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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 February 2010
page 125 note a The hall, which was the only sitting-phen;room, was furnished with boards and trestles (instead of tables), which were removed after meals.
page 125 note b Dogs for wood fires.
page 125 note c A mixed stuff, not silk, which is separately mentioned.
page 125 note d Canopy, or tester of a bed.
page 125 note e Cushions.
page 125 note f Little chests—“Toke a forsselett with manye deedes therein, and caryed it awaye.” Star Chamber Proceeding, Henry VIII. relating to the forcible entry of a house in Cornwall.
page 125 note g Chimney-phen;pieces.
page 125 note h A picture.
page 125 note i Glaive, i. e. blade or sword.
page 126 note a Ewer of mixed metal.
page 126 note b This is the third picture of the head of John the Baptist, the family Saint, to whom the chantry was dedicated, and after whom the eldest son was for several generations named. The only other picture was that of “King Harry.”
page 127 note a A nipper.
page 127 note b Willow baskets for holding apples or roots, a word still in use in the neighbourhood.
page 127 note c Leathern pots, or black jacks.
page 127 note d Furnace.
page 127 note e Vats.
page 127 note f A shallow tub of an oval form, such as are at present used by the cottagers for salting bacon.
page 127 note g A barrel-phen;shaped vessel, carried by two persons, suspended on a pole, or hung in a frame like a wheelbarrow.
page 127 note h Bolting-phen;hutch, for separating bran and pollards from the flour.
page 127 note i A large vat, now commonly called a heaving vat. In brewing beer this vat is used for mixing barm with the liquor, in which it is well stirred, and then left at rest for a few hours, until fermentation commences, previously to pouring it into the hogshead or barrel.
page 127 note k A hutch or bin for holding wheat or other dry grains.
page 127 note l A measure of two gallons, a peck.
page 127 note m An old pipe or cask, containing two hogsheads.
page 127 note n A sieve.
page 128 note a Iron crooks fixed in the chimney for hanging iron pots.
page 128 note b Crooked irons, fastened with a hinge on the top, used for hanging iron pots to the chimney crook.
page 128 note c Spits.
page 128 note d Cups with handles, for broth or porridge.
page 128 note e An iron shovel.
page 128 note f The day howse, i. e. the dairy-phen;house.