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PREFACE ix - xiv / INTRODUCTION xv - xviii / TABLE OF DISTRICTS xix - xx / PHONOLOGY OF THE FOLK-SPEECH xxi - xxii /
GRAMMAR OUTLNES xxiii - Ixxxiii / WEIGHTS, MEASURES, ETC. Ixxxiv - xciii /
SPECIMENS OF THE FOLK-SPEECH xciv - xcvi / DICTIONARIES CONSULTED AND
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AUTHORITIES QUOTED xcix - ciii / TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS civ
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SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%%% %%%%A GLOSSAEY OF %%ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL
WORDS, ETC %%USED IN THE COUNTY. %%%%A [u* and aal (l)pron, Zrd pers. sing,
and plur. be, they. See Oram- mar
Outlmes, Pronouiu. '^wuz all of a dither.' 'Whadwnnadoin' theerf ' Mr. OHphant, in his Sources of
Standard English^ p. 192, Bays that
'The Mandlyng Synne' [Robert of Bnmne, 1303] should be compared with another poem due to the
same shire [ButLand], and written fiye
hundred and sixty years later; I mean Mr.
Tennyson's 'Northern Farmer.* Some of the old forms are there repeated, especiaUy the a, which stands
first in the following rimes : %%' He ys WQxYj to be shent, For a do^ a^ens ^ys oomaundment.' — ^p. 84.
%%And in a note, he adds : < The ht had become ha and then a; this is one of the then new forms we have rqected.
Mrs. Quickly used it.' See Heti, F.,
11. iii The Shropshire a for they represents, according to Mr. Oliphant, the old AS. hi. They is a
Scandmayian innovation. %%(2) [u*], more emphatically [*aa]. See Grammar
Outlines, verb Have. ' We mun a una
oven fettled afore we putten another batch in.' %%' ... he sayd it was Harry
Gray that thei talkyd of; and my Lord
sayd, "I was besy with jn this fewe days to a maryd hym to a jantyllwoman jn Norfolke that schall have
iigo. marc to hyr manage.'" —
PasUm Letters^ A.D. 1454, vol. i. p. 302. %%(3) [u*], prepositional prefix to
nouns, a4jectiyes, and verbal nouns in
-ing. It is equiyalent to at, in, any or on the; and represents the A.S. vet, at, or on, used in composition
for tn, on, ttpon. %%AABOVS-SOS [aeVunz r'od*], sb, Solidago VirgadreOy
common Qolden rod.— Whitohxtbch,
TiUtock. %%ABEBE [u'beeni/], v. a. to bear ; endure ; tolerate. —
ETJiKHyRRB. ' The missis toud me I wuz
to sarye them pigs an' I conna-d-a5ere it.'
AS. aheran, to bear, suffer. %%B %% |
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2 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK, %%ABIDE [u'beid-], v, a. to
brook ; to suffer ; to put up witL — ^Wbic
Qy. com. * I canna-d-aftufc tbem under-*oixded ways.* %%* . . . would
write also to my Lord of Oxford, but that be is so vexed in spirit '* in thys trouble
seson," tbat at times be cannot abide
the signing and sealing of a letter/ — Paston Letten, a.d. 1450, yoL
i., p. 168. %%*I cannot abide
swaggerers.' — 2 Hen, /F., II. iv. 118. %%Icel. &^a, to wait ; endure ;
suffer. Cf . A.S. dbidan^ from hidan^ to
wait. %%AB07E-A-BIT, ddv. to an excessive degree. Com. "E fund
as 'e'd got all the work to do
'isself, so 'e off wutb 'is smock an' went into it ahove-a-hiV %%ABBOAD [u'br'aud*], ac?y.,
pec, away; in some otber direction. —
PuLVEEBATCH. 'Tbat peckled 'en's al'ays about tbe door 66th 'er chickens ; I wish 'er'd tak' 'em abroad awilde.'
%%ABBOH [ai'br'un], adj., ohs. auburn. — Pulvbrbatch. ^ "Er wuz a • sweet pretty babby, 66th nice abron ar,
but too cute to live.' %%' A lustie courtier, whose curled head With abro7i locks was fairly furnished.'
%%Hall., Sat. VI. Ill, S. 6, in Wr. %%ABTJVDATIOV [u'bun'dai-'sb'n], sh.,
var. pr. abundance. Com. %%ABTJSEFTJL [u'beus-ful], adj.j var. pr. abusive. —
^Pulvbrbatch ; Wbm. %%ACHEBJf
[acb'ur'n], sb. an acorn. — Cleb Hills; Wem ; Ellesmbrb. %%* We bin gwein
after achems,* Olans, an acharne, Vocab. Harl. MS. 1002. Accharne, okecorne, Ort. V. In the
curious inventory of the effects of
Sir Simon Burley, who was beheaded 1388, are enumerated %%* deux pairs des
-pater nosters de aumbre blanc. Tun countre^t de Atchemes, I'autre rounde.' — MS. in the
possession of Sir Thomas Phillipps. —
^Way, in Prompt. Par v., p. 6. A.S. ceccm* %%ACHEBJfnrO [ach-ur'nin], part,
gathering acorns. — Cleb Hilui; Wem ;
Ellesmere. * The childem bin gwun achernin.* %%ACKE& [ak'ur^], v. n. to
tremble with passion, to chatter. — Pulvbr-
batch ; Wem. * 'Is tith far ackered togither ' = his teeth fairly . chattered. W. achreth, a trembling.
%%ACKEEH [ak'ur'n], ab., var. pr. an acorn. — SHREWSBtmv ; Pulvbr- batch. %%* . . . hakern^a & \>e
hasel-notes, & o\>er frut to ^e
fuUe : )>at in forest growen.' %%William of Palerne, L 1811. %%AccoTTie,
or archarde, finite of the oke. — Olans. Prompt, Parv. Cf. Achem. %%ACKERJSJSQ [ak'ur'nin], part
gathering acorns. — Shrewsbury ;
Pulvbrbatch. * Bin 'ee gwein ackemin^ f ' %%ACKEBSPIBE [ak-ur'speir*],
v. n. to sprout, to germinate abnormally.
Said of potatoes. — ^Ellesmere; Wem, *I doubt the tittoes 11 acker spire wuth this wot.* Potatoes are
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%%aeaaon heavy ram Bets in, and the super-abundant moisture causes them to put forth new tubers, instead of
increasing them in size, thus spoiling
the growth. Cf. ackerspier in Eay*8 * Nor& Ck>untr7 Words,' B. 15, E. D. S. %%ACftlTADITAKCE
[u'kweintuns], sh., pec, a ' fianc^-^.'— Much %%Wexloce. * Molly, do you know
that Miss F is going to be %%married ? ' ' Well, sir, 1 thought I sid 'er
5dth an (icquaintance.^ %%ADE [aid'], sh, a reach in the Severn. This term is
' applied by navigators of the Severn
to reaches where there are eddies in the
river, as Sweney laic] Ade, Preen's Ade, &c.' See Tl^e Severn Vattey, by J. Bandall, 1862, pp. 69-70. Ade
may be perhaps A.S. ed, which as a
prefix means anew, again, as the Latin re, and A.S. eOy running water, a river. %%ADLABD [ad'lund],
same as Adlant below. — ^Newport. %%ADLAVT [ad'lunt], sh, the border of land
left at the ends of the furrows for
turning the plough on. The headland. Com. To * turn on a mighty narrow adlant* is a proverbial
saying expressive of a very narrow
escape, as from peril of death or from calamity. * To plough the adlanta afore the buts ' is to
begin a matter at the wrong %%, end. Thus a man who asked the father's
permission to propose to his daughter
was said to have made a mistake, ' ploughed the adlanta afore the buts ! ' %%A-SOHE [u'dun*], v. a.
leave off ; have done. Com. ' A-done now
Ven I spake.' Of. A (2). %%APEABD fu'fee'ur'd], adj\ afraid. Com. 'Yo
needna be afeard o' gwein through the
leasow, they'n merged the cow as 'iled poor
owd Betty Mamus.* A.S. dfcbran, to temfy. %%* For be he lewed man or
elles lered. He not how sone that he
shal ben a/ered,* %%Chatjceb, C. T.y L 12218. %%' And, broker, be )k)u nou^t
aferd ' ; by thenk in thyn herte,
|k>U2 ^ou conne nouit l^e Orede ' kare )>ou no more. %%P. PI
Cr., I 130. %%* I have not scaped drowning to be afeard now of your four
legs.' %%Tempest, U, ii 63. %%A-ferde(or trobelid, K. H. P.). TerHtus, perterritua
(turhatua, per-' iurbatuay K. P.). Forby,
in enumerating amon^ the provincialisms
of Norfolk the word afeard, noticed that formeny it was not, as
at present, synonymous with afraid.
%%* This wif was not afered ne affrayed.* — Chaucer. %%The HarL MS. indeed,
renders both aferde and afrayed bv territua,
but the readine of the King's MS. agreeing with the printed
editions, seems preferable. Aferde or
trobelid, turSattia periurhatua, — Prompt,
Parv, and Notea, %%APOEE [u'foaTir']. (l) prep, hef ore ; in front of.
Com. 'Theerwuz the child right afore
the 'orse an' nobody nigh, er dunna know whad
fear is^* A.S. cet-fore, before. %%B 2 %% |
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4 SHROPSHIllE WORD-BOOK. %%< They V^ini saluted,
standing &r afore,^ %%Spenseb, Faery Q., B. L canto x. 49. %%(2) adv,
before ; in time past. Com. ' 'E's bin theer afore I know, BO dimna tell me.' %%' 8te, ... He shall
taste of my bottle : if he haye never drunk
wine a/orey it will go near to remove his fit.' %%Ttmpegt, n. iL 78.
%%AFTEB.CLAP [af'tur'klap*'], eb, an unpleasant outcome of some affair supposed to have been set at rest. —
Ptilverbatoh. — Qy. com. 'It's aFays
best be earful an' sen' some one as knows thar business an' then theer's no afterdaps,^ %%* Por the
assaults of the devil be craftie to make us put our trust in such armour, hee will feine himself e to
flie ; but then we be most in
jeopardie. For he can give us an afterdap when we least weene,
that is, suddenly retume unawares to
us, and then he giveth us an after- .
dap that overthroweth us, this armour dece3rveth us.' — Latimef^9 Sermons, in Wb. %%AFTEEINOS [aftur'inz],
sb, the last milk drawn from a cow. —
PuLVERBATCH. Cf. Drippings. %%AFTEBrHATH raf'tur'math-n, eb. a second growth
of grass after the hay crop. —
^Newpobt ; Ellbsmerb. A.8. cefter^ after ; and A.S. base, maiSf cognate with Lat. metorCf to
mow. Of. Edgrow, also Lattermath.
%%AOATE [u'gait*], adv. this term expresses doing or beginning to do a thing; and is generally used witJi the
verb ' get,' but not always. — ^Wem ;
Whitchubch ; Cheshire Border, * Whad ban yo bin agaie on P' * Yo can get agate o* that job, as
soon as yo'n a mind.' %%' I pray you. Memory, set him agate again.' %%0. P.,
V. 180, inWB. %%Ash has the word, which he calls local, * On the way ; in a
state of motion.' A gate = on gate, on
the way. %%AOE [aij'l, V. n.to grow old in appearance. Com. *The
malster's beginnin to age oncommon
fast, an' 'e inna whad yo' met'n call so
owd, about fifty, or fifty sa*one.' O.Fr. a^age ; Mod. Fr, dge, %%AOEN
[u'gen*], (1) prep, against. Com. ^'E fat 'im a girder as sent *im o'er, right agen the bonk.' %%' He
gripen sone a bulder ston, And let it
fleye, ful good won, Agen \>q dore,
>7at it to-rof,' %%Havdoh the Dane, 1. 1792. %%(2^ Opposite to. Com. ' Oud
it up agen the light an' then we shan
be aole to see Veer the feiut is.' %%* On his rith shuldre sw[ij>]e
brith, Brithter )>an gold a^eyn
\>q lith.' %%Havdok the Dane, 1. 2141. %%(3) Contiguous to. Com. ' Lave
that bouk agen the pump Veer I piit
it.' %%(4f) Averse to ; opposed to. Com. ' 'E wuz agen the weddin'
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%%Si) By ; towards. Com. ' If I start now I shall get theer agen the er.' %%(6) adv, conj. by the time that ;
when. Com. * Mind an' '&Ye the
oven whot agen I come wham.' %%CI) adv. at a fiitnre time. Com. ' I
hanna got it now, but HI gie it JO agen.'
A.S. agen; commonly, ongedn; against. %%AG6,EA0,EE0,Ea0 [ag-], Pulvbrbatch.
[i*ag- or r^], Clbe Hills. [og*]* Wem
; v. o. to mcite, to provoke. ' Joe's as qmet a fellow as erer wuz sid ; 'e didna want to fight, on*y
tiiey agged 'im on.' %%AOWDTE [u'gwei-n corr. u'gwa'yn], part. Srgoing. —
Church Strettou". * Bin yo agwine
f ' %%AID [ai<l'J> ^^- A gatter cut across the ' buts ' of ploughed
lanjls to carry off the water from the
'reans.' — Chuech Stuetton; Cleb
Hiixs. %%AIDLE [aid'l], adj., ohs.^lvar, pr. unproductive, rotten ;
addled; said of eggs. — ^Pulvebbatch ;
WoBTHEir. *I've 'ad despert poor luck
ttdth my 'en's this time. I set three 5dth duck eggs an' two 55th thar own ; an* three parts on 'em wun
aidle.* %%AISLED [ai'dld], part, adj., var. pr. same as ' aidle.' — ^Clxtn.
See Hex' to nex*. A.S. ddl, diseased,
corrupted, putrid. %%AI6LES [aig'k], (1) sb. pi., obs.'i spangles; tinsel
ornaments of a showman's dress. —
Pulyerbatch. *Han 'ee sin Bessey Pugh
senoe 'er's oomen back throm Lunnun ; 'er's got a bonnet as
shines all o'er like aigles on a
showman.' %%. (2) 05. pi., oha. scintillations which appear on the surface of
iron pots when removed from the fire.
They are supposed to be Lamillse of
Salts of Iron, caused by the decomposition of the pots by the
gases from the fire. — Wobthen. *ldlnd
w'eer yo' pufn that marmint aw'ilde
the aigha bin on it.' %%(3) ah. pi. idclee. — Wem ; Ellesmebe. * It must a
bin freezin 'ard i* the neet, theer's
aigles o' ice 'augin' from the aisins.' Cf. agglci acu$t Prompt, Parv., and aglet in Wedo. Fr.
agut'llette. %%AILZE [aQ-z], sb., obs.l form of 'Alice.' — Pulvbrbatch.
%%AIHT [ain-t], sb., var. pr. aunt. — ^Worthen. Cf. Haint %%AISIH [aizin],
sb. the eaves of a house. Com. 'Them Jack-
squaQers bin buildin' under the aisin a|^n, I see.' The singular
and plural forms of this word are used
mdiscriminately for 'eaves;' though in
some districts aisins has a distinct meaning as shewn below. Cf . BBBlngg. %%AISIHS, sb. pi. the drops
of water which fall from the eaves or
'aiflin.' — Shbswsbuby, Uffington; Newpobt, Shiffnal. 'Mother, 'ere's our Tum standin' under the aisins o'
purpose to get wet.' ' Cud yore dack,
I amma, for theer's none spottm*. %%AISIV-SPAABOW [aiz'in spa'r'u'], sb.
Parus domestictis, the common
House-sparrow.— -Shbewsbuby ; JPttlvebbatch ; Wem. %%AI8IER
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S . SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%old-fashioned
fire-places, against whioh the polished fire-irons generally hang : sometimes it is * spattled ' or else
picked out with white lines on a black
ground. See Spattled (2). — Pulyebbatoh; Ellesicsbb. * Wy look 'ow yo*n ooUowed yore face ! as
if yo'd newly comen down tiie chimley
and kissed the aister,' Cf. Backaister. 'As
black as the aister,* is a phrase employed to express any sooty, grimy appearance. Lambarde in his Perambulation
of Kent, ed. 1596, p. 662, says that
this word was in lus time nearly obsolete in Kent, but that it was retained in * Shropshyre
and other parts.' See for this, auter
in HaL, ed. 1855. O.Fr. astrCf aistrcy foyer; chemin^e. Mot d'origine inconnue. — Bjtr. %%(2) 8h, var,
pr. Easter. — ^Pulyeebatch ; Ludlow. %%AITCH [aich*], sb, a paroxysm of
suffering, as in cases of inter-
mittent disorder ; a turn of illness. Qv. com. * They tell'n me
as poor owd Matty Boberts is mighty
bad.' ' Aye 'er's uset to these
aitchea every spring an' fall.' Fainting-aitches are attacks of
faint- ness. Hot and cold aitches,
alternations of heat and chill in feyerish
maladies. %%**' Now swete," seide alisaundrine * *' seie me in
what wise ^at )>at hache \>e
haldes * & how it ]fe takes ? "
" I-wisse," seide william • " i wol it nou^t
layne, sum-time it hentis me wil? hete
* as hot as am fure, but quidiche so
kene a cold * comes )>or-after." ' %%William of PaJerne, 1. 905.
%%A.S. C5cey ache ; pain ; ece, oece, an unpleasant feeling ; an ache.
%%AITHEB [ardhur'], pron. either. — Ludlow ; Newport. Qy. conu A.S. ceg\>er, either. %%* Chese on
aither hand. Whether the lever
ware Sink or stille stande.' %%Sir
Tristremf p. 154, in Hal. %%AITBEDAK [a'ytr'i'dan-'], Pulverbatch ; Clee
Hills, sb, a mad-cap frolic ; a
foolish prank. ' I warrand yo' bin off now on some wild aitre(lan or other. %%ALD [:aul'd and
:aud], v, a, to hold. — Coryb Dale. %%* Curatus resident thai schul be, And aid houshold oponly.' %%John Audelat's
Poems, p. 33. %%ALE [aQ-l, ale. Com. [ai-h'l], Ludlow, Bur/ard. [eel- ;
yi'-u'lj, New- port, [yae'l], Corve
Dale ; Bridgnorth, [yiil'], Corvb Dale. %%ALE-HOOF [ail'oof •'],«&.
Nepeia Glechoma, ground ivy. — Corve Dale ;
BRmONORTH. ' Ground luy,' says Gerarde, * is commended against the humming noyse and ringing sound of the
eares being put into them ; ' as ' a
remedie against the Sciatica or ache in the huckle bone/ and for ' any griefe whatsoeuer in the
eyes.' After relating these and. other
*vertues'of this *herbe,' he goes on to say: *The women of our Northeme parts, esnecially about Wales
and Cheshire, do tonne the herbe
ale-hoof into tneir ale ; but the reason thereof I know not : notwithstanding without all controuersie it
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%%the griefes aforesaid: being tunned Yp in ale and drunke, it also porgeth the head from rheumaticke humors
flowing from the brain.' —Berball, Bk.
IL, p. 856. %%ALE-POSSET [ail-pos-i't], sb. milk curdled by pouring 'old
beer* into it when at boiling point.
The whey strained from the curd,
spiced, sweetened, and taken 'piping hot,' is considered a specific
in cases of cold. — Pultebbatch. Qy.
com. ' Jack, you had better take care
of that cold. Til make you an ale-poMet to night' ' Thank yo'. Missis, that^U tak' car o' me, nod the
coud.' W. poset, curdled milk. %%ALE-SCOEE [ail'skoa'ur'], sb, a debt at the
ale-house. — Shrewsbury ; Pulyerbatch;
Eixesmere. Qy. com. 'Tum's a cliver workman
an' gets good money, but agen 'e's paid 'is ale-acare eyery wik
theer inna much lef to t^ wham.' %%'
Jack Cade. There shall be no money ; all shall eat and drink on my score:— ^2 K, Henry VL, IV. il 80. %%'
Score a pint of bastard in the half-moon.' %%1 K, Henry IV., IL iy. 29.
%%According to Wedgwood, score was originally a notch, then from the custom of Keeping count by cutting notches
on a stick, account, reckoning,
number, the specific number of twenty as being the number of notches it was conyenient to make
on a single stick; when that number
was complete the piece on which they were made was cut off [Fr. tailUe^ and called a
tally. %%* Jack Cade. And whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, tiiou
hast caused printing to be used.'— 2
K. Henry VL, IV. v. 38. %%A.S. sceran, to uiear ; to cut ; pp. gescoren,
shorn. %%ALHALOVTID fu'lal-untidl, sb.y obs. the time of the ' Festiyal
of All-Saints,' AU-nallows. — WoRTHUf.
%%' Men shidle fynde but fewe roo-bukkys whan that they be passed two 3eer that thei ne haye mewed hure
heedys by alhalwentyd.* — MS. Bodl.
546, in Hal. %%' Set trees at alhallontide and command them to prosper ; set
them after Candlemas and entreat them
to grow.' — Ra.y's Proverbs, p. 40. %%ALL-ALOVO [aul-u'lung**], phr. from the
first.— Ludlow. *'E's bin comin' dU
aiung.* %%ALL-AIMBQ-GSfprep. owing to ; in consequence of. Com. ' James France ticed the poor chap ; it wuz all
alung on 'im as 'e wuz i' the PubUc.'
%%' Bot if it is along on me Of ^t je
ynauanced be. Or elles it be long on
joy. The sojye schal be proued
noy.* John GtowER (a.d. 1393),
Con/essio Amantis, Bk. V. Specim.
Early Eng,, xx. L 55. %%A.S. gekmg, along of, owing to. Of. Along of. %%ALL
AS IS IS THIS, pJir. it comes to this. — Clun; Here/d. Border. * Now Tum, all as is is this ; if
yo' dunna stop a- wham an' be tidy I
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8 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%ALL AS OITE, phr, all the
same. Com. * It's all as one to me/
ALL-A-TOCK, phr. all awry. — Wellington. %%ALLELUIA [aliloo'^yu*], sb.
Genista tinctoria, dyer's green-wood —
PuLYEBBATOH. See Cuckoo*B meat. %%ALL OF A POP, phr, swampy. 'That theer end
o' the yord's all of a pop wuth las'
neef s rain.' — ^Wbm. %%ALL OF A QITOB, phr. this expression, often used when
speaking of \ %%bogey land, is sometimes also employed to denote that
peculiar condition in ue body of a
calf or sheep which has been struck, i.e. died of a kind of apoplectic fit, where the extrayasated
blood can be felt under the skin by
pressure of the hand on the parts affected. See Uuob. %%ALL OVE, phr. same as
All as one. Com. The phrase ' it is all
one to me ' is seen in its earliest shape, aZ rne is an, in the Legend
of St, Margaret (A.D. 1200, circa), p.
6, E. E. T. S. : Sources of Standard
English, p. 116. %%ALL OH EVD, phr, in confusion; disorder. — Ludlow.
'Them things bin all on end agen, I
see.' %%ALONG [ulung-], ado, to send anything ' along ' is to send it
home, or to some place named. — CHUBcn
Stretton. Qy. com. ' Shall I send the
mutton alung now, ma*am ? ' %%ALONG OF, same as All along on. Com. %%' Her,
You, mistress, all this coil is long of you.' %%Mid. Night's Dream, HI. ii.
339. %%AKAISTER [u'mais'tur'], v. a,, ohsoh, to teach. — Clun, Herefd, Border, An old man near Leintwaidine,
speaking; of his schoolmaster, said, '
'E used to amaister me, Sir.' The term is now [1876] rarely heard. %%'For he may mode amaistrye . . .
.' %%Piers PL, Text B. 11, 1. 147.
< . . . . oesse shal we neuere
Til mede be l^i wedded wyf * j^orw wittis of ys alle. For we haue Mede amaistried ' with owre mery
speche.' %%Idem, L 152. %%AMEH-CLE&E, sh., ohs. a parish clerk. Pegge,
under 'clerk,' Anecdotes of the
English Language, p. 318, says, * Called amen^lerk in some places, and in Essex church-clerk,* It
may be inferred that the term '
amen-derk' was used in one place, at any rate in Shropshire, firom the following entry in the Parish
Begister of Hopton Castle : — * Anno
Domi, 1636. %%' Bichardus Beb Amendericus sepultus ma^ prime* %%AMPLE
[am*pl], ac(j., pec, complete, perfect. — Wem. ' It wuz all in ample order agen ihey oomen back.' Cf.
Imple. %%AMPOT [am'pu't], ab, a hamper. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; WoRTHEN ; Ellesmerb. Qy. com. * Poor Dick
$5d think it a poor CSms'mas if 'e
didna '^ve is ampot; 1 al'ays start it toert New y's tit' = towards New-year's-tide. %%AH'
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. . . . gode lawes. He dede-maken, an
ful wel bolden.' — Havelok the Dane, 1. 29. %%AHCIEHT [ain'shont], adj.
precocious, wise-like ; said of cbildren.
Com. ' Patty wuz a mighty nice little wench, 'er went about
things 80 stiddy an' ancient,' Of such
children it is frequently observed that
they are ' too ancient to Hve.' %%AHCLES [angk'lurn, sb. an ancle.
Com. ' The Maister's bin laid up above
a wik 66th a kench in 'is ancler, an they sen as it 11 be a wik or nine days lunger afore 'ell be about
agen. ' Taltia andeow ' occurs in^
Archbp. ^l/ric^s Vocabulary, x cent., and Mr. Wright says that ' theVord andeow continued in use in
the English language till the
fifteenth century/ See Wr. Yocabs., vol. i. p. 44. Ancler is
probably a corruption of this old
form. A.S. ande, andeo, an ande. %%AHDIB0V8 \w[i'65!\xnz\,sb,pl,^oh8ol8.
ornamental iron 'uprights' placed at
each end of the open hearth in old hotises, serving as rests for the two iron bcurs, which meeting at an obtuse
angle in the centre of the hearth,
support the logs of the wood fire. — Clux. Andirons, or, as they are quite as often called, andoga, may
still [1875] be seen in use, though
there are but few examples of them remaining. %%* 1447, item a pare of
andirons,' — Parish Accounts of Ludlow. * One
paire of landirons headed with brass.' — Inventory , , , Owlbury Manor House, Bishop's Castle, 1625. %%* . .
. . her andirons — I had forgot them —
were two winking Cupids Of silver,
each on one foot standing, nicely
Depending on their brands.' — Cymbeline, U. iv. 88. %%O.Fr. landier.
Landiron shews the Fr. article prefixed. In the Fr. landier y the I also stands for U, Cf.
Gobbits. %%AHBOOS [andok's], sh, pi,, ohaoh, same as Andirons. — Clun.
For some interesting remarks on
andirons and andogs, see Hal. %%AiVEEHD [u'neen'd], same as Anind.— Kewpobt.
%%AHEW [u'noo*], same as Anew. — Pulvbrbatch. Qy. com. %%' On kneis he
fSeiucht, felle Inglismen he slew ;
Till hym thar socht may fechtaris than anew,' %%H^NBT THE Md^stbel
(a.d. 1461, circa), Wallace, BL L
Specim, Eng, Lit,, vi. 1. 324. %%AVIOH [u'nei-], adv, near. — Newport
; Wem. ' The doctor never come anighj
_ %%AVUfil [u'nind-], adv, on end ; upright. — Pulvbrbatch. * The mar aiveil [heaved] 'er two for' fit i' the
ar an' stud anind bout uprit, — 'er
wuz that frangy.' %%AHOTHES OTIESS SOET [u'nudhnr'gis-sor't], phr, a
different sort ; generally taken in t&e
sense of ' better.' — Pulyerbatch. * Ah I the
poor oud Missis wuz another gis-sort o' body to 'er daughter-law,
'er'd al'ays summat to 'elp out a poor
feimily, but this 'as nuthin to spar
throm 'er finery.' "Wright says in his Frov, Diet. < another
guess' was a word in common use m the
latter half of the seventeenth century. %%' H*as been a student in the Temple
this three years, anc^her ghess fellow
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plural form of * enough.' — Shrewsbubt ;
PuLVEEBATCH. * Han yo* done anow o' tatoes? Yo' knoVn as • theer's the jiner an' 'is lad for dinner.'
%%' He kest the bor doun hawes anowe.
And com himself doun bi a bowe.' %%Sevyn Sages, 921, in Hak %%*
Servile letters anow.* %%Milton, a.d. 1644. Areopagitica, p. 40. %%A.S.
genoh, sufficient. According to Mr. Oliphant, gendh gave plaoe to innoh about A.D. 1120. Forty years
later, about IIGQ, the com- bination '
oh ' began to change to that of * ou/ and innoh became inou. See Sources of Standard English^ pp.
71 , 80. Cf. Anew. %%AHTT-TUMP [an-ti'tump-'], sb. an ant-lulL— Cleb Hills. *
'E raved an' tore like a biill at a
anty^tumpJ %%AHTJV8T, ANXTHOST [u'nun-st]. Com. [u'nungst], Oswestry. prqs. opposite to ; against. Generally used
in combination with the word * right.'
* If yo'n follow the rack alung that green leazow, yo'n see a stile right aiiunst yo', an' theer's
a fi!^t-road taks yo' straight to
'abberley,' %%' And right anenst him a dog snarling-er.' %%Ben Jonson
(A.D. 1610), Alchymut, Act U. %%Anunst seems to be merely a variety of
anensty which, though recorded by Ash
as * obsolete,' still obtains in several dialects. A.S. anemn = anefen, which see in Stbat. Cf. Bight
forenungst. %%AJVYLLE [anveil], sb., var. pr, an anvil. — Church Stretton.
A.S. anfili, an anvil. %%APPABJI
[ap'ur'n], sb. an apron. Com. 'Poor owd Anna wuz a tidy 66man, yo' never sid'n 'er 66th a
dirty cap or appam.* %%*. . . . And therewith to wepe She made, and with her napron feir and
wnite ywash She wyped soft her eyen
for teris that she outlash.' %%Chauceb, Beryn, Frol. 31, in Wedg. %%O.Fr.
naperon, grande nappe. — Roquefort. O.Fr. nape, nappe ; de mappa, avec changement de m en n, — BuB.
Mappula, bearm-da^ vel rsegl. Archhp.
^Ifri^s VocahvXary, x cent, in Wr. Yocabs., vol. L p. 26. %%Barmeclothe or naprun, Limas. The
Medulla explains Hmas to be 'vesHs que
protenditur ab umbilico usque ad pedes, qua uiuntur eervi cod et femine. Anglice, barm cloth,' — Prompt.
Parv. and Notes, %%APPABnTLE [apnir'ntl], sb., obs.% an apron-fuL —
Pulverbatch. %%'Weer'n'ee bin laisin*, Peggy? Yo'n got a good bum.' *r
the • paas'ns piece ; theer wuz pretty
pickin', I've got whad yo' sin, an' a %%good appamiie o' short ears, as
Jack's took wham.' Of. Hantle. %%APPLE-FOOT [ap-l-fut'l, sb. an apple pasty
or * turn-over.' — ^Pulvbr- batch ;
Wem. The plural form of the term is * applefit,' but it is a stroke of rustic wit to call them '
crab-toes,' more especially when sugar
has been sparingly used, and the apples in them are sour. They are often given to * the men' for
their * bait.' * Now, Dick, bin yo'
gwein to get any bayye P ' ' W a'n 'ee got ? ' * Ap]^^ ftUJ ' I %% |
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%%think if^s 'bout time to laye off them crah-toes, now theer's a war {hear} frost o' the groim'.' %%APBICOCK
[ai'pr^rkok*], sh,^ obsJ an apricot. — Pulvbrbatoh. %%' Feed him with
apricocka and dewberries.* %%Mids, Nights Dream, HI. i. 169. %%*Anricot,*
says Mr. Wedgwood, was *fonneriy apricock, agreeing witn Lat. prwooqua orprcecocia. They were
considered by the Romans a kind of
p^h, and were supposed to take their name from their ripening earlier than the ordinary peach.'
%%AB [aaV], (1) sb, air. Com, * 'Ow bin *ee, ma'am 1 ' said old A %%*
JBetter, thaoik you, since I came into this sweet Shropshire air.' * Pm mighty g^lad to 'ear yo' say so, ma'am,
it's right good owd fii^hioned ar,
this is.' John Speed (a.d. 1676), in hi^ Shropshyre Described^ says, 'Wholsom is the air, delectable and
good, yeilding the spring and the
autumn, seed-time and harvest, in a temperate condition, and affordeth health to the inhabitants in
all seasons of the year.' — TTucUre of
the Empire of Great Britain, Bk. I. ch. xxxyii. p. 71. %%(2) $h. a hare. Com.
C£ Tare (1). ABOTIE [aai^'geu], sb.
same as 'argy' (2). — Wem. %%ABOITFT [aar'geufe'], v. n, to aigue. Com. ^It's
no use yo' to argufy, for yo'n never
mak me believe to the contrairy.' %%ASOT [aaVgi'], (1) r. w. to argue; to
discuss persistently. Com. ' It dunna
si'mfy talkin' ; I 'ate to 'ear folks argy throm momin' till night about nuthin'.' %%(2) Bh» an ai^ument
; a contentious discussion pertinaciously carried on. Com. * We 'ad'n a fine argy 'bout it,
*im an' me.' %%(3) [aaT'*gi'], «&. an embankment made to protect
low-lying meadows on Severn side from
the river floods. — Shrewsbuby. Mr,
Hartahome says, 'an embankment between Melverley and Llany- mynech,' made to resist the overflowings of
the Severn, was known as 'uie argy.* —
Salopia Antigua, p. 306. A place near Einnerdey — a raised buik with a plantation of poplars
and other trees — ^having a small
brook — the * strine ' on one side, and a ditch on the other — ^is called by the people of that neighbourhood
' the argy.* W. argae, a stoppage; a
dam. %%ASLT [aa'i'li'], adv, early. — Shrewsbury; Wbm. Qy. com. %%' Quhen
that the bijcht and fresch illumynare
IJpiisith arly in his fyre chare.' %%Lancelot of the Laik, ProL, L 4.
%%A.8. JkrUc, early. Cf. Yarly. %%ABU [aaVnl, v. a. to earn. — Shrewsbury;
Wbm. Qy. com. ' Whad bin'ee oomen wham
so arly fur ? Yo' hanna amed yore
money Pm sartin.' %%* Fore he wyll drynke more on a dey Than thou cane lyghtly ame in twey.' %%MS.
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as Earnest, q. v. Wek. * Ameste or
hanselle or emest, Strena; Prompt Farv. W. ernes. Cf. Haiuiel. %%ABSIN
S [aa-r'ninz], sb. pi. earnings. Com. %%ABPIT [aaVpit], adj., ohsols. quick ;
ready ; precocious. — Pulvbb- BATGH ;
Craven Arms ; Chuech Stretton ; Clee Hills. * 'Er wuz sich a mighty arpit little wencli, I never
thought 'er'd live; it's sildom as
they dun, w'en a bin so cute.* Arpit = M.E. orped, Orpudy Audax ; Prompt Parv. Cf. Ancient. %%AARAND
jar^'und], sh, a message ; a commission ; an errand. Com. * W'eer's Bill ? * * Gwun a narrand for 'is
Gran' mother.* %%' One of the four and twenty qualities of a knaye is to stay
long at his arrand,* — HowdVs English
Proverbs, p. 2, ed. 1660, in Hal. A.8-
ikrendey a message; commission. See N in Grammar Outlines {con9on4inU), %%ABBABTS [ar'-unts], (1) ab.
plural form of *arrand' with per-
mutation of (2 to f. Com. ' I like little Sally, 'ei^s so nimble on
'er arrants — dunna let the grass grow
under 'er fit.' %%(2) sb, pi, the miscellaneous contents of a market-basket
after beinj^ at 'tiie shops.' Com.
^Pve a good tuthree arrants to tak' wham i'
that basket as I've soud the fowl out on.' %%*ABEAWIO [aar'Ti'wi'g],
ab. an earwig. — Clun, Herefd. border. 'I
conna bar them nasty arram</fl.' ArwygyU, worme. AurealU. This insect is called in Norfolk erriwig^le. —
Forby. In the Suffolk dialect
arriwiggle. — Moore. A.S. e&rwigga, vermis auricvdaris,—
Prompt Parv. and Notes. CI Brriwig.
%%ABKIMAN faar'-i'mun], sb. Triton credatiis. Crested Newt. — Colliery. The primeval drink of immortality
is called * soma ' by the Hindus, and
^ haoma ' by the Zend brancn of the Aryans. The names are identical, but the plants which
produce the juices so called are
different ; the haoma plant grows like the vine, but its leaves are like those of the jessamine * the Indian
soma is now extracted from the
Asd^pias Adda. The Iranians, or West Aryans, describe two kinds of haoma, the white and the yellow.
The latter grows on mountains, and was
known to Plutarch. The Parsees of India send
one of their priests from time to time to Kirm&n to procure
supplies of the plant for sacred uses.
The white haoma is a fabulous plant
which grows in heaven, in the Youru Kasha lake, in which lake ten fish keep incessant watch upon a lizard,
sent by the evil power, Agramamyus
(Ahriman), for the destruction of the haoma. This hostile lizard is the serpent or dragon of
India. — Kelly's Indo^ European
Tradition and Folk-lore, pp. 137-8. %%ABBIVAITCE [u'r'ei-vuns], sb., obs.'i
arrival of company. — ^Ptjlvk»- BATOH.
* I spec' they'n be wantin* yo', Betty, to 'elp 'em a bit at the owd Maister's, I sid an arrivance theer as
I wuz gweJin to 'unt some baim.' %%*
For every minute is expectancy Of more
arrivance.* — Othdlo, iL i. 42. %%AE-SEOBH-LIP [aa-r'shaur'n lip*'], sb. a
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%%AS-SHOTTEH-UP [aaVBhot'ii'lip*'], the same. — ^Pulybrbatch ;. Clun. See £k. IL, PoMorey &c., '
Superstitions concerning Animals.' %%ABTI8HK0W [aaVti'shi^oa-'], sh. Cornra
vulgaris^ the shiew-mouse. —
^Bridgnobth. Of. Nussrow. See Bk. XL, Folklore, &o., 'Super- stitions concerning Animals;' %%AS [u'z],
(1) rd. pron. who, which, that. Com. 'I'm sartin it wuz *im (u I sid comin' out o' the **
George." ' %%(2) pr^, on, upon. Com* ' 'E toud me they wun gweKn theer
as nex' Siaturday, ready for the
Wakes.' %%(3) conj\ that Com. ' They sen as the crannaberries bin
despert ficase this time.' Used also
in combination with how, ' 1 'card the
Maister tellin' the Missis cu *ow 'e wuz gwein to Stretton far i' the
%%%%momin'.' %%%%(4) V. a. has. Com. ' I sid Jack ^em tdert the tatoe-slang ;
cu a t65k the shareyil 66th 'im dun
'ee think P ' ^« in this case is merely
an instance of the general usage in Shropshire of ' dropping the
H,' but is noteworthy as being the
form used by Shropsnire's poet — the
blind monk of Haughmond — in the fifteenth century : %%* That hol^ cherche cm
bound me to, Grawnt me grace that fore
to do.' %%John Audelay's Poems, p. 67. %%A80AL [az'gnl], same as Askal, q. v.
Much Wenlock. %%A8HEH-PLAHT [ash-u'n plant*'], sb, an ash sapling cut to
serve as a light walking-stick or *
cane.' — Pxtlverbatch. * Whad a despert
BTode lad that Tum Rowley is, 'e wants a good ctshen-plant about
'is 'ide offcener than 'is
i>orritch.' %%' His ashen spear that quivered as it flew.' — Dbyden.
%%ASIDE [u'seid-], adv, beside. Com. ' Mighty bad ! mighty bad^ poor young 66man, 'er's got the pipus
[typhus] faiver — ^the fluency
rinflaenza] an' 'afe a dozen plfunts aMde* So said Sally * Eaizwil
' \KeaTsweU] of Longden, 1860 circa,
%%AlSIDEV [u'sei'dn], adv, on one side. Com. ' Yo' hanna ptit yoie. ahawl on straight, the cornels bin all
asiden,^ %%' All asiding as hogs fighting.' — Bay's Proverbs, p. 51. %%ASKAL
[as'kull, sh, Lqphinus pimctatua, the smooth newt. — Shbewsbttby ; FuLYEBBATcn. ' I carried up a
barrel, ma'am, out o' the cellar into
the foud, an' as I turned it the one end uwermost theer wuz a askai, an' I wuz that
frittened, but I 'adna squedge it,
ma'am, so it 'adna 'urt me, an' that made me think as askals wu2 more innioenter than I 'ad s'posed.' So
said Betty Andrews of Cruck Meole
(June, 1872). See below, Aaker. %%[aa'kui^], same as Askal. — Newport ; Weh ;
Ellebmbre. %%' Snakes and nederes thar he fand And gret blac tades gangand, And arskes, and other wormesfella That I can noht on Inglis telle.'
%%Homilies in Verse (A.D. 1330, circa),
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eb. attack, assault Com. 'They 'n 'ad 'im
up for OLMaut^ %%* Many a cumly Knight * & o|^r kid people On euery side was sett * asaute too make.'
%%K. Aliaaunder, L 263. %%(2) V, a, to attack, assault. Com. * 'E oMatUed me
as I was comin* throm the com fild.'
%%' . . . and also bewar of spendyng of yowr stuffe of qwarellyB, powdr, and stone, so that if they asaaut
yow er we come, that ye have stuff e
to dy£fende yow of over.' — Paston Letters, A.D, 1469, voL ii. p. 381.
%%O.Fr. assaillir attaquer; d*oi^ assaille, attaque, aasaut, propr. ad-' $alttu, — ^BuiL %%AST [a8*t], pret, and
part, past, asked. — Pulvbrbatch; Clun,
Here/d, Border. < Is the Maister gwein to the far ? ' * I hanna cut
'im.' %%* He sent for me and ast me how I fared. ... a toke me to him and cut how my suster dede, and I answeryd
wyll, never better.' — Fcuton Letters^
A.D. 1454, vol. L p. 302. %%Cf. A (1) with a toke. %%ASTOW [as^tou], hast
thou. — Ludlow. %%' sadde sowes for mi sake * suffred cuitow manye.'
%%William of Podeme, L 4724. %%Cf * ** Camtow semen," he seide • . .'
%%Piers PL, Text C. pass. vi. L 12. %%AT [at'], prep. to. Com. * Yo' needna
be afeard, I amma gwein to do nuthm at
yo\' %%* Here's at ye, what I drink won't feit ye.* %%Davy's MS. in We. A.S. cef, at, to. %%AT-APTES [u't af
-tur*], adv. and prep, after. — Pulvbrbatch.
' Whad time did John come in las' night ? ' * A good wilde
at-^Lfter yo'd'n gwun to bed.' %%* At
after souper goth this noble king To
seen this hors of bras, . . .' %%Chaucer, C. T., 1. 10616. %%ATSATS, ATHATHS
[u'dhatn], Pulvbrbatch; Ludlow; Wbh.
Qy. com. [u'dhat-nz], Shrewsbury ; Newport, adv. C£ Thatn.
%%%%[u'dhin*], prep, and adv. within. — Ellesmere. Qy. com. %%ATHISH, ATHISNS
[u'dhis-n], Pulvbrbatch ; Ludlow. Qy. com.
[u'dhis*nz], Shrewsbury ; Newport, adv. * Yo' bin despert oukit
o'er that bit o' knittin, — oanna yo'
put the nild [needle] through the stitch
athisn an' nod be'Ind it athatn ? That's 'ow vo' droppen the stitdhes offthenilds.' Cf. Thisn. %%ATHOTTT
[u'dhout-], prep, without. — Shrewsbury; Pulvbrbatch. Qy. com. %%ATHWAET [u'thur't], Corve Dale.
[u*thwur't], Much Wbnlook. %%A-TOP [u'top*], 2wep. on the top; upon. Com. Tve
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%%that cork-screw up an' down, an' fond it a-top o' the cubbert eihilf after alL' Of. %%' One heaved a-high, to be
hnrl'd down below.* %%K. Richard III., IV. iv. 86. • See A (3). %%ATTEB [atiii'], prep, after. —
Clun; Clbb Hills; Wkllinoton; Newport.
%%ATWEES [u'tween*], pr^, between. — Pitlverbatch ; Ludlow. %%' AUween two
theevys nayled to a tre.* %%Lydgaie^s Minor Poems, p. 263, in Hal. %%AIWIXT
[u'twik'st], prep, betwixt, between. — Ludlow. 'The poor chap got jammed atwioct the waggons ;
I doubt it 'U be a bad job for 'im.
%%' . . . seyng that such money as is spent a twix yowe is but wast- fully expendid and to non use yertuouse.' —
Paston Letters, a.d. 1460 ? voL i. p.
520. %%Cf. Twix. %%A-TWO [u'too'J, adv. in two; asunder. — Newport; Wem.
'The- jug fell a tt&o jest as I
wuz *angin' it up.' %%' Do a-wei l^i Maumetes ' )>ei han trayed f>e
ofbe ; Let broken hem a-two * an bren
hem al to ponder.' %%Joseph of Arimathie, 1. 103. %%A. S. on, in ; and twa,
two. Of. A (3). %%AVP [auf '], sb. a simpleton ; a blockhead. Com. ' 'E took
me for a nauf, but 'e fund 'is match.'
See N, in Grammar Outlines {con'^
mmants). Ct Oaf in Wedg. %%AVKEST, ATTBIT. See Awkward. %%AVLB
[auld*], adj. old, used not in the sense of aged, but as a fiimiliar school-boy epithet, or as a term
of reproach. — ^Ludlow. ' 'E's a
reglar atUd bad un.' 0. Northumbrian, aid, old. %%AUHTT [auntiT, (1) adj.
quick, ready, bold, venturesome. —
Shrewsbury, uffington. * 'E's a aurUy little chap is our Turn, theer inna much as 'e 66nna-d-'&ye a try mr.'
Aunty is connected with- O.E. aunters,
adyentures ; deeds of daring calling for high spirit and ready courage. %%' Now fares Philip (^e
free * too fonden his myght. And
attles to |« AjBsyriens * aunteres too seecne.' %%K. AJisaunder, 1. 109.
%%Ash has auntrith, yentureth, an 'obsolete' word. O.Fr. aventure terme de cheyalerie, pour d^gner des
combats ; des p^rHs extra- ordinairea.
— ^Bur. %%(2) adj. frisky, mettlesome ; said of horses. — ^Newport. %%AUHTT-PEATTirrT
[aun-ti' pi'aun-til, adj. high-spirited, proud.— Ellbsmerb. ' 'E's a aunty-praunty fellow,
is youns John, 'E 55nna bar to be pfit
upon.' Tms is one of those reduplicated words so often em^oyed in the rustic speech as a
more emphatic form of ezpreesion. The
real signification, it will be seen, lies in the first half of the term, which seems to be a secondary
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Obs, q. v. — ^Clun ; Much • Wbnlook ;
Newpobt. %%ATTTES. See Halter. %%AWE [auy], sh, the handle of an axe,
mattock, or pick. Com. ' Dick ddn yo'
len' me yore axe ? ' 'I canna, lad ; it*s at the wilrif 8 for a new auve.^ This term is a corrupted
form of ' helye.' A.S. hd/y helve;
handle. %%AYEH [arvn], Pulvbrbatch; CorveDalb; Clbb Hills; CoLLiEBr. [ay'h'n], Ellesmere, eh, prognostic ;
latent promise ; that which contains
in itself the element of some special excellence or usefulneBS. A thriying colt would be a good auen of a
horse ; a stick growing naturally in
the form of a scythe handle a mighty good aven of a sned. ' lother day as I wuz gwein through
Brown's Coppy, I sid a famous aven of
a sned ; if I'd 'ad my brummock d6th me, Ab:. Jackson 65d a bin one o' 'is yoimg ash less.' *
Yo'd'n better pray sis 'e dmma ketch
yo'.' Of. Even. %%AVEHLESS [ai'ynli's], adj, shiftless ; without any faculty
for con- triyin^. — ^Pi&iVERBATCH
; Oswestry. *'Er's a poor avenleu wench
*er is/ Of. Evenlesa. %%AW [au*], ah, ear of oats. — Pulverbatch ;
Clbb Hills. * Eels are in season when
oats are in aw J* Proverbial saying heard about Aston BotterelL Of. aristay spica^ an awne of
come, an ere, or a glene, in Prompt,
Parv,, p. 18. %%AWAT TO-GO, phr. away with you; away he went. — Wobthbn. ' Tak' this an' away to-go,* A young
kitchen-maid, describing the
depredations of a man-servant on the pastry shelf, said, ' It wuz
Lucas, ma'am, 'e comen in out o' the
'all an' took some o' the fancy pies an
away to-go.* In M.E. to-go = he went ; Barbour [1375] uses to^ga
= dispersed, as a past tense.
%%AWED-OTTT, phr. in full ear. — Pulverbatch. 'The 88ata i' the uyyer fild bin awed out, I see.' From Aw,
q. y. %%A-WHAM [u'wu'm], adv. at home. — Pulverbatch ; Ludlow. Qy. com. in S. Sh. * E wunna-d-a-ti; Aam w'en
the men gotten theer.' A.S. est, at,
and Tidm, home. See A (3). %%AWILDE [u'weil'd], (1) adv. whilst. —
Shrewsbury; Pulver- batch; Ellesmere.
*Now then, be sharp an wesh them tuthree
tl^gs awilde I get the batch i' the oven.' %%(2) V, n. to have time;
to wait.— Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch;
Worthbn; Ellesmere. Qy. com. *Can yo' awilde to draw the drink ? The men bin gwein to the fild.'
This term is more often used
negatively. ' I canna-d-at(n7(/e.' A wile also obtains, as a refined form. * 1 can't awile,' — ihid, ; CoRVE
Dale. %%AWKWARD [au-ki't], Much Wenlock. [auk-ur't], Com. [ou-ki't], Pulverbatch; Church Stretton; Clun, adj,
often used in the sense of the French
difficile as applied to persons, * oukit fUks.' %%AJ^ AXE [ak's], v, a, to
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%%* For I wol axe if it hir wiUe be To
be my wyf, and reule hir after ma' %%Chavceb, E. 326 (Six-text ed.) ; Skeat.
%%AXDfS [ak'siiiz], sb. pi. the banns of marriage. Com. ^ Did'n jo* 'ear as Tmn lyans an' Patty Bowen, 'er as
comes throm the tother side Sosebry,
'ad'n thar axins put up i' Church o' Whi'sun Sunday ? ' To be axed up, is to have the concluding banns
of marriage published. ' Ye send me
woord of the maryage of my Lady Jane ; one maryage for an other on, Norse and Bedford were
axed in the chyrche on Sonday last
past. '--Pa«<on Letters, ▲.D. 1472, yoL iii.
p. 46. %%BACHELORS' BUTTOV [bach-i'lur'z but'n], sh. BeUis perennis, the ' Double Daisy ' of the guxlen. Com. When
flowrets duster round the parent
blossom, the name BachdovB* "button gives place to that of Hen-<md'ch%chen»» %%BACK-AI8TEB
[bak-ais-'tu^], eh. the back of the grate immediately behind the fire. — ^Newpobt, Shiffndl. '
Yo'n got a face as black as the
back-aister.^ C£ Aister. %%BACKEH [bak*n], v, a. to put back ; to retard.
Com. ' Missis, we mun ba<£fn dinner
; the Maister's sen' word now jest as 'e 56nna be in at the time.' %%BACK-EirD [bak-end-'], ah,
the latter end of the year. Com. * We
sha'n 'aye tmie to do all them little jobs to'erts the hack-end.'
%%BACKERTES [bak'ur'tur'], adv. further back. Com. ' Shift that lung table hacKerteTf nigher the waU's Veer
I want it' %%BACEEETS [bak'ur'ts], adv. backwards. Com. %%BACEERTS ROAD OH,
phr. wrong way before.— Newport. %%BACK-FBXEED [bak-fr'end], sh. a hang-naiL
Com. %%BACKSIDE [bakseid'], sh. the yard in the rear of a house. Com. *The lan'lord toud me as I should '^ye some
'en-pens piit at the backside; but I
doubt 'is promises bin like pie-crusses, made to be broken.' %%'Bobert Hayward sett Balderton
Hall and all his lands in Balderton,
except his antient house and the backside, to one Handle Cooke a Cheshireman.' — Gottgh's History of
MyddU, p. 185. %%BACKSITORE [bak-si'foa-'ur'], adv. wrong side before. —
Newport. %%BAD [bad'], adj. ilL Com. ' Mother^s hady 'er canna spar me
to g&6 to school.' %%BADE
[baid"], v. a. to bathe. — ^Wellington ; Wbm. Der. * bading.* %%BADOE
[baj*], (1) v. a., ohsols. to cut wheat with a broad hook called a badging-hook. — ^Newport. The same word
as Bag, q. y. Cf. Swive and Sfwiven. %%(2)
V. n., {jhsds. to buy up, as of feum orgarden produce, for the pmpoee of selling again. — ^PuLyERBATCH ;
yf^. %%' Kalph, the eldest son of Thomas Guest, was a sober, peaceable man ; his imployment was buying come in one
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which is called hadgeing.^ — Gough's History of Myddle, p. 115. %%BADOEB [baj'UT^], »h,y
ohsols. a huckster ; a middle-man, between the wholesale selling farmer and the
town-retailer of farm produce. —
Shbewsbxtry; Pulveebatoh; Bbidokobth; Clun. 'A despert poor markit to-day, the badgers wun very
shy o' bu3rin' an' the townsfolks
'&d'n it all their own way; the outter went as low as a shillin', i* the onder.' %%'27. Item, hit
hath be ysid, the Maire of Bristow anon after
mighelmas, to do oalle byfore hym in the yelde hall, or counseill hous, all tiie Bakers of Bristowe, there to
yndirstand whate stuff they haue of
whete. And after, whate sise they shall bake, and to assist and oounseil theym in theire
byeng and barganyng with the Bager$f
such as bryngeth whete to towne, as wele in &owys, as other- wyse, by lande and by watir, in kepyng
downe of the market* — Ordinance of
the Office of Mayor of Bristol, temp, JEdw. IV., A.I>. 1479, English Gilds, E. E. T. S. %%' Cheer
up your drooping spirits. And cease
now complaming, Although you've
suner'd hard, Still fr^h hopes there's
remaining. You see the com is
falling. In every market town,
sir, *In spite of roguish badgers The price it must come down, sir. Then thankful be to Providence, Who heard our wretched cry. And send us glorious crops of grain. Our wants for to saj^^lj.— Old Shropshire
Song. %%(2) V. a, to teasse ; to banter.--Lm)LOW. Qy. com. * 'E's al'ays badgering some one ; never 'eed im*.'
%%BADGING-HOOK. See Badge (1). %%BADDf [bai-din], part. prea. bathing. —
^Wellington ; Wem. See Bade. %%BADLY
[bad-li*], adj. sickly ; ailing. — Newport. This term is not nearly so strong as bad, in the sense of '
ill.' %%BAG [bag'], V. a. to reap peas with an implement which, when apphed to thispurpose, is called a T CobyeDalb: Wellington. See Bill. %%%%apphed
Jfco thispurpose, is c«Jled_ a baggin^-bUL — ^Pvlyebbatch ; ; Well] %%%%BAOGDf [b8g*in], sh.y 8l.% the
farm-labourers' luncheon. An im- %%E>rted term which begins to supersede
the old word 'bait,' q.v. — UDLOW.
%%BAGGIN-BIIiL. See Bag, also Badge. %%BAIGLE [baig'l], eh. an opprobrious
epithet applied to a depraved woman. —
Pulveebatoh; Wem. "fir's a nasty baigle^ that's whad 'eris,* %%' Sir To, She's a beagUy
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%%BAISmrS. See Beettiiigs. %%BAIT [bait], Shrewsbury ; Wem ; Whitchurch,
[baayt*], Pulver- BATCH ; WoBTHEN ;
Lttdlow. [boit'], Oswestry, ah, the farm-
labourers' luncheon. The bayte time is 10 o'clock, A.M., in
ordinary seasons, but in harreet-time
there is dnder's Ixtj/tf, from 4 to 5 o'clock, P.3C. * Bin yo' aumust ready for yore
onder^s hiyte / * * Aye, as soon as
Fye put on this jag o' rakin's ; it o6nna 'ardly cover the ripples.' %%Among
the accounts of the bailiffs of Shrewsbury is a paper endorsed, • The bjU of expens don at the assyssys at
Ludlow, St. Jamys Yven, a*, h. viij.
xix. (24 July, 1527). Here followeth the costs don then betweyn the town and Mr. Veman.* Among
other items is : — * Paid at Lebothod
(Le Botwood) for Mr. Bayleys haytyng^ lid.' — ^OwEN and Blakewat's HUtory of Shrewsbury, voL i. p.
307. Chaucer uses the word hayte in
i^e sense of to feed. %%' On many a sory meel now may she hayte.* %%CHArcER,
B. 466 (Six-text ed.), Skeat. %%loel. beitttt to feed ; to make to bite.
%%BAIT BAG [baayt-bag-*], sh. the bag in which the farm-labourers carry their luncheon to £he field. —
Pulveebatch. * Axe the waggoner w'eer
'e pat 'is hayte-bag ; if 'e piit it i' the cofer for the mice to ate, like the last' 'Bag and bottle.'— i2o6»n
Hood, ii. 54, in Hal. See BoUle (1).
%%BAKB-HUS [baik-us], sh. a building detached from the other domestic offices, containing an OTen, and
used for baking purposes. The back
kitchen or ' brew-'us,' as it is generally called, has an oven; and usually serves as the bake- us. —
^Pttlverbatch. * Put them bags o' bran
an^urgeons i' the bake- us, an' lock it up; or else the ono 'afe 'U find its way into the stable.' See
Frompt Parr., p. 21. A.S. hcec-hug, a
bake-house. Of. Hua. %%BAXESTOHE [bak-stwu'n], ab., oltsoh, a circular plate
of iron about an inch thick, naving a
loop-handle for the purpose of drawing it out
of the iron fxume in which it is hung over the fire when wanted
to bake cakes on. Com. The bakestoncj
though still occasionally to be seen
in old houses, really belongs to an age that is jMist. ' Patch the hak^stwun an' I'll mak* tuthree barley
crumpits, for the Maister nor me canna
ate that bread. The loaf as Pve jest fatched out o' the buttery is like stir-puddin', — more fit to
be ete 6oth a sp6on than a knife.' '
Barley crumpets ' were extensively used in Shropshire as a substitute for bread m 1817, when, in
consequence of the unpre- cedented bad
harvest of the previous year, sound wheaten flour could not be obtained, and good bread was not to
be ' gotten for gold.' In the month of
October, 1816, deep snow lay on the harvest- fields, reaching to the band of the e^eaves ; much
of the grain remained out through
November, and was not 'gathered into &e bam ' until the frosts of December had dried it. Such is
the account given by one who was
herself an eye-witness of the snow-covered corn-fields. The same person saw a very different harvesting
just ten years afterwards [1826], when
wheat was carried on Mrs. Beynolds* fiarm at Longden on Jmy the eighth, and most of the farmers
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a hot haJee stone,^ %%Bay's Proverhs, p. 222. %%%%[brauld-], adj., j?ec.
unfledged. — Shrewsbury, Uffi^igion. Jack, I know to tluroBtle's nist d6th five
laid young nn's in it. I %%%%BALD %%*Jac %%fund it this momin' on the road to
school.* Cf. Fliggy. %%BALD-COOT [bauld-koot-*], sh. Fulica aira, the common
coot. — Bridonorth. line blarye,
glossed— a hcUled coUy occurs in The
Treatise of Walter de Bihlesworthy close of xiii. cent in Wr.
yocabs., VoL L p. 165. %%* As bald as
a coot^ — Bay's Froverhe, p. 220. %%BALD-BDI Fbiauiyi'b], sb. that part of
the rib of pork which lies nearer to
the neck than the spare-rib. — Shrewsbury, Uffington; Much Wbnlock. As the spare-rib is spare of
flesh, so the bald-rib is hare of
flesh. Gf. Spare-rib. %%BALE [bail'], v. a, to raise blisters in the flesh,
as by a sting, or the bite of an
insect.— Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch. * The flen han bin on this poor child, — jest look 'ow they'n
baled 'im on the back.' Cf. the
following : — %%' Hwone f>e bale is aire hecst ponne is ^e bote aire necst For wit west a mon^ his sore And for his sore hit is >e more.' %%Owl
and Nightingale^ L 687. %%A.S. balu; bealu. O. IceL 5oZ, bale; misery;
affliction, in Strat. %%BALEISB [balm's], r. a. to beat; to flog; to whip. —
Pulverbatch; Colliery. %%* • • * As I
a childe were And baleised . . .'
%%Piers PI, Text B., pass. v. 1. 175. %%\JL iS6ilUie. %%BALE [b:auk*], (1)
»b, a horizontal beam in the roof of a bam.
— Pulverbatch. * I eard a sqtiake o'er my yed w'en I wuz
throdiin,' said William Evans of
Castle Pulverbatch, * an' w'en I looked up I
sid a rot gwein' alung the baJk 66th a waizle oudin' on to the scuf t
on 'is neck ; they fellen off the
balk, the par on 'em, jest as they wun, on
to the bam flur, an' theer I killed 'em b66ath 55th my thrashal.' This curious incident occurred as
described. %%The ehimley balk is a great beam in front of an old-fashioned
fire- place, where the bacon is
sometimes hung to dry. Obsols. * That par o'
dbawls mim be shifted throm the ehimley balk, they bin gettin quite raisty.' %%' To dimben by the renges and
the stalkes Unto the tubbes honging in
the balkes* %%Chaucer, C. ST., I 3626. %%'BaJtkeia ahowse.' — Trabs, Prompt
Parv, Icel. bdlkr, a beam; a
partition. %%(2) sb., obsols, var, pr, a bulk or projection of
masonry, as the oven-- laik, ^ In this
case the mouth of the oven is inside the house, but the oven itself, being built outside, projects
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%%* lago. Here ; stand beliind tHs hulk* — OiheUo, Y. L Of. CoriolanuB, 11. i. 225. %%(3) »b, an
old hedge bank on wbicli the 'quick' is planted.— Newport. IceL bdlkr^ a partition. %%(4) A
space left unploughed between the farrows, the result of bad ploughing. Com. %%* Balke of a loude eryd.'
— Porca. * Crebro, A bcUke bitwvne two
forrowes.' — Porca, *Vorat furfur, aratnim vult yerteri. — Mkd. Habl. MS. 2257, — Prompt. Parv, and Notes,
%%A hoik in the field is a but that has been skipped in the sowing ; such a hoik is believed to portend calamity
to the owner of the fieU. ' I see
theer's a balk in a fila o' com down by Steppiton, I dunna know who it belungs to, but it's no good sign
anyways, theer'll be djeth i' the
'ouse afore 'arrodst.' Balkyn or ouerskyppyn, omitto. — Prompt Parv. %%(o) V.
a. to leave a space unploughed. Com. * Sich ploughin as this 56nna do for me, the one 'aie o' the
grounds balked,* %%* But so wel halt nd man ^ plogh, \fe.t he ne balke^ d|«r
wde.' %%Gotv, con/, am,, 1. 296, in Stilat. %%'Balkyn, or to make a balke in
a londe (in erynge of londe).' —
Forco,, C, F, in porca,. Prompt, Parv, %%(6) V, a. to hinder from
using ; to cause inconvenience. — Ellesmerb.
Qy. com. ' Pye cut the end of m^ finger aumust off.* ' Dear 'eart
! tliaf s a bad job ; bein* at the
end, it 'U balk you, wunna-d-it ?' %%BALLET [balu't], eb,, var, pr, a ballad.
Com. %%' But thee, Theocritus, wha matches ?
They're no herd's ballais, Maro's catches.' %%BoBBBT BuBNS, Poemi, p.
U4, 1. 20. %%' 'E toud 'er not to mak a ballet on it,' said of news not to be
spread* A ' *ole i* the ballet ' is
some part of a song or story forgotten. %%BALL-8T0HE, (1) sh, iron-stone
lying in baUs, found above the
'topcoaL'— Collieby; M..T. See Coal-Field. %%(2) eb, a kind of
limestone. — Much WENiiOCK. %%BALLT [bali'], (1) sb, the belly; the old
pronunciation. Com. %%' A great bolle-full of benen ' were betere in his
wombe, And wi> l^e randes of bakun
* his baly for to fillen.' %%P. PI Or,, L 763. A.S. bcelig, idem, properly a bag. %%(2)
eb, a litter of pigs. Com. 'I shall keep that sow on, 'er brought ten pigs the first bally an' twelve
the next, an' reared 'em aU.' Cfl
Farrow. %%(3) V, n. to grow abdominous. — ^Pttlvebbatch ; Ellesmebb. Qy. com. ' 'E use to be as thin as a red yerrin
; but fiedth, 'e bailies wdl aence 'e
went to the paas'ns.' %%BALLT-PBOTTD [bal-i'pr'oud], adj, dainty ; fastidious
in respect of food. ' 'E wuz welly
clemmed wen 'e come to me, an' now 'e's got
bally-proud,* See al>ove. %%BALLTS [bal-i's], sb. pi. blacksmith's
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Ellesxebe. The form hahftoi occurs in Timdale» p. 34, Hal. Cf. Blow-belljrs. See Bellya. %%BANDS
[baandz], sh, pi., var, pr. banns of marriage. — ^Golusrt. %%* A pit-girl who
presented herself with her "chap" to "put up the hands" confounded both parson and
clerk by givinff her name as
Loice-Showd, They could make nothing of it, and had to defer publishing the banns until the girl's
proper appellation could be
ascertained. It proved to be — upon making inquiries in an
adjoining parish — Alice Harwood ! '
This is by no means a solitary instance of
the ignorance of their rightful names which obtains amongst the
pit- folk and others of the peasant
class. See £k. EL, Folklore, &c, '
Nicknames ' and ' Simames.* %%BAHOEB [bang'ui^], (1) «&. a hard blow.
Com. ' I gid 'im sich a hanger as e
6dnna forget in a 'urry.' %%(2) «&. a three 'grained' pikel used for
'gathering scutch.' — Whitcitdiich.
%%BAHO-SWAITO [bang'swang**], adv, without thought ; headlong. — Clee Hills. %%BAlfK [bangk'l refined
pronunciation of 'bonk/ q. v. A.S. hancj
a bank ; a hillock. %%BANET-FIECES. See Bonky-pieoes. %%BAHNEAIHO
[bannir'in], ah. and part. adj. perambulating the parish boundaries. — Shrewsbuby. See £k.
II.,- FoUdore, Ac., %%* Customs connected with Days and Seasons'
{Holy-Thursday). %%BAKirUT [bann'ut], eh. Nuxjuglaits regica, a large kind of
walnut Com. Bdnne-note-tre occurs in a
Metrical Vocahulary (perhaps), xiT-
cent., and Mr. Wright remarks on it ' This is b y m uch the
earliest example of the word I have
met with.' See Wr. yocabs., toL L p.
181. %%BABTERfban-tur'], v. a., pec. to beat down, as in price. —
Shrews- bttry; Wem; Ellesmere. Qy.
com. 'Peggy,' said Richard Price of
Welshampton, * I've bin to the Baumur after that pig, but they wanten too much money for 'im. I sed to
'Liza Downes, I dunna want to hanter
yo down in price, if yo thinken yo can get more for 'im by tHkin' 'im to EUesmur far'; t&k
'im, I've toud yo whad I mane to
give.' Cf. Bate. %%BAB [baa'r], (1) ah. a bear. Com. 'I dunna Uke that
Australian bif, yo never knowen
w'ether it's lion or har yo bin atin.' So said John Cotton of Hanwood [1873]. A.S. heray a
bear. %%(2) V. a. to bear ; to tolerate. Com. * I canna har that, an'
whad's more, I 65nna ave it.' %%rs) V.
a. to deprive of. — Shrewsbtjry ; Pxjlverbatch. * Oh ! 'ex's sicn a fev'rit, *e canna har 'er anythin'
'er axes fur.' %%* Heaven and fortune har me happy hours ! I^ay> yield me not thy light ; nor night
thy rest ! ' ^ %%King Richard, IV. iv. 400. %%(4) V. a, to prevent. ' I'll
har 'im gwrtn theer.' — Cltjn. %%(5) [baar], v. a. to claim possession or
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%%of. The term is used by childTen at play. — Ellesicbbb. 'I say, Bill, I bar that bat.' Oil Barley, in/ra,
%%(6) V. a. to ignore, as of a bad hit. A playground term. — Clun. Qy. com. « Oh ! we'U &or that.' %%(7) adj\
bare ; naked. Com. %%BABSnTB [baa'THbein], sb. Convolvultta Arvensts, small
bind-weed. — SiiBEWSBUBY, ffanwood. Of.
Devil's guts and Billy-Glipper. %%BAB-FUT [baaVfat], cuij., var. pr. having
the feet uncovered ; bare- foot. Com.
%%' Fraunceys bad his brethem Bar-fot
to wenden.'— P. PI, Cr„ 1. 594, ed. We. %%BAErPUT CTJSTASD [baa Vfut
kus-tur't], sh., ohsoU. ? a ' bystin '
custard not enclosed in a crust. — Pulvebbatch. * We'n mak a dish o' bar/ut cugtart ddth that bystin for the
men's supper; it'll be a trate for
'em.' Cf. Bystin Custard. %%BAB6E fbaa'r'j], (1) v. n. to curve outwards ; to
bulge, as of the sides of a tub, a
wall, &c.— Whitchitbch, WhixaU. C£ *Bulk' in Wedo. %%(2) sh, a term applied to anything
large. ' A great harge of a thing.' %%— Whitchtjbch, Whi^taU. %%(3) cm2;.,
o^oZs. large; protuberant ' A great iart^e-^eZ/ied thing.' — %%PULVEBBATCH. %%BABOS
[baa'T^ggzj, interj. a schoolboy's term. Crying hargs entitles him to a short witiidrawal from a game, and
exemption from penalties that would
otherwise have been incurred. — Shbewsbxtbt. %%BABET [baaVi'n], part, laying
bare the stone ; a quarrying term.
—Much Wenlook. Cf. Onbear. %%BABX [baa-rlc], v. a, to kick the skin
off a person's shins. Cobl * 'E rawled
'im about shamefal, an' larked 'is shins beside.' %%BABLETS' [baa-rli'], v.
a. same as Bar (5), q. v. Com. %%BABLET-CHILD pbaaTli'-cheild*], sh. a child
bom in wedlock, but which makes its
advent within six months of marriage. The meta- phor lies in tiie allusion to the time
which elapses oetween harUy sowing and
barley harvest, — Much Wenlock, Acton Bumell, %%BABLIS [baa-rliss], v, a. same
as Bar (5), q. v. Com. Clbb Hills. %%BABK [baaVm], sb. yeast. Com. %%< And
sometimes make the drink to bear no barm,' %%Mid&, Nights Dreamy II. ii.
8. A.S. beorma, barm; yeast.
%%BABVACLES [baa'r'nu'klzl, (1) sb. pi, spectacles. — Kewfobt. BamiqueSf spectlEtcles. — Voeao, de Berri
in Wedo. %%(2) sb. pi, obeoU. an instrument applied to the nose of a sava«e
bull to subdue his violence. Com. The
Damages are somewhat like the figure
of 8 in form, consisting of two nngs connected midway by short bars, tiirou^h which a screw passes.
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nostrils, and lield there by the screw which
seryes to tighten the barnacles at pleasure. The upper ring is
attached to the point of each horn by
means of a chain, thus keeping the
lower one from dropping and impeding the animal while grazing.' %%* It
gies the bfiU plenty to do to think on 'is nose Ven the hamades bin on/ said Thomas Cliffe, the * village
blacksmith' of Tilstock, when
describing the instrument and its uses [Sept. 1874]. C£ ' Barnacles ' in Wedg. %%BA£ir-D00BrSATAOE»
sh,, si ? a clodhopper.— Shrewsbury. %%BABHISH [baaVnish], v, n. to grow
stout and well-fayouied ; to %%* fill out/ as youths do who have ceased to
grow in height. — ^Pulyer^ BATOH ;
Much Wbnlock ; WELUNaTON ; Newport. * I spect the young squire's lef college : 'e's as tall
as a young poplar, an as thin as a
pikel-stail ; but Vli barnieh now for a couple o' ears, an' mak a fine fellow. I 'ope 'e'll be as good a
maistor an' lanlord as the owd un.'
%%BABBOW [baar'-u'], ah, a child's pinafore. — Shrbwsburt, Uffington. %%* Oud
your harrow^ PoUy* for some apples.' Of. Brat. %%BABS-ABS [baaVz aaVz], sh.
pi, beards hairs; threads of filmy
white, fringmg greater masses of doud, said to betoken some sort
of weather ; but the popular mind is
not at one, whether it be fair or
foul.— CHxmcH Steetton ; Much Wenlock. %%BASE-CHILD [baisxheild], sh.
an illegitimate child. — ^Worthen;
Olun ; Bridgnorth ; Much Wenlock. %%' 1689 Expences at y* sealing a
bond to saue the Jifh [Justice]
Barmely from a lace child — 00-01-00.' — Parish AccounU, Clun. %%Of.
Love-ohild. %%BASK [bask*], v, n, to cough asthmatically. — ^Wem. 'That
theer . poor oud men's very bad, 'e'll
sit afore the fire loskirC an' spittin' all
day lung.' %%BASS [bass*], sh, a slaty substance found in coal which
will not cinerate. Com. Called '
dimdick ' in Derbyshire. See Coal-field. %%BASSET-EHD [basi't end*], eh, the end
of the workings on the rise of the
mine.— Colliery, M. T. %%BASTE [baist*], (1) v. a. to sew slightly ; to tack
together the seyeral pieces of a
garment with lon^ stitches preparatory to more permanent work. Com. ''El's put mighty sHm work i'
this gownd, it innft much better than
hasted,* %%* Bene, . . . The body of your discourse is sometime yarded
with fragmente, and the guards are but
slightly hasted on neither.' — Much
Ado ahout Nothing^ 1, i, 288. %%Cf. Bom, of the Rose, 104. %%^ Baste
couture grossi^re, faufilure; vb. hastiry aujourd'hui hdiir^ attacher de pieces les unes aux autres en
les cousant a grands points ; de
I'ahaL hestan, raccomoder, rapi^cer, du subst. hast J — ^BuR. * Bastyn clothys suhsuo; sutulo,* — Prompt, Parv,
O.H. Germ, hesten, baste; sew, m
Strat. %%(2) v. a. to flog ; to beat. Com. * Tum, 111 haste yore back fur yo
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%%in another 'afe mmnte if yo duuna be quiet Whad bin 'ee prokin the esB out o' the grate athatn for P Tye
on'y now jest daned up the
fire-place.' %%' Dro, 5. . . I think the meat wants that I have. Ant. 8. In good time, sir ; what's that
P Dro, 8, Basting,* — Comedy of
ErrorSy EE. ii. 59. %%Strutt mentions Basle the hear as an incident in games
; a form of punishment hj which * a
boy oouchine^ down is laden with the clothes
of his compamons, and then buffeted by them.' — Sports and Pastimes^ p. 387, ed. 1833. %%O.N. beysta, to beat ;
to thrash. Dan. hoste, to drub ; to belabour,
in Wbdo. %%BAT Rmt'], (1) sb.f obs.'i a kind of light club-like
implement used by washerwomen for the
purpose of beating the clothes. — Much Wen-
LOOK. Shakespeare has batlet for the same thing. %%' Touch ... I
remember, when I was in love . . . The
kissing of her batlet and the cow's dugs
That her pretty chapt hands had milked.' %%As You Like It, II. iv. 49.
%%A.S. latt a bat ; club ;— of Celtic origin. Of. Bat-stafP. %%(2) sb, a
heavy blow.— Whitchxjbch. Qy. com. in N. Shr.
gied 'im sich a bat' %%< That zal be asayd be this batte ! What, thou Jhesus P ho ^aff the that P' %%Coventry
Mysteries, p. 296, in Hal. %%(3) sb.t si? speed.--SHBEW8BUBY ; WHiTCiniECH.
Qv. com. Of a person running or riding
as hard as he can they say, * 'E's g66in at
a pretty bat,' %%(4) V, a, to beat with force. — Shbewsbury ;
Pulverbatch ; Whit- CHT7RGH. Qy. com.
* Polly, afore yo make that door, g66 an* fatch a box o' slack to rake the &e ; an'
bring the shovel idung 5oth yo to bat
it down well as it shanna bum through.' %%^5) V, a. to strike lightly; to
tap. — Ludlow. Mothers bat their
children in playful reproof. The expression is a common one. %%'
BaUede hem on ]>e bakkes * to bolden heore hertes.' %%Piers PL, Text A,
pass. iii. 1. 192. %%01 Pope's * Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite.'
%%(6) V. a. to wink, or rather to move the o^'^elids up and down quickly. Com. * '£ bats 'is eyes like a
loiise i* the ess.' Of. Bate, a term
in Mconry, which describes the similar motion of a hawk's wings when trying to get away from * fist '
or * perch.' Fr. battre les atles,
%%BATCH [bach*], (1) sh, a quantity baked at one time, as of bread or pies. Com. %%* Achil. How now, thou core of
envy I Thou crusty baich of nature,
what's the news P ' %%Troilus and Crsssida, V. i. 6. %%* Bahche ; batche, or
bakynge.'— Pi^^ura, Prompt, Parv, A.S. bacan,
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com sent to the mill for one grinding, and
the quantity of floor returned from it. Com. %%* Shrewsbury, April 18,
1796. ' The Inhabitants of the United
Parishes of this Town May have their
Com Ground at Eln^land Windmill For Sixpence a Bushel. N.B. — ^No Toll or Gratuity will be taken.
A Cart will go regularly through the
Town two or three Times a Week to fetch and deliver the Batches.* — Old Handbill. %%C£ Grist.
%%(3) sK a lot or quantity of anything ; ' a hatch of papers,' letters,
&c. Com. %%BATCH-CAKE [bachkaik],
ah. a small 'oven-bottom' loaf made
for immediate use. Com. In farm-houses the large loaves are made in two parts, a lesser on a greater, like
what bakers call a ' cottage loaf.'
The hatch-cake, on the contrary, is of one undivided portion. ' We mun mak' a couple o' hatch-cakes to
save cuttin' the new bread, for theer
is but a cantel o' the owd left.' %%BATCH-FLOTTK [bach-flour'], sh. an inferior
quality of flour for common household
bread; produced chiefly from wheat, though
barley, rye, and even rice are sometimes admitted into its com- position. Com. %%BATE [bait], v. a. to
remit; to lessen in price. Com. 'Mate's
dosport dear, tenpence a pound, tak' it or lave it; 'e 55dna hate
a half-penny.' Cf. Banter. %%' Laf.
Yes, good faith, every dram of it, and I will not haJte thee a scruple.'— ^//'s Well, 11. iii. 234. %%*
Sic. Sir, the people %%Must have their voices ; neither wUl they hatt One jot of ceremony.' — Coriolanvs, IL iL
144. %%BATHED [baidh'd], part, adj., obsols. sodden; underdone: said of meat.— PuLVERBATCH ; Worthen ; Corve Dale.
* Bettv, your fire's bin too slow, the
meat isn't enough, it's hathed like somethm' between roasted an' boiled.' %%%%lTHER fbaadh-ur'],
v. a. to tread down. — Cleb Hills. 'The
young turkies hither the mowin' grass sadly.' Cf. Father. %%BATHY
[baidh'i'], adj. same as Bathed. — Shrewsbubt. Cf. Beethey. %%BAT-STAFF [bat-stu'f], sh.^ ohsA
same as Bat (1). — Pulvkrbatch;
Bishop's Castle ; Clun. * In the Great Oharnber . . . twelve bed- staves with a hattstafe.* — Inventory . . .
Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle,
1625. Cf. * Batte-staffe,' PeHiculus fustU haiiUus in Prompt. Parv. with Way's Note, p. 26. See
Buck. %%BATTEBrDOCK [bat-ur'dok], sb. Rumex obtusifoUus, broad-leaved Dock. — Ellesmere. * Beware of a breed if
it be but a batter-dock * is a
proverbial saying heard about Welshampton. It implies the need of caution in dealing with persons who come
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%%by ' £uIiBg8.' Bay, p. 82, has — ' Beware of breed ; Cheshire^ i e. an m breed.' %%BAitJjI fbatin], sh, a truss of
straw, consisting of two sbeaves
secured by bands of straw round the middle. — Tgr^.TMintnTe^ The tann is used in the mngnlar ibnn only.
Twdve hcMn make a thraye, %%BAVSOH [bans'n], ah, an orer-corpulent person.
Com. ' Whad a great bauaoa 'e's
giyun.' %%BATJTEBSD [bau-tur'd], adj, tangled ; ' nnkempt : ' said of
hair.— Ellesmere. Cf. Shakespeare's *
boltered/ signifying < clotted.' %%< For the hlcod-hoUered Banquo
smiles upon me.' %%Macbeth, IV. i 123. %%BATJTEBT [baut-h'rT], tWem.— VTbllinoton.
%%BAUXJJI [baut'i'n], same as Battin, q. v. — Ludlow. Cf. Bontin. %%BAWME
[baum'l, sb. Melissa officinalis^ the herb-balm. — Pulver- BATCH. ' I douot that family's mighty bad
off, the poor 65man said 'er'd 'ad
nuthin but a drop o' hawme tay all the wik.' * Bawme, herbe or tre, Bahamus Melisea* — Prompt, Parv,
%%BAT [bai*], sb. a compartment of a barn used as a storehouse for threshed straw, or grain in the straw before
it is threshed. Com. %%« Earth By
Nature made to till, that by the yearly birth
The large-hayed bam doth fill.' — Drayton m Wedg. %%Ot Dunce-hole.
%%BATLT [l)ai*li'], Shrewsbury; Whitchurch, [baayli'], Pulver- batoh; Lttblow, ah, the head of the working
staff on a farm; a bailiff. His duties
are yery multifarious : he giyes directions to the men under him; where there is not a
shepherd he manages the flocks, he
shears the sheep, measures hedges, sows broadcast, leads the field in haryest, &c. &c. 'Aye,
Bayly 'ere, an' Bayly theer, as if I
could be i' twenty places at once. I dunna know who'd be Bayly,' %%' Seth sekelar men schul haye non
soulys in kepyng ; And pytton here
personache to ferme to a hayle* %%John Audelay's PoemSy p. 33. %%* . . . Abraham
Puller, of Edgboulton . . . was a long time Bayly to my lady Corbett, of Acton Beyner, alias
Acton Reynold.'— Gouon's History of
Myddle, p. 73. %%' Ther nas hailUf, ne herde, ne other hyne, That he knew his sleighte and his coyyne.'
%%Chaucer, The Prologue, 1. 603, ed. Morris. %%Hie hallivua, a bayl^.
Nominale, xy. cent, in Wr. yocabs., yoL i. p. 211. %%BAZ [baz-l, V. a, to
beat; to thrash. — Wem. 'Young chap, I'll
haz yore back if yo binna sharp.' Cf. Baate (2), also Beat.
%%%%[bi''], an intensitiye prefix, as 6e-fangle, &e-spattle, &c.
Com. BEAK [bi'*u'm], sb., var. pr, a
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com. 'The 'ouse is despertlow, an' a
great heSm across the kitchen as yo' met'n knock yore yed agen.'
%%BEAN-HATJLK [bi'-h'n aum-H. See Haulm. The general pro- nunciation of bean is that of tne fractured
diphthong as noted above, though it
may be heard occasionally as bane, %%BEAB [baer'*], sb. the large block of
sandstone forming the hearth or base
of the fiimace on which the molten iron rests. ' After being subjected to the great heat of the
iron it becomes metamor- phosed, and
represents a hard, solid block of stone mixed with iron m one heterogeneous mass, when it is pulled
out and called the fumace-5ear.' —
^Collieey, Irmt-worka, %%BEABD [bi'aa'r'd], (1) sb., var, pr. the beard. —
Pulverbatch. Qy. %%beard %%%%com. 'The beard won't pay for the shaving' is a
proverbial saying analogous to the
French — * Le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle,* * ^^SSJ* the lumister's ^d me that owd 'edgerow
atween the barley bonks for tatoes, if
I'll rid it ; but I 'ardly tmnk the beard Ul pay for the sJiavin*,* * Well, John, piittin' one thing anunst
another, I think it 561 ; theer a some
good owd stouls in it as 65d mak' us firein' for 'afe the winter.' %%(2) V,
a, to thicken the lower part of a hedge by putting thorns into it— PuLVEKBATcn. Qy. com. As the top of a
hedge is * brushed,' 80 the lower part
is bearded, by putting the * brushings ' into the thin places. * Pve tined the glat, an' bearded
the bottom, so as the pigs canna proke
through.' %%BEAS [bi'u'ss], sb, pi, beasts, meaning cattle. Com. Cf. Bests.
%%BEAST [bi'u'st], tfb., var. pr. an animal of the bovine species. Com.
%%BEAST-LEECH [bi*u'st-leech-j, sb, a cow-doctor, a hedge-farrier. — PuLVEEBATcn; Chubch Stketton; Bbldgnorth.
Qy. com. in S. Shr. %%* One Peter
Braine, an excellent Beast-Leech.^ — Gk)UGH'8 Hisiory of Myddle, p. 120. %%' Also that it lyek yow
that John Mylsent may be spoken to, to kep
well my grey horse, and he be alyve, and that he spare no met on hym, and that he have konnyng lechys to
look to hym.' — Potion Letters, A.D.
1470, vol. ii. p. 413. %%Cf. Cow-leech. %%BED-HILLUT' [bed'ilin], sb. the
covering of a bed; usually a
*home-msuie' quilt. — Wem. %%* I remember the soldiers fetched bedding
from Newton, for the use of the
soldiers there. [Abright Hussey.T They tooke onely one coarse bed hilling from my father.' —
GoUGff 8 History of Myddle, p. 8. %%BED-OF-BEEF, sb. the flank ; in the
living animal the intestines lie on it
as on a bed — hence its name. — ^Newport. Qy. com. %%BEEF [beef*], sb., pec,
an ox or cow intended for slaughter. — Clun.
They kill a beef at Clun only once in three months. A butcher
explained as a reason for this [1875]
that the inhabitants of Clun were * a very
oukit sort of folk,' who would probably not buy the meat if provided for them at their own doors, though they
would willingly * send for it all the
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%%BEBBTDT-CITSTABD, sb. ' beestings ' flaToured witli spice, sweet- ened, and baked in a dish lined with paste.
Com. C£ Barfat- cuBtard. %%BEESTDTOS
[bees'tinz], Kewport ; Ellesmere. [baisiinz], Shrews- BUBY. [bwa ysti'n], Clun. [bi''8ti'nz],
Pulverbatch ; Bredonorth, th, the milk
taken from the cow immediately after calving. It is of a peculiar richness, and has the property
of thickening when cooked, as ordinary
milk does with the addition of eggs. Ash has heeetings^ which he calls a corrupted spelling of
hiesiings, A.S. heost, hy stings. Ger.
hiest-milcK See 'beestings' in Wedo. der. * beestin'-custard,' &c.
%%BEESTDr'-FTTDDIHG, sh. < beestings' made into a batter with flour, to which are added sugar and
carraway seeds ; then tied in a doth
and boiled. — ^Ellesmere. Qy. com. %%BEETH [beedh-], v, «. to decay ; to
wither. — Corvedx\le. %%BEBIHED [beedhd], (1) part, past, decayed j withered.
— ibid. (2) same as Bathed, q. t. —
ibid, %%BEETHT [beedh*i'], (1) adj, dank ; sodden : said of faUen
leaves. —Graven Arms; Clun. (2) adj, sodden ; underdone : said of meat
— ihid. Of. Bathy. %%BEETLE |l)eet*l], eK a heavy, iion-bound wooden mallet,
used for driving iron wedges into wood
for the purpose of splitting it. — .
Gravex Arms ; Gltjtx, %%' There goes the wedge where the beetle drives it'
%%Bat's Proverbs, p. 167. %%' Betylle, malleuB,* — Prompt Parv, A.S. bj/tl, a
maUet. Cf. Kail. %%BEFAHOLED [bi'fang-ld], same as Fangled, q. v.— Wem. See
Be. %%BEOOABED [beg-ur'd], part. adj. impoverished: said of land that has been ' let down ' from want of
manure and tillage. Com. %%BEOOASLT [beg'urli*], adj. poor, as applied to
land * Beggarly land ' is land that
will not }deld welL Com. %%BEGOAS'S-HEEDLE, sb. Seandix Peden, Venus comb.—
Wbll- nroToir. %%BEHAPPES [bi'apn],
ado. perhaps ; like enough. Com. ' Be'-
appen,* s^sJack Dallow, *is a saying current about Bridgnorth/ fifee Bk. n., Folkhre, &c., 'Popular
and Proverbial Sayings.' Cf.
Kayhapiieii. %%Tner.rfpg [bi'leik-], same as Behappen. — Shrewsbury;
Much WianjocK; Wem- %%'Thys sedidouse
man [Isaiah] goeth also forthe, sayinge, . . • Thy wyne is myngeled wyth water. Here he
medeleth with vinteners, he like ther
were bruers in those dayes, as ther be nowe.' — Latimer, Sermon iii. p. 86. %%BELL [bel-], v. n. a
shortened form of bellow, applied to cattle.
Not common.— Mt70H Wenix>ck. A.S. bellan, to roar; to bellow. . ClBellock(l).%%%% |
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the leader of a string of pack-horses. —
CoRVE Dale. The bell-horse was so named from its carrying a bell attached to its neck, the sound of which
served as a guide to the others along
the dark, winding roads which they traversed, while laden with charcoal or other produce. As
late as 1840 or there- abouts —
perhaps later still — strings of pack-horses might have been seen, presenting a striking and picturesque
appearance as they threaded their way
through rough, stony teacks, their bridles gaily decorated, and conducted by men of
gipsy-like mien. See *Bell~ horses f
bell-horaeSf what time of day ? ' — J3k- II., FolJdore, &c., %%* Games.'
%%BELLISE [bel-i'ss], v. a, a corrupted form of baleise, q. v. —
^Ludlow. The term is not common.
%%BELLOCK [belVk], (I) v. n. to bellow; to roar. Com. ''Ark the cow bellockirC ; *er wants 'er cauve,
see 'ow *er elder^s pounded, poor
thing.' See Bell. %%(2) r. n. to cry vociferously. Com. * We maden *im gtt6
to school, 'is faither an' me, an' 'e
bellocked all the road as 'e went.' %%BELLTS [beli'ss], sb. bellows. —
Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Clun. %%' Jeremiah, blow the fire ; ' Puff, puff, puff; %%Beat, Jack ; strike,
Turn ; Blow the bdlys, old man.'
%%ChUdren^s Doggerel Verse, %%'j par de belwes* is mentioned in a deed
relating to the Pastous before A.D.
1444. — Paston Letters^ voL iii. p. 419,
Of. Ballys. See Blow-bellys. %%BELLT-VEirOEAirCE Jbel-i' ven-junss],
sb, weak beer. Com. %%* Pretty 'arr66st drink, mdeed ! w'y it inna-d-a bit
better nor beUy^ vengeance.*
%%BELOWJDIDEB [bi'lound'ur'l, sb, a noise as of something heavy falling. — Pulverbatch. * Jest after we
wenten to bed las' night I 'eard sich
a helownder ; an' whad should it be but one o' the cheeses 'ad tumbled off the shilf.' %%BELT [bel-t],
V. a, to beat; to castigate. — Shrewsburt; Wbm. Qy. com. %%BELTEB [bel-tur*], sh, anything
of an extraordinary size. — ihid. ' My
56ns, whad a heltfr I ' said a gardener, on digging up an im- mense potato. See Belt, so also Banger (1),
q. v. from Ban^. %%BEKKET [ben-i't], sb. Plmplnella Saxifraga^ common
Bumet- saxijfrage.— Craven Arms,
Stokesay. Of. Old man*a plaything. %%BENT [bent], (1) sb. a strong spiked
grass-stalk. Com. In various parts of
Shropshire several species of grass are distinguished as bents, not one of which is the 'Bent-grass' of
botanical authors; as, for instance,
Alovec&rus pratensis, A^adow Pox-tail-grass ; and Fhlemn pratense, Cars-tail-grass. The peasant
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%%&ahioQ them into coronets and other pretty quaint devices. They employ them also as threads upon which to
stnng wild strawberries. The tma ia
generally used in tne plural form. %%* June is curawn in a mantle of dark
grass green ; upon his head a garland
of benU, king-cups, and maiden-hair.' — Peacham, p. 419, in WR. %%* Hoc gramen. A* bent.' — English
Vocabulary, xv. cent., in Wr. Tocabs.,
vol. L p. 191. Mr. Wright obserres of this, * The word heiti was applied usually to the long, coarse
grass growing on the moors, but often
in a more general sense to grass of all kin(£.' O.H. Germ. %%' Unuz, a bent,
in Strat. Oerm. bitise, rush ; bent-grass. %%(2) sb. the declivity of a hill
; a hollow in a hill. — Corve DAiiS ;
Much Wenlock. HaytofCs Bent is an example of this application of the term. %%' And downward on an hil under
a benie, Ther stood the temple of
Marz, armypotenfe.' %%Chauceb, The Knightes Tale, 1. 1123, ed, Morris. %%BEBE
[beenir^, (1) sb, Hordeum vuhjarCy white square winter barley, four or six rowed. — Cokvk Dale. *
Hoc esaaiicum An'* here.' — Pictorial
Vocabulary, xv. cent, in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 264. %%*In 1124 the new form
bcerlic, our barley, replaces the old bere,
which still lingers in Scotland.' — Sources of Standard English, p.
64. %%A.S. bere, barley. %%(2) sb.f obscHs, a pillow-case. — Bishop's Castle
; Cimn, This term is now [1876] very
rarely heard. Ash has it, ed. 1775. %%* The Brushing Chamber, One fiayre
Presse. In the Seid Presse. eight
pairs of flaxen mllow beares, one course Pillow beare. Inventory . . . Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle,
1625.' %%' For in his male he hadde a pilwebeer. Which that, he seide, was oure lady veyL'
%%Chaucer, The Prologue, L 694, ed. Morris. %%'ig fyne pelow beres* are named
in Dame Elizabeth Browne's Will, A.D.
1487.— Pcwton Letters, vol. iiL p. 464. %%BEBBDI %%%%a power over. %%%%[baer^i'n], sb. a burying ; a
funeral Com. * Theer wurz o' folk at
the owd Squire's berriu,* A.S. beorgan, to cover %%%%BTMIf^'rrMk
[bi'smatmr'], v, a. to daub ; to dirty. — ^Wem ; Ludlow. A corruption of the old form besmotter.
%%BE8M0TTEB [bi'smotnir'], v, a,, ohsoJs, to smear or daub with mud or other sticky dirt — ^Whitchurch,
Tiktock, The word is now [1877] only
heard occasionally amongst old people. %%' Of fostyan he werede a gepoun Al bysmotered with his habergeoun.'
%%Chaucer, The Prologue, L 76, ed. Morris. %%Aflih gives as ' obsolete '
besmottrid, beemutted ; bedawbed. Jamieson
has hesmottrH be^Mittered ; fouled. A.S. besmitan^ to besmut ;
defile. Do. smoddermf to dirty ; daub.
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a, to smear; to soil ; to daub. — Shrrws-
BURY. * Wy, Tummy, w'eerever han yo bin to besmudge yoreself all o'er athatns 'f ' Shakespeare has besmirch
in a similar sensa %%* Our gayness and our ^t are all besmirched With rainy marching in the painful field.'
%%K. Henry F., IV. iii. 110. %%BESOK fbee-zum]. Com. [bez'um], Ludlow,
Burford. [biz'um], Oluw, sb. a broom
made of bu-ch twigs. %%' They have need of a beesam that sweep the house with
a tur£' %%Ray's Proverbs, p. 78. A.S.
besem, besm, a besom ; a broom. %%BESFATTLE, BESFOTTLE [bi'spati], Wbm.
[bi'spot-l], Ludlow, V. a. to
bespatter. G£ Spattle (1). See Be. %%BESST-BBnr-TAIL [bes'i' brTn tail*], sb.
same as Brand-tail, q. ▼. %%Clun, Ttuitchen,
%%BESTED [bes-ti'd], (1) part, adj., slA cheated; overreached— what is understood by the ^ng term 'done.' A
word often heard in markets and fairs.
Com. ' I changed sid [seed] 5oth owd Medlicott, but 'e's bested me ; mine wuz good
six-rowed com as 'e 'ad, an' this
poor, lathy, lean- eared stuff ddl 'ardly gie the sid ba^L* %%(2) ib.
beaten at any game ; defeated. Com. ' Charlie Grice an* me wun 'kvin a game at *'
Jack-stones," but I bested 'im quick: 'e
inna much of a 'and at it.' Jamieson has ^best,* struck; beaten; which he refers to 'baist,' to overcome.
Icel. beysta, ferire. Gf. Baste (2).
%%BEST-SnrS [best'us], sb, a cow-house. — Clun, Herefd, Border, Cf. pronunciation of Beast above. See Hus.
%%BESTS, sb. pi beasts. — ibid. Cf. Beas. %%' Li which that poure folk of
that village Hadden her bestes and her
herber^age.' %%Chauceb, E. 201 (Six-text ed.), Skeat O.Fr. beste. Lai bestia. %%BET AND BTTBJI',
v. a., obsole., this phrase designates an agricultural process adapted to the improvement of rough
grass land. It consists of paring on
the surface soil with an implement called a ' betting-iron/ collecting it into heaps, burning it, and
when in a charred state digging it a
spade's depth into the ground. — Pulverbatch ; Wobthbn. 'It's a rough plack, out I'm gweln to bet
an' bum it ; the turf ess is capital
for tatoes.' A field on the 'Huglith Farm' is called the Bettin* Leasow, from having been treated in
the manner above de- scribed about the
year 1804. Betting and burning is still [1871] prac- tised in the neighbourhood of Minsterley.
%%A.S. bStan, to improve ; to make better. Cf. * Beat,' E. D. S., B. vL, also ' Denchering,' in Hal. See
Betting-iron below. %%BETTEB [bet'ur^], adv,, pee. more. Com. ' Better than a
mile.' %%BETTEBLT [betnir'li'], adj. superior. Com. ' Turn Roberts is a tidy yoimg chap, 'e's got the garden in a
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%%BBTTEBH08T [bet'ar'must], (1) adj. heeL Com. ' Bettermost Bort of folk.' %%(2) adj. used to ezpresB
in excess of; more than. Com. 'Well,
Mary, 'ow £are did*n 'ee sen' yore naint ? ' ' W*y the bdUrmost 'afe
o' the way.' %%fiETTUIO-ntOH [betTn
eiur'n], fh., ohsoU. the implement used to
pare off the turf in the process of ' betting and burning/ as related above. A description of the * flaying
spade,' further on, taken from eye
testimony and actual measurement, will— on the authority of one who knew the betting-iron — apply equally
well to it, %%BETTT-00-TO-BED-AT-HOOH, sb. Omithdgalum umbellatum, common Star of Bethlehem. — Ellesmere. This
plant owes its local name to the
circumstance of its flowers closing about mid-day. Sir WiUiiim Hooker, in his ' British Flora,'
says, *' linnseus imagines that the
roots of Omithogulum umbellatum are the *DoTes' Dung' which was sold so dear at the siege of Samaria,
as mentioned in 2 Kings xL 25. They
are still much used for food in the LcTant." Cf. Peep* o*-day. %%BET-WELL [bet-wil], sb. the
wicker, hottle-shaped strainer placed
oyer the spigot-hole within the maah-tub, to prevent the grains passing through into the wort —
^WELLnroTON; Whitchukch, WhixalL Cf. Pooch
(1). %%BSTWIX [bi'twik's], prep, betwixt ; between. — Shrewsbury ; PuLVERBATCH. * 'Ers a mighty pretty 'eifer
; yo ddnna see a better betvjix this
an 'ereford.' Cf. Atwixt. %%* He seith he can no diflerence fynde Bitwix a man that is out of his mynde And a man which that is dronkelewe.'
%%Chaucer, C. 494 (Six-text ed.), Skeat. %%' And he wold fayne hare a
resonable end l*eiwyx us, whcr to he
wyll helpe, as he seythe. '—Pa«/oji Letters, A.D. 1479, Tol. iii. p.
266. %%*Mr. Oliphant says that the O.E. hetweox appears for the flrst time as bei%Dix in the Peterborough
Chronicle, drawn up in the Mid- land
speech of 1120. That about the year 1250 Layamon's poem was turned into the English of the day, and
betwyx became betwixie,*-^ Sources of
Standard English, pp. 58 — 153. %%H'RStgrr.'R [bczl], v. n. to drink hard j
to sot. — Pulyerbatch ; Wel* UNOTOir.
— Qy. com. %%* They that spend their youth in loitering, bezzJing, and
harlottiDg.' —Milton (a.i>. 1641),
Animad. upon Remons. Def. See Bezzle
in Hal. %%BEZZLEU [bez'lur*], sb. a toper; a Boi.—ibid. ''E's a reg'lar bezder.* %%' Oh mo ! what odds there
seemeth 'twixt their cheer And the
swoln bezzle at an alehouse lire.' %%Halts Satires, v. 2 (a.D. 1597), in Hal.
%%BIBSTESS, sb. p7., obs. ale-sellers. — Shrewsbury. %%'That the Bailiffs
should make Serjeants for whom they could
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quarter.' (Orders issued by the Corporation and selected from Exchequer books.) — PmLUPS*
nistory of Shrewsbury, p. 161. Cf. Tensors. %%BIP [brff*], sh,, var. pr.
beef. Com. * 'E made a great mistake —
liked vail [veaT] better nor bi/,* was said of one who married the
nieoe instead of the aunt.
%%BIO-SOETED [big-sau-r'tid], adj. proud; stuck-up. Com. They say of such a person, ' 'E's as big-sorted
as ess.' %%BILBEBET [bil-br'i*], sb. Vaccinium Myrtillus, whortleberry.
— Wellington; Wem. %%* There pinch the
maids as blue as bilberry.* %%Merry Wives of Windsor, V. y. 49. %%*
Billberries . . . are termed whortleberries or windberriee.' — Academy of Armory^ Bk. ii. ch. v. p. 81.
%%See * Bilberry ' in Wedg. Cf . "Wimberry. %%BILE [bei'l], sb. a boil.
Com. Mr. Halliweli says bile is 'the
genuine word. It is found in the early editions of Shakespeare,
and in most early writers.' %%' Laid
te as a cei*ot with piteh, it resolueth pushes and bUes.* — Holland's PUnyy xx. 13 (a.d. 1634). %%Cf.
BwUe (2). %%BILL [bil*], sb, a bill-hook ; a sickle-shaped implement, haying
a handle about five feet in length,
which admits of its being used with
both hands. It is employed for yarious agricultural purposes —
reap- ing peas, * brushing' hedges,
&c., &c. Com. %%' . . . although it oee but a pickayill, a trovae
bUl, or a dubbe stafE.* — Gough's
History of Myddle, p. 35. %%'Scythes and sneads, hedge-bills, and broad
hooks.' — Auctioneer*M Catalogue (Steddesden),
1870. %%* Falcis^ wudu-bil, sijje, rifter.' — Latin and Anglo-Saxon QlosseSy
xL cent., in Wr. yocabs., yol. ii. p.
35. Hoc falcastrum, a bylle. Nominale,
xy. cent., in Wr. vocabs., yol. i. p. 235. %%Cf. * Much Ado,' in. iii.
44. See Bag. %%BILLT-BAT, sb, PUiotiis communis. Long-eared Bat. —
PuLyKRBATCH ; Church Stretton. *
Billy-bat come imder my 'at.' Cf. Hat-bat. %%BILLY-BITEE, sb. Partis
cceruleus^ the Blue Titmouse. — Bridgnorth.
From the funous way in which IJie female bird * bites' the fingers
of bird-nesting boys comes the
appellation Billy-biter, %%BILLY BLACKCAP, sb, Pyrrhula rubicella, the
Bullfinch.— Bridg- north. Cf.
Bud-nope. %%BILLT-BHTTOIf, same as Bachelor's button, q. y. — ^Ellesmerb.
%%BILLT'CLIFFEB, same as Barbine, q. y. — PuLyERBATCH. %%BILLY-HOOTEB, sb.
Suniium AMco, common Brown OwL — Clun.
Cf. Oolert. %%BILLY WHITETHBOAT, same as Peggy Whitethroat, q. y. —
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%%BDT [bin*], (1) been ; are. ' See Onanmar Ouflxaes verb * To Be.' %%' And
winking Maxy-bude begin To ope their
golden eyes ; With eyexy thing that
pietty bin My lady sweet, arise.'
%%S(mg in Cymbdine^ II. iiL * Blushes
that bin The burnish of no sin. Nor flames of ought too hot within.'
%%Crashaw (first half 17th cent), in Nabes. %%(2) A, a corn-coffer.— Newport
; Ludlow. %%' The word binna occurs in a deed of the year 1263, in Chron.
W. Thorn, 1912, where it signifies a
receptacle for grain.' — Way. ' Wei
cowde he kepe a gemer and a bynne,* %%Chauceb, The Prologue, I 693, ed.
Morris. %%A.S. bin, a manger. Cf. Gofer, also Cub (1). %%BUDS [beindz'], sb.
pi. strata lying upon the coal ; a sure indication of coal beneath. — Collieby ; M. T. Biiids
are locally distinguished as * blue,'
* grey,' &c. See Coal-field. %%BDTO [bingg'], {!) sb. a kind of
store-room or small gi-anaiy within a
laiger one, or within a * bay ; ' which can be locked up, and into whi<£ grain can be put in bulk after it
is threshed and before it is 'bagged
up.'— Shrewsbury; Wellikoton. %%* Ton might have seen them throng out of the
town,' Like ants when they do spoil
the bing of corn.' %%Subbey's FoemSy p. 191, ed. BelL %%Bynge, T/ieca,
cwnera.-^ Prompt. Parv, Sw. binge^ a heap. See • Bing ' in Wedo. CI Bin (2). %%(2) th. a
receptacle for flour. — Shbewsbuby ; Pxtlvebbatch. Qy. com. ' In the great Buttery one binge,^ —
Inventory , . . Manor-House, Owlbury,
Bishop's Castle, 1625. %%In the Indenture of delivery of Berwick Castle, in
1539, occurs, ' in the pantre, a large
bynge of olcyn tymbar with 3 partitions.' — ArchcsoL xi. 440, Way. %%(3) $b, a place railed off
from the cow-house in which fodder is
kept in rpaoiness for feeding the beasts. — Newfobt ; Whitchubch ;
%%OSWESTBY. %%BIEDS'-EOOS [bur'd'z eg'z], sb. Silene inflata, Bladder
Campion.— Cbaten Abms, Stokesay. %%BIBD'S-ETE
[bur'd'z ei], sb. Veronica ChamcBdrys, Germander Speed- well. — Shbewsbuby. %%BI8CAKE [bis'kaik],
sb., var. pr. a biscuit. Com. %%BI8H0PFBD [bish-u'pt], (1) part. adj.
confirmed. — Pulverbatch; Wellinoton ;
Rllesmebe.— * 'Er wuz biahopped i' Sosebry a wik las^ Tuesday.' %%' And metropoJitanue And baptisede and busshappede.* %%Piere. PL
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milk that Las been burnt to the pan in boiling^. — ^Bishop's Castle. This use of the term
may occasionally, but verjr rarely, be
heard in an isolated kind of way throughout the county ; it seems to be nearly obsolete. A corrupted
form, ' *ishopT>ed/ has been noted,
but probably it was an individual instance. In tne neighbour- hood of Graven Arms and about Welshampton
some of the old people say when the
mUk is burnt, * The bishop's put 'is f&t in it,' %%< When a thinge
speadeth not well, we borowe speach and saye. The hysshope hath blessed it, because that
nothinge speadeth well that they
medyll withalL Yf the podeche be burned to, or the meate over rested, we saye. The hysshope hath put his
fote in the potte, or The bysshope
playd the coke, because the byshopes bum who thei lust and whosoever displeaseth them.' — TynMe,
Obedience of a Christen Man, 1535, in
Wr. %%Jamieson has the following : ' Bishop's Foot ; it is said. The
Bishop's foot has been in the broths
when they are singed.' And observes, ' This
phrase seems to have had its origin in times of Popery, when the clergy had such extensive influence that
hardly anything could be done without
their interference.' %%(3) part, adj,f si a horse is said to be hishopped
when his teeth are artincially marked
for purposes of deception with regard to his age. Com. %%BISOM. See Besom. 'Scopse,
verriculam, a bissom.' — ^Duncan's
Appendia> EtyTnologice, A.D. 1595, E. D. S., B. xiii. A.S. bism^ a
bosom. %%BISSOH [bis'u'n], adj\, ohsA blind. — Bridgnorth. *The poor owd mon's aumust bisson.' * Aye, 'is eyes han
bin bad a good bit' %%* . . . your bisson conspectuities.' — CoriolanuSy II.
i. 70. %%In the Lindisf ame or Durham MS. of the Latin Gospels we haye the word * caeci ' (S. Mat. ix. 28), with
the Old Northumbrian Glose. above, '
bisena vd blinde,' L e. bissen or blind men, the a being the nom. pL ending. AS. bisen^ blind. %%BIT
[bitJL sh, the wide part or blade of an agricultural shoveL— • MuchWenlock. %%BIT-BAT [bit-bat-*], same as
Billy-bat, q. v. — Shrewsbury ; Wem. %%BLACK-BESS [blak bes*], sh. any small
black beetle is so called. Com. Two
black'besaes that were sent for entomological examination proved to be respectively, Amara familiaris
and Leistis fiUvibarhis. * I ketched
two Uack-besse^, ma'am, an' p&t 'em in a box to sen' to yp, but w'en I went to start the box, I
opened it to see wun they all right,
an' theer I fund as thev 'ad etten one another ; an' I couldna get two more nod then, an' 1 wuz that
vexed,' said Betty Andrews of Cruck
Meole (1872). %%BLACKBIRD, sb. Turdus torquatuAy the Eing Ouzel. —
Bridoxorth. %%BLACKCAP, sh. Parus ateVy the Cole Titmouse. — Bridgnorth.
%%BLACK-HEADED TOMTIT, sb. Parus major, the Great Titmouse, — Bridgnorth. Cf. Tom-noup. %%BLACK-JACKS,
ab. pi. the heads of the Eibwort Plantain, Plantago lanceolata.—CpUjiEBY, Lilleshall. Cf.
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%%BLAGX-KULLOCK [blak mnl-uk], sb. peat-turfl— Whitchurch, Whixall Moss; Ellesmere. Turf-muUoch is the
refuse of the peat which has been cut
for burning. Cf . Mullock. %%BLACK-aVAETEB [blak'kwauVtur*], sh,, obs. In the
domestic economy of a cottage it is
called hlack-quarter when there is no milk,
the cow being * dry for calving,' or when the store bacon is finished
%%. before the new flitch is ready for eating. — ^Pulyerbatch. %%BLACKSMITH,
ab. Emberiza citrinella, Yellow Bunting, or Yellow Ammer. — Bridoxorth. Blacksmith is
evidently a play upon the name Yellow
Hammer, as it is often spelt. %%Speaking of this bird, Mr. Yarrell says, ' I
have ventured to restore to it what I
believe to have been its first English name, YeUow Ammer, although it appears to have been
printed Yellow Ham and Yellow Hammer
from the days of Drs. William Turner and Merrett to the present time. The word ammer is a
well-known German term for Bunting, in
very common use. Thus Bechstein employs the
names Schnee-ammer, Grau-ammer, Bohr-ammer, Garten-ammer, and GK>ld-ammer for our Snow Bunting,
Com Bunting, Beed Bunting, Ortolan or
Ghirden Bunting, and YeUow Bunting. Prefixing the letter h to the word appears to be unnecessary,
and even erroneous, as suggesting a
notion which has no reference to any known habit or quBUity in the bird.' — History of British
Birds, vol. i. p. 518, 3rd ed. 1856.
%%BLACKSMITH'S DAITOHTEB, sb. a hanging lock.--PuLVERBATCH. ' I mus' put the blacksmith's daughter on
the garden wicket, fur I see the
straibries bin gweln too fast' %%BLACK 8T0HE, sb. a vein of iron-stone lying
on both sides of 'Lightmoor Fault.' —
Collibry; M. T. %%* The Black Stone and Blue Flats are rich and valuable
iron-stonei^ These stones occur in
nodules, and produce from 1000 to 1600 tons
per acre. The famous cold blast iron of the Lilleshall Company is made from equal mixtures of Black Stone,
Blue Flats, and Penny Stone, with a
little proportion of others.' — Notes on the Shropshire CoaUFitld, by T. Parton, F. G. S., 1868.
%%01 Pexmy Stone. See Blue Flats. %%BLASE [blaid'], (1) t;. a. to tiim a
hedge by ' feathering ' it to the. top
— Clee Hills. %%• Bladyn' herbys or take away the bladys.' — Detirso,
Prompt, Parv» A. 8. 62c6d, a leaf;
branch; twig. %%(2) sb. that timber in a roof which goes at an angle from the
top of the ' king post' to the beun of
the ' principal' — Cluit. The llads is
known in Cheshire as the back. %%BLAEBEBST [blaibr'i'], sb. same as
Bilberry, q. v.--Colusrt. %%' Nae bims, or briers, or whins e'er troubled
me, GJif I oou'd find blae-berries
ripe for thee.' %%AlXAN Bamsat, The Oentle Shepherd, II. iv. p. 34. %%BLAHKS
AHS PBIZES, sb. pi. a dish of beans and bacon. Com. The blanks are tiie beans, the prizes the
morsels of bacon which are somewhat
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cut into ' dice/ fried, and then poured witb
its * liquor' into the ready-boiled beans: all mtist then be
etirred together vdth a seasoning of
pepper, and— as the old cookery books
say — • messed forthe,' %%BLATHEE [blaadh-ui'], (1) sb. noisy,
senseless prate; empty flattery;
humbug. — ^Wem. * Sich. blather ! I hanna-d-a bit of patience vuth it' Cf. Bledder (2). %%' But I shall scribble
down some blether Just clean
aff-loof.' — Robeet Burns, Poems, p. 77, L 33, c. 5L %%(2) V. n. to prate
senselessly, &c. — ibid. * Theer's never no 'eed to be t65k on 'im, 'e blathers an gosters all
day lung.' * Balbutio, to bladder.* —
Duncan's Appendix Etymologiop.y a.d. 1595, B. D. S., B. xiiL %%BLEBDER
[bled-ur*], (I) sK a bladder. — Pulverbatch; Ludlow. %%* Wi)} a face as fat *
as a full bledder Blowen bi-etfiill of
brej>. . . .'—P. PI. Or,, L 222. %%•Bleddyr, vesica,^ — Prompt. Parv. A.S.
bkeddre, a bladder. %%(2) «&., si? chatter; prate.— Ludlow. *Shet yore
bUdder* is equivalent to ' Hold your
tongue.' Gf. Blather (1). %%BLESSING [bles'in], a6. a small quantity given
over the measure in sellingmilk,
&c.— Shrewsbuey; Pulvebbatch; Collieey. 'They'a begun to sell milk at both housen at
Churton ; I shall g56 to the poor owd
Missis, 'er gies capital mizzer an' a good blessin* into the bargain.*
%%BLEIHEB [bledh-m*'], sb. a bladder. — Shrewsbury ; Pulvbrbatch. ' Look at them lads makin' a fUt-ball o'
that blether ; they'n host it jest
now.' %%' An' bid him bum this cursed tether.
An', for thy pains, thou'se get my blether.* %%Bobebt Buens, Poemi, p.
33, 1. 18, o. 2. %%BLINB [bleind'], adj. abortive: said of blossoms. —
Shrbwsbuet; Pulvebbatch. ' I
shanna-d-&ve above 'afo a pint o* straibries this 'ear, the blows bin all blind.* See Blow.
%%BLUTD-BALL [bleind-baul], sb. the fungus Lycoperdon Bovista. — Shrewsbuey; Pulvebbatch. SeeFozz-bali.
%%BLIND-BirFF [bleind buff-], same as Blind-ball.— Clun. %%BLINB-BITZZABD
[bleind boz'ur't], (1) sb. Mdolantha vtdgdria, the common Cockchafer. Com. %%(2) sb. Lucdnus
cervus, the Stag Beetle. — Colliery. %%BLIND -M AITS- SOLID AT [blein monz
ol'i'di'], twilight. Com. Florio has,
* Feridto, vacancy from labour ; rest from works ; llindL^ man^S'holyday,* in ELal. %%BLIND SIEVE
[bleind -si v], sb.y obsols. a sieve — in appearance like a tambourine — made of sheepskin, and not perforated.
Com. Tho blind sieve was formerly much
used in granaries for dressing com,
and is still so employed by cottage-folk for their 'laisins.* By a
%%Seculiar eddying motion given to it — ^which it requires an * expert'
to 0— the chaff and lighter parts of
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%%gndn is deansed yeiy effectually by this siinple process. C£ Bieing sieve. %%BLUD-WOBM [bleind*wur*m], ab.
Anguis fragilis^ the Slow-womL Com*
Cf. Sther. %%* Newts, and hUnd-wormSj do no wrong.' %%Mids, Nighfs Bream^ TL,
iL 11. %%'ffec uviula^ a blynde-worme.' — NomincUe, rv. cent., in Wr. Tocabs., YoL i. p. 223. %%BLUIJL [blingk*],
(1) v. n. to glimmer; to bum in a faint, fitful manner. — ^Pultebbatch. ' The fire wuz
mighty doggit this momin', it kep'
blink, blink, blinking I thought I should never a got the men's breakfEut.' %%' For me, I swear by sun an'
moon. An* every star that Uinks
aboon, TeVe cost me twenty pair o' shoon Just gaun to see you.' %%KOBEBT BuBNS,
Poenu, p. 34, L 8. %%O.Dutch, blifiken (micare, ^plendere), to blink; gleam.
Dan. Uifike, to blink; shine. — Stbat.
%%(2) Bb. a glimmer ; a spark of fire. — Pulvebbatch ; Clun ; LxTDLow. ' I raked ue fire W mght, thinkin' to be up
yarly, an' it burnt out ; theer
wiuma-d-a Uink left.' %%BUHEED [blingkt'l, part, adj., obsols. said of
butter-milk that from exposure to the
suits rays has acquired a peculiar, bitter, ill flavour. — t^ULTEBBATCH. * Wy this buUer-milk is as
bitter as sut — I toud yo' as it d6d
be blinked if it wuima covered o'er, the sun wuz shinin' right into the steen.' Jamieson has *to
blink,' to become a little abur ; a
term used with respect to milk and beer. He suggests a 'gloss' on this by way of query—giving the
derivation, G^rm. lUnkefif coruscare^'
as struck with lightning, which, we know, has
the effect of making liquids sour ; or as denoting that of $un8hine,
or of the heat of the weather.' %%BLOB
[blob'], (1) sb, a blister ; a watery pustule. Com. * Dick's got a bad leg; it come jest a little blob, an'
sprad all o'er 'is leg like S.
Anthonys, fire.' %%(2) sb. a bubble. Com. 'That fresh drink
dunna-d-'afe work, on y jest a blob
'ere an' theer.' ' By-gum, Missis, be'appen it inna- d-able ! ' %%(3) sb. a drop. — ^Pulvebbatch.
Qy. com. ' The swat stood on 'is
loryed i' Uoht as big as pase.' %%* Though both his eyes should drop
out like hlobbes or droppes of
water.'— Z. Boyd, in Wedo. %%(4) V, a, to let out a secret Com. ' I'll
tell yo' a saicrit, Mary, if yo'n mind
nod to blob,' C£ ' Blabbe, wreyare of cownselle,' in Prompt, Parv., p. 37. %%BLOBBEB [blobnirl, (1) sb.
bslucj, idle chatter. Com. 'Cud yore
blobber.' Cf. * Blaberjm, or speke wythe-owte resone,' in Prompt. • Pan,, p. 37. %%(2) V. fu to cry without
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of complaint. Oom. 'Whad bin *ee
hhhherin' fur, Turn ? nobody's 'urtin* yo*.* See * Blobure ' (blobyr), with Way's notes, in Prompt, Parv.f p. 40.
%%BLOCKING-AXE [blok-inak's], nh.^ ohs. an axe employed for squaiins^ timber, haying a handle so curved
horizontally, right and left, as to
save the knuckles of the workman.^-MucH W£NIX>ck. %%BLOCKT, BBOCKT
[blok-i'], Wem. [br'oki'], Pulverbatch, short
and stout. * Yore new waggoner's despert brocley, 'e'll want a
lungish pitchin* pikeL' %%BLOOD-STICK
[blud-stik-'l, sb. a kind of club used by farriers to drive in the * flues ' when bleeding an
animal. Qy. com. See Flues. %%BLOOD-WOBT [blud-wur't], sb. Enjfhrda
Centauriiim, common Centaury.-—
PdLVERBATCH, Hanufood, Of. Sanctuary. %%BLOODY-BITTCHEEB [bludi' buch-ur'z],
sb. Orchia Mascida, early purple
Orchis. Com. This is the ' dead men's fingers' of Shakespeare. See Hamlet, IV. vii. 172. %%BLOODY-WAEBIQB
[blud-r waa.r'-i*u'r'], C7ieirantku8 Cheiri San- guineu8y the very dark double Wall-flower.
— ^Ellesmere. %%BLOOM [bloo'mj, sb. a moss of iron as it comes out of the
puddling furnace before it is hammered
and sent through the rolls. — Colleert,
Iron-works, Kennett, MS. Lansd. 1033, mentions a rent for ovena and furnaces called bloom-smithy-rent, in
Hal. %%BLOW [blou-], (1) sb. bloom; blossom. — Shrewsburt; PuLVEa- BATCH. Qy. com. * Theer's a good blovf o'
the plum-trees this 'ear.* ' The bread
5dna keep w*ile the corn's i' the blow ' is an expression. fi*equently heard in the hot weather of
blossoming time, when bread is apt to
become ' ropy.* %%(2) v. n. to come into leaf. — Shrewsbury, Uffington, * The
'edges bin beginoin' to blow ; they'n
soon be i* full lef i£ this weather lasses.' %%* & buskede him out of pe
buschys * ^at were blowed grene, &
leued ful lonely * )>at lent grete schade.* %%WtUiam of Faleme, L 21.
%%BLOW -BELLOWS [bloa-bel-'u'ss], sb. pi a pair of bellows. — Newport. %%' . . . After that cometh
suggestion of the divel, this is to say, the
divers belous, with which he bloweth in man the fire of concupi* Bcence.' — Chaucer, The Persones Tale
(secunda pars, penitentia), %%BLOW-BELL YS [bloabelTss], ttZcwi.— Pulverbatch
; Wem; Ellesmere. * *As any one sid
the bhw-beUys f I canna get this fire
to tind.' Cf. Sallys. See BeUys. %%BLOWS [bloa-z], sb. pL aflairs;
things to be done. — Pulverbatch ;
Worthen. To be * full of blows ' is a phrase equivalent to having ' many irons in the fire.' ' I
canna-d-aw'ile to fettle that this momin .
Vm /till 0* blows: %%BLITE-BACK [bloo'bak*'], sb. Turdus pildris, the
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%%BLITE-BELL, sb. HyacinfhuSy nonscriptus. Wild Hyacinth. — Shrews- BUKT. Generally used in the plural fonn
Blue-bells. %%BLVE-BOHVET, sb. same as Billy-biter, q. y. — Bridonobth.
%%BLUE-BOTTLE, eh Centaurea Cyanus, Corn Blue-bottle. Com. %%BLUE-CAP, the
same as Blue-bonnet — Bridoxorth. %%BLUE FLATS, sb. a valuable iron-stone. —
Colliery ; AL T. %%' This iron-stone, which occurs in nodules of all
imaginable shapes, is full of the
fossil Unto or Anthracosia^ and impressions of the vegetable Lvcopodiaoese.* — Notes on the
Shropshire Coal-field, by T. Pabtox,
F.G.S., 1868. See Black Stone, also
Coal-field. %%BLUE FOX-OL07E, sb. Campanula TrachHium, Nettle-leaved
Bell- flower. — Whitchurch, TiUtock.
%%%%succisa.' %%%%BLUE-HEADS [blooedzl, sb. pi. the floweis of Scabiosa CoRVB Dale. Cfl I>evil*B-bit. %%BLUH6E
[blunzh*], v. a. to knead or mix up hastily, as of donp:h or dumpling. — ELLEsacERE ; Weh. * Now, Jenny,
be sharj) an* Uunge np a bit o'
dumplin' for the lads, or they wunna think it's 'Amp'n lHamptou'] Wakea' %%BOAB-SEO [boa-ur*
seg*'], sb. a boar that has been gelt. — Clse Hills. Qy. com. %%BOAB-THISTLE [boa-nr' thlssl],
sb. Carduus lancdolatus, Spear
Plume-thistle. — Glee Hills. Qy. com. %%BOASOM [boa'zam], sb., var,
pr. bosom. Com. %%BOBBERSOHE [bobur'sum], adj,, sU free; lavish.— NEWPOBt.
%%* Dunna yo be too bobbersome wi' yore money.' %%BOBBISH [bobish], adj.,
sl.l pretty well and bright in health and
spirits. Com. %%BOBQE [boj], (1) t7. a. to patch clumsily; to mend
roughly. Com. %%* Theer, I've tore my gownd ! I canna-d-awilde to mend it
properly, nod now, so I mun bodge it
up.' C£ Botch. %%(2) sb. a rough patch ; a clumsy, bungling job of any kind.
Com. Cf. Shakespeare's bodged for *
bungled.* — 3 K. Henry VI. L iv. 19. %%BOES [boaz'], sb. pi. Pedlculi hvmani
; insecta parva comd infantum. —
Shbewsbttry ; Pulverbatch ; Ludlow. Cf. Bugs. See Bk. n., Fo^A/orf, &C., 'Superstitions
concerning Insects.' %%BOFFLE [bof-1], v. a., var. pr. to confuse; to baffle.
Com. *I knowed right well 'e wuz
tellin' me a lie, so I cross- waund 'im a bit
an' soon bofied 'is story.' %%BOIT. See Bait %%m %%BOIX [boak*], ^L)
v. n. to thnist at, as with a rail or stake. — Shbewsbuby ; Wem : WHircHiniCH. * 'E pooled
a stake out o' the 'edg^ an' h^eed at
'im. Soke is another form of poke; but a curious distinction is made between the b of the
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with a difference.* As B is a heavier letter
than P, so to boke is a heavier action than to poke, A man bokea
with a rail or other thick piece of
wood, and pokes with a light stick. See
B and P in Gramniar Outlines {consonants), %%(2) v. n. to stare about
in a stopid, half-blind way ; to shy, when
used with reference to a horse. — ^Wem, Hopton. * 'E went alung
the r6oad bokin an' startin' at
eyerythink, till I thought I c'u*d niver a
druv *im 'ere.' %%BOLTIN [boal'ti'n], same as Battin ; refined
pronunciation. — Shbewsbtjet;
Pulvekbatch; Cum, Der. *boutin.' %%BOND [bond*], (1) pret. and part, past,
bound. — Newport ; Wbm ; Et.t.ermerk.
%%' Three hundred foxes took Sampson for Ire,
And alle her tayles he togider oond,^ %%Chaucee, B. 3222 (Six-text
ed.), Skeat. Ot Bund (1). %%(2) sb. a
straw band for binding sheayes. — tbid, %%( « Ganstow semen," he seide *
'* other syngen in a chuiche. Other
coke for my cokers * other to the cart picche, Mo we other mo wen * other make bond to
sheues." ' %%Pitrs PI, Text 0. pass. yi. L 14. %%'The B(md is that as
ties the Com into Bundles.' — Academy of
Armory, Bk. IIL ch. iii. p. 73.
Cf. Bund (2). %%(3) sb, the load of coal or iron-stone to be drawn up.
Com. M. T. %%(A) [bon* or bond'], sb, a band or gang of pit-men working
together. — Colliery ; M. T. * 'E
works i* the bon, %%BOSDSMEH [bonz'men], nh, pi. men working in a hand, whoae duty it is to remoye the coal after it has
been * holed ' by the ' holers ; '
first knocking away the ' sprags,' q. y. Com. M. T. %%BONK [bongk*],
sh, a sloping height ; a steep pitch or incline in a road. Com. *Mr. Gittins o' Churton 'ad a
prime mar' spiled the tother day gwein
down Welbi'ch [WelbatcK] bonk; the waggoner must a bin a nauf to g65 down a place like that
athout scotchin'.' %%' Quhil the reflex of the diurnal bemys The beyn bonkis kest ful of yariant
glemys.' %%Gawin Douglas (a.d. 1513), Prol of iheXIIBuk of Eneados, Specim, Eng, Lit,, xiii. L
62. C£ Bonky-pieces. %%BOHKIE [bongk
i'], sh, a girl employed on the 'bank' as a 'bonks- man ' is. — Colliery ; M. T. %%BONKSMAH
[bongks'mun], sh. a man on the 'bank' who disposes of the coal as it comes to the surface. —
Colliery ; M. T. %%BONET-PIECES Tbongk-i' pee-si'z], sh, pi steep, sloping
fields. — PuLyERBATCH. Q^. com. * I
tell yo' a double plough's no chonoe i'
them bonky-pieces, tiiey'n chuck it out spite o' yore tiUi.' QL
Sidelajit leasow. %%BOVHT [boni'],
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%%by embonpoint ; qtiite a distinct sense from tlie Scottisli ' bonnie.'
The term is not of very frequent use.
— Pulverbatch ; Cokve Dale ; Glee
Hills. ' Betty Jenkins praises 'er pastures ; whad a bonny 5dman Ws gwun I 'er wuz a poor toiTel the
las* time I sid 'er.' %%BOOK [buek], Whitchurch, Tilstock; — school book,
[ski'uel buek*]. Of. Scotch * Buik,'
%%BOOGIE [b60g'i'], ah. a supernatural being ; a spectre ; a household sprite.— JShrewsbury ; Pulverbatcii ;
Worthen. %%' K. Edw, . . . For Warwick was a hug that fear'd us all.' %%3 K.
Henry VL V, ii. 2. %%W. hwgan, a bugbear. C£ Bugabo. See Bk. II., Folklore, *
The Bddgies an' the Saut-box.*
%%B008ET [boo'zi'l, fth, the upper end of the cow-stall where the fodder lies. Com. *Booc or boos, netystalle.' —
Prompt, Parv, A,S. hos, hong J a stall
; manger ; crib. %%BOOSET-PASTVBE, sh. ground claimed by the off-going tenant
at Lady Day for the use of his cattle
up to the first of May, on which to
consume hay, turnips, and such produce as is not allowed to be taken off the farm. — Pulverbatch. Qy. com.
%%BOOSET-STAKE, sh, the stake to which the cow is fastened in the hoo$ty by a • cow-chain.'— Wem. Qy. com.
Of. Stelch (2). %%BOBS-PASSEB Fboa'ur' pas-ur'], «&. a gimlet. — Worthen.
' Persowre (or wynabyl), Terheilum,^ —
Prompt Parv, Of. Nail-passer. %%BOB&OW [bo'Vu'], 8h,, var, pr, a barrow.
— Corve Dale. %%BOSH [bo3b-l(l) eh. the rough, bristly part of a boar's head
between the ears. — Pulverbatch. Qy.
com. (2) sh. the curly front of a
bull's head between the horns. — ibid, %%* Leon . . . The steer, the heifer,
and the calf Are all call'd neat. %%.
. . How now, you wanton calf? Art thou
my calf? %%Mam, Yes, if you will, my lord. %%Leon, Thou want'st a rough pnsh
and the shoots that I have To be fuU
like me.'— TFtw^cr'^ Tale, I. ii. 128. %%BOSS [boss*], ^1) sb, a protuberance
of iron in the top part of the spindle
in which the brandarts were placed. Com. See Brandarta. %%(2) sb. a hassock.
Com. %%* 1778. for a Boss for the Communion 0. 8. 0.' — Churchwardens* Accounts, Hopton Castle, Salop. %%BOST
fbost'], (1) V, a., var, jpr, to burst. Com. *I doubt we sha'n '&ve to bofA that door open, for
the kay canna be fund 'igh, low, nor
level' %%(2) a slight imprecation. Com. * Bost that chap, w'y couldna-d-'e a lef that lather w*eer I put it ? an' then
I should a 'ad it' %%BOSTEV [bos-n], part, ad], full to repletion ; burst. —
Shrewsbury ; Ellesmere. Qy. com. 'I
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patch old clothes, but not necessarily in
a rough and clumsy way. — ^Newpobt. Of. Bodge (1). See * Botch* in Wedo. %%BOTTLE [bot'l], (I) ah, a small
wooden barrel or keg for carrying
drink to the tield. Com. Bottles yary in eize: those used by the ploughman or labourer hold about three
pints, while the harvest- men's
bottles contain from two to six quarts. * Tell Bill to tak' the 'ackney mar' an' start off 65th them two
bottles an' bayte-bass to the turmit
fallow — it's aumust the middle o' the day.' * Bag and bottle.' — Bobin Hood, ii 64, in Hal. Cf. CoBtrel.
%%(2) sb. a bundle of hay. — ^Pulvekbatch ; Corvb Dale ; Elles- MEKE. * I axed the Maister to let me
'&ve a bit of 'ay ; 'e said *e
dama sell, but 'e'd gie me a bottle, as the cow wuz nigh cauvin.* %%*
Al- though it be nat worth a botel hoy.' %%Chauceb, H. 14 (Six-text ed.),
Skeat %%' I haTe a great desire to a bottle of hay.' %%Mids. NigMs Dream, IV.
i. 37. %%^^ • %%' To look for a needle in a bottle of hay ' is a common
proyerb which, ooours in darkens
Phraseologia Puerilis, 1655. See Hal. %%* A thousand pounds, and a bottle of
hay, Is all one thing at Doom's-day.'
%%Howell's Proverbs, ed. 1660, in Hal. %%• Botelle of hey.' — Fenifascis. *
Botdle of have, botteau de foytK Aske
you for Ihe hosteller, he is aboue in the naye lofte makj'nge botelles (or botels) of hay, boteller,^ —
Palsq. * In Norfolk it denotes the
quantity of hay that may serve for one feed.' — Foeby. — Prompt, Parv, and Notes, %%BOTTLE-TIT, sb. Pants
catidatus, the Long-tailed Tit-mouse. —
Lttdlow. Cf. Can-bottle. %%BOTTOMLET BAY, sh,, var, jrr. Botany Bay.—
Newport ; Whit- CHUBCH. See * Sosebry
* in Pla^^e Names. %%BOUGHS [bou'z], to be 'up in the houghs^ \b a phrase
signifying to be put quickly out of
temper ; to be easily offended. — Shbewsbubt ; PuLVERBATCH ; CoRVE Dale ; Clee Hills. *
'Er wuz all tip i' ths boughs in a
minute.' Cf. — %%* Now in the croppe, now doun in the breres.* %%Chaucer, The
Knightes Tale, L 674, ed. Monis. %%BOITOHT off the pegs, phr, sU said
contemptuously of second-hand or *
slop-made ' clothing. — Shrewsbury ; Pulver-
BATCH ; Wem. * 'E bought it off the pegs, it 6dnna do 'im much joy.'
%%BOTJK [bou'k], (1) sb,, ohsols. a bucket of what is technically known as * bend ware.' — ^Pulverbatch. Cf.
duaigh. %%(2) sb, a ])ail with an upright handle, used for various purposes
of brewing, dairv-work, &c. — ^Wem
; Whitchurch ; Ellesmere. %%'He oeareth Azure, a Milk-Pail, Argent This is
the Badge and Cognizance of the
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%%• Eshon; of others a BoukJ — Academy of Armory, Bk. III.,c1l viii. p. 335.
A.S. bucj a bucket. See Bk. IE., The Bouk, ' A Descriptive Poem.'
%%(3) eb. a large barrel used for drawing water in sinking purposes. Com. M. T. %%(4) sb. the box of a wheeL —
^Pulverbatch. %%BOuJiXN [bou'ki'n], sh.y ohsoU. same as Bush (2). —
Pulyebbatch ; CleeHuxs. %%BOVSTEE
[bou-stur'], sb., var. pr. a bolster. Com. %%BOTTT [bou't], sb, a course in
knitting round a stocking. — Pulvbr-
BATCH ; Wellington. * 'Ou bin 'ee gettin' on 65th that stockin P ' ' I'm at the quirk 66thin a bout or two.'
%%(2) sh. a turn once up and down a ploughed field. Com. The number of bouts to a ' but ' vanes according to
the nature of the soil, on stiff land
fewer than on dry, light ground. To bout up is to ridge ground for turnips. — Clee Hills. %%(3) sh. a turn
of illness. Com. ' Fm glad to 'ear poor John's better, 'e's 'ad a bad bout on it ; 'e's bin o' the
doz three months.' On the box means
dependent on the sick club. %%(4) sh, a party. — PuLVERBATCH. * They'd'n a
big bout at the uwer 'ouse las' wik.'
%%BOnTH£BS [bou'dhur'z], sKpl, boulders ; paving-stones. — Newport. %%BOUTDT
[bou-ti'n], usual pronunciation of *boltin/ q. v. James France of Pulver^tch said of an imcomely
woman-servant that, * 'Er wuz jest
like a boutin o' straw 65th one bun' round it.' See Bund. Cf. Bautin. %%BOW [boa'J, sh, a steel
fire-guard encompassing the kitchen fire-
place. Bings usually encircle the top rod of the bow for the
children to play with, — Shkewsbury ;
Pulyebbatch. Qy. com. %%BOWEBrT [bouh'rT], sb, a bower ; a shady recess. —
Shrewsbury ; Much Wenlock.
%%BOW-HATJLEB, BOW^HAITLIEB [buo'au-lur', buo'aulyurH, sh., obsols. a man who by means of a rope drags
a barge along the Severn. — Much
Wenlock. The first form of the word obtains between Coal- port and Buildwas ; the second about
Cressage. %%' With regard to the mode of hauling barges, an obvious
improve- ment would be the opening of
a good towing-path along the river, and
the substitution of horses for men in this slaviRh labour. That
thia project is perfectly feasible,
even on the most difficult banks, has been
shown by the laudable and successful experiment of Mr. Reynolds,
of Ketley, who formed a path for
horses near his inanufactoiies at Coal-
port, and carried it on through rugged banks, and over some of
the worst fords, for a distance of two
miles, to the Iron Bridge.' — Rey. J.
Kiohtikoale's Description of Shropshire, p. 41, ed. 1810. %%BOWL
[bou'l], (1) sb. a child's hoop. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; ELLE83CERE. * Now, Tummy, dunna bring yore
bowl o' the causey ; g56 i' the lane,
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to wheel, as of a x>erambiilator, &c. — Shbxwb- buey; Pulvekbatch; Much Wenlock. An inquiry
after an invalid girl was answered by
the assurance that she was better, as
e^e had been howled out in her chair. %%BOX-BABBOW [bok-sbaar'-u'],
sh. a hand-barrow for canying cut
grass. — Ellesmeee. %%BGZ-BUIBBT, v. n., si 1 to take things as they
are ; to * rough it.'— Shbewsbubt ;
Glee Hnxa Qy. com. %%BBADE [br'aid-l, (1) sb. breadth; width.— Pulvbhbatch.
*The brade o* my 'and.* %%* &
deliuer l^e londes a-sen * in lengt^e & in bredej* %%William of Paleme, L
3055. A.S. br(£dey breadth ; width.
%%(2) sh. a breadth or width of any kind of stuff from selvage to selvage. — Shrewsbuby ; Pulverbatch ; Wem ;
Ellesmebe. • 'Ow many brade$ han *ee
got'n in yore gownd? it looks mighty skimity.' %%BBADLIHO [br'adli'n], part
adj. brooding : as a hen over her
chickens.— Wem; Whitchubch. A.S. brcedan^ to spread; to stretch out. Of. Broodle. %%BBAG [br'ag*]^ sb.
praise; boast. Com. 'Han 'ee tasted Claims
drink lately Y They praisen it oncommon.' ' Ugh ! good beer needs no hr<ig,* %%Ct * Good wine needs no
hush.'— See P, PL Cr,, 1. 706. %%BBAOGABLE [br'ag-u^bl], adj. very good ;
commendable. — Pulvxb* batch.
"Ows Dick likin' 'is plackP' 'Oh I 'e ses it's nathin' braggahht they bin cummudgin sort o'
folks.' %%BBAOGLDT [br'ag'lin], part adj. swaggering; boasting. — Wsir LiNOTON. * Olid Barber wuz bragglin* o'er
them byests o' 'ian at the far.'
%%BBANDABTS [br'and-ur'ts], sb.pl, ohs. four iron arms fixed into the ' boss ' of a spindle, in a flour- miU,
for the purpose of canning the upper
mill-stone. Com. What are called ' oalance-irons ' have now superseded the old brandarU. See Bobb
(1). %%BBAHD-IBON [br'andei-'ur'n], (1) sb. ohs.'i a branding-iron; an
%%instrument employed to brand horses or cattle with their owners' %%names,
when animals belon^ng to different persons were turned out %%. on the same
hill-common. The brand-iron was made hot to sear the %%animal with the stamp.
Com. See Bum-mark. %%(2) sb. a similar instrument to the foregoing, still
used for branding agricultural
implements, such as spades, forks, &c., with the owner's name. Com. %%(8) »h., oha. a frame to keep
up the logs on the fire. — ^Bishop's
Castle. %%* The kytchynge ... six broches, two brandironSy one fire
forke.' — Inventory . . . Owlbury
Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625. %%A.S. brand'isen, a tripod or andiron ;
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%%BSAITD-TAIL [bt^an'tail], sb. Ruticilla phcenicura, the Bedstart. — Clun. The name Brand-tail has like
aUusion "with Redstart to the
flame-coloured feathers in the bird's tail. Of. Fire Brand-tail.
%%BSASH [br'ash*], {\) ah, the loppings off trees used for heating brick oyens, &c. Com. * I've got a famous
'35d-pil ; the Maister soud me the
Ira^h off two ash trees for ten shillin', an* itll las* me a twel'- month.' See Cordwood. Cf. Trouse. %%(2) sb,
a watery rash or eruption on the skin. — Pulvbbbatch. ' The child's got a brash on 'im hke as if
'e wuz nettled ; but I spect if 8 on*y
throm 'is tith.* %%BBASS [br'ass'], (1) sb. copper coin. Com. ' I tell John
'e should ax the Maister to pay 'is wages
in silver, for agen I've lugged two
five-shillin' papers o' brass all the way to Sosebry ; it swags me
down.' The brass thus spoken of was
the heavy copper money of the reign of
George IlL ; * two five shillin' papers * of which would weigh seven and a half pounds avoirdupois. The term
brass is now (1877) occasion- allv heard
as slang for money of any kind ; but it is really a respect- able old word in the restricted sense of
copper — or its equivalent, bronze—
coin. %%* Wi)>-out pite, piloure • pore men \>ow robbedest, And here here bras at l^i bakke * to caleys
to selle.' %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. iii. 1. 195. See also St Matt x. 9. %%(2) sb.
shamelessness ; impudence. Com. ' 'Er's got a fiEUse as big as a wannin'-pon, an' as much broM in it.'
%%* Can sj^y face of brass hold lon^r out* %%Lovers Labour Lost^ V. ii. 395.
%%BBASST [br'ass'i'J, adj. bold ; shameless. Com. ' That's a brassy, impudent yotmg scoundrel; 'e'll stick at
nuthin short o the gallas.' %%BEAT [br'at"], (1) sb. a coarse * over-all
' made with sleeves, worn by
dairy-maids when milking. — Pulvebbatch. Qy. com. %%' And a bratt to
walken in by daylight.' %%Chauceb, C. T.y 1, 16349. %%AS. bratt f a cloak. W.
brat, a clout; a rag. GFaeL brat, a mantle ;
apron ; doth, in Wedo. %%(2) sb. a child's pinafore. Com. Cf. Barrow.
%%(3) sb, a contemptuous term for a child. Com. %%* Thy brai hath been cast
out, like to itself, No father owning
iV— Winter* s Tale, III. ii 88. %%BBAWH [br'aun*], sb. a boar pig. Com. %%'A
bnnded pig will make a good bravm to breed on.'— Ba7*s Proverbs, p. 52. C£ Boar-aeg. See * Brawne of a bore ' in
Prompt. Parv., p. 48. %%BBAZIL [br'az'il], sb. iron pyrites ; sulphuret of
iron, of which the component parts
avera^ — sidphur, 52*15; iron, 47*85. — Com.
M. T. Brazil is foimd cmefly in the ' yard coal.' William
Humphreys of Aracott, a collier,
described it as ' growing ' in large round masses of a hundred-weight or more, very hard, but
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48 SnROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK^ %%resembling^ broken brass
in appearance. He said lie bad onoe met
witii some in tbe * tbin coal ' at Le Botwood, but it was * very rar
to find it out o' tbe }*ard coal.'
Brazil is so extremely bard as to bave
given rise to a common proverbial saying, * As bard as braziV It, bowever, decomposes rapidly wben laid in
beaps and moistened mth "water.
Vitriol is made from it. Tbis mineral — tbou^ not known in tbe locality as brazil — occurs in large
masses in tbe Flintsbire coal measure.
One seam is called tbe * brassy coal/ from tbe quantity of it mingled witb tbe coal. Cf. * Brasyle '
in Prompt. Farv,, p. 47. %%BEEAS AND CHEESE [br'ed'im cbee-z], (1) sb, tbe
Yellow Ammer. So called from tbe
peculiar intonation — almost articulation— of ita Bong. — ^Bridoxorth. See Blacksmith. %%(2)
eb. tbe first young leaves of tbe bawtbom : cbildren eat tbese, and call tbem bread and cheese. —
Shbewsbxtrt; Ellesmere. %%(3) sb. tbe seed-vessels of Malva sylvesiris,
common Mallow : eaten by cbildren as
bread and cheese. — Shrewsbury ; Wem. Cf. CheeaeB. %%BBEAE [br'aik'l, v. n.
tbe explanation of tbis may be given by
citing Mr. G. Cnristopber Davies in tbe following : — %%* Tbere is a
peculiarity of tbe Ellesmere water wbicb I can scarcely account for, but wbicb, I am informed, some
otber sbeets of water in England also
present. To use tbe local name, it breaks. Every summer, for a longer or sborter time, tbe
water becomes full of some matter beld
in suspension. In appearance it is like smaU bran, rendeiing it impossible sometimes to see
more tban a foot tbrougb tbe water.
Tbe mere becomes of a greenisb bue, and to leewaixl, wbexe it is tbe worst, it gives rise to a verv
disagreeable smell. It is always worse
in bot weatber. To tbe eye tbe matter beld in suspension seems to consist of busk-like pieces of fibre,
sucb as migbt be stripped off a plant
From tbis I was inclined to tbink tbat tbe Anacbaris is cbiefly to blame for tbis appearance, and tbat in
some way tbb outer coating of tbe
plant slougbs off and floats during its decay in tbe water. Tbis is, bowever, but a supposition. Tbe otber
meres do not break to sucb an extent,
but tney are not so full of tbe Anacbaris, and tbe water is probably purer. Wbile tbe water is
broken tbe fisb refuse to bite. %%*A
correspondent of tbe Field said tbe organism causing tbe break was EctrinelJa articulataf a doubtful
genus, some autbors con- sidering it a
vegetable, and some an animal organism. It is depicted in Sowerby's Englisb Botany, vol. xxii. p.
208, tab. 2555.' — Mountain, Meadow,
and Mere, pp. 16, 17, ed. 1873. %%BREAK8TUPF [br'ee-kstuf], sb., var. pr.
breakfast.— Colliebt. %%BBEAE THE YEAR, pkr. tbis is a term of servant-life.
In tbe rural districts it is customary
to *bire' for tbe year, and servants
leaving before tbe expiration of tbe twelve-montbs are said to
break the year, wbicb it is considered
a discreditable tbing to do, and loss of
*a cbaracter* may be tbe penalty. Com. In tbe N. and N.E» borders of Shropshire, Christmas is the *
biring-time,* but throughout tbe
county generally, it is on or about the first of May. • Bessy mak's a many Mays i' the 'ear, an' *er's send 'er
yamest back twize tbis 'irin* ; *er
broke *er 'ear from Longd^ n, an* agen from tbe Moat : 'er's a rollin' stwun an' tbat never getbers no
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%%BBEAE-TJP [br'aik-upl ^. w. to clear up : said of the weather. Com. * What do you think, James, will it he fine
to-day ? ' * I dunna know whad to say,
ma'am, the weather's caselty ; hut W-appen it 'U break- «!>.' They say, too, the clouds will
break-up ; that is, open and dis-
perse. Compare with this Shakespeare's use of the term, in the
sense of to break open. %%* Leon,
Break up the seals and read.' %%Winter's Tale, m. ii. 132. %%* Olou, Break up
the gates, 111 be your warrantize.' %%1 K. Henry F/., I. iiL 13. %%BBEAST
pji'est*], v, a. To breast a hedge is to lay thom-boughs on the top 01 the h^ge-bank, to prevent sheep
or other animals browsing the hedge,
or breaking down the top of the bank. — Ellesmehe. c£ Beard (2> . %%BBEBIT. See Brevit (1). An
old woman said of a cat that was
continually hunting about for food, ''Er^s al'ays ibbidgin' an' snibbidgin', an' hrehitirC about.' %%BBEE
[br'ee-], ab. Tdhanus hovinua ; the Gad-fly. — Pulverbatch ; Glee Hills ; Wek.. Cf. Breese. %%BBEECH
[br'i'ch-], v. a., ohsoUA to cut the wool from about the roots of the sheep s tails before
shearing-time. — Pulvebbatch. * 'E's
gwun to brich them ship.' Cf. BurL %%BB£ECHnsrG-WOOL [br'i'chin 661],
«&., obsoUA the wool cut off as
described above. — Ibid, It is used for padding harness. *That brichin-Sdl mun be weshed an' sprad i' the
sun ; the sadler '11 want it nex*
wik.' Cf. Burlings. %%BBEESE [hr'eez*], sh. same as Bree, q.y. — ^Wem. %%'
The breeze upon her, like a cow in June.' %%Antony and Cleopatrct^ HI. x. 14.
%%• Hie hrucui, a breas.' — Nominale, xv. cent., in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 223. 'Brese.' — LocuatUy asilus, *A
brese, atelabus, brucus, vel locusta.'
— Cath. Ai7GL« * AtelabuBj a waspe or a brese.' — Get. Voc. * Brese or long flye, prester,' — ^Palsg.
A.S. brimsa, tabanus. — Prompt, Parv,
and Notes. Cf . Briz. %%BBSVIT, BBEBIT, BBIVIT [br^evi'tl, Pulverbatch; Glee
Hills; Ludlow, [br'eb-i't],
Whitchuech. [Wivi't], Shbewsbtjey ; Cluw ;
Wem; Ellesmere. %%(1) V. fi. to search ; to pry ; to examine
inquisitively. * Who's bin brevitin*
i' my drawer ? ever see sich a rumpus it's in« %%(2) [br*evi't], Pulverbatch.
[br'ivi'tl Shrewsbury; Cluw, ib, a
minute search. ' I've lost the kay o the owd beer, an' canna find it up nur down ; but I'll 'ilve
another brevit for it.' C£ Hunt. %%BBIAE-BOSS [brei-or' boss], sh. the gall
of the Wild Rose, formed by the insect
known as Cynips rosde. See Bk. IL, Folklore, &c., * Super- stitious Cures ' {toothache)* Cf. Buzzy
balL %%BBEBIT [brtb-i't], sh. a •hoit visit. — Whitchurch, WJiiaaU. %%E %% |
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50 SHEOPSHIRK WOKD-BOOK. %%* Where's Margaret—
isn't she at home ? ' * No, Bir, but 'er's on'y gwun on a bribit to owd Molly Price's.'
%%BRICZLE [br'ik-1], adj\ brittle. — Pulverbatch. Qy. com. • Cliaps, yo' mun mind 'ow yo' 'ondlen that com ; the
straw's despert hrickU^ yo'n lose all
the yeds.' Cf. Britchy. %%* Fraile, hricJde, soone broken. Fra^s. Brickie
gla^ was quicldy dashed a sunder.
Futilis glades ictu dissiluit. Virg/ — Babex,
Alvearie, A.D. 1580. %%VRlDE-WEES>,8b. Lindria vulgaris, yellow
Toad-flax. — Shrewsbury. %%BRIEF [br^i'f*], {\) adj. prevalent; general. Com.
'Han yore childem 'ad the maizles ? I
'ear as a bin mighty hrif about' Bailey
has brief J common or rife, ed. 1782. %%(2) adj, busy ; bustling. —
^Wem ; Ellesmere. * 'Er wuz that hrif
about cianin* the 'ouse down w'en I seed 'er, 'er couldna-d-aw'ile
to spake to me.' %%(3) adv, (juick. —
Clttn. * Now then, be hrif an' finish that job.' Compare with this Shakespeare's use of the
term in the following citation : — %%*
^Follow me with speed ; I'll to the king : %%A thousand businesses are
6rte/in hand.' %%K. John, IV. iii. 158. %%(4) Bh, a writing setting forth the
circumstances by which a poor person
has incurred loss, as by fire — the death of a horse, cow, &a Such a one takes the hrif about to collect
money for his indemnifica- tion.—
Worthen. %%BRIMBLES [br'im-blz], stKpl., var, pi\, ohsA brambles. — Pulver- batch. * I mun push tuthree hrimblea i' the
glat till it can be tined.' %%BRIT€HT p)r'ich-i'], adj. brittle.— Wem. ' The
straw's that brifchy yo canna ardly
tie it up into boutins.' A.S. hreotan, to break. Cf. Brickie. %%BRIVIT. See Brevit above. %%BRIZ
[br'iz-], corrupted form of Breese, q. v. — ^Wem. %%BROACH [br'oa'ch], (1) sh,
ohs, the woollen yam wound on the
spindle as it was spun from the wheel. It was shaped somewhat
like the * float' of a fishing-line,
high in the middle, and tapering at each
end, and was about five inches in length. A piece of paper
twisted round the spindle made the
foundation upon which the broach was
constructed, and held it firm when taken off. To give it
additional support when removed from
the spindle for the further process of
winding for twisting, a stick was passed through it. It is probable that it owed its name to this stick, which
was — in se — the broach proper. —
Pulverbatch. * If yo' bin gwSIn to wind that yom, mind an' nod scrobble the nose o' the broach, or
yo'n 'ftve it in a soor mess.' O.F.
broche, brocque, — BuR. Brocque meant a great variety of pointed things of wood or iron. — Piox.
%%(2) V. a., ob$6!», to transfix as with a spit — Pulverbatch. ''Er Iroacfied the spit right through the breast
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%%' Broach'' d with, the steely point of Clifford's lance.' %%3 Henrif F/., H
iii. 16. O.F. brocer, brocher, piquer.
— ^BuK. %%BBOACHER [br'oa-chur*], sh, a very large sharp-pointed knife.
— PuLVERBATCH ; WiHTCHUBCH. * This is
a good broacher for a flitchen.' About
Whixall (Whitchurch) the term broacher is applied to anything yery large. This has probably arisen from
the association of ideas between the
big knife and the great pieces it is required to cut. %%BBOCKT. See Blooky.
%%BBOOOIL [br'og'i'l], sb. brawl ; angry squabble. — ^Wem. A person on Stanton-on-Hine Heath said, ' Them theer
neighbours of ours bin aukert folks to
live anunst, but we never consam 'em, an' so we never 'ive no broggil wuth 'em.' W. broch, din ;
wrath : brochus, a faming ;
blustering. Of. ItaL imbroglio^ perplexity; trouble: imbroglione, a fomenter of quarrels. E. broil, a
contraction of broggil, %%BBOODLE [br'oo'dl], v. a. to Tirood, as a hen over
her chickens. — PuLVERBATCH ; Newpoet
; Wem ; Ellesmere. Cf . Bradling. %%BROODY pbr'oo'di'], adj. A hen when
wanting to sit is said to be broody.
Com. %%BROOIT [br'ooi'tl, sb, a good bite of herbage.— Clee Hilm. ' 'E's a plouffhin* up uiat meado', an* theer's a
ffood brooU on it for the yeows. Fr.
brouter, to browse ; to nibble. It is proverbially said by the Frendi of an industrious man. * Llierbe
sera bien courte s'il ne trouve de
quoi broiUer.' — Chamb. %%BBOOZLE [br'oo'zl], same as Broodle. — Wortheit ;
Wem. %%BBOSELEY [br'oa*zli'], sb. a clay pipe : so called from the place
of its manufacture— ^rose/ey (Salop).
Com. %%BBOSTESIHO [br'os'tur'inl, adj, domineering; overbearing. — Whitchubch, nliiacall. *oich a brosterin*
fellow 'e is.' Broster^ greatness ;
majesty. — Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum, %%BBOTH [br'otb-], sb. broth, always in
the plural Com. ' They bin good ;
let's han tuthree more.' %%BBOTHE [hr'oa'dh], v. a. to thicken broth with
oatmeal or flour. — Shrewsbitry;
Pulverbatch ; Worthed; Clun. * The Missis come i' the kitchen to set the chaps breakfasts,
an 'er took waiter an' bacon liquor
an' brothed it ddth' flour ; but the chaps they couldna bar it, an my brother 'e comen wham,' said a yoimg
servant-girl. %%BBOxulH' [br'oa'dhin], sb. oatmeal or flour put into broth to
give it consistency. — ibid, %%BSOITSE
Tbr'ous'], sh., ohsols. the finer trimmings of hedges, such as brambles, &c. — ^MucH Wenlock. %%*
Amang the brouys of the olyve twestis
Seir smaiU fowlys wirkand crafty nestis.' %%Gawin Douglas (a.d. 1513),
Prof, of the XIL Bvk of Etieados.
Specim. Eng. Lit, xiii. L 165. %%O.Fr. Iroce, menu bois, brounailles (derive
de broce). — Bur. Qt Bnuhinys. See
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52 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%BBOWIS [br'ou-is], sh. a
pottage made by pouring boiling water upon
slices of bread seasoned with pepper and salt, and adding to it a
lump of butter and a shred of onion.
Com. %%' They thank'd him all with one consent, %%But especially maister
Powes, Desiring him to bestow no cost, But onely beefe and brcnves* %%King's
Hcd/e-Fennyworth of Wit, 1613, in Wb. %%* Hoc pulmentum, browys.* — NominaJe,
xv. cent., in Wr. Tocabs., Tol. i. p.
241. A.S. briWf pottage. %%BBOWN SHEELEBS [br'oun shee-lur'z], sh.pl hazel
nuts fully ripe and ready to drop out
of their husks. Com. * I got a pocketle o'
nuts o' Sunday, an' they wun aumust all hroum sheders; it looks as
if Pousbry Wakes wunna fare off.*
%%BBOW SftTJABE [br'ou- squaa-r'], sK, ohs. a three-cornered linen kerchief bound about the head of a new-bom
baby. — ^WoRTHEif. Cf. Cross-cloth.
%%BBUCK [br'uk-], sb., var, pr, a brook. Com. A.S. brScj a spring; brook; rivulet. %%BBVH [br'um'], (1) sh,
Cytmis Scoparius, common Broom. Com.
The young shoots of broom yield a fine bitter, and a decoction of
them is frequently taken as a tonic
under the generic term of * yarb tay.'
They are also from the same property occasionally used instead of hops for ' fresh drink.* * Yo shoulun set
some brum tay this spring- time, John
; it's a mighty good thing for the stomach.' * Aye, it is; but it's a power better 66th some barley in
it.* %%(2) * It inna wuth Vile sendin' for 'ops for this drop o' fresh
drink; get a 'antle o* nice young
brum,* %%*In the Corporation Accounts of Shrewsbury, 1519, it is ordered that brewers are not to use hops in tbeir
brewings under a penalty of Tis.
yiijd. Hops were in use some time before this, for in 1428 the Parliament were petitioned to prevent the
tise of them, as being a wicked weed.'
— PHiUiip's History of Shrewsbury y p. 168. %%Perhaps broom was used at that
time for bittering ale. See Bk. II.,
Folklore, &c., * Superstitions concerning Plants.' %%(4) 66.
Galium verum, yellow Bed-straw. — Ckaven Abms. %%BBTJMMOCK [br*um'u*k], sb. a
short, strong hook for wood- cutting
purposes. Com. * Weer's John Roberts gwun P * * I spect 'e's gwun up to the uwer groun' to tine ; I
sid 'im tak' 'is brummock an' mittens
an' 'is bayte-bag.' %%* . . . Hee was sent to Shrewsbury goale for fellony,
where hee hired a silly boy to procure
him instruments to breake prison. The
boy brought to him a bar of iron and a broaken broome hooke, and with these he pulled out severall stones,
and made a hole through the stone wall
of the dungeon, and soe escaped, but left the tooles behinde him.* — GtouoH's History of Middle,
p. 80. %%BBTJHD [br*und']y Fulverbatch. [brun;], Wbh, «^, a log of wood. %% |
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%%' 'P&t a good brund o' the fire an' back it 66th slack, an* then it 11
las' all the onder.' %%* So J«it child
-wifj-drawefj is hond. From }>e for
& |7e hrondy jTttt ha)> byfore
hue brond Brend child fur drede^
! Quo)} Hendyng.* %%Proverbs of
Hendyng (A.D. 1272 — 1307). Specim,
Early Eng., iii. L 185. %%* Bronde of fyre. Faculuy fax, ticio torris. ' —
Prompt, Parv, * Hie fax — cis, a
bronde.' — Nominale, xv. cent., in Wr. yocabs., vol. i. p. 229. Cf. Christmas brand. %%BBTJSH [br'ush*], (1)
sh. stubble : of leguminous crops only. — Cleb Hills. %%(2) 1^. a. to take a crop of peas,
beans, or yetches off a field. — Ibid. %%(3) V. a. to trim hedges. Com. %%*
Cf. Fr. brosser, courir i travers des bois & des brousailles : to
run through woods or bushes ; to brush
along.' — Chahb. Also, * Brusche,
Bruscus.' — Prompt. Parv. %%BBTJSHIVO-HOOK, sb. a sickle-shaped hook
with a long handle, used for brushing
hedges. Com. Cf. Bill. %%BBTTSHIVOSy sb.pL the trimmings off hedges. Com. %%*
BrossailleSy broussaUles, epines, ronces, &c., croissant dans les for^ts & en d'autres endroits : briars
; thorns ; brambles ; bushes.' —
Chakb. * Bruschalle, Sarmentum; earnentum; arbustum.' — Prompt. Parv. Cf. Brouse. %%BBTTSTEH [br'us-tu'n],
part, past, broken.— Wellington. Cf.— %%' & wolden brtuien j>e best '
nad he be the Ihttere.' %%William o/Palerne, I, 154. %%where brusten has the
meaning of hurt severely ; damaged. %%Brusten = A.S. borsten, p.p. of ber
start, to burst Ber start became
bresten in Chaucer. Cf. IceL bres; Swed. brista, to break violently.
%%BUCK [buk'J, (1) sh. a T shaped end to the plough-beam, having notches in it for the purpose of regulating
the draught of the plough. The *
shackle' goes into it to which the horses are yoked. Cf. Copsil (3). %%'The Buck is the iron which
the Horses are tyed unto.' — Academy
of Armory^ Bk. III. ch. viii. p. 333. %%(2) V. a., obs. to wash heavy,
coarse linen, or the home-spun yam of
which it was commonly made, by the process described under Buck-wesh below. — Pulverbatch. *We sha'n
'Jive a bumpin' weshin* nex' wik;
theer's six an' twenty slippin's o' yom to buck^ beside 'afe as many sheets an' smocks.' %%'
Do-wel shal wasshen and wryngen it. %%Do-bet shal beten it and boukert it.'
%%Piers PI, pass, xiv., L 8939, ed, Wb. %%Wedgwood says of buck, as applied
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54 8HR0PSHIRB WORD-BOOK. %%deriTation of the word
is seen in Qtweii bog, moist, soft, tender, and as a yerb, to steep or soak.' Der. Bucking (2). Cf. Bucking (1).
%%BTJCK-BASKET [buk-bas*'krt], sb,, obs. a large basket used for carrying the linen at the 'buck-wesh,' q.y.
— ^Pclyerbatch. Qy. oom. %%' Fal They
conyeyed me into a hudk-bcuiht %%Ford. A buch-bamet I %%Fal, By the Lord, a
buck-basket ! rammed me in with foul shirts,
and smocks, socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins; that. Master Brook, there was the rankest compound of
yillanous smeU that eyer offended
nostril'— Jferry Wives of Windsor, m. y. 88—92. %%BUCKIHO [buk'in], (1) sb. a
state of profuse perspiration ; a ' sweat-
ing,' caused by yiolent exertion, said of man or horse. —
^Pulvkb- BATCH; Clun; Wem. *I carried
the batch an' the bran throm Habberley
Mill, but it gid me a buckin\' Bucking , soaking in per- spiration» may perhaps be referred to the
same root as Buck (2). CI Swelter (2).
%%(2) sb,y obs. synonym for ' buck-weshing,' q. y. A shortened fomL •— jE^ulverbatch. * A buckin^ an' a
soapin'.' %%' Mrs, Page, . . . Look, here is a basket : if he be of any reasonable stature he may creep in here : and throw
foul linen upon him, as if it were
going to bucking : or — it is whiting- time — send him by your two men to Datehet-mead.' — Merry Wives of
Windsor, HE. iii. 140. %%BTJCEINO-STOVK See Bnck-wesL At Grub's Gutter,
near Hopton Castle, Salop, there is a
large stone which still (1875) bears
the name of the bucking^stone, %%BUCK-LEE [buk'lee*'], ab., obs, a lye
of wood-ashes obtained from burning
green * brasn ' or fern, the latter being esteemed the best. — PuLyERBATCH. Qy. com. Cf. Ess-balls. See
Bk. 11., Folklore, &c., '
Superstitions concerning Days and Seasons ' (Christmas), %%BUCKLES [buk'lzl,
sb.pL small pointed rods twisted and doubled in the centre, used by thatehers. — Elleshere.
Buckles are employed for the top and
eayes of a roof ; the intermediate thatohing pegs, which are not twisted, are called lugs,
Shakespeare has budae, to bend. %%*
And as the wreteh, whose feyer- weakened joints, Like strengthless hinges, buckle under
life.' %%2 K, Henry IV., L i. 141. %%BUCK-WESH or WESHIN' [buk-wesh-' or
wesh-'i'n], sb,, obs. a large wash of
heayy, coarse linen which took place about eyery three months. — Pulverbatch ; Clun. Qy. com. Jji
the buck-wesh no soap was used, but
the linen was boUed in the buck-lee described aboye. It was then carried to a neighbouring
stream or spring, and laid upon a
smooth stone or a block, — the ' stom ' of a tree stending permanently by the margin of the water often seryed for
the purpose, — there the linen was
beaten with a * batstaff,' after which operation it was well * swilled' in the pure water. This mode of
washing obtained till 1832 — 40, if
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%%* They bin 'Svin' a busy wik at Wilderley, a big huck-weshin*, soapirC an' ship-sliearin'.' %%^Mra, Ford. . . .
You were best meddle with buck-washing,'' —
Merry Wive$ of Windsor, HI. iii. 166. %%Cf. Buck (2). %%BVSOET
[buj'i't], sh. a satchel of bass-matting in which workmen carry their tools. — Shbewsburt ; Mtjch Wenlock.
%%*O.Fr. hoge, bouge, sac (de cuir), bogette, bougette, valise; d'oii I'ancien anglais bogett, aujourd'hui budgety
que nous avons emprunt6 .... La racine
de ce mot se retrouve dans le celtique et Pallemand : ancien irlandais bcle; gallois bolg, builg,
ahal; bulga, de belgan, peIkan.*—BTJR.
Cf. FraiL %%BUB-VOPE. See Nope. %%BUFFER Fbuf-ur'], sb.j «7.1 the master of a
household. — Shrews- BURY, Uffington ;
"WHITCHURCH, Frees, * I reckon the buffer '11 'ave to pay for it.' C£ Gaffer (1). %%BUFFET-STOOL,
sK, ohs. a stool. Halliwell says, 'variously
described.' * The Low Farlor, six buffett-stooles. Inventory . . .
Owl- bury Manor-house, Bishop's
Castle, 1625. Bofet, thre fotyd stole.' —
Tripes. See Way's note. Frompt, Farv,, p. 41. Cf. Joint-BtooL %%BUFT
[buf't], (1) V. a., var, pr, to knock about with any soft substance ; to buffet. — ^Whitchurch ;
Ellesmere. * I took my 'at an' bufied
'im reet well about the yed ; I wouldna thrash 'im.' %%(2) V. n. to stammer.
— Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Clun. * 'Ow
that lad bu/ts to-day.' * Aye, 'e al'ays does *gen rain.' %%BUFTER fbuf'tur'],
sh. a stammerer. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ;
Qurs\ Newport. Of. O.E. buffere, stutterer, in Strat. In Isaiah, xxxii. 4, where our version has * the
tongue of the stammerers,' the Vulgato
version has ' lingua balbonum.' Wyclif tianslates balbonum by * of bufferesj %%BUFTT [buf -ti'], same
as Buft (2).— Newport. * 'Er hitflles a bit in 'er talk.' This term is not commonly used.
%%BUOABO rbSognTjoa], sb. an imaginary object of terror; a liob- %%fobhn. —
Pulverbatch ; Ludlow. * Bugaboos comin', Tummy, if yo' inna stilL' Cf. Boogie. %%BUOAH [bSog-h'nl
sh, the evil spirit ; the devil. — Ludlow, Herefd. Border, ' If yo' aimna be qweet PU let
bugan tak' yo.' %%Mr. Oliphant, speaking of a collection of poems which he
believes to have been compiled between
1220 and 1250, and now printed in •An
Old English Miscellany' (Early English Text Society), says, *We see in page 76 a Celtic word brought
into English, a word which Shakespeare
was to make immortal. It is said that greedy
monks shall be ** bitauht )ye puke ; " that is, given over to the
Fiend. The Welsh pwixa and bwg-m^Q.n
** an hobgoblin;" hence come our
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same as Bugs, q. v. — ^Pulvebbatch ; Ellesxbbe. %%BUGLES [beu-glz], shpl.
beads of any kind. — Shrewsbury. %%BTJ08 [bug'z], Wem. [buog'z], Ludlow,
sh.ph Pedictdi liumani^ same as Bees,
(j. v. * I ve bin dramin' about hug8 i' my yed ; tbeer'a sure to be sickmss for some on us i' the
'ouse/ said Jane Philips of Loe
Brocklehurst. On bein^ asked by what name hugs — as usually understood by that appellation — wox^d be
distingmshed firom these pediculi, she
answered, * Bed-bugs.' %%*Bug,' says Mr. Cyril A. Greaves, *ls the old English
equivalent to the Latin insectum, and
in Kent all insects are popularly called
hugs , . . Various kinds of insects are specified by the suffix hug
to their own name, as * beetle-bug,'
&c. The sleep-staying pests which
only we call hugs, are with them ' bed-bugs.' — Science Oossip,
June, 1874, p. 140. %%BULGE [bxil'zh],
v. a., pec. to dint — Ludlow. * Somebody's gid that new nulk-tin a fine knock an' hulged
the side in.' 01 Dinge. %%BULL [bul' or buol*], sb, the ' coupling ' which
fastens harrows together so as to ^ve
full play to both, in accommodating each harrow to the inequalities of the land. — Olee Hills.
%%BULLED [buol'd], part, adj,^ obsols, swollen : said of cheese that from some cause generate fermentation after
being pressed, and con-> sequently
rise and bulge. — ^Pulverbatch. Bidled is a corrupted form of O.E. hotted, swelled. %%< His
Bodi was Boiled * for wra»7e he bot his lippes.' %%Fters FLj Text A, pass. v.
L 67. %%See also Exodus ix. 31. Dan. holne, Sw. bulna, to sweU; to bulge. %%BULL-HEAD [bul- or buolyed-'], (1)
sh. Coitus gdhio, MiUer's Thumb. — Glee
Hills. Qy. com. Of. * Hie muUus A^, a bulhyd.'— Pictorial Vocabulary , xv. cent., in Wr.
vocabs., vol. i p. 253. %%(2) sh, the tadpole, — Pulverbatch, %%* A Frog [is]
first a Bull-heady then a Frog-tail, then a Frog. — Academy of Armory , Bk. iL ch. xiv. p. 325.
%%BULLIRAO [buli'r'ag], (1) v, a, to banter; to teaze. — ^Ludlow. %%(2) sh, a
banterer ; a person who teazes. — Ibid, * 'E's a reg'lar ttt^/ira^r— never lets one be.' %%BULLS'
EYES [buol'z eiz], sb.pl, holes in cheese caused by the whey not having been properly pressed out,
or from having had too much rennet put
into the milk. — Pulverbatch. * I dunna like this cheese, it's got too many hulW eyes in for
me.' Of. Eyes. %%BULL-STUB [bul- or buol-stub], sb. a bull that has been
gelt— Clee Hills. Qy. com. %%BUM
[bum], sb. a contracted form of 'bum-bailiflf; a sheriffs officer. Oom. * I 'ear theer's gwein to be
a sale at Betchcot, they'n 'ad the
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%%BUMBLE pbam'bl], ah the Humble bee ; one of the species Bomhus. — Clee HnJiS. * EL ! theer's a big humble J
%%BUKMIL [buin*ri], v, a. to beat; to pound. — Ludlow. Cf. PommeL See B and P in Grammar Outlines
{consonarUs). %%BITBD [bund*], (1) pret, and part, past, bound. — Shrewsbury; PuLVERBATCH. * Mother, whad'n 'ee think !
IVe jest sid 'em. takin* my nuncle off
to Sosebry 'firmary, 66th 'is yed bund up ; 'e's fell off the ruff at the Squire's, an's aumust
killed.' A.S. bindan, to bind ; p. t,
\tu bunde. Ct Bond (1). %%(2) [bun' or bimd'], sb, same as Bond (2). — ibid.
See Boutin. %%BUHDATIOK [-bundai-shu'n], sh. an abundance. Com.
'Theer'll be a bundation o' fruit o'
them ras'b'ry-canes I spect.' Cf. Abund-
ation. %%BUaaIL fbun'ilj, ah. a beverage made from the crushed apples
after nearly all the juice has been
expressed for the cider. The chief in-
gredient is vHiter ! — Glee Hills. %%BUdT [bunt'], (1) V. a. to push
with the head as calves do. Com. C£
Pote. %%(2) [biknt], a5., obsoU, a third swarm of bees from one hive. —
^New- port. The first is the * swarm,'
par excellence; the second, the * cast ; '
the third, the hunt ; the fourth— of rare occurrence — the * couch.'
Old Dinah Shuker of Edgmond, a good
authority, said [1874] of the last two
terms, *Very owd words them bin, theer's fe'6o [GL fi'eo*] as knows o' them n^ms now-a-days. Polks getten
noo n^ms for things.' Qt Ob and Play.
%%BITE [bui'-], {\) ah. the sweetbread of a calf. Com. %%(2) sh, a whetstone
for scythes. Com. %%(3) ah, a rough excrescence on trees. — Church Stretton.
Gael. horr^ a knot ; lump ; swelling,
in Wedg. Cf. Canker (3). %%(4) ah. the hooked scaly head of Arctium Lappa,
common Burdock. Com. %%' « . . Hateful
docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs.* %%K. Uenry F., V. u. 62. %%Piis.
horrey hurre. Dan. borre. — ^Idem in Wedg. %%BVBL [bnr'l], t?. a, to cut the
wool from about the roots of sheep's
tails before shearing time. — Pulverbatch ; Newport ; Ellesmere. Li the manufacturing of cloths the process
of clearing it of the knots, ends of
thread, and the like, with 'little iron nippers called burling^ ironSt is termed burling. Todd, in Wedg.
%%* Burle of clothe, Tumentum,^ — Prompt. Parv, Cf. Breech. %%BTTELIHOS
[bur'M'nz], ah, the wool cut off as described above. ^* ibid. — Cf. Breeching-wool. %%BTTBH
[bur'n], ah. a burden ; a bundle. — Shrewsbury ; Pulver- batch ; Much Wenlock • Wem. * WoU, I think
Fve done my ^ar* for to-day. I got a
g66a bum o' laisin afore my breakfast, an' two sence; an' &t a htm o' sticks throm the
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to his ffttlier, and taketli a hume of stickes, and beareth after nis father, and saieth .
. ,* — Chester Plays, h 65. %%BrFBH-KABX, (1) sb., ohs, the mark on an
animal's hide made by the Brand-iron
(1), q. T. — Pulvbbbatch. Qy. com. %%(2) sh, the stamp of the Brand-iron (2)
on tools and implements. — Ibid,
%%BVBBOW [buT'oe], (1) v. a. to bore. — Pulverbatch. * Them ship han burrowed thar backs i* the dyche bonk
i* the sandy leasow till the roots o*
the trees bin bar\* Cf. A.S. borian, to bore. %%(2) adj. sheltered ; shady —
* the 6Mrrau;-side of the hedge.' — Much
Wenlock. %%* pis cowherd comes on a time ' to kepen his bestes Fast by-side t»e borw^ • )>ere ]>e
barn was inne.* %%William of Palerne, L 9, %%A.S. beorgan, to shelter: beorh^
a defence; refuge. Cf. Succourful. %%BVBY [bae-r'i'], (1) sb. a
rabbit-burrow. — Ludlow, Burford, 'A.S.
iewA. Cf. Burrow (2). %%(2) sb. a hole in the ground in which potatoes
are kept for winter use, covered with
straw and soil. — Ludlow ; Newport. A.S. beorgan, to protect ; keep ; preserve. Cf. Hod, Hog,
and Tump. %%BUSH [buosh*], (1) sb. an iron socket fastened into the centre
or ' eye ' of the lower mill-stone, in
which the spindle that carries the
upper mill-stone rotates. Com. See Cockhead. %%(2) sb, that part of a
wheel which fits into the nave, and in which
the axle works : it is made of iron, and fastened inside the nave
or centre of the wheel by means of lon^tudinal
ribs. Com. Cf. Boukin. %%* One paire of btishes . . . one paire of bushes
soles.* — Inventory . • . Owlbury
Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625. %%* The Busshes are Irons within the hole
of the Nave to keep it from wearing.'
— Academy of Armory , Bk. III. ch. viii. p. 332. %%BUSK [busk*], sb. a piece
of wood or * sheet-iron* worn down the
front of women's stays to keep them straight. Com. Nares — who is wrong in supposing the term obsolete— gives
the following, amongst other
quotations, illustrating the use of the busk in the Elizabethan period : — %%* Her long slit sleeves,
stiffe buske^ puffe verdingall, Is all
that makes her thus angelical.' %%John Marstox (a,d. 1599), Scourge of
Villanie, XL vii. %%* Fr. busc ; petit baton dont se servent les Dames pour
tenir leur corps de jupe en etat.* —
Ciloib. %%BTJSSOCK [bus'uk-], sb., sl.l a donkey. — Atoham ; TVem. %%BXIT
[but*], (1) sb. a apace of ploughed land, comprising a certain number of furrows, determined by the
character of the soU. Com. See
Feerings. %%* Hec amsages An", a but of lond.*— Pictorial Vocabulary,
xv. cent., in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p.
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%%O.N. hutrt the trunk, stamp of a tree. Fr. houiy the end. W. pwt, any short, thick thing ; stump, in Wedo.
Cfl StoiQ (1). %%(3) $b, an esculent root, such as a turnip, carrot, &c.
— Pxtlyeb- %%BATCH. %%(4) V, n. to form such-like esculent roota.— Ibid, *
Yore garrits an* inions looken well,
John.' ' Aye, but I doubt they bin on*y toppy ; I dunna think as they bin huttin' welL*
%%jiurxj&l&ED ALE [bnt-nr'd ail], sh. ale boiled with butter, lump
sugar, spice, and eggs — said to be an
excellent specific for cold. Com. It is
made thus : boil a pint of ale with a lump of buttor in it, beat up
two eg^ with sugar and spices, pour
the boiHng ale upon the eggs, stirring
briskly. %%BUTTER-LEAVES, sK pi leaves used in packing the butter
for market. Com. Various kinds of
leaves are employed for this pur-
pose—the sycamore, the nut, &c. Sometimes the Sicilian beet
{Beta dda) is cultivated expressly for
the sake of its long, cool^ green
huUer-leatfes, %%BVTTERrHIT, sh, a shallow tub for washing the butter
in. Com. Of Kemlin. %%BUTTEBrMOHEY,
sb. the money which is the farmer's wife's per- quisite from the sale of her butter, eggs,
&c. — Shrewsbury ; Wem. 'Thines
wenten very low i* the market to-day, Missis; I hanna brought yo' much butter-money* %%' And when
the father on the earth did live. To
his sonnes fancie he such way did give ;
For at no season he the plow must hold. The summer was too hot, the winter cold
; He robs his mother of her
butter-pence^ Within the alehouse
serves him for expence.' %%Taylor's Workes, 1630, in Wr. %%* She's thrimlin'
for her butter-brasSy her butter-brass, her butter-braas, She's thrimlin' for her buiter-braasy but
willn't thrimle lang.' %%* Bobby Bank's Bodderment,' in the Folk- Speech of
Cumberland, by A. J. Gibson, p. 25.
%%Cf. Spattling-money. %%BUTTESY [but'h'r'i'], eb, the pantry of a cottage or
farm-house. — PuLVERBATCH ; Wem. *
Cuddlin' i' the buttery * is a phrase equiva-
lent to * cupboard-love.' * Theer's a power too much cuddlin* t*
the huUery gwein on,' * Hec botolariay
An^y a boti^y.' — Ficiorial Vocabulary,
XV. cent., in Wr. vocabs., vol. i. p. 274. %%B U'rxixt O-ntOK, ab, an
implement for peeling the bark oflF trees. —
Much WEJOiOCK. Qy. com. Qt O.Dutch Gotten, butt; pdlercy in Strat. %%BUTTY [but'i'], (1) sb, a
fellow-workman ; a partner in any
business. Com. %%(2^ ab, a contractor who agrees to raise the minerals
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tons. — Ooluebt; M. T. Of. Charter-
master. %%(3) sb, a fellow, as of a shoe, a glove, &c. —
ShrewsbttrT; Ci«ei5 Hills. * Tve fund
one shoe, but canna see the butty no-w'eer.* Of. Marrow. %%(4J V. w. to cohabit, as man and
wife. — Colliery. * Did'n'ee 'ear as
Jun Tunkiss wuz come up throm the ** Black country " an' brought throe childem to the parish ? ' * Eh ! I
didna know 'e w]iz married.' * Well, I
reckon 'e inna married, but 'e*s bin butty in* alung o* one o* them MonseUs.' %%BUZZY-BALL [huzi! haul-'],
sh. same as Briar-boss, q. v. — Church
Stretton. See also BL 11., Folklore, &c., 'Superstitious
Cures (chin-cough), %%BwllE [bweiil,
(1) v. a. to boiL — Pulverbatch ; Ludlow. * Theer wuz four couple axed up o' Sunday ready for
May weddins.' * Aye, behappen they'n
find it easier to get married than to keep the pot hwilin^ %%* Sche sette a caldron on \>e
fyr ; In which was al \>q hole
atir, Wheron )>e medicine
stod, Of ius of water and of blod And let it buile in such a plit. Til )>at sche sawh ]>q spume whyi'
%%John Gower (a.d. 1393), Cmifessio Amanfts,
Book V. Specim, Early Eng, xx. L 295. %%(2) sb. same as Bile, q. y.
—Ludlow, Bur/ord, %%BWOISTIN. See Beestings. %%BWOY [bwoi', corr, bw:auy],
sh., ohsoU., var. pr, a boy. — Shrews- bury ; Pulverbatch. ' Jack's gwun a big
strung bwoy; it's time 'e wuz gettin'
'is own crust.' %%BWIJHS [bwun'z, corr, bwoen-z], ti^j. ph, var. pr, bones.
Com. 'Vat some yarbs to them bxrnms ;
they'n mak' tuthree broth.' %%BY [bei'], (1) jorejx, pec, against. — Worthed;
Whitohurch; Ellesmere. Qy. com. ^I
never knowed no 'arm by 'im' (Elles-
mere). 'E's a tidy mon, sir, leastways I know nuthin' 5y 'im* (Whixall). In this sense of * against' our
translators have used the word by—\
Cor. iv. 4 : * I know nothing by myself ; yet am I not here- by justified ' — ^where the Greek words f
uUy bear out the meaning of * I am not
conscious of anything against myself.' %%' Ac it is noght by the
bisshope That the boy preacheth.'
%%Fiers Fl, Froly 1. 160, ed, Wb. %%The same sense would seem to be implied
in by-name, a term of reproach. %%(2)
prep,, pec, with.— Worthbn ; Bishop's Castle. *I dunna know whad to do &^ 'im.' %%BT-BLOW [bei*
bloa'], sh, an illegitimate child. — Colliebt. Qy. com. This word is found in Bailet, ed.
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%%' Sal, Thou speaFst not like a subject ; vliafs thy name ? I*iL My name is Draco. Sal, Of tJie Athenian Dracos ? Fil. No, of the English Drakes. Ghreat
Captain Drake %%EThat sail'd the world round] left in Spain a by-Mmo, )f whom I come.*— The Slighted Maid, p. 27,
in Wb. %%BY-OVH [bi'gaem' or bi'gum'], a slight oath ; an expletive. Com.
%%BY JTETOS [bei* jing'z], interj. used chiefly by children to express approbation of what is thought to be clever
or witty.— Shbbwsbuky; KLTiWaMTSRE. ^
By jings ! Surrey, lad, yo'n copped Uiat.' %%* While WOlie lap, an' swoor by
jing, Twas just the way he wanted To be that night.' Robert Bxtbxs^ Foema, p. 45, L 7, c.
2. C£ By jingo in HaXi. %%BY-LEDDT
[bei* ledi*], expl. an adjuration or oath corrupted from *by our Lady,' the Blessed Virgin. — Newport,
Market Drayton, %%BYLET [bei'let, corr. ba'ylet], sh. a river island; land
lying be- tween the divergent branches
of a stream, as, for instance, between
the natural course of a brook and the mill-stream, or ' flem,' q. v.
— Shrewsbury*; Pulyerbatch; Clee
Hills; Bridonorth; Much Wenlock. %%'
William Benbow is rated to the poor on St. Marjr's books for hylet [the island at Coton-hill] and tan-house,
in every ^rear from 1652 to 1664
inclusive, with the exception of 1663, when it is Martha Benhow for tJie bfletL*—Nate on the Benbow
fSeimily in Owen and Blakewat's
History of Shrew$bury, vol. ii« p. 390. %%'Bridgnorth Horticultural Societt.
%%* The second annual Exhibition was held on the Bylet, Low Town, yesterday. . . .' — Eddowes's Shrewsbury
Journal, Sep. 9, 1874. %%BYKOW [bi'nou-], adv. by this time. Com. ' They'n a
got theer bynow, I spect.'
%%BYSTIH-CTrSTABD, same as Beestin'-oiutard, q. v. — ^Pulverbatch. CS. Barfiit-cufltard. %%BYSTIHS. See
Beestings. %%BYTACK [bei-takj, sb. a farm taken by the tenant of a larger
farm, to which it is, as it were,
tacked on. llie land only being wanted, the
house and * building ' are let separately. — Pulverbatch ;
Welling- ton. Qy. com. ' Theer '11 be
a bundation o' housen to be 'ad, for
one 'afe o' the farms bin let bytack,* * Tack, a lease; possession for
a time.'— Jamieson. %%BY-TAIL
[bei'tail], sb. the right handle of a plough : it is fastened to the * shell-board.' The left handle is
called the * master-tail,' and is
fastened to the foot of ^e plough.— Clun ; Bridgnorth. %%BY-WHILES
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«&., ohsoh, a fine worsted galloon or ferret, now chiefly employed in decorating horses, bnt
at one time used for 'recruiting
colours.' — Shrewsbury. 'Theer's lots o' young chaps listed this May; the caddas wuz flyin'
about Sosebry streets aboTe a bit.'
%%* Serv, He hath ribbons of all the colours i' the rainbow . . .
inkles, caddiaseSf cambrics, lawns.' —
Winter's TcUe, IV. iv. 208. %%Caddis, in the Gloss, to the * Globe Edition'
of Shakespeare, is said to have its
name from its resemblance to the * caddis-worm.' %%Cadas Bomhicinium, Codas
appears to have signified flocks 'of
silk, cotton, wool, or tow, used for stuffing gamboised garments. Li the curious poem by Hue de Tabarie, at
Middle Hill, entitled * Coment lefiz
Deufu arme en la croyz\ is this passage — %%* Fur aketown ly hayle hlaunche
char e pure Fur cadaz e cotoun de
saunkfu le encusture.' %%MS. Heber, No. 8336. ^ %%In the petition against
excess of apparel, 1463, it is thus mentioned ; *No yomah &c to were in the aray for
his body eny bolsters, nor stufEe of woole,
coton, or cadas, nor other stuffer in his doubtlet, save lynjTig accordyng to the same.' — Rot.
Parl. * Cadas or crull, sai- jettej —
Palsg. * Cardarce, pour /aire caption ; the tow or coursest part of silke, wherof sleaur is made.' — Cotgr.
Nares explains caddis to be a sort of
worsted lace. — Frompt, Farv, and Notes, %%CADOISSED [kad'i'st], part adj.
dusted with red powder : said of
sheep. — Cleb Hills. *Maister, I ddnder yo' liken yore lomb's caddissed athatn.' %%CADE fkai-dl, (1) sh.
a pet Com. *'E's a reg'lar cads:' said of a
spoiled chila. A cade-lamb is a lamb brought up by hand. Gf. Kod- lomb in Wr, yocabs., voL i p. 245. %%(2) V,
o. to pet ; to bring up tenderly. Com. %%CADISH [kai'dish], (1) aJJ. spoiled
by over-indulgence. — Pulver- BATCH.
Qy. com. * Jenny Precce 'as piit 'er lad to a wiliit ; but 'ell never stop throm 'is mammy, 'e's so cadishj
%%(2) adj\ docile ; gentle : said of animals. — Shrewsbury ; Newport. %%CADY
[kai-di'], same as Cadish (1). — Church Stretton. %%CAFF [kaf*], (1) sh. an
implement for hoeing and earthing up
potatoes. — Clun ; Ludlow. * . . . . caffs and hoes.' —
Auctiotieer*9 Catalogue (Stoddesden),
1870. Cf. Kibe. %%(2) V, a, to clean and earth up potatoes. — ^Ludlow.
%%CAKET [kai-ki'], ac?/., «Z.1 weak of intellect; silly.— Shrewsbury ; Wellington ; Wem ; Ellesmerb. * Now then,
whad's wrang wuth yo' ? Bin 'ee cryin'
fur a biled aip'ny, yo' cokey piece ? ' %%CAKnra [kai-kinj. See Bk. II.,
Folklore, &c., ' Customs.' %%CALAHnrCA, sh. a sort of red shale — a
mixture of red and yellow clay, marl,
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%%CALL [kaul*], (l) sh, occasion; necessity. Com. ''£'d no call to say taat On 'er.' %%(2) V. a. to abuse ; to
vilify. Com. * 'Er called 'im fur everythin' ; the worst name as 'er could lay 'er tcmgue
to wuz too good for 'im.' %%CALL-WOBDS TO AHIHALS. Caws .-—Cow-vLp, cow-up,
coop, coop [kuuwoop, kuuw'oop, kiij),
kii-p]. The last two words are used as
they near home. Com. Hoap, hoap, heap ['u66p, ii5op, ii56p], Glun. Hie-up ['ei'up], orhow-up [uuwoop],
is to diive them. Com. %%Calves : — Mog, mog, mog Tmog, mog, mogj. Com.
%%Figs : — Dack, dack, dack ['dak, dak, dakl, SimEWSBURY ; Chttbch Steettox ; LxiDLOW. Guey, guey, guey
['gueaiy, gueaiy, gueai-y], CoBVE
Dale. Guep, guep, guey ['guep, guep, gue'i^, Clux. Nack, nack, nack [-nak, nak, nak], Shbbwsbury ;
Pulvekbatch ; Chxjrch Strettox;
Ellesmebe. Pig, pig, pig ["pi'k, pi'k, pi'k], Pulvek- batch ; Ellesmebe. Poo-ik, poo- -ik
fpuo'ilt, puciTt], to pigs at a
distance. — Worthex. Ric, ric, ric rVilc, r^i'k, riTt], Shrewsbury ; Much Wexlock ; Wellixotox ; Whitchurch.
Yup, yup, yu-up [*yi^'P» y^*T»
yi^**^p]» "^th an increase of pitch on ifp.— -Cravex Arms. Stoo, stoo, rree ['stoo, stoo,
..r'ee**] is to drive pigs. Com. %%* They say in my contrye, when they cal
theyr hogges to the swyne troughe,
C6me to thy myngle mangle, come pyr, come pyr.' — Latimer, Sermon iii. p. 98. %%Horses. See
Waggoners' Words. %%CALL-WOBSS TO POTJLTaY. Fowls :—C\i\XQk, chuck,
chuck ['chaek, chaek, chaek],
Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch. ['chiik, chuk,
chuk]. Com. ['chi^k, chiik, chuk], Ellesmere; Whitchurch. Shoo [shii"] is to drive them. Com.
%%Chickens: — Chick, chick, chick j^'chik, chik, chik], Shrewsbury. Qy. com. Tweet, tweet, tweet [iiwiH,
t^^d't, twi't], Ellesmere, %%Ducks : — Weet, weet, weet ['wi'-t, wi''t,
wi't], Ellesmere. Wid, wid, wid
["wi'd, wi'd, wi'd], Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Church Strettox ; Clux ; Ludlow. Widdy, widdy,
widdy ["widi', widi*, widi'],
Clee Hills. %%Geese : — Gus, gus, gus ['gus, gus, gusl Cravex Arms ;
Church Strettox ; Clux ; Ludlow. Lag,
lag, lag ['lag, lae, lag], Shrews-
bury ; Pulverbatch ; Ellesmebe. Hoo-lag ['oo lag] drives them on. Ihid^ as for Lag. %%Turkeys : — ^Pen,
pen, pen ["pen, pen, pen], Shrewsbury ; Pulver- batch. Pur, pur, pur L'pur, pur*, pur],
Pulvbbbatch ; Wobthex ; CbavexAbms;
Clux. %%CAMOHIirE [kam'u'mein], sb,, van pr, Anthemis ndhilisy Chamo- mile. Com. %%CAMPEBIKO [kampuYin], adj,,
ohsols. mettlesome ; high-spirited. —
PtTLVEBBATCH. *Young Dickeu rides a fine camperin* 'orse to markii* * Aye, an' 'e's a fine camperin^
fellow 'isself.' Dan. kHmpe, to fight.
%%CAHABY [ku*nae'ri']. ' Give a cat a canary ' is a phrase analogous to * Tell that to the marines,' implying
disbelief in an improbable story. —
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eh. Faros caudaiua, the long-tailed Tit-
mouse.— Shkewsbxtby ; Bridgnorth; Newport. Cf. Bottle-tit. %%CANDLE OF
THE EYE, 'plir. the pupil of the eye. — Shrewsbury ; PuLVERBATCH ; WoRTHEN ; Wem. Eay gives, *
The Bird of the Eye, the Sight or
PupiL Buffolk! See p. 70, ed. 1768. Cf. Pea of the eye. %%CAN-DOTJOHS [kan doa*z], sb. phy
ohs, smaU, oblong cakes made for the
breakfast-table. — ^Ludlow. Perhaps can-doughs ^ portions of doiigh baked in cans; just as bakers caU
loaves baked in tins 'tin->
loaves.' %%CANK pcang'k], (1) v. n, to cackle as geese. — Pulvebbatch; Worthen; Clee Hills; Ellesmere. %%(2) V, n,
to talk rapidly; to gabble.— WELLDTOTOir. %%(3) tib. a fit of ill-humour.—
Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch. _ 'I toud
'er a bit o' my mind, an' 'er 'ufi''d an' ding'd an' went o£E in a fine cank,^ %%CAIfKEB [kang'kur'j, (1) sb,
rust in wheat. Com. %%* Poins, 0, that this good blossom could be kept from
eanJeer$.^ %%2 K. Henry IV., IL ii. 102. %%(2) sh, a species of dry-rot in
turnips. Com. %%(3) sb, an unhealthy excrescence on trees or plants,
preventing kinmy developments, and
causing a withered, dead appearance.
Com. Cf. Bur (3). %%* Full soon the canker death eats up that plant.'
%%Borneo and Juliet, II. iii. 30. %%(4) sh, verdigris. — Shrewsbury. Q,y.
com. %%* Nay, I tell you it is old truth, long rusted with your canker,
and now new made bright and scoured.'
— ^Latimer, Serm, p. 30 (Parker
Society). %%* What is this but a new learning ; a new canker to rust
and corrupt the old truth?'— /d. p.
31. %%(5) v. a. to envenom by verdigris, brass, or copper, so as to
cause ulceration. — Shrewsbury. Qy.
com. * Yo' shouldna let the child play
66th brass ; if 'e piits it in 'is mouth it 'U canker it.' %%(6) sb, a sore
in the mouth popularly believed to be caused by the venom of verdigris, brass, or copper. Com.
Lat. cancer, a canker. This ' mouth
disease ' is known in medicine as Cancrum on's, a foul ulcer inside the lips and cheeks of
children — rarely of adults — often
arising from bad food or bad constitution. The following curious entry in the Register of Sir Thomas
Boteler, Vicar of Much Wenlock, may
justify the introduction here of the term canker in a usage adopted by the medical profession. %%*1544.
6"" July . . . The said Joan child, single woman, of the age of 22 years, deceased, and died upon
the aisease of a Canker within her
mouth, under the root of her tongue, which as her father said she chanced to have through the
smeUing of Rose-flowers.' %%CANEEBED [kang-kur'd], (1) part, adj. affected
with canker. Com- * Them cabbidge tt6n
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%%(2) adj, cross; ill-tempered. — ^Wem, Shaxohury, %%' We Had neuer such a
cankertd carle, Were neuer in oiir
oompanie/ — Percy Folio, i. 48. %%%%' if canker'd Mad^, our aunt, %%Gome up
the bum, she'll gie's a wicked rant.' %%AUjAS Bamset, The Gentle Shepherd, I.
ii. p. 21. %%Bay has 'A cankred Fellow, Cross, Hl-condition'd.' A North- country word. %%CAIXEBOTTS [kang-ki'us],
cuij. venomous. — Pulyerbatch. 'The
poor child's got a despert le£[ throm that car'less wench p&ttin'
the warmin' pan i' the bed — ^ifs sich
a nasty canl^roua thing to be burnt
ddth.' See Canker (4), also (5). %%CAHVA. See Oranunar Outlines, verb
Can. %%' An' forward, tho' I canna see,
I guess an' fear ! ' %%Robert Bubns, Poems, p. 54, 1. 17. %%CAIT
[kant*], (1) v. n. to gossip; to carry tales. Com. 'That keeper's al'ays cantin* to the Squire about
somebody ; but if 'e dunna mind 'is
owa rabbit grins, an' let other folks alone, I'll put a scotch on *is V^ afore lung.' Cf. Clat (1). %%(2)
tib, a tattler; a tale-bearer. Com* * 'Er's a reg'lar owd cant, that^s whad 'er is.' Cf. Clat (2). %%(3)
$b, gossip ; tattle. Com. "Er's neyer athout some cani to tell yo' on, g66 Ven yo' will.* %%CAVTEL rktin*tel],
«&., ohsols, a comer ; a small piece left, as of bread. — ^Pulyerbatch. ' We mun bake
to-morrow, I see, as theer's on*y one
loaf an' a bit of a cardd as 'U 'ardly see break^Eist o'er.' %%* Por nature
hath nat take his bygynnyng Of no
party e ne caiUel of a thing, But ofa
thing that parfyt is and stable.' %%Chaucer, The Knightee Tale, 1. 2150, ed.
Morris. %%' Hec quadra, a cantel of brede.' — Pictorial Vocabulary, xy.
cent., in Wr. Tocabs., toL i p. 258.
O.Fr. chantel, cantel, coin, morceau.
— ^BuB. %%CAITIH O-CITTABTEB [kan-tin kwaur'tur'], ab, from Candlemas
Day to May-Daj is called
canting-quarter, — Pttlyerbatch. Candlemas is
the beginning of the ' laying season ' in the poultiy-yard ; and
about the same time farm-house
servants are * hired for May.' These events
give rise to much chit-chat, or, as it is called, canl, amongst the
houses wives. %%' Does your goose lay
P Does your maid stay P ' %%is a
fayniliftr couplet, which aptly illustrates the kind of thing that has given rise to the term canting-qwirter,
%%CAHTLE [kan-tll sb., obsols, a can-ful. — Shrewsbury; Pulyer- batch. 'Han' 'ee 'ad a good
"Tummasin" this timeP' 'Well, as
the owd smn' is, " Them as 'ad'n most mouths 'ad'n most
mate." Mrs. Ward an' Mrs. Ambler
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one. "We'd'n pretty nigh a 'oop a piece.' * Oh ! a tidy Christmas batch.* Cf. Thinkle. See
Bk. II,, FolkJore, &c., * Customs
connected with Days and Seasons ' (S. Thoma^$ Day). %%CAFLIK [kap'li'nl sK^
ohsols, a piece of strong leather made of
horse-hide, laced hy thongs or strips of eel-skin to the two parts of
a flail respectively; viz., to the
'swipple' and the * hand-staff.* The
caplins are in their turn similarly umted, thus giving to the flail
the requisite swing when in use. —
Pulverbatch. Qy. com. %%' The CaplingSy the strong double Leathers made fast
to the top of the Hand-staff and the
top of the Swiple.' — Academy of Armory, Bk. in., ch, viii. p. 333. %%* Cappe of a
fleyle.* — Prompt. Parv,, p. 61, Cf. Ifile. %%CAEEYN [kaar^'i'n], (1) sh,,
obsols, a foul carcase, as of an animal
that has died from disease. — Ellesmere. %%* He croukej for comfort •
when carayne he fynd^ Kast vp on a
clyffe • l^er costese lay drye ; %%%%Pallej on )>e foule flesch * &
iyU&x his wombe.* %%Alliterative Poems , The Deluge (A.D. 1360,
ctrca). Specim. Early Eng.^ xiii. L
459. %%O.Fr. charoigne decaro (nominatif car m«). — Bus. %%(2) 8b, an
opprobrious epithet appUed to a woman or girl of dirty habits. — SnnEWSBXTBY ; Ellesmere. ' Yo*
bin a nasty, dirty careyn, that's whad
yo' bin.* %%* Out, you green-sickness carrion ! out, you baggage ! You tallow face ! * — Romeo and Juliet,
Til, v. 157. %%CASFDX [kaa'fful], adj. careful. Com. An old form. %%* ^e
schul 3ild a earful oounte on dredfnl domys-day.* %%John Audelay*8 Poems, p.
21. %%CABJfEY [kaa-r'ni'], adj, giddy ; thoughtless. — Shrewsbury. * Mary, Veer's them matches as I sen' yo'
to fatch ? ' * I forgot 'eni, mother.'
* Forgot ! yo* bin al'ays forgettin' ; I never see sich a Carney piece i' my days.' Cf. Carny, B.
vii., E. D. S. %%CABPENTEB [kaaT'pentur'l, sb. PorcclUo scaber, the
Wood-louse. Generally used in the
plural form, carpenters. — Newpokt. %%CABEIAOE [kaar'-i'j], sb. a sling
attached to the leathern girdle worn
by a mower, in which he carries the whetstone at his back.^ Pulverbatch ; Chubch Steetton. Cf. Sling.
%%CASE [kais*], v. a. to skin. Com. * I never sid a nimbler girld i' my life ; 'er^d case them rabbits awilde
yo' bin lookin* which way to begin.'
This term, though used chiefly with respect to small animals, as rabbits, hares, sauirrels, &c., is not
restricted to them; rooks are aised in
preparing them for pies. %%' First Lord. We'll make you some sport with the
fox ere we ease hiTXL'—AlVs Well That
Ends WeU, IH vi. 111. %%CASE-HAADEirED [kais-aa-'r'dnd], part. adj.
impenetrable to all sense of shame or
moral rectitude. — Pulyebbatch; Ellesmerk.
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%%eallus it 'U su'pidze everybody as knows 'im.* • Aye, 'e waz always a despert srode lad.' %%* Ccue-hardened,
obdurate ; hardened in impiety.' — Bailey, ed. 1727. %%CASE-KlflFE [kaisueif], sh, a
carving-knife of the common type,
without sheath or case of any kind. — Pulverbatch. * Why dunna yo' get the case-knife to cut the bacon?
Yo'n 'urt yoreself worse than the
flitchen 66th that little thing.' %%CASELTT, CASEBTLT [kas Vlti'], Shrbwsburt
; Atcham ; Wem. [kaznir'tli'], Pulverbatch;
Wem. (1) adj, uncertain; doubtful:
said of the weather. Com. See BreaAc-up. %%(2) adj. insecure ;
hazardous : as of a wall or stack out of the per- pendicular. — ^Pulverbatch. * Now, John,
66n 'ee think o' yore stack by
daylight ? It looks mighty casertlyj* %%(3) adj. dangerous ; critiod : as of
the state of a person in illness. —
^Pulverbatch. * Poor owd Betty Jones lies in a very casertly con- dition ; they sen 'er leg an' thigh bin
broke, an' it's a Dad job at 'er age ;
but 'er met as well a bin killed on the spot.' %%CASEYS [kai'zi'z], sh. pi.,
var. pr. * causeys,' paths or roads between
the beds firom which the peat, or ' turf,' as it is called, is cut
on Whixall Moss.— Whitchurch, %%'
Haremeare Mosse was incompassed round with the water of this Meare ; howbeit, the neighbours did gett
some turves upon it ; which Ihey
carryed over the water in boats ; butt Sir Andrew Corbet caused a large causey , or banke, to bee raised
throw the water, soe that teamcs and
carts might easily passe from Haremeare Heath to the Mosse, and the turves (which beefore were had freely)
were sold at 8d a yard, that is, 80
square yards, to cutt and lay upon, which yeilded a loade for the best teame thatt was.' — Gough's
History of Myddle, p. 30. See Causey,
B. xiv., E. D. S. Cf. Causey, below. %%CASP [kasp*]* sh. the cross-bar at the
top of a spade-handle. Com. ' The casp
o' that spade's cracked, I see ; it mun '^ve a cramp put through it.' %%* The head, or handle, or
Jcaspe (of a spade).' — Academy of Armory ,
BL in., ch. viii., p. 337. Cf. Critch. %%CAST [kast'l, (1) v. a. to throw
over; to fling: as of animals for
purposes of farriery. Com. *.We'n *ad a despert job to cast that cowt ; 'e gid Jim a note as 'e 66nna forget
in a 'urry.' Icel. kasta ; Swed. kasta
; Dan. kaste, to throw. %%(2) part. past, thrown over; flung: said of sheep
that have accidentally got on their
backs, and cannot regain their footing.
Com. * Dick, yo' mun run for life to the fare end o* Wuken [OaA-cw, a field at Pulverbatch] ; theer's a yeow
cast i* the briers, an' 'er'U be 4jed
direc'ly; tak the brummock 56th yo' to cut the briers.' %%(3) V. a. to bring
forth prematurely : said of cows. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Clee Hills. * Daisy's coat
*er cauve.' %%' Thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young.' —
Genesis Txi. 38. fiee also Malaohi IT. 11. Cf. Pick (1). %%r
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defeated ; thrown over ; condemned : as in a
law-suit.— Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch. 'Theer's bin a lung law- shoot about a right o' r5oad ; but the
newcomer's got out : it's bin a r65ad
for marr'in' an' berriu' this forty 'ear. I thought if they coulden stop it, it wuz mighty odd to me.' %%M541.
Memorandum that the lO**" day of this instant month of Feb'^, in the year of our Lord 1541, here
was buried W* Lowe, a Cheshire man
oom, which William was a lad of 18 years of age or thereabouts, cast by the verdict of 12 men
at the s*^ Sessions holden here. , .
.' — Register of Sir Thomas Boteler^ Vicar of Much Wenlock. %%' ... It is not
a Strang thing for Mr. Lloyd to impose upon his neighbours, as appeares by his stopping of
a footway over his back side, for
which he was sued and ca«<. '—Gough's History o/MyddU, p. 109. %%* Well, my dear Ladies, said he
... Is sentence ^ven P %%*It is. Sir Charles — He took my hand, . . . — I
have hopes, my dear Miss Byron, that
you are cast.* — jSir Charles Orandison, voL yi. p. 194, ed. 1766. %%(5) V. n. to yield; to
produce. — Clee Hills. 'Well, Tummas,
'ow did that w'eat cast as yo' wun throshin* f * * Middlin' like,
oon- siderin' the saison ; but it
dunna cast like it did last 'ear.' CL Out*
cast. %%(6) V. a. a hunting term. Com. A huntsman is said to ca^
his hounds when, the scent being lost,
he takes them on the line of the
hunted animal, or to the right or left, in order to recover it. The
old hunting rule is to cast forwards
for a fox; and to cast backwards for a
hare, as this animal almost always tries to * double ' back again. %%(7) sh.
a second swarm of bees in the season from one hive. Com. See Bunt (2). %%CASTLING [kass'dlin], sb,
an abortive calf. — Shrbwsburt. See %%Ca8t(l). %%CASTBEL [kas'tr'el], «b, a
worthless person. — Cleb Hills. CC %%Wastrel (1). %%CAT [kat'], sh., obs.'i a
stand formed of three pieces of wood, orna-
mentally turned or carved, crossing each other in the middle; it could be set up at either end, and would
still have three feet on the ground at
the vertices of a triangle. Com. The cat was intended to hold a plate of hot cakes or buttered toast
before the wood-hearth, so %%general in farm-house and cottage throughout
Shropshire up to the oginning of the
present century, and still [1874] occasionaUy to be seen. ' I'll butter the flaps straight off
the oackstwun, if yo'n fatch me a
plate an' the cat to put it on — they'n keep whot till tay.' %%CAT-BBAIH
[kat'br'ain], sh. a rough clayey kind of soil full of stone. — ^Wellxngton. Cf. Botch. %%CATCHIira-TIME
[kach'in tei'm], sh. It is called calchin' time when in a wet season they catch every
minute of £Eivourable weather for
field work. — Shbewsbxjey ; Clee Hills. %%CATEBrCOBITELLED [kaitur^
kaur'neld], adj. irregular of fonn ;
out of proportion : said of any material that wont cat to a required
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%%shape. — ^PuLVERBATCH. * I never aid sicli a cater-comelled thing as this ; for turn it which way yo' odn, yo'
canna get it squar' nor round.' C£
Wanty. %%CATEBrCOBHESEB, adj. diagonal— Wellington. A house stand- ing diagonally to the street would be
eater-cornered. Of. Endways-on. %%CATER-WIFF, adv. across ; from one side to
the other in an oblique direction, as
a tipsy person would go. — Wem, Burlton. ' I seed as 'e wunna sober by the way 'e went caUr-wiff
alung the r6oad.'^ %%CATS' EYES [kat's eiz], sb. Epilohjum angustifolinm,
Eose-bay, Willow Herb.— Craven Arms,
Stokesay. %%CATS' GALLOWS [kat's gal-u'ss], sb. a kind of Wpiug-pole
made b^ children, consisting of a
stick laid horizontally upon two forked
sticks placed upright m the ground. — Shrewsbury ; Fulverbatch. Galled also cat gallows, — Ludlow ;
Newport. Jumpin* cai£ gallusses is a
favourite game with children. %%CAT'S HEAD, ab., oba. a ' pit-head ' standing
on three legs. Com. M. T. See
Pit-head. Gt Cat. %%CAT'S TAIL, sb. Aconitum Na})61lii8, Wolfs-bane. —
Ludlow. %%CAUF [kauf], (1) sb., var. pr. a calf. Com. %%' A cow and a canf^ a
yowe and a hauf, %%And thretty gude shillin's and three ; A vera gude tocher, a cotter-man's
dochter. The lass with the bonie black
ee.' %%BoBERT Burns, Poems, p. 255, L 21, c. 2. %%(2) th, a silly, stupid
person. Com. * Yo' great cauf^ could na yo'
do that bit'n a job athout me '&vin' to tell ya the same thing
twize o'er?' I * C Custance, You great cal/e ye should
haue more witte, so ye flihould . . .'
— Roister Doister, Act ij. Sc. iiij. p. 37. Cf. Auf. %%CATTSET [kaus'i'l, (1)
sb. a paved foot-path, often raised above the
eeneral level. Com. ' The waiter's out all alung the flat aumust level JMStli the causey* %%' This plain
aforesaid named Laborise, is confined on both sides witb the great causeis or high waies raised by
the consuls.' — Holland's Fliny, rviii
11 (A.D. 1634). %%* Ye dainty Deacons, an' ye douce Conveeners, To wbom our modems are but cau«6y-cleaners
! ' %%BoBERT Burns, Poems, p. 27, L 23. %%Our received word ' causeway ' is a
porruption of causey ; an old spelling
of which, accordingly to Mr. Skeat, was ca/cte, £*om Lat. ealceata rta, a way made with lime ; whence
Span, calzada, a paved way; and Ft.
chaussSe^ the same thing: from which last comes directly £ng. causey. Cf. CaaeyB. %%(2) sh.
a narrow paved yard at the back of a house ; also a pave- ment surrounding, or partly surrounding, a
house. Com. 'Sally, ban' yo' aumust
done sloppin' out theer ? ' * I've on'y got the causey to fliwiU ; I shanna be lung.' %% |
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Canf (1). Com. %%CAUVE KIT [kau'v kit], sh, a kind of * loose box ' in the
cow-house where the sucking calyes are
kept. Com. C£ Cote, from which Kit is
probably corrupted. %%CAVALDBT, CAVALTET [kavu'ldr'i', kavu'ltr'il, sh., var.
pr. cavalry, haying special reference
to the ' Yeomanry Cayalry.' Com. The
interchange of d and t is determined rather by individual usage than by any other law ; but cavaltry is the
more general form. In an old diary
kept by an * Oswestrian,' early in this century, there is the following: — *The cavaldry called up m
Oswestry to quell the colars at Chirk,
Jany. 1, 1831.' See Byegones, 25 Oct. 1876. %%CAVE [kaiv], (1) v. n, to give
way, or fall in, as earth that is under-
mined. — Ptlverbatch. *Two men wim buried alive in sinkin' a well at Le Bot'ood las' wik ,* it caved in
on 'em six yards dip.' %%(2) [keiv], Shrewsbuey. Pteev], Newport, [kaiv],
Wejc ; Ellesmere; Oswestry, v. a. to
turn over; to tilt up, so as to empty.
* Now then, look afore yo', or yo'n cave that bouk o'er an* sheod all the milk.' Cf. Kale (2). %%CAW
[ki'-au], Wem. See Croup. %%CHAG [chag*], eh. a branch of broom or gorse. —
Pulverbatch ; Ellesmere. * Theer's a
djel o' bread, beside apple-fit, so mind an*
&ve the oven whot ; put tuthree more chag$ o' brum in, an' cli€r it well.' C£ Jag (3). %%CHAMBER [chaim'bur'],
sh, a sleeping apartment on the ground-
floor. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Wem. JSed-rooms on an upper story are called * upstars '
[upstairsj. * It's a despert poor little
'ouso ; no loft o'er it, but chambers ooth hme flurs, an' I cauna bar
a place athout upstars? %%CBAMBLE,
CHOMBLE [chambl], Pulverbatch. [chom'bl],
Shrewsbury ; Wem. (1) v, a. to gnaw ; to nibble : as rats and
mice do. ' Yo'n got a nice lot o'
cheese ; I 'ope the mice 6dnna tak' a
fancy to chamble 'em, for they bin pretty good judges in a
cheese.' Cf. ChasseL %%S2] V, a. to
peck ; to break into small ^gments : as birds do seed. ^bid, 'Dunna put the canary so much sid to
chamble an' flirt about ; 'e covers
the window-sill 66th 'is chimblin's.' %%CHANCE-CHILD [chans- chciid], sh, an
illegitimate child. — Shrews- bury.
Cf. Love-child. See Base-child, %%CHANCE-PEITNY-STONE, sb, the highest bed of
iron-stone in the coal-field.—
Colliery ; M. T. %%'After the preponderance of vegetable remains in all the
lower measures, a change is discovered
here in the shape of a great abund-
ance of Leptosna Scabicula, This fossil, it is beHeved, has only
been found in the Penny iron-stones ;
in many instances it forms the nucleus
for the nodides of iron-stone. Another characteristic of this Penny-stone is the presence of Megalichthys
Hibberii\ Oyracanihug, Formosus, and
Conulentoe,^ — Notes on the Shropshire Coal^Pield, by T, Parton, F.G.S., 1868. %% |
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%%CHAVET [chai'ni'], sKy var. pr. china. Com. %%CHAP [chap-], (I) 8b. a farm
servant : of such, all helow the ' bayly '
are chaps. Com. Abbreyiated &om Chapxiian. %%(2^ eh. a familiar
appellation for man or boy, as 'fellow' is in
'pohte circles.' Com. %%' An' ane, a chap that's damn'd anldfarran,
%%Dundas his nama' BoBEBT BunNS,
Poems, p. 11, 1. 21. %%(3) tb, an admirer ; a sweetheart. Com. The country
girl speaks of her chap, as the
town-bred damsel does of her ' young man.' A
lady was expostulating with her maid-servant upon some unwise
love affairs which had come under her
notice — * I know it's all right whad %%Jo' sen, Ma'am,' said the girl, * but
indeed, Missis, I canna 'elp it • 've
bin in trouble alung o' the chaps ever sence I knowed anythin'. The lady looked into Fanny's blue eyes and
— believed her ! %%CEAPMAH [chap-mu'n], sb., obsols. a buyer. —
Pulvebbatch. • Whad sort on a fer
han'ee 'ad to-day ? ' * A mighty 'onest un — every mon kep* 'is own ; I took a right useful
cow an* cauve an got never a chapman —
^nod a biddin'.' This old word chapman formerly meant 9eliir as well as buyer ; a trader ; a
merchant. A.S. cedpmann, a merchant; a
market-man. %%* )>anne micthe cJiapmen fare j^uruth en^lond wit here ware, And baldelike beye and sellen, Oueral ^er he wilen dwellen.' %%Haveloh the
Dane, 1. 51. %%*|In Surrye whylom dwelte a companye Of chapmen riche, and therto sadde and
trewe, That wyde-wher senten her
spicerye, Clothes of gold, and satins
riche of hewe.' %%Chaucee, B. 135 (Six-text ed.), Skeai %%Beauty is bought by
judgment of the eye, Not utter'd by
base sale of chapmen^ s tongues.' %%Lovers Labour Lost, ZL i. 16. %%* Par.
Fair Diomed, you do as chapmen do.
Dispraise the thing that you desire to buy.' %%Troilus and (Jressida,
IV. i 75. %%' When chapman billies leave the street, And drouthy neebors, neebors meet, As market-days are wearing late, An' folk begin to tak the gate.' %%; BoBEBT
BuBKS, Poems, p. 91, 1. 1. _ %%'In t^ie days of Edward I.,' says Mr.
Oliphant, * we find scores of French
words, bearing on ladies' way of life, employed by our writers. . . . The English chapman and mmiger now withdrew
into low life, making way for the more
gentlemanly foreigner, the marchaiid.^
Mr. Oliphant makes further mention of chapman^ as — together with other words which he enumerates — 'still
struggling for life,' at the close of
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sb.y ohsols. money which the seUer
gives back to the buyer for * luck.* — PuLVEaBATCH ; Wem. Qy. com. %%*
I gid seven pun ten for 'er at the fax, an' got five shillin' for cJiap' money,* %%CHABLES'S WAHf [chaa-r'lzi'z
wain], eh, the constellation Una
Major, — ^Bishop's Castle; Clxtw; Much WBin:iOCK: %%' FirH Carrier,
Heigh ho I an it be not four by the day, Pll be hanged : Charles* wain ia over the new
chimney, and yet our horse not packed.
What, ostler ! * — 1 K, Henry IV,, IL i. 2. %%In the Staunton edition is the
following note : — ' CkarM wain. The
vulgar appellation for the constellation called the Bear, and a corruption of me Chorles or Churls (i. e.
rustic's) wain.' Gf, Jack and his
waggon. %%CHABM [chaaVm], Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Newport ; Wek ; Ellesmebe. [chaam*], Corve Dale. (1) ab,
the intermingled and confused song of
all the morning birds. ' 'Ow the birds bin singin* this momin' ; the coppy's all on a charm,*
%%* Sweet is the breath of mom, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds . . .'
%%Paradise Lost, Bk. iv. 1. 641. %%' I cJierme as b3rrdes do whan they make a
noyse a great nomber toother,' —
Palsgrave, in Hal. %%Hence, perhaps, * a charm of goldfinches,' meaning a
company of them,' given by Strutt in *
Terms used in Hawking.' — Spwrts and
Pastimes, p. 38, ed. Hone, 1833. %%(2) sh, a murmuring noise ; a hum,
as of many voices. * Whad a charm them
childem bin makin i' school.' A.S. cyrm, a noise ; shouL %%CHASTEE-MASTES,
sb. same as Bntty (2).— Colliery ; M. T. %%CHASSEL [chas'h'l], v. a, to
nibble, as rats do com. — Corve Dals. %%* The rots nan cfiassdled away one
'afe o' the V^at i' the rick.' CL
Ohamble. %%CHASSELLIV&S [chas'h'linz], sh, pi cut or nibbled
grains of com which fall out in the '
tail-ends,' q. v. — Corye Dale. C£ Chimb-
lings. %%CHASTISE [chastei*z], v, a,, pec, to suspect; to accuse. —
Shrews- bury ; Pulverbatch. * If s
'ard to say w'en a thing's gwun who 'as
it. I cJiastised Joe on it ; but 'e flatly denied, an' toud me so
straight format Veer an' w'en 'e lef
it, as I beueve 'e's innicent.' %%CHATOES. See Potatoes. %%CHATS [chat's],
ah, pi. small branches and twigs used for firing. — , Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch ; Ellesmebe ;
Oswestry. * Dick, run %%an* £Eitch tuthree dry chats to ptit i' the oven, I
canna get this big %%'66d to bum.' %%* Love of lads and fire of chats is soon
in and soon out.' — Darhish* Hay's
Proverbs, p. 42. Ash has ' chat-wood,
small brushwood for fire.' %%CHATTEBpFIE, 8h. Pica cauddta, the Magpie.—
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%%* And ehatUring pie$ in dismal discords snng.' %%3 Henry F/., V. yi 48.
%%CHATTY IE0V8T0VE, sh. crambling^ tender iron-stone. — Colliebt; ILT. %%CHAW [chau*], (1) v. a, to
masticate; to chew. — Pulyerbatch;
Nbwpoet. Qy. com. %%' . . . But still as yon are fishing chaw a little
white or brown bread in yonr month,
and Cast it into the Fond about the place
where yonr flote swims.' — The Compleat Angler, ch. yiii, p. 172.
%%A.S. cedwan, to eat; chew. %%(2) V. a,, pec. to mumble in speaking. —
^Lttdlow. ' Dunna chaw yourwoijis;
spake 'em.' %%CEAWL [chau'l], (1) sb. a pig's cheek ; a cheek of bacon. —
Shrews^ BUBY; PuLVEBBATCH ; Clun;
Newpobt; Wem. * Bacon wuz a bit
chepper at the fax; I bought a prime par o' ohawU for Id. a lb.,
an' yo' oonld'n '&ye a good
flitchen at W %%*-Hee was bygHch ybownde * on bothe twoo halnes, Bothe his chaul & his chynne * with
ohaynes of yren.* %%K, Aluaunder, L 1119. %%Ghayylbone or chawlbone,
Mandihula. <A chafte, a chawylle, a
chekebone; maxilla, . . mandubila . . .' — Oath. Akol. In the Latin-English Yocabulary, HarL MS., 1002,
f. 140, occurs the word • brancus, a
gole, or a chawle.' — Prompt Parv. and Notes, A.S. ceaflas, nam. pi, jaws ; cheeks. Ot Chonl (1). %%(2)
V, o. to chew; to munch. — Shbewsbuby; Ltjdlow. *Whad 'nee got i' yore mouth, chawlin' athatn P '
Ct Chaw (1). %%CHEAFSN [chepn], v, a, to ask the price of anything. —
Shbews- buby; Pdlvebbatoh; Olxtn; Wem.
*'Ow's butter gwelin this momin' P ' *
I dunna know, I hanna chined it.' %%*Kite Ay, about an hour hence walk
carelessly into the %%market-place [Shrewsbury], and you'll see a tall
slender Gentleman cheapning a
Pennyworth of Apples, with a Cane hanging upon his Button ...... %%* Smith, A tall slender
Gentleman, you say, with a Cane ! Pray
what sort of Head has the Cane P %%'Kite, An Amber Head with a Black
Bibband.' — ^Fabqtthab's Becruiting
Officer, Act III. Scene. — ^A Chamber. %%Chepyn, lAcitor, *To chepe, taxare;
Chepe, precium,* — Cath; Anol. In
Cazton's Boke for Travdlers, a servant who is sent to market is thus directed : ' So chepe for us
of the yenyson, m nous hargaigne,*
Palsgrave gives the verb. * To bargen, chepe, bye and sell, marcJiander, Go chea)[>e a cappe
for me, and I wyll come anone and bye
it.' A.S. ce&pian, negotiari. — Prompt. Parv. and Notes. %%CQSEEB
[chee^h'r'], sb., var. pr. a chair. Com. %%CHEESES rchee'ziz], sb. pi. the
seed-vessels of Mcdva sylvestris,
common Mallow. Com. John Clare, the Northamptonshire poet, has a reminiscence of childish games with
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echool was o'er Upon the threshold of
the door, Picking from mallows, sport
to please, The crumpled seed we call a
cheese,* %%* Les petiU fromageona ' is the name given by French children to the * crumpled seed' of the Mallow. %%CHEX
[chem*], sb. a team of horses. — Pulverbatch; Wev ; Ellesicebe. ' Theer wuz a grand stand-off
at the love-oarriage las' Saturday —
^thirteen wa^gins. Mr. Bromley's chem come in first, an' Ben looked pretty proud on 'is foi^ 'orse ;
'e gid two shillin' for a star for
'im.' See Love-carriage. %%CHESPIT [ches'pit], sb. a cheese-vat. — ^Wem ;
Ellbsxerb. %%CHESWIT [chez'wi't], same as Chespit. — Shrewsbury; Pulver- batch ; Gljjn, * I never sid sich a noggen
fellow as that oowper is. I axed 'im
to mak' m« a squai^ frame for crame cheese, an' 'e's gwun an' made a chesunt big anui to shoot a
Cheshire mon.' %%' Casiarium,' glossed ' chese-tviite,* occurs in a Metrical
Vbcabulafy, perhaps xiv. oent., in Wr.
vocabs., voL L p. 178. ' %%CHILDEB [clul-dur'], sb. pL children. — Newport.
%%' Of mouth of chUder and soukand,
Made )>oa lof in ilka land.' %%Metrical English Psalter (before
Aj). 1300). Specim, Early Eng., U,
viiL 5. %%Mr. Oliphant, speaking of the changes at work in the English
of about A.D. 1120, says, * Cildru
turns into cyldren, for the South of
England, unlike the North, always loved the plural in en, of
which the Germans are so fond.' And he
observes of Ormin, who wrote about
A.D. 1200, 'He uses childre for the plural of childy and the former still lingers in Lancashire as
childer ; ' adding, ' Our corrupt
plural children came from the South, as also did brethren and kine.*
— Sources of Standard English, pp. 70
— 102. %%Mr. Earle says, * Brethren and children are cumulate plurals.
They have added the -en plural form on
to an elder plural ; for brether and
chUder were plurals of ** brother" and ** child".' —
Philology of the English Tongue, pp.
316, 317. A.S. did, a child; pL cildra, cildru. %%Of. Ghildermas-Day.
%%CHILBEEIN [chil'du'r'in], sb, pi. children. — Newport. A form of rare occurrence. %%' God that made se and
sond. With blody woundis he sail
stond. Come ye alle on ryjt hond, je chylderin thatlian servyd me.'
%%Sonasand Carols of the neign of Henry VI., xvii. p. 2. Warton Club Publications, 1856. %%CHILDEBir
[chU-dur'n], sb. pi. children. Com. %%^ And play as chylderne done in
strete.' %%Early Eng. MisceL, m. p. 10. %%Warton Cluh PubUcations, 1855, %% |
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%%CHILL [chil*], V, a.f pec to warm ; to take tbe chill off any liquid. Com. ' Bring that 'om, wench, to chill this
drink for the Maister's bayte; 'e
66nna like to 'aye it cowd, sich a ^jtuii day as this.' %%GHUEBLIHOS
[cbim'blinz], sb, pL bits gnawed or pecked off. — Shsewsbttst ; Pultebbatch ; Wem. * The rots
or mice han cut the bags i' the
granary, an' I know theer's my 'at fall o' chiinblin'a on the ftor.' See Ohamble. Of.
Cbasaellings. %%CHIHBLIHft [chim'blinz], ab, pL^ var. pr. chilblains. Com. *
Mother, I canna bar 56th these
chimhli'M no lunger, they itchen so.' ' Well,
dunna scrat 'em no more than yo' can 'elp, an' Pll axe yore faither
to fatch a good ^6\lj bough to squitch
'em d6th ; ifs the best rem^ddy as I
know to— but it gies yo' whad fur at the tune.' %%CHIMLET. See CShimney
below. %%* 1808. April 13***, sweeping workhouse Chimley j 6*.' — Parish AocounU, Much Wenlock. %%' The auld
guidwife's weel-hoordet nits, %%Are round an' round divided, An monie lads' an' lasses' fates Are there that ni^ht decided : Some kindle, couthie, side by side. %%An'
bxun thegither trimly ; Some start awa,
wi' saucy pride. An' jump out-owre the
chimlie %%Fu' high that nighi' %%I£qb£BT Builns, Poems, p. 45, L 26.
%%CHUCLEY-JAWH [cbim*li jaum], sb., obsols. the solid masonry forming the sides of the fire-place as seen
in old houses. — Pulyer- BATCH. * Theer's
nuthin' lef*^but the chimley-jaunn,* said old Hannab Fletcher, describing the utter wreck of her
house, which was swept away by the
flood occasioned by the bursting of a water-spout on the Stiperstones, May 27th, 1811. The
cottage thus alluded to skirted the
side of the little brook which flows through the Pulyer- batch Outrack ; and there was literally
nothing left of it * but the
chimley-jawmf' on which hung a ham, and on a nail oyer it the
^ood old dame*s bonnet ; these escaped
being carried away. The funuture was
all swept off by the flood, with the exception of the t^ oak-cased dock, which stood against the western wall
of the cottage ; this wall was borne
In by the yiolence of the flood, and seems to haye impelled the clock across the kitchen, as it was
found leaning against the before-
mentioned chimley 'jatvm^ as a person faint and weary might lean %%%%
face it had ' at the time of the flood,' in the possession of the grand- daughter of H. F. . A 'batch' of bread,
just taken out of the %%oyen when the storm burst, was carried by the stream
to Stapleton, a distance of three
miles ; the loayes, swollen to an immense size, were taken out at Stapleton church-yard. A pot
of gold pieces, twenty- seyen * apade
ace guineas,' was neyer recoyered ; it was belieyed to haye been buried in the silt left by the
flood, and in future ages may be
brought to light as * treasure Iroye.' It must haye been a shed- ding-off of ttie water-spout which thus
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76 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%stead in tHe
Falyerbatcli Outrack ; the main body of water striking off through Habberley and Minsterley, as
"will be seen from the %%; subjoined account of the 'Minsterley Flood'
condensed from the %%; Bhrewshury Chronicle of the period. %%< In the
afternoon of Monday, 27th May, 1811, there W£L8 a violent storm of thunder, lightning, and haiL Near
the White Qrit, hail- stones, two
inches in circumference, lay almost a foot deep. About fiye o'clock a cloud burst upon the
Stiperstones, and a torrent of water
rushed down the hill-side, sweeping away several cottages of the White Grit minora The body of water,
however, divided : one portion took a
direction through Habberley, but the greatest quantity pursued its course along the valley through
which Minsterley brook runs, and
overwhelmed everything which lay in its way ; trees were torn up by the roots, and one containing^
about 80 feet of timber floated over
meadows for more than a nule. Between five and six o'clock the water reached Minsterley, and
flooded almost every house in the
village. Mr. Yaughan, a farmer, was swept from his fold and carried several hundred yards through the
bridge, where the current threw him
upon a pigsty, whence he climbed to the roof of a house and was saved. His sister was swept into
the branches of a tree. Thirteen
persons in the ' Angel ' puolic-house saved themselves by clinging to the rafters when the water
reached the second story. The stables,
with all other contiguous buildings, were swept away, but 17 horses swam out. Three persons were
drowned here. At Pontesford the flood
burst into Mr. Heighway's house through the
windows ; the walls gave way and four people perished. Two ladies climbed on the roof and were saved. At this
place the water was at least 20 feet
deep. The house and mill at Plox Green were *' swilled " away. Great damage also was done at
Hanwood. The torrent, following the
course of Meole brook, reached Shrewsbury about half- past ten at night with a tremendous roaring
noise. All the houses near Coleham
Bridge were flooded, and the street in front of the £su2tory was inundated to the depth of
nearly three feet by an instant-
aneous gush. The force of the stream turned the current of the Severn, which rose near the English Bridge
four feet in less than ten minutes.
The consternation caused in Shrewsbury was intense, as the event happened in the night and in a
time of drought, and people rushed
from tneir rooms half dressed and not knowing where to go.' Owen and Blakeway, in their History of
Shrewsbury, vol. i. p. 585, referring
to the foregeing event, say, * A subscription was imme- diately begun in Shrewsbury to supply tiie
loss sustained by nearly 200 families
of cottagers, and the sum of £1862 10s. Sd. was collected in a few weeks ; of which £1322 15a. 6d,
was disbursed to the sufferers, and 25
per cent returned to the subscribers. The liberality of the contribution was enhanced by the
consideration that two other charit-
able subscriptions were going on at the same time: one for the British detained as prisoners oy Bonaparte,
and the other for the distress
occasioned in Portugal by the invasion of the French.' %%CHnOfET [chim-bli'],
Pulvbrbatch; Clun. [chim'di'], Clun;
Glee Hills, [chim-li'], SHkBwsBURY; Pxtlvebbatch ; Much Wbnlock. %%CJUIH-COTTGH [chin-ku'f], sh.
the whooping-cough. Com. See Bk. n.,
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%%CHIHE OF POSK^ «&., obeoU. a longitudinal cut on each side of the hackhone gives the cltine, which is
afterwards subdivided into small *
hunks.' The chine may be cut broad or narrow to suit the circumstances of the household. The
ordinary breadth in a large pig is
about three inches. Com. * Cut a good chine^ Landy, as the oml lasses us most the 'ear ; the
flitchens ^ the 'ams bin wantin' for
rent an' other things.' See OffiL %%A Chine of Pork is one of the diahes in a
' Bill of Fare for Grand Feasts ' given
by Bandle Hohne. — Academy of Armory y Bk. m. ch. iiL p. 78. %%CiilN JL-UUIH JL, sh. Friiujilla
ccelehs^ the Chafi&nck — ^Bridgnorth.
So called from its ringing, musical ' caU-note.' • %%CHISEL [chiz'l],
same as Chassel, q. v. — Graven Arms. %%CHITTEELnrO PTJFPS [chith'lin puf-s],
ah, pi. puffs made of pastry, filled
with a kind of mince-meat made of * chitterlings ' (q. v. oelow) and other ingredients. — Shkewsbuby
; Ellesmesle. Qy. com. A Welshampton
woman gave the following receipt for making chiU te^livk puffs : * Yo maun wesh the
chitte'lin s in a many waiters, then
soak 'em four days in saut an' waiter, an' then two da^s in fresh waiter, an' after that yo maun bile 'em
till they bin thin and clier thin, an'
then 'ack 'em as small as small, an' get some corrans an' rais'ns an' some candied p^l an' spice, an'
'ack some apples, an' blend 'em all
together, an' mak' puffs on it, or — ^if yo Hken better — standin' pies.' %%CHrriEELniraS [chit-h'linz], sh.
pi, the ' puddings/ or intestines, of
a pig. Com. Chiiierlingsy after being tiiorouffhly cleansed by a process such as that described in the
preceding ' gp^oss,' are prepared for
table by boiling them — ^the smaller ones bemg plaited together — and cutting them into short lengths. Served
up thus, or else fried, the^ are eaten
with mustard and vinegar, and are considered quite a dehcacy of farm-house or cottage fare. '
Get some o' them chitte^Hna an' fry
'em for the men's supper, they bin mighty fond on 'em.' %%Chytyrlynge,
Scrutellum, * Chiterlynge, hilla,* — Cath. Anq. ' Chyterlin^, endoilej — Palso. Herman
says, 'Let us have trypis,
cheUerlyngis, and tr^llybubbys ynough, auppedita auHcodia ad
aatie" tatemJ Skinner derives the
word from lent, kutteln, intestina, —
Prompt, Parv, and Notes. Cf, Boger. %%CHITXTP [chitu'p], sb. a saucy,
pert, forward girl. — Pulverbatch ;
Olun. ' Dun yo think as I wuz gwein to be 'ectored o'er by a
little chitup like that ? I soon let
*er know as 'er'd got the wrang pigby>
the ear.' %%CHOICE [chois's], adj\y pec. careful of, as valuing
highly. — Shrews- BXTBY ; Pulyerbatgh.
Qy. com. ' They han but that one little lad»
an' they bin mighty choice an' tid on 'im — 'e's sadly spiled.'
%%CHOKE-PEAB fchoa'k paaV], sb. a very hard kind of winter pear.— EzJiESMER^ Ifontford, %%CHOKBLE. See
Chamble. %%CHOSE [choa'zl, v. a., var. pr. choose. Com. * '£r didna clioae
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Shrewsbttrt, * ye t Say of October ihB
T^ yere of the Beigne of Kynse Edward the iiij*^,' contains the following : * Also it shidl be lawfiul for
the said John C & his eyrys to
electt & chose any other honest or lawfall prest/ &c — OwEN'
and Blakeway'b Hietory of Bhrewshuryy
vol. ii. p. 469. %%' Therfore let cure kynge, what tyme hys grace shalbe so
ni3mded to take a wyfe to chose hym
one whych is of god, that is, whyche is
of the housholde of fayth.' — ^Latdceb, Sermon i. p. 34. %%CHOXJL
[chou'I], (1) ah, same as Chawl (1). — ^Ellesmerb. %%' So hard Bofyn rogud
his roll, %%That he smot with his cAou7e, %%A^ayns the marbystone.' %%JoKN
Audelat's Poems, p. 77. %%(2) si. the stmnp of a tree.— Wem. Cf. Stoul (1).
%%CHBISTIAV [kr^is'chu'n], eb. this appellation is given to an animal as expressive of superior inteUi^nce. Com.
* Wy 'e'd get on that wall/ said a
woman, of a favourite dog, ' an* bark like a Christian 'e 66dj 'e knowed so well who wuz a-comin'.'
%%CHSISTM AS BBOF [kr'is-muB bfon], sh,, olmUA a yule log. — %%WOETHEN.
%%CHEISTMAS-BBUirD, t^em.— Pulverbatch. Cf. Brand. %%CHUCK [chaek* and
chuk*], (1) sK a cut of beef extending from the horns to the ribs,* including the
shoulder-piece. — Shbewsbubt. Country butchers
have * cuts * such as tiie chuck, * dench,' &c., to meet the requirements of their fsum-house
customers. See Blench, %%(2) V. a, [id,"] to throw; to toss. Com. *
Chuck them orts to the pigs, Surrey.'
%%(3) V, n. a call to fowls. See Call-words. %%' And with that word he fleigh
down fro the beem, Por it was day, and
eek his hennes alle ; And with a chvk
he gan hem for to calle, For he hadde
founde a com, lay in the yerd.' %%Chauoee, Nonne Prestes Tale, 1. 353, ed.
Morris %%(4) [chuk-], sb, a term of endearment to a child. Com, * Now, cliuac, come an' a yore new coat on, we bin
gwein to see the 'ouse- keeper at the
Squire's.' %%* Mach, Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chudc^ Till thou applaud the deed.'— Jfacic^A, HL
ii. 46. %%CHTTCEIE, diminutive of Chuck (4). %%' I wat she is a daintie
chuckie. As e'er tread clay ! ' BoBEBT BuENS, PoewM, p. 108, c. 2, L 27.
%%CHTTHP [chump-], sb. a log of wood for the fire. — Shrewsbubt; WoBTHBN. * Fatch a champ to put o' the
fire, an* then itll las' us till we
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%%CHUHDER [cban*dnr'], v. n. to mutter; to gromble. — ^Newport. See Jnnder. Cf. Knnger. %%CHUBCHniG MICE,
phi-, murmuring in an under-tone. — Pulver-
BATCH ; Whttohttrch. * I bVajb tell 'em wliad I think right out ;
I dunna like churchin' mice, they bin
never the "wiser then.' %%CHUBL [churl'], ab, Clieiranthua Clieiri ; the
common Wall-flower. —Colliery. Of.
Bloody Warrior. See Wall-flower. %%CHUSir-DBILL [chur'n'dr'il], eh. a flat,
edged tool, used in drilling holes for
blasting ; it is worked with the hands alone, not, as is the ordinary * driU,' with the hammer. Com. M.
T. %%CHUSHHG [chur'nin], pari, adj, working the * churn-drill.' Ibid.
%%CHVBH-OWL, «&., obsoU, Gaprimulgus Europmis; the European Goat-sucker. — Bridgnorth. Called Chum-owl
from the peculiar cry the bird utters
— * chur-r-r ! chur-r-r ! ' Cf. Kight-hawk. %%CLACK [klak'], (1)^5. a
contemptuous term for a woman's tongue. —
Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch; Wellington. Qy. com. *Whad a dock that o5man 'as ! 'Er puts me in mind
o' Betty Andras o' Cruck Meole, w'en
the chap i' the market-train gwein to Sosebry said to 'er, ** Wy, Missis, I should think yo' iled yore
tongue this momin* afore yo'
started." But Betty wunna short fur a nanser to 'im ; no danger ! " No, indeed, sir," 'er said, **
I didna ; it runs fest anuf atiiout iliir ! " * %%* par mid l^u cladcetA
oft and longe And ^at is on of )»ine
songe.' %%Owl and NightingaUf L 81. %%0. Dutch, Maeken ; O. loel. klaka,
olack.— Strat. C£ Clat (3). %%(2) »h. noisy, unmeaning talk. Ibid, * I tak'
no more 'eed on 'er clack than a nowd
'en cacklin'.' %%(3) sb, the valve of a pump.— Pulverbatch ; Wellinqton.
Qy. com. ' I canna get a drop o'
waiter out o' the pump ; I dunna know
w'ether it's the dock or the bucket, but summat's wrang.' Cf. Glieket (3). %%(4) sb. the valve of
bellows. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch. Qy,
com. * 'Ow can yo' espect them bellya to blow w'en yo'n got yore knee agen the dock f ' %%(5) sb, a smart
slap. — Shrewsbury. 'Mother, Mary's gid our
little Sam a dack o' the side on 'is yed.' ' Well, jest let me ketch
'er, an' rU gie 'er
Jack-up-the-orchut.' %%Claque; coup du puit de la main. — Chahb. %%diACXER,
sb, a wooden rattle used to frighten biid& Com. ' It's a pity to see a nice bwoy like Jim stuck i'
the leasow to frighten crows; 'e inna
lazy, fur 'e works the dadeer right well.
C£ Fr. doqud, the clapper of a milL — Chamb. %%CLAM [kkm*], (1) same
as Clem, q. v. — Clun, Hereford Border, %%* My intrails Were danrn^d with keeping a perpetual
&st.' Roman Adcr^ U iL, Massinoeb
(firat half 17th cent.) in Nares, %%Bailey haa ' Clammed^ staired with
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80 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%(2) vh. to pull all the
bells at onoe in rinffin^ a peaL Com. ' I spec the weddin's oome off ; I *ear Wee'bry
bells rmgiu' an' dammiiC like fury.'
%%CLAMFEB [klam'pur'], sh. anything big, cumbrous, troublesome, or obstructiYe, would oome under the
signification of this term. — WoBTHEN,
Cherbury. %%CLAHE [klain*], (1) v. a. and adj\, var. pr. clean. Com.
A.S. cUknan, to clean ; din, clean.
See Sources of Standard English^ p.
116. %%12) V, a. to change the morning dress ; to arrange the
afternoon ette ; not neces^uily to
perform the ablutions also. Com. ' Han'etf
aid Mary about P ' ' Iss, I met 'er now jest at the top o' the stars, gweln to dan/t 'er fur tay.' %%(3) adv. entirely
; quite. Com. ' Sall^, the Maister's jest bin an' toud the Missis as the fox 'as bin i' the
mght an' t66k all them gullies — they
bin dane gwun, 'e hanna lef one. The Missis is in a fine fan- teeg» an' piits the faut on yo' fur nod
seein' as they wun safe i' the crew;
so yo'd'n better bewar*.' %%' Medleth namore with that art, I mene, For, if ye doon, your thrift is goon ful dene,^
%%Chauceb, G. 1425 (Six-text ed.), Skeat. %%^ Oil Ps, IxxriL 8 ; Is. xxiy.
19. A.S. adv. d<kn€, entirely. %%(4^ adj. clear; pure; with regard to
complexion; wholesome loojung. Com.
^'Erwuz a mighty pretty girld ; sich a dane skin an' clier red an' w'ite.' %%CLAHLT
[klan'li'], adj, clean and neat of habits. — Pulverbjltch ; JSllesmere. Qy. com. ''Er's 2l danly^ tidy
ddman, an' the best *uz'ife i' the
parish.' A danly dab is a slattem. Cf. Dab (4). %%* ]}e stede stod ful stille
* >ou^ he steme were, While ^e
kni^t him sadded * & danli him grei^ed.' %%William of FaUme, L 3288.
%%A.S. dJbdiCf pure ; cleanly. %%CLAHSE fklanz*], (1) v. a,y var. pr. to
clear ; to free from impurities or
superfluous matter - to cleanse.---]^ULYERBATCH. This word is not used in the sense that dean is, with regard
to domestic economies. * A dose o'
camomine tay 6dd do that cowd good ; it 6dd danse the stomach — ^theer's nuthin like yarb tay.'
%%< And danse here consyans dene and k6.pe charite.' %%John Audelay's
Poems, p. 14. %%' On Yche braunche was a word * of ^hreo manor enkes j Gold and Seluer he seis * and Asur
forsol^e. ' )>is make)7 ', quod l^e
wiht * l^e marke of gold ; And *
)>is saues ', qua^ l^at wiht * l^e sevne of seluer; And ' l^is danses ' ' as |h» Asur kennea'^
%%Joseph of Arimaihie, L 198. A.S.
dJknsian, to cleanse ; to purify ; to dear. %%(2) sb. the after-birth of a
cow. — Pxtlyeebatch, Qy. com. AJ9L
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%%CLAVSIVG-SIEVE [klan'zi'n siv], sh, a large sieve used in brewing to strain the hops from the wort. —
Shsewsbxjby ; Pulyerbatch ; Wbm. %%Hoc
cokUoriwn, a clenyn^-sefe, under the head of * Panducsatar cum mis Instrumentisy* occurs m Pictorial
Vocabulary, xv» cent., in Wr. Tocaba
vol. i p. 276. %%CLAP ptlap-l, (1) V, a, to lay down hastily. Com. * I clapt
the kay o the dnnk down somew'eer, an'
now I canna find it.' %%(2) V. a. to set down in writing. Com. ' I mus* clap
down a few arrants, or else I shall
forget the one 'afe.' %%(3) V. a. to sit down hastily. Com. ''£r cZop^erself
down on the first cheer 'er come to.'
%%(4) V, a, to close, as of the double doors or eates of a farm-yard. Com. ' Tom, dap them gates together, ^t 'ee
r ' ' Wen I've got the ship out o' the
foud.' %%(5) V, a. to applv, as of a poultice or plaister, &a Com. * If s
on'y a bit of a scrat ; 1 11 clap a
slip o' plaister on it jest now.' %%* Hell dap a shangan on her tail, An' set the bainis to daud her %%Wi' dirt
this day.' BoBEBT BuBNS, Pocma, p. 29,
1. 18. %%(6) V. a. to smack ; to slap, as a sign of approbation. Com. Cf . —
%%* And he dapte him with \>e tre
Bith in ]>e fule necke so.' %%Havdok the Dane, 1. 1821. %%(7) tib.
a smack; a slap of encouragement. Com. 'Well said, Jack ! Yo' desarye a dap o' the back for
that' ' But yo' clappen too 'ard.'
%%CLAPPSBCLAW [klap-u'r'klau*'], v. a. to scold and abuse with the tongue. — PiTLVEBBATCH. Qy. com. * I
believe 'er dappcrdawtd 'im shamefuL'
%%CLAPPERCLAWIVG, a round of abuse. Ibid. ' 'Er gid 'im sich a dapperdatoin' as 'e never 'ad.' %%CLABT
[klaa.r'-i'], sb. obeA a shrill noise ; a ringing cry. — Pulver- batch; Wobthen. (1) ' It shewns the time o'
'ear ; the rooks bin makin' a pretty
dary,^ (2) * Bin the 'ounds out to-day ? I thought I 'eard thar clary. ^ %%Cf. ' Clari'sonous
[darieonuB, Lai], sounding Joud or shrill.' —
Bailet, ed. 1727. %%CLAT [klat-1, (1) r. n. to tattle; to propagate
idle tales. — Pulver- batch. « 'Er's
al'ays daMin' about somebody.' Cf. Cant (1).
(2) th. a tattler ; a tale-bearer.— iWd. Cf. Cant (3). %%* Clit, dat,
clit, Yore tongue shall be slit ; An* every little dog in the town ShaU '^ve a bit.' %%Shropshire * Nursery
Hhyme,* %%Ct^Tsl^iak tit in Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes o/Ehgktnd, p. 76. %%G
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82 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%< Olaud, That chMeran
Madge, my titty, tells do fi&wB
Whene'er our Meg her canker'd humour gaws.' %%Allan Eamsay, The QenUe
Shepherd^ JH, li. p. 42. %%(3) sb, a contemptuous term for a woman's tongue.
— ^Ellesmerb, %%* Whad a d<U that woman 'as ! Did'n'ee ever 'ear sich a
nisse 'or mak'sP' Cf. Clack (1). A.S.
datruTig, anything that makes a
clattering. %%CLAW [klau'l, v. a. to seize hold of; to snatch at —
Shrewsbury. Qy. com. ' Now, childem,
yo' needna daw out o' the basket as soon
as it's put down, yo'n get whad's in it none the sooner.' %%* He daws
it as Clayton daw'd the pudding, when he eat bag and all.'— Bat's Proverbs, p. 220. %%A.S.
dawian; O.H. Germ. kJ^wen, to claw; clutch. — Strat. %%CLAWS, CLEES, CLETS
[klau-z], Ellesmere; Wem. [klee-z],
Shrewsbury ; Clun. [klai-zj, Pulverbatch ; Worthen ; Bishofs Castle, sb, pi. the respective parts of a
cloven-foot. * Tak' car' as yo'
scauden the pig's fit well, so as the deys 56n come off aisy athout tarrin 'em.' %%Bandle Holme, in his Academy
of Armory , enumerates amongst the
parts of * The Legs and Feet of a Bull, Oxe, or Cow,' the d-ees
or hoofs, which is termed
doMhle-dawed, or cloven-footed.— Bk. IL ch.
xi. p. 171. Of a sheep, hoofs or daws. — Ibid, p. 177. Swine's
feet, daws or hoofs. — Ibid, p. 181.
%%* Claw, or de of a beste. Ungtda,^ — Prompt, Parv, %%Minsheu (ed. 1617, p.
97) has the following :—* 2051. The CIeye$
of Crabbes, Scorpions, &c., k Lat. Chelae arum; idem Gr. xi^^>
4* cxv^at, i ffx^tt*>i i.[e.]
findo, to cleave asunder, quia fissae videntur in duas partes, because they are divided and
cloven asunder,^ %%A.S. dawu, a claw ; dea, dex> ; id. pL deawan, deawn,
%%CLAY-COLD [klai- koa-ld], adj\ quite cold; lifeless. Com. (1) %%* Weerever han'ee
'ad this child ? it's fit an' *an's bin dny-cold — ^it's welly starved to djeth.' (2) * The body wuz
day-cold w'en it wu« fund.' %%CLEACH
[klee'ch], (1) v. a. to clutch. — Glee Hills. %%* I'enne Sir Gauan bi ]>e
color cliches >e kni^t.* %%The Anturs of Arther, &c., 48, 7, in Strat.
%%(2) V, a., obsols. to lade out in a skimmiug kind of way, so as not to disturb the bottom. — Pulverbatch. * Tak' a
spdttn an* fatch a spot o' crame ;
deach it under carfully, nod to disturb the milk much^ or we shan '&ve it sour.' %%CLEACH-HOLE
[kleexh oal], sh,^ obsols, a place scooped out in the bed of a brook, to collect water for
domestic purposes. — Pulver- batch. *
Mind as yo' dunna muddy the deach- ole ; I shall want it clier for weshin' the butter.' %%CLEACH-NET
[klee-ch net], sh. a hand-net, similar in form to a •shrimping-net,* used in shallow, muddy
waters to catch 'pinks' or other small
fish. — Shrewsbury. A good ^ deachin^-wait&r,^ as described by John Cotton of Hanwood, is
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%%CLEAVIHO, (1) sK same as Claaae (2). — ^Atgham. Qy. com. %%(2) sh. a
cleansing drink giyen to the cow at the time of calving. — Ihid. C£ Glanse (1). %%CLEAT, CLET, CLTTT
[klee-t], Whitchurch, [klet-], Wellington.
[klut], PULVEBBATCH ; WoETHEN, sh, a small wedge. * The cogs o* this SDed binna-d-as tight as they oughten
to be ; I mun get some dvU for 'em
afore I can begin to mow.* %%Randle Holme has * Plow-dates^ a kind of Wedge
to raise the Beam higher or lower.* —
Academy of Armory, Bk. III. ch. viii. p. 333. %%* Cl^te, cleat (elate), wedge
; cwnetw.*— Strat. %%* Clyte, or clote, or ye^^Q (clete or wegge). Cuneus,^ —
Prompt, Parv. %%CLEES. See Claws. %%CLEM [klem*], v, a. to pinch with hanger
; to famish. Com. Starve is neyer used
in this sense ; it is applied to cold only. * They sen Jack Pugh's t65k to gaol fur poachin', an*
the poor 66m an an* childern bin
clemmed an' starvin* ; they hanna-d-a bit o* bread nor a lump o* coal i* the 'ouse.* %%* I cannot eat stones
and turfs, say. What, will he clem me and
my followers ? Ask him an he will dem me ; do, go.* — Ben Jonson, Poetaster^ I. ii. (first half 17th cent.),
in Wr. %%* You been like Smithwick, either dem'd or borsten. Chesh* —
RaY's Proverbs^ p. 227. %%Dtt.
klemmenj to pinch; O.L. Germ. (bi)klemman; O.IE. Germ. (bi}chlemmen, to dam. See Strat. Cf. Clam
(1). %%CLEK-OVT [klem-gut], (1) sb. poor food. — Pulverbatch. 'I canna ate that, it*s reg'lar clem-gutJ %%(2) adj\
poor; unsatisfying: said of food. — Ihid, *I dunna like them dem-gut apple-fit for bayte; theer*s
nuthin like a good lommack o* bread
an' cheese.' %%A field at Northwood, Ellesmere, is called Clem gutts,
%%CLEM-OUTTED [klem* guti'd], part, adj, said of one who eats raven- ously, as if hunger-pinched. — ^Newport,
ShiffnaL %%CLENT [klent'], v,n., ohsols, to dry, as grass, &c. ; a hay-field
term. — ^Bribgnobth. * Them nettles
mun be cut an* lef* to clevt, ready for
the bottom o* the rick,' %%CLET. See Cleat. %%CLET8. See Claws.
%%CLICK [klik*], (1) sh, a sharp, unexpected blow. Com. 'I gid 'im aich a didc v the ear-*ole.' %%(2) V. a, to
close; to snap. — Pulverbatch. 'Did'n a click the wicket after 'emP' %%CLICKET Pklik-i't],
sh,, ohsols, the fastening of a gate. — Craven Arms, Stoke&ay, An iron link is
attached to the gate by means of a
staple; this link is terminated by a short hasp-like bolt. On the gate-post is an iron plate, having in it a
kind of key -hole, into which the
before-mentioned bolt fits, much after the manner of the fastening of a truuki thus securing the gate. %%a 2
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84 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%* Hec »ericula. A*
clykyt' occurs in an English Vocahdary,, xv. cent, in Wr. vocaba yoL i. p. 203. Of. Lat. aeroj
a moveable bolt or bar for fastening
doors, and tbe aericula is represented by the elicket still to be seen m some parts of Shropshire ; tnere
is one such now (1873) on the wicket
which leads from Stokeeay Castle into the adjoining churchyard. * Clykett, ditorium, davicula.^
* A clekett, davia* — Cath. Ano. *
Clyket of a dore, dtcquetteJ' — Palsg. The French term diquet, in Low Latin diquetus, seems properly to
have signified a latch. %%* Pessulus versatilis, Oall, loqwt* — Due %%Thus
the gloss {temp, Ed. II.) Gkiutier de Bibelesworth {dose o/xiii cent) renders it — %%* Par dikei et cerure
(lacche and hok), Ert la mesoun le
plus sure.' %%Arund, MS. 220/. 302 h. %%Chaucer, however, uses the word in
the sense that is here given to it, *
davictda, a lytel keye.' — Ortus. Thus in the Merchants Tale — %%' . . . . he
wold suffre no wight here the key,
Sauf he himself ' for of the smal wiket, He bare alway of silver a diket,* %%Prompt
Parv. and KoUs, %%'Statuentes quod in ostio domus librariae sit una serura
clikai vulgariter nuncupata, de qua
quilibet socius dicti nostri Regalis Col-
legii habeat clavem unam: quod quidem ostium singulis noctibus serari volumus.' — Prom chap. Ix. of the
Statutes given to King's CoUege,
Cambridge, by the Founder, King Henry VL, in the year 1446. %%(2) V, a., ohaoh, to fasten the
wooden latch of a door by inserting a
peg above it, thus preventing it from being raised. — Chxhich Stretton. Wooden latches of the kind
referred to, at one time common
throughout Shropshire, are now [1873] fast disappearing. They are raised on the outer side of the
door by the simple expedient of
pulling a string which is fastened to the latch within, and passed through a hole in the door. ' %%(3) ab, the
valve of a pump.— Craven Arms, Stokeaay. Cf . Clack (3). %%(4) Same as Cleat,
q. v. — Ludlow, Deepwoody Bromfield, %%(3) ab. a thin board, having four or
five small arched aperturejj, placed
before the mouth of a hive in the winter months to protect the Dees from mice or other vermin. — Pulverbatch
; Craven Arms. %%(6) v. a. to protect the hives by means of a dicket, 'Han
'ee dicketed the bees ? '—Pulverbatch
; Craven Arms. %%CLIEA [klei'ur'], v. a, and adj., var, pr. clear. Com. *
Hanna yo' dieted them thmgs away yet
i** %%CLIEEINOS [klei'ur'inz], ab,, oha, the middle quality of dressed hemp or flax, between the fine tow and the
'noggs'or *hurds.* — Pulverbatch. *The
waiver's made rar* cloth o* the dierina; PU
mak* the lads some shirts — they 66nna want a scrattin' pwust.'
%%CLINKEB [kling'kur'J, (1) sb. a cinder of iron dross, composed of a small proportion of iron mixed with
earthy impurities. — Colliery; M. T.
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%%' The colliers are coming here, Is
still the talk and tattle ; Per they
have left their cinder-hills, Where
clinkers sore did rattle.' %%The BaUU of Chirk Bank, a ballad published %%by
B. Minshnll, Oswestry, Jan. 4th, 1831. %%Byegones, August 16, 1876. Bee
Gavaldry. %%(2) «5. a hard, incombustible cinder of coal. Com. * I dunna
like Short Hill coal, ifs so full o'
clinkers. Now the Arscott coal bums
away to ess, an' yo'n done 66th it' %%(3) V. n. Coals are said to clinker
when they cake firmly together
inhuming.— Colliery; M. T. %%(4) sh. a smart blow. Com. * Fatch 'im a
clinker i* the mouth.* %%(o) «&., obsola, a nail used by shoemakers for
protecting the toes of heavy boots.
Com. A clinker has a rectangular head, curved at the extremity, so as to He close to the toe
leather. Half a dozen of these nails
are required for a boot, but steel * tips ' are generally superseding them. * Tell the cobbler to pfit some
clinkers at the nose o' them boots, or
the3r'n soon be spurred out play in' at marvils.' %%CLDTKER ft I LTjS, sb.
pi. high heaps of iron dross cinders. —
CoLLiEKY ; M. T. See Clinker (1). The * Clinker hill riots,'
which took place near Wellington, in
Feb. 1821, are still remembered as a
matter of local history. The colliers rose in opposition to the
iron- masters on a reduction of their
wages, assembling between Dawley and
Malin's Lee to the number of about 3000, with the intention of injuring' and stopping various works. The
Yeomanry were called %%. out under the command of Lieutenant-Col. Cludde — a
fray ensued ; the colliers occupied
the clinker hills, and hurled stones and clinkers on the cavalry, seriously hurting some. The
cavalry fired upon the colliers, kiUed
two, and severely wounded others. Ultimatelv several were made prisoners and committed to take
their trial at the Salop spring
assizes, March 2oth, 1821. Sentence of death was passed upon two ; one, however, was reprieved, the
other was hanged on the 7th of April
following. The rest, nine in number, were imprisoned for a term of nine months, with hard labour. A
detailed account of the I riots,'
given in the Salopian Journal of Feb. 7th, 1821, was reprinted .in Shreds and Patches, August 2Qd, 1876.
%%CLIP [klip-], (1) V. a. to embrace ; to fondle. Com. %%' & whan l^e
sunne gan here schewe * & to schine bri^t, ]>e hende & hinde * bi-gunne to a-
wake, & maden in-fere l^e mest
mur)>e * )>at man mi^t diuise,
wi> clipping & kessing * and contenaunoe fele, & talkeden bi-twene * mani tidy
wordes.' %%William of Falerne, 1. 3076. %%* He kisseth hire, and dippeih hire
ful ofL' %%Chatjceb, a r., 1. 10,287. %%Mar, * O, let me clip ye %%In arms as
sound as when I woo'd.' %%CortaJantM, I. vi 29. A.8. dyppan, to embrace ; clasp ; clip. %% |
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as of a sheep ; or hair, as of horses, &c Com. %%* And sleping in hir
barme vp-on a day She made to clippe
or shore his heer awey.' %%Chaucer, B. 3257 (Six-text ed.), Skeat %%*
Clyppyn, Tondeo, Clyppynge, Totisura, A clippynge howse, ton- «oriMw. — Cath. Ano. In Norfolk to dip
signifies now to shear sheep, and the
great annual meeting at Holkham was commonly termed the Holkham clip or clipping. roRBY, — Prompt
Farv, and Notes, %%Icel. klippa, to chp, cut ; Tdippa hdr, to cut hair. %%(3)
sb, the quantity of wool from the shearing of a flock. — CusE Hills. Qy. com. ' Whad soi*t on a clip hau
'ee *ad this 'ear?' * Oh, mighty
middlin', thank yo\' %%(4) sh. a * clamp ' of iron perforated at each end. It
is applied as a bandage to a weak or
fractured part of an implement ; wire is passed through the holes at the ends to draw it up
to the reqidsito degree of tightness.
— Ptjlverbatch. Qy. com. * Tak* them twins down to the blacksmith's shop, an' '&ye a bit
of a dip put on, or else yo'n be
losin' the tines.' %%* 1594. It thoms adderton for three dypes of iron
for settynge to the newe pylpitt yj*.*
— Churchwarden's Accounts of the Abbey y Shrews* bury. %%CLIF-ME-TIGHT, sh, the scapula of a
fowl, with the coracoid bone
attached.— Clee Hills. Of Lucky-bone. %%CLIFFINO THE CHUSCH. See Bk.
11., Folkloi-e, &c., ' Customs
connected with Days and Seasons ' {Shrove Tuesday). %%CLOD [klod'],
sb, shale found in the coal-measures. — CoTjUBSY ; M. T. See Coal-Field. Of. Clunch.
%%CLOD-COAL, sb, one of the lowest coal-seams ; a good smelting coaL — Colliery ; M. T. See Coal-Field.
%%CLOD-MALL [klod'maul], (1) sb,, ohsA a large wooden hammer employed for breaking clods, — Pulverbatch,
%%* Then every man had a maJlf Syche
as thei betyn dottys withaU.' %%Huntyng of the Hare, U. 91, 92» %%* A
clottynge maUe, occatorium,^ — Cath. Akg., in Way. %%(2) V. a. chiefly used
in the psu^cipial form; metaphorically, to
imply retributive justice. — Ibid, *'E11 a 'is day o*
dod-malling,' said a poor dying woman
of one who had done her grievous wrong. %%CLOG [klog*],. (1) V, a, to steep
seed -grain in lye or a solution of
*blue vitriol,' in order to dastroy the parasitic fungus
(Pticcinio) which produces smut. —
Clee Hills. Cf. Pickle. %%(2) sb, a strong leather shoe with a wooden sole.
Com. When the leather soles of such
shoes are worn out, it is a general practice to have them replaced with wooden ones. The
man who does ^>^i«y is called a
dogger, %%' Cloggs are shooes with thick wooden soles.' — Academy of
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%%(3) »h, a kind of under-shoe worn by women to protect their feet from wet. Com. This clog consiBts simply of
a thick wooden sole, the heel of which
is usually 'iron-clad.' Two leather straps are attached to the sides, which, being tied by
a string over the instep of the
wearer, keep the dog in position. Germ. klotZf a block, log; kloU$chuh, a dog or wooden shoe. — ^Wedo.
%%(4) sb, a billet of wood fastened to the foot of an animal to prevent
it Buying fer from a certain limit.
Com. * Clogge, Trunais,* — Frompt,
Parv. * TrunadcUua, Plant. Clogged, or that weareth a clogS-^ Did, Etym, Lot* %%CLOO-FAIBrDAY [klog-
faei' daayl sh. S. Thomas's Day.— Bishop's
Castle ; Cujix. Bee Bk. II., FoUuore, &c, ' Customs connected
with Days and Seasons.' %%CLOOOER. See
Clog (2). %%CLOOOnrO. See Bk. U., Folklore, &c., ' Customs connected
with Days and Seasons' {8, Thomas's
Bay). %%CLOHB [klom*], prei, and part, past, climbed. — Shrewsbury ; Pulyerbatch; Corve Dale; Newport. *'E domh
up the wuk- tree after the ackems.'
%%' That Phebus, which that shoon so clere and bryghte. Degrees was fyue and fourty dombe on
hyghte. %%B. 12 (Six-text ed.), Skeat %%' So domh this first grand thief into
God's fold.' %%Paradise Lost, iv. L 192. %%Dr. Morris notes the preterite
domh as ' obsolete ' in his Historical
English AccidencSy p. 159. See Oramxnar Outlines {strong verbs),
%%CLOHTEEIVO Fklon-tur'in], part. adj. walking with heavy, clatter- ins steps, as if caused by clumsy,
ill-fitting e^oes. — Shrewsbury ;
'V^^ITGHTTRCH. 'Theer 'e g5ds donterin* 6dth 'is dogs alung the street.' %%CL08' [klos-], 8b. a small field
near the house. — Pulyerbatch ; Clxjn
; Clee Hills. * Whad sha'n we play at ? ' * We'n run 'ar* an' 'oun's three times round Gittins's cM afore
the bell rings ' (Churton School). A
field at Aston Botterell is called Dove-^us-dof. %%' . . . also that John
Qwale shall not haye Gyns dose nor the
Chyrche closty as he has taken them to fSctrm.' — Paston Letters,
A.D. 1474, YoL iii p. 112. %%CLOSEX
[kluzni'm], v. a. to grasp in a close embrace. — WESi. %%* They dosem'd out
o' one another, an' wros'led together a good bit afore we could part 'em.' %%CLOTH [kloth*],
sb. linen^ in contradistinction to calico. Com. %%* Yo' thmk be'appen as I
dunna know the difference twix cloth an'
calica, but yo' bm mista'en ; theer's too many thrids gwun
through my fingers in linen an* 5611en
fur that : an' as to yore fine ** Union," it's neither one nor tother.' %%CLOirr
[klou-t], (1) sb. a rough patch. — Shrewsbury ; Pulyerbatch. Qy. com. This term is more especially
applied to cobblers' patches ; but a
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boots binna watb tappin'; bat taV 'em to
Bradley an' axe 'im to piit a douA under the 'eel, an' then they'll
las' a bit lunger.' %%' Better see a
dout than a hole out They that can oobble and doui shall have work when others go without.' —
Bat's Froverb$f p. 89. %%' Spare none but such as go in douted shoon.' %%2K.
Henry VL, IV. iL 195. %%See also Cymhelinet lY. iL 214 ; also Joshua ix. 5.
%%Olowte of a schoo, Fictasium, Palsgrave gives the verb ' to cloute, carrder, rcUeceller, I had nede go doute my
shoes, they be broken at the heles.' —
Prompt Parv, and Notes, %%Sir Frederic Madden says, ' The verb is preserved
in Belgic, JdiUsen, Muteren, to cobble
or repair.' See Glossarial Index to William
of Palerney ed. Skeat, p. 262. As a verb, dout^ to mend, to patch,
is of frequent occurrence in the early
writers, and some of the later ones ;
as, for instance. Bums. %%(2) Bh, a plate of iron going half way round that
part of an axle- tree which works within
the stock of a wheel. It protects the wood
and keeps the wheel steady when rotating. — Pulyerbatch. Qy. com. %%'
The Clouts, or Axdl-tree Clouts^ the m>n plates nailed on the end of the Axell-tree to save it weareing.' —
Academy of Armory, Bk. HL ch. viii. p.
339. %%' A clowte of yme, cnistay cmsta ferreay el cetera ubi, plate.' —
Qatk. Ang., in Wat. d Hurter. %%(3]
sb, a cloth or rag appHed to mean puix>oees : as a * babby-dbirf,' a * diahrdout,* an * oyen-dout.* Com. %%'
Ycrammed ful of doutes and of bones.' %%Chauceb, C. 348 (Six-text ed.), Skeai
%%' And hing our fiddles up to sleep.
Like h&hy-dotUs a-diyin.' %%BOBEBT BuBNS, Poems, p. 29, L 22, o.
2. %%' Clowte of clothe (doute or ragge). Scrutum, panniadiM, pannuda,* — Prompt, Parv, A.S. diit, a little cloth ; clout. %%(4^
ah, a blow. Com. ' I'll gie yo' sich a ctotd yo* never 'ad'n, if yo' dun that agen.' %%< The kinges sone,
kene and proud Gaf kyng Richard swylke
a ner dout. That the fyr of his heyen
sprong.' %%B. Coer de Lion, 1. 768. %%' And radly raght him a dowte,*
%%Huntyng of the Hare, 1. 174. %%(6) V, a, to beat ; to deal blows. Com. *
Nancy Smith douted that chap right
well for 'is imperence ; 'er didna spar 'mi, an' sarved 'im right an' aU.' %%< C, Custance, . . .
Oome hither if thou dare, I shall
doute thee tyll thou stinke . . .' %%Roister Doieter, Act iig. sc. iig. p.
65. %%Jamieson has, ' To doui, to beat ; to strike — ^properly with the
handa* CL Du. kloteen, to strike on.
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%%CLOnrnfO-VAILS [kloniiin nailz], sh, pi. lai^e square-headed nails used for streng^ening the heels of heavy
boots. — Shbewsbxtbt; PuLVBRBATCH, Qy.
com. Cf. Clinker (5). %%' Wily his knopped schon ' clouted full )>ykke/
%%P. PI. Cr„ 1. 424. Cf. Clout (1).
%%CLiniCH [klun'sh], sb. a species of shale found in the coal-measure& —Colliery ; M. T. See Coal-Reld. Cf . Clod,
%%Bailey has, ' Clunch, 6^u«-clunch, a substance which is found next the coal, npon sinking the coal-pits at
Wednetibury^ in Staffordshire,^ ed.
1782. %%CLTJT. See Cleat. %%CLUTTERED [klut'ur'dl, part. adj. clotted ;
coagulated, as of milk or blood.. —
Atchah ; W£M. ' Iliat milk's gettin' duttertd.* %%• The dothred blood, for
eny leche-crafb, Comimpeth, and is in
his bouk i-laft/ %%Chaucer, The Knightes Tale, L 1887, ed. Morris. %%'
Orumeau de sang, a clot or dutter of coagulated blood.' — CoTORAYE, in Wr. O.Du. hhtteren, clotter.
Cocw^u/are.— Strat. %%COAL-CAKES [koal kai'ks], sb. pi. cakes of dough taken
from the ' batch ' and baked in the
month of the oven before the fuel is cleared
out Eaten with the addition of a lump of butter, these cakes are excellent. — Clun ; Clee Hills.
%%COAL-FIELD, sh. The ' Shropshire Coal-field' possesses many features of peculiar interest, alike to the
Oeologist and the Mining Engineer :
for the former there are formations of different ' strata,'
beautiful sections, faults and dykes,
and effects of denudation,— while for the
latter there are the varied characteristics of the coal-seams and
bands of iron-stones. The names of
tiie ' strata' of the Shropshire Coal-field
may not inaptly find a place in a Shropshire Word-Book. They are com- prised for the most part in the following '
section taken from a cutting m the Old
Park Colliery, near Oakengates, which contains all the coals and iron-stones that peculiarly
characterize the field, with the
exception of what is found m the Madeley section,' added below.
%%%%SSOIIOK OP FUDLEY HiLL PiTS. %%%%%%%%%%TBICKNBS %% OF %%%%%%%% fmATA.
%%%%%%%%%% ycto. %% ft %% In. %% Soil ... %%%%%%%%%%%% 8 %% Clay %%%%%% 1 %%
1 %%%%%%Loose Bock ... %%%%%% 1 %% 2 %%%%%%Coal %%%%%%%%%%1 %%%%%%Blue aod
%%%%%% 4 %%%%%%%% Bed Clunch ... %%%%%% 3 %%%%%%%% Top Bock White aod ... %%%%%% 8 %%%%%%%%%%%% 3
%%%%%%%% Brown Clunch %%%%%% 5 %%%%%%%% Bed and Blue Clod %% ^rward %% . . •
. %% 3 %% 1 %%%%%%Gamed ft %% 29. %% 2 %% 8 %%%%THlt'B.NE88 TO COAU %%yds. ft in. %%%%3 1 8 %% |
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•• %%%%Brought forward %%Wliite Binds
Blue Clod Brown Glunch Bed and Blue Clod Blue Clod
Thick Bock ... Strong Blue
Clod Stinkmg Bock %%COAIi %%Bock
%%Coal %%Fire Clay %%Coal %%Strong Binds ... %%White Bock ... %%Bed Clod
%%Brickman's Measure %%Bough Bock ... %%Bough Binds ... %%Dark Clod ...
%%Dark Bock ... %%Bock Binds ... %%Strong Clod ... %%Blind^ass ... %%BaUstone
Clod %%Top Coal %%Bass %%Slaty Measure %%Half-yard Coal %%Double Coal Bock
%%Double Coal %%Yellow Stone Clod %%Yabd Coal ... %%Parting %%Blue Flat Clod
%%Pitch of Casses %%White Flat Clod %%Big Flint Coal %%Flint Bock %%Penny
Stone Clod %%Stinking Coal %%Upper Clunches %%Silk ob Cltjnoh Coal %%Clunches
%%Two Foot and Best Coals %%Bandle and Clod Coaus ^, %%Little Flint Bock
%%Littlb Flint Coal ... %%%%... ... . • .
... %%%%8TBATA. %%yds. ft. in. 29 2 8 %%%%4
7 4 4 %%7 %%%%2 %%%%1 %%%% 17 16
16 1 %%19 %%1 6 %%9 %%2 %%1 6
%%18 %%2 %%2 %%%%%%%% 1 3 %%%%%%
17 6 6
3 2 6 2 %%%%8 5
4 1 5 1
%%4 %%2 2 1 %%%%%% 1 6 %%%%%%1 1 %%%%6 %%%% 1 6 %%%%6 %% 6 9 %%%%1
3 %%%% 9i %%%%1 %% 2 2 %%1 6 12 6 %%2
1 %%1 7 2 6 2
1 1 9 2 %%2 6 %%1 1 1 1
4 1 %%%%4 8 %%6 %%%%THXCKimi TO OOAI.. %%y<k. ft. iiu %%%%109 8 %%%%191
8 %%%%201 1 8 %%%%211 2 8 %%%%240 1 2 %%%%Total %%%%i244 2 8 %%%%244 2 8 %% |
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%%%%little Flint Bock Crawstone
Measure Coal ... ••• %%Crawstcnie
Crust Laneaahire Ladies Coal Bock, liard ... Ditto %%%%Madelet Sscnoif a. %%Jte. fL %%•
•• • •• V %%%%1 %% 1 %%%%1 %%%%1 %%%%1 %%2 %%2 %%%% In. %%%% 7 9 %%%%%%Not worked. %%%%Wenlock Limestone
underlies this at Lincoln Hill. %%Notes on the 8hropehtre Coal-Field, by T.
Paktow, F.G.S., 1868. %%COAL-HOD [koa'l od], sb, a wooden coal-scuttle. —
^Pulvbrbatoh ; Newport. * Bucket,
saucepan, and coal-hod,* — Auctioneer*$ Catalogue (Forton HaU), 1875, %%COAL-VAMES. The
nomenclature of coal-seams is, as a rule, purely arbitrary ; but the same seam, after being
once named, wiU maintain its title
right through a coal-field, if properly identified according to relative position or mineral
characteristics. The following list com-
prises most of the names given to seams in the N.£. Shropshire Fields. Such as have the * prefixed will be
found more especially mentioned under
their respective letters in the body of the Glossary. %%Seams. Plages where
worked. %%Best Coal ... Common. %%Blackstone „ ... Donnington, E. of Lightmoor
Fault. %%... Madeley. ... Wombridge.
%%... Donnington, Oakengates, Dawley.
... Donnington, Wombridge, Oakengates.
... Dawley. . . . Common. %%...
Donnington, Oakengates, Dawlev. ...
Donnington, Wombridge, Malins Lee, %%Dawley.
... Donnington, Wombridge, Oakengates, %%Dawley, Madeley, Amies (near
%%Broseley). ... Oakengates. ... Donnington, Wombridge. ... Donnington, Wombridge. ... Madeley. ... Madeley. ... Madeley. %%... Donnington,
Wombridge. ... Oakengates. %%...
Donnington, E. of Lightmoor Fault. ...
Donnington, E. of Lightmoor Fault. %%Madeley (not worked). ... Dawley.
... Dawley, Madeley. . . .
Donnington, Wombridge, Dawley. ...
Madeley. ... Dawley, Malin's Lee.
%%%%Bottom %% )> %% Chance %% )) %% *Clod %% 99 %% Clunch %% )> %%
Cover %% >> %% ♦Curly ♦Double
%% ,, %% 99 %% Flint %% 99 %% ♦FUnt^ Little %% 1) %% Flint, Big %% » %% Foot %% 99
%% ♦Fungus %% »» %% Gainey, Upper %% f> %% Gainey,
Little %% »> %% Gainey, Main %% l» %% Gur %% ,> %% Half-yard %% 99 %%
Kennel %% ), %% Lancashire Ladies %% f> %% liover %% 1, %% Lower %% ft %%
Bandle %%%% Bider %% 11 %% Bill %%%% |
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worked. %%Sill, Lower „ ... Dawley. %%Silk or Clunoh „ ... O^kengatea. %%♦Stinking
„ ... Dawley, Oakengates, %%Stinking, Small „ ... Donnington. %%Stone „ ...
Donniugton. %%Sulphur „ ... Common. %%*T^op ,, ... Donnington, Wombridge,
Oakengates, %%Dawley. %%Tow „ ... Donnington, E. of Liglitmoor Fault.
%%Two-foot • „ ... Donnington, Wombridge, Oakengates, %%Dawley, Malin's Lee.
%%Three-quarter „ ... Donnington, Wombridge. %%*Yard „ ... Common. %%COB
[kob-], (1) sh, the chief; the leader. — Shrewsbury; Pulver- BATCH. Qj. com. • Tum's gettin' too big for
that job ; 'e's bin cob o' the walk
this lung wilde.' A.S. cqpp, the head; top. %%(2) V. a, to surpass ; to
exceed. — Ihid, The relation of any sur-
prising or improbable feat will often call forth, *Well, that
cobt DoUy, an' DoUy cobbed the deyil.'
A.S. idem. C£ Cop (2). %%C0BBIT8 [kob'its], sh.pf., obsols. two iron bars
having knobs at the upper end to rest
upon the andirons : meeting; at the opposite extremity on the centre of the hearth, they lorm a
kind of cradle for the fire- wood. —
Clee Hills. %%* 1 Paire of Cobbita* is an item of an inventory— of about 1758
— found in an old chest at Aston
Botterell, in the neighbourhood of
which place the term still (1873) lingers amongst the old people, though the things which it expresses are
rarely to be seen. Bay gives * a
Cob-iron, an Andiron,* as an Essex and Leicestershire word (ed. 1768). Cf. Andirons. %%COBBLE-NOBBLE,
v. a. to rap on the head with the knuckles. —
Ptjlverbatch. Qy. com. * Til cobble-nobble yore yed, if yo' dunna be quiet.' %%COBBLES [kobizl (1) sh, pi,
stones broken for laying on roads. —
Shrewsbury. Qy. com. %%* Hie rudu8y A" a cobyl-stona* — Pictorial
Vocabulary, xv. cent , in Wr. vocabs.,
vol. i. p. 256. %%A cobbledy road is a rough road. %%(2) ah, pi, small lumps
of coaL Com. ' Piit tuthree cobbles o' the
fire as*ll bum up quick.' Cobbledy coal is coal in small lumps,
free from slack, and naving no large
pieces in ii %%COBBLETICTTT. See Bk. IL, Folklore^ &c., * Games.' '
%%COB-NUT [kob* nut], eh, the conquering nut in the game of Cobble- ticut, q. V. Com. • I'll shewn yo' a
cob-nut as 'as cobbed twenty ; it's as
'ard as brazil, an' 661 cob twenty more yet' See Cob (2).
%%COCKAMEOrfkok'u'meg], sh. a short prop at an oblique angle from the roof of the mine to the top of
the/sprag,' used whilst 'holing' where
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[koktir'], sb.^ ohsols. a sock ; a short stocking. — Shrews- buby; Pulvbbbatch. 'How old is the child?'
'Oh, 'er's on*y a httle un ; 'er
innaHl-out o' cockers jeV %%' And cast on me my clothes * ydouted and
hole, My ookere$ and my coffes * for colde
of my naiUes.' %%Fiere PL, Text B., pass, vi L 62. %%^CokercBj short woollen
socks or stockings, without feet, perhaps
worn as gaiters. A.S. eooer, a sheath; Dxl h>kerf a sheath; a case; a quiver. — Olo$»arial Index to Text B.,
small ed., Skeat. %%OOCKBT [kok-i't], adj, sancy; pert; petulant. —
Shrewsbury; Pul- YBRBATCH. Qy. com. '
To* nee'na be so cockit about it. I toud yo'
fur yore own good — ^but yo*n fine it out.' %%COCKHEAD llcok'ed], sh.
the top part of the spindle which carries
the upper mill-stone in a flour-null ; this stone rests on a piyot on
the top of the cockhead. Com. The
lower mill-stone is stationary on a
frame of iron or wood ; the spindle goes through the centre of it.
See Busli(l). %%COCKSCOMB [kok's
kiiml, sb. Rhinanthus Orista-CkdU, common
Yellow-rattle. — Cluit ; Much Wenlock. The country folk consider that when the seeds of this plant rattle in
their capsules it is time to mow the
hay-grasa Ct Kattle-boz. %%COCK'S EGO [kok's egl, eh, an abortive egg. —
Pulverbatch; WoBTECE27. See Bk. U.,
Folklore, Ac, ^Superstitions concerning
Birds and Eggs.' %%COCKSHTJT [kok'shaet], sb. a long, rough, steep
field. — Ludlow. In the same
neighbourhood a wood is often called cockahut. As a place- ^ name the term occurs repeatedly in the
nomenclature of Shix)pahire. %%CODLOCKS [kodluks], sb. pi, small pieces of
coal or stone. — Coijjeky; M. T. See
Craws of Iron-stone. Cf. Ckibbles. %%COEER [koa*fuy], sb. a chest ; more
especially one used in stablesto hold
com for the horses. — Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch; Worthex; Ellesicere. ' I fund out w'eer the eggs
g5en ; theer wuz sixteen Id under the
com i' the co/er. Turn may well a the Maister's 'ackney fat I ' %%•Cofiir,
cisia.* — Prompt. Parv. Capea, glossed co/er ^ occurs in a Metrical Vocabulary (perhaps), xiy. cent.)
m Wr. yocabs., yol. i p. 176. %%O.Fr.
cofre, oofin; panier; corbeille; de cophinM. — Bur. Cf. Bin (2); al0oOub(l). %%COCK}LE [kog'l], «. n.
to be shaky, as of a rickety piece of furniture. •—Shrewsbury. Qy. com. * Dear 'eart ! *ow
this table coggles ; it's Bwilkered my
tay all o'er the cloth.' %%COOS [kog'z], (1) 8b.pl. the short handles on the
pole of a scythe. Com. %%' The koggs
are the handles of the sythe.' — Academy of Armory, Bk.IU.ch.Tiii p. 322. %%(2) ib. pi. pieces
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kwa'yn], v, a., var.pr.j obsA to coin, — ^Pulvk BATCH. ' I d6dna '&Te 'im, — nod if
'e'd gmne 'is skin into goold — ^i %%%%-PuLvini- %%-no %%I66dna;
%%%%COLDFIVCH, sb, the Yellow Ammer. — ^Whitchuboh. See Blacks smith. %%COLLAB-PKOUD [kol-ur^ pr'oud],
adj. restive : said of a horse that
won't go steady in harness. — ^Newpobt. %%COLLOOXTB [ku'loa'g], v. n,
to unite and plot together to the disad-
vantage of others. — Pulyerbatch ; Wem. Qy. com* ' No danger o' e'er-a-one o' them tellin'^ they bin all
collogued together.* 'Aye» I dout they
bin a bad lot.' %%' Why, look ye, we must collogue sometimes, forswear
sometimea' %%Malconty 0. PL iy. 94, in Nares. %%%%A blackguard smuggler,
right behint her, An' cheek-for-chow,
a chuffie vintner, %%Colleaguing join ;
Picking her pouch as bare as winter %%Of a' kind coin.' %%EoBEBT
BuBNS, PoeniB, p. 10, 1. 34. %%COLLOW pcol'u'], (1) sh. soot, such as is
commonly seen on a fire- grate^ pots,
or kettles. Com. See Colly, below. %%(2) V. a. to blacken with soot. — Ibid,
* Wy, Bessy, 'ow yo'n coUofoed yore
face ! ' ' Oh, no 'arm in a bit o' clane collovo,* People blade themselves with coal, but collow themselves
with soot %%Colwyd (colowde, P.), carbonatus, ' To colowe, make blacke with
a cole, charbonner,^ — Palso. Prompt.
Parv, and Notes, %%N. koUiy to black or smut with coal ; holut, smutted.
Aasen. in Wedo. %%COLLY [kol'i'], sK
and v. a, same as Collow. — ^Newport. %%* Nor hast thou cdlied thy face
enough, stinkard ! ' %%Bex J onson, Poetaster^ TV, v. in Nares. %%* To see
her stroaking with her ivory hand his [Yulcan's] coUied cheekes, and with her snowy fingers combing
his sooty beard.' — Ccelum Britan., B.
4, 1634. Ibid, %%Of. Shakespeare's ' collied night,* Mids, Nighfs Dreamy L L
145 ; also Othello, It. iii. 206.
%%COLLY-WEST fkol-i' west], adj, and adv, awry; out of the direct line. Com. ' xore bonnet's stuck on
eoUy-west, like a mawkin in a
com-leasow.' %%COME-OV, V, n, to grow; to improve. Com. ^Them
yerlina comen-on right well.'
%%COME-THY-WAYS, phr, come here; an encouraging form of address. Com. Noticed by Halliwell as occurring in
Shakespeare. %%COMICAL [komi'kul], (1) adj,,pec. disagreeable; queer in
temper. — Sheewsbuey; Pijlveebatch.
Qy. com. * 'fir's a good-sorted 65man
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%%(2) adj,^ pec. l>ad; dan^eroas; said of roads. — ^Pultebhatch. Q7. 00m. 'Our Tnm's talkin' o' g^e'in across
the Longmynt to Sen Tandras [8. Andrew's]
far. I tell 'im 'e mus* mind, or 'ell get into 'djed men's 'ollow,' for ifs a comiccU
r5ad, 'specially if tlieer comes on a
mug.' See Dead Kan's Fair. %%00MIC-8TBVOK [kom-ik str^uk], adj. strack with
amazement.— Shrewsbukt; FtTLVEBBATC^
Qy. com. 'Dunna stand starrin'* like
sommat comic-striLck ; piit yore shuther to it, an' 'elp 'im.' %%COKOrO-FLOOK
[kum'i'n flar^], sb. the floor of a malt-house on which the harley is spr^4 to germinate. Com. %%'
A Cwiching Floore, a Floor made of Plaister of Paris, smooth and eren, which no water will hurt, where the
wet Barley is laid to come. %%' The Comeing of Barley or Malt is the
spritting of it as if it cast out a
Boot. %%' Wither it is to cast it ahroad on the EiU Floor when it is
come, that the oomeings may wither
away, and for the Barley to dry. It
must he turned every twelve hours.' — Academy of Armory ^ Bk. m., cL iii. p. 105. %%See Couch (1), also
Witherina. %%OOIS-UPOH-COHE, 8h. ' peldor,'-— see further,
Cnrlystone.^caUed oone-UTpcn-cone on account
of its crystallization assuming that form.
Ck)LLiEBT ; M. T. Cf. Dog-rool %%COVftVER [kong'kur^, ah. a
snail-shell. In the children's game of
pitting snail-shells one against the other, that which hreaks its opponent is called the con^u^. — Shbewbbttry;
Ellesmebe; Oswes- try. Qy. com. Cf.
Cob-nut. %%COVSAIT pLunsai't], (1) ab.^ var. pr. conceit. Com. %%(2) sb.
opinion. Com. ' I hanna much eonMiit of 'er.' %%(3) V. a. to &ncy. Com.
'I couldna oonsait to ate after that
fi6man, 'er looks so grimy.' %%(4) V. a. to conceive ; to imagine ; to
apprehend. Com. ' Mother, B^sy Leach
wuz at school this momin', an' 'er face is all red from the maisles ; think I shall '&ve 'em P
' ' Dunna yo' go to coneait 'em ;
think nuthin' ahout it.' %%' If any man conceit that this is the lot
and portion of the meaner sort onely,
and that Princes are priuiledged hy their high estate, he is deceiued.' — The Translators to the
Reader ^ in Bible Word-Booh^ p. 122.
%%COVSASV [kn'osaaVn], vb. and sb.y vat, pr. concern. Com. %%COVSASmtEHT
[ku'nsaaVnmu'nt], sb. concern ; business. —
PuLVERBATCH. Qy. com ' Bichu't wanted me to tell the Maister as the turmits wun gwe'in less faster than
they shoulden ; but I toud 'im it wuz
no oonsamment o' mine.' %%00V8ABH YO', an expletive; a slight imprecation.
Com. Cf. Sam(l). %%C0VTEAPTI0H8
[kn'ntr^ap'shu'nz], sb. pi, sU odds and ends;
•mall matters. — Shbewsbuby. ' Whad'n'ee lef all them contrt^iotts theer for, messin' aboutP' %% |
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96 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%CODDLE [kood'l], v. n.
to get close together, as a flock of chickens
does. — Shbswsbuby; Pulvbubatch. Cf. Ooother. %%CPOLEB [koo'lor'], sb,
a large and somewhat shallow oval tub used
in brewing. Com. See Turnel. %%COOH pLttom'], sb.^ var, pr, a comb.
Com. A person flushed as from anser or
drink is said to haye ' raddled 'is cdom,' * I should think yoji bin *avin* a spot o' rum i' yore
tay, yo'n raddled yore c9om.' The
metaphor is horrowed from the reddening of the wattles and comb of a cock when excited. Bay has, * He*s
raddled/ in his Proverbial Periphrases
of one drunk, p. 69. %%COOP pt:oo-p], Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch. [koa'p*],
Clun, v, a. to tighten ; to draw in :
a term of needlework. ' Anne, yo'n got one
side o' tiiis sem lunger than the other, yo' mun coop it in a bit or
else unpick it.' %%COOTEB [kuo'tur^],
«5., var, pr. coulter ; that part of a plough which cuts and forms the furrows. Ck>m. 8ee
Plough. %%COOTH [kooth'l, «6. a cold. — Wvu; Whitchurch; Ellksuekb; Oswestry. *That child's ketcht a cooth
somew'eer.' A.S. co^, a disease ; a
malady. %%COOTHEB [kuodh'ur'], same as Coodle, q. y.— Clee Hills. %%(SOOTT
[kuot'i'], adj., obsoh, snug; comfortable; cosy. — Pulver- batch. * Whad a nice cifoty bonnet yo'n got
! ' * Aye, it's odds to whad a war'n
now-a-days 5dth thar ears all bar.' Cf. Tutty. %%COP [kop*], (I) sb, the
highest part of a * but ' in ploughed land. —
Pulverbatch; Corve Dale. A.S. copp, the head; top; apex. %%(2) V. a,
to surpass ; to exceed. — Clee Hills ; Ellesmere. * Well, thars copped aUas ever I sid afore.' A.S.
idem, Cf. Cob (2). %%COPPY [kop'i'l fib. a wood ; a plantation. Cora. %%*
This Castle [Myddle] stood at, or in, the north-east comer of a pretty large parte ... On the south side
there is a place called the liane,
which lyes betweene the Coppy (which was part of the parke) and Webscott grounds . . . The timber of
part of this parke was long since
falne ; but the timber of those partts which are called the higher parke and the coppy were fallne
about fifty yeares agoe, and sold to
Mr. Thomas Atcherley of Marton, and Thomas Wright, of the same.' — Gough's History of Myddle, p. 29.
%%COPSIL [kop-si'l], (1) sb,, obs, a wedge for keeping the coulter of an . old-fashioned wooden plough in its place
and at a proper angle to the . beam. —
^Wem, Hopton. The copeil, or, as it was some times called, the %%cop-wedge,
was generally attached to the beam of the plough by a %%ehoH chain to prevent
ite being lost. When it was taken out of the
. hole in the beam, through which the coulter passed, the latter
would be quite loose and could be
removed at pleasure for repairs. The %%eopeil in fastening the coulter was
vertical, or nearly so, to the beam. %%In modem iron-ploughs a horizontal
cramp secured by a screw %%, and nut on the opposite side of the beam fulfils
the office of the old %%eopail. The suhstanoe of the foregoing description
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%%old fiunn-labourers, who made their statements quite independently of each other, Decern. 1874. CopsiU of this
kind fell out of use when iron ploughs
became general, about 1835 — 1840. %%Mr. Wright's edition of Fiers Ploughman
has a frontispiece copied from a
coloured drawing on the fly-leaf of a MS. of riers. PL in Trinity College Library, Cambridge, marked
there £. 3, 14, the date of which,
according to Mr. Skeat, is quite the end of the 14th cent. The plough depicted in the drawing has the
coulter passing through the beam and
secured by a wedge — ^an arrangement corresponding exactly with that of the coulter and coptH
as it obtained in the fli-st half of
the 19th cent. %%The sense of the term eop^il as given above is probably the
primary one, from A.S. cop^ top, apex,
and aul or syl, a plough. A secondary
meaning may afterwards nave attached to it, and the word been
used for any wedge or peg. * Two pair
of Cotterells or ComoJea ' are men-
tioned in an Inventory . , . Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625. Of. Cottril. Bandle Holme, after
desciibing the parts of a yoke, says,
' He beareth Gules, a Cop-soU and Pin, with the chain Pendant, Argent, By the name of CopsoUJ —
Academy of Armory ^ Bk. in., ch. yiii.
p. 335. %%(2) $b. The term copnl is given to the cramps on the
plough-beam which, by means of screws
and nuts, secure and adjust the wheels of
the plough. — ^Ellesmeee. An application of the old word to a modem usage ; perhaps an isolated instance.
%%(3) tib. a piece of iron describing an arc, welded to the end of the plough-beam, perforated and furnished with
pins, for adjusting the width and
regulating the draught of the plough. Cf. Buck (1). In this third sense of the term copM
reverts to the etymology before
suggested. It terminates the head of the beam, and is the * cop '
or highest part of the plough when
working. In Piers Ploughman's plough
the apex of the curved beam where the wedge enters appears to be the ' cop ' of the plough.
%%COP-WEDOE [kop- wej], «5., ohs. See Copsil (1). %%' InteraimC'niumy glossed
weggCy occurs in the de8cri})tion of a plough
and its parts in Metrical Vocabulary (perhaps), xiv. cent, in Wr. Tocabs., YoL i p. 180. C£ Kay (2). %%COED
[kwiir'"d], «&., var. pr, cord. — Church Stretton ; Clun. %%COEDWOOD
[kwui^d oodl, ah, the medium-sized portions of fallen trees cut into lengths, and ranked in '
cords ' mea&uiing 8 ft. long, 3
ft. 1 inch wide, and 5 ft. 1 inch high. — Pulverbatch ; Cleb Hills
; Brtdonorth. Cordwood is chieflv
intended for charcoal, so when a fall
of timber takes nlace the trunxs of the trees are sold to a timber- merchant, the ' brasn ' or small fuel is
carted away, the cordwood is prepared.
Then comes the charcoal-burner, makes for himself a hut of poles and turf, and remains on the spot
till he has manufactured the cordwood
into charcoal, — a ' ticklish process, wiiich requires con- stant attention day and night. %%* . . .
Hee became a timoer-man, and purchased all the timber in Ken wick's Parke [about 1600] . . . hee
bought all the Oakes at 12(2. a tree,
and had the Ash and Underwood into the bargaine, but hee wanted sale for it It is said that hee
would sell wood for fewell at %% |
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98 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK« %%4d per waine loade, and
because hee wanted Tent for Oordwood bee
erected a Glasse-house to consume some of his Gharooale, which house is called the Glasse-house to this
day.'— OouaH*8 History of MyddU, p.
140. %%Blount says, < A Cord of wood ought to be eight foot long, four
foot broad, and four foot high, by
Statute.'— GffoMo^opAfc, p. 161. %%COBKIVO [kaur'-ki'n], sh, a piece of iron
on a horse's shoe, to raise *the heel
from the ground. — Pulybrbatoh: Bishop's Castle. QL Cogs (2). %%COBKLET pcaur'-mlet], «&.,
var. pr. a great eater. — Church Stebttok,
Le Botwood, CormorarU is evidently meant. %%COBN pcauT'n], sb. wheat, in
contradistinction to other grain. Com. %%COBNCBAKE [kauT'n kr^aik], ab.
Ortygometra ereXy the LandraiL —
Shrbwsbuby; Pulvbubatch. Of. Landrake. %%* The blysfull byrdis bownis to
the treis, And ceissis of thare
heuinlye armoneis ; The Comcraik in
the croft, I heir hir cry; The bak,
the Howlat, febyll of thare eis For
thare pas^pie, now in the ewinnyng fleia.' %%Sib David LYia>EaAY, Foems,
ed. Fitasedwaid Hall, D.C.L., E. E. T.
8. %%See Bk. 11., Folklore, &c., 'Superstitions concerning Birds and Eggs.' %%COBIfED, part. adj. full of drink
; intoxicated. — Welungton. %%' Or elles a draught of mo3r6te and corny ale.'
%%Ohatjceb, 0. 315 (Six-text ed.}, Skeat %%* Corny, strong of the com or
malt' — Gloatarial Index, p. 221,—
Ibid. %%COBNEL [kauTr'nell sb., obsoU. 1 a comer. — Shrewsburt ;
Pulver- BATCH. ^ Poor owd mon, 'e's so
bad 5dth the rhetmiatic, 'e inna-d-
able fur a day's work ; 'e's more fit fur the ohimley wmd,^ Bailey calls this an ' old word,' ed. 1782. W.
comd, a comer; an angle. %%COBNEL-CTJBBEBT, sb., obsoU.'i a comer cupboard.—
/^icf. %%COBNISH [kau'r'nish], sb. a cornice. — Pulybrbatch. ' As thecr^s two windows, I think it 6M be best to carry
the comUk all alung.' %%' Oornice or Cornish is the top and over-seeling
moulding on the top of a piece of
Wainscot.' — Academy of Armory, Bk. IEL, ch. iiL p. 100. %%COBNUTE [kaur'neu't], v. a., pee.
obs. to correct ; to chastise. —
Pttlvbbbatch ; Wobthen. ^'E's gettin' a despert srode lad; 'is faither mun cornute 'im, 'e tak's no 'eed
o' me.' %%COBYE [kau'r'v], sb. a large round basket, bulging in the
middle, and having twisted handles. It
holds a bushel or more, and is used
for general purposes, such as carrying turnips to cattle, chaff,
&c., &c. -— OoBYE Dalb. Of.
Kype. %% |
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%%C08ILT pcosili'], «(., ohsois, a game at cards yery similar to 'cribbage/--SH&EWSBUBT; Eu^ssmbre. Qy.
com. This game, according to Strutt,
is mentioned as Costly Colours in the Complete Gamester, 1674. See Bk. II., Folklore,
&c, * Games.' %%COSTSEL [koe'tr^il], sb, a small keg or barrel for
carrying drink to the field. — ^Bishop
8 Castle ; Cluv. * The men bin gwine to the fild ; fill the two-quert costrd for 'em.' * Hie
ookUemlis, a costrille.'— NomindUy xv.
cent., in Wr. yocabs., vol. i. p. 232. %%' Oostred or oostrelle, grete
botelle. Onopherum, . . . Costerellum
or eoeteretum, m old French costeret, signined a certain measure of wine or other liquids ; and a coetreU seems
properly to have been a small wooden
barrel, so called because it might be carried at the side, such as is carried by a labourer as his
proviedon for the day, still termed a
cosiril in the Orayen dialects/ — Prompt, Parv, and Notes. %%C£ Bottle (1).
%%COTE [koat'1, ab. a hovel, frequently made of gorse or ling— erected for the shelter of animals out at grass.
Com. ' Put them yerlius i' the coie
leasow, an' some dry litter f the foud ; theer'U be a snow afore momin'.' %%' 1588. One Richard Reynolds of
Bagley, near Cockshut in this county
[Scdop], was on the 19th day of July, being the second d&j of the assize, put into the Pillory at
Shrewsbury, by order of the Privy
Council, and had both his ears cut off by iUchard Stubbs, then appointed by the Bailiffs to be
executioner. His crime was setting
fire to a sheep-cote of one Gkimmer, his brother-in-law, wherein was
a great numbBr of sheep, and all
burned.' — Phillip's History of
Shrewsbury, p. 200. %%* per sat is ship up-on )>e send. But grim it orou up to ^e lend ; And l^ere he made a litel cote. To hun and to hise flote.' %%Havddk the
Dans, L 737. %%',Gk)d hath swich fiiuour sent hir of his grace, That it ne semed nat by lyklinesse That she was bom and fed in rudenesse, As in a cote or in an oxe-stalle, But nonshed in an emperoures haUe.'
%%CHAroEE, B. 398 (Six-text ed.), Skeai %%< And leam'd of lighter timber,
cotes to frame. Such as might save my
sheepe and me fro shame.' %%The ShepheariTs Calender, December, st. xiii., ed.
161 7« %%' Sec, Brother. . . . Might we but hear %%The folded flocks penn'd
in their wattled cotes.* %%Milton, Camus. %%A.S. cot; O.Dutch, kote; *casa,'
oote.--STBAT. %%CXyiHEB [kudhur'], v. n. to bustle ; to fuss.— Wex. ' Whad's
'er come 'ere fur, cotherin* an'
messin' about P ' %%COnSB [kot'ur']^ (1) v. a. to mend up old gatments. —
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