Windsor chair a style of wooden chair, esp. Windfalls apples blown down by the wind from trees. Whelped gave birth to: said of some animals here, meaning a litter of puppies was born. Queen Victoria 1819-1901 queen of Great Britain & Ireland (1837-1901): empress of India (1876-1901): granddaughter of George III. Porkers hogs, especially young ones, fattened for use as food. Paddock a small field or enclosure near a stable, in which horses are exercised.

Midsummer's Eve the night before the summer solstice, about June 21. Mangel-wurzels a variety of large beet, used as food for cattle. Knacker a person who buys and slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh as dog's meat. John Bull, Tit-Bits and The Daily Mirror British periodicals. Harrows frames with spikes or sharp-edged disks, drawn by a horse or tractor and used for breaking up and leveling plowed ground, covering seeds, rooting up weeds, etc. Gill a unit of liquid measure, equal to 1/4 pint or 4 fluid ounces. Binders machines that both reap and bind grain.īrussels carpet a patterned carpeting made of small loops of colored woolen yarn in a linen warp.Ĭarpet bag an old-fashioned type of traveling bag, made of carpeting.Ĭhaff the husks of wheat or other grain separated in threshing or winnowing.Ĭlamps piles of straw or peat under which potatoes are grown.Ĭlementine and La Cucaracha two popular folk songs.Ĭutter a small, light sleigh, usually drawn by one horse.Įighteen hands high a 'hand' is a four-inch unit of measurement used to describe the height of horses eighteen hands therefore equals 72 inches.

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