Kitchen keeps the, 317/559.
Spicery, the officer of the, 162/

666.

Spices, 171/813; II. 38/54.
Spill the gravy on your parents'

clothes, don't, 342/342.
Spill your food, don't, 20/59.
Spit not, 134/271; II. 3/21;
not too far, 135/290; modestly,
294/101; not over much at
meals, 344/498.

Spit on the table, don't, 18/43;
301/85; II. 7/29; II. 26/18;
II. 32/27; or over the table,
78/243; II. 19/63.

Spit in the washing basin, don't,
22/87; II. 28/35; II. 32/37;
or loosely about, 303/134; not
into the washing basin, II. 5/
70; II. 19/78; but you may
when you wash, II. 8/52.
Spit, when you do, cover your
mouth with your hand, 23/117.
Spit and snite, don't, 13/19;
when you do, tread it out, 79/

289.

Spit-out food, don't put in the
dish, II. 3/13; II. 7/17; II.
10/52; II. 17/15.

Splat, 156/576, split open.

Splatte, p. 265, carve.

Splaye, p. 265, carve.

31/59; 76/187; not to be
put in the dish, 23/125; not to
stand in the dish, 301/71.
Spoon; keep it clean, 28, 29/35;

wipe it clean, 77/207; take it
out of the dish when you've
finished, 18/42.

Spowt not with your mouth, 135/
293.

Spoyle, p. 265, carve.
Spring, the device of, 169/771.
Spring, what to do in, II. 54/272.
Spring-water good if to east or
south, II. 52/262.
Sprottes, 281/33, sprats.
Sprouts, II. 38/52.
Spycery, 270/25.

Spyrre, p. 2, 1. 37; A.S. spyrian,
to track, seek, inquire, investi-
gate, Sc. speir. O.N. spiria.
Spyrryng, p. 2, 1. 39, seeking,
inquiring.

Squatinus, a fish, p. 239.
Squire's table, who may sit at,
182/1040; 283/3.

Squirt not with your mouth, 135/

293.

Squyer, his wages paid by the
treasurer, 318/586.

Stabulle, 304/169, support.

Stag's flesh, II. 42/118.

928, displayed, decked.

Sponge your clothes, 73/73.
Sponges for bathing, 182/978;
183/979-84.

Spony stele, 322/677, the spoon
handle.

Spoon, don't leave yours in the
dish, 6/145; II. 26/17; II.
32/24.

2 from foot.

p. 330, No. xv.; be kind to,
102/741; share good food with
them, 7/169; give them
dainties, 77/221; the porter
warns them, 310/368.
Strangers, visitors and residents,
191/1109-10.

Strawberies, 122/78; 123/82; p.
201, note to 1. 81; 266/24.
Straynoure, p. 60, strainer.

251.

partridges, &c., 152/538.

80/315.

Stretch your limbs, pp. 246, 249,
254; II. 52/243.

Strife not to be allowed in a

household, p. 329, No. v.
Strive not with your lord, 305/

226.

Strongere, 326/801, stranger,
guest.

'I

Strye, 305/223, destroy.
Stryke 134/280, stroke.
stryke ones heed, as we do a
chyldes whan he dothe well.
Je applanie... My father
sayeth I am a good sonne, he
dyd stryke my heed by cause
I had conned my lesson with-
out the booke.' Palsgrave. See
also I stryke softely' and
I stroke ones heed,' p. 741,
ed. 1852.

Strynge, p. 265, carve.
Stuff, 158/592, 594, crab's flesh;
281/16, a crab's inside.
Stuff, 147/485, gravy?

Stuff your jaws, don't, 28, 29/31.
Stuff, don't, II. 4/27, 55; II.
10/40, 57; II. 13/118; II.
18/41.

540; with Curlews, &c., 152/
540.

Sugar, strewed on baked herrings,
166/722; 154/550.

Sugar candy (sugre candy, 126/
139); 168/757; 251/11; p.
257; 280/18.

Summedelasse, 326/806, some

deal less.

Sun, face and neck to be kept
from, 248/8.

Sup not your food up lowdly, 23
/127; 28/40; 29/37; 76/201;
301/69.

Sup not too loud, 76/201.
Superiors, don't be too bold with,
84/93.

Supervisor, 317/544-5, surveyor.
Suppers to be light, p. 247; to
be larger than dinners, p. 258.
See the one in Sir Isumbras,
Thornton Romance, p. 235, &c.
Surnape, how to lay, p. 132-3;
p. 208-9; 269/26; it was the
upper towel or cloth for the

master of the house to wipe
his hands on after washing

them when dinner was done.

The sewer to bring it after
dinner, 326/809-20.
Surueynge borde, 163/675, table
or dresser on which the cook
is to put the dishes for dinner.
Surveyor of the dishes for dinner,

162/672; 163/674, 676.
Surveyor, his duties, 317/545.
Suwe, 15/83; O.Fr. seure, sevre,
Fr. suivre, L. sequor, follow.
Swallow, 144/438 (the bird).
Swan, 164/688; p. 217; II. 42
/119; how to carve, 142/402;
to lyfte or carve, p. 275.
Swan; its sauce is chaudon, 152
535; p. 213; its skin is to
be cut off, 279/15.
Swashbucklers, hanging good for,
p. 241.

Swear not, 21/75; 39/62.
Swear no oaths, 28, 29/44.
Swearing, against, p. 350, cap.
xi. See Ascham's account and
condemnation of it in 1545,
Toxophilus, p. 45, ed. Giles,
and in his Schoolmaster, p.
131, of the little child of four
roundly rapping out his ugly
oaths.

Sweat yourself in spring, II. 54/
275.

Sweet words, ware; the serpent
was in 'em, 305/207.
Swenge, 212/1, beat up.
Swordfish, 157/582; p. 234;
salt, 173/836.

Swyng, p. 53, beat, whip, mix.
Syce, 314/469, candle-stick or
but 6
holder;
Syse, waxe
candell, bougee.' Palsgrave in
Halliwell.

Table for dinner, how the ewer
and panter are to lay it, p.
321-3.

Table, how to lay and serve the,
II. 36/38; how to serve at, II.
22/77-85.

Table, how to behave when sitting
at, 343/423; keep it clean, II.
28/30; II. 32/34.

Table, who unworthy to sit at,
II. 5/83; II. 28/37; II. 32/42.
Table-cloth, don't dirty it with
your knife, 302/110, or wipe
your teeth on it, 302/115;
don't stain it, II. 32/34; it is
to be white, II. 36/38.
Table-knife, 138/334, a broad
light knife for lifting bread-
trenchers on to the table.
Table-knives, 266/13.

Tacches, 136/306, faults, ill

manners.

Tacchis, p. 12, 1. K, tricks, ways;

tetch'e, or maner of condy-

45.

Talwijs, p. 12, 1. T; 34/21;
49/30; full of slander; A.S.
tál, reproach, blame, slander,
accusation, false witness, a
fable, tale, story. Bosworth
(from whom all the A.S. words
are quoted). Du. taalvitter, a
censorious critick. Sewel.
'Talu has for its first significa-
tion censure; and "wise at cen-
sure," censorious, is an ancient
Momus.' Cockayne.

Talewijs (talkative ?), don't be,
49/26.

Talk at meals, don't, 18/51.
Talk loud, don't, 82/21.
Talk little at dinner, II. 8/49.
Talk too much, don't, 20/58; 94/
453; 332/6; II. 12/92; II.
17/34; over your wine, II.
11/78.

Talking to any man, how to be-

have when, p. 347, cap. vii.
Tamed, 139/345, trimmed, or
cut down.

Tampyne, p. 121, 1. 68, a stopper.
Tansey, 273/26; II. 46/158; is
good hot, 149/503.
Tansy cake, p. 212.
Tansye fryed, 275/10.
Tansey gyse, a, 168/749, a dish

of tansey of some kind.
Tantablin, 212/14, a kind of tart.

Tarere por percier. De L'Ous-
tillement au Villain. ed. 1833,
p. 10.
Tarré.. Hauing an
ouerture or hole. Taré, worme-
eaten, or full of holes. Cot.
Tarryours, 266/14, augers.
Tartlett, 151/521.
Tarts, 275/4; 278/29.
Tast, 179/922, test, try.
Taste every dish, 7/165.
Tastynge, 196/1195-9 (tasting or
testing food to see that there's
no poison in it), is only done
for a King, &c., down to an
earl, 315/495-6.

Tattle, don't, 15/78.
Tavern, don't frequent it, 39/70-
2; 50/59.

Tayme, p. 265, cut up.

Teal, p. 278, last line; how to
carve, 142/401; p. 211; p.

277.

Teal pie, 147/481.

Teeth, brush 'em, II. 52/244; to
be kept white, 295/121; how
to keep clean, p. 250.
Teeth not to be picked at meals,

6/150; 14/54; 136/301;
344/495; to be picked with a
stick, 78/247; not to be picked
with a knife or a stick at meals,
302/93.

Teeth, don't wipe 'em with the
cloth, II. 4/41; or the dinner-
napkin, II. 42/73.

Temper, 158/595, season, sauce;
160/636, mix.

Temper thy tongue and belly,
344/476.