Albert has found the meaning of some of the old Dutch words that are in some of these papers, and has sent those to us. I will try to keep this up dated, but bear with me!

• bak-emmer-a big bucket
• bodde-(horse) sled with a box on it for transport in snowtime
• bodde with the word "glases"-window glases
• boessem-a chimney
• chaise-a kind of buggy
• hakvat-a massive wooden table to cut the stewed green of fruits
• jam-meren- lamenting
• kevi-food cabinet with a barred door (against hungry animals or flies?)
• knollen- turnip?
• peul or peluw-long small pillow
• ploegslede-a wooden sled to carry the plough to the land
• rabat- a kind of styling strip above the curtains
• rim-a ledge on a wooden wall to put the plates on it standing up
• rijven-wooden hay-rake
• stelmakerij-buggy factory?
• schenk-ketel-a tea-kettle
• snaphaan-an historical rifle (single shot?)
• tijnen in the churn-house comes from the Dutch word "tiene"-a "big milk barrel" (for making cheese, I guess)
• voormond-a family guardian
• wijtel-white woolen bed goods

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