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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

A word used by both masons and carpenters to describe work done on newly-cut stone or timber so as to reduce the faces of the material to a plane surface.
dates 1322 1399 1422 1433 1745

A cliff or a precipitous, rocky slope.
dates 1200-1299 1673 1706

A regional form of ‘shard, sherd’, used here for fragments of tile or brick.
places York
dates 1421

The two contexts in which this word has been noted suggest that it may have referred to scaffold poles, and that the ‘bridges’ were the platform for the workmen.
places Alne York
dates 1420 1533

A destructive fire, a conflagration.
places Beverley
dates 1666

Occupational term for someone who made a living by sharpening scissors.
places Sheffield
dates 1812

The making of scissors and shears were ancient crafts in Yorkshire, especially in Sheffield. The scissorsmiths saw themselves as distinct from shearsmiths and claimed the right to manufacture any item which operated on the pin principle, even some that were named ‘shears’.
dates 1638 1653-1654

A candle-holder.
dates 1392 1506 1567 1610 1641

A word applied to various implements used for ladling liquids, or shovelling sand, grit and the like. Often the context does not make the exact meaning clear.
dates 1395 1450 1454 1642 1666 1700 1702 1732

The under-side of the scoop used in coal-mines may have been fitted with iron plates which allowed it to be dragged across rough ground.
dates 1707 1732

In the fifteenth century, pigs and other farmyard animals were weighed by the ‘score’ which was equivalent to twenty or twenty-one pounds.
dates 1539 1593 1694 1710 1760

Literally a payment or ‘tax’ on ale. This was a forced contribution, paid for ale at a celebration organised by some official (OED).
places Ruswarp
dates 1395

A man's head-dress made of thick firm woollen cloth, without a brim, and decorated with two tails or streamers' (OED).
places Wakefield
dates 1551

A textile fabric which resembled ‘lawn’ but was cheaper.
places Thirsk
dates 1636

This was formerly the English word for a man of Scottish nationality, now usually ‘Scotsman’.
dates 1681 1682 1705 1721 1738 1755

Probably for 'scottish nail', one that could be clenched.
dates 1273 1313-1314 1318-1319 1371 1379-1380 1434 1518 1535 1537

On record from 1611 with the meaning lean or bony, chiefly depreciatory (OED).
places Hunmanby York
dates 1270 1360

An alternative of ‘scapplings’.
places Mirfield
sources YAS Deeds
dates 1818

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