Chapter 8, Item 41a
Curry comb parts
Parts of a Curry-Comb.
The Barrel, or Back of the Comb,
The Plate, that part which is plain without teeth.
The Teeth.
The Shank, that which holds the Barrel to the Handle.
The Handle, The Ring, that as it hangs by.
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Chapter 8, Item 43a
Yelve parts
Parts of a Yelve.
The Barr, or Cross Bar. The Tangs, or Forks.
The Socket, for the Stail to go in. The Staile.
The Raspe, is the top part on which the man holds.
There is an other sort of these Dung Forks with only two ends or points, and without a Raspe, or Potent, on the head. se it in the chief of num.44.
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Chapter 8, Item 46a
Sieve types
Sives or Riddles. There are severall sorts of Sives, and all have a Denomination from the Bottoms which are put in them, and to the fineness or coursness of the things to be sifted through them, as for example.
The Coale or Lyme Sive, hath wide square holes made in the Bottoming, that a mans finger may be thrust throw each hole, and the bottom made of Split wood.
The Garden Sive, it is Bottomed with strong wyer the squares being as large as the former. These two are generally termed Ridles, and so are all wide bottomed Sives.
The Reeving Sive, of it see numb.4.
The Meale Sive, or Bolting Sive, it is bottomed with a kind of fine haire cloth which is so wide in the holes, that meale or fine flore of ground corn will go throw it, but the course Bran remaine behind.
The Fine Sive, or Silke Sive, it is so fine a tiffinie bottom, that nothing but the pure Dant of corn ground will go through it, all maner of Bran staying behind within the Rim.
The Searce, or Searcer, it is a fine Sieve with a Leather cover on the top and bottom of the Sieve Rim, to keep the Dant or Flower of any pulverized Substance that nothing be lost of it in the Searceing.
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Chapter 8, Item 46b
Corn measures
Corn Measures.
A Pint, or Cup, or Can is the least of dry measures. A Quart measure, is two Pints.
A Pottle, is two Quarts. A Gallon is 2 Pottles. by these all greater Measures are Measured, as
An Halfe Pecke, of old it contained 5 Quarts, but by Winchester Measure to which by the Statute of the Land all others now conforme, is but 4 Quarts and a Pint.
A Peck, is 2 Gallons and a Quart. In some parts of the Kingdom it is called a Bushel of which 4 maketh a Measure of any kinde of graine.
A Measure, an Hoop, or a Strick, is 4 Pecks, or 9 Gallons. Yet some reckon but 8 gallons to the Measure, which in some places is also called a Bushel.
A Bushell, is 4 Measures of Corn, and 5 of Oates, with our countrey people.
A Quarter, is 8 Measures, or 2 Cornocks.
A Choldron, is 36 Measures &c. But of these see more in lib.3. chap.5. numb.144.
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Chapter 8, Item 46c
Strickle
The Strickles, is a thing that goes along with the Measure which is a straight Board, with a Staffe fixed in the side, to draw over the Corn in measureing, that it exceed not the height of the Measure. Which measureing is termed Wood and Wood.
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Chapter 8, Item 46g
Troy weight
In the reduceing of these ancient Measures into our English Assize, I have had respect only to this proportion viz. Half Gill, which is 4 Spoonfulls. Gill, or Quadran, is 4 to a pint. Half Pint, is 2 gills. Pint is 4 gills. Quart is 2 pints. Pottle is 2 quarts. & Gallon is 2 potles &c. as aforesaid se cha.11 n.91.
And so of Weights, I have had respect to that of Troy only, as a Graine, which is the weight of a Wheat corn, which is sometymes divided into halfes, quarters &c.
A Charat is 6 graines, or 4 part of a scruple.
A Scruple is 14 graines, or 3 part of a dram.
A Penny Weight is 24 graines.
A Dram is 72 graines, or 8 part of an Ounce.
An Ounce is 20 penny weight, or 24 charate, or 24 scruples, or 8 drams, or 576 grasines.
A Pound is 12 ounces Troy.
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Chapter 8, Item 48a
Drag
The Dragg, is a thing also for carriage, and is of the same nature to the Sladge: only it hath a Back of cross peeces to stay anything on it from sliping off, when the forepart is raised up. For the two side peeces are so long, that they will reach to the sides of an horse, where the ends are made fast to the Trill sadle, and Collar; That when the horse goeth forward it will Dragg after him, from whence it tooke its name. Of the Welsh men that follow husbandry it is much used, because they can goe on the hills with them, where Wheels cannot turn. a It is like a Wheel Barrow without a wheel, some I have also seen with two small wheels as the hinder end of them iust under the back.
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Chapter 8, Item 48b
Cart parts
Parts of a Cart or Tumbrel, and Wain or Team.
A Cart, is when it is drawn by horses, and hath two sides called the Trills.
A Waine, or Oxe Teame, when drawn by Oxen, and hath a Waine Cop.
The Trills, or Sides of the Cart, which the horse is to stand between.
The Waine Cop, that part which the hinder Oxen are yoked unto to draw the Waine.
The Trill Hooks, and Back Band, which hold the sides of the Cart up to the horse.
The Belly Band, which is fastned to one of the sides and goeth under the horse belly to the other side.
The Axle tree, that on which the Wheel turneth:
The Axel tree Pins, two long Irons with round heads, which holdeth the Axell tree to the Cart body.
The Clouts, or Axelltree Clouts, the iron plates nailed on the end of the Axel tree to save it wearing.
The two Cross trees, which holds the Cart sides togather.
The Washers, are the Rings on the ends of the Axell tree. The Linn Pin, is to keepe the wheel on the Axell tree.
The two Cart Raers, the Railes on the Cart top.
The Cart Staves, are those that hold the Cart & Raers together, which maketh the Cart Body.
The Cart Body, is all that part where the loading is layd for carriage.
The Cart Lathers, are the Crooked peecs set over the Cart wheels to keepe Hay and Straw loaden off them. In an Oxe Teame they are termed Thriples.
The Slotes, are the vnder peecs which keepe the bottom of the Cart together.
The Waine Cop, is the long peece that cometh out from the Cart body to which the Oxen are fastned.
The Cop-sole and Pin, are Irons that fasten the Chain with other Oxen thereat to the end of the Cop.
A Trigen, is a thing to stop the wheel of a Cart when it goeth down a steep place.
Things that belong to Carts and Wains
for Horses and Oxen.
Geeres, or Chains, are the generall terms for all
things that belongs to draught horses or oxen.
The Trill Homes, are the peecs of wood made
fast to the collar about the horse neck, to which hooks
and the chains are fixed.
The Homes, are the wooden peecs themselves.
The Collar, is that put about the horse neck, made
of Canvis and Leather stufed with straw or wooll.
The Chaines, or Ropes, are them as all the Horses
or Oxen draw by, all the length of the draught.
The Stret Staffe, is the Staffe fixed between the
Chains or Ropes, to keep them from gauling the Horse
sides. The Throat band, and Buckles.
The Back band, and Belly band.
The Trill or Cart Sadle, is that on the Hinder
horse, on which the Back band of the Trill resteth to
hold up the Cart.
The White, or Carters Whip, a lash of Leather
and small Cord, tyed at the end of a long stick to whip
forward his horses.
The Goad, is a long stick with an Iron point set in
the end of it. By this the Oxen are pricked to go forward. this is only used for an Ox-teame. see n.14.
The Fore-Horse, that as leadeth the rest of the drawing Horses. The Trill Horse, that next the
Cart, and beareth the sides up with a Back band lying
on the Trill Sadle.
A Good Teame, or a Bad Teame, are terms
used according to the goodness, or badness of the Horses
or Oxen, which draweth the Cart or Waine.
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