A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Hevel-twine _s._ a fine sort of twine
Hike off _v._ to steal away slily, to skulk off
Hirdd.i.c.k, Rudd.i.c.k _s._ robin, ruddock
Hird-in, Hird-out _v._ to remove one's goods. Transp. for rid
Hirn, Hurn, Hirnd _v._ _pret._ and _part._ to run (A S _yrnan_)
Hive, or Heave _v._ to urge in vomiting
Hizy-prizy _s._ Nisi-prius
Hoak _v._ to goar as an ox
Hob _v._ to laugh loudly _s._ a clown
Hob _s._ a cheek of a grate
Hod _s._ a sheath, a cover
Hoddy _adj._ hearty
Hog, Hogget _s._ a sheep or horse one-year old
Hogo _s._ strong savour or smell (Fr. _haut gout_)
Holders _s._ fangs of a dog
Holmen _adj._ made of holm or holly, as Holmen Clavel a holly mantle piece
Holme-screech _s._ the missel-thrush, from its eating the berries of the holly or holme tree
Homany _s._ a noise, disturbance
Home-to _adv._ up to
Honey-suck _s._ red clover
Hoop _s._ a bullfinch, ex. c.o.c.k-hoop, hen-hoop
Hoppet _v._ to hop
Hornen, Harnin _adj._ made of horn
Horse-G.o.dmother _s._ a masculine woman
Houzen _s._ houses
Hove _v._ and _s._ to hoe, ex. To hove banes, hove turmits with an auld hove
How _v._ to long for
Huck-muck _s._ strainer over the faucet
Hud _s._ as of gooseberry, the skin, hull, husk
Huf-cap _s._ a weed commonly found in fields
Hug _s._ the itch
Hulden _v._ to conceal, harbour
Hulley, or Holley _s._ a basket-trap for eels
Hull _v._ to hurl
Hum-drum _s._ a three-wheeled cart
Humacks _s._ wild-briar stocks on which to graff roses
Ich (soft), _p.r.o.n._ I 'Cham I am; 'Ch'ool I will; 'Ch'ood I would, &c.
Idleton _s._ an idle fellow
Infaring _adj._ lying within, as an infaring t.i.thing, _i.e._, a t.i.thing within a borough
Insense _v._ to inform
Ire _s._ iron, "ire or mire" said of stiff clay soil
Ire-gaer _s._ iron work or gear
Ize _pr._ I, ex. Ize warrant you wunt
Jib _s._ the wooden stand for a barrel
Jigger _s._ a vessel of potter's ware used in toasting cheese
Jitch, Jitchy, Jissy _adj._ such, ex. Jitch placen, such places
Joan-in-the-wad _s._ will-of-the-wisp
Jonnick _adv._ fair, straight-forward
Jot _v._ to disturb in writing, to strike the elbow
Junket _s._ curds and cream with spices and sugar, &c., from Ital.
_giuncata_, cased in rushes; from _giunco_, a rush; a name given in Italy to a kind of cream-cheese
