The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on HuntingEdward, of Norwich
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The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting
Edward, of Norwich
Hunting -- Early works to 1800
SERGEAUNTIS, sergeants, 165
SESOUNN, SESOUN, SESON, season, 29
SESOURS, seizers, 114, 117
SETTE, set, place, part of forest round which "stables" or stations of
men and hounds were placed, 149, 189
SEWE, SUE, Fr. _suir_, hunt, pursue, 150, 161
SEWET, suet, fat of deer
SEWRE, swear
SEYN, say, see
SHAP, shape
SHAPON, shaped
SHEELD, shield, shoulder of a boar, 49
SHEELLEN, shall
SHEERDE, cut, wound, 99
SHENT, shamed, disgraced, 79
SIKERLI, securely, 159
SINGULAR, the wild boar when he leaves the sounder, App.
SKIRTIS, SKYRTIS, the skin and tissue surrounding the stomach
SKULK, a number of foxes, App.
SLAWTHE, sloth, 5
SLOUGH, lower part of the heart
SLUG-HOUND, a sleuth-hound, a track hound, App.
SLYKE, slick, sleek or smooth, 44
SMET, SMYTTEN, smitten, 192
SNAWE, snow
SOAR, a buck in his fourth year
SOEPOL, wild thyme (_Thymus serpyllum_), 20
SOILE, SOULE, SOUILLE, wallowing pool, soil or mud; "to soil" means
when a deer or wild boar takes to water or wallows in it, 37, 50, 144
SOIOURNE, SOIOURN, SOIOURNYING, SOJORN, SOJOURN, to remain, 98
SOLERE, upper chamber, 126
SOMEDELE, somewhat
SOMERE, SOMER, summer, 45
SONE, soon
SONNE, SUNNE, sun, 9
SONNE, SOUNE, sound
SOPERE, SOPER, supper, 180
SOPPE, SOPPERS, herd of deer, 25
SORRELL, a buck in his third year
SOTELLY, subtlety, cleverly
SOTIL, SOTILLE, SOTILTE, subtle, clever, 67, 80, 95
SOULE, SOILE, alone, 168
SOUNDER, SOUNDRE, SUNDRE, a herd of wild boars, 53, 143
SOUR, stag of fourth year, the colour of a deer's hide; according to
Roquefort, a herd of swine, App.
SOUSSE, oxide of zinc, 95
SOUZ-REAL, SOUCH-REAL, SUR-RYAL, sur-antler, a tine of the stag's
head, 140, 177, App.
SOWLE, soul, 12
SPAINEL, SPAYNELS, spaniel
SPARHAUKE, sparrowhawk, 114
SPATELL, spittle, 92
SPAY, to kill a deer with a sword 10, 174, 258; to castrate, 84, 258
SPAYARD, SPAYDE, SPAYER, SPYCARD, the stag in his third year, App.
SPAYNEL, spaniel, 119
SPEIES, spires, young wood, 157
SPIRES, SPOYES, stalks, young wood; thick spires means thick wood, 65,
118
SPITOUS, despiteful, 115
SPRAINTES, SPRAYTYNG, excrements of the otter, 73, 139
SPRINGOL, SPRINGALD, SPRINGOLD, SPRINGALL, siege engine to throw
stones or balks of timber, 23
STABLE, STABLYS, Fr. _establie_, a post or station of huntsmen and
hounds, 188
STAGGART, the stag in his fourth year, 29, 131
STALK, to go softly, creep, "Stalk the deer full still" (used by John
Lydgate, about 1430)
STALL, to corner, to bring to bay, to stand still, 153
STANC, STANK, STANGES, STANGKES, Fr. _estanc_, pool, tank, pond, 32,
72
STEPPIS, steps, footprint of deer, 73, 137
STERE, stir, 91
STERT, STIRT, start
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