_North Lincolnshire Provincialisms_ (Vol. v., pp. 173. 250.).--I have
noted the following North Lincolnshire provincialisms since the
appearance of MR. RAWLINSON'S suggestion:--
_Beat._ A bundle of flax.
_Blower._ A winnowing machine.
_Bumble._ A rush used to make the seats of chairs.
_Bun._ The stalk of hemp.
_Casson._ Cow dung.
_Charking._ The wall lining a well.
_Choo._}
_Huigh._} Words used in driving pigs.
_Connifolde._ To cheat; to deceive.
_Coul Rake._ An instrument used to scrape mud from roads.
_Dozel._ A toppen; a ball placed on the highest point of a corn-rick.
_Feat._ Clever.
_Fingers-and-toes._ Turnips are said to go to fingers and toes when
instead of forming bulbs they branch off into small knotty substances.
_Gizen._ To stare vacantly.
_Grave._ To dig turf.
_Gyme._ A breach in a bank.
_Hales._ The handles of a plough.
_Hethud._ A viper.
_Kedge._ Trash; rubbish.
_Kelp._ The handles of a pail.
_Ketlack._ Wild mustard.
_Kittlin._ A kitten.
_Lew._ A word used in driving geese.
_Livery._ Sad; heavy; said of freshly-ploughed soil.
_Mazzen._ To stupify; to make dizzy.
_Meant._ Meaning of.
_Nobut._ Only.
_Nout._ Nothing.
_Nozzel._ The spout of a pump.
_Rate._ To revile.
_Snail-shelley._ Cankered; said of wood.
_Tod._ Dung.