A Glossary of Words used in the Country of Wiltshire. George Edward Dartnell

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СКАЧАТЬ following being those of localities where the word is reported as being in use.

      * An asterisk denotes that the word against which it is placed has not as yet been met with by ourselves in this county, although given by some authority or other as used in Wilts.

WILTS GLOSSARY

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      A. He; she. See Pronouns.

      A, pl. As or Ais. n. A harrow or drag (D.); probably from A.S. egethe, M.E. eythe, a harrow (Skeat).—S.W., obsolete. This term for a harrow was still occasionally to be heard some thirty years ago, in both Somerset and Wilts, but is now disused. Davis derives it from the triangular shape of the drag, resembling the letter A.

      A-Drag. A large heavy kind of drag (Agric. of Wilts). Still used in South Wilts for harrowing turnips before the hoers go in.

      Abear. To bear, to endure (S.). 'I can't abear to see the poor theng killed.'—N. & S.W.

      Abide. To bear, to endure. 'I can't abide un nohow.'—N. & S.W.

      About. (1) adv. Extremely. Used to emphasize a statement, as ''T'wer just about cold s'marnin'.'—N. & S.W. (2) At one's ordinary work again, after an illness. 'My missus were bad aal last wick wi' rheumatiz, but she be about agen now.'—N. & S.W.

      Acksen. See Axen.

      Adder's-tongue. Listera ovata, Br., Twayblade.—S.W.

      Adderwort. Polygonum Bistorta, L., Bistort.—S.W. (Salisbury, &c.)

      Afeard, Aveard. Afraid (A.B.S.).—N. & S.W.

      *Agalds. Hawthorn berries. (English Plant Names.) Aggles in Devon.

      Agg. (1) To hack or cut clumsily (A.B.H.S.Wr.); also Aggle and Haggle.—N. & S.W. (2) To irritate, to provoke.—N. & S.W.

      Ahmoo. A cow; used by mothers to children, as 'Look at they pretty ahmoos a-comin'!'—S.W. (Som. bord.)

      Ailes, Eyles, Iles, &c. The awns of barley (D.); cf. A.S. egle, an ear of corn, M.E. eile. Hail in Great Estate, ch. i.—N. & S.W.

      Aisles of wheat. See Hyle.

      All-a-hoh. All awry (A.B.C.H.Wr.); also All-a-huh. Unevenly balanced, lop-sided. A.S. awóh. 'That load o' carn be aal-a-hoh.'—N. & S.W.

      All-amang, Allemang, All-o-mong. Mingled together, as when two flocks of sheep are accidentally driven together and mixed up (A.B.G.H.S.Wr.). Seldom heard now.—N. & S.W.

      All one as. Just like. 'I be 'tirely blowed up all one as a drum.'—N.W. Compare—

      ''Twere all as one to fix our hopes on Heaven

       As on this vision of the golden year.'—Tennyson.

      All one for that. For all that, notwithstanding, in spite of, as 'It medn't be true all one for that.'—N.W.

      Aloud. 'That there meat stinks aloud,' smells very bad.—N.W.

      *A-masked. Bewildered, lost (MS. Lansd., in a letter dated 1697: H.Wr.).—Obsolete.

      'Leaving him more masked than he was before.'

      Fuller's Holy War, iii. 2.

      Ameäd. Aftermath. See note to Yeomath.—N.W. (Cherhill.)

      *Anan, 'Nan. What do you say? (A.B.); used by a labourer who does not quite comprehend his master's orders. 'Nan (A.B.) is still occasionally used in N. Wilts, but it is almost obsolete.—N. & S.W.

      Anbye. adv. Some time hence, presently, at some future time. 'I be main busy now, but I'll do't anbye.'—N.W.

      Anchor. The chape of a buckle (A.B.).—S.W.

      And that. And all that sort of thing, and so forth. 'Well, he do have a drop tide-times and that.'—S.W.

      Aneoust, Aneust, Anoust, Neust, or Noust. Nearly, about the same (A.B.G.).—N. & S.W.

      Anighst. Near (A.S.). 'Nobody's bin anighst us since you come.'—N. & S.W.

      Anneal. A thoroughly heated oven, just fit for the batch of bread to be put in, is said to be nealded, i.e. annealed.—S.W.

      Anoint, 'Nint (i long). To beat soundly. 'I'll 'nint ye when I gets home!' See Nineter.—N.W.

      *Anont, Anunt. Against, opposite (A.B.H.Wr.).

      Any more than. Except, although, only. 'He's sure to come any more than he might be a bit late.' Usually contracted into Moor'n in N. Wilts.—N. & S.W.

      Apple-bout. An apple-dumpling. (Cf. Hop-about.)—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)

      Apple-owling. Knocking down the small worthless fruit, or 'griggles,' left on the trees after the apple crop has been gathered in. See Howlers, Owlers, and Owling.—N.W.

      Aps. Populus tremula, L., Aspen; always so called by woodmen. This is the oldest form of the word, being from A.S. æps, and is in use throughout the south and west of England. In Round About a Great Estate, ch. i. it is misprinted asp.—N.W.

      Arg. To argue, with a very strong sense of contradiction implied (S.). 'Dwoan't 'ee arg at I like that! I tell 'ee I zeed 'un!' See Down-arg.—N. & S.W.

      Arms. 'The arms of a waggon,' such parts of the axle-tree as go into the wheels (Cycl. of Agric.).—N.W.

      Arra, Arra one, Arn. See Pronouns.

      Array, 'Ray. To dress and clean corn with a sieve (D.).—N.W.

      Arsmart. Polygonum Hydropiper, L., and P. Persicaria, L.—S.W.

      Ashore, Ashar, Ashard. Ajar. 'Put the door ashard when you goes out.'—N. & S.W.

      Ashweed. Aegopodium Podagraria, L., Goutweed.—N. & S.W.

      *Astore. An СКАЧАТЬ