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Batten

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1658, OED Evaluation: N/A

Carpentry and Building. A piece of squared timber, not more than 7 inches broad 2 batten-ends.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: That's a batten. That's the batten of the horse. That's the w-- like the reach over the back. Interviewer: Oh I see. Speaker: Like they call that- they call that a batten, and this is a breast pad like you-see.
An implement used with horses.

beaver hay

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

N/A

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Yeah, some places they made them. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: Just all round. Interviewer: Quite different. Um- Speaker: Brought them to a peak. Generally went and got a- a load of wild hay from the beaver meadow or somewhere. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: To put on the top because beaver hay turned the water much better than the other. Interviewer: Oh that's interesting. I wonder why that was. Speaker: I don't know. At that time, you-know, they, ah- they used to have these big beaver meadows that they had to cut with, ah, the scythe. You've seen them?
The rank grass that grows in beaver meadows.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: The loft was above and you put up a hand, you-know? Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: You'd fork it up to the loft and somebody would stack it back and spread it back in the mow. Interviewer: Yes. This was wild hay. Speaker: Wild hay, yeah. Interviewer: Yes. Speaker: Beaver w-- what they call beaver hay. Interviewer: Yes.
The rank grass that grows in beaver meadows.

bee

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1769, OED Evaluation: orig U.S.

In allusion to the social character of the insect (originally in U.S.): A meeting of neighbours to unite their labours for the benefit of one of their number; e.g. as is done still in some parts, when the farmers unite to get in each other's harvests in succession; usually preceded by a word defining the purpose of the meeting, as apple-bee, husking-bee, quilting-bee, raising-bee, etc. Hence, with extended sense: A gathering or meeting for some object; esp. spelling-bee, a party assembled to compete in the spelling of words.

ExampleMeaning
Oh yeah. This was the- this was the- their- they worked hard, you-know? And, ah, ah, they used to have what they call bees. Ah, if you had, ah, we'll say a bunch of potatoes you wanted to get out in a hurry and, ah, they neighbours would come over, the men, and dig the potatoes out with a hoe and the women would pick them up ...
Communal work activity.
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh yes, mother made them, quilted a lot of them. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Did she ever get together with groups of ladies? Speaker: Yes, quite often. Interviewer: Yes, what were the- those parties- Speaker: Quilting-bees. Interviewer: They accomplished a lot too, didn't they? Speaker: They did. Interviewer: And had a lot of fun besides.
Communal work activity.
Mother used to- ah, fix up, or be patching up quilts, she called, putting a quilt together, certain pattern. She'd work late at night, sewing by hand. And ah then they'd have their quilting-bee, and that was a kind of a little get-together.
Communal work activity.

binder

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1857, OED Evaluation: N/A

A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Of course now there would be the- what they called the reaper, that came in before the- that was before the minder. Interviewer: Uh-huh. Speaker: Yeah, that was before the binder. That didn't tie the- that didn't tie the grain, that cut it and I put the grain off in bundles, but then you had to go around and tie that by hand.
A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain
ExampleMeaning
And farm work was practically all done by hand pretty much. Hay was- well, we had a horse ring but you had to coil it and- that was just a- when I was a boy the, ah- that was just about the time that the mowing machines and the grain-binder came into it. The re-- up to that time it had, ah- it had been a cradle. (laughs)
A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain
ExampleMeaning
Stook it up. Now, of course, they have- then next come the reaper. Ah, they just cut- cut it and laid it in bundles but they didn't tie it. Then came the binder and they tied it. Then came the binder with the sheaf-carrier and they carried the sheaves into, ah, six and dropped them off for a stook.
A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain
He done practically anything. If you broke something on, ah, a ladder, you broke something on your binder, broke something on your mower, ah, had to get, ah- oh, anything made out of iron, you'd go and- and take it. Even a crank for, ah, turn a grindstone, they'd make it, you-know? Piece of iron. Buy the iron, make the stuff.
A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain
ExampleMeaning
And (inc). And the grain, we used to take the binder, cut it and put it into sheaves, stook it out in the field and then go along. Maybe, well (inc) years, the stook thrashed, there was a bunch come with the teams on the wagons, you-know, and tractor had been at the mill here, threshing-mill, they threshed it.
A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: The binders would show- throw the sheaves out. Interviewer: Right. Speaker: Yes and then we'd pick them up and put them- I think it was pretty much twelve sheaves to a bundle. Mm-hm.
A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Mm-hm. Then after the grain grew and was ready to cut, what piece of equipment cut it? Speaker: Used a binder. Interviewer: What did a binder do? Speaker: Well a binder cut the grain and uh, put it out in stooks, tied it with uh, binder twine- Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And then (inc) it out in a row- in rows, you-know?
A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain
ExampleMeaning
We grew corn at the last, but not- not at first. Dad I-don't-think ever grew corn. But Jimmy did, and he ah, just used a- he- well, he was in on a corn binder, and ah, then he'd ah, it was cut and in stoo-- a s-- um sheaves, and then he'd draw it in close to the buildings and draw in a stoop of corn a day for the cattle while it lasted.
A contrivance attached to a reaping-machine to bind up the grain as cut into sheaves; also, a separate machine used for binding up the grain

Bobsleigh

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1839, OED Evaluation: Originally U.S.

A sled or sleigh, made of two short sleds or sleighs coupled together; used in drawing logs from the forest to a river or public road, and for various other purposes.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh, there would be cutters, ah, driving sleighs. Bobsleighs. Sloops. Interviewer: What's a sloop? Speaker: Well, that'd be two- two sleighs with ah, um, bobsleigh would be- would one with the runner on it, and then up- and then it was another piece come across and went down at the back.
A sled or sleigh, made of two short sleds or sleighs coupled together; used in drawing logs from the forest to a river or public road, and for various other purposes.

boughten

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

Form of bought, past participle of buy

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: you went to your neighbours and borrowed a loaf. Interviewer: Ah, I see. And returned it then when you baked. Speaker: Well, of course, Mother being close to her- her people, we could do that, you-know? Interviewer: Do you know how ah, bread that had to be bought was referred to? Speaker: Mm. Just boughten-bread, I guess.
Form of bought, irregular past participle

Braces

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1798, OED Evaluation: N/A

One of a pair of straps of leather or webbing used to support the trousers; a suspender.

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Oh yeah. By the way, what do you call these things? Speaker: Pair of braces. Interviewer: Oh. You don't see those very much now. Speaker: I like a brace. Always did.
One of a pair of straps of leather or webbing used to support the trousers; a suspender.
Interviewer: Yeah. Are- are they hard to get now? Speaker: I haven't bought I-don't-know-when. I, ah- James-Pinkman, ah, used to give me a, ah- sometimes a good pair of braces. They don't bother putting them on in the- in the casket, eh? Take them off just at the end of the road, for to get the rest of the things
One of a pair of straps of leather or webbing used to support the trousers; a suspender.

brose

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1657, OED Evaluation: N/A

A dish made by pouring boiling water (or milk) on oatmeal (or oat-cake) seasoned with salt and butter.

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Made her own bread and- and, ah, made her own porridge. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And I can mind when, ah- when we used to eat pea brose that we used to- she used to dry the peas in the oven. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And take them down to Brown's-Mill in Carleton-Place to get them ground to make pea brose. (laughs) Interviewer: Pea brose? Speaker: Yeah. Did you never taste that? Interviewer: No. Speaker: Well, if you could get some good brown peas well roasted in the oven- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And ground they're a very nice, ah, breakfast dish in the morning.
A dish made by pouring boiling water (or milk) on a powder made from roasted, ground-up peas.
You're better just to make an- an individual cup. Put in a couple of tablespoonfuls of the pea-meal in a cup. And the water real hot and, ah, you're going to stir and the- (voices in the background) Speaker: Pea-- oh yes. Pea brose as we called them. It was a- for me it was a nice dish.
A dish made by pouring boiling water (or milk) on a powder made from roasted, ground-up peas.