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MUNGE. vb. To munch. [Hund. of Berk.]
MUNTLE and MUNTLEMAN. See DEBUT.
MUSIC. sb. A musical instrument
MUSICIANER. sb. A musician.
MUST. sb. The refuse of apples or pears after the juice has been pressed out
for cider or perry. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
MUSTER. sb. A litter. [Westbury-on-Sevem.]
“My zon-er-Iaw did want a veow grines [few grains]. Ees zow ’ave ad a MUSTER
of pegs — eighteen — all alive and kyind; and ’er ’ad zeventeen last varry,
as kyind pegs as ever you zid."
MUTE. sb. A mule by a horse out of a she ass. [Glouc.]
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N
There is a strong tendency to prefix this letter to words commencing with a
Yowel: so naunt, nuncle, nawl, negg, nabscess, etc.
NABBLE. v5. To gnaw. [V. of Glos-l [Hund. of Berk.]
NABSCESS. sb. Abscess.
NACKER. vd. To tremble with passion, to chatter with cold. [Hund. of Berk.]
See KNACKER.
NAG, or NAGGLE. vb. To worry, tease. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
NAGER. vb. To work laboriously or clumsily. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
[N.E.]
“I never seed sich a N^GERING man; '' said of the schoolmaster
sawing wood after the day's work was over. [Stow-on- Wold.]
NAIL-BIT or NAIL-PASSER. sb. A gimlet. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of
D.] NAIL-PASTER. [Stow-
on-Wold.]
NALE. sb. An ale-house. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“Where's Bill? He's gone to NALE."
“And thanne seten some,
And songen atte NALE."
Piers Plowman^ p. 124.
NAN. An interjection, signifying that the speaker does not
hear or understand what has been said to him. [Heref.]
NAST. sb. Dirt, foulness, weeds in fallow land. [Hund. of Berk.]
NASTRY. sb. Filth. [Phelps.]
NATIF. sb. Native place. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
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NATION. adj. Very. [Common.]
NAUNT. sb. Aunt. Phelp gives NAINT.
NAY-WORD. sb. Common phrase.
“That's a NAY- WORD about us."
“For Monsieur Malvolio let me alone with him; if I do not gull him into a
NAY-WORD, and make him a common recreation, do not think I have wit enough to
lie straight in my bed."
Twelth Night, II., 3.
“I have spoke with her, and we have a NAY- WORD how to know one
another." — Merry Wives of Windsor, iv., I.
NEAR ANOUST. Nearly the same, near enough. [F. of D.]
NECK AND HEELS. Neck and crop.
“If there be another 'lection, they'll be obligated to go out NECK AND
HEELS."
NEDDY. sb. A donkey; hence a fool.
NEGLECTION. sb. Neglect. [V. of Glos.] [Hund of Berk.]
“Sleeping NEGLECTION doth betray to loss
The conquests of our scarce cold conqueror."
Hen. VI., Pt. II, iv., 3.
NEIGHBOUR. vb. To gossip amongst neighbours. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
NEIVE. sb. The hand. [Huntley.]
“Give me your NEIF, monsieur Mustardseed."
Mids. Nights Dream, IV., I,
“Sweet knight, I kiss thy NEIF."- Hen. VI., Pt. II, ii., 4.
NEMINIES. [A contraction of Anemones.] Anemone nemorosa. L. [Fairford.]
[Britten & Holland.]
NEP. sb. The pudendum of a sow. [Hund. of Berk.]
NERN, NARN, or NE'ER-UN. Never a one. [Common.]
NESH. adj. Tender, weak, delicate; also applied to soft coal in the Forest of
Dean. [General.] NAISH [Bourton.]
“He was a trouble as a child; very NESH and always a mooching; for all he's
so sprack now."
NESSES. Plur. of "nest," [Hund. of Berk.]
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NETTLESOME. adj. Quarrelsome, snarly.
NIB. sb. A gas burner. [Glouc]
NIBS. sb. The handles of a scythe-pole. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of
D.]
NICK. si. Condition, fettle. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
NIFF. sb. A quarrel, wrangle.
NIGGLE, vd. To nag, tease. [Hund. of Berk.]
<“I shall so NIGGLE ye, and juggle ye."
B^mmofU 6f Fletcher^ Pilgrim.
NIGH. adv. Nearly. [Common.]
NIGGLING. adj. Mean, paltry, contemptible. [Hund. of Berk.]
NIGGUT. sb. A small, short bundle or faggot. [Hund. of Berk.]
NILE. sb. The part of the " threshel " which strikes the com. [V.
of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] \Y. of D.]
NINETER. sb. A knowing, artful boy or youth. [F. of D.]
NINETING. sb. A thrashing. [Hund. of Berk.]
NINNY-HAMMER. sb. A blockhead.
SINTE. vb. Pronunciation of "anoint." [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
"I'm goin* to NINTE the ship for the shab," /.^., to dress the
sheep for the scab.
NIPPER. sb. Youngster. [Common.]
KISGULL or NESGULL. sb. The smallest of a brood or
litter. Used figuratively of a puny person. [V. of Glos. J [Hund. of Berk.]
[F. of D.J
^'ITCH. sb. A burden of hay, wood, etc. [Hund. of Berk.] [S. j
Either. sb. and vb. To shiver with cold. Also “All of a
NITHER." [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
EITHER AT. vb. To make grimaces at. [V. of Cjlos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
^'ITS. ,h. Lice.
*• As dead as NITS " is a phrase used to express certainty of the death
of anything.
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NIVEL. vb. To sneer, turn up the nose at a person. [Stow-on-Wold.]
A boy asked the meaning of "disdain," when Goliath disdained David,
answered " He NIVELLED at un."
NOAF. sb. An oaf, fool. [F. of D.]
NO-A-WAYS. adv. Never. [Dumbleton.]
NOBBUT. None but, only. [Winterbourae.]
There's NOBBUT a shattering of apples on them trees."
NOBBY. Used in calling a colt. [V.of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
NOCKLATE. vb. To inoculate. [Hund. of Berk.]
NODDY. sb. The knave at cards. [Phelps.]
NOGMAN. sb. A stupid person. [F. of D.]
NO GOOD ON. Good for nothing. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [N.E.]
NOGS. sb. The handles of a scythe pole. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
NONE SO PRETTY. Saxifraga umbrosa. L. [Britten & Holland.]
NONSICAL. adj. Nonsensical. [Hund. of Berk.] [F.of D.]
NOOCHING. adj. Slouching, stooping. [Hund. of Berk.]
NOR. conj. Than. [General.]
NORATION. sb. Gossip, [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
NOSE-BLEED. sb. Bleeding at the nose. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
NOT. sb. A game like bandy. [Grose.] [Ryknield.]
NOT, NOTTED. adL Polled, hornless. Used of cattle and sheep. [Hund. of Berk.]
[S.]
NOT HALF SAVED. Idiotic. [Hund. of Berk.]
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NOTMATOTS. sb. Hobbledehoys. [Hund. of Berk.] [S. Cerney.]
An old woman hearing of the marriage of some very young couples, said, “Well,
what NOTMATOTS shall we have married next?"
NOTTABLE. adj. Clever, famous. [Hund. of Berk.]
NOWAYS. Not at all; by no means. [Common.]
NUB. sb. A small lump. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
"A NUB of coal." "A great NUB of a boy," a great stout
boy.
NUBBLINS. sb. Coal in small lumps. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [E.]
NUMMAN IDLES. sb. Pansies. [Hund. of Berk.]
A corruption of LOVE-IN-IDLENESS, q.v.
NUNCHEON or NUNCH. sb. Luncheon. [Common.]
“Laying by their swords and truncheons.
They took their breakfasts or their NUNCHIONS.”
Hudsbras 1, i., 545.
NUNCLE. sb. Uncle. Also used as a familiar mode of address. [Common.]
Used by the Fool in King Lear, passim, e.g. "NUNCLE, give me an egg, and
I’ll give thee two crowns." — Act I, .Sc. 4.
NUZZLE. vb. To nestle. [Phelps.]
"She NUZZLETH herself in his bosom."
Stafford, Niobe, pt. ii, p199. (1611.)
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O
OAF. vb. To play the fool.
“They was OAFIN', and sparrin' some lime."
OATH. vb. To swear to a thing. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of '
Berk.] [F. of D.]
OBEDIENCE. sb. Obeisance. [Selsley.] [N.E.]
OBLIGATED, p.p. Obliged. [F. of D.]
OBBLY ONKERS. Vide HOBBLIONKERS.
OCKURD. Pronunciation of " awkward." Perverse, obstinate,
unreasonable; also uncertain, unfavourable; of crops. [General."!
“What's the good of you bein' so OCKURD? "
•”Taters has been rather OCKUEU> this turn."
ODDMENTS. sb. Any odds and ends, odd change, etc. [V.
of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.J
ODDS. vb. To alter. [Comnion.]
OFF. prep. From, after “to get," " to buy," etc. [Common.]
OFF. e.g., "He can't be OFF it" means he cannot help
knowing or doing it. [Glouc] [E.]
OFFAL. sb. Waste wood. [V. of Glos.]
OFFLINGS. sb. The refuse in winnowing. [Hund. of Berk.]
OLD. adj. Sly, cunning, suspicious, 'cute. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
OLD MAID. sb. A horsefly. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
OLD MAN'S BEARD. Various species of Equisetum.
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OLF. vb. Used of Horseplay.
'“They kep OLFING with one another.”
ON. pnp. Of.
ONACCOUNTABLE. adj. and adv. Extraordinary, extremely.
ONCE. adv. Sometime. [Tortworth R.] [S.]
"I thank thee; and I pray thee ONCE to-night
Give my sweet Nan tnis ring.” — Merry Wives of Windsor^ iii.^ 4.
ONLIGHT. z^. To alight. [Hund. of Berk.]
OODor HOOD. sb. Pronunciation of “wood." [Hund. of Berk." [E.]
[N.E.]
OODLE. $h. Pronunciation of “wood-wail," the nightingale. [Huntley.]
OONT or WOONT. sb. Pronunciation of " want," the mole. [Common.]
OONTITUMP. ih. A molehill. [F. of D.]
DOSE. sb. Pronunciation of " hose." [Glouc]
GOT. Wilt thou? [Hund. of Berk.] [E.]
“Come here, OOT."
OOZELING. 7^. Wheezing. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
OPE. sb. Opening. [Hund. of Berk.]
OPEN ARSE. The fruit of Mespilus germanica. L. [Britten & Holland.]
OR. adv. Before, ere. [Huntley.]
ORDINARY. adj. Pronounced " ardinary " or “amary." In
middling health. [Selsley.]
ORL. sb. * The alder. Vide ARL.
ORTS. sb. Remnants, fragments, leavings, rubbisb. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of
Berk.] [F. of D.J
“The fractions of her faith, ORTS of her l^^' '
The fragments, scraps, the bits, and g^^^yjf,i^
Of her o'cr-eaten faith, are bound to -tnomea^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^ 2,
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OTHEREN or OTHERIN. e.g., “Every OTHEREN day.' [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
OTHEROUS. Otherwise, different. [Glouc]
<' Things is dull enough now, and last summer was*nt much
OTHEROUS.*'
OTOMY. sb. An anatomy, skeleton. [Hund. of Berk.]
OUR. pron. Used to signify that the person spoken of belongs
to the speaker's family: as '^OUR master," "OUR
Alfred," " OUR mother." [General.]
OURN. pron. Ours. [General.] Used substantively for "my
husband." [E.]
OUT. adv. Absent from home, not merely for the moment,
but for some time; thus in Gloucester "when are you
going OUT? " means, when are you going to take your
Summer holiday?
OUTASKED. Applied to the third time of calling the banns. [V. of Glos.] [E.]
[N.E.]
OUTRIDE. sb. A commercial traveller.
0\^R. adv. As compared with. [Hund. of Berk.]
OVER ENENT or OVER ENONT. adv. Opposite. [Hund. of Berk.]
OVERGET. vb. To get over, recover, as from trouble, illness,
etc. [V. of Glos.] [N.E.]
OVER-RUN. vb. To scamp work.
OWLESS. adj. Careless, lazy, thick-headed, devil-may-care. [V. of Glos.]
OWNER. sb. A title given to the proprietor of a boat or trow.
*» Well, OWNER, how be you? "
OWT or OWLT. sb. Strength, body, substance, sustenance,
stay. Used of cider, hay, etc. [V. of Glos.] See HOLT.
"I didn't think there was no OWT in bran*."
OXEY. adj. Oxlike. [Hund. of Berk.]
OX-MAN. sb. Herdsman. [Compton Abdale.]
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PAD. sb. A pack saddle. [Hund. of Berk.]
PADDLE. sb. A small spade used to clean the plough. [Hund. of Berk.]
[Stow-on-Wold.]
PADDLE ABOUT. vb. To hobble, or creep about. [Winterbourne.]
“My old man do churm, or lift a few taters. He can just PADDLE ABOUT a
bit."
PAICE. vb. To raise with a lever. [Hund. of Berk.]
PAIL-STAKE. sb. A bough with the branches cut off short, and fixed in the ground,
to hang the milking pails on. [Hund. of Berk.]
PAIRED or PAIRY. adj. Mouldy; of cheese.
PALE or PEEL. sb. A flat, spade-shaped tool used by bakers, to take dishes,
etc., out of the oven. [Common.]
"A notable hot baker 'twas, when he plied the PEEL." Ben Jonson.
Bartholomew Fair.
PALE INTO. vb. To pitch into, pummel, [Hund. of Berk.]
PAME. sb. The palm of the hand. [Leighterton.]
PAN. [Broad A.] sb. A pond. [Hund. of Berk.]
PANE. sb. A patch of garden ground. [F. of D.]
PANK. vb. To pant. [Hund. of Berk.] [E.]
PANTENY. sb. Pantry. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.] [E.]
PANTLE. vb. To pant. [Hund. of Berk.]
PARGETER. - sb. A plasterer. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.] [S.]
"Gold was the PARGET; and the ceiling bright
Did shine all scaly with great plates of gold."
Spenser. Translation of the Visions of Bellay.
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PARLE. sb. A talk. [Dumbleton]
“Of all the gentlemeD,
Thnt every day >*ith PARLE encounter me,
In thy opinion, which is worthiest love?" — 2 wo Gent, Ver,^ /., 2.
PARSLEY, COW. Anthriscus sylvestris. Hoffm. [Britten & Holland.]
PARTLET. sb. The fat on a pig's chitterlings.
PASSEL. Several, many, a deal. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“A PASSEL better.*'
PASS OUT. vb. To toll the passing bell. "The bell is
PASSING OUT " means that the passing bell is tolling. [V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
PATCH. sb. I. A garden bed. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. The large pieces of sacking used as carpets
in cottages. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
3. A child's clout. [Hund. of Berk.]
PATTENS AND CLOGS. Lotus comiculatus. L. [Fairford] [Britten & Holland.]
PAWK. vb. To pant. [Uncommon.]
PEAL. vb. To pour out a liquid. [Halliwell.] [Ryknield.]
PEAR. sb. The appearance. [Phelps.]
PEART. adj. Bright, lively. [Common.]
PEARTEN UP. vh To grow lively. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PEASEN. //. of " pea." [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
PEASIPOUSE. sb. Pulse. Peas and beans grown together
as a crop. [Hund. of Berk.]
PECK. sb. The point of a horse's shoulder. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PECK. sb. A pickaxe.
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PECK, vd, I. To fall fomard. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
2. To pitch, fling. [\. of Glos."| [Hund. of Berk.]
*< As high as I could PICK my laoce.” — Corio/amis, t. i. 202.
*' Yoa V the camhlet, get op o* the rail; 111 PECK you o'er the pales
else."— i/”f. F///., r. 3.
PECKIED or FICkIiD. Pronunciation of * peaked/ used of anything terminating
in a pointed end. Also poorly,
pinched. [Common.]
PECK-SHAFT. sb. The handle of a pickaxe.
PECK UPON. vd. To put a person down.
“I don't believe in being PECKED UPON.”
PEEL. sb. I. A pillow. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
2. See PALE.
PEEP. vd. To dawn. [Glouc] [Hund. of Berk.]
“In March it begins to PEEP about 6 o'clock."
PEEPERS. sb. The eyes. [Hund. of Berk.]
PEERK. sb. A perch, whether a hen's perch or a perch of land. [V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
PEFFLE. vb. To fall; as snow. [Stow-on-Wold.]
“The snow PEFFLED down, and whiffled round the earner."
PEG. sb. Pig. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
“Dumed if that there PEG aint' most like a oont."
PELF. sb. Weeds. [Stow-on-WoId.]
PELT. sb. Hide, skin.
“Daz thee PELT " is commonly used as a mild malediction.
PELT. " To be in a PELT." To be in a fuss. [Selsley.]
“The letter which put you in such a PELT came from another."
Wrangling L<rvets, 1627. dt. Latham.
PEN. The Rev. A. S. Page says, "This Celtic word for hill is
used as a common noun; I live just under the PEN to
which Pen lane leads." [Selsley.]
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PERKY. adj. Saucy. [V. of Glos.]
PERISHED. p,p. Starved with cold; decayed. [Common.]
PERISHTY. adj. Withered. [Icomb.]
PERSB. sb. Osier. "PERSHbed." [Glouc]
PETER-GRIEVOUS. adj. Unreasonably aggrieved. [V. of Glos.l
PETHY. adj. Crumby; of bread.
PHAIZAN. sb. A pheasant. [Hund. of Berk.]
PICK. sb. A hay fork. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
PICKLE. vb. To prepare wheat for sowing, generally with
blue vitriol. [Hund. of Berk.]
PICK OUT. vb. To find or worm out information. [Hund. of Berk.]
PICK-PIKE. sb. A pitch-fork. [Phelps.]
PICKTHANK. sb. A tale bearer.
The Rev. Joseph White, Newent, says the word originalljr denotes
the tool neld in the renper*s left hand to claw the grain, ready
for the swoop of the sickle.
“Many tales devised,
Which oft the ear of greatness needs must hear.
By smiling PICKTHANKS and base newsmongers.*'
I. Hen. IV. f Hi, 2.
"2. The PICKTHANK, a ship of great emplo\-ment, that commonly
sails out of sight or hearing, her Isiding being for the most
part private complaints, whispering intelligences and secret
informations."
yohn Taylor. Armado in the Fellow Ship with her Regiment.
PICK-TOOTH or PECK-TOOTH. sb. Toothpick.
““If a gentleman leaves a PICKTOOTH case on the table, look
upon it as part of your vails." — Swift.
PIDDLE. vb. To trifle, do light work. fV. of Glos.] [Hund.
of Bork.]
•”A PIDDLING job."
*< Too precise, too curious in PIDDLING thus about the imitation
of others." — Ascham. Schoolmaster.
•* Now for those other PIDDLING complaints
Breathed out in bitterness.
Afassinger. " A New Way to pay Old JMts.”
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PIECE. sb. I . A vat, or large cask.
2. Used of a woman.
“Hcr's a loothy PIECE."
“I bad a wife, a passing princely PIECE,
Which far did passe that gallant girle of Greece."
Mtrrour for MagistraUs*
"Go, giTe that changing PIECE
To hun that flourished for her with his sword."— TV/. Andron., i. 2.
3. A field or enclosure. [Hund. of Berk.]
PIECE OF WORK. sb. A fuss.
PIFKIN. sb. A pipkin, little jug. [Hund. of Berk.]
PIG-MEAT. sb. Pork, not bacon. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PIG'S-COT. sb. Pig-sty. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PIKELETS. sb. Crumpets. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PILCH. vb. I. To filch, pilfer.
2. To poke with the horn. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
KLEWORT. Ranunculus Ficaria. L. [Britten & Holland.]
PILL. sb. A creek. Peculiar to the Lower Severn.
HLLIN. sb. Pillion.
About 60 or 70 years ago the farmers' wives still rode thus behind
their husbunds to and from market.
PiLL-SLlP. sb. A pillow case. [Selsley.]
PIMPY or PIMPING. adj. Small, mean, paltry, sickly. [V.
of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PIN BONE. sb. The hip bone of cattle. [Hund. of Berk.]
PINCH. vb. To pilfer. [Glouc]
PINCUSHION. Fruit of Eonymus Europxus. L. [Britten “fe
Holland.]
PINE-END. sb. The gable end of a house. [Selslcy.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PlNEY. sb. Peonv.
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PINK. sb. The chaffinch. [Tortworth.] [N.E.]
PINK, LONDON. Geranium Robertianum. L. [Britten & Holland.]
PINK, WILD. Geranium Robertianum. L. [Britten & Holland.]
PINNIKIN. adj\ Fastidious, dainty. [Hund. of Berk.]
PIP. sb. I. A shoot or bud. [V. of Glos.]
2. The blossom of the cowslip. [F. of D.]
PIP. vb. I. To crack the e%g in hatching. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [E.]
2. To burst; of a flower pod. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PIRGY. adj. Surly, cross-grained. [Common.]
PIRL. vb. To spin; as a top.
PISHTY. Used in calling a dog, as "puss" is used in calling
a cat. [V. of GlosJ [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.] [S.J
PISSABED. sb. The dandelion. [Minchinhampton Common.]
PITCH. sb. The quantity taken up at a time on a hay-fork. [Hund. of Berk.]
PITCH. sb. A steep hill. [Common.]
PITCH. vb. To load hay or straw. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PITCHER. "Like a humble bee in a PITCHER" is used of a person who
does not make himself heard. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PITCHPOLL or PITCHIPOLL. vb.
1 . To turn a somersault. Also used as an adverb.
2. To realize double the cost of anything. [V. of Glos.J [Hund. of Berk.]
[E.]
PITH or PETH. sb. The crumb of bread. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [S.VV.]
PITHER. (dh) vb. To potter or fuss about. [Hund. of Berk.]
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PIT-HOLE or Pim^-HOLE. sb. A grave. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [E.]
FLACK or FLECK. sb. A portion or patch of a field; a plot
of ground. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
FLANT. sb. A crop; e,g., " A good PLANT of wheat." [Hund. of Berk.]
PLASH. sb. A small pool. [Hund. of Berk.]
*' He leaves
A shallow PLASH to plunge him in the deep."
Taming of the Shrew, 1., f .
"Through PLASHES, puddles, thick, thin, wet and dry,
1 travelled to the City Coventry."
Taylor. Penniless Pilgrimage. [16 18.]
PLAY. vb. [Pronounced PLY]. Applied by the Forest of Dean miners to the days
when the pits are not working.
Also used at Stroud.
“Us PLYED dree days last wick."
PLEACH. vb. To lay a hedge; to intertwine the branches of pollards for a
bower. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
“And bid her steal into the PLEACHED bower."
Much Ado about Nothing, Hi., I .
“Her hedges even -PLEACH ED,
Like prisoners wildly overgrown with hair.
Put forth disordered twigs. — Hen. V,, v. 2.
PLEACHERS. sb. The layers of a quickset hedge. [V. of Glos.]
PLIM. adj. Smooth, neat, well-trimmed. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.] [E.]
PLIM. vb. To swell from moisture. [General.]
PLIM-BOB or PLUM-BOB. sb. A plummet. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PLUBBV. adj. Swollen, puffy. [ Tortworth R.]
“He is not so PLUBBY in the face as he was."
PLUM. adj'. Round, smooth. [V. of Glos.]
PLUMP. 7'b. To swell from moisture. [V. of Glos.]
"Let them lie for the dew and rain to PLUMP them."
Mortimer, Ifusbantlrv.
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PLUNT. j3. a walking stick with a large knob. [Halliwell.] [Grose.]
[Ryknield.]
PLUSHES. sb. The hoops of a besom. [Hund. of Berk.]
PLY. vb. To bend. sb. A bend. [V. of Glos.] |_Hund. of Berk.]
A boy with rheumatism was said to have *' no PLY in his joints."
•* The willow PLIED, and gave way to the gust, and still recovered
itself again.*' — Sir R, U Estrange,
POACHY. adj. Wet, soppy; of land. [V. of Glos. J [Hund. of Berk.]
*< What uplands yon design for mowing, shut up the beginning of February;
but marsh lands lay not up till April, except your
marshes be very POACHY." — Mortimer, husbandry.
POKE. vb. I. To stoop in walking. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. To gore; of a bull. [Hund. of Berk.]
POKE-HOLE. Applied contemptuously to a small or wretched
building. [V. of Glos.]
It's only a POKE-HOLE of a place."
POKEPUDDING. sb. The long-tailed titmouse. [Halliwell.] [Ryknield.]
POLE-RING. sb. The ring which attaches the head of the
scythe blade to the pole. It is held fast by means of a
"quinet," or wedge. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
POLLARDS. sb. A mixed crop of beans and peas. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
POLL-EVIL. sb. A kind of eruption on the neck and ears of horses. [Hund. of
Berk.]
POLLY ANDREWS. A corruption of " Polyanthus." [Hund. of Berk.]
POLT. sb. A knock, poke, thrust.
POLT. 7'^. To knock down; as fruit from trees.
POLTING-LUG. sb. A long stick used for knocking fruit
from the trees. [Hund. of Berk.]
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POOCH OUT THE LIPS. vb. To pout. [Hund. of Berk.] [V. of Glos.]
POOR. " To make a POOR out on't “ is to have little to show
for a thing. [V. of Glos] [Hund. of Berk.]
POOTCHIN. sb. A pocket bag to contain the seed for
dribbling.
PORE. vb. To supply plentifully. [Halliwell.] [Ryknield.]
PORKET. sb. A small pig for pork. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
POSSET. sb. Bread soaked in beer. [E.]
POT. sb. A measure of fruit. 84 lbs. of apples, 100 lbs. of pears, 90 lbs. of
plums. [V. of Glos.]
POTCH or POUCH. vb. To poke, push, thrust. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“I thought to crush him in an equal force.
True sword to sword; I'll POTCH at him some way,
Or wrath, or craft may get him.”
Coriolanns 1., 10.
POTE. vb. To poke. [Hund. of Berk.]
“POTE the fire."
POT-FRUIT. sb. The best fruit for eating; as distinguished
from the rougher sorts for cider, etc. [V. of Glos.]
POTHER. vb. To knock off loose apples, etc. [V. of Glos.]
POTHERY. adj. Close, muggy. [V. of Glos.]
POTTERY-WARE. sb. Earthenware. [Hund. of Berk.]
POTTLE-BELLIED. adj. Pot-bellied. [Hund. of Berk.]
POTS. sb. The paniers of a pack-saddle. [Hund. of Berk.]
POULTS. sb. The same as POLLARDS. [Hund. of Berk.]
POUND. sb. A pond, particularly a mill-pond. [Hcrcf. J
POUND. vb. To beat, or knock. [Common.]
“POUND the door."
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POUND STAKLE. sb. The floodgates of a pond, and the
posts and frame which support them. [Heref.]
POVEY. sb. An owl. [Huntley.] [Heref.] [Phelps.] [Ryknield.]
Hallheell quotes " Worse and worse like POVEY'S foot."
POWER. sb. A great quantity. [Common.]
PRADE. sb. A talk, chat. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.W.]
“I met him going to the Doctor's, and had a PRADE with him."
PRAYS. sb. The wooden pins used in thatching. [Compton
Abdale.]
PRILL. A little rill of water. [V. of Glos.]
PRIMMY ROSE. sb. The primrose.
PRIMPT or PRINKT UP. /./. Dressed up smartly.
PRIMROSEN. sb. Primroses. [Selsley.]
PRISE. vb. I . To wdgh.
2. To appraise. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PRITCH. 7'b. To prick.
PRITCHEL. sb. aindvb. Goad. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PROCURE. vb. To cure bacon. [Phelps.]
PROMISE. vb. To assure.
“I do PROMISE ee."
*' Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion?
I fear it, I PROMISE you.”
Midsummer Sights Dream^ iii.^ i.
PROMPT or PROMP. adj. Spirited; of a horse. [N.E.]
PRONG. sb. A large hay- fork. [Hund. of Berk.]
PROOF. sb. Stay, strength, nourishment; applied to hay, etc. [Hum!, of Berk.]
[V. of Glos.]
PROOFVor PRUKFV. adj. Nourishing. [Hund. of Berk.]
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PROPER. adj\ Fine. Also used adverbially, as "PROPER
fine."
“Moses was a PROPER child."
Hebrews xl. 2"^, A.V.
“' This Lndovico is a PROPER man."
Othello^ rr., 3.
PROTECT. vb. To detect. [Phelps.]
PROUD. adj. Swollen. [Hund. of Berk.]
PUCK. sb. A quantity of sheaves put into a small stack in the
field, when the weather is unsettled, and the com not fit
to be put into a large stack. “Windrick " is used of hay
in the same sense. [Hund. of Berk.]
PUCKFOISTED. adj. Bewitched.
PUCKFOUST, PUCKFEIST, PUCKFIST. sb. A fungus;
the puffball. [Hund. of Berk.]
“Mr. H. Y. J. Taylor says that, " cut into lateral slices and fried, it
has been pronounced by epicures to be a great delicacy."
"These PUCKFIST, cockbrained coxcombs, shallow-pated.
Are things that by their tailors are created."
Taylor, Kicksey Winsey. [16 19.]
PUCK-LEDDEN. adj. Deceived, betrayed by false ideas. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of
Berk.]
PUDDLE. vb. To work leisurely or slowly. [Stow-on- Wold.]
PUE. x^. A cow's udder [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
PUGS. sb. The short quills in a fowl's skin.
PUG. vb. I . To pull, drag down.
2. To pick out the quills of fowls after plucking.
3. To pull out the loose ends of a rick to make it
even. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
“I was atop o' the rick PUGGIN* out handfuls where it was wet,
look.”
4. Metaphorically, to scrape together.
“He'U be a PUGGIN* all as he can for his children."
PUGGINGS. sb. Refuse corn or beans. [Hund. of Berk.] [E.]
•• The PUGG, i,e., the refuse come ^^^^^)'^^^'jX'l^ MSS.
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PUGGY. adj. Used of a goose whose feathers are imperfectly
developed. [Phelps.]
PUN. vb. To pound, beat. [Hund. of Berk.]
“He would PUN thee into shivers with his fist,
As a sailor breaks a biscuit."
Trail, 6r* Cress. ^ it'., I.
PUNISHMENT. sb. Pain. [Hund. of Berk.l '
PURE. adj. In good health. [Common.]
•”How be you to-day, John? Oh! I be PURE, sir, thankee! "
PURGATORY. s5. The large ash-pit below the fire place. [V. of Glos.] [F. of
D.]
PURL. vb. I. To purr; of a cat. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. To hurl violently. [Huntley.]
PUR-LAMB. sb. The survivor of twin lambs. [Hund. of Berk.]
PUSSY-CATS. sb. Catkins. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
PUT-ABOUT. vb. To worr>', tease, trouble. [F. of D.] [V. of Glos.] Also as
a/./., worried, bothered.
PUTCHEN. sb. An eel-basket.
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Q
QUAG. sb. A quagmire. [Hund. of Berk.]
*< On the left hand there was a very dangerous QUAG, into which,
if even a good man falls, he can find no bottom for his foot
to stand on." — PUgrinCs Progress,
QUAGGY. adj. Boggy. [Hund. of Berk.]
QUAKERS. adj. Briza media. L. [Britten & Holland.]
QUAMP. adj. Still, quiet. [Grose.]
QUAR. sb. A stone quarry. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.] [S.]
“The very agate
Of state and policy, cut from the QUAR
Of Machiavel." — Ben Jonson, Magnetick Lady,
QUARREL. sb. A square of glass. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
“If the sunne doe but a little shine in throw some cranie in the
wall, or some broken QUARREL in the window.*'
Gataker, cit. Latham.
QUELTRING. adj. Sweltering. [Hund. of Berk.]
QUERMS. sb. Bad turns, sinking sensations. [Selsley.]
Probably a pronunciation of “qualms."
QUEST. vb. To give tongue, as a spaniel. [Phelps.]
QUICE. sb. The wood-pigeon. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
QUICKEN TREE. sb. The mountain asb. [F. of D.]
A piece nailed over the door is supposed to keep off witches.
QUID. sb. Cud. [Lysons.]
“Chewing the QUID."
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QUIDDLE. vb. To fuss, fidget, fiddle.
QUILL. vb. To put yarn upon a stick or bobbin ready for the
shuttle. [Selsley.]
QUILT. vb. To gulp, swallow. [Common.]
QUINE. sb. A corner. [Icomb.]
QUINET. sb. An iron wedge driven into the pole -ring of a
scythe, to hold it tight. [Hund. of Berk.]
QUINJUROR. sb. Conjuror. [Phelps.]
QUIRE. vb. To enquire. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
QUIRT. sb. A court. [Glouc]
QUIST or QUEIST. sb. A wood-pigeon. [General.]
QUEEST. [Bourton.]
Metaphorically of a person, " He's a queer QUIST."
QUITCH. sb. Couch grass. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
QUOB or QUOP. vb. To throb. [Common.]
“My heart gan QUAPP full oft."— The Ordinary, it'., 2. at. Latham.
QUODDLED UP. adj. Shrivelled up. [Hund. of Berk.]
QUODLINS. sb. Coddling apples. [Hund. of Berk.]
QUOMP. vb. To subdue, cow, quiet. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
QUOPS. sb. Faint sickly feelings. [Selsley.]
QUOT. sb. A stye in the eye. [Selsley.] [N.E.]
Used metaphorically in Othello^ v., i.: —
“I have rubbted this young QUAT almost to the sense,
And he grows angry."
QUOT. vb. Squat and squatted. [S.] [S.E.]
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RABLE. sb. A road scraper. [V. of Glos.]
RACALUS. sb. Pronunciation of "Auricula." [Hund. of Berk.]
RACE. sb. A sheep's or calfs pluck. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] LS.J
RACK. s5, I . A path made by hares or rabbits through standing
com.
2. A narrow path in a wood. [Common.]
RACK. v6. To sway.
RACKS. sb. Tenters. [Phelps.]
RAG. vb. To scold, abuse. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
RAGGED ROBIN. Lychnis flos-cuculi. L. [Britten & Holland.]
RAISE THE PLACE. vb. To make a disturbance. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
"He RAISED the house with loud and coward cries." — ATiw^ Lear it.,
3,
RAISTY, RASTY, REASTY. adj. Rusty, rancid. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
“And then came haltyng Jone,
And brought a gambone of Bakon that was REASTY."
Shelton, The Tunninge of Eleanor Rumming, cit. Latham,
RAIT. sb. The refuse brought up the Severn by the " bore,"
and deposited on the river banks is called “rait."
Also sticks, straw, or rubbish in a pool of water.
Plattdeutsch Rdihj the long reed which grows
on the margin of lakes.
“Water-weeds, as water-lilies, candocks, REATE, and bulrushes."
Izaak Waltofi.
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RAMES. sb. Dead stalks; a skeleton. [Huntley.]
RAMMELY. adj. Tall and rank, as beans. [Marshall.]
RAMP. vb. To rage. [Selsley.]
“The pain RAMPED all night."
RAMPING. adj. Raving.
"RAMPING mad."
“A RAMPING and a roaring lion."— A. xxii., 13. P. B. V.
RAMS' HORNS. Allium ursinum. L. [Stroud.] [Britten ft
Holland.]
RAMSONS. Allium ursinum. L. [Stroud.] [Britten & Holland.]
RANDAN. sb. A noise, uproar. [Hund. of Berk.]
RANDING. vb. Canvassing. [Phelps.]
RANDOM. adj. Without balance, impulsive. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
"He's a RANDOM sort of chap."
RANDY ROW. sb. A disturbance. [Uncommon.]
RANGLE. vb. To entwine, tangle. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
RANTAN. vb. To beat severely. [Ryknield.]
RANTIPOLE. sb. A noisy, romping child. [Hund. of Berk.]
"The eldest was a termagant imperious wench; she used to
RANTIPOLE about the house."— ^r^i/Mn^/. dt. Latham.
RAP. vb. To swap, exchange. [Hund of Berk.] [N.E.]
RAPE AND SCRAPE. vb. To scrape together. [V. of Glos.]
“Who having searched and RAKED AND SCRAPED and tost
To find his arrow that he late hath lost."
Taylor. Kicksey Winsey. [1619.]
RAPPER. sb. A downright falsehood, a vehement oath. [Hund. of Berk.]
RARE. adj. Fine. [Selsley.]
“A RARE piece,” said of a fine well-built girl.
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RASHER. J*. A box on the ears. [Halliwell] [Ryknield.]
RASTLE vd. To spread or run at the roots and form suckers.
So used of young com. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.E.I
To creep irregularly as ivy or vines. [Hund. 01
Berk.] [S.]
Also used of an eruption of measles spreading over
the face. [Selsley.]
RATHE, ad;. Early; of fruit, vegetables, etc. [Hund. of Berk.]
"Bring the RATHE primrose, that forsaken dies."
MUton, Lycidas^ 142.
RATTLETRAPS. sb. A contemptuous appellation of worthless
articles.
RAUGHT or ROTE. p,p, of " Reach." [Hund. of Berk.]
••The hand of death hath RAUGHT YAm.^—Ant. &* Cteo., rr., 9.
RAVELMENT. sb. Entanglement. [Hund. of Berk.]
RAVES. sb. The side-rails of a waggon to increase its width.
These are fixtures — unlike the "dripples" or "thripples"
of N. Glos. The length of the waggon is increased by
affixing the " yead " or " tail " ladder. [Hund. of Berk.
J [E.]
'^W. adj. Angry, out of temper. [V. of Glos.]
“It makes me reg'hur RAW."
^AD. vb. To judge, guess.
•* At what price do you READ thb horse? “[Grose.]
^^^. sb. A sheaf. [V. of Glos. [Hund. of Berk.]
^CICON UP. vb. I. To rate soundly.
2. To judge of anyone's character [V. of Glos.] [E.]
^I>UCT. vb. To deduct. [V. of Glos.]
^£D. sb. Counsel. [Huntley.]
^^^D. sb. Unbruised straw for thatching. [Hund. of Berk.]
^IlD-HOLDER. sb. The thatcher's bow, fastened to the
roof to hold the straw. [Hund. of Berk.]
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REEMING. adj. First-rate. [Glouc] [F. of D.]
R££N. sb. I . A small brook or broad ditch. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. The deep furrow between the “ridges," to carry
off the water. TV. of Glos.l FHund. of Berk.]
' [F.of D.]
REERMOUSE. sb. The bat. [Huntley.]
“Some war with REARMICE for their leathern wings,
To make my small elves' coats." — Midsummer Nights Dream, ii, 3.
REEVE. vb. To wrinkle; to writhe.
To twist round, unwind. [Kemerton.]
To roll up the sleeves. [Stow-on- Wofd.]
“*It made me REEVE," t\e,, writhe. [Glouc]
"Don't you REEVE your nose at me.” [Selsley.]
REEVED UP. /./. Crinkled, wrinkled. .
REEVING STRING. sb. The string put into a pinafore to
tighten it. [Selsley.]
REFUGE. sb. Refuse. [N.E.]
REFUSE. sb. The refusal. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
RENEAGUE. vb. To renounce a job. [Hund. of Berk.] [Phelps.]
“Such smiling rogues as these —
RENEGE, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks
With every gale and vary of their masters." — ITing Lear, m., 3.
<* His captain's heart.
Which in the scufBe of great fights hath burst
The buckles on his breast, RENEGES all temper."— ^n/. &* Cleo. i. I.
REST PART. sb. The remainder.
RICKMOULD. A hoax played on a greenhorn in the hayfield.
He is sent to fetch " the RICKMOULD " from a long
distance, and returns with a heavy weight in a sack. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of
Berk.]
RID. vb. To clean the grass, weeds, or briars from a ditch.
RIDE. sb. Contraction of " outride," a commercial traveller.
RIDE. sb. A root stock, in coppice. [Hund. of Berk.]
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RIFF. sb. I . The band of a faggot. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. The itch. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
RIFLE. vb. To startle; also to irritate. [V. of Glos.]
“It RIFLES 'em up a bit, when some 'on abuses 'em, and calls 'em what they
don't just like." [Glouc]
RIFLED. adj. Out of temper.
RIG. sb. " On the RIG" means unsteady, wabbling. [Hund. of Berk.]
RIG OF, TO RUN THE. vb. To make game of, to ridicule. [Hund. of Berk.]
RIGGLE. vb. To rattle. [Hund. of Berk.]
RIM. vb. To remove. [Halliwell.]
“Ryknidd " gives RIN.
RINNUCK or RENNOCK. sb. The smallest pig in a litter. [Hund. of Berk.]
RIPPING. adj. Sharp; of frost or cold. fV. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of
D.]
RIVE. vb. To split asunder. [Huntley.]
RIVEL. vb. To shrivel. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [N.E.]
“Such RIVELLED fruits as winter can afford."— Z>rK<iM.
RIZZLE. vb. To creep, as ivy, etc. [Halliwell.] [Ryknield.]
ROACH. Past tense of " Reach." [Stow-on- Wold.]
ROAD. sb. Way, method, manner. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
ROBIN REDBREASTS PINCUSHION. sb. The red
hairy gall on the wild rose. [Cotswolds.]
RODNEY. adj. Roaming; as of a dog which will not keep at
home. [Glouc]
ROLLER. vb. To rake hay into small rows ready for cocking.
Hence, "ROLLERS," the hay so raked. [Hund. of Berk.]
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ROMANTICS. sb. A quaint corruption of
rheumatics. [Selsley.]
ROMMELY. adj. Rancid; of bacon. [Hund. of Berk.]
RONK. adj. Rank,
bad, queer. [V. of Glos.]
"Er was a RONK old bit on ’er."
"That's rather too RONK,” means
"Too much of a good thing."
ROOKERY. sb. A heap of disorder. [Hund. of Berk.]
"'Twas all of a ruck; a reg'lar ROOKERY on't."
ROOK TOGETHER. vb. To huddle up. [Hund. of Berk.]
ROOT. sb. A rut. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
ROUGHAGE. sb. Rubbish; the clearings off the land or out of ditches would be
so called. [Hund. of Berk.] [N.E.]
ROUGHET. [Ruffet.] sb. Rough dried grass left on pasture land. [Hund. of
Berk.]
ROUND. vb. 1. To whisper. [Huntley.]
2. To tell tales; to blab. [V. of Glos.]
3. To scold. [V. of Glos.]
ROUND. "To lie round" means to lie in bed twelve hours.
ROUT. sb. A rut. [Hund. of Berk.]
ROVE. vb. To smoke-dry meat. [Hund. of Berk.]
Halliwell gives " Roovc."
ROVE. p.p. of "Rive." [Hund. of Berk.]
ROW-CAST. adj. Rough-cast. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
ROWENS. sb. The refuse after threshing. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
ROW FOR. [ow as in ‘how.'] vb. To look for. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
ROX. vb. To soften. [Hazleton.]
ROXED. adj. Rotten, decayed; of pears, apples, etc. [V. of Glos.]
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RUBBAGE. sb. Rubbish. [Hund. of Berk.]
RUBBER. sb. A mower's whetstone. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
RUCK. sb. I. A crease in a gannent. [V. of Glos.] [Hund.
of Berk.] [F. of D.]
2. "All of a RUCK" means all in a heap or
muddle. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
RUDE. adj\ Rough, boisterous; of the weather. [Hund. of Berk.] [Glouc]
“Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose
To the wet sea-boy in an hoar so RIJDE; And in the calmest, and most stillest
night,
Deny it to a king? " — 2 Ifm. IV., iii., i.
RUDGE or RIDGE. sb. The same as " land." The aggregate
of furrows between the "reens" or water - furrows. [Hund. of Berk.]
'<Thou waterest the RIDGES thereof abundantly; thoa settlest
the farrows thereof." — Ps. /xr., 10. A, V,
RUDGEL. sb. A gelding not clean cut; a rig. [Hund. of Berk.]
“'Ware the Libyan RIDGEL'S batting head/'
Dryden, Eclogues of Virgil, ix,, 29.
RUGGLE. sb. I. A child's rattle. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
2. A sheep's bell. [Huntley.]
RUGGLE. sb. I. To struggle. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
2. To rattle. [Phelps.]
RUINATION. vb. To ruin. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
RUMPLED SKEIN. Anything in a state of confusion, as
accounts badly kept. [Hund of Berk.] [F. of D.]
RUN-AWAY-JACK. Nepeta Glechoma. Benth. I Britten & Holland.]
RUNAWAY MOP. See " MOP."
RUNE. vb. To whisper. [Huntley.]
RUNNING. sb. Rennet. [Hund. of Berk.]
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GLOSSARY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE DL/ILECT.
RUNNOCK. sb. Used of the youngest possible child of a
family. [Brookthorpe,] .S^^ " RINNOCK."
RUSHING. sb. A game played with long narrow pins. [Phelps.]
RUSTY. See " RAISTY." [Hund. of Berk.]
RYE-MOUSE. sb. The bat. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
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SAGS, SEGS, or ZEGS. s5. The genns CAREX. [Britten & Holland.]
SAG-SEATED CHAIR. sb. A rush-bottomed chair. [V. of Glos.]
SAID, p.p. Gainsaid.
“Er 'oodnl be ZED."
SALLIS. sb. Hog's lard. [Grose.] [Halliwell.]
SALLY. sb. The flufl^r part round a bell-rope. [F. of D.] [Hund. of Berk. I
SALLY or SALLY-TREE. sb. The willow. [E.] [F.of D.] [V. of Glos.]
<* SALLOWS and reeds on banks of rivers bom.”
Dryden^ Georgics, iV., 573.
SALLY-BED. sb. An osier bed. [V. of Glos.]
SANFIN. sb. Sanfoin. Onobrychis Sativa. L. [Britten & Holland.]
SAPY or SAPPY. adj. Moist, sodden. [V. of Glos.]
SARPELERE. sb. A coarse packcloth made of hemp. [Halliwell.]
SAWER. sb. Sawyer. [Hund. of Berk.]
SCAG, SCAGGY. ^ SKAG, SKAGGY.
SCAGGY. adj. Shaggy. [Hund. of Berk.] [V. of Glos.]
SCAMBLING. adj. Sprawling, makeshift. [V. of Glos.]
SCANDALOUS. adj. Used on all occasions to express
disapprobation.
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SCANTITY. sb. Scarcity. [F. of D.]
SCAR, vd. Pronunciation of " scare." [Hund. of Berk.]
SCARLET LIGHTNING. sb. Lychnis chalcedonica. L. [Shipton Oliffe.] [Britten
& Holland.]
SCATE. vb. To have diarrhoea. [Hund. of Berk.]
SCATHE. sb. Damage. [Huntley.]
“A Tirtuous and a Christian-like conclosion,
To pray for them that have done SCATH to us."
Rich. ///., #. 3.
SCHOLARD. sb. Scholar.
Generally used with a negative, as: "I be'nt no SCHOLARD."
SCOG. vb. To brag. [F. of D.]
“Ay, and you hear him COG; see him dissemble.”
Timon of Athens^ v., 1.
SCOGGING. adj. Boastful, braggart. [V. of Glos.]
“Come both you COGGING Greeks; have at you both."
Troil. 6r* Cress.t v., 6,
SCOOTCH. sb. Couch grass. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
SCORE. sb. I. The core of an apple. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
2. The weight by which pigs are sold, 2olbs.
SCORT or SCOTE. sb. i . The footmarks of horses, cattle, etc.
2. The drag on a wheel. [F. of D.] [Huntley.]
SCORT or SCOTE. vb. 1. To plough up the ground; of the
hoofs of horses or cattle. [Heref.]
2. Also TO SCOT a wheel, 1.^., to
put the drag on.
SCOTE. sb. An ironshod staff attached to the axle of the
hind wheel of a waggon to prevent it running back down
hill. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
SCOTE. vb. To hurry along. [F. of D.] SCORT. To scurry. [Icomb.]
“I telled 'un to min' as the ca*ves didn*t break away from "mi, die
*ee*d be SKORTING arl over the pleace for 'urn.”
Buckman. John Darke's Sojourn in thi CoUetwoidt, [1890.}
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SCOUT, vd. To drive away. [F. of D.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SCOWL OF BROW, BY. Judging by the eye instead of by measurement. [V. of
Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SCOWLES. sb. The Rev. W. Barker, Holy Trinity, Forest of Dean, writes: "
A very common word here for the sides of workings in coal or iron mines
falling in. The miners say "SCOWLING IN " or "SCALING
OFF." At a spot near Bream the old workings are called “THE
SCOWLES." Nichols [Author of a work on Dean Forest] says the word is
from “crowll" eaves.
SCRABBLE, vd. To scramble. [Hund. of Berk] [V. of Glos.]
SCRAG. sb. A crooked, forked branch. [Hund. of Berk.]
SCRAT. sb. A niggardly woman. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.J
“A SCRAT of a woman.”
SCRAT. vb. To scratch. [Common.]
2. To scrape together. [V. of Glos.]
“It is an ordinary thing for women to SCRAT the faces of such as they
suspect." — Burton’s “Anatomy of Melancholy,” p. 614.
SCRATCH. sb. A thatcher's tool; see CRUTCH.
SCRATCHER. sb. A roller with iron teeth for tearing open apples for cider. A
similar machine is also used for pulping turnips, potatoes, &c. [V. of
Glos.]
SCRATCHINGS. sb. The remainder of the fat after it has been melted down into
lard. [Tortworth.] [N.E.] [F. of D.]
SCRAWL. vb. To crawl. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
SCRAWLIN’ FROST. sb. A slight frost; so called from the irregular markings it
produces upon the surface of the ground. [Hund of Berk.]
SCREECH. sb. 1. The swift. [F. of D.] [Hund. of Berk.]
2. The missel thrusb. [S.] [F. of D.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SCREECH-DROSSLE. sb. The missel thrusb. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
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SCREEK. vb. To screech. [V. of Glos.] f Hund. of Berk-l
“Women groaning with their load,
The time of their delivery near.
Anticipating pain with fear,
SCREEKE in their pangs."
Sandys. Paraphrase of Isaiah^ p, 26.
SCREEL. vb. To scream. [V. of Glos.]
SCRIGGLINGS,SCROGGLINGS,orSCRIGGLES. sb. Under-
sized apples, left on the tree as worthless. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SCRIKE. vb. To shriek. [Huntley.]
“The litde babe did loudly SCRIKE and squaU."
Spenser, Faerie Queen^ vt\, 6, l8.
SCRIMMET. sb. A small piece of meat. [Hund. of Berk. |
SCRIMMETY. adj. Close, niggardly. [Hund. of Berk.]
SCRIMPY. adj. Poor, wretched, puny.
SCRIP. sb. Writing, manuscript.
“'E*ve lost 'is SCRIP," meaning sermon. [Westbury-on-Trym.]
SCRIPPUT. sb. A little scrap.
SCROBBLE. vb. To scramble. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“My veyther *ad a smartish vamily o' we bouoys, an' so us 'ad to
SCROBBLE along's best's could like."
Buckman. John Darke's Sojourn in the CotUswolds. [1890.]
SCROG or SCROG UP. vb. To boast, to praise up. [Himd. of Berk.]
SCROUGE or SCRUNGE. vb. To crush or crowd together;
shove. [General.]
SCRUB. sb. Shrub. [Huntley.]
SCRUMP. vb. To eat ravenously.
“The pegs did SCRUMP it into 'cm."
SCRUNCHLIN. sb. A stunted, shrivelled-up apple. [Hund. of Berk.]
SCRUTCHINGS. Same as SCRATCHINGS. [Glouc]
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SCRUZE, SCRUZ. vb. Squeezed. [Huntley.]
“Tlio' up he caaght him 'twizt his puissant hands,
And having SCRUZED out nis carrion corse
The loathful life, now loosed from sinfol bands,
Upon his shoulders carried him." — Spenser, Faerie Queen,
SCUBBIN. sb. The forequarter of lamb without the shoulder. [Hund. of Berk.]
SCUD. »3. To rain slightly. [V. of Glos.]
SCUFF. vb. To shuffle with the feet. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SCURRICK. sb. Anything worthless. [Glouc] [Hund. of Berk.]
"I wouldn't give you a SCURRICK more."
“You shan't use a SCURRICK of anything that belongs to me."
SCURRY, ih. A flock in confused flight. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SCYTHE. For the various parts of this implement, vide "grass-
nail," "heel," "lash," "nibs,"
"nogs," "pole-ring,"
“quinet," " snead."
SEAM or ZAM£. 1 2 pecks; 2 pots. [V. of Glos.]
SEED or ZID. pret. of " to see." Also SEEN. [Hund. of Berk.]
SEED-LIP. sh A wooden vessel used for sowing seed, shaped
to fit into the waist. [Common.]
SEEDS or SIDS. sb. Growing clover. [Common.]
SEETED. Pronunciation of sated; sick and tired of anything.
““I be pretty near SEETED on 'em." [Glouc.]
So too, SEEDING or SADING, satisfying, monotonous. [Stow-
on-Wold.]
SEG or SIG. sb. Urine, used by cloth makers in their manu-
factures.
^EGS or ZEGS. sb. Sedges. See SAGS.
"A phce where SEGGES do gto^N:' ^Barrett, AloeaHe. 1580.
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GLOSSARY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE DIALBCT.
SET. vb. To let; of property. [Common.]
*<They care not how high they sell any of their commodities, at how
unreasonable rates they SET their grounds."
Bishop HaU, Ceues of Conscience, dt. Latham*
SETTING-PIN. sb. A dibble; a little pointed stick used in
planting. [Hund. of Berk.]
SETTLEMENTS. sb. Sediment. [V. of Glos.]
SEVEN YEARS' LOVE. " Mr. Friend tells us that this is the
garden form of Achillea Ptarmica, L., which is used in
Glouc. by country brides in their posies." [Britten & Holland.]
SHAB. sb. The scab in sheep. [Hund. of Berk'.]
SHABBING. sb. A thrashing. [Hund. of Berk.]
"TU gie thee a good SHABBIN' when thee*st come whnm."
SHACKLE. sb. A mantelpiece. [Hund. of Berk.]
SHACKETY. adj. Rickety.
SHAG AWAY. vb. To slink off. [Hund. of Berk.]
SHAMNEL. sb. A masculine woman. [Grose.] [Halliwell.] [Ryknield.]
SHARD. sb. I. A gap in a hedge; also a notch. [V. of Glos.J [Hund. of Berk.]
[F. of Dj [S.]
In Smyth* s Berkeley JfSS,, *'a SHARD, i.^., a gapp or broken
place in a hedge."
2. Professor Harker [Cirencester] writes, "This
is a common word — by some said to mean
strictly a ''shelter;" but the sense in
which I have heard it used is perhaps
“fold," a small space at the corner of a
field walled off, or partially walled off.
I was asking my way across some fields,
when a countryman said, '' go across that
SHARD."
SHARK. sb. A notch. [HalliweU.] [Ryknield.]
SHARP. adj. Snappish, savage; of a dog.
“I am glad the dog isn't SHARP."
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SHASHOONS. sb. A sort of stiff leather tied round the small
of the leg to make the boots look smooth and in shape.
• [HalliwelL] [Ryknield.]
SHATN or SHASNT, THEE. Thou shalt not. [Glouc] [Hund. of Berk.]
SHATTER. vb. To scatter. [Phelps.] [F. of D.]
SHATTERING. sb. A sprinkling, a few.
*< There's nobbut a SHATTERING of apples on them trees; t'other
men have a goodish few." [Winterboume.]
SHATTERS. sb. Sherds of pottery, etc. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SHAVES. [Pron. like " have." ] sb. The shafts of a cart. [Hund. of
Berk.]
SHEAR-HOG or SHERRUG. sb. A sheep once shorn. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
[F. of D.]
SHECKLE. sb. A sickle. [Hund. of Berk.]
SHEER. adj. Keen, sharp; of the air. [Hund. of Berk.]
“* It's quite a SHEER air to-day."
SHELL-BOARD. sb. The turn-furrow or breast of a plough. [Hund. of Berk.] See
SHOOL-BOARD.
SHEPHERDS' BEDSTRAW. Asperula cynanchica, L. [Britten
& Holland.]
SHEPHERDS' THYME. Thymus Serpyllum, L. [Chedworth].
Britten & Holland.]
SHICK-SHACK. sb. An oak twig carried on May 29. [Glouc] [E.]
SHIDE. sb. A small plank; a piece of wood split off from
timber. [Hund. of Berk.]
“Down tambling crake the trees, npriseth sound of axes* strokes; Both holms,
and beeches broad, and beams of ash, and SPIIDES
of okes.
With wedges great they clive."
Phaer. Trans, of Virgil^ 1600, cit. Lai f mm,
SHIM, adv. Seemingly. [Phelps.]
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GLOSSARY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE DIALl^CT.
SHIMBLE. adj. Shaky, insecure, loose. [Hund. of Berk.]
“AU of a SHIMBLE."
SHINNY. sb. The game of hockey. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SHIP. sb. Sheep. [General.]
Also //. SHIPS. [I^umbleton.]
SHIVE. sb. A piece of wood shaved or splintered off. [Hund. of Berk.]
“Easy it is
Of a cut loaf to steal a SHIVE, we know." — Tit. Andron., it., i.
SHOO AWAY. vb. To slink off. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.] [N.E.]
"Will you SHOG off? I would have you, solus:*-~Henry V., it'., i.
SHOMMOCK. vb. To ride loosely, to jog-trot. [Stow-on- Wold.]
SHOOL or SHOWL. sb. A shovel or spade. [Common.]
There is the BROAD SHOOL and the SPIT SHOOL.
^OOL-BOARD. sb. The mould-board of a plough. [Stow-
on-Wold.] See SHELL-BOARD.
SHORE. Past tense of "to share." [Tortworth Rectory.]
S HOTPOT. sb. A fellow who spends so much in an ale-house
that he is entitled to the landlord's pot or shot flagon. [HalliwelL]
[Ryknield.]
SHRAMMED, or ALL OF A SHRAM. adj. Benumbed
with cold. [S.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SHRIDDIN' BILL or HOOK. sb. A tool used for cutting out
grass, briars, etc., from a ditch.
SHRIMorSRIM. vb. To shiver; shrink or shrivel up with
cold or fright; also of shrinkage in cooking. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SHROUD or SHRUD. vb. To lop or trim a tree. [Hund. of Berk.]
SHUCK. Pronunciation of " shake." [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
[F. of D.]
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SHUCKLE. sb. Sickle. [Hund. of Berk.]
SHUFFLE. vb. To hurry. [Selsley.]
"I was SHUFFLIN' to get home.”
SHUN. vb. To screen, e.g., a shrub planted to hide back premises.
[Stow-on-Wold.]
SHUP-PICK, SHUPPUCK. or SHEPPECK. sb. A short two-pronged pitchfork or
sheaf-pike. [Common.]
“The cam did stand up strait as a SHOPPECK-staël.”
Buckman, John Dark’s Sojourn in the Cotteswolds, (1890.)
SHUT. sb. A freshet. [V. of Glos.]
SHUT. sb. Twilight; " The SHUT of evening." [Hund. of Berk.]
“Since the SHUT of evening, none had seen him.”
Dryden, Don Sebastian, iii., I.
SHUT, SHOT, SHET. Rid, quit of, e.g., "To get SHUT on.'' [Common.]
"We mu
st not pray in one
breath to find a thief, and in the next to get SHUT of him." — Sir R.
L’Estrange, cit. Latham.
SHUT. vb. To weld; of iron. [Hund. of Berk.]
SHUTE. sb. A litter of pigs. [Newent.]
SIBBER. vb. To simmer. [V. of Glos.]
SIDDOW or ZIDDER. adj. Soft, tender; applied to peas that become soft in
boiling. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
Hence, land which grows good boiling peas is called "SIDDOW land."
SIGHT. sb. A great number. [Common.]
SIGTH. th. A sigh. [Phelps.]
SILL GREEN. sb. The house leek. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
SIM. Pronunciation of " seem." [Hund. of Berk.]
SIMPLE. adj. Ill, delicate. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
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SIN or ZIN. vb. Saw or seen. [Hund. of Berk.] [E.]
SINK. sb. A sunken gutter. [Phelps.]
SISTER-LAW. sb. Sister-in-law.
SIR. Used as a verb, "She SIRRED him." [Selsley.]
SITH. prep. With. French chez, [Dumbleton.]
SKAG. sb. 1 . A rectangular rent in a garment. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
[S.W.]
2. A branch not pruned close to the tree. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SKAGGY. adj. Liable to SKAG or split.
SKEEL or SKALE. sb. A shallow wooden vessel, used for washing butter, setting
milk, cooling beer, and other household purposes. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of
Berk.] [F. of D.] [S.]
SKEG. sb. A piece split off. [Glouc.] See SKAG.
”A SKEG of fingenail."
SKEG. vb. To tear. [F. of D.]
SKELINGTON or SKELENTON. sb. Skeleton.
SKELM. sb. A long pole used to carry hay-cocks, to make wind-cocks. [Hund. of
Berk.]
SKEW-WHIFF. adv. Askew, aslant. [F. of D.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SKIDDY. sb. The wren. [Stow-on- Wold.]
SKIDDY-hunting is a favourite winter pastime for boys.
SKILLET. sb. A long-handled shallow copper saucepan. [F. of D.]
"Let house-wives make a SKILLET of my helm.” — Othello, i., 3.
SKILLIN'. sb. A pent-house, or open shed. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
SKIM DICK. sb. Inferior home-made cheese. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
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SKIMMER LAD. x3. A flat dumpling made of dough boiled
on a skimmer. [Hund. of Berk.] [£.]
SKIMMINGS. sb. Hay made from the bad parts of pasture
land. [Hund. of Berk.]
SKIP. sb. A basket. [Cheltenham.]
SKIPPET. The same as KIPE. [N.E.]
SKIRMAGE. sb. Scrimmage. [Hund. of Berk.]
SKIWER. sb. A skewer; hence. " SKIWER 'OOD." the
dog-wood, of which skewers are made. [Hund. of Berk.]
SLABBER. vb. To soil with mud. [Hund. of Berk.]
SLAD or BLADE. A word occurring as a proper name, and
signifying a sloping place or valley. So EAST SLADE,
a Colliery in the Forest. The SLAD is a part of Stroud,
and also a place at Longhope. [Chambers gives this
word as obsolete.]
SLAIT. sb. An accustomed run for sheep. [North Nibley.]
SLAM. vb. To beat. [Huntley.] [Grose.]
SLAMBANG. adv. With great violence. [Hund of Berk.J
SLAN. x^. The sloe. [Common.]
SLANY. sb. A slattern. [Grose.]
SLAT. vb. To slit, split. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
SLATE. sb. Land which is not good enough to plough and on
which sheep are turned out. [Hund. of Berk.] c/. SLAIT.
SLATHER. vb. To slip or slide.
“The plank SLATHERED away."
SLEAR. sb. The craggy side of a hill. [Phelps.]
SLEEPY. adj. Used of an apple or pear beginning to rot.
SLEEZE. sb. A cloth-maker's word to express the separation
of texture in badly woven cloth. [Huntley.]
SLEIGHTS. sb. Downland; grass kept solely for pasture. [Hund. of Berk.]
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SLENKS. vb. To slink.
A farm man said to his dog which had been keeping back, " Come
on, now; where*s urn been SLENKSIN to? " [Selsley.]
SLICK. adj. Smooth, slippery, sleek. [Common.]
SLICK GREENS. sb. The young leaves of a cabbage before
it comes to flower. [V. of Glos.]
SLICKUT. sb. Curds and whey. [Hund. of Berk.]
SLIER. vb. To regard with a sly, spiteful look. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of
Berk.]
SLIMBER. vb. To be at ease. [HalliwelL] [Ryknield.]
SLINGE. vb. A cloth-maker's word; to pilfer wool from the
loom. [Huntley.]
SLINGET. sb. The same as LANGET; a long strip of ground.
SLINKY VEAL. sb. The flesh of a very young calf. [Hund. of Berk.]
SLITHER or SLIVER. vb. To slide or slip.
SLIVER. sb. A slice of anything. [Hund. of Berk.] [V.
of Glos.J
“Slips of yew,
SLIVER'D in the moon's eclipse." — Macbeth^ iV., I.
SLIVER. vb. To half-do work. [Hund. of Berk.]
SLOBBERLY. adj. Sloppy.
“I will sell my dukedom,
To buy a SLOBBERY anci dirty farm."— ^^. K., Hi., 5.
SLORRIED adj. Bedaubed.
SLOUCH OVER. vb. To do work in a slipshod manner. [Glouc]
SLOUGH, [pronounced as " plough." ] sb. The inner bony
prominence from the quick of a cow's horn, which bleeds
when broken. [Hund. of Berk.]
SLOUGHING. adj. Hanging down. Untidy stockings are
said to be SLOUGHING. [Selsley.]
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SLUMMOCK, SLAMMERKIN. sb. A slut, sloven. [Common.]
SLUMMOCKIN or SLUMMOCKY. adj. Slovenly. [V. of GIos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
[Bourton.]
SLURRY-HOLE. sb. A hole in which the drainings of the
E>ig-sty or other filthy* water is allowed to accumulate.
Tortworth R.]
SLY PUBLIC, si. An nnlicensed beer-house. [Tortworth]
SMACK OVER. vb. To work in a slovenly manner. [Glouc]
•• Her <yd SMACK OVER the dairy work in no time."
SMALTER. sb. Small beer. [Hund. of Berk.]
SMART. adj. Considerable. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D."^ [V. of Glos.]
A " SMART few, a considerable number.
SMARTISH, adv. Considerably; also pretty well in health. [Common,]
SMASH-MORTAR, adv. All to pieces. [Hund. of Berk.]
SMELLERS. sb. A cat's whiskers. [Hund. of Berk.]
SMELL SMOCK. Cardamine pratensis, L. [Britten & Holland.]
SMICK SMOCK. Cardamine pratensis, L. [Britten & Holland.]
SMULLOCK. adv. All of a heap. [V. of GIos.] [Hund- of Berk.]
“The old place tumbled down SMULLOCK.''
SMULLOCKY. adj. Smouldering. [Hund. of Berk.]
SNACK. sb. A fungus which grows on trees, used as tinder when
dried. [Hund. of Berk.]
SNACK BALLS. sb. Balls made of SNACK which are very
elastic and bound well. [Hund. of Berk.]
SNAG. sb. A tooth standing alone. [Hund. of Berk.]
“In China, none hold women sweet.
Except their SNAGS are black as jet."
Prior. Alma, it., 427.
SNAIL* GUGGLES. sb. Ammonites. [Dumbleton.]
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SNAIL HOUSEN. Snail shells. [Dumbleton.] [Hund.of Berk.]
SNAKES' VICTUALS. Fruit of Arum maculatum, L. [Fair-
ford.] [Britten & Holland.]
SNARLY. adj. Knotty, cross-grained; of wood. [V. of Glos.]
SNATCH. sb. A nasty flavour; twang.
*• It*s got a regMar SNATCH with it."
“Thoa art a fellow of good respect; Thy life hath had some SM ATCH of honour
in't.
JuUus Citsar, v., 5.
SNAUPER. sb. The foxglove. [F. of D.]
SNEAD or SNED. sb. The pole of a scythe. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
“This is fixed on a long SNEED, or straight handle."
Evelyn, dt. Latham*
SNEEZEWORT. Achillea Millefolium, L. [Britten & Holland.]
SNEW. vb. Past tense of "snow." [Tortworth.] [S.E.]
"SNEWED UP," snowed up.
SNIPING. adj. Sharp, bitter; of frost or cold, but not used of intense cold.
[V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk. J [F.of D.]
SNIPPET. sb. A very small bit. [Hund of Berk.]
““Witches simpling, and on gibbets.
Cutting from malefactors SNIPPETS,
Or from the pill*ry tips of ears." — Hudikras^ u,, 3. 823.
SNIPPLE. lb. To nip, of frost. [Hund. of Berk.]
SNISB. sb. Snuff. [Halliwell.] [Ryknield.]
SNITE.:•*. To blow the nose. [Y, of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SNITE. sb. Bit. [V. of Glos.]
“Evefy SNITE of it.*»
SNOB. r^. To sob, [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SNOFF. sb. I, The snuff of a candle. [Hund. of Berk.J
1. The ew of an apple or pear. [Hund. of Berk.]
SNOFFKLY. ud/\ Snufflling; from a cold in the head. [Huml. otlWrk.!
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SNOOL. vb. To smear anything, as a dog or cow does, by
rubbing the nose over it. [Hund. of Berk.]
SNOOZE. sb. Noose. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SNOOZLE. vb. To snooze. [Hund. of Berk.]
SNOP. sb. A blow, a clout. [Hund. of Berk.]
SNOWP. [F. of D.]
SNORUS VORUS. Nolens volens. [Phelps.]
SNOWL or SNOLE. sb. A lump of bread, cheese, etc. [V.
of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
“I had a SNOWL of bread and cheese, and a bib of cider."
“A SNOWL of suety dumpling."
SNOWLER. sb. A blow on the head. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN. Arabis alpina, L. [Chedworth.] [Britten & Holland.]
SNOXUNS. Digitalis purpurea, L. [F. of D.] N. & Q.,
5th S., X., 48.
"Awent a-ba2*n away like a dumbley dory in a SNOXUN" is
a phrase by which the Forest folk sometimes express their
opmion of a humdrum preacher, ibid, SNOCK is used in
the West of England to signify a sharp blow; the name
SNOXUNS may be applied to foxgloves, because of children
using the flowers as crackers, and exploding them by a
SNOCK on the ball of the thumb." N, 6* Q„ ^th 5., x. 179. [Britten &
Holland.]
SO or SO AND SO. adj. Enceinte, [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SOBBLE. vb. To soak. [Bourton.]
SOG. vb. To soak. [Hund. of Berk.]
SOGGY. adj. Wet, soppy; of the ground.
SOLE. sb. I. A stake driven into the ground to fasten up
hurdles. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. Of a plough — the part on which it runs. [Hund. of Berk.]
3. The noose or loop made of wood attached to
one end of the foddering cord, in order to
strain the cord up tight, which would be
impossible if a noose were made in the cord
itself. [Hund. of Berk.]
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SOLID. adj. Steady, serious, sedate. [Common.]
SO LONG. Exclam, Equivalent to '' Au rtvoir:'
It is Dot thought lucky to say <'good bye," which points to a
long parting.
SONG. " My song! " is a frequent exclamation in the Forest
of Dean, equivalent to " Dear me! "
SOOTY. sb. A sweep. [Dumbleton.]
SORROW. Sorrel. Rumex Acetosa, L. [Fairford.l [Britten
& Holland.]
SOULD. [pron. soled.] sb. Soul; as wind for wine, bamed
for born, etc. [F. of D.] [Stow-on-Wold.]
SOURING. sb. Vinegar. [North Nibley.]
SOUSE. sb. A box on the ear. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] Also the ear
itself. [S.]
I have heard of the nickname of "OLD PUG-SOUSE," i.^.,
Old Pull-ears.
SOW or ZOW THISTLE. Sonchus oleraceus, L. [Britten & Holland.]
SPADE. sb. Mucus in the eye from cold. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
Phelps gives SPADE SPEED, and Huntley, SPAYSPEED.
SPANISH ASB. Syringa vulgaris, L. [Fairford.] [Britten
& Holland.]
SPAR. sb. I. A wooden bolt. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. The pointed stick used for fixing the thatch on
a roof. [Hund. of Berk.]
SPAUL. vb. To splinter, or break off unevenly; as a branch
of a tree. [V. of Glos.]
Hence SPAUL. sb. The splinter in a tree so caused. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of
Berk.] [F. of D.]
SPAULT. /./. Split.
SPEED. vb. To succeed, fare well. [Stow-on-Wold.]
“Never mind, Sir; the more I be spited, the more I shall SPEED."
“I-^t us assay our plot; which, if it SPEED,
Is wicked meaning in a lawful deed.*'
AWs WeU that Ends Well, iii., 7.
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SPEEKS or SPICKS. sb. The pieces of wood used for holding
together the thatch on a rick. They are made by splitting
a willow or hazel stick in two. A piece of the right
length is cut off and a twist is given in the middle, and
it is then bent double. [Hund. of Berk.]
This is called a BUCKLE m N. Glos.
SPEKE. sb. A pole used for carrying hay-cocks to make
wind-cocks. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SPERAGE. Asparagus officinalis. L. [Britten & Holland.]
SPEW. sb. A spongy piece of groimd. [Hund. of Berk.]
SPIKE. " To have the SPIKE " is to be out of temper, or
offended. [Glouc]
SPILL. vb. The same as SPAUL; to splinter. [F. of D.]
SPINDLE WOOD. Euonymus europaus, L. [Britten & Holland.]
SPINE. sb. This word is never used by itself— but " The SPINE
of the neck," " The SPINE of the back." [V. of Glos.] [Hund.
of Berk.] [S.]
SPIRT. vb. To sprout, shoot. [V. of Glos.]
SPIRTLE. vb. To sprinkle. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
“The brains and mingled blood were SPIRTLED on the wall."
Drayton, cit. Latham.
SPIT or SPITTLE. sb. A spade. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
SPIT DEEP. adv. As deep as a spade goes in digging. [S.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SPITTER. sb. A narrow spade with a long curved blade. [F. of D.] [Hund. of
Berk.]
SPITTLE DAB. sb. A narrow spade. [Bourton.]
SPITTLE TREE. sb. A spade handle.
SPLASH. vb. To lay a hedge. [Hund. of Berk.]
SPOON. " He has put his SPOON in the wall " is an old phrase
in the Vale of Berkeley, to signify a person's death.
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SPOT. sb. A drop, small quantity of drink.
SPOT. vb. To begin to rain, to spit. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
SPRACK. adj. Active, lively. [General.]
SPRACKT is also used in the Forest of Dean.
“He is a good SPRAG memory." — Merry Wives of Wind., iv. 1.
SPRAY. sb. A Stick used in thatching. [Bourton.]
SPRAYED, adj. Chapped; of the skin. [Hund. of Berk.]
SPREADER. [pron. ‘spreeder.'] sb. The stick used to keep the traces from the
legs of cart-horses. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
SPREATHE. vb. To chap; of the skin. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
SPRINGE, [pron. as hinge.] sb. A snare for birds. [Hund. of Berk.]
“Ay! SPRINGES to catch woodcocks."— Hamlet, i., 3.
SPRUNNY. sb. A male sweetheart. [Grose.] [Halliwell.]
SPRY. adj. Lively, e.g., “SPRACK and SPRY."
SPUD. sb. A common name for a potato.
SPUD. sb. A left-handed man. adj. SPUDDY. [Selsley.]
"A boy at school can bowl swift, and he's SPUDDY."
SPUDGEL. sb. A wooden bucket with a long handle, used for baling. [V. of
Glos.]
SQUAIL. vb. I. To pelt with stones or sticks. [Huntley.]
2. To squeal. [Hund. of Berk.]
SQUARE, j^. A measure in thatching and tiling.
SQUAT. J*. A bruise or indentation. \\. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“Rnibe.^ SQUATS, and f^lK vhkh often IdU ethos, can bfing little
hurt to tbvxj* that AW lemperAie/' — Gtit. Her^^rt, dt. Latham.
SQUAT, r*. [ p^\^n. sqiiot.l To s^eex^: also to scot a
wheel. [V. of GUvi^j [Hund. of Berk,]
““W*htft »ht ciMKItt^ $peUu she SQUATTEO otr hand.”
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SQUAWK, r*. To sqoea!, to or oot- HT. erf Giosw^
SQUEEZE. I*, e^^ "I>o5i't SQUEEZE me to the wiBT
meaning*' Don't dnre the tHU^gabi too close.” [HaDiv^ll.]
SQUENCH. f*. To qoendi. ^'Himd. of Berk.] [V. of Glos.]
SQUIB, si. and t*. SqmU sirmge. [V. of Glos.] [Hnnd. of Beik.] [S.]
SQUICH. n». To squasb. [Hnnd. of Beik.]
SQUILTS. i^. Spots. [Dnmbleton.]
SQUINT-HOLES, si. The long slits in the vails of buns to
admit ligbt and air. [Hnnd. of Berk.]
SQUISHY. iuij. Miiy, boggy. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SQUISH - SQUASH, adv. Used to express the noise of walking through mod or
shallow water. [Hund. of Berk.]
SQUrrCH. Triticmn repens, L. Also SQUITCH GRASS.
Sometimes extendeid to other grasses with similar habit,
and creeping rhizomes, as Agrostis vulgaris, L. Also
for Agrostis alba, L., and Poa compressa. L. [Britten & Holland.]
SQUITTLINGS. si. Shreds. [Bourton.]
SQUOB. si. The smallest in a litter of pigs. [Selsley.]
SQUOB. sb. A cupboard under a staircase, the common
receptacle for lumber and rubbisb. [Tortworth R.]
SQUOB. adv. Flop, flump. [Selsley.]
•< £r came down SQUOB just like a twud."
SQUOBBY. ad/. Flabby, soft; e.g., of new peas.
SQUOT IN. vb. To stave in anything by sitting on it. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
See SQUAT.
STACK, si. A flight of stone steps outside a building. [V.
of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
STADDLES. si. The supports upon which a rick is built. [General.]
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STAG.:5. A young ox. [Hund. of
Berk]
STAG. .96. A potato left in the
ground all the winter which
comes up again the following year.
[Hund. of Berk]
STAG. vb. To keep watch or “
cave.”
“ STAGGIN’ the old’ un” is keeping
a look out for the master;
used by workmen.
STAGGER BOB. sb. A Very young
calf. [Hund. of Berk.]
STAID. my. Of the weather, settled.
[V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk]
STAKE AND HETHER HEDGE. This is a
fence made
with upright stakes, interlaced
with sticks or hedge
trimmings. [Hund. of Berk.]
STAKE MAUL.:6. A stiff stick used
for driving in stakes.
[Hund. of Berk.]
STALE or STEEL. rb. The handle of
a prong, rake,
broom, etc. [Common]
“It hath a long STALE or handle,
with a button at the end for
one's hand."—Mortimer.
Husbandry.
STALKY. adj. Wet and miry. [Hund.
of Berk.]
“ The ground is very STALKY; how
it do gaux.”
STAM or STOM. .rb. Stem. [V. of
Glos] [F. of D]
STANDIN’. day. Defiant; of
children. [Hund. of Berk]
STANK. sb. A 001 caused by a dam;
also the dam itself.
V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk] [F.
of D]
vb. To darn.
Some thirty years ago, when water
was scarce, and before the da 3
of water-carts, it was the
practice in Gloucester to “ STAN
the gutters " for the purpose
of collecting water for waterin
the streets. This was done by
scattering it with a bro
shovel.
To STANK a horse is to keep it
from food.
STARCH. .rb. The heron. [Stroud]
STARE. sb. The starling. [Bourton]
[Hund. of Berk.]
STARKY. adj. Dry, shrivelled up;
also stifl', huffy. [Hund.
of Berk.]
STAG. sb. A young ox. [Hund. of Berk.]
STAG. sb. A potato left in the ground all the winter which
comes up again the following year. £Hund. of Berk.]
STAG. vb. To keep watch or " caveJ^
*< STAGGIN' the old' un *' is keeping “look out for the master;
used by workmen.
STAGGER BOB. sb. A Very young calf. [Hund- of Berk.]
STAID. adj\ Of the weather, setUed. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
STAKE AND HETHER HEDGE. This is a fence made
with upright stakes, interlaced with sticks or hedge
trimmings. [Hund. of Berk.]
STAKE MAUL, sk A stiff stick used for driving in stakes. [Hund. of Berk.]
STALE or STEEL. sb. The handle of a prong, rake,
broom, etc. [Common.]
“It hath a long STALE or handle, with a button at the end for
one*s hand.*'— Jt/tfriSMur. Hu^trndty.
STALKY. adj\ Wet and miry. [Hund. of Berk.]
“The ground b veiy STAUCY; how it do gaiix."
STAMorSTOM. sb. Stem. [\\ of Glos.] [F. of D.]
STAND1N\ ^Jj\ Defiant; of chUdren. [Hund. of Berk.]
STANK, x;^ A pool caused bva dam; also the dam itself.
JWof Glos.] "Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.}
.'V'. To vUm.
Souk tbiity vNin J^^x vtrai w^ser w» scarce, aad befoie the days
w >iiAt”f ^"411$^ u Yji» tbe prKtke a Gknccatcr to " STANK
iW i;:”t;;”f”" i^v t^NT pcTTctse oc cv^kctii^ vatcr for watering
tix >:tY”“^ 1^ vAs os?”ke by scanei^£ ii with a faroiid
SVAKV >A li^x;s;Av:i^< ^lvcn^<\a.2;;^HafcL of Befk.]
SrARK\\ ^ l\v ^^.xvvvN^ v;p jusi^ s* Wir. Hund.
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STARK MAD. Quite insane. [Hnnd. of Beik.]
•*JhMl wradb, b STARK HAD, or w u u ikifu l frorad."
STARWORT. SteOaxia Holostea, L.. and Stellaria graminea, L. [Britten &
Holland.]
STEER, a. The stalling. (T. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
STEER, adf. Steep. [V. of Glos.]
STEERISB. adj. Yocmg; as an ox. [HaUiweU.] [Hund. of Berk.]
STELCH. sb. AstUt. [Hund. of Berk.]
STELT. adv. " On the STELT.” By stealth. [Gloac]
STEPPING-BLOCK. sb. A horse-block. [Hund. of Berk.]
STICK. sb. A timber tree, applied to logs of considerable
length. [N.E.] [Hund. of Berk.]
STILCH. sb. A ringed upright post to which cows are tied. [V. of Glos.]
[Uncommon.]
STILTS, ON THE. Of cider drawn down to the dregs. [Hund. of Berk.]
STINGER. sb. The sting of an insect. [Hund. of Berk.]
STINTED. adj\ Of a mare in foal. [Hund. of Berk.]
STIPE. sb. A steep ascent on a road. [Heref.]
adj. Steep. [Hund. of Berk.]
STIRK. sb. A two year old heifer that has not begun to breed. [V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.]
STIVE or STIVE UP. vb. To stifle with heat. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
[N.E.]
STIVED UP. /./. Suffocated, crowded together.
STIVING. adj. Stifling, close.
STOCK. sb. I. A swarm of bees. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. The stump of underwood. [Hund. of Berk.]
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STOCK. vb. I. To peek; of -a bird
pulling up seed corn.
[V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F
. of D.]
2. To strike and wrench with an axe
having a
flat end; hence a STOCKING
AXE.
[Heref] To STOCK UP is used of
grubbing up an old hedge. [Hund.
of
Berk.] [N.E]
“ Thy groves and leasant springs
The painful labourer’s hand 5 all
STOCK, the roots to burn."
Draytan, Palyolbz'an, Song xiv.
STOCK AND BIT. 3b. Brace and bit.
STOCKERS. sb. Men employed to
clear out the butt of a
tree ready for felling.
STOCKLE. .rb. A pollard tree;
e.g., a STOCKLE asb. [Hund.
of Berk.]
STOCK MILL. .rb. Afulling mill.
[Obsolete]
STOCKY. adj. Short and thickset.
[Hund. of Berk] [V. of
Glos] [E] [S]
“ They had no titles of honour
among them, but such as denoted
some bodily strength or
perfection; as, such an one the tall,
such an one the STOCKY.”
Addxlran, Spectator, No. 433.
STOLE. .rb. To shoot out; of a tree
after being cut back.
[Hund. of Berk] [Brookthorpe]
“ Them other two shrubs ’11 soon
STOLE out and fill up the hole."
STOM. Pronunciation of “ stem.”
[Stow-on-Wold]
STOMACHFUL. adj. Plucky, stubborn,
proud. [V. of Glos.]
[N.E]
“ Them Arabs be so ventersome and
STOMACHFUL, they be."
[Glouc]
“A STOMACHFUL boy, put to school,
the whole world could
not bring to pronounce the first
letter."
Sir R. L’Estrange, cit. Lat/mm.
STONEN. aafj. Made of stone.
[Hund. of Berk] [F. of D.]
[5-]
STOP-GLAT. sb. A stop-gap. [V. of
Glos.] [F. of D]
STOPPER. .rb. The wooden door of
an oven made tight with
clay. This is called “Clamming the
STOPPER.” [Hund.
of Berk.]
A Glossary Of Dialect And Archaic
Words
Used In The County 0f Gloucester.
1890.
John Drummond Robertson. “
Born Cuileann Ros. Siorrachd Ph
irt, Alba
(= Culross. Perthshire. Scotland)
-02-1857.
Died (77) 10-10-1934, Torbay, En
land.
Edited By Lord Moreton (Henry H
ghton Reynolds-Moreton)
Born London 04-03-1857. Died ( )
London 28-02-1920.
STOCK. vb. I. To peck; of a bird pulling up seed corn. [V.of Glos.] [Hund. of
Berk.] [F.of D.]
2. To strike and wrench with an axe having a
fiat end; hence a STOCKING AXE. [Heref.] To STOCK UP is used of grubbing up
an old hedge. [Hund. of Berk.] [N.E.]
“Thy groves and pleasant springs
The pamfiil labourer's hand snail STOC^K, the roots to bom."
Dfx^tan, PolyoHfion^ Song xiu.
STOCK AND BIT. sb. Brace and bit.
STOCKERS. sb. Men employed to clear out the butt of a
tree ready for felling.
STOCKLE. sb. A pollard tree; e.g., a STOCKLE asb. [Hund.
of Berk.]
STOCK MILL. sb. A fulling mill. [Obsolete.]
STOCKY. adj\ Short and thickset. [Hund. of Berk.] [V. of Glos.] [E.] [S.]
“They had no titles of honour among them, but such as denoted
some bodily strength or perfection; as, such an one the tidl*
such an one the STOCKY."
Addison^ Spectator^ No. 4^.
STOLE. sb. To shoot out; of a tree after being cut back. [Hund. of Berk.]
[Brookthorpe.]
“Tbem other two shrubs *U soon STOLE out and fill op the hole."
STOM. ProDunciation of '• stem." [Stow-on-Wold.]
STOMACHFUL. adj. Pluckv, stubborn, proud. [V.of Gk».] [N.E.]
“Them Arabs be so iFCDtenome and STOHACHFUL, thej be.” [Glonc]
•* A STOMACHFXTL boy, p”t lo sdMxO, tke whole worid coold
not brine ^ prononnce the fet letter.”
Sir X. V&ifmmge. dt.
STOKEN. ^\ M4uie of Stone. [Hund. of Bok.] [F.of D.] [.^] ^
ST\>r^O%lAT. jtA. A”x^|v.fJl^ rv\ofaos.] [F.of D.]
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STOP-SHARD, j^. Attop-gap. [S.;;
STOR. J».
Star. [Hvod. of Bexk.^
STORM. sb.
A heaiy shover. [T. of Oos.]
STORM-COCK. The missel
thrush. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
STOWL or STOOL. sb. The stump of a tree or bush left after felling.
[Common.]
STRAIGHT, adv. Soon; at once. [Dumbleton.] Used very commonly by Shakespeare.
STRAIGHTWAYS. adv. Immediately.
STRAKE. sb. A portion of the tyre of a waggon. [Kemerton.]
STRAKED. p.p. Frightened. [Glouc.]
STREAM ALONG. vb. To walk at a rapid rate. [Hund. of Berk.]
STRETCH, sb. The missel thrush. [Stroud.]
STRICK [Hund. of Berk.] or STRICKER [V. of Glos.] sb. A strike for levelling
corn in the bushel.
STRICK. vb. To slip on a slippery surface; and hence, "STRUCK
UP," in the past tense. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
STRIKE. vb. To make a straight line by means of a chalked string. [Hund. of
Berk.]
STRIT or SDRIT. sb. Street. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
STUBS. sb. i.Stobbble. [Phelps.]
2. The projecting pieces of branches not cut off
close. [Hund. of Berk.]
STUCK. sb. A spike. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
“If he by ohance escape your Tenoni'd STUCK."— ^am/#/ tv. 7.
STUCK. sb. A number of sheaves set upright. [Hund. of Berk.]
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STUD, ALI] OF A. Meditative, in a
brown study. [Hund. of
Berk.
STUDY ABOUT. vb. To think about.
[Selsley]
" They did not STUDY ABOUT
baptism, as they does now."
STULCH.:6. A series of “helms” for
thatching. [Icomb]
[Cotswolds]
STUMP. vb. To dress the beards
from barley.
STURLY. adj. Staring; of an
animal’s coat. [V. of 6103.,
not common]
STURT. .rb. A projection; the
point of anything. [Hund. of
Berk]
STWUN. .rb. Stone.
SUBSTANCE. sb. A tumour. [V. of
Glos] [Hund. of
Berk]
SUENT. adj. r. Successive; applied
to continuous rain.
[Huntley]
2. Uniform, even. [Hund. of Berk]
[F.
of D] [S]
“Take thee spittle, John, and go
in the croft, land mending, and
make it look SUENT.”
So a carpenter, if the wood planes
easily, would say it works SUENT.
SUG. vb. a. and n. To soak.
SUGAR. sb. The Gloucester
equivalent for bribery.
SUITY. adj. Uniform, regular.
[Hund. of Berk.] [V. of
Glos.] [F. of D]
SUMMERFOLDS. .rb. Summer freckles.
[V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.]
SUMMERY or SUMMERED. adj. Tart
(not sour); of beer
in hot weather.
SUPPER. vb. To give the evening
food to beasts. [V. of
Glos] [Hund. of Berk.]
SURREE. Amode of address. [F. of
D.]
SWABS or SWABBERS. .rb. Honours at
whist. [Phelps]
STUD, ALL OF A. Meditative, in a brown study. [Hund. of Berk.]
STUDY ABOUT. vb. To think about. [Selsley.]
“They did not STUDY ABOUT baptism, as they docs now."
STULCH. sb. A series of " helms " for thatching. [Icomb.]
[Cotswolds.]
STUMP. vb. To dress the beards from barley.
STURLY. adj. Staring; of an animal's coat. [V. of Glos.,
not common.]
STURT. sb. A projection; the point of anything. [Hund. of Berk.]
STWUN. sb. Stone.
SUBSTANCE. sb. A tumour. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SUENT. adj. i. Successive; applied to continuous rain. [Huntley.]
2. Uniform, even. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.] [S.]
<* Take thee spittle, John, and go in the croft”land mending, and
make it look SUENT."
So a carpenter, if the wood planes easily, woald say it works SUENT.
SUG. r^. a. and n. To soak.
SUG.\R. sb. The Gloucester equivalent for bribery.
SUITY. aJf. Uniform, regular. [Hund. of Berk.] [V. of GlosO [F. of D.]
SUMMERFOLDS. pK Summer freckles. [\^ of Glos.] [Humi. of Berk. J
SUMMERY or SUMMERED. adj. Tart (not soar); of beer
in h\M xirvaxhcr,
SlTrFR. 5>^. To ^N'o the ev^c^ning food to beasts. [V. of GKv<.
";; Hand, v^f Berk."
SURRFKs A WHvV .M ji^dn-s:^ F.of D.l
SWA!^ xM S\YAl^WR:v. ,<^s Hoskws ja mlusb. [Phdps.]
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SWAG, SWAGGLE. r*. To sway. [Hund. of Berk.]
SWALE. vb. To singe. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SWATH. sb. The quantity of grass cut at one stroke of the
scythe.
M
And there the strawy Grreeks, ripe for his edge,
Fan down before him, like the mower's SWATH."
Troii, 6^ Cress.f v, $.
SWEEL. vd To choke with slusb. [Hund. of Berk.]
“The pool was SWEELED chock-fall o' mud."
SWEET ASB. Anthricus sylvestris, L. [Britten & Holland.]
SWEETENIN-DAY. A corruption of St. Swithun's Day. [Glouc] [Selsley.]
“To-day's SWEETENIN-DAY, the christenin* of the happles."
SWERD. s^. Sword.
A story is told of a Gloucestershire drill sergeant instructing raw
recruits in the sword exercise: — One of them was always before
time in drawing his sword, and excited the wrath of the
sergeant, who angrily exclaimed, “When I do say drah, thee
bis*nt for to drah, but when I do say SWERDS, thee whip
un out."
SWETHER [Hund. of Berk.] or SWITHER [V. of Glos.]
s^. Perspiration.
SWICH. Such. [Huntley.]
SWILTER. vb. To smoulder. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
SWINGE. vb. To singe. [F. of D.] [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
SWINGEING. adj. Violent. [S.]
SWINY or SWINNY. adj\ Giddy. [Hund. of Berk.] Or
SWrMY. [Stow-on-Wold.] SWAMY. [Kemerton.]
SWISH. vb. To swash; of water running rapidly. [Hund. of Berk.]
SWITE. vb. To cut off. [Hund. of Berk.]
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TABBER. vd. To drum; hence to beat. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
TABLING. sb. The coping of a wall or gable. [Huntley.]
TACH or TACK. sb. An unpleasant flavour. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.] [Hund. of
Berk.]
TACK. sb. I. Stuff; usually of food or drink, and in a
depreciatory sense. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
"That's some very poor TACK."
2. Hired grazing for cattle or horses. [Common.]
On the *ham' at Gloacester, horses with long tails were charged
more than those with short tails. This seemine absurdity is
explained by the fact that long-tailed horses can misk away the
flies with their tails without stopping eating; whereas the
short'tailed animals are continually using their noses to get rid
of them, and so eat less.
TACK FOR TEAM. The Rev. H. H. Hardy, of Mitcheldean
Rectory, sends this phrase; he heard it used near
Dymock, by a man who had just felled an asb.
“Here 'U be TACK FOR TEAM." This he interpreU to mean
“good timber for waggon making." I confess I am not able
to comprehend the explanation. “Tack " of coarse is sta£^
material; but beyond tois I cannot get. [J. D. R.]
TACKY. adj. Sticky.
TAG. vb. To drag.
TAG-WOOL. sb. The long foul tags of wool on sheep. [Hund. of Berk.]
TAIL-ENDS or TAILINGS. sb. Refuse com not fit for sale. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
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TAKING. sb. State of anger. [V. of Glos.]
"To be in a TAKING."
“Hollo, Zamn'l, what's thee's got thee's 'ool up now for? thee bist in a main
TEÄKIN."
Buckman, John Dark^s Sojourn in the Cotteswolds. (1890.)
“What a TAKING was he in, when your husband asked who was in the
basket." Merry Wives of Windsor, iii, 3.
TALLET or TALLUT. sb. A hay loft. [Common.]
TALLOW. sb. Concrete stalactite found in oolitic rock; so called from its
appearance. [Huntley.]
TALLY. sb. 25 sacks of com.
TANG. sb. To make a noise to call bees together, when swarming, generally
with a key on a shovel. [Common.]
TANNER'S APRON. Primula Auricula, L. The name appears to be confined to the
yellow variety. [Britten & Holland.]
TANSEL. vb. To beat. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F.of D.]
TANSY. Chrysanthemum segetum, L. [Hampen.] [Britten & Holland.]
TANTADLIN. sb. Apple dumpling. [Heref.] [Phelps.]
TANTAMUS FIRE. sb. St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas. [Selsley.]
TAP. vb. To sole and heel old shoes.
TAPLASH. sb. Bad, small beer. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
“If it be TAPLASH, as you call it, it is of your own brewing, and is both the
first and last running of your brains." Bishop Parker, cit. Latham.
TARRY. vb. To wait, linger. Still used in Gloucester.
“I don't know who the gentleman was, but he TARRIED at the door some time,
speaking to the girl."
TAT. sb. A year-old sheep. [F. of D.]
TATCH. sb. See TACH.
TATHERY-OUTERY. adj. Tawdry, outré, flaunting. [Phelps].
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TEART. adj. Sharp, biting, painful. Thus sour beer and cider
are TEART. A pain is TEART. [General.]
TEAT UP. vb. To put anything in the comer. [Tortworth R.]
TEAWHN or TOWHN. vb. To lay out the grass for thatching. [Cotswolds.]
TED. vb. To spread the new mown grass. [General.]
TEEL. vb. To pile up. [Dumbleton.] Also see “ TILE."
TEEM. vb. To empty, pour out. [V. of Glos."| [Hund. of Berk.]
“TEEM oat the remainder of the ale into the tankard, and fill the
glass with small beer." Swift, Advice to Set^ants,
TEENY. adj. Tiny. [Common.]
TEG or TIG. sb. A sheep one year old. [Common.]
TEMPEST. sb. A thunderstorm. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
TERRIBLE. A strong superlative. [General.]
TERRIFY. vb. i. To annoy, tease, vex, torment. [Common.]
2. To damage. [Selsley.] [NX.]
3. To break up the land fine. [Icomb.]
TESTER. sb. A sixpence. [Huntley.]
TETHING. sb. A stack of 10 sheaves. [Tortworth R.]
TETTER or TITTER. sb. A blister, wart, pimple. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
TETTERED. adj. Having sore places. [Selsley.]
THEAVE. sb. A ewe after the first shearing. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
[F. of D.]
THEE. Alway used for "thou." The objective case is pro-
nounced "the."
THEMEN or THEM^EN THERE, pron. Those. [F. of D.l [Phelps.]
THEREIMY. Stronger form of "there." [Cotswolds.]
“I've never troubled my yead about such things as that THEREIMY."
Buckman, John Darkens Sojourn in the Cotteswolds, (1890.)'
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THERENCE. ado. Thence. [F. of D.] [Hund. of Berk.]
THESE, pron. Pronunciation of " this." [Glouc]
THESEM or THESEM 'ERE. pron. These. [F. of D.] [Cotswolds.]
THICK, THUCK. (dh.) pron. This, that. [Common.]
“THICK UN," this one.
THICKEDNESS. sb. Thickness. [Dumbleton.]
THILLER. TILLER, or THILL-HORSE. sb. The shaft
horse. [Common.]
<* Thoa hast got more hair on thy chin than Dobbin my THILL-
HORSE has on his tail.*' Merck. of Ven., tV., 2.
THIMBLES. Campanula rotundifolia, L. [Chedworth.] [Britten
& Holland.!
THINK-ON. vd. To recollect, call to mind. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
THISSUM. pron. This.
THIS YEARS. For years. [V. of Glos.]
“I haven't seen him THIS YEARS."
THOF. conj. Though. [Phelps.]
THOU AND THEE. vb. The second person singular is used,
as in French and German, not only familiarly amongst
friends, but also contemptuously and in anger.
"He THOU'D and THEE'D me." As a matter of fact the
nominative is never heard.
THREAVE or THRAVE. sb. A bundle of 24 'boltings' of straw. [V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
THRESHEL. sb. Flail. For the different parts of this imple-
ment f^^ "caplin," "middle-bond," "nile."
THRIFTY. adj. Thriving. [V. of Glos.]
THRIPPLET or DRIPPLES. sb. The pieces which can be
attached to the sides, back or front of a waggon, to
increase its size for harvesting. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
THROUGH-WET. adj. Wet through. [Selsley.]
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THRUM, iidj. Green, vigorous; usually applied to herbage. [Halliwell.]
[Ryknield.]
I only know this as " from " or " froom."
THUMB-PIECE. sb. A piece of bread vith meat or cheese
held between the finger and thumb. [V. of Glos.]
THUNK or DHONK. sb. A thong. [Obsolescent.]
TICE. vb. To entice, coax. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
“I tried to TICE the bread and cheese down with a dxop of dder."
“These two have TICED me hither to this place."
Tit. Andron^ u, 3.
TICE-PENNY. sb. Catchpenny. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
TICKLE. adj. Uncertain in temper, frail, shy, liable to
accidents. [Hund. of Berk.]
“The state of Normandy
Stands on a TICKLE point."— 2 Hen. F/., t. I.
*< Thy head stands so TICKLE on thy shonlders, that a milk-iiuid,
if she be in love, may sigh it on."
Measure for Measure^ t. 3.
TID. adj. Playful, frolicsome. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.] [S.]
“TYD,!.#., wanton. Hee is very TYD, “.#., ytxj wanton.*'
SmythU Berkdey AfSS.
TIDDLE. vd, I . To rear up carefully, to fondle. [General.]
2. To fidget. [V. of Glos.]
TIDDLIN*. sb. A lamb brought up by hand, or the weakly
one of a litter. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.] [S.]
TIDDLIWINK. sb. A
beerhouse. [Hund. of Berk.]
TIDY. adj. Honest, decent, respectable; also tolerable. [Common.]
"Er be a TIDY, dacent ooman."
“Pretty TIDY," pretty well.
“A TIDY few," a fair quantity.
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TIFF. a. A small draught of liquor. [V. of Glos.]
“I, whom griping penury surrounds,
With scanty o£ls, and smaU add TIFF,
Wretched repast! my meagre corps sustain."
y, Phiii^, SpUndid ShiUing, dt. Latham.
TIFF. vb. To dress up, decorate. [Hund. of Berk.]
“Gyn y com y and TTFF y the windowes; i. Tone, come and trim
up the windowes [meaninge with flowerst"
QmytKs BtrkeUy MSS, [1639.]
TILE or T££L. vb. To lean or prop anything, as against a
wall; to set on edge; so to TILE a trap, to set a trap; to TILE a gate, to
set it open.
TILLED UP. /./. Propped up, set up. [Heref.]
'< The pole was TILLED up agamst the house."
“That horse is TILLED up too high on his legs."
TILTH. sb. The condition of land when ready for sowing. [Hund. of Berk.]
*”You've got your land in proper TILTH."
TIMBERSOME. adj. Very weighty.
TIMES, adv. Often, frequently. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
TIND, TIN, or TINE. vb. To light, kindle. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
“As one candle TINDETH a thousand."
Bishop Saunderson, dt. Latham.
'< The clouds TINE the slant lightning."
Paradise Lost, x,, 1073.
TINE, sb The prong of a fork. [Common.]
TING- WORM. sb. A venomous worm that bites cattle under
the tongue. [Halliwell.]
TIP. sb. A draught of liquor. [Hund. of Berk.]
TISSICK. sb. A hacking cough. [V. of Glos.]
TISSICKY. ad/. Phthisical, given to coughing. [Common.]
TISTY TOSTY BALL. sb. A ball made of the heads of cowslips. [Hund. of Berk.]
[F. of D.]
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GLOSSARY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE DIRECT.
TIT£. sb. A small rill of water dammed across to collect
water for family use. [Kemerton.]
TITTER. See TETTER.
TITTER-WREN or TITTY-WREN. sb. The wren. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
TITTLE. vb. To tickle. [Phelps.]
TO. prep. Used for " of," •• belonging to." [Stow-on- Wold.]
“That un yent the colour TO this iin, is he? "
TOAD. sb. Used as a term of endearment.
Ow does thee TWO AD of a wife do? " [Lysons*]
I have heard a man say to a kitten, “ you're a TOAD.*'
TOADY. adj. Very. [Phelps.]
TOD. sb. iSjlbs. [Morton.]
“* Let me see:— Every 'leven wether— TODS; every TOD yields—
pound and odd shilling; fifteen hundred shorn — ^what comes
the wool to? " Wmier's Tale, rar. 2.
TOD. sb. A disease in rabbits, the belly swelling considerably. [Hund. of
Berk.]
TOD or TOCK-BELLIED, TOD-GUTTED, TODDY. adj.
Pot-bellied. [Hund. of Berk.]
TODGE. sb. A thick, stodgy mass. [Glouc] [S.] [E.]
“It's as thick as can be, all run into a thidc TODGE."
TOG ALONG, r^. To jog along. [Hund. of Berk.]
TOMRia sb. A tomboy. [HalUweU.] [Ryknieid.]
TOMMY. sb. Bread. TOMMY-BAG. A bag for carrying
lunch in.
TOXG. vb. To sound a bell. [Hund. of Berk.]
TONGUE-MAUL. vb. To belabour with abuse. [Stow-on-
WoKl.]
Tc>(.>K TO, Taken aback, ow^rcomc.
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TOP AND TAIL. vb. To remove the tops and bottoms of turnips, swedes,
gooseberries, etc. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
TOP-END. sb. The latter part.
“The TOP END of last summer, or beginning of winter." [Glouc]
TOPPING. adj. Tip-top.
TOP UP. vb. To finish off a rick. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
“Our vokes TOPPED UP the last rick this mamin', pick^ enough
to stab a crow."
TORT or TOTE. adj\ Large and fat. [Halliwell.] [Ryknield.]
TOSTICATED. adj. Intoxicated or puzzled. [Rev. W.
Barker. F. of D.]
TOSTY BALL. A cowslip ball. [V. of Glos.]
TOT. sb. A small mug or tumbler holding about a quarter of a pint. [V. of
Glos.] [F. of D.] [N.E.]
They are generally given with a jug of beer, possibly to spin out the
number of ghisses.
TOTE. sb. The whole. [Phelps.]
TOTTERDY. adj. Tottering, unsteady. [V. of Glos.]
TOWARD, [pron. TO-ERT.] excL Turn to the left; in
calling to a team, or in ploughing. [Hund. of Berk.]
TOWARDLY. adj. Prosperous, doing well. [F. of D.]
TOW-CHAIN. sb. A chain for hauling heavy timber. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of
Berk.]
TO- YEAR. adv. This year. [Heref.]
TRACK. The " condition " of land. [Hund. of Berk.]
<* It ud cost zum'at to put the land in TRACK."
TRAFFIC. sb. The tracks worn by rabbits or rats near their
holes. [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
“Shall's try this holt? Well, no; there don*t 'pear to be much
TRAFFIC."
TRAMMEL, ih. A large drag-net. [V. of Glos.]
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TRAPES. vb. To tradge, tramp, trail; with the sense of draggling. [Common.]
TRAVEL, vd. To walk well; of animals. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“D* you think the ca'ves 11 TRAVEL? "—said of calves to be
driven a long way to market.
TREE. sb. Used of small bush-like shrabs; e,g., the fhchsia. [V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.]
TREE. sb. The handle of a spade. [Hund. of Berk.]
TRENDLE. sb. A shallow wooden tub for butter, milk, or
whey. [Hund. of Berk.]
TRIG. adj. In good health, quick, active. [Hund. of Berk.]
TRIG. vb. To scotch, wedge up. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
TRIMMER. sb. A large unwieldy person or thing; also of a
dog or horse. [Hund. of Berk.]
“A proper TRIMMER " means a thoroughly good one."
TRIMPLE. vb. To walk or stand uneasily, shifting the feet. [Hund. of Berk.]
TRIPPET. sb. A trivet.
TROOL. sb. A trowel. [Hund. of Berk.]
TROW. [Pron. like "plough" and "dough."] sb. Trough.
TROW. sb. A boat of 80 tons used on the Severn. [V. of Glos.]
TRUCK. vb. To traffic, barter; to TRUCK and trade."
TRUNK. sb. A chest placed in a boat or in the water to preserve
fish alive. [V. of Glos.]
TUCK. vb. To manipulate the ends of straw in thatching. [Cotswolds.]
TUCKING. sb. A satchel used in setting beans. [Halliweli.]
TUD. sb. An apple dumpling. [Huntley.]
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TUFFET or TUFFUT. sb. Pronunciation of " tuft." [Hund- of Berk.]
TUMMOCK. sb. A diminutive of " tump."
TUMP, sb. A mound, hillock, hummock.
[Common.] An
*• emmet-TUMP," an ant-hill. [Hund. of Berk.]
TUMPY. adj. Applied to land which is full of mounds or
hummocks.
TUN. sb. The part of the chimney that stands above the roof. [V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
TUNDISB. sb. A funnel of any size. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.] [S.]
<< Why should he die, sir?
Why? for BUing a botUe with a TUNDISB."
Measure for Measure, in. 2.
TURMIT or TURMUT. sb^ Turnip. [Common.]
TURN. sb. Season. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [N.E.]
“< Taters has been rather ockord this TURN."
TURN AGAIN GENTLEMAN. Lilium Martagon, L. [Britten
& Holland.]
TURV. sb. A patch on a garment, as a turf would be put to
mend a hole in the roof. [F. of D.]
TUSB. sb. The wing of a ploughshare. [Hund. of Berk.]
TUSB. vb. To drag a weight, as timber with a chain. TV. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
“To TUSH and lug about."
TUSSOCK. sb. A thick tuft of grass. Agrostis vulgaris. L.,
and A. alba. L. [Britten & Holland.] [Common,]
TUZZY MUZZY. sb. A burr. [Phelps.]
TWAIT. sb. A fish of the shad kind.
TWARN-EYED or TWER-EYED. adj. Squinting. [Hund. of Berk.]
TWELTER. sb. A big one, a " whopper." [Hund. of Berk.]
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TWER. sb. Small beer. [Hund. of Berk.]
TWERTY. ad/\ Nervous, put out. [Cheltenham.]
TWIN. sb. A double fruit; generally of apples. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
TWINK. sb. The chaffinch. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.W.]
TWIRNE. sb. A spinning wheel. [Grose.]
TWISSLE. vb. To turn about rapidly. [Hund. of Berk.]
TWISTER. sb. An implement used for twisting straw ropes
for thatching, resembling a brace and bit, except that the
bit has a hooked end. [Tort worth.]
TWIT. sb. A tell-tale.
TWIT. vb. I. To repeat confidences, to blab. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. To reproach. [Phelps.] [S.]
<. TWIT,!>., upbraid."— 5wK/A*j Berkeley MSS.
“• She TWITS me with my falsehood to my friend."
Two Gent, Verona^ iv. 2.
TWITCH. sb. Couch grass. [Hund. of Berk.]
TWITCH. vb. To touch. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
TWO-MEAL CHEESE. sb. Cheese made from the skimmed
milk of the evening's meal, to which is added the new
milk of the morning's meal. [Hund. of Berk.]
TWUD. sb. Toad.
TWYBILL. sb. A two-edged axe for cutting roots. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
*' She learned the churlish axe and TWYBILL to i)repare."
Drayton, Polyolahn, Song xviii,
TWYCHILD. sb. Second childhood. [Common.] Hence,
adj., “TWYCHILDY.”
TWYCROOKS. sb. Little crooks bent contrary ways, in order
to lengthen out the trammels on which the pot-hooks are
hung. [Hund. of Berk.] [Halliwell.]
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TWY-EYED. Cross-eyed, squinting. [Selsley.]
TWY-FALLOW. sb. The second ploughing. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of
D.]
TWYVALLY. vb. To bother, puzzle. [Halliwell.]
TYNE. vb. To enclose. [Hund. of Berk.]
TYNING. sb. An enclosure from a common. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
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U
’UN. pron. Him, it.
UN-. Used for IN- in composition, as 'undecent’, 'unproper,’ etc.
UNCOMMON, adv. Extremely, very.
UNDERGROUND OXEYE. sb. A bird; called also the "oven builder.”
UNDERMINDED. adj. Low-minded, mean. [Glouc] [F. of D.]
UNGAIN. adj. Awkward, ungainly, clumsy. [V. of Glos.]
UNKARD, UNKET or UNKER. adj. Uncouth, awkward; lonely, dull, dreary, uncanny,
unhappy. [General.]
UNLIGHT. vb. To alight. [Hund. of Berk.]
UNMERCIFULLY, adv. Extremely, very. [Hund. of Berk.]
UNRAG. vb. To undress. [Hund. of Berk.]
UNSUITY. adj. Not of a sort, irregular. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
UP. Of the wind. See " DOWN.”
UPON TIMES, adv. Now and then. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
UPPING BLOCK. sb. A horse-block. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
UPPISH. adj. Passionate. [Phelps.]
UPSET. sb. Misunderstanding, disturbance; generally qualified as “a bit of an
UPSET."
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UPSHARD. sb. A stop-gap. [Selsley.]
UPSIDES WITH. adv. Even with.
UPSTART, ad/. Stuck-up, bumptious, conceited.
URCHIN. sb. Hedgehog. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
“Ten thousand swelling toads, as many URCHINS.”
Tit. AndroH.t it, 3.
URNED. vb. Ran. [Hund. of Berk.]
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GLOSSARY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE DIALECT.
This letter almost invariably takes place of F at the commencement of a
word, especially in the Western and Southern parts of the Coonty.
VAILS or VILES. sb. Perquisites. [Hund. of Berk.] [V.
of Glos.] [F. of D.]
“The malter did always get the malt-dust for his VATLS."
VAN. sb. A fan, a machine for winnowing com. . [Hund. of Berk.]
VAN ABOUT. vb. To ran, or gad about. [Hund. of Berk.]
VANDYKE. adj. Careering, flaunting. [Phelps.]
VARJEZ. sb. Verjuice.
“As zour as VARJEZ."
VATCH. sb. Thatch. [Hund. of Berk.]
VATCH. A pronunciation of Vetch, Vicia sativa, L. [Britten
& Holland.] Generally used in the //. as VATCHES.
VAUM. sb. and vb. Foam; " to VAUM at the mouth." [F. of D.] [Hund.
of Berk.]
VAZ OUT. vb. To become frayed at the edges. [V. of Glos.] [S.]
VAZE ABOUT. vb. To shufSe or potter about. [Hund. of Berk.]
VAZZLED UP. /./. Well wrapped up, to avoid cold. [Hund. of Berk.]
VAZZLEMENT or VAZZLE. sb. A tangle. [Hund. of BerL]
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VEARN. sb. Pronunciation of " fern." [F. of D.]
The bracken in the Forest is cut, and made into ricks for bedding for
animals.
VEER. sb. Fir tree. [Kingscote.]
VEERIN*. sb. The same as "RIDGE," "RUDGE," or
“LAND,"!>., the aggregate number of furrows between
every two reens or water furrows. [V. of Glos.]
VELDWER. sb. The fieldfare. [Phelps.]
VELL. sb. The calfs stomach, used for making rennet. [Hund. of Berk.]
VELLET or FELLET. sb. The portion of wood annually felled
in coppices. vb. To fell. [Hund. of Berk.]
VELLIE or VALUE. sb. Felloe.
"Break all the spokes and FELLIES from her wheel."
Hamletf it, 2.
VELLY BIRD. sb. The fieldfare. [Hund. of Berk.]
Also VELLY VARE. [Stow-on-Wold.]
VENGER or VINGER. sb. Finger. [Hund. of Berk.]
VENT. sb. Sale, demand, outlet.
“How's ye getting on wi' the taturs? Well, there yent much VENT
for 'em this turn." [Newent.]
VENTERSOME. adj. Venturous, bold, daring. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
VERMENT. sb. Vermin. [Hund. of Berk.]
adj. Savage. [Phelps.]
VERN. The Rev. W. Barker [Holy Trinity, Forest of Dean]
writes, "This word is used in the Forest, though not
'often, meaning ' a partner in a mine.' It is used in all
Courts of Mine Law. Probably from A. S. /era, ge/era, a
partner."
VERVAIN, also VARVEYN. Verbena officinalis, L. [Britten
& Holland.]
VESSEL. sb. A beer or cider cask.
VILDYVEER. sb. The fieldfare. [F. of D.]
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VILLER. sb. The shaft horse. [Hund. of Berk.] See FILLS
and THILLER.
VILT or VELT. sb. The fieldfare. [Common.]
VINNERY. adj. Mouldy. [Hund. of Berk.]
VINNEY or VINNIED. adj\ Mouldy. [Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
“Speak then, thou VINEW'DST leaven, speak! "
Troil. 6* Cress., it. I.
VIPER'S DANCE. sb. St. Vitus's dance. [E.]
The VIPERS. [Wmterboume.]
VIRGIN MARY'S COWSLIP. Pulmonaria officinalis, L. [Britten & Holland.]
VISSUCK. vb. To fumble. [Glouc] [Hund. of Berk.]
VLAKE. .SV^ FLAKE.
VLANNEN. sb. and adj. Flannel.
VLINCH. sb. A finch. [F. of D.]
VLITCHEN. sb. A flitch of bacon. [Hund. of Berk.]
VLOBBER. sb. Stupid talk. [Hund. of Berk.]
VOCATE. vb. To ramble about idly. [Hund. of Berk.]
VOID. ad/. Vacant, untenanted; of a house. [Common.]
VOLDER. sb. A small farm-yard in front of a house; doubtless "
fold."
VORLUS SNORLUS. Used of a person who acts at random.
Probably a corruption of nolens voUns. [Hund. of Berk.]
VOSSLE or FOSSLE. vb. To make a fuss; entangle. [Hund. of Berk.]
VOT. Past tense of " fetch." [Hund. of Berk.] [S.] *
VOWL. Miss K. Curtis Hayward [Quedgeley] writes: — "An
old man told me that at Newnham, 50 years ago, the
paved court that is often seen round the door of a farm
house was called a " VOWL." The yard for cattle, etc.,
was also called a " VOWLER."
I have not been able to confirm these words, bat I think the latter
must be the same as " VOLDER." [J. D. R.]
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VRITH HEDGE. sb. A young quickset hedge. [Hund. of Berk.]
VRYING. Draining. [Phelps.]
VUR. adv. Far.
VUSSOCK. sb. A coarse fat woman. [Hund. of Berk.]
"A gurt VUSSOCK of a piece."
VUSTY. adj. Fusty.
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W
This letter, followed by O, generally becomes OO, as wood, ood; wonti cent;
[mole]; woman, ooman; wonderment, oonderment; etc.
WAD. sb. I. Pulse crops, put in heaps for loading. [Hand.
of Berk.]
2. A wisp of hay, straw, or peas. [Hund. of Berk.]
3. A bundle of anything. [Hund. of Berk.]
WADDY. ad;\ Matted; used of the condition of hay after
rain. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WAG. vb. To move, budge. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“He couldn't WAG;" of a person ill in bed."
WAIN. sb. A waggon without sides. [Hund. of Berk.]
WAIN-COCK or WIND-COCK. sb. A few loads of hay put
into a cock in the hay field in rainy weather to be after-
wards carried to the rick. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WAIN-'OUSE. sb. A waggon house. [Hund. of Berk.]
WAKE. sb. Hay placed in large rolls, for convenience of
nay piacea in
. [V. of Glos.]
carrying
WALLISB. adj. Watery, poor; of cider, etc. [Hund. of Berk.]
WAIX PEPPER. Sedum acre, L. [Fairford.] [Britten & Holland.]
WANT, WOONT or OONT. sb. The mole. [Common.]
WANT-HEA\'E: or WOONT- YEAVE. sb. A mole hill. [Hund. of Berk.]
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WANT-WRIGGLE. sb. A mole's burrow. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WAPS (wops). sb. Wasp. [General.]
"I did mow over a girt WAPSES' nest this mamin', and they
WAPSES did come oat and steng I nation bad.*' [Tortworth.]
WARE. sb. Goods, dairy produce, etc. [Hund. of Berk.]
WARN. v6. The clock is said to " WARN for the hour" when
the noise takes place in the escapement sometime before
striking. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WARND. vb. Contraction of warrant, to assure, make certain. [V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.] [S.]
WARP. v6. To cast a calf.
WARPLING. sb. A calf bom before its time. [Hund. of Berk.]
WARTH. sb. On the banks of the Severn a flat meadow close
to the stream is so called. [Heref.]
The Rev. W. Barker confirms this, but does not confine it to the
Severn.
WARTWEED. Euphorbia Helioscopia, L. [Fairford.] [Britten & Holland.]
WARTWORT. Chelidonium majus, L. [Britten & Holland.]
WASH-DISB. sb. The water- wagtail or dish-washer. [Hund. of Berk.]
WASTE. adj. Wasted, useless. [F. of D.]
“If I did ask him, he*d teU me wrong, to send me on a WASTE
journey."
WASTER. sb. A broken or imperfect article. [V. of Glos.]
WASTLE. sb. Pronounced WASSEL. A maze, a fix. [F. of D.]
The Rev. W. Barker writes, “The following story is told of a Forest
preacher who got lost in his discourse, and said — " My friends,
you must excuse me, and sing a hymn, for I am in a regular
WASTLE."
WASTREL. sb. A good-for-nothing person or animal, or one
^ that has wasted away. [Hund. of Berk.]
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WATCHERD or WATCHET. adj\ Wet-shod. [CommonJ
The Rev. A. S. Page gives this word as WITCHET. [Selsley.]
WATER-BLUBBER. sb. The kingcup. [Icomb.]
WATER-GRASS. Holcus lanatus, L. [Andoversford.]
The name appears to be extended to several other grasses which
come op as natural weeds of the district amongst second year's
^seeds'; but the Holcus, which is extremely plentiful, is the grass
to which the name is especially given. [Britten & Holland.]
WATER- WELL. sb. The half moon at the bottom of the
finger nail. [Cheltenham.]
WATTY-HANDED. adj\ Left-handed. [V. of Glos.]
WAVE-WIND. sb. The bindweed. [V. of Glos.]
WEARED. /./. of " wear."
WEASEL SNOUT. Lamimn Galeobdolon, Cr. [Britten & Holland.
WEATHER. sb. A thunderstorm. [V. of Glos.]
“The WEATHER do always make my 'ead so bad."
WEEK. vb. To whimper. [V. of Glos.] [Hmid. of Berk.]
WEEP. vb. To run, as a sore; to exude, drip. [V. of Glos.]
WEEPY. adj. Moist, soppy. [Hund. of Berk.]
WEETHY. adj. Soft, pliable. [Hund. of Berk.]
WELL-ENDED. adj. Used of well-saved crops. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WELL-GATED. adj. Having plenty to do.
WELL UP. adj. Well off, well to do.
WELLY, adv. Well nigh, almost. [Bourton.]
WELT. vb. I. To strengthen with iron bands. [Huntley.]
2. To beat hard. [V. of Glos.]
WE'M. We are. [F. of D.]
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WENCH. s&. [Plural WENCHEN.] Girl; used without any derogatory sense. [General.]
Hms, I have heard a man speak of his daaghter as “the WENCH."
WENT. sb. Worn out teazles. [Grose.] Ryknield gives
merely " a teazle."
WENT. vb. Gone. [F. of D.]
WERRET. sb. A wart. [Tortworth.]
WERRET or WORRIT. vb. To worry, to bother. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“When I do owe, and can't pay, it do WERRET and WERRET
me.
WESB. vb. To wasb. [Hund. of Berk.]
WHACK, adv. Immediately, on the spot. [F. of D.]
WHATTLE AND DAB. sb. A building of whattle work and
plaster. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WHELM. vb. To overthrow; commonly used of a waggon. [Huntley.]
WHENNY-MEGS. sb. Trinkets. [Halliwell.] [Ryknield.]
WHICH WAS TOTHER. One from another.
“There war sich a long row of housen, and they wnr aal like a zack
o' peas, I couldn't tell WHICH WAS TOTHER."
Roger Plowman* s 2nd Visit to London^ p, 62.
WHIFFLE. vb. i. To move lightly, to trifle. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
2. To shift from one quarter to another; of the wind. [V. of Glos.]
3. To drive in wreaths; of snow. [Stow-on-
Wold.]
WHILE. vb. To wait.
WHIMMY. adj. Full of whims. [V. of Glos.]
WHINNEL. vb. To whine. [Hund. of Berk.]
WHINNOCK. vb. To whimper. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
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WHIPPET. sb. A breed of dog of the lurcher kind.
WHIP-STITCH. e.g., "He was in and out every WHIP-
STITCH," meaning "every now ind then." [F. of D.]
WHIRLIGIG. sb. A turnstile. [Hund. ^f Berk..]
WHISTER-CLISTER. sb. A blow. [Hund. of Berk.]
WHITE CROPS. sb. Wheat, barley, oats. [Hund. of Berk.]
WHITE MOUTH. sb. The disease called " thrusb." [Selsley.]
WHITE NETTLE. Lamium album, L. [Chedworth.] [Britten
& Holland.]
WHITE PUDDING. sb. A kind of sausage made of liver and
lights. [Hund. of Berk.]
WHITSUNTIDE BOSSES or WHITSUN BOSS. The
farden variety of Viburnum Opulus, L. [Chedworth.]
Britten & Holland.]
WHITSUNTIDE GILLIFLOWER. A double garden variety
of Cardamine pratensis, L. [Chedworth.] [Britten & Holland.]
WHOSEN. pron. Whose. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
WICK. sb. Week. [General.]
WICKER. sb. A boy's name for the ear. [Tortworth.] [Selsley.] [Stroud.]
WICKER. vb. To twitch; of the eyelids. [Hund. of Berk.]
WICKER. vb. I. To neigh. [Hund. of Berk.]
2. To castrate a ram by enclosing the testicles
within a slit stick. [Grose.]
3. To giggle.
“A WICKERING wench and a crowing hen
Is neither good to God nor men." [Hand of Berk.]
WILD LOVE AND IDLE. Viola tricolor, L. [Britten & Holland.]
WILL-JILL. sb. An effeminate person; hermaphrodite; also
applied to a woman who is barren. L^. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
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WIMBLE-WA3IBLE; TO GO SORT OF. t*. To roU
about in walking. [Tortvoith.]
WIMBLING. mdj\ Poor and weed j. [Cotswolds.]
“Ov navbor's can did stand “p stndt as a il ioppeck-stael, b”t
t”cm*t but half a cnp, u" a poor WHTMBIJXG lot oat
them."
Hmchmmm, Jokm Dmrk^s St j m um m tki C&ttawMids. (189a)
WIMMET. vi. To whine; of a dog.
WIMP. vb. To whine; of a dog.
WIMWAM. sb. A queer contrivance.
““The7ll pnU je all to pieces for Yonr WHDf- WHAMS,
Tour garters, and your ^oves.*'
6* FUtcfUTy Lmu
WIMBERRY. sb. The bilberry.
WINCH-WELL. sb. A whirlpool. [Huntley.] Ryknield
says " a deep well."
WINCING. Used of a horse kicking out behind. [V. of Glos.]
“The angry beast began to kick and fling and WINCE."
IfmUbras, i. 2, 845.
WTNDCOCK. sb. A few loads of hay put into a small temp*
orary rick in the hay field in bad weather. [Hund. of Berk.]
WIND FLOWER. Anemone nemorosa, L. [Britten & Holland.]
WINDLE-DRUSB. sb. The redwing. [Tortworth.]
WINDLY. adj. Weak, badly grown; of straw. [Hund. of Berk.]
WINDROW or WINROW. sb. The rows into which the hay
is raked whilst making. [Hund. of Berk.]
WINNIED. Frightened. [Grose.] [Halliwell.]
WINNING-DUST. sb. The dust in winnowing. [Hund. of Berk.]
WIN-SHEET. sb. A large sheet on which com if winnowed. [Hund. of Berk.]
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GLOSSARY OP GLOUCESTERSHIRE DIALECT.
WINTER STUFF. sb. Winter greens. [V. of Glos.l [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
WIRE GRASS. Polygonum aviculare, L. [Britten & HoUand.]
WIRES. sb. The runners of strawberries. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of
D.]
WISP. sb. A stye in the eye. [Hund. of Berk.] [Glouc]
WITCHIFY. vb. To bewitch. [Hund. of Berk.]
WITE. sb. Blame. [Huntley.]
WITH. sb. A twig from any tree. [Hund. of Berk.]
WITHERDY. adj. Withered. [V. of Glos.] [N.E.]
WITHWIND or WITHWINE, sometimes WITHYWIND or
WITHYWINE. Convolvulus arvensis, L. Clematis
Vitalba, L. [Britten & Holland.]
WITHY, WYTHY or WYTHIES. Various species of willow. [Britten & Holland.]
WITTER. vb. This seems to be an onomatopoeic word with
several significations, as: —
1 . To talk nonsense.
2. To shuffle along.
“He WITTERED down the passage."
3. To trickle.
“The rain WITTERED down my neck."
4. To rustle; of fallen leaves. [F. of D.]
WITTERS. sb. Tatters, fragments. [V. of Glos.]
WITTLE AWAY. vb. To fritter, waste, squander. [V. of Glos.]
WIT WALL. sb. The larger spotted woodpecker. [Huntley.]
WIZEN. vb. To grow wizened. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WOLD. sb. Open forest land. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WOLLY. sb. A heap of hay ready for loading on the waggon. [Common.]
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WOLLY. adj. Flat, insipid; of beer. [Glouc] [Hund. of Berk.]
cf WALLISB.
WOMBLE. vb. To move awkwardly to and fro.
WOMEN-FOLK. sb. Women. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WONDERMENT or OONDERMENT. sb. Any curious
contrivance; also notoriety, matter for talk; tricks or
nonsense. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
“He's all'us goin' on with his WOONDERMENTS."
WOOD-SPITE. sb. The green woodpecker. [Huntley.]
WOONT-TUMP. sb. Mole-hill. &^ WANT.
WOOT. vb. To bray. [Hund of Berk.]
WOOT. 1^. Wilt thou? [F. of D.]
WOPPERED. adj. Restless, fatigued. [Hund. of Berk.]
WOPPERDY. adj. Stupefied, used of an intoxicated person
who cannot walk straight. [Hund. of Berk.]
WORDELD. sb. Pronunciation of " world." [Hund. of Berk.]
WORSEN. vb. To make or grow worse. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [F. of D.]
WOUNDY. adj. Excessively. [Bourton.]
'“We have such a world of holidays, that 'tis a WOUNDY
hindrance to a poor man that lives by his labour."
Sir R, V Estrange* cit. Latham,
WOZZEN. sb. The gullet. [Hund. of Berk.]
WOZZLED. pp. Trampled down; of grass or corn. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.]
WRANGLE. vb. To fester.
WRASTLE. See RASTLE.
WRETCH. vb. To stretch. [Huntley.]
WRETCH. sb. Used as a term of endearment.
“Excellent WRETCH! Perdition catch my soul,
But I do love thee! ''--OtheUoy Hi., 3.
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WUK. sb. Oak.
WUNST. adv. Once. [Bourton.]
WUTS. sb. Oats. [V. of Glos.] [N.E.]
WUZBERD. sb. A bastard; a good-for-iiothing; probably a
corruption of ' whore's-breed.'
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This letter commonly takes the place of the aspirate.
YAFFEL. sb. The green woodpecker. [Hund. of Berk.] [V. of Glos.]
YAPPER or YOPPER. vb. To talk, mouth. [F. of D.]
“Stop thee YAPPERIN'."
YAPPERN. sb. Apron. [Hund. of Berk.]
YARBS. sb. Herbs. [Hund. of Berk.] [V. of Glos.] [N.E.]
YARN. vb. To earn.
YAT. sb. Agate. [S.] [F. of D.] [E.]
YEA! An order to a horse to come here. [Sudeley.]
YEAN. vb. To lamb. [V. of Glos.] [E.]
YEAWS. sb. Ewes. [Hund. of Berk.]
YEDorYUD. sb. Head. [General.]
YELT. tnde niLT.
YEMMATH, YEUMATH or YUMMATH. sb. The aftermath. [Hund. of Berk.]
YENTorYUNT. vb. Is not. [V. of Glos.] [Hund. of Berk.] [N.E.]
YEP or YUP sb. Heap. [F. of D.] [E.]
YES SURE. A common phrase of assent.
YET. vb. To eat. [F. of D.]
YOING-HOOK. sb. A hook for cutting beans. [Hund. of Berk.] ^
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YOLK UP. vb. To cough up. [Hund. of Berk.]
YOLM or YALM. The same as HELM or HAULM. [Stow-on- Wold.]
YOLT. sb. A newt. [Stroud.]
YOP or YOPPET. vb. To yap or yelp. [Hund. of Berk.]
YOU'M. vb. You are. [F. of D.]
YOURN. pron. Yours. [General.]
YOWL or YOLE. vb. To howl; make game of. [Hund. of Berk.]
YUCKEL. sb. The green woodpecker. [Tortworth.]
YUNNA. Is not; used as a direct negative.
“No it YUiraA."
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This letter is commonly used for S, especially in the Southern and
Western Districts.
ZACHT. adj. Soft. [Lysons.]
ZAD. The Letter Z. [Hund. of Berk.]
ZAGS. see SAGS. [Phelps.]
ZATE or ZAT. adj. Soft. [Hund. of Berk.]
ZATHY. adj. Simple, foolisb.
ZENNERS. sb. Sinews. [Hund. of Berk.]
Z£G. Various species of Carex. [Britten & Holland.]
ZID. vb. Saw. [F. of D.]
ZNOPPER. sb. A blow. A^ SNOP.
"I gev the beg monkey a ZNOPPER, and down he kum head
▼oremost.”— /fojvr PlcwmofCs 2nd Visit to London^ p, 54.
ZOCK. sb. A blow. [Uncommon.]
ZOG. vb. To soak.
ZOGGY. adj. Soppy, boggy.
ZONGERS. sb. Singers.
ZOO-ZOO. sb. The wood pigeon. [Halliwell.]
ZUM, ZUM'UT. Some, something.
ZWAIL. vb. To swing the arms about. [Hund. of Berk.]
ZYVE. sb. Scythe. [Hund. of Berk.]
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Sayings, Phrases, etc.
of Bad singing. “ Vd as zoon 'ear a
raek [rake] and basket.''
Of a useless article. *' It's as handy as a twud wi' side pockuts."
Of a ne'er-do-weel. " There's a shabby zhip [i.^, a sheep with
scab] in every vlock."
Of a knowing boy. “Ee's as artful as an old man ninety."
Of activity. " As busy as a cat in a tripe shop."
Of crass stupidity. " He dont know a big A [AH] from a bull's
foot."
Of laziness. " He was bom tired."
Of an indistinct voice. " Like a dumbledore in a pitcher."
“No carrion will kill a crow."
“He's as hard as a wood pile twoad." [Hazleton.]
“As hardy as a Vorest peg."
*' It do come as nat'ral as hooping do to owls."
“Dost look as handy wi' that as a pig do wi' a musket."
•' What's the good of 'ees throwin' straws at the wind? " said of doing
something futile ot useless.
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“He makes the bullets, and leaves we to shoot them; " said of a person
who leaves dirty work to others. [Glouc]
“From Christmas-tide to New 'us tide,
The days do get a cock's stride; From New 'us tide to Candlemas tide.
The days do get an hour wide." [Hund. of Berk.]
Cobbler's Creed — Monday is a Saint's day;
Tuesda/s just another such a day; Wednesday's the middle pin; Thursda/s too
late to begin; Friday we must fast and pray; Saturday never was but half a
day.
Mr. G. F. Spink, Nether Swell, Stow-on-the-Wold, contributes
the following weather forecasts —
“Saturday new, and Sunday full,
It alius rines [rains], and it alius ool [will].
“Rain on Good Friday and Easter Day,
Brings plenty of grass but little good hay."
The following grammatical peculiarities are worth noting: —
In names of places, the genitive case is invariably employed,
as littledean's Hill, Over's Bridge, Highnam's Church, Stroud's
Water.
With verbs denoting attitude^ the past instead of the present
participle is used after the auxiliary was; thus, ' he was stood in
the road,' ' he was leant against the wall,' ' he was sat on the
chair.'
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ADDENDA.
NoTS.— The list of words prepared by Miss £. Doaglas, of Clifton, and
alluded to in the early Reports of the Society, has been examined,
and does not contain any firesh matter, with the exception of two
words, which are now inserted. £d.]
AFTERINGS. sb. The last drawn milk. [Hund. of Berk.]
AGONE. adv. Ago. [General.]
“Oh, he's drunk, Sir Toby, an hour AGONE."— TW^M Night, v. I.
ANEAR. adv. Near, close by. [Dumbleton.]
ANEUST. adv. Almost. [S.]
ANY MORE THAN, conj. Except, unless.
ARRAND. sb. Pronunciation of " errand." [Common.]
BAD or BAWD. sb. Sticky dirt, such as congealed cart-grease»
or the dirt which chokes the scythe. Also used as a verb.
<< The grass is that bathy as it BAWDS the scythe." [Hund^ofB^.]
“Her shoone smered with tallow
Gresed upon dyrt,
That BAUDBTH her skyrt."
Skeiton, cit. Latham,
BAIT. sb. Workmen's luncheon. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
“We be just 'avin' our bit o' BAIT." [Glouc]
BANK. sb. A slope, not implying a sharp rise: thus a railway
incline, or 'a piece of rising ground in a field, would be
called a bank.
BARM or BERM. sb. Yeast. [General.]
“Are you not he
That sometimes makes the drink to bear no BARM? *'
Midsummer Night's Dream, it. I,
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BAT-FOWLING. sb. Bird-snaring.
'< Go a BATFOWLING " occnn in Tempist, iu i.
BEASTS. sb. Cattle: hence, ' BEAST-market/ cattle market. [General.]
BEGGAR'S LICE. sb. The husks of dry grass seed; so called
from the itching they produce in the hayfield. [Hund. of Berk.]
BOISTINS. sb. Beestings; the first milk after calving. [Hund. of Berk.]
BREEZE. sb. The gadfly. Add illustrations:—
*'I wol me venge on lone as dothe a BREESE
On wylde horsse.*' — Chaucer, Baladt,
“The herd hath more annoyance by the BRIZE
Than by the tiger."— 7>vi7. 6* Cress., i, 3.
“The BRIZE npon her, like a cow in June."
Ant. 6* Cleo., Hi, 8.
Hie nse of the word by Shakespeare is, curiously, unnoticed in the New
English Dictionary.
BRY. sb. The gadfly. [S.E.]
CHERKY. adj. Dried up; used of stale or inferior bread. [Stow-on-Wold.]
CLAM or CLEM. vb. To starve with hunger. [Greneral.]
CLOUT. sb. A rough patch. [V. of Glos.] [F. of D.]
“No man putteth a CLOUT of boistrous cloth into an old clothing."
Wycliffe. St. Matt. iz. 16.
CRASS. adj. Cantankerous. This word is pronounced like
' crass,' f>., obtuse; not cr^ss, as one would expect, if it
were the same word as " cross." [Stow-on-Wold.]
CRAZY. Caltha palustris, L. [Britten & Holland.]
CREEPING CRAZEY. Ranunculus repens, L. Britten & Holland.]
CROWFOOT. Ranunculus acris, R. bulbosus and R. repens, L. [Britten &
Holland.]
DOFF. vb. To take off; of the hat or clothing. [Coinmott.]
“You have deceived our tnist
And made us DOFF our ea&y robes of peace.*'
/. Hewry IV. v, i.
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DON. vb. To put on; of clothing. [Common.]
“What! should I DON this robe."— Ttt. Andron., u l.
POUT. sb. The snuff of a candle. [Henbury.]
DRINK. sb. Used specifically of fermented liquor: —
“Are you not he
That sometimes makes the DRINK to bear no barm.*'
Midsummer Nights Dream^ it. I .
EVIL. adj\ Cross, savage.
FALL. sb. The autumn. [General.]
FARM. sb. Form, state, condition; bad temper.
<* He did put it in such a FARM as it couldn't go wrong."
"It yent done in no sort of FARM."
“Him were in a FARM; " i.e,, rage. [F. of D.]
FOX-TAIL. sb. A species of Equisetum. [Hund. of Berk.]
FRET. vb. To eat into, wear away. [Glouc]
“My apem is FRETTED all into holes."
"The bricks has FRETTED all the skin off my hands."
“Like as it were a moth FRETTING a garment."
Psalm xxxix. 12. P.B.V.
“Till they (our tears) have FRETTED us a pair of graves."
Richard II,., Hi. 3.
CALLOW. vb. To frighten.
“Things that love night
Love not such nights as these; the wrathful skies
G ALLOW the very wanderers of the dark."
jKing Lear, iii. 2.
GRET or GRIT. sb. Job, work. [Miss Douglas, Deerhurst.]
GULCH. sb. A fat glutton. [Huntley.]
HARDHEAD. Centaurea Scabiosa, L. [Britten & Holland.]
HET OFF! excl. Order to a horse to go to the right. [S.E.]
HOGGERY-MAW. vb. To work in a bungling, mangling
manner. [S.E.]
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HOX. vb. To knock the feet together in walking. [Hund. of Berk.]
HOOFS. Tussilago Farfara, L. [Britten & Holland.]
HOP. Bryonia dioica, L. [Britten & Holland.]
HUFF. vb. To offend. [S.]
JOG. sb. The hedgehog. [Selsley.]
JUNKET. sb. A delicacy, whether meat, pudding, or drink. [Hund. of Berk.]
“You know there wants no JUNKETS at the feast."
Taming of the Shrew, iii. 2.
KEEN. vb. To sharpen. [Common.]
KEEN. adj. Sharp; of sand or gravel. [Glouc]
KEG. sb. A small brewer's cask.
KEEP. sb. Grazing, pasture. [General.]
"There's very little KEEP this year."
KID. vb. To bind up faggots.
KNOT. sb. A number together. [Hund. of Berk.]
"A KNOT of beasts."
LISSOM. adj. Active, supple, nimble. [Common.]
“You be very LISSOM on your pins, mum."
LOGGERHEADS. Centaurea montana, L. (Andoversford). [Britten & Holland.]
LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING. Adonis autumnalis, L. [Britten & Holland.]
MAZARD. Prunus Cerasus, L. [Britten & Holland.]
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ONION COUCH. Avena elatior, L. [Britten & Holland.]
ORCHIS GRASS. A broad-leaved grass that springs directly
after the scythe. Probably Dactylis glomerata, L. [Britten & Holland.]
POKE-BAG. sb. The long -tailed titmouse. Acredula rosea, [Swainson.]
POVEY. sb. According to Swainson, the Bam Owl. Sirix
flammea,
PRETTY PRETTY C/?^^TURE. sb. The Yellow Ammer.
Emberiza citrinella. [Swainson.]
So called from its peculiarly plaintive note.
QUILT. vb. To miss, or slip; of the shears slipping over or
missing the wool in shearing. [S.E.]
SCROPE. th. Ptot tense of * scrape.' [Selsley.]
SNAGGERS. sb. The teeth. [Selsley.] See SNAG.
SNAWDROPPER. ib. Snowdrop. [Miss E. Douglas:
Elberton.]
SOLID, adv. Close, tight, e.g., " Shut the door SOLID." [Selsley.]
TOM. adj. Used to denote the male of birds, as ' tom-bird/
*tom-chicken,' ' tom-pheasant,' &c. [S.E.]
Also used substantively as '' 13 hens and a TOM.'
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TUZZY-MUZZY. Old man's beard; Clematis Vltalba, L. [Selsley.]
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DIALECT. 1 93 Explanation of the Map. In order to make clear the divisions
adopted by the author of this Glossary, the Editor has had prepared, and
presents to the Society, the Map which accompanies the present volume.
Gloucestershire is bounded by no less than eight counties, viz., Monmouth,
Hereford, Worcester, Warwick, Oxford, Berks, Wilts, and Somerset, and is in
fact a county with many marked differences and shades of dialect. For the
purpose of this Glossary, and in order to define approximately the area in which
the words were known to occur, the county has been divided in to eight
districts, as follows: — 1. — ^The Forest of Dean [F. of D.], the country
enclosed between the Severn and the Wye, and bounded on the N.£. by a stream
which falls into the Severn at Westbury. This district is extremely hilly. It
includes Cinderford, the capital of the coal and iron mining area,
Mitcheldean, Coleford, Lydney, and Newnham. The population possesses strong
peculiarities of race and language, differing entirely from that of the
Vales. 2. — N.W. — The district bounded by the Forest, and on the South and
East by the Severn. It includes Newent and Djrmock. 3. — ^The Vale of
Gloucester [V. of Glos.], lying between the Severn and the Cotswolds, and
extending to the boimdary of the county at Oxenton, and bounded on the South
by the Stroud Water. This comprises the towns of Gloucester, Cheltenham, and
Tewkesbury. 4. — N.E. — This district includes Winchcombe, Dumbleton,
Chipping Campden, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold, and Bourton-on-the-
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. — S.E. —
For the most part a high plateau on which many of the head waters of the
Thames take their rise, and comprising Northleach, Chedworth, Cirencester,
Fairford, and Lechlade. 6. — S. — ^The uplands and valleys of the Cotswolds,
which include Painswick, Stonehouse, Selsley, Stroud, Nailsworth,
Minchinhampton, and Tetbury. 7, — ^The Hundred and Vale of Berkeley [Hund. of
Berk.], boimded on the north by the Stroud Water, by the Cotswolds on the
East, and the Severn on the West. This district includes Dursley, Wotton-under-Edge,
Tortworth, Berkeley, and the western slope of the Cotswolds. The dialect
differs both in words and pronunciation from that of the Vale of Gloucester.
The Vale of Berkeley is spoken of farther north as the “ Low Country."
8. — S.W. — ^The southernmost part of the county, which comprises Wickwar,
Thornbury, Chipping Sodbury, and Bristol. The people of Berkeley and
Tortworth themselves perceive a considerable difference between their speech
and that of Wickwar. MORETON. WARWICK
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SPECIMENS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE DIALECT. BY permission of the Council of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archæological Society, I am enabled to transcribe from John Smyth's Berkeley Manuscripts B4507 his remarks upon the " Proverbs and Phrases of Speach " proper to the Hundred of Berkeley, at the end of the sixteenth and the commencelnent of the seventeenth centuries. These are contained in his last volume, entitled: "A Description of the Hundred of Berkeley, and of the Inhabitants thereof, which was completed in 1639, in the 73rd year in the County of Glouc."; of his age. A portion of these interesting MSS. was published by the above-named Society in three large 4to vols., in 1883-5. In this hundred of Berkeley are frequently vsed certaine words proverbs and phrases of speach, which wee hundreders conceive, [as we doe of certaine market moneyes,] to bee not only native but confined to the soile bounds and territory therof; Ivhich if found in the mouthes of any forraigners, wee deeme them as leapt over our wall, or as strayed from their proper pasture and dwellinge place: And doubtles, in the handsome mouthinge of them, the dialect seemes borne of our owne bodies and naturall vnto vs from the breasts of our nurses: with some fewe of which t dishes I will heere feast my reader and sport my selfe, viz J. A native hundreder, beinge asked where hee was borne, answereth, where shu'd y bee y bore, but at Berkeley hurns, And there, begis, each* was y bore. Or thus, Each was geboren at Berkeley hurns. 2. So naturall is the dialect of pronouncinge the tre be- tweene words endinge and beginninge with consonants, that it seemes droppinge from the aire into our mouthes: I can y As, John y Smyth: John y Cole: Sit y downe: * Each. i.e., ich = I. 84507
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finde it:
her has y milkt: come y hither: well y said
my Tomy:
It's a good y white pott: Each ha kild a ferry vat
y hogg:
Our sowe does not well y fatt y: hur may y serve
for lard
y: moder cut y mee some meat: my mal is a
good y
wench: Watt y ge Tom y some nin y wel y din'd:
hur is y
gone: I will y goe: Come y my sweet y will y:
Th'art my
pretty dick y: With thousands the like,
accomptinge
our selves by such manner of speach to bee
true
patryots, And true preservers of the honored memory
of our old
forefathers, Gower, Chauser, Lidgate, Robert
de GlouC,
and others of those and former ages.
The letter
[ff] is frequently vsed for v. As fewed for viewed:
fowe for
vowe: fenison for venison: farnish for varnish:
and others
the like.
The tre C
v] is also frequently vsed for Cf.] as vethers for
fethers:
vastinge for fastinge: vowlar for fowlar: venne
for fenne:
a varthinge for a farthing token: vire for fire:
vat for
fat venison; So powerfull a prerogative of trans-
plantacon,
have wee hundreders over the Alphabet.
G is often
also vsed for C. As guckowe for cuckowe; grabs
for crabs:
A guckold for a Cuckhold, and the like.
for dust,
wee say, doust: rowsty, for rusty: fousty, for fusty:
youse for
vse: and the like.
Thicke and
thucke, for this and that, rush out with vs at every
breath.
As, d'ont thick way; d'ont thuck way: for, doe
it on this
way: doe it on that way.
Putton vp,
for put it up: putton on thick way: putton on thuck
way:
setton vp, for set it vp: cutton of, for cut it of; And
many the
like.
I wou'd it
was hild, for I would it were flead, or the Skyn of.
y w'ood
t'wert hild: for, I would thou were hanged.
Hur goes
too blive for mee: i.e. shee goes too fast for mee.
ffppant.
i.e. slippery, quicke, nimble.
Neighboriden;
for neighbourhood in all senses.
Wenchen,
for wenches, or girlese
Axen, for
ashes.
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DIALECT. 1 6. Hur ligs well y bed y this mome; i. shee sleepes a napp of nyne
houres. 17. I can beteeme shee any thinge. i.e. I can deny her nothinge. 18.
[Omitted.] 19. Sheeme bene heere a numbers while, i.e. mee seemes I have byn
heere a longe while. 20. Beanes thick yeare are orribly hong'd. i.e. Beanes
this yeare are horribly coddedi Hur is dothered. i.e. Shee is amazed
astonished. An attery, or thwartover wench, i. An angry or crosse natur'd
wench. H'eel take it fery hugey. i.e. hee will take it in evill part. H'eel
growe madd y. gaa. i.e. come, let us goe: If you'l goe, gaa. i.e. If you will
goe, then come let vs goe. A shard, i. a gapp or broken place in an hedge. A
loppertage. i. A lowe place where a hedge is trodden downe. Hembles. i. a
dead shard or gap, neere to a gate: A frequent word in bylawes at our Courts,
y wud and y cud. i.e. I would doe it if I could, you speake dwelth. i.e. you
talke you know not what. Each'ill warrant you. i.e. I will bee your warrant.
Each ha'nnot wel y din'd. i. I have not well dyned. The tre [v] is frequently
vsed for [i.] As gurdle, for girdle; Threscall for threshold. Harroust, for
harvest. To hint. i.e. to end. hintinge, a word in husbandry. A wize acre. i.
a very foole. Lick many. i. like many. To hite abroad, i.e. To ride abroad on
pleasure. To tett. i.e. to chase. Hee tet my sheepe. i.e. chased them. To
veize, and veizinge. i. to chase: chasing violently vp and downe. Loome,
loomer. i. often and oftner. And loomer. i. faster. To loxe. i.e. to convey
away privately. A loxer. i.e. A secret pmloyner. Lozinge. i.e. private
pilferinge.
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To vocket, vockater,
vockatinge: In like sense as to loxe, a loxer, & loxinge, last mentioned.
The pugg. i.e. the refuse come left at winnowinge, Shoon. i. shoes; The
naturall ideome of my whole family, my selfe scarce free from the infection.
A penston, a coine or Jamestone. Thick cole will y not y tind. i. This cole
will not burne. Wee shim all hush at home. i.e. wee are all quiet at home,
meeve. i.e. move. As, meeve them a lich. i.e. move them a like, grannam. i.e.
grandame, a grandmother, good gramere. i.e. good grandmother. Twit. i.e.
vpbraid. gait. i.e. all in hast; or heddy. A grible. i.e. A crabstocke to
graft vpon. Howe fare fader and moder: when sawe you fader and moder; fader
and moder will bee heere to morrowe. Altogeather without the pronoune
possessive. This hay did well y henton. i.e. dry or wither welL Each am well
y fritt. i.e. I am well filled. Ch'am w'oodly agreezd. i.e. I am wonderfully
agreived. In the familiar difference of the vsuall words, gay and goe,
consisteth halfe the thrift of my husbandries, gaye, is let vs goe, when my
selfe goes as one of the company: But, goe, is the sendinge of others when my
selfe staies behinde. A goschicken. i. a goslin or younge goose. Oume, for
ours; theirn, for theirs: hurne for hers, and many the like. A slateme. i.e.
a rude ill bred woman. An haytrell, the like. An hoytrell. i.e. a loose idle
knave. Hur will bee bedlome anoae. i.e. shee will bee by and by mad. A Dowd,
i.e. An vnseemely woman, vnhandsome in face and foote. Dunch, i.e. deafe.
Hurts, i.e. bilbaries. Solemburies, i.e. service berries; wized, i.e. wished.
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Hee makes noe hoe of it. i.e. hee
cares not for it.
Hee is an hastis man, i.e. hasty
or angry.
Come a downe, i.e. get yee downe.
Come y vp. i.e. come vp, I pray set a downe. i.e. I pray sit downe.
Hite, i.e. Comely, vnhity, i.e.
vncomely. you dishite mee, i.e. you shame mee.
Tyd, i.e. wanton. Hee is very
tyd, i.e. very wanton.
A tyd bit, i.e. a speciall morsell
reserved to eat at last.
Each ha fongd to a
childe, i.e. I have byn godfather at a childes christninge. Hee did fange to
mee, i.e. hee is my godfather. To fonge, i.e to receive. The cowes white,
i.e. butter and cheese. A voulthay. i.e [not given]. To gale, A galer, The
galefishinge; wherof read after, in my descripcon of Severne. Wone, twa,
three, voure, vive, id. est. i. 2. 3. 4. 5. Hee n'eer blins, i.e. hee never
ceaseth. Meese, meesy, i e. mosse, mossy. Hee wants boot a beame, i.e. Hee
wants money to spend: or mony in his purse. Thiick vire don't y bran, i.e.
this fire doth not burne. It war y gold, that war y gam y; i.e. That was gold
w*^” was given mee. ga'as zo'm of thuck bread, i.e. give mee some of that
bread. Hur ha's well y tund her goer to day. i. shee hath applied her booke
to day. Moder, gyn, will not y washen* the dishen*. i. Mother, Jone, will not
wash the dishes. Gyn y com y and tyff y the windowes. i. Jone, come, and trim
vp the windowes, [meaninge with flowers]. Kefee, and eaffee. i. waighty.
Eefeer and eefteer. i. waightier. Its eefee come in bond. Camplinge, i.
brawlinge, chidinge. Pilsteers. i. pillow beers. But, Claudite jam rivos
pueri, sat prata liberunt.
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DIALECT. 20I Following the above illustrations of dialect are a hundred
proverbs and sayings which John Smyth considered to be peculiar to the
Hundred of Berkdey. I have only selected such as serve further to exemplify
the local folk speech. 9. Hee is very good at a white pott. — By white pot,
wee westerne men doe meane a great custard or puddinge baked in a bagg,
platter, kettle, or pan: Notinge heerby, a good trencher man, or great eater.
25. Hee drew it as blith as a Robin reddocke: viz*., As a robin redbrest. 26.
Ch'am woodly agreezd. vz*., I am wonderfully greived. 27. When Westridge wood
is motley, then its time to sowe barley. 28. Hee's well served, for hee hath
oft made orts of better hay; Orts is the coarse butt end of hay which beasts
leave iri eatinge of their fodder: This proverbe is applyed to man or woman
who refusinge many good offers in maryage, either in greatnes of portion or
comliness of person, At last it makes choice of much lesse or worse. 39. IFe
make abb or warp of it. If not one thinge yet another. 47. Lide pilles the
hide: meaningethat March [called by vs lide] pinches the poare man's beast.
51. Smoke will to the smicker: meaninge, If many gossips sit against a smokey
chimney the smoke will bend to the fairest; A proverbe which doth advantage a
merry gossip to twitt the foule slutt her neighbour. 76. Nocke anew, nocke
anew. i.e. Try againe. 77. Boad a bagg, and beam*, i. An ill hap falles where
it is feared. 9 r . Patch by patch is yeomanly; but patch vpon patch is
beggerly. 93. Botch and sit, build and flit. I beshrew this proverbe, wherby
the tenant is kept from a comly repairinge of his house, for doubt of havinge
it taken in revertion over his head. 96. Lill for loll: Id est, one for
another: As good as hee brought- 202
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DIALECT. As a contribution to fish nomenclature, I extract [[Vol. %. p. 319]
Jc Smyth's list of “53. sorts of sea fish in this river within the limits of
t rohn this hundred, which have byn in the time of my Stewardship taken
therin, and called as foUoweth; viz. The Sturgeon, Porpoise, Thompole,
Jubertas or a yonge whale, ats the herringe hogge, The Seale, the Swordfish,
the salmon, wheat trout or suen, The turbut. Lamprey, Lampeme, Shad, tweat,
the wray, the houndfish ats the dogfish, the sole, the flooke, ats the
flounder, the sand flooke, resemblinge the sole, A bame, a Cod, a Card, An
eele pout, A mackarell, the Sunfish, the hake. An haddocke, a Roucote, the
sea tad, A plaice, the millet ats mullet, the Lynge, A dabbe, A yearlinge. An
homcake, the Lumpfish, A gurnard, both red and gray, A cuttlefish, a
whitinge, a little crabbe, the Conger ats the conger eele, beinge the hee-fish,
and the Shee fish is called a quaver, the Dorry, the huswife, the herringe,
the sprat, the pilchard, the prawne, the shrimpe, the eele, a fauzon, or
great fat eele. Elvers, supposed by some to bee the younge eele, the base,
the sea breame, arid the Halibut: In all — 53. The belly of the salmon is
tendrest sweetest and pleasantest, and his eies wholsoiner then of any other
fish: The salmon growes by theis degrees and ages: vz, i . a pinke; 2. a
botcher; 3. a salmon trout; 4. a gillinge; 5. a salmon; Soe in perfect and
full age at 5 yeares. As an oxe or bucke; And [generally] in this part of the
River, the prime season for the goodnes of the salmon goes out when the Bucke
comes in; And comes in when the Bucke goes out. The Sole wee call our Seaveme
Capon; A meate of prime note.
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DIALECT. 203 II. A few more specimens in illastration of the Dialect of
Gloucestershire at later dates will, it is hoped, not prove unacceptable.
Amongst these the old Gloucestershire Ballad, *' George Ridler's Oven,” must
always find a foremost place. It has been sought to assign a political origin
to this old song, and to attribute it to the malcontent Royalists in the time
of the Commonwealth. This is not the place to consider the question, and I
will only refer those who may be interested in the matter to the account
given in the introduction to “Legends, Tsdes, & Songs in the Dialect of
the Peasantry of Gloucesterehire," poblished by Mr. C. H. Savory, of
Cirencester, [n.d.] The song is, undoubtedly, of considerable antiquity. The
copv from which I traa”cribe it was evidently written down towards the end of
the last century, and I am indebted for the loan of it to Mr. Charles King,
of Gloucester, whose father owned it a great number of years ago. This
version differs slightly from that ^looted by Halliwell, and from Mr.
Savory's. It runs thus: — GEORGE RIDLER'S OVEN. “A Right Famous old Gloucestershire
Ballad, Corrected according to the Fragments of a Manuscript Copy found in
the Speech House in the Forest of Dean several Centuries ago, and now revived
to be sung at the Anniversary and Monthly Meetings of the Gloucestershire
Society, a charitable Institution, held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the
Strand, London.*' The Stwons that built George Ridler's Oven, And thauy keum
from the Bleakeney's Quaar, And George he wur a Jolly old Mon, And his yead
it grawd above his yare. 2. One thing of George Ridler I must commend. And
that wur vor a notable Theng, He meud his Braags avoore he died, Wi any dree
Brothers his Zons zboud zeng. 3- There's Dick the Treble, and John the Beass
— Let every Mon zing in his auwn Pleace — And George he war the Elder Brother,
And therevoore he should zing the Tenor 02 204
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DIALBCX. 4- Mine Hostess's Maid — and her Neaum 'twas Nell- A pretty Wench,
and I lov*d her well; I loVd her well, good Reauzon why, Becase zshe loVd my
Dog and I. 5- My Dog is good to Catch a Hen; A Duck or Goose is vood for Men;
And where good Company I spy, O thether gwoes my Dog and I. 6. My Mwother
told I when I wur young, If I did vollow the strong Beer Pwoot, That Drink
would pruv my auverdraw. And meauk me wear a thread bare Cwoat. 7- My Dog has
gotten zitch a trick, To visit Maids when thauy be zick; When thauy be zick
and like to die, O thether gwoes my Dog and I. 8. When I have dree zixpences
under my Thumb, O then I be welcome wherever I come; But when I have none, O
then I pass by, 'Tis Poverty pearts good Company. 9- If I should die, as it
may hap, My Greauve shall be under y* good yeal Tap; In voulded Earmes there
wool us lie, Cheek by Jowl my Dog and I.
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DIALECT. 205 ni. I am indebted to Mr. Edward Barry, of Mitcheldean in the Forest
of Dean, for the following lines, written by him some years ago, " on
the night when all the gas-lights went out suddenly in Mitcheldean. ' LINES
BY A "VORESTER." Twer zumwer about a vyow minnits past nine By my
watch, as is vamous vor kippin 'is time, An twer zumwer about a last Tuesda
wick, As all vokes in Dane wer zar'd zuch a trick. I ad zupped up my peg —
tha peg wer a veadin — An zat down a perpus ta ha ma zum readin. When all on
a zudden, about nine at night I wer clane dun a readin, vur out went tha
light. I zed to our ooman, " Why what's come ta pass? I'm blowed if
there's zummut an't blowed out the gas!" So er tried to light it and
couldn't, then zed, " I an't got no candle, so let's go to bed."
Zes I, " Noa, I wunt. I'll look out in the sdrit An zee if tha nighbers
a got any lit." Ther wer Dawson, an Little, an Legg in the dark; I zed
ta our ooman, “Oh yunt this a lark! " Wun couldn't zee up ta tha Criss —
as yun't vor — Tha sdrit looked as black as a borrel o' tor; Tha vrunts o'
tha housen zeemed pleaster'd wi' pitch; I'm bothered if I could tell tother
vram wich! I tvtr zavage; I stomped an turned tha gas handle; Then roared,
" Bring a light or a yuppenny candle! " But neither we had; so to
zoften our ire. We zat ourzelves down right in vrunt o tha vire. And aater
we'd zat vor tha coorse of a nour, By tha vire-light a-lookin tamashunly
zour, When just as our clauk wer a strikin out TEN, We wer able ta ha tha gas
lighted agyen. 206
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DIAL&CT. IV. The next, illustration is *< A Specimen of the Vulgar
Speech of the Towd of Gloucester" taken from the Transactions of the
Cotteswold Field Naturalists* Club for 1853. Although it contains few, if
any, real dialect words, it ^ves a very fair idea of the grammar,
pronunciation, and mode of speech of the ill-educated Gloucester citizen, and
as such seems worth reproduction. Gloucester, March 22nd, 1851. Mr. Knowing
what a condesendin good sort o genelman you be un as wat tha calls feel
natral istory is a gettin very popolar I teeks the liberty a sendin ya 2 or 3
little hannigotes a hanni- mals as I ha ad from time ta time in my passesshun
un hopes thayl proove uz emusin uz instructiv, uz we sais in oar nayber-
hood, to your club. I kips a public at Kingshome un as my customers princeply
drops in ov a evnin bein a hous o call for jumemen taylors un uther
rispectuhle treedsmen, in consekence my momins beent verry much okkypied, un
as I hallis ad a turn for observetion I a payd a good deal o tention ta what
e calls dimestic hannymals, un when you a yeerd my story I thinks youl say as
how verry few people a livd on such hintimit terms we un, un consekently
knauws moor about um, un so without furder preefece I shull enterr on my
nurretion. About 1 2 mos ago I ad 2 pigs brothers un sisters, thay was about
2 mos auwld when I had um fust un thay yused to nm about o the kitchin un pic
up tha crums ur watever else tha cud find in tha sheep o grub tul tha got 2
sassy, for my missis got az fond on um az if tha wus er auwn blessed babbies
un let um do jest as ad got a minded, un atween um bwoth we ad a verry nice
time on it. If the missis was a peerin tha teeters ur shellin a few peese,
tha rind un shells at last wuzent good enuf for um, but thay must teek ihair
chaice afore we cud put by our whack out on um, un thayd teek I anothers part
so as we dussent saay as the ouse was our auwn, tul as I was obleeged ta shet
i on um up in tha sty. We called one 11 itin Jo un tother Sally. / thinks as
jo wus tha sensyblest o mt Sally wus tha most mischieviousest un uz wee kep
um t why I shul giv you a count on um sepereetly. Jo kep leel ta do about
bein shet up ut fust un yewsted ta cry I
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whine for all tha wurld like a babby wenever a seed tha missis, un I thawt as
er ad a pretty ny broke er hart cos I oodn't let her go un let un out but at
last a got a kyind a reconciled- like un begun ta look out for other
emusement, un what dy think a went un dun — why a begun bird ketchin. I ad a
dyuse of a lot a robbins in tha garden, un tha yusted ta cum un get at tha
grains un ulher bodments uz I yewsed ta put fur tha peg. I a sin 3 ur + ut a
time a different parts a tha sty ut a time, i a tha trauw, unother a top a
tha raylins un tother a jiggin about a feared a tothet 2, we a bit uf a fite
atwizt um casionully. Wen Jo ad ad anuf, ad yused ta lay down of is side jest
uz eny uthur genelman mit do with is cheek jest a restin a tha side a tha
trauw fur a piller un watch tha robbins. Wen thur wus a bit uv a skrinunage
among um ud look uz pleezd you can't think, un grunt un sort a!aff ta isself
like, tul I de a took it inta is yud to ketch i on um uz cum reether z neer
toon, un skrumped un up jest like a nut. Well ater that a wus allis a bird
ketchin un was up to all sorts a mooves at that theer geem. Ater a'd cleered
out tha trauw pertty well a'd jest skatter about a fecaw grayns athin reach
uv is nose, un lay down un pertend ta go ta sleep, un then twaz warrhock ta
any sparra or whitefinch or robbin ither uz cum athin is reech. But tha got
up toot ut last, un specially tlia sparras; un then wot dy think a dun — wy
turned to upon the Rots. We ad all at once tha dyuce un all a rots, un wher
tha cum from why Ime shure I dwont knauw, but awever tha seemed la use to gel
ther prog princaply from tha pigs vitiells. Well, at fust, a seemed la use ta
like iher cumpney, un wen tha did cum i or 2 at a time, a'd look quite
pleesed un stand un watch um un talk lo um like jest as a used to do along a
tha robbins but when tha birds got shire un tha rots moor numerouser, un did
cum ^ a duzn ur a duzn at a lime, 1 de quite onexpectedly a piches into um un
massycrees 2 on um, un ater that wenever a seed a likely chance heed fly at
um jest like any uther reglar bred tarrier. un a yused ta kip up them iher
geems up ta Iha de uv is deih, wich look plcece soon ater a wus seesed for my
rent which somehow or nolher unfortnutly got into rare. ^^^H uv is deth ^^^fe
which son
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Sally she wus allis of a weeklier constitution like as we may say on dident
thrive not neer sa well, un so we yused for ta let her ran in un out a tha
taproom an bask afore tha fire along a tha ducks (which I shall ave more ta
say about them presenly) but a got sassier nor ever. Now ther wus 2 or 3
fellas a mendin tha rodes jest bi our ouse un i de tha cum in jest ta ave a
pint a beer ath ther dinners wich was bred un chees or summut a that
deskrypshun rapped up in ther ankychers. i on um appened ta put down isn for
a minnit, un I be hanged if Sally dident collar it un finished it (ankycher
included) amost afore a cud say Jack Robison. Well ater that none on um cud
leave a hankycher about or cum into tha house ath i in his hand but her must
knauw all about it un see what a'd got in it but blessy a'd yused ta sarve we
wuss nor that. Sumtimes when weed got a bit a beecon un greens or anything a
that sort the missis ud teek up the greens out a tha top a tha pot, un put um
upon the pleet upon the teeble fust (cos we allis likes um biled along a the
beecon tha be so much richer) while her was a getting out the beecon im I do
assure you as if I wusnt standin sentry like all the time Ime blessed if that
ther pig woodnt either jump up on his ind legs on the teeble or else upset un
un cler tha dish a evry teeter or green as wus in in, afore a could well look
round. Now tha observetion as I got to meek about that ther is as this here,
when a pet dog or amost any other sort a pet a dun anything a roguery he
knows on it un'll cut away from e but a pig on't — he'll stand un grunt un
snort un squeak at e like a bear un bully e out on't. But a got sa
mischievious at last as I coodn't kip un no longer; a did offend so many a
our customers, un so I sowld un to a man at Santers fur amost nothin at all
jest ta get rid on in — but I had ard work ta get the missis to part with un
thauw. Pon me life, tha partin atwixt thay 2 wus quite cuttin, un a got out a
is sty un cum un see us once or twice ater that. I dwont know what he fed un
on ater a left we but a'd a got sa chaice then as a'd ardly yet anything but
bred un butter. The last I yeared the poor cretur wus as a'd died a very
pertty pig a about a fourteen score.
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109 Now tbems what I considers very interesting hannygotes of a dimeslic pig
but ihem ther ducks wus t sech ducks as you don't sec evry de, barring as i
on um wus a dreek. Tha wus Mus-covys un was give ta me by Dr. Wells a Nordon.
I never seed z kinder harted creeters in my life. Tha meed therselves at home
as soon as ev^t tha cum to us un after a bit Iha got sa fond on us as wenever
me or my missis went la tha pump (not having no piece a water for um dy see)
thay'd run jabberin up un woodn't let us go away or be at quiet tul weed
pumped on um un geed um a good dousin, un then thayd go in a doors un lay
therselves down afore the fire to dry, un if we offered for to go away from
the pump athout doing on it for ura thayd run ater us un peck our legs un
heels a good un. I a got one on um now — the dreek — but Ime sorry to say as
I tost tother about 1 1 Mos ago, un you never see noihin more affectin nor
the last moments o tbat ther duck. Some time afore some wicked rascal of a
dog — how I wish I'd a ketched him, ony praps 1 sboold a sarved him amost /oo
bad — geed er a lightish nip i de, un thow with a good deal a nussin un
coddliu my missis brought im round again un a was got quite cheerful like, a
allis walked leera un limped a good deal un didnt seem to injay hissclf so
well as formyly. Aler a bit a wuzn't so well agyan un seemed uz if there was
summut az wazn't quite right in her inside. Welt now my wife ad bin veny
queer fur a wick or i with a bad complaint in her chest un one de tha duck
seemed wuss nor ushal if anything un my wife was a nussin on her in her lap
afore tha fire un a seemed very thoughtful, un all at once her says says her
" I say Jem if I was lo give the poor duck a dose a my medsan" says
her "I shoodn't wonder if it didn't do un good for it have certainly
done me a good deal" says her. And so "Well" says I
"praps 'lood. Ime agreeable " says I, an so we geed un two teeble spoon-
fuls a tha chest minter. Well the poor creeter shook his hed on didn't seem
to like it for a bit, but at last a got quieter un seemed to be agwain off lo
sleep un all at once after a'd a layd qniet for about a ten minutes a tried
lo rouse isself up like un begun to sheuk is yed agean as if to say az twus
no go — a give a faymish queevering kind of a quack un then a looked up in J
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my missises feece un died in a
minnit. Now that I considers a very interestin annygote of a Muscovy duck an
its my firm belief as theres very few peeple as knows what affection dimestic
animals may be brought to for um for want a treetin on um properly, but all
as Ive got to say about it is this here, which is as if its of any use to you
or the Cotsuld club as its verry much at your service un I remain Sir
Your humble sarvant to command
JEEMS NICKS.
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DIALECT. [Cbapnian <fc Hall. 1890.] "The Old Shepherd." The
boolt weU i tpcMh of the Glouceslenhire peasantry, an notice of all who ate
intcresled in dialect. lo call atieniTOD lo the peculiai from the chapter
eatitted, iraduceG the life, lliought, and is heartily commended to (he Mr.
Backman especially desires and drawl of tlie Cottesn'old ^>c”cli. which
cannot be rendcted hy any method of spelling. The present oliact was written
ns aa example of the North Codes wold speech from the neiiihbourhood of
Salpeilon, where the / and j are not pronounced quite %o hroidly as in the
Southern distiicts, and the dialect is Sobibly influenced hy the practice of
hiring farm servants from Butfotd in xfordshirc. The proof has heen cjrefully
corrected hy the Author, who has revised and modified, the original spelling
in many particulars. — Ed.] THE OLD SHEPHERD. I "Ay, I bin 'bout Kum
time, zur," the shepherd replied to a I question of mine. "
Vive-an-vorly year, man an' bouoy, hev I bin at wnurk yere-abouts. My
faether'ee'd mead a bit o' mony a keatUe-djelin', an' 'ee set 'isself up in a
pooblic on the road about twelve mile yerevrom. 'Ee'd a smartish vamily o' we
bouoys, an" so us 'ad to scrobbie along '5 best 's could like. A' sex
yere owld I wur a-ledding vormust a-harvesting, and then wur soon put to drev
plough. Ah, thur wum't no skools o' any 'count 'bout i' them days. 1 wur
niver lamed nought of that thur — nether reedy, writy, nar zummy — the
kearter larned I most as ivcr I wur wuth. I wur to do my wuiirk wi'out no
nise and sknlkine, and I wum't to knock the keattle about. Ah I er wur a sad
maggolly cust'mer a' times, 'ee wur, if aught upzet un- One daay er caught
hold of I, an' whipped off 's belt, an' leathered I a rum un, I hollered arl
1 kneaowed. Up come the varmer. "Uilo,
Sammiwell,what'sthee'sgottiiee's'oolupnowfur? , thee bist in a maVn teakin'.'
'This "ere spiteful little twoad,' [.udthc kearter. a-drowin' 1 vrom un
yed fust into th' vur-r-r, "wur a-knockin' thaay 'osses as I leaved un
to mind, while I 'ad na bit o' bread, 'ee wur a-ktiockin"um about most
slteandalous. I thowt vur all the wurld's ihaay'd git awaay an' break the tackle
Irl to pieces.' 'Od rot era little kearkiss,' zed the varmer. *'pick un up
keiirter, and gie un another cut or two.' Wa], - kneaow, /ur, 'twere a good
lesson vur I, vur I didn't misuse 212
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DIALECT. bosses nor nothink else no moor; but 'ow'd it be now? Yer dussn't
lay a vinger on a bouoy now, if er's iver zo, or er'll 'ave 'ee up
vur'saltin' ov un; and then thaay goes out into the ground to plough and
knocks the keattle 'bout just as thaay be a-minded. " Wal, yer kneaow,
zur, I wur a-zaying ^to 'ee as 'ow I went to drev plough, when one winter the
measter come to I and towld I to go aff and yelp the shapperd 'mong the
yeaows. Thur I bid arl that thur winter a-kearrin' th' 'ay to thaay thur
ship, an' a-pecking the tunnups, an' a-doing a bit o* hurdle-zetting. I liked
that thur job a 'mazing zight better nor being 'mong thaay 'osses; it giv*
'ee zummat more to thenk on, yer kneaow; and shapperd, er zaid 's 'ow I wur a
good bouoy and minded my wuiirk, and didn't git a-messing and a-keaddlin* and
a-oonder- menting 'bout like zum on um. But then I wurn't long o' the ship
much in the zummer. I 'ad to go back among th' 'osses and sich; but when next
Michulmus corned round, the measter er zed to I as I wur to go 'long as keind
o' under-shapperd and help un wi' the ship, if I wur a-minded to be'ave
myself. Wal, so I wur, and I bid along wi' un vur zum time, and er kipt
a-razing o' my weages vur a time; but th' end o' it wur as I wur a-getting
too owld for sich a job as that, and so I telled un one Michulmus as I wur
wuth more money. Wal, er zed, er didn't kneaow as I wur, but I wur vree to
try, er zed; ee couldn't 'ford I no more, er zed. Wal, I went off to Mop, and
I got a pleace along o' zum keattle a' two shillin' a wick more money, a'most
directly. That thur measter 'ee wur a maggotty twoad, and 'twere arl 's iver
I could do to sard my time out wi' un. Yer couldn't please un, not no waays,
so aff I zlips next Michulmus. 'What, yean't yer a-gwine to stop 'long of I
another year?* er says; *you and I yean't fell out so skeandalous bad. I wur quite
a-minded,* er says, * to putt up wi' ee.' * So yer med, zur,*^ I says, * but
I tells 'ee as I beant a-minded to putt up yeny longer o' you.' *Wal, ee got
hisself into a vine waay, and jumped all aroun' the pleace quite mad-like;
and er called I all the neames as iver could thenk on, swearing as er
wudden't gie I no kerecter to go to Mop wi*. Wal, I let un have ers say out,
and walked off, and afore iver I'd 'casion to go to Mop, my owld
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gaffer, as I'd a-zard afore, I
met un, and er axed I what I wur a-gwine to do theäse Michulmus, and when I zed
as I wurn't a-gwine to stop, er warnted I to come back wi' un to his pleace
to zard un agin, and zo I did: and thur I bid a zight of year, and was
shapperd vor un till th’owld genelman died, and 's things wur arl a-zeld, and
the missus and the vamily went right awaäy thurfrom.
Wal, yer kneaow, tliur
wur two or dree on 'em arter I then, a- wanting I to be shapperd vor urn, an'
I'd 'bout as lief go to 'arn on 'um; but th' owld squire 'ee steps in an'
offers I more money nor the tothern, an' so I went along o' 'ee to look after
ers ship vor un. An' thur I bid iver so many year as you do kneaow, a-getting
veamous weages. Ah! but *ee wur a sad 'oondermenting sort o' a customer, 'ee
wur, and djous^d prood o* the ship. 'Ee let I 'a just 'bout what I wur a-minded
vor um. Us used to zend to sheaow then, yer kneaow, an* us went in for Rom
brading. Ah! look *ee, thaay wur a veamous lot o' ship; arter I'd bin thur a
year a two dalled if thur wur a better vlock o* ship to be voun' in th' wuU
keounty! Ah 1 an' thaay thur rom-zale dinners as ee'd a-used to gic, thaay
wur zummat 'nation vine, thaay wur, the weind wur a-sard out to the volk
likcwarter, it do meake I dry to thenk on't; an' the varmers, thaa/d a plenty
o' money in them daays, and thaay'd git that thur weind into um in 'mazing
style, and 'ud come out, yer kneaow, an' gie veamous gurt prizes for thaay
thur ship. Ah 1 but *twur good to see thaay volks a-comin' down the lather.
Thease 'ere rom-zale dinner wur a gied up in a sort o' gurt tallet pleace as
wur above the keiirt'us, an thaay a-got to dim' into un up a lather. Up thaay
went sprack enow afore dinner, but ofttimes 'twur a main queer job for zum
on' em to find thair waay down arterwards. Lord! Fve a-laffed thur afore now
to zee how zum on *em did boggle at *t." 214
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CORRIGENDA.
P- 5» 1- S*—Read A-SHOR. adv. Ajar. [General.] Also A-SHARD,
i.e.y a-gape. [Kemerton; North wood.]
5, 1. 12.— iW -AFORE' r^flrf “AVORE.*
7, 1. 1 8. — Read * The green outer husk of the walnut.'
7, 1. ig.—For * BAND* read “BAUD.'
„ 9, L iS.—For * BEEALL* read * BECALL.'
„ 9, 1. 1 7. — For * or not ' read * or are not.'
,» 9, 1. 18. — Omit * Acanthus.'
„ 12, 1. 24. — For *sb.* read *excl,' and add, *[Glouc.]*
13, L 17. — For*sb. A truss of straw,' read * vb. To truss; of straw.*
14, 1. 26,'-'For * A. Long ' read * Glouc*
“27, 1.29. — /^<?r 'squirm' r^a<^ 'writhe.'
n 28, L 25. — /^<?r * spondylium ' read ' Sphondylium.'
“29, L 24. — For *sb.* read * adj.*
tt 3i>!• 19- — After 'Burdock* read 'Arctium Lappa, L.*
ff 31, L 23. — After * Wood sorrel* read ' Oxalis acetosella.'
“33. 1. 16.— For* DADCOCK* read * BADDOCK.'
“34, L 22.— /br 'DAWNY' read 'DAWMY.*
„ 34, 1. 26.'^Be/ore ' DAY-WOMAN ' insert ' the.'
»> 34, L 2T,—For * Act II. read ' Act I.'
^ 35, L 24.— /i?r 'DEEPNERS' read ' DEEPNESS.'
17, L 6. — After 'adv.* insert 'Used to express.'
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P. 37, L i8.—/l>r “seelen ' read * Seelen/
tt 37. 1- ZO.'^For * BAND * read * BAUD.*
37, 1. Zi. '—After *sb.* insert * Door.*
39, L S.— For* [W.C] In Gloucester journal* read,' ''W.C* in the G.y.*
39, L 21.— Omit “and j*.'
“» 39» 1- 28. — For'adjV read *adv.*
r, 43, D. 1, 2. — Read * This letter is pronounced A in the Hundred of Berkeley
in repeating the Alphabet. ££ often becomes short I, etc'
„ 45, L 6.— Read * ££VY. adj. Damp; of walls, etc'
„ 48, L 14. — For * five ' read ' fine.'
„ 49, L 2. — For 'varieties of Plantain' read*lta.ves of Plantains.'
„ 50, L 29. — For * dealy ' read * deadly.'
53, 1. 10.— /br 'FUTHER' “tfi/ * FUTH£LL.'
53, L II.— /?br -FUTHELL' read * FUTHER.'
54, 1. 28. — For * appointment' read * apportionment.'
ft
ft
tf 5^9!• 3”— For'nen* read* then.*
„ 56, 1. 27. —For * GAWN ' read * GAWM.'
t> 57t!• *!• — /i>r 'forgive' read 'give.'
tt
57, 1. 2g.—For ' GILLOFER' read * GILLIFLOWER.'
“57f 1- 33.— ^<^ * Verry' read * very.'
tt 59. 1- 15.— i'br *GOLE' read* GOB.*
“60, L 16.— For * GKAM* read GRAIN.'
“61, 1. 2^.— For * WiUow Wren? ' read * Willow Warbler.'
“62, 1. ^.— After * Pollards ' add * of wheat.'
“64, L 19.— /?br “HAME-LEETS' r”Ki ' HAMFLF-ETS.'
“66, 1. 8.— i'br 'Oxycantha* r^fl*/ * Oxyacantha.'
y, 66, L 15. — For * Grass ' read * Ground,' and add 'Nepeta Glechoma,
Benth.'
“68, L 18.— <9miV'HEP BRIER, HEP ROSE, and HIP ROSE.'
“71, 1. 24. — For * mad* read * angry.'
tt 7St 1. 9''-Insert * INDY PINK.'
“77, L 19. — For * Hund. of Berk.' read 'Huntley.'
“77, L 21.— Add “[Hund. of Berk.]'
80, 1, I. --For * KINGS ' read * KING.'
103, L 18.— /or “5nNTE' nod * iflNTE.'
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F. 113, 1. 29. — For * Eonymos Europaeus' read * Eaonymos earopaeoi.'
“1 13» 1- 33* — ^<^^ ' PaeonJa officinalis, L. [Britten 8c Holland.] *
„ 121,1. 6,^0mit *adj.*
„ 149, 1. 18. — Omit 'Agrostis yalgaris, L.; also for.*
» 159, 1. io.-'For * THRIPPLET/ read * THRIPPLES.'
INDEX.
PAGB.
Preface iii.
Glossary i
Sayings, Phrases, &c 1 86
Addenda • i88
Explanation of Map 193
-Specimens of Dialect 196
Corrigenda 214
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