Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities 1550-1820

A dictionary of nearly 4,000 terms found used in documents relating to trade and retail in early modern Britain. It represents part of a larger dataset produced by the Dictionary Project at the University of Wolverhampton, by whose kind permission it is reproduced here.

British History Online (no series). Originally published by University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, 2007.

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Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Introduction
Key to Sources
Bibliography
Abc - Acorus
Adatis - African mat
Agaric - Air gun
Alabaster - Alexandria plain
Alfany - Almond powder
Alnus combustus - Alum water
Amalgam - Amys iron
Anacard - Anvil
Apaveris - Apulia oil
Aqua - Aqua mirabilis
Aqua naphae - Aquatint
Arango - Artillery
Asafoetida - Asunosds
Auger - Azure blue
Baby - Baking tub
Balasore - Bandoleer
Bar skin - Barronet
Bashron - Basting ladle
Batavia arrack - Bays
Bears ears - Beer vinegar
Bejutapaut - Bezoar water
Bice - Bitter almond
Black - Black frame
Black ginger - Black oats
Black parchment - Black work
Blackamore linen - Blown lace
Blue - Blues
Board nail - Bone comb
Book candle - Boultings
Bouquet water - Boxwood
Brack hemp - Bridle head
Brigandine - Brushing board
Buck cloth - Buckwheat
Budge - Bundle flax
Bureau bedstead - Byrampaut
Cabbage - Calthorn
Camaca - Campaign trunk
Canada stove - Canvas
Cap band - Capraven
Caracca nut - Carduus water
Carmine - Cartouche box
Case ginger - Cayenne vinegar
Celandine - Cephalic snuff
Chain - Chandelier
Checker - Chypre
Cicer - Citron water
Clam - Club head
Coach harness - Cods head
Coffee - Coffin square
Colchester bays - Compound waters
Confectio alkermes - Corkscrew
Corn - Cornus
Corrupt - Costrel
Cotton - Cotton yarn
Coulter - Coxcomb purl
Crab - Crest tile
Crochet - Crust madder
Cucumber - Cutting screw
Cyperus - Cyprus water
Daffys elixir - Dawsons lozenges
Deadhead - Dew ball
Dia - Dialthaea
Diamargariton - Diapsinacon
Diaralistros - Distilled waters
Dog - Dogwood
Dolberline - Double gilt
Double girth - Doubles
Doublet - Dozens
Dr stephens water - Dresden tape
Dress - Dressing tub
Dried beef - Dry tub
Duck - Dutch collar
Dutch flax - Dutty
Dye tub - Dye tub
Ear - Easy chair
Eatables - Eaves lath
Ebony - Egypt tow
Elastic - Elm board
Embalming plaster - Empyreal stove
Enamel - Ens veneris
Epaulet - Eryngo root
Escutcheon - Estridge wool
Etruscan - Eyebright water
Face screen - Fancy dress
Feather band - Fernambuck
Ficus - Filings
Fillet - Fir mill
Fire arm - Fitch
Flame head - Flaxen yarn
Flemish eights - Flying grey
Foalfoot - Fox trap
Frailing cord - Frocking
Fullers earth - Fustian
Gaiking powder - Gauntlet
Gear - Genoway buttons
Gent - Genuine
German - Germany linen