I remember now! - Oct 2007 according to the archive! Martyn On 06/02/2009, DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com <DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com> wrote: > > John > > We did in fact have an extensive discussion about this inventory some time > ago now. > > The stiling iron was I think used for ironing clothes. This usage seems to > be particularly prevalent in the West Country: > > The Oxford English Dictionary includes the following definition of the > word " > steel": > > 7. dial. To iron (clothes). > 1746 Exmoor Scolding 273 Tha hasn't tha Sense to stile thy own Dressing. > > The English Dialect Dictionary also has a similar definition sourced from > the Somerset Word Book.: > Steel: > 8.v. To iron clothes. > w.Cy. To stile linen, A Provincial Glossary. Grose (1790) Dev. The back o' > a > zittle is a choice thing to steel clothes 'pon. 46, ed Palmer. n.Dev. Tha > hasn't the sense etc....Exm. Scold. 1746. Hence Stiling-iron, an iron. > > Debbie > > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Oops! Apologies to all. I find I actually contributed to the Oct. 2007 discussion, and had forgotten. This happened through going straight to the rootsweb site from the latest post, and assuming that the facsimile and notes below were the final state for his will, with the lacunae still unsolved. I agree that the last line is 'Sum tot'[al], not 'Sund[ry]. Looking at line 5, however, I'd still guess 'It' 2 fybbs', not gybbs. The first letter is nothing like the 'g' in 'standing' of line 1. It seems curious to lump together in an inventory unrelated items as one item, unless perhaps these are all hollow containers - fybb [?], vat, tub, pails. Apologies again, John Barton ----- Original Message ----- From: "mjcl" <mjcl111@googlemail.com> To: "Debbie Kennett" <DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com>; "OEL" <OLD-ENGLISH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 4:21 AM Subject: Re: [OEL] Unsolved - 1674 Inventory of Alice Cruse ofBrushford,Somerset - Pa... >I remember now! - Oct 2007 according to the archive! > > Martyn > > > On 06/02/2009, DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com <DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com> wrote: >> >> John >> >> We did in fact have an extensive discussion about this inventory some >> time >> ago now. >> >> The stiling iron was I think used for ironing clothes. This usage seems >> to >> be particularly prevalent in the West Country: >> >> The Oxford English Dictionary includes the following definition of the >> word " >> steel": >> >> 7. dial. To iron (clothes). >> 1746 Exmoor Scolding 273 Tha hasn't tha Sense to stile thy own Dressing. >> >> The English Dialect Dictionary also has a similar definition sourced >> from >> the Somerset Word Book.: >> Steel: >> 8.v. To iron clothes. >> w.Cy. To stile linen, A Provincial Glossary. Grose (1790) Dev. The back >> o' >> a >> zittle is a choice thing to steel clothes 'pon. 46, ed Palmer. n.Dev. >> Tha >> hasn't the sense etc....Exm. Scold. 1746. Hence Stiling-iron, an iron. >> >> Debbie >> >> >> >> >> ==================================== >> WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ >> ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 3832 (20090206) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >