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200 SHROPSHIEK WORD-BOOK. %%what is called the
Forest of Hayes — south of this is ^oy-wood.
About half a mile from Westbury there is a mill at ^Tay-ford.
Then, near the southern limits of the
county, not &r from Ludlow, is Hay
Park. Other instances might be adduced, but those here giyen will be sufficient to show how the old word hay
= enclosure, once obtained in
Shropshire. %%' In the edition of the Ortus in Mr. Wilbraham's library,
dauaurat is rendered "a closse,
or a heye." Haye occurs elsewhere in the
sense of an enclosure ; thus in the gloss on the " liher vocatu$
equtu^** called in the Promptorium
" Distigius" written by John de Ghurlandil, occurs ** Cimiteriumy chyrche-haye.** —
^Harl. MS. 1002. In the Golden Legend
it is said, **he had— foule way thorugh hayea and hedges, . woodes. stones, hylles and valeys."
— f. 68, b.' Way, p. 221. %%'O.Fr. hate, cloture en g^n^ral; du bas-allemand
haeghe, endoa.' —Bur. %%Compare 'A.S.
haga; O.Du. ?iage (Jiaghe) ; O.Icel. ha,gi, locus sepe drcumdatus.' — Strat. See below. Cf. Hag
(1). %%UAYHENT, HETMEHT, sb., ohs. a fence; a boundary. This word, mentioned by Mr. Hartshorne as having
come under lus notice in a parish book
pertaining to Smethcot, and which he subsequently found to mean, ' the hedge which encircles
part of the churchyard,' seems to have
had a wide range throughout Shropshire. Though for the most part restricted in its application
to the l)oundary — of what- eyer kina
it were — which enclosed the churchyard, yet it was not necessarily so. %%Qough, in his History of
Myddle, pp. 10, 11, at the date of 17*70,
says, that a certain brid^ oyer a brook * some years past was out
of repaire, and the parishioners of
Baschurch parish did require the
parish of Myddle to repaire one half of this bridge. . . .
Bowland Hunt of Boreatton, Fsq. . . .
liyins^ in Baschurch pansh, was rery .
sharp upon the inhabitsmts of Myddle parish beecause they refused to repair half the bridge. But the
parishioners of Myddle answeared that
the brooke was whoaly in the parish of Baschurch, and was the Hay- ment or fence of the men of Baschurch
parish, betweene their lands, and the
lands in Myddle parish. . . .' At p. 33 of the same work, Gough says, speaking of Billmarsh Ghreen, *
This is a small common, much
controverted, whether it lyes in the Lordship of Myddle, or in the parish of Broughton, and libei'tyes of
Salop. . . . But all Billmarsh was
formerly a common, and it should seem mat this Greene was left out of it when it was incloased, for all
other places make Heyment from BUmarsh
except this Greene.' %%In p. 65 of A Lecture on Quaiford^ Morville and Aston
Eyre 800 Years AgOy by the Rey. George
Leigh Wasey, M.A. (Bridgnorth, 1859),
the following old custom at Quatford is recorded : — * The wall round the churchyard, extending two hundred
and seventy yards, is apportioned
between the following nine properties in the parish, wmch are bound by immemorial usage to keep
certain lengths of it in fixed repair,
on the application of the churchwardens : the Careswell Charity estate; Daniel's mill; Mr. Pitman's
estate at Eardington, late Mr.
Duppa's; Mrs. Oldbury's; Mr. Butter's; the Hay feirm, now Mr. Walker's property; Lord Sudeley's
farm at the iKnowle; Mr. Hudson's at
the Deanery ; and Mr. Norton's at Eardington.' %%The portions of the churchyard
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%%. so many yards each are marked out on *the yestry map, wlucK is called 'the Map of the Ilayments.* %%The
following^ extract is from the Churchwardent^ AccounUt Clun : — ' Affreed at a Vestry Meeting held for the
parish of Clun, the 24*^ Day of May
1755, for the Repairs of the Church and the Churchyard WaU or Hai/mentSj as follows. . . .* %%In the Churchwardens'
Accounts, Hopton Castle, are the following
entries :—• 1747, Pd. Will" Bottwood for mend-g Haymmi 0-17-0.
%%• Pd. Mr. Beale for Timb'. 1-1-0. %%1766. for Railing the Church hayment at
two nence f. - 12 - 0.' %%The churchyard at Hopton Castle is still [1875]
enclosed by a wooden paling on its
south side, though it is no longer called the
hnymicnt, %%Gough glosses the proper name Hayward, * a keeper or
overseer of Hayment* See History of
Myddfe, p. 197. Hayment is made up of
Fr. hate, and Fr. suffix, ' ment.* See Hay, above. %%HATTICK, sb.
common Whitethroat. — Oswestry. This bird, when alarmed, flies about the tall grass
uttering a * ^I'c^-ing ' sound, from
which it gets its name, Haytick. See Flax. Cf. TXtick. %%HE, used for
It See Grammar Outlines {personal pronouns), p. xlviii. %%* A ! nay ! lat be ; the
philosophres stoon. %%Elixir dept, %%For al our craft, whan we han al
ydo, And al our sleighte, he wol nat
come vs to. He hath ymaad vs spenden
mochel good.' %%Chatjceb, G. 867, 868 (Six-text ed.), Skeat. Cf. Him, below. %%HEAB [yed-]. Com. [yad*],
Bishop's Castlb; Clun. [yud*],
LuDiiOW, Burford, %%HEAD-OUT [yed* out], v, a. to 'drive a head' in
advance of the general workings. —
Collieby. See Drive a head. %%HEAD-COLLAR [yed* kol-'ur'], sh, a kind of
bridle put on to a horse for the
pui'pose of fastening him to the manger, — ^an arrangement of leather straps, passing over the nose,
under the throat, and round the neck
of the ammal. A rope— which is sometimes called the shank — is attached to the head-collar, and by it
the horse is tied up in his stall. —
Ellesmere. Qy. com. %%HEAD-STALL [ed'stnl and yed'stul], sh., ohsols. 1 same
as Head-collar^ above. — Atcham;
Ellesmere. %%< one did take %%The horse in hand within his mouth to looke
: %%Another, that would seeme to have more wit, Him by the bright embrodered hed- stall
tooke.' %%Spenser, F. Q., Bk. V. c. iii. st. xxxiiL %%' . . . . his horse
hipped with an old mothy saddle and stirrups of %%no kindred ; and with a
half-checked bit and a head-stall of %%sheep's leather.' — Taming of the
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2(X£ SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%HEAP [yep*], Com.
[yup*], Clun ; Ludlow, Bwrford^ v. a. and sh.
to heap ; a neap. See Soutch-Tup. %%HEARKEN-OUT, v. «. to be on the
watch for information. — Shuewsbuby ;
Newport. Qy. com. * We*n 'earJ^n-ouif an' mebbe we shan *ear o' summat * — having reference
to the subject of inquiry. %%HEART [aaT*t], sb., pec. state ; condition ;
said of ground. — Pulvbr- BATCH. Qy.
com. * It'll do mighty well this time athout muck, the groun* 's in good ^earty an' well
claned.' %%HEARTEN, v. a, to cheer ; to encourage ; to invigorate. — Pulteb- BATCH ; Newport ; Wem. Qy. com. This term
is usually employed with one or other
of the prepositions, up or on, * Come in an' 'ftye a dish o' tay — it'U *earien yo' on — yo'n
find it a good way to Powther- bitch
[Pulverbatch], an' all up 'UL' %%* Prince. My royal father, cheer these noble
lords And hearten those that fight in
your defence : Unsheathe your sword,
good father ; cry '* Saint George l"' %%3 K, Henry VI., U. ii. 79. %%'
Roger. Kind Patie, now fair fa' your honest heart, Ye're aye sae cadgy, and haye sic an art
%%To hearten ane ' %%Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd, I. i. p. 11. %%A.S.
hyrtan, to encourage ; comfort. %%HEART-WELL [aaVt wel**], adj. in good
general health. — Shrews- bury;
Pulverbatch. Qy. com. 'I'm pretty *eart'Weily God be thaiikit, on'y infirm'd.' %%HEAVE [aiv],
(1) v. a., var. pr. to lift Com. ^^Aive that pot off the fire, them tatoes bin done.' %%' &
comande \>e couherde * curteysli and fayre, to heue yp I'at hende child * bi-hinde him
on his stede.' %%William of Paleme, I 348. %%' He was schort schuldred,
brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no
dore that he nolde heve of barre. Or
breke it at a rennyng with his heed.' %%Chaucer, The Prologue, 1. 550, ed.
Mom& %%See Hove, also Heler. %%(2) V. n. to rise ; said of bread when *
laid in sponge ; ' or of cheeses that
rise up in the middle in consequence of the whey not haying been thoroughly pressed out. Com. (1) *I
doubt this bread'U be sad, it dunna
*aive well — the barm's bin finos'-ketcht, I spect.' (2) * Theer's won o' them cheese *aivin' I
see— we maun keep that fur ourselyc^s
— ^it wunna do fur the markii.' Cf. Bulled. %%(3) See Bk. II., Folklore,
&c., 'Customs connected with Days and
Seasons ' (Easter Monday), %%HEATER [ai-Yur*], (1) sb., obaoh. a kind
of yertical, sliding shutter across
the doorway of a bam, made to fit into grooyes in such a way that it can be lifted, or *aived, out at
pleasure — whence its name. Qy. com.
When grain was thrashed on the barn-floor with a * thrashal ' [flail], the heaver was
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%%%%of the bam door-way, and so preyent the gndn escaping by the otherwise— open door of the bam. %%(2) «5.,
obsoh, a kind of 'blower,' or winnowing machine without sieves. A handle is turned that works a
&n — from a box at the top of the
machine the grain falls oyer the thin edge of a board, and being met by a blast of wind from the fan,
the light grain and dust are ^aived
out. Qy. com. %%HE&VnrO. See as for Heave (3). %%HEAVIHG-BATS, sb. pi,
ohsnla. Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday :
so called from the custom of heaving on those days. Qy. com. See aboye. %%HEAVY [evi*], adj. stem. —
Whitchurch ; Ellesmerb. * Yo' look'n
very ^eavy at me.' %%HESOE^BILL. See BilL %%HEEL [ee*l], sh. the top
cmst of a loaf cut off, or the bottom
crust remaining. — PtTLVERBATCH. ' Cut a loaf through to sen' to
the leasow, that 'eW 66nna be enough.'
A remaining corner is called the heel
of the loaf at Glun. Bums has * kebbuck-Aee^,' i. e. the remain- ing part of a cheese : — %%* Wiyes, be mindfu',
ance yoursel %%How bonie lads ye wanted.
An' dinna, for a kebbuck-heel.
Let lasses be affronted %%On sic a day ! ' — Poems, p. 19, L 7. Cf. Cantel. %%HEEL-HAKE. See Eil-rake.
%%HEEL-TAPS, sb. pi. small quantities of ale, &c. left in the glasses. Com. ' Now, drink up yore 'eel-tapSf an'
&ye another jug — the eyenin' 's
young yet.' %%HEET, HEIT. See Waggoners' Words to Horses. %%HEFT [ef-t],
Pulverbatch; Clbb Hills; Ludlow, [ift], Wem.
(1) «&. a heayy weight. A dead heft is a weight that cannot be
moyed ; as, for instance, the huge
trunk of a fallen tree, would be a dead heft
to a horse that was made to pull at it. %%(2) V. a. to lift ; to try
the weight of a thing by lifting. — Thid.
* W'y, Betty, han yo' carried that basket all the way '? ' * Iss, an'
yo' jest heft it.' * My 'eart ! it is
a good 'e/H.' Shakespeare has heft in
the sense of heaymg : — %%' ... he cracks his gorge, his sides. %%With
yiolent Ae/^ ' %%Winter's Tale, IL i. 45. %%•A.S. hehhan; O.Sax. hehhien;
O.H.Germ. heffan; O.Icel. hefja; Goth,
hafjan, to heaye.' — Strat. %%HBLEH [eeiur^], sb. oba.'i one who coyers or
conceals a thing. This old word is
preseryed in a proyerbial saying heard in the neigh- boorliood of Stoddesden :— * The heler 's
as bad as the heayer ; ' winch is
anaksgous to, ' The reoeiyer s as bad as the thief '—he who hdm, or %%%%%% |
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204 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%, hides, is equally
guilty with him who heaves^ i. e. ' lifts,' which latter word has an old meaning of to steal, still
retained in the modcsn. term *
^o^'liftingJ %%• ** I-wisse," [>an seyde william * " i wol no
longer hde^ My liif, my langor, &
my dejy * lenges in \>i warde.'* ' %%William of FaUme, I 960. %%A.S.
helauy to coyer ; to conceal. Cf. Hill. See Heave (1). %%HELL-HUIT [el'un],
eb., var, pr. a hell-hound. — Newport ; Whit-
CHUBCH. A poor old man whom a pack of ruffianly lads had hooted at and peltea, said of them, to a
magistrate at NVhitchurch, that * they
wun a paasle o' 'ell-unaJ %%* je ben to J>e hdle-hond ' hoUiche i-like.'
%%Alexander and DindimuSj 1. 792. %%• A cry of heU-Tiounds neyer ceasing
bark'd With wide Oerberean mouths full
loud, and rung %%A hideous peaL * %%Paradise Loit, Bk. IL L 654. %%A.S.
Tidle-hund, idem. See Grey-hun for hound, %%HEMP-BTJT, shy obs. a plot of
garden ground, or a piece of a field on
which hemp was grown. — ^Wem ; Ellesuere. %%* It is obsenred that if
the chiefe person of the family that inhabits
in this farme [Cayhowell] doe feJl sick, if his sicknesse bee to
death, there comes a paire of pidgeons
to the house about a fortnight or a
weeke before the person's death, and continue there untill the
person's death, and then goe away.
This I haye knowne them doe three
Seyerall times. 1st Old Ml, Bradocke, fell sicke about a quarter of
a yeare after my Sister was mi^ed, and
the paire of pidgeons came thither,
which I saw. They did eyery night roust under the shelter of the roofe of the kitchen att the ena,
and did sit upon the ends of the side
raisers. In the day time they fled about the gardines and yards. I haye scene them pecking on the
hemp-btUt as if they did feed, and for
ought I know they did feed.'— Gough's History of MyddUf p. 47. %%HEMPERT [em'pur't], sb,,
obs, ground specially appropriated to
hemp, whether of the garden or of a * close.' — ^Pulverbatch. * So I see Mr. Goff 'as let the *empert into the
stack-yurd — well, well, I s'pose as
theer's mdre barley than 'emp wanted now-a-days.' Hemjteri is doubtless a corruption of hemp-yard,
%%HEN-AITD-CHICKEairS. See Bftohelors'-bnttoii. %%HEN-SCBATS, sb, pi, cirri^
— filaments of white cloud crossing the
sky like net- work. — Pulverbatch ; 'VYhitchurch. Qy. com. %%HEBDEH
[ur'dh'n], adj, made of *herdes,' q. v., below. — Pulver- batch; Clun; Glee Hills. 'The waiyer's
maden a nice piece o' 'uckaback of the
^erden yom — itil do mighty well for the men's tablecloths.' %%* The Inyentory of the
effects of Sir John Conyers, of Sockbume,
Durham, 1567, comprises **yij harden table clothes, iys. — xy^pair
of harden sheats, xx s. ' Wills and
Inv. Surtees Soc. i. 268,' in Wat. See
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205 HERDES [lur'd'z], «&.,
ohsols.'i coarse, or refuse, flax or hemp. — %%PULVERBATOH ; ClEB HiLLS. %%*
Hyrdys or herdys of flax or hempe. Stuppa, ** Siupa, hyrdes of hempe, or of flax. Stupo, to stop with
Inures.*' — Med. MS. Cant. **Extupo,
Anglice, to do awaye hardes or tawe. Stupa, stub, chaf, or towe." — Ortub. The word occurs in the
WicliflBte version, Judges xyi. 9;
''And sche criede to him, Sampson! Felisteis ben on ^ee, which brak ^e boondis as if a man brekith a
l^rede of herdis {filum de stupd,
Vulg.) wrij?un vn\> spotle." "Heerdes of hempe, tillage de chamure (^cnainvre) e8tcvp€$y — Palsg.
"Hirdes, or towe, of flaxe, or
hempe, stupaJ* — Babet.' Prompt, Farv. avid Notes, %%* Stapa^ vel stuppa^
quod cortici lint proxtmunij .... The course
part of flaxe.' — Diet. Etym, Lot, %%Mr. Halliwell observes of HerdeSf
that it is ' still in use in Shrop-
shire.' A.S. Jieordas, the refuse of tow. See Hurdo* C£ Nogs. %%HE8PEL
[es'pil], v, a. to worry ; to harass ; to tease ; to * bother.' — Shbewsbitbt; Pulvekbatch ; Wobthen; Clee
Hiixs. 'They dun 'eapel that poor
wench shameful — er's on throm momin' till night, an' 'afe the night as well, fur now the
childem han got the chin-cufi 'er 'as
to be up an' down 6oth them.' Of. Huispel. %%HETCH, sb,, var, pr. a hatch, as
of chickens, &c. — ^Pulverbatoh. %%EETCHEX [ech'il], sh.^ obs. a carding
implement for dressing hemp %%or flax — ^a board with rows of iron teetii set
in it — ^the flbre was thrown %%across the hetcJul and puUed through it. —
^Pulvebbatch ; Wobthen. %%' HecTiele * (noun) and ' hechelet * ^erb) are the
respective glosses of %%' Mrence ' and * serencet ' in the following lines :
— %%' La serence dout pemet, E vostre
lyn sereucet.' %%T?ie Treatise of Walter de Bihletworthj xiii cent., in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 156.
%%Bloimt has, ' Hitchd (Tul hecTiel), a certain instrument with iron teeth to dress flax or hemp.' —
Olosscgraphia^ p. 308. %%* O.Du. I^kel ; O.ELGerm. hachele, hatchel
(heckle).' — Stbat. CI Hatohel. See
Swingle (1), also Tewter. %%HETKEHT. See Hayment %%HIE [ei*], V. n. to hasten
— used in the imperative mood with the
adverb away, has the meaning of ' be quick and go,' but is not
often heard. — ShbewsbuBy;
Pulvbebatch. 'Now then, 'tc avKty an'
fetch me yore throck to piit on, else yo'n be late fur school agen.'
%%' Elles go by vs som, and that as swythe,
Now, gode sir, go forth thy wey and hy the.' %%Chaugeb, G. 1295 (Six-text
ed.), Skeat. %%Hi>, in combination with up, is employed in urging cows
forward. See Gall- words {cows),
A.&C higan, higian; to make haste. %%HIFT. See Heft. %%HIGGLE [ig*l], V.
n, to chaffer; to drive a hard bargain. — %%%%%% |
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206 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%* Pluijfie, . . .
Pretty Mrs. Eose — you have — ^let me Bee — ^how many? %%* Aose. A Dozen, Sir, and they are
richly worth a Crown. %%' Bui. Gome, Euose ; I sold fifty Strake [strike] of
barley to-day in half this time ; but
you will higgle and higgle for a penny more than the Commodity is worth. %%' Rose, What's that
to you, Oaf ? I can make as much out of a
Gk^at as you can out of fourpence I'm sura The Gentleman bids
&ir, and when I meet with a
Chapman, I know how to make the best of
him, and so. Sir, I say for a Crown-piece the Bargain's yours.' — Fabquhab's Recruiting Officer. Scene — ^The
Market-place, Shrews- bury. %%Cf.
Haggle (3). %%HIOOLEE [ig'lur'], sb, same as Badger, q. y. — Newport ;
Elle9- MERE. Qy. com. %%HIGHFUL
[eiful], adj. haughty—' a 'ighful dame.*— Much Wen- lock. %%HIGHFITLLY, ado, haughtily ; with a
distant manner. — Und. ' I didna g5d,
'cause 'er on*y axed me *igh/ullg.' %%EIOHEAHOER [eir'ai'nzhur'], «6., var.
pr.^ obsole. Hydrangea hortense. —
SheewsbxjrY; Pulverbatch *I piit the 'ighranger out i' the garden to get the sun, an' the winde's
wouted the pot o'er an' broke it all
to pieces.' %%HIKE [ei'k], v. a. to throw ; to toss ; to injure with the
horns ; said of cattle. — Newport ;
Wem ; Whitchurch ; Ellesicbre. About
the middle of the present century there lived in the neighbour- hood of Whixall a covetous old farmer, who,
to prevent boys from trespassing on
his land in nutting season, turned a ' runnins ' buU into his fields. In about a week's time he
himself was killed by this same bull —
wheroupon * they maden a ballet on 'im.' The last verse ran thus: — %%' 'E got 'is wealth, By fraud an' stealth. As fast as 'e could scraup it ; Theer com'd a buU, An' cracked 'is skull, An' *iked 'im in a saw-pit.' %%The
gravestone placed over this victim of his own greed, in the old churchyard — ^Whixall — still [^1874]
retains the traces of a chiseUed gallows
— showing the estimation in which he was held while Uving. Cf. Hile, below ; also Hite (1). %%HILE
[eii], v. a. to strike with the horns as cattle do, so as to cause injury ; ii gore.--PuLVERBATCH ; Newport ;
Wem ; Whitchtirch. (1) *Our Jonn's in
a pretty way — them b&Uocks han 'Ued 'is new plaiched 'edge an| tore it all to winders.'
(2) ' Them cows 11 ^iU one another if
they binna parted.' %%* The terms hile and hike (see above^, though often
used indiscrimin- ately for **
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%%a sayage bull consists of two processes ; he first hilesy or gores,
and then hikes, or tosses.* Htle =
hik-le, the frequentative form. %%See I (5), p. xxviiL, for the Newport
pronunciation of these two words.
%%HILL ru-], V. a. to cover. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch. Qy. com. (1) * Flease, Ma*am, shall I *ill you up
afore I goo ? ' said a little maid to
her invalid mistress, the covering of whose bed she was preparing to arrange for the night [1874]. (2) 'Mind
an' *tll them tatoes weU 6dth feam Ven
yo' tumpen *em.' %%' and pertiliche bi-holdes %%hov hertily \>e hordes wif
* hules f^at child, %%& hov fayre it fedde ' & fetisliche it baf^edoi
%%& wrou^t wif? it as wel ' as 3if it were hire owne.* %%William of
Palenie, L 97. %%' And alle ^e houses ben hiled * halles and chambres, Witfh] no lede, but with loue • and
lowe-speche-as-bretheren.' %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. v. L 599. %%* A rof
shal hile us bof^e o-nith, pat none of
mine, clerk ne knith, Ne sholen \>i
wif no shame bede, No more I'an min,
so god me rede ! ' %%Haveloh the Dane, 1. 2082. %%* 1544. For covering off W.
Smyths grave v*. %%* 1545. For covering off Thomas Warmynchames grave iij*.
%%* 1553. For leynge my lords grave and others ij' iiij*. %%* 1558. For iiij
busheUs off lyme for pavyng ye Churche & hyllyng graves ther xx*.' — Treasurer* $ MS. Accounts
of the Cathedral, Chester. %%^ Hyllyn* (coueren), Operio, tego, veto. '*
Tego, to hille; tegmen, an
helynge." — Med. MS. Cant. ** I hyll, I wrappe or lappe, ie
couvre; you must hyU you wel nowe a
nyehtes, the wether is colde." — Palso.
" Palier, to hill ouer, Ac."— CoTG. Prompt. Parv. and Notes.
%%*A.S. helan; O.H.Germ. hullen; Qoth. huljan; O.IceL hylja, to hill ; to cover.' — Strat. %%Ber. *
hilling.' Cf . Heler. %%EILLEBS [il'ur'zl sb. pi., ohsols. dwellers on
hill-common ; people who go to the
'nills' for the purpose of gathering wimberries. — PuLVERBATCH. See Wimberries. %%HILLIVG
[ilinjy «5., ohsoU. the binding or covering of a book. — Pulverbatch; Weixinoton. * Tummy, yo'd'n
better piit some brown paper on them
school-books, or eljse the 'Ulin's 5dn be spiled afore the wik's out.' %%* Hyllynge, or
coverynge of what th3rnge hyt be. Cooperiura,
eoopertorium, operimentum. ** Tegmentum, a hyllynge, a
couerynge.!' — Ortus. ** JayUyng, a
coneryng, couverture."-^ I^also. The accounts of the churchwardens of Walden comprise the
item, ** A le Klerk de Thakstede pur
byndynge, hyllynge et bos3mge de tous les liveres en h vestiary e.^ — Hist, of Audley End, p.
220.' Prompt. Parv. and Notes. %%Cf. Hulling. %%HIM, used for It See
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208 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%* A ! nay ! lat be ;
the philosopliTes stoon, Elixir clept,
we sechen &ste echoon ; For, hadde
we him, than were we siker ynow/ %%Chatjcek, Or. 864 (Six-text ed),
Skeat Of. He, above. %%HIP-BOSS
[ip'boss], sb. same as Briar-boss, q.v. — Cleb Hilub. See Hips, below. %%HIPPETT-HAWS [ip-i'ti* auz],
8b. pi same as Haws, q.v., children's
term.— Shrewsbuey. See Hips, below. %%HIPPETT-HAW TBEE, sb. the hawthorn.—
/(iem ; ibid. %%HIPS [ip's], sb. pi. the berries of Bosa canina, common
Dog-rose. Com. Bips are generally
associated with * haws ' — hips and haw». %%' haxoesj hepus & hakemes. .
. .' %%WiUiam of Palerne, 1. 183 1. %%* Fie upon Jieps (quoth the fox)
because he could not reach them.* —
Bay's Proverbs, p. 110. A.S.
Jiedpe, the fruit of the dog-rose. See Haws. %%HIT [it'l, sb. a good crop. —
Pdlvbrbatch; Clun; Clee Hills. %%* Theer's a perty good hit & turmits
this time.' * Aye, the weather 'appens
to shute *em.' %%HITE [eit- corr. a!j'i and ahyt], Pulverbatoh ; Church
Stretton. [ahy't and ait*], Clee
Hills, Abdon. (1) v, a. to toss; to throw:
the term is of general application. %%(1) * Poor owd Sally Wildblood's
'ad a mighty narrow 'scape up at
Shep'n filds, 'er wuz gweln alimg the leasow, an' the biill tdok
after 'er an' ketcht 'er jest as 'er
raught the stile ; 'e 'iled 'er legs an' then
*ited 'er clane o'er into the Drench Lane.' * Dear Sores ! er met
as well a bin killed.' %%(2) * We'd'n
rar raps o' Sruy-Toosday 58th the bwoys tossin' thar poncakes; Dick Hied 'is right o'er 'is yed,
an' Bob send 'is up the chimley — Sam
fell 'is i' the ess, an' then Tum 'ad 'is face colmwed 66th the pon.' %%Farm-house kitchens are
sometimes the scenes of great mirth on
Shroye-Tuesday, when the farm-labourers celebrate the Feast of Pancakes — not only does each one toss a
pancake, but if he fail to eat it
before another is fried, he has to submit to haying his £ac6 blacked with the frying-pan. %%Hite = hike
(see an^) oy the common weakening of A; to & %%(2) [a'yt'], V. a. to
raise the hand as a signaL— Pulverbatch ;
Wem. * I've bin to the top o' the bonk to call Jack ; the winde
wuz so 'igh I couldna mak' im 'ear,
but I *ited my 'ond at 'im, an' 'ell
come.' %%HIVJSR-HOVEB [ivur^ oyur'], adj. wavering ; undecided. Qy.
com. %%* Did'n yo' g66 ? *" * No, I wuz 'tver-'over about it fur a bit,
but as I said I 5odna, I didna.' %%HOB
AHD CATCH, phr. bit by bit ; just as one can-— as of getting in harvest in a bad season. — Craven Arms.
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%%HOBBETY-HOT Jobiti' oi-'], sh. a youth between boyhood and manhood. * *Twixt man an' boy.' —
Pulvbrbatch. Qy. com. * Yo' dunna
think I'd tak' up odth a *obhety-oy like that fur a eweefeart ! — itll be a better sort o' mon than im as'Il
get me i' the 'umour.' TujBser has the
third season of man's age : — %%' 21 • . kepe vnder sir hchbard de hoy* — See
p. 138, ed. £. D. S. %%* A Hoher-dB-hoy^ half a man and half a boy.' %%Bay's
Proverbs, p. 57. Cf. laobber-te-Ioy.
%%HOBJOB, <zdv. off-hand ; without deliberation. — Cube Hills. ^ 'E did 'oh^job at a ventur',' %%HOBS AHB
GIBD8, phr. fits and starts.— Polverbatgh. ' Theer's no 'eed to be took o' that fellow, 'e's all
by *obs an^ girds — ^yo' neyer knowen Ven
yo' han 'im.' Of. Fits and Oirds. %%E0B8-ABD-O0BS, sK pi. inequalities of
surface. — Pulverbatch; Glee Htlls.
'Theer's some difference betwix them two turmit- fallows — the one's all ^obs-an'-gobs like
'orses' yeds, an' the tother's as fine
as a inion-bed.' Cf. Qob (3). %%H0B8-AHD-J0BS, sb, pi snatches ; odd times.—
Wem. < We mnn get that done by
'oba-an'-joUJ Of. Hob and Catch. %%BOD [od*], (1^ sb. a store-heap of
potatoes, or turnips, covered with
straw and soil to protect them from frost. — ^Ellesmeee. %%(2) V, a.
to cover potatoes, &c. as above. — Ibid, Of. Hog (3). %%EODOE [oj*], sb.
the laige paunch in a pig. — Clun. Cf. Boger. %%EODGEH' [oj'in], ^. Erindeeua
Europctus, the Hedgehog. — Much
Weklogk, Creuage. Of. Urchin. %%HOE [wi'], Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch;
Ellesmerb. Qy. com. [on- J, Bishop's
Oastle ; Olun, sb, and v. a. a hoe ; to hoe. %%' Some like sowin', some like
moWin' ; But of all the games that I
do like, Is the game of
turmit-'oiZhn'.' %%Local Doggerel Verse, %%O.H.Germ. Juniwan ; Fr. houe^ to
hoe. Du. honwer, cognate with the
O.H.G. houwa, a pick, or hoe. See Wedo. %%EOO [og'jL (1) sb. a male sheep of
the first year. — Bishop's Castle ;
Clun ; Olee Hills. %%* The 8heep and beasUs, Imprimis, six wethers,
n3rne tupp or hoggs, thirteene Jioggs
& barren ewes, eleven heefers, foure steares, one bull, two geldings, two fyUes, one Ooult, one
nagg, and six stales of Bees,
Ixij" XV* viij*.' — Inventory . . . Owlbury Manor-house,
Bishop's OasUe, 1625. %%' The lee-lang
night we watch'd the fauld, %%Me and my faithfu' doggie ; We heard noueht but the roaring linn,
. Ainang the braes sae scroggie ; %%P
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210 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%But the howlet ayd
firae the castle wa\ %%The blitter frae the boggie, The tod reply'd upon the hill» %%I trembled
for my Haggle,'^ %%BoBEBT BuBNS, FoefM, p. 269, 1. 36. %%\ff0g9 a young sheep
of the second year . . . Du. Tujhkding^ a
heifer, beast of one year old. From being fed in the hok or pen.'
— Wedo. Cf. Hogget, below. %%(2) V. a.
to trim a hedge by sloping it to the top, like the roof of a house. — Shbewsburt ; Atoham : Etj.esmebe.
Sog = hag = hacL Cf. Blade. %%(3) «h.
and v. a. same as Hod, q. y.-— Newpoet ; Wem. Ct Bury, also Tuxnp. %%EOOOET [og-i't], sb. same as
Hog (1), above. — ^Pulvbrbatch, Cf.
Thaye. %%EGO-KAIfE, sb, a horse's mane cut quite short, so as to stand
erect. — Ellesmebe. Cf. Hog (5), in
Hal. %%EOGSHET Tog'shi't], «&., var. pr. a hogshead. < To'n f^t a
right good traicle *og»?iet fur the
yalley o' 'afe-a-crownd — I 'ad one off
JBromley the grozier, an' it lasted, rur a wesh-tub, 'ears.' %%HOLD
[ou'tl sb, place of safety, as a hole under a bank where fish lie ; the retreat of any wild animal Qy.
com. %%Mr. Oliphant, speaking of the French Romance of Sir Tristrem, which was Englished about 1270, says, *
Some new substantiyes are found. ' In
page 25 a castle is called a hold,* — See Sources of Standard English^ p. 160. %%Cf. P». Ixxi 2. %%%%HOLD
YD' [ou'd yu'], p7tr, * hold fast ' — an expression of the harvest- field — addressed to the man on the load
when the waggon is about to move on.
Com. %%HOLD YOTTB HOLD [ou'd yur' ou-'t], phr. meaning primarily *hold fiEist,' but with a secondary sense of *
Stop,' or * Gently there,' when a
person is either walking or talking too fast. — Wem. %%HOLE [oa'l], V.
a. to excayate ; to cut round a block of coal in such a way as to detach it for removaL Com. —
^M. T, %%*Holyn', or boryn'. Cavo, per/oro, terehro. **To hole, oovare, per/orare, <fec., mW, to thyrle." —
Oath. Anq, ** Palare, cavare, forart^
Angliccy to hole, or to bore." Equiy. John de Garlandi^' —
Pnmpt* Farv, and Notes. %%A.S. holianj
to hollow; to make a hole. See Sprag (3). %%HOLERS [oalur'z], sb, pi. men
employed to Jiole. — Ibid, See
Bondsmen. %%EOLP [oa-pl, prety sing,, obsoU. helped. — Shrewsburt;
Pulver- BATCH. ' 1 'ffp 'im d5th that
bag on 'is shuther.' %%' Heo hath hoipe a thousand out Of the deyeles punf olde.* %%Pter« P/.,
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%%*AfU. E» A man is well holp up that trusts to you.' %%Comedy of Errar9j IV.
i. 22. %%A.S. hecdp, p. t. of hdpan, helped ; assisted^ %%HOLPEV [oa'pn], (1)
pret.ypL, ohsoU, helped. — Ibid, 'Poor owd
Tuminas an' me wun al'ays good friends, an' 'o*^*n one another as nei^hhours shoulden.' A.S. (we) hvUpon^ p.
t. of helpan, helped; assisted. %%(2)
part, pcui, ohsols, helped. — Ibid, ' I doubt they bin a ayenless set — they dunna ought to be bad off,
they'n bin *^p*n more than any- body
i' uie parish.' %%* Eor I haue • . • seith cryst • . • %%blynde men holpen.
%%And fedde ^w with fisshes * and with fyue loues, And left baskettes fal of broke mete * here
awey who so wolde.' %%Fier$ PL, Text B., pass. xvi. I 124. %%' Yo hare no
need to be hclpen with any part of my labour in this thing.' — Latimer, Sermons, p. 34, in Bible
Word-Bock, See Pe. Ixxxiii. 8. AS.
holpen, p.p. of Jielpan, to help. %%HOLirS-BOLirS [oa'lus boa'lus], adv,
impulsively ; without deliber- ation.
— Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Glee Hills. Qy. com. * 'E never thinks 'ow it's gwein to end, but
gwuz at it ^olue-lkus,* %%HOMBER [om'bur'], sh, a hammer. Com. To go
"omber an' pinsons ' at a thing
is to set about it with determination and force. * So yo' couldna finish the Wakes athout a
fight I *ear.' * I'd nuthin' to do
ddth it, Maister, it wua Jack Pugh an' Dick Morris — the constable parted 'em wunst, but they
watchen 'im away, an' then wenton
*omber an' pinsona at it again — but they'n '&ve 'em in fur it yit; %%The form ' hambyr* for mdlleua
occurs in Prompt, Parv,, p. 225. %%HOMES [oa*inz], same as Eames, q. v. —
Wem. %%* The Trill Homes, are the peeces of wood made fast to the collar about the horse neck, to which hooks and
the chains are fixed. The Homes are
the wooden peeces themselves.' — Acoflemy of Armory, Bk. in. ch. viii. p. 339. %%HOXMACK [om'uk], v.
a, to dash ; to destroy by want of careful
using: said chiefly of dress. — Shrewsburt; Wem. Qy.com. *Look at t^t wench, 'ow 'er's *ommacked 'er new
bonnet.' %%HOXMAOKnr, adj. awkward;. clumsy. Qy. com. ''Er's a great *ommakiH*, on-gain lookin' wench — 'er mus'
spruce up an' look sharp about 'er,
else 'er 55nna be theer lung.' %%EOXMAGED [om*ijd], pari. adj. severely
censured. — Wem. * *E wuz badly
^ommaged about^it, an' 'e wunna do it agen in a 'urry.' %%EOMPEBED
rom*pur'd1, part. adj. harassed; worried; troubled. Qv. com. *God *elp the poor 55man — ^'er'U
be deepertly ^ompered 5oth them two
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212 SHROPSHIRE WORD*BOOK. %%%%i (( %%%%whan al )»e
cuntre was umbe-caat * with clene men of armes, to haue \>e take )>er tit ' & to
dethe hampred; I tok here souerayne
sone * bo saued i >e ^^ere.*" %%William of PaUmCy 1. 4694. %%HOHD
[on'd], sh, a hand. Com. %%' And oche eday thi masse thou here, And take hal6 bred and hal6 watere %%Out of
the prestis hond ; Soche grace God
hath jif the, yl that thou dey sodeiuy
%%Fore thi housil hit schal the stond.' %%John Audelay's Poems, p. 81. %%'
And at this same tyme were hurt Lordes of name—. • . . • the .Lord of Stafford in the hond, with an
arowe.' — Pcu(ton Letters^ A.D. 1456,
vol. i. p. 331. A.S. hond. %%HONDLE
[on'dl], r. «. to handle. — Shrewsbury; Pulvbrbatch. Qy. com, * Yo 'ondlen that pikel as if it
wuz a gate-pwust ; slout it under the
swath athisn, an' shift yore fit a bit faster, or we shanna finish 'arr6ost by Christmas.' %%' He was
fayr man, and wicth. Of bodi he was
\>q beste knioth )>at euere
micte leden with here, Or stede onne
ride, or handlen spere.' %%Havelok the Dane, 1. 347. %%HOHE foa-n], v. n. to
yearn ; to long. — Pulverbatch ; Newport.
(1) * That poor cow's '5ntV after 'er cauve an* lowin' pitifuL' (2) *
*E canna do no good at school, 'e does
so ^one fur 'ome/ %%' She brou^t a servant up with her, said he, who hone$
after the country, and is actually
gone, or soon will.' — Sir Charles Ghrandisofh vol. i. p. 241, ed. 1766. %%HOOD [uod], V.
a. same as Hattock, q. v. — Whitchurch. A.S.
7M, a hood« %%H00DEB8 [uod'ur'z], sb. pi same as Hattocks^ q. v. —
Ibid. Cf. Hoodwinks, below.
%%HOODWINKS [ud'wingks], sb. pi same as Hooders, above. — ^Wem. Ciompare this use of the term hoodwink, in
the sense of a covering^ with the —
apparently — kindred meaning it bears in the following passage :— %%•
Caliban, Good mjr lord, give me thy favour stilL Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee
to Shall Aoo(2u;t7iA; tins mischance;
, • . .' %%Tempesi, TV, i. 206. %%EOOFLOCK [uf-luk], Pulvbrbatch. [of-luk],
Clbb Hills, sb, the fetlock of a
horse. The term is metaphorically applied to clumsy ' ancles. * Whad 'uJlockB 'er ^as ! — bif
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%%HOOKER [ook'ur'], sb, a large quantity r a term generally employed in combination with * pretty.' Com. * My eye I
we*n got a pretty 'ooker o* tail-endjB
for the lowl — the Maister hanna forgot ns this time. * %%HOOjuLHOS
[ook'inz], sb. pi. two long spells of work, with an interval of rest between. — Newport,
Cheswardine, A man who works bv
hooking*, i e. early and late, with an intervening * siesta,' is said to do two days' work in the twenty-four
hours. An arrangement corresponding to
this is known to miners as ' double-shift.' %%HOOP [oop* and wop*], «6.,
obsols. a peck measure. — Shrewsbubt ;
PxTLYERBATCH. ' The pars bin so chep, they binna wuth twopence a ^oopJ %%In the AccounU of the Ludlow
Churchwardens for the year 1548 is the
following : — * item to Coke for whitlymynge the churche ij dayeb worke, and for a bushelle and a whop of
lyme xxd. ob.' %%Price, in his Hietory of Oswestry, quotes an old 'accompt'
of the third year of the reign of
Elizabeth, which contains a cnarge for
' saullt/ viz., ' Allso, payde for a hoope of saullt for the byff
xd.,' and another for * a hoope of
whette for brede.' %%An Inventory f taken at Owlbury Manor-House, 1625,
comprises — * In the Come Chamber over
the Staples— one strike^ one hopp, one
halfe Bushea' %%' According to Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, the 7u>op
contained two pecks ; but in his
Glossary, p. 147, he says only one peck.' — TTau %%HOOSACK [oos'akj, interf.
an exclamation, equivalent to ^ Eureka,^
uttered upon finding a thing, or recoveriDg that which has been
lost. — ^PuLVEBBATCH. * Dick Hind 'is
knife w'en we wun gettin' the
barley-stack in — ^I 'eftrd 'im cry "'ocwocAj/" an' I said,
"W'ast'ee fund, Dick ? " an*
'e says, " My knife, lad — ^Tm perty glad." ' %%H008T [oos't], sK a
cough; said of cattle. — Newport. *The cows
han gotten a bifn a *oost,^ %%* Now colic-grips, an' barkin' hoast.
%%May kill us a'.' BoBEBT BuBNS,
Poems, p. 9, 1. 9. %%Mr. Oliphant, speaking of the Northumbrian Psalter —
^A.D. 1250— says, 'We now mid hds
{raucus) becomes haast; hence the Scotch
substantive fuxut. We of the South have put an r into the old adjective, and call it hoarse.* — Sources
of Standard English, p. 150. %%* Hoose, or oowghe (host, or cowhe, K. host,
or cowgth, S. boost, Harl. MS. 2274).
Tussis. "An host, tussis; to host, tussire,*'-^ Cath. Ano.' Prompt Parv, and Notes. %%'A.S.
hwdsta; O.Icel. hosti ; OJEJ^rm, huosto ; O.Du. hoest, host (bust), <UMW.'— Stbat. Cf. %%%%EOOTCHHTO
[uo-chin], part. adj. crouching ; huddling. — Shrews- bubt; Atcham; Pulvebbatch; Wem; Ellesmebe.
Qy. com, * Come out — 'ootchin^ i* the
cornel theer.* Hootching is generally used
with reference to a comer, and so differs from Gouoh (4), q. v.
%%HOPPEB [op'ur'l, (1^ «&., obsols. a kind of open box of — what is technically called — * oend-ware,' for
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214 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%hollowed on one side to
fit the person, whilst on its onter aide there is a short, upright handle, by which he
holds it. — ^Pultbbbatch ; Glee Hills.
%%' And hange myn hoper at myn hals * in stede of a scrippe ; A busshel of bredcome ' brynge me
)>er-inne ; %%For I wil sowe it my-self. J %%Pi(T$ PLj Text B., pass. vL L
63. %%* Seed hopper and strap.' — Auctioneer's Catalogue (Stoddesden), 1870.
%%* Hopur of a seed lepe (or a seed-lepe, Haul. MS. 2274). Satorium^ saticulum, ** Seminar inm vae quo ponitur
semen, an hopre." — Med.' Prompt,
Parv, and Notes, %%(2) sh, a funnel for supplying grsdn to the null-stones.
Com. %%* • . r^ht by the hopper wol I stand,
(Quod John) and seen how that the com gas in. Tet saw I never by my fiider kin, How that the hopper wagges til and fra.'
%%Ohauceb, a T., U. 4034—4037. %%* Hopur of a mylle, or a tramale.
Taraiantara, — Oath. JFarrieap- sium,
— Dice. "An hopyr, ferricapsa, est molendini ; satieulum, satum, eeminarium.** — Cath. Aji^g. The
proper distinction is here made
between the hopper^ ... so termed from the hopping move- ment given to it, and the seed-leep, which
was also called a hopper, *• Hopper of
a myll, tremye.** — Palso.* Prompt, Parv. and Notes, %%* A.&. hoppere
(saltator), hopper ; (hoper) in/undihtUum.* — Stbat. %%' Infundibiilumf a
tunnell whereinto bquor is powred when vessels are fiUed, an* hopper of a mill, &c.' —
Diet, Etym, Lot, %%HOPPEK-TBOTFOE [op-ur' tr*iif], sb, a kind of box into
which the grain is put to be conveyed
between the mill-stones. The grain runs
out of the trough, throue^ the hopper, into the ' eye ' of the
upper mill-stone. Com. Mr. Way would
seem to confound the hopper with the
hopper-trough, when he says, *the hopper, or the trough wherein the grain is put in order to be
ground, mentioned by Chaucer, C. T„
11. 4034—4037, &c.' See Note in Prompt. Parv,, p. 246. %%HOPS AND OIRDS,
same as Hobs and Oirds, q. v. — Worthen. %%HOBH [aur'*n], sb, same as
Hastener, q. v. — Pulvebbatch. %%EOT [ot*], V. a. to make hot ; to heat Com.
' Draw some drink an' ^ot it fur the
men's suppers.* %%EOTJD, V, a,, var. pr, hold. Cf. Eont. %%HOVD TO'. See Hold
7o\ %%HOTJB TOEE 'OUT. See Hold your hold. %%HOITSEL [ousill, sb, household
goods. — Shrewsbury; Pulvbrbatch. * I
*ear as theers to be two days' sale at the ** George "—one fur live stock, an' another fur ^ousei.' %%EOirSEH
[ou'znl sb, pL houses. Com. ' *0v8en bin despert scase about theer, folks dunna shift about like
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%%EOTJSE-PLACE, sh. the large kitchen^ or general living room of a farm-house. — ^WHrrcmmcH. %%HOVSnrO
[ou'sin], sh.y ohsole. the large leather cape attached to the collar of a waggon-horse's gears, which can
be raised or lowered at will ; when
laid down, it serres to protect the horse's neck from wet. Com. %%' Honsse de cheval de harnois, a
sheep or goat's skin laid upon the
collar of a team horse.' — Chamb. %%EOXrr. See Hold. %%HOVE [oav],
pret heaved ; lifted. — Clbe Hili^. * 'E come an ^ove me out o' the gig afore 'e 'ove 'Lb
wife out.' %%' For his swerd he ho/m heye,
And i>e hand he dide of fleye,
pat he smot him with so sore.' %%Havdok the Dane, L 2750. A.S. h6/^ p. t. of hehhan, lifted. %%HOVEL
[ov'il], (1) sb, same as Cote. — Shrewsbury ; Pulvbrbatch ; Ellesmere. Qy. com. < Dun'ee call that a
'ouse to live in ? — w'y it's no better
than a *Svil fur cattle to 'erd in.' %%* Bavjfl for swyne, or o^er beestys.
CartahtUumf catahidum,^'^ Prompt,
Parv. %%* O.Lat. Catabolum, a stable ; a beast house.' — Did, Eiym. Lot,
%%(2) 8b, a shed adjoining a cottage, where coal, wood, &c. are kept
; also a mean dwelling-place. —
Pxjlverbatch, Qy. com. ' Hovylf
Ijrtylle howse. Teges.^ — Prompt, Parv, %%* O.Lat. TegesUUy a cover or
cottage.' — Did, Etym, LaU %%HOWOT [ou-ji'], (1) adj. hu^e.— Clun ; Clkb
Hill3. ' 'E fat a great 'owgy stwim
an' put agen the gate, so as it shouldna be opened.' %%The form howgy occurs,
according to Mr. Halliwell, in Skelton,
ii. 24. < Huge, hougy* is found in St&at. %%(2) adj, large. —
lind. An old man at Clun said that the living of that place was not very ' 'owgy,* i, e. not
* good ' or ' rich.' %%(3) adu * great,' meaning very intimate. — Ibid, *
They bin gotten mighty owgy,^ Ct
Ghreat in Grammar Outlines {adjedives), %%auil [ud'], V, a, to collect, or
gather together. — Ludlow. ' Oh ! 'ell
be sure to *ud it all up.' %%EUDBIHUE [ud'i'muk], v. n. to do things
on the sly. — Pulver- batch ; Wek. ' I
dunna know about 'em bein' so poor — thev carri'n a good cheek, an' it strikes me the^n *uddimuk
an' junket by thar- selves, an' al'ays
looken poor to get all they can.' %%EUSBIICUEEBY, adj, close; sly: as in
hiding away money or valuables of any
kind. — Wellington ; Colliery ; Ellesmebe. * I fund a bran* -new shillin' in a noud
canister, w'en I wuz clanin' down that
top shilf ; I 'spect Jim 'ad piit it theer — I dunna like sich * udder- mukery ways.' Compare the two fore^ing
terms, expressive of secresy or
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216 . SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK* %%' & he fill
listli hem ledes * to )>at h>ueli Bchippe, & taiut bi-hinde tunnes * hem to ht(4e
l^ere. %%William of PdUme, L 2743. %%Compare them also with 'hugger-mugger'
in the following citations : — %%<
the people muddied, %%Thick and unwholesome in their thoughts and
whispers. For good Folonius' death ;
and we have done but greenly, In
hugger-mugger to inter him.' — Samlet, TV. v. 84. %%' But one thing I haye to
request, proceeded my Uncle^It is, that
we may have a joyful Day of it ; and that aU our neighbours and
%%tenants may rejoice with us No hugger-mugger doings— %%Let private weddings
be for doubtful happiness.* — Sir Charles Grandi- am, vol. vi. p. 280, ed. 1766. %%Mr. Oliphant
says that, Tyndale was the first ' to give us the term ** huker-mukery** which has been but little
changed.' — Sources of Standard
English^ p. 294. %%It would seem as if huddimvJc and huddimukery were words
^made up ' of O.E. hude and the last
half of that term of Tyndale's, which
he brought into the Mother Tongue in the sixteenth century. %%uUjf [uf
•], sb., var, pr. a hoof. Com. %%HUFF [uf '], *2>. a pet ; a slight fit of
hasty temper. — ^LniH^w. Qy. com. Cf .
uiif. %%HUFFED [uf't], adj, offended ; put out of temper. Qy. com. %%' But then
to see how ve're negleckit, How
hujjTd, an' cuffed, an' disrespeckit I ' %%BoBEBT BuKXS, Foems, p. 3, L 6.
%%HTTFFLE-FOOTED [ufl fut-id], same as Hnffle-heeled, below.— Wem. %%HUFFLE- HEELED, adj. clumsy -footed;
shuffling in gait — PuLVEBBATCH. * 'Ell
mak' a prime militia-mon — ^w'y 'e's 'ump-
backed an' 'uffle-eeled ! I call it a waste o' the king's doth,'
See Hooflock. %%HUFLOCK See Hooflook.
%%HTIO-A-MA-TUO, same as Clip-me-tight, q. v. — Clbe Hills. %%HUE [uk*], sh.y
var. pr. a hook. Com. %%HVLET [ul-ki'], adj. heavy ; stupid.— Wem. %%* Imagin
her with thousand virgins guided Unto
her fearefuU toombe, her monster-grave :
Imagin how the huUcy divell slyded
Along the seas smoow breast, parting the wave : Alasse poore naked damseU iU provided. Whom millions without heavens help cannot
save.' %%Heywood, Troia JBritanica, 1609, in Wb. %%HULL (1) sb. an outer
covering or husk, as of nuts, pease, beans, &c Shbewsbuby; Pulverbatch; Clun; Newpobt. Qy.
com. 'Chuck them bean-'u7/« o'er to
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217 %%*Hoote, or buska SUiqua, Soole of pesvn', or benys, or oj^er ooddyd frute. Techa, — Cath. in/rettu. In
tne recipe for ** blaunche
perreye" it is directed to '* sethe the pesyn in fyne leye,"
and then rub them with woollen cloth,
and ** \>e holys wyl a- way." — Harl.
MS. 279, f. 25. *' Hull of a beane or peso, escosse, Hull or barcke
of a tree, scarce *^ — ^Palsg. *'
Oousse, the hnske, swad, cod, hull of
beanes, pease, Ac." — Cotg.' Prompt, Parv, and Notes, %%* HuU,
the Cod of Pulse, Chaff, &c.'— Bailey, ed. 1727. %%A.S. Att2e;- O.Du.
hvlle; husk, as of com, &c. Cf. Hullingf. %%(2) V, a, to take off the
husks, as of nuts ; to shell, as of beans,
pease, Ac, — Ibid. (1) 'IVe bin ^ullin walnuts all day, so I
shanna want a par o* gloves fur
Sunday.* (2) ' Gie Jim the side-basket o'
pase, an' 'e'll 'tul 'em afore *e gwuz to church, an* throw the pessum to the pigs.* %%'Bestes to hulde* occurs in
William of Palerne, L 1708. Hulde is
explained in the Olosaarial Index, p. 280, * to flay, to take off the covering or hide ; * and Sir Frederick
Madden's note on the word is quoted as
follows : — ' *' From the same root proceeds the modem verb to huUy to take off the hull or husk. It
corresponds to the Goth, and^ hutjan^
Lu. x. 22. Hence also A.S. hyldercy a butcher." * %%(3) v. a. to take
off, as of the crust of a pie, or to lift up the meat in it, to get to that which lies beneath. —
Pulverbatch. * Yo* bin *ti//tV an'
ortin* that pie as if it wunna fit to ate.* %%HULLIHG' [ul'inl, sb, the
binding of a book. — ^Wellington. %%' O.H.Germ. ntUlen ; Goth, huljan ; O.Icel.
hylja^ to hill ; to coyer.' — Strat.
See Hilling. %%HVLLOCK [ulnik], ah. a lazy, worthless fellow. — Glee Hills.
Cf. Hulk (1), in Hal. %%EUMBER
[um'bur'], sh, the common Cockchafer. — Cleb Hillb. Compare * Humlier [of Hummen, Teut. to make
a humming Noise, because it flows with
a murmuring Noise], the Name of a Bayer,* in
Bailey, ed. 1727. %%*O.Du. hommden {homhilarey — Stkat. Cf.
Blind-buzzard (1), also Huz-buz.
%%EUKOTTBSOME fyoo'mnr'sum], adj, peevish ; out of temper ; in a state of mind when nothing pleases. —
Pulyerbatoh ; Newport; Wem ;
Ellesmerb. ^The child's well enough, but Vs spiled till *e*8 that ^wnnouTBome *e dunna know whad to do
5dth *isself.* Compare Shakespeare^s *
humorous * in a similar sense : — %%' Yet such is now the duke*s
condition. That he misconstrues all that
you have done. The duke is i^umorou^ ;
. . . .* %%As Tou Like It, L ii. 277. %%HumouTSome is employed at Burford
(Salop) with the signification of
good, or pleasant, in regard of temper. %%EUHT [unt-], V, a., pec, to search
for. Com. * Han yo' sin the kay o' the
one-w'y-drink P I*ve bin ^untin* it up an' down — likely an onlikelv — an* canna find it noVeer.'
'It wuz o' the shilf i* the
comel-cubbert the las* time I sid it, but if it inna theer now,
yo' mun *tm< till yo* find'n it,
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218 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%* Seek till yon find,
and you'll not loee your labour/ %%Bat's Ptoverl», p. 155. %%HTTSDEH, same as
Herden, q. v. %%'What from the hurden Bmock, with lockram upper bodies,
and hempen sheets, to wear and sleep
in hoUand.' — B% Bboios (first half
17th cent.), New Acad., iii. p. 47, in Nares. %%HTJEDS, same as
Herdes, q. v. %%' Now that part [of the flax] which is utmost, and next to
the pill or rind, is called tow or
hurda,* — Holland's Pliny, yoL iL p. 4, in %%Nares. %%HUBBliTUL [uT*i'ful],
adj\ quick; hasty; precipitant — Pulvkr-
BATCH ; Glee Hills. * It inna the 'urHful sort o* folk as bringen the most to pass, fur they runnen about
athout thar yed 55th 'em. %%UUBST [ur's't], (1) «6. a wooded eminence or
knoll. — Clun. %%' . From each rising hunt. %%Where many a goodly oak had
carefully been nursed.' %%Draytoit. %%Hurst, in combination, is of not
infrequent occurrence as a place- name
throughout Salop : — BlackAur«^, BrockAur«f, HollyAur<<, Under^ hurst y LilyAwr«f, Mud^ur^^, &c.
%%Bailey says — ed. 1^21— ^ Hurst, joined with the Names of Places, denotes that they took their Name from a
Wood or Forest.' %%(2) «&. a bed of shingle in the Severn is called a
hurti, — Much Wenlock. %%' Du. horst,
a brake, bushy place ; Germ. hor«t, a tufb or cluster, as of grass, com, reeds, a clump of trees,
heap of sand, crowd of peopla' — Wedg.
%%HTTBTEB [ur'-tur'], eh. an iron plate edged with steel, fSs^tened — by * langets * or stays— on to the axle of a *
tumbrel ' to keep the wheel from
wearing into the axle-tree : the steel eA^^ works against the *boukin,' q.v. — Ptjlverbatch. Qy. com,
%%UUS [us*], sb, house, in composition : — wain-'iw, cow-'m*, bake-'u^, brew-'tM, maut-'u«, &c. Com. %%Compare
' sceapa-Att0,' * com-AtM,' * mealt-AtM,' &c., in the SuppU' mtiit to jElfric^s Vocalmiary, x, or xi.
cent., in Wr. Tocabs., voL i. p. 58, %%A.S. hus, a house. %%UUSPEL [us-pillv.
a. to drive away ; to put to rout. — Corve Dale ; Wellington ; "Wem ; Ellesmere. * I'll
'uspel yo' childem ofE that causey,
yo' bin jest like a kerry o' 'ounds up an* down : * so said a Welshampton woman [1873]. %%* HuspylyrC, or
spojuyn'. Spolto, dispoh'o. In old French hous- pouillier, or harpailleur, implies a
thievish marauder, '* hontmt qwi vole
lea geus de la campagne, vagahondy — ^BoQUEP. ^^ S*kau9p(tler Vun Vautre, to tug, lug, hurry, tear one
another, 4c." — COTG.' Prompt,
Parv. and Notes, %%Cf. Hespel. %%HUSSY, HUSWIFE [uz-i'J, Clbe Hills, [uz-if],
Pdlverbatch; Ellesmsre, §b„ pec,,
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%%as thread, needloB, and buttons. It is made of a strip of some
suitable material, and is fitted up
with longitudinal * casings * for the thread,
and with pockets for the buttons, Ac. It rolls up when not in
use, and fastens with a loop and
button. %%HirZ*BlJZ, $h, same as Blind-biuiard, q. v. — Collikrt. Cf. Humber. %%%%a noun suffix = or, as in drovi'er,
grozter, hault^r, q. v. Tilt«r for
tiller is found in the Wycliffite version FA'D. 1388], Luke juii. 7 : ' And he seide to the tUier of
the yyn^erd.' The plural tilieru
occurs in Luke xx. 9 : ' A man plauntide a Tyn^erd, ana hiride it to
%%IFrUI '-AH'-AHDIV*, ab. hesitation. — Shrewsbubt. ' I axed that 6dman about the weshin', an' after a good
bit o' iftin^^an'^andin' 'er said Wd
come— but 'er didna seem to caz^ about it.' %%ILD [U'd], V. n., var. pr. to
yield. — Pulverbatoh ; Wem ; Ellesmere. ' 'Ow doee the com t W, William ? ' • Well,
but mighty middlin\ the ears bin lathy
— ^theer wuz a djel o' strung winde w'en it wuz in blow, an* knocked it about' %%Compare
Shakespeare's 'i7d— *Qod 'tW you:' — A$ Tou Like It, m. iii. 76. %%ILL-BLENDED, adj, morose ;
bad-tempered. — Pulyerbatgh ; Glee
HiLi^s ; Wem. ' '£'s a Hi-blended, down-looking, hang-dog fellow
as ever yo' sid'n.' %%ILL-COVTEIVED,
adj. bad-tempered ; cross-grained. — Pulyerbatgh. • Yo' bin as contrairy an' ill-contrived as
yo' knowen 'ow to be, but it d6nna be
lung till May-Day, then yo' sha'n g6d somew'eer else to shewn yore tempera' %%Tin^mm [im'bur'z],
8b, phy var, pr, embers. — Pulverbatch ; Wem.
' The fireil tak' no 'arm, theer's nuthin' but a few imbere i' the
grate.' %%IMITATE, V, n., pee. to attempt — Wem; Ellesmere. <'£'s bin imitatin' at drivin' the 'orses the las'
wik or two, but 'e inna-d-up to much.'
[Common in Norfolk.— W. W. S.]. Cf . Make a mock. %%'y sb. a scion ; a slip ;
a shoot.^ — CoftvE Dale ; Glee Hills. %%' ''I was sum tyme a frere, %%And pe
couentes Gardyner * for to graffe ympes.'' ' %%Piere PL, Text B., pass. v. 1.
137. %%• ** Impe, or graffe. Surculus, novella.'^ — Cath.' Prompt. Parv, %%*
Dan. ympe; Swed. ymp, imp, eurculusJ — Strat. %%%%[im-pl], adj. same as
Ample, q. v. — Cleb Hills. %%tSCH-MEAL, adv. inch by inch ; little by little
; minutely, as in seeking for a thing.
— CiAE Hills. * WeU, it conna be theer, I've
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220 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOKi %%* Ccdiban, All tlie
infections that the sui^ sncks tip
From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall and make him By inch'TMoL a disease ! ' — Temjpe»ty II.
ii. 3. %%IHCH-SMAIiL, same as Inch-meaL — Weh. See Ins-small. %%IH GOOD
BEHOPES, phr. hopeful — ^Wem; Ellesmere. 'I wnz in good he*opes as I should a got theer
afore the poor fellcw died, but I
didna.' %%IH GOOD SADVESS, phr, in good earnest ; in all seriousness. — PULVBBBATCH ; Wem. (1^ * Now sot about
tliat job in good sadness^ as if yo'
manen to do it.' (2) ' Ifs sure to be the truth, for 'e toad me in right good sadneas.* %%* M, Mery, . .
And will ye needes go from ts thus in very deede ? R, Eoyster, Yea, in good fadneffe*
%%Eoister DoisUr^ Act iy. Sa iij. p. 46. %%* Therfor }e, britheren, bifor
witynge kepe 30U silf, lest 30 be dis-
seyued bi errour of ynwise men, and falle awei fro loure owne
acLdn€»» [a propria Jirmitatey
Vulg.].* — 2 Pet, iii. 17, Wicliffite Version, ed. A.D. 1388. %%* " Sad. Sadly,
Sadness,*' says Archbp. Trench, ** had once the mean- ing of earnest, eerious, sedate, *'
set," this last being only another
form of the simc* word. The passage from Shakespeare quoted below marks ** s 1 ly" and *'
sadness" in their transitional state from the old meaning t the new; Benvolio using
<* sadness" in the old sense,
Bomeo pretending to understand him in the now. %%** Ben, Tell me in sadness
who she is you love ? Bom, What, shall
I groan, and tell you ? Ben, Groan?
why, no; %%But sadly tell me who. %%Bomeo and Juliet^ I. i. 205.' %%Select
Glossary, pp. 192, 193. Of. '
Sadnesae, Solidifas, maturitas, SadnessSy yn porte and chere idem est,* — Prompt, Parv, %%nr GOOD SOOTH,
phr,, ohs, of a troth ; indeed.— Pulvbrbatch ; WoRTHEN. ' Theer*s bin parlour-laisers
theer all wik — in good sooth, I amma
gwein to scrape thar orts after 'em.' %%* Kent, Sir, in good sooth, in
sincere verity, Under the allowance of
your great aspect. %%Whose influence ' %%K. Lear, TL ii. 111. A.S. «(5*, truly; yerily; of a truth. . .
%%IHIOH [ei'ni'un], «&., var. pr, an onion. — Shrewsbury; Px7LVEBr BATCH. See (15) (16) (17) in Grammar
Outlinos {voweU, &c.). %%IHKLE [ingk'll, sb., ohs, coarse tape. —
Pulverbatch. * If yo* bin gwein to
markit, be so good as bring me a pen'orth o' inJde fur my hnsey appam — nod w'ite — ^if yo' canna get
it striped, bring blue caddas.' %%* Serv. He hath ribbons of all the colours
i' the rainbow • . . inkles,
caddisses, cambrics, lawns.' — Winter* s Tale, IV; iv. 8. %%* As thick as
inkle weavers.' — Proverbial Saying,
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%%Df LIEU ^in loo'], adv, instead ; in exchange fof. — ^Pulyerbatoh. ' The Maister said Vd gie me the top adlant
i' the " Bed^buts " far
tatoe ground, an' 'e miin 'a a couple o* days work i' the
'arr6o8t in lieu? %%* But, poor old
man, thou prunest a rotten tree, That
cannot so much as a blossom yield In
lieu of all thy pains and husbandry.' %%As You Like It, 11. iii. 65. CI Fr. au lieu de. See Intum. %%DTBEHSE
[insen's], v. a. to instruct ; to make clear to the under- standing. Com. ' If 'e dunna bring the
things right I canna 'elp it — ^I
insensed 'im well into it.' %%' The olde bokes of Glastenbury shall you
ensenccy More plainly to Tnderstande
this forsayd matere.' %%TJie Lyft of loseph of Armathia, L 363. %%' . . . Don
John your brother incensed me to slander the Lady Hero. -^Mueh Ado about Nothing, Y. i. 242. %%Bay
has, * To Insense, to inform : a pretty word used about Sheffiefd^ in Yorkshire^ %%DTSIGHT [in-sit], sb. the
entrance into the 'workings' from the
bottom of the shaft Com.— M. T. %%DfS-SlKALL. See Indi-small, of which
it is a corrupted form. — PuLYEBBATCH.
' IVe sarched the 'ouse ins-email, an' canna find it *igh, low, nor leveL' %%IH-TAK [in'tak],
ah, an in-iake, L e. a piece— say an acre or there- abouts—of reclaimed waste land, enclosed
and taken into a farm. — Wem ;
Ellesmebe. ' I 'ad forecasted to a laid the new in-tak down [sown it with permanent grass seed] this
time, but I doubt I canna manage it
now.* Cf. Bytack. %%IH THE FACE 0' FLESH, phr., ohsoU. equivalent to ' in the
body.' — ^Wem. • Eh, dear ! but I'm
reet glad to see yo* in tht face o' flesh
agen after all this lung time.' %%IVTUBH [intur^n], adv, instead. —
Shrjbwsburt; LuDLO'ir. Til do it intum
o' yo'/ Cf. In lieu. %%nrWABDS [in'ur'dz], sh the heart, liver, &c. of a
pig or lamb. — %%Wem. %%' Jniestina, smeel l^earmas, vd inneweard,' occurs in
Archhp, ^Elfric^s Vocabulary, in Wr.
vocabs., voL i p. 44. %%188. See Tea. %%ISTERDT [is-tur'di'], adv., var. pr,
yesterday. Qy. com. ^Isterd^y WU2 a
wik ^ yesterday week. %%IT, conj.y var. pr, yet. Com. %%ITEM [ei'tum], eh.,
pec, a hint. — Shrewsburt. Qy. com. * I sid
the Maister oomin', so I gid 'im the item,* %%' My Uncle took notice,
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222 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%writer of the note. He
wished he would give him an tiem, as he called it, whom he thought oV^Sir Charles
Qrandison^ vol, yi. p. 266, ed. 1766.
%%IWT [ivi*], «ft., var, pr, Hedera Helix, common Ivy. Com. %%* 'Oily an' iwy
wun runnin' a race, 'Oily gid iwy a
smack i' the £EU>e ; Iwy run wham
to tell ^is Mother, 'Oily run after
'im an' gid 'im another.' %%Childreii*$ Doggerd Vene. %%%%JACK [jak'], (1)
sb. Corvus moTiSdtda, the Jackdaw. — Bridgnorth. %%(2) $b, Esox luciuBy a
(young) Pike. — ^Elleshere. %%(3) «6., obi. a drinking vessel of leather. A
Jack of this kind was preserved untQ
quite a recent period at Corra — the OalverhaU of the Oidnance map^not far from Whitchurch
(Salop). It was shown in iJie Art
Treasures' Exhibition at Wrexham, 1876, and was catalogued, * 1075. Leather Jade (pint) mounted with
e^ver rims, inscribed — %%'* Jack of Carrow is my name. Don't abuse me then for shame."
%%•^Mr. Whitehall Dod.' A local tradition was formerly current at Corra that a certain traveller, half
dead with fatigue, being helped on his
way by a refreshing draught of nut-brown ale at that place, by way of thank-offering,
charg^ his estate with a sum of money
yearly, to provide a Jack of ale at a cost of Id. fbr future wayfai-ers in Corra. The village inn
at the present day [1879] is called *
The Old Jack.' %%There is an account of the Jack of Corra, substantially the
same as that given above, in Bagshaw's
History, GazeUeer, d:c, of Shropshire^
1851, p. 305. %%Minsheu (ed. 1617) has, '6013. A Jacke of Leather to
drink in, because it somewhat
resembles a Jacke or coat of maile ; Yi Jogge, Pot.' %%Phillips — New World of Words, 7th
ed., 1720— gives, amongst other
meanings of the word Jack, that of * a sort of great Leathern
Pitcher to put Drink in.' %%Ash has, '
Ja^, a kind of leather cup, a large jug for liquor.* %%Mr. Halliwell says
that Jack 'has the same meaning as BlaA^
jack,* which he glosses, ' a lar^ leather can formerly in great
use for small beer.' Both Grose and
Pegge give the term Jack as signi-
fying a measure ; the former says, ' half a pint,' the latter, ' a
quarter of a pint.' %%JACK-A-DAHDT,
sb, the dancing light sometimes seen on wall or ceiling, reflected from the sunshme on
water, ^lass, or other bright surface.
— Newport. The same term is apphed to a lady in the following verse, and apparently vdth a
kindred— metaphorical — sense: —
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%%' My love is blithe aQd buoksome,
And sweet and fine as can be :
Fresh and gay as the flowers in May,
And lookes like Jack-a~Dandy,*
Song, * Harry and Mary* in Wi% and, Drollery, 1682, %%JACK-AV-'IS-CHEM
[team], eb., obsA Ursa Major, — Pulvebbatch. %%JACK-AVI>-HIS-WAOO0n, idem,
— Pulvbrbatch ; Ellesmerb. %%JACK-AHD-HIS-WAnr, t^em.— Oswestry. Cf. Charles's
WaiiL %%JACK-DOVKEE, same as Douker, q. v.— Wem. %%JACK-VICOL [jak nik'u'l],
sb. Fnnx/illa carduSlis, the Goldfinch.
— ^Wbh; Ellesmerb. %%JACK-O'-THS-LAHTHOSI', eb., obs. the Ignis
faiuu8.—CLSE Hills. C£ Devil's-lontun.
%%JACK-O'-TWO-SIDES, ab. Ranunculus aiijerms, — ^Wellington, High Enxdl. See Devil's Oarry-comb, also
Worxy-wheat. %%JACK-PLAYVE [jak plaa-yn], sb., var, pr. the first plane used
for taking off rough surf acea -—
Clun. Jack-plane, as usually pronounced,
is a common enough term. %%JACK-SftTTEALEE [jak squai'lur'], sb.
Oypsdus apus, the Swift.— CnxnicH
Stretton; Bridgnorth. Qy. com. This bird's loud piercing cry has obtained for it the name
of 9qfiealer, %%JACK-8T0BES, (I) sb. pi. pebbles — u^^ually white ones — used
in playing the game known by the same
name. Qy. com. See below. %%(2) ab. a childreu^s game played with stones. —
Ibid. Considerable dexterity is
required in throwing up and catching the Jack-stones — five in number — and the game throughout is a
pretty and interesting one. %%JACK-8TBAW, sb. Curruca cinerea, common
Whitethroat. — Shrewsbury. The name of
Jack-straw is given to this bird from the
straw-like material with which it builds its nest. C£ Flax,
%%JACK-TILES, sb. pi. roofing-tiles^ so called from the place where they are made — Jack-field, Broeeley
(Salop). %%JACK-VP-THE-OBCHAED, sb. a iYae^X—ignitumpro ferrihile. Com. * If yo* dunna tak* car* Pll shewn yo'
Jach-up4he-orchut.' %%JAO [jag'], (1) V. a. to carry hay, &c, ia a cart —
Colliert. Qy. com. Der. 'jagger.' C£
Haul. %%(2) sb, a small cart-load. Qy. com. ' Tak' the light waggin an* fatch them tuthree rakin^s, they'n on*y be
a bit of a jag.' %%' A Ja^g of Hay is a small load of hay.' — Academy of
Armory, Bk. m. cL lil. p. 73. %%(3)
same as Ohag, q. t.— Weic. %%JAOOEE, sb. one who carts for hire. Qy. com. *
So John Ivans is turned jogger, I 'ear
! ' * Aye, an' it's a foor jag 'e'll mak' on it, fur I dunna know w'ich is the biggest dnunmil,
'im or the owd 'orse.' Cf. Haulier.
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to cut badly and unevenly. — Pulyerbatch. %%* Them scithors mun g56 to
SoseVry to be grond— jest look *ow they
jaaglen the stuff — somebody's bin nosin' an' tayHn' flEdVries ooth
'em.' Of. Haggle (1). %%JAHOLIHO
rjauglin], part, adj. the idle talking which is fruitful of * eyil speaking, lyine, and slandering.'
Com. ' Them women bin al'ays janglin*
— it ^d look better on 'em to mind thar own business, an^ let other folks mind thars.' %%*
Jangling y is whan man speketh to moche before folk, and clappeth as a mille, and taketh no kepe what he
sayth.' — Chaxjceb, Th9 Fersones Tale
{De Superhia)* %%^ Iangtlyn\ or iaveryn*. (jhr{y)ulo, Uatero. ^* la/ngler, to
jangle, %%prattle, tattle saucily, or scurvily." — ^Cotg.' Prompt. Farv.
and Note^,. %%' Du. jangden ; O.Fr. jangler, to jangle, garrire, blaterare,'
— Stbat. %%* H faut chercher ime (autre) origine ijangler, et elle se trouye
sans doute dans le
hollandaisyan^e^en.' — Bub. %%JAKinWESBT-FEEEZE-THE-POT-BT-THE-FIBE, eb. the
mouth of January.— PxjLVEaBATCH. Qy.
com. %%* A kindly good Janiu6ere»
FrSe^eth pot by the feerej %%TussEB, Januariea htuibandrie^ %%* Janiveer
freeze the pot by the fire. If the
grass grow m Janiyeer, It grows the
worse for't all the year.' %%Bat's Froverbs^ p. 33. See Febriwerry-flll-dioho. %%TABIT. See (1)
Dam, (2) Beam. %%JABSEY [jaaVzi'], (1) sb,, obs. the fine combings of wool. —
Pulvbr- %%BATGH. %%* Jersey is the finest Wool taken out of other sorts of
Wool by combing it with a
Jersey-Comb.' — Academy of Armory^ Bk, TIT, cb. vi. p. 286. %%Ajsh has, ' Jersey. Combed
wool prepared for spinning, yam spun
from combed wool.' And he giyes, as the adjective from this, <
Jersey^ made of Jersey,* See below.
%%(2) sb. , obs, a coarse fabric of loose texture, made of 'jdrsmf '
spun into worsted. — Ibid. * As coa'se
as jar sey* is a proyerbial saying stiU
extant, and applied to any material of inferior quality. Der. '
jarsey- hiUin'.' %%(3) $b.j obsoh,f
si. ? the hair. — Ibid, * To' wanten j^ore jarsey oropt' Compare the slang term * Jazey^' a wig — *
the coye with ^e jazey^ i. e« %%. the tjudge.' See Slang Dictionary, p. 161.
%%JARSEY-HILLIH', sb., obs, a bed-covering of ^jarsey ' (2) quilted with refuse wool-combings between the
double-fold materiaL — Ibid^ %%* I think yo* bin prepar'd fur the winter 65th
two par' o' blankets an' a jarsey-
illin\' %%' One pa3rre of gersy blanketts'-is comprised in an Inventory
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%%See Way in Prompt Parv., p. 240. 0£ Bed-hillin*, also Fustian bla^eta. %%TABSEY-WOOLSEY, sb.^ ohs, a
dress material cunningly woren of fine
worsted yam and linen thread — ^warp and woof often of diverse colours, as of dark blue and oran^, or
brown, — a pretty fabric of %%^ chcoiging hue and serviceable quahty,
entirely ' home-made.' — Ibid, * Aye,
theer's nuihin' wars like the owd-fashioned jarsey-Sdlsey, it beats yore merinoes out o' sight.'
%%JATJSDEBS rjon'dur'z], sb.^ var. pr. the jaundice. Com. ^Poor owd mon ! 'e s bin bad a lungful time, an'
now they sen it's turned to the black
jaunders.* Cf . Yallow-wort. %%JAWK. See Chimley-jawm and Door-jawmfl. %%*
The Jaumes or Peers, the window Sides.' — Academy of Armory, Bk.IILch.xiii p. 473. %%JAZEY [jai'zi'],
sb,, obs, % a form of the (woman's) name Joyce — there was a Jazey Humphreys at Castle
Pulverbatch [1838]. %%JEALOTTSY [jelni'si'], sb. Sedum rupestrey St.
Vincent's Eock Stone- crop (garden
plant). — Pulyerbatch, AracoU, See Link-moss. %%JED, adj.y var, pr, dead.
Com. See Grammar Outlines (conson-
anU)y D (1) for similar examples. %%JEF-EABS. See Deaf-ears.
%%JEF-VTJTS. See Deaf-nuts. %%JEVHY-BAILSy sb. the tramway.—CoixiSRT ; M. T.
' %%JEVHY-WAOOOH, sb, the truck — loosely hooped with iron round the load— on which coal or iron-stone comes
up the pit, and is pushed from the pif
s mouth by the * bonkies.' — Colliery ; Ai. T. %%JEOW. See Dew. %%JEBB3
[jur'-ks], sb. the heart, liver, and lights of a lamb. — Wem. Cf. Pununice. %%JSKTTSALEH STAB, sb.
Hypericum ealydnum, large-flowered St.
John's Wort (garden plant). — Pulverbatch, Hanxvood, %%JSSBUif [jes'up
and jez'up], sb. juice ; syrup out of fruit pies and pudding — PoLVERBATCH ; Newport ; Wem. *
Wen the rubub^s so Toung it gwuz all
to jezzupf an' w'en the piiddin' 's cut il^s nuthin' but duff.' %%JETH, JETH-PIVCH. See Death
and Death-pinch. %%JETTY [jeti'l, (1) v, n. to agree ; to be in concord. —
^Wbm. * The new caw jetties reet well
alung wuth the others.' %%r2) sb, a state of evenness or uniformity. — Ibid,
* The new bmldin' an the 'ouse bin all
of Sk jetty* i. e. not detached — aU under one roof. %%Shakespeare has jutty
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%%Buttrees, nor coign of vantage.' %%Macbdh, I. tI. 6. %%JIOOIH. See
Waggoners' Words to horses. %%JIMMT [ jim'i'], adv. airily ; jauntily. —
Pulverbatch ; Worthen ; Weic 'The owd
mon an* o5nian wun comin* alung together as
jimmy as yo' plasen.' %%JUTE, V. a, and v. n,y var. pr, to join. Com.
It is related of a certain parish
clerk of Upton Ma^a, that npon one occasion, when there was a * strike ' amongst the village
choir, he found himself com- pelled to
sing ' solo * — he managed to go through one verse, then he stopped, turned with an appealing look to
the congregation, and said, ' Them as
can jine, come jine, come fine, fur it's a misery to be athisn !' %%JOB [job'], V, a. to pierce or
stab suddenly with any sharp-pointed
instrument. — Shbbwsbitby; Pxtxverbatch ; Wem. <Whad maks yo' lame, Tummas ? ' ' Wy I jobbed one o'
the tines o' the sharevil i' my bi^
toe.' * Han*ee 'ad it dressed ? ' * I 'ad it charmed, an* the sharevil, so I 'spect itll tak' no 'arm.'
Ash has to job in the same sense. %%'
To job signifies in the East Anglian dialect to peck with the beak, or with a mattock.' — ^Way, in Prompt,
Parv., p. 263. %%JOBLOCXS [job'luks], sh pi. fleshy, hangii^ cheeks. —
PuLVSRSATCfH. ' 'E*s a fine par o'
joolocks, 'e looks as if 'e didna crack many djef nuts.' %%JOCKEY [jok-n, ab.
a horse-breaker. — Seebbwsburt ; Pulverbatch.
Qy. com. ' We sha'n a pretty well o' folks o' Monday — ^theer'll be
the ship-shearers, an' the wuiits, an'
owd Billy Davies the jockey^ an' 'is
lad bin comin' to break two cowts.' %%'From Jdck (or, with the
Northern pronunciation, Jock), in the
sense of a person in an inferior position. Jocky was specially
applied to the servant who looked
after horses, now almost confined to the
rider of a race-horse.' — ^Wbdg. %%JOHN-OO-TO-BED-AT-VOOH, same as
Betty-go-to-bed-at-noon, q. v.
—Newport. %%JOHHHT-KVOCK-SOFTLT, sh.y sU a slow, dawdling,
awkward workman. Qy. com. ' I dunna
know whad the Maister wanted $oth sich
a Johnny'knock-aoftfy as that.' %%JOHN Jf Y-W0P-8TBAW, sb., si. 1 a
farm-labourer. Qy.com. Cobden applied
the term * chop-stick ' to the same class of people. %%JOnri-STOOL, «&.,
oba. Mr. Halliwell says, ' A stool framed by
joinery work, at first so called in distinction to stools rudely
formed from a single block;' he quotes
£rom, the UnUm Inventories^ p. 1, *
loyned itoleJ %%' In the greaie Parlor ... fowre low stooles, Thirteene
joyned siooUa,^ — Inventory . . .
Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625.
Cf. Buffet-stool. %%JOHPEBT [jom-pur't and jom-pu't], eh., ohaole. a
large, coaise, earthenware cup with
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%%— PuiiYERBATCH ; Wbm; Ellbsmsse. 'Have you bronght the things out of the gift Jack ? Take care of
that cup.' ' Dun yo' mane that jompe^,
MiasoB ? — ^it's a rar^ uu for a joram o drink-mate.! ' %%JOniACK [jon-uk|,
adj\ true-hearted; fair-dealing; honourable.
Qy. oom. 'Bill said 'e 55dna, an' 'e didna, 'e's al'ays yonnocXs —
^whad says owd Ben — ^I'd sooner tak'
'is word than many a man's wuth.* %%JOBAM [joaVum], ab, a large quantity of
good eatables or drink- ables — * a
rar^ joram.* Qy. com. %%J08ET [joa-zi'], sb. form of * Joseph.' — Colluert.
%%JOTTB [jou'h'r^ and ji'ou'r'], r. n., obsols, to mutter, or grumble in
an undertone ; genendly used in the
participial {orm—jouring, — Pulvee-
BATCH. * Whad's the matter 66th yo', Dick ? — ^yo' bin al'ays
jourin* an' mungerin' at the table —
^han'ee got summat as is too good
furyo'?' %%' I pray that Lord that did you hither send, You may your cursings, swearinjw yoMr»n^«
end.' %%BoBSBT Haymak's QttodHheU, 1628, inNares. %%Mr. Nares explains
jouring as ' swearing,' and adds, ' Perhaps a
coined word, tromjuro, Latin.' Of. Hunger. %%JOWL [jou'l],
PuLVBRBATOH. Qy. com. [joal]* Atcham; Wem,
(1) V. a. to knock, as of the head. ' Whad bin yo' lads
cross-pladin' about? — ^111 Jowl yore
yeds together direc'ly, an' thatH end the
matter.' Jowl is a corruption of Choul, See Ohoul (1). %%(2) ah. a
washing mug. — Newfobt. A Staffordshire-Border term, apparently. Gf. Stean. %%JOWTESS [jou-tur'z],
(1) sb. pL cabbage-plants that boll instead of forming h^urts. — ^Pulvebbatgh. 'My
oabbidge bin most turned jowter$,*
%%(2) ah, ^l, large flakes of curd. — Pulvebbatoh. In the process of cnrd-malong, if the whey breaks into large
flakes, they fkrejowters — if into
yery small ones, ' the crude bin moiuiered.' See Cruds. %%JOT, «6., pec.
service. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Wellington. ' Well, a good thing is a good thing after
all, an' a bad un does yo' uo/oy.'
%%JUFFET [jnf-it], v. n, to jump or fidget about.— Wem. 'Whad bin yo* cmldemyu^eftV about athatn f^ P'
%%JVKBLEKEH'T, sb. a state of confusion. Qy. com. ^Dear 'eart alive ! whad a jumblement yo^n got them
plums in — afore ever I get to
Soseb'ry they'n be in sich a mingicummumbus, I shall never part 'em.' %%jmfDES, (1) V. n. to mutter;
to grumble in an undertone. —
PrnLYEBBATCH. 'I'd ten times sooner folks ood'n spake out whad they han to say than g66junderin* to
tharselves — ii they wtm my <MLdem
I'd 'elp 'em tojunder.* Gf. Chunder. %%(2) 9h, firogs' spawn. — C&ayen
Arms; Church Stretton. Of. Tather (1).
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«&., obsoU, a feast ; a furtive entertainment. — ' The Missis an' some on *er owd cronies
"wnn *&vin' a rar* j'unkei o'
buttered flaps, an' the Maister come wham onezpected an' ketcht 'em.'
%%JUHKETnrO, part, adj., obsols, tastefully feasting and entertain- ing. — Ibid. * 'Er'll ruin 'er 'usband 66th
'er junketin' ways — it's an owd sayin',
hut a very true un, ''The 66man can throw out 66th a sp66n whad the mon'll throw in 66th a
spade." ' %%JTJBOT [jui'gi*], adj. contentious; inclined to pick a
quarrel. — Clee Hnxs. ' The agent wuz
mighty ytir^, I 'ad to mind whad I
said to 'im.' C£ Lat. jurgioaua, quarrelsome. %%JTTSS. See Denrn.
%%JTTSTLT, adv,y pec. exactly — with regard to time. —^Newport. ^ I conna come not now — not justly now.'
%%JTTST VOW [jaest nou*], adv. this term comprises a twofold mean- ing with regard to time — past and future —
at a considerable interval from the
moment of speaking. Com. (1) 'Gall Jack to 'is bayte.' * I did jest now: * W^en ? * « This 'our
ag66.' (2) * The butcher- boy's
brought the mate, an' wanted to know about tlie shooit — ^I toud 'im as that '66d do jest now, at-i^Pter
'e'd bin 'is rouu's — ^e needna g65
back fur it.' %%* Just now,' says Dean Alford, ' in its strict
meaning, imports nearly at the
{>resent moment, whether before or after, "^t general usage has limited its application to a point
slightly preceding the present, and
will not allow us to apply it to time to come. . . . We have the double use of the term (that is, for past
and fature time) preeerred in
provincial usage in the Midland and Northern counties.' — The
Queen*s English, j^. 210, 2nd ed.
1864. %%Bay gives * Near now. Just now, not long since, Norf,,* in '
South and JEast Country Words: Of. Now
just. %%%%KAO [tag*]> Atcham; Pulverbatch; Wem. [ki'ag*], Church Stretton, Leehotwood, (1) sb. a projecting
piece left on a tree or shrub when a
branch has been severed from it. %%(2) $b. a, tooth standing alone. —
^Pulyerbatch. ' I hanna but this one
hag lef , an' I shoiud be better athout that, fur it's as sore as a bile.* %%Compare * Denies exerti, gag
teeth, or teeth standing out.' — Nbmen-
clator, 1585, p. 29, in Hal. %%(3) V. a. to cut badly and tuievenly,
so as to leave projections. — Church
Stretton, £eebotwood. *See 'ow yo'n hyagged the bacon.' Cf: Snag (1). %%KAGKI^LE [kag*l], v. n. to
struggle to keep up and make the best of
circumstances. — Pulverbatch ; Wem. * 'Ow dun'ee manage, Betty, 66th the ruff ralnin' in so bad ? * * Well,
we bin obleeged to haggle on some'ow —
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%%KALE pcai-1], (1) sb, a turn. — ^Wbllington. ^Eale for kale/ to dziiik alternately; — 'It's my kale now/
i.e, my turn to diink^-are
hanrest-field expressions in passing the bottle. %%Compare ' Sotb, a
lot, or keauill, a chance, a deale,' in Duncan's Appendix EtymolofficB, A.D. 1695, E. D. S.,
B. xiii.^ and O.Du. cavel, •sors,' in
Strat. %%(2) [kaii], Shskwsbuby. [keii corr. kaayl*], Pulverbatch, v, a, to tilt up, as of a cart, so as to empty ;
to tuni oyer. * Wen Dick brings the
nex' tumbril load o* tumuts, tell 'im to kayle 'em up i' the orchut for them yeows.' Of. Cave (2).
%%SIAMlNO [kai*min], (1) part, adj, issuing forth in a stream, as bees when leaymg the hiye to swarm. — Newfobt.
Of. Towthering. %%(2) part. adj\ making rude mocking noises to annoy a
person. %%KATIE-BRAH'-TAIL, sh. the Eedstart.— Ludlow. Cf. Bessy-brin- tail. %%KAT [kai'], (1) a key — an old
pronunciation. Com. %%' And cal the clarg6 to ^our counsel, that beryn
Oristis kai/j And holdist up hol6
oherohe the prynce of Heyen to pay.' %%John Attdelay's Poems, p. 20. %%•
The[y] locked the dore / and than went theyr way. | Cayphas and Anna / of that kept the kay,'
%%Lyfe of Joseph o/Armaihia, 1. 53. %%' Either through gifts, or guile, or
such like waies, Crept in. by stouping
low, or stealing of the kaies.* %%Spenseb, F. Q., Bk, IV. c. x. st xyiii %%*
A.S. cdg; CFris, kei, kai, key ; davis.* — Strat. %%(2) «6., ohs, same as
Cop- wedge, q.y. — ^Pulvebbatch. %%(3) V. a. to make, or to bind, round, as
of the top of a well, with timber or
masonry — * kayin* the top o' the well.' — OoByB Dale. %%* * * Key, or
knyttynge of ij . wallys, or trees yn an ynstabylle grownde. Lar(gmentum" — Oath. The CathoHcon
explains loramentum to mean board^g or
frame- work compacted together, as in the construction of a ceiling. ... ''Key to knytte walles
toguyder, cfc/."— Palsg.' Prompt,
Parv, and Notes, %%KATS. See Keys. %%KEACH [kee'ch], same as Cleaoh, q. y. —
PuLyERBATCH ; Wbm. %%KEACH-HOLE, same as Cleaoh-lLole, q. y. — ^PuLyERSATOH ;
Wem. %%EECE-HOHSED, ctdj, left-handed, and awkward in consequence, or by metaphor.^ — PuLyERBAiOH. ' Ketch out,
yo' keck-^onded^ ayenless thing.'
%%KECKLE-8T0MACHED, adj. squeamish ; queasy. — PuLyERBATCH* ' I'm so deepert keckle-ttomeuiTied lately,
I should 'aiye my 'eart out if I wuz
to see a yar in anythin'.' %%Ash has, *Keckle, to keck, to heaye the stomach.^
He derives ' keck ' from Du. keeken,
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arvenais, wild Mustard, Charlock. Qj. com.
Gf. Kerloek. %%KEECH [kee'ch], (1) sh, a cake of consolidated fat,
wax, or tallow. — PuLYEKBATGH ; WEM.
(1) 'Tlieer*a a good keech o' £Eit on them
hroth, tak' it off carfully.' (2) ' Fye got a good keech o'
hees-wax ^s time ; I shall tak' it to
the Soseb'ry *Firmary, they'n ^e the wath
on it theer/ Compare * tallow-cafcA * in 1 JT. Henry IV., ll. iv. 252.
%%Nares says, * It is highly probable that taHow-keech is here the right reading,' and in support of his opinion
quotes ' Dr. [Bp.] Percy ' as follows
: — ' A keech of tallow is the fat of an ox or cow, rolled up by the butcher in a round lump, in order to
be carried to the chandler. It is the
proper word in use now.' %%Shakespeare applies the term keech to a butcher's
wife — 2 K, Henry IV., Hi. 101 ; and
to a butcher's son— Wolsey— JT. Henry VIIL^
I. i. 55, %%(2) V, n. to consolidate, as warm &.t, wax, ftc. does
in cooling. — FxTLYEBBATOH ; Wem ;
OswBSTRT. ' Bunna mess vore fingers 55th
it awilde it's warm, let it keech, an' then it'll break off aisy —
^them mole candles dunna do to carry
about.' %%KEEP [kee'p], (1) v. a., pee. to maintain. Com. ' '£'s a right
tidy fellow, but hanna-d-a chance to
get on ; 'e 'as 'is poor owd mother to
keep, an' a crippled sister — 'e says if it wunna fur them 'e 55dna
stop naigerin' [working like a negro]
'ere.' %%(2) ib,, pec. maintenance. Com. 'A chap like that inna wuth 'is keep, an' say nuthin* about wages.' %%(3)
$b., pec. pasture. Com. ^ ' Theer's bin a good Miamas spring — ' plenty o' keep to las' till Chris'mas if
the groun' should keep bar' %%tfree from snow].' See Out at keep. Cf. Feed.
%%(4) V. a. , pec. to attend, as of the market. — Shbewsbttbt ; Pttlyer^ BATCH. Qy. com. ' I 'ear our owd
neighbour's gwun to live twix Wenlock
and Bridgenorth, so they can keep which market they'n & mind.' %%' Boee. .... My Father is a Farmer
within three short Miles o' the Town :
we keep this Market — ^I sell Chickens, Eggs, and Butter, ; and my Brother Bullock there sells Com.'
— Farquhaa'b Eecruiting Officer, Act
IIL Scene— The Market-Plaoe [Shrewsbury].
Ash gives keep in the same sense. %%KEEVE. See Cave (2). Ash has '
A^ere,'— which he calls ' a local
word,' — * to overturn ; to empty a cart.' Bailey— ed. 1782 — gives, *
To keeve^ in the same sense as *
Cheehire.* %%KEFFEL [kef -i'l], (1) eh. a sorry, worthless horse. —
Pulverbatch ; Wellington; Newport;
Wem. Bichardson— a Derbyshire man-
uses this word: — 'Old Bobin at a distance on his Boan keffdJ — Clarisea Harlowe, vol. ii. p. 130, ed.
1774. W. ceffyl, a horse. Cf. Kirby.
%%(2) eh. a lazy, ffood-for-nothing fellow.— /(2em. 'Couldna Turn '06d bring yo' a bit'n a jag o' coal f' «
Well, I dunna know— they bin poor
keffils, bdath mon an' 'orse.' Cf. Druinmil. %%%%%% |
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%%%%[kel-], (1) eb, the omentum, or caul, of a slaughtered pig. — Wellinoton. %%' Bim or kdl wherem the
bowels are lapi' — FUmo, p. 340, in HaIi.
Mr. Halliwell says kell means * any covering like network.' ' Kelle, Beticuium, retiaculum,* — Prompt,
Farv,, p. 270. See Mr. Way's Note,
idem. Of. Veil. %%(2) $b, a film, or scale, on the eye ; a cataract. —
^Newpobt. An old man at Edgmond said
of his wife, * '£r's got a kdl o' won oi, an' 'er's dark o' the tother,' %%KELT££ pcel'tur*],
(1) «ft., ohsols.'i wealth; accumulated money. — PuLVEBBATCH. '^The daughterll be a ketdi
for somebody, the owd chap 'as yeps o'
kdier,^ Jamieson has ' kdtery money.' %%(2) V, a. to amass ; to collect. —
Ibid. ' Pve bin out hdUriiC all day,
but got mighty little pel£' %%iUSJlCH [ken'sh], {\) sb, 9k twist or
wrench, — ^a sprain. Com. 'I thought
it wnz on y a bit of a kench, but agen momin' it wuz swelled as big as two, an' Dr. Wildin' said as
theer wuz a splinter broke, an' I mun
g56 o' my club, fur I shouldna be uprit fur a montii.' %%(2^ «6. a big piece
or lump. — Weh. ' The Missis give 'im a reet
gooa kenck o* bread an' chees', an' send 'im off.' KenchirC is an altematiye term used in precisely the same
way. Ct Slendi and Slenchin'.
%%KEHSPECKLE, adj. conspicuous — a term applied chiefly to dress. — COBYB Dalb. Probably an imported word.
See KenspecklCy in Wbdo. %%SXOTTP
[ki'ou*p or kyou'p], (1) v. n, to bark, or yelp, incessantly, as a cur does. — ^Pulyebbatch. * I couldna get
a bit o' sleep fur that dog kyoupin*
all night.' %%(2) ab, a yelping cur. — Ibid, ' I 'ate them lickle h/oupSy
they binna wuth thar keep, let alone
payin' for.' Cf. Keout. %%(3) V. n, by metaphor — to scold. — Ibid, *I 5odna
live 6oth that $oman whadeyer 'er'd
gie me— 'er kyoups from momin' till night.' %%(4) sb, a scold. — Ibid, ' The
Missis wuz sich a kyoup,* %%XEOTTSE [ki'ou's or kyou's], v, a. to chase ; to
drive away. — PDrLYEBBATCH ; WoBTHEN;
Clee Hills. 'The pigs bin i' the
garden — ^w'eer's the dog, to keatiw 'em out ? ' Cf. Scout. %%KEOITT,
EBOUT-DOO [ki'ou*t or kyou-t], ab, a little, sharp, vigilant, barking dog. — ^Pulybebatch ; Wem. * Snap's
a rar' kyotU, *e 66nna let nobody go6
nigh the 'ouse athout lettin' 'em know.' %%Ct ' Make bandog thy icoutwatch,
to barke at a theef e.' — Txtsseb,
Oood husbandlie lesaons, L 19, p. 20, ed. E. D. S. %%' O.Fr. ucouif
estre en escoui, 6couter attentivement, ^pier.' — Bub, %%Cf. Keoup (2).
%%KEBLOCK [ki'ei^iuk or kyei^'luk], same as Kedlock, q. v.^Cbaven Abms; Clee Hills; Ludlow. %%KEBST, (1) sb.
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faire line enqn^te, demander, reqii6rir/ —
Bub. %%(2) Bh, a noisy troop or pack, as of children or dogs. —
Newport ; E£le8H£BE. (1) ' On I 'ere's
a kerry o' lads ; lef s run.' (2) * Them
ohildem bin like a kerry o' 'onn's up an' down the plaoe.^ %%KESTEBy
eh. a form of the proper name Christopher. — ^Newfobt. " %%* he said, '*
come hither KetUr Norton, a ffine
ffellow thou seemes to bee ; some good
oounoell, Ketiter Norton, this day
does thou giue to mee." ' %%ExHngB in the North, M 61—63. Percy Folio
M8., YoL ii p. 212, ed. Hales and
Fundyall. %%Jdif Halliwell gives * Kester* as a ' North^ form. %%EETCHi (1)
V, a,, var, pr, to catch. Com. %%(2) sh. a part of a song. — ^Pulyebbatoh.
< Whad sort of a finishin' night
'ad'n'ee — ^pretty good singin' ? * * Aye, several right good sonffs, beside a ketch or two ; out Mr. John
Oakley's '* Pedlar Jew " wuz flie
best thing I ever 'eard, an' the best sung.' %%* Come,;;HostLs, give
us more Ale, and our Supper with what baste
you may,' and when we have sup'd, lef s have your Sons, Piscator, and the Ketch that your Scholer promised
us, or else Goridon will be doged.' —
The Compleat Angler, ch. zL p. 208, ed. 1653, %%KETCH-O'-FBOST, sb. a slight
hoar frost. Com. 'Theer wnz a bit of a
ketch-o'-froe^ last night, an' these w'ite frosses al'ays brings rain.' Cf. Buck'a-firost. %%%%[kek's], sh,
the dry stalk of the hemlock, and of some
other species of umbelliferous plant& — ^Pxtlyebbatoh ;
WBLLiNGTOir ; Weh. Qy. com. ' Ben, I
toud yo' to bring some kex in fur spills ;
yo' gwun at them matches as if they oomen rar nuthin', but yo'n
fine it out some dark momin* w'en
theer is none.' %%' And as glowande gledes * gladieth nomte J'is workmen,
\ pat worchen & waken * in wyntres
nijtes, As doth a kex or a candel *
)«t camte halh fyre ft blaseth.' %%Piers PL, Text B., pas& xvii. L 219.
%%' As hollow as a gun ; as a kex.* %%Bay's ProverU, p. 222. %%See Way in
Prompt Parv,, p, 278. W. cecye, hollow stalks; hemlock. , %%KEYS [kai'z and kee*z], (1)
eh. pi. the clustering fruit of Frdxinus
excSlsior, common Ash. Qy. com. %%' Hoc fraceinum, a kay of a nesche.'
— NominaU, xv. oent, in Wr. Tocabs.,
voL i. p. 228. See Kay (1). %%(2) ah. the fruit of ^oer Pae&do-pldtanw,
greater Maple, or Sycamore^ —
Pulvbbbatch. Qy. com. %%(3) sh. pLf ohs. ? iron tips used for shoeing
bullocks. — ^Cobts Dale. KIBBA
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%%as an ordinary walking-stick is, but — in the middle, like an * alpen- stock.' — ^Wem. Snch a stick was once quite
common in Shropshire, and may
stiliri874] occasionally be seen. Of. Gibbed-stick. 8ee Kibble (3), in Hal. %%KIBBLE [kib'l], v. a.
to cnish, or grind, coarsely, as of barley, pease, &0, Qy. com. * Put that bag o' barley
across the owd mar' an' tak' it to
'Abberley miU, an' get 'em to kibble it aVile yo' stoppen, or we aha'n be short o' feed afore Sunday's
o'er.' %%EIIBBLETT [kib'lti'l, adj. stony, and, as a consequence, rough
and jolting: saidof roads.— Whitghubch.
See Cobbles (1). %%ElBE, JUVE [ki'eib], Pulvbrbatch. [kei-b], Clun.
[keiv], Shrewsbttby, sb. an implement
used by cottage gardeners for *
stocking' up the grouna between the potato rows prior to the operation of earthing the potatoes. It is
about a foot long, and four inches
broad at the cutting end : the handle is three feet and a half in length. The form of l£e implement is
similar to that of an adze, and it is
used in the same way. CI Caff (1). %%JUUJLlE-STOMACH, eh. a squeamish
stomach.— Wbm. See Keckle- stomaclxecL
%%%%[kid-], (1) sb. a bundle of small sticks for firewood. — ^Wellino- Tow; Newpoet; Wbm. %%'Kyd, fegot FasBis
{/asciculuB, P.). "A kidde uhi fagott."— Oath. Ano. " Kydde, a &gotte,
/aiovrde."— Palsq.' Frompt. Farv^
and Notes. Of. Faggit (1). %%(2) V. a, and v.n, to make up bxmdles, or
kids, of small brush- irood for fueL —
Ibid. * Yo' can cut that brash an' get it kidded.* %%KIDDLE [Hd'l], v. n. to
emit a flow of saliva from the mouth ; to
slayer. Qy. com. ' The child kiddles badly cuttin' its tith, but
I al'ays think it's best— they binna
so likely fdr fits.' %%KIDLIHO-BIB [kid'li'n bib], eh. a baby's
slayering-bib.— //;t6^. %%* Hoc saJmarium, A* slayeryng-clout,' occurs in an
English Vocabu- lary, xy. cent, in Wr.
yocabs., yol. i. p. 203. %%KIDMAW [kid'mau], sh. the stomach of a calf
prepared for rennet — ^WoBTHEN, T?^e
Uravels; Cbaven Abicb; CLiTif. CL Mawskin. %%KIGOLIHO [kig'li'n], ddf.
unsteady ; tottering. Qy. com. ' Dunna
f(it the crame-stane on that kiggling bench — it'U tipe o'er an' tak*
the butter to markit down the gutter.'
%%KILL, «&., var. pr. a kiln. Com. ' They teUen me as them furrin 'tatoes bin Ari^dried afore they comen
'ere^ so they bin no good fur
settin'.' %%' The kU house'' is named in an Inventory . . , Owlbuiy
Manor- House, Bishop's Castle,' 1625.
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234 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%The miller be came With a stick on his back, — Home, dog, home I %%%%J. O. Halliwell's
Nursery Bhtpnes of JUngland, CCCLIX.
%%*Kylne (f)or malt dryynge {Kyll, P.). U{sytrina, C. :F,^— Prompt, Parv, %%KILLODDT l^il'odi'], v. a., ohs. to
dry bemp-stalks over a fire made in a
hole in the ground* (See below.) It was the first process in hemp dressing. — Pulverbatch. See Tewter.
%%KHiLODDT-PIT, «&., ohs, the hole in the ground in which the fiie was made for hittoddying the hemp-stalks. —
Ihid, There was a hiUoddy-pii on the *
Green ' at Castle Fulverbatch : it was in use about the year 1800. ' I *ear Medlioott^s lost
another yeow i' the ktUoddy-^ jpit :
it's a great 56nder to me they dunna fill it up, it hanna bin used this ten *ear, an' this is the second — ^if
nod the third — ship tJieVn fund djed
in it.' The 'Green,' and the * Oaken ' — an adjacent hill — were formerly a sheep-walk. %%XILLOW
[ki'l'oe], v, n,, ohsols. to dry by the heat of the sun, as grass or herbs.— PxtlyeebaTgh. (1) * The
'ay 66nna killow as lung as this
weather lasses — it wants more sun.' (2) * Dunna shift them yarbs out o' the sun, they binna killowed
anew.' Cf. Glint (1). %%EIMET [ki'ei'mit and kevmit'], (!) adj, dizzy : said
of sheep that are suffering from
hydatids on the brain. — Pulverbatch ; Clun ; CoavE Dale. ' The Maister's killed the owd ship—
we sha'n a hyimet mutton fur dinner
an' hyimet pie fur supper — agen the end o' the wik we sha'n all be as kyimet as the ship.^ See
below. Cf. Gid. %%(2) ady. silly; half-witted— SBraiEWSBUBY; Pulverbatch;
Cluk; Wem. * Thee bist as kyimet as a
noud ship— turnin' round an' starrin'
about fhr things w'en they bin under yore nose.' %%(3^ acj;. perverse
of temper; intractable. — Oswestry. A waggoner, speaking of a cart-horse, said, ' I dunna
like them chum-yedded una, they bin
al'ays so kimit ; I like a sood nag's-yedded un.' %%'When I com nar to
Skeil-hiU, I fund oald Aberram Atchisson
sittin on a steul breckan steins to mend rwoads wid, an' I ax't
him if I med full my ledder pwokes
frue his heap. Aberram was varra kaim%
an' tell't ma to tai' them 'at wasn't brocken if I wantit steins, sooa I tell't him hoo it was an' oa' aboot
it*' — ' Joe and the Geologist,' in
The Folk-Speech of Cumberland, by A. 0. Gibson, F. S. A., p. 4. %%Mr. Gibson
adds the Glossarial !Note, ^ Kaim't^ literally crooked, but used to signify cross or peevish.'
%%The Cumberland haim't and the Shropshire himd point to an origin common to both. W. cam, crooked. Ct
Kun-luixn, below. %%KIK-Eu&J[; (1) adj, all awry. — Wellington. %%' Sic,
This is dean ham, %%Bru, Merely awry. • . . .' %%CortoZantM, m. i. 305.
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%%(2) adj\ peireTse. — ^Weic. * Let's a none o' yore kim'-kam ways.* W. cam. Of. Kimet (3), above. %%%%I, (1)
sb. the shallow tub in which butter is washed and salted when fresh from the chum. — Newport.
%%' Chum and kimnd' — Awiioneer*a Catalogue (Forton Hall), 1875. C£ Batter-mit. %%(2) «&., O&0. a
brewing vessel; a cooler {?). %%' The Seller one kymnell . . . one small
kymneU . . . one tundish.* — InverUory
. . • Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625. %%' He goth, and geteth him
a kneding trough. And after a tubbe,
and a hemelin,^ %%CHATTtnBB, C. r., L 3622. %%* She's somewhat simple indeed,
she knew not what a himnel was, she
wants good nurture mightily.' — BEAUMOirr and Pletcheb, The Coxeomhy iv. 7, in Narea %%Bay, amongst his
* North Country Words,' gives *A Kimnd, or
Kemlifij a Powdering Tub.' %%' KynUyne, or kelare, vesselle (kynlyn,
S. P.), Cunula, In a roll of 2 — 5
Edw. I., among the miscellaneous records of the Queen's Remem- brancer, a payment occurs, **8tephano le
loignur, P^o j, Kemheh'nd euhtus
cUtemam Regie^ vijd." The Latin-£ngL Vocabulary, Boy. MS. 17, C. zvii., ^ves, under the head *'ad
braeoHum pertinencia,Ky mneMe, cuna;
Kunlione, cunelkt," Thos. Harpham of York bequeaths, in 1341, **unum plumbum, unam cunamy qttce
vocatur maskefat, et dua$ parvoi cunae
^cp. vocantur gylefa.tts, ducu kymelyns, et duoe parvoe barelloe*^ — Testam. Ebor. i. 3. ** KynmeU,
quevu^y quevuette" — Palso.'
Prompt Parv, and Notes, %%XnSTD [kin-d], (1) v, a. and v. n. to
ignite. — ^WmTCHURCH ; Elles- KEBE.
(I) '1 conna kind the fire wuth these chats, they binna dry.' (2) ' The nre wunna kind this momin*, do
whad I wull.' O.N. kynda, to set fire
to. Cf. Tind. %%(2) Pcei'nd], adj\ genial ; flourishing ; thriving : — * the
groun's nice and kind; ' ' ihe plants
dunna grow so kind under them trees :'
'the pig looks mighty M'nd.' Com. Cf. Kindly (2). %%(3) [koind corr.
kayh'nd], adj. healthy ; wholesome : said of the skm. — Newfobt. *'£r*s got a noice koind
skin on 'er own.' C£ Glaii6(4).
%%KIVBLE [kin-dl], (1) *6.— in kindle^ia to be with young. (1) Of rabbits. Com. (2) obsols, of kittens. —
Pulverbatch. %%* Kynled, or kyndelyd in forthe bryngynge of yonge beestys.
Fetatus.' ^Prompt. Parv. Cf. Kittle
(1). %%(2) V. n. to bring forth young. (1) Babbits. Com. (2) ohsols,
kittens. — PuLVEBBATCH. 'Wha'n'eo
think P— the oafs kindled in Betty's
ban' -box an' spiled 'er best bonnit.' %%* Orlando. Axe you native of
this place P %%' Rosalind. As the cony that you see dwell where she is
kindled.'''^ As You Like It, UL ii
358. %%^ ' Kyndlyn, or brynge forUie yonge Imidelyngys. Feto. The
eamres- sion **genimina vipentrum,'^
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236 BHROPSHIEE WORD-BOOK. %%yeTsion rendered ^*
Kyndlyngis of eddris. . . /' In fhe'^St. AIInui's Book mention is made of '*a kyndyll of
yonge ^cattes." Palsgrare %%fives the verb to *' kyndyll as a she hare
or oony dothe, whan they ring forthe
yonge.*' . . . Compare Qerm. kindlem, proles.' — Prompt. Parv. and Notes, Of. Kittle (2). %%KIHDLT [kei-ndli*], (1)
adv. heartily. — Shbewsbubt; Pulyerbatch.
Qy. com. 'Well, I wish yo' good-night, Missis, an* thank yo*
kindly for me.' %%' The ground of al
goodnes curatis schnld be the cause,
And knyt hem Kindly togedur al the derg^* %%With merc§ and with mekenes
the treuth for to teohe^ The
comawndmentis of Crist to kepe hyndly %%ffore je ben scheperdys al one.'
%%JoHir Axtdelat's Poems, p» 36. %%« %%• • • • * • %%In walks the little dog, Sa3rs, " Pussy ! are you there P %%• •
• » • • Mistress Pussy, how d Ve do ?
" %%*' I thank you kindly y little dog,
I fare as well as you." * %%J. 0. Halltwell's Nur sery Rhymes
of England, DLXYIL %%(2) adv. well ;
thriving. — ^Pulvbrbatch, Qy. com. * The yerlins [yearlings] looken kindly, Mr. Jones,
they'n got a good slike [sleek]: coat
on *em.' ' ^l^i, ^ ^^^^^ '®°^ ^^^ ^ winter, but w*ether they'n pay's a question.' Cf. * Kuyndeliche ' =
well, in the following : — %%* <* Peter I " quod a Plou^-Mon ' and
jputte for)' his hed, " I knowe
him as kuyndeliche * as Clerk ^o^ his bokee." ' %%Piers Ply Text A.,
pas& yi L 29. %%KIHODOM-COME, sh. a state of pleasure in some
newly-acquired happiness. — Shbewsbubt
; Pulvebbatch ; Weic. ' Poor owd Betty's
in er kin'dom'come now 'er*s gotten Jack wham agen..' %%KIHOFISHEB,
sb., pec. CaUpteryx virgo, Demoiselle Dragonfly. — Wem. a Sting-fLslier. %%KIHG-O'-THK-WTK,
sh. Friday, on which day it is popularly
believed the weather will attain its cUmax, be it of shine or
shower. — PxTLyEBBATGH. Qy. oom. 'Fair
or foul, Friday's boxmd to be
king-o^'the-tuik,^ %%'Frida^r's a day as'U &ye its trick. The fedrest or foulest day i' the wik.'
%%Proverbial Weather-Bime. %%* Bight as the Friday, sothly for to telle. Now it 8ch3meth, now it re3meth
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%%The hertes of hire folk, right as hire day
Is gerful, right so chaungeth sche array. Sdde ia the Fryday al the wyke
i-like,^ Chauceb, The Knightea TdU,
11. 676—681, ed. Morris. %%KIHTEE [kin-tur'], (1) «&. a cover. —
^Wellington. **Er'B done me a had turn
under idnter on a good un.* %%(2) V. a. to cover. * Kinter it o'er.' — Tbid.
C£ Kiver. %%JKXpE [kei'p and ki'ei-p]^ sb, a strong osier basket with a
twisted handle on each aide, of
dicular form, bnt wider at the top than the
bottom : it is computed to hold about half a bushel, and is used for
%%Smeral gardening purposes. — Shb£W8BUBT ; Pttlyerbatch ; Corve ale; Collieby; Wem; Ellesmeeb. TU get owd
Price in Goleham to mak* me a couple
o' Hpee the right mizzer, fur whad we buy'n
at the country shops 5dnna-d-oud 'ale a strike yept, lei alone level fiilL* %%Ash gives ' Kipe (a local
wordV a basket in the form of the lower
frustrum of a cone, containing aoout a bushel ; a coarse kind of
wicker basket, wider at top than
bottom.' %%See Kype in WeigMe and Meaaurea, p. Izzxy. CI Corve, also Wisket (1). %%KIBBT, ah. a poor old horse.
— Oswestry, Welsh Border. Cf. Xeffel
(1). %%nSSIHO-BXrSE, ah. a bunch of evergreens or mistletoe garnished with ribands and fruit, which is hung in
the kitchen, or hall, at
Christmas-tide. Qy. com. ' It dunna look much like Christmas, nod a bit o' 'oUy an' iwr, let alone a
kiaain^-htuh — scrat an' dane an' cook
is all our folks thinken on.' %%KISSIHO-CBXrST, sb, rough, protuberant crust
on a loaf. Com. * I like a
kiaain^-cruat 55th plenty o' good firesh butter on it.' * Aye, the ctim' is sweeter than the kiaain\ I
tak' it' %%KITCHEH', 8h,y pee,, obsols. a large caldron or kettle furnished
with a tap --designed to keep a supply
of hot water by the kitchen fire>^
technically called a *fountam.'— Pulyebbatch. Qy. com. *Tak' car' to keep plenty o' waiter i' the
kitchen, else yo'n 'ave it to-bost.' %%KITE, sb. Tinminculus Alaudarius, the
Kestrel.^-'OswESTEY. Cf. OUd.
%%KITLIHO, sb. a kitten. Qy. com. ' The owd mar' 's as playful as a hiUin': %%' A wanton widow Leezie was,
%%As cantie as a kittlin ; But Och ! that
night, amang the shaws. %%She gat a fearfu' settlin I She thro' the whins, an' by the cairn, %%An
owre the hill gaed scrievin, Whare
three lairds' lands met at a bum, To
dip her left sark-sleeve in. %%Was bent that night' %%BoBEBT BuBNS, Poema, p.
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so common a word), A kitten, a young cat. %%* KyUynge, CatUiuSt catuiteulua.
* * CattUus, a whelpe or a Kytlyngeu'*
— Ortus.* Prompt Farv, and Notes, %%* CattUuB, . . a whelp, a hiUingy
the little yong of any beast.' — Diet,
Etym, Lot, %%* Chaton, petit chat ; kitten, a kittling.^ — Chahb. %%KITTLE
[kiti], (1) sh, — in kittle — is the state of being with young : said of cats. Qy. com. Cf. Kindle (1).
%%(2) V, a. to bring forth ' kitlings.' Qy. com. %%' A Oat hitUeth ; a Litter
of kittleings.' — Academy of Armory^ Bk.
n. ch. vii. p. 134. %%' <* K3rttell as a catte dothe, thaion'MT.
Ghossyppe, whan your catte kytelleth,
I praye you let me haue a kytlynge {^hatUnCy^ — Paxjsq. <* ChdUmnWy to kittle, or bring forth
youn^ caU. CaUer, to kittle as a cat.
Faire see petits, to whelp, kme^ kmdle, fknow," &o. — Goto.' Way, in Prompt, Parv.j p. 277, %%CI Kindle
(2). %%KITE. See Kibe. %%KITEE [kivur^], (1) v, a, to coyer. — Glun. * IVe
jest kinered the basket o'er.' %%In
jBev. xix, 8, the Wicliffite yersion— «d. A.D. 1388— has, * And it is ^ouun to hir, that sche kytiere hir with
white bissyn schynynge.' %%(2) sb, a cover — 'put the kiver on.' — Clun;
Ck)Bys Dai;b; Bbido- nobth;
MuchWenlock. %%(3) «&., ohsoU, a shallow meat-dish of coarse, brown
earthenware. — PuLyERBATGH;
Elles^ceke. ' Put the men's dinner i' the OTen to keep whot, an' wauve the kiver o'er it.'
The term is fast dying out. A
redundant form, kiver-duhf is occasionally employed about Pulver- batch. %%KNAB [nab'|, t;. a. to bite gently
and playfully. Horses knab each other
when m good temper. Qy. com. Du. knahheierij to gnaw. %%KHABBIH', sb. a bite
of herbage; short pasture. — PuLyERBATCH. %%* To' can turn the cows i' the
little fild — theer's tidy knabbin^ on it —
awilde the edgrow gets a bit strunger.' Gf. Brooit. - %%KNACKEB fnak'ur'],
sb, a worn-oat horse quite unfit for yrork.
Qy. com. * If 'e tak's that poor owd knacker to markit agen, 'e'U a
the p'lice on 'im fur cruelty.' %%Bay
giyes * A knacker, One that makes Ck)llars and other Fnmitore for Cart-horses,' amongst * South and Eatft
Country Words? %%Mr. Wedgwood says, * It would seem that the office of
slaughtering old worn-out horses fell
to the knacker or coarse hamess-nuiker, aa
the person who would haye the best opportunity of making the
akins ayailable.' %%Hence, then, the
application of the terpi knacker to a horse fit only for the kna^iker^s slaughter-house— the
knacker* s-yard, as it is called. Cf.
O.N. knackr, a saddle. %%KNAD Fnad*], pret and part, past^ obsols, kneaded. —
PuLyEBBATCH. %%* This bread's knad too stiff, it'll be as 'ard as a cobbler's
w'et-stwun afore the wik's out.' Cf.
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%%%%Inag-i'], adj. cross ; ill-tempered. Com. ' I should think eUow's piit 'is clogs on the wrang fit this
momin' — ^"e's as %%%%KHAGOT %%the owd ^ o %%ki^ggy as 'e knows 'ow to
be.' Dan. knag^ a knot. Of. Kag (1).
%%JLHAP [nap-], (1) sb. a low hill; a mound. — Pulvbrbatch. There is a little round hill at Castle
Pulyerbatch called the knap ; it is one of two mounds which appear to have been
thrown up and entrenched ; the other —
lower than the knap, and square in form — is called the * Castle lUng.' They are contiguous, ana
surmount a natural steep. %%'1543. 5 March* Agnes, d^u^^hter of John Chistoke
departed, somtrme deacon or Clerk of
this Churche, who departed of the
neetilens the first day of September in the er of our Lord God MDxzxij, who was a full honest server of
the Churche and taught SGolers playne
song & prick song full well, so that the Churche was well served in his tyme ; buryed he was in
the churche yard on the knapp uppon
the right hand as ye entre into the Porche, abowte vij dotn ybrds fro the porch whose sowle God
Almighty take to mcy. Amen.' —
Register of Sir Thomas BoteJer, Vicar of Much Wenlock. %%Knap is applied to a
hill-top in the following : — * And both these riuers running in one, carying a swift
streame, doe make the knappe of the
said hill very strong of situation to lodge a campe vpoo.'^ North's Plutarch, SyJla, p. 607, in Bible
Word-Book, p. 285. %%C£ Nab Scar ^ Knap Scar Topposite Grasmere). %%Ash gives
^ Knap, a little hOl rising on aU sides.' %%• W. cnap, a knob, hill.' —
Strat. %%(2) sh, a slight blow. — ^Bishop's Castle; Clvn. "E gid 'im a knap o' the yad 65th a stick.' %%Jamieson
nas this word in the same sense. Tusser employs it as a verb : * Knap boy on the thums.' %%Du.
knappen, to crack. See Xnoup. %%KVAP-EHEED, adj. knock-kneed. — Pulvsbbatch.
Tve'eard as " a friend in need is
a friend indeed," so one met say as poor owd Ben's a friend in-kneed, or whad they
callen knap^kneedJ %%KHATTEB [natiir'l, v, n. to find fault incessantly about
trifles. — PuLVERBATCH. ' 1 wish yo' Sodna
knatter all the wilde about nuthin',
the poor wench dtuina know whad to do to be right — 'er's fieurly
cowed down.' %%JOS ATTEBXD, part. adj.
peevish; irritable. — Newport; Wem. %%EHSABIHO-MITy sb. a four-sided wooden
vessel used for kneading purposes : it
is long^er than broad, and narrower at the bottom than the top, and is furnished at each end with
a close-fitting handle by which to
carry it. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch.. Qy. com. Some- times it is called by one or other of the
older terms, kneading-irow, or
kneading-tumel. See below. %%KVEADIHO-TBOW [tr'oa-l, sh., ohsols. a
thing similar in shape to the
kneading~mit above, but much bigger, in fact, it is a rude piece of furniture, standing on four legs, having
a (detached) flat lid which fits
closely on to it, so that when covered it serves as a table, and is about the height of one. — Shrewsbttry ;
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240 SHBOPSHIRS WORD-BOOK«. %%An Inyentory dated at
Aston Botterell, about 1758, eompriaea
* 1 Neading Troafe,* %%' Anon go get us fast into this in A kneding trough or elles a kemelyn. For eche of us ; but loke that they ben
large, In which we mowen swiinme as in
a Imrge? %%Ghauceb, C. r., 1. 3548. %%See Gb. (2) (4) in Qraxnmar Outlines
{coruonants). %%KNEADnrO-TUS2f£L, sb,, obsoh. same as Kaeading-trow,
aboye. — ^Newpobt ; Wem ; Ellesmebe.
Of. TumeL %%KHED, same as Knad, q. v. — ^Wobthen. A.S. cnedan^ to knead
; p.p. cneden^ %%EHIT [nit], (1) V. n,
to unite, as of a broken bone. — Shbewsbubt;
Pulvebbatch; Nbwpobt. *Tum Jones is gweYn to the 'Firmary <56th 'is arm ; it wuz badly set, an'
ifs knit crukit ; they sen as if 11
'&Ye to be broke agen, to he piit straight.' %%* The verb to knit
is used by old writers in the sense of to unite. Thus in Sloane MS. 3548, 1 99, h, is giyen
an extraordinary nostrum ** for to
knyt synous |>at are brokyne. Take greyte wormes J»at are called angeltwycthys, and lat hem dry in
)>e sunne, and i^en beyte hem to
powder, and strew [jat powder in \fe wounde, and yt shall knytte to-geder. Frohatu/m eat
«cptMtwe." ' — ^Way, in FrompU Parv.t
p. 279. %%A.S. cnifttanf to tie ; to make a knot. See below. %%(2) V.
a, to ^oin, or close, firmly together. — ^Pulvebbatch. * Wen a mon knita his lips athatn, it shewns the
temperas none o' the best.' %%* Knyttynge, or ioynynge, or rabetynge to-gedyr
of rj bordys, or oJ»er lyke. Oum/ue,^
— Prompt, Parv, %%(3) V. n. to set, or form, for fruit, as blossoms do. —
^Pulvebbatch ; Newpobt. * I think
theer'U be a good 'it o' apples this time — ^they seemen to be knit like traces o' inions.'
%%' It is better to knit than blossom.' %%Bat's Proverbs, p. 127. %%*
Kni/ttynge to-gedyr, NodaciOy connocUtcio, connexiuj — Prompt, Parv, ' Nodo, to knit or tie knots, to button.' —
Diet* JStym. Lat, %%(4) V. 91. to cluster, or hang, together, as bees do in
swarming. — Pulvebbatch ; Newfobt. * I
never like to see the bees hUt on the
ground— if s a sure sign of a berrin.' %%Compare Judges xz. 11 : '
They were all knit together as one man.' %%KlflVES AND FOBKS, sb, Lycopodium
clavcUum, common Club- moss.— Glun,
Hopton Castle, Gf. Lamb's-tails. %%KlfOBBLE [nobi], r. a. to hammer ; to
knock, but not forcibly. —
Pulvebbatch. * My Gran'mother's knobUed me many a time 6dth the wil-pin [wheel-pin] w'en I hanna carded
tiie rolls well,' si^ Hannah JBevan
[1879]. %%XNOCKIHO ABOUT, phr, a common every-day expression, which takes in a wide ranee of meaning — a number
of people moving about, going hither
and thither, are said to be * knocking about;* things %%%%— PULVBR* %%in
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%%incapable of motion are * knocking about the place ; ' current mmours, &c., are equ&Hy * knocking about ;^
as, for example, when an old
ballad-tune was sought to be recovered, an inquiry about it was
met by the assurance that * it was
knockin^ about the coimtry, an' some-
body wuz safe to get it.' %%mOCNS. See Hogs. %%KVOPPLE [nop'l], (1) u.
n. to rule ; to be the head over.—
BATCH. * 'B shanna knopple o'er me.' Cf. A.S. cwoepp, top, i %%(2) sb,
a small lump. — ^WoETHEN. * Cut me a tidy piece o' bread an' a nicd knopple o' cneese.' %%* O.Du.
knoppe {nodus, bulla, gemma), knop, button, bud.' — Stbat. %%mOT. See
Posy-knot %%KHOTJP [nou-pl, v. a. to toll the church-bell.— Cleb Hills. *
'E's on'y knouped the bell seven
times, so 'e'll on'y be 'ere seven year.'
This observation bore reference to a current belief that when— « according to the rites of induction — a
clergyman tolls the ball on being put
into possession of his church, the number of years he will hold the living are fore-^c2 by the same
number of strokes on the bell. Knoup
is evidently a corrupted form of M.E. knap, to stiike, used in the sense of to toll in the following : —
%%* 3r Mery, . . . farewell Roger olde knaue,
Oood night Roger olde knaue, knaue knap. Pray for the late maister Roister Bolsters
soule, %%And come forth parish Clarke, let the passing bell toll. Pray for your mayster sirs, and for hym
ring a peale.' %%Roister Doister, Act. i^. Be. ig. p. 46. C£ Knap (2). %%"KSOW TO, phr. to know
the whereabouts of a thing — a more definite
expression than knoio of, which is understood to mean rather the knowledge that a certain thing is
somewhere, than that it is in any
particular spot. Com. 'Dost 'ee know to the brummocky Dick ? * ' Aye, I sid the wench '^ve it
jest now — cuttin' sticks fur the
oven.' %%KVUBL [nur'1'1, (1) sh, a knot in timber. — Pulverbatch ;
Wem. * Tak' it a bit lower, yo' canna
saw through that knurl, it's *' as 'ard
as brazil"' %%* Nodus, a knot, a knurl. , ,* — Dict» Etym.
Lot, Sw. knorla, to twist. %%(2) sb, a
short, stiff, thick-set person. — Atcham; Pulveebatch; Wem. * Whad a stumpy knurl Dick keeps ! —
'e dunna yow a bit.* ' '£ may well be
a knurl, 'is nasty owd Faither*s punned 'im into th^ yerth aumust.' Chaucer has * knarre* in the
same sense : — %%* The Mellere was a stout carl for the nones, Ful big he was of braun, and eek of boones
; %%%%He was schort schuldred, brood, a thikke knarred %%The Prologue, 1.
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242 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%* In Hoxnei^s craft
Jock Milton thrives ; Eschvlus' pen
Will Shakespeare dnyes ; Wee JPope,
the knurlin, *till him rives %%Horatian fame ; In thy sweet sang, Barbauld, survives
%%Even Sappho's flame.* %%BOBEBT BUKNS, PoeTM, p. 114, 1. 15. %%JLHUKLED,
adj. stunted ; dwarfed, — Pulvbrbatch. * The cabbitch dunna come on kindly, they bin all knotted
an* knurled — ^thoex's no growth in
'em.' %%KOLIHO [koa-lin], eh, a rough-tasting apple, like the ciab, found
in cider-orchards.— XuBLOW. %%ETEBLOCK
See Kerlock. %%KTOTTF. See Keonp. %%KTOXrSE. See Keonsa %%KTOTJT. See Keout
%%KTPE. See Kipe. %%KTVK See %%%%LACEy V, a. to beat; to thrash. —
^Polverbatch ; Cbavkn Arms. Qy. com. '
If that lad wuz mine I'd lace 'im as lung as I could stand o'er 'im.* %%Fegge gives ' Lace^ to thresh
a person. ** I laced his jacket for
him.'^ ISorth.' Cf. Leather. %%LADE^Ainr, same as Oann (2), q. v. —
Newport. See Lacli/IT, with Way*8
note, in Prompt Parv,^ p. 283. %%*A.S. hladan; O.H.Germ. {h)ladan; O.Icel.
Tdos^a^ to lade [[= to load].'— Strat.
%%LADIES AVD OEITTLEHEV, sh. the flower-spikes of Arum macii- ;ci<um.->SHB£WSBi7ET. CI DevU's Ken
and Women. See Ooyru and Cauves.
%%LADIES'-PUBSES, sh pi. the flowers of the Calceolaria. Qy, com.
%%IAD-LICKED, part, adj, beaten, vanquisbed by a youth. — Pdlvkr- BATCH. * So some o' the owd warriors
("village pugilists] got beaten,
I *ear.* *Aye, the owd uns bin 'ard-nsted, but the young uns bin nimble, yo' sin, an' so owd Jim got
lad-licked.* See Lick (1). %%LAD'S-LOVE, ah. Artemvila ahrotanum^
Soathcrn-w6od. — PuliVer- BATCn. Qy.
com. Cf. Old-Man. %%LADT-COW, sh. Coccinella sepfem piinctatay the Lady-bird.
— Shbewsbtjry ; Wem, Qy. com. %%*
Lady-cow, lady-cow, fly thy way homo,
Thy house is on fire, tny children all gone, All but one that ligs under a stone, Fly thee home, lady-cow, ere it be
gone.' J. O. Halltwell's Nursery
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%%Mr. Halliwell says the foregoing stanza 'is of yery condderable antiquity, and is common in Yorkabire/
%%Mr. Wedgwood remarks that 'the comparison of a beetle to a cow seems strange, but in other cases the
names of certain animals are giyen to
insects of different kinds/ and he instances the large black beetle — * The Deyil's Coach-horse '
[q. y. ante], called in O.N.
J6tun~oxi, the Giant's ox. He says, 'The name Lady -bird —
rapidly supplanting that of Lady-Cow —
^was probably giyen to the pretty
little beetle which bears it as being more appropriate to a
flying creature ; ' but adds that '
bird here may be a corruption of bode, or
bud, a name giyen to insects of different '^nda—eham-bode, dung- beetle, wooUhode^ hairy caterpillar.' He
giyes as his authority for this, ' E.
Adams on names of insects in Philolog. Trans.' %%See Ood-A'mighty's Lady-Cow.
%%LADT-OLOVE, sb, Dicfitdlis purpurea^ purple Foxgloye. — ^Elles- m£re. One of the French names for the
Digitalis is ' ganU de noire Dame,*
See Lady's-fingers, below. %%LADT-OAASSy sb. Dadylis elegant issima,
variegated Cocksfoot- grass; the
striped 'riband-grass' of the garden. Qy. com. Of. Iiady's-ribanda. %%LADTS-FIHOEBS, ah. same
as Lady-gloTe.— Clun. 8o likewise in
French it is ' doigts de la Vierge,' %%LADT-SMOCK, Cardamine pratensisj
common Bitter-cress. Com. %%* When daisies pied and yiolets blue And lady-smocks all silyer white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue %%Do paint
the meadows with delight.' %%Lov^s Labour Lost, V. ii. (the Song). %%'This plant
{Cardamine) is called in English Cuckowe-flower, at the Namptwich in Cheshire, where I had my
beginning, Ladie Smocks, which hath
giuen me cause to Christen it after my Countrey fiishion.' — Gebabde's Herball, Bk. IL p. 261. %%'
Looking down the Meadows, [F] could see here a Boy gathering Lillies B,nS Lady-smocks, and ihere a Girle
cropping Culyerkeys and Cowslips all
to make Garlands suitable to this pleasant Month of May.' — The Compkat Angler, ch. xi. p. 214,
ed. 1653. %%' Ladies Smock, an Herb, otherwise called Cuckoo Flower,^ —
^Baxley, ed. 1727. %%LADT'S-RIBAHDS,
same as Lady-grass, q. y. — PuLyERSATOH. Cf.
Love's-laces. %%LADT-Wrm-THE-TEN-FLOUlfGES, the Goldfinch. —
Clun. Children's term. Cf.
SherifTs-Maa See Jack-Kicol. %%LAO [lag*], V, n, to fall behind ; to come
slowly on ; to retard. Com. • Now
then, come alung ; 'ou yo' done lag behind.' %%* Then farre behind they come
I troe, that striye to run before, We
mu&t goe lagging on, as legges and limmes were larae.' %%Churchyard's
Poems, p. 68, L 27. %%The slow moyements of geese coming up from pasture are
accelerated by the call * lag, lag,
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244 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%'W. llag, loose;
'slack; sluggish. Gael, laff^ feeble; faint,' in Wedo. See Lag-last, below. %%LAO-EFD, (I)
sh. the heaviest portion, either of work or of weight. — PuLVERBATCH. * Yo' aPays gin me the
lag-end o' the sack.' %%i2) the remainder; the latter end. — Pulveebatch.
*Poor oud ow ! it*8 yery 'ard to know
want at the lag-end on 'is days.* %%* TTor. . . I could be well content To entertain the lag-end of my life With quiet hours. . . . .' %%1 K Henry IV.,
V. L 24. %%IiAOOEN'S, sb, pLf ohsols, refuse pieces and strips of wood,
\xaQd. to *line out' — t. e. make
level — a'roof, under the tiles. — ^B&idoxobth. %%LAGOEBMEHTS, sb, pi,,
ohsols, fragments ; odds and ends of pieces
left from work. — Pulverbatch. * Pick up yore laggermerdSy they bin all o'er the 'ouso/ Of. Libbets.
%%LAO-LAST, sh. a loiterer. Com. 'Now then, shift yore fit; I warrant yo' bin al'ays lag-last,* Compare
K, Richard III., II. i. 90. %%LAMBS' -TAILS, sh, same as Knives and Forks,
q.v. — ^Clux, %%Hopton Cattle* %%LAMB-TAILS, sh, the catkins of Corylns
Avellana — Hazel and Pilbert trees. —
Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch. %%LAMMAS-PLUM, sh, a dark, purple plum, which has
its 'due season ' for becominj? ripe
at Lammas- tide — the first week in August.
— Pulverbatch ; "Wem. * Whad bin yo' atin', Jack ? ' * On'y a
bit o' glue off the Lammas-plum tree.'
See Glue. %%LAMMEL [lam'il], v, a, to beat — a school-boy's term. —
^Welling- ton. Qy. com. %%Bailey — ed.
1782 — gives * To Lamm, to baste one's Shoulders, to drub one.* %%*0.N. lemja, to give a sound
drubbing; N. Icemja, ta beat,' in
"Wedg. %%LAJfDBAKE [lan*dr'aik], sh,y var, pi\ the Landrail. — Clun ;
Bridg- north. See Corncrake. %%LANOET
[lanjif-it], (I) sh, the iron socket into which the 'tree' of a spade fits. — Pulverbatch ; Bishop's Castle
; Clun. %%(2) sh, a somewhat long and narrow iron stay, such as is used
in securing a * hurter ' to the axle-
tree of a tumbrel. — Pulverbatch. %%* Langate or Languet (from the Fr.
langue, a tongue), a long and narrow
piece of land or other thing.' — Blount's Olossographia, p. 363. %%Grose has *
Langot (of the shoe), the strap of the shoe. N.' %%TdAJSTUN [lan'tun], sh.,
var, pr, a lantern. Qy. com. Cf. Lonton. %%LAJfTTW-PUFF, same as Lontun-puff;
q. v.— 'Wem. %%LAP pap-], V. a, to fold; to wrap; to envelop. Com. (1) **Ere, lap that 'ankercher up afore yo' ptitten it
away.' (2) * Patch my oollen shawl to
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%%^ fyan wist william wel * bi |>e bestes willey i>at he ]>e hert & \>e hinde '
hade (^ere slayne, him & his
loueliche lexnman * to lappe in ^e skinnes/ %%William of Paleme, 1. 2o76u
%%The Wicliffite yersion— ed. A.D. 1388 — ^has, * And whanne the bodi was takun, Joseph lappide it in a clene
sendel.' — Matt. xxviL 29. %%* Lappyn\ or whappyn' yn clo}>y8 (happyn
to-gedyr, S. wrap to- geder in
clothes, P.). Involve, ** Plica, to folde, or lappe. Volvo, to tume, or lappe.'* — Med. Palsgrave gives
the following phrases : ** Lappe this
(mylde well, for the weather is colde, enuelopez bien, &c. Lappe this hoode aboute your head, affuUey
voua de ce chaperon" ' — Prompt,
Parv, and Notes, %%See Lapt, below. %%LAPE pai-pl, V. a. to lap with the
tongue, as dogs, &c. — Whit-
chxjbch; £LLESMEB£« %%' And if hyni lyst for to tape ' )»e lawe of kynde
wolde That he dronS:e at odie^diche *
ar he for thurste deyde.' %%Piers PL, Text B., pasa xx. L 18w O.Du. lapen. Idem, %%LAPESIlfO
[lai'pu'sin], part. pres. dabbling, as in water or ' slop ' of any kind.— -Ellesmeke. 'Them childem bin
al'ays lapesin^ i' the waiter ; I
never seed the like on 'em.' %%LAPPED O'EE TOHOTJE, phr., sU tasted; drunk. —
Atcham ; Ellesmebe. Qy. com. * It's as
good drink as iver wub lapped o'er
tongue* %%LAPT, part. adj. folded ; inwrapped ; enclosed ; enveloped.
Com. (1) * Han'ee lapt them tuthree
things in a good strung paper as 55nna
be likely to-bost ?' (2^ * The poor child's scauded 'er fut
despertly.' 'Wha'n'ee piit to it?
*WeU, we'n lapt it round 66th traicle an*
flour, it's the best remeddy theer is for fatchin' the fire out' %%'
The towne is built, as in a pit it were.
By water side, all lapt about with hilL' Churchtabd's Poems, p. 70, L 2. (Towne of
Breakenoke.) %%' Here doth two Corpse lie sleeping here, The Husband & the Wife most dear, Lapt up in Clay they must remain Till Christ doth call them out again.*
%%Epitaph in Clungunford Churchyard, %%* ** Obvolvo, to lappe about.
Involutus, i. circumdatus, lapped or
wrapped. Involutio, a lappynge in." — Obttjs. **To lappe,
volvere, com^vere. To lapp in, intricare,
involvere," &c. — Cath. Ano. This
verb is used most commonly in the sense of wrapping as a
garment.* — ^Way, in Prompt. Parv,
%%See Lap, above. %%LARK-HEELED, adj. having a long projecting heel. —
Pulverbatch. Qy. com. 'Bin yo* sure
yo'n got the instep o' that stockin' wide
enough ? — 'cause Charlie's rather lark-^eeVd, yo' knowen.' %%LARV.
See Leant %%LASBAECE [laai^uns], sh.y var, pr, the 'Genius' of idle people.
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Larrance on their back. Com. * That chap's
got Larrance on *i> back, 'e dunna do 'afe a Hour's work in a day.'
%%LABJLXJM [laar^'um], sb,, var, pr, the alarum of a clock. Qy. com. * Dick, yo' mind an get up w'en yo' *ear
the larrumj * las, Missds * — but Dick
muttered to himself — ' 1 get too much larrum [scolding], so be'appen I shanna 'ear it ! ' %%LARETJP
[laar^'up], v. a. to beat. — Oswestry. %%* Du. larp, a lash ; larpen^ to
thresh in a peculiar manner, bringing
all the flails to the ground at once. — Bomhoff/ in Wedo. %%LASKT
[laar''i'], eh. a confused noise, as of a number of people all talking together. — Pulvebbatch. * I 'eard
a fine larrf^ W night — folks gwein
down the Moat lane.' %%LAT [lat], (1) sh. a lath. Com. Usually heard in the
plural form — ' one o' them kUa,'
%%*Latas,* explained by Mr. Wright as ' laths,* occurs in The Diction^ ariua of John de Oarlande, first half xiii.
cent., in Wr. yocabs., ToL L p. 137.
%%* A.S. latta ; O.Du. laUe ; O.H.Germ. laUa^ lat (lath), aseer,* in Stbat.
%%(2) adj, slow ; tedious. Ck)m. ' Yo'n find it a lai job to shift all them 'urdles by yoreself.' %%' )>enne
com )>e kyn«^ Eualac ' and fuUouht askes ;
In Y^ nome of ^ fader * loseph him folwede, Called him Mordreyns * ** a «a£ mon"
in trouf^e.' %%Joseph of Arimathie, L 695. %%Mr. Skeat gives the following
Glossarial Note, p. 65 : — * Mordreyns
is explained to mean ^|tardieus en creanche," slow of belief. A
lat mon = a slow or sluggish man ;
lit. a IctU man.' %%<A.S. l<Bt; O.Sax. lat; O.IceL latr; Qtoih. lata,
lat; tardus,' in Stbat. %%[3) adj.
backward; late.— Shbewsbuby ; Pqlvebbatch. Qy. com. Clarke's odats bin lat, but they wunna
sowed tell after May- Da J, an' the
M6at-'all groun' 's never very yarly — an' as the owd saym' is — ** lat sowin' mak's lat
mowin'." ' See Lat-time. %%LATCH, V. a. to survey the underground
workings of a mine. Qy. com. — M. T.
Called dialling in Derbyshire. %%LATHER riaadh-ur'], (I) »6., var. pr. a
ladder. Com. %%* 2'Ae Uarte howae, two tumbrels with bare wheeles, fowre
lathers, twelve Gutter powles for the
Water Course.' — Inventory . . , Owlbury
Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625. A.S. Icedder, Idem. %%(2)
[laa'dhur'], <idv., obsols. rather.->FnLy£BBA.TOH. Cf. Lother. %%LATHT
riath'i'], (1) adj. thin; spare of frame. — Pulvbrbatch. *I think o puttin' Jim to a trade, 'e's a poor
lathy lad— nod fit fur 'ard work.' %%*
Lethy or weyke, Flexibilis.' — Ptompt. Parv. %%(2) adj. light and poor in the
ear : said of grain. — Ihid^ * If II be
a poor ild this time, the ears bin despert lathy an' green.' Ci
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%%LATITAT [lati'tatl sh^ ohsols. senseless talk. — Pulverbatch. *Soiio & yore latiitU; ycr bin about as wise
as a suckin' gully.* %%LATHESS, same as Lattanoe, below. — Ellesmbrb.
%%LATTAHCE, sh. an impediment in the speech. — Pulverbatch; Wem. * It's a sad denial to the poor lad
'&yin' sich a lattance in 'is
Bpeoch.'^ ' Ah I 'e can swar fast enough.' Lat, with a kindred mean- ing of hindrance, occurs in the following :
— %%' *^ And as that I am feithful knvcht and trew» At nycht to yow I enter fhall aiaine» But if that deth or other lat certan, Throw wich I [may] hare fuch Impediment, That I be hold, magre myne entent." '
%%Lancelot of the Lath, 1. 958. A.S.
hstan, to hinder. %%LATTEHIVO [lat'nin], part. adj. retarding. — ^Pulverbatch
; Wem. ' This cowd weather's mighty
lat^nin' to the tillin'.' A.S. Icetan.
See Lattin', below. %%LATTEBKATH [lat-ur'muth], sb. same as Aftermath, q. v.
^Ludlow. %%* Whad sort'n a lattermuth han yo' ? ' %%* Lateward hay,
latermath.^ — nollyhand^9 Dictionaries 1593, in Hal. A.S. lator^ later; and A.S. base, maiS.
%%LAT-TXKE, sh. a backward season. — Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch. Qy. com. ' It's a many 'ears sence we 'ad'n
sich a lot-time as this [1879] — I
remember one 'ear Ven the damsons wun as green as grass at Churton Wakes [1st Sunday after Sep.
27th], but that mus' be forty 'ear
ago, or dose upon it ' [1839 ?]. Of. Lat (3). %%LArx'iM*, part adj. hindering
— 'the rain is very lattin\* — Clee
Hills. C£ Latteninsr. %%LAXrOHnrO-BIBI), sb. the Green Woodpecker.—
Wem. See Ecall. %%LAWJS [lau'n], sb., obsoU. a term still employed by some of
the older %%gentry to designate the park-like area which is adjacent to
their ouses, and tlm)ugh which runs an
approach, formerly called the %%* coach-road' — now, the * carriage-drive (at
Berwick this has an extent of half a
mile or thereabout). — Shrewsbury; Newport;
Oswestry. Qy. com. The lawn is distinguished from the park %%E roper
by having no deer in it ; the home stock graze its pasture, ut when its acreage is very extensive it is
occasionally let as a %%* ley ' — as at Berwick. * I canna tell who rents
Berwick lawn sence Mr. Gough o' Gravel
'HI 'eld it, but I eid a lot o' ship an' cattle i' the park as I went by, an mighty good sorted
things they wun.' %%' *• And J»U8 I went wide- where • walkyng myne one. By a wilde wildomosso * and bi a
wodo-syde. Blisse of I'O briddes *
[ubyde mo made,] And vnder a lyndo
vppon a launde * lonod I a stouudo. To
lytho 1^0 layes * ^ louely foules made." ' %%Fieri PL, Text B., pass.
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248 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%* clothed al in greene.
%%On honting be thay riden n^ally. And
to the grove, that stood ful faste by,
In which ther was an hert as men him tolde, Duk Theseus the streyte wey hath
holde. And to the launde he rydeth him
ful righte, For thider was the hert
wont have his flighte.' %%Chaucek, The Knightes Tale, 1. 833, ed. Morris. %%*
First Keeper, Under this thick-grown brake we'll shroud ourselTes ; Por throupn this laund anon the deer will
come ; %%And in this covert will we make our stand, %%Cidling the principal
of all the deer.' — 3 K, Henry VI, , TTT. i. 2. %%* then went they downe into
the Lawnde these Noblemen all 3 echo of them slew a hart of greece they best that they cold see.' %%Adam Bell,
Clime of the Cloughe^ and William of
Cloudetlee, I 419. Percy Folio M8., voL iii. p. 92, ed. Hales and Fumivall. %%Mr.
Fumivall gives a footnote : — * Lawnde, a clear space in a forest.^ A Glossarial Note— p. 558 — ^by Mr. Yiles,
says — * " Lawne, a plain,
untiUed ground." — J? ttWo^ar** Diet, 1656,' and adds, [other]
*old dictionaries define laund, ** a
piece of ground that never was tilled," * and instances * Oaken Lawn, a rugged common
bordering Salop on the Staffordshire
side. %%Granted the foregoing, it seems probable that a farm called the Lawn, situated midway between Castle
Pulverbatch and Habberley (Salop), has
retained the appellation it bore when yet 'untilled ground.' A rabbit-warren which skirts it on
one side is known as the * lawn HiU.'
%%Ash gives * Lawn, an open space between woods.' %%Bailey — ed. 1782 — ^has
* Lawn, a great Plain in a Park, or between
two Woods.' %%* Lawnde of a wode. SaUu8. Camden, in his Bemains,
explains laund as signifying a plain
among trees. Thus in the account of the
hunting expedition, Ipomvdon, 383, the Queen's pavilion was pitched at a ** laund on hight," whence she
might command a view of all the game
of the forest ^* Indago, a parke, a huntyng place, or a %%- lawnde." —
Ortus. **A lawnde, sahus, ^Cath. Anq. ''Launde a playne, launde,*^ — Palso. ** Lande, a land
or launde, a wild untilled shrubbie or
bushy plaine." — CoTO.' Prompt Parv. and Notes,, W. llan, B. clear space. %%LAWTER
[lau'tur'l, sh the complement of eggs for a ' sitting ' laid by the mother-bird before she broods : a
term of the poultry-yard. —
Shrewsbury; Pitlverbatoh ; Worthen; Wellington; Wem. * 'Er's a capital goose, 'er brought twelve
gullies the first betch, an' 'er's
laid seven eggs o' the secont lawter,*
Grose gives * Laster, or Lawter, thirteen eggs to set a hen. K.'
%%LAY, V, a. This term, when applied to a thorn-hedge, means, to renew it by cutting it down on both sides, hewing
out the old wood and stumps, leaving —
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%%haymg first carefully split them leng^wise — laying down" the
young shoots, intertwining them
basket-fashion between the uprights. —
Newtobt; Ellesmebe. CI Pleach. %%LAYERS, sb, pi, the quick-thom shoots
which are laid down to form the hedge.
— Ibid, %%* PL D. lagcy a row of things laid in order . • • afleger, a layer
or offset of a plant laid in the
ground to strike root,' — ^Wedg. Of.
Pleachers, %%LAYLOC [laiiuk], (1) sb., var.pr, Syringa vulgaris, common
Lilac. Qy. com. %%* Then all comes
crowdin' in ; afore you think The
oak-buds mist the side-hill woods with pink,
The cat-bird in the laylock bush is loud, The orchards turn to heaps o' rosy cloud.'
%%J. E. Lowell. adj. the colour *
lilac.' * Qy. com. lyhc for lilac was
the pronunciation of fashionable, *■
high life * folk in the days of George
IV. See Philology of the English Tongue, p. 149. %%LAY ME IS, phr. cost me.
Com. * That melch cow lay me in £20,
but 'er's a rar* good un.' %%LAY-0'ERS-FOB-MEDDLEES, sb. an undefinable term,
used to ward off a child's troublesome
inquisitiveness. — Shrewsbury; Pulver-
BATCH. *Whad*n*ee got i' the basket, Mother?' * Lay-oWa-fur-' meddlers, an' yo' sha'n be sarved first.'
Perhaps the idea of a switch, to lay
over the shoulders, is meant to be conveyed in this figure of speech. %%LAZE,
LAZnrO, See Lease, Leasing. %%LAZY-BACK, sb,, obsols. the frame for holding
the bakestone over the fire.—
Bridgxorth. Cf. Maid (3). %%LEAF, (l)sb.& layer of fat spreading over
certain portions of the interior
carcase, as of pigs and poultry ; the leaf of a pig is melted down
for lard — the leaf of a goose for
goose-oil — the leaf of a fowl for chicken-
oil, and so on. Com. The sense of leaf here given is in unison with Mr. Wedgwood's assertion that * the radical
meaning [of leaf] seems something
flat.' Gr. XtiroQ (lep-as), a scale. %%(2) See Lef. %%LEABJT [laaVn and
lur'n*], v. a. to teach. Com. ' I should like to lam the bwoy my own trade, but 'is Mother's
took a fancy to mak' 'im a
counter-skipper.' %%* But woldest |>ou for godes loue • leme me my Crede.'
%%P. PL Cr., 1. 402. %%*And, modyr, I pray yow thys byll may recomend me to
my %%eustyrs bothe, and to Syr John Stylle, and to pray hym to %%be good
mastyr to lytyll Jak, and to leme hym well.' — Paston Letters, A.D. 1467, vol. ii. p. 319. %%* Cal, You
taught me language ; and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague nd you For learning me your language ! ' —
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250 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%A.S. idran; G^rm.
lehren, to teach. Du. leeren has the twofold
meaning of to teach and to learn, just as Froy. E. learn haa. %%LEASE
[laiz], Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Worthen ; Ellesxebe. Qy. com. [iee'z], Newport ; Whitchurch ;
Oswestry, v, a, and v. n, to pick up
and gather together the scattered ears of com in a harvest- field ; to glean. ' It wunna use't to be so
i' the poor owd Maister^s time, he
aVays loost the neighbours in among the mows, to laue afore the mob comen — but now yo' mun stop till
every shof s out, an.' the ell-rake
dragged o'er till theer inna-d-a ear lef .* %%* ** Ac who so helpeth me to
crie • or sowen here ar I wende, Shal
haue leue, bi owre lorde * to Use here in heruest, And make hem mery )^re-mydde * maugre whoso
bigruccheth it." ' %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. vi. L 68. %%' Gleaning or
Leesing or Songoing, is gathering of the loose Ears of Com, after Binding and Loa£ng. — Academy of
Armory, Bk. IIL ch. iii. p. 73. %%'
Gk>tn. lisauy to lease, gather, collect; Matt. vi. 26; Tii. 16. Cbmx and Du. lesenf E. lease, to glean.' —
Skeat's MoBSo^Gotkic Dictionary, %%LEASIVO [lai'zin or lee'zin], according to
localities above, sb, the com that has
been leased, whether tiea up in bundles or — in the case of short ears — collected in the
'ear-bag' [q. v.] of the gleaner. *
Weer's yore Faither workin' to-day, Tum ? ' * 'E mna workin' no- weer — ^'e's throshin* the laisin^ i'
Kite's barn [Cothercot]. ' %%* As the wasgoner of Mr. Menloye, of Wackley,
near Ellesmere, was walking backwards
and whipping one of the horses in the
harvest-field, a few days since, his feet got entangled in some
leasing which direw him down, and the
wheels passing over him, he was killed
on the spot.' — ScUopian Journal, Sept. 19th, 1804, in Byegones, July 23rd, 1879. %%LEASOW [Icz'u'], ah. a
pasture - field. Com. The term is also
applied to a corn-field, but this is a degenerate use of it : the old
folk in Corve Dale at this date [1874]
reprove the younger ones for employing
the word * corn-leascw' * V the lane w'en a ou^ht to be i' the leasow ' is proverbially said of one
who is not in the right place at the
right time. %%' Fascua, Iseswe,' occurs in an Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary, xi.
cent, in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 80.
%%Mr. Wright gives the following note: — *This is the modem leasow — ^^a word still in use, in some
parts of England, in the significa-
tion of a psusture-field.' In John x. 9, where the A. V. has *
pasture,' the Wicliffite version — ed.
A.D. 1388 — ^has * lesewis: ' — 'And ne sdial
go ynne, and schal go out, and he schal fynde lesewis,^ %%A.S. Icesu,
a pasture ; common. Cf. Lezzer. %%IE ASTWATS, adv. at least. Com. * I 'ope
Jack'U goo ooth 'is Faither to work
soon — leattvyays, the Maister promised me Vd
tak"im.' %%Leastways is a corruption of least-wise, a form which
Mr, Pogge notes as being a
substitution, by the * Natives of London,' for * at least.' He vindicates the word from
vulgarity by quoting its literary use,
— * "At least- wise." — Life of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, p. 9,' — and says, * Weise is a Gorman word,
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%%fairly combine with lecut as with those words which ore its usual associates, viz., /lAc-wise, other-wiae,
&c.' — Anecd<des of the English
Language f p. 56, ed. 1814. %%LEATHES [ledhnir'], v. a. to beat ; to
thrash. Com. ' Yo' tell 'im, if 'e
dunna let yo' alone comin' throm school, yore Faither '11 leather 'im athin a ninch on 'is life.'
%%Grose has ' Leather, to beat. N.' Ber. < leathering.' %%LEATHEBrBAT, sh.
Long-eared Bat. — ^Bridonobth. See Billy-bat,
also Flitter-mouse. Gf. Leathering-bat, below. %%LEATHEBINO, sK a
beating ; a sound drubbing. Com. ' I gid
'im sich a leathering as 'e nerer wuz maister on afore.'
%%LEATHEBHrO-BAT, same as Leather-bat, above.— Clun. %%LEAVE [leev], v, a. to
let ; to allow ; to permit. — Shrewsbuby ;
Ellesmebe. A term chiefly used in asking^ for a favour to be
granted. ( 1) * Missis 'as sen' to
know if yo*ll leave "er 'Jive a can o' waiter out o' the pump, an' 'er'll thank yo' kindly.'
(2) * Mary, axe yore Mother if 'er'll
leave yo' g6o alung 6dth me to the Club.' %%• ** Now god leue neure,"
quod repentance • " but |>ow repent |»e rather, pe grace on |>i8 grounde * J^i good wel
to bisetto, %%Ne J?ine ysue after |>e • " .' %%Fiera FL, Text B., pass.
v. L 263. %%* And leue she mo him y-se
Heye hangen on galwe tre, pat
hire haued in sorwe brouth.' %%ffavelok the Dane, 1. 334. %%Bee Mr. Skeaf s '
Glossarial Note ' on hue, in Havelok, p. 131.
A.S. lyfan; Germ« er lauben, to allow; permit %%LEDOEV [lej'h'D,
sometimes lej'h'nd], v. a. to close the seams of wooden vessels which have opened, either
from having been left too long dry, or
in consequence of the * grouping' being broken ; in the former case simple immersion in water will
ledgen the tub or }>ail, in the
latter it is cooper's work. — Wem ; Ellesmebe. %%Compare * Legge, ouer twarte
byndynge (ouer wart, S. ledge. P.),
Ligatorium,* in Prompt, Parv. %%LEECH. See Beast-leeoh. %%^ Leche,
mann or woman. Medicus, medica. ** A leche, altptea, empiricw, medicus, cirurgicus/* — Cath.
Ang. ''Leche, a surgion, aervrgion!* —
Paxso. The appellation was used to denote those who professed any branch of the healing art, as
well as the ladies, who frequently
supplied the place of the regular practitioners.' — Prompt* Parv. and Notes, %%A.S. lice; Dan. laege^ a
physician; surgeon. %%LEF, (1) sh,y var. pr. a leaf. — Shbewsbury;
Pulvebbatch. Qy. %%com. 'I dunna know exac'ly whad time it wuz w'en the
Squire • come 'ere, I know the trees
wun i' the fc/— but they al'ays gwun to %%Lunnon the best part o' the 'ear.'
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252 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%* *' Ac ]fOW art like a
lady * |nit redde a lessoun ones. Was,
omnia probate ' and |>at plesed here herte. For I'at lyne was no lenger * atte leues
ende. Had [she] loked \fa.t other half
* and \>e lef tomed, [She] shulde
haue founden fele wordis." . . .' %%Piers P/., Text B., pass, iii 1.
337. %%'A.S. led/; O.Du, loof; O.Fris. M/; O.Icel. lauf; O.H.Genn. lauh ; Goth, laubsy lea£'— Strat. %%(2) sh,
a large leaf— usually a cabbage leaf— upon which raspberries are disposed, as upon a platter, and so
C€urried to market, and sold. — Ibid,
* They wun sellm' razb'ries at 4d. a Uf i' Sosebry o' Satur- day; they binna tied to mizzer by the 7e/,
but they bin genarlly about a pmt, an'
I should.thinkthese one nigh a quart.' %%LENNOW. See Linnbw. %%LEBT-COBN,
«&., ohsohi. spring wheat — Newport. A.S. leneim^ the spring. See below. %%LENT-GEAIN, sh,
barley, oats, and pease (but not wheat) — which are sown in the early spring-tide — are
included in this term. — Shrewsbury ;
Pulverbatch. Qy. com. %%' As lynne-seed & lik-seed * & lente-seedes
alle ; Aren nouht so wor^hi as whete
*....' %%Piers PL, Text C, pass. xiii. 1. 190. See Lent-tilling. %%LENTH [len'th], sh,
length. Com. A form of frequent occurrence
in the early writers. %%' & I'us of l€n\>e & of large *
p&t lome I'ou make ; pre hundred
of cupydej • ^ou holde to |?e fen)?*.
Of fyfty fayre ouer-J^wei-t • forme pe brede.* %%Alliterative Poems,
The Deluge (A.D. 1360, circa). Specim,
Early Eng., xiiL U. 314, 315. %%* Item, j. pece of fyne lynen clothe, yerd
brode, of lyj. yerdys of leniheJ* — Inventory,
. . . a.d, 1459, in Paston Letters, voL i. p. 480. 'A.S., O.Icel. hngt; O.Dii. lengde,
length.'— SxRAT. %%LEV T-SIDNESS, ah, the spring seed-time. — Shrewsbury ;
Pulver- batch, Qy. com. A.S.
leuctetitid, the spring-time. %%LENT-TILLIN', sb. the crops of Lent-^^rain.
See above. — Ibid, %%LEP, (1) V, a, and v, n. to leap. — Shrewsbury ;
Pulverbatch. %%* That mar' 's a right good un to Im; 'er took the quick-'edge
into the Broad-meadow, air lep it like
a buck.' %%* }>anne lep he vp li3teli * & loked al a-boute.'
%%IVilliam of Palerne, 1. 702. %%* He was so wimble and so wight, From bough to bough he kpped light.'
%%Spenser, The Shepheards Calender, March, ]. 453. %%(2) sb. a Isap. — ^MucH
Wexlock. %%^3) V. fj. to boil soft and tender: said of pease. — Clee Hillf.
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%%LEPPES8, sb. pi, grey pease that soften well in boiling. — ^Pulver- BATCit. * I can get a couple o' shillin' a
bag more fur them paso — 11i?y bin
sich good Uppers! %%LEFPIH'-PASE, same as above. — Church Stretton.
%%LESTIAL. See BestiaL %%LEWS Qou-n], 8h,y ohsoh, a church-rate. —
Shrewsbury; Pulver- BATCH; Wobthen;
Cluw; Wellington; Wem; Ellesmere. 'It
inna lung sence the /^tcm-getherer wuz 'ere, an* theer's another
lewn caet las' vestry-meetin'.'
%%'November, 1582, a cessemente or hwne* was laid upon the parishioners for repairs. — Churchwardens^
Accounts, St. Mary's, Shrewsbury. %%*
1690. Hugh Greenly bcing'poore his /eaune not paid, 00 - 00 - 08.' '— Church inardenf^ Accounts^ Clun. %%*
1776. Collected by Lewn, 6 - 12 - 3.' — Churchwardens' Accounts, Hopton Castle. %%* October 15*, 1840. At a
vestry meeting held in the Parish
Church .... for the purpose of granting a Jeum for the use of the Church,' &c — Churchwardent^ Accounts^
Ellesmere. %%A.S. Idhi, a loan. %%Lb W JN -PAPER, sb., ohsols. a rate-paper.
— Ibid, %%LEW-WARM [loo-], adj. tepid; lukewarm. Qy. com. 'Sally, fill the three quart can o' waiter fur
naidin' [kneading], nod more than
lew-warm — the weather's 'ot enough to piit it out o' the pump.' Lew-warm is a redundant form. O.E. lew
means warm, as shown in the following
citations : — %%* Hwan l^e deuel he[r]de that. Sum-del bigan him forto rewe ; With-drow \fe knif, l>at was lews Of ]>e seli children blod.' %%Havehk the
Dane, \, 498. %%' Y wolde that thou were could, ethir hoot ; but for thou art
lew^ and nether cold, nether hoot, Y
schal bigynne to caste thee out of my
mouth.' — Apocalypse, iii. 16, Wicliffite Version, ed. A.D. 1388. %%Jamieson
gives * Lew, Lew-warm^ tepid.' Cf. Glue-warm. %%LEZZER [lez'UT*], same as
Leasow, q. v. — ^Newport. %%* Hcec pascua
Anglioe a lesur. %%%%' Hcec pascua pascuoe est locus herhosus
pascendis antmalihus aptus^ gur.^—ifS.
Bibl Beg. 12 B. i £ 13, in Hal. %%%%LTAHT.Tg^ adj., pec. eligible. — Newport.
- An Edgmond woman asked if she were
liable to a blanket from the Provident Society. %%LIBBETS [libits], sb. pL
rags in strips. — Pulverbatch. *Pike up
yore^ libbets an' laggerments, an' nod '&ve 'em all o'er the
'ouse-flur a-this a-way.' Compare '
lippe/ which has the sense of a slip, a
shred, in the following : — %%' And sith )iat j'is sarasenes '
scribes, & luwes %%Han a /ij9!2>e of owre byleue * * %%Piers PI., Text
B., pass. xv. 1. 49^. Cf. Laggennenti.
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sb. the European Goat-sucker. — ^Wem,
Ilopton, %%* Lich'fowle, tlie reputed unlucky Night-Eaven, so called
from the Saxon Lie or Lich, i. e. a
dead corps ; Country people by corruption
call these Sorttch-OwleSf or Lich-Owlea,^ — Blount's Qhssographin^ p. 374. %%See Lich-oiol, in Nabes. Cfl
Night-hawk, also Chum-owl, %%LICK, (1) V, a. to beat; to thrash. Com. %%*
But, Davie, lad, Fm red ye're ^laikit ;
I'm tauld the Muse ye hae negleckit ;
An' gif it's sae, ye sud be lickei %%Until ye fyke ; Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit, %%Be
hain't wha like.' Egbert Bubns,
-Fo«m», p. 103, 1. 27. See Lad-licked.
%%(2) V, a. to surpass ; to excel — * that licks all as ever I sid.' Com.
%%LICKING, 8b. a beating. Com. %%LICKLE [lik-1], adj\, var, pr, little. Qy.
com. See Tl in Orammar Outlines
{consonants), %%LICK THE CEAHE-HITKDLE, pJir. a figure of speech borrowed from the dairy^— and applied to the
dairy-maid — ^to express * lives
welL'— PuLVEEBATCH. JFor example see Cullow. Cf. Mundle (1). %%LIDS,
sb, pL pieces of wood from twelve to eighteen inches in length, laid horizontally on the props that support
the roof of a mine, for the purpose of
giving them additional firmness. Com. — M. T, Pieces of wood of like kind are called caps in
Derbyshire. %%LIE, V. n., pec. to sleep — Hhe child Ua with its mother' —
'lies by itself.' Com. %%*Wherfor I
have purveyd that ye shall have the same drawte chamer that ye had oefor ther, as ye shall
ly to your sell' — PasUm Letters, A.D.
1453, vol. i. p. 251. %%LIEF [li^], cidv, soon ; readily ; willingly. —
Shrewsbuet ; Pulver- BATCH. Qy. com. '
I'd as lif sit i' Powtherbitch stocks fur a nour^ as I'd g56 to Church i' that fine bonnit to
be starred at.' %%'And as for your tenants of Drayton, as I canne understond
by hem, they be ryght gode and trew
hertyd to you to ther powers, an^ full
fayn wold that ye had it a yen in peasse, for they had as leffe al most be tenants to the Devell as to the
Duke.' — Paston LetterSy a,d. 1465,
vol ii. p. 194. %%* Jaques, I thank vou for your company ; but, good faith, I
had as Zie/have been myself alone. —-4
« You Like It, III. ii. 269. %%Mr. Oliphant remarks with reference to
Caxton's Renard the Fox, A.D. 1481,
that 'it contains many old Teutonic words, now obsolete, which we could ill afford to lose : ' he
enumerates some of these, and amongst
them is ' lief,* — Sources of Standard English, p. 286. %%See Lieve, below.
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%%%%Jaclc; %%%%bam or out-lLOuse. Qy. com, * Yo' bin up yarly this
momin', but I 'spect yo* lied t* the
lung fithers las' night.' Soo Lie. %%LIE UP, V, 7». to bo housed at night :
said of horses, cattle, &c. —
Newpobt. %%LIEVE [lee'v], adv. same as Lie^ above. ' 'E'd as licve goo
as not' — ^Newpobt. %%'I once saw it
laid down in an old-fashioned book of good
manners,' says Mr. Oliphant, * that it was vulgar to say, " I
would as lieve do it." For all
that, let each of our En^ish writers who has a well-grounded hope that he will be read a
hundred years hence, set himself heart
and soul to revive at least one long-neglected English word,' — Sources of Standard English^ p.
318. %%LIEVER, adv,, cmp, sooner ; rather ; more willingly. ' 'E'd Ikver goo till stop.' — Ihid, %%*■ So ^t liking & loue i haue * )>at lud to
bi-hold, |>at i haue leuer )iat
loue * l^an lac al my harmos.' %%William of Palerne^ 1. 453. %%' Barow swor
to me be his trowth that he had lever than xla^ and xl. that his lord had not comawndyd hym to
com to Qressam.' — Paston Letters,
a.d, 1450, vol. i. p. 111. %%' For fever had I die then see his deadly face.'
%%Spenseb, F, Q,y Bk. I. c. ix. st. xxxii. %%LIFTEB, sh, a smart blow — 'jest
gie 'im a good lifter.^ — Shrews- BUBY
; Wem. Cfl Bifter. %%LIFT-^F-BEEF, tih, the upper part of a leg of beef cut
lengthwise. — Clun ; Clbe Hills. Cf . Blench.
%%LIFT-OF-PORK, sb. the * ibre-quarter ' of a porkling pig, t. e. the • hand,' * breast,' and * belly-piece.' —
Subewsbuby. %%LIO, sb, a lie. Qy. com. %%LI60EB, 8b, a Im.—IMd. ' If Jack
toud yo' that, it's a Ug, an' 'e's a
ligger — yo' can tell 'im as I say so.' %%' Folk whilk I ne knewe serued to
mo ; In heiiug of ere me boghed to
he, Outen sones to mo lighed \>qL*
%%Metrical English Psalter^ xvii. (A.D. 1300, ante), [P«. xviii. 45], Specim. Early Eng., II. 1. 113.
%%*A.S. ledgan; Du, and Germ, leugen ; O.E. %, to tell lies.' %%LIGHT, (1) V,
n. to dismount; to alight. Com. 'Maister, the
Squire called this momin', but 'e oMna light as yo' wunna-d-in, —
'e took a glass o' ale at the
'orse-block, an' said 'e shoidd want the
grey-'im o' Monday.' %%' par )m iTam tho^ht to rest and slope ; par did |mi Man for to light, Bot son j>ai sagh an vgli sight.
%%%%Quan lesus sa^h l^am glopnid be,
He lighted of his moder kne.' %%(hirsor Mundi (A.D. 1320, circa).
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lyghted from my borsse, and taken my swerdo by the poynt, and yelded it into hys graces
liandos.' — ^LATiMERy StrmoTis, iiii.
p. 119. %%* " but light now downe, my lady gay, light downe & bold my borsse, wbilest I & your feitber & your
bretber doe play ys at tbis crossed' '
%%the Child of EU, IL 33, 34. Percy Folw MS.,
vol. i. p. 134, ed. Hales and FumivaU. %%See Genesis xxiy. 64. A.S.
Uhtan, to aligbt from a borse. %%(2) V. n. to descend and settle, as a bird
after fligbt. Com. ' Is a gwein to
light / ' * W*y> '©r 'as lit — canna yo' see ? ' %%' wbon god sende an
Angel * in-to Galile, %%%%to A Maiden ful meke * l^at Marie was boten. And seide, '* Blessed beo ^o\i flour *
feirest of alle ! )7e boligost
witb-Inne ^e * scbal lenden and lihte,^* ' %%Joseph of Arimathiey L 81. %%See
Matt iiL 16. Compare * Let tby mercy lighten upon us,* in tbe Te Deum Laudamus (Prayer-Book version).
A.S. Uhtan, to descend. %%(3) V, n, to fall in witb by cbance; to come upon
unexpectedly. Com. *Very often w'en yo
bin lookin* fur one tbing yo' light on
another — I wuz breyetin' fur the nail-passer, an' lit on Freddy's
eilyer pencil as wuz gid up fur lost.'
%%* And in such sort that bis offering might be acceptable to lupiter, and pleasant to his citizens to behold :
did cut downe a goodly straight growen
young oke, which he lighted on by good fortune.' — ^North's Plutarch, * Eomulus,' p. 30, in Bible
Word-Book. %%(4) ad), thin; poor: said of crops. Com. 'Them crops looken despert light* A.S. ledht, light (of
weight). Cf. Bhire. %%LIOHT-BOWT, sh. a thunder-bolt. — Pulverbatch ;
Newport. Qy. com. * Theer's bin a
power o' damage done by the e^rm las' Monday,
no less than three light-howts fell, an' a mar' an' cowt wun killed
at 'Abberley — I sid one gwem
ziggle-zaggle down tbe sky, an* 56ndered
Veer it 55d falL' Compare 'leyin [= lightning] bolt* in the following : — %%' The morning dawned full
darkly. %%The rain came flashing down,
And the jagged streak of tbe levin-hoU %%Lit up the gloomy town :
%%Tbe thunder crashed across tbe beayen, %%> %%A YTOTJN', The Execution of
Montrose, %%Spenser has ^ levin-hrond* for thunder-bolt. See F. Q,, Bk.
VII, c. yi. st. XXX. %%LIOHT-CAKE, sb.
same as Flap, q. v. — Church Stretton ; Clun.
Cf. Pikelet. %%LIGHTED, part past, ohs. confined ; delivered of a
child. — PuLyER- BATCH ; Much Wedlock.
* Gran, Mammy's sen* me to tell yo' as
we'n got another babby — 'er wuz lighted aiore Dad come wham las'
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%%niglit.' ' Ah, well-a-day wratch I theer waz anow on yo^ afore, 'er nee'na a sen* yo' throu' tiie snow to tell
me that' %%'1802. March 5. a poor Straing woman Lighted on the road, - 2 - 6.' — Parish AccounUy Mnch Wenlock.
%%* And miracles of mydwyyes ' & maken wymmen to wenen, pat ]*e lace of oure ladie smok * liite]?
hem of children.' %%P. PI Or., L 79. %%* And I shalle say thou was lygJU Of a knaye-childe this nyght.' %%Toumeley
Mysteries, p. 107, in Hal. %%' Lighted, a woman when brought to bed is said
to be lighted, i, e. lightened.
North,' in Pegge. %%A.S. geUhtan, lighten (make lighter). %%UGHTSOHE, (1)
adj\ cheerful; gay, — Pulvbrbatch. '*Er wuz a
good-tempeied, lightsome girld, but 'er soon droupt off.' %%* & a
lightsome bugle then heard he blow
ouer the bents soe broune.' %%Sir Cawline, L 80. Percy Folio M8,, voL
iii. p. 7, ed. Hales and FurmyalL
%%(2) adj, brisk : said of beer. — Ibid. ' It wunna strung, but nice lightsome drink.' %%LIOHT-HMBEBED, adj\
light of bone: said of horses chiefly.
Com. %%LIKK See Orammar Outlines (adverbs), p. Izzxi. %%LIKELY, adj.,
pee. hopeful ; promising. — ^Pulvbrbatch. Qy. com. %%* Them bin likely arens
fur makin' two good pigs, John.' ' Aye, the
'og's a good strung pig, but the gawt's a piadlin' ater, — ^minces
an' mommocks the mate about — I'm
afeard 'er oonna mak' much.' %%LTMBER [lim'bur'], (1) adj, lithe; supple;
pliant Qy. com. %%• Wy, John, yo' getten yoimger instid o' owder-— yo' gwun
cdung as limber an' as lissom as a lad
o' nineteen.' ' Aye, I could daince the
Sailor's-'ompipe yit, d6th a pretty good fiddler.'' %%*Eer.
Verily! You put^me off with limber
vows.* %%Winter's Tale, I. ii. 47. %%* ** Mol, soft, supple, tender, Hthe,
limber,'* — Cotok.,' in Way. Of.
Lissom. %%(2) V. a. to soften ; to supple. — ^Wem. * 'E limbered 'is jints
wuth Ues.^ %%LIKE-ASH, sh., obsols. 1
a compost of sifted ashes and mortar beaten
together ; a rough kind of flooring for kitchens or out-houses is made
%%of it.— PULVEBBATCH. %%YJliTg'R. [leimuT^], sb, to ' come limer * over a
person is to take an unfair advantage
of him, thus : — * Three lime-burners go6 to a public far some yale, two yoimg ims an' a owd un ;
the owd un tak's car* to sit i' the
middle, so as the jug passes backerts an' forrats— 'e gets as much agen drink as the young uns.' Hence
the saying—' 'E's a-comin' limer o'er
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bits.— Atcham ; Wbm. ' 'Er's tard 'er pinner
all to limmocks,* %%LINO, sb. Erica Tetralix^ Croas-leaved Heath. Qy. com.
Dan, lyng, heath. Cf. Grig (2).
%%LINK, t\ a. to fasten the doors. — Bishop's Castle, Lydbury North, Cf. Make (1). %%LINEERINO, part, adj.
lingering; loitering; 'loafing about* —
generally used with a reduplicated form—-* lonkering.' — Pulvek- BATCH ; Wem. * Jack, yo' lock that
'tato-'ouse, an' look roun' tho
buildin' to-night, theer's a lot o* tramps Unkerin' an' hnkerin*
about the lanes— rU shift 'em if a bin
theer to-morrow.' %%LINK-MOSS, same as Jealousy, q. y. — ^Pulverbatch.
%%LINNOW, LENNOW [lin-u'], Qy. com. [len-u'l, Worthen ; Cleb Hills ; Lxtdlow; Ellesmere, (1) ad;, limp;
flexible; pliant. * These starched
things bin as Unnow as tiie dish-clout, the Maister 'U nerer ptit 'is collars on like this.' ' As linnow
as a gloye ' is a current pro- verbial
8a3ring. Fegge has * Lennock, slender,
pliable. Lane' Cf . Gherm. lindey soft. %%(2) V, a, to make pliant — ^but the
term is not very often used in this
way. — Ibid. %%LIN-PIN, sb. the iron pin which goes through the axle of a
wheel ; a linch-pin. — Pulverbatch.
Qy. com. %%Amongst the several parts of a wheel enumerated under the
head of * Nomina pertinencia ad
Caredarium* in an English Vocabulary,
XV. cent, in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 202, are, 'Hie axis, A'
axyUtrt,* and next in order, 'Hoc
humuUum, A' lyn-pyne.' ^Lin-pin,
Lint-pin, s. The Hnch-pin.— Jamieson. %%LINT, sb,j pec. the flocculent dust
which collects in rooms, more
especially in bed-rooms. — ^Newport. Cf. Bowl (2). %%LINTY, adj. idle;
lazy. — Pulverbatch; Worthen; Wellinotok ;
Newport. Qjr. com. * Yo' bin as linty as yo' knowen 'ow to be,
but ni brush yore jacket fur yo'
direc'ly, if yo' dunna stir a bit faster.' %%* " LentuSf slowe and
feoulle, or lethy, moyste." — Med. MS. Cant. '^Lentesco, to waxe slowe or lethy, t.
tardum use.** — Orttts,' in Wat.
Prompt, Parv.y p. 302. %%LIP, sb, the tumed-up bit on the toe of a
horse's shoe, which keeps the animal's
hoof from pressing forward when travelling. — Pulver- batch. Qy. com. Cf. Corking« %%LISSOM
pis-urn], (\\ adj\ agile; supple; Hthe; free of movement in every joint ana limb. Com. * The owd
school-maister gets o'er the stilos as
lissom as a lad.' * Aye, aye, 'e hanna stood in aa many wet diches as I han, or 'e o5dna be so
limber.' %%Pepgo gives * Lissom, limber, relaxed North.' %%A.S. Hi ; N. lide,
to bend the limbs, whence lithe, lithesome, and Prov. E. lissom. Cf. Limber (1). %%(2) sh,
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%%flin, Sir, in bumin' lime we piitten first a lUeom o* coal, an' then a lissom o' lime-stwun.' C£ List, below.
%%(3) [liznun], same as List, below. — Pulvebbatoh. %%LIST, sh. the close,
dense streak sometimes seen in a loaf which has not risen properly. — Pttlveebatch. *I
canna tell Vether it's the faut o' the
flour or the barm, but the bread hanna ruz well— jest look whad a list is all alimg the bottom o' the
loal' %%' O.Fr. lisUy bande . . . de Tahal. lista, bande ; allmod.
leiste, bordare.' — Bub. Compare A.S.
list (edge of cloth). %%LITGH [lich*], (1) «5. a bunch of hay or grass. — Cobve
Dale. %%(2) sh. a lock of tangled, matted hair. — Clee Hills. * Tore
yar's all i* litcJies, I conna get the
c6om through it.' %%UTHESMOITB-LOAB [lidh'ur' munz], sh., obsolsA a greater
load than can well be carried at one
time, but is nevertheless undertaken
to save the trouble of another journey — a ' lazy-man's-load.' — PuLVEBBATCH. * Now, yo' bin al'ays fur
carryin' lithermon's-lodd — the one
'afe's tumblin' off, an' yo'n a to fatch it, an' that's 'ow lazy folks al'ays ban the most trouble.' O.E.
lither, bad, wicked, has a secondary
meaning of * lazy ' in some of the early writers. %%' & thou lett them of
their leake * with thy lidder tumes ! ' %%Death and Life, 1. 249. Percy Folio
MS., ToL iii. p. 67, ed. Hales and
FumiyaU. %%' Some litherly lubber more eateth than twoo, yet leaueth yndone that another will doo.'
%%TussEB, Fine Hundred Fointes of Oood Htishandrie, ed. E. D. S., p. 174. %%Bay [1691] gives
< Zither, idle, lazy, slothful ' in ' North Country Words, also m * South.' %%Jamieson has '
Lidder, sluggish,' and ' Lythyrnes, sloth.'
A.S. ItfiSer, bad. %%LOACH, v. a. (1) to drink greedily. —
^Pulvebbatch. ' I 'ate to see Colliers
come i' the fild, they bin good fiir nuthin' but hach the bottle,' t . f . to drink out of the ' bottle.'
%%Compare * To lurch, devour, or eate greadily, inaurgito,^ in Babet's Alvearie, A.D. 1580. Low Latin lurcare, to
swallow food greedily. Cf. GhUch.
%%(2) V. n. to suck hard. — Ibid, * The babby seems strung, 'e loaches away at 'is titty.' %%LOAF-O'-BBEAD, sb,,
pec. a loaf. Com. ' '* Them as gwun a borrowin' gwun a-sorrowin' " — ^but I shall be
'bliged to borrow a loaf -o* -bread,
fur the milner never brought tiie batch till after dinner, an' I
canna bar onder's bakin'.' %%' Hie
panis, A* lof of bred,' occurs in an English Vocabulary, xv. cent., in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 198.
%%LOBBEB-TE-LOT, same as Hobbetyhoy, q. v.— Wobthbn. Cf. * Du. loboor, a raw, silly youth,' in
Wedo. %%LOCKEBS, sb, pi. pieces of wood or iron placed within the circum- %%s
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a wag^n, or * skip/ to * scotch ' it when going down an incline. Com. — IC T. %%* O.N. loky
anything that serves for a fastening,' in W£DG. %%LODGED, part adj, laid
flat, as by rain or wind : said of grain or
grass. Qy. com. * That com 6ol be despert bad to cat — ^it inna-d- on'y lodged, but tathered.' %%' We'll make
fonl weather with despised tears ; Our
sighs and they shall lodge the Rummer com.
And make a dearth in this reyolting land.' %%K. Btchard IL, HI. iii.
162. See Tather (2). %%LOF| V, n, and
sh, to laugh ; a laugh. — Collibrt ; Newport. %%* and falls into a cough ;
%%And then the whole quire hold their hips and loffe.* %%Midsummer Nighfa
Dream, H. L 65. %%Mr. HaUiwell says, lof * occurs in Mother Hubbard, and is
a genuine old form.' A.S. hlihhan, to
laugh ; pt. t. ic M67u %%LOGGY pogi'], adj., ohsoM thick-set; weighty: said
of animals. — FtTLYERBATGH ; Ellesmere
; Wem . * John's pig weighed more than
*e 'spected— it looked short, but it wuz loggyj Cf. Blocky. %%LOLLOCE
[lol'uki, v, n, to lounge, or loll, or idle about — Ellesmers. Compare Icel. lulla, to loll about. See
Lollup, below. Cf. LozzocIl. %%LOLLOCKIH'-CHEEB, sb. an easy-chair; a
lounging chair. — Ibid, Compare * Du.
lollebancJce, a couch, loimging bench,' in Wedq. %%LOLLTTF, same as LoUock,
above. — Shrewsbury; Pulyerbatch. '
Yo'd'n better be i' the fallow, Tum, than lolloppirC about the foud.' %%LOMB
[lorn*], sb, a lamb. Com. An old form. %%' And as a lomb and ennosent, To be lad to sacrefyce to fore present.
%%Of Ann and !EUEiyface ; Of Pilate,
Erod, and moue mo.' %%JoHK Audelay's Poems, p. 60. %%* For as the lomh toward
his deth is brought. So stant this
Innocent bifore the kin^.' %%Chaucer, B. 617 (Six-text ed.), Skeat %%* Lombe,
yonge schepe. Agnus, agnellus.' — Prompt. Parv, %%* A.S., O.Sax., O.IceL,
Goth., O.Il.Germ. lamb, lamb.'— Strat. %%LOMMOCK [lom'uk], sb, a big lump ; a
thick piece — ' a lommock o* cheese.'
Qy. com. Cf. Lownder (1). %%LONDON-LACE, same as Lady-grass, q.v. — Clun. Cf.
Love's-laoes. %%LONE-OIBX, sb. a single, solitary woman, for whom there is no kinsman's shielding care. Com. %%' . . . A
hundred mark is a long one for a poor lone woman to bear : and I have borne, and borne, and borne, and
have been fubbed off, and fiibbed off,
and fubbed off, from this day to tiiat day, that it is a shame to be thought on.' — 2 K, Henry
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%%LOVG [lung'], adj,y pec, tall. Com. 'Jack says 'e canna bar this new Scotch bayly, 'e's as lung as a lather,
an' as thin as a rail ; 'e ^ should
like to ma^ 'is coffin out on a spout, an* bury 4m in a suff ! ' %%* "
My name is hmge Wille."' %%Piers Fl, Text B., pass. xv. L 148. %%* Hw he
was feyr, hw he was long, Hw he was
with, hw he was strong.' %%Havelok the Dane, 1. 1063. %%' If he were as
longjM he is Uther, he might thatch a house without a ladder. (7A«tfA.'— ±Uy*8 Froverba, p.
200. %%L0NOF17L, adj, excessively long, as applied to time. — Pulverbatch. Qy. com. ' Yo'n bin a lungful wilde gwe'in
to the blacksmith's shop.' %%* Theer wuz four 'orses to be shoe'd afore I
could be saryed.' %%LOVO-KHEELINO, ah., ohsols, the English Litany. —
Pulverbatch ; WoRTHEN ; Ellesmere. *
It wuz despert warm an' clos* i' church o'
Sunday — ^theer wuz three wenten out poorly, afore the lung-kneel\n\*
%%LOHOSOME, adj. long ; tiresome ; dreary. — Pulverbatch ; Wem. ' If s a despert lungaome r5ad 'twix the
Mdat an* Steppiton, but Pve gwun it
many a dark night, an' never sid anytmn* worse than myself.' • Humph, yo' 'ad'n but one other
to see ! * Prior uses the expression a
* longsome plain.' %%Mr. Earle says, ' This formative [some] is one that is
in present activity. Li Sir J. T. Coleridge*s
Memoir of Keble, p. 364, we find a
newTPj adjective on this model, namely, long-some :—*^li is
thought to labour under the fault of
being long-some.^^ But perhaps we see
here only an imitation of the German langsam.* — Fhilology of the English Tongue, p. 332. %%LOHK pong-k], sh.
the groin. — Pulverbatch ; Craven Arms.
•Whad mak's Bob limp athatn?' *'E*s gotten a bwile in 'is lonk, %%Eoor
bwoy.' * Whad's *e pGt to it ? ' * Some cobbler*s wax.' * *E'd etter a some groun'sel pultis to it
to-night.' %%Lanke, glossed the hip-joint, occurs in Stratmann, ' and
lei)> is {his) leg o lonkeJ—Wr.
Fol. Songs, 166. O.Du. lanke, O.H.G^rm. lancha, lank.' %%I0HKEBIHO. See Linkering.
%%LO^Tuil, sh.y var. pr, a lantern. — Pulverbatch. 'Dick, 66t 'ee len' me yore lontun to g56 i* the tallit ?
— ^mine's got a 'ole in it.' Gf.
Lantun. %%LOHTXJN-PUFF, eb^ ohsoh. hurry ; petulant haste. —
Pulverbatch. %%* I gid 'er a bit o' my mind, an' *er t6ok off in a perty
lontun-puff.* Cf. Lantun-pujBEl
%%LOOED [loo'd], part, adj,, ohsoh, thwarted ; * check-mated.' — Pulverbatch. * I thought to a bought that
cow, but 'fond I was Zoofd-^the
Maister sen' 'er to the las' far.' From the game of Loo (of French origin). %%LOOK, (1) V. a. and
v. n. to seek ; to search for. Qy. com. (1) ' Whad bin'ee brevitin' i' that box fur, MaryP'
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w'eer it*8 gwun.' (2) ' 'E says 'is brother^s got a place fur 'im, an' thaf U be a sight
better man '&Yin' one to look J %%(2) V. n. to expect. Qy. com. ' Now IVe
put them cubberts an drawers straight,
I shall look for 'em to be [or, look to find 'em] kep' so.' %%' Certaine of my frendes came
to me wyth teares in theyr eyes, and
tolde me, they hked I should haue bene in the tower tine same nyghte.' — ^Latimeb, Sermon iii., p. 83.
%%QL Ads xxviii. 6. Mr. Halliwell giyes look, in the several fore- going senses, as * North«* %%LOOSE %%%% BURT
%%«5th the oome in.' %%* Titus. . . .
Tou are a good archer, Marcus ; %%IQiws the arrows.'] %%%%To it, boy ! . .
loose when I bid.' %%TUus Andronicus, lY. iiL 58. %%' I spyed hym behynde a
tree redy to lowse at me with a crosbowe.'
— Palsgrave^ m Hau %%(2) V. a. to let go ; to set free. Qy. com. '
Bessy, remember to loose the goose off
er nist soon i' the momin', else 'er'U break all 'er %%* Pol. Tou know,
sometimes he walks four hours together.
Here in the lobby. %%Queen. So he does, indeed. %%Pol. At such a time
I'll loose my daughter to him : Be you
and I behind an arras then : Mark the
encounter : — Hamlet, IL ii. 162. %%Compare Ads xxyii. 40. %%(3) v. a. to let
out. Qy. com. ' G5o yo' forrat an' loose the caures out o' the cauve-kit, an' I'll come after
an' drip the cows.' %%(4) V. a. to let in. Qy. com. * Whad time wuz it w'en
yo' loosen the cowman in las' night ?
' * It wuz aumust momin', but I toud 'im
as I shouldna loose 'im in agen.' %%LOF-LOLLAAD, sh., ohsoU. a lazy
fellow. — Pulverbatch. *'E's sich a
o'er-grown lo^-loUard, 'e's too lung or too lazy to oud ^imself uprit.' Compare Icel. luUarif a sluggard.
See Lollard in Webo. %%LOBRY, LURBY, v. a. to drag along with violence. —
^Whitchurch. %%LOSELUHO [loz'u'lin], adj. idling. — Whitchurch. A
formatiye of O.E. losel, a worthless
fellow. Cf. : — %%' Somme leyde here legges aliri * as suche loseles
conneth. And made her mone to pieres *
and preyde hym of grace : *• For we
haue no lymes to laboure with • lorde, y-graoed be je ! *' %%Piers PI., Text
B., pass. yi. I 124. %%Compare also * hselyche* in pass. xii. 1. 213, which
appears in Wright's edition as '
losseUy,* with the gloss given to it, — * ui a dis- graceful, good-for-nothing manner.' Cf.
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%%LOT, V. a., var. pr. to allot. — Pulvbrbatch; Wbm; Ellesmere. STheer'fl to be a Vestry-meetm* o' Monday
to lot the pew8.' * Be'appen they'n do
the same as they did'n at oiir Church — lot *em, an* then clap "Free" on *em at-after.*
A.S. fileotan, to appoint or ordain by
lot. %%LOTH [loth-], adj., var, pr. unwilling ; loath. — Pulvbrbatch.
Qy. com. * I wuz mighty loth to g66,
but they o'er-persuaden me, an' I
went.' %%* Qi)>eT )>onked o>er * many ^ousand sif'es, & lau3t se>e here leue * ^ouih hem
lo]} were.' %%William ofPalenie, \. 6201. %%LOTHES [lodhur*], adv., ohsols.
rather. — Whitchurch. Cf. Lather (2).
%%LOITK riou'k], sb. a severe blow ; a hard hit. Qy. com. * Wen I wuz cnoppin* sticks at the block, a piece
bounded up an* gid me sich a louk i'
the face— it met as well a blinded me.' %%LOVSFS-LATHEB, sb. the ladder-like
breach made in knitting by dropping a
stitch. — Pulvebbatch. * W'y, 'ere' s a pretty louses-lather — one, Iwo, tluree, four — five bouts back,
'ow's that to be gotten up ? * %%LOUT [lou't], sb. a clownish, under-bred
fellow. Com. * Kod all the fine do'es
i' Sosebry 661 ever mak' a gentleman on 'im, 'e's sich a louV %%* R, Boyster. Thou iuftleit nowe to
nigh. M. Mery. Back al rude loutesJ*
%%Roister Doister, Act iij. Sc. iij. p. 48. %%* And you will rather show our
fi;eneral louts How vou can frown than
spend a fiawn upon 'em, For the
inheritance of their loves and safeguard
Of what that want might ruin.' — CoriolanuSy HI. iL 66.
%%LOVE-CAABIAOE See Bk. IL, Folkloix, &c., * Customs.' %%LOVE-CHILD, sb.
an illegitimate child. — ^Pulverbatch. %%For some admirable remarks on the
use of this term * love-child^' see
Archbp. Trench's Study of Words, pp. 49, 50.
Cf. Base-child. See Chance-cliild. %%LOTETS-LACES, sh. riband-grass. —
Pulvbrbatch. %%' . . . vsuaUy of our English women it is called Lady laces
or punted Grass : in French
AiguiUettes d'Armes.* — Gerarde's HerhaU,
Bk. I, p. 26. %%Cf. Lady'8-riband«. %%lOVE-BPINHINO, sb., ohs. a
spinning * Bee.' — Pulvbrbatoh. * Bin
*ee gwe'in to Betty Mathus's love'Spinnin\ Matty P ' * No, I've broke the barrel o' my wil.' * Well, tak
yore lung-wil, they wanten as many
'ool spinners as thrid— it's men's Hnscys as a bin m&kin'.* %%Betty
Mathews lived at the turnpike-sate house at Castle Pulver- batch, about the year 1800, where and when
the love-spinning referred to above
took place. See, further, Bk. 11., Folklore, &c., * Customs.' %%LOW
[lou'l adj., obsols. flavourless ; insipid. — Pulverbatch. * Yo' bin mighty spar'in' o' yore saut i' this
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a vertical couise of straTV in thatching. — Gobtb Dale. %%(2) V, n. to grow stout and comely
in person : said of youths, — * that
young fellow towns,* — Clee Hills. Ci. Bamiah. %%LOWHDEB, {\) sh. a
thick slice. — Pulyerbatgh. 'I gid the poor
chap a good lownder o* bread an* cheese, an' a spot o* freeh drink,
an' mighty glad 'e wuz on it' C£
Lowner, also Lommock. %%(2) a blow. — Ibid. ' I gid 'im sich a lownder as 'e
Sonna forget soon.' Cf. Belownder.
%%LOWHES, same as Lownder (1), above. — ^Wsu ; Ellesmbbb. %%LOZZOCK [loz'uk],
v. n, to lie down idly, instead of being at work. — ^Wem. * 'B went an' lozzocked i' the 'ay
T the tallant instid o* awin' them
turmits, as I toud 'im.' The participle lozzockin* has a wide %%*' meaning,
and is often used as an intensitiye to ' idle ' — * a lozzoddtC idle fellow.' Cf. Lollock, also Loselling.
%%LTTCKY-BOHB, sh, the coracoid bone of a fowl. — Shrewsbury. Qy. com. This bone carried in purse or pocket
is believed to bring money- fortune,
whence the name — lu/cky-hone. See Clip-me-tight. %%LITO, (1) V, a, to cart ;
to carry ; to drag. Com. Haul is some-
times employed when speaking of carrying coal : about Newport
they tarry hay, and draw coal ; but
lug is the term of wide acceptance and
general usae;e as glossed above ; anything or everything that can
be carried, is * Tugged* — from a baby
to a waggon-load of com. (1) * They
wun ^ein to lug barley this momin', but afore they could get the waffgms out it begun to rain.' (2) <
That poor wench seems as if 'er could
scace lug 'er legs after 'er, let alone lug the child — ^I doubt 'er inna lung far this world.' %%' 1794, Feby 5
— Getting on some lime rubbish on Long Meadow, the stuff from Tinsley's old house. Luggd
tiiie bricks from it to build a pit in
garden.' — Bailiff*s Diary ^ Ajston, Oswestry. Byegonet, 1877, p. 316. %%' Make seruant at night lug
in wood or a loff , let none come in
emptie but slut and thy dog.' %%Tusseb's Fiue Hundred Pointea of Good
Hwibandrie, ed. E. D. S., p. 177.
%%(2) V. a, to puU, as of the ears. Qy. com. ' If 'e dunna mind, I'll lug 'is ears as limg as a donkey's.' %%*
Swed. luggay to lug, pulL'---STRAT. %%(3) «&. a rod used in
roof-thatching.^ELLESHERE. %%' pu seist >at ich am manne lo> And ever euch man is wi|> me wro|» And me mid stone and lugge ^rete^ And me toburste> and tobete^.' %%Owl and
Nightingale, 1. 1609. See Buckles. Of.
Springle (2). %%LUKE'S-TID, sb. St. Luke's Day— the time of the Festival of
St Luke. — Glee Hills. %%LOjulA,
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265 surprise at — or caUing attention
to — something being done. — %%COIXIEBY. %%LTTMBEB^ eh. mischief; trouble.
Com. *That lad's always i* some
lumber.' * Whad's 'e bin doin' now ? ' * Breakin* windows — ^'is
poor Mother's got two-an'-ninepence to
pay, an' dunna know 'ow to get a bit
o' bread fur the rest on 'em.* %%LUMP, sb. a good-sized child. — ^Worthbn,
Cherbury. *How big are your children ?
' * Oh, they bin lumps,* %%LTTVOB [luTij*], (1) V. a. to use unfairly, as of
eating food by stealth, &c. —
^PuLVERBATCH. Qy. oom. * Ate as much mate as yo' wanten, but dunna lunge it.' C£ Munge (1). %%(2) V.
a. to abuse ; to ill-treat with yiolence. — Wem. * 'E knocked 'im down and lunged 'im shameful.'
%%LTTVOEOTTS pun -jus], adj, malicious ; spiteful ; crueL Com. * I Sodna '^ve that fellow amon^ my cattle on
no account, 'e's the most lungeous
brute to poor dtimb beas as ever wuz about a place.' %%LTnirOFTJL,
LTJirOSOKE. See Longfol and Longsome. %%LITKBT. See Lorry. %%LUTE poo-t], sb,
a worthless person. — Cleb Hills. *Yo' binna
thinkin* o' marryin* that mon, Sal — w'y 'e's a reglar lute*
Compare luther in the following : —
%%' I deme men >at don ille * and ^t I do wel worse, %%pus I line loueles
* lyk A lu^er dogge, %%pat al my breste Bolle)> * for bitter of my galle.'
%%Piers Pl.y Text A., pass. y. L 98.
A.S. ly^tTy bad ; wicked. %%L-WOOD, ab, a plantation running in two
lines, one down the slope of a hiU,
the other, meeting-it at its base in such a way as to give the wood — when seen at some distance off —
a likeness to the letter L ; whence
the name given to it. — ^WHixoHimcH. %%%%MAE8TUB [maes'tur*], «&., var.
pr. same as Maister, q. ▼. — Wellington;
Newport; Whttchtjrch; Ellesmere. %%MAO [mag], (1) v, a, to teaze incessantly.
— ^Ludlow. * Cannayo* be queet, an nod
mag me so ? ' %%(2) sb, a chatterer. — Ibid, The term is sometimes
reduplicated, as, ' I neyer 'eard sich
a mag-mag as yo' in all my days.' ^^ge
gives *■ Magging^ prating, chattering. Ohesh.' %%HAOPT
[mag*pi'], sb., var. pr. the Magpie. — Shrewsbury ; Pulver- ^TCH; Oltjn. Qy. com. %%' Devil, devil, I
defy thee, Magpy, magpy, I go.by
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266 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%The form Magpy occurs
in a list of bird-names giyen by Bandle
Holme, Academy of Armory ^ Bk. EL cb. xiii. p. 308. %%Of. Chatter-pie,
and Uag (2), aboTe. %%See Bk. 11., Folklore, &c., * Superstitions
concerning Birds and Eggs.' %%MAID,
(l) sb.fi light portable frame used for hanging clothes upon ; a clothes-horse. Com. Called ' Tamsin [Thomasine] in Kent' — Feggb. See Maiden (1), below. %%(2) $h.f obe, a
round straw mat — ^having a bow-handle — ^used as a kind of breastplate to protect the person
when lifting a large iron pot ofiP the
fire : the pot rested against it, and was carried by the * ears' on each side, — ^Bishop's Castle ;
Clun. %%(3) eh.y oha, same as Lazy-back, q.y. — Bridokobth. MAIDEN, (1) same as Maid (1), aboye. Com.
%%(2) same as Dolly (1), q. ▼.-— BRiDaNORTH. %%MAISE Tmai-z], sb. stinking Chamomile. —
^Wbllinoton. See May- thig, also Dog-daisy.
%%MAISTEE [mai'stur'], (1) eb. an employer. — Shrewsbury ; Pulvbr- BATCH. Qy. com. %%' )>e segges were
a-slepe >an * ^at it schuld 3eme,
al but >e mest maister * to munge ^e so)'e.' %%William of FaUme, 1,
2735. %%(2) $b, a husband. — Ibid, %%(3) sb. a title of address to a superior
or elder. — Ibid, Gf. Gaffer (1). %%'
O.Fr. mdistre, qui, par suite du frequent emploi, devint de bonne heure maistre, d'ou les orthographes
meistrey mestre^ maitre, . . . chef du
latin niagister,* — Bur. %%Gf. Maester. %%MAISTERIH', (1) adj\ imperious;
authoritative; assuming the airs of a
master; overbearing. — Pulverbatch; Whitchurch; Ellrs- MERE. * 'E seems a maisterin^ sort o* mon,
that.' * Oh, aye ! 'e can do the
maisierin* part right well, but a bit o* 'ard work 56d shoot *im a sight better.* Spenser has this word in
the sense of controlling : — %%* . . . with maystring discipline doth tame.*
%%F. Q., Bk. IV. c. ix. st. ii. %%MAX [mat], v. a. to make. Qy. com. * Whad bin
*ee gwein to mak 0* that? — it inna-d
-enough fur a gownd, is it ?' %%* Amang squilk was broght a writte, O Seth J>e name was laid on it ; O suilk a stem J>e writt it spak, And of |>ir ofFerands to mahj %%Cursor
Mundi (a.D. 1320, circa), Specim,
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%%' An' whyles twalpennie worth o' nappy
Can mak the bodies unco happy/ %%BoBEBT BiTKNS, Poems, p. 3, L 34.
%%A.S. macian; O.Fris. makiat to make. %%MATE [mai'k and mak*], (1) r. a. to
bar; to bolt ; to fasten, as of doors
or shutters. Qy. com. * Turn out these dogs an' catSi an' make the doors an' shutters, ifs gettin' on for
bed- time.' %%* she will well excuse %%Why at this time the doors are made
against yoiL' %%Comedy of Errors, HE. i. 93. %%' Bosalind make the doors upon
a woman's wit, and it will %%out at the casement.' — A$ You Like It, IV. L
162. %%^6gg6 gives ' Make the door, or windows, i. e. feisten them.
North. Salop., Leic' %%Ijow Dutch, mak
to, to shut, or &sten ; ' mxik to het door,' shut the door. C£ Link. %%(2) V. a. to secure by
shutting up, as of a dog, a stray animal, &c. Qy. com. * Yo'd'n better rnak that dog up
i' one o' the bings, fur if yo' tie'n
'im up be'appen 'e'll hong 'imself afore momin'.' %%IfATTFi A HOCK, phr. to
half do a thing — to do it neither wholly
nor perfectly. — ^Wem. * It's no use 'im mdkin' a mock on it, if 'e
conna do it, 'e'd better let it alone,
an'- let somebody else try thar 'ond.' Of.
Imitate. %%MAKE-SHIFT, v, n. to manage ; to contrive ; to do with or
without a thing, as the case may be.
Com. ' I'd sooner maJ^ -shift any how
than be al'ays borrowin' like they bin.' %%* Gbod husband and huswife,
will sometime alone, make shift with a
morsell and picke of a bono.' %%TusSER, Uuswiferie, ed. E. D. S., p. 175. %%*
Sad will I be, so bereft, %%Nancy, Nancy !
Yet rU try to unake a shift, My
spouse, Nancy.* %%Robert Burns, Poems, p. 186, 1. 15. %%MALKIB' [mau'kin],
(1) sb, an oven-mop made of rags. Qy. com.
* Now then, wet the maukin, an' fatch the tin to put the gledes in.'
%%' The Maukin is a foul and dirty Cloth hung at the end of a long Pole, which being wet, the Baker sweeps all
the Ashes together there- with, which
the Fire or Fuel, in the heating of the Oven, hath scattered all aoout within it' — Academy of Armory,
Bk. III. ch. vi. p. 293. %%* Hoc tersorium. An", a malkyn,' under the
head of * Pistor cum snis
InstruTnentis,* occurs in a Pictorial Vocabulary, xv. cent., in
Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 276. %%*
Malkyne, mappyl, or oven swepare. Dossorium, tersorium. " Malkyn for an ouyn, frovgon^ —
Palsg. Holliband renders ** Wavdrie,
the clout wherewith they dense or sweepe the ouen, called a maukin.'' ' — Prompt. Parv, and
Notes. %%See Malkin, in Wedo. Of. Slut (1 ). %%%%%% |
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268 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%(2) $b, a scarecrow,
made up of old ragged garments into a rade
representation of a human figure. Qy. com. ' The Bayly's put eich a rar' good maukin i' the oom-leasow —
anybody 56d think it wuz a livin*
mon.' %%Nares gives ' Malkin, a diminutiye of Mary ; of mal and hin.
Used generally in contempt Hence^ as
Hanmer says, a stuffed figure of rags
was, and in some places still is, called a modkinj %%* Forby gives maukin as
signifying either a dirty wench, or a scare-
crow of shreds and patches.' — ^Way. %%See below. Cf. Mommet (1).
%%(3) sh. a slovenly, showily-dressed — would-be-fine-and-fashion- able — ^girl or woman. Qy. com. * Sally, if
yo' go'n to town i' that owd doak an'
them fithers an' flowers stuck i' yore 'at, yo'n a to carry the flag for the biggest maukin i' the
far.' %%' Bru, All tongues speak of him, %%%%the kitchen maJkin pins %%Her
richest lockram Hbout her reechy neck,
Clambering the walls to eye him.' %%Coriolanua, U, i. 224. %%HALL
[mau'l], same as Beetle, q. v. — Wem ; Oswestrt. %%* and with mighty mall
%%The monster mercilesse him made to falL' %%Spexsee, F. Q., Bk. L a vii. st.
51. %%*Malyet, betyl {m^le or malvet, H. P.). Malleolus.' — Prompt Parv. O.Fr. mail; Lat. maUeus, a hammer, mallet.
%%HALL-BEETLE, same as above. — Clun ; Cleb Hills. %%HAHHOCK, HOHHOCK [mam*ak
and momnik] — ^both pronuncia- tions
obtain, but the latter is the more usual one — v. a. to cut into fragments; to mangle, break up, or crumble
away, so as to cause waste : said of
food. — Shrewsbury ; Atcham ; Pulverbatch :
Worthen; Wem; WHircHtJRCH ; Ellesmere. 'Dunna mommoek that good mate, yo'n be ^lad o' worse than
that some day.' %%' ... he did so set his teeth and tear it ; O, I warrant,
how he mammocked it.' — CoriolanuSy I.
iii. 71. %%Bailey — ed. 1727 — ^has * To Mammock [prob. of Man, Brit, little
or small, and Ock a Diminutive], to
break into Bits or Scraps.' %%Ash gives * Mammock, to tear ; to break into
shapeless pieces.' %%Cf. Ort, also Mommoek (2). %%HAHHOCKS, HOHHOCKS, sh, pL
fragments ; viands ' mam- mocked,' or
broken up into scraps. — Ibid. * Look at all these mommocIcB throwed about — "wilful
waste brings wofol want,"
remember.' %%* Where you were wonte to haue %%cawdels for your hede, Nowe must you mouche %%Mammocks and lumps
of bred.' %%Magnyfycence, 1. 2034, Skelton's Works^ i. 291. %%Minsheu — ed.
1617 — ^has * Mammockes, peeces; Yi. fragments — peeces.' %%%%%% |
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%%Bailey — ed. 1782— gives * Mammock [probably of Man^ C. Br. little, and Ock, Dim.] a Fragment, Piece, or
Scrap.' Ash has ' Mammock^ a shapeless
piece.' %%MAITIKIH [man'i'kin], sh,, obsoU, a masculine woman. — Pulvbr- BATCH. ' It inna to be 'spected as poor
Mary can top-an'-tayle turmits like
that great mdntkin as lives neighbour to her— but 'er's a tidy little 5oman i* the 'ouse.' Compare
Shakespeare's * mankind,* used in the
similar sense of having a masculine nature : — %%* Leon, Out I %%A mankind witch
! Hence with her, out o' door.* %%Winter'$ Tale, H. iii. 67. %%HAjH ml
[mang'k], sh. a roguish trick;' a prank. — Clun; Wem. * Yo' bin up to yore manks theer agen — bin
'ee ? * %%MANSH [manshj, v. a., var. pr, to mash. — Pulverbatch ; Elles- MERE. * The Missis said I wuz to mansh the
'tatoes, an' 'er'd piit the butter an'
crame — an' to mak' 'em good.' %%H'APPEH [mapnl, contraction of Hayhappen, q.
v. 'JPappen 'er met, an' m^appen
"^er metna' = perhaps she will— perhaps she won't. — EULESMEBE, WeUhampton, %%* Lai Dinah
Gbayson's fresh, fewsome, an' free,
Wid a lilt iv her step an' a elent iv her e'e ; She glowers ebbem at m6 -roativer I say, An* meistly mak's answer wid ** M'appen I
may I " ** APappen I may,"
she says, ** m*appen I may ; Thou
thinks I believe the', an' m*appen I may ! " * %%Lai Dinah Qrayson, v.
i., in Tne Folk-speech of Cumberland,
by A. 0. Gibson, F.S.A. %%MAB [maaV], ^1) *5., var, pr. a mare. Com. ' 'Er's
a rar' good trottin' mar — er is.'
A,S. mcere, a mare; O.N. mar, a horse. Of.
Mere (1). See A (3) (15) in Grammar Outlines {vowels, &c.), %%(2)
sh., var. pr. a mere. — Ellesmere ; Oswestry. A circuit of a few miles in the neighbourhood of Ellesmere
embraces several beauti- ful * meres.'
Not the least remarkable for their loveliness are ' Black- mere' and 'Kettle-mere, which lie conti^ous
to each other. A gentleman riding down
the lane which skirts them, said to a boy
whom he met, * My lad, can you tell me the name of this water ? *
— pointing towards * Kettle-mere.*
*0h, aye, sir; it's Kettle-mar\' ' How
deep is it P ' * Oh. it's no bottom to it, and the tether's deeper till that, Sir.' See E (13) in Grammar
Outlines {vowels, &c.). %%JCARCH-MALLOWS [maa*r'ch mal'uss], eb. Malva
fn/lvestris, common Mallow.— Shrewsbury
; Pulverbatch; Clun. Qy.com. * March-
mallus stewed into a tav is a mighty good thing fur swellin' as
comes from rheumatiz,' said Isabella
Pearce, of the Twitchen. %%* The midlow — ^is very much used by the Arabs
medicinally ; they make poultices of
the leaves to allay irritation and inflammation.' — Domestic Life in Palestine, p. 323, in
Wedq. %%' Malva, 8B, es malache, fiakaxa, irapd t6 itaX&aativ, quod est
mollire. The herb mallows.' — Diet.
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exhilarated, rather than positively intoxi-
cated, hy drink — aretnrn-from-market-oondition. Com. SeeIVe8h(l).
%%HABLIH^ «&., var, 2?r. Hypotriorcfiis c^salon, the Merlin. —
Bridg- north. %%MABHnrr, MABHOT
[maa-r'mint], Pulyerbatch. [maaVmat],
Clee Hills, «6., ohsoU, a three-legged iron pot — ^holding about
foiir quarts — ^to be hung over the
fire. * Bring me the marminty to bile
some linsid fur the coVs drench.* %%* 2 Potts — 1 Marmittf* are
comprised in an Inventory, dated at Aston
Botterell, about 1758. %%* Marmite; sorte de pot de fer, de cuivre,
&c o^ Ton fait bouillir lee
viandes dont on fait du potage. A porridge pot; a seething pot. •* La marmite est bonne chez lui. He Keeps
a good table.* ' — Chajo. %%HAKAED [maaVd], part adj. petted ; foolishly
indulged ; spoilt. — Whitchurch ;
Ellesmerb. * 'Er's marred that lad tell 'e'U never be no good to 'isself nor nobody else.' %%* Be
wise who first doth teach thy childe that Art, Least homeHe breaker mar fine ambling baU. Not rod in mad braines hand is that can
helpe, But gentle skill doth make the
proper whelpe.' %%TussER, ed. E. D. S., p. 185. Cf. Oadish. %%HABBIED ALL O'EE, phr. said
of women who after their marriage fall
off in appearance, and become poor and miserable- looking. — Pulverbatch; Wem; Ellesmere.
*Han'ee sid Mary Gittins lately?'
*Iss, dunna-d-*er look bad? Aye, *er's married all o'er r %%MABBOW [maar''oe], (1) sh, a
friend; a companion; a mate — 'a
play-marrou>.* — Wem; Whitchurch; Ellesmere. %%' ** stay at hame,
my noble lord, stay at hame, my
marrow. My cruel brother will you
betray On the dowie houms o'
Yarrow." ' %%The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow {%.TBt printed, A.D. 1803), in Border Minstrelsy, ii. p. 373. %%* With
theefe and his marrow ' occurs in Tusser, ed. E. D. S., p. 134. %%*Marwe, or
felawe yn trauayle (or mate, marowe. P.). Sodus, compar,' The term marrow used in this sense
is . . . retained in the Northern,
Shropshire, and Exmoor dialects. ... It occurs in the Townl. Myst., p. 110.* — Prompt Farv, and
Notes, %%See below. Cf. Butty (1). %%(2) eb, a fellow; one of a pair, as of
shoes, &c. — Ibid, (1) *They wim
off the same ship, Sir ; this leg's the marrow o' the one yo' seed.' (2) * That inna the marrow & the boot
the child's got on, it belungs to
another.' %%Bailey — ed. 1782 — ^has * Marrows, Fellows; as, my Oloves are not Marrows,* a * North Country' Word.
%%Jamieson gives * Marroiv,' with the several meanings of * a com- panion,' * a married partner,' * one of a
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%%MABTELB [maaVvh'lz], sb, 7?/., var. pr, marbles. — Shrewsbury ; PuLVERBATCH. Qy. com. • *0w many marvels
'ast 'ee got, Dick Y * ^ Foi-ty, lad —
I won fifteen stoneys an' six alleys off Jack lyans, 'side whad I 'ad afore.' Mr. Halliwell gives '
marvels ' for marbles as a Suffolk
word. %%MASED [mai'zd], part. adj. stupefied; confused; made giddy. — PxTLVERBATCH ; CoLLiERY. * Poor Jack
Bobe'ts fell off the lather isterd'y,
a-sarvin' the thetcher — 'e wunna much 'urt, on'y a bit mased, but 'e met as well a bin kiUed.' %%'
f>at witerly he cou^e no word * long >er-after spek, but stared on here stifly * a-stoneyd for
ioye, )>at he cast al his colour *
and bi-com pale, and eft red as rose *
in a litel while, so witerly was
J>at word • woimde to hert, ^at he
ferd as a mased man *....' %%William of Palerne^ 1. 884. %%' She seyde, she
was so mased in the see That she
forgat hir mynde, by hir trewthe.' %%Chatjgeb, B. 526 (Six-text ed.), Skeat.
%%Mr. Oliphant, speaking of the Ancren Riwle [a.d. 1222, circa']y says, ' Many Korse words are found for the first
time in this work/ and he gives a list
of these, — amongst them is * Mased, delirus. O.N. masa^ to chatter confusedly.' — Sources 0/
Standard English, p. 122. %%Cf. Maskered. %%HA8EY [mai'zi'], adj, confused. —
Wem. %%MA8H, (1) sb. a preparation, as of bran mixed with water, given
to horses and cattle. Com. * The mar's
got a nasty wisk, 'er'd bettor
'&ve a warm mash to-night.' %%* Drenches ; Drinks or Mashes given
to Horses to cleanse them.' — Academy
0/ Armory, Bk. III. ch. iiL p. 89. %%* A commixture, a mash,* — Florio, p.
Ill, in Hal. %%(2) V. a. and v. n. to pour boiling wat^r upon the malt
intended for brewing, mixing it well
together with the mashing-staff. Com. %%(3) V. a. and v. n. to infuse, as of
tea. — Shrewsbury ; Ellesmere. Qy.
com. * I'll piit the tay to mash aw'ile I clane me.' %%Jamieson has ma^ in
the same sense, and gives ' Masking-pat, a tea-pot.' %%HASHnrO-BASKET, same as
Bet-well, q. v.— Ellesmere. %%HASHnfO-MTTKDLE, «&., ohsols. a brewing
utensil used for stirring %%the malt in the ' mashing-tub,' and the ' drink '
in the ' fiimace.' %%Ellesmere, TTe^^ampton. See below. Cf. Mundle (1).
%%MA8HIH0-STAFF, same as above. — Pulvbrbatch ; Craven Arms ; Church Stretton; Wem. Qy. com. %%*
Mashing^stafff pouch and taps.* — Auctioneer's Catalogue (Lone- ville), 1877. ^ %%MASHnfO-TITB, sb, a tub—
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maBhing4ubB,' — Aucti<meer'$ CaJtaHogue (Cliurcli Stretton), 1877. See Kash (2), above. %%MABH-BDXE,
same as Hashing-mnndle, above. — Newport. %%* Maah-rtUet ladder, and sieve.'
— Auctioneei^$ Catalogue (Foiioii
HaU), 1876. %%* Maschel, or rothyr, or nuucJischerd, EemuluSy palmfdaj
mixtorium. This term evidenUy implies
the implement used for mashing or mixing
the malt, to which, from resemblance in form, the name 'rudder'
is also given. In Witiiars little
Dictionary, enlarged by W. Clerk,
among the instruments of the Brew-house is given *' a rudder, or instrument to stir the meash-fatte with,
motaculum/" — Prompt, Parv, %%' and Notes. %%MASK, same as Mass, below.
— Oswestbt. %%MA8KEBED [mas'kur'd], (1) part. adj. confused; bewildered, as
by losing the way in fog, or snow, or
darkness. — Pulvebbatch ; Mfch %%: Wenlock; Wellington; Collieby; Wem. * It
wuz a great mercy the poor fellow
wimna lost — 'e got maskered T the snow-storm o' the 'ill, an' Ven it cliered off 'e wuz miles out
on 'is road.' %%Maskered is the malskrid of William of Paleme, with the I left
out : — %%' & told here f^anne as tit * treweli al \fe so^e, how he had missed is mayne * & maUkrid
a-boute.' — ^L 416. %%Compare * Mask, v. a. = bewilder ; pari. "
maskede." — Legend of St.
Brandan^ 115,' in CoL. %%(2) ^rt, adj. confused ; ' bothered ' — '
maskered wuth the men's talk.' — WEM.
%%Pegge has ^ Ma$ker*d, stunned ; also nearly choaked. North.' Cf. Mased. %%MASLDT-KETTLE, sh. a brass, or
a tinned-copper, preserving-pan. —
Clee Hills; Ellesmebe, Wdshampton. %%* Mailin kettle* — Auctioneer*8
Catalogue (Stoddesden), 1870. %%* Take a quarte of good wyne, and do it in a
clone mastdyn pannty and do therto an
ownce of salgemme. — MS. Med, Bee., xv. cent.' in Hal. %%A.S. mcesleny mcestlen, brass ;
mcestling, a brass vessel. Cl Meslin-
kettle. %%MASS, sb., var, pr. acorns ; mast — Pulvebbatch ;
Ellesmebe. * Theer's a good 'it o'
mass this 'ear — rar' raps for the pigs an' gis.' %%Grose gives ' Mass,
acorns (mast), Exmoor.' %%A.S. moRst, food, such as acorns, berries, and
nuts. G^rm. masty Perhaps related to
Goth. maUy food. See Kaak, above. %%MASTEBrTAIL, sh. the left handle of a
plough.— Clun ; Bbido- %%NOBTH. %%' The Master handle is that on the left
hand, which he [the man] holdeth while
he cleareth the Plow from clogging earth.' — Academy of Armory y Bk. HI. ch. viii. p. 333. %%See
By-tail. %%MATE, «6., var. pr. meat. Com. ' We'n 'ad a bit o* mate out o'
the owd dish,' said a peasant-man,
when telling how the old Bector had
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%%' . . . it ooste me of my notme propr godes at that tyme more than yj. merkes in mate and diynke.' — PasUm Letters^
A.D. 1450, toL L p. 133. See Meat.
%%MAUL [mau'l], v, a, to pull about ; to handle roughly. Qy. com. 'Shepherd's a mighW good-tempered dog — 'e
lets the ohildem maul 'im as much as
the^n a mind, an' never snaps 'em.' %%MATFH, HAUWA, must; must not. See
firanuiiar Oufliiiei, p. Izzz. %%' He
beeged, for Gudesake ! I wad be his wife, %%Or dse I wad kill him wi' sorrow
: 8o e'en to preserve the poor body in
life, I think I maun wed him
to-morrow, to-mozrow, I think I maun
wed him to-morrow.* %%BOBEBT BUBNS, PoeffM, p. 195, U. 10, 11. %%' With
glooman brow the laird seeks in his rent :
'Tifl no to gie ; your m^x^hanfs to the bent : His honour maunna want, he noinds your gear
; Syne driven frae house and bald,
where will ye steer P ' %%Allan Ramsay, TJie QenUe Shepherd^ I. ii. p. 19.
%%l£r. Olipbant says that the Scandinavian munnde of the * Ormulum ' is found as mont in ' Havdok the Dane,'
written 80 years later : — %%' I wene that we deye mone For hunger '— 1. 840. %%He remarks that '
this mona is almost the Scotch maun.^ — Sourcet of Standard English^ p. 165. Cf . Mun. %%HATJITCHEB [maunshur'], ah. a
stone crusher. Com. M. T. Cf. %%%%MATJHDEB [mau'ttdur*], v, n. to wander
about, as if without settled purpose.
— Glee Hills. 'Ow's Jack gweln onP' 'Oh, Vs
no good, 'e gwuz maunderin^ about like some owd cow.' See Maunder in Hal. Cf. Oonder (2).
%%MATJHBKEL [maun'dr*ill, «&. a pick, sharp-pointed at each end^ used in ' getting ' coal. Com. M. T.
%%Pegge gives this word for 'NorUi.* Mr. HalliweU says that it occurs in < Howell, 1060, sect. 51.'
%%KAUT [mauii], «&., var, pr, malt. Com. %%< O, Willie brew'd a peck
o' maui^ %%And Bob and Allan cam to see ;
Three blyther hearts, that lee-lang night. Ye wad na find in Christendie.' %%BOBEBT
BuBKB, PomM, p. 200, L 17, 0, 2. %%KAWKnr. See MalkiiL %%KAWK8ED [mauk*8t],
part, roughly fingered; rumpled; made
untidy. — Elleshbbe. ' Dear ^eeat alive f \>w yo'n mawh^ that appam, Vy it wuz on'y dane on at tay-time.'
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Wem; Ellesmebe. * Tye knit a stockin
awilde we'n bin mawksin* the lanes after a bit o' laisin' — ^a sign
we hanna 'ad much to do.* %%HAWMSET
[mau'mzi'], adj, sleepy; stupid, as from want of rest, or from over-drinking. — PuiiVEKBATCH; Wem.
' Merry nights mik'n sorrowful momin's
— Pm despert Tnawmaey to-day, an' wtianna be right tell I'm poord through the sheets agen.'
%%-HAWN [mau-n], *d., var. pr. a mane. — ^Weic. %%MAWSKIN [maus'kin and
mauskin], sb. the stomach of a calf pre-
pared for rennet — ^WoRTHEN ; Newpobt. A.S. maga, the SEtomach. Cf . Kidmaw, also Bindless. %%MAY, (1) V,
a., var, pr. make. — Colliebt; Newport. 'Oi'U may that warm fur ye.' See A (6) in Grammar
Outlines {voxoeU, &c.). ■See also Mek. Cf. Mak. %%(2) 'pron,y var, pr.,
emph. me. — Ibid, %%* there he tooke a ring of his ffingar right, & to that squier raught itt hee, ft said, " beare this to my Lady
bright, for shee may thinke itt longe
or shoe may see." ' %%Boeworth FeUde, L 524. Percy Folio MS., Yol. ill p. 254, ed. Hales and Fumiyall.
%%'In and near Newcastle, Staffordshire, me is to-day pronounced may.^ — Glossarial Note by Mr. Viles, p.
560, ibid. %%See Orammar Outlines (personal pronouns)^ Note (1), and
compare emph, thee. %%MAY-BE, adv.
perhaps. — Newport. %%* Or maybe in a frolic daft. To Hague or Calais taks a waft, To make a tour, an' tak a whirl. To learn ban ton, an' see the worl'.'
%%Egbert Burns, Poems, p. 4, L 27. %%Ct Kay-happen, below. See Kebbe.
%%XAY-FLOWEES, ab. pi, the flowers of Caltk^i PaliisiriSf common Marsh Marigold — ^Pulverbatch ; Newport.
See Bk. U., Folk- lore, &c., '
Customs connected with Days and Seasons' (May^Day), %%HAY-OEASS, sb. Greater
Stitchwort. — Pulverbatoh. See De\il'i
Corn. %%HAY-HAPPEN, adv. perhaps. — ^Ellesmere, Wdshampton, %%' And
able for to helpen al a sohire In any
caas that mighte falle or happe? %%Chaucer, The Prologue, 1 585, ed. Morris.
%%Dr. Morris glosses happe, to happen, befall; 'whence,' he says, 'happy, mis-Aop, per-Aap«, may- top. O.E.
happen, happy; O.N. happ, fortime ; W.
hap, luck.' %%Cf. Happen, also Behappen. See Happen. %%MAYTHERH [mai'dhur'n],
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%%^Amerokey* gloeeed ^maihen (maythe),* occurs in The Treatise of Waiter de Bibleeworth, xiii. cent., in Wr.
yocabs., yoL i. p. 162. Sec below. Cfl
Moithem. %%MATTHIO [mai'dhig], same as above. — Corve Dale. %%* Herba putida^
ma3g^a/ occurs in Archbp. ^Ifric's Voee^ndary, x. cent, and ^Hec enibroca. A' ma^the,' in an
English Vocabulary , xt. cent., both
in Wr. vocabs., toI. i. pp. 31 — 190. %%Mr. Wright has a footnote on the
latter, referring to * maythe ; * it is
as follows : — * Camomile (the anthemia cotula of botanists), still
called in some districts may-weed; the
A.S. magelSa,' %%*Mayde wede, herbe, or maythys. Melieea^ amarueca,* —
Prompt, Parv. C£ Maise. %%MEAKIHO
[mi'-u'kin], adj. sickly ; ailing ; lacking energy. — PuLVERBATCH ; Wem. * Kitty wuz fiJ'ays a
poor medkin' thing, nod likely to get
'er liyin' like the rest.' %%HEAL [mee'l], sb. the quantity of milk given by
a cow, or by cows, at one time. Com. '
The cows sinken i' thar milk fast, I can see it less every mecU — it shewns the time o'
'ear.' %%' Each shepherd's daughter with her deanly peale, Was come a field to milk the morning's
mecUe.* %%Bbown's Pastorale, B. I., Song iv. p. 99, in Nares. %%A.S. mdl,
that which is marked out; a portion, — ^time, meaL %%MEAL-MOUTHED^ adj, the
very opposite of 'plain-spoken' —
reluctant to speak the honest truth, when to do so might be '
incon- venient.' — Ptovbrbatch. * Yo'
bin so deepert meal-mouthed — afeard
o' spikin' w'en yo' should'n, an' w'en yo' binna wanted yo' can rackle too fi&st, a power.' %%Mr. Nares
says that 'this term, which survives in the form of mealy -mouthed f appears to have been the
original word.' He explains it as
meaning * Deiicate-mouthed, unable to bring out harsh or strong expre88ions,"and quotes the following
as an illustrative example of this
usage: — %%* Who would imagine yonder sober man, That same devout meale-moutJied
precisian, That cries good brother,
kind sister, &c, .... who thinks
that this good man, Is a vile, sober,
damn'd polititian P' %%Mabston, Sat, ii a.d. 1598. Minsheu — ed. 1617 — ^givee, '8523. Meale
mouthed^ or &ire spoken. Huiusmodi
dtVim apud Lot : sunt lo<juendi formuLee qui de nomine perblando dicunt, mel, et rosas loqmtur,
tta et aos meal-mouthed, quasi qui
farinam loqueretur, ctgus verba blanda sunt, et moUia instar mrine.' %%MEAL'S-MEAT, sh, food
enough for a meal. — Shrewsbury ; Pulver-
BATCH. Qy. com. ' I gid the mon a shillin' an' a mears-mate for 'is
job.' %%' You ne'er yet had A
medPs-meat from my table, as I remember,
Nor from my wardroM any oast suit' %%Beaumont and Flbtohsr, Honett
Maris Fortune, ii 403, in We. %%T 2
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meaVs^meat that it is ' still used in Norfolk.' ' Forby has MeaV^-victuaU. See ii. 212/ —
^Hal. See Meat, below. %%MEABy (1) sh.y obs, a boundary. — Clun ; Clbe Hills.
%%' The forest, as well as iihe Honor of Glun, adjoined Kerry upon the boundary ; and in a suit, in the time of
Queen Elizabeth, bietween the Crown
and several freeholders and copyholders of Clun» the boundary of the forest was minutely set out, ana is
thus deposed to : — ^At Beilth, in the
County of Salop, the 8th day of May, in the 18th year of tiie reign of Queen Elizabeth (1576), Moris ap
Owen, of BeUth, Yeoman, of tiie age of
4 score years or thereabouts, being sworn to the meara of the forest, and having described them so
as to exclude Kerry, on being examined
how he knoweth the meares to be as aforesaid, saith that *' about sixty years last past, at
which time the Lords of dun had and
held Jura Begalia within the Lordship of Clun. And the Lords of Kery held also Jura Begalia within
the Lordship of Kery ; %%« he saw two men hanged, whose names he doth not now
remember, for certain ofPences by them
before committed and done ; the one of
the said two men was naneed within the Lordship of Clun, at the
side of the Brook called the Eithor,
by the Steward and Officers of the
Lordship of Clim ; and the other man was hansed within the Lord- ship of Kery, on the other side of the said
Brook, within less than a bow-shot to
the other, by the Steward and Officers of the Lordship of Kery ; and saith that the said two men were
hanged on one day. — From a Paper on *
Ancient DocumenU relating to the Honor, Forests, A Borough of Qlway read before the *
Archaeological Listitute * at Shrews*
buiy, in August, 1866, by Thos. Salt, Esq., and ' privately printed.'
%%< The minutes of the proceedings of a Court Swainmote of Humphz«y Briggs, Esq., for his Forest of dee, • . •
held at Emstrey, in the 15th year of
James 1st, .... describe the boundary line of the " dives," or open downs, aU round the hill [Brown dee],
the several townships being divided
from each other, at the point where they touch the Forest by a landmark, most frequently by an oak
called a mear-oak, the boundaries
being called meare,^ — ^From a Paper on ' The Clee Forest and the Clee HilUy* by William Purton, Esq.,
published in the ' Trans- actiont of
the Severn VaUey NaturcUuU^ Field Club ' for 1866—1870, pp. 7 — 9. %%* Mere set }h)u whilk ouerga
)>ai ne sal, Ne tome to hile >e
land.with-al.' %%Metrical English PsaUer, ciii. (A.D. 1300, ante). [P«, civ. 9 J. Spedm. Early Eng,, iL L 19.
%%* The Trojan Brute did first that dtie fownd, And Hygate made the meare thereof by West^
%%And Overt gate by North ' %%Sfenssb, F. Q., Bk. in. a iz. st zlvL %%' The
fiirious Team, that on the Cambrian side,
Doth Shropshire as a mere from Hereford divide/ Drayton, Folyolbion [a,d. 1613—1622], i, p.
807, in Narea. %%* Meer, marke be-twene ^. londys. Meta, merit, C. F. (divia,
inter- finium, K.).' — PrcrmpU Parv,
%%Ash hajd *MesTy a boundary.* A.S. m/^Art, gemdre; Du, metre; O.N. masri, a boundary* %%(2) [mee-uV], $b.
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%%gicked ont of the plon^h's course, and so left b;^ idle fiurmers long
ago. Qch is the ezplanation current at
Ditton Fnors (dee Hills) of uie mear$
existing there at this date [187d]. %%Mr. Purton, in his Paper on ' T?ie
Cflee Forest ' before quoted, says of
the old word mecnr that, though obsolete as meaning a boundary, ' it is a singular fact that it was, not many
y^ars a^, and probably is now, in
fanmiar use about Ditton Priors, with wmch neighbourhood this report [minutes of the Brigg's Ck>urt]
especially identifies itself. It is
applied to heaps of stones collected on tne fields and left in rows
down the middle of them. The old mears
between the parishes were pro- bably
fixed in the same way, the oaks being the more enduring land- marks. Sometimes it is a mear oak,
sometimes an oak in a mear, in one
place *' where a birtch did lately stand." ' %%Ash has ' Meer, a strip
of green lietween ploughed lands.* %%Groee giTes * Meer, a ridge of land
between different properties in a
common n,eld. Glouc' %%' In Norfolk, according to Forby, a Mara-balk,
or mere, is a narrow slip of
unploughed land, which separates properties in a common field. " Limes est callis et fini$
dividens agroa, a meere." — ^Med. M.S. %%Gaitt. Elyotgiyes '* CardOy
mere^ or boundes which passeth %%through the field." The following
occurs m Gk>uldman : ** To cast a
meer with a plough, urbo. A meer, or mark, termimss, meta, limes»^*
* —Wat. %%See Mear-oak, below*
%%KEABED, part. adj\, ohs. marked out ; bounded. — Oswbstrt. %%In a copy,
dated 1714, of the Terrier of the Oswestry Schools' lands, taken in 1685, is the following : — ' Item,
One parcel of meadowing in a meadow
there called Gweirglodd Jenn Gouth, lying betwixt ye lands of Edward Evans gent on ye one side, and
mearedhj two oakes one att each end
thereof, and ye lands of Bobert Powell, Esq. meared on that side by three mear stones,* — See
Byegones, Sept. 8th, 1875, p. 299: %%Ash giyes ' Meered, haying a boundsury,
bounded by a meer.' %%The yerb to mer e, to h aye a common boundary, occurs
in a docu- ment temp, Henry YIH, 1543,
in State Papers, y. 309. See Wat. %%See Mear-Btone, below. %%XEAS-OAX,
«&., obe. a landmark, — ' by a landmark, most frequently by an oak called a mear^oak* — Glee Hills.
%%' Moe antiquorum in divisione a^;rorum, ramum ex axbore palma decerptum eum fructibus pro termmo figere
solebunt.' — Minsheu, — ed. 1617— p.
299. See below, also Mear, aboye.
%%XEAB-STOITE, sh.y ohs, a boundary-stone, — * ye landis .... meared on that side by three mear stones* —
Oswestry. %%< ^' A meyre stane, hifinium, limes J* — Cath.. Ano. *'
Terminalis lapis, a mere stone, laide
or pyghte at the ende of sundry mens
landea" — Elyot.' See Way's Note in Prompt Parv., p. 333.
%%Minsheu has * Mearstones, rectius mearck-stoneSy sunt lapides termi- naksy qui unius cujusque terras limitant,
et discurrunt. Marck enim est limes ut
prolixe disputat.* %%Ash giyes * Meerstons, a meresAone, a stone set up as a
boundary between lands.* %%A.8.
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generic term — so much a day and his meat
Com. %%* This knyght is to his chamhre lad anon, And is ynarmed and to mete yset.' %%Ohavcsr,
F. 173 (Six-text ed.), Skeat %%•A.S. mete; O.IceL matr; Goth. TnaU; O.H.G^Tm.
wmiz, meat {cihus; esca).* —
Stbat. Of. Flesh-meat. See Mate.
%%MEATY [jnaiti], adj. fleshy : said of cattle. — Pulverbatch. Qy. com. ' Them bullocks binna to say felt, but
they bin matey — ^thick o' the rib.'
See Fleah-meat. %%MEBBE [meb'i'], contraction of Maybe, q. y., and the moie
usual form. — ^Newport. Of. M'appen.
%%MEOEIMS [mai'gr'imz], sb. pi., pec, antics; gesticulations. — Pulver- batch ; EiXESMERE. Qy. com. * Them childem
wun naughty T church, they wun
m&kin* maigrim^ an' witherin' one to another all the wilde.' See Megrims in Wedg. %%MEE, V.
cLy var. pr. make — ' mek 'er a coop o' tay.' — Colliery ; Newport. See A (6) in Grammar Outlines
(vowels, &cX also May (1). %%MELCH
[mel'sh], (1) adj. soft; mild, as of wind or weather. — Pulverbatch. 'Theer's a nice melch winde
this momin* — mild as May.' %%(2) adj.
milk-givinff. — Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch; Worthed. Qy. com. ' Bin mem barren or mdch^ Maister
P ' ' They bin dried fur feedin'.* %%'
Sche was mdche, Lai lefreine^ in Strat. %%MELCH-COW, «6. a cow giving milk ;
a dairy-cow — ' a new md^h- cow.* —
Ibid. %%* then at the farm %%I have a hundred milch-Jcine to the pail.'
%%Taming of the Shrew, TL i. 359. %%* Smolgiuio, sucked or milched dry.' —
^Plorio, A.D. 1680. %%' O.H.Germ. m^lchery milch (melch).' — Strat. See Easy
Melched. %%MENAOEEIE [mu'najur'i*], sb.fpec. a confused state of things;
a litter ; a collection of odds and
ends. Com. ' 'Eart alive, childem,
whad a menagerie yo'n got 'ere ! ' %%MENOE. See Minge. %%MENT, ^7rc^.
mended. — Corvb Dale. %%MEOW [mi'ou* or myou*], v. a. and v. n. to make a wry
mouth ; to make distorting grimaces. —
Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch. * *E bats
'is eyes an' myowa 'is mouth like summat kyimet.' %%' Sometiioe like
apes that mow and chatter at me.' %%Tempest, II. ii 9. %%* Mowyfij or make a
mow, Valgio, cachinno.*— Prompt. Parv. %%* Faire la moue a gueJqu'un ; to
make mouths at one.' — Ohamb. %%* O.Fr. moe; Du. mouwe\ mouth (mow).' — Pick.
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%%%%[mce'hT*], (1) sb. a mare. — ^Newport. %%* Forthledand bai to meres
ma, And grease to hinehede of men
8wa, pat l^u outelede fra erthe
brede.' %%Metrical English Psalter, ciii. (a.D. 1300, ante), IPs, civ. 14]. Specim. Early Eng,, ii L 29.
%%' In a tabard be rood npon a mere,* %%Ohauceb, The Prologue, 1. 541, ed.
Morris. %%*Meere, borse. J^tia.' — Prompt Parv, %%A.S. masre; O.H.Germ.
merbe, a mare. C£ Mar (1). %%(2) sh, a large natural sbeet of water — a lake.
Tbe meres, as a lake Bystewi, obtain
in N. Shr, %%* Our weaver bere dotb will %%Tbe muse bis source to sing, as
bow bis course be steers ; Wbo from
bis natural spring, as from bis neigbb*ring rneres Sufficiently supply'd, snoots forth bis
silver breast.' %%Drayton's Pdyolbion [a-D. 1613 — 1622], xi. p. 861, in
Nares. %%Mr.,Nares remarks tbat mere is 'still used in Cbesbire and
else- wbere for tbe lakes of tbe
country.' %%Mr. HaUiwell also notes tbe term as ' still in use.' He quotes
tbe following : — ' A mere, or water
wbereimto an arme of tbe sea flowetb.'
— Baret, 1580. %%* Mere, watur (mer, or see, water, W.). Mare,* —
Prompt, Parv. %%A.S. mere, a lake; pool. See Mar (2). C£ Pool. See Bk.
11., Folklore, Ac., ' Legends.'
%%MEBS-BALLS. See Moss-balls. %%MBBE-SIDE, sib, the margin of tbe mere. —
Ibid, Tbe mere-side at EUesmere
affords a most charming walk, tbe Mere-gardens adding to its natural attractions. %%MRRRY-TEEE, sb,,
obsols, a tree bearing a small, wild cherry. — Weh; Ellesherb. %%^ Merise tree* occurs in
Phillips' New World of Words, 7tb ed. 1720. %%' Merise, esp^ce de fruit rouge
i noyau plus petit que la cerise. A
kind of small, bitter cherry.' — Chamb. %%MESLXH-KETTLE, same as
Maslin-kettle, q. v.— Newport. %%'Brass meslin kettle.' — Auctioneer's
Catalogue (Forton Hall), 1875. %%MESS, (1) V, 91, to trifle ; to expend time
upon frivolous employ- ment. Com. '
'Ow lung bin 'ee gwein to mess o'er that crochet ? — yo'd'n better by *afe be knittin' a
stockin'.' %%(2) V, a. to squander ; to waste. Com. ' *Er's messed all 'er
wages away, an' got nuthin', as yo'
met say, to shewn fur 'em.' %%METHBOLIV [mi'tbeg'lin], sb, a fermented liquor
made of honeyed water, obtained bv
thoroughly washing the ' comb,' when drained of tbf^ honey : in a nigh class brew the *
comb ' is sometimes washed in a little
' fresh beer ' to hasten the fermentation ; but the strength of tbe liquor is dependent upon the quantity
of bonev it contains. Methe^in, when
well made, and refined and matured by age, is a * cordial' of no mean order — a homely *
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Qy. oom. * 'OVn yore beee tamed ont
this time, Molly?' * Mighty middUn' — ^plenty o' dr^ odom, but despert lickle 'oney; I dunna think I ahall
'&ye a Bpiggit-stane o' metneglinJ
%%* Evan$, And giyen to . . . tayems and sack and yrine and metheglind.^ — Merry Wives of Windsor^ V.
y. 166. %%*Metheglin (Br. Meddiglin), a kind of drink in WdUa made of Wort, Herbs, Spice, and Honey soaden together.' —
^BLOtrirr's Oloaaographia, p. 408.
%%Mr. HaUiwell says, ^Mdheglin was anciently made of a great yariety of materiala See a receipt for it
in MS, aloane, 1672, £ 127.* %%See Mr. Way's Note on ' must in Ftompt Farv.y
p. 949. %%W. meddyglyn, hydromel, mead* %%See %%%%[mez'ldl, adj, affected
with a disease to whicli swine are
subject — ^a Kind oi measles which appear in the tissues of the flesh,
in the form of white, semi-opaque
spots, and render it quite unfit for use.
It is popularly supposed that food eiyen to pigs when it is too
wann, will mduce a mezzi^ condition of
flesh. Com. * Tak' car' as yo' dunna
gie them lickle pigs thar mate too warm, or we sha'n '&ye 'em aU mezxled.* %%* Hog meaeeUd kill, for flemming that will.' %%TUSSES, Fiue
Hundred Pointes ofOooi Buebandru
[Octobers abstract]. %%'The MeasiU or Meazley they are like Hail-stones
spread in the Flesh, and especially in
the leaner part of the Hog ; this is a Disease proper to this Beast, for no other in the
World (as Aristotle saith) is %%troubled therewith ' — Acadetny of Armory,
Bk. H. ch. ix. %%p. 181. %%' Masyl, or mazil, sekenesse, Serpedo, variola,
Maselyd. Serpiginonu^ vel
Berpigionatus.* — Prompt, Parv, %%' VarvoiUe : postulse quibus cutis sit yana
: MecuHUJ — Diet, Etyn^ Lot. %%* Du.
maeee, spot, stain, mark ; m(Meselen, measles.' — ^Wedg. %%IfTAMAB
[mei'h'mus], sb, Michaelmas ; the ' Festiyal of St Michael and all Angels/ — PtTLyERBATCH ; Wem ;
Ellesmebe. * We mun be thinkin' about
the rent, Midmae is drawin* nigh.' Midmas is a yariation of Mihelmae, a form that sprang, according
to Mr. Nares, from a current and
familiar usage, which for a long time obtained, of pro- noimcing the proper name Michael as Mihd,
Both words occur in lusser: — %%' Then
spare it for rowen, till Mihel be past.' %%* Be mindfall abrode of Mihelmae
spring.' %%Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good nushandrie [August]. %%An earlier
instance of the form, * Myhdmas Day,' is found in the Pcuton Letters, ▲.D. 1465, yoL ii. p. 244. %%XICH [mich*], t;. n., ohsA to
crouch; to huddle, as in a comer.—
PuLyEBBATCH; Wo&THEK. * The ]>oor owd Mman's gettin'
mighty simple, 'er canna do much but mich
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%%' ** To mieh in a ooxner, deliteo.^ — Gbnldman,' in Way. Of. Hootching. %%%%iiiji %%%%fLEf sh. the
waist. Qy. com. ' I dtuma like piittin' a strap round a child's middle to dade 5dth — ^it
mak's ^'em inclined to peck foirat'
%%* On hen hire her is fayr ynoh, Hire
browe broune, hire e^e blake» Wi)>
loBsum chore he on me loh ; Wi)>
middel smal & wel ymake.' %%9pecim, of Lyric Poetry (a.d. 1300, circa). *
Alysoun.' Bpecim, Early Eng,, iy. a, h
16. %%%%' Full many Ladies often had assayd
About their middles that faire belt to knit.** %%Spenser, F. Q., Bk.
Y. a iii si zzriii. %%* Myddyly of )>e waste of mannys body. Vattitas.^ —
Prompt Parv, %%^LIHQ, adj, indifiPerent ; not well, nor yet ill — ^a poor
kind of state : said of &e h«dth.
Com. %%%%111)1 %%%%MISBLnrO-SHABP, adj. tolerably well Com. %%MISOEV [mijdn],
ah. the omentum of a slaughtered pig. — Elles- %%%%* Mid^n^ the mesentery of
a hog, oonmionly called the Crow.
North.' — Peooe. See Xell (1).
%%XIBOEH-LABD, sh, an inferior kind of lard made £rom the fat of the intestines.— PxTLYEBBATOH ; Newport ;
Ellesmbrk. %%XIFF, (1) «5. a pet ; a slight ill-humour. — Whitchurch. %%' She
is in a httle sort of miff about a ballad.' — Arbxtthkot. Pegge has ^Miff, displeasure, ill-humour:
He left me in a miff. North.' %%See
Jft/in Wedo. Of. Hufll %%(2) V. n. to take offence hastily. — Whitchurch. '
'E miffed at it direc'ly.' %%', a^.
apt to take ofiPence ; touchy. — Ibid. %%%%MIOHTTy adj,y pec. very. Com. '
Eogers the tailor bought a pig at the
far, but 'e's a mighty poor ayen.' ' 'E'll feed well on cabbitch, yo'n see ! — 'ell mak* a tidy lump by
Ghns'mas.' %%* Ite y* 19 of Marche, 1614, for stoppage of the water of
Seayeme out of the Ghurche beinge then
a mighty great flood, xyiijd.' —
Churehwardene^ Accounts of the Abbey, Shrewsbury. %%MIOHTT-BAD, o^'.
very ill,— in regard of health. Com. %%MLDT [mil'di'l adj. loose ; fine ;
crumbling, as of soil. — PuLyER-
batch. ' The n'os' 'as done a power o* good, the ground breaks up as mildy an' as fine as a inion-bed.'
%%KILE, (1) sb., sing, for pi. miles — ' about two mile across the filds.' Com. %%%%%% |
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282 . 8HB0PSHIRX WORD-BOOK. %%< At l^e Oasiel of
Oarboye * |^r he bed«n hade, was
fiftene myle ' fro sarras I-holden,
And opQT fiftene myle * fro \>exme as ^ei lei^en.' %%Joseph
o/ArimcUhie, IL 417, 418. %%A.S. mil, a mile. Cf. Foot (1). %%(2) V. n., var.
pr, to work and labour hard; same as Moil, q. y. ''E's milin' at it/— OoLLlEEY. %%(3) V. n.,
var. pr, to drudge; to 'moil,' in the restricted sense of working in filth and mire, of such kind as
would deaye to the labourer. —
^Wobthen. * 'Ow them chaps bin mtZtV i' the mixen, they bin aU o'er muck.' Cf. Koa %%MILES
EHD-WATS, adv, an undetermined distance ; a long way — miles yaguely computed without reference to
point or direction, whence or whither.
Com. * Everybody wants the thetcher at the
same time— the Maister rid miles end-ways the tother day after a mon.* ' 'E'd better a mounted the lather
instid o' the 'orse ; the owd Maister
use't to thetch w'en 'e wuz above seventy.' ComiMure * mile wei' used in an analogous manner, though
with a diverse meaning, in the
following : — %%' alle Jto surgens of saleme ' so sone ne co)>en, haue lesed his langour * and his liif
saued, as )>e maide meliors * in a
mile wei dede.' %%William of Pal^me, L 1578. %%MTLINO [mei'linl part. adj.
dirty and laborious — * a wtZtV job.* —
CoLLiEBY. See uile (2), above. %%XILK-FOBK, same as Bairy-maid, q. v.
— ^Ellbsbcere. %%XILK-LEAD, sb. a shallow, leaden cistern for laying milk in
; it is fui-nished with a plug
beneath, upon the withdrawal of which the
milk flows througn, leaving the cream resting on the Uead,* from whence it is afterwards removed in a quite
pure state. Qy. com. ' Now, dunna
star' about yo' an' let the crame run through, as well as the milk.' %%' Two milk leads and
frame.' — Auctioneer's Catalogue (Longville)^ 1677. %%MILLER, ah. Miiscicapa
griaola^ Spotted Fly-catcher — Che young
bird.— BRiDaNORTH. %%XILITEB, eh. a miller. Com. 'li jt^ sin the
mUner, tell 'im we sha'n want a batch
giond nes* wik.' %%*Hic mofendtnortiM, a milner/ occurs in a Nominale, zv.
cent., in Wr. vocabs., voL i. p. 212.
%%* O.IceL mylnari; O.H.Gbrm. mtUnari, milner,' in Strat. %%XINCINQ, part.
adj. tripping; walking with short steps, in an affected manner. * Jest see our Mary ! 'er
gwuz mt'nctV alung as if 'er wuz
daincin' on eggs an' afraid o' breakin' *em — ^'er's gotten despert big-sorted sence er went to live at
the 'All.' %%* Portia. I'll hold thee any wager. %%When we are both accoutred
like young men, m prove the prettier
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%%%%and torn two mincing steps %%Into a manly stride ' %%Merchant of Venice^
TTT. iv, 67. %%MINOE, HEHOE [minzh], Pulverbatgh ; Cleb Hilub. [men-zh], EiiLESMERE, V, a, to miz ; to mingle. '
Tell the cowman to gie the 'eifer a
good bran mash, an' to minge it up well — nod lave any dry lumps in.' %%* Mynge* oocurs in the
Wicliffite version— ed. A.D. 1388 — * . . in the drynke that she meddlid to ^u, mynge ^
double to hir/ — Rev. xviii. 6. '. . .
whos blood Filat myngide with the sacrifices of hem.' — Luke ziu. 1. %%* Medle, or mengynge to-gedur of
dyuerse thynges. Mixtura,'* — Prompt,
Parv, %%A.S. mengan ; O.Fria menga^ to mix, mingle. C£ Xunge (2).
%%MJJtOIUUJfliUMBXrS [mmj'i'ku'mum*'bus], sb. an agglomeration ; an inseparable mass, as of pounds of butter
stuck together, or of things of
diverse kinds shaken together into a state of hopeless con- fiision. — ^Pulverbatgh. *061 the owd mai'
be fit fur markit o*' Saturday,
Maister P — the young un jogs so, we sha'n a the butter aU in a mingicummumhus,' The term is clearly a
'coined' one. Of. Xins^, above.
%%HutnUJl Fmin'i'kinl (1) adj, small; delicate. — Pulverbatgh; Wem. ' Irs a minikin lickle thing fur six
months owd, but a pretty child.'
%%Tusser has * minnehin Nan,' p. 20, ed. E. D. S. %%'A minikin wench, a
smirking lasse.' — Elorio, p. 315, in Hal. %%(2) sh. a slight, delicate,
affected girl — * sich a minikin as 'er is.' — Ibid, * A minikin^ a fine mincing utss,'
Kennett MS., is quoted by Mr.
Halliwell, who remarks that the word is ' still in use in Devon. %%ftJJITY
[min'ti'], adj., obsoU. mitey, as of cheese, &c. — Shrews- bury ; Craven Arms. %%* Vermes^ Angb'ce
myntys,' occurs in a Metrical Vocabulary, perhaps xiv. cent, in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 176.
Mr. Wright has the follow- ing note
upon it : — * The word mint, in the signification of a mite, is still preserved in the dialects of the west
of England.' %%USBEEDED, adj, miserly ; covetous — ' a misdeeded owd mon.'
— Gluit, Clungun/ord, %%USDEEKFUL,
adj, suspicioxiB. — Pulvsbbatch; Churgh Strbtton; Clee Hills. * Mrs. Morris is so misdeem/uly
'er thinks everybody's chaitin' 'er —
be'app'n *er mizzers other folk's cloth by 'er own yard. %%* C, Oustance,
Surely this fellowe misdeemeth some yll in me.' — Bolder Doisier, Act iiij. Sc. iij. p. 62.
%%A.S. diman, to judge, and Lat. prefix, mis = less. %%USBEEHFUL,
MISDAJLNJruL, same as above — corrupted forms. — ^Wem. %%MSELTOE-THEXTSH, sb. Turdus
viscivorus, Missel -thrush. — Worthen;
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284 8HB0PSHIBB WORD-BOOK. %%< This bird . • . is
not migratory, exoepting in so fiftr as it mores off in considerable flocks into
Herefordshire and Monmouthshire for
the sake of the mistletoei which abounds in the orchards there, on
the viscous berries of which it
delights to feed ; whence it has obtained
its familiar name of missel, or miaiktoe^thrtuK* — Science
Qoseip^ p. 166, A. D. 1873. %%Ct
Kissel-bird, below. See Thrice-cock. %%MISESD [mei'zuT^d], «&., var, pr,
a miser ; an avaricious man. Qy. com.
' Aye, Vs jest Uke all the lot on *em — ^'is Faither wuz as great a miaerd as ever uyed, an' 'is owd Nunde
too.' %%MISFOBTTnrE, 8b,, pee. an iUegitimate child-birth. Cohl See Love-cliild. %%MISSEIrBIBD, same as
Miseltoe-thnuh, above, q. v. — ^Bridonobth.
Called ' Misedl Birdy or Shrit,' in the Academy of Armory, Bk. IL oh. xiL p. 279. %%HITUEB. See Xoifher.
%%%%[mit'inz], sh, pi. gloves worn by hedgeis and woodmen, to protect their hands and arms from injury
whilst about their work ; they are
made of stout hide, and reach halfway to the elbow ; they have no fingers like an ordinarv glove— the
hand-part is undivided — but there is
a pouch for the thumb. Com. ' I lost a capital par o' mittina the tother dav; I 'anged 'em o' the
'edge ddth my oajte-bag, aw'ile I wuz
danin' the diche, an' somebody stole 'em.' %%' Brushing-hooks, axes,
broomhooks and mittens.' — Auctumeer*8
Catalogue (!^ngville), 1877. %%^ Twey myteynea, , . maad all of
doutes,' are named, as forming part of
the apparel of * The poor Ploughman,' in P. PI. Cr., 1. 428. %%* To handle
without mittim.* — ^Eat's ProverbSy p. 60. %%'O.Fr. Mitanf moiti§, milieu M.
Grandgagnage, derive %%mitan de I'ahal. mittamo (medius) Notre mitaine
appartien- %%drait-il k oette famille ? Mitaine est un gant oii il n'y a
qu'une separ- ation, pour ainsi dire
gant s6par6 en deux moiti§s.' — Bub. %%%%[mik's], Qy. com. [mek's],
Pulverbatch, v. a. to clean out, as of
stable or cow-house litter. * Theer use't to be a lad kep' to mex the cows, sarve the pigs, an' do all
the rough work.' %%Bandle Holme has, under * Terms used by Cow-herds : ' — '
To Afexon^ is to make clean their
Houses from Dung.' — Academy of Armory,
Bk. n. ch. ix. p. 173. %%* A.S. mix, meox; Fris. miox, miux; mix
(mux), stercue,* — Strat. %%mZEN, sb. a dunghill. Com. %%* Better wed over
the Mixon than over the Moor,' is given by Bay as a * Cheshire Proverb,^ and he adds a
note : — * That is, nard by or at
home, the Miocon being that heap of compost which lies in the
yards of good husbands, than fax off,
or from London. The road from Chester
leadine to London over some part of the Moor-lands in Staffordshire, the meaning is,' &c. See
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%%MIZZLE [miz'l], r. n. to lain softly, in small, fine, imperceptible drops. — Shbewsbitry; Pulverbatch ;
Wellington; Nbwpoet; Wem. %%' Up, Colin
up ! ynoti£:Ii thou momed Hast ; Now
gynnes to mtzzK, hye we homeward fieist.' %%Spenseb, The Shephmrda Calender y
Noyember, 1. 208. %%HZZLIHQ, paH. adj. descending thickly, in soft, fine
drops, like mist, — * a mizzling rain/
— Ibid. %%* O.N. mistry G. misty Du. miesty thickness of the air, mist ;
miMeny mieateriy mieseleuy nebulam
exhalare, rorare tenuem pluyiam ; mieae^
lingty nebula.— Kilian,' in Wedg. %%MOACH [moa'ch], v. n. to lounge,
or *hang about,' idly. — Wem. ' *£*s
no good, 'e does nuthin' but moocA about £rom momin* tell neet.' 01 'Michy to skulk,' in Hal. %%MOBLE
[mobi], (1) t;. a. to muffle the head and shoulders in warm wraps. — Shrewsbuby. * I never sid sich a
55man, 'er moblea 'erself up in that
owd '55d an' shawl, an' sits by the fire, tell 'er's as nesh as nesh — ^'er*d be a power better if 'er 'ad
to knock about like me.' %%" First Player. * But who, O who, had seen
the moiled queen * %%Ham, ' The mo&Zed queen ? ' %%Pol. That's good : '
mohUd queen ' is good. %%First Player. * Run barefoot up and down,
threatening the flame With bisson
rheum ; a dout upon that head. Where
late the diadem stood ; and for a robe
About her a blankei'"— .fiam/«<, II. ii. 524—626, %%(2) V. a.
to put on an abundance of warm wraps for general comfort, as wnen setting out for a cold journey, or
such like. — Pxjlvbbbatch ; Newport ;
Wem. * Yo' mun moble yourself well up, it's a despert, raw, cowd night.' The past participle,
followed by the adverb upy is perhaps
more frequently used — *mMed up.' 'Mind as yo' bin moblea up right well afore yo' start' %%MOO
{mog'], (1) V. a. and v. n., ohsoh, to move from one place to another, as of cows changing pasture ; to
move oif or away. — Pulver- BATCH. ri)
' Tell John to mog the cows i' the momin' — ^it's time as they wenten i' the Oote Leasow.' (2) ' Now
then, mog off for the cows, or they
d6nna be out o' the foudby six ' (A.M.). Of. Shift (3) (4). %%(2) V. n.,
obsciU, to exchange ; a term of cards employed in the game of ' Costly.'— Shbewsbuby ; Eixesmbbb. Qy.
com. See Costly. %%XOOOT, Bb. a young calf. Com. %%XOIL [mwoi'l and moi'11,
t;. n. to labour ; to slave ; to drudge in
dirty work : generally, out not necessarily, used in combination with •tou' — ^moU and toil,' — PiTLVERBATCH ;
Wem. Qy. com. *Yo' met*n mwoil an* toU
a couple o' 'ours, an' 'ardly set a wisket fall— it's a despert bad crop, but yo' canna look tar
anyuin' else off that wet grour , the
'tatoes rot afore they oomen to anythin'.' %%' . • mounchynge in their
maungers, and moylynge in their gaye
manouree and mansions, and so troubeled wyth loyterynge in Iheyr Lordeahyppes,'— IiATDOBy Sermon on ih9
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muet maile & taile, laie to Hue by
laboured feeld.' TussEK, IntrodticU'on
to the Booke of Husbandries p. 13, ed.
E. D. S. %%Bailey— ed. 1782— gives ' To Moil [mml, old Word for mule, q. d.
to labour like a Mule], to work with
might and main, to drudge.' Cf. Mile
(2) (3). %%MOILLED, HOILLET [mwoild], Pulverbatch. [moi-lh't and mwoi'lh't], Chubch Stretton, Leebotwood,
(1) <idj\ hornless. *I $odna-d-a
car'd if the Maister 'ad soud that Bishop's Castle cow 65th 'er wide 'oms, but to sell iny pretty
little mwoilled 'eifer — ^it did vex
me.* W. Tnoel, bare, bald. Cf.
Oash-oow. %%(2) [mwoiid], adj. borderless, as of a cap. — ^Pulverbatch. * I
like the childem to war nightcaps, it
keeps the bousters clane, an' they
done as well mwoilled as bordered.' %%HOITHEB, MITHEB [moidhur' and
mei'dhar'], both pronuaciations
obtain, and appear to he used indifferently, (1) v, a. and v. n. to
dis- tract; to perplex; to 'bother.'
Com. (1) 'Them women's clack mitherd
the poor chap tell 'e didna know whad 'e wuz sayin'.' %%(2) * The Missis 'as
gid me sich a power o' jobs all wantin' dom' at wunst, that I'm far mitheredy an' canna
tell which to start on first.' %%(3) * Do it which way jo*n a mind, an' dunna
moither me o6th it.' Perhaps connected
with Du. moedden ; OeruL ermiiden, to tire. %%(2) V. n. to talk incoherently
— to ramble, as in feverish sleep, or
delirium. Com. 'I thought the poor child wuz gweln to 'ttve a faiver, fur 'er burnt like a coal, an'
moithered all night* %%Bailey— ed. 1782 — gives ' Welly Moidered, almost
crazed. Chesh,* %%HOITHE&EB, part. adj. broken into very small flakes:
said of curds. See Jowters (2).
%%MOITHEBN, same as Maythem, q. v. — Corvb Dalb, Stanton Lacey. %%MOLE [moai], sb. a mould ; a form.
Com. ' Put the puddin' i' the round
mole^ it looses best out o' that.' %%' O.Fr. Mole, moule ; ital. modano,
esp., port, avec renversement du Z,
molde ; de modulus* — Bur. %%HOLLTCOT, sb. a man who busies himself in such
household matters as are peculiarly
the woman's province : a derisive term. Com. * '£"8 whad I call a useful man in a ouse athout
bein' a mollycot* Compare
Shakespeare's ' cot-quean' as applied to Capulet. — Borneo and
Juliet^ IV. rv, 7. %%VOMBLE [mom'bl],
(1) sb. a bungling job — ^'e'U mek a momble on it.' — ^Newport. %%(2) V, a. and v. n. to
bungle ; to do things in a clumsy way. — Ihid. %%UOMBLED-TTP, part. adj.
dressed up awkwardly and ridiculously.
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%%MOMBLEMSHTy «&. confosion ; disorder. — ^Pulvbrbatch. 'Mary, yo' aVays get these drawers into a
momhhment an' mess Venever yo' gt6*n to
*em.* %%MOMMET [mom-i't], (1) sb. a scarecrow. — Corvb Dale, Stanton Lacetf, %%* that ever any man shonld look
%%Upon this maumety and not laugh at him.* %%Old Play, in NABEa %%Compare
O.E. mawmet, an idol : — %%' Do a-wei K Maumetes * )>ei han trayed l^e
ofte ; %%Let broken hem a-two ' %%Joseph of Ar%7natkie, I. 102. Of. MaUdn (2). %%(2) 8h. a ghost ; a
spectre.— Pulyebbatch ; Ellebmebe. ' Fd as
Uf g55 r the night as tne day, I amma afeard o' mcmmettJ %%MOnOCE;
(1). See Mammook. %%(2) V. a, to dissipate ; to squander. — ^Wem. * 'E
mcmmocked all *is money away i' no
time.' %%(3) V. a. to tumble; to disarrange; to throw into confusion. — Newpo&t. ' See 'ow yo'n mommocked a'
the clane things as Oi'd joost
fo'ded.' %%(4) Bb, a litter.— /^'(2. 'Eh! ye notty childem — ^mekkin
sich a mommock all o'er fhe pleace,*
%%(5) v» n. to romp about, putting things into confusion. — Ibid. ' Dunna monimock about athatns/ is a common
form of reproof. %%MOnOCKED-VP, part. adj. dressed up fantastically and
absurdly. Ihid, Of. Xombled-up.
%%MOnOCKS. See Mammocks. %%HOIT, ah. a man. Com. A form of frequent
occurrence in the early writers. %%'A
mon to have iig. benefyse, anoder no lyrynge, %%This is not Godys wyl.*
%%John Audelay's Poems, p. 40. %%MOOIT-BAISY, sh. ChrysdntJiemum
Leticdnthemum, great white Ox-eye. —
Cbayen Abms. %%MOOB [moa'ur' and moo'ur'1, (1) sb. a tract of low-lying marsh
land, as the * Wealdmoors,' * Bagley
Moors/ &c. — K. Shr, %%* And so forleost \>q hund his fore And turn)' a3en eft to )»an more pe fox can creope bi )>e heie And tume ut from his forme weie And eft sone cume l^ar to ponne is )>es hundes smel fordo.' %%Owl
and NighUngcde, 1. 818. %%* Therto the frogs, bred in the slimie'scowring
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' in Suffolk any tminclosed land is called
a moor.' %%*A.S. m6r; O.Icel. m6r; O.Dtl moor^vnoer; M.H.Genn. muor
, moor.*— Stbat. Cf. Moss. %%(2) 9b, a
low, maT8li}r meadow by the water side. — ^Wellinotok ; Newport. The term is used generically — '
So and So has a good crop of hay off
his mocrs^'' the nay itself being, nevertheless, called 'meadow-hay.* But such-like meadows are
often distinguished by Moor as a
proper name — the 'Far Moor^ the 'Gossy Moor^ the ' Pigeon Moors,* &c. Compare Mr.
Halliwell's note above. %%XOOB-HEN, sb. the Water-Hen.— Bridgnorth. %%'
Morhen, moor-hen. Wr. Pol. Songs, 158,' in Stbjlt. Cf Korant, below. See Dab-cliick. %%XOP,
(1) ^5., obsA a hiring fair. — ^Ludlow; Bridgnorth. See Bk. n.. Folklore, ftc, * Wakes, Fairs,' &c
%%f2) sb, the gall of the Wild Bose.— Shrewsbttry, Uffinffton. The illage school children give the name of mop
to the pretty rose-gall, because they
use it as such, for the purpose of cleanmg liieir slates. ' Mary, we'n tak' dog's leave an' g66
through the coppy this momin' to 'unt
mops to clane our slates w'en we bin loost out o' school — 5$n*ee come alimg?* 'Aye, I'll come, but we
mun tak cai^ as the keeper dunna see
us ; 'ell gie us mt^ dse, an' be'appen stails as welL' See Briar-Boas. %%VO&AL [mu*r*ul], sh.,
pec. the exact likeness ; the express image ;
the model. — Shrewsbury; Chtiroh Stretton. Qy. com. 'Dear 'eart alive ! that little wench is the very
murral on 'er Gran'mother, 'er'll be
the owd 55man o'er agen if 'er uves to see sixty sa' ona' %%Mr. Nares says '
Moral was sometimes confounded with model, and used for it ; and I believe still is, by
the ignorant.' He quotes the following
: — %%' Fooles be they that inveigh 'gainst Mahomet, Who's but a morral of Love's monarchic.'
%%H. Const. Decad.^ 4 Somk 4. %%XOBAHT, same as Xoor-Hen, above. —
Bridgnorth. %%XOBSAK [maur'-ban], eb. a silly person. — ^Whitohtjrch,
WliixaH. * Whad a crazy owd morhan it
is : ' said of an old man who was play-
ing off some foolish antics. %%HOBF [mauT'*f], ah a thick, tangled
crop, as of hair, weeds^ &c. —
Pulverbatch; Wem. 'Whad a morf o' yar that fellow's got! it looks as if 'e'd c6omed it 56th a three-futted
stooL' C£ Tellil %%VOBT [mauVt], sb. a great deal ; an abundance. — Collisbt
; Newport. %%' The next thin^ to being
a man of property, was to have possessed
worldly goods which had been " made away wi'," it scarcely
mattered how. Indeed, even to have
" made away wi' a mart o' money" one's self, was to be regarded as a man of parts
and of no inconsiderable spirit. %%'
" To're in a mort & trouble, Sammy, I mak* no doubt,"
remarked one oxade, puffing at his
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%%* " Trouble enow," returned Sammy, shortly, "if yo' ca* it
trouble to be on th' road to tb'
poor-bouse." * — ^Fbances H. Bubnett, That Lass 0* Lawrte\ A Lancashire Story, p. 90,
ed. 1877. %%Afib has * Mori (from the Islandick margt, but judged tnefegard),
a great quantity.* %%Bailey — ed. 1782
— ^giyes ^ Moriy a great Abundance,* as ^ LinccHn- shire,^ %%* O.N. marfft, neuter of margr,
much; mart (adv.), much.' — ^Wedg. %%MOBTIFT [mauVti'fei], r. a. and v, «.,
pec. to vex ; to provoke ; to
disappoint ; to abase. Com. ' *E thinks 'imself a mighty fine fellow i' the Parish, but stop till the
vestry-meetin\ Ven 'e gets afore Mr.
Jackson an' Bickin, they'n mortify 'is ambition fur 'im, yo'n
see.' Compare K, Henry F., I. L 26.
%%XOBTJMS [moaT'amzl, sh, pi. mocking grimaces. — Craven Arms. 'Please, Sir, '0*8 makin' morums at me.'
Probably connected with the old word *
mow ' or * moe,' a wry face. Compare the following : — %%* And other-whiles
with bitter mocices and vimves %%He would him scome ' %%Spenser, F, Q,, B.
VI. c. vii. st. xlix. %%' Hamlet. It is not very strange ; for mine uncle is
king of Denmark, and those that would
make mows at him while my father lived, give
twenty, forty, fifty, an hundred ducats a-piece for ms picture in
little.' --Hamlet, 11. ii. 381. %%*
Mowe, or skorne. VangiOy vel vatgia, Cath. et C. F. (cachinnaf P.).* — Prompt, Parv. %%*To make a moe like an
ape. Distorquere os.' — Baret, Ahfearie,
A.D. 1580. Of. Meow. %%XOSET
[aoa-zi*], adj. dry ; flavourless ; * woolly,' as apples, pears, &c. become when over-kept. Com. * Them
Goose-apples bin the sort to keep till
Christmas, these yallow uns gwim as mosey an' pithy — like an owd turmit.' %%Grose gives * Mosey,
Mealy, a mosey apple. Glouc' %%X08S, sb. a tract of wild marsh land ; a
morass ; a peat-bog, as ' Whixall
Moss,' * Brown Moss,' &C.—N. Shr. %%* Mosses, so moorish and boggy places
are called in Lancashire.' — Blount's
Olossographia, p. 421. %%* O.N. mosi ; Germ, moos moss-grown, swampy, or
moory %%places. Donau-moos, Erdinger^vioos, tracts of such land m Bavaria.' — Wedo. Cf. Moor (1). %%MOSS -BALLS, sb,
pi. balls — rsometimes called Mere-balls — found in Colemere, a long, narrow lake, rather
more than two miles from Ellesmere;
they are described by Mr. G. Christopher Davies as follows : — %%' Peculiar to this mere
[Colemerel ..*..« are the green moss-balls
{Gsmferva ^^gagropUa), and brown oalls composed of fir leaves. It
is supposed that the bottom of the
mere is troubled with conflicting eddies
and currents, caused no doubt by springs, and that these currents eateh up the £r leaves tiiat fall from the
trees on the south side of the mere,
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eyen up to two feet in diameter. The moM-haU* are composed entirely of confervcs. The
currents convey these balls to the
opposite side of the mere, and there they may be found in thou- sands at a depth of three or four feet. The
cohesion of each ball is perfect' —
MoufUain, Meadow, and Mere, p. 21, ed. 1873. %%MOTE [moa't], sb. Tinea
tapetzella, the Clothes-moth. Com. ' The
Missis says the moUa han ete the Maister's top-coat all in 'oles —
sanre it right an' all ; 'er met a gid
it to some poor owd fellow, to a kep' 'im
warm, an' then it oodna a 'ad a mote in it.' %%' And make to 30U
sachels that wexen not oolde, tresoure that
failithnot in heuenes, whidir a theef nei^ith not, nether mou^i destruyet^.' — Luke xii. 33, Wicliffite
version, ed. ▲.D. 1388. %%*
Mou^te, clothe wyrme. Tinea, ** Mought, that eateth clothes, uers de drap" — Paxsg.' Prompt. Parv.
and Notes, %%A.S. moiif>e; O.Du. matte, a moth. %%HOTHEB, sb, a slimy,
turbid substance concreted in stale beer or
vinegar. — ^Pulyebbatgh. Qy. com. ^ Both Ash and Jamieson have the word in this sense. See Mother, in
Wiedq, %%HOTHESIHO-SirNSAT. See Bk. II., FdMare, &c., 'Customs connected with Days and Seasons' {Mid-Lent
Sunday). %%HOTHES-LAW, sh,, ohaols. a mother-in-law. — Pulverbatch. 'I toud 'im if 'e couldna afford to tak' a
'ouse to lave me w^eer I wuz, ftir I
wunna gweln to no mother-law.^ See Father-law. %%MOTTO, sb. the mark at which
quoits are thrown. — Bridgnorth.
I^og^ge gives Motty, for the same thing, as ' Derbyshire.' %%MOULD [moa'ld],
v. a. and v, n. to make the dough into loaveo, &c. . — Shrewsbury; Pulyerbatoh. Qy. com. *Yo'
met'n begin to %%mould up, the oven 661 be ready agen yo' bin ; an' get the
proper %%skiver, I dunna like a fork : — %%'* Them as pricken 66th fork or knife, 06n never be 'appy, maid nur wife." '
%%Amongst the * Terms used by Bakers,' given by Eandle Holme, are the following : — ' Mould it [the bread],
make it into Loaves or Boulls.' '
Prick the Loafe, is to make little holes on the top of the Loafe with a Bodkin.' — Academy of Armory, Bk. III.
ch. iii pp. 85, 86. %%* Moolde breed. Pineo, pinto,' — Prompt. Parv. %%* One
muldinge planke, one mouldinge trough with a cover,' are mentioned amongst other things belonging to
* The Back howtc,' in an Inventory,
dated at Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625. %%The ' muldinge planke ' would
probably be the board upon which the
loaves were made up, and the ' mouldinge trough ' like the ' knead- ing-trow ' described on p. 239, ante. %%*
Hie panificator. An", a, mouldere,' occurs under the head of *
Pist^ cum mis Instrumentis,* in a
Pictorial Vocabulary, xv. cent., in Wr.
Yocabs., vol. i. p. 276; and Mr. Wrieht gives a note, to explain * mouldere * as * Tne person who makes Qie
dough into loaves.* %%MOITLB-BOAED [mou-ld buoh'r'd], sb. that part of a
plough which turns the furrows — the *
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%%Bandle Holme enumerates ' The Mould .Board' amongst ' The parts of a Plow.' Academy of Armory ^ Bk. TTT,
ch. Tiii. p. 393. See Shell-board.
%%MOVLBIWABP [moa^ldi'waaT'p], Pulverbatch. [mou*di*waar''p], Newport; Oswestrt, tib, TcUpa Europcea, the
Mole. 'Yo' keepen yore doe well,
Tummas, 'e's as slike as a motUdiwarpy * Aye, 'e keeps ^sself— e's turned poacher ! I 'spect to
'tve 'im grinned or diot c^ore lung.'
%%' In which like Moldwarps nousling still they lurke.' %%SpeKSSB, Ooliu
ClouU come Some Again, L 763. %%' '* Master, Master, see vou yonder faire
ancyent^ yonder is the serpent &
tiie serpents head, the mould-warpe *
in the middest ffitt, A itt all shines
with gold soe redde."^ %%Earle of Westmorlande, 1. 77. Percy Folio
M8,, Tol. L p. 303, ed. Hales and
FiimivaU. %%* • ** Taulpe : 1 The little beast called a Mole or
Moldewarp,'*— Cotgraye. in Yorkshire
Mowldywarp stilL' Note by Mr, FuBjrrvALL.
—Ibid. %%Grose gives ' Motdd-warp, a me4a N.* %%Mould{C)warp is,
literally, earfA-cewfer, from *A.8. molde; O.Icel. mold; Goth, mulddj earth; and A.S. weorpan;
O.Icel. verpa; Goth. vairpa, to throw,
cast' — See Strat. %%MOTTLDIWOBT Jmoa-ldrwur't and mouii'wor't], same as
above. — Shrewsbubt; Wellington; Wem.
%%' He beareth Argent, a Mole (or MotUdwart), Sable. It is as black as a Goal, and soft as Yelvet ; having only
his Feet, and a little tip at the
Nose, of flesh colour. It is termed a Want, and a Mouldwarp' — Academy of Armory^ Bk. IL ch. z. p. 204.
%%' Whyles mice and moitdieworU they howkit.'
^ Robert Burn's Poems, p. 2, L 4. %%Ct 6«nt. %%MOUHT [mou'nt], sb, an
embankment ; a mound, artificially raised,
as for ornamental jg^unds. — ^Pulverbatch. * I remember seein'
the poor owd Squire m *ia green coat,
potchin' Snowdrops i' the mount up the
drive, 55th 'is walkin'-stick ; an' they blowen as fresh now as Uiey did'n twenty 'ear ago5.' %%XOUHTIHO
[mou'ntin], part, adj., var. pr. moulting, as birds. — —Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch. Qy. com. *Whad a
pelrollock that peckled 'en looks now
'er's mountin' I ' • Aye, 'er'll be like yo',
Bessie — ^look better w'en 'er gets new do'es on.' %%* Mowtynge.
Deplumado. " Mowter, m'citf monitor — quando avium penncB dcctduii^."— -Gouldm.' Prompt.
Parv. and Notes. %%Lat. mutare, to change (the feathers). %%MOTTSE-EAB, sb.
Siachys Germanica, downy Woundwort (garden
plant). — ^Pulverbatch. %%^Mowseer, herbe. MurictUa (auricalis muris,
K. P.).' — Prompt. Parv. %%* Auricula
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n., var. jor. to rot ; to crumble with decay ; to moulder — genenuly used in the past
participial form. Qy. com. ' I dunna thiiik
the stillige safe far a Dig barrel, the sides bin mautertd as well as the legs.' %%XOTTTH-MATTLDTO,
(1) sb. a volley of abusive language. — ^Pulveb- BATCH. ^ If I could get at 'im I'd gie 'im
sich a mouth^fnatUiW as 'e never 'ad
afore.' See Maul. %%indistinct, drawling utterance; untunable singing. —
Ibid. may call it chantin' or whad
yo'n a mind| but I caU it mouth-
maulin', fur nobody can tell whad they sen.' %%VOW [mou'], (1) eb. a
cluster of standing sheaves — generally six or ei^i— Shbewsbxtey ; Pxtlvebbatgh ;
Ellesmebe. Qy. com. Tussef has mow in
the sense of a stack : — %%' Sharpe cutting spade, for the deuiding of mow,'
%%Hughandlie furniture^ p. 38, ed. E. D. S. %%' Look to the Cow, and the Sow,
and the Wheat-mow^ and all wiU be well
enow. Somerset.^ — Bay's Prm^erbSf p. 271.
A.S. muga ; O.N. mugr, a stack ; a heap. Of. Stuck. %%f 2) [mou'], V.
o., var, pr. to mow.— Bishop's Oastle ; Clun. * Dun yo see that mon mawin* them wuts P ' A.S.
mdwauy to mow. See %%%%(3) See Keow. %%XOW-BITBlfT, adj, heated in the stack,
as of hay, oats, &c., which have
not been seasoned properly before stacking. Qy. com. 'Bill says 'e thinks the 'ay's toasted a oit too
much, but the cattle aten it, an' dun
well — ^ifs none the worse fur bein' a bit mow-burnt,'' %%' Come bein^ had
downe (any way ye alow), %%should wither as needeth, for burning in mow
: Such skill appertaineth to haruest
mans art, and taken m time is a
husbandly part.' %%TussEB, Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Etubandrie [August]. %%* Mow-bum is occasioned by the
Hay being stack'd too soon, before its
own juice is thoroughly dried, and by Norfolk people is called the Bed Raw ; not such as is occasioned by
stacking it when wet with Bain, which
is a nasty musty and stinks.' — Tusser Redivivus (a.d. 1710), in E. D. S. ed., p. 290. %%Pegge
gives ' Mo%»-btMmt-hayt hay that has fermented in the stack. York.' See Mow (1), above. %%MTJCHIH,
inJCXUr [mukh-i'n], Clun. [muk-in], Wem, sh. a pig. * I've bought a fresh muchiny wun'ee come
an' see 'im ?' "W. mochyn ; Oael.
muk, a pig. %%MUCK, sb. and v, a. manure ; to manure (land). Com. %%Mr.
Oliphant, speaking of The Bestiary — a poem in the East Midland Dialect, written about a.d. 1230 —
remarks: — * There are many
Scandinavian words found here ; ' and he enumerates, amongst others, ' MueJc. Icel. mykr* — Sources of
Standard English, p. 131. %%MTTCKEB, sb. a state of dirt and confusion. —
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%%MUU KKUET), adj, said of milk that has acqtrired a had flavour — hut not hecome sour — ^hy heing kept in a
close place. — ^Pulterbatch. * Bessie,
this milk d6nna do far the child, it's mucl'eredr—\ douht yo*n 'ad it i' the cuhhert, else it 5ddna a gwun
like this.' See Muckery, helow.
%%KtrCKEBIHO, adj, living, or working, in a dirty, slovenly manner. — ^PuLVERBATCH. Qy. com. * I like plenty o'
clier waiter throwed down the dairy;
none o' yore mucherirC work, moppin' ahout the milk-pon&— the hatter's sure to tell
yo' on it.' %%mXCKEET, adj. damp; close, as of the weather. —
^Pulverbatch. ' This muckery weather's
despert had fur the com, it'U mak' it spurt.'
Jamieson has ' Moch, Mocky, close ; misty.' Cf . Kug^gy, helow.
%%KirCKETEB, 8b. a child's pinafore.-CLEE Hills. %%Mr. Nares supposes
mucketer to he a corruption of ' AftuJeendeff* a pocket-kerchief — a mouchoir; hut adds that
fearet, in his Alvearie, refers *
mucketter to bib,* See Mucketer, Muckendet, in Wedo. %%KtrO, sb, a mist ; a
fog. — Pulverbatch. %%KXJGOT, adj, foggy ; damp ; close. Qy. com. ' Theer wuz
sich a mug this momin' yo' couldna see
'afe-a-dozen yards afore yo' — we'n
'ad a power o' muggy weather lately.' %%' O.N. muggay dark, thick
weather,' in Wedo. %%Compare W. mwg, smoke. %%W&WOOD, sb., var. pr.
Artemisia vulgaris, Mugwort. — ^Worthejt.
MuguHjod seems to he a hyhrid form, due prohahly to some
confusion hetween the respective
names, Mugwort and Wormtvood {Artemisia
Absinthium); hut compare the following, on the matter of pro- nnnciation : — %%' Mogwort, al on as seyn
some, modirwort : lowed folk ^at in manye
wordee conne no ry^t sownynge, hut ofte shortyn wordys, and
changyn lettrys and silahlys, )>ey
coruptyn >e o. in to u. and d. in to g. and synoopyn i-smytyu a-wey i. and r. and seyn
mugwort.' — AruncUl MS. 42, f. 35 vo.,
in Way. %%MULUOBirBS, sb. the colic. Qy. com. ' Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopp'd hay.' — Ray's Proverbs,
p. 60. %%KTTLLOCK, sb. dirt; ruhbish, as of the refuse of masons' work, gardeners' sweepings, Ac. — Shrewsbury;
Pulverbatch; Corvb I)ale ; Wem. ' Whad
bin'ee gwein to do 56th all this mullock f yo' man clier it all away afore Sunday.' %%'
The mullok on an hope ysweped was. And
on the floor yeast a canevas. And al
this mullok in a syve ythrowe. And
sifted, and ypiked many a throwe.' %%Chauoer, a. 938—940 (Six-text ed.),
Skeat. %%Qroee gives ' Mullock, Dirt or rubbish. N.' %%Mullow is a diminutive
= O.E. mull -f- ocAr. %%' Muk, or duste (mid, K. S. mull. P.) Fulvis, The
term mull is still retaiined in the
Eastern counties, and in the North, and signifies, aoooiding to Forby, soft, breaking soil. *'
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Anq. Compare Low Germ, and Dutoh, mtd; Ang.-
Sax. mt/lt pulvis. ''Mullock, or mollock, vide dust, or dung."
— GouLDiL' Prompt Parv, and
Notes, See Black-mullodc. %%MTJLLOCKY,
adj. untidy ; all in a litter. — Church Stretton. %%HTTMCHAirCB fnmm'chans],
adv, stupidly silent. — ^Pultebbatch.
' Wy dunna yo spake, lad P— an' nod lE^and mHmehemee iheer like
ik dummyin a draper's shop.' %%Mr.
Halliwell says that ' in Devon a silent, stupid person is called a mumchance^ Milles' MS. Gloss.' Qe refers
the term to an ' old game, mentioned
by Cotgraye and others, in which, according to some, silence was an indispensable requisite.'
See Mum^chance^ in Wedg. %%MTTMBTTFEIlf [mumT'uFin], »b. the long-tailed
Titn^ouse.— Cloh, Clungunford;
Brii>o]WOBTH. See Oaabcttle. %%Mum, attx, vb, must. Com. %%Mun be maried a
Simday, mun be maried a Sunday, Who foeuer fhaU come that way, I mun be maried a Sunday.' %%dieter
Doisier, The fourth Song, p. 87. . %%Mr. Oliphant says that in the ' Qrmulum'
[a.ik 1200, ctrca] Onnin uses ' a new
Scandinayian auxi£ary yerb, which is employed even now from Caithness to Derbyshire, Such a
phrase as I mun do thia is first found
in his work ; the mun is the Scandinayian muna, but mune in the " Ormulum " impHes
futurity more than necessity.' —
Sources of Standard English, p. 104. %%Cf. Kaon. %%VnrSCOKS
[nmngk-nr'n], «&., obsoh, mixed com — wheat and rye ground together for bread-meaL —
^PuiiYSBBATOH. ' Muncom bread's very
sweet an' good, but theer^^s nuthin' like a bit o' good w'eaten flour.' %%* And mene mon^-com bred ' to her
mete fongen. And wortes flechles
wroughte * & water to drinken.' %%F. PL Or., Tu 786. %%* Some mixeth to
miller the rie with the wheai^ %%Temmes lo/e on his table to haue for to eate
: But sowe it not mixed, to growe so
on land, least rie tarie wheat, till
it shed as it stand.' %%TtrssEB, Fine Hundred Pointes of Good Enshandrie [September]. %%Tusser called this mixed com
' mesRen.^ %%*■ Mestlyone, or monge
corne (or . . . mongeme, S.). MixtUiOt
bigermen.' — Prompt, Parv, See
Way's Note, A.S. mengan, to mix. Cf. Vunker. %%MVNBLE [mund'l], (I) sb, a
utensil yariously employed for purposes
of stirring, as a mashing-muncZfo (q. y. ante), a Gream-m«n^, &c
; but the term is most often heard in
the dairy, where the mundk is in
constant requisition fbr stirring the cream in the deep 'steans'
in which it is gathered for the chum.
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%%Buch a way as to admit of the cream passing through it, thereby making the necessary operation of stirring
the cream about, much more effectual.
Com. %%^ MuneUe^ a pudding-slice. Derb.' — Peoge. %%See Lick the
crame-mundle. %%(2) 17. n. to bungle; to do a thing awkwardly. — Pulvkrbatch
; Chttbgh Strettok. ' Dear 'eart aliye
! 'ow yo' bin mundlin' o'er that bit
on a job ; 'ere, gie it me if yo' canna do it no better — 1 hanna one bit o* patience to see yo* messin' at it
athatn.' %%MUHOE [munj*], (1) v. n. to eat greedily and by stealth. —
^Pulter- BAVCH. ' That girld*s al*ays
mutig%n\ 'er never gwuz i' the buttery
athout 'elpin' 'erself — 'er met never get a meal's-mate, an' look at
'er munge, munge, mungin\* %%' '* I
monche, I eate meate gredyly in a comer, ie lopoine,^ — ^Palso. Bp. Kennett gives ^*\x>munge, to eat
greedily; Wilts. ' — Lansd. MB.
1033.'— Way^ Note in Pnmpt. Parv., p. 342. %%(2) same as Hinge, q.
v.—Pulyebbatch. A corrupted form
apparently. %%MUVOEB [mimj''UT'1, v. n. to mutter ; to grumble in an
undertone. — ^PuLVERBATCH ; WEM. *Wy
dunna yo' say whad yo' ban to say ? —
an' nod munger about the 'ouse athatn, like a 'umbly-bee in a chum.' Connected with O.E. munge^ to tell,
speak: — %%* ]fan. gan Meliors munge * )>e meschef y&t hir eyled
; |>at o|ier comsede to carp * of
cumfort & ioie, & e)>er
munged of l^e mater ' ^at ^ most louede.* %%William of Falerne, H. 831—833.
%%. ' A.S. myngian; O.H.Qerm. munigcn^ to admomsh.' — Strat. C£ Junder (1). %%MUVKEB, $h,y obsoU. mixed
com, — ^wheat and rye grown together
as a crop, for grinding into bread-meal. — Bridonorth, Worfidd. It is said that the. old practice of sowing
wheat and rye together in this part of
Shropshire arose, primarily, from a doubt whether the land would produce a good crop of wheat,
therefore the rye — which was not so
likely to fau— was sown also. %%' If soils doe desire to haue rie with the
wheat, by growing togither, for
safetie more great. Let white wheat be
ton, be it deere, be it cheape, the
sooner to ripe, for the sickle to reape.' %%TussER, Fine Hundred PotJiUs of
Good Hxuibandrie [September]. %%The
term MunJcer is evidently corrupted from Xnaeom, q. v. %%HTJBOT [mur'gi'l,
sh, a contemptuous term for a miner or collier. — Wellinoton. Compare ' Murche, lytyll man,'
in Prompt Parv.^ upon which Mr. Wa^
remarks : — * This name for a dwarf does not appear to be retained in any of the local
dialects, although preserved, as it
would appear, in the simame MurchisonJ %%MUBSAL. See Moral. %%WSE,
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296 SHROPSillRG WORD-BOOK, %%[smeu's]^ Weu, ah^ a
small hole or '^run * through a hedge, made by 8 hare or rabbit in its iarackr %%' Take a
hare without a rrni$€y And a knave
without excuse, And hang them up.'
%%Howell's Euylish Proverbs, p. 12, o, in Narea %%* 1 know your muaees, your
inlets and outlets^ and whereyer %%the rabbets pass, the ferret or weezel may
venture.' — BAYBNSCBOFr, Careless
Lovers, 1673, in Wr. %%Cf. Pare(l). %%KUSET [meu'zi*], adj. inquisitivH —
Whitchurch; Ellbsmere. * Tak' car'
whad yo* bin about, 'er's very museyJ %%MTJSICIAHEB, sh,, ohaoU. a performer
on a musical instrument, — a musician.
— Pulverbatch ; Wem. Qy. com. * Who 'ad'n'ee hir a musidaner at the daincin' ? ' * One o' the
blind Tithers [Tudors] o* the Gattin
played the fiddle [1815]— that wuz all the music we 'ad'n.' %%* He beareth
Argent, a Musiciwter pla^ring on a Trebk Yial, cloathed all in blew with a Scarlet Cloak hanging on
his back, Hat Sabte^ Feather Giiles.
This is the Crest of Fidler in Couniri/ton,^ — Academt^ of Armory, Bk. III. ch. iii. p. 156.
%%MUST, sh, ground apples (for cider). — Clee Hills. Gf. Pomioe. %%WST-TirB,
ah, the tub into which the apple-pulp is put, in the process of cider making. — Ibid, %%* Must
<tt6.' — Auctioneer's Catalogue (Stoddesden), 1870. %%MUZZLE, V. n, to
root with the- snout, as pigs do. — Pitlverbatch. 'Tell Humphrey Bobe'ts to send a dozen-
rings fur the little pigs, they bin
beginnin' to muzzle, I see.' Mr. Halliwell has thi& for ' Devon.' %%MY OOV 8, interj. perhaps a
corruption of some Romish adjuratioir
having reference to the * Sacred Wouvds.^ Com. The term in its present form seems to be pretty old, and
Farquhar may have heard it by * Severn
Side : ' — %%* Braz, Will you fight for the Lady, Sir ? Plume, No, Sir, but 111 have her
notwithstanding. %%Thou Peerless Princess of Salopian Plains^ Envy^d by Nymphs and worshiped by the
Swains — %%Braz, Oons, ax ! not fight for her ! Plume, Pitthee be quiet — ^I shall be out —
' %%%%Recruiting Officer, Act HI. Scena — The walk by the Severn Side [Shrewsbury}. %%%%HAB
[nab-], (1) v. a., «?.? to dupe ; to trick. Com. The Eev. Wm. Gilpin of Chui-ch Pulverbatch, preaching to
his rural congregation in Churton
Church — about 1836— said, * Some of you, some of you, calling yourselves honest men go to the
fair to buy and to sell, and when you
come back, you boast that you " naibed the chap ! " ' %%' Nab me,
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%%(2) v. a. , »/. ? to seize hold of unexpectedly. Com. ' The " Bobbies
'^ 'an bin lookin' out for them
poachin' chaps a good wilde, but thej
fMbbed 'em at the far.' %%' Dan. nappe, to snatch ; snatch at ;
pluck.' — ^Wedg. %%VAO J^nag*], (1) v. a. and v, n. to irritate the temper by
constant fault- * finding; to carp.
Ck>m« 'I'm despert Bonr for poor Samwel; 'e wuz a right tidy mon afore 'e got married,
but 'is wife's nagged 'im, tell Vs bin
fy^r druv to drink — as yo' met'n say — ^by a d6man's tongue,' %%* N. nagga,
to gnaw ; to irritate, plague, disturb.' — ^Wedo. %%(2) V, n. to keep up a
slight but constant ]>ain ; to gnaw, as of an aching tooth. Com. ' I couldna sleep las'
night fur the tuth-ache, it wimna to
say yiolenty but kep' nug, nag, naggin' all the wilde till about four o'dock.' %%VAOEB [nai'gor'],
sh.y var. pr, an auger. — Clun. 'Fowre nagers' are enumerated amongst sundry miscellaneous
items in an Inventory^ dated at
Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625. %%* Terebrwnf navegar,' occurs in
Archhp, jElfric^s Vocabulary, x, cent.
See Wr. yocaba, Yol. i. p. 16. Nauger is the correct form, not auger,
%%HAIIrPASSEB, sb. a gimlet. Com. Called a 'Nail-piercer' by Bandle Holme. C£ Bore-passer. %%'BAIHT, sb.
an aunt — Shrewsbury; Pulyerbatch; Ellesmerb.
Qy. com. * As yo' comen throm school, Mary, g6a by the Bonk an' axe 'ow yore N uncle's ancler is, an' teU
yore Naint I'm gwe'in to Soseb'ry o'
Saturd'y if 'er wants a narrand. C£ Aint, also Vuncle. %%VAKED AS A EOBIH,
j^^r. quite naked : said chiefly of an un-
dressed child, — * W'y yo' bin as naked as a robin,* Com.
%%VAKED-LADT, sb. Colchicum autumnale, the Autumnal Crocus. — Shrewsbttby. %%VAH, inter), and interrog.,
obsols. this term is equiyalent to the
' I beg your pardon ' of modem ' polite society,' when an
obseryation has been either not heard
or not understood ; it scarcely amounts to
' What do you say P ' Nan is yery seldom used now ; only a few of the aged folk seem to retain it [1875].—
Pulyerbatch; Church Stretton; Clun.
%%^^%^ ^^ ' Nan, used as an interrogation ; as — Nan P t. e. What did you say P Kent' See Anan in Hal.
%%HAVCTy sh. the pudding in a pig which is* next in size to the paunch. — ^Pulyerbatch. See Soger. %%VAHHT,
(1) sb. same as ITaacy, aboye. Clun. See Hodge. (2) sb. the stomach.— Wellington. C£ Duff
(2). %%HAHHY-VINE-HOLES^ sb. Lampetra fluvidtih's, the Lampem. — Shrewsbury; Pulyerbatch. Qy. com.
%%VAP-AT-ITOOIT, same as Betty-go-to-bed-at-noon, q. y.— Ellesmere.
%%VATIOIT, adv., sl.l yery, — * nation cowd,' Com. Pegge giyes this for * Kent, Norf., and Suff.' %%%%%% |
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298 SHBOFSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%ITATiyE [nai'tiv],
adj., pec. used ellipticallj for 'native place,* — ' Worfchen's my native,^ Com. %%ITATITBE,
8h., pec. natural goodness ; nutrition : said of food. — Newport. A shopkeeper observed to one of
his customers [1872] that, having
tried the Australian meat^ he found he oould not recom- mend it, for it was * so overdone, there
seemed to be no naturt left in it.'
%%IT AYE [nai*v], sh. a prop to support the shaft of a loaded cart when the horse is out ; it is made of a strong
oak-branch having three forks, which
serve for feet — the branch being inverted. — Pulvebbatch. %%Grose has *
Nape^ or Nepe. A piece of wood that hath three feet, used to support tiie fore part of a loaded
waggon. N.' Cf. Vamp. %%HAT-WOSD, sh. a by-word. — Pulvbrbatch; Cleb Hills.
'I 55nna be the first to be married at
the new church ; I amma gwein to be a
nay-toord to all the parish.' %%' ... if I do not guU him into a nay-word,
and make him a common recreation, do
not think I have wit enough to lie straight in my bed.'— TwcZ/tA NigM, 11. iii 146. %%VEAB,
NEAB-FISTEB, adj., pec. penurious; stingy; grasping. Com. ' Ifs nuthin' like the same place
sence the poor owd Miasia died, they
bin so 'mot an' grindin' — ^nobody likes to g66 ni^ the *ouse.' %%' Near, covetous. North. As, He
is a near man.' — ^Pegge. %%NECK, V. a. to kill fowls by pulling their necks
out, or rabbits by' giving them a blow
on the back of Sie neck. — Shrewsbury; Whit-
church. Qy. com. %%NECK-HOLE, sb. the nape of the neck. Com.
%%NEEDLESS [need -lis], (1) adj., pec. shiftless; helpless. — Pulvbr- batch. ' I'm despert sorry fur that mon,
'e's got sich a needleis piece fdr a
wife — 'is wages bin gwun afore 'e 'as 'em — an' 'e's right tidy 'isself.' %%(2) adj., pec, oh$ol$.
nameless: said of an unba|>tized infant. —
Ellesmere, WeisTiampton. ' Whad'n'ee call that child?' 'Oh, it's needless yet, poor thing, it hanna bin
chris'nod.' %%NEEDNA, V. a. need not ; have no occasion to be, &c. Com.
%%* Roger. I needna mak' eic speed my blood to spill, I'll warrant death come soon enough a-
will.' %%AUiAir Bamsay, TTie OentU Shepherd, I. i. p. 9. %%NEELD. See NUd.
%%NE'ES-A, contraction of Never-a, q. v. %%NEESENIN', part. adj. nesting —
seeking for birds' nesta — Newport.
See Nests. %%NEEST, sb., var. pr. a nest. — Newport ; Ellesmere. See
Nests. %%NE8H [nesh*], (1) adj. delicate; tender: said of the health or physical constitution. Com.^ (1) *It wunna
likely as a poor little nesh child
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%%(2) ' Yo' lads be off out o' doors, an' nod rook round the fire — yo'n
bo as ne$h as a noud 66man.' %%*
Wmnmon is of netche flescbe.' %%Owl and NightingaU, L 1387. %%' '* Gk>d
sane tbe Qneene of England,'' be said,
** for ber blood is yerry neehe,
as neere ynto ber I am as a
colloppe sbome from tbe flesb." ' %%King James and Browne, L 119. Peirey
Folio M8., Yol. i. p. 141, ed. Hales
and Fumivall* %%(2^ a((;. poor-spirited ; lacking energy. — ^Wem. ' 'Er's a
ne^A piece, 'er dunna do above 'afe a
day'is work, an' '^s no use at aU unaer a
eow [milking a cow].* %%'A.S. hneac; O.Dn. neBch; Gbth. hnasque; nesb,
mollis, tener,' — Strat. %%VEST, adv.
next. — Colukrt. %%' And sum sals bot l^e nest yeire %%Folnand . * ' %%Cursor
Mundi (a.i>. 1320, eirta), Specim, Early
Eng,, yii. L 5. %%A.S. neahsi; Dan. ncai, nigbest; next. C^ Kigb.
%%BESTS, sb. pi. [nee-zn], Shrewsbury ; K'ewport ; Wem ; Oswestry. Fnesi'z], Shrewsbtjrt; CiiUN; Corve Dale;
Ludlow, [nisi'z], jhiLVERBATCH ;
WoRTHEN ; Clun. [nis'ts], Shrewsbury ; Pulver- batch; WoRTHEir; Clxtn. [nee'sts],
Ellesmerb. Of tbe different plurals of
nest obtaining in tbe Sbrewsbury district, it may be observed tbat neesen is one cbiefly employed by uie
aged folk ; a fact wbicb seems to
point to tbe conclusion tbat it is in ss tbe oldest form of all tbat are bere given. %%AJSViSit-A, adv. not
a, or onei Com. ' Tbeer's fiever-a spot o' milk i' tbe 'ouse.' * %%* be bad neuer a penny
left in bis pursse, %%neuer a pooiny but 3,
& one was brasse, & anotber was lead, & anotber was wbite mony.' %%The Heir
of Lin, 11. 33, 34. Percy Folio MS. ,
vol. i. p. 176, ed. Hales and FumivalL
See MaU. zxvii 14. %%_____ * %%HEVEA-A-OITE, none ; neitber. Com. '
Never-a-one on 'em ossed %%to 'elp.' See Grammar Oatlines {indefinite
]^onouns). %%HEW-PAVOLED, OfiJ. new; new-fasbioned ; novel, as of some pursuit or * bobby.'— Shrewsbury ;
Pulverbatch ; Ellesmere. Qy. com. (1)
'HI a none o' tbem neto-f angled ways; I like tbings done as tbey bin use't to be, an' I know
yo' canna mend 'em.^ (2) *Wy, dear
'eart alive! Jenny, wbad new-Jangled fasbions ban y& got i yore yed now ? ' said a
Welsbampton woman to ber daugbter, wbo
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