A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Misky form of misty
Miz-maze _s._ confusion
Mog _v._ to decamp, march off
Mooch _v._ to stroke down gently
Mood _s._ the mother of vinegar
Mole _s._ higher part of the back of the neck
Mommacks _s._ pl. fragments, sc.r.a.ps
Mommick, Mommet _s._ a scarecrow (Wiclif's N. Test.: "a sacrifice to the _mawmet_" Act vii. 41)
Moocher, Mooching, Meecher _s._ one who skulks; absents himself from school
Moor-coot _s._ a moor-hen
More _s._ a root
Moot _v._ to root up _s._ Mooting-axe
Moot _s._ that portion of a tree left in the ground after it has been felled
Mop _s._ tuft of gra.s.s
More, Morey _v.n._ to take root; applied to trees
Mother, Mothering _s._ white mould in beer or cider
Mothering-Sunday _s._ midlent Sunday, probably from the custom of visiting the mother-churches during that season
Mought for might _aux. verb_
Mouse-snap _s._ a mouse-trap
Mouster _v._ to stir, to be moving
Mow-staddle _s._ a conical stone with a flat circular cap, used for the support of a mow or stack of corn
Muddy-want _s._ a mole
Mullin _s._ metheglin
Mumper, Mump, Mumping a beggar, to beg
Nacker _s._ a nag
Nagging _adj._ applied to continued aching pain, as toothache; also, teasing with reproaches
Nammet, or Nummet _s._ luncheon; a short meal between breakfast and dinner. Noon-meat
Nan, Anan _interj._ Eh! what? (Shakes.)
Nap _s._ a small rising, a hillock
Na-poast _s._ gnaw-post, a fool.
Narn, or Norn _p.r.o.n._ neither, ex. Narn on's
Nasten _v.a._ to render nasty
Nathely _adv._ nearly, as a baby is nathely pining away
Naunt _s._ aunt
Nawl _s._ navel; Nawl-cut a term used by butchers
Neel, Neeld _s._ a needle (Shaks. Mid. N. Dr. iii. 2)
Nesh, Naish _adj._ tender, delicate (A S _hnesc_)
Nestle-tripe _s._ the poorest bird in the nest; weakest pig in the litter; puny child
Never-the-near to no purpose
Newelty _s._ novelty
Nickle _v.n._ to move hastily along in an awkward manner _adj._ beaten down, applied to corn
Nicky, Nicky-wad _s._ a small f.a.got of thorns
Nidd.i.c.k _s._ the nape of the neck
Nif _conj._ if and if
'Nighst, Noist _prep._ nigh, near
Ninny-watch _s._ a longing desire
Nippigang, Nimpingang _s._ a whitlow
Nitch _s._ a burden, a f.a.got of wood
Nix _v._ to impose on, to nick
Northern, Northering _adj._ incoherent, foolish
