a handful of corn
1Harvest handful — One of the customary dues allowed a serf. According to the *Rectitudines Singularum Personarum he was entitled to a sheaf of corn from each acre of the estate. Cf. Serf …
2Gradan — was an expeditious method of drying grain for the gristmill, by burning the straw. This term was sometimes anglicised as graddan , graddin or greddin , or Graydon meal for the resulting product. It was corn or meal prepared after the ancient… …
3hærfest — m ( es/ as) autumn, harvest time; August; hærfest handful handful of corn (a due belonging to the husbandman on an estate) …
4Sceaf — In English heroic legend, Sceaf or Scef (Old English for sheaf ) appears as an ancient legendary king who appeared mysteriously as a child, coming out of the sea in an empty boat. The name also appears as Sceafa and in corrupt form as Seskef and… …
5Edward Hamersley (Jnr) — Edward Hamersley (1 September 1835 or 18361–14 January 1921) was a Western Australian pastoralist, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for nearly ten years.Edward Hamersley was born in Paris on 1 September 1835. In 1837 his …
6Tawrat — (Tawrah or Taurat, Arabic: توراة) is the Arabic transliteration of the Hebrew word Torah (also known as the Five Books of Moses or the Pentateuch ) which Muslims believe was a holy book of Islam given by God to Musa (Moses). Some Who|date=July… …
7kirn — kirn1 /kerrn/; Scot. /kirddn/, Scot. and North Eng. v.t., v.i. 1. to churn. n. 2. a churn. Also, kern. [1300 50; ME kirne (n.) < Scand; cf. ON kirnuaskr a churn; c. CHURN] kirn2 …
8Psalms 72 — 1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king s son. 2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.… …
9United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
10United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
