Wills: Glossary of Terms
- 1 Pound
- 20 Shillings
- 1 Shilling
- 12 Pence
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- Barrel
- capacity to hold 31 to 42 gallons
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Bedstid =
Bedstead
- bed frame
- (Sources: PACHESTE-L listserv members, OED)
- Bright Chains
- chains made from metal (a brightsmith was a metal smith)
- Clevis
- A U-shaped metal piece with holes in each end through which a pin or
bolt is run, used for attaching a drawbar to a plow
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Coffy
- Coffee
- Container capacity:
- Keg = 5 to 10 gallons
- Barrel = 31 to 42 gallons
- Hogshead = 62.5 to 140 gallons (usually 63)
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Corame
- before me
- Crave
- most likely ask for
- Coulter =
Colter
- A blade or wheel on a plow for making vertical cuts in the sod
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Cullinger
- most likely a container to hold items that were picked or culled. In
Middle English, cullinge = coilinge = the act of
picking or culling out
- (Source: Middle English dictionary)
- Devise
- transmit real property by will
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- do
- ditto - refers to the same method of payment as the entry above
[for the items in this document, By do pd. = By cash paid]
- (Source: PACHESTE-L listserv members)
- frasing
- most likely phrasing
- Hale
- pull, drag
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Harrow
- a farm instrument consisting of a heavy frame with teeth or upright
disks, used to break up and even off plowed ground
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Hessel
- possibly Hazel, but this interpretation is not certain
- (Source: OED -- Hazel was represented as Hesel
and Hassel, so Hessel seems reasonable)
- Hiams = Hames
- the two curved wooden or metal pieces of a harness which fit around
the neck of a draft animal and to which traces are attached
- (Sources: PACHESTE-L listmembers, OED)
- Hogshead
- A large barrel or cask with the capacity to
hold anywhere from 62.5 to 140 gallons, but generally 63 gallons
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- in Juraticorame
- sworn to before me
- Kath
- unknown term, but probably related to horses, and perhaps to horse
blinders
- Keg
- A small cask or barrel with capacity to hold
5 to 10 gallons
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- March = Maul
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes, piles, or wedges
- (Sources: PACHESTE-L listserv members, American
Heritage Dictionary)
- Mattock
- a digging and grubbing tool with features of an adze and an ax or
pick
- (Sources: PACHESTE-L listserv members, American
Heritage Dictionary)
- Menance
- most likely mankind
- rect.
- most likely means that a receipt was obtained
- Ridle
- a sieve
- (Source: PACHESTE-L listserv members)
- Quiler =
Quoiler/Coiler
- the breech-harness of a cart horse
- (Source: OED)
- Salt Seller
- "a little container out of which salt is spooned and sprinkled over
the food. They are usually silver or pewter lined with glass and have tiny
little shallow spoons for the salt, or else you just take a pinch with your
fingers."
- (Source: PACHESTE-L listserv members)
- shoat
- a young pig just after weaning
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Steel yards
- a scale, used for weighing wool sheared from the sheep
- (Source: PACHESTE-L listserv members)
- Swingletree
- a wooden instrument for beating hemp
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Treases = Traces
- side straps or chains connecting a harnessed draft animal to the
vehicle it is pulling
- (Sources: PACHESTE-L listserv members, OED)
- Vendue
- a public sale or auction
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- Vessel
- A hollow utensil used as a container, especially for liquids
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
- War =
Ware
- Pottery or ceramics, i.e. earthenware
- (Sources: PACHESTE-L listserv members, OED)
- Yeoman
- An independent farmer; could also refer to an assistant or
subordinate
- (Source: American Heritage Dictionary)
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