Lift, adj. lief; used with regard to an equal choice. Linnow [lin'oa], adj. pliant; soft. Lissom, adj. nimble; active. Lug, v. to draw. Mawn-pit, s. a peat-pit or bog; from Welsh mawn, peat. Middling, adj. of unequal merit; also poorly; ill. middling;' very inferior, or very ill. Mixen, s. a dung-hill. Moither, v. to be delirious. Nesh, adj. tender; delicate. Never-sweat, s. an idle, lazy man. Orl, s. an alder-tree. Oss [os], v. to attempt. (W. osio.) 'Uncommon Peart [peert], adj. lively; sharp. Market-peart;' slightly inebriated. Pergy [pergi], adj. perky; saucy; obstinate. Pikel [peik 1], s. a pitch-fork. Pitch, s. a steep hill. Plack, s. a job, or a situation. Pleach, v. to lay a hedge (general). Poon [puon], v. to strike or beat. Pouk [pouk], s. a sty on the eye (lit. a pock). Pouking, s. a weak, sickly person. Cf. puking in Shakespeare. Quames [quaims], s. pl. qualms. Ratch, 8. rocky soil. Ratchety, adj. shaly; gravelly (soil). Refuse [refeuz], s. refusal; offer. Rouk [rouk], s. a rut. Sally, s. a willow. A.S. sealh (cognate with Lat. salix). Scallion-gate, s. the gate of a church-yard by which the corpse enters; the lich-gate. (In common use at Llandegley and in other neighbouring parishes.) Halliwell gives scallage, a lich-gate, as a Western word. Scud, s. a passing shower. Simple, adj. infirm. Slang, s. a narrow piece of land. Sned, s. the handle of a scythe. So, less by; e. g. 33 inches is expressed by four inches, so a quarter.' (I. e. save.) Spittle, s. a spade. Stank, s. a stang or stake. Steep, s. a short hill. Stele, Steal [steel], s. the handle of a hammer. Stoup [stoup], v. to incline; as 'to stoup a barrel.' Stub, s. a stump; brushwood. Tare, adj. eager; troublesome (said of flies). Tidling, s. a hand-reared lamb. Tidy, adj. respectable; honest; fair. Tree, s. the handle of a spade. Tup, s. a ram. Upright, s. a stake (from its position). Urchin, s. a hedgehog. Wain-house, s. a cart-house. Wench, s. a young girl. Wheddy, adj. interminable. Whit! go off! start! said to a horse. Whitty, s. a mountain-ash. Whitwhat, adj. unstable; changeable. Yean, v. to produce lambs. INDEX TO GLOSSARIES C. XXIII-XXVII. In this Index, the Numbers refer to those of the preceding Glossaries, the A, 23 American breez- | arnest, yearnest, | bachelor's but- ers, 24 aal amang, 23 aal manners, 23 amindted, 24 amoost, 23 ampassy, 25 24 above a bit, 24 abroady, 24 accoordan, coor- acks, ax, p. 2; see ax. acoolde, 23 amsiam, 24 amust, amwust, addle (a), 23; anigh, 23, 24 (b), 26 adone, 23 adwine, 23 afeeard, 23 anpat, 24 any when, 23 apern, yapern, apeyas, 23 apple-stucklun, 23 aps, p. 69 bwunin', 24 arenest, 23 argle, p. 113 arn, 24 24 body hoss, 23 boffle, 24 bog-myrtle, P. 46 between you an' I an' the get- between whiles, bonny-goo, 23 boon, 26 boor, 24 boord (a), 24; buck! buck! p. 64 23 bull-head, 23 bunt (a), (b), 24 24 booship, p. 69 bevoul, 23 booun, 23 beyast, 23 bosespreet, 23 biddy, chick- bosky, 23 abiddy, 23 bothresh, 23 24 buttercups, 23 23 awhile, 24 canst, 23 can't abar, 24 can't be off o', 24 capendur, cap- 24 capital well, 24 23 caufin, p. 69 24 meet'ners, cap, 23 23 com on, 25 come again, 24 25; love child, comical, 27 cooastun, 23 cookeybeyaby, 23 coom, p. 69 chef, p. 69 clat-breakin', 24 24 chent, 24 clatty (a), 24; (b), 26 conceit, 27 chequers, 23 clayders, cliders, congee, 24 chet, p. 69 23 contrairy, p. 69 contravess, 23 chibbles, 24 cleean, 23 cooas, 23 coordan, p. 1 crewel, 23 crig, 24 crimassy, 23 crock meat, 24 crom, p. 69 p. 46 cruklins, p. 79 23 crumpled, 23 cub, 24 cubby-house, 24 cumman', 25 cumman' and gangin', 25 cup, 23 curchy, p. 69 |