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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the system of agriculture is improved, and lime and bone-dust are unsparingly used for manure. Great attention is … of Port-Gordon, with, sometimes, portions of bone-dust. The rateable annual value of the parish is 4802, … and oats, with potatoes and turnips. The introduction of bone-dust for manure, at an early period, has tended greatly …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… also BARBERS APRON, BARBERS BASIN, BARBERS CASE, BARBERS COMB, BARBERS POT, SURGEONS INSTRUMENT. Sources: Inventories … (mid-period). References: Holme (2000). Barbers comb [combes of horne for barbers; barb'rs coome] Randle Holme described it as a 'Wide tooth Comb, or an Horn Comb with single teeth, or toothed on one …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… with the walls. The barn (b) was built of fine herring-bone masonry. The paved courtyard between (a) and (b) was …