Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie
Swathes, 55/2, _s. pl._ the line of grass or corn cut and thrown
together by the scythe in mowing. Cotgrave gives: "_Gerber des
javelles_ to bind corne of _swath_ into sheaues, to sheaue vp corne."
"Fœni striga. Monceaux de foin par ordre. The _swathe_ or strake of
grasse, as it lyeth mowne downe with the sithe."--Nomenclator.
Sweate, 56/20, _s._ a sweating, _i.e._ feel the effects of the heat.
Sweete Johns, 43/33, _s._ a species of _Dianthus_ or pink, called also
_Sweet John's-wort_.
Swerue, 96/42, _s._ fail, depart.
Swill, 78/5, _s._ hog's-wash.
Swim, 10/59, _v._ to abound, to overflow.
Swinge, 52/16, _v. imp._ cut down with the long swinging scythe used
for that purpose.
T.
Tack, 12/3, Tacke, 76/3, _s._ substance. A tough piece of meat is said
to have plenty of _tack_ in it.
Taile, 77/8, _s._ back.
Taint wormes, 65/3, _s. pl._ "A small red spider called _taint_ is by
the country people accounted a deadly poison to cows and horses."--Sir
T. Browne.
Tale, 83/4, _s._ tally, reckoning.
Talent, 59/9, _s._ the gifts and powers entrusted by God. Of course the
reference is to the Parable.
Tallie, 78/2, _s._ score, bill, charge.
Tallwood, 53/12, _s._ wood cut for billets. "Tall woode, pacte wodde to
make byllettes of, _taillee_."--Palsgrave.
Tampring, 17/16, _v._ tempering, mixing, thus the Bible speaks of
"_untempered_ mortar."
Tane, 66/1, _pp._ taken.
Tanzie, 39/40, _s._ tansy, _Tanacetum vulgare_, Linn.
Tapple up taile, 21/14. See note E125.
Tarie, 16/11, _v._ delay, keep back.
Tarragon, 40/21, _s._ tarragon. _Tragum vulgare_.--Gerard's Herball.
Used for perfuming vinegar in France. O. Fr. _targon_.
Tarrie, 85/1, _v._ wait for, await.
Tawnie, 43/3, _adj._ yellowish.
Ted, 54/1, _v._ to spread abroad new-cut grass. "I teede hay, I tourne
it afore it is made in cockes, _je fene_."--Palsgrave.
Tedder, 10/9, _s._ tether, "live within one's tether" = "within the
limits of one's income."
Teddered, 16/33, _pp._ tethered, tied up.
Teemes, 58/6, _s. pl._ teams.
Tell, 50/30, _v. imp._ count.
Temmes lofe, 16/11, _s._ "that made of a mixture of wheat and rye out
of which the coarser bran is taken."--T.R. "_Miche_, a fine manchet;
the country people of France call so also a loafe of boulted bread or
_tems_ bread."--Cotgrave.
Temper, 91/2, _s._ condition.
Tend, 10/39, _v. imp._ attend.
Tendance, 56/53, _s._ attention, care.
Tendeth, 62/3, _v. pr. t._ attends to, looks after.
Tere, 19/30, _s._ tares.
Thacke, 53/12, _s._ thatch, roof covering. "Erige, holme or
_thacke_."--Huloet, 1552. "Thakke, _tegmen, tectura_."--Vocab. MS.
Thacker, 36/24, _s._ thatcher. "A proud _thacker_ of Theeva would laugh
them to scorn."--Pilkington's Works, 381.
Thee, 10/8, _v._ thrive, prosper. "A very late example of this word; at
this time it was nearly obsolete. A.S. _théon_, to thrive, flourish.
"God that sittis in trinite,
Gyffe thaym grace wel to _the_
That lystyns me a whyle."
--MS. Cantab., Ff. v. 48, f. 47.
Theeuerie, 86/12, _s._ dishonesty.
Thencrease, 21/2, for the encrease = the increase, gain.
Thend, 19/40, for "the end."
Thetch, 57/32, _s._ thatch.
Thicker, 74/2, _adv._ more frequently.
Thies, 49/_c, s. pl._ thighs, limbs. A.S. _theoh_. Icel. _thio_.
Thiller, 17/4, the shaft-horse, also the last horse in a team. A.S.
_thil_, a pole or shaft. "Thylle horse, _veredus_."--Prompt. Parv.
Thoes, 19/40, pr. those.
Thon, 110, the one.
Thorow, 15/15, _v._ pass through.
Thother, 110, the other.
Thresh, 90/3, _v. imp._ whip, thrash.
Thresher, 86/13, _s._ a duster of furniture.
Thrift, page 3, _s._ fortune, success, prosperity. Icel. _thrif_.
Thriftie, 59/1, _adj._ thrifty, economical.
Thrift's ladder, 57/30, _s._ the ladder or road to fortune.
Thry-fallowing, 56/1, _s._ "the third fallow; perhaps also
cross-fallowing."--Mavor. "The third plowing of a summer fallow."--T.R.
Thwack, 18/3, _v. imp._ thump, beat together.
Tiburne stretch, 114/35, an execution. See note E498.
Tide, 63/2, _pp._ tied, fastened.
Tidie, 57/22, _adj._ "An old word signifying neat, proper, or in
season, from the word Tide."--T.R.
Tieth, 56/19, _s._ tithe.
Tilman, 16/4, _s._ farm labourers, ploughmen, etc.
Tilth, 4/2, _s._ tillage, cultivation. A.S. _tilð_, from _tilian_, to
till.
Tilth, 47/2, the ground tilled.
Tilture, 38/21, _s._ tillage, cultivation.
Time, 39/41, _s._ thyme. θυμος [Greek: thymos], from θυω [Greek: thuo],
fumigate, and identical with Lat. _fumus_, from its being used in
sacrifices.
Timelie, 55/9, _adv._ in time.
Timely, 16/19, _adv._ early, soon.
Tine, 50/18, _s._ wild vetch or tare, a plant that _tines_ or encloses
and imprisons other plants. _Vicia hirsuta_.
Tith, 56/12, _s._ tithe.
Tithers, 10/52, _s. pl._ payers of tithes.
Tithing, 10/52, _s._ paying tithes or dues.
Tits, 15/6, _s. pl._ horses. The phrase "a nice _tit_" is still in use.
Titters, 50/18, _s. pl._ a noxious weed amongst corn.
Tittle tattle, 22/3, chattering, gossipping.
To, 18/6, _prep._ for, as.
Tode, with an R, 62/17, _s._ See note E384.
Toesed, 114/5, _pp._ pulled, pinched. Cf. "to _tease_, or card wool."
A.S. _tæsan_, to pull, pluck.
Toieng, 61/1, _pr. p._ playing, amusing ourselves.
Toies, 57/34, _s. pl._ amusements, occupations.
Toile, 2/11, _s._ labour, work.
Tolleth, 55/12, _v. pr. t._ takes toll.
Ton, ... tother, 55/8, the one ... the other.
Tone, 10/10, the one.
Tooteth, 94/2, _v. pr. t._ looks or strives anxiously. "_Tooting_ and
prying."--Taylor's Workes, 1630, i. 119.
Toppingly, 49/1, _adj._ ?
Tost, 2/11, _v. pt. t._ agitated, harassed. Cf. _tease_.
Touch, 57/43, _s._ faith, honour, to keep touch, to keep faith,
perform a promise. The phrase occurs in the Ballad of "George
Barnwell," line 42.
Traie, 17/16, _s._ a mason's hod.
Traine, 32/2, _s._ draw. Fr. _trainer_, from L. Lat. _trahinare_, from
Lat. _trahere_.
Transpose, 59/10, _v._ arrange, dispose of.
Trauell, page 2, _s._ labour, work. Fr. _travail_.
Trauerse, 59/2, _v._ start upon, proceed upon.
Treachery, 9/27, _s._ breach of faith, perfidy.
Treene, 85/10, _adj._ wooden.
Trew, 113/2, _adj._ true.
Trick, 15/35,_ adj._ neat, clean, tidy.
Tricketh, 94/5, _v. pr. t._ dresses up, furnishes.
Trickly, 73/3, _adj._ neat, tidy.
Trim, 23/9, _v._ repair.
Trim, 3/2, _adv._ quickly, at once, easily. A.S. _trum_.
Trimlie, 57/34, _adv._ neatly, cleanly.
Trinkets, 17/5, _s. pl._ porringers (Halliwell), Ray gives:
counterfeits and trinkets, _s. pl._ porringers and saucers. Cheshire.
See note in Prompt. Parv.
Triue, 59/2, _v. pr. t._ (for contrive), attempt, try.
Troffe, 17/9, _s._ a trough.
Trope, 28/2, _s._ a phrase. From Greek τροπὸς [Greek: tropos], a
turning, lit., the use of a word or expression in a different sense
from that which properly belongs to it.
Troth, 1/1, _s._ truth. See an article on the derivation of this word
in "Leaves from a Word Hunter's Note Book," by Rev. A. S. Palmer, 1876,
p. 73.
Trowleth, 59/6, _v. pr. t._ helps on, moves towards. Welsh _troliaw_,
to _troll_ or trundle.
Trudge, 73/20, _v._ go, be spent.
Trudgeth, 10/21, _v. pr. t._ labours, journey's far.
Trull, 36/4, _s._ girl, lass.
Trustilie, 9/22. _adv._ confidingly.
Tullie, 112/5, Cicero.
Tumb, 106/15, _s._ the tomb, grave.
Tumbrel, 16/7, _s._ a tumbril, a dung-cart.
Turfe, 52/12, _s._ turf, peat. "Turfe of flagge, swarde of the erthe,
_cespes_."--Prompt. Parv. "A Turfe, _cespes_."--Cathol. Angl.
Turnebroch, 80/2, _s._ Before the introduction of _jacks_, spits were
turned either by dogs trained for the purpose, or by lads kept in the
family, or hired, as occasion arose, to turn the spit, or _broach_.
These boys were the _Turn-broaches_. See Halliwell.
Turn up, 46/18, _v._ deck, ornament.
Twelftide, 90/2, _s._ Twelfth Day, i.e. January 6th, twelve days after
Christmas. "At the city of New Sarum is a very great faire for cloath
at _Twelftyde_ called Twelfe Market."--Aubrey's Wilts. MS. Roy. Soc. p.
333.
Twifallow, 50/23, _v. imp._ till twice, plough twice. See Thry-fallowing.
Twiggers, 35/28, _s. pl._ first-class breeders. See Halliwell, s.v.
Twigging, 35/28, _s._ fast breeding.
Twinlings, 35/28, _s. pl._ twins (according to Dr. Mavor, but see note
E177).
Twinning, 35/28, _s._ bearing twins.
Twise, 59/11, _adv._ twice.
Twitcher, 17/17, _s._ instruments used for clinching the
_hog-rings_.--Mavor.
Twitchis, 53/2, _s._ pl. wounds, cuts.
U.
Undeskanted, 10/39, _pp._ untalked of.
Vndooeth, 10/46, _v._ ruins, destroys.
Vnfainedlie, 9/38, _adv._ unfeignedly, in truth.
Vnlustie, 19/24, _adj._ poor.
Vnmeete, 57/5, _adj._ unfit. A.S. _unmæte_.
Vnsauerie, 9/15, _adj._ wasteful, ruinous.
Vnshaken, 16/34, _adj._ perfect, in good order, free from _shakes_.
Vnspilt, 16/8, _pp._ not wasted.
Vntackle, 23/6, _v._ unyoke.
Vntangled, 57/50, _pp._ freed from the hop vines.
Vnthrift, 6/3, _s._ a prodigal, spendthrift.
Vnthriftely, 9/30*, _adv._ wastefully.
Vsher, 10/17, _s._ doorkeeper. O. Fr. _ussier, huissier_, from _uis,
huis_, a door.
V.
Vaine, 18/8, _s._ liking, fancy.
Vainfull, 2/13, _adj._ vain, fickle.
Valerian, 45/24, _s._ Valerian. _Valeriana officinalis_, Linn.
Vance, 114/7, _v._ advance.
Vantage, 3/7, _s._ advantage, profit.
Vegetiue, 55/7, _adj._ belonging to the plant.
Vent, 19/27, _s._ sale, disposal. Fr. _vente_, from Lat. _vendere,
venditum_, to sell. "There is no _vent_ for any commoditie except
wool."--Sir W. Temple.
Venter, 83/4, _v._ venture, risk.
Ventrest, 19/35, _v. pr. t._ risk, venture.
Vergis, 18/42, _s._ verjuice, the juice of crab-apples, or other unripe
fruit. Fr. _verjus_, from _vert_, green and _jus_, juice.
Verie, 92/4, _adj._ true, real.
Verlets, 63/18, _s. pl._ rascals, scoundrels. O. Fr. _varlet, vaslet_,
now _valet_.
Vermin, 33/7, _v._ destroy the vermin.
Vew, 114/24, _s._ view, sight.
Vewe, 75/7, _v._ view, examine.
Vice, 64/19, _s._ buffoon. The fool or punchinello of old shows.
"Light and lascivious poems, uttered by these buffoons or _vices_ in
plays."--Puttenham, ii. 9, p. 69.
Villeny, 9/21, _s._ unfair or mean treatment.
Vitleth, 97/1, _v. pr. t._ eats, dines.
Vittels, 57/39, _s. pl._ provisions, food.
Voyd, 64*/4, _v._ avoid.
W.
Wadling, 35/45, _s._ wattling, wattled fence. "Wattles are wood
slit."--T.R.
Wadmus (? Wadmul), page 37, note 1, a very thick, coarse kind of
woollen cloth, made originally of Iceland wool. Icel. _vadmâl_.
Halliwell, s.v. _Wadmal_.
Wag, 87/3, _s._ messenger.
Waid, 114/40, _pp._ considered, reflected on.
Waieth, 99/5, Waith, 101/5, _v. pr. t._ considers, reflects.
Waight, 56/24, _v. pr. t._ watch, wait about.
Waights, 10/44, _s._ weights, measures.
Waight, 99/1, _v._ attend or wait at table.
Waine, 48/22, _v. imp._ fetch, bring, lit. to convey in a _wain_ or
wagon.
Waine, 16/7, _s._ waggon. A.S. _wæn, wägen_.
Wake day, 90/5, _s._ a village festival, kept originally on the day of
the dedication of the parish church. See note E455.
Walke, 48/17, _s._ pasturing.
Wallow, 102/2, _v. pr. t._ make dirty, cover.
Wand, 33/45, _v. imp._ inclose with poles.
Wanteth, 94/8, _v. pr. t._ is in want.
Wantey, 17/5, _s._ a rope or leathern girdle, by which burdens are tied
to the back of a horse; _wamb-tie_, a belly-band.
Wanton, 90/5, _s._ merry girl. O. E. _wantowen_, from _wan-_, prefix
signifying lack or _want_, and _togen_, _pp._ of _teon_, to educate.
Wardens, 34/26, _s. pl._ a large baking pear. "I would have him roasted
like a _warden_."--Beau. and Flet.
Warely, 115/2, _adv._ carefully, warily.
Wares, 22/19, _s. pl._ productions.