Lammas
21Lammas Day — noun commemorates Saint Peter s miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England • Syn: ↑Lammas, ↑August 1 • Hypernyms: ↑quarter day * * * noun see lammas I, 1 * * * Lam|mas «LAM uhs» …
22Lammas Day — The old name given to the first day of August because on that day in Anglo Saxon times it was the custom to bring into the Church offerings in kind, loaves, representing the first fruits, of the harvest. The word Lammas is derived from the… …
23lammas lands — noun plural or lammas meadows Usage: usually capitalized 1st L Etymology: so called from their becoming common on Lammas day English law : lands or meadows held in severalty during the crop raising period but subject to rights of common at other… …
24Lammas-tide — Lammˈas tide noun The season of Lammas • • • Main Entry: ↑Lammas …
25Lammas Day — noun see Lammas …
26Lammas land — Land released or unenclosed to permit animals to graze, after harvest until the next spring. Lammas day was 1 August, on which there was a harvest festival, celebrated with bread made from the first new grain. [< OldEngl. hlafmasse, hlaf =… …
27Lammas lands — /Iaemas laendz/ Lands over which there is a right of pasturage by persons other than the owner from about Lammas, or reaping time, until sowing time …
28Lammas lands — /Iaemas laendz/ Lands over which there is a right of pasturage by persons other than the owner from about Lammas, or reaping time, until sowing time …
29lammas meadows — noun plural see lammas lands …
30Lammas — noun a) (England) former festival held on 1st August celebrating the harvest. b) 1st August, a quarter day …
