guard against the power of witches the whip-stock was often made
of rowan-tree wood.
+Gad+, +Gadder+, +Gadabout+, _n._ A gossip.
+Gadding+, _part._ Gossiping.
+Gaddish+, _adj._ Inclined to gossip.
+Gadling+, _adj._ Applied to a gossiping person.
+Gae+, _Vide_ +Gaa+.
+Gaed+, _pret._ of +Gae+.
+Gaffer+, _n._ The master.
Ex.—_Leeak oot, here’s t’ gaffer cumin’._
+Gag-bit+, _n._ A powerful bit used when breaking horses.
+Gah+, _v._ To go.
+Gahins on+, Doings, festivities, proceedings.
Ex.—_Ther’s been straange gahins on at Bessy’s sen Martha cam
yam._ _Noo, wa ’ed grand gahins on at t’ Jubilee._
+Gahlfat+. _Vide_ +Gilevat+.
+Gain+, +Gainest+, _adj._ Shortest, quickest, easiest.
Ex.—_It’s t’ gainest waay ti gan byv t’ wood_, i.e. ‘It is the
shortest way,’ &c. _Ther’s a gainer way ti deea’t ’an that_,
i.e. ‘There is a quicker or easier plan to do it than that.’
+Gainable+, _adj._ Obtainable.
+Gain-hand+, _adj._ Easily reached.
+Gainly+, _adv._ Easily gained, of access.
+Gains+, _n._ An advantage.
+Gainstrive+, +Gainstand+, _v._ To oppose.
Ex.—_Yan caan’t gainstrive owt o’ that soart. Neeabody can
gainstand thersens agaain t’ railway cump’ny._
+Gain-way+, _n._ A shorter path.
+Gairn+, +Garn+, _n._ Worsted, yarn.
+Gaitings+, _n._ Bundles of clover tied at the top and left to dry.
+Gallac-handed+, _adj._ Left-handed.
Ex.—_Fau’k ’at’s gallac-handed’s awlus a larl bit tricky, Ah
think._
+Gallivant+, _v._ To flirt, to be continually in the society of
ladies.
+Galloway+, _n._ One of a small breed of horses.
+Gallowses+, +Gallasses+, _n._ Trouser braces.
+Gally-bauk+, _n._ An iron bar attached to the rann’l bauk, from
which pans are hung either on or off the fire.
+Galore+, _n._ A superabundance.
+Gam+, _n._ 1. A game.
2. Fun.
3. Ridicule.
Ex.—1. _Wa’d a rare gam at creckets last neet._
2. _He’s a grand hand at makking gam._
3. _Ah thowt sha was deeaing nowt bud mak gam o’ ma._
+Gamashes+, _n._ Gaiters, leggings, now applied to all kind of
leg-coverings.
+Gammer+, _v._ To waste time, to be slow.
+Gammer-stag+ or +-stang+, _n._ An immodest female.
+Gammish+, _adj._ Lively, full of frolic, plucky.
+Gan+, +Gang+, _v._ To go, to go on foot. ‘Gang’ is often added to
the direction pointed out.
Ex.—_Thoo’d best tak by t’ mill gang_, i.e. ‘Go by the mill way,’
or ‘go by the mill,’ or ‘by t’ stell gang,’ ‘up gang,’ &c.
+Gane+, _v._ Gone.
+Ganger+, _n._ A goer, usually applied to a horse.
Ex.—_Sha’s nut mich ov a ganger._ _That’s a good ganger_,
i.e. ‘A good goer.’
+Gangeril+, +Gangril+, _n._ A worthless fellow, a vagrant, a toad.
+Gannings on+, _Vide_ +Gahins on+.
+Gans+, _v._ Goes.
+Gant+, _adj._ Thin, puny, half-fed.
+Gantree+, _n._ A low wooden stand for barrels to rest on.
+Gap+, _n._ An opening in a hedge through which sheep may stray, a
rift in the hills.
+Gape+, +Gaape+, +Geeap+, _v._ To bawl loudly, to stand
open-mouthed.
+Garb+, _v._ To dress vulgarly, or in tawdry finery.
+Garfits+, _n._ Entrails. In some parts goose giblets are known as
‘garfits.’
+Garland+, _v._ A white glove decorated with ribbons and carried at
funerals. _Vide_ Chap. VIII, on ‘Customs.’
+Garsel+, _n._ Rotten sticks, last year’s undergrowth.
+Garth+, _n._ A small enclosure of land.
+Gate+, +Geeat+, _n._ A way, road, street; there is also a secondary
meaning of ‘manner.’ Adverbially as ‘all gates,’ ‘onny gates.’
Ex.—_What gate mun Ah tak ti Easby?_ i.e. ‘Which road must I take
to Easby?’ _If he gans on i’ yon gate, he’ll seean lap t’ job
up_, i.e. ‘If he goes on in that manner, he will soon end the
business.’ _Leeak at what he’s deean onny gate an’ all gates,
an’ yan’s boun ti awn he’s been a feeal all roads_, i.e. ‘Look
at what he has done any way and all ways, and one is compelled
to admit he has been a fool every way.’ _Thoo diz things all
gates an’ onny gates, an’ it’s neea gates i’ t’ end._
+Gate+, _n._ An acquired right or privilege of pasturage for cattle.
+Gate+, _v._ To arrange clover in small bundles to dry.
+Gauk+, +Gawk+, _n._ A stupid fellow, the cuckoo.
+Gauky+, _adj._ Clumsy, idiotic.
+Gaum+, _v._ To pay attention intelligently.
+Gaumish+, _adj._ Intelligent.
+Gaumless+, _adj._ Lacking intelligence.
+Gaup+, _v._ To stare and gape with astonishment.
+Gauve+, _v._ To stare vacantly.
+Gauvison+, _n._ Silly of either sex. Usually applied to a female.
+Gauvy+, _n._ A silly fellow.
+Gavelock+, _n._ A crowbar.
+Gay+, +Gayish+, _adj._ 1. Considerable in number.
2. Nice, pleasing.
3. Fairly good, both as to size, quality, and number.
Ex.—1. _Ther war a gay few fau’k gethered up. Ah gav a gayish bit
mair ’an that for ’t._
2. _It’s a gay bit o’ stuff._
3. _It’s a gayish field o’ to’nips._
+Gayly+, _adv._ 1. First-class.
2. Exceedingly well as to health.
Ex.—1. _Ah’s gittin’ on gayly_, i.e. ‘first-class.’
2. _Sha war nobbut dowly a piece sen, but sha’s gayly noo._
+Gear+, +Gearing+, _n._ That part of a machine which alters the
speed of running, harness.
+Gear+, _n._ Worldly possessions, raiment.
+Geb+, _Vide_ +Gib+.
+Geck+, _n._ A stupid oaf. _Vide_ also +Goffen+.
+Geean+, _part._ Gone.
+Geeaping+, _pp._ Gaping, staring.
+Gecken+, _v._ _Vide_ +Goffen+.
+Gee+, _v._ The wagoner’s command for the horse to take the
right-hand side of the road.
+Geen+, +Gi’en+, +Gi’n+, _v._ Given.
+Geld+, _adj._ and _n._ Barren; single unmated birds, as of
partridges.
+Gell+, _n._ Girl.
+Gen+, +Girn+, _v._ To grin.
+Genning+, _adj._, also _part._ of _Gen_. 1. To grin.
2. To find fault.
Ex.—1. _Thoo genning munkey, Ah’ll gi’e tha summat ti gen at if
thoo dizn’t shift thisel._
2. _Sha’s awlus genning an’ fliting at yan._
+Gep+, _v._ To eavesdrop.
+Ger+, _v._ To get, go.
Ex.—_Ger ho’d on ’t._
+Gert+, +Gret+, +Greeat+, _adj._ Great.
+Gesling+, _n._ Gosling.
+Gess+, +Gerse+, _n._ Grass.
+Geesing-land+, +Gersing-land+, _n._ Grass-land.
+Get+, _v._ Beside being used in the ordinary sense there are
several curious usages. 1. To get to.
2. Is called.
3. To come.
Ex.—1. _Ah aim ti gan ti Brotton when Ah git to Boosbeck._
2. _T’ chap ’at ’ed it afoor called it Jack, bud it awlus gits
Flip wiv uz._
3. _Wa thowt ya warn’t gahin’ ti mannish ti get._
+Get, Able to+, _Vide_ +Yabble+.
+Get agate+, _v._ To commence.
+Get away with, To+, _v._ To push forward work.
Ex.—_Noo ’at t’ wood’s cum’d wa s’all be yabble ti git awaay wi’
t’ job at yance._
+Get on+, _v._ To succeed.
Ex.—_He’s sartin ti git on, is yon chap._
+Get the length of+, _v._ To get as far as, either of place,
distance, or work.
+Getherer+ or +Gedderer+, _n._ A collector of taxes, one who gathers
the corn into bundles.
+Gether+ or +Gedder up, To+, _v._ To collect together.
+Getten+, +Gitten+, +Gotten+, _part._ To get.
+Gew-gaws+, _n._ Jewellery, &c.
+Gew-gow+, _n._ A Jew’s harp.
+Gib+, _n._ The hooked handle of a stick.
+Gib-+ or +Geb-stick+, _n._ A hooked stick.
+Gicken+, _Vide_ +Goffen+.
+Gi’en+, _Vide_ +Geen+.
+Giglet+, _n._ A giggling girl.
+Gilder+, _n._ A horsehair snare.
+Gilevat+, _n._ The vat or tub in which ale is stood to ferment.
+Gill+, _n._ A half-pint.
+Gill+, _n._ A narrow rock valley, a ravine.
+Gillifer+, _n._ An immodest woman; one who pretends to good looks,
or dresses younger than her years.
+Gilt+, _n._ A young sow.
+Gimmal+, _n._ A narrow passage between two houses.
+Gimmer+, _n._ A young female lamb.
+Ginger-heead+, _adj._ and _n._ One having red hair.
+Gingerly+, _adv._ Cautiously, ticklish to do.
+Ginnel+, _Vide_ +Runnel+.
+Ginner+, _adv._ Rather, quite as soon as.
Ex.—_Ah’d ez ginner gan ez stop._
+Girt+, _adj._ Great. _Vide_ +Gert+.
+Girt shakes, Neea+, Nothing to boast of.
+Gissy-gissy+, _n._ The call for the young pigs to be fed.
+Git+, _Vide_ +Get+.
+Give+, _v._ To stretch, to give way, to yield to force, to thaw.
+Give agaan+, _v._ To thaw, to return something when bargaining for
luck.
+Give back+, _v._ To recede, to yield through lack of courage.
+Give in+, _v._ To tender an estimate, to give notice to a landlord
of intention to quit his farm or house, to admit being
vanquished.
+Give out+, _v._ To fail in supply.
+Give ower+, _v._ Leave off, desist, cease.
Ex.—_Gi’e ower at yance_, i.e. ‘Cease at once.’
+Gizzen+, _n._ The gizzard.
+Glazzen+, _v._ 1. To glaze a window.
2. Become glassy.
Ex.—2. _It’ll seean be deead, its een ’s glazzen’d noo._
+Glease+, +Gleeaze+, _v._ To run swiftly.
+Gleasing+, _n._ A race after, the cost of a suit at law.
+Gleen+, _v._ To shine.
+Gleg+, _v._ To peep slyly, to cast one’s eyes about furtively.
+Glent+, _v._ To glance off at an angle.
+Gliff+, +Glift+, _n._ A passing glance, a glimpse.
+Gloaming+, _n._ Twilight.
+Gloor+, +Gloar+, _v._ To stare intently.
+Glorr+, _n._ Soft, fat.
+Glow+, _Vide_ +Low+.
+Glump+, _v._ To sulk.
+Glumpy+, _adj._ Sulky.
Ex.—_If he’s glumpy, let him glump._
+Glut+, _n._ A wooden wedge used to split timber with.
+Gnag+, _v._ To weary one with reproaches, to continually assail
one with remarks of an irritating nature.
+Gnaggy+, _adj._ Bad tempered, continually scolding.
+Gnarl+, _v._ To gnaw, as rabbits do trees during a hard winter.
+Gnarr+, _Vide_ +Knar+.
+Gnarr+, _v._ To growl.
+Gnatter+, _v._ To find fault of a petty nature continuously.
+Gnattering+, +Nattering+, _adj._ Fault-finding on all occasions.
Ex.—_Oh, sha’s a gnattering au’d thing, sha’s nivver off his
beeans._
+Gnipe+, _Vide_ +Knep+.
+Go+ or +Goa+, _n._ 1. Attempt, try.
2. Event, circumstance.
Ex.—1. _Cum by, an’ let me ’ev a go at it. He fetched yan doon
fust go. All t’ three on uz ’ed a go, bud neean on uz hit it._
2. _Well, this is a go; it beeats ivvery go, diz this._
+Gob+, _n._ The mouth.
+Gobble+, _v._ To reply in a sulky, indistinct manner.
Ex.—_Noo, git thisel oot o’ t’ glumps, an’ deean’t gobble i’ that
road when Ah ass tha owt._
+Gob-string+, _n._ A bridle.
+God’s penny+, _n._ A sum of money paid by the master when hiring
a servant to bind the transaction.
+Goffen+, +Gecken+, +Gicken+, +Geck+, _v._ To laugh like an idiot.
+Goings on+, _Vide_ +Gahins on+.
+Goke+, +Gowk+, +Gooak+, _n._ The core of an apple, the hard part
of a boil or ulcer; also used to denote the centre of many things,
as ’t’ gowk o’ t’ stack.’
+Goldens+, _n._ The charred stems of burnt ling.
+Goldie+, _n._ The yellow-hammer.
+Golly+, _n._ A newly-hatched bird.
+Gomerill+, _n._ A born idiot.
+Gone away+, _Vide_ +Fallen away+.
+Good+, _adj._ 1. Considerable.
2. Easy.
3. Well.
4. Almost.
5. Kind, obliging.
Ex.—1. _Whya, noo, ther war a good few on ’em._
2. _That’s good eneeaf ti deea._
3. _Yan mud ez good talk tiv a yat-post ez yon lad._
4. _Ah’ve ez good ez deean noo._
5. _Ya’ll mebbe be seea good ez ti fetch ma a bit o’ bacca back
wi’ ya?_
+Good+, _adv._ Altogether, entirely.
Ex.—_Wa’d gi’en ya up foor good, wa thowt ya warn’t gahin’ ti
mannish to get._
+Goodies+, _n._ Sweetmeats.
+Good-like+, _adj._ Of pleasing appearance.
+Goodman+, _n._ The husband.
+Good riddance+, Lit. Very pleased you have gone away.
+Good-stuff+, _n._ Sweets.
+Good-woman+, _n._ The wife.
+Goose-+ or +Geeasegogs+, _n._ Gooseberry.
+Gorpie+, _n._ _Vide_ +Golly+.
+Gossamer+, _n._ Fine cobwebs found during dry weather, either on
the herbage or floating in the air. _Vide_ +Musweb+.
+Gote+, _n._ A narrow passage often running between two rows of
houses, a rent in rocks sufficiently wide to admit the passage
of one man at a time, a natural narrow ravine. A mill-race is
often called a ‘mill-gote.’
+Goupen+, _n._ A handful.
+Goupenful+, _n._ A double handful.
+Gowden+, _adj._ Golden. The ‘ow’ is pronounced as in ‘show.’
+Gowk+, _n._ A fool, a clumsy fellow.
+Gowky+, _adj._ Clumsy.
Ex.—_A gret gowky good ti nowt._
+Gowland+, _n._ The corn marigold.
+Grace+, _n._ Advantage, benefit.
Ex.—_Ther weean’t be mich grace i’ deeaing a thing leyke that._
+Graft+ or +Graff+, _n._ A spade depth.
+Grain+, _v._ To grumble.
+Graining+, _n._ The fork, the division into branches.
+Grains+, _n._ Branches.
+Graithing+, _n._ Clothes.
+Grapplement+, _n._ A grasping in a struggle.
+Grass widdy+, _n._ An immoral woman.
+Grave+, _v._ To dig.
+Grawn up+, _adj._ Grown up, adult.
+Greean+, +Girn+, +Gairn+, _v._ To groan, as when lifting a heavy
weight.
Ex.—_Thee lift, an’ Ah’ll deea t’ gerning._
+Gree+, _v._ To agree, to assent.
+Greease-horn+, _n._ A toady, a sycophant.
+Greease in+, _v._ To win over by flattery.
+Greed+, _n._ Avarice.
+Greet+, _v._ To weep silently.
+Grenky+, _adj._ Complaining, unwell, irritable.
+Gret+, _Vide_ +Gert+.
+Gret end+, _adv._ Almost.
Ex.—_Ther’ll be t’ gret end o’ fowr scoore. Whya, Ah gav’ t’ gret
end o’ twenty pun for ’t._
+Gret likelihood+, Almost a certainty.
Ex.—_Tha’ve been keeping cump’ny foor sum tahm, ther’s gret
likelihood ’at tha’ll be gittin’ wed afoor lang._
+Griff+, _n._ A small ravine.
+Grime+, +Grahm+, _n._ Soot.
+Grime+, +Grahm+, _v._ To black with soot.
+Grime ower+, _v._ To spread a light covering of dust or other
light matter.
+Griming+, _n._ A light covering of snow.
+Grip+, _n._ A narrow trench.
+Gripe+, _n._ A pronged fork for digging.
+Grip ho’d+, _n._ A handle. _v._ To take hold of firmly.
+Grissy+, _adj._ Damp and warm, of the weather.
+Grob+, _n._ An undersized, badly-built man.
+Grob+, _v._ To search with the hand under conditions where the
eyes cannot assist.
+Grobble+, _v._ To grope, to search for with a stick or hand, as
under a stone for fish.
Ex.—_Ah’s grobbling unner t’ steean foor a treeat_, i.e. trout.
+Gross+, +Grossy+, _adj._ Rapid growth, plants too close together,
fat.
+Growt-heead+, _n._ A blockhead.
+Grozy+, _adj._ Well-to-do.
+Grue+, _adj._ Sullen, lowering, dismal, also applied to discontent
freely expressed.
+Gruff+, _adj._ Brusque.
+Gruff+, _v._ To express dissatisfaction, to grunt, to snort in
temper, to snore.
+Grump+, _v._ To sulk.
+Grumps+, _n._ _Vide_ +Brully+.
+Grumpy+, _adj._ Bad tempered, sulky.
+Grund+, _n._ Ground.
+Grundage+, _n._ Ground rent.
+Grun’lstan+, +Grunstan+, _n._ Grindstone.
+Gruntle+, _v._ To give low grunting sounds of discontent.
+Grutch+, _v._ To envy, to grudge.
Ex.—_Ther’s nowt ’at he dizn’t grutch yan. He mud ’ev ’ed t’
tweea pigs, bud Ah did grutch him t’ coo._
+Gulch+, _v._ To swallow like a dog.
Ex.—_Thoo gulches thi puddin’ doon warse ’an a dog._
+Gumption+, _n._ Tact, general capability.
Ex.—_He’ll nowther fick na fend, foor he wants baith mense an’
gumption._
+Gush+, _n._ A rush of air, a gust.
+Gutter+, _v._ To waste, as a candle in a draught.
Ex.—_Put t’ deear teea, t’ cann’l’s sweealing an’ guttering
awaay leyke all that._
+Gutter eaves+, _n._ The gutter which carries the water from off
the roof.
H.
+Hack+, _n._ A small pickaxe.
+Hackle+, _n._ The natural covering of an animal, or the clothes
of man.
+Hackle+, _v._ 1. To dress, to put on one’s best attire, to make
smart.
2. To turn the soil lightly.
Ex.—1. _Sha’s hackled hersel wiv all t’ gew-gaws ’at sha’s
gitten._
2. _Thoo mun just hackle aboot t’ reeats._
+Had away+, A corruption of the Scotch ‘haud awa.’ It is quite
common, and used in the sense of ‘come or go quickly.’
+Haffle+, _v._ 1. To hesitate when speaking, to stammer, to appear
desirous of keeping something back.
2. To exhibit indecision of character.
3. To quibble.
Ex.—1. _Deean’t haffle leyke that, bud speeak plain._
2. _Naay, what! he’s lost t’ job, he haffled seea; fust he wad
an’ then he wadn’t, whahl t’ gaffer gav it ti sumbody else._
3. _He awlus haffles on that mich, whahl neeabody ho’ds ti owt
he sez._
+Hag+, _n._ A thick white fog which, when followed by a frost,
forms frost-hag; a coppice, such as often grows on a rough bank
or broken ground; a broken rugged bank.
+Hag-berry+, _n._ The fruit of the bird-cherry (_Prunus padus_).
NOTE.—In many parts of the North Riding Bug-berry is the common
name, _bägg_ being the Swedish for the same.
+Hag-clog+, _n._ A wooden block, varying in size, used as a
chopping block.
+Haggle+, _v._ To chop or cut anything unevenly, to tease, to beat
down in a bargain, to argue in a contentious spirit.
+Haggy+, _adj._ Rough, boggy, always applied to land.
+Hag snars+, _n._ The stubs left standing after the chopping down
of young trees.
+Hag-worm+, _n._ The viper or adder (_Pelias berus_). The name is
never applied to the blind-worm.
+Hair-breed+, _n._ 1. By little and little.
2. Slow degrees.
3. The narrowest margin.
Ex.—1. _Wa’re bodduming what tha did byv hair-breeds_, i.e. ‘We
are finding out what they did little by little.’
2. _Willie mends, bud it’s nobbut byv hair-breeds._
3. _He ’scaped wiv his leyfe, bud it war nobbut byv a hair-breed_,
lit. ‘A hair’s breadth.’
+Hairy-worm+, _n._ Any caterpillar of a hairy kind.
+Hake+, _n._ An importunate beggar, not necessarily a pauper; a
greedy, grasping person.
+Hake+, _v._ To be pertinacious, to weary with importunities.
+Hale+, _v._ To empty a vessel by inclining it to one side.
+Hales+, _n._ The handles of a plough.
+Half-marrow+, _n._ One considered as but a youth at his calling,
half-grown.
+Half nowt+, Beneath consideration, either as to money or character.
Ex.—_Ah gat it foor hauf nowt. Its nobbut a hauf-nowt when it’s
deean. T’ father’s i’ prison an’ t’ lad’s a hauf nowt._
+Half-rocked+ or +-baked+, _adj._ Half-witted, foolish.
Ex.—_He knaws nowt, he’s nobbut hauf-rocked. It’s nobbut a
hauf-rocked thing foor onnybody ti deea._
+Hallock+, _v._ To wander aimlessly about.
Ex.—_If he isn’t risting up agaain a wall, he’ll be hallocking_
_sumwheear. If thoo aims ’at hallocking aboot ’ll finnd tha a
job, thoo’s grandly mista’en._
+Hames+, +Heeams+, _n._ That part of a horse’s collar to which the
traces are fixed.
+Hammer+, _v._ To stammer.
+Hampered+, _adj._ 1. Hindered by difficulties.
2. Overrun by vermin or insects.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ve been hampered wi’ all maks an’ manders o’ things._
2. _T’ farm’s fairly hampered wi’ rabbits an’ rats._
3. _Them to’nips leeak a bit hampered wi’ t’ fly._
+Ham-sam+, _v._ To pack or hurriedly put away things anyhow so as
to get them out of sight, to throw together anyhow.
+Ham-shackle+, _v._ To tie the head to one of the fore feet to
prevent driven cattle from running away.
+Hanch at+, _v._ An attempt to bite from behind.
+Hand, To bear at+. _v._ 1. To blame.
2. To blame with a feeling of resentment.
Ex.—1. _Ah beear him at hand foor all sha knows aboot what wa
did at Sally’s._
2. _It war nowt bud a dirty trick, an’ Ah s’all awlus beear him
at hand for ’t._
+Hand-clowt+, +Han’-cloot+, _n._ A towel.
+Hand-ho’d+, _n._ That which admits of being firmly gripped, the
act of gripping.
Ex.—_It ’ez a good hand-ho’d ti ’t. Ah gat a good hand-ho’d, an’
Ah nivver let go._
+Handle+, +Hann’l+, _v._ 1. To treat.
2. To manage.
Ex.—1. _Tha hann’ld t’ lad varry badly._
2. _Sha’s varra kittlish an’ bad ti hann’l._
+Hand-running+, _adv._ In regular succession.
Ex.—_He’s ta’en fowr prizes han’-running._
+Handsel+, +Han’sel+, _n._ and _v._ 1. The money received on or
before the commencement of any work so as to make the agreement
binding.
2. To give something on using a thing for the first time.
3. The act of using a thing for the first time.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll pay tha summat noo ti han’sel t’ job._
2. _Whya, thoo’ll be leyke ti han’sel t’ new hoss, wa s’ want a
glass apiece._
3. _Ah’ve han’sel’d t’ new reaper ti-daay._
+Hand-staff+, _n._ The handle of a flail.
+Hand-turn+, _n._ A small amount of work.
Ex.—_Sha’s that lazy ’at sha weean’t deea a hand-to’n foor hersen,
let aleean foor onnybody else._
+Handy+, _adj._ 1. Skilful, apt, clever with one’s hands.
2. Useful, just the very thing needed.
Ex.—1. _He’s a varra handy chap._
2. _It’s yan o’ t’ maist handy things ’at Ah’ve ivver clap’t my
een on._
+Hang-dog+, _adj._ Sullen.
Ex.—_Deean’t gan aboot wiv a hang-dog leeak o’ thi feeace leyke
that._
+Hang-dog+, _n._ A worthless fellow.
+Hangedly+, _adv._ Without heart, despondent.
+Hank+, _n._ A latchet or loop of band or rope used to secure a
gate; a skein of wool or string, &c.
+Hank+, _v._ To hang the bridle to a hook, gate, &c.; to fasten,
as a gate.
+Hank, To get things in a+ = To get one’s circumstances involved.
+Hankle+, +Henkle+, _v._ 1. To become entangled.
2. To greatly desire, used in a very wide sense.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ve gitten t’ kite band sadly hankled_, i.e. entangled.
_He’s gitten hankled on wi’ yon chap, an’ he’ll deea him neea good.
Ah weean’t be hankled on wi’ neea sike leyke carryings on_,
i.e. mixed up with.
2. _Ah awlus hed a hankling foor Tom’s meer. Neea, wa didn’t
bargain, bud Ah’ve a gert hankling foor ’t._
+Hant+, _v._ To frequent.
Ex.—_He fairly hants t’ hoos sen Polly cam._
+Hanted+, _v._ 1. Frequented by a ghost.
2. To be always at one’s heels.
Ex.—1. _Ah wadn’t gan neear t’ pleeace at neet, tha saay it’s
hanted._
2. _He’s awlus sumwheear nigh at hand, Ah’s fairly hanted wi t’
lad sen Ah gat t’ larl pony._
+Hap+, _v._ 1. To cover over.
2. To wrap up.
3. To bury.
4. To discontinue.
5. To happen, chance, befall.
Ex.—1. _Thoo mun hap t’ strawberries up wi’ a bit o’ streah._
2. _Noo ya mun hap up well, it’s a cau’d neet._
3. _Ah’ve just happ’d Willie’s grave up._
4. _Let’s hap t’ job up noo an’ saay neea mair aboot it._
5. _If nowt s’u’d hap ti stop ma, Ah s’ cum._
NOTE.—Lap is often used instead of ‘hap’ in 2 and 4.
+Happen+, _v._ 1. Possibly.
2. To meet with.
3. Perhaps.
Ex.—1. _Will ta cum? Happen Ah maay._
2. _He’s happen’d a bad accident._
3. _Ass him, an’ happen he’ll gi’e tha ’t._
+Happing+, _n._ Covering of any kind, usually bed-clothes.
+Haps+, _n._ Any covering which may be used over the ordinary
clothes.
Ex.—_‘A’e ya browt plenty o’ haps wi’ ya?_ meaning topcoats,
jackets, rugs, &c.
+Harbour+, _n._ Shelter, lodging.
Ex.—_Wa mun finnd a harbour sumwhere whahl t’ shooer’s ower’d.
Seea lang ez it’s cleean Ah deean’t mahnd, bud Ah mun ’ev a
harbour foor t’ neet._
+Harbour+, _v._ To shelter, to hide, generally used in a derogatory
sense.
Ex.—_Sha’s neeawaays neyce whaw sha harbours_, i. e. ‘She is not
particular what kind of people she takes in, shelters, or lets
her rooms to.’ _Tha’d harbour t’ devil if tha thowt tha c’u’d
mak owt byv it._
+Hard+, _adj._ Sour, said of beer; difficult to do or manage, close,
much.
Ex.—_He’s a hard un ti bargain wi’. It ficked that hard, whahl
Ah c’u’dn’t ho’d it_, i. e. much. _He awlus drahves a hard
bargain_, i. e. close. _It’s ommaist neea ewse assing him; he
said he wadn’t, an’ he’s hard ti to’n._
+Hard eneeaf+, _adv._ Without doubt, certainly, of a truth.
Ex.—_Ah’ll deea ’t, hard eneeaf. He’ll tell tha what he thinks,
hard eneeaf._
+Hard, To look+, _v._ To pay great attention, to observe closely.
Ex.—_Thoo mun leeak hard at it, an’ then thoo’ll seean git thi
task off. Ah hed ti leeak hard at him afoor Ah kenn’d whaw it
war._
+Harden+, _v._ 1. To bring oneself to do a thing.
2. To clear up after rain.
Ex.—1. _Ah deean’t leyke t’ job, bud Ah s’all ’a’e ti harden
mysel ti ’t._
2. _It’s neea ewse to’ning t’ hay, whahl it hardens up a bit._
+Harden-feeaced+, _adj._ Threatening, lowering—of the sky or weather.
+Harding+, _n._ A coarse kind of material for making aprons or
wrappers of.
+Hardlings+, _adv._ Not quite, scarcely.
+Hard o’ hearing+, _adj._ More or less deaf.
+Hardset+, _adv._ With difficulty able.
Ex.—_Sha’s hardset ti mak ends meet. Ah wur hardset ti git t’ job
deean i’ tahm._
+Hark back, To+, _Vide_ +Harp+.
+Hark ya+, _intj._ Hear you! listen!
+Harled+, _adj._ Mottled.
+Harn+, _n._ _Vide_ +Harding+.
+Harp+, _v._ To continually refer to some annoying circumstance,
some mistake, or disgrace.
Ex.—_Sha nivver lets t’ thing dee, sha’s awlus harping on aboot
it._
+Harr+, _n._ A thick fog inclining to rain.
+Harrish+, _n._ Worry, annoyance, trouble.
Ex.—_It’s a bit of a harrish, bud then wa s’ git ower ’t sumhoo._
+Harrish+, _v._ To be worried owing to some misadventure,
distressed through not knowing how some undertaking may turn out.
+Harrow, To trail a light+ = To have a small family, to have few
worries or difficulties.
+Hartree+, _n._ The tail-piece of a gate.
+Harv+, _v._ The word for a horse to turn to the left hand.
+Hasky+, +Hask+, _adj._ Dry, rough, coarse.
+Hat up, To hang one’s+ = To be quite at home, welcome.
Ex.—_Ah can hang mah hat up yonder when Ah’ve a mahnd teea._
+Hatter+, _v._ To mix or confuse things, to knot, to throw in
disorder. _See also_ +Hotter+.
+Hause+, _n._ The throat or neck.
+Hauve+, _v._ To stare stupidly.
+Hauvey-gauvey+, _n._ A stupid fellow, a lout.
+Hauvish+, _adj._ Lacking common sense, stupid.
+Havver+, _n._ Oats; hence +Havver-cake+.
+Havver-meal+, _n._ Oatmeal.
+Hay-bauks+, _n._ Poles or sticks so arranged to hold hay for
cattle to feed from.
+Hay-bay+, _n._ A wild uproar.
+Hay-chat+, _n._ The whitethroat.
+Hasel+, _Vide_ +Hezzle+.
+Hazled+, _adj._ An intermixture of red and white hairs. When the
red preponderate, the beast is dark hazled; when white, vice
versa. Often designated roan or roaned.
+Head+, _n._ The upper part of a dale.
+Head-gear+, _n._ 1. The blinders and bit, &c.
2. Head-dress.
3. Good sense, brain power.
Ex.—1. _He’s putten t’ heead-gear on afoor t’ barfan._
2. _Did ti notish her heead-gear? It wur grand._
3. _Ez far ez a bit o’ heead-geear gans, he’s ez sharp ez onny
on ’em._
+Head-rigg+, _n._ That part of a field on which the horses and
plough are turned about.
+Head screwed on the right way+, Knowing what is best to be done,
sensible, having good judgement.
+Head-stall+, _n._ A halter, usually made of hemp.
+Head-tire+, _n._ Head-dress.
+Heap+, _n._ In measure a quarter of a peck.
+Heart-brussen+ or +Brussen-hearted+, _adj._ Heart-broken.
+Heart-bun+, +Heart-grown+, _adj._ Strongly attached to a place;
also having a great desire to accomplish something in the future.
+Heart-eased+, _adj._ Freed from pain or distress.
+Hearten+, _v._ To encourage, to give hope.
+Heart-sick+, _adj._ Without hope, despondent.
+Heart, Soft at+ } _adj._ Easily appeased, kindly disposed.
+Heart, Warm at+ }
+Heart-whole+, _adj._ 1. True-hearted.
2. Fancy-free.
Ex.—_Tak him all ends up he’s a heart-w’oll, canny chap. Ah’s
heart-w’oll yet; ther’s nowt aboot here ’at’s ta’en mah fancy_,
i. e. not in love.
+Heave+, _v._ To scatter corn, to winnow it.
+Heave and throw+, To retch and vomit.
+Heave up+, _v._ To retch.
+Heck+, _n._ The upper part, containing the latch, of a door made
in two parts. A rack for fodder; hence Stand-heck.
+Heckling+, _n._ Being much questioned whilst being scolded.
+Heckling+, _v._ To pester with many pertinent and impertinent
questions.
+Hedge-dike+, _n._ A bank with a hedge on it, forming a fence.
+Hedge-dike-side+, _n._ The part of the hedge-bank on the
water-channel side.
+Heead-wark+, _n._ Headache.
+Heeaf+, _n._ and _v._ Home, an abode; to abide.
+Heeak+, _v._ To loiter, to hang about with intent to eavesdrop.
+Heeal, Yal+, _adj._ Whole.
+Heeam, Yam+, _n._ Home. Also pronounced Whoam.
+Heeat, Yat+. Pronunciations of Hot.
+Heed+, _v._ To concern oneself, to mind, to pay proper and
thoughtful attention to.
Ex.—_Ah deean’t heed mich ov ’at he sez. Nivver heed, cum on. He
nivver heeds what onnybody sez._
+Heegh+, High.
+Heeze+, _v._ To breathe hoarsely.
+Heeze+, _n._ A disease incident to pigs, and when so afflicted
they breathe with difficulty.
+Heezy+, _adj._ Wheezing, hoarse.
+Heft+, _v._ To fit a handle to.
+Heft+, _n._ 1. A handle.
2. Not all, only part.
Ex.—1. _T’ knife’s gitten a grand heft tul ’t._
2. _Thoo’s nobbut gitten a heft on ’t, sha’s kept t’ main on ’t
back._
+Heigh-how+, _v._ To yawn.
+Held+, _v._ 1. A condition of finance.
2. Inclination.
Ex.—1. _Ah’d ’a’e lent tha t’ brass leyke all that, bud Ah’s
badly held mysel just noo._
2. _Ah war gretly held i’ t’ seeam waay_, i. e. ‘I was greatly
inclined the same way.’
+Helm+, +Hellum+, _n._ A rough shed or shelter away from the farm
buildings.
+Helter+, _n._ A halter.
+Helter-skelter+, _n._ A wild rush of people or animals.
Ex.—_When he seed ma he went helter-skelter doon t’ lonnin’
leyke a scopperil._
+Hemmel+, _n._ The handrail of a wooden bridge.
+Hempy+, _adj._ Mischievous, even to breaking the law, malicious.
+Hen-bauk+, _n._ The beam for fowls to roost on.
+Henkle+, _Vide_ +Hankle+.
+Hennet+ = Have not. Should be written ‘’ae‘ nut.’
+Henpen+, _n._ The manure of fowls.
+Hen-scrats+, +Hen-scrattings+, _n._ Light, streaky, fleecy clouds,
often called +Fillytails+.
+Heron-sew+, _n._ The heron.
+Heap+, _n._ The catch which fastens gates, doors, &c.
+Hezzle+, +Hezzling+, +Heshing+, _v._ To beat, to thrash soundly.
+Hide+, _v._ To flog, to chastise.
+Hig+, _n._ Offence taken of a petty nature, to be offended for the
time being.
Ex.—_Tak neea notish, sha’s nobbut ta’en t’ hig._
+High-larn’d+, _adj._ Highly educated.
+High up+, _adj._ A good position in society, rank, or office.
+Hind+, _n._ The head farm servant, who is hired by the year, and
has a house provided rent free, with sundry other perquisites; a
sort of bailiff, in fact, but of a lower degree.
+Hinder-ends+, _n._ The poorer corn left after threshing.
+Hing+, +Heng+, _v._ 1. To hang.
2. To cling.
3. To continue.
Ex.—1. _Hing thi coaat up._
2. _He’s treated her warse ’an a dog, bud sha still hings tiv him._
3. _If t’ droot hings on, to’nips’ll be ti neea good ti year._
+Hing for rain, To+, A common phrase used when rain is more than
probable.
+Hipe+, _v._ To push with the horns, to make grimaces.
+Hiper+, _n._ A mimic.
+Hipping-steeans+, _n._ Stepping-stones.
+Hippings+, _n._ Baby’s napkins.
+Hipple+, _n._ A small bundle of half-dried hay.
+Hiring penny+, _n._ A sum of money, generally half a crown, paid
as earnest money by a master on hiring his farm servant.
+Hirings+, _n._ A statute fair, at which servants are hired.
+Hirp+, +Hirple+, _v._ To stick the back up with cold.
+Hiss+, _Vide_ +Siss+.
+Hissel+, +Hissen+, _pro._ Himself.
+Hitch+, _v._ To hop.
+Hitch, strahd, an’ jump+ or +loup+. Hop, stride, and jump.
+Hoavish+, _adj._ Stupid, idiotic.
+Hobman+, The name of an elf-man, at one time very generally
believed in, doubtless akin to, if not the same as, Danish
_Nisses_. Each elf-man or hobman had his habitation, to which he
gave his name, as Hob Hill, Upleatham, Hob Green, near Ripon, Hob
o’ t’ rush Rook, on the Farndale moors, &c. There must have been
both kindly natured and malicious hobmen, as stories are
plentiful in proof of both.
+Hobble+, _v._ To move along with difficulty or from age.
+Hobble+, _n._ Trouble, perplexity.
Ex.—_Throw what Ah’ve tell’d Bob Ah’ve gitten mysel intiv a gret
hobble. He’s tell’d what Ah sed, an’ sha’s letten oot what he sed,
an’ noo wa’re all iv a hobble tigither._
+Ho’d+, _v._ 1. To hold.
2. To keep.
3. To maintain.
4. To keep in employment.
5. To remain with.
Ex.—1. _Thoo mun ho’d fast._
2. _Thoo mun ho’d ti what thoo’s sed. If t’ daay ho’ds fair wa
s’all git wer hay._
3. _Ah ho’d ’at he’s i’ t’ wrang._
4. _T’ job at t’ chuch ’ll ho’d him foor long eneeaf._
5. _He’s laam’d foor leyfe; ’t’ll ho’d him ti t’ end ov his
daays._
+Ho’d+, _n._ 1. Possession.
2. Tenure.
Ex.—1. _When he gits ho’d he’ll keep ho’d._
2. _If thoo dizn’t mak thi ho’d paay thoo owt._
+Ho’d fair+, _v._ To keep fair.
+Ho’d off+, _v._ To hold off, to keep off.
Ex.—_Ah think t’ rain’s gahin’ ti ho’d off. If he can nobbut
ho’d off fra drinkin’ he’ll cum roond._
+Ho’d on+, _v._ 1. To retain one’s grip.
2. Also used in the sense of to stop, wait a moment.
Ex.—1. _Ho’d on tiv its heead, Ah’s cummin’._
2. _Ho’d on a bit, deean’t thoo slavver on seea fast_,
i.e. ‘Wait a moment, don’t you talk so fast.’
+Ho’d talk+, _v._ To gossip, also as a noun.
Ex.—_Sha’ll ho’d talk wi’ onnybody; aye, sha’s a champion at
ho’ding talk._
+Ho’d teea+, _v._ To agree to, to carry out, to uphold.
+Ho’d up+, _v._ To keep one’s head up, to fight against despondency.
Ex.—_Noo deean’t gi’e waay, thoo mun ho’d up; things isn’t seea
bad, noo ho’d up._
+Ho’d wi’+, _v._ To agree with.
Ex.—_Whya noo, Ah ho’d wi’ t’ main o’ what thoo sez._
+Hoffle+, _Vide_ +Hobble+.
+Hog+, _n._ A male pig, a sheep of a year old.
+Hoidle+, _v._ To idle.
+Hoit+, _v._ To act like a fool. _n._ A fool.
+Hoity-toity+, _intj._ An exclamation of surprise, carrying with
it slight indignation. _adj._ Somewhat ruffled in temper.
+Holl+, _n._ A narrow deep depression in the face of the land,
varying in length, but never extensive; the dead of night.
+Hollin+, _n._ The holly.
+Holm+, _n._ Land by the side of a stream, low-lying and subject
to being flooded.
+Holy+ or +Lemmel steean+, _n._ Any water-rolled stone of small
size having a hole through, once valued as a charm against
witches.
+Home-coming+, _n._ The return home of an absent one, the
festivities on such an occasion after a wedding or long absence.
+Honey+, A term of endearment, often preceded or followed by some
other word to add greater force. Little conception can be formed
of the love and tenderness which is thrown into and expressed by
this word; it must be heard as coming from a mother’s lips.
Ex.—‘_Oh, mah sweet honey bairn!_’ said as a mother picked up a
fallen child. ‘_Thoo little honey!_’ as the baby was clasped
to its mother’s breast. ‘_Gan thi ways, honey dear; Cu’ thi
ways, mah honey pet_,’ &c.
+Honey-fall+, _n._ A piece of rare luck, money left from some
unexpected quarter.
+Honeysouk+, _n._ Honeysuckle.
+Hoo+, _adv._ How.
+Hood-end+, _n._ The flat portion found on either side of old-style
fire grates, upon which a kettle or pan may be placed.
+Hoos+, _n._ House. _Vide_ +House+.
+Hooze+, _Vide_ +Heeze+.
+Hopper+, _n._ The basket or skep containing the seed corn when
sowing, usually suspended by a strap over the shoulders.
+Hopple+, _v._ 1. To tie the legs of an animal so as to prevent
its running away.
2. To hinder.
Ex.—2. _It’s neea ewse his endivering when he’s hoppled wiv a
weyfe leyke yon; sha’s nowt bud a clog tiv his foot_, i.e. ‘It
is no use his striving when he is hindered or tied to a wife like
that; she is nothing but a drag on him.’
+Hork+, _v._ To trail about.
+Horry+, _v._ To hurry.
+Horse-gogs+ or +Hoss-gogs+, _n._ A common, astringent, purple
brown plum.
+Hoss-steean+, +Hoss-block+, +Hossin’-steps+, _n._ A stone or
steps used to stand upon when about to mount a horse.
+Hosses together, They deean’t put ther+ = Not friendly.
+Hoss-teng+, _n._ The common dragon-fly.
+Hoss-trod+, _n._ A bridle-road.
+Hostle+, _v._ To put up at an inn. ‘Hostle’ is only used in
connexion with an inn. We ‘put up’ and ‘hostle’ at an inn, and
‘lowse out’ at a friend’s.
Ex.—_Ah can lowse oot at thi pleeace, caan’t Ah?_ or _Ah’ll put
up at t’ Black Swan. Ah hostles at t’ Blew Pig._
+Ho’t+, Pronunciation of +Hurt+.
+Hotch+, _v._ To botch, to bungle.
+Hotch+, _n._ A mismanaged affair.
+Hot-pots+, +Heeat-+ or +Yat-pots+, _n._ _Vide_ ‘Wedding Customs.’
+Hotter+, _v._ To jolt, to bump as in a cart over a stony road.
+Hottery+, _adj._ Broken, rough, uneven road.
+Houe+, _n._ A hill of considerable size: Houe Hill, near Ripon.
A tumulus.
+Houl+, _n._ _Vide_ +Holl+.
+Hound+, _v._ 1. To incite.
2. To give an opportunity.
Ex.—1. _Them ’at hounded him on war t’ fo’st ti bleeam him._
2. _Neeabody’s hounded him on mair ’an what Ah ’ev, an’ yet he
wadn’t stick up tul him._
+House+, _n._, pron. _hoos_. With our country folk, ‘hoos’ is not
the whole building, but the one room in which the family usually
dwell; the other rooms are spoken of as the parlour, back room,
and the chambers, &c.
Ex.—_Deean’t set it doon i’ t’ hoos, tak it inti t’ parlour._
+House-fast+, _adj._ Confined to the house through illness.
+House+ or +Hoos fau’k+ or +fooak+, _n._ The people of the house.
+House-kept+ or +-held+, _adj._ Confined to the house owing to
some preventing cause other than illness.
+Housin’ stuff+ or +sticks+. Household goods, furniture.
+Hout+, _intj._ Expressing incredulity or dissent.
+Hover+, _v._ 1. To hesitate.
2. Inclined for.
Ex.—1. _Ah hovered a larl bit afoor Ah bowt it._
2. _Ah doot it’s hovering foor raain._
+Howk+, _v._ 1. To dig.
2. To lift or push with some force.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll howk t’ grund foor tha. He gat at t’ back o’ ma
an’ howk’d ma inti t’ carridge afoor Ah ken’d wheear Ah war._
+Howly+, _n._ A boys’ game.
+Howse+, _v._ To bale out water, &c.
+Howsomivver+, +Howsumivver+, +Hoosivver+, _conj._ Howsoever,
however.
+Hubble-shoo+, _n._ An excited, noisy crowd.
+Huckle+, _n._ The hip.
+Huff+, _n._ Offence taken.
Ex.—_He’s ta’en huff, an’ sha’s ta’en t’ hig, an’ tha’ve baith
gitten t’ hump tigither._
+Huff+, _v._ To puff or swell up, as after a blow.
+Huff’d+, _p._, _a._ Offended.
+Huffil+, _n._ A finger-stall.
+Hug+, _v._ To carry, whether in the arms or on the back.
+Hugger-mugger+, _n._ Everything in disorder.
+Huke-bone+, _Vide_ +Huckle+.
+Huker+, _v._ To barter.
+Hull+, _v._ To remove the pod or outer covering of peas, beans, &c.
+Hulls+, +Hullin+, _n._ The pods or outer covering of many fruits
and grain.
+Hummel+, _v._ To break off the awns of barley.
+Hummel’d+, _adj._ Without horns.
+Hummeller+, _n._ The instrument used to hummel with.
+Humped+, _adj._ Sulky.
+Hunger+, _v._ and _n._ 1. To suffer from the pangs of hunger.
2. To withhold food, to provide insufficiently.
Ex.—1. _Ah war hungered past my bahdings._
2. _He hungers ivverything aboot t’ pleeace._
+Hussocks+, _n._ Coarse tufts of grass.
+Hutter+, _Vide_ +Hotter+.
I.
+I’+, _prep._ In. ‘I’’ is used before a consonant, ‘iv’ before a
vowel.
Ex.—_I’ t’ boddum o’ t’ box_, i.e. ‘In the bottom of the box.’
_Iv all manner o’ waays._
+Ice-shoggles+, +Ice-shogglins+, _n._ Icicles.
+Ickles+, _n._ Icicles.
+If+, Is often used for ‘whether,’ _Vide_ ex. +Nither+.
+If in case+, +If so be as how+. Redundancies for ‘+if+.’
+If no more+ = If not more.
+If so be that+, _Vide_ +If in case+.
+Ill+, _adj._ Bad, evil dispositioned or intentioned.
Ex.—_He’s queer, bud sha’s an ill un._
+Ill+, _n._ Harm.
Ex.—_Thoo’s warked him all t’ ill ’at ivver thoo c’u’d._
+Ill-deed+, _n._ Evil proceedings, ill-luck.
Ex.—_Ill-deed nivver thrives. He’s ’ed nowt bud ill-deed fra t’
startin’._
+Ill-fare+, _v._ To fail through ill-luck, often used in reversed
order, as +Fare-ill+.
Ex.—_Ah ’ed it fetch t’ meer yam agaan, Ah nobbut fared ill wi
’t, ez sha brak baith her knees cumin’ doon t’ bank._
+Ill-favoured+, _Vide_ +Ill-thriven+.
+Ill-gaited+, _adj._ Awkward in action.
+Ill-hap+, _n._ Misfortune.
+Illify+, _v._ To speak disparagingly of, to defame.
Ex.—_Sha illifies onnybody an’ ivverybody, sha spares nowt na
neeabody._
+Ill-put-on+ or +-putten+, _adj._ Shabby, applied to clothes.
+Ill-ta’en+, _adv._ To take anything with bad grace.
Ex.—_It war nobbut ill-ta’en what thoo sed._
+Ill-tented+, _adj._ Neglected, badly cared for or looked after.
+Ill-thriven+ or +-throven+, _adj._ Having a weakly, ill-fed
appearance, unhealthy.
+Immense+, _adj._ Exactly, precisely the thing required.
+Imp+, _n._ An extra ring, usually made of straw, used for
enlarging the size, by insertion beneath the beehive.
+In+, +Un+. One. _Vide_ +Un+.
+Incomin’+, _n._ Entrance, the taking possession by a new tenant.
+Inear+, _n._ The kidney.
+Ing+, _n._ A low-lying pasture.
+Ingle+, _n._ 1. Fire, flame.
2. The fireside, when used with the definite article.
Ex.—_Ah tell’d my taal o’ luv byv t’ ingle glow._
+Ingle-neuk+, _n._ The corners by the fireside within the
old-fashioned open chimneys.
+Inkle+, _n._ A kind of tape.
+Inkle+, _v._ 1. To arrange plans.
2. To have a desire for.
Ex.—1. _He’s awlus inklin’ summat, bud it nivver cums ti nowt._
2. _He maistly inkles efter what he can’t git._
+Inkle-weavers, As thick as+, In the weaving of inkle the workers
were enabled to sit quite close together, the width of the
fabric being so narrow; hence arose the saying, ‘As thick as
inkle-weavers.’ The phrase also carries the idea of great
friendship.
+Inklin’+, _n._ A hint, an idea, a guess.
Ex.—_Ah’ve gi’en her a bit ov an inklin’ o’ what’s gahin’ on.
It’ll nut be lang afoor he finnds ’em oot, he’s gitten an
inklin’._
+In-meats+, _n._ The viscera of any animal which is considered
edible.
+Innards+, _n._ One’s inside, bowels, entrails, &c.
+Innerly+, _adv._ More within.
+Inoo+, +Inow+, _adv._ Presently, shortly.
+Insense+, _v._ 1. To inform.
2. To make clear beyond all doubt.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll insense him inti ’t when Ah see him._
2. _Ah varra seean insens’d it intiv him._
+Insides+, _n._ Viscera.
+Intak+, _n._ Land enclosed from a common or road for cultivation.
+Inti+, +Intil+, +Intiv+, +Intul+, _prep._ Into.
+In wi’, To be+ = To be on good terms with.
Ex.—_Jack’s weel in wi’ t’ Squire._
+Iv+, _Vide_ +I’+.
+Ivvery+, _adj._ Every.
+Ivvery like+, _adv._ Every now and then.
J.
+Jab+, _v._ To crush.
Ex.—_Ah’ve gitten mah finger sadly jabbed wi t’ yat._
+Jack+, _n._ Quarter-pint measure.
+Jacket, To warm one’s+ = To beat, to chastise.
Ex.—_If thoo gans theear onny mair, Ah’ll warm thi jacket for
tha._
+Jacketed, To be+, _v._ To hear a charge, or bear reproof having
first been arraigned before one’s superiors; to be closeted with.
Ex.—_He’s been jacketed wi’ t’ gaffer i’ t’ parlour ower an hoor
noo. Ah’ll lay he’s gi’en him t’ lines properly._
+Jaded+, _adj._ To be almost overcome with difficulties.
+Jangle+, _v._ To jingle.
+Jannock+, _adj._ Fair, honourable, just.
+Jar+, _v._ To quarrel.
+Jar on+, _v._ To be continually at variance.
+Jarring+, _n._ Quarrelling, squabbling.
+Jaup+, _v._ 1. To strike together.
2. To shake any liquid in a vessel.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll jaup tha eggs_, i.e. boys jaup their Easter eggs
by striking them one against the other; the one succeeding in
breaking the other’s egg claims it as victor.
2. _If thoo jaups t’ milk leyke that, thoo’ll finnd butter i’
t’ can when thoo gits yam._
+Jaupin’+, +Jaupen+, _adj._ Gaping, wide.
+Javver+, _n._ Silly talk, foolish prating.
+Jealous+, +Jillous+, _adj._ Suspicious. _v._ To anticipate.
Ex.—_Ah war a bit jillous ’at he wad splet on uz. Ah jillous’d
Jim all t’ tahm._
+Jert+, _v._ To project a stone by catching the hand against the
side.
+Jill+, _v._ To drink continuously but in small quantities.
Ex.—_Neeabody ivver sees him tak a gert quantity, bud then he
gans jilling aboot seea._
+Jimp+, _adj._ 1. Smart in figure, slight.
2. Short measure.
Ex.—1. _Sha’s gitten ez jimp a waist ez onny lass._
2. _It’s jimp i’ t’ paper, an’ jimp i’ pot_, i. e. ‘Light both
as to weight and measure.’
+Jin+, Jane.
+Jinny-spinner+, _n._ The crane-fly, or any of the genus _Tipula_.
+Jinny-ullot+, +Jenny Howlet+, _n._ The tawny owl (_Syrnium
siridula_).
+Job+, _v._ To trade in.
Ex.—_He jobs iv ommaist owt_.
+Joblijock+, _n._ The name of the cock turkey, a domestic trouble
or discomfort.
+Jodder+, +Jother+, _n._ A shaking, as one gets in a springless
cart, a trembling.
Ex.—_It joggled an’ Ah jothered, whahl Ah felt leyke tumm’ling
ti bits._
+Jodder+, +Jother+, _v._ To shake like jelly, to tremble.
+Jodderum+, _n._ A trembling, shaking mass.
+Joggle+, _v._ To shake, to be unsteady in motion.
+Joggly+, _adj._ Shaky, unsteady.
+Joggle-stick+, _n._ The bar which secures the shafts to the body
of the cart.
+Jollous+, _adj._ In good condition, healthy, well-fed.
+Jolt-heead+, _n._ A clumsy fellow.
+Jorum+, _n._ A pitcher-like vessel of considerable size; the
whole lot, a considerable crowd of people.
+Joskin+, _n._ A country lad.
+Joul+, +Jowl+, _n._ The jaw; fat hanging cheeks.
+Joul+, +Jowl+, _v._ To jolt or hit against.
Ex.—_Ah laamed mahsen sadly, Ah jowl’d my heead up agaainst t’
deear._
+Jowls+, _n._ A kind of hockey played by boys.
+Judy-cow+, _Vide_ +Doody-cow+.
+Jumm’lment+, _n._ 1. A confusion.
2. Things of many kinds.
Ex.—1. _Thoo’s gitten things intiv a straange jumm’lment._
2. _Ah nivver clapt my een on sike a jumm’lment o’ trash ez he’s
gitten geddered tigedder._
+Jump with, To+, _v._ To meet or to find.
Ex.—_Ah jumped wi’ Betty at t’ lonnin’ end. Efter leeaking all
ower foor t’ lad, Ah jumped wiv him at skeeal yat._
+June bug+, _n._ The ladybird (_Coccinella punctata_). _Vide_
+Doody-cow+.
+Junters+, _adj._ Sulks, bad temper.
K.
+Kaimt+, _adj._ Not straight.
+Kale+, +Keeal+, _n._ Porridge, broth.
NOTE.—If for other than domestic use, it is specialized as
‘Keeal for t’ pigs,’ ‘flour keeal,’ &c.
+Kale-pot+, +Keeal-pot+. An iron pot having three short iron feet,
used for cooking kale in.
+Kalīver+, _v._ To dance about excitedly.
+Kame+, +Keeam+, _n._ A comb. Also as a _verb_.
+Kane+, +Keean+, _v._ To bring fermentation to a head.
+Kave+, +Keeave+, _v._ To rake the ’pulls and caff’ from corn when
thrashing.
+Kavings+, _n._ The short straws, &c., as above.
+Kead+, +Ked+, _n._ The sheep-tick (_Melophagus ovinus_).
+Keck+, +Kecken+, _v._ To make a noise whilst coughing, as if
something was fast in the throat; to have a loathing for;
fastidious.
+Kecken-hearted+, _adj._ Nauseated, fanciful.
+Keckle+, _v._ To laugh heartily.
+Kedge+, _n._ A glutton.
+Kedge+, _v._ To set the teeth on edge, to eat and drink like a
glutton.
+Kedging+, _n._ Food.
+Keeak+, _n._ Cake.
+Keeak+, _v._ To cake, to form a hard scum. _Vide_ also +Keek+.
+Keeaky+, _adj._ Brisk, lively.
+Keeave+, +Kauve+, _v._ To paw the ground impatiently, as a horse.
+Keeaving-rake+ } _n._ The rake and riddle used during thrashing.
+Keeaving-riddle+ }
+Keek+, +Keeak+, _v._ To lean towards, or tilt up.
Ex.—_Keeak t’ cart a larl bit mair._
+Keek+, _v._ To pry or peep into, to observe unawares.
Ex.—_Sha’s nowt na better ’an a keyhooal keeker, sha’s allus
keeking._
+Keen+, _adj._ Eager, energetic, desirous.
Ex.—_Ah nivver seed neeabody sae keen afoor. He’s ez keen ez a
tarrier. Ah war a bit keen ti git it._
+Kegged+, _adj._ Offended, inclined to be spiteful.
Ex.—_He gat hissel sairly kegg’d ower t’ job._
+Keld+, +Kell+, +Caul+, _n._ The membrane enveloping the foetus in
the womb, and occasionally found adhering at birth.
+Kelk+, _n._ Fool’s parsley (_Aethusa cynapium_), a heavy blow, a
single ovum of the spawn of a fish.
+Kelps+, _n._ The iron hooks hanging from the gally-bauk.
+Kelter+, _n._ Circumstances of any kind; wealth, or rather the
condition of wealth as vested in property.
+Kelter+, _n._ To go full speed.
Ex.—_Ah nivver cam sike a kelter i’ mah leyfe._
+Keltering+, _adj._ Almost beyond comparison.
Ex.—_Mah wo’d, bud yon is a keltering good un._
+Kelterment+, _Vide_ +Ketterment+.
+Kemps+, _n._ Hairs mixed with wool.
+Kempt+, _pp._ Combed.
+Ken+, _v._ To know.
+Ken+, +Kern+, _v._ To churn. _n._ A churn.
+Ken-cruddle+, _n._ A churn staff.
+Ken-milk+, _n._ Churn-milk, i.e. butter-milk.
+Kennigood+, _n._ A reminder.
Ex.—_Tak that ez a kennigood_, said a man, boxing a boy’s ears.
+Kenning+, _n._ 1. Knowledge.
2. Recognition.
Ex.—1. _Ther’s a gay bit o’ kenning i’ t’ lad._
2. _T’ lass ’ez waxed that mich whahl ther’s neea kenning her._
+Kenspak+, +Kenspeckle+, _adj._ Easily known or recognizable,
conspicuous.
+Kent+, _pp._ Knew.
+Kep+, _v._ To catch.
Ex.—_Ah’ll potch an’ thoo kep._
+Keslip+, +Keslop+, _n._ Rennet.
+Kessen+, _part._ Cast, bent.
+Kess’mas+, +Kess’nmas+, +Kessamas+, _n._ Christmas.
+Kess’n+, _v._ To christen.
+Kess’nen+, _n._ A christening.
+Kess’n up+ = To be found, to turn up.
Ex.—_Ah thowt it ’ed geean foor good, bud it’s kess’n up agaain
ez good ez ivver._
+Kest+, _adj_. Bent, not straight, out of truth.
+Kest+, _v._ To cast off.
+Ket+, _n._ Filth, tainted meat, carrion.
+Ketlock+, _n._ Charlock. _Vide_ +Runch+.
+Ketterment+, _n._ Rubbish.
+Ketty+, _adj._ 1. Nasty.
2. Disagreeable.
Ex.—1. _Oh, what ketty stuff! Ah caan’t eat it._
2. _It’s nobbut a ketty gahin’ on_, i.e. a disagreeable
proceeding.
+Kevel+, _n._ A strong, fairly long ash handle, to which is fixed
a steel hammer-head of curious shape, used as a hammer in quarry
work.
+Kevel+, _v. and n._ Both the working of the stone and the swinging
of the hammer.
Ex.—_Ah’ll kevel mair flints iv a daay ’an he can_, i.e. dress
more flints. _He mannishes varra weel foor a new starter, an’
when he’s larnt t’ knack o’ takking a larl bit wider kevel,
he’ll chip all t’ easier foor ’t_, i.e. ‘When he has learnt
the trick of taking a little bit wider sweep or swing, he will
chip all the easier for it.’ In some way difficult to define,
both the noun and verb, +Kevel+, relate to the handle and its
action as well as to the head.
+Kex+, _n._ Dried stem of fool’s parsley.
+Kick+, _v._ To object.
Ex.—_Ah s’all kick neea lahtle if he cums that gam on ma._
+Kicky-wicky+, _adj._ Disdainful.
+Kin+, _n._ 1. Kind, generally of species.
2. Sort, relationship.
3. A chilblain, a chap or crack in the skin.
Ex.—1. _What a-kin is he ti Tommy?_ 2. _What kin o’ yan
is ’t he’s gitten?_
+Kin+, _v._ To chap, as one’s hands in frosty weather.
+Kin-cough+, _n._ Whooping cough.
+Kind+, _adj._ On friendly terms.
Ex.—_Tha’ve gitten kind agaan. Wa’ve been kind sen wa wur lads._
+Kindling+, +Kinlin’+, _n._ Firewood, small twigs suitable for
lighting a fire.
+Kink+, _n._ A twist in a rope or line, stiffness of the limbs,
a stiff neck.
+Kink+, _v._ To laugh wildly, hysterically; to laugh until one
labours for breath.
+Kinlin’+. _Vide_ +Kindling+.
+Kinn’l+, +Kinnle+, _v._ To set and light the fire; to bring forth
young, applied to a rabbit.
+Kipper+, _adj._ Nimble, in good and lively spirits.
+Kirk+, _n._ A church.
+Kirk-garth+, _n._ Churchyard.
+Kirk-warner+, _n._ Churchwarden.
+Kissing-bush+, _n._ The mistletoe.
+Kist+, _n._ A chest.
+Kit+, _n._ A small pail with one of the staves longer than the
rest, to serve as a handle.
+Kite+, _n._ The belly.
+Kith+, +Kyth+, _n._ Friends, acquaintances.
+Kitlin’+, _n._ A kitten.
+Kittle+, +Kittlish+, _adj._ 1. Easily moved or upset.
2. Nice, delicate.
3. Ticklish, easily tickled.
Ex.—1. _Keep off; its nobbut a varra kittle consarn, varra
larl’ll touple all t’ lot ower_, i.e. ‘Stand clear; it is only
a very unsteady concern, a slight shock or touch will knock it
over.’
2. _Ah’d a seet reyther thoo’d tell him thisel; it’s a kittlish
thing foor me ti deea when Ah’s gahin’ ti wed his sister._
3. _Deean’t touch ma unner t’ airms, Ah’s that kittlish whahl Ah
caan’t bahd it._
+Kittle+, _v._ 1. To bring forth young, said of a cat.
2. To excite, to stir up, to awaken.
3. To tickle.
Ex.—2. _Ah’ll tell him a few things ’at’ll kittle him up a bit.
If that weean’t kittle him up a bit, Ah knaw o’ nowt ’at will._
3. _T’ mair Ah scrat an’ t’ mair Ah kittle._
+Kitty-keis+, _n._ Seeds of the ash-tree.
+Kity+, _adj._ Having a protuberant stomach.
+Kizzen’d+, _pp._ of +Kizzen+, _v._ Dried up, over-cooked, parched.
Ex.—_Thoo’s kizzen’d it whahl Ah caan’t eat it._
+Knab+, _v._ To gnaw as a mouse.
+Knack+, _n._ Adroitness, skill, aptness.
Ex.—_Ah tried an’ oor Jack tried, bud wa c’u’d mak nowt on ’t;
bud Tom teeak ho’d an’ did it iv a crack, bud then he’s gitten
t’ knack on ’t._
+Knack+, _v._ To talk affectedly, to mince one’s speech.
+Knackish+, _adj._ Knavish.
+Knap+, _v._ To give a slight tap, to knock, so as to break.
Ex.—_Ah’ll knap thi knuckles foor tha. Ah’ve knapped a piece off
t’ jug spoot._
+Knappish+, _adj._ Snappy.
+Knapper+, _v._ To talk finely. _Vide_ +Knack+.
+Knapper+, _n._ A door-knocker.
+Knappers+, _n._ Leather flaps to shield the thighs when using the
turf spade.
+Knappery-ware+, _n._ Crockery.
+Knar+, +Knor+, +Knur+, _n._ A ball of wood, a hard knot.
+Knarl+, _v._ To run in knots, as a skein of wool or twine.
+Knaw+, _v._ Know.
+Knee-bass+, _n._ A straw cushion to kneel on when washing steps,
a church hassock.
+Knep+ or +Nipe+, _v._ To bite off in small pieces.
+Knodden+, _pp._ Knead.
+Knoll+, +Knowl+, _n._ A stroke of a bell.
Ex.—_Whisht! it gav six knowlls; it’ll be foor a woman, mebby
Betsy Parkin._
+Knoll+, _v._ To toll, generally applied to the passing bell.
+Knop+, _n._ A knob.
+Knucks+, +Knacks+, +Knuckles+, _n._ A game very commonly played
in the North Riding, several holes being made in the ground some
inches apart, the object being to shoot a marble from one to the
other.
L.
+Laan+, _n._ A loan.
+Labber+, _v._ 1. To play with water or soft mud.
2. To struggle after falling into water.
3. To plod through wet grass or turnips.
Ex.—_T’ barn labbers aboot i’ yon slap hoal whahl sha’s drinch’d
thruff an’ clarted an’ labbered fra heead ti foot wi t’
blathery slathery muckment._
+Labbered+, _pp._ To be splashed or daubed with soft mud.
+Laboursome+, _adj._ Laborious, tiring.
+Lace+, +Leeace+, _v._ 1. To thrash soundly.
2. To add spirits to tea or coffee.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll lace tha soondly when Ah catch tha._
+Lacer+ or +Leeacer+, _n._ Any person or thing larger or taller
than usual.
+Lad-louper+, _n._ An impudent forward lass, one who makes the
first advances.
+Lady-cow+, _Vide_ +Dundy-cow+.
+Lae+, +Leea+, _n._ A scythe.
+Lae-sand+, _n._ A sandstone used for sharpening scythes.
+Lafter+, _n._ The whole of the eggs laid before sitting, the eggs
being sat upon.
+Lag+, _n._ A single wooden division in a cask.
+Lag+, _v._ To loiter, to hang behind.
+Lagged+, _pp._ Tired out, wearied.
+Laggy+, _adj._ Last. A boy shouts ‘Laggy,’ or ‘Bags Ah laggy,’
when he desires to take the last turn in any game. ‘Bags Ah
fuggy’ is, I claim first, ‘seggy’ second, ‘thoddy’ third.
+Lahk+, _Vide_ +Like+.
+Lahtle+, +Larl+, _adj._ Little.
Ex.—_Thoo’s nobbut a larl un, bud if thoo nobbut wurks hard an’
eats plenty o’ pudden thoo’ll stritch oot a gay bit._
+Laid-off+, _adj._ Incapable of work through illness or other causes.
+Laid out+, _v._ Prepared like, got up, looked like.
Ex.—_Ah caan’t saay what it war, bud it laid out leyke rice an’
soapsuds; sum on ’em gulched it doon leyke all that._
+Laid out+, _v._ 1. To arrange.
2. To attend to the body immediately after death.
3. To spend money.
Ex.—1. _Sha laid t’ table oot varra neycely._
2. _Hannah an’ Jane’s laid him oot, poor things an’ tha’re
gahin’ ti sahd him by o’ Tho’sday._
3. _Ah’ve spent all mah brass, bud Ah’ve laid it oot weel._
+Lairock+, _n._ The lark (_Aluda arvensis_).
+Lait+, +Late+, +Leeat+, _v._ To seek.
Ex.—_Ah awlus ’ev ti late that lass ivvery tahm Ah want her.
Ah’ve lated high an’ low foor ’t, bud Ah caan’t finnd it
neeawheear._
+Lake+, +Laak+, +Leyak+, _v._ To play, in a modified sense often
used as tease, e.g. _Tho’ll lake on wi’ t’ dog whahl it’ll bite
tha._
+Lakings+, _n._ Playthings.
+Lalder+, _Vide_ +Lalling+.
+Lalderish+, _adj._ Lazy, listless.
+Lall+, _v._ To sing and shout excitedly.
+Lalling+, +Lolling+, _v._ To wander idly and aimlessly about, to
lazily lean up against a wall for support.
Ex.—_He gans lolling aboot an’ maks ’at he’s badly; a good day’s
work ’ud deea him t’ maist good ov owt._
+Lallops+, +Lollops+, _n._ A lazy lounging fellow.
+Lallopy+, +Lollopy+, _adj._ Idle, untidy, slovenly.
+Lam+, _v._ To beat.
+Lame+, +Laam+, _v._ 1. To hurt.
2. To injure.
Ex.—1. _Let go, thoo’s laming my airm._
2. _Whya, onny road he’s lam’d t’ lad foor leyfe._
+Lammace+, _v._ To beat with heavy blows.
+Lammacing+, _n._ A beating, a good thrashing.
+Lamming+, _n._ A beating.
+Land+, _n._ Space between two furrows.
+Land+, _v._ To arrive, to give a blow.
Ex.—_Ah set off efter tea an’ landed a bit efter darkening. Ah’ll
land tha yan ower t’ gob if thoo dizn’t shut up._
+Landlouper+, _n._ One who runs away to escape paying his debts,
&c.
+Lang+, _adj._ Long.
+Lang first+, _adv._ Long before.
+Lang last+, _adv._ At last.
+Lang length+, _adv._ Full length.
Ex.—_Ah slipped, an’ Ah war laid ma lang len’th on t’ grund i’
a crack. Ah’ll gi’e tha t’ lang length o’ my hand._
+Lang sen+, +Lang sin+, _adv._ Long since.
+Lang settle+, _n._ A long wooden seat with a high back and an arm
at each end.
+Langsome+, _adj._ Long, tedious, troublesome.
+Lang tongued+, _adj._ An exaggerator.
+Lang waay+, _adv._ Much, certainly.
Ex.—_It’s a lang waay t’ best deeaing it this waay. Aye, byv a
lang waay_, i.e. ‘yes, certainly.’
+Lang-waays+, _adv._ Lengthways.
+Lantern-leet+, +Lant’n-leet+, _n._ Lantern-light, often used to
denote late in the evening.
Ex.—_Ah doot Ah s‘an’t be wi’ y a whahl efter lantern-leet._
+Lap+, _v._ 1. To wrap.
2. To have done with, usually followed by ‘up.’
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll lap a bit o’ clowt roond it, an’ it’ll be all reet._
2. _Ah’ve nowt else ti saay; Ah s’all lap t’ job up noo, an’ seea
ther’s an end on ’t._
+Lap-band+, _n._ Hoop-iron.
+Lap-cock+, _n._ A small bundle of hay twisted in the arms and laid
to dry.
+Lapling+, _n._ A vicious fellow.
+Lap up+, _v._ and _n._ To wrap up, to finish; an end.
+Lapwing+, _n._ The plover.
+Lark-heeled+, _adj._ Having heels turning outward.
+Larn+, _v._ To teach.
Ex.—_Will ta larn me hoo ti deea ’t? Ah’s larning mysel ti plaay
t’ fiddle._
+Lash oot+, _v._ To kick, as a horse.
+Lashin’ oot+, _v._ Extravagance, showing off.
Ex.—_Deean’t ya think t’ young doctor’s lashin’ oot mair ’an
what he can stand teea?_ i.e. ‘Don’t you think the young
doctor is showing off (buying horses, &c.) more than he will
be able to pay for?’
+Lashing+, _adj._ Large, either of persons or things.
Ex.—_By goa! bud he’s a lashing young chap; he mun stan mair ’an
six foot._
+Lasty+, _adj._ Durable.
+Late+, _v._ To seek.
+Lated+, _pp._ Sought.
+Lated+, _adv._ Belated.
+Later+, _n._ A seeker.
Ex.—_Ah fan him, bud Ah’s a good later._
+Latt+, _n._ A lath.
+Latty+, _adj._ Thin.
+Lawk+, _intj._ Lo!
+Lax+, _n._ Diarrhoea.
+Lay+, _v._ To be certain, of that opinion, to bet or wager; also
to levy a rate.
Ex.—_Thoo aims ’at he weean’t, bud Ah lay ’at he will. Ah’ll lay
tha what thoo leykes._
+Lay on+, _v._ To use extra exertion. Cattle ‘lay on fat’ when
specially fed.
+Laylac+, _n._ The lilac.
+Laze+, _v._ To live idly.
+Lead+, _n._ Direction, way.
+Lead+, _v._ To carry goods or hay in a cart or wagon.
+Lead-eater+, _n._ India-rubber.
+Leaf+, _n._ Fat round the kidney of an animal.
+Leafs+, _n._ Fat along a pig’s nose.
+Leam+, _v._ To drop or fall out when ripe, as nuts from the husks.
+Leamers+, _n._ Nuts quite ripe, which fall from the husks.
+Leasing+, _n._ The separating of differing kinds of grain.
+Leather-head+, _n._ A dull, stupid fellow.
+Leathered+, _pp._ 1. Beaten, overcome, mastered.
2. Puzzled.
Ex.—1. _Ah’s leathered wi’ this job hooivver_, i.e. overcome.
_He’s leathered him soondly_, i.e. thrashed.
2. _Ah’s leathered ti knaw wheea’s ti blaam_, i.e. puzzled.
+Leave loose+, To let go, to cease from detaining.
+Leavlang+, _adj._ Oblong.
+Leck+, _v._ To escape by drops, to leak.
+Lee+, _n._ The watery discharge from a wound, a lie.
+Leeak for+, _v._ To expect.
Ex.—_Ah s’all leeak foor ya a week cum Mondaay. Ah’s glad ya’ve
fetched it, Ah’ve been leeaking for it cumin’ ivvery daay._
+Leeak ya+, _intj._ Look you!
+Leear+, _n._ Learning.
+Leef+, +Leave+, +Lief+, _adj._ Willingly, just as soon as.
+Leet+, _n._ A light.
+Leet+, _v._ To alight, to settle upon.
+Leet, I’ that+ = In that way, like that.
Ex.—_Ah ’grees wi’ tha, when thoo puts it i’ that leet. Thoo
s’u’dn’t tak ’t i’ that leet._
+Leet on+, _adj._ Unbalanced.
Ex.—_Sit a bit forrad, wa’re a larl bit leet on._
+Leets+, +Leeghts+, _n._ Lungs, lights.
+Leetsome+, _adj._ Lightsome, cheerful.
+Legs, A pair of+, _n._ Stockings.
Ex.—_Sha’s gitten a gran’ pair o’ legs foor t’ wedding._
+Leg up, A+, _n._ Assistance.
Ex.—_Ah’ll cum an’ gi’e tha a leg up mysel._
+Leister+, +Lyster+, _n._ A three-pronged fork for striking salmon.
+Lemmel-steean+, _n._ A stone with a hole through it, formerly used
to ward off witches.
+Len+, _v._ To lend.
+Length+, +Len’th+, _n._ Stature. The ‘g’ is always silent in
_length_, _strength_, _kingdom_, and usually the final ‘g’ also.
+Length of, The+, The distance or limit of anything.
Ex.—_Ah efter it t’ len’th o’ t’ paddock._
+Lenny+, _n._ The linnet.
+Let+, _v._ 1. To light.
2. To alight on.
Ex.—1. _Ah let t’ cann’l._
2. _Ah tumm’ld off t’ stack, bud Ah let o’ mah feet._
+Let drive+, _v._ To strike or kick with force.
+Let on+, _v._ To admit.
Ex.—_Ah didn’t let on ’at Ah knew owt._
+Let on+, +Lite on+, +Leet on+, _v._ To meet, usually followed by
‘with.’
Ex.—_Where did ta lite on wiv him?_
+Let wit+, _v._ To disclose.
Ex.—_Ah let wit ’at Ah knew summat._
+Letten+, _pp._ of ‘to light’ and ‘to let.’
+Leve+, _v._ To raise by leverage.
+Leyke+, _Vide_ +Like+.
+Lib+, _v._ To castrate lambs.
+Liberty+, _n._ The parish or township.
+Lick+, _adj._ Swift, at a great speed.
Ex.—_He did gan wiv a lick roond t’ corner._
+Lick+, _v._ To thrash, to surpass. _Vide_ +Leathered+.
+Lick+, _n._ Just a slight wipe with a damp cloth; hence the saying,
when anything is only half cleansed, _Ah’ve deean ’t wiv a lick
an’ a promise_.
+Lie on+, _Vide_ +Lay on+.
+Lift+, _v._ To help, to render assistance.
Ex.—_Ah aim’d ti gi’e him a bit ov a lift mysel._
+Lig+, _v._ To lay down, to put down.
Ex.—_Thoo mun lig it doon a bit. Ah’ll lig it doon on t’ swab._
+Lig+, _v. i._ To lie down, to be near to or situate.
Ex.—_Sha ligs doon ivvery daay efter dinner. It ligs aback o’
Roseberry._
+Lig-a-bed+, _n._ A sluggard.
+Lig een on+, _v._ To meet or see a person.
Ex.—_Ah think he mun be deead, Ah ’evn’t lig’d een on him this
lang whahl._
+Lig ho’d+, _v._ To take hold of.
+Lig on+, _Vide_ +Lay on+.
+Lig up, To+, _v._ To store, put by.
+Lightsome+, _Vide_ +Leetsome+.
+Light+, +Leet+, _adj._ Of little depth, applied to a furrow; weak,
slight; mealy, not sodden, as applied to potatoes and bread;
lacking soil.
+Lightening+, +Leetening+, _n._ Yeast (brewer’s), the break of day.
+Light+ or +Leet skets+, _n._ A female of doubtful morals.
+Like+, +Leyke+, _adj._ 1. Likely, highly probable.
2. In duty bound.
Ex.—_Leyke eneeaf Ah s’ be theear._
2. _Ah s’ be leyke ti show up at kess’nen._
+Like all that+, _adj._ An intensive, giving greater force to some
previous statement.
Ex.—_Sha war iv a tantrum, an’ flang hersel aboot leyke all
that_, i.e. in a passion. _He went at it leyke all that_,
i.e. with resolution. _Sha gen’d an’ giggled like all that_,
i.e. in a ridiculous manner. _Sha tell’d him what sha thowt
leyke all that_, i.e. spoke her mind plainly.
+Lile+, +Larl+, +Lahl+, _adj._ Little.
+Lillilow+, _n._ A blaze, a flame.
+Lilting+, +Lilty+, _adj._ Jumpy, frolicsome.
+Limb+, _n._ A mischievous child.
+Limber+, _adj._ Pliant, easily bending to light pressure.
+Limmers+, _n._ Shafts.
+Lin+, +Lahn+, _n._ Flax (_Linum usitalissimum_).
+Lin clout+, _n._ A linen rag.
+Linch+, _v._ To flog.
+Lineseed+, Linseed.
+Ling+, _n._ Heather.
+Lingberry+, _n._ The seed capsule of the heather.
+Ling-nail+, _n._ The linch-pin of a cart-wheel.
+Lingy+, _adj._ Active, athletic.
+Lip+, _n._ Impudence, saucy talk.
+Lish+, _adj._ Active.
+Lisk+, _n._ The groin.
+Lithe+, _v._ To thicken with flour and water.
+Lithing+, _n._ Flour and water, used to thicken broth, gravy, &c.
+’Liver+, _v._ To deliver, to give back, usually followed by ‘up.’
Ex.—_If thoo dizn’t ’livver ’t up, thoo’ll catch it._
+’Liverance+, _n._ Liberation, freedom.
+’ll+ = Will.
+Lobster-louse+, _n._ The wood-louse.
+Loggerheeads, To be at+ = To be at variance.
+Loggin+, _n._ A batten of threshed straw.
+Lollop+, _v._ To lean up against, to move about lazily.
+Lone+, +Loan+, _n._ A lane.
+Long-+ or +Lang-strucken+, _part._ Legs too long for the body.
+Loning+, +Loaning+, +Lonnin’+, +Lo’nin’+, _n._ A narrow lane.
+Loobily+, _adj._ Foolishly.
+Look a bad look+ }
+Leeak a bad leeak+ } +To+, _v._ To look ill.
+Looking+ or +Leeaking for+, _v._ To expect, to desire.
+Looks ta+ or +Leeaks ta+. Look thou or you.
+Loose end+, _n._ Going to the bad.
Ex.—_He’s nobbut at a loose end, sen he gat hissel henkled on
wi’ yon lot._
+Loose i’ t’ heft+, _n._ Lit. loose in the handle, and hence of
little use. A worthless fellow.
+Lopp+, _n._ A flea (_Pulex irritans_).
+Loppered+, _adj._ Curdled (of milk).
+Lops an’ tops+, _n._ The small branches and tops of trees.
+Lorn+, _part._ Left, lost, forlorn.
+Lost+, _adj._ Beyond all bounds, almost helpless.
Ex.—_Her hoos war fairly lost i’ muck. He war lost i’ wonder_,
i. e. absolutely amazed. _Ah war lost i’ ‘mazement an’ c’u’d
deea nowt._
+Lound+, _adj._ Calm, free from wind, sheltered.
+Lounder+, _v._ To thrash soundly.
+Loundering+, _n._ A thrashing.
+Loundering+, _adj._ Heavy, severe (of a blow).
+Loup+, _v._ To leap, jump, bound up.
Ex.—_If thoo caan’t loup ’t, thoo mun clim ’t, tumm’l ower ’t,
or ram thisen thruff ’t._
+Low+, +Glow+, _n._ The flame from a fire or candle, &c.
+‘Lowance+, _n._ The forenoon drinking.
+Lowse+[112], _v._ To loose, to unfasten.
2. To dismiss.
Ex.—2. _Hez t’ chetch lowsed yet?_ i.e. ‘Has the congregation
left?’
+Lowse oot+, +Lowsen oot+, _v._ To unyoke, to unpack.
+Lowsing tahm+, _n._ The time for unyoking after a day’s work.
+Lubbart+, _n._ A clown.
+Lucky bird+ or +bo’d+, _n._ The first male to cross the threshold
on New Year’s morn.
+Lucky-steean+, _n._ A rounded, water-worn piece of quartz, or a
stone with a natural hole through it. _Vide_ +Lemmel-steean+.
+Lug+, _n._ The ear proper, or the handle of a pitcher or jug, &c.
+Lug+, _v._ To pull.
Ex.—_Sha diz lug mah hair, when she combs it, diz mah aunt Jane._
+Lug ends+, _n._ Tips of the ears.
+Luke+, _v._ To pull weeds from cornfields.
+Lumberly+, _adj._ Awkwardly.
+Lurdy+, _n._ A stupid fellow.
M.
+Mabble+, _v._ To leave the chisel-marks on stone, to rough-dress.
+Mad+, _adj._ 1. Very angry.
2. Wild.
Ex.—1. _Aa bud, Ah war mad wiv her._
2. _He seems fair mad efter t’ lass._
+Maddle+, _v._ 1. To bewilder, confuse.
2. To grow bewildered.
3. To conduct oneself foolishly in love affairs.
Ex.—1. _Tha maddled ma sairly wi’ ther racket an’ din._
2. _It war that pick dark ’at Ah didn’t ken wheear Ah war, bud Ah
maddled alang, fust yah waay an’ then t’ ither, whahl at last
end Ah fan mysen i’ Au’d Willie’s pig-stee._
3. _If thoo dizn’t tak care, thoo’ll gan maddlin’ efter t’ lass,
whahl thoo’ll loss thi job._
+Made oot+, _Vide_ +Mak oot+.
+Madge+, +Madgipeg+, _n._ The fool of the sword-dancers.
+Maffle+, _v._ To strive in a way quite inadequate to the success
of the undertaking.
Ex.—1. _Noo let’s hear what thoo ’ez ti saay foor thisel, an’
deean’t maffle on i’ that road._
2. _If he maffles on wi’ t’ job i’ yon waay he’ll nivver
mannish ’t._
+Mafted+, +Mefted+, _adj._ 1. Stifled.
2. Out of breath by long exertion, through fighting against a
storm, generally of snow.
Ex.—_Oppen t’ winner, Ah caan’t bahd; Ah’s ommaist mafted i’ t’
pleeace._
+Mahnd+, +Mind+, _v._ 1. To remember.
2. To pay heed to.
Ex.—1. _Ah mahnd t’ tahm_, i. e. ‘I remember the circumstances.’
2. _Ah’ve mahnded what thoo sed_, i. e. ‘I paid heed to what you
said.’ _Noo thoo mun mahnd all ’at Ah’ve tell’d tha, an’ think
on ’at thoo ’ezn’t ti foorgit ti mahnd an’ paay t’ bill._
+Main+, _adj._ and _adv._ 1. Largest or greatest.
2. Quite.
Ex.—1. _T’ main on ’em sez ’at it is seea_, i.e. ‘The greatest
number of them say that it is so.’
2. _Ah’s ommaist main sartin he’s in t’ reet on ’t, or Ah’s main
sartin_, i.e. ‘I am quite certain.’
+Mainswear+, _v._ To take a false oath.
+Mair+, _adj._ More.
+Maist+, _adj._ Most.
+Maist-hand+, _Vide_ +Near-hand+.
+Maistly+, +Maistlings+, +Moastlings+, _adv._ Mostly.
+Mak+, _n._ 1. Make, design, shape.
Ex.—_Ah’ve seen a vast o’ maks i’ ma tahm, bud nivver a mak
leyke this. Wheeas mak’s that?_ i.e. ‘Whose make is that?’
_It ’ez a queer mak aboot it._
+Makmeeat+, _v._ To make or prepare food for the household.
+Mak on+, _v._ To induce by kindness.
Ex.—_T’ dog’ll follow if thoo maks on it a bit._
+Mak oot+, _v._ 1. To make, serve.
2. To succeed in an undertaking.
3. To discover, find out.
Ex.—1. _He’ll ’a’e ti mak oot wi’ t’ bit ’at’s left noo._
3. _Ah caan’t mak oot what yon chap’s efter._
+Mak sharp+, +Be sharp+, +Leeak sharp+ = Make haste, be quick.
+Mak spare+ = Economical, careful.
Ex.—_Noo reeach teea an’ help yersels; ther’s nowt ya need be
neyce aboot, an’ ya needn’t mak spare ov owt._
+Maks an’ manders+, _n._ All sorts.
Ex.—_Ah’ve all maks an’ manders on ’em._
+Man+, _n._ The husband of the person speaking, or of some woman
spoken of; with the addition of ‘young,’ it would mean the one
who is courting some fair maid, e. g. _Mah man’s gahin’, an’ thi
man’s gahin’, an’ Sally’s young man mun go wiv ’em._
+Manders+, _n._ All kinds, different sorts mixed.
+Mang+, _n._ A bran mash.
+Mang+, _v._ To mix various ingredients of any kind of food.
+Manifold+, +Monifaud+, _n._ The intestines. _adj._ Various.
+Mannish+, _v._ To manage, to conduct farming in a prosperous
manner, to manure land.
+Mannishment+, _n._ Manure.
+Mannur+, _v._ and _n._ Manure.
+Mar+, _v._ To injure, spoil.
+Mark’s E’en+, St. Mark’s Eve.
+Marrish+, _n._ Low-lying ground liable to be flooded.
+Marrow+, +Marrer+, _n._ One of a pair, similar.
+Marrow+, _n._ To match, to produce a similar thing.
+Marry, Aye+, _intj._ Yes; as ‘Will ta gan?’ answer, ‘Aye marry!’
Ex.—_Aye marry! bud sha’s a beauty. Aye marry, tha’re wed noo
hard eneeaf._
+Mash+, _v._ To draw the strength out of anything by infusion, as
tea; to reduce to pulp.
+Mash up+, _v._ To break in small pieces.
+Mask+, _v._ To infuse. _Vide_ +Mash+.
+Mask+, _n._ The face, the hunter’s term for a fox’s head. _Vide_
+Keld+.
+Master+, +Meeăster+, +Maăster+, +Maastther+, _n._ Master; the
head of the house, shop, works, or school.
+Masterman+, _n._ One who employs.
+Matched+, _pp._ Almost beyond one’s ability to do; to be put to a
severe test.
Ex.—_Ah s’all be hard matched ti git t’ job deean byv t’ tahm
’at he wants it. He’s mair ’an matched wi’ yon. Ah’ve gitten
myself sairly matched this tahm._
+Matter+, _v._ To esteem.
2. To influence.
3. Information.
Ex.—1. _Ah nivver did matter him mich._
2. _Owt ’at he sez weean’t matter mich ti onnybody._
3. _Onny matter ’at he knaws weean’t mak onnybody neea wiser._
+Matters+, _n._ Quantity, account.
Ex.—_It maks neea gert matters owt ’at he sez. Nut onny gert
matters foor me, Ah ’ed summat afoor Ah cum’d._
+Maudle+, _v._ To besot.
Ex.—_He war maudling drunk._
+Maukey+, _adj._ Whimsical.
+Mauls+, _n._ The marsh-mallow.
+Maum+, +Maumy+, _adj._ Ripe, mellow.
+Maunder+, _v._ To wander, talk foolishly.
+Maundering+, _adj._ Grumbling, muttering.
+Maunsil+, _n._ A fat, slovenly female.
+Maun’t+, +Mooun’t+, +Mun’t+, +Munnot+. Must not.
+Mawk+, _n._ A maggot.
+Mawky+, Maggoty.
+Mayern+, _n._ A wicken gatherer.
+Mayhap+, _adv._ Perhaps. +Mebbe+ is most commonly used.
+Maze+, _v._ To bewilder.
+Meadow-drake+, _n._ Corn-crake.
+Meal+, _n._ Flour of various kind not fully dressed.
+Mealy-mouthed+, _adj._ Plausible.
+Mean+, +Meean+, _adj._ Bad as to character.
Ex.—_He’s aboot ez meean ez tha mak ’em. Sha’s meean eneeaf ti
deea onny dirty trick. Sha’s meean eneeaf ti hunger t’ baa’n
ti deeath._
NOTE.—‘Mean’ is almost always used to denote some form of badness,
rarely stinginess or mediocrity.
+Meat+, _n._ The daily food of a workman in addition to his wages.
+Meat+, _v._ To provide a lodger with food as well as lodgings.
+Meer+, _n._ A mare.
+Meg+, _n._ A penny.
+Mell+, _n._ A wooden mallet.
+Mell+, _v._ To meddle, usually followed by ‘on.’
Ex.—_If thoo mells on oor larl Jimmy onny mair, Ah’ll leather tha
mysel. Thoo’s allus melling o’ t’ baa’n. Will ta nivver gi’e
ower?_
+Mell-sheaf+, _n._ The last sheaf gathered.
+Mell-supper+, _n._ Harvest supper. See chapter on ‘Customs.’
+Melt+, +Milt+. The spawn of the milter (male fish).
+Mend+, _v._ To improve, to grow better.
Ex.—_Ah’s mending neycely noo, Ah’s seean be all reet agaan.
He’ll ’a’e ti mend his waays, or he’ll end up nowt._
+Mends+, _n._ Improvement.
+Mennem+, +Mennad+, _n._ The minnow.
+Mense+, _n._ Decency, good appearance, civility, tact.
Ex.—_If he’d ’ed onny mense aboot him, he wadn’t ’a’e sed a thing
leyke that._
+Mense+, _v._ 1. To add beauty or order.
2. To smooth away a misunderstanding.
Ex.—1. _Sha seean mensed things up a bit when sha cam._
2. _Nobbut saay thoo’s sorry an’ it’ll mense t’ matter up at
yance._
+Menseful+, _adj._ Becoming and decent behaviour.
+Mensefully+, _adv._ Becomingly, decently, civilly.
+Menseless+, _adj._ Untidy, useless, &c.
+Merls+, _n._ The game of morris.
+Met+, _n._ Two bushels, a five-stone weight.
+Met-poke+, _n._ A narrow sack, but sufficiently large to hold two
bushels.
+Meuse+, _v._ To study, to contemplate.
Ex.—_Ah think t’ lass is lovesick, sha gans meusing aboot seea._
+Mew+, _pret._ To mow. _n._ A stack.
+Mew-bo’nt+, _adj._ Heated or burnt in the stack.
+Mew up+, _v._ To be overcrowded in a heated room.
2. To huddle together.
Ex.—1. _Ther war ower monny fau’k i’ t’ room; Ah war that mew’d
up Ah c’u’d hardlings breeathe. Sha’s gitten all her things
mew’d up tigether, whahl sha’ll ’a’e straange deed ti git ’em
all ti reets again._
+Mich+, _adj._ Much.
+Middin+, _n._ A manure-heap.
+Middinstead+, _n._ The ground or place of the midden.
+Midge+, _n._ A tiny fly.
+Mig+, _n._ The drainings from a manure-heap.
+Milk-can+, _n._ A milk-pail.
+Milk-hoos+, +Milk’us+, _n._ The milk dairy.
+Milk-lead+, _n._ A shallow leaden cistern, with a hole stopped by
a wooden plug; after the milk has stood overnight, the plug is
withdrawn, and the milk drained from the cream.
+Mill’d in+, _adj._ Shrunk, aged, withered.
+Mill-e’e+, _n._ The eye or hole through which the ground grain
falls into the sack or bin.
+Mill-gear+, _n._ The machinery of a mill.
+Mill-race+, +Mill-reeace+, _n._ The cut or channel which leads to
the waterwheel, the water running towards the waterwheel.
+Mindful+, +Mahndful+, _adj._ Careful.
Ex.—_Thoo mun be mahndful hoo thoo hugs t’ basket. Be mahndful
what thoo sez, noo._
+Mint+, _v._ To intend, purpose; to aim a blow; to pretend.
+Mirak’lous+, _adj._ Careless, venturesome, precocious.
Ex.—_He’s a bit mirak’lous wiv a gun. He carried on iv a straange
mirak’lous waay at t’ fire. He war awlus a mirak’lous kind ov a
lad._
+Miscall+, _v._ To give a wrong name to any person or thing, to
use abusive epithets.
+Misfit+, _n._ Out of place, one who cannot be trusted.
+Mista’en+, _adj._ Mistaken.
+Mistetched+, _part._ Badly trained or broken in (of a horse).
+Mistimed+, _adj._ Put out of the regular course, especially of
sleep.
+Mits+, +Mittens+, _n._ Woollen gloves, covering the wrist and
knitted with divisions for the fingers.
+Moider+, _v._ To bewilder.
+Moil+, _v._ To toil on when tired.
+Moit+, _n._ The smaller part, a small portion.
Ex.—_Tha sed ’at tha shared it oot amang t’ lot on uz, onny waay
Ah nobbut gat a moit._
+Mole-rat+, _Vide_ +Mowdywarp+.
+Moo-moo+, _n._ A pet name for a cow.
+Moor-titling+, +Moor-taalin+, _n._ The meadow pipit.
+Mooun’t+, _Vide_ +Maun’t+.
+Moozy-feeaced+, +Mouzy-feeaced+, _adj._ Applied to the first
growth of hair on the lip or chin.
+Moozy meean+, _n._ A hazy moon.
+Mostlings+, +Meeastlings+, _adv._ Generally, usually.
+Mouck+, _v._ To creep along, to hide.
+Moud+, +Mud+, _v._ Might.
+Mowdy-hill+, _n._ A mole-hill.
+Mowdy-rake+, _n._ A rake used to level mole-hills.
+Mowdywarp+, _n._ The mole.
+Mounge+, _v._ To chew with the gums when the teeth have gone.
+Muck+, _n._ Dirt, excrement, manure.
+Muck+, _v._ To spread manure.
+Muck-clout+, _n._ A floor-cloth, &c.
+Muck-gripe+, _n._ A dung-fork.
+Muck lather+, _n._ In a state of excessive perspiration.
+Muckments+, _n._ Filthy matter.
+Muck-middin+, _n._ The manure- or ash-midden.
+Muck out+, _v._ To clean out a stable or midden.
+Muck sweat+, _Vide_ +Muck lather+.
+Mucky+, _adj._ Dirty, filthy, unwashed.
+Mud+, _v._ Might.
+Mug+, _n._ Face.
+Muggy+, _adj._ Damp, foggy, thick and close.
+Mull+, +Murl+, _n._ Dry fine mould.
+Mumm’l+, _v._ To mumble.
+Mump+, _n._ A blow on the face with the fist. _v._ To chew without
teeth.
+Mun+, _n._ Man.
Ex.—_Ah’ll tell tha what, mun._
+Mun+, _v._ Must.
+Murl+, _v._ and _n._ To crumble into small pieces.
+Mush+, _n._ Dust, rotten through decay. NOTE.—Though generally
applied to anything dry, it is sometimes used to denote damp and
rotten.
Ex.—_It’s grund ti mush. Them to’nips is neea good, tha’re all
iv a mush._
+Mushy+, _adj._ Dry, powdery, in a state of pulp.
+Musweb+, _n._ A cobweb, the white cobwebs which float about in
the air.
+Muther+, +Mudder+, _n._ Mother.
+My-song!+ _intj._ Originally +La Sangue+!
N.
+Na+, _conj._ Nor, than.
+Naay+, _adv._ Nay.
+Nab+, _v._ To pick up sharply, to steal.
Ex.—_Thoo mun watch him or he’ll nab summat._
+Nab+, _n._ A hill or rocky point, a headland.
+Naekins+, _Vide_ +Otherkins+.
+Naether+, +Nowther+, +Nowder+, _conj._ Neither.
+Naff+, _n._ The nave of a wheel.
+Naff-heead+, _n._ A stupid fellow.
+Naffle+, _v._ To pretend, to potter about.
+Naggy+, _Vide_ +Gnaggy+.
+Nak’t+, _adj._ +Naked+.
+Namby-pamby+, _adj._ Affected, conceited.
+Nanpie+, _n._ The magpie.
+Nantle+, _Vide_ +Naffle+.
+Nap+, _Vide_ +Nab+.
+Nap+, _v._ To strike with a hammer lightly.
+Nar+, _adj._ Near.
+Narked+, _v._ Vexed beyond measure.
+Nar-side+, _n._ The left-hand side of a horse when leading or
walking along with a team.
+Nasty+, _adj._ Ill-natured.
Ex.—_He war varra nasty aboot t’ job._
+Natter+, _v._ To be fretful, peevish.
+Nattery+, _adj._ Fretful, peevish.
+Nattering+, _n._ Continued complaining. _Vide_ +Gnatter+.
+Nattle+, _v._ To make a light rattling sound.
+Natt’rable+, _adj._ What might be expected; unassuming, kindly.
+Nature+, +Nater+, _n._ The innate good quality of things.
Ex.—_Ther ’ez been that mich wet, whahl t’ gess ’ll a’e lost
all t’ nater oot on ’t_, i.e. ‘There has been that much wet,
that the grass (drying for hay) will have lost all the
nature (goodness) out of it.’
+Naup+, _v._ To give a smart tap on the head.
+Naup+, _n._ A tap on the head, as with a ruler.
+Nauping+, _n._ A thrashing.
+Naw+, _Vide_ +Neea+.
+Nay-say+, _n._ The privilege of refusing.
Ex.—_Tommy’s gitten t’ naay-saay on ’t. Aye, Ah’ve bowt it, bud
then Ah’ve hed t’ naay-saay on ’t foor lang eneeaf._
+Nazzed+, +Nazzled+, _adj._ Somewhat intoxicated.
+Nazzy+, _adj._ Under the influence of drink.
+Neaf+, _Vide_ +Neeaf+.
+Near+, _adj._ Close-fisted, very careful, greedy.
Ex.—_Did Sammy gi’e tha owt? Neea, he’s ti near ti even wish yan
weel._
+Near+, _n._ A kidney.
+Near-hand+, _adv._ 1. Near by, close to.
2. Almost, nearly.
Ex.—1. _Whya, sha lives near-hand Bessy._
2. _Ah nivver wur seea near-hand gittin’ putten oot o’ t’ road
i’ mah leyfe. If thoo gans near-hand yon chap, he’ll smit tha._
+Nearlings+, _adv._ Almost, all but.
+Neavil+, +Nevel+, _v._ To pummel with the fist.
+Nevilling+, _n._ A sound pummelling with the fist.
+Neb+, _n._ The bill of a bird, the nose, the peak of a cap.
+Neb+, _v._ To kiss, to peck at viciously.
Ex.—_Did ta neb her afoor thoo let her gan?_
+Neea+, +Noa+, +Naw+, +Nooa+, _adv._ No.
+Neeaf+, +Neif+, _n._ The fist.
+Neeaf-full+, _n._ A handful.
+Neea matters+ = No great quantity, of little importance.
Ex.—_Did he win owt at t’ races? Neea matters wo’th telling on.
What sha sez is neea matters ti onnybody._
+Neeap+, _v._ To raise on end, as in lifting the shafts of a cart.
+Neease+, +Nooas+, _n._ The nose.
+Neease+, _v._ To sneeze.
+Needer+, _n._ The common adder.
+Needful+, _adj._ Necessitous, applies to persons and things.
Ex.—_Whya, wa mun all deea a bit; sha’s varra needful, ther’s a
lot o’ bairns. Aye, it’s wivoot doot a maist needful case._
+Needment+, _n._ Something necessary.
+Ne’er-di-weel+, _n._ A worthless fellow.
+Neest+, _adj._ Next.
+Neet+, _n._ Night.
+Ner+, _conj._ Nor.
+Nervy+, _adj._ Vigorous.
+Nesh+, _adj._ Tender, soft, weak.
+Ness+, _n._ A projecting headland.
+Neuk+, _n._ A corner, corner of a field, a hiding-place.
+Never give over, With a+ = without ceasing.
+New-fangled+, _part._ Pleased with novelties.
Ex.—_Bairns diz git new-fangled wi’ owt ’at’s fresh._
+Nias+, _n._ A young hawk.
+Nibble+, _n._ Nipple of either the breast or a gun.
+Nibbs+, _n._ The handles on a scythe.
+Nice+, +Neyce+, _adj._ 1. Too particular.
2. Shy.
3. Considerable in size and quantity.
4. Sensitive.
Ex.—1. _Ah deean’t leyke fooak ’at’s sae neyce aboot what tha eat._
2. _Noo help yersels, an’ deean’t be neyce aboot it._
3. _Ah mun saay ’at ther wur a neycish few._
4. _Ah’s a bit neyce aboot what fooak saay o’ ma._
+Nicker+, _v._ To whinny as a foal.
+Niff-naff+, _n._ A trifle.
+Niff-naffing+, _adj._ Trifling.
+Nifle+, _n._ A trifle.
+Nifle+, _v._ To waste time. Useless occupation.
Ex.—_Thoo nifles on, an’ nivver gits nowt deean. Thoo’s nifling
agaan, allus at t’ saam bat._
+Niggle+, _v._ To deal out or give grudgingly, to be greedy in
small matters.
+Nigh+, _adv._ Nearly, about.
+Nigh at hand+, _adv._ Close to, near by.
+Nilder-nalder+, _n._ Vacillation, hesitation.
+Nim+, _adj._ Quick, active.
+Nim+, _v._ To snatch up quickly, to steal, to be active, agile.
+Ninnycocks+, _n._ Young lobsters.
+Nip+, _v._ Run.
Ex.—_Just nip ower ti Bob an’ ass foor t’ saw._
+Nip off+, _v._ To run away, to move quickly.
+Nip up+, _v._ To snatch up quickly, to go up quickly.
Ex.—_He nipped it up afoor Ah c’u’d stop him. Nip upstairs an’
fetch mah hat doon._
+Nipper+, _n._ A young child.
+Nisly+, _adj._ Showery.
+Nit+, _n._ The egg of the louse.
+Nither+, +Nidder+, _v._ To shiver.
Ex.—_Ah nithered an’ dithered an’ trimm’ld all ower that mich
whahl Ah c’u’dn’t mak oot if sha’d been shuvved, tumm’ld,
slithered, or louped inti t’ beck._
+Nittering+, _part._ Subdued giggling.
+Nivver+, _adj._ Never.
+Nizy+, _n._ A dunce.
+Nizzled+, _v._ To be under the influence of drink.
+Noa ship+, _n._ Clouds said to resemble the Ark. A common saying
is, _T’ Ark’s oot, wa’re in foor a spell o’ bad weather._
+Nobbin+, _n._ The hair on the crown of the head.
Ex.—_He teeak her biv t’ nobbin an’ pulled her backkards-waay
ower._
+Nobbut+, _conj._ If, only. ‘Only’ is rarely used.
+Nobby+, _adj._ Handy, nice.
+Nock+, +Nicking+, _n._ A method of keeping count by cutting
notches on a stick.
+Nodder+, _v._ To tremble.
+Noggen+, _adj._ Hard, rough.
+Noggin+, _n._ A quarter pint, a small jug.
+Nominy+, _n._ The name given to any doggerel rhyme.
+None+, +Noan+, +Neean+, _adv._ Not at all.
Ex.—_He’ll neean ho’d back, he’ll deea ’t hard eneeaf._ ‘Neean’
in this case means more than ‘not’; the idea conveyed is, ‘He
will not in any sense hold back.’ _He’s neean lost owt_,
i.e. ‘He has lost nothing at all.’
+Nooatish+, _v._ To notice.
+Noo+, _adv._ Now, well. The use of this word is most curious.
_Noo, Noo, Noo! Noo_, said one man on meeting a friend. ‘Noo’ the
first meant either ‘good morning,’ ‘now then,’ or ‘well.’ ‘Noo’
the second was addressed to the dog, and meant ‘lie down.’ ‘Noo’
the third, with a different inflection, was understood by the dog
to imply, ‘If you do not lie down at once, I shall hit you.’ And
‘Noo’ the fourth clearly denoted, the dog having laid down, ‘Now,
then, we can talk.’ This inflective power throughout the whole
vocabulary lessens or adds force to words. Unfortunately it is
impossible to render in print these varying tones, which are the
life and soul of the dialect. When used as an interjection, it is
equivalent to ‘How do you do?’
+Nooa+, _Vide_ +Neea+.
+Noos an’ agaains+ }
+Noos an’ thens+ } = By chance, now and again, occasionally.
+Noration+, _Vide_ +Oration+.
+Notified+, +Nooatified+, _adj._ Well-known.
Ex.—_Aye, he war a nooatified chap yance ower._
+Not ti fail+, Without fail.
Ex.—_Ah’ll tell him ti cum an’ not ti fail._
+Nowt+, _n._ 1. Nothing.
2. Valueless.
3. Worthless person.
Ex.—1. _Yon thing’s warse ’an nowt._
2. _It’s up ti nowt neea way._
3. _He’s a nowt, an’ warse ’an nowt._
+Nowt bud weel+, Exceedingly good in every way.
Ex.—_Ah can saay nowt bud weel on him._
+Nowther+, +Naether+, +Nowder+, _conj._ Neither.
+Noy+, +Noyance+, +Noying+, _n._ Vexatious, worrying.
+Nuddle+, _v._ To huddle together, to squeeze.
+Nullet+, +Nullot+, _n._ An owl. +Ullot+ is most commonly used.
+Numb+, _adj._ Dull, awkward, clumsy, insensible.
+Nursery+, _n._ A plantation of young trees.
+Nut+, _adv._ Not.
Ex.—_Is ta gahin wi’ ma? Neea, Ah’s nut._ ‘Nut’ is to some extent
an emphatic form of ‘not.’
+Nutty-crack-neet+, The ninth night before Martinmas Day, on which
a feast of apples and nuts is indulged in.
O.
+O’+, _prep._ Of.
+Oafing+, +Oafish+, _adj._ Half-witted, foolish, silly.
+Oaf-rocked+, _adj._ More or less imbecile.
+Oddments+, _n._ Odds and ends.
+‘Od rabbits+, This and other forms commencing with _‘Od_ is an old
form of profanity, by abbreviating the name of the Deity by the
omission of _G_.
+Of+, _prep._ By, out of.
Ex.—_That meer he gat of t’ broon meer’s deean weel._
+Off+, Used in the sense of ‘by heart.’ To be aware of, to know all
about.
Ex.—_Ah’ve gitten my task off. He’ll nut git ower ma na mair,
Ah’ve gitten him off noo_, i.e. ‘I know all about him now.’
+Offally+, _adj._ Refuse. Bad, both of persons and things.
+Offally maade+, +Offally leeaking+, +Offally putten tigither+,
_adv._ Badly or poorly made, &c.
+Offalment+, _n._ 1. Of little value, offal.
2. A useless, good-for-nothing fellow.
3. Intestines, &c., of animals.
+Off and on+, _adj._ and _adv._ 1. Vacillating, uncertain.
2. Now and again.
Ex.—1. _He’s allus off an’ on, an’ nivver sattles ti nowt._
2. _He’s off an’ on frev yah thing tiv anuther, whahl ther’s
neea ’pendence on him._
+Off one’s heead+, _adj._ Mad, delirious.
+Off on’t+, _adv._ 1. Poorly.
2. Disappointed.
Ex.—1. _Ah ’evn’t deean nowt this week, Ah nobbut felt a larl
bit off on ’t._
2. _He war sadly off on ’t when tha tell’d him o’ Mary’s trouble._
+Offen+, _adv._ From off, off.
Ex.—_It tumm’l’d offen t’ shelf on tiv his heead._
+Off’ns+, _adv._ Often.
+Ofter+, _adv._ Oftener.
+Okkad+, _adj._ Awkward, clumsy.
+Olden+, _v._ To age, to show signs of age.
+Ommaist+, +Ommost+, _adv._ Though often meaning simply ‘almost,’
it often carries a stronger sense with it, e.g. Q. _Will ta gan
wiv uz?_ ‘Will you go with me?’ A. _Aye, Ah ommost think Ah
will_, would mean, ‘Aye, I certainly think I will.’ The general
sense, however, is that of ‘almost.’
+On+, _adv._ 1. Here.
2. There.
3. Forward.
Ex.—1. _He’s cumin’ on ti-neet_, i.e. ‘He is coming here to-night.’
2. _Will ta be on ti-neet?_ i.e. ‘Will you be there to-night.’
3. _Wa mun push t’ job on or wa s’aan’t git deean._
+On+, _prep._ Of.
Ex.—_Sha war despert freet’n’d ’at Ah war gahin’ ti tell on her._
+On, To be+, _v._ To assent.
Ex.—Q. _Will thoo gan wiv uz?_ A. _Noa, Ah weean’t be on at a
gam o’ that soart._
+Once ower+, _Vide_ +Yance ower+.
+Onely sahded+, _adj._ Doubtful, singular.
Ex.—_It’s nobbut a onely sahded gahin’ on_, i.e. ‘It is only a
doubtful or singular proceeding.’
+Onny bit leyke+, or +Owt leyke+. Fairly well, tolerably.
Ex.—_If he aim’d onny bit leyke, he mud ’a’e mannished. Wa s’all
cum if t’ daay be owt leyke._
+On with, To be+, _v._ The act of doing, to be engaged with.
Ex.—_Ah s’ be on wiv it ti morn at morn_, i.e. ‘I shall be doing
it to-morrow morning.’ _He’s dropped Sally, an’ ‘s on wi’
Jin_, i.e. ‘He has jilted Sally, and is engaged to Jane.’
+Oot+, _adv._ Out, not within; also away, as _Git oot wi’ ya_,
‘Get away with you.’
+Oot o’ course+, _adv._ Beyond comparison, beyond measure.
+Oot an’ away+, _adv._ Undoubtedly.
Ex.—_Oot an’ away t’ best hoss._
+Oor+, +Wer+, _pron._ Our.
+Oorsens+, +Oorsels+, +Wersens+, +Wersels+, _pron._ Ourselves.
+Oppen+, _v._ Open.
+Oppen oot+, _v._ 1. To bring to light, to reveal.
2. To show one’s true character.
Ex.—1. _If thoo sez mich mair, Ah’ll oppen oot a bit mysen_,
i.e. ‘I will reveal something.’
2. _Ah think he’s a varra canny chap sen he’s oppen’d oot a bit._
+Oration+, _n._ A commotion accompanied with much talking and
shouting.
+Orf+, _n._ The scurf which forms under the hair of children and
animals.
+Orling+, _n._ A mis-shapen, undersized, rickety child.
+Othergates+, _adj._ Otherwise.
+Othersome+, _adj._ Variety, of another sort.
+Ought+, +Owt+, _n._ Anything. _adv._ At all.
Ex.—_It’s all nowther owt, nowt, na summat._
+Ouse+, _Vide_ +House+.
+Out+, +Outing+, _n._ A day’s pleasure.
+Out with, To be+ = On unfriendly terms.
+Out by+, _adv._ Near to, in the direction of.
Ex.—Q. _Does Mr. Jackson live near here?_ A. _Noa, he lives out
by Newton._
+Outen+, _adv._ Out of.
Ex.—_Sha tumm’l’d outen t’ winder i’ti t’ watter-butt. Thoo
caan’t git thisel an’ Dolly a dhriss outen that, cut it which
waay thoo will. Ya mud ez weel aim ti squeeze milk outen a
yat-post ez git owt outen him._
+Out-end+, +Out-gang+, +Out-gaat+, _n._ An exit, a way out of.
+Out o’ fettle+, _adj._ Unwell, needing repair.
Ex.—_Ah s’aan’t be gahin’ ti-daay, Ah’s a bit oot o’ fettle. T’
cart’s gitten a bit oot o’ fettle; Ah s’all ’a’e ti ’ev it
leeaked teea._
+Out o’ t’ road+, _adv._ Out of the way, out of sight, killed.
Ex.—_Ah caan’t finnd ’t, sha’s putten ’t oot o’ t’ road
sumwheears._
+Out-thrust+, +Out-thrussen+, _adj._ Projecting.
+Ouzel+, _n._ The Bessy ducker, or ring ouzel.
+Over+ is generally pronounced ’ower’ or ’ovver.’
+Overget+, +Owerget+, _v._ To come up with, overtake, overreach.
+Oversail+, _n._ The top course of masonry covering the whole
width of the wall.
+Over-scutch+, _v._ To whip too severely.
Ex.—_He’s ower-scutched t’ lad this tahm, an’ Ah’ll foller t’
law on him an’ mak him pay foor ’t._
+Overwelt+, _v._ To roll on the back, so as to be unable to rise
again—generally applied to sheep.
+Overwing+, _v._ To outwit.
Ex.—_He aims ’at he knaws a bit, bud Ah’ll overwing him onny
tahm iv a hoss deeal._
+Owe+, +Awe+, _v._ To own.
+Ower+, _v._ 1. To last through.
2. To cease, to come to an end.
Ex.—1. _Ah deean’t think Tom ’ll git here i’ tahm ti see t’ au’d
chap, it’ll tak him all his tahm to ower t’ neet, let aleean
t’ week end._
2. _T’ meeting’s owered, t’ chapel’s lowsed, an’ t’ chetch ’ez
cum’d out, bud t’ army’s gahin’ ti gan at it whahl midneet._
+Ower+, _adj._ 1. Too.
2. Beyond due bounds.
Ex.—1. _It’s ower grand_, i.e. ‘Too fine.’ _Ower big_, i.e. ‘Too
large.’
2. _He’s ower daft foor owt_, i.e. ‘He’s foolish beyond all
bounds.’
+Ower+, _prep._ and _adv._ On the other side of, beyond.
Ex.—_Ower t’ street_, e.g. ‘On the other side, across the street.’
_Ower t’ dale_, i.e. ‘On the other side of or beyond the dale.’
+Owerance+, _n._ The upper hand, the mastery.
Ex.—_He’s gitten t’ owerance ov all t’ lot on uz. Ah ower-handed
him that tahm_, i.e. ‘Got the advantage of.’
+Ower an’ up agaan+ = More than once, over and again.
+Ower-gaat+, _n._ A stone style, the steps in a wall side.
+Ower-kessen+, +Owercast+, _v._ and _adj._ Overcast, cloudy.
+Ower monny+, _adj._ Too many, too strong, beyond one’s power.
Ex.—_Ah’ll nut drhive t’ hoss, he’s ower monny foor ma. He maay
bunch t’ lass, bud his weyfe’s ower monny foor him._
+Ower-neyce+, _adj._ Too particular, fastidious, shy, diffident.
_Vide_ +Nice+.
Ex.—_Noo ya mun stritch yer elbows, an’ reach teea; what’s putten
afoor ya’s putten ti gan at; noo deean’t be ower-neyce, bud
set ti wark an’ sahd t’ lot._
+Owerset+, +Owersetten+, _pp._ 1. Overtasked beyond one’s strength.
2. Overturned.
Ex.—1. _Ah’s completely owersetten an’ deean up wi’ t’ job. Naay
what, thoo seems owersetten afoor thoo starts._
2. _Ah owerset t’ au’d lass’ stall, an’ t’ nippers did scramm’l
foor t’ things._
+Owerhand+, _Vide_ +Owerance+.
+Owt+, _n._ Aught, anything.
+Owther+, +Owder+, +Aether+, _conj._ Either.
+Ox-prod+, _n._ An ox-goad.
+Oxter+, _n._ The armpit.
P.
+Pace-eggs+, +Paste-eggs+, _n._ Hard-boiled eggs dyed various
colours, used by children on Easter Monday. _Vide_ chapter on
‘Customs.’
+Pack+, _v._ When birds at certain seasons collect together they
are said to ‘pack.’
+Packman+, _n._ A pedlar.
+Pack-rag day+, The day following Martinmas Day, when the servants
who are changing masters pack up their belongings.
+Paddle+, _v._ To walk with difficulty, to wade bare-legged.
+Paddy-noddy+, _n._ A long wearisome tale with much repetition.
+Pafty+, _adj._ Pert, assuming, impudent.
+Pair of stairs+, _n._ A flight of stairs.
+Pairt+, _Vide_ +Part+.
+Pairtner+, _n._ A partner, generally husband or wife.
+Pally-ully+, _n._ A game almost identical with hop-scotch.
+Palm+, +Paum+, _v._ To climb with the hands and legs. _Vide_
+Swarm+.
+Palm-cross day+, _n._ Palm Sunday.
+Palms+, +Paums+, _n._ Catkins, ‘lambs’-tails’ of the hazel.
+Pan+, _v._ To fit into or close together.
+Pankin+, +Pankin-pot+, _n._ A large earthenware vessel.
+Pankin-dish+, _n._ A deep earthenware dish.
+Pannel+, _n._ A riding pad.
+Parkin+, _n._ A gingerbread cake made for the fifth of November.
+Parlous+, _adj._ Its general meaning carries with it a sense or
state of evil.
2. Adverbially used, it always intensifies.
Ex.—1. _Ther’s been parlous deed at t’ mill. Tha’ve locked him
up at t’ last, it’s nobbut a parlous ending up._
2. _He’s a parlous good preeacher is yon local chap._
3. _T’ hoos is iv a parlous state, bud then it’s cleeaning tahm._
+Part+, +Pairt+, _adj._ A considerable number or quantity.
Ex.—_Pairt fooak wur bidden ti t’ funeral. Ther’ll be pairt
fruit ti year, nobbut Jack Frost dizn’t nip t’ blo afoor it
sets._
+Pash+, _v._ To dash to the ground, to smash into fragments.
+Pash+, _n._ 1. A crash.
2. A heavy fall of snow or rain.
3. The result of a smash, or of a heavy fall of rain or snow, as
mud or slush.
4. Soft, rotten, pulpy matter.
Ex.—1. _T’ chim’ly cam doon wi’ sikan a pash._
2. _Wa’ve hed a pash o’ snaw ti week._
3. _Baith t’ carts is upskell’d an’ t’ things ur a’ iv a pash
tigither._
4. _Cum awaay fra sike pashy deed, thoo’ll labber thisen all ower._
+Past+, _adj._ Beyond, incapable.
Ex.—_Past deeaing owt wi’_, i.e. ‘not to be restrained or
influenced.’ _Past kenning_, i.e. ‘grown beyond recognition.’
_Past bahding_, i.e. ‘beyond one’s power to endure.’ _Past wark_,
i.e. ‘incapable of working.’ _He’s gitten past that noo_,
i.e. ‘incapable of having further aid rendered.’
+Past all+ = Beyond all bounds, generally used in a disagreeable
sense; the antithesis of ‘Caps all.’
+Patter+, _v._ To tread or beat down by many steps, as a pathway
across a newly tilled field.
+Patter+, +Pattering+, _n._ The sound of quick, light footsteps.
+Pause+, _Vide_ +Bunch+.
+Paut+, +Pooat+, _v._ 1. To paw the ground impatiently.
2. To kick lightly.
3. To walk in an affected style.
4. To walk feebly and somewhat heavily, as an aged person.
Ex.—1. _T’ meer’s gifting stall’d o’ stannin’, sitha hoo sha pauts
t’ grund._
2. _Wa caan’t hap t’ bairn up, sha pauts aboot wiv her larl feet
sae._
3. _Sen sha’s gitten long skets an’ fancy stockin’s on, sha diz
paut alang._
4. _Au’d Willie, Ah see, still mannishes to paut about wiv a
stick._
+Pawk+, _n._ +Pawky+, _adj._ Impudent, inquisitive, precocious,
forward (of a child).
+Pawty+, _adv._ Slovenly.
+Pea-hulls+, +Pea-swads+ or +-cods+, _n._ Empty pods of peas.
+Peascod+, _n._ Peas still in the pod.
+Peffing+, _adj._ Applied to short, husky, hard breathing.
+Peggy-stick+, _Vide_ +Dolly-stick+.
+Peggy wi’ t’ lautern+, Will o’ t’ Wisp, Jack o’ t’ Lantern
(_Ignis Fatuus_).
+Pelt+, _adv._ Speedily, swiftly.
Ex.—_He cam doon t’ hill sike a pelt._
+Pelt+, _n._ The skin of a flayed animal.
+Pepper-cake+, _n._ A kind of ginger loaf. _Vide_ chapter on
‘Customs.’
+Perceivance+, _n._ Conception, acquaintance with.
Ex.—_Neea, Ah’d na perceivance o’ what he meant ti deea._
+Perishment+, _n._ The outcome of a severe cold, a thorough chill.
Ex.—_Ah’ve gitten a perishment o’ cau’d, Ah knaw that._
+Pet, To take+, _v._ To be offended, to sulk, to be affronted over
some petty misunderstanding.
+Pick+, _n._ Pitch.
+Pick+ = Black. An intensive, or black as pitch.
Ex.—_It war pick dark._
+Pick+, _v._ 1. To trip up, pitch, or push so as to bring to the
ground.
2. To give birth immaturely (of an animal).
3. To find fault.
Ex.—1. _Ah shoved mah foot oot an’ pickt him ower nicely._
2. _Coo’s pick’d her cauf._
3. _Sha’s nivver off mah beeans, sha’s awlus picking at ma._
+Pick-fork+, _n._ A pitch-fork.
+Pickle+, +Piddle on+, _v._ To play with one’s food.
+Pick-mark+, _n._ The mark on sheep made with a hot iron stamp.
+Pick up+, _v._ To vomit.
+Pie+, _v._ To store potatoes in an earth mound for the winter, to
peep, to pry.
+Pie+, _n._ A heap of potatoes covered by earth.
+Piet+, _n._ The magpie.
+Piffle+, _v._ To steal in small quantities.
+Piffling+, _v._ To. do anything in a silly, half-hearted way.
+Pigmeat+, The refuse of the kitchen and dinner-table gathered
together, and saved with other swill in a tub for pig-food.
+Pig-nut+, _n._ The earth-nut (_Bunium flexuosum_).
+Pig-swarth+, _n._ The skin of bacon.
+Pike+, _n._ A number of hay-cocks made into one heap.
+Pinchery+, _n._ Greediness, penuriousness.
+Pin-faud+, _n._ The pound for stray cattle.
+Pinnies+, _n._ Fish just hatched.
+Pirl+, +Purl+, _n._ The wooden or other winder upon which cotton
or thread is wound.
+Pisking+, _v._ To lounge about.
+Pit+, _v._ 1. To match.
2. To jeer, to quarrel.
3. To mark or spot.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll pit him again thoo. Let ’em aleean, tha’re well
pitted._
2. _Ther’s maist o’ t’ street end oot, an’ tha’re pitting yan
anither leyke all that._
+Pit+, _n._ A mark left by small-pox.
+Place+, _n._ Service.
Ex.—_Ah isn’t gahin’ ti pleeace yet._
+‘Plain+, +‘Pleean+, +‘Plaan+, _v._ To complain, to be querulous.
+Plaint+, _n._ A pitiful tale.
+Plash+, _v._ To splash. n. A puddle.
+Plate+, _v._ To clinch a nail.
+Plating+, _n._ A sound thrashing.
+Pleeaf+, _Vide_ +Plough+.
+Pleeaf stots+, Young fellows, about twelve in number, who used to
go about fantastically dressed on Plough Monday, headed by music;
a kind of sword-dancer.
+Pleean+, +Plaan+, _adj._ Doubtful, not handsome.
Ex.—1. _Ah wadn’t trust yon, he’s nobbut a plaan un._
2. _Yon’s a pleean leeaking lass, hooiveer._
+Plenish+, _v._ To review, to furnish.
+Plesh+, +Plosh+, +Plash+, _n._ A puddle.
+Plew+, _Vide_ +Plough+.
+Pload+, _v._ To walk with difficulty over heavy land.
+Ploader+, _n._ A plodding, diligent fellow.
+Ploat+, _v._ To pluck the feathers from a fowl.
+Plodge+, _v._ To wade through water.
+Plook+, _n._ A small pimple.
+Plooky-feeaced+, _adj._ Applied to a pimpled or blotched face.
+Plosh+, _v._ To splash, to bespatter.
+Ploshy+, _adj._ Splashy.
+Plother+, +Plodder+, _n._ Soft mud.
+Plother+, _v._ To bring into a state of soft mud.
+Plothery+, +Ploddery+, +Pluthery+, _adj._ Muddy, miry.
+Plough+, +Plew+, +Pleeaf+, +Plufe+, _n._ A plough.
+Ploughing-day+, +Pleeafing-day+, +Plewing-day+, _n._ The day on
which neighbouring farmers lend men, horses, and implements, to
assist a new-comer on the land.
+Ploughing iron+ or +airn+, _n._ The coulter.
+Pluck+, _n._ The heart, liver, and lungs of an animal.
+Pluff+, _n._ A tube to pluff with.
+Pluff+, _v._ To force anything through a tube by blowing.
+Plug+, _v._ To load a cart with manure.
+Plugger+, _n._ Anything larger than usual.
+Pluke+, _Vide_ +Plook+.
+Plum+, _adj._ Perpendicular.
Ex.—_That’s nut plum byv a lang waay._
+Plump+, _v._ To come straight down, hence to accuse openly.
Ex.—1. _It cam plump doon i’ t’ frunt o’ ma._
2. _Ah plump’d him wi’ ‘t tiv his feeace_, i.e. ‘I accused him
to his face.’
+Plump+, _adj._ Straightforwardly, exactly.
Ex.—_Ah tell’d him plump oot what Ah thowt._
+Plunder+, _n._ The legitimate profit made out of any business
transaction.
+Pluther+, _Vide_ +Plother+.
+Plutherment+, _n._ Slush, water and mud, or snow and mud mixed;
any liquid filth.
+Pock-arr+, _n._ The scar left by small-pox.
+Podge+, _n._ A short fat man.
+Podgy+, _adj._ Little and fat.
+Poke+, +Pooak+, _n._ A sack or bag.
+Poringer+, _n._ A mug which widens toward the base.
+Porrets+, _n._ Small onions.
+Porriwiggle+, _n._ The tadpole.
+Posh+, _n._ Slush, mud.
+Posh+, +Poss+, _v._ To pound with a possing-stick whilst washing
clothes. _Vide_ +Dolly-stick+.
+Poshing-stick+, +Possing-stick+, _n._ The stick used to poss or
beat with, something like a heavy club.
+Poskit+, +Peggy-tub+. A large oaken tub used to poss clothes in,
often called a +Possing-tub+.
+Posy+, _n._ A bunch of flowers to carry in the hand.
+Pot-blossoms+, _n._ Blotches on the face caused by excessive
drinking.
+Potherment+, _n._ Petty annoyance.
+Pot-lug+, _n._ The handle of a jug.
+Pot-sitten+, _adj._ Burnt whilst cooking, especially in the case
of milk or porridge. Almost universally styled now +Setten on+.
+Potch+, _n._ To throw.
Ex.—_Gi’e ower potching steeans._
+Potter+, _v._ To attempt in a feeble way, often followed by ‘about.’
Ex.—_Hoo he diz potter aboot! Diz he ivver get owt deean?_
+Pottering+, _adj._ Slow, feeble, awkward.
+Preachment+, _n._ A wearying discourse.
+Present+, _v._ To present.
Ex.—_Tha’ve presented her wiv a clock an’ a silken pess wi’
twenty pund in ’t._
+Pretty warm+, _adj._ Comfortably off, well-to-do.
+Prickle+, _v._ 1. To have a pricking sensation.
2. To prick.
Ex.—1. _Ah prickle all ower._
2. _Ah’ve prickled my han’s all ower wi’ gethering bumm’l-kites._
+Pricky-back otch’n+, _n._ The hedgehog.
+Prod+, _n._ Usually a hazel stick with a sharp point.
+Prod+, _v._ To prick or push with a prod.
+Proddle+, _v._ To poke about, to prick, to poke about under stones,
&c.
+Proffer+, _v._ To make an offer.
Ex.—_Ah proffered ti gan ower an’ give him a lift._
+Prood+, _adj._ Proud.
+Propped up+, _adj._ Kept alive owing to the observance of certain
rules and other advantages.
Ex.—_Tha’ve propped him up foor a bit, but it weean’t be foor
lang, he fails ivvery daay._
+Pross+, _n._ A friendly gossip.
+Providence+, _n._ Food, &c., provided for any kind of feast.
Ex.—_A mirical wadn’t a’e maad yon providence last._
+Pubble+, _adj._ Plump, soft and round.
+Puddings+, _n._ Entrails.
+Pull+, _v._ To pick.
Ex.—_Wa mun pull t’ currants ti morn._
+Pulls+, _n._ The shells of ripe turnip seeds, &c.
+Pulsey+, _n._ A poultice.
+Pum+, +Pumm’l+, _v._ To beat with the fists.
+Purlings+, _n._ Ribs upon which the spars of the roof of a house
rest.
+Push+, _n._ 1. Moment.
2. Energy.
Ex.—1. _He awlus leeaves ivvery thing ti t’ last push._
2. _Ther’s neea push i’ yon youth._
+Pushed+, _adj._ Hurried, inconvenienced.
Ex.—_Ah war varra mich pushed for tahm._
+Put about+, _v._ To be incommoded, put out of one’s ordinary
course, disgusted.
Ex.—_Ah nivver war seea grieved an’ vexed an’ putten about iv
all mah leyfe._
+Put off+, +Put away+. To kill, to remove one’s outer garments.
+Putten+, _pp._ of ‘Put.’
+Putten by+, _v._ To put away, to bury.
+Putten ti reets+, _v._ 1. To put in order.
2. To correct.
Ex.—1. _Ah’ll git things putten ti reets a bit._
2. _Thoo’ll git thisen putten ti reets if thoo dizn’t tak care._
+Puzzon+, _n._ A poison.
+Puzzon+, _v._ To poison.
Q.
+Quality+, _n._ Gentry.
+Quart+, _v._ 1. To cross transversely, as in ploughing.
2. To disagree, to quarrel.
Ex.—2. _Ah aim ’at oor Tom wad quart wiv a stuffed monkey._
+Queery+, _n._ Any circumstance of an extraordinary character.
+Quick-sticks+, _adv._ Sharply, at once.
Ex.—_If thoo dizn’t git it deean i’ quick-sticks, Ah’ll wahrm
thi jacket foor tha._
+Quirk+, _n._ A trick, deception.
+Quite better+, = Quite recovered.
R.
+Rabate+, _v._ To return something, in consideration of.
Ex.—_Thoo gav him fahve pund foor ’t, an’ ‘ed ti gan foor ’t
thisen, what rabate did ta git?_
+Rabble+, _v._ To read or speak so hastily as to be indistinct.
+Rabblement+, _n._ Indistinct, confused talk; a mob of low
scoundrels.
+Race+, _Vide_ +Mill-race+.
+Rack+, _n._ Fleecy clouds driven by wind.
+Rackapelt+, _n._ A worthless fellow.
+Rackit+, _n._ A turbulent, boisterous noise.
+Raddle+, _v._ To beat or thrash soundly.
+Raddling+, _n._ A sound thrashing.
+Radged+, _adj._ Furious, mad.
+Raff+, _n._ 1. A confused heap.
2. A disreputable person.
Ex.—1. _Thoo’s gitten things all iv a raff._
+Raff, After+, _n._ A second mowing, generally of clover.
+Raffle+, _adj._ Idle or foolish.
+Raffle+, _v._ and _n._ 1. To become confused, to wander.
2. To entangle.
3. To lead a wild, irregular life.
Ex.—1. _He raffles on seea whahl yan dizn’t knaw what he meeans._
2. _What a raffle sha’s gitten t’ wool inteea!_
3. _He’ll raffle on whahl he’ll gan thruff t’ bit o’ brass t’
au’d chap left him._
+Raffle-pack+, _adj._ Of loose, irregular lives.
+Raffling+, _adj._ Riotous, dissolute.
+Raffly+, _adj._ Applied to a confusion of ideas or weakened
mental powers.
Ex.—_He gits a larl bit raffly at tahms._
+Rag+, _v._ To enrage, to vex.
Ex.—_Ah did rag him aboot Polly._
+Ragabash+, _n._ A bad character.
+Ragally+, _adj._ Loose, unseemly, unprincipled.
+Rageous+, _adj._ Furious.
+Ragged+, _pp._ To be enraged.
+Ragged+, _adj._ Borne down with fruit.
+Raggel+, _n._ A worthless vagabond.
+Rag out+, _n._ Passion, temper.
Ex.—_Deean’t git his rag oot_, i.e. ‘Don’t vex him.’ _Wa gatnhis
rag oot_, i.e. ‘We got him into a passion.’
+Rag-river+, _n._ A tomboy.
+Raitch+, _n._ The white line down a horse’s face.
+Raited+, _pp._ Applied to hay or straw injured by wet or damp;
peeled off after soaking.
+Rain+, _Vide_ +Rein+.
+Rakapelt+, _n._ A low, dissolute fellow.
+Raking+, _v._ To wander about with a doubtful purpose.
+Ram+, _adj._ Possessing a fetid smell.
+Ram+, _v._ To push forward, to work hard.
Ex.—_Ah ram’d at it, an’ seean gat it deean._
+Raments+, _n._ Shavings, odd bits.
+Rammack+, _Vide_ +Rannack+.
+Ramm’l+, _v._ To idle about.
Ex.—_Noo off thoo gans; thoo’s awlus ramm’ling about t’ pleeace._
+Ramp+, _n._ A series of steps or drops on the upper part of a
wall; the name given to garlic.
+Rampageous+, _adj._ Furious, boisterous, wild.
+Ramp and Rave, To+, _v._ To be mad with passion.
+Ramper+, _n._ The sloping side of a raised footpath.
+Ramscallion+, _n._ A filthy, loathsome person.
+Ramshackle+, _adj._ Disjointed, unsteady, needing repair.
+Ranch+, _adj._ Acid.
+Ranch+, _v._ To sprain.
+Ranch+, +Rinch+, _n._ A sprain.
+Rand+, _n._ A piece cut out of or off.
+Rands+, +Reeands+, _n._ The unploughed edges round a field.
+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.