Agriculture -- England; Conduct of life; Home economics, Rural
Sommersetshyre, Somersetshire, 2/9.
Sonne, _s._ sun, 9/5; _spelt_ son, 146/54.
Soo, _conj._ so, provided that, 43/4.
Sophystycallye, _adv._ sophistically, ambiguously, 68/46.
Sorance, _s._ sore, injury, disease, 6/29, 89/1; soraunce, 80/1,
119/1.
Sought, _s._ 57/13. _See_ Longe soughte.
Souketh, _pr. s._ sucks, 39/11.
Souper, _s._ supper, 146/12.
Souse, _s._ pickle, brine, 121/15.
Sowen, _pp._ sown, 12/33, 35; 141/42.
Sowes, _s. pl._ sows, 121/9.
Spade-graffe, _s._ the depth to which a spade will dig, about a foot,
124/33.
Spauen, _s._ spavin, a kind of lameness, 106/1. Also, the place where
spavin appears, 107/4.
Spauen-place, _s._ place where a horse is subject to spavin, 118/3.
Spere, _s._ spear, 142/2.
Sperewort, _s._ spear-wort, a grass, 54/3. “_Flamula_ is the herbe
whiche we cal in englishe _Sperewurte_ or _Spergrasse_;”
Turner’s Names of Herbes. It is the lesser spear-wort,
_Ranunculus Flammula_, as the greater spear-wort, or
_Ranunculus Lingua_, is of larger growth. See _Speerworty_ in
Pegge, Gloss. B. 6.
Spinner, _s._ a spider, _note_ to 54/22. (In Shakespeare.)
Splent, _s._ disease in a horse’s leg, 96/1; 97/1.
Splente, _imp. s._ furnish with splents or laths, 122/9. See below.
Splentes, _s. pl._ laths, 122/10.
Spokes, _s. pl._ spokes of a wheel, 5/9.
Spon, _pp._ spun, 146/42.
Spores, _s. pl._ spurs, 142/2.
Sporte, _s._ sport, 153/18.
Sprede, _v._ spread, 10/38.
Sprot-barley, _s._ sprout-barley, a kind of barley, 13/19.
Sprutteth, _v._ sprouteth, 13/38.
Sprynge, _s._ young wood, shoots, 126/11; 135/4, 7, 27.
Spyndel, _s._ spindle, 103/5.
Spyres, _s. pl._ shoots, sprigs, 20/12. See note to P. Plowman, C.
xiii. 180.
Squecke, _s._ a disease of turkeys, _note_ to 144.
Stacke, _s._ stack, 131/11.
Staffe, _s._ a staff, stick, 41/9; handle, 21/8.
Staffe-hokes, _s. pl._ staff-hooks; sharp hooks fastened to long
handles to cut peas and beans, and trim hedges, 29/3.
Stare, _v._ to stand on end, bristle up, 56/11, 98/4, 111/3.
Starkely, _adv._ stiffly, with difficulty, 65/3.
Staues, _s. pl._ staves, bars, rails, 70/45, 141/48; ‘rough staves,’
3/5, 35. See note to 3/1.
Staunche, _v._ to staunch, stop, 58/32.
Staye, _s._ support, 3/41.
Steeled, _pp._ steeled, 21/9.
Steke, _imp. s._ shut, fasten, 40/14, 165/48; _v._ 167/34.
Stele, _s._ handle, 24/18. A. S. _stel._
Stere, _v._ stir, 16/24.
Sterte, _s._ stalk, 20/23. Cf. _start_ = tail.
Steryngtyme, _s._ time for stirring, 16/26.
Stilt, _s._ the right-hand handle of a plough, 3/4. See note to 3/1.
Stocke, _s._ stock, stem, 136/19.
Stocke-heed, _s._ head or top of the stock, 138/26.
Stole, _s._ stool, 122/17.
Stooles, _s. pl._ stools; but, apparently, part of the gear of a
plough, 5/44.
Stoupe, _v._ to stoop, 21/26; to obey, 41/18.
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