A-Z Tudor vocabulary

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apothecary
apple johns ~ withered, partially desiccated fruit kept in store throughout the winter
artificer
aqua mirabilis
bezoar ~ stones found in the intestines or stomachs of animals which were thought to be effective antidote against poison
black-jacks
brawn
brimstone ~ sulphur
cere-cloth ~ cloth impregnated with wax or salve which could be used as a medicinal plaster
chapbook ~little publications produced for sale for a few pence
clister ~ enema
codlins, codling ~ young, unripe apples with sharp taste
coffin ~ raised pastry cases
collops ~fried rashers of bacon
coney ~ adult rabbit
cordwainer ~ worker in leather, originally imported from Cordoba
costermonger ~ stallholder, especially selling fruit; from costard - a type of apple
faggot ~a bundle of herbs e.g. parsley, thyme, rosemary
farthingale ~ hooped frame around the waist from which the skirt is draped
galley pots ~ or gallipot, a earthenware jar used by apothecaries to store ointments and medicine
jakes ~ toilet
livery
manchet ~ bread made from the whitest flour
marchpane ~ marzipan
mithridate ~ medicine in the form of a electuary, made of many ingredients and considered to be an antidote against poisons
musk - perfume extracted from a galnd in the male musk-deer which was used by apothecaries and cooks
oil of vitriol ~ concentrated sulphuric acid
pines ~ pineapples
pipkin ~ a round cooking pot, usually handled
pippin ~ apple grown from seed
plaister ~ or plaster, a sticky salve which was spread on muslin or skin
pomander ~ ballot containing sweet smelling herbs
pompion ~ pumpkin
posset ~ a hot and often spiced drink made of milk and wine, ale or citrus juice
pottage ~ a dish made of mostly herbs, thickened by dried peas and sometimes with some meat
pottle ~ a measure equivalent to half a gallon or two quarts
raisins of the sun ~ sun-dried grapes
rosin ~
sack ~ sherry
searce ~ to sift or sieve
simple ~ a medicine made of one single plant or herb
sop ~ piece of bread
stillroom
suckets ~ fruit candied in syrup
verjuice ~ sour juice from unripe grapes or crab apples
wardens ~ hard pears which were baked in 'coffins' of pastry
watchman