| 单词 | trencher |
| 例句 | Yesterday Mother Ermentrude herself cleaned and dried all the trenchers and spoons. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Instantly she was horrified at herself, and in mortified confusion kept her eyes on the wooden trencher before her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z "Shagga likes to kill with either hand," Tyrion said as a trencher of steaming pork was laid in front of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were shelves upon the walls where loaves of bread and trenchers lay. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The queen gazed down in disgust to where he sprawled with his face in his trencher and his hand in a puddle of wine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Standing there amongst the trenchers with every eye upon me, proving what a clever little imp I was. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He commanded the serving men to bring them mutton chops and a slice off the aurochs and fill their trenchers with beef-and-barley stew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Ser Addam's outriders say the Stark host has moved south from the Twins," his father reported as his trencher was filled with slices of pork. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were mazers and trenchers, knives and napkins, goblets—things I hardly knew, and more than I could count. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z One of his shoulders was much higher than the other, and he stooped over his trencher like a vulture over carrion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He snagged a roasted onion, dripping brown with gravy, from a nearby trencher and bit into it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The lord tore off another chunk of bread to swipe out his trencher. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She learned her mistake when the lumpy indigestible mass was ladled onto her wooden trencher. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Inside, the cooks were ladling out beef-and-barley stew, thick with carrots and onions, served in trenchers hollowed from loaves of yesterday’s bread. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Theon hacked a loaf of bread in half, hollowed out a trencher, and summoned a cook to fill it with fish stew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Your lordship, I beg you, help.me.” Lord Godric began to eat his trencher, tearing it apart in his big hands. The stew had softened the stale bread. “I have no love for northmen,” he announced. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He laid trenchers of bread before them and filled them with chunks of browned meat off a skewer, dripping with hot juice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lord Godric took a pinch between his thumb and forefinger and sprinkled his own trencher. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A carver lifted cuts of each roast meat to put on trenchers before the two. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When a lord had a feast, he served meat on bread—instead of using plates, people ate on “trenchers,” which were just slabs of stale bread. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She served it in a trencher hollowed out of a stale loaf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Excellent. Next, I’ll be eating with a trencher and throwing bones to the dogs over my shoulder.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Lapham was already scraping the trenchers clean, getting on with her work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Men looked up from their cups and trenchers to eye the newcomers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bird was almost gone when he glanced up from his trencher and saw Arya staring. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Lord Ramsay’s men pushed back from the tables, abandoning cups and trenchers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Brienne shook her head, staring down at her trencher as if to find some answer in the gravy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then came mutton roasted with leeks and carrots, served in trenchers of hollowed bread. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He began to carve thick chunks of charred meat off the bone as Tyrion hollowed out two heels of stale bread to serve as trenchers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were great loaves of brown bread, mounds of turnips and sweetcom and pease, immense hams and roast geese and trenchers dripping full of venison stewed with beer and barley. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This time it was the constable’s wife, with a wooden trencher of mush. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z In this opener, we're treated to a look at traditional British loaves, from the humble white bloomer to the relatively lavish lamb-leg trencher. TV highlights 18/03/2013 2013-03-18T07:00:09Z Admittedly, these plates would have been like trenchers, sturdy supports made of baked dough. Italians avoided pizza for centuries — tourism changed everything 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z The facility will include a heavy equipment arena to train workers using scaffolds, trenchers, cranes, scissor lifts and more. Nonprofit to open $6M safety training facility in Bismarck 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z In recent years, the quickening arrival of drills and trenchers from China and Canada has provoked a militant resistance that unites the local indigenous and campesino populations. “To get the gold, they will have to kill every one of us” 2013-02-10T12:00:00Z At last he called for a trencher; and when they saw him, all as if he was spinning on it like a top, they did not know what to make of him. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z The garden was getting full when a college boy—he might be known by his trencher—passed the gate with a slow step. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z He that waits on another man's trencher, makes many a late dinner. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z To be frank, he is not of the stuff of those, whom your ladyship knows, who will readily lick both sides of the trencher. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z On a side table which had escaped the general disaster stood some dishes removed from the chief table, a plate or two, a bread trencher, and a silver decanter of wine. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z "You are as bad as he is," said the old man peevishly, "you are paying too much;" and the tyrannical old Aristides returned him some coin out of the trencher with a most reproachful countenance. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z "Thank you, Lewis," he added, as a sharp stone struck his trencher. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z Of these berries a bread is also prepared, which, being boiled with roots, forms a soup, which was served in neat wooden trenchers. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z In the places of public resort peers flirted with maids of honour, and officers of the Life Guards, all plumes and gold lace, jostled professors in trencher caps and black gowns. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The Earl of Northumberland, whom we have mentioned, breakfasted on trenchers and dined on pewter. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Presently in came the grisly servant, and counted them all on his fingers superciliously, like Abraham telling sheep, then went out again and returned with a deal trencher and deal spoon to each. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z No, for see—bravo! the doctor—he has clutched the trencher at a critical moment. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The tools were furnished, and Joseph soon turned from the aspen poplar an ample supply of wooden cups and trenchers. Nature and Culture 2011-11-17T03:00:34.107Z And was there any trencher business—and wine? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z At the beginning of the eighteenth century we worked tin into pewter, which, in the shape of plates, had superseded wooden trenchers. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z No more dams I'll make for fish; Nor fetch in firing, at requiring; Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish: Ban, ban, Ca-caliban, Has a new master, get a new man. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z And that worthy had positively got Chips to make a kind of ambulance stretcher, partly canvas and partly bamboo cane, to put the trencher on, and this was borne by two men. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z When at length they had cleared their trenchers, they demanded yet further supplies of koekebakken, ortolans, and fricassees. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Instead of summoning a slave, the old man went himself to fetch a flask of wine and a trencher of bread and cheese. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Adiva served the meat on spits, and each cut for himself slices with his own knife into trenchers of wood. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z They also placed a chair by the side of this little table, and put upon it a silver trencher, a beaker, and the usual dining apparatus. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Pledges Zeus, Zoroaster, Tastes Cana's glad cheer, Suns, globes, on his trencher, The elements there. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Ferris questioned, eying our knight of the trencher, who blushed to feel himself remarked. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Each knight had his appointed seat, with a small separate trencher and napkin. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z No sooner did I enter the room than he threw the trencher at me, which broke both my head and the trencher at one blow. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z At dinner, by Ben's order, the old woman paraded a trencher piled up with potatoes. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z Briggs suddenly interrupted his monologue and turned to signal his servants to begin placing trenchers of clay pipes and Virginia tobacco down the table. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Four silver trenchers of the plainest kind, for the use of his table, were the only things amongst his goods and chattels which could tempt a thief to break through and steal. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z When the king came to the middle of the knights' table, he stopped, on remarking three trenchers upon which the bread lay reversed; he started, and nodded to the herald. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z The old gentleman was so saucy he would not take it, and told me I should bring nothing to him without a trencher below it. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z The door was thrown open, and an armed man entered, bearing a pitcher of water and a trencher of black bread, while another man stood without, for fear of an outburst of the prisoner. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z Mr. Gordon may have been suffering with lovesickness of seventeen years' standing, but he certainly proved himself a good trencher knight. Vacation with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-08T02:00:04.123Z Fairfeather could not think of her wooden bowls, spoons, and trenchers being seen there. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z She must get some wooden trenchers and tin mugs; for she would have no more crockery. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The same night, as he was going to bed, he called for his slippers; so I clapt a trencher below the slippers, and ben I goes. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z Whilst Renzo was exchanging salutations with the family, Tony poured out the pudding on the pewter trencher prepared for its reception, and it appeared like a little moon within a large circumference of vapour. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z A table and a settle stood by the window, and a dresser that was an armory of bright pewter dishes, trenchers, and piggins, crossed the opposite wall. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z The mixed contents of the frying-pan were turned out on a wooden trencher, and conversation was suspended for the more important matter of supper. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z Of it they make their plates or trenchers, boat-scoops, shoes, tubs to salt fish in, and baskets. Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 2010-12-31T03:00:11.350Z Looking from the gallant knights of the trencher to the pretty faces in the gallery, I have more than once exclaimed to myself: "Nobody can say that an Englishman's eyes are bigger than his stomach." English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z Mexico also targeted some heavy machinery, putting a 15-percent tariff on U.S.-made trenchers that drew ire from the U.S. Mexico slaps 5 pct tariff on U.S. ham, pork products 2010-08-18T16:41:00Z Let me show thee a trencher worthy of thy stomach.” The Great Mogul I have only one fault with the single spring and that is the trencher is too large. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers One had a gilded trencher full of cakes, shortbread, marchpane, and other confectionery; but the other a gilded flagon in his hand. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim The family hospitality is evinced by sixty-four pewter pieces, some silverware and a few Venetian glasses, four dozen trenchers, and kitchen utensils of brass and iron. William Bradford of Plymouth These consisted merely of a few wooden bowls and trenchers, together with gourd-shells, serving either as bottles or baskets. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II "My friend Sergeant Robinson," said Butler; "I commend him, Mistress Dimock, to your especial favor, both for a trusty comrade, and a most satisfactory and sufficient trencher man." Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency On the new style if the animal steps on the edge of trencher, result is a toe or two will be left. Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers He placed on the table a wooden trencher with a great loaf of white bread, a cone of clear honey, and an earthen pitcher of milk. The Garden of Eden It cannot well cut anything; it may possibly serve to scrape a trencher. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 There was meat on the trenchers, and red liquor in the jeweled goblets. The Secret of Kralitz Pease upon the trencher!" exclaimed the other, with the air of a pot companion; "that's the true music for good fellows of your kidney! Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Then food was brought in—the usual beef and roast mealies, and all took a hearty hand at the trencher. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Trip upon trenchers, and dance upon dishes, My mother sent me for some barm, some barm; She bid me tread lightly, and come again quickly, For fear the young men should do me some harm. The Nursery Rhymes of England However, here is better authority:— "The Indian's nut alone, Is clothing, meat and trencher drink and can, Boat, cable, sail, and needle—all in one." Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia And we fell to, tearing like hungry beasts at the succulent white meat in the jeweled trenchers. The Secret of Kralitz Then they sat and gossiped together very pleasantly, like men that are easing their hearts and loosening their belts over trencher and stoup, after a hard day's darg. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway The second brute appeared, lurched over and fell on the table, caught up a flat trencher and skimmed it at them. The Enormous Room The choristers wear trencher caps and gowns; the probationers flannel caps, bearing the arms of the cathedral. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. Here she hurled the trencher at him, but the effort carried old Maggy off her legs, and she exhibited her gigantic figure on the floor, to the amusement of all the barrack. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment A generous flagon of wine stood by each trencher; it was the first the king had had an opportunity of tasting since he left his capital, and he seized upon the measure with some eagerness. A Prince of Good Fellows The trenchers on which they were eating were almost as white as their linen; and notwithstanding the number and smallness of the children, there was not the least appearance of dirt or litter. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales "Drop!" cried Summersby, went to one knee, felt the wind of the trencher's passing ruffle his hair. The Enormous Room Of the eternal clashing of pots, pans, plates, trenchers, and general crockery, we now say nothing; indeed, the sound somewhat relieves the smell, and the ear comes occasionally in to the aid of the nose. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) They had flesh and bread upon a trencher and they drank from glasses. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Indeed it was affirmed, that in violent storms the motion of that wooden edifice was so great that trenchers and other articles were thrown from the shelves in the upper rooms. Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel Those who feed there are accommodated with wooden trenchers instead of plates, and previously to the dinner oysters are served up by way of prologue to the play. Old and New London Volume I She perchance was slightly vexed With her darling, and was moved To behead him, but when she On the trencher saw his head, Then she wept and lost her wits, Dying in love's madness straight. Atta Troll Now and again Mrs. Minerva Slade sought to interpose in their behalf, and many a tempting trencher was thrust to his elbow to divert the tenor of his discourse. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories I feel like eating all that myself;' and, trencher on knee, they dined with real backwood appetites. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement The husband was reminded of his lordly authority when he only looked into his trencher, one of its learned aphorisms having descended to us,— The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Are you resolved that you will never have any but your inferiors to serve you, or shall Enid ever lay your trencher with tender little thumb, and Cinderella sweep your hearth, and be cherished there? A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing Presently my door opened slightly, that my breakfast might be passed in on a trencher; and again an hour later, that the trencher might be taken out. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire It was much used by Chapuys' grooms, trencher boys and javelin men, because the cook was a Fleming, and had a comfortable hand in stewing eels. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court One end of the great trencher was heaped with brown bacon; a stack of bread stood at Swan’s left hand, a cup of coffee at his right. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek By the Puritans the beechen roundels thus decorated were regarded with especial dislike, and they returned to the use of the unadorned trencher and “godly platter.” A Walk from London to Fulham When the Cambridge men go to chapel, and at other specified times, they are required to wear their gowns and queer little flat caps, called ‘trenchers’ or ‘mortar-boards.’ John and Betty's History Visit At last, when the sun was low, I heard my lock turned, the door opened into the room, and one of my new guards entered with a trencher of bread and cold meat. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire “He will be at Roncq time enough to lick my lord duke's trenchers at supper,” says Mr. Webb. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Every man to his trencher! the broth is in the bowls.” Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Then lay them on a trencher with a little flour; turn the trencher round to shape them, assisting with your hand if they need it. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. That sly fellow had again sat down on the trencher. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The man with the trencher had left the key in the lock. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire “Your garments of tow and leather bestow On the cleaners of trencher and platter.” The Fountain of Maribo and other ballads Pare and boil them quite tender, squeeze them as dry as possible between two trenchers, put them into a stewpan, and mash them with a wooden spoon. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Trip upon trenchers, And dance upon dishes, My mother sent me for yeast, some yeast, She bid me tread lightly, And come again quickly, For fear the young men would play me some jest. The Only True Mother Goose Melodies Without Addition or Abridgement There are only three moderate-sized packages swinging overhead; there are only two layers of mats beneath; and the calabashes and trenchers are not so numerous, nor so tastefully stained and carved. Typee See, Doll's trencher is empty, and the grace-cup is standing by your elbow unheeded. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Miss Bezac's new trencher and bread knife were on the table too, with a loaf of Mrs. Olyphant's bread; and the fireshine gleamed on Mr. Alcott's saltcellars, and on the Mignonette tea service. Say and Seal, Volume II Mix on a trencher, in the proportion of a tea-spoonful of flour to four ounces of the best butter. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Of these, three or four always attended him at dinner, and a little white wand lay by his trencher, to defend it, if they were too troublesome. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Louis's long, thin fingers, carrying a slice of eel to his mouth as Marguerite spoke, stopped in midair, and he slowly put the meat back on his trencher. The Saracen: The Holy War The wooden trenchers were used for the heavier viands; but these silver plates were brought out in honour of guests, for the sweets or fruit which always came at the conclusion of the repast. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney The dog, Scipio, had abandoned the trencher and risen to his feet, and he, too, was advancing on Daoud, fangs bared. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Take a plain four square trencher, and put into the two contrary corners of it a large pin, or piece of knitting needle. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Then remembering something that Westbury had told me, I recognized these bowls as trenchers, the kind used in New England when pioneer homes were rather short in the matter of tableware. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Simon sliced the eels and put oval white slices on each person's trencher, while Prince Tristan carved and distributed the duck. The Saracen: The Holy War He is rated a King’s man, and would serve his master well if much tippling of healths and clearing of trenchers were yeoman service in a time of war. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Through some law unknown to science, all dishes seemed to gravitate toward the main center of Dicky’s trencher, thereby leaving the rest of the table comparatively bare. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 When the appetites of the whole were appeased, the squaws removed the trenchers and gourd, and the two parties began to prepare themselves for a subtle trial of their wits. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 The two smaller trenchers must have been used when company came—one for the bread, possibly; the other for pudding. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm Wooden trenchers and wooden spoons were the earliest tableware in Virginia. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Third, that he never change his trencher twice. A History of Elizabethan Literature For, as they argued, your fast brings honours to cooks, since, after a meagre day, your lord cometh to his trencher with a better appetite, and then is your cook commended. The Fifth Queen Crowned We covered the trenchers of the traps carefully over with loose dirt and attached the chain to stakes, driven into the ground a little to one side of the hole. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Those early settlers could do without beds and chairs and trenchers and cradles, even without spinning-wheels for a time, but they must very quickly have bread—corn, and a place to grind it. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm The pieces were placed on "trenchers" or slices of bread, and handed to the guests, who made no scruple of freely using their fingers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 I walked about two inches taller in my trencher cap after it. Tom Brown at Oxford A boy brought her a trencher filled with chopped things, and a man in a blue jerkin came to her side bearing a middling pig, seared to a pale clear pinkness. Privy Seal His Last Venture A good dull wit best suits with him to comprehend common sense and a trencher; for any greater store of brain it makes him but tumultuous, and seldom thrives with him. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters The latter is only partly a trencher on the rights of other birds—only half a parasite. Our Bird Comrades A table and a settle stood by the window, and a dresser that was an armory of bright pewter dishes, trenchers, and piggins crossed the opposite wall. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time If he ate alone, he had a book by his trencher of dry bread rarely garnished with relishes. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Oh, look, Mus’ Dan—his great footmark as big as a trencher. Puck of Pook’s Hill He has some faculty in mangling of a rabbit, and the distribution of his morsel to a neighbour's trencher. Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters If the ball be red hot, a tompion, or trencher of green wood, is to be driven in before it. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. As it was neither dinner-time nor supper-time, the sailor ordered a repast ample enough for both, and fell to his trencher with hearty good will. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea He wished to lay by his heavy burden of bishopric and to go back to his quiet cell, the white wool tunic, the silence, and the careful cleaning of trenchers. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Laying our trencher-caps on the water, we used them, as of old, for trenchers, and made an excellent meal. He A roaring blaze revealed the whole interior, where pewter cups and well-scoured trenchers threw their bright glances upon all who wooed these dangerous allurements at "The Ship." Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Set the saltcellar on your lord’s right, and trenchers on the left of it. Early English Meals and Manners Mr. Mellowtone declared that they were delicious; and he justified his praise by his trencher practice. Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer No more dams I’ll make for fish; Nor fetch in firing at requiring; Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish: ’Ban, ’Ban, Ca—Caliban Has a new master; get a new man. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 He contemptuously calls the Comtist championship of the working man, 'the championship of the trencher.' Fragments of science, V. 1-2 A huge brown loaf flanked his elbow, and it was placed upon a broad wooden trencher, that he might cut and come again with the bolder knife. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) A Panter or Butler must have three knives: 1 to chop loaves, 1 to pare them, 1 to smooth the trenchers. Early English Meals and Manners J. Ward, writing in 1828 of the "Potter's Art," spoke thus of the humble boards of his youth: "And there the trencher commonly was seen With its attendant ample platter treen." Customs and Fashions in Old New England To fall to dainty stitchery, like a gentlewoman born, when every one of the trenchers lacketh scraping, and not the touch of a mop have the walls felt this morrow! For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary It is the portrait of a blonde-haired maiden holding aloft a trencher heaped with fruits. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother We have given the name to the tray or dish from which the "assay" was made, but, by analogy with platter, trencher, we spell it salver. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) At the other end set a Salt and two trenchers. Early English Meals and Manners Until almost our own time trenchers were made in Vermont of the white, clean, hard wood of the poplar-tree, and were sold and used in country homes. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Wooden bowls and trenchers for the poor, gold and silver plate for the rich, make up for the want of china. For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary The furniture of the table consisted of a few pewter dishes, plates and spoons, but mostly of wooden bowls and trenchers and noggins. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky The food was on a small trencher with a flat bottom, and was placed on the settle beside her. A Little Girl in Old Quebec Do your carving, lay your bread, and take off trenchers, with two fingers and thumb. Early English Meals and Manners From a single trencher two persons—two children, or a man and wife—ate their meals. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Great trenchers of fried pork, swimming in its own grease, alternated the full length of the table with huge pans of baked beans. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest In especial disdain, from her position upon the corner of the table, her glance wandered down the board and rested on Rabelais, the gourmand, before whom were an empty trencher and tankard. Under the Rose For the mere cup and trencher, we no doubt Fared passing well; but as for merriment10 And sport, without which salt and sauces season The cheer but scantily, our sizings were Even of the narrowest. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Of small birds’ wings, scrape the flesh to the end of the bone, and put it on your lord’s trencher. Early English Meals and Manners It was a really elegant household that furnished a trencher apiece for each diner. Customs and Fashions in Old New England Pewter was replacing the wooden trenchers of the early yeomanry, and there were yeomen who could boast of a fair show of silver plate. History of the English People, Volume IV Near the fireplace were a pot and kettle, whose rusted appearance bespoke long disuse; but a trencher and porridge spoon on a stool near by seemed waiting the coming of the master. Under the Rose Bertram attempted to eat, but almost immediately he pushed away his trencher, and regardless of etiquette, laid his forehead upon his arm on the table. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Put the Salt on the right of your lord; on its left, a trencher or two; on their left, a knife, then white rolls, and beside them a spoon folded in a napkin. Early English Meals and Manners The table furnishings of the New England planters consisted largely of wooden trenchers, and these trenchers were employed for many years. Customs and Fashions in Old New England “It was you who placed that beneath the King’s trencher at the inn?” The King's Esquires The Jewel of France The party sat down to supper, Father Thomas being served with a trencher to himself. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago At length the door was unlocked, and the gaoler’s man came in with four trenchers, piled on each other, on each of which was laid a slice of rye-bread and a piece of cheese. The King's Daughters If wooden trenchers are used, bring them on. Early English Meals and Manners Miles Standish left twelve wooden trenchers when he died. Customs and Fashions in Old New England She kept them diligently fixed upon her trencher, with which she did little else than look at it. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him We may also notice that the Bishop is honoured with a horn and a trencher to himself. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago No more dams I’ll make for fish; 170 Nor fetch in firing At requiring; Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish: ’Ban, ’Ban, Cacaliban Has a new master:—get a new man. The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Clear away the 1st course, crumbs, bones, and used trenchers. Early English Meals and Manners In other houses they stood at a side-table; and, trencher in hand, ran over to the great table to be helped to more food when their first supply was eaten. Home Life in Colonial Days Of these, three or four always attended him at dinner, and a little white wand lay by his trencher, to defend it if they were too troublesome. Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs She drew one of the high stools between her aunt and herself, and put out upon it the two wooden trenchers and two tin mugs. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago In its place was a great trencher of steaming hot collops of meat, and toasted bread, with hot milk in great plenty. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Lay a clean trencher before you, and eat your broth with a spoon, don’t sup it up. Early English Meals and Manners Each person did not have even one of these simple dishes; usually two children, or a man and his wife, ate out of one trencher. Home Life in Colonial Days And then the Butlers of the House must place at the salt-celler, at every the said first three highest tables, a stock of trenchers and bread; and at the other tables, bread onely without trenchers. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries The middle classes use wooden trenchers—our friends have two—hollowed out to keep the gravy in; and the poor have no plates at all beyond a cake of bread. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago Oliver tried, and admitted that it was good; then, observing that little Oscar had just finished his fourth venison steak, he politely handed him the trencher. The Crew of the Water Wagtail Have a clean trencher and knife for your cheese, and eat properly. Early English Meals and Manners It is told of an old Connecticut settler, a deacon, that as he had a wood-turning mill, he thought he would have a trencher apiece for his children. Home Life in Colonial Days Butler, appointed for Christmas, is to see the tables covered, and furnished with salt-sellers, napkins, bread, trenchers, and spoons. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Next, she puts on the boards four of the cows’ horns, and the two trenchers, with one bowl. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago So the trap, with a doughnut tied to the trencher, was placed a few feet just outside the cabin where any one within could plainly see it from the window. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Take a loaf of trenchers, and with the edge of your knife raise a trencher, and lay it before your lord; lay four trenchers four-square, and another on the top. Early English Meals and Manners So great a warrior and so prominent a man in the colony as Miles Standish used wooden trenchers at the table, as also did all the early governors. Home Life in Colonial Days While the trenchers strew the floor, And the worn-out grey beards snore, Jolly throats continue dry! The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) If they’d just go and make a reg’lar end o’ one another! but they never does,”—and the smith pushed away his trencher with a sigh. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago After repeated efforts, in which Will got caught himself—or, rather, his boot—they got the huge iron jaws wide open, and the trencher in place. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories Lay 4 trenchers for your lord, with 2 or 4 on them and the upper crust of a fine loaf. Early English Meals and Manners I have seen a curious old table top, or table-board, which permitted diners seated at it to dispense with trenchers or plates. Home Life in Colonial Days He would have urged the "haste" which "the King's business" requires, and might have reminded us that viands are as wholesome on a wooden trencher as on a plate of gold. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 A sprig or two of dried herbs were then shred into the pan, and the whole poured out, half on each of the trenchers. Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago From this day on you shall find a full trencher always ready for you at our house. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania From Easter to Pentecost, set bread, trenchers and spoons: 6 or 8 trenchers for a great lord, 3 for one of low degree. Early English Meals and Manners One of the most important articles for setting the table was the trencher. Home Life in Colonial Days Bonnet and Cap knock head to head, tumble on the trencher, and get fined. Christmas Comes but Once A Year Showing What Mr. Brown Did, Thought, and Intended to Do, during that Festive Season. In his sleep that first night, vast trenchers of food and tankards of drink disported in happy confusion with goddesses blond and magical. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Two men to eat a supper prepared for twelve sturdy trenchers. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Sweep all the bits of bread, trenchers, &c., into a voyder. Early English Meals and Manners So he turned a sufficient number of round trenchers in his mill. Home Life in Colonial Days And having forced her to come within reach to serve him, "What do you say to it?" he continued, his hand on the trencher, his eyes on her face. The Long Night They shall all be carefully stored, and not a trencher touched till you come back again. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Up to this time you must remember the common people everywhere were using square pieces of tile or wood for plates, and were eating from wooden bowls or hollowed out slabs of wood called trenchers. The Story of Porcelain Put your chief salt-cellar before the chief person’s seat, his bread by it, and his trenchers before it. Early English Meals and Manners For many years college boys at Harvard ate out of wooden trenchers at the college mess-table. Home Life in Colonial Days But at last the meal was done, and the trenchers were carried off. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico And thee, too, with fragrant trencher in hand, over which blue tongues of flame are playing, I do know—most ancient apparition of them all. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Perhaps the most shuddering moment of the play is when he leans carelessly against the wall, waiting for his victim, 'like a court-hound that licks fat trenchers clean.' The Growth of English Drama Take away the cups, &c., from all the messes, putting the trenchers, &c., in a voyder, and scraping the crumbs off with a carving-knife. Early English Meals and Manners Until the middle of this century poplar-wood trenchers and plates were used on the table in Vermont, and were really attractive dishes. Home Life in Colonial Days Sometimes, too, her stock-in-trade was increased by a collection of wooden bowls, spoons, scales, and trenchers, which Stiven "Storrom," living on the shore below, turned off his lathe, and sold through Morva's agency. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead With right good-will all took their fill, And soon each found relief; Whilst Charles his royal trencher piled From one huge loin of beef. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse When the door to the adjoining kitchen opened, as Caterina passed through, pleasant odors floated in, inciting the two to fresh efforts at the trencher. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis Cover your cupboard, put a towel round your neck, one side lying on your left arm; on that, 7 loaves of eating bread and 4 trencher loaves. Early English Meals and Manners From earliest days the Indians made and sold many bowls and trenchers of maple-wood knots. Home Life in Colonial Days He pictures to himself the uproar of the kitchens; the furnace heated like a blacksmith's forge; the vapor of opening trenchers, and in that vapor two magnificent turkeys, buttered, tender, bursting with truffles. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World He wore short breeches, with long stockings, and always ate his meals from a wooden trencher. The Story of Cooperstown The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin wad help to mend a mill In time o’ need, While thro’ your pores the dews distil Like amber bead. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Put your trencher before you, and don’t eat or drink till your Mess is brought from the kitchen, lest you be thought starved or a glutton. Early English Meals and Manners Old wooden trenchers and "Indian bowls" can be seen at the Memorial Hall in Deerfield. Home Life in Colonial Days To-day was the Reverend Orlando's birthday, and the speckled pig she had fattened throughout the summer, lay now, with an apple in his mouth, on the trencher. The Miller Of Old Church And thee, too, with fragrant trencher in hand, over which blue tongues of flame are playing, do I know—most ancient apparition of them all. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country To their palate, nothing seems to be so sweet as the tainted morsel upon the trencher--and to their ear, no sound more grateful than the melancholy echo, from the tread of their own cloister. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three He carries 3 loaves cut square for trenchers, and the covered Saltcellar, 2 Carving-knives, and sets the 3rd, and a spoon to his lord. Early English Meals and Manners The bride is carried to church, with a cap on her head, in the fashion of a large trencher, and over it a red silken veil, which covers her all over to her feet. Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe In the cities this was an age of luxury; but on the farms the laborer was glad to get a bundle of straw for a bed, and a wooden trencher to eat from. The Leading Facts of English History He took part in the labours of the younger Brothers, and would perform lowly tasks, such as washing the trenchers, digging the ground, carrying stones, or collecting wood. The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes He was bending over a caldron of boiling meat, and I saw that my man was himself again, and that the trencher called him more winningly than any voice of mine. Montlivet More trencher loaves are set, and wine served to the Duchess. Early English Meals and Manners The Goodman asked a blessing and then heaped the trenchers high with what he called the bounty of the Lord. The Puritan Twins During the early years, many settlers probably ate with wooden spoons out of wooden bowls and trenchers, and drank from mugs made of horn, wood, or leather. New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America A gentle squire would gladly entertain Into his house some trencher chapelain; Some willing man that might instruct his sons, And that would stand to good conditions. English Satires Madame de Montlivet, the priest, Onanguissé, and I sat in a semicircle on the ground, and slaves served us with wooden trenchers of food. Montlivet He carves the lord’s meat, and lays it on his trencher, putting a piece of every thing in the Alms-dish, except any favourite piece or potage sent to a stranger. Early English Meals and Manners Beside each of these trenchers she placed a napkin and a mug, and at the Captain's place, as a special honor, she set a beautiful tankard of wrought silver. The Puritan Twins She then took a wooden trencher, and with a liberal hand assisted the poor creatures, who began to feel alarmed at the altercation which their distress had occasioned in the family. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Third that he never change his trencher twice. English Satires I took the garments to the green lodge, laid them out in order, saw that there were trenchers of fresh water, and brought what conveniences we had from the canoe. Montlivet A large wooden dish was placed upon the threshold of the kitchen door, filled with water, in which, with a trencher of oatmeal for soap,* they successively scrubbed their faces and hands to some purpose. The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Nancy looked at her trencher and said no more, but she thought there was already enough to bear without having Gran'ther Wattles added to her troubles. The Puritan Twins Sacks of malt, empty vessels, piles of turf, heaps of grains, tubs of wash, and kegs of whiskey, were lying about in all directions, together with pots, pans, wooden trenchers, and dishes, for culinary uses. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Three long tables were filled with monks and pilgrims, while the attendants brought in the fish on large wooden trenchers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 The great age which Anacreon attained points to a temperate life; and he more than once denounces intoxication with as great zeal as a modern reformer who has eschewed the flagon for the trencher. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales And you were expected to eat the trencher bare: Some gnaweth and leaveth, some crusts and some crumbs: Eat such their own leavings, or gnaw their own thumbs. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary "Here, now," cried the Captain, as Timothy appeared with a big trencher of smoking fish and corn bread, "tie up to the dock and stow away some of this cargo in your insides." The Puritan Twins And as trencher after trencher was rapidly filled by the two carvers, who demeaned themselves in their task like men acquainted with the powers of rustic appetite, the old steward addressed himself to the dames. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest They'd bob and crook to me like spaniels at a trencher. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance A mattress lay rolled up in one corner, with a jug of water, a flask of wine, and a wooden trencher containing cold roast beef and bread. Israel Potter The lord of the manor no longer took his meals with all his retainers in the great hall, throwing the bones and scraps from his wooden trencher to his dogs. A History of English Prose Fiction She had even brought out the silver tankard from its hiding-place under the eaves of the loft and placed it beside her father's trencher. The Puritan Twins The huge roast was then taken down, carved, and distributed among them; the only difficulty experienced being in regard to trenchers, and various and extraordinary were the contrivances resorted to to supply the deficiency. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Two hundred beaters and trenchers managed to fight it back and hold it in leash to feed on the slash of the timber operation. The Ramrodders A Novel Until about twenty-five years ago the pack was "trencher fed," the hounds being scattered about in twos and threes at the various farms and houses in the neighbourhood. The Evolution of an English Town A hitherto unknown variety of food covered the table, served on pewter, china, or silver, instead of the primitive trencher. A History of English Prose Fiction The table was already spread, and Nancy was at that very moment giving an extra polish to the tankard before placing it beside the Captain's trencher. The Puritan Twins Grace having been said by the bishop, the whole company took their seats, and the general stillness hitherto prevailing throughout the vast hall was broken instantaneously by the clatter of trenchers. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Full panoply of tins and trenchers and other implements of cheer hang in order against the walls or line the worn wooden shelves,—many of them strange in shape and of unconjectured use. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees The waiters, after settling the cloth, placed the spoons, knives, forks, bread, and napkins beside the trenchers. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Pewter was the ware in common use, except among the labourer class, who had wooden trenchers, or a coarse unglazed delft. With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne The terrified monks could not see their books as they chanted the Psalms in the darkened choir, and as they sat in the refectory they could not tell what food lay upon their trenchers. Evesham The stalwart yeomen grinned beneath their trenchers, heaped with citrons pomegrantes, grapes; the pages tittered, pouring out the wine; and all the lords loud laughed, smote their gilded spears, and swore the isle was glad. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Then at ten paces distant, a clumsy attendant let fall a trencher— "Take it off my foot, you knave!" Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I While the pirates were still asking one another the meaning of Jurissa's words, the man returned, bearing before him a trencher covered with a cloth, which he placed at the upper end of the table. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Their feet are round and as broad as the wooden trenchers which are in ordinary use, and each foot has five round hoofs like large oyster shells. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 On one dish reeks the bony contour of a chicken, grinning thankfulness for extinction at every joint, and on a second dish towers a pile of things like small wooden trenchers pressed flat. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 This table was set out with wry-necked gourds; deformities of calabashes; and shapeless trenchers, dug out of knotty woods. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II For, from hand to hand the trenchers sailed; no sooner gaining one port, than dispatched over sea to another. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I It is then his turn to twirl the trencher. My Book of Indoor Games For the most part the poor used earthenware cups and plates or wooden trenchers. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul It is sometimes called a trencher cap, from its shape. A Collection of College Words and Customs So Mr. Wesley’s trencher was set spinning on the table, when nobody touched it! Cock Lane and Common-Sense At last, the whole flotilla of trenchers—wrecks and all—were sent swimming to the further end of Lake Como; and thence removed, gave place to ruddy hillocks of fruit, and floating islands of flowers. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The person named must jump up and seize the trencher before it ceases spinning, but if he is not very quick the trencher will fall to the ground, and he must then pay a forfeit. My Book of Indoor Games One thing I believe you do not know, that is, last Sunday, to my father’s no small amazement, his trencher danced upon the table a pretty while, without anybody’s stirring the table. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts All the domestic utensils are comprised in a few trenchers and water-jugs: the poor people were clothed in rags. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy Church trenchers and platters, pewter or earthen cups and mugs were brought out for use; but it was the exception that a parish owned a stock of these sufficient for a great ale. The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects Presently, the silence was relieved by a commotion without: and a butler approached, staggering under an immense wooden trencher; which, with profound genuflexions, he deposited upon the altar before us. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Puttenham, whose "Art of English Poetry" lay in MS. some years before it was published in 1589, speaks of the posies on trenchers and banqueting dishes. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine There were a few pewter spoons in use; but the table furniture consisted mainly of hand-made trenchers, platters, noggins, and bowls. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 Doubtless, in those earliest days, the food was eaten from wooden trenchers, not plates; while from lip to lip the communal bowl went round. Virginia: the Old Dominion Here, too, presumably, the pewter ale pots, trenchers, spoons, etc., which figure in the accounts, were kept. The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects Within, was one wide field-bed; where reclining, we looked up to endless rows of brown calabashes, and trenchers suspended along the rafters; promissory of ample cheer as regiments of old hams in a baronial refectory. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I He was not to put too much on his trencher at once. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine Master Heywood sat beside him and gave him the choicest bits from his own trencher; and Carew himself, seeing that he ate, looked strangely pleased, and ordered him a tiny mutton-pie, well spiced. Master Skylark Give us the trenchers, and open thy mouth while we open ours. 2d Monk. The Saint's Tragedy Pewter plates and wooden trenchers were used on the table. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans They were replenished with both meat and drink; the trenchers readily accessible by means of cords; but the gourds containing arrack, suspended neck downward, were within easy reach where they swung. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I These were short, fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and are renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn, or mush and milk…. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers The door was opened at his back, and a trencher of bread and meat thrust in. Master Skylark The Old Mother says,—'Give me your ticket, my dear, and I'll feed you with my gold spoon off these beautiful old wooden trenchers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 When the appetites of the whole were appeased, the squaws removed the trenchers and gourds, and the two parties began to prepare themselves for a subtle trial of their wits. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 We were alarmed at perceiving, that certain servitors were preparing to accompany us with trenchers of edibles. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I So the Magician fell upon him, and beat him, and set before him an empty trencher, and said, ‘Eat,’ and an empty cup, and said, ‘Drink,’ and flung him again into the dungeon. A House of Pomegranates "Art hungry, boy?" she asked suddenly, spying the empty trencher on the floor. Master Skylark It is true, that, by way of substitute, we had a trencher or two of sweet potatoes paraded. The Life of General Francis Marion I have seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on a rope which is no thicker than a common packthread in England. Gulliver's Travels The knight returned him thanks for his courtesy; and, this duty done, both resumed their seats by the table, whereon stood the trencher of pease placed between them. Ivanhoe Martha set down the bread with a bang that made it jump off its trencher. Five Children and It The table had been cleared of trenchers and napkins, the crumbs brushed away, and a clean platter set before each guest with pared cheese, fresh cherries, biscuit, caraways, and wine. Master Skylark As to supper, thank God we can give you a trencher of fat pork and potatoes, but for bed and furniture, we can promise you nothing better than earth and sky. The Life of General Francis Marion The wife minced a bit of meat, then crumbled some bread on a trencher, and placed it before me. Gulliver's Travels There was nothing on the trencher but a pile of dust. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories In archaic English we are told that the board groaned beneath the weight of golden trenchers and flagons. The Shuttle As he spoke the blue-clad damsel bestirred herself and brought me a clean trencher—that is, a square piece of thin oak board scraped clean—and a pewter pot of liquor. A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson In the morning they found all their trenchers, pots, and spits, upon and about their beds, and all such things as were of common use scattered about the rooms. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier The table was set; clean trenchers, hot potatoes, milk, eggs, bacon, and "kindly welcome to all." Tales and Novels — Volume 06 He, that were now within, should find all thing, I ween, As trim as a trencher, as trick, as sweet, as clean. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Did you notice the delicate way Whereby, with the trencher and cup, Comes a hint of the matter of pay, In a counter laid blank side up? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Charley's trencher—the very trencher found on the banks—was brought forth, and he started with Arthur. The Channings Would it were so!—the fire burns bright, And on the warming trencher gleams; In Expectation's raptur'd sight How precious his arrival seems! Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs And the proof forsooth is: "I found you as a morsel cold upon Dead Caesar's trencher." The Man Shakespeare The girl stood in the hall, a repast that would have tempted an epicure arrayed on the wooden trencher she held in her hands. The Strong Arm Vinegar flasks, plates, stew-pots and all the platters are of brass; our rotten old wooden trenchers for the fish have to-day become dishes of silver; the very night-commode is of ivory. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 Tom halted; took off his trencher with a smile of suavity that might have adorned Hamish, and thanked them with as much courtesy as if it had been real, especially Tod. The Channings Home-baked loaves, round like trenchers, and weighing 10lb. each, are on the side table, together with an immense bowl of salad and a regiment of bottles filled with wine newly drawn from the cask. Two Summers in Guyenne There was not a man there who did not eat upon silver, and the King and the chief persons ate upon dishes and trenchers of gold. Chronicle of the Cid Senhouse led them to his verandah, which was shadowed from the heat, made them sit on mats, and served them with milk and bread in wooden bowls and trenchers. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Its ornaments were trenchers of pewter, mixed with a silver cup or two, which, in the highest degree of cleanliness, occupied a range of shelves like those of a beauffet, popularly called "the bink." The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day The dean still wore his surplice, and his trencher lay on the table near him. The Channings "Tom," said the cockswain, keeping his eyes roaming over the contents of the trencher; "commonly called long Tom, by my shipmates." The Pilot As to the hardy feats, both of sword and trencher, performed by this "curtal fryar," behold are they not recorded at length in the ancient ballads, and in the magic pages of Ivanhoe? Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey He offered the cup and trencher to Maitre Pierre with a blush in his cheek, and a humiliation of countenance which endeavoured to disguise itself under an embarrassed smile. Quentin Durward No pewter to be had, no dishes but of wood, No use of trenchers, cups cut out of birche are very good. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 The boys began to file out, putting on their trenchers, as they clattered down the steps. The Channings When the captain was at home, he carved the bird with his hunting knife, and one such fowl would fill the largest trencher bowl we had among us. Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony He made a sufficiently poor job of it; and to his surprise too, for the cleaning of wooden spoons and trenchers had seemed an easy thing to do. The Prince and the Pauper, Part 6. I was glad enough to lie between clean sweet sheets at night instead of on a heap of sand, and sit once more knife and fork in hand before a well-filled trencher. Moonfleet He has some faculty in the mangling of a rabbit, and the distribution of his morsel to a neighbour's trencher. Character Writings of the 17th Century In point of fact, Mr. Tod's had been the identical trencher, spoken of as having watched the effect of the message upon old Ketch. The Channings Wait at the board; let Master Season's man Be had into the buttery; but first give him A napkin and a trencher. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The yeomen's tables I have spread, Dress'd salts, laid trenchers, set on bread. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 To beg were base; and to couch low, and to carry an humble show of entreaty, were too dog-like, that fawns on his master to get a bone from his trencher: out, cur! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 He bids his neighbours to dinner, and when they have done, sends in a trencher for the shot. Character Writings of the 17th Century Tom took his trencher and flew towards the cathedral. The Channings Well, sirrah, get a napkin and a trencher, And wait to-day. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 If that be all, we will not disagree: A clean trencher and a napkin you shall have presently. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 Item, That no man waite at the table without a trencher in his hand, except it be vppon some good cause, on paine of Id. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 268, August 11, 1827 A good dull wit best suits with him to comprehend commonsense and a trencher; for any greater store of brain it makes him but tumultuous, and seldom thrives with him. Character Writings of the 17th Century Tom was up now, saw it was the master, and touched his trencher. The Channings Come, you must learn more manners: as to stand at your brother's back, to shift a trencher neatly, and take a cup of sack and a capon's leg contentedly. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The scraping of trenchers you think would put a man to no charges: it is not a hundred pound a year would serve the scullion in dishclouts. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 This artist enjoyed almost a monopoly in Girthon and the neighbouring parishes, for making and selling ladles, caups, bickers, bowls, spoons, cogues, and trenchers, formed of wood, for the use of the country people. Old Mortality, Volume 1. He never eats good meal but on his neighbour's trencher, and there he makes amends to his complaining stomach for his former and future fasts. Character Writings of the 17th Century Charles's ears were listening for the quarter past seven, and, the moment it chimed out, he left his work, took his trencher from the hall, and departed, saying nothing to any one. The Channings Wrath gives them weapons; pots and candlesticks, Joint stools and trenchers, fly about the room, Like to the bloody banquet of the centaurs. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The children ate from wooden bowls and trenchers, and their elders from pewter. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time "Do you not know," said Old Mortality, "that he sells them to your grandfather, who makes them into spoons, trenchers, bickers, bowies, and so forth?" Old Mortality, Volume 1. On the trencher are slender baskets containing grapes, figs, and dates, the choicest of the gardens of Medina. The Prince of India — Volume 01 "Never mind!" cried Tom, throwing up his trencher, which he had carelessly carried into the room with him. The Channings Ah! here's a youth stark naught at a trench, but an old dog at a trencher, a tall squire at a square table. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 The men who were new to his orders jumped up, for they liked his expressions, by way of a change; but the Bridlington squad stuck to their trenchers. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale Scarcely a man of them who, if this were tried, would not cast more than inquiring glances at his trencher; for it is always what is not done that a man sees. A Domestic Problem : Work and Culture in the Household A wooden trencher, scoured white as ivory, separates the friends, leaving them face to face. The Prince of India — Volume 01 As soon as that functionary was fairly launched on his way, the trencher came out completely, and went flying at a swift pace round the college to the Boundaries. The Channings At least, he had been a serving-man, waiting at table, cleaning trenchers, and the like; but he was ambitious of rising in the world, and had turned Solicitor. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 I have seen him do the somerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on the rope, which is no thicker than a common packthread in England. The Junior Classics — Volume 5 Now the cook sent up to signify that supper was almost ready, and sent one to lay the cloth, the trenchers, and to set the salt and bread in order. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 Patience's crocks, trenchers, and cups were gone too, all except one horn mug; but two knives and some spoons were extracted from the ashes. Under the Storm Peering out every now and then from the deep shade, cast by one of the angles of the cathedral, and as swiftly and cautiously drawn back again, was a trencher apparently watching Ketch. The Channings What! he?—he shift a trencher—he hand a cup?—No, you forget whom you speak of. Peveril of the Peak "I hope that you will always retain the same opinion of me," answered Van de Werff as he drank, "at the trencher or in the trenches." Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch There were but a few good bits at the table, but some of it was laid upon his trencher. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 "I found you," says Antony, reproaching Cleopatra, "as a morsel cold upon dead Caesar's trencher." Getting Married He caught up his clean surplice, placed there ready for him, and stuck his trencher on his head, when he was detained by Ellen. The Channings Most of the dishes were of silver, and the plates were of the same metal; instead of the trenchers and pewter which Peveril had usually seen employed on similar occasions at the Black Fort. Peveril of the Peak The trencher can throw out on the surface back of him every stone, root, and weed, so that by the time he is through there is a sufficient space of ground amply prepared. The Home Acre A stout trencher man; one who has a good appetite, or, as the term is, plays a good knife and fork. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Oh! for the days when forks were not, On skewers came the meat; When from one trencher ate three foes: Oh! but those times were sweet! Magnum Bonum He hung up his trencher, flung his surplice on to a bench, and went straight up, with outstretched hand, to Tom Channing, who stood as senior, unfolding the roll. The Channings The spotless home-spun cloth and the trenchers were laid for supper, a festive capon was prepared by the choicest skill of Mistress Susan, and the little shipwrecked stranger lay fast asleep in the cradle. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland Under the trees the long white-scoured tables stood ready with bowl and trencher, and Alwin carried food to and fro with leisurely steps. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days Waken, and carry this trencher of beef to your brother. The Lances of Lynwood The black gown and trencher cap by no means gratified Oliver, when James set off to school on Monday morning; but he consoled himself with observing, 'We shall soon put an end to that.' Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 He touched his hat in his usual ungracious fashion to the dean and Dr. Gardner, who were turning into the chapter-house, carrying their trenchers, and looked the other way as he passed the boys. The Channings All the tables, however, were spread with pure white napery, the difference being only in texture, but the higher table rejoiced in the wonderful extravagance of silver plates, while the lower had only trenchers. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland The light of the crackling pine torches quivered and flashed from gilded vessels, and silver-covered trenchers, and goblets of rarely beautiful glass, ruby and amber and emerald green. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days Untaught and feeble is my pen: But on one statement I may safely venture; That few of our most highly gifted men Have more appreciation of the trencher. Verses and Translations All savoury, it lay in a wooden trencher, surrounded by roasted hemispheres of the breadfruit. Omoo But nothing could be more innocent than their countenances, as they stood before him in their trenchers. The Channings Nay, I've observed him, at your public ordinary, Take his advertisement from a traveller A conceal'd statesman, in a trencher of meat; And instantly, before the meal was done, Convey an answer in a tooth-pick. Volpone; Or, the Fox During this man’s illness the Duke sent for me, and bade me take his portrait; this I did upon a circular piece of black stone about the size of a little trencher. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini "Yes," answered the Jew; and, giving him the wooden trencher and jar, took the fish and carried it home to his family, who said, "What shall we do with this fish?" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 And among other things he told us how, in Queen Elizabeth's time, one young nobleman would wait with a trencher at the back of another till he come to age himself. The Diary of Samuel Pepys Should I stand before him, and take my trencher off, with a bow, and say, 'If you please, sir, it was the college boys who served out old Ketch!' The Channings The flat cakes, however, she carried herself on a wooden trencher, because, as she said, she feared lest we should break them and anger the ghosts, who liked their food to be well served. The Wanderer's Necklace It is a button for my priest’s cope, which has to be made round like a trencher, and as big as a little trencher, one-third of a cubit wide. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Take a pewter plate for thyself, but the trenchers will do for we.’ A Changed Man; and other tales But I remember he said, had all his captains fought, he would no more have doubted to have beat the Dutch with all their number, than to eat the apple that lay on his trencher. The Diary of Samuel Pepys As he was passing the Chapter House, the doors opened, and Dr. Gardner came out, in his surplice and trencher. The Channings But winter evenings were utilized in whittling out wooden bowls, trenchers, and noggins or cups, while gourds and hard-shelled squashes were turned to numerous uses. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Of pots, pans, plates, and trenchers, they have a tolerable quantity.� Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language But the other would not, and took a trencher likewise, in doing which he spoke of the two girls and remarked how comely they were. A Changed Man; and other tales I have seen Monte Fiasco clean his trencher with his knife, and every Principe in company doing likewise. The Book of Snobs "I'll go and stop it at once, sir," replied Gaunt, touching his trencher again, as he hastily retired. The Channings I had diverted myself with it one night; it had been nibbling at my door and capering on a trencher. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 In the places of public resort peers flirted with maids of honour; and officers of the Life Guards, all plumes and gold lace, jostled professors in trencher caps and black gowns. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 In that unhappy country, wasted by years of predatory war, hospitality could offer little more than a couch of straw, a trencher of meat half raw and half burned, and a draught of sour milk. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 I am sure Crawler would have no objection to carry his trencher, or Page to hold up the skirts of his gown as he stalks into chapel. The Book of Snobs The boys stood aside and took off their trenchers. The Channings She placed on the dead man's breast a trencher, with salt sprinkled upon it, set one candle at the head, and another at the feet of the body, and lighted both. Guy Mannering ‘I can eat no more, Baird,’ said he, swallowing down a draught of wine, and pushing aside his trencher. The Caged Lion This person made preparations for supper, by spreading a clean though coarse cloth over a large oaken table, placing trenchers and salt upon it, and arranging the fire to receive a gridiron. Redgauntlet "He will be at Roncq time enough to lick my Lord Duke's trenchers at supper," says Mr. Webb. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne "Good night to your lordship," replied the boys, once more raising their trenchers; and the crowd, outside, respectfully saluted their prelate, who returned it in kind. The Channings Josephine whipped her hand off his palm, where it lay like cream spilt on a trencher. White Lies At this the revelers, wild with delight, beat on their trenchers and shouted, "Ay, let her!" Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard In a few moments a boy entered with a wooden trencher of poee-poee; and in regaling myself with its contents I was obliged again to submit to the officious intervention of my indefatigable servitor. Typee There were but a few good bits at the table, but some of it was laid upon his trencher.” Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) "I was only laughing, my lord," he said, touching his trencher. The Channings And we had calabashes, trenchers and fingers, stone knives with which certain officers of the feast decorously divided the meat, small gourds for cups, water for cleansing, napkins of broad leaves. 1492 Then Dingaan asked Retief if he would not eat, and large trenchers of boiled beef were brought out and handed round. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain There are only three moderate-sized packages swinging overhead: there are only two layers of mats beneath; and the calabashes and trenchers are not so numerous, nor so tastefully stained and carved. Typee Even in an Earl’s hall, Kari struck the head off one of his friend Njal’s Burners, and the head bounded on the board, among the trenchers of meat and the cups of mead or ale. Essays in Little I am a man That from my first have been inclin'd to thrift, And my estate deserves an heir more rais'd Than one which holds a trencher. Timon of Athens And stand between her back, sir, and the fire, Holding a trencher, jesting merrily? Love's Labour's Lost I was sent to deliver him as a present to Mistress Silvia from my master; and I came no sooner into the dining-chamber, but he steps me to her trencher and steals her capon's leg. Two Gentlemen of Verona There, take it to you, trenchers, cups, and all. The Taming of the Shrew How often hast thou waited at my cup, Fed from my trencher, kneel'd down at the board, When I have feasted with Queen Margaret? King Henry VI, Part 2 The table was set; clean trenchers, hot potatoes, milk, eggs, bacon, and 'kindly welcome to all.' The Absentee Bread, therefore, such as is now given to the inmates of a workhouse, was then seldom seen, even on the trencher of a yeoman or of a shopkeeper. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 It was easy to guess from the way in which the cheeks sank in, continuing the lines of the mouth, that the toothless old fellow was more given to the bottle than the trencher. Sons of the Soil "You are bad as he is," said the old man peevishly; "you are paying too much;" and the tyrannical old Aristides returned him some coin out of the trencher with a most reproachful countenance. The Cloister and the Hearth The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin was help to mend a mill In time o'need, While thro' your pores the dews distil Like amber bead. Poems and Songs of Robert Burns He invited Captain Clark to his house, and gave him two carrots of tobacco, two beaver-skins, and a trencher of boiled corn and beans. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 With guile the great one Would they beguile, On the wailing thrall Laid they hand unwares, And cut the heart From out of Hjalli, Laid it bleeding on trencher And bare it to Gunnar. The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda Here, Turk; wilt thou have a clean trencher? Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 Presently in came the grisly servant, and counted them all on his fingers superciliously, like Abraham telling sheep; then went out again, and returned with a deal trencher and deal spoon to each. The Cloister and the Hearth The hard acorn of thought From the high king they took, Laid it bleeding on trencher And bare it Gunnar. The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda |
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