A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, LincolnshireEnglish dialect society, 1877 - 281 pàgines |
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Pàgina 12
... beat down in price . Badly , adj . unwell , sickly . a poor badly creatur , miss . ' Bag , ( 1 ) the udder of a cow or sheep ; ( 2 ) the womb of any animal ; ( 3 ) the stomach of any animal . I. have fre- quently found the principal sto ...
... beat down in price . Badly , adj . unwell , sickly . a poor badly creatur , miss . ' Bag , ( 1 ) the udder of a cow or sheep ; ( 2 ) the womb of any animal ; ( 3 ) the stomach of any animal . I. have fre- quently found the principal sto ...
Pàgina 14
... beat . ' If you don't giv ' ower I'll band - end yer . ' Band - maker , a woman or child who makes bands with which to tie sheaves in harvest . Bands , the iron work of hinges which projects beyond the edge of the door ; frequently used ...
... beat . ' If you don't giv ' ower I'll band - end yer . ' Band - maker , a woman or child who makes bands with which to tie sheaves in harvest . Bands , the iron work of hinges which projects beyond the edge of the door ; frequently used ...
Pàgina 16
... beat . ( 3 ) A term used in sewing ; to run together with long stitches . Bat , ( 1 ) a habit . Compare a policeman's beat . ' Our par- son's at his owd bat ; preachin ' agëan Methodises and Ranters ; ' " ( 2 ) pace , rate , speed ...
... beat . ( 3 ) A term used in sewing ; to run together with long stitches . Bat , ( 1 ) a habit . Compare a policeman's beat . ' Our par- son's at his owd bat ; preachin ' agëan Methodises and Ranters ; ' " ( 2 ) pace , rate , speed ...
Pàgina 17
... beating- board ; a piece of board used by thatchers to beat down the thatch . Battledoor , a piece of cardboard on which was printed the A.B.C. , the Lord's prayer , and a few short syllables , employed as a substitute for the horn ...
... beating- board ; a piece of board used by thatchers to beat down the thatch . Battledoor , a piece of cardboard on which was printed the A.B.C. , the Lord's prayer , and a few short syllables , employed as a substitute for the horn ...
Pàgina 18
... Beat , a bundle of flax or hemp . ' Bind the femble into sheaves or beats . ' Arth . Young , Linc . Agric . 1799 , 159 . -- Beat ' em , the conqueror ; a term in the sport of cock - fighting . Beater , ( 1 ) a flat piece of wood with a ...
... Beat , a bundle of flax or hemp . ' Bind the femble into sheaves or beats . ' Arth . Young , Linc . Agric . 1799 , 159 . -- Beat ' em , the conqueror ; a term in the sport of cock - fighting . Beater , ( 1 ) a flat piece of wood with a ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
aboot afore agean Ah's alus bairn beat Blash blow Bottesford Burringham butter cakes called carrion crow cattle chap child church cock common corn dhee dialect doon door East Butterwick fire girt Glossary gotten grass head hedge Holderness horse Icel iron Isle of Axholme Isle of Wight Kirton-in-Lindsey knaw laal land leet Linc Manor Messingham milk mysen neet nivver nobbut Northorpe nowt oald obsolete ower parish person piece plough prep pron rain Scotter Scrat seed sheep side Skirlaugh stick stone strange straw talk term thee thing thoo thoo's thou tion tree varry walk wark weel wesh wind Winterton woman wood wooden word Yaddle young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 53 - The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses; But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made.
Pàgina 170 - One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth.
Pàgina 92 - HERE'S a health unto our master, The founder of the feast ! I wish, with all my heart and soul, In heaven he may find rest. I hope all things may prosper, That ever he takes in hand; For we are all his servants, And all at his command. Drink, boys, drink, and see you do not spill, For if you do, you must drink two, — it is your master's will. Now our harvest is ended, And supper is past ; Here's our mistress' good health, In a full flowing glass!
Pàgina 10 - And rearing Lindis, backward pressed, Shook all her trembling bankes amaine; Then madly at the eygre's breast Flung uppe her weltering walls again. Then bankes came downe with ruin and rout, Then beaten foam flew round about, — Then all the mighty floods were out.
Pàgina 8 - NODAL. 4s. 6d. 19. An Outline of the Grammar of West Somerset. By FT ELWORTHY, Esa. 5s. 1878. 20. A Glossary of Cumberland Words and Phrases. By WILLIAM DICKINSON, FLS 6s. 21. Tusser's Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. Edited with Introduction, Notes and Glossary, by W. PAINE and SIDNEY J.
Pàgina 27 - If a swarm of bees alight on a dead tree, or on the dead bough of a living tree, there will be a death in the family of the owner during the year.
Pàgina 16 - Notes and Queries. Mr. J. Eglington Bailey, FSA, has undertaken to arrange and edit the Index to the list of Provincialisms mentioned in Notes and Queries. The index to the twelve •volumes of the First Series has been completed by Mr. Satchell ; and that to the Fourth Series by Mrs. Gutch. Mr. Bailey will himself compile the index to the Fifth Series, which may as well now be included in the volume.
Pàgina 18 - May inst. (1786) ; immediately after which the bride and bridegroom with their attendants will proceed to Lonefoot, in the said parish, where the nuptials will be celebrated by a variety of rural entertainments. Then come one and all, At Hymen's soft call. From Whitehaven, Workington, Harington, Dean, Hail, Ponsonby, Blaing, and all places between; From Egremont, Cockermouth, Barton, St.
Pàgina 58 - I'll be deyand if I doant laay thee a quart o' that Will. Done ! and I'll ax meyastur to night when 1 goos whooam, bee't how Ч wool. (Accordingly ttejastur was applied to by Will, who made his decision known to Jan the next morning.) Will. I zay, Jan ! I axed meyastur about that are last night. Jan. Well ! what ded 'ur zay Î Will.
Pàgina 101 - To play at ducks and drakes is to throw a flat stone and any such-like thing over the water so as to make it glance along the surface. When this is done the following jingle is said : ' A duck and a drake, And a penny white cake And a skew-ball.