Shawv.to scold sharply
Sheenadj.bright, shining
Sheers.a sheath, ex. Scissis-sheer
Shelving-stones.a blue tile or slate for covering the roofs of houses
Shodpart. of v. to shedex. No use crying for shod milk
Showls.for shovel
Shrigv.a.to shroud or trim a tree
Shrowd,Shrides.loppings of trees
Shuckningadj.shuffling
Shutv.to weld iron
Shuttles,Shittless.floodgates
Sife,Sithev.ands.to sigh
Sigs.urine (Dutchv. zeycken)
Silch,Sulchv.to soil, daub
Silkers.a court card
’Sim t’ Iit seems to me
Simlins.a kind of fine cake intended for toasts
Sin,Sineconj.since, because
Sinegars.the plant stocks
Singleguss.the orchis
Skags.a rent, tear, wound
Skenter,Skinteradj.relaxed, as applied to oxen
Skiff-handedadj.awkward
Skiffles.as to make a skiffle, to make a mess of any business
Skifflings.the act of whittling a stick
Skillys.oatmeal porridge
Skimpss.the scales and refuse of flax
Skimmerton-ridings.the effigy of a man or woman unfaithful to marriage vows carried about on a pole accompanied by rough music from cows’-horns and frying-pans. Formerly it consisted of two persons riding on a horse back to back, withladlesandmarrow-bonesin hand, and was intended to ridicule a hen-pecked husband
Skirv.skim, mow lightly, as thistles
Skir-devils.a black martin, swift
Skirringss.hay made in pasture lands from the long grass left by the cattle
Skittys.a water-rail
Skitty-vampss.laced half boots
Skred,Skridev.to stride
Slat,Slatev.to split, crack, crumble
Slates.a sheep-run.Slatedadj.accustomed to, contented
Sleribs.a spare rib of pork
Sleyfor “as lief,” ex. I would sley do it as not
Sliden,Slidder,Slitherv.to slide
Slivers.a thin slice
Slockv.to encourage the servants of other people to pilfer
Slooenadj.of sloe, ex. A slooen tree
Slopadj.loose (Dutchslap)
Slopev.n.to decay, rot, as pears and potatoes
Srnitch,Smit,Smeechs.smut, or fine dust
Snags.a tooth standing alone; a small sloe
Snag-blowths.the blossom of the black-thorn
Snake-leavess.ferns
Snap-jacks.stitch-wort (stellaria holostea)
Snares.the gut or string stretched tightly across the lower head of a drum
Snell, orSnulls.a short thick stick about 4 inches long, called a “cat,” used in the game called cat and dog
Sneyds.the crooked handle of a scythe
Snicker,Sniggerv.to laugh in an insulting way
Snoachv.to snuffle, to speak through the nose
Snoffers.a sweetheart (Dutchsnoffen, to sigh)
Snoolv.to smear anything by rubbing the nose and mouth over it (Dutchsnavel, a snout)
Snops.a sharp blow
Soce,Zuezs. pl. voc.friends (Querysocii)
Sog, orSugs.a morass.Soggyadj.boggy; also as a verb, to be sugged-out by the wet
Sowlev.to handle rudely, to hale or pull
“He’ll go, he says, and sowle the porter of Rome gates by the ears”(Shaks. Coriol. iv. 5)
“He’ll go, he says, and sowle the porter of Rome gates by the ears”
(Shaks. Coriol. iv. 5)
Spanes.the prong of a fork
Sparcled,Sparkéd,Spicottyadj.speckled
Spar-gads.sticks split to be used for thatching
Sparrables,Spurbless.shoemaker’s nails, ex. Sparrable boots
Sparss.twisted hazel or willow for thatching
Spawlv.to scale aways.a scale broken off from the surface of a stone
Speards.spade
Spines.the sward or surface of the ground; the fat on the surface of a joint of meat
Spinnicks.Spinnickingadj.a person every way diminutive
Spittlev.to dig lightly between crops
Splats.a row of pins as sold in paper
Sprack,Spree,Spryadj.nimble, alert, active
Sprackless. pl.spectacles
Sprankv.to sprinkle with water.Spranker,Sprenkers.a watering-pot
Spreathedadj.said of skin harsh and dry with cold, but not chapped
Spried,Spreedadj.chapped with cold
Spouncev.to spatter with water
Spuddlev.to be uselessly or triflingly busy
Spurv.to spread abroad or scatter, as manure over a field (Lat.spargere)
Squailv.to throw a short stick at anything.Squailers.the stick used in squirrel hunting
Squailss.nine-pins
Squapv.to sit down without any employment
Squatchs.a chink or narrow clift
Squelstringadj.sultry
Squinnyv.to squint “Dost thou squinny at me?” (Shak. King Lear)
Squitteev.to squirt
Squoace, orSqussv.to truck or exchange
Staddles.foundation of a rick of hay or corn, a mark left by a haycock, or anything allowed to remain too long in one place
Stags.a castrated bull
Stagnatedadj.astonished
Stangs.a long pole
Stapv.for to stop
Stare-basin,Glow-basins.glow-worm
Steanv.to stone a road.Steanedpart. s.a large stone pitcher (Dutchsteen)
“Upon an huge great earthpot stean he stood”(Spenser, Faery Queene)
“Upon an huge great earthpot stean he stood”
(Spenser, Faery Queene)
Steanins.a stone-pitched ford
Steevev.to dry, to stiffen (Dutchstyven)
Stickles.shallow rapids in a stream.Steepadj.steep as a hill
Stitchs.a shock of corn, ten sheaves
Stivev.to keep close and warm
Stivers.a bristling of the hair
Stockyadj.short, stumpy
Stodges.thick slimy mudadj.miry; ex. “Pendummer, where the Devil was stodged in the midst of zummer”
Stodgedadj.stuffed with eating
Stools.the stock of a tree cut for underwood
Stoor,Storrv.to stir, move actively (Dutchstooren)
Stomachyadj.proud, haughty
Stouts.a gnat-fly
Strablets.a long, narrow strip
Strames.a streak, mark, tracev.to trace (Dutchstram)
Straw-motes.a bit of straw
Strickleadj.steep as the roof of a house
Strods.a leathern buskin worn by peasants
Stroutv.to strut, stand out stiff
“Crowk was his hair, and as gold it shonAnd strouted as a fan large and brode”(Chaucer, Miller’s Tale)
“Crowk was his hair, and as gold it shonAnd strouted as a fan large and brode”
(Chaucer, Miller’s Tale)
Stub-shots.the portion of the trunk of a tree which remains when the tree is not sawn through
Stun-poles.a stupid fellow
Stwons.stoneStwonenadj.
Suantadj.even, regular, applied to rows of beans or corn; grave as applied to the countenance (Fr.suivant)
Sulls.plough-share (A Ssul)
Sumas.a small cup made of blue and white stoneware
Surgev.ands.to bear heavily on, impetuous force
Swallow-pearss.service-pears, sorb-apples
Swāther, orSwotherv.to faint (A Ssweothrian)
Sweemv.to swoon.Sweemy,Sweemishadj.faint (Dutchswiim)
Sweet-hartyv.to court.Sweet-hartings.courtship
Swiles.soil, alsoSwoil-heap
Swill,Swell,Zwellv.to swallow
Tacks.a shelf, bacon-rack.Clavy-tackchimney-piece
Taffetyadj.nice in eating
Tallets.the space next the roof in out-houses (Welshtavlod)
Tamev.to cut, to have the first cut (Fr.entamer)
Tanbases.unruly behaviour
Tan-days.the second day of a fair
Tangs.to tie; that part of a knife which passes into the haft
Tavev.to throw the hands about wildly
Taveringadj.restless in illness
Tawl-downv.to strike or smooth down a cat’s back
Teaks.a whitlow
Teaps.a point, peak
Tëartadj.sharp, sour, painful
Tedv.to turn hay or flax to dry.Ted-polethe pole used for the purpose
Tegs.a last year’s lamb not sheared
Teemv.to pour out
Terribleadv.intensitive, ex. Terrible good
Thic,Thicky,Thicky-there,Thickumy,Thickumy-therepron.that (Chaucerthilk)
Thillers.the shaft horse
Thill-harnessopposed to trace harness
Thoadv.then, ex. I couldn’t go tho, but I went afterwards
Thongv.to stretch out into viscous threads or filaments
Thongyadj.viscid, ropy
Thornenadj.made of thorns
Thurtv.to thwart, to plough crossways
Thurt-handledadj.thwart-handled
Thurt-saws.a thwart-saw, a cross-cut saw
Tiltyadj.irritable,i.e., easily tilt or lifted up
Timmernadj.wooden
Timmersomadj.timorous
Tinev.to light, ex. Tine the candle (root of tinder)v.a tooth as of rake or spear (A Stine)
Tine-inv.to shut, to enclose.Tiningss.enclosures (A Stynan)
Tip-and-tailheels over head
Titty-todgers.a wren
Toappended to adverbs, as where-to, to-home, to-year, to-week, as to-day
Toakv.to soak
Toggerss.the handle-pieces of the scythe
Tokev.to glean apples
Tollv.to decoy, entice, ex. A bit o’ cheese to toll down the bread wi’
Toll-birds.a decoy bird
Tongue, orTongueyv.to talk immoderately
Tossityadj.drunken (’tossicated)
Tranters.a carrier.Coal-trantera beggar
Trapess.v.a slattern, to walk in the dirt
Trendles.a brewer’s cooler of an oval form
Trigv.to prop upadj.sound, firm, well in health, neat, tidy
Trig-tov.to open, set open, as a door
Trillv.to twirl
Tropintj. used by riders to excite a dull horse
Tuckv.to touch
Tuckers.a fuller, alsoTucking-mill
Tuns.upper part of the chimney
Tunnegars.a wooden funnel
Tups.a ram
Turmets,Turmitss.turnips
Turves.turf
Tuts.a hassock
Tuttys.flower.Tutty-moreflower-root
Tut-work,Tuck-works.piece-work
’T’warit was
Twibills.a sort of axe with bill of two forms
Twilyadj.restless
Twink, orPinks.a chaffinch
Twi-ripe,Twi-ripyadj.unequally ripe
Twistle,Twizzles.that part of a tree where the branches divide from the stock
Under-creepinadj.sneaking
Ungain(from gain) unhandy
Unkitet. id. adj.lonely, dismal (A Scwyde, speech;uncwyde, solitary, having no one to speak to)
Unrayv.to undress, ex. I do ston to ray, and I do ston to unray
Untangv.to untie
Up,Uppyv.to arise, to get up
Uppin-stock,Lighting-stocks.a horse-block
Uppingss.perquisites
Upsighteds.a defect of vision rendering a person unable to look down
Ur,Hurpron.he, she, or it
Urn,Hurnv.to run (A Syrnan)
Utchypron.I (Ger.ich)
Vage,Vazev.to move about or run in such a way as to agitate the air
Valchv.to thrust with the elbow or fist
Vangv.to take or catch, to receive as well as earn wages; ex. To vang a fire, to vang money; also to stand sponsor (A Sfangen)
Vares.weasel or stoat.Vairermine
Varev.to bring forth young, applied to pigs (from farrow)
Varmints.a vermin
Vaughtpart.fetched, hence the proverb
vur vaughtdear a-bought
vur vaughtdear a-bought
Vawths.a bank of dung or earth prepared for manure; litter of pigs
Vay, orViev.to go, to succeed, to turn out well (Fr.va’tail) ex. How doe’t vay wi’ye?
Veelvare,Veldeveres.field-fare
Vells.a part of the stomach of a calf used for making cheese; membrane
Vent,Vent-holes.the wrist of a shirt, the button-hole
Verdi,Verdits.opinion, ex. Thats my verdit therefor I zay ’t
Vesters.a pin used to point out the letters to children learning to read
Viers.fire
Vigv.to rub gently by a quick motion of the finger forward and backward (Dutchficken)
Vinnid,Vinnyadj.mouldy, as bread; humoursome, as a spoiled child; affected
Vitten,Vittyadj.fitly, featly, properly applieds.a whim or pretence
Vleërs.flea
Vlothers.incoherent talk, nonsense
Voccatingadj.going about chattering in an idle manner
Vore-rightadj.blunt, rude, impertinent
Voss,Voths.a side furrow
Vouceadj.strong, nervous
Vugv.to strike with the elbows.a blow with the elbow
Vyers.the fair, ex. Guaine to vyer?
Wan initial W is often pronounced as in Welshoo, ex. Walter, oolter; witness, ootness; Wells, ools
Wallets.brushwood, bramble-wood
Wamble,Wammelv.n.to move in an awkward manner, applied chiefly to machinery
Want,Wonts.a mole
Want-wriggles.mole-track
Warv. pret. of the verb“to be” I war, he war, we war, &c.
Wash-dishs.the wag-tail
Wassailv.drinking success to the apple crop
Way-zaltins.a play in which two persons standing back to back interlace each others arms, and by bending forward alternately raise each other from the ground
Weepyadj.moist, abounding in springs
Welch-nuts.walnut (Ger.welsche-nüss)
Wells.a running spring, a source (Ger.quelle, as distintinguished from a wenk or wink)
Wengs.the front rack of the sull
Wevets.a spider’s web
Whippencess.bodkins or swingle-bars of a plough
Whipper-snappers.a little, active, nimble fellow
Whipswhiless.a short interval, as between the strokes of a whip
Whister-twisters.a smart blow on the side of the head
Whiverv.to hover, to flutter.Whiver-mindedadj.wavering
Widow-mans.a widower
Wimv.to winnow.Wim-sheet,Wimmin-sheet,Wimmindusts.
Windle,Windle-thrushs.red-wing
Winks.an excavated or sunken well (Query supplied with aWinch?)
Wipess.faggots for draining or fencing
Wishtadj.sad, untoward
Withoutunless, except
Woek,Wuks.oak
Woekss.clubs on playing cards, from their shape
Wont-heeave,Want-snaps.a mole-hill, mole-trap
Wood-quists.wood-pigeon, cushat
Wood-walls.woodpecker
Worras.part of the centre of the old spinning-wheel
Wosberd,Whisbird,Whosbirds.a term of reproach.
Wredev.to spread abroad, as wheat is said to wrede when several stalks shoot out of the ground from a single grain.
Wrickv.s.strain
Wrîdev.n.to stretch, to expand
Wrings.press, ex. A cider-wring
Writh-hurdless.plated hurdles
Wrizzled,Wrizzlyadj.shrivelled up, wrinkled
Yailss.the uprights in hurdles
Yal,Yalhouse,Yarm,Yel,&c.s.ale, alehouse, arm, eel, &c.
Yapv.to yelp like a cur
Yappingale,Yaffler,Yuckles.woodpecker
Yeasss.an earthwormpl.yeasses
Yeos.main drain of a level
Yeths.hearth.Yeth-stonehearth-stone
Yoaks.the grease in wool
Yoakyadj.greasy, applied to wool as it comes from the sheep
Yokess.hiccups
Yournyours
Yowv.to cut the stubble short, to cut with a hook
Zamv.a.to heat for some time over a fire, but not to boil
Zam-sod,Zam-soddenhalf baked
Zand-tots.sand hill
Zāteadj.soft
Zatenfares.softish, a foolish fellow
Zeadv.for has seen
Zeads.seed.Zëad-lipseed-lip
Zenvys.wild mustard
Zinneys.sinews
Zwailv.to move about the arms extended, and up and down
Zwellv.to swallow
Zwodders.a drowsy and stupid state of body and mind
Zwoundv.to swoon
f. may,printer,high street,taunton.