RIAND, ROOANI—Riand wi’ grey—that’s when we’re gitten on intul t’
efterniun, an’ the bloom is gone; on a varra auld authority they’re
honourable, but fer o’ that Ah’ve seen chaps plooaten them oot an’
deeun.
RIANS—Rians an’ heed-rigs is aboot t’ siam, wi’ lal difference.
RIB—Ta set pans an’ kettles on ta keep het.
RIPPAN—Hoo’s ta gaan on? Oh! Ah’s rippan, hoo’s thoo?
RID T’ SHOP—Turn out. Ah’ll rid t’ shop o’ thee, young man.
RIDDANCE—Good riddance; good shut; good shuttance. They o’ mean yah
thing, _i.e._, it’s weel ta be quit o’ summat er somebody.
RIDDLE—A sieve for corn. Riddle ’t oot.
RIDE AN’ TIE—Noo yer capt. It’s like this. Tweea chaps wi’ nobbut yah
nag set off on a journey, yan rides a few miles, an’ tudder gahs efter
him on his shanks. In a bit t’ rider gits off, ties t’ nag tul a yat,
an’ sets off walken. T’ tudder comes up in a bit, gits on t’ nag, an’
hez his whet at ridin’. It’s varra well they’re o’ honest, er ther wad
be neea seck thing as ride an’ tie.
RIFF-RAFF—Ther’s nin o’ this i’ Lakeland worth niamen.
RIFT—Unmannerly eaters know o’ aboot it. Riften full.
RIG—Corner. Sup off an’ Ah’ll stand mi rig. Also sharp treatment. He
gat a gay good rig fer his craft.
RIG—Seea many times aboot wi’ t’ plew. Yan ’at can shear his awn rig’s
a chap ’at can deea his awn dollop ’at owt.
RIG-AN’-FUR—A design in knitting to represent the furrows of a ploughed
field.
RIGGEN—A hoose top. He’s on t’ riggen.
RIGGIN’-UP—Plewin stubble.
RIME—Hoar frost. Ther’s a heavy rime on. This is an auld ’un, ’at is
’t, an’ was yance yan o’ oor fadders gods.
RIPPER, RIPPEN—Bad talk. Rippen an’ sweeren.
RIP-STICK—A rough person. He’s a rip stick wi’ shun.
RISE—T’ rise o’ t’ sun; t’ rise o’ t’ miun; t’ rise o’ t’ broo; a rise
tian oot o’ yan; a rise wi’ yan anudder aboot mowin’.
RISM—Give us a chow o’ bacca, gaffer. Ah hevn’t a rism.
RIAPS—Stack-riaps and rig-riaps. They’re spun oot o’ streea wi’ a
stack-riap-twiner, an’ can be miad any length. For this reason I
suspect we have Riapen, Riapment, &c.
RIB-GERSE—This is t’ seeam as Ladies’ Garters.
RIVETS—Bearded wheat.
RIG—Back-bone; back.
RIGGS—A low ridge of hills. Common in person, place, and field names.
RING-WUZZEL, RING-OOZEL—Wild birds.
RIP AN’ TEAR—A gurt blusterous fellow ’at maks a lot o’ fuss an’ noise.
ROKE—Scratch. That barn’ll roke ivvry mortal thing i’ t’ hoose wi’ that
nail if tho’ll let it, ’at will ’t.
ROAR—Cry. What’s ta snotteren en roaren at?
ROVVEN—Torn. Ah’ve rovven mi shirt off mi back gaan through yon dyke.
ROYEN—Bad mack o’ wark. Allus royen an drinken is t’ way ta neea spot.
ROTE, ROTING, RUT—To be able to tell every one in a herd of sheep
or cattle without counting; also the pitiful bellowing of cattle at
certain times of the day. He could tell bi rut if they war o’ theer.
ROWK, ROWKY—Misty. It’s a bit rowky, but it may turn off wi’ heat.
ROBIN-RUN-I’-T’-DIKE—A plant ’at grows i’ t’ dike boddums wi’ lal nops
on ’t.
ROGGLE—A shaking. Ah varra nar roggled ta deeth i’ that shandry.
ROOARER—Ass t’ veterinary what a rooarer is.
ROOFED—Owt ’at’s riufed’s summat ’at’s unriufed, miastly wi’ t’ wind.
ROOK—This is nut a crow, but it’s o’ t’ lot—clear oot o’ t’ hial rook
o’ ye.
ROOP—Hoarseness; bronchitis. Ah’ve gitten t’ roop.
ROOTEN—Howken aboot efter things ’at yan’s nowt ta deea wi’, siam as a
swine ’at’s neea jewel i’ t’ snoot.
ROPE, ROPEN, ROPEMENT—Frah’den an’ riapen on aboot auld times; seck a
lot o’ riapment aboot shutten as he dud tell us an’ he can shut nin,
nut he marry. It’s aboot t’ siam as white leein’.
ROPS—The inward parts of an animal are by older and unaffected persons
spoken of as it’s rops.
ROTTEN-EGG-RIFT—It’s a nasty dwallow tiast, ’at co’s intul a body’s
mooth when t’ stomach’s rang.
ROT-GUT—Poor yal. It’s nowt but rot-gut.
ROUGH-CAST—A house which is plastered outside with lime mixed with
gravel is rough-cast.
ROWK—Aboot t’ siam as howk an’ riut.
ROWELL—Put through a cauf neck. If Ah tell ye what for Ah’st be tellen
ye mair ner I know. It’s a bit o’ hair put through a cauf skin just
afoor t’ front legs—that’s a rooel.
ROWNTREE—Mountain ash. We mun be canny wi’ this yan, er else, by gom!
RUN O’ T’ TEETH—A chap’s grub ’at’s quartered on t’ community fer his
wark. It’s his heaf, his stint, er his whittle-gait; it’s whar he runs
amang, gits his dollop, er hes his tommy; he’s yan ’at’s fest oot wi’ a
lot, an’ neea wonder i’ them days ’at t’ skiul maister was i’ foreign
spots a gay deal, when he’d neea hiam ov his awn an’ nobbut t’ run ov
his teeth i’ somebody’s else.
RUMMELBUCK—A gurt rough lungious fellow at gahs on i’ t’ hoose warse
ner a bull in a pot shop.
RUN—A spot fer things ta walk in. We’ll mak a hen run at t’ garth heed.
RUNNER—A young beck ’at runs frae a spring.
RUNNIBER—A runnen lowp er punch. He tiak a runnibur punch at him an’
winded him wi’ ’t.
RUNNIN-T’-RIGS—A varra useful spak this fer fooak ’at likes ta deea a
bit o’ back bitin aboot t’ nebburs, and run t’ rigs o’ them ’at’s away.
RUNNIGIATE—A chap ’at runs away frae his spot. A runnigiate izzant much
set bi whativer’s t’ cause o’ his runnin.
RUBBIN-STAN—Ta wesh fleears wi’ an’ mack a white border roond t’ hoose.
RUD—Red clay. Used ta wesh fleears wi’, doorsteps, an’ winda boddums;
mark sheep seea’s yan tell yan frae anudder, an’ tudder frae whicn
whien.
RUDDLE—Marking sheep with rud.
RUD-LINE—Watch t’ reet’s when they’re gaan ta saw a gurt tree; ye’ll
see them use t’ rud-line.
RUD-STIAK—What t’ coo band’s fassen’d tul.
RUMMACK, RUMMACKEN—Aboot t’ siam as rensil.
RUMP—To cut a nag tail stump off; to snag trees er shrubs.
RUMPESS—Durdrum, nurration, an’ owt o’ that mack. Thoo needn’t kick up
seck a rumpess.
RUMPLEMENT—Tak thi rumplement an’ side it by fer wer allus in a scrow.
It means mainly a lot o’ woman gear, sowing, ironing, darning, an’ seea
on.
RUN-UP, WALK-UP—Shrunk as cloth or other fabrics shrink by contact with
water. Mi stockings hez run up tell Ah can’t git mi teeas intul them.
It’s a mack o’ flannin ’at walks up wi sweet an’ weshin.
RUNNER—A fast grown shoot.
RUNT—A lal stiff thickset chap ’at’s as strang as a bull.
SALLY—It’s nut Sarah this time, but a idle trailen walk. Ah just
sallied oot wi’ t’ gun. We hed a sally oot fer a change.
SAND-LAMP—Melted fat an’ sand put in a pot an’ a lump o’ rag stuck in
fer a week, an’ that’s a sand lamp.
SANTER—It’s nobbut an auld wife santer; ther’s nowt in ’t at if ye kill
a frosk it’ll leeten.
SARK—Ye cannot tak t’ sark off a niak’t fellow’s back.
SAW-COME—An’ when it comes as we tell it ta deea, it maks a lot o’ dust.
SAW-GIAT—What t’ saw gahs through ta mak’ saw-come.
SAG—Yield to a great weight or pressure. T’ furm sag’d doon at middle.
SAIR, SAIREY—Sore sorrowful. A seat fer sair een. A chap was tellen
me a breck aboot sairey. He leev’d in a gurt toon an’ hedn’t hed mich
ta deea wi’ t’ auld twang fer years. An’ yah neet as he was gaan hiam
he com across a let o’ gurt ho-bucks ’at was tryen ta flay a peur
hauf-rockt woman ta jump intul a gurt sowen gutter fer t’ sump at t’
side o’ t’ rooad. “Scurse t’ hearts on ye,” he shoots as hard as he
could, an’ he in amang them. “Can’t ye let a sairy crackt auld woman
alian, noo.” Yan er tweea gat a shot wi’ his neef, and yan wi’ his shoe
neb whar it wad deea maist good, but they hook’t it as if he was a
maniac. He war capt hissel whar t’ auld twang hed bin fielden fer many
a year.
SAM-CAST—A ten times aboot rig. A haymaking term.
SAUVY—Of a pale, sickly complexion; potatoes that are wattery an’ sad.
SAVE-O—Where t’ barns pence should gah.
SARRA—Serve; suit. We co’ed at t’ Ludge an’ nowt wad sarra, but what we
mud stop an’ hev oor dinner wi’ them. Sarra t’ swine.
SACKLESS—A helpless kind of innocent body that izzant exactly daft but
nar akeen tult. Sackless as a sucken duck.
SAID—He wadn’t be said; refused.
SAME, SAMED—Lard. Samed’s when yan’s gitten a reet putten up wi’ mowen
er worken tell yan’s sweltered. Ah’s aboot samed.
SANDWATH—A crossing through a beck.
SAP, SAP-TREE, SAP-WHISTLE—Sycamore when t’ leaf’s comen on. Any lad
’ll mak ye a sap whistle if he’s a jackeylegs ’at ’ll white.
SARR—With the skin off. Siam as sair.
SAUV’D—Taken in. He gat sauv’d wi’ a wife.
SADDLE-LAPS-FLAPS—The part of the saddle that hangs by the horse’s
side. A chap was eaten panciaks, an’ annudder saw him an’ ran an’ telt
his mudder he was eaten saddle laps tull his brekfast. Full particulars
i’ Willy Wattle’s mudder tial.
SAPSKULL, SAPHEED—Terms of admiration fer a gurt gowk ’at’s nowder
sense ner reason.
SAMMEL—Sand an’ gravel.
SAIDER—Rather; preferable. I wad far saider ye wad hev nowt ta deea wid
it. Yan wad far saider see yan’s barns laid low ner iver think they wad
come ta an end like thatn.
SAWNIES—Simple fooak.
SCAR—Whar t’ fells is brokken oot, an’ o’ covered with gurt rough
stians.
SCAW-HEED—A painful disease about the head and ears.
SCUFTER, SCUFTEREN—A sharp shower. It come a bit ov a scufter. We war
scufteren aboot leadin’ hay.
SCUMFISH, SCUMFISHEN, SCUMFISHT—Thoo wad scumfish yan wi’ thi bacca
reek. It’s varra scumfishen an’ clooase. Ah was near scumfish’t as neea
matter i’ yon whol.
SCREES—Rough stoney ground on a mountain side, such as Red Screes, on
the west side of Kirkstone.
SCRAFFLE—Struggle. He’ll scraffle through someway, Ah’st warnd him.
SCRATTIN-ON—Only a poor puttin-on, and that obtained with difficulty.
We’re scrattin-on as weel as we can.
SCOW-BANK-(Oh! that the genius of word describing would co’ here!) A
laal barn ’at’s laid on it’s back throwing it’s legs up, an’ laiken wi’
t’ teeas—that’s scow-bankin. A gurt barn ’at ligs aboot t’ hay-mew, an’
sleddurs aboot wi’ his shun lowse, neea necklath on, an’ doesn’t care a
brass farden which end gahs t’ first seea lang as he’s easy—he’s a gurt
idle scow-bank.
SCRAN—Food. Isn’t this another frae t’ Celtic fringe? Ah wadn’t be capt.
SCAN’D—Ah scan’d ower mi shooder ta see if they war behint, an’ theer
they war.
SCONCE—A lang-settle wi’ a wood back. T’ dog mainly ligs under t’
sconce.
SCOWP—What they liad floor an’ meal wi’. T’way at sheep eat turnips,
an’ barns eat berry shags.
SCRATY; AULD-SCRAT—A hypothetical personage of whom children are afraid
by the association of alarm and dread in the manner of those who use
the word. By goy! but auld Scraty ’ll git thi if thoo doesn’t come in.
SCRIMPY—Near; mean; pinched.
SCRUFFLE, SCRUFFLER—A thing ta rive t’ clots ta bits.
SCRUFFLE—A young feit.
SCUT—A rabbit tail, er what does fer a tail.
SCALE—Spread. Scale muck. Scale t’ milk i’ a’ sair breest.
SCART—Scared. “Wey man ye needn’t be see scart.”
SCAWDER’D, SCAWLDER’D—Sore through overheating and friction of the
clothing.
SCAB—A sair spot ’at’s healed up, an’ summat else ’at kittles.
SCABBIN—Breckin gurt whacken steeans.
SCABBY—A lad’s gam.
SCAINJE—He scainjed aboot amang his relations tell he rais’d t’ wind.
Scainjen implies some effort for a bad end.
SCALLIONS—Green onions.
SCAWD—Tea or coffee. “Co’ thi way in ta thi scawd.”
SCOOT—A cauf disorder.
SCRAWMALLY—At weddin’ days they throw het brass fer t’ barns ta
scramble for, an’ this we co’ a scrawmally. It’s a gay auld trick, but
it pleases t’ barns fer o’ that.
SCUFT O’ T’ NECK—A handy spot ta git hauld on when a chap’s back’s
turn’d an’ ye hev him ta throw oot fer good behaviour.
SCARIFIED—Frightened. Ah was fair scarified when t’ nag ran away.
SCATTER’D—Thrown off.
“Oh! drat it,” cried Frank, leeakin’ back for a secont;
“She’s scatter’t, for suer, dal, it’s just as I reckon’t.”
—_Bowness._
SCRAFFLE—Scramble. Hooivver Ah scraffled on ta t’ auld nag back Ah
nivver cud tell; we war biath seea flait. A rough bringing up is
to scraffle up, and a toilsome, hopeless effort is said to be a
scrafflin-on.
SCAR—A brokken bit o’ pot.
SCRAP—Land ’at’s hard an’ dry wi’ t’ druft.
SCRUJE-UP—Sit closer together. Ye mun scruje up an’ mak room.
SCAHLMY—When t’ sky’s varra ower kessen an’ lowering.
SCAIFE—The wall raising a footpath from the road.
SCRAWMY—Straggly, leggy, as bushes, plants, &c., grow for want of
pruning and attending to.
SCROFF—See Scruff.
SCROW—Confusion; we’re o’ in a scrow.
SCUFF—Lowse skin aboot t’ back o’ t’ neck.
SEEVE—Rushes ta mak seeve hats an’ whups on.
SEG—Hoof. A hand ’at’s segged ’s yan ’at’s diun some wark.
SET—Lasses first this time. Ye du’t know? But ye deea. Settin hiam,
whia it’s first step i’ cooarten. Aye fer sewer. Gaan wi’ fooak by t’
boggle spots, an’ fower rooad ends, an’ seck, that’s settin.
SET, SETTIN’-OOT—Plant; a piece of a potato wi’ an ee in ’t. To bury;
to allot. He set us seea mich ta deea an’ we’d ta deea’t. Settin oot i’
plewin an’ that on, an’ settin oot powls ye o know weel eniuf.
SEVEIN—The juniper. This evergreen grows in great abundance on some of
the mountain sides in the Lake District. From the lake acres can be
seen growing on Birkfell.
SEAL-SAUGH—Willow.
SEN—Since.
SET—Beaten. Ah’s set wi’ mi poddish fer a wonder.
SETTLE—A corner seat fer tweea er three.
SEW—Mig hole, sewer, muck midden.
SECK, SECK-AN-SECK-LIKE—Such.
SET—Stiffen. Let it set.
SET-ON—Ill-grown. He’s set-on.
SET-AWAY—Put away.
SET-BY—Sided. We’ve set t’ milk by.
SET-UP—Suffer. Thoo’l set-up for this. Delighted. Ah’s set-up wi’ ’t.
SEYMIE, SAMMY—A chap ’at’s sackless.
SEEING-GLASS, SEEMING-GLASS, LOOKING-GLASS—Mirror. Liuk at thissel i’
t’ liuken glass.
SET-ON—To incite a dog to attack. Thoo’s setten ’t on, thoo gurt daft
gowk.
SET-AT—That’s t’ way ta tackle a hard darrack—set at it. It’s t’ way a
bull er a dog meets ther enemies. It also explains how human animals
do betimes, they set at it, an’ keep at it. “What’s Ah gaan ta deea
to-moorn?” sez t’ fellow tull hissel, “Ah’s gaan ta poo ling, an’ Ah’ll
feit tell than.”
SET-TEEA—Bread to rise. Wait tell Ah’ve set teea.
SET-DOON—Rest while carrying a load. Set doon an’ hod crack a bit.
SET-IN—When it’s gaan ta rain fer reglar. It’s set-in fer rain o roond.
SET-TO—A stand up feit. T’ whick ’uns trail t’ deed ’uns oo’ o’ t’
rooad. That’s t’ way ta set-to.
SETTEN-ON—Got a job. He’s nut setten-on fer allus. Poddish burnt ta t’
pan boddum.
SETTEN-IN—A rag in a sair spot ’at’s stuck tull.
SERENE—As usual. Hoo er ye o? Oh; we’re o serene; er ye o amack o’
middlin?
SEE-HAULD—Let’s see-hauld o’ that hammer; Ah’ll skift it.
SEETER—Nay, Ah’s capt noo! It was a cooat as auld as t’ hills, but she
stack tull’t it was as good as new, an’ hed nowder crack ner seeter in
’t. Mak’ what ye can on ’t.
SEETON—It was in a chap’s neck ta keep him frae gaan wrang in his head.
SHALLY-WALLY—An undecided, lackadaisical, (Oh! man, oh! barn), easy
gaan body. Shaff o’ seck shally-wally fooak, sez Ah. Meaning-less talk.
Shut up an’ let’s hev neea mair o’ thi silly shally-wally rubbish.
SHAK-A-LOWSE-LEG—Unfettered (that’s a grand ’un); free; Ah’ll
shak-a-lowse-leg a bit langer.
SHAKS—Hoo er ye? Neea gurt shaks.
SHARP-STRUCKEN—Yan ’at’s handy wi’ his feet. He’s a sharp-strucken
bliade.
SHARPS—Aye an’ flats. But this is meal o’ some mak to mak breed on.
SHEMMLE—Dud ye iver stand on a stian heap er a auld wo’ when it
shuttered? That’s it.
SHIN—When lads is laiken at fiut-bo they’ll shin yan anudder an’ think
nowt aboot it—Ah know!
SHOOTEN-OOT—When woman fooaks badly, amang t’ streea.
SHAFF—Shaff o’ thi an’ thi nonsense. It’s a good word is shaff fer
gitton shot o’ rubbish.
SHEEL—Under cover. Ther’s neea pliace ta sheel in fer t peur kye. Sheel
thi e’e frae t’ sun wi’ thi hat flype.
SHEP, SHEPSTER—Starling.
SHEVEL, SHEVELEN—When a chap’s hauf drunk an caperen aboot wi’ his feet
an’ ye cant’t tell tull a yard whar they’ll bit when he puts them doon.
Shevelen aboot; sit thi doon.
SHOT—A drink bill. Ah paid me shot an’ oot Ah pot. Ah wonder if this is
what they co’ pigs shots for.
SHOT—T’ pig jobber ’ll give full particulars what a shot pig is. Ah can
tell ye ’at it’s wick.
SHAL—Divide. Shal it oot equal amang us.
SHANK’S MEAR—Walken. We’re gaan o’ shank’s mear.
SHANKS—Legs. His shanks er neea thicker ner a thyvil.
SHAP-GALLOP—Git somebody bi’ t’ scuft o’ t’ neck wi’ yah hand an’ owt
’at’s lowse wi’ t’ tudder an’ off wi’ him, if he’s a lal ’un he’ll gang
happen.
SHEELEN—Shelling peas or beans.
SHEELENS—The husky part of wheat, &c.
SHELL WUM’LE—An auld-fashioned wum’le.
SHOO—When ye’ve ta drive t’ shop o’ t’ ducks an’ hens an’ things.
SHOODER, SHOODER-OOT—Aye an’ cauld shooder ano. A chap ’at izzant
wanted gits t’ shooder, an’ if he’s awk’ard ’ll git shooder’d oot.
SHOODER-BUND—Cauld shooder’d; idle.
SHOOLEN, SHAWMEN—They’re aboot as yan. A shambling gait.
SHOCKLESS—When lads is laiken at marvels an’ yan gits up afooar t’
tudder gits three—he’s won him shockless.
SHOT-O’-GREASE—Nags hes ’t wi’ nut workin’ an’ stannen ower mich o’
ther feet.
SHOT-O’-ICE—Frae t’ skiul yat ta t’ turn at t’ niuk’s o’ yah shot
o’-ice, an’ slape as an eel tail.
SHOON, SHUN—Shoes. Mi Sunday shun on.
SHORT-CAKE—Nice lal ciaks fer krissenens, an’ seck doos as them.
SHACK-BAGS—A shack-bags kind ov a chap’s yan ’at’s nin seea particular,
he’ll sleddur aboot any fashion, deea just as he’s a mind, an’ izzant
up ta mich at nowt.
SHUTTERED—Com doon wi’ a pash.
SHACK-WHOL—A pot whol. A spot i’ t’ grund whar t’ foundation’s gone an’
left a roond dent er whol.
SHARP—O theer in the way o’ brains.
SHIN—To trump at cards.
SHIMM—How weeds out amongst plants.
SHOG—A careless easy gait. He was shoggen away ta t’ market on t’ auld
mear.
SHOOP-CHOOP—The seed pod of the rose.
SHROGGS—Rough, woody, stumpy, brushy land.
SHUPPOM, SHIPPON—Coo byre.
SHUT—A relaxed condition of the bowels of calves. That cauf hes t’ shut
an’ ye mun war oot they’ve neea manners.
SHILLIES—A bed of small stones on a mountain side. Ah gat in ta a bed
of shillies on t’ fell tudder day when Ah was amang t’ sheep, an’ Ah
couldn’t git away ato.
SHOOL—A large spade used for conveying the dung out of stables,
cowsheds, and so on.
SHOOLEN—The act of lifting with the shool, or spade. Ah’ll tell ye a
breck aboot shoolen. Yah day a chap was threshen, an’ t’ hens an’ cocks
liukt in as they went by, an’ peckt a bit up. In a bit tweea or three
auld ducks waddled in, an’ they went ta wark, but, sez t’ chap, “That
widn’t deea, peck as mich as ye like, but neea shoolen’, er oot ye gah.”
SHIVER—Loose stones that get detached from the “screes.”
SHIVEREENS—Very small pieces. Theer noo!. That’s oor best cheeny
tea-pot ’at was mi mudder’s, an’ thoo’s let it fo’ an’ brokken ’t ta
shivereens.
SHALLAK, SHALLAKEN—A shawmen, shoolen, snafflen way at fooak gits intul
’at’s boorn tired, an’ nivver hed time ta rest thersels reet.
SHALLOCK—Fadder, cut us a shallock o’ fat. Hem!
SHANDRY—A cross-bred cart, wi’ springs.
SHINDY—A row amang a lot whar they mak a gurt durdrum.
SHANGLED—Tie a kettle tul a dog tail, an’ it’ll be shangled. An’ durt
let t’ dog maister see ye, er ye may be.
SHELL-TOD—Noo ye horse cowpers, this is yan o’ yours. A shell-tod tiuth
is neea use as a age guide, is ’t?
SHIRL—Slide. Ther’s a grand shirl on ’t pond.
SHIVE—A slice of bread. To cut a neat swathe.
SHANK’S-GALLIWAY—On foot. Hoo hev ye come? On shank’s galliway.
SHINNY—A lad gam.
SHUTTLE-MOOTHED—A deformed sheep’s jaw.
SHOOLEN—A way o’ gitten some cheap yal is shoolen efter ’t.
SIND—A lick an’ a promise i’ t’ weshen line. Ah’ll just sind mi’ fias.
A drink after taking solid food. Breed an’ cheese an’ a drop o’ yal ta
sind it doon.
SIAL-CO’ER—An auctioneer.
SIBBY—A funny, queer auld woman, like a witch mudder.
SIGHT—A ter’ble quantity o’ owt, varra nar. Ther’s a sight o’ fooak
varra thrang wi’ t’ hay o’ up an’ doon.
SIDE—Put away; tidy up. Side t’ pots by an’ git weshed up, lasses.
SIDELANS—Alongside (hem!) It means neighbourhood as well. They lived
sidelans.
SIGNED—A cow stopped milking when near her time for calving.
SIKE—A muffled sob when t’ barn’s bin heart brossen, an’s gitten ower
’t a sike ’ll come.
SISS—He siss’d dog at me—egg’d it on.
SIDATION—We’d a sidation on; sidin’ up.
SIDE, SIDER—What side div ye cum frae? Ah’s a fell-sider.
SIMMUNS—Set. A chap used ta gah aboot menden pots, cheeny, an’ seck
like. He pot a woman a teapot spoot on an’ charged a gay bit fer diun
it, an’ he telt her nut ta touch it fer hauf a day as it wadn’t hae
simmuns’d afooar than. It izzant simmuns’d yut an’ nivver will.
SIDLE, SIZLE—To edge out of a company that is not acceptable. Jack
sidled off when they began o’ plagen him. We sizl’d aboot tell train
time.
SISTA, SITHA—Shorthand for see’st thou? see’th thou?
SIUF—A nasty wet swangy sumpy spot like a dike gutter.
SIZELAN—Walking leisurely around. We war sizelan aboot tell t’ dinner
was reddy.
SIZZLE—An onomatopoetic. When t’ meet’s i’ t’ yubben an’ it begins ta
sizzle we know ’at we shan’t be lang afoor we hev some.
SIT-UP—Suffer. Thoo’ll sit-up fer that efter a bit. This ’ll be t’
origin o’ that famish classic “Sit-up an’ yewl.”
SIDE—Temper; disposition. He was t’ reet side oot, seea we gat on
famishly. He’s nin a bad sooart, is t’ auld chap nut; he’s what ye may
say t’ warst side oot, ther’s neea willy lilly whakly wark wi’ him,
nobbut he’s a bit soor an’ rough.
SITTEN-UP—(Be whiat theer, ye cooarters.) It means keepen company,
gangen tagidder, folloen efter, an’ seea on, but sitten-up’s yan at t’
fardest stages o’ that ailment ’at iv’ry son o’ Adam—an’ dowter ano’
fer that matter—gits a smatch on at some turn. He’d bin sitten his
heart’s desire up fer years an’ nivver hardly spokken mair ner yance,
an’ that was ta t’ effect at “Honey was sweet, by gom!” At last he gat
it oot, an’ ass’d her aboot putten t’ assins in. “Thoo mun put them in
when honey gahs sour fer me,” she sez, an’ ther was neea mair sitten-up
wi’ them tweea.
SISSUP, SISSUPEN—A sissup at t’ side o’ t’ heed. He gat a good sissupen
fer putten his neb in. Theer, they’re fully explained.
SILLY—Weak and low. Ah’s bad i’ mi’ heed, an’ Ah’s as silly as a gius
if Ah stir.
SIDE-SHANGLED—A horse wi’ a fooar leg fassened tul a hinder ’un to
hinder it frae roamen ower far away.
SINGEN-HONEY—Melted cream, er butter an’ groats biakt on a hot shovel.
SINK-MEW—A hay-mew in a cellar.
SIT—Get equal with. Noo if thoo can sit t’ auld horse brecker thoos
nobbut anudder ta sit.
SKAYMERIL—A rough lowse bianed body ’ats nin ower nice aboot nowt. Bide
tha whial thoo gurt silly skaymeril.
SKILVINS—Shelving for a cart.
SKIUM—Skim. Skium t’ fat off wi’ yer fingger.
SKON—Barley skons. Skons is nice sweet ciaks.
SKON, SKON’D, SKUN, SKUN’D—To jerk or jet anything in a temper. Ah
ass’d fer some mair breed an’ she skon’d t’ liaf at my heed.
SKOP—A smart blow. Ah’ll skop thi thi lug.
SKOPERIL—A young squirrel. An uneasy boy. Thoo young skoperil.
SKUG, SNOODDLE, SNUDGE—To nestle in snugly for warmth.
SKIAL-BOOARD—The division between the stalls of a stable.
SKEW, SKEW-WABBLE—Out of a straight line. A bridge at a turn is a
skew-bridge. Skew-wabble is when a load is out of its position and in a
shaky condition at that.
SKIRL, SKIRLEN—To scream with fright. T’ barn fair skirl’d again.
SKAR—Scowling. Thoo needn’t to liuk see skar at yan.
SKARN—This is an auld ’un, deed is ’t. At yah time coo skarn was burnt
asteed o’ cooal.
SKOGGERS—Wheea wad hae thowt ’at oor skoggers wad iver hae been
nooaticed. Ye know they’re auld stocking legs, tied ower t’ clog tops
ta keep t’ snow oot. An’ rare an’ useful they er.
SKRIKE, SKRIKEN—Shriek in passion. What’s ta skriken aboot? Ah’ll gie
thi summat ta skrike for.
SKELLY—Field name.
SKELLY—A chub.
SKELL—Keck t’ cart up an’ throw t’ stuff oot.
SKEN—A laalbit squint.
SKIFT—Remove. Ah’ll tak thee ta skift young fellow mi lad if thoo shuts
any o’ thi sauce here.
SKIP-JACK—A silly bouncing body ’at thinks he’s a bit clever.
SKYANDER—Mak them flee i’ o’ directions. T’ lads was at oor pez-rig,
an’ thoo sud hae seen me mack them skyander when t’ auld dog an’ me gat
i’ t’ field.
SKIP—A beehive is a skip, an’ ther’s taty skips, an’ coorn skips,
they’re a bettermer mack o’ swills, that’s o.
SKELP—Aye fer sewer. That’s it, wi’ a rod ano; but Ah was thinkin’
aboot a chap ’at was gaan at seck a skelp ta catch a train.
SKITTER, SKITTEREN—Aboot fog time o’ t’ year yan sees a lot on ’t. A
laal skitteren good-fer-nowt, is a chap ’at doesn’t sattle doon seea
weel ta wark.
SKOBBY, SKOBBY-NEST—A laal bird ’at builds t’ bonniest nest ye ivver
saw.
SKROKE, SKROTCH, SKROTCHEN—If ye tak’ a stian pencil an’ set it ebm up
on a end, an’ draw it doon it’ll skroke; an’ if it doesn’t edge yer
teeth Ah’ll say neea mair.
SLADDER, SLADDEREN—Spill; make a dirty wet mess. Mind thoo doesn’t
sladder thisel wi’ that milk. Thoo’s sladderen o doon thi wiastcooat.
SLEDDUR, SLEDDUREN—Mair compliments fer t’ peur idle bodies ’at’s ower
idle ta lift ther feet er liase their shun.
SLURR, SLIDDUR, SLIDDEREN—Let’s slidder doon t’ stair rails; he was
slidderen doon a stee. A lad’ll shirl, owder on his feet, his back, er
his belly—slidderen’s tweea last.
SLONK, SLONKEN—A gurt idle slonk. Slonken aboot frae yah spot tul
anudder. Particulars on application.
SLONY—Ye know them slurry, sleezy, slape-tongued sneerers ’at wipes in
wi’ a back handed compliment, seea wheem and whiat like; that’s them.
Slony.
SLAB—A slate table for a dairy. A rough plank taken from the outside of
a log.
SLATTERY—Wet. We’re hevin some slattery wedder aboot noo, by gom.
SLAYSTER, SLAYSTEREN—He dud slayster him aboot his craft. An
unanswerable rebuke. Ah gat a slaysteren wi’ puddle an’ muck.
SLYPE—To get away unperceived. Thoo mun slype oot when Ah whissle er
throw a bit o’ muck at t’ winda if ther’s nin o’ them watchen.
SLACK—Lowse; hollow; slack set up. Lanslack? A slack back cooat.
SLANG, SLANG’D—Abusive language. Let’s hev neea slang. He slang’d me
rarely, a saucy good fer nowt ’at is he.
SLAPPY—It’s rayder slappy soort o’ wedder this. Wet.
SLATCH, SLATCHEN—What again! A gurt hungry lad ’at’s allus efter summat
ta eat. A dog ’at’s far ower many hiams an’ hes ta snake a bit whar it
can; chaps ’at gahs strippin’ fooaks peer trees; an’ tweea er three
mair things, too numerous to mention, as t’ sial-co’ers says.
SLICK—Polish. Watch t’ shoemaker.
SLOCKEN, SLECKEN, SLECK—To quench the thirst. T’ blacksmith said he’d
a spark in his throoat ’at niver wad be slockened. Lime-slecken is
annudder matter o’ t’ siam soort.
SLOP—Jacket.
SLOPS—Britches legs.
SLOWP—To defraud and run away.
SLOWP, SLOWPEN—When unmannerly fooak sup tea in a hurry they mak a gurt
splutteren noise wi’ iv’ry lap—they slowp it up. Slowp thi poddish inta
thi kedge an’ off thoo gangs ta bed.
SLURRY, SLUDGE—Thick puddle.
SLUFF—A berry skin.
SLUFFED—Disheartened. He was heart sluffed aboot her.
SLUFFENED—T’ siam again.
SLODDUR—Wad ye tell o’ me if Ah skipt this yan? Ah wad like. Ye know
what it is—tiad spawn; mushed turnips, an’ owt else ’at’s pulpy an’
slape.
SLASHY—Wet sloppy wedder. We’ve hed it gaily slashy noo fer a canny
while.
SLATTER—Spill.
SLEEKY—Sly. Yan o’ t’ whiat, still-moothed ’uns, ’at sez nowt but taks
o in.
SLYPE—To pare. It’s far ower big fer t’ whol; thoo mun slype a shive
off ’t.
SLYVE—To interject an offensive remark. Slyve ’t in ’at thoo nivver hed
t’ scab min.
SLAP—O at a slap. He slap’t gurt lumps off. Went doon wi’ a slap. Than
ther’s what t’ barns git fer good conduct.
SLAPE, SLAPE-TAIL, SLAPE-HEELS—A shirl ’at’s slape ’s o ’at Ah know on
’at’s better for ’t. Owt else ’at’s slape, slape-tailed, er hes a pair
o’ slape heels, would be better fer sharp’nin’.
SAVERY-DUCKS—Ducks wi’ veils on—meead o’ pork, &c.
SLIATED, SLIATE-OFF—Noo ye ladies. When ye see yan wi’ her petticooat
boddum a bit below her frock, what is ’t? She’s sliated. Yan ’at hes a
screw lowse, what’s that? A sliat off.
SLING—Depart. Ah’ve a lang way ta gang, seea Ah’ll sling me hook. Aye,
whia, but ye’ll siun sling ower hiam.
SLENGK, SLENGKEN, SLENGKT—A gurt hungry slengk; slengken aboot efter
nowt at dow; he’s slengkt hissel off ta bed withoot weshen. This is yan
o’ that gurt host ’at’s its own definition.
SLEM—Slender. He’s grown verra slem. Wark ’at’s dium slem izzant o’
mich account, ner a slem customer.
SLOMMOCK, SLOMMOCKEN, SLOMMOCKY—These is terms of respect fer an idle,
shufflen, mucky taistrel. Ah’ll say neea mair.
SLOTCH, SLOTCHEN—A gurt drucken slotch; slotchen o t’ yal ’at he can
lig hands on.
SLOWDY—Sloven. A gurt slowdy.
S-LINK—Yan o’ t’ usefullest things yan can carry aboot fer mendin’ up
wi’.
SLIPPY—Handy, alert, quick. Liuk slippy an’ du’t santer on t’ rooad.
SLYPE—A nasty slur, but put that nicely like a pill in a plum.
SLEM—A lad trick at marvels ta get ta t’ ring an’ keep theer, wi’ a bit
o’ dodging.
SMACK—Ah’ve a queer smack i’ mi mooth. Taste.
SMO’ DRINK—Teetotallers’ yal, treacle Jacky, an’ honey botchard.
SMUSH—Ye’ve seen a chap wi’ a pair o’ jiken shun on, a white waistcoat,
an’ a cutaway cooat, an’ a siapt hat—he’s smush.
SMITE-Particle. Ah’ve eaten up iv’ry smite.
SMIT—A sheep mark ta ken ’t bi.
SMUT—A complaint ’at bodders wheat.
SMITTLE—Infectious. T’ barns hes t’ King cough, an’ they say it’s
smittle.
SMITTLE—Likely. As smittle a spot fer an auld hare an yan’ll come
across.
SMOCK—Smooth. Ah mack nowt o’ fooak ’at’s seea smock-spokken an’ whakly.
SMOOR—Ye’ve seen young lads an’ lasses i’ t’ hay field coveren yan
anudder ower wi’ hay, an’ i’ t’ dark whiat neets when ghosts, an’
barguests, an’ seck like flaysome things er oot, t’ barns git under t’
blankets tell they’re nearly scumfisht. We co’ that smooren. An’ gurt
rough haniels o’ lads hes a gam; they git yan doon, anudder lot atop o’
him, an’ they shoot “Merry, merry muck heap, pund o’ mair weight,” tell
they smoor t’ boddum ’un.
SMOCK-FACED—Beardless. She’s wedded a bit ov a smock-fiased lad.
SMOOT—A whol whar t’ sheep gah through. Owt else? Aye, hares rabbits,
geese, likewise ducks an’ hens, an’ sometimes tweea legged ’uns ’ll
smoot through a whol if it’s easier ner climmin.
SMUDJEN—Gurnen, nickeren, flyeren, snirten an’ whinneyen. Deea o these
low doon an’ ye’ll know what smudjen an’ laughen is.
SNOTTER—Ta blodder an’ rooar a gay bit ower nowt.
SNARLIN—Biting bitter blasts o’ wind.
SNECK—T’ auld-fashioned door latch.
SNIFTER—Cry. What’s ta snifteren aboot.
SNIFTER—A slight shower.
SNAG—To lop off. An auld chap ’at Ah used ta ken went ta snag some
grains off, an’ yan was a thick ’un, see what he wad tak t’ saw tul ’t.
He gat on astride o’ t’ end he was sawen, an’ when he gat through com
doon wi’ ’t, an’ let in a beck. He didn’t like ta hear aboot it efter.
SNARL—What hares hang in; snock-snarl is a knot ’at cannot be lowsed.
T’ parson’s is t’ boys fer that mack o’ wark; they’ll tie a snarl for
ye, seea nice an’ wheem, but it’s a capper ta lowse.
SNAGGEN—Ye’ve seen a chap loppen turnip tops an’ riuts off wi’ a
gully—that’s it; snaggen turnips.
SNAPE—Snub; chastise.
SNIRPED—Scorched, dried up. O’s gahn ta be snirped up i’ t’ pasters if
this drufty wind gahs on mich langer.
SNAPPAN—A curt manner of talking. What’s ta snappen aboot. Snappan,
thoo’l snap yan’s heed off.
SNIZEN, SNIZELER—A biting wind. Noo, it’s a snizen mack ov a day. Aye,
it’s a snizeler.
SNUB, SNUBB’D—Chastise. Thoo’ll git thisel snubb’d fer thi impidence.
SNOD—Smooth. Thoo’s thi hair varra snod.
SNUFFLE—To breathe heavily through the nose.
SNOOT-BANDS—The iron plate on a clog neb. Mi skirt catch’t i’ t’
snootband o’ mi clog, an’ doon Ah com bulnecks.
SNAPS—Hard baked gingerbread.
SNIFTER—An unmannerly sneering way.
SNIG—Drag. Snig it doon.
SNIG—An eel. Ah catcht a snig.
SNIRTLE, SNIFTER, SNICKER, SNIRT—Gurnen an’ laughen when ther’s nowt ta
laugh at an’ they hev ta mack ’t.
SNAFFLIN—Wayses me! What again! A lal drucken snafflin thing ’at is he.
SNEVIL, SNEVIL-SHELL—Snail.
SNEWSLEN—Ay, dear! Yan mair fer t’ smo’ gang, peur beggars. What ’t is
ta hev a bad niam.
SNIRP—Scorch with heat; a piece chipped out of earthenware.
SNICKET—A narrow passage between buildings.
SNICKLE—Snare. He could snickle eels.
SNAPE—Check. This ’ll snape t’ gurse frae growen. He gat snaped fer his
cheek.
SNATTLE—To filch away a little at a time, or, to spend a considerable
sum in that manner. He snattled through his bit o’ brass an’ hed ta
start an’ work.
SNAVELEN, SNIAVELIN—Mair an’ mair fer t’ riff-raff tribe. A laal
druckin’ sniavelin, snavelen aboot day efter day.
SNECK-POSSET—A cold reception, and the door closed against you.
Grandest thing i’ this world fer a chap ’at’s ower mich consate aboot
him.
SNEW—Sniff, or turn the nose up, as Bob Cragg dud efter he’d sook’d a
rotten egg, an’ he was ass’d what he was snewin at. He said he nivver
ate seck a bad smell i’ his life; it was war ner Shap Wells watter.
SNOOAK, SNOOAKEN, SNIFTEREN—When yan hes a cauld i’ yan’s heed.
SNIF-NICK—A gam laked in St. John’s.
SNOTTY—Curt, disrespectful, dirty. Whia what thoos neea casion ta be
seea snotty wi’ yan when yan asses tha a civil answer, thoo sud gie
them a civil question, thoo snotty auld slenk.
SPIALES—Gurt yarken chips ’at a fellow knocks oot when he’s fellen
wood. Grand for elden.
SOOA!—Sooa! Sooa! Barn! Thoo munnot put t’ cat i’ t’ fire.
SOO, SOO’EN—I’ t’ dark an’ dreary days o’ December, when t’ wind’s
rivin an’ grianen, an’ thrusten fit ta rive o t’ trees an’ doors doon,
if ye’ll whisht a minute an’ lissen ye’ll mebbe hear ’t give a sob
an’ soo like a mortal i’ pain. They deea say ’at that sob an’ that
soo co’s frae t’ spirits o’ lal barns ’at’s bin co’ed away afoor t’
kirk ceremonies hes bin gian throo ower them, an’ ’at they enter intul
the carcases o’ some gurt gowlen changen hoonds, an’ fer iver an iver
they’re at it. We’ll nut hev that, will we? If t’ soo’en wind is t’
meeanen of a sairey spirit, it’s summat war ner a lal barn.
SORT—A football point.
SOAMY—Soft moist air; soamy wedder’s bad keepen wedder.
SOUTY—A rickety pig. A sheep ’ats dropsical.
SOD, SODDEN—Saturated or steeped. Wet as a sod. Ye’re sodden through
an’ through.
SOGGY, SAGGY—Wet, springy ground.
SOPS—Bread dipped in melted butter and sugar.
SONSY—Well-favoured.
“Of strappin’, sonsy rwosy queens
They aw may brag a few.”—_Anderson._
SOOSE—To put into water. Ah’ll soose thee i’ t’ pump troff for thi
pains.
SOSS—An ugly fall. All in a heap. Mi legs shoot oot, an’ doon Ah went
wi’ seck a soss.
SODDER, SODDEREN—The bubbling noise of porridge that is boiling.
SOOART—Squirt. We used to mak sooarts oot ov a bit o’ burtree.
SOCK—Part of a plew. Sock an’ cooter.
SOCKETING-BRASS—A fine ’at a young chap hes ta pay if he’s an off-comer
when he’s catch’t cooartin’. Miast o’ them pay ’t wi’ pride, but some
stand on ther dignity, an’ it means a march ta t’ horse troff.
SOOM—Ye’ve happen seen a coo drink. She just sooks ’t in. A chap ’at
sups yal t’ siam way sooms it in. Ah’ve seen a chap chow yal.
SOOR—A hard, soor fellow is yan at can stand a bit o’ trashen aboot.
Soor land is when it’s wet an’ wants drainen.
SOOREN—Sour leaven. A sooren o’ yast.
SOWEN, SOWENLY—Extraordinary. A sowen-lang way. A sowen gurt chap. A
sowen gurt wallopen cabbish. Ah’s sowenly wrang if it’s nut gaan ta
rain.
SOWKER, SOWKEN—An outsider. That taty’s a sowker. It’s a sowken lang
way ta walk.
SOT-WHOL—A spot ’at yance was a public hoose.
SOOR-MILK—Nut kernels when they’re soft.
SOLDIERS—Floor seed stems ’at barns laik we?
SOZLEMENT—This is a recipe: Taties, cabbish, dumplin’ o on yah platter,
an’ then add dumplin sauce, onion gravy, sugar, salt, and pepper, an’
ye wad hev a heap o’ sozlement ’at wad please t’ heart ov a hungry man
ta say nowt aboot his stomach.
SOWINS—Ther’s a lot o’ macks o’ sowins, but they’re o’ yan better ner
anudder. Soor sowins, sweet sowins, het sowins, cauld sowins, an’ it’s
“Oh! fer Westmorlan’ sowins an’ cream,”
whichever mack they’er. Ye can mak them oot o’ meal seeds, but then
this is not a cookery biuk, an’ varra like ye know as weel as me.
SOTTERMENT—Food that is prepared by sottering or stewing.
SOWE—Boggy ground.
SUMP—T’ sypins frae a midden. Ah yance laid doon i’ yan, an’ Ah’ve net
forgitten t’ aroma that surroonded me like a halo fer some days.
SOOPLE—T’ business end of a flail.
SPINKY—Yellowhammer.
“The spinky an’ the sparrow
Are the Devil’s bow an’ arrow,
But the robin an’ the wren
Are God’s own cock an’ hen.”
An’ for that reason lads ’ll rob t’ spinky er t’ sparrow, without fear.
SPARRABLE—A nail for the boot sole.
SPELL—Round of a stee or a ladder.
SPILLOE, SHILLOE—Sand and gravel at t’ beck side.
SPIT—To rain slightly. It nobbut spits.
SPRODS—Fish, small salmon. &c.
SPRULE—To fidge; to sprawl.
SPIN-OOT—Sooa! sooa! thoo mun be careful o’ that milk an’ mak ’t spin
oot, fer it’s o we hev.
SPINNING ON—Lingering, dragging on. Hoo’s thi faddur? Oh! he’s spinnin’
on, nowder better ner war.
SPIN—Fat. Noo lads! Marvel laikers know this ’un. It’s when they spin
inta t’ ring an’s deed for ’t.
SPANG-WHEW—Noo if Ah tell ye hoo this is deun some o’ t’ lads ’ll
deea ’t Ah’s warn’d them they will. Anyway it’s abominable cruelty ta
teeads, frosks, an’ cheepers.
SPECK—Patch an’ darn.
SPEEK, SPAK, SPEYK—He was full o’ droll speeks.
SPELK—T’ frame of a swill afoor t’ willy wands is woven in amang yan
annudder.
SPIAND—Weaned. Sookin’s maistly meant, but a chap ’ll spian hissel of a
lot o’ things in his time if he’s sense.
SPLATS—Gaiters. In my time, ebm i’ yours teea, knee britches an’ splats
war i’ go.
SPOT—Place. What mak ov a spot hes ta hed this hauf-year? A gay good
’un fer tommy an’ plenty o’ wark. Ah’s stoppen on. A sair spot; spot
yan oot; a drop o’ het rum ’ll gah reet ta t’ spot t’ first time ano.
SPRAFFLIN—A whiat easy body ’at’s rayder soft. When ye hear a women
co’en her tudder hauf a laal howken, sprafflin thing, ye can put odds
doon ’at t’ gray meear’s t’ better hauf o’ that drawt.
SPAY, SPAY’D—Ass t’ coo doctor again.
SPIAD-GRAFT—The depth of one spade in the earth.
SPIC-AN’-SPAN—In good condition. She turned t’ barns oot spic-an’-span.
SPITTAL—Short for hospital—place name.
SPUNK—Pride. He hes plenty o’ spunk aboot him.
SPUNKY—Wi’ a bit o’ pluck, an’ plenty o’ style an’ _sang froid_. Theer
noo, is that nowt?
SPAR—White rock ’at glitters an’ glissens i’ t’ sun.
SPLAWDEREN—Ye’ve seen a chap ’at’s bin towtl’d ower an’ his arms an’
legs hev flowen aboot a bit as he was gaan. That’s splawderen.
SPLAWDER—Ta mak a gurt show. Thoo’s neea casion to splawder o’ ower t’
toon talken aboot us gitten a new creddle.
SPELK—A splinter fer brokkun limbs.
SPELSH, SPELSHED—To break or tear off leaving jagged ends. Same as a
bough or stick.
SPIT, SPITTEN-IMAGE—He’s t’ spit ov his fadder; aye he’s spitten image
ower again.
SPROGUED, SPLANSHED, SPRAIGED, SPLATTERED, SPLODDERED—Ye know what it
is to wade about in a wet spot, where long grass, or ling, compels
one to lift the foot a good height up each step and every particle of
the dignity and poetry of motion disappears from our movements—that’s
sproguen, splodderen, splanshen, or spraigen as the case may be. The
terms are exactly fitted to the purpose they are used for.
SPRUNG-VEIN—A lump on a vein caused by a blow.