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This term became popular in the twentieth century when it was applied to mines where the ground surface was removed and the coal removed without shafts or galleries. It is actually on record though from the early 1700s when the verb ‘to cast’ still retained the meaning of ‘to dig’, as when throwing up a bank or earthwork.
places Beeston
sources Denison papers
dates 1754

The time after harvest.
places Sawley Abbey
dates 1319

A plant of Asiatic origin, introduced in the late Middle Ages, and recorded here in a list of spices.
places Whitby
dates 1395-1396

spellings orange-coloured orish
There are references to the fruit from the fourteenth century and to its use as a colour from a.1600 (OED).
dates 1504 1522 1539-1540 1559 1568

Early spellings of the place-name Kirkby Overblow preserve this early term for ‘smelter’.
dates 1270 1355

A highway along which lead ore was transported.
dates 1477 1531-1532

oregrave; Toppitt
dates 1200-1299 1574

An ironstone miner, noted in by-names.
dates 1308 1327 1416

A dialect spelling of overlay.
places Slaidburn
dates 1705

An ironstone pit, possibly a later word than ‘oregrave’ but in evidence from the thirteenth century at least.
dates 1309 1315 1403 1655

The early regional word for ironstone.
dates 1411 1450 1454

spellings orphrey
Rich embroidery or an ornamental border or band, especially on an ecclesiastical garment.
dates 1375 1455 1471 1500 1531

A maker or builder of organs.
places York Ripon
dates 1431 1435 1453-1455

The osier was a type of willow and it had tough pliant branches which once had a variety of uses, especially in basket-work: the word came to be applied more generally to willows and to the branches themselves.
dates 1615 1621 1623

Of uncertain origin, but probably high quality iron from Sweden. Later it came to be used more generally for iron from a number of countries, imported via the Baltic.
dates 1428 1453

spellings ostre ostry
Characteristic spellings of hostelry or hostry.
dates 1477 1554 1583

A spelling of ‘either’, although in the case quoted here it means ‘both’.
places Grinton
dates 1548

Otters were on of the wild animals trapped locally which were regularly used by the skinners.
places York Middleham
dates 1442 1559

spellings nouch
A clasp, brooch or buckle, used to hold together the two sides of a garment. They were often valuable objects, made of gold and set with jewels.
dates 1347 1366 1430 1437 1443 1498 1550

Anything, a variant spelling of aught, still in regular use.
dates 1570 1786

The past of the verb to owe.
dates 1496 1521 1557 1685 1727

out

Out of or away from the village nucleus.
dates 1533 1564 1593 1609 1622 1671 1725

An alternative word locally for ‘outcrop’; that is where a vein of coal appears at the surface.
places Colsterdale Tong
dates 1714 1761

The door of a house which gives access to places outside, as on to the village street.
dates 1685 1690 1740

All those who are not part of the community or not tenants of the same lord.
places Selby
dates 1519

A word for a way or road out of a township or hamlet, often one which was used regularly by cattle on their way to pasture.
dates 1189-1199 1301 1324 1413 1442 1450 1516 1608

A lane leading away from a hamlet or township.
dates 1311 1461 1556

A stranger, one who is not part of the community.
places Selby Husthwaite
dates 1483 1510

An area of moorland that belonged to a township but was located some distance away.
places Embsay
dates 1615 1642

An area of pasture located at some distance from the dwelling or township which had grazing rights there.
dates 1661

A pasture or right to pasture away from the village, or the right of way leading to the pasture.
dates 1425

Outlying locations in a village, away from the nucleus of houses.
dates 1566 1637 1664 1683

spellings outshut
The outshot was an extension built onto the side or rear of an existing building, and the suffix describes the projection thus made.
dates 1533 1538 1542 1594 1604 1640 1666

The ‘out wood’ was a wood situated away from the village nucleus.
dates 1543 1572

This was probably work done by a miner for his employer away from the site, or at another of his pits.
places Farnley
dates 1707

A building in which an oven or furnace was located.
dates 1569 1647 1697

Through the late Middle Ages, ‘over’ had the sense of ‘upper’ and it was used in contrast to ‘nether’ or ‘lower’.
dates 1517 1564 1609

A rare term which referred to a cut made on an animal’s ear as an aid to identification, the opposite of the much more frequent underbit.
places Wetherby
dates 1730

A woman’s garment, clothing for the upper part of the body.
dates 1572 1615 1629

The upper end.
places York Austwick
dates 1297 1420

A piece of material placed under the load saddle of a packhorse.
dates 1614 1636 1656 1712 1719

The regional alternative to ‘upper leather’.
dates 1424 1458 1627

spellings overligger
A horizontal beam.
dates 1579 1620 1642

To survive, outlive, live longer than.
dates 1472 1488 1549

spellings orman
A man having authority over others, especially over a body of workmen.
places Wykeham Stockeld
dates 1539-1540 1578

In excess of the proper measure.
dates 1535 1546 1584 1585

An additional amount, a surplus.
dates 1481 1507 1558 1611 1658

In general the verb means to overburden, and in this case a tenant had too many beasts on a common pasture.
places Malham
dates 1603

From overseas, a term used for imported items.
dates 1509 1544 1562 1612 1636

One who oversees or supervises, as in a will.
dates 1530 1602 1647-1648

A payment over or above what was necessary.
places Burnsall
dates 1619

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