An Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland Terms James Hardback

An Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland TermsAuthor(s): N. D. G. James\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631176367, 978-0631176367\nSynopsis\nAn Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland Terms describes the special words used by those working or hunting in England's woodlands and forests from the early Middle Ages until the present. The author does not simply give the meanings of words: he describes the customs and practices to which they refer, and frequently adds quotations from contemporary sources, the latter ranging from medieval royal charters and Shakespeare's As You Like It to such books as Taylor's Common Good or the Emprovements of Commons [tel], John Evelyn's Sylva [tel] and Jefferies's Wildlife in a Southern County [tel].\n From this dictionary the reader will not only learn the meaning of such terms as pismires, perambulation, furlong and quaking ash, but will find brief histories .