Lollard, B. a lazy one. 'Lig-a-bed lollard. Ten o'clock schollard.' Loop, c. to put loops of slender rods on the tops of walls or bare hedges to prevent sheep leaping over.

Love in a chain, EC. the plant Sedum reflexum.

Manny, sw. c. monny; N. many.

Maykin, c. a silly person.

Mense, G.

'He hez nowder sense nor mense:' said of a person who is silly and unmanageable (addl.).

Middle-street steanns, c. boundary stones where an owner holds only one side of the village.

Miller, c. a white moth whose feathers resemble meal.

Moilin', c. (amended) painstaking; caring for.

Toilin' and moilin'?

Moss besom, a broom made of the moss Polystichum commune.
Mosstroopers, N. border freebooters.

Mug, B. a term of endearment.

Muller, Mudler, c. an instrument used for bruising sugar in a glass

of toddy.

Naitshel, c. to overcome; to defeat.

Nopy, B. clever; excelling.

Nudels, G. a simpleton. He nudels (saunters) away his time.'

Parins, G. turves pared off to burn in breaking up new or moory lands.

Pearchin', G. penetrating (addl.).

Pelt, G. This word has several meanings, but the principal one is connected with vigorous action. He com in wid a pelt' — sharply. Pitch-pipe, c. a pipe formerly used in country churches to denote the pitch of the music.

Ramp, Wramp, c. a sprain or twist of a limb.

ramp't her ankle to-day.'

'Mary fell and

Ridlin', c. a riddle, or puzzle. 'Come, and I'll set thee a ridlin'.'

Saucy, G. needlessly particular as to food, &c.; impertinent.

Sconce, G. a stone shelf (addl.).

Scut, G. the tail of a hare or rabbit (correction).

Sed, G. said; controlled.

quiet.

'Be sed, barns;' do as you are bid; be

Sharpin sickle, Slape sickle, c. a sickle without teeth; a reaping

hook.

Sheep syme, c. a straw rope hung round a sheep's neck, including a fore leg, to prevent its leaping fences.

Shiers. See Chiers.

Shog, N. a vertical shaking of the leg. And as the fidler shog't his leg.'-Mark Lonsdale.

Shottel, N. schedule.

Sideways, G. a sidewise movement.

Sill, G. a soft slate rock used for slate pencils.

Slensh, c. to cleanse.

Sloom, B. a light sleep.

Sop, c. a bunch of cotton wool to prevent the ink running out of the inkhorn if upset.

Spang, a stinging pain (addl.).

Spewy, c. land subject to small sand-feeds of water.

Staith, Steer, a place of deposit for coal till wanted for shipping or sale.

Steann-throw, C. N. steànn thraa; sw. about the distance a stone the size of an egg can be thrown by hand.

Steed, c. supply. 'Rain com down in good steed yesterday.'

Stick by t' rib, c. cow't word, which see.

Stick dyke, c. a fence made entirely of dead or brushwood.

Stickin', G. thickly set.

Yon tree's fairly stickin' wid pears.'

Stowter, N. to stagger; unsteady.

Strick, G. a stirk, or yearling heifer, &c. (addl.).

Sweetheart (to), NE. to publish the banns. 'He sweetheartit me :' said by a woman of the clergyman who published her banns (Rev. T. Lees).

Teann, G. taken; arrested (addl.).

Tee, c. to.

Ya neet efter deein' up t' horses
And seein' 'at t' kye war o' reet,

I read about t'"Grummelan Farmer,"
And thought I could put a bit tee 't.'

That, G. 'It's a gay nice horse that' (common in Cumberland

speech).

Thoom-syme, c. a short rope made by twisting straw round the thumb.

Tommaty taa, c. the blue tit (Parus cæruleus).

Toon, Town, N. applied to small hamlets or farm-buildings: as
Justus toon, Nixon's toon, &c.

Twist, c. a turn of the halter put round a horse's jaw.
Twote, N. total.

Wild as winter thuuner, G. ungovernable; unruly.
Worniment, NW. ornament.

Wut, N. wit.

Wya, G. a note of assent. Wya, I mappen may.'

Yeas, Yeasy, c. ease; easy (nearly obsolete).

Yeaz, sw. you shall. 'Yeaz come in a bit, yeaz like.'

XXVI.

NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE WORDS.

BY EDWARD SUTTON.

THESE words are taken from the marsh, wold, and fen districts lying between Grimsby on the north, Boston on the south, Lincoln on the west, and the sea-coast on the east, with Louth for the centre. The Vocabulary of all these parts is the same, but the pronunciation is coarser and fuller in the marsh districts. All vowels are pronounced as if double; thus-lai-at, roo-ad, boo-an, mâ-il, for late, road, bone, mile. The dialect is fast disappearing.

131, Upper Brook Street, Manchester.

EDWARD SUTTON.

Peculiar preterites in use in this dialect are the following: viz. belt for built; hat for hit; snew for snowed; mew for mowed; ewet for owed.

Noticeable corruptions are the following:

nobbud, only (nought but).

weeant, will not.

caffle, to cavil;

argle, to argue.

haggle.

cazzlety (i. e. casualty), doubtful; changeable: Cazzlety weather.' refatory, refractory."

mislest, molest.

dispense with, to do or put up with; not to do without, as is usually meant.

planished up, heaped up with various things, so that there is no room (replenished).

After such words as wooy! (wo!) hawve! (haw) a strong and sonorous uh!' is added; also in cases of interjections used in addressing animals.

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