Agriculture -- England; Conduct of life; Home economics, Rural
Gouldes, _s. pl._ corn marigolds, 20/4; golds, 20/25.
Goute, _s._ gout, 65/1.
Gowty, _adj._ gouty, 56/6.
Goyng vppon, walking about upon the ground, 18/23.
Graffe, _v._ to graft, 136/6.
Graffe, _s._ a graft, slip, 136/17.
Graffynge-sawe, saw for grafting, 136/7.
Grammer-schole, _s._ grammar-school, 147/11.
Grasier, _s._ grazier, 40/1.
Grauelynge, _s._ graveling, caused by gravel in a horse’s foot, 114/1.
Grayned, _pp._ forked at the top, 41/9. “_Grain_, a prong of a fork;”
Wright. (Common). “_Grain-staff_, a quarter-staff with a pair
of short tines at the end, which they call _grains_;” Ray,
Gloss. B. 16, p. 84.
Greatte; a greatte, by wholesale, 134/18.
Gregorye, St. Gregory, 162/12; Gregory, 155/24, 161/15, 165/26, 167/6.
Grese, _v._ to grease, 40/24.
Greued, _pp._ grieved, 147/15.
Gristell, _s._ gristle, 89/2.
Grombalde-brydge, Grimbald Bridge, near Knaresborough, 79/10.
Grosse sale, wholesale, 36/25.
Grote, _s._ groat, 20/15.
Gurthe, _s._ girth, 142/5.
Gyrre, _s._ a disease of cattle, probably giddiness, 70/33. Cf. F.
_girer_, to turn.
Gyse, _s._ guise, way, custom, 133/1.
Hachet, _s._ hatchet, 127/2.
Hades, _s. pl._ strips of greensward, 6/17. “_Hade_, a ridge of land,
a small piece of greensward at the end of arable land;” Wright.
Half-throne, _v._ to cover sheaves in some particular manner, 31/3.
It is believed to be the same as the Shropshire _hackle_, which
is to put four sheaves of wheat into a shock, and then to place
another sheaf (upright) with the ears downwards, on the top.
This agrees with _covering_ except in the use of 4 sheaves
for 8.
Halomshyre, Hallamshire (in which is Sheffield), 17/21.
Halte, _v._ to go lamely, 98/5.
Halter, _s._ halter, 142/2.
Halue, _s._ half, 127/4.
Hamper, _s._ hamper, basket, 11/23.
Hampole, Richardus de, 165/39.
Handbyll, s. small bill-hook, 127/2.
Handel, _v._ to handle, 40/24.
Handsome, _adj._ handy, convenient, 24/22.
Harde, _pp._ heard, 164/30.
Harde by, _phr._ close, 129/4.
Harowe-bulles, _s. pl._ chief pieces of timber composing an ox-harrow,
15/6.
Harowed, _pp._ harrowed, 15/2.
Harowe-tyndes, _s. pl._ tines or prongs of a harrow, 15/10.
Hasell, _s._ hazel, 24/16, 124/5.
Hassell, _adj._ stiff, said of a soil; see it partially defined in
_note_ to 2/6. “_Hazle_, stiff, as clay; Essex.”--Wright.
“A _haisel_ mould, which I count to be one of the best wealdish
moulds, being a compound mould, and very good for marle.”--G.
Markham, Inrichment of the Weald, 1649, p. 9.
Hasty, _adj._ early, 12/39.
Hatched, _put for_ hatchet, _note_ to 46/3. “Brains of a hatchet,” a
term for the oily substance obtained by burning linen on the
head of a hatchet.
Hatte, _s._ hat, 142/2.
Haue, _v._ take, 58/12.
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