COLLECTION OF A FEW PROVINCIAL TERMS USED IN NORTH WILTS.

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=Arran= for either

=Acrass=

'=All a hoh='--awry--not square, strait or even--

=Beet=--To beet--is to supply fire with fewel

=Brow=--the opposite of Tough--Substances that will easily break

=Burrow=--Shelter from Wind--generally applied to some Low

Place in a field where some neighbouring hillock breaks the

force of the gale

=Caddle= a term variously applied, but in all cases significant

of Confusion or embarassmt To be in a Caddle--to be in

disorder--to be embarrassd with business--Dont Caddle me--dont

teaze me--don't confuse me--'a cadling fellow' a wrangler a

shifting, & sometimes an unmeaning character

=Clavey=--Chimney Piece

=Cham=--to Chew--

=Clap to the Door=--shut the Door.

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=Chism=--to germ--Seed is said to chism when it discovers the

first appearance of germination

=Chit=--to spring--leaves are coming out.

=Cleet=--a Patch whereby an utensil is repaird--to cleet to

mend by a patch put on, & sometimes to Strengtn by bracing etc

=Clum=--To Clum a thing--is to handle it Roughly boisterously

or indecently

=Clyten= A term applied to express an unhealthy appearance,

particularly in Children--a Clyten an unhealthy Child

=Clout= a blow

=Clytenish=. To look Clytenish to Look pale & sickly

=Dain=--disagreeable effluvia--generally applied to Those

Scents which are Supposed to convey infections, i.e. "Dont go

to near that man; he has lately had the Small Pox & the _dain_

may be in his Cloths still"

=Desperd= very as desperd fine etc

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