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Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… hence GREEN BACON, GREEN FISH, GREEN FLAX, GREEN HEMP, GREEN GINGER, GREEN HIDE, GREEN LIQUORICE, GREEN MALT, … the eighteenth century when green textiles made of FLAX or HEMP, and even COTTON, became common. To dye green, involved … Port Books Not found in the OED See also FLAX, GREEN HEMP, GREEN LINEN CLOTH. References: Vancouver (1808, new ed. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (early), Inventories (late), Newspapers, Patents. Green hemp [green housewifes hemp; green drest hemp] According to Tomlinson, the external marks of a good …
A History of the County of York
… produce, oatmeal, salt, coarse cloth, herbs, vegetables, hemp, and candles; 37 wildfowl and rabbits were added to this … were sold at the cross in Thursday Market, 15 and foreign hemp and 'line' sellers were directed to that market in 1731. 16 The first fair for hemp and flax was held at the cross in 1780, the appointed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with some beans, peas, and vetches. 87 Oats, maslin, and hemp were also mentioned, 88 and several testators left malt …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of HAMBURG, whence came many products made of FLAX and HEMP. A London merchant had large quantities [Inventories … - LINEN CLOTH, of which there were two sorts, FLAXEN and HEMP. According to 'The Plain Dealing Line Draper', 'the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… it was to consist of all oblations in the tithes of flax, hemp, calves, colts, geese, of merchandise, in wills and …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… to be vicar, who was to have all the altarage, tithe of hemp and flax, wool, cheese and hay, all the free land of the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… WOOL COMB exept it was used to process HARDs of FLAX or HEMP rather than WOOL. Not found in the OED Found in units of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and in the early 15th century the great tithe of flax and hemp was paid on all lands and gardens cultivated with a … burned up the land. 7 In 1407 the small tithes of flax and hemp were given to the vicar from garden and other ground dug … were also levied on apples, honey, wax, milk, cheese, hemp, and flax. The college was presumably taking the tithes …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… labouring class are employed in spinning twine: flax and hemp were formerly cultivated to a great extent. A fair for …