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This is the dialect word for the carpenter's ‘saw’.
dates 1639 1689 1721

From the verb ‘to sage’, the dialect equivalent of ‘sawn’.
dates 1658 1689 1729

spellings sagher
The dialect equivalent of ‘sawyer’.
dates 1317-1325 1360 1379 1590

One of the radiating beams of a windmill, bearing the sail.
places Thorner
dates 1364

A regional form of ‘shall’.
dates 1483 1501

In medieval armour this was a light helmet or head-piece, with an outward curve at the back.
places York Halifax
dates 1438 1476 1504 1526

spellings sally saugh
A willow or the wood from it, said by James to be the goat willow.
dates 1546 1568 1570 1577 1615

A contrivance which consisted of wooden bars, designed to catch salmon in a river.
dates 1462 1540 1624

Short for salt-cellar.
dates 1537 1541 1588 1675

spellings saltery sawtry
A kind of deer-leap which involved a modification of the pale around a park. It allowed deer to enter the park but made it difficult for them to leap out again.
dates 1314 1526 1603 1621

An upper room where salted fish might be stored.
places York
dates 1528

spellings salt meadow
The ings or meadows along the tidal rivers produced this special crop.
places South Cave
dates 1577 1589 1618

If untanned hides had to be transported over a long distance they were soaked in brine to save them from decay.
places York
dates 1465 1476 1535

Either a place where salt was made or refined (OED) or, more usually, a building where it was stored.
places York Hull Whitby
dates 1465 1503 1528 1542

A tub in which meat and fish were cured.
dates 1533 1556 1588 1610 1644

A man appointed to obtain saltpetre for the manufacture of gunpowder.
places York
dates 1590

A container for salt.
dates 1597 1622 1676 1700 1731

To collect together, to pick up, a regional word which has survived.
places Woodsome
dates 1570

A spelling of seam, that is lard or grease.

A word noted only in Yorkshire sources. It was a cloth, defined by Meriton as ‘between Linnen and Hempen, not altogether so coarse as the one nor fine as the other’.
dates 1525 1535 1544 1559 1567 1581 1598

A young tree: in a survey of Bilsdale in north Yorkshire the word was used frequently for ashes and oaks which were almost always valued at 1s, the same as a sapling.
places Bilsdale
dates 1642

A thin rich silken material.
dates 1378 1382 1392

A flavouring derived from sandal wood.
dates 1394-1396 1417 1616

A labourer who made a living by transporting sand.
places York
dates 1384 1469 1476 1503

Of uncertain meaning, although evidently a trade within the jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty.
places Mappleton
dates 1695

Blood-red in colour.
dates 1359 1394 1435 1442 1545

A lath made from sap-wood, that is the softer, more recently formed outer wood of a tree. In most examples ‘lath’ has the dialect spelling ‘latt’.
dates 1415 1446-1447 1525 1694

spellings sipling syplinges
A young tree.
places York Ripley
dates 1415 1570-1580 1617

The outer wood on a tree through which sap was still circulating.
dates 1580 1629 1795

A garment such as a coat, or one worn next to the skin, a shirt or chemise.
dates 1301 1332 1472 1515 1534 1552

spellings sarking boards
The verb meant to cover (a roof) with wooden boards (OED).
dates 1458 1464-1465 1538 1582 1596

In the single example noted the reference was to a type of fabric, possibly one such as ‘sarks’ were made of, or a misreading of ‘sacken’, for sack cloth.
places North Cave
dates 1581

Literally ‘Saracen cloth’, a very fine and soft silk material, both plain and twilled.
dates 1463 1504 1537 1542 1618 1675

Possessing sash windows, a fashion which dates from the late seventeenth century.
places Leeds Ripon
dates 1722 1737

A sluice, a word of Dutch origin, evidently introduced in the seventeenth century during the drainage schemes carried out by Vermuyden and others.
dates 1645 1646

Satin from the city of Bruges.
dates 1531 1537 1564 1575

spellings saucer (1)
Makers of sauce, that is condiments or spicy, appetising preparations to accompany food.
places York
dates 1296

A deep dish or plate for holding condiments and sauces, often of metal.
dates 1546 1557

spellings saw-maker
Occupational term for the makers of saws.
places York
dates 1794

spellings sawn timber
Boards that were sawn as opposed to riven.
dates 1485 1510 1558

A location where trees could be sawn, usually in woodland.
places Ripon Bradley
dates 1663 1717

A regional spelling of solder.
dates 1568 1685

spellings saa sea
A large tub which had two ‘ears’ through which a pole might be passed.
dates 1468-1469 1497 1530 1554 1566 1663

A cloth of fine texture, like serge, formerly made partly of silk but later entirely of wool.
dates 1310 1394 1432 1490 1537 1636 1697

Having the scab, a skin disease.
places Doncaster
dates 1573

spellings scaytbell
A word found only in York where it was the bell rung on Foss Bridge to declare the fish-market open.
places York
dates 1481 1483 1519

spellings scaffolding
In early contexts, the scaffold was probably a temporary platform, supported on poles or trestles, which gave workmen access to the higher sections of the building that they were working on.
dates 1354-1355 1360 1371 1399 1409 1422 1485-1486 1520

Having the scall, a scabby disease which often affected the scalp.
places Keighley
dates 1638

A regional form of shale.
dates 1665 1777

A drinking bowl or cup.
dates 1616

A specialisation in the cutlers’ hafting process which involved the use of vices.
places Sheffield
dates 1690 1818

The scales are the coverings used on spring knife handles, that is materials such as horn, pearl, wood and even silver.
places Sheffield Hull
dates 1463 1690

In this case used of bread which will have had the shape of a scallop shell.
places York
dates 1509

The scantling was a carpenter’s or builder’s measuring rod, but used in the plural the word meant ‘dimensions’.
dates 1682 1793

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