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100 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%Ellesmebs. ' I maun git that owd gownd
an' coUer it up; itH do for me to war
w*en the weather gets warmer, wunna-d-it P %%(2) ah. same as Gottril, below.
— ^Wem. %%COTTBIL [kotT'ill, (1) sb. an iron pin passing through a
shutter, and fastened on the mside by
a peg fitting into a hole at the end.— %%PULVEBBATCH. %%* . . . tow paire of
Cotterdls or Oopsoles.' — Inventory . . . Owlbuiy Manor-house, Bishop's Castle, 1625. Cf. Copsil (1). %%(2) v. a. to fasten by
means of a coUril. — Ibid, ' Han yo' made the
door an' cottrilled the shutter ? ' %%COTTOH [kuoch*], (1) «&. a
bed of barley when genninating for malt
Com. %%' If the grain be of a dark colour, and many corns have brown
ends, we judge them to have been
heated in the mow, and they seldom
come well in the couch,* — Aubrej/a WUUy M8. Boyal Sac,, p. 30i, in Hal. %%' Couch the Barley is to take it
out off the wet and lay it on the
Plooer a foot thick, for as large a com;pas8 as the Weeting will
oontain.' — Academy of Armor yy Bk.
III., ch, iii. p. 105. %%(2) sb, a bed of any kind of grain.— CsuBCH
Stbettoit; Gleb Hills. Fr. couche^
layer; stratum. — Chamb. %%(3) «5., ohsols. a fourth swarm of bees from one
hive. — Nbwpobt. See Bunt (2). %%(4)
V. 7i. to stoop low down ; to cower ; to crouch. Com. * I know that lad's after the eggs ;. 'e wuz
cSochin' imder the 'ay-stack isterday.' %%' * & \>at witty werwolf •
went ay bi-side, %%& kouchid him ynder a kragge * to kepe l^is two
beris.' %%William o/Faleme, I 2240. %%< Sec, Lord, He can come no other
way but by this hedge-comer. %%%%. . But couch, ho ! here he comes.' — AlVa
Well that Ends TTeft, IV. i. 24.
%%O.Fr. colche; couche, [Lat] de collocare, mettre, placer, poser. — ^BuB.
%%COTJLIll'0-AXE [kau'li'n ak-'sh], sb,, obsola, a farm-labourei^s
imple- ment for stocking up earth. —
^Ludlow. %%COTJBAII'T [kiir'an-t], (1) sb, a hasty journey; a quick walk. — Ptjlvebbatch. * A pretty courani Tve 'ad
for nuthin.' %%O.Fr. corre, courre; courir, se mouvoir, poursuivre de
earrtre. Corant, part. pr63. empL
subst. courant — ^BuB. Der. *
couranting.' %%(2) ah, an assembly ; a social gathering ; a merry-making. —
Pulvkh- BATCH. ' They'n 'ad- a pretty
courarU at the christening — above twenty
folks, beside the Gossips.' %%(3) [ku'r'an't], ah, a great fuss or
talk about anything.— Clee Hilxs. ' A
perty courant 'er's made about it.' %%COmBUUrinrO [kilr'an-ti'n], (1) parL
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GLOSSABT OF ARCHAIO AND PROVINCIAL WORDS, ETC 101 %% %%to place gossipping and
carrying news. — Pulverbatch. * 'Er met
fine summat else to do than gwe'in courantin* round the parish.' %%(2)
[ku'ran'ti'n]. See Bk. II., Fdhlorty &a, ' Customs connected with Days and S^isons ' {S. Thomases Day),
%%COUJITED CABD8 rkoa-ur'ti'd kaa-Vdz], sb. pi, ohsoh. the court cards of a pack taken collectively: a 'court
card/ but so many < courted cards.'
— Shrewsbttbt ; Pulvebbatch. Cf. Faced Cards. %%COTEBSLUT [kuvur'slut], ah, a
clean apron over a dirty dress. Com.
%%COW-CAP [kou'kap], sh. a metal knob put on the tip of a cow's horn. — Clttn; Eixesmere. %%COW-CHAIHS, sh,
pi, chains for tying cattle by the neck when in the stall. — Cbaven Abm& Qy. com. '
Three dozen cow-chains in lots.'—
^ucftoneer'a Catalogue (Longyille), 1877. See Cow- ties. C£. Bole. %%COWCOOMES, COWCVMBES [koukoomur^],
Shrkwsburt ; Pul- VERBATCH.
[kou'kumbur^], Com. ; sb., var. pr. a cucumber. %%COWB' [koud-], adj. cold.
Com. %%COWEESLOP, C0W8L0P [kou-hYslopJ Shrewsbury; Pulver- BATGH. [kou'slop], WoRTHEN, sb,, var, pr.
Primula veris, common Cowslip. *
Frimeveyre ' glossed * cousloppey occurs in The Treatise of Walter de BihUsworth, xiu. cent., in Wr.
vocabs., vol. i. p. 162. %%COW -FOOT [ki'ou-fut, carr, kruuwfut], sh, Smecto
Jacobdka, common Eag-wort.—WHiTCHX7RCH,
Tilstock, %%COW-LEECH, same as Beast-leech, q. v.— Wem. ^ %%COWP [koup], ah.
a pen or coop for rabbits. — Craven Arms. Cf.
Cub (4), also O.Dutch, kuipe, in Strat. %%COWPEE [kou-pur*], *6.,
ohsoh, a cooper. — Pulverbatch; Clun;
Wem. ' Missis, the cowper*8 comen to 'uop the tub.' %%'Item, to indyte
a cotvper at Gey ton wheche slow a tenaunt of
Danyell at Qeyton.'— Pa«<on Letters, a.d. 1451, vol. i. p. 190. %%*
Sic cuperius, a cowper.* — Noniinale, xv. cent., in Wr. vocabs., voL L p. 212. %%Couper, O.Dutch, kuiper,
cooper. — Strat. %%COW-ftUAEEES [kou* kwaikur'z], sb, Briza media,
common Quaking-grass.— Ellesmere. %%•
Fhaiaris jyraiensis is called also Oramen tremulum ; in Cheshire, about NantwLch, Quakers and Shakers ; in
some places Cow-quakesJ — Gebabde's
HerbaUy Bk. I. p. 87. C£ duakera. %%C0W8-AV-CAWES, sh, the flower-spikes of
Arum maculatum, Cuckow-pint. —
Shbewsbttry ; Pulverbatch ; Worthen. Cf. Ladies and Gentlemen. %%COW-SWARTT [kou shaaVn],
sK cow-dung. — Shrewsbury ; Pulver-
batch. • The best, thing as ever I met 66th fur bad legs is a
cow- sham pfiltia* • Aye ; 'ow dun 'ee
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102 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK* %%an' as mucH eouf-aham as 'U mix well
together, an' pi&t it on the leg,
it'll crwage the sweUin' an' mak' it as oool as a cowoo6mer.' %%' They
say that bull's aherne is an excellent complexion, forsooth, to sot a freeh rosat or vermilion colour on
in the ball of the cheeke. —Holland's
Pliny, vol. ii. p. 327. %%* Shorn is the Dung of Oxen and Qows,*-^Academy of
Armory^ Bk* n., ch. ix. p. 173. %%A.S.
9ceam; O.Icel. sJearn; L.Germ. seham, dung. — Strat. %%C0W8L0P. See
Cowerslop. %%COWT [kout-], ab. a colt. Com. * Pttt the cowt i' the chains
an' let 'im gdd a bout or two, an'
yo'n see 'ow 'e osses.' %%' Yet aft a ragged covft^s been known To mak a noble aiver.' %%BoBEBT BxTENS,
Po€m»y p. 87, 1. 37. %%COWTHEK [kou-dhur'], v. a. to chase ; to drive. —
Chubch Stbbtton. ' Hie after 'em,
Bover ! cowtJier 'em out, theer's a good dog.' Cf . Scowther. %%COW-TIES, same as Cow-ohain8. —
Cleb Hilub; Ludlow. Qy. com. * 25
chain coW'ties.' — Auctioneer's Catalogue (Stoddesden), 1870. %%CSABBIT [kr'abi't],
adj,^ var. pr, peevish ; sour-tempered. Cora. %%* Our Maister's migbty crabbit
to-day, 'e's bin on sence daylight.' Cf.
Orousty. %%* Or lee-lang nishts, wi' crabhit leuks, Pore ower the devil's pictur'd beuks.'
%%BOBEST BUBNS, PoetM, p. 6, 1. 3. %%CBAB-VABJIS [krab vaaVji's], sb. the
juice of crab-apples : said to be good
for sprains. Com. * 'Ow's Tummas ? ' * Well, 'e's laid by ddth a kench m 'is ancler.' * Whad'n'ee
pttt on it ? ' < I pCit a pultis
made 6dth crab^varjis — theer's nuthin better to swage away the swellin'.' %%CBACKinrrS [kr'ak-nutsl, sb,
pi nut-crackers. Com. * Han 'ee sid
Jack's new cracknuts ?* * Whad, 'is tith ? ' ' No ; 'e's made a par o' cracknuia 65th a 'azel twig.' %%' Then
for that pretty trifle, that sweet fool.
Just wean'd from's oread and butter and the school ; Cracknuts and hobbihorse, and the quaint
jackdaw, To wear a thing with a plush
scabberd-law.' %%Fletcher's Poems, p. 244, in We. %%CSAFT [kr*aft], «6., var.
pr. same as Croft (1), q. v. — Shbbwsbubt j %%' For me, thank Gk)d, my life's
a lease, %%Nae bar^n wearing faster,
Or, faith ! 1 fear that with the geese
I shortly boost to pasture %%r the craft some dav.' BoBERT Burns, Poems, p. 36, L 36.
%%CRAITCHT [kr'aich-i'], (1) <zdj. dilapidated ; tumble-down. Com. %%* If
s a bit o' good groun' ; but a tenable craitchy owd 'ouse.' |
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%% OLOSSART OF ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORM, ETC.
103 %%(2) adj, infirm of health; poorly; ailing. Com. * Turn's wife's a poor craitchy piece — al'ays complainin'.'
%%CSAKB [kr'aik*], (1) v. n., var. pr. to creak. Com. %%(2) V. a. to dirolge;
to oonfees.^lVsLLmoTOir. %%(3) V. n. to murmur; to grumble. — Shkewsbxtby.
'Now, Polly, yo n a to g55, so it's no
use to crcJee.* %%' And Craken a^eyn |»e Clergie ' Crabbede wordes.' %%^ers
PL, Text A,, pass. xi. L 65. %%(4) V. n. to ail ; to complain of illness. —
Shbewsbitbt ; Ptjlvee- BATCBL ' Fye
got a despert sick 'ouse— three childern down o' the maisles, an' another beginnin' to crake,*
This seems to be a yariety of croaJb,
in the same sense. %%CSAKE [kr^ai'm], sb, cream. Com. Quactum^ with the
gloss. craymey occurs in a Metrical
Vocabulary ^ (perhaps) xiy. cent., in Wr.
Tocaba., vol. i. p. 178. See PierB PL under Crude, %%ORASB, CSAWV
Fkr'ain-], Oswbstbt. [kfau-n], Bbidonobth, sh, Ardea cinerea, the Heron. Cf. Tarn. %%CBAVVABEBBIES
[kr^an-u'bac'Vrz], sb. pi., var. pr. the fruit of Vaccimum Oxyc6ccoe, Uranb. rries. Com.
%%CRAP, CHOP [ki^ap*], Pulyebbatch ; Wsii. [ki^op-], Shbewsbubt ; Cbaten Abms, eh. the settlings of ale or
beer at the bottom of a barrel,
sometimes used instead of barm. ' Han'ee eyer a spot o* barm as yo' can gie me, Missis P' 'No; but yo'
can 'a some crap.* O.Datoh, krappe^
crap ; refuse. — Stbat. %%OBAPy sb, a crop, as of grain. — Ellesmebb. %%'
'TwaS'When the stacks get on their winter hap, And thaok and rape secure the toil-won
crap. %%Bobebt Bubns, PoemBf p. 24, L 26. %%OBAPPDHS, sb, places where the
coal ' crops out ' on the surface soil
— Coluebt; M. T. %%CKAICH [kz^ach*], (1) ab. a hay-rack. Com. %%' |»e stumest
stede * in hire stabul teijed, %%• . • durst no man him neijhe, %%ne be so
bold c^his bodi * on his bak to come,
but eaer stod teied in )>e stabul * wi^ stef irn cheynes ; ft queyntUche to his craeche * was come
swiche a weie, ^t men mi^t ligge him
mete ' ft wateren atte wille.' %%William o/Paleme, 1. 3233. %%' Craichee and
mangers.' — Audioneer^e Catalogue (Stoddesden), 1870. * Two sheep-crofe^.' — Idem (Longville),
1877. %%* In stabulo sit presepe,' with the gloss, ertechty enter preeepe,
occurs in The Treatiee of Alexander
Neckham, ziL cent, in Wr. vocabs., vol i.
p. 106. %%In the Wiokliffite yezsion, the manger in which our Saviour
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104 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%laid IB called a crcUche (Lnke ii 7).
' Cratche for horse or oxen, crSche,*
— Falsg. * Creiche, a cratch, rack, oze-stall, or crib.* — Goto.
Way, in Prompt, Parv,t p. 103. Cf. Crib (1). %%(2) sb, the rack-like
tail-board of a cart or wa^^n. Com. ' John,
turn down the cratch o' the cart, an' f atch that bit o' troxise down
out o* the W*ite leasow ; an' tine
Ihat glat w'eer the ship gotten i' the
meadow.' %%(3) ah, a rack suspended from the ceOingof a cottage or
farm-house kitchen, where the *
flitchens ' are kept or fire-arms placed. Com. ' Yo' shoiQden al'ays p&t the gun on
the cratch w'en if s loaded — s'pose
the childem wun to get out on it ; it's best to piit it out o' thar
raich.' %%(4) V. a. to eat heartily. Com. * Well, Tummas, 'ow bin'ee
gettin' on P ' * I'm despert wek, Maister,
but I'm beginnin' to cratch a bit.' %%CSATCHEK, sb, a hearty eater. Com. '
'Ow does yore new men OSS, YedurtP'
*Well, 'e's a right good cratcher; I dunna know much else about 'im yet.' %%CRATEB
[kr'ai'tur'], sb., var, pr, a creature. Com. %%CHEIAW [kr'au*], sh. the first
stomach of a bird into which the food
enters. — Shbewsbitbt ; Pitlverbatch ; Newport ; FiT.T.KaiTRKB. ^Crawe or cro^e of a byrde or o}»er fowlys.
Oabua, veaicula,'-^ Prompt, Parv. Cf.
Crop (3). %%CRAWS. See Crane. %%CBAWS OP ntOlT-STONE, sb. pi lumps of
iron-stone.— Colliery ; M. T. ^ Clod
mixed with large crawa of iron-stone and codlocks found 24th May, 1867, on the west side of
Lightmoor Fault, between the Tow coal
and the Gur coal.' See Codlocks. %%CSAW-STOITE, sh. the lowest vein of
iron-stone in the Shropshire
coal-field. — Colliery ; M. T. Craw-stone was described by a
miner as ^ a hard, uncouth stone, much
disliked by furnace men.' %%* In the '* Craw-stone iron-stone" has been
found the fossil Unio or Anthracoaia.*
— Notea on the Shropahire Coai-Fidd, by T. Partok, F.G.S., 1868. See Coal-field. %%CBEEPINO
8AIL0B, (1) sb. Saxifraga sarmentosa. Com. Cf. Pedlar's Basket. %%(2) ab, Sedum acre.
Wall-pepper. — Shrewsbury, Uffington. %%C&EW [kr'oo-], sb. a pen for
ducks and geese. — Pulverbatch ; ,
Wesc. ' Dunna loose them ducks out o' the crew afore they'n laid, ^ else they'n dab thar eggs somew'eer as we
sha'n never find 'em.' %%Bailey has * Swine-crue, a swine-sty or hog-sty. An
old word.' ed. 1782. %%CRIB psr'ib'], (1)
sb, a receptacle for fodder used in fields and in farm-yards for animals lying out during the
winter months. Com. • I've put clane
Utter on the rowd, an' filled all the criba,' %%' Six cattle fodder cribSf in
lots.' — Auctioneer^a Catalogue (Longville),
1877. %%* Let a beast be lord of beasts, and his crib shall stand at
the king's mess.' — Hamiet, Y. ii 88.
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OLOSSART OF ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORDS, ETC. 105 %%C£ Is. i 3. * Cryhhe, or cracdie,
or manger, Presepium,' — PrompU Parv.
%%A.S. cribh; O.Dutch, hrtbhe; OM, Germ, erippa, crib.— Stbat. Of. Cratch (1). %%(2) sb, a lock-up; a
bridewelL— Welunqton. %%CBICKEB pur'ik'ur'], {l)sh, an itinerant dealer in
coarse, common earthenware. — Oobte
Bale. Of. Crick-man. %%(2) eh. a sorry old horse, such as itinerant vendors
of earthenware often employ to convey
their merchandise. — Pulveebatch. * Wy
owd Jarvis 6ddna own sich a brute as that for a cricker.* C£ Keffel.
%%CRICKET [kr'iki't], sb. a low wooden stooL Com. The cricket is rectangular in form, but longer than
wide ; it is closed in at the ends and
sides^ and so stands as upon a frame, instead of legs. A curvilinear aperture at the top admits the
hand for carrying it. PL D. hrvkttoolj
a tnree-legged stool. — ^Wedg. %%CRICK-H0B8E, same as Cricker (2).
%%CRICK-HAH, CBICK-WOMAH [kr'ik*mu*n, kr'ik-55mu'n], same as Cricker. — Shbewsbttbt. C£ Tickney-man,
&c. %%CSICXHEY-WABE, sb, coarse, common earthenware. — Corvb Dale. Of. Tickney-ware. %%CSICKS, idem. —
Shrewsbury ; Clun. Cf. Crooks. %%CSIDBOW [kr'id'oe], «5., obsA a person
shrunk or bowed down from age, poverty,
or sickness. — Pulverbatch. 'Molly's gwim a
poor criddow sence Tunmias died, — *e wuz a mighty tidy mon.
%%CSIDDOWEB, adj,, obs.'i shrunk; bowed down.— /Wrf. 'Poor owd Ben is criddowtd sence I sid 'im. I can
remember 'im a fine camperin' young chap,
an' the best daincer i' the parish.' %%CBIFTEK [kr'iftur*], sb, a small crof^,
q. v.— Worthen. %%CSIKTT [kr'im'li'l, adj, crumbling. — Shrewsbury ; Wem. *
That theer cheese is all crim^ly ;
it'll never 'oud together ti'n yo' getten
wham.' Cf. Crudly. %%CBDir [kr'in], sb, a small ravine in a hill. —
Wem. ' I toud *im if 'e went alung one
o' them crins as 'e'd be sure to come to it.' There is a spot between Lee Brockhurst and Hawkstone
— a little ravine in the hills close
to ' Hollow- way-mouth ' — the site of a cottage called the Crin — * Morrises o' the Crtn.' Fr. cren^ a
notch. — Cotorave. Lat. crmo. %%CBHK
[kr'ing'k], sb. a very small, sweet summer apple. — Shrews- bury; Cles mills. Hence a term of
endearment to children. Mothers say, '
Come 'ere my little crinh or crinkieJ %%CSIHKS, sb, pi, small apples, left on
the tree after the general gathering.
— Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch; Wem; Ellesmere.
Alwavs in the plural, exo3pt that children sometimes say they've ' fond a trink^ or a erink-appW %%%% |
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106 SHROPSHIRB WORD-BOOK, %%CBIP [kt^ip*], t7. a. to cut the ends
of the hair. — ^Pulvsrbatoh. %%CBIT [kr'it*], 8h. a cabin or hut on the
*bank/ — Colliebt ; M. T. %%CBITCH [kr^ich'], same as Casp, q. y. — Church
Stbbttok. %%CBOCK [kr'ok*], ah, a coarse earthenware vessel wider at the
top than the bottom, haying a
loop-handle at the side. Com. %%' And lemed men a ladel bugge * with a long
stele, ^at cast for to kepe a crokike
' to saue >e fafcte abouen.' %%Fieri PL, Text B., pass. xiz. L 275. %%A.S.
GTOc; crocca, a crock; pot; pitcher. Of. Stean. %%CBOCK-BUTTEB, sb. batter
salted and put down in a crock for winter
use. Com. %%CBOCK-NEEST-EOO, sh. an imitation egg of earthenware. — New- poet. %%C&OCKS, sh, pi, coarse, common
earthenware. Com. At Newport the finer
kinds of earthenware come under this designation. A set of chamber- ware would be called ' a set of
crocks.* %%' t>ar ys also whyt cley & reed for to make of crokkes
& steenes ft o|>er yessel.' —
John op TREyiSA (a.d. 1387), Description of Britain^ Specim, Early Eng., xyiii. 1. 46. Cf.
Cricks. %%CSOCK-SHOP, sh. a china shop. — ^Newport. %%C&OFI [kr'oft*],
(1) ah. a small grass field. Com. %%* ^enne schul ^e come bi a Croft * but
cum ^e not |>er-Inne ; J>e Croft
hette coueyte-not' %%Piers PL, Text A., pass, vi L 62. %%A.S. crofty idem.
See Craft. %%(2) 8&. a water-bottle for the table. — Shbewsbubt ;
Ellesicerb. %%* Water-cro/i( and tumbler.* — Auctioneer's Catalogue
(Shrewsbury), 1876. %%Croft \b
probably a corrupted form of Fr. carafe, the same thing. See Shreds and Patches, 3rd May, 1876.
%%CBOODLE [kr'oo'dl], v. a. to crouch ; to shrug ; to draw together, as from cold. Com. * Them cauyes wanten thar
suppin — ifs a ^\m momin' ; see 'ow
they bin croodlin' thar four fit togetner, poor things.' %%(2) V. a. to
cuddle ; to cherish. — Pulverbatch. Qy. com. * Theer dunna winnock, darlin' ; come to mother an'
'er'll croodU yo' a bit.' %%CBOP [kr'op*], (1) V. n. to yield a crop or a
haryest. — ^PuLyERBATCE. Qy. com.
'Them tatoes crqppen welL' %%(2) See Crap (1). %%(3) Same as Craw, q. y.-—
PuLyBRBATCH ; Ludlow. A.S. crcy, idem.
%%CROPS [kr^oa*p], pret. crept — PxiLyERBATCH ; CoRys Dale ; Clbe Hills. %%' Ac ^ow |>i-self sothely *
ahamedest hym offce. Grope in-to a
kaban * for colde of \>i navies.' %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. liL L 190. %% |
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OLOSSABT OF
ABGHAIO AND FROYINGIAL WORDS, ETC. 107 %%CEOPnr [kfoa-prn], part, adj.
rumbling in the bowels. — Corvb Dale ;
WEM. ' Jack, what were you craddng nuts for in church on Sunday ? ' < Please, ma'am, theet wuz a
lady as sat afore me as wuz tropin*
so, — I cracked the nuts as 'er shouldna be 'eard.' %%CBOSS-CLOTH [kr*08*
kloth], ah., obs. a square of linen folded crow- wise, and laid on a child's head to protect
the ' opening.' — ^Wobtheit. The
croM'dothf together with the ' skull-cap ' and ' plucker-down,' formed the head-gear of an infant a century
ago — 1770 — or thereabout. The
skull-cap was a tight-fitting cap of linen which went over the erou-cloth ; to this was attached the
plucker^dovm — an invention designed
to keep the child from throwing its head back. It consisted of two linen bands, which, beinff secured
to the cap at one end, were at the
other fastened to the dioulders of the child's dress, thus keeping the head in position. C£ Brow-square.
%%CE08S DAT, tbs Festival of the Holy Innocents. — Pulysrbatch. See Bk. 11., Folklore, &c.,
'Superstitions concerning Days and
Seasons.' %%CBOSS-WAim) Vsj^oB wau*nd], (1) part. adj. cross-examined.
— Pulverbatch; Wem. "B thought to
get the saicrit out; 'e ques- tioned
an' croBB'Waund me all manner o' ways, but 'e missed it.' %%(2) adj\
ill-tempered. — Ibid. * Yo'n never stop yore 'ear out 66th 'er ; 'er's sich a croat^waund piece.'
%%CBOTTP [kr'ou'p], v. n. to caw. — Pulvebbatch. * I shouldna 'eed 'im or whad 'e said no more than a crow
croupin\' %%* CrociOy to erowp like a rauine.' — Duncan's Appendix
Etymologice, A.D. 1595, B. xiii. E. D.
S. %%CBOVSTT [kr'ou-sti'], adj. cross ; peevish ; irritable. Com. ' * Yo* canna look at the Maaster this momin', 'e's
that erousty.* %%GROUT [kr'ou*t], v. n. to beg with importunity; to crave.—
Shrews- BUBT ; Pulvebbatch ; Wem :
Elleshebe. * That 66man's never
satisfied, whadever 'er 'as ; 'er keeps crotUin* all the wilde.'
%%CBOW-FIO [kr'oa* fig], sb. Strychnoa Nix-vomiea, the Vomit-nut of Bengal. — ^Newpobt ; Whitohubch. *
Somebody's gied the poor dog some
crow^Jig, an' pisoned 'im.' %%CEOWHEB [kr'ou-nur'], eh. a coroner. Com. %%'
Sir Mylee Stapylton, knyght, with other yll dysposed persones, de&me and faMy noyse me in morderjrng
of Thomas Denys, the Crowner.* —
Paston LetUre, A.D. 1461, vol. ii. p. 27. %%' Firet Clown. Is she to be
buried in Christian burial, that wilfully
seeks her own salvation P %%* Sec. Clown. I tell thee she is ; and
therefore make her grave straight :
the crowner hath sat on her, and finds it Christian buriaL' ^Hamlet, V. i. 4. %%CBOWVEB'S QUEST, sb. a
coroner^s inquest. Com. %%' See. Clown, But is this law P %%* Firit Clown,
Ay, marry, is't; crownef^$ quett IsLW.'—ffamUi, V. L23. %%CEUSDLSD [kr^ud'ld], part, adj.
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form in whicli the word appears in
modem editions of the Bible.' — Bihh Word-Book, p. 137. %%CSTJDLT
[ki'ud-li'], adj. crumbling : said of cheese. — ^Pulvbrbatch ; Wem. Qy. com. * How came this cheese to be
broken so ? ' ' Please, ma'am, it wnz
crudlyy an' it tumbled all to pieces.' Cf. Crim'ly. %%CBTJDS [kr'ud'z], sb.
pi. curds produced by scalding the whey after
cheese-making, and adding to it a small quantity of butter-milk. Com. %%' . . . . bote twey grene
cheeses, And a fewe Cruddes and Craym
* and a ^erf Cake.' %%Pier$ Fly Text A., pass. yii. L 269. %%Curde (crudde),
CoaguLum, * Cruddes of my Ike, fno^tea.' — ^Palso. — Prompt. Parv. and Notea. %%Cf. Fleetings.
See Jowters (2). %%C&XTK [kr'ak'], v. n., 6b8.% to sprout. —
^Pulybrbatch. 'Bad 'arroost weather,
John ; the corn's crvkivk sadly.' %%CBTJKS 0' MAIJT, sh.^ ohs.'i malt^ust.—
/^icf. See Coming-floor. %%CBUPTUBED [kx'up-tyur'd], part, adj., var. pr.
ruptured. — Chubch Stretton. %%CBTIHO
THE HABE. See Bk. n., Folklore, &c., 'Customs' {Iiarvest). %%CJTB [kub'J, (1) sb. a chest
used in stables to hold com for the hoisea.
— Clee Hills. Cf . Gofer. %%(2) ab. a boarded partition in a granary
to store com. — Cltjn ; Clbb Hills. CI
Bing (1). %%(3) sh. a boarded partition in a malt-house where the sacks of
barley are kept. — Clun. %%(4) «5. a
pen for poultry or rabbits. It is a low wooden * lean-to,* divided into compartments about two feet
wide, each having a door and
fastening. — Shbewsbxtby; Pulvebbatch; Clxjn. 'Han'eepiit the chickens i' the cub, an' made the doors
P ' %%* A hen-house; a place where poultrie is kept; a cub.* — Nomend, in We. %%Nares has ' To cub, to confine in
a narrow space.' He takes it to be * a
familiar corruption of to coop.' %%' To be cubbed upon a sudden, how shall he
be perplexed.' %%Burt. Anat. Mel., p. 163. %%CTTBBEBT [kub-ur't], «&.,
var. pr. a cupboard. Com. %%'In the greate Parlor, two Cubberts, one Duble
virginall upon a Cubert,* — Inventory
.... Owlbury Manor-House, Bi^op's Castle,
1625. %%CUCKOO'S BEADS [kuok-ooz beedz], sb. pi Hawthom berries.— Ellesmere. ' We'n mak' a necklis o' cuckoo*
a beada if yo'n come alung wuth me to
them 'awthuns.' Cf. Haws. %%CVCKOO'S BBEAD AND CHEESE, sb. Oxalis acstcsella,
common WoodSorreL— Pulyerbaich; Clxtn;
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ARCHAIO AND PROVINCIAL WORDS, ETC 109 %%CirCKOO'S CAPS, «&. Aconitum
napdlus^ Wolfs l)ane.^WEM; Ellesmebe.
Cf. Honk's Cowl. %%CVCKOCS FOOT ALE, eb., obs. ale drank by the colliers on
first bearing the cuckoo's note. See
Bk. IL, Folklore^ &c., ' Customs.' %%CirCKOO'S MATE, sb. Yunx torquUlay
the Wryneck.— Bbidonorth. This bird
appears about the same time as the cuckoo, hence its name of Cuckooes Mate, %%CUCKOO'S HEAT, sb.
OxaJis ace/o«6ZZa.— Shrewsbury. %%'Wood Sorrell, or Cuckow Sorrell, is called
in Latine Trifclium aatosum; the
Apothecaries and Herbalists call it AUduya and Panu Cucuii^ or Cuckowea meate, because either
the Cuckow feedeth thereon, or by
reason when it spriugeth forth and floureth the Cuckow singeth most, at which time also Alleluya was wont
to be sung in Churches.' — Gerabde's
HerbaU, Bk. ii. p. 1202. Cf. AUeluia.
%%CUCKOO'S SHOE, eb. Viola eanina, Dog-violet.— Wobthen. %%CUCKOO'S SOm, 8b.
Oralis ew^^MeZZa.— Pulverbatcjh. %%' Tri/olium, geaces-sure, vd ^ri-lefe,
occurs in Archbp, JBJ/ric*$
Vocabulary, x. cent. ; and Mr. Wright says in a footnote, *
Oeaces-sure or gcBceS'Buret literally
cuckoo* a-souTf was the plant we now know by
the name of wood sorrel, which is still called in some parts of
the country cuckoo sorrel.* — See
Fbca&s., toL L p. 30. %%CUCKOO'S SPIT, sb. the frothy substance found
upon hawthorn twigs, &c, which
contains the small g^reen larva of Cicado Bpumaria. It is popularly believed to be the
expectoration of the cuckoo. Com. %%CUCKOO'S STOCKJJOS, sb. Lotus
comiculatus, common Bird's-foot-
trefoil. — Craven Arms, Siokesay. %%CULLOW [kuol'oel ckZ;., obs.l pale
; wan ; dejected. — Pulverbatoh. '
Poor Betty, the dairy-maid, looks despert cuUow sence 'er's married, dunna-d-'er ? ' ' Aye, aye, 'er dunna lick
the crame-mundle now.' %%CULLIHOS [kul'inz], sb. pi. the residue, as of a
flock of fatted sheep, of which the
best have been picked out. — Clee Hn.TA
'Maister, them's culUn*$, they 66nna do for me.' %%* Those that are
big^st of bone I still reserve for breed ;
My cuU\ng$ I put off, or for the chapman feed.' %%Drayt., Nymph., vi
p. 1496, in Wr. %%' OuUynge^ or owte schesynge. Seperado, Segregaeio.* — Prompt, Parv. %%CUHM U UGEOH [ku'muj'i'nl adj.,
var.pr. niggardly; parsimonious ;
close. — ^Pulverbatoh. 'Whad sort o' folk bin them comen to the New Farm ? * * Well, they bin queer
cummudgeon sort o' folk ; they bin
gweln to get 'arroost in Mth butter-milk, so yo' met*n know w*eer they comen from.' %%CUVOIT [kunj'it], sb.,
obs. a road in a mine driven out of the main
road for the convenience of drawing the coals. — Colliert; M, T« Now called a < drawing-road.' See
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110 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%CUmrnrG-KAlT, ^. a diylner ; a
magician ; a cbanner. — Sorews- bubt;
Eixesmerb. %%' Smith, Well, Master, are you the Cunning Man f %%* Kite, I am
the Learned Copernicus. %%' Smith, Well, Master, I'm but a poor Man, and I
can't afford above a Shilling for my
Fortune.' — ^Fabqithab's Recruiting Officer^
Act IIL Scene. — ^A Chamber [Shrewsbury], %%Of. WlBe-xnan. See Bk. IL,
FdUdore^ &c., 'Charming and
Charms.' %%CUBCHET [kur'*chi'], sh, and vh,^ var, pr, a curtsey. Com.
As a verb curchey is not much used;
women and girls make or drop a
curcJiey, %%' These meeke folke that meetes you in the streete Will curchie make, or shewes an humble
spreete, This argues sure they haye in
Wales been ored Or well brought up and
taught where now they dweU.' %%Chubchtabd's Poems f p. 387. (* Of
Shrewsbury.') %%CUBXT-COAL, sb, coal which assumes a curly or conchoidal
fracture. It has no particular position
; a portion of ordinary seams of coal will
often present this peculiarity. Com. — M. T. %%CVALT-STOIfE, eb,
'peldor' or 'cement-stone,' assuming a curly
fracture. It is composed of lime, silica, and alumina in various
pro- portions, and is found eenerally
in the strata containing the iron-
stones. — Colliebt; M.1r. Of. Oone-npon-cone, also Dog-roof. %%CVEST
[kur^st], adj, wicked; bad; mischievous. — Wobthbk ; Clun, * 'E's a little curst chap.' %%' Be
she as foul as was Florentius' love,
As old as Sibyl and as curst and shrewd As Socrates' Xanthippe . . . .' %%Taming of
the Shrew, L ii 70. %%' A cursed cur must be tied short.' %%Rat's Proverbs,
p. 94. %%See Curst, B. xii., E. D. S. Cf. Shrewd. %%CVSH-COW Fkuosh' arid
kush* kou], 8b, a cow without horns. —
Newpobt ; Wem. Such a cow is often elliptically called a cush. In the Swaledale dialect cush is a call- word
to cows See C. L, E. D. S. Icel.
kussa, a cow ; kus, a call to cows. Cf. Moillet. %%CTTSTABIMnTPS, sb,
Epilobium hirsdtum, great hairy Willow-
herb.— Wellinoton. %%CTJSTTJET [ku8-tur*t], sb., var, pr, custard.
Com. %%CUT [kut*], Shrewsburt ; Ellesmebr. [knot*], Newport, ab, a
canal. See Cut, C. vi., E. D. S. %%CUTE
[keu't], adj, quick ; intelligent ; knowing. Com. %%CUTS rkut's], eb, pi,
lots ; slips of unequal len^h, which, being
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OLOSSABT OF ARCHAIC AND PROYINCIAL WORDS, ETC 111 %%detennine any matter at issue :
either the longest or the shortest of
them is decisiye, according to agreement preyiously made. —
Pttlyeb- batch; Wobthsn. Qy. com. %%*
Now draweth cut^ er that we ferrer twynne ;
He which that hath the schorteste schal bygynne. %%%%Anon to drawen
every wight bigan, And schortly for to
tellen as it was, Were it by aventure,
or sort, or cas. The Both IS this, the
cut Bl to the knight.' %%Chattceb, The Prologue, IL 83o — 846, ed. Morris.
%%* Cui, or lote. 8ors,* — Prompt, Parv, W. cwtwe, a lot. See Glos- sarial Index to Man of Lawe, &c., ed.
Skeat. %%CUnnr* the OOHDEE'S heck off. See Bk. XL, FolMore, &c., * Oastoms ' {harvest). %%%%DAB [dab], (1)
sh. a slight blow, generally with the back of the hand. Ciom. ' If Pd a bin as nigh 'im as
yo* wun, Pd a gid 'im a dab i* the
mouth.' %%^2) th. a small quantity. Com. ' We'n a poor dah o* butter
this wik ; the cauves ta'en jest all
the milk, an' the Maister says 'e 56nna
'ave thar yeds broke 66th the chum-staff — so we canna '&Te it
botii ways.' %%(3) V. a. to set things
down an3rwhere but in their right place.
Com. ' Now dunna da6 that down 'af e way ; piit it in ite place
at wunst.' %%(4) sh. an untidy,
thriftless woman. ' Aye, aye ! a mon mun ax
'is wife 'ow they bm to liye, an' 'e's got a poor dab to 'dp 'im
alung.' SeeClanly. %%(5) $h, any turn
of work done out of re^lar course. Com. < Our reg'lar wesh is every three wik ; but we
bin often 'bliged to %Te a bit of a
dab between.' %%B) ctdj, slight; irregular; out of course. Com. 'A dab
cleaning ;' ' 6 wash. %%%%iS %%%%(7)
V. a, to do things, such as washing or dusting, in a slight, superficial manner. Com. ' Mary, jest dah
me tuthree cloths through as^ las*
till Monday ; it dunna matter bUin' 'em fur wunst.' %%DAB-CHICK, sb. GaUinuIa
chloropua, the Water Hen. — ^Welung-
TOir. Qy. com. Cf. Douker. %%DAB-HAHDy sb, a skilled hand ; an adept
Com. ' I dout as I canna manage that
job ; Wd^ better ax Tum to do it — Vs a dab-hand at them sort o' things.' Cf. Don-hand.
%%BACSY [daki'], gb. a sucking pig. — Shrewsburt ; Cuubch Strbt- TOir ; Ludlow. See Call-words, Pigs, %%DADE
[daid'], v. a. to lead children when learning to walk. — Shbswsbxtbt ; Atchah ; Pulyerbatch ; Much
Wenlock ; Wem. < I'd xattier dade a
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112 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%' Which nourifih'd and bred up at her
most plenteous pap. No sooner taught
to dade, but from their mother thp.' %%Dhayt., PolyM.f song i., in We.
%%DASINGKSTBINOS, sh. pL the leading-strings by which a child is held up when learning to walk. — Ibid. * 1m
a mon ! W'y *a's 'ardly out o' the
dadin* ^strings yit ! ' %%DAPFISH [daf -ish], adj. shy ; bashful. —
PcLVBRBATCfH ; Clbb Hills ; Wem. '
'Ei-'s a mighty nice young j^man ; a little bit dajffUh, but that's a djel better thau bein' too
bond.' Compare with this, the
following : — %%*The word daffie still [about 1200] keeps its old
sense, kumilu; it has been degraded,
like aiUy (teatus).' — Sources of Standard EnglUht p. 103. %%C£ also O.Swed. do/, stupid.
%%DAPFODOWHDILLT [daf -u'dou-'ndili'], sh. Psetido Narcissus, com- mon Daffodil. Com. %%* Strowe me the ground
with Daffadowndillies^ . And Cowslips,
and Kingcups, and loyed Tillies.' %%Sfensee, The Shepheard*a Calender, April,
1. 140. %%DAG [dag*], (1) V. a. to sprinkle clothes with water preparatory
to mangling or ironing. —
PijLYEBBATCH. ' Send the onde^s bajte to
the leasow, an' dag them do'es afore yo' go'n to milk.' <
Daggen, O.IceL doggvay dag ; moisten ;
sprinkle.' — Stbat. ' %%(2) V, a. to trail in the wet or dirt. Com. * Molly,
w'y dunna yo *oud yore petticoats up
out o' the sludge ; yo' bin daggin 'em 'afe waf up yore legs,' %%DAGOLE LOCKS [dag-l loks],
sh. pi. same as Bnrlings, q. ▼.— Elleshebe, Welehampton,
%%DAOOLT [dag'li'], (1) adj. wet ; showery — a daggly day. — Shbiws- buky; Church Stbetton; Wem; Ellesmebb. Cf.
Dag (1).. %%(2) adj. scattered. — Clun. Francis Bawlings, the old clerk of
Clun Church, said that whereas the old
men from the Hospital used to sit in a
gallery by themselves, they * wun now [1873] daggly all about.' %%DAIBYMAID
[dae*r'i'maid], sh. a post formed of a bough, usually off an oak tree, with the smaller branches
lopped to serve as pegs, upon which
the dairy vessels are hung in the open air after being scoured. — Pulyerbatch. Cf . Vessel-maid.
%%DALLOP [dolnip], sh. a quantity not measured — as of fruit or potatoes; a mass or lump of anything. Com.
W. talp^ amass; a lump. %%DAN [dan*],
sh. a small tub used for drawing coals from the working to the main road where the skips are
loaded. — Collieby; M. T. Banning is
drawing the coals in the dans, which is done by boys. See Slipes. %%DANOES, DAKKEB [dang-ur'], Atoham
; Elleshebe. [dang-kurH, Clun, an
imprecatory expression of a mild type. * Danger my neck !' <i>an^er it wunstr C£ No danger I %% |
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idgoronsly; with might and main. —
^Pulybrbatch ; Wem; Whttghttbch. *Now, chape, g66 at it dang-wxmg, an' get the harlej cocked
afore the je'ow fiEtlls.' %%A fiLrmer, comparing the mihtaty prowess of
Blucher and General Lord Hill, said to
the Bey. E. Nevile, Yicar of Prees, <Lord Hill's b(^ cool an' so cute, w'ile Blucher goes
dang^noang at 'em.' %%BAhjujiO [da]ig*kin]y adj. loose ; dangling ; * a
dankivl coat.'-* Shsewsbxtbt. %%DAVKS
[dang*kB], adj. dwaifish : said of people. — ^Newport. CI Dupgy. %%DAHUHG. See Dan. %%DAB^DABHA. See
Oiammar Outlines t^& Dare. "It me if yo* dor; but yo' dartM.* %%* For y dor nomt for
schame * schewe him mi wille.^ %%William of Pcdemt, L 038« %%' For which thou
art i-bounden as a knyght To helpe me,
if it lay in thi might. Or eUes art
thou fals, I dar wel sa3m.' %%Chaxjoeb, TU KnighkB Tale, 1. 294, ed. Monis.
%%* Whaf s this I — ^I canna bear't I 'tis waur than heU To be sae burnt with loye, yet darna tell I
' %%Allan Eajcsat, The Gentle Shepherd, n. ii. p. 27. %%SABX [daa'rlc],
acf}., obeolsj blind. — ^Pulvebra^tch ; Wbllinqton ; %%N£WFOXT. %%* This
Bichaid Ooufih lived to a great age, and was darke twenbr yeares l)eefore hee c^ed, and yett was yery
healthful.' — Gtouon UiOcry of Myddle,
p. 96. %%Dryden has ' a dark old man.' A.S. cfeare, dark. Gf. Biason*
%%DABKSOKE, (1) a4j. dark; obscure; ill-lighted. — Shrbwsburt; PuLVBRBATOH. * I thouKht the place mighty
darksome after ours ; the windows wun
little air the saiun' [ceiling] low, the be&ms aumust touchin' yore yed.' %%* . . . . thence
united fell Down the steep fflade, and
met the nether flood, Which from his
aarkeome passage now appears.' %%Paradise Lost, Book IV. L 232. %%(2) adj.
gloomy ; melancholy ; sad. — PxTLyERBATCH. ' Aye, them wun darksome days — sorrow 'pen sorrow ; we
wun 'bliged to laye the 'ouse, an' the
two poor Uttle cnildem died'n, — all athin a fortnit.' %%SABS HaaVn], t;. a.,
var, pr. to dam. — ^Pulverbatoh. Qy. com.
* I think yo'd'n better djam yore stockin's than mess at that
crochetin' aUday.' %%SABHB0ABD8
[dash-bwur'dz], ah. pi. upright boards put on the sides of a wageon for the purpose of
enlarging the interior body when
required for a large load, as of lime, &c. — ^Ludlow. %%' Broad
wheel waggon, with iron arms, thripples, and dashlHiards^^ Auctioneer's Catalogue (Stoddesden), 1870.
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114 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%DATTBEB [dau-bnr'], sh,, ohsoU. a
plasteror. — Bishop's Castlb, Walcot.
bemefntariusj glossed dawher^ occurs in a Metrical Foca&t*- laryy (perhaps) xiv. cent., in Wr. vocabs.,
voL L p. 181. See Way's note on dawer
in Prompt, Parv*, p. 114. %%DAUNTED [daun-ti'd], adj., pec. shy ; timid.— Newpobt.
%%DAW [dau*], sb. fire-clay found on coal, giving it a soft, sticky sur- face, and preventing its ready ignition. It
has the appearance of moidd when dry.
— ^WHItchuech, Tihtodc, * I conna kind that fire %%. this momin', the coal's
all over daw an' mess ; I never seed sich a
tiling.' Daw is perhaps merely a variation of daub, %%DAWHT [dau-ni*],
adj. mouldy ; mildewed : said of hay. — ^Craven Abacs. * The 'ay's gettin' mighty dawny ;
if s Iain ouf so lung, an' fheei^s bin
a power o' rain on it.' %%DAZE KT 'OmrDS [daaz* mi' 5onz], an expletive ; a
slight oath.— %%"RuTTlfl'Fimi.TTT %%' In the Third period [1250—1350] we
find da\>eitj dahet (O.Fr. deshait,
dehaity dehet) = ill betide. In subsequent writers it became da\>€ty which has given rise to dose you
I dise you ! dMh you /' — ^Db.
MoRBis's Hiitorkal English Accidence [inteijections], p. 336. %%DEAD
MAN'S FAIE rjed- monz faa-r'l, sh,, ohaA the fair held at Church Stretton on S. Andrew's Day. It
acquired this ominous name £x)m tiie
circumstance, it is said, of the number of men who in attempting to cross the hills on their
return home after attending the fidr,
lost &eir way and perished. %%DEAF-EASS [jef * eer'z], sh, pi, the valves
of an animal's heart. Com. %%DEAF-HUT Fjef • nut], ah a nut with an abortive
kernel Com. * 'E dunna crack many
djef-nuta^ is said of one who has a well-fed
appearance. %%' Jamieson observes that deaf signifies properly stupid,
and the term is transferred in a more
limited sense to the ear. It is also
applied to that which has lost its germinating power; thus in the North, as in Devonshire, a rotten nut is
called deaf, and barren com is called
deaf com, an expression literally Ang. Sax. An unproduc- tive soil is Hkewise termed deaf.' — ^Way,
m Prompt Parv,, p. 116. %%DEA-NETTLE [dee- net-'l], sb, Lamium alburn, white
Dead-nettle.— %%PULVERBATCn. %%*Archan .... de-netle.* — Semi^Saxon
Vocabulary^ xii. cent., in Wr.
vocabs., vol. i. p. 91. %%DEAEN, DEtJBN [jaaVn], Pulverbatch. [di'aaT'n],
Corvb Dale. %%Sdrur'-n], Clun, adj.y obsoh, eager ; bent. * I Jbiowed I mun
be sharp, or 'e wuz djarn on it,' — i,
e, bent upon having it A fair or market
term. See Deurn below. %%DEAR SOBES [dee-ur* soa'h'r'zl Pulverbatch.
rdee'h'r* sur'z], Elles- MERB, interj.
perhaps connoctea with the Sacred Wounds in some form of adjuration. %%DEATH [jeth*], the common
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on ; Llfeth is a thing we bin all sore
on ; If life wuz a tiaing as money
could buy. The rich 66d lire an' the
poor dod die.' %%BEATH-PIVCH [jeth- pinsh], sh., ohmU,% a black mark in the
flesh which looks as if caused by a
pinch, but as a matter of fact arises
from a diseased state of the blood. — PirLYERBATCH. Marks of this kind are beHeved to foreshadow approaching
death. ' Betty, jest look at my arm,
'ow black it is I I hanna 'urt it as I know on ; is it whad they callen a dJeth-ptTieh f — ^gid me to prepar'.'
%%DECK [dek-], (1) sb., ohsoU, a pack of cards. — Shbewsbukt; Puir
%%TEBBAXCS; ElLESMERE. %%(2) «5. the cards played out; the 'board' at a round
game.— Shbxwsbubt; Pulverbatch. %%'
Whiles he thought to steal the single ten,
The king was slily fingered from the deck ! ' %%3 K. Henry F/., V. i.
44. %%SELF [delf •], $h,y obsoU. a stone quarry. — ^Pulvkrbatoh. * Theer wuz a sHmperin o' snow, an' the poor owd
man missed the rack an' tumbled into
the ddf^ an' 'urt 'is-self badly.' %%In the WickHffite Torsion, 2 Chron.
xxxiy. 10, the expression occurs, '
stonys hewid out of )>e dduet (e|>er quarreris).' — Cott MS. Claud. B. ii. ' Aurife-deUa, a gold dey«.'—
Vocab. HarL MS. 1002.— Way, in Prompt.
Parv., p. 118. %%A^S. dd/y a delTing ; a digging. Cf. Dalve, also Standelf.
%%^BELP [del'p], interj, a contraction of ' God help/ used to express %%pity.
— -PuiiTEBBATCH. %%DELVE [del^v], (1) v, a, to dig two spade's depth. —
Newport. Cf. Orafll %%' Consdenoe
oomaunded )>o * al crystene to ddue. %%And make a muche mote ' %%Piers PL,
Text B., pass. xix. L 361. %%* Where is more loye, who hath more happie
dales, Tb^p those poore hynds, that
digges and ddves the ground P' %%Chxtrchyard's Poems, p. 113, L 8. %%(2) V,
n. to dig and turn over the soil in a purposeless way, as chiloren do. — PmiYERBATOH ; Wem. 'Lot the
childom alone, they bin on'y ddvirC i'
the on-dug groun', doin' no 'arm.' A.S. del/an ; O.Pris. delva ; O.H. Germ. Ulhany delve ;
grave ; dig.— Strat. %%(3) V. n., |)cc. to slave ; to drudge. — ^Pulverbatoh.
* Fm tired till I can 'ardly lug a leg
; I han to ddvt at them tatoos w'ile yo' bin
ninagatin' about after nuts an' slons, tarrin' yore rags off yore
back.' %%SEHIAL [di'nei'h'l], sh, detriment ; hindrance ; drawback. Com. ' Poor Dick's lost 'is arm i' the throshin'
machine ; itll be a great dental to
'im, but 'e met as well a bin killed.' %%BEUBH [jur'-n], (1) a^'., ohsolsA
hard; stem; severe. — Pulver- BATcn. •
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like getfcin' blood out on a cab-
bitch stalk' %%Compare dedm above ; the terms appear to be cognate and
to be allied to M.E. der/, AJS. dear/^
OJcet diar/r, firmus, dnms, grayis, in
Strat. %%(2) ad^\ , ohaoU, ? cold ; biting. — Pulvbrbatoh. * Good mornin', Mr. Bromley; if s a mighty djum winde.' * Aw !
yo'd'n think so if yo'd'n bin w'eer I
han—a-iiop o' Big Huglith' ; it'll shaye a mon daiie athout lather or razzor. %%DE7EB [devm/l,
(1) sb. duty.— Cobtb Dale; Ludlow. *ni do
my dever. Sir.' %%* To prey Grenefeld to send me fejrthfully word, by
wrytyn, who dement Paston h&ih. do
his dever in lemyng. And if he hatne nought
do w^, nor wyll nought amend, prer hym fnat he wyll trewly
belai^ch hym, tyl he wyll amend ; and
so ded the last maystr, and the best l&at
ever he had, att Caumbrege. And sey Grenefeld that if he wyll
take up on hym to brynge Iwm in to
good rewyll and lemyng, that I may
verily know he dotii hys dever, I wyll geve hym x marcs for hys labor, for I had lever he wer feiyr bery^
than lost for dafieiute.'— Paston
Letterfy A.l>. 1458, vol. i p. 422.
Pr. devoir, duty. %%(2) V. n., var, pr. to try ; to attempt ; to
endeavour. — ^Shbewsbttby. Qv. com. *
Pm afeard as I shanna be able t6 do 'em this wik; but ill dever to let yo' ban 'em.' %%DEVIL
[divi], sh, so pronounced when speaking of the devil per^ey but in composition the word follows
ordinary usage. See below. %%DEVIL'S BEDSTEAD Fdev-lz bed-sti'd], ^., al the
four of dubs, a card which is
considered ' unlucky.' — Glee Hills. Qy. com. %%The Slariff Dictionary, p.
119, has 'Devil's bed-post, the four of
dubs.' See Oapt. Ohamiee's novel of T7ie Arethusa, %%DEVIL'S BIT, tb.
Scdbioea stKcisa, the DeviFs bit Scabious.—
Shbewsburt. The root of this plant has the appearance of being eut off abruptly, or bitten [radix
preemorsa]. %%Gerarde calls it Morsua Diaboli, DiueU hit, and says :'....
Old fantasticke charmers report that
the diueH did late it iot enuie,
bicause it is an herbe that hath so many good vertues, and is so bine- ficiaU to mankinde.'-~See Ge&ABDE's
Herbal, Bk. U. p. 587, ed* A.IX 1697.
%%Qt Bluebeads and Gentlemen's Battens. %%DEVIL'S CHUSir-STAFP, ah. Euphorhia
hdioacopiay Son Spuige. — ^Ellesmebe,
WeUhampton. This plant probably owes its name of DeviTs Chum-staff to the acrid nulky juice
contained in its stems. %%DEVIL'S COACH-HOBSE, ah. Ocypua olena, the Eove
Beetle or Common Black
CoGktail.--SHBEW8BT7AT. Qy. com. %%DEVIL'S COBN, ah. Sfellaria holSatea,
Greater Stitchwort— Shbewsbxtbt,
UffingUm. Called DeviVa Eyes about Wrexham. %%DEVIL'S CUBBT-COMB [devlz
kiir'i' kuom], ah. Rantmeulua
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%%extremely injnrioiu to cattle. Some farmers discasnng the merits of certain ' stiff ' soil, one of tiiem
exclaimed, *It*s full o' the DeviVi
Curry-combJ * Tes,' said another, ' and the £dlows always throw
up the '* Beggar^s Needle."'
%%Banunculua arvenna is a yery common weed on all strong soLls in Shropshire. Its extremely aond properties
haye doubtless led to its association
with liie Evil One; hjs curry'Comb bdng suggested, pro- bably, by its comb-like acheniom. — Science
Gomp, p. 228, Oct 1870. %%See Beggar's Keedle. %%DEVIL'S GT7T8, sb.
Convolvulus arvSnsU, Small Bindweed-—
Shbewsbuby. The name of DeinTs OuU is given to this plant from the droumstance of its roots running yery
deep into the ground, and bding
difficult of extirpation. Of. Barbime. %%DEVIL'S LOVTUH, eb^ obs. Devil's
lantern ; the Ignis Jatuua. C£
Jack-o'-the-lanthom. %%DEVIL'S MEV AHS WOXEH, ab. the fruit spike of
Arum maculatum. — Shbewsbtjby. The red
berries are men, the green ones
vH»neH. Of. Ladies and Gtontlemen. %%DEVIL'S POST, 8b. AUium urdnum^
Broad-leaved Garlic — Fulver- BATOH,
Hanwood. It would seem that the horrible foetid odour of this plant is thought by the rustic mind to be a
fitting ' bouquet ' for the rrince of
Darkness. %%DEVIL'S SVUIT-BOX, sb. same as BUftd-ball, q. v.— Welling- TDK. This appellation may, no doubt, be
ascribed to the snuff-like powder with
which the fimgus is charged in its mature state, and to which very baneful properties aro popularly
attributed. See Tusz- ball. %%DEW
[dyou'], Shrewsbury; Worthbn. [ji'ou'], Pulverbatoh. [doo*], Newport, th. * We'n 'ad a biff j^ow
i' the n^t, Yedart' ' Aye, a mighty
big un ; we sha'n a a ^ot day.* %%' And all the day it standeth full of
deow. Which is the teares, that from
her eyes did flow.' %%Spenser, Astrophd, 1. 192, p. 661. %%DHV-STOHE
[deu'stone and joo-stwnn], «5. basalt, of a black or very dark colour, auarried at TrrrERSTOinB
Glee. Dhu — the local spelling — is a
mirtake. Dhu = W. du, black ; sable. %%DIBBnr-STICK fdib-in stik], sb. a
setting-stick.— Shrewsbury; Cravszt
Arms; Ellesmere. %%• Perdita. Til not put %%The dihhU in earth to set one
slip of them.' %%f^tnfcr'a Tale, IV. iv. 100. %%DIOHE [dei'chi, ^^5. a ditch
by a hedge-dde. Com. ' It'll be no
sich a job to clane that diche out, it's so o'er-growed wuth
brombles.' ' The Bolliof the Court
Leet of the Manor of Bromfield, Shropshire, %%for the 2nd October ia the 4th
year of King James L(1607) %%At this court for avoyding^ of controversies
betwext Wm. Lane and Bich. Bevan : It
is now with the Lord's consent, and assent of Wm Lane, ordered, that Bi^iucd Bevan, who hath
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shall hensforth have and repoesede two Bidges
hitherto in controuersye, and so save the sayd Lane from hannes with sufficient hedge and diche of his
lande adionyning. And this mder peine
of X9, a curia in curiam.'— ^^z^ZisA OUdSy their SkUuUt imd CusUms, E. £. T. S. %%* To \>aTe
diche . . » . .* — Owl and NigMinga^e^ L 1239. %%A.S. die; O.Pris. dVc; O.Icel.
dfA;; diJci; ditch; dike.— Strat. CC
Drain. %%DICHE-BOlfK, sh, the embankment on the hedg&^ide of a
ditch. Com. * Yo' can see the mark o'
the wil [wheel] 'afe way np the
diche-honk ; it's a 55nder they wunna bolkth killed.' %%DICHEB
[dei'chnr'], sb. a ditcher: generally used in conjunction with hedger — a hedger and ditcher. Com.
*The fellow^ a perty good 'edger an'
dicher; but as to stack-makin' an' thatdiin', w^^ 'e% no better than an owd 66man.' A.S. dicerty
a ditcher. %%DISSTAFF [did-stu'f], «&., o5»., var, jpr, a distaff. —
^Polvekbatch. %%DIHHEBT [dim-urT], (1) sb. a dark, ill-lighted room or
passage. — Shkewsbttby ; Pulverbatoh,
• Whad a diminery this place is ; wV
yo' canna see from one end to the other, an' it imia that big.'
AA. dym, dim ; dark. %%(2) »&. a
building or shed in a buildei^s yard where tools, mortar, and odd things are kept. — Shbewsbtjby.
%%(3) sb,, chs. a place attached to old chnrohes where Hxe grayo- digger's tools were (perhaps) kept. — Ihid*
%%* Underneath this church [8. Chad's], on the north side, is a vaulted room, called the dimery ; which place
probably has been used as a repository
for the bones and skulls of the dead, and mi^t receive its name from the Saxon word dtviTncra, ghosts,
which in tunee of ignor* ance and
superstition were supposed to haunt such places ; or more likely from the common word dim, dark ; a
dimery, or dark room or place.' —
^Phillips's History of Shreunibury, p. 89. %%DIMHT-SDDCY [dimi* sim'i'], adj.
conceited; laDguishing.— %%WOETHBW. %%DIVDEKS [din-dur'z], ah, pi, Boman
coins found at Wbozbteb [Uriconium].
Spelt dynders by Kennett, in Hal. %%*The Boman coins foiuxd here (Wroxeter)
are a proof of the antiquity of the
place ; the inhabitants call them dinders, a corrup- tion of me Boman denariiM* — Phillifs's
History of SJirewsbury, pp. 199, 200.
%%DINO [ding-]y (1) v, a. to dash down with violence. — ^Whitchurch. %%' But
Do-wel shal dyngen hym adoun. And
destruye his myghte.' %%Piers PL, pass. xx. 1. 6273, ed. Wb, %%O.N. dengia,
to hammer ; dengia einum nidr, to drug one down, in Wedq. %%(2) V, n., obsols. to impress
forcibly: chiefly used in the way of
taunting. — ^Pulverbatoh ; Cluw. * The Missis 'as bin dingin' at
me,* said Mjury Davies, ' about Bessey
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119 %%' day ; ao I tond 'er if I conldna knit a stockin' in a day, I oonld mak' 'im a shirt, an' I went at it dang-swang
an' did it.' Mjuy Davies and Bessey
Coxall, two servants of the 'old school,' liyed with Ifrs. %% Bromley, of
Castle PulTerbatch, abont the year 1817. Workers such as they, may be considered like many of the
words of their time, to have become '
obsolete.' %%(3) [ding'gl $h, a bnzidng ncnse in the ear& —
Shbewsbttbt. 'Dear eart ! rye sich a
ding r my ears, jest like a swarm o' bees.' %%BDIOE [din'zh], (1) r. a. to
dint; to knock in. — Shrewsbury. Qy.
com. ' Dun *ee know who's dinged the tay-pot athisn ? It looks as if it 'ad bin fell o' the flur.' O.N.
dengia, to hammer. C£ Bulge. (2) sb. a
dint— /Wa. %%jnWKEBL-'WHILEy sb. dinner-time. — Collisbt. * Fye bin
workin' i' my dinner'fo'ile. Sir.'
%%DIP [dip*], n.) adj., var. pr. deep ; canning ; crafty. Com. ^ Dip as the KoruL ' is a proyerbial phnue
current in Shropshire, signifying very
crafty. %%(2) th. the part of a mine below the leyel ; the part aboye the
leyel is called the &mm^.—
Oollibbt ; M. T. %%SlPiniSS [dipnii's], ib., var. pr. deepness; slyness. —
FuLyERBATCH. Qy. com. *'0w yo' cropen
off to the wakes athont sayin' eyer-a
word ; I'll remember yo' lur yore dipnem.* %%DIPPEBi sb. Alcedo
Fspida^ the Kingfisher. — ^BRmaNORTH. %%BIS An A Uii^disni'nnl], v. a., pec.
to inconvenience; to disturb; to
turnout. — ^Pulvkrbatch; Corve Dale; Wem. (1) 'Yo' can come in, yo' 66nna disannul the ladies.' (2) '
"E thought to end 'is days theer,
but this new lan'lord's disannulled 'im altoge^er.' %%DISCOBDEDEV
[diskaur^di'du'n], pret. disagreed— Cleb Hills. . * Well, I met a bin ^th 'im now, on'y we
discordeden a bit.' O.Fr. discorder,
disputer; quereller. — ^BuR. %%SI8GEST [dizgest*], v. a. to digest Com. ' I'm
a sight betfcer than I wuz ; ^arb-tay
did me most good of anythin'. I could aumust
disgesi a pimple-stwun.' %%' Sowre whey and curds can yeeld a sugred
tast Where sweete martchpane, as yet
was never knowne : When emptie gorge,
hath bole of milke embrast ; And
cheese and bread, hath dayly of his owne.
He craves no feast, nor seekes no banquets fine, He can disgest his dinner without wine.'
%%Chtjrohyard's Poems, p. 113, L 18. *
Disgestive FacuUjf assimilates the nourishment, into the substance of that part where it is.' — Academy of
Armory, Bk. 11. chap. xviL p. 414.
%%BISH-WASHES, sb. Mota4nlla yarreUii, the Pied Wagtail.— Bridg- %%VORTH.
%%DISTRESS fdistres's], sb,, pec. strain ; stress ; application of
force. — Weil 'Theer wunna be no
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after the oom is eut, and animals are tamed into the field, who will sbreun, or toy, the
strength of the fence. %%BITHEK [didh'urn, v, n. to tremble with cold ; to
shiver. Com. * Tm starved till I
ditJier, an' my tith chatter.' * Thaf s a pity, for yore tongae can chatter fast enough/ Of.
Acker. %%DIVIHIHG-BOD, sb., oheols, a rod made of Hazel or twigs of Wych Elm, used for purposes of divination. —
Corvk Dais ; Luinlow. See Bk. IL,
Folklorey &c, ' Charming and Charms.' %%SIZENIH' [dii'h'ninl ab. a
'dressing ; ' a scolding.— Weh. ' 'Er give
'im a fine aixenin* w'en ^e did come wham.' CL Dizen = to dress. %%BO
[doo*l sh. a festivity ; an entertainment. Com. * I s'pose aa theer's to bo a fine <^ at Ihe Squire's
w^eii the weddin' comes off.' %%DOCK [dok*], (1) V, a., ohsoU, to cut off the
tails of horses to the stump ; also to
cut close the ears of dogR, Com. The latter practice is made criminal under the Cruelty to Animals Act.
'That dog d6d look better if 'is ears
wun dockt, but we dama now.' %%'He [Sir Charles Ghrandison] seldom travels
without a set, and suitable
attendants; and, what I think serais a little to savour of singulaiity, his horses are not docked.
Their tails are only tied up when thev
are on l^e road %%' But if he be of opinion that the tails of these noble anfmalft
are not only a natural ornament, but
are of real use to defend them firom
the vexatious insects thai in summer are so apt to annoy them (as Jenny just now told me weis thought to be
his reason for not depriving his
cattle of a defence which nature gave them), how far from a die* praise is this humane consideration I And
how in the more minute as well as we
may suppose in the greater instances, does he deserve the character of the man of mercy, who will
be merciful to his beast.' — Str
Charles Orandison, vol. i. p. 257, ed. 1766. %%* Dokkyn^ or smytyn' a-w^ the
tayle. DeoaudoJ* — Ftcmjpi, Farv* O.N.
dokr, a short, stumpy taiL — ^Wedq. %%(2) V. a, to cut off, in any general
sense, so as to shorten. — Puii-
YEABATOH. Qj, oom. 'I dunna know whad folks wanten 66^ a yard o' stuff 'angin' at thar 'eels; I
should like to tak' 'em to the
choppin'-block an' dock 'em.' %%* His heer was by his ores ful round
i-shorn. His top was docked lyk a
preeet bifom.' %%Chaitcisr, The Prologue, 1. 590, ed. Morria %%• DokkyrH or
shortyn. Ikcu/rto, ahhrevioj — Prompt, Parv. %%(3) V, a. to shorten : as of a
baby's clothes. — ^Wem ; EuCiBSMEBB.
'We maun dock the child's clothes nex' wik, the weather's gettin' warmer.' %%(4) V, a., pec, to put off: as
of apparel. — Shbewsbttry, 'It^s no
use, I mun dock this gownd off, if s swelterin' me to d^eth.' Ot DofC
%%DOCTOB'S MOH, eb, a medical man's assistant. Com. * I should think theer's somebody very bad at the shop
; I sid the Doctor theer this momin',
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%%DOBDSBDIG [dod-hVi'nJ, porf. adj. tremT>Iing; shakiiig: as from age or sicknesB, like palsied people do. —
Ck>&yE Daue. Cf. Dither. %%DODGER [dojm^, sh. Bherardia tsrvensis,
creeping Fltune-tbistle. CobteDaije.
%%DOFF [dof-l, V, a. to put off; to do off. — Shrewsburt; Pulvbb- BA.TCH; Newport; Wem. 'If yo'maiiLen work,
doff that jacket; yo* bin like owd
Jack Jones — ate till yo' swat, an' work till yo' starre.' %%* do as ich )>e Tede,
%%do/bHoe Jds bere-skyn * & be stille in K clones.' %%William ofPaUme, L
2343. %%* Shee also dofU her lieayy babeijeon, 'Which the nire feature of her hmbs did
hyde/ %%Sfenser, F. Q., Bk. III. 0. iz. si xzL %%DOO [dog'], ah. the link at
the end of the chain fastening it round
the cow's neck. — Glee Hills. Qy. com. See Cow-chain«. %%DOO-DAIST
[dog'dai*'zi'1, ab, AnthSmis cotula^ stinking Chamomile. — Whttchubch, TiUiock. Gf. Kaise. %%DOOOIS
[dogi'l, 8h.y si. the overlooker at the pifs moutL — Colliert : 11 T. Of.BeeTe(l). %%DOO-HAHOnr, sh. a
large social gathering. — Corvb Dale. Mr.
Halliwell says a dof -hanging was a wedding feast where money
waff collected for the bnde.
%%DOO-KEH' [dog*men], sLpl., ohs. church beadles. — ^Bishop's Castle ; %%.
Cltjk. Countrymen coming into church were often followed by their dogs, which were driven out by the beadles,
who thus acquired tha^ name of
dog-mnen. This office ceased to exist about 1830. %%* July 17*^, 1741. Then
agreed with Henry Howells to give him Ten
shillings untill Ladv Day next for Whiping thedoggs out of the
Church servias Time, and keenmg people
from Sleeping in Churdi During Divine
service, and to be paid mm by the Ghurcmwardens that are in Office for the time
Being.^CAiircAtiwrc2en'« AccoumiSi dun. %%DdO-BOOF, «fr. same as Cnrly-ftone,
q. v. The miners give it tlus name
frtmi its fimcLed resemblance to the loof of a dog's mouth. — Golliebt; M.T. %%DOG'S LEAVE, jpAr.y «?.1
without permission. — Shrewsburt. %%DOLLIES [doH'z], sh. pi. bolsters of
straw put under the eaves of a stack
to make them project, and so throw the wet off better. — Pulveb- batch. %%DOLLT rdoH*], (Xjjb- ft washing
implement — Shrewsbubt; Elles- hbbe.
Qy. com. The lower ^art of tne dcUrf is made of a solid block of wood, 8 mches deep and 6^ inches wide ; it
is of circular shape, and so cut
through at uie two opposite diameters as to form four wedge- shaped feet ^ inches in deptn. Into the
centre of this block is fiUed an
upright handle 2 ft. long, having a cross-bar at the top 15 laches lon^ ; held by this, the ddUy is worked
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the dothes with the dolly or the ' dolly-peg.'— Ibid. %%DOLLT-PEO, sh, an implement similar
in intention to the dolly, bat
differing from it in form and mode of action. A circular piece of wood I^ inch thick and 8 inches in diameter
has inserted into it six stout pegs
about 7 inches in length ; on the upper side of it is an up- right nandle 2 ft. 2 inches long, haying a
cross-bar 7 inches long, a^ut 4 inches
below the top ; the operator holds the doUy-peg by this, and with a strong twisting motion shakes
and rubs the clothes in the water, so
as to cleanse them yery effectually.— /Hd. Cf. Peggy. %%BOLLT-TITB, sh. the
deep tub adapted to the purpose, in which the
clothes are ' dollied/ — Ibid, Of. Washing stock. %%DON [don*], V. a.,
ohsols, to put on : as of clothes — more especially gay attire ; to dress up. — ^PiiLyEBBATOH.
' DidVee see Bessy Leach at the dub ?
wimna-d-'er donned off P ' See Donningfl. %%< And costly yesture was in
band to don,* %%Turbvile'B Ovid, 1567, f. 146, in Hai,. %%' What, should I
don this robe, and trouble you ? ' %%Titiu Andronicua, I. L 189. %%*Do on
dothys, or dothyn'. Indtw, vestio,* ^Prompt Farv. CL %%jyoft %%BONCASS
[dong-ku's], v, n, to saunter. — Clbb Hills. * Weer bin yo' off dancaB8in* to now ? '
%%SONET-WAOOOH [doa-ni* wagni'n], ab. a waggon with skeleton sides. — Atottam. %%BON-HAHD, sh, an expert
; an adept. — PuLyERSATOH ; Clee Hills.
' Tummas, they tellen me as yo' bin a don- and at stack-makin'
an' thetchin' ; can 'ee spar' us a mk
? * Cf. Dab-hand. %%DOHNINOS [doni'nz], sb.pl., ohsolsA fine clothes. —
^PuLyBRBATOH. ' Sally Price 'as got on
aU 'er donnin^s I should think ; Vy 'er's
'anged 65th ribbints like a pedlai^s basket.' See Don. %%DOOB^CHEEKS,
sb. ph door-posts.— Wev. See Exod. xiL 22, ed. 1640.— HaIi, %%DOOBnJAWHS, sb, pi, var. pr.
door-posts or jambs. — ^PuLyBRBATCH. %%SOSOME [doa'sum], adj. hearty ;
thriying : said of animals. — ^Wem. %%' Loik dangling of a babb^, then the
Huntsman hoye him up. The dugs a
bayin' roind mm, while the gemmen croid, * * Whoo-hup ! " As doe&ome cauyes lick fleetm^ out o'
th' piggin in the shed. They worried
eyery inch of him, aw but his tail an' yed.' %%Farmer Dobbin : * A Day wi*
the Ohesmre Fox Bugs.* E. E. EoEBTON
Warbu&toi^s Munting Songs^ y.
xyiiL p. 94. %%A.S. duganf to thriye (= Germ, taugen), %%DOSSIL
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%%])0UBIiE4X>AL [dub'l koal], sK a good coal for manufacturing purposes, mudi used. — Coluebt ; M. T. See
Coal-fleld. %%BOITBLE COUPLE [dubi kupll ah, twin lambs. Com. Eedupli- cation of this kind is very general in
Shronflhire— <uh> twins^ for twins.
Betty Roberts of Castle Pcdyerbatcb, speaJdng of her daii^hter,
said, ' To remember Saa*ra, Mi^'am ;
well, 'er got married, an' in a twelye-
month er wuz piit to bed of a double Hrth o' two twins,* Betty's auditor computed these to be eight children
! On a gravestone in Edgmond
churchyard (Salop) is the following epitaph (date AD. 1800) :— %%* They were Two Twins in Birth
both join'd; Great is their gain in
Hopes to find.' %%Cf. Two-dotible. %%DOUGH. See Snft %%DOUK [dou'k], r. a. to
stoop or lower the head. Com. * 'E douka
is yed Hke a gonder gwein under a barn-door ' is a current Shrop* shire saying. %%* M. Mery. Gurtsie . .
,douke you and orouche at euery worde.' —
Soister Doister^ Act j. Sc. ii\j. p. 26. %%BOUKER [dou'lcur^jy sh.
Podicepa minor, the Little Grebe. —
Wellinoton. Qy. com. Bewick calls this * The small Doucker,' See British Birds, vol. ii. p. 171, ed. 1832. *
Hie merauluSy A^, a dokare.' — Wr.
Tocaba, yol. i. p. 253, G£ Dab-chick. See J'ack-douker. %%DOXTBT
[dou"st^(l) »5. dust. — Shbewsbukt; Pulvbrbatch; Chxtrch Stretton. 'xhem up-stars rooms bin in a
fine mess o* dowl an' doustf they
wanten a right good frotin'.' %%' LI. Also, that no S^eler, Boche', Baker, ne
Gloyer, ne none other persone, caste
non Intrelle ne fylth of Bestes donge, ne dousty oyer Seyeme brugge, ne beyond the seid Brugge in
the streme.' See * Ordinances of
Worcester,' temp. Ed. IV. (1467), in English Gilds, tJieir Statutes and Customs, K E. T. S.
%%(2) V. a. to beat'-PuLyEBBATCH; Wem. * Doust 'is jacket for 'im, Surrey.* %%SOXrSTEE, (1) sb,, var, pr. a
duster. — Shrewsburt. %%(2) sh. a heayy blow.— Pulverbatch ; Wem. 'It fell
sich a doiuierJ %%DOTTT [dou"t],
V. a. to extinguish ; to do out. Com. * Dout them candles, SaUy ; tiieer 'U he light enough
to talk by then, if that's aU yo'n got
to do.' %%* Voon* owte, or qwenchyn' (li3th, K; lyth, H.).
Extinguo.^—Promjpi^ Parv. %%SOUTEB,
ah. a candle extinguisher. Com. %%BOWL [dou-l], (1) sb. the downy fibres of a
feather ; down. Com. %%' Arid. You fools ! the elements. %%Of whom your
swords are tempered, may as well Wound
ihe loud winds, or with bemocrd-at stabs
Kin the still-closing waters, as diminish One dcwle that's in my plume.' — Temjpest,
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shelyes for dishes: the sides of tliis,
reaching about half way to the top, are enclosed and made into a cupboard for smaller pieces of crockery. A
dresser of this kind and a tall clock
were formerly considered quite indispensable to 'tidy' young people about to begin housekeeping. '
Aye, it begins to look like marr'in'
w'en the clock an' dresser's bought; I s'pose the nez* thing 551 be the axin's.' Fr, dressoir, a
side-board. %%BBESSEB, (2) sb. an implement which combines hammer and ^pick
;' being a hammer at one end, and very
sharp, like a 'pick' at the other :
strong iron clamps secure it to the handle. It is used for setting props and general heavy work. —
Collibey ; M. T. %%DSEVEN [dr'eyn], sb. a person or thing in a state or
condition of dirt. — Ww£. * Look at
that child, whad a dreven 'er is ! 'er mus' a
bin i' the slurry.' %%DBIBBLE [dr'ib-1], (1) v. n. to rain slowly; to
fall in drops. — Shbewsbttby;
Pulvbbbatch. Qy. com. %%(2) V, n, to do anything in a feeble kind of way. —
SHBSWSBtraT ; Atcham ; Ellesmebb. Qy.
com. * Now, Sarah, if yo' bin gwem to %%* milk the cow, milk 'er, an' dunna
dribble at 'er.' %%(3) V, a. to let fall drop by drop ; to leak. —
Shbewsbttry ; Pulteb- BATCH. Qy. com.
* The rayn-tub's lost a 'oop, an's dribblin' all the waiter out %%' ten thousand casks, %%For
ever dribbling out their base contents.' %%CowPBB, The Task, Bk. IV. 1. 605.
%%(4) V. a, to deal out in very small quantities. — ^Atciiam ; Weic ; Ellesmebb. ' Dunna dribble the barley out
athatns — gie me a good feed for the
fowl at wunst.' %%DBIBLETS [dr'ib'li'ts]^ sh, pi, very small quantities. —
^Atchuc; Webc. %%SBIBLIVOS
[dr'ib'linz], idem. — ^Ellbbmbbb. %%DBIDBEIf CH [dr'id'bensh], sb.y obs, a
wrinkle ; a crease. — ^Wobthen. (1)
'Poor Jazey Humphries I 'er's gettin' a nowd 66man; the drid- benches is beginnin' to shew in *er
for'yed.* (2) * It wuz a dridbench i'
the child's shirt as wuz 'urtin' 'im made 'im so fretchit.' %%DBXFT-HOTJSE
[dr'if -t u'sl, sb, the lofty covered way out of a farm- yard under which a loaded waggon can be
drawn. — Wem. Qy. com. %%DBXFT-WAT. The same. %%DBINK, sb. ale. Com. ' Whad
sort o' drink dun they keep at that
public?' *Well, nuthin' to brag on; it wunna much better than fresh'drink the las' time as I wuz theer.'
Very strong old * October' ale is
called beer ; * old (eer,' ' harvest &eer.' See Fresh-drink. %%DBINK-MEAT
fdr'ing-k mait], «6. ale boiled, thickened with oat- meal, and spiced. — Pulvebbatch. Qy. com. •
The cowman's got a despert bad coud ;
Til mak' 'im a stodger o' drink-mate fur 'is supper, an' gie 'im a good swat.' %%DBIP [dr'ip-],
17. a. to take the last milk from a cow. — ^Nbwpobt ; Wem; WniTCHUBcn. Cf. Strip. %%%%GLOSSART OF
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SBIPPIHO-BOWljy sb. a wooden bowl used to drip the cows into. %%— /wa.
%%SBIPPnrOS, 8b. the last milk dmwn from a cow. — Ibid. Cf. Afterings, also Stripping^. %%SEiVjs a
head, p?ir. to effect an entrance into the solid stratum of coal, mineral, &c. — Collebbt ; M.
T. %%DBODSOKE [dr'od'su'm], adj\ dreadful ; alarming. — ^Bridgnorth. %%DROP
OITT, V, n. to quarrel ; to fall out. — Pulvbrbatch ; Clun ; Wem. ' If that shoot o' do'es inna done
agen the club, yo' an' me sha'n drop
out.* %%SKOPPnrO-TIlEE, sb. a showery time. — ^Pulvbrbatch ;
"Wblung- ton; Wbm. %%DBOXTPEN
[dr'oup-h'n], part, adj,, obsoU. drooping. — ^Pulvbrbatch ; Ellesmerb. ' Yore cabbidge plants looken
rather droupen, John.' ' Aye, they
want'n a drop o' rayn ; but they'n prink up to*rt night.' %%* But ^e it is
that, when the oyle is spent, The
light goes out, and weeke is throwne away :
80, when he had resignd his regiment,
His daughter gan despise his drouping day, And wearie wax of his continuall stay.'
%%Sfbnsbr, F. Q,, Bk. n. c. z. st. xxz. %%O.IceI. drdpa, droup (droop). —
Strat. %%BBOYIER [dr'oavyur'], sb., var. pr. a drover. — Pulvbrbatch ;
Wbm. ' Who'd a thought on a fine
camperin' young fellow like that comin'
to be a drovier ?' %%' Robert Mather was a stranger in this country ;
hee came hither to serve Sir Humphrey
Lea as his Bayly. Hee was a person very
expert in bupng and selling of Catle, and had a commission, to be one of the long^s purveyors, which was an
office to buy fatt beasts %%for the King's housnould These puryeyors were
likewise %%drovyerSy who bought catle in this country, and brought them
into Kent to sell again.' — Gtouon's
History of Myddle, p. 74. %%DBXTDOEB [dr'uj-ur'], *6., var. pr. a cook's
flour-dredger. — Shrews- bury;
Pulverbatch; Craven Arms; Clun; Wem. %%SBTJHBLE [dr'um-bl], (1) r. n., obsoU.
to be sluggish ; to dawdle. —
^Pulverbatch. * Come, pluck up yore fit, an' dimna g66 drumhlirC alung, as if yo' wim 'afe asleep.' %%* Mrs.
Ford. What, John I Eobert I John I Go take up these clothes here quickly. Where's the cowl-staff ?
look, how you drumble ! ' — Merry
Wives of Windsor, IIL iii. 156. %%(2) St., obsols. a dull, inactive person.—
/Wti. * The poor owd men's aumust done
now ; an' 'e wuz al'ays a poor drumble.* %%(3) sb.y obsols. a rough wooded
dip in the groimd; a dingle. —
Newport. %%BBXnDT-HOLE [dr^um-bi' oal], sb. same as Drumble (3).— Ellesmere. * I jjot to g66 to Linea'
to-neet, an' I dunna know 'ow to pass
the drumby-ole near the Cut bridge, for they sen theei's frittenin theer.' C£ IHunble-hole. %%%%128
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worn-out horse. — Pulvebbatch;
Wbllington. %%(2) eib, a dull, aluggiah person. — ^Pulyekbatoh. 'I
dunna know Vicn is best, men or 'orse,
fur tiiey bin bdath poor drummiU! Cf.
Drumble (2), also KefTel. %%D&TnUnrO [dr'umin], sh. a sound
beating. Com. %%DEW [dr'uv], pret, and part, past^ drove ; driven. Com. * I
'ear Medlicott's lost the oow 'e
bought at the far, an' I dunna 66nder at it ;
'er milk 'ad bin pounded so lung, an' 'er wuz o'er-drui;, an' it
brought on the nulk fEuver.' See Sid
(1). %%DEY [dr'ei-j, (1) adj. thirsty. Com. ^Weer'n'ee got the bottle, lads r fur Tm as dry ha a ragman's
'prentice.' ' Be'appen yo'n 'ad a red
yurrin fur yore dinner.' %%* And now my oonclusion Til tell. For, £uth, I'm confoundedly dflry! %%BoBEBT
BuBNS, FoemBf p. 60, 1. 26. '^ %%(2) adj. having no milk : said of cows. Com.
y^^ %%(3) V. a. to cause a cow to lose her mUk ; to disperse it
medicinally. Com. ' Tve done gweYn to
market now ; tbe Maister's drenched six o'
the cows to dry 'em fur feedin'.* %%' Leaue milking and drU vp old
mulley thy oow, The crooked and aged,
to fatting put now.' Tusseb's Fiue
Hundred Fointes of Oood Huahandrie [August]. %%DTTBBDr [dub 'in J, sh. soft
grease, such as is produced from the
boiling of tripe : it is used for the purpose of softening and
preserving strong leather. —
Shbewsbubt; Pulvebbatoh; Wem. Qy. oom.
*Maister, we'n got no duhbin for the gears; mun I do 'em $6th g65ze-ileP' %%DTJBBnr SHEABS, sb. shears
used to trim closely-cropped hedges. —
Whitchubch. %%DVBBrr [dub-i't], adj. blunt ; dull ; ' a dtibbit axe.'— Wbm.
%%STTBQITS [joo'bus], (1) adj,, var, pr, dubious ; doubtful ; not very sure, — Shbevsbuby; Pxjlvbbbatch ; Wem. Qy.
com. *Aye, I 'ear thev bin gwel'n into
business, but Pm rather juboiu whether it II
answer.' An undecided person is said to be '/u^tw-minded.' %%(2) adj.,
pec. suspicious. — ^Pulvebbatoh. .*I dunna like to 'live anyihin' to do 65th that 66man, 'er^s of
sich AjuboM turn; 'er thinks
everybody's robbin' 'er.' %%DTTCK'S-FBOST, eh. a slight frost.— Clee
Hills. Cf. B:etoh o' Trost. %%DUPF
[duff-], (1) sb.f var. pr. dou^h. Com. * As busy as a dog in duff* IS a proverbial saying heard m some
parts of Shropshire. %%(2) ah. the stomach. — ^Ludlow. * 'E t5dk me duff,*
said a man in evidence at a police
court. On being asked to explain, he said, ' *£ 'it me i' the stomach.' CI Nanny.
%%BTJKBLE-HOLE [dum*bl oal], ah. a pit-faU ; a dangerous hollow.—
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mind them (2um&/e-We0 ; it's a comical
road, Surrey.' Cf. Dnmiby-liole. %%BinrCE-HOLE [dun's oal], sb. same
as Bing (1). — ^Wbllinoton; Wem. '
Yo'd'n better get the dunce-^ole cliered out ; we sha'n want it w'en we throshen to-morrow.' %%DUHCBXD
[dun'sbt], part. adj,y obs. knocked ; bruised. — ^Wobthen. * Look, 'ow that drawer's dunched ; that
wunna done by no far manes.' * BtmehyW
or bunchyn'. Tundo.* — Prompt Parv,
Dan. dunke; Swed. duTtka, dunch; 'tundere.' — Stbat. %%SUH EABTH, sh.
a stratum of earth, said to be so called from its colour. — COLLIEBT, DonvUngion ; M. T.
%%DUVOEVIL [dungh'vil], sb. a garden-fork. — Cbavbn Abms ; Cobvb Dale. Cf. Sharevil. %%Dinf-VETTLE
[dun*net''l], sb. Labium purpureum, red Dead-nettle. — Cbayen Abms, Stokesay, Of. French-nettle.
See Tormentil. %%BQJNJIUIL [dun-u'kl *6. a dung-fork. — Shbewsbubt. A
corruption of dung-Tiook. Cf.
iTiimmy-awk. %%SVnfT [dtin'i'], adj. hard of hearing, and stupid, as a
consequence. — PuLVEBBATCH ; Clun ;.
Glee Hills. *Wy, Dick, thee biet as
dunny as a pwust! Tye 'ooted till they coulden 'a ^eard me at Churton.' %%DITSGT [dur'-gi'], adj.
dwarfish. — Pulverbatch. Generally used in
a contemptuous way. * Dun yo' think as I'm gwein to be bate by a duryy chap like that?' A.S. dtveorg, a
dwarf. Ct Banks. %%DUTCH [duch'], adj. fine, affected, in language. —
Shrbwsbubt; Pulvebbatch ; Wbm ;
Whitchttbch. * Sally's got so mighty Dutch
sence 'er's gwun to tiie naas'n's, 'er dunna know ow to t^ to
poor folk.' ' 'E talks as Dutch as
Damford's dog : ' proyerbial saying heard
in the neighbourhood of Whitchurch.
* DtUch"^ Deutsch = Oerman. Com]^re the following : — ' The word Dutch is an adjective signifying
national, and was the name by which
the old Teutons called themselyes, in contradistinction %%%%to other people
whose language they were unable to understand.' — LBISS Historical English Grammar y p. 4.
%%%%Db. Mobbis^ %%%%DUZZT [duz'i'], adj. deafish; stupid; confused. —
"Whitohubch. (1) "E's lother
dusszy; 'e doesna'ear very well.' (2) 'I'm mighty duiiy this momin'.' Duzzy = dizzy. A.S.
dyaig. Of. Dunny. %%DWIVDEBED [dwin'dur'd], part. adj. wasted in appearance.
— Wem. ' Dear 'eart aliye I 'ow bad
an' dtvindered 'er looks sence I seed
'er.' See below. %%BWmS [dwein, eorr. dwahyn], v. n. to waste away : chiefly
used in the participial form, dunning,
but not common. — Nbwpobt. %%' but duelfulli sche dwined a-waie * bo)« dayes
& ni3tes, ^ al hire clere colour '
comsed for to fade. %%William of Paleme, 1. 578. %%A-S- dtainan; O.Dutch
dwinen; O.Icel. dmna, dwine; waste. —
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the lad w*en yo' bin aFays eaggin 'im
on ? ' %%EAA-APPAXN [ee'h'r* ap'ur'n], ab. an apron turned tip at about half its length and stitched at the sides,
thus forming a pocket, into which the
leaner puts the short ears of com as she gathers tham. — Ellesmebe. %%SAS-BAO, same as Ear-appam. —
Pulverbatoh. ^ Theer wuz pretty
pickin' i' the Mars'-fild, I got five 'antle an' my ear^bag swag
fiill; theer^s a sight o' short
ears—the straw's so desp^ brickie.' %%EAA-BRAT, ah. a child's pinafore sewed
up in the same way amd for the same
purpose as the Ear-appam, aboye. — ^Ellbsmbrs. %%KABJTEST [yaaVnist], ab,,
ohsoU, deposit money given to bind a
bargain, as on hiring a servant. — Pulverbatch. Qy. com. * Jack, I thought yo' wun 'ired at the Bonk.' * Aye,
so I wuz, but I send my yarnest back ;
they bin too yarly for me, they wanten the night as well as the day.' %%* . . . and from his
coffers Beceiyed the golden earnest of
our death.' %%K, Henry F., IL ii. 168. %%'This simple token or poore earnest
peanie.' — Bihl^ Eliota, 1559 ded., in
Hal. W. ern^s. Of. Amess. %%EASEMENT
[ai-zmunt], ah. ease; relief. — Shrewsbury; Pulvkb- BATCH ; LxTDLOW. Qy. com. ' It's a great
aisement to my mind as the Maister's
got that com lugged at last.' %%' . . . & so for esement of a man
himsilf, ft for eaement of his neij-
bour, it is not expressid in holi scripture l^at a man schulde singe.
& ^t goddis forbode, but )>at,
into esement of him-silf ft also of his
nei^bour, a man mai singe, pleie, ft lauje vertuoseli, ft )>erfore
mery- tonlL'— Reginald Pecock, T?ie
Repressor (a.d. 1449, ctn»). Spedm.
Eng. Lit,y v. a. IL 76—78. %%EASINOS [ee'zinz], same as Aisin, q. v. —
Wem. %%* The out sides of an House . . . The Eaves or Easeings,' —
Academy of Armory, Bk. III. oh. xii.
p. 451. %%Eaves = O.E. yfeSj e/ese = margin, edge. %%* We sometimes find
esen-droppers = eaves-droppers ; esen = O.EL
efesen, eaves.' — Dr. Morris's Historical English Accidence, p. 100.
%%EASIHOS-SPABROW, same as Ainn-sparrow, q. v., of which it is a more refined pronunciation. %%EAST
MELCHED [aizi' mel'sht], part, adj., ohaola. ) said of a cow that yields her milk easily. — Pulverbatch.
' I like to milk Daisy, 'er's so aisy
mekhed, an' gi'es aumust a oantle o' milk.' Of, Soft melched. %%EBB [eb'], adj. shallow ; near
the surface. Com. ' Will this dish do
to make the fitchock pie in P ' * No, it's too ebb ; we sha'n be 'ftvin' the jessup runnin' all imder the bread i'
the oven.' %%* 1794, Nov*. 1 — Sowed what they have plowed these 2 daycs. I
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ploVd. Will teUs me if s deep enough
for any plowing.' — Bailiff's Diary, Aston, Oswestry. Byegones,
1877, p. 342. %%' NotMng "
ebbs," unless it be figuratiyely, except water now ; but ''ebb," oftener an adjectiye than
anything else, was continuallv. used
in our earlier English with a general meaning of shallow. There
is still a Lancashire proverb, **
Cross the stream where it is ebbesi" %%' " This you may obserre
ordinarily in stones, that those parts and
sides which lie coyered deeper within the ground be more firm and tender, as being preserved oy heat, than
those outward faces which lie Mf or sJx)YQ
the earth."' — Holland, P2uiarch*$ M<»ral$f p. 747. %%' " It is
all one whether I be drowned in the ebber shore, or in the midst of the deep sea." Bishop
Hall, Meditations and Vows, cent ii'—
Aachbp. Trench, Select Qlowary, p. 67. %%ECALL [ek'ul]) sb. Gicinus viridis ;
the Green Woodpecker. — Cleb Hills.
Drayton calls this bird 'the laufi:hing ?iecco,' Fdydbion, xiii. p. 915. Of. Laughing bird, also
Tockel. %%SDDI8H [ed'ish], sb. the after-growth of clover. —
Pulverbatch. Qy. com. Cattle are liable
to injurious distension from eating eddish,
* The young beas han broke into the clover eddish — run for yore life
; we fi^'n '&ye 'em swelled as big
as 'ogshits ' [hogsheads]. See Way's
note (1) in Prompt. Parv., p. 135; also E. D. S., B. xy. A.S. edisc, aftermath. Of. Edgrow. %%KDOE [ej '], sb,
the ridge of a hill. As a compound form this term is often met with throughout the county ; as
Wenknik-Edge, BenthaU*- Udge, Yeo
[View] -Edge, &c. %%EDOB-O'-VER, 8b. twilight ; night-fall. — Wbm. See
below. %%EDOE^'-VIOHT, %%Church start,
an^ lanes i' the dark.' %%EDOBOW
[ed'gr'oa], sb. a second crop of grass after the hay-crop. — Pulverbatch; Wem; Ellbsmerb; Oswestry.
%%'Beddivay ed-growung.' — Archbp, JSlfrids Vocabulary, x. cent., in Wr. vocabs., voL i p. 39. %%Edgrow, greese
(edgraw, herbe, K. ete growe, greese, H. P.).
Bigermen, regermen, %%* The Medxdla explains bigermen to be the mixed
grain called in the Ftomptorium Msstlyoke,
but it seems here to signify after-
nass, or after-math, still called edgrow in some parts of England.'
— Prompt. Parv. and Notes, %%Cf .
Eddish, also After-math. %%SDWABD [yedmr't], Com. [yedud], Bridgnorth,
[yedut], Clun. [yedh*ur'tj, Whitchtjrch.
%%* E before a vowel at the beginning of words, as Eadweard, Eo/ortm'e^ was dearly sounded like y or the High-Dutch
j. Thus we still write York; and
Yedtoard is found in Shakespeare [1 K, Tlenr^f IV., I. ii 149]; and Earl is in Scotland sounded Yerl,
like the Danish Jarl.^ — Freeman's Old
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Shrewsbury; Pulvkrbatch ; WoRTHEN ;
Olun. * It's bin a snirpin' fros' sence it leP off ralnin' ; tlieer*6 eecles at the aisins a yard lung.'
* Ihyl (iekyU, W.)f Stiria,^ — Prompt,
Parv, * A.S. i8es-3icel, glacialia 8tiria,m Way. Cf. Ai^leB (3). %%EEO. See
Agg. EEL. See Ale. %%EOO, V, u, to
incite ; to provoke. — Wem. %%* bumes lie sent %%enniously to ^emperonr •
& egged him 8wi|>e bi a
certayne day * bataile to a-bide.' %%William of Paleme, L 1130 %%* Adam and
Eue * he egged to iUe, 'Oonseilled caym
' to kuUen his brother.' %%Piers PI, Text B., pass, i L 66. %%/ lU egging
makes iU begging.' — Bay's Proverbs, p. 101. %%A.S. eggian, to egg ; to
excite. Of. Agg. %%EOOS-AHD- BACON, sh. Narcissus incoinparihilis
bicoloratoi, ^ Ellesherb. %%EH,
(M)NIES ! [ai'gon'iz], interj. a corrupted form of Romish oath = ' a^on»«.^— Colliery ; Newport. %%ELDED
[el'di'd], part, past, var, pr. ailed. — Pulverbatch ; Clujt. * I 'ad the Club Doctor to 'im, but *e
didna seem to know whad elded 'im, so
I 'suaded 'im to g66 to the Firmary, an' they madeu a cure on 'im direc'ly.' See Elding, below. %%ELDER
[el'dur*], sh. the udder of a cow, mare, or other large animal. Com. ' The mar' ninted alung t6ert wham at
a pretty rate ; 'er wuz glad to see
the cowt, for 'er elder wuz as 'aid as a stwun.' %%ELDES-WINE [el'dur'
wein*d], sh. wine made from elder-berries.
Com. * I made a spigot-stean o' dder-vHnde las' 'ear, an' fund it
yery useful— the Maister's so subject
to ketch cowds ; an' I muH a goo^
joram fur 'im, an' piit 'is fit in warm waiter, an' 'e's as right as
a trivit i' the mornin'.' %%ELDDTO, part
pres,, var. pr. ailing. — Pulverbatch. * So poor owd MoUy's ended up at lust, as one met say,
for 'er's bin eidin^ a lung wilde.'
%%ELDB.AXE [eldr^aik], sapie as EU-rake, q. v. — ^Newport. %%ELLEBN
[el'ur'n], sh, Samhdcm nigra, the Elder. — Clun ; Corve Dale. %%' ludas he lapede * with \>q
lewes seluer, And on an Ellerne tree '
hongede him after.' %%Piers PL, Text A., pass. i. L 66. %%Hyldyr, or eld3rr
(hillemtre, K eUemetre, Harl. MS. 2274; eHome
tre, P.), 8amhucu8, %%' It was supnosod that Judas hanged himself upon
an Elder tree, and Sir John
MaundeviUo, who wrote in 1356, speaks of the tree as being stiU shewn at Jerusalem. Voiage^ p.
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a Vocabulary of the Names of FlaTdSf
of the middle of xiii..cent., in Wr. yocabs., voL i. p. 140. %%ELLFIT
[el*fit]y sb., oheols, the crested foam on ale when fermenting in open Tessels. — ^Pulyebbatgh. 'I think
we sha'n be lucky in '&viir plenty
o* barm this time — ^theer's a beautiful ellfit? ^ It se^ms probable that the aU-vat or fat, £rom
haying held the drink while fermenting,
has giyen its name in a corrupted form to the result of the fermentation itsell %%SLL-BAKB [elVaikl
tf/^.. a large rake with long iron teeth used, in clearing the field.— ^E^yerbatch. Qy. com.
'TheerTL be mighty little lef fiir the
laisers ; they'n bin dniegin^ that eH-rake eyer sence daylight, yery different to the poor owd
Maister — ^^e neyer 'ad it raked but
jest after the waggin.* The eU-rake follows at the heel of the person using it, and may therefore be a
eorrupted form of hed-rakCf the h being
an absent element of the word. Of. Eldrake, aboye. %%[em*], pers, pron, them.
Com. £771 is not a contraction of
them, though usually printed as if it were — 'em — ^but it represents
the old hecmy hem. %%^Bui ciiste
kingene kynge * kni3ted ten, Oherubyn
and seraphin * such seuene and an-othre,
And ^af hem my3te m his maieste ' )>e muryer hem ^oujte ; And ouer his mene meyne * made hem
archangeles, Tau^te hem bi l^e
Trinitee * treuthe to knowe, To w
buxome at his biddyng * he bad hem nomte elles.' %%Piers Fl, Text B., pass.
i. IL 107—110. %%' Pros, Being once perfected how to grant suits, How to deny uiem, who to adyanoe, and
who To trash for oyertopping,^ new
cfeated- The creatures that were mine,
I say, or changed Vm, %%Or else new fonn*d 'em ' %%Tempest, 1. ii. 82, 83.
%%Mr. Oliphant says that, ' in the Bushworth Gospels, the English yersion of which is dated by Wanley at A.D.
900 or thereabouts, we find in S. Matt,
ii 4 heom employed ror hig, just as we say in talking, ** 1 asked *em*** ' And a^;ain, speaking of
the changes which were taking place in
the English language Shout A.D. 1120, he says, ^ The Old ^glish heora and him now change into
here and hem. This last we still use
in phrases like, ** give it 'em well ; " and this Datiye Plural droye out the old Accusatiye At? — Sources
of Standard English, pp. 42, 44, 58.
%%%%[eem], adj. near; direct. Com. ^Yo' bin gooin a miguty lung way round; cross them filds, ifs the
emest r5ad a power.' Erne, regularly
declined in eyery degree, obtains throughout the county,b ut is in most general use in the
northern parts, whereat is constantly
heard. A.b. anemn =: f^-^Zu = onefen =: on-eme, Cf. Amiimt = anemn = an^Jm =: on-eme-s + t
(excrescent). Cf. Ctoin(l). %%EMPA8ST
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and per ae ; ' it originally meant %%eiy and is merely St* written witli one
stroke of the pen. Compare &c. =
et C8Btera =: and the rest. %%'The letters A, O sometimes meant words, yiz.
the words ''a" or **oh ! "
They were then called A-per-Be^-A and O-perse-O^ or simply A'per-se, &c. ** A-per^Be'* also meant
"excellent."' — Bomance of
Fartenay, 1148. %%See Gbrtunmar OntUnes {dlpTuibet). %%END [en'd], v,
a. to kill ; to pat an end to. Cohl ' Why duima yo' end the poor thing ont on its misery ?
' %%* For ho so wone|> in J>is word * & wol nonhftj y-knowe pat him is domed to deie * & doom schal
abide^ Hit is riht )«t ]>e rink '
be reufuUy ended.^ %%Alexander and DindimuSf L 1062. %%* Doug. The Lord of
Stafford dear to-day hath bonght Thy
likeness, for instead of thee, King Harry,
This sword hath ended him/ — 1 K, Henry IV. ^ V. iiL 9. %%A.S. endian,
to end. %%£NI> W ATS-ON, adv. endways, i.e. with the end abutting
npon, as, * the house standing
endways- on to the street.' — ^Newpobt. %%ENEMY [enni'mi'l, sh.^ obsoU. an
insect. — Pulvbrbatch. * Theer^s a
enemy & the child's night-gownd ! ' * Whad a good job yo* sid'n it afore 'e went to bed! ' %%ENHES [en'mi'z],
sb. pi,, obsols, enemies. — Shrewsbury, Uffington. It is interesting to find tiiis old form,
which is found in the writings of the
blind monk of Haughmond, still [1878] lingering amongst the aged folk who Uve under the shelter of
Haughmond "ftiil. %%' O Jhesu, BO I the beseche, By^t with her f ulli speche %%Thou graunt
myn enmee grace. Here mysdedis here to
mende Out of this word or thai
wynde Fader, thou jif ham space.'
%%John Audblay's Poems, p. 62. %%EBCLE [ur'kll, sb, a watery blister. —
Pulverbatch. * Our John's ^t a despert
bad leg ; theer come a little ercU on it, an' 'e scrat it, an' it turned to the ^sipelas, an' it's swelled
as big as my middle ' [waist]. %%EBBIN [aer'*i*n], ah,, var.pr. urine. Com.
An old man at Build- was, working m a
garden under the superintondonoe of a young
mistress, observed of a certain plant that * it 66d be better fur somo ^frWn.' • Bed-herring or ft^sh ? ' naively
asked the lady. * VTy n^erun, lif^gg^'
replied the man with some emphasis ; * errin sich as yo' an' me
%%maken.' EBBIWIO [aer'i'wijy], ^b, an
earwig. — Shrewsbury ; Pulvbrbatch.
Q,y. com. * Looks like a throttled.. err hvig ' is proverbially said
of ono who has a startled appearance.
Oi. ^nrawig, %%ES-HOOK [es-uk], sb, a hook at the extremity of a
waggon-horse's ti-aces, in the form of
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Yore garden seems to be a very stiff
sile, Jolm ; if I wuz yo' Td sprade some ess an' sut on, it 6dd do
a sight o' good, an' mak' it a power
more mlldy ; I pi^t a *oop o' lime on
my inion bed.' %%' Esse, Asbes. Cheih, Sheer the Esse, t. e, separate the
dead Ashes from the Embers. Chesh,' —
Bailey, ed. 1782. A.S. ceace, ashes. %%ESS-BALLS^ ab. pi., oba. balls made of
the ashes of wood or fern damped with
water; they were afterwards sun-dried. — Pulyer- BATCH. Qy. com. These balls were used for
making * luck-lee,^ q. v. '^ Molly,
pdt a couple o' them ess-baUs i' the f^imace an' fill it up 66th waiter fiu* the lee, an' mak' 'aste to yore
V^l, or that slippin' 66nna be done
to-day.' Ess-boiU w6re sold in Shrewsbury market in 1811, and probably much later on, as buck-washing
was practised for many years alter
uiat date. Bee Bock-weah. %%SSB-HOLE, 8b. the ash-pit in front of a kitchen
grate. Com. %%ESS-BOOK, sb. a dog or cat that likes to lie in the ashes. —
Pulver- BATCH. 'This kitlin' inna wuth
keepin'— -it's too great a ess-rook,^
Of. Book (1). %%EXE [ee*t], pret and part pad. ate ; eaten. — Pulverbatch.
Qy. oom. ' Is there any o' that
rearin' o' pork left P ' * No, Missis ; the
bajly ete it fur 'is supper las' night.' %%' par ^ai oflerd, praid,
and suank, Thre dais no)>er ete ne
dranc." %%Cursor Mundi (a.d. 1320, circa), Specim. Early Eng., vii. 1. 42. %%ETHER
[aedh'ur'], Com. [aeth-ur'], Oswestry; sb, Pelia^t bents, the Adder, or common Viper. Shropshire
rustics say — %%* If the dher 'ad the blindworm's ear. An' the blindworm 'ad the ether's eye. Neither mon nor beast could safe pass by.'
%%They also say of a person out of breath that * 'e blows like a ether,* It is popularly believed that the ^her can
only die at sunset ; even if
apparently kiUed in the morning, it will retain life till the
going down of the sun. See
Ether's-nild, below. %%ETHEBUfOS [aedh'urlnz], sh, pL pliant boughs, as of
hazel, inter- twined through the
upright stakes of a hedge to bind the top and
keep it even. Com. * I see they'n bin tarriir the 'edge above-a-bit
; the eiherins bin gwun, they'n a the
stakes next.' A.S. edor, what bounds,
or defends ; efter, a hedge. %%EFHSB'S-MON, sb. Cordulegaster annuIaUis, a
large, long-bodied Dragon-fly. — ^Wbm
; Ellesmere. See below. %%ETHEE'8-NILI>, the same as above. — Pulverbatch.
It is believed that this Dragon-fly
indicates by its presence the vicinity of the
Adder, whence its local names — Ether*s-num and Ether^s-nild
[needle]. In some parts of Scotland it
is called the Flying Adder y and in
America it is said to be known as the DeviVs Darning-Needle. %%EVEV
[ee'vn], sb. a dull, slow, stupid person. — Clun. * 'Ow does yore girld ause ? ' * Oh ! 'er's no good,
*er's as big a even as ever wiiz m a
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afternoon of the day. The day is
divided into morning, middle of the day, and evening. Night
begins about six o'clock. — Shbewsbuby
; Much WenijOCK. Qy. com. %%• 10**. August 17B8. The meeting held on Monday
evening last was adjourned to be
holden to-morrow Evening at three of the Clock. %%27*. March 1808. Divine
Service will be^ here this evening at
half past two of the Clock .' — Churchwardens^ Accounts^ Much Wenlock.
%%Cf. Onder. %%EVEBr A. ' Is there ever-a wisket as I could 'ave ) ' %%' Now
teU me wha was your father,' she says ; %%*• Now tell me wha was your
mother. And had ye ony sister ? ' she
says, ' And liad ye ever a brother ? '
%%Fair Annie^ a Scotch Ballad, first printed in He&d's Collection of Scotch Songs,
1769« %%See Qrammax Outlines {indefinite pronouns). %%EVBB-A-ONE, either of
them. Com. A good many years ago, Mr.
Thos. Morris of Burley — who was a * wag,' and deaf to boot — laid a wager that he would get ' summat to
dnnk ' at a certain house which *
proved the rule' of Shropshire hospitality by being its * ex- ception. He went there accordinglv, and was
met with the usual greeting — * 'Ow
bin 'ee this momin' r ' not, however, followed by the equally usual, * Whad'll yo' tak' ? ' *
Drink or cider,' he replied, * «»er-
a-oncy I dunna car' Vich.' "Ow's the Missis?* he was asked. Again affecting not to understand the
question, he repeated, 'Drink or
cider, €ver-a'07ie, I dunna oar* w'ich,' He gained his wager. %%* Ever-a-one
' tapped his neighbours barrels ! See Grammar Outlines (indefinite pronouns), %%EVEBrSO, adv.
however much ; in any case. Com. This term is
constantly heard in such expressions as * Td as lief walk as ride if
Fd a 'orse ever-so.^ * I couldna ate
that if it wuz ever-so.^ %%EVE'S SCOBK, sb. Pomum Adamfy the larynx. —
Pulverbatch. %%• Daddy, whad's this lump i' yore heck ? ' * Wy it's Eve*8
scorky child — owd Mother Eve ete the
apple 'erself, but 'er gid the scork to Faither Adam, an' all men's 'ad'n this lump ever
sence.' See Scork. %%EVIL [ee'vl], v. a. to turn the ground lightly over with
a sharevU [fork] — Church Steetton,
Leehoiwood, *Get a sharevil an' evil
them beds o'er.' See Sharevil. %%EVIL-EYE, sb, an eye that charms.
Com. * 'E's a nasty down- lookin'
fellow — looks as if 'e could cast a nev'l-eye upon yo',' See Bk. II., Folklore, &c., * Charming and
Charms.' %%EXCISE [eksei'z], v, a,, pec. to extort ; to exact. — Ellesmerb.
%%EXFASST AHD = e/-per-se-and. See Empassy on. %%EXPECT, V, a., pec. to think
; to imagine, without reference, neces-
sarily, to the future. Com. * I expect they'd'n rar* raps at owd
Peggj^'s Cakin', an' kep'n it up till
daylight; Jack never come to father till
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potato-tuber. Com. 8ee Eyen, below.
%%JSYKABLE [ei'u'bl], adj. pleasing to the eye. — Pulvbrbatoh. Qy. com. 'This gownd*8 put together despert
bHih; jest made eyeabUy xa* nod to
la£r too lung.' %%'ETEBBIOHT [ei'br'eit], sib. Veronica CJiamoBdrys,
Germander Speedwell — Pttlvebbatch.
%%* Blue eyebright ! loveliest flower of all that grow In flower-loved England f Flower whose
hedge-dde gaze Is like an inf anVs !
What heart does not know Thee,
clustered smiler of the bank where plays
The sunbeam on the emerald snake, and strays The dazzling rill, companion of the road.*
— Ebenezer Eluott, %%Of. Bird's Eye. %%ETELET-HOLES, sb. pi, small holes
worked in the material of a garment,
&c, to admit hooks or cord for fUeistening purposes ; a term of sewing craft. Com. * I dunna like 'ooks
air eyes, they comen ondone ;
eyelet-'oles bin beet for fastenment.' %%' OeiUet, petit trou qu'on fait a
une §to£Fe pour passer un cordon.
Eyelet.^ — Chamb. %%ETEE [ei'n or ei-h'n], sb. pi. eyes. — Cortb Dale.
* They'n the frummest tatoes as be,
an' more'n that, they'n the ebbest ey&^.^ %%*' Thanne ran repentance *
and reherced his teme, And gert wiUe
to wepe • water with his eyen* %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. v. 1. 62. %%* With
that adowne out of her christall eyne
Few trickling teares she softly forth let &1L, That like to orient perles did purely shvne
%%Upon her snowy cheeke. %%Spenseb, F. Q., Bk. HE. c. yii. st. ix. %%EYES'
[ei'z], ab, ph holes in bread and in cheese, caused in the former case by the fermentation set up by
the yeast ; in the latter by defective
management in the process of cheese-making. — ^Wem; Whit- church. * I like,' said a young fanner, *
bread full of cve«, cheese without
any, an' ale as '11 make yore eyes star* out o' yore ead.* %%* Bad Cheese,
That is . . . White and dry, the Butter of it being in the Market when it is making ; too Salt, full
of Eyes, not well prest, but hoven and
swelling.' — Academy of Armory ^ Bk. III. ch. v. p. 244. %%Cf. Bull's eyes.
%%%%FA' [faul, V. w., var. pr. to fall. — Newport. ' Tek keer ye %%dunna fa\*
%%* Nae mair then, well care then, Nae
farther can we /a'/ %%Robert Burns, Poems, p. 57, 1. 23, c. 2. %%See LI in
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the court-cards of a pack. —
PuLVBRBATCH. Qy. oom. 0£ Courted-carda. %%FAD [fad-], (1) eh, a whim;
a fancy; a speciality. 'Full o' /adB.*^
Com. %%%%(2) tib, one who is di£Bcult to please in trifles ; a
liresomely par- ticular person. Com. *
Everybody toad me as I should never ^ofy
5^ sich a noud fad^ but I stayed 66th 'er seven 'ear, an' a good Missis 'er wnx to me.* %%FAD-ABOTTT, v, n,
to look after affairs in a quiet way. Com. %%* The poor owd Maister canna do
much now — onY fad-ahout a bit ; but,
as the sayin' is, ** one par o* eyes is wutfc two par o' 'ands." '
%%FADDLE-AFTEBy v. a, to pay minute attention to a person ;. to be ' solicitous about — and complying
with-Vaeia. Com. * Bessy's a rat' %%plack up at the owd 'all ; nuthin 'ardly
to do but faddle-afier the %%Missis, draw the drink, an' sich like.' Cf»
Taddle. %%FADDT, adj, particular; fancifvl; fussy. Com. 'I 66dna mind doin' twize the work, but the Missis is so
dreadful faddy jo* nsver knowen w*en a
thing's right.' %%FAOOIT [fag-i't], {I) sb., var, pr, a bundle of sticks, or
of heath, for fuel. — Shrewsbury ;
Clun. Qy. com. * Dun 'ee want any yeth this
evenin', Missis P * * Yes ; how much have you ? ' * On'y about 'afe
a dozen faggits ; yo'd better tak' *em
ail.' %%* Fagoit, Fassis, strues. Cath.' — Ptompt Farv. "W. ffagod^
a faggot; a bundle. Of. Kid (1), %%(2)
eb, a term of opprobrium for a false, hypocritical woman. Com. ' That 66man's a reglar owd faggit —
*ier imposes on the paas'n shameful'
%%FAOOITS, ffb. pi. a kind of sausages made of the livw and lights of a pig, boiled with sweet herbs, and finely
chopped; tiien covered witii the *
veil ' of the pig, and baked on an oven-tin. The faggiU are oblong in form, and about an inch and a
half thick. — Shrewsbubt ; PuLVERBATCH
; WoRTHEN. Cf. Spice-balls. See Veil. %%FAIBEBJtT [fai-br'i'], sb. Eibes
Grossnldria^ common Groosebeny. —
^PuLVERBATCH ; CoRVE Dale ; CoLLiERY. Generally used in the plural form Faibem'es. Cotgrave has this
word in v. OroUdhi. — Hal. Bay, in
8<mth and East Country Words, gives * Feabes or Fea- berries f Gooseberries, Suff. Leicestersh,
Thebes in Norf. Ash has %%* FeaberrieSy a local word,' and Grose has it as N,
= Nortli. %%FAIBEMLT-BTTSH, sb. a gooseberry-bush. — Pulverbatch; Corvb Dale; Colliery. *Hie away to the faWry-bush
an' fatch my 'ankercher as I Ptit
theer to w'Kt'n.' %%* In English Goose-berry bush, and Fea-berry bush in
Cheshire, my native country.'—GERARDE's
Herball, Bk. II. p. 1324. %%FAIGH [fai'l, sb. iron-stone measure with
iron-stone ore in it — Colliery,
Madeley ; M. T. %%FAIN [fein* corr. faayn-1 adv.y obsdlsA gladly. —
Pulverbatch. %%* Td/ayn g66 to the far a Thursday on'y fur gettin' them
turmits in afore theer comes rayn.'
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fei)> * liaue fold him in liire armee
to haue him dipped & kest ,....' %%William of Paleme, L 858. %%*
Lear» Dost thou know me, fellow ? %%* Kent, No, sir ; hut you haye that in
your countenance which I would fain
call mastor. %%'Lear. Whafsthat? %%* Kent, Authority.* — K, Lear, I. iy. 80.
%%' For I am sixteen and my time is a-wastin' ; l/ain would get married if I knew the way.'
%%Old Ballad. %%A. 8. fcegeny fcBgn, fain ; glad* IceL feginn. %%FAIBISHEft,
sb. pi., var. pr., obs. fairies. — Bridgnorth. %%FALL Ffaul'], (1) v. a. to
let falL Com. 'I should never trust
that cnild 65th a lookin'-glass, 'er*ll he sure to fall it.' %%'
&eb. , . . Draw thy sword : one stroke %%Shall free thee from the tribute
which thou payest ; And I the king
shall loye thee. %%Ant. Draw together ; %%And when I rear my hand, do you the
hke, To fall it on Qojizalo J—
Tempest, 11. i. 295. %%(2) V. a. to feU trees. Com. %%(3) eh. the act of
felling trees. Com. ' The young Squire says
Ven 'e comes of age *e'll fall a sight o' timber ; an' a grand fall theer'll be, far 'is poor owd nuncle 56dna
'&ye a sprig touched in 'is time.'
%%(4) eh. the autumn. — Newport. %%' What crowds of patients the town-doctor
kills. Or how, last/a^2, he raised the
weekly bills.' — Dryben, %%Cf. Fall o' the leaf, below. %%FALLAL [fallal'],
sb. nonsense ; jocoseness ; exaggerated civility ; %%* humbug.' — Shrewsbury;
Pulverbatch. Qy. com. *I canna belieye
a word 'e says, 'e's so much /a7Za^ about 'im.' %%FALLEB^ sb. a feller of
timber. Com. *The fallers bin on
Esridso [Eastridge] coppy agen ; I thought they feUen a pretty
good shar' last 'ear.' %%FALL 0* THE
LEAF, phr. the season of autumn. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch; Wem. Qy. com. *Ah! poor
fellow, 'e's desport wek ; VU 'ardly
see o'er the fall o' the lef.^ %%FAJTCICAL [fan-si'kul], adj., ohsoUA
fanciful. — Pulverbatch; Wem ;
Ellesmere. * I want a playn dacent bonnit— none o' yore faticical finery fur me.' %%FAlfO [fangg-],
(1) v. a. and v. n, to lay hold of. — Pulverbatch. %%* W'y didna yo* fang out
o* the '!nd-bwurd' [hind-board] *o' the
tumbril Ven yo' sid'n the turmits tum'lin' all alung the lane ? '
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fruyt, The fend or hymselve.' %%Piers
PL, pass. xvi. 1. 10992, ed. We. %%' Destruction fang mankind ! Earth, yield
me roots ! '^^ %%Timon of Athens, IV. iii. 23. %%* Fangyn or latchyn (lachyn
or hentyn, K. EL). Apprehendo. To fang
or seize, A.S. fang, captura, fangen, capttu, is a verb used by E. Brunne and various writers as late as
ShiJLespeare.' — Prompt, Parv. and
Notes, %%(2) sb, the prong of a fork, of any kind. — Shrewsbtjby ;
Pulveb- BATCH. ' Look 'ere, Sally,
this sort o' clanin' 66nna do fur me ; jest
see *twixt them /any« — ^theer*s dirt enough to set garrits in.'
%%FAHOED, part, adj. fttrnished with fangs. — Ibid, ' Axe Tummas to len' me 'is ^Yo-fanged shareTil : the
groun's so fine it runs throu' this.'
%%FAHOLEDj'jparf. adj., ohsoU. showily trimmed, as with ribands or •bugles;' bedizened.— ^hrewsbttky ;
Pulverbatch. "Er bonnit wuzf
angled all o'er 55th ribbints like a pedlar's basket.' %%*. , *, , . A book P
rare one! Be not, as is our /an^Ze(2
world, a garment Nobler than that it
covers.' — Cymhdine, V. iv. 134. %%Cf . New-fiansrled. %%TAH-PECKLEB
[fan-pek-'lz], <r6. ^Z. freckles. — ^Wbm; Whitchurch. Perhaps a corruption of fawn^speckles, to
which freckles may not inaptly be
likened. Grose has, * Fam-tidlded, freckled. N. Of. Sun-specldes. %%FAVTEAO [fantai'gg and
fantee'gg], sh. a fit of ill-temper ; a pet.
Com. * The Missis is in a pretty faniaig ; the Maister's g^wun to
the far an' took the kay o' the
flour-room 5oth 'im — an' the fire i' the
oven fur bakin'.' %%FAKTOM [fiEui-tu'm], (1) adj, flimsy. — ^Newport.
'It's poor/a«<(wi stuff.' %%(2)
soft; flabby.— Newport; Wem. "Er's bin that poorly *er arms han gotten quite fantom,* %%* Fantovie
Flesh, when it hangs loose on the Bone.' — ^Ray INorth Country Words'], p. 29. * C'est un vrai
farvt&me se dit d'un homme maigre
. . .' — Chamb. Cf . O.Fr. fantosme de fantamna. — ^Bxtr. %%FAS [faa-r'],
sb., var. pr. a fair. Com. * Far indeed ! theer^s too many fars — ^they wun used to be eVry
month, then a comen ev'ry fortnit, an'
now they'n got 'em ev'ry wik ; I'm farred to djeth ! * %%FASE [faer'-], (1)
sb. a track, as of a rabbit. — Oswestry. A.S.
faru, a journey. Cf. Muse. %%(2) adv. far; distant. — Shrewsbury;
Pulverbatoh; Wem; Ellesmere. * How far
is it to Longden ? ' * Well, it's a mile sdung the lane, but it inna-d-'afe as fare across
the filds.' %%' Fingered ladies whose womanlike behaviour and motherlike
house- wifry ought to be a lighte to
al women that dwell aboute you, but is
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by them when you be gone.' —Robert
CR0WiiY*8 Select Works (a.d. 1549), ed. J. M. Cowper, £. £j. T. S« %%PABBIir [faaVi'n], «6., var,
pr. a fairing ; a present from a fair. —
PuLVERBATCH. Qy. com. ' See whad a perty 'ankercher Jim bought me for a May /amV, an' these papers o'
Dorri'f n gingerbread.* %%FABBOW [faar'-u'], (1) v. a. to bring forth a
litter of pigs.— Pulver- BATCH ;
Ellesmere. Not a term of frequent use in the first-named locality, and is perhaps an imported word.
%%* A Swine or Sow, Farraweth ; tiie young ones. are called a Farow of Pigs.' — Academy of Armory, Bk. 11. oh.
vii. p. 134. %%(2) ah. a litter of pigs. — Ihid. %%• First Witch, Pour in
sow's blood, that hath eaten Her nine
farrow . . .' — Macbeth, IV. i. 65. %%A. S. /ear A; O.H. Germ. /ar A; lai.
porcus; £euTow. — Strat. %%FASTHIirO-BAQ, sh, the second stomach of a cow. —
Pulverbatch ; CHJN. * 'Er's bund i'
HiefaHhin'-bag.' %%FABTEFHEHT ffas-nmu'nt], sh, a fastening of any kind.
Com. * If yo' go'n as fare as Stepit'n
[Stapleton], tell Jones to come up an'
put a fatfnment o" the brew-'us door.* %%* DooT-fa€tenmenU,^ —
Auctioneer's Catalogue (Chiirch Stretton), 1877. See below. %%FASTNESS, sh. a fastening, as
of bolt, bar, &c., to door, gate, or
window. — Wem. * That theer bull's bin llin the dur o' 'is place, an' bruk the/(u'n0M.' SeeHile. %%FAT, prei. and
part, past, fetched. Com. ' 'E fat up the 'ackney mar' out o' the leasow to tak' the owd
Maister wham.' %%Among the borough accounts of Shrewsbury for the year 1506
is the item — ' For ale that was fat
in the chambyr and that seryaunts
dranke bytwixt melys ys vigd.' — Owen and Blakbway's History of Shrewsbury, Tol. i. p. 280. Cf. Fot.
%%FATCH, V, a, *to fetch. Com. ' Eun an' fatch me the sharevil, 56t'ee?' %%^ Many wedous with w^3nig tears
cam tofache ther mak^s A- way.' %%Uhevy Chase, Specim, Eng, Lit., yii. 1.
118. %%FATHEE-LAW [fai'dhiu' laul, sh., obaols, a father-in-law. —
Pulver- batch ; Wem. ' Dunna yo' fnink
as Pm gwe'in to be married to liye
65th my faither-law — ^if 'e 6onna tak' a 'ouse, I stop awham.*
%%FAITV, part, past, fallen. — Newport. %%* Woman lovely, Woman fair ! An Angel form's /aun to thy share, 'Twad been o'er meikle to gien thee
mair, I mean an Angel mina.' %%Egbert
Burns, Poems, p. 205, 1. 4, c. 2. %%See LI in Qramxnar Outlines (consonants),
%%FAITSE [fau'ss], adj. artful ; deceitful. Com. * They'n got a new 'ousekeeper at the 'all, I 'ear ; dun'eo
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lady; but from whad folks sen on 'er,
I should think 'er*s as/at^e as/atue.' %%* Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a
rose, Fu sweet upon its thorny tree
; And my/atMc luver stole my
rose, But ah ! he left the thorn wi'
me.' %%BoBEBT Burns, Poems, p. 206, 1. 19. %%(2)1;. a, to coax : to wheedle.
Com. * I want a new gownd agen the
WaJces ; I mus try an' faitse my Maister o'er to get me one.' %%PAXTT
[fau-t], (1) sb, fault; error. Com. *0h. no! yo' bin never i' no/aut; yo' bin the Hly-Vite 'en as
never lays astray, yo' bin.' %%* Bot )?at o|>er wrake |>at wex • on
wy^ej hit lyjt pu^ \>e/atU of a
freke * )»at fayled in trawf'eJ' %%Alliterative Poems, The Dduge ^a.d. 1360,
circa). Specim, Early Eng,y ziii. 1.
236. %%* Then never range, nor learn to change, %%Like those in hi^h deg^ree
; %%And if ye prove fSeiithfiiL in love, %%Tou'iL find nae faut in me.'
%%Allan Bamsay, Song Z/F., p. 51. %%O.Pr. favie. %%(2) sh the imputation of a
fault; blame. Oom. 'Thev laiden the
faut o' Joe, but 1 dunna think as the poor bwoy wuz to blame.' %%<
I haue yherde hiegh men ' etyne atte table,
Carpen as ^ei clerkes were * of cryste and of his mijtes. And leyden fautes vppon )>e fader * j^at
fourmed us alle.' %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. x. L 103. %%i3) sh. a defect.
Com. ' Theer's a faut V that beam ; I doubt as I never bar Jack-tiles.' %%* penne he sei^
a newe chaumbre-wouh * wrou^t al of hordes^
a dore honginge I'er-on * haspet ful faste, A child cominge |>orw * his come was
nout seene, Si)>en lenges a-while *
and a-^ein lendes^ wif^outen /auto o|>er
fans * as \>&. fore seiden.' %%Jo9q>h ofArimatkie, L 208^ %%*
Fatatey or deftiwte. Dc/ecfiw.' — Prompt Parv, %%(4) sb, a dislocation in the
seam of coal or ore in a mina — ^1£. T.
* Comin' to a favi ' is a metaphorical phrase firequently employed to express * let or hindrance * in any of the
ordinary affairs of life* %%FATJTT, (1) adj\ guilty; blameworthy. Com. *I
knowed 'e wuz Jatdy as soon as I sid
'is ikce, for all 'e denied it, but I plankt it on 'im,' i. e. convicted him of the ofiPence.
%%' And if they [the byshoppes] be f ounde necligente or fauty in theyr duties oute with them.' — ^Latimeb, Sermon
ii. p. 66. %%' r\KE diligent seruiture, skilfull to waight \J more comelieth thy table than other some
eight. That stand.forto listen, or
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standeth so by, Ymnindful of sendee,
forgetting his ey. If maister to such
giue a bone for to gnaw, he doth but
his office, to teach such a daw.' %%TvsaEB, Fine Hundred FoirUea of Good
Hushandriey ed. E.D. S., p. 189. %%(2)
cuij, defective ; imperfect ; in bad condition. Com. * My shoes bin gettin' faufyf an' this snow 661 find
'em out.' * -raw;<y, or defawty.
De/ectivus,* — Prompt, Farv, %%FAVOVS [fai'vurH, v. a, to bear a family
likeness. — Shrewsbury ; PuLVEKBATCH ;
WEM. Qy. com. * That's a pretty babby o' Matty Wigloy's.' ' Aye> 'er's a good-lookin'
66man, an' it favours 'er family
strungly,' %%' Good faith, methinks thai this young Lord Chamont Favours my mother, sister, doth he not ? '
%%BsN JoNSON, Ca%t U alter'd, iii. 1, in Nares. %%Mr. Nares' note on the
foregoing is, * The Mother had been dead
some time.' CL Feature. %%FEAK [fi'Vk ar fi'aek*], (1) sb, a sharp
twitch or pull. — Shrews- %%BXTRY ; PULVEftBATCH ; WORTHEN. Qy. COm. %%(2) V.
a. to eive a sharp twitdi or pulL — Ihid, * I know Ven our Maister's in a bad 'umour, for 'e al'ays
feake 'is wescut down.' %%FSABH [fi'aaVn], sb,, var, pr, fern. Com. ' Theer
wuz a power o* feam cut on Huglith,
an' burnt to make ess-balls on.' This was said in reference to a circumstance dating about
1805, A.S. ftarn^ fern. See Esa-balls.
%%FEATVBB [fai'chnr^], «;. a. to resemble in feature. — Shrewsbury ; PuLYERBATOH ; Wem. Qy. oom. ' Ben faichwr%
'is fidther, but all the rest faYOur
the mother's side.' CI. Favour. %%FSBBIWESBT-FnX-DICHE, sb, the month of
February, which is usually a wet one.
— Pxtlyerbatch. Qy. com. 'Now Chris'mas is
turned we sha'n be ^ad to see the end of owd Janniwerry-freeze-the- pot-by-the^fire an' Febriwerry^fiU-diche —
that's like a tuthless owd 66man as
'ad three nuts to crack, an* *er said, *' K I could crack this an' another I should on'y a one leF to
crack." ' %%• Feb, JUl the diJee
With what thou dost like.' %%TuBSER, Februaries husbandries %%*
February fill dike, Be it black or be it white ; But if it be white, If s the better to
like.' %%Bay's Proverbs, p. 33. %%FEED [fee'd], sh, food ; pasture. Com. * I
hanna sid more feed o* the groun' mr
many a 'ear than is this time, an' now jest 'allantide.' Shakespeare hsm feeding in the sense of
pasturage, tract of land. %%* Shep. They call him Dorides ; aad boasts
himself %%To haYO a worthy /eedin^. * ' %%Winter's TaU, IV. iY. 169. Cf. Keep (3). %%%%144 SHROPSHIRE |
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— Shrewsbury ; PuLVBRBATCH. Qy. com. •
It*s a fine feeding 'time fur the com an*
turmits, but it maks the 'ay lag.' %%FEEBIHOS [fee'hVinzl sh. ph
spaces of ploughed land from eight to
more yards in widm. — Shrewsbury ; PuiiVERBATCH. Qy. com. Feerings differ from ' huts ' in being made
as level as possible ; * huts ' are
high on the ridse, and correspondingly low in the ' rean : ' ' buts ' are on wet lands— /eerin^a on dry lands.
Of. But (1). See Veerings. %%FSO [feg']» sK long, rank grass, which cattle
refuse to eat unless they have no
other. Com. %%PEL' [fel*], pret. and pari, past felt. Com. ' I feT so bad all
o'er as if I woz gwem to '&ye a
faiyer, but I t66k a good jorum o' drink-mate
an' it throwed it off.' See T (3) in Grammar Outlines {consonants).
%%v^iJ^ (1) pret. and part. past, fallen. Com. ' They sen as poor Jack's/^ off the stack an' broke 'is leg.'
%%< Ten masts at each make not the altitude Which thou hast perpendicularly felV %%K,
Leaty TV. vi. 64. Cf. Faun. %%(2) V.
a. to hem down the inside of a seam : a sewing term. Com. < Bun that sem up an' fell it down.*
%%PELLEN, V. w., pret. pi. feU. Com. *We feUeriy the par on us, as we wun runnin' down the bonk.' %%' Firste
\>orw \>e we fellen * fro heuene so heighe ; %%For we leued ]>i
lesynges ' %%Piers PI.J Text B., pass, zyiii. 1. 309. %%FELLIES [fel'iz], sb,
pi. the curved pieces of wood which form the
circumference of a wheel. Com. The number of fellies in a wheel yary according to its size, but there are
two spokes in each. %%' !rhe Fdlees or Felloes are the pieces which compass
the Wheel, the %%Wheel Bim, which are in number.* — Academy of Armory y %%Bk,
m ch. yiii. p. 332. %%* Fdwe of a qwele (whole, P.). Circumferenda — Projnpt
Parv. A.S. felge. — Idem. %%FENDINO
AND PKOyiVO, phr., ohsolsA disputing; arguing for and against. — Pulyerbatoh. * Han they
settled about the fiii-way yet ?
theer's bin a sight o' fenUn* an^ provin* ; it wuz to be settled at the Court Leet.' Grose giyes this phrase as
' common ' in his Pro- vincial
Glossary, %%* To fend and prove, i. e. to wrangle ; yitilitigo, altercor.'—
Adam Littlbton's Lat. Did, 1735, sub
voc, in E. D. S., C. yi. %%FESCXTE [fes'keu], «&., ohs. a pointer used in
teaching children to read. —
^Pulvbrbatch ; Worthen. *I see yo' binna-d-in a 'umour to lam this momin'; laye the fescue an' the
Psalter an* run to Churf n fur me, yo'n
do it better Ven yo' comen back.' %%* Lowed men may likne 30W \>tL3 '
\>a.t \>e beem lithe in ^ure eyghen.
And pefestu is fallen * for lowre defaute.' %%Piers PI, Text B., pass.
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foregoing is — Cfl ' Qnid coiisidensfestueam,' at L 262, above [Matt. viL 3]. %%Mr. Way
refers to this same passage in Piers. PL, and adds, 'The Medulla likewise renders ^'/estucay festu,
or a lytel mote." The name was
applied to the straw or stidc nsed for pointing, in the early instruction of children : thus Palsgraye
gives ''festne, to spell with,
fistev.'^^ OocafflonaUy the word is written with c or k, instead of
f, imt it is apparently a oormption.
" Festu, a feskue, a straw, rush,
little stalk, or stick, nsed for a fescue. ToucJie, a fescue ; also, a
pen or a pin for a pair of
writing-tables.'^ Cotob.* — Note in Prompt.
Parv.y p. 168. %%lEICHES [fechiz], sb. pL vetches. — Pulvbrbatoh;
Oswestrt. 'Eyerall's got some fiunous
winter fetches V the Fut-way fild — ^they^
'elp is foiher out.' %%* This is said by hem that be not worth two
fetchuj %%Ohatioeb, Troxl. and Cres., iii. 887, in Bible Jford^Book.
%%^Feichej oome, or tare (fehche, SL). Ficia, XJGF. in vincio, erobus, C. ¥J— Prompt. Parv, See Fitches.
%%7EPIEB3W [fet'hYin], part. adj. pottering about. — Clun ; Wkm. ' The warden wtue al* ays fetterin* V the
church,' said Frauds Bawlings, of Clun
[1873]. %%SETTLE [fet'lj (1), v. a. to pat in order ; to repair; to make
ready. Com. A pansh derk of Oound
[Salop] gave notice-curing the time of
Divine Hervice— of a vestry meeting, in tiie following terms : ' lliis is to give you all notice that theerll be a
meetin' in the vestry nez' Tooed^y
wii: — ^*ould, Tm wruns — nex' Toosd'y as ever comes I mane — io/Me the pews and so forth. %%* Wen hit
wekis^/eUled & forged - & to l^e fnlle gray^ed, penn con drottyn hym dele • dry3ly J^yse
wordej ; " Now Noe, quod cure
lorde • art J>ou al redy P Hat^
|k)u dosed \fy kyst * with day alle aboute?"' %%Alliterative Poems, T?ie
Deluge (▲.D. 1360,
circa). Spedm. Early Eng., ziii. 1
343. %%' John bent vp a good veiwe bow, %%& ffetteled^ him to dioote
: the bow was made of a tender boughe,
%%& feU downe to his footee.'
Chuye of Oisbome, 1. 60. Pera/ Folio M8., vol. ii. p. 230, ed Hales and Fumivall. %%*
*ffetteledy prepared; addressed him.' — Verbum Salcpienee. Note by Bp. Pbboy.— /Wi. %%The only instance of
Shakespeare's use of the word fetUe occurs in
the followmg passage :-— %%' Capulet. How now, how now %%Thank me no
thankings, nor proud me no prouds. But
/Me your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next.
To go with Paris to Saint Peter^s Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither.'
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Moeso-QotL ff^jan^ to adorn, msikQJU;
allied to A.S. fetd, a fetter, and E. fit. See Diefenbach, i 373/ — OloMarial Index to Specim, Early
Eiig, %%(2) 8h, state; order; condition. Com. *To'n fine the Lanes in a defspert faUe now, 56th the snow gwebi
away.' %%FEW [f you*], adj\, var. pr. few. Com. * Theer wunna but a
fyeow pars on that tree — ^they met'n
a lef 'em alone.' %%* If hops look browne,
go esSbher them downe. But not
in a deaw, for piddling with/eaw'
[/ecww, ed. 1577]. %%Iubseb'b Fiue Hundred Poinka of Good Hushcmdrie, ed. K D. S., p. 427. A.S. feduftf few. See Ghrammar OutlineB
{indeflnite ntmeraU). %%FID [fi'd'l, p. a. to chew fodder and eject it from
the mouth, when, from bems imperfeotlv
masticated, it cannot be swallowed. — Clee
B^LLS. 'Siaister, that owd mar* fida 'er fother-— 'er's got no
tith atalL' %%FIDDLE-FADDLE [fidi
fadi], v. «. to trifle ; to dawdle.— Pulvbbt
BATCH. Qy. com. 'I canna think whad yo'n bin fiddle-faddlin' about all momin' — 'ere if s jest bayte
time an the milk things neyer done
up.' %%FIDOE [fi'j-], (1) sb. a fidget; a restless person. *A reg'lar
owd fidge,* — Shebwsbuby. Qy. com. Ct
Fad (2). %%(2) v. a. and v. n. to be fidgety or restless. — Ibid, * 'Ex's
al'ays^^V about — ^'er canna be still
'erself nor let other folk be.' %%' In gath*rin votes you were na slack
; Now stand as tightly by your tack
; Ne'er claw your lug, an' fidge your
back, %%An hum an haw ; But raise your
arm, an' tell your crack %%Before them a'.' %%BOBBRT BUBNS, PoetM^ p. 10, L
21. %%FIEAT-BRAH'-TAIL, sb, the Bedstart.— Pulvsbbatoh, Haimood. See Brand-tail. %%FIFT [fi'f -t], fifth.
Qy. com. An old form. %%' & swiche duel drow to hert * fbr his dedus Ule, pat he deide on |>e flf^ ^^7 * ^ talke
176 sol^e.' %%William of PaJeme, 1. 1322. %%'King Henry the Fi/t, too famous
toliuB long.' %%1 K Henry VI. i. 1 [ed. 1623], in Sible Wbrd-Book. %%Adnepos,
fifte snne ; Adneptis, fifta dohter, occur in Supplemeni io Archbp. JElfri(^% Vocabulary y x. or xi.
cent , in Wr. vocabs., voL i. p. 51.
See Qrajnmar OutlineB {(idjectives of numeration). %%FIOASIES ffi'gaeT'i'zl,
ab. pi. fanciful attire ;-^tastic ornaments,
as of ribands, bows, nowers, &c. — Shbews^uby-; Atghak ;
Pulyeb- BATOH ; Olun ; Wbm". Qy.
com. * 'Er's got all manner o' figariea
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ah, pL same as Figaries. Qy. com. ' I
should like it made nate an' plain — no figdriments about it.' %%FIOOETTT-DTrifPLDrO
[%'i'ti' dumpli'n], sb. a pudding made by
lining a bamn with paste and then filling it with figs cut in
pieces, currants, a little candied
peel, treacle, and water, ooyenng it with
paste, and boiling it for some hours. It is said to be ' nod afe
bad.' — Ellbsmebe. %%%%ITOjitum
O-COCKB, eb. pi. Flantago lanceolaia.—(iy, com. It is a fayourite amusement with children to try
to strike ofE the head of one
plantain-stalk by hitting it with another, whence the name Fighttng-eocki, Bee lOack Jacka, %%FILBEABD
[fil'bi'uVd], sb, a filbert — Shrewsbury ; Pulyerbatch. Qy. oonL Pilheard is found in Tusser, p.
75, ed. E. D. S. 'Fylberde, notte.
FiHum. Dice' — Prompt Parv, See below. %%FUBSABD-TBEE, «&. the cultiyated
Corylus Avdlatia, filbert-tree. —
Ihid. * I ncYor sid the jUbyard-trees coYcred 66th lamb-tails [cat- kins] as they bin this 'ear ' [^79]. *
Hic/uUue, a fylberd-tre,' occurs in a
NominaU^ ziY. cent, in Wr. Yocabs., yoL i p. 229, and Mr. Wright has the following note upon it : 'The Latin
should be ^Zm. Filberde- tree,
Phillia.* — Prompt, Parv. Gower, Con/es. Amant., Yol. ii p. 30 ^ed. Pauli), has misrepresented the story
of PhilHs and Demophoon, m OYid, in
order to giYe a deriYation of this word. %%' *' And Demephon was so reproYed, That of the Goddes proYiaenoe Was shape suche an CYidence EYor affcerward ayein the slowe, That Phillis in the same throwe Was shape into a nutte-tre, That alle men it mighte se, And after Phillis philliberde This tre was eleped in the yerde." '
%%FILD [fi'l'd], sb. a field. Com. The curious expression, ' a fild of land, is often heard. %%* By occasion of
thys texte [Bom. zy. 4] (most honorable audience) I haue walked thys Lente in the brode jUde
of scripture and Ysed my libertie, and
intraated of such matters as I thought mete for this auditory^' — Latimeb, Sermon Yii. p. 182.
%%Tusser has fildea for fields, ed. 1657. A.S. /M; fild, a field; pasture; plain. %%FUDEFASB
[fi'l'di'faa-'r'], sb. Turdus pildris, the Fieldfare.— Shbewbbuby; Pulyerbatch. %%FILDFASE, sb,
same as aboYe. — Ludlow. %%* he oom him-self y-charged * wi)? conyng &
hares, wi^ fesauns & fdd/area *
and o|>w foules grete.' %%William of Paleme, 1. 183. %%A.S. /eaia-for, —
Idem. See Blue-back^ also Shredcook. %%FLED [fei'nd], v. a. to proYide for ;
to supply — more especially with food.
Com. ' I call three shillin' a day big wages, an' find 'em in mate an' drink.' %%L 2 %%%%148 SHROPSHIRE |
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by, Quath Beson, '' other lynage
ryche That /ynd«» the thy f ode ? ^ *
%%Fiera PL, p. 514, ed. Wb. %%* By honsbondrye of sach as God hire
sente, 8ohe /oiu2 hireself, and eek hire
donghtren tao.' %%C^AUCEB, The Nanne Prestea Tale, 1. 9, ed. Monis. %%By an *
Assessment of the Corporation of Canterbnry/ made in 1504, the foUowing were the rates of wages
declared payable: — ' Every labourer
mm Easter to Michaelmas, with meat and drink,
4(2. per day, finding himself, lOd. ; and from Michaelmas to
Easter, with meat and drink, 4(2.;
without, %d. Mowers per day, with meat
and drink, %d, ; finding themselyes, 14(2. By the acre, witii meat
and drink, 4(2. ; without, 6^. Beapers
per day, with meat and drink, 6(2.;
finding themselyes, 10(2.; by the acre, with meat and drink,
14(2.; without, 28d'->HA8TED's
Antiquities of Canterbury, 1801, yoL iL,
Appendix* %%A.S. findan, to find. %%FUTOESS-AHD-TOES, sh. a diseased
form of tomip — caused by the attacks
of an insect — ^where the root has departed from the natural growth and become brancihed and clubbed.
Goul See Fingers and toes, E. D. S.,
0. yi %%FDrOES-STALL, sh. a covering — ^usually the finger of a glove —
^for a sore finger or thumb.^ Oom. *We
*ad'n a busy day o' Friday, whad 55th
chumin', bakin' pork-pies, an' renderin' lard ; an' to mak* amends I cut my fibiger, but I dapt a
finger^staU on fjs^ went at it as if
nuthin' wuz the matter.' Mr. Halliwell says, ' Finger-etaU does not appear to be in the dictionaries. It is in
common use, and occurs in JPtortb, p.
139.' %%FDflSHED, part, adj, weak of intellect is expressed by * not quite finished,'— ^ORTKEN, Cherhury. Ot
Half-soaked. %%FINVIKnr [fiad'kin], adJ, over-nice; mincing; finicaL
Com. ' I clunna know whad the f eUow
wanted 55th sich a finnihin piece as
'er— 55th fingers too fine to ketch out o' the pig-trough.'
%%pnUBALLS, sh. pi. fir cones. — Shbewsbuby ; Clun ; Wkm. %%FIS-BOBS, idem, —
Pulvbrbatoh. %%FIS-BKTTSHES [fur'-br'aesh-Tz], sh. the needle-foliage of fir
trees.-— OLtJif. Of. Way's note on
Fyyre in Prompt, Parv,, p. 162. %%FnUtBRAH'-TAIL, same as Fiery-bran'-tail,
q. v.— Clun, Tttntehen; %%OSWESTEY, %%FIBB-FOBK, sh. a long-handled,
two-pronged fork for stirring up the
fuel in a brick-oven. — ^Pulverbatch. * Sally, yo' should'n a brought the fire-fork an' the slut afore
yo' putten yore 'ands i' the flour.'
%%* Tlie Kytchynge . , . one fireforhe two wodden peelea' — Inventory • . • Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle,
1625. Gt Oven-pikeL %%FIBMABT [fur'-mu'r'i'], sh, an infirmaiy. Com. * Well,
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WORDS, ETC- J49 %%mach consate o' them Club Doctors
; if yo'd send 'im to the Firmary Vd
get the best 'elp as could be 'adJ %%* Chambers wi^ chymneyes * &
Chapells gfde ; And kychens for an
hy^e kinger * in casteUs to holden.
And her dortour y-dijte ' vn\> dores ful stronge ; Fermery and firaitur ' with f ele mo
houses.' %%F. Fl. Or., 1. 212.
*Fermerye. Infirmaria,* — Frompt. Farv. » %%TISST-BSOnnnHO, sb., pec.
the beginning. Qy. com. <The
first-beginnin* on it wuz a little pimple no bigger than a pin's yed,
an' it famed an' turned to
Tantony's-fi^, an' the poor owd chap's gotten
s despert leg.' %%FEBST-POLE, ab. the lidge piece of the roof-timbers.
— Clun. %%FI80I0 [fiz'gig], (lysK this term imfdies a kind of loose
^shagginess,' as of fiizzy hair, or of
the ill-connected garnish of a dress. — Pttlveb- BATCH. ' Whad 5dth frills an' furbelows,
'er wuz all of ekJUgig,' %%(2) $b., $1. ? sharp, small beer.— Shbewsbttby ;
Pulybbbatoh. Qy. oom. * A drop o'
fisgig to cut yore throat.' %%FISK [fi's'k], V. n, to wander ; to roam about
idly. — Shrbwsburt, Uffington. *
Mother, owd Kitty James wuz at the 'arves'-wham at Upton Magna.' 'Bless me! I neyer sid sich a
55man as 'er fur JMM about ; no matter
whad's gweltn on, 'er's sure to be at it.' %%* And what firek of )'ys folde *
fiaketh \>ub a-boute.' %%Fiers FL, Text C, pass. x. L 153. %%Mr. Skeat^s
note on ihis passage is : — * Fisketh, wanders ; roams. As this word is scarce, I give all the
instances of it that I can find. In
Sir Oatoagne and the Orene Knight, ed. Morris^ 1. 1704, there is ft description oi a fox-hunt, where the fox
and the hounds are thus mentioned : —
%%" & he fyfUcez hem by-fore * )>ay founden hym sone" — t.
0. and he (the fox) runs on before
them (the hounds) \ but tiiey soon found
him. '* Fyscare abowte ydyUy ; Discursor, discursatrix, yagulus
yel Yagator,Yagatrix." —
Frcfrtvpi, Faro,, p. 162. ** Fiskin abowte yn y^- nesse ; Vago, giro, girovago." — /Wo.
%%" Such serviture also deserveth a check. That runneth out fisking, with meat in his beck
" [mouth]. %%TussEB, Five Hundred FoinU, &c., ed. Mayor, p. 266.
%%"Then had eyery flock his shepherd, or else shepherds; now they do not only run fitSeing about from place
to place, . . but coyetously join
liying to liymg."— WHiTaiFT*8 Works, i 628. %%" I fgwe, i.e.
fretille. I praye you se howe she fysketh about." — Falsg. ' ' Trotiere, a raumpe, fisgig,
fisking huswife, raunging damselL"
— Goto. %%*' Then in a caye, then in a field of com, Creeps to and fro, and fiskdh in and
out." %%Dubartas (in Nares). %%'' His roying eyes rolde to and fro, He fiskyng fine, did myncing go."
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WORD-BOOK. %%'* Tom Tankard's oow .... Flmgmg about his lialfe aker, fisking with
her taiL" %%Gammer GurUm^s Needle, i. 2. %%** Fte^, to flak the tail
about ; to fisk up and down."— iSwed. DicL, by J. Sereniua " Fjeeka, v. n. to
fidge ; to fidget ; io fiaL^'Swed. IHcL
(Tauchnitz).' %%To the examples of the word fiek oited in the
foregoing note mav be added the
following : — * But whan a stronger than he oommeu ypon hym, whan the light of goddes word is
ones reueled, than he is busi, then he
rores, then he fyskea a brode, and styrreth yp erroniuB opinions, to sdaunder godds word.' —
^Latdceb, SerrMny iy. p. 104. %%FISKT, adj, frisky, as of a kitten, &c. —
Shrewsbury, Uffingtofu a Fisk, above.
%%FITCHES [fich-i'z], eh. pi vetches. Com. %%' Some countries are pinched of
medow for hay, %%yet ease it with fttchis as well as they may. Which inned and threshed and husbandlie
dight, keepes laboring cattle in verie
good plight. %%In threshinff out fitehia one point I will shew, %%first
thre& out for seede of the JUchie a few :
Thresh few fro thy plowhorse, thresh deane for the cow, this order in Norfolke good husbands alow.'
%%TussEB, Fiue Hundred PoinU$ of Good
Huahandrie [December]. %%FITCHET [fich*i*t], sb. Putorius fmtidus, the
Polecat — Shrewsbury ; Wem '
Ellesmere. In the last two of these districts ^ixh is some- times heard instead of fitchet. The form
fitchew occurs in P. PL Cr*^ 1. 295,
and in K, Lear, IV. vi. 124. %%FITCHET-PIE, sb. a pie made of apples, onions,
and bacon : some- times cheese is
substituted for the bacon, but it is a departure from ' old usage.' This pie gets its name-—
^^cAef — ^from the strong, un- savoury
odour it emits in baking. %%FITCHOCK [fich'u'k], same as Fitohet, above. —
Shrewsbury ; PuLVERBATCH ; Clun ;
CoRVB Dale ; Ludlow. It is worthy of
remark, as showing the decay of provincialisms, that some words linger on with a wrong meaning; thus in
Corve Dale some there begin [1874] to
call a hedgehog 2l fitchock, %%FITCHOCE-PIE, same as Fitchet-pie, 'made after
the original receipt.' The form
fitchock-pie foMowB fitchock in localities. %%FITHEEFEW [fidh-ur'feu], sh.
PyrWmim PartfiSnium, common %%Feverfew. Com. %%*• . . In English, Fedderfew
axid Fetterfew It is vsed %%both in drinks, and bound to the wrists with bay
salt, and the ponder %%of glasse stamped together, as a most singular
experiment against %%the ague.' — Qerardks HerhaU, Bk. ii. p. 653. %%*
Ftdyrfu or fedyrfoy, herbe. Fehriffuya.^ — Prompt Parv, %%A.S. /e/erfuge.
Feverfew, a herb. See Feather/eto, E. D. S., 0. ix. %%FITHEES ffidh'ur'z],
sb. pi, var. pr, feathers. Com. ' Look sharp
an' strip themyfMtTtf, I want 'em to put in a bouster.' %%%%GLOSSARY
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WORDS, ETC. 151 %%FIT8 Ain> OlfiDS, phr: fits
and starts. — Pulvbrbatch ; Welling-
Toif ; Weh; Ellbsmebe. 'Theet's no 'eed to be t6dk o' that chap, VsaU by yifa an' flrtrrf*.' %%* By ^ and
girde, as an ague takes a goose.' %%Say's Firoverha, p. 272. Of. Hoba and Girds. %%jTilTUsS [fit*i'z],
8b. pi. little feet : children's term. Com. %%FimE, 8b. victuaL— CoRTE Dale.
See Y (2> in Orammar Ont- linea
{consonanuy %%FLABBOTJS [fiab*ns]^ adj. a term applied to a^ slovenly, looeei
ill- fitting garment. — MnCH Wenlook.
A coined word probably. %%FLAG [fii^*], tr. n. to fade. — SHRBWSBURr ;
Fulybrbatoh. '^If yo' layen them flowers
i' the sun the3r'n flag.* %%FLAO-BASKBT, sb. a soft, flexible basket, made of
fl'ag8 — a censric term for reeda —
chiefly used by workmen for carrying tlttir tools in. — Shrewsbury ; Pui<yERBATOH. ' I'ye bought
satch^ ui' made bags fur school till Fm
tired, an' now I'll get a flag-basket, an' see if tha^ las' 'em.' Cf. Frail, also Budget. %%FLAKE
[flai'k], v, n. to bask m the sun. — Cutk ; Ellesmerb. — ' I seed a ruck o' lads an' dogs flakin* o'
that sunny bonk o'er-animst the
pentice' (WelshamptonX %%FLAKT-SPAB [fiai'ki' spaa'r'], 8b. Calcic
earbenatey Calc-spar. — PULTERBATOH,
Bnatlbecuih ; M. T. The local name given to this spar is very likely due to the maimer im which
its beautiful rhomboidal prisms sever
ot flake.. %%FUUnrEV [flani'n], 8b., van pr. flannel Com. %%' I wad na been
surpris'd to spy You on an auld wife's
flainen toy.' %%BoBERT Burns, PoetM, p. 74, 1. 19, c. 2. %%W. gwJanen,
flannel; from gwlan, wooL %%FLAVS, 8b. pi. stony pieces of coal that won't
bum. — Clbb Hills. * No o8nder theer's
no fire, that coal's nuthin' i' the world but flans,* Cf. %%%%FLAP, 8b. a tearcrumpet. —
Shbewsburt; Pulvbrbatch; Wem. ' I went
to see the poor owd Missis las' wik, an' fund 'er busy makin' flape, so I buttered 'em off the bak'stwun,
an' we*d'n a rar' joram, an' a good
bit o' cant into the bargainj Molly Preece of Church Pulver- latch, who followed the camng of a
crumpet-maker [1838], was generally
known in her nrnghboxmiood as Pally Flap. See Flap-Jack, below. CtPikelflts. %%FLAP-JACK, same as
Flap, above. — Colliert. %%' FirH Fisherman Come, thou shalt go home, and
we'll %%have flesh for holidavs, fish for fasting days, and moreo'er
puddings and flap-jacks ; and uiou
shalt be welcome.' — Pericles, IX i. 87. %%Flap-jack appears to be generally
glossed pancake. See Nares and
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WORD-BOOK. %%FLASH [flash'], ah a shallow pool of
water left after heavy xains or
floods. — Clun; Ellbsmebe; Oswestby. %%^Flasehey watyr. JCocuna, Cath.
Flasche, or jkuche^ where reyne watyr
stondythe (or pyt).' * . . . . The following distinctioii is here made : Plasche, flascne, or broke : TorreTiSf
lacuna, Plasche, or flasch after a
rayne : CoUuvio, ooUuvium.^ — Prompt, Farv, and Natet. %%YLh!SB, sb, pi, same
as Feerings, q. v. — Whitchurch. %%FLAT-STOHE, a measure of iron-stone. —
Colliery ; M. T. %%FLAX, sh, Gurruca dnerea^ common Whitethroat. — ^Newport.
Cf. Jack-Btraw. See Hay-tick. %%FLAT
[flai'], (1) v, a, to pare the turf off grass land. Com. See Flaying-spade, below. %%(2) ah, part of a
plough: it goes before the coulter, and pares off the surface of the ground, tunung it under
the furrow which the plough makes, and
so burying grass or weeds more effectually than coula otherwise be done. Oom. ' Be sure an'
piit ihdflay dip enough to cover it
under.' %%' Iron wheel plough with flay.^ — AwAioneerU Catahyue
(Stoddeeden), 1870. Cf. Skelp.
%%FLAYIVO-SFADE, sh., oha, 1 an implement for paring off the surface of rough gnuss land for burning. —
WHircHUBCH, Tihtock, The flaying-spade
is about nine inches broad and three inches deep ; it is slightly curved and ' dishing ' in shape.
The handle, which is about four feet
in length, is made of a rude stick naturally formed for adaptation to the purpose of working the
implement, that is, after the manner
of a * breast plough.' See Betting-iron. %%FLEAX [flek'j, ah, a hurdle. —
Oswestry. ^Hec cratia^ a flek.'
Nominate^ xv. cent., in Wr. vocabs., vol. i p. 234. %%*Fleykey or
hvrdyUe, PUcta, flecta, cratis,* — Prompt, Parv, See Way's note. *O.Icel. fleki; O.Du. vlaek,
fleak (flaik), hurdle,' in Stbat.
%%FLECKED [flek't], ^ar^. adj.^ohaola, spotted; streaked. — ^Pulver- BATCH. * Ah ! it wuz pretty down i' the
Glibe [^Qlehe] ; I could a stopt theer
aU day to watch the little prill, an' look at the grass flecked ooth sunshme through the trees, an'
think 'ow we wun used to swingle
theer.' The 01^ here spoken of is the beautiful wooded deU — ^through which a brook * flows on,
for ever, ever' — situated between
Churton and Castle Place. %%' and wonderful foules. %%With flekked fetheres '
and of fele coloures.' %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. xi. 1. 321. %%' The ^y-eyed
mom smiles on the frowning night.
Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of hght, And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels From forth day's path, and Titan's fiery
wheels.' %%Romeo and Juliet, II. iii. 3. %%Cf . Du. vlek, a spot ; whence
vlekken, to spot. %%FLED [fled*], (1) pret and part. past, flewj flown. Com,
*The *en fled across the path.' * The
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WORDS, ETC 153 %%* And than anone one of the byrdes
fledde fro the tree to saynt Brandon.'
— The Oolden Legend^ ed. Wynkyn de Worde. Publications of Percy Society, 1844. %%(2) l>ar(L
jpatt. taken ; gone : as of crops---Toots or cereals— that from fly, worm, or other causes haye failed
either whoUy or in part Com. * They'n
be a poor crop o' turmits ; they bin most on em fled, an' the rest looken despert simple/ %%(3)
part, past, gone ; fSeuled : as of colour. — Shbewsbttby; Pulyeb- BATCH. Qy. com. * I doubt it $5nna be
saryiceable ; Pd a gownd Bummat like
it wunst, an' the colour all fled afore ever it wuz wesht.' %%[fleeiiinz],
sb. ph same as Cmds, q. y. — ^Whitchubch, %%%%Cheshire Border, In tiie
process of preparation, the fleetings rise to
the surface of the whey, and are then slummed off, whence the
term. ' To fleet, or skim the cream,
is a yerb still commonly used in East
Anglia, and the utenol which seryes for the purpose is termed a fleeting-dif^ **lflete mylke, take away the
creame that lyeth aboye it whan it
hath rested. — Palsg. ^'Esburrer^ to fleet the creame potte ; lakt eshurrS, fleeted milke ;
maigne, fleeted milke, or wheye."
— HoUyband's Treasuria ** Escreini, fleeted, as milke,
uncreamed." — CoTO. A.S. flet,
flo9 lactU.' — ^Wat, in Prompt. Parv., p. 166. %%7USM [flem*], sh. a
mill-stream, i, e. the channel of water from the main stream to the mill, below which the
streams reunite. — Shbews- bubt;
PuLyBRBATCH. * We wenten smack into another "trap" [yehicle] jest on the flem bridge at the
Hook-a-gate ; ifs a great ddnder {nem
or us didna ^56 o'er into it.' Flem is a corrupt form of Jlum, an old word found m the early writers.
The expression ' the Jlum Jordan '
occurs in the Story of Oeneeia and Exodus [aj). 1230, circa"], ed. Morris, L 806, E. E. T.
S. Flum also occurs in Layamon, 1.
542, and Ormutum, 1. 10342 (both about A.D. 1200). It is probably O.Fr. flum, from Lat. flumen, a riyer. Of.
Flam in E. D. S., B* ziy. See Bylet.
%%TLEH [flen*], sb. pi. fleas. — Shrewsburt ; PuLyEBBATOH ; Bishop's Castle ; Clun ; CoBys Dale ; Cleb Hills.
Qy. com. in S. Shr. ' I ooulikia sleep
for the flen ; I wuz scroutin at 'em all night.' %%* Awake, thou cook,' auod
he, ' god yeue the sojwe, What eyleth
the to slope by the morwe ? Hastow had
fleen al nyght, or artow dronke ? ' %%Ohauoeb, H. 17 (Six-text ed.), Skeat.
%%Old Munelow of the Thresholds, Salop, a well-known local ' char- acter' in his day—about 1820 — ^was wont to
say 'as Qod made the 66nt8, but the
deyil made the rots an' fl^n.^ He held a singular per- suasion that the Supreme Being created only
what was good and useful ; and that to
the Prince of Darkness might be ascribed the
existence of all that was the reyerse of these. Hence his dictum
%%upon the ' rots an' flerC A.S. fled, pi. fl^n. Cf. FluflEl See Odnt.
%%FLESH-FOBK, sb. a long, two-pronged, iron fork for getting up meat out of a pot or caldron — uie prongs
are curyed at the end. — PuLyBBBATCH.
Qj. com. 'Dick s'ore 'e could ate more poncake than we could'n stick the flesh' fork
throu'.' Compare 1 8am. iL 13, 14,
where the flesh-hook is saia to haye ' three teeth.' Flesh-hook occurs in Chaucer : — %%%%154 SHROPSHIRE |
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with oules To ben ydawed, or orend, or
i-bake.' %%Sompnour'a Tahy 7312, in Bihle WbrdnBwA. %%FLESH-KEAT, ah.
batcher's meat. Com. ^ Puddin' an' pancake's*
all yery well wuniatt an* a way, but tbeer's nuthin' like a good
dinner o' flesh-mate fur satisfyin'
the stomach, as I 'eard a lickle girld say
Ven 'er wuz stuck 56th 'er pancake — '* Oh dear I throat fall an'
belly empty!"' %%FLIG6T ffiigi'],
(1) adj\ birds whose down is changing to featiiets are said to be fliggy. — Glee Hills. %%' .
. . . it is reported, the seid sone hath geye gret sylyer to the Lords in the north to bryn^ the matier a
bo'v^, and now he and alle his olde
felaweship put om their fynnes, and am tyght flygge and mery, hopyng alle thyngis and shalbe as
they wole liaye it.' — Fastwi Letters,
A.D. 1461, yol. Lp. 544. %%' Flygge as bryddis. Maturus, vclaiilis, "
Flyggenesse of byrdes, vlumevseU.''* —
Pixsa. A.S. flidgan, yolare; flygef fuga.' — Prompt, Farv, and Notes. Qi, Slush (1). %%(2) adj.
birds when imperfectly pludLsd are sodd to be fliggy* — %%(3) adj, yery light
in the crop and small in the ear ; said of grain. — PuLyERBATOH; Clee Hills; Wem; Ellesmebb.
'Wy it 56nna stond to the scythe, ifs
so ixaHou fliggg.* Of. Lathy (2). %%(4) adj. soft, as from saturation. —
^Wbm. ' Tripsin' about i' the wef s
made my boots as fliggy as con be.' %%FLIOHT [flei-t], (1) ab. a crop.
— Clbb Hills; Chin; Ludlow. * Q^eer'll
oe another flight o' mushrooms after a bit' Of. Hit. %%(2) a family. —
^PuLyEBBATOH ; Olek Hills; Wem. "£ married agen, an' now theer's a second flight.^
%%FLnrr-COAL, ah. It will be seen by reference to Coal-field and Coal-names, pp. 90, 91, that there are two
seams of Flint-coal, which are
distinguished as Big and Little : the former is a ' good burning ooal,' the latter a ' good smelting ooaL'
%%"'The Big Flint" has no diaracteiistio fossil, but the
''LitQe Flint " has imbedded in
it the stems of Stigmaria, composed of sand-
stone. The rock oyerlying it also contains similar specimens.' — From Notes on the Shropshire Coal-Fieldy by
T. Pabtok, P.G.S., 1868. %%FLISKET [flis-ki'], sb. a sloyenly, ill-dressed
woman. — WmTCHURCH. ' 'Er's an owd
fliskey as eyer wuz seed.' %%FLIT [flit*], t7. n. to remoye from one house to
another ; to cbaiige the abode. —
Shbewsbuby; Newpobt; Whitohubgh; TgT.T.^«rai>it, Qy. com. %%' Thow sail haiff leilF to
fysche, and tak the ma ; All this
forsuth saU in our flyttyng ea. We
serfP a lord ; thir fysche sail till him gang.' %%Henbt the MursTBEL (a.d.
1461, circa), Wallace, Bk. L Specim.
Eng. Lit., 1. 396. %%' To flitte from place to place is no poyncte of
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6haritee» that suche as folowe the steppes
of the Apostles ought to haue.' — ^Udax's Enumua [1548], Luke,
foL 51 h, in Bible Word-Book. %%« Wi'
tentie care TVLJlit thy tether %%To some harn'd rig, Whare ye maynobly rax yottr leather, Wi' sma' fatigue.' BOBERT BiTRKs, PotrMj p. 54, 1. 15, 0. 2.
%%* Flutttn or remevyfi (away).* — Ftompt. Parv, Dan. flfftte, — Idem. Cf. Shift (4). %%tUTOSBS [flichi'n],
(1) sb. a flitch of baeon. Com. * I shall
tak* a Jlitehen an' a couple o' 'ams to the nex' jEeur ; the^n sell
well now that the green pase bin oomen
in.' %%' Fower JlitchiM of bacon and Martlemas beef.' — Inventory,
Strat- ford on Avon MSS., in Wb. %%(2)
sh, a fat child, or over-fed person. Com. ' Inna-d-e gotten a great flitehen f ' %%FUTTEE-KOVSE, sh.
Pleidtus communis^ tlxe Long-eared Bat —
Wkm. %%* And giddy fliUer-nUce with leather wings.' %%BsN JoKSOir, Sad
Shepherd^ ii 8, in Naiea %%Of Bii-bat, also Leather-bat. %%FLOAT, V. a. to
irrigate meadow-land by means of sluices and flood- gates. Com. ' Owd Mrs. Byuman [Beamond] wuz
a reg'lar m&nildn ; I'ye Bid 'er
56th a noud red doak on, floatM the Bam meadow Ven it wunna fit fur no 56man to be out.'
%%FLOATIHG-SHOyEL, «&, dhsolsA a long, narrow spade used for draining ptirpoees : it is abofut three
inches longer, and two and a half
inches narrower, in the blade than an ordinary spade ia —
Ptjlybk- BATCH. C£ Grafting-tool (2).
%%FLOUUUJLI [flum'u'ki'l, adj. sloyenly ; iU-dressed. — Shbewbbubt ; WoETHSN. ' A flommuctey sort o' 56man.'
%%FLTJBS [floo'z], sh. pi. farriers' lancets. Qy. com. This term is
always used in the plural form. The
Jluea consist of several lancets, varying
in size, which close into a ' haft ' like the blades of a
pocket-knixe. — See Blood-Btick.
%%FLUFF [fluf '], (1) sb. a flea. — Chubch Strbtton ; Wbm ; Ellbsmere. Generally heard in the plural form fluffs.
A. S. fled, a flea. Cf. Hen. %%(2) V. a. to clean from fleas, as dogs and
cats do. — Ibid. * The dog's flufftn'
'imself.' %%FLUHBAT [flum'br'i'], sh., var. pr. flummery made from oats —
^thus : the oats, having been kiln-dried,
are ground, husks and all ; they are
then soaked in water for three or four days till they become
sour, after which the water is
strained from them and boiled to a jelly.
This is eaten with milk or beer, and even with wine ' amongst the betterly people.' — Shbbwsburt; Cltjit.
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introduced oy the Welsh, with whom, in many places, it is a
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Plowman was not, however, the hody of the
plough, but was an appendage to the beam for regulating the depth to which the plough should enter the
earth — * a staye to order of what
depenes the ploughe should go.' See Mr. Skeat's Nates on P. PI, B. B. T. 8., p. 161. %%In the
description of a plough in The Treatise of Walter de Bibles- vforthy close of xiii. cent, ' Le chef e U
fenoun* is glossed * the plou* heved
and the /oo*.' — ^Wb. vooabs., vol. i. p. 168. %%Amongst the seventeen 'Parts
of a Plow' enumerated by Bandle Holme
is ' The Foot,* which, he says, * is the piece of Hooked or Bended Wood, at the end of the Plow, under the
SuQk ; which is to keep it from going
too deep in the earth.' — Academy of Armory, Bk. TTI. ch. viii. p. 333. %%FOOT-ALE, sb. ale given to
the older workmen by an apprentice or
* new hand ' as an entrance fee on taking his place amongst them. — ^PuLVEBBATOH ; NEWPORT. Qy. com. * Jack,
yo' munna be away o' Monday, theer's
two fut-ales to be paid.' %%FOOTIHO, (1) sb. same as Foot-ale, above.— /^u2.
%%(2) sh, a fine demanded by craftsmen from gentlefolk who make experimental use of their implements of
trade. Qy. com. %%P00T80KE [fut-Bum], sb. neat's-foot oiL — ^Pulverbatch ;
Worthen. %%FOBBCAST [for'-kast], (1) sb. forethougbt Com. / Foj^east 's
the best afe o' the work ; if yo'
dunna know whad yo' bin gwein about,
'ow ahan'ee faiow 'ow lung ifll tak*.' %%* Forecast is better than
work-bard.' %%Bay's Proverbs, p. 109. %%(2) [for^kasi;!, v. a. to plan
beforehand; to contrive. Oom. '^E
hanna /br'otufea well, or 'e 6odna a oomen to a fetut athisns.'
%%'Richard Eavans was never marryed, and I think hee had noe inclination that wav, but lived as if hee
designed to bee his owne heire, but
did not forecast to keepe any thing to maintaine him if hee happened to live unto old age.' —
Gk>TraH's nistory of Myddle, p. 189. %%* To forecast, Prospicere,
prouidere, prseoognosoere.' — Babbt,
Alveane [1580], in BibU Word-Book %%* Dere broker,' qual) Peree * '
|>e devell is ful quejmte ; To
encombren holy Churche * he caste^ ful harae,
And fluridie^ his fSalsnes * opon fele wise, And for he caste)^ to-fom ' ^e folke to
destrove.' %%P. PL Or., 1. 486. %%* 0£ Caste for to goon, or purpose for to
don* any othyr thynge.* •^TendOf
intendo, in Prompt. Parv. %%FOBE-EHD [foi^-end*'], (I) sb. the beginning of a
week, month, or year. — ETJiEHMERB,
Qy. com. %%* and, this twenty years. %%This rock and these demesnes have been
my world : Where I have lived at
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%%The /ore-end of my time.' — CymheUne, JUL iiu 73. %%Ct Forrat-part. %%(2)
ah. the fore-part of a thing — ' the fof^^end o' the wagginV — %%PULYEBBATGH.
Qj. COm. %%FOBEIGVEB Ffoi^'i'nuy], sb.^pec, a stranger; one who belongs
to another neighDonrhood or county. —
OHxmcH Stkbttok. Qy. com. ' Dundee
know who that mon is P rye sid 'im about this good wilde.' *No, Vs a /wrrtner i* these parts; Vs fbom
'ereford way they tellen me.* %%* Upon
this common ]^aremeare] there is a ^reat store of fi^ee stone very nsefull for building. The inhabitants
within the Manner pay to the Lord one
shilling for every hundred (that is six score) foot of stone, but Forainers paye one shilling and
sixpence.' — Gotjoh's History ofMyddU,
p. 32, %%FOBE-TOKEH' [for^'toa-'kn], »&., ohsols. a warning. —
Pulverbatch. ' Jack come wham star*in
like a throttled ar, an' said 'e'd sid summat
i' the Boggy-leasow glimmerin' like a pot o' brimston', an' it wuz
sure to be a far^'token. The chaps
persuaden 'im it wuz the Devil's lontun,
an' Mttened 'im out on 'is wits.' ' Well, it'll be a mighty good job
if 'e tak's wamin', fur 'e's a despert
gallus chap.' %%* To loke yf he him wolde amende, To him a/ore-<oAwn he sonde.' %%€k)WXB,
M8. 8oc, Antiq. 134, f. 56, in Hat,. %%FOBGKhrrJsli, cuij, neglected ; out of
the way. — Cobvb Dalb. A very secluded
Kttle hGoalet in ' the Dale ' was described as a ^/orgoUen kind of place.' Of. Forsakem, below. %%*
%%FOBHICATE, v. a., pec. to tell lies ; to invent falsehoods = to foige. — Shbbwsbttbt; Pulybbbatoh. Qy. com. *It
wub a downright lie, an' 'e ceai
fomieaU 'em as fiwt as a 'orse can trol' %%FOBBAT [for'ni't], adj.^ var. pr.
forward; early. Com. ^John Qriffi's
'as got a capital crop o^/crrai 'tatoes — 'e says they bin the beet an' yarlieet i' this country ; 'e al'ays
reckons to a new 'tatoes fur King
OharHe' [May 29th]. %%' Yes I there is ane ; a Scottish callan — There's ane ; come/orrt^, honest Allan
I Thou need na jouk oehint the hallan,
%%A chiel sae clever.^ Bobbbt Bxtbns,
Poems, p. 114, 1. 5, c. 2. Of. Frum
(1). %%FOBBAT-PABT, i^^r. same as Fore-end (1). — Shrewsbubt. %%FOBSAEEH,
adj. a term chiefly applied to a very evil persoB^ or a very remote place. — Cobvb Dalb. 01
Forgotten, abovow %%FOBSOOXy pret for part, past, forsaken. Com. %%* EmU.
Hath die/or$ook so many noble matches,
Her fitther, and her country, and her Mends P' %%Othello, IV. ii. 125.
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immortal mind that hath /oraooA; Her
mansion in this fleshly nook.' %%Milton, H Penwroto, 1. 91. %%POBTT-LEGS, ah,
Julus terrestris, the common Millipede. — Pulvbr- %%BATOH. %%FOBTT-SA'-OHE
LEBZ OBITCH'S COWT, phr. a common expres-
sion — heard with yariations in different localities, as Boden or
Bowson for ObHeh — applied to persons
of a 'certain age' who affect yonthfnl
manners. See Grammar Outlines {adjectives of numeration), p. xly.
%%POBTED [for'yed''], *&, var, pr. the forehead. — ^Pulvbrbatch. Qv. com. ' Ave, I dnr'say yore sorrow is
sommat like owd Tunkiss's, w en 'e
cried nir 'is wife teU the tears numen up ia/or'yed.' %%70SSET [fosTt], sb, a
feucet. — Shrewsbury; Pulyerbatch. Qy.
com. ' I brewed a drop o' fresh drink i' the apigot-stean ; o5n yo'
be so good as len' me jOTe/Miet, tax
mine's split. %%S . . you wear out a good wholesome Ibrenoon in hearing a
cause between an orange- wife and
a/ocsef-seller.' — Coriolanus, IL i. 79. %%* Faustet, petite brochette de
bois, servant i boucher le trou que Ton
fidt i un tonneau. Faucd or peg.' — Chamb. Of. Lat. fauces, %%FOT
rfot'l, pret. fetched.— iN^swpORT. */E/ot a jug o' eel fur 'em.' ' Also ne that tolde me this seid that it
were better for yow to come up than to
he/otte out of your house with streingth.' — Paston LeUera, A.D. 1461, voL ii. p. M. Gf. Fat, %%FOIHEB
[fodh-ui^], (I) sb, fodder, more especially dry food, such as hay, cut straw, ftc Com. %%' For men,
Tve three mischievous boy8> Bun
de'ils for rantin' an' for noise ; A
gaudsman ane, a thrasher t'other, Wee
Davock hauids the nowte in /other* %%BoBERT Burns, Poems^ p. 104, L 37. %%^AliiudOf
fothur,' occurs in an AS. Vocabulary, viii cent, in Wr. yocabs., vol iL p. 100. 'A.S./6der,/6dder;
OJceL/odr; O.H. Oerm. fuotar, fodder;
pa^lumJ — Strat. %%(2) V. a. to give horses and cattle their fodder. Oom. '
Wv, Tum, whadever han 'ee bin doin' P
yo* hanna gid them beSs* iibxr /other ; an'
JO* hanna littered anythin' as I can see. By gam ! yo' bin bwun- lacy ; our Maister 551 a to come an' /other
'em 'isself jest now.' The rule is to
/ot?yer horses and cattle, /eed sheep, and serve pigs. Of. the following:-^ %%* "With her mantle
tucked vp Shee /o^Aered her flocke.'
%%Percy Fdio M8., Loose Songs, p. 58. %%JtOfTDj sb, a f aim-yaid : the term
is not restricted to any one part of a
farm-yard ; as, for instance, to a space bedded up for stock ; but it comprehends the whole enclosure.
Sometimes, but rarely, it is called
'the /(m^d.' Gam. < They bin yarly folks ; Uie cows bin milked an' out o' the /au<2 every momin afore
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oontaineing about the eighth parte of
an acre ; the Fowl ^ara containeing about the eighth parte of an acre : the yard containeing about a
quarter of an acre; the I'oiUd yarde
oontaineing about the sixteenth parte of an acre.' — QotJOH^ History of Myddle, p. 21. %%A.S.
fold, a fold. %%pOTFOHTEir, pret. and part, past, fought. — ^Newport. Qy.
com. * They stooden up an' foughten
an' *itten out like men ; but they 'adna
foughten manny minutes afore the Sergeant coom oop, an' they wun soon parted then.' %%* William & his
'wi3es * so wonderli fou^terif )>at
pea. felden here fon * fill fast to grounde.' %%William of FoUerM, L 3414.
%%* At mortal batailles hadde he ben fiftene,
And fougkteji for cure feith at Tramassene In lystes thries, and ay slavn his foo.'
%%Ohaugeb, The Prologue, 1. 62, ed. Morris. %%Of. Shakespeare's <
weU-foughtm field.'— £*. Henry F., lY. vi. 18. %%FOUL, €uij. plain ; homely
of feature ; ugly. Com. An old man who
was towing a bar^ on the canal near Ellesmere, was met by a beyy of nice-looking girls ; he courteously
lowered the tow-Hne and stood on one
side to make way for them, regarding them attentiyely, but with a most respectful air, as one by
one they filed past him ; then, as the
last went by, he said, as if to himself, * WeU, Vioh way bin all the /ou2 ones gwxm this evenin', I wonder
I ' %%' If thou be fair, ther folk ben in presence Shew ihou thy visage and thyn apparaille
; If thou be/ouZ, be ne of thy
dispenoe. To gete thee frendes ay do
thy trauaiUe ; Be ay of chore as lyght
as leef on lynde. And lat him care,
and wepe, and wringe, and waiUe ! ' %%Chattceb, E. 1209 (Six-text ed.), Skeat
%%* Aud, I am not a slut, though I thank the gods I ssxi/ouV %%As Tou Like
It, IIL iii. 39. A.S. f&l, fouL
%%FOULS, sb, a sort of ^thering in the cleft of the foot to whidh homed cattle are subject. Com. A.S./tf2,
foul; corrupt.. See Bk. n., Folklore,
&c, 'Superstitious Cures.' %%FOUK-CKOSSES, sb, the point at which two
roads intersect. — Shbewsbttby ;
Ellbbmere. Qy. com. At Bioton and at Baschurch respectively a public-house with the sign
of the * Four-Crosses ' maiks the
crossing oi two roads [1878]. %%FOUB-O'-CLOCBl [foo'h'i^ v! klok], sb, the
farm-labourers' meal between dinner
and supper. — Newpobt. An Edgmond plough-boy
at a night-school — about 1867 — spelt t, e, a — sounding the letters
in tiie br<Mid * vernacular ' of
his class — and paused for the word. ' What
do you have between dinner and supper r ' said his teacher. *
Foor-d-- ehck,* was the very decided
answer. ^But what does your mother
have ? ' ' Tay,' said the boy. Ci Onder's-bayte. %%%%GLOSSARY OF
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WORDS, ETC. 161 %%FOVS-SQIFABE [foa*ur' skwaa-r*],
adj. quadrangular; square; cubicaL Com.
* What box are you going to take with you, Price ? ' said a lady to her maid-seryant. * Only a bit on a
wooden un, Ma'am — ^a fouV'Squar un/
said Price, at the same time showing her Mistress the box in %%%% bridge)
twentie arches made of foursquare stone, of height threescore foote, and of breadth thirty foote, distant
one from another twentie foote.'—
Stow, Annals, p. 2 [a.d. 1601], in Bible Word-Book. %%' O fallen at length
that tower of strength, Which Btood
four-square to all the winds that blow ! ' %%Tennyson's Ode on the Death of
the Duke of Wellington. %%See Exodus xxxTiii. 1 ; Eev. xxi. 16. * Fowre
Square. Quaarus. ^Prompt, Paw. Of.
Three square. %%POUSTT [fou-sti'l, adj.f var, pr. fusty; ill-smelling;
unclean. — Bbidonobth. ' E smeUBfousty,
as if 'e never weshed 'isself.' %%' . . . . where the dull tribunes, That, with the fusty |>lebeians, hate
thine honours, Shall say, against
their hearts, " We thank the ^ods,
Our Borne hath such a soldier."' — Coriolanus, I. ix. 7. %%Cf .
Frouaty. - %%POX [fok'fi], ab. Vulpes vHlgdriSy the Fox, Eeynard is almost
in- variably spoken of by the rustic
folk as ' The Fox ; * just as people
generaUv say *the butcher,' *the tax-collector,' and so forth —
they thus make a kind of personage of
him. A stoat, a weasel, has com-
mitted depredations in the poultry-yard, but * the fox 'as bin i'
the ui^ht an' td6k all the young
turkies. Perhaps it is because Shrop-
shire is so thoroughly a fox-hunting county that E«ynard is
honoured with this 'distinguishing
adjective' as a mark of respect! See
Reynolds in Eey. W. C. Parish's Dictionary of Sussex Dialect [E. D. S.]. %%FOXES OB THE FP FIHGEBS, phr.
when a thing is believed to have been
stolen, it is figuratively said that * the fooces or thefV fingers han got if — Corvb Dale. %%FKAIL [fr'ei'l
corr. fr'aayl], sh. a workman's satchel made of ' rush * or some similar thing. — Clun, Hereford
Border, %%' . . . . and take his felawe to witnesse, What he fonde in ^^freyd • after a freres
lyuynge.' %%Piers PLy Text 6., pass. xiii. L 94. %%Mr. Skeat remarks on this:
* Freyel is the Low Lat. frcdvm, a
rush-basket or mat-basket, especially for containing figs and
raisins. See *• Frayle of frute,
Palata, carica, in Prompt. Parv., and Mr. Way's note. To the examples there given I can add
the following : — '* Bere out the
duste in this figge-/ray7e, Asporta dnerem in hoc syrisco." — Hormanni Vvlgaria^ leaf 149. Frail is still
used in Essex to mean a rush-basket,
as noted by Mr. Jephson. Also in Kennett's Parochial Antiquities the glossary has ** Frayle, a
basket in which fi^ are brought from
Spain and other parts." He dtes the phrase *' m uno frayle ficuum " m>m an accotmt
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eahas, cahoMer, in Ootgrave. Alao Bdbeea
Book, ed. Fnrmvall, p. 200, note to 1. 74.' Of. Flag-basket. %%FBAISE
[fr^ai'z], sb., ohs, a kind of pancake eaten with sweet sauce : it was tmcker than the ordinary pancake,
and made with a ' stiff er' batter. —
Ci;e£ Hills, Stoddeaden, %%'For fritters, pancakes, and for fray aes, Eor venison pasties, and minst pies.' %%How
to Choose a Good Wife, 1634, in Hal. %%*2Ioc frixumy a froys,' occurs in a
Nomindley xv. cent., in Wr. Yocabs.,
ToL i. p. 242. Mr. Wright has the following note upon it : — * A froiae was a sort of pancake. The word
is still used in the dialect of the
eastern counties. It appears to haye been a ftivourite dish with the monks; for Gower [Vonf. Amani,,
vol. ii. p. 92), describing the
troubled sleep of Sompnolence, says — %%*' Whan he is falle in suche a
dreme. Bight as a ship ayein the
streme He routeth with a slepy
noise. And brustleth as a monkes
/roue. Whan it is throws into the
panne." ' %%See Bk. II., Folklore ^ &c., 'Customs connected with
Days and Seasons ' {Mid-leni Sunday),
%%F&AITO [fr'ang*], sb, a very broad iron fork used for getting in
coa!, loading potatoes, ^c— Clee
Hills. Of. Frank (1), below. %%FBANOT [fr'anj-i'l, adj, restive; impatient of
restraint; said of horses chiefly. —
Shbbwsbitby; Pulvekbatch. Qy. com. *The
mar^ seems jrangy this momin'.' *Aye, 'er dunna like lavin' the cowt ; 'er d6nna let the grass grow under
'er fit in oomin' back.' %%FBAKK [fr'angk], (1) sh, same as Frang, above. —
Ludlow (not common); Wem. %%(2) V. a.
to throw or scatter about, as of manure, hay, &c. — Lxn)LOW. 'E's/ranAiV it all about.' %%FBjUrr
[fr'ant], (1) ah. a fit of violent passion in a chQd ; a state of extreme irritability in an older person.
— ^Pulverbatch ; Wokthen ; CoRVE Dale.
* What's the matter with baby?' *'B*s on'y in a frant. Ma'am, 'cause the cat 55nna be
mauled.' %%(2) V. n. to kick and scream with passion. — Ibid. * 'Ow the
child franU,^ %%FSATCHETT
[fr'achi'til, adj, peevish ; irritable.— Much Wen- LOOK; Newpoet. See Fracchyn, and Way's note
on it, in Prompt Parv.y p. 175. Of.
Fretchet. %%FBEE, adj, frank; generous; affable. Com. *A more freeety 'onourabler, comfortabler young fellow than
Edward Breeze wuz never in company.'
So said a man travelling in a * Market-train ' fix)m Shrewsbury to Hanwood [1871]. %%* be
fei3tful & fre * ft euer of faire speche,
& seruisabul to >e simple * so as to l^e riche.' %%William of
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in my most humbyll wyse unfo ^ %%the good liorasnepe of the most corteys,
gentylest, wysest, kyndest, most
compenabyll, freest^ largeest, most bowntesous Knyght, my Lord ^ %%the Erie
of Arran, whych hathe maryed the £yng8 sustyr of Scotland.' — PaaUm Letters, A.D. 1472, vol. iii. p.
47. %%A.S,/re6; Germ. /ret, free. C£ Free-spoken, below. %%FBEE-HOLLT, sb.
the smooth, upper foliage of Hex Aguifdlium,
common Holly. — ^Ludlow, Bur ford. None but Free-hoily is used by the Burford folk for decorating their
houses at Christmas-tide [1874]. %%FBEE-OTTDEB, «&., var. pr., pee., oha.
1 a free-holder, i, e. a land- owner,
in contradistinction to a tenant. — Pulvekbatch. * Who *ad*n'ee at the /ree-oudera* meetin'
'isterd'y?* *WeU, we'd'n Mr. Jackson,
Mr. Freme, an' the two Jondrells — ^nod furgettin' owd John Hughes, the thatcher.' %%FBEE-SPOJLEH, adj.
frank ; candid ; nnreserved, in address. Com.
Milton employs this term — ' Free-^ken and plain-hearted men.'
%%FSEHCH BBOOM [fr'en-sb br'um], sb. Cytism Laburnum. — PuLVE&sATGH. Cf. Oolden showers. See
Brum (1). %%PBEHCH HjfiTTIiE, sb. Lamium purpureum, red Dead-nettle. — Whitcb:ubch, TiUtock, Cf. Dun-nettle.
%%FBESH, (1) adj. intoxicated ; exhilarated with drink — ' not drunken, nor sober, but neighbour to both.' Com. *
'Ow did the Maister come wham las'
night ? ' * Oh, on'y jest fresh — a bit markit-peart, nuthin' more.' Cf. Eng. frisk, frisky, from A.S.
fersc ; O.N. friskr. %%(2) cbdj. in good condition, as of a beast when half
fatted. — Pulyer- BATCH ; Wem. Qy.
com. * Wun them btillocks fat ? ' * Well, nod
very, considerin' they wun ^erty fresh w'en they wun piit'n up.'
%%EBE8H-DBINK, sb. table-beer. Com. 'I never piit above a strike an' 'afe o' maut to them two
barrels, an' it mak's nice peart
frfh-drinkJ See Drink, %%P [fr'echit], adj. peevish ; irritable. Com,
* I wish as %%%%the weather odd clier up to lug that com, fur it's makin' the
Maister deepert/rcfcAtY.' A.S. /rrfan,
to fret. %%FBILL [frTl'l, sb. a piece of fleshy fat surrounding the entrails
of a pig : it has the appearance of
being puckered like a frill, whence its
name. Com. Margaret Penlington of Welshampton described the friU as * a piece of rumfled faX row'ded
wuth red.' See frill in Wedg. %%7BITTEV [fr'it'n], v. a., var. pr. to
frighten. Com. A.S. dfyrhtan. — Idem,
%%FBITTEHIN [fr^it'ni'n], sb. a ghost; an apparition. — Ellesmere; Weic * I dama gS6 past Coomur [Colemere]
lane ends — folks sen as ^ee^AfriUenin
to 1^ seed theer after dark.' %%FBODy sb. ice-rubbisb ; as groundricef which
rises to the surface of the Severn; or
drift-ice, which comes down the stream. — ^Bbido- KOBTH. O.Fr. froit ; firoid, yW^Vifrt.—
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some of the species Agaricus. —
Shrewsbuby; Pulverbatch. Uy. com. *Aye, theer'll be no mushrooms this 'ear, now th.e frog-siods
bin comin .' %%FBOMMET [fr'om-u't], {l)prep., var. pr., ohsoh. in a direction
going straight from a place; fromward
as opposed to imjoard. — PrrLVEK-
BATOH. 'Weer wnn yo' w'en yo' sid'n me?' * Wy I wuz gwein frommet the stack-yurd t&ert the
cow-'us.' %%* Give ear to my suit, Lord ; fromward hide not Thy face.' —
Para- phrase of Psahn lv,y by Earl of
Surrey. %%* Varying up and down, towards or fromwarda the ssenith.' — Gheyne, in Todd's Johnson. %%See * The Suffix
" .t£wirrf," ' N. & Q. [dth S. x. 521]. A.S. from- weardes, from without ; beyond. %%(2) ach\
right hand (off-side) — a hanrest-field term. — ^Pulverbatch ; Glee Kills. Tifert is left hand, thus,
supi>08e the waggon loaded and
ready to be bound, the man on the top calls ' rops,' — the ropes are thrown up to bJTn. * Weer odn'ee 'ave
it ?' he asks of the men on the ^ound
; the reply is, * Put it down the frommet way.' He throws it from his left hand instead of
right, *Theer, now yo'n chucked it
down the tdert way.' %%FKONT [fr'un't], v. n, to plump ; to swell, as young
tender meat does in cooking. —
^Pulverbatch; Glee Hills; Wem. *I knowed
well enough it wuz owd mutton w'en I sid it i' the pot — ^it
didna front a bi v Jamieson has * To
front ' in this sense. %%FBOST-EETCHEir, paH. adj, frost-bitten. Com.
%%FKOST-HAILS^ sK pi, spike-headed nails put into horses' shoes to prevent them slipping on frozen, icy roads.
Gom. %%* Frost-NaUsy with sharp pointed heads.' — Academy of Armory, Bk. m. ch. iii. p. 89. See Boughed. %%FBOTHT
[fr'othi'l, adj\ Kght in the ear : said of wheat that has suffered from blight.— Ludlow, Cleobury
Mortimer. Gf . Fliggy (3). %%FBOTlSiO [fr'oatin], />a7^. adj., obsA a
thorough house-cleaning— * rubbing up
' and * scrubbing down.* — ^Pulverbatch. * We mun piit the spinnin-w'^1 by now till after May-Day
; nei^ wik theer'll be the buckin' an'
the pewter clanin', an' then a reglar frotin* from the top to the bottom.' %%' Hee imclosed |>e
caue • unclainte \>e barres. And
straihte into \>e stede ' stroked hym fayre. Hee raught forthe his right hand * &
his liggefrotus, %%And coies hym as he kan. ' %%K, Alisaunder, 1. 1174. %%*A1
\>e longage of )>e Norl^humbres, & specialych at ^rk, ys so scharp, slyttyng & frotyng, &
vnschape, \>ai we Sou)7eron men may
J»at longage vnne|?e vnderstonde.' — tloHN of Treyisa (a.d,
1387), Description of Britain, Specim.
Early Eng., xviii. a, 1. 209. %%O.Fr. frotter de [Lat.], fricare, — Bur.
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washed. — Pulverbatch. Qy. com. * Wy
yo' looken as sleepy an* frousty this momin' as if W 'adna bin i' bed las' night ; g66 an' swill yore face
odth some oowd waiter, it'll mak' yo'
'afe as sharp an' sweet agen.' C£ Fouaty. %%FBXTM [f/um-], (1) adj. forward;
early ripe. — Pulverbatoh; WoBTHEX ;
CoKVE Dale ; Wem. < Them bin a capital sort o' 'tatoes, the /rum ladneys.' A.S. /rtim-rfpc, early
ripe. %%(2) adj, strong ; heavy, as of a crop, or of com in the ear. —
^Eli;e8- ICERE, WeUhampUm. * That crop
i' tJie Breary Craft's a rar* /rum un,
it'll ild a mizzer an' *afe to the thrava' A.S. fram, from^ strong
; Tigorons. Of. Gterm. frommy
excellent. %%FBTTMP, sb. a contemptuous term for an old woman who
affects youthful airs and dress. —
Pulyebbatch. %%FKUMPED, part, adj. tricked out in youthful fashion, as of an
old woman. — Ihid, * The owd girld wuz
frumped up like a yeow dressed lomb
fashion.' %%FET [fr'ei-], (1) sb, a swarm of kinsfolk. — Pulyebbatch. 'Well, Fm ri^ht glad them folks bin gwe'm out of
our parish, we sha'n be rid o' Uie ool
[whole] fry ; I should think Ponsert 'ill <5M be best fur them.' %%' And them before the fry of
children yong Their wanton sportes and
childish mirth did play.' %%Spenseb, F. Q., Bk. L c zii st. lii. %%* What
a/ry of fools is here ! ' — Beaumont and Fletcher. %%Bailey— ed. 1782 — has *
Fry, a multitude; a company.' %%(2) ah, the liver and lights of a pig dressed
hj frying. Com. * The men bin mighty
fond o fry; w'en yo'n cut whad'U do for dinner sen' the rest to poor owd Molly.' Ash has *
Fry, from the verb, a dish of anything
Med.' Of Harslet. %%JfUJUS [feu'k], 8b., obsoUA a stray lock of hair. —
^Pulvbbbatoh. *I wish yo'd'n put
that/uite o' yar out o' yore eyes ; yo' looken jest like a muntin [mountain] cowt.' ' Fukes, ttie
Locks of the Head. 0[ld].' — BAII4EY,
ed. 1727. A.S. feax, hair of the head. %%FULL [ful], adv., pee. quite. Com. '
This'll dofuU as well' %%' . . . The first suit is hot and hasty, like a
Scotch jig, and full aa fEuitasticaL'
— Much Ado about Nothing, U. i 79. %%(2^ eb., var. pr, &I1; sufficiency;
generally applied to drink. "E's
'ad 'is/u//,' i. e. he has had as much as he can take without
becoming intoxicated. — Shkewsbubt.
Qy. com. %%* With the grace of God, or hyt were nyghte, The yeant had his f vile of fyghte.' %%MS.
Cantab., F£ iL 38, f 66, in Hal. %%FTTLLAA [fulnir*], sb. the tool employed
to make a fullaring with- St?e below.
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marble in an irregular ^roy by jerking
the fist forward instead of hitting it off by the force of the thumb only. Qy. com. * Oh, that inna far ;
'e*s /tUlockin\^ When shooting marbles
at * ring-taw' the closed hand is rested on the ground, and the marble projected bv the
thumb acting upon it like a spring :
to/ullock ia then considered dishonourable, but it is allowed in * long-taw ' when aiming at a single
marble. Of. FuUock, K D. 8., 0. iL
%%ITTME [feu-m], v, n., pec. to inflame. — Pulvbrbatch ; Wkm ; Ellbs- MEBE. * It was on'y a bit on a briar-scrat,
an* it t56k to fume an* swelled all up
'is arm.' %%FTTMET, adj, hasty; passionate. — Ibid. *The Maister's as
fum^y as the mouth o' the oven this
momin' ; yo' mun mind 'ow yo' doilen
66th 'im.' %%* Fumer de colere, to fume ; to be in a rage.' — Ohaj£B.
%%FUND [fun-d], pret and part, past, found. Com. * I've bin after the mushroms sence afore five o'clock this
momin'.' * Han 'ee fund any P ' * Aye,
a right good tuthree ; but the best part on 'em I fund i' the uwer leasow.' %%' Til \>2Lt he
haueden godard/uncfe, And brouth
biforn mm fEiste bunde.' %%Bavelok the Dane, L 2376. %%See Db. Mobris's
Historical English Accidence, p. 161 (5). %%JfUnDLESS, sb.y ohsoU. ? a thing
accidentally found. — ^Pulvkrbatch. %%* I 'ad sich a fundless this momin'.' *
'Ad'n'ee ; whad did'n'ee find ? ' %%* Wy I fund our paas'n's pus, an' 'e gid
me *afe-a-crownd fur the findin'.'
Of.— %%' & )>0U3h he OB/undeling where founde ' in ^e forest wilde.'
%%William o/Faleme, L 602. %%JfUHOirS COAL, sh. the coal which bears this
name is chiefly con- fined to the
north of the field, and lb good for nearly every purpose- — Oollieby; M. T.' See Goal-names.
%%FTnfBT, adj. bad ; capricious : said of the temper. Com. * '£r^s a nice sort of girld enough, but 'er's got a
funny temper.' %%FUR, sb. (1) the indurated sediment found in the bottom of
tea- kettles. Oom. * The kettle's got
a/ur inside a ninch thick.' %%(2) adv.f var. pr. far: the 'degrees' are
furdeTy furdeet. — Ludlow. See Th (3)
in Orammar Outlines {consonants). Of. Fare (2). %%FTJBNACE [fur'-nis], sb.
the large boiler used in brewing. Com. %%* Sixty gallon brewing furnace,
grate and fittings.' — Auctioneer's
Catalogue (Church Stretton), 1877. %%* Hec foma^x-eis An" a
fornys,' occurs under the head of * Panduc-
sator cum suis InstrumetitiSy* in a Pictorial Vocabulary^ xv. cent.,
in Wr. vocabe., vol. i. p. 276.
%%FUSNAIO [fur'nai'g], t;. ru, obsol8.1 to revoke at cards. — ^Pulvse-
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dirty, greasy woman.— Pulverbatch ;
Wem. * 'Et'b a reglar owd fussoek,* %%TTJSTIAS BLAVKEIS, sb. pi, ohs,
' One payre of gersy blanketts, one
payre of fustian blanketts,' are items of an Inventory taken at Owlbury Manor-House, Bishop's Castle, 1625.
Fustian blankets are said to be
identical with the homespun blfuikets made as late as the beginning of the present century, wnich
were a mixture of wool and * hordes '
[rough nemp]. One of these blankets — the yam for which was spun oy Alice Fletcher, of Castle
Pulverbatch, in 18(H--show8 that tne
warp was of * hordes,' the woof of wooL It is of thick and warm, but somewhat coarse, texture, and of
a * whitey-brown ' colour, the wool
being unbleached. %%Fustian blankets are of frequent mention in old
inventories, as, for instance, that of
* Sir John Fastolfs Wardrobe,' A.D. 1459. 'Item, ij fustian blanketts, every of hem TJ webbya.'
— Potion Letters, voL i. p. 482. See
Jarsey Hillin'. %%FDTHEB [fudh-ur^], ». n, to fuas or fidget about. —
Shrewsbury. %%FDZZ-BALL, sb. Lycoperdon Bovista, — Wellington; Newport. %%*
Tubera terra, i'usse-baUs or Puckfists. Fusse-balls are no way eaten : the ponder of them doth dry without
biting : it is fitly applied to
merigalls, kibed heoles, and such like. %%* The dust or ponder hereof is very
dangerous for the eyes, for it hath
been often seen, that diuers haue been pore-blinde euer after, when some small quantitie thereof hath been
blowne into their eyes. %%*• The countrey people do vse to kill or smother
Bees with these Fusse-balls being set
on fire, for the which purpose it fitly serueth.' — Gerakde's Her ball, Bk. IIL p. 1584. %%C£
Blind-baU, also BevU^i SnuiT-bos:. %%%%OABT [gai'bi'], eb. a simpleton ; one
who gapes and stares about in ignorant
wonder. — ^Ltjdlow; Wem. %%' Dan. gabe, to gape ; gabe paa, to stare at. N.
gape, to stare, to gape ; gap, a
simpleton.' — W^dq, Cf. Oauby. %%OAFFEE [gafurH, (1) sb.,ob8ol8, a title
given to an aged father or erandfather
— and of address, equivalent to ' Master,' tibe head of a house. The term as thus applied is one of
perfect respect. — Clun, Hereford
Border, Cf . Buifer. %%(2) sb., obsols, a synonym for 'Mr.' or 'Sir' in the
same locality. Gaffer, according to
Mr. Halliwell, ' was formerly a common mode of address,' meaning 'friend, neighbour,* %%•
** 0, why do you shiver and shake, Oaffer Grey ? And why does your nose look so blue f
" ** 'Tis the weather thaf s
cold. And I'm grown very old. And my doublet is not very new ; Well-a-day I " '-^Old Song. %%Bailey
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of a band of labourers — as of
harvest-men — who makes the agreement as to the terms of their work. Com. See Fly-gang. %%GAFFHT [gaf'in],
part. adj. jesting ; bantering. — Pultbkbatoh, Hanwood, * Never yo' 'eed 'im, 'e's on*y
gaffin a bit* %%OAFTT [gaf-ti'], adj. sly; tricky.— Wem ; Ellbsmbre.
"E's sich a fl'^Ay chap, yo'
never knowen whad's the nex' thing 'e*ll be after.' %%GAIN [gai'n and gaayn],
(1) adj. near ; short; direct. — Shrewsbury ;
PuLVERBATCH. * My man, can you tell me the best way to the HiUa from here [Stapleton]? I understand there's
a coursing match there to-day.* *
Well, sir, the gainest way ood be the Squire's bridle- road, it'll tek' yo' up to Wilderley as
straight as the orow flies ; but yo'
mun mind, sir, to keep to the wickets ; nod throu* gates, or be'appen yo'n be landed in a 5od.' %%* At a
posteme forth they gan to ryde By a
geyn path, that ley oute a side.' %%John Lydqatb (a.d. 1420, circa), The
Storie of Thebes. Specim. Eng. Lit.,
iiL 6, L 1002. %%* Geyne, redy, or rythge forth. Directus. In the Eastern
counties gain signifies handy,
convenient, or desirable ; and in the North, near, as *' the gainest road," which seems
most nearly to resemble the sense here
given to the word.' — Prompt, Parv, and Notes. %%Mr. dkeat ascribes gain to *
O.Swed. gen, direct ; IceL gegn, direct,
ready, from Icel. prep, gegn, over against.* — See Joseph of
Arirnathiej p. 81. Cf. Eme. %%(2)
af7/. handy ; convenient. — Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch; Lud- low ; Wellington ; Newport. * Tak* the
side-basket, it'll be gainer fur the
gig than the market-basket, 'cause o* the *andle.' %%* pe a^el auncetere3
sune3 * ]>Ht adam wat3 called, To
wham god hade geuen • alle |>at gayn were."* %%Alliterative Poems,
The Deluge (A.D. 1360, ctrca). Specim.
Early Eng., xiiL 1. 259. %%IceL gegn, serviceable ; gegna, to meet ; suit
%%(3) adj. tractable ; easy to manage. — ^Pulverbatch ; Clee Hills. * The 'oifer's as gain as if 'er'd been
milked seven 'ear ; 'er walks up to
the stelch as knowin* as can be.' %%GALENY [gulai'ni*], sh. Niimida
meledgris, the Guinea-fowl, or
Pintado.— Shrewsbury; Pulverbatch. Qy.com. %%* Oaleny, old cant term
for a fowl of any kind ; now a respectable
word in the West of England, signifying a Guinea-fowl. Lat.
gallinaJ — Slang Dictionary, p. 140.
%%GALL [gau 1], (I) sh. a, sore place ; an abrasion of the skin. —
Pulver- batch ; Clee Hills. * The
child's never 'ad a gall on it sence it wuz
born till now ; they tellen me as it's from 'is eye-tith.' %%* But
London can not abyde to be rebuked, suche is the nature of man. If they be prjxked, they wyll kycke.
If they be rubbed on the gale : they
wil wynce.' — Latimer, Sermon on the Ploughers, p. 23. %%* Galle, score yn
mann' or beeste. Strumus, marista.' — Frompt, Parv, %% QLOSSART OF ARCHAIC
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calluB ; hardened skin.' — ^PiCE. %%(2) V, a. and t^. n. to fret; to chafe.
Com. 'Young cowts bin apt to gall i'
the shuther/ is a saying metaphoric^dly applied to young folk who are impatient of the restraints of
work' %%' " J>e hors was . . . galled upon >e bak(e)." —
Qowei^s Confess, Amant., iL 46/ in
Stbat. %%' Ham Let the galled jade wince, our withers are unwrung.'
%%—Hamlet, III. ii. 53. %%' Touch a galCd horse on the back, and he*ll kick
[or wince].' — Bay's Proverbs, p. 112.
%%Fr. * Se galer, to scratch or rub.' — Chamb. %%(3) «h. a stiff, wet, '
unkind ' place in plough-land. — Pulyebbatch ; Clee Hills. The term is usually employed in
the plural form. * Thcer couldna be
epected much off that md o' land, theer's sich a power o' wet galla in it.' Grose has ^
Galls, Sand-^lls, spots of sand
through which the water oozes. Norf. and Suf.' Bee Oall in Wedo. W. gwall, a defect Of. Blade (1). %%(4) sh.
the oak-apple, by which name this excrescence is usually distinguished. — FITiLEHMERE. ' Galle, oke
appylL' — Prompt, Parv, See Oak-ball.
%%OALLOWAT fgal'u'wai], sb. a horse foarteen hands high ; between a pony and a norse of larger growth. —
^Beidgnobth. Qy. com. %%ADVERTISEMENT. %%WHITCliUKCH BAGE8. %%' To be Bun for
upon Preese Heath near White Church in Shrop-
shire, the 23^^ of May next, being Tuesday in Whitson Week, a
Purse of Ten Guineas, by Qalloways not
exceedmg 14 Hands high, to carry Nine
Stone, all under to be allowed Weight for Inches, pa3ring half a %%Guinea
entrance. ' — Adams's Weekly [Chester] Couranty %%April 5—12, 1738. %%'
Breakfast being finished, the chiyalry of the Hall prepared to take the field. The fair JuUa was of the party,
in a hunting-dress, with a light plume
of feathers in her riding-hat. As she mounted her favounto OaUoway, I remarked with pleasure
that old Christie forgot his usual
crustiness, and hastened to adjust her saddle
and bridle.' — Washington Ibvino (a.d. 1822), Bracebridge HaU (Hawking). %%OALLOWS [galnis], adj.
mischievous ; naughty ; applied to boys
chiefly. Com. * 'E's a gallus bird, that is, — 'e's bin i' the orchut
agen after them apples.' %%'Ros %%For
he hath been five thousand years a boy.
Kaih. Ay, and a shrewd unhappy gallows too.' %%Lov^s Labour Lost, Y.
ii. 12. Cf. Ontidy. %%6ALT [gaut], sh.
a spayed female pig. — Pulyebbatch ; Clee Hills. Qy. com. %%* Hic/rendis A' gait,' occurs in
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Wright explains gait as * a boar-pig.'
* Galte (or gylte) swyne. Ne/rendua/-— Prompt Parv. * Oalte,
O.IceL gain (aper), young boar.' —
Strat. Grose has * QawU and Gilia^ hog-
pigs and sow-pigs. N.' Of. Gilt. %%OAMBBEL [gambr'il], eb. a crooked
piece of wood used by butchers to
expand and hang carcases upon.~SHBEW8Bn&T ; Pulyebbatch ; Ellesmebe. Qy. com. %%GAME, sb, fun, often derisive
fun. Com. * I'll 'elp yo' to maf yore
game o' me, yo' imperent young puppy ; if yo' comen athin my raich, I'll turn yo' double an' host yo'/
%%' Ne of hir doughter nought a word spak she
Noon accident for noon aduersitee
Was seyn in hir, ne neuer hir doughter name Ne nempned she, in emest nor in game?
%%Ghauceb, E. 609 (Six-text ed.), Skeat %%A.S. gamerit a sport ; a play ; a
taunt ; a scoff. %%6AMM0CKS [gam-uks], sh, rough play. Qy. com. ' Them
chaps bin al'ays up to some gammocki —
now that poor fellow's got 'is shuther
put out.* A.S. gamerif sport; play. %%GAMHY [gami'], adj., slA lame.
Com. * A gammy f&t.' %%6AITGSEL [gang'r'il], sb., ohsols.'i a gaunt,
lean, long-limbed person or animal.
(1) * Whad a gangrel that Tum Perks is gwun — 'e's bs lung as a latner, an' as thm as a thetchin'
peg.' %%(2) ' If ll tak a good djel to feed that owd sow, 'er's sich a
gangrel' %%GABLANDS. See Virgins' Garlands. %%GABRITS, sb. pi., var. pr,
carrots. — Pulvbrbatch. %%GABBITT, adj., var. pr. carroty. — Ibid. 'I knowed
well enough it wuz one o' the Burguins
by 'is garrity yar ; they'd'n better keep
'im out o' the stack-yurd, else it'll ketch nre.' %%GATED [gait-i'd],
part, past, set a-going, as in the phrase gated and geared, below. — ^Whitchtjbch ; Ellesmebe.
%%GATED AND GEABED, phr. made to work ' true ' together : said of the several parts of an agricultural
implement. — Ibid, See Geared. %%GATE-BOAD, sb. the main-road, or level, in a
mine. — Colliebt; M. T. See Gob-
gate-road. %%GAXIBT [gaubi'], same as Gaby, q.v. Com. *Now then, yo" great gauhy, get out o' the way.' See
below. %%GAUBT-FAB, sb. The first Saturday in the year and the first Saturday after May-Day are respectively
distinguished as Oauby-far. On these
days country servants-— * chaps ' and 'wenches,' — ^gaubies,' as they are called for the nonce — come
into the town to spend their wages and
see the sights.— ^hbewsbuby. *Nex' Saturday 11 be Gauhy-far — ^theer'U be a grand show in
ribbints an' rags.' See Brei^ the
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— ^WELUNaTON ; Newpobt. See Bk. n.,
Folklore, &c., < Wakes, Fairs,' &c %%OATTKT [gau'ki'], 8b, an
awkward, stupid, badly-mamiered person.
— Shrewsbttky ; Pxtlveebatch ; Welunoton. Qy. com. *Han 'ee sid the new dairy-maid P' 'Aye, as
great a gauky as anybody 6od wish to
see— doth a garrity yed, an' as foul as if 'er wnz made fur spite.' * 'Ark at Jack ! an* they sen as
yo' bin o'er yed an' ears in love 66th
'er.* %%' pe gome l^at gloseth so chartres * for a goky is holden. %%So is it
a goky, by god * )>at in his gospel failleth. Or in masse or in matynes * maketh any
defaute.' %%Fiera FL, Text B., pass. xL U. 299, 300. %%* Now gatckieay
tawpies, gowks, and fools, Erae
colleges and Doar£ng-8chools, May
spront like simmer puddock-stools %%In ^len or shaw ; He wha could brush them down to mools,
%%WUlie's awa I ' %%BoBEBT BuENS, FoeTM, p. 122, L 19. %%A.S. gedc; O.IceL
gaukr, a cuckoo; whence, a fool; a simpleton.
See Stbat. %%OATTH [gau'n], (!) sb. h gallon. — ^Pulvebbatch. 'Tell
the cowper to mak' a good strung
four-^aixn payL' %%' 1584. 32 galanes of the best ale at vjd ob. a gaujie xiij
s vi^ d.' — AccounU of the Shearmen's
Company, Shrewsbury, %%(2) «(. a pail, one of the staves of which, being left
much longer than the rest, forms an
upright handle. It holds about a gallon, and
is used for lading the drink, in the process of brewing.— ^ewpoet
; Ellesmere. Qy. com« Of. Lade-gaun.
%%OAVF [gau'p and gi'au*p], (1) v. n, to gape ; to open the mouth. Qy. com. * One o' the chickens belungin' to the
brown 'en got squedge i' the wicket,
an' I thought it wuz djed, but I 'eld it o'er the smoke, an' warmed it ever so lung, an' at last it
begun to gaup; I wuz pretty glad, fur
Missis is despert choice on *em.' %%' And with a galping mouth hem alle he
keste.' %%Chatjceb, F. 350 (Six-text ed.), Skeat. %%O.Du. gaipen, gaup, in
Stbat. %%(2) V. n. to stare about vacantly, with the mouth open as well
as the eyes. Qv. com. * I dunna know
whad yo' wanten i' town — nuthin to do
but gf^aup at the shop- windows.' See Gauby-Far. %%OAWH [gau'ml, {Vj v. a.,
obsolsA to grasp. — Pulvbrbatch; Clun;
We3C. 'We'dn a rar' batch o' laisin' this momin' — I'd thirteen 'antle, as much as ever I could gawm.^
%%(2) V. o., 6b96l$,f to bite through.-— Pulvbebatch. * Yo'n cut the bread i' sich douters [rough thick pieces],
nobody can gawm it' See Qoam in E. D.
S., B. xiv. %%OAWT. See Oalt. %%OAT-POLE [gai* poal], sb.^ obsols, a pole
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suspended the hangers for the pots and
kettles.— Bbidgnoeth. Cf. Sway-pole. %%OEABED [gee-hYd], part, past,
fitted up with its several parts; said
of an agricultural implement — WHiTCHxmcH; Ellesmere. A.S. gearvnan; to make ready; to prepare.
Of. Qated. See Oated and Qeared.
%%OEAKIHG, (1) sb. the projecting rail on the fore-part of a cart or waggon. — Newport ; Whitchttrch, %%(2) ah.
the harness and trappings of a cart-horse. — Craven Arms. Qy. com. %%* Waggon Horses with their
Gearing,* *Suit of chain gearing J '
Suit of shaft gearing,* —Auctioneer's Catalogue (LongviUe), 1877. %%A.S.
gearwa, clothing. %%OEAES [gee-h'r'z], sb. pi same as Gearing (2), above.
Com. %%* Suit of long gears.* * Suit of thiUers gears.' — Auctioneer'a
Caiahgue (Stoddesden), 1870. %%OEAKITM
[jee'h'r'um], sb. order ; good condition ; serviceable fitness for a purpose. — Pulverbatch. * 'Ow is it
yo* binna at the turmits to-day, Molly
? * * Indeed, Maister, I couldna g66 ; my back's bad an' my Hmbs achen, an' I'm altogether out
o' gearwa* A.S. gearo, ready ;
prepared. %%OEE, OEE-HO. See Waggoner's Words to Horses. %%OEE-HO-PLOTTOH
[jee oa' plou], eb. a plough drawn by two horses abreast. Qy. com. %%*Two sets of G. 0. back
bands and traces, in lots,* — Auctumeer'M
Catalogue (Longyille), 1877. Called Gee-woa-plough. — ^Newport.
%%OEHTLE-LOIH, sb. the lean part of the loin of a bacon-pig, between the ham and the flitch.— Bishop's Castle ;
Clitn. Cf . Ghiakin. %%OEHTLEMAN'S-BTITTOirS, sb. pi the flowers of Scabiosa
suecisa. — Whitchurch, Tihtock. Cf.
Blue-heads. %%OEOLTITUDES [ji'ol-titeudzl, sb. pi bursts of passionate
temper.— Pulverbatch, Condover. Cf.
Tantrums. %%OEOMMOCKS [ji'om'uksj, sb. pi shreds ; tatters. — Worthen ; Wem. ' 'Er gownd's aU m geomniocks.*
%%OETHEB [gedh-ur'], v. n. to ramify, as of young com. — Pulver- batch. * That crop looks thin, Bayly.' *
Never mind, it'll look better after
awilde, w'en it begins to gether,* Cf. Stoul (2). %%OETHEBIH', sb. the
*Off'ertory' collection in church.— Pulver-
batch ; Olun. Qy. com. *Whad sort on a getherin* 'ad'n a on Sunday?' %%GIB [gib*], (1) sb. a wooden
prop used to support the coal when
being * holed.'—CoLLiERY ; M. T. Cf. Spragr (4). %%(2) sb. a piece of
iron of a peculiar shape— not unlike the half of a hollow square— used in connecting machmery
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WORDS, ETC. 173 %%(3) sh.y obsols. ? the handle of
a walking-stick. — BiiiDaNOBTH ;
Ellesmerb. %%OIBBED-8TICK, sK, ohsolsA a hooked Btick.—Ihid. ' Gil/^aff,
a quarter-staff,' is given by both Bay
and Grose as a North-county word. Of.
Kibba. %%on) [gid*]y sb. a dizziness to which sheep are liable — caused by hydatids.— CI.EB HiLLS. 01 E. giddy, also
Ximet (1). %%OIE rgi'']f V, a. give : used in the imperative mood and in some
tenses of the other moods. Com. ' Oie
the child that apple as 'e wants.* '
It'll yie 'em summat to do.' %%' Fortune ! if thou'll but yie me still Hale breeks, a scone, an' Whisky gill. An' rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, %%Tak'
a' the rest, An' deal't about as thy
blind skill %%Directs thee best.' %%Robert Bubns, Poems, p. 9, 1. 19. %%OrED
[gi'-d], pret, gave.— iV. and iV. E. Shr. Border, %%* Oh I had wooers aught
or nine. They yied me rings and
ribbons fine ; And I was fear'd my
heart would tine, And I yied it to the
weaver.' %%BoBEBT Btjbns, Poems, p. 227, 11. 2 — 4, c 2. %%OI*EH [gi**n],
part, past, given. — Ibid, %%' He ne'er was yCen to great misguidin', Tet coin his pouches* wad na bide in ; Wi' him it ne'er was under hidin'. %%He
dealt it free : The Muse was a' that
he took pride in, %%Thaf s owre the sea.'
BoBEBT BuBNS, Poems, p. 71, 1. 25, c. 2. %%OIES [gi''z], V. a. gives.
Com. %%* My Peggy smiles sae kindly, %%It makes me blithe and bauld. And naething yies me sic delight. As wauking of the fauld.' %%AiiLAN Bamsay,
The Gentle Shepherd, L i. p. 6. %%GIFTS [gif 'ts], sb. pi. white spots on the
finger-nails ; said to fore- token
gifts. Oom. %%' A gift on the thumb %%Is sure to come ; A yi/t on the finger Is sure to linger.' %%Children sometimes
read the s^ts on their nails thus — ^beginning with tiie thumb and endine with the little
finger: — * Gift, theft, friend, foe,
journey to come. %%« %%6IG0IH0 SIETE [gigi'n siv], sb. a sieve, worked by a
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process of takiag out the rough husks
or other hard substances^ Com. %%OILLOFEB rjil-u*fur^], sh,
Cheiranthiia Ckeiri, common Wall-flower,
and Mathiotay Stock, are included in this term, which is usually employed in the plural form. — Ellesmebe.
Qy. com. ' Them giliofers smellen
sweet, they'n be beautiful fur the posy.' %%* OHlo/erj or Gelofer. The old
name for the whole class of carnationa,
pinks, and sweet-williams; from the French giroJUy which is
itself corrupted from the Latin
cariophyllum ' %%* Here spring the goodly gelo/er8. %%Some white, some red,
in showe, Here prettie pinkes with
jagged leaves, %%On rugged rootes do growe.
The John so sweete in showe and smell, %%Distincte by colours
twaine, About the borders of their
beds, In seemlie sight remaine/
%%Plaf8 FlowerSy &c., in Cejis, Lit, viiL 3, in Nabes. %%Shakespeare has
GiUyvora, which Mr. Nares says is * a step of the progress to our modem Gilliflower! %%'
Perdita, , , , The fairest flowers of the season Are our carnations and streak'd gillyvors*
%%Winter^a Ta2e, IV. iv. 82. %%* Oyllo/re, herbe. Gariophilua,^ — Prompt »
Parv. %%* Giroflity fleur odorif(§rante ; la plante qui la porte.
Stock-gfifly- flower. De la girofi^e
jaune. Wall-flower. —Chamb. %%OXLLT-HOOTEE [jili* oo-tur'], ah, Sdmium
Aliico, Brown Owl.— Ellesmebe.
%%OILLT-OWLET, ah Sirix flammeay White Owl— the young birds. — Clitn, Hereford Border. C£ Owlert. %%OILT
[gil't], sh. a young sow that has not had a litter. — ^Pulvbr- batch; Glee Hills. Qy.com, %%* Capital sow
in pig.' * Do. gilt in pig.' — Audumeer^B OcUalogue (Stoddeeden), 1870. %%* Suillay vel auculay
gilte,' occurs in Arehhp. JElfri^a Vocabulary^ X. cent., in Wr. vocabs., voL i. p. 22. %%'
Gylte, swyne. A gilty or gaut, signifies in the North a female pig %%that has
been spayed Any female swine is called a gilt in %%Staffordshire.' — Prompt,
Parv. and Notea, %%A.S. giUe; O.Icel. giUa, young sow.— ^tbat. Of. Gali.
%%Olir [jin*], sb., obsoU, a contrivance f6r hoisting minerals out of
the shaft — chiefly used in sinking.
It is a ' drum ' fixed on an upright
shaft, supported by a rude frame- work of timber : this * drum '— made to revolve by horse-power — ^winds up
the ropes employed in raising the *
barrels ' to the surface.— M. T. Com. %%Gin is found in the early writers in
the twofold sense of an
ingeniously-constructed machine and of an artful or crafty
device. Chaucer has it in both these.
An instance of the former occurs in
The Squierea Tale, where it is related that the magic ' stede of bras
' would bear its rider at his
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WORDS, ETC. 175 %%' And tume ayeyn, with wrything
of a pin. He that it wroughte coude
ful many a gin* %%F. 128 (Six-text ed.}, Skeat. %%' Trodea^ ike gyn whyche is
called a crane.' — ^Elyot. %%' E'xostra, a vice or gin of wood, wherewith
such things as are done "withiny
out of sight, are showed to the beholders by the turning about of wheeles.' — Juniu^s Nomenclator^ by
Fleming, in Way. %%' O.Fr. engieUj engin ; machine de guerre ; ruse, finesse
; machinerie, tromperie; de
ingenium.'—'BuR. %%OIV-BASSELS, sb. pi., obsols. the barrels used to bring up
minerals out of the shaft — M. T. Com.
* Always oomin* an' gooin* like gin-
harrela,' %%OIV-HOBSEy sKf ohsols. the horse whicl^ works the gin. —
Ibid. %%ODT-BDirGy sb. obsoU. the circle which the gin-hor^ trayeises in working the gin. — Ihid. %%OIBD [gur'd*],
V. a. to pull violently. — Wbm. * Dunna yo' gird the roj)' athatn. As a verb, gird, to strike,
to cut, is found in tibe early
writers. %%' & whan )>e duk was war * l^at he wold come boute feyntice of feuer * he festned his
spere, A grimly wi> gret oours •
eu^er gerde]? o(>er.' %%William o/Faleme, L 1240. %%' And to thise cherles
two he gan to preye To slen him, and
to girden of his heii.' %%Chauceb, C. T.y 1. 14,464. %%At a later period gird
was used in a metaphorical sense — ^to cut or
lash with wit or sarcasm. Shakespeare has this use of the word
both TerbaUy and substantively. %%'
8ic Nay, but his taunts. %%Bru, Being moved, he will not spare to gird the
gods.' %%Coriolanus, L L 260. %%' Ltic. I thank thee for that gird, good
Tranio.' %%Taming of the Shrew, V. ii. 58. %%OISDZB [gui^'dur^], sb. a heavy
blow. — Pulverbatoh. Qy. com. ' I gid
'im a pretty girder,' A.S. gyrd, a staff ; rod. %%OIBLt OIBLD [gae*r'l,
gaeTld], sb., pee. a single woman of any age.
Com. The alternative pronunciations are dependent upon the educa- tion or refinement of the speaker. %%'• . .
My uncle John Qough dyed, butt my aunt Katherine survived bim. Shee was soe extreeme fatt that shoe
could not goe straite fbreward through
some of the inward doores in the house, butt did tume her body sidewayes; and yett shee
would go up staires and downe againe,
and too and ho in the house and yard as nimbly, and tread as light as a girl of 20 or 30 years
of age.'— Gouqh's HiUcry o/Myddle,^.
101. Cf. Iione-girL
%%QIS-AH-OTriiLIBB, sb. pi. the blossoms of Salix caprSa, great round- leaved Sallow. — Shbewsbuby; Pulverbatgh;
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WORD-BOOK. %%Gis-an^-Oullies = Geese and Gbslings.
See Bk. II. » FdMare, &c, '
Superstitions concerning Plants.' %%OIZZAN, OIZZANT [giz-u'n], Clee Hilm.
[gizii'nt], Pulvkrt %%BATCH ; Wem, sh, * Snail I 'elp yo' to a wing, Miss G ?
Dun yo' %%perfer the liver or the gizzant f ' %%Pe^ge gives, ' Oizzen, the
stomach of a fowl, &c., Lane' ' We
have gyssarne in an early MS. collection of medical receipts at Lincoln, apparently in the same sense' [of
gizzard]. — Hal. %%OLAB [glab-], sb, a talkative, tattling person. —
Pulverbatoh. ' Yo' met'n as well ^e
the bell-man a groat to cry it as tell Nancy Price any thin' — ^'er is sich a glah.' ' No, I
think yo'd'n better tell *er an' save
yore fourpence.' Of. Clat (2). %%GLADSOME [glad -sum], adj, joyous; cheeiy;
pleasant. — Pulver- batoh. * Well,
Bichut, 'ow bin'ee ? I 'spected to see yo' as gladsome as a butterfly, an' 'ere yo' bin lookin' as
dinnal as a mug in November.' %%' As when a man hath ben in poure
estaat. And clymbeth vn, and wexeth
fortunat, And ther ab^^detn in
prosperitee, Swich thing is glndsom^
as it thinketh me.' %%Chaucee, B. 3968 (Six-text ed.), Skeat %%A.S. gl<Bdt
glad ; cheerful ; pleasant. %%OLAKTH [glan'thi, sb, a shade or tone of
colour. — Corve Dale. < The barley
innad 'urt — it's on'y lest a nice glanth on it.' This was said of barley that had stood much wet
weather. %%OLASTEB [glas'tur'], sb, milk and water. — ^Pulverbatoh; Wem; Oswestry. * Aye, this is milk like milk,
nod sich glaster as yo' gotten i' the
towns.' W. glasdtor. — Idem. %%6LAT [glat'], (I) sb. n broken down opening in
a hedge. — ^Pulver- batoh ; Bishop's
Castle ; Corve Dale ; Ludlow ; Wem. * Them
ship bin all i' the lane, Maister, I doubt theer^s a glat somew'eer i'
the leasow fence.' %%(2) ah, a gap in
the mouth caused by loss of teeth. — Pulverbatch. * Dick, yo' bin a flirt ; I thought yo' wun
gwein to marry the cook at the
paas'n's.' * Aye, but 'er'd gotten too many glata i' the mouth far me. See Gat-toothedy in Wedg. %%(3) »h. the
* vacant place ' made by death. — Pulverbatch. * So the poor owd Squire's gwun ! IfU be a
lungful wilde afore that glafs maden
up — ^theer 6onna be another like *im.' %%OLAVEE [glai'vur'T, v. a. to
flatter with a view to self interest ; to
cajole.— Wem. * 'E glavered 'im o'er till at last 'e stud 'im a
quart' * And l^at wicked fblke *
wymmen bi-traie>, And bigile>
hem of her good • wi> glauerynge wordes.' %%P. PL Or., L 52. W. glafru, to flatter. %%OLEDE [glee-d],
sb. a red spark of fire. — Shrewsburt; Pulver- batch. Qy. com. *Theer wuz a nice glede o'
fire i' the grate w'en I got up this
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WORDS, ETC. 177 %%* Of knith ne Hauede he neuere
drede, l^at he ne sprong forth so
aparke of gledej %%Havdok the Dane^ 1. 91. %%* Her house sae bien, her cnrch
sae dean, %%I wat she is a dainty chucky ;
And cheerlie blinks the m^e-gleed
Of Lady Onlie, honest Lucky I ' %%BoBEBT BuBNS, FoemSf p. 252, 1. 19,
c. 2. %%A.S. glSd, a burning ; fire. %%6LEDES, sb. pi. clear, glowing red
cinders ; glowing wood embers out of a
bread-oven. — Shsewsbxtby ; Pulvebbatch. Qy. com. The gledea from oven-fuel are often collected
into a tin pail for the purpose of
making, or keeping, a dish of food hot, which they do %%. very effectually. '
Sally, put tne men's 'tatoe-pie o'er them gledu bm oome out o* the oven, to keep warm for
supper. %%* And as glowande gledea * gladieth nou^te jns werkmen^ l^at worchen & wa^en * in wyntres
ni^tes, As doth a kez or a candel *
l^at cau3te hath fyre & blaseth.^ %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. xviL 1. 217.
%%* Loke how that fire of smal gledes, that ben almost ded under ashen, wol quicken ayen, whan they ben touched
with brimstone, right so ire wol
evermore quicken ayen, whan it is touched with pride tnat is covered in mannes herte.' — Chauceb, The
Persones TaU {De Ira), %%* For there no noisy railway speeds. %%Its
torch-race scattering smdse and gleede.* %%LoNGFEUiOW, Prelude to ToUb of a
Wayside Inn, %%A.S. glSd; O.Fris. gled; O.Du. gloed, glowing coal. — Stbat.
%%OLEDT [glee'di']} adj, red; glowing; clear; said of a fire. — Shrewsbubt; Tulvebbatch. Qy. com. 'Mind to
'&ve a nice gUdy fire fur makin'
the suppin', else yo'n get it groud.' %%' The cruel ire, as reed as eny
gleedeJ %%Chauceb, The Knightes Tdte^ L 1139, ed. Morris* %%6LEM [glemjL «5.
a gleam; a ray of sunshine. — Pulverbatoh.
Qy. com. ' Man 'ee 'ad e'er a swarm o' bees it ? Theer^s bin some nice glems to-day.' %%' Als |>e knithes
were comen alle, per hauelok lay, ut
of >e halle, iyo stod ut of his
mouth a alem^ Rith al swilk so }>e
sunne-oem ; pat al so lith wa[s] J^are
; bi heuene ! ' %%Havelok the Lane, 1. 2123. %%A.S. gkem, a gleam;
brightness. %%QLEKKT, adj, said of the weather when there are gleams of sultry heat, or alternating sunshine and
showers. — Ibid, 'This %%fUf/nmy weather^s grand for feedin' the corn, now
its dropped the low.' ''Ow lung dun
'ee reckon from blow-drop till 'arroostP'
* About five wik.' %%OLIBB [glei'b], sb., var. pr.^ obsola. the glebe.
— Pulverbatoh. See %%Flecked. %%N %%%%178 8HR0PSHIRB |
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WORD-BOOK. %%OLD) [gild'], sb,, obsoU Milvus
regdlis, the Kite. Com. ^ Bessej, run
r the orchut an* look after thrai young ducks — I eee a glid about, an' the 'en's under the pen, ^n' canna
defend 'em.' %%* MilvuB, gUda,' occurs in Archhp,jEl/ru^s Vocabulary, x.
cent., in Wr. Yocabs., voL L p. 29.
Mr. Wright remarks upon it— *0W«
continued to be the usual English name for the Idte till a com- paratively late period.' He refers, for
example, ' to an English Vocabulary,
xv. cent, p. 188 of the same yolume, where 'Etc Milvm A*', glede/ is found. A.S. glida, a
kite. Cf. Kite. %%OLIHT [glin-t], (1) v, a, to dry ; to wither : the sun
gliwU graai and com. — Clee Hills.
%%(2) adj, dull, as of the edge of a knife— * the knife's y/tnt'- Wbllinotok.
OLOE [glauV], sb, fat. — Pulyerbatoh ; Wem. The following humorous dialogue — ^heard in the
neighbourhood of Pulyerbatoh— is
supposed to be cawed by two crows, one of which has foimd a carrion that the other desires to share
:— First Crow, * All glor, all glor !
* Sec Crow, 'WeerisitP w'eerisitP' First Crow, • Down i' the moor, down i* the
moor.' ;Sec. Crow, ' Shall I come
alung F shall I come alung P' First
Crow, * Bar bwuns, bar b wuns I ' %%P®gg« &^^ 'Galore, fat North.,' and
'Olur, soft £at Lane' Cf. OlorinK D.
S., C. v. OLOS-FAT, cutj. excessively
fat ; an oyer-fed beast would be said to
be ^tor-/a<.— Pulyerbatoh ; Wem. See Gloar-fat in Hal. %%OLUE, sb,f
pec, the gum which exudes from the bark of hardy stone- fruit trees. — Sheewsbxtbt ;
Pulyb&batch. See Lammas-plum. %%OLVE-WABM, adj. lukewarm. — Shbewbbubt.
'Mix the waiter fur naidin' [kneading]
nod more than glue-warm,^ Gt Lew-warm. %%GLUT Fg^iit'], sb, a long
continuance of wet weather. — Pulverbatch.
* We nanna 'ad sioh a glut o' raiu this lung wilde.' %%Cf^LTDE
[^lei'd], (1) v, n, to squint — Wem. Qy. com. %%Ash gives ' Oly, to look
asquint (a local word).' Jamieeon has 'To
Gley, Olye, to squint' %%< Hec stroba, a woman glyande,' and * Etc
strdbo-nis, a ghrere,' occur in a
Nominale, xv. cent, m Wr. yocabs., yol. L p. 226. Bfc*. Wright explains ' Glyande ' as * Glvante,
squinting.' %%See • Olyare or goguleye,*^ in Prompt, Partf,, with Way's note.
Cf Squine. %%(2) sb. a squint. — Tbid,
%%GOB [gob-], (1) sb. A lump of dough or bread; also of cheese.— Shbewsbttrt, Uffington, 'Mother, canna yo'
spar me that gob o' duff to mak*
pot-balls on P' ' No, fui Vm gweln to mak' a pe for yore faither's supper.' %%' Hec massa
An", a gobet of dow,' occurs — ^under the head of Pistor twn suis InstrumeniiS'-m Pietorial
Voeabuiary, xy. cent, in Wr. yocabs.,
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WORDS, ETC 179 %%* Qohet, lumpe. Frushrum, moMa.
Gobet, parte, Para The word gobbet
formerly implied not only a lump, but generally a piece or %%portion of
an3rtmng *' Gbbbet, a lumpe, or a pece, monceau^ %%lopin, chanteau.** —
Palso. The derivation appears to be from
" Chbeau^ a bit, gobbet, or morsell," Cotq.*— Prompt Farv,
and Notes. %%(2) sh, the crumb or
middle part of a loaf, from which the crust has been broken off. — ^Ludlow, Worcestershire
Border, *Some chaps 'ad'n some bayte
at a public, an' p^^lenen the loaf. Wen the owd 56man come in, 'er says — liftin' up 'er
*onds — ** Whad's to become o'
theaoftr" %%* (iobet of a broke thynge (of hole thinge, P.).
Fragment fragmm" turn,* — Prompt,
Parv. %%(3) sb. a rough sod,' or clump of coarse grass in a pasture-field.
— Shrewsbury, Uffington, %%' Oleba, a
gobet of ertiie,' in Way. 01 Hobs and Qobs. %%(4) sh, a mass of refuse
matter, — Colliery ; Weic ; Ellbsmerb.
' Ihe/n turned a fine gob o* sludge out o' that diche— hanna they F '
%%(5) sh, the * worked out' part of a coal-mine. — Colliery; M. T. To httUd the gob is to prop the walls of
the excavations with timber, as each
miner proceeds with his work, in order to prevent them %%. falling in upon
him. See Oob -gate-road, below. %%GOBBLE [gob'l], (1) v. a. to sew or mend in
a rough kind of way. — Shrewsbxtry.
Qy. com. * 'Ere Sally, tak* this owd petticut an' gohhle it up— it inna wuth wastin' time
o'er, but if 11 do to wesh in.' %%CK>BBT [gob'i'], adj. rough; uneven. —
Pulverbatoh.' Qy. com. * This
knittin's deepert onshooty, but I canna 'elp it— the yom's so • gobby,' %%CK)B-OATE-B0AD, sb, a main road
carried into the gob. — Colliery ; M.
T. See Oob (5), above ; also Qate-road. %%OOD A'MIOHTT*S LADT-COW, sb.
Coccinella septem punctata, the Lady-bird.
— ^Pulverbatoh. *This well-known insect is dedi- cated to Our Lady, as appears by the German
name Marien-kd/er or Oottes'kuhlein,
in Carinthia Frauenkuele. in Brittany it is called la petite vache du bon Dieu, and Bohein. Bozj
krawicka, Qt>d's little cow, has
the same meaning.' — Wedo. %%The Welsh name for the ' Lady-bird' is * Y/utoch
coch/ach* = the little red cow. See
Lady-oow. %%OODT' A-TUMMASnT'. See Bk. IL, Folklore, &c., 'Customs connected with Days and Seasons' {St,
Thomas^ Day). %%OOLDEH Aim-gp ^. the Yellow Ammer.— Clun. See Black- smith. %%OOLDEH-CHAIHS, sh. pi. the flowers
of Cytisus Laburnum, Qy. com.
%%OOLBEV-SHOWEBS, u/em.— Pulverbatoh. %%OOLDFIHCH, sb. pec. same as
Coldflnoh, q. v. — Pulverbatoh. %%GOLOBE [guloa-h'r'J, a*iv, in abundance;
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— ' We'n apples goloreJ* — Corye Dale.
' Gaelic, gu lior^ enough, from U6ry an adj. signifying suffi- cient, with the prefix gu, which is used
for conyertmg an a^j. into an adverb.'
— Note in E. D. S., 0. iii. p. 30. %%OOHDEB [gon-durH, (1) «5., var, pr, a
gander. Com. ' Fm gwein to kill my owd
gonder, Maister ; Tye *ad 'im five an' twenty 'ear, an* I know as I should never get my owd tith
throu' 'im, so 111 dress 'im fur the
markit, an' tak' 'im to Soseb'ry o' Saturd'y.' Thus spake Betty Matthews of Castle Pulyerbatch
[1833], and-Hshe sold her * gander I*
%%(2) v. n. to mope about.— Pulyebbatoh. * That fellow's good for nutnin' but gonaer about like a kimet
ship.' %%CK)HE COLD, part, past, become cold. Com. %%GOOD FEW. See Indefinite
Vnmerals, p. xlvi. %%0OODIES-TXJESDAT, «5., obsols. Shrove-Tuesday.—
Pulvbrbatoh ; Clun; Clee Hills. *
Mother, did'n*ee 'ear whad our lickle 8ain
said? — as 'e knowed why it wuz called Ooode^^ChoozcPywaz 'cause Mam al'ays made poncakes. Inna-d-'e mighty
arpit P ' Galled QMt* Tuesday, — Wem.
Grose has * Oooddit^ Shrove-tiae. North.' %%OOOD OLD HAS BEEH, phr. said of
persons or things that have past their
prime. — Pulyerbatch. "Er's a good owd *a» bin* was remarked of a sometime beauty who had lost
aU pretension to be con- sidered such.
%%OOOLD [goo-ld], sb., var. pr,, obsols. gold. — Shrewbburt ; Pultbb- batch; Oswestry. Ooold is a lingering form,
which dates from the time of George
IV., when it was a ' shioboleth ' of good breeding. %%jSOOM fgoom], (1) ^. a
swelling, as from a sprain. — Clbb Hills,
' 'Ow aid'n yo' come by that goom o' yore 'ond ? ' 'I gid it a
kench, but m get some lies [oils] to
it to linnow it a bit.' %%(2) eb,, var. pr. the gum. Qy. com. 'I think 'ell
&Ye a tuth through afore lung—
they bin yery 'ard i' the gooms,* %%OOOM-TITH, sb. pi. molar teeth. Qy. com.
* It wuz one o' my %%foom-tith as ached so, it warched an' nagged, an' gid me
no pace, so went to 'aye it drawed ;
an' the mon, 'e ptit the pinsons on it an'
gid one pool, an' out it comen — but it gid me whad for.' %%Of. ' Lea
dents maschelieres^ The cheeke-teeth, Jaw^teeth, grinders.' — OoTGRAYB, in Bible Word-Booky p. 278.
%%OOOSE-APPLE, sb., obsols.^ a green, juicy cooking-apple, excellent - for sauce. —Pulyerbatch ; Wellington,
Upton Waters. %%OOOSE-OOOS, sb. pi. gooseberries. — Oswbstrt. %%OOSSE-BISD,
sb. Fringilla canndbina, the Brown Linnet — Clun. See below. %%OOSSE-HATCHEB, same as aboye.—
Bridgnorth. This name points to the
bird's habit of making its nest under gorse-bushes. %%€K)SSE-THATCHEE, same
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Europasus^ common Furze. — Com. S. Shr,
* m '&Te a foud 'urdled out by that shad an' waund 55th gorai — if
II be warm fur the beds to ate thar
turmite.' %%' 1643. Payd for 5 loads of Oorste to stop the breaches in the
church ft placing the same with
chardges 17 s. %%' 1649. Bee*, for old gorate that was taken out of the
breaches in the north side of the
church 3 s.' — Churchwarden^^ AccourUs of the Ahbetf, Shrewsbury. %%' pe fox ft >e folmarde *
to |>e fryth wynde^, Hertes to hyie
he)»e * harei to gorste^y ft lyounej
ft lebard^ ' to ^e lake-ryfke&* %%AUiierative Poems^ The Deluge (A.D.
1360, ctrca)* Specim, Early Eng.y
xiii. L 535. %%* Herha ira$, gorst.* — Anglo-Saxon Vocabulary^ xi» cent., in
Wr. Tocabs., YoL i p. 68. A.S. gor$t.
Gf. Goss. %%GOESTT, adj, abounding with 'gorst' — 'a gorsty bonk/ — Com. 8. 8hr. %%CK>SS [go8*], same as Gtorst.
— Newport ; Wem ; Ellesmere. %%' Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goes
and thorns.' %%Tempest, IV. i. 180. %%* QoBBy Furase. Kent. Called in the
North gorse.'— Gbobe. %%0088IPS [gos'sips], sb, p!, sponsors in Holy Baptism.
— Pdlvbrbatch ; Wem; Oswestry.
*Yo'd'naprettygran'Chii8'nin'I'ear — whowun
the goasipe f ' * Ooaaipa enough, fay th ! if they'd'n pickt the
parish they oouldna-d-a fund two
better talkers.' %%' 1540. 12 March thro lycens was christened at Wylley,
Agnes the dought" of BiC*
Charlton of this towne of Wenlok and of Jone his wife, Ooaatbbes wer S' Tho^ Boteler of
Wenlok aforesaid Yicar, and Maistres
Agnes wif Maist' Bic' Lacon Lord of Wylley aforesaid, and the wife of W" Davys of Apley Lode.' —
Begiater of Sir Thomas Boteler ^ Vicar
of Much Wenlock. %%* The^r had mothers as we had ; and those mothers had
goaaipa (if their children were
christened) as we are.' — ^Ben Jonson, The Staple of Newa, The Induction, %%' Ooaaip is still
used by our peasantry in its first and etymological sense, namely, as a sponsor in baptism-^one
aih or akin in God, according to the
doctrine of the mediseval Church, that sponsors con* tracted a spiritual affinity witii one
another, with the parents, and with
the child itself. %%' ** Ooaaipa," in this primary sense, would
ordinarily be intimate and fiimiliar
with one another — ^would have been so alread}*-, or through this affinity would haye become so ; and
thus the word was next applied to all
familiars and intimates. At a later day it obtained the meaning which is now predominant in it,
namely, the idle profitless talk, the
" comm^rage ' (which word has exactly the same history), that too often finds place in the
intercourse of such.' — ^Archbp. Trench, Select Qloaaary, pp. 95, 96. %%See
Way's note in Prompts Parv,, p. 204. A.S. god-aibh, a gossip ; ■ponaor*
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yaponring talk; empty com- pliment. —
^Weh ; Elleshebs. * Oie us none o' yore ^o«fer-— dnn'ee think as folks han no bettw sense till belioTe
it P' %%(2) V, n. to swagger, &c. — Tbid. Pegge gives ' Qoygter, to brag
and swagger ; ' but does not add
locality wnere used. %%GO THY WATS, phr. chiefly addressed to children when
biddtag them begone in a good-humoured
kind of way. — SsREWSBtTBT. Qy. com.
This dlirase, according to Mr. Oliphant, is found for the fini time in the HandXyng Synne [1303], p. 346.
%%' pou mayst ^n sykerly go Yy tc«y0.' %%»M Sources of Standard English, pp.
191—194. %%Shakespeare uses it :— %%* King. Oo thy ways, Kate : %%That man i'
the world who shall report he has A
better wife, let him in nought be trusted, %%For speaking fSalse in that '
%%K, Henry VIILy U. iv. 138. See Come
thy ways. %%OOWD [goud], sh.^ var. pr. gold. — ^Wbllington ; Newport.
Qy. com. , %%* The rank is but the
guinea stamp ; The man's the goiod for
a' that.' %%BoBEBT BuBJrs, Foeme, p. 227, 1. 28, o. 8. %%See Grammar Outlines
{voweh, &c.), O (9), (21). %%OOWBEST [gou'dn], adj\^ var, pr, golden. —
Ibid, %%* Thou paints auld Nature to the nines. In thy sweet Caledonian lines ; Nae gowden stream thro' myrtles twines, %%Where
Philomel^ While nightly breeaes sweep
the yines. %%Her griefs will tell ! '
BoBEBT Bttkns, PoeiiM, p. 114, L 12, c. 2. %%OOWBD [gou'nd], «ft.,
var. pr. a gown. Conu %%* 1756. Pd. for a Gownd for An Bridwaters „ 8 - 9.'—
-C^ttrcA- wardens* Accounts, Hopton
Castle. %%OEACE [gr'ai's], sh.y «ir. j>r. grease. Com. * Whad ! han they
*ad a sale up at the 'ill ? ' * Oh,
aye ! they bin gwun all to raddle an'
rags, an' urchins' [hedgehogs'] yroce— I neyer 'spected the3r'd*n
do any good.' %%OEAPF [gr'af*], fh. a
spade's deptb in digging. — Pulverbatoh;
Wem ; Whitchurch ; Oswestry. Qy. com. %%' The measure of this leaps
[Humphry Kinaston'sl was afterwards
marked out upon Knockin Heath, upon a greene plott by the way^ side that leads from £nockin towards Nescline,
with an H and a IS. cut in the ground
at the ends of the leapa The letters were about an elne long, and were a spade <^# broad
and a spade ^raff deep. These letters
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letters, but did not take the measure
of the distance.' — GK)I7Gh'8 History of Myddlty p. 29. %%• A.8. grafan;
O.IceL grafa; O.H. Germ, graban^ to grave; dig.' — Strat. %%GBAFTDTG - SH07EL [gr'af tin
shuvl], sh. a digging-spade. —
Whitchubch, Tilatock, %%OBAFTIHO-TOOL, (1) «&. a crescent-shaped
implement for cutting the turf,
preparatory to makine the drains in grass-land — Pulyeb- BATCH. Not much used now [1879]. %%(2) $h.
a long spade used lor draining purposes. — Ludlow. See Floating-ahovel. %%(3) •&. a ourred
spade shorter in the iron part than the draining- tool : it is much used in * rabbiting,' as
it digs down to the hole .at two
semi-circular cuts^ whereas a common spade would require three or four to the same end— it thus expedites
matters. —Cues Hills. %%OEAUfJUfO nr THE HORH, phr, A ring appears on a
cow's horn with every calf she has
after the first one, this is called graynin*
«* the 'om. Hence, by metaphor, a woman wajdng in years is said
to be graynin' f ike 'om. Also, as it
is the practice of dishonest cattle-
deiders to file out the grains or rings in a cow's horn, in order to
make her appear younger than she is ;
so, a woman, who by artificial means
tries to give herself a more youthM appearance, is said to ' tak' thd grayna oufn ^er ^oms* — PuLVEBnATCH. See
below. %%OSAIHS [gf'ei'nzy corr. gi^aaju'z], (I) sb, pi. the rings in a
cow's horn. — PuLVEBBATCH. 'That cow's
ten 'ear owd — ^fiir I counted seven
or eight grayna in 'er 'om.' %%. (2) [gr'aayn'z], Pulvsbbatch. [er'ain-z],
Newpobt ; Wbm, »b. pL the prones of a
hay-fork. * Did'n ee 'ear that men's djed at the 'Firmary ^ * * Oo-a F ' * 'Im as 'ad the
pikel grayna potched throu' 'is 'ond —
the Doctor said it brought on tiddinus [tetanus] or summat.' ' Qrain in pi. the prongs of a fork.' —
Jamibson. %%* Dan. green^ branch ; bough ; prong of a fork.' — ^Wedq.
%%OSAHCH [gr'an'sh], (1) v,a. and v. n. to craunch ; to crush forcibly with the teeth ; to grind. — Shbewbbttbt ;
Pttlvebbatch. Qy. com. 'Them
curran'-cakes as yo' buyen bin nasty things — they granch under yore tith like atin' cinders. ' Yo'
shud'n gdo to Plimmer's, an' then
yo'd'n '&ve 'em good.' %%(2) ah, a hard bite. — Ibid. ' Jest see 'ow I
broke my tuth ; theer wuz a bit of a
stwun i' that curran'-cake, an' I gid it a granch ^ an' split a piece off my tuth — ^I'U g5d w'eer
yo' tellen me fur 'em agen.' %%(3) V, a. to bite greedily ; to snatch at, in
eating. — Pulyebbatch. 'All them ship
don granch that bit o' grass up in no time.' Cf. Baunch. %%OSAHHO W JSil [gr'an*oed]i part.
adj\ ingrained with dirt. — ^Wem ;
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Tiolat, With sangwyne cape, the
selvage purpurat.' %%Gawin DoTJGLAfl (A.D. 1613), Prcl, of the XIL Buk of Eneados. Specim, JEng. LU. zdii. L
15. Gf. Grixinowed. %%OSAVHOWS
[gr^an'oez], sb. pi, streaks of dirt left in clothes from had washing ; the term is chiefly applied
to hody-Iinen. — Ibid. Of. Orinnows.
%%OEAHBT-SEAEED, part. adj. oveiSindulged ; coddled— as if hrought up hy a more fond than wise
grandmother. Com. ' Whad a spiled,
pmnikin lickle thing that child is ! ' * Aye, 'er looks like a granny-reared un— duna-d-'er ? * %%OSAHSIS
[gr'an'sur*], sb., obs. a grandsire. — ^Worthbn. * Fve lef the two little ims alung 65th thar gransirJ
%%* Both perles prince and kyng veray ;
- His gracious granseres and his |;rawnaame, His fader and moderis of kyngis thay came. Was never a worthier prynce of name.' %%,
John Auselay, Lines <m K, Henry F/., p. viii. %%• Qrawnayre^ fiaderys
fadyr (grawncyr, S. grauncer, P.). Awu*^ —
Prompt. Parv. %%OBASS-HOOK [gr'as* ukl, ab. a small hook attached to
the head of a scythe-pole which fastens
into the scythe and keeps it steady. —
PULVBRBATCH. Qy. com. %%GBEEir [gr'ee-n], adj, inexperienced ; raw. —
Shbewsburt ; Pulveb- BATCH. Qy. com. *
Whad can yo' expect from a green young wench
like that P — ^far my part Fd as lif he athout as none the
hotter.* ' Riv, Why with some little
train, my Lord of Buckingham P * Bttck,
Marry, my lord, lest, hy a multitude.
The new-heal d wound of malice should hreak out ; Which would he so much the more
dangerous By how much the estate is
green and yet ungovemed.' %%K. Richard III., IL ii. 127. %%OBEEN-HOVD, sb.
one who is unskilled, as an apprentice or new
beginner at any kind of work. — Ibid. * Aye, it's done pretty
well fur a green- oncC^yo*7i get
saisoned to it afore seven 'ear.* %%OBESS [gr*es'], sb. grass. — Newport ;
Ellesmere ; Oswestrt. * Nancy Robuts
married agen, dun'ee say P W'y 'er's 'ardly let the greae grow green on *er poor 'ushan's
grave.' %%* Was neuere non ^at mouhte >aue
Hise dintes, noy)^r knith ne knaue,
pat he felden so dos )>e gres
Bi-fom {70 sy)^ {'at ful sharp is.' %%Havelok the Dane, I 2698. A.S. grcMy grass. %%GEEWED [gr^oo-d], (I)
part. adj. stuck to the saucepan in boiling;
said of milk, porridge, &c.~Wem ; Elleshere. See Orowed.
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smut or dirt attaching to the skin.
^Ibid. See Orowed (2). %%OBEY-HVH [gr'ai* un], sb. a greyhound. —
Pulvbrbatch. *We'n three dogs, but the
grey^'un an' the pynter bin the Squire's.' %%* O.N. gretff grey-hundr, a
bitch.' — Wedo. %%6BEY-MAKE, sb. a managing, rather than a ruling, wife. —
Pulteb- BATOH. Qy. com. *The
grey-mar^B the best 'orse — 'e 56dna do
much good athout 'is wife.' %%6BID [gr'id-1 ab. a grating over a
drain. Com. *'0w did'n yo' come off i'
the starm ? We*d'n a reg'lar flood ; the waiter run through the 'ouse like a bruck — the grid wuz stopt
up at the back.' %%GBIBDLE [gr'id'l], (1) sb.^ ohsols.'i a gridiron. —
Shbewsburt; %%PULYEBBATGH. %%' A strong fur he let make and gret, And a gredd theropon sette.' %%MS. Coll.
Trxn, Oxon. 67, in Hal. %%* Craticulam,' glossed * gridil, ' occurs in the Treatise
of Alexander Neckam, zii. cent., in
Wr. yocabs., vol. L p., 102. W. greiddyll, a
gridiron. %%(2) V. a. to broil ; to grill. — Thid. * Sally, we'n get
on 6^th our worK, an' never mind any
reg'lar dinner to-day — ^we can griddle a
slice o' 'am fur our tay, an' get it yarly.' * Aye, I think as that'll
be best.' W. greidio, to scorch ; to
singe. %%(3) $h. a griU of some sort. — Ibid. ' We mun get the Maister a
bit of a griddle for 'is tay — 'e's
bin a lung journey,' %%6EI0 [gr'igl, (1) sb. a bantam fowl. — Pulverbatoh;
Cleb Hills. ' They'n gid me a couple
o' griga — a cock an' a 'en.' %%(2) $h. Calluna vulgariSy common Ling. Qy.
com. ' What advan- tages then might
bee made of some ereat mosses in Lancashire and elsewhere, that lye near to coal and
limestone, and therefore might well be
spared without making faell dear, and improved at a very small charge, and for the present yield
little or no profit, save some ^rigg
or heath for sheep. — Aubrey's Wilts, M8. Royal 8oc., p. 304, mHAL. %%Bay has ' Orig, Salopjensibus
Heath,' in his ' Catalogue of Local
Words Paralleled with Welch.' W. grug^ heath; ling. %%6SIO-BES0M, sb.
a broom made of ' grig.' Qy. com. ' I like a
grig-besom far sweepin' the imbers out o' the oven, an' then a
clane maukin' to finish up 5dth.'
Grig-besoms are in much request for bam-
fioors. %%OBUB [gr'eiin], sb. smut grained in — differing from *
collow,' which is mere surface
soot.-^LEE Hills. Qy. com. * That 65man's face hanna sid waiter lately — look at the
grime.* *Ant. 8. What complexion is
she of? %%* Bro. 8. Swart, like my shoe, but her fSace nothing like so
dean kept : for why, she sweats ; a
man may go over shoes in the grime of
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Noak's flood could not do it' — Comedy
of Errors^ II. iL 106. Dan. grimy
soot; smut; dirt. %%OAIV [gi'in-], sh. a snare, as for a hare or rabbit,
&c Qj. com. ' Whad's the matter
ooth the cat's fut ? ' 'I 'speot it*s bin ketcht in a grin, an' Vs got a poacher's reward.' %%'
pe loyerd ^at sone undenat Lim and
grine and wel iawat Sette and leide
J^e for to lacche pu come sone to )»an
hacche pu were inume in one grine Al hit abohte >ine schine.' %%Owl and
NighHngaU, H 1055—1069. %%' Even as a bird %%out of the foulers grtn. Escaped away, right so it fareth with us.' %%Sterithold
and HoPKnre (a.d. 1699), F: cxziy. 1,
in BibU Word-Book. %%A.S. grin, a snare. Ber. ' grinned.' %%OBIHDLE-STOirE,
sb, a grind-stone. Qy. com. 'Jack, I shaU
want yo' to turn the grindle-stwun fur me to sharpen the axe.'
See grindelston, in Stbat. %%ORINVED,
part past, trapped in a ' grin.' Qy. com. See above. %%OEIinrEEED, OSnrarEBS,
same as Orinnowed, &c., below.— .
Newport. %%OEIHVOWED [gr*in-oed], part, adj. ingrained with dirt —
Shrews- bury ; PuLVERBATCH. * I 5ddna
yie anythin' to sich a nasty slanny ;
'er clones bin all grinnowed 5dth dirt, an 'er face is as black as
tne aister.' Of. Qrannowed. %%OSIHNOWS
[gr*in*oez], sh. pi, same as Orannows, q. ▼. — Shrews-
bury ; PuLYERBATOH. ' I canna get the grinnowa out if I rub the piece out, they'n bin biled in so many
times.' %%OBIP [gr'ip'], sh, a very small water-channel cut in the ground
for the purpose of letting the rain
run off. — Church Stretton, Longnor. %%' pan birj^e men casten hem in poles,
^ %%Or in a grip^ or in )>e fen.' %%Haveloh the Dane, 1. 2102. %%* Oryppe,
or a gryppel, where watur rennythe a-way in a londe, or watur forowe. ArcUiunctUa, cMuckgium,
oquariunK " Araiiuncuktf fossa
parva que instar sulci araiur, — ^Cath. Ike term grgpe occurs in an award, dated 1424, relating to the
bounds of lands of the Prior of
Bodmin, as follows: *' the bounde that comyth thurgh the doune — goyng don to another stone stondynge of
olde tyme in the bank of a grype, —
^and so the diche (called Kenediche) and the gripe, &c." — Mon. Aug., new ed. from Harl. Oart., 57 A.
35. %%' In Norfolk, Forby states that a trench, not amounting to a ditch.
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still, a grip ; and if extremely narrowi
a gripple.' — Prompt. Parv, and Notes.
'O.Du. grippe (•ti/cua), grip; trench; ditch.' — Stbat. %%OSIBJUV
[gr'is'kin], sb. a lean piece ont of the loin of a bacon-pig, lying between the ham and the flitch. —
Bishop's Castle ; Clttn. %%' In Salop the old Scandinavian gris (the Sandcrit
griekit) is nsed [1220] instead of pig
; hence our griskin : some curious English rimes m the Lanercoet Chroiiicle turn on the
former word.' — Sources of Standard
English, p. 123. %%The following are the rimes referred to by Mr. Oliphant in
the passage quoted above : — %%• Willy
Gris, Willy Oris, ThinJL quhat thou
was, and qiihat thou i&' %%Mr. Wright alludes to the same rimes in his
Glossary to Piers PI. when explaining
the word *grys,* which occurs about three times throughout that work. %%* Oryce, swyne or
pygge. PorceUus, ne/rendis.^ — Prompt. Parv.
See Gris in Jamieson. %%6BIST [gr^ei'st], sb. the quantity of com
ground at once, usually a bag, t. e.
three bushels. — Clxts. 'Tell the nulner to fetch the grist to-daay, an' saay I shall want the batch i'
the momin'.' %%* And moreouer, that all Dowers of the Cite and suburbis of
the same, grynd att the Cite is mylHs,
and noo where els, as long as they may
have sufficiaimt grist, vppon such payms as of old be ordned and provided yn that be-halfe.' — ' Ordinance
of the ** Gild of the Bakers."
Exeter, temp. 22 Edw. IV. to 1 Eichard III.,' in EnglUh Oilds, tJteir Statutes and Customs, E. E. T. S. %%* All
bring grist to your mill.' — ^Bay's Proverbs, p. 194. %%Jamieson gives, '
Orist, fee paid at a mill for grinding.'
A.S. grist, a grinding. Cf. Batch (2). %%O&OATS [gr'au'ts], sb.
pi. dregs or grounds of oatmeaL — Newport.
A.S. grat, ooarse meal. %%QBOVB [gr'ond'], pret and part, past,
ground. — Shrewsburt; PULVKKBATCH. '
The waggoner said 'e ootddna sleep fiir that lad — 'e grond 'is tith all night as if 'e'd bin
gnawin' a w'et^stwtm.' %%'A few verbs have ou, which has arisen out of an o
or oo, as ground = grond {groond) =
[OJB. pret."] grand.^ — Dr. Morris's
Historical English Accidence, p. 161. %%GEOPS [gr^oap*], v. n. to
catch trout with the hands, by feeling for
them in the holes and sheltered places of a stream. — Pitlterbatch. Qy. com. ' I can do no good ddth a net
ketchin' trout — ^I like to grope ftir
'em best under the stouls an' bonks.' %%' Look what ther is, put in thyn hand
and grope, Thow fynde shalt ther
siluer, as I hope.' %%Chattcer, G. 1236 (Six-text ed.), Skeat %%* Gropyn or
felyn wythe hande. Palpo.* — Prompt. Parv.
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farmland, or some portion of it : *
gwun round the ground ' = gone round the &rm ; ' the uwer %%%% similarly
applied. %%OBOTTTS, OBOTrrnrS [gr'ou-ts], PuLVERBATCH. [gr'ou-tinz],
Wbm, $b. pi. settlings of beer ; the
tluck sediment deposited by the * drink'
at the bottom of the cooler, or otherwise in the barrels. * Sally,
ban yo' bin stoupin* the barrel f Look
at this drink, all fuU o' grouU— on'y
fit fur the wesh-tub.* %%* N, grtU, dregs ; gruten^ grouty ; muddy.' — ^Wkdo.
Of. Crap. %%OBOWED [gr'ou'd], (I) part. adj. stuck to the pan in boiling :
said ofndlk, &c. — Shrewsbury;
Pulverbatch; Clun. *Wy, Bessy, this
suppin's bwiled till it's all growed to the pot — ^whad says owd Nancy Andrus o' Churton G-reen ? — %%**
It's saut, sour, an' sutty, Thick,
growedf an' lumpy, Like the Devil's
porritch." ' %%Lancelot, in the MercTuint of Venice {TL iL 18), uses the
expression grow tOf and the following
note upon it is found in the edition of the
Clarendon Press Series {Select Plays), * Grow-to, a household phrase applied to milk when burnt to the bottom of
the saucepan, and thence acquiring an
unpleasant taste. " (>rown " in this sense is still used in Lincolnshire (Brooden's Diet, o/Frov.
Words, &c.).' Of. Bishopped (2),
also Orewed (1). %%^2) part adj. ingrained with dirt — a term chiefly applied
to the 8kin.---SHREWSBTJRY ;
PuLVERBATCH. 'That poor child^s never 'afe
weshed— the dirt's reg'lar growed in tell yo' mefn sow aids i'
the ridges on 'er neck.' Of. Orewed
(2). See %%%%OBOZIEB [gr'oazh-yur*], sb., var. pr., ohsoh.'i a grocer. —
Shrews- bury; PiTLVERBATOH. * Whad
grozier dun yo' dale 66th P' 'Well, I
al'ays go6 to Bromley's — yo' sin one knows the &mily.' See -ier.
%%OBVBBY [gr'ub'i'l, adj. small; poor; stunted. — Shrewsburt; PxTLVERBATCH. Qy. com. 'The cabbitoh bin
poor gmbhy-loohR' things this time.'
%%OBVMPY [gr'um'pi*], adj. peevish; testy; ill-tempered. — Shrews- BXTRY ; Pulverbatch. Qy. com. * "
Grumpy," whad els yo' to-dav ?
Yo' bin as grwmpy as yo' knowen 'ow to be — if I canna plase yo I shall jest gie yo' lave to plase yoreself.'
%%OTJDOEOB'S fguj-unz], {\) sh, pi. the iron pivots in the wooden axle of a wheel-barrow. — ^Pulverbatch ; Ludlow.
* Tell the smith to mak' a par o'
gudgeons fur the wilbarrow.' %%* The gudgions of the spindle of a wheele.' —
Nbmendaior, in Wr. %%(2) sh, pi. the pinions on which a windlass turns. Oom.
M. T. OVLCH [gul'sh], V, a. to swallow
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Tunkiss is no better thaii a wencli at
'arroost-work, but 'e can gulch the drink out o' the bottle as well as e'er a chap i* the fild.' %%' Du.
gvJleifiy to swallow greedily; suck down,* in Wedcu %%G£ Guttle, also Loach
(I). %%OULL [gul*], sb, an unfledged gosling. — Clun ; Cleb Hills. %%' And
Terily 't would vex one to see them, who design to draw disciples after them, to lead a crew of
gvlh into no small puddles by having
obtained the repute of baing no meanly understanding gander** — ^Treitchfielb (a.d. 1671), Cap of Grey
Hairs, p. 8. %%Mr. Wedgwood says gull simply means an ' unfledged bird.*
So Shakespeare has it : — %%' And
being fed by us you used us so As that
ungentle gtUl, the cuckoo's bird,
TJseth the sparrow. • • . •* %%1 KiThg Henry /F., V. i. 60. %%See also
the ' naked guU * in Timon of AthenSy IL i. 31. Of. the Celtic: — W. gwylan; Cornish, gullan; Bret,
gwdan, a sea-gull. Hence, perhaps,
guU, an appellation given to other birds. Cf. Gully, below. %%OTJLLET [gnl'it], (I) sb. &
parcel or portion, as of a field. — Ludlow.
"E's a good ^^ o* that side the fild.' %%* And the residewe
beinge xx. li. lyeth in sundrye gullettee in severall townes and shers.' — Ludlow Muniments,
temp, Edw, VI., in Wr. %%(2) sb. a long, narrow piece of land. — ^Wbllinoton.
*I*ve bin down the gullet gettin*
rawnies.' Cf. Slcuig. %%(3) sb, a passage opening out of a street — a
'cul-de-sac,' not a thoroughfare. —
Shbewsbitry. * I say, w*eer does that 55man live as maden yore gownd P * ' W'y, 'er lives up
that gullet by Hughes the painter's
shop, o' yore left-hand side as yo* gwun up the Cop. %%* Fr. gouletj a narrow
entrance to a harbour ; O.fV. goule for gueule,^ —Pick. Cf. Shut (2). %%CnJLLT, same as
Onll, above. Com. %%OXTMPY [gum-pi*!, adj. lumpy; uneven. — ^Pulverbatoh.
'This 5611en yom's mighty gumpy —
^it'll mak* a rough stockin*.' CI Gobby. %%fim [gnn*], sb.f obsols. a
broad-cast turnip-sower of a peculiar
description. It is a hollow tin cylinder about ten feet lon^,
divided into compartments, each of
which has apertures furnished with slides
to open or close at pleasure — ^the upp^r one is for admitting the
seed, the lower one for letting it
out. Tne slide by which the seed is dis-
tributed is perforated with holes of various sizes for the purpose
of regulating tne quantity of seed to
be sown. The gun is held by two
handles, and the man who uses it carries it before him in a horizontal position, shaking it as he goes along. —
Clee Hills. %%GTJSOBOHS [gur*-junz1, sb, pi. coarse refuse from flour.
Com. Ourgeons are produced from the
inner skin of the grain. They are
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of refuse meal obtained.firom the
prooesses of ' dressing' the flour. %%Gf. *Ft, escourgeonf a kind of
base and degenerate wheat, which being
ground pelds very white, but very light, and little nouzishing meaL* — Howell's Dictionary^ ed. 1673.
%%*O.Pr. facourchier, escorce; de cortex.* — Bus. %%' Cortexy a rinde or
bark; a shell or pill.' — Diet. Etym, Lot, %%See Sharps. %%QTTTH [guth*],
sh,, var. pr. a girth. — Newport ; Ellesmbre. %%OTTTTEB [gut'ur*], (I) eb. 2l
narrow (natural) watercourse, generally
' flowing into a brook — Grub's Gutter; Hope Gutter , &c. — Clun.
%%. (2] sb. . The fissures or rifts in the Longmynd (Stretton Valley
side) are locally known as gutters. —
Church Stretton. Whatever their
producing cause may have been — geologists differ as to that — these gutters now serve as channels for- the
mountain streamlets, which, issuing
from spring or bog, flow down them — almost invariably from . their summit8--to the vaUev below. %%O.F.
gutiere, * Fr. gouttiere, a channel or gutter.' — ^Wbdg. %%(3) [guot-ur*].
See Brain. %%OITETLE [gut-1], V, a. to drink greedily. — Wbm. Qy. com. *
Them chaps binna fur work, all they
wanten's to guttle the drink down thar
throttles.' See Outtle, in Wedo. C£ Ghilch. %%OTLAVD [gei'land], sb, a
sloping piece of land; a high bank.^—
Oswestry, Welsh Border. W. ceuian, a hollow bank ; T-geulan^ a sloping bank. %%%%H. The remarks on the
omission of this letter as an aspirafceyin
• Grammar Outlines, p. xxxviii., may be aptly illustrated by the word house as spelt in an inscription in
the entrance hedl of the old
half-timbered dwelling-place in Brid^^north, which was built by Bichard Forster, A.D. 1580, and in which
Bp. Percy was bom, AJ>. 1729. The
inscription runs thus : — %%EXCEPT • TIE • LORD -BVILD -THE OWSE TIE- LABOVRERS- THERE -OF- EVAIL • NOT • ERECTED BY R • FOR • %%* 1580
%%The quaint use of the symbol 4> to represent the last syllable of FoTster is very curious, and probably
exemplifies the local pronun- ciation
of star at that period. Something very like it obtains in many parts of Shropshire at this day. %%HACK
[ak*], (1) v. a. to chop; to mince. Com. 'Now, 'aek them garrits, an' get the bif an' bacon up fur
the men's dinner.' %%' And leet comaunde anon to hakke and hewe The okes olde, and leve hem on a rewe In oulpous wel arrayed for to brenne.'
%%Ghaxtcer, The Knightes Tate, L 2007, ed. Morris. %%O.Du. haek^n, to chop;
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and lights of a pig, undivided. — —
^Ellesmere, WeUhampton. %%*'I£ackf the Lights, Liver, and Heart altogether/ —
Academy of Armory ^ Bk. 11. ch. ix. p.
181. CL Haslet. %%(3) ah. a small pick
used in getting coal. — Colliery ; M. T. Ash
has this, which he caUs ' a local word ; ' and Bailey — ed. 1782—
says it is ' North Country.' Cf.
Maondrel. %%EACK'AVE, 8h. the handle of a ' hack.'— J&zc^. See Auve.
%%EACKEK, sh. a short, strong, slightly curved implement of a peculiar kind, for chopping off the branches of
fallen .trees, &c. — Clee Hills ;
Ludlow, Cleooury Mvrtimer (Forest of Wyre). Cf. Brummock. %%' Axe,
hacker^ mittins, and other small tools.' — Aucttoneeff^s Catalogue (Stoddesden), 1870. %%HACKLE [ak'l], (1)
^&. a cone-shaped covering of straw placed over bee-hives to protect them from wet and
cold. — Fulyerbatoh ; Cluk ; Newport.
%%Compare * Heyke^ garment. Lacerna* with Way's note in Prompt Parv., p. 232. Also, *A.S. hacde; Goth.
hakuU; O.Icel. Mkull; O.H.Germ.
hachul, hackle^ garments,' in Strat. %%r2) V, a. to cover the hives with '
hackles.' — Ibid, * It's gettin' time
to ackU an' clicket the bees — theer'U be a snow afore lung.' %%(3) V.
a. to cover out-standing com, by placing inverted sheaves over the * mow ' in such a manner that the
straw spreads out, and forms a
weather-thatch to throw off wet. — Ibid. * I 'spect the glass is gwein down, far the^n begun to ^ackle
the com i' the lung leasow, an I see
the Maister busy among 'em.' Cf. Hattock. %%HACXLIKO-SHEAVES, sb. pi. the
sheaves turned down over the * mow.*
—Ibid, Cf. Hattocka. %%HACXVET [ak'ni'], sb. a saddle-horse — an easy-paced,
ambling nag. — Fulverbatch. Qy. com.
*WhadI han'ee got two ^ackneysV ' Aye,
that's a spon new un fiir the Missis — the jockey's oomin' to break it nez' wik.' %%' Er we had riden
fully fytie myle. At Boughton vnder
Blee vs gan atake A man, that clothed
was in clothes blake, %%%%His hakeney^ that was al pomely grys, So swatte, that it wonder was to see ; It semed he had priked myles three.'
%%Chaucer, G. 569 (Six-text ed.), Skeat. %%' Svne to thi tennandis & to
thi wawafouris If effy haknay9,
palfrais, and curfouris.' %%Lancelot of the Laxky 1. 1730. %%• Hakeney
horse.. BajtUuSy equi/erua.^ — Prompt. Parv,
O.Fr. haequenSe. %%HADDSV. See Oranmuur Outlines, verb Have. %%%%192
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o)>er * here tenes & here sorwe,
^at sadly for ei\>erB sake * hodden suffred long.* %%William of Fdleme,
L 1014, %%HASITA. See Orammar Outlines, verb Have. %%* Sym, I wad na baulk my
friend his blithe design^ Gif that it
hadna first of a' been mine.' %%Allan Eahsay, The Gentle Shepherd^ U. L p.
25. %%HAO [ag*], (1) ah. a plantation; a coppice; or part of a wood enclosed for any special purpose. —
^Wellington. %%' This said he led me over holts and hags^ Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I
drew.* %%Fairfax' (a.d. 1600) Taseo, viii. 41, in Nares^ %%There is a farm
called the Hag a few miles south of Bridgnorth, in the parish of Highley, and not fiskr from
the Forest of Wyre. %%Mr. Halliwell says, ' The park at Auckland Castle was
formerly called the Ha^.* %%'A.S. haga;
O.Du. hage (haghe); O.IceL hagi^ locus sepe circum- datus.'— Strat. Cf. Hay. %%(2) 8b. an
allotment of limber for felling.— Glee Hills; Lxtdlow; Bridgnorth. %%When a wood is to be cut down
and a number of men are engaged to do
it, they conduct the operation on this wise : — they range tiiem- selves at the edge of the wood at about
forty yards apart, then they start,
proceeding in straight lines through the wood, hewing down the underwood, and hacking the outer bark
of the trees witii tiieir ' hackers *
as they go along ; shouting to each other in the mean while, in order to keep their respective
distances, till they reach the farther
limit The lines thus cleared form the boundaries of the hag apportioned to each man to felL %%A
line of demarcation of this kind is called by the wood-cutters in the neighbourhood of Gleobury Mortimer a *
6/tM,* — ^they make a hli88y and in
doing it ' brase ' — as their term is— -the outer bark of the trees, i. e. cut and slash it : in using
this expression brase they preserve an
old word, meaning — according to Mr. Halliwell — * to make ready ; to prepare,* in its early sense, applying
it as they do, to their work of
preparation for the hag. See Hagways, N. and Q. [dth S. xi. 257.]
%%(3) »b. work taken by contract; a job of work.— Pulverbatch; WoRTHEN ; Ellesmere. ' Whad ! bin'ee
road-makin*, James Y ' ' No, Tm on'y
doin' a bit of a 'o^ fur owd Tummas — ^*e's gwun to 'is club to-day.' %%EAGOIS [ag'is], eh. Not the
' Great chieftain o* the puddin'-iace,'
the Scotch ' Uaggie^ immortalized by Burns, but the smaller
entrails of a calf; what the *
chitterlings' are in a pig. — Oltjn. %%' OmoMiSy i. tripa vd ventricmue qui
continet alia viecera, a trype, or a
podynge, or a wesaunt, or haggesy in Way. %%EAGOIT [ag'i't], part,
adj., var. pr. harassed ; careworn ; emaciated ; * bagged. — Pulverbatch. * Poor Nancy
Poppet looks despert *aggiit as if er
worked 'ard an' far'd 'ard.' Ash has '
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and carve in notches. — Shrewsburt ; M
; I^LESMEBE. Qy. com. ' Donna yo' *aggle the mate i' that r — ^I conna bar to see it.' %%%%HAGGLE Wem
way- %%< Suffolk first died : and York, all haggled over, %%Comes
to him, ' %%K. Henry F., IV. vi II. %%* The manner of carving is not only a
very necessary branch of information,
to enable a lady to do the honours of her table, but makes a considerable difference in the
consumption of a family. . . . . .
Some people Imggle meat so much as not to be able to help half a dozen persons decently from a large tongue,
or a sirloin of beef ; and the diui
goes away with the appearance of having been gnawed by dogs.' — Domestic Cockery^ p. vi. ed. 1812
— 1815 (?). %%* Sw. dialect, hagga^ to hew.'— Wbdo. C£ Kag (3). %%(2) V. n.
to dispute ; to bicker. — Shrewsbury ; Pulverbatch ; Wem. Qy. com. * Who said it 66nna ? — ^yo'
wanten to ^aggh^ dun'ee — yo' bin
always ready for cposs-pladin'.' %%' Fris. hagghen, rixari. — ^KiHan,' in
Wedo. %%* RixoTy to braule, to scould, to strive and quarrel' — IHct»
Etym, Lai, Cf.Argy(I). %%(3) V. n. to
drive a hard bargain ; to be tedious in coming to an agreement about price. Qy. com. * 'E's a
rar* chap to drive a bargain, 'ed ^
aggie a nomr fur sixpence.' Cf. '«'''•'•'-' %%%%HAIFEB [ai'fur'], «6., rar.
pr, a heifer. — Corvb Dai^ ; Clbb Hills.
* Hayfare^ is given as the gloss of 'juvenca * in a Metrical
Vocabulary ^ perhaps xiv. cent., in Wr.
vocabs., vol. i. p. 177. %%See * Hek/ere, Juvenea,* with Way's note in
Prompt. Parv,, p. 234. %%A.S. hedh/ore, a heifer. %%HAIHOW [ai'ouj, sh.
Gecintis viridis, the Green Woodpecker. —
BRmaKORTH, Cndmarsh, 'Pimardy a heighaw, or woodpecker.' — Cotgrave's French Dictionary, See Ecall.
%%HAIBY-TAILOS^ sh, the caterpillar of Aretia caja^ the Tiger-moth. Clun, Tvntchm. C£ Tommy-Tailor.
%%HALF-SOAKED, part, adj, said of persons of feeble mind or of silly expression. — Shrewsbury ; Whttchuroh. '
That chap looks as if 'e wuz on'y
^afe^doaked,* Qi, Finiahed. %%HALF-STSAIHED, part. adj. simple ; silly ;
half-witted. Qy. com. ' Well, I think
the Maister wuz to blame to trust a ^afe-strained auf like 'im, o5th a sperited 'orse — ^'e met a
bin sure 'e'd spile it.' %%HALLAHTED [alontid], sh,, ohsoU, the time of the '
Festival of All- Saints.' —
^Pulverbatch. G£ Alhalontid. %%HALTER [aat'ur'], Com. [ou'tur'], Ludlow, sh.
It \& commonly said of a person m
impotent rage that he is ' as mad as a tup in a 'attfer.' %%HAKES [ai'mz], ah, pi. the two
crooked pieces of wood which encompass
a norse-coUar, and to which the traces are attached. — Pulverbatch ; Newport. Qy. com. %%O %%%%I*
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esteles,' mth ' hame$ ' as the gloss of
* esteles,^ occurs in The Treatise of Walter de Biblesworih, xiiL cent.,
in Wr. tocabs., toL i. p. 168. %%*
Attelle, terme de Bourrelier, espece de planche ehantonm^e qu*on attache au devant des colliers des cheyaux
de chaixettes. The Aaum.' — Chamb.
%%*Du. haam; hame; horse-collar.' — Strat. Cfl Homes. %%HAH. See Grammar
Outlines, verb Haye. %%' & gode sire, for godes loue ' also grete^ wel
oft alle my freyliche felawes *
)>at to l^is forest longes, han
pertilyche in many places * pleide wi)? ofte.* %%William of Paiemey 1. 361.
%%* For al ys good that hath good ende,
When ^e han mended 30 han do mys. %%This ys no nay.* %%John Audelay's
Poeme, p. 64. %%* ** They ?Mn,** which you may read in Chaucer, and hear in
York- shire and Derbyshire, is a
contraction, hav-en,* — Feoge's Anecdote*
of the English Language, p. 202, ed. 1814. %%A.S. habban, to haye.
%%HAH D-BBEADTH. See Weights and Measnres, p. xciii. %%* Hand-breadth (Ex.
xxy. 25), a measure of length now rarely used ; a palm. Horses are still measured by
liands. Compare £zek. xl. 43.' — Bible
Word^Book. %%* Others haye thoueht, that it [|the grape of Amomum]
oommeth from a shrubbe like Myrtle,
& caneth not aboue a hand-bredth, or 4
inches in height.' — Holland's Pliny, xii. 13, in ibid. %%' She's
bow-hough'd, she's hein shinn'd, Ae
limpin' leg a hand-breed shorter;
She's twisted ri^ht, she's twisted left. To balance £sur in ilka quarter. %%%%Sic a
wife as Willie had, %%I wad na ^e a button for her.' %%BoBEBT BuBNS, Poems,
p. 207, 1. 14, c. 2. %%* Hande Brede. Palmtis.* — Prompt. Parv. A.S. hand-brdd, a hand's breadth.
%%HAVDKEBCHEE [ang'kur'chur'], 8b. a handkerchief. Qy. com. %%' Oliver if you
wiU know of me %%What man I am, and how, and why, and where This handkercher was stained.' %%As You
Like It, IV. iii 97. %%' Handdoth (Sax. hondclath) was the old and more
proper word for that which we now call
a Handkercher.^ — ^Blount, Olossographia,
p. 298. %%See * Kerche,^ with Way's note, in Prompt. Parv., p. 272.
%%Of. Hanshaker. %%HAHSLASS, $h. a windlass. Com.— M. T. %%%%GLOSSARY OF
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Folklore, &c., * Games.' %%HAVGltAH'S-WAOES, eh. pi., alA money paid
before-hand for work. Shrewsbury. See
Hal. %%HAHSEL [an'sl], {\) sh. the first money received in the day on
the sale of goods.— Shrewsbury ;
Pulverbatch. Qy. com. * Bless yo',
Missis, tak' stunmat off me jest fur 'ariael; Tve carried my basket
all mornin' an' never soud a crock.
Thank yo'. Missis, 111 spit on this,
an' 'ope if 11 be lucky.' %%' And, fiercely drawing forth his blade,
doth sweare That who so hardie luind
on her doth lay, It dearely shall aby,
and death for handseU pay.' %%Spenser, F. Q., Bk. YI. o. xi. si zy. %%' It is
a common practice among the lower class of hucksters, pedlars, or dealers in fruit or fish, on receiving
the price of the first goods sold that
day, which they call hansel, to spit on the money, as they term it, for good luck.' — Grose, Popular
SuperstitioiiB, %%* Hansel ffrom the Brittish honsd) ; he that bestows the
first money with a Tradesman, in the
morning of a Fair or Market, is said to give
bim Handsel, quasi Handsale* — Blount's Olossographia, p. 298. %%' **
Hansale, Strena,** — Cath. " Strena est bona sors, Anglice han- selL" — Ortus. ** Hansell, estrayne, I
hansell one, I gyue hun money in a
mornyng for suche wares as he selleth, ie estrene" — Palso.' Prompt Parv. and Notes. %%' O.IceL handsal,
handsel (hansel).' — Strat. %%A.S. hand-sylen, a giving into the hands. Of.
Amess. %%(2) r. a. to try, or use, a thin^ for the first time. —
Pulverbatch. Qy. com. ' I never aid
sich a time fur wet ; I thought to ^ansel my
new bonnet o' Wissun-Sunday, but it rayned all day lung — ^it'll
get owd a-lyin* by.' %%* and Hose ^e
dissheres, %%Godfrey of garlekehithe * and gryfin )>e walshe, And vpholderes an hepe * erly Di ^
morwe Geuen glotoun with glad chore *
good ale to hansel.'^ %%Piers PL, Text B., pass. v. 1. 326. %%* ** . . . To
hanselle, strenare, arrare.** — Oath. Ano. ** EstreinS, handselled, that hath liie handsell or
first use of." — CoTO.' See Way. %%HAHSHAKEB [an'shukur^], ah., var. pr.
a handkerchief. — Wel- UNGTON. Cf.
Kandkercher. %%HAVTLE [an-tl], sh. a handful. Qy. com. ' I'll scaud a 'anfh
o' 'ops an' bmd it to the mar's leg —
it'll bring the swellin' down.' %%HantU, in Southern Scotch, means a good
many, a considerable number or
quantity ; and Dr. Murray says, * the word seems to be hand-tal, a hlEmd-tale or number.' —
Dialect of the Southern Counties of
8et4land, p. 178. %%See Grammar Outlines {nouns compounded with ^ful
'), p. zliii« %%HAPPSV [ap-n], adv. perhaps ; probably. — Ck)LLiERT. * 'Appm
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faine ; %%& that may be seene by thy Master & thee ; ffor you may happen think itt soone
enoughe when-euer you that shooting
see." ' %%Northumberland betrayed by DowglaSy 1. 181. Percy, Folio MS., vol. ii. p. 224, ed. Hales and
FumiyaiL %%P^go gives, 'Happen and Haply, perhaps. B^ppen I may go. Derb.' Cf. Mayhappen. See Behapp^n.
%%HABBSV [aa'r'dnl v, a,, pec. to air clothes — damp from the washing. — ^Clun, Here/d. Border. * Mind as yo'
^ard'n them things afore yo* putten
'em away.' A.S. heardian, to harden. %%HABB-YEDS [aa-r'd yedz], sb. pi. the
hard, globose heads of
CentaurSa-nigra, black Knapweed. — ^Welunoton. %%HABIFFE [ae'r'if],
sb. Galium Aparine, Goose-grass or Cleavers.
Com. %%*Hec uticdla, haryffe/ occurs in a Nominale, zv. cent., in
Wr. Tocabs., YoL i. p. 226. Mr. Wright
has the following note upon it : — *
In Gloucestershire the name hairiff is ^ven to the plant called more usually goose-grass or cleavers; ... in the
north it is applied to catdiweed.' SSb
* Hayryf^ in Frompt. Parv., with Way's note. %%HABHISH [aa'r'nish], (1) sb.
horse-trappiDgs ; harness. — ^Pulvbr-
batgh; Ludlow; Wem. 'The ^arnish mus' be brought i' the kitchen, it's gettin' quite mouldy.' See
below. %%(2) V. a. to put the harness on horses. — Ibtd. * TeU Jack to
*artmh the mar' ; I* want to g66 as
&xe as the Be&s-leech, for that cow's
despert bad.' %%John Audelay uses this form in the sense of to garnish
or decorate : — %%* he is a gentylmon and jolyl^ arayd, %%Hi ft gurdlis
hameachit with silver, his baaLard hongus bye.' %%Foema, p. 10. %%* O.Fr.
hamaMher^ hamacher, gamir, gquiper Oe mot ne %%derive pas de I'allemand
hamisch; . . . cest le contraire qu'il eiit
fallu aamettre . . . [c'est] du celtique : kymri haiam, anc.
breton Tioiam, irlandais iaran, fer.'
See further, in Bub. %%EABBOOST [aar'-ftost], sb., var. pr. harvest —
Shrewsburtj PuLVERBATCH. * Back
harr8o»t ' is aiter the harvest. • Wen's yore
wakes, Tum P ' ' Oh, back o' 'arrSoHj Der. < harroosting.'
%%HABBOOST-DBnTK, sb. strong, twelvemonth -old ale. — Ibid. They*n got some o' the beet owd beer at
GofTs o' Wes'ley as ever I tasted.
'Aye, they wun al'ays noted fur good ^arrifoti'drink,^ See Brink. %%HABBOOSTDTO, sb. the act of
getting in the harvest.— 72>u;. ' Our
Dick's gwun o61^ Jack Sankey an' a lot on 'em down toert Atcham an' Emstrey ^-arrdoetin^ — yo' sin they bin
jrarlier down theer ; they'n get three
wiks 'arrdoet wages, an' be back time enough fur ours.' %%HABIIT-LOHO-LEOS,
sb. Tipula giganUa, Great Crane-fly. Com. %% OLOSSART OF ARCHAIC AND
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WORDS, ETC. 197 %%**Arryf ^Arry-lung-legSt CouldiQa say 'is prars ; Ketcbt 'im by the lef leg, An thro wed 'im down stars.' %%Children's Doggerel
Verse. %%HAESLET [aar'-sli't], ohsoUA same as Haslet, q. v. — Clee
Hills- Mr. Halliwell glosses this
word, ' A pig^s chitterlings,' and quotes,
' A haggise, a ciiitterling, a hog^s harslet,' — Nomefidator, p. 87.
%%In the Domestic Cookery^ p. 64, ed. 1812 — 1815 (P), there are
directions for dressing a Fig*s HardA
: — ' . . . chop the liyer^ sweetbreads, &c., . . . when mixedf, put all into a cawl, and
fiEuten it up ti^bt with a needle and
thread. Boast it on a hanging jack, or by a string.' This would be a haggis. Altematiye instructions
are — * Or serye in slices with
parsley for a/ry/ Of. Fry (2). %%HABVEST-BEEB, same as Harroost-drmk. Qy.
com. %%HABTEST-OOOSE. See Bk. II., Folklore, &c., < Customs ' {harvest),
%%HASAM-JASAM [ai'zum jai'zum], adj, equal, as in weight, size, or yalue. — Pulverbatch. *Theer wuz fifteen
faggits i' one lot, an' sixteen i' the
tother, an' I put 'em little an' big together, to mak' 'em as 'isam-Jasam as I could.' %%HASK [as'k],
sb, a hoarse, hard cough. — Newport ; Wem ; Whit- OHTTRCH. * 'E's gotten sich a *ask on *im.'
%%' He hath a great fiaskness^ gravi asthmate implicatur.' — Sorman, in Wedo. See below. Of. Hoost, also Wisk.
%%HA8KT [as'ki'l, adj. harsh; dry; arid. — Wem; Whitchurch. ' A *asky cougn ; ' ' 'asiky winds ; ' '
'ard an' *askg land.' See harske or
?uukef with Way's note, in Prompt, Parv., p. 228. IceL Jieskr, hcutr, harsh. %%HASLET [as*li'tj, ah,, obsols.l
the heart, liver, and lights of a pig,
taken out entire— with the wind-pipe attached. — Pulyerbatch ; Olttn. ' We shanna a to bwile the pot o'
Friday, theerll be the *adet fur the
men's dihners.' %%' There was not a hog killed within three parishes of him,
whereof he had not some part of the
luulet and puddings.' — Ozell (first half
18th cent), BahelaiSf Bk. iii. ch. 41, in Nares. %%* Haslet [probably
of Haste^ F. a Spit, because being usually
roasted], the Entrails of a Hog.'— Bailey, ed. 1727. %%* Fr. hastille,
hasterely hastemenue, the pluck or gather of an animal.' — ^Wedg. Of. Harslet, also Hack. %%HASP
[as'p], sb, a fastening for the lid of a box — a folding clasp with staple attached which falls over the
lock : the staple fits into an
aperture on one side of the key-hole, and is there secured by the
bolt of the lock. Oom. ' I lost the kay,
an' didna like to break the 'asp, to I
knocked a bwurd out o' the bottom.' %%' And undeme)>e is an hasp, shet
wify a stapil and a clasp.' %%jR. Coer de Lion, L 4083, in Strat. %%' Clavis
vel sera^ hespe,' occurs in Semi-Saxon VocdbtUary, xii. cent., in Wr. Yocaba, Tol. i p. 92. |
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%%%%198 SHROPSHIRE WORD-BOOK. %%* ** Haspe of a
dore, cltcAetfc."— Palso. ** Agraphe, a claspe, hook, brace, popple, haspe.'* — CoTO. In this
last sense the word ha9pa %%occurs m tne Sherbom Cartulary, MS where, among
the g:ift8 %%of William the sacrist (xii. cent?), is mentioned, *' Miasale
cum haspd argenttd,'^'—WAY. %%Bailey—
ed. 1782— has, * An Hasp, a Sort of fastening for a Door, Window, &c.' %%A.S. hcspa, hcesp, a
hapse, hasp, the hook of a hinge. 0£ Clicket (1). %%HASTEKER [ai'snur'], sb.
a long funnel-shaped tin vessel for warm-
ing * drink ' quickly : when used for this purpose it is put into the
fire, not upon it, as a saucepan would
be. — Obaven A&ms. See Sadener, in
Wedg. Cf. Horn. %%HAT [sit'\ pret, obsoh. heated. — Pulverbatch. *WhadVee
bin doin all momin*? — I 'a* the oven
an' knad the bread afore the men comen
in fur thar bayte, an' yo'n bin pitherin' o'er them tuthroe milk- things all this wilde/ %%HAT-BAT, sb, the
Long-eared Bat. — Pulverbatch ; Worthek. Cf.
Billy-bat, also Flitter-mouse. %%HATCHEL, same as Hetohel, q. v. —
Cleb Hills. %%* An Hatchely of which there are several sorts, one finer than
another, these are long Iron Pinns set
orderly in a Board with which Hemp and
Flax is combed into fine haires.'— Academy of Armory y Bk. III. ch. iii. p. 106. %%HAT-FTJLL-OF-FEATHEBS,
(1) sb. the nest of the Long-taUed %%Titmouse.— Oswestry. %%* Meanwhile
Bupert, wandering listlessly about the pool, and keep- ing his eye on the hushes, discovered the
most beautifmlv-constructed nest of
any of our English birds — that of the long-tailed tit. This nest was about as large as a small
cocoa-nut, and just the shape of one,
with a small hole in the side, near the top, to admit the birds. It was made of mosses, feathers, and hair,
and was encrusted on the outside with
lichens, until it looked as if it were spangled with frosted silver. Inside, it was so full of fine soft
feathers, that it quite justified the
name it bears among the country lads of a '* hat fall of feathers.^* ' — G. Christopher Dayies, Bamhle$ and
Adventures of Our School Field-Club,
p. 136, ed. 1875. %%(2) eb. the nest of the WiUow Wren. — Oswestry. %%This
nest * is a rounded structure with a hole in the side, through which the bird obtains admission into the
interior. . . . The materials of which
it is composed are generally leaves, grasses, and moss, and the interior is lined with a warmer bed of
soft feaUiera^' — Wood's Natural
History (Birds), vol. ii. p. 281. %%HATHOEN [aath'ur'nl, sb., var. jjr. the
hawthorn. — Pulverbatch. * I went to
Cunder [Condover] church o' Wissun- Sunday to see the poor owd Maister's grave, an come the fut
road across the Park back — ^it wuz
grand, the ^athurn trees wun blowed as w'ite as a sheet' %%HATTOCK [at*uk],
v. a. to cover reaped com in the field with
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%% OLOSSART OF ARCHAIC AND PROVINCIAL WORDS, ETC.
199 %%HATT0CK8, sh. pL sheayes of com inverted over the *xnow* to inrotect it fh>m wet. The two end
sheaves of the * mow,' which con-
sists of eight sheaves, are taken as hattocks for the remaining six.
— Ellesmbre, Wehhampton, Compare O.N.
hottr (later Awttr), which had,
according to Cleasby, the primary meaning of the cowl of a cloak, and seems to be allied to helta, a
hood, with A.S. hcUeVt clothing;
apparel. Whence hait + ock^ a covering. %%* An Hattock is three Sheafs
laid together.' — Academy of Armory^
Bk. ni. ch. iii. p. 73. ' %%Ghrose gives ' Hattock^ a shock of com
containing twelve sheaves, N. Cf.
Hackling-sheaves, also Hooders. %%HAI7L faulj, v. a, to carry coal. —
Shrewsbdry ; Ludlow. %%' 1805. Dec'. ?•*, HawHng Load Coals to the workhouse.
1-0-0.' — Pariah AccounUy Much Wen
lock. Cf. Lug (1). %%EATJLIEB
[aid'yur*], sh. a man who carts coal, &c. for hire. — Sheewsbxtrt ; Ellesmbre. ' I've bin to
Philips the 'aulier to axe 'im w'en 'e
can fatch me a looad o* c6al from the Cut-w'arf* [Ellesmere]. See -ier. C£ Jagger. %%HAULM
[aum-], sb. pea«e-straw; bean-stalks, &c. — Pulverbatch. Qy. com. %%* Culmtis, heahn/ occurs in
Archbp. JElfri^B Vocabulary^ x. cent.,
in Wr. vocaba., vol. i. p. 38, and Mr. Wright remarks upon it: — ' The straw of com, as well as the stalks
of many other plants, are [mc] still
called haulm in many of our provincial dialects.' %%'A.S. healm; O.Sax., O.H.
G^rm. halm; O.Icel. Jidlmr, halm
(haum), cu^miM.'— Strat. %%HAW. See Waggoners' Words to Horses. %%HAWS
[au'z], 8b. pi. the fruit of Qraidg^u Oxyacdntha^ Hawthorn. Com. %%* ffawe$t hepus, & hakemes * ^
\>e hasel-notes, %%& of>er frut to )>e fulle ' %%William of
Paleme, 1. 1811. %%C£ Hippety-haws. See Hips, also Cuckoo's-beads. %%HAT,
sb., obsoU. a plantation ; a wood ; a coppice : formerly a portion of a forest, or wood, enclosed for special
purposes, as of deer-keeping, feeding
swine, &c., but in this sense the term is become obsolete, — Wellington. A gamekeeper of Lord Forester's
said [1868], * We*n seventeen *ays
about *ere, an' we cut'n [thin] one every ear, so it'll be seventeen 'ears afore the Arcall [Ercall^
is cut agen.' A group of small
coppices in the neighbourhood of Wellington is known as the *
Black Hays.' The entrance to the
king's Hay in the forest of Mount Gilbert,
otherwise known as the Wrekin forest, is still called Hay-g&ie.
Hay enters into the names of several
places about Wellington, as Horse-
way, Hinks-Way, &c. It occurs in like manner in other parts of
Salop. * Tlie Hay ' near Coalport was
formerly a portion of Shirlot Forest.
' The Hays ' and ' Hay House ' are the names of farms which lie a
few miles south of Biidgnorth ; and
two others which border on the Glee
Hills are called respectively ' ^cy-more * and ' JHay-farm.* On
the west side of the county, northward
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