ABHBA. _For explanation of the monogram of the Parker Society, see_ Vol.
vii., p. 502.
I. R. R. Embost, _with hunters, refers to a deer that has been so hard
chased that she foams at the mouth_.--Stound, _in Spenser, is explained in
the glossary, as space, moment, season, hour, time_.--Yarke _is to make
ready, or prepare_.--Crampette, _in Heraldry, is the chape at the bottom of
the scabbard of a sword, to prevent the point from protruding. It is a
badge borne by the Earl de la Warr._--_An_ Ambry, _in old customs, was a
place where arms, plate, and vessels of domestic use were kept; probably a
corruption of Almonry_.--Gispen _is a pot or cup made of leather_, "_gyspen
potte_, pot de _cuir_." _Palsgrave. In use at Winchester School, according
to Kennett._--_The item in the Newcastle Accounts, "Paid for cowllinge of
Bartye Allyson, the fool," may mean, for habiting him in a friar's
cowl._--Clito, _or_ Clitones, _says Du Cange, "nom modo Regum primogenitos,
quod vult Spelmanus, sed universim filios omnes, appellarunt Anglo-Saxones,
tanquam_ [Greek: Kleitous], _id est_, inclytos, claros."--Sollerets _are
pieces of steel, which formed part of the armour for the feet_.
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