1 gen 1645 anni - steer

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A young ox, especially one which has been castrated. 1607 <i>did drive at Steresby 8 oxen 15 kyne one bull & 7 steares</i> (NYRO44/42); 1623 <i>6 young beasts, 4 of them steares and 2 whyes</i>, Elmswell (DW173); 1644 <i>1 steare, 1 quye</i>, Lepton (HM/C/180). Modern glossaries say that a steer hide shows ‘a tight grain structure’ which makes it an ideal choice for leather upholstery. Since it is distinguished from other hides in early accounts it may be that its distinctive qualities were recognised by tanners in earlier centuries: 1617 <i>my black steare hide xxvijs vid</i>, Almondbury (DD/RA/f/4a); 1645 <i>20 country steer hides and 50 cow hides</i>, Kirkheaton (YRS18/44). In the cordwainers’ ordinances in Beverley its quality was recognised: 1627 ‘nor into the outer sole any other leather than the best of the ox or steer hide’ (YRS84/79).

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