Chapter XVI: A Few Simple Hints on the Grammar of the Folk-Speech (5)

+Randy+, _adv._ Madly, wildly, riotous. _adj._ Mad.

+Rannack+, _n._ A dissolute spendthrift.

+Rann’l-+ or +Randle-bauk+, _n._ The bar upon which the reckons
hang.

+Rantipole+, _n._ A romping child.

+Ranty+, _adj._ Much excited, angry.

+Rap+, _n._ A friendly chat.
Ex.—_Cu’ thi waays, an’ lets ’ev a pipe an’ a bit o’ rap._

+Rap-off+, _v._ To speak on the spur of the moment.

+Raps+, _n._ Gossip, news.

+Rapterous+, _adj._ Ecstatic.

+Rase+, _pret._ of ‘Rise.’

+Rase+, _v._ To raise, to cause to move.
Ex.—_Ah rase a rabbit i’ that coorner last neet. Ah rase ’t up
mysen._

+Raspin+, _adj._ Excellent.

+Rasps+, _n._ Raspberries.

+Rasselled+, _adj._ Applied to withered fruit.

+Ratten+, _n._ A rat. +Rattener+, _n._ A catcher of rats.

+Ratten-trap+, _n._ A rat-trap.

+Rattle-beeans+ (bones), _n._ A very thin man.

+Rattle-cap+, _n._ A lively, somewhat wild person.

+Rattle-doon+, _adj._ Tumble-down.
Ex.—_It’s nobbut a rattle-doon spot at t’ best._

+Raum+, +Reeam+, _v._ To bawl at the top of one’s voice.

+Raun+, _n._ Fish roe.

+Rave+, _Vide_ +Rive+.

+Rawk+, _n._ _Vide_ +Roke+.

+Rawp+, _n._ Rape (_Brassica napus_).

+Rax+, _v._ To strain to the utmost.

+Rax+, _n._ A strain, a twist of limb or muscle.

+Razzle+, _v._ To roast on the outside before the fire, to
hurriedly cook over a flame.

+Reach+, _v._ To hand or fetch anything.
Ex.—_Reeach ma t’ breead. Reeach ma yon mug o’ milk._

+Reach to+, _v._ To help oneself.
Ex.—_Ya’re all on ya varra welcum ti t’ best o’ owt Ah’ve gitten,
sae reach to, and mak yersels at heeam._

+Reap up+, _v._ To refer to some past misdeed.

+Rear+, _v._ To raise up, to raise into a perpendicular position.

+Rear+, _adj._ Applied to meat underdone.

+Reckan-bauk+, _Vide_ +Gally-bauk+.

+Recklin+, _Vide_ +Wrecklin+.

+Reckon+, _n._ The bar suspended from the rann’l-bauk.

+Reckon+, _v._ To imagine, to suppose.
Ex.—_Ah reckon you’ll be him. Ah reckon I knaw summat aboot it._

+Reckon-crook+, _n._ The hook of the reckon.

+Red up+, _Vide_ +Reet up+.

+Reead-yat+, _adj._ Red-hot.

+Reeak+, _n._ A rook.

+Reeasty+, _adj._ Rancid, e.g. ‘reeasty bacon.’

+Reeasty-cropt+, _adj._ Hoarse.

+Reek+, _n._ Smoke. _v._ To smoke.

+Reet+, _adj._, _adv._, and _n._ Right.

+Reet up, To+, _v._ To put things in order, to tidy up.
Ex.—_Ah’ll reet things up a bit, an’ then Ah’ll cum._

+Reft+, _n._ A chink, a slit.

+Rein+, _n._ The sides of a field overgrown with brushwood.

+Reist+, _n._ A horse which refuses to move is said to have taken
the ‘reist.’

+Rench+, _v._ To rinse.
Ex.—_Ah’ll gi’e it a rench oot._

+Render+, _v._ To convert the fat of pigs to a liquid state by heat.

+Renky+, _adj._ Tall, but too thin, as trees when grown too close
together.

+Resehes+, +Reashes+, _n._ The rush (_Juncus glaucus_).

+Rezzil+, _n._ The weasel (_Mustela_ or _Putorius vulgaris_).
+Wezzil+ and +Wuzzil+ are equally common.

+Rick+, _n._ A quantity of hay larger than a pike.

+Rickle+, _n._ A small heap of peat set to dry.

+Ride+, _v._ To travel on horseback, or in any kind of vehicle.
Ex.—_Ah s’all rahde t’ meer theear, bud rahde back i’ t’ cart
wi’ Billy._

+Ride rough-shod ower, To+, _v._ To obtain our own ends careless of
other people’s rights.
Ex.—_Ah’ll nut let him rahde rough-shod ower me when Ah’ve
gitten t’ reet o’ mah sahd._

+Riding+, +Ridding+, _n._ The space made by felling trees,
generally within a wood.

+Riddle+, _n._ A sieve.

+Rife+, _adj._ Inclined, ready.
Ex.—_He’s rife foor onny rackit. He war rife foor t’ job._

+Riff-raff+, _n._ A low mob, scum.
Ex.—_He’ll gan wi’ onny sike leyke riff-raff._

+Rift+, _v._ To belch.

+Rig+, _v._ To dress oneself.

+Rigg+, _n._ The back of a man or beast, the rows in which turnips
grow. Hence ‘rigg and furr,’ the latter being the raised part
running between each rigg.

+Rigged+, _v._ To be laid on the back unable to rise, applied to
sheep; to tidy oneself, to put on one’s best.

+Rigging+, _n._ The framework of a roof.

+Rigging tree+, _n._ The top spar of a house.

+Right+, +Reet+, _adj._ True, correct.
Ex.—_It’s reet what Ah’s telling on ya._

+Right on end+, _adv._ Direct as to direction, in a straightforward
manner.

+Right up+, _v._ To put things in order.
Ex.—_Ah’ve setten Janey ti reet things up a bit._

+Ring-shaken+, _adj._ That part of timber which cannot be used
owing to its being diseased.

+Rise+, _n._ A steep ascent.

+Rive+, +Rahve+, _v._ 1. To tear in two.
2. To pull with force.
3. To split.
Ex.—1. _He gave it a snip w’ t’ sithers, an’ then rahve it reet
across._
2. _Ah rahve it up, it war deead._
3. _Ah s’all rive t’ maist o’ yon wood up._

+Rist+, _n._ Rust.

+Rist+, _v._ To rest.

+Road, Oot o’ t’+ = Out of the way, killed.

+Rods+, _n._ Pea-rods, used to support peas when growing.

+Roil+, _v._ To be noisy, turbulent.

+Roist+, _adj._ Wild, dissolute.

+Roistering+, _adj._ Wild, noisy, or dissolute.

+Roke+, +Rawk+, _n._ A thick fog.

+Roky+, +Rauky+, +Roaky+, _adj._ Foggy, damp.

+Roll+, _n._ The pad of cloth worn on the head by potter women and
others who carry a basket in that position.

+Roll-egg day+, +Troll-egg day+. Easter Monday. _Vide_ chapter on
‘Customs.’

+Roo+, +Roo on+, _v._ To work hard amidst confusion.
Ex.—_If thoo’d nobbut sahd a few things by ez thoo went on, thoo
wadn’t ’a’e ti roo on i’ this fashion. Sha awlus ’ez ti roo on
at t’ finish._

+Rooar+, _v._ To make a loud noise when crying.

+Rook+, _n._ A cock of clover set up to dry.

+Rook+, _v._ To set up in small heaps.

+Rossil+, _n._ Resin.

+Rostle+, +Rossel+, _v._ To disturb, to shake.

+Rouk+, _v._ To snore loudly, as pigs.
Ex.—_Ah weean’t sleep w’ him na mair, he rouks warse ’an a pig._

+Roughen+, _v._ To make rough.

+Round, To get+, _v._ To cajole, to assuage.

+Roundy+, _adj._ Of fairly good size, as compared with another
sample containing much dust and small pieces; applied to a good
sample of coal.

+Rouped up, To be+, _v._ To be hoarse.

+Roupy+, _adj._ Hoarse from cold.

+Rout+, +Rowt+, _v._ To wander, to stray; to bellow loudly, as
cattle.

+Rout about+, _v._ To turn every place out.

+Routering tahm+, Cleaning time, house-cleaning.

+Roving+, _adj._ Of an unsettled nature.

+Rovven+, _pp._ Riven.

+Row+, _v._ To form ridges in the land for setting potatoes, &c.

+Rowan-tree+, _n._ The mountain ash (_Pyrus Aucuparia_). _Vide_
chapter on ‘Witchcraft.’

+Rownd+, _Vide_ +Raun+.

+Rowty+, _adj._ Rank.

+Roy+, +Roy on+, _v._ To lead a fast life.
Ex.—_If he roys on leyke yon, he’ll seean ’a’e ti spell want._

+Royously+, _adv._ Extravagantly.

+Rud+, _n._ Red ochre, also ruddle.

+Rud-stake+, _n._ The post to which a cow or ox is fastened when
in its stall.

+Rue+, _v._ To alter one’s mind after making a bargain.

+Rue-bargain+, _n._ A sum of money paid to cancel a bargain.

+Ruffle+, _v._ To rub or raise the skin.

+Rumbustical+, _adj._ Noisy, rough in play.

+Runch+, _n._ The charlock (_Sinapis arvensis_).

+Rung+, _n._ The step of a ladder.

+Runnel+, _v._ A small stream of water, the channel it runs in, a
funnel.

+Run out+, _adj._ Exhausted, impoverished.

+Runty+, _n._ Short, thick-set.

+Rush+, _n._ A large concourse of people.

+Russelled+, _Vide_ +Rasselled+.

+Rutterkin+, _n._ A sly old fellow.

+Rutting+, _n._ The sound made by deer during the pairing season.

+Ruttle+, _v._ and _n._ To breathe with a rattling, gurgling sound,
as when suffering from bronchitis, or when dying. Hence _t’ deeath
ruttle’s setten in, it’ll seean be owered wiv him noo._

+Rutty+, _adj._ A road deeply furrowed by cart-ruts.

S.

+‘S+, Is, has, or as.

+S’+, _v._ Shall.

+Sa+, _Vide_ +Seea+.

+S’aan’t+, _v._ Shall not.

+Sack, To get the+, _v._ To be turned out of or lose a situation,
to be dismissed.

+Sackless+, _adj._ Lacking common sense, foolish.

+Sad+, _adj._ Heavy, as badly-risen bread, damp.

+Sadden+, _v._ To make firm by stamping, treading, &c.
Ex.—_Sae monny fooak tramping on t’ land sairly saddens ’t._

+Sadly+, _adv._ Very much.
Ex.—_It sadly wants deeaing_, i.e. ‘It wants doing very much.’
_Ah sadly wanted her ti stop a bit langer._

+Sadly begone+, _adj._ Surprised and distressed at the same time.

+Sadly ta’en in+, _adv._ Very much deceived.
Ex.—_Ah’ve been sadly ta’en in wiv ’em._

+Sae+, _Vide_ +Seea+.

+Safe+, +Seeaf+, _adj._ and _adv._ Certain, without doubt.
Ex.—_Ah’s seeaf ti cum_, i.e. ‘I am certain to come.’ _Safe
eneeaf he did it_, i.e. ‘Without doubt he did it.’

+Sag+, _v._ To hang lower in the middle than at either end, as a
rope.

+Sahded by+, +Sided by+, _pp._ Buried.
Ex.—_It’s owered wiv him noo, wa’ve gitten him sahded by._

+Saim+, +Saam+, _n._ Lard.

+Sair+, _adj._ Sore, in all its senses.
Ex.—_Wa’ve ’ed a sair tahm_, i.e. ‘a sad time.’ _It’s varra sair
news_, i.e. ‘sorrowful.’ _T’ lad’s gitten a naisty sair spot_,
i.e. ‘sore.’

+Sair+, +Sairly+, _adv._ Sorely, greatly, extremely; used as an
intensive.
Ex.—_Sha’ll be sairly missed, will Jane. It war a sair mannish’d
job. Sha sairly wanted ti git yam._

+Sam+, _v._ 1. To cause milk to curdle, to coagulate.
2. To gather in a hurry.
3. To pack things carelessly.
Ex.—2. _Ah samm’d all t’ lot tigither iv a twinklin’._
3. _Sam ’em in onnyhoo._

+Sammer+, _adj._ Larger than usual.

+Santer+, _v._ To loiter, to walk slowly.

+Sappy+, _adj._ Heavy, sodden.

+Sap-tree+, _n._ The rowan-tree.

+Sark+, _n._ A shirt or chemise.

+Sarten+, _adj._ Certain.

+Sarve+, _v._ 1. To feed cattle.
2. To pay back revengefully.
Ex.—1. _Thoo mun sarve t’ pigs._
2. _Ah’ll sarve him oot foor ’t._

+Sattle+, _v._ To settle, usually followed by ‘down’; to feel at
home.
Ex.—_Ah s’ sattle efter a bit. Oha, he’s sattled doon neycely._

+Sattle one’s hash, To+, To completely discomfit.
Ex.—_If sha sez owt ti me Ah’ll seean sattle her hash, an’ tell
her her neeam fur nowt an’ all; sha’d best leeak oot_.

+Sauce+, _n._ and _v._ An impudent answer.
Ex.—_Ah tell’d her what Ah thowt, an’ sha sauced ma back ageean
leyke all that._

+Sau’t+, _n._ Salt.

+Sau’t-kit+, _n._ Salt-box.

+Sauve+, _n._ Ointment.

+Sauve+, _v._ 1. To cajole.
2. To apply ointment.
Ex.—1. _Thoo mun sauve him ower byv talking neycely._

+Savelicks+, _n._ Canker of the dog-rose.

+Saw-cum+, +-com+, or +-coom+, _n._ Sawdust.

+Saw-hoss+, _n._ A saw-pit, or the arrangement of two tressels upon
which the wood to be sawn is rested.

+Say+, _n._ 1. Power, influence.
2. Opinion.
Ex.—1. _T’ parson ’ez t’ maist say ov onnybody hereabouts._
2. _Noo let me saay mah saay noo_, i.e. ‘Now let me express my
opinion now.’

+Say+, _v._ To control or influence.
Ex.—_Ther’s neea saying onny o’ Martha’s bairns. Ah caan’t saay
t’ dog._

+Scacelings+, _adv._ Scarcely.

+Scaldered, To be+, _v._ To have an unhealthy skin, so that the
surface comes off in scales. Children’s heads are often said to
be scaldered when suffering from dandruff.

+Scalderings+, _n._ Nodules of half-burnt lime.

+Scale+, +Scaling+, _v._ To scatter or spread, as manure; to cause
the milk to be absorbed in the female breast.

+Scale-dish+, _n._ A shallow metal pan used to skim milk.

+Scallibrat+, _n._ A passionate, noisy child.

+Scamp+, _v._ To execute work in a dishonest manner, not paying
attention to details which are hidden from view.

+Scar+, _n._ The face of a precipitous rock, or the rock itself.

+Scart+, _v._ Frightened.

+Scaud+, _n._ and _v._ A scold, a vixenish woman.

+Scaud-heead+, _n._ Applied both to dandruff and ringworm.

+Scau’p+, _n._ The head, the skull, the bare spots of rock and
stones on a hillside.

+Sconce+, _n._ 1. A screen, usually lined with tin, which is kept
very bright so as to reflect; this is placed in front of any
joint roasting before the fire.
2. Hence the usage of the word in the sense of a ‘ruse,’
‘deception,’ i.e. a screen to hide one’s real intentions.
Ex.—2. _He aim’d at wa s’u’d think ’at he’d cum’d ti see t’ au’d
chap, bud it war nowt bud a sconce ti finnd oot what wa’d
gitten i’ t’ hoos._ The word is also used in the sense of
‘tale-bearing’ in such a way as either to hide one’s own fault
or to obtain one’s own ends.

+Scopperil+, _n._ A teetotum, a pierced bone button with a wooden
peg through it.

+Scourging top+, +Scurgy+, _n._ A whipping-top.

+Scow+, _n._ Confusion, hurried and somewhat disorganized
preparation for an expected event, bustle with confusion.

+Scowder+, +Scowderment+, _n._ Confusion.

+Scraffle+, _v._ To struggle, to strive.
Ex.—_Ah mannished ti scraffle thruff’t, bud Ah s’all tak t’
hedge t’ next tahm. Sha’s deean mair ’an weel ti scraffle on
wi’ a family leyke yon._

+Scrag-cauf+, _n._ A name applied to females whose legs are very
thin.

+Scraggy+, _adj._ Lean.

+Scran+, _n._ Food.

+Scranky+, _adj._ Very lank.

+Scrannel+, _adj._ Poor, worthless.

+Scrap+, _v._ and _n._ To quarrel.

+Scrape+, _n._ Misfortune, trouble.

+Scrape the tongue, To+, _v._ To speak affectedly.

+Scrat+, _v._ and _n._ 1. To scratch.
2. A scraping together of one’s belongings by hard toil.
Ex.—2. _Yan gits yan’s things scratted tigither oddly by_
_tahms. Neeaboddy’s made a harder scrat foor what tha’ve
gitten ’an Lisa Jane._

+Scrat+, _n._ A miser, the itch.

+Scrat, Au’d+, _n._ The devil.

+Scrawm+, _v._ To scratch irregular marks on any surface, to grope
about in the dark.

+Scrawmy+, _adj._ Straggly, irregular, unshapely.

+Scrawmy cauf+, _n._ A badly shaped leg. _adj._ +Scrawmy-cauf’d.+
_Ex.—Mah wo’d, bud Polly war sairly flowter’d when Ah dropped on
her shauming, ant Ah seeaa sha’d neea call ti be, fer sha’s
owt bud a scrawmy-cauf’d un._

+Screed+, _v._ To run a line or border on the edge of anything.

+Screed+, _n._ A shred, the border or edge of any material.

+Screeve+, _v._ To mark with a screever.

+Screever+, _n._ A small pointed steel tool used to mark metal,
&c.; the sound produced by such marking.

+Scriggle+, _v._ To twist about.

+Scrimp+, _adj._ 1. Niggardly.
2. Scant.
3. Short.
Ex.—1. _It war nobbut a scrimpy do._
2. _It war a varra scrimpy set oot._
3. _Did ta run sho’t o’ stuff? T’ sket nobbut seems scrimpy an’
sho’tish at t’ back._

+Scrogs+, _n._ Stunted bushes or shrubs.

+Scrout+, _v._ To lengthen, as the days.

+Scrow+ and +Scrowing+. _Vide_ +Scow+.

+Scruff+, _n._ Scurf, either on the skin or head; scum, hence ‘the
rabble.’

+Scruffle+, +Scruffling+, _v._ 1. To push, strive, to put on one
side by force, as pushing through a crowd.
2. To weed turnips.
Ex.—1. _Ah’d a despert scruffle afoor Ah gat inti t’ tent.
Neeabody teeak na notish o’ neeabody, bud iverybodd scruffled
t’ best waay tha c’u’d, whahl wa war all scruffling tigither._

+Scruffle+, _n._ A quarrel accompanied with a struggle, an unruly
crowd.

+Scruffler+, _n._ A hoe for weeding turnip rows. Formerly it was
fashioned from an old horse-shoe fixed to a long handle.

+Scuff+, _n._ The nape of the neck.

+Scuff+, _v._ To seize or shake by holding the neck.

+Scumfish+, _v._ To oppress with either heat, smoke, or foul air.

+Scut+ or +Scud+, _v._ To run away.

+Scutter+, _v._ To run away quickly.

+Scutters+, _n._ Diarrhoea.

+Scuttle+, _n._ An open rough-made basket considerably narrowing
towards the bottom, and used to gather potatoes in, &c.

+Sea-fret+, _n._ Fine rain, usually commencing with the rise of
the tide.

+Seagling+, _part._ Sauntering.

+Sea-tang+, _n._ Sea-weed or wrack (_Laminaria digitata_).

+Seddle+, _n._ The wrist-bone.

+Seea+, +Sae+, +Sa+, +Soa+, +Sooa+, _adv._ So.

+Seear+, +Shower+, _adj._ and _adv._ Sure.

+Seed+, _pf. part._ of ‘Saw.’

+Seed-lip+, _n._ The basket from which the seed corn is cast when
thrown on the land.

+Seeing-glass+, _n._ A looking-glass.

+Seeve+, +Seeave+, _n._ The common rushes (_Juncus effusus_ and
_conglomeratus_).

+Seet+, _adj._ Considerable, many.
Ex.—_Ther war a seet main fooak theear ’an what Ah thowt ther’d
be. He’s a seet better ’an what Ah leeak’d foor._

+Segged+, _v._ To be distended, swollen, accompanied by hardness.

+Seggrums+, _n._ Common ragwort.

+Seggy+, _adj._ Second.
Ex.—_Bags Ah seggy_, i.e. ‘Second turn.’

+Segs+, _n._ A name applied somewhat loosely to several rushes and
flags.

+Sen+, +Sin+, _adv._ Since.

+Servers+, _n._ Females, generally two in number, who hand the cake,
biscuits, and wine to mourners and others at a burial.

+Set+, _v._ To accompany any one either the whole or a short way on
a journey.
Ex.—_Tommy set ma ivver sae fur. He put t’ meer in an’ set ma all
t’ waay. Ah’ve setten her ti t’ deearstan._

+Set+, _v._ To arrange or settle a price.
Ex.—_Setten at that price, he’d nivver git his awn ageean. Ah’ve
setten it at less na what Ah aimed ti git._

+Set a day, To+, _v._ To fix a definite appointment.

+Set agate+, _v._ To set in motion, to start work, to put into
action. _Vide_ +Agate+.

+Set in+, _adj._ Applied to dirt on the clothes or skin of long
standing; commenced and likely to continue.

+Set on+, +Setten on+, _v._ To burn in the pan when cooking,
especially when milk is used. _adj._ Small, stunted in growth.

+Set on knees+, _v._ To kneel.

+Set-pot+, _n._ A large iron cauldron fixed in brickwork.

+Set-teea+, _n._ A fight.
Ex.—_Let ’em ’ev a set-teea, an’ then tha’ll git it sattled.
Bob’s ’ed a set-teea wi’ Billy._

+Set teea+, +Set on+, _v._ To begin or cause to begin.
Ex.—_Thoo mun set teea at yance, an’ Ah’ll set Tom on ti morn at
morn._

+Setter+, _n_. A seton. Also _v._ To insert, &c.

+Settle+, _n._ _Vide_ +Lang settle+.

+Settled+, _v._ To be decided, satisfied, contented.
_Vide_ +Sattle+.
Ex.—_Ah’ve sattled that point lang sen. Ah’s nobbut hauf sattled
wi’ t’ waay things is gahin’ on, an’ Ah s’aan’t feel sattled
whahl Ah’ve been ti see foor mysen._

+Set up+, _v._ To greatly delight.

+Sez+, _v._ Says.
Ex.—_If sha sez ’at thoo sez what thoo sez sha sez, sha sez
what’s wrang._

+Shabby+, _adj._ Disagreeable, unpleasant as to weather.
Ex.—_Wa nobbut ’ed a shabby hay-tahm ti year._

+Shackle+, _n._ The wrist.

+Shade+, _n._ A wooden or lightly constructed building, a shed.

+Shades+, _n._ Lace curtains.

+Shaff+, _n._ Sheaf.

+Shaffle+, _v._ To shuffle in walking, to evade by subterfuge, to
be undecided.

+Shaft+, _n._ A handle, as of a fork, rake, hoe, axe.

+Shaft+, _v._ To fix a handle to anything.

+Shak+, _v._ To shake.

+Shak-bag+ or +-back+, _n._ An untrustworthy fellow.

+Shake+, _n._ A split or crack in furniture.

+Shak-fork+, _n._ The fork used for lifting and shaking the
thrashed straw.

+Shak-ripe+, _adj._ So ripe that shaking will cause the fruit to
fall. Anything likely to fall either from a shake or wind.

+Shanks’ nag+, +Shanks’ pony+, _n._ One’s own legs as a means of
going from place to place.
Ex.—_Ah s’all ’a’e ti gan on Shanks’ pony_, i.e. ‘I shall have
to walk.’

+Shap+, +Shaape+, _v._ 1. To show good judgement.
2. To give promise.
Ex.—1. _He shaps weel ti deea ’t, diz t’ lad._
2. _It shaps ti mak a good un._

+Sharp+, _v._ To insert nails or screws in a horse’s shoe during
frosty weather.

+Sharp+, _adj._ Quick, smart, intelligent.
Ex.—1. _Noo gan ez sharp ez thoo can_, i.e. ‘quick.’
2. _Noo that war a sharp trick ti deea_, i.e. ‘smart.’
3. _He’s a sharp lad that_, i.e. ‘intelligent.’

+Sharps+, _n._ Flour with the admixture of bran.

+Shaum+, _v._ To warm the legs and knees by sitting close to the
fire; in the case of females, with the skirts, &c., pulled above
the knees.

+Shear+, _v._ To cut corn with a sickle.

+Shearling+, _n._ A sheep of the first year from the time of
shearing.

+Sheep-ked+ or +-keead+, _n._ A sheep-tick.

+Shell+, _n._ A slide. _v._ To slide.

+Shelvings+, _n._ Wooden frames fixed on either side of a cart to
increase the size.

+Shift+, _v._ To remove from one house to another, to change one’s
clothes, to move.

+Shift+, _n._ A chemise.

+Shifty+, _adj._ Deceitful, crafty.

+Shill+, _n._ Scum of anything left to stand.

+Shill+, _v._ 1. To shell, as peas, &c.
2. To cause to curdle so that the whey and curds separate.
3. To make a noise something between a howl and a whistle.
Ex.—3. _Mah wo’d, bud t’ wind did shill roond t’ chetch last neet.
Its nobbut a feeal ’at trimm’ls when t’ wind shills._

+Shills+, _n._ Shafts of a cart.

+Shine+, _n._ The pupil of the eye; a disturbance, a quarrel.

+Shinnop+, _v._ To play at hockey.

+Shinny+, _n._ Hockey.

+Shippy+, or +Ship starnel+, _n._ The starling.

+Shiv+, _n._ A husk of corn.

+Shive+, _n._ A slice.

+Shoe+, _n._ The drag applied to the wagon or cart wheel when
descending a hill.

+Shog+, _v._ To shake, to be slowly driven along with a jolting
motion.

+Shoggle+, _v._ To shake with unsteady motion.

+Shogglin+, _n._ An icicle.

+Sholl+, _n._ Slide. _v._ To idle.

+Shool+, _n._ A shovel.

+Shoon+, _n._ Pl. of ‘Shoe.’

+Shoot+, _v._ 1. To shout. Often implies to call without raising
the voice.
2. To break into ear (of corn).
Ex.—1. _Shoot on him, he’s i’ t’ next room._

+Shot+, +Shut+, _v._ To be freed from, rid, clear of.
Ex.—_Hez ta gitten shut on him?_ i.e. ‘Have you got rid of him?’
_Ah’ve gitten shot o’ that claim_, i.e. ‘I have got clear of
that claim.’

+Sho’t+, _adj._ Short, hasty.
Ex.—_Saay neea mair, leeave that sho’t_, i.e. ‘Don’t tell or
explain the whole.’ _Ah thowt ’at he war a bit sho’t wi’ ma_,
i.e. ‘a trifle hasty.’

+Shot-ice+, _n._ Sheets of ice.

+Shovven-string+, _n._ Boot-lace.

+Shrag+, _v._ To lop, to trim.

+Shrift+, _n._ The condition of an animal’s coat after having been
kept on soft food in the open during winter; on beginning to
better its condition it sheds its coat.

+Shudder+, +Shuther+, _v._ To shake, to tremble.
Ex.—_Yah crack o’ thunner made all shuther ageean._

+Shut+, _v._ To shoot with a gun, to put out or shoot out, to quit.

+Shuttance+, _n._ Riddance.
Ex.—_Tha’ve gane, an’ good shuttance tiv ’em_, i.e. ‘They have
gone, and good riddance to them.’

+Shutters+, _n._ A shooting party.

+Shy+, _adj._ Bitter and piercing (of the wind).

+Sich+, _adv._ So.

+Side-lang+, _v._ To fasten the fore and hind foot of a sheep
together to prevent its straying.

+Side up+, _v._ To put in order, to tidy.

+Side-wipe+, _n._ Censure, conveyed by innuendo.

+Sidling+, _adj._ Fawning, servile.
Ex.—_He awlus sidles an’ maks up ti fresh fooak, bud he’s a
sidling sooart ov a chap._

+Sie+, _n._ A fine sieve to strain milk, a spot, a stain left by
anything falling in drops.

+Sie+, _v._ To strain milk.

+Sike+, _adj._ Such.

+Sikan+, _adj._ Such (used before a vowel).

+Sike-like+, _adj._ Such-like, so forth, similar.

+Sile+, _n._ A strainer.

+Sile-brigg+, _n._ The wooden frame upon which the sile rests when
used.

+Sill-horse+, _n._ The shaft horse.

+Sin+, _adv._ Since.

+Sink-hoal+, _n._ A dug-out or other hollow place in which the
drainage from a midden-stead collects, or water from the sink.

+Sinter-santer+, _v._ To idle, to dawdle.

+Sipe+, _v._ To soak through, to drain away slowly, to sink away.

+Sippel+, _n._ A thin slice of anything.

+Sipper-sauces+, _n._ Dainty dishes.

+Siss+, _v._ To hiss, as water dropping on the fire; to spit (of a
cat); to hiss like a goose.

+Sitfast+, _n._ The hard cyst of a wound or boil.

+Sitha+, pronounced _Si-tha_. Calls attention to. It is a
corruption of ‘seest thou.’ Sutha originally was ‘saw thou.’
‘Sitha’ and ‘sutha’ are equally common.

+Sit up on end, To+, _v._ To sit up.
Ex.—_He’s mending grandly; whya, he’s sitting up on end i’ bed._

+Sizzapur+, _n._ A heavy blow. As an _adj._ Large of its kind.

+Skaff+, +Skeeaf+, _n._ A rough, steep, broken bank.

+Skare on+, _v._ To overlap or splice.

+Skate+, _v._ To turn sharp round.

+Skaum+, _Vide_ +Skime+.

+Skeeal+, _n._ School.

+Skeel+, _n._ A large wooden milk-pail.

+Skeg+, _n._ A glance, a cast of the eye.

+Skel-beast+, _n._ Wooden partitions in the cow byre.

+Skell+, _v._ To tilt, to raise up one end of anything, to shriek
out.

+Skell up+, +Skell ower+, _v._ To upset, by the lifting of one end
or side too high.

+Skeller+, _v._ To squint.

+Skellered+, _adj._ Bent by heat, as the covers of a book held too
near the fire.

+Skelly+, _n._ A squint.

+Skelp+, +Skelping+, _n._ A thrashing. _adj._ Quickly, with great
speed.
Ex.—1. _Ah gav’ him a skelp._
2. _He did gan wiv a skelp._

+Skelp+, _v._ 1. To strike with the open palm.
2. To move quickly.
Ex.—1. _Noo Ah’ll skelp tha._
2. _He skelp’d off yam t’ minit he seed ma._

+Skelper+, _n._ +Skelping+, _adj._ Huge.

+Skep+, _n._ A basket made from either flags or willows.

+Sket+, _n._ A skirt.

+Skew+, _v._ To twist round or about, to wrench.
Ex.—_Sha skews hersen aboot warse ’an nowt. Skew ’t off if t’
weean’t pull oot._

+Skid+, _n._ The iron shoe used as a brake.

+Skid+, _v._ To fix the iron shoe to the wheel.

+Skill+, _v._ To understand, to unravel.
Ex.—_It’s putten tigither queerly, it’s a bit of a rum un ti
skill. It’s a queer taal, can ta skill ’t?_

+Skillet+, +Skellit+, _n._ A small pot for the fire with a long
handle.

+Skime+, +Skaum+, _v._ To droop the eyelids, to scowl.
Ex.—_Oppen thi e’es, an’ deean’t gan skauming aboot leyke that.
Noo leeak pleasant, an’ dean’t skaum._

+Skimmering+, _adj._ Bright, sparkling, brilliant. _v._ Shining
brightly.

+Skiny+, _adj._ Greedy.

+Skirl+, _v._ To scream.

+Skirtling+, _n._ The lower and dressed part of a haystack.

+Skirts, A pair of+, _n._ Petticoat.

+Skite, To take one’s+, _v._ To leave quickly.
Ex.—_Ah heeard what he’d gitten ti saay, an’ then Ah teeak my
skite._

+Skit+, _v._ To sneer at, to make fun of.

+Skit+, _n._ A remark, or printed matter of a personal character.

+Skivvers+, _n._ Wooden skewers.

+Skrike+, _v._ To screech.

+Skrimp+, _Vide_ +Scrimp+.

+Slabby+, _Vide_ +Sleazy+.

+Slack+, _adj._ Slow, lacking go or briskness.
Ex.—_It war nobbut slack deed. T’ market war varra slack._

+Slack+, _n._ A small valley.

+Slafter+, _n._ Slaughter.

+Slafter-hoos+, _n._ Slaughter-house.

+Slain+, +Sleean+, _n._ The smut blight of wheat
(_Ustilago segetum_).

+Slair+, _v._ To idle away one’s time.

+Slairy+, _adj._ Untidy, sluttish.

+Slaister+, _v._ To do anything in an idle, slovenly manner; to
scamp work; to flog with a whip or cane.

+Slaisterer+, _n._ An idle, slovenly fellow.

+Slake+, _v._ To lick; to cleanse imperfectly by just wetting and
rubbing, as licking a slate.

+Slake+, _n._ A lick, a pretence of cleaning.
Ex.—_Ah just gav’ things a slake ower._

+Slap+, _v._ To spill.
Ex.—_Thoo’ll slap ’t if thoo hugs it leyke that, an’ if thoo diz
slap ’t Ah’ll slap tha foor slapping ’t._

+Slap+, _v._ To go or do anything quickly, to be energetic.
Ex.—_He went slap at it ez if he meant it. Ah’ll run slap ower
at yance._

+Slape+, _adj._ Slippery; smooth, as applied to even or polished
surfaces; untrustworthy, crafty.

+Slape-feeaced+, _adj._ Applied to a hypocrite.

+Slape-fingered+, _adj._ Butter-fingered.

+Slapen+, _v._ To make slippery, to open the bowels by laxatives.

+Slape-scalp+ or +-scaup+. A hypocrite.

+Slape-shod+, _adj._ Shoes, especially of horses, are said to be
‘slape-shod’ when much worn and smooth.
Ex.—_Is ta slape-shod? Neea, Ah’ve just gitten sharp’d._

+Slape-t’unged+, _adj._ Plausible.

+Slappy+, _adj._ Sloppy, puddly, wet.

+Slaps+, _n._ Slops.

+Slap-stone+ or +-steean+, _n._ The kitchen sink.

+Slap up+, _v._ To eat or drink in a hurry.

+Slap-up+, _adj._ First-class, exceedingly good.
Ex.—_He’s gitten a slap-up t’on-oot. Noo that’s a slap-upper if
ya leyke._

+Slathery+, _adj._ Continued, as applied to wet weather; puddly,
of the roads. The word as used often embodies both ideas.

+Slating+, _n._ Scolding.
Ex.—_Ah gat sike a slating foor brecking t’ winder._

+Slattery+, _adj._ Slovenly.

+Slaup+, _v._ To eat and drink with the mouth too full.

+Slaverment+, _n._ Insincerity, fawning, hypocrisy.

+Sleave+, _v._ To twist. To ‘sleave’ a lass is to put one’s arm
round her waist.

+Sleaved+, _part._ Twisted.

+Sleazy+, _adj._ Badly made, slight, unsubstantial.

+Sleck+, _v._ To quench one’s thirst, to quench fire by pouring
water on it, to remove the caustic element from lime.

+Sleck+, _n._ Drink.
Ex.—_That’s all reet foor them ’at can deea wi’ ‘t, bud Ah leyke
a sup o’ beer foor a sleck._

+Sled+, _n._ A sledge.

+Slem+, _adj._ Bad, applied to work put together badly.

+Slem+, _v._ To do work imperfectly, to slur over, to hide work by
an outer covering. Its usage is a trifle loose.
Ex.—_Ah slemm’d it ower wi’ pent._

+Slew+, _v._ To swerve, to turn or twist round. In the passive, to
be intoxicated.

+Slidder+ }
+Slither+ } _v._ 1. To slide.
2. To disappear unobserved.
Ex.—1. _He set hissel on t’ top ov a larl bit of a sled, an’
went slithering doon t’ hill leyke all that._

+Sliddery+ } _adj._ Slippery.
+Slithery+ }

+Slinky+, _adj._ Inclined to act evasively.

+Slip+, _v._ 1. To forget.
2. To go, to come.
Ex.—1. _It slipt my mahnd ez cleean ez nowt._
2. _Slip ower ti Bob an’ tell him ti slip ower ti me_, i.e. ‘Go
to Robert’s and tell him to come to me.’

+Slip+, _n._ A pinafore.

+Slipe+, _v._ To strip off an outer covering, as bark, with a rapid
action.

+Slirt+, _v._ To squirt water.

+Sloke+, _n._ Slime on the surface of stagnant water.

+Slope+, _v._ To dishonestly evade payment, to defraud; to abscond,
leaving one’s debts unpaid.

+Slosh+, _n._ Melted snow or mud.

+Sloshy+, _adj._ Applied to a condition of general thaw.

+Slot+, _n._ A slit in a garment for a tape to be run through.

+Slot+, _v._ To slam.
Ex.—_Ah sed nowt, bud just slotted t’ deear iv his feeace._

+Slough+, +Sluff+, _n._ The outer skin, especially of fruit, as the
gooseberry.

+Slowdy+, _adj._ Flabby, soft; applied to fish out of condition and
season.

+Sluddery+, +Sluthery+, _adj._ Applied to melted snow and mud.

+Slummer+, _v._ To sleep almost in a comatose state.

+Slush+, _Vide_ +Slosh+.

+Slutherment+, _n._ Any slimy, viscid matter.

+Sluthery+, _adj._ Having to the touch a feeling of slime or viscid
matter.

+Sly-cakes+, _n._ Ordinary looking cakes, but filled with fruits.

+Smally+, _adj._ Puny, thin, undergrown.

+Smatch+, _n._ A savour, a trifle, a small portion.

+Smeark+, _v._ To half smile.

+Smere+, _n._ The membrane covering the nostrils of a foal at birth.

+Smiddy+, _n._ A blacksmith’s shop.

+Smiddy-oom+, _n._ The sweepings of a blacksmith’s bench and floor.

+Smit+, _n._ Infection.

+Smit+, +Smitch+, _n._ Fine particles of soot which fall from the
smoke of the chimney.

+Smitting+, _adj._ Infectious.

+Smittle+, _v._ To infect.

+Smock+, _n._ A chemise.

+Smoor+, +Smurr+, _v._ To smother, suffocate.

+Smoot+, _v._ To partially hide the face.

+Smooth+, _v._ To iron clothes.

+Smooth-feeaced+, _adj._ Bashful.

+Smoot-hoal+, +Smoot-hole+, _n._ A hole, varying in size, in a
hedge or wall; e.g. a rabbit smoot, a sheep smoot.

+Smoot-steean+, _n._ A slab or stone used to stop a smoot-hole.

+Smudge+, _v._ To smear; to emit smoke, but without any flames
visible.

+Snaffling+, _v._ To speak through the nose.

+Snag+, _v._ To cut the branches from felled trees, to top and tail
turnips.

+Snahl+, _n._ Snail.

+Snake-steean+, _n._ An ammonite.

+Snarly+, _adj._ Biting, chilling (of the wind).

+Snavvie+, _Vide_ +Snaffling+.

+Sneb+, _v._ To rebuke.

+Sneck+, _n._ The fastening of a gate or door.

+Sneck+, _v._ To fasten, to latch.
Ex.—_Noo think on an’ sneck all t’ yats._

+Sneeap+, _v._ To check, to put down.
Ex.—_Ya caan’t sneeap ’em, an’ they weean’t be snebbed, an’
neeabody’s gitten neea saay ower ’em at all, an’ if yan diz
call ’em, tha deea nowt bud snifter, snitter, an’ gen at yan._

+Snicker+, _Vide_ +Snitter+.

+Snickle+, _v._ A slip-noose of wire used as a snare.

+Snifter+, _n._ A sniff, a smell of short duration.
Ex.—_Noo it’s varra neyce, just tak a snifter on ’t._

+Snifter+, _v._ To snuff up.
Ex.—_Wipe thi snoot; deean’t snifter._

+Snig+, _v._ To drag timber from the wood.

+Snig-cut+, _n._ A short cut, a by-path.

+Sniggle+, _v._ To laugh behind one’s back, to laugh derisively.

+Snite+, _v._ To blow the nose, not necessarily with a handkerchief.

+Snitter+, _v._ To sneer, to giggle with ill-nature and derisively.
Ex.—_Ah’ll gi’e tha summut ti snitter at if thoo dizn’t shift
thisen._

+Snook-snarls+, _n._ The knotty entanglements of thread, string, &c.

+Snod+, _adj._ Smooth, neat-looking, trim.

+Snoke+, _v._ To smell with a deep inspiration.

+Snow-flag+, _n._ A snow-flake.

+Snubbits+, _n._ The projecting pieces of wood at the end of a cart,
on which it rests when tilted up.

+Snubby+, _adj._ Knotted (of wood).

+Snudge+, +Snuggle+, +Snowzel+, _v._ To lie close together.

+Soa+, _Vide_ +Seea+.

+Soamy+, _adj._ Close, oppressive (of the weather).

+Sob+, _v._ To sigh as the wind does on the approach of calmer
weather.

+Sock+, _n._ The ploughshare.

+Sod+, _n._ An opprobrious epithet = Ass, fool.

+Sodden+, _v._ To soften by soaking in water.

+Sods+, _n._ 1. Square parings of grass and earth.
2. A lump of earth and grass.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll hev hauf o’ t’ garden laid wi’ sods._
2. _Ah’ll chuck a sod at tha._

+Soft+, _adj._ 1. Inclined to wet weather.
2. Silly, half-witted.
Ex.—_1. Ah’s feeard wa’s gahin’ ti ’ev a softish back-end._
2. _Poor bairn! is sha a larl bit soft?_

+Somerset+, _n._ Somersault.

+Sooa+, _Vide_ +Seea+.

+Sooart+, _n._ Sort, kind, quality.

+Soond+, _v._ To faint, to sound. Also _n_.

+Soonest+, _adj._ Quickest, nearest, shortest.
Ex.—_Ah’s gan by t’ foot brigg; it’s seeanest road. It’ll be t’
seeanest deean i’ that waay._

+Sore+, _Vide_ +Sair+.

+So so+ = That will do, enough, cease.

+Soss+, _v._ and _n._ To fall with force into the water; to lap
water, as a dog.

+Sough+, +Soo+, _v._ To sob, to sigh (of the wind).

+Soup+, _v._ To soak, to drench with water.
Ex.—_Ah’s fairly souped ti t’ skin._

+Sour-docken+, _n._ The wild sorrel (_Rumex acetosa_).

+Sowl+, _v._ To give a thorough rinsing in water, to chastise.

+Sowse+, _v._ 1. To cause to be wet all over.
2. To throw into water.
Ex.—1. _He sowsed a bucket o’ mucky watter cleean ower ma._
2. _Ah sowsed t’ beggar i’ t’ beck._

+Spade-+ or +Speead-graft+, _n._ A spade depth.

+Spane+, +Speean+, _v._ To wean.

+Spang+, _Vide_ +Spanker+.

+Spank+, _v._ To strike with the open hand.

+Spanker+, _n._ One who takes long strides; large of its kind;
hence +Spang+, _n._ A leap.

+Spanking+, _adj._ Tall and broad, rapid.

+Span-new+, _adj._ Quite new.

+Sparrow-feathers+, _n._ The chaff of oats is so called when used
for beds in the place of feathers.

+Spattle+, _n._ Spittle.

+Speak+, _v._ Even yet the usage in an active sense of ‘to address’
is often heard in the dales.
Ex.—_Ah seed him, bud wa didn’t speeak yan anuther. What didn’t
ta speeak her foor?_

+Speeak+, +Spooak+, _n._ The spoke of a wheel.

+Speean+, _n._ A spoon.

+Spelk+, _n._ A long thin slip of wood, a splint.

+Spell+, _n._ A splinter of wood, the cross-bar of a ladder; a
spill, either of wood or paper; a turn at work, not necessarily
of long duration; the trap upon which the ball rests in the game
of spell and knorr.

+Spic an’ span+, _adv._ New, clean, tidy; lit. new, from ‘spike to
span’ of a knight’s lance. Another form is ‘Bran spander new.’
Ex.—_Ez thoo’s gahin’ ti see t’ lass foor t’ fo’st tahm, thoo
mun mak this en leeak ez spic an’ span ez a new-maad pin.
Mr. Henry war gitten up spic an’ span._

+Spice+, _n._ Raisins, currants, &c.

+Spice-bread+, _n._ A cheaper form of plum-cake.

+Spice-cake+ or +-keeak+, _n._ Plum-cake.

+Spink+, _n._ The chaffinch, often named +Bull-spink+.

+Spinner+, _n._ A spider’s web. Also +Spinner-web+. The latter,
however, is generally confined to the gossamer threads so
commonly found floating in the air on a summer’s evening.

+Spit+, _n._ A long narrow spade used for draining.

+Spittle+, _n._ A small spade.

+Splatter+, _v._ To splash about, to make splashes.

+Splatter-dash+, _n._ and _v._ 1. A showing-off.
2. Commotion.
3. To brag, to make a foolish display of wealth.
Ex.—1. _Ah caan’t bahd sike splatter-dash gahins on. It’s nowt
bud a lot o’ splatter-dash._
2. _Ah, what a splatter-dash ther is i’ t’ pleeace._

+Splatterer+, _n._ One who splashes.

+Splauder+, _v._ 1. To sprawl, to spread out one’s limbs.
2. To display, to be vulgarly ostentatious. Hence +Splaudered+,
+Splauderment+.
Ex.—1. _Hoo yon lass diz splauder her feet oot. Talk aboot a
splauder o’ stuff, ther war mair ti eat na wa c’u’d ’a’e
mannish’d if wa’d ’ed tweea goes apiece._

+Splaudy+, _adj._ Wide-spreading.

+Splaws+, _n._ Pen-nibs.

+Splet+, +Split+, _v._ To tell of one’s doings, to break confidence.

+Splutter+, _n._ Bustle, excitement, nervousness.
Ex.—_Deean’t git i’ sike a splutter, wa’ve endless o’ tahm.
Didn’t sha git intiv a splutter when sha heeard what Jin Ann
’ed sed aboot her!_

+Sponge+, _n._ Leaven, a portion of leavened dough saved from each
baking to raise the next week’s kneading with.

+Sponge+, _v._ To swell and froth as a dead body.

+Spool+, _n._ The wooden reel upon which thread is wound.

+Spout+, _n._ A small waterfall.

+Spraggy+, _adj._ Thin, bony, having many sharp projections.

+Spraints+, _n._ Otter’s dung.

+Spreead+, _v._ Spread.

+Spreead+, _n._ Abundance of food and of extra quality.
Ex.—_Ah nivver war at sikan a spreead afoor, ther war ommaist
ivverything ya c’u’d think on_ (imagine).

+Sprent+, +Sprint+, _v._ To sprinkle, to spurt, to cause water to
fly about by compression or striking the surface sharply.
Ex.—_Mary Jin’s slapt t’ slap-hoal wiv her battledooar, an’ ‘s
sprented ma all ower wi’ blash an’ sluthery muckment._

+Sprent+, _n._ A spot or mark left by a splash.

+Spring+, _v._ ‘To spring’ is applied to cows when near calving.

+Sprunt+, _n._ 1. Short, stiff, lively.
2. A steep road, a hill.
Ex.—1. _Ya’ll mannish ti trunn’l yersen t’ best hauf o’ t’ waay,
bud efter that ya’ll finnd it a bit sprunt_ (said to a cyclist).

+Spurrings+, _n._ The banns.

+Squab+, _n._ A rude long settle with cushions, usually with only
one arm.

+Square up, To+, _v._ To settle an account or dispute.

+Squary+, _adj._ Compact, both as to size and shape.
Ex.—_It’s a neyce squary kitchen. It’s just sich an (sikan) a
squary bit ez Ah want._

+Stack-bar+, _n._ A hurdle.

+Stack-garth+, +Stagg’ath+, _n._ The stack-yard.

+Stack-prod+, _n._ A stick used in thatching, being pointed and
thrust into the stack. The string is wound round it in such a
way, from prod to prod, as to hold the _thack-bands_ secure.

+Staddle+, _n._ The foundation of cross-beams upon which a stack
is built, the stain left after washing out the producing cause.

+Staddling+, _n._ A foundation of brushwood, brackens, &c., to
build the stack upon.

+Stag+, _n._ A gelding over a year old.

+Stagnated+, _part._ Much bewildered, astonished.
Ex.—_T’ whoal lot on uz wur stagnated._

+Staith+, _n._ and _v._ An embankment; to protect land from
overflowing of water by an embankment.

+Staithe+, +Steeath+, +Steers+, _n._ A landing-place.

+Stakker+, _v._ To stagger.

+Stall+, _v._ To eat until satiated, to tire out, to weary.

+Stan’+, +Stand+, _v._ 1. To stand.
2. To be responsible for;
to agree to maintain, uphold.
3. To stop, as a clock.
4. Remains.
5. Holds.
Ex.—2. _Ah’ll stand tiv all he diz. Thoo said thoo wad, an’
thoo’ll ’a’e ti stan’ ti ’t noo._
4. _That’ll stand good_, i.e. ‘That is settled.’
5. _It stands a good chance ti win._

+Stand again+, _v._ To withstand, oppose.
Ex.—_Thoo maun’t aim ti stan’ agaan what’s deean._

+Stand for+, _v._ To act as sponsor.

+Standing+, _n._ The stall for a horse or cow.

+Stand-ups+, _n._ God-parents.

+Stane+, +Steean+, _n._ A stone.

+Stang+, _n._ A pole or stake.

+Stang, To ride the+, _Vide_ chapter on ‘Customs.’

+Stape+, _v._ To slope, to incline.

+Stapple+, _n._ A staple.

+Stark+, _adj._ Stiff, unyielding, powerful. The Danish word
_stærk_ means being strong, possessing strength. Hence ‘Stark mad’
is quite correct.
Ex.—_Thoo’s starched t’ things whahl they’re ez stark ez a
booard._ A very common redundancy is _Stiff stark steean deead_.

+Starken+, _v._ To become stiff. _adv._ +Starkly.+

+Star-slubber+ or +-blubber+, _n._ Frog-spawn.

+Start+, _n._ Work, employment.
Ex.—_He sez ’at he’ll gi’e tha a start. Ah’ve gitten a start at
a pund a week._

+Start+, _v._ 1. To begin.
2. To set going.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll start wi’ t’ job ti morn. He started off a gay bit
sen. Tha’ve started a pianner, ’ez t’ fooak next doour._
2. _Ah’ll start it fur tha._

+Starvatious+, _adj._ Cold, very chilly.
Ex.—_No’thallerton station’s t’ maist starvatious spot onnywheear._

+Starve+, _v._ In the passive voice, to suffer from cold; in the
active voice, to cause hunger.

+Staup+, _v._ To walk about clumsily.
Ex.—_Sha staups aboot that okkad whahl sha’ll tumm’l ower her
shadder sum daay._

+Stead+, +Steead+, _n._ Common as a suffix, denoting the exact
place, as homestead, yat-stead, middin-stead, deear- or
dooar-steead, &c.

+Steck+, _v._ To close and fasten a door or gate.

+Stee+, +Stey+, +Stegh+, _n._ A ladder, a style with steps like a
ladder.

+Steead+, _pp._ Stood.

+Steeal+, _n._ Stool.

+Steean+, _n._ Stone.

+Steer+, _n._ An ox under two years.

+Steer-tree+, _n._ The left handle of a plough.

+Steg+, _n._ A gander, a fool.

+Stegly+, _adj._ 1. Shaky.
2. Unsymmetrical, unsuitable.
Ex.—2. _It’s a gret stegly hoos_ (said of Faucet Vicarage).

+Stell+, _n._ An open ditch varying in width and depth.

+Stent+, _v._ To abstain, to deny oneself.

+Step+, _n._ An undefined distance.
Ex.—_Ah went a good step wiv him._

+Step, A langish+ = Quite a long way off.

+Steven+, _v._ To bawl out, to shout at the top of the voice; to
howl and bluster, as the wind. NOTE.—Rarely heard now.

+Stick+, _v._ To kill an animal by stabbing, as a butcher.

+Stickle+, _v._ To hesitate, to object.

+Stickle-haired+ }
+Stickly+ } _adj._ Bristly.

+Stickler+, _n._ A difficulty, a poser.

+Sticks+, _n._ Furniture, belongings.

+Stick up, To+, _v._ To boldly maintain one’s right.

+Stiddy+, _n._ An anvil.

+Stiddy+, _v._ To be steady, attentive to business.

+Stife+, +Stify+, _adj._ Close, foul, as to air.

+Stiff+, _adj._ 1. Steep, difficult.
2. Firm, obstinate.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll tell ya what, it’s a stiffish clim’. Ah’ve gitten
a stiff job this tahm._

+Stifler+, _n._ A bad odour; a heavy blow, such as to cause
insensibility.

+Stint+, _Vide_ +Stent+.

+Stir on, Plenty to+ = Rich, well-to-do.
Ex.—_He’s gi’en ten pund, bud then he’s gitten plenty ti stir
on._

+Stirk+, _n._ A heifer.

+Stirrings+, _n._ An unusual excitement, gaiety.
Ex.—_Ya’ll be ’eving sthraange stirrings when t’ young chap cums
at age._

+Stitch+, _n._ A sharp pain in the side.

+Stithe+, _v._ To taint, to give a taste of smoke, &c.
Ex.—_What ’a’e ya putten on t’ fire? it’s stithed all ’at’s i’
yewn thruff t’ crack i’ t’ boddum._

+Stob+, _n._ Usually a short pointed stick or stake; the stump of
a tree, a small splinter.

+Stob+, _v._ To mark out land with short stakes, to dig up a fence,
to strengthen with stobs.

+Stob off+, _v._ To lop off branches of a tree or the top half of
a hedge.

+Stock+, _n._ A beam of wood, generally applied to the frame of a
bedstead, e.g. bed-stock.

+Stock+, _adv._ Quite, absolutely.
Ex.—_He steead stock still._

+Stodge+, _v._ To satiate with over-eating; to make anything too
thick, as the admixture of too much meal with water.
Ex.—_Ah caan’t eat it, it’s nowt bud stodge._

+Stone-naked+, _adj._ Absolutely naked.

+Stonies+, _n._ Common stone taws.

+Stooden+, _pp._ of ‘Stand,’ but the usage is somewhat peculiar.
Ex.—_Things wad ’a’e stooden different if t’ bobby ’ed catched
him_, i.e. been. _Ah’ve stooden Bedale market ivver sen Ah wur
a larl nipper_, i.e. attended.

+Stook+, _n._ Twelve sheaves of corn set up against each other in
the harvest field.

+Stook+, _v._ To set up stooks, and bind the same.

+Stooth+, _v._ To apply plaster on laths instead of to the wall
itself, or to make in a room a false wall of battens, laths, and
plaster.

+Stor+, +Sturr+, _v._ and _n._ To stir; a stir, excitement.

+Storm+, _n._ A continuance of frost and snow, with or without wind.

+Stortioners+, _n._ The common nasturtium.

+Stot+, _n._ A young ox.

+Stoup+, _n._ A measure of ale.

+Stour+, _v._ To blow in clouds, whether of dust, rain, hail, or
snow; also the action of smoke as it comes from a chimney or fire.

+Stour+, _n._ Dust, &c.

+Stour+, +Stower+, _n._ A stake, the middle bars of a cattle rack,
the cross-bars of a ladder.

+Stout+, _adj._ Convalescent, healthy looking.
Ex.—_Sha leeaks weel an’ stoot agaan._

+Stoven+, _n._ The old stump of a tree not yet quite dead.

+Stowp+, _n._ An upright post.

+Stra+, +Streah+, _n._ Straw.

+Stracklin’+, _n._ A worthless fellow, a waster.

+Straighten+, _v._ Often followed by ‘up.’ To put in order, to
punish, to settle accounts.
Ex.—_Ah mun straighten things up a bit afoor t’ parson’s missus
drops in. If thoo dizn’t drop it, Ah’ll straighten thi jacket
foor tha. When thoo’s deean, fetch thi bill in, an’ wa’ll
straighten up._

+Strand+, _n._ The beach.

+Strapping+, _adj._ Strong, tall, big.

+Strather+, _n._ Haste, excitement.

+Streah+, _Vide_ +Stra+.

+Streamers+, _n._ Minnows during spawning.

+Streean+, +Strain+, _n._ Descent, breed.

+Streean+, _v._ To do one’s utmost.

+Strength+, +Stren’th+, _n._ 1. Security.
2. Belief.
Ex.—1. _He ’ezn’t t’ stren’th o’ fifty pund_, i.e. ‘Could not
find security for that sum.’
2. _On t’ stren’th o’ what thoo sez_, i.e. ‘Acting on the
belief,’ &c.

+Strickle+, _n._ The stone or other contrivance used to sharpen a
scythe.

+Stride-whallops+, _n._ A lanky, long-legged lass. An older word,
now fallen into disuse, was +Stridykirk+.

+Stridlings+, _adv._ Astride.

+Strike+, _v._ To kick with the hind leg (of a horse), to fly-blow
meat, to balance an account, to make a line with string and chalk.

+Strik’-stick+, _n._ The stick used to scrape off the superfluous
corn when measuring.

+String-halt+, _n._ A twitching of the hind leg of a horse.

+Strip+, _v._ To drain the udder dry.

+Stritch-stick+, _n._ The bar which keeps the trace chains apart.
Also +Stretcher+.

+Stroke+, +Stroak+, _n._ A single bat, a commencement.
Ex.—_Ah ’evn’t deean a stroak o’ wark ti-daay._

+Strong+, _adj._ 1. Hard, severe.
2. Heavy, bulky.
3. Stiff, clayey.
Ex.—1. _Wa s’ ‘ev a strangish frost efter this._
2. _It’s a strangish leead foor t’ au’d meer._
3. _T’ land’s varra strong hereaboots._

+Strother+, _Vide_ +Strather+.

+Strucken+, _pp._ of ‘Strike.’

+Strunt+, _n._ The tail.

+Strunt+, _v._ To cut the tail short.

+Struts+, _n._ The posts used in the roof-frame of a house.

+Stuck up+, _adj._ Proud.

+Stuff+, _n._ Of very loose application, e.g. material, furniture,
chattels, produce, &c.
Ex.—_Thoo’s gitten stuff eneeaf ti mak tweea coats. Thoo’s gitten
stuff i’ t’ chaamer eneeaf foor tweea rooms. Thoo’s gitten
mair stuff on t’ land na ivver Tommy ’ed._

+Stunning+, _adj._ First-class.

+Stunt+, _adj._ Short, stumpy; stiff, unyielding.

+Stunt+, _adv._ and _n._ Sulky, obstinate.
Ex.—_Tak neea notish, he taks t’ stunt at nowt._

+Sturdy+, +Stoddy+, _n._ A disease, i.e. hydatids in the brain.

+Stut+, _v._ To stutter.

+S’u’d+, _v._ Should.

+Summat+, _n._ Something.

+Summer-bink+, _n._ A seat shaded by leaves in summer-time.

+Summer-colt+, _n._ Undulating vapour near the ground.

+Sump+, _n._ A bog or marsh.

+Sumpy+, _adj._ Wet, boggy.

+Sunder+, _v._ To dry in the sun.

+Sundown+, _n._ Sunset.

+Sup+, _n._ A small quantity of any liquid.
Ex.—_Ah wants a sup o’ milk. It leeaks nowt bud leyke a sup o’
wet._

+Sup+, _v._ To drink either by sips or with a spoon.

+Sup off+, _v._ To drain one’s glass.

+Surance+, _n._ Surety.
Ex.—_Bud what tha ’a’e gi’en, tha ’ez surance for ’t?_

+Surfeit o’ cold+, _n._ A very severe cold.

+Swab+, _n._ A drunken sot.

+Swad+, _n._ A peascod, and the like.

+Swag+, _v._ 1. To swing about.
2. To lean towards.
Ex.—2. _Ya’ll ’a’e ti put summat at yon sahd ti balance ’t, it
swags gertly ti this sahd._

+Swage+, _v._ To soften, to quiet down.

+Swaimish+, _adj._ Bashful.

+Swale+, +Sweeal+, _v._ 1. To waste by burning unevenly, as a
candle in a draught.
2. To squander.
Ex.—1. _Shut t’ doour, t’ cann’l’s sweealing._
2. _Yon chap ’ud sweeal a ransom awaay._

+Swang+, _n._ A boggy stretch of land.

+Swangy+, _adj._ Boggy.

+Swanky+, +Swanking+, _adj._ Great of its kind.

+Swap+, _v._ To exchange.

+Swape+, _n._ An oar of peculiar shape, a pump handle.

+Swappy+, _adj._ Plump.

+Swarm+, _v._ To climb by clasping a pole or tree with both arms,
knees, and legs.

+Swart+, _adj._ Black looking.

+Swarth+, +Swa’th+, _n._ The outer skin, rind; the quality and
quantity of grass upon the land.

+Swarve+, _v._ To swerve.

+Swash+, _v._ To dash about in waves.

+Swatch+, _n._ Fit, size, the precise thing required.
Ex.—_This yan’ll deea, its just mah swatch. Its just t’ swatch
foor ma._ NOTE.—Swatch was originally a wooden tally or other
means by which any person might prove their claim to cloth
which had been left to dye—cloth, by-the-way, which was
home-spun.

+Swathe+, _n._ The full reach of the scythe when cutting.

+Swathe-bank+, _n._ The grass left uncut by the blade at the end
of its sweep.

+Swatter+, _v._ 1. To play and splash with water.
2. To squander.
Ex.—1. _Tho’ll sprent thisen all ower, swattering on i’ that
waay._
2. _He’ll swatter t’ bit o’ brass awaay._

+Swelt+, _v._ To faint, to swoon; to overpower, as with heat.

+Swelter+, _v._ To burn, to bear or suffer heat, to perspire
profusely.

+Swidden+, _n._ Any place on a moor which has been cleared by
burning.

+Swidden+, +Swithen+, _v._ To singe or burn off superficially.

+Swidge+, _v._ To tingle, burn (of inflammation).
Ex.—_It war nobbut a bleb at t’ fu’st, bud it swidged an’
throbbed an’ then started ti kittle, an’ Ah think that wur t’
warst ov all._

+Swig+, _v._ To drink at one draught.

+Swill+, _n._ Pigmeat.

+Swill+, _v._ To cleanse by throwing water out of a pail, as on
flags, &c.

+Swingle-tree+, _n._ _Vide_ +Stritch-stick+.

+Swip+, _n._ A marrow, the image of.
Ex.—_He’s fair t’ swip ov t’ au’d chap._

+Swipple+, _n._ That part of a flail which beats out the corn.

+Swirrel+, _n._ Squirrel.

+Switch+, _v._ To throw, to dash.
Ex.—_Sha teeak t’ paail o’ mucky watter, an’ switched t’ lot all
ower ma._

+Switched+, _adj._ Drunk.

+Switcher+, _n._ Good, better than ordinary.

+Switching+, _adj._ Grand, noted, extensive.

+Swither+, _v._ 1. To tingle and smart with pain.
2. To dissipate by slow degrees, a little at a time.
Ex.—2. _If he gans on i’ that road, he’ll swither all t’ brass
he hez awaay._

+Swittle+, _n._ A heated iron rod used to bore holes in wood.

+Swizzen+, _v._ To singe. _Vide_ +Swidden+.
Ex.—_It’ll swizzen t’ clothes, t’ iron’s ti hot._

+Sword-dancers+, _Vide_ chapter on ‘Customs.’

+Syke+, _n._ A small streamlet, a gutter, a small rill draining
from a boggy place.

T.

+‘T+, _pron._ It.

+T’+, _def art._ The.

+Ta+, _per. pron._ Thou, you.

+Taal+, _v._ To settle, to accommodate oneself to a new condition
of habits, &c.

+Tacket+, _n._ A tack.

+Ta’en+, +Takken+, _pp._ of ‘Take.’

+Ta’en agaan+ or +ageean+, _v._ To take a dislike to.
Ex.—_Ah’ve ta’en agaan her, an’ Ah s’ nivver tak up wiv her na
mair._

+Ta’en tiv+, _v._ To take to, to like.

+Tag+, _n._ A twist of long grass or rushes, a wisp.

+Tag+, _v._ To flog with a tag.

+Tahm+, _n._ 1. Time.
2. Life.
Ex.—2. _Ah’ve seen a vast i’ mah tahm._

+Tahm by chance+, _adv._ Occasionally.

+Taistrel+, _n._ A peevish character.

+Tak+, _n._ 1. A flavour somewhat pronounced.
2. Land which has been taken at a fixed rent.
3. Piecework.
Ex.—2. _If he’s letten tha ’t at nowt na mair ’an what thoo sez,
its a varra cheeap tak._
3. Q. _Hez ta ta’en ’em byv t’ yackker or by t’ week?_ A. _Neea,
he wadn’t be on byv t’ week, seea Ah’ve ta’en ’em byv t’ tak
this go._

+Tak+, _v._ 1. To take.
2. To rise to bite, as a fish.
3. To attract.
4. To gain one’s esteem or regard.
Ex.—2. _Are tha takkin’ onny?_ i.e. biting.
3. _Wa mun ’ev a bisittle race, hooivver; tha tak t’ best ov owt
noo._
4. _Ah tak tiv him at yance_, i.e. ‘He gained my esteem at once.’

+Tak ho’d+, _v._ To undertake to do, or fill a position.
Ex.—_Ah wanted him ti preeach i’ t’ pleeace o’ Tommy, bud he
wadn’t be on, he’s shy o’ takkin ho’d._

+Tak in, To+, _v._ 1. To understand.
2. To deceive.
Ex.—1. _Gan on, Ah’s takkin ’t all in._
2. _Noo if thoo taks ma in, Ah’ll traade wi’ tha na mair._

+Takken ti heart+ = Giving way to any affliction.

+Takkin+, _n._ 1. The actual result of labour.
2. A condition, a bad temper.
Ex.—1. _Thoo’s gitten a rare takkin; wheear did ta catch ’em?_
2. _Sha’s iv a despert ill takkin._

+Tak off+, _v._ 1. To make fun of, to ridicule, to imitate, mimic.
2. To leave without due notice.
Ex.—2. _He niver sed nowt, bud just teeak off._

+Tak on+, _v._ 1. To retake.
2. To re-engage.
3. To get excited.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ve ta’en t’ farm on agaan._
2. _He ga’ ma t’ sack, bud he’s ta’en ma on agaan._
3. _He did tak on when he gat ti knaw._

+Tak on wi’+, _v._ To engage oneself to another.

+Tak tent+, _v._ To engage oneself to look after, e.g. as a boy
keeping crows off the land.

+Tak t’ hig, To+, _v._ To take offence.

+Takt+, _adj._ Acid, sharp to the taste.
Ex.—_It’s a lahtle bit ower takt ti mah liking._

+Tak up+, _v._ 1. To become fair.
2. To reform one’s character.
Ex.—1. _If ’t dizn’t tak up seean, t’ hay’ll be nut wo’th
leading._
2. _If he’ll nobbut drop drinking an’ tak up, ther’s a seet o’
good iv him._

+Tak up wi’+, _v._ 1. To make friends with another.
2. To become engaged to.
Ex.—1. _He’s neean ower neyce whaw he gans wi’, he’ll tak up wi’
onny lass._

+Tale+, _n._ The number agreed upon.
Ex.—_Ther dizn’t leeak owt leyke a full tale, Ah s’all coont ’em
afoor Ah paay tha._

+Talk+, _n._ Report, gossip.

+Taller-cake+, _n._ Any cake made with the fat from about the
kidney of a sheep or beast.

+Taller-craps+, _Vide_ +Craps+.

+T’ ane+, +T’ yan+ = The one of two or more followed or replied to
by +T’ other+ or +T’ ither+.
Ex.—_Tha wur all feighting t’ ane amang t’ ither._

+Tang+, _n._ The tongue of a buckle.

+Tangle+, _n._ An entanglement, the long fibre of a root, sea-wrack.