sheep, wounds.
Pates, 63/9, _s. pl._ persons.
Pauncies, 43/24, _s._ pansies, heartsease. "There's _pansies_, that's
for thoughts."--Shakspere, Hamlet, iv. 5.
Pay, 77/11, _v._ pay home = give a strong, sharp blow.
Peake, 67/27, _v._ to look thin or sickly, "Dwindle, _peak_ and
pine."--Shakspere, Macbeth, i. 3.
Pearch, 87/5, _v._ perch, roost.
Peasebolt, 18/38, _s._ "pease in the Hawm or Straw."--T.R.
Peaseetch, 19/5, _s._ the aftermath of a crop of peas. See Etch.
Peasefed, 18/27, _adj._ fed on peas.
Peason, 53/9, _s. pl._ pease.
"Prick _peason_ and beanes, if thy garden be dry,
At change of the moone, and in beautiful skye."
--Almanack, 1615.
Peccantem, 35/28. See note E178.
Peck, 17/12, _s._ a peck measure.
Ped, 17/5, _s._ a pannier, a large capacious basket, in which fowls,
eggs, fish, etc., are hawked about the country. Peder, a small farmer
(Lincoln), "Pedde, idem quod panere, _calathus_."--Prompt. Parv.
"Pedder, _revolus, negociator_."--Cathol. Anglic. See also Halliwell,
sub. voc.
Peeces, 2/7, _s._ pieces, in parts.
Peele, 75/6, _v._ strip. "_Peler_. To bauld, or pull the haire off;
also to pill, pare, barke, unrinde, unskin."--Cotgrave.
Peeler, 35/51, _s._ an impoverisher.
Peeling, 33/51, _s._ impoverishing.
Pelfe, 55/1, _s._ apparatus, implements.
Peneriall, 39/29, _s._ penny-royal. _Mentha pulegium_, from Lat.
_puleium regium_, through Dutch _poley_, in the old Herbals called
_puliol royal_; its Latin name being derived from its supposed efficacy
in destroying _fleas_ (_pulices_). See Pliny (b. xx. cap. 54).
Penie, 2/13, _s._ penny, money.
Penurie, 9/6, _s._ destitution, want.
Perareplums, 34/18, _s. pl._ some variety of plum either lost or
unknown (if not a misprint).
Perceley, 39/28, _s._ parsley. A.S. _peterselige_. Lat. _petroselinum_.
Percer, 17/6, _s._ a piercer, gimlet.
Perie, 18/48, _s._ perry.
Perle, 96/28, _s._ pearl, jewel, ornament.
Perseneps, 41/8, _s. pl._ parsnips. Spelt in the old herbals _Pasnep_
and _Pastnip_, from Lat. _pastinaca_.
Pester, 48/14, _v._ overcrowd with stock, abbreviated from O. Fr.
_empestrer_ = to entangle the feet or legs, to embarrass, from Fr.
_pasturon_, L. Lat. _pastorium_, a fetter by which horses are prevented
from wandering in the pastures.
Pestring, 53/11, _v._ being in the way or troublesome. "_Empestrer_, to
pester, intricate, intangle, trouble, incomber."--Cotgrave.
Petigree, 114/11, _s._ pedigree, genealogy.
Pewter, 85/11, _s._ pewter vessels.
Philip and Jacob, 51/1. The feast of Saints Philip and James, 1st May.
Phraies, 114/8, _s._ phrase, language.
Pickle, 56/17, _s._ condition, state.
Piddling, 63/48, _v._ "going about pretending to work but doing little
or nothing, as after illness a man is said to go _piddling_ about,
though as yet unable to do much."--Halliwell.
Pie, 53/3, _s._ magpie.
Piggen, 16/14, _s._ pigeons.
Pike, 17/15, _s._ a pitching fork with two or three prongs for cocking
corn not put into sheaves.
Pilch, 15/39, _v. pr. t._ pilfer. See also Filchers.
Pilcrowe, page 2, _s._ the mark ¶. "Pylcrafte in a booke,
_asteriskus_."--Prompt. Parv.
Pilferie, 9/4, _s._ theft, fraud. O. Fr. _pelfrer_, to plunder.
Pinched, 10/30, _pp._ in straitened circumstances, in need or want.
Pinching, 9/6, _adj._ extreme, pressing.
Pinching, 97/3, _s._ economy.
Pinwood, 17/20, _s._ pegwood, _i.e._ wood that does not split, for
making wooden pins or pegs of.
Pionées, 45/16, _s._ pl. The peony. _Pæonia corallina_. The seeds of
this plant were used as a spice, and also as a medicine. See note in
Liber Albus, p. 351.
Pismier, 111, _s._ ant.
Pitch and pay, 114/24, pay ready money.
Placing, 56/32, _v._ arranging, stacking.
Plagards, 114/6, _s. pl._ commissions, instruments.
Planked, 17/2, _pp._ boarded.
Plantine, 44/10, _s._ Plantain. The Water-plantain was formerly
regarded as a specific against hydrophobia: from _planta_, sole of the
foot, from the shape of the leaf.
Plash, 36/15, _v. imp._ lower and narrow a broad-spread hedge by
partially cutting off the branches and entwining them with those left
behind. "_Plesser_, to plash, fould, to bow, or plait young branches
one within another; also to thicken a hedge, or cover a walke, by
plashing."--Cotgrave. In 36/15 it means to _pleach_ down a hedge over
the burrow, so as to protect it.
Pleasure, 7/6, _v._ to please.
Plight, 16/34, _s._ condition.
Plot, 9/7, _s._ piece of ground, farm.
Plot, 12/1, _s._ plan, rule.
Plough Monday, 90/2. The Monday next after Twelfth Day. See note E452.
Ploughstaff, 17/11, _s._ an instrument like a paddle for cleaning a
plough, or clearing it of weeds, stalks, etc.
Plowmeat, 47/12, _s._ food made of corn.
Plowwrite, 58/5, _s._ plough wright.
Plump, 19/41, _v. imp._ throw in.
Pod, 17/6, _s._ "a box or old leather bottle nailed to the side of the
cart to hold necessary implements, or perhaps grease."--Mavor. Cf. Ped.
Poke, 16/3, _s._ a bag, sack, "buy a pig in a poke" = to buy without
seeing what one is buying.
Poling, 35/45, _s._ supporting with poles.
Pollard, 19/16, _s._ a mixture of bran and meal.
Pollenger, 35/13, _s._ pollard trees, brushwood.
Pompions, 41/7, _s. pl._ pumpkins. Fr. _pompon_.
Poppie, 45/17, _s._ poppy. A.S. _papig_.
Poret, 39/31, _s._ a scallion; a leek or small onion. O. Fr. _porette_.
Lat. _porrum_; called _Porrectes_ in the Forme of Cury, p. 41.
Porkling, 19/34, _s._ young swine. Cf. _Bulchin_, q.v.
Posie, 97/1, _s._ a poetical inscription. Udal writes it _poisee_.
"There was a superscription or _poisee_ written on the toppe of the
crosse."--St. Luke, c. 23.
Pot, 15/43, _s._ the pot for cooking purposes.
Pottage, 76/2, _s._ pottage, soup. Fr. _potage_.
Pottle, 21/12, _s._ a pottle, a measure of two quarts.
Pouch, 62/16, _s._ pocket, purse. A.S. _pocca_.
Poucheth, 35/46, _v. pr. t._ pockets.
Pound, 114/21, _v._ fight, beat.
*Powlinges, 66, _s. pl._ the branches or shoots of pollard trees.
Still called _Pollengers_.
Practise, 73/13, _s._ practice, experience.
Practisie, 9/5, _s._ conduct, practices.
Praies, 114/18, _s._ praise.
Prating, 64/27, _s._ talking, chattering.
Pray, 114/25, _s._ prey, booty, plunder.
Preferment, 10/57, _s._ advancement, assistance.
Prentise, 92/4, _s._ apprenticeship, business.
Prentiships, 60, _s. pl._ periods of seven years, that being the
duration of an apprenticeship, or 'prenticeship.
Prest, 56/43, _adj._ ready.
Prest, 63/7, _adj._ neat, tidy. Tusser Redivivus says, "An old word for
Neat or Tight; I suppose comes from women being _strait-laced_." Ital.
_presto_. O. Fr. _prest_, Fr. _prêt_.
Prest, 49/8, _pp._ pressed. Fr. _presser_.
Pretie, 86/7, _adj._ pretty, dainty. A.S. _prætig_.
Preuenting, 10/62, _pr. p._ anticipating. Lat. _prevenire_, to go
before.
Price, 114/16, _s._ renown, high estimation. Lat. _pretium_.
Pricketh, 77/22, _v. pr. t._ makes proud or puffs up.