Fogs.old, withered or spoilt grass
Fog-earths.bog-earth, peat
Foggyadj.fat, corpulent
Fooäse, orVooäsev.to force, to oblige
Footers.a worthless shabby fellowadj.footy
Fore-spur, orVore-spurs.the fore-leg of pork
Fore-right,Vore-rightadj.rash, head-long, head-strong
Forrels.the cover of a book, the selvage of a handkerchief
Forware, orVerwarev.to indemnify
Forweendadj.hard to please, wayward, spoilt in nursing
Framev.to form, fashion the speech, ex. If I wur axed I could’nt frame to spake it so
Franges.fringe (Fr.frange)
Free-boreadj.free, free-born
French-nuts.walnut
Fretv.to eat, as the lower animals (Gfressen, A Sfretan, as opposed to Gessen, A Setan, applied to man): ex. The moth fretteth the garment; a use of the word retained in the West, and usually applied to the browsing of cattle
Furcum, orVurcums.the whole, even to the bottom
Furr, orVurrv.to cast a stone far
Fumps.the whole of a business
Fuz,Fuzzen,Furzes.gorse, prov.
Whenfuz is out o’ blossomKissing’s out o’ fashin
Whenfuz is out o’ blossomKissing’s out o’ fashin
Fuz-pigs.hedge hog
Gads.a fagot-stick;Spar-gada twisted stick picked at both ends to spar (Ger.sperren) or fasten down thatch. Near Bath,spick-gad
Gainadj.handy;Gainermore handy
Gales.an old bull castrated
Galls.a wet place, abounding in springs
Gally,Gallowv.to frighten;Galliedfrightened Shak. K. Lear, iii, 2, “Skies gallow the wanderer”
Gally-baggurs.bug-bear, a trace of the time when gallows were a more common sight
Gambles.a leg, (Ital.gamba)
Gambrils.a crooked stick used by butchers to suspend a carcase
Gammets,Gamotings.whims, tricks, pranks
Ganny-cocks.a turkey-cock
Ganny-cock’snobs.the appendage to a turkey-cock’s beak
Gapes-nests.an idle spectacle
Gares.gear;Ire-gares.plough-gear, iron-work
Garn, orGearn,Geardens.a garden
Gatchels.the mouth
Gate-shord, orsheards.a gate-way, a place for a gate
Gatfers.an old man (good father)
G’aufto go off;G’auverto go over;G’into go in;G’onto go on;G’outto go out;Go’vorngo before him or them;G’underto go under;G’upto go up: ex. Thear I wur’, d’ knaw, carnared (in a corner); coud’n g’auver, g’under, g’in, nor g’out
Gawcum,Gawcumins.a simpleton, a gawkey
Gee-wi’(g soft),v.to agree;Gee(g hard), to give, ex. To gee out—to thaw
Gib, orGibby(g hard),s.a pet lamb
Gibby-heels(g hard),s.kibed-heels
Giffin(g hard),s.a trifle, a small portion of time
Gilawfer,Gillifer,Gilliflower(g soft), stocks;Whitsun Gilawfer, carnation, also the wallflower
Giltin-cup(g hard),s.butter-cup
Gimmace(g hard),s.a hinge
Gimmaces(g hard)s.a criminal is said to be hung in gimmaces, when he is hung in chains
Glarev.to glaze earthenware. Alsos.ex. The roads are all a glare of ice
Glassenadj.made of glass
Glou,Glouiev.to stare
Glou-beäsons.a glow-worm, a bold impudent fellow
Glutch,Glutchyv.to swallows.the act of swallowing,Glutchers.the throat
Golds.sweet willow;Myrica gale, abundant in the moors of Somerset, in the herbalists calledGaule
Go-liev.spoken of corn falling after rain; applied to wind, to subside
Gool-frencha gold-finch, a proud tailor
Gollops.a large morsel
Gommers.an old woman (good mother)
Good-hussys.a thread-case
Goodyv.to appear good, to prosper
Goose-caps.a giddy, silly person
Goose-herd, orGoosiers.one who breeds or looks after geese
Gore-in,Gore-withv.to believe in, to trust
Gossipss.sponsors;Gossipingthe festivities of the christening
Gouts.a drain, a gutter
Gowders.a higgler of fruit
Grainded,Graintedadj.ingrained, dirty
Granfer,Grammers.grandfather, grandmother
Granfergriggless.wild orchis
Gribbles.a young apple tree raised from seed
Grigv.ands.to pinch, a pinch
Griddle,Girdles.a gridiron
Gripe, orGrips.a small drain or ditchv.to cut into gripes
Grizzlev.to laugh or grin
Gronins.labour, childbirth;Gronin-chairnursing chair;Gronin-maltprovision for the event
Grounds.a field, a piece of land enclosed for agricultural purposes
Grozens,Grovess.duck-weed
Gruff,Gruff-holes.a trench or groove excavated for ore
Gruffer,Grufflers.a miner, one who works in a gruff or groove
Gumpyadj.abounding in protuberances
Gurdss.eructations;Fits and Gurdsfits and starts
Gurl, orGurdlev.to growl
Gushv.to put the blood in quicker motion by fright or surprise, ex. A’ gied I sich a gush
Gussv.ands.to gird, a girth
Gurtadj.great
Hacks.the place where bricks newly-made are arranged to dry
Hack,Hacket,Hick,Heckv.to hop on one leg, to play hackety oyster, hopscotch, or hack-shell
Hackerv.to chatter with the cold, to stammer
Hackles.a good job
Hag-mals.a slattern, a titmouse
Hag-ridedadj.subject to night-mare
Hag-ropestraveller’s joy, wild clematis (A SHage, a hedge)
Haïnv.to let up grass for mowing
Halfen-deals.moietyadj.composed of different materials
Half-strainadj.mongrel, half-witted
Halipalmers.the palmer-worm, (holy-palmer)
Hallantides.All Saints’ Day, (hallow-een-tide)
Halses.hazel; halse coppice
Halsen,Hawseny,Noseny,Osneyv.to divine, predict, forebode (A Shälsen, from the hazel divining rod)
Halve, orHelvev.to turn over, to turn upside down
Hams.an open field, usually near a river: on Mendip, old calamine pits
Hamev.“rem habere” (A Shæman)
Hames,Heamsiess.parts of harness
Hang-fair,Hanging-vayers.an execution
Hanchv.to gore as a bull
Hangles, (a pair of hangles)s.a pot or kettle-rack suspended over the fire
Hanks.dealings with
Happerv.to crackle, rattle like hail
Hardadj.full grown, as hard stock, or sheep; aHardboya boy of about 13 years old
Harrs.the part of a gate which holds the hinges, ex. Heads and harrs
Harts.haft, or handle as of knives, awls
Hat, orHetpret.ofv.to hit
Hathes.to be in hathe,i.e., to be thickly covered with pustules, to be closely matted together
Haydigees, (g hard and soft)s.high spirits
Hay-suckers.the white-throat
Hayty-taytyseesaw, alsointerj.what’s here!
Hay-wards.pound-keeper, a keeper of hedges or hays (A Shæig-weard)
Hedge-bores.a rough workman
Heel,Hellv.to pour out or in, henceHeel-taps
Heelv.to hide, to cover (A Shelan)
Heelers.one who hides or covers. Proverb: The heeler is as bad as the stealer
Hefts.andv.weight, to lift up, fromv.to heave
Hegler, orHiglers.an egg or fowl collector and dealer
Helliers.a tiler, one who covers
Hel’ms.haulm of wheat, beans, peas, potatoes (A Shealm)
Hempron.he or him, ex. If hem had hat hem as hem hat hem, hem ’oud a kill’d hem or hem ’oud a kill’d hem
Henv.to throw, seeAine
Hen-husseys.a meddling officious person, a woman who looks after poultry
Hent, orHintv.to wither or dry up
Hern,His’npron.her’s, his
Herrets.a pitiful little wretch
Hevel-twines.a fine sort of twine
Hikeoffv.to steal away slily, to skulk off
Hirddick,Ruddicks.robin, ruddock
Hird-in,Hird-outv.to remove one’s goods. Transp. for rid
Hirn,Hurn,Hirndv.pret.andpart.to run (A Syrnan)
Hive, orHeavev.to urge in vomiting
Hizy-prizys.Nisi-prius
Hoakv.to goar as an ox
Hobv.to laugh loudlys.a clown
Hobs.a cheek of a grate
Hods.a sheath, a cover
Hoddyadj.hearty
Hog,Hoggets.a sheep or horse one-year old
Hogos.strong savour or smell (Fr.haut gout)
Holderss.fangs of a dog
Holmenadj.made of holm or holly, asHolmen Clavela holly mantle piece
Holme-screechs.the missel-thrush, from its eating the berries of the holly or holme tree
Homanys.a noise, disturbance
Home-toadv.up to
Honey-sucks.red clover
Hoops.a bullfinch, ex. Cock-hoop, hen-hoop
Hoppetv.to hop
Hornen,Harninadj.made of horn
Horse-godmothers.a masculine woman
Houzens.houses
Hovev.ands.to hoe, ex. To hove banes, hove turmits with an auld hove
Howv.to long for
Huck-mucks.strainer over the faucet
Huds.as of gooseberry, the skin, hull, husk
Huf-caps.a weed commonly found in fields
Hugs.the itch
Huldenv.to conceal, harbour
Hulley, orHolleys.a basket-trap for eels
Hullv.to hurl
Hum-drums.a three-wheeled cart
Hūmackss.wild-briar stocks on which to graff roses
Ich(soft),pron.I’ChamI am;’Ch’oolI will;’Ch’oodI would, &c.
Idletons.an idle fellow
Infaringadj.lying within, as an infaring tithing,i.e., a tithing within a borough
Insensev.to inform
Ires.iron, “ire or mire” said of stiff clay soil
Ire-gaers.iron work or gear
Izepr.I, ex. Ize warrant you wunt
Jibs.the wooden stand for a barrel
Jiggers.a vessel of potter’s ware used in toasting cheese
Jitch,Jitchy,Jissyadj.such, ex. Jitch placen, such places
Joan-in-the-wads.will-of-the-wisp
Jonnickadv.fair, straight-forward
Jotv.to disturb in writing, to strike the elbow
Junkets.curds and cream with spices and sugar, &c., from Ital.giuncata, cased in rushes; fromgiunco, a rush; a name given in Italy to a kind of cream-cheese
Kamics,Kramicss.rest-harrow
Keamyadj.covered with a thin white mould; applied to cider
Kecker,Kyecker-pipe,Kyecker,Kyeck-horn, the wind-pipe, a pervious pipe, fromkiketo look through
Keeve, orKives.a large tub used in brewing or cider makingv.to put the wort or cider in a keeve to ferment
Keeps.a large basket
Keffels.a bad, worn-out horse (Welsh,Keffyl)
Kernv.to coagulate as milk; also applied to fruit and wheat becoming visible after the blossoming
Kex,Kexys.dry, pervious stalks, as of cow-parsley and hemlockKexies, seeKecker
Kids.a podTo Kiddyv.ex. They do kiddy, but they don’t villy
Kilters.money
Kirchers.caul, used by butchers
Kittle, orKettle-Smocks.a carter’s frock
Knaps.a rising ground
Knee-sickadj.applied to corn when the stalk is not strong enough to bear the ear
Knottlev.to entangle with knots
Knottlinss.the intestines of a pig prepared for food
Knots.flower-bed
Knot-Sheeps.sheep without horns
Kowetops.the barm which rises above the rim of the tub
Kurpy,Kerpv.to speak affectedly; scold (Lat.increpare)
Labberv.to loll out the tongue
Lades, orLadeshridess.the sides of a waggon which project over the wheels
Ladies-smocks.bindweedConvolvulus sepium,Cardamine pratensis
Lady-Cows.lady-birdCoccinella septempunctata,
Laiters.the whole number of eggs laid by a hen before she becomes broody, ex. She ’ve laäid out her laiter
Lamigers.lame, a cripple
Lars.bar of a gate
Larks-lees,Leersv.neglected lands
Lart,Lawts.a loft, as cock-lart, hay-lart, apple-lart
Lary,Leary,Learadj.empty, thins.flank;Lear-quills, small quills
Las-chargeableinterj.be quiet!i.e., he who last speaks or strikes in contention is most to blame
Lāt, orLarts.a lath, ex. Lartin nails
Lāts.shelf
Latitats.a noise or scolding
Lattin-sheets.iron-tinned; also asadj.made of tin, as aLattin Saucepan
Lavev.to throw water from one place to another; to gutter, as a candle
Lay-fields.a piece laid down to grass
Lea,Leaze,Leerss.an open pasture field
Leapy,Lipparys.wet, rainy weather
Learn,Larnv.to teach, ex. Who larned ’e thay tricks
Leathern-bird,Leather-wings.the bat
Ledgev.lay hands on; to lay eggs
Lent-liliess.daffodils
Lesciousex. She is lescious of a place,i,e., knows of itandthinks it may suit
Leverss.a species of rush or sedge
Levvys.a level (Fr.levèe)
Lew,Lewth,Lewthyshelter, sheltered, lee-side
Libbetss.tatters;little-bits
Liddens.a story, a song (Ger.lied)
Lief,Leafv.leave; ex. I would as lief
Liggets.a rag
Lijons.the main beam of a ceiling
Lip, orLippens.applied to certain vessels, asLey-lip,Seed-lip,Bee-lippenbee-hive (Wiclif’s Test.: Leten hym doun in alepebe the wall Acts ix. 25)
Limmers,Limberss.the shafts of a waggon or cart
Linchv.a ledge, hence “linch-pin” (A Shlinc)
Linney,Linhays.an open shed
Lirpv.to limp
Lirripyadj.slouching
Lissoma.lithesome, active, supple
Lissum, orLisms.a narrow slip of anything
Locking-bones.the hip joint
Long-tailedCapons.the long-tailed titmouse
Lugs.a pole; a measure of land, perch or rod
Lug-lains.full measure
Lumper-scrumps.cow-parsnipHeracleum sphondylium
Lurdins.a sluggard (Fr.lourd)
Lizzoms.a shade of colour in heavy bread, or in a mow
Maces.pl. acorns, mast
Macky-moons.a man who plays the fool
Maethe(th soft) sweet as meathe (WelshMedd, mead)
Maggems,Maay-geamss.May games, larking
Magneadj.great
Make-wisev.to pretend
Manchets.a kind of cake eaten hot
Mandyadj.andv.haughty, domineeringCommandy
Mangv.to mix
Mang-hangleadj.ands.mixed-up in a confused mass
Maths.a litter of pigs
Mauless.measles
May-bugs.cockchafer
Mawkin(maäking) an oven swab; scare-crow; a bundle of rags
Mawns.a basket (A Smand)
Maze-houses.madhouse
Mazyadj.mad, ex. I be mooast maazed; a mazy ould vool
Mear,Mear-stoneboundary (A Smeare)
Meat-weeradj.applied to land capable of producing food that is good, fit to eat; applied to peas, beans, &c.
Megs.the mark at which boys play pitch and toss
Meg’s, orMaggotts Diversionss.rattling or wanton fun
Meg-with-the-wads.will o’ the wisp
Melanders.a row (Fr.melée)
Me’llv.a.to meddle, touch; ex. I’ll neither mell nor make; I ont mell o’t,i.e., I will not touch it
Meshs.moss; lichen on apple-trees
Meshs.a hare’s creep or runv.to run through the same
Mess,Messyv.to serve cattle with hays.Messin
Mid,Medv.might, ex. Nor zed a mid; midst, medst, ex. Thou medst if wouldst
Midgerims.mesentery
Mid’nmight not, ex. I mid or I mid’n
Migin the same sense
Milemass.Michaelmas
Mindv.to remember
Miskyform of misty
Miz-mazes.confusion
Mogv.to decamp, march off
Moochv.to stroke down gently
Moods.the mother of vinegar
Moles.higher part of the back of the neck
Mommackss.pl. fragments, scraps
Mommick,Mommets.a scarecrow (Wiclif’s N. Test.: “a sacrifice to themawmet” Act vii. 41)
Moocher,Mooching,Meechers.one who skulks; absents himself from school
Moor-coots.a moor-hen
Mores.a root
Mootv.to root ups.Mooting-axe
Moots.that portion of a tree left in the ground after it has been felled
Mops.tuft of grass
More,Moreyv.n.to take root; applied to trees
Mother,Motherings.white mould in beer or cider
Mothering-Sundays.midlent Sunday, probably from the custom of visiting the mother-churches during that season
Moughtfor mightaux. verb
Mouse-snaps.a mouse-trap
Mousterv.to stir, to be moving
Mow-staddles.a conical stone with a flat circular cap, used for the support of a mow or stack of corn
Muddy-wants.a mole
Mullins.metheglin
Mumper,Mump,Mumpinga beggar, to beg
Nackers.a nag
Naggingadj.applied to continued aching pain, as toothache; also, teasing with reproaches
Nammet, orNummets.luncheon; a short meal between breakfast and dinner.Noon-meat
Nan,Ananinterj.Eh! what? (Shakes.)
Naps.a small rising, a hillock
Nä-poästs.gnaw-post, a fool.
Narn, orNornpron.neither, ex. Narn on’s
Nastenv.a.to render nasty
Nathelyadv.nearly, as a baby is nathely pining away
Nâunts.aunt
Nawls.navel;Nawl-cuta term used by butchers
Neel,Neelds.a needle (Shaks. Mid. N. Dr. iii. 2)
Nesh,Naishadj.tender, delicate (A Shnesc)
Nestle-tripes.the poorest bird in the nest; weakest pig in the litter; puny child
Never-the-nearto no purpose
Neweltys.novelty
Nicklev.n.to move hastily along in an awkward manneradj.beaten down, applied to corn
Nicky,Nicky-wads.a small fagot of thorns
Niddicks.the nape of the neck
Nifconj.if and if
’Nighst,Noistprep.nigh, near
Ninny-watchs.a longing desire
Nippigang,Nimpingangs.a whitlow
Nitchs.a burden, a fagot of wood
Nixv.to impose on, to nick
Northern,Northeringadj.incoherent, foolish
Nossets.a dainty dish such as is fit for a sick person
’Nottamys.applied to a man become very thin (anatomy)
Nugs.unshapen piece of timber, a block
Nug-heads.a blockhead
Nuncles.unclev.a.to cheat
Nurt, orNortnothing (w. of Parret)
Nüthens.a great stupid fellow
Oak-web(wuck-ub)s.cock-chafer, may-bug
Oak-wucks.the club at cards
Oavess.the eaves of a house
Odmentss. pl.odd things, offals
Ohv.to long greatly
Old-man’s-Beards.clematis
Old-rots.cow-parsnip (heracleum)
Onlightv.n.to alight from on horse-back
Oólwill;o’otwilto’ot’n’twilt not
Opes.an opening
Open-erses.a medler (A Sopen-œrs), a fruit used medicinally
Ordainv.to purpose
Orloges.a clock (horologe)
Or’npron.either, ex. O’rm o’m, either of them
Ortpron.aught, anything
Ortss.scraps, leavings
Oseny, orOseningv.to forbode, predict (A Swisian)
Ournours
Out-ax’dpart.to have the bands fully published
Out-farings.lying outside the borough
Over-getv.a.to overtake
Over-lookv.a.to bewitch
Over-right(auver-right)adv.opposite
Ovverss. pl.over-hanging bank of rivers, edge of rivers (A Sofer)
Pair-of-Stairss.a staircase with two landings
Palleeadj.broad, as pallee-foot, pallee-paw
Palmes.catkins of the willow (salix caprea)
Pames.the mantle thrown over an infant who is going to be Christened
Panchard-nights.Shrove-Tuesday night
Pankv.to pant
Papernadj.made of paper
Pargetv.a.to plaster the inside of a chimney with mortar made of cow-dung and lime
Parricks.a paddock
Paumishadj.handling awkwardly
Pautch,Pontchv.to tread in mire
Payze,’Pryzev.to upraise with a lever (Fr.peser)
Pëartadj.brisk
Peasev.to run out in globules
Peasens. pl.of peaadj.made of peas, ex. Peasen-pudding
Peazers.a lever
Peek,Peeky,Peekidadj.pinched in face by indisposition
Peels.a pillow
Pen,Penning,Pine,Cow-pines.an enclosed place in which cattle are fed
Pens.a spigot
Pick,Peckiss.pick-axe
Pick,Peeks.hay-fork
Pigss.pixies, fairies, as in the common saying, “Please God and the pigs”
Pig’s-haless.hawes
Pig’s-loozes.pig’s-sty
Pilch,Pilchers.a baby’s woollen clout
Pills.a pool in a river
Pill-coals.peat from a great depth
Pillow-tie,Pillow-beers.pillow-case
Pilm,Pillums.dust
Pin,Pin-bones.the hip
Pind,Pindyadj.fusty, as corn or flour
Pin’dadj.applied to a saw which has lost its pliancy
Pine,Pwine,Pwining-end, andPwointing-ends.the gable-end of a house
Pinionss. p.the refuse wool after combing (Fr.peigner)
Pink-twinks.chaffinch
Pinswheal,Pinswil,Pensils.a boil with a black head
Pirl,Pirdlev.to spin as a top
Pix,Pex, orPixyv.to pick up fruit, as apples or walnuts, after the main crop is taken in
Pixys.a fairyPixy-stools.toad-stool
Planchs.Planchantadj.a wood floor (Fr.planche)
Plazens. pl.places
Plim,Plumv.n.to swell, to increase in bulk, as soaked peas or rice
Ploughs.a team of horses; also a waggon and horses, or a waggon and oxen
Plough-paths.bridle-path
Pluds.the swamp surface of a wet ploughed field
Pock-fretten,Pock-freddenadj.marked with small-pox
Pogv.to push, to thrust with a fist
Pomice,Pummice,Pummy, orPumy-Squats.apples pounded for making cider (Fr.pomme)
Pompleadj.responsible, trustworthy
Pompster, orPounsterv.to tamper with a wound, or disease, without knowledge or skill in medicine
Pontedadj.bruised, particularly applied to fruit, as a ponted apple
Poochv.to pout
Pooks.the stomach, a vell
Pooks.a cock of hay
Popples.a pebble
Porrv.to stuff or cram with food
Pot-wallers.one whose right to vote for a member of Parliament is based on his having a fire-place whereon to boil his own pot, as at Taunton
Pound-houses.house for cider-making
Preyv.to drive the cattle into one herd in a moor, which is done twice a year (i.e., at Lady-day and at Michaelmas), with a view to ascertain whether any person has put stock there without a right to do it
Proud-tailors.gold-finch
Pulk, orPulkers.a small pool of water
Pumple, orPumple-foots.club-foot
Pur, orPur-hogs.a one-year-old male sheep
Purtv.to pout, to be sullen
Puskeyadj.short-breathed, wheezing
Putts.a manure cart with two or three broad wheels
Puxys.a slough, a muddy place
Pyers.a hand-rail across a wooden bridge (Fr.s’apuyer)
Quarv.to coagulate—applied to milk in the breast
Quarrel,Quarreys.a pane of glass
Quatadj.full, satisfied
Queanes.a little girl, a term of endearment
Queest,Quistys.a wood-pigeon or blue-rock.A quarish queests.a queer fellow
Quilled, orQueeledadj.withered, as grass
Quines.a corner (Fr.coin)
Quirk,Quirkyv.to complain, to groan, grunt
Quat, orAquatadj.sitting flat, like a bird on its eggs to quatv.n.to squat (It.quatto)
Qwerks.the clock of a stocking
Rade, orRedes.part of the tripe or stomach of a bullock, the maw
Raeningadj.thin, applied to cloth
Raft-upv.to disturb from sleep
Rain-pies.woodpecker, yuckle
Rakev.n.to rouse up
Rallyv.to scold
Ramv.to lose, by throwing a thing beyond reach
Rammeladj.(raw milk), applied to cheese made of unskimmed milk
Rams-clawss. p.crow’s foot
Rampsingadj.tall
Ranges.a sieve
Ranglev.to twine, move in a sinuous manner
Rangling Plantss.such as entwine round other plants, as hops, woodbine
Rapv.to exchange
Rapev.to scratch
Rareadj.raw, or red, as meat
Rasty,Rustyadj.rancid, gross, obscene
Ratchv.to stretch
Rathe,Ratherearly, soon Milton: “the rathe primrose”
Rathe-ripes.an early kind of apple; also a male or female that arrives at full maturity before the usual age
Raughtpart.andpast tensereached, ex. E’ raught down his gun
Rawnv.a.to devour greedily
Rawning-knifes.the large knife with which butchers clear their meat; cleaver
Rawnyadj.thin, meagre
’Rayv.a.to dress.Unrayto undress
Read,Reedv.to strip the fat from the intestines
Readship, orRetchup,Rechip,Rightships.truth, dependence, trustworthiness
Reamv.a.to widen, to open, to stretchs.an instrument or tool for widening a hole (generally used for metals)v.n.to bear stretching.Reamyadj.
Reams,Ramess. pl.the dead stalks of potatoes, &c.; skeleton (QueryRemains)
Re-ballings.the catching of ells with earthworms (yeasses) attached to a ball of lead
Reeds.wheat-straw prepared for thatching (w. of Parret)
Reen, orRhines.watercourse, or dyke; an open drain
Reevev.n.to shrivel up, to contract into wrinkles
Remlets.a remnant
Reneegv.to withdraw from an engagement (Lat.renegare) (Shaksp. Ant. and Cleop. i. 5)
Rere-Mouses.a bat (A Shrere-mus)
Revel-twines.same as Hevel-twine
Revesses.the burden of a song, fromvessey,v.to make verses
Rews.rowv.to put grass in rows
Rexens. p.rushes (A Srixe)
Ripv.to rate or chide
Riscousapplied to bread imperfectly baked
Robin-riddick, orRuddocks.redbreast
Roddicks,Roddockss.ex. Off the roddocks, as a cart off the grooves of the axle
Rodev.n.to go out to shoot wild fowl which pass over head on the wing early at night or in the morning; also applied to the passage of the birds themselves, ex. The woodcocks’ rode
Roe-briars.the large dog-rose briar
Roller,Rawler,Brawlers.a bundle of reed, ex. As weak as a rawler
Rompstals.a rude girl
Rongev.to gnaw, to devour (Fr.ronger)
Room,Rhumes.scurf of the scalp
Root-chainss.main plough chains
Roozements.a slip or falling-in of earth
Ropyadj.wine or other liquor is ropy when it becomes thick and coagulated; also bread when a kind of second fermentation takes place in warm weather
Rosev.n.to drop out from the pod or other seed-vessel when the seeds are over ripe
Rose,Rooze-inv.to fall in, as the upper part of a quarry, or well
Round-docks.the common mallow
Rouse-aboutadj.big, unwieldly
Routv.to snore
Rowlessadj.roofless.A Rowless Tenementan estate without a house
Rowssev.to rush out with a great noise
Rozzim,Rozzumss.quaint sayings, low proverb
Ruckv.to couch down
“What is mankind more unto you yholdThan is the shepe that rouketh in the fold.”(Chaucer, Knight’s Tale)
“What is mankind more unto you yholdThan is the shepe that rouketh in the fold.”
(Chaucer, Knight’s Tale)
Rudderishadj.rude, hasty
Rugev.n.to hang in folds, to wrinkle (Lat.rugæ)
Rungs,Rongss. pl.the rounds of a ladder, also of a chair
Rushenadj.made of rushes
Sand-tots.sand-hill
Sapes.sap of trees, juice of fruit.Sapeyadj.as fruit-tart
Sar,Sarvev.to earn wages
Scads.a sudden and brief shower
Scamblins.irregular meal
Scarry-whiffadv.askew
Scorse,Squoace,Squissv.to exchange, barter
“And there another, that would needsly scorseA costly jewel for a hobby-horse”(Drayton’s Moon Calf)
“And there another, that would needsly scorseA costly jewel for a hobby-horse”
(Drayton’s Moon Calf)
Scottlev.to cut into pieces wastefully
Scourge-mettles.the instrument with which a boy whips his top
Scovin,Scubbins.the neck and breast of lamb
Scrambed,Shrambedadj.deprived of the use of some limb by a nervous contraction of the muscles; benumbed with cold
Scrintv.to scorch, singe; also to shrink a good deal in burning, as leather, silk, &c.
Scunv.to reproach with the view of exposing to contempt or shame (A Sscunian, to shun, avoid)
Scurrick,Scurrigs.any small coin, a mere atom; ex. I havn’t a scurrick left
Scutes.a sum of money, a gratuity, the impress on ancient money, fromscutem, a shield. Soecu, Fr., a crown; shilling, from A Sscild, a shield. Chaucer usesshildesfor ecus,i.e., crowns
Seams.a horse-load (A Sseam)
Seed-lips.a sower’s seed basket
Seem,Zimv.to think, to be of opinion; ex. I do zim, or zim t’ I
Seltimesadv.seldom
Sensev.to understand
Seven-sleepers.dormouse
Shabs.itch or mange in brutesadj.Shabby
Shaff-Tuesdays.Shrove-Tuesday
Shalders.rush, sedge growing in ditches
Shams.a horse-hoe
Share,Sheares.the quantity of grass cut at one harvest, a crop
Sharpss.shafts of a cart
Shaulv.to shell, to shed the first teeth