Fags!interj.Truly; indeed.
Fayer.s.andadj.Fair.
To Fell.v.a.To sew in a particular manner; to inseam.
This word is well known to the ladies, I believe, all over the kingdom; it ought to be in our dictionaries.
Fes'ter.s.An inflammatory tumour.
Few, Veo.adj.More commonly pronouncedveo. Little; as afew broth.
Fig.s.A raisin.
Figged-pudding.s.a pudding with raisins in it; plum- pudding.
Fildèfare.s.A Fieldfare. "Farewell fieldèfare."Chaucer. Meaning that, as fieldfares disappear at a particular season,the season is over,the bird is flown.
Fil'try.s.Filth; nastiness; rubbish.
Firnd.v.To find.
Firnd.s.Friend.
Fitch, Fitchet.s.A pole-cat.As cross as a fitchet.
Fit'ten, Vit'ten.s.A feint; a pretence.
Flap-jack.s.A fried cake made of batter, apples, &c.; a fritter.
To Flick.v.a.To pull out suddenly with some pointed instrument.
Flick-tooth-comb.s.A comb with coarse teeth for combing the hair.
Flick.s.The membrane loaded with fat, in the bellies of animals: a term used by butchers.
Flook.s.An animal found in the liver of sheep, similar in shape to a flook or flounder.
Flush.adj.Fledged; able to fly: (applied to young birds.)
Fooäse.s.Force. See Vooäse.
To Fooäse.v.a.To force.
Foo'ter.s.[Fr.foutre] A scurvy fellow; a term of contempt.
Foo'ty.adj.Insignificant; paltry; of no account.
For'rel.s.the cover of a book.
Forweend'.adj.Humoursome; difficult to please: (applied to children).
Fout.preterite.of to fight.
French-nut.s.A walnut.
To Frump.v.a.To trump up.
To Frunt.v.a.To affront.
To Fur.v.a.To throw.
Fur'cum.s.The bottom: the whole.
Fur'nis.s.A large vessel or boiler, used for brewing, and other purposes; fixed with bricks and mortar, and surrounded with flues, for the circulation of heat, and exit of smoke.
Gaern.s.A garden.
Gale.s.An old bull castrated.
Gal'libagger.s.[Fromgallyandbeggar] A bug-bear.
Gal'lise.s.The gallows.
Gallid.adj.Frightened.
To Gal'ly.v. a.To frighten.
Gallant'ing, Galligant'ing.part.Wandering about in gaiety and enjoyment: applied chiefly to associations of the sexes.
Gam'bril.s.A crooked piece of wood used by butchers to spread, and by which to suspend the carcase.
Gan'ny-cock.s.A turkey-cock.
Ganny-cock's Snob.s.The long membranous appendage at the beak, by which the cock-turkey is distinguished.
Gare.s.The iron work for wheels, waggons, &c., is called ire-gare; accoutrements.
Gate-shord.s.A gate-way; a place for a gate.
Gat'fer.s.An old man.
Gaw'cum.s.A simpleton; a gawkey.
Gawl-cup.s.Gold cup.
To Gee.v.n.[g soft] To agree; to go on well together.
To Gee.v.n.[g hard; part, and past tense,gid.] To give.Geeoften includes the pronoun, thus, "I'll gee" means I'll give you; thegee, andyeforyou, combining intogee.
To G'auf.v.n.To go off.
To G'auver.v.n.To go over.
To G'in.v.n.To go in.
To G'on.v.n.To go on.
To G'out.v.n.To go out.
To G'under.v.n.To go under,
To G'up.v.n.To go up.
Gib'bol.s.[g soft] The sprout of an onion of the second year.
Gid.pret. v.Gave.
Gifts.s.pl.The white spots frequently seen on the finger nails.
Gig'letin.adj.Wanton; trifling; applied to the female sex.
Gil'awfer.s.A term applied to all the kinds of flowers termedstocks; and also to a few others: as aWhitsuntide gilawfer, a species ofLychnidea.
Gim'mace.s.A hinge.
Gim'maces.s. pl.When a criminal is gibbeted, or hung in irons or chains, he is said to be hung inGimmaces, most probably because the apparatus swings about as if on hinges.
Ginnin.s.Beginning.
Girnin.part.Grinning.
Girt.adj.Great.
Gird'l. Contracted fromgreat deal; as, gird'l o' work; great deal of work.
To Glare.v. a.To glaze earthenware.
Glare.s.The glaze of earthenware.
G'lore.adv.In plenty.
This word, without the apostrophe,Glore, is to be found inTodd's Johnson, and there definedfat. The true meaning is,I doubt not, as above;fat g'lore, isfat in plenty.
Gold.s.The shrub called sweet-willow or wild myrtle;Myrica gale.
This plant grows only in peat soils; it is abundant in the boggy moors of Somersetshire; it has a powerful and fragrant smell.
Gold-cup.s.A species of crow-foot, or ranunculus, growing plentifully in pastures;ranunculus pratensis.
To Goo.v. n.[Gwain, going;gwon, gone.] To go.
Gookoo.s.Cookoo.
Goo'ner.interj.Goodnow!
Good'-Hussey.s.A thread-case.
Goose-cap.s.A silly person.
Graint'ed.adj.Fixed in the grain; difficult to be removed; dirty.
Gram'fer.s.Grandfather.
Gram'mer.s.Grandmother.
To Gree.v. n.To agree.
Gribble.s.A young apple-tree raised from seed.
To Gripe,v. a.To cut into gripes. See GRIPE.
Gripe.s.[from Dutch,groep.] A small drain, or ditch, about a foot deep, and six or eight inches wide.
In English Dictionaries spelledgrip.
Griping-line.s.A line to direct the spade in cutting gripes.
Groan'in.s.Parturition; the time at which a woman is in labour.
Ground,s.A field.
Gro'zens.s. pl.The green minute round-leaved plants growing upon the surface of water in ditches; duck's-meat; theLens palustrisof Ray.
Gruff.s.A mine.
Gruf'fer. Gruf'fier.s.A miner.
To Gud'dle.v. n.To drink much and greedily.
Gud'dler.s.A greedy drinker; one who is fond of liquor.
To Gulch,v. n.To swallow greedily.
Gulch.s.A sudden swallowing.
Gump'tion.s.Contrivance; common sense.
Gum'py.adj.Abounding in protuberances.
Gurds.s. pl.Eructations. [ByFits and gurds.]
Guss.s.A girth.
To Guss.v. a.To girth.
Gwain.part.Going.
Gwon.part.Gone.
Hack.s.The place whereon bricks newly made are arranged to dry.
To Hain.v. a.To exclude cattle from a field in order that the grass may grow, so that it may be mowed.
Hal'lantide.s.All Saints' day.
Ham.s.A pasture generally rich, and also unsheltered, applied only to level land.
Hame.sing., Hames.pl.s.Two moveable pieces of wood or iron fastened upon the collar, with suitable appendages for attaching a horse to the shafts. Called sometimesa pair of hames.
Han'dy.adv.Near, adjoining.
Hang-gallise.adj.Deserving the gallows, felonious, vile; as,a hang-gallise fellow.
Hange.s.The heart, liver, lungs, &c., of a pig, calf, or sheep.
Hang'kicher.s.Handkerchief.
Hangles.s. pl.Apair of hanglesis the iron crook, &c., composed of teeth, and hung over the fire, to be moved up and down at pleasure for the purpose of cookery, &c.
To Happer.v. n.To crackle; to make repeated smart noises.
To Haps.v. a.To Hasp.
Haps.s.A hasp.
Hard.adj.Full grown.Hard people, adults.
Harm.s.Any contagious or epidemic disease not distinguished by a specific name.
Har'ras.s.Harvest.
Hart.s.A haft; a handle.
Applied to such instruments as knives, awls, etc.
Hathe.s. To be in a hathe, is to be set thick and close like the pustules of the small-pox or other eruptive disease; to be matted closely together.
To Have.v. n.To behave.
Haw. Seeho.
Hay-maidens.s. pl.Ground ivy.
Hay'ty-tay'ty, Highty-tity.interj.What's here!s.[height and tite, weight]. A board or pole, balanced in the middle on some prop, so that two persons, one sitting at each end, may move up and down in turn by striking the ground with the feet. Sometimes calledTayty[See-saw].
In Hay'digees. [g soft]adv.To be in high spirits; to be frolicsome.
Heäts.Pronounced He-at, dissyllable, heat.
Hea'ram-skearam.adj.Wild; romantic.
To Heel,v. a.To hide; to cover. Chaucer, "hele." Hence, no doubt, the origin ofto heal, to cure, as applied to wounds;to cover over.
Heeler,s.One who hides or covers. Hence the very common expression,The healer is as bad as the stealer; that is, the receiver is as bad as the thief.
Heft.s.Weight.
To Hell.v. a.To pour.
Hel'lier.s.A person who lays on the tiles of a roof; a tiler. A Devonshire word.
Helm.s.Wheat straw prepared for thatching.
To Hen.v. a.To throw.
To Hent.v. n.To wither; to become slightly dry.
Herds.A keeper of cattle.
Hereawa, Hereaway.adv.Hereabout.
Herence.adv.From this place; hence.
Hereright.adv.Directly; in this place.
Het.pron.It.Het o'nt, it will not.
To Het.v. a.To hit, to strike;part.hetandhut.
To Hick.v.n.To hop on one leg.
Hick.s.A hop on one leg.
Hick-step and jump.Hop-step and jump. A well known exercise.
To Hike of.v. n.To go away; to go off. Used generally in a bad sense.
Hine.adj.(Hind) Posterior; relating to the back part.Used only in composition, as, ahinequarter.
To Hire tell.v. n.To hear tell; to learn by report; to be told.
Hip'pety-hoppety.adv.In a limping and hobbling manner.
Hirches.s.riches.
Hir'd.v.[i long] heard.
To Him.v. n.[hirnd, pret, and part.] To run.
To Hitch,v. n.To become entangled or hooked together; to hitch up, to hang up or be suspended.See the next word.
To Hitch up.v. a.To suspend or attach slightly or temporarily.
The following will exemplify the active meaning of this verb:
Sir Strut, for so the witling throngOft called him when at school,Andhitch'dhimupin many a songTo sport and ridicule.
Hiz'en. Used forhiswhen not followed by a substantive, as, whose house is that?Hiz'en.[His own].
Hi'zy Pi'zy. A corruption ofNisi Prius, a well known law assize.
To Ho for, To Haw vor.v. a.To provide for; to take care of; to desire; to wish for.
Hob'blers.s. pl.Men employed in towing vessels by a rope on the land.
Hod.s.A sheath or covering; perhaps fromhood.
Hog.s.A sheep one year old.
To Hoke.v. a.To wound with horns; to gore.
Hod'medod.adj.Short; squat.
Hollar.adj.Hollow.
To Hollar.v. a.To halloo.
Hollar.s.A halloo.
Hol'lardy.s.A holiday.
Hollardy-day.s.Holy-rood day; the third of May.
Hollabeloo'.s.A noise; confusion; riot.
Hol'men.adj.Made of holm.
Holt.interj.Hold; stop.Holt-a-blow, give over fighting.
Ho'mescreech.s.A bird which builds chiefly in apple- trees; I believe it is theTurdus viscivorus,or missel.
Hon.s.hand.
Honey-suck, Honey-suckle.s.The wodbine.
Honey-suckle.s.Red Clover.
Hoo'say.SeeWHOSAY.
Hoop.s.A bullfinch.
Hor'nen.adj.Made of horn.
Hornen-book.s.Hornbook.
Horse-stinger.sThe dragon-fly.
Hoss.s.horse.
Hoss-plâss. pl.Horse-plays; rough sports.
Houzen.s. pl.Houses.
Howsomiver.adv.However; howsoever.
Huck'muck.s.A strainer placed before the faucet in the mashing-tub.
Hud.s.A hull, or husk.
Huf.sA hoof.
Huf-caps.A plant, or rather weed, found in fields, and with difficulty eradicated.
I regret that I cannot identify this plant with any known botanical name.
Graced withhuff-capterms and thundering threats,That his poor hearers' hair quite upright sets.
Bp. Hall, BookI,Sat.iii.
Some editor of Hall has endeavoured to explain the term huff-cap byblustering, swaggering.I think it simply meansdifficult.
Hug.s.The itch.SeeSHAB (applied to brutes. )
Hug-water.s.Water to cure the hug.SeeSHAB.
To Hul'der.v. a.To hide; conceal.
Hul'ly.s.A peculiarly shaped long wicker trap used for catching eels.
To Hulve.v. a.To turn over; to turn upside down.
Hum'drum.s.A small low three-wheeled cart, drawn usually by one horse: used occasionally in agriculture.
From the peculiarity of its construction, it makes a kind of humming noise when it is drawn along; hence, the origin of the adjectivehumdrum.
Hunt-the-slipper.s.A well-known play.
I.ad.Yes;I, I, yes, yes; most probably a corrupt pronunciation ofay.
Inin.s.Onion.
Ire.s.Iron.
Ire-gare.s. SeeGARE.
Ise.pron.I.SeeUTCHY, [West of the Parret].
Ist. [i long].s.East.
Istard. [i long].adv.Eastward.
It.adv.Yet, [pronouced bothitand _eet>]. seeN'eet.
Jack-in-the-Lanthorn, Joan-in-the-Wad.s.The meteor usually called aWill with the Wisp.
Ignis Fatuus.—Arising from ignition of phosphorus from rotten leaves and decayed vegetable matters.
Jaunders.s.The jaundice.
To Jee.v. n.To go on well together;seeTo GEE.Jif'fey.s.A short time: an instant.
Jist.adv.Just.
Jitch, Jitchy.adj.Such.
Jod.s.The letter J.
Jorum.s.A large jug, bowl, &c., full of something to be eaten or drank.
To Jot.v. a.To disturb in writing; to strike the elbow.
The sound K is often displaced by substitutingqu, as for coat, corn, corner, cost;quoator (quût)quoin, quiner, quost.
Keck'er.s.The windpipe; the trachea.
Keep.s.A basket, applied only to large baskets.
To Keeve.v. a.To put the wort in a keeve for some time to ferment.
Keeve.s.A large tub or vessel used in brewing. A mashing- tub is sometimes called akeeve.
Kef'fel.s.A bad and worn out horse.
To Kern.v. n.To turn from blossom to fruit: the process of turning from blossom to fruit is calledkerning.
Kex, Kexy.s.The dry stalks of some plants, such as Cows- parsley and Hemlock, are called Kexies.As dry as a kexyis a common simile.
Kill.s.A Kiln.
Kil'ter.s.Money.
King'bow, or rather, a-kingbow.adv.Kimbo.
Chaucer has this wordkenebow,which is, perhaps, the true one—akenebow,implying a bow with a keen or sharp angle.
"He set his arms inkenebow."
CHAUCER,Second Merchant's Tale.
Or place the armsa-Kingbow, may be to place them in a consequential manner of commanding, like a king.
Kir'cher.s.The midriff; the diaphragm.
Kirsmas.s.Christmas.
Kirsen.v. a.To Christen.
[These two words are instances of the change of place of certain letters, particularlyr.]
Kit.s.A tribe; a collection; a gang.
Kit'tle, Kittle-smock.s.A smock frock.
Knack-kneed.adj.In-kneed; having the knees so grown that they strike [knock] against each other.
Knot'tlins.s. pl.The intestines of a pig or calf prepared for food by being tied in knots and afterwards boiled.
Lade-Pail.s.A small pail, with a long handle, used for the purpose of filling other vessels.
Ládeshrides.s. pl.The sides of the waggon which project over the wheels.SeeSHRIDE.
Ladies-smock.s.A species of bindweed;Convolvulus sepium. SeeWITHY-WINE.
Lady Buddick.s.A rich and early ripe apple.
Lady-cow.s.A lady-bird; the insectCoccinellaSeptempunctata.
Lady's-hole.s.A game at cards.
Lai'ter.s.The thing laid; the whole quantity of eggs which a hen lays successively.
She has laid out her laiter.
Lamager.adj.Lame; crippled; laid up.
Larks-leers.s. pl.Arable land not in use; such is much frequented by larks; any land which is poor and bare of grass.
Lart, Lawt.s.The floor: never applied to a stone floor, but only towoodenfloors; and those up stairs.
Las-charg'eable!interj.Be quiet!The last chargeable: that is, he who last strikes or speaks in contention is most blamable.
Lât.s.A lath.
Lat'itat.s.A noise; a scolding.
Lat'tin.s.Iron, plates covered with tin.
Lattin.adj.Made of lattin; as a lattin saucepan, a lattin teakettle, &c.
Laugh-and-lie-down.s.A common game at cards.
To Lave.v. a.To throw water from one place to another.
To Le'ät.v. n. To leak.
Le'ät.s. A leak; a place where water is occasionally let out.
Leath'er.v. a. To beat.
Leathern-mouse,s. A bat.
Leer.adj. Empty.
Leer.s. The flank.
Leers.s. pl. Leas; rarely used: but I think it always means stubble land, or land similar to stubble land.
Lent.s. Loan; the use of any thing borrowed.
Lew.adj. Sheltered; defended from storms, or wind
Lew, Lewth.s. Shelter; defence from storm or wind.
Lib'et.s. A piece; a tatter.
Lid'den.s. A story; a song.
Lie-lip.s. A square wooden vessel having holes in its bottom, to contain wood-ashes for making lie.
Lights.s. pl. The lungs.
Lighting-stock.s. A horse-block; steps of wood or stone, made to ascend and descend from a horse.
Lim'bers, Lim'mers.s. pl. The shafts of a waggon, cart, &c.
Linch.s. A ledge; a rectangular projection; whence the termlinch-pin(a pin with a linch), which JOHNSON has, but not linch.
The derivations of this word,linch-pinby our etymologists, it will be seen, are now inadmissable.
To Line.v. n.To lean; to incline towards or against something.
Lin'ny.s.An open shed, attached to barns, outhouses, &c.
Lip, Lip'pen.s.A generic term for several containing vessels, asbee-lippen,lie-lip,seed-lip,&c. which see.
Lip'ary.adj.Wet, rainy. Applied to the seasons:a lipary time.
To Lir'rop.v. a.To beat.
This is said to be a corruption of the sea term,lee-rope.
Lis'som.adj.Lithe; pliant. Contracted fromlight- some, orlithe-some.
List, Lis'tin.s.The strip or border on woollen cloth.
Lis'tin.adj.Made of list.
To Lob.v. n.To hang down; to droop.
Lock.s.A small quantity; as alockof hay, alockof straw.
Lock-a-Daisy.interj.of surprise or of pleasure.
Lockyzee.interj.Look, behold!Look you, see!
To Long.v. n.To belong.
Long'ful.adj.Long in regard to time.
Lose-Leather. To be galled by riding.
Lowance.s.Allowance: portion.
Lug.s.A heavy pole; a pole; a long rod.
I incline to think this is the original of log.
Lug-lain.s.Full measure; the measure by the lug or pole.
Lump'er.v. n.To lumber; to move heavily; to stumble.
Mace.s. pl.Acorns.
Madam.s.Applied to the most respectable classes of society: as, Madam Greenwood, Madam Saunders, &c.
Mallard.s.A male duck.
To Manche, to Munche.v. a.To chew. Probably frommanger, French.
Man'der.s.A corruption of the word,manner, used only in the sense ofsortorkind: as,âll mander o' things; all sorts of things.
To Mang.v. a.To mix.
Mang-hangle.adj.Mixed in a wild and confused manner.
To maw.v. a.To mow.
Maw'kin.s.A cloth, usually wetted and attached to a pole, to sweep clean a baker's oven.SeeSLOMAKING.
May.s.The blossom of the white thorn.
May-be, Mâ-be.adv.Perhaps; it may be.
May-fool.s.Same asApril fool.
May-game, Mâ-game.s.A frolic; a whim.
To Meech.v. n.To play truant; to absent from school without leave.
Meech'er.s.A truant.
To Mell.v. a.To meddle; to touch.I'll neither mell nor make: that is, I will have nothing to do with it.I ont mell o't, I will not touch it.
"Of eche mattir thei wollin mell."
CHAUCER'SPlowman's Tale.
Mesh.s.Moss; a species of lichen which grows plentifully on apple trees.
To Mess, To Messy.v. a.to serve cattle with hay.
Messin.s.The act of serving cattle with hay.
Mid.v. aux.Might, may.
To Miff.v. a.To give a slight offence; to displease.
Miff.s.A slight offence; displeasure.
Mig.s. As sweet as migis a common simile; I suspect thatmigmeansmead, the liquor made from honey.
Milt.s.The spleen.
Mi'lemas. Michaelmas.
Min. A low word, implying contempt, addressed to the person to whom we speak, instead of Sir. I'll do it,min.
Mine.v.Mind; remember.
Mix'en.s.A dunghill.
Miz'maze.s.Confusion.
Mom'macks.s. pl.Pieces; fragments.
Mom'met, Mom'mick.s.A scarecrow; something dressed up in clothes to personate a human being.
Moor-coot.s.A moor hen.
To Moot.v. a.To root up.
Moot.s.A stump, or root of a tree.
To More.v. n.To root; to become fixed by rooting.
More.s.A root.
Mought.v. aux.Might.
Mouse-snap,s.A mouse trap.
Mug'gets.s. pl.The intestines of a calf or sheep.Derived, most probably, from maw and guts.
To Mult.v.To melt.
Mus' goo. must go.
'Mus'd. Amused.
Many words beginning with a vowel, following the articlean,take thenfrom an; as,an inch,pronounceda ninch.
Na'atal.adj.natural.
Na'atally.adv.naturally.
Naìse.s.noise.
Nan.interjec.Used in reply, in conversation or address, the same asSir, when you do not understand.
Nânt.s.Aunt.
Nap.s.A small rising; a hillock.
Nâtion.adv.Very, extremely: asnationgood;nationbad.
Nawl.s. An awl.
Nawl.s.The navel.
Nawl-cut.s.A piece cut out at the navel: a term used by butchers.
N'eet, N'it.adv.Not yet.
Nestle Tripe.s.The weakest and poorest bird in the nest; applied, also, to the last-born, and usually the weakest child of a family; any young, weak, and puny child, or bird
New-qut-and-jerkin.s.A game at cards in a more refined dialectnew-coat and jerkin.
Nif.conj.If.
Nill.s.A needle.
Nist, Nuost.prep.Nigh, near.
Niver-tha-near.adv.(Never-the-near), To no purpose, uselessly.
Nona'tion.adj.Difficult to be understood; not intelligent; incoherent, wild.
Nor'ad.adv.Northward.
Nora'tion.s.Rumour; clamour.
Nor'ra un, Nor'ry un. Never a one.
Norn.pron.Neither.Norn o'm, neither of them.
Nor'thering.adj.Wild, incoherent, foolish.
Nort.s. Nothing. West of the Parret.
Not-sheep.s. A sheep without horns.
Not.s. The place where flowers are planted is usually called theflower not, or rather, perhaps, knot; a flower bed.
Not'tamy.s. Corrupted fromanatomy: it means very often, the state of body,mere skin and bone.
Nottlins.s. pl. SeeKNOTTLINS.
Num'met.s. A. short meal between breakfast and dinner; nunchion, luncheon. Nuncle.s. An uncle.
To Nuncle.v. a. To cheat.
Nuth'er.adv. Neither.
O'.prep. for of.
Obstrop'ilous.adj. Obstinate, resisting [obstreperous.]
Odments.s. pl. Odd things, offals. Office.s. The eaves of a house.
Old-qut-and-jerkin.s. A game at cards; in a more refined dialect,old-coat-and-jerkin; called alsofive cards.
To Onlight.v. n. To alight; to get off a horse.
O'änt (for w'on't). Will not. This expression is used in almost all the persons, asI önt, he önt, we önt, they,orthâ önt; I will not, he will not, etc.
Ont, O't. Of it. I a done ont; I a done o't: I have done of it.
Ool.v. aux.Will.
Ope.s.An opening—the distance between bodies arranged in order.
Or'chit.s.An orchard.
Ornd.pret.Ordained, fated.
Orn.pron.Either.Orn o'm, either of them.
Or'ra one, Or'ryone. Any one; ever a one. Ort.s.Anything.[West of the Parret.]
Ort.s.Art.
Oten.adv.Often.
Ourn.pron.Ours.
To Overget.v. a.To overtake.
To Overlook,v. a.To bewitch.
Overlookt.part.Bewitched.
Over-right, Auver-right.adv.Opposite; fronting.
Overs.s. p.The perpendicular edge, usually covered with grass, on the sides of salt-water rivers is calledovers.
Pack-an-Penny-Day.s.The last day of a fair when bargains are usually sold. [Pack, and sell for pennies.]
Parfit.adj.Perfect.
Parfitly.adv.Perfectly.
To Par'get.v. a.To plaster the inside of a chimney with mortar of cowdung and lime.
Par'rick.s.A paddock.
To Payze.v. a.To force, or raise up, with a lever.
To Peach.v. a.To inform against; to impeach.
Peel.s.A pillow, or bolster.
To Peer.v. n.To appear.
Pen'nin.s.The enclosed place where oxen and other animals are fed and watered; any temporary place erected to contain cattle.
Pick.s.A pitch-fork: a two pronged fork for making hay.
Pigs-Hales.s. pl.Haws; the seed of the white thorn.
Pigs-looze.s.A pigsty.
Pilch, Pilcher.s.A baby's woollen clout.
Pill-coal.v.A kind of peat, dug most commonly out of rivers: peat obtained at a great depth, beneath a stratum of clay.
Pil'ler.s.a pillow.
Pilm.s.Dust; or rather fine dust, which readily floats in air.
Pink.s.A chaffinch.
Pip.s.A seed; applied to those seeds which have the shape of apple, cucumber seed, &c.; never to round, or minute seeds.
To Pitch. _v. a. To lay unhewn and unshaped stones together, so as to make a road or way.
To Pitch, in the West of England, is not synonymous withto pave.To pave, means to lay flat, square, and hewn stones or bricks down, for a floor or other pavement or footway. Apavedway is always smooth and even; apitchedway always rough and irregular. Hence the distinguishing terms ofPitchingandPaving.
Pit'is.adj.Piteous; exciting compassion.
Pit'hole.s.The grave.
To Pix, To Pixy.v. a.To pick up apples after the main crop is taken in; to glean, applied to an orchard only.
Pix'y.s.A sort of fairy; an imaginary being.
Pix'y-led.part.Led astray by pixies.
Plâd.v.Played.
Pla'zen.s. pl.Places.
To Plim.v. n.To swell; to increase in bulk.
Plough.s.The cattle or horses used for ploughing; also a waggon and horses or oxen.
Pock'fredden.adj.Marked in the face with small pox.
To Pog.v. n.andv. a.To thrust with the fist; to push.
Pog.s.A thrust with the fist; a push; an obtuse blow.
Pollyantice.s.Polyanthus.
To Pom'ster.v. n.To tamper with, particularly in curing diseases; to quack.
Pont'ed.part.Bruised with indentation. Any person wkose skin or body is puffed up by disease, and subject to occasional pitting by pressure, is said to beponted; but the primary meaning is applied to fruit, as, apontedapple; in both meanings incipient decay is implied.
Pook.s.The belly; the stomach; a vell.
Popple.s.A pebble: that is, a stone worn smooth, and more or less round, by the action of the waves of the sea.
Pottle-bellied.adj.Potbellied.
To Pooät, To Pote.v. a.To push through any confined opening, or hole.
Pooät-hole, Pote-hole.s.A small hole through which anything is pushed with a stick; a confined place.
Pooäty.adj.Confined, close, crammed.
Port'mantle.s.A portmanteau.
Poti'cary.s.An apothecary.
To Poun.v.To pound [to put into the pound, to "lock up"].
A Power of rain. A great deal of rain.
Pruv'd.v.Proved.
To pray.v. a.To drive all the cattle into one herd in a moor;to pray the moor, to search for lost cattle.
Prankin.s.Pranks.
Pud.s.The hand; the fist.
Pulk, Pulker.sA small shallow-place, containing water.
Pull-reed.s.[Pool reed.] A long reed growing in ditches and pools, used for ceiling instead of laths.
Pultry. . Poultry.
Pum'ple.adj.Applied only, as far as I know, in the compound wordpumple-voot, a club-foot.
Put.s.A two-wheeled cart used in husbandry, and so constructed as to be turned up at the axle to discharge the load.
Pux'ie.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.
Pwint.s.Point.
Pwine-end \
} The sharp-pointed end of a house, where thewall rises perpendicularly from the foundation.Pwinin-end./
Py'e.s.A wooden guide, or rail to hold by, in passing over a narrow wooden bridge.
Qu is in many words used instead of K.
Quare.adj.Queer; odd.
Quar'rel.s.[Quarré, French.] A square of window glass.
To Quar.v. a.To raise stones from a quarry.
Quar-man.s.A man who works in a quarry [quar].
Quine.s.Coin, money. A corner.
To Quine.v. a.To coin.
Quoin. Coin.
Quoit. Coit.
Qût (Quut).s.Coat.
R in many words is wholly omitted, as,Arth. Coäse, Guth,He'äth, Pason, Vooath, Wuss, &c., for Earth, Coarse, Girth,Hearth, Parson, Forth, Worse.
To Rake Up.v. a.To cover; to bury. To rake the vier. To cover up the fire with ashes, that it may remain burning all night.
Rames.s. pl.The dead stalks of potatoes, cucumbers, and such plants; a skeleton.
Rams-claws.s. pl.The plant called gold cups;ranunculus pratensis.
Ram'shackle.adj.Loose; disjointed.
Ram'pin.part.Distracted, obstreperous:rampin mad, outrageously mad.
Ran'dy, Ran'din.s.A merry-making; riotous living.
Range.s.A sieve.
To Rangle.v. n.To twine, or move in an irregular or sinuous manner.Rangling plantsare plants which entwine round other plants, as the woodbine, hops, etc.
Ran'gle.s.A sinuous winding.
Ras'ty.adj.Rancid: gross; obscene.
Rathe-ripe.adj.Ripening early.Rath. EnglishDictionary:
"The rathe-ripe wits prevent their own perfection."
Raught.part.Reached.
Rawd.part.Rode.
To Rawn.v. a.To devour greedily.
Raw'ny.adj.Having little flesh: a thin person, whose bones are conspicuous, is said to be rawny.
To Ray.v. a.To dress.
To Read.v. a.To strip the fat from the intestines;to read the inward.
Read'ship.s.Confidence, trust, truth.
To Ream.v. a.To widen; to open.
Reamer.s.An instrument used to make a hole larger.
Re'balling.s.The catching of eels with earthworms attached to a ball of lead, hung by a string from a pole.
Reed.s.Wheat straw prepared for thatching.
Reen, Rhine.s.A water-course: an open drain.
To Reeve.v. a.To rivel; to draw into wrinkles.
Rem'let.s.A remnant.
Rev'el.s.A wake.
To Rig.v. n.To climb about; to get up and down a thing in wantonness or sport.
Hence the substantiverig, as used inJohn Gilpin, by COWPER.
"He little dreamt of running such arig."
To Rig.v. a.To dress.
Hence, I suspect, the origin of theriggingof a vessel.
Righting-lawn. Adjusting the ridges after the wheat is sown.
Rip.s.A vulgar, old, unchaste woman. Hence, most probably, the origin ofDemirip.
Robin-Riddick.s.A redbreast. [AlsoRabbinHirddick; the r and i transposed.]
Rode.s.To go to rode, means, late at night or early in the morning, to go out to shoot wild fowl which pass over head on the wing.
To Rose.v. n.To drop out from the pod, or other seed vessel, when the seeds are over-ripe.
To Rough.v. a.To roughen; to make rough.
Round-dock.s.The common mallow;malva sylvestris.
Called round-dock from theroundnessof its leaves. CHAUCER has the following expression which has a good deal puzzled the glossarists:
"But canst thou playin raket to and fro,Nettle in, Docke out, now this, now that, Pandare?"
Troilus and Cressida, Book IV.
The round-dock leaves are used at this day as a supposed remedy or charm for the sting of a nettle, by being rubbed on the stung part, with the following words:—
In dock, out nettle, Nettle have a sting'd me.
That is,Go in dock, go out nettle. Now, to playNettle in Docke out, is to make use of such expedients as shall drive away or remove some previous evil, similar to that of driving out the venom of the nettle by the juice or charm of the dock.
Roz'im.s.A quaint saying; a low proverb.s.Rosin.
Rud'derish.adj.Hasty, rude, without care.
Ruf.s.A roof.
Rum.s.Room; space.
Rum'pus.sA great noise.
This word ought to be in our English Dictionaries.
Rungs.s. pl.The round steps of a ladder.
The sound of S is very often converted into the sound of Z. Thusmany of the following words,Sand-tot, Sar, Seed-lip, Silker,Sim, &c., are often pronouncedZand-tot, Zar, Zeeäd-lip,Zilker, Zim, &c.
Sâ'cer-eyes. Very large and prominent eyes. [Saucer eyes.
Sand-tot.s. A sandhill.
To Sar.v. a.To serve—Toearn; as,I can sar but zixpencea day.
Sar'ment.s.A sermon.
Sar'rant.s.A servant.
Sar'tin.adj.Certain.
Sar'tinly.adv.Certainly.
Scad.s.A short shower.
Schol'ard.s.A scholar.
Scissis-sheer.s.A scissors-sheath.
Scollop.s. An indentation; notch; collop.
To Scollop.v. a.To indent; to notch.
Scoose wi'. Discourse or talk with you.
To Scot'tle.v. a.To cut into pieces in a wasteful manner.
Scrawf.s. Refuse.
Scrawv'lin.adj. Poor and mean, like scrawf.
Screed.s. A shred.
To Scrunch.v. a.andv. n.The act of crushing and bringing closer together is implied, accompanied with some kind of noise. A person may be said to scrunch an apple or a biscuit, if in eating it he made a noise; so a pig in eating acorns. Mr. SOUTHEY has used the word inThalabawithout the s.
"No sound but the wild, wild wind,"And the snowcrunchingunder his feet."
And, again, in theAnthology, vol 2, p. 240.
"Grunting as theycrunch'dthe mast."
Scud.s. A scab.
Sea-Bottle.s. Many of the species of the sea-wrack, orfucus, are called sea-bottles, in consequence of the stalks having round or oval vesicles or pods in them; the pod itself.
Sea-crow.s. A cormorant.
Seed-lip.s. A vessel of a particular construction, in which the sower carries the seed.
Sel'times.adv. Not often; seldom.
Shab.s. The itch; the hug. Applied to brutes only.
Shab-water.s.A. water prepared with tobacco, and some mercurial, to cure the shab.
Shabby.adv.Affected with the shab. Hence the origin of the common wordshabby, mean, paltry.
Shackle.s.A twisted band. Shal'der.s.A kind of broad flat rush, growing in ditches.
Sharp.s.A shaft of a waggon, &c.
Shatt'n. Shalt not.
Sheer.s.A sheath.
Shil'lith.s.A shilling's worth.
Shine.s.Everyshine o'm, is, every one of them.
To Shod.v. a.To shed: to spill.
Sholl.v.Shall.
Shord.s.A sherd; a gap in a hedge. Astop-shord, a stop-gap.
Shower.adj.Sure.
Showl.s.A shovel.
To Showl.v. a.To shovel.
To Shride, To Shroud.v. a.To cut off wood from the sides of trees; or from trees generally.
Shride, Shroud.s.Wood cut off from growing trees. It sometimes means a pole so cut;ladeshrides—shrides placed for holding the load.SeeLADESHRIDES.
To Shug.v. a.To shrug; to scratch; to rub against.
Shut'tle.adj.Slippery, sliding: applied only to solid bodies. From this word is derived the __shuttle__ (s.) of the weaver.
Sig.s.Urine.
Sil'ker.s.A court-card.
To Sim.v. n.To seem, to appear. This verb is used personally, as,I sim,you sim, forit seems to me, etc.
Sim-like-it.interj.(Seems like it.) Ironically, forvery improbable.
Sine.conj.[Probably from __seeing__ or __seen__.] Since, because.
Single-guss.s.The plant orchis.
Single-stick.s.A game; sometimes called __backsword__.
Sizes.s. pl.The assizes.
To Skag. To give an accidental blow, so as to tear the clothes or the flesh; to wound slightly.
Skag.s.An accidental blow, as of the heel of the shoe, so as to tear the clothes or the flesh; any slight wound or rent.
To Skeer.v. a.To mow lightly over: applied to pastures which have been summer-eaten, never to meadows. In a neuter sense, to move along quickly, and slightly touching. Hence, from its mode of flight,
Skeer-devil.s.The black martin, or Swift.
Skeer'ings.s.pl. Hay made from pasture land.
Skent'in.adj. When cattle, although well-fed, do not become fat, they are called skentin.
Skenter.s.An animal which will not fatten.
To Skew, \ To Ski'ver. /v. a.To skewer.
Skiff-handed.adj.Left-handed, awkward.
Skills, \ Skittles. /s. pl.The play called nine-pins.
Skim'merton.s.To ride Skimmerton, is an exhibition of riding by two persons on a horse, back to back; or of several persons in a cart, havingskimmersandladles, with which they carry on a sort of warfare or gambols, designed to ridicule some one who, unfortunately, possesses an unfaithful wife. Thismay-gameis played upon some other occasion besides the one here mentioned: it occurs, however, very rarely, and will soon, I apprehend, be quite obsolete.SeeSKIMMINGTON, inJohnson.
Skiv'er.s.A skewer.
To Skram.v. a.To benumb with cold.
Skram.adj.Awkward: stiff, as if benumbed.
"With hondis alforskramyd."
CHAUCER,Second Merchant's Tale.
Skram-handed.adj.Having the fingers or joints of the hand in such a state that it can with difficulty be used; an imperfect hand.
To Skrent.v. a.[An irregular verb.] To burn, to scorch.
Skum'mer.s.A foulness made with a dirty liquid, or with soft dirt.
To Skum'mer.v.a.To foul with a dirty liquid, or to daub with soft dirt.
Slait.s.An accustomed run for sheep; hence the place to which a person is accustomed, is called slait.
To Slait.v. a.To accustom.
To Slait.v. a.To make quick-lime in a fit state for use, by throwing water on it; to slack.
To Slat.v. a.To split; to crack; to cleave. To Sleeze.v. n.To separate; to come apart; applied to cloth, when the warp and woof readily separate from each other.
Sleezy.adj.Disposed to sleeze; badly woven.
Slen.adj.Slope.
'Slike. It is like.
Slipper-slopper.adj.Having shoes or slippers down at the heel; loose.
To Slitter.v.n.To slide.
To Slock.v. a.To obtain clandestinely.
To Slock'ster.v. a.To waste.
Slom'aking.adj.Untidy; slatternly (applied to females.)
This word is, probably, derived fromslowandmawkin.
Slop'per.adj.Loose; not fixed: applied only to solid bodies.
To Slot'ter.v. n.To dirty; to spill.
Slot'tering.adj.Filthy, wasteful.
Slot'ter.s.Any liquid thrown about, or accidentally spilled on a table, or the ground.
Slug'gardy-guise.s.The habit of a sluggard.
Sluggardy-guise; Loth to go to bed, And loth to rise.
WYAT says—"Arise, for shame; do away yoursluggardy."
Sluck'-a-bed, \ Sluck'-a-trice, }s.A slug-a-bed; a sluggard. Slock'-a-trice. /
Smash.s.A blow or fall, by which any thing is broken.All to smash, all to pieces.
Smeech.s.Fine dust raised in the air.
To Smoor.v. a.To smooth; to pat.
Snags.s.Small sloes:prunus spinosa.
Snag, \ Snagn. /s.A tooth.
Snaggle'tooth.s.A tooth growing irregularly.
Snarl.s.A tangle; a quarrel. There is also the verbto snarl, to entangle.
Sneäd.s.The crooked handle of a mowing scythe.
Snip'py.adj.Mean, parsimonious.
Snock.s.A knock; a smart blow.
Snowl.s.The head.
Soce.s. pl.Vocative case. Friends! Companions! Most probably derived from the Latinsocius.
To Soss.v. a.To throw a liquid from one vessel to another.
Sour-dock.s.Sorrel:rumex aceiosa.
Souse.s. pl. Sousen.The ears.Pigs sousen, pig's ears.
Spar.s.The pointed sticks, doubled and twisted in the middle, and used for fixing the thatch of a roof, are calledspars:they are commonly made of split willow rods.
Spar'kid.adj.Speckled.
Spar'ticles.s. pl.Spectacles: glasses to assist the sight.
Spawl.s.A chip from a stone.
Spill.s.A stalk; particularly that which is long and straight.To run to spill, is to run to seed; it sometimes also means to be unproductive.
Spill.s. SeeWORRA.
To Spit.v. a.To dig with a spade; to cut up with a spitter.Seethe next word.
Spitter.s.A small tool with a long handle, used for cutting up weeds, thistles, &c.
To Spit'tle.v. a.To move the earth lightly with a spade or spitter.