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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… He used it as one of the ingredients in his recipe for SNAIL WATER [Recipes (Culpeper)]. OED earliest date of use: …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… See also LAWN, MUSLIN. Sources: Newspapers. Million and snail [milion & snaile] A term, sometimes abbreviated to SNAIL, found only rarely in the Dictionary Archive when it … is clear - that is, curled into a shape similar to a snail's shell - but the meaning of the first part remains …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… another at 12 ft., below human bones, had ashes and snail shells; a third of shale, slightly lower, contained …
Old and New London
… keeping, Has length, and breadth, and width in plenty; A snail, if fairly set a-creeping, Could scarce go round while …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… wife Lady Venetia, who was consumptive, the large edible snail called Helix pomatia, 6 which still abounds in the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… finds and sites, particularly the barrow cemeteries on Snail and Cow downs, indicate the congregation of men in the … including 100 a. on Cow down. The tenantry had 100 a. on Snail down and 40 a. elsewhere. Wick heath in the north-east … was first burnt and then ploughed. More land on Cow and Snail downs was similarly treated soon afterwards when …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… are quantities of the great whitish ash coloured shell snail, which are of an unusual large size; they are found …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… It was used as a SALAD, a POT HERB and to make PICKLE and SNAIL WATER. Its SEED also had medicinal applications, as it …