Ana, of each.
Apple-Johns, or John Apples, apples
considered best when
shrivelled, so called because
they are ripe about St. John’s Day.
Aume, aam, awm, a liquid measure used for wine
and oil. A Dutch aume
of wine equalled about 41
English gallons.
Balneum, a vessel filled with water or sand,
in which another vessel
is placed to be heated.
Beatilies, beatilia, battalia, tit-bits (e.g.
cockscombs or
sweet-breads) in a pie.
Bragot, ale boiled with honey.
Bunt, the cavity or baggy part of a napkin
when folded or tied as a
bag.
Burthen, a quantity, here signifying no certain amount.
Call, a wedge.
Calvered, cut in thin slices when “fresh,” and pickled.
Canicular days, dog days.
Cock’s tread, “The opaque speck
or germinal vesicle in the surface of
the yolk in an impregnated
egg.” M.
Coddle, to boil gently, to stew.
Coffin, a mould of paste for a pie.
Cucurbite, a gourd-shaped vessel; also a shallow
vessel with a wide
mouth, used for distillation.
Demistier = demi setier, a measure of quarter-pint capacity.
Electuary, a medical conserve or paste of powder
mixed with honey,
syrup, etc.
Faeces, dregs.
Fearced, forced, stuffed.
Florenden, florentine, a kind of pie,
of minced meats, currants,
spices, etc., baked in
a dish with a cover of paste.
Gambon, gammon, a smoked ham.
Garavanzas, chick-peas.
Gelt, castrated.
Ginet-moils, gennet-moil, a kind of apple ripe before others.
Hippocras, hypocras bag, a bag used
in making hippocras, a
medicinal drink consisting
of spiced wines.
Humble-pie, a pie made of umbles or numbles
(the heart, liver,
kidneys, etc.) of the
deer.
Kiver, kive, keever, a large
vessel for fermenting liquors; a
mashing tub.
Lardons, strips of bacon or salt pork used for larding.
Laton, latton, latten, a utensil
made of thin brass, or mixed
metal.
Lith, smooth, thick.
Lute, to close v., to adhere.
Magma, grounds.
Manchet, roll, or small loaf of fine white bread.
Marinate, to salt or pickle, and then preserve in oil or vinegar.
Medullos, medullose, having the texture of pith.
Mittoner, Fr. Mitonner.
Mother of wine, lees.
Must, new wine.