wet puddling

A hundred and twenty clergymen, with ten lords and twenty commoners, or lay a e ors, were nom- inated to carry out the ordinance. The meeting was forbidden by the king on June 22, but no notice was taken of the prohibition. On July 1 sixty-nine of the nominated members attended in Henry VII.'s Chapel in Westminster Abbey, and the a embly began. They sat 1,163 times, their last meeting being on Feb. 22, 1649. On Sept. 15, 1643, commis- sioners arrived from the Church of Scotland to aid in the deliberations. On April 20, 1643, the A em- bly submitted to Parliament a Directory for Public Worship; between Oct. 1 and Nov. 26, 1644, the Con- fe ion of Faith, in two portions [CONFESSION, III. 4 (2)); on Nov. 5, 1647, the Shorter Catechism (q. v.).; and on Sept. 15, 1648, the Longer Catechism] The great majority of the members were Presby- terians, a small but active body were Independents, growing in damp or wet land. ( Prov .) Metall.: The same as PIG-BOILING (q. v.). *wet-quaker, s. A quaker who is not very strict in the observances of his sect.