1 gen 1676 anni - gallow-balk

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An iron bar in the chimney from which pots could be suspended. 1432 <i>unum</i> <i>instrumentum ferreum in camino aulæ vocatum balk</i>, York (SS30/23); 1558 <i>Item on gallowbalke with crokes on payre of tonges</i>, South Cave (Kaner52); 1583 <i>gallow balk, ij reckens with gallow crokes, tonges, and fyre sholl</i>, Ripon (SS64/380); 1634 <i>Item, a gallowbaulke with 2 crookes and 2 luggs they hinge on, and a pair of tongs</i>, Elmswell (DW235); 1676 <i>One gallowbalke & dogs</i>, Selby (YRS47/2). See gallow-tree, gallows. Less usual is the spelling ‘gally’: 1676 <i>In the kitchin 1 gally balke runners & a range</i>, Ripon (YRS118/149).

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