Dictionarium domesticum, being a new and compleat houshold [sic] dictionary, for the use both of city and country ... / By N. Bailey.

  • Bailey, N. (Nathan), -1742.
Date:
1736
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Credit: Dictionarium domesticum, being a new and compleat houshold [sic] dictionary, for the use both of city and country ... / By N. Bailey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Y YEANING. WHEN the time of fheeps yeaning is near, the ewes ought to be carefully observed, and be well nourifh^ ed, for if they are not in good ftrength, they will not be able to deliver their lambs ; and mult be watch’d as well by .A night as by day $ and where an ewe cannot deliver ner : Jamb, Ihe ought to be helped by the fhepherd, by fitting |his foot on lier neck, and with his hands taking it gently from rlier* which is the more eafily done if the lamb comes with , the head forward. ( ; If the rump faq. he mull .put in his fingers and put'a imall cord about bolk the lambs feet and fo draw it out. ■ If the Httib happens to lie%yer-thwart or crols, then he 'mud: with a fharp knife cut the the lamb in three or four pieces and fo take it out. *J|> facilitate the yeaning of'lambs in cafes of neceflity, nettles boil’d in malm fey and greeif%Ile, will open the neck of the matrix 5 annifeed . boil’d in albor wine 5 the juice of penny-royal ftampftk^M given 3 aMb wild parinips llamp’d ftrain’d and giveif^ . T ^EAST or BARM, is of extraordinary ufe to excite fer- f mentation in liquors, as wort and other fermentable liquors. The yeaft on the top of wort is the flower of ale, a great num- f her of the Ipirituous particles, wrapp’d up In a vilcid, light f bbdvgis crifp, rare, and feculent, Iwims at the top j and af¬ ter theldtjnk is fermented and fettled, it gradually condenfes I and fubfiaes or finks to the bottom 5 and if the drink be Iha- ken or moved, or the ak contain’d in it be rarefied, the fub- I tilty, finenels'and fmalnefs of thofe fpintuous particles, that were lock’d up in the vifcid body, which is alfo light, Magfe the ye aft again to mix with the ale, mount up to the mead, and put it again upon the fret. Again yeafi is alfo of Angular ufe in making bread, for without it wheat flour would make the heavieft bread of all grain, which would therefore be of the hardeft; digeftion, and fo very prejudicial, • - It /