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Probably a day's labour, done by the day and paid by the daily rate.
dates 1702

The amount of land that could be worked in a day.
dates 1545 1595 1642

spellings dead hedge
A hedge or fence made of dead wood, as opposed to a 'live' or quickset hedge.
dates 1764

spellings death part
A term used in wills in certain regions and occasionally explained in detail by the testator.
dates 1546 1551 1568

The hours of darkness, when work was at a standstill and people would be asleep.
dates 1656 1671

Work in a coal-mine that was non-productive, either because it was in preparation for future extraction or made necessary by some accident.
places Northowram
dates 1633

A verb meaning to share out, to divide.
dates 1171 1485-1486 1499 1562

spellings firdeals
‘Deals’ were timber suitable for making boards, imported into east-coast ports from the Baltic, sometimes called Prussian deals.
dates 1453 1463 1642 1661 1740 1743

An outbuilding where deals and other wood might be stored.
places Selby
dates 1676

The OED gives the meaning of dear-bought as ‘bought at a high price, obtained at great cost’, and quotes Chaucer’s use of it in c.1384.
dates 1240 1622 1677 1847

spellings dern
A door-post in many parts of England (OED) but that is rarely the meaning in Yorkshire.
dates 1549-1550 1609 1627 1667 1671 1681 1701

A downward flow or course of water.
dates 1509 1519 1543

Branches cut from trees in winter for the deer to eat.
dates 1540 1622

spellings defend
‘Fence’ was a generic term for the walls, hedges or railings with which farmers enclosed their land.
dates 1558 1565

spellings delve
In some northern counties ‘delf’ was the usual word for a quarry.
dates 1538 1575 1608 1623 1659 1665 1677 1704

A quarryman.
places Southowram
dates 1798

A girdle which had ornamental work only in the front.
dates 1512 1537

To refuse.
dates 1607 1647 1692

Etymologically a thing to be given to God.
dates 1336-1338 1577 1653

To graze or put animals to graze.
dates 1584 1615 1661

The spirit of mischief, the devil.
places Wakefield
dates 1734

An instrument used in the surveying of mines.
dates 1669 1766

The site of a sun-dial.
places West Riding
dates 1710

A cotton or linen fabric, decorated with a pattern composed of small geometric motifs, usually diamonds.
dates 1437 1532 1535 1567 1582 1640 1669

dib

Apparently a North Riding alternative to ‘dip’.
places Colsterdale
dates 1703

An allowance for living expenses.
dates 1614 1657

A verb with a wide range of meanings, including to clean, prepare, put in order.
dates 1425 1509 1541 1542 1570 1611 1620 1644 1662

spellings dyke
An excavated trench, a ditch, serving in conjunction with a hedge or wall as a boundary, whether as a field enclosure or part of the major defences of a town, castle or camp.
dates 1437 1599 1609

In mining contexts this was another word for a fault, a fold in the strata or an intrusion into the vein of coal.
dates 1702 1787

A manorial officer who was responsible for overseeing the dikes.
places Settrington
dates 1563

Occupational, for a labourer working on the dikes.
places Wakefield
dates 1315

A stout cotton fabric, woven with raised stripes or figures.
dates 1656 1693 1729

To knock down.
places Stubham
dates 1552

In Selby there were ‘dings’ from 1658, and they were evidently two-storey buildings which functioned as warehouses.
places Hull Beverley
dates 1165 1282 1408 1527-1528 1676 1772 1799

As a noun this meant a hard blow, given by a weapon or heavy tool.
places Snaith Elmswell
dates 1332 1642

spellings down-side
In a coal-mine the ‘dip’ was the downward slope of the vein or stratum, contrasted with the ‘rise’.
places Shibden Farnley
dates 1713 1715

To make unable or incapable.
dates 1607-1608 1663 1669-1670

To make known something that had been kept secret.
places Balne Stainland
dates 1681 1729

When a tree was felled the stump or stoven had to be cut so that it would not retain water.
places Esholt
dates 1763

A measure of ore in lead-mining.
places Burnsall
dates 1792

spellings dish-bink
A ‘bench’ on which to place dishes, a side-board, quite often linked with ‘cupboard’.
dates 1535 1543 1554 1577 1594 1658

Found in a by-name and minor place-name. The meaning is not certain although dishes were being ‘turned’ in Sowerby at that time.
dates 1331 1339 1439

A dresser, a board on which to lay dishes.
dates 1562 1689 1698

Probably a small container although the precise meaning is uncertain.
dates 1549 1599

A wooden rack for plates and dishes.
dates 1551 1588 1656

spellings dish-turner
A maker of wooden bowls.
dates 1337 1599 1629 1649 1657

As a verb it could mean to intoxicate, get drunk.
dates 1616 1650

Deranged mentally.
places Netherthong
dates 1669

To seize the chattels of a person in order to settle a debt or an unpaid fine.
dates 1540 1577 1642

The legal seizure and detention of a person’s property, for the purpose of satisfying an alleged debt or claim.
dates 1444 1543 1577 1642

This solitary example may be a reference to the ‘comb’ or crest of a bank of earth.
places Addingham
dates 1790

do

To cheat or swindle.
places Elmswell
dates 1642

A wooden trough in which dough was placed to rise.
dates 1622 1732 1754

Uncertain meaning.
places Patrington
dates 1654

spellings sourdock
The regional word for ‘dock’, the plant best known as an antidote for nettle-stings.
dates 1556 1655

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