Vocabulary List for July 14th 1703 Prices of Goods

Broadcloth– wide wool cloth.
Cotton– coarse, fuzzy wool or rough linen; probably not cotton as we know it today.
Duffels– heavy, blanket-like wool cloth.
Fathom– (as in tobacco) 6 feet.
Gingerline– ginger-colored cloth.
Kersey– cheap, coarse wool cloth, often used for blankets.
Middling– medium sized.
Pappcote– bobcat.
Peck– 8 quarts or _ bushel.
Peltry– animal skins.
Scaines– skeins, twisted lengths of yarn; sometimes 80 yards-worth.
Thicks– possibly from “thickset”, meaning a coarse cotton cloth.
Truckmaster– man who runs a trading post.