jan 1, 1618 - thible
Description:
Usually a smooth wooden stick with which to stir porridge. However, an earlier meaning is ‘setting-stick’, quoted by Wright (EDD), and that seems more likely in this context: 1618 <i>a chiste, a thiple, a tugwythye, a peate spade</i>, Bingley (LRS1/22).Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1618
Now
~ 407 years ago