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Offline JenB

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Re: A 1724 inventory
« Reply #9 on: Monday 02 December 19 17:01 GMT (UK) »
Lines 21 and 23 - could "tunnel" be "tunvril" - I have no idea what this might be, but I saw it in another inventory, located "in the chamber over the hall".

The word is tunnell.

Dialect Dictionary (again):
turnel, tonnell, tunnell: a large oval tub, especially one used for salting meat or scalding pigs ( :o)

Line 42 - what is a Cold still

I wondered if the second word might be stile rather than still? The Dialect Dictionary has stile as a variant of the word steel. Which might make it a cold steel, although what that might be, apart from a weapon, I don't know.

Line 26 - what is a Jutt/Intt

The Dialect Dictionary for the word Jut says 'see Jet', and amongst the many definitions of jet we find:
To empty a cistern with a 'jet' or ladle
A huge ladle affixed to a long pole, used to empty a cistern or pond.


There is also this from an 1819 treatise on brewing, which is probably relevant as the item in question was in the brewhouse.
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Re: A 1724 inventory
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 04 December 19 12:30 GMT (UK) »
Good morning all,
I have just got back to my PC to find your latest posts. Thanks so much for all your help and clarifications. It really has been an edifying experiance.

If we don't meet again before Christmas, have a good one.

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