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About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at |http: //books .google .com/I i^ri- ^ ^- ■'I 7^i^^^ i 7 i.i i. t 'I I * I J- ^-?•-^. I( a.-)^. .^l^i^'-^ GENERAL DIGTIONAEY PROVINCIALISMS, 4m ^v WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, LONDON ; ]OHN RUSSELL SMITH, 4, OLD COHPTON BTBEET, SOHO SQVARB. H.OCCC.XL. < . ^ PREFACE. After a labour of some years, I have at length succeeded, as far as my slender means, and still slenderer abilities will permit, in the compilation of a Dictionary of Provincial Words. But, though I have accomplished my task, I feel some diffi- dence, and some misgivings as to its success with the public. I fear the task is very inefficiently executed ; and even were it a more correct performance, I am doubtful whether it is one that is likely to suit the public taste. Many friends have laughed at the pains I have bestowed upon it, while one has even told me that the only object to be obtained by it, was that of teaching well-educated persons to speak patois. After this, I was almost tempted to abandon the work in despair, and I verily believe I should have done so, had it not been for the following observation which I met with in the Quar- terly Review for February, 1836, No. 110, on the subject of Provincial Words, viz : — " If he (Mr. Stevenson,*) and his fellow-labourers will collect all the words which deserve a place in an archaic and provincial glossary, accompanied with data for ascertaining their meaning, they will be entitled to the thanks of the public, whether their etymologies are right or wrong." Encouraged by these and other observations, 1 persevered, and now 1 humbly present the fruits of my labour to the judg- ment of a scrutinizing, but just public. * One of the condactors of the publication of a Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words^ by the late Rev. Jonathan Boucher. IV. PREFACE. To a great deal of originality I do not lay claim, mine has been perhaps rather more the task of a compiler than of an author. 1 have collected upwards of nine thousand words ; some of these I have borrowed from former collectors, some have been supplied by the kindness of friends in diflTerent counties, and others have been picked up by myself. Not to claim more merit than I ought, to myself, I shall proceed at once to acknowledge the debt I owe to the different authors from whom I have borrowed. The oldest work, I believe, on Provincialisms, is one by Ray, in 1674, entitled, " A Collection of English Words not generally used." His work I have not seen, but he is often referred to by some of those from whom I have quoted. The oldest work which I have met with, is Tim Bobbin's View of the Lancashire Dialect, printed at Manchester, in l/?^* H® gives some good examples of the dialect by the introduction of some entertaining dialogues ; but the vocabulary is not quite so clear and explicit as one could wish. In 1790, Dr. Pryce, of Redruth, Cornwall, published a work on the Cornish Language : this book I have not been able to obtain, and, therefore, should not have mentioned it here ; but for the purpose of showing that by the observations I have seen on it, in the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, he con- firms the opinion, which I have given in my introduction, as to the Cornish being a relic of the ancient British language. Grose's Provincial Dictionary was published in 1790, and to him I am greatly indebted, as every collector must be. His is a general collection, not confined to one particular county or district, but ranging over the whole kingdom. He has got together a numerous vocabulary, but has not entered much into the Etymology of words. The Craven dialect, by a native of Craven, was published in 1824, and is a valuable work, containing many words and entering largely into their etymons. Craven is that part of Yorkshire in the Western Riding, which adjoins to Lanca- shire, and abounding in wild and extensive fells and moors. PREFACE. V. the inhabitants have retained their ancient dialect in more purity than in more populous districts, though the author regrets that commerce is making great inroads even on the seclusion of Craven. Observations on some of the dialects of the west of England, particularly Somersetshire, by James Jennings, Honorary Secretary of the Metropolitan Literary Institution, London, were published in 1825. This is a useful little book and I have made use of it. The vocabulary of East Anglia, (that is of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk) by the late Rev. Robert Forby, Rector of Fincham, Norfolk, was published by his friends after his decease in the year 1830, and is by far the most valuable work I have met with. 1 1 is only to be regretted it did not extend beyond the two counties already mentioned. The author goes more fully into an explanation of the words, and more minutely into their origin than any I have been fortunate enough to meet with. Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect is a very small book published at Knaresborough in 1833. Having spoken of the doubts I entertain as to the reception this little work may meet with from the public, the question may very fairly and very naturally be asked, " Why then do I persevere in printing it ? My answer is this, that as educa- tion is now become so general among all classes of the people. Provincial Words, in another generation or two, will cease in a great measure to be used, when antiquaries may feel the same delight in poring over these remains of a by-gone age, as Cnvier did in putting together the bones of the antediluvian animals which he discovered, or as modern geologists do in attempting to prove that the earth, instead of being some six thousand years old, has existed as many millions. With these remarks I launch my bark into the sea of public opinion. INTRODUCTION. In a coantry, which, like Great Britain, has been conquered and held by Foreigners of several different nations, it must follow, as a matter of coarse, that a great^yariety of Dialects will be found to prevail in different parts of the kingdom. It is not my inten- tion to enter into a very critical history of the subject, as I am not equal to such a task, nor do I deem it absolutely necessary. The Languages, evident remains of which are still found l Great Britain, are, the Ancient British, the Roman, the Danisli^ the Saxon, and the Norman. When the Romans established themselves in England, such of the Ancient Britons as preferred rude liberty to polished slavery fled from the conquerors into the fastnesses of Cornwall and Wales ; consequently it is in those places that we must look fot the remains of the British Language ; in short the Welch is the Ancient British, and the Cornish is strongly tinctured with the British, though probably it is not spoken in the same parity there as in Wales. We find many British words interspersed through different counties in England, particularly in the names of places ; as Pen, for instance, ^ a head.' Penhurst and Penshurst, are from Pen, Brit, and Hurst, Sax. a wood — a place at the head of a wood. Ceaster, Brit, a city or fortified place ; as Chester the city or camp ; Chichester— Cissa, a King of the South Sax- ons, and Ceaster, Brit.— *the city of Cissa, by whom it was founded ; and so with many others. Vlll. INTRODUCTION. The Romans kept possession of the country about 500 years ; but as they held it rather as a conquered province — that is by means of various fortified places, and not by an amalgamation of the two races — their language was never very widely diffused. In the Welch language there seem to be several traces of the Roman, as may be seen in the following words, viz : — Window Ffeuestr, W. Fenestra, Lat. Bridge, Pont, W, Pons, fAt. And, Ac,W. Ac, Lat. Was, Fu,W. Fuit, Lat, Angel, Angel, W. Angel us, fat. His, Ei,W. Is, ea, id. Ei, Dat. Lat. Gold. Awr, W. AuTum, Lat. In Cornwall we find Tnmuls, heaps; TumuluSy Lat. Numer^^. Number. Numerous, LaU Norf. Bever, , 8, A lunch. Bevere. Suff. LATIN ETYMONS, NORTH. North. English, i Lai. Ark, s. A chest. Area, Arran, s, A spider. Aranea. To CoIIoque, v. n. To Converse. Colloquor. Doubler, , 8 A large plate. Dnplaris. Haspert; 8. A rough fellow. Asper. To Gumer, r. a. To shadow. Umbra. Ramile^ , 8. Twigs. Ramus, Ramulus. Stoop, 8. A post. EAST SUSSEX AND KENT. Stupa. Ripe, 8, A bank. Ripa. Aqua-Bob, s. An icicle. Aqua, and Bob, an ear-ring. To Coddle, v, a. To parboil. Coctulo. Gut, 8, An under drain. Guttur. Hames, s. Part of a cart-horse's harness. Kama. Mall, 8, A two-handed hammer. Malleus. PelL 8. A small pool. Palus. To Pose, V, a. To set a person down in an argument. Positus. Sally, 8. A willow. Salix. Toft. 8. A piece of ground on which a messuage has stood. Toftum. The words of Danish- origin are not very numerous, but such as do exist, are, as might be reasonably expected, found in the Eastern and Northern parts of the kingdom, those counties hav- ing been more contiguous to that part of the continent, whence the INTRODUCTION. IX. Danes made their incursions into Britain. Thus we find the fol- lowing in the East-Anglian Vocabulary:*- Balker, «. [Bielke, I>aD. a beam.] A great beam. Bing^ s, [Bing, Dan. a heap.] A bin for cora,\viDe^ &c. Bund- Weed, s, [Bund, Dan.] The plant Centaurea nigra. To dead, r. a. [Clede, Dan.] To clothe. To Crinkle-Crankle, r. a. [Kronkelen, Dan. to twist.] To wrinkle. Darnocks, 8, [Dorneck, Dan.] Hedger's gloves. Dome, Dum. [Dun, Dan. a feather.] Rabbits* down. To Flit, V. n. [Flytter. Dan. to migrate.] To remove from one house to another. Kedge, eulj. Active. [Kaud, Dan.] Mork-Shriek, s, [Mork, Dan. darkness*] A mockery ; a bugbear. Slub,f. [Slubra, Dan.] Thick mire. And tli«se below, in the North. Cleg, s, A gad-fly. [Klaeg, Dan.] Eldin,«. Fuel. [lid, Dan.] To Gar, v, a. To^compel. [Gior, Dan.] Groof, s, A hollow in the ground. [Groof, Dan.] Harns, s. Brains. [Hieme, Dan.] Haugh, s, A hillock. [Haughur, Dan.] To Hoven, v, n. To'swell. [Hover, Dan.] Laches, t. Boggy places. [Lagg, Dan.] To Mind. v. a. To remember. [Minde, Dan.] Moudewarp, s. A mole. [Muld warp, Dan.] Naar, prep. Near. [Naer, Dan] Neaf, s. The fist. [Naeve, Dan.] Nick, s. The Devil. [Nicken, Dan.] Prod, 8. A goad. [Prod, I>an.] Raun, 8. Fish-roe. [Raun, Dan.] Scratt, Oud Scratt, «. The Devil. [Skratta, Dan.] Sliven, 8» A sloven. [Slaver, Dan.] Stank, 8. A boggy place. [Staen, Dan.J Toomed, par/, pass. Emptied. [Tommer, Dan.] Ye wl- Clog, s, A Christmas log. [Jule-dag, Dan.] The next class of words are those which have a Saxon origin ; but to attempt to enumerate these would be only an idle waste of ^ime, as they are spread so generally through all the counties of England, with the exception, perhaps, of Cornwall, as to form the vernacular tongue of the great mass of the people, and more particularly of those in the rural districts. As we have before observed, that, on the arrival of the Romans, some of the Britons b\ X. INTRODUCTION. fled to the mountainous fastnesses of Wales, and there, to thi» day, hare retained among them the ancient language of the country, so, on the arrival of the Normans, many of the Saxons retired to the North ; or, at all events, from the greater contiguity of the southern counties to the French coast, the Norman language was introduced to a much greater extent among the inhabitants of the South than those of the North. In short, the language has spread but little in the North to this day, and J do not know that I shall be venturing too far, if I assert that even at the present time the Saxon tongue is the one spoken by the mass of the people who reside north of the river H umber. There is one peculiarity in those counties which it may be well to mention here, as helping to prove the assertion I have made. I allude to the use of the following words, in which the vowel A is retained which is the original Saxon, whereas in the south the O is substituted, as may, be seen below, viz. : — Sax, North, Eng. Agen. AaD, Awn; Own, pron. Ath. Aath, Aith. Oath, s, AlUAin. Alaan. Alone, a, Onmang. Amanj^. Among, prep, Strang. Strang. Strong, adj. Fra. Fra. Fro, adv, Tao. Taa. Toe, #. Thrang* Thrang. Throng, s, I shall now proceed to the consideration of words of Norman or French etymon. As the Normans were the last race of foreigners who conquered this country, there has been no new language since introduced to destroy whatever influence that has been capable of producing; the struggle has been between the Norman and the Saxon, and the latter has prevailed, most decidedly, in all the Provincial Dialects. The Normans adopted the plan which has been considered by conquerors, in general, as one of the most eficctual means of subduing a people, viz., that of compelling them, as far as possible, to use their own language ; but as respects the mass of the people — and it is with them we have to deal — the attempt has most signally failed. The Normans compelled all the learned professions to make use of Norman- French. To the disgrace of the nation, the king, to this day. INTRODUCTION. XI. when he glrcs the royal assent to an act of parliament does not say in good English, ^* The King consents," hut in Norman French, ** Le Roi le veut^* Many of our statutes are still designated hy the barharous words which stand at their beginning in this language. A court of assize is called a court of '^ Oyer et terminer." Our town criers did, until very lately, commence their notices with *• Oycz ! Oyez! OyezI'' But all these are relics of official usages — usages of the educated, and not of the uneducated, classes* Among the latter we find comparatively few words of Norman origin ; in East AiigUa are the following, viz. : — Bail, f. The handle of a pail. Baiiler, Fr. Broaches, s. Spars. Broche, Fr. a spit. Chick, s, A flaw in earthenware. Chiche, Fr. Choc, interj, A word used to drive away pigs, &c. Choa. O. F. Chuffy, adj. Fat and fleshy about the cheeks, Jouffa, Fr. Clicket, adj. Voluble. Cliqueter, Fr. Cosh^ 8. The glume of corn. Cacher, F. Crible, 8, A fine sort of bran. Cribler, F. Culp, 8, A hard hiovr. [Coulp, O. F.] To Daunt, v. a. To knock down. Dompter, F. Dibles, 8. pi. Scrapes. D ableries, F. Fraylings, t. Threads of cloth unravelled. Fraisle,0. F. brittle. To Gavel, v. a. To collect mown^ com into heaps, in order to its being loaded. C!avelle,'F, Oimraers, s. Small hinges. Gemeau, F, Harriage, s. Confusion. Harier, F. Hobby, 8. A small horse. Hobin, F. i ^ Journey, s. The time a man is at plough. Journe^, Fr. To Ladle, o. n. To dawdle. Lasdaller, F. Lanyer, #. The lash of a whip. Lani^re, F. Lucarn, 8, A window in the roof of a house. Lucame, F« Mavis, 8, A thrush. Mauvis, F. To Moise, ». n. To improve. Moison, O. F. Mure-hearted, Stairs. Gr^s, F. . . Lover, «. A chimney. L'Ouverte, F. opening. v Maslin, «. Mixed com. Mesle, O. F. To Mell, V. n To meddle. Meier, F. Mouter, s, Mulcture for grinding. Moudre. To Roy, r. To domineer. Roy, F. king. Sturdy, 8, Water on the brain in sheep, which renders them dull and stupid. Estourdi, F. Taumed-owr, part, pass. Swooned away. Tomber, F. Tom-noddy, s, A tom-fool. Naudin, N. F. In the west there are hut very few words of Norman extraction^ so far, at least, as my knowledge of them extends. But in East $ussex>Kent, and Hants, they are, as might he expected, much more abundant, as the following list will show: — Apple-Terre, s. An orchard. Terre, F. Land. Ails or Isles, s. Beards of barley. Ailes, W. S. Auvril, s. April. Avril, K. Bail, «. The handle of a pail. Bailler. Batter, «. An abatement. Abattre. Bobbery, s, A squabble. Babil. Breachy, adj. Brackish. Br^che. Broachy s, A spit Broche. To Bunker, v, a. To leap a hedge. Bon cceur. Bruss, atjy. Puffed up. Brusque. To Brutt, V, a. To biouse. Brouter. Budge, 8, A water cask. Bouge. To Chuck, r. a. To loss. Choc. INTRODUCTION. xiil. To Coze^ V. n. To converse earDestly and fainiliaily. Causer^ Fr. to talk. Dormer-window, s, A window in the roof of the house. Dormir, to sleep. To Fay, v, n. To act well. Faire, F. to do. Footy^ €uij. Insigniffcant, futile. Futile. Gratten, «. A stubble field. Gratter, to scratch. To Jabber^ r. n. To talk fast. Gaber. Janty^ adj. Showy. Gentil. Jet, s. A large ladle. Jetter. Lurry, s. A quick, careless way of reading. Lire. Lulon^ i, A projecting window in a house. Lucarne^ F. "Si, s. A brood of pheasants. Nid, F. Oylet-hole, s. An eye-let hole. CEil, F. eye. To Poach, V, n. To be too soft to bear cattle, said of land when very wet. Poch«?, F. Poke, 8» A large bag. Poche, F. Pocket. To Pooch, V, To pout out the lips. Rut, s. A wheel track. Route, F. To Serve, v. To feed. Servir, F. Sew, 9, An under-drain. Sous, F. under. Sewent or Suent, adj. Even ; regularly following. Suivre. To Soss, V, To mix or throw liquids about in a careless way^ Sauce, F. Sullage. s. Filth, sediment. Souiller, F. Before leaving this part of the subject, I must observe that there are several words in common use in the eastern part of Sussex and the adjoining part of Kent, which are so completely of French origin as to make it necessary that they should be noticed here, they are these, viz :— English* E, Sust. French, Bohnet. Bunnet. Bonnet. To-day. To-dee. Di. Days-work, Desork. Dis, Dere. This, There. Mermaid. Maremaid. Mer, sea. Then again, there are strong distinctive modes of pronouncing certain words between the North and South, showing the preva. lence of a French pronunciation in the South, English. North. South* Come, Comb, Cum. Conduit, Conduit, Cunduit. Stone, Wt. Stone. Stun. Xiv. INTRODUCTION. We will now proceed to notice some of the peculiarities of pronunciation in the different counties in England. I say nothing of Cornwall, not heing acquainted with it» and helieving the root of its provincialisms to be the Ancient British. Leaving Cornwall then, for the reasons above given, I shall commence with Somer- set. The great peculiarity of Somerset is converting S into Z ; as, sing, zing ; see, zee ; sand, zand ; seed, zeead. For I saw, they say I zeed. They frequently put the article A before the numeral adjectives ; as. How far is it to Bath ? About a four mile. Un is used for him, her, it. F is hardened into V ; as fire, vier ; fit, vit ; fur, vur ; further, vurder. Th is changed into D, as thrash, drash. DEVONSHIRE. The following notice, which was copied from the Sun News- paper of April 5, 1835, and said to have lately been stuck up at the Market-house, Taunton, will give a better idea of the pro- vincial dialect of this county, than I could by a long-laboured dissertation upon it. " Lost a hempty zack we anuther zack in un, a guse; a wet-stun, and a peke ov taters. Eny boddy vinding the zame, and oil bring un to Varmer Dusson, at the Nag's Hid, shall ha dree shilling gied to un, and a kup o'drink. In this county, the letter O is changed into U, and pronounced rather in a whistling tone ; two, tuu ; do, duu ; lose, lewse. A lady once told me a laughable circumstance on this subject. The clerk of the parish in which she resided, when he had to read that verse in the 25th Psalm, beginning. Who is the King of Glory? Who? used to say, Whew is the King of Glory? Whew-ew ? DORSETSHIRE. The same observations as have been made generally on the two preceding counties, will also apply to this. S is Z, but not quite so strong as in Somerset ; Th is D ; F is V. Him is un, and so on .Ago is agoo. INTRODUCTION. XV. WILTSHIRE Differs but little from Dorset. Among the words of this county, I have observed the retention of the old Saxon pronun- ciation in some, as, W. Sax. Eng. Amang, Oumang. Among. Alang, Along. HANTS. In the northern part of this county, they say amang and alang, as in Wilts ; as, ''The wind's all down alang." In the south, he is invariably used for it, in the nominative case, so that a saying exists there to the effect, that, *' Everything is called he except a tom-cat, and that is called she,** Un is used in the accusative case for him, her, it ; as, ** Let un alone ;" " Bring un here.'* The first and third persons of verbs are sadly changed about, as I likes, and he like ; we loves, they loves, she love. F is turned into V ; as fallow, vallow ; furrow, vurrow, vurrer, voore ; Th into D ; and, in short, the provincial dialects of all these western counties already mentioned, agree in almost all their leading features. BERKSHIRE May be included in the same remark, together with the extreme western part of SUSSEX. But when we travel eastward in this county, we find a change. Here we find many words of French pronunciation, and a very strong broad mode of speaking, rather than downright obsolete words. The V and W are sadly transmuted. William is Villiam, and virtue becomes wirtue. " We have wicious vomen, and a wast deal of wiolence vhen the vind blows." The H is aspirated when it ought not to be, and omitted where it should be pro- nounced. To show the broad mode of speech here, we may adduce the following instances, as thus. Impiety is pronounced Impierty. Deity, Deirty. Pliable. Pliarble. Devilish, Devirlisb. 1. INTRODUCTION. A is frequently pronounced like E, as, Satisfaction, Setisfection. Wax, Wex. Manifold, MenifolJ. James, Jeennes. Firepan, Firepen. Salvation, Selvation. In words ending in en, the last syllable is frequently dropped , as sharp for sharpen. " Sharp the knife/' In compound substantives the emphasis is almost invariably laid on the first syllable, as firepan is pronounced firdpan, hop- pole, hopple. O is often changed into A, as top is called tap ; sop, sap ; crop, crap. KENT, In the part which adjoins the eastern extremity of Sussex, par ticipates in the same peculiarities ; the V and W are mutilated worse than in East Sussex, and the mal-aspiration and non-aspi- ration of the H are still more marked. I have heard a Clergy- man say, ^' Hares of Salvation." ''The Kentish men have stout arts and strong harms." A Kentish man, when at college, being infected with his county pronunciation, had the following trick played him. He had a bust in his room, and some friend pasted bits of paper on different parts, inscribed as follows, viz : ** My Ed his hempty ; my Hies bar shut, and my Hears can't Ear." Here, as well as in East Sussex, he is used for am, is, are. I be ; he be ; you or we be ; and were is used in the singular for was. " I were there ; he were not there.^ Words of two syllables, having a double R, are pronounced as one long syllable, as thus — barrow, barr-r ; sparrow, sparr-r ; farrow, farr-r ; carry, carr-r. In East Sussex and here, for anywhere, somewhere, they say anywheres, aomewheres. In the upper or north-western parts of this county the provincial pronunciation falls into that of the Metropolis. SURRY. The southern and western parts of Surry partake of the adjoin- ing provincialisms of Sussex and Hants, and the northern side of those of the Metropolis. INTRODUCTION* XVll. BUCKINGHAM. A Ariend, residing in this county, tells me that owing to its contiguity to London, he cannot discover any very striking differ- ence hetween the pronunciation of the two. MIDDLESEX. Though the Metropolis he situated in this county, there is no part of the kingdom in which the King's English is more unmerci- fully marred. We have hut to look at the Police-Reports for confirmation of this observation. If a man is brought up as a disorderly, he pleads * hintossication' as his excuse, says he is ** WQTTY sorry for vot he has done, and hopes his Yorship vill pardon him this time, as he is sure his conduct for the future vill be^hirreproachafole.'' Thing is always pronounced think. LONDON. A chimney-sweeper speaks, '^ Your Yorship, the prisoner is voo o' these ere chaps vot goes about the streets fringing the statty o' the law, by calling out ^ seweep' to the noyauce o* the respectable part of the community of the peeple, and I am a respectable master seweep vot lays the hinformations. On Thursday last I came to this here hoffice and conwicted a lot on 'em, and on leaving the hoffice, Davies called me a rogue and a hinformer, and sevore that mas- ters ought to be gagged as vel as the men, and that ere's all I got to say your Yorship. — Sun Paper, August 25th, 1836. HERTS AND ESSEX, In the parts adjoining Middlesex, partake of its character- istics; lower down a broader pronunciation prevails. A lady went some few years ago to take up her residence in the latter county, when a boy coming one morning to the house, she asked him how many children his father had, to which the boy replied ^^noine." The lady not unddrstanding the boy, repeated the question, and received the same answer, *^ noine.'' She, thinking the boy said'^ none," exclaimed, ^^ that can't be the case, because you are one at all events;" on further inquiry she found the hoy meant *^ nine." She is applied to things here, as he is in Hamp- shire. If you plough her again the will make a good fallow. c 1 XVlll. INTRODUCTION. NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. The laje Rev. Mr. Forby has written so ably and so fully on these two counties, that it would be presumptous in me to offer anything in addition to what he has done. I shall merely remark here, that I have understood that the uneducated classes have a sort of singing or whining tone in their speech. In Suffolk they use the article A before many, as, *' What a many people there were at the fair." CAMBRIDGE, HUNTINGDON, BEDFORD, LEICESTER, NOTTINGHAM, RUTLAND, NORTHAMPTON, OXFORD, WARWICK. Of these, the midland counties of England, I know very little. I have heard it said that much better English is spoken here than in any other part of the kingdom, but whether or not this be the fact I must leave others, who are more competent to the task^ to decide. Having been in the parts where the counties of WARWICK, GLOUCESTER, AND WORCESTER Adjoin each other, 1 observed the pronouns were very much abused, as for our, your, his, they say owr'n, yowrn, his'n ; the accusative is substituted for the nominative, as, ** Us sow a good deal of wheat ; her is gone ; him is a lazy fellow.'' Here, too, beans are called banes, and why not b-e-a-n be bane, as well as b-e-a-r be bare? STAFFORDSHIRE. In this county the E in there and where is pronounced as in here, mere. Once is pronounced as though it were spelled ** Woonce," punch, poonch. As there, is in Sax. thcer, and where, whcer, the Staffordshire pronunciation is not amiss. DERBY AND CHESHIRE. With these counties I am unacquainted, but most probably their pronunciation partakes more of the North than of any other part of England. INTRODUCTION. XlX. SHROPSHIRE AND HEREFORD. Whether I am right in joining these two counties together I really will not pretend to say. Whether the letter H is the same torment to Hereford, which we know it to be in Shropshire, I will not take upon myself to decide. That Shrewsbury is sorely worried with this said letter H, the following verses will shew better than any thing I could write on the subject. The petition of the letter H to the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury, gr^^ting: — Whereas I have by you been driven From House^ from Home^ from Hope, from Heaven^ And plac'd by your most learn'd Society^ In Exile, Anguish, and Anxiety, And used, without one just pretence. With Arrogance and Insolence ; 1 here demand full restitution. And beg you'll mend your elocution. To this petition the Inhabitants of Shrewsbury returned the following answer : — Whereas we've rescued you, Ingrate! From Hand-cuff, Horror, and from Hate, From Hell, from Horse-pond, and from Halter And consecrated you in Altar, And plac'd you, where you ne'er should be. In Honour and in Honesty; We deem your pray'r a rude intrusion, And will not mend our elocution. MONMOUTH, Being on the borders of Wales, and also of Hereford, it is reasonable to suppose it partakes of the peculiarities of both. LINCOLNSHIRE , The pronunciation in this county resembles that of the North ; thus, very is vairy— vairy good. Foot is fut— futman. Coop, cooper, are pronounced as the double O in stoop, that is long and XX. INTRODUCTION. not short, as in the South. The labouring class have a very broad pronuuciation, as may be shewn by the following anec- dote : — One gentleman laid a wager with another, that the first coun- tryman, they met (so well did they understand the scripture) could tell them the name of the man who was saved in the flood ; they met one, and having asked him the proposed question, *\Do you know the name of the man who was saved in the flood ?" received for an answer, " No-ah ;" that is, No. NORTHUMBERLAND, CUMBERLAND, WESTMORE- LAND, DURHAM, YORKSHIRE, AND LANCASHIRE, May all be included under one general head. As 1 have observed in my remarks generally on the northern parts of the kingdom, the letter A is in many words substituted for O ; as for is called far; short, shart; load, laad ; strong, Strang; and, vice versa, heart becomes hort ; part, port ; hand, bond. The single and double L are often sounded like W; as hall is called haw; Almighty, Awmighty ; fault, fawt. The G at the end of words is changed into K ; as thing think, wooing, wooink. The D is changed into T at the end of words; as behind, behint; wind, wint The dipthong OU is changed into A broad, as cow, ca ; thou, tha. Sometimes it is changed into eaw ; as thou, theaw ; cow, ceaw. The I is changed into double E, or, more properly, the E is retained, whereas in the South the I is substituted, as light, leet; sight, seet ; night, neet. The O is not changed into U as it is in the South, and I have beard a north-country Clergyman read, *^ And they spake in divers tongs." Perhaps it may not be thought irrelevant to the subject on which we are treating, if I mention here a particularity, which I have observed among the uneducated classes generally ; I mean the tendency which they have to change the spelling or pronun. ciation of words, the meaning of which they are not well acquainted with, for the sake of rendering them intelligible to INTRODUCTION. XXi. their own capacities. I will give here a few words by way of elucidating my meaning. Bag of Nails, Bacchanab, an old sign of a public-house in Pimlico. Boarder of Dover Castle, The officer who arrests the debtors in the Cinque Ports, for the purpose of taking them to Dover Castle, where they are confined. The proper word is Bodar, which is still used in all public documents. Beef.Eaters, Beaufettiers. Men stationed at the King's Beaufel, to take eare of it. Bloody Mars, Bled de Mars, Mars Wheat. A species of wheat introduced into England a few years ago on account of the stiffness of its straw which rendered it fit for making into plait for bonnets. Boneless, Boreas. In Kent, when the wind blows violently, they say "Boneless is at the door.** Catch Rogue. Cachereau, Norm. French. A bum-baliff. Norf. Country Dance. Centre dance, Fr. Goat and Compasses. An old sign in the Eastern part of London in the time of the Puritans, having a pair of compasses, with the motto, ''God en- compasses us.'* Mount Widgeon Pea. Monte Videan. The name of a pea, introduced into this country from Monte Video. O Yes! O Yes! Oyez! Oyez! Fr. Hear! The old exclamation made by the criers to call people's attention to the notices they were about to give* Pinchers, Pincers, Pincer, Fr. Poney. Pone, Lat. behind. The person who nts behind the dealer at a game of cards, whose business it is to collect the cards preparatory to the next deal. Scarlet Likeness. The scarlet lychnis, a flower. Shallow-Church. Shadoihurst, the name of a village near Ashford, Kent. Shepherd's-Well. Sibbald's Wold^ a village near Dover, Kent. In perusing the foregoing remarks, the reader must have ob- served that many of the peculiarities in the provincial dialects proceed from the transmutation or change of many letters in the various words quoted. The following changes may be noted, viz :— A and E, A and O, D and Th, F. and V, G and K, S and Z, V and W, O and U, Oo and U, D and T. In the southern and eastern parts of Sussex and Kent the A is changed into E, in the following words, viz :— - Wax, Wex. James, Jeemes. Salvation, Solvation, Satisfaction, Setisfection. XXll. INTRODUCTION . Firepan, Firepen^ Menny, ^ Many, MaDifoId, Meunifold. 1 he E into A in the following, viz :— Mermaid, Maremaid. Bed, Baid. Shed, Shade. Wsex hcing Saxon for wax, and Msenig, Sax. for many, this deriva- tion may account for, and justify, the pronunciation of these two words; for the others perhaps we must pass through the French up to the Latin ; salt is in Latin, sal, hut in French, sel. Thus the French have changed the Latin A into E, and the coasts of Kent and Sussex having heen nearer to the Normans when they conquered England, and to the French at the present day, the transmutation may thus he fairly accounted for. Moreover we have earns, Lat. cher, Fr. dear ; mare, Lat. mer, Fr. the sea. The changing E into A is evidently from the French, as the undermentioned words will show, viz : — PiTon. Mer, Fr. the sea. Mare. Mere, Fr. mother. Mare. Bled, Fr. corn. Blay. Bled de Mars. Biay de Marr. A is changed into O in these words, in the North, viz : hand, hond ; part, port ; heart, hort. Heart is derived from Heort, Sax ; hence hort is no doubt much nearer the original pronunci- ation than hart, as it is in the South ; and this being established, other words with an A in them, as hand and part, might very naturally follow the same rule. O is changed into A in the North, in for, far ; short, shart ; load, laad ; strong, Strang, South. North, Sax, For, Far, Faur. . Load, Laad, Lade. Strong, Strang, Strang. Here we have at once, the best authority for the pronunciation of these three words, and the other may be easily accounted for by the force of general habit. In the south-east part of Sussex and Kent, we have sap for sop, tap for top, crap for crop. But for this change I cannot account. INTRODUCTION. XXiii. J) is changed into Th, in the following words^ — Fodder, fother, ladder, lather. These words are thus pronounced in East Sussex and Essex. Tn the western counties Th is changed into D, as thrash, drash ; three, dree ; throw, dro. In East Sussex and Kent this is pronounced dis; that, dat; there dare ; the, de. Tho cliange in the latter words may fairly he ascribed to the French pronun- ciation, which prevails in the parts where they are used. The changes in the former words seem to arise from the same cause (whatever that is) which influences words of Northern origin ; as there, is in Sax. thser, Belg. daer ; to thrash, threscan, Sax. derschen, Belg. ; thread, thrsed, Sax. draed, Belg. F is changed into V in all the western counties ; as furrow, vurrow ; field, veeld ; few, vew ; fire, vire. The same difference exists in the Northern Dialects with re- gard to F and V, as was observed between D and Th, as thus: — Field. Feld, Sax. Veld, Belg. Full. Full, Sax. Voll, Belg. Furrow. Furh, Sax. Vore, Belg. Whether the V was pronounced like F in the ancient British^ I will not take upon myself to say, but it may be observed here that such is the Welch pronunciation at this time, as may be seen in these words : — very, ferry, Welch. Shakspeare in his " Merry Wives of Windsor," makes Evans, a Welch parson, say, ferry, fehemently, fidelicit, focative, for very, vehemently, videli« cit, vocative, G is changed into K, in the termination of some words in the North ; as thing, think ; wooing, wooink. Until I found in Tim Bobbin that this pronunciation was common in Lancashire, I always considered it belonged exclusively to the Londoners, who say for thing, anything, think, anythink. For this change I cannot pretend to assign any reason. S and Z are transposed ; in Somersetshire S is almost inva- riably turned into Z, as sand, zand ; see, zee ; seed, zeed. In East Sussex, lozenge is pronounced lossenge. After all, perhaps, the substitution of these letters for each other, is nothing more than the same letter sounded either hard or soft, as habit or custom may lead. Changes of this kind have taken place in our own times as may be seen in th^ word rise, which used to be pronounced rize, now it is rice. XXIV. INTRODUCTION. ' V aud W are sadly transposed in East Sussex, Kent, and Middles- sex. These two letters seem to have been adopted in spelling the same words by different northern nations, as thus : — EngUth. Sax. Iceland, Wadding, Wad, Vad. Wagon, Wsegen, Vagn. To Ward, Weardian Varde. Wax, Waex, Vax. And thus, perhaps, they have become jumbled together as they too frequently are. O and U, 00 and U are also transposed. The O is changed into U in the South ; as. English. North. Souths Conduit, Conduit, Cunduit. Tongues, Tongs, Tungi. Constable, Constable, Cunstable. Bonnet, Bonnet, Bunnet. Woonce. Staff. Poonch. This may be attributed to the French pronunciation, which I have belbre had occasion to mention, as being found in many words in the southern parts of the kingdom. The U in Staibrd^ire is pronounced as double O ; thus, — Once, Wunce, Punch, Punch, And I think Boswell, in his Life of Johnson, mentions that the Dr. always thus pronounced the latter word, and he, as every one knows, was a native of Lichfield. D is changed into T in the North, as behind, behint ; wind, wint. The Welch do the same ; as, God, Got ; good, goot ; devil, tevil. D and T are but the hard and soft pronunciation of the •same letter, as is the case with C and S, S. and Z, C and K. Thus Dr. Caius, the Frenchman, in the " Merry Wives of Windsor,** flays, dis, dat; while Evans, the Welchman, says tevil. With the Dutch and Belgians the Th is D, as de, the ; dat, that. HOLLOWAY'S DICTIONARY OF PROVINCIALISMS. AAC. ACD. h, adv. Yes. A is also used for the pro- nouD he ; as *' A zed a*d do it ;" he said he'd do it. Somersetshire. A is frequently found prefixed to words in old English^ now no longer so used^ as apart, anear, anigh^ alost. AAC^ [s, [Aac. Oak. Sax.] An oak tree . Craven, York. AAN, AWN, pro* [Ain. Scotch.] Own. Craven, York, AATH, s. Aith, Goth. York, ABBEY-TREE, s. York. [Aubel Fr. poplar- tree] ABELE-TREE, 9. Hants. [Populus alba, white poplar.] ABBEY-LUBBER, s. [Abbey and Lubber.] Nukts, or inhabitants of Abbeys, being indolent.] (A lazy idle fellow.) Craven. York, ABEL-WHACKETS, s. [From Abel and Whacky a corruption of Thwack.] A game played by sailors with cards ; the loser receiving so many strokes from a handkerchief twisted into a knot on his hand, as he has lost the games. ABOONy prep, [Scotch.] Above. Craven. Yorkshire. ABOUT, prep. Near to. Suff^. Norf. Suss. As *' is that horse worth twenty pounds V* ** No ! nothing about it." ABROOD, adv. When a hen is sitting on bci* <^8 she is said to be abrood. Somerset. ABITED, part. [Corruption of bitten]. Mildewed. Kent, ACKER, s. A ripple on the surface of the water. Craven. York, ACKER, s. [Acker-Germ, a field.] Fine mould. Fields being ploughed produce fine mould. Craven. York, ACCORAH-EARTH, s. [Acker. Germ.] A field ; green arable earth. North. To ACK, V. a. [Ache from Ace. Sax. Pain. " Don't pain or grieve yourself about it.'* to mind or regard. North. ACKER-SPRIT^ s. [Acker, a' field; and sprythan Sax. to sporut.] A potatoe with roots at both ends. North. ACKNOWN, part. Acknowledged. North. ADAM'S ALE, W^ter. York. Hants. Sus- sex. General. A-DAYS, adv. Now. (Abbreviation of " now-a days.") SovUh. and North. To ADDLE, V. [Eadlean Ang. Sax. A re- ward or recompense for labour; to earn.] "To addle his shoon," is when ahorse falls upon his back, and rolls from one side to the other. Craven York, Lincoln. In Hampshire or Sussex when a horse does this he is said to earn a gallon of oats. ADDLE, s, A ADDLED^ adj. matter in it. ADDLED-EGG, egg swelling with matter in it. Having pus or corrupt Somerset. 8, A stale or putrefied 'Somerset, ADLE, adj. [Corruption of addle.] Un- sound ; unwell ; as ** I am very adle to day ;" that is, weak or giddy in the head. East Sussex* [All these words are derived from Adel. Sax. a disease.] ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, s. A publican, so named, because formerly they wore blue aprons. Classical Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue, 8rd Edition, 1796. ADVISED, part. pas. Acquainted; as ** I am not advised of it ; 1 am not acquaint- ed of it." NoHh. AFEARED, adj. Afraid. [Old English]. " Hal, art thou not horribly afeared,** Shakespeare's Henry 4th. York. Scm r- set. Hants. Sussex, A-FURT, adj. Sullen. Somerset, A. AFO ALA. AFORE, prep, [Old English]. Before. Ymk, Somerset* AFORN, prep. [Old English.] Before. Somerset, AFOREHAND, ado. [Old English]. Be- forehand. York, AFT£RINGS,«. The last part of a cow's milk« Derby. AFTERMATH, «. [After and mav^an, to mow. Sax.] The pasture after the grass has been mown. South and North, AGAIN, pr^."! Against. South, North, > Corruption of against. AG'Ef^f prep. > Against. Sussex, Tb AGE, V, n. To grow old, as *' he ages very much, that is he grows old very fast." Suff. Norf, E, Suss, To AGGRAVATE, v, a. To irritate. DUto, AGONE, adv. Ago ; since. Norf. Suff. AGUE s. [Aigu. Fr. Acute.] A swelling or inflammation from taking cold ; as " an ague in the face.'* Norf, AGUE-OINTMENT, «. An ointment for curing agues in the face. Norf. agaS S} ^^^^""'-^ ^^'"^^' ^^"'^• AGGING, part. act. 7 L^f i'^V*° ,^f^^ AGGING nart act i ^^^'^ ^° ^^^^ P^^" AUUlWU, part. act. ^ ^^^^ ^^ quarrel. Sussex, and many other counties. AGYE, adv, , Aside ; to look agye ; to look aside. North. AGAIT, adv. York. Beginning AGATE, adv. Cheshire. Going. AGEEAN, prep. Somerset. ?,:?rmntJo^i°i AGEN,p^^ ^-^J^sTT"' AGIN, adv. As if. Craven, York. AGON, adv. [Agan. Sax. past or gone.] Somerset. AGOO, adv. Agoo; since. Dorset. AHUH, €uiv» [Awoh. Ang. Sax. crookedly.] Awry ; aslant. Norf. Suff, Suss. Hants, AIMED, part, pas. Intended; conjectured. York. AITH, *. An oath. York. AILS or ILES, OILS, s. [Ailes. French. Wings.] Beards of barley or other com. Essex. Hants, AIGRE, adj, [Aigre. Fr. Sour.] Sour acid. York. AIXES, 8. [Probably from ache.] An ague. North. AJAR, adv. [Guerre. Fr. War. figuratively confusing; clashing; shaking; a door ajar, is a door partially open, liable to be ' shaken, or moved easily.] York. Hants, Sussex. AKARD, adj. Corruption of awkward. York. AKER-STAFF, «. [Aker and staff.] An instrument to cleanse the plough-coulter. BaUey AliAAN^ adj, [All and ain ; goth, witho' t a companion.] Alone. Craven. Yor^. ALE^STALL, OT STOOL, s. ^ Norf. Suff, I ALE-STALDER, or STOLDER, t. E, Suss. Stillion. E. Suss, [Stal. Berg. A stall or bench.] ALANTOM, a^fv. ')Da Lontano Ital. Loin- ALAMTUM, adv. Stain Fr. Far off; along 3 time. At a distance. York, ALEGAR, «. [Ale and aigre. Fr. Sour.] Sour ale used as vinegar. Cumberland. ALKITHOLE, s. A fool. Exmour. ALLEN, s. S [Aid. Sax.] Old and Land. /Grass-land lately broken up. OLLAND, 8. y Naif. Suff. ALLEY, s, [Alabaster, being made of that and not of clay, like common marbles ] A marble used by boys to shoot with, commonly called a taw, and much valued by them. Norf. Suff. W. Sussex. ALLEMANG, adv. [All and among.] Mixed together as two flocks of sheep when got together. JVUlsfSre, It may be well to observe here, that in Wiltshire and the northern part of Hampshire, the o in many*words is changed into a, as seen in this word and in along. In North Hants, they say the wind is all down alang. We are apt to smile at the ignorance, as we are pleased to call it, evinced in this pronunciation, whereas the fact is that this is the ori- ginal, genuine pronunciation, and ours is the corruption, as may be shewn in the word *' Among,'* which is derived from the Sax. ** Anmang," or '' Geman- gan.*' Teut. to mingle. ALLEMASH-DAY, s. [Allumage-Day from Allumer, to light. Fr ] The day on which the Canterbury silk weavers begin to work by candle light. Kent. Grose. ALL-HOLLANDS-DAY, ». > All Saints' ALD-H ALLO WS-DAY, *. J Day. Nov. 1 . Hants. In some places in South Hants, plum cakes are made on this day, and for some weeks afterwards, which are called All-Holland cakes. ALLERN-BATCH, ». [Ellarn. Sax. Elder. Bosse. Fr. Botch] An old sore. Exmore. ALPE, NOLPE, or BLOOD OLPH, s. A bullfinch. Norf. and Suff. ALLS, «• The five alls is a country inn sign, representing five human figures, each having a motto underneath ; they are as follows : — A King with his regalia. ** I govern all." A Bishop in pontificals. '* 1 pray for all.*' A Lawyer in his gown. ** I plead for all." A Soldier in regimentals. '* I fight for all.'* A Countryman with his scythe. " I pay for all." Class. Die. Vulgar Tongue. ALL-I-BITS, adv. Corruption of all in bits. York. ALL-OUT, aJp. Entirely; quite. York. ALLEY, s, [Aller Fr. to go.] The conclu- sion of a game at foot ball when the ball has passed the bounds. York. ALLER^ 8. Alder tree corruption. Somerset i^ mim m^mmmm ALM. ANT. ALLONGE, prom [«*,'AU cries," accordingr to Jennings; is it not rather "all on us;" for all of us in being frequently used for of; in Sussex particularly.] All of us. Somerset. ALL'OSy 8» Abbreviation of all of us. Somerset* ALOST^ part. [Old English ] Ylost. Chaucer. Lost. Somerset, ALMES, «. [Elmess. Sax. Alms. Pro- nounced all-mees.] Alms. E€ut Sussex, AMPERSAND, «. [Corruption of semper and.] The sign &. B. Sussem, AMPERZED^ s. [Corruption of ^semper and.] Hants, AMANCr, prep, [Scotch]. Among. Craven* York* Somerset* AMACKALY, adv, A little so; in some measure. (Query. Make a little.) North. AMELL^ p/rep. Between ; used in dividing time. ''Amell," one and two o'clock. Grose, Can amell be a corruption of middle ? AMPERY, s. [Ampre Ang. Sax. A pimple.] ^ A small swelling or pustule growing on the soft part of a horse^s belly. A knob or excrescence on turnips or other roots. AMMAT, f. ANAMET, *. ENAMET, s* NAMMET, s. Norf. Suff* [Noon-meat^ nan-meet.] Welch, A luncheon. Isle of Wight. Grose derived it from Motte. Fr. A Lump. AMPERY, flu^'. [Empirer Fr. To decay; to grow worse.] weak ; unhealthy. E, Sussex, AMPER, 8. A faulty defect^ oijidiw. *' An amprey.** AMPRE-ANG^ff. [Ampre, Ang. Sax.] Ang, Kent^ Grose, E» Sussex. Somerset. a tooth ; a decayed tooth. AMAUST, > Ai«>^.» AMOOST^P^- J Almost. AMEN-CURLER, s. A ANANTERS, .^ 7 ,. ANAIMTRINS,^^' ^ " parish clerk. C. D. V. T. Craven, so be. York, E. Sussex. AN AN, interj. IHow t what say you. Norf. J Suffolk* NAN, > W. Sussex. This interjection has the the same sense as the word hay in Hampshire, where, if it is used, the following distich is repeated to the person using it. viz : Hay '8 good for horses, straw 's good for cows, Biilk '8 good for little pigs, and wash for old sows. To ANCHOR, V. a. To hold like an anchor. The strong tenacious roots of trees are said to " anchor out." Norf. Suff. AN-END, adv. Onwards; towards the end. Norf, Suff. i« To go right an end," is to go straight forward (o some given point. Suss.Homts. ANENT, avd. ANUNTE, ANGRY, adj. Painfully ; inflamed. Norf. Suff. Hants, Suss* (A person, when angry, generally looks red« so does the inflamed part of the body.'^ ANPASTY, 8, [And past y.] The cba- meter, &. and. Norf, Suff. AN, adv. If. Shakespeare. '* Much ado about nothing." Craven. York. ANBY, adv. [And by-by-and*by.] Some time hence ; in the evening. Craven. York. ANEAR, prep. Near. Craieen, York. ANEAST, prep. Nearly the same. CAtm. ANEOUST, prep. Almost. Berkshire. ANIGHST,prep. Near. E.Sussex. [Enantios. Gr. according to the author of the Craven dialect. Is it not rather a corruption of an-end, or one-end.] Opposite. Wore. ANPASS Y, *. [Corrupt of and perse] The sign &. Somerset, ANTERS, adv, "ItAnders. Belg. Aventure >Fr. abbreviated autre.] AUNTERS, 3 Lest. Craven. York. ANTIENTS, $, Ancestors. Craven. York, AN'TOTHED, part. (And thou hadst.) If thou hadst. Cra/ven. York, ANCHOR of a BUCKLE, s. The chape. (so called from its holding fast the strap inserted in it.) Gloucester. ANCLIFF, ^ North. 8. > [Corruption of ancle.] ANKLEY, > West Sussex. ANG, ^ North. 8. >The hairy part of an ear of barley. AWN, y Hants. ANG-NATLS, s. Corns in the feet. Cumb* ANGLE-BOWING, s.. [From the shape.] A method of fencing sheep-grounds at ^ Exmour. Somersetshire. ANTHON Y-PIG, s. The favourite or small- est pig of the litter. Kent. ANTLE-BEER, adj. [Angle and bear.] Crosswise; irregular. Somerset. ASTVL, part. An thou wilt. If thou wilt. Craven, York. ANVERDRE' o. a. Overthrow. Somerset, Here is the v again substituted for the f ; and what is also common in Hampshire and other counties, th is hardened into V. APAST, part, and prep. [Old English] A past. Chaucer. Near* Somerset. APRICOCK,«. Apricot Somerset, APS, 8, [Corruption of Asp.] The aspen* tree. Somerset, Hants. This is a very common corruption in Sussex and Hampshire ; as elapse for clasp ; hapse for hasp. APSEN , adj. Made of Aps, or belonging to the Aps-tree. Somerset. AQUABOB, 8. [Aqua Lat.] Water and bob, an ear-ring ; an. idvcle* CLec4.« KB., %. \K^\. \^^SiiisR\ K ^R3w. s ^ Tg^^i*. \' ARG. ASK. ESCHAR, t. [Bscar. French.] Craven, York, 7b ARG, o. *} [Corruption of to argue.] J To argue.] Craicen* York, To ARGUFY, ) HanU, Sussex, To ARE, «. [Arare Lat. To plough. Aeren] Germ.] To plough. BcMexfs Die, ARDERS, «. Fallowings or ploughings of ground. [Bar. Sax. To plough.] Grose, North and South. ARF, adj. Afraid. North. AR60L> e, Tartar, or lees of wine. North and South, ARGOSIES, 8. [From Argo ; the ship's name in which the Argonants performed their celebrated voyage. Fen ] Ships. North. ARLES, or EARLES, «. [Eadlean. Sax. To earn.] Money paid to bind a bargain, called earnest, or earle's penny. North, ARRALS, s, [Aer Islandic] A scar; pimbles. A rather eruption on the skin. Cumberland. ARTEEN, adj. Eighteen. Somersetshire, ARSLE, V, [Aers. Sax. the poster! os.] To moye backwards ; to be unquiet^ particu- larly on a seat. ARSLING-POLE, s. The pole with which ^ bakers spread the hot embers over all parts of the oven ; in other w ords, they are moved backwards to the interior par- ticularly. ARSEUNS, (Klf. Backwards. Nm-f, Suff. ARTICLE, s, A poor creature ; a wretched animal. Norf, Suff, In Sussex and Hampshire it is generally used with the adjunct, poor ; as that is a *' poor article." An individual thing in an account or in a parcel. ARVILL-SUPPER, s. [Arwhul. Welch. Funeral obsequies] a funeral-feast. North, A -SCAT, adv. Broken like an egg. Devon; ARK, t. [Area. Lat.] A box ; a chest. Craven, ARRAN, $, [Aranea Lat. Araignee Fr. a spider. Craven, ART, 8, [Aird Gaelic and Irish ; a cardinal point.] A quarter or point, as ^' the wind's in an ill art." Craven, ARTO', [Art thou, corruption] Craven, ARVELS, 8. [Arwhyl Welsh.] Funeral obsequies; funeral. Craven. ASHLAR-WALL, s, [Echelle, a scale, French.] A wall, the stones of which are built in regular course and size. ASH, 8. *% [Erian to plough. Sax.] A AISH, 8. f ploughed field generally ap- EARSH, 8, ^ plied to one juM after har- EDDISH, 8. J vest, as a wheat ash, that is a wheat stubble. Hants A-POCK,ff. A small red pimple. Somerset. APRON, 8. [Afore one.] The cawl of a hog. Noff, Suff, The fat skinny covering of the belly of a goose or duck. Hants, Sms. Fennmg. A8HELT. adv, [As shall be ] Likely ; probably. Devon* APPLE-TERRE, s. [Apple and Terre. Fr. Land.] An orchard; and apple- orchard. E, Sussex, Obsolete. APPLE-JACK, s. Crab-lanthorn. } Suff, APPLE-TWELIN, ». Flap-jack. ) Norf, APPLE-STUCKLIN, t. BanU, Turn-over. Suff, Norf. E, Suss, A homely sort of pastry, made by folding sliced apples with sugar in a coarse crust, and baking them without a dish or pan. ASKER, An eft or newt. Craven* Alonge. Craven. PeesHne. Cumb. ASKINS, 8, [Askings.] Publication of marriage banns. Craven. OUT-ASKED, 8. On the third time of pub- lication, the couple is said to be out- asked, that is the asking is out or over. Sussex, Hants, Kent, AST, part. [Corruption of asked ] York, Sussex, Hants, ASTITE, adv. '[Tid. Anglo. Sax. Time. Titt Islandric. ready.] As soon. Craven' York. ASSLE-TREE, ». •) Craven. York. f [Corruption of axle-tree, f from axis ; l^tin.] IX, 8. J East Sussex. ASH-TRUG, 8. [Ash and trough.] A coal- scuttle. Cumb. ASLAT, adv, [Cracked like an earthen vessel. Devon. ASTLEY, adv. [As and lief-willingly.] Willingly. Northumberland. ASS, 8, Ashes. York, ASS-HOLE, «. Ash -hole. York, ASS-MIDDEN, s, [Ashesand mixen.] Ash- heap. York. ASS-RIDDLIN, t. [Ashes and riddling; sifting.] York. On St. Mark's Eve, the ashes are riddled or sifted on the heath. Should any of the family be doomed to die during the subsequent year, the shoe of that indi- vidual will be impressed on the ashes. ASQUIN, adj. From squint. Craven, York. ASWIN, adj, ,As8wyn. [Welch], Obliqeuly. Craven, York. ASKEW, oi;. And schef-obliquely. [Belg.] East Sussex. Hants, Craven. York. ASCRIDE, adv. Astride. [Coruption.] Somersetshire. ASLEN, adv, [Aslant, from A and slanghe oblique. Belg.] Sloping. Somerset, ASLEW, adv, [Aslant, from A and slanghe oblique. Belg. East Sussex* ASOSH, €uiv, I [See Ahuh.J Awry ; aslant. ASHOSH,* i Norf, Suff, ASSUE, adj, [When a cow's milk is dried off, previous to her calving, she is said to be assue ; from to sew ; to drain; from sous. French, under.] Somerset, AT, pron. That. Craven, York. AUD. BAA. ATTERCOPS,». [^ler. Ang. Sax. Poison. Copp. Sax. A covering] a spider's web. Craven, York, ATERt prep. After. Somerset. Hants. Suss, ATHIS, prep* Within. Somerset, Hants, ATCHISON, s, A Scotch coin, worth four bodies. North, Grose. ATTER,». [iEter. Ang. Sax. Poison.] Malter. ATTERY, adj, ' J Suff. Norf. Grose, ATTERN^ adj, [^ter. Ang. Sax. Poison.] Fierce; cruel; ill*natured. Gloucester. A-TOP, prep. Upon. A top of a horse. Norf. Suff. A top of a ladder. Hants, Suss. AT WE EN, prep. Between. Norf, Suff. AUD, ad). [Aid. Sax, Old.] Old. North. AUK, adj. [Corruption.] Awkward. South, AUEDER, 8, I Afternoon. Cheshire, ONEDER, 8, I [Ang. Sax. Ane. derriere. Fr.] Behind , that is one behind. AURRUST, s. Harvest. Worcester. AUTERS, 8, Strange work on things. North. (Query. Corruption of outer, as though a person should say << out of the way^ or outer things." AUGHT, part. Owed ; as he aught me ten pounds. [Aa. Isl. to owe.] Norf, Suff, AUSIER, 8. Osier. DUto. AUM, «. [Orme> French.] Elm. Craven, York* AUMRYj 8, [Armoire^ French.] Cupboard, Craven, York. AUMRS, «. [Elmess. Sax. Alms.] Cup- board AUND or ORNED, part. Ordained. Cra- ven, York. AUP, 8, [Gape.] 'A wayward child. Craven. York. A Gaupsy an overgrown, silly young per- son. Sussex, AUT', s. All the. Craven. York. AUTORITY, ». Authority. Craven, York. AVERAGE^ 8, [Hiver winter, Fr. ; eatage, £ng.[ Winter eating. Craven. York. AVEL, 8. [ Awel. Ang. Sax.] The beard of barley. Norf, Suff. AVlHEDt part. [Aviser. Fr.] Advised. Norf Suff, AVAUR, prfp, Before. Somersetshire. A VAWREN, prep. Before them. DUto. AVAURN, prep. Before them. DUto. These words are all corruptions of Afore, Old English ; not only in Somerset^ but in Hampshire, and in the west generally f is hardened into y ; thus furrow is vurrow ; farrow is varrow ; fallow is vallow, and so on. AVRAUR, part. [A and frore. Old English] frozen. Somerset. Here again the f is hardened into v. AVRIL^ 9. [Avril^French ; Averile^Scotch.] April. Craven. York, Kent, AWF. t. [Alf. Belg.] An elf or fairy. Derby. North. AWLUNG, part, act. Allow ing. Lancashire* ALONG, par/, od. All owing. '' It was all along of your doing so and so." Suss. AWNTERS, » [Query. Haunters from haunt.] Scruples ; as <' he is troubled with awnters," that is he is haunted with scruples. North. AWVISH. adj. Queer; neither sick nor well. [Qualm, qualmish.] North, AX- WADDLE, «. [Aska. Islandric Ashes. Vado Lat.] To wade. A dealer in ashes, and sometimes one who tumbles in them. Somerset. AW y adj. [Scotch.] All. Craven. York, Kent. AWK, adj. [Corruption of awkward.] In- verted ; confused. Bells are '^ rung awk," to give alarm of fire. Norf, Suff. AWN, pron. [Ain, Sc.] Own. DUto. AWN, V. To visit. "He never awns," that is he never ains or acknowledges us, by visiting us. DUto. AWNS, 8. Beards of cron. Craven. York. Hants. AWR, pron. Our. DUto. AW AKID, adj. Awake; awaked. [Old English. Chaucer. Somerset. AXEN,«. Ashes. [Corruption.] DUto. AXING, «. and por^ Act; asking. DUto. To AX, V. a. [Axian. Ang. Sax.] To ask.' Craven. York West. AYIR, 8. [Broad pronunciation.] Air. Somer^. AYEt adv. [Old English. Ang. Sax.] Al- ways; continually. Northumberland. AZOON, adv. [Ajs soon.] Anon; pre- sently. Somerset. Where s is constantly turned into z. AZZLE-TOOTH, s, '\[Axis Lat. Jaxle. Isl. f Axis.] A grinder t called azzle, from be- ASSLE-TOOTH, s. ) ing near the axle. Yk. AZZY, adj, \ [Assellus Latin.] i v & AZZARD, adj, S a young ass. ( '^'*' A wayward child. B. BAATH, adj. [Batwa. Sax.] Both. York. To BAB, V. [corruption of bob.] To bait for fish in the following manner, viz : by stringing worms on worsted, or any gar- bage on a string, by which eels or crabs are taken. \Suff. Norf. By the former process eels are caught in Hampshire, where it is called quodding, while the latter is used in East Sussex. BAB, s. The bait used for fishing in the manner above mentioned. Norf. Suff. BABS, s, [From babes.] Small prints to amuse children.] Notf, Suff. From Bide. To bid makes bad, prev. And why not to bide make bader baad ? BAAD, part. Continued. York, BADE, part. Of bide, which is corrupted from abide. To BAAD, r. [Badian. Sax.] To bathe. 6 BAG. BAG. BAAL-HILLS, 8. [Baal. Id. Fire.] Hil- locks on the moorsy where fires haye formerly been. York, For the description of a custom still re- mainingp in the west of Scotland, of kindling fires in honour of Beltan or Baal. See Dr. Jamieson^ and Crayen dialect. BAAN-FIRE, s, [Baal-fire, or bon6re« from Fr. Bon4eu.] A bonfire. York. BAANSf 8, [Bones from Ban. Sax.] See the word allemang, and my observations thereon. '' To make naa bans'* is to make no difficulty. York, " To make no bones.'' 8us8, and South, ; The meaning is plain. Bones are not so easily devoured as flesh, and therefore they are generally thrown aside; but if a person is very hungpry, he does not stop to pick the smaller ones, but grinds them to pieces* BABBLEMENT, s. [Babelen. Sax.] Idle ; confused. BABBLING, 8, Noise. York, South. BACK-END, «. Autumn; so called from being the latter or back part of the year. c' Applied also to the end of the week. York, BACK, ner EDGE, "} Nothing at all. I can Smake nothing at all of MOSS, ner SAND. 3of him. York, Head nor tail ; head, tail nor middle^piece. Hant8. Su88ex, BACR-OUT, 8, A back yard. Kent, BACKSIDE, «. [Back and side.] The court behind the house. York, A farm-yard. Hants, and West Country, BACKSTONE, s. Formerly a slate, now an iron, on which oat- cake is baked. York, BACKSTER, s. [From bake.] A baker. North, BACKSTERS, s. Wide flat pieces of board, which are strapped on the feet> and used to walk over loose beach, on the sea coast. Kent, East Suss, Similar things are used in Hampshire for walking on the soft mud deposited in harbours by the sea, and are there called mud-pattens. BACKA, ** 1 [Corruption of tobacco.] To BAD, V a, [To takeaway the bad parts.] To pull the husks off walnuts. Glossier, BADGER, 8, [Bajulus, Lat. A porter] North, Grose, 7b BADGER, ff. a. To worry; to teaze; to importune. South, May not both these words be derived from Badger? A beast which used notoriously to be baited ; and thus to be badgered was to be batted or worried ; a huckster also importunes people to buy of him. BAD6ET, s. A badger. Norf. Suff, To BAFFLE, v, a. [Befler.] To gull or cheat; to manage capreciously or won- tonly^* as in the case of children or »/// [Bully and rag.] f BULLRAG, 3 Sussex. To abuse with violent and foul words. To BAM, V. a. To make fun of a person. To BAMBOOZLE, v. a. To make fun of a person ; and also to threaten or to deceive. York. To BAMBLE, v. n. To shamble ; to walk unsteadily and weakly. (Mr. Forby asks whether it may not be traced to bambino, Ital. A young child ? Norf. Suff. To BAN, V, €u [Bannen Belg.] To curse. York. Somerset* BANDY, 8. [Bander, Fr. to bend.] The crooked stick) with ,.wfaich the ball is I struck at diffenM'^mes. Any game plaiyl^ in the way above men- tioned. Norf. Suff. BANDY, ff. A hare, so called from the crookedness of her hind legs. Norf. Suff. BANDY-HOSHVE, s. A game played with a ball and a bandy. Norf. Suff. This game is played in West Sussex, and there called *' Hawkey," probably from the crooked bandy resembling a hawk's beak BANDY-WICKET, s. The game of cricket played with a bandy instead of a bat Norf. BANG, «. [Bannen, Belg.] ' A stick or club. Cheese made in Suffolk from milk several times skimmed ; hence it is as hard has a stick, and is sometimes called " Suffolk thump." Hence Bloomfield in his '* Far- mer's Boy,*' records the virtue of a piece [. of it in a hog's trough, as being " Too big to fwallow, and too hard to bite.'* A similar cheese is made in the Isle o^ Wight, where it is called ** Isle of Wight rock," and, in derision of its hardness, is said to be used to make pins to fasten the gates on the farm. BANE, adj» [Bane, Bleg, a path. Bien, Fr. well.] Near; convenient. York. Som. BANGING, adj. [From to bang ; to beat ; and to beat signifies to excel.] Huge, beating or excelling in size other things of the same kind. Common in many parts. BANGLED, por^ [Abbangent, Teut. To bend or hang down.] When cocked hats were worn, one side was sometimes let down to protect the face, and then it was said to be " bangled," The young shoots or broad leaves are said to be " bangled," when drooping under heavy lain or strong sunshine. Norf. Suff. BAN-NUT, 8. A walnut. N. of Somerset. BAN-NUT-TREE, 8. A walnut-tree. Gloue* To BAN, 9. a, [Bannen^ Belg.] To shut up ; to stop. Somerset. To BANE, V. a. [Bannen. Belg. To curse] to a£9ict with a mortal disease. Somerset, To BANEHOND, v. n.'\[To bear in hand.] •J [To bear in hand.] f To signify inten- I tion ; I to intimate. J Dr. Jehnings. BARENHOND J Dr. Jehnings May it not mean to carry information to a person, that is, bear it in hand. BANES, f.p^tt. The banns of matrimony. Somei'set, BANNIN, 8. [Bannen to curse, hence to be under the ban of the Pope, is to be shut out from spiritual privileges.] That which is used for shutting out or stopping. Somerset* BANGS, 9. Beats or excels. [See banging.] York. BANNOCKS, 8, I^ioaves made of oatmeal. (Bunna. Sax. a cake; hence, no doubt comes our southern word bun, a imall cake.) BAND-KITT, t. [Kettel. Belg. Kettle.] A kind of great can, with a cover. North, BANDY-HE-WIT,*. [Ut him bandy or throw about the wit.] A name given to any dog, when persons intend to use it in making sport of its master Lane, To BANG, V, a. [From Bannen Belg. a stick.] To beat. North. South. BANG-BEGGAR, s. A beadle. Derby. To BANK, 9. a. To beat. Somerset, Qrose. BANT, s. [Fromband^] A string. Lane, BANG-STRAW, «. Bang^ to beat,alid ftianql : . Athatcher. ^ " :^ • - BANYAN-DAY, t. [From the BadAlkt ill the East Indies, who never eat meat.])4^Ah(K^v. sei^term for those days whea ^^s^xAsstft^aik^ . 8 BAR. BAR. BARGOOD, f. [Beer and good, the good of the beer.] Yeast. This is Mr. Forby's derivation of the word as used in hlorf, Suff. Barm is used in the Isle of Wight, [from barm, Sax. to swell or ferment.] for yeast. Thus bar-good will be a corrup- tion of barm-good ; good yeast or barm, BARROW- PIG, «. [Query. From bar, to hinder], A gelt pig. South, North. [Berg. Ang. Sax. Hog. Forby. BARGAIN, «. [Bargen. Brit.] Anything bought or sold, or obtained in any way, as thus: — *' Two good tidy bargains of hay from an acre," less than waggon loads. Norf, " A poor bargain of wool from three score hoggeU." Norf. SuJ'. '* A sad bargain of lazy chaps. Ditto. " A bargain of land." South. Hants, BARK, s. The tartar deposited by bottled wine or other liquor, forming a crust or bark. Norf, Suff, BARLEY-SUGAR, s. Frequently called sugar-barley. [Sucre Fr. sugar brul^ burned.] A sweetmeat of burned sugar, clarified. Common. BARLEY-BIRD, s, [So called from coming at the season of barley sowing.] The nightingale. Norf, Suff, Thus the Ortolan is in Sussex called the wheat*ear, from its coming when the wheat is in ear. BARLEY -MUNG, ». [Barley and among,] being barley, mixed with milk or water, (consequently having \ milk or water amongst or in it,) to fatten fowls or pigs. Norf, Suff, To BARN, V. a, [From the subst. barn.] To lay com up in a barn. Norf, Suff, So in the south, '' to house corn,'' has the same meaning. BARNACLES, s. Spectacles; they before the invention of springs, were made to keep on by simply pinching the nose ; and barnacles is the name of an instru- ment used by farmers, to put on the nose of a restive horse. Norf. Suff. Forby, BARSELE, BARKSELB, BARLEYSELE, 8. [Bark and soel. time; opportunity. Ang. Sax.) The season for stripping bark^ and also of sowing barley. Norf, Suff, BATH, g, ^ [Barton, Sax.] BARTON, 5 BARKEN, J A farm-yard. fFeit. East, See Forby's East Anglia Vocabulary. BARGH, s, A horseway up a hill. North, (Berg. Sax. a hill.) BAR-GUEST, s. [Bar and ghost.] A ghost, i commonly appearing [near gates or stiles, there called bars. York, Grose, BAR.WAY, ». [Bar and way.] The passage into a field composed of bars or rails made to take out of the posts. £?. Suss, IV. Kent. BABELS. /P/obably made originally of| bark.] A box ip\ receiving the ends of candles. North, BARKIT, f. Dirt hardened on hair, and hence forming a kind of bark. Qrose, BARGEST,s. [From Burg. Sax. a town and ghost.]. A ghost frequenting towns. Craven Dialect, BARMSKIN, s, A leather apron. Lane, BARNGUN, «. A breaking out in small pustules in the skin. Somerset. BARR, s, A gate of a town or city. North, The gate at Southampton is so called, the street to the south of it being called be- low bar, and that to the north above bar. [So called from bar, a barrier,] or obstacle, which a gate is.] BARROW, 5. [Berg. Sax. a hill.] The side of a rocky hill, or a large heap of stones. North, BARSHAM, «. [Query. From bar and hama, Lat.] The collar barring, or preventing the hames from touching the horses' shoulders.] North. BARKHAM, s. [Bark and hames.] Bark and hames having formerly been made o f bark- BARTH, s. [See Barton.] A warm place or pasture for calves and \gimha,South, Grose, To BARNISH, v. n, [Burnish.] To shine ; to look sleek ; as " that bullock begins to banish," that is to look smooth and bright in his skin. ^, Suss, BAR, adj. Bare ; naked, [corruption] York, BARKED, 6u2;. Covered with dirt, as though with bark. York, BARREL-FEVER, s, [From barrel and fever.] A violent propensity to drunken- ness, or sickness consequent thereon. Yoi'k BARBER'S SIGN, s. A standing pole and two wash balls. The pole has generally two spiral lines, red and white, represent- ing the fillet to bind the arm when a person is bled ; barber having formerly been surgeons. In France it is three basins, with a kind of circular notch for the con- venience of holding it under the chin while soaping. BARN-MOUSE, s. Bit by a barn-mouse is a term for being tipsy, probably from an allusion to barley, of which beer is made, and which is put into the barn to be thrashed. Classical Die. Vulgar Tongue, BARREN, s, I E, Suss. V A barren cow or ewe. BARRENER, s, J West, BASKING, s, A drenching in a heavy shower of rain. A sound drubbing. Norf, 8^ff, In the first sense it is said a man gets a wet-jacket; in the second that his jacket has been well laced. Our word may therefore be very well derived from basque, old French a shirt, orflap of a Tdoublet. This is Mr. Forby's opin- ion. May not "baskine" be rather a corruption of ''basting,^' of which the BAT. BAT. 9 aecond is the correct meaning, from bastonner, Fr. Basting also in cookery signifies to moisten meat with buttery and thus we have Mr. Forby's first meaning. BASC^ s. A perch. Camb, A sea perch in Hampshire. BASHYiadj. Fat ; swollen. Aoi^A. [Bosse. Fr. a. [Boss or thick body.] BASTERLY GULLION,«. A bastard's bas- tard. Lane, BAT, s. [Baty Sax. a stick.] A rough walk- ing stick. A large stick. E, Suss. Kent, BAT, s. A blow. York. Speed ; *' At the same bat/' means at the same rate. E. Suss, BATE, s» The fibres of wood ; cross- bated ; cross-grained j having the fibres twisted. York. Craven, the author, gives no derivation. Is it not from bote, Sax. wood, as plough- bote ; wood allowed by the lord to the tenant to make his ploughs ? BATTERED-HORSE, s. [Battre, Fr. to beat] A horse with tender feet. Norf. Suf. To BAT, V. To wink. (May it not be from the winking of the eyes, resembling the motion of a bat's wing, or batting the eyes may be keeping the light from them, aa a bat flies in the evening to avoid the son's light.) Derby. BATE, or BEAWTE, piep, [Abate-abating; remitting] without; except. LaTic. BATING WITH CHILD, adj. Breeding. Nh BATED, adj. A fish when plump and full- rowed, is said to be well bated. E, Suss. (Probably from batten Teut. To grow fat.) To BATTEN, ». a. [Batten Teut.] To fatten. North. BATTNER, t. An ox, from batten. Oxen being fattened before killed. C. D. BATTIN, s. The straw of two sheaves folded together. North. BATTLES, 8. Commons or board. Oxford. Cumb. Is this from batten, to feeil ? BATTLE-TWIG, «. An earwig. Derby, BATTL1NGS,«. [Bat, Sax. a stick.] The . loppings of trees, larger than faggots, and less than timber. Norf, Suff. BATTRIL, s, [Bat, Sax.] A batting staff used by Laundresses. Lane. BATCH, «. [From bake.] The quantity of bread baked at any one time; and in its more general sense it applies to the quan- tum of any thing done at one time, as a batch of drinking ; a batch of cards, &c. ; it also signifies a number of persons of similar pursuits, as a batch of drunkards ; a batch of persons. Norf. SufL.E. Suss Hants, and in general use. BATTEN. «. [Bat, Sax.] A rail from three to six inches in breadth, one or more in thickness. Norf, Suff. BATTEN-FENCE, s, [Bat, Sax. and fence.] A fence made by two or thiee battens one above another, nailed to posts at proper distances. Norf. Suff. BATTER, 8, [Abattre, Fr. to beat doun.] The slope of a wall which lessens up- wards. E. Sust. BAWKER, s. "1 A stone used for whet- Sting scythes : a kind of BA WKER-STONE, j sand-stone. Somersei. BAW,». A ball. York. BA.W*D,prat. Bawled DUio. BAWSIN,«. [Bauch Belg. belly.] An im- perious noisy fellow. York. BAWKS, s. [Balk, Belg.] A hay.loft, so called because it is among the balks or timbers. Cuntb. BAVEN, 8. A brush faggot. Kent. Suss. Hants. Norf. Suff. May not this be a corruption of bat, batten, baven, a small stick ? See Gavel Gavin. To BAVISH, V. a, [Corruption of banish.] To drive away. Norf, Suff. BAUBERY, «. A squabble; a bawl. Som. BOBBERY, s. [Babil, Fr.] Chattering. Norf. Suff. E, Sws. BA WN'D, part. [Bon. Isl. tumidus, swollen.] Swollen ; not in general use. Norf. Suff, BE, [aux, v.] I be is used for I am. E. Suss. BEE'AS, «. plu. [Beasts.] Cattle only ap- plied to the ox tribe ; a broad pronuncia- tion in Somerset. To BECALL, V. a. To censure; to upbraid with foul appellations. Somerset. BEE-BUT, s. I [Bee and butte. Sax. A BEE-LIPPER, (cask.] A be«-hive. Somersei. BEEDY, s.} A chick . Somerset. BIDDY, S Ditto. Suss. HanU. To BELL, V, n. ) BEAL, S Bellen, Teut. To bellow. BELLIN, 3 York. BEAK, s. (Being like a bird's beak.) BEEOK, An iron over the fire on which boil- ers, &c., are hung. York. ToBEAK, V. a. [Backa, Goth.] To warm one's self. York. BAY, 8. The space in a building between two main beams, applied chiefiy to a barn or a cart lodge. Norf, Suff. fV. Suss. Hants. BAY-DUCK, 8. [From its bright bay co- lour.] The shell duck. Norf. BEAKER, 8. [A cup or mug, with a spout resembling a bird's beak according to Johnson, and so used in the South.] Ac- eroding to Mr. Forby from bece fagus, the beech-tree of which wood bowls and drinking cups were in ancient times made ; a beaker in Suffolk and Norfolk^signifying a drinking glass. BEAM, 8, [Baern, Ang. Sax. a barn.] A barn. Norf Suff. BEASTLIN6S, s. plu. The first milk drawn from the cow after calving, and which is so called according to Forby, from being proper food for '* little beasts." BEEST, 5. [From Biest, Belg.] Curdled 10 BEC. BEE. miUc, according to the author of the Cra- ven dialect. BEESTBEESTINGS, ». Lane. Glouc. To BEAT, or BEET, r. a. [Beatan, Ang. Sax.] To restore. **To beat the fire*' means to supply it with [fuel. North, To repair; to supply the gradual waste of any thing. Norf. Suff. York. To BEAK, V. a. [Baka, Goth.] To soften wood and sticks in the fire for use without burning them. North, 1 have given baca as the origin above, but think per- haps that a bird's beak is the true origin ; the intention of putting sticks or wood over the fire being to make them bend, as was formerly done in ship-yards, to make the planks pliant to bend to the ship's sides. BEAKMENT, «. A measure, containing four quarts. North. Beathing or bathing wood by the fire, is the same as to beak, which see. To BEAR the BELL, (In allusion to the first horse wearing a bell, 'to give warn- ing in former days vi hen roads were very bad and very narrow, as I consider, but some give other interpretations.) B£CK,«. LBeke, Belg.] A brook. North. (Bece, Ang. Sax.) BECLARTED, ajy. Be-clotted; be-smear- ed ; be daubed. North. In East Sussex and Kent they use the words " to clat"and "clotted," as applied to outline the dirty locks of wool from the sheep s tails, which locks are clotted by dirt and moisture. To BEDE, r. To bid orbed ; to pray. North. When it signifies to "bid orbed" it is pro- bably a corruption of those two words; when it signifies " to pray." then Grose's derivation from bead is right ; but bead is indirectly (not directly) the origin of prayer. When the monks or nuns said their prayers they kept the account of the number by means of beads strung in a roll, passing a bead with each prayer, hence a bead became synonimous with a prayer. TV) BEDEVIL, r. a. To mar any thing. Suss, Hants. BED, s. The uterus of an animal. A fleshy piece of beef cut from the upper part of the leg, and bottom of the belly. Norf. Suf. BED-FAGOT, s. A contemptuous name for a bed fellow. Noi'f. Suf. FAGOT, ^. An opprobrious name applied to a woman, as " get out you fagot ;" " she's a dirty fagot." Suss. Hants May not both these words be derived from fag-end, the refuse or meaner part of any thing. BEDIZENED, adj, [Be and dihtan, Sax. to prepare.] Dressed-out. York, Suss. Hants. BEE-BEE, s. [Banban. Greek. To sleep.] A nurse's song to lull a child to sleep. Yk. ft BY-BY, 8. '« Go to by-by j" " go to sleep. Suss. Hants. BEE-BREAD, *. [Bee and bread, beo-bread.] A dark substance, with which some of the cells in a honey-comb are filled, for the food of the insect in its larva state. Very creneral BEEOS,*.' [Bos, an ox, Lat. Beasto or beeves.] Cattle. York. BEET-NEED, s. S[Betan, Ang. Sax. To > restore.] BREANT-NEED. 3 Assistance in distress. York. Lane. BEE-DROVE, s. [Bee and drove.] A great confluence of men, or of any other crea- tures. Norf. Suff, BEELD, s.')[Bilden, Belg. To build.] Shel- Ster; applied to sheds for cattle. BIELD, 3 North. BIELDY, adj. Yielding shelter. Norih, BEEN, adj. [Bien, Fr. well.] Nimble ; clever. Lane. BIENLY, mir. Excellently. C. D.V.T. BEER, or BIRRE, s. Force or might." With aw my beer," " with all my force." Chesh. Grose gives no derivation. May it not be from the verb " to bear?" BEES, s. Cows. Cumb. See beeos, above . BEESOM, or BYSSUM. «. ^[Besm Sax.] A > broom. North, BESOM, JE. Suss. War, BEFORN, prep. [Biforan, Sax.] Before Somerset. To BEGRIDGE, v. a. •) Somerset. >To grudge ; to envy. To BEGRUDGE, J Hants. '\ Oaths of asseveration; Rirrrkvv ••.#,• / '^® origin of the first is BEGUMMERS /difficult to derive, the BEGoMMERb, /j^^^ probably corrupted J from Godmother, Somerset. Jennings. BY-GORRIES, rntj. } [Quaere. By God it is.] BYGOLLIES, J Suss. BE-GRUMPLED, part. [Be and rumpled.] Sour; oflfended. Somerset, BEGGAR'S VELVET, «. The lightest par- ticle of down shaken from a feather bed, and left by a sluttish housemaid. Norf, BEGGARY, s. A collection of weeds grow- ing in a field for want of good husbandry. Narf. BEGONE, part. [Be and gone.) Decayed ; worn out. Norf. Suff. BEGGAR-MAKER, s. A publican. C. D. BEHITHER, adv. On this side, in opposi- tion to beyond. Suff. Grose. BEHOUNCHED, adj. Tricked up and made fine, Sussex, according to Grose, although I never heard the word myself. He de- rives it from a part of a horse's harness called haunches, which is spread over the collar. The part of the harness he here alludes to, is generally called {the housings, from house, it covering the BEL. BER. 11 horse*8 withers^ as with a house^ and ^therefore haunches must be corrupted from housings. HEIGHT, s. [Bygan, Sax. To bend.] The height of the' elbow is the bending of the elbow. North* HEIGHT, 8. The bend [or lowest point in a bay, on the sea coast. South. BEING, «. [Byan, to inhabit. Ang. Sax.] An abode) particularly a lodging. Norf. HELl VE, } [By the eve.] In the evening ; BELIEVE, i by and by. North. York, used by Chaucer. To BELK, V. n. [Bealcan, Sax.] To belch, clearly the most proper word of the two. Yk. HELL-KITE, «. A protuberant belly. DUto, (Bell and Kit, a bell shaped vessel.) BELLOWED, pare. Afflicted with an asthma, to which the lead smelters are subject. Probably from bellow, on account of the sound of an asthmatic person's cough. Yk. BELLY-GO-LAKETHEE, Take thy fill; satisfy thy appetite. York. Corruption of belly-go-slake-thee, that is ** go and extinguish your craving." BELLY-WARK, «. The colic, because it works the belly, York, BELCH, s. [From its causing people to belch.] Small beer. York. BELEAKINS, [By the lady-kin, or little lady.] A Lancashire and Derbyshire intj. BELIKE, adv. Perhaps. North, An old word. BELLART, 5. [Bull and herd.] A bull or bearward. North. To BELG, V. n. [Bellan. Sax. To bellow.] To cry aloud ; bellow. Somerset, BELL-FLOWER, s. [From its shape.] A daffodil. Somerset. To BELSH, V, a. To cut off the dung from the sheep's tails. Somei'set, BELSIZE, adj. Bulky, round like a bell. Norf. BELL-SOLLER, ». The loft "on which ringers stand. (See Soller.) Norf. Suff, BEN-JOLTRAM, n. Brown bread soaked in skimmed milk, the plough-boy's usual breakfast in Norfolk and Suffolk, accord- ing to Mr.iForby, whom see. BENTS, f. *\[Bintz. juncus ; a rush. BENNET, fTeut,] The dry stalks of HENNETY, adj. i'grass when the seed is 3 ripe. In general use. HENEAPED, part. [Nep, Sax. low.] A vessel left aground by the low tides, which alternates with the spring or high tides. fVest. Sf South. To HENGE, V. n. To remain long in drink- ing ; to drink to excess. Somerset. BENGY, adj. Cloudy : overcast ; full of rain. Essex. May not this last word be derived from the first ; as when a man drinks to excess, of course he is surcharged with liquor, the same as a cloud is which threatens rain ; but then what is the derivation of the first ? I BEN, prep. In ; into. York. To BEN, or BEND, v. [Bendan, Sax. to bend.] To yield to. Somerset. BEND,«. [Bendan.] I The border of a woman's cap. North. BENEFIT,*. [Benefice.] A church living. North. To BENSEL, v. a. Bengel, Belg. a stick.] To beat or bang. North. BENK,«. [Bene, Sax.] A bench. York. BERRIN, «. ) [Corruption of burying.] Som. BURYING $ A funeral. Hants. Suss. BER, s. The space a person runs in order to leap. North. To BERRY, T. a. [Ber, Isl. to beat.] To thrash out corn. North. BERRYER, «. [From the verb.] A thrasher. NoHh. To BESKUMMER, v. a. [Skuum, dan ; dross,' filth.] To foul with a dirty*liquid ; to besmear. Somerset. To BESTOW, V. a. [Bestedan, Belg.; the word to stow, from stow, Sax. is now ge- nerally used.] To deliver a woman ; to put her to bed* To lay up ; to put out of the way. Norf. Suff. To BETHINK, v. a. To grudge. Somerset. If one person grudges another having any thing, he thinks a good deal of it. BETTERMOST, ajy. The best of the better, not quite amounting to the best. Somerset. The best. Sussex. BETWATTLED, part. Confused ; in an un- settled state of mind. North. West. South. [From bee and twee. Sax. By two or be- tween two, as a person who is undecided is between two opinions.] To HETWIT, V. n. To upbraid j to repeat a past circumstance aggravatingly to theper- son who had a part in it. Somerset, In Sussex they use the word ** twit." BETWIXT and BETWEEN, adv. Exactly in the middle point. Norf. Suff. Suss. Hants. SEVERING, part. act. [Be and virer, Fr. to veer.] Veering; turning about quickly. North. BEWGLE, or BEUGLE, s. [Bugle from bucula, Lat. a heifer.] A bull. Hants. BEWIVEREl), part. pas. [Be and waver.] Bewildered; confounded. Somerset. BEVER, 8. [Bevere, Lat. to drink.] An afternoon lunch. Suffolk. BEZZLED, par^ pas. When the edge of a tool is blunted'or turned in the process of grinding, it is said to be bezzled.iVbf/. Suff. According to Penning, '* embezzle" is a corruption of ** imbecil, Fr.'* Weak ; wanting strength ; now, when a tool is blunted, it wants strength, hence it is embezzled or bezzled. To BEZZLE, V. n. [Buyssen, Belg. to drink.] To tipple ; to drink. York, To BIBBLE, V. n. [Bibo, to drink, Lat.] To tope ; to drink often. ^ci\««it%A« 12 BID- BIS. To BIBBLE, V. n. [Biboi Lat.] To eat like a duck, which gathers its food from water. Norf. Suff. To BIB, V. n. [Bibo> Lat.] To guzzle. North, To BIBBER, V. n. To tremble ; '' 1 saw bis under lip bibber." Kent. Grose, Is this derived from the verb, to bob ; to move quickly ? To BID, V. a. [Biddan, Sax. to pray.] To invite. BIDDEN, part, past. Invited. Yoik, BIDDY, «. A louse. Ditto. BIDEN, part, act. [Bedan, Ang. Sax. to remain.] Bearing. York. To BIDE,^». n. [Bidan, Sax. to dwell.] To stay or abide. Cumb. Let un bide ; let him stay. West. BIG, s. [Bigg, Isl. barley.] Barley with four sides to the ear. Cumb. York. Norf. To BIG, V. a. To build. YoJk. BIGGIN, s. A building. DUto. BIGGE, s. A pap or teat. Essex. BIGGENNING, s. [Perhaps, beginning.] I wish you a good beginning, that is *' a good getting up after lying in." North. BIGHES, f. pi. Jewels; female ornaments. Figuratively ** she is all in her bighes to day f* best humour, best graces. Norf. Suff. Mr. Forby gives no derivation. May it not be bijou, Fr. a jewel ? BIJEN, adv. [Bejaen, Belg. to affirm.] Truly. BILDER, 8. [Buydelen, Belg ] A wooden mallet to break clods. York. In Hampshire a similar tool is used to drive wedges in cleaving wood, and is there called a bittle. BILLED, adj. Distracted ; mad. Somerset. BILLY, s. A bundle of wheat straw. DUto. BILLY- WIX, 8. An owl. Norf. Suff. BlLLARD,s. A bastard capon. Suss. Grose. BIMEBY, adv, I Corruption of by and by BINEBY, i West. South. BIN, con/. [Being.] Because. Somerset. BINNICK, 8. A minnow. DUto. BING, s. [Binne, Sax. a bin.] A box for corn, flour, &c. Norf. BIND, s. [From binding round the pole.] The stalk of the hop. JS. Suss. Kent. Frequently written bine. BIND-WEED, 8. The wild convolvulus. Hants. BIRD-BATTEN, s. [Bird and bat, Sax. a stick.] The catching of birds by night in the fol- lowing manner, viz : A net is stretched on two poles, which are held by two men near to a com stack, on some spot where sparrows roost; a third holds a lantern behind the net, while a fourth beats the stack to rouse the birds, which, in their confusion, fly towards the light and are caught in the net. Som. Suss. Kent, In Hampshire it is called spar- row catching. BIRD-BATTIN-NET, t. The net used for the purpose above mentioned. DUto, BIRCHEN, <7 HIS FOOT IN IT. > HanU.lSuss. Milk or pottage burned in the process of heating. Grose says, when a bishop in former times passed through a village, every one ran out to receive his bless- ing, and during their absence the milk was burned ; hence the bishop was the innocent cause of it. BITCH-DAUGHTER, s. Nightmare. Y&rk. BISON-BEEZEN-BIZENED, adj. Blind. Northumberland. To BIVER, V. n. See Severing. Somerset. BLACK-SAP, 8. The jaundice in a very ad- vanced state. Norf, BLA. BLA. 13 Ywk. To BLAR> or BLARE, v. n. [Blaren, Belg. to low ] To bleat or low, as sheep and bullocks do. Norf. Suff, E, Suss, Kent, BLAUNCH,*. Ablain. Norf. Suff. BLAUTHY, adj\ [Blow, blowtb. Old Eng. bloom.] Bloated ; blown out. Norf. Suff, BLA.A, pnst. [Blaen,Teut. to blow.] Blew. York, ToB\jL\T,v,n,l To bleat BLACK-OUSEL, s. [Black and osle. Sax.] The blackbird. York. BLACK-WATER, s. Bile on the stomach. York, BLAKE, adj, [Bleeck, Belg. pale.] Yellow. To BLASH, V. a. Throw dirt. York, BLASHMENT,«. Weak liquor. DHlo. BLASHY, adJ, Wet and dirty. DUto. These words are all derived from Plasche, Belg. A puddle or small piece of stand- ing water. Penning, BLAYBERRIES, 9. Whortleberries. KorA, BLACKPOT, t. Black pudding. Somerset, BLANKER, s, A spark of fire. Somerset, BLANSCUE, s, A misfortune ; unexpected accident. Somerset, BLACK-BOB, «• A black beetle. B^^. Gros^. In Hampshire it is the same, but in this county the ]word ^* bob," is applied to a louse, or any small insect. BLACK-EYED SUSAN, s, A well-pudding with plums or raisins in it. Suss, Grose, These puddings are made in East Sussex but not in West. They are thus made, a hole is cut in the top of the pudding and a large piece of butter put in, and when melted, taken out and poured over it as it is helped out to the guests ; but I never heard the pudding called by this name. BLAKING, parL act. [See Blaring.] Cry- ing ; out of breath. Somerset, BLATCHY, aij. [See blashy.] Black and dirty. Grose, BLEE, 8, "^ [Blee, Sax. likeness.] General > resemblance. Norf. Suff, BLI6H, 3 Suss. Kent, As '< be has the bligh of his father.'' BLEEK, adj. [BlsBck, Sax. pale.] Sickly; pale ; sheepish. Norf, Suff, BLEEANED, *\ [Blaen, Teut. to (blow.] BLAAN ED, part pass. ( Half dried ; bloated. ) York, BLEAZE, s. Ablaze. York, BLEARING,;xir<.a£<. Blazing. York, See Craven Dialect. BLEB,s. "NA bubble; a blister. f York. 4 Penning gives "blobbet" BLOB-SCOTCH, 3" a bubble." BLEED, «. Yield, applied to com. York. 1 take the meaning to be this. How does the corn bleed ? is the same as the com- mon sayings, of how did he bleed ? Did ho bleed freely ? meaning did he give his money freely? If an animal, when killed by the butcher, does not bleed freely, it is not considered to have been in a healthy state. BLEUD-WATER, s. [Blood water, so called from the colour.] The red-water, a dis- ease in cattle. York. BLATHER, s. A bladder. Somerset. To BLATHER, v. n. To talk fast, and in consequence generally nonsensically. To talk so fast that bladders form in the mouth. Somerset, BLADDER-HEADED, adj. [From bladder and head; a bladder sometimes signifying a slight swelling, puffed out with air and water, that is with nothing solid.] Slial- low pated ; stupid. Suss. Hants. As regards «' blather** being used for " bladder," one observation here may suffice, viz : that many such changes have taken place, as may be instanced in "murther" for "murder," "burthen" « burden.'* Blothered in Yorkshire. BLACKBERRY-SUMMER, s. The fine weather which is generally experienced at the latter end of September and begin- ning of October, when the blackberries ripen. Hants. 8^ff% BLACK-THORN WINTER,*. The cold which is generally expeiienced at the latter end of April and beginning of May, when the black-thorn is in blossom. Hants. St{f. BLANKET-PUDDING, s. A long round pudding made of flour and jam of some kind, which is spread over the paste and then rolled into the proper shape ; so called from its being wrapped in folds, and covering the fruit as a^ blanket does a person in bed. It is some- times called a bolster pudding, probably from its shape. E. Suss. BLEACHY, o^;. ')Brackish. Somerset. > [Brack, Belg.] Brackish. BREACHY, 3 Hants. Suss, BLEIT, or BLATE, adj. Bashful. Nortk. BI^NCHES, s. [Query, Blemishes.] Faults. North. BLEN-CORN, s. Wheat mixed Jwith rye ; hence blended com. York. BLENDINGS, s. Beans and peas mixed to- gether. North. BLENDIGO, adj. Cloudy. South, West. Hants. To BLENKY, v. n. To snow but sparingly f from BLENKS, s. Ashes. fVeH. according to* Grose. BLIND-WORM, «. The snake called the slow-worm. North. South. To BLIRT, V. n. [To blare out.] To cry. N&rih, BLIND, adj. Abortive, applied to blossoms, a. which fail to produce fruit. Norf. Suff, 14 BLI. BLO. BLIND SIM, BLIND-HOB,*. The game of blindman's-buff. N&rf. Suff. BLINKED-BEER,9. Bad beer. Norf. S^f. Probably from to blink ; to blink the ques- tion is to evade. Thus a question that is blinked is (lost sight of, so beer that is spoiled is lost. BLI AND, s. A blind ,* a cloak. York. BLIND-BUCK AND DAVY, s. Blindman's- buff. Somerset. <^ Blind buck and have ye,*' according to Jennings. BLISSOM, adj. Blithsome. York. To BLISSOM, V. n. A ewe is said to be blissom or be blissoming, when she wants the ram. Suss. Hants, These words come, I presume, from bliss, from blisslan. Sax. to rejoice. BLOCK-HORSE, 5. A hand-barrow, so ^ called as not having a wheel. Norf. Suff. BLOOD-FALLEN, part, pass, Chili-blained. Norf. Suff. So called from the blood being congealed or fallen ; that is, incapable of rising from want of circulation. BLOOD-OLPH,«. The bull-finch. Norf. Suff. To BLORE, V. n. [See blare.] To bellow as a bull. Nojtf. Suff. BLOW, 5. Blossom; '*as there is a fine blow of apples this year." Norf. Suff. Suss. Hants. BLOU7E, s. A woman with hair or head dress loose, or decorated with vulgar fine- ry ; a woman's bonnet, most properly of that sort called a*'* slouch." BLOUZY, s. Tricked out in flaring finery. Mr. Forby, who mentions these words in his vocabulary of East Anglia, gives no derivation to them, and disputes that given in Todd's Johnson, of a blossom, or like a blossom. Now I venture to think that the true root is " blossen" Belg. to grow red, which exactly agrees with the sense in which these words are used in Hampshire, where *' to be in a blouze," is to look red from being in a vulgar heat ; and ** blouzy" is the being in this state of uncomfortable heat. As to blouze signifying a woman's bonnet, particularly a *' slouch," I sliall merely hazard the question as to whether it may not be derived from '' blousie Belg. A round frock." BLOWN-HERRING,*. ) Norf. Suff , BLOATED-HERRING, S E, Suss, Kent. A herring partially dried, intended for im- mediate consumption, and thus is only dried sufficiently to make it swell, or be- come puffed up or bloated. BLOACHER, «. [Corruption of bloater; a herring dried as above, is in Norfolk called a bloater.] Any large animal. Northumberland. 7o BLOGGY, V. n. To sulk or be sullen. Somerset, BLOTEN-FOND, adj. [Blowan, Sax. to swell with wind.] Fond as a child of its nurse; excessively fond; ''the child is bloaten of her." If a bullock or sheep, from excess of appetite, eat too fast or too greedily, it becomes " blown," as the term is ; thus a child, excessively fond of its nurse, may be said to be bloten or blown. Chester. BLOW-MAUNGER, s, [Blow and manger, to eat.] A fat, full-faced person, one whose cheeks are puffed out or blown with eating. Somerset, BLY,« . [Blee,Sax.] Likeness, resemblance ; as he has the bly of his father, i. e. is like him. E, Suss. BLOW-MILK, s, [Blue milk, sometiines familiarly called sky-blue, from the bluish hue which it assumes.] Skimmed milk. North, BLUE, s. The popular term for ale in So- mersetshire, according to Grose, although Jennings does not mention the word. Perhaps it is now obsolete. 7b BLUFFE, t>. n. To blindfold. North. BLVFF, adj, "To look bluff," is to look big. Suss, Hants. BLUNDINGS, s, [Blendings, blander, Dan. to blend] Beans and peas grown to- gether. To BLUSH, V. n. [Blush, a slight tinge of a colour.] To resemble. North, BLUSH, s. A slight resemblance. SoiUh. BLUNK, adj. Squally ; tempestuous. See Blenky. Norf, Grose. Not in Forby. To BLVTHERy V. a. [From blot.] To blot in writing; to disfigure the face with weeping. Norf, Suff. BOBBEROUS, aJJ. Elated. North. See bobbery and banbery. BOCHANT, adJ, [Boucher, Fr. to kiss.] A forward wench. Wilts, BODLE, s. A Scotch coin. North, BODY, 9. A simpleton. North. Grose. In the South it rather signifies a person, and has generally an epithet attached to it, as ** a clever body," ** a simple body." &c. BOGART, •) BOGALE, or / A spectre. North. Grose, BOGLY, s. > BOGGARD, s, \\ goblin. York. Craven. BO, s, J Hobgoblin. DUto. These words may be derived either from bo, Welsh ; bygwydd, Welsh ; or Bogil, Belg. ; each signifying a spectre. BOGGE, oi/.l South. > Bogate, Russian. A giant. BOGG, ) Norf Suff. Bold ; forward, self- sufficient. To BOKE, V, n. [Query, Poke.] To point at. Chesh. BOULDER, s, [From bowl, being always round and smooth.] Round stones cast up by the sea and used in building. Suss, BOLE, 8, [Bowl.] A measure. North, BOLL OF SALT, *. Two bushels. Northumberland. BOLL OF A TREE, [Bolus, Lat. Fenning.] BOL. BOL. 15 The trunk or body of a tree being round. North, South. BOLLINGS, 8, Trees, whose heads and branches are cut off, and so called having only their steins or bolls left. Grose, BOAR, BORE, s. [Boren, Teut. To bore ; to push forward with violence.] The violent flowing of the tide into some rivers, attended with great noise ; parti- cularly into theParret in Somersetshire, as mentioned by Jennings, and by him de- rived from boar, the animal. 1 prefer the derivation I have given. BOAR-THISTLK, s. The carduus lanceo- latus, having very strong prickles, and so called in opposition to sonclius arvensis; the sow-thistle, having weaker prickles. Norf. Suff, Svss, Hants, BOARD-CLOTH, s, A table-cloth. Norf. [Bord, Sax. Table.] To BOB, V. a. To cheat. Norf, Suff, Penning, BOBBISH, acf/. Clever. DUto, BOBBISHLY, adv. Cleverly. Somerset, All three from bobe, old Fr. a joke, ac- cording to Mr. Forby. To BOAKEN, v, n, \ [Boken, Belg.] To BOKE, . 5 belch; to vomit. York, BOB, 1. [Bube, Fr. a pimple.] A bunch. York. BOB,*. A name given to many small in- sects ,' as a louse, or some of the beetle tribe. Hants BODDUM, 8, [Bodem, Belg.] Bottom. Here again we have the truer word than the one now in use. York, To BODE, V, n. [Ang. Sax. beod, a table.] to board. BODE-CLOTH, s. A tablecloth. Ntyrf. Suff, To BODGE, V, a, [Boden, Dan.] To patch clumsily. Warwick. BOTCH,7*. A thump. To do any- thing badly. Suss, BODILY, adv. Entire. N&rf. Suss. BOIST,*. ^[Boss.] A swelling. BOISTEROUS, adj, I Boisterous. Old word ?used by Wickliffe and J Chaucer. Norf, BOKE, 8, Bulk. Norf. Suff. This evi- dently is a corrupt pronunciation of bulk, as yolk is pronounced yoke; folk, foke, To BOKE, V. n. [Bealcan, Ang. Sax. to belch.] To nauseate ; to be ready to ▼omit. N&rf. Suff, To BOKE-OUT, v, n. [From poke.] To swell out; to gain bulk and pre-emi- nence; probably as a poke or pocket does when full. Norf. Suff, BOILING, 8, The whole boiling means the whole party; all the lot without any ex- f ception ; that is all that is boiling in the ^' pot is the same. Yor, Suss. Htans, BOlLARY,*. [From to boil.] A place where salt is boiled. North, Fenning. To BOLT, V. n. To bolt if to swallow meat whole. Kent, Suss, Hants, Nof, Suff, North. In Yorkshire they have this saying, viz : Do you bolt or chaw [chew ?] Is this derived from the verb to bolt, in its common senses that of fastening with a bolt ; the bolt being pushed into the staple when the door is bolted, in the same way as a piece of meat is pushed or forced into the throat whole without chewing. BOLTING, 8. A truss of straw. To bolt is to truss straw. Glouc. Does bolting here mean making fast ? A bolt of straw is a quantity of straw tied up fast. A lock of hay or wool, is a quantity hanging together. BOLT-UPRIGHT, adj. As straight asja bolt, or an arrow. Suss. Hants, To BOMBAZE, v. a. [Probably the same as bamboozle, though Mr. Forby thinks otherwise.] To confound; to perplex. Noif. Suff. BONE-FLOWER, s. [Bon and flower.] A daisy. North. BONES, s. Bobbins for making lace, pro- bably first made of bones ; hence bone- lace. North. Grose. BONESHAVE, s. A bony or horny excre- scence, growing out of horse's heels. Som. BONE-SETTER, adj\ A surgeon. Lincoln, A rough trotting horse. Suss. Hants. BONE-DRY, adj. Dry, like a bone, long bleached in the wind. Norf. "As dry as a bone" is commonly used in the same sense in the South. ^Fatigued and tired in an BONE-LAZY, adj. /extreme degree ; as BONE-SORE, > though the pain arising BONE-TIRED, ifrom fatigue had enter- Jed the very bones. Norf. Suff, BONNY, adj. [Bon, Fr.] Brisk; cheer- ful; in good health and spirits. Norf, Suff. Hants. Suss. Kent. BONDY, «. [Bandig, Germ, tractable.] Yk. A simpleton. Bail^. BOOK, 8. [Bulk, the 1 being dropped as in folk, and some other words. York, BOON, 8. [Bonus, Lat.] Service done by the tenant to the landlord, or a sum of money given as a compensation. York. BOORLY, adj, [Boer, Teut. a boor.] Rough. York, BOOS, 8. Boughs. York. Boh. Sax. BOOSES, s. [Boseg, Ang. Sax.] Stalls. York. BOOBY-HUTCH, *. A clumsy, ill-con- trived covered carriage, or seat. Nor^, Suss. Hants. Kent. BOOK and BANE, adj, [Lusty; strong. North. Grose. Perhaps back and bone, as it is common to say " he is sound to the back-bone ;" on the soundness of which depends a man's strength. To BOOAC, V. n. [Boken, Belg. to belch] to retch ; to vomit. ^«v\.>x* 16 BOS. BOU. BOOR, 9. [Bye, Sax. a dwelling.] The parlour, bed-chamber, or inner room. Cumb, BOOSTERIN6, a<(;. [Perhaps corrupted from boisterous.] Labouring busily, so as to sweat. Somerset, ToBOOT, V. n. [Bate, Sax. a compensa- tion. Boeten, Belg. to profit.] To sig- nify ; to matter. It boots not to tell you ,* that is, it is of no use to talk about it. North. To BOOT, V. n. To give, applied to some- thing given over and above in making a bargain. Nort/u South, BOOTED-BREAD, adj. Wheat mixed with rye. York. Query. Wheat and rye to ** boot." BOOTED-CORN, Is corn imperfectly grown, as barley, when part of the ear remains enclosed in its spathe or sheath, having as it were a boot over it. Hants. W. Sttss. BOOSY, adj. [Buyssen, Belg. to drink.] Drunk. Kent. E, Suss. To BOPy V. n. To dip, or duck suddenly Norf. Suff. N Elder tree, so called be- BORE-TREE, s. f cause boys bore out the BUR.TREE, (pith to make popguns 3 with. North. BORSE, 8. A calf of half a year old. Hants, Grose. BORRID,ai/. [Boar-rid.] A sow when she wants a boar, is said to be borrid. Somerset, BORH, BOR, s. [Borg, community or township.] A familiar word of ad- dress in Norf. For some clever remarks on which, see Forby. BOSH, s. [Bosse. Fr. a raised ornament.] **To cut a bosh," " to cut a figure.* Norf, Suff. BOSS, 8, [Bosse, Fr.] A hod for mortar, being carried on the shoulders like a hump, or raised lump. Norf, Suff, To BOSSOCKy V. n. [Bosse. Fr.] To tum- ble clumsily as it were ; to throw all the limbs together in a heap. Nor/, Suff, BOSTAL, 8, A way up hill. Ditto. [Burstan, Sax. to break open and hill.] BOSKY, adj, [Boscus, Lat.] Woody. York. BOSKY, ad[;. [Buyssen, Belg. to drink.] ^elated with liquor; merry, not drunk. E. Sussex, 7b BOSUM , V, n. To eddy as the wind. Yk, From bosom. BOTTLE, s, [botte, Fr. a bundle.] Bun- dle, a bundle of grass or hay. Norf. York. See Cobbett's ride through France. BARLEY-BOTTLES, s. Bundles of barley straw given to farm horses, formerly in Norf. Suff. BOTTLE, 8. [Booteille, Fr.] A cow's ud- der^ Norf, York, BOTTLE-BIRD, •• An apple rolled up and , baked in a crust. Norf. Suff. I BOTTLE-BUMP, s. [Butor, Fr. a bittern ; and bump from the noise it makes.] A bittern. Norf. Suff. To BOTTLE-UP, v, a. [To remember,- generally applied to the recollection of an injury, as 1 bottlea that up in my mind, watching the opportunity of revenge. Suss. BOTTRY-TREE, *. The elder-tree. North. BOTCHET.*. Small beer ; mead. North. BOUDS, s, plu. A small insect infesting malt, called Weevels. Norf. Penning has the word. BOUDY, adJ, Applied to malt infested with bonds, which give a nauseous taste to the beer brewed from it. Norf, BOTHERED, part. pas. [Both and ear. As when a person is talked to in both ears at the same time, he is bothered or confused] distracted; confused. South. BOVT, prep. Without. Cheshire. Bailey. Corruption of about, as a person without a place is capable of going about, which a person confined within any place is not. BOW, 8. A small arched bridge, evidently so called from its shape, Somerset. BOUGHT, or \ [Bout, Belg. the bolt of the f bone.] r The point of the knee or el- BUFT, s. ) bow. Craven, York. BOUK,«. [Buck. Sax.] A bucket or pail for holding water. WHIRL-BOUK,*. A churn which is work- ed by turning round. Stafford. To BOUK, V, a, [Buycken, Belg. To wash] hence comes the term, '' to wash bucking," which is complete tautology. York. BOUGE, s. " To make a bouge," is to com- mit a gross blunder. Norf, Suff. From Bouge, Fr. a bulge. A bulge or swelling is a defect. To BOUGE, V. n. [Bouge, Fr.] To bulge or swell out. Norf. Suff. BOUGE, s. The round swelling part of a cask. E, Sussex, To BOUN", V, a, [Bon, Fr. or bonus, Lat.] To dress ; to unboun ; to undress. North. BOUTS, 8. plu. [Botta, Ital. a turn.] Con- tests : most properly so much of a contest as takes place at one time, without inter- mission. A heat, as in a horse race ; a merry bout, is a merry-making. North. South. roBOURD,©. To jest. North. BOURN,*. Yeast. Somerset. Is this a cor- ruption of barm, from barm, Sax. To swell or ferment? BOURN, ^ [Bourn, Sax.] A stream. North generally, sometimes but rarely in the South. BOUT-HAMMER, s. The heavy two-hand- ed hammer used by blacksmiths. Norf. Query. Is this both .hammer, both-handed hammer, both hands being used ? BOWS, part pass. Swelled. Norf. Grose. ^ Perhaps corrupted from blown, puffed out. BRA* BRA. 17 BOWN, or BOUN, «ar^ [Bound.] Going to do a thing. North, Where are you bound ; (a sea phrase) where are you sailing to ? BOWDY-KITE, s. A person who is pot- bellied. Norlh. BOWIT, s. A lanthorn. North. BOWRY, s. A bower or arbour. Norf. Suff, BOY'S LOVE,*, Suthernwood. Somerset. BOZZUM, or BUZZOM-CHUCKED, adj, having a deep dark redness in the cheeks. WeH. Is this boozy-cheeked ; a boozy or drunken person, having red cheeks ? BOWLDER-STONES, See boulder. BRAN>9. A brand; a stump of a tree, or irregular piece of wood, fit only for the fire. BRAA, s, [Bre, Welch, a hill.] A bank or brow. Craverif York* BRAAD-BAND, «. Com laid out in the field in band. Cra. York. I know not what the author of the Craven dialect means by band, unless it is ploughing of land in se- parate ridges, or parcels divided from each by an open furrow, which answers the double purpose of carrying off the vrater, and of guiding the seedsman in sowing his corn. These distinct pieces are in Hampshire called " lands," in East Sussex and Kent, '' warps.*' BRABBLEMENT, 8. [Brabbelen, Wrangling. BRACK, part. Broke. BRACK, 8. [Brack, Belg. salt.] Salt BRACKISH, adj. Having a salt taste BRACKENS, s. ')[From break, I RD A iri?fi 5 suppose, because they are 3 brittle.] Fen. Lincoln. Norf. Suf. North. [Derived as above from break.] Brittle. BRAKES, Belg.] York, DUto. DUto. South. should BRACKLY, adj. BRUCKLE, BRICKLE, BRICKLY, BRACKET, Norf. E. Sws. Kent» Somerset. Somerset. or BRAGGETT, s A com- pound drink, made of honey and spices. North. Grose. To BRADE.>. n. [Breyd', Goth.] To re- semble. York. To BRADE, V. n. To Desire to vomit ; ap- pearing to be sick ; resembling a person who is sick, and thus derivable as above. York. To BRAID, r. a. [To bray.] To beat and blend soft substances and mixtures. Norf. Suff. BRAIN-PAN,*. [Brain and panne, Ang. Sax. Cranium.] The skull. Norf. Suff. BRAIDS, «. [Brayden, Belg. To weave.] A wicker guard for protecting trees newly grafted. Glouc, This word is probably derived also from late and assume affected airs. Norf. Suff, This is evidently a corruption of brandish^ though not so given by Mr. For by. BRAND, 8. [Branden, Belg. to bum.] Smut. Somerset. Norf. Suff. BRAND-IRONS, s. [Irons used for sup- porting the wood in a wood fire, and thence, as I conceive called '* brand irons,'' that is irons to support the brands or burning wood.] Grose gives the deri- vation andirons, and so does Penning ; the latter thinks it a corruption of end- irons. North, Hampshire] also, where they are frequently called dogs, per- haps from the upper part of the iron be- ing sometimes ornamented with the head of a dog. BRANDY, arf;. Smutty. Norf . Suff . BRANDRITH, or BRANDER, s. > North. BRANDIRE, [Branden, Belg.] iSomerstt. An iron stand on which to place a vessel over the fire. BRAND-NEW, adj. [Fresh from the fire, just worked off by the blacksmith.] Quite new. E. Suss. South. BRANDED, parf. Black and white stripes mixed, the black ones showing as though burnt. BRAN-yiER, *. Afire made with brands. Vier is the Somersetshire pronunciation of f liard like a v. BRANDIS, «. A semicircular implement of iron, made to be suspended over the fire, on which vaiious things may be pre- pared j it ismuch used for warming milk. Tbe^e words are used in Somerset, and are all derived from branden, Belg. to burn. BRANT, ck/j, [Brant, Swed.] Steep. York. Northumb, BRANK,«. Buckwheat. Essex. Suff . Norf . BRASH, s. [Braasch, Teut. brittle.] Twigs. York.. BRASHY, adj. [Brash.] Applied to land overgrown with weak grass, rushes or twigs. Norf. BRASH, 8. An ascid and watery rising in the mouth from the stomach. Norf. May not this come from brack-salt, brack- ish ? To BRASH, V. [To do anything hastily or rashly. Noiih. Grose. BRASH, 8, A fit, or tumbling one about. Northumb, North. Grose. Grose gives no etvmology. May not the verb "to brash*^ be a corruption of to be rash. The substantive may be de- rived from braasch, Teut. as above, brit- tle, weak, as when a person falls into a fit, he is weak, unable to stand. BRASH, 8. [Braasch, Teut.] A crash. Som. A crash is a sudden fall -, brittle things fall suddenly, breyden, to weave, it signifying to make I BRASHY, adj. [Braasch.] Small ; refuse twine, or mix together. | fuel. North. In the South the smalV 3b BRAMISH, v. To flourish ; to gesticu 18 BRA. BRE. underwood is called the brush or brush- ivood, being as it were brushed up after the best of the wood is Cleared away. BRAT, «. a course apron ; a rag. Lincoln. Grose. BRATCH, s. A kind of hound. North. BRATCHET, «. [Brat and chit, both these words being contemptuous and angry terms for a child.] An untoward child. North. To BRATTLE, v. a. [Query. Brittle, from brittan, Sax. to break.] To lop the branches of trees after they are felled. Norf. BRATTLINGS, s. [From the verb.] Lop- pings from felled trees. Norf. BRAVELY, adv. Very much recovered from sickness. Norf. Suff. In good health York, Hants. Sussex. Kent. Finely, gayly. York. BRAWN, 8. A bore. Forby observes it is an ancient usage to call the living animal by the name of his flesh, when cut up and cured ; as in the accounts of feasts in the Northumberland house book, we read of beefs, muttons, and veals. Norf. Suf, BRAUCHE, or BRAWCHE, s. [Braasch^ Teut. brittle.] Bakings of straw to kin. die fires. Kent. BRAUCHIN, s. [See brauche.] A collar for a horse, made of old stockings stuffed with straw. Cumb, BRAUGH-WHAM, f. [Bra, Scot[Brocken, Teot. to BROSTEN, 3 break.] BROTT, [See Brit.] Shaken com. Craven. To BROWDEN, v, n. To be fond of any thing. North. BROWN-CROPS, «. Pulse, as beans, peas, and tares; the haulm or straw being brown or dark, in contradiction to wheat, barley, and oats, which are called in Hampshire, white straw crops. Ghue, BROWN-LEEMING, s, A ripe brown nuu Craven. BROWIS,orBREWIS,«. [Brjrwes, Welch.] Pieces of bread soaked m water, and then saturated with fat. Craven. BRUCKLENESS, s. [See Brackly.] The state of being bruckle or brittle. Somerset. To BRUCKE, V. a. To make dirty. Northb. BRUCKLED, atJif. Dirty. Northumb, Norf, S^f, Are these two words derived from bruck, Belg. a brook ; any one being brooked, or pushed into a brook becomes more or less dirty. 20 BRU. BUG. BRUFF. adj. Hearly ; jolly 5 healthy. Norf, Suff. According to Mr. Forby, who attempts no etymology, but asks should it be spelled brough ? In Sussex this word is used, Inhere it means rough, short in manners and speech, and then it evidently comes from bruh. Sax. rough, and is in fact a more correct word than " rough" and certainly should be spelled ** brough." A person who is learty and jolly is also apt to be rough. BRUARTS HAT, ». [Breit, Teuf. broad.] The brim of a hat. Cheshire. To BRUMP, t>. a. To lop trees in the night. Norf. Suff. Query. Should this be ** berump," as behead, &c. BRUMP, ». [Bear-rump.] That is as much plunder as can be carried away at once ; irhat you can bear on tbejump or back ? Norf. BRUN, $• [Brun, Sax. Brown.] Bran being the brown part of a grist, froip which the white flour has been separated. Norf. To BRUSLE, V. a. [Bristlan, Sax.] To dry. The sun brusles the hay. North. Grose. BRUSS,ady. [Brusque, Fr.] fc Upstartish ,• proud. East Sussex. To BRUSSLE, v. n. [Bristlan, Sax.] To rustle. E. Sussex. 7'oBRUT,».a."l[Brouter, Fr. to nibble.] I Grose. BRIT, ) [Brittan Sax. to break. East Sussex. Kent. To browse,* the cow bruts the young wood. BRXJTTLE, adj. [Brittan, Sax.] A bruttle cow, one apt to break through fences. E. Sussex. BRTTSTLE, s. [Burstael, Teut.] A bristle. Nf. To BRUZZ, r. a. To bruise. Craven. York. BUBBLE and SQUEAK, s. A dish composed of fried beef and cabbage, and so called from the noise it makes when over the •fire. Hants. Sussex. BUBBLEY, adj. [Bubble.] Snotty. The bairn has a bubbley nose. North. BUBBY, 8. [Bubble, it being round and globular.] A woman's breast. Sussex. Hants. To BUCK,©, a. [Buycken, Belg.] To wash. York. BUCK, s. [Buce. belly, Ane. Sax. Forby.] (Buckse. Germ, a box.; The breast. Suff. BaUey. The body of a cart or wagon, in which the load is placed. Norf. Suff. Forby. East Sussex. To BUCK, V. n. To spring or bound with ability, like a buck. Norf. Suff. BUCKER-HAM, ». The hock joint of a horse. These two last are derived from bncken, to bend. Norf. Suff. BUCKLE-HORNS, s. Short crooked horns turning horizontally inwards, as though inclined to buckle together. North. BUCKER, «. A horse's hind leg; a bent piece of wood, somewhat like it in shape, particularly that on which a slaughtered 1 animal is hung up, more generally called a gambrel. Norf. Suff. BUCKARD or BUCKED, part. pass. [Bouc, Fr. a goat which has a rank smell.] Milk soured by being kept too long in the milk bucket, or in a foul bucket. Somerset. BVCKY fladj. [Bouc, Fr.]. A sweet rank cheese is so called in Hampshire. To BUCK, V. n. [Bucc, Ang. Sax, belly.] To swell out. Somerset, BUCK-HEADING, BUCKSTALUNG, «ar^ pass. Cutting hedges down to a fence height. Norf. Suff. Perhaps originally kept to a height to pre- vent deer from jumping over. See Forby. BUD, conj. But. Craven. BUD,«. A weaned cow of the first year, so railed because the horns then begin to bud. Suff. Grose. E. Suss. Kent. Forby says the same name is applied to those of the polled breed, as well as to those having horns, in Suff. Norf. BUDDLED, part. pass. Drowned ; suffo- cated; as if in the buddle-pool, in which tin ore is washed. Somerset, BUDDLE, 8. A noxious weed among corn. The chrysanthemum segelum of Linnseus. Corn marygold. Gi'ose. To BUDDLE, v. a. [Buydelen, Belg. to sift.] To cleanse ore. Craven. 7b BUDGE, v. n. [Bouge, Fr. swelling.] To bulge. Craven. BUDGE, s. A cask placed on wheels for the purpose of carrying water. E. Suss. This word is probably derived from bouge, Fr. also ,• the word bouge being used to signify the swelling or bulging part of a cask. In heraldry a water-bucket is called a bouget. BUDGE, adj. Brisk ; jocund ; according to Grose, who gives no county. In Sussex and Hampshire it means stiff; dull ; and so Fenning gives it, but gives no etymo- logy. In this latter sense may it not come from bouge Fr. a stiff formal person puff« ing and swelling himself out to look im- portant ? BUER, «. A gnat. Northumb. BUFFET, 8. A stool. Craven. BUFFET-STOOL, s, A four-legged stool, set on a frame like a table. Mr. Forby thinks it owes its name to its serving the poor-man for table, sideboard, and stool. Norf, Lincoln . BUFFER, 8, [Bouffon. Fr. a fool.] Buffoon. Norf BITFF, #. A bough of a tree ; pronounced buff, as in East Sussex a trougb is called a troff. NoHh. To BUFFLE, v. a. To handle any thing clumsily; to speak thick and inarticu- lately. JVo»/- Suff. BUL. BUM. 21 BUFFLE-HEADED, adj. Stupid ; con- fused. Sussex, To BUG, To bend. Kent. Probably from bouge, Fr. a bulging out, and to bulge is to bend. BULDERlNCflkiy. [Weather.] Hot ; sul- try. Somerset, To BULK, V, n. [Bulcbe, Belg. the breast.] To throb ; the breast heaves or throbs from breathing. Norf. Suff, BULKING,*. [From the verb.] A throb- bing in the flesh. Norf, Suff. BULKAR, 8. [Bielcke. Belg.] A beam. Idncotn. An inden- Somerset. To BULGE, V. a. [Bouge, Fr.] tation. BULL-HEAD, s. The flsh ,• miller's thumb. North. BULLS FOREHEAD, «• The turfy air grass. Aira coespotosa. North. BULL'S-PINK, The bird chaffinch. North. BULLACE, «. i A kind of wild plum. E. Suss. BULLINS, «. ) Ditto. Somerset. BULL-FIEST, s. ([Bull and feist; flatus veutus ] The puff-ball. Lycoperdon bovista. Linn. Norf, BULLS and COWS, plm. The flowers of the arum mac u latum. Craven, Called there also lords and ladies, as well in Hamp^ shire and Sussex, To BULLOCK, v, n. To bully. Norf Suff. BULLOKIN,ad[;. Imperious. Craven, To BULLY-RAG, v, a. To rally contemp- tuously. Craven. These three words come from bull, the pope's bull, which was full ^of loud threats. To BULLOCK, v. n.. [From bull.] To bel- low or lament vociferously, as a bull does. To make a great noise. E, Stus. Norf. Suff. BULL'S-NOON, s. Midnight; a bull fre- quently breaking forth at that hour in search of adventures, as though it were mid-day instead of mid-night. So says Mr. Forby in Suff. Norf. BULLEN, s. [Perhaps it should be pullen]. Hempstalks pilled or stripped. Noi^. BULLY-MUMG, «. Oats, peas, and tares mixed. Essex, Norf. Suff. Forby gives the derivation from Skinner, thus, Bilig.|Ang..Sax. ater, and mengean, miscere BULLOCK,'«. A heifer. Berks, BULf^, s. The stems of hedge-thorns, being rough and hard like a bull's head. Grose, BULL-8EGG, s. A gelded bull. North. BULL-STAG, s. Ditto. South. The word stag is applied to other gelded animals, as boar-stag, ram-stag in the sooth. BULL.STANG, s. The dragon fly. Cumb. To BULLER, v. ti. [Bouleverser, Fr. to overturn.] To increase in bulk, as a snow ball does by rolling over and over. Norf. Suff. To BUMBASTE v. a, [Bomme, Belg. pos- terior ; and to baste to beat.] To beat, particularly as boys are corrected at school. Norf. Suff. BUMBY, s, A quagmire from stagnant wa- ter, dang, &c., such as is often seen in a farm. yard. Grose, The reservoir of a privy, whence Mr. Forby very fairly sup- poses its origin. Grose, BUMBLEBEE, s. [Bommen, Tout, to sound.]The insect commonly called the humble-bee. Grose. To •' boom," as a bittern probably comes from *' bom- men" also. BUM BEL or BUMMEL-KFTE, s. A bram- ble or blackberry. York, Cumb, Hants. '* Bramble-kates," Grose thinks. Bram- ble and kricken, Belg. suggests the author of the Craven Dialect. TbBUMBLE, r. a. To muffle, as ''the bells are bumbled.*' N v. n To set o£f in a hurry. 7oBUNDLE*OFF,v. a. To send anyone away in a great hurry, or in a pet. E,Su88. BUNGEE, 8, Any^ thing thick and squat. Somerset, Perhaps from bung, which is flat. To BUNGEU, V. n. [Bourgonner, Fr.] To do any thing awkwardly ; to bungle. 8om. BUNKS, 8. The wild succory. (Cichoreum intybus.] Nor/. Suf. BUNT,«. 1 Bolting cloth. Somerset. SThe material of which ship's BUNTING, 8. 3 flags are made. South, BUNT, s. A bolting mill. Somerset. To BUNT^ 8. To separate flour from the bran. Somerset. To BUNKERy v. a. [To leap a hedge or ditch ; as can you bunker that hedge ? E. Sussex. Query. Is this from bon coeur, Fr. Have yon a heart good enough to leap that fence ? BUM-BOAT, 8. A boat attending ships on the coming into harbour, to retail greens, drams, &c., commonly superintended by women, who are hence called bum-boat- ers. Hants. Portsmouth. To BUNG YOUR EYE. To drink until a person is so drunk that he canU see, when his eyes may be said to be bunged up or stopped as a cask is with a bung. Hants, Suss. BUNDS, BUND-WEED, s. Different spe- cies of wild centauresB, particularly nigra, which much infests g^rass lands. Forby makes it come from bum- weed, from the roundness and plumpness of its seeds. In Sussex we have bindweed for convol- vulus, from its entwining or binding itself round whatever is near it. May not Bund be a corruption of Bound ? BUNDLE, 8. An opprobious term applied to females, being tantamount to baggage, which perhaps, as Forby says, means a follower of the camp, one who rides on the baggage-wagon, as the baggage does ? Noif. Suff. BUNG-TAIL, 8. A horse that has had his tail docked so short that no more of the stump is left than is of the size of a bung. Norf. Suff. BUNTY, adj. Miserably mean and shabby. Norf. From bunter, a low woman ; a hunter, ac- cording to Penning, being one who lives by picking up rags in the streets. To BUNCH or PUNCH, v. a. To kick. Cror. (Poincon Fr.. *, BUNCH-BERRIES, t. The fruit of mbus saxatilis, stone bramble, to called ^because it grows in banches. Craven. BURGOT, or BEERGOOD, s. [See bar- good*] Yeast. BURDEN-BAND, s. a hay-band, being made to bind a burden or truss, about as much as a man can carry. North. BUR, s. A piece of wood or stone put un- der a wheel to stop its progress. Uraven. Should it be bar ? BUR-TREE, 8. [Bore-tree, being hollow as though bored.J The elder-tree. Craven. BURCOT, 8. A load. Somerset. BURG,s. [Berg. Sax. a hill.] A hillock; a rising ground. South Downs. Suss. BURN, (Scotch.] 8. A brook; a small stream of water. North. To BURNISH, V. n. To grow fat ; to look jolly or rosy. Somerset, When an ani- mal grows fet its coat looks sleek, as though it were burnished or polished, and is said to burnish in E. Sussex, BURR,«. The sweetbread. Derlry, From Bourre, Fr. down; the sweetbread being remarkably soft. BURTLE, 8. A sw^ting. Northumb. Grose, BURBLES, s. p/u. Small tingling pimples, such aa are caused bv the sting of nettles, or of some minute insects. Sorf. BURR, 8. A mistiness over and around the moon. Norf. Suff. In Sussex and Hants, a dimmed circle or halo around the moon. BURR, 8. [From its shape resembling the burr, the blossom of the burr-dock.] The blossom of the hop. E, Sussex. Kent. BURK, 8. [Birc. Sax.] The birch-tree. North, BUR-THISTLE, s. Carduus lanceolatus; spear thistle. North, To BURTHEN, r. a. To charge closely, as *' I burthened him with it as strong as I could, but he would not confess." Norf, Suff. To BUS, V. a. To fdress. North. May it be to emboss or ornament. BUSS, 8. A half-grown calf. Somerset. To BUSH, V. a. [Emboscare, Ital.] To inclose or sheathe ; applied to the iron of the nave of a carriage wheel. Craven. To BUSH, V. n. To retreat ; to fly back from a wager or bargain, as though getting into or behind a bush for shelter. E. Suss BUSH-DRAINING, s. Under draining, so called because done with bushes. Chrose, BUSK,«. [Bosco, Ital.] A bush. York. BU8K,«. A piece of steel or wood woin in the front of a woman's [stays. " Busc " Fr. A common ^word, though given in many Provincial Dictionaries. BUSSOCK, 8. [Bosse, Fr. a boss a thick body.] A thick fat person. fVartokk. BUSKING, port. act. Women running against each others' busks by way of provocation are said to be " busking" in Somerset. To BUSK, V. a. Fowls, pheasantsjand part- ridges are said to be basking themselves when scratching and wallowing in the dust. Norf, Suff. I prefer the derivation from " bus," to BUT. CAA. 23 dress (which see) to bask, of which Forby thinks it a corruption. BUT, IT. A comical and peculiar kind of basket or trap, used in ]ar|^ numbers for catching salmon in the nver Parret in Somersetshire • Butte, Sax. cask. To BUT, r. n. [Bout, Fr. boundary.] To border upon. Craven, East Sussex, BUTTS AND BOUNDS,*, pi. The borders of a person's estate. E, Sussex, To BUTCH, t>. a. [Butcher.] To do the bu- siness of a butcher. Craven, BUTTER-FINGERCD, adj. Apt to let things fall, as though the fingers were greasv. Sussex, Hauls. BUTTER-TEETH, s. plu. Broad and yellow teeth. Norf. Suff. Sussex, Hants. BUTTER-BUMP or BOTTLE, «. J A bittern BUTTLE BOTTLE-BUMP. { Sff,Norf. BUTTER- JAGS, s. The flowers of the tri- folium siliquS cornutfi. Grose, BUTTER-CUPS,*. [From the colour.] The common ranunculus of the meadows. Suss, Hants. BUTTER-SHAG, •• A slice of bread and butter. Cumb, BUTTER-LEAVES, *. The leaves of the atriplex hortensis, used in Gloucestershire for laying under butter going to market. BUTT-FULL, s. A term for a fat person, as '* how fat you grow. Sir, you ^rill soon be as large as a butt full," tantamount to the old saying, you are as big as a Dor- chester butt. A small low cart. Devonshire, BUTTON, s. Sheep's dung, when in small round hard knobs, like little buttons. South. West. Sometimes used for dung, in general ac- cording to Grose in the West. BUTTY, s. A partner in any business or work. North. fVarwick, Prol»bly from abouter, Fr. to prop; to support ; a partner being a support. BUTTON, s. A very small cake ; ** a ginger- bread button." Norf. Suff. BUYER, s. The common gnat. North. From buver, Fr. to drink ; gnats living by drinking blood. To BUZ, V. a. [Buyssen, Belg. to drink.] To empty a bottle is to boz it. Hants, Suss. To B\JZ,v. a. [Bus, Welch, the lip.] To kiss. York. BVZ,s. A kiss. York. BUSS, s. A kiss. Sussex, Hants. BUZZARD, s, A coward. Craven, Perhaps from boast, bullies and cowards being frequently great boasters. BY-FAR, adv. Much. Craven, BYSTE,;*. [Bye, Sax. a dwelling. Byan, Sax. to dwelli and by and stead a by-stead or by-bead.] A temporary bed used by hopHJriers and nfialtsters to rest on in the night, and at other times when tending their flret. E. Sutsev, C. CAAS, s, [Caisse, Fr* box or trunk.] A cupboard or shelves for glasses. Craven. York. CA, V. a. To call ; to drive. Grose. CAB, s. [Cabinet.] A small number of per« sons secretly united in the performance of some undertaking. E, Suss. CADDOW,#. A jackdaw. Norf.Suff, The following etymologies have been pro« posed, though none seem quite satisfac- tory ; viz : caw-daw, from its voice j cade-daw, from cade, to breed up ten- derly, in a tame state. Ka, Low Scotch, comix. Norf, Suff. To CADDLE, v. a. To attend officiously. North. Penning has '* to cade," to breed up ten- derly, and also " to codle,'* to parboil or soften with water, from coctolo, Lat. a diminutive of coquo. In Hampshire they have to "coddle," to parboil, as "coddled apples;*' it signifies likewise to treat a child or animal tenderly; now these words all seem to ask one common derivation, which I agree with Penning should be coctolo. CADDY, ». A ghost or bugbear. North. CADE* LAMB, s, A domesticated lamb. York. Cadeler, Fr. to breed tenderly, according to Skinner. To CADGE, r. a. To carry. Northumb, To cadge the belly is to stuff the belly , to bind or tie a thing. Lancas. CADGER, • A carrier or loader to a mill. Northumb, A higgler. Fennmg. Cadgers and pikers are tramps. E, Suss. CADGED, part, pass. Filled. [Ang.fSax.] The author of the Craven Dialect gives cadged above, Ang. Sax., meaning filled ; if he is right here we have the root of ** cadger,** and " to cadge." CADMA, s. [Cade.] The least pig of the litter; hence a tender one. South, CAFP,». [Ka£f,Belg.] Chaff. Craven, To CAPFLE or CAFT, r. n. [Corruption of cavil ] To cavil or run off from a bargain. Craven. CADLING, part. act. Coaxing; foolishly particular. maryfiek. CAG-MA6S, s. Old geese, which having been plucked many times, are sent up to the London market for the cocknies. Lincolnshire, A small inferior breed of sheep, such as are fed on poor* heathy, barren commons. Hants. To BAIL, V, To throw weakly, and wide oC the mark ; as a woumsol \?ga^^% -^ ^fivKs^^ 24 CAL. CAM. circling and not in a straight forward direction f To move with a wavering and irregular gait. To gambol and throw out the heeU like a skittish colt. Norf, Suff, Probably this is a corruption of ** coil." To coil is to 'wind ; a coil is the opposite of any thing straight. To coil implies wavering and irregularity. CAINGEL, 8, A crabbed fellow. North. To CAKE, r. n. [Kaeckelen,^Bel.] To cackle as geese ; geese are said to cakei bens to cackle. North. CAKE-CREEL, s. [Cake and creel.] A rack at the top of a kitchen, to dry oat- cakes. North, CALIMANCO-CAT, ». [Calimanco, a glossy stuff.] A tortoise-shell cat. Norf, CAKERED, part. pcus. [Perhaps from cake, to harden.] Bound with iron, like clog shoes. North. CALASSES, «• Almes'houses. Grose, who refers to the Gentleman*s Magazine, May, 1784. CALE, 8* A turn ; as 'it is his cale to go. Derby. Query, call. CALF-STAGESy s. Places for holding calves. Gloucester. CALFLICK, 8. [Caul and flick.] Hair which does not lie in the same direction as the other. Craven. CALLETIN, adj. [Perhaps from call.] Pert ; saucy ; gossippmg. York. CALL, 8. Occasion ; obligation ; necessity ; as be had no call to do it. Derby. S%i88ex. Hants. Norf. Suffolk. The meaning is he was 'not called to do such a thing ; it was a voluntary act of his own. CALLAR, aty. [Koelen. Belg. to cool.] Fresh ; cool. North. CALLE, 8. [Caleche, Fr. Calash.] A cloak. Bailey. 7b CALLET, t) a. [To call, call names.] To scold. Northumb. C ALLOT, 8. A drab. Craven. CALLOW, 8. The stratum of vegetable earth lying above gravel, sand, &c., which must be removed in order to reach them. The process is called uncallowing. Norf. Caler, Ang. Sax. Calvus, Lat. a scalp. CALLYVAN, #. A pyramidal trap for catch- ing birds. Somerset. Is this a call-trap ? CALLIERD, 8, [Callus, Lat. hardness.] A hard stone. North. CALLING, «. Giving notice by the public crier. NorthunUf. CAM, 8. Any long mound of made earth. North. Is it not from came, as it is not a natural mound, but it came or was brought to the spot ? CAMBER, «• A harbour. At Portsmouth there is "a part of the harbour called the Camber. Winchilsea Castle builded to protect Rye harbour, is called Camber Castle, [CamejA, Lat. a chamber.] CALM, 8. [Rising when the liquor is still or calm.] The concreted skum of bottled liquors. Norf. Suff. CALMY, adj. Mothery. Norf Suff. So called because when the scum is formed completely, the liquor, is in a quiescent or calm state. CAM BUCK, 8. The dry stalks of dead plants, as of hemlock and other unbelliferous ones. Cammoc, Anglo. Sax. peucedanum, hemlock. CAMMEREL, f«. [Cambre, Fr. crooked.] A horse's hock. Craven. CAMP, 8. [Campian, Ang. Sax. prselian, to fight, to contend.] An ancient athletic game at ball, formerly much played in Norfolk and Suffolk. ToICAMP, V. n. To play at the above game. CAMPING-LAND, s, A piece of ground set apart for the exercise of camping, or playing the game of camp, for the full and satisfactory description of which the reader must consult Forby's East Anglia. CAMPING-BALL, s. A ball* particularly adapted to the sport bf camping. Tb CAMPLE, ». [Camp, Ang. Sax. to con- tend.] To talk ; to contend. Craven. To CAMPO, or GAMBLE, v. n. To prate saucily. North, To CAMP, or CANK, v.n. To talk of any thing. North. CAMPABLE, adj.\ [Corruption of capable.] Able to do. North. CAMPERKNOWS, s. Ale-pottage, made with sugar, spices, &c. Grose, CAN, 8. A milk-pail. Craven. CANED-LIQUOR, adj. [Cauus, Lat. white kaen, Belg.] Liquor in which is a white filament ; mothery. Craven, CANACIN, 8. The plague. Bayley, CANK, a^A Dumb. Craven. CANKERED, adj. Cross ; peevish. Craven. A canker implies something that is destruc- tive I a tree that is gnarled and stunted in its growth is said to be cankered in Hampshire ; a dumb man is checked in his speech ; a peevish man is cross- grained, as a cankered tree is. CANKER, 8. A poisonous fungus* resem- bling a mushroom* Glouc. Rust. North The dog-rose. , Devon. CANKERS, 8. Caterpillars. Grose, CANKER.WEED, s. Rag-wort. Grose. Senecio jacoboea, Linn, tennifolius et svlvaticus CAN KING, oiy. [Query. Cantus, Lat.] Whining; dissatisfied. Derby, Gossip- ping. Warwick. CANDLE-TEEMING, s. Candle lighting. West. To teen and doubt the candle ; to light and put out the candle. This is clearly de- rived thus, " teen" is to in ; " doubt" is to do out. ' To CANIFFLE, or CANIFFLEE, v. To dissemble; to flatter. [Kaen, Belg. to whiten.] CAN. CAP, 25 CANCH, «• [Kante, Teut. angulus, Lat. a corner.] A small quantity of com in the ■traw, put into a corner of the barn, or an out-houfle« A short turn or spell at any work. A trench cut sloping to a very narrow bottom, or an ang4e. Norf. Suf. CANKERFRETT, s, [Canker and fretan. Sax. to devour.] Verdigris ; the rust of copper or bra^s. Norf Suff, CANNY, adj. Nice, neat | housewifely; handsome; pretty. York. Northumb. [Canus, LAt. white , fair. Kaen, Belg. to whiten.] CANSEY, 8. \k causeway. Norf. Suff. CAUNSEY I CANNA-WINNA-MUNNA-SHANNA, v Cannot; will not; must not; shall-not. Shropshire. CANNY, adj. [Scotch.] Comfortable; in high and ioyous spirits. Northumb, CANT, 8. A comer of a field. Kent. A small parcel of hay. Han'8. An auction sale. North. A jerk ; and irregular cast. Norf Suff. CASTl}fQ, part. act. Splaying off an angle. York. To CANT-UP, V. a. To throw up one end of a piece of wood, by pressing down on the other. Hants, To throw ; as he was canted out of the chaise, thrown out suddenly by an unex- pected jerk. Kent. To set up on edge. Norf. Suff, To throw upwards with a jerk. Ditto. To take off the edge or corner. Craven. CANT-RAIL, 8. A triangular rail, of which two are cut from a square piece of timber sawn diagonally. Norf. Suff, All these words have evidently one com- mon origin ; viz : kant, Dutch, kante, Teut. an angle or corner ; canton^ Fr. a corner. To CANT, V. n. To recover or mend. Nth. CANT, ody. Strong; lusty. Cheshire, Lively, York. CANTY, adj. Cheerful; talkative. North. These three words are probably from the same root as " canny," which see. CANTING, port. ace. Flattering. York. CANTRAP, 8, A magic spell. North. These two I derive from cantus, Lat. a whining tone of voice, generally used to deceive. To CAPPIL, V. a. [Cappe. Teut. a summit.] To mend or top shoes. Craven, To CAP, V. a. [Cappe, Teut.] To puzzle ; to excel. Craven. To challenge ; to overcome. Notf. Suff. CAP, 8. [Cappe, Teut.] A challenge to competition ; also a victory, which is the the strictly proper sense. Norf. St^, CAPS, 8. All sorU of fungi ; as toad's cap. Noif. Suff, Toad's stool. Hants, Suss. CAPER-PLANT, s. A common garden plant, euphorbia lathyris, so called from the supposed resemblance of its capsules to those of capers. Norf. S«|^. CAP, or COB, 8, [Cappe, Teut. cop, Sax. top.] Head; chief; master. Cumb, CAPES, 8. [Cappe, Teut.] Ears of corn broken off in thrashing. North. CAPO, 8. A woiking horse. Cheshire. CAPPE RED, fxsrt. Usually applied to cream, wrinkled on the surface by stand- ing in a brisk current of air ; sometimes to the surfSace of land suddenly dried after rain. Norf, Suff, Forby is at a loss to 6nd a derivation for this word; in the latter sense, at all events, cappe, Teut. a cap, applies very well ; the land being capped with a hard scale by the sudden drying of it. CAPITABLE, adj. Capital. fVarwick. CAR, 8. A wood or grove on a moist soil, generally of alders. Norf. Suff. CARRE, 8. A marsh. > Craven. CAR-WATER, s Red or Chalybeate wa-. ter, issuing from a bog. Craven. CARRE, s. A hollow place in which water stands. North, These four words are from kaer, Goth, a bog. CARBERRY, s. A gooseberry. North. CAR-HAND, 8. The left hand. Ditto. CARKING, a£{y. Anxious; careful. Ditto. CARLE, 8. [Carl, Brit, a clown,] A clown- ish fellow. York. North, CARLE, 8. [Karl. Isl. an old man.] An old man ; also a he-cat ; a male. North. CARLE-HEMP, s. That hemp which bears the seed. Qrose. ^The second Sunday CARLING-DAY, s. * preceding Easter, >when parched peas CARLING-SUNDA Y. (are served up at most J tables in Northumb. CART-RAKE, s. [Cart and rake.] The track of a cart or wagon wheel. Essex, CARRIAGE, «. A drain. WUts. CAR-SICK, s. [Car and sick, Ang. Sax. a furrow.] The kennel, Grose thinks it may be cart-gutter. CASUALTY, 8, The flesh of an animal that dies by chance. Norf. Suff To CARVE, KARVE, or KERVE, r. n^ To carve is to cut, sour things cut. To grow sour, spoken of cream, to curdle. Chesh. CARNATION-GRASS, s. Aira coespitosa. Gloue. To CASCADE, v. n. To vomit. Hants. CASINGS, or CASSONS, s. [Query, Out- ings.] Cow-dung dried for fuel. Northumb. CAST, 8, Produce, applied to crops of com. Grose. Norf. Suff. CASK, part. Warped ; thrown on one side as it were from a straieht line. Norf. CASTEN, part. } Cast off, as casten cloathes. CASSEN, S Craven. To CAT, TO SHOOT THE CAT, v. To Tomit, particularly from too much drink* ing. HomOc^^ \ CAT^H^^^^V>,oA^ k.'^V^^^^* W«*.. 26 CAT CAV. behind in shape, as a cat*s hauncbet'do. 8u88, Hants, CAT, s. [Cate, a cake.] A mass of coarse meal, clay and some other ingredients, with a large proportion of salt, placed in doTe- cotes to entice pigeons, commonly ^called a salt-cat. Norf, Sujf, Hants. Suss, CAT-WHIN, 1. Rosa spinosissima. Barnet rose. North- CAT, TO WHIP THE CAT. This is a trick played on a person in the following manner, viz. : a bet is laid that one man shall tie a cat to another, and by whip- ^ ping it shall make it draw him through a pond of water, or across a stream ; the man who is foolish enough to accept the bet, has a rope tied round his waist, and the other end is taken to the opposite side of the pond or stream to that on ' which he stands, and to this end is tied ' the cat, which is then whipped to make it draw the man through the water, whieh, of course, not being able to do, it is as- sisted by men on the same side with the ^ cat, and thus the poor simpleton is drag- ged through the water, to the infinite amusement of all the bystanders. Hants. CATCH-LAND, «. Land, the owner of the tithe of which was unknown, and the f minister who first gets them, has them for that year. Norf. CATCH-CORNER, s. A game correctly designated by its title, Somerset, Jennings, CATCH-ROGUE, s, A constable; one whose office it is to apprehend offenders. Norf. Porby suggests Cacherau, N. Fr. a bailiff. CATER, adj, [Quatre, Fr. four.] Intimate friends or relatives, within the first four degrees of kinship. Craven, CATER-CRASS, prep. Across; as ''you must go eater-crass dat dar fll," that is *' you must go across that field." Kent. To CATER, V. a. To cut a piece of wood or cloth cornerwise, or at angles. Hants. Sussex. CATMALLISONS, s. The cupboards round the chimnies in the North, where they preserve their dried beef and provisions. CAT'S- FOOT, St Ground ivy. NorthwTUf, CAT'S-TAIL, s, Hipparis vulgaris. Unn. Mare's tail. Norf. Suff. CATS TAILS, PUSSY-CATS, s. Catkins, the male blossoms of hazel or willow. Suss. Hants. CATERPILLAR, s. The cockchafer. Sca- ralxBus melolontha. Somerset. To CATTER, v. n. [To thrive in the world; from cater, to provide. [Kater, Belg. rich dishes.] North, CAT WITH TWO TAILS, f. An earwigJJVif. CAUCHERY, s. A medicinal composition or slop. Grose, CAUK, s. [Calc Brit, chalk.] Calcareous earth in general ; any aort of limestone. Norf, Suff. to North. emboss.] Craven. regulate.] A Norf. Suff. E. Suss. To CAVE, V, a. To rake off, or out of; as short straw* and ears from the com in chaff on a barn's floor. Norf. North. Hants. Sussex, CAVING, s. The short straws and ears so raked off. CAVING-RAKE, s. A wooden rake, with short head and .long teeth, used for the above purpose. To CAVE, V. n. To fall into a hollow be- low. If a stratum of gravel, &c„ has been incautiously excavated, it is said to ** cave in." Norf. St^ff. [Cave, Fr. a cavity.] CAV ELS, s. [Lots ; casting cavels is casting lots. Nortkumb, Is this from cavil, a doubt; an objection. A lot is doubtful while casting? CAWBABY, «. An awkward timid boy. Devon. CAWKINS, s. The hind part of a horse's shoe turned up. Craven. [Kaucken, Teut] CAWSIE-TAIL, s. A dunce. CEILING, 8. [Coelo. Lat. wainscot. CESS,«. [Assesser, Fr. to layer, or stratum. A tax, as the poor-cess, &c. *\[Sedes, Lat. a seat.] A CESS-POOLy s, /hole to receive the sedi- >ment deposited b^ thick SESS-POOL, (muddy water running into Jit. Hants, Suss. CHADS, ff. pi, [Schadde, Teut. gleba, Lat. a clod.] Dry husky fragments among food. In- Low Scotch ; gravelly stones in rivers. Norf, CHADDY, adJ, Full of chads ; as the bread is chaddy, that is, gritty. Norf. S^g^. To CHAFF^ V. a. [Chafe, to make angry.] To teaze a person till he becomes angry ; to remind one of anything frequently, till he is out of temper. E. Suss. CHAFER, ff. A brown insect of the beetle species, which, appearing in May, is called in East Sussex and Kent a Ma^<- bug, while the green ones which come in June, are called June-bugs. In West Sussex and Hampshire, these latter are called golden-chafers. CHAFF-BONE, ff. Theiaw-bone, alias chaw- bone. Craven, Chaff-chaffs; chew-chaw- Jaw are clearly of one common origin. CHAITY, adj. [Chary, caia. Sax. [care-] Careful; nice; delicate* Somerset, CHAITS, ff. [See chads.] Fragments or leavings on plates, or of the food of ani- mals, as turnip chaits ; crumbs of bread are called " chits.** Norf. Suff. To CHALDER, v. n. To crumble and fall away, as the surface of chalk, &c. To CHAM, V. a, [Champayer, Fr. to bite frequently.] To chew. Somerset. Hants. g West. Sus ex. To CHALM, V. a. [See cham.] To chew or nibble. CHA. CHE. 27 To CHAMBLE, v. a, [Se« cham.] into small | pieces. Books or papers are often said to be chalmed by mice. Noff, Suff. CHAMBLINGS, «. [See cbam.] Husks of corn or other Ital. a young thing] Baby« faced. York. Norf. Suff. CHITTERLINGS,*. [Schyierling. Belg. kutteln, Teut. the intestines.] The small guts minced and fried. Craven. The small guts of hogs only. Hants, Suss, CHITTERLING, s. The frill of the shirt. Craven. So called probably from their resemblance, the edge of some of the small guts being frilled as it.were. Som, CHIVY, s. A chace ; as to run and career gaily, as boys do in their sports, is to give each other a good chivy. Som. Hants. Jennings attributes it to an allusion to the old iNillad of Chevy Chase. CH1Z7LE, or CHIZZELL, «. BrSin,^ Kent. CHJZZLY, adj. Harsh and dry under the teeth. Norf. Si^f, CHIZZLY, adj. Hard ; unkindly ; as ap- plied to land which will not easily pul- verize. Hants. [Kiescle, Teut. gluma« husk, Lat.] CHOAKED, paxi, pass. Blown up as a bullock is, by having a piece of turnip stuck in his throat. Norf. CHOATY, adj. Fat; chubby; commonly applied to infants. Kent' CHOBBINS, s. Unripened grains of corn not comming out of the husks under the flail, but beaten off by it. Choppings* says Forby. Norf. Suff. CHOBBYy adj. Abounding in chobbins. Norf. Suff. To CHOCK. V. a. To cboak. Sussex. CHOCKLIHQ, part. act. [Chuckling.] Hec toring; scolding. Somerset. CHOGS, 8. The cuttings of the hop-planU when dressed in the spring. East Sussex. KerU, CHOUCKY, ody. Choleric. Norf . Suff . CHO. CHU. 29 r© CHOMP, V. a. [Champ.] To chew; also to crush or cut things small North, Hants. Sussex, CHOOR, s. [Char.] A job j any dirty household work. Somerset. Choor-Chewry-char-charwoman. I have seen no etymology given to this word, but venture to offer one ; it is this, the French word "jour," a day; choor is not very different in soun«l to *< jour;'* a char-woman is one who is hired by, and for the day. CHOORCR, 8. CHOOR-WOMAN, [See choor.] A wo- man who goes out to do any kind of odd and dirty work. Som, To CHOORY, V. To do work of the above kind. Somerset* In Sussex and Hants they say a woman goes out to " charring." To CHOP, »• n. [Keopen, Belg. to buy.] To exchange one thing for another. North. South* Fenning. CHOPS,*. [Chap.] The mouth. A slap in the chops is a blow in the mouth. Suss. Hants. CHOPPER^ s. [Chap.] A cheek of bacon. Hants. CHOO', interj. [Chou. old Fr.] A word made use of to'drive away pigs. Nf. Suff. CHOP-LOG6ER.HEAD, s. An intense blockhead ; one whose head is thick 2^ enough as it were to bear logs to be chopped on it. Norf. Suff, CHOUNTING, part. act. [Query chaunt- ing.] Quarrelling. Somerset, CHOUT, s. [Shout.] A jolly frolic ; a rustic merry-making. Norf. Suff. CHOVY, s. A small coleopterous insect, invading gardens and orchards in hot sum- mers; in sandy districts in immense num- bers, destroying all the green leaves. Noif. Suff, CHOULE, s, )[Gula, Lat. the throat.] The CHOWL Sjaw from jowl. York. The 3 crop of a bird. Fenning, To CHOWSE, V. a. To cheat -, to deceive one by false appearances. Suss. Hants. CHRISTIAN, s. An appellation used to distinguish a rational from an irrational being i a very sagacious horse is said to be as clever as a Christian, that is a hu- man being. Norf, Suff, Hants, Stus. CHRISTMAS, s. The holly, which being ever green, is used to decorate houses at Christmas. Norf, Suff, Hants, Suss. CHRISOM-CALF, s. A calf killed before it is a month old. Bailey, CHUBBY, ody. Surly. Norf . Suff . Full; swelling. Somerset, CHUCK! CHUCK, tn Hants. CHUCKLE-HEADED J Sussex. CHUCK, s. [Cicen, Sax. a chick.] A hen York, CHUFF, CHUFFY, adj. Fat and 'fleshy, particularly in the cheeks. Norf, St^, (Jouffre, Fr. chubbed.) Ferby. Surly ; ill-tempered. Suss. Hants. CHUMP, s. A small thick log of wood. Norf. Suff. Hants. Suss. CHUMP-END,*. To CHUNTER, v, n. [Chaunt ] To com- plain; to murmur. [Channer, Scotch. Craven, CHURCH-LITTEN, s, A church-yard. fV. Sussex, (Lictun, Sax. a burying ground.) Hants. CHURCHWARDEN, s. A cormorant; a voracious bird : churchwardens having been supposed formerly to apply the parish money to their own profit. West Suss, Hants, CHURCH-WORK AND PARISH PAY, Work badly done and highly paid for; parish work being frequently made a job of. Hants, CHUN, CHUM, s, A quean; a worthless woman. fVest, CHURN-GOTTING, s, A nightly feast after the corn is got in. North. CHURN-SUPPER, s. May the first be a corruption of corn got in f CHURCHILLED, oti/. Hogged. Craven. CHURLY, cuij. Cheerless, applied to pros- pect ; rough, as applied to weather. York. CHURCHING, s. The service of the church, as ** we have churching twice a-day." Norf. Suff, Suss. Hants, CHURCH-MAN, s. A clergyman, used to signify the manner in which he performs his office in the church ; as he is a good or a bad churchman. Norf Suff, Sussex, Hants, CHURCH-CLERK,*. A parish clerk. Norf. CHUSHEREL. *. A wboremaster ; a de- bauched fellow. South, Grose, To CIDDLE, or KIDDLE-KITTLE, v, a. To tickle. E. Suss. Kent. CICELY, *. Chserophyllum sylvestre. Cow, Parsley. North, CIRCUMBENDIBUS, *. ^ [Circum. Ut. about, and bend.] A circuitous round- about way, either of getting to a spot, or of telling a story. Hants, CLAATH, *. [Clad, Sax.] Cloathf. Craven, CLAAS, adj. Close. Crmoen, CLACK,*. [Klack, Belg.] Quick; idle; talking. Suss, Hants, CLACK-BOX,*. The mouth which con- tains a nimble tongue. iVoj/. Suff, CLAD, *. [Clud, Sax. a little hillock.] A clod. E. Sussex. To CLAD, or CLAT, v, a. [Clud, Sax.] To cut off the locks of wool round a sheep's tail, which are clotted together with the dung of the animal. Kent. E. Suss. 7b CLAG, V. n. [Cleeg, Ang. Sax.] To stick, as in a bog. Ct«»««w. CLAGS, *. Bo^*, ^ ^w\\v 30 CLA. CLA. CLAG-LOCKS, s. Locks of wool matted to- g^ getherby the nataral moisture of the ani- mal, or by wet and dirt Norf, 8uff» CLAGGY^ adj* Clogged with moisture, as roads and foot paths are after moderate rain. Norf, St^f, North* 7b CLAIM UP, V, a. Clammy; sticky; [Klam, Belg.] To paste up a paper, as an advertisment. North, CLAITY. oc^'. [See to clad or clat.] Dirty. Cumb> 7*oCLAKE, r. a. To scratch. Grose. CLAM, s, [Klemmen, Belg. to climb.] A stick laid across a stream of water to clamber over. fVest. CLAM, s. [Klam, Belg.] Clamminess. Norf. CLAM, s. From clammy-sticking ; klem- mel, Belg. pine us.] A lat, gin. 8u88, Hants* CLAM, adj. Clammy ; adhesive. Craven, To CLAM, r.^n. [Perhaps from claim ; to claim food is to hunger.] To hunger. Craven, Norf, Sujf, To starve. fVaruriek, To CLAM, V. a. To stick together by some viscid matter; from clsBmian, Ang. Sax. to thicken. Norf, Suf, To CLAME, V. [See to clam.] To daub ; as wet soil does the harrows. To spread unctuous matter, as salve on a plaster; butter and bread, &c. North, To CLAMMAS, v, n, [Klemmen, Belg. To climb]. To clamber or climb .North, CLAMMAS, s. [Clamor, Lat. clamour.] A great noise. North. CLAMMED, or CLEMMED, part, pass. Starved. North, Choaked up, as a mill is from [being over- loaded. Glow, CLAMMERSOME adj\ Clamorous ; gree- dy. Craven, CLAMPS,*. [Klampe, Belg.] Brand-irons, irons for supporting the ends of logs in a wood-fire. Northumb, CLAMP, s. A large quantity of bricks burned in the open air, and not in a re- gular kiln. Notf. Sws, Kent, Hants. [Klump, Teut, a thick lump of anything.] CLAMP, A mound of earth lined with straw, to keep potatoes in through the winter. 7b CLAMP, V. a, [Klampig, Swedish.] To tread heavily. Croven, To CLUMP, V n. To tread heavily. Hants. Sussex, [From Klumpe. Belg. a thick lump.] 7b CLAMPER, v. n, [Klampein, Teut. To beat metal.] To make a noisy trampling with the feet in walking, as men do with nailed shoes, or women with iron pattens. ; iVbrf. Suss, CLAM S, s, [Klemmen, Belg. ] Pincers. Craven. CLAPS, *. [A corruption of ctosp.] A fastening to a door Som. Hants. Suss. Kt. I 7b CLAPS, v; a. To clasp. Somerset. Hants, Suss, Kent, CLAP-DISH, s, [In ancient times a box with a moveable lid, carried by beggars to excite notice by its noise, now used ludicrously to signify a great prater, who is said to move his tongue like a beggar's clap-dish, clack-dish. Norf. Suff. 7b CLAP, V. a. [To clap hands signifies to applaud.] To fondle; to pat. \Oraven, To CLAP-BENNY, v. n. [Klappa, Isl. to clap and bseen a prayer.] Infants are said to clap-benny, that is to clap their hands, their only means of expressing prayers. Craven. CLAP-CAKE, s. Unleavened rolled oat-cake. Craioen, CLAPPER, s. The tongue, from being noisy like the clapper of a bell. Craven. Hants, ChAPT, part. pass. Fixed; placed. Craven, ** Clap it up there ;" *' place it in that spot.'* Suss, Hants, To CLAPPERCLAW, r. a. To beat or paw with the open hand; to scold or abuse any one. North, South, To CLART, V, a. To spread or smear. Grose. CLARTY, oJ;'. Smeared; sticky, Grose, Northumb. To CLATE. V, a. To daub. Grose, Craven, [Lort, Goth, kladde, Goth. Sordes.] 7b CLAT, V, a. [Kladde, Goth, filth.] To cut the dirty locks of wool from round the sheep's tails. E. Suss, Kent, CLARET, s. Any sort of foreign red wine. Norf. Suff, To CLAT, V, a. To tell tales. Craven. C LATHING, s. [Clad, Sax.] Clothes. Som. To CLAUMB, CLOMB, v.ja. To clamber in an awkward manner. "^ Nor/, Suff. To CLAUNCH, v. n. To walk in a loung- ing, indolent manner. Norf. Suff, 7b CLAUT, 9. a. [To claw.] To scratch. North. CLAVY, s, A mantel piece. CLAVEIL,*. Somerset. Gloucester, CLAVY-PIECE,*. The mantelshelf. CLAVY-TACK, Jennings think it is so called from the keys in former times hav- ing been hung in this place; if so it is from clef, Fr. a key. 7bCLAVVER,r. w. To clamber as chil- dren. North. CLAVER, CLAVVER, s. [Klaver, Dutch.] Clover. North. CLAY-SALVE, s. Common cerate, from its colour. Norf, Suff CLAY-STONE, s. A blue and white lime- stone dug in Gloucestershire. CLEAR and SHEER, adv. Completely ; totally. Somerset. CLEA, s.rA claw. [Clea.Ang. Sax. a claw.] CLEE, I One fourth of a cow gait in stint- 1 ed pastures. Craven. This last K mayjcome from claw, it being one ' J fourth part of a cow's feed, or I enough for one foot or claw. CLE. CLI. 31 CLEAP, V, n, [Clypian^ Ang. Sax.] To name or call. Cra»en, GLEAMED, part, pass, [Clsemian, Ang. Sax.] Daubed. Craven, Leaned, inclined. Lin^oliu Ditto, CLEAD, V. a. [Cled, Sax.] To clothe. Narf. Suff, CLEADING, s. Clothing. DUto, CLEAT, CLEYES, *. [Cled, Ang. Sax. Cleyes, old English.] Claws, as of a lob- ster or crab. Norf, CLEAT, s. A thin metallic plate, often put on the heels of shoes. Norf, Suff, Suss. To CLEAT, f . a. To strengthen shoes in the way above mentioned. Norf, Suff, Suss. Query, from clea, a claw, a nail or hoof? CLEAT-BOARDS, «. Mud pattens; broad flat pieces of board fastened to the shoes to enable a person to walk on the mud without sinking into it. In Chichester harbour, at low water, there is an im* mense surface of mud,' covered with a • fine sea-weed ; in this mud great num- bers of eels lie up for the winter, and the men go upon it with cleat-boards for the purpose of taking the eels. They carry an eel spear with them, a weapon with five or six barbed points, with which they strike the eels in the mud, having disco- vered their hiding places by the small bubbles in the mud, occasioned by their breathing. fF. Suss, Hants, CLECKIN, s. [Klek-ia. Is].] A chick. North, CLETCII, 5. A brood of chickens. Craven, CLECKINS, s, A shuttlecock ; also small goose feathers, of which shuttlecocks are made. dumb, CLEDGY. adj. StiflT; cledgy ground ; stiff land. Kent, To CL£^EK, V, n. To catch at a thing has- tily. North. CLEG. s. A horse fly. North, [Klaeg, Dan.] CLEGNING, s. The after birth of a cow. North ; called in the South, cleaning. CLEPPS, s, A wooden instrument for pul- ling weeds out of corn. Cumb* If this instrument pulls up the weeds by means of first grasping or clasping them, then clepps may be a corruption of " clasp," To CLEPE, V, a. [Cleopan,old Eng. to call.] To call or name, as boys at play do when they choose opposite parties or sides. Noff. Snf. CLE V EL, s, A grain of com. E. Suss, Kt, To cleave is to separate, a grain of com is separated from the ear ; clevel is some- thing cloven or separated. To CLEVER, or CLAVER, v, n. To clam- ber. To catch hold of anything. North, CLEVE-PINK, s. A species of pink which grows wild in the crannies of Cheddar cliffs, having a fine scent. Somerset, Perhaps a corruption of clove, a pink so called from its aiDinatic tcent. CLEWKIN, s, A sort of strong twine. North, [Klewe, Bel. a ball of thread.] CLEY, s, A hurdle for penning sheep. Bailey, To CLICK, V. a. [Klecken, Belg.] To catch, or snatch away. Cumb. North. To CLICKET, V. n. [Clack Dim. of.] To chatter. CLICKET, adj, [Eliqueler, Fr. to clack.] voluble. Norf, Suff, CLICKETY-CLACK, adv. To go clickcty- clack, is to make the noise which iron pattens do. Hants, To CUM, V. n. To climb. North. South. West. GLIMMER, V, n. To climb. Somerset. GLIM, 5. A sort of imp, which inhabits the chimnies of nurseries, and is sometimes called down to take away naughty chil- dren. Norf, Suff, So called perhaps from being supposed [to climb up chim- neys. To CLIMP, V. n. [Glim. Isl. Unguis, a nail.] To touch a polished surface with dirty or greasy fingers, and leave marks on it. To steat (a cant term.) Norf." Suff. CLINK, s, [Klinche, Low Scotch.] A smart slap. Norf. Suff, E. Sum. CLINKS, s, [To clinch.] Long nails used for fixing irons on gates, &c. where they are wanted to take strong hold. Norf. GLINKERSy s. [From clink, making a clinking noise.] Bricks of a smaller size burned hard. Norf. Suff. Somerset. Coals hardened by a fierce fire, as in malt and brew-house8> into cinders. Sussex. Hants, CLINKER-BELL, tf. An icicle. Somerset, CLINKERS, s. Deep impressions of a horse's feet. Glouc. CLINKET.ff. [Clinquant, Fr. Tinsel.] A crafty fellow. Ba:Seff. GLINTS, s. Crevices among bare lime-stone rocks. North. To GLINT, V, a. [To clinch.] To finish ; to complete. Somerset. To CLIP, V. a. [Klepper, Dan.] To shear sheep. York. Norf, Siiff. CLIP-CLIPPING, s. The wool produced by the clipping or shearing. Norf* ^VF' CLIPPER, 8. a sheep-shearer. Norf, S^, To CLIP THE KING'S ENGLISH, is to speak unintelligibly in consequence of bieing drunk. Sussex. Hants. CLITE or CLAYT, s. Clay or mire. Kent. CLlTf adj. Clayey, stiff; applied to the soil. Hants, Grose. Either from elite, clay, or perhaps Kladde, Goth, dirty. See to clad or clat. CLITTERY-CLUTTERY, «(/. Changeable, applied to weather inclined to be stormy. Hants, Perhaps from clatter-clutter, noise. 7b CUT, V. n. To be imperfectly fecQift^mper, Beig ] Very thick heav^ shoes. Wooden shoes are so called in Holland. Norf. 8%ff, CLUNCH, «. Close-grained limestone, fit to be used in building, but soft when first taken from the quarry. Norf. Suff, CLUNG, adj. [Clingan, Ang. Sax. marces- cere, Lat. to decay.] Tough ; juiceless Norf. Suff. Strong. JBerkg, CLUNG, adj. [To cling.] Closed up; stopped ; shrivelled ; shrunk. North, Soft; flabby. Norf. Damp ; adhesive. E. Suss, Kent. Hungry or empty. A bladder when empty collapses, and the sides cling to each other. Craven* Daubed. Craven, CLUNGY.flkl/. Adhesive. Craveh, CLUNCHY, adj. Short; thick; clumsy. Norf Suff. CLUNTER, 8. [Klonter, Belg.] Disorder. York, To CLUNTER, v. a. To make a rude noise with the feet in walking. North. CLUSSOMED, aty. Clumsy-handed. Bailey, CLUSSUNT, adj. Swollen with cold. North, To CLUT, V. a. [KlotseD» Teut. to strike.] To strike a blow. North, CLUTTERS, adv. In heaps. North. [Clud, Sax. a lump.] CLUTUER, adv. VCluder, Welch.] In S heaps. Craven, CLUTTERS, 3 In disorder. Norf^ CLUTCH,«. A brood of chickens. Norf Suff. CLUTCH, ojy. Close. E. Suss. To CLUTTEE-UP, v. a. To throw into con- fusion. E. Suss. CLUVES, «. [Cloven.] Hoofs of horses or cows. Cumb. raCOATHE, v. a. To bane; to poison, applied to sheep. Somerset. To swoon. Lincoln. CO ATE, s. [Cote, Sax.] A house or cot- tage. Ct'aven. York. Hence, dove-cote ; a dove-house. SotUh, COAL.HOD,«. [Coal and hod, Ang. Sax. cucullus, Lat.] A utensil for holding coals ; a coal-scuttle. Norf Suff. COARSER adj. Rough ; stormy ; applied to weather ; as ** it is a coarse weather.'' Norf Suff. £. Suss, COADf adj. Unhealthy. Somerset. Con- sumptive. [Cored, the core of a wound contains the matter.] COAH, s. [Cor, Lat. core.] The heart or pith of wood, horns, &c. North. COAJERZE'END, s. [Codger's end.] A shoemaker's thread. A cobler's end. Somerset, COAKEN, 8, The sharp part of a horse- shoe. Query, from cog. North, To COAKEN, r. n. To strain, in the act of vomiting. North. COANDER, 8. [Coin. Fr.] A comer. Som. COATH Y, adj. Surly, easily provoked. Norf Rotten, as a eoathy sheep is a rotten sheep. Hants, Grose. COB, 8, A wicker-basket, to carry on the arm. Bailey. COB, 8. A blow. Derby^ A seed-cob, a basket used to carry the seed in sowing. E, Suss, COB, 8, A sea-gull. Norf. Suff. E. Suss, The stony kernel of fruit. Norf Si{ff. COB, 8. A close, strong, hardy kind of horse, not very high. Sussex. Kent, COB-NUT,*. >[Cop, Sax. head] A COB-WALNUT, Slarge kind of nuts and 3 walnuts. Suss, COB- WALL, s. A mud wall, a wall made of clay, mixed with straw. Somerset, COBBLE, 8. A stone. Craven, A pebble. ^ BaMey, Probdbly from cop, a head, mgnifying something round ; pebbles on the sea* shore are generally rounded. To COBBLE, V, a. To throw stones. Cnu COBBY, adj. Lively. Craven, COB OF HAY, 8. A small stack, or part of a stack of hay. Nottingham. COBBLE, s, [Cuople, Ang. -Sax. navicula, a small vessel.] A fishing-boat. Norf. COB-IRONS, 8. [Cop, Sax. head and irons.] Brand-irons for supporting the • logs in a wood fire, generally having a round head or knob. The irons hung upon' the bars of the kitchen range, on which the spit is turned. Norf. Suff, COBBLES, 9. [Cop. Sax.] Round coals. Der. COBBELLS, or ICE-CANDLES, s. Icicles. Kent. COBBO, f. A small fish; the miller's thumb. Kent, COB-COALS,*. [Cob. Sax.] Large pit- coals. North. COB-JOE, 8, A nut at the end of a string. Derby. COBWEB-MORNING, s. A misty morn- ing. Norf* COBBLE-TREES, s. Double swingle trees ; whippins or splinter-bars. North. COCK-LA WT, 8. [Cock and loft, from Aloft.] A garret ; an upper room, where fowls roost. Sonerset. In Hampshire, the room over a stable, where the hay is deposited, is called a hay loft. COCK and MWILE, s. A jaiU S. cabbage.] Polta^e OT broth, made o( cabbage. Ntirl/i. COLEY, ». A cut-dog. North. To COLLAR, c. a. fCol, coal. Ssi ] To (ully with loot or coal-riuil. Narf. Suff. To COLLV, V. a. la uied in tlie west. COLLY-WOMPEBED, paH. pan. Patched. Nurllittmb. COLLAR, >. Black smut ham the chimney COLLEY, I. A blackbird. Samersel. The loat Trom a kettle. Glouc. COI.LAR-BALL,i. A light ball with which childceo pla;. Norf. Suff. COLLAB-BEAM, i, [From to collar, lo bold rait, aa the collar of a thin secures the gariDeat.] The highest and ehorlesl beam in a building. Norf. SuJ". COLLOCK,). A great pail orplggin. Norih. Cooler, coollock, a little cooler, as hill. hillock, a small bill. Ot may it be from cull or collect > To COLLIN, «. n. [Kal, Belg.] To run about idly. Cranen. To COLLOGUE, o, n. [Colloquor, Ul. To talk together, whence comes colloqu)-.] To confer together for some miuhieroua putpoie. Norf. Svff. Someriel. COLLOGIN, [g hard] tub. An ai»>cialioD for some improper purpose. Somerael. Te COLT-IN, p. n, To fall in as the surface of a pit or quarry. Glouc. Tu COLT, u. a. To throir the earth which ■ been cast out of u ridge. COLT, mi. The ridge of e colting it Has culler Lat. E I u Iter, £. Skis. Kent. ,nh formed by E. Su». Kent. foung horse.] II for three or Glouc. COLT, tub. [Colt7Sai. A boy articled lo a clot four years. COLT-PIXY, J. A fairy, the shape of a horse and neighing, mis- leads horses into bogs. HanM. COLT-ALE, i. [When a colt la sboil for the first lime, the blachamith claims a eertain quantity of beer or alf.] The fine paid by any one on entering upon a new office. Samerset, Hnnu, Sua. York. COLTEE, B. a. [Little colt.] To act the hobby-horse, to be playful, as a young colt. H'ttl. COLT, s. Any person entering on an office for the 8rst time, when he ii generally fined, which is technically called shoeing him. Norf Huff. Hants. Sua. See colt-ale. COMFORTS, *. [Comiplioo of eomflts-] Sweetmeats. homerset. COME-THY-WAYS. Come forward. Crao. COME-BACK, I. [Prom the sound it Dlleis.] A guinea fowl, Norf. S^ff. Rants. comb, Tel I scorn b-Camb. North. There spell "Coum" from " Cwm." fVgich. COMB, s. The window stool of a casement. Glow. COUN-BIND, (. The comoUnlus arveusis. Tile wild convolvulus. So called from its binding round within ils ToIiIb the stalks of corn, of whatever it comes near. North. Bind-weed in E. Sussex and Kent. COMAUNCE, ). A commuuity. BaUeu. COMB,s. [Corab,Sai.] The small strings or sprouts of malt. Hanti. Suns. COMMATHER.iny. ■JHan^.f A cotrup- COMMITHER, J&iex.? tion of COMMOTHER, iSiuiei.t comehilher. A word used by carters and plough-boys, when speaking lo a horse and wishing him to come lo the left, that is towards COMM()T«ER, .. [Co-molher.] A God- moLher. North. COMMENCE, I. A job; an affair, as " here is a pretty commence;" here is a COMFANY-KEEPER, ». A Lover. Norf. Smi. COMPASS, s. An outline generally mean ing of a circular form. Norf. Suff. CO.MPASSING, aij. la a circular form. Norf. SaJ. From to encompan, lo inclose, COMPUN, adj. [Kompen, Germ. To contend.] Imgieninenl. Craven. To CON, p. a. [CoBUan. Ang. Sax. To know.] To learn. Crvi^en. CONNER, s. A reader. Craven. CON, s. A squirrel. North. CONEY-LAND, I. Land so lightand sandy as to be flt for nothing but feeding rab- bits on. A common jest is. that it may be ploughed with two rabbits and a knife. North. Mr Coke, of Norfolk, to whom the whole country is so deeply indebred for his great improvements in agriculture, brought a great deal of land of this de- scription into piotl table euliivatian. Some person speaking of the extreme poorness of the soil, said that when he tint saw the land, before any improve- ments had taken place on it, he saw but one blade of grass on a great exieni, and for ibis one blade two rabbits were con- CONDITION, I. Temper, a* an " ill-con- ditioned fellow," IS an " ill-lempered fellow." Norf. Suff. Suisix. CONDITION, I. [Quality, rrom conditio, Lat.] Theteedsof liopswhen gathered for drying, the richness of which consti- tutes the good quality of the hops. E. Sua. Kent. CONDERS, ). IConnan. -Sax. Toknow.l Persona who are slatianeil mt tnoMc — 36 CON. COP. nence to five notice to flshers which way a sheal of herrines takes. Fenning. CONCERN, «. A litae estate. North. Any property. South, CONDIDDLED, adj\ Dispersed. Somerget. CONKABELL or CLINKABELL, s. An icicle. Somerset, The last name proba- bly is taken from its jingling or clinking when struck. CONNIEAHS^ 8, The kidnies of a beast. North. CONMY, adj, [Corruption of canny, from Kaen, to whiten.] Brave, fine. North, CONTANKEROUS, a4j. Quarrelsome. fVUts. To CONSATEi v. a. [Conceit.] To imagine ; to fancy. Craven, CONTRAPTION, 9. Contrivance; manage- ment. Somerset, Hants, Sussex, COOP, in^\ Somerset, )A corruption of CUP-CUP, Hants. i come-up. A word used very frequently to call fowls to be fed ; or cows to be milked. COOC HE- HANDED, adj. [Gauche, Fr. left.] Left-handed. Devon. COOK, V. a. To throw, as cook me that ball. Glouc, COOK-EEL, s» A sort of cross-bun, made in Lent. Norf. COOMS, s. The high ridges in ill-kept roads, between the ruts and the horse- path. Norf. Suff. Perhaps from stick- ing up like a cock's-comb. COOP, 5. [Kuype, Belg. a vessel for hold- ing liquor.] A muck-coop; a lime-coop; a close cart for carrying dung or lime. North. A fish-coop is a hollow vessel made of twigs, with which they take fish in the Humber. North. Similar vessels in the South are called pots, as eel-pots, lobster'pots. COORT, s. A cart. Grose says a little cart. In the present day it implies a large one, but it is almost obsolete. E, Sussex, Kent. COOTH or COUTH, adj. Cold. NoHh. To COP, V. a, [Cop. Sax. top.] To throw something upwards, in order to reach a mark at some moderate distance. Norf. Suff. COP, s. A cop of peas is fifteen sheaves or bundles in the field. North. These fifteen sheaves form a cop ; the same as a certain quantity of hay is called a cock instead of a cop. A lump of yam. North. COP-COPPING, s, A fence. North. To COPE, V. a. To cover; to cope a wall is to cover the top of it with stone, called a coping, says Grose. North and South. In Hampshire they have bricks made with circular tops, to place on walls, so as to let the water run off without penetrating ; these are called " Coping bricks.** COPE, s. [Copia Lat. abundance.] A large ijuant'ity oi number. Norf, St^. To COPE, V. a. To fosten up. Warreners are said to cope their ferrets, when ihtj tie or sew up their mouths to prevent them from biting the rabbits, when em- ployed to drive them out of their holes. Hants, Norf. Sujf. Cop. Sax. is top or head, when a cooper closes the ends of a cask he is said to head it up, and heading it up is fastening it up. COP-HAIJFPENNY,«. The game of chuck, farthing. Norf. Suf, In £. Sussex, called chuck. In Hamp- shire, pitch and hustle. COPPLE-CROWN, 8, A tuft of feathers on the head of a fowl. Norf. Suff. COPPLING, ado. Unsteady, as though in danger of falling headlong. Norf. Suff. COP-WEB, «. [Rop. Belg. A spider.] A cobweb. A spider's web. Norf. Suff, COPESMATE, 8. A companion. North. May It not be co-mate ? COPT, adj. [Cop, Sax.] Convex. Craven. COPPET.ady. Saucy. [See cocket.] Craven. COPPIN, *. [Copyn, Welch ] A piece of worsted taken from the spindle. Craven. COPPER-CLOUTS, 8, [Cope to cover and clut, Sax. a clout.] A kind of spatter- dashes, worn on the small of the leg. Somerset, COPPY-STOOL, 8. A foot-stool. North. COP-ROSE, s. ^Cauperose, Fr. ruddy, COPPER-ROSE, S North. Norf. St^. Papaver, rhsas, the wild red poppy. Called in the North, Grose says, head- wort ; hence the derivation may be from cop. Sax. head and wort. Sax. a herb. COPSON, 8. [Cop. Sax.] A fence placed on the top of a small dam laid across a ditch, for the purpose of keeping sheep from going over it. E, Sussex, Romney Marsh, Kent. COPT-KNOW, 8, [Cop. Sax. top. knol. Sax . head.] The top of a conical hill. North. COPT, ad). [Cop. Sax.] Proud, ostenta- tious, lofty. North, CORBY, 8. [Corbeau, Ft.] A crow. North. CORF, 8. [Corf. Belg.] A basket for coals. Craven, York. A floating cage or basket to keep lobsters in, used on the Suffolk coast. CORACLE, 8. [Corium, Lat. leather.] A small boat used by fishers in Wales, made of a frame of wicker work, covered with leather. Hereford. To CORK, V. a. To make a horse's shoe so that when passing on ice or on a frozen road, he will not slip. Somerset. CORKER, 8. A set down ; I have given him a corker ; *' I have silenced him :" I have closed op his mouth as efifectualiy as a cork does a bottle. fVarw. To CORN, V. a. [Gecomand, Sax.] To sprinkle meat with salt, that is with grains or corns of salt. Fenning, Hants. A piece of corned beef is a piece of beef cured with salt. COR. COU. 37 CORN-CRAKE, «. A land rail. Craven. CORNER^ 8. A point in a rubber of whist. Norf, Suff, CORNY, a<2; [Com.] Abounding in corn : as these sheaves are heavy and corny; tasting well of malt, spoken of beer. Tipsy. Norf, Suff, COSH, s. [Cacher, Fr. to hide.] The glume or husk of corn, particularly wheat. Norf. Suff. COSSET-LAMB, s. A lamb brought up by hand. Norf. Suff. To COSSET, V. a. To fondle. Norf. Suff. COSSET, 8. A pet. Norf Svff. COSTRIL, 8. A small barrel. Craven. COSTARD, 8. [Coster, a head. Fenning] The head, used by way of contempt. Crro8e. COSTLY, adj. Costive. Norf. Suff. COT, 8. A man, who is fond of cooking for himself, perhaps from cot. Sax. a mean hut, persons living in such dwellings, being generally poor and compelled to do many things for themselves. Craven. A pen ; as a calf-cot, hence sheep-cote ; dove-cote. Hereford. To COTHE, V. a. To faint. Norf Suff. COTHISH, COTHY, adj. Faint, sickly, ailing. Norf. Suff. Cothe, Ang. Sax. disease. COTT, 8. A fleece of wool matted together. COTTERED, adj. Entangled. Craven. COTTY, adj. Matted, said of a fleece, the wool of which is matted together. Kent, E. Su89ex. Are these words corruptions of clot, clotlered, clotty ? COTTERIL, 8. An iron pin. Craven. A linch-pin, a pin to fasten the wheel on the aile-tree. North. A trammel for hanging a pot on over the Are. SoiUh. COTTS, 8. Lambs brought up by hand. See cade-lamb. To COTTEN, r. n. [From cotten, the wool of which adheres together.] To agree. North. Souih. COUCH, 8. The roots of grass collected by the harrow in pastaie lands, when first ploughed up. Gloue. COUCH-GRASS, 8. A coarse, bad species ofgr&ss, which spreads and grows very fast in arable land ; forming large beds, whence probably called couch from coucher, Fr. COUCH, COUCH-HANDED, ojy. [Gauche, Ft.] Left-handed. Norf Suff. COUD, CAUD, a((/. [Kaud, koud. Beig.] cold. Craven, COUD-TOGETHER, part. pan. [Called and together.] Collected. Craven. COUCHER, «. [Concher, Fr. to lie down.] A setting dog ; a setter. Bailey. COUCH, 8. The various divisions in which malt is placed, during the process of making. Su88. To COUNT V. n. [Account.] To guess j to suppose. Norf. Suff. Somerset. Hants. Sussex. COUL, 8, [To cool.] A tub or vessel with two ears. Bailey. In Hampshire called a cooler ; in Sussex a keeler. To COUP, V. n. [Koop, Belg. a sale.] To exchange. Craven, COVE, 8. [Couvrir, Fr. to cover.] The sloping part of a building. KetU, COFE, [Ang. Sax.] A deep pit, cavern, or cave. North. COVEY,*. [Couvrir, Fr.] A cover of furze, &c. for game. North. COULTER, 8. A ploughshare. North. Grose. Now the coulter in the South is not the ploughshare, but a long piece of iron placed in the beam, before the share cutting the sward or ground, hence its name from culter, Lat. a knife. COUNTERFEITS and TRINKETS,*. Por- ringers and saucers. Ches. COUPRAiSE,«. [Come*up-raise.] A lever. North. [Prise, Fr. a crow.] COW-JOCKEY, 8, A beast jobber. Crapen. COW-BABY, 8, A coward ; a timid person. Somerset. COWL, 8. [From its resemblance to a monk's hood.] The top of a malt-kiln, which turns round with the wind, pie- venting the smoke or reek from beating inwards. Norf. Suff. Sussex. Hanis* Vulgarly called a Cow. A tub. Essex.. COWL» 8. [Kull, Goth. Vertex, Lat. crown of the head ;] a circular swelling. Craven, To COWL, V. a. To scrape together. Craven, To cull. COWED,a(|^\ Being without horns. N&rth. COWDY, s. A little cow, a Scotch runt without horns. North. [Cutty, Sco. short.] To COWKER, V. n. To strain in vomiting. DUto. To cawk and spit in the South, is to make the noise which a person does in trying to bring the phlegm from his throat and then to discharge it from the mouth. [Kuchen, Bel. to cough.] COWDY, adj. Pert j frolicksome. North, COWKES, 8. Sheep's hearts. DiUo. COWL-RAKE,*. [Coal and rake.] A mud- scraper ; a coal rake. North. COWLICK, *. A twist or wreathing in the hair of the forehead of a calf, probably from the cow being supposed to have licked it into that form. Norf, Suff. See « Calflich." COW-MIG, *. The drainage of a cow-house or dung-hiil. North, COW-MUMBLE, s. A wild plant, more com- monly called cow-parsnep. Heracleum sphondyleum. Norf. Suff. COWSLOP, *. [Cuslippe. Sax.] A cowslip. Norf Suff. COWSHUT,s. [Kuyshuist, Belg. coo.] A wood pigeon. Cr. [Cracettan, Sax. to croak.] A crow*. Norf, Suff. CRAKE-BERRIES 1 8. Crow-berries. North. To CRAM, CRUM, V. a. To stuff. DUto, To put a thing in its place. Ditto, To CRAMBLE, v, n, [To scramble.] To hobble. Derby, 7bCRAMMLE,r.n. To walk idly. Craven, CRAKE-FEET, s. The Orchis. North, CRAKE-NEEDLES, s, Scandix pecten veneris. Shepherd's needle. North. (From crackle.) CRAMBLES, s. Large boughs of trees, of which the fagots are made. North, CRAMMER, s, A bowl-sewer. Ditto. To CRAMPLE, v. n, [Cramp.] To move with pain and stiffness, as if affected with cramps. Norf. Suff. CRAMFLED-HAMM'D, adj. Stiffened in the lower joints. Norf St^ff. Hence also comes *' crumple-footed." Hants, Sussex. Havins: a foot without any articulations in the toes. To CRANCH, r. [Scranch.] To crackle ; to grind between the teeth. Craven. CRANK, a<^'. Brisk; jolly; merry. Kent. CRANKY, oc/j. Merry from liquor. Kent. Sussex, CRANNY, adj. Jovial ; brisk. Cheshire. CRANKY, adj. [Crank, Dutch, sick.] Ail- ing; sickly. North. A vessel over-masted, and hence apt to roll ; a sea-term ; checked-linen is called cranky. North, CRANKLE, (uO*. [Crank, Dutch.] Weak; shattered. North. CRAP, 8. Darnel* E. Sussex. To CRAP, r. n. iTo snap ; to break with a CRAPPY, 5 sudden sound; to crack. Somerset. CRAPy 8. A smart sudden sound. Ditto. (Are these words from Krappen, Belg. to crop; to lop; or break off a thing ? CRAPS, 8. [Scraps.] The refuse of tallow. Craven, CRASSANTLY, adj. [Crasseux, Fr. mean.] Cowardly. Cheshire^ CRATCH, 8. [Crates, Lat. A wattle.] A pannier. Derby. A rack ; a hay-rack. South. A frame of wood to lay sheep on. Craven, A.long slight pole, with a fork at the end, 'used to support clothes lines. E, Suss. CRATCHINGLY, adv. Feebly; weakly. North. CRATES, 8. [Crates*' Lat.] Open panniers for glass and crockery. North. CRATTLE, 8. A crumb. Ditto. CRAUP, prat, of CREEP. Somerset. CRAWLEY-MAWLEY,a(fv. In a weakly and ailing state, having been so mauled as scarcely to be able to crawl. Norf. CRAZEY, 8. The ranunculus tribe of plants, generally called crow's-foot, or crow's- claw. Crawe is Sax. for crow Cra is a crow in Norf; crazey may be corrupted from cra*s-eye. CRAZY, ac^i, Ailing ; out of order or re- ORE. pail. Dniy. An old decayed building i> said to be crazy, a> " b cibz; old bouse j" Ib Sansee and Hanli. [Ecraa^ Fr. broken] CRAZZLI^D, oit;. CukEd (ogelher, b> coals are on llie fire. North. Juit congealed. Craren. To CRE1A.M, B. «. [CrJme, Fr.] To froth j lo mantle, Crai-m. To CREEM, r. a. To put in ililj, B9 crpam rorma sjleallj oa tbe auibce of the mltk. C/tMhire, To preas tocelbec, Somerael. CREEM, 5. A laddea ahiveiing. Someriet, CREEMY, adj. Affected nith ludden shi- ter'iDg. Somerset, 7Vi CREE, v. n. To aeethe.. Creed rice ia boiled tice. Craren. CREEL, 1. An osier-baakel. nuio. CREAK, (. A land-tail, ao called [ftom noise il makei. C To CREASE, c. a. To make a mark in an; Ibin^, particulaily in linen, by foldlng^it. North. Soitlh. CREES, oi CREWDS,t.The meaalea. Nf,Ttl,. CREEL, t. A kind of bier, used foi alau^h- tetingand BBlving aheep upon. North. TdCREEP, tF. a. To drag up tubs of con- iiaband spirils, tf hieh have been sunk in tile aea by smugglers, b; m«aD9 of weig-bti £■011 S \ Kent CREEPERS,!. Lour pattens, ahorl iroti ainmpa inatead of tings. Grapnels to bring up BDjthing from the bottom or a well or pond. Narf. Sitff, All Iheae norda implj draviai aomething close to the ground, in a creeping, ing way. CREEPER, (. A small atool. Nmth. CKEEPINS,5. A beating; North. CREEP-HEDGE, t. One «ba provla sneaks about tlirougli hedges, Norf. CREIU'. A short, aqual, dwarfish man. North. CREVET, t. [Corruption fo( cruet.] A vial for vinegar or oil. ' Norf. Suff. CREVIN, I. A hole ; a cievice. Groie. CBEViSES,!. Cray-lliah. [Eorevisse, Fr. a lobster.] North. CREWDLING, I. [Curdling.] A dull in- active person j one whose blood seems scarcely (o circulate. IVea. CREWNTIN6, part. act. Somersel.. Grunt- ing. (A corruption.) To CRIB, 0. a. To aleal slily ; putting some- ihiog as it were into one's crib, Sotith. CR1B,«. [Ctybble, Sa». a rack.] A kind of rack or bin to hold hay for cows or liorsei in a farm-yard, called a cow-crib. Hanlt. North. CBIRBl.E. t. (Cribler, Fr. lo sift.] A finer sort of bran. Norf. Suf. A corn sieve. hailey. CRICKET,*. A small Ihree leg^d stool. NoHh. CHICKS and HOWDS, 1. Pains and strains. North. CRI. To CRICKLE, CHUCKLE, Teot. reptare, Lat. lo creej To bend uniier a weieht; through pain or weakness. Norf. Stif. To CRIMBLE, o. n. [Crymbig, A ng. Sax- winding.] To creep about privilj ; lo sneak ; lo wind about unperceived. Norf, S^|^. To CRIMBLE ITH'POKE, or CRINKLE, i>. n. [Crymbig, Ang. Sai. winding, (or- luous.] To go back from an agreemenl ; lo be cowardly. North. To CRINCH, [See lo craneh,] Norf, Suf. CRINCH, <. A small bit. ffloucjfn-. CRINCMUNG, ). A small apple, such as can be easily scrancbed between the teeth. Glauc. Norf Su/', CRINGLE,*. [Kronkelin, Dan. to wind.] Awilbeor rope for fastening a gale with. North. roCHINGLE-UP,t-. a. To fasten a gate CRINGLE-CKANGLEioifp. Zig-zag. DiUa. 21.CR1NKLE-CRUNKLE, ». a. [Kronke- lin, Dan.] To wrinkle ; to twist or rum- ple irregularly. Norf. Suf. Hanti, CRlNK.f. A crumpling apple. Hereford. To CRINKLE, i'. n. To bend under a weight. North. CRIFl'LE-HOLE, a. [Krjp. Isl. lo creep.] A hole in a wall for the passage of sheep. Crupen, CRITCH, J. [Seecralch.] - South. CKlSH-CRtJSH, I. Cartilage or soft bones of young animals, easily crushed by I leelh. Norf. Suf. hap a corrupted ■say lo crow over.) To tyrannize ; to Craven. North. CROCKS, J. [Krocken, Belg. lo bend.] crooked timber, resting in stone blocks la support the roof of antient buildings. Craren. In the South called knees. CROCK, I. A bellied pot, either of iron ot other metal, for the purpoae of boiling food. SoDwiet. An earthen pot. Someriet. Hanti. Suite*. A pol or kettle. Ek»x, CROCK, s. [Ccocca, Ang. Sax. soot.] Smut; dust of aool or coal. E:^aii. Norf, Suf. To CROCK, r. a. To defile with araut. Nojf, To CKOCK-UP, t: a. To put away car« folly, as though in a crock. Hanlt. CROCKY,aiV. Smutty. Narf Suf, CKOCKEV, I. A little Scotch cow. North. CROFT, (. [Sax.] A small common field. Norf, A small inctosure, larger than a yard, and smeller than a field. North. A amall piece of pasture land near lo a n. [Kriechen, ^M I i 40 CRO. CRO. weeds out of a pond or ditch. Dung- crome is a crooked fork to draw dung out of a cart. Nut-crome is a niit hook. iVbr/. Essex, TbCROME, V n. To draw with a crome. Norf. Essex, CROMMED^ pari, pass, rCrammed.] Crowd- ed. York. CROMMER, s, [To cram; crammer.J A lie. fVaruM, CRONES, s, [Kronie, Belg.] Old ewes who have lost their teeth. ^ South, CRONK^ s, CroakiDg; the noise of a raven. North, CRO^KlTiG, part, act. Croaking. Ditto, Perching. Ditto, To CROODLE, v, n, [Cruth, Sax. a crowd.] To lie close and snug, as pigs or puppies in the straw. Norf, Suff. CROOK-LUG, 8, [Crook, and to fug, to pull.] A long pole with a hook at [the end of it, used for pulling down dead branches of trees. Gloucester. CROOK, s. A disease, attacking the necks and limbs of sheep, causing the neck to be crooked. Craven, To CROON, V, ». [Kreunen, Belg.] To roar like a bull. Craven. CROOPY, adj. [Kropa, Belg. to make a great noise.] Hoarse. Craven, CROV9S, [Crop, Sax. the stomach.] A joint of pork, commonly called a spare- rib. Norf, Suff. ToCROPE, v,n, [To grope.] To creep slowly and heavily. Norf Suff, CROPPED, part. pass. Crept. York. CROSS-EYE, «. That sort of squint in which both eyes turn towards the nose. Norf CROSS-GRAINED, adj. Ill-tempered; wood, the grain of which is not straight, is worked with difficulty. Hants. Suss. CROSS-PATCH, s. An ill-tempered person ; patch being a word of contempt , from patches on a garment, shewing it is old and wom. Norf Suff, East Sussex, CROTCH, 9. [Croce, Ital. a cross.] The meeting of two arms of a tree, or of the limbs of the human body below the waist. Norf Suff. A staff under the arm to support a lame person. Norf Suff CROTCHED, adj. Cross ; peevish ; per- verse. . Norf Suff, CROTCH-ROOM, s. The length of the lower limbs; one who has long lees is said to have plenty of crotch-room. Norf* S^. CROTCH-STICK, «. A cratch Noff.St^. CROTCH-TROLLING, «. A peculiar me- thod of angling for pike ; a crotoh-stick being used to throw the bail to some dis- tance in the water instead of a rod* Norf Suff, CROTCH-TAIL, f. A Kite. Grose. To CROUSE, r. n. To catterwaul. To provoke. Norf CROUSE, adj. [Carouse.] Brisk, lively, BaHeif. CROWDY, s. Meal and water, sometimes mixed with milk. Craven. Meal thickens, alias crowds, the water or milk. CROWD, s. A fiddle. Somerset. To CROWD, V. n. To wheel in a barrow. Norf. CROWD-BARROW, s. A common wheel- barrow. Norf. CROWDLING, adj. Slow, duU> sickly. North. Perhaps curdling, a dull person's blood circulating very slowly, as though curdled. CROWDY-PIE, an APPLE-CROWDY, #. A turn-over pie. E» Suss. Kent. CROW-KEEPER, s. A boy employed to scare the crows or rooks from newly sown corn. Norf, Suff. Crow-tender. Suss. Hants. CROW.TIME, s. Evening, when rooks and crows fly from their food to their roosting places. Norf. Suff. CRUB, CRUBBIN, s. Food, particularly bread and cheese. Somerset. CRUB, or CROUST, s. A crust of bread or rind of cheese. Exmoor, Somerset. In Hampshire, Sussex, and Kent, we have the word " Grub,'' signifying food of any kind. Now in Somersetshire it seems to imply something hard and dry, as crust of bread, or rind of cheese. In Kent and E, Sussex, they use the word " crip," or *' crop,'* for crisp, dry, and a crust of bread and rind of cheese is crisp and dry. Hence we have crisp, crip, crup, crub, grub. CRUCHET, «. [See cowshut.] North. To CRUDDLE, v. n. [Kruyden, Belg. to thicken.] To curdle. Craven. To CRUDDLE, v. n. To stoop. Craven. CRUMBLES, s. [To crumble.] Crumbs. Norf, Suff. CRUMMY, aeU' Fat, fleshy, a crummy dame is one that is fat, and hence soft, as opposed to crust which is hard. North. South. To CRUMP, V. a. To eat any thing brittle or crisp Norf, Suff. CRUMP-CRUMPY, adj. Brittle, dry- baked. Norf. Suff. CRUMPLIN, 8. A diminutive and mis- shapen apple. A deformed person. Norf. Suff. In Hampshire we use the verb ''To scramp,*' and the substantive *' scrump- ling," corruptions of the above, all of which as Mr Forby says, are derived from '^Krimpan,*' Teut. To contract, or '' crump," Ang. Sax. crooked. CRUMP, 8. I [Crump, Sax. crooked*] The cramp. CRU. CUL. 41 CRUMP, adj. Out of temper. North. Ta CRUMPLE, V. a. To ruffle, to rumple. North. South. To CRUNE, V. n. [See Croon.] North, To CRUNKLE, t?. a. [Kronch^n, Teut. to wrinkle.] To rumple. Noff. St^f. North. CRUP, adj. Crisp. Also short, snappish or surly in conversation. Kent. E. Sussex. [See crub.] CRUSH, CRUSTLE, s. Giistle, being easily crushed between the teeth. Norf. Suff. Crustle is used in E. Sussex. CRUSTY, adj. Cross, ill-tempered, harsh or hard as crust is. Hants, Sussex. CRUTCH, s. [See Cratch.] Worcester. To CRUTTLE, v. n. [See Cruddle.] North. CUB, s. A crib for cattle. Glouc. CUBBY-HOLE, *. [Cutty, Scotch, short small.] A snug confined place. Somerset. CUCKOO-BALL, s. A light ball made of party coloured rags for young children. Norf. smgr. CUCKOO-FLOWER, «. [Orchis Mascula vel Morio.] Norf. Suff. CUCKOO-SPIT, 8, The fine white froth on growing plants, which covers the delicate little larva of the cicada spumans. Sometimes called frog or toad-spit. Norf. Suff. Toad-spittle. Sussex. Hants. CUCKOLD, 8. The plant, Buidock. Somerset. CUDDIAN, s. [See cutty.] A wren. Devon. To CUDDLE, V. a. [Cadeler, Fr. old.] To embrace. Craven. To CUDDLE, V. n. [Cadeler, Fr. old.] To lie close to another. Sussex. Hants. To hug, to fondle. . Norf, Suff. Cuddegl. Belg. CUFF, ». [Chuflf.] An old fellow. Midd. To CUFF, V. a. [Zuffa, Ital. a cuff, a blow.] To cuffa tale, is to exchange stories, as if contending for the mastery ; or to canvas a story between one another. Somerset, To CULL, r. n* To take hold round the neck with the arms. Somerset, This is a corruption of "To coil." CULCH, s. Thick dregs or sediment. Norf, Suff. Lumber, stuff, rubbish. Kent, To CULL, V, a, [Cueillir, Fr. to cull; to gather.] To pick and choose, generally meant to take away the worst part of any thing. Kentf E, Sussex. Hence comes CULLERS, 8, ^The worst sheep taken out CULLS, i from a flock, or a lot offered for sale. Kent, E. Sussex, Thus ^'culch" above may have the same origin, being the refuse. CULL, 8. A small fish with a great head, found under stones in rivulets, cabled also bull-head. Qloue. CULP, 8, [Colpo, Ital. a blow.] A hard and heavy blow. Norf. &#• CULPIT, 8. A large lump of any thing. Norf. 8t^. To CULVER, V. n. To beat and throb in the flesh, as a sore does when advancing towards suppuration. Norf. St^ff. CULVER-HEADED, adj. Soft-headed. Norf. St#. Probably from culfre. Sax. a pigeon, that is pigeon-headed, pigeons not being par- ticularly remarkable for sagacity. CULVERT, s. [Kul. Belg. an arch. Verto, Lat. to tuin.] A drain or small arch. Craven. CULVERS, 8. [Culfre, Sax.] Pigeons, Somei'set. CULVER-KEYS, s. The bunches of pods, which contain the seeds of the ash-tree. Kent. CUMBLED, part, pass, [Combler, Fr. to heap up.] Oppressed, cramped, stiffened with cold. Norf. Suff. CUMBLY-COLD, adj. Intensely cold, applied to weather. Norf, Suff. CUMBER, 8, [Kombeun, Belg. to disturb.] Trouble. North. To CUN or CON, v, a. To give thanks. South* CUNLIFF, 8, A conduit. Craven. CUNNIFFLING, adj. [Cunning.] Dis- sembling, flattering. Somerset. CUNNING-MAN, s. A conjurer ; one pro- fessing to discover stolen goods by a knowledge of astrology. Hants. Sussex. Kent. CUPALO, 8. A smelting house. Derby. CUPBOARD-HEAD, s. A stupid fellow. Norf. Si^f. CUP OF SNEEZE, s. A pinch of snuff. North. CUP-ROSE, s. [See cop-rose.] North. CUSHION-MAN, s. The chairman at the quarter sessions $ he sitting on a cushion. Norf. Suff. CUSHETS, 8. [Kuyshnyt, Belg.] Wild pigeons. York. CUSHIA, s. Ileracleum spondylium. The Cow-parsnip. \ North. CUSTARD, 8. The schoolmaster's ferula, or a slap on the flat of the hand. Norf. ^^1' *• I [Cos, Welch.] A kiss. Craven. CUT, €uij. Drunk, or more properly, just a little fresh from liquor. Sussex, To CUT-YOUR.STICK. To be off, to be gone. Warw. CUT-AND-RUN. This phrase has the same meaning in E. Sussex. CUTE, adj. Sharp, clever. In very general use. Forby derives it from " Cuth" Ang. Sax. expert. It may be a corruption or an abbreviation of '* Acute." Suss. Ches. CUTELY, adv. [Acute.] Sensibly, acutely. Craven. 42 CUT. DAG. CUTHA, V. Qaoth-be. Norf, 8uf. ■ Found in Shakespeare* To CUTTER, V. a. To fondle ; to make much of. Grose* To whisper. North* GUTTERING, part. ad. Talking low and pri- • Tately. [Kuttern. Gterm«] CUTTY, adj, [Scotch, Burns in his Tam 0*Shanter has Sark." Small, diminutive. CUTTY> *. CUTTY-WREN, « Well loup'd 'Cutty' Somerset, A wren. Somerset, In Hampshire boys call a wren, a little icut- wren, evidently a cor- ruption of cutty. CYPHEL, s. The house-leck. North. D. DAB, s, [Dabben, Dutch, to daub.] A blow, generally. North. South, More properly it means a blow given with something moist, as with a wet cloth. DAB, s» [Adept, Grose.] A person who is expert at doing any thing. Common, Master of his business. Craven, A small quantity. North, South, DABBIT, 8, A small quantity, less than a Dab. Glouc, DABBY, adj, [Dabben, Du.] Moist and somewhat adhesive. Norf, Suff, DABS, s. Dibbles. [Dippan. Sax. to dip.] Norf, Suff. DABBING, peart, ad. Dibbling, setting plants witn a dibber or setting-stick . Nor/. DACIAN, 8, A vessel used for holding the sour oat-cake. Derby, DACITY, «. [Audacity,] Sharpness, hardi- ness. North, To DACKER, v. n. [Ducken, Sax. to dip.] To waver, to stagger. Line, DACKER, adj, [Ducken, Sax. to dip.] Uncertain^ unsettled, as applied to weather. North, DAD, s, [Dab.] A lump. North. DADACKY, ac^. Rotten. Berks. DAD DICK, s. Rotten-wood. Somerset, DADDICKY, adj. Rotten. Somerset, DADDOCK, s. Rotten-wood; touchwood. Glouc. [Daudor, Tsl. dead.] 7*oDADDLE, v, n. To walk unsteadily, like a child. To waddle. North, To do any thing imperfectly. York. To go to work very slowly about any thing, pronounced ** Daudle.'' Hants, Forby thinks very fairly that this word comes from *' Waddle." To DAFF, v, a. [Dofwa, Goth, to stupify, Ich Darf. Germ. I dare.] To daunt. North, DAFT, adj. Fearful, timid. Craven, DAFFOCK, «. A dirty man or woman. Bailey, A slattern. North. DAG, s, [baeg, Isl. a shower.] Dew. Norf, Suff. To DAG, V. a. To bedew. Ditto. DAG OF RAIN, s. A slight misty shower. Ditto. DAGGY, adj. Dewy. Ditto, 7b DAGGLE. To bemire. Craven. To DAG, V, n. To run thick. North, To DAG, r. a. To cut the dirty locks of wool from sheep's tails. Bailey. To tag. Hants, DAG-LOCKS, s. Woo] so cut off. Bailey. To DAGGLE. [See daddle.] Devon. DAI ROUS, adj. [To dare.] Bold. Devon. DAKER, s. A dispute. North. DAKER-HEN, s. The land-rail. Craven, DALLOP, s, A patch of ground among growing corn, which the plough has missed. Rank-tufts of growing corn, where dung heaps have lain. Norf. Suff. Essex, A parcel of smuggled tea, varying in quan- tity from sis to sixteen pounds, and per- haps more or less. Norf, Kent, Suss, DALLOP, s. A clumsy and shapeless lump of any thing tumbled about in the hands. Norf. Suff. To DALLOP, V. a. To paw, toss or tumble about carelessly. Norf. Suff. Both Grose and Forby have this word ** Dallop," bu't neither of them offers any etymology for it. On reference to Penning, 1 find "Dole" from "Dal," Sax. D^lan, to divide into shares, and he gives " Dole," in husbandry, a void space left in tillage. Hence also DALY or DOWLY, adj. Lonely, solitary, alone or separated as it were from others. North. DALLOP, s. Patches or comers of grass or weeds among corn. Bailey. DALLOP, 8. [Trollop.] A slattern. Norf, DAM, 8, A small Indian corn ; whence comes the saying " I don't care a dam for you," that is I don't value you a farthing, and not as generally given, " I don't care a damn" or a '' curse for you." DAMPER, 8, A luncheon ; because it damps or checks the appetite. Anything said or done to check another in his words or actions. Hants. DAME, 8. [Dame,Fr. a Lady.] Formerly an appellation of honour and distinction given to Ladies, and still used I believe in that sense in legal wri- tings relating to women of rank and title ; but otherwise in common use only applied to women of inferior con- dition* In Somersetshire it is given to a farmer's wife, or to a village school- mistress. In Norfolk, Sussex, and Hampshire only to the wives of labour- ing men, and particularly to those in the country employed in agriculture. DAN, DAZ. 43 DANCES, 8. Statutes. Bailey, DANDIPRAT, 8. [DandiD, Fr. A ninny.] A dwarf. Fenn, Cfrat>en, To DANG, V. a. [Ding-am, Gael.] To throw. Fenn. Craven, DANGUS, 8. [From to dangle, to hang loose.] A slattern. Grose, DANNAT, 8, A bad person ; an idle girl. North, Is not this a corruption of ** Do naught 1** DANNOCKS or DARNOCKS, 8. [Dorneck, dan.] Hedging-gloves. Norf, DANSEY-HEADED, adj. Giddy, thought- less. Persons growing giddy from danc- ing sometimes. North. To DAP, V. n, [To do up.] To hop; to rebound. DAP, s. [Dip.] A hop; a turn. DAPS, 8, To know the daps of a person, is to know his habits, his disposition ; his *' dip" as it were, in the same sense as mariner's speak of the " dip*' of the needle. Somerset, DAPSTER, 8. [Adept.] A proficient; hence dab, dabster. Somerset, DAP, adj. Fledged, as young birds in the nest. North, DAPSE, 8, Likeness, resemblance to one in shape and manner. fVest, Probably from to << adapt,*' to make one thing correspond with another. To DARE, V. a. To pain, to grieve. Essex, To DARK, V. n. To hearken secretly, to learn how the opinion goes^so as to be able to govern a bet. Norths To be in the dark, unseen. DARKS, 8. A word used by sailors, but more particularly by smugglers, to signify those nights when the moon does not appear, and which are consequently favourable for smuggling. E.Suss. Kent. DARNICK, s. Linsey woolsey. North. DARK-HOUR, s. The evening twilight. Norf. To DASH, V. a. To abash, to make a person ashamed and thus thrown off his guard, as though dashed aside with a blow. Norf, St^f. DAUBING, part. act. Plastering with clay. Norf. DAUBY, adj. Clammy, sticky ; spoken of land when wet. Norf. To DAVE, V. a. To assuage, mitigate, relieve. North, To DAYER, V, n. To fade like a flower. Devon, Somerset, DAUBER, 8. A plasterer. Norf, Craven, To DAUDLE, r. n. To trifle. Craven. To go lazily about any thing. To drawl. Hants, DAWLED, part, pass, [Drawl.] Tired. Crav. To DAUNT, V. a. [Dompter, Fr. to subdue.] To stun ; to knock down. Norf, Suff. DAUZY, DAUZY-HEADED, adj, Dizzy; confused, bewiklered, thoughtless. Ditto. To DAZE, DAZLE, DAURE, v. a. To dazzle ; to stun. Norf. Suff. From Dioces. Sax. To overpower with too much light. DAVISON, 8. A species of wild plum, superior to the bull ice. Somerset. To DAW or DOW, v. n. [Daver, Germ. strength. Dawen, Teut.] To thrive; to mend ; to recover. North. To DAWj V. a. To rouse or awaken one from a sound sleep. North. DAW, adj. Doughy, under baked. North, [Dah, Sax. Dough.] DAWDS, 8. Pieces. " To rive aw-a-dawds." To tear all to pieces. Grose. DAWGGS, DAWKIN, s. [Daag. Sax. To hang loose. To dag or draggle.] A slattern. A dirty woman. North, DAWKES, 8. A slattern. Glouc. DAWKINGLY-WISE, ac^. Wise in one's own opinion ; front Dawkes, loosely, that is not really solidly wise. North. To DAUNTLE, v, a. To fondle. Noiih. [Dandelen, Belg. To be too fond.] DAYMAN. A labourer hired by the day so called to distinguish him from one hired by the month or the year. Norf. DAY'S-MAN, 8. An arbitrator or umpire, probably from being paid so much a day, while employed. North. DAY-TALE or DATTLE-MAN, «. -> A day DAYTAL. Slabour- Jer. For*. [Day and Talan, Sax. to count; a day labourer reckoning by the day.] DAZED, adj. Of a dun colour. North, DAZED-BREAD, a^y, Dough-baked bread. Dazed meat ; illroasted from the badness of the fire. A dazed look, said of persons who have been frightened ' I am dazed.* I am very cold. North, [Dah. Sax. is dough ; heavy, dough-baken bread is generally of a darker colour then well- baked bread. Illroasted meat is soft and ' paddy.' A frightened person looks pale, and so does one that is very cold. This is my conjecture, I leave it to others to correct it, if wrong.] DEAD-HORSE, s. To work for a dead horse, is to labour for wages already re- ceived. Craven. Sussex, Hants. DEAF, adJ, Blasted, barren. Unproduc- tive, whether applied to land or corn. From dauf. [Barren.] Germ. North. Rotten, as a " Deaf-nut," a decayed nut. North. DEAFELY, ckf/. Lonely, solitary, far from neighbours. Notih. DEAM, 8, [Deadian, Sax. To die, hence more properly comes to ** dee" Scotch.] An undescribed disorder fatal to children. North. DEA-NETTLE, s. Wild hemp. DUto. In the South called dead-nettle, from its not stinging when touched. [To dee, Sc. to die.] 44 BE A. DEL. DEAUTREE, t. The flr-tree, that produc- ing deals. Nor/, Suff. DEAL.APPLES, «. The conical froit of the fir-tree. Norf.\Suff, In Sussex and Hampshire they are called fir-apples. [OEpple^ Sax. meaning any round fruit.] DEAN, s. [Den. Sax. a hollow place.] A valley. North* Frequently applied to places names to signify their situation; '• thus on the South Downs in Sussex, we find Rottingdean, Roedean, Westdean, all villages lying in the hollows between the hills. DEARED, pcai, pass. Hurried, frightened, stunned. ^ SomerseU DEARN, adj. Lonely. Grose. [Dyrnan, Sax. to hide.] DEARY, a or a he-goat. Norf, To DOTHER, r, n. To totter, or tremble. North. DOVBLERyS. •)A plate; an DOUTLER, DUBBLER, Searthen dish or 3 platter. Cumb, North. To DOVCH, V. n. iDusis, Gr, a fall.] To bathe. Grose. To DOUSE, V. a. To dip any one in the water. Sussex, To DOUBLE. V. a. To clench ; " He doubled his kneaf." York, He doubled his fist. Sussex. Hants. The hand, when clenched^ being folded or doubled. DOUDY, f. [Donda, Isl. an idle person.] A dirty woman ; a slattern. York, Sussex, Hants, DOUGH-FIG, #. A fig; so called, most pro- bably, from being soft as dough. Somerset. To DOUGH-UP, r. a. To stick together, as if with paste. Norf, Suff. To DOUK, V, n.) To bathe. Craven, To DOUSE, > [Doucan, Ang. Sax. duc- j ken, Belg.] To DUCK, V. a. To dip one's own head, or that of another under water. Suss. Hants. To DOUT, V. a. [Do out.] To extinguish the light of a candle. Somerset. E.Suss. Gloue. DOUTERS, 8. Instruments like snuffers, used for extinguishing a candle without cutting the wick. E. Suss. Ghuc. DOUVEN,#. ^Dover. Sc.] DOVENING, ) A slumber. Craven, To DOVE, r. n. [Douwe. Belg. perspira- tion.] To thaw. . Sommet, DOW,t. [Dough, dah. Sax.] A cake. Cra. DOW,*. [Due, Dan..] A dove. Norf. Suf, DOW-HOUSE, 8. A dove house. Norf, Suff. To DOW. V. n. [Daver, Germ, strength.] to mend in health. See Daw. Norf. Suff. DOWING, aThe common darnel grass. 3 E.Suss. ToDRAWLATCH, v. [Drawl.] To be yery tedious about any work. Hants. Norf Suff. [A drawlatch was a thief, probably from creeping quietly about and drawing or lifting the latch to gain admittance. See Jacob's Law Dictionary. DRAWLATCH, s. A tedious dawdling loiterer. Hants. Norf. Suff. DRAUGHT, 8. Sixty one pounds weight of wool, being one quarter of a pack which is S401bs., the odd pound being allowed to the buyer, for the turn of the scale. When the quantity of wool in the scale amounts to 61 lbs., it is taken or drawn from it, hence the quantity is probably called a draught. DRAZILrDROZZLE,<. A dirty slut. HanU. South. To DREAN, V. n. [Perhaps corrupted from to drain, to draw off liquor slowly and gradually.] To drawl in reading or speaking. Somerset. DREAN, 8. A drawling in reading or speak- ing. Ditto* DREAD, s. [Draed, Belg.] Thread. Ditto. DREAM-HOLES, s. The openings left in the walls of steeples, towers, bams, &c., for the admission of light. Glouc. DREDGE, 8. A mixture of oats and barley now very little sown. Norf. Essex, Hants. Sussex. DREDGE, 8. [Dragen, 'Sax. to drag.] A quantity of bushes, chiefly of thorn, bound together, and drawn over meadows for the purpose of pulverising dung or mould, which has been carried on them ; called also a bush-harrow* Hants. Sius. To DREE, V. n* [Dreogan, Ang. Sax. to undergo. To drag on.] To hold out. To be able to walk and arrive at. North. DREE, o^y. [Drig. ;Goth, Long.] Long, tedious. DREE, 8. A hard bargainer; one who is a long time before he strikes a bargain. North. DREED, part. pass. Arrived at. North. DREE, adj. Three. Somerset. See drawt and observations thereon. To DREPE, V. n. [Drypan, Ang. Sax. To drip.] To dribble or drip. Norf. Suff. DREPING-WET, adj. So wet that the water drips from one's dress. Norf. Suff. Dripping-wet. Hants. Suss. DRE. DRO. 49 DREY, 5» A squirrel'i uest ; also called a Dodge. fT. Si*88ex, Hants. DRIB, 8, [Dripan, Sax. to drop.] A driblet, a very small quantity of any thing. E, Suss. DRIBBLE, 8, A laborious and diligent servant, attending to the most minute parts or driblets^ as it were, of his work. North. To DRILLrON, r. a. To decoy or flatter a man into any thing ; also to amuse with delays. South. Qrose, Perhaps from draw-on or drawl. DRINDLE, 8. [Dimin, of Drain.] A small channel to carry off water. Norf. Suff. To DRING, o. a. [Thringan, Sax. to throng.] To pressy as in a crowd ; to thrust. Somerset, DRINOET, 8. A crowd ; a throng. DUto. To DRING LE, r. a. To waste time in a lazy lingering manner. DRINKINGS,«. Afternoon repast. Craven. . A refreshment between meals both in the morning and evening. KerU. To DRO, V, a. To throw. Somerset, DRODEt part, pass. Thrown. Somerset, DRODDUM, s. The breech. North, DROITS, 8, [Droit. French.] Rights. Kent. DROKE, 8. Darnel. North. To DROLLy V. a. To put off. To amuse with excuses ; playing the Droll and making a fool of a person. Norf. Suff. To DROPE, V. n. [Dropian, Ang. bax. to distil, to melt.] To run down as wax or K * tallow from the candle ; or perspiration down the face. Norf. S%nf. DROP-DRY, adj. Water-tight, not admit- ting a single drop. North. DROPE, 8. A crow. York. May this be from "Droef, Belg. sorrow, whence comes to droop, to hang the head with sorrow. The croaking of a raven (if not of a crow) was always in the olden days f of superstition considered a bad omeny a prognostic of sorrow. To DROOL, 9. n. [Drawl.] To drivel. Somerset. To DROU or DROW, v, a. [Droogh, Belg. hard.] To DRO WY. To dry, as *• the hay does not drowy at all." Somerset. DROWTH, 8. Dryness, thirst. Somerset. Hants. DRYTH, 8. Thirst, " Squench your dryth," " quench your thirst." Hants. DROWTHY, adj. Dry, thirsty. Somerset. Hants. DROVE, s, A road through a farm, lead- ing to different fields. Somerset, Hants. ^ fV. Sussex, Also a road from one village to another. [Drive; cattle being driven on it.] S^nerset. DROUGHT, 8. The passage, through which things are drawn. PFest. DROWNING-BRIDGE, s, A pen stock for overflowing meadows. Wilts, DROVY,aJ;. Itchy, scabby, lousy. Norf, Suff. [Drof. Ang. Sax. Coenosus, Lat. filthy.] To DROZEy «, a. [Derschen, Belg. to drash. Somerset, To beat very severely. Norf. Suff. DROZINGS, s. A hearty drubbing. Norf. Suff. DROZEN, 'adj. Fond. Bailey. To DRUB, V. n. [Druben, Dan. to kill.] To throb, to beat. Somerset. To DRUCK, V. a. To thrust down ; to cram, to press. Somerset, DRUG, 8, [Dragan, Sax. to draw.] A strong carriage with four wheels for con- veying heavy loads of timber. Norf, Suff DRUG, «. [Drogg, Isl. a dreg.] A thing of little value ; not wanted or sought after; as hay is quite a drug ; that is, there it no sale for it. E, Sussex, DRUMBLEDRANE,^. A drone ; a humble bee. Somerset, Dumbledore. Hants. [Dromme, Dan. a drum from the noise it makes.] DRUMMOCK, s. Meal and water mixed raw. North, DRUVE, 8. A muddy river. Cumb, DROVE-DRIVEN, when the waters are driven by storms they become muddy. DUB, DUBBED, DUBBY, adj. Blunt, not pointed. Somerset, Hants, Sussex, DUB, 8, [Diep, Sax., deep.} A pool of water. The sea. Craven, Perhaps " Dobbin" (which see) should be written '' Dubbin," materials in dub, that is, in the sea. DUBS, s. Flat pieces of lead, round, used by boys to gamble with. E, Sussex, [Prom Dubbed, blunt.] Money. Ditto, DUBBIN, 8. Suet. Somerset. DUBBIN OF DRINK, s, A pint of beer. WUts, " Dobbin of ale," a small mug of ale. Hants. To DUCK, v» n. To dive in the water, as a duck does. Somerset, Hants, DUDDS, 8. Rags. [Dud. Gael.] North, Clothes. fFest, South, Grose says ^* a square in Stirbitch fair, where linen cloth is sold, is called the Duddery." See Gent. Mag. May 1784. To DUDDLE-UP, v, a, [Huddle, see Duggle.] To cover up closely and warmly. Norf, Suff. DUDDLED, part, pass. Coddled, over- boiled. '* Duddled liquor,"' is liquor that is flat and dead. Norf. Suff, [Dood, Belg. dead.] To DUDDER, y. a, [Dood, Belg. dead.] To deafen with noise ; to render the head confused. Somerset, DUDGE, 8. A barrel. fFWs. DUDMAN, >. [Dudds, rags and Man.] A scarecrow , a ragged fellow. West, To DUFFE, r. a. [To do off.] To daunt. so DUG. DUS. to frighten a person to as to make him | go away ; when one may be said to do off the other. To DUG6LE, v.n. [Dugle, Ang. Sax« con- cealed.] To lie snug and close together as pigs or puppies. Norf, Suff* DUGGED or DUDDED> adj, [Dudds, rags.] Draggle-tailed. Somerset. DULE, s. The Devil, Craven, DUIXORy t. [Dolor, Lat.] A doll, moan- ing sound ; or the tune of some doleful ditty. Norf. Suff, DUMB-FOUNDED, part, pasfu Silenced, stupified ; struck dumb with fear or con- fusion. Hants. Sufsex. DUMP, *, [Dom. Bel^. heavy.] A clumsy mecbl of lead, cast m moist sand. Norf. Suff. See "Dubs." DUMP, 8, A deep hole of water, feigned to be bottomless. Grose. DUMPS, «. [Dom. Belg. heavy, dull.] Sorrow, grief, melancholy. Craven^ South. DUMPY, a^'. [Doomp, Isl.] Short, thick, fat. North. South. DUNCH, ojy. [Dom. Belg. stupid.] Deaf, dull 6f comprehension. Somerset. Hants. DUNCH-PASSAGE, s. A blind passage. Berks DUNDER-KNOm s. [Dom. stupid, Knoll) Sax. a head.] A blockhead. North, *^ Dummer-head.'* Hants. Sussex. DUNNY,a4> Deaf. Hants. DUNGY, adj. [G hard.] [Perhaps Dunny.] Tired. Hants. As *' the horse was quite dungy." DUNGEONABLE, adj. Shrewd; rake- hellish. [Deserving of a dungeon or gaol.] North. DUNDY, adj. [Dun, Brit.] Of a dull colour, as dundy-grey. Norf Suff. DUNG-MERES, s. [Dung ahd Mere, Sax. a pool.] Pits where dung and weeds are laid to rot for manure. Bailey. "DU^G-VPf part. pass. Reflected on. Craven, DUNK-HORN, s. The short blunt-horn of a beast. Norf. Suff. DUNK-HORNED, ac^'. Sneaking, shabby. [Dunk, Dunch, Dom, Dull.] Norf. Suff. DUNT, adj. Stupified, dizzy, numbed. Norf. Suff. To DUNT, V. a. To stupify. Norf. Suff. A DUNT-SHEEP, is one that mopes about from a disorder in the head. DUR-CHECKS, s. [Dor, Brit, door and cheeks.] The door-posts. North, DURDAM, s. [Durdh, Welch.] Noise, uproar. Craven, DURGEN, s, A little trifling fellow. BaUey. DURNS, s. Gate-posts. North, Somerset, DURZED, part. pass. [Derschen, Belg. to thresh.] Said of corn beaten out of the ear by the wind. North. DUTFIN, s. The bridle in cart harness. Norf. Suff. DUZZY, adj. [Dousigh, Belg.] Dizzy. Norf Svff. DUST, s. [Dyst, Goth, tomult.] Bustle, tumult. Craven. *^ To kick up a dust/' is to make a row, to cause a great disturbance. Kent. Suss. Hants. DWAIN, DWAINY, adj. [Wanna, Sax. pale.] Faint, sickly. Norf, St^, DWALLIN6, part, act. Talking nonsense, as if delirious. Somerset, DUILE, 8. A refuse lock of wool. A mop made of refuse locks of wool. Any coarse rubbing cloth. Noff. [WuUe, Sax. wool. Wll. Isl. wool.] TbDWlNE, V n. [Dwinan, Sax. to de- crease.] To faint ; to disappear. Craven. To DWINGE, V. n. [Dwinan, Sax. to de- crease.] To shrivel and dwindle, as ap- ples do from keeping too long. Craven, DYDLE, t, A kind of mud-drag. Norf. DYE-HOUSE, or DRY-HOUSE,*. A milk- house ; a dairy. ^ Gloucm If this first implies a house where the cows are milked, then adry-houscgraeans the house or lodge where the cow it milked dry ; made dry. DYMOX, «. A sturdy combatant; a stout pugilist; a champion. Norf, Suff, DUCK and MALLARD, ) Somerset. DUCK and DRAKE, 5 Sussex, Hants. The play of throwing pieces of slate or tile upon the water, so that they may rise several times after striking the sur- face, before Uiey sink. Boys use these words at the gamein Somerset shire : — Hen.pen, Duck and malkurd. Amen. In Hampshire they say— A duck And a drake. And a white penny.cake. At each line the stone must rise; if it sinks before the whole is repeated, that is to say without rising three times, (the number of lines) the boy is clumsy at the sport. DUFFER, 8, A pedlar, applied generally to such as hawk women's apparel. Sussex Hants. DOLLY-TRIPE, s. [Dolly, a woman's name^ and tripe, the intestines, the deposit of the filth of an animal] A slut. Warw. E. E, pron, \, Craven. EA, «. [Ea, Ang. Sax. water.] Water. Norf, A river along the sands on the sea shore. North. EAGER, adj. [Aigre, Ft. sour.] Sour, tending to sourness. Sharp, applied to the air. Cumb. EAGER, 8. [Eoger, Sax. Eager- Aeger, Runic Ocean.] A peculiarly inipetu- EAR. £DG. 61 ous and dangerous aggravation of the tide in some riven, caused as it should seem by the vehement confluence of two streams, or. by the channel becoming narrower, shallower, of both. Norf, Suff^ BaMey. EALAND.x. ISax.] An island. Craven, EAM, or NEAME, s. {Eame, Ang. Sax.] Uncle. Craven, A gossip; compeer; friend. North. EALD,<. [Sax. old.] Age. North. EALLING, 8. [Hele, Sax. heel.] A lean- to. North, A vessel when thrown much on her side is said to heel, perhaps to show her bot- tom, her keel or heel. To EAR, V, a, [Sax.] To plough; to till the ground. BoUey, EARANO s. [Erende, Isl.] An errand. Craven, EARLES, $, [Ear, Sax. before.] Money given before hand to bind an engagement. Cra. To EARN, V, (u [Eamben, Germ, to reap.] To glean. Baiiey. To EARN,r. a* [Yrnan, Ang. Sax. to chum. Eamian, Sax. to yearn.] To coagulate or curdle milk. North, EARNING, », Rennet, used to turn the milk for making cheese. North, EARNDER, s. The afternoon. North. EART, aeUf, Sometimes Eart one,eart to'ther ; now one, then the other. Somerset, Is it from Elar, Sax. before, or first ; as first one and then the other. EAR.W,RIG, 8. [An ear-wig.] Somerset, Jennings thinks this is most correct, being from ear and wriggle ; not so I think, ear-wig is from Wiga, a grub. EARNEST, 8. [Earnest, Sax. fixed ] Money given, whereby to bind a bargain, to make it real and fixed. Lincoln, EARSt],«. [Earnten, Germ, to reap.] A stubble field, from which the com has been reaped or mown ; as a wheat- earsh ; a barley-earsh ; frequently pronounced ash. Hants. Wwl Sussex, EASTERN-SUNDAY, s. [Eastre, the name of a Saxon goddess, whose festival was celebrated at the time, which corresponds to our Easter.] Norf, Suff. EA8INGS, 8. [Efese, Sax.] The eaves of a building. North. EASTER, 8, [Ears, Sax. posteriors.] The back of the chimney ; the chimney-stock. North. EASINGS, 8. Cow's dung. Craven, EATH, ETTH, adj. Easy. North. Shakespear has Uneath, uneasy. EAVE.IX>NG, adj. {Sloping obliquely, as the eaves of a house, Efese, Sax. the edge •r margin.] Oblique, sidelong ; eavelong work being the mowing or reaping of the irregular edges of a field of corn. Norf. Sif. EBBLE, Si. [Abele.] The asp-tree, a species of poplar. Norf. 8t^. To ECKLE, V. n. > [Ecke, Germ, edge.] To 7o ETTLE, ) aim at. North. FenningI says to ''Aim" means to direct the '' edge" of satire against a particular person. ECCLES-TREE, s. [Acse, Sax. Axle.] An axle tree. Norf. S%iff', EDDER, ETHER, f. [Edder, Sax. a hedge.] Fence wood, commonly put on the top of fences. Norf, Essex, Lon|^ pieces of pliant underwood used to wind between the stakes on the top of a new made hedge. Hants. Norf, EDDISHy 8. [See Earsh.] A stubble field. Hants, North, A. field of grass which has been mown. Lincoln. Aftermath* Norf. Suf. [Edise, Ane. Sax. gramen serotinum; grass of the latter growth.] EDER-BRECHA, «. [Edder, Sax. hedge; Brechen, to break.] Hedge-breaking. Bailey. To EDGE, V. n. To borrow. BaMey. EDGE-LEAMS, s. Edge tools. North. EDGREW, 8. After-grass. Shropshire, [Eft. Ang. Sax. after and grown.] EEA, prep. In a. Craven. EE, 8. [Scotch.] An eye. Craven. EED, V, [E. I. and had.] I had. Craven. To EEIN, V. n. To be at leisure. Cheshire. E'EL, adj. {Contracted from evil.] Ill; Eel-thing ; ill-thing ; St. Anthony's fire. Exmoor. Somerset, EEL-SHEAR, s, [Eel and to shear, to cut.] An iron instument with three or four points, fastened to the end of a long pole, by means of which it is thrust into muddy ponds and ditches for the pur- pose of catching eels. E, Sussex, Kent, In fV. Sussex, and Hampshire called an eel-spear. EEL-SHARING, s. The act of catching eels with the instrument above described. East Sussex. Kent. EEM, 8, Leisure. Cumb, To EEM, V, n. To have leasure. Ditto, EEN, s. [Eyne, Sax.] The eyes. North. EE-SCAR, 8. {Eean, eye ; Scar, a blemish.] A blemish unpleasant to the sight. Craven. EESE, adv. {Gise, Sax.] Yes. Somerset. EET, ado, [Gita, Sax.] Yet. Somerset. EEVER, 8, [Efese, Sax. a maigin.] A cor- ner or quarter of the heavens; as the ***wind is in a cold Eever." Cumb. EFFET, EFT, 8, [Efete, Sax.] A newt ; an animal resembling the lizard tribe, in- habiting'ponds of fresh water. North. ''Evet.** Hants, Somerset. EFTER, prep. [Eft,* Ang.'fSax.] After. f Craven* EFTER-THEMSIN-BREEOD, s. [Eft, Ang. Sax. After; Temsn, Belg. Breod, Sax. bread ] Bread made of course flour or refuse from the sieve. Craven. EGERS, «. [Egr, Brit, eager.] Spring or 52 ELD. £SH. first blown tulips, being eager to blow. BaOey. TbEOG^v.a. [Eggen^Du.to provoke.] To mate. B, Sussex. £6 RE, a({/. [iEger, Lat. sick.] Sore. Bailey, EGG-BERRY, a. "JPrunus padus. The bird- IIAG-BERRY, ^^cherry, perhaps so called 3 from its shape. Craven, EITHER OF BOTH, eitherof the two. A/. ELBOWS. «. The shoulder points of cattle. Glotu;, ELBOW-GREASE,*. Persevering exercise of the arms, causing perspiration. York, Hants, Sussex. ELDER, s. The udder. North. ELDEN, s, ^[Eald, Sax. old ; being only fit ELDING, Sfor the fire.] Wood and sticks ) for burning ; fuel« North. ELDERN. s. The elder-tree. Norf. Suf. ELECTION ; IN ELECTION, adv. Likely -, as " we are in election to have a bad har- vest this year." Norf. ELEVENER, s, A luncheon, being com- monly taken about eleven o'clock. E, Suss. ELEW'N, «. Eleven. Somerset, ELF. LOCKS, f. Hair supposed to be en- tangled by an elf. Craven, ELLAR,9. [EUara, Sax.] The elder-tree. Lincoln. E, Sussex. Kent. ELLER, s, lAelder, Sax.] The alder. NoHh. ELLINGB, adj. [Ellend, Germ, exile.] Lonely ; solitary ; melancholy .|^. Sussex. Kent, ELMEN, €U^'. Of ^or belonging to elm ; made of elm. Somerset, EL-MOTHER, s, [El is probably con- ^ tracted from evil, step-mothers being pro- . f verbially unkind.] A step-mother. Noiih, E'LONG, adj\ [AI lungo, Ital. along.] Slanting. Somerset, ELS£N^9. [Elssen. Belg.] A shoemaker's awl. York, Cumb. To ELT, r. a. To knead. Craven, ELT, or ILT, s. A spayed sow. Somerset. (Corrupted from gelt ?) ELVERS, s. Young eels.' Somerset. (Eel and fry; eel's spawn or young.) Wen we see how nsual it is in Somerset- shire to change the f into v, the deriva- tion of this word from eel-fry, eel-vry, elvers, will not be thought very unrea> sonable. ELVISH, adj. [Elf, elves, pi. fairies.] Peevish ; wantonlv mischievous, as elves are always reputed to be, Norf, Sujf. EMMERS, s. [iEmyrion, Sax. ashes.] Embers. Somerset, EMMET-BATCH, s. [iEmette, Sax. an ant batch.] An ant hill. Somerset. EMMET, 8. An ant. HanU. To EMPT, V. a. To empty, Somerset, Sussex, Hants, EN, pron. Him. Somerset, ENAUNTER, con;. Les*» END, s. Part ; ^division ; as <' he has the best end of the staflf." Norf. Suff. The stems of a growing crop, as *^ here is a plenty of ends, however, it may fill the bushel." Norf Suff, A part ; division ; as ^^ a grit end of his time." Craven, " Most an end ;" continually. Ditto* '* End or side," anything undetermined ; as *^ I can mack nayther end nor side on*t." Craven. ENDAYSjOdv. Endwise; forward. Craven. (End-ways.) ENDIRONS, s, [Hand-irons, or brand, irons.] Craven. ENDLESS, 8. Intestinum coecum, the blind gut. Norf. Suff. ENEW, adj, {Enough. East Sussex. ENOW, S EN IF, adj. Enough. Craven. ER, pron. He. Somerset, ER, pron. Are. Craven, ERNFUL, odf/. Lamentable. Kent. ERRI WIGGLE, s. [Ear and wiga, agriib.] An earwig. Norf, Suff. E'RY, adj. Every, Norf Suff. ESH,«. [Esch. Belg.] An ash-tree. Norf Suff. Craven. ESHED, part, pass, [Ascian, Sax. to ask.] Asked. Craven. ESHLAR, s. See ashlar. ESHIN, s. A pail or kit. BaUey. May not this be from Esch, Belg. an ash- tree, pails being made of ash ? A cop- per is so called so from bein^ made of this metal. ESPIN, 8. [Espe, Belg.] The asp or aspen- tree* Craven. ESSE, s. [Asce. Sax.] Ashes. Cumb. ESSEX-STILE, s. A ditch ; a great part of Essex is low and marshy, having more ditches than styles. ETCH, s. [See earsh.] Norf. Essex. ETH, 8 Earth. Sonterset. ETHER, 8, An adder. Craven. (Adder, Sax. is frequently changed into th ; thus adder may easily become Ather Ether.] ETRAATH, ado, [Ee. in. Treowtha, Sax. truth.] Truly ; in truth. Craven, ETORO, adv, [Ee. In. Tu. Run. two.] In two ; Broken etoro : broken in two. Craven, To ETTLE, V. n. To intend North. ETTLEMENT, s. Intention. North. To EVE, V, n. To become damp ; to ab- sorb moisture from the air. Somerset. Probably from Eve, evening, when the dew falls and things become damp in conse- quence. EVERS, 8, [Heavers.] Opening"! stiles, which you may lift or heave up. Glouc, EVERY YEAR'S LAND. Land which will bear crops every year. Glouc, EWER,«. [Uder, Sax.] An udder. iVb»YA. EWN,ff, An oven. North. FAB. FAL. 53 To EWTE, r. a. To pour in. Somerset. (Eau, Fr. water. Eia, Sax.] EX, s. [Acse, Sax.] An axle. Somerset, IXy Eax. Sussex, Hants, EXE, s, [Acse, Sax.] An axe. Norf, EXEN, s. Oxen. North. To EXPECT, v n. To suppose. North. EYM-ANENT, flKi©. Directly opposite. Grose, That is at one end from him. F. FAAT, ». [Faute,Fr,] A fault. Craven. FABBIN, part, act. Flattering. Craven* FADDER, 8, [Fader, Dan.] Father. Craven, FADGE, 8, A bundle. Craven, TbFADGE, r. n. [Gefeagan, Sax. to ac- commodate.] To suit or fit. To succeed ; to answer expectation. Norf, Suff, To FADDLE, ©. a, [Fade, Fr. silly.J To dandle or make much of. BaUey. To Fiddle-faddle, to trifle away time. Sussex* Hants, FAD, 8, A frivolous joke* Oxford, A fid-fad, a trifling person. Hants, FAFT, part, pass, [Fyght, Sax. fight; gh in many words (as, rough, enough) is pro- nounced as an f, thus Fyght, Sax. Fyfi. Faft,] Fought. Craven. FAE-GANG, s, [Faw's Gang from Johnny Faw, their leader in Scotland.] A gang of beggars or rogues. North, To FAFF, V, n. To blow in puffs. North, To FAFFLE, CAFFLE, MAFFLE, v. n. To be inconsistent in speech. North. FAGOT, 8, £Fegan, Sax. the (kg end of a piece of cloth being made of coarser materials.] A contemptuous appellation of a woman. A dirty slattern. A low loose woman ; as though she were the fag-end of the sex. Norf. St^f. Hants. Sussex. FAGS, interj, "lis this a corruption of FEGS, [fede. Ital. faith.] Truly, 3 indeed. Somerset. South, FAIN, a4/* [Fagian, Sdx. to rejoice. Fayne, Isl.] Glad. Craven, To FAIR^ V, n. ^Faira, Goth, to appear. To FAR, f " T'Cow fairs o' caw vin." A The cow appears to be J coming. Craven. To FAIR, FAW, v. n. [Fair, well ; and faw to fall.] To happen well with a person. "May it fair faw with him,** " May he prosper.*' Ciaven, FAIRY-BUTTER, s, A species of tremella of yellowish colour* and gelatinous sub- stance, found on furze and broom. Norf. Suff, FAIRY-RINGS, 8, Circles or parts of cir- cles in pastures, of a darker green than the adjoining parts, moft observable when the grass is short. The mushroom, agaricus orcades, grows generally in these circles. Norf, Suff. Hants, TV, Sussex. FAIRY-SPARKS or SHELL-FIRE, s. Electric sparks often seen on clothes at night. Kent, Grose. Shell fire is frequently seen on horses* hoofs at night when riding by the sea- shore near Brighton. This is supposed to be a phosphorescent light thrown out by decaying marine bodies. Sussex. One observation will apply to all these words. Fairy-butter, &c., viz., that in days of ignorance and superstition, what- ever appearance in nature was incapable of explanation as to its cause or origin, was immediately referred to the agency of some unseen spirits, the most harm- less of which the fairies have always been considered. Though the light of truth is to be preferred to the darkness of ignorance, yet none will attempt to deny that to the tales of fiction, arising out of that darkness, we are indebted for many of the happiest illusions of life. FALL-GATE, s. A gate across a public road. Norf. To FALL, V, a. [Feallan, Sax. to fall; from Feallan, also comes to fell.] As I shall fall [that is fell or make to fall] that tree next spring. Norf, Suss. Hants. FALL, 8. The season for felling timber, as " I shall cut that tree next Fall.'' Sussex, Autumn, either from the leaves falling at that time, or from the year's decline or fall. Hants, Sussex^ FALLALS, 8. Flaunting and flaring orna- ments. Norf. Suff. Trifles, trumpery, nonsense. Sussex, Hants, '' That is all Fallal." Ditto, Fal-lal-la is a common sort of chorus to a song ; not the song itself, nor forming an essential i>art of it. To FALTER, v, a. To thrash barley In the chaff, in order to break off the aunt. North. To sift or cleanse '* Barley for malt must be bold and clean faltered from foul- ness.'' Mortimer, quoted by Fenning, from whom I have taken it. The latter gives the derivation from Falta, Span, a defect ; a fault. Thus to falter is pro* perly to have a defect, but is here used to signify to remove a defect, nor is this a singular instance of words being thus transposed ; as ''to shell peas*' is to unshell them, or take them from their •hells or pods. '* To husk nuts or wal- nuts," is to unhusk or take them out of their husks. " To Bone any thing,*' is to take the Bones out of the flesh. FALTERED, part, pass. Dishevelled. North. FAMBLE-CROP, s. The first stomach in ruminating animals. Norf, Suff. [Fommelen, Belg. to fumble, to do any thing in an awkward or im perfect. ^^;&.- 54 FAM. FAS. ner. The first itomach only partially or imperfectly masticates the food.] To FAMILBy V. n. [Fames« Lat. famine.] To starve^ to be faminished. fVarw^ FAMILOUS, aiy. [Famille, Fr. fieimily.] Relating or peculiar to a family, as " It is a familous complaint.*' York, To FANy V. a. To beat any one. S> Sussex, To teaze or banter. E» Sussex, FAND, part. poM. [Scotch.] Found. Crtwen. FANG, s, [Fangaui Sax. to seize.] A paw or claw. North. A fin. Norf. From the resemblance which the sharp poiht of a fin bears to that of a claw. So says Forby. FANGAST, s. [Fangan, Sax. to seize. Goust. Fr. sensual enjoyment.] A mar- riageable young woman. Norf, FANTOME-COKN, s. [Phantonoee, Fr. a phantom.] Lank or light corn ; thin and bodiless like a phantom or spectre. North. FAPESy «• Gooseberries in their unripe state. Norf. Suff. To FARE^ V. n. To appear. '* She fared sick." See " To fair." Norf . Suff . FARE, 8. [Fearh, Ang. Sax. a pig.] A litter of pigs. Norf, Suff, To FARE, V. n. To ache. North. FARMER, s, A term of distinction applied to the eldest son of the occupier of a farm, the father being called *' Master." Norf FARN-TICKLES, s. [Fearn, Sax. fern. To tick, is to ticket or mark any thing, hence Fam ticks, Fern-marks. Freckles on the skin, resembling the seeds of the fern. North, FARN'TICKLED, part. pass. Freckled. North, FARRAND, s. Disposition, kind^ nature. ^ In a fighting farrand, in a fighting humour. North. [Faran, Sax. to go. To go signifies to intend as " I was going to say," that is ** it was my intention to say," and inten- tion implies disposition. FARRANTLY, adj. [Fair and handed.] FARRENDLY. [Fair and ended.] Handsome, neat, cleanly. Respectable. North. FARRANTLY, adv. Decently. North. FARROW, a4/« [Corrupted from (jallow, a fellow producing nothing] barren ; ap- plied to a cow not producing a calf. Norf. FASGUNTIDE, s. [Fast, Begun, Tyd-time or tide.] Shrove-Tuesday, the commencement of Lent when the fast is begun. North. Norf, To FASH, V, a. [Fach^, Fr. Je suis fach^, I am rexed.] To tire. North, To trouble or teaze. North. FASTING-E'EN or EVENING, s, Shrove- Tuesday being the eye of the great fast. FASTNESS-E'EN, s. North. FASTING-TUESDAY, s, Shrove-Tuesday. North. FASTNESSES, s. Bogs, from persons stick- ing fast in them. FAT-HEN, s, [The plant chereopodium, called also Goosefoot. Sussex, This weed is so called probably from its growing very commonly on dung-heaps. FATTERS or FITTERS, s, [Fether, Sax. feather.] Tatters. Craven. FAUCE, flky. [Faux, [Fr, false.] Cunning. Craven. FAUD, s, [Falden, Sax. to fold, to inclose.] A truss of short straw which a man can grasp or fold in his arms. North, FAUF, s. [Faal,teut. a fallow.] A fallow. Craven, [Feia, Goth, to cleanse.] 7V> FAVOUR, v,n, [Faveo, Lat.] To re- semble another in features. Craven. Suss, FAW, s. A fall. Craven. FAWCET or FAUCET, s, [Fauces, Lat. the jaws or mouth.] A wooden pipe, thrust into a barrel for the purpose of drawing out the liquor through it, and stopped with a wooden peg called a Spigot. Sttssex, Hants, To FAWTER, V, a, ([See. to falter.] FEABERRIES, s. ( Gooseberries. North* FEABES, ) See Fapes. FEAFUL, adj. [Fearful,] Very, exceed- ingly. ^ Craven. Many things of a very large or extraordi- nary appearance are frightful in the eyes of the vulgar-— hence they are designated as being feaful or fearful. FEAGUE, s. [Fegan, Sax. the fag end of a piece of cloth, ibeing made of coarser materials.] A dirty, sluttish, idle person. North, To FEAGE, V, a, [Figan, Germ, to whip.] To whip or chastise. Fenning. To FEAL, V, a, [Fel. Isl. to conceal.] To hide. North, FEART-SPRANK, s, [Faur, Dan. fair, equal, just. Springan, to spring or grow. Sprang, prset.] A tolerable number or largish parcel. Berkshire, In Sussex and Hampshire, they say there is a Fair Sprinkle of any|thing. FEAT, adj. [Foetidus, Lat. stinking, foetid.] Having a nasty taste. Berkshire* FEATHER-PIE, s, A hole in the ground, filled with feathers, fixed on strings and kept in motion by the wind. An excel- lent device to scarce birds. Norf, FEAUSAN, s. Taste or moisture. North. FECRLY, adv. Mostly; most part of. North. To FEE, V, a, [Feia. Goth, to cleanse.] To winnow. North. To FEED, V. n. [Fedan, Sax. to give food ] To grow fat. North. To FEEK, V. fi. To walk about in per- plexity* North, FEE. FEN. 55 To FEFT, V. To persoade or to endearour to persuade. Norf. To put off or dispose of wares. Essex. In this latter sense it probably comes from Fieffer, Fr. to feoff, or put one in posses- sion of any property, which the seller of wares does to the purchaser of them. The seller of wares persuades or endea- vours to persuade others to buy of him* ¥EG, adj. [Pegen, Germ, to cleanse.] Fair, clean, handsome. North. To FEG, V. [Fag, from Fatigo, Lat. to be fatigued.] To flag, to droop, to tire. i NoHh. FEGS, interj\ An exclamation. South, FEGARY, s. [Vagary, from vagus, vague.] A whim, a freak. Norf. FEIST, FEISTINESS, *. [Fist. Ang. Sax. Flatus ventris, Lat.] Pustiness, a mouldy scent, such as is emitted by a foul cask. Norf. FEISTY, adj. Fusty. Norf. FEIT, adj. [Fait, Fr. done.] Neat, dexte- rous. North. FEITLY, adv. Dexterously. North. FELKS, s. [Felge, Dan. the felly of a wheel.] The felloes or outer circum- ference of a wheeL Craven. FELL, s. [Fell, Isl] A hill. Graven. To FELL, V. a. To sew in a particular manner, as women do with their needles. To inseam. South. [As this mode of sewing implies the fold- ing of one part over the other, may it not be derived from Falde, Sax. a fold or Feollan, Sax. to faU; one part falling over the other. FELL, adj. [Felle, Sax, cruel, hard hearted.] Sharp, clever, hot. North. To FELLY, V. a. [Fealga, Sax. a fallow.] To break up a fallow. North. FELLY, s. A fellow. Derby. FELLING and FLAWING, part. act. [Fel- ling and flaying.] Cutting oaks and strip- ping the bark from them. E. Sussex. FELT, s. A thick matted growth of weeds spreading by their roots, as couch grass. Norf. [Pel. Sax. a hide, these weeds covering the ground as it were with a thick skin!] FELLON, s. [Felle, Sax. cruel.] A disease in cowsy occasioned by cold, and causing great anguish and pain. Craven. FELTERED, part. pass. [Felt, from fel. Sax. a hide.] Entangled. Craven. To FEND, V. n. To be industrious ; to take care of ; to beware. North. All these different meanings imply care and forethought, the essential qualities of one who has to '* defend** others, from which word *' defend*' this word ** fend*' evidently comes. FENDABLE, adj. Able to defend or take care of one's self. Abo to fare, as *' how fend vou ?'* North. To FEND and PROVE, v. n. [To defend and Prove.] To argue on both sides of a question, for and against. North. South. FEN-NIGHTINGALE, s. An ironical name for a frog, which lives in fens, called also a March-bird from its being vocal in this month. ^ Norf. In France in the same spirit they call asses. Arcadian nightingales. FENNY, or FENNERY, adj.Mouldy. Kent. FENNY, adj. Mouldy^ decayed, genemlly applied to cheese. Hants. In Hampshire when cheese is beginning to decay, and just showing those blue lines, it is said to be blue-vinnied, that is, 1 presume *' blue veined,*' the lines in the cheese somewhat resembling the veins in the human frame. If this be correct, then Fenny is corrupted from " Vinny," and " Vinny" from *' Vein.'* FERRY-WHISK, s. [Ferry and Wischen, Teut, to move about minbly.] A great bustle, haste. York. FESSING, adj. [Fussing, from Fus, Sax. ready*] ^ Forcing or obtruding a thing on one, that is *' fussing** or '* fussy,** over-officious. Essex. To FEST, V, n. To put out to grass. Craven. To feast. Craven. To place out apprentices under indentures. Cr€u>en. FESTING-PENNY, s. Money given as an earnest to a servant on hiring him. CVo* To FEST, V. n. To let off any work. North. To fasten, tie, or bind. North. FESTING-MEN, s. With the Anglo Saxons, persons who were pledges for others. B€tUey. These words, with one exception, [to feast, which is from Feesteren, Belg. are de- rived from Festen, Germ, to fasten, or to bind with ceremony.] FETCH, «. [Feccean, Sax. to go.] The apparition of a person living, which of course must go to the spot where the person is who sees it. North. A trick ; a stratagem ; a lie ; a false ap- pearance. Sussex. Hants. Fenning. To FET, V. n. To fit. Craven. To be a match for one. DiUo. To FETTLE, v. a. To dress ,- prepare, or put in order; to set about anything. FETTLE, s. Condition. fVarw. North. FETTLED, part. pass. Dressed; beat. Cra. FETE, adj. Middling; fair. Berks. These words all imply a certain fitness, and ; are derived from Vitten, Belg. to make fit or suitable. FEU, s. [Fait, Fr. done.] A method of do- ing anything. Chrose. FEUSOME, acU. Handsome. North. This is from Fait, Fr. also. To FEY, V. a. To do anything notably or well. A FAY. [Faire, Fr, to do.] North. * It Feys well' in Hampshire, signifies the thing answers. This is clearly from Fait, 56 FlC. FIN. Pr. done. " It feys well/* " It does well." Thus " feusome,'^ '* handsome/' implies something well made or done. To FEW, V. n. To change. North, [Fea, Sax. money or price.] Money being given in exchange as the price of the thing changed. To FEY, V. a. [Feia, Goth, to cleanse.] To fey meadows is to cleanse them ; to fey a pond is to take out ^the mud ; to fey corn is to winnow it. North. To cast up and remove earth. North. FEYlNG, 8, Rubbish; earth cut up and thrown aside to get turf, implying in both senses what is cast away, in ^order to cleanse what is left. North. To FEZZON, V. a. [Festen. Germ, to fasten.] To seize or fasten on, as a bull-dog does on a bull. North. TbFICK, r. n. [Ficken, Belg.] To kick. Craven. To struggle or fight with the legs, as a cow when tied up,^or a child in the cradle. North. FICKELTOW, ». The foretackle or car- riage, which supports the plough-beam. Norf. FID, s. A small but thick piece of anything. Sussex. To FIDGE, V. n. To kick with the feet. North. Perhaps corrupted from Ficken Belg. to kick. To FIE, V. a. To cleanse a ditch or pond. Norf. See to Fey. F1GS» 8. Raisins. West. FIGGED.PU DOING, s. A pudding with raisins in it ; a plum-pudding. fFest. To FIG, V. a. To apply ginger to a horse to excite him to carry a fine tail. North. South. (May not this be from Figure, the opera- toin being intended to make the horse shew a good figure ?) FILANDS, 8. [Field-lands.] Tracts of un- inclosed arable land. Norf. In Hampshire and Sussex called Common fields. To FILE, V. a. To defile. Norf. Also to foil, the same as spoil, which is frequently pronounced ** spile.'* FILE, 8. A deep, cunning, deceitful person ; as he is "a. deep old File." Sussex. In the same sense the word is used, when sportsmen say the hare runs her File, that is runs round the same track continually, to foil or deceive the dogs. Suss. Hants, FILL-BELLS, s. The chain-tugs to the collar of a cart horse, by which he draws. FILL-HORSE, 8. [Thill-horse, th being pronounced like f.] The horse which goes in the shafts. Norf. To FILLKR, I', n. To go behind. To d ra w back . Notf, FILTU Y, s. [Corruption of filth ; filthy ; ^ I or from Filter, which allows the pure water to pass through, while it retains the fiilth.] Filth; rubbish. Somerset. FIMBLE, 8. [Finner, Isl. light, quick, nim- ble.] The female hemp, the soonest ripe, but the least valuable. Essex, Penning. To FIMBLE, V. a. [Finnr, Isl. nimble; light.] To touch lightly with the ends of the fingers. To pass through without cutting, as " my scythe fimbles the grass." Norf. FIN, s. The broad part of a plough share. Hants. FINEW, «.* Mouldiness; dirtiness. Bailey. FINEWED, fHxrt. pass. Grown mouldy. Bailey. (See Fenny, Fennery.) FINKLE,«. [Fenckle, Belg.] Fennel. Cra. FINND, FINNS, s. [Finn. Isl.] Finds; things found. Craven. *' Findalls*' is used in the Cinque Porta Charters. Sussex Kent. FIRE-EYLDING, s. [Fire and geldan, Sax. to yield.] Fuel yielding or^ supporting fire. North. FlRE'FAliGED, part. pass. [Fire and fan- gan, Sax. to sieze,] Fire-bitten, spoken of oatmeal that is over-dried. North. FIRE-FLAUGHTS, s. [Flattem, Teut. to flutter.] Lightning, or the ^Northern lights. North. FIRE-POINT, 8. A poker. Leeds. York. Grose. FIRLY, FURLY, s. [Faerlic, Ang. Sax. strange.] Confusion; tumult. Craven. FIRR'D, part pass. Freed. Craven* FIRS, adj. \ [Fird, Isl. quiet.] Land not de- FREES, J pastured by cattle. Craven. FIRTH, or FRITH, s. [Ffrith, Welsh, a plantation ] A field taken from a wood Craven. In Hampshire, underwood is called '*Frith." FIT, adj. [Vitten, Belg. to be adapted to its intended purpose.] Ready, as " I am fit if you are ready." '* Come stir, make yourself fit." Norf. Apt, meet, suitable. Sussex. FIT, 8, [Fet, Sax. feet.] Feet. Craven. FrrCH, FITCHET, s. •)[Fisse, Belg.] A FITCHOLE, FICHER, Spole-cal. Som. FICHET, 3 FITCHES, 8. Corruption of vetches. Cra. FITCHET-PIE, s. A pie given to the reap- ers at harvest-home, composed of apples, onions, and the fat of bacon in equal quantities. Che8. To FITTLE, V. a. [Vittan, Belg. to fit or make fit.] To clean. Oxford. 7b FITTER, v. n. [Fet, Sax. feet.] To shift from one foot to the other. Norf. FITTEN, *. ^ A Feint, a pretence. Somerset. VITTEN, f From fit, the feint, if well I made being made fit for or 3 suitable to the purpose. FIVE FINGERS, s, Oxlips. Norf FIX-FAX, s. [Perhaps corrupted from Fix- FLA. FLA. 67 fast.] The tendon of (he neck; the sinews of the neck of cattle and sheep. North, To VYL, r. n. [Fisa. Isl. to hiss.] To make a hissing sound like fermenting liquors. Norf* Sussex, Hants* FIZGIG, s. [Fiz and gig, a small spinning top.] A gadding, idle, gossip. BaUey* A small quantity of damp powder made into a pointed pyramidical shape, which is set fire to by boys for their amusement, and which hisses as it burns. fVarwick, In Hampshire it is called a *' Devil." To FIZMER, V. n. To fidget unquietly, and make a great stir about trifles. Norf. To FLACK, o.n. [Flaccus, Lat. a flake.] To hang loosely. Norf, FLACKENING, s. A rapid motion of the wings. North. To FLACK, V. fi. [Fliccerian, Sax. to flicker.] To flutter as a bird. North. To throb as a wound. Ditto, FLACK, 8. A blow, particularly with some- thing loose and pliant. Norf. FLACKET, s. A tall flaunting wench, whose apparel seems to hang loosely on her. Noff. FLACKET, s. [Flaia, Sax. a flask.] A bottle made in the shape of a barrel, used by hay-makers. North. Similar vessels are used by husbandmen in Hampshire, where they are called " Wooden bottles." FLACKING-COMB, *. [Flaccus.] A wide-toothed comb. Oxford, FLACKY, cuij. Hanging loosely, as it were in flakes. Norf. FLAG, or FLAGS, s. The surface of the earth or upper turf, which is pared off for the purpose of burning. Norf. The surface of a clover lay of the second year, turned up by the plough. The wheat for the next year's crop is dibbled into the flag. Norf, Flakes of snow are called snow> flags. North. (These words are all evidently corruptions of Flake, from Flaccus, Lat.] FLAGELUTE, s, A very small rent or hole in a garment. Norf, Forby thinks from Flageolet, the holes in which are very small. FLAGEIN, part. act. [Fletzeo. Teut.] Flattering. Craven, FLAH, «. [Flean, to flay.] Turf for fuel. Craven, FLAID, part. pau. Afraid; affrighted* Craven, To FLAITE, V. a. To affright ; to scare. South, FLAAT, part, pau. [Flitan, Ang. Sax.] To icold. North } whence come *' to flaite," and " flaid." FLAN, «« A shallow. North. FLAN, adj. Broad. Orose. PLANNED, adj. Shaltow. Craven. FLAP, 8, A slight stroke or touch, [being derived from Leppe, Sax. a lip, signifying something hanging down loose and broad, incapable of inflicting any serious blow.] ** I have got a flap of cold," that is I have been slightly struck with a cold. Norf. FLAP-JACK, 8, A broad flat piece of pastry, called also an Apple-jack. A flat thin joint of meat, as the breast of a lean sheep or calf. Norf. A fried cake, made of butter, apples, &c., a fritter. Somerset. FLAPPER, 8. A young wild duck which has just taken to wing, but unable to fly far. Norf. Hants. WestJSussex^ FLAPS, 8. Large broad mushrooms. Norf. All these words are expressive of some thing in opposition to strong, stiff, or firm. FLARNECKING, adj. [To flare ; to shine brightly.] Flaunting with vulgar osten- tation. Norf. FLARRANCE, *. [Corruption of flurry.] A bustle } hurry; as < to inclose.] A farm jiard. North* FOLD-PRITCH, ». [Fold and priccan, Sax. to pierce.] A pointed iron bar ased to make holes in the ground to receive the feet of wattles. Norf. FOMARD or FOMART, s. [Faux, Fr. Marte, Fr. a martin, a kind of weasel.] A polecat, so called from its fetid smell. Cra* FOND, oc^'. [Fundian, Sax.] Silly, stupid, Idiotical. North* Luscious, fulsome, disagreeably sweet in taste or smell. Norf. FOND or FONDLING, s. A silly fellow. An idiot. North. FONDLY, adv. Foolishly. North. FOND-PLUFF, «. [Fond and ploegh, Belg. a plough.] An ancient custom, says t Grose, not yet quite extinct, of the youth of each parish to drag a plough from . village to village, on twelfth day, collect- ing money to make merry with. Each party is headed by *' Mab and bis Wife," I in disguise, with their faces blackened, and a kind of Harlequin dress. Grose adds, he can not trace the origin of the custom. May it not signify the release of the plough preparatory to the farm opera- tions of the spring, the winter solstice having been just passed ? To FOOAZ, V. a. To level the surface of a fleece of wool with the shears. North, FOORE, 8. [Furh. Sax.] A furrow. North. FOOT-ALE, 8. '^ North. C Beverage N&rf, South. FOOTING-ALE, FOOTING, ». re- quired from one entering on any new occupation or office. These words all originate in " Foot," the fine being paid on a person's first setting foot, as it were, in a new place. FOOTER, 8. A stroke or kick at a foot ball. North. FOOTING-TIME, 8. The time when a lying in woman first gets up. Norf, FOOTY, adj. Despicable, insignificant, paltry. Hants. Sussex. Somerset. FOOTER, 8. [Foutre, Fr.] A scurvy fellow, a term of contempt. Hants. Somerset, FORAU, adv. [For all ; for all that.] Not- withstanding. Craven. FORCE, 8, A waterfall, from its violence or power. Craven. To FORCE, V. a. To fatten cattle ; artifi- cial and powerful food being used for the purpose. Norf. FOREIGNER, 8. A stranger ; applied to one of another county. Norf, At Rye in East Sussex, that part of the parish which lies out of the boundary of the corporation is called the '' Foreign of Rye." FORE-END, 8. The forelmnd of a horse. The early part of life. Craven. FORE-ELDERS, 8. Ancestors. Craven. TbFOREHEET, v. a, [Fore and heed.] To predetermine or to determine against a measure. North. FORE. RIGHT, adj. Obstinate, head- strong, determined, as it were, to go right forward, let what will be in the way. Sussex. FORESTEAD, 8. [For. Isl. a passage, and Sted, Sax. a place.] A ford. Craven. FORE-SUMMERS, s. [Fore and Trabs summaria the principal beam.] The forepart of a cart, a sort of platform projecting over the shafts; common some years ago in Norfolk ; common also formerly in Hampshire, and still frequently seen in London. FOREWARDEN, part. pass. Over-run with lice or dirt. North. To FORGIVE, V. n. To thaw. Norf. Forby observes this is by no means an inexpressive metaphor, and I agree with him, for ** to forgive" means " to remit," and when the thaw comes the frost remits. In Sussex and Hampshire they use ** to give*' in the same sense. To FORHINDER, v. a. [Fore and hinder.] To prevent. Norf. FORKIN-ROBIN, 8. [So called from its forked tail.] An earwig. North* FOROLDED, part. pass. Worn out with age. Hants. FORLORN, adj. [Forloren, Sax. to lose.] Worthless reprobate, and hence lost, aban- doned. Norf. To FORMEL, FORMET, or FORMAT, v. n. [Formcel, Sax. a bargain.] To order or bespeak anything. North. FORSTAL or FOSTAL, s. [Fore and stal, Belg. a stall or shed.] A farm yard which was pretty generally in former times in the front of the house. £. Sussex. A way leading from the high road to a great house. Norf, A paddock near a farm house. E. Sussex. FORTHEN, FORTHY, adv. Therefore. A clear transposition of the syllables. North. FORREL, s. The cover of a book. Somerset. FORWEEWD, part. pass. [Fore and weaned.] Humoursome, difficult to please as a child is, when weaned beforehand or too soon. Somerset. FOSS, 8. [Ffos, Brit, a ditch.] A waterfall, which forms a ditch or deep cavity. North. FOSSPLE, 8. The impression of a horse's hoof on soft ground. Cumb. Grose, who offers no origin for the word. I shall attempt one though to some it may appear far-fetched. Ffos, Belg. is a ditch a low place, a cavity ; and to Pell, from Palus, a pool, in E. Sussex, signifies to wear a hole in the ground by the flowing of water ; thus Fossple, will signify a ditch- hole, though a horse's footstep is not per- FAU. FRA. 61 haps quite deep enough to be called a t ditch, still it may be deoominated a pool. FOUD, 8. A fold. Craven. FOUL, 5. An ulcerous [therefore a foul] sore iu a cow's foot. Ciaven, FOULDAGE, s. The liberty of folding sheep by night. Norf, Bailey. FOURS, FOURINGS, s. [From Four, being taken at that hour.] An afternoon meal in harvest time. Norf, FOURUM, «. [Fyrmtha, Sax. a seat.] A bench. Crauen. FOUSE, FAWS, ». [Vos, Belg.] A fox. Craven, To FOUTER, r. a, [See to Falter.] To thrash ofif the awns of barley. Craven, Fours, «. [Fautor, Lat. a favourer.] In- dulged children. Craven. Fools. FOUTRY, adj, [See fooly.] Paltry, trum- pery, despicable. Norf. FOUZEN, 5. [Foison, Fr. plenty.] Sub- stantial goodness. North. FOW, 8. A fowl. Cheshire. FOV, 8, [Poi, Fr. time season.] A supper given by the owners of a fishing vessel at Yarmouth, to the crew, at the begin- ning of the season. Sometimes called a ** Bending-foy," from the saib then being first bent for the season. Norf, FOZY, adj. [See Foky.] FOSSUCK, 8. [Fus, Sax. ready, or over- ready.] A troublesome person. fVarw. FOSSIKING, adj. Troublesome. fVarut. FRA, prep. [Fra,*Dan.] From. Craven. To FRACK, V. n. To abound ; to swarm ; to be thronged or crowded together, as *' the churching was Fracking full." " My apple trees are as full as they can Frack." Norf. [Frico, Lat. to rub, things when thick together, being apt to rub each other i] To FRAIL, V. a. [Frayel, Fr. to fray.] To fret or wear out cloth. Norf. FRAM, FRIM, FROW, adj. [Framur, Isl. soft.] Tender, brittle. Craven. To FRAME, V. a. [Fremman> Sax. to plan.] To attempt. Craven. To speak or behave afiectedly, as though it were on some fixed plan. Norf. FRAME-PERSON, 8. A visitor whom it is thought necessary to receive ceremo- niously ; that is agreeably to some frame or plan. Norf, FRAMPLED, adj. Peevish^ cross, fretful, froward, South. Norf. Penning. [May not this be a corruption of Rum- pled ?] FRANDISH, adj. [Query, corrupted from frantic ?] Passionate, obstinate. North. To FRAPE, V. a. [Threapian, Ang. Sax.] To reprove or chide. Kent. FRAPS, 8. [Frapper, Fr. to beat.] A noise, also a boasting person. Craven* To FRAP, V. a. [Frapper, Fr.] To beat. E. Sussex, To FRASE, V, a. [Frayer, Fr. to fray.] To break. North. FRATCH, 8. [Fray.] A quarrel both in jest and in earnest. North. FRAY, prep, [Fra. Dan.] From. North. To FRAZLE, v. a. [Frayer, Fr. to fray ] To unravel or rend cloth. Norf. FRAZLINGS, s. Threads of cloth, torn or unravelled. Craven. FRECKENS, s. [Froecn, Ang. Sax. filth, dirt.] Freckles. Norf, FREELEGE, s. Privilege, immunity. North. [Free and Lex. law, free of law.] FREELI, FRAILIES, s. [From Free and Frail, Free, applied to land, signifies light, friable, easily pulverised, frail, brittle.] Light unsubstantial delicacies for the table ; frothy compliments. Tawdry trumpery. Norf, FREMMED, adj, ')Fremd, fremilling. FREMT or FRIMM'D, S Ang. Sax. a J stranger. Far off ; not related to ; strange, or at enmity with. North. FRENCH, adj. [The ^Trench and English having been for too long a period at war with each other, a strong enmity, nay, almost an antipathy in some parts of the country has grown up towards them; hence ** French*' would naturally be ap- plied as a word of hatred or reproach. Thanks to a long peace and to the march of intellect, this feeling has now in a great measure subsided.] Angry, passionate, violently opposed to any one, as though entertaining as strong an enmity to him as if he were really French. Norf, FRENCHMAN, «. A stranger of any country, who cannot speak English. Norf. Thus in Ekist Anglia any man not under- standing their dialect is said to be a Shi reman. So says Forby. It is thus also in Kent and Sussex, and probably in Surrey, Middlesex and Essex, which with Norfolk and Suffolk, are all adjoin- ing counties, not having this termination of Shire to their names. FRENCH-NUT, 8. A walnut ; great num- bers of this fruit being imported from France* Somerset, FRESH, FRESHES, s, A flood or over- flowing of a river ; so called because the water is fresh in contradistinction to salt, which is the nature of sea water. Norf. Craven. North. Suss, FRESH, 8. Home-brewed, table-beer, which not hieing very strong, requires to be drunk while quite new or fresh. Norf, S^jf. Hants, Suss, FRESHER, «. A small frog ; being young and fresh. Norf, FRESH, adj, [Frex, Sax. brisk.] Tipsey, not drunk, having had just liquor enough to be lively or merry. Norf, York, Suss, Rainy, [rain water bein^ fresh]. North, FRESK, s. [Fresc, Sax. brisk.] A frog. North, 62 FRI. FRU. To FRIDGE^ V. a. To fret or rub in pieces. North. [Frica» Lat. to rub.] FRIGHTFUL, adj. Apt to take fright. Norf. Not improper, as an alarmed person is full of fright. ^Threateuing, inspiring fright. E. Suttex, FRIM, adj\ [Fremman, Sax. to frame.] Handsome, rare, well-liking. North* FRIM or FRUM, adj. [May Frum be a corruption of trumpery, from Fromp, Fr. to deceive.] Brittle. [Frumpeler, Belg.] To FRIMICATF, v. n. [Fremman, Sax. to frame.] To play the fribble ; to affect delicacy, framing one's actions as it were by some fixed rule. Norf. FRIM-FOLRS, s. [Fremde, Germ . a stranger.] Strangers. Line. To FRIST, V. a. [Fristen, Germ, to post- pone.] To sell goods on trust. North. FRITH,*. [See Firth.] FRITCH, adj. Intimate, sociable. Hants, To FRIZE, V. n. [Frysan, Sax.] To freeze. Norf. FROBLY-MOBLY, adv. Indifferently well. South. Bailey. Grose. FROG-SPIT, s. [See Cuckoo-spit.J Norf. FROISE, s. [Frysan, Belg. to fry.] A pan- c&k& J^orf FRONTSTEAD, s. [Front and sted, Sax. a place ; the farm yard formerly having been generally in front of the house for the convenience of the master's over- looking it.] A farm yard. York, FROSH, FROSK, ». [Frosch, Teut.] A frog. ? North. FROUGH, adj. [Vrowe, Dutch, a woman, hence, tender, delicate.] Brittle. Craven. Loose, spongv, brittle. North. FROW, FROWDY, FRUGGAM, s. [Vrowe, Belg. a dirty woman, also a wife.] A woman. Craven. An idle, dirty woman. North. FROWER, s. An edge tool, used in cleav- ing laths. South. FROUZY, adj. [Vrowe. Belg. a dirty woman.] Blouzy, with disordered and uncombed hair. ^ Norf. Red in the face from work or walking. Sussex, FROWY, adj. [Vrowe, Belg. A slut.] Stale, on the point of turning sour from being over kept. Norf, FRUGAL, adj. [Frig. Ang. Sax. free.] Liberal, open, lavish. Norf. FRUGGAN, 8. The pole with which the ashes are stirred in the oven. ^ North. To Frig about in the South signifies to fiddle faddle, to meddle officiously, or stir about other people's affairs. Frig and Fruggan probably spring from the same root ; but then what is that root ' FRUM and FLUSH, cu^*. Full and over- flowing. fVarw. [Fluyssen, Belg. to flow with violence, offers a root for flush ; may Frum be from y Fram" Sax. from« if a river overflows it leaves or cornea from its bed.] FRUMP, 8. A sour, ill-humoured person, more particularly an old woman. Norf. Sujf. Hants, FRUNDLE, s. \ Two pecks. North, FRUNDELE, ] To FRUMPLE, v. a. To rumple or wrinkle. Norf FRUMPY, acy. Having a sour ill-tempered look. Norf. 1 consider these three last words to come from Rompelen, Belg. to rumple ; a per- son when put out of humour is com- monly said to be rumpled. To FRUMP, V. a. [Frumpelen, Belg. to deceive.] To trump up a story which is not true. Somerset. To FRUMP, V. a. [Frompeen, ^Belg. to deceive.] To rebuke, to treat with rude- ness. North. FRUTTACE, s. Fritters. Craven, FRUTTACE-WEDNESDAY, s. Ash- Wed- nesday when fritters were generally eaten. Craven. FUB, 8. A tat Fub, is a plump little child. Bailet/, To FUD, V. n. [Fot, Sax.a foot.] To kick with the feet. Craven, FUDD1N,«. A kick, literally a fooling. Craven, To FUFF, V. n. To blow or puff. Craven. FUDGY, s. A little fat i^rson. Craven, [Perhaps from to fidge or fidget, fat, persons being apt to be fidgety.] FUKES, s. Locks of hair. North, FULCH or VULCH, s. A pushing stroke with the fist directed upwards. fFest, FUFFY, adj. Light and soft. Craven. [Flyg. IsK to fly, hence Flue ; in Hamp- shire Fluff, from fluff, fuff, fuffy.] FULL, adj. Drunk, unable to take more. Craven, FULL-DUE, s. A final acquittance. Norf. FULL-FLOPPER, s. A young bird suffi- ciently feathered to leave the nest, but unable to fly very strong. Norf. See Flapper. FULL-BUT, adv. With direct impetuosity towards some object, as an arrow, when well aimed, goes full against the *' but" or mark it is fired at. Craven, Sussex, FULL-PITCH, adv. [FuU and Pitch, degree.] At the utmost. To plough at '* Full- pitch"is to plough to the full depth of the soil. Norf. FULL-STATED, par/. |XU9. Said of a lease- hold estate that has three lives on it, having ils stated or proper number. Essex. FULL-WEET-SHORrST,aifr. [Wee Scotch little.] A little too short. Craven. FUMP, s. The material circumstances of a story ; the cream of the jest, fVest. FUN. GAB. 63 FUN, part. pas9. Found. Craven, j FUNK, s, [Funke, Dan. embers.] Touch- wood. Norf. To FUR, V. a. To throw, that is to make the thing thrown go Fur or far. Somerset, FUR-CUM, 8, The bottom, what comes from the bottom comet fur or far. Also the whole. Somerset, FURED, part, pass, [Faran^ Sax. to go.] Went. North. FURENDEL, s. Two gallons. North. FURLONG, s, [Fur, Dan. furrow and along.] The line of direction of ploughed lands. Norf. A division of an uninclosed com*field. FURNER, «. (Tumus, Lat. an oven.] A baker. Kent, FUR7E-CHUCKER, s. [From the bush it frequents and the sound it utters.] The whin^chat. Hants. FUSSOCK, 8. A coarse fat woman. North. See Fossuck* FUSTILUGGS, «. A big-boned person.^ Somerset. FUSUM, adj. Handsome. North. FUTT, adj. [Futilu, Ut. foolish.] Silly, foolish. Hants. FUZEN-FUZZEN,*. [Poison, Fr. plenty.] FTJZZON. Nourishment. North. FUZZY, adj. [Firs, Sax. furze,] Rough and shaggy. Norf, Abounding in furze. Hants. Light and spongy. North. FUZ, s. [Voose, Teut.] Furze. HanU, FUZZ-BALL, s, [Fisa, Isl. to hiss.] A fungus which being broken makes a slight hissing sound emitting a dry powder. North, In Hampshire called Puff balls. FY-LOAN, ado. A word used to call home cows to be milked. North, FURNIS, 8. [Fumus, Lat. an oven.] A large vessel or boiler used for brewing and other purposes, it is always fixed up with bricks and mortar, and surrounded with flues. Somerset. Hants. Being generally made of copper they are commonly so called. G. GAB, 8. [Gabbaren, Belg. to gabble.] Chat ; great flow of words, generally im- plying idle ones. '' She has the gift of the Gab," means she talks incessantly. Susses, Hants, OABBARD, adj. Large and old; out of repair; as "a great Gabbard house." Berks. Perhaps from " Gabbaren'* also, the wind whistling and making a great noise through old, decayed houses. GABBLE-RATCHETS, s, [Gabbaren, Belg. to gabble.] Birds which make a ^eat noise in the air in the spring evenings. North. GABERDINE, s. A loose frock, worn by carters and farmer's servants, differing from a round frock, in being open in front with buttons to close it if required. Kent. East Sussex* GAD, 8. [Gad, Sax. a large club.] A long stitk. North, [Gaad, Sax.] A goad. Ditto, 7b GAD or GA DDE, v, n. [Gadaw, Brit, to forsake.] To run about from one per- son's house to another's, without having any business there. North. South. GA£RN,«. [A coarse corruption.] Garden. Somerset. To GAG, V. a. To nauseate ; to reject with loathing, as though the throat were closed or gagged Notf. To make an unsuccessful effort to vomit. Norf. (Geag, Sax, the jaws, they being moved, though uselessly, when a person feels a desire to vomit and cannot. GAGER, s. [Gauge.] An exciseman, who frequently has to gauge casks. Craven, GAGE, 8, [Gauge, a measure.] A bowl or tub to receive the cream, as it is succes- sively skimmed off; being the measure b^ which to know when there is suffi- cient for churning. Norf. GAGGER, 8, A non-conformist, one who formerly was gagged as it were, not hav- ing been allowed to speak or preach. iV/l GAGY, adj. Showery. E. SusseXf GAIN, adj. [Gagner, Fr. to obtain profit.] , Handy; dextrous; convenient. "The land lies very gain for me." ** I bought this horse very gain, that is, cheap," both ^expressions evidently im- plying that gain is to be made by the transaction of taking the land, and by the purchase of the horse. Norf. GAIN, prep. [Agen, Sax. against or close to.] Near. Craven. Perhaps Agen, Sax. is a proper derivation of Gain in this sense, and gagner, Fr. in the other. GAIN, adj. Convenient ; handy. Hants. GAINEST-WAY, s. The nearest way; the road by which the most time is to ^be gained by going. NoHh. To GAIN-COPE, V. a. [Gagner, Fr. to gain and Cope a recompense.] To cross a field the nearest way, in order to meet with something. South. GALE, 8. An old bull castrated. Somerset. (Can this be derived from Galer, Fr. to gall, or make sore by rubbing the skin; the bull is certainly made very sore by the operation of castration.) GALE-CLEAR, s. [Gyle, Belg. foam.] A tub of wort ; the wort being put into it for the purpose of fermenting, to work'off the yeast. North. GALE, or GUILE-FAT, «. [Gyle, Belg. foam, and Fat, Sax. a tub.] The vat in which the beer is put to wotVi off the yeaaU "VSVw^K^ 64 GAL. GAM. GALE, or GUILE-DISH, s. A tan dish used in brewing. North, To GAITCORN, ©. a. To set up sheaves of corn on the end in wet weaiher, for the purpose of drying them. Craven* GAIT,». [Gait, Scotch, way Gate, Ang. Sax.] A right of stray for a cow or horse, &c., in a common field. North, Road. DUto, GAITARDS, adv, } [Gait,Scotch,and Weard, GAITWARDS, 5 Sax. wards, or towards. The same way. Craven, To GALDER, v. n. [Galdor, Ang. Sax. in- cantation.] To prate in a coarse, vulgar, noisy manner. Norf. GALDIMENT, s, A great fright. Somerset. (Galding, Teut. is sudden ; and a great fright is generally occasioned by some sudden, unexpected event. GALDER, 8. Coarse vulgar prate ; very noisy and nonsensical. Norf, GALLIED, part, pass, [See galdiment] Frightened. Somerset, To GALLY, V, a. To frighten. Somerset, GALLIMENT, s, A great fright. DUta, GALLIBEGGAR, s, [To gaily and beggar.] A bugbear. Somerset. GALLIER,«. A fright. Glouc. GALLIC-HANDED, adj. [Gauche, Fr. left.] Left-handed. Craven, GALLIGANTING, part. act. Somerset, GALLIVANTING, [Gallanting.] Hants. Suss. Wandering about in gaiety and enjoyment, applied chiefly to the association of the sexes. GALLOWAY, s. A horse of a small species, but larger than a pony ; so called from resembling the breed in the County of Galloway, in Scotland. North* South. GALLOPPED-BEER, s. Small beer made for present drinking, by simply boiling small quantities of malt and hops toge- ther in a kettle ; so called from being made in haste, gallopped, as it were, into beer ^forf GALLOOR, or GALORE, s, [Scotch.] Plenty. North. GALORE, adv. In abundance. E. Suss. GALLOW-BALK, «.") [Gallows and Balk.] OALLY-BALK, f The iron bar in chim- ?nie8. on which the 3 pot-hooks are hung. Norf, North. A trammel. North. GALLY-BIRD, s. A woodpecker. E. Suss. GALL, 8. A vein of sand in a stiff soil, through which the water oozes; these veins are called sand-galls. Norf, Suff. A defect in a tree. Sussex, GALLY-LANDS, s. Lands full of sand- galls. These words seem to come from Galer, Fr. to gall or injure by rubbing. GAM-LEG, f . [Gam^ Brit, crooked and Leg.] A lame leg. Craven. GAME-LEG, s. Norf. Suss. Hants, GAMBRIL, s. [Gram, Brit, crooked, Cambre, French.] A crooked piece of wood placed between the hind legs of a slaughtered sheep, for the purpose of spreading, and of suspending it. Somerset, Hants. G AMASHES, GAMASHERS, GAMOGINS, GAMBADOES, «. [These words all seem to claim one origin, which is lambe, Fr. the leg.] The three first words are used in the North ; the last in the South. The first are short spatterdashes worn by ploughmen ; the latter were (for they are now no longer known) immense large cases of leather, open on the inner side above the foot, in which men placed their legs when on horseback, to keep their shoes and stockings clean. To GAMMER, v. n, [Corrupted from Grand- mother; old women not being able or willing to work muchj To idle. Grose. NoHh. GAMMERSTANG, s, [Gammer, an old wo- man or grandmother, and Steng, Belg. a staff; young children being the staff or support of the old.] A hoyden ; an awkward girl. Craven. Or it may mean as alx>ve. Gammer, ^to idle ; hence an idle staff. GAMEREL, s. The small of the leg. Som, GAMY, adj. [Query, Gummy]. Sticky ; dirty. Hards. GAN, imp, mood. [Gangen, Belg. to go.] Go. North. G'AND, or G'ENDER, ado, [Geond, Sax. Yond.] Go yonder. Somerset. To GANDER, v. n. [Gangen, Belg. to go.] to gad about ; to ramble. Norf, (Or Geond, Sax. yonder.) GANGER, 8. A goer ; a speedy horse. Norf. 7b GANG, 9. n. Togo. Craven.. [Gaugen, Belg.] GANGRELLS,«. [Gangen, to goj People going about as pedlars. North. GANNY.COCK, s, A turkey-cock. Somerset, GANNY-COCK'S SNOB, «. The long mem- branous appendage at the beak of a tur- key-cock. Somerset, Gk'D'WmG, part, act. Chiding. Somerset. GANGRILL, or GANGERILL, s. [Gan- gen, Belg. to go and Rill a small stream, toads frequent such places.] A toad. Northt GANNERHEAD, s. [Perhaps from Gander, as goose is frequently used to imply a stupid person.] A stupid person ; a dunce. South, GANSE, or GANTS, s. Merriment; hila- rity. E. Sussex. GANTY, adj. Full of Gants. JDUto. GANT, adj. [Gaunt.] Slim; slender. E. Sussex, GANTREE,*. [Gang and Tree.] A frame of wood to support barrels placed in a row or gang. Noiih. GANT, 8. [Gangen, Belg. Gan, Ang. Sax. to go.] A village fair or wake. Norf, GAR. GAT. 65 GANTY-GUTTED, adj [Gaunt and gut] Gaunt, lean and lanky. Norf, GAPE-SEED, 8. Any object to please the eye, chiefly applied to passing objects, such as are seen in streets of towns, or great thoroughfares, clearly implying something to gape or stare at. North, Souths GAPE'SNEST^ «. A raree-show, or fine sight. Somerset, GAPESTICK, 8. A large wooden spoon, to ( admit which into the mouthy it is neces- sary to open it wide, or to *' gape." Norf. GAP, «. The openings through the chalk cliflfs on the South Downs leading to the sea, are called gaps; as Birling Cap, Copperas Gap, &c. 7b GAR, V, a, [Gior, Dan.] To compel; to force or make a person do a thing. North. GARE, 9, The iron work for wheels, wa- gons, &c., is called ire-gare ; that is iron- gear. Accoutrements. Somend. (Georre, Sax. fumitore.) GARE-BRAINED, or HAIR-BRAINED, adj. Heedless. South. GARFITS, 8. Garbage. North. GAR6UT; GARGET, «. A disease incident to cattle. Noff. [Garan> Sax. ulcer.] To 6ARLE, V. a. To mar butter in the making, by handling it in summer with hot hands. Norf^ GARN, «. [Geam. Sax.] Yam. North. It may be well to observe here, that many words which we now spell with a y have their originals spelled with a g, as yes from ** Gise," Sax. ; yonder from " Ge- ond," yeast from Gest,Sai.; and yarn from Gearn. Lambard, in his perambu- lation of Kent, 1576, notices the same thing, and gives as an instance, Gebom, Gbom, Born, 6ARN, 8. Gamer, from Grenier, Fr. Berks. GARTH, 8. A yard ; a backside ; a croft ; a fisrm-garth ; a church-garth; a stack or rick-garth. North. (Garben, Germ. a garden; or Gurt, Belg. to gird, whence^ comes girth, garth, a girdle ; an inclosnre.) A girth, also s small inclosure. Craven. GARTLESS, adj. [Gart, Norm. Fr. Garden Fr. guard and less ; without guard or care.] Heedless; thoughtless. Norf. GARZIL, 8. Hedging-wood or thorns used in making a dead hedge. North. Does Garzil come from Gasel, the wild plum. GARTLE-HEADED, ». A thoughtless per- son. Norf. GAS, or GHAST-COW, 8. [Gast, Sax. a Ghost.] A cow which does not produce a calf in the season; unproductive as a ghost. Notf. 7*0 GASTER, 9. a. To frighten suddenly; to scartle, as a Ghost would. North. GASTRWf adj. [Gast and ridden.] Ghost ridden: frightened. GAT, 8, [Gate, Sax a Way.] An opening in the great-sand bank which lies at the back of Yarmouth Roads ; there are seve- ral, as Fisherman's Gap, &c. Norf. A Street. Lincolnshire, A Way, Path, or Street. North. A passage through rocks or cliffs to the sea, called a Sea-Gate. Kent, A Farm-yard. Hawte. To " Gang your Gate" is to go about your business. North. To '* Get a Gate" is to begin. North. GATE-SHORD, s. [Gate and Shard, a frag- ment, which being broken from anything causes an opening or vacancy in that part.] A gateway, a place for a Gate. Somerset. GATFER, 8. [Gaffer, Grandfather.] An old man. Somerset. GATHERING, f. The act of rolling coro* swathes into cops or bundles. Norf* GATTER-BUSH, GATTR1DGE,«. Norf. GATTRIDGE, s. South. GATTEN-TREE, s. Penning. The Cornus sangainea, wild dog-wood. [Gate, Treow, Ang. Sax. Comus.] GATTLEHEAD, s. A forgetful person. South. GAUBY, 8. A stupid fellow. Suss. Hants. GAUDY, 8. [Gaudeoy Lat. to rejoice or Gaude, Fr. a showy flower.] A Feast Day ; a Holiday. EsseJf. GAUKY, GAWKY, s. [Geac, Sax, a Gawk or Cuckoo.] A foolish fellow. fVarw. An overgrown dunce. Sussex. Hants. GAUKY, adj. Vacant ; awkward. North. To GAUK-ABOUT, v. n. To stare abodt vacantly. Sussex. Hants. GAUCUM, s. Sussex. Hants. Somerset. GAUL, 8. A leaver. Lancashire. GAULS, «. [Galer, Fr. to gall; to rub off the skin.] Void spaces in coppices. Essem. Suff. GAULY, flK(/. Bare, as spots in a corn-field, where the seed has not grown. Hants. GAULICK, or GAUUSH. HANDED, adj. [Gauche, Fr.] Left-handed. North. GAULT, «. Brick-earth; occasionally any sort of heavy or adhesive earth. -^<^* To GAUM, V. fit. [Gaumgan, Goth.] To know; to distinguish. Craven. GAUMLESS, adj. Ignorant ; vacant. DUto. GAUNTRY, 8. See Gantree. GAUPEN, GOUPEN, s. [Gaupu, Isl. the hollow of the hand.] As much of any- thing as will lie in both hands. Craven. GAUPS, «• [Gape.] A vacant staring per- person. Sussex, Hants. To GAUP, V n. To sure; to gape. North. Norf. GAUSTERING, adj. Imperious; boasting. North. GAUT, 8. [GaOt, Goth. Gell.] A castrated pig, CTas>«K«. 06 GAV. G£H. To GAUVE, r.'w. [GaapeDi Belg. to Cape.] To stare vacantly. Craiven* GAUVISON, s. A silly, stariog fellow. Cra. OAVfiLOCK, <. [Gaveloc, Ang. Sai.] An iron crow or lever. Craven* To GAVV, V, a* Tq give. Craven* GAWBY,«. [Gaupen, Belg. to gape.] A dance; fool; blockhead. North* GABY, 8. South. GAWN, 9. A Gallon. Chethire, A corruption. GAWN-PAIL, 8. A pail with a handle on one side. OUmceiter, GAY, adj\ In good health and spirits. Kent. North. GAY-TO-A-THREE, adv. A good many. Craven. GAYS, 8. Prints to ornament books. Norf. GAY-CARDS, «. The cards in a pack which are painted with figures. Noff, GAZLES, 8. Black CurranU; aUo wild plunu. Kent. E. Sussex. (May this be from Gazelle, the Antelope, whose eyes are so black and beautiful ?) To GEAL, V. n. [Gelee, Fr. Frost.] To be benumbed with cold. North. GEAR, «. [Georre, Sax. Furniture.] Stuff; tackle of any sort ; furniture ; as Plough- Gear; plough-tackle. Hants. Doctor's-Gear, Medicine. Norf. Household-Grcsar, Furniture. Norf. Suss. Horse-Gear, Harness. Norf. Head-Gear, a Lady's head dress. Sussex. GEE, imp. mood. [Gegan, Ang. Sax. to go.] A word used by waggoners to their horses, when they wish them to go on. Norf. Sussex. Hants. In Hants the word is used also when the carter wishes his team to go from him, that is to the right, he walking on the near or left side. To agree ; to go on well together ; as ** they Gee pretty well together." Norf, Somerset* Sussex, GEAZON, acy. Scarce; difficult to be pro- cured. Essex. To GEE, 9. a. [Geben, Germ.] To give. Somierset. To GEE, V. n. [Gaber, Fr. to sneer ; to de- ride.] To hold up the eyes and face. Nth. GEEAVLE, 8. [Gaval, Sax. Gable.] The gable end of a building. North. To GEER, V. n. [See Gear.] To dress. North. GEGGIN, «. A small tub, with a handle. North. (Is this from Ju^ge, Dutch, a Jug.) GEHEZIE-CHEESE, s. Very poor cheese, in which there is very little cream. Essex. Suff. GELD, adj. Barren. An animal that is gelded is barren. Craven. GELT-GUNMER, s. A barren ewe. North. (Gelten, Grerm. to geld.) GENCRAIiS^s. The Arch-Deacon's visi- tation. Norfolk. The Surveyor's- General of the Customt are called Generels. Sussex, GEOFF, or GEOFFE, s. [Cheaf, Sax. Chaff.] A mow or rick of hay. Bailey. GEOSE, or GROSE-CREE, s. [Gos, Sax. a Goose and Cree.] A hut to put geese in. North. GEOWERING, or JOWERING, part. aet. [Geag. Sax. the jaws.] Brawling ; quar- relling. ^ett» To Jaw ; Jawing ; Geowering ; or Jow- ering, Jawing in Hants and Sussex lias the same signification. To GERN, V. a. [To Churn ; to « Chnra the teeth" is to grind them together.] To anarl like a dog ; to grin spitefully. North. GERSE/». [GerSjBelg.] Grass. North. GERUMS,«. Out of Gerums, is out^of sorts. (GerOy Lat. to bear ; out of bearings ?) North. GERRED, or GIRRED, adj. Dirty; be. daubed. fFest. GESLIN, 8. A Goslin. [See Geose.] North. To GET SHUT OF A PERSON, is to get rid of him, to have no further dealings with him ; he being as it were shut out or excluded. Norf. East Sussex. To GET OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER, is to be a loser ; to be unfortunate ; the left among the Romans was called Sinis- ter, unlucky. Norf. E. Suss. Hants. GEW-GAW, s. A Jew's harp. North. GHELLS, 8. The game of trip. Grose. But what is Trip ? GHERN, 8. A Garden. Berks. A cor- ruption. GIB, 8. [Gibbeux, Fr. gibbous; crook- backed.] A nut hook. North* It is also called Gibb and Gibbon. GIB-CAT, a. [Gabbaren, Belg. to gabble ; male cats making a great noise.] A noale cat. North. GIBBET. 8, A great cudgel, used to throw at trees to beat down the fruit. Soitth, (Is this from Gibbeux, Fr. cudgels of this kind being sometimes crook^ ?) GIBBERISH, GIBBLE-GABBLE, s. [Gab- baren, Belg. to gabble.] Idle talk. Craven. Hants. Suss, GIBBOL, s. A sprout of an onion the second year. Somerset. GIB-STAFF, 8. A quarter staff. North. GIHBY, adj. [Gibbous.] Crooked. Ditto. GIDDY, a4i. [Gidi, Sax. unsteady in the head.] Mad with anger. North. GIF, conj. [Gif, Sax.] If. North, GIFF-GAFF, s. Unpremeditated discourse. <' Giff-Gaff makes good fellowship." Ao?tA. (Kauffen, Belg. is to chaffer ; to deal with another ; to exchange one commodity for another. Thus we should have Chiff- Chaff, Giff-Graff; in the same way nearly that we get Chit-Chat from Chat. GIFTS, «. The white spots frequently seen on the finger nails. Somerset, Hants. Suss. GIG. GIN. 67 Beginning with the thamb, and going re- gularly through to the little finger; children say* looking at the nails in suc- cession^ " A gift^ a friend^ a foe> a journey to go." Hants, To GIFFLE^ V, m To be restleti $ unquiet, or fidgetty. ATorf. (Gliff, the twinkling of an eye, according ine to For by.) GIFFY, «. The shortest possible portion of time ; the winking of an eye. Norf, Sussex, Hants. GIG, 9. [Gegas, Ang. Sax. trifles. Forhy,"] A trifling, silly, flighty fellow. (Is it not rather from Geogl, Sax. Giglet, a lauehing, idle girl.) Norf* GIGGISH, at^i Trifling. DUto. GIGGISHLY, ado. In a foolish manner. Z>tf. Laughing in a playful man- ner. Suss, Hants, GIGLETING, ociy. Wanton; trifling. Som, To GIKE, or JIKE, v. n. To creak as a wheel or door does, when it wants greas* ing. rfarth, GILAWFER, 8, [Ck>rrupted from Gilly- flower, which is corrupted from July- ^ flower.] A general name for plants of the Dianthus tribe, many of which flower in July. Somerset, GILDERS, s, fProbably from snares being baited or gilded, as it were, to deceive.] Snares, hair-nooses for catching small birds. North, GILL, s, A pair of timber wheels. Nf, Grose, GILL, s, [Gill, Isl. a hollow between hills.] A woody glen. York, E, Suss, Kent, GILL-UOOTER, s, [Gill, and to hoot, owls hooting and inhabiting Gills.] An owl. Cheshire, GILLORE, s, [Loore, Gael> enough.] Plenty. NoHh, To GILVER, V, n. To ache; to throb. Nf, GILLY VINE-PEN, s, A bUck-leaded pen- cil. North, Bailey, Grose, GILTS, s, A female pig, whether open or spayed, according to Grose, but I should suppose originally could only mean a spayed one; from to Geld, to castrate. North, GIM, GIMMY, aeif. [Gim, Sax. a jewel, a precious stone.] Spruce, neat, smart. Norf. GIMMY, adj. Neatly dressed. Hants, Suss, To GIMBLE, V. n. To grin or smile. Norf, GIMLIN, s, [Kemelin, Chaucer, from Kem- men, Belg.] A large shallow tub, in which bacon is salted. Craven, GIM MACE, s, [Gimme r, Penning, A piece of machinery.] A hinge. Somerset. Gimmers. Norf. GIMMACES, 8. Irons in which criminals were hung formerly, when intended to be gibbeted. ^ Somerset, GIMMER, 8, [Gemael, Belg. a female.] A female sheep, either ewe or lamb. North. GIMSON, s, A Gimcrack. Norf. GIMSONER, «. One who is ingenious m making Gimsons or Gimcracks. Njrf, (Both from Gim, Sax. a jeweU) 7V>GIN,v. a. To give. North. GIN, con;*. As if. IC North. (From give.) GINGED, or JINGED, part, pass, [Per- haps from Gin, Ginned, Ginged ; caught in a trap.] Bewitched. Somerset. GINGER, acy, [Gingre, Sax. younger; hence more tender.] Brittle; tender; easily broken. Hants. Sussex. GINGER, adJ, Of a pale red colour, parti < cularly applied to hair. York, Norf. GINGERLY, adv. Nicely; cautiously; gently. Norf, Sussex. GINNERS,«. The gills of a flsh. North. May not this be from Gimmers ; a fish's gills opening and shutting something like a hing^ or a piece of machinery. Nt. GIRD, 8. [Gird, Ang. Sax. a suoke.] A fit or spasm. Craven. GIRT, adj. [From Gird, being closely bound together.] Intimate, strongly attached as friends. Craven^ GIRT, adJ, [Corruption.] Great. North. West. GIRT-LIKE, adv. Very likely, probably. [Great and likely, in great likelihood that is great probability.] Craven. To GIVE, V. a, *Tbis word is used in a variety of senses, as follows, viz. t *' To give one a good word," is to recom- mend him, to speak in his favour. Norf, Sussex. '* To give it to one,*' is to rate, scold or beat him soundly. Norf, Sussex. ** To give one his own," is to tell one bis faults in a plain and direct manner ; to give as much abuse as is received* Norf Sussex. " To give one the bag" is to dismiss him, to keep and fill his own bag. Norf, " To give one white foot," is to coax one, alluding to the fawning of a dog. Norf, *' To give one the Seal of the day," to salute one with ** good morning' or *' good evening." Seel, season ; opportunity. Norf, " To give grant," is to grant one permis- sion to do a certain thing. Norf, Sussex, To give is also to thaw, when wood or any other substance feels damp it is said to |;ive ; these expressions are by no means inappropriate. Frost binds up the water and confines it, the thaw makes the frost give it back again. Hants, Sussex. GIZZENING, part. act. Smiling. Craven. To GIZLE or JIZLE, v. n. To walk min- cingly. North. GIZZERN, 8. [Gesier, Fr] ^The Ginard. NoHh- 68 GLA. GLI. GLAD, adj. [Glade, Sax. to rejoice^ or Glidan, Sax. to glide.]. Smooth^ eveo, spoken of doors and bolts that move easily. North, GLADDEN, t. [Glod. Dan.] A glade. North. GLADDEN or GLADDON> #. The herb cat*stail. Norf. According to Penning this is a general name for plants with a broad b\tL&, from Gladius, Lat. a sword. Sword-grass. GLADE, GL£AD,«. [Glidan, Sax. to glide.] A kite. North. GLADDER, adj. More smoothlj. [See Glad.] North. To GLADDEN, v. n. To thaw. North. It thaws and nature revives and looks glad. GLAFE or GLAVE, aJJ. Smooth. NoHh. To GLAFFER or GLAVER, v. a. To flatter. North. GLAIVE, $. [Glaive, Fr.] A sword or bill. South. GLAM, 8, A wound or sore. Somerset, To GLARE, V, a. [Glaeren, Dutch, to varnish.] To glaze earthenware. Somerset. Or from Glaeren, Bel^. to glare. To shine with dazzling brightness. To glaze earthenware is to make it shine or glare. GLARE, s. The glazing of earthenware. Somerset. GLAT, s. A gap in a hedge. IVorc. GIJITTON, s. Welch flannel. North. GLEA or A-GLEA, adj. Crooked. North. [Gloe, Isl. to squint.] GLEE, r. It. To squint. ' North. GLEAD, s. [Glidan, Sax. to glide, or Eglyd, Welch, hovering.] A kite. Craven. GLEMTH, «• A glimpse. Norf. GLENT, s. A glimpse. Norf. To GLENDER, r. n. To look with twinkling eyes. North. To GLENT, V. n. To look askew. North. To make a figure. North. To look aside ; to diverge. ^ North. [These four words seem to claim one origin, which is either Glenta, Isl. to divide into two or more parts, Glantz, Belg. a glance, or Gloe Isl. to squint] GLIB, adi\ ' [Glid, Sax. smooth.] Smooth. North. Quick in talking, as though the words glided smoothly out of the mouth. Sussex. Hants. GLIFF, s. [Glia, Isl.] A glance. Craven. A glimpse, a transient view of any thing. Ches. A fright, which frequently proceeds from coming suddenly or unexpectedly on any thing. North. To GLIM, V, It. [See Glemth.] To look askance. North. GLINCED, a4i. Smooth, slippery ; as the ice is very glinced. E. Stusex. [From to glance, to fly off quickly, as any thing does from ice when very slippery.] GLISE, f . [See Gliff.] A great mrprise. North. To GUSH, GLISK, GLISSEN, v. n. [Gleis- sen, Teut. to glister.] To glitter, to shine. North. To GLOAR, r. n. [Gloaren, Belg.] To stare about vacantly with fixed eyes. North. To GLORE, GLOUR, v. n. To stare with earnest and angry eyes. Norf. GLOB'D TO, adf. Wedded to or fond of. Chet. GLOBARD, s. [To glow.] A glow-worm. Penning* GLOME, s. [Glomero, Lat. to glomerate, or gather things into a round b^y.] A bottom of thread. BaBey. To GIX)P, V. n. [Gloppan, Ang. Sax. to look foolishly.] To stare. Ches. To GLOPPEN, 9. a. To startle. N&rth. G'LORE, ado. In plenty. Somerset. [See Galore.] GLOTTENED, fxtrt. pass. [See Gk>ppen.] Surprised, startled. Ches. GLOUSE, s. [Glosse, Isl. a flame.] A strong gleam of heat from sunshine or a btezing fire. Norf. GLOWERING, JOWERING, adj. Quar- relsome. Somerset. [See Geowering.] GLOWING, part. ad. Staring. ' Somerset. To GLOWR, V. n. [Gloaren, Belg.] To stare, to overlook. North. GLUM, adj. [Glumm, Germ, not clear, troubled.] Sullen, sour in countenance. Hants. Sussex. Norf. Craven. GLUM, f. [Gleam.] A sudden or transient flash ; as hot Glums come over me. Glouc. GLUMPING, adj. [See Glum.] Sullen. Somerset, GLUSKY, adj. Sulky. Norf. To GLY, V. n. [Gloe, Isl.] To squint. Lincoln. GLY-HALTER, s. A halter or bridle with winkers as used for draught horses. Norf To GLYBE, V, a. To scold or reproach. North. To GNAG, V. [Gnsegan, Sax. to gnaw.] To gnaw, to tear. York. To GNANG, V. a. To grind the teeth ; to Gnang the jaws is to gnash the teeth to- gether. E. Sussex. GNAR, s. [Knarren, Belg. to knarl or snarl.] A knot. Craven. GNARLED, pmi. pass. Twisted, full of knots, as " the gnarled oak." Craven. Any thing that is wrinkled or crumpled up by means of heat or drought, is said to be gnarled or snarled up. E. Sussex. To G NATTER, v. a. To gnaw. Craven. GNATTERY, adj. FuU of pebbles or gravel. Craven. [Perhaps from Cnatta, Sax. a knot.] GNIPE,«. [Gnipa, Isl] The rocky summit of a hill. Craven. GOA. GOG. 69 GOAD, s. A measuring itick^ as a half-rod Goad. fV. Kent. GOAF, s. Corn laid op in the barn, if in the open air, it is a stack. Norf. GOAF-FLAP, s, A wooden beater to knock the ends of the sheaTes and make the *' Goaf** more compact and flat. Suff, GOAF-STEAD, s. Every division of a barn in which a g^af is placed. Suff. In Hampshire each larger division of a barn is called the head or mow, and the space between each beam is called a bay. [See Gulph.] To GOAVE. V, a. To stow corn in a bam. Norf. To GOAM, V, a. To grasp or clasp. North. GOATS, ff. Stones to step over a river upon. [Pipbably its etymon is Go.] North. To GOAM, V, n. To look at. York. GOB, 8. [Gober, Fr. to swallow.] The mouth. North, Norf. An open or wide mouth. North. The French call a man who is foolish or credulous, a Gobe-mouche, a fly swal- lower, from his frequently walking about with his mouth open. A large mouth filling morsel, particularly of something greasy ; as a gob of fat, of suet, &c, Norf. Hants, York. A lump of viseous phlegm which a jierson spits from his mouth when suffering with a severe cough and cold. Hants. W, Sussex. York. G06BIN,«. '^ A greedy clownish person. GOBSLOTCH, f NoHh. I Such a one being apt to J gobble his food. GOBSTICK, 8. A wooden spoon, by the use of which a person is enabled to swallow his food more quickly. North. GOB-STRINO; 8. A bridle, being fixed to the horses's mouth. North. GO-BY-THE-GROUND, «. A person of low stature. Norf. GOBBLE, 8. Noisy talk. Norf. GOBBLER, 8. [From the noise he makes sounding like the word Gobble.] A turkey cock. Norf. GO-CAB, «. A vulgar oath. North. GOD'S-GOOD, 8. Yeast. Norf. GODDIL, «. [God's wiU.] With God^s will. North, GODHARLD. God forbid. North. GOD'S-PENNY, #. Earnest money given on hiring a servant. ^orth. GODSEND, s. An unexpected acquisition of property. Norf. Suff. Hants. Susses* Kent, GOEL or GOLE, adj. [Geolawe, Sax. yellow.] Yellow. Essex. Suff. GOETIE, 8. Witchcraft. York. GOFF, f. [Oaf, aufe, ofe, from Alf, alve, Belg. a person of weak understanding.] A foolish clown. North. GOFFE, 8. [See Goaf.] A mow of hay or corn. Essex. GOG, AGOG, adv. [Gogues, Pr. merry stories.] To be agog for any thing is to be eagerly bent upon the pursuit of it. Swsex, Hants. GOGGY, 8. A child's name for an egg. North. GOINGS-ON, 8. Behaviour, actions, doings. " Strange goings on,*' ** Fine goings on." Norf. Suff. Sussex. Hant8. GOKEE, V. n. [See Gawky.] To have an awkward nodding of the head or bending of the body backward and forward. IVesi. GOLD, f. Myrica, Gale ; the shrub sweet- willow or wild myrtle ; abundant in the boggy moors of Somersetshire, it has a powerful and fragrant smell. Somerset. GOLD-CUP, 8. [From its shape and colour.] The ranunculus of the meadows. Somerset. Hunts. Stusex. GOLDEN-DROP, s. The plum called the drap d'or. Norf. An evident corruption. GOLDEN-KNOP, s. [Golden and knop, Sax. a knob.] The Lady- fly. Norf. GOLD-SPINK, 8. [Gold, and the noise it utters resembling the word spink.] A yellow-hammer. Grose. GOLE or GOAL, adj. Big, full, florid. It is said of rank corn, that the blade or ear is gole ; a young cock is said to be gole, when his comb and gills are red and tinged with blood. South. Bailey. Grose. Is this from Goulot, Fr. the gullet or throat, a swollen blade of corn somewhat resem- bling it. GOLL, 8, A hand or fist. Used in Tarious parts according to Grose. Johnson has Glolls, used contemptuously for hands. GOLLS, 8. [Goulet, Fr. gullet.] Fat chops ; ridges of fat on the fleshy parts of a cor* pulent person, resembling fot chops. Norf. GOLLS, 8, [Gouw, Belg. a quagmire.] Dirty or wet lands. Craven. GOLOSHES, 8, [Galoche, Fr. a clog.] Clogs. Craven. To GOLSH, V. n. [Kokken, Belg.] To swallow voraciously. Craven, [Golpen, Belg. to gulp.] To GOME, V. a. [See to Gaum.] GOMERILL, 8. [Gaumgan, Goth, to know, and ill, not well or ably.] A silly fellow. Grose, GOOAC, 8, The core of a hay stack or an apple. North. GOODDIT, f. Shrove-tide. North. GOODDING-DAY, s. St. Thomas's Day, Dec. 81, when poor people go round to the houses of the rich to beg a little money to keep Christmas. Hants. GOOD-DOING, atHf. Charitable in variont modes. GOODS, 8. Cattle. Furniture. South. GOOD-HUSSEY, s. [Good and housewife.] A thread-case. Somerset. GOOD-TIDY, adj. [Good and Tid. Ang. Sax. 70 GOO. GOT. time, ieaion.] Reatooable. iVoi/. '* A g^od tidy crop" a pretty good oue. It may imply a «eaioQaole one, or a eood one, according to the aeason. Norf, Hants* GOOD-WOMAN, «. A sign in St« Giles' of a woman without a head. GOOD-TIDILY, adv. Seasonably. N&rf, GOME, «• [Gum.] Cartwheel grease. Bailey, GOOL, «. [Gouleti Fr. throat or gullet.] A ditch* iJneoln, To GOOMy V. a. To grasp or clasp. North. [May this be from Gum which is sticky and clasps or holds things together. *' Gums" in the north is pronounced '« Gooms." To GOOM, v. a. [Gaumgan, to know.] To observe, to stare or look at. North. GOOSE-CAP, 8, A silly fellow. Somerset, And in many other counties, it is a com- mon thing to consider a goose as a fit emblem of folly. I beg leave to stand up as an advocate for the goose against this charge. If an affectionate regard for its own femily be any mark of sense, the goos^ possesses it in an eminent degree, no animal whether bird or beast shows greater marks of tenderness for its young, none regret their absence more nor greet their return with greater kindness. GOOSE-GOG, «. [Goose aud Gogue, Fr. a gooseberry. Norf. Hants, GOPPISH, oii/. Proud, testy, peevish. North, GOPPING-FULL, a^. As much as you can hold in your fist. GORy adj. [Goor, Belg. dirt] Miry, dirty. North. South. BaUey. GORE, s. Mire. Norf, GORE-BLOOD, s. [Gir, Sax. blood.] Clotted, congealed blood. Shakespear. Hants. " In a gore of blood,'' in Shakes. Hants. is weltering in blood. To GORE, V, a. To make up a rick of hay. BaUey. GOR, adj, [Goor, Belg. dirt, moorish earth.] Kotten, decayed. Craven. GORSE, 8, [Gorst, Sax.] Furze. North, GOSGOOD, s. Forby, 1 Yeast. Norf. GOD'SGOOD> 8. Grose. J GOSLING, 8. [Gos, Goose, and Ling, a diminutive from Klein, Teut. little.] A young goose. Very general. The male catkin of different species of - Salix, willow. Norf. Suff. In Hampshire these catkins are called Pussy-cats. GOSS, 8. [Gorst, Sax.] Furze. Kent. GOSSIP, s. [Godsibbe, Sax. a sponsor.] A godfather. North. To GOSTER, «• n. To bully. North. [Go-stir ?] GOTCH, s. [Gozzo, Ital.] A large coarse jug with a belly. Norf, GOTCH-BELLIED, af\f\ [From Gotch.] Pot-bellied. Norf. GOTE, GOIT, s, [Gaatar, Cimbric, a flow | of water.] A cbaonel for water from a mill-dam. Norf, A water- passage. Norf. GOTHARD, 8. A foolish fellow. NoHh. GOTHERLY, adj. Sociable^ affable, pleased with each other. North. 60-TO-BED-AT-NOON, s, [The plant tragopagon pratense, common goat's beard, which expands its flowers only in the forenoon.] Norf. GOULANS, s. Com marigolds. North. GOW, V. [Go we.] Let us go all together. Norf. OOWA, V. Let us go. North. GOWARGE, 8. [Gouge, Fr. a gauge.] A round chissel for making hollows. North. Gouge in the South, used to make a hollow to receive an augur, GO WD ENS,*. [Cauda, Ut. the laihf Wool cut from sheep^s tails. Craven. GOWK, 8. [Gecc. Sax. a Geek, a cuckoo.] A fool, also a cuckoo. North. GOWL, 8. [Gealawe, Sax. yellow.] The gum of the eye. North. GOWTS, 8. [See Gote.J Drains. South. Grose. In the Eastern part of Sussex and West of Kent, they are called Guts. GOWLED, part. pass. [See Gowl.] Gummed up. North. To GOYSTER, v. n. To laugh aloud. Kent. A goystering lass or girl means a romp, a tom-boy. Kent. The word " Yoystering'* is used in the same sense, particularly implying tromping with a great noise. E. Sussex. Kent. Are not these words corrupted from Roister. [Rister, Isl.] GOSSAN, 8. An old wig grown yellow with age and wearing. Com. [Is it from Gorst, Sax. Gorse, Goss, the blossom of which is yellow ?] 7oGOYLTER, v, n. To frolic, to laugh loud. Bailey. To GRAAN, v.n. [Graen, Welch, grief.] To groan. Craven. To GRAB, v.a. [Grabble, grapple, from Grappan, Sax. to seize hold of.] To take a thing hastily, to snatch or lay hold of. E. Sussex. To GRABBLE, v.a. To grapple. H^est. GRADELY, adv. [Grade, Ang. Sax. order.] Decently. York. GRAF,, GRAFT, s [Groef, Sax. a grave.] A ditch. North. 7b GRAIN or GRANE, v.a. [Gryne, Ang. Sax. a trap.] To gripe the throat. To strangle. Norf. GRAINS, f. The prongs of a fork. North. South. GRAIN-STAFF, s. [Grain and staff.] A quarter staff with a grain at each end. South. Grose. Granein, in Yorkshire, is the fork of a tree from Grein, IsL a bough, or Granen, . Belg. to sprout. GRA. GRE. 71 GRABBY, adj. [Oraben, Germ, a ditch.] Dirty. E, Sussex, GRAI^fTED, aJj. [Grain tied.] Fixed in the graio ; difficult to be lemoTed, dirty. ' Somerset. GRKVTUt s. Riches. North, To GRAITHi V. a. [Gerraed, Aug. Sax. prepared.] To make fit ; to prepare. North, GRAITH^ ado. In good wind or condition. North, GRAMFER, s. Grandfather. Somerset. HarOs, GRAMMER^ s. Grandmother. Somerset. Hants, Both evident corruptions. GRAMMERED, adj. Dirty, foul, filthy. [Grime, from Grim, Sax.] Hants. GRANEIN, 9, [Granen> Belg. to sprout.] The fork of a tree. Craven, GRAPSUN, f. Twilight. fVest. GRATH, tuiy. Assured, confident. North, GRATTEN, s. [Gralter, Fr. to scratch.] A stubble field. Kent. E, Sussex, GRASS-COCKS, s, [Grass and Cop. Sax. Top.] Small heaps of mown grass while quite green. Hants, Sussex, To GRAVE^ 9. a. [Grafa, Is!.] To dig ; to break up ground with a spade. North. GRAVES^ 9. The sediment of melted (allow made into cakes^ and eiven as food for dogs. Noff. Sussex, Hants, [Groves, Brit.] GRAY, s. [From its colour.] A badger. North. GRAY-STONES, s, [Gr^s, Fr. Rough.] Millstones for grinding coarse grain. Craven. To GRAZER r. n. To become covered with the growth of grass. Norf. GREASE, s, A faint and dim suffubion over the sky, not amounting to positive cloudi- nessy supposed to indicate rain. Norf, Suff, To GREASE, r. n. To assume the ap- pearance of grease as above. Norf, S%^, GREASY, adJ, Having the appearance above described. Norf, Suf, Hants, Suss, These words are used to indicate a smeary appearance in the heavens. GREATHLY, ado. [See Graith.] Hand- somely, towardly. In greath, well. North, GREAWT, s. A small wort. See Grout. To GREE, V, n, [Gre\ Fr. content.] To agree. Craven, Somerset, GREEDS, s. The straw, which is thrown into a farm yard to be made into manure. Kent, GREEN-LAND, s. Pasture or meadow land. Glou. Kent, B. Sussex, GREEN-DRAKE, s. The May fly, of which Trout are particularly fond. North, [From its colour.] GREEN-GOOSE, s. A Midsummer-goose, which has been fed on grass alone ; in contra-distinction to a Michaelmas goose which has been turned into the stubbles ; hence called a stubble-goose. Craven, Hants, Sussex. GREEN-SWARD, s. Grass, turf. South, GREEN-TAIL, s, A Diarrhoea, to which deer are subject. Craven, GREEN-OLF, s, Parus firidus, the green- gross beak. Norf. GREEN-TRICK, s. A silly action, such as only a young person would be guilty of. Green, signify mg young. Hants. Sussex. GREEN-HAND, «. One who is young at any work and consequently awkward at it. Hants, Sussex. GREES, s, [Degrees, Degres, Fr. steps.] Stairs. Craven. To GREET, V, n. [Groet, Isl. Gratier, Fr. to grate, to make a harsh sound.] GREETS, 8. [Greot, Sax. bran.] The grain of oats with the skin taken off. North, In the South called Grits It is deserving of observation here, that this word has taken a completely opposite meaning from its origin, which is *' Bran/' whereas Grits now mean the com with- out the Bran, the true meaning is '' Branned oats ^' GREET.STONE, i. [Grit, Gritty, a free stone easily crumbling into grit.J A sort of free stone. North. GREIDLY, acU. [Agreedly.] Well-mean- ing, any thing gogl. Sax. to giggle.] GRIG, s, A short-legged hen. BaSey, GRIKE, s, [Grip, Sax.] A rut, crevice or chink. North. To GRIMBLE, v. a. [Grime.] To begrime, to daub with filth. Norf. GRIMMER, 8. A pond or mere of a large surfoce but little depth. Norf. [Forby gives Gren. Ang. Sax. green, it being covered with weeds and mere. Sax. a large pool. I would suggest Grime from Grim, dirty, instead of Gren, Green.] GRIMING, 8, [Graaner, Isl. to be covered with flakes of snow.] A sprinkling* CHraven, GRINDLE, s, [Drindle, Forby. Perhaps Rinnan, Goth, to run, or Runlet, roundlet, a round cask.] A small and narrow drain for w&ter Norf GRINT, «• ' [Griudan, Sax. to grind.] Grit', Norf. GRINTY,6ky. Gritty. Norf, To GRIP, V. a. [Greipan, Goth, to gripe.] To bind sheaves. Berks, Wheat is said to lie in grip, after it is cut, and before it is bound up. Hants, GRIP or GRIPE, s. [Grip, Sax.] A little ditch. North. GRIP, s. A little ditch, a furrow for drain- ing ofi* water. E. Stissex. To GRIP, V. a. To make or dig furrows. E, Sussex, GRIPE, «. A small drain or ditch. To GRIPE, V. a. To make such a drain or ditch. Somerset. GRIPING-LINE, «. A line used to mark out the Gripes. Somerset. GRIPE, 8. [Grepe, Goth, a trident. Greipan, Goth, to seize.] A dung fork. North. GRIP PEN, s, A clasped or clenched hand. North. GRIP-YARD or YORT, 8. A seat of green clods or turf, supported by twisted bought (^hurdle wise) and generally made round shady trees. North. [Grip from Gripey signifies to inclose as any thing, when griped, is by the hand, but whence yard or yort I am ignorant, unless from to gird, yird, yort.] GRISLY, adj. [Grislic, Sax.] Ugly. North. GRISSENS, «. [Grepings, Gradior, Lat. to go, Gressus.] Stairs, literally goings. j Norf. GRISKIN,«. [Grilgin, Irish. The back bone of a hog.] A pork chop. Hants, GRIT, 8. [Greot, Sax. bran.] Sand. North, Fine mould. Hants. GR1ZZEN,5. [See Grissens.] Stairs. Suf. GRIZZLE-DEMUT^DY, s. A laughing fool ; one that grins at every thing. Exmouth. Somerset. GRIZZLING, part. act. Laughing or smiling. Grose. GRIZZLING, pari. act. Complaining, grum- bling without cause. Hants. This last word may very well be from Grislic, Sax. Grisly ; ugly, people, who are doleful, not having very pleasant countenances. But whence comes Grizz- ling, laughing ? GROATS or GROTS,*. [Greot, Sax. bran.] Shelled oats. Craven, To GROBBLE, v. a. [Grobt, Goth, a cavern or hollow.] To make holes. Craven, GROM or GROOM, «. A forked stick used by thatchers for carrying the parcels of straw called Helms. fVUfs* [Groom comes from Grom, Belg. a boy ; 1 offer this derivation here, some may think it far fetched, but this forked stick may be called a Grom or Boy with as much propriety as the frame, on which clothes is placed before the fire to dry, is r.alled a horse, or a brand iron, (a dog.] GROMER, 8. [Grom. Belg.] A boy. The ships which were formerly furnished by the Cinque Ports were each obliged to carry twenty one men and one Gromer or Boy. GROOP or GROUP, s. [Groove, Grobt, Goth, a cavern.] A hollow in the ground ; a low house. Craven. GROON, 8. [Gron, Isl. the upper lip of an ox.] The nose. Ci-aven. To GROM, V. a. To soil or make dirty. E. Sussex, GROOP, 8. [Grouppe, Fr. a group.] A place for holding cattle. A sheep pen, in either of which places the cattle or sheep are grouped together. North. GROOVE, 8. [Gruben, Teut. to delve.] A mine or shaft. Derby, York. GROOVERS, 8. Miners. Derby. York. GROSERS, «. [Groseille, Fr.] Goose- berries. North. GROSH, adj. [Gros, Fr.] Grots. Ditto. GROUND, «. A Field. Somerset. A grass land inclosure, lying out of the way of floods, contradistinct from meadow. Ghuc, GROUNDS, 8. [Grounds, Ang, Sax.] Dregs. North. Sovth. GROUND-FIRING, «. Roots of tieea and brushes, the perquisite of the labourers and used by them for fuel. Norf. GROUND-GUDGEON, «. A small fish ad- Iiering by its mouth to stones at the GRO. GRU. 73 bottom of brooks and shallow rivalets. The Cobitis barbatula of Linnseus. Norf. GROUND-RAIN, «. Rain which falls in sufficient quantity to sinlc into the earth. Norf, Sussex, Hants. GROUT^ «• Wort of the last running. North, GROUTS, s. £Greot, Sax. Grit.] Dugs, Lees, the sediment of any liquid. Hants. GROUTY, a4f. Thick and muddy applied to liquids. Hants. To GROW, 9. n. To be troubled. Hants, To GROW or 6RAW, v, n. To be aguish. Hants. GROWSOME, adj. Ugly, disagreeable. Hants. To GROWZE, V. n. To be chill before the beginning of an ague fit. Hants, To GROW, 9. a. To cultivate, to cause to grow, as ** I grow no oats this year." Norf, Sussex, Hants, GROWERS, f. Cultivators, great Growers are great farmers. Norf. A great hop-grower is one who cultivates that plant on a large scale. E, Sussex. Kent. GROYNE, «. [Graun, Isl. a nose, Groin de porceau, Fr. Grenen, Belg. to sprout, whence comes Grain, the prong of a fork.] A swine's snout, with which he turns up the ground. North. GROZENS, f. LenspalustrisofRay; duck's meaty the small weeds growing on the surface of ponds. Somerset, To GRUB, V, a. [Grab, from Graben, Germ. a ditch.] To soil or dirt one clothes or fingers. Stiss, Hants. GRUB, «. Idle, nonsensical talk. Norf, [Grub-street was formerly famous for mean and hireling writers, who of course were not very particular as to what they wrote.] GRUB, s. Food, provisions. Sussex, Hants, GRUB-AXE, f. [Grube, Germ, a hole.] A mattock used for grubbing or rooting up trees, one end of which is pointed for the purpose of loosening the ground round the roots and the other is made broad and sharp for cutting the roots. Hants. GRUBBfJNGS, adv, [Gruya, lying, prone, hence Grovelling, of which this is a cor- ruption.] Lying grovelling with the face downwards. Norf. GRUB-FELLING, s. Felling trees by un- dermining the roots and cutting them away. Norf. GRUBE, s. [Grube, hole. Germ.] A ditch. Norf. GRUFF, s. [See Grove.] A mine. Somerset. GRUFFER8, GRUFFlERS,s. [See Groovers] Miners. Somerset, GRUFF, adj. [Groff, Belg.] Rough, savage, imperious. York. Surly, rude. Hants, Sussex. To GRUFFLE, v. n. [Groflf, Belg.] To make a sort of growling noise in the throat, as men are wont to do in sleep. Norf. GRUMPY, adj. Surly, dissatisfied, out of humour. Noff, Hants, Sussex, [Grimpta, Goth, to fret, according to Forby* I think it may be a corruption of Grum- ble ; or it may come from Grumus, Lat. a thick fluid as clotted blood. Grumpy signifies dull, which persons are apt to be, if the blood flows too slowly. Fen- ning has Grumly in the same sense as Grumpy.] GRUND, s, [Grand, Sax. the earth.] Ground. Craven. GRUNNY, *. [See Groyne.] The snout of a hog. Norf. GRUP, GROOP, 8, [Grip, Sax.] A trench not so large as a ditch ; if narrower still, it is a Grip ; if extremely narrow a Grip- pie. Notf. To QRY» V, [See Grow.] To have a slight attack of an ague or to have it hanging on a person. North, GUBB,«. A pandar,or go between. Somerset, GUBBER, s. Black mud. E. Sussex. To GUDDLE, v. n. [From Guttle ; the root of which is Gut according to Fenning, or it may be from Guttur, Lat. the throat.] To drink much and greedily. Somerset, GUDDLER, s. A greedy drinker ; one who is fond of liquor. Somerset. GUDGEON, s, A piece of projecting iron at each end of a roller which connects it with the frame. [Gouge, Fr. a gouge.] GUESS-SHEEP, s. Young ewes, which have been with the ram and had no lambs, so called because it is doubtful or matter of guess as to whether they may ever have lambs. E. Sussex, GUILEFAT, 8. [Gyle, Belg. foam.] A brewing vat. York, GUIDERS, 8. Tendons, so called because they guide the motions of the different limbs. Craven. GUIZENED, adj. [Woes, Sax. Dosing.] Spoken of tubs or barrels, that leak through drought. North. To GULL, V. a. To sweep away by force of running water. Norf, E. Sussex, GULL, 8. A breach or hole made by a torrent. Norf. E, Sussex. GULLY, s, A hollow ditch. Craven. A small cavity made by running water. Hantx. GULL, 8. The bloom of willow. E, Sussex, GULLET, s. The arch of a bridge. Devon. GULLY.HOLE, s. The mouth of a .drain, sink, or common sewer. Norf. These words have evidently alP one root, which I take to be from Gula, Lat. Gou- lot, F. «r. To girth. Somerset, (Gusset, gusset, Fr.) GUT, s. [Guttur, Lat. the throat. 1 A drain under ground. E, Su88e:i. Strength ; action ; as *' he has neither Gut nor Gall," means that a person is insigni- ficant; inactive. Craven, GUTTERING, part, act, [Gutter, Lat.] Eating greedily ; e:uttling. Somerset. GUTTER and GORE, s, [A gutter being a passage for dirty water.] Filth ; mud. Norf. GUY, 8, [Guy Faux.] A scarecrow ; a per- son oddly and fantastically dressed. Norf, To GWILL, V. n. To dazzle^ spoken of the eyes. Cheshire. GYE, 8, A name given to different weeds growing among corn. The ranunculus arvensis, and different species ofgalium. Norf. GYGE, 8. [Grigen, Germ, to rub] A creaking noise. Craven. GYLE, s. [Gyle, Belg. foam.] Wort. Notf, A brewing of beer. Sussex. GYLE-VAT, or GYLE-TUB, s. The vessel in which the wort is fermented. Norf. GYPSIES, «. Springs that break on t some- times on the \Voulds of Yorkshire, looked upon as a prognostic of famine and scarci- iy. North. (So called, Gypsies being prog- nosticators or fortune-tellers.) GYTRASH, 8. An evil spirit ; a ghost. Cra. H. HAAL, ad>. [Heal, Belg. all.] Whole.' For*. Lambard, in his perambulation of Kent, 1570, writes Holy for Wholly, and Hole for Whole* HAALY, adv. Wholly. York. HA AM, 8, [Ham, Sax.] Home. York. HAAMS, 8. [Hama. Lat. Hama, Sax.] Two pieces of wood fastened to a horse's collar, to which the harness is attached, by which he draws. York. Hames. Somerset. Hants. HAMWOOD, s. The piece of wood which fits to each side of the collar, and to which the harness is attached, by which the horse draws. South. Sussex. To HA APE, V. a. To stop or keep back. The word is used when ploughmen wish to make the oxen go backward, to recover the furrow. ** Vather will Haape thee," signifies a boy's father will compel him to alter his behaviour. Somerset. HAAT, adj. [Haten, Belg. to heat.] Hot. Craven. HABBAT-HIM^ v, [Haban, Goth, to have.] Have at him. Craven, To HACK, V, n. To stammer. Norf. To cough faintly and frequently. Ditto. HACK, 8, A pix-axe ; a mattock made only with one end, and that a broad one. Norths hac. HAG. 75 In Snsiex the latter tool it called a half- mattock. HACK-HOOK, «. A kind of crooked bill fastened to a long handle, used to cat peas or tares, and also to trim hedges. Hants, HACK, or HALF-HACK, s. A hatch; a door divided across. Norf, To HACKER, v, n. To stutter. South, HACKING-COUGH, s. A faint, tickling cough. Norf, A short, hard, cutting cough. South* HACK-SLA VE R, i . A sloven. North. All these words, I venture to think, have one common origin, and that is, <* Hac- cau," Sax. to cut. A Hack and a Hack- Hook both * cut ;' a Hdck or Half-Hack, is a door ' cut' asunder ; to ' Hack' and 'Hacker,' to stammer, .imply the 'cut- ting' or mangling of words in pronun- ciation, while * Hack-Slaver,' a sloven, is one whose clothes is hacked, ' cut,' or torn about. HACK, «• A rack. Lincoln, The place whereon bricks newly made are arranged to dry. Somerset, To HACKLE, v. a. To shackle or tether beasts HACKLES, s. Singlets of beans. Glouc, HACKLE, s. [Hscle, Sax.] Hair or wool. Craven, To HACK, f. a To cut any thin^ in a rough and uneven manner; you have hacked .: my knife, that is, you have made it full of notches. Hants, HA ODER, s. Heath or ling. North, [Edder, Sax. a hedge.] HADEN, or HEIDEN, adj. Ugly ; obsti- nate; untoward. Orose, HAD-LOONT-REAN. s. The gutter or divi- sion between the headlairds and others. North. To HAFFLE, v, n. [Haccan, Sax. to hack, hence Haggle, Haffle ] To prevaricate. North, To speak unintelligibly ; to stammer. Ditto, To HAG, t. a. [Haccan, Sax. to cut.] To cut down. North. HAG, or HAGGUS, 9. The belly. Ditto, HAG-CLOG, s. [Haccan, Sax. to cut and Clog.] A chopping block. North. HAGESTER,^. [See Hagy, Hag- worm] Is this a corruption of hedge and stir ? Mag- pies build in hedges. A magpie. Kent. HAGGAGE,«. [See hack-slaver] A slattern. Somerset. HAGGENBAG, *. Mutton or beef baked or boiled in crust. Cornwall, HAGGIS, or HAGGAS, ». The entrails of a sheep minced with oatmeal, and boiled in the stomach or paunch of the animal. Northumberland, To cool one's 'Haggas,' is to beat one soundly. Hag, or Haggus, Haggenbag, Haggis, or Haggas, have in all probability one com- mon origin. (Hatta, Isl. liasterel, Fr. Haslet or Harslet.) To HAGGLE, v. a, [Haccan, Sax. to cut.] To cut awkwardly. Craven. To attempt to lower a bargain. Craven. (Haeeln, Germ.] To hail. North. HAGGLE-TOOTHED, adj. Snaggle- toothed. IVest^ HAGHES,«. «. [Hoeg, Belg.] Haws. North. Hog-Haghes or Haws. HantB^ HAGS, s. [Hagard, Fr, wild.] Hanging woods. Craven* HAG-WORM, s, [Hag, hedge and Worm.] A snake or blind worm haunting the Hag or hedge. Craven, HAGGY, adj. [Hagard, Fr. wild.] Applied to the broken and uneven surface of the soil, when in a moist state. Norf. HAIROHGH, 8. Cleavers ; Galium aperine, so called from the stalks being rough. Nt. To HAIFER, V. n [Heafian, Ang. Sax. to grieve ; so says Forby. It may be from Heaflg, Sax, heavy ; oppressive.] To toil. Norf. To HAIN, V, a. To exclude cattle from a field in order that the grass may grow, s^o that it may be mown. Somerset* To raise or heighten ; as " to Hain the rent, the rick, the rank." Norf» To shut up grass land from stock. Glouc. (Can this be from Heah, Sax. High, whence also Heighten ?) H4ISTER, s. [Haten,Belg. to heat.] The fire-place. Shropshire. HAIT-WO ! tnterj. A word of command to horses in a team, meaning to go to the left. Norf. [Higan, Sax. to hie or hasten ; Wo, cor- ruption of Go.] In Hants they have a harvest«supper song, with this chorus. " With a Hait, with a ree, with a wo I with a gee!" HAITCHY, adj. [Hazy.] Cloudy; Over- cast. Kent. HAIPS, s. [Is it corrupted from Traipse ?] A sloven. Craven. To HAKE, V. n, ) [Haacken, Belg. to HAKEIN, i hawk, as a pedlar.] To go about idly. Craven. To sneak or loiter. North. To toil, particularly in walking. Norf, HAKE, s. [Hake, Goth, a hooked point.] A pot-hook. Norf, HAKES, s. The draught-irons of a ploughs Norf. To HAKE, V, n. To hanker or gape after. North. HALA, HALAB, ady. I Bashful; modest; HEALA, ) squeamish. North. HALE, s. [Halen, Sax. to drag or pull violently.] An iron instrument for hang- ing a pot over the fire. North. Kssex. HALF-HAMMER, *. The game of ** hop, step, and jump." Norf, This game is played in the West of Sussex, but not in the East ; it is played thus by two or more boys: each boy in his tur-n ■stands first on one leg and make&«. W<^^ 76 HAL. HAN. both feet together, Jumpt, and tlie boy who coven the most ground is the victor. HALF-ROCKED, adj. Oafish; silly; as though only half-oursed and educated from infancy. Norf. HALLIBLASH, «. [All in ablaze; Blase, l^ax.] A great blaze. Noiih, HALUWELL, t. [Halighe, Old English, holy.] Holywell. Crtwen* HALLANTIDE, «. [Halgian, Sax. to hallow.] All Saint's Day. Somerset, In the south east part of Hampshire, this day is called All-Holland day instead of All-Hallows, and it is customary to make a light kind of plum-cake, sugared on the top. They are made by the confec- tioners on that day, and continually so up to Christmas. HALLOW-DAY, *. [Haleg, Ang. Sax. holy and Day.] A holiday. Norf, HALLON, s, A wall projecting into a room on one side of the lire-place. North. To HALSH, V. a.. [Hals, Sax a rope, halter.] To tie ; to fasten. Craven, HALZENING, part. acL Predicting the worst that can happen. Exmoor. Som. HAM, 8. A stinted common pasture for cows. Gloucester. A pasture generally rich, and also un- sheltered; never applied but to level land. Somerset. There is a rich tract of land in Notting- shire, called the North Hams, famous for the growth of hops. There are some large open pieces of arable land, near Shoreham, in Sussex, called the Hams. These all seem to own one common root, but what is it? May|it be from ham, Sax. a village ; common pastures being generally near a village, and belonging to the inhabitants of it ? HAMELIN, HAMLIN, adj. [Hamelan, Ang. Sax] Limping; walking lame. Craven. HAMMER and PINCER, s. A phrase to express the act of a horse's striking his hind shoe against the foie one. Craven. To forge. Craven. HAMMH.L, s. [Ham, Sax.] A village. Nt. HAMMER-SCAPPLE, s. A niggardly per- son, who attempts to lower a bargain. North. HAMMER and TONGS, adv. In a quar- relsome way. ''To live hammer and tongs," is said of married people who seldom agree. Sussex. Hants. To HAN, V. a. [Haban, Goth, to have.] To have. North. To HANCKLE, v. a. [Hank, Isl. a hank or skein of thread.] To entangle. North TbHAND, V. a. To sign; the hand being used for that purpose. Norf. "To set your liand to a paper" has the same signification, and is in general use. HAND, s. Performance. Norf. Suss. Hants. HAND,«. A doer; performer; as'* I am a bad hand at that work.'' Sussex. A workman, genenJlv used in the plural, " Hands/' as, are tnere many hands out of employ ? Sussex. Hants. HAND-SMOOTH, ado. Uninterruptedly; without obstacle ; also entirely; "he ate it up Hand-smooth." In all these senses it implies nothing being left more than on the smooth surface of the hand. Norf. HAND-STAFF, s. The handle of a flail being the staff, which is held in the hand. Norf. HAND-CLOUT, s. [Hand and Out, Sax. a piece of cloth.] A towel. North. HANDY, adv. Near ; adjoining. Somerset. Sussex. To HANDSEL, v. a. [Hansel, Belg. a pre- sent.] To use any thing for the first time. (Hand and Syllan, Ang. Sax. to give.) HANDERHAMP, s. [Hand, and to Hamper ; to entangle.] A ruffle. Craven. HAN BY, aUJ, [Hanteren, Germ, to bustle.] Wanton ; unruly. North. HANG, s. A crop of fruit, as much as can hang on the trees. Norf. A declivity, from Hange, Ang. Sax. a moun- tain. Norf. HANGER, [g hard,] s. A hanging wood on the declivity of a hill. Hants* HANGE, 8. The heart, liver, lungs, &c., of a pig, calf or sheep. Somerset. (Perhaps from " Hang," it being common- ly all hung up together.) HANGINO-LE V EL, s. An inclined plane ; a regular declivity. Norf Suss. HANGLES, 8. The iron crook, having teeth, suspended over the fire to hang pots on, whence its name. Somerset. HANGMENT, s. [ Perhaps Angerment.] Rage ; anger. Craven. HANGNAILS, s. Slivers, which hang from the roots of the nails and reach to the tips of the fingers. Norf. North. HANG-SLEEVE, s. A dangler ; a hanger- on. Norf. HANG-SUCH, s. A worthless fellow; such a one as deserves a halter. Norf. HANK, «. [Hankeren, Belg. to long for.] Habit. Craven* HANK, 8. [Hank, Isl. a skein of thread.] a fastening for a door or gate. Norf. f. A withe or rope for fastening a gate. Nt. To HANK, V. a. To fasten. Duto. To HAP, V. a. To cover or wrap up, Norf. North. To wrap ap warm with bed clothes North. HAPPING, f. Covering. Norf. HAP-HARLOT, s. A coarse coverlit. DiUo. (Hsepian, Sax. to heap up.) To HA PPE, V. a. To encourage or set on a dog. North. HAPPA, [Hap-ye ! from Hap, fortune.] Thank you ; may good fortune or good Hap befall you. North. HAPSE, 8. [Corruption of Hasp.] A catch or fastening of a door. Somerset. Hants, Sussex. HAD. HAR. 77 HAPPEN, adv. Probably ; by chance. Cra, TbH^PPCR, V, n. To crackle; to make repeated smart noises. Somerset, HARBCR, 8. (Forby thinks it means Hard- beam, which 1 think is correct, beam being from Baum,Belg. a tree.) The Hornbeam. Norf. HARD, cuy. Full-grown. " Hard people" are adults. Somerset, Young people are said to be of tender age, and why not older ones " Hard V HARD and SHARP, ado. Scarcely. North, South. To HARDEN, v, n. To grow dearer ; the market hardens ; things are dearer. North, HARDEN, 8, [Herde, Teut, the fibres of flai.] Coarse linen. Craven, HARDS, 8, Coarse flax. Norf, Very hard cinders commonly called iron cinders. Nor/. To HARE, V, a. [Harer, Fr.] To affright ; to make wild. South. Fenning. Hence probably, as Grose says, comes Harum-scarum* IIARIFP and CATCHWEED, s. Goose- grass. North. See Hairough. Catchweed so called from clinging to whatever it touches. HARL, f. [Hearla, Sax. harl, filaments of threadj A confused, entangled mass, particularly of thread ; as that thread or silk is all in a Harl. Hants. A mist, in which things are much confused. Hair. North. To HARL, r. a. To entangle. Hants. To " Harl a rabbit*' is to cut and insinuate one hind leg of a rabbit into another, for the purpose of carrying it on a stick. fVt. HARLED, adj. Mottled, as cattle. North. Different coloured threads mixed together would be mottled, so mottled cattle are of different colours. HARM, 8. Any disease not distinguished by any particular name. Somerset, HARNS,9. [Heme, Belg.] Brains. North, HARNESS, «. Temper; humour; he is in a pretty harness, that is, he is in a rare bad humour. Sussex. HARNSEY, 8, [Heronsewe, the old name for heron, according to Forby. Hem is a common name for heron in most parts.] A Heron, Norf. HARN8EY-GUTTED, od/. Unk and lean like a Hamsey. Norf, Heron-gutted. Hampshire, Sussex. To HARP, V, n. To insinuate any thing to another's disadvantage. North. To HARP ON ANY THING, is to repeat it continually; striking as it were on one string only of the harp. Hants. Sussex, HARR, s, A tempest ; ** a sea-harr," a storm at sea. Lincoln. To HARR> r. n. To snarl, as an angry dog. North. HARRIAGE|«, Confusion. Norf, 7o HARRISH, V. a. To barrass. Craven, These words, all signifyint^ confusion, dis- turbance, are from the old word ** to Harry,'* which is derived from Harer, Fr. HARRY- GAUD, s. [Harry, to disturb ; and Gaudine, Fr. a gay lass.] A wild girl. North. Norf, HAR REN, adj, [Hairen.] Made of hair. HARRUS, «. Harvest, [a corruption.] Som. HARSLET or HASLET, s. [Hasla, Isl.] The heart and lights or lun^s of a hog, all mixed up and boiled together. Hants. North. HARSTONE, s, [Haerd, Belg, hearth.] A hearth stone. Somerset. HART, 8, A haft; a handle, applied to kn i ves, a w Is, &c. Hants, North. IIART-CLAVER, *. Melilot. North. Trifolium melilotus officinalis. HARVEST-LORD, «. The first or leading reaper in a com field. Norf, HARVEST-QU£EN,s. The second reaper who supplies the place of the king in his absence. Norf, nASE,s. [See harslet.] The heart, liver, &c., of a hog, seasoned, wrapped up in the omentum and roasted. Norf, 8^ff', HASK, adj. [Corruption of husky.] Dry; parched. Lincoln, York, HASPAT, HASPENAL-LAD, s. \ Grose, H ASPEN ALD,s. S Ywk. (Aspen, having shot up like an aspen.) A tall youth between a man and a boy. HASPERT, 8, [Asper, Lat. rough.] A rough fellow. York, HASPlN,s. A hunks. North, HASTO, [Corruption.] Hast thou. York, HASSOCK, 8, [Hasick, Teut.] A coarse grass growing in rank tufts in boggy ground, formerly dug up, trimmed, and then used to kneel on in churches ; whence the rush cushions now used have their derivation, according to Forby. Norf,S%iff. Any thing growing or being in a thick matted state, is said to be in a '' Hassock/' in East Sussex. HASSOCK-HEAD, s, A bushy and entangled growth of hair. Norf, May not Hassock come from '* to Hustle/' to shake together in a confussed mass, Hustle, Hussock, Hassock ? HATHE, f. Any thing closely matted toge- ther, as the pustnles in a person's face who has the small pox, or any other erup- tive disease. Somerset. (Is this from Heath, which generally grows pretty thick and close together ? A Heath m East Sussex and West Kent is called Hawth, not differing very widely from Hathe.) To HATTER, v, a. [Hatdr, Fr. to hasten, acording to Forby. Penning quotes the word from Dryden, but offers no deriva- tion.] To harrass and exhaust with fatigue. ^ Norf. Suff, 78 HAT. HAW. HATTLE, adj. Wild, skiltish, misehievoas. Grose has this word, but does not say where used or whence derived. I venture to propose Skyt, Dan. skittish. In W. Kent and C. Sussex they have the word *' Kittle" in a similar sense, thus we •^ have « Skittish" " Kittle" " Battle." HATTOCK, ». [Attock Erse.] A shock of corn, containing twelve sheaves. North, To 'HAVE, V. n. [From Behave.] To be- have. Somerset. IIAVANCE, 8, [From Have.] Manners, good behaviour. Devon. HAUBER-JANNOCK, *. [Haver, oats, and Junket.] An oaten cake or loaf. North, HAVER, 8, Oats. North, HAVER-MEAL, s. Oatmeal. North. HAVER-BREAD, ». Oat-bread. North, HAVEN, 8, [Heave, hove, hoven.] The cast skin of a snake. Bailey. HAVILER, 8. A crab. Sussex, according to Grose, though I have never beard the word. HAVEL, 8. [See Haven.] The slough of a snake. Norf. The beard of Barley. Norf. 7b HAUD, V. a. To hold. North. To HAUL, V. a. To convey any thing on a cart or wagon, as corn, nay, &c., hence comes '* Hallier/' one who hauls or con- veys things for hire. Glouc. To HAUL, V. a. To throw, as haul up that stick, throw up that stick. E. Sussex, HAUMGOBBAUD, s. A silly clownish fellow* York. HAUSE or HOSE, s. The throat. North. [Hoese, Iceland, the windpipe.] HAUSTE or HOSTE, *. A dry cough. North. [Husten, Germ, a cough.] HAW, 8. [Hauk, Germ, an excrescence on the eyes of cows or horses.] A web or spot in the eye. BaHey. HAWK, 8. A forefinger bound up. BaHey. HAVY-CAVY, adj. [Habe, Lat. have. Cave, Lat. beware, Grose. Perhaps have a care; be cautious.] Undetermined, waver- ing, doubtful whether to accept or reject a thing. Nottmgham. HAW or HAWMEL, s. A close or yard near a house. Kent. HAWCHAMOUTH, *. [Haw-chew-mouth. A mouth that chews Haws or worthless things.] One that talks indecently. Exmouth, HAUF-ROCKTON, adj. [Half and perhaps a corruption of Rotten.] Idiotic, half- witted. York. HAUGH, HAW, s. [Haughur, Dan, a heap. Haut. Fr. high.] A hillock. York, To HAUVE, V, To come near, applied to horses. York, HAW, 8. The ear of oats, Norf, Svff. In Hampshire it is a common expression just before harvest to say ^' the oats are out in haw.** [Hoeg, Belg. a^haw, the berry of the white thorn.] To HAWK, v,n, [Hawken, Teut. or it may be from the sound which is uttered when the act Intakes place.] To expectorate wiih exertion. York. Hants. Sussex. HAW PS, 8. A tall awkward girl. York. Hanis. Sussex^ HAWKEY, s. [Hark ye ! i. e., to the festive call, so says Forby.] The feast at harvest home. Norf. HAW KEY -LOAD, s. The last load of the crop, taken home formerly with much rustic pageantry. Norf. HAWK, 8, [Hauk, Germ, an excrescence.] A fore-finger bound up. Bailey. HAWKEY, s. The name of a game played by several boys on each side with sticks, called hawkey-bats, and a ball. It is played thus in a piece of ground with a fence at each end, a line is drawn across the middle of the ground from one side to the other, one party stands on one side of the line, and the opposite party on the other, and neither must over-step this boundary, but are allowed to reach over as far as their bats will permit to strike the ball ; the object is to strike the ball to the farther end to touch the fence of the opposing party's side, when the party so striking the ball scores one, and sup- posing nine to be the game, the party ob- taining that number first, of course wins the game. fV. Sussex. To HAWZE, V. a. To confound with noise. Bailey. HAWTHEM, Is. A kind of hitch or pin cut out in an erect board to hang a coat or the like on. Exmoor. HAY, 8, [Haga, Ang. Sax. a hedge. Haie, Fr. a hedge.] A hedge, more particu- larly a clipped quickset hedge. SuJ^. HAY-CROME, s. A hay rack. Suff. Norf HAY-JACK, 8. The lesser reed-sparrow or sedge-bird of Pennant. Suff. Norf. HAY-NET, 8. A hedge net. A long low net to prevent hares or rabbits from escaping to covert in or through hedges* Suff. Norf, HAY-SELE, 8. [Soel. "^Sax. opportunity.] The season of bay making. Suff. Noff. HAY-MAIDENS, s. Ground ivy. Somerset. HAYDIGEES, adv. [ProbablyHigh degrees.] In high spirits ; in a frolicksome humour. Sotnerset. HAYTY-TAYTY, inlerj. What's here! what's the matter ! Somerset. Hants. HAYTY-TAYTY or HIGHTY-TIGHTY, f. [Height and ^Tite, weight.] Aboard or pole, balanced by its centre resting on something elevated a little from the ground, on each extremity of which a person sits, alternately rising and falling. To HAZE, V, a. To dry linen, &c., rows of corn or hay are said to be *' hazed" when a brisk breeze follows a shower. Norf HAZ. H£A. 79 In Hampshire when the straw of any kind of com b too green to be immediately housed, it is common to say it is not " hayed enough," or the weather is clouded and it " hays*' badly. Hay to be well made must be dry, hence to " hay*' means to dry. Can Haze be cor- rupted from this ? To HAZLE, V. n. To grow dry at top, Norf, Forby calls this a dimin. of Haze. Now this word may be from Hazeh brown, many things such as leaves and plants growing brown when dry. To HAZLE, V, a. To beat. Craven. [Hazle the same as to cane from Cane.] HEAD, s. Face, as I told him to his Head. It is used in this sense by Shakespeare in " Measure for Measure." JVoi/. Suff, Berks, Hants. Sussex, HEAD, s. Bullocks are said to go at Head, * when they have the first bite in distinc- tion from those that follow. iVior/. HEAD-ACHE, s. The wild poppy of the field, so called from its scent producing head-ache. Norf, HEAD-KEEP, s. The best the farmer can afford. Norf. Sussex. HEAD and PLUCK, t, [Head and Pluchya, Dalm.] The head, heart, liver, and lights of an animal. Bants* Sussex, HEAD-MAN, s. The foreman or chief labourer on a farm. Norf. HEAD'SWOMAN, *. A midwife. Norf, HEADS and HOLLS,«. \ [Heads or Humps HUMPS and HOLLS, ) and Holes.] Prominences and hollows tumbled confu- sedly together ; promiscuous confusion ; used adverbially, it means pell-mell ; topsy-turvy. Norf. Suff, To HEAL, V, a. [Hoelan, Sax. to heal, to cure a wound which is then closed up.] To bury seed sufficiently deep in the ground so that it may be covered and thus protected from birds or from injury by weather. Hants, To cover. Bertts. To cover the roof of a building with tiles, slates or straw. Hants, To HEALD, V. n. [Heald, Ang. Sax. in- clining.] To incline. Craven. When a vessel leans to one side more than another, she is said to ** Heal," which it a corruption of " Heald." Hants, Sussex. HEALING or HYLLING, s, [From Heal.] The act of covering with bed clothes. Bailey, To HEALD, V. a. [Heald. Ang. Sax. in- clining. When liquor is poured out of a vessel it must be held in an inclined posi- tion.] To pour out, to Heald the pot. North, Grose, To rely on, that is inclining to or leaning on some person or thing for support. North. BEAMS, 8. )Hama, Lat. North. .4AMES, 8. S llama, Sai. South That part of a cart horse's barnesa which is fastened to the collar, and by which he draws. HEAP, s, A pottle ; a quartern ; a quarter of a peck. North. So called perhaps because many articles such as apples, potatoes, flour, malt, &c., which are sold by this measure, are heaped up or sold, as it is called, by heap measure. HEAP, f.Full-heap, to live at "Full-heap" is said of a horse or cow which lives in abundant feed. Hants. Sussex. HEAP, s. A great number, as a " Heap of men,'* " A Heap of horses," &c. Norf Suff, Hants. York, Sussex, HEART, s. The stomach, *' A pain at the heart," means the Stomach-ache." Noif* Suff. It is used in a somewhat similar sense in Hampshire and Sussex, where when a horse or bullock is very poor and weak, it is said to be out of heart. It means also goodness, condition, as when a field is very poor and in want of manure, it is said to be out of heart* Hants. Sussex, HEART-SPOON, s. The pit of the stomach. Notf. Suff. HEART-GUN, s. A sickness or pain about the heart, wone than the common heart« bum. West, HEARUM-SKEARUM, adj. adv. Somerset, HARUM-SKARUM, ) HURRY-SKURRY, J Hants. Sussex. Wild, romantic. Somerset. Headlong, thoughtless, in a confused manner. '* Hants. Sussex, [Harer, Fr. to hurry, to harrass ; and " Scare." To frighten suddenly, or hurry and " Scour.** To run swiftly.] To HEASE,v. n. [Hoese, Isl. Wesan, Sax. the windpipe, whence comes Weezing, and weeze, from which Hease may easily be C9rrupted ; or it may take its name from the sound caused by the action which it is meant to describe.] To cough or hawk, as cattle, when they clear their windpipes or force up phlegm. North, HEASY, a adv. Hence, from this place. Somerset. Sussex, [Hence from here or this spot.] HERERIGHT, adv. Directly ; in this place. Somerset, To HERRY, V. a, [To Harry, from Harer, Fr. to disturb.] To rifle, to lob a nest. North, HERNE, s, [Hern, Ang. Sax. an angle or comer.] A nook of land, projecting into another district, parish or field. Norf»Suff, HERONSEW, «. [See Hamsey.] A heron. Nwrth, To HERPLE, V, n. [Erple, Belg. a duck.] To go lame, to creep. Craven* HES, V. Has. Craven, HESP, s, [Heespe, Sax. a hasp.] A clasp. Craven, HET, pron. [Hyt or Hit, Sax. It.] Somerset, HET, s, [Haten, Belg. to heat. Heat.] Hants, In summer when the weather is hot and cloudy, and what moisture falls partakes more of heat then cold, indicating warm weather, in Hampshire it is> a common expression, *' There is more Het than Wet." HET, part, pass. Heated. Craven, To HET, V. a, part. Het and Hut, To hit. To strike. Somerset, HETTER, adj, [Hetze, Germ, hunting.] Eager, earnest, keen. North, To HEV, V, a. To have. North. HE A UGH, s, \ Haughur, Dan. a heap. HEUF, 5 Heah, Sax. high. A hill. Craven, HEWSTRING, adj. Short-breathed, wheez- ing. Somerset, (See Hause.) HEY-GO-MAD, 'adj. Rioting. York, HEYBA, «• A great noise, a high or loud bawl. ' For*. To HICK, V, n. To hop on one leg. Somerset, Norf. HICK, s, A hop on one leg. Som, Norf. HICK-STEP-AND-JUMP. Hop, step, and jump, a well 'known game in some parts, the trial being who, out of a number of boys, can cover the most ground with a hop, a step or stride, and then a jump with both feet together. Somerset. [Hiccough, or Hiccup, is so called from the noise uttered in the act, which issues with a convulsive kind of jerk, and a bop or Hick is a similar kind of sudden jerk. To HICKLE or HECKLE, v. a. [Haccan. Sax. to cut.] To dress flax ; to break it by beating, so as to free the fibre from the woody part. Norf. Suff, HICKLE, s, [Hekel, Teut. a comb.] A comb to dress flax. Norf, Suff, HICKLER, «. A flax or hemp-dresser. Norf. HIDE,«. Skin. "I will tan your hide,'* means *' 1 will beat you.** North. South. To HIDE, V, a. To beat. JVi>r/. Suff. North, South. HIDING, s, A beating, at « I will give yotf a good hiding.*' Norf, Suss. Hants. HIDDER and SHIDDER, pron. He and she. Bailey, To HIE, V, n, [Higan, Sax.] To be off. Nl, " Hie off;*' be off, go away. Hants. " Hie, or Hey-away" is a term used by sportsmen to their dogs, when they wish them to hunt after their game. Sussex, Hants, HIG, f. A passion ; a sudden and temporary hurricane, as '' a March Hig." (Probably from high, ungovernable. North. To HIGGLE, V. a, [From haggle.] To be tedious and very nice in baigaining. Nf, To effect by slow degrees. The poor often talk of '* Higgling up a pig," that is of buying and fattening it up by means of small savings. Norf. HIGH-LOWS, «. A covering for the foot, higher than a common shoe and lower than a half-boot ; something between the two, neither low nor high. Norf, Hants, Sussex. HIGHT, part, pass. Called. North, (A very old word.) HIGHTY, s. A horse; a name generally used by children. Craven. To HIKE, V. n. [Higan, Sax. to hie.] To push with the horns. Craven. To go away, used generally in a contemp- tuous sense, as *' Hike off," get away as quickly as you can or I will compel you. York, Norf, Suss. Hants, (Hika, Isl. to yield up a place.) Forby. HILD, s. The sediment of beer, sometimes used as an imperfect substitute for yeast. Norf Suff. 82 HIN. HIR. Forbj gives Ahildan, Ang. Sax. to incline ; to stoop or make the cask incline, im- {>lying there is but little besides sediment eft in the cask. Ililding, used by Shakespear, signifies both a low, cow- ardly fellow, and also a harlot, each of the dregs of society. HILDER, 8. [Hilder, Teut.] An elder tree. Norf, To HILL, V, a. [See to Heal.] To cover. North. Bed-billing, a quilt or counterpane. To HILL-UP, v. a. To hill-up hops, means to raise small hills or heaps over the roots for the purpose of keeping them dry in the winter. E, Suss, Kent. HILL-HOOTER, s. An owl ; so called, I suppose, from the noise they make, and the places they frequent. Cheshire. Tb HIMP, V. n. \ Norf. 8vff. S To HIMPLE, V. n. ) North. I To limp. HIND9 «. [Hine, Sax.] A husbandry servant. North. HIND-BERRIES, s. Raspberries. DUto. (Raspberries grow wild in great abundance in Yorkshire in the woods, where they are gathered by the poor people, and of course by * Hinds' among the rest, whence probably their name.) [Him- berre. Germ, raspberry.] HINDER-ENDS, «. Refuse of com. Craven. HINDER, adj. [Hin, Grerm, Hindern, Sax. hind.] Remote. North. HINE, aicUf. In a while ; ere long. North. Hind ; behind ; after a short time. HlliE, ado, [Hine, Lat.] Hence. North. HINDERLING, s. [Hinder and Ling, a dimin.] One who is degenerated. Devon. To HING, V. a. To hang. Ciaven. HINGE, s. The head and pluck of a sheep. West. HINGIN,!. A hinge. Norf.Suf. These three words own one common origin, all implying hanging in some way or other. Forby gives Hengene, Belg. a hinge. To HINGE-UP, V. a. To entangle ; to be Hinged-up, is to get so inclosed on all sides that one cannot get away ; probably from ' Hinge ;' being held fast to one spot, as the door is by the hinge. Hantn, To HIN6LE, V. a. To snare ; as poachers * hingle' hares. Norf. Suff. HINGLE, t. A small hinge. A snare of wire. Norf, Suff, HINNY, s. " My Hinny," a term of endear- ment, Norf, Suff. HIPPANY, s, [Hippa, Sax a hip.] A part offthe swaddling clothes of an infant. Norf, Suff. HIPPEN-STONES, s, } Stepping stones over HIPPENS, { a brook. North. HIPPENS, s. X Child's clothes. North. HIP PINGS S HIPPING-HAWD, or HOLD, 1. A place where people stop to gossip, when sent on an errand ; a loitering place. North. HIPPETY-HOY, «. Neither man nor boy, a youth between both. Hants, HIPPLES, 8, [Heap, Sax. a lieap, and Pie, a dimin ; a little heap.} Small cops of hay set up to dry. North, To HIRE, V, n. [Hyran, Sax. to hear.] To hear. Somerset, West. To HIRE-TELL, v, n. To hear from another ; to learn by report ; to be told. Somerset. West. To HIRPLE, V. n. To limp in walking Nt. To HIRN, V. n. [Himd, pret. and part, pass.} To run. Somerset, (Formed, perhaps from ' Hie,' hasten and * Run,' Hie-run.) HIRST, f. A bank or sudden rising of the ground. North, To HIRSLE, V. n, [Aerselen, Teut. to go backward.] To move about. Craven. To HISK, V, n. To breath short through cold or pain. North. (Probably from the noise ^made by a per- son with a cold.) KISSEL, pron, [His and Silha, Goth, self.} Himself. Craven. To HIT, V, a. To find. '* I cannot hit the gait," I cannot find the road. North, Hants, Sussex, HIT, s, A plentiful crop of fruit is said to be a Hit in Gloucestershire. Good luck ; as " he made a decided Hit," means he was very fortunate. Hants, Sussex. To HITCH, V. n. To become entangled, or hooked together. Somerset, Hants. To HITCH-UP, V, a. To suspend or attach slightly. West, To HITCH, V, n. To move or walk. Norf. (Hika, Isl. to give place.) HITHE. s. [Sax.] A small^port. Norf Suff. HITHER and YON, adv. Here and there, backward and forwards. North. HITHER-TOWARD, adv. Towards this time or place. Norf, Suff. HITTY-M ISSY, adv. [Hit or miss.] At random. Noff Suff, HIZEN, pron. It is ; used without a substan- tive, as whose house is that ? * Hizen,* Somerset, where the s is generally har- dened into z. HIZY PRIZY, 8. A corruption of Nisi Prius, the name of a well known law court. Somerset, In many other parts it is frequently called Nizy Prizy. HO, s. Care ; trouble ; anxiety. Hants. *' He was in a terrible Ho about it ;" that is ** he was in much trouble about it/' In Noble's Pedigree of the Cromwell Fa- mily is the following note : " Sir Richard Cromwell, on the fifth day at Barriers, at Tournay, overthrew Mr. Culpeper, to his and the challengers great Ho." HOB HOC- 8S To IIOE-FOR, V, 91. To long for anything: ; to provide for; to take care of; to de- sire : to wish for. Hants, Berks. Som, These words imply great care and anxiety, mixed with trouble; therefore, I con- ceive, may be derived from Ho ! Heigh- Ho ! an interjection expression of un- easiness. HOB, s. Bob, or Robert. North. HOB, s. The back of the chimney. DUto. The side of the grate. South. HOB, or NOB, s. There was formerly at each corner of the hearth an elevation called the Hob; there was also a small table called the Nob ; on the former was placed warm beer, on the latter cold ; thus Hob or Nob i meant will you take hot or cold ? If the first had been called Not it would have been more intelligible. A false step ; *' to make a Hob." North, €uiv. At a venture, rashly, not caring whe- ther hot or cold. HOB, HUB, s. The nave of a wheel. Norf. The mark to be thrown at by quoits, and some other games. Norf. The hilt or guard of a weapon ; " up to the hob," means as far as possible. HOBBETV-HOY, s. 1 Neither man nor boy ; HOBIDEHOY, Shut a youth between J both . Fen/ general, HOBBIL, or HOBGOBBIN, s. A natural fool. A blockhead. North, HOBBLERS, s. Men employed in towing vessels by a rope on the land. Somerset, HOBBLE, «• Doubt; uncertainty; diffi- culty ; scrape. Njrf, Stussex. Hants, Nt. HOBBLES, 8. Rough parts in a path or road, which force people to hobble. Norf. Suf, HOBBLY^ adj. Rough; uneven. Norf. St#. HOBBLE-DE-POISE, adj. Evenly balanced ; wavering in mind. Norf, Suff. (Avoirdupoise, Fr. ?) HOB-HALD, «. A foolish clown North, HOB-KNOLLLNG, adj. Saving your own expences, by living on others with slight pretences. HOB-THRUSH, s. An hobgoblin, called sometimes Robin Goodfellow. North. HOB-THRUST, or rather \s. A spirit sup- UOB of T'HURST, j posed to haunt woods only, whence its name. Hob Ro- bert, and Hurst a wood. North, HOBO'rnURST-UCE, s. Millipedes, probably what we call in the South Wood-lice, from their living in old wood. North, HOBBY, s. [Hoppe, Goth, an Irish or Scotch horse, which is often small.] A small horse. Norf. Any favourite pursuit of a person's is called his " Hobby." . South, HOB-LAMB, s. A lamb brought up by liand, and fondled as a pet about a farm- house. Hants. HOBBY-LANTHORN, s, A Will of the wisp ; perhaps Hob, that is Bob or Ro- bert of the Lanthorn. > Norf. In Hampshire, '^ Jack of the Lanthorn." HOBBY, s. To play the hobby is said of a woman who romps with the men. fVest. HOGS and HOES, s. [Ho, Ang. Sax. the heel ; hoi. Sax. the Hough.] The feet and leg bones of swine. Norf. Sujf, " Feet and Hocks" is the name given to those parts of a dead bog which are be- low the knee-joints, with the feet of the fore legs, and below the stifle, with the feet of the hind legs. Sussex. Hants* The stifle of a horse, hog, or sheep. DUto. HOCKER-HEADED, adj. Fretful; pas- sionate. Kent. HOOD, s. [Hod, Ang. Sax. a hood.] An utensil, ^generally made of wood, for carrying mortar, bricks, coals, or other coarse substances. Norf. Suff. Used only by masons for carrying bricks or mortar. Stusex. Hants. To HOD, V. a. To hold, Craoen. HOD, s. A sheath or covering, (most pro- bably from Hood.) Somersetm HODDER,«. [Hot air.] A thin mist or vapour in warm weather. Craven. HODDING-SPADE, s, A sort of spade principally used in the fens, so shaped as to take up a considerable portion of earth entire, somewhat like a *' hod.*' Norf, HODDY, adj. Well; in good spirits; in tolerably good case. Naif. South. (Forby suggests "Hardy," " Hoddy," be- ing a corruption of it.) [Hoard, Sax. hardy.] A fish. Johnson. HODMANDOD, s. [Hod-manded, having a hod or hood over his head.] A shell-snail. SotUh. Grose. HODMEDOD,a<{/. Short; squat: perhaps like a snail. Somerset. HOG, HOGGET, s. Hogetz. N. F, HOGGKEL, A sheep of a year old. North. South. Norf [Hogan, Ang. Sax. to take care of, on ac- count of their tender age.] HOG-GRUBBING, ae^. Swinishly sordid. Norf. HOGLIN, s. A homely article of pastry. Norf, (See Crab Lanthorn.) HOG-OVER-HIGH, s. The game of leap- frog. Norf. HOG'S-PUNDING, s. The entrail of a hog, stuffed with pudding, composed of flour, currants, and spice. Hants, To HOG, V. a. To carry on the back. North. To HOG, V, a. To " hog a horse's mane," is to cut it up on both sides to a point re- sembling a bog's mane. Hants. Sussex, HOG-MANE, s. A horse's mane trimmed as above. Hants. Sussex. HOGGETS, s, [Hog-colts,] colts of a year old. Hamxnhix^^ 84 HOG. HOL. HOG-HAWS, 8. The fruit of the vhite thorn, so called from hogs eating them. Hants, HOG-PIGS/*. Barrow pigg ; castrated hogs. So called perhaps, as being hogs in age and size, but still pigs in other respects. NoHh, HOGO, $. [Haut-goul, Fr.] A stink; a strong disagreeable smell. Hants, HOIST, s, [Hwostan, Ang. Sax. to cough.] A cough. Norf. To HOIST, r. w. To cough. Norf. HOIT, 8, An awkward boy. North. HOIT-A-POIT, adj. Presuming ; forward. Nf. HOITY-TQITY, cwy. [See hayty-tayty.] Giddy; thoughtless. HanU* " Highty-flighly*' is used in the same sense. Hants. To HOKE, V. o. To gore ; to wound with horns, as bullocks do. Somerset. (See Hike.) May this be corrupted from " Hack ?•; HOLE, adj. Hollow ; deep ; (resembling a hole.) North. HOLING, part, act. Calumniating. Somerset. *' Hole in thy coat" is a blemish in charac- ter or conduct. North, " To pick a hole in one's coat" is to find fault with one. South. The meaning of all these expressions is too clear to require observation. HOLE of WINTER^ is the middle or depth of winter. Craven. We commonly say the " height of sum- mer," and the "depth of winter.'' HOLE, *, A scrape. Norf, Suf. (A very expressive word.) HOLL, s. [Hoik, Sax. a trench.] A ditch, particularly a dry one. Norf. HOLL, adj. Hollow. Ditto. HOLLAR; Hollow; To HOLLAR; to halloo ; HOLLAR ; a halloo ; HOL- IaARDY ; a holiday. Given by Jennings in Somersetshire, are mere corruptions. HOLLEN, s. A wall about two yards and a half high, built in dwelling houses to secure the family from the blasts of wind rushing in when the door is open ; to this wall, on the side next to the hearth, is annexed a screen of wood or stone. Grose gives this word without saying where it is used. (See Hallon.) HOLLIN, s. Holly. [Hollegan, Sax.] Cra. HOLLOW-MEAT, t. Poultry in rontradis- tiuction to butcher's meat, which is solid, whereas poultry is drawn, and thus ren. dered hollow. Grose. HOLMES, s. Low lands near a river. North. A farm, near the sea at Shoreham, in Sus- sex, is called the Holmes. [Holmes, Sax. a river island.] HOLMEN^ a(Hj. Made of holm or holly. Somerset. HOLT, 8, [Sax.] A wood. South. Jn Hampshire, near Havant, is a wood called the Holt, In Kent, near Tenterden, is a wood called Knock-holt-wood ; and near Ashford is a place called Niccolt, properly Nic- holt. A small grove or plantation, as Goose- berry-holts ; .Cherry-holts; Nut-holts; Osier-holts. Nt^f, Suff. HOLT, nUcr/. Hold! stop! South, West. [Either from Hold or Halt.] HOLY-BY-ZONT, *. A ridiculous figure. NoHh. HOLYMAS,*. All Saint's Day. Ntn-f. HOLY-STAAN, *. [Holy and Stan. Sax. stone.] A stone with a natural hole in it, which was frequently suspended by a string from the roof of a cow-house or the tester of a bed, as an infallible pre- ventive to injury from witches. Craven. HOLY-WAKE, ». A bonfire. Glouc. (Probably so called from fire being formerly used at sacrifices in all religious so- lemnities. To HOLSTER, v. n. To bristle or make a disturbance. West. HOME, adj. Close ; urgent. Norf. Hants. As a " Home-stroke'* is a decisive blow. HOME, adv. Closely ; urgently ; to the ex- treme point; as the "nail is driven home;'* "I pressed him home*," "the meat is home done." Norf. Suff, Sus. The latter phrase is not used in Hamp- shire. HOMELLS, s, Laige feet. fFatudck. HOME-DWELLERS, s. Persons living in any particular vicinity, in opposition to strangers. E. Sussex. HOME-SCREECH, s. A bird which builds chiefly in apple-trees; the missle thrush ; turdus viscivorus. Somerset. In East Sussex called the grey-bird. HONEY-CRACH, s. A small plum, of luscious sweetness, but small flavour. (Honey I understand, but what is Crach l) Nf. HONEY-SUCK, s.. The woodbine; the honey-suckle. Somerset. Hants. HONEY-SUCKLE,*. Red clover. Som. This name is as applicable to the red-clo- ver as to the woodbine; the flower of each containing a good deal of honey, which is sucked out by the bees. HOO, pron. He. In the North West parts of England it is used for " she." Grose HOOD, HOOD-ENDS, s. The back of the fire. Corners near the fire, either of wood or stone. North. HOOK-SEAMS, s. [Seam, Sax. a load.] Panniers to carry turf or lead. Craven. HOOLY, adv. Tenderly. North. To HOON, V. flu To ill-treat ; to oppress. Craven. HOOP, s. A measure, containing a peck. North. So called from the measure heiufi hooped ; as fruit having been sold in sieves, the measure they contained ^has been since called a sieve. HOP. HOT. 85 HOOP, 8. A buUAnch. Somerset. HOOVING. 8. The act of hoeing. fVarw. HOOZE, 9, [From the sound uttered.] Difficulty of breathing. Craven, HOP-CREASE, «. [To hop, and Crease a mark.] A game played by children, com- monly called "Hop-Scotch." "To Scotch" meaning to mark anything with an edged instrument. Notf, Stt8sex.lHant8, Kent. HOP-DOG, 8. [A Hop, a plant, and Dog.] An instrument used to draw the hop- poles out of the ground, for the purpose of carrying them to the bins to be picked. It is made of a long piece of wood, with a piece of iron at the lower part stand- ing out a few inches, so as to clasp the pole when it is raised out of the ground ; the iron is grooved so as.to have teeth, from whence perhaps its name. Kent. Sussex, HOP, STEP, and JUMP. [See Hick, step, and jump.] fVest. Sussex. HOP PET, f. A little basket, used by bus- bandmen to fasten round them, for the parpose of carrying corn when sowing. North. A fruit basket. Lincoln. To HOPPLE, r. a. To tether; to fasten by the legs. Norf, North, To fasten a fore foot of an animal to a hind- foot, is to ** Cross-hopple." Norf. HOPPLING, cujy. Tottering; moving weak- ly and unsteadily. Norf. These words are no doubt from " Hebble,'' so says Forby, at least ; but is not " Hobble" from Hop ? Hoppan, Sax. to hop. To HOPPY, V. n. [Hop.] To hop or caper. Somerset, HORNEN, at^f, Made of horn. Norf Somerset. HORNEN-BOOK, s. A horn-book. Norf. Somerset, HORNCOOT,*. An owl. Bailey, Some owls have horns, and owls hoot, if we can suppose " Coot" a corruption of " Hoot." HORNICLE, s, A hornet. E, Sussex. HORN- PIE, «. [Horn, from the tuft of [feathers on its head, and Pie from its variety of plumage.] A lapwing. Norf Sujf. HORNS, s. The awns of barley. Norf. Stiff. HORNY, adj. Abounding in horns, applied to a sample of barley, which has not had the awns well separated. Norf, Suff. HORRY, ad[/. [Hoary.] Mouldy. Sam. Foul; filthy. West. HORSE-MA-GOG, adj. Boisterously fro- licsome. Used in the same sense as horse- laugh, that is expressive of coarseness. Norf Suff. HORSE-MAGOG, s, A large coarse per- son. Hants, HORSE-STINGER, f. The dragon-fly. Som* HORSE-BRAMBLE, «. Briars, wild rose. N(yrf, HORSE-KNOPS, s. Heads of knapweed. North, [Horse, and Knop, a corruption of Knap, a small eminence.] HORSAM and HERNGIL-MONEY, s, A small tax, paid iu the Lathe of Pickering: in the North, for horsemen and hounds, kept for the purpose of driving off the deer of Pickering Forest, from the com fields adjoining it; a fallow field was exempt from the tax. Although the forest no longer exists, the tax is still paid. Grose, To HORSE HOPS, v, a. To tie the apper branches of the the hop-plant to the pole, but which being too high to reach from the ground ; women have short lad- ders for the purpose of standing on, and which are called hop-horses. E,Suss. Kt» To HORT, V. a. [Corruption.] To hurt. Kent. To HOSE, or HAWZE, v, a. To hug or embrace. North, HOSE, s. The sheath or spathe of an ear of com, Norf, [Hosa, Sax, breeches or stockings.] HOSTE, «. [Hooste. Isl. a cough.] Hoarse- ness. Craven, HOST-HOUSE, 8. [Hostel, Fr.J A farmer's inn at market. North. To HOT, V. a. To make hot ; " I hotted some milk." Nottingham. To HOTAGOE, r. a, [To go hot or hotly, as we say when a person is very eager, he is quite ''hot" upon it.] To move nimbly, spoken of the tongue. South, Grose. To HOTCH, V, n, [To hop.] To go lame. Craven* HOT. POT, *. A'mixture of warmed ale and spirits, making a pot of hot liquor. Norf, Sussex. HOTS, s, A sort of panniers to carry turf or slate in. North, (Is it corrupted from Hod ?) HOTTEL, s. [HoUsteel, or hot-well, that is well heated.] An iron rod heated red hot^ to burn with. Craven. HOTTERIN or HETTERIN, adj. [Grow- ing hot or hotter.] Boiling; raging with passion. Craven. HOTTS, s. [Being made hot.] Water- porridge. Cra»en. HOUGH, s, [Hauch, Germ, a breathing; or from the sound uttered when breathing hard or quick.] The noise occasioned by exertion in giving a blow. Craven, To HOUGH, V, n. [Pronounced Huff.] To breathe hard, as a person does after run« ning fast. Hants. To HOUGH, V, n. To breathe over any- thing ; as '* Don't hough all over the win- dow and make it dirty." Hants. HOUL-HAMPERS^ 8. [Hoik, Sax. a trench. 86 HOU. HOW. whence comes " Hollow."] Hollow and hung:ry bellies. Craven. nOUNCE, 8, The ornament of red and yellow worsted^ spread over the collar of horses in a team. Norf, Smff'. [Probably a corruption of Flounce.] HOUPY, 8. [Hoppe, Goth, a horse.] A horse. Craven, HOUSE, 8, The family sitting room, as dis- tinguished from the other apartments. Narf. The hall. North. HOUSE- STEEOD, s. The kitchen, gene- rally occapied by the farmer and his fa- mily. North, HOUSEN, HOWZEN,*. Houses. Nt. We8t. Quite proper, names in Saxon frequently making their plurals in en ; Chick, Chicken, Man, Men, Child, Children. HOUSE-PLACE, 8. The common room in a farm-house. North, To HOUSE, V, n. To grow thick and com- pact as corn does. Norf. St^, When hops have a great deal of bine so that the poles are thickly covered over the top, precluding in a great measure the air and sun, they are said to be " Housed." Kent. Sussex. HOUSS, 8. A contemptuous name for feet. Norf. Suff, [Hos. Sax. the heel.] Forhy. HOUT, adv. Nay, a negative. North. To HOUZE, V. a. To lade as water. North. [Woez, Sax. to ooze.] HOVE, adj. [To heave, prtel. hove, part, pass, hoven.] Swollen, as cheeses. Glouc. HOVEN, part, pass. Swoln ; puffed up. Cra. To HOVER, V. n. To tarry. Craven. (When a hawk hovers in the air it is sta- tionary for a time, tarrying in one spot.) To HOVER, V. a. To hover hops is to mea- sure them lightly into the basket. Kent. HOVER, adj* Lights " hover ground j" ^ " light land." E. Sussex. Kent. . (When a hen hovers her chicken her fea- thers are lightly spread open.) HOVELLERS, s. Men who go out to sea in boats for the purpose of boarding vessels, to engage the unloading of them when they enter the harbour. E. Stusex. Rye, (To hover ; to hang over or about ?) HOVE-UP, Hozed or hawsed, part. pass. Finely off, (spoken ironically) meaning a person is in some great difficulty. See Help-up,Holp-up. West. HOW, 8, A narrow iron lake without teeth. Craven. Grose. Are not teeth a necessary component part of a rake ? HOW,*. [Haughur, Dan, a heap.] A round hillock, either natural or artifi- ficial ; a tumulus. North. HOWDY, 8. A midwife. North. (How d'y'do ? Midwives are gossips.) HOWGAIT, s. (Hoik, Sax. hollow; Gait, a way. A hollow way,^ Craven. Hence comes Holgate according to this author. HOWKING,!. Digging. North. To " Huck about," is to spread anything about. Sussex, (Hock, G. A huckster ; a pedlar.) HOWLE, adj. [Hoik, Sax. hollow.] Hungry. North. HO WLET, 8. [Owl, owlet, a young owl.] An owl. Grose, [Or it may be from Howl, owls hooting or howling. HOW-SEEDS, *. [Hood and seed.] The husks of oats. North. HOYEE, adj. Badly off. Somerset. HOYT, f . A natural simpleton. North. Hayty Tayty, is from the same origin I have no doubt, but what is that origin i HUBBLESHEW, *. [Hubbub.] A riotous assembly. North. HUCK, s. A rude blow. Sussex, [Husck. C^rm. to strike.] HUCKLES, J. The hips. Norf. Suff. HUCKLE-BONE, «. The small bone found in the joint of the knee of a lamb or sheep, used by children at a game in West Sussex, called " Dibs," which see. E. Sussex, HUCK, 5. [Husk.] The pod of a pea. Ditto, Children get the pods and cry to each other, Pea-Pod Hucks, twenty for a pin. And if you don't like tbem, 1*11 take them agin. Cagain.] HUCKLE-MY-BUFF, s. A beverage com^ posed of beer, eggs and brandy. E. Sussex. HUCKMUCK, s. A wicker strainer placed before the faucet in the mash tub when brewing, to prevent the grains from run- ning out. Hants. Sussex. [To hook, to catch, and Muck filth lees.] HUCK-MUCK, s. A little tiny fellow. Som. [Hugan, Ang. Sax. to bear.] HUCK-MUCK, flKy. Thick ; stubbed. Som. HUCKSHEENS, s. The hocks or hams. Exmoor, HUD, *. [Hod, Ang. Sax. a hood.] The husk of a nat or walnut. Glouc. Somerset. To HUD, V. a. To take off the husk. Glouc. Somerset. HUDDERIN, s. A well grown lad. SuJ. To HUDDLE, v. n. To embrace. Craven, HUER, s. [Haer, Sax.] Hair. Craven. HUF, 8. LHof. Sax. Hoof. Da.] A hoof. Somerset* HUFCAP, 8. A plant or rather a weed, found in fields, and with difficulty eradi- cated. Somerset, according to Jennings, who does not further identify it. HUFF, *. A dry, scurfy or scaly incrusta- tion on the skin. Norf. Suff* Probably from Huf, hoof. To HUFF, V. a. To scold ; to rate or take to task. Norf, Suff. Sussex. Hants* HUFF, s. Passion, anger, ill-temper, as ** I sent him off in a huff." I gave him a good scolding. Sussex. Hants. HUFF-CAP, 8. A blustering, swaggering HUF. HUM, 87 fellow. . Norf, Suff. Somerset. [See Hoagh, Hauch, Germ, breathing;.] HUFF, «. Light paste inclosing fruit or meat whilst stewing, generally made with yeast, being blown or puffed up. Glouc. HUFF, 8. Stroni* beer. WUU, HUFFIL, $. A finger bag. Grote, HUFIL^ «• A woodpecker. Grose. [See HeffuK] HUFFLEy s. A merry meeting. Kertt. HUFFLBR, s. [See Hoveller.] One that carries off fresh provisions to ships. Kent. HUFKINS, s. [Ofen, Sax. Kin, little.] A sort of muffins. KevU. HUG^ s. The itch. [Applied to brutes.] Somerset. [From to Hug, to stick close.] HUG-WATER, «. Water to cure the Hug or itch. Somerset* To HUG, r. a. [Hugan, Ang. Sax. to bear.] To caVry. Craven. HUG BAAN, «• [Hugan to bear, and Ban Sax. Bone.] The hip-bone. Craven. HUGGANS, s. [Hugan, Ang. Sax. to bear.] The hips. Craven, HUGGER-MUGGER, adj. Clandestine. Cra. Poor, mean, comfortless, without order. Suss* Hants. HUG-ME-CLOSE, s. A fowl's collar-bone. Kent. HUGGY-ME-CLOSE. A fowl's merry- thought, Somerset. [From the close adhesion to the sternum.] HUKE, s. [Hugan, Ang. Sax. to bear.] The huckle bone or hip. North. To HULDER, V. a. To hide, to conceal. Somerset. [Hulgan, Goth, to cover.] HULK, s. A lout ; a lubber. Norf. Sussex, Hants, A gross, overgrown, fat fellow. ** The hulk, Sir John." Shakes. Norf. To HULK, V. n. To loiter about ; to spend 7 one's time lazily* Norf. Stissex. To pull out the entrails of a hare or rabbit. Norf. Suff. HULL, s. A hovel. Craven, A place to put calves or swine in. North, The Husk of a nut. Craven, The husk or chaff of corn. Hants. The body of a vessel. Sussex, Hants, [Hulgan, Goth, to hide.] To HULL, V. a, [Hurl, according to Forby.] To throw. Norf. « Hull it up;" '* throw it up." E.Sussex. To HULLUP, V. n. To vomit. Norf, HULLUP, s. The operation of an emetic. Norf. HULLET, 8. [Hult, Ang. Sax. an owl] Owl, owlet. Craven. North. HULLY, s, A peculiarly shaped long wicker basket used for catching eels. Somerset, To HULVE, V, a. To turn over, or upside down. Somerset. [Query, to Hull over ?"] HULVER, 8. Holly. Norf, S^f, HULVER-HEADED, adj. Stupid, mud- dled , with a head as thick as holly, in the same sense that we call a person wooden headed. Norf. To HUM, v,a. To throw any thing, as a stone, perhaps from the sound caused by throwing with violence. North, HUMBLED, or HUMMELD, adj. Horn- less, said of cattle. North, HUMDRUM, s, A small low cart with three . wheels, usually drawn by one horse. So called from the humming sound it makes, hence also comes the word. HUMDRUM, adj. Dull, stupid. Somerset, HUMDRUM, s, A dull, heavy, uninterest- ing person. Hants, Sussex. HUME, s. A hymn. Norf, To hum a tune. To HUMMER, r. n. [From Hum, the sound made.] To begin to neigh, also the noise made by a horse when he hears the sound of a sieve of com. Norf, South* To make a low rumbling noise. North- HUMP, s, A contemptible quantity ; a poor pittance. Noff. Suff, HVMFTY, adj. [Having a hump.] Hunch- backed. Norf. Suff. To HUNCH, r. a. To lift or shove, to thrust. HUNCH, s. A lift or shove. Norf, Suff. Hants, Sussex, HUNCH, *. A thick slice, or rather a lump, of food. Norf, Sussex, Hants. HUNCHET, 8, A diminutive of Hunch. Grose. HUNCH-WEATHER,«.Cold wither, which makes people hunch up their shoulders. ^ Norf. Suff. HUNGER.POISONED, adj. Famished; unhealthy from want of sufficient nourish- ment. Naif, Suff. HUNNIEL, *. A miserable, covetous fellow. North, HUNKED or UNKED, adj. Dull, lonely, uncomfortable. fVarwick, HUNKS, 8. A miserable, stingy, old fellow. Sussex, Hants, HUNT-THE SLIPPER, s, A well known game in Somerset, Hants, Sussex. As this play is now almost out of fashion, I shall insert a description of it. A number of girls and boys sit on the floor in a circle, while one stands in the middle. Those who sit, have a slipper which they pass from one to the other, concealing it underneath them : it is the business of the one in the middle to find it when the person beneath whom it is found has to stand up in turn till it is asain discovered. The chief amusement afises from the^one in the circle who has the slipper striking the one who stands up, while he or she is steadily Jookmg for it, in an opposite quarter. 88 HUR. ICE. HURDER, 8, A heap of stones. North [Heord, Sax. a herd.] HURE, *. [Hoer, Sax.] Hair. North. To HURKLE, v. n. To shudder. North. [Hurcben, Belg.] To (lURPLE, V. n. To stick up the back as cattle under a hedge in cold weather. North. HURRY, «• A small load of bay or corn got up in haste for fear of the weather. Norf, HURRYSOME^ ai^f. Quick, in a hurried manner. f fVorc. HURST, ». [Sax.] A wood. Hants. HURT-DONE, adj. Bewitched. Craven. HUSBEECH, HORSEBEECH, s. [Hurst, Sax. a wood and Beech, this species grow* ing in woods and hedgerows.] The horn- beam. E. Sussex. To HUSH, V. a. [Hoosen, Belg. to let water from a dam.] 1 o detach minerals from eartliy particles by the force of water. Craven* HUSHING, part. a. Shuffling and shrink- ing up one^s shoulders. Exmoor. This is often done in cold weather when it is accompanied with a sound resem- bling the word " Hush." HUSHTO, V. imp. m. Hold thy tongue. Craven. HUSSER and SQUENCHER, s. A dram of gin and a pot of beer. Sussex. Grose. To Hiss and Quench — a hot iron hisses when put in water, while the latter quenches it. Gin may be supposed to beat while beer rather helps to cool it. To HUSTLE, V. n. [To Hoist from Hausser. Fr.] To raise or shrug up the shoulders. Grose. HUTCH, s, A hoard, misers putting their money in chests or hutches. North, A small cart. Kent. HUTHERIKIN-LAD, s. [See Hudderin.] A ragged youth, between boy and man. Durham. HUTKIN, s. [A little Hut.] A case or sheath for a sore finger. Norf. Suff. HUZ, pron. Us. Craven, HUZZIN, 8. A busk. North. To HY, V, n. [Higan, Sax.] To make haste. North. HY, 8. To have a Hy to every body is to have something to say to every one. Heigh or Hy being a word commonly used in calling to a person at a distance. fVest. HYEN, 8, A disease among cattle. Craven. HYLE, f . Twelve sheaves of com. ffest. A shock of sheaves, as many as are put together previously to their being car- ried. Hants. To H YKEN, HY PE, HYPEN, v. n. [Hypynt, Welch, a push.] To push with the horns as an ox does. North, To make mouths at or affront one. North. To censure indirectly. North. HYVIN, s. Ivy. North. I. I, adv. [Corruption of Ay.] Yes; 1, 1,* yes yes. Somerset. Hants. Sussex, ICE-BONE^ 8. A part of a rump of beef. Norf. NoHh. Aitch-bone ; edge-bone. Sussex, Hants. From Natch. Autiior of Craven dialect. Iskion, Gr. Forhy. Isch-Bean, Belg. Jamieson. Haunch-bone. ICCLES, 8. Icicles. North. JCHON, pron. Each on. Norf, Suf, Icbon^em ; each one of them. Each on on*em. Sussex. IFT'LE. If thou wilt. Craven. FFAKINS, adv. In faith, an asseveration. North. FKINS, inierj. My ikins. Warwick, My eye, is a common expression. Kin is a diminutive, thus my Ikins, may be eye-kins, my little eyes. ILES, 8. [Ailes, Fr. wings.] The side pas- sages of the interior of a church on either side of the Nave. Stusex, Hants. ILK, pro. [Scotch.] Each, every. North. To ILL, V. a. To reproach. Norf. ILI^CONDITIONED, adj. Ill-tempered. Naif, Sussex, To ILLIFY, V, a. To vilify. North, [111, Brit, evil, to ill ; to reproach with an evil action ; ill-conditioned, not inclined to good : to illify, to make ill» that is to appear evil or wicked.] ILT or £LT, s. [Gelt.] A spayed sow. Somerset. IME, s. [Hryml. Sax. Hrym, Isl. Hyems, Lat.] Rime. Craven, To IMITATE, r. o. To attempt, to endea- vour ; as << The child imitated to walk." Norf. IMP, 8. [Impio, BriU] An addition to a beehive, something placed under it. North. To IMP, V. a. To lengthen by the addition of something else. Penning has this word and quotes Shakespeare for it. INBANK, f. [Resembling a Bank.] De- scending or inclining ground. Craven. INCOME OF THE FAIR,«. [Coming-in.] Arrivals on the evening preceding the fair. Craven. INDER, 8, [Corruption of India.} A great number or quantity of valuable things. Norf. Si5r. INDOOR.SERVANT, s. A servant in the country, who is employed within the house and not in the fields. Norf. Suf, Hants. Sussex, INEAR or NEAR, «. The kidney. North. [Is this from Inner, the kidney being witb- inside the body ; or can it be corrupted from Ear, a kidney somewliat resembling an ear in sliape, particularly when cut asunder.] ING. JAB. 89 INO5 s» A common pasture or meadow. ( North. ING, 8. [Ing. Sas. a meadow.] A marsby meadow. North. INGLE, 8. [Scotch.] Fire or flame. North, IN IN, s. [Oiguon, Fr.] Onion. Somer8et. INION, 8, An onion. Norf, Suff. Hant8, TbJINN, r. a. [Inne, Germ, within.] To house com, that is to put it into barns. To inclose land. B, Sussex, Kent. INNINGS, 8, Land that has been inclosed from the sea. E, Sussex, Kent, INNINGS, 8. The players at cricket who are at the wicket and strike the ball are said to be In, and when they are put out, their ** Innings" is said to be over. Sussex, Hants, INNER and OUTERMER, adv. Inwards and outwards. Craven, INNOCENT, adj. Silly. Nm-f. Silly, but harmless. Hants, Sussex, INNOMBARLEY, s. Such Barley as is sown the second crop after the ground is fallowed. Grose. INOO, adv. Presently. North. To INSENSE, V, a. [To put sense into one.] To make a man understand a thing. North. IN-TRUST, 8. Interest of money, that is of money intrusted to another. Norf. INTERMITTING, s. The ague, very pro- perly so called. North. INTUCK, 8, [Trucken, Teut. to keep close.] An inclosure taken in from a common. Craven. INWARD-MAID, s. The House-maid in a farm-house, who has nothing to do with the dairy. N&rf, Suff. INWARDS, 8, [From being within the body.] The intestines, particularly of a hog. Norf. Glou. Sussex, Hants, In Hampshire always pronounced "Innerds." IRE, s. Iron. Berks. Somerset. IR£-GARE,«. [SeeGare.] Iron-gear. Sotnerset, IRNING or YEARNING, s. [Corruption of Yearn.] Rennet. North. ISE, EES, ICII, pro. [Ich, Belg. I. Ich- Dien ; I serve ; Prince of Wales' motto, assumed first by Edward the Black Prince, it having been the motto of the King of Hungary who was taken prisoner in the battle of Cressy.] I. fV, Somerset. Devon. ISESHACKLE, s. Icicle. Craven. [Perhaps from Ice, and Shackle, to confine, to bind, the Ice being fastened to some spot.] ISSES, 8. Earth-Worms. Hants, 1ST, 8. [I long.] East. Somerset. ISTARD, adv. Eastward. Somerset. IT, conj. [Git. Sax.] Yet. Somerset. ITEM, 8, A hint. North, E. Sussex, ITTEN, part, pass, [Itan. Goth, to eat.] Eaten. Craven. IV IN, 8, Ivy. Craven. IVRY, atlj. Every. Craven* J. To JABBER, V. n. [Gaber, Fr.] To talk fast and idly. Hants. Suss. JABBER-KNOWL, s. [To jabber and Knol. Sax. a head.] A prating blockhead. North. JABBER, 8. Discourse. North. Idle talk. South. To JACK, V. a. [Jacken,» Belg. to beat.] To beat. i. Craven. JACK-A-DANDY, s. [Jack and Dandin, Fr. a ninny.] A little impertinent, or rather consequential fellow. North. South. JACK-A-LEGS, s. [Jack of Liege, from Jacques de Liege, the name of a famous cutler in that city.] A large pocket-knife. North. JACK, 8. Ilalf-a-plnt. Yorks. JACK-IN-THE LANTHORN, *. The me- teor commonly called « Will With the Wisp." Somerset. JOAN-IN-THE-WAD, ^ DUto. JACKET-A-WAD, ) DUto. JACK-IN THE-LANTHORN, s. In Hamp- shire, boys, of a dark night, get a laige turuip and scooping out the inside, make two holes in it to resemble eyes and one for a mouth, when they place a lighted candle within side, and put it on a wall or a post so that it may appear like the head of a man. The chief end (and that a very bad one) is to take some younger boy than the rest, and who is not in the secret, to show it to him, with a view to frighten him. JACK-SHARP-NAILS, ». A fish, called the Prickle-back, from the sharp prickles on its back. Derby, JACK-BOOTS, 8. [More properly Jacked Boots the leather being prepared for resist- ing the water by dressing it with melted bees* wax and oil.] Large boots, reaching above the knees, worn by fishermen, when they go into the water to haul up their nets or their boats. Hants. JADE, 8, [Gaad, Sax.] A horse, not in a contemptuous sense as it is generally used I but applied to a good horse as Shakespeare uses it in Henry 5th, where he says " He is indeed a horse and all other Jades you may call leasts.*' Norf. Suff, from Forby, JAG, 8, An indefinite quantity, but less tlian a load of hay or corn in the straw. Norf, Suff, Forby JAG OF HAY, 8. A small load. BaUey, JAG, 8. A parcel or load of any thing whether on a man's back or in a carriage. Norf, Grose, [Gag|gan,'Sax. to jag or make uneven. A Jag here means an odd uneven parcel of any thing.] JAGUE, 8. A ditch. BaUey. [The ground is " Jagged" or rendered uneven by the digging of ditches.] 90 JAM. JEW. JAMy 8. \A vein of marl or clay. JAMB, 8. i Norf.Suff, [Forby c'erives it from Jambe, Fr. a leR. I should rather think it is derived from " Jam," Jelly, whence we have " Jam- med,*' pressed close together, as a vein of clay or marl is, and in this sense we have to "Jam" in Norfolk, which means to render firm by treading as land is where cattle are foddered.] To JAMMOCK, V, a. [See Jam.] To beat, crush, or squeeze into a soft masts. Natf, Suff. JAMMOCK, 8, A soft pulpy substance. Norf. Suf. JANNOCK, s. Oaten-bread. Nort/i. [Johnson has Bannock and Jannock.] JARBLED, adj. Daggled. North, [Garbcan, Span. Garbage.] J ARCH, 8. A seal. Bailey. JASEYj 8. [Jersey.] A wig, contemptu- ously so called, as though it wete made of no better materials than *' Jersey" yarn. Norf, To J ATTER, V. a. [To Shatter.] To split into shivers. Norf, JAUNDERS, *. ")Jaune, Fr. yellow. JAUNUS, 8. > North, ^Jaundice. South. To JAUP, V, n. To make a noise like liquor agitated in a close vessel. North. (Probably from the sound.) To JAUP, V. a. To jumble or mix together as the sediment with the clear portion of bottled liquor. I North, JAUPEN, adj. [Op^ Sax. open.] Large, spacious. Craven, JAVVER, ». [See Jabber.] To JAW, V, a. To abuse a person with great volubility of tongue, the Jaw conse- quently being much used at the time. Hants. Sussex, JED, adj. Dead. Warwick. To JEE, V. n. [See Gee.] JENNY-BALK, «. A small beam near the roof of a house. North, JENNY-CRONE,*. A crane. North, JENNY-CRUDLE, s, A Wren. South, JENNY-UULET or HOWLET, 8, An owl. York, Jenny seems (o be used to express some- thing small and delicate, as Tom and Jack are frequently used in a contrary sense, thus a rude hoyden girl is called a ** Tom-boy," and a common woman of the most vulgar description a ** Jack- Whore.*' Jenny-Balk, balk is a beam, and jenny means small. Jenny-Crone, a crane. [Croene, Sax. a crane.] Jenny- How let, small, and Howlet properly a young owl. Jenny-Crndle, a wren. I know not the meanin|^ of Crudle. In Hampshire we have this couplet : " Little Cock. Robin and Little Jenny. Wren, Arc Gud Almighty's little Cock and Hen,** And agreeably to this these birds arc held sacred, no boys, however daring, venturing to take their nests or to kill them. JEROBOAM, «. A capacious bowl or goblet. Joram has the same signification. Norf. Stiff . The latter name is used in Sussex and Hampshire. Mr Forby derives the words from the two Kings of Israel of those names, and who were both infamous for their vices. JET, 8. [Jetter, Fr. to throw or cast up.] A large wooden ladle used to empty a cistern ; or to lade water out of any place. Norf. Hants. JEWEL, 8. The starling of a wooden bridge, according to Grose. Perhaps from its forming a considerable defence to it. [See Jowel.] To JIB, V, n. To start aside suddenly and violently, said of a horse. Norf,, Hants. Sussex, To JIBE, V, a, [To Jib and Jibe have the same origin ; a vessel is said to "Jibe" when she is put on a fresh tack, that is, made to change her course, which is done by hauling the jib-sail to the opposite side.] To change the course of a vessel. Sussex. Hants. JIB, s. Outward appearance, as " I know him by the cut of his Jib," which is a phrase taken from sailors who know the difierent vessels of their own port, and more particularly those of foreign nations by the peculiar cut or shape of their sails, of which the Jib is one. Sussex. Hants. JIB, s. The under-lip, paiticularly of a whimpering child, who at the time drops it. Norf. Suff. JIBB, 8. A stand for a barrel of liquor. West. JIBBER, 5. A startish horse. E.Sussex. JIBBY, 8, A frisky, gadding, flaunting wench, full of faiitastical and affected airs and dressed in flashy finery. Norf. JIBBY-HORSE, s, A showman's horse decorated with particoloured trappings, plumes, &c. Sometimes applied to a human object. Norf. [A Jib and other sails frequently flutter about in the wind.] JIFFEY, s. A short time, an instant. Somerset, Hants. Sussex, JIGGS, 8, Small dregs or sediment, as of a pot of coffee or a botile of physic. Norf. JIG-BY-JOWL, plu. adv. [Cheek-by-jowl.] Close together, as though the cheek of one touched that of the other. Norf. Hants* Sussex. JIGGER-PUMP, 8, A pump used in breweries to force beer into vats. Sussex. This pump works in short, quick snatches, as the dance called a Jig implies a quick step, and a Jig-tune is also lively and quick. JIG. JOC. 91 JIGGER, 8, A constable. I'll be ji^ered is an expression used in Hampshire. To J IKE or JYGG, r. n. [Geigan, Germ, to rub.] To creak. Craven, JILL, 8. Half-a-pint. Craven. A glass of wine. Sussex. Hants. A quarter of a pint. Fenning. We find a Jack is half a pint as well as a Jill, in Yorkshire. Jack and Jill, a familiar male and female name, are con- tinually coupled together as "Every Jack has his Jill," is a common saying ; there is also a little nursery song as follows, viz: — " Jack and JiU went up a hill To draw a bucket of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.*' Thus as Jack and Jill were always com- panionsy so two cups alike were desig- nated by the same names JILLrHOOTER, JILLY-HOOTER, *. An owl. Norf. Forby derives it from Jill a female name, and to Hoot. I think rather it should be written Gill-Hooter, which see. JIMy 8. [More properly Jem, used as Jack often is.] A machine with two wheels for carrying timber, frequently called a Jill. Norf. JIMMERSj 8. [See Gimmers.] Hinges. Craven. JIMMY, adj. [Gim, Sax. a Jem or Jewel.] Neat ; smart ; spruce. North. South. To JIST, V. a. [Agist, Ager, Lat. a field.] To take cattle in to pasture them. North. JITCH, JITCKY, adj. Such. Somerset. In many parts *' Such*' is pronounced '' Sich.'* S is often hardened into Z, which will make '' Zitch,*' and Sich, Zitch, Jitch, are easily confounded by ignorant people. JOAN'S SILVER PIN, s. A single article of finery ostentatiously displayed amidst dirt and sluttery. Norf. Suff. JOB, s. A piece of labour undertaken at a given price. Norf. Svff. " To work by the Job" means to do a cer- tain piece of work at a given price, in contradiction to working at so much per day. Sussex. Hants. To work by the Piece, by the Lump, by the Great, are all similar expressions used in Kent and Sussex. JOBBET, 8. A small quantity, commonly of hay or straw. Hants. Grose. JOBBEL, 8. Expresses the same. Ghuc. And may not these three words be from Gob, Gobbet, a mouthful, a lump of anything? JOCE, 8. The Deuce. Warwick. [To Jockey is to cheat, Jocus Lat. a Joke ?] JOBATION, 8. [Job, he having argued much with his friends.] A lecture, a re- primand. Sussex. Hants. JOCKTALEGS, s. A clasp knife. North. [.See Jack-a-legs.] JOD, 8. The letter J. Somerset. According to Fenning this is the proper name, being so called from the Hebrew Jod. To JOG, V, a. ■) Hants. North. W. Sussex. To JOGGER, > Norf. Suf. To JOGGLE, 3 North. South. To shake, to shake gently. [Schoggle, IjOW. Sc. Schocken, Belg.] JOGGING, 8. A protuberance in sawn wood, as though the saw had been jogged and thrown out of a straight line. Norf. Suff. To JOIST, r. a. [See Gist.] To summer cattle. North. Lincoln. To JOLL, V, n. To job or strike sharply with the beak, as ** See how that rook Jolls" for worms. Norf. Given by Grose, Joll, but by Forby, **Jowl." Fenning has " To Jole," to beat the head against any thing. Shakespeare has *' Jowl." [Jowl, the Jaw.] To JOK, V. a. [To Jar, from Eorre, Sax. making Jor more proper than Jar.] To Jostle or push. North. JO RAM, 8. [See Jeroboam.] A large jug or bowl full of something to be eaten or drunken. Somerset. JOSEPH, 8. A very old fashioned riding coat for womeOi scarcely, if ever, now seen. (1885.) Norf. Hants. North. To JOSS or JOSTLE, r. n. To make room by standing or sitting close. Norf. JOSS-BLOCK, 8. Hants. JOSSING or JOSTLING BLOCK. Norf.SMff. A horse-block to which the horse must be made to Joss, that is to come as close as possible to enable the rider to mount him. [Ajuster, Fr. to adjust, to make just or right.] JOSSEL, 8. A Hodge-podge. North. To JOSTLE, V. a. To cheat, as he Jostled him out of his money. Hants. Suss, Giostrare, Ital. to Joust, to run in a tilt, implying coming in violent contact. In a hedge podge many things are brought together ; to Jostle, to cheat, may imply the getting close to another for the purpose. To JOT, V. a. To disturb in writing ; to strike the elbow. Somerset. To Jog (of which, probably. Jut is a corrup. tion) is used in the same senate in Hamp- shire, where when one boy is writing he says to another " Don't Jog my elbow.") JOT, adv. Plump, downright. Norf, To JOT, JOTTER, v. n. To Jolt roughly. Norf. JOT, 8. [Giota, Span, an iota.] An iota, any thing small and insignificant. *' I don't care a Jot for you." Hants. JOT, JOT-CART, 8. 'a cart which, from being badly hung, has a very rough mo- tion. Norf. 92 JOU. KAA. JOTTEE, 8. A diminutive of Jot-Carl, meaning a vehicle approaching as near to a gig as exemption from taxation will allow. Norf, JOT-GUT, 8, The large gut of a hog in which the finest hog's puddings are made. Norf, To JOUDER, 1'. n. [See Jabber.] To chatter. Bailey. JOUK-COAT, 8, A great coat. North. To JOUNCE, V. n. To jolt or shake. Norf. [Changed from Jauncing, used by Shakes- peare, according to Forby, may it not be from Jouster, Fr. or corrupted from Bounce, which is one of the meanings given by Forby.] To JOVV, V. a. [Jolt up.] To shake up, to toss to and fro. North, JOURNEY, s. [Journe'e, Fr. a day's work.] A man's day's work at plough. Norf* JOUTS, 8. [Jolts.] Dashes. North. To JOWER, V. n. To be exhausted with fatigue. Norf. ■' Journeyed-out as it were ,• fatigued by the day's work. To JOWL, V, n. [See to Joll.] Gueule, Fr. JOWEL, *. [Jowl, the cheek, Sc. Jowls.] The pier of a bridge. Craven. JUB, 8. The slow heavy trot of a sluggish horse. Norf. To JUB, V. 91. To move as a slow-trotting heavy horse does. Hant8. Stuxex, To JUG, V. n. To squat and nestle close to- gether, as partridges do at night. Norf, JUG, 8, A common pasture. fVe8t. Bailey, JUGGLEMEAR, 8. [To Joggle, to shake, and Mieyer, Belg. mire.] A quagmire. PVest. Norf Bailey. To JULK, V. n. [From the sound.] To give a sound like liquor shaken in a cast when not quite full. Norf. JUM, 8. A sudden jolt or concussion caused by the iucountering of an obstacle unper- ceived, as driving a carriage against a large stone or a post when in brisk motion. Norf, [Perhaps from Jump, as we say " he Jumps at a conclusion, that is, comes to it without much previous consideration.] JUMBLEMENT, ». [Jumble.] Confusion. Craven. JUMP, adj. Short ; compact. Ditto. (We have Dumpy and Lumpy, but whence comes Jump ?) JUMPER, s. A miner's auger. Craven, JUMPS, 8. [Jupe, Fr. a petticoat.] A child's leathern frock. Craven. 7b JUMP- WITH, V. n. To meet with ac- cidentally. Craven, To coincide with. Hant8, Craven. JUNK, 8. [Junket, Juncate, Juncade, Fr.] A singular or favourite dish. Glouc. JURNUT, 8, An earth-nut. NoUh. JU-UM, adj. EmpCy. North. K. KAAM, 8. [Kam, Belg. Kaim, Scotch.] A comb. Craven, KAELPIE, 8, A supposed spirit of tho waters. Scotland. Gro8€. KALE, «. A turn. Che8h, Bailey. KALE, 8. Broth ; pottage. North. KALE-POT, 8. Pottage pot. Ditto. (Kaal, Isl. pot herbs.) KARL-CAT, 8. [Kaerle, Belg. a husband.] A male cat. Craven. KAZZARDLV, adj. Unlucky ; cattle sub- ject to casualties or death. North, Hazardous. Craven, (Perhaps corrupted from Hazard.) To KEA, V. n. To go. Craven. KEAL, acy. [Co-lan, Sax. to cool.] Cold. Craven. KEALE, 8. A cold or cough. Idncoln. roKEAL, ». a. To cool. NoHh. KEALER or KEELER, 8. A small shallow tub, fit for cooling beer or other liquids in. E, 8u88ex, KEEL, 8, A vessel to cool liquors in. North. Bailey. KEAMER or KEYMER, 8. A very small animal of the ferret species. Sussex, KEBBERS, 8. Culled sheep. Lincoln. To KECK, V, n, [Kecken, Belg. to heave the stomach.] To retch at something nauseous. Fenning. KECKER, adj. Squeamish. Craven. KECKER,«. The windpipe. Somerset. The gullet. Berks. To KECKLE, v, n. To laugh violently. Craven. To KEDGE, v, a. To fill. North. KEDGE, wlj. Brisk,- active. Norf. Suff. KEDGE-BELLY, s. A glutton. North. A large protuberant body. Ditto, KEE, 8. Kine or cows. Exmoor. Grose, (kye, Scotch.) KEEP, 8. Food for cattle, generally spoken of green, in opposition to dry food. Norf. Suff. Hants. Siissex. KEDGER,«. A fisherman. York, KEEPING-ROOM, s. A sitting room, in which the family generally live. In Hampshire and Sussex called the living- room. Norf, KEEP, 8, [Things being kept in it.] A basket, always a large one. Somerset. To KEEVE. r. a. To put the wort into a Keeve for some time to ferment. Som. KEEVE, s. A large tub or vessel used in brewing. A mashing-tub is sometimes called a Keeve. Somerset. A large vessel to ferment liquors in. Devon. KEFANS, 8. Scum, or mother of ale, &c. North. All these words seem to own one origin, implying fermentation or heaving up. If we can conceive it to be derived and since corrupted from '' heave," we have KIV. KER. 93 all we can desire. Liquors during fer- mentation heave u p Ihe scum^ the yeast is heaved up, and the cart is heaved up when overthrown. KIVER, s, A shallow tub used for cooling beer in. Hants. To KEEVE, v. a. [Can it be corrupted from Heave.] To heave up or overthrow a a cart. North. KEPFEL^ 8, A bad and worn out horse. Somersfl, KEIL,9. A cop of hay. North, KEISTY, adj. [Kies-etigh, Belg.] DifScult|*to please in diet. Craven'. KELD, 8. [Coelan, Sax.to cool.] A well. Cra* KELKS, 8. [Calx. Lat. the heel.] A beating ; blows. Noi'th. The row of a fish. North. KELLOW, 8, Black lead. North. Bailey. KELL, 8. [Kylle, Ang. Sax. a cellar.] The caul of a slaughtered beast. Norf. KELLy a, [Cella, L^t. Kylle, Sax. a cellar.] A kiln. JE. Sussex. A Cell. Craven. KELPS, 8. Iron hoops from which boilers are bung. Craven. [Klepto,^Goth.] KELTER or KILTER, s. [Culture.] Condition; order; "my farm is in pretty good Kelter." Norf. Suff^. Frame ; order. North. Condition ; state of health ; as " I am quite out of Kilter,'' I am not quite well. Sussex. Hants. Helter-skelter, or more more properly Hel- ter-kelter, according to Grose, is derived from Haltar, to hangy that is get rid of Keltery order. Thus a Helter-skelter fellow is one who sets all order at de- fiance. To KELTER, v. n. To work, as a plough, which is said to Kelter well or ill. In this sense the word may come either from Cullura, Lat. culture, or culter, Lat. a knife ; whence Coulter, a piece of iron with a sharp edge placed before the share in a plough, for the purpose of cutting the surface. To KEM, V. a. [Kembe, Is!.] To comb. Craven* K EMMET, a£{/. Foolish. Shrop. BaUey. KEMMIN, «.. Combing; the act of comb- ing. Craven. KEMPS, s. [Kemp, Belg. hemp.] Coarse fibres of wool. Craven. To KEN, V. a. [Csenan, Sax. ; Kennen, Belg.] To know ; to descry at a distance. A word in frequent use among the old writers, but now confined chiefly to the North. KENSP£CK,«. A thing known by some blemish. KENSMARKED, part. pass. Having some mark by which to be distinguished. North. KENNING, s. A measure, by which a quan- tity is ascertained or known. North. To KEP, V. a. [Kepan, Ang. Sax.] To catch a ball. North. (To retch or heave. See Keck.) Ditto. KEP, s. [Ceeppe, Sax.] A cap. Som. Grose. To KEPPEN, V. a. To hoodwink; to put a cap as it were over one's eyes. North, KERLE, 8. A loin of veal or mutton. KERN,«. A churn. North. To KERN, r. n. To turn from blossom to fruit. Somerset* When the grain first begins to form in the ear it is said to Kern. Hants. KERN-BABY, s. An image dressed up with corn, carried before the reapers to their harvest-home. North. KERNEL, s. A grain ; as ''a Kernel of of wheat," a "Kernel of salt." iVbr/, Svff. These words all have one meaning, and are derived either from Corn, Sax. a plant, or grain of a plant, or from Cyrnel, Sax. a kernel. KERNE D-BEEF, s. Salted beef. Hants, KERN-MILK, s. [See Churn.] Butter milk. North. To KERP, V. a. [Carpo, Lat. to pull or pluck.] To carp at ; to censure. Exmoor. KERSE, 8. The furrow made in a board by the saw. South. Ch'ose. (Course of the saw.) To KERSEN, v. a. [Kersten, Belg.] To christen. Craven, KERSMAS, 8. Christmas. Craven. KESLOP, 8. The stomach of a calf. North. KESTER, 8. Christopher. North. KESMAS,«. [See Kersen.] Christmas. Nt. KET, 8. [Kaet, Teut. filth.] Carrion. Norf. North. KET- POLE, s, A carrion pole. Norf. KETTY, eidj. Dirty ; worthless. Norf. Nt. KEBLOCK, 8. Wild turnip. North. Fenning calls It Kedlack. Cadlick. Kent, E. Sussex. Churlick. Hants, KESSON, 8. A Christain. Exmoor. KEVir., KEFUL,o4/'. [Kefyl, Welch.] Awkward; heavy; dull. Craven* KEY-BEER, s. Ale, or better sort of beer, kept under lock and key. Kent. Norf. KEYLD, 8. A spring. Grose. (Is it from Geldan, Sax. to yield ?) KEX, 8, ^[Queck, Isl.] Hemlock. Craven, KEXY, (The dry hollow stalks of hem- ?lock; also of cow-parsley. 3 Hants. Somerset. " As dry as a Kex" is a common saying. KIBBAGE, s. Small refuse and rubbish; riflF-raflF. Norf Suff. " Cabbage" is a word used to signify the odd pieces which are purloined by the tailor out of the cloth allowed for mak- ing a garment ;^Kibbage seems to nearly resemble Cabbage in this sense. KICK, 8. [Kickshaw.] A novelty ; dash. Norf. S^f. To say a man is " quite the Kick,'* means that he is dressed very smartly. Hants. Sussex. KICKEL, 8. [Cicele, Ang. Sax.] A sort of flat cake, with sugar and currants strewn on the top. Hants. 8ttt(«ec« 94 KID. KIN. KICKY, alj.\ [See Kick.] Showy. HarUt, Siissex, KICK-HAMMER, «. A atammerer. Exmoor, KICKSHA, 8, [Kickshaw ; Quelques choses. Ft.] a proud, vain, person. Craven, KID, J, [Kitte, Belg.] A small wooden tub. E. Sussex, KID, s, A small fagot of brush wood. North, KID, 8, A pod of peas, beans, or tares. Hants, KIDCROW, «• A place for keeping a suck- ing calf. Cheshire, -KIDDERS, «. Persons employed to gather peas about London. KIUDIER or KIDGER, s, [Cadger. Br.] A Higgler, one who goes to farm-houses and other places, buying poultry, eggs, &c. Norf, Suff, To KIDDLE, V, a. To embrace ; caress ; fondle. Norf, Suff. To entice ; to coax. E. Sussex (See Kittle.] KIDNEY, «. [Perhaps from the shape, as a pig-tail of a thick size was formerly Pcalled a Club.] A manner of tying the students* hair at Cambridge. Gfose, Disposition ; manners ; habits ; as, " They are both of a Kidney V* they are alike in their opinions. Hants, Sussex, KIE, «. [Kye, Sc. kine, /]/.] Cows. North. KILLER, s. [Kylle, Cadus, Lat. a cask.] Forby, See Kealer, which is generally pronounced Killer.] A shallow tub, par- ticularly a wash.tub. Norf. Suff, KILPS, 9. [See Kelps.] Pot-hooks. North. 7b KILT, t». a. [Kilt, Sc] To tuck op. Craven, KILTER, s. Money. Somerset, KILVER, s, [See Culver.] Norf. KIMNEL, or KEMLIN, s, A powdering tub. North. KIMED, part, pass. Cracked. Shrop. KIN, s. [Cinan, Sax. to gape.] A chop in the hand. North. KIN, KINNINGS, s. Chops in the skin, occasioned by the frost. Craven, K\iiD,adJ, Intimate. North. To KINK, V. n. Over twisted thread run- ning into knots, is said to Kink. South. Norf. KINK, s, A rope which in running out is not quite straight, is said to have a Kink or Kinks in it. Hants. Sussex. KINK, s. A fit or convulsion, either of laughing or crying. Noith, To KINK, V. n. [Kinken, Teut. to breathe bard.] To breathe with difficulty. Craven. To whoop through laughter. Craven. To KINK, V. n. To be entangled ; to be set . fast or stopped. Norf, AH these meanings imply some difficulty, and may well be derived from ** Kinken," Teut. to breathe hard ; but Forby gives us *' to Kiiik up," to be discntaDgled ; to be set free i and gives as examples, '' he will Kink up again," said of a sick person showing symptoms of amendment in health. "The fire will Kink up," meaning, though almost extinct, a little care will revive it. However this im- plies some difficulty in producing the desired result. KINDfFUL, adj. Kindly ; relating to a kind or sort. Norf, S%^. KINDLY, adj. Friendly ; well disposed. Norf Suff. Favourable; suitable ; as this is kindly weather ; the ground works kindly. Hants. Sussex, Thriving ; disposed to fatten ; as '* that is a kindly bullock." Hants. Sussex, KIND O*. After a kind or manner. She made game of it kind o' ; that is in some way. Norf. St^f. KINER, s. [Cine, Ang. Sax.] A flannel wrapper used by nurses for infant chil- dren. Norf. Si^gr. KINGBOW, or A-KINGBOW, adv. [Kene- bow, Chaucer, Akenebow, a keen bow, or one bent keenly or with a sharp angle. Jennings.] Akimbo or Kimbo. Somerset. KING-COUGH, s, [Kinken, Belg. to breathe hard. 1 The Chin-cough. North, Line. KIPE, s. An osier basket, broader at top than at bottom, and narrowed by degrees at the top, but left open at each end for taking fish. Oxford. KIPLIN, 9. The palates, gullets, sounds, or other perishable parts of the codfish, cured separately from the body^ which they would taint. Norf. KIPPER, adj. [To skip.] Lively. Craven. KIPPLE^ s. A couple. ** A Kipple of rab- bits. Norf, KIRCHER, 8. The midrifif,* the diaphram. Somerset, KIRK-GARTH, s. [Kirk, Sc. church, see Garth.] A church-yard. North, KIRK-MAISTER, s. A churchwarden. North. To KIRSEN, V. a, [See Kersen.] To christen. Somerset. KIRSMAS, 9. Christmas. Somerset. KIRTLE, 8. [Obsolete.] An outer petti- coat, worn formerly to protect the other garments when riding. Norf. KISK, 8. [Kex.] Anything perfectly dry and husky. Norf. KISKY, adj. Dry; juiceless; husky. Norf. KISS-ME-AT-THE-GARDENGATE, s. A fanciful yet rather pretty name of the viola-tricolor, garden pansy. Norf. In Hampshire and Sussex '' Hearts ease," " Leap up and kiss me." Shakespeare calls it Love-lies-a-bleeding. KISSING-CRUST, s. That part of the crust of a loaf where it has touched another. Hants. Sussex. KIST, s. [Ciste, Sax. a case.] AchesU Craven, KIT. KID. 95 KIT, ». [Kitte, Belg.] A milking pail..' Cra. A wooden utensil with two handles and a cover fitted in between them, as a flour- kit, a sail-kit^ &c,, sometimes called a Kid. Norf. Sujf. A small tub in which pickled salmon is put. Common* A collection or assemblage of persons, « The whole Kit of them." Norf. Hants. Somerset. York. The whole quantity of anything. Ditto. KIT, or KITLING, s. A young cat. Norf. Sussex. Hants. KIT-CAT, *. A game played by three or more players ; the " Cat" is shaped like a double cone. Notf. KIT-CAT-ROLL, s. A roller, so formed as to roll the sloping surface from the ridge to the furrowy in which the horse goes. Norf To KITCHEN, r. a. To use thriftily. North. KITCHINESS-BREAD, s. Thin, sof( oat- cakes, made of thin batter. North. KITE, s. [Kit, a tub.] The belly. Cumb. KIT-KEYS, s. The pods bearing the seed of the ash tree. BaUey. KITTE-PACKS, s. A kind of buskins. Grose. To KITTLE, V. a. [Kittelan, Ang. Sax.] To tickle. North. Norf. To itch. Craven. To KITTLE, V. a, [Kitten, a yoHng cat.] To bring forth kitlins, alias kittens. Craven. KITTLE, KITTLISH, adj. Ticklish. North. Norf Difficult; nicely poised. Craven. Delicate in health. E. Sussex. Difficult to be managed. Ditto. (These words are used in the same sense as ticklish ; a person who is ticklish can scarcely bear to be toucked ; a kiltlish or ticklish affair is one that requires a delicate hand to manage it.) KITTLE, or KITTLE-SMOCK, s. A smock- frock. Somerset. KITTY, s. [Abbrev.] Christopher. Craven. KITTY.Wn CH, s. A small species of crab, with fringed claws. A species of water fowl, the Kitty wake of Pennant. A female spectre, dressed in white. A woman dressed in a grotesque and fright- ful manner, called also Hitch-Witch, Norf. See Forby. To KIVER, V. a. [Kevere, Chaucer.] Norf. fVartoicfct To KIVVER, or CIVVER, v. a. Lincoln. To cover. KIVER, «. A cover Norf. KIVER, «. [See Keeve.] Hants. KIVE I, V. imp. [Cwithan, Goth.] Quoth I. North. KIZEN ED, part. pass. [Gizen, Isl. to gape.] Parched or dried up. North, To KLICK, V, a. [Kleplo, Goth, to clasp.] To catch. Craven. To KLICK-UP, V. a. To catch up. Line, KLICK-HOOKS, s. Large hooks used for catching'salmon ; they are not baited, but laid in the water where a fish has been observed ,* a line is attached, which a man holds in his hand, when, ascending a tree, he watches the moment when a fish is just above it, and drawing up his hooks suddenly, frequently catches it. Craven. To KLUTSEN, v, a. [To clutch has some- thing of this meaning, and probably Klut- sen is the original word, its termination being completely Saxon.] To shake. Craven. To KEPEN, V. a. [Cephan, Sax. to keep.] To keep or take care of. North. KEP,* Care. KIDLES, s. Unlawful fishing nets. Ditto. Penning has *' Kidder" an ingrosser of corn. We have kidnapper, and to kid- nap, all implying some unlawful taking; but whence come these words ? KETTLE.NETS,«. A species of nets fixed to poles placed in the sand, running some distance into the sea at low water, form- ing a kind of half-circle at the bottom ; used in East Sussex and Kent for taking mackarel in the proper season. KEYS, s. The bunches of pods bearing the seed of the ash-tree. Hants. KETTLE of FISH. When a person has perplexed his aflfairs, he is said to have made a fine kettle of fish of it. g Sussex, Hants, KNAAN, part. pass. [Cnawan,Sax. to know.] Known. Craven. To KNAB, V. a. [Knappen, Belg. to take a short bite.] Fenning. To seize any thing hastily. Sussex. Hants. ^ To Knab the Rust, is to get the worst of a ' bargain ; to be worsted in any thing, Sussex. ' Hant9, KNABBLER, s. A person who talks much to little purpose. E. Sussex, [Knappen, Du. to bite ; to nibble at every thing, as a great talker may be said to do.] To KNACK, V, n. [Cnec. Brit, a toy.] To speak finely or afiectedly. North. KNACKER, 8. A saddler and harness-ma- ker. Norf. Stiff, A nick-name for a collier's horse. Qlouc. A man who buys old worn out horses in London. KNACKER'S-BRANDY, s. A sound stra- pado, given probably by a saddler with a piece of leather. Norf. KNACK-KNEES, «. [Cnacian, Sax. to knock.] Knees that from bending in- wards frequently knock together. Somerset, In Norfolk called knap-knees. KNAFF, s. [Naf. Sax.] A nave. Craven. KNAGGY, ad). Full of knots. Bailey, (Gn»gan, Sax. to gnaw.) To KNAGUE, v. a. To gnaw. Craven. KNEAF, s, [Knaef, Su. Goth.] The fist. Craxen, 96 KNE. LAA. To KNEP, or KNIPE, v. a. [Knnppen BelgJ To bite easily. Craven. KNAP, 8, [Cnap, Belg^. a protuberance.] A rising ground. Glouc. Hants* To KN ARLE, r. a. To gnaw. North, KNIGHTLY, aJj. [Knight, vho was ski 1- ful in arms.] Active; skilful. North. KNITTLE,*. )[To knit, to unite or draw K NETTLE, } close together^ as * their hearts KNETTER. 3 were knit in one.' A string with which the mouth of a purse is gathered and closed. Fenmng. A string fastened to the mouth of a sack to tie it with. Hants Sussex. KNEE-HAPSED, part. pass. [See Nickled.] KNOBBLE-TREE, s. [Knob, a protuber- ance, and tree, wood.J The head, used in derision, as though it had no more brains in it than if it were made of wood. Nor/. To KNOCK, V. n. To stir or to work brisk- ly ; to make a great stir, as things do when knocked together. Norf, KNODDEN, part. pass. Of to knead. Craven. Quite as proper as ' Trodden' from ' tread,' * Sodden' from * seethe." KNOLL, s. The top of a hill. North. KNOLLS, s. Turnips. » Kent. To KNOLL, V. a. . [Knell.] To toll the bell for a funeral. Norf. Craven. KNOP, 8. A washing-tub. North. KNOPPIT, «. [Knob.] A little clod or small lump of any thing. Norf. Suff, KNOR or KNUREK, s. [Knor, Teut. a hard knot.] A short, stubbed, dwarfish man. South. KNOTLINS,*. The guts of a pig or calf, prepared for food by being tied in knots, ^ and afterwards boiled. Somerset. KNOTTLED, part. pass. Stunted in growth ; from Knot, as a tree full of knots seldom grows well. Hants. KNOW, «. Knowledge; as "Poor fellow, he has no Know about him." Norf. Suss. KNOW-NOTHING, a4/. Utterly ignorant. Norf. KNUB, s. A knob. Norf. Hants. Sussex. To KNUCHER, v. n. To giggle or chatter. Surrey. To KNUTTER, v. n. A horse is said to Knutter in Hampshire, when it makes the noise which it does to greet another. So called clearly from the sound, and Kuucker has probably the same origin. KONY, oc//. [Canny Sc] Fine. Noilh. KNUBBLE, 8. A small knob. Norf To KNUBBLE, v. a. To handle clumsily, using thumbs and knuckles as in kneading dough, as though the fingers were knobbed and without points. Norf. KROUCHEN, part. pass. [To Crouch.] Perched ; when birds perch they generally crouch also. Craven, KUSS, 8. A kiss. North. KYE, 8. [See Kie.] Cows. North. KYLLE, 8. A kiln. f North. KYRST, s. [Hurst.] A wood. Oxfm-d. »• I. LA AD, 8. [Lade, Sax.] (A load. Craven. lAAF, *. [[^f. Sax.] A loaf. Craven. LABB, 8. [Lapperen, Belg. to blab.] A Blab, one thai cannot keep a secret. Exmoor. To LACE, v. a. [To lace a dress is to give it an outer trimming. To trim a boy is to whip him.] To Beat. " I'll Ijace your jacket for you. Sussex. Hants. Norf, To mix with spirits. Norf. Tea mixed with spirits is said to be •* Laced" in the North. [The two last meanings are from " Lacer" Fr. " Entrelacer." To mix or entwine.] LACED-MUTTON, s. A prostitute, a bad woman with fine showy dress, as though a simple sheep were dressed out with lace. Norf. Suff. LACHES, 8. [Layche, Sc. a low place.] Boggy places. Craven. To LACK, V. a. To dispraise, (as though it were wished to make the person dis- praised appear to ^* Lack" merit.) South. Bailey. Grose. LACONS or LOIKINS,^. [Leichen. Germ, to play.] Play-things or toys. Craven* Lacon. LACKER, adj. To be wanting, (that is to be lacking) from home. Exmoor. LADDIE, s. [Led, Sax. a Lad.] A little boy. North. To LADE, V. a. [Ladle.] To throw out, to take water or any other liquid out of a vessel or a pond by means of a ladle or paiL Hants. Sussex, LA D& PAIL, 8. [Lade and pail.] A wooden ladle with a long handle used for the pur- pose of taking liquids out of a tub, cistern, or pond. Somerset. LADES, 8. [Lade, Sax. a load.] The sides of a wagon or cart which project over the wheels for the purpose of making either hold a larger load. E. Sussex. LADE-SURIDES, s. [Lade, Shred. Shriden, Isl. to shred.] The sides of the wagon, which project over the wheels. Somerset, LADIES' SMOCK, s. Convolvulus sepium. The bindweed of the hedges. Somerset. The cuckoo pint. Hants, LADY-COW, 8. The insect Coccinella sep- tempunctata. Somerset. Lady-Couch, Lady-Cow. North, Lady-Bird. Hants. Sussex, Lady- Bug. South. Grose. [It seems to take the name of T^ady from its beauty and being very generally ad- mired by all children. Bug and Bird we can understand ; but whence come Cow and Couch ? To LADLE, V. n. [Las d'aller, Fr. to walk, as if very tired.] To dawdle. Nmf. Suff, IJID'S LOVE, s. [See Boy's-love.] Noif. Suff. LAF. LAN. 97 LAFTER, *. North, "iTolay. La ITER, 9. Somerset. SLegh-tyd. Teut. 3 Laying time. The whole quantity of eggs which a hen Jaya previoualy to incobeition, ** She has laid out her laiter." Somerset, LA6» 8. [Lagg. Sc.] The narrow boards of a barrel. Craven, LAGGERy 8, A narrow strip of ground. Glou, LAGARAG, 8, [To Lai;, to be behind which brings a man to rags.] A lazy fellow. Norf, Suff. LAID, part, pass. Just frozen, when the water may be said to be laid at rest. Norf, Grose, Com beaten down by rain. E. Sussex, LA IDLY, a((/. [Uid, Fr. ugly.] Ugly, loathsome, foul. North, LAIER, s. Soil ; dung ; probably because it is laid on the land. Essex, Suff, LAIRLY, s, A disagreeable person. North, To LAIT, V, a. To seek any thing hidden. North. To LAITCH, 9. n. [Leichen, Germ, to play.] To be idle. North, LAITCHETY, adj. Idle, careless, slatternly. Hants, LAITHE or LATHE, 8, A barn. Chaucer, Skinner derives it from Lade, a load. To LAKEy V. n. [Laikan, Sax.] To play. North. To be costive. North, LAKE-WAKE, s. The act of watching a dead body. North, LALDRUM, s, [Forby asks. May it be LoU-drone?] An egregious simpleton. Norf, Suff, To LALL, V, n. [To Loll.] To loungei to loiter. Norf, St^, LALL, s, A lounger, implying silliness dt the same time. Norf, Suff. To LAM, V. a, [Lamen, Belg.] To beat. Norf, North, LAMIGER, adj. [Lam. Lama. Sax. lame, crippled.] Somerset. LAMB-PIE, 8. A ludicrous term for beating from to Lam. Norf. 'hA^PS* Dt part. pass. [See Lamiger,] Lamed, hurt. Exmoor, LAMB-STORMS, s. Stormy weather near the vernal equinox, often hurtful to the newly-yeaned lambs. Norf. LAMB-SUCKLINGS, 8. [Being food for young lambs.] Flowers of clover. Craven. LAMB'S TONGUE, ». [Probably from the shape of the leaf or because lambs eat it.] The plantago lanceolata. Rib giass, the leaves being ribbed. IV. Sussex, Hants. To LAMMOCK, v, n. To lounge about with such excess of laziness as though actually lame. Norf, Suff, LAMPER-EELk s. The Lamprey. Norf. Svff. [The Lamprey somewhat resembles an eel.] LAND, 8, A division in ploughing. North, Grose, A portion of a field, consisting of as many ridges, as can conveniently be sown, or as the nature of the land will admit of j having an open furrow between to carry off the water. In wet soils ten ridges constitute a land, while in drier ones they reach as high as thirty two ; each two ridges are called a turn, as the plough must turn once to form them ; thus a ten- ridg^ land is called a five-turn land ; a thirty two ridge one, a sixteen-turn land and so on. fV, Sussex, Hants, LAND or LANT, *. Urine. Lane, To '< Lant or Leint Ale,*^ is to put urine into it to make it strong. North, [HIann, Ang. Sax. a lotion, Hland. Isl.] LAND-LOPER,«. [Land and Loopen, Belg.] A vagabond. BaUey, LAND-LUBBER, s, A word used by sailors in ridicule of one, who, having spent the chief part of his time on land, of course cannot know much of sea affairs. LAND-MEND, s. The act of levelling ground with a shovel after wheat has been sown ; the land of course beiug mended or im- proved thereby. Glouc. LAND-WHIN, s. On onus spinosa, Linn, the rest-harrow ; so called from spread- ing very thickly over the land. Norf. Suff. LANEIN, 8, [Leanne, Ang. Sax.] Secrecy. " They will give no Lanein.'* North. LANG, tu^, [Langan, Isl.] Long. North, LANG, adJ, [Gelangen, Sax. to long for.] Desirous. North, LANG, adv, [Gelang, Sax.] Owing to. North, To LANGLE, v.n, [Lang, being long in going.] To saunter slowly. Norf, Suff, LANGUID, part, pass, [Langle, L. Sc. is a tether ; a tether makes it difficult to move quickly.] Having the legs coupled to- gether at a small distance. North, LANG-AVIZZED, adJ, [Lang, long, and visage.] Long-faced. North, LANG-SETTLE, s, [Lang and Setel, Sax.] A long oaken chair, resembling a sofa. A long bench. North, LANGOT, «. [Perhaps Lang and GuU] The strap of a shoe. North, LANG-STREAKED, paH. pass, [Lang, and Strecan, Sax. to stretch.] Stretched at full length. Craven, LANNER, LAN YER, s. The lash of a whip, Chaucer has Lainere. It is the leathern lash without the whip-cord. [Laniere, Fr. a thong.] Norf, S%ff, In a ship a Lanniard is a small rope. To LANT, V. a, [Lank ; to make lank or thin.] To beggar. Craven, LANTORN, adv, [Lointain, Fr.] At a dis- tance. North, LANTHORN-PUFF, s. A hurry ; I am in a Lanthorn-puff,that is, in such a hurry that 1 cannot even stop to puff out the Lan- thorn-light. ^ Wqxvb«3k^ 98 LAP. LAS. LAP> «. [LappeD, Belg. to lap.] A con- temptuous name for a thin, poor, weak liquid, as being only fit for cats or dogs to lap. Nonf. Suss, Hants, ** Cat-lap." Hants, Sussex. To LAP, V. a. To wrap up. ffarwick, [To lap, to fold over.] Lap it up in your handkerchief. LAP-EARED, aJi. [To lap, to fold over.] Having ears that hang down loose and flabby instead of standing erect, generally said of a horse. Sussex. Hants. LAP-SIDED, adj. Deformed on one side, as though one part lapped over another ; so says Forby. Norf, We have the word in Sussex and Hamp- shire; I think it is from Loppe, Teut. to Lob, to move clumsily and awkwardly, in a rolling kind of way as a clown does ; whence comes to Lop, which means to walk as a person does who has one leg shorter than another. To LAPE, V. n. [Loppe, Teut. See Lap- sided.] To walk awkwardly. North. '* Laping about" standing about, idly and listlessly. E. Sussex, To LAP-UP, V. a. To give up ; to relinquish. Craven, lARE, s, [Loeran, Sax. to learn.] Lore; learning; knowledge. North. LARE, s. A quagmire. North. [Is this from Lay, Layer, a man in a quag- mire being laid up.] LARE-FATHEU, s. [Lare, knowledge, and Father.] A school-master; instructor. North. LARGESS, 8, [Largesse, Fr. a gift.] A gift to reapers in harvest time. When re- ceived, the reapers shout thrice Largess ! Laigess ! Essex. Suff. Norf. LARKS-LEERS, s. [Larks^lairs.] Arable land not in use, much frequented by Larks. Any land poor and bare of grass, only fit for larks to build their nests in. Somerset. To LARRUP, V. a, [Jenning has Lirrop, and considers it a corruption of Lee-rope, sailors using a rope's end to correct boys with. Forby . gives Larrian. Ang. Sax. to touch a thing softly. It may be lay- rope ; sailors say to boys, I will lay this rope about your back.] To beat. Norf. Sussex, Hants, LART; LAWT, s. [Corruption of Loft, aloft.] The floor; always applied to wooden floors, which are up-stairs. Somerset. LAS-CHARGEABLE, mterj. [Last charge- able, that is, he, who last strikes or speaks in contention, is most blameable.] Be quiet. Somei'set. LASH; LASHY, adj. [Lache, Fr. Loose.] Soft and watery as applied to fruits, which ought to be juicy, indeed, but full of flavour. A'oi/. Forby. Very wet, as, cold, lashy, breather. Norf. Grose. LASn-EGG, f. [An egg without a full- formed shell, covered only with a tough film. Norf, Grose* LASHING, s. A combing. Craven. [The hair being made smooth and straight like a Lash.] To LASH-OUT, r. n. To kick. Craven. To kick out violently and spitefully ; ap- plied to a horse; as the thong of a whip does when a lashing is going on. Sussex. Hants. LASS, t, A girl or young woman. North. LASTER; LAWTER, s. See Lafter. Lasier may be from Last, the last eggs being laid before the hen sits. Lawter may be from Litter, the whole number of young pro- duced at one time.] Thirteen eggs to set a hen. North. In Sussex and Hampshire it is considered very unlucky to set a hen on an even number of eggs, hence thirteen is a very favourite number. LASTER ; LAWTER, $. The coming in of the tide. I Sax.] A ladder. Craven. Thus Ledder is better than Ladder, but literally perhaps it should be Leader; something to lead a person up to a higher spot than the one he is on. LEDDY, *. Lady. North. LEDGE, 8, [Leggan, Sax. to lay.] North. A bar of a gate, stile, or chair. Norf. The cross pieces of a common door are called the " Ledgers," and a door made of three or four upright boards, fastened by some cross pieces, is called a Ledger- door. Sussex, LEE, s. [Leogan, Sax. a lie.] North. «« Lee with a latchet," is a very great and barefaced lie ; not merely a simple lie, but one with appendages to it. •• 1 hat*8 a lie with a Latchet, All tbc dogs in the town cannot match it*' Bay's Frov. LED-WILL,*. [More properly Will-Led, , bewff led astray by a Will o'th* Wisp, or any other illusion.] One led away or be- wildered by following false appearances. Norf. LEECH-WAY,*. The path in which the dead are carried to be buried. Exmoor. LE-EGGING, o^;. Waddling. North. To LEEM, V. a. To furnish the rock of the spinning-wheel with line. North. To free nuts from their husks. VUto. LEENY, adj. [Is it from Lean ? Lean peo- ple are active as compared with fat ones.] Alert ; active. Qrose. LEER, adj. [Leer^ Germ, empty.] Empty; ''a lear wagon;" a '* leer sto- mach.** ff'iUs, Hants. Somerset. LEERY, Empty. Dorset. LEER, s. The flank, that part being thin and empty as to flesh. Somerset. LEER, s. A bam ; a hollow empty place until filled with com. North.. LEERS, s. Stubble land, that is, land that is empty, being deprived of the crop. Som. LEEK, s. Ground ; ** rich Leer" is good ground for feeding or fattening sheep. A piece of ground may offer good feed for sheep, from having been '' leer" or empty for some time. BaUey. LEES, s. [Lea from Ley, Sax. onploughed land.] A common. Kent. LEET,9. [Lcctan, Sax. to let; to permit.] A three or four way Leet; a place where three or four ways meet, where people may be let out. South. To LEET, V. n. [Ul it.] To fall out ; to happen. Craven. To LEET, V, n. [Licht, Belg. to light on.] To alight. Craven. To LEETEN, v, n. [Laet. Isl. to dissemble.] To pretend. Craven. To LEET-ON, v. n. [To light on.] To meet with. Ditto. LEETSOME, adj. [Lightsome.] Light ; comfortable. Ditto. LEETSOMER, comp, deg. More leetsome. Craven. LEEVE, adv. [Uof, Sax. lief.] Willingly. North South. LEG, s. [Lseug, Sax. behind.] A term used by boys at marbles, signifying the boy who commences the game last. fF. Suss. LEGGEREN,*. [Legen, Sax. to lay.] A layer. North. LEGGET, s. A tool used by reed-thatchers (Perhaps used to lay the reeds.) Norf. LEGGINS, *. (Leg ; being used to cover the leg :)a leathern spatterdash worn to cover the leg, eitlier long, to wear with shoes, or shorter ones for half, boots. Suss. Hants. LEISTER, s. [Luistra, Ang. Sax.] A prong or trident to strike fish with. Craven, LEITS, *. [Elite, Fr. chosen.] Nomination to offices in election. Grose; quoted from Archbishop Spotswood's History. To LEN, V, a. [Uenan^ Sax.] To lend. Craven. LEN. LIF. 101 LENT, «, A loan ; the use of any thing borrowed ; ^* I thank you for the lent of your horse." Somerset. E. Sussex, To LEF, V. a. [Laeppe, Sax. a lap.] To fold up North, LEP, LEPE, 8. [Lsep, Ang. Sax. a basket.] A large deep basket. Norf, (See leap.) TbLERCH, r. a. [To Lurch.] Fenning. To sharp or trick out of. North. LESTAL, a4/. Saleable ; weighty. North. LETCH, or LECH, LSee to Latch.] A ▼easel for holding ashes for the process of making lye for washing a Buck. SoiUh. Grose. Lie-Latch. Norf. Lie-Lip. Somerset. LET-GAME. s. [To Let, to hinder ; and Game.] One who hinders or prevents pleasure. BaUey. To LET-LEET, v. a. [To let ; to permit or allow ; and Lecht. Sax. light.] To let in light. Craven. To shoot. DiUo. To LEVELt V. cu To assess ; assessments being considered as made in " level" or equal proportion to the different properties assessed. Norf. Suff. LEW, or LEWTH, s. [Lee.] Shelter ; defence from storms or wind. LEW, adj. Sheltered. Somerset. Kent. E. Sussex. LEWER ; LOWER, s. [Corruption.] A lever. Norf. Suff. LEY-BRECK, s. [Leag, Sax. a ley or lay, a field, and Brecan, ^x. to break.] Sward once ploughed up. Craven. LEY-LANDS, s. Lands in a common field laid down to grass. North. (See Lay.) To LIB, V. a. [Lubben, Belg.] To castrate. North. LIBBER, 8. A sow gelder. DUto. LIBBIT, «. A piece ; a tatter. Somerset* LIBBET, s, A great cudgel, used to knock down fruit from the trees, and formerly to throw at cocks. Kent. E. Sussex. To LICK, V. ft. To beat. NoHh. South, LICK, s. A blow. Norths South. Fenning. [T^egga, Su. Goth, to strike.] LICK-PAN, 8. A fawning sycophant; a toad-eater. ^ Hants. A cat or dog is content to have the licking of the pots and pans ; so a mean de- pendent will put up with any degrading treatment from a superior. To LICKEN, V. n. [Lick, Sax. like.] To appear or pretend to be. Craven. LICKLY,ac^ Likely. DUto. LICK-SPITTLE, s. A mean parasite ; one who will stoop to any dirty work. Craven. LICK-UP, s. A miserably small pittance, as if it were no more than a cat could lick up with her tongue. Notf. L1DDGN, 8. A story ; a song. Somerset. (Ley, Sc. a lay or song.) UDS^ LYDS, 5. [Lyden^ Ang. Sax.] A way ; manner. North* ' '* Thus lids, that lids,** in this manner or that manner. North. LIFT, s. Assistance. <* Give me a lift/' that is, help me to lift this weight, which is too heavy for me alone. York. Hants. Sussex, LIFT, 8. A sort of stile or gale, which, not being fixed on hinges, must be lifted and moved away to make room to pass through. Norf. Suff. To LIG, V. n. [Liggen, Sax. to lie.] To lie down. Craven. To LI6-A-LAME, v. a. To maim ; to make a leg lame. Craven. To LIG, V, a, [Liggen, Sax.] To lay out. Craven. LIGGER, 8, A line with a float and bait for catching pike, thrown into the water, and allowed to lie there some time before it is examined. Norf, A line used in this way, and generally left in the water all night, one end being fastened to a tree on the bank is called a Lay-Line. Hants, Sussex* To UG-TO'T, v, a. To exert one's-self, that is to lie or stick to a a job with all one's diligence. Craven. UGHTS, «. [Being remarkably light for their bulk.] The lungs. Somerset. Norf, Always applied to the lungs of beasts, and not of men. Hants. Sussex, LIGHTING-^rOCK, s. [To light or alight- on, and Stock, a thick body,] A horse block, being a graduated piece of wood or stone, made for the convenience of mounting on, or dismounting from, a horse. Somerset. hlKEfadJ. Resembling; after the manner of, as ** she was in a passion, like." Norf, Suff. *' All melancholy like ;" seeming in a me- lancholy mood. Sussex. Hants* ** You were like to do such a thing," i. e. you seem to be trying to do it. Sussex, Hants* LIKE, s. Occasion ; opportunity. Craven* UKEIN, «. Appearance; condition. Craven* [Lie. Sax. like, resembling.] To LIKE, v. n. [Licigian, Sax. to approve of.] To want to do a thing. North, LIKING, s. Approval; trial. A servant ^oes to a master without any regular hir* ing, and is tben said to be on " liking.** Fenning has the word, and quotes Dryden. It is used in Hants and Sussex. L1LE,a<^'. Little. North. To LILL, v. a. [Lullen, Belg. to lull.] To assuage pain. Craven. LILLY-LAW, s. A bright fiame. Craven* To LILT, V, [Probably corrupted from Lift.] To rise in the gait or song. Craven* LIMB, s. [See Forby's remarks on it.] A determined sensualist. Norf. (May a sensualist be called a Limb, as in- dulging the limbs being part of the bpd|^^ 103 LIN. LIP. distinguished from the mind or intellec- tual pari of a man t) LIMBERS, LIMMERS^x. [Lim, Isl. a branch of a tree. Craven Dialect. Or from Limb, used in the same sense that Arm very fre- quently is.] The shafts of a wagon, cart, &c. Somerset. LIMMEHS, adj. [Limber; flexible ,* a base person is called loose.] Base; mean; low. North, LIMMOCK, adj. Limp ; very limp. Njrf, LIMP, LIMPS Y,aen, LINGY, adj. [Lingen, Belg.] Limber; tall; flexible. North, LINED, prrrt, pass. Drunk ; he is well lined; that is, he has plenty of liquor in him as a lining. Craven, LINK, s, A sausage, so called from the gut, when stufiied, being divided without being cut off at first into so many sausages, each of which may be said to form a link in the chain. Norf, Forby thinks a " Link of Sausages," an ex- pression in some counties, belter than the above. I must beg to difler from him, the whole got is properly a '* chain," a single one a '< link" of that "chain.'* A green or wooded bank on the side of a hill, between two pieces of cultivated laud. South Downs, Sussex, LINK-PIN, «. Alinch-pin. Norf, Foiby says why not as good as Linch-pin i My answer is this, Linch is from Ahlin- nan, Sax. to stop, according to Penning ; a Linch-pin stops or prevents the wheel from falling off". LINNY, 8, [Hlinan, to lean, being generally attached to some other building, the same as Lean-to, which see.] An open shed, attached to bams, out- houses, &c. Somerset, ' A pig"Sty. Devon, L]NTY,adJ. Idle. Warvcick. Is this from Hlinan, Sax. to lean; idle people being very fond of lounging and leaning against some support, it is a common saying in East Sussex, when speaking of an idle, lazy fellow, he has been shouldering up such a place all day, that is, he has been leaning against it. (Lentus, Lat. slow.) LIP, s, [See leap.] LIPARY, adj, [Perhaps Slippery.] Wet, rainy. Somerset, To LI PIN, V a. To forewarn. South, Qrose* [To Lip may imply to speak, as Lip-ser- vice is service in words and not in deeds; then to Li pin may mean to speak to a person, to forewarn him of some danger.] LIPPIN, ©. n. To trust or rely upon. South, BaUey, LIPPEY, adj, [See Lipary.] Moist ; wet. West, TbLIPPEM, V, n. To guess; to expect; to depend on. Craven, (Laubian, Mses, Goth, to believe.] To LIRRUP, V, a. [Lee-Rope. See to Line.] To beat. Somerset, Hants, Sussex, LISH, s, [See Lash.] A pasture. Oxford. LISU, adj, [Lithe.] Active. North. LISK, or LASK, s, [See Lists.] LISSOME, adj, [Lithesome.] Pliant; supple. York, Somerset, E. Sussex, North, LISTLY, adj, [To list, listen.] Quick of hearing. Norf, LISTLY, ait?. Easily; distinctly; [Listlessly without any exertion.] Norf, LISTS, 8, [Ystlys, Welch.] The flanks. North. To LIT, V. a. To colour or dye. North, [Is it from Light ? to give a new colour, that is, throw a new light on any thing.] To LITE, V, n. [To alight.] To depend on. North, To Lite on ; to wait. North, LITE, adj, [Little.] A few or little. DiUo, LITH, adj, [Lithe.] Limber. DUto, Tb LITHE, V. a, [To thicken liquids; to lithe the pot, is to stir the meal in for a pudding. ^ North, LITUY,adJ. Flexible. Hants, LITHE, adj. [Blithe, Sax.] Mild ; blithe. North. LITHER, adj. Idle ; lazy ; slothful. DUto, UTTEN, or LITEN,». A garden. DUto, (Lictan, Sax.) A church-yard. Hants. Nt, LITTER, 8, Loose straw thrown into a farm- yard for the cattle to lie on, and tread into manure. Hants, Sussex, (Litter, a confused disorderly mass of any thing.) LITTLE-SILVER, s. A low price. Norf. Suff. LITTLEST, adj. super, deg. Least. Somerset. LITTOCKS, 8. Rags and tatters. Berks. To LTVER, V. a. [Leveren, Belg.] To deliver. Craven, To LIVE-UNDER, v, n. To be tenant to a landlord, as ** 1 live under Lord A., or Squire B." Norf , Sussex. Hants. LOB. LOL. 103 LIZCNED, adj. [Lessened]. Lean; lank; shrunk ; applied to corn. South. Grose. UVERSICK, «. [Sli?er.] Apiece of skin which splits up at the side of the nail. Hants. LIVERY, adj. Adhesive; said of ground which ploughs up wet, and is consequent- ly stiff and shining, not very unlike slices of liver. E^ Sussex. LOAN, LOIN, LONEIN, s. [Uen, Belg.] A lane. Craven. LOB, s. [Lubbed, Dan.] A heavy, dull, stupid person. Fenning. To LOB, V. n. To bang down or droop ; a stupid person generally hanging down his head. Somersef. To LOB, V. n. To kick. Norf. Si^, LOB, s. A very large marble, which is tossed or lobbed, not shot, Hants. To LOB, V. a. To toss gently, not to throw violently ; as to lob the ball at cricket means to bowl a very gentle ball. Hants, Sussex, To LOBALONG, v.n. To walk with a loung- ing gait, as a Lob does, Hants. Sussex. LOBCOCK, LUBBOCK, s. [Lubbe, Isl. Forby. Rude ; uncultivated.] A Lout ; lubber. Norf. LOBLOLLY, s. Any odd miiture of spoon- meat. Water-gruel, ou board ship, is called Loblolly. Norf. LOBSTER, 8. A stoat, (perhaps from being of a reddish colour.) Noif. LOBSTROUS-LOUSE, s. A wood louse. North. LOCAL, s. A local preacher among the Methodists. Craven. (One who preaches at different places where no fixed preacher resides.) LOCK! mtj, [Locan, Sax. to look.] An exclamation of surprise. Somerset, LOCK, s. Difficulty ; embarrassment ; as any thing under lock cannot easily be ex- tricated. Craven. LOCKER, atij. Entangled. DUto. LOCKER, s. A cup-board. DUto. LOCK Y ZEE ! intj. [Look you see !] Look ! behold ! Somerset. LOCK-0-DAISY ! intJ. [Alack-a-day !] An exclamation expressive of sorrow, most properly, and also of pleasure. Somerset. Hants. LOCK-SPIT, s. [Lock, signifying confine- ment, which a boundary line implies; Spit as much ground as a spade will turn up at once.] A small cut with a spade to show the direction in which a piece of land is to be divided by a new fence. Norf. LOCK-FURROW, s. A furrow ploughed across the Warps or Lands, to let oft' the water. E, Sussex. In Hants, Water-furrows. LODE, s» [Lade, Sax. a discharging or purg- ing.] An artificial water-course In the fens of Norfolk are several Lodes to aid the drainage. Notf. Forby. LODE, s.. A ford. Ghwr* 7b LODGE, o. n. [Logian, Sax. to lodge; figuratively, says Fenning, to place, fix, or plant.] To alight or fall on any thing, so as to remain fixed there ; as my ball is lodged on the top of the wall, and 1 cannot get it down. Hcmts, LODGED, part. pass. Corn, when beaten down by wind or rain, is said to be " lodged." Hants. LOE, s. A little round hill, or a great heap of stones. [Hleaw, Sax. a heap.] North. LOERT, «. Lord. Peak of Derbyshire. Grose. LOFF. adj. Low. Exmoor, LOFFER, adj. Lower. Craven. To LOGGER, v. n. To shake, as a wheel which has been loosened and does not perform its motion correctly. Norf. (It may be from Loggerhead ; going to Log- gerheads, is striking heads together roughly ) LOGGIN, s. A truss of long straw. North, LOKE, 8. [Loc, Sax. a lock ; a festea- ing; a closing or shutting up.] A short narrow, turn-again lane. Norf. LOLLIPOP, 8. A coarse sweetmeat, made of treacle and brown sugar. Nf. Hants, Suss, To LOLLOP, V. n. [Loll, Isl. a slow step.] To lounge and saunter heavily. Craven. Norf, Hants. Sussex. To LOLLOP, V, a. To beat Suss. Hants. LOLL-POOP, «. [Loll, lounge. Poop, the after part of a vessel.] A sluggish, se- dentary lounger. Norf, Suff, LOLLY-SWEET, adj. Lusciously sweet, without any flavour to relieve the sweet- ness ; lulling as it were by its excessive sweetness, the appetite, or taste for the thing. Norf. Suff. LOMEY, s. A spoiled child. Devon, To LOMPER, V. n, [Lompe, Belg, a lump.] To walk with a heavy motion. Craven, LOND, s. [Loud, Sax. land.] Land in the abstract. Norf. Suff, A division ot an uninclosed field. iVbr/. Suf, A sub-division of land ; a fiekJ is divided into furlongs; a furlong into Londs. To LOND, V. a. To clog with mire or dirt Norf. S^f. LONE- WOMAN, s. An unmarried womany living without a man to protect her« Norf. St^, Shakespear. Hants, Sussex, To LONG, V. a. To forward any thing to a distance by passing it from one hand to another in succession. Norf. Suff, " Long it hither ;"*' reach it hither.** North. U)^G,adj. Great. " A long price." Norf. Sussex, HanU. Tough, in opposition to short, as ''short crust," is rich crust, friable. Norf, (These are all from Xiong, Sax. implying length.) LONG-DOG, 8. [From its make.] A grey- hound. Sussex, To LONG, V. n. To belong, Somerset, LONG, adj. Owing to. Cxqk>««s., 104 LON. LOS. LONG, «. Fault ; consequence ; as it waf *'all through Long of you," that I lost that horae. BaUey, Hants. [These are from Belangen, Belg. to belong.] LONO-CRIPPLE, «. [Long and Crypan, Sax. to creep.] A viper. ffxmoor. LONGFUL9 adj. Long in regard to time. Norf. Somerset. LONG-IN-TBE-MOUTH, adj. Tough ; re- quiring a long time to be masticated. NoHh. LONG-LAWRENCE, s. [Long^ slow ; Law- rence, the name, I suppose, of some noted sluggard formerly.] When a person is idle " Long-Lawrence" is said to have got hold of him. E. Sussex. Ciaven. LONKS, 8. [Perhaps from Lank, supposing the sheep to be thin and long-legged, a fact I am not certain of.] Lancashire sheep. LONNING, adj. [Lomiti^ Sclav.] Lame. North. LONT-FIGS, 8. Figs. Berks. Turkish figs are called Lent figs in Hampshire. [Levant, they coming from that part.] LOOK, «. [Lock.] A small quantity. North. LOOM, 8. Any tool or utensil. Ches. BaUey. LOOKER, s« A shepherd or herdsman, so called from being employed in looking after sheep and cattle. B. Sussex, Kent. Mamney Marsh. LOOP9 8. [Loop-hole, an opening.] A pannel of rails with pales nailed to them so as to make a lifting gate, moveable at pleasure, to enable carts or wagons to pass through. South. Grose, Norf. A hinge of a door. Notih. LOOZE, s, A pig-stye. Exmoor. LOOVER* 8. An opening for the smoke to go out at the roof of a house. Penning. [See Lover.] LOP, 8, [Loppe, Ang. Sax.] A flea. North. Lincoln. TbLOPE, V. n. [Loopen. Belg. to leap] To leap. North. Lincoln. To LOPE, V. n. To take long strides, par- ticularly with long legs. Norf. Suff. To LOPPER, V, n. [HIaup, Isl. coagula- tion.] To turn sour, and coagulate by too long standing. Norf, Suff, '*Loppered milk" is curdled milk, sour milk. A ** Loppered slut'' is a term also in the North. LOPPER-EARED, adj. [Lap, Lappet, some- thing that folds over.] Flabby, loose, as a horse, with drooping ears, is said to be Lopper-eared. Craven. LORDS and LADIES, s. The flowering stems of the common arum of the hedges. Norf. Suff. Hants. Sussex. Sd called, I presume, from the stately ap- pearance the blossom has by being par- tially inclosed and protected by the sheath ; so that the flower appears as though it were in a kind of state chair or carriage. LOSSET, 8. A large, flat, wooden dish, not much unlike a voider. North. LOUKING, adj. [To look, awkward persons generally looking and gaping about.] Gawky, awkward. Notih. LOUKING, part. act. [Loock, Gaelic] Weeding. Craven, LOUND, tuij. Calm, out of the wind. North, To LOUP, V. n. [Loopen, Belg.J To leap. North. LOURDY, adj. [Lourd, Fr. heavy, lumpish.] Sluggish, Grose^ whom see. Slothful, sluggish ; Sussex according to Bailey, though 1 do not recollect ever having heard it. LOUSE, cujy. Loose, out of service, that is at liberty. Craven. LOUS E-ITH' HEFT, s. [l»ose in the Haft or handle.] A loose blade, a disorderly person. Craven. To LOUSTREE, v. n. ILustigh, Belg, lusty, vigorous 5 Lutter, Fr. to struggle.] To work hard. Exmoor. LOVER, s. [L'Ouverture, Fr. an opening.] A chimney, which was formerly only an aperture made in the roof. Craven. LOVESOME, adj. Amorous. North, LOW, LOWE, «. [Loge, Isl.] A flame. Craven. A lilly-lowe or ballibleiz, a comfortable blaze. *' To make a Lowe," to stir the fire in order to make it blaze. fVest. To LOWEN, V. n. To fall in price, to be- come lower. Norf, LOWER, 8. A lever. Norf LOWFS, 8. [Low.] Low grounds, adjoin- ing the Woulds. York. To LOWE, r. ». To flame. North. BaUey. To LOWE, V. a. To weed com. York. [See Lowk.] LOWANCE, 8. [Allow.] Portion. Somerset, Luncheon, what is allowed for that inter- mediate meal. E. Sussex. To LOWANCE, v. a. To set apart a certain ^ portion of food for a certain time, either to man or to inferior animals. E, Sussex, LOWING, part, act. Granting, allowing. Cre»en. To LOWK, V. a. [To look.] To weed corn, that is to look out for the weeds. North. LOWING, 8. The act of piling up one thing on another. Exmoor. LOWLE-EARED, «(/. A " Lowle-eared pig»' is a thick, heavy-eared pig. fVilts. To LOWLE, V. a. To carry a heavy weight in one's arms. Exmoor. She was lowling along a child, as big as herself. Middlesex. LOUN or LOON, 8, [Loen, Belg.] A vulgar mstic ; a heavy stupid fellow. North. To LOWT, 8. [Hlutan, Sax. Penning, to bend the body by way of obeisance-] To cringe or bow down the body. They were very low in their ** lowtings." North. LUCAM, 8. [Lucarne, Fr. a dormer-window, Forby.] A wirdow in the roof of a house. Norf, LUC LUCKS, t. [LocktJ Small poHiom of wool twiMed on the finger of b spinDec at tbe vhfeli oc disiatt. Nvrf. Suff, LUCKEN-BROW'O, (k^*. Ileavy-bcow'd. Norlh. LUFE, ». [OuTnr, Fr. lo open.] The open hand. Norlh. LUG. .. [Ldgge. Belg. a Log, or Gelu^iao, Sax. lo hale or drag.} A pole or percli meaiure; a long rod; any long pole; B heavy pole, Someriet. Glouc. LUGS, t. The eari, becauu ihey maj be pulled or lugged. North. Soulh. To LUG, I-. a. To pull violenllj' ; lo pull an; one by Lhe ean. Sotih. SoiUh. LUG-LAIN, I. Full measure, aa lliough ibe lug were lain □□ lhe giouad to meaiure il. Someriet. LUGSOME. 04/. Heavy, eilher lobe borne ai a boTiheD, or, when applied to a road, cauiing a weaiiBOnie dra^ lo cattle. Narf, In the same leaie in Suaiex and Haols (hey aay it i> a " terrible tug." LUM, a. [I'erhapi froin Gloom, Glommung, Sai.] A noodf valley. North. LUM, I. A deep pool. Norlh. LUMBER, a. Coarse, dirly, fooliah lalk, ai use leas and uaproQtableai ^' Luniber.^' Narf.Suf. "To talk lubbisb meaQs the same thing in Lincolnshire. LUMMOX, I. [Lump.] A Tat unwieldy pertoD and very itupid into (be bargain. Nor/. [Foiby derives it from Loam, as if made of but Lumpish LUN. "To Lunge a horse," is to hold him B very long rope and drive him round a circle, the end of lhe rope beio; the centre ; it ii the Srit step ia breakins a colt. Suuez. AanU. Stnt. LUNGE0U3,«I/'. Spiteful, mischievous, (per- , baps from the love such persona have of lunging at, or allemping to do others mischief.) Derby. Laceiler, LUNG-SADDLE or SETTLE, s. [Long and Saddle, a seal, or Setol, Sai. a bench.] A long form with a back and arms, usually placed in the chimney cornet of a farni- bouse. North, A simitar seat, used in public-houses. Is called a " Sirltle." Stiaaet. HanU. LUNT. adj. [Lenlus, Ut. slow, Porby. I tbink rather from Blunt.] Short, crusty, surly in speech or manners. Norf. LURDANE, J. [See Loardy. Gtoie gives, from Dr. Heylin, " Lord-Dane- as the origin ; the Danes, during (he time they were in Enghind, having been very idle and very tyrannical. The author of the Craven dialect gives (be same ] An idle fellow. Craven. LURE,!, A Boreonlhe hoof ofa cow, cured by cutting it croia-ways. IVesI, To LUSE, c, n. [From an old term in Fal- conry, signifying the catling back a Hawk from his flight.] To make a loud and shrill cry. Nor/. Bacon has the word, Foiby says. To LUKRY, p. a. [Leure, Belg. vile mer- chandise.] To daub by rolling in the mire. To LURRY, p. n. "To Lurry over any thing,'' is lo hurry over work in a careless ■ ^nly way. / ■ ■ fail LURRY,*, 7-e LUMPER, r. ». To stumble, as a lum. pering horse, clearly implying be is heavy and lumpish, and not active enough (o ■land on his legs. To move heavily. H'eal. LUMPING, aJj. Great, cumbersome. NoHh. f-'ouiA. LUMPS, s. Barn-floor bricks. Grote Bricks of lhe common length and breadth, but half as thick again and harder. Nor/. Bricks much longer, harder, wider and thicker, than (be common ones, used fo filling up fire-places in brewhouaes o where a great Sre is requited, called als' fire bricks. E. Svaex. LUN, I. [Lee, Lew, Lowed, or Lewen spol.] Cover or shelter. Wal [SeeUw.] To LUNGE, r. n. [Allonger, Fr. In fencing to make a push which of course impt' leaning forward.] To lean forward, iht«w one's whole weight on anything. Nor/, Suf, Exmoor. nctly. vary quicli LUSKISH, adj. Lazy. LUSKISHNESS, Ta LUST, u. Hams. iStUiex. re less, indistinct Haa<3. Susie*. BaUej/. Less. Ditto, [To desire violently, to have inards anything.] ... iflUlos A ship ia said 10 >* lust" when she leans much on one side. Norf. Harui. Sutttx, LUTHO', r. imp. m. [Luggen, Belg. to look.] Look ihou. Craven. LUrUOBUT. Only look ; do bullook. LUTON, t. [See Lucam ] E. Suiux. LYMPTWIGG, t. [Limp and Wing, this bird's wings being very quickly moved.] A lapwing. Eamoor. LYNCHETT. 1. [See Lincb.] A green balk or iolerral lo divide lands. Sovth. LYRING and LACK, a. A gutter washed by the tide on the aea.ihore. North. LYTHEE, ialerj. [Look thee.] •' I there now," " Look ihee there An exclamation of wonder. Orottt I m mAa. IMAK. M. "MA AD, part, peas. Made. Craven, MAAKY, MAUKY, oJ/. [Machtigh, Teut] Prood, Qpstart, maggoty. Craven, jMtAAR, ^. More. Craven, MAB, 8, A slattern. North, '^7^ MAB, V, n. To dress iri a careless, slat- ternly manner. North* iDf ABBIERS, 8. Chicken. Corn, MACAROON, 8, A fop ; a word formerly representing the modern " Dandy/ Norf, Si^f. A fop was formerly called a Macaroni. In a child's picture book many years ago, I remember the figure of a fop, with this ' line beneath it. ** M<^A Macaroni with loads of fitlse hair." Penning has the word " Macaronic.'' [Macaronique, Fr.] >MOCK. A confused heap j a huddle of several things together. Mace, s, [Mast. Fr.] Acorns. Somerset, In Hampshire the fruit of the beech-tree is called Mast or Beech-Mast, and when hogs are turned out into the woods in Autumn, to feed on it, they are said to be turned out to Mast. MACK, 8. pviacan, Sai. to make.] Sort or species, as, What^Mack of corn or stock ? North, To MACK-BOUD, v. n. [To Make and Baude, Belg. bold.] To venture ; to take the liberty to do anything. Craven. MACK-SHIFT, 8. A make-shift ; something done or used in a case of expediency. Craven, MACK-WEIGHT, s, A make-weight. A small candle, because put in to make up the proper weight. Craven. MAD, 8, [Made^ Germ« a worm.] An earth- worm. Essex, MADDER, 8. [Madredd, Welch, purulent matter.] Pus, the matter of a sore. Craven, Tb MADDC.E, v. n. [Mad.] To be fond of. *^ She maddles after that fellow ;" she is foolishly or madly fond of him; to wander'; to forget. North, MADGETIN, s, [Madge, Margaret ] The Margaret apple. Norf, To MAG, v,n, [Magpie, Mag. abbr. of Mar- garet.] To chatter. Norf, Essex, MAIN, acy. [Maegen, Sax. Magn, Is]. strength.] Most. '* The main part ;" the Sreatest part. North, South. ^ N, 8. Might, strength; with all his " might and main." North, South. That part of a joint of meat which is the least dressed ; being generally in the thickest or main part. Norf, MAIN, adv. Very. " Main good ;" very good. Grose. MAIN, 8, The chief, head ; as '* Madam's the main," Madam is the ruler. Grose, To MAINSWEAR, r. n. To swear falsely ; to perjure one's self. North. Bailey, MAIZ, 8, A kind of large, light, hay basket. North. [A Maze is a place full of windings and twistings; so is basket-work.] MAIST-WHAT, adv, [Maist, Goth, most.] Generally. Craven, MAKE, 8, Pl match or equal. North. MAKE, 8, An instrument in husbandry, with a long handle, and a crooked iron at the end, chiefly used to cut up peas. Norf, Forby seems puzzled with it. In Hampshire a similar instrument is called a Hack-hook, and is used for the same purpose. In Norfolk they say " Make the peas ;'* in Hants, " Hack the peas," Whether Make can by possibiIity|be cor- rupted from Hack, I cannot presume to say. To Make is a word in common use for expressing the end of any work. *• To make hay ;'» " To make the bed ;*' " To make the peas.*' Norf. MAKELESS, ad[/. [So perfect, nothing can be made equal to it.] Matchless. North, Bailey. To MALAHACK, v. a, [Haccan, Sax. to Hack and Mai, Fr. bad.] To cut or carve in an awkward manner. Norf. MALAN-TREE, s. The beam across an open chimney in front of which the mantle shelf is fixed. Norf, Su£. MALE-PILLION, s. [Malle, Fr. a post- man's bag of letters.] A stuffed leathern cushion to carry baggage upon a horse, behind a servant, attending his roaster on a journey. Norf, Suff, MALLS, 8. The measles. Exmoor* MALL, 8. [Mallens, Lat. a hammer.] A large two handed hammer. Hants. MALSH, MALCH, adj. [Mollis. Lat. soft.] Mild. Craven. MANNERED, GOOD-MANNERED, part, pass, A meadow that abounds in sweet grasses is said to be Good-mannered, or to have a Good Manner, 1. e. a good sort of grass, Hants, Sussex, MALT-CUMBS, s. [Comb, Sax. comb.] Malt-dust; the sprouts and roots of malted barley which is separated by the screen. Norf. In Hants and Sussex " Combs." Bailey, To MAMBLE, v, a. [Mumble.] To eat anything with seeming indifference, as if from want of appetite or from disrelish of the food. Norf. Suf. MAMMOCKS, 8. Leavings; wasted frag- ments. Norf, Suff. [Penning has Mammock, an offal or frag- ment of meat, and also to Mammock, to tear, to pull into pieces ; hence I conceive its derivation is from ** to Maim." To MANCH or MUNCH, v. a. [Manger, Fr. to eat.] To chew. Somerset, To MANG, v. a, [Gemengan, Sax. to mingle.] To mix. Somerset. MANG, 8, A mash of bran or malt. North. MAiN. MAR. 107 MANG-H ANGLE, adj. Mixed in* a wild and confused manner. Somenet, To MANTLE^ v. a. To embrace kindly ; to enfold in the Dan. an unmarried girl.] A girl. Norf. MAVIS or MAVISH, s. The thrush. North. To MAW, o. a. [Mawan^ Sax.] To mow. Somerset. MAWKIN, s. A bunch of rags, usually wetted and attached to a pole, used to cleanse the oven. Somerset, MAWKS, s. A slattern. North. IMeox, Sax. muck ; filth.] MAWSKIN, s. The maw of a calf, cleansed ^ and salted, to form rennett for curd- ling milk. Norf. Suf. MAWMENTS, s, [!^ammet, a puppet or doH.] Trifles. Craven. MAY, s- The blossom of the white thorn, so called from its blooming in May. JV. S, E, and W, MAY-BOUGH, s. A branch of the white- thorn in full bloom. Sussex, Hants. MAY-BUG, s. The cha£fer« which comes in May. E, Sussex, MAY-BUSH, s. The white thorn. Norf. MAY-FOOL, s. The same as April-Fool in other counties. Somerset, MAY-BE. ad9. Perhaps. Somerset. Sus9ex, MAY-GAMEy s, A frolic ; May having for- merly been ushered in with meiry sports. Somerset. MAYING, s. To go to *' Maying" is to go very early in the morning of the flrst of May into the fields or woods, and gather green boughs to decorate people's houses. E, Sussex, MAZED, part, pass. [Missen, Belg. to wander orMase, Sax. a whirlpool.] Amazed ; astonished. North. MAY-WEED, s. The plant anthemis cotula. E. Sussex, MAZED, o<&'. Giddy, stupified. North. MAZE, s. Astonishment. Sussex. Hants, MAZZARDS, s. Black cherries. Glouc. MEAG or MEAK,s. [See Make.] An in- strument for cutting peas,brake, &c. Bailey. A pea-hook. Essex, MEAL, s. [Moel. Ang. Sax. a measure.] As much milk as is taken from a cow at one milking. Norf. North. Sussex, Hants. MEALY-MOUTHED, adj. [Mealw, Sax. soft] Bashful, Penning. Shy, very parr ticular and cautious in speech. E. Susses, Hants, MEAUGH, s. A wife's brother or a sister's husband; a brother-in-law. North. MEANING, 8. Intimation, hint, likelihood. I felt some little meaning of fever this morning; that is, felt a symptom, which means, 1 may expect to have a fever. Norf. Suf. MEAN ED, part. pass. [Mo^snan, Sax. to moan.] Bemoaned. Craven. MEASLED, part. pass. Diseased. Norf. Styff^, MEASLINGS, s, [Messelen, Belg.] The measles. Norf, Suff, MEAT-LIST, s, r[Meat, and Lystan, Sax. to desire.] Appetite ; my " Meat-list ;'* my desire for meat. fVesi, MEAVERLEY, a^j. Mild ; gentle. Craven. MEATH, s, [Mcehte, Sax. might.] Power, , as 'M give you the Meath of the buying ;** i, e. full power to buy. Lincoln. Bailey. MEAZLES, s. Sows; swine. fVest. Grose. (Are they so called, because they are sub- ject to the Measles ?) MEBBY, adv. [May be.] Probably. Craven. To MEDDLE and MAKE, v. n. To inter- fere ; to intrude one's self into another person's business, Norf. Sussex, Hants, MEEALIN, s. An oven-broom. North. MEALS, s, [Meal, ground corn, crumbled as earth is capable of being.] Mould; earth ; soil. North. MEANS, s. Property, eiitate ; i. e. means by which a person can live. Common. MEANTED, part, pass. Apprehended; thought or dreamed of ; as though some meaning was discovered. North. MEATCHLY, adv. [Mahts, Goth, much.] Perfectly well. South. Grose, MEATY, a«. Green fish. Lane. Grose, MIM, adj, [Mum ! an interjection, from its very sound, expressive of silence.] Primly ; silent. Notf, Suff, MIMMAM,^s, [Perhaps from Maum, ^soft.] A bog. Berks. MIN, s, A low word, implying contempt, addressed to a person instead of " Sir/' as " I'll do it, Min." Somerset. (Probably from Man, which is used some- thing in the same way in Hampshire.) To MIND, V, a, [Geminel. Sax. the mind ; whence comes both the power of thinking and of remembering.] To remember. South. North. . To observe. North. South. i/liSE, pron, poss. This and other pronouns are used without the word house, as *' 1 wish you would come to mine ;" ** 1 am coming to your's; " I am invited to bis." Noff. Suff, To MINGy V, a, [Miogelen, Teut. to mingle.] To knead. Norf Sufi, To MING AT ONE, v.n. [Mind.] To re- mind; to give warning; to mention or al- lude to a thing. North, MING-WORT, 8. Wormwood. ' NoHh. MINGINATOR, s, A maker of fret work. Ymk, (Perhaps corrupted from Engine.) Grose, MINIFER, 8, [Miniver.] Mustila erminea> Linn ; the white stoat or ermine, some- times, but very rarely found in Norfolk. (Ermine is called Hermine in Fr. Anniniusio Lat. from Armenia, whence it comes. May not minifer or miniver he from Menia/ Armeia, and Fur ?) To MINK or MINT, v. a. [See Ming.] To attempt ; to aim at. Norf. MINK.MEAT,^. [Mingled-meat.] Meat or food for fowls, mixed with bran or barley meal. Norf, MINNIS, s. A common. Kent, MlNNOCK,s. [Migrion, Fr. a darling, ac- cording to Penning, who calls it a favou- rite, or the object of one's affections.] One who affects much delicacy, as though very gentle and refined. Norf.lSt^, To MINNOCK, V. n. To play the fribble. Norf, Suff, To MINT, V, a, [See Mink.] To aim at anything. North. V, n. To resemble. fVest, MINTS, 8, Mites. Glouc, HanU. ** Minty cheese" is cheese full of mites. HanU, MIRE-BANK, s. [See Maia-balk.] A separation. Noff, MIRE-DRUM, 8' [Mere, Sax. a pool or lake where it inhabits; and Drum, from the noise this bird makes, called sometimes " booming." A bittern. Norfi MI UK-MURK, adj, [Myrk. Isl. murky.] Dark. North. MIRKED or MERKED. part, pass. Troubled or disturbed in mind. North, South, To MIRTLE, V, n. To waste away. North, South, MISAGAFT, acy, [Mis, Sax. Jmplying de^ feet ; and Gift, Sax. a gift.] Suss, Bailey, Misgiven ; mistaken. South, Grose. 7oMISAGREE,v. fi. To disagree. E.Suss, MISBEHOLDEN, a(//'. Offensive. Noith. M ISBEHOLDIN G, part, act. Affronting. Norf, Also disobliging. Norf, MISCASUALTY, s. An unlucky accident. Noff, MISCKEED, part. pass. [Mis and Cri, Fr. a cry.) Decried, that is cried down, or spoken against, undeservedly. North, MISCOMFORTURE, MISCOMHAP, s. Mis- hap ; misfortune ; (quite expressive of their own meaning.) Norf. Stff. MISERY, 8. Acute pain in any part of the body; ''misery in the head," is a head- ache. Norf, S^f, M ISKEN> 8, [Misschen, Bel. to mix.) A dunghill. Grose, MISLIN, a<(/. [Mist, Sax^ a mist.] Misty; small rain. Craven. <' Mizzling weather,'* is that in which the moisture decends, not in direct^ hard, rain, but more in the shape of a fog. Hants. Sussex, MISLIN-BUSH, s. The misletoe bush. Norf. MIS. MOL. in MISLIPPENED, part. pass. [Mislucken, Bele^.] Disappointed. York. (May this be from Mis, and Lippe, Sax. a lip. When Tantalus tried to eat the grapes, or drink the water, which almost touched his lips, and they were snatched away, he was completely Mislipped^ or Mislippened- disappointed. MISTA, s. p^Iisten^ Belg. dung ; cow-houses of course being rather dirty at times.] A cow-house; a milk-stall. North. « Mistall." Grose. MISTECHT, part, pass, [Mis-teached ; mis- taught.] Mistaught, having contracted some bad habit or custom; ill-broken, as ap- plied to a horse. North. MISWONTED, adj. Having bad habits, that is being wont to do amiss. North. Tender. Ditto. lATrCH,adj. [Mickle,Sc.] Much. DUto. MITTENS, s. [Milaine, Fr.] Gloves with the tips of the fingers cut off. Norf. Hants. Sussex. MITY, adj. [Mite, Sax. a mite.] Small. Lmcoin. MIXEN, s. [Mix, different things being mixed together generally in one heap.] A dunghill. Hants. Somerset. York. MIXHILL,*. A dunghill. Kent. MIZ-MAZE, s. [Mist, and maze, in either of which it is difficult to trace one's way.] Confusion. Somerset. Hants. Stissex, MIZZY,«. A quagmire. North. MOATS, s. [Motus, moved.] Agitation. " To play the Moats," is to be much in- censed. Craven. MOCK-BEGGAR-HALL, s. A house with an inviting external aspect, but within poor and bare, disappointing those who beg alms at the door. Norf. Suf, There is a small farm, near Rye, in Sussex, which is called " Mock-Beg6:ar," and near to it was a rough bank, formerly called ''Beggars Bank," clearly implying that begears used to resort there. MODHER,MODDER,«. [See Mauther.] A young girl; frequently applied to female animals, as mares, cows, &c. Norf. Grose. BaUey. Not in Forby in the latter sense. To MOFFLE or MUFFLE, v. n. [Maffelen, Belg. to muffle.] To speak thick and in- articulately. N&rf. To speak inwardly. Penning. To MOG, V. n. To move. Craven. MOG-SHADE, s. [Mog, Dan. wet; moist. It being generally damp under trees.] The shade of trees. Bailey. 7bMOISE,v.ii. [Moison, Old Fr. rent; a corn rent.] To improve; to increase. Norf. Suff. MOISER, s. A medicine, which makes a man moise or improve. Norf Suff. To MOIDER, V. a. [Modde, Belg. mud.] To confound ; to perplex ; to confuse. Nt» ''Welly-moidered;'* almost crazed. Chesh, A confused person is sa'd to be muddled, that is, his intellects are not clear. Hants, Sussex, MOKE, s. [Maesche, Belg. a mash or mesh.] The mesh of a net. Norf, Hants. MOKE, s. Wicker-work. Norf. MOLESHAG, s. [Perhaps Mole, and Shaggy, rough, hairy.] A caterpillar. Glouc, MOLTER,«. [Moulin, Fr. a mill.] (See Mouter.) The toll of a mill. North. MOLT, s. [Melt, molten, molt.] Profuse perspiration. Norf, MOLTED, part. pass. [Molten.] Violently affected by heat. Norf. I am so hot; I am almost melted, is a com- mon expression. Hants. Sussex, MOLT- WATER, s. Clear exsudation; the discharge from a blister is so called. Norf Suf, To MOLLY-CRUSH, v. a. [Is it from Maul and Crush ?] To kill within a little. Warwick. MOMMACKS, s. [See Mammocks.] Pieces; fraerments. Somerset, MOMMET, MOM MICK,*. [Mimicus, Lat. a mimic] A scarecrow ; something dressed up in clothes to personate (or mimic) a human being. Somerset. To MOMMICK, V. a. [See Mammocks.] To cut or carve awkwardly. E. Sussex. MONNY,a«i». [Money, Ang. Sax. money, Sc] Money. North, MONT, aux.v. Must not. PFai^. Common. MONTETH, s. [Fenning says from the name of the inventor.] A vessel lo wash or cool glasses in. Cheshire, MONTHS' MIND, s. An eager wish or long- ing. Derived, according to Forby, from a very ancient custom of holding a feast in memory of the dead a month after the decease. Norf. Suff, (See Forby.) MOO, s. [See mew.] A mow. Ciaven* To MOOCH, r. n. To play the truant; black- berry^mooching ; playing the truant to ga- ther blackberries. Ghuc. (See Meech.) Mechant, Fr. decitful. MOONLIGHT-FLIT, *. [Flitzen, Belg. to flit ; to move house ; and light nights being preferred.] The removal of goods by night to defraud the owner of his house rent. Craven. MOONSHINE, s. A mere pretence; an illusive shadow, as if substituting moon- shine for sunshine. North. South. MOONSHINE, s. Illicit spirits, which are generally smuggled of a night. Sussex, Kent. Hants, MOORED, part, pass. Inflicted with a disease in which cattle make bloody urine. Craven. MOOR-PAWMS, s. [Moor palms, so called, because in moist situations they grow very large.] The flowers of the carex, or dock tribe. North, To MOOT, V. a. [Moetsen, Belg. to root up ; 112 MOP. MOS. hence ''Mooted" in heraldry, means placked up by the roots.] To root up. MOOT, 8, A itump or root of a tree. Sotn. MOPPING AND POPPING ABOUT, part, act, [See to Mop.] A fantastical and con- ceited carriage. * North. MOP, 8. A statute fair for hiring servants Olouc. To MOP and MAW, r. a. [Mop, Sni. Goth, to deride, and Mows, mouths, Bible.] To Laugh and make mouths at, To deride. Norf, St^f. To MOP, V. n. A horse that continually moves his head about in a stooping man- ner is said to Mop-about. Sussex. Hants, (Perhaps from the motion somewhat re- sembling that of a person Mopping or using a Mop.) MOPPET, s. A term of endearment, ad- dressed to a child. Craven. [Penning has this word Moppet orMopsey in this sense, and also as a Doll made of rags ; now mops were formerly made of rags, hence perhaps a doll made of rags, was called a moppet, a child would call its doll a moppet, and thence moppet would become a word of endearment for a child.] MORE, 8, [See Maur.] A root. Somerset, To MORE, t>. n. To root, to become fixed by rooting. Somerset, MORE, s. A hill. North, A high and open place. North. The hilly parts of Stafibrdshire are called the Morelands. MOREING-AXE, s. [More, a root, and Axe.] An axe used for the grubbing up of trees. Glouc, MORGAN, s. The plant anthemis cotula, which grows generally in corn fields. Hants, May-weed and Meg-weed.^ Sussex, MORK-SHRIEK,s. A mockery ;a humbug; a foolish old wife's tale, implying some trick to frighten people. Norf. Suff, [Myrk, Isl. dark, and Shriek, a trick played ofif in the dark to create fear.] MORRIS, s, [See Forby.] An antient game still played in Norfolk. MORT, s. [Margt. Isl. Much.] Abundance, a multitude ; as, a Mort of money, apples, men, &c. E, Sussex. Kent. A very great number or quantity. Norf. St^. MORTAL, oif. Exceedingly; very ; a word in very general use throughout the king- dom and was in existence in Fenning*s time. It may be derived from Mortal, showing something extreme, as when a person is dying he is said to be in the " mortal agony j" or Forby may be right in deriving the word from Margt.' Ul, Much. MORTACIOUS and MORTALLY are both used in the same sense in Kent. Grose, Mortally, Mortation, Mortatious. Norf. MORTAR, s. Loam, beaten up with water. formerly used in building: ordinary walla, in contradistinction to lime and sand, called cement. NartiL MOSEY, CK^'. Mealy ; a Mosey apple. Oloucm [Mossy, soft, in the same sense as we oae the word Woolly, as a *' woolly turnip," is one which has become tough and spungy in Hants. To MOSKER, V. n. [Moscus, moss.] To rot ; a rotten tooth is called a '* Moskered tooth." North. MOSS, s, A peat-bog, so called from the softness of its nature. North, Chat-Moss is the name of a bog over which the Liverpool and Manchester Rail way passes. MOSS-CROP, f. The plant cotton-msl^ North [Enophorum angustifolium.] MOTA, s. [Mota,Lat. a moat, castles being generally moated.] A castle or fort. Noith, BaOey. MOTHERING-DAY, s, Palm-Sunday, when children visit their relations. fFarwkk. MOTHER Y, ac^f. [Modde,BeIg. filth, mud.] Thick liquor, having thin filaments in it, is said to be Mothery. York, Hants, Sussex, To MOUCH, V, a, [See Mooch.] To pilfer. Berks. MOUD, s. [Molde, Sax. Mould, Earth.] A mole- North. MOUD, s. A Mole-hill. North. MOUDE-WARP, s. [Molde, earth, and Worpen, Dutch, to cast forth; Muldwarp, Dan.] A Mole-hill. NoHh. To MOULD, V, a. To spread or level mole- hills. North. MOULDE-RAT, s, A mole. Bedford. MOIJGUT, v.aux. Might. Somerset. MOUNDS, s. [Mundian, Sax. to mound, to defend.] Field fences of every kind. Glouc. MAUSE-HUNT, s, A stoat, so called from preying on mice. Norf, S^« MOUSE-SNAP, s. A mouse-trap. Somerset. MOUSEL-SCAB, s. A distemper in sheep. Bailey, MOUTER, s, [Mutsen, Belg. to curtail.] Toll taken for grinding. Craven. To MOUTER, V. n. To crumble, to fall in pieces. Craven. MOY, adj. D^iog, Dan. Moist.] Muggy, close, applied to weather, that is with scarcely any air; hence used to signify also ''de- mure." North. MOYLE, s, A Mule. Exmoor, To MOYLEY, v, n, [Mouiller, Fr. to moil.] To labour hard. Exmoor, Orose. MOYTHERD, pari, pass, [See Moider.] Confounded ; tired out. CUou. MOW-BURNED, part, pasf. Heated in the Mow ; spoken of corn that has been car* ^ ried into the bam before it was sufficiently dry and consequently has been heated. Bants. Sussex. MUC. MUG. 113 MOYLED, pait, past, [Moil.] Tumbled. Craven, M07C, 8. [M088.] A pond or lake over- grown with weeds. North* MOZY, adj, [Moses> a common nickname for a Jew.J Shaggy, covered with hair. Norf, Suff. MUCH.ONE, plu. Much the same. E, Sussex. MUCH OF A MUCHNESS, ^hr. Much the same, with little or nothing to choose between. Sussex. Hants. MUCK, s. [Meoi, Sax. filth.] The fresh dung of animals; horse muck, pig's muck. Norf. Suf. The same, mixed with straw for manure. Norf. Spff. MUCK or MUCKLE, s. Dung and straw in a fresh or half rotten state ; hence the distinction between Muckle and rotten- dung. Hants. Sussex. MUCK-MIDDEN, s. [Muck, dung, and Middin?, Ang. Sax. perhaps the same as Mixing or Mixen.] A dung-hill. North. MUCK-GRUBBER, s. A sordid miser, as though he would search even a dung- hill or any other filthy place for the sake of money. Norf. Suff. MUCK-GRUBBING, adj. Sordidly avari- cious. Norf. Suff. MUCK-SPOUT, s. One who is at once very loquacious and very foul-mouthed ; a most expressive term. Norf. St^ff. MUCK-CHEAP, adj. Cheap as dirt. Craven. MUCK-HEAP, s. A very dirty person. Craven. MUCK-MIDDEN'BREWART, s. [Sprung out of a dunghill as a Mushroom does. Breward, the young blades of corn.] An upstart. Craven. MUCKSON-UP-TO-THE-HUCKSON, phr. [Up to the Hocks or ancles in dirt.] Dirty up to the knuckles. Devon. BaUey. MUCK, a4/. [Mog. Dan. wet.] Moist, wet. North. Bailey. MUCK-OF-SWEAT, MUCK- WASH, *. Excessive perspiration. Norf. '* I am all in a Muck of Sweat." Hants. MUCKINDER, MUCKINGER, s. A band- kerchief. North. Muckinger. South. MUCKY, adj. Dirty. Uncoln. Norf. [Mucus, Lat.] MUCK, s. [Mucus, Lat.] Dirt or impurity of any sort. Norf. St{ff. MUCK-SHUT, s. [Myrk. Isl. Murky, and Shut ; closed, shut up in gloom.] The dusk of the evening, Glouc. MUD, V. aux. Might. Craven. MUDGELLY, adj. Broken, as straw trodden by cattle. E. Sussex. MUDGIN, s. [Murgeon, So. Novels. Forby.] Rubbish of chalk and ruined buildings, mixed with lumps of clay, broken straw, &c., with which hovels or low walls for farm-yards are sometimes built. Norf. Suf. MUD-SHEEP, s. Sheep of the large old Tees-water breed. North. [Did they feed in low damp places ?] MUG, s. [Mog. Isl. wet.] A gloomy and damp state of the weather. Norf. To MUG, V. n. To rain. Norf. MUGGY, adj. Gloomy and damp. Norf, North, Damp and warm. Hants. [Mug, Welch.] MUGGARD, adj. [Muggy weather is close, fip^uratively sullen, weather.] Sullen, displeased. Esnnoor. MUGGED, adj Without horns. Craven. MUGGETS, s. [Maw and Guts.] The in- testines of a calf or sheep. Somerset, Chitterlings or hog's guts, also a calfs pluck. Exmoor. Grose. MUGGETY-PIE, s. A pie made of a calf's entrails. Orm. MUGWORT, s. Wormwood. North. [Sax. Mugwyrt.] MUG, s. A vulgar name for a man's face as <' Look at his ugly mug." Hants. MULL, s. [Mul. Belg. dust.] Dust or re- fuse of turf or peat. Craven. MULL, s. When boys play at peg-top, a ring is formed on the ground, within which each boy is to spin his top. If the top, when it has ceased spinning, does not roll without the circle, it must remain in the ring, to be pegged at by the other boys, or he redeems it by putting in an inferior one, which is called a '* Mull." When the top does not roll out, it is said to be '' Mulled." IVeH Sussex. [Penning has to <' Mull," (Mollis, Lat.) To soften ; to dispirit; when a top is Mulled, its motion is stopped, softened.] To MULL, V. a, [To Maul ; to beat.] To pull or tumble one about. Exmoor. MULL, s. [Mul. Belg. dust.] Soft, break- ing soil. Norf. S%ff. MULCH, s. [See Muck.] A rich compost of rotten leaves, litter, &c. Norf. Long-litter ; or dung. Suff. To MULDER, v. n. [Molde, Sax. dust.J To crumble into dust. Nmf. Suff. MULDERY, MULTEHY, adj. Soft; crumbling ; mellow. Norf. Svff. MULLOCK, s. {Mull. Belg. dusU] A heap of ashes or rubbish. G'ouc, Dirt or rubbish. North. To M{JLLY,v.n. [Mogla. Isl. to murmur.] To make a sort of sullen, half suppressed growling, like a dog, before he barks, or a bull, before he roars. Norf. MULLIGRUBS, *. A fit of the sullens. Norf. Hants. Sussex. A pain in the stomach. Hants. Sussex. MULLIGRUB-GURGIN, s. A meal grub, that feeds only on Gurgins, the coarsest kind of meal. fViSt. Grose. [A grub that feeds on Gurgin or meal till it is all mere Mull or dust.] 114 MUL. MUR. T0 MULP, V. n, [Mof^la. Itl. to murmur. J To be sulky ; to pout. ^orf. MULPS, », flu. A fit oftulkineM. Norf. MULPY, a4j\ Sulky. Norf. [Mope.] To MUL1\ V. a. [Meltan, Sax. to melt ; molt or molten ; part, pasi,'] To melt. Somerset, MULTAD or MUTXED, part. pass. Close rubbed and tightly squeezed. Exmoor. [Perhaps Melted^ as a person who is well rubbed and squeezed is likely to be very much heated; thus we have Multad, Melted, and Mulled ; mollified, softened] MUM ! mterp An eiclamation calling for silence; the method of pronouncing which* with closed lips, is expressive of its sense. Fenning. Hants. Sussex. MUM, adj. Silent. Ditto. MUM-CHANCE, s. [Mome j a fool ; from Momus, the God of Polly, and Chance.] A fool, dropped, as it were, by chance ; stupid and silent. fFest, A game of hazard, played formerly, with dice. See Hall's account of the rejoic- ings at the Coronation of Anna Bullen. Qrose, MUMCHANCE, ady. Stupidly silent. Hants. Sussem, MUMPER, s. [Morapelen, Belg.] to mur- mur ; to talk low. Fenning and Forby. Why not from Mommen. Belg. to ** mumm," to mimic, or personate any character, which beggars certainly do ?] A beggar. Fenning, Johnson. Norf. Mumpers are persons who go in troops from house to house to beg alms at Clmstmaa time, to make merry with. Norf. MUN ? A particle of taterrogaition ; a low term of adclress. Norf. North. [See Min.] MUN, V, aux. [Sc.] Must ; *' I mun go :" ** I must po." M>rtA. MUN or MIN, pnm. [Perhaps Men.] Thenu Bxmoor. MUNS, s. [MuQihs, Goth, mouth.] The face. North. ** 1*11 give you a slap in the Muns." Hants. To MUNG, V. a. [Gemengan, Sai. to min- gle.] To mix. WoreesUr. MUNG, part. pass. Mixed up, kneaded. Novf Sv^, MUNG, s. A mixture of coarse meal with milk or pot liquor for the food of dogs, pigs or poultry. Norf. Suff. MUNG, s. Food for chickeo. Orose. MUNG-CORN-BREAD, s. Bread made of mixed corn, as wheat and rye. fVorcester. To MUNGER, v. n. [See Maunder.] To mutter to one'a self; to muimur. Shrop. MURC, MURK, adj. [Myrk, Isl. Murky.] Dark. North* MURE-HEARTED, «<<;. ( Mur. Fr. ripe ; when ripe, fruits are soft.] Soft-hearted. Norf, MURE-MOUTHED, adj. Using soft words. Norf, MURKlNS,a(2r. [Myrk, Isl. Murky.] Grose. MURKLINS, adv. Bailey. In the dark. North. To MURL, V. n, [Mull, Belg. Dust.] To crumble ; to fall to pieces. North. MURLY-GRUBS, s, MULLY-GRUBS, MULGRUBS* [.\lwgl. or Mul. Brit. ^ warm ; the complaint being attended with J symptoms of fever. Fenning.'] A twisting of the Guts. Ditto. The Belly-ach. Hants. Stusex, Bad temper. North. Susses. MURTH, s. [More, Mortb; Dry, Dryth. Hants. Wide, width ; strong, strength.] Abundance ; a Murth of corn ; abun- dance of corn. North* MUSH, adj. [Mouchard, Monohe, Fr. a police-spy.] Forby. Guardedly silent. Norf. Suff. MUSS, s. A scramble ; to make a muss is to make a scramble. North. [It seems to resemble Mess, which pro- bably is from Mesler, Fr. to mingle. To get into a Mess is to be mixed up with some troublesome aifair. j MUZZY, a4/. IJalf-drunk; stupified. York. Sussex. Hants. [Musel, Arm. A muzzle ; when a man is stupified with liquor, he may be said to be muzzled, being unable to talk ] MUX, s. [Meoz, Sax. muck, the word in more general use, though not so correct as Mux.] Dirt. Extnoor. MY8EL, pron. [Missilhin, Goth. ^ysel. Sc.] Myself. North. To MYNDE, V. a. [To Mine.] To under- mine. Craven. N. NAA, adv. [Na. Sax. Na. Welch.] No. fork. NAAN, adj. [Na, Sax. No; An. Sax. one; No one.] None. York. NAAR, NAR, prep. [Noera, Sax. Naer, Dan.] Near. York. NA'ATAL, a^f. Natural. Somerset. Hants. NA'ATALLY, adv. Naturally. DUto. To NAB, V. a. [Nappe. Swed.] To catch unexpectedly. York. Hants. Sussex. To NAB, V. a. [Nosbbe, Ang. Sax. a bird's- beak. Forby.] To catch as a bird catches insects with its beak. Njrf, 8^fm " To Nab the rust," is to receive punish- ment unexpectedly. Sussex. Hants. '* To Nip the rust." fVaraidk. NAB, s. [Knap, Sax. a knob, a protu- beranee.] The summit of a rock, hill, or mountain. North. NAN. A •mitll piece o ti*ing ground. Hants. NANMEBEKRIES, i. [Annului, Lai. a mussel. iicular ,- and Ber- AHBITY, wlj. [Nab, rayi Farbf. aa ries fiom llicii redne «; Ihua a pimple though >mall enough 10 be Uken up in on a druakard'i naae i. called . gtog- a bird-. beBk.I Short in ■iBture, but fuJl blOKom.] Tumour* e (email Nerf. Sujr. To NABBLC [Knlbbclcn.Bclg. lo nibble.] To gnaw. Norf. Suff. Stuiei. Han/s. NAB■^AN^V, >. [Nab, lo catch, and Nannj, the Durieraaid, whole butineu ii wai (a CBlch tbem.] A Louse. Norf. Stiff: NACK, I. [Cnec, Bril. a lo; which ■hoics deiterity and conliiraDce.] A habit ,- a lata for anytbing. NorlA. A habil of doing anything, whether good or bad. Hanli. Su»i. NACKER, I. A ham esi- maker. Narf. NACKiNG, ). [Nache. Teu(. the neck.] Handkerchief, or Neckerchier, being NAFF, I. [Naf. &«.) The nave of 'a wheel! NAFFIN, I. A aimple penon ; onealmoit an ideol, Norl/i. NAGUING, pari. act. [Gnsgan, Sax. lo gnaw.] Gnawing. North, n NAGGLli:. V. a. To gnaw. Nanh. To NAGGLE, i>. n. [Nag, a young liorae To pace, and lo»> the head in bd affected numner ; paiticutacly applied to affected female.. Nurf Suf. NAIL, (. A weight oT eight poundi. '■ A nail of pork or beef." " The hog weighed twelve naili." HaiUt, IV.Suiiex. NAIL, 1. The homy excreacence al Ibe ei- tremily of the Hogera and the loes. "Thou cannot •oy black'* my Nail;" you cannot lay 1 have any rauli e^-en la ihe liie of roj nail. (Vooen, To NAIL, r. a. To faateni to bind a peiion lo a bargain, aa ; " I nailed him," I. e. '- 1 accepted hii offer." JftKHf. Hanli. NAMET. I. [Naen, Belg. noon ; and Mele, Han. meal.] Luncheon; liierally noon- meal, JilB of fTighl. Nan-meet. fVelch. N'AM. [Na- Sax.No; audAm.J Am not. Btw/ey. NAN, iMerJ. [Nine, Sai. nay.] A word of vulgar u>e in conversation, when one perKHi does not underatand what another aay* to him. SomfTsel. HanU. H'. Suitex, NANT or NAUNT, I. An aunt. Somenel. [Perhapa An Aunt.] OsferJ. YoTh NANCY. ., NANCY, ». Molly ii u» NANG-NAILS, MiuNan NOTII (GoDegan, Sax. to ^aw -, gDawmc nailit ai we aay a gnawing pain. Corni may be called naila from their hardneai.] Corni. North. "To Nangyoof jaws," ■■ lo move Ibeji in K grinding, miiiliingway. E. Hut, Crave ■.e alnaya beiog NAN-PIE, NAN-PIANNOT, PIANNOT. NANTI-PIE. ). [Nan, a female name ; and Pie, spotted.] A mag-pio. Thui we call an owl. Madge ; a red-breaat, Robin ; a wren, Jenny ; a pariol, Poll. Norlh. NAP, (. [Knap, Sai. a knap or knob.] A imall riling; a hillock. Somenel. Hanti. Svtttm. NAPE or NEAP, i. [Nape, the joint of the neck behind, which auppotla and guidea il.] A wooden inalniment with three feel, to »upport ihe forepart of a laden wain or wagon. Norlh. NAPKIN. I. A handkerchief. Norlh. NAPPLK, a. [Knap, Sai. a Knob.] The head. flanta, NABliE, prep. [Naer, Dan. near.] Nearer. Hana. To NARRE, II. n. [Knariec, Belg. to growl.] To growl a* a do^;. Hanii. NAULE, I. [Knot, Teut. a knate or hard knot.] A hard iwelling on the ntck, Glouc. A knot in 'aa oak-tree. Ha»tt. A knot in a tangled ikein of lilk or thread ; the knot in a twisted. NAR HOW-WRIGGLE, ». [See Erriwiggle] An earwig. Norf. NAHSIN, adt: [Never ii nee.] Norlh. NASH, NESH, adj. [Naw, Germ, wet, moral.] Washy ; weak i lender. North- NAST, f. [Nail, Tent. naat<,] Foulnea/; weediinafaUow. ' Okue. NAT. 1. A straw mattreaa. North. NATE, adj. [Naul. la].] Neat. JV^rtA. NATry, ad}. Very neat. North. Sooth. NATION, NATIONALLY, aJp. Very j ex- tremely. A word in very common use in all porta of the kingdom ; whether an amelioration of the word '' Damnalion" in great use «ome years ago, aa Forby thinks ; or n hether from Nation, implying all the people of a nation or great nnm- bers — that is, vaatoeaa, either aa lo quan- tity or number — 1 shall not decide j but only remark tliat the word " Ocean*" is used in the same sense in Soueli, where they aay. " Oceana of people ;" " Oceana of grass." &o. NATCH or AlCH-BONE, .. [Notch- Bone, Todd] The rumo-bone. Nerlh. NATIVE, (. Birthplace'; native-place. Thus we have ** my beloved'' for be- loved child , " my aweet ;" "my dear;" Ac. Narf. Suatex, Suf. To NATTLF,. r. «. [Naht, Sai. naoght; to Naughl-Naughlle ; to do naughl.] To be very buay aboot trifle* ; or jn doing wnhing. Narf. i 116 NAT. NEE. NATURABLE, cuO'. Natural. Craven. NATURE, 8. Natural feeling or affectiou ; a very eipressive word. Norf. 8uff. NAUGHTY-PACK, s. [Naughty; and Patch, a lorry mean fellow ; a patched garment is a worthiest one. In Sussex we have V Cross-patch" an ill-natured girl.] A bad child or person. Craven, <* Naughty-Back." Norf. To NAUP, V. a. [Kneppe, Isl.] To strike. Craven, NAY, adv. [Na. Sax. no.] No. North. NAY, 8. "JThe right or opportunity of re- N AY-SAY. Sfusal, as Give me the Nay or J Nay-say of it. Norf. North. NAY- WORD, 8. A by-word; a watch- word ; a pass- word. Norf, Penning. A word, without which no passage would be allowed a person into certain places, as into a garrison town at night, or into a Freemason's lodge. NAWL, 8. An owl. Somerset. This maj|r be formed corruptly from An awl ; in the same way we find Naunt, Nuncle. NAWL, 8. The Navel. Somerset. NAWLrCUT, 8. A piece cut out from the navel ; a butcher's term. Somerset. NAZLE, NAZZLE, s. A diminutive of Ass. Norf. NEB, 8. [Noebbe, Sax. a keel.] The bill or beak of anything. North. Ox-neb or Nib. is the shaft which goes be- tween the Oxen in a cart or wagon ; so called from its shape. Sussex, NEB, 8. Nose. Craven. The handle of a scythe, from its shape. Craven, The pole of an ox-cart. Sussex, NEAF, 8. iThe fist. North. Neaf- NEIF, NEIVE. Sful, a handful. [En jNaefe, Swed. a handful.] NEAM-EAM, «. [Eam. Ang. Sax.] Uncle; compeer; gossip. North. NEAPENS, s. [En Naefe, Swed, a hand- ful.] Both hands full. North. NEARRE, adj. [Nerran, Ang. Sax. pos- terior.] Nether. Lincoln. NEAR-NOW, adv. Just now. Norf. NECK- ABOUT, s. A woman's neck-dress. North. Neckerchief. South. NECK-AND-CROP, phr. South. NECK-AND-HEELS. South and North. Topsy-turvy. NECK-BREAK, s. Complete ruin. North. NEAR, 8. Norf. (The fat of the kidneys. N YRE, 8. Suff. S [Nyra, Ang. Sax. tenellus. tender, says Forby, from its softness and delicacy. Nier, Belg. kidney.] North. NECKING; NECKINGER, s. A cravat or any other covering for tlie neck. North. : NECK-WEED, 8, Acommon> ludicrous name for hemp. North. NEEALD, 8. [Nedl,. Sax.] A needle. Exmoor. NEEDLE, 8. A piece of wood put down by the side of a post to strengthen it. Norf. A spur. Norf. NEEDLES, 8. "VThe plant, scandix NEEDLE-WEED f pecten Veneris ; shep- i herd's needle, from the J sharp pointed seeds. Norf. NEEDLES, ) Hants. PUCK NEEDLES, J W. Sussex. N'EET, N'iT, adv. [Not yet.] Somerset. To NEEZE, V. n. [Niesan, Sax. to sneeze.] To sneeze. North. NEEZLED, paH. pass. [Is it from Nez. Fr. nose ; drunken people often speaking through the nose.] A little intoxicated with liquor. North. fiEE^, adj. [Nuin, Goth.] Nine. North. NEET, 8. Night. Craven. NEGRE, 8. [Niugnr, Isl. a niggard.] A hard-hearted, covetous person. Craven. NELD, s. [See Neeald.] A needle. Bailey. NEP, NIP, 8. Nepeta cataria, the herb cat-mixt, which is covered with a white down ; hence the saying, ** as white as Nep.»' Norf. NEPE, *. [Nepa, Lat.] A turnip. Hert. To NEP, v. n. [Kneppe, Isl.] To eat delicately. Craven. (To Nip is to cut off by any slight means.) NER, coiy. [Na. no. and Or. J Nor. Craven, NERLED, part. pass. Ill-treated, as by a step-mother. North. [Knarren, Belg. to snarl.] NERVISH, adj. [Nerve, and-ish, a common diminutive termination to words.] Affected with weakness of nerves ; quite as proper as nervous. (See Forby.) Norf. NESHT, prep. [Corruption.] Next. Craven. To NESP, V. a. To pick off the ends of gooseberries. Craven. NESTLE, 8. [Not and Settle.] An unset- tled state. NEST-GULP, s. The smallest and weakest of a brood of nestlings. Norf. NESTLING^ 8. The smallest bird of the nest. North. NESTLE-TRIPE, s. The weakest and poorest bird in the nest ; any young weak puny child or bird ; the last born or weakest of a fami ly. Somerset. NEST-EGG, 8. An e^ left in the nest to induce the hen or other bird to lay more in the same. A small sum of money put by to be made use of in case of need. Hants. Sussex. NETHERED, part pass. Starved with cold. (Perhaps from Nether, lower. North. Bailey. A person, starved with cold, being brought low.) NETTING, 8. Chamber-lye ; urine. North. BaUey. NETTLE-SPRINGE, s. [Nettle and spring. NEW. NID. 117 &1 though f prung up from the stinging of nettles.] The nettle-rash, an erup. tion on the skin. Norf. Sussex. NEW-GUT and JERKIN, s. [New Coat and Jerkin.] A game at cards. Somerset. NEWDICLE, ». Something new. Norf. NEWELTY, s. Novelty. Norf. NEWING, 8. Yeast, which renews, or gives new life, to the thing to which it is ap« plied. Essex. To NEWS, V. a. To tell a thing as news. Norf. ** It was news*d about." Sussex. Hants. Norf. NEXING, NEXTING,a4;. [Next.] Very near. Norf. NEXT- WAY. *. The nearest way. Notf. Being the way nest to you, as we say next door — the adjoining house. North. Nil NI! mterj. An exclamation express- ing amazement on seeing any one finely dressed. Noi-th. NI, 8. [Nid, Fr. a ncsU] A brood of phea- sants. Hants. fV, Sussex. NIB, 8. [See Neb.] The shaft of an ox- cart, or wagon. fV. Sussex. NICE, adj. Clever ; agreeable j fine ; ap- plied to persons and things. Common. NICHILLED, part. pass. [Nick is a notch cut in anything ; to Nick a horse is to cut off a joint or two from his tail; these are from Niche, Teut. castrated ; Nicked, Nickelled, Nichilled, Notched, as in the South we say a horse or other animal that is castrated is cut. North. Let me observe further : in Sussex chil- dren cut a number of slices from an apple, extending from the eye to the tail, broader on the outside than on the inner, which reaches nearly to the core ; one piece has a part cut out, making a notch, this is called Notch; another is not cut at all ; this is called No-Notch ; while a third has an incision made in it but none cut out, this is called Nitch ; the pieces when thus marked are re- placed, and the game consists in one child holding the apple and pointing to one of the pieces, and asking another child which he will have, Nitch, Notch, or No-Notch ; if he guesses right, he has it and eaU it ; if wrong, the other eats it. Thus a Nitch or Nich is sim- ply an incision or cut; the colt is cut. Niched, or Nichilled. To NICKER, V. n. [From the sound.] To neigh. North, NICKER-PECKER, s. [From the nicker- ing or neighing kind of noise uttered by the bird when flying.] A woodpecker. North* NICKLED, part. pass. [Cnucle, Sax. a knuckle.] lo Hampshire, when wheat falls down and becomes entangled by lyin^ in all direc- tions over the ground, it is said to be knee-hasped', that is bent or clasped together, as the legs are when the joints are weak ; the same weakness is fre- quently expressed by saying a stumbling horse, or one weak in the knees, knuckles ; so the com knuckles, bends, sloops, falls. Beaten down and entangled, as growing corn or grass is by wind and rain. Norf. Si^f. To NIDGET, V. a. [Nyd, Sax. need. Forty. Is it from Nid, Fr. a nest ? A lying in woman being in her bed or nest.] To assist a woman in her travail. Norf. NIDDICK, s. [Nod, Brit, to nod. The node of the neck is the nape of the neck. Hants. This may be from Nod, that joint being moved when a person nods the head ; or it may be from Nodus, Lat. a knot or knob, which is seen at the back of the neck when a person nods.] The nape of the neck. Exmoor. NIDGET, s. A horse-hoe ; an implement of husbandry used for cleaning the ground between the rows of hops in a hop* garden, or of beans when drilled ; called also a break and a shim. E. Sttss* Kent, NIF, conj. [An if.] If. Somerset* To NIFFLE ; NIFFLE-NAFFI.E. v. [Cra- ven dialect. May it be from Nithing, Sax. nothing.] Why may not th be turned into gh or f, as vice versa? I knew a clergyman, who always read " the sighing of a contrite heart,*' '' the ' sithing' of a contrite heart.*' To trifle ; to play with one's work. Norf. NIFFY-NAFFY, s. Simplicity in the ex- treme. Norf, An insignificant person. North. roNIFLE,v. a. [Nlifan, Su. Goth, per roednthesis. Craven Dialect. Is not Ryflen, Belg. to rifle as likely ?] * To steal; to pilfer articles of small value. North, NIGGARDS, s. [Nuiggr, Isl. sparing.] Iron cheeks to a grate, without which the fuel would be wasted. North, NIGGEK, s, [See Nicker.] A short, half- suppressed neigh, and a diminutive of that word. A sneering, contemptuous giggle. (Negen, Belg to neigh.) Norf, NIGGING, NAGGING, part. act. [Negen, Belg. to neigh.] Chattering ; also com- plaining. Warwick, To NIGGLE, V. a. [Nuiggr, Isl. niggard.] To eke out with extreme care. JVor/. Suff, To do anything in a poor, mean, way. Sussex, Hants, To cheat dexterously, in such a way that a person could not very well be charged with a cheat or theft; implying that it has been done rather by some close, mean, niggardly trick, than by open cheating or robbery* North, Norf. Hants ^ &UMK&, 118 NIG. NOB. NIGGLER,«. One who ii clever and dex- terous. North. One who does things in a poor, mean, niggardly way. Hants Sussex. To NIGH, V. a. To get close to a thing ; to touch it. North. NILDY-WILDY, adv. [Nillan, Sax. to be unwilling; Willan, to be willing.] Whether or no ; whether one is willing or not. Norf, To NIM, V, a. [Niokan, Sax. to be nim- ble.] To take op hastily. North. To steal. Fenning. Hence Nym in Shakespeare's Henry IV. got his name. NILL, 8. [See Neeald.] A needle. 8om, NlNE-HOLESy 9. A rustic game, in which nine round holes are made in the ground, and a ball aimed at them from a certain distance* A second game is played with a board having nine holes, through one of which the ball must pass. Norf. A fish of the lamprey kind, having nine holes on each side of the neck. Norf. NINNI WATCH, <. A longing desire, or expectation of a thing. Exmoor. NIPyft [To nip is to pinch off anything with the nails, implying the taking off a very small piece.] A neat, thrifty, or rather penurious, housewife. Norf. A person who is close and sharp in mak- ing a bargin ; just doing the thing ho- nestly, and no more. Sussex. To NIP, V. n. To pinch close in donaestic management,* Nat'/. •* He lies Nipt,'' implies that a person is hard run. Norf. NIRL, *. [See Narle.] A knott. Craven. NIST, lilJOST, prep. Nigh; near. Som. NISY, 8. [Niais, Fr. dull ; silly.] A very poor simpleton. Norf. To NIP, V. a. To cut, as a string does when drawn tight round the waist. Lincoln. NITCH, 8. [See Nichilled.] A small quan- tity of hay or com. Hanits. NITHERED, part. pass. [See Nethered.] NITHING, adj. Much valuing; sparing of; " he isnithing of his pains." North. Grose. Bailey. {Perhaps so sparing, he gives Nithing or Nothing of his pains.) KITTLE, <;u(;. [Diminutive of Neat.] Handy; neat; handsome. North. NITTLE, aiy. Little ; including the idea of neatness ; perliaps scrupulously neat ; that is, in the least things. Norf. NITTY, a4i. [Nit, the egg of a louse, or of any other very small animal.] Very small. Hants. NIVER-THE-NEAR, adv. [Never near the mark.] To no purpose; uselessly. Somerset. NOAH*S ARK, «. A cloud appearing when the sky is for the most part clear, much resembling (or at least supposed to resemble) a large boat turned bottom up- wards, considered a sore prognostic of rain. Norf. To NOB, V. a. To strike. Craven. (Knob is a name for the liead ; ** to Nob" may he (o give a blow on the bead, as to Hide is to beat one on their skin.) NOBBUT, NOBOUD,»n;. [None-but.] Only. Norf. North. NOBSON, 8. [See to Nob.] A blow on the head. Craven. NOBBY, 8. [No ; and Bad, Brit, body.] A fool ; also a very young foal. Norf. NOBLE, 8. [NabU, Isl.] The navel. Norf. NOCKLE or KNOCKLE, s. [Cnocian, Sax. to knock.] A mallet or beetle. Norf. Grose. N06,s. Ale. Grose. A sort of strong, beady ale, peculiar to Norwich. Norf. Forby. NOGGIN, 8. A little pot or piggin, holding about a pint. North. (Fenning has the word Noggin, and de- rives it f^m Nossel, Teut. a small mag ; BOW Nog may be derived from Noggin, the vessel in which it is drawn ; as for instance liquor cooled by baring borage leaves pot into it, from being prepared in a tankard, is called <' Cool Tankard.'*) *' A noggin of ale." Hants. N0GGIN6, 8. Courses of bricks worked in between a frame of woodwork in buildings. Norf. Sussex. NOILS, 8. [See Dwiles.] Coarse refuse locks of wool, of which mops and dwiles are made. Notf. (Noils, Scotch.) NOISE, 8. and v. [Forby has this word and refers you to Make.] Norf NONCE, s. [Noiance, says Forby, from Junius, annoy, annoyance.] Fun ; sport ; amusement ; *' be did it for the Nonce," that is solely for sport, which is often an annoyance to others. Norf. Suss. Hants. Still in use, (1835) though in Todd's Johnson, it is said not to be. NONATION, adj. Unintelligible; incohe- rent ; wild. Somerset. NONATION, a't. act, [Philander, making love.] Norf. PICK, s, [Pic, Pique, Fr. a peak or pike.] A pick-axe. North. A two pronged fork, used chiefly for making hay ; a pike ; a pitch-fork. Somerset. Diamonds at cards. York. Pick-ace ; the ace of diamonds. York. '' Picks ;*' spades at cards* North. To PICK, t). a. [Apicciare. Ital. to pitch.] To pitch ; to throw down ; to push or shove with the arms or body ; as "he picked me down.*' North* To throw upwards. North. PICK-CHEESE, 8. The titmouse. Norf. PICK-PIE-OWER,#. [To pitch-feet-over.] A somerset. Craven. To PICKLE, V, a, [A dimin. of to Pick.] To glean a field a second time when of course but little can he picked up. Norf, A PICKLE, s. [See Pick.] A hay-prong. PICKLIN, 8. [Picked, Lin. Linum, Lat. flax, flax-pickings.] A sort of very coarse linen of which seedsmen make their bags — dairy-maids their aprons, &c. Norf. PICKSEY, s. A fairy. Devon. PICKSEY-STOOL, s, A mushroom. PICKING-HOLE, s, [Perhaps Packing.] A hole in a bam to receive sheaves of com. North, PIE, 8, The heap of earth and straw piled over potatoes to protect them from frost. Norf. (The earth, &c., forming a crust, as that of a pie does over the fruit.) PICKISH or PICKSOME, adj. [See Peckish.] To PIE ; to make a Pie, is to combine to* gether in order to make a lucrative con- tract. Parties are thus in one body as the ingredients of the pie are united within one crust. Craven. PIE-BRIDAL, s. A Pie made on the occa- sion of a wedding, for a description of which, see Craven dialect. PIE. WIPE, s. [From the sound the bird utters.] The lap-wing, or peewit. Norf. To PIFLE, V. a, [Peufe, Norm, pelf, whence pilfer.] To steal. Craven. To PIFFLE. Bailey. To PIG IN, v.n. To crowd into a small space, as pigs, when they sleep, huddle close together. Sussex. Hants. 128 PIG. PIL. PIGOIN, «. [PifT. Brit, little.] A small pail or tab with an erect handle. North, PIGS-HALES, B, Haws; the frait of the white thorn. Somerset, Hogs-haghes. Hants. PIG-HEADED, adj. Obstinate; as pigs generally are. North. Hants- Sussex, PIG-HUL, 8. [Pig and Hell. Sax. a hole.] A pig^stye. North. PIG-LEA VES»s. The cotton-thistle. North. Pig^s being fond of thistles. PIG'S-LOOSE or LOOZE^ s. A pig-stye. Devon. Somerset. PIG-TAIL, «. A farthing candle, from its resemblance in diminutiveness. ^ The watching the Pig-tail was a superstitions ceremony on St. Mark's Eve. A party of males and females placed on the floor a lighted Pig-tail, which must have been stolen. They then sit down in solemn silence and watch attentively the taper. When it begins to burn blue; the person they are respectively to marry will make his appearance and walk across the room. Craven. On Midsummer night young servant girls try the experiment of seeing their future husbands in W. Sussex, though after a different fashion ; they hang their under garments down by a fire to air, and at midnight the predestined lovers come and turn them. This was practised, as the author knows^ not twenty years ago. (1885.) To PIKE, V. a. To pick. Craven, PIKE, s, A large cock of hay, which is raised up to a Peak. Craven. PIKE-OFF, interj. Begone; "Shoulder your Pike, and be off." Norf, PIKEL, s. [Pike.] A prong or fork. Shrop, PIKE, s. A turnpike road. Sussex, PIKER, s. A tramp, one who is always on the road. ** Cadgers and Pikers.'' E, Sussex, PILCH, PILCHER,^. [Pellis.Lat. a skin.] A flannel wrapper for an infant. Somerset Norf. Penning has Pilcher ; any coat or garment made of skins or lined with fur ; a furred gown. PILE, s. [Pilus. Lat. a hair.) A blade of grass. North, PILGER, 9. A flsh-spear. Norf. FILLINGS, s. [Pellis. Lat. a skin.] Par- ings; peel; as, Potato-pi Uings. Craven. To PILL, V, a. [Peler, Fr.] To peel. Penning. PILL-COAL, s. A kind of Peat, dug most commonly out of rivers ; peat obtained at a great depth beneath a stratum of clay. Somerset, (Pool ?) PILLERDS, s. [Pilus, Lat. is a hair, hence comes a pile ; Barley has sharp points, fine, like hair. Barley thus may be said to be Piled, whence by an easy tranaitloli comes Pillerd, Pillerds.] Barley. Cornwall, PILM, s. [Film.] Dust, or rather fine dust, which readily floats in air. Somertel, Devon, PILMER, «. A shower of rain, small, and thick as dust. Devon, PILRAG, s. A field ploughed up and neg^ lected. E. Sussex, PIMGENET, s. [Corruption of Pomegrre- nate.] A small red pimple from its re- semblance to a Pomegranate in colour, or in shape. Norf. PIMPLE, s. The head. Norf. PINCH, PINCHER, PINCH-GUT, are words in common use for very parsimo* nious, over-reaching, or covetous per- sons. PINE, s. [Pin. Sax. pain.] Difficult North. To PING, V. a. To push. fTeti, [Pyng, Su. Goth, labour.] PINGLE, s. A small croft or field. North. PINGZWILL, s, A boil. Exmoor, To PINGLE, V. a. [Epingle, Fr. a pin.] To pick one*s food as though using a pin for the purpose ; to eat squeanrishly. Norf. PINK, s. [From the sound it utters.] A chaffinch. Somerset. To PINK, V, a. [Pinken, Belg.] To con- tract the eye ; to wink. Craioen* To Pinker. Hants, Sussex. PINGOT, s, [Pindan, Sax. to shut up.] A small croft near the house. Lane. To PINN, V, n. To do a thing in haste or eagerly. Lane. PINNING, s, [Pindan, Sax. to inclose or confine.] The low masonry which sup- ports a frame of stud-work. Norf. Forby. Ground-Pinning, Under-Pinning, is the masonry which supports the wooden frame work of a building and keeps it above the ground. Hants. Sussex. PIN OF THE THROAT, s. The uvula, which assists or opposes the swallowing^ of food. Norf. PIN - PANNIERLY, PIN - PANNISHLY FELLOW, s. A covetous, miserly fellow, who Pins up or fastens his Pan- niers so close that no one can get any- thing out of them. North. PINNOLD, s. A small bridge. Sussex. PIN-PATCHES, PIN.PAUNCHES,f. The shell fish winkle or perriwinkle. Norf, PINTLEDY-PANTLEDY, adv. Quickly, in a hurried manner, as through fear. My heart went pintledy, pantledy. Line, PINNOCK, «. [Pindan, Sax. to inclose.] A brick or wooden tunnel placed under a road to carry off the water. E. Sussex. PIN-WING, «. The pinion of a fowl. Norf. To PIP, V. n. To take offence at any- thing. Exmoor. PIPPERIDGE, s. The Barberry tree. Essex. Norf, PLE. PISSMOTE, J. [Cortuption of FiimiTa An Ant. Lan PISTERING, pan. act. Whispering. Ta PIT, v. a. To back ; bi " I will pit hi againit jon ;" UheD I auppoie from il language orthe cock-pit. Saasei. HoiUi. To PITCH, r. a. To take coin, hay or >lniw on a Tork or prong, aniJ put ii on a waEon. JVor/. HanU, Snuitx. To PITCH, t>. a. To la; unhewn and un- ihsped iloaei together, bo aa lo make s road or i>D]i. Somenel. Hariii. In a ilreet the iiiiDoth flat slnnea on which peraons walk are called the (avement — the rough alonea, on which horaea irBve), (he pitching. Hanlt, PITCHER, 1. Thelabonrer, «ho pitches the corn. Norf. Hanti. Suaiei. PITCHFORK, I. Ths fork with which the com il pitched. Narf. HaiUl. SutHa. Ta PITCH, e. a. To make holea in the ground for the purpoae of pulling in alakea, for fastening hurdles (o, or Ihe pointed enda of vallle*. Ilanit, PITCH, PITCH-BAR,., A pointed bar of iron for making holes in the ground j crow-bar. Soa To Pitch, ia to throw headlong, implying force or atrengih ; the varioua wordi, tiere collected, all impl; the neceuit; of some degree of force. PIT-HOLE, J. The ™«e. Somenel. Noif. PlTLEor PICLE, .. [Piccolo. Hal. Little.] A amall piece of incloaed ground ; a croft. Novf. JVortA. To FITTER, <'. ». tP'iy fi To gtieve piteouaij ; " Piliering and pining." To PIX, PIXY, D. a. tPicken,Sa». lo pick.) To pick up applea alter the main crop is gathered. Nor/. PIXY, I. A Fairy. Eimanr. PIXY-LCD, part, paa. Led aslraj by PLAT, I. [Flat. Sai.] A place. Craven. PLATTY, adj. Uneven; having bare ipott, asfleldaofcorn aomelimei have. E. Sua. To PLAY, r. a. To boil, apoken of a kellle, pot, or other veaael full of liquor. PIhj< ing hoi; boiling hoi. Norf, Grote. Majr it not be from the livelj molion of liquor, when boiling > PLAZEN, I. Pbcea, Sommet. C and S are oftea pronounced aa Z in mination of Saion wonJi ai chicli> chicken; child, childrea. PLEAWM-TREE, a. [Pljmo, Sax. a plum,] A plum-tree. Lant. PLECK, ), A place. Nenh. Ang. Sax. Tim. Bobbin. PLECE, .. A place. NoHk. TbPLECAN, i: n. To complain; to tell lalea. Craeen. (PUindre, Pr. or Plain, to complain.) PLEEAN-PIE, i. A tell-tale. CroMJi. To PLEEOS, V. a. To please. Lane. To PLENNY, V. n. [Plaindre, Fr. lo com- plain.] To complain frelfullj; sick children are said lo plenny. Norf, PLEZZER, t. Fleaaure. Craetn. PLIF, I. A plough. York. ~jpposing Plough were proDounced oi Enough and Rough, (and I know do reason whj itshould not] then Plif would not be a great cortuplion. There ia ao old alorjr that, when a young clerk wai reading before o cerlaia Lord Chan- eeltor, he came to the word Enough and pronounced il Enow ; the ChaO' cellor rebuked him observing that all word* ending in " oogh" were pro- nounced uf; Ihe Cleck replied "I stand correcled, my Lord." Presently the Clerk come lo Ihe word "Plough," and pronounced it " Pluff." The Chancellor aa« hTierror,Hnd feeling tha rebuke, observed lo the Clerk, " 1 sit 129 ■ !>afcn. ^1 \ larly a wonwn's pocket. ~ Norf, [Plaquei,a petticoat.] FtnntRg. PLANCHER, ». A plate. Norf. Perhaps from Plancher, a piece of boacd, the same as Trencher. PLANCHER, : [Flancbe, Fr. a plank] A boarded lloor. Norf. Porhy. The chamber floor. Norf. Gnue. PI^NCIIING, 1. A wooden Door. Devon. PLANETS, BY PLANETlj, ad". Irregu- larly i eapriciouily ; in the same senie as a crazy person i a said to be moon- slruek. The rain falls in pbnets. meana it falls partially. Norf. York. PLANTS,,To water her Planli, ia to ahed PLASAD.odt'. In a flne condition. Bimoor. [Piaceo. Ut. to please.] To FLAW, ». a. To parboil. Norf. FLAW, f. A slight boiling. Norf. To PLIM, B. n. [Plump.] To swell j to increase in bulk. Sommel. PUSHED, part. im$. [Plaiian, Sai. to pluck.] Eicoriated. Craenu To FLOAT, V. a. (Fljte, Dalm, a pluck.] To pluck. NoHh. To PLODGE, V. n. To plunge. NoHh. PLOOK, J. A pimple. North, PLOG, I. [Plug, a ilopple.] A clog. Honit. PLOUGH, I. The cattle or horses used for ploughing; slao a wagon wilh horses or oien ; a wagon. Someriet. PLOLM, t. A plum. Oawn. Ta FLOUNCE, u. n. [Plonsen, Belg. to flounce.] To plunge with a loud noise. Norf. PLOWDING, pari. act. [To plod; loloil,] Wading through llilck and thin. NoHh. PLUCK, t. The lungs. Lane. The lungs, liver, and heart of a lamb or sheep. Hantt. Smttx. ISO PLU. POD. When a batcher hai killed a sheep or lamb, hetakfts off the head, with the windpipe, heart, liver and lungs alto- gether, plucking out the latter, as it were, by means of the windpipe which connects them together ; the whole is called the head and pluck. Hants, Sussex, PLUOGYy adj. Short, thick and sturdy ; perhaps like a plug. Norf, PLUM, PLUMB, adj. Exactly square or upright ; being proved so by the plumb or lead-line. Norf, PLUM, adv. Very ; as plum pleasant ; very pleasant — quite pleasant as though proved by a plumb line, or measure. Kent. PLUMB, adj. [Pluma. Lat. a feather.] Soft or light. Devon,. PLUMPENDICULAR, adj. Perpendi- cular. Norf, (By no means a bad word, deriving it from Plumb — plumb-line, and pendeo, Lat. to hang; that is to hang perpendicu- larly, as a. line does with a piece of lead at the end of it.) PLUMP, adj. When the paths, after rain, are almost dry, they are said to be Plump, that is, the earth has just moisture enough to fill up all the crevices and thus make it plump. Kent, PLUMP, s, A pump. Exmoor, PLUNKY, adj. Short, thick, and heavy. Norf. (Skinner says. Blunt is derived from Plomp, Belg. plump, and if correct, why not Plunky, from the same ?) PLUNT, s. [See Plunky.] A walking stick with a large knob. GUmc. To POACH, V, n. To be soft in conse- quence of wet ; being generally said of ground which is too wet to bear cattle on it. Sussex, Hants, (It seems to own the same origin as the woid to poach applied to eggs. Oeufs, poche, Fr. signifying, according to Pen- ning, that they are slightly boiled, that is, not boiled hard.) POACHY, adj. Wet and soft. Sussex. Hants. POAD-MILK, s. The first milk taken from the cow after she has calved, and which is generally given to the hogs. E, Sussex, POBS, s. Pottage. POCK-ARR'D, adj, POCK-BROKEN. POCK-FREDDEN* POCK-FRETTEN. POCK-MARKED. Craven, North, Norf Somerset, Norf, Sussex. Hants. Hants, These words have all one meaning which is the being marked by the small- pox. Pock-arr'd may be pock-scarred ; Pock- broken, the face being cut or broken into small holes by the Pock. Pock- fredden or fretten, the face somewhat resembling fret-work. To POD, V. a. To put down awkwardly. NoHh. POD, s. An ironical name for a large belly. Sussex, Hants, POD, 8. The body of a cart. E, Sussex* POD-BELLIED, adj. Round-bellied. Sussex, Norf, PODDY, adj. Roand and stout in the belly. Sussex, Norf, All these words seem to imply something stout and unwieldy, and swelling out like a pod or capsule of a plant. A person who is pod-bellied will generally find it rather awkward to stoop to pat anything down. PODGER, s, A platter or pewter dish. Exmoor, To PODGE, V. a. To stir and mix together. Norf. On a platter or pewter dish meat and vege- tables were formerly served up together in farm-houses. Penning has Podge^ a puddle. Hodge-podge. To POG, p. a. To thrust with the fist; to push. POG, s. A push ; an obtuse blow. Somerset, POGRIM, s. Any sort of fanatic, affecting much seriousness and sanctity. Norf, Fogram, an antiquated formalist. Forhy, [Grim, sullen; but whence comes Po ?] POHEAD, s. A tadpole. North. Musical notes, so called from the resem- blance some of them bear to Tadpolet. To play by the Poheads is to play by the notes. Northm To POIT, V, a. To push with the feet ; to stir the fire. Craven. POIT, s, A poker. Craven* POIT, adj. More than pert ; assuming an air of importance. Norf. POKE, s. [Poche, Fr. pocket, Pocca. Sax. sacculus, a little sack, Forby.] A sack or bag. North, Grose, A bag ; a pudding-poke ; a flour-poke ; a work- poke. Norf. A large kind of bag, as a Hop-poke used for bringing home the undried hops from the garden to the kiln. E. Sussex. Kent. POKE-CART, s. *) A miller's cart, because POKING-CART, Sit is frequently laden POKER, J with Pokes or bags. Norf. " To go a poking," is to carry to, or fetch from, a mill, a grist, which is generally in a bag or Poke. Norf, POKE-DAY, s. The day on which the allowance of com is made to labourers^ who in some places, receive part of their wages in com. Norf, POKED, a4f' Consumptive ; said of sheep subject to this disease, because they generally have a poke or bag under the jaw. Craven, To POKE, r. n. To point the head forward in a stiff awkward way. Sussex, Hants. To POKE, V, n. To thrust; as, " The cow poked him with her horns.'* Suss* Hanti* POL. "To Poo a Crow ;" Ic CfYjiie aeJ prelenaioni, i. e,, ID (iluck ftom the daw liis bottowed plumea, POO, 1. A pool. Lane. n POOCH or POUCH, v. a. [Poche, Ft. B pocket,] To poul out the Jipi. ff. Suite*. To rOOCHEE, V. n. To make moulh» at a penoiu Exmoor. POO'D, pret.ot lo Poo. Pulled. JVurlA. POOK,i. [See Poke.] 1' he bellj onlomach, POOK, i'. A cop of haj or com. fTeil. [See to Pook.] A *lroke or pu«1>. E. Sum. Tu POOK, I', a. To put together ; as, " pook I thai straw all up into a heap." Hanti. Hence Ihe liaj or corn, bo put logellier beoomei u Pook. To ttiike or touch. B. SUSKX. To POO N 01 PUN, V. a. To kick. North. [U it a corruption of Upon, P»n ? lo full upon » peiton u lo bsu biin.J (tuuka are alloved to run up lo a ceitain height, without branches below, but ~ formiuga ihick head of boughi above, Ihen allowed to shoot again. Hanli. IV. SUHSJ'. POLL-AXE, J. A sort of aie, used by butchers for knocking bullocks on the head with, or for killing horses. HanU. W. Svasei. POLLER, POLLEN, POLLINGEB, j. (See Pollard.) A pollard-tree. Not!. POLLEN, POLLER, or HEN-POLLEN, t. The hen-roo3I. Not/, according lo Grose, though Forby faaa it nol. [Pro- bably from Pole, poultry rooaliog on POLLRUMPTlOUS,ot(/. Beslive ; unruly. KeM. [Is it froni Poll, and Romp ; a romping girl being rather disorJeily ?] POLT, J. A hard driving blow. Norf. A polt in the head is a blow in Ihe head. Suistx, Hants, [la it from Poll, head ? or from Pollern f] POLTING-LUG, I. [Poltern, Taut, to pelt.] A long slender-rod, used ill beating ap- Eles, &c., otf the Irees. Ciuuc. r, adj. Saucy ; audacious. Keat. [Pohron, Fr. a scouDdrel.] POLT, I, A young turkey, just fll lo be killed, is called a luikey-polt, perhaps from Poulel, Fr. a hen. Hanlt. ff. Suss, To POM8TER, V. a. To tamper wilh, par- ticularly in diseases ; to quack. SmnemH. [Can it be from Pomp and Stir — empirics often Hsiaming a pampaus air !] PONTED, part. poM. Bruised with iuden- talioni. Somerset. 7b POO, V. a. [Scotch.] To pull or plu POP. POOPS, «. [Probably from the noise.] Gulps in drinking. North, FOOTING, pan. ad. [To pout, as children, when crying, poul their lips.] Crving. North. FOOTS, «. [See Po!t,] Young hens, &c. POP, s. A short space. Iaok. To POPIN, I', n. To go into any place for aahortlime, as 1 just popp'd in. Lane. South. These words imply something small, de- rived moil probably from Pop, a sudden, quick, and short ^sound, which again Is derived from the sound itself, POPE, 8. An effigy, burned on ihe fifth of nber. burned, i a figure, Gunpowdor Plol, in which the said Guy Fawkes formed a conspicuous part. As the Papists were accused of being the authors of the plot, Ihe Pope was burned for ibe same end i but, as there seems much reason to believe the whole affair was got up for the purpose of throning odium on the Catholics ; and, as Catholics are now very wisely freed from the shackles with which they were so long and so ignominiously bound, it is high lime to consign the whole -----oobliv-- POPPET, >. [Poppe, Teu puppet.] A puppei. Norf. A term of endearment used towards a child. Hants. Siaiex. POPPIN, I. [Poppe, Teut.] A puppet. Norf. POFPIN-SHOW, s. A puppet-show. Norf. POPPLE, I. fPopulus, Lat-j A poplar- tree, florf POPPLE, s. A cockle. North. To POPPLE, o. n. [Pop.] To tumble about wilh a quick molion as dumplins, for instance, when the pot boils briskly. Norf. A poppling sea is when Ibe water rises and falls wilh a quick, sudden, motion, as it does in a pot when boiling. E, SiisKX, POPPLE, I. A pebble, Ihat is, a stone id by I i of I □r the it has been popped. pled about. fVeil, FOR, I. A poker or salamander. North. PORKER, t. A young hog fatted for Ihe purpose of being killed, to be enien as roust pork, that is, not lo be sailed down at all. Hani: Sumkx. Such hogs are generally killed a( Ihe country, as at Giles' Hill, near Wio- chesier ; Warehorn, Kent, and Croydon, 132 POS. POT. PORKUNO, ». [A dimin.] A tmall porker. Norf. PORRIWIOGLES, ». Tadpoles. Nfn-th. Forby hai Par, "wiggy. Marf. and says it it a corruption of Perriwig, which, when it has a tail, resembles a tadpole. POSE, s. A running of the head or nose from a cold. South. Grose. 1 never heard it myself, in Hampshire, Sussex, or Kent. A catarrh or cold in the head. Norf. Foibj quotes Strype to shew that Queen Elizabeth was troubled with a Pose. To POSE, V. a. [Positus, Lat. placed— a person* who is posed, being posited or placed in such a position oy another's argument as to be unable to move.] To confound one in aigument ; to perplex or confound with a difficult question. Sussex, Hants. Penning. POSER, f. One who puzzles or confounds another, or the question or argument, by which another is confounded. Sussex, Hants. Penning. POSNET or POSNIT, «. [Basinet, Fr. a small basin.] A little basin or porringer. Penning. A small iron pot with a handle on the side. Qrose. A boiler. Craven. POSSE, s, [Posse comitatns* the writ by which the Sheriff raises the inhabitants of a county.] A great multitude of people, promiscuously gathered together. Notf. St^, Hants, Sussex, POSSING, «. [Pousser, Fr. to push.] An action between thrusting and knocking. Lane. POST AND PAN, s. A building formed of wood and plaster. North, [Post from the wood, and Pan from loam, which forms the plaster oftentimes, as well as makes pans.] To POSS, V. a. [Pousser, Fr. to push.] To dash violently into the water. POSS, s. A waterfall. Craven. To POSSESS, V. a. To persuade; to cause to believe* Craven. To POTCH, V. a. [Is it from Push f] To poke or push suddenly. Glouc, POT-CLEPS, «. )[Pot, and Clippan, Sax. POT-KELPS, Mo clip or clasp.] Pot- 3 hooks. North. POT-DUNG, s. Farm-yard dung. Berks. POT'CRATE, s. [See Crate.] A large open basket to carry earthenware in. Lane, To POTE, V. a, [Piot, Welsh] To thrust with the feet. Lane, To throw or kick off the bed clothes. North. To push through any confined opening or hole. Somerset. To push with one's feet. Ditto. POTE-HOLE, s, A small hole, through which anything is pushed with a stick; a confused place. Somerset. POTY ; POOATY, adf. Confined ; cloae ; crammed. Somerset* POT-SITTEN, part, pass. Burned to. that Is seated to, the pot. Norths POT-LADLES, s. Tadpoles, from their shape. Norf, POT-SCARD, f . ) [Pot and Schaerde, PriMick, POT-SCAR, [JoAnsomashard.] APot- 3 sherd. North, Job, To POTTER, 9. n. [See Pote.] To poke, to pry, to rummage. Noif, To do things ineffectually. Craven. (Perhaps from Pot, which being made of earth, is brittle.) POTTERT, adj. Disturbed ; vexed. Lane. POUD, s. A boil or ulcer. SouUh. POUK, s. [Poke or Pouch, a bag.] A pimple. Cheshire, Craven. To POUND, V, n. To beat or knock, as who's that pounds at the door so ? POUSE, s. Rubbish. Norih. Lumfa«r; offal. Lane, POUSEMENT,«. Trash; anything of little worth. YoHU A name given to a bad person. Lane. PO W, s. [Poll ; to Poo, Sc. to pull.] The head. North. To PO W, V, a. To poll ; to cut hair. North. To POWT, V, a. [See Pote.] To stir up. North, POWT, s, A hay-powt ; a hay-cock. Kent. PRANKED, adj. [Pronken, Belg. to dresa out finely.] Of divers colours. Hants. PRANKIN, adj. [Pronk, Belg.] Proud. Craven, PRATTILY, adv, [Corruption of Prettily. j Delicately. Craven. To PRAY, V, a. To drive all the cattle into one herd on a moor. '* To pray the moor;" to search the moor for lost cattle. Somerset. (Perhaps to Prey ?) PREAST, part, pass. [Preisz. Teut.] Praised. Lane, PRENK, PRINK, PRONK, ck(/. [Pronk, Belg.] Pert. Craven. PRE'O, PREYO, pAr. Pray you. Lane. PREYTHENOW, phr. 1 beg. Craven, To PREEA VE, v, a. To prove. York, PRESENCE, s. Aspect; outward ap. pearance ; as, '^ He is a man of a fine pre- sence." Norf. PREST, adj, [Pret.Fr. ready. Presto. Iial. quick.] Ready. Norf. As an adverb— presently. Norf, PRICH, s, [Prician, Sax. to prick.] Thin drink ; small beer, which is apt to get sour and prick the throat in drinking. North, PRICKER, s. A brad awl. North, PRICKED, part, pass. Sour, applied to liquors, chiefly to beer. Hants. (See Prich.) PRIGGE, s. A small pitcher. South. Grose. Bailey, PRlG-NAPP£R,s. A horse stealer. BaUey. [To Frig, lo Ileal, Slang. Nackec, a hoiw- bulcl,er.J PRILUD, part. pall. Soured. Groie. FH1M, >. [Coiittacted from Primiave.] The apindle Iree. PRIM, I. Ver; small ■melm. Not/. Perhapj from Primm, Srtl, jouag onei being alwayi sniHll. To PRIME, V. a. To trim up Ihe ■lems o( Ireei; lo give (hem the &nl dreuing in order to make them erov shapelj. Norf. PRIMED, part. pair. Half-driink ; juil in a ilale to explode inlo any miachief, asa gun ii, when primed with llie powder, Hants. b'lUHx, PRIMELY. aJii. Verj well ; that ii in llie llrsl style. Lane. PHIN. a. A pin. North. PRIN-COD, (. A pin-cuihiOD. North. Hence a k( man oc woman. North. PRIN-COX, 1. A pert, livelj, or forward To PROG, r. n. [Proclof.J To pr» or poke into holes. Norf. To«teal. Penning, PROG, t. A curved apike or' prong. DUte, PROG, 5. Pioviaioni of any kind, lianls. fellos Nor, PRINKED, part. pass. [Prouken, Belg. Well-dreaied, fine, neat. Eimaor. [See Pranked.] PRINT; IN-PRINT, adv. Very nice and «iderly, aa printing appeari, when com- pared to iTCiling. Norf. Sifff'. Hants. PRINT-MOONIIGHT, s. E. Summ. Kent. PRINT, PRINT-STAR, .. Moonlight j clear; alar-light. Kent. The beavena being marked, or primed ull PRIOR, I. The ctosa-bar to nliich the prevent* them from being blown open. Kent. Ta PRISE, .1. a. [Ptiae, Fr. the act of taking anything.] To raias anything by means of a lecer. York. A'. Susies. Norf. PRISE, I. A I*ver, E. Svi»ex. Nor/. To PKITCH, c, a. IPrician, Sai. to prick.] To make holea in the leather of carda for weBieta to admit the wirea. To check or wilhitand. Eimaor. PRITCH, 1. A strong, kbarp-pointed ia- ■irument of iron fot various purpoaea, as , Fold-prilch, for making boles in the ground lo receive the fold-jtakea ; Eel- pritch. a spear for taking eela. Norf. To PROCTOH, B. n. [Ptoouraior.J To bector J la swagger; to bully. Nor/. Proctora, original ly, were peraopa employed to beg alms far the sick and lame in hotpilala, that is to ' F^i PROD, a. An awl ; a goad filed in patlena, Nm-ih. [Brod, Dan. Craven Dial, Brad. Sax, a brad.] FR0FET8, I, Bntkina, Extnoer. [Pro-feetf] usly," E.» PROTER, (. [Probe.] PROSSIN, adj. [Proasen, neig.j odio; pressing ; forward. Civven. PUUUD-TAILOB, I. A galdBncU, from it* fine coloura, I auppoae, tyarmicJi. Sloff. PROVEN, i. [Provande, Belg,] Pro- vender, Laiu. PUBBLE, adj. [Bubble— fat peapt« being puffed or blown out, as il were.] Fal; full; uaually spoken of corn, fiuil.&o. PUBLIC. I, A publicliouae, Norf. Suitsx. PUCKETS, I. [Pocket: the web forming a poke or bag.] Neats of caterpillars. Norlh. PUCK-FIST, s. [Poke, a bag and Fusij, foul.] A ipecies of fungus with a leathery, lough akin full of dark dust or powder, BaUri/. Sometimes called a Puff-ball. Hanu. To PUCKER, r. a. To sew an article of full of inequalities instead of being smooth. Hanlt. fusKi. PUCKER, >. An uneven fold in an article makes it appear rumpled. " To be in B Pucker," Han 1 be ruffled i Hanli PUCK-\EEDLE, i. Scandii called Tram the seeds. HanU, PUD, f. The hand ; Ibe fi»t. Somertel. HanU. [Is it a corruption of Pad ?] PUDDING-PIE; PUDDING-PIE-DOLL, ». Meat baked in a batter; ueither puddin): nor pie. Norf. In Sussex called a Toad- in -the- hole. PUDDOCK, .. [Paddock.] A small in- cloaure. Uanls. TdPUG, f.o. To pull. WoTeeiter. a eat. {Fitlt. PUG-DRINR. «. Water-cider. JFeW. PUQGING-END, (. The gable end of a houae. Devon. PULlNG,pflr(.orf. [Piailler, Fr. lo squall,] Crying. t'raiien. PULK, (, A amall shallov place, cotilain- ipg water ; called alaoa Pulker. Somerlet, A hole of atanding »ater. North. A. bole full of mud or a amall muddy pond. fiorf. [Fuldei, Du, a law marshy place, liable (o be Qooded.) PULK. ». [Bulk.] A thick, chubby, fat flguri. Nerf. PULKY, 01^, Thick, fat, and short. Norf. 134 PUL. PUR. PULLEN, *. i [Poulet, Fr. a hen or PULLAIN, i pullet.] Poultry. North. PULL-HEED, 8. [Pool-reed.] A long reed growing in ditches and pools^ used for ceiling instead of laths. Somerset, PULSEY, 8. A poultice. North. PULL-TOW, PULL-TOW-KNOTS,*. The coarse and knotty parts of tow, which are carefully pulled out and thrown aside before it is fit to be spun into yarn. Norf. PULTRY, 8. Poultry. Somerset, PUMMACE> 8. [Pomum, Lat. Pomme, Fr. apple.] The mass of apples crushed under a stone roller^ preparatory to mak- ing cider. Norf. Pomace. Penning. PUMPLE-FOOTED, adj. Club-footed. Somerset. Hants. Siusex. To PUMP, V. a. To ask a variety of questions of a person, with a view to draw all the information possible from him. North. South. To PUNCH, V. a. rPoin9on, Fr. a bodkin, anything used to pierce with.] To kick. North. To strike with the fist. Lane. To PUNDER, V. n. [Pondero, Lat to pon- der, being undecided which way to go.] To be exactly on an equipoise. Norf. PUNDLE-TREE, s. The wooden cross bar, to which the horses are fastened when they draw ploughs or harrows. Norf. (The balance- wood.) FUND, *. [Old Eng. Camden ; Punt, Welch.] A pound weight. Craven. To PUNG, V. a. [To Punch.] To push. Exmoor. PUNGER, s. A crab. Kent. Sussex. Grose. I never heard the word. PUNGLED, part. pass. Shrivelled and be- come tough, as winter fruit over kept, but not turned rotten ; also grain shri- velled with heat or disease. Norf. (Pung, Sax. is a prostitute.) PUPPY, #. [Poupee, Fr. a doU.] A fool. Norf. A puppet. Norf. North. PUK,«. [Pajeren, Teut. to dig; Por, Brit.] A poker. Norf. North. To PUR, V. a. To stir the fire. DUto. To kick. Lane. PUR, s. A boy ; a male lamb, Dorset. (Puer.) PURDY, «. Surly; ill-humoured; self-im- portant. Norf. PURE, adj. In good health ; as " I am pure and well." Hants. Norf. York. PURELY, fluip. Well. DUto. PURTENANCE, s. [Appartenance, Fr.] The pluck of an animal. North. South. 7b PURLE, f>. a. [Parfiler, Fr. to embroi- der.] A term in knitting, implying the act of inverting the stitches to give the work a different appearance in those p»Tt3. Norf. PURLE, «. A narrow list, border, fringe or edging. Norf, Penning has " Purl," an embroidered border. PURTING, OR A-PURT, adj. Sullen. ExwtOOTu PUSSLE, OR PUZZLE, s. [U Pucelle— the Maid of Orleans; having been adopted in derision of her, according to Forby. Penning has "Puss," a sorry woman.] A very dirty drab. Notf, TbPUT, ».n. [Putter, Dan. To plant, of course implying touching the ground.] To stumble, as *' that horse puts." Norf. To impose, that is to put upon. Ciaven* To PUT, V. a. [Piot, Welch ] To push with the horns. Craven* PUT, s. A two-wheeled cart used in hus- bandry, and so constructed as to be turned up at the axle-tree to discharge the load. Somerset* To PUTCH, V. a. [To Pitch, see Pitch.] To hand up sheaves or the like with a pitch fork. Somerset, PUTCHKIN, *. A wicker bottle into which the spigot is put in order to strain off beer to cool. ffest* The same as a Huck-muck, I suppose. PUTHER, s. Pewter. Craven. PUTHERY,(Kiy. Hot. Waruriek. PUTHERY, OR POTHERY, adj. A sheep that has water on the brain, which causes it to fall down, or move in a very weak, tottering, and uncertain manner, is said to be Pothery or Potherish. Sussex, Potbery may be from Bother, but whence is Bother ? PUTRE, V. n. To cry. Craven, (Perhaps from Pout.) PUTT,*. A mole hill. Norf. (In Kent a Powt is a hay-cock ; when a person pouts, the lips are thrust out form- ^ing a point from the mouth; a mole-hill somewhat resembles a hay-cock in shape, and both are a little like a pouting mouth.) PUTTOCK, *. [Put up.] A small candle put up to make weight. Norf. PUXIE, s. A place on which you cannot tread without danger of sinking into it; applied most commonly to places in roads or fields, where springs break out. Somerset. PUZZUM, s. Poison. Craven. PUZZUMFUL, adj. Poisonous. Craven. PWINT, s. A point. Somerset. PWINE-END, *. "jThe sharp pointed end of PWIN EN-END, fa house, where the wall i rises perpendicu larly from 3 the foundation. Somerset. (These words are corruptions of Point, o is often turned into w, as in E. Sussex they commonly say " Gwine" for "Going." PYCLE, s. [Picciolo, Ital. litUe.] I A small field. Berks. QUA. QUA. 135 PYER, I. A wooden guide oi rail to ImlJ by in paasing over a bridge. Somerael, PYNETiPVNOTjPYOT.j.Amagpie. A'l. PYTCHE, s. A bee-hive. Oaten. " PYZe TAKE IT." "Wbal a Pyie had you lo do will) il." Kentish exclamix- liont, accocdiDglo Grote. P'SBDd Q'8,7iAr. To mitid your P's and Q's ia lo be verj pairlicular in nhat you saj' To QUACKLE, p. a. [From ifie nolie Ddered by a person in llie act o( being choked] To inleirupl breothing. Not/. Siif. To ehoke. Cambritlgt. To QUADDLE, QUODDLE, c. a. [C be- ing thaneed into Q.] To coddle; to boil gently. Nor/. QUADDLING, QUODDLIKG, (. A cod- ling, a well linown, >ummer apple. Not/. QUADDY, ailj. Verj broad; >hori and Ihich in penon. Nnrf, [Quiidraat, Lai. four; a (tout person ii eaid lobe square-built.] Tu QUAIL, t>. n. [Quagliare Ital.] To curdle, as milk does. Narf, QUAIIiE, J. Csler, Fr,] A quire of paper. Norf. QUAMP, ad)'. Still jquiel. Glaueetter. (Qualm, according lo Fenoing, ia from Cwealm, Sax. death, which every one knovi il a atale of quiet.) QUANDARY, I. I [Qu'en dirai je. French, Whaiihall Iiay'] A ataie of doubtand perplexiiy, Comvton. QUANT, I. A «all(ing stick. Kent. Along pole, shod with iron at one end, but not pointed, used b; bargemen Id the river liolher to force their bargei ro[«ard through the water, vhen iliey cannot tail. E. Susiex. Kent. (Conlus, Lai. a loug pole uied lo puih a veurl into deep water. To QUAR, e. a. To raire atones from a QUA It, I. A quariy. Glaue. Somenel. QUARREL, .. A square of glass. Nor/. fiomersel. York. QUARRY,.. A pane of glaai, generally applied to the small diamond shaped ODea. Hanll. , n. A cal is said to quill when she keeps moving her fore feet up and down, as ihe frequently does on, a carpet or any other substance, whioh eliagB to liet claws, &ut>ai, Hmui, 136 QUI. RAC. (Perhaps from the action resembling that of the work called quilting.) QUINE, 8. Coin or money. Somerset. A corner. Somerset. To QUINE, V. a. To coin. Somerset. (These are the mere common substitution of Q for C.) To QUILT, V. a. To beat ; as, ** I will quilt your jacket for you.*' Sussex, Hants, To QUIT SCORES, To cry quiU j (To acquit.) To discharge a debt ; to be quits is to be even, neither party owing the other anything. fVarw, Hants. Sussex, QUIFTING-POTS, s. [To Quaff.] Half- gills. Lane. To QVIZZLE, V, a. [From the sound. See Quackle.] To suffocate. Norf, To QUOCKEN, v, ti. [From the noise made in the act.] To vomit. North, To QUOD FOR EELS, To fish for eels with a number of worms strung on a thread of worsted, and tied up in a bunch or Quod, that is a Cud. The worsted hanging in the teeth of the eels, causes them to be caught. Hants. QUOILERS,«. [Coilers, from Recoil.] The breeching, or that part of a cart horse's harness, which is placed behind him for the purpose of enabling him to hold back the cart, when going down hill. Hants. QUONS, 8. [See Quern.] A hand-mill for grinding mustard-seed. Norf, QUONT, s. [Contus, Lat. see Quant.] A pole to push a boat onwards with.iVof/* To QUOP or QUAP, v, n. To throb. CHouc. Berks. QlJOTED,part,pass. Cloyed; glutted. South. QUOTT or AQUOTT, adj. Weary of eat- ing; seated or squatted down. Exmoor, QUOTTED, part, pass. Satiated. E, Sussex, QUY-CALF,*. Acowcalf* North, R. RAAD, part, pass. [Bade, Fr. a road.] Rode. Craven. RAAP,«. [Rap, Sax.] A rope. Craven. RAATH or GRAATH, s, [See Graith.] Heart; condition. Craven, RAB,», [Rub?] A wooden beater to bray and incorporate the ingredients of mortar. Norf. To RABBIT, V. a. [To rebut.] To prevent ; as, " may God rabbit, or pre- vent it !" Crwen. " Od rabbit it ;" '< God rebut it !" Sussex. Hants. To RABBLE, v. n, [Rabbelen, Teut. to chatter.] To speak in a confused manner. Craven. RABBLEMENT, s. The crowd or mob. Lane. RABBLE-ROTE, t. [Rabbelen, Teut. to chatter, and Routine, Fr. Rote. ] A repetition of a long, roand^iboot atory ; a rigmarole. Exmoor, RACE, s. Rennet or renning. North, To RACK, V, n. To care for. North, RACKLESS, aey. Careless ; improvident. North. (Ruchlose, Teut. ruthless.) RACK, s. [Ratta, Sui. Goth, callis, a path, Forby.] A rut; a cart-rake; cart-rut. Norf, RACK-OF-MUTTON, s, [From the reiem- blance the bones have to a hay-rack.] A neck of mutton. Lane, RACK AND REEND, s. [Rack an en- gine of punishment, or Wracke, Du. Wreck ; and to Rend, to tear.] To go to " Rack and Reend/' is to go to ruin. Lane, To go to " Rack and Ruin" has the same meaning. Sussex. Hants. RACK OF THE WEATHER, s. The track in which the clouds move. North, RACK, s, [Rec. Ang. Sax. vapour.] A mist. Craven, RACK OF THE EYE, s. To determine fay the rack of the eye, is to be guided solely by the eye, without line or rule. Craven. RACKET, s, A bustle ; noise. HanU. To RACKET ABOUT, v. n. To make a great noise and bustle, as children do. HanU. (Raxia, Gr. Penning, The sound of waves on a rocky shore.) To RACK-UP, V, a. To give horses, when in the stable, their food for the night, when the hay is put into the rack for them. Hants. Sussex. RACING, t. [Raser, Fr. to. rase ; to skim the surface.] The act of raking up old sto- ries, or rubbing old sores. West. To R A DDLE, v. a. To banter. North, To RADDLE, v. a, [Hriddle, Sax. a sieve, which is woven.] To weave. North. RADDLINGS, s. The windings of a wall. Norths RADDLES or RADDLINGS, s. Long green sticks, used for making a hedge, and which for that purpose are wound or woven between upright stakes driven into the ground. E. Sussext R A DDLINGS, s, Lon? sticks. Lane. To RADDLE, v. a. ** To raddle the bones" is to give a sound beating. Lane. RAERS, s. [Ahroeran, Sax. to rear.] The rails on the top of a cart, by mean* of which a large load can be raised or reared on it. North. BaUey, RAFF, s, [Refuse.] Rubbish; worthless fragments. Norf, A low fellow. Hants, Norf, 8%issex. A low mob. Hants. Sussex, RAFFLING, adj. [RafOe, which is decided by chance^ not by reason.] Idle ; unsteady ; unthinking ; applied to one who seems to act at random, hit or miss. Norf, RAF. BAFFLING-POLE, J. The pole wiih which the embers are spread over all parta of Ihe oven. Norf. RAFT. I. ATuBly and dampimcll. Norf. ItAFTlNESS.t. FuitineSB i slalcDesi. iVur/. RAPTY, adj. Fualy j sCale. WoiMi. Siuw. Norf. [Penning han DrafTy, abounding in drega orsedinieni ; lit also hai Dnugh which heBa;ii should be ipelled Dniu, refuse; Dtaff is a nomi! for brewers' grains, ihat is (lie Refuse after brewing.] BAFTY, aJj, Mistj, applied to weather, when close and disagreeable in smell. Norf. RAFTV, adj. Rough in Icmpor, and »o, difficult to be managed. Hants. Suuet. To RAG, K a. To roil at ; \o revile in out- rageous and opprobrious terms, Norf. SitJI. HaaU. Sussex. " To giTB one a precious ragging," means to abuse a person in very strong tan- kage ; that IB, to tear his cliaractcr, as It were, into nigs. Hants. Staiei, HAG, I. [Rec. Ang. Sai. vapour.] Mistj reek. Craven. IlAG, I. The calkins, or male blossoms of the haiel or nut-tcce. CrateH, [So called rtom being uneven or mgged,} RAGCOUS, adu. [Corruption of Ouirsge- .s,]I I. Crate fiAGGABBASH, ». [Perhaps Ragged Breech-] An ittle, ragged person, Mn-lA. RAGCOLD, I. [Rogle, I»l. a vagabond.) A villain. North. BAGnOWTHERlNG, port. art. [Rag- Gronth.] PUjiog at romps, which makes laj^s grow. Eimuor, ; RAGS and JAGS, t. Minute friigments ( _ shredsj remnnnls. Norf. Hattu. I In Hampshire, children have the follow- I iog doggrel song, vis. :— Hark 1 back 1 the don do t*tk i Some In rsg). some In jagi. And 10010 Si ib1t« gown.. To nAHVE, c. a. [Kavelen, Belg. to un- ' weave.] To tear. I'o'A, To RAIT, 1'. a. To put into water to sea- son ; applied to timber, hemp, or flai. Noti/i. To Rail Oax, is to soaL it in water, Souih. RAITCH, (. A snip of white in a horse's face. Narlh. A smalt longitudinal mark oi scratch. North. [Kmtien, llelg. to scratch,] RAFTER-RIDGING, i. A mode of plough- ing land, which is performed as foltons, vii. ■. The plougliman strikes oul a fur- I row, and then returns with his plough close to the back of it, forming it into a ridge, and so goes through the whole Held forming a ridge with ever; tarn of ^ Uie ploughand leaving ft fuROw between, RAK. giving the ridges somewhat Ihe |>earance of rafters, whence Ihe I Hanli. Bake, s. The inclination of a mast of a vessel from a perpendicular line is called ihe Rake of it. E. Stuaex, To RAKE, V. n. To deviate from a per- pendicular line, said of the mast of a vessel ; as, " bet mast Rakes a good deal aft." E. SiuMX, To RAKC, D. K. [Rasia, Gr. (he sound of waves on a rockv shore.] The sea is said to lake, when it breaks on the shore wilba long, grating, hoarse sound. E. Sua. RAJCE, s. To RAKE-UP, B ! Back.] m 137 V I 1 Wot/A. Somercei- "To Bake a fire" is to heap small coals on Ihe lire, that it may bum all night. North. Someriet. IVanPiiA. To RAKE, H. n. To gad or ramble in mere idlenesa, without any immoral implica- tion i often applied to children. Norf. " Baking about," is a common saying, only implying for a bad puriiose. KAKE-3TELE,s. [Rake, and Stele, Belg.] The liandle of a rake. North. To RALLOCK, t>. n. [Perhaps from to Roll.] To romp. Nart/i. RALLY, V. a. To sift. Norf. RALLY, s. A coarse sieve to sia peas or horse beans. North. A projecting ledge in a wall. North. RAM, aifj, [Rammish ; a ram's breath being strong and, disagreeable.] Fietid; acrid ; pungent. C'raecn. To RAM£, ». a. [Itamener, Fr. to bring back,] To reach. North. RAMES, t. [Ramus, Lai. a bough.] The dead stalks of polaloes, cucumbers and such plants, Somtriet. A skeleton. Utilo. RAMILE, s, fRamuIui, Let, a small branch.] Underwood ; Iwigs. Craven. RAMMELy, aiO'. [Ramulus, the stalka being as stiff almost as wood.] Tall and rank, as beans. North. RAMS or RAMPS, (. [Bam, Rammish.] Wildgarlick. Crava,. To RAMP. II. n, [Rampant.] To grow rapidly and Inxurianllj. Norf. Statex. Banlt. RAMS'-CLAWS, s. Ranunculus pmtensis; the common ranunculus. Someriel. In Hants and Sussex (his plant is called Crow's-claw ot Crow's-foot ; it is pro- perly the lannnculiiB, which infests wet landa, and is so called from its numerous roots, which cling (o the soil, like so RAMSHACKLED, adj. [From Bams being fastened or Sliackled by their heads (o (heir fore legs,] Confused and ob- stlucled in motion. Norf, 138 RAN. RAP- RAMSHACKLE, <»(/. Loose; disjointed; dilapidated* NanU. Somenet. Sussex, (Can this be from Ram^a battering engine^ and Shake— shaken ?) fo RANCH, V. a. [Wrench, Fennmg'^hut Forty thinks differently.] To scratch deeply and severely. Norf, RANCH, 8, A deep and severe scratch ; a flesh votiBd. Noff. RAND, t. [Belg.] A border or seam, as the Rand of a shoe. A piece of beef. Norf, Sussex, Hants. RANDAN, t« The produce of a second sifting of meal. Norf. Sujf. RANDING or RANDY, s. A merry- making, riotous living. Somerset, RANDY, aey. Riotous; disorderly. North. [Randen, Belg. to rant.] To RANDOM, v. n. [Rand, Su. Goth, a line.] To be in a straight line or direc- ion. Craven. RANK, 0dj\ [Ranc. Sax.] Close; plenti- ful* Craven. Thick on the ground, as com in a field, of a strong luxuriant growth. North. Hants. Swsex. RANK, aty. Wrong. Lane. RANGE, s, A sieve. Somerset, R ANGLE, s. A sinuous winding. Somerset. To R ANGLE, v, n. To twine or move in an irregular manner; rangling plants are those which entwine themselves lound some support, as woodbine, hops, &c. Somerset, [Ranger, Fr. to range, to rove at large without confinement.] RANISH, aey. Ravenous. Exmoor, (Perhaps a conuption of Ravenish.) A MM1?r rFi-nT:«e root of all these Usi.] To REAPE, r. a. [Reallan, Sai. to snalcb,] To anlicipale pleasure in, or long for, Llie accomplishment of a tiling; 10 speak continually on (he same subject. E. Stwei. To READ, r. a. To alrip the fat from (he intealines. " To read the inward." Somenel, rDREADY, V. a. Tocomb Ibe hair, ibal la lo make it ready. NarlA. READYING-COMB, i. A wide-loolhed comb. A-OT'l/t. BEADV.aif/'. Done ; well-roaated or boiled,- ready.'' E, Svtin. Kent. To REAM, r.a. To widen; to siretcb; (o open. [RimB| Lat, a rlfi or cleft.] Samertet, REAMER, I. An inslrumeni, uacd to moke a bote Uug«t. SamencI, ■Penny.] Pelor'a formerly paid lo Rome. He reckona np hia Ream-pence ; (ha[ ia, be tella all bia faults. North. REAM-KIT, s. A cream pot. North. REAN, (. A dale or rig in a flcld. North. [As much aa a man can rea)i into bia band at one grasp.] HEAPS, I. rorcela of corn laid down by (he reapers, lo be gathered into aheaves by the binders. North. REAR, adj. [SeeRalhe.] Early ; soon i ap- plied to meat under ioaB(ed, boiled or broiled, KetU. REARING, port. ml. Mocking, by tcpea(- ing anuthet's worda with disdain, or the I ike. Bimoor, REARING, t. The ac( of laying (imbcroQ (he roof. Craven. REARING-FEAST, ). A lrea( given to Ihe workmen, when ihey have reared or nised up Ihe rooF of a bouse or any olher building. Hantt. REARING-BONE, 9. The hip-bone of a hog, by means of which (he animal ia enabled lo rear, or raise himself up. HEART, oj^'. Right; mending; perhaps it means a person ii reared up, or righted again i Bxmonrt KEASTY, aij. Restive. Norf. Craven. Rflucid. Norf. North. KEAST, BEASTINESS, 1. Readveness and alio rancidity. Norf. [Where Ibeae words imply restive and restiveneis, they are evidently cotrup' (ions of those words; but where Ihey signify rancid and rancidity then I incline to think (hey are corrupted from " Rusiy," as poik which is rancid and lusly, has mosi decidedly a yellow, lost' like appearance. J REASTED, pari. pais. Tired; requiting rest; from which last word it ia probably derived. North. To HEAVE, V. a. [See (o Hahve,] To blow off, aa the wind does (lialcli. Nvrlh. To unroof or diaiurb (he roof. Nor/. To REAWK, r. n. [See (o Rake.] To idle in neighbours' houses. Lane. HEAWP, s. A hoarse cold. Lane. REAVING, pari. a£t. [Raving.] Mad; also talking in one's sleep, Lattt. REAWNT, jn-rt. imp. tmu. Did whisper. REAWST, (.[ftaesl. Sax. ruat.] Rnst. DiUo. RKAKT, part. pati. [Renian, Sai. lo rain,] Rained. i;anc. REAREST, adj. tup. deg. Finest ; best. [Rare ; Rarest.] IIEBAT..L1NG, s. The ca(ehing of tela with earth worms attached 10 a ball of kuJ* i I 140 REC. REE. luspended by a string from a pole. I Somerset. RECKONS; RECKON; RECKON^REAK, $, A hook or hooks to hang pots on. NoHh. [Rec. Sax. reek or smoke; and Creak from Crook.] RECKLIN, $. The smallest animal of a litter or farrow ; the nestling or smaller bird in a nest; also an anhealthy child, gig, or lamb. North. K-STAVEL, t. [Rick ; and Staff, pi. Staves.] A frame of wood set on stones upon which ricks of hay or corn are built. Bailey, To REDD, V. a. To disentangle or separate. Sofn&rset. RED-SHANKS, «. The plant persicaria, 80 called from its height and colour. North. RED^WEED, «. The wild field poppy, or any of its species. Norf. RED.ROW, «. IVhen the grains of ripen, ing barley are streaked with red, they are said to be in the Red-row. To REE or RAY, v. a. [Reo. Gr.to flow ; Rennen. Belg. to run.] To pass corn through a sieve for the purpose of clean- sing it from chaff and other refuse. N&rth. In the South it is common to say .• — Run it (that is the corn) through the sieve. REE, «. A river or flood ; as '* All is in a Ree," that is, in a river, or overflowed with water. Essex. REE ANGED, pare. |xus. Discoloured; in stripes. North. Qrose. If it means painted in regular stripes of different colours, it must be a corruption of Ranged, or Arranged. REEAN, s. [Renian, Sax. to rain.] A gutter. Lane, REECH,«. [Rec. Sat.] Smoke. DUto, REED, adj. [Rede, Ang. Sax. severe.] Angry. Craven, REED, s. Wheat-straw, prepared for thatching, when it is drawn out straight, like Reeds. Somerset. REED-ROLL, s. A thicket of Reeds on the borders or shallow parts of a river. Nor/, [A roll, in one sense, means a thick mass of anything.] REEF, 8. [Hreef. Ang. Sax. A reef implies a rough shore — eruptions imply an uneven skin.] A cutaneous eruption ; a rash. North. REEFY, adj. Scabby. Ditto. REEGHT, adj. [Recht. Belg.] Right. DUto. To REEK, V. n. To wear away or waste, as a person does in sickness. North, [Water, made hot and kept so, evaporates and wastes away in Reek.] REEK, 8. [Recad. Ang. Sax. a house.] -A family. Craven. To REEM, V, n, [Rheum.] To lament or bewail. Lane. REEN or RHINE, s. [SeeReean.} REEOK, s. A Shriek. Lane. REE-SUPPER, 8. A second supper ; Re* being used to signify the repetition of a thing. Lane. REET, adj, [SeeReeght.] Ditto, REETS, 8. [Wryhta, Sax. a wright or workman.] Mechanics, as carpenters, &c. Craten. REETING, $, [Recht. Belg. right.] Pre- paring or putting to right. ^ North, Washed linen prepared for ironing. Ditto. To REETLE, v, a. To repair, ^or put in better order. North. To REEVE, V. a. [Ruyffel, Belg. to ruffle.] To rivel, to draw into wrinkles. Somerset. REEZED, adj. Rancid. Craven* [See Reasty.] REFUGE, «. [Corruption of Refuse.] The refuse of anything. The worst sheep of a flock and which are taken out to improve the value of the remainder, are called the " Refuge." E. Swsex. To REFUGE, v. a. To separate the inferior sheep or Iambs from a flock. E, Sussex^ To REIN, V, n. To droop the head as ripe corn, holding its head as a horse when reined in. Norf. To REIN, V, a. To bear the head in a stiff and constrained posture, through affec* tation, like that of a horse sharply bitted. Norf. To REIK, V, a. [Roecan. Sax.] To reach ; to fetch anything, that is near. North. To REJUMBLE, v, n. To ferment. *« It rejumbles on my stomach f* that is, it dis- agrees and causes a grumbling and a jumbling. Line. RELEET, 8, [Re, again ; and LGetan,Saz« to permit — to let.] The meeting of different roads in the same point, as a three-leet, a four-releet, &c. Norf. To REMBLE, v.n, [Ramble.] To move or to remove. Line. To REMEVE, ». To remove. Norf. REM LET, 8, A remnant. Somerset. REMLIN, «. A remnant. Craven* To REMMAN, r. a. [Hreme, Isl. to tear with the nails ] To beat. Craven* To REMMAND,9. a. To disperse. North. RENABLE, adj. Loquacious and never at a stop ; or inconsistent in telling a story. North. To BENCH, V. a. [Renser. Dan.] To rinse or wash out clothes, or other things in clean water. Grose. To RENDER, v. a, [To Rend, or Rendre, Fr. to render, to give back.] To sepa- rate ; to disperse ; also to melt down. North. To stew ; to separate the skinny from the fat part of suet, &c. Lane. To give a finishing coat of plaster to a wall. Norf, Sussex. RENKY, adj. [Ranc. Sax. atrong.] In- creasing in growth. North. REN. RID. 141 RCNNISH yoJj. Furious ; passioDate. Sorlh. RGNTYy a4}. [Perhaps the same as Renky.J Handsome ; well-shaped ; spoken of horses and cows. North, To REPE and RGNDRE, v. a. [See Rap and Rend.] North, "To Rap and Run for." Hants, RERE, adj. [Hrere^ Ang. Sax. crude.] Raw ; insufficiently cooked. Norf, Rare. E, Stusex, RESHES, 8. [Rise. Sax.] Wire; rushes./ North. Rishes, Hants, which is a more correct word than either Rushes or Reshes. To RET, V. a, [See Rait.] To soak ; to macerate in water. Norf. RETTING-PIT, «. A pond used for soak- ing hemp in. Norf. To REUL, V. n.To be rude or unruly. North, A reuling lad is a Rigsby. Ditto, [Reule, Scotch.] To REUSE, o. a. To commend highly. Norths REWARD or GOOD REWARD, s, A ruddy countenance. North, RESCEN, s. pi, [Rise. Sax. a rush, and En the Sax. plural, the C and S being transposed as is frequently the case in words.] Rushes. Exmoor. To REXEN, RIXON, WREXEN, v, a. To infect as with the small-pox, itch, or any other infectious disorder. Kent. REVEL, 8. [Reveiller. Fr. to awake.] A wake ; a merry-making. Somerset. REVELS, s, [Ravelen. Belg. to ravel.] The broken threads, which are cast aside by women at their needle woik. Hants. To REY, V, a. [See to Ray.] North, REZZLE, 8. A Weazle. JDUto. REVEL-BREAD, «. Household bread. Kent, REWDEN-HAT, s. [Reed, Reeden.] A straw-hat. fVest, RHINOISTER, s. [Rhenoster, Dutch set- tlers. Cape of Good Hope.] A rhino- ceros. Norf RICE, 8. [Corruption of Rise, it being young, rising or growing.] Underwood, cut sufficiently young to bear winding into hedges or hurdles. Hants, Called "Rice-heading*^ in E.Sussex. RICE-BALKING, s, [See Balk.] A par- ticular method of ploughing. Norf, To RICK, v.a. To jingle; to scold. Lane. RICKY, a^. [Rice, Ang. Sax. powerful.] Masterly. Norf, To RICK, V, a. [RickeU, Rickety.] To sprain the anclci so as to make it weak and rickety. Hants, RICK-STEDDLE, s. [Rick, and Stead.] A wooden frame placed on stones, on which to build ricks, to prevent rats and mice from getting at the com. Hants. fV. Sussex, To RID, V. a. To remove any litter or in- cumbrance; as " Rid up the room or yoanelf, before the company come." To despatch ; as " To rid work." «*To rid ground." Norf. To part two, who are fighting. Lane. To remove; to be quick; to prepare. Craven. [Hriddan, Sax. Rid, Isl. to get rid of, or free from.] RID or RED, s, A hollow place in the gravel, where salmon deposit their roe ; from Redde, spawn. Craven, RIDDLE, «. [Hriddel, Ang. Sax] A coarse sieve. North, Norf. In Hampshire they call it a Rudder. To RIDDLE, V, a,' To perforate a thing with shoty so as to resemble a riddle. Hants, Stusex. RIDDLE-CAKES, s. Thick, sour, oaten cakes, having little leaven and being stiffly kneaded. North, [Perhaps from Riddle — the meal being . only coarsely sifted ] RIDE, 8, A saddle-horse. Norf, A ride-horse. E. Sussex, RIDE, 8, A little stream — perhaps so called from persons being able to ride through it. Hants. Grose. RIDES, 8, The iron hinges fixed on a gate by means of which the gate is hung on the hooks in the post, and which enable it to swing or ride. E, Sussex, To RIDE, GRUB, phr. To be out of hu- mour ; sulkily silent. Norf, RIDGE-BAND, s. That part of the harness which goes over the saddle on a horse's back, and being fastened on both sides, supports the shafts of the cart. North. RIDGER, s, [See Ridge-Band.] E, Sussex. RIDGE-STAY, *. Hants, [Hrigg. Sax. the back.] To RIE, V. a. To turn corn in a sieve, so as to bring the broken ears or chaff into an eddy, so that they may be blown away. North, RIE, 8. The raised border on the top of a stocking. Norf, To RIFT, r. n. To belch. Line. Lane. York. RIPE, adj. Infectious and mortal. North. To RIG, V. n. [Hrigg, Sax. the back. J To climb about ; to get up and down a thing in wantonness or sport. Somerset. Hants. Sussex. RIO, 8. A ridge in ploughed land ; a rib in a stocking. Norf. To RIG, V. a. To dress. West, South, RIG-BAAN, 8, The back-bone. Craven, RIGGED, part, jms. Said of a sheep that has fallen on its back. Craven, RIG60T, 8, A gutter. Lane. RIGGED, part, pass. Ribbed, said of a stocking. Norf. RIGGEN, 8. The ridge of a house. North. RIGSBY, 8. A hoydon. North. South. To RILE or ROILE, v, a. To stir up liquor and make it thick by moving the sediment. . Norf. Suff. 142 RIN. RIS. To distuib a man's temper ; to ruffle one. Norf. Essex, To RILE, 9. n. To climb abont in a rough manner ; generally aM of rude children. Hanls, **A riled complexion is one coarsely ruddy." Norf. [Can it be from Roll ?J RILE, «. A big, ungainly slammakiv, an awkward blouze or hoyden. ff^est» RIM-OF-THE-BODY, s. The membrane • lining the abdomen and covering the ^ bowels. Nor/* RIMPLE, s. [Hrimpel. Ang. Sax.] A wrinkle. Norf. RIMS, «. The steps or slaves of a ladder. North, RIN, *. [Bryn, Belg.] Brine. Norf. To RINE, V. a, [Rinde, Belg. the outside.] To touch or feel. North. RINE, s. The skin. NoHh. RINDLE, 8, [Renian, Sax. to rain.] A gutter. Lane. RINGE, 8. [Hringe, Sax. the shore.] The border or trimming of a cap, or other article of female dress ; a row of plants or of any other things. North. RINGLE, 8. [Dimin. of Ring.} A little ring. Norf. A ling, which is put into a hog's snout, to keep him from rooting up the ground. E. Sussex, 7V> RINGLE, V. a. To put Ringles into the snouts of hogs. E, Sussex. Norf. RIP, 8. A vulgar, old, and worthless woman. Somertet, Hants. Sussex. An outrageous; profane swearer. Norf. Any person or thing completely worn out and worthless. Norf. Hants. Sussex. To RIP, V, n. To swear profanely and in anger. Norf. To RIP-UP, V. a. To expose a person's faults ; to tell him of them. Norf. ** To Rip-up old grievances," is to revive old and forgotten injuries. Hants, [Hrypan, Sax. to tear in pieces ; all these words implying more or less of violence.] RIPE, s. [Ripa. Lat.] A bank ; the sea- shore ; as *' Lydd Ripe*.' Kent. E, Suss. RIPPER, 8, A pedlar ; a higgler. South. RIPPIER, 8, Men who formerly bought I fish at the sea-side and carried them in- land for sale. E, Sussex. To RIPPLE, V, a. [Hrypan, Sax. to rip.] To scratch. North. To " ripple flax" is to cut off the seed vessels. North, RISE> 8, [See Rice.] Twigs; underwood. North. RISING, 8. Yeast, which causes the flour to rise, and thus make light bread. Sussex. Norf. Suff, RISPS, 8. The stems of climbing plants generally ; the fruit bearing stems of raspberries. Norf. RI8T, 8. [Rise.] A rising or elevated piece of ground. Norf. An advance of prices. Norf, RIST, 8. [Raste, Sax. whence ** Ritt" is as good a derivation as ^' Rest."] ResC Craven. To RFTTLE, v. n. [Rattle.]* To wheeze. Exmoor, RIXY, aiy, [Rlxa. Lat. strife.] Quarrel- some. fVe8l. To ROAD, V. a. To force or jostle one off the road by riding or driving against him. Norf. Svff. ROADING, 8, The act of running races on the road with teams. Norf, Svff. ROAK, 8. [Roock. Belg.] Mist. Cnwen. Reek ; steam. Hante. ROBIN-RIDDICK, s. [Robin-Red Dick.] A Red* breast. Somerset* Rabin-Red-Breast. Hants. Sussex, ROBLET, 8. A large chick, or a young cock. Norf. ROCK, ROCK-STAFF, «. A distaff. Norf. North. ROCKET, 8, A row of holes made by dib- bles the whole length of the Stetch. Norf. ROCKLED, part, pass. Rash and forward^'; as children, who perhaps have been over-rocked in the cradle, or fondled too much. Noiih. RODE, r. ** To go to Rode," means to go late at night, or early in the morning, to shoot wild fowl, which pass over-head on the wing. Somerset. [Wild fowl always fly to their feeding grounds every night at one regular time, and in*one regular direction or " road," whence probably the term '* To go to rode." In Hampshire and Sussex it is called "going to Flight."] ROGER'S BLAST, s. A sudden and local motion of the air, no other way per- ceptible but by its whirling up the dust on a dry road in perfectly calm weather, somewhat resembling a water-spout. Norf. ROGGAN, 8, [Roc. Fr. a rock.] A rock- ing: stone. Craven. ROGUE- HOUSE, s. The house of correc- tion, pronounced Rogus-honse. North. To ROILY, V. a, [See to Rile.] To traduce one's character. fVe8t. ROKY, a4f, [See Roak.] Misty ; smoky. North. Damp, misty, steaming with exhalation. Norf. SuJT. ROLLIPOKE, 8. Hempen cloth of very coarse texture — only fit for bags or pokes. Norf. Sujf. ROLY-POLY, «. A game played with a certain number of pins and a ball re- sembling half a cricket-ball. It is played thus— One pin is placed in the centre, the rest (with the exception of one called the Jack) are placed in a cir- cle round it ; the Jack is placed about itou. a Soal or so rrom ihe rircle in a line centre. The centre one is called (lie King, iheone betweeQ IbalandJack Ihe Queen. The King coanU for three — Queen, two— endesch ot Ihe other pina Toe one each, eiceptjack. The art of the game lies in bowling dovn all the fioi, except Jack, fori if Jack is bowled down, the plajer hat jux bo maaf de- dacted rrom Ills former scoie, w would haTe been added if he had not atmch the Jack. Manlf. To KOMMOCK, e. », (Romp] To romp or gambol baJBleroualy. Narf.Suf. BONK, oi^;'. Rank; Strang. Lane. BOODY, oi^', [Roed, Aog. Sax.] Coarse; Luiurianl. Crai'en. ROOOK1', part. pau. Roared. Lane. ROOK.f. Aheap. Dillo. ROOKERY, 1. A great number oF people huddled together in email dwellingij a Doia; (luarrsl; a gieal bustle. " To make a rookerj'" is to make a great stir about anything. Hantf. Suaex. All these are from Rook, tooka living in great numbers together and making a great noiae. ROOP, I. [Hropgan. Goth.] A hoarse- neii. Norlh, ROOPY. adj. Iloarae. Narlh. KOOT-WELTED, pari. pam. Torn up by Ihe roots. Craven. ROOTER, I. A rushing noiae j a rough atlack. Narlh. To ROOZE, V. a. To praise ; to commend. To ROPE, D, a. To teUier a horse or cow. Nor/. ROPES, t. [From their resemblance.] Entrails ; guts. Narlh. Gu Is prepared for black- puddings. Sottl/i. BaiUy. To ROSE, e. n. To drop out front Ihe pod or >eed-ve>sel ; as seeds do, when over- ripe. SonwTJef. ROSIL, t. [Old Eog.] Rosin or more properly Resin. Norf. Svff. ROSiL or ROSILLV. adj. [From Roail or rosin which isbriltle.] Land between sand end clay, neither tight nor heary, Etux ii said to be toailly, Norf. Svff. BaUey. R03SELLED, part. pan. Decftjed; aros- selled apple is a Tolten apple. North. ROSINED./Njrl. pan. Drunk. Sovlh-Nmlh. When a person has prepared himself to speak 01 lo sing, be is said to be ro- sined.) HaitU. Sutsei. It seems lo come from fiddlers loaining their strings pteviouslj lo playing, when the fiddle givea Totth merr; sounds^and a druDkeo man is meriy. ROTHtJUBEASTS, s. Homed-beaals. North. BOTUEE^OIL, I. The duDg or soil of Ruihcr-beasts. North. At Stratford on Avon, H'arie. U a place called the " Bother, or RothBr-maikel." Rolher-bensla are horned cattle. Jacob't Late Diet. Slat. J.u:.%\.c. IB. To ROUGH, D. a. To put long headed make them < hoi slipping in frosty wentlier. Weil. South. To trump one'* adversary's card at wliiat, ROUGHINGS or ROWINGS, wine and is trequenlty Icfl tor cattle li the winter, when it becomes coarse and rough. Hanlg. Suaet. " To lough it," is lo go out of doora in ipite of wind and weather. Hants. ROUND-8BIAVING, i. A aevere chiding; that is a healing all over or round a ROUNU.boCK.J. The common mallowj ao called from Ihe shape of its leaves. Somenet. (See Jfnning:] ROUPEY, adj. [Hroop, Icel. vocifera- tion.] Hoarse. B. Suttex. ROUP, f. A Blthy boil on the rumps of (owls. BaUei/. To ROUT, ROWT, RA\VT, v. n. To snore; lo bellow Ba an oi. North. To ROUT-OUT, V. a. To clean out any place that is full of rubbish or rather (o clear away the rubbish ; to seek or hunt out anything or person. Sxatsx. Hanti. ROUSER, or a ROUSING LIE, is such a monstrous lie as rouses the wonder and astonishment of every one who hears it. HarUt. Swaex. ROVE, I. (Hreof, A. Sai.ascab.] A scab. Norf. ROVy, adj. Scabby. Nor/. ROUSTLING, pari. od. Rustling; lallling. Wert. ROUZABOUT, (. A reatlesa person, never easy at home, but removing from place (o place ; a sort of large pea, which, from ita roundness, will hop or roll about more Ihan others. tfeal, ROW, 1. A hedge. Norf. Sijf. Id Hants, a hedge-low iscalleda Hedge. To ROW, c. a. To rake or stir anything aboul, as aahea in an oven. North. To row any one is to give Ihem a good scolding ; to kick up a row is to nuke agrealBiir; a. row iia riot or distur- baace. These words all have the same meaning; but what is their origin? Can it be from la Ron, to move a boat with oars, implying action, which a raw certainlydoes > ROWTY, oifj. Over-tank or loo strong; spoken of com or grass, Norlh, ROWY, adj. Of anoven leiture, having some Ihreads aloulec llian others, by 144 ROW. RUM. means of which the rows of thread are more distiDCtlj marked than if they were finer. Norf, ROWL or REALf «. A revel or wake. Som, To ROY, V, n. [Roi, Fr. a King] To domineer. Craven. ROYNE-TREE, 9. [Ronne, Dan.] The mountain ash. Craven* (See Craven Dialect.) ROYTCH,acy. Rich. LafM. ROZIM, «. A quaint saying; a low pro- verb. Somerset, RUBBACROCK, s. A filthy slattern ; one who is as black as if she continually were rubbing herself against a boiler or kettle. Exmoor. RUBBAOE, s. Rubbish, which being from Rub, one word is as good as the other. Norf. Hants, Sussex. RUCK, 8. [Hruch, Teut. a wrinkle.] A wrinkle, plait, or fold in a piece of cloth. RUCK, 8. I [Hruga, Isl. a heap.] RUCKLE, S A heap of stones. Craven. RUCK, «. A confused heap. fVarw, To RUCK, V. n. [Hruch, Teut. a wrinkle.] To squat down, that is to fold one's self up. Norf. North. To have a folded, uneven, or wrinkled sur- face. Norf. To RUCKER, V. n. To squat down. fVest. RUCKY, adj. Full of Rucks. Norf. RUCKSES, 8. Spit-stands, or racks. North. To RUCKSTIR.ABOUT,r. n. To make a gnreat stir ; to poke the fire with a degree of violence. Hants, RUD-RUDDLE, s. [Rudde, Sax. ruddy.] A red ochre used for marking sheep. North. West, Hants. RUDDER, ». A coarse sieve used to sepa- rate corn from the chaff. Hants, BaUey, (Perhaps corrupted from Riddle.) RUDDERISH, adj. [Rude, rudish.] Hasty; passionate; rude. SomerseL RUDSTAKES,^. Stakes to which cattle are fastened in the house. North, RUDY, adj. Rude. E. Sussex, To RUE, V. a. To sift. fVest. RUE, 8, [Ruy, Pers.] A row ; hedgerow. fVesi Sussex, RUF, 8, [Hrof. Sax.] A roof. Somerset, RUFFATORY, a^j, [Corruption of Refrac- tory, I suppose; but Forby derives it from Ruffatore, Ital. whom see.] Rude; boisterous; not. easily controuled. ^ Norf, Suff, Refiieitory. SuMsex, Hants, RUFO, adj. [ReowfiaUy Sax. to rue.] Rueful. Lane. RUE-BARGAIN, s, A bad bargain; one to be grieved at. Lane, JIUM, adj. [Sax. according to Forby, sig- nifying great,but always used ironically.] Queer; odd; unaccountable; a ''rum fellow/' is one who is famed for his oddities, that is, great in them. Norf. Suff. Hants, Sussex. Kent. RUM, 8. [Sax.] Room ; space. Someriei, RUMBUSTICAL, adj, [Rum, and BusUe.] Boisterous in manners; bustling; shov- ing and incommoding others. Noff. Noisy ; overbearing. Craven, Suue^, Hanti. RUMBUCTIOUS, adj. Obstreperous. Stqf, RUMGUMPT10US,a4^\ [Rum, and Gump^ tion, knowledge.] Sturdy in opinion. Forward and pompous. "Violent ; bold ; rash. North, Norf. 7o RUMMLE, t>. f». [Rommelin, Belg. to rumble.] To rumble ; to make a noise like a bull, when he is displeased. Norths RUM-BARGE, or BOOZE, s. (llum, and Buyssen, Belg. to drink.] Warm drink of any kind. York. RUMPLE, s. [Rompelen, Belg. to disor-^ der.] A large debt, contracted by little and little, leading at last to a rumple or breaking. Somerset. RUMPUS, s. [Rompelen, Belg. to disor- der.] A great noise. Somerset, ^ A bustle or confusion. Sussex, Hants, RUNCH-BALLS, or RUNCHES, s. Car- lock or churl ick, when dried and withered. (Runco, Lat. to weed.) North, RUNE, s. [Run.] A watercourse. West, RUNGE, 8, A long tub with two handles. Lane, A flasket. North, RUNGS, s. The round steps of a ladder. (Rnnd, Belg. round.) North. West^ RUNNABLY, adv. [Run.] Currently; smoothly. Norf^ Rennably. S^ff, RUNNELL, 8, Pollard wood, from running up apace. North. RUNNING,*. Rennet. Gloue. RUNNING on the HURL, phr. [Whirl ?] Running about idly. Craven. RUNNLE-BALK, s, A beam across a chimney, to put pot-books on. Craven, [Balk, a beam; and Run, it running across a chimney.] To RUN, THIN, v. n. To run off a bargain. Craven, (An honest person is sound and solid in his principles : a dishonest one, the re- verse, or thin.] RUNT, 8. [Teut.] A dwarf. Lane, RUNT, 8, A person of a strong, though of a low stature. Cravenm A Scotch ox, which is very small. Cravenm A small breed of Welch cattle. South, (From Rhumt, Flintshire, whence they are brought, according to Grose.) RUNTY, a4/. Crusty; surly; ill-humoured. Norf, RUSH, 8, [From the custom of carrying rushes, to strew the floor of thechurch oq the eve of the Saint, to whom it was dedicated.] A feast or merry-making. Nmh, SAA. SAG. 145 RUSH-BEARING, s. The ceremony of carrying rashes or garlands to the church. North. RUSHING^f. A bever^ bait, or rear-sup- per. North. RUSr-BURN, «» The plant ononis or rest- harrow. North. RUSTY, adj. [Corruption of Restive ] unnily. Svssex, Hants. RUT, s. [Route, Fr. road] A wheel-track. Hants. Lane. To RUTTLE, v. n. [Rotelen, Belg. to grunt] To make a harsh and rough noise in bre athing. Norf. RUTTLES, «. A noise, occasioned by a difficulty of breathing. Craven. To RUZE, o. a. To extol ; to commend highly. North. RYE.MOUSE,«. A bat. GUmc. RYNTV; RYNT-YE,pAr. By your leave, stand off. North. '* Aroynt-thee." See Craven Dialect. To RYPE, r. a. [Hripan, Ang. Sax. to rip.] To break up ; to investigate. Craven, 8. SA, [pntt. of See.] Saw. Craven. 7\> SAA, V, a. [Saa, Isl.] To sow. Craven. SAAF, adj. [Sauf, Pr.] Safe. Craven. 8AAN, adv. Since. North. SAAP, s. [Sape, Sax. Saip, Scotch.] Soap. North. SkAR,adj. [Sar, Sax.] Sore, Ditto, S AB BED, port. poM. Wet, saturated with liquid. E. Sussex. S ACER-EYES, s. Very large, prominent e^es, stretched to the utmost on all sides, so as to be round like a saucer. Somerset. Hants. Sussex. SACK. To get the Sack is to be discharged. fVarw. SACKLESS, adj. [Sac, Sax. strife, suit, or quarrel ; and Leas, without. Orose. Sacleas, Anr. Sax. quiet. Craven Dialect. Innocent; multless. Forlorn ; foolish ; quiet. North. SAD, a4f» Heavy, applied to bread in op- position to light. North. SADDLE-BACKED CROW, «. The Roys- ton, or sea-crow, so called from its mix- ture of black and g^ey feathers. Sussex. SAD-BAD; SADLY-} Very ill; very BADLY, adv. } badly. Norf. SADLY-BAD, 3 SAFE, aty. Sore ; certain ; as '' he is safe enough for being hanged." Cumb. SAFT, 8. [Safety.] Heart's ease ; to be at Saft, is to be easy and contented ; that is to feel in safety. Reconciliation. North. To SAG, V. [Sack, Brit, a sack or bag.] , To hang down on one side. Hants. To bend or oppress. North. To fail or give way from being overloaded, as rafters, beams, &c. ' Noif* (Sweigen, IsL Penning.) SAG-LEDGE, s. [Sag, and Ledge, from ligature, a binding.] A cross-bar or brace put on a gate to pre- vent it from sagging ; that is from fal* ling to pieces from its own weakness, on any slight pressure. Norf. SAGHE, s. [Saga, Sax.] A saw. North. SAGERS, s. Lawyers. DiUo. SAIG, s. A saw. Lane* SAIGH, prat, of to See. Ditto. SAIM, s. Hog's lard. North. SAIM or SEAM, s. Goose-greaae, lard, or any other kind of fat. South. (Saim, Brit.) SAIND, s, [Sandgan, Goth, to send.] A message. North. SALE, s. The iron or wooden part of the collar of a cart horse, Norf, SALLIS, s. Hog's lard. Qlouc. To SALLY, V. n. To pitch forward ; from Saillie, Fr. a sally or sudden rush. Norf» SALLY, s. [Salix, Lat.] A species of willow. E. Sussexm SALLY or SOLLY, s. A tottering or un- stable situation ; as that building is all in a Solly; that is, threatening to fall down. E. Sussex. SALT-PIE, s. [Salt ; and Pixa, Lat. a pix or box in which the consecrated wafer ia deposited.] A box containing salt. A lean-to. Craven. SALTS, s. Marshes near the sea, over- flowed by the tide. E. Sussex, SALMON-SPRINT, s. A young salmon. North. To SAM, V. a. [Samnian, Ang. Sax.] To collect together. Craven. To skim, as '* Sam the pot ;" skim the pot. North, To gather together ; to put in order. Lane. ''To Sam milk," is to put the rennet into it to make it curdle, and thus col- lect the parts required for making cheese. North. SAMEL, oei;. Gritty ; sandy. DUto. SAMMEN-BRICKS, s. Bricks insufficiently burned; semi, or half, burned. Norf, SAMMARON-CLOTH,«. A cloth between flaxen and hempen ; finer than one, and coaser than the other. Orose. SAMMODITHEE, phr. Say me how do thee. Norf. SANDED, adj. Bad of sight ; short sighted. North. Penning has Sand-blind, afflicted with bad sight, when small particles seem con- tinually flying before the eyes. SAND-TOT, s. A sand hill. Somerset. In Sussex and Hampshire a bunch of grass growing thickly in a meadow is called a ''Tot,*' probably from Touffe, Fr. a tuft. SANG,«. [Sax.] A song. Crave^, 146 SAN. SCA SANG IS IT, phr. Indeed it is. Ntyrth. \ To SANNY, V, n. To otter a whining and iH^ailing cry, without apparent cause. Norf. SAP,«. [Cormption of Sop.] A sop. North* To SAP, r. a. To sop. E, Sussex, SAP-SCULL, s. A foolish fellow, liaving no wits; as though his head was filled with Sap instead of brains. Craven. Soft, like sap. Sussex, Hants. SAPy,aJ;. Pallid ; sickly. Norf, To S AR, V, a. To serve ; to earn ; as I can Sar but sixpence a day. Somerset. SARE, adj, [Seer, Belg. Sare, Sc] Sore. York, SARK, s. [Scotch.] A shirt. North. SARRAD or SARRAED, part, pass. [See Sar.] Sewed. North, SARRANT, s, A servant. Somerset. SARMENT, s. A sermon. Ditto- SARTIN, adj. Certain. Ditt0. SARTINLY, adv. Certainly. Ditto. These are all mere broad pronunciations. SARY-MAN, s. An expression of pity. No7'th, I suppose tantamount to saying '* I am sorry for you, man." SATTIT, «((;. [Sat. Lat. sufficient ,• hence satisfied.] Quiet; settled. Lane. SAUCE, s. Sauciness. Norf. Suss. Hants, SAUGH, s, [Saelgh, Welch. Saule, Fr. Salix, Lat.] A sallow or willow. North. SAUFY, adj, [Saft, Belg. soft.] Wet, as land is in rainy seasons. North. SAUL, 8. A kind of moth. North. SAUR, «. [Saur, Isl. filth.] Dirty, foul liquid, such as runs from cow-houses, &c. North. SAUR-POOL, *. A stinking puddle. North. SAUT, 8. Salt. North, (In many parts of the country this pro- nunciation prevails ; al being lengthened into aw, as in salt, saut — or dropped, as in fault, fawt. Double L is pronounced awl, as in all, small, fall, &c. SAUVE, s, [Salvus, Lat. safe; whence comes to save.] Salve* Craven. SAVORT'N,r. Did savour. Lane. SAWFLY, arfw. [See SaufyJ Softly. Lane. SAWL or SOWL, a. Any liquid that is drunk. North. SAWNEY, ady. Lucky. North. SAWNEY, 8. A heavy, stupid fellow. South, (Saw-Nay or nothing.) SAWTER-CRAWN,*. A silly fellow. Grose. SAY, ». [Essayer, Fr. to essay.] A taste or trial. Norf. Suff. A sample, as " some Say of breeding." Shakespeare. SAY, 8, [To Say or speak.] A declared opinion ; a dictum. Shakespeare. Authority ; influence. Craven. To SAY-NAY, r. a. To refuse ; to forbid. Norf. SCABLINES,^. Chippingsof stone. North. From Scab, the hard outer part of a wound, and lines being the marks made to cut the stones by. SCAD, 8. A short shower. Somerset* (Perhaps from Scud>) SCAD, 8. A small black plum which growi wild in the hedges. E, Sunex. In Hampshire called a Hedge-pick. SCADDLE, a^. Wild ; frisky ; skittish ; said of young horses which will not bear being touched. North, SCAFE, adj. Wild ; a scafe youth. North. SCAFFLING, part, act. [Scyfferlin, Sax. to shuffle ; hence scuffle, scaffle.] Working hard to obtain a livelihood. Craven. Scuffling, is used in the same sense in Sussex and Hampshire. SCXGGLE, adj, [See Scaddle.] Timid. Craven. SCAITHFUL, adj. [Scathgan, Goth, to damage.] Givan to break pasture ; also liable to be overrun by stock. Norf. SCALE, 8. [Scalare, Ital. to scale ; that is, being so steep as to require steps or lad- ders to ascend by.] A hill of steep ascent. Craven. To SCALE, V. a. [Scale, the thin outer surface of many things; to break or take ofif which, is to scale it] To Scale the oven is to rake it, that is to move the coals. To Scale the ground is to dress it, by raking or hoeing it. North* To spread, as manure, gravel or other loose materials. North* SCALLION, 8. [Schael, Belg. a shell or husk ; and onion.] A thick-necked onion. York, A wild plant, in taste like an onion. Lane. To SCALD, V. a. To scorch. Norf, SCALD, 8. A multitude ; a collection of something paltry and insignificant. Noff. (We say a fry of children ; all the whole boiling of them ; and so a Scald, as Forby says, from scalded, green fruit, that is, all that has been scalded ; all the fish that have been fried ; or all the turnips that have been boiled.) SCALD, 8, A patch in a field of barley, which has been scorched by the sun. Norf, SCALLOPS, 8. [Scalloped; irregularly marked.] An awkward wench. Craven, SCALY, adj, [Scath.] Mischievous; thievishly inclined. Sussex, Hants, To S GAMBLE, v. a. [Scramble, according to Penning, comes from Scrabble, and why not Scamble also ?] To entangle ; to throw into a confused state. Hants, SCAMBLED, part, pass. Defeated in an intent. West* To SCAMPO, V, n. [Scampo, Du.] To run fast ; to be in a hurry. Lane* SCA. SCO. 147 SCAMPURT, imp. m. [Scamper il.] Run fast. Lane. SCANTITY, 8. Scarcity. Norf, To SCAP, V. n. [Scape ; escape.] To escape. Craven, SCAR, 8, [Scare, Su. Goth. Craven Dialect. Carre. Sax. Cautes, a crag'or cliff. Grose. Escarpe, Fr. scarp, scar. 'Escarpment.] A precipice; a cliff or bare rock on the dry land. North. To SCAR, r. a. [Scare.] To frighten. Craven. SCARD, 8. [Schaerde, Frisick.] A shard or fragment. Craven. SCARE, 8. [To scare ; to frighten.] A cur to drive away the pigs and poultry. Norf. SCARE, adj. [Schaers, Belg. scarce.] Lean and craggy, as applied to persons ; scanty and flimsy, to apparel. Norf. SCARSy 8. [See Scard.] Fragments. Pot- scars ; broken pieces of pots. Lane. SCARN, SHARN, s. [Scearn, Ang. Sax.] Dung; cow-dung. North. SCAUMY, adj. [Scamian, Ang. Sax.] Clear; gaudy. Craven. SCAUP,*. Scalp. Craven. For this pronunciation see '< Saut." SCAUPY, 8. A bare piece of ground. Cra. SCAWD, 8. A scold. Craven. To SCHRIEVE, v. n. To run with corrupt matter, as a wound. Lane. (Perhaps from Shrive, to confess — that is to let out a secret matter.] SCISSIS-SHEER, s, A scissar's sheath. Somer8^. SCHISMS, 8. Frivolous excuses ; nice dis- tinctions $ taken probably from the ex- treme nicety of the points, on which schisms sometimes take place in religion. Norf. SCATT or SKATT, 8. A shower of rain. IVest. In Devonshire they say, <• When Halldown has a hat, Let KentoQ beware of a Skatt.'*— Gross. SCATTY WEATHER, is showery weather, with little scuds of rain. West. In Hampshire, when it rains very hard, they say, it <* Scats*' against the window. (Sklattin Germ, is a battle.) SCOANCE, 8. [SchanU, Teut. a head, fort or bulwark.] A lantern. Lane. SCOCKER, 8. [Scacan, Ang. Sax. to shake. Shocken, Belg. to shock.] hen A rift in an oak tree, particularly wca- blasted by lightning. Also a rent oc he sioned by water soaking down into tnd body of a pollard oak, from an unsou a part in the head of a tree, and by n severe frost following, which causes a. expansion. Norf To SCODE, V. a. To scatter. CornwaW SCOLES; 8, Scales. Norf SCONCE, 8. [See Scoance.] A fixed seat by the side of a fire-place. North. The head. A sort of candlestick fixed to a wall, to put a candle in. 8u88ex. SCOOP, 8. [From being rather hollowed.] A wooden shovel used by maltsters ; also an instrument made of bone, with which children scoop out the inside of an apple. Hants, SCOPE, 8. [Schoepen, Belg. to scoop.] A bason with a handle to lade water. Lane. SCOPPERIL, 8. A species of tee-totum ; a toy. Craven. SCOPPER-LOIT, 8. [Scopus, Lat. scope, and Loiter.] A time of idleness; a play-time. North. SCOOT, 8. [Sceotan, Sax. to shoot out or protuberate in the way of anything.] An irregular, angular projection, marring the form of a field, garden, &c. Norf. SCOOTER " To run like Scooter" is to run very nimbly, that is, as though shot out of a gun. INorf. SCOOTY, adj. Abounding with Scoots. Nf. SCORE, 8. The core of an apple. GhuG*. To SCORSE, SCOASE, SCOSE, v. [Cose, Scotch, to barter.] To exchange. We»t. South. To SCOTCH, t>. n. [To Scotch, to mince or cut up into small pieces.] To spare ; to refrain ; ** I did not scotch," that is, '* I did not mince the matter."' Norf. To SCOTCH A WHEEL, is to put some- thing before it to stop its progress. Lane. Su88ex, Hant8' To SCOTTLE, r. a. [To Scotch, to cut; and '* tie*' a diminutive.] To cut into pieces in a wasteful manner. Somer8^. SCOTTERING, 8. A custom among boys of burning a bundle of pease-straw at the end of harvest. Bailey. SCOUT, 8. [Scboawt, Teut. a beholder ; speculator.] A high rock or hill. North. To SCOVE, V. n. To run swiftly; to scour along. Notf. SCO WD ERED, part. pass. Overheated with working. North. roSCRAB. [Sciabben, Teut. to tear with the nails.] To scratch or claw. Norf, SCRABBED-EG6S, s. A lenten dish, com* posed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and mixed with a seasoning of butter, salt, and pepper. Norf. SCRABBLE or SCRATTLE, «. [Krabbe- len, Belg.] (See Scrab.) A striving to catch things on their bands and knees on the floor. Lane. To SCRABBLE, v, n. To crawl or tumble about on the floor.- Hants. Sussex. To SCRADGE, V, a. To dress and trim a fen-bank, in order to prepare it the better to r-esist an apprehended flood. Norf. SCRAFFLE, s. [Perhaps from Scrabble.] A scramble. North. 148 SCR. SCR. To SCRAFFLE, f . n. To act uafairly by recediDg from an engagemeot ; to cut and shuffle. North. To quarrel ; to scramble j to be indus- trious. North. [Sohraffen, Belg. Craven Dial,] To 8CRAMB or 8CREAME, v. a. [Scramble.] To pull or rake together with the hands. North* SCRANCH or 8CRAN0E, «. [Scrantzer, Belg.] A deep scratch. Norf, To SCRANCH^ v. a. To inflict a deep wound. Norf, 8CRANN1L, «. A meagre or lean person. Lane, [Scrantzer^ Belg. to grind anything crack- ling or brittle between the teeth, im- plying it is something thin and lean. Scrawney is used as an adject, in Hants in the same sense.] To SCRAP, V, To scratch in the earth, as a dog or other animal, having the pro- pensity, does. Norf. [Screopan, Sax. to scrape.] SCRAPS, «• The dry, husky and skinny residuum of melted fat. Norf. Hampshire, where they are made into puddings called Scrap-puddings. SCRATCHED, fxxrt, pass. Just frozen, the surface of the earth appearing as it were scratched or scabby. To 8CRATT, SCRAUT, r. a. [Kratzen, Belg.] To scratch. North, To SCRAWL, r. a. To throw things about IQ a confused and disorderly manner. " Scrawled corn** is corn that has been bent down and twisted about by wind and rain, so as to make it difficult for the reapers to gather it together. Hants, SCRAWF, «. [Scrofa. Lat. scurf.] Refuse. Som/ersst SCRAWV'LIN, adj. Poor and mean. Somerset, To SCRAWN, V, n. To climb awkwardly. Lane, SCREE, s, A drainer for gravy. Nirrth, In East Sussex, a high standing sieve, which is used for cleansing corn from dust and other rubbish, is called a Screen or Scry, and the act of cleaning the com is called Screening or Skrying. SCREED, s, [Screadan. Sax. to shred.] A shred. Somerset, To SCREEDLE, v. n. To sit hovering over the embers of a fire. West, SCREET, s, [Screadan, Sax. to shred.] Haifa quarter of a sheet of paper. Norf, Suff. To SCRIGGLE or SCRUGGLE, v. n. To writhe or struggle with more or less force. Norf, Suff, To SCRIMMAGE or SCRUMMAGE, v. n. [Scrimen, Teut. to fight.] To skirmish. Notf. Svff SCRIMMAGE^*. A skirmish; a scuffle. E, Sussex, Common, SCRIMPTION, t. [Scrimp, L. Scotch, scanty.] A very small portion. Norf* To SCRINGE, V. n. [Cringe.] To shrink or shrivel, as with sharp cold or heat ; to cringe ; to shrink, as it were from fear of chastisement. Norf, 8uf. SCRIVENER, 8. [Skrifare, Isl. a scribe.] A writing master. Crasten, SCROGS, s, [Scrog. L. Scotch, Schraghe. Belg. a scrag.] Stinted shrubs or brush- wood ; black-thorn. North* SCROGGY, a<(/. Twisted; stunted. Norf, Full of stunted bushes. Craven. SCROG-LEGS, s. Bandy legs; crooked shanks. Norf, SCROOBY-GRASS, s. Scurvy-grass. North, Scurvy and scrubby both signify mean, vile, base. SCROOF, s. [Scrofa, Lat Scrofula.] A dry sort of scales. LdMC. To SCROOP, V, n. [From the sound.] To make a creaking noise, as a door does, when the hinges require oiling. Hants, Sussex, To SCROUGE. V, a. To squeeze ; to press close together ; to crowd, as " Don't Scrouge me so." Middlesex, Hants, SCROW, at^f. Angry, dark and scowling. E,8ussexm SCRUFF, s. The nape of the neck. North, Norf, SCRUMPLING, «. [See Crumpling. Skrumpa Sui. Goth, to be wrinkled.] A small, shrivelled apple. Hants, To SCRUMPLE, v, a. To ruffle. Lane. To SCRUNCH, V, [ScranUen, Belg. to scranch.] To crush, to press close to- gether with some slight noise. Somerset. Hants, SCRUNT, 8. An over-worn wig, besom, &c. Lane, SCRUSE, s. A truce or perhaps excuse'^ A boy at play, wanting to tie his shoe calls out '* Scruse," and does not lose his place in his game. Norf. 8^f, SCRYLE, s. Couch-grass. West. SCUD, s. A scab. Somerset. To SCUG, V, n. To hide. [Scugga. Isl. shade.] North, SCUG, s, A sheltered place. Craven, SCUG, s. A squirrel. Hants. SCUMFISHED, fxxrt, pass. Smothered; suffocated. North. To SCUN, V. a. To throw a stone. North. SCUPPIT,*. [Scoop.] A sort of hollow shovel to throw out water; a common shovel. Norf. A wooden shovel used by maltsters, hop- driers, &c. E, Sussex. Kent* To SCURRY, V, [Perhaps from Scour, to run hastily.] To run briskly in pursuit. Noif, To SCUTCH, V. a. [To Scotch, to cut slightly.] To whip. To do a thing slightly or quickly. Lane, SEA. SEE. 149 To SCUTTER, v. n. [Scbatteran, Sai. to scatler^ to diiperse.] To run about. Craven, SCUFFLE, «. A linen garment worn by children to keep their clothes clean ; a pinafore ; a coarse apron worn by ser- vants when doing dirty work. E. Sussex, SEA, t. A great quantity of any thing, as a sea of a load ; a heavj load. Sussex* So says Grose, I have never heard it, but Ocean is often used in the same sense. SEA-BOTTLE, s. Different species of the Sea-wrack are called Sea-bottles, in con* sequence of the stalks having round pods or seed-vessels. The pod itself. Somerset, SEA-CROW, s. A cormorant. Somerset, In Hampshire a cormorant is called an '* Isle of Wight parson." SEAL, s. [Soel. Ang. Sax. opportunity.] Time; season; as hay-seal, wheat-seal. Norf. Suff. Hour, as ^'he keeps bad Seals.'* " Poachers are out at all Seals." Norf. Suff. To SEAL, V. a. [Sele, Su. Goth, a collar.] To fasten cattle in their stalls. Craven. SEAM, s. [Seam. Sax. a load; Summa, Lat. a horse-load.] A ** Seam of corn*' is eight bushels, or one quarter. A "Seam of wood*' is a horse-load. South. SEAN, s. [Segne, Sax.] A kind of net. Line, A very large net used on the coast of Hampshire, for catching mackerel and herrings. It is used as follows, viz. : one end is made fast to the shore ; a boat rows out with the rest as far as it will reach, and then comes circling round with the other towards the shore, on reaching which, one party of men draw at one end, and another at the other, until the whole is brought to land, with all the fish it may contain. Hants. SEAR, adj. [Searian, Sax. to burn.] Dry ; burned up ; as. Sear wood is the old de- cayed wood in a coppice. When a pas- ture is dried up by the sun, it is said to look ** Sear." E, Sussex. To SEARCE, V. a. Penning. [Sasser, Fr. to sift finely.] SEARCH, s. Hants. ^A fine sieve for sift- SEARSE or SARSE, Sing the meal from BaiUy,jtht bran. SEAVES, s. Rushes. North. The pith of rushes dipped in fat and used as candles. North, Young onions are called Sives in Hamp- shire, probably from the stalks resem- bling those of rushes. SEAVY, adj. Rushy; as, Seavy laud is rushy land. North, 7bSEAWKE,v. To suck. Lane, SEAWL, 8. [Ang. Sax.] Wet stuff. Lane. SEAWNDLY, adv. Soundly. Lane. SEAWR, adJ, Sour. Lane. These words seem nothing more than a broad pronunciation of the proper ones. To SECK, V. a. [Sockgan, Goth, hence to ** Seek" is quite as correct as to ««Seek."] To seek. York. To SEECH, V. a. To seek. Lane. SEEA, aflv, r^wa. Goth.] So. Craven. SEEARETIDE, pAr. If so be. Craven, SEED, pret. of to See. Saw. Lane. York, '*l zeed un." I saw him. Somerset. SEED-BIRD, s. A Water-wagtail. Craven. SEEDLEP, SEED-1 L E AP, > Seed ; and Leap, Ang. SEED-LIP, s. jSax. a basket. A wooden vessel of peculiar construc- tion, in which the sower carries his seed. Norf. Hants. Somerset. SEEDS-MAN, s, A foreman on a farm, whose business it is to sow the com. Hants. Sussex. SEED-MAUND, s. [Mand, Sax. a basket.] A basket for sowing corn out of. Craven. SEEING-GLASS, s. A mirror or looking- glass. North. SEEK, adj. [Seco, Sax.] Sick. Craven. SEEL, s. A sieve. Lane. HEEVN, adv, [Seldosn, Sax.] Seldom. DUto. SEELY, adj. [Syllan, Sax. to lean on one side ?] Weak in body or mind. Lane. SEEN, s. A cow*s teat. Bailey. SEER, adj. Several ; divers. North* SEER, adj. [Sur. Fr. sure.] Sure. DUto. To SEER, V. a. To assure. DUto. SEET, s. [Seeht. Belg. sight.] Quantity ; multitude; ** There wor a seet on*em." North. In the South we say, '* there was a sight of them." To SEET, V. n. [Settan. Sax. to set.] To sit. North. To SEETE OWEY, v. [Aweg. Sax. away.] To set off or out. Lane. SEETRE, s. [To see ; and Through.] Cloth worn *till it is threadbare. North. SEG or BULL-SEG, s, [Seg, Ang. Sax. Tim Bobbin.] A castrated bull. York. . Lane, Norf. In Hampshire) Sussex, and Kent, Bull- stag, or Boar-stag, has the same meaning. SEFE, adj. Safe. Lane. SEGS, s, [Soecg. Sax. sedge.] Sedge; rushes. Soue. Craven. SEGGARD, s. A safeguard; a kind of riding surtout so called, IVest. To SEIGH, V. n. To sag; to hang heavily on one side. North. SEIGN, adj. Seven. Lane. SEL, pron. [Scotch.] Self. North. SELD, part, pass, of to Sell. Sold. CVomm. [Quite as correct as Sold.] SELN, pron, [Sel, Scotch.] Self. SELT, s. Chance. Chesh. SELTlMESy a4v. Seldom. Somerset. 150 SEM. SHA. SEMMIT, ac{/. Limber. Orote. NoHh. Bailey* SEMANT, adj. Slender. North. SEMANZE, t. [Corruption of Cement.] Glue; mortar. North, SEN, vron. Self. North, To SEN, V, a, [Seegan, Sax.] To say. Lane, SEN or SIN^ adv, [Sind, Belg.] Since. North. Sen is frequently made use of in E. Sussex. SENCION, 8. [Senecio, Lat. Forby.] Common groundsel. Norf, SENFV, s. [Can it be from Sign and Fio, Lat.] Sign; likelihood; appearance. North. SENSINE, adv. [Sen, >ince ; and Syne, Scotch, time.] Since then. North. To SERVE, V. a. To impregnate ; the cow is served. Berks. Hants. Sussex, 7b SERVE, v,a. [Servir, Fr. to help.] To feed; to serve the hogs, is to give them their food. Hants, To SERTLE, v. a, [Perhaps a corruption of Startle.] To surprise ; to startle. Essex. SESS-POOL, t. A hole in the earth into which all superfluous water and filth are drained off; the sediment which it leaves, being occasionally removed. Norf. Sussex. SET, s. A game at whist ; our rubbers con- sist of two or three sets. Norf, To SET, V, a. To astound ; to overcome with surprise. Norf. SETTER, s, [Seta, Lat. a seton.] An issue for cows^ &c. Lane. To SETTER, v. a. To cut the dewlap of a cow or 01, for the purpose of inserting a ■eton. North. SETTER-WORT,*. A herb. North. Bailey. SETTEROUT, s. An editor. Craven. SETTlNG-PlN, «. A dibble. Glouc. SETTLE, *. [Setel, Sax.] A bench with a high wooden back placed near the fire in the kitchen of a farm-house or the tap-room of an inn. Norf. Sussex, SEVEN-YEAR, s. A period of seven years, as, *' 1 have not seen him these two seven years." Norf. To SEW, V. a. To drain land. E. Sussex. SEW, s. [Sous. Fr. under.] An under- ground drain. North. E. Sussex. A wet ditch. North. SEWENT or SUENT, adj. [Suivre, Fr. Suivant, following.] ^ Even, regular, run- ning in regular succession. Exmoor. Hants. SEW, 8. A cow is said to be gone to Sew, when her milk is dried off. Hants, Sussex, SHAB, 8. [Schabbe, Belg.] The scab in sheep. fyest. SHAB-WATER,«. A liquor used to cure the Shab, made of tobacco chiefly. IVest. SHABBY, 8. Having the Shab. DiUo. To SHACK, V. n. [Sheckan, Belg. to shake.] ^ To shed as corn at harvest. North. SHACK, 8. Stock, turned into the stabblet after harvest, are said to be at Shack. Ground lying open in common fields. Norf. The liberty formerly exercised by the Lord, of turning his sheep on his tenant*! land, during the six winter months. Norf. BaHeUm SHACKING-TIME, 8. The season when mast is ripe. Bailey* To SHACK, V. n. To stroll about as a mendicant. SHACK-BAG, s, A mendicant. Norf. SHACK-FORK, 8. A fork for shaking grain from the straw. Craven* SHACKING, 8, An ague. Craven. SHACKLE, 8, The wrist, on which shackles or hand-cuffs are put. Craven. SHACKLE, «. A twisted band. Somerset. SHACKLE-NET, s. A species of net, called a flue. Craven. SHACKY, acU' Shabby ; ragged ; that is in a shaky state ; liable to fall'to pieces. Norf. SHAD, proet. Excelled. [Perhaps from Shade, as a large growing tree in a wood shades, and keeps under, the smaller ones. Lane. Divided. JHUo. To SHAFFLE, v. n. [Scyfferling, Sax. shuffling and why not Shaffling ?] To shuffle or walk lame. Craven. SHAFTMAN, s. [Ang. Sax. Tim Bobbin.] The length of a fist with the thumb standing up. Lmie. SHAG, 8. A piece of bread or cheese. Nmth. A blackguard. S^» [Perhaps corrupted from Shack, Shack- bag, a mendicant.] A cormorant, from its sbae:gy rough appearance. Hants. Sussex* ** As wet as a shag," means very wet, as the shag or cormorant dives frequently under water. Hants. Sussex. A shag, from its colour and place of re- sort, is called an *'Isle of Wight Parson." HanU. To SHAIL-ABOUT, v. n. To move as if the bones were loose in their sockets^ like a ripe nut in its shell. [Schale. Belg. shell.] Norf. SHAKES, 8. pi. Condition ; bargain. HanU. Sussex. *' How are you to day ? No great Shakes. Is that a good horse you bought ? No great Shakes. To SHALE, V. n. To drag the feet heavily. To SHALM, SHARM, SHAWM, v. n. To scream shrilly and vociferously* Norf. SH ALDER, «. A broad, flat rush, growing in ditches. Somerset. To SHAM, V. n. [Sceam, Sax. shame.] To blush. Craven. SHA. SHAMNEL, 1. A maKulioe woroaa. ffloM. SHAMPILLIONS, t, Champignion». SHAMBLE, r. a. [ScambU.] To drive bwb; and disperse. f^or^- SHAN, «. Shnmefacednesa, ^™e- SHANDY or SHANNY, aty. Wild, Norf. NoTih. SHARD,*. [Schaerde, Fmick.] A gap id a lledee. B. Suttex. Somenei. To SHARK SHI. 151 t SHERK, V. , A notch. SHARK,). Dung. [Teut.] SHARNEBUDE, t. A beelli SHORNBUO, (. A chaffer. [Sbarn, duDg ; Bag;, Brir., beetle tribe breeding in di SHARP, I. The abaft of To ch. Glow:. Bailey. E. Sviux. anj of the SHIFTING,* Someriet. E. Sunex. SHARPS, I. Coatae flout. North. SouiA. SHAVE,* A coppice. «■««'. SHAW,(. [Schawe. Dot,] A small bang- ine wood. KenU E. Stuaei, SHAY, f. A light colour. [Shade.] Kent. SHAWL, t, A wooden ahovel without a handle, to put com into n winnowing macbine. B. Suaex. [CorrnplioD of Shovel,] SHAWNTY, adj. [Genlil. Fr.] Sbewy ; flasliy ; affecling laite in drew. Norf. Tit SHLAR, p. a. [Sceatao, Sai.] To reap com. Notf. NoH/i. SHED, I. Difference. [Sceadan. Sai. to diitingniib.] Lane. 7b SHED, o. n. To excel. [See Shad.] North. SHEER, «. A ipear, as an eel-»heer. E. Suuex. SHEER, ad/. Brittle; bright red. Norf. SHEEN ST H ADS, I. Spatter-daahea. Exmoor. SHEER, 1. A Bheaib. Stmer>el. SHELD, SHELLED, adj. Parly colonied. PiebalJ. Suff. SoiUh. A Sheld-dralte, h parly coloured. To SHELVE, V. a. [Shelve.io nlopB.I To turn manure out of a carl, b^ railing the fore part, lo that the bottom majr ahelre or alope. E. Sunex. SHELVINGS, (. Additional top^idei to a i»H North. ■hell.] To i to curdle Nerlh. To Sbeal pea> or beans, ii to lake them out oflbe pod. Hant*. SHEKES or SHIRES. J. Coun tie* ending in Shire, ai Hampabire, Willthire, Ac. _ In Norfolk, Suffolk, Eiiei, Kent, and SHOO, (heep are called Ship.) A caw-honw or sheep pen. North. Farm-buildinga. North. Devon. SHIVE,!. [Shave, ahavin;.] A alice. Craren. A amell and thin slice. Nor/. A small Iron wedge, wilh ivhich llie bolt of a ivinifow atiuiler \i fastened. Norf. A thin wooden bung, used by h re veers to slop Iheir casks very close with. Ijyndon. SHINDY, t. A noiw, Wow. E. Su»iex. To SHIE or SHY. b. n. To ala.l, as a fear- ful, or shy, horse does. Hanl>. Smaex. To SHIE or SHY, c. a. To avoid a peraon. HanU. Suaex, SHIFTS,j. Parts of a farm allotted for the leeeplion of stock or crops. Norf. To SHIFT, e. a. To change one's clothes. Norf. Hanli. Sutsex. SHIFTENING,.. A chance of linen. Norf. The perLiiion of land among where gavcl-kiiid prevails ; [Sciflan.Sas.] Kent. roSHlRUo.n. To slide on the ice. North. SIIIGGED, ;Mr(. f)ati. [Shagged, ragged.] Reduced fo beggary. Craoen. SHlLLtN, (. Shelled oats. Cravau SHIM, >. A hoise-hoe used for cleaning the ground between rows of beans or of hops. Kent. E. Siatex. SH1M,». [Scima. Ang. Sax. splendour.] of white in a horse's Nor/. To SHIMMER, c. n. To SHIMPER, t>. n. shine.] To shim ToSHlMPER,!; C-WA To glim Norf. [Scymriao. Sax. to t to glitter. E. Stmex. To aimmer. Nor/. A bridle-way B. Siutex. .-aii-jrtr. a. jLDiieaf. Norf. SHOCKER, *. ^Shocking decency.] A person of infamoua characler. CraPen. To SHOD,e. fl.To abed ; to tpill. .S'db«t«^. SH0CK,J. A pile of sheaves inawheai field, consisting of twelve. Hanta. SHOD or SHUD, i. Ashed. Norf. SHOE.p™n. [Seo. Sa!.] She. Cravat. SHOES AND STOCKINGS,*. Thevaiiely of polyBnlhus, which bai one flower aheaihed io another. Norf. A wild flower of the cypripedium genua, Staiex. Hantt. In E.SaaseX called tetters and Clogs TbSHOG.v. a. To jog. [Shockcn. Soi.] LancHante. To Shog..on, is to jog, or move on atowly. North. SHOLT, I. A cur. Norf. siiBsei, when they speak of a person I SHOODS, j. Oat^chaff. Narlh. comiK from a distance they say, be SH00DEH8, i. Shooldera. Craven. s ont of the ahires; ihere-man. To SHOOL or SHULVE, v. n. To saunter, Norf. to walk indolently and lazily. Norf. SHIPPEN, t. [Scypene. Ang. Sax. an ox* SHOOLER, i. An idle, laiy fellow. E. Sun. Mall.] Craoen. SHOOUNG,*. Goingabout begging liquor. (Perhaps Sheep and Fen; in E. Susaei | , CVaren. 152 SHO. SHR. SHORING, euU* Aslant ; awry ; oblique as a shore is, when placed to support a building. Norf, SHORLING,*. [Shearling, shear, shorn- lingf; Lingadimin.; a shearling is a sheep of the first year's shearing. South. A sheep skin, when the fleece is taken oflf. BaUey. SHORT, a((/. Soft and friable, as cakes or pastry when there is plenty of butter used. Norf, Suff, Hants. To SHOO, o. a. [Shue, Low, Sc.] To scare birds. Norf, To SHOORE, V. n. To shift for for a living. Exmoor, SHOOT, t. A narrow steep lane./s/e of fVight, SHOOTY, adj. Corresponding in size or growth. SHOOT or SHEET, s. A young pig, which is growing or shooting up. Hants, Suss. SHOTFLAGON, or COME-AGAIN, s. The host's pot, given when the guests have drunk about a shillings worth of ale. Derby, SHOT-ICE, s. A sheet of ice. Craven. SHOTS, 8. The refuse of cattle^ taken out of a drove. Craven. SHOTTS, s, A species of small trout. Com. SHOUPS,*. Hips. Craven. To SHOVE, V. n. [Pronounced like grove.] To cast the first teeth ; to germinate or shoot. Norf, To put the loose corn into cops or heaps, for the convenience of being taken up. E. Stusex, SHOWEL, «. A blind for a cow's eyes, made of wood. SotUh. SHOWEL^ t, A shovel. Wane. Shulve, Norf. Showl, Som. Shoo, ^ Lane, Shawl, Sussex, are all corruptions of Shovel. SHRAMMED WITH COLD, phr. Pinched and shrivelled up with cold. Hants. To SHRAPE, V, a. To cold. E. Sussex. 8HRAPE or SCRAPE, «. [Schrapan, Belg. to scrape.] A place baited with com to entice birds ; probably in winter, when the snow is ■craped away for that purpose. Bailey, SHRAVY, acy. Gravelly ; applied to land, as " this is a Shravy soil." Hants. SHRIEV Yy aiU' Having threads withdrawn. Sussex, 8HREEVE, t. The sheriff; the Shire- Reeve. Norf. SHREW, s. [Shreawa, Sax.] A field mouse. Craven, SHROGS, 8, Bushes or underwood. Craven. Chogs are the refuse trimmings of the hop roots, in the spring, when they are dressed previously to poling. E, Sussex, To SHROUD or SHRIDE, v, a. [Screa- dan, Sal. Shrida, Isl. to shred.] To cut off wood from the sides of trees. Som. SHROUD or SHRIDE, s. Wood cut off from the sides of trees. To <' Shrip," is to peel or shred, if. SHROUGH, s. Fragments of tlicka; biU of coal, cinders, &c. Refuse ; sweep- ings. Naif, SHKOVY, atV, Shabby; ragged; squalid. Ntnf. To SHIRK, V. a. To neglect ; to evade ; he shirked his nork; he shirked the ques- tion. Sussex. Hamism SHIRL-COCK, s, [Shrill.] The mble- thush. CVoMis. To SHUN, V, a. To save. SotUh, To posh. SHU, s. A word to frighten poultry. Lame. Hants. SHUCK, 8, [Shucke, Germ.] A husk or pod ; pea-shuck, &c. HasOs. SHUCKISH, adj. [Shakish.] Showery, changeable weather. Hants. SHUPPICK,*. A hay folk. Gloue. To SHUG, V. a. To shrug ; to scratch. Somerset, E. Sussex. SHUG, or SHUCK-TROT, s. [See Sbog.] A slow, shaking trot. Norf. To SHUG, V. a. To shake. Notf, SHUG; SHUGGING, t. A concussion. Norf. SHUT, fxxrt, pass. To be "Shut" of any one, is to get rid of him* B. Sussex, To spend. [Schuldt, Belg. debt] Craven. SHUTTER, 8. A foil of earth. [Shoot.] Craven. SHUTTING-IN, *. The evening. Norf. SHUTTLE, arfy. Slippery; sliding. Som. SIBBERIDGE, s. The banns of matrimooy. Grose. SIB, adj. [Ang. Sai.] Akin. NortJL SICK, SIKE, 8. A watercourse, dry in summer. [Suk, Arab, a defile ; Sich Sax. a funow.] North. SICKERLY or SICERY, adv. Surely. North. SIDE, adj. Long. [Side, Ang. Sax. long.] Norf. North. To SIDE, V. a. To put in order ; to decide or settle anything; to coincide; to agree. Craven. [Corrupted from Decide.] To SIDE- WITH, V. To take part with any- one in an argument or quarrel. Sussex* Hants. SIDDA, 8. [Seodan, Sax. to seethe.] Peas or vegetables, that boil soft. Oloue. SIDELINGS, adv. Aside ; on one side. Notf. Craven. SIDELANDS, s. The outside parts of a ploughed field, adjoining the hedges^ running parallel with the lands or warps. Hants. W. Sussex. SIDELINGS, 8, Balks between, or on the sides of, the ridges of ploughed lands. BaUey. To SIDLE, V. n. To saunter. NoHh. To hang to at the side of, or about, a per- son, for the purpose of sayiog some- thing. South. SID. SIZ. 153 SIDE-WAVER, «. The purline of a roof. Ni, SIDY, tMdj, Surly ; moody. Sussex, Bailey. Gfose. To SIE, V. n. To stretch, an a rope^ gloves, &c. North» SIEVER, «.' AH the fish caught in one tide, and which probably were put into a Sieve. E, Sussex, 7b SIFF, V, n [Seoftan, Ang. Sax. to mourn.] To sigh. North* Gh is fre- quently pronounced f, and why not in •igh. SI 6, t. Urine. Somerset, SIGH, s, [Seon, Ang. Sax. to distil.J A drop. Craven. SIK£RER,a4;. Securer. Strutt's Si)orU, and Pastimes of the people of England. SILE, 8, [Syle, Belg. a conduit.] A sieve. Craven. SILE, «. [Sillan, to soil.] Filth. BaOey. Sussex, To SILE, V, n. To pour down with rain. North. To SILE, V. n. To sit down ; to faint. North, SILLY, ad/. Sickly; poorly. North, SILLYBAUK,^. A syllabub. Idnc, SILT, SILTH, s, rsiltao, Sax. to soil.] Sand or mud deposited and left by a flood. Norf, E, Sussex, To SILT-UP, V. n. To become so choaked up with filth or sediment of any kind, as to leave no passage for the water, as in a ditch or bed of a river. Norf. E, Sussex, SILKER, s, A court card, perhaps from their rich dresses. Somerset, SIMIT, od;. [Smeth, Sax.] Smooth. Cra. To SJMPERT, V. n, [Simper, a silly or affected smile.] To mince words affectedly. Lane. SIN, adv. [Sind, Belg.] Since. North, Sine. Somerset. SINGLET, s. An undyed woollen waistcoat, ^ being in its single or unmixed state. Lane, SINK-DIRT, s. Channel mud. Lane, SINGLE-GUSS, s. The plant orchis. Som SINDING, s. Washing ; rinsing. Craven, To SINE, V, n. To cease milking a cow. Craven * SIN-SYNE. adv. Since that. Craven, To SIPE, V, n. [Sip.] To ooze or drain out slowly. North. SIPPETS, «, Little sops. Bailey, Sussex, Hants, To STRPLE, V, a. To sipple. North, Grose. S ISS, s. A great fat, woman. Exmoor. SITTEN-ON, par^ posf. Milk, when it is burned in the pan, is said to be Sittin on. Ill-thriven. Craven, To SITHE, V. n. To sigh. Norf, I knew a clergyman who always read *' Sithing," for *' sighing of a contrite heart.'* S1ZELY, Loose ; not fixed. Som. To SLOT, V. a. [Sluyten^ Belg.] To shat or bolt a door* Line. Craven, To SLOT, o. a. [Slad, Isl.] To track. Hants, . Sportsmen use the following terms : Slot a deer ; prick a hare ; print a fox. 8LOTCH, 8. A greedy clown. Lane. To SLOTTER, v. a. To dirty ; to spill. Somerset, SLOTTER, s. Any liquor thrown about, or accidentally spilled on the ground. Som. SLOTTERING, adj. Filthy; wasteful. Som. [Perhaps corrupted from Slop.] To SLOUCH, V, n. [See Slush.] To put the foot into water. Norf, SLOUGH, s, A busk; thus the cast skin of a snake is called a Slough. North, SLOUM, s, [Slumeran, Sax. to slumber.] A gentle sleep or slumber. North, SLOVEN-WOOD, s. The plant. Southern- wood. Norf. SLUB, s. Norf, E. Sussex. SLUDGE. Craven. SLOSH or SLUSH. Craven, E, Sussex, Dirt ; mud ; dirty water ; loose mud. These words seem to own the same origin as do to Sloytch. Lane, to take up water — to Sloush. Sussex, to throw about water — Slush, Norf., filthy talk — Slushy, iVor/. E, Sussex, Miry ; full of loose dirt. [Slabberen, Sax. to slabber, slobber, slub. ber, slub; or, Sluyse, Belg. sluice, Slosh, slush, sloush, sloytch.] SLUG-HORN, s, A short, ill-formed horn of a cow or ox ; stunted. [Slug, a snail.] Norf, SLUGGARDY-GUISE, *. The habit of a sluggard. Somerset, SLUCK-A-BED, ». A sluggard. DUto, To SLUftJP, V, n. To sink suddenly and deep into any wet or dirty place. North, Norf, [Lump; plump.] To SLUR, V. n. To slide.' North. SLUR, SLURRY, s. Loose, thin mud. Norf. [To Slur is to sully or soil.] To SLURRUP, V. a. To swallow any liquid greedily, and with a noise of the lips or in the throat. [From the sound.] Norf. To SMARTLE AWAY, v. n. To waste away. North. To SMASH, V. a, [Mash.] To beat to atoms. North. « All to smash ;" all to pieces. Somerset. Hanff. SMEAGRE, adj. [Smicre, Ang. Sax. thin. Forby.] Thin; lean. Norf. SMEATH, s. [Smeth, Sax. smooth.] An open level of considerable extent. Norf, SMEECH, s. Fine dust raised in the air. Somerset. SMICK, SMICKET, «. Dimin. oC smock. Norf, SMIDDY, s. [Smithy.] A blacksmith's shop. Craven. To SMIT, v.a. [Smittee, Sax. smut.] To mark. Craven. SMIT, s. A black spot. Lane. S.MITS, s. Small particles of soot. Craven. SMITTLE, s. [Smitlan, Sax. to smite.] Infection. Craven, SMOCK-FROCK, *. A linen garment worn by labourers over their other clothes; called in .the South a round- frock. Norf, SotUh, SMOCK-MILL, s. A wind-mill, standing on wood alone, while one with brick- work on the lower part is called a Tower- mill. Norf, In Hants, a mill standing on a post aloae, without brick-work or wood-work raised from the ground, so as to form a ground floor, is called a Post-mill, while the other is called a Smock- mill. SMOLT, adj. Smooth and shining. B, Sussex, To SMOORN, V. a. To smear. E. Sussex. To SMOOR, V. a. [Smear.] To smooth ; to pat. Somerset. To SMOOR, V. a. [Smoran, Sax. to smother.] To smother ; to heat. North, SMOOT-HOLE, s. A hole in a fence ur passage for hares or sheep. Craven. SMOPPLE, adj. Brittle; as Smopple wood ; Smopple pie-crust. North, To SMORE, V. n. To abound ; to swarm. Noif. SMORE, s. A great multitude, applied to people or animals. Has it anything to do with More ? Norf. SMOTCH, 8, A blot or stain. [Smotz, S. Goth, a spot.] To SMOTCH, V, a. To stain ; to defile. Norf. SMOUCH, 8. [Smack, smatch.] A coarse kiss. Norf. To SMOUCH, V. a. To kiss with a loud smack. Norf, Smeawtch. Lane. SMUDGE, s. [Mug, Welch.] Smoke or close suflfocatin g air. Craven. To SMUDGE, V. a. _ To Isoil ; to besmear. E. Sussex. SMU. SJNE. 157 I^MUR, «. [Smeran, Sax. to smear.} A small, mistyi drizzling tain. Norf, To SMUR, V. n. To rain lightly and mistily. SNACK, SNECK, SNICK, «. [Snackeu, Belg. to snatch.] A sort of fastening of a door. J>forf. A share; **to go snacks'' is to share to- gether. Hants, Sussex. SNACK, s, [Snaps, Germ ; a glass of spirits, taken in the morning, is so called.] A lunch ; a slight meal. Hants, Stusex, SNACK, 8, Dried fungus. Glouc. SNAG, 8. A rough kuob or gnarl on a tree. Norf. SNAG,.«. [Sncegl. Sax. a snail.] A snail. Sussex. SNAGGY, ait/. Morose j coarse; rough in temper ; tetchy. Norf, North. SNAICH, ». [Snatch?] A thief in the candle. Norf, SNAG, SNAGN, «. A tooth. Somerset. SNAGS, s. Small sloes. Somerset. SNAGGLE-TOOTH, 8. A tooth standing out irregularly. Somerset, SNAGGING, part, act. [Naga. Isl.] Lop- ping ; cutting. Craven, SNAP, adv. Quickly. Lane. SNAP, 8. [From its brittleness.] Ginger- bread. Craven, To SNAPE, V. a. [Snappen, Belg.] To check. Craven. SNAPED, peart, pass. Nipped with cold ; said of fruits and herbs. Noith. To SNAPPERS, V. n. To stumble; as though something bad snapped or broken. To SNARL, v.a. To twist, entangle, and knot together as a skein of thread in winding off. [Gnarl. The gnarled oak. Shaks.^ Norf, SNASTE, 8. [Nasz, Teut. nasty.] The burning wick or snuff of a candle. Norf. SNASTY, adj. Captious; passionate. Norf, SNAT, 8. The burned snuff off a candle. North. SNARL, 8, A tangle ; a quarrel. Somerset. To SNATHE, v. a. i To prune trees. North. To SNAZE. V. u. $ Grose. To SNAVEL, V, n. [Snavel, Teut. snot.] To speak through the nose. Craven. To SNAVEL, V, n. [Snafwa. Su. Goth, to hesitate.] To stammer. Craven* SNEAD or SNEATHE, s. The crooked handle of a mowing scythe. Somerset, Hants. The family of Sneyd in Staffordshire bear a scythe in their Arms. SNEAKER, 8, A small bowl of punch, so called perhaps in ironical distinction from a larger. North. To SNECK, 17. a. [See Snack.] To fasten; as, Sneck the door ; latch it. NoHh. SNECKET, 8. A string that draws up the latch of a door. North. To SNEC&-SNARL, v. a. [Soeck ; to fosten ; and Snarly to entangle.] To en- tangle. Thread twisted into kinks is said to run into sneck or snock-snarls. North. To SNEE, V, n. To swarm ; to abound. North. To SNEER, V. n. To grin ; to make wry faces. Norf. SNEERING-MATCH, s. A grinning match ; an old rustic amusement. Norf. In Hampshire a horse collar is placed be- tween the two competitors, when they are said to grin through a horse-collar. SNOUP, s, A blow on the head. Glouc. SNEEZE, s. Snuff. Lane. SNEEZE-HUUN, s, A snuff-box made of the tip of a horn. Lane. To SNERPLE, r. a. To shrivel up by means of tire. North. SNOUTBAND, s. An interruptor in dis- course; one who rudely interrupts conver* sation. To SN ERT, V. n. [Snort ?] To laugh with scorn. North. SNOUTHBANDS, s. The iron round clog soles. North, SNEVER, adj. Slender. North. SNEVIL, «. [Snegel, Belg.] A snail. North. SNEW, prat, of to snow. North. To SNEW, V. a. To turn up the nose. North. SNEW-SKIN, 8. A leathern apron used by a spinner to rub the wheel with. North. SNICKER-SNEE, s. [ Du.] A large clasp knife. Norf. SNICKLE, SNITTLE, s. [See Snack.] A slip-knot. Norf. SNICK-UP, V, [Probably Sneak-Up or off.] Begone ; away with you. Norf, SNICKUPS, 8. pi. An undefined and unde- flndble malady; but not always easily cured. Norf. SNIDDLE, 8. Long grass or stubble. Lane. To SNIDGE, V. n. To hang on a person. Norf. SNIFT, *. [We say in the •' twinkling of an eye," why not in the sniff or snift of a nose ?] A moment. Lane. To SNIFT, SNIFTER, v. a. [From the sound.] To snuff up the nose. North. Sniff. South, SNIG, 8. [Snegel, Belg. a snail.] An eel. North. To SNIG, V, a. To drag *wood without a cart, dragging along the ground like a snie or eel. North. To SNIGGER, v. n. To sneer ill-naturedly, ""to giggle or titter sarcastically. ^ Norf. SNIPS, 8. pi. Shares ; to go snips, is to go shares. [To Snip — to cut or separate.] Lane. SNIPPOCK, 8. A very small morsel. Norfm SNISETY, atV, Saucy. [Snaes— a, So. Goth.] Cravefu • lb SNITE THE NOSE. [Corruption of Snot.] To blow the nose. North* 1S8 SNI. SOA. SNITB, 9. A snipe. Devon. SNITHE, adj. [Snidan, Ang. Sas.] Cut- ting, Craven, SNIVLL, or SNIBBLE-NOSE, s. One who louffi up the snot. A nig^rdly fellow, who would save even the drop- pings of his nose. fVest. 3NUCK, 8. [Cnucian, Sai.] A knock, a smart blow. Somerset* 3NOD, adj. [An abbrev. of Sine nodo, Lat. without a knot. Craven dialect,] which also gives Snidan, Sax. Smooth. Craven. Lane, SNOG, a4/. [See Snod, or is it from Snug?] Smooth. Snog-Malt having few combs. BaUey, SNOGLY, adj. Handsomely. Snogly dressed $ well-dressed. North'] To SNOOK, V. a. To smell. [See Snuck,] Lanc- To SNOOK, V. n. [Nook ?] To lie con- cealed. Craven. SNOT, adj. [See Snod.] Neat ; handsome. North. To SNOTTER, v. n. [Snot.] To weep, to run at the nose. North; SNOUIi, 8. A short thick cut from the crusty part of a loaf or a cheese. Norf, SNOWL» 8. The bead. Somerset. [KdoI, Sax. the head, the loot of both these words.] SNOTER-GOB, 8. [Suot from its mucous appearance ; and Gob, a lump of viscous matter.] The red part of a turkey's head. North. To SMUCK, V. a. [Snufif ?] To smell. Norf, Grose. To SNUDQE, V. n. To walk in a bending manner, looking down, as though full of intense tlK>ught. Norf, Sussex, To SNUE, V. a. [Sny, Isl. to turn] To turn up the nose with contempt. Craven, 3NUG, adj. [See Snog.] Tight; hand- some. i0anc, SNURL, *. [Perhaps from Snore — snoring proceeding from tlie nostrils.] A nostril. Grose. A cold in the head. North, Bailey, SJN USKIN, 8. [Nese, Sax. nice ; and Kin a diminutive.] A nicety ; a tid-bit. Norf, To SNUZZLE, V, n. To hide the face in the bosom, as children do. North. [Penning has to Snuggle, to lie close to- gether. In Hants and Sussex we have to Snooze, to take a short nap ; and to Snoozle in the same sense as Snuzzle. Are they all from Snug?] SODS, 8. A canvas pack-saddle stuffed with straw. North. SO, SO A9 V, imp, m* Cease ; desist. Craven. So ! E, Sussex, Kent. Leave it so ; that will do* SO* SOA, 8. A tub with two ears, through which a staff is put to carry it with. North. [Soe, Norf, Seau. Fr« a pail or bucket.] To SOAK, V, a. To bake bread tbofoaghljr, Norf. Su89e9. HonU. SO AM, 8, [Summa. Lat] A borae loa4. fVesi. Bailey. SOA MY, adj. Moist and warm. N^irik. SOAP, 8, '■ [Sope, J«l. a sup.] A drop ; a quantity. To soap-to; to exchange. Oiav, A SOCK, 8. A ploughshare. North. [Sue. Fr» a. ploughshare.] A SOCK-LAMB, s. A lamb brought apby hand and domesticated. [Suck ?] K Sussex. SOCE, 8. voc. case, [Socius, Lat. a com- panion.] Friends; companiona. Somerset, SOCK, s, [Soak.] The superficial mois- ture of land, not properly drained off. Norf. SOCKY, adj. Moist on the surface. Norf. SOKE, 8, tSoc, soke in law, a liberty or privilege.] An exclusive privilege claimed by millers of grinding all com, which is used within the manor or town- ship wherein their mills stand. North, SOFT, adj. Wet. North. Silly [Soft-brained?] Sussex. North. Timid. North. SOFTNET, 8. : A foolish fellow. Grose. To SOFTEN, v.n. To thaw. Craven. To SOIL, V, a, [Saoul, Fr. a belly-full.] To fatten completely. Norf, SOILING, 8. The last fattening given to fowls. Norf. To SOIL MILK, To cleanse or strain it, that is take soil from it, as to shell a nut, is to take off the shell. North. SO-INS, adv. [See Sewent.] Norf. To SOLDIER, V, n. To swagger ; to bully. Norf. To SOLL, V. a. [Sow — hogs ears being generally meant.] To pull by the ears. A Norf, To Sowl a hog, is said of a dog that seizes a hog by the ear. Swsex, Hant9. Sow is a head. Lane. SOOPERLOIT, 8, A time of idleness or relaxation ; play-time. Sout?u SOLLER, 8, [Solive, Fr. a joist.] A loft. Norf, The Bell-soller ; the bellfry. Norf. To SOLLOP, v,n. To lounge; to waste time in atter laziness and inaction. Norf. SOLTCH, 8. A heavy fall. Lane. SOMEWHERES, adv. In East Sussex and Kent they say Somewheres, nowheres, anywheres, instead of somewhere, &c. [Sans, sonci, Fr. without care.] SONCY, a4;. Lucky; fortunate. North. SOO, 8. A sow. Looic. SOOL, SOWL, 8. Anything eaten with bread. North. SOON, 8. The evening, being the soon ox early part of the night. North. West. SORE, adj. [Saur. Isl. filth.] Sorry, vile, worthless. Norf. SORE, adv. Very; exceedingly. Notf, SOR. SPA. 15d •* Store a cale,** very cold. Bailey. " Sore afraid," was a common expressiou formerly. SORT, «. A great number* Norf, SOSSE-BR ANGLE, «. A slatternly, lazy wench. SoiUh. SOSS. 8, A jamble or mixed mess of food. Norf. SOSSi 8. A mucky puddle. North, To SOSS. V. a. To throw a liquid from one vessel to another. Sotnersfl, To SOSS-ABOUT, v. To mix different things together, in a confused way ; ap- plied to liquids. Su8»ex, These words have all one root, as well as Sozzle and Souce, which is the French word Sauce — sauce. SOSS, adj. Plump ; direct. North, To SOSS, V. n. To Lap. Ditto. To SOTTER, V. n. To make a noise in boiling as any thick substance does. Noiih. To boil gently. [Seodan, Sax* to seethe.] Norf. SOUCE, 8, [See Sosa.] A pickle for hog's flesh. BaUey. SOUGH, SOW, 8. [Snchten, Belg. to sigh.] A hollow murmur. Craven. SOULING. part. act. Bathing ; ducking. CftKifen. SOUPINGS, 8, [Snp.] Any sort of spoon- meat. North, SOUPY, a^f. [Sop.] Wet ; spungy. Craven. SOU, 8.^ [Sugge. Ang. Sax.] The insect millipes. Norf. SOUR-DOCK, t. Sorrel. Somerset. [A species of dock having an acid taste.] SOWINGS or SEWINGS, s. Oatmeal; flummery. North, SOUNDED, part. pass. [Sone, Russ.] Swooned. Craven* SOWSE, 8. [See Soss.] Pigs* feet and ears pickled. North. West, South. Norf. The paunch of an animal, usually sold for dogs* meat. Norf. BaUey. To SOZZLE, SORZLE, v. a. [See Soss] To intermingle in a confused heap. Norf. SOZZLE, SORZLE, s. An odd mixture of different things; generally applied to various ingredients boiled together for a medicine. Norf. SPAANED, part. pass. [Speenen, Belg.] Weaned. Craven. SPACT, adj. Ingenious ; apt to learn ; as a spact lad, or wench . North, SPADE-BAAN, s. [Prom the shape.] Blade*bone. North. SPA DE-GRAFT, s. [Spade, and Grave ; to cut, as deep as the spade will dig.] A depth of about a foot. Lane. SPALT, or SPOLT, ay. [Spoiled?] (See Spelk.) Split, brittle, or decayed ; ap- plied to timber. R. Sussex. 8PALES,s. [See Spelk.] Chips; also things cast in one's teeth. North. Bxmoor. To SPAN, V. a. To wean ; to span a child. North. Spane, or Speen, is a cow*s teat IB Hants and Sussex. (See Spaaned.> SPANCEL, «. A rope to tie a cow's hind^ legs. BaUey. S PAN £, 8. [Spatha, Lat . spatbe. Crav. Dial. Do Spane, a teat, and this, claim the same root f\ The first shoot of corn. CreoJen. 7bSPANG-OWER,f7. a. [Spannan, Sax. to stretch] to leap over. Craven. To SPANG- WHEW, v,a. [Spannan, Sax. to "^ stretch ; and Whew, to cast wKh force. Craven. Dial.} To throw violently by a lever. DUlo. To SPANK, v. n. To move with speed and style ; applied to a horse. Sussex Hants. SPANKING, €ulj. Fine ; jolly ; as a spanking lass. Sussex. Hauis. Showy ; conspicuous, especially if large ; moving nimbly ; striding- along; stoutly. Norf. To SPAR, V. a. To bolt, bar, or pin, a door. [Sparran, Ang. Sax. to shut.] Norf. Orose. SPAR, s. [Ysper, Brit, a spear, or Sparran, Ang. Sax. to shut, make fast.] A pointed stick, doubled, and twisted in the middle; used by thatchers to secure the stmw on the roof of a stack, or building. Somerset. Hants. Sussex. To SPAR, V. a. To ask ; to inquire ; to cry things at the market. [Spyrian, Sax. to Spy.] North. SPARE, aif. Slow. [Sparing of bis strength.] West. SPARCH, adj. [To parch.] Brittle. Norf. SPAR-DUST, 8, Powder of post, not saw- dust. Norf SPARKID, adj. Speckled. Somerset. SPARKLED, a4/. [Speckled.] Spotted; sprinkled. Grose. SPAT, s, [Spit, Hants."] The spawn of oysters. North. SPARKLING, 8. The claying between the spars; to cover the thatch of cottages. Norf. (Spar-claying.) SPAW, 8. The slit of a pen. North. SPAUD-BONE, 8. Craven.} See Spade-baan SPAUT-BONE, 8. Norf. J TheBlade-bone To SPAVE, V. a. To spay. Craven. SPAUT, 8. A youth. [Spruyten, Belg. to spout ?] North. SPAWL, 9. [See Spates.] A chip from a stone. Somertet. To SPEAK AT VMOVTVI^phr. To speak freely. North. SPEAL, 8. A splinter. North. To SPEAR, V. n. [Spear, from its pointed shape.] To shoot up, as com does. HarUs. SusseXm SPECK, 8. The heel-piece of a shoe. North. The sole of a shoe. Norf. The fish called a sole from its shape. ZMlto. SPEER, 8. A chimney post. North. A shelter in a house, made between the door and fire to keep off the wind* North. 160 SPE. SPI. 7b SPEER, V, a, [See to SparJ To en- quire Craven* SPEL, «. [Spel, Belg. lo play.] Liberty. Craven, SPEL AND KNOR. The game of trap- ball Norl/i. To SPELDER, v. n. To spell. Nort/t, SPELK, 9. [Spelc, ADg. Sai.] A splinter or chip. Norlh. SPELL, €. A turn, as one woikman says to another i — '* now you take a spell." Hants* Sussex, SPENCE, s, A small place for setting milk or drink in, made with a lattice. North, ToSPEND, V. a. [Corruption.] To span with the hand. Norf. SPEN DING-CHEESE, s, A middling sort of cheese for the common use^or spending* of the family, in a farm-house. Suff, SPENGED, joaW. pass. Pied, as cattle are. North. [Pingo, Lat. to paint ?] SPECK, 8. The spoke of a wheel. Ditto, SPERE, 8, A spire. Norf, SPERKEN, SPERKET, s, A wooden peg to hang hats, &c. upon. Norf, SPEWRING, s, A boarded partition. Exmoor, SPICE, s, A small quantity; a slight attack of a distemper; as I have a spice of the rheumatism. Hants, Sussex, [Perhaps from Spice being used in small ' quantities, to season anything with.] SPICE, s. Raisins, plums, and such like fruit. Vorks, SPICK AND SPAN, phr. Every part " new. [Spick, spike, or spear; Span, handle. South. SPIKEN or SPIKIN, s. A large nail with a round flat head. [Spica, Lat.J Norf A long nail. Craven. Spike-nails, are large long nails ; so called to distinguish them from the smaller sorts. Hants. Sussex, SPILE, «. A wedge of wood, stoutly pointed with iion, used in clay or gravel pits, limestone quarries, &c. to remove large quantities at once. [Spiale, Su. Goth., chips.] Norf. SPILE-HOLE, 8, The air-hole in a cask. Norf SPILE-PEG, 8. The wooden peg to close the air-hole of a cask. Norf, Forby has these words : — In Sussex they say Spile-hole and Vent-spill or spile. I think it should be Spoil instead of Spile — the peg spoiling or stopping the vent. SPILL, 8. A sum ; as a spill of money. [Spill, Isl.] North, SPILL, 8. A stalk ; particularly one that is long and straight. To run to spill, is to run to seed. Somerset. To SPILL, V, a. To spoil. E, Sussex. SPINNEY, 8, [To Spin out.] A brook. Bucks. SPINK, 8. [From the noise the bird maket.] A chaffinch. Norf, North, A chink. Han/». SPINKED, part, pass, [Pinked.] Spotted. Craxfets, SPIRBS, 8. [See to Spear.] Young trees. Craveti* SPIRIT, 8. Electric fire ; a blast of ligbt- nin2:. Norf* To SPIT, V, a. To dig with a spade. Somenet, SPIT, 8, The depth of a spade in digging^. Norf, SPITTER, 8, A small tool, with a long handle, used for cutting up weeds. Somerset, A spade. Hants, SPIT DEEP, adj. As deep as a spade will dig. Hants, To SPITTLE, V. a. To move the ground lightly with a spitter. Somerset, SPITTLE, 8, [Spatula.] A board used in turning oat cakes. Craven, SPITTLE, s. A term of supreme contempt ; from to Spit — as to spit upon a person ia to treat him with contempt and insult. Notf. SPITTLE, adj, [Corruption.] SpitefuL Somersei, To SPLASH, V, a, [Plasche, BeJg] To daub by throwing dirty water Craven, Sussex, Hants, ** To cut a Splash'' is to make agreatshow* Stusex. Hants. To cut hedges. Craven, To make a hedge by nearly severinjg the live wood at the bottom, and then interweaving it between the stakes, when it shoots out in the spring, and makes a thick fence. Kent, To SPLUTTER, v, n. To spatter. Craven. South, SPORE, 8. [Dan.] A spur. Norf, SPOUT, 8, Spirits. He is in great Spout. Berks, SPOAT,«. [Spoetan, Sax. to spit.] Spittle. Lane, SPOCLE, 8. [Spoca, Sax. a spoke, and Cle a dimin.] A small wheel on a spindle. Craven, To SPOFFLE, V, n. To be over busy about little or nothing. Norf, SPOhT, adj, [See Spalt.] Brittle. DUto, SPONG, s, A long narrow slip of inclosed land. Norf, SPONG- WATER, s, A narrow streamlet. DUto. To SPONG, V. a. To cobble ; to work with a needle, in a clumsy, rough way. E, Sussex, SPRAG, adj. Lively ; active. Grose, SPR AGS, 8, Young salmon. [Sprig.] North. Nails. Craven, To SPR A ID, V, a, [Spreyden Belg. to spread.] To sprinkle; to moisten with spray. Norf. SPR. SPU. 161 SPRAWLS, 8. [From their crooked shape.] Small twigs or branches of trees. Norf. SPRECKLED, adj. Speckled. [Sprechlot. Su. Goth.] Spotted. Nor/, SPRCNT^flu^*. Sprinkled. Craven. [Sprejden. Belg. to spread.] 7*0 SPRING, t». a. [Sprinkle.] To moisten; to sprinkle. Somerset, To spring clothes* is to moisten it a litilei freyiously to ironing it. Hanlt, NG,«. [To Spring or grow up.] Young plants of white-thorn for hedges. Naff, To SPRINGE, V, a. [See to Spring.] To spread lightly ; to sprinkle. Nor/. SPRINGER, 9. [See Spring.] A youth. Norf, SPRITES. [Spriet, Belg. a pole.] A pole to push a boat forward with. Nor/, SPRIT-SAIL, s. A four-sided sail, which is extended by means of a pole, running from the lower corner, which is attached to the mast, diagonally to one of the upper comers. Sussex, Hants, SPRIG, «. A brad. NoHh, SPRINK, 8, A crack ; a flaw. Nor/. [To Spring. A board that is sprung, is one that is warped or cracked.] SPRINT, s. A gin for catching birds. North, 8PR0NG or SPRONK, s. The stump of a tree or tooth. E, Sussex, SPRUN, «• The foie part of a horse's hoof. Craven, SPRUNNY, t. A male sweetheart. Glouc, S PRUNN Y, a4j. Neat ; spruce. Norf. SPRI7NT, s, A steep road. North, To SPRY, «• fi. To become chapped with cold. Somerset, My hands are Sprayed ; that is, chapped or made rough by exposure to cold. Hants, SPRYy a4/. Nimble ; active Somerset. SPUD, s. Any person or thing remaikably short of its kind. Nor/, SPUD, s. A light garden tool, with a long handle, used to cut-up weeds. Sussex. SPUD, t. A good gift or legacy. H^est. [Spedian, Sax. to grow rich ; to speed.] To SPUDLEE, V. a. To spread a thing aboad. Exmoor. To SPUD, V, a. To cut up weeds with a spud, frequently called a Weed-spud. K. Sussex, 8PUDDY, a4f\ Very short and stumpy. Norf To SPUFFLE. V. n. [See Spoffle. Can these words be from to Puff-— to eitol to excess ?] To move hastily, with an osten- tations air of business and bustle. Nor/ SPUNK, s. Spirit ; mettle. Hants, Sussex, SPUNKY, a4/\ Brisk ; mettlesome. Hants. Norf, To SPUR, V, a. To prop ; to support. Smsex. Hants, SPUR, s. A short piece of wood let into the ground, and nailed against a post to support it. Sussex, Hants, SPURGET, s. [See Sperken.] A peg, or piece of wood to hang any thing on. North, To SPURK-UP, V. n. To spring up in a brisk and lively manner. South, BaUey. SPURNE, s. An evil spirit. Dorset. SPURRINGS, s. [Spyrian, Sax. to ask.] Banns of marriage. Cranen. SPUR- WAY, s, [The same as bridle-way ; implying a person may ride on horse- back through it; but not with a carriage.] A bridle-way ; a horse-way. South. SQUAB, s, [Quash ?] An unfledged bird ; a youug rabbit, before it is covered with hair. Hants. A cushion, or couch. Hants. North. SQUAB-PIE, 8, A pie made of several in- gredients. Sea term. Penning. To SQUAIL, V. a. [See Cock-squailing.J To throw a stick at a cock. Somerset. To Scale has the same sense in Sussex and Hants. SQUALLY, adj. Patchy ; said of corn or turnips, when the seed has partially missed. Norf. To SQUASH, V, a. To splash ; to moisten by plentiful effusion- Norf. ** Squish-squash" is a term used to express the noise made by the feet in walking over a loose, swampy, piece of ground. Hants. To SQUAT, V, a. To indent. Somerset. Hants. To SQUAT, r. a. To stop ; as to Squat a wheel, is to put a stone before or be- hind to stop it. SQUAT, s. A piece of wood used to stop a wheel; a gutter or deep place of any sort in a road, which checks the progress of a vehicle. E. Sussex. A hare is said to Squat, or go to Squat when she lies up in the chase. Sussex. Hants. SQUATTED, /Miff, pass. Splashed with mire or dirt. Kent. Grose, To SQUAT, V. a. To quiet; to still; as. Squat the child, nurse. Norf. SQUATTING- PILLS, s. Opiate pills. Norf. All these words, with the exception of Squatted, splashed, which seems to be from the same root as to Squash, are most probably from Squattare, Ital. to Squat or sit down close. SQUEMOUS, adj. Saucv. Lane. SQUEEG'D, part, pass. Squeezed. Middlesex. SQUELST'RING, part, act. Sweltering; sultry. Exmoor. To SQUIGGLE, v. a, [Quaggle, quagmire, or from the sound product by the act.] To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth, with the lips closed. Norf. To SQUINDER, v. n. To bum very faintly, as damp fuel, or as a candle with a bad wick. Norf. X 162 SQL ST A. To SQINNY, r. w. [To Squinl.] To look asquint ; to cause to squint. Squinny-Eyes are squinting eyes. Norf, SQUINNY, adj. Very lean; meagre. Norf, To SQUINNY-ABOUT, v. n. To fret as a child does. Hants* To SQUIRM, V. n. To wriggle and twist about briskly ; as eels do. SotUh, Bailey. To SQUISH, ». n. [See to Squash.] Norf, 6QUIT, 8, A word of supreme contempt for a very diminutive person; as, a *• paltry Squit." Norf. SQUIZZEN^ part, pass, of to squeeze, Craven. ST A AD, adJ, [Staen. Belg. to stay ; staid.] steady. Craven. STAAN, s. [Stan, Sai.] A stone. Ditto. STAAPINS, ». [Stappen, Belg. to step.] Holes made by the feet or stepping of cattle. STAB, f. [Stabulum, Lat. a stable ; a house for horses.] A hole in the ground, in which the female rabbit secures her litter while they are very young. E. Sintsex, STABBLE, s [Stabulum, Lat. a stable.] Loose and liquid dirt. Hants. To STABBLE. v. n. To dirty any place, by walking on it with wet and filthy shoes. Hants, To STACKER, v, n. To stagger. Ditto. STACKERS, s. The disease called staggers. Hants. STADE, «. [Sted, Sax.] A shore or station for ships. £, Sussex, Used constantly at Hastings. STAFFE OF COCKS, A pair of cocks. North. STADDLE, 8. [Slads, Goth, a place.] The wooden frames placed on stones, or other stipport, on which corn stacks are built. Somerset. The bottom of a stack ; the matks left on the grass by the long continuance of wet weather. Craven. A mark .of the small-pox. Lanc» Any mark or impression. North* 7b STADDLE, v, a. [That is, to put in their proper places.] To leave young trees in a wood to grow into timber, is to " Staddle*' a wood. Norf Grose. STAG, 8, [Stag, Brit. a. gander ; Stegga, Isl. the male of wild beasts.] A cock turkey killed for the table in his second year. Norf. A horse from one to three years old. Craven. A wren. Norf. In Sussex and Hants, a castrated bull or boar, is called a bull, or boar. Stag. A romping girl, is called a stag. Grose. STAED,5. [SeeStaad] A bank. Oxford, STAINCH, s. A root 1 ke liquorice^ North, Grose. STAKE-HANG, s. A kind of circular hedge, made of Stakes, forced into the sea-shore, and being about six feet high, for the pur- pose of catching salmon, and other fish. Somerset, STALE, 8, A hurdle. North. The stalk of a plant. Bedford, Cheshire, To STALENGE, v, n. To compound for anything by the year or number. North, STALKER, «. A fowler. DiUo, STALLAGE, s. [Stall, a bench.] A wooden trough, on which casks are placed, for the purpose of letting beer work. E, Sussex. To ST AM, r. a. [Stam, Goth, to stammer ; that is, to have an impediment in the speech, which a sudden fright often oc- casions.] To astonish ; to overcome with amazement. STAM, s. A matter of amazement. Norf. STAM-WOOD, 8. [Stem.] The roots of trees grubbed up.] South, STAMP-CRAB, s. One who treads heavily. No9'th. STANEARDS, «. [Stan, Sax. a stone.] A collection of stones ou the bank of a river. Craven, To STAND-IN-HAND, phr. To concern ; to behove. To STAND HOLES, phr. To rest content as one happens to be at present ; in allu- sion probably to some game played by moving pegs from one hole to another, as on a cribbage board. Norf, STANG,«. [Sting?] A violent pain. Craven. S TANG, s. [Steng, Ang. Sax.] A long, strong, staff. Somerset, Lane, A cowl-stafi*. North, Bailey. A pole, applied as a lever, to press on a cart- wheel to check its velocity down hill. To ride Stang ; a boy carried on a pole before the house of a man, who has beaten his wife, and who repeats some verses applicable to the occasion, is said ** to ride Stang." Craven. STANK, s. [To stanch ; to stop blood from running.] A dam to stop water. South. Bailey, A boggy piece of ground. Craven, A dam. Norf. STANNIEL, «. A hawk. Lane, STANSTICKLES, s. Small fish called Stickle-backs. Norf. STARE-BASON, s. One with large eyes or that is apt to stare impudently. West, STA R E, adj, [SUrck, Belg. stark.] Stiflf ; weary. North, STARK, adJ, Stifif; cold; tight. Craven. Very stiff. Lane, STARKY. adj. Flinty. "The ground is very Starky." Ground is said to be very stark, or starked up, when the surface has been dried very suddenly after rain. Sussex, Hants. To STARKEN^ v, n. To stiffen, as mutton fat in frosty weather. JLanc, STA RK-GIDDY, atHf, Very angry ; mad. Lane STAR-SLUBBER, «. Frog spawn. N4frth, STA, STE. 163 START, «. A haDdle; a long handle of any thing ; a taif. Nm^h, STATESMAN^ t. The proprietor of an entate. Craven. Norf, STATTIES, 8, [Statute, Law.] A fair held by statute, where servantH attend to be hired. Craven, To STACJP, V. n. To lift the feet high in walking. North, To STAW, V, n, [To stay, to stop.J To be restiff, as a horse that will not go. Lane, 8TAWED, part, pass. Cloyed; at a stand; unable to eat any more. North. To STAWTER, v,n. Tateren, Belg, to totter.] To reel ; to stumble. North. To STEAD, V. a [Sted, Sax. a place.] To supply a vacant place left by a servant. STEAD, i. A place to stand on. Norf, ST£ALE, 8. The handle of anything. North, The Steale of a prong is the handle of it. E, Sussex, To STEAM, V, n. To give forth dust, as a carpet when beaten, or a dusty road when the wind blows, or a horse passes. E» Sussex, STEAN, s. [Stan, Sai.] A stone. North, STEAN, s, A large jar made of stone ware. Somerset, To STEAN, V. a. To line a well with stones or bricks is to Stean it. Hants, Sussex, Stean is the name of two different places in Hampshire and Sussex, the one is a lane, the other, part of a forest. The Stean (Steyue) Brighton is known to every one ; probably the root of all is Stan, stean, stone. STEANINO,«. A ford made with stones at the bottom of a river. Somerset, STEAWKJ s, [Stealcan, Sax. to stalk; a stalk.] A handle. Lane. To STEAWP,v.n, [Stupian, Sax.] To stoop down. Lane, STEAWP or REAWP, phr. All, every part. Lane, STEAWT, adj, [Stauter, Goth.] Start; proud. Lane, To STECK, V, a. [Sleken, Belg.] To shut ; to thrust Craven. STED, s, [Sted, Sax.] A place or house. Craven, To STEEtVf, V, a. To bespeak a thing. North. STEE HOPPING, part, act. Gadding about. tVest. Home-stead is the family house. Suisex, Hants. STEDDLE, «• A frame of wood, placed on stones, to keep off rats and mice, on which to build corn ricks, is called a Rlck- stiddle. IV, Sussex, Hants. STEE, s, [Stsppan, Sax. to step. Why should not Stee come from Stseppan as well as see from Seon, Sax ?] A ladder. North. A stile. J^i^io. STEEP, s. Rennet. Lanc» STEEPING, adJ, Very wet ; soakine. Craven, STEERISH, atj^\ Young; spoken of a young ox, which until four years old is called a steer. Olouc. STEERT, 8, A point. Somerset, Has it any thing to do with Starting-post, the point from which horses start in a race? STEEV'D WITH COLD, phr. Stiff and frozen. [Stifan, Sax. to stiffen.] fVest, STEFN, STEVEN, *. [Stiff; stiff-one?] A loud noise ; a hoarse, deep-toned voice. Craven. STEG, s, [See Stag.] A gander. North. STEIP OF HELMS. Eighteen helms. Wilts, STELL1NG, 8. [Steal, Sax. a stall.] A place to which cattle retire in hot weather. Craven, STELL, 8, A brook. North. STEM, 8. [Stem, a stalk.] A 'long round sliaft used as a handle for various tools. Somers^, STENT* «. A stint. Norf. STEPPLES, 8. [Step; and Ple^adimin.] A short and neat flight of steps. Norf. STERTLING-ROIL, s, A wanton slattern. fVesl. [To Startle, to shock ; and rile, which, see.] To STERT, V. n. To start. Norf. STERT, «. A start. Ditto. STETCH, 8, As much land as lies between one furrow and another. Norf, [Forby derives it from Stixos, Greek, a furrow ; in Hampshire, a narrow slip of land in a common field is caMed a Stitch, which, most likely, has the same origin. STETCHELLED, part, pass. Filled very full. North, STEVELLING, part, act. Blundering, or tumblint?, in walking. North. To STE WEN, V, a, [Steefnian, Ang. Sax. to appoint.] To order ; to bespeak. Craven, STEVON, 8. A loud noise. NoHh, [See Stefn.] STEW, 8, A cloud of dust or vapour. Norf. [Styfa, Isl. a vapour ; or from the steam, which arises from meat, which is stew- ing.] To be in a stew is to be in a great heat or fermentation of mind, in consequence of some trouble or diffi- culty. Craven, Sussex, Hants, STEWARDLY, adj. Like a good hoase- wife. Grose, STEYAN or STEAN, 8. An earthen pot like ajar. [See Stean.] Exmoor, STICKLE, adj. Steep ; as, a Stickle hill. ; Rapid ; as, a Stickle stream. Somerset. STICKLER, 8, A person who presides at backsword or singlestick, to regulate the game ; an umpire. Somerset, 164 STI. STO. STIDDCN^ part, past. Stood. North, 8T1DDY> 8. [Slid, Ang. Sax.] An anvil. North. STIFFLCR, 8. A stickler, that is, one who stands up stiffly for whatever he takes in hand ; one who is very basy and active in anv matter. Norf, STIFF-QUEAN, «. A lusty wench. North. 7o8TILE,v. a. [Steel r] To iron clothes. Exmoor. STILTS, «. Crutches. Norf. STILT, 8. The handle of a plough. Craven. 8TIME, 8. A glimpse. North. STIMEY, a^. Dim sighted. North. STINGY, a((r. [Stince, Ang. Sax.] Cross; ill-humoured; churlish. Norf. Sneaking. Lane, STINNS, «• [Stinen, Belg. to lament.] Groans. Craren. STINT, 8. [See Gait.] A limited number of cattle gaits in common pasture. Craxftu. STIRRUPS, «. A kind of buskins. Exmoor. SnON Y, «• A sty ; a small pimple among the eyelashes. Norf. STIR, t. A crowd. Norf. To STIR, V. a. In farming, to plough fallows after the first time, is called ^ stirring." HanU. 8T1RK, i. [Styre, Sax.] A steer or heifer. NoHh. STITHE, adj. [Stidh, Ang. Sax. stief.) strong; stiff. Grose. SnTH,«. An anvil. [SeeStiddy.] JNorf. Grose. STITCH, 8. Ten sheaves of com set up to- gether in the field ; a shock of com. • Somerset. To STIVE, V. a. [Estuver, Fr. to stew.] To keep close and warm. Somerset. STIVE, s. Dust. Norf. To STIVE, r. a* To raise dust. Ditto. To STIVER, V. n. [Shiver ?] To stand up in a wild^manner like hair ; to tremble. Somerset. To STIVER-ABOUT, v. n. To stagrger. JS. Sussex. To STIVER, r. n. [Stief.] To stand firm. Grose> SnVEN, 8. Sternness. North. To STOACH, r. cu To tread ground in wet weather. E, Sussex. STOAR, s. [To Store, to lay by something valuable, to be ready when wanted.] Value. North. STOAR* 8. [Stooren , Belg. to be morose.] A deep-toned voice. Craven. STOB, STUB, 8. [Stobbe, Teut] A short stake. Craven. STOCK, 8. The back or sides of a fire place. Notf. Sussex. STOCKING, To throw the stocking is a ceremony on the evening of a marriage, for which, see Craven JDial. STOCKY, aiy. Impudent. Warw. IrriUble. E. Sussex. | STODGE, 8. Thick mud ; a thick mobt mass of ingredients. Somerset. E. Suss. To STODGE, V. a. To stir up various in- gredients into a thick mass. Norf. To fill quite full. Craven. 7b STOOL-TERRAS, «• n. To set turfs two and two, one against the other to be dried by the wind. WeaL To STOKE, V. a. To stir the fire. Sussex. Norf. STOKER, s. The man employed in a brewery to stir and attend to the copper fire. Sussex. Naif. STOKEY, atV. Sultry ; close. Craren. To STOOR, V. n. To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, &c. North. STOLT, adj. Stout. E. Sussex. STOLY, adj. Dirty ; a Stoly house. Suf. BaUey. STOM, 8. [Stamp ?] An instrument used to keep the malt in the vat. North. STONEl-CHAT, s. The bird called the wheat ear. North. STONY-HARD, « [From the hardness of the seed.] The herb, Cam-Gromwell. North. STOd, 8. A stooi. Lane. STOOD, |Mtft. pass. Cropped; as sheep are said to oe Stood, which have been cropped ; or men who have very short hair. North. STOOK, 8. A sort of stile, beneath which water is dischaiged. Somerset. STOOP, s. An ancient sort of drinking vessel. *' Marian, a Stoop of wine.** Shakspeare. Norf. (Staup, Isl. a cup.) STOOL, t. That part of a tree which re- mains in the ground when it lias been cut down. Hants. STOOP, 8. [Stupa, Lat.] A post. Craven. 7o STOOP, V. a. To put a piece of wood behind a cask that is nearly empty, so as to raise the hinder part, in order to let the contents run out. Hants. STOOP, s. A piece of wood used to stoop a cask. Hants. A stump in the roads to keep carts off. Lane. To STONK, r. a. To raise a steam. North. To STOOR, r. [Stooren, Bele. to stir.] To stir. Norf. Somerset. STOOR, 8. A commotion ; bustle. Notf. A '* Stoor of yeast/' is a sufficent quantity for a brewing, to be stirred into the wort. Norf. STOP, 8. A hole in the ground, in which the doe rabbit deposits her litter and secures them until they can run ; so called probably because when she leaves her young, she covers or stops up the en- trance. Hants. STOPS, s. Small well-buckets. Hants. Grose. STO. STR. 165 To STOUK, p. a. [Sioke.] To raise a steam. North. STOUND, i, A wooden vessel to pat small beer in. North. A short period of time. (Standi Ang. Sax. time.) Norf STOUD, $, A yoang colt. (Stod, Sax. steed.) fVeft. Grose* To STOUND, V. To stand ; to stop. Essex, (Astound.) To overcome with astonish* ment. Norf, STOVR, adj. Stiff; stout. Norf. STOUT, «. A gnat. Somerset. A species of fly with a long body, which bites and draws blood from horses. Hants. STOWRE, s. The round of a ladder ; a hedge stake ; the staves in the side of a wain, in which the eave rings are fastened. Norths To SrORKER, V. a. [Starch, Belg. ^stark, stiff.] To cool ; to stiffen. Craven. STORM, s. Frost. Craven. S rOT£> «. [Stut, Swed. Stod,— Sax. a steed.] A young horse or bullock. North. STOTT, *. A young oi. Craven. To STO TER, V. n. [To Totter ?] To stum- ble North. STOVER>«. Straw or fodder for cattle; perhaps from being stowed away for North. [Stove-in.] Craven. them. STOVENNED, wni. poMS. Split; cracked. STOUK, f. [Stock ?] Ten sheaves of com* Craven. A handle of a pail. Qrose. STOUPINS, t. [Stoppings.] Holes made by the feet of cattle. Craven. STRACKLINGS, «. [Perhaps from to Stray.] Rash, foolish people. Lane* STRACT, adj. [Distracted.] Out of one's senses. Lane. STRAD, $. A piece of leather tied round the leg, to defend it from thorns, &c. A pair of Strads is two such pieces of leather. Sotnerset. STRADDUNS, cuio. Astride. Norf. STRAFT, t. [Strife.] A scolding bait ; an angry strife of tongues. Norf. STRAIKS, 7LT0 streak, to STREAKERS, J. Craven. Smark with a STRAIKS, t Hants. )line of differ- •nt colour.] The rim or iron tire of a wheel. STRAIGHT, adv. Immediately Warw. STRAM, s. A sudden, loud and 'quick sound. To STRAM ASH. v. a. To crack and break irreparably ; to destroy. North. STRAMMER, t. A great lie. Exmoor, STRANDY, a4j. Restive ; passionate. North. STRANG, adj. [Sbx.I Strong. Craven. To STRANGE, v. n. To wonder. NoHh. To 8TRAT, V. a. To dash in pieces ; to bespatter a person ; to ** Stret a match,." is to break off a wedding. fVest. STRAT,«. A blow. Wesi. To STRAW, V. a. [Strawan, Goth, to strew.] To spread grass. Craven. STREA, «. [Streow, Sax.] Straw. Craven. STREA K ED, part. pass. [Strecan, Sax. to stretch.] Stretched. Craven. STREAMERS, s. The Aurora Borealis. Craten. STREEK,pr<8^. of to Strike. Lane. STREY, 8. [Streow, Sax.] Straw. Lane. STRICKLE, s. [Astrican, Sax. to strike.] (See Strike.) An instrument to mete com. Lane* A piece of wood covered with grease and sand stone, to sharpen scythes with. North. STRIG,«. The footstalk of any frait or flower. &\ Sussex. BaUey. STRIKE, s. Four pecks or a bushel. ScfvAh. North. Two strikes, or sixteen gallons, make one bushel of bran. Hants. STRIKE OF DAY, phr. Break of day. North. STRIKE, s. A straight, smooth, piece of wood, either round or flat, used to *^ Strike" off the loose corn which lies above the level of the rim of the bushel. Hants. Sussex. To STRINKLE, v. a. To sprinkle. Norf. Lane* STRIN£S,t. The sides of a ladder. Lane. To STRIP, V. a To milk a cow completely dry. Norf. STRIPPINGS, 8. The last draining of a cow's udder, which is considered the richest milk. Suff. North. STRIT, *. A street. Norf. STRITCH, 8. A strickle ; a piece of wood used to strike off the surplus of a com measure. Somerset. To STRIVE, V, a. To rob a bird's nest. Essex. STROCKINGS, t. [See Strippings.] Norf. STROIL, s. Strength and agility ; also the long roots of weeds and grass in ground improperly cultivated. Bxmoor. STROKE, 8. Two pecks of com. Lane. STROM, s [See Stom.] An instrument to keep the malt in the vat. North* BaUey. STROMBOLO, s. [Stroem, Dutch, stream ; Ballen balls; tide balls.] A name given to pieces of bitumen, highly charged with sulphur and salt, found along the coast, near Brighton. It has been used for fuel, and Dr. Russell applied the steam to scrofulous tumours. Sussex. To STROME, V. a. [Stroom, Belg, a stream.] To walk with long strides. Norf. To Siream>along is to walkwith slow but long steps. Sussex. Hants. STRONG-DOCKED, adj. [Strong, and dock, tail.] Thick set and stoutly made about the loins and romp. Norf. 186 STR. STU. STUOOP, 8. [Stroup, Ang. Sax. * to ?oci- ferate, Forby, Strepitus^ Lai. a noise.] The gullet or windpipe. Forby. STROUT, «. A struggle; bustle; quarrel. Forby. roSTROUTE.V. n. To strut. Somerset. STROUTER, 8. Anything that projects. Somerset, STRUNT, 8, A tail or rump, especially of a horse. North, Bailey, STRUNTED SHEEP, are sheep with their tails cut off. North, iiailey. STRUNTY.ati/. Short. Craven. STRUSHINS, 8, Orts. [Destructions?] North, bailey, STRUSnON, 8. Waste. Lane. To STRUTT, r. a. To brace, a term used in carpentry. Craven. To STRV, r. a, [Destroy ?] To destroy ; to waste. -^Vor/. STRY, STRY-GOOD, s. A wasteful per- son. Norf, STRYANCE,*, Wastefulness. Norf. STRY-GOODLY, adj. Wasteful j extrava- gant; that is one who destroys goods. Norf, STUB, ff, A large sum of money. Exmoor, STUB,«. [Stubbe, Dan.] A stump of a tree. North, To STUB, V, a. To grub up. Hants. STUBBED, part, pass. Ruined Craven. STUBBY, adj\ Short and thick, like the stump of a tree. Sussex, Hants. STUCK, s. [To stick.] A slough, in which a man is often stuck. Norf. STUCKLING, s. An apple pasty, differing from a pie in shape and thickness. It is thin — somewhat half-circular in shape, and not made in a a dish. ff, Sussex. STUFNET, s. A skillet. Sussex. Bailey ^ives this word ; hut I never met with it. STULK-HOLE, * [See Pulk-Hole.] Norf, STULL,5. [To still; to quiet the appetite ?] A luncheon ; a great piece of bread, cheese, or other victuals. Essex^ STULP, 8. [Stolpe, Su Goth.] A low post put down to mark a boundary, or to su pport someth ing. Norf, To STUMP, V. a. To pay down on the nail, which was fixed io a block, in some public place, in former times. Craven. STUMP and RUMP, phr. Entirely. DUto. STUMPY, adj. Short and thick, like a stump. Hants. Sussex. STUMPS, 8. Legs. North. South. STV^Cn, adj. [Stunted.] Broad and stout, but short. North. To STUNNISH, r. a. To Stun ; also to sprain the sinews. Lane. To STUNT, V. a. To check in growth. Norf. Hants, STUNT, STUNTY, adj. [To Stint, Stunta, Is!.] Short; blunt; crusty; unmannerly. Norf. Checked in growth. Hants, Sussex. STUPE, s. [Stupid.] A foolish, dull, per- son. Hants. Norf. STURDY, 8. [Estourdi, Old Fr. heedless.] A disease in sheep, by which the brain is affected by water, when they are unable to see clearly. Craven, To SUTRKEN, v. n. [Perhaps from Stirk, a young ox or heifer.] To grow or thrive. Craven. STVKRY, adj. [Sturdy.] Inflexible ; stiff. Craven. STUT, s, [See Stait.] A gnat. fVesi, To STUT, V. n. [Stulten, Belg. to stutter.] To stammer. Craven^ STUTTLE, s, [See Stansticle.] Norf. STY, s, [See Stee.] North. STYLE, 8. [Styg^h, Belg a path.] A way ; as a bridle-style— a bridle-way.] Craven. SUCKLING, 8, A honey-suckle. Norf. The common red clover, from the shape of the blossom, and probably the honey in the cup. Norf. The white or Dutch clover. ^^l^• SUD, aux. V, [Scude« Belg.] Should. Ctaven* SVDDED, part. pass. [Seodan, Sax. suds.] The meadows are said to be sudded, when covered by drift sand left by the floods, West. SUENT, oi/. [Suivre,Fr. suivant; follow- ing.] Even ; smooth ; plain. Han/i* Somerset. SUENTLY, adv. Smoothly ; evenly ; plain- ly. Somerset. To SUE, r. n. [Issue.] To issue in small quantities; to exude, as a liquor from a vessel, not sufficiently tight. Norf. To Sue land, is to make furrows to draw off the superfluous water. E. Stutsex. SUE, s. A drain or tunnel to let off water. E. Sussex. SUFFING, part. act. [Sighing— the gh pro- nounced like f— Siflng, Suffing; or Suf- fing from Suchten, Belg. to sigh, is as good as Sigh, from Sicettau, Sax.] Sob- bin et* Exmoor, SUG-SUG, Words used to call pigs to their food. Norf, Chose, Sisr-Sig. Hants. Sussex. SULL, s. A plough. Sull-paddle ; a tool to clean the plough with. [Sulth, Sax. a plough.] North. SULIAGE, *. [Souiller, Fr. to sully.] Filth; dirt; particularly sediment E. Sussex. SULSH, s. A spot or stain. Somerset. To SULSH, V. a. To soil or dirtv. Somerset, SUMMERING, s. A rush-bearing; also a riot or scolding match. North. SUMMER-COCK, «. A young salmon at that season. Vork^ Cay, Grose. SUMMER, 8. [Trabs snmmaria, the chief beam.] That part of a wagon, which supports the bed or body of it. E. Suss. SUMMER-TREE, *. A large beam, reach- ing across a building. Craven. SUM. SWA. 167 To SUMMER, V. a. To pat cattle out to pasture during the summer. Craven, To SUMMER and WINTER a PERSON, is to thoroughly know him, having seen him iu all fteasons, and under all circum- stances, both good and bad. Sussex, SUMMER-GOOSE, «. [Gauze, see Gossa- mer.] An exhalation from marshes ; the gossa- mer. Craven, To SUMMER STIR, o. a. To fallow or till land in summer. Craven, Land so treated in Hants and Sussex, is said to have a Summer fallow. SUMMER-VOY, «. [Summer, the sun bringing freckles.] The yellow freckles in the face. Fomerset. 7b SUNDER, v. a. [To separate.] To expose hay which has been copped, but not thoroughly dried, to the sun and air. North, SUNK, ff. A canvas pack-saddle, stuffed with straw. North, SUMP, s, A IcTel or shaft in a mine. Craven, SUMP, 8, A dead weight ; a blockhead. Nor/. SUMPY, adj. Boggy or wet. Craven. (Swampy.) Heavy ; lumpish. Norf, To SUNKET, s, [Gioncata, Ital. a juncate.J To pamper ; to cram with delicacies. iVo?/. SUPPINGS^ «• Broth, &c. ; spoon meat. North, SUNKETS, 8. Dainty bits } nice feeding. Norf, SUNKET, ff. A contemptuous name for a silly fellow. Noff. SUN-WADE. The sun is said to Wade when covered by a dense atmosphere. Craven, To SUP SORROW^ phr. To taste affliction. Norf, SURFEIT, ff. A cold ; a disorder. Cra. SUSE, pron. She. Lane. SUSS ! SUSS! Words used to call pigs to their food. Norf. Hants, Sussex. To SUSS, V. n. To swill like a hog. Norf, SUSS, ff. An uncleanly mess, looking like hog^wash. [See Soss.] Norf, Hants, Sussex, SUTHO, See thou ; look you. Craven. To SWACK, v,a. To throw with violence. Nojf. SWACK, ff. A hard blow, or violent fall. Norf SWACK, adv. Violently, Norf. SWACKER, ff. Something huge ; a bulky and robust person ; a great lie. Norf. SW AKE, ff. The handle of a pump. Norf. To SW AlP, V, n. To walk proudly. North. (Swapan, Sax. to sweep ; sweep along.] SWALE, ff. A low place ; shade in oppo- sition to sunshine. Norf. SWALE, adj. Windy; cold; bleak. North. (Swallan, Sax. swollen.) SWACKING, adj. Huge -, robust. Norf, [Swacken, Teut. to move with a quick force. Forby, See Whack.] SWACHE,ff. A tally. North. Bailey. STOACHE-WAY. ff. The channel at low water, which lies between the Pier Head and the deep water, running through low sand. Rye Harbour, E, Sussex^ SWAD, ff. The pod of a pea or bean. North. SWAD, ff. A bushel basket ; a basket used for selling fish in. E. Sussex, SWAILING, adj. Lounging from side to side. Norf, To SW AG, V. n [Sewgan, Sax.] To hang on one side. Suswx, SWAMOUS, SWAMISH, SWEAMISH, adj. Bashful ; shy; squeamish. Craven. To SWANG, t>. a. [To Swing:, prtet. Swang.] To swing with great force ; to Swang the door. Norf, SWANG-WAYS, adv. Obliquely ; aside. Nf. SWANK, ff. [To Sink, Sank, Swank.] A low place in uneven ground. Hants. To SWANK, V. n. To sink in the middle. Norf, To SWANKUM, r. n. To walk to and fro in an idle and careless manner. Somerset, SWANG, ff. [See Swank.] A marshy place, or part of a pasture overflowed with water. A narrow strip of green turf between ploughed grounds. Nortfu To SWAP, v. a. To barter ; to exchange. North, (Ceapan, Sax. to cheapen.) Bants. Suss. To cut wheat in a peculiar way, differing from reaping ; chopping it. E. Sussex, SWAPE, ff. A long pole, turning on a ful- crum, used in drawing water out of a well. A lever North. The handle of a pump. Norf. (Perhaps from to Sway up ?) SWAPER, SWAY, ff. A switch. Norf. SWAPPING, a4/. Big; large; unwieldy. Grose, SWAPSON, ff. [Swab, a mop.] A sloven or slut. fVarw, SW A RD-PORK, ff. [Swaerd, Ang Sax. hog skin.] Bacon cured jin long flitches. Norf. SWARFFY, oc^'. Tawny; blackish. Xoiic. (Corruption of Swarthy.) To SWARM or SWARMLE, v, a. To climb the trunk of a tree, which has no boughs. Norf. North. To SWARMEN, v. n. [Swearman, Sax. to swarm.] To Swarm. Lane. SWARMEN, ff. A great number. Lane. SWARTH, ff. The ghost of a dying per- son. Cumberland. To SWARVE, v. n. To fill up; to be choked up with sediment. When the channel of a river or a ditch becomes choked up with any sediment, deposited by the water ruoniug into it, it is said to Swarve up. E, Sussex. Kent. 168 SWA. SWE. SWASH.BUCKCT, t. A mean, slatternly wench, wlioae office is to do all the dirty work about a house, and who, from care- lessness, is apt to Swash over, and spill the wash. Grose, To SWASH, SWASHLE.ABOUT, r. n. [Corruption of Wash.] To slop or spill water about j to dabble in water, so as to make a dirt. E, Sussex. To SWASH, V. n. [Swessa, Su. Goth, to boasU] To swagger; to affect valour. Norf, SWASHYyodj. Swaggering; blustering. Norf. SWAT, *. [Sweat, Sax.] Sweat. Lane. To SWAT, ». [Squat.] To sit down ; also to scatter or spill any liquid. North.' To strike. North. To SWATCH, V. a. To cut or clip. North. SWATCH, *. A piece or parcel of any- thing for a sample. North. SWATH, SWARTH, SWEATH, f. [Swade, Belg.] A row of giass or com as it is laid ou the ground by the mowers. Kent. Hants. Sussex, SWATHE-BANK, «. A row of new-mown grass. North. SWATHE-BALKS, $. Ridges left by the scythe. North. SWATHE, adj. [Assuage; Swage,, from Suavis, Lat. soft.] Calm. North. To SWATTLE, v. n. [Sweat, Sax. sweat.] To waste or consume away by slow de- grees. North, SWAYS, ». Rods or switches. Norf. Grose. roSWEAL,v. a. [Swelan, Sax.] To melt. North. 7\> SWEAL a HOG, is to burn off the hair with lighted strew, instead of getting it off by means of hot water, which pro- , cess is called scalding a hog ; the latter plan is adopted when a bog is to be made into pork ; the latter when into bacon* Hants. SWEAMISH, aty. [See Swamous.] Modest. York. Having a weak stomach. Lane. 7b 8 WEIGH, V. n. To play at see-saw. Grose. To SWEB, r. «. To swoon. North, SWE^ETS, «• [Scandix odoreta, shepherd's needle, from its sweet scent] Sweet Cicely. Craven. SWEETFUI^ adj. Delightful ; charming. Norf. SWELDERSOME, SWELTERSOME, a^f. [To Swelter, from Swelta, Isl. to suffo- cate. Fcrby. Sultry. Fennmg^h^i whence Sultry ?] Overpoweringly hot. Norf. SWELKINO, cuiy. Sulky. Norf To SWELL, V, a. [Swelgan, Sax] To swallow. Somerset. SWELTED,;Mir/. jhm. [Sweltan, Sax. to melt.] Heated; melted; fainted. Craven. SWELTIT, adj. Hot with sweating. Lane. To SWEY, r. a. [To Sway ; to bias or force on one side or the other — *^ 1 was swayed by his opinion ;* hence to Sweigh, which see.] To weigh ; to lean upon. Craren. To SWIDDEN, V. a. To singe or burn off heath or such like. North. Grose. SWIDGE, s. [Swiga, Isl. to swig; swg, Welch, a sop.] A puddle of water. No^. SWIDGES, s. fku. [Edwitan, Sax to twitch ; to switch ; to lash with a switch.] Aches. Craven. SWIFT, *. An eft or newt, Norf. A large species of swallow, which is called also a Squeaker, ' from the noise it makes when flying. Hants. Sussex. SWIG, «. [Swg, Welch, a sop.] Toast and ale. North. To SWIGGLE, r. a. To shake liquor in an inclosed vessel. Norf. To SWILKER, V. n. To make a noise, like water shaken in a barrel. North, To SWILKER O'ER, v. a. To dash over. North. To SWILL, V. a. [Swilgan, Sax.] To wash slightly. North. SWILL, *. Hog-wash. BaUey. SWILL, s. A washing tub with three feet. South. SWILLINGS,!. The washing of vessels. Cra. SWILL-TUB, *. A hog-tub. Grose. SWILL, s. [Corruption of Veil?] A shade. South. SWILLET, s. Growing turf, set on Are for manuring the land. Exmoar. (See to Sweal.) SWIMY, SWIMY-HEADED,aJ/. [Swim, swimming.] Giddy in the head; hav- ing a dimness in the sight, which causes things to turn round before you. S%uses, SWINE-CRUE, *. J SWINE-ERN E, s. 5 [Erne, Sax. a place] SWINE.HULL,f. > A pig->ty. BaUey. SWINE-GREUN, s. A swine's snout. North. To SWINGE, V. a. To singe. Cras>en. To SWINGE, V. a. [Swingelan, Sax. to beat] To flog; to beat; as, "I will Swinge him well.** Sussex. SWINGEL, s. That pert of a flail which beats the corn out oif the ear. Norf. Hants. Susses. To SWINGEL-FLAX, is to separate the fibrous part from the other, by beating. Hanis. SWINGING-STICK, s. A stick for beating or opening wool or flax. Lane. To SWINGLE, V. a. To cut off the heads of weeds, without rooting them up. Norf. SWINGLE-TREE, «. A splinter bar. Cra. A piece of wood to keep the gear of a horse spread out, so that it may not touch his sides. Lane. SWIPE, s. [See Swape.] The lever or handle of a pump. Norf. SWI. SPA. 169 SWIPES, «. Snmll beer. Sussex. Hanfs. [SwapaD, Sax. to sweep ; smaH beer bein^ the leaTing or sweeping, as it were» of the brewing.] SWIPPER, ait'. Quick. North. BaUey. [Whipper-snapper is a name applied to a little busy man. — To wbip» to move nimbly.] ^ To SWIRT,». a. [Corraption.] To squirt. Crv. SWISH, adv. Very quickly ; as he went by • Swish.* To SWISH-ALONG, r. n. To move with great quickness. Hants. Sussex. To SWITHER, V. a. To throw down forci- bly. North. 7b S WITHER, r. n. [To wither; to fade for want of moisture.] To blaze; to burn Tery fiercely. Lane. To Swithin. Craven, To SWIZZEN, r. a. To singe. North. To SWIZZLE, V. n. To drink ; to swill; from which last it is probably derived. Sussex. Hants. SWOB, s. [Swabb, Swed. a mop.] A very awkward fellow ; one only fit for coarse drudgery. Noif, To SWOB, V. n. To run over as a liquid does, from a vessel when very full, if touched however slightly, when a Sv«ob will be required to wipe it up. Notf, To SWOBBLE, v. n. To talk in a noisy, bullying manner^ as a Swob, orjow lived person. Norf. SWOBFUL,aUlo. SWULLOCKING, (u^/. [Swelking, which see.] Very sultry. Norf. The clouds are said to look Swallocky in very hot weather, just previously to a thunder storm. B. Susiex. SWUHD,ff. [Suerd, Isl.] A sword. Norf. SYBRRIT, s. [Syb, Ang. Sax. relationship, and Byrht, Ang. Sax. manifest; that is making manifest au intended affinity.] The banns of marriage. Norf. SYE, s. [Can it be from Sipan, Sax, to sip ; to take a small draught i] A drop. North. To SYE, V. a. To put milk &c. through a seive. North. To SYE, V. n. To rain very fast. NoHh. SYKE, t. [Sich, Sax. a furrow.] A small rivulet. North. SYKER,a((/. [Sulk, Belg.] ^^xch. North. S YME, 1. A frame of ttmw to set pant oa. North. Grose. SYNE, ado. [Sind, Belg. Syne, Scotch.] Since. Craven* To SYPE, V. n. [Sipan, Sax. to sip.] To drop gently ; to distil. CVvMWi* roS Y PE-UP, V. a. To drink up. Crmtm. T. TA, TE, TO, art. or pron. [The, Ang. Sax. the.Te,Thad, Isl. that. Ta, tho,MsBso G.To. Forby, whom see.] The, this, that, it. Norf. TA', o. imp. m. Take. Xofie. T'A. To a. Ditto. TA AND PR A. [Te, Sax to ; and Ffa» Sax. fro.] To and fro. Cras/em. TAA, «. [Tao, Sax.] A toe. Diiio. TAAD,«. [Tade, Sax. a toad.] i>iUo. To TAAL, r. n. To settle ; to be reconciled to' a situation, as a servant to a plaeey or sheep to a haunt. North. [Duala. Teut. to dwell ; changing the D into T as the Welch do, we sImJI have Tuala Taal.l TA AN, TAA, a^f. [Tbad. Isl. that ; Tk and An, Sax. one ] One. Cravom^ TkXSf part. pass. Taken. JHUo. TAANTOTHER. One another. [SeeTaaa, one.] Craven. TAB, s. [Tag, Isl. to tag together, to joia.] The latcbet of a shoe. North. Norf. TABERN, s. [Tabema, Lat. a tovem.] A cellar. North. To TABLE, V. a. To board a person, to find him in provisions. Craven. TACK, s. [Attack ?] A blow or slap with the open hand. fFest. Substance, solidity, proof, spoken of the food of cattle. Norf. Qroso. To Tack hands is to clap hands iVesi. [Perhaps to take hands.] A trick at cards — probably corrupted from Take, as when a trick is won it is taken up. Norf. A bargain or lease, from to take. Craven. A shelf, being intended to take or receive pieces of furniture. Somerset. A cause.road or path, generally used figuratively, as he is on the wrong tack, meaning he goes the wrong way to work, to discover something which he wishes to know. [To Tack, to alter and shape the course of a vessel to suit the wind.] Sussex f A strong, rank, fiavour. [Tanghe, Belg. a tang, or Tache Fr. a stain, a blemish.] Sussex. TACKER, s. [Tacher, Fr. to tack ; to iasten anything ; that is to attach it.] Waxed thread used by shoemakers. Som. The tacking-end. Oroee. To TACK, V. a. To take. Craven. TACKING, s. Condition. Ditto. To TACK SHAME, is to be ashamed. Ditio. TAFFETY, adj. (Taffetas, Fr. a very smooth, glossy, silk, formerly made at Lyons.] Y 170 TAG. TAN. Dainty; nice; used cbieflyin regard to food. Somerset, Sussex, Hants, TAG, s, [Tegl. Ang. Sax. a tail ; Tagl. 111.] A rabble. Naff, To TAG-AFTER a penou, is to stick as close to him as the tail of an animal does to its body. Norf. Sussex, Hants. TAG, t. A sheep of a year old. Kent, Sussex, To TAG A SHEEP, is to cut off the dirty locks of wool around the tail. [Tagl. Isl. tail.] Hants, TAIL.WHEAT,&c., TaiUends, Glouc, The inferior grain, which is left after the corn has been winnowed. Hants, Sussess. TAIL-BAND, «. The crupper of a saddle. Craven, ** To keep Tail in the Water," is to prosper, as fish, when healthy, keep their tails under water. Craven. TAINT, «. A very dirty slut, whose very touch would taint one. Norf, TAISTRIL, 8. A villain, Teaze- trill; a troublesome fellow. Craven. To TAKE-UP, v,n. When rain has pre- vailed for some time, and it then be- comes dry, the weather is said to ** take up.'* Essex, TAIXET, s. [Tal, Brit, tall ; high.] The upper room next the rouf ; applied chiefly to a stable, as a hay-tallet. Som. Hants, TALLOW-CllAPS, s. [Rrappen, Belg. to crop or break off.] The pieces or crack- lings of tallow. Craven. TAM, s. An abbreviation of Thomasine. Norf. TAN, adv. [Than, Goth.] Then. Norf, Hants, Somerset. The following linesare common in Hants: — Doctor Faustut was a good man, JHe beat hit children now and ** tan,** When he did, he led them a dance Out of £tagland into France, Out of France into Spain, And thea he whipp*d them back again. To TAN, V, a. To beat; as, ♦* 1 will tan your hide for you." Sussex, TANBASTE or TANBASE, s. A scuffling, or struggling. [See Tan.] Exmcor. TANG, t. [Tanghe, Belg.] A strong, rank, flavour. Norf, Twang is the word generally used in Sussex. TANG, s, [Stingan, Sax. to sting — prst« Stang.] A stibg. Craven. To TANG, v.a, [Penning gives Tang, Sax. a twig, as the root of entangle ; hence Tang is a good old word.] To tie. Som, To Tangle. Grose, TANKEROUS, adj, [Tang, Sax. to tangle; a cross person is said to be crooked — cross-grained.] Fretful; cross; querulous. Norf. TANTABLET, s. A sort of tart, in which the fruit is not covered with a crust, but fancifully tricked out with slender shreds of pastry. Norf, To TANTLE, v, n, [Trantallen, Belg. to go gently. To trifle ; to walk about gently ; to be busy, without doing much. Craven* TANTRELS, s. Idle people. NoHh, TANTRIL. s. An idle girl. Craven. TANTRUMS, *. [Tand, Germ, vanity.] lying reports ; haughtiness. Craven. TANTRUMS, t. Airs; whims; absurd freaks. Norf, Sussex, Hants. TAP AND CANNEL, s, [Tap ; and Canal, Fr. a channel.] A spigot and faucet. Som, TAPLEY or TAPELY, adj. [Taper, Sax. a taper — a light] Early in the morning, when the light first appears. Exmoor, To TAPPIS, V, n. [Tapis. Lat. a carpet ; what is on the tapis, or on the carpet ?] To lie close to the ground ; a sportsman's phrase. " It is so wet the birds cannot tappis.'* Norf. TARURY, adj. [Tawdry?] Immodest ; loose. Norf. TARN, f . [Tiorn, Isl.] A lake or pool j a small lake. North. TARRIT, prist, of To tarry. Lcme. In Lancashire the pret, and part, are often terminated with * it,' instead of ' ed.' TASKER,tf. A thrasher. Norf, Grose, [Probably because thrashers are paid so much for the task or job, and not by the day.] TASK-WORK, *. Work which is paid for according to the quantity done, as thrash- ing corn by the iquarter, hedging and ditching by the rod, &c., and not by the day. Sussex, Kent. Hants, TASS, s, [Tasse, Fr.] A cup or dram. Nor/. TASSY, s. [Tassen, Belg. to toss or throw things about, as mischievous people are very apt to do.] A mischievous child. Craven. A silly fellow. Grose, To TASTE, V. a. To smell. North, TASTRIL, s. A cunning rogue. North, TAT, pron. That. Zane. " Tit for Tat, if you kill my dog, I'll kill 'your cat," is a phr, signifying! shall treat you, as you treat me. To Tat, is to touch gently. HanU. TATHE, s. [Tad, Isl. dung.] Manure dropped on the land by catile depastured on it. Noif. To TATHE, V, a. To manure land with fre sh du ng, by turning cattle on it. Norf, To TATTER, v, n. To stir actively and in- dustriously. Norf. [To Tatter, to tear to rags.] TAT, s, A very slight touch. Hants, TAUGHT, TOUGHT, a<(;. [Corruption of Tight.] Tight ; ** Pull the rope taught." Norf. In Hanu and Sussex this word is confined to sailors, or those who, living near the coast, borrow it of them. TAUM, c. A fishing line. Craven. [See Taw ; a whip and a line somewhat resemble each other.] To TAUNT, V. a. To lease, j Norf. TAV. TEE. 171 To TA VE, V. a. Toven, Teut. to rage.) To spread or kick the limbs about^ like a distracted person. Craven. TAW, 1. A whip. [Tawian/Saz. to dress leather ; and a whip is made of leather.] TAW, «. The marble, with which a boy shoots at those in the ring* or at his adversary's. tV, Sussae. Hcmtt. TAWLINGS, *. The mark from which boys shoot their marbles at the commence- meut of a game. Sussex. Hants. To TA WM, V. n. [Tomber, Fr. to fall.] To swoon ; to faint away. Nmth. To vanish. Lane. To TA Y, r, a. To take. Craven, TAWER, 8. [Tawian, Sai.] A leather- dresser. E, Sussex, TE, TEH, pron. Thy. Lane, art. The. Lane. TE,A, fjtep. To. [Te, Belg.] Grose. To TEA, v.n. To drink tea j as I eipected such a one to tea with me. Notf. Sussex. Hants. TEALIE, s, A tailor. Lane. TEAM, s. An oz-chain, passing from yoke to yoke. North. TEAMER, s. A team of five horses. N/.Gros^. TEAMER-MAN, s. A waggoner. DUto, To TEAMER, TEAM, v.n. [Team, Sax. to produce copiously.] To pour out copiously ; a large congregation issuing from a church, or a crowded audience from a theatre, is said to come Team- ering out. Nor/. TEAMFUL, a4f. Brimful. North. TEATUY, adj. Peevish, cross. Lane. [Tetchy ? See Teeny] TEA^RIL, s, [See Tastril.] A cunning rogue. North. TEAW, pron. Thoq. Lane. To TEAW, v.a. andn, [Teohan, Sax. to tow.] To poll. Lane. To work hard ; to ruffle a person ; that is, by pulling him about. Lane. To TEAWSE, V. a. To pull or ruffle. Ditto. TEAP, s, A tup ; a ram. North. TEATHE, *. The dung of cattle. Norf. Qrose. TEATA, aftv. Too much. North. To TED or TET, p. n. To be ordered or permitted to do a thing. Exmoor. To TED, V, a, [Teodan, Sax.] To shake new-mown grass out of the swathe, and spread it over the ground, so that the sun and wind may more readily make it into hay. North. Hants, Sussex, TEDDIOUS, adj. Fretful ; difficult to please ; literally, tedious and tiresome. Craven. TEE, pron. [The, Sax.] Thee. Lane. TEE, s. [Tian, Sax. to tie.] A hair rope to shackle cows with, when milking them. A tie ; a cow-tee. Craven. To TEEM. r. a. To pour out; to pour down with rain. North, To TEEM-OUT, v. a. To poor out. Line, [Team, Sax. to produce abundantly, or Tommen, Dan. to pour ; whence eomea the Scotch Toom to " Toom" the eup. See Burns' song of Aold lang syne.** TEEN, a^^;. [Tenen, Flem. to grieve.] Angry. North* TEEN, t. Trouble ; vexation. Narf. To TEEN, V. a. To trouble. JMlo. TEENFUL, aty. Troublesome; vexations. DiUo TEENY, aey. Fretful; also small, from Tint, Dan. tiny.] Leme. TEENAGE, t. [Tian, Sax to tie; and Hedge.] Brushwood to make or mend hedges with. Bailey. TEEN'LATHE, s. [Ten, Teen, and Uthe; but whence Lathe ?] A tithe-barn. CrateHm TEESTY-TOSTY, *. [Tasscn, Belg. to toss.] The blossoms of cowslips col- lected together, tied in a globular form, and used to toss to and fro for an amuse- ment called Teesty-Tosty, or sometimesi simply, «* Tosty." * Somerset. TEERY, oiij, [Tirian, Sax. to tire.] Faint ; weak. Somerset* TEETH Y, adj. [Teeth -- children being peevish when teething, or cutting their teeth.] Peevish ; cross. Craven. TELE, 8, [Tellan, Sax. to tell.] A tale. Lane. TELE, 8. [Tttgl. Sax.] A tail. Dkto. TE'^IS, TEMSE, s. [Teems, Belg. perhaps Team, Sax. to pour out copiously.1 A sieve. North. TEMS^BREAD, «. Bread made of sifted or fine flour. South, Bttiley. TEMTIOUS, cu^'. Tempting; inviting. Somerset* TEN, adv, [Dsn. Belg] Then. Lane. TENCH-WEED, 8. A pond-weed which is supposed to be very agreeable to Tench. [Broad-leaved pond-weed.] Potamo- geton natans, Linn. Norf. TENDER, «. [Tend, from Attend.] A waiter at a public table, or a place of enter- tainment. To TENT, V. a. [Tend.] To look to ; to watch. North. To prevent. Cropen. TER, s. Anger, passion. North. To TERRIFY, v. a. To tease; to worry: to irritate ; to annoy. Norf, Sussex. TERRA, f. [T^rra, Lat. earth.] A turf. Exmoor. To TERVEE, v, a. [Topsy-Turvy ; bottom upwards ; literally the top turned.] To struggle, and tumble, to get free. Essmoor. To TEUGH, V. n. [See to Tean.] To labour. Oroosn. To TEW, TOW, V. a. [Teohan, Sax. to tow.] To pull, tear, and tumble about, as hay with the fork and rake, or a weedy soil with plough and harrow. Norf. TEWIT, s. A peewit or plover. Cfaven. TEWLY, aty. [Teohan. Sax. to tow; to 173 TEY. TBI. pvU— tiduieM pulling a person down.] { tick; tender. S. A Comb. Cumb. TRUFF, pre. Through. Ditto, To THRUM, r. n. To pur as a cat. Norf, THRUM, adj. Blunt ; also sour. Craven. THRUNG,tHRUNK, adj, [See Throng.] Very busy. Lane. THRUNK-WIFE, s. A triflingly busy person. Lane. THRUNTY, adj. Healthy ; hardy. North. (Throa, Sax. to thrive.) THRUT, s, [Throw.] The distance to which a stone is thrown. A throw in wrestling. Lane, THRUTCHINGS, s. The last pressed whey in making: of cheese. (Thrust ?) Lane, THUMB-SNACK, «. [See Snack.] A sim- pie kind of fastening for a door. Norf, THUMP, s, [See Bang.] A sort of hard cheese. Norf. THUNK, s, [This seems to be corrupted from Thong, in the same way as Think, from Thing.] A lace of white leather. Lane. THUNNER-PACKS, $. [Thunor, Sax. thunder. Packs, perhaps, from packs of wool-white.] Large white clouds, indi- cative of thunder. Craven, THURCK, adj. [Deorc, Sax. dark. D changed into th, it becomes Theorc, Thurck.] Dark. Norf, THURN,s. [Thawms, Goth.] A thorn. Lane, THURT, atjy, [Thwart.] A cross-grained, or ill-tempered fellow.) Berths. THUS and SEEA, adv. So so. Craven. THWACK, or THWANG, s, A large piece of bread and cheese. Lane. (Thaccian, Sax. to thwack; to beat heartily, with a heavy hand.) THWAITE, s. [Thwitan, Ang. Sax.] A pasture, cleared of wood. Craven. ToTHWlTE, V, a. To whittle; to make. white by cutting. North* To cut with a knife. Lane. 174 TIC TIL. THWITTLE, «. A wooden-hafled knife. Lane, TICKING, 9 The aeUing up turf to dry. Ni. TiCK, «. [Tig, Brit.] A very gentle touch, either by way 'of hint or endearment. To TICK, V, n. To toy. JVor/. TICKLER, «. An iron pin used by brew- ers to take a bung out of a cai>k. E. Svss. TICKLER. Something to puzzle or per- plei a person. Sussex, Hants. TID, a4i. Lively ; sprightly. G7," is sometimes used. Norf, Sussex, Hants. Titiv-tottv. Norf, TITTY-PUSS, s, [Titw, Welch, a cat.] A cat. Craren, TIY, ptep. To. North. TIVER, s. [Teafor, Ang Sax.] A composi- tion, of which tar is the principal ingre- dient, used to colour and preserve boards exposed to the weather. Norf. Red ochre, used for marking sheep, and also mixed with tar for the purpose above mentioned. Hants. TIZEDAY, *. [Thisa, the wife of Thor ; Wednesday is Woden's Day ; Thursday isThor's Day ; Friday, Frea's Day ; Tues- day, Thisa's Day ; Thize,Tize Day.] Tuesday. Lane. TO, pron. Thou, Lane. TOAD'S CAP, s. A species of fungus. Norf. Toad's stool. Hants, Sussex. TOAD-IN-THE-HOLE, s, A kind of meat pie made in a batter, instead of common paste. fF, Sussex. To TOD. r. o. To tooth sickles. North. TO-A-TREE, phr. [Two and Three, or two or three.] A few. A gay to-a-three means many. Craven, TOCHER, s. A tether. You cannot go be- yond your Tocher. Norf. TOD, s. [Totte haar, Teut. Penning. whence Tod, a brush or thick shade.] The head of a pollard tree. Norf. TOD, s. Twenty-eight pounds weight of wool in Norf. and Hants; thirty-two pounds in fV. Stusex. TO-DO, s. A bustle or stir, as there was a grand To-do. Norf, Som. Hants. Sussex, TOFT, *. [Toftum, Lat.] A messuasre, or more properly, a piece of ground, on which a messuage formerly stood. Kenfm To TOLE, r, a. To tempt ; to coax. Norf. ToTOLE, V, a. To draw by degrees. Penning, To TOLL, r, a. To entice ; to allure. Somerset. TV) TOLL, V. a. To draw; to tow. Hants, '* Good sauce tolls down the meat" they sav in Norfolk. '* One leg of mutton tolls down another," they say in Hamp- shire. (Is it a corruption of to Tow, to draw with a rope ?) To TOLERATE, t». n. To domineer; to tyrannize. Norf, TOLL-NOOK, s, A corner of the market place, where toll used to be taken. North, TOME, X. [See Taum.] A hair-line for Ashing. Cumb, To TOME, V. n. To faint away. [Tomber, Fr.] NoHh. TOM-NODDY, *. [Naudin, Norm. Fr. Cra- ven Dialect, A fool.] A Tom- fool. TOMMY, s. A small spade to excavate the narrow bottoms of under drains. North, \ 176 TOM. TO-MONTII, adv. This month. To-mouth, to-year are aied in the same sense as to- day. Line. TOM-POKCR, 8, [Puck, Puke, Germ, a spectre.] The great bug-bear of naughty children, who inhabits all dark places. Norf. TOM-TIT, 8, That pretty bird, the titmouse, also the wren. Norf, The titmouse. Stfff, Hants. Sussex, (Most probably from Tit, small.) TOM, TOMMY, s. A plough with a double breast to clear out furrows. Norf. TONE. The one. North. TONGUE-WHALED, part. pass. [Walan, Sax. to weal.] Severely scolded. North, TONGUES, 8, Small soles, so called from their shape. Norf. Sussex. In E^st Sussei they are also called Slips. To TONGUE.BANG, v. a. To scold hear- tily. Hants. Sussex, TOOAD, 8. A toad. Lane. TOOAT, *. [See Tod.] A tuft of grass, hair,&c. Lane, TOOLY, adj» Tender ; sickly. Hants. Grose. To TOOM,v. a, ;[Tommer, Dan* to draw out.] To empty. Craven. We'll « toom'* the cup to firiencUhip*f growth. And Auld Lang Syne. Bubns, TOON, adv. Too. Norf. To TOOPLE, ©. n. [Topple.] To stagger; to fall. Ijmc. TOOR, 8. The toe. Somerset, To TOORCAN, r. n. To wonder or muse on what one means to do. North. [To o'er-con or scan over.] TOOSE,pron. Those. Lane. TOO-TO. An expression psed to signify a a thing is very excellent ; that is too-too good. Lane. To TOOT, V, n. [To it.] To apply. Craven. TOOTHSOME, adj. Palatable. Norf TOOTHY, adj. Peevish ; crabbed. South. [See Teethy.] TOPPINGS, 8. The second skimming of milk. Norf TOP-LATCH,*. The thong by which the sails of the horse-collar are lied together. Norf, TOP-OWER-TAIL, phr. Topsy lurvy. Craven. TOPPER, adj. Clever, excellent. DUto. TOPPER, *. An extraordinary person or thing, often used ironically. Craven^ To TOP'VP, v.cu To finish-off, as fatting bullocks. Norf. Qrose. To finish the loading of a wagon with com or hay, Hants. To ' Top-up a mow' is to fill it to the top. Hants. Topping-pot was an allowance of beer given in harvest time, when a mow was filled to the very top. Hants. To TOPPLE, V. n. To tumble ; to mount heels over head. Beasts and sheep are TOP. said to " tipple over,*' if they aeU vhea fattened for donble their first coat. BmiU. ** To mount over bead*' has ,tfie mbm meaning in Sussex. ^ TOPPLER, 8. A tumbler; an antic. Ncrf, TOP-SAWYER, 8. A leading person io any business. E» Sutm*. TOPSMAN, 8. The principal under bailiff. Craven* TOR,«. [Sax.] A high rock. North. To TORFILL, o. n. [Torflan. Ang. Sax. to shoot a dart.] To die. Ctomm. To decline in health. Nortkm TOR Y-RORY, adv. In a wild manner. Lame. TORE, 8. The long old grass which remaina in pasture during the winter. [Being rough ; torn unevenly.] HanU. Suis. TOSTY,«. [See Teesty-Tosty.J Sommtat. TOSS, «. The mow or bay of a bam into which the corn is pot, preparatory to ita being thrashed. E. 8u8$e». TOSSICATED, part. pass. Perplexed; that is tossed about by a variety of opi* nions ; or, perhaps, intoxicated. Cravenm TOSH, 8. A task ; a long-crooked tooth. Norf* TOSH-NAIL, 8. A nail driven in aslant or crookedly so as to resemble a Tosh or Tusk, Norf. TOTE, 8. [Totus. Ut. all.] The whole. *' The whole Tote, Craven. Somerset. Sussex. Hcmts. TOT, 8. [See Tod.] A tuft of grass. E. Sussex. TbTOTTLE, v. n. To totter; to walk in a feeble manner as a child does, iSomerset* To walk gently. Craven. TOTTLE, adj. Idle ; slow. Xonc* TOTTY, TOTTY-HEADED, adj. Dixxy, particularly from the efiect of too mucti drink. Norf. rOUDKN, *. The old one. Craven. To TOLGHT, v. a. [Tight, Sec Taught,] To set fast; to tighten. ^orf. TOUGH Y, 8. A coarse sweetmeat com- posed of brown sugar and treacle, named from its toughness. Norf. TOUSE, «. A blow on some part of the head. Somerset. TOUT, pret of to teach. Taught. Craven. To TOUT, v. a. [Scotch.] To invite ; lo persuade ; to ask a person repeatedly for his custom. E, Sussex. Kent. TOUTER, 8. A person employed by inn- keepers to invite customers to their houses ; practised very much among the passengers of packets both at Dover and Calais. TON, 8. [Oorner, Fr. to town.] A spin- ning-wheel. Exnioor. TO VET, 8. A measure of four gallons. BaOey. « Tobit." Kent. TOVIL, s. A peck or two gallons. Ditto. TOW, s. [Tawa, Ang. Sax. implementa.] TOW. TRA. 177 necessary took or appefatoi for any pur- pose, fiorf, TOW D, prel, of to Tell : told. Lane. TOWGl^ER, 9. ITocher, ScJ A dower or dootry. Cumb. TOWLY. $. [TouaiUe, Fr.] A towel, Norf. TOWN-PLACE, ff. A farm-yard. Ccmw. TOWPIN, «. A pin beloiaging to a cart. Groie, TOWSER, «. A coarse apron worn by iiiaid- servanis, wlien at work. Devon. TOYLE-ZOAK, t. [Tail-Soak.] A dis- order in a cow's tail. Weil, To TOZE, V. a. To pull apart wool, &c. Exmoar. TRADE, 9, [Trado, Lat. to imprint,] A rut. A wheel-trade. JS. &u99ex. TRADE, «. Line of conduct ; practice ; habit ; custom. '*lf this is to be the trade," that is, the way of doing business, &c. Norf. Sw. Household good^; lumber. E. Su9iex. TRAFFIC, 9, The quantum of travelling on a road ; as, *< Is there much traAc on that road ?*' Noi'f. Sus9ex, ^o TRA to drip. TRIDDLINS, ff. Craven, \ Drifting ; J £)ribbling. The small pellets of the dnng of sheep, hares or rabbits. TRA VERSE, s. A smith's shoeing shed. Norf A sort of pound in which a troublesome horse is put for the purpose of being shod. Sussex, Hanis. TRAUNCE, ff. [Transitus, Lat. a passing or passage.] A tedious jouiney. Lame, TREAF, ociy. Peevish; frowaid. Soulh, TREACLE-BUTTER-CAKE, ff. Bread, spread over with butter and Treacle. Lane, TREIEN-WARE, ff. Earthen vessels. Qrose, (Terrene ? Terra, Lat earth.) TRENCHER-MAN, ff. A feeder or eater. " A good Trencherman"jis a hearty feeder. Norf Sussex, Hants. (Trencher was a wooden plate, formerly used in cottages and (arm houses.) TRENNLE, ff. [Tree-nail.] A stout wooden pin driven though I he outer planks of a ahip's side, to fasten them to the ribs. Sussex. Hants, TREST, ff. [Tfestle.] A strong large stool. Lane. To JRlCKhE, TRITTLE, v, a, [To Trickle, to run down in streams or drops.] To bowl or roll ; as, *' Trickle me an orange across the table." Norf TRICKLE-BED. ff. [A truckle bed, made to run on castors, for the purpose former- ly of being put under a higher bed ; the master sleeping above, the servant below. Norf, TRICKY, atii. Mischievous ; artful. Norf. Swsex. To TRICULATE, r. a. [Trica. Low, Lat. A knot of hair; whence to trick out, to adorn] To adorn ; a word used by ma- sons to signify that they have put the last finishing stroke to a work. Norf, To TRIG, r. a. [Tricken, Dan.] To put something beneath a wheel to slop it. Hants. To fill the belly. [Trig, Ang. Sax. belly.] NoHh, To TRIG, V. n. [To trip.] To trot gently ; to trip, as a child does after its nurse. Norf. TRIG- HALL, ff. A hospitable house. Grose. TRIP of SHEEP, phr. A small fiock. Grose. To TRIM, r. a, [To lace ; to hide ; to lea- ther, have the same meaning as to trim ; thatistogiveanoutsidedressing*]Tobeat, to drub. Craven. Hants. Somerset. Suss. TRIP, ff. [To Trip is to move softly, imply- ing the doing it in a slight way*] •" A small cheese, made in summer, to be eaten in its soft and curdy state, or it soon becomes uneatable. Norf z. 178 TRl. TRO. TRIP-SKIN, 8, A piece of leather worn on the right hand side of the petticoat, by spinners* with the rock, on which the spindle plays, and the yarn is pressed by the hand of the spinner. Norf, The skinny part of roasted meat, which, before the whole can be dressed, be- comes tough and dry. Norf, TRINDLE, 5. [Trendel, Sax. a bowl ] The felloes of a wheelbarrow wheel. Lane, TROANT, 8, [Monosyll.] Truwant, Belg. a truant. Norf, To TROaNT, ». a. To play truant. Norf. To TROLL, V, a. [.Trollen, Belg.] To roll ; to troll a hoop, is to make it roll forward by striking it with a stick. HanU, TROLUBBER, 8, A husbandman; a day labourer. Exmoor, TROLLIBAGS, t. fTrulla, Ital. Trull, a low, dirty prostitute.] Tripe ; cumber. The intestines. Norf, TROLLOPS, 8, A nasty, dirty, woman. Craven. Hants, Svssex. TROLLOPISH, adj. Dirty ; filthy ; gene- rally applied to a woman. Sussex. TRONES, 8. Penning has Tronage, the act J of weighing wool in a public market ; and Tronator, an officer appointed to weigh all the wool brought into the city of Lon- don. [Trona, Lat. a goldsmith's scales ; ' also, Tioy weight. Jacob*8 Law Viciio- nart/.'\ A steelyard. Craven. TROT, 8. [Trot, Germ, an old woman.] A contemptuous name for an infirm old woman. Craven. TROTTERS, s. Curds, &c. North, Bailey, TROUBLE. 8, A woman's travail. Norf. To TROUNCE, r. a. To beat with heavy blows. Norf. Sussex, Hants, TROUNCE-HOLE. s, A game at ball re- sembling trap, but having a hole in the ground, for the trap, a flat piece of^'bone for a trigger, and a cudgel for a bat. Norf, TROUSING, 8, The act of trimming up a fagot or a hedge. Warw. [Trousser, Fr. to truss.] TRUB. 8, A slut. Exm. TRUBAGULLY, s. A short, dirty, ragged fellow, accustomed to perform the most menial offices. Somerset* TRUCK, 8, A low carriage on four wheels, used to carry heavy goods on. E, Sussex. 7b TRUCKLE, v.a. and n. To roll. Somerset. TRUCKLE, 8, A globular or circular piece of wood or iron, placed under another body, so as to be enabled to move it readily from place to place. Somerset, [Truckle, a little running wheel.] Penning. TRUE-PENNY s. Old True-penny. A hearty old fellow, one who is true to his pro- mise. Norf. TRUG,' *. [Trog, Sax. a trough.] A milk tray. Sussex, according to Bailey. A strong basket, made of split wood, to carry stones &c., in. E, Sussex, To TRULL, V, a, [Trollen, Belg. to troll.] To bowl^with a cricket ball ; to trundle. Kenl. E, Sussex. TRUNCII, TRUNCH-MADE, aiU. Trun- cheon, a short thick staff. [Truncus, Lat. the trunk of a tree.] Short and thick ; compactly made. Norf, TRUNK-WAY, s. [Trunk of a tiee, that having been formerly used for the pur- potse] A brick-arch, turned over a ditch, to make at once a road over, and a drain for water under it. Norf* TRUNK, 8. An under-ground drain. To TRUNK, v,a. To under-drain land. B, Sus, TRUNNEL, 8, [Trendel, Sax. a bowl.] A wheel. Craven. TRUTHY, adj. Faithful in plighted troth. Norf. To TRY, V, a. How do you try ? How do you do ? fVeH. To melt down by fire for the purpose of purifying ; usually applied to melting the suet of hogs or other animals. Naif. TUBBER, 8. [Tubbe, Belg. a tub— as cooper comes from^Kuype, Belg. a coop, a vessel for keeping liquor.] A cooper. Craven, TUCK, s .[Tuck,Germ. cloth,woollen-cloth.] A cloth worn by children to keep their clothes clean ; a pinafore. Hants. Stomach; appetite; as," He has a pretty good Tuck of his own," means that a man is a great eater. Hants, Sussex. To TUCK-IN, V, a, [A Tuck, according to Penning, is a kind of net with a narrow mesh, and a large bunt in the middle, and may be used ironically for stomach.] To eat voraciously. Sussex,} Hants. TUCKING, 8, A satchel or bag used to cany beans in when setting them. Glouc. TUG, 8. [Teogan, Sax. to pull hard.] A carriage with four wheels for conveying timber^on. E. Sussex, Kent. In Hampshire, the same vehicle is called a timber-carriage. TULLY, 8, [Tulye, Sc. a quarrel. Crav. Dial, May it noi be from Tol, Sax. a tool, which is used to imply a mean fellow ?] A little wretch. Craven. TULL. preP' [Til, Sax. till.] To. BiUo. TVLXJn. phr. To it. DiUo. TOTUM.r^a. [SeeToom.] To pour out. To separate or card wool. Craven. TUMULS, 8. plu. [Tumulus, Lat. a heap.] Heaps ; as Tumuls of money. Comu>. TUMME, plu. To me. Craven. TUMBLER, f. [Tumbrel. Penning says it a dung cart, and he derives it from Tom- bereau, Fr. which is clearly from Tom- ber, to fall or tumble.] A tumbril or dung cart, which is so made that the fore part may be raised to allow the mauure to tumble out behind. Notf. Su£. TUN. TWl. 179 TUN. i« [Tunne, Sax. a large hollow cask, whence .coroes tuonel, the passage for smoke in a chimney.] A chimney. Som, TUNDEU, #. [Tyndre, Sax. In Welch the y is often prononnced as u.] Tinder. Norf. TUNMERE, #. [Tune, Sax. townj Msra, the end ; so says Porby ; but may not Mere be from Merus, Lat. mere, entire ? The line of procession in treading the bounds of a parish. iVor/l TUNNEGAR, «. A tunnel or funnel. Som. TUNNEL, s, [See Tun.] A drain or arch, Craven. TUNNEL-DRAIN, s. A round under-ground passage for water, buiit of brick. J^.Suss, TU P. 8. [Tuipe, Belg.] To strike or push ; thus, Penning has to trip, to butt as a ram. A ram. Nor/. Suff, Yorks. TURF. «, Peat, cut into pieces and dried for fuel. Somerset. Norf. TURMIT, s. A turnip. Somerset. Hants. Craven. TURNEY, 1. [Toum, [the sheriff's court, be taking a turn through the county.] An Attorney. Somerset. TUSDOON, Thou hast done. Craven. TUSH, s. [Tusk.] The wing of a plough, share. Glouc. TUSSEV, 1. A low drunken person TUSSOCK, 1. [Can it be corrupted from Hassock ?] A thick tuft of coarse grass in corn fields. Norf. TUT-SUB A hassock. Somerset. TUT-WORK, 1. [Tote, Total.] Work done by the piece is called Great-work in East Sussex.] Work done by the piece or contract. TUTTER, ». Trouble. " What a Tutter he make of it." Norf. TUTTY, 1. A flower; a nosegay. Somerset. TURN-OVER, 1. A kind of apple-pie made in this way — a piece of paste is rolled out, round pieces of apple are stuck into it and then it is folded in the middle and turned over, whence its name, forming a semicircle instead of a circle. E, Sussex, TURN-STRING, s. A string made of tw isted gut, much used in spinning. Somerset. tuthermy' \ ^^^' ^^^ ^^^^^' ^*^^' TUTCH, 5. A comical trick. Lane. TUTTLE, s. An awkward person in shape, humour, &c. Lnac, TWAA, adj. [Twa, Sax.] Two. Craven. To TW AM, V. n. To swoon. [See to Tome.] North. To TW ANK, V. a. [Twang, from the sound.] To let fall the carpenter's chalk line, which makes a smart slap on the board Norf To give a smart slap with the flat of the hand on the breech, or any other fleshy part. Norf. To T WATTLE, v. n. [Schwatzen, Teut.] To prate. North* TbTWICK, V. a. [Twaerken, Teut. to tweak.] To twist or jerk suddenly. Somerset. TWICK, s. A sudden twist or jerk. Somerset. TWIDDLE, s. A small pimple. Norf. To TWIDDLE, v. n. To be busy, and be- stow seeming pains about the merest trifles. Norf. Sussex. To TWIDDLE, v. a. To pull or turn a thing about very busily, but to little good purpose. Sussex, Twaddle (See T wattle) means idle, empty, prating or writing. Sussex. To TWIG, V. a. [Edwitan, Sax. to twist.} To give somewhat sharp, but not angry, reproof. Norf. To TWIG, V. a. [Twig, a small branch.] To give such a slight correction as a twig would inflict. Norf. To TWIG, V. a. [Bird's being caught with limed Twigs.] To observe a person who is^doing something slily ; as, " 1 twigged you talking to him." E, Sussex. TWIL, prep. [To and While— to the time.] Until. Norf. TWIL, s. A quill ; a reel to wind yam on. North. A sort of coarse linen cloth, of which loose frocks, trowsers, &c., are made for working men. Norf. TWILT, s. A quilt. North. Norf. To TWILT, V. a. To quilt ; to beat. Norf. To TWILTER, v. a. To spin thread un- evenly. North. TWILY, oc/y. Restless; wearisome. Som. TWINDLES,». Twins. Lane. TWINY, adj. [Whine.] Fretful; uneasy. Craven, TWINY, mij. [To Twine.] Twisting. Craven. To TWIN NY, V. a. To rob a cask of liquor before it is tapped. TWINTER, 8. [Two winters.] A two- year old beast. North. TWITCH-BELL, i. An earwig. North. TWl RIPE, fltty. Imperfectly ripe. Somerset. (Twilight, is 'tween light and dark; Twi- ripe, 'tween ripe and crude.) TWIRL-POO, 8. A whirl-pool. Lane. TWIT, 8. [Edwitan, Sax. to reproach.] Snappishness ; a fit of ill-humour. Norf, To TWIT, V. a. To reproach ; to remind a person frequently of some old grievance or fault. £. Sussex, TWIT, 8. An acute angle. Craven. TWIT, 1. Anything entangled. Craven. TWITCH-GRASS, ». Triticum repens ; a sour kind of grass infesting arable fields. Noff. Sussex, To TWITTER, v. n. [Titteren, Teut.] To tremble. North. "To be all in a Twitter," is to be very much agitated. Sussex. Hants, '*To be within a Twitter,*' is to be within a little. Lane. TWIT TER, adj. Uneasy. Craven. 180 TWI. UND. TWrrrER-BONE, ». An eicretcence on a r- horie^a boof, in cootequence of a con- traction. Craven, TWITTY, 04^. [See Twit.] Cron; snap- pish. Norf, To TWIZZLE, r, a. (To Twi»i.J To turn a thing round and round between the fin- f^ers, quiclclyand repeatedly. Norf. 7b TWIZZLE, v.n. ** He came Twizzling down.** Norf, TWO-MEAL-CEIEESE, s. Cheeie made of equal quantities of skimmed and new milky that is, having two meals of milk in iL [See Meal.J Ghuc. TWY,ai still used in Kent. Jacob's Law Didionary. TYKE, «. A cur, or any vile and worthless dog ; a word of contempt. Norf, TYPE,*. [To Tip.] A lever, used as a mouse- trap. Craven, To TYPE-OWR, V, n. To fall over ; to die. Craven. U. UDDZLUD, m//. 'IDiroinutive oaths from UDDZO, >God*8 blood, and God's ) wounds. Lane, UM, pron. Them Lane, UMBER, s. Number. Exmoor. UMSTRID, adj. Astride. North. BaUey. UNCOME, part, pass. Not come. Craven. UNCOTH, adj. [Uncuth, Ang. Sax.] Strange; unknown. Craven. To take uncoth, is lo feel stange and un- comfortable. Craven. UNCOTHS, s. News, that is something strange. North. UNDENIABLE, adj. Unexceptionable; with which no fault can be found. Norf. E. Sussex. UNDER-BACK, 1. [Under, and Backe, Isl. a floor.] A large open vessel in a brew- house, which is placed under the mash- tun. Sussex, The broad shallow vessels in which the beer is put lo cool are called Backs ; then there is the Upper-Back, and the Hop-Back. In London there are Back- UNDERBREET, 1. A bright light appear- ing under the clouds at the horizon. Cra. UNDER-BUTTER, s. The butter made of the second skimmings of milk. SuJ^. UNDER-DECK, s. The low, broad, tub, into which the wort runs from the mash tub. Norf. To UNDERGRUB, r. a. To undermine. Nor/. I UNDER-DRAWING, *. A ceiling. Croreit UNDER-GRUP, 1. [Undei, and Giip, Sax. a dish.] An under drain. Norf. UNDER-NEAN, ;r«p. Underneath. Norf. To UNC ALLOW, v. a. To rennove tlie upper stratum of earth in order to come to the bed of gravel, chalk, or other sub- stance. Norf. UN, prep. Him. It. Hants, UNBEER, aiJU. [Un, and Bear, unable to bear much.] Impatient. North. BaUeym UNBAN E, Qdj. [Un» Bane, Belg. a way.} Inconvenient. Craven, UNDERLOUT, $. A drudge in an inferior capacity. North, UNDERN,*. Afternoon. NoHh, UNEATHILY, aJJ. Unwieldy. Nfn-f, To UNEMPT, V. a. To empty ; to unload a cart. WUts, UNFACEABLE, adj. Unreasonable; in- defensible ; such as no one would have the face to defend. Norf, ToUNFEST, V, a.]Unfa8tenF— cest. Sax. fast.] To untie. North. UNGAIN, oc/y. Inconvenient; intractable. [Ongean, Ang. Sax. contrary.] Norf, Round-about; indirect. Craven, (Why not from Un, contrary to, and Gain, profit ; being some way in which a thing IS done unprofitably ?" UNGEARED, part, past. Unharnessed. Craren. UNGONE, part. pass. Not gone. Ditto, UNHEPPEN, 04/. Unbecoming; indecent; uncomfortable; untidy. Craven, UNRARD,a(^'. Awkward. North. UNKED, o/i/. ) Lonely. Grose. UNKET,UNKED, ^ Dreary ; dismal. Se>m. Melancholy. Oxford. Wretchedly bad ; uncomfortable. Uucks, UNKEMMED,;9aW. pass. [Coembau, Sax. to comb.] Uncombed. Craven. UNKNOWN, adj. Unostentatious; aa an unknown man is one, who does good secretly. North. UNLEAD, or UNLEAD, 1. A reptile; a venomous creature, as a toad, &c. A sly, wicked man, who creeps about do- ing mischief. Grose, UNLICKED, part. pass. Unpolished; as an^unlicked cub," is a raw, unpolished youth. This word is probably borrowed from the old saying, that a bear's cub at its birth is a shapeless mass, until the mother has licked it into shape. York, Stisse.x, Hants, ToUNRAY, v,a. [To undress; from Un, and Array, dress, attire.] Somerset. UNRID, adj, [Perhaps Un rayed; unattired.] Untidy; disorderly; filthy. Craven. To UNSCRIFF, v. a To put in mind off. North, UNSENSED, part, pass. Stunned, as by a blow or fall, and of course rendered for the time void of sense. StupiHed, as by excess of drink. Insane. North. UNS. UPS. 181 To UNSNECK, r. a. [See Sneck.] To un- laich. Craven, To UNTANG, v, a. [Un, and Tang, Sax. a twig ; whence Tangle and Entangle, according to Fenning,] To untie. Sotnersft, To UNTHAW, ». a. To thaw, H'ilU. To UP, o. n* To arise. Somerset, Let us up and be doing* iiible, UP-A-DAY, 0.tiiip.m. A fondling expres- sion of a nurse to a child, when she takes it up in her arms, or lifts it over any obstacle. (See Foiby.) Norf, UPAZET, adv. In perfection. Exmoor, To UPBRADE, v, n. To rise on the sto- machy as food which does not agree, and "therefore may be said to quarrel, to scold or upbraid one for eating it. Crctven, UPDAALS, ado. Up the valley or dale. Craven, To UPHODTO, pAr. [To uphold you.] To assure you. Lane, Craven, To UPHOWD, V, a. To maintain. Lane, UPLAND, 1. Hieher and drier ground, as distinguished Uom fen-land. ^ Norf, An upland farm is a farm on high ground, compared to marsh land. E. Suss, Kent, UPLANDEU, UPLAND.MAN, s. An in- habitant of the Uplands. Norf, UPMET and DOUN-TEIROSTEN, phr. [Up-meted, or measured up full and high, and thrust or pressed down close.] Good measure; also entirely. Craven, To UPPER-HAND, v, a. To apprehend i to take, as a constable>ioes a thief, when the former certamly has the upperhand of the other. Norf. To UPPER-HATCH, r. a. [Upper, and to Hatch, to bring forth ; to contrive or pro- ject.] To understand ; to comprehend. Norf. UPPERLET, s. [Epaulette, Fr. a shoulder piece.] A shoulder knot Norf, UPPER.STORY, s. The;brain ; it is said of a weak person, that bis Upper-Story is badly furuished. Norf, Hants, Stissex. UPPING-BLOCK, s. A horse-block, from which persons mount upon their horses. Somerset. Hants. UPPISH, €uU. Proud without cause. Norf. Pettish ; out of temper, said of a person - whose choler is soon up. E. Sussex, UP-SITTING, s. The time when a woman first sits up after her confinement. York. Exmoor, To URLE. V, n. To look sickly ; to draw one*s self togetlier, as when cold. To be *< Urled," is to be stinted in growth. North. URLING,s. A little, dwarfish, person. Noiih, URLY, aiij. Chilly. North. UPSIDES, adv. On an equal or superior footing. '* To be upsides with a person," is to do something that shall be equivalent or superior to wliat he has done to us. Literally, 1 suppose, to overtake and come alongside of another. Somerset. UPSTART,*. A deep impression made by a horse's foot in clayey ground, which holds water, and imo which, if another horse steps, the water starts up and wets the rider. Norf, UPWAXtN, part, pass, [Wexan, Sax. to increase.] Grown up to manhood. Craven, URCHIN, s. [Heuerchin, Arm. A hedgehog. North. URE, s. An udder. NoHh. Bailey, URGEFUL, adj. Urgent; importunate; leasing. Norf. URVEK, oc^'. [Ufar, Goth, over.] Upper. Craven. UTCHY, pron. I. [Ich, Sax. Ich, Dien. I serve. The Prince of fVales's motto.] V. To VAG, v,a. To thwack or whip with a rod. To Fag. fVesi. YAGE, V AZE, s, a voyage ; more common- ly applied to the distance employed to increase the intensity of motion or action from a given point. Somerset. YALIDOMy s. Value ; size. iCraven. VALLOR, YALLOW, s. [ Val, Fr.'a vale.] A hollow mould, in which a cheese is pressed ; called also a Vate. BaUey. VALLOR, YALLOW, VOLLER, VOL- LOW, s, A fallow. Hants. To VALL OVER A DESK, phr. A cant term for having the banns published in the church. ffVtf. VALOUR, t. [Valor, LaU value.] Value ; amount. Norf, To VALOUR, V, a. To esteem. DUto. To VAMPER, v.n. To Vapour. Craven. VAN, s, A machine for winnowing corn. (To fan, to winnow.) Hants, Gtouc. To VANG, V, a, [Yangen. Belg. to seize.] To receive ; to earn. Somerset. To take ; to undertake for, as god-father*s for children. Somerset, Badey. VARDITE, s. A verdict. Craven. VARE, s, A species of weasel. Somerset. To VARE, V, n. To bring forth young, ap- plied to pigs and some other animals. Somerset, In Hampshire they say, to Yarrow, being a corruption of Farrow, F being changed into V. VARMINT, s. Vermin. Somerset, Lane. VAttRA-WEEL,flkfc.. [ Vrai, Fr. True, Wea- Ian, Sax. to be well.] Very well. North. VAST, *. A deal; a very large quantity; as, **,We have had a Vast of rain." Crav. Norf. E. Sussev, VAUNCE-ROOF, s. The garret. Suff. VAUGHT, part. pass. (To Catch, makes Caught<— why uot Fetch, Faught ? F changed to V makes Vaught) Fetched. ** Var vaught and dear a-bought." Som. 182 VAW. VJP. VAWTH, jr. A bank of dung or earth, pre- pared for manure. Somerset. To VAY, r. n. [Faire, Fr. to do.] To suc- ceed ; to do well. (See to Fay.) Som. VAZE, 1. To move about a room or house, so as to agitate the air. Someisel, YEAKINGy t. Fretfulness i peevishness. In Hants, when a little pig utters a cry of distress, he is said to be '* weaking about," from the sound ; when he does it he is freiful. Weaking is easily changed into Veaking. VEEf., 8. [Veld, Belg.] A field ,• com land un inclosed. Somerset, V EEL V ARE, i. A fieldfare. DUto. VELL. s, [Vellum from Velin, Fr.] The salted stomach of a calf, used for making cheese ; a membrane. Somerset, A calfs bag or stomach ; rennet. Glouc. VELUNG, 1. The ploughing of turf to be laid in heaps to burn. ^est, Bailey, VENOM, adj. Dry ; harsh. H^arw* VEO, adJ, [Feo, Sax.] Few, little. Somerset, VERDI, VERDIT, s. (Verdict.) Opinion. Somerset, 7b VINE-DRA, tj. a. (Fine-draw.] To flatter or deceive people with fine words. fFest, YEREL, 1. A small iron hoop. Craven, [Ferrule from Ferrum, I^at. iron.] VESSEL, 8. Half a quarter of a sheet of writing paper. Norf, Forby derives it from Fascio'a, Lat. a little strip. He says it is in Todd's Johnson, and Pegge. Jt is not in Penning, 1761 ; but I find it in Dyche, and Pardon, 1744. VESSEL, 8, [Vas, Lat.] A wooden cask to hold fermented liquors; a cask of any kind. Norf, A pail or bucket. Essex, To VESSY, v,n. When two or more persons read verses alternately, they are said to ** Vessy." Somerset, VESTER, 8, A pin or wire to poifat out the letters to children, when learning to read ; a fescue, from which it is corrupted. [Festu, Fr.] Somerset, VEW, 8. Yew. Craven. VIER, 8, [Fewr, Teut.] Fire. Som, Hants. This word is pronounced as a dissyllable. Jennings says some old writers have •* Fy-er." From Fire, we make Fiery, and why not Fier, Vier ? VIEWLY, €ulj. Handsome ; agreeable to the view or sight. Craven, VINNY, 8, A scolding-match ; also a battle, bout, or assault. ^est, Shakspeare. [Venue, Fr.] Grose. VIEW-TREE, 1. The yew-tree. Lane, VINE, s. Any trailing fruit-bearing plant which runs over the ground, unless sup- ported, as cucumbers, melons, &c. Norf, VINEROUS, adJ, Hard to please. North, BaMey, VINNED, adJ, (Veined — blue-vinned signi- fies, in Hampshire, those tliin veins of mould which are seen in decaying cheese.) Mouldy. Somerset. Hants, Ilumoursome ; affected. Somerset, VIPER'S DANCE,*. St. Vitus' Dance. Norf. VJROIN'S-GARLAND, s. Garlands made of flowers, or of variegated paper, carried before the corpse of a young girl, and afterwards suspended as a votive offering or memorial in the church. Craren dfa- lect,vrU\ch see. VIST,*. [Vuyst, Belg.] The fist. Hants. Som. To VIT, V, a, [Viiten, Flemish, to fit or make fit.] To dress neat. Extn, VITTY, adJ, Decent, handsome, well. Exm. VITTY, adj. Properly ; aptly. Somerset. (Fit, apt, proper.) VLANNIN, 8. [Gwlanen, Brit] Somerset. To VLAUE, V, n. To burn wildly ; to flare. Somerset. VLEER, 8. [Vleye, Belg.] A flea. Somerset. VLICK, 8, A flick ; a blow with a slick. fFest, Grose. A sharp touch with the point of the lash of a whip. Hants. W. Sussex. VLOTHER, s. [Flutteran, Sax. to flutter.] Incoherent talk ; nonsense. Somerset, To be all in a flutter, is to be agitated, not knowing what one says or does. Hants. Sussex. VOCATING, part, act, [Voco, Lat. to call ] Going about from place to place in an idle manner. Somerset, VOIDER, 8, A kind of open-work basket. North. To YOKE, V, a, (See to Boke.) To make an efi'ort to vomit. Norf. Forby. (To Evoke ?) VOKEY, a4f. Moist. North. To VOLLY, V. a, [Volgen, Belg.] To fol- low. Somerset, VOLLIER, 1. Something which follows. A follower. ^ Somerset, To VOOASE, V. a. To force. Somerset. VOOATH, adv. [Voord,.Belg.] Forth ; out. Somerset. VORAD, adv. and adj. Forward. Somerset. VORE, adv. Forth. To draw vore; to twit one with a fault. Exm, VORE-DAYS, adv. Late in the day. DUto. VORE-REERT, adv. Forthright ; without circumspection. Exm, VORE-RIGHT, adj. (Fore-right) Blunt ; candidly rude. Somerset. VORKED, part, pass. Forked. To draw one out by the vorked-end, is to pull him out by the heels. fVest, VOR'N, pron, [Veor, Belg. for; Un, him.] For him. Somerset. VORT or VOART, pret, of Fight. Fought. IVest. VOUSE, adj. [Voo&se, to force.] Strong ; nervous; forward. Somerset. V REACH, adv. Carefully, diligently, and earnestly. fVest. To VUG V, a. To strike with the elbow. Somerset, VUG. WAI. 183 VUG, #. A thrust or blow with the elbow VULCH, or FULCH, i, A pushing stroke with the fist directed upwards. fVesf. To VUMP, V, a. To ihump. DUio. VUNG, part, pan, (See Vang.) Received. fFe$t. VUR, adv. Far. Hants. Somerset. VURDER, adr. Farther. DHlo. V {JR DEST, adv. Farl best. Ditto. VCTRDIN, s. (Corruption.) Farthing. Exm. VUR-VOOATH, ado. Far-Forth. Som. VCJU-VORE, ado. Far forth. Exm. VUST, adj. [Veurst.Belg.] First. flanls.Som. VUSTIN-FUME, phr. [Vast, Fume.] A violent passion. West. VUSTLED-UP, part. pass. Wrapped up. West. W. WA, ailr. [Oui,Fr.] Yes. Craven. WAA.adf. [Wa, Sax. woe.] Sorry; op- pre88«d with woe. Craven. WAASTHEA.HT,' pAr. Alas! Woe is my heart. Craven. WA A-WORTEI-YE, phr. Woe betide you. Cra»en. To WABBLE, r. n. To move awkwardly and weakly ; to totter, as a top does when it has almost done spinning. North. Hants. Sussex. (If to Waddle can fairly be derived from Wha&:gelen, Belg. to waggle; why not to Wabble ?) WABSTER or WEBSTER, s. [Web.] A weaver. North. WACKER, s. [Wecken, Belg. to wake.] One who is easily awakened. Lane. W hCKENED, part. pass. Awakened. Lane. W A D, aux. V, Would. Craven. WAD,*. [Wad, Ang. Sax.] Woad. Norf. WAD, s. [Weod, Sax. a bundle.] A bundle of peas halm, when cut, previous to being carried into the barn. Hants. WAD, s. Black-lead ; also a neighbourhood, as such and such places lie in the same Wad. Cumb. WADHA, r. Would have. Craven. WAD-AT, WAD HE, phr. He would; that would he. Craven, WADMAL, *. [Vadmaal, Isl.] A very coarse and thick kind of woollen manu- facture, worn by countrymen for their winter garments. Norf, WAD TO, phr, Wouldst thou. Craven. To WAFF, r. n. [To Waft.] To puflf up in the act of boiling. To bark gently. Craven. To WAGE, v. a. To tempt a person to do something difficult or disagreeable by offering him a bet or a bribe. Norf, W AILY, a4J. [To Wail ; to lament.] Op- pressed with woe. Craven. WAIN^HOUSE, «. A wagon-house. Glouc. WAIN, s. A wagon. North. An ox-cart without side rails. Gloue, WAIS. WASE, s. LWasen, Belg.] Wisp, Sax. a small bundle of straw. A wreath of straw or cloth placed on the head to relieve the pressure of a burden. Craven. A handful of straw twisted together, and used by carters to rub their horses with. HantSm WAKE, adj. [Wak, Ang. Sax.] Weak. Craven* WAKE, s. The feast of the dedication of a parish church. A company of neighbours sitting up with the dead. North. WALCH, adj. Insipid ; fresh ; waterish. Grose. WALL-EEN, *. White or grey eyes. Cra . Wall-eyed is applied to horses, whose eyes have a greyish sort of cast in them. Hants. Sussex^ (Walchen, Belg. to blanch.) WALK, s. An uninclosed com field. Norf. WALKS, s, pi. A large extent of uninclosed t land : the same as Sheep-walks ; so called from sheep being allowed to run over it for certain portions of the year. Notf. WALK-MILL, s. [Walcken, Bele. to blanch ; and Mill.] A fulling mill. North. WALL. He lies by the wall ; spoken of a person dead, but not buried. Norf. Suff. Grose. WALLANEERING! mtj. An expression of pity. [Wailing.] North. WALLADAY, intj. [Wail the Day !] An expression of sorrow. Lane. WALLING, part. act. Boiling. North. Bailey* (This word, I suppose, has the same origin as Walloper, Pot-Wallo|ier ; that is, one who boiled a pot of his own, and thus became entitled to a vote in many boroughs before the Reform Bill was passed in 18S2. Some derive Wallop- ing from the noise made by a pot when boiling.) [Wealan, Sax. to boil.] WALLIS, s. The withers of a horse. Norf. WALL-TILES, s. Bricks, opposed to tiles, called Thack-Tiles, (which see.) North. To WALLOP, V. a. To beat. Somerset. Hants, Stissex. Warw. To move as fast as possible, but not with- out much effort. ^orf. WALLOPING, adj. Bending in one's gait. Craven. Slatternly. Grose. (See Walling.) To WALLOP, V, a. [Envelope >] To wrap up anything in a hasty or clumsy manner. Norf. WALLOW, WALSH, «* WAMBLE, «. n. [Wemmelen, Belg.] To stagger or waddle, as ducks do. To move to and fro in an irregular and awkward manner. North. Somerset, WAN, «. [Wand, a long rod.] A long rod to weave into a hedge. Norf, WANDED-BASKET, s. [See Wan.] An ozier or wicker basket. North, WANDED-CHAIR, «. A wicker chair. NoHh. WANDY, adj. Long and flexible, like a wand. North, WANGERY, adj. Flabby. Exmoor. WANG-TOOTH, s. [Wang-Todh, Ang. Sax.] (Wang, Sax. the )aw in which the teeth are set.) The canine tooth. North, W A NKLE, adj. [ Wanckel, Belg.] Weak; loose; pliant. Norf. North, WANT,*. A mole. [Wand, Sax.] NoHh, WANTF-TUMP, «. A mole hill. Ghuc. WANTEAN,*. Craven. I [Wain-tie.] WANTY, #. Hants. i A surcingle, a laige girth for a pack-horse. North. The girth which is fastened to the thills of a cart, an^ passing under the horses' belly,prevents the cart from falling back. fV. Sussex, Hants. 7b WANZE,«. n. [Wanian, Sax, to de- cline.] To waste away 5 to pine ; to wither. Norf. Bailey, WAP, 8. (Wipa, Su. Goth, to involve.) A bundle of straw. North, To WAP, V. a. To wrap. Norf, To beat. Hants. Sussex. Warw. N&rf, To WAP BY, V, n. To go swiftly by. Lane. *' Down he came, wap," means he came down suddenly, all at once, in a lump a& it were. Hants. WAP, s. A peep. Lane. WAPPERED, adj. Restless ; fatigued ; said of a sick person. Glouc. WAPPEREYED, adj. Goggle-eyed, with eyes staring, as one scared ; or squinting, like a person in liquor. Exm. WAPPER-JAWS, s. (See Wap.) A wry mouth ; a warped jaw. Norf, WAPPET, s. A yelping cur. Ditto, WAPS,WAPSY, s, [Wseps, Ang. Sax. Forby.] A wasp. Norf. Sussex, Hants. To WAPSE, V. a. To wash. Sussex, so says Bailey, but I have never met with it my- self. WAR, interj. [Wser, Sax. Var, Isl. wary.J Beware 1 take care ; as, War-hone ! Get out of the way of the horse ! War-hawk ! Beware of danger. Hants, CroBen, Smae*. Somerset, WAR-DAY. s. Work-day, opposed to Son- day. [Wark, Sax. a work.] North. WAR, V. pret. of To be. [Wsren, Sax. plural of Was.] Was, were. Somertef, Ctasfen. WAR, adj. [Worra, Sax.] Worse. War and War worse ; and worse. Warse and Warse. North. WARBLE, WAR.^[Wear. Ang. Sax.] BLET, s, Norf. M Hard, callous; and WAR-BEETLE, s.f Beetle.] Ahard swell- Grose. ^ ing in the backs of WARNLES, 1. 1 cows, caused by a Kent, E.Sussex,'' maggot. WARISON, s. The stomach and ito con- tents. Cumb, WARD, s. The world. Crasoen. Wardle. Hants. To WARD, V. n. To wade. Somerset. WARD, s. [Wear, Ang. Sax. callous.] A hardening of the skin on the hands by work, and on the feet by walking. Norf. To WARD, V. a. To harden the skin of the hands with work. Norf. WARISHED, part, pass. Recovered from sickness. Craren. WARK, s. [Sax.] Work. North. Ache; pain. Ditto. WARK-BRATTLE, adj. (Work, and Brittle. easily broken ; a person who is fond of work, soon breaks it down, or gets through it. Loving to work. Lane- WARLOCK, s. A wizard. NoHh. WARK-FOLK, s. Labourers. Craftmu To WARM, V. a. To beat. Dittm. WARMSHIP, s. Warmth. Wearw. To WARNT, WARND, v, a. To warrant. Hants. Somerset. Sussex. To WARP, V. a. [Werpen, Belg. to cast up.] To lay eggs. North, Bailey. WARP, ». A ridge of land. DUto, In husbandry, a quantity of land couMsting of ten, twelve, or more ridges, on each side of which a furrow is left to carry of the water. Four herrings. E. Susses^ KenL 7b WARP-UP, v.a. To plough land in Warps. E, Sussex. Kent. WARRED, WARED, paH, pass, [Weran, Sax. to wear ; worn oat.] Spent. Craven. To WARRY, V. a. To curse. Lane. WARRIDGE, s. The withers of a horse. Craven. WARSTED, WATER-STEAD, s. A shore. North. WARTA-SHOEN, s. Shoes for working- days. Halifax. Qroee. WART-DAY, s. A work-day. Craven. WARTH, s. [Wadan, Ang. Sax. to wade.] WATH, A ford. North, WASE, s. [See Wais.] WAS. WAT. 185 WASH, 8, The Washings of poU and Sauce- pans, which are thrown into the pail for the hogs, 'called generally Hog-wash. HarUs, Sussex, WASHAM OUTHE, s. A blab. Exm. WASH-DISH, 1. The water wag-tail, so called from its frequenting small streams of water. Somerset, Dish-washer. Hants, WASHBREW, s. Flummery. Exm. WASSELLERS, s, [Waescel, Sax. A liquor made of roasted apples, sugar, and ale, offered to all guests in a bowl at Christ- mas, called a Wassel-bowl. — A bowl of this kind is still to be seen in Battle Ab- bey, Sussex, made of wood.] Grown people or children who go about the streets in the evenings at Christmas, singing carols. Hants, WASSEl^SINGERS, s.plu, Wassellers.iNTor/. WASSEL, s, A person very weak» probably from partaking too freely of the Wassel bowl. Craven, WASSET-MAN, s, A scare-crow. fVUls. WASTE, s, A consumption. North, WATCHED, adj, (Wetshod.) Wet-footed. Hants. WATER-BEWITCHED, ». Weak tea, punch coffee,&c., of which the flavour is almost imperceptible from the super-abundance of water in the mixture. Norf, Hants, Sussex, WATER-DOGS, s. Small clouds floating below the dense mass of cloudiness in rainy seasons, denoting the approach of heavy rain. Nor/, In Hants, called * Hounds,' and when seen, people exclaim, " The Hounds are out.'* WATER-ICLES, s. Stalactites. Craven, WATER RANNY, s. The short-tailed field mouse. Norf, Penning has Ranny, a ihreW-mouse, from mus araneus> Lat. from its inhabiting arable ground. But what has water to do with it ? WATER-SHAKKEN, adj. Soaked with wa- ter; applied to land. Craven. WATER-SLAIN, adj. Super-saturated with water, spoken of beverage, such as tea, beer, &c. ^ Norf, Wet, undrained land, is said to be water- slain. Si^, WATER-SPRINGE, *. A copious flow of saliva, which often precedes nausea. Norf, WATER-SPRIZZLE, s. A disease in gos- lings or ducklings. Norf, WATER-TAKING, s. A pond from which water is taken to supply a house that has no pump. Nojf, WATER-WHELP, s, A dumplin kneaded without yeast or eggs. Norf, WATER-TABLE, s. A low part on the side of a road for the purpose of carrying off the superfluous water. B. Sussex, WATSAIU s. (Wassail.— See Wassel.) A drinking song, sung on Twelfth Day eve ; throwing toast to the apple trees, in order to have a fruitful year. Exmoor. WATTLES, 1. Rods laid on a roof to (hatch upon. North, TbWAW, v.n. [Wa, Sax. Woe, wail, wawl.] To wawl, to cry as a cat. Craven* To bark as a dog. Grose. WAU, s, (Scotch pronunciation, as Faa, fall, &c.) A wall. Craven. Worthless liquor, probably fr6m Wa, Sax* woe. Woeful stuff. Craven. WAUGHISH, adj. Faintish ; sickly. Lane, WAVERS, s. Young timberlings left stand- ing in a fallen wood. North, To WAWL, V, n. [Wa, Sax.] To wail ; to weep. Craten* lo WAWKEN, V. n, [Wealcan, Sax.J To walk. Lane. To WAWT, V, a* (To vault, to leap.) To overturn. Lane. WAX-KERNEL, s, A swelling near the ear; from to wax, to grow. Craven* WAY-BIT, s, A little piece ; a little way. How far is it to such a place; Three miles and a Way-bit ; meaning a little more than three miles; though sometimes it is said, the Way-bit is a pretty consider- able piece over. North, WAY-BREAD, s. Plantain. North. [Wseg-Brsede, Sax.] To WAY ZALT, v. a. (To weigh salt.) To play at the game of Way-zalting, which see. WAY-ZALTIN6, s. A game ot exereise in which two persons stand back to back, with their arms interlaced, and alternately lift each other. Somerset, In Hants it is called Weighing. WAZE, s, A small round cushion put under the hat, or on the crown of the head, to carry loads on. Cumb, A Waze of straw. Hants, (See Wais.) WEAD, a4f. Very angry. North. WEAH, aty. Sorry for. [Wa, Sax. woe.] North, WEAKY, s, [Weicken, Germ, to soak.] Moist. North. To WEAL, V, a. To choose. Lane, WEALING, s. (Weanling.) A young crea- ture flt to be weaned. Craven* To WEAR, V. a. To lay out money. Lane. To WEAR UP, V. a. To wear out. Norf. To WEAR THE FOT, phr. To cool it. North. WEARIFUL, adj. Tiresome; giving exer* cise to patience. Norf, WEARING, s. A consumption. Craven. WEARY, adj Feeble; sickly; puny; that is soon wearied. Norf. To WE AT THE HEAD, phr. To examine the head for lice, perhaps corrupted from to Weed. Notth, WEATHER-GALL, s, A secondary rain- bow, a sign of bad weather. Craven. [Wasser-Gall, Germ.] WEATHER-HEAD, s. The secondary rain bow. Norf. A 2 186 WEA. WEL. WEATHER-LAID, atlf. Weather-bound; stopped on a journey by bad weather. Norf, WEAUGHINO, pari, act, [Probably from the loand, as we use Bow-wow in the same sense.] Barking. Lane* WEA WORTH YOU, phr. Woe betide you. North, WEB, «. The omentum. " The web of the body j" the cawl. Nor/, WEE, adj\ [Scotch.] Little, North, WEEKS OF THE MOUTH, ph'. Thesides of it. Lane WE EL, adv. Well. North. WEEL, 8. [Weel, Sax. a well.] A whirl- pool ; a well. North, WEEN, phr. We have. Lane, WEEPING-TEARS, t,pl. Excessive sor- row. " I found poor Betty all in weeping tears." Norf, WEEPV, adj. Abounding with springs ; moist. Somerset » WEER, ac^. Pale and ghastly in aspect. Nf, [Weard, Sax. Fate ; hence Weird sisters, witches WEET, atif. [Woeet, Sax.] WeU Lane. To WEET, V a. To wet. nUto. WEET. or WITE, adJ, Nimble, swift. North, WEE-WOW; A- WEE-WOW, adv. Per- versely ; in an unsettled state. fVesl, To WEEZE, V. n. [W«s, Sax.] To ooze. E, Sussex, WEIGH, or WAAGH, s, Wsege, Ang, Sax. A lever ; a wedge. Grose. WEIGH-BALK, s. The beam of a pair of scales. Craven* WEIGHT, adj. Many. Ditto. WEIR, or WAAR, s. Sea-wreck ; sea-weed. [Waar, Sax.] Norlhumb, Wore or Woor. Jsle of Thanet, Sea- Ore. Hants. To WELK, V, a. To dry ; said of grass shaken out to be dried for hay. North. [To Welter.] To soak, roll, and macerate in a fluid. Norf, To give a sound beating, which is likely to raise weals, welts, or welks. Norf. To WELL, r. a. [Waeltan, Sax. to welt, to lay in folds ] To weld. Craven, WELL-APAI D, part, act. Appeased ; satis- fied. Somerset. WELL ATi-EASE, at^. Hearty; healthy. Somerset, WELLING, part, act, [Waella. Su. Goth, to heat.] Boiling; scalding; applied to liquor. North. WELLANDER, interj. Alas. North, WELf^TIDDED, adj\ Well-teated, having a good udder. North, WELL TO DO, phr. In a state of ease as to pecuniary circumstances. Hants, Suss, WELL-TO-LIVE, phr. Well to do. Norf. WELLY, arfv. Well nigh. North. To WELLY, V. a. [Wail, Bewail ye.] To pity. Grose. To WELT, V, a. [Welt a fold in a garment.] To overturn. Craven, To WELT, V, a. To beat, as, ** I will welt your jacket for you." Sustex, WEM, s. [Ang. Sax. Tim Bobbin.] The Belly. LatW' WEM, s. [Wem, Ang. Sax. a stain or spot.'] A small fretted place in a garment. Norf, WENCE,«. [Whence — the point from which they start.] A spot where several ways meet, or from which they diverge ; as a four-wence. E. Sussex, Kent. Bailey writes it Wence. It is now com- monly called a Went, sometimes a Vent. Plimwell Vent, Kent.] WENNEL, s. (Wean.) A weaned calf. Narf, To WEND, V. n. To go. Nm-th. WENTED, part, pasx. Grown acid. Norf. WENTS, s. The teasles, or fuller's thistles when worn out. Glouc. WER, pron, [Vor, Teut. We, Sax. we.] Our. Craven. WERE, 8, [Wffir, Sax. a fen.] A pond or pool of water. North. WESH, *. [Wash.] Urine. Craven. WESTLY, adj. Dizzy, giddy. Norf Bailey. To WET, phr. * To wet the sickle," is to take an allowance of beer, the evening^ before wheat harvest begins. Norf. *'To wet your whistle,*' means to have something to drink. Sussex, Hants* " To have a wet." ** Let us have a wet,** that is, *'Let us drink." Sussex, Hants. " A wet one," is a drunkard. Ditto. WETHERLY, adv. With rage and violence. ExmooT', WETSHOD, adj. Wet in the feet. Norf. Somerset. Hants. WErUR,». [Wieeter, Belg.] Water. Lane. WETUR-TAWMS, s, [Wseeter, Belg. wa- ter, and Tomber, Fr. to fall.] Sick fits; water-qualms. Lane. WEV KT, s. [ Wefian,- Sax. to weave.] A spider — which weaves a web. Somerset. To W EW-WO W, r. a. To wring and twist in an irregular and intricate manner. Norf. WEY, *. [Wseg, Sax.] A way. Lane. To WEYN, V. a. [Weneu, Sax.] To wean. Lane. WEZZON, WEASAND, ». [Wesan, Sax.] The windpipe. Craven, WHA, adv, [Weal, health, from Wealan, Sax.] Well. Craven, WHACK, 8, [See Swack.] A smart, loud blow. (Perhaps from the sound.] North, ff'est. South. To WHAIN, V. a. To coax or entice. North. WHA IN E, ad;. Strange. North. To WHACK, V, a. To beat with violence. Hants. Somerset, Sussex. To WHACK, V. n. To fall with great violence. Craven. To WHACKER, v, n, [Cwacan, Sax. to quake.] To tremble. Lane, Craven* WHAFF, WHAFT, #. [Wave, waft.] A blast of wind. Lane. WHA. WHE. 187 To WHAKE, ». n. [See Whacker.] To tremble. Lane. V WHACKER, 1. Somethinj^huge and large, 88 a stout man, \% said to be a Whacker, and so is a thumping lie. Hants, Sussex, WHACKING, act/. Large; huge. Sussex. WHALING, part, nci, [Weal, a mark left by a stripe, from Walan, Sax.] Beating. Craven. WHAM,«. [Swamp?] A bog ; a morass. Craven. WHAMP, s. A wasp. North. WHANG, 1. [Thwang, Sax.] A thong. Craven. To WHANG, r. a. To beat. Craven, To throw away. Craven. WHANGBY, 1. Poor skimmed-milk cheese, tough enough to make thongs or Whangs. Craven, WHANK, 8. A lump ; a large piece, as a Whank of cheese. North. WHARLING IN THE THROAT, pAr. An inability to pronounce the letter R ; as among the inhabitants of Newcastle- upon-Tyne, and iis environs. Grose WHARTS and WHEWTS, a. Irregular tufts of grass. North. (Wart, but whence Whewts ?) WHARLE, 1. [To Whirl.] A small wheel on a spindle. Craven. WHARLE-KNOT,«. A hard knot. Lane. WHARRE, 8 A crab>apple. Cheshire. Bailey. To WHART, WHARTLE, v. a, [Thwart.] ^ To cross ; to teaze. Norf. WHAT-NOSED, adj. Hot-nosed; red- nosed, from drinking. FFest. WHATSOMIVER, pron. Whatsoever. Somerset adv. However. Craven, WHAW^adv. Why. Une, WHAWM, 8. Warmth. Lanr. To WHAUVE. V. a. To cover over. Craven. WHAPPER, adj. Urge. DUto. WHAFPLE-GATE, s. A gate on a Whap- ple-Way. Hants. WHAPPLE-WAY, s. A way, by which people on foot or on horseback can pass, but not in carriages of any kind. Hants. To WUAPS, r. a. [See to Wap-by.] To put in hastily. Craven. WHEADY, adj. Tedious; wearisome; as a Wheady mile ; a mile more than was expected in a journey. Shropshire, (Wa, Sai. woe; Whea-day, Woe-a-day.) WHEAMOW, o/iy. Nimble. Defby. WHEAM, WHEM, adj. So close that no wind can enter ; also convenient. Chesh. WHEAM, a(ir. Near at hand. Lane. Chesh. (Ang. Sax. Tim Bobbin.) WHEAN, 8. [Kivinna, IsL a woman-quean.] A woitbless woman. Lane. Craven. WHEANT, 04/;. [Quaint.] Stange; comi- cal. Lane, To WHECKER, v. n. To neigh , to laugh in a low, vulgar manner. Somerset. To Whicker. HanU. (From the sound.) ro WHEDDER, w. n. To tremble. North. WHEDEN,s. A silly fellow. fVest. Bailey. WHEE, 8. [Wee, Sc. little.] A heifer or young cow. York. WHEEL, 8. A whirl-pool. Lane, WHEEt^SPUN, 8. Very stout worsted yam, spun on the common large wheel, of which the coarsest stockings, gloves, ca ps, & c . , a re made . Norf. WHEEL-SPUR, 8. lu the old roads, the horse path was midway between the two wheel-ruts. Between the horse path and the rut on either side was the Wheel- Spur, much higher than either. (See Porby, who gives Spura, Teut. a crossway. Spurling, Brit, a deep rut.) Norf. WHEEMLY, adv. [Quemen, Teut.] Smoothly ; quietly. Craven. WHEEN-CAT, s. [Queen-CaL See Whean.] A female cat. North. WHEINT, adj. Fine; at a wheint lad. Cheshire. WHELK, s. A blow. Craven. A noise made by a heavy body falling. A quantity, as a Whelk of straw. Craven. WHELKlN,ad/. Large. DUto. WHELM, 8. Half a hollow tree, placed with its hollow side downwards, to foim a small watercourse. Norf, To WHELM, V. a. To turn a tub or other vessel upside down, whether to cover any thing with or not. ** Whelm it down.** Norf. (Awhilfan, Sax. to whelm ; overwhelm.] WHEMMELLED, part. pass. [Wemelen, Teut.] Covered or turned over. Craven. WH ENT, adj. Strange. DUto. WHERE, adv. Whether. Somerset. WHEREWr, 8. [Wherewith.] Property; estate; money, wherewith to live. Som. WHERKING, ftart. ad. Breathing with difficulty. Lane. Craven. WHERR, a((/. Verysour. Unc. To WHERRET, r. a. To pester; annoy ; harrass. Norf, To worret. Hants. (To worry.) WHERRET,!. A box on the ear. Lane. WHERRY,!. A liquor made from the pulp of crab-apples, after the verjuice is ex- pressed. Grose. To WHERRY, r. n. To laugh immoderately. Craven. To WHETHER, adv. At all events. DUto. WHETHERS, adv. In doubt. DUto. To WHEW, r. a. To throw away. DUto. To turn oif abruptly. DUto. To WHEWT, r. n. [From the sound.] To whibtle. North. Norf, To squeak faintly, as a young bird. Norf. VfHX AT, adj. Quiet. Craven. WHICK, adj Quick; alive. Lane. DUto. (Cwic, Sax. quick.) WHICREN, 8. The mountain ash. Craven. 188 WHI. WHl WHICKSyS. Couch-grass; thorns. Cravm. (Cwic, Sax. growing quick.) WHICKENED, par<. pass, Choaked. North. WHICKET-FOR WHACKET, phr. Quit for quatte; tit for tat; quid pro quov. Kent. Bailey. WHIFF, 5. [Waflf, Scotch.] A transient view. Craven, WHIFF, 8. " Neither Whiff nor Whaff," is a phrase applied to insipid food; un- meaning chat, &c. Norf, WHIFF-WAFF, WHIFFO-WHAFFO, «. Trifling words or actions. Lane. WHIFFLE-WHAFFLE, i. A person of unsteady character. 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