Agriculture -- England; Conduct of life; Home economics, Rural
Thacke, _v._ thatch, 27/10.
Thacking, _s._ thatching, 27/24.
Thanke, _s._ thanks, 169/23.
There-as, _conj._ where, 33/13, 45/9, 58/9.
Theyues, _s. pl._ ewes of the first year, 53/4. “_Theave_, a ewe of
a year old (Essex); a sheep of three years old (North);”
Wright. See _thaive_, _theave_, in Index to Old Country Words,
ed. J. Britten (E.D.S.).
Thimble, _s._ thimble, 142/5.
Thistyls, _s. pl._ thistles, 20/3; thistyll, _s._ 20/6.
Thopinion, the opinion, 12/37.
Thorowe, _adv._ through, 23/16, 44/10, 128/19.
Threde, _s._ thread, 142/5.
Thresshe, _pr. s. subj._ 2. _p._ thresh, 35/2; thresshen, _pp._ 13/40;
thresshed, _pp._ 10/9.
Throughe, _adj._ passing through, continuous, 96/3.
Thryfte, _s._ thrift, thriving, 129/8.
Thyn-cressed, _pp._ thin in the crest, 78/2. The _crest_ is ‘the
rising part of a horse’s neck;’ Wright.
Tinded, _pp._ furnished with tines, 15/24. _See_ Tyndes.
To, _adv._ too, 2/24, 2/29, 43/5, 148/34, 150/2.
To, _prep._ in going to, 146/16.
To, frequently inserted in imperative clauses; thus, to fel, i.e.
remember to fell, 134/15; to sell, be sure to sell, 134/18; &c.
Togwith, _or_ Togewith, _s._ part of the draught apparatus of a plough
or harrow, to which the swingle-tree was attached, 5/25, 15/43.
Lit. “tug-withe;” cf. “_tug-iron_, an iron on the shafts of a
waggon to hitch the traces to;” Wright.
Tolle, _s._ toll, 146/17.
Tomblynge, _s._ tumbling, 102/5.
Toppes, _s._ tops, 31/12.
Tothe, _v._ furnish with teeth, 24/7.
Toure, _s._ tower, 146/104.
Towels, _s. pl._ towels, 146/45.
Towne-syde. _s._ farm-yard side, 10/11.
Traile, _v._ to drag on the ground, 141/49.
Tree, _s._ piece of wood, 3/9; tre, 3/11.
Trenche, _s._ trench, 124/30.
Tresses, _s. pl._ traces (for drawing a plough), 5/25, 15/42.
Trouse, _s._ the trimmings of a hedge, 38/3, 126/9. “_Trouse_, to
trim hedgings”; Wright.
Tryanglewise, _adj._ in the form of a triangle, 4/34.
Tucke, _v._ to tuck up short, 151/14.
Tuell, _s._ fundament (of a horse), 85/4.
Tuftes, _s. pl._ tufts, 70/3.
Turne, _s._ a disease of cattle, giddiness, 62/28.
Twon, _pp._ twined, 25/32.
Twyche, _v._ to twitch, 108/2.
Twyrle, _v._ turn round; twyrle upon, i.e. turn round by pressing
upon, 55/1.
Twyse, _adv._ twice, 147/28.
Twytches, _s. pl._ jerks, 15/21.
Tyckes, _s. pl._ ticks, small insects, 135/19.
Tyndes, _s. pl._ tines, teeth, 15/26.
Tyne, _v._ to shut, 141/49. A.S. _týnan_.
Tythes, _s. pl._ tithes, 30/13.
Vaine, _s._ vein, 50/11; vaines, _pl._ 70/26.
Valentynes daye, Feb. 14, 137/4.
Vermynne, _s._ vermin (said of noxious beasts), 146/32.
Viues, _s. pl._ “Certaine kirnels growing under the horsses eare;”
(Topsell, 1607, p. 360), 91/1. “_Vyves_, a disease that an
horse hath, _auiues_;” Palsgrave. See _Avives_ in Cotgrave.
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