Chapter XVI: A Few Simple Hints on the Grammar of the Folk-Speech (2)

+Breeath, To take away one’s+ = To overcome.
Ex.—_It teeak mah breeath away when tha tell’d ma ’at he’d deean
foor hissen_, i.e. ‘It filled me with surprise when they told
me that he had _deean for hissen_,’ i.e. committed suicide.

+Brede+, _n._ Breadth.

+Bree+, +Breece+, _n._ The gadfly.

+Breer+ }
+Breear+ } _n._ The briar, the dog-rose.

+Breeacus+, +Breckus+, _n._ Breakfast.

+Breead leeaf+ or +loaaf+, _n._ A bread loaf.

+Breead meal+, _n._ Flour from which brown bread is made.

+Breead-ratched+, _adj._ Broad-striped.

+Breeak+, +Breek+, +Brek+, _v._ To break.

+Breeak one’s day, To+ = To fail to keep an appointment; to spoil
a day’s employment by having to attend to some trivial duty.

+Breeam+, _n._ The broom (_Genista scoparia_).

+Breed+, _n._ A brood, a litter.

+Breekin’+, _n._ That part of a tree where the stem breaks into
branches.

+Breekless+, _adj._ Without breeches.

+Breeks+, _n._ Breeches.

+Breke+ or +Breear+, _v._ To break.

+Bridal-band+, _n._ The name given to the bride’s garter
(_obsolete_).

+Bride-ale+, _n._ Another form of hotpot. _Vide_ chapter on
‘Customs.’

+Bride-wain+, _n._ _Vide_ +Brahd-wain+.

+Brief+, _n._ A begging letter.

+Brigg+, _n._ A bridge; a natural bed of rocks standing
considerably out of the water and projecting into the sea.

+Briggsteean+, _n._ Flags or stones covering a culvert in front of
a gateway, or in other places, so as to serve the purpose of a
bridge in miniature.

+Brim+, _v._ Applied to a sow when inclined to the boar.

+Brissling+, _adj._ A slight gale of wind.

+Brock+, _n._ The badger; the frog-hopper or cuckoo-spit
(_Aphrophora spumaria_).

+Brog+, _v._ To feed on the young hedge-shoots.

+Brokken-bodied+, _adj._ Suffering from hernia.

+Brole+, +Browl+, +Brul+, _n._ An impudent, saucy girl.

+Bru+, _n._ The brow, forehead.

+Bruff+, +Bluff+, _adj._ Fresh-complexioned, rough in speech,
brusque.

+Brully+, _n._ A squabble amongst neighbours, a broil, a storm at
sea of short duration.

+Brully+ }
+Brullier+ } _n._ A stealer of marbles.

+Brully+, _v._ To steal marbles (taws) from the ring whilst a game
is in progress, by some bully having no part in the game.

+Brumm’l-neeased+, +-nooazed+, +-noased+ } _adj._ Rubicund.
+Brumm’l-snouted+ }

+Brumm’ls+, _Vide_ +Bramm’l+.

+Brunt+, _Vide_ +Brant+.

+Brussel+, +Brissel+, _v._ To hector, swagger, show off.
Ex.—_He went bruss’ling aboot ez if t’ field war hisen, bud when
Jack’s lad offered him oot ti feight, he ’edn’t a wo’d ti saay
foor hissel._

+Brussen+, _pp._ of Burst.

+Brussen-hearted+, _adj._ Broken-hearted.

+Brussen oot+, _adj._ Covered with blotches or sores.

+Brussen+ or +Brusten up+, _adj._ Burst, broken into small pieces.

+Buckheeads+, _n._ The living stump of a thorn hedge left to grow
after slashing.

+Budge+, _v._ To move, to give way in a bargain.
Ex.—_Ah weean’t budge an inch foor neeabody. Ah weean’t budge a
farden._

+Buer+, _n._ The gnat.

+Buff+, _n._ The blow given as a challenge to fight.

+Bugh+, +Bew+, _n._ A bough.

+Bull+, _v._ To serve a cow.

+Bullace+, _n._ Wild plum, of a green colour when ripe.

+Bull-feeaces+, +Bull-fronts+, _n._ The hair-grass (_Aira
caespitosa_).

+Bull-heead+, _n._ A small flat-headed fish found under stones,
the miller’s thumb.

+Bullock+, _v._ To bully, to be overbearing.
Ex.—_If thoo aims ’at thoo can cum a bullocking o’ ma, thoo’s
wrang, sae thoo’d better off wi’ thisel._

+Bulls+, _n._ Bulrushes, also the cross-beams of a harrow which
carry the tines.

+Bulls and segs+, _n._ The name often given to the stalk and
seed-head of the bulrush, the leaves being called ‘segs’; hence
‘bulls and segs.’

+Bull-seg+, A bull castrated in its prime.

+Bull-spink+, _n._ The chaffinch.

+Bull-stang+, +Bull-teng+, _n._ Dragon-fly.

+Bull-steean+, _n._ A stone used for sharpening tools.

+Bullyrag+, _v._ To be exceedingly overbearing.

+Bum-bailiff+, _n._ A bailiff.

+Bumm’l-barfan+, _n._ A horse-collar made of reeds.

+Bumm’l-bee+, _n._ The humble-bee.

+Bumm’l-kites+, _n._ The fruit of the bramble.

+Bumper+ } _Vide_ { +Thumper+.
+Bumping+ } { +Thumping+.

+Bumping+, _n._ An initiating ceremony at some schools of bumping
a new boy on a stoop or otherwise.

+Bunch+, _v._ To kick with the foot, or violently bump with the
knee. N.B.—‘To bunch’ is ‘to kick,’ ‘to punch’ is ‘to hit.’

+Burden+, +Bod’n+, _n._ Anything one has to bear, whether mentally
or physically.

+Burden-band+, _n._ A hempen band used to bind hay, to be carried on
the back.

+Burdened+, _adj._ Insane.

+Burn+, _n._ A brook.

+Burr+, _n._ Anything used to prop a wheel from running backwards
downhill. A burr proper is a round cylinder of wood with a loose
iron pin through it; this is so fixed that it runs on the ground
behind the wheel, and automatically prevents the wheel running back.

+Burr-thistle+, _n._ The spear-headed thistle.

+Busk+, _n._ A small bush.

+Bustard+, _n._ A witch bereft of power to work ill (_obsolete_).
_Vide_ chapter on ‘Witchcraft.’

+Butch+, _v._ To kill as a butcher.

+Butt+, _n._ The halibut.

+Butter-fingered+, _adj._ Applied to one who lets things
drop.

+Butter-mouthed+, _adj._ Flattery.

+Butter-scotch+, _n._ A superior kind of toffee.

+Buzzard+, _n._ A large moth.

+Buzznacking+, _part._ Gossiping.

+By mich+, _adj._ By a good deal.

+By noo+, _adj._ By now, by this time.
Ex.—_Thoo owt ti ’a’e lap’t t’ job up by noo._

+Byre+, _n._ A cow-house.

C.

+Caan’t+, pronounced ‘carnt,’ _v._ Cannot, must not.
Ex.—_You caan’t do that_, i.e. ‘You must not do that.’

+Cabbish+, _n._ Cabbage.

+Cade+, _n._ A sheep-tick. _Vide_ +Kead+.

+Cadge+, _v._ To beg.

+Cadger+, _n._ A carrier, a beggar.

+Caff+, _n._ Chaff.

+Caffed+, _adj._ Cowed, dispirited.

+Caff-hearted+, _adj._ Nervous, cowardly, unprincipled.

+Caffy+, _adj._ Worthless.

+Caggy+, _adj._ Touchy, disposed to quarrel.

+Cagmag+, _adj._ and _n._ Worthless.

+Caingy+, _adj._ Fretful, peevish.

+Cake+, _v._ To cackle.

+Caling+, _v._ To gossip.

+Call+, _n._ Occasion, necessity, reason.
Ex.—_Ah’s nut gahin’, Ah’ve neea call ti gan_, i.e. ‘I am not
going, I have no occasion to go. _Ther wur neea call for tha
ti deea that._

+Call+, _v._ 1. To scold.
2. To quarrel.
3. To call to or for.
Ex.—1. _Sha’s nobbut calling o’ ma ti call ma_, i.e. ‘She is only
shouting for me to (give) me a scolding.’
2. _Tha’re calling yan anuther leyke all that_, i.e. ‘They are
quarrelling with one another like anything.’
3. _Ah’ll call on him ti cum_, i.e. ‘I will shout for him to
come.’

+Callet+, _n._ A scold, a railing woman.

+Callet+, _v._ To scold.

+Callety+, _adj._ Scolding, nagging.

+Call of+, +Call on+, _v._ To cry to.

+Calven-coo+, _n._ A cow recently calved.

+Cam+, +Camside+, _n._ A raised earthen bank, the sloping bank from
a hedge bottom.

+Cambril+, +Caumbril+, +Caum’ril+, _n._ The notched wooden bar
which is thrust through the tendons of the hind legs of a
slaughtered beast to suspend it by.

+Can+, _v._ May. ‘Can’ is commonly used for ‘may.’
Ex. Q. _Can I smoke here?_ Ans. _No, you caan’t_, i.e. ‘No, you
may not.’

+Canker+, _v._ To rust.

+Cankery+, _adj._ Cross, rotten.

+Cannily+, _adv._ Wisely, with subtility, nicely.

+Canny+, _adj._ Pleasing, judicious, skilful, considerable as to
number.
Ex.—_Sha’s a canny lass_, i.e. ‘pleasing.’ _Thoo fraam’d varra
cannily wiv him_, i.e. ‘You set to work very judiciously with
him.’ _He did it varra cannily_, i.e. ‘He did it very
skilfully.’ _Whya, ther wur a cannyish few on ’em_, i.e. ‘Why,
there were a considerable number.’

+Cant+, _v._ To raise one end.

+Canty+, _adj._ Full of spirits, lively.

+Cap+, _v._ To fix a piece of leather over the toe of a boot; to
surprise, bewilder, excel.
Ex.—_Ah nivver war sae capped i’ mah leyfe_, i.e. ‘I never was
so surprised in my life.’ _Ah caan’t tell hoo he mannish’d ti
deea ’t, he capped me_, i.e. ‘I cannot say how he managed to
do it, he bewildered me.’ _Yon caps ’em all_, i.e. ‘That one
over there excels them all.’

+Capper+, _n._ Something which surpasses all others.

+Caps all+ = Exceeds in everything.

+Capster+, _n._ A piece of wood roughly shaped like the bridge of a
bagatelle board, each arch being numbered, the boy winning by
that number placed over the arch he shoots through; should he not
succeed in passing through any arch, he loses his taw.

+Card up+, _v._ To sweep and tidy up the fireside.

+Cark+, _v._ To be careful, anxious.

+Carlings+, _n._ Peas cooked in butter, prepared for Carling Sunday.

+Carneyed+, _pp._ Flattered, coaxed.

+Carp+, _v._ To doubt without reason.

+Carr+, _n._ Low-lying boggy land.

+Carryings on+, _n._ Lively, disorderly proceedings.

+Cassen+, _Vide_ +Kessen+.

+Cast down, To be+, _v._ To be downhearted, dispirited.

+Cast+, +Kest+, _adj._ Not straight, warped.

+Cast+, +Kest+, _v._ To cease wearing.
Ex.—_Ah kest yan o’ my petticoats, and Ah’ve catch’d my deeath
o’ cau’d._

+Cast, To be+, _v._ To be bent, warped.

+Cast up+, _v._ 1. To twit a person with some past failing.
2. To happen unexpectedly.
3. To come to light.
Ex.—1. _Ah think ’at Ah wadn’t kest that up at him._
2. _Well, it caps yan when a thing leyke that kests up._
3. _Ah thowt ’at Ah’d lost it, but it kest up i’ yan o’ ma au’d
coats._

+Catch it+, _v._ To be reprimanded, punished.
Ex.—_Thoo’ll catch it when thi mudher sees tha._ I heard a woman
say to her daughter, when giving the child a jug of milk to take
to a neighbour’s, _If thoo lets it drop, thoo’ll catch it_.

+Cat-collop+, _n._ Cat’s-meat.

+Cat-gallows+, _n._ Two upright forked sticks upon which a
cross-bar rests as an obstacle for boys to jump over.

+Cat-haws+, _n._ The fruit of the hawthorn.

+Cat-jugs+, _Vide_ +Dog-choops+.

+Cats and eyes+, _n._ Seeds of the ash-tree.

+Cat-trail+, _n._ The root of valerian.

+Cau’d+, _adj._ and _n._ Cold.

+Cauf+, +Cauff+, _n._ A calf.

+Cauf-heead+, _n._ A stupid fellow.

+Cauf-lick+, _n._ A tuft of hair on the forehead which cannot be
parted or made to lie flat.

+Cauf-riddling+, _Vide_ chapter on ‘Superstition.’

+Caul+, _n._ _Vide_ +Keld+.

+Causer+, +Caus’ay+, _n._ A causeway, a paved footpath.

+Cess+, _n._ A rate for parish relief;
the amount paid to the poor by the overseer.

+Cess+, _n._ 1. Extra effort.
2. Punishment.
Ex.—1. _Gi’e ’t cess, an’ thoo’ll seean ’a’e ’t deean_, i.e.
‘Give it an extra effort, and you will soon have it done.
2. _Ah’ll gi’e tha cess when Ah git ho’d on tha._

+Cess getherer+, _n._ Rate collector.

+Chaff+, _v._ To tease by using playful but provoking language.

+Chaff+, +Chafts+, _n._ The jaw, generally that of a pig.

+Chaffer+, _v._ 1. To banter or beat down in a bargain.
2. An interchange of provoking remarks.
Ex.—1. _He chaffered that mich, whahl Ah ax’d him if he wanted
t’ meer foor nowt?_
2. _Dolly’s chaffering wi’ Sally agaan._

+Chaff-fallen+, _adj._ Dejected.

+Challenge+, _v._ To recognize.
Ex.—_Ah c’u’d challenge oor bitch among all t’ dogs i’ t’ show.
Sha’s good ti challenge onnywheer._

+Chamber+, +Chamer+, _n._ A room above the ground-floor.

+Champ+, +Champion+, _adj._ Excellent, very well.

+Chance bairn+, _n._ An illegitimate child.

+Chander+, _n._ A chaldron.

+Change+, _v._ To turn sour.

+Channely+, _adv._ Grandly.

+Chanter+, _n._ A chorister.

+Chare+, _adv._ Careful, doubtful.

+Chass+, _n._ Haste. _v._ To follow quickly.

+Chatt+, _n._ A fir cone.

+Chatter+, _v._ To make an uneven surface;
to shake, as machinery running unevenly.

+Chaudy-bag+, _n._ The stomach of an animal.

+Chaudy-guts+, _n._ A greedy, gluttonous fellow.

+Chavel+, _v._ To chew as one without teeth, to gnaw.

+Cheean+, _n._ A chain.

+Cheeany+, The common pronunciation of ‘chinaware.’

+Cheeat’ll chow+, _Lit._ ‘Cheating will show itself.’
Ex.—In a dispute boys will say, _Let him ’ev anuther goa,
cheeat’ll chow_.

+Cheek by chowl or jowl+ = Close together.
Ex.—_Theer tha gan, cheek by chowl_;
_Ah doot tha’re up ti neea good._

+Cheep+, _n._ The cry of a young bird, generally a chicken,
partridge, or grouse.

+Cheeper+, _n._ A young partridge or grouse.

+Chesfat+, _n._ A press used for extracting the whey from the
curds.

+Chetch+, +Chŭch+, _n._ A church.

+Chetch+ or +Chuch priest+, _n._ A Church of England clergyman.

+Chevin+, _n._ The chub.

+Childer+, _n._ Children.

+Chimbler+, +Chim’ly+, _n._ A chimney.

+Chip+, _v._ To chip anything; to crack an egg when boiled, or
when hatching commences.

+Chip up+, _v._ To trip up by holding the foot out in front of
any one running past.

+Chisel+, +Chizzel+, _n._ Bran, husks of grain.

+Chissel+, _v._ To cheat, to impose upon.

+Chist+, _n._ The chest, a chest of drawers.

+Chitterlings+, _n._ The small entrails of a pig.

+Chitty+, _adj._ Childish.

+Chock-full+, _adv._ Full to overflowing.
Ex.—_Thoo caan’t git neea mair in, it’s chock-full noo._

+Cholter-headed+, _adj._ Thick-headed.

+Chop+, _v._ To trade by exchanging.

+Chops+, _n._ The jaws. _Vide_ +Chaff+.

+Chow+, _v._ To chew.

+Chucky+, _n._ A hen, a term of endearment applied to a child.

+Chuff+, _adj._ Healthy-looking, pert, determined.

+Chunter+, _v._ To mutter in a complaining tone.

+Churlish+, +Chollus+, _adj._ Bad-tempered.

+Churr+, _v._ The murmuring sound made by birds when roosting.

+Clack+, _n._ Lit. the tongue, scolding, advice.

+Clack+, _v._ To admonish, to talk much.

+Clag+, _v._ To stick to or on.

+Claggum+, _n._ Any sticky mass, applied generally to sweets.

+Claggy+, _adj._ Sticky.

+Clam+, _v._ 1. To climb.
2. To squeeze, to nip as a vice.
3. To adhere to, stick to, owing to moisture.
Ex.—1. _Ah clam up t’ tree an’ gat t’ nist an’ t’ eggs an’
all._
2. _Ah gat mysen clamm’d atween t’ wall an’ t’ wagon._

+Clam+, +Clem+, _v._ To faint for want of food.
Ex.—_Ah’s fair clamm’d foor a bit o’ summat ti eat._

+Clam+, _n._ Damp, sticky moisture.

+Clame+, _v._ To smear with anything sticky.
Ex.—_Tha saay what it’s t’ chaange o’ watter what’s deean ’t.
That maay be; onny road sha’s a perfect picter noo, covered wi’
watter-blebs an’ larl reead spots ivvery bit ower her; an’ t’
doctor’s clamed her all ower wi’ sum soart o’ clarty, bladdry,
muckment stuff, whahl sha kittles that bad ’at sha dizn’t knaw
wheear ti put hersel._

+Clammy+, _adj._ Parched with thirst, sticky, moist, adhesive.

+Clamoursome+, _adj._ Noisy.

+Clamper+, _v._ To make a loud noise with the feet when walking or
running.

+Clampers+, _n._ Feet or claws of any metal object, also the
fingers and claws of things animate.

+Clap+, _v._ 1. To pat a dog.
2. To sit down, or set anything down.
Ex.—2. _Clap yersel i’ that cheer._ _Clap it doon onnywheear._

+Clap back+, _v._ To encore.

+Clapt een on+, _v._ To see. Really _part._, saw.

+Clart+, _v._ To smear, to flatter.
Ex.—_Ah’ve gitten mysen clarted all ower wi’ t’ bladdry
blashment. Noo, then, deeant cum clarting ma up leyke that;
gan thi waays an’ clart Mary ower. Whya, he clarted her up
whahl he’s fair to’n’d her heead._

+Clarty+, _adj._ 1. Sticky.
2. Untrustworthy.
Ex.—2. _Deean’t len’ him owt, his nobbut a clarty customer._

+Clash+, _v._ To hurry work, to close a door with force, to bring
together suddenly.

+Clat+, _Vide_ +Clack+.

+Clatter+, _n._ A blow, a noise.
Ex.—_Ah’ll gi’e tha a good clatter if thoo clatters on leyke
that._

+Clavver+, _n._ A rowdy rabble.

+Clavver+, _v._ To clamber like a child.

+Clawt+, _v._ To attack with the nails.

+Clear up+, _v._ To become fine after rain.

+Cled+, _adj._ Clothed.

+Cleean+, _v._ To tidy oneself.

+Cleean+, _adj._ and _adv._ 1. Right.
2. Quite.
3. Well, adroitly, completely.
Ex.—1. _He flang t’ steean cleean thruff t’ winner_, i.e. ‘He
threw the stone right through the window.’
2. _Ah cleean foorgat all aboot it_, i.e. ‘I quite forgot all
about it.’
3. _Ah’ve nivver seed a chap sae cleean deean iv all my leyfe_,
i.e. ‘I never saw a fellow so completely taken in.’

+Cleean up+, _v._ To tidy the house.

+Cleeas+} _n._ clothes
+Clais+ }

+Cleease+, _adj._ Near, close, greedy.

+Cleease-fisted+, _adj._ Greedy.

+Cleeat+, _n._ A piece of iron or wood used to add strength.

+Cleg+, _n._ The horse-fly, a begging friend.

+Clem+, _Vide_ +Clam+.

+Cletch+, _n._ A brood of young birds.

+Cleugh+, _n._ The race of a mill, terminating often at one end by
cleugh-gates or gate, or door, which winds up and down by means
of a wheel and ratchet, admitting more or less water according to
the height it is lifted.

+Clever+, _adj._ Well done or made.

+Clever-headed+, _adj._ Wise beyond his fellows.

+Click+, _v._ To snatch, to snatch quickly.

+Click-hooks+, _n._ Three or four hooks joined together and
attached to a rope, used to drag ponds or a river with in search
of a body, &c.

+Clim+, _v._ To climb.

+Clinch+, _v._ To grasp tightly with the hand.

+Clink+, _n._ A stinging blow.

+Clinker+, _n._ A heavy blow.

+Clinking+, _adj._ Very good, first-class.

+Clip+, _v._ To shear sheep.

+Clipping tahm+, _n._ Shearing time.

+Cloam+, +Clooam+, +Claum+, _v._ To grasp with both hands at the
same time, to pull about not only roughly but rudely.

+Clock+, _n._ Black clocks, black beetles.

+Clock-seves+, +Bulrush+. The names not only vary in different
localities, but are given first to one and then another of the
water-side flags, rushes, and seves or seaves. _Vide_ +Bulls and
segs+.

+Clog+, _n._ A log of wood.

+Clogged+, _adj._ Asthmatical (of people), stopped by bleck (q.v.)
or other filth (of machinery).

+Clooase+, _Vide_ +Cleease+.

+Clooased+, _part._ Closed up, as in a cold in the chest.

+Clooase-neifed+, _adj._ Niggardly, greedy.

+Closing+, _n._ A difficulty in breathing.

+Clot+, _n._ A clod of earth, a portion of blood when set.

+Clot bur+, _n._ The burdock.

+Cloth, To draw the+ = To remove the white tablecloth on the meal
being concluded.

+Clotter+, _v._ To make thick or lumpy.

+Clout+, _n._ An old piece of cloth, a patch.

+Clout+, _n._ A blow.

+Clout+, _v._ To strike at.

+Clow-clags+, _n._ Dried dung adhering to the hind parts of animals;
in the case of sheep they are termed ‘doddings.’

+Clow-clash+, _n._ Things all in confusion.

+Cloy+, _v._ To eat until sick at the sight of the same dish.

+Clubster+, _n._ The stoat.

+Cludder+, +Cluther+, _v._ To huddle together.

+Clue+, _n._ A ball of cotton or string.

+Clum+, _adj._ Sodden, heavy; generally applied to clayey land.

+Clunter+, _v._ To go heavily on the feet.

+Cob+, _n._ A small-sized horse, a small bread bun.

+Cobble+, +Cobble-steean+, _n._ A small paving-stone.

+Cobble+, _v._ To pelt with stones, to mend anything roughly to
serve for the time being.

+Cobble-tree+, _n._ The wooden bar which connects the swingle-trees
with the beam of the plough.

+Cobby+, _adj._ Lively, brisk, stout, decent.

+Cōble+, _n._ A fishing-boat.

+Cocker+, _v._ To fondle, to indulge.
Ex.—_Thoo’ll spoil t’ bairn if thoo cockers it i’ that road._

+Cocker+, _n._ Conceit.

+Cockerate+, _v._ To boast.

+Cookeration+ }
+Cockle-spell+ } _n._ Uncertainty.

+Cockertraps+, _n._ Traps to catch cockroaches.

+Cockle+, _v._ To be unsteady, to curl when drying.

+Cockle boat+, _n._ A small pleasure boat.

+Cock-leet+, _n._ The dawn of day.

+Cockly+, _adj._ Unsteady, insecure, likely to fall over.

+Cock o’ t’ middin+, _n._ The one who claims supremacy.

+Cock-shot+, _n._ The boy who chances being caught in a certain
game.

+Cockshut+, _n._ Twilight.

+Cock-sure+, _v._ To be quite certain.

+Cocky+, _adj._ Self-assertive, domineering.

+Cod+, _n._ The cod or pod of peas, beans, &c.

+Cod+, _v._ To impose upon, to stuff with nonsense.

+Coddle+, +Couther+, _v._ To indulge oneself, to use unnecessary
wraps.

+Collar+, _n._ A horse-collar.

+Collar+, _v._ To lay hold of.

+Collier+, _n._ The swift.

+Collop+, _n._ A slice of bacon.

+Collop Monday+, _n._ Monday before Shrove Tuesday.

+Colly+, _adj._ Curly.

+Come[111] again+, _v._ To appear after death.

+Come by+, _v._ To stand aside.

+Come by chance+, _Vide_ +Chance bairn+.

+Come fra+, _v._ To come from.

+Come on+, _v._ To improve, to grow.
Ex.—_Thi cabbishes is cummin’ on champ._

+Come round+, _v._ 1. To recover from fainting.
2. To reconsider.
3. To agree with.
Ex.—1. _Slap her han’s, an’ sha’ll seean cum roond._
2. _Tak neea notish o’ what he sez, i’ t’ end he’ll cum roond
an’ foorgi’e ya baith._
3. _Whya, Ah’ve cum roond ti thi way o’ thinking._

+Come to+, +Cum teea+, _v._ To regain consciousness.
Ex.—_When Ah cam teea, Ah didn’t ken wheear Ah war._

+Come-to+, _n._ Place of abode.
Ex.—_Maist fooak ’ev a cum-teea o’ sum soart._

+Commin’s+, _n._ Barley-sprouts formed during fermentation.

+Comp’ny+, _n._ Several people gathered together with one object.
Ex.—_Ther war a fairish comp’ny geddered up ti lissen ti t’ new
parson._

+Con+, _v._ To scan, to observe critically.
Ex.—_Efter Ah’d conn’d it ower, Ah thowt varra larl aboot it._

+Conceit+, +Consate+, _n._ Imagined.
Ex.—_He consated hissen ’at he knaw’d a lot, bud it wur all
blather when he wur oppen’d oot._

+Conger+, _v._ Conquer.

+Conny+, _adj._ Neat, nice; when applied to things, ‘little.’

+Conquerors+, _n._ Horse-chestnuts when dried, or even freshly
gathered, are so called when used by boys to play the game of
conquerors with. The game consists of threading a chestnut on a
string and striking it against a similar one held by an
opponent—the one breaking the other, conquers.

+Consarn+, _n._ Business, the object or matter seen or discussed.
Ex.—_It’s a gert consarn yon_, i.e. ‘A big affair or undertaking.’
_Ah’ve nowt ti deea wi’ ‘t, it’s neea consarn o’ mahn_, ‘No
business of mine.’

+Consumpted+, _part._ Suffering from phthisis or consumption.

+Continny+, _v._ Continue.

+Cook thi goose+ = To completely vanquish.

+Cool+, _Vide_ +Coul+.

+Coom+, _n._ Dust. +Sawcoom+, sawdust.

+Coo-tie+, _n._ A band, usually made of hair, used to secure the
hind legs of a cow.

+Cop+, _v._ 1. To be caught.
2. To be punished.
Ex.—1. _He’ll cop uz if wa deean’t leeak sharp._
2. _Thoo’ll cop it when thoo gans yam._

+Corker+, _adj._ Large of its kind. _n._ A lie.
Ex.—_Ah saay, bud that’s a corker._

+Corn-creeak+, _n._ Field-crake.

+Corr’n-berries+, _n._ The red or white currant.

+Cossen+, _v._ 1. To cost.
2. To inconvenience.
Ex.—2. _It wadn’t ’a’e cossen him mich_, i.e. ‘It would not have
inconvenienced him much.’

+Cot+, _n._ One who manages his domestic affairs without any female
help, an effeminate fellow.

+Cott+, _n._ A tangled mass of wool or hair.

+Cotten+, _v._ 1. To have a liking for.
2. To discover.
Ex.—1. _Ah cotten’d tiv him fra t’ fust._
2. _He cottened ti what sha wur efter afoor sha’d ommaist gitten
started._

+Cotter+, _v._ To work hair or wool into knots. _Vide_ +Felter+.

+Cottered+, _pp._ Entangled, knotted.

+Coul+, +Cool+, _n._ A weal or swelling caused by a blow.

+Counting+, _n._ Arithmetic.

+Coup+, _v._ To exchange in barter, to empty a cart by tilting.

+Coup ower+, _v._ To fall over.

+Couther+, _Vide_ +Coddle+.

+Cout+, _n._ A colt.

+Cow-+ or +Coo-byre+, _n._ A cow-house.

+Cow-+ or +Coo-clags+, _n._ Dung adhering to the buttocks of cattle.

+Cow-+ or +Coo-footed+, _adj._ Awkward in gait.

+Cow-+ or +Coo-gate+, +Coo-yat+, +Cow pastur+, _n._ Cow pasture.

+Cow-+ or +Coo-grip+, _n._ The channel to carry off the urine.

+Cow-+ or +Coo-leech+, _n._ A cow-doctor.

+Cowdy+, _adj._ Lively, pert, active.

+Cower+, _v._ To crouch in fear.

+Cowl+, _v._ To scrape together towards one.

+Cowler+, _n._ A scraper.

+Cowl-rake+, _n._ A small scraper used to rake ashes together.

+ ‘Coz+, _Vide_ +Acoz+.

+Crab+, _v._ To vex.

+Crabbed+, _adj._ Peevish, in a bad temper.

+Crack+, _n._ A loud noise like thunder.

+Crack+, _v._ 1. To boast.
2. To praise.
Ex.—1. _He crack’d a deeal aboot it._
2. _Ah crack’d it up fur tha. He cracks a seet ti mich ov his
awn deeds._

+Crack+, _n._ and _v._ A chat, to chat. _Vide_ +Rap+.

+Crack+, _n._ A short space of time, immediately.
Ex.—_Ah s’all be deean iv a crack._

+Crack’d+ and +Cracky+, _adj._ Not quite _compos mentis_.

+Crafty+, _adj._ Skilful, original.

+Crake+, +Creeak+, +Cruke+, _n._ A carrion crow.

+Crake+, _Vide_ +Corn-creeak+.

+Crake+, _v._ To speak hoarsely.

+Cramm’l+, _v._ To walk haltingly, tottery.

+Cramm’ls+, _n._ The gnarled and twisted boughs of trees.

+Cramped+, _part._ Perplexed.

+Cramper+, _n._ Any matter difficult of settlement or solution.
Ex.—_Noo, that’s a cramper fur tha._

+Cramp-ring+, _n._ A charm-ring made from coffin tire, and worn as
a preventive against cramp, &c.

+Cramps+, _n._ The term given to the playing of either the octave
or the scales.

+Cranch+, _v._ To grind the teeth together when eating.

+Cranky+, _adj._ Idiotic, able to move with difficulty through
stiffness, likely to overbalance, insecure.

+Cranky+, _n._ A checked material, usually of blue and white checks,
used for aprons. Often called ‘Kinky-cranky.’

+Craps+ or +Crappin’s+, _n._ The pieces left after rendering fat
into lard.

+Crashes+, +Creeases+, _n._ Watercress.

+Craw+, _v._ To crow. _n._ A crow.

+Crazed+, _pp._ In a violent passion.

+Creckits+, _n._ The game of cricket.

+Cree+, _v._ To soak grain in water.

+Creeak+, _Vide_ +Crook+ and +Cruke+.

+Creel+, _n._ The wooden frame pigs are laid upon after
slaughtering.

+Creepin’s+, _n._ A shivering sensation usually foretelling a cold.

+Cricket+, _n._ A small four-legged stool.

+Crook+, +Creeak+, +Crewk+, _n._ The hinge upon which a gate swings,
a bent piece of iron to hang anything upon.

+Crook+, +Crewk+, _n._ An abrupt corner in a field.

+Crooked+, _adj._ Bent.

+Crowberries+, _n._ The crowberry fruit (_Empetrum nigrum_).

+Crowdy+, _n._ Oatmeal porridge.

+Crow-ling+, _n._ The heath (_Erica cinerea_).

+Crown+, _n._ Top of the head.

+Crowp+, _v._ To croak like a toad.

+Crowse+, _adj._ Lively. _n._ A drinking bout.

+Cruddle+, _v._ To curdle.

+Cruds+, _n._ Curds.

+Cruke+, +Crewk+, +Creeak+, _n._ The rook. _Vide_ +Reeak+.

+Crunkle+, +Crinkle+, _v._ To crease, rumple.

+Crush+, _n._ A great crowd.

+Cuddle+, _v._ To fondle by embracing.

+Cuddy+, _n._ A donkey, a hedge-sparrow.

+Culler’d+, _pp._ Blushed.

+Cum+, _n._ Sweepings of sawdust.

+Cum+, _v._ Come.

+Cumber-ground+, _n._ Any thing or person of no value.

+Cumly+, _Vide_ +Comely+.

+Cummer+, _v._ To encumber.

+Cummersome+, _adj._ Burdensome.

+Cungle+, _v._ To influence by charms or prayers.

+Cup-rose+, _n._ The common poppy.

+Cushat+, _n._ Ring-dove.

+Cush-pet+, _n._ Pet name for a crow; also +Cushy-Cushy+.

+Cut+, _v._ Be off.

+Cut and run+ } _v._ To retire hurriedly.
+Cut wer sticks+ }

+Cutter+, _v._ To whisper.

+Cuvvins+, _n._ Periwinkles.

+Cuz+, _n._ Cousin.

D.

+‘D+, Would, had.

+Daam+, +Deeam+, _n._ A lady, the wife, an aged person.

+Dab+, _adj._ Dexterous, skilful, _n._ A blow.
Ex.—_He’s a dab hand at t’ job_, i.e. He is skilful at the
business. _Catch him a dab on t’ feeace._

+ ’Dacity+, _n._ 1. Ability to accomplish.
2. Presumption, impudence.
Ex.—1. _He’s gitten ’dacity fur owt, ’ez that lad._
2. _Ah didn’t aim ’at he ’ed t’ ‘dacity ti ’a’e spokken ti
t’ parson i’ that waay, hooivver._

+Daddle+, _v._ To walk unsteadily, to trifle.

+Daff+, _n._ A coward, a fool.

+Daffle+, _v._ To confuse, to bewilder with noise.

+Daffly daffled+, _pp._ Bewildered.

+Daffy-down-dilly+, _n._ The daffodil.

+Daft+, _adj._ Foolish, lacking common sense.

+Daftish+, _adj._ Foolish, like a fool.

+Dagg+, +Deggle+, _v._ To sprinkle with water.

+Dainish+, +Densh+, _adj._ Over particular.

+Daized+, _pp._ Stupefied, suffering from the effect of cold.

+Dakky+, _n._ A pig.

+Dale+, _n._ A valley varying in extent. ‘Dale’ is usually
pronounced ‘deeal’.

+Dale-end+, _n._ The end or widest part of a dale.

+Dale-heead+, _n._ The upper and narrowest portion of a dale.

+Dander+, _n._ Rage, temper.

+Dander+, _v._ To tremble, to vibrate.

+Danger+, _n._ Risk, probability, doubt.
Ex.—1. _He’s lost hauf on ’em, an’ ther’s a danger ’at other
hauf ’ll dee an’ all._

+Dangerous+, _adj._ Doubtful, risky.
Ex.—_It’s nobbut a dangerous consarn ti sink yan’s brass in._

+Dangle efter+, _v._ To follow as a lover.

+Danglements+, _n._ Superfluous trinkets, trimmings of beads, &c.

+Dank+, _adj._ Damp, moist.

+Dapper+, _adj._ Sharp, active, nimble.

+Dappers+, _n._ Birds ready to leave the nest.

+Dark+, _v._ To follow or move slily about, to listen unperceived.

+Darkening+, _n._ Twilight.

+Darrn’t+, _v._ Dare not.

+Darr+, _v._ To dare.
Ex.—_Ah darr tackle yon job._ To tell any one they dare not do a
certain thing, is to dare them to it, e.g. _He darrn’t jump
whahl Ah darr’d him ti ’t, an’ then he went that cauf-hearted
at it, whahl he tumm’ld blob in._

+Dased+, +Deeased+. _Vide_ +Daized+.

_Datherin’._ _Vide_ +Ditherin’+.

+Daul’d+, _pp._ Tired, weary.
Ex.—_Ah daul’d on ’t_, i.e. ‘I tired of it.’

+Daul’d oot+, _part._ Tired out.

+Daupee+, _n._ The grey-headed crow.

+Daytal+, _adj._ By the day.

+Daytalman+, _n._ A farm labourer hired by the day.

+Deaf+, +Deeaf+, _adj._ Lacking a kernel, barren.

+Deaf+ or +Deeaf nettle+, _n._ The blind or hemp nettle.

+Deary+, _adj._ Puny, lovable.
Ex.—_Sha’s a deary larl honey._

+Deave+, +Deeave+, _adj._ Deaf.

+Deaven+, _v._ To deafen.

+Decoy-duck+, _n._ A by-name given to one who leads others astray.

+Dee+, _v._ To die.

+Deea+, _v._ 1. Do.
2. To swindle.
Ex.—2. _He’ll deea him if he dizn’t watch him_, i.e. ‘He will
swindle him if he does not take care.’

+Deead+, _adj._ Dead.

+Deeafly+, +Deavely+, _adj._ Alone, by oneself.

+Deeak+, _n._ Duke.

+Deean+, _pp._ of Do. Also swindled overmatched.
Ex.—_Ah’ve deean him neycely_, i.e. ‘I have taken him in nicely.’

+Deean’t+, +Doan’t+, _v._ Do not.

+Deear+, +Doour+, _n._ Door.

+Deearstan+, _n._ _Vide_ +Doorstan+.

+Deearsteead+, _n._ The framework of the door; also +Doourstead+, &c.

+Deeatchess+, _n._ Duchess.

+Deeath+, _n._ Death.

+Deeath-smear+ }
+Deeath-clam+ } _n._ The clammy sweat of death.
+Deeath-sweeat+ }

+Deeazment+, _n._ Chilled to the bone.

+Deed+, _n._ Doings, applied indiscriminately to events of a joyous
or sorrowful nature.
Ex.—_Ther war straange deed at Willie’s wedding. Ah nivver seed
sike deed ez ther war at Ann’s funeral._

+Deedless+, _adj._ Useless, helpless.

+Deggle+, _Vide_ +Dagg+.

_Deft_, _adj._ Quick, clever, neat.

+Delf-rack+, _n._ An arrangement of wooden bars to hold plates and
dishes.

+Dempt+, _pp._ Deemed, thought.

+Deng+, _v._ To knock off with violence, to throw down, to wrench
off.

+Densh+, _Vide_ +Dainish+.

+Deny+, _v._ To refuse.
Ex.—_Ah’ll see Tommy mysel, he’ll nut deny me. Ah weean’t deny
tha fishing, hooivver._

+Despert+, _adv._ Exceedingly, used as an augmentative.
Ex.—_Ther war despert grand deed at ’t Squire’s dinner._

+Dess+, _n._ A mass built up by degrees; a block cut out, as a
dess of hay.

+Dessably+, _adj._ Orderly.

+Devil-screamer+, _n._ The swift.

+Dhriss+, _Vide_ +Dress+.

+Dib+, _v._ To dip.

+Dibbing+, _v._ To dip, as with a fly on the top of the water.

+Dice+, _n._ A small portion, as a dice of cheese; a square piece
of anything.

+Dicky+, _adj._ Doubtful.
Ex.—_It nobbut leeaks a bit dicky._

+Dicky+, _n._ A louse.

+Dicky-ass+, _n._ A donkey.

+Didder+, _Vide_ +Dither+.

+Differ+, _v._ To quarrel.

+Differing bout+, _n._ A wordy quarrel.

+Dike+, _n._ A ditch.

+Dike-back+, _n._ The bank forming one side of a ditch.

+Dike-cam+, _n._ The bank-side of a ditch.

+Dildering+, +Dilder+, _v._ To shake, unstable, silly.

+Dill+, _v._ To lessen, to deaden.
Ex.—_Clap a plaaster on, it’ll dill ’t paain._

+Dilldam+, +Dilldum+, or +Dilldrum+, _n._ A loud noise, boisterous
merry-making.

+Dindle+, _v._ To have a tingling sensation after a fall or blow.

+Ding+, _Vide_ +Deng+.

+Dingle+, _v._ To tingle after a blow.

+Dint+, _n._ Energy, force, power.
Ex.—_By dint an’ sticking ti ’t, he’ll mannish ’t._

+Dither+, _v._ To shiver, to shake with fear.

+Doan’t+, +Deean’t+, = Do not.

+Docken+, _n._ The dock plant. Also denotes of little value.
Ex.—_Ah wadn’t ’a’e gi’en a docken for ’t._

+Dodded+, _adj._ Hornless.

+Dodderums+, _n._ Shaking violently, unnerved.

+Doddery+, +Dothery+, _adj._ _Vide_ +Dither+.

+Doddings+, _n._ Matted wool on the hind quarters of sheep.

+Doff+, _v._ 1. To remove the garments.
2. To raise the hat.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll doff mah duds iv a crack._
2. _Ah doff’d mah cap tiv her._

+Dog+, _v._ To set a dog to drive sheep.

+Dog+, _n._ A piece of iron fitted within the fire-grate, thereby
reducing its size, so as to save coal.

+Dog-choops+, _n._ Hips, the fruit of the dog-rose.

+Doggers+, _n._ Nodules containing a fossil, and used in the
making of Roman cement.

+Dog-jumps+, _Vide_ +Dog-choops+.

+Dog one’s footsteps, To+, _v._ To persistently follow any one.

+Doit+, _n._ A small portion.

+Dole+, _n._ The distribution of money left to some charity, or
that given at a funeral.

+Dole out+, _v._ To give in small quantities.

+Dollop+, _n._ A clumsy person or badly-formed thing, a number or
quantity of persons or things.

+Dolly-stick+, _n._ A handle to which is affixed an arrangement
like a small four-legged stool, being used to give a
half-circular motion to the clothes in the tub, which is termed
dollying.

+Dolly-tub+, _n._ A round tub used to wash clothes in.

+Don+, _v._ and _adj._ 1. To put on one’s better attire.
2. Clever.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll don mysel up a bit, ez Janey’s cumin’ ti tea._
2. _He’s a don hand at deeaing owt o’ that sooart._

+Donk+, _Vide_ +Dank+.

+Donnot+, _n._ An immoral female.

+Doody-cow+, _n._ The ladybird beetle.

+Door+, +Deear+, +Doour-cheek+, _n._ Sidepost of a door.

” ” ” +sill+, _n._ The threshold of the door.

” ” ” +stan+, _n._ The flagstone in front of the
doorway, often mistaken as meaning the doorstep.

+Door+, +Doour+, +Deear+, +To get to the+ = Able to walk abroad.

+Doory+, _adv._ Very little, a trifle.

+Dordum+, _n._ A dreadful uproar.

+Dorse+, +Duzz+, _v._ To shake out from the ear by reason of
over-ripeness.

+Dossel+, _n._ A bunch of wheat, the finest ears being selected to
be used as an ornament; formerly such bunches were fixed on the
top of corn-pikes.

+Dossel-knob+, _n._ The straw knob at the top of a stick which
terminates the thatch.

+Dothering-grass+, _Vide_ +Trimm’ling-gess+.

+Dotteril+, _n._ A dotard.

+Douk+, _v._ To duck under, to dive as a water-fowl.

+Doup+, _Vide_ +Daupee+.

+Dou’t+, +Doot+, _v._ Almost certain.
Ex.—_Ah doot he’s laam’d fur leyfe. Ah doot wa saan’t git it._

+Dow+, _v._ To thrive.

+Dowdy+, _n._ An untidy woman.

+Dowled+, _adj._ Flat, said of long-drawn beer.

+Dowly+, _adj._ Sad, poorly, downhearted.

+Down+, _v._ To knock or throw down.
Ex.—_Ah’ve doon’d tha yance, an’ if Ah ’ev onny mair o’ thi lip,
Ah’ll doon tha ageean._

+Down-come+, _n._ A spout at the side of the house, a heavy
downpour of rain.

+Down-dinner+ = Afternoon allowance.

+Dowse+, _n._ A blow from the fist.
Ex.—_Ah’ll catch tha a dowse on t’ sahd o’ t’ heead._

+Dowse+, _v._ To wet to the skin.
Ex.—_He dowsed t’ lot on uz wi’ t’ hose. Ah gat sike a dowsing_,
said one who fell into a stream.

+Dozzen’d+, _adj._ Withered, blighted.

+Drab+, _n._ A dirty slut.

+Drabbletail+, _Vide_ +Flappy-sket+.

+Draff+, _n._ Refuse from a brewery for pigs, grains.

+Draker-hen+, _n._ Corn-crake.

+Drape+, +Dreeap+, _n._ A cow not giving milk.

+Drate+, _v._ To drag one’s speech, to drawl.

+Draught+, _n._ A team of horses, not less than three.

+Draw up+, _v._ To gather together.
Ex.—_Thoo mun ring t’ bell an’ call oot, an’ they’ll seean draw
up._

+Drazzle+, _n._ A shower of fine rain and mist.

+Dree+, _adj._ Tiring, weary.
Ex.—_It’s nobbut a dree job this._

+Dree+, _adv._ Slowly.

+Dree+, _v.a._ To deliver tediously.

+Dreeap+, _Vide_ +Drape+.

+Dreep+, _v._ Drop by drop.

+Dress+, +Dhriss+, _v._ 1. To tidy up.
2. To correct, to punish.
Ex.—1. _Ah s’all ’a’e ti dhriss things up a bit afoor sha cums._
2. _Thoo impident young raggel, thi fatther owt ti dhriss thi
jacket weel foor tha_, i.e. ‘Your father ought to chastise you.’

+Dressin’+, +Dhrissin’+, _part._ and _n._ 1. Preparing.
2. Chastisement, severe scolding. The use of this word is
peculiar.
Ex.—1. _Things ’ll want dhrissing up a bit afoor Ah start ti
wark_, signifies that a certain amount of work not actually
connected with the ‘thing’ itself must be done or prepared
beforehand, such as tidying up the bench, or rough planing
before marking out. _He nivver gits neea fother ’an dhrissing
things afoor he starts o’ summat else._
2. _He’ll nut foorgit ma, Ah nivver gav onnybody sike a dhrissing
afoor._

+Dribblet+, _n._ A small quantity at a time.
Ex.— _He’ll pay ma back, Ah’ve neea doot, bud Ah s’all ’a’e ti
tak ’t noos an’ agaains i’ dribblets._

+Drinch+, _n._ An aperient drink for a cow.

+Drinching+, _part._ To be drenched.

+Drinkin’ tahm+, _n._ The usual extra allowance during hay or
harvest time.

+Drippling+, _adj._ Weak, small.
Ex.—_Sha’s nobbut a drippling bairn._

+Drive+, +Dhrive+, _v._ To procrastinate.
Ex.—_Thoo dhrives ivverything whahl t’ last bat, an’ then thoo
nivver gits nowt deean._

+Droll on+, _v._ To half promise, to lead one to believe.
Ex.—_Ah nobbut drolls him on a bit, Ah saan’t tell him nowt
’at’s owt._

+Drolly+, _n._ _Vide_ +Capster+.

+Droothy+, +Drouthy+, _adj._ Suffering from excessive thirst.

+Drooty+, _adj._ Very dry, a long continuance of fine dry weather.

+Drop+, _v._ 1. To lose.
2. To fell with a blow.
3. To kill a bird on the wing.
Ex.—1. _He’d drop a canny bit ower that last bargain._
2. _He up wi’ his neeaf an’ dropped him leyke an ox._
3. _He fired in amang ’em an’ dropped three._

+Drop-dry+, _adj._ Water-tight, as of a roof.

+Drop in+, _v._ To pay a casual visit.

+Drop it+ or +that+, _v._ To cease doing.
Ex.—_Noo drop it_, i.e. ‘Discontinue the act.’ _Drop that racket_,
i.e. ‘Cease that noise.’

+Drop on+, _v._ 1. To surprise.
2. To discover.
Ex.—1. _Ah nivver wur seea dropped on afoor_, i.e. ‘Never so
surprised,’ or ‘suddenly caught in the act.’
2. _Ah dropped on it all at yance_, i.e. ‘I discovered it all at
once.’ It also implies a sense of shame, e.g. _Ah did feel dropped
on when he catched ma_.

+Droppy+, _adj._ Applied to rain long continued.
Ex.—_It’s nobbut a droppy tahm._

+Drubbin’+, _n._ A thrashing.

+Dub+, _n._ A large pond.

+Dubbin’+, _v._ and _n._ 1. To lower one’s dignity.
2. A thrashing.
Ex.—1. _He’s ti clivver by hauf is yon youth, he wants dubbin’
a bit._
2. _Ah’ll gi’e tha sike a dubbin’ ez thoo ’ezn’t ’ed ov a piece,
if thoo dizn’t mahnd thisel._ ‘Dubbing’ originally meant
cutting the comb and wattle of a gamecock.

+Duck+, _v._ To drop the head so as to evade a missile.

+Ducks and drakes+, _v._ A stone thrown so as to skim with short
leaps along the water.

+Duds+, _n._ Clothes, usually applied to old garments.

+Dulbert+, _n._ A stupid fellow. Also +Dullard+.

+Dump+, _Vide_ +Dub+.

+Dunderheead+, +Dunderknowle+, _n._ A blockhead.

+Dundy-cow+ or +Dowdy-cow+, _n._ The ladybird.

+Dwine+, _v._ To pine away, to fade.

+Dwinn’l+, _v._ To decrease.

+Dwiny+, _n._ and _adj._ Fading, small.

+Dwiny-voiced+, _adj._ Weak-voiced.

+Dwizzend+, _adj._ Thin, wrinkled, shrunk.

E.

+Ĕ+, _per. pron._ I. The short sound of ‘Ah,’ as _Mun ĕ cum?_
i.e. ‘Must I come?’ Although rarely used by writers, it must be
admitted, when speaking the dialect, it is as commonly used as
‘Ah.’

+Eak+, _n._ The oak.

+Earan+, _n._ An errand.

+Earnest+, _n._ A sum of money paid to bind a bargain.

+Earning+, _Vide_ +Yearning+.

+Ease+, _v._ To spatter with mud, to accede to the demands of
nature, to obtain ease from pain.

+Easement+, _n._ Alleviation from pain, the remedy applied.

+Easings+, _n._ The eaves.

+Easter-shells+, _n._ The periwinkle.

+E’e+, _n._ The eye, that part of a potato from which the sprout
leads.

+Een+, _n._ The eyes.

+Een+, _n._ 1. The evening, as ‘yester een.’
2. The eve of any fast-day, as ‘All Hallows’ Een.’

+Een-holes+, _n._ The eye sockets.

+Efter+, +Efther+, _prep._ After. ‘Efther’ becomes general as we
approach the East Riding.

+Efterneean+, _n._ Afternoon.

+Egg on+, _v._ To incite, to urge.
Ex.—_It wer yowr Tom ’at egg’d him on ti kiss ma. Ah nivver
s’u’d ’a’e set mysel ti loup t’ beck if he hedn’t egg’d ma on
and darr’d ma tiv it._

+Eldin+, _n._ Firewood of any kind.

+Eller+, _n._ The alder-tree.

+Elsin+, +Alsin+, _n._ A shoemaker’s awl.

+‘Em+, _pro._ Them.

+End-board+, _n._ The tail-board of a cart.

+Endeavouring+, _adj._ Striving, industrious.
Ex.—_Sha’s a fendy endivering lahtle body. He’s a varra
endivering young chap, an’ he’ll mak a man ov hissel._

+End, Girt+, _Vide_ +Gret end+.

+End na sahd+, 1. Nothing.
2. Not understandable.
Ex.—1. _Ther’s nowther end na sahd tiv owt ’at he diz_,
i.e. ‘Neither beginning nor end,’ nothing.
2. _Ah c’u’d nowder mak end na sahd ov owt ’at t’ chap war
raffling on aboot._

+End, Reet upon+, _adv._ Upright.
Ex.—_Let’s git it reet upon end fust, an’ then wa s’all mannish._

+Enoo+, +Enew+, _n._ 1. Enough in number.
2. Sufficiently cooked.
Ex.—1. _Thoo wants neea mair, thoo’s gitten mair ’an enew ez it
is._
2. _It owt ti be enew by this, it’s been i’ t’ yewn ower an hoor._

+Enow+, _Vide_ +Inoo+.

+Entry+, _n._ The passage within the house, or small entrance hall.

+Ept+, _adj._ Handy.

+Esh+, _n._ The ash-tree.

+Ewse+, _n._ Use.

+Expect+, _v._ 1. To imagine, to suppose.
2. Not quite certain.
Ex.—1. _Ah expect it war him ’at did it._
2. _Yan nivver can saay, bud Ah expect sha’ll win t’ prize. Sha’s
neea waays sure, sha nobbut expects seea._

+Extremity, To be in an+ = To be at the far end.
Ex.—_Ah war in an extremity a’ paain. Nowt c’u’d ’a’e been warse,
sha war in a complete extremity._

+Ez+, as. +‘Ez+, has.

F.

+Fadge+, _v._ Between a walk and a trot.
Ex.—_T’ au’d meer an’ me, wa’ve fadged along monny a mahl
tigither._

+Fadgy+, _adj._ Fat, unwieldy.
Ex.—_Buxom at twenty, fadgy at fo’tty._

+Faff+, _v._ To blow in puffs.

+Faffle+, _n._ A light intermittent wind.

+Faffle+, _v._ To flap gently, as a ship’s sail.

+Fahve o’ clocks+, _n._ Ripe seed-heads of the dandelion, which
children blow at to ascertain the time.

+Fail+, _v._ To show signs of growing weakness day by day.

+Fain+, _adv._ Gladly.

+Fair+, _adv._ Altogether, absolutely.
Ex.—_Ah’s fair bet wi’ t’ lad. Ah nivver war sae fairly takken
in wiv a lass ez Ah ’a’e been wi’ Tom’s weyfe._

+Fairish+, _adj._ Just moderate.

+Fairlings+, _adv._ Clearly, distinctly.
Ex.—_Naay! he fairlings gat t’ best a’ thah that tahm._

+Fair to see+, Easy to see or understand.

+Fair up+, _Vide_ +Clear up+.

+Fairy butter+, _n._ A yellow fungus found growing on dead wood.

+Fairings+, _n._ Presents bought at a fair.

+Fall+, _v._ 1. To happen.
2. To become finely divided, as lime when slaked.
Ex.—1. _Whya, it mebbe mud fall i’ that road_, i.e. ‘Why, it
maybe might happen in that way.’

+Fallen away+, _v._ To have decreased in bulk, to grow thin.
Ex.—_Whya, it’s fallen awaay ti nowt._

+Fall in+, _v._ To meet accidentally.
Ex.—_Oor Martie war pleased ti fall in wi’ John an’ Annie at
Bedale._

+Fall out+, _v._ To quarrel, to have a misunderstanding.
Ex.—_Tha’re nut kind noo, tha fell owt ower Tommy’s pig. Ah
nivver knew sike nibors ez them tweea, tha’re awlus quarting
an’ fratching, an’ falling oot t’ ane wi’ t’ uther._

+Fall teea+, _v._ To commence.
Ex.—_Noo all t’ lot on ya fall teea an’ set ti wark._

+Fan+, +Fand+, +Fun+, +Fund+, _part._ and _pp._ of ‘to find.’

+Fangle+, _v._ To seize, to entrap.

+Fangled+, _pp._ Caught.

+Fantickle+, _n._ A freckle.

+Far+, _adj._ Further, more distant than.
Ex.—_Ah ligg’d it doon i’ t’ far sahd o’ yon field._

+Far an’ awaay+, _adv._ Much, decidedly.
Ex.—_Sha’s far an’ awaay t’ best-leeaking lass aboot here_;
often +Far awaay+.

+Farantly+, _adj._ Decent, well behaved; neat, nice, orderly.

+Fardel+, _n._ A small bundle.

+Farden+, _n._ Farthing.

+Fare+, _v._ 1. To approach, to draw nigh to.
2. To seem.
3. To succeed.
4. To conduct oneself, to behave.
Ex.—1. _Sha fares o’ cauvin’._
2. _Yon lass fares dafter na Sally Ridge._
3. _Thoo’s gahin’ ti fare t’ warst wi’ t’ cauves, Ah think; thoo
mun git sum keeak intiv ’em._
4. _He fares foor gitting t’ sack._

+Far end+, The close of anything, almost _in extremis_.
Ex.—_Tell her Ah’ll cum when Ah’ve deean; Ah saan’t be lang;
Ah’ve ommaist gitten ti t’ far end. Ah’ve just left him; Ah
deean’t aim ’at he’ll see t’ neet throw, he’s ommaist at t’
far end noo._

+Far-fetched+, _adj._ Unlikely, improbable.

+Farness+, _n._ Distance.
Ex.—_T’ farness on ’t taks all t’ profit awaay, gahin’ an’
cumin’._

+Farrish+, +Fairish on+, _adj._ Considerably advanced.
Ex.—_He mun be gitting fairish on i’ years noo. He gat farrish
on at t’ dinner, did Tommy, afoor he gat to’n’d ti t’ doour._

+Far-side+, _n._ The further side, the right-hand or off side; the
+Nar-side+ being the left-hand.

+Fash+, _v._ 1. To worry.
2. To inconvenience oneself.
Ex.—1. _Just thee tak thi awn gate, an’ deean’t fash thisen aboot
nowt._
2. _Ah wadn’t fash mysel a larl bit fur owther him or her._

+Fast+, _adj._ 1. At a standstill.
2. In a fix.
Ex.—1. _Ah caan’t deea nowt, Ah’s fast foor a sup o’ wet._
2. _Ah think ’at Ah nivver war sae fast iv all my wick._

+Fasten+ or +Fass’n oot+, _v._ Said of sheep when turned from the
grass on to the moor for the season.

+Father+, _v._ 1. To impute.
2. To bear witness of itself, as an illegitimate child.
Ex.—1. _He’s awlus tryin’ ti father his misdeeds o’ sumbody. Ah
wadn’t let him father his lees o’ me._
2. _Ther’s neea call ti mak t’ poor lass gan afoor her betters,
t’ bairn sha hugs fathers itsel._

+Fatrascal+, _n._ A cake made with butter, flour, and currants; a
rich kind of small tea-cake.

+Faugh+, +Fauf+, _n._ Fallow land.

+Fause+, _adj._ False.

+Fayther+, +Fadder+, _n._ Father.

+Fear’d, To be+, _v._ To be apprehensive of, to be afraid.
Ex.—_It’s to be fear’d t’ warst’ll happen._

+Fearful+, _adv._ Exceedingly, used as an augmentative.

+Fearsome+, _adj._ Awful, terrifying.

+Feather-fallen+, _adj._ Crestfallen.

+Feather-fowl+, _n._ Birds.

+Featly+, _adv._ Dexterously.
Ex.—_Noo, he lapp’d that job up weel. Aye, it war varra featly
deean._

+Feck+, _n._ Ability, quantity, mass.

+Feckless+, _adj._ Lacking management, wanting ability to provide
for oneself.
Ex.—_Sha’s a feckless miss, is yon; sha’s up ti nowt, good ti
nowt, an’ warse ’an nowt._

+Feeal+, _n._ A fool.

+Fegs+, _n._ Dead grass-stems, anything of small value.

+Fele+, +Felt+, _v._ To hide.

+Fell+, _v._ To knock down.

+Fell+, _n._ An undressed hide or skin, a moorland summit, a hill.

+Fell+, _adj._ Keen, striving.

+Fell’d+, _v._ To be prostrate, knocked down.

+Felon bone+, _n._ An abscess on the finger or some other part of
the hand, from which, during suppuration, small pieces of rotted
bone are ejected.

+Felon o’ t’ yuer+, A disease the cow’s udder is liable to.

+Fellow-fond+, _adj._ Wild after the men. A girl is said to be
‘fellow-fond’ when her arts and guiles to gain a lover are too
plainly manifest.

+Felt+, _Vide_ +Fele+.

+Felter+, _n._ One who hides things.

+Felter+, _v._ To entangle, to twist, to clot. NOTE.—+Cotter+ is
much more commonly used now.

+Feltrics+, _n._ A disorder horses are liable to.

+Femmer+, _adj._ Slight, light, weak.

+Fend+, _v._ To provide, to be able to do.

+Fendable+, +Fendy+, _adj._ Capable of doing.

+Fengle+, _Vide_ +Fangle+.

+Fent+, _n._ A vent or slit in a garment.

+Fent+, _v._ To bind the edge of anything.

+Fer+, +Foor+, +Fur+, _prep._ For.

+Fest+, _v._ To bind an apprentice.

+Fet+, _v._ To last out, serve round, to serve.
Ex.—_It’ll fet uz ower Sunday. It’ll fet t’ lot on uz if Tom
carves._

+Fetch+, _n._ A stitch or catch in the side, difficulty in
breathing.

+Fetch+, _v._ To give, to bring.
Ex.—_Ah’ll fetch tha yan ower t’ feeace._ _Ah’ll fetch tha ’t
when Ah cum fra t’ market._ _Fetch t’ barrer ower here_,
i.e. ‘Bring the barrow over here.’

+Fettle+, _v._ 1. To repair.
2. To put in order.
3. To be in good order.
Ex.—1. _Thoo mun fettle t’ au’d cart up a larl piece_, i.e. ‘You
must repair the old cart a little,’
2. _Ah’ll fettle things up a bit afoor ya cum back_, i.e. ‘I will
put things in order by the time you return,’
3. _T’ machine’s i’ grand fettle._

+Few+, _n._ Amount, generally used with some qualifying adjective,
as ‘a good few,’ ‘a larl few,’ ‘a gay few.’

+Fick+, _v._ To struggle under restraint.

+Fik+, _v._ 1. To strive.
2. To obtain.
Ex.—1. _He fick’d on whahl he gat it._
2. _He fick’d it i’ t’ end._

+Find heart, To+, _v._ To make up one’s mind.
Ex.—_Sha’s blinnd, bud Ah can’t finnd heart ti put t’ poor au’d
critter oot o’ t’ road._

+Finnick+, _v._ To be over-particular in doing things.

+Fire-flaught+, _n._ and _adj._ A lighted coal which leaps from the
fire, a meteor; passionate.

+Fire-smatch+, _Vide_ +Stithe+.

+Fire-steead+, _n._ Fireplace.

+First-foot+, _Vide_ +Lucky bird+.

+Fisk+, _v._ To dance about.

+Fit+, _adj._ 1. Equal to.
2. Ready.
3. Inclined.
Ex.—1. _Ah’s fit foor that job, hooivver._
2. _T’ meer’s fit onny tahm._
3. _Ah’s ommaist fit ti gan._

+Fizzle+, _v._ To fidget.

+Flabbergasher+, _n._ A poser. _Vide_ +Cramper+.

+Flacker+, _v._ 1. To flutter.
2. To flicker.
3. To waver.
Ex.—1. _T’ au’d bo’d flackered ower t’ hedge._
2. _T’ cann’l flackered whahl Ah thowt it ’ud gan oot._
3. _Ther’s neea dependence on him, he flackers aboot sae._

+Flag+, _n._ A snow-flake.

+Flags+, _n._ The yellow iris.

+Flam+, _v._ To flatter, to make believe.

+Flappers+, _n._ Young birds nearly ready to fly.

+Flappy+, _adj._ Unstable.

+Flappy-sket+, _n. and adj._ An immoral woman; untidy.

+Flappy-tongue+, _n._ One whose word cannot be relied upon.

+Flatch+, _n._ A flatterer, also used as a _verb_.

+Flather+, _Vide_ +Blether+.

+Flaum+, _v._ 1. To blaze, to burst out in flame.
2. To demonstrate great affection so as to gain some advantage.
Ex.—1. _It flaum’d up leyke all that, bud then it war ez dry ez a
kex._
2. _Sha flaum’d aboot ma that mich, whahl i’ t’ end Ah ’ed ti
gi’e waay an’ let ’em git wed._

+Flaumy+, _adj._ Common, tawdry, _n._ Fulsome caresses.

+Flaun+, _n._ A custard tart.

+Flaup+, +Flauping+, _n._ +Flaupy+, +Flaupish+, _adj._ Senseless
talk.

+Flawter+, +Flowter+, _v._ To unnerve, to flurry.
Ex.—_Ah war sairly flowtered when Ah heeard o’ Jimmy’s deeath._

+Flay+, _v._ To frighten. Also +Fley+.

+Flay-boggle+, _n._ A ghost.

+Flay-craw+, +-creeak+, or +-cruke+, _n._ A scarecrow.

+Flaysome+, _adj._ Causing fear.

+Flee+, _n._ A fly.
Ex.—_Ah deean’t meean fleas ’at’s fleas, bud flees ’at flee_,
i.e. ‘I do not mean fleas that are fleas, but flies that fly.’

+Fleead+, _n._ A flood.

+Fleead+, _v._ To flood.
Ex.—_Ah’s gahin’ ti let t’ dam off an’ fleead t’ boddums._

+Fleear+, _n._ A floor.

+Fleece+, _n._ Obesity.
Ex.—_Wait whahl he gans throw all ’at Ah’ve gane throw, an’ he
weean’t hug sike a fleece._

+Fleece+, _v._ To take all that a man has.
Ex.—_Oh, sha’s a rank bad un; tha saay ’at sha’s fleeced him ov
ivvery haupenny he ’ed._

+Fleeing-aither+ or +-ask+, _n._ The dragon-fly.

+Fleer+, _v._ To laugh at, to ridicule.

+Flesh-fly+, _n._ The common bluebottle.

+Flesh-meat+, _n._ Butcher’s meat, not pork.

+Flick+, _n._ A flitch of bacon.

+Flick+, _v._ To remove any light dust or thing with a rapid motion,
as with a duster or whip-lash.

+Flicker+, _v._ and _n._ To exist for an instant, as a smile; the
action of a dying flame.

+Flig+, _v._ To fly.

+Fligged+, _part._ Having left the nest.

+Fliggers+, _Vide_ +Flappers+.

+Flipe+, _n._ The brim of a hat.

+Flipe+, _v._ To remove dust by any quick, light motion, as with a
handkerchief. _Vide_ +Flick+.

+Flisk+, _n._ A light tap.
Ex.—_Sha nobbut flisk’d him wi’ her larl finger._

+Flit+, _v._ To remove to another house.

+Flite+, +Fleeght+, _v._ 1. To scold with many words.
2. To quarrel.
Ex.—1. _Sha nivver lets ma be, sha’s awlus fliting at ma._
2. _Tha’re fliting t’ ane agaain t’ ither that mich whahl Ah’ve
cum’d awaay._

+Flither+, _n._ The common limpet.

+Flittermouse+, _n._ The common bat.

+Flitting+, _v._ The act of removing.

+Flity+, _adj._ Unstable.
Ex.—_Ah wadn’t trust her, nowder yah waay ner anuther, sha’s
sike a flity body._

+Flobbed up+, _part._ Swollen.

+Flop+, _v._ To sit down with a sudden drop, to set things down of
a sudden and carelessly.

+Floss-docken+, +Fox-docken+, _n._ The foxglove (_Digitalis
purpurea_).

+Floss-seave+, _n._ Cotton-grass.

+Flowtered+, _part._ Upset, nervous.

+Flowterment+, _n._ Excitement in speech and behaviour.

+Flowtersome+, _adj._ Excitable, tomboyish.

+Fluff’d+, +Fluff’d up+, _adj._ Conceited.

+Fluffy+, _adj._ Covered with down, light, feathery.

+Fluke+, +Fleeak+, +Fleuks+, _n._ A small maggot found in the liver
of sheep.

+Fluky+, +Fleeaky+, +Fleuky+, _adj._ Maggot-eaten, fly-blown.

+Flushy-feeaced+, _adj._ Red complexioned.

+Fluster+, +Flusterment+, _n._ A state of being heated by
excitement, agitation.
Ex.—_What a flusterment that bairn ’ez putt en uz all inteea! wa
thowt ’at he’d gitten hissel lost._

+Fly, To let+, _v._ To strike with force.

+Foal’s-foot+, _n._ Coltsfoot (_Tussilago farfara_).

+Fod+, _n._ A small bundle of straw.

+Fodder-hoos+, _n._ A barn for storing fodder.

+Fog+, _n._ The grass which grows after the hay has been removed.

+Fog-field+, _n._ A field left for the second growth of grass to
spring up after haytime.

+Foisty+, _adj._ Musty, damp, mouldy.

+Fold-+ or +Fod-garth+, +Fod-yard+, _n._ The farmyard where the
beasts are fed.

+Folk+, +Fau’k+, +Fooak+, _n._ The people, often used with and
generally qualified by a prefix, as _T’ au’d folk_, _T’ young
fooak_, _Chetch-fau’k_, _Chapel-fau’k_.

+Fond+, _adj._ Silly.

+Fond-head+, _n._ A silly fellow.

+Fondness+, _n._ Nonsense.

+Fondy+, _n._ A simpleton.

+Foor+, +Fur+, +Fer+, _prep._ For.

+Foorced+, _part._ Compelled.
Ex.—_Ther’s neea waay o’ gittin oot on ’t, Ah s’ be foorced ti
gan._ _He’ll foorce tha ti deea ’t._

+Foot, The length of my+ = A kick.
Ex.—_If thoo isn’t off iv a quickstick, Ah’ll gi’e tha t’ len’th
o’ mah foot._

+Foot, To get or take the length of one’s+ = 1. To judge a person
accurately.
2. To have completely won another’s confidence.
Ex.—1. _He’ll nut best ma, weean’t yon; Ah teeak t’ len’th o’ his
foot lang sin._
2. _Sha lets him deea just what he leykes wiv her brass; he’s
gitten t’ len’th ov her foot, an’ ther’s nowt aboot that._

+Footing+, _n._ Money claimed from a new apprentice on commencing
his apprenticeship, commonly called paying his footing; the sum
paid is always spent in drink.

+Footings+, _n._ The lowest foundations.

+For+, +Fur+ = In what direction.
Ex.—_Noo, then, wheear’s thoo for? Ah’s for Ayton, is thoo for
Stowsla?_

+Fore+, _prep._ Before. +Afoor+ is much more general.

+Fore-elders+, _n._ Forefathers.

+Fore-end+, +Forr-end+, _n._ 1. The beginning of a season or time.
2. The springtime.
Ex.—1. _At t’ forr-end he war ez reet ez a trivet, bud he maad a
varra poor finish on ’t._
2. _If t’ back-end be owt leyke t’ forr-end wa s’all mannish
grandly._

+Forking-robin+, _n._ The earwig.

+Forks, A pair o’+, _n._ The centre timber of a roof.

+For-wandered+, _adj._ Bewildered.

+Fo’st+, +Fust+, _adj._ First.

+Fo’ther+, _adv._ Further.

+Foul-fingered+, _adj._ Given to stealing.

+Foul-lipped+ }
+Foul-mouthed+ } _adj._ Given to swearing or lewd talk.

+Foulmart+, +Fumart+, _n._ The polecat.

+Foupe+, _v._ To drive sheep, &c., too quickly.
Ex.—_Thoo’ll ’a’e sum o’ them sheep deead beeat if thoo foupes
’em i’ that road._

+Fou’t+, _n._ A fault.

+Fou’ty+, _adj._ Badly made, ill fitting.

+Fowt+, _part._ Fought.

+Fowt+, +Fout+, _n._ An idiot, a spoiled child.

+Foxy+, _adj._ Cunning.