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A royalty; the payment due to a landowner by the lessee of a mine in return for the privilege of working it (OED).
places Farnley
dates 1690

A dialect spelling of rod, a word for an enclosed clearing or assart, often the work of an individual rather than the community as a whole.
dates 1150 1260 1437

A heap or pile, as of stones, turf or hay, a word found in several glossaries.
dates 1294 1577 1590 1637 1642 1729-1731

The Craven Glossary has: ‘ruck, ruckle, a great quantity; a heap of stones’ which may point to ruckle as a diminutive of ‘ruck’.
places Arthington
dates 1721

rud

An occasional alternative to ruddle, as both noun and verb.
dates 1688 1700

A kind of paddle, used by brewers to stir the malt in the mash-tub.
dates 1379 1534

A red variety of ochre found in several localities in Yorkshire.
dates 1669 1755 1810

A rough woollen material.
dates 1285 1551-1552 1576 1585 1611

In general it meant rough or hairy, so when it was used of items of clothing there may have been a direct connection with ‘rugg’ as a material.
places Knaresborough
dates 1558

A word of obscure origin, found mostly in Yorkshire sources, but only from 1806 (OED). It was a flat four-wheeled wagon used to transport goods.
places York
dates 1759

Literally a ‘runaway’, but used in the Tudor period of an apostate or renegade.
places Masham
dates 1571

To get into arrears.
places Northowram
dates 1689

A runnel, a local alternative spelling.
dates 1591 1601 1771

A cooper-made cask of varying capacity.
dates 1463 1616 1621 1655 1688 1695

An ox or cow of a small breed or size.
places Selby
dates 1658

A runt was said by Halliwell to be the stump of a tree, but it may simply have been a reference to size and age. In any case the value was not high.
dates 1543 1642

A ceremony in parts of the north, formerly widespread but surviving now in one or two localities only, notably in Sowerby Bridge. Typically, rushes and other greenery were borne to the church and spread over the floor, and the evidence suggests that it was an opportunity for singing, dancing and general merry-making. It was evidently a custom with a long tradition.
dates 1510 1583 1595 1690 1781 1815

A squirrel skin imported from or via the Baltic, particularly the fur of an animal trapped in the summer (EMV228).
places Hull
dates 1287 1453 1490

A woollen fabric, noted in 1488 and 1493 (OED), but more frequent in the sixteenth century, with reference to items of clothing such as doublets, jackets, jerkins and kirtles.
dates 1543 1549 1551 1552 1558 1560

A reddish-brown, homespun woollen cloth, traditionally associated with country-folk.
dates 1257 1346 1347 1394 1437 1470 1558

One example noted, but possibly having the sense of ‘rust-coloured’.
places Knaresborough
dates 1558

The earliest examples of this word date from the fifteenth century when they referred to countrymen, or men who followed country pursuits (OED). In the records of Healaugh Park are much earlier Latin uses which seem to point to workers of villein status working in the park.
places Healaugh Park
dates 1200-1299

A rare expression, used to mean pack-horse traffic.
dates 1631

spellings sackweb
A coarse textile fabric, so named because it was intended originally to make sacks or wrap up bales, but used subsequently for items of clothing.
dates 1394-1395 1444 1562 1576 1580 1616

Yarn to be used in the making of sackcloth.
dates 1631 1638 1658

Innocent of wrong intent, secure from accusation.
places Appleby Alne Leeds
dates 1662 1664 1670

sad

Dark or deep when used of colour, in contrast to ‘light’.
dates 1305-1306 1415 1451 1454 1504 1682 1691 1722

A live horse might be described as saddle-backed if it had a depression where the saddle would come.
places Huddersfield
dates 1618

Seriousness, gravity of mind.
places York
dates 1496

spellings safe-keeper
A ventilated chest or cupboard for protecting provisions from insects, etc. It was not a cheap item.
dates 1621 1644 1667 1701

An item of clothing, worn as a protection over other garments.
dates 1578 1587 1619 1636 1686

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

A building where salt was stored.

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.

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