A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Ligget _s._ a rag
Lijon _s._ the main beam of a ceiling
Lip, or Lippen _s._ applied to certain vessels, as Ley-lip, Seed-lip, Bee-lippen bee-hive (Wiclif's Test.: Leten hym doun in a _lepe_ be the wall Acts ix. 25)
Limmers, Limbers _s._ the shafts of a waggon or cart
Linch _v._ a ledge, hence "linch-pin" (A S _hlinc_)
Linney, Linhay _s._ an open shed
Lirp _v._ to limp
Lirripy _adj._ slouching
Lissom _a._ lithesome, active, supple
Lissum, or Lism _s._ a narrow slip of anything
Locking-bone _s._ the hip joint
Long-tailed Capon _s._ the long-tailed t.i.tmouse
Lug _s._ a pole; a measure of land, perch or rod
Lug-lain _s._ full measure
Lumper-scrump _s._ cow-parsnip _Heracleum sphondylium_
Lurdin _s._ a sluggard (Fr. _lourd_)
Lizzom _s._ a shade of colour in heavy bread, or in a mow
Mace _s._ pl. acorns, mast
Macky-moon _s._ a man who plays the fool
Maethe (th soft) sweet as meathe (Welsh _Medd_, mead)
Maggems, Maay-geams _s._ May games, larking
Magne _adj._ great
Make-wise _v._ to pretend
Manchet _s._ a kind of cake eaten hot
Mandy _adj._ and _v._ haughty, domineering Commandy
Mang _v._ to mix
Mang-hangle _adj._ and _s._ mixed-up in a confused ma.s.s
Math _s._ a litter of pigs
Maules _s._ measles
May-bug _s._ c.o.c.kchafer
Mawkin (maaking) an oven swab; scare-crow; a bundle of rags
Mawn _s._ a basket (A S _mand_)
Maze-house _s._ madhouse
Mazy _adj._ mad, ex. I be mooast maazed; a mazy ould vool
Mear, Mear-stone boundary (A S _meare_)
Meat-weer _adj._ applied to land capable of producing food that is good, fit to eat; applied to peas, beans, &c.
Meg _s._ the mark at which boys play pitch and toss
Meg's, or Maggotts Diversions _s._ rattling or wanton fun
Meg-with-the-wad _s._ will o' the wisp
Melander _s._ a row (Fr. _melee_)
Me'll _v.a._ to meddle, touch; ex. I'll neither mell nor make; I ont mell o't, _i.e._, I will not touch it
Mesh _s._ moss; lichen on apple-trees
Mesh _s._ a hare's creep or run _v._ to run through the same
Mess, Messy _v._ to serve cattle with hay _s._ Messin
Mid, Med _v._ might, ex. Nor zed a mid; midst, medst, ex. Thou medst if wouldst
Midgerim _s._ mesentery
Mid'n might not, ex. I mid or I mid'n
Mig in the same sense
Milemas _s._ Michaelmas
Mind _v._ to remember
