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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… and TREADLEs, as in such entries as '2 paire of loomes to work in for weaving wth geares' [Inventories (1626)], and … (1770)], and 'Cog-wheel, crab, or capstan, with gear to work ships' pumps' [Patents (1797)]. OED online earliest date … of use: a1300 See also IRON GEAR, POT GEARS, STALL GEAR, WORK GEAR. Sources: Inventories (early), Inventories …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with stocking-frames, of which great numbers are at work in the hamlet of Carlton. The village is situated in a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… addition. It was also stipulated that the lessees should work simultaneously both the upper and lower strata of coal, … properties of the various species here obtained. The old custom of burning lime in sod kilns on the fields to be … internally, as are also the walls of gardens, &c.: this custom of whitewashing has always distinguished the people of …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… Blackfriars c. 1554 Other notes Punished 1555. Printing work in lieu of fine 1556. Known London address Blackfriars …