=A=. He; she. See ~Pronouns~.
=A=, pl. =As= or =Ais=. _n._ A harrow or drag (D.); probably from
A.S. _egethe_, M.E. _eythe_, a harrow (Skeat).--S.W., obsolete. This
term for a harrow was still occasionally to be heard some thirty
years ago, in both Somerset and Wilts, but is now disused. Davis
derives it from the triangular shape of the drag, resembling the
letter A.
=A-Drag=. A large heavy kind of drag (_Agric. of Wilts_). Still used
in South Wilts for harrowing turnips before the hoers go in.
=Abear=. To bear, to endure (S.). 'I can't abear to see the poor
theng killed.'--N. & S.W.
=Abide=. To bear, to endure. 'I can't abide un nohow.'--N. & S.W.
=About=. (1) _adv._ Extremely. Used to emphasize a statement, as
''T'wer just about cold s'marnin'.'--N. & S.W. (2) At one's ordinary
work again, after an illness. 'My missus were bad aal last wick wi'
rheumatiz, but she be about agen now.'--N. & S.W.
=Acksen=. See ~Axen~.
=Adder's-tongue=. _Listera ovata_, Br., Twayblade.--S.W.
=Adderwort=. _Polygonum Bistorta_, L., Bistort.--S.W. (Salisbury, &c.)
=Afeard=, =Aveard=. Afraid (A.B.S.).--N. & S.W.
*=Agalds=. Hawthorn berries. (_English Plant Names._) _Aggles_ in
Devon.
=Agg=. (1) To hack or cut clumsily (A.B.H.S.Wr.); also ~Aggle~ and
~Haggle~.--N. & S.W. (2) To irritate, to provoke.--N. & S.W.
=Ahmoo=. A cow; used by mothers to children, as 'Look at they pretty
ahmoos a-comin'!'--S.W. (Som. bord.)
=Ailes=, =Eyles=, =Iles=, &c. The awns of barley (D.); cf. A.S.
_egle_, an ear of corn, M.E. _eile_. Hail in _Great Estate_, ch.
i.--N. & S.W.
=Aisles of wheat=. See ~Hyle~.
=All-a-hoh=. All awry (A.B.C.H.Wr.); also ~All-a-huh~. Unevenly
balanced, lop-sided. A.S. _awóh_. 'That load o' carn be
aal-a-hoh.'--N. & S.W.
=All-amang=, =Allemang=, =All-o-mong=. Mingled together, as when
two flocks of sheep are accidentally driven together and mixed up
(A.B.G.H.S.Wr.). Seldom heard now.--N. & S.W.
=All one as=. Just like. 'I be 'tirely blowed up all one as a
drum.'--N.W. Compare--
''Twere all as one to fix our hopes on Heaven
As on this vision of the golden year.'--TENNYSON.
=All one for that=. For all that, notwithstanding, in spite of, as
'It medn't be true all one for that.'--N.W.
=Aloud=. 'That there meat stinks aloud,' smells very bad.--N.W.
*=A-masked=. Bewildered, lost (_MS. Lansd._, in a letter dated 1697:
H.Wr.).--Obsolete.
'Leaving him more masked than he was before.'
FULLER's _Holy War_, iii. 2.
=Ameäd=. Aftermath. See note to Yeomath.--N.W. (Cherhill.)
*=Anan=, ='Nan=. What do you say? (A.B.); used by a labourer who does
not quite comprehend his master's orders. ='Nan= (A.B.) is still
occasionally used in N. Wilts, but it is almost obsolete.--N. & S.W.
=Anbye=. _adv._ Some time hence, presently, at some future time. 'I
be main busy now, but I'll do't anbye.'--N.W.
=Anchor=. The chape of a buckle (A.B.).--S.W.
=And that=. And all that sort of thing, and so forth. 'Well, he _do_
have a drop tide-times and that.'--S.W.
=Aneoust=, =Aneust=, =Anoust=, =Neust=, or =Noust=. Nearly, about the
same (A.B.G.).--N. & S.W.
=Anighst=. Near (A.S.). 'Nobody's bin anighst us since you come.'--N.
& S.W.
=Anneal=. A thoroughly heated oven, just fit for the batch of bread
to be put in, is said to be nealded, i.e. annealed.--S.W.
=Anoint=, ='Nint= (i long). To beat soundly. 'I'll 'nint ye when I
gets home!' See ~Nineter~.--N.W.
*=Anont=, =Anunt=. Against, opposite (A.B.H.Wr.).
=Any more than=. Except, although, only. 'He's sure to come any more
than he might be a bit late.' Usually contracted into ~Moor'n~ in N.
Wilts.--N. & S.W.
=Apple-bout=. An apple-dumpling. (Cf. ~Hop-about~.)--N.W. (Clyffe
Pypard.)
=Apple-owling=. Knocking down the small worthless fruit, or
'griggles,' left on the trees after the apple crop has been gathered
in. See ~Howlers~, ~Owlers~, and ~Owling~.--N.W.
=Aps=. _Populus tremula_, L., Aspen; always so called by woodmen.
This is the oldest form of the word, being from A.S. _æps_, and is in
use throughout the south and west of England. In _Round About a Great
Estate_, ch. i. it is misprinted _asp_.--N.W.
=Arg=. To argue, with a very strong sense of contradiction implied
(S.). 'Dwoan't 'ee arg at I like that! I tell 'ee I zeed 'un!' See
~Down-arg~.--N. & S.W.
=Arms=. 'The arms of a waggon,' such parts of the axle-tree as go
into the wheels (_Cycl. of Agric._).--N.W.
=Arra=, =Arra one=, =Arn=. See ~Pronouns~.
=Array=, ='Ray=. To dress and clean corn with a sieve (D.).--N.W.
=Arsmart=. _Polygonum Hydropiper_, L., and _P. Persicaria_, L.--S.W.
=Ashore=, =Ashar=, =Ashard=. Ajar. 'Put the door ashard when you goes
out.'--N. & S.W.
=Ashweed=. _Aegopodium Podagraria_, L., Goutweed.--N. & S.W.
*=Astore=. An expletive, as 'she's gone into the street _astore_'
(H.). Perhaps connected with _astoor_, very soon, Berks, or _astore_,
Hants:--
'The duck's [dusk] coming on; I'll be off in _astore_.'
_A Dream of the Isle of Wight._