D.

*Dablith, 27, _v. pr. t._ make wet and dirty.

Dads, 95/5, _s. pl._ fathers.

Daffadondillies, 43/7, _s. pl._ daffodils. _Narcissus pseudonarcissus_, Linn.

Daieth, 62/8, _v. pr. t._ names some future day for payment, i.e. buys on credit.

"The moste part of my debtters have honestly payed, And they that were not redy I have gently _dayed_." --Wager's Cruell Debter, 1566.

*Dainty, 94, _adj._ difficult, lit. choice, excellent.

Dallops, 54/5, _s. pl._ "A patch or bit of ground lying here and there among the corn."--T.R. 57/17, "Tufts of corn such as are commonly seen where dung-heaps have stood too long, or in shady places."--T.R.

Damsens, 34/8, _s. pl._ damsons, contracted from _damascene_ = the _Damascus_ plum.

Dank, 22/11, _adj._ damp, wet.

Dare, 2/7, _v._ pain, grieve. A.S. _daru_, hurt.

Darnell, 65/1, _s._ darnel, the plant _Lolium perenne_. "Darnell or Iuraye in Englishe also called Raye."--Dodoens, Newe Herball, 1578.

Darth, 63/24, _s._ dearth, dearness of food, etc.

*Daunger, 90/8, risk.

Daw, 99/2, _s._ simpleton, sluggard.

Day, 57/8, _s._ day-work, time-work.

Dead, 78/4, _adj._ flat (beer). Cf. "Pallyd, as drynke, _emortuus_."--Prompt. Parv.

Deaw, 56/48, _s._ dew, damp.

Deckt, 106/2, _pp._ adorned, beautified.

Defende, 86/7, _v._ avoid, prevent.

Deintily, 19/37, _adv._ dearly.

Delaide, 66/7, _pp._ tempered, moderated.

Delue, 21/19, _v. imp._ dig. A.S. _delf, delfan_ = to dig, from Goth. _dailjan_ = to deal, divide. Cf. Ger. _thal_, Eng. _dale_.

Deluing, 36/17, _pr. p._ burrowing.

Depart, 10/56, _v. imp._ give away, part with.

Descant, 68/5, _v._ comment. O. Fr. _deschanter_, from L. Lat. _discantare_.

Despaire, 57/10; Dispaire, 63/9, _s._ injury, damage.

Despight, 106/12, _s._ despite.

Det, 114/38, _s._ debt.

Detanie, 45/8, _s._ Dittany or Pepperwurt, apparently a corruption of Lat. _dictamnus_, of which Dodoens says:--"It is fondly and unlearnedly called in English Dittany. It were better in following the Douchemen to call it Pepperwurt."--Book v. c. 66. Welsh _Ddittain_.

Dew-retting, 16/25, _s._ steeping flax by leaving it out all night on the grass. See Water-retting.

Diall, 68/7, _s._ sundial.

Dible, 46/24, _s._ a planting or setting stick, a dimin. of _dib = dip_ and allied to _tip_ = a sharp point. "_Debbyll_, or settyng stycke."--Huloet.

Dicing, 10/40, _s._ gambling.

Didall, 17/19, _s._ "A triangular spade, as sharp as a knife, excellent to bank ditches, where the earth is light and pestered with a sedgy weed."--T.R.

Dide, 114/11, _v. pt. t._ died.

Digest, 11/4, _v._ quiet, sooth.

Dight, 23/19, _pp._ prepared, treated. A.S. _dihtan_.

Dike, 3/7, _s._ ditch, dike, fence. A.S. _díc_.

Dill, 44/3, _s._ dill. A.S. _dil. Antheum graveolens_.

Dippings, 86/3, _s. pl._ dripping, grease, etc., collected by the cook.

Discharge, 53/3, _v._ relieve you of the trouble.

Discurtesy, 9/19, _s._ incivility, rudeness.

Dispaire, 57/53, _v._ injure, depreciate.

Dissurie, 114/26, _s._ the strangury.

Distaffe, 67/15, _s._ distaff.

Docking the dell, 10/40, dissipation. See Grose's Dict. s.v. _Dock_.

Docks, 17/11, _s. pl._ weeds.

*Dockes, 27, _s. pl._ ?

Dole, 33/16, _s._ share.

Doles, 48/6, _s. pl._ boundary marks, either a post or a mound of earth; also, a balk or slip of unploughed ground.

Dolt, 33/37, _s._ stupid, fool.

Don, 106/21, _pp._ done.

Doo of, 33/39, _v. imp._ get rid of.

Doong, 19/29, _s._ dung, manure.

Doong Crone, 17/7, _s._ a crook or staff with hooked end for drawing dung.

Doonged, 53/21, _pp._ dunged, manured.

Doted, 2/8, _v. pt. t._ became foolish, was silly. Fr. _dotter, radoter_, to dote, rave.--Cotgrave. Cf. Piers Plowman, "Thou _doted_ daffe."

Doughtful, 115/3, _adj._ doubtful.

Douse, 10/7, _s._ strumpet, prostitute; the same word as _Doxy_. Halliwell, _s.v._ Douce, quotes this passage, and renders _douse_ by "a pat in the face," but s.v. Dowse he gives the correct meaning.

Dout, 87/7, _s._ danger, risk, difficulty.

Doues, 56/24, _s. pl._ doves, pigeons.

Dowebake, 79/2, _s._ dough, underbaked bread.

Drab, 77/5, _s._ sloven, loose woman.

Dragons, 45/7, _s._ the herb Serpentine, Serpentarie, or Dragonwort.

Dredge, 16/13, _s._ a mixture of oats and barley. "Dragge, menglyd corne (drage or mestlyon), _mixtio_."--Prompt. Parv. See Note E91.

Drest, 49/8, _pp._ treated.

Dreue, 35/42, Driue, 33/42, _v._ follow you up, press you.

Dreuils, 114/12, Driuell, 79/1, _s._ wasters, spendthrifts.

Drift, 10/13, _s._ end, aim, design, 114/39, course, such drift to make = to drift along in such a manner.

Drines, 53/20, _s._ dryness.

Drinke corn, 18/24, _s._ barley.

Driping, 35/14, _v._ dripping on, keeping wet.

Driue, 16/20, _v._ drive out of their hives for the purpose of taking the honey.

Droie, 81/3, _s._ a drudge, servant. See note in Prompt. Parv. s.v. _Deye_.

Drousie, 89/4, _adj._ the drowsy, the sleepy.

Drout, 14/3, _s._ drought, dry weather.

Drowseth, 62/13, _v. pr. t._ droops, gives way.

Drudge, 7/1, _s._ slave, mean servant.

Duck, 55/6, _s._ docks, dockweed.

Dun, 82/2, _pp._ finished, done for.

Dy, 35/24, _s._ a die, as close as a dy = as close as possible.

E.

Earthes, 35/50, _s. pl._ a ploughing. A.S. _earian_. Lat. _arare_, to plough. In the Catholicon Anglicum we find "A dayserth or daysardawe, _juger, jugerum_." See also Ray and Halliwell, s.v. _Arders_.

Easeth, 94/9, _v. pr. t._ indulges, pleases.

Eaw, 67/24, _s._ ewe.

Eb, 14/5, _s._ ebb. A.S. _ebba_.

Ech, 57/23, _adj._ each.

Edder, 33/13, _s._ "Such fence wood as is commonly put upon the top of Fences and binds or interweaves each other."--T.R.

Edish, 18/4, _s._ stubble after the corn is cut. Roughings. _Edisc_ is an old Saxon word signifying sometimes _roughings, aftermathes_. See Glossaries, B 15, B 16, E. D. Soc.

Edmond, St., 20/12, St. Edmund's Day, 20th November.

Eie, 57/9, _s._ eye, attention.

Eiebright, 44/5, _s._ common eyebright, _Euphrasia officinalis_, formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.

Eies, 114/4, _s. pl._ eyes.

Eke, 66/6, _adv._ also, too, A.S. _eac, ec_.

Elfe, 114/14, _s._ creature; 86/11, a servant.

Elues, 22/3, _s. pl._ young cattle.

Embraid, 113/7, _v. imp._ upbraid, abuse.

Embrings, 12/6, _s. pl._ the Ember-days, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, the feast of Whitsuntide, the 14th September, and the 13th December.

Endiue, 91/2, _s._ endive.

Enuite, 16/32, _v._ invite, call.

Er, 56/21, _adv._ ere, before. Er an = ere than = before that.

Erecting, 1/1, _pr. p._ sustaining, strengthening.

Erie, 57/11; Ery, 18/17, _adj._ every.

Estate, 10/3, _s._ condition, position.

Etch, 36/3, _s._ stubble, edish, q.v.

Exceptions, 19/25, _s. pl._ differences, distinctions.

Exeltred, 17/6, _adj._ furnished with an axle-tree.

Expulsed, 1/4, _v. pt. t._ expelled, drove away.

Extolst, 112/6, _v. pr. t._ praise, extol.

Ey, 99/2, _s._ attention, forgetting his eye = neglecting his duty by staring or gaping about. See Eie.

F.

Fall, 35/32, _v. pr. t._ are born.

Falleth, 20/1, _v. pr. t._ falls off, loses flesh.

Falt, 35/43, _s._ fault.

Fansies, 2/13, _s._ fancies, whims.

Fare, 2/5, _s._ treatment.

Fare, 33/33, _v._ farrow, litter.

Fare, 10/32, _v._ prosper, fare. A.S. _faran_.

Farnesse, 14/4, _s._ distance, length.

Fasting daie, 10/51, _s._ a day on which it was forbidden to eat food of any description.

Fat, 18/34, _adj._ fattened beasts.

Fat, 57/54, _s._ vat, vessel.

Fats up, 15/28, _v. pr. t._ fattens up.

Fautie, 99/2, _adj._ faulty.

Fauoreth, 52/24, _v. pr. t._ help, improve.

Fay, 77/4, _s._ faith, word. O. Fr. _fei_.

Feaw, 56/48, _adj._ few, a few.

Feawe, 50/1, _adj._ little time, while. A.S. _feawe_, few.

Fees, 33/12, _s. pl._ pay, reward.

Feft, 114/33, _pp._ enfeoffed, endowed.

Fellowes, 57/9, _s. pl._ companions, mates. O. Icel. _félagi_, a companion.

Fellowlie, 10/55, _adj._ friendly, neighbourly. Cf.

"Mine eyes ... Fall _fellowly_ drops." --Tempest, Act v. sc. i. 64.

See also Abbot's Shaksperean Grammar, § 447.

Fence, 63/2, _s._ defence, protection.

Fenell, 39/13, _s._ fennel. _Fœniculum vulgare_.

Fennie, 35/44, _adj._ mouldy, vinewed. "_Moisi_; mouldy, hoary, vinowed."--Cotgrave.

Ferme, 10/13, _s._ farm.

Fermer, 19/18, _s._ farmer.

Fetches, 64/2, _s. pl._ tricks, stratagems. Harrison, Descript. of Eng., has: "it be a vertue to deal without anie suspicious _fetches_," p. 115, ed. 1587.

Fetherfew, 43/9, _s._ feverfew. So named from its supposed febrifugal qualities. A.S. _feferfuge_.

Fetters, 17/21, _s. pl._ chains for the feet.

Fewell, 50/30, _s._ fuel. O. Fr. _fouaille_, from L. Lat. _focale_, from Lat. _focus_, a hearth.

Fide, 21/21, _pp._ purified, cleansed.

Fie, 20/21, _v._ cleanse. Icel. _fægja_. Cf. Ger. _fegen_.

Fieing, 53/18, _v._ cleaning out. Feying, "Cleaning a Ditch or Pond, so as the water may come clear."--T.R. See _Fie_.

Fiemble, 55/8, _adj._ a corruption of _female_, the female hemp.

*Fierbote, 65, _s._ the right to take wood for burning. See Peacock's Gloss. of Manley and Corringham, E.D.S.

Filbeards, 34/9, _s. pl._ filberts. Various derivations have been given for this word: one, the most probable, from _full_ and _beard_, referring to the long _beard_ or husk with which it is provided: cf. Ger. _bart-nusz_ = _bearded nut_.

Filbellie, 10/40, _s._ extravagance in food.

Filchers, 10/54, _s. pl._ pilferers. Scot. pilk = to pick. "She has pilkit his pouch."--Jamieson.

Filcheth, 63/13, _v. pr. t._ steals, pilfers.

*Fildes, 38, _s. pl._ fields.

Fisgig, 77/8, _s._ a worthless fellow: a light-heeled wench.--Craven. "A fisgig, or fisking housewife, _trotière_."--Howell, 1660. Still in use in Lincolnshire.

Fishdaie, 10/51, _s._ a day in which fish is allowed to be eaten, but no flesh.

Fitchis, 53/11, _s. pl._ tares, vetches.

Fitly, 92/3, _adj._ suitable, fit.

Flacks, 50/16, _s._ flax. A.S. _fleax_. O. H. Ger. _flaks_.

Flaies, 18/3 _s. pl._ flails.

Flap, 85/7, _s._ a stroke with the flail.

Flawnes, 90/5, _s. pl._ "A custard, generally made in raised paste. Fr. _flan_, a custard or egg-pie." "A _flawne_ or custard."--Baret's Alvearie, 1580.

Fleering, 64/17, _v. pr. p._ laughing, grinning. "To _fleer_ and scorn at our solemnity."--Shakspere, Rom. and Jul. i. 5. "I _fleere_, I make an yvell countenaunce with the mouthe by vncoveryng of the tethe."--Palsgrave.

Fleming, 37/22, Flemming, 18/37, _s._ Dutchmen, Dutch coasting traders.

Flixe, 18/41, _s._ a flux.

Floted, 49/1, _v. pt. t._ skimmed off the cream. "Flet, as mylke or other lyke, _despumatus_."--Prompt. Parv. "_Escréme_, fleeted as milk."--Cotgrave.

*Flotte, 72/_e_, _pp._ skimmed.

Flower, 52/14, _s._ ? floor.

Flower armor, 43/10, _s._ The "floure gentill or purple velvet floure."--Lyte's Dodoens, p. 168. Fr. _Floramor_, in Cotgrave _la noble fleur_, from its resemblance to the plumes worn by people of rank. _Amaranthus tricolor_.

Flower gentle, 43/12, _s._ a species of Amaranth. _Amaranthus spinosa_.

Flower de luce, 43/11, _s._ Iris, or flower-de-luce. Fr. _fleur-de-lis_. A plant of the genus _Iris_, in particular _Iris pseudacorus_, the yellow Iris or water flag.

Foison, 35/4; Foizon, 114/37, _s._ plenty. "Foyzon is winter food."--T.R. Fr. _foison_, from Lat. _fusionem_, from _fundere_. Cotgrave gives "_Foison_: f. store, plentie, abundance, great fullnesse, enough." The word still exists in the Scotch _foison_ or _fusion_, and the adj. _fusionless_ or _fissenless_. Forby explains it as "Succulency, natural nutritive moisture," as _e.g._ "there is no _foison_ in this hay."

Foistines, 57/5; Foistnes, 21/5; Foystines, 20/5, _s._ mustiness, mould. O. Fr. _fust_, a cask, _fusté_, tasting or smelling of the cask, musty.

Foisty, 19/39, _adj._ musty.

Fondlie, 10/26; Fondly, 67/9, _adv._ foolishly. _Fon_ = to play the fool. Jamieson, Scott. Dict.

For, 9/9, _prep._ in spite of, regardless of.

For, 9/18. Here and in numerous instances in Tusser _for_ means "for fear of," "to prevent."

Forbearer, 13/3, _s._ one who refuses.

Forborne, 13/2, _pp._ withheld, refused.

*Forehorse, 94, _s._ one who is always in advance with his work, never behindhand; the opposite to a procrastinator.

Forke, 22/9, _s._ pitchfork, hayfork.

*Fornight, 51, _s._ a fortnight.

Forrough, 16/15, _s._ furrow. A.S. _furh_.

Foyson, 10/6, _s._ plenty. See Foison.

Fough, 102/5, _interject_, faugh! phew! an exclamation.

Fraid, 2/8, _v. pt. t._ frightened, made afraid.

Fraie, 53/22, _s._ quarrel, fray.

Fraight, 114/24, _s._ freight, cargo.

Frailnes, 10/62, _s._ frailty, uncertainty.

Frame, 57/1, _v._ make.

Framed, 2/15, _pp._ arranged, composed.

Fransie, 88/4, _s._ madness.

Fraud, 62/15, _v._ obtain by fraud.

Fraught, 64/5, _pp._ laden, freighted.

Fray, 77/4, _s._ disturbance, trouble.

Freat, 23/2, _v. imp._ be vexed.

Freat, 51/11, _v._ damage, decay, eat away.

"As doth an hidden moth The inner garment _fret_." --Spenser, Faery Queene, ii. 34.

See Wedgwood's Dict. _s.v._ Fret.

Freeseth, 35/1, _v. pr. t._ freezes. A.S. _freosan_. O. Icel. _friosa_. Dan. _fryse_.

Frier, 86/14, _s._ friar.

Fritters, 90/3 _s. pl._ small pancakes with apples in them. "Frytoure, _lagana_ (a pancake)."--Prompt. Parv. "A fritter or pancake; a kind of bread for children, as _fritters_ and wafers."--Baret's Alvearie, 1580.

Froth, 35/3, _adj._ tender, perhaps originally = pulpy.

Frower, 17/8, _s._ a frow, an iron instrument for rending or splitting laths. Also called _Frommard_.

Fumetorie, 44/7; Fumentorie, 91/3, _s._ Fumitory. _Fumaria officinalis_, so called from its rank disagreeable smell: formerly used as an anti-scorbutic: it is called _erthesmok_ [earthsmoke] in MS. Sloane 5, f. 5.

Furmentie pot, 90/7, _s._ hulled wheat boiled in milk, and seasoned with cinnamon, sugar, etc. See note E458.

G

Gadding, 10/51, _v._ going about gossipping.

Gaffe, 22/18, _v._ man, gaffer. "Formerly a common mode of address, equivalent to _friend, neighbour_."--Halliwell.

Gage, 94/13, _s._ pawn, sweepeth to gage = hurries to pledge or place in pawn.

*Gage, 53, _v._ assert, maintain.

Galling, 57/31, _v._ causing sore or bare places.

Gallond, 19/42, _s._ gallon.

Gap, 114/20, _s._ an opening, cause.

Gaping, 57/45, _pr. p._ being greedy, grasping.

Garlike, 21/12, _s._ garlic.

Garmander, 42/8, _s._ germander. Fr. _gamandrée_, from Lat. _chamædrys_.

Garson, 33/41, _s._ boy, lad. Fr. _garçon_.

Gasing, 99/1, _pr. p._ gazing, staring.

Gate, 64/17, _s._ walk, gait.

Gayler, 86/11, _s._ guardian, housekeeper.

Geanie, 2/6, _adj._ profitable, useful. A.S. _gægn_, fit, suitable. Robert de Brunne in his History of England, 3376, has, "a _geiner_ way" = a more direct advantageous way. Scot. _gane_, fit, useful. Lanc. _gainest_ way = the shortest cut.

Geld, 15/17, _s._ castrate, spay.

*Gentiles, 17, _s. pl._ gentle-folk.

Gentilie, 9/14, _adv._ kindly, with proper respect.

Gentils, 49/_c_, _s. pl._ gentles, maggots.

Gentlenes, 102/7, _s._ gentlemanly manners.

Gently, 102/7, _adv._ as gentlemen, in a gentlemanly manner.

Gentrie, 114/33, _s._ true nobility.

Gesse, 114/1, _v. imp._ guess, believe.

Gest, 4/2, _s._ a guest. A.S. _gest_.

Get, 9/5, _v._ earn.

Gettings, 9/5, _s._ earnings.

Giddie braine, 10/23, _adj._ giddy, unsteady.

Giles, 114/18, _s. pl._ traps, deceits.

Gillet, 50/30, _s._ lad. Gael, _gille, giolla_, a lad. Halliwell gives "an instrument for thatching" as the meaning in this passage, but why, I do not know.

Gillian spendal, 23/18, wasteful, careless housekeeper.

Giloflowers, 15/42, _s. pl._ carnations, pinks. Fr. _giroflée_, from Lat. _caryophyllus_, a clove, from the clove-like smell of the flowers.--Wedgwood.

Gin, 10/19, _s._ trap.

Ginnes, 106/22, _s. pl._ means, contrivances.

Ginnie, 90/5, Jenny.

Ginny, 33/38, _s._ a name for a filly. Mavor reads Jilly.

Gise, 97/4, _s._ fashion, way.

Gloues, 57/9, _s. pl._ gloves.

God night, 18/49. A phrase equivalent to "it is all over," "it is too late."

Goef, 55/4, _s._ the stack or rick.

Goeler, 46/4, _adj._ "The Goeler is the yellower, which are the best setts, old roots (of hops) being red."--T.R. A.S. _geolewe_.

Gofe, 56/20, _s._ rick, stack. In Addit. MS. 1295, a Lat. Eng. Vocab. written in Norfolk in the 15th century, occur "_Gelimo_, to golue, _Ingelimum_, golfe." Palsgrave gives "a _goulfe_ of corne."

Gofe ladder, 17/1, _s._ a ladder for hay ricks.

Gole, 115/3, _s._ goal, prize.

Goom, 33/59, _s._ gum.

Goordes, 41/5, _s. pl._ gourds. Lat. _cucurbita_.

Gossep, 94/7, _s._ gossips, companions.

Got, 114/16, _pp._ caught.

Gotten, 10/4, _pp._ earned, acquired.

Gould, 3/3, _s._ gold, money.

Goue, 57/10, _pp._ laid up in the barn in the straw. Another form of _Goaf_. "_Goulfe_ of corne, so moche as may lye betwene two postes."--Palsgrave. Dan. _gulve_ = to lay corn sheaves on the floor, from Dan. _gulv_, a floor.

Gouing, 57/23, _v._ laying up in the barn in the straw. See Goue.

Graffing, 46/10, _s._ grafting. O. Fr. _grafe_, from Lat. _graphium_, a pencil, from the resemblance of the graft to a pointed pencil.

Grassebeefe, 12/4, _s._ beef of an ox fattened upon grass.

Grate, 10/29, _s._ prison (grating).

Greaseth, 68/2, _v. pr. t._ bribes, enriches.

Great, 57/8, by great = task or piece-work, in contradistinction to _day_-work.

Greedie gainfull, 2/13, _adj._ greedy for gain.

Greefe, 89/8, _s._ trouble, worry.

Gregorie, 46/2. St. Gregory's Day, 12th March.

Grinstone, 17/8, _s._ grindstone.

Gromel, 45/9, _s._ the plant Gromwell. _Lithospermum arvense_, Linn.

Grosest, 19/18, _adj._ heaviest, thickest, Fr. _gros_.

Grosse, 18/18, _adj._ coarse.

Grossum caput, 95/1, a blockhead, stupid.

Grotes, 33/46, _s. pl._ money (groats). L. Ger. grot = a large piece (of money), so called because before this coin was issued by Edward III., the English had no larger silver coin than the penny.

Gruch, 57/19; Grutch, 86/2, _v._ grudge. O. Fr. _grouchier_, to grumble.

Grutching, 10/8, _s._ grumbling.

Guise, 89/12, *Guyse, 5, _s._ habit, custom.

Gunstone, 10/19, _s._ a ball of stone, used in heavy artillery before the introduction of iron shot.--Nares' Gloss.

Gutted, 46/4, _pp._ taken off from the old roots.

*Gutting, 27, _v._ cutting up, making ruts in.

H.

Haberden, 23/12, _s._ "that kind of cod which is usually salted."--Nares. ? Aberdeen haddocks.

Hacking, 53/15, _v._ hewing down, cutting of trees.

Had I wist, 77/8, lit. "had I known:" foole had I wist = foolish and useless regrets.

*Haft, 60, _v. imp._ "Act like a miser, be a niggard. The sentence then reads 'Be not niggardly towards God of the goods He sends you.' _Haft_, to grasp (an extension of the verb _to have_), and hence to save, be a niggard, is preserved in _hafter_, a miser, saver; which see in my Notes to P. Plowman, l. 197, p. 117. See nine examples of this word in Skelton, ed. Dyce, ii. 108."--Note by Rev. W. W. Skeat. The word, however, seems to bear even a stronger meaning, for Cooper, in his "Thesaurus," 1584, has "_Cauilla_, a mocke, a scoffe, an haftyng question, a cauill." The words "haft not to godward" thus may mean "do not grumble at, find fault with, or question the justice of what God sends you."

Haie, 63/24, _s._ hay. A.S. _haga_.

Haier, 57/51, _s._ cloth made of goats' hair.

Haile, 15/34, _adj._ sound, strong. A.S. _hæl_.

Hailoft, 89/6, _s._ hay-lofts.

Haithorne, 34/28, _s._ hawthorn. A.S. _hagaþorn_ from _haga_ = hedge, haw. Ger. _hagedorn_.

Hallomas, 23/1, _s._ the Feast of All Saints. Hallowmas, _i.e._ All Saints' Day, Nov. 1, was, in Tusser's time, ten days nearer the winter solstice than now.

Hallontide, 21/1. All Saints' Day, 1st November.

Handsome, 48/18, _adj._ useful, ready, _handy_. A.S. _hand, hond_, the hand. Prompt. Parv. gives "handsum, _manualis_."

Handsomly, 21/24, _adv._ neatly, trimly.

Hardhead, 71/4, _adj._ hardy, brave.

Hardlie, 10/50, _adv._ with difficulty.

Harlots, 74/4, _s. pl._ tramps, vagrants, or disreputable characters of either sex. "An harlott, _balator, rusticus_."--Cathol. Anglicum.

Harmes, 16/15, _s._ in harm's way, in danger.

Harolds Booke, 114/11, _s. pl._ the Books of the College of Heralds.

Hart, 19/13, _s._ strength, fertility.

Harted, 48/17, _pp._ provided with a good heart, or, as we should now say, a good bottom; strengthened.

*Harthe, 65, _s._ hearth.

Hartilie, 10/55, _adj._ hearty.

Hartstong, 45/10, _s._ the Heartstongue, _Ceterach officinarum_, so called from the shape of the frond.

Hastings, 18/32, _s. pl._ an early variety of peas, "soone ripe, soone rotten."--D. Rogers' Naaman.

Hauke, 56/44, _s._ hawking, falconry.

Haunt, 67/14, _v._ follow, pursue, be accustomed. O. Fr. _hanter_, to pursue.

Haunting, 16/31, _adj._ frequenting, in the habit of coming.

Hauocke, 77/3, _s._ havoc, waste.

Hawe, 36/13, _s._ the berries of the hawthorn, hips.

Hawme, 55/14, _s._ haulm, straw. "Haulm, straw left in an esh or gratten; stubble, thatch. Sax. hælme, _culmus, calamus_. Icel. halmur, _palea_."--Bish. Kennett's MS. Ray gives "haulm or helm, stubble gathered after the corn is inned."

Hazard, 23/11, _s._ danger.

Heale, 19/37, _v._ to recover, be cured.

Healthsom, 11/8, _adj._ healthy, invigorating.

*Heare, 41, _s._ hair.

Hearesaie, 2/10, _s._ hearsay, report.

Hearie, 49/7, _adj._ hairy, full of hairs. A.S. _hær._ O. Icel. _här_, hair.

Heate, 76/2, _pp._ heated, hot.

Heawers, 47/8, _s. pl._ woodcutters. A.S. _heawan_, to cut.

Hed, 89/9, _s._ head, mind.

Hedlonds, 52/17, _s. pl._ headlands.

Hew, 113/1, _s._ colour, "changed hew" = have changed, become unfavourable.

Hew prowler, 35/25. "Hugh Prowler is our Author's name for a night-walker."--T.R.

Hid, 2/11, _s._ care, heed. A.S. _hédan_.

Hier, 23/9, _s._ business, duty.

Hight, 114/3, _v. pt. t._ was called, named. O. Eng. _higt, higte_. A.S. _hâtte_ from _hatan_, to call, name.

Hilback, 10/40, _s._ cover back, _i.e._ clothes, extravagance in dress. Kennett, MS. Lansdowne 1033.--Halliwell. A.S. _hilan, helan_, to cover.

Hindring, 88/3, _v._ injuring, damaging.

Hir, 35/51, _poss. pr._ their. A.S. _heor_.

Hobbard de Hoy, 60/3, _s._ a lad approaching manhood. "Hober-de-hoy, half a man and half a boy."--Ray's Gloss.

Hogscote, 17/21, _s._ a pen or sty for hogs.

Holds, 33/40, _v. pr. t._ equals, gains equal.

Holiokes, 43/15, _s. pl._ hollyhocks. A.S. _holihoc_.

Homelie, 1/2, _adj._ plain, homely, unpretending.

Hone, 46/9, _s._ "a common rubber or whetstone."--T.R.

Honie, 106/4, _adj._ sweet.

Horehound, 45/11, _s._ horehound. A.S. _hara-hune_, or possibly a corruption of Lat. _urinaria_, the plant being considered a sovereign remedy in cases of strangury and dysuria.

Horselock, 17/21, _s._ shackles for horses' feet.

Horseteeme, 17/10, _s._ team of horses.

Hostis, 10/8, _s. pl._ entertainers.

Housholdry, 9/11, _s._ furniture and articles for domestic use.

Houell, 52/8, _s._ barn, outhouse.

Houen, 49/4, _pp._ swelled. A.S. _hebban, hefan_ (pp. _hofen_), to heave, raise. O. H. Ger. _hevan_.

Hower, 107/4, _s._ hour.

Howse, 57/32, _v. imp._ house.

Hoy, 57/13, _v. imp._ drag, frighten, drive away by crying, "hoy, hoy!"

Hull, 36/23, _s._ holly.

Huluer, 48/10, _s._ holly. O. Icel. _hulfr_.

Hurtilberies, 34/13, _s. pl._ the hurtle-berry or whortleberry, bilberry.

Hutch, 10/47, _s._ money chest or box. A.S. hwæca = chest, an unauthorised (? invented) form, due to Somner. O. Fr. _houche_.