A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Drub, Drubby _v._ to throb
Druck _v._ to cram or thrust down
Druck-pieces _s._ pieces of wood let into a wall to support the pipe of a pump
Drug _v._ to drag, also _pret._ of drag; ex. He drug un out of the pond; Drugs _s._ harrows or drags
Dub, Dubby, Dubbid _adj._ blunt, squat
Dubbin _s._ suet or fat for greasing leather
Duck _v._ to carry a person under the arms in a suspended state
Dudder _v._ to confound with noise
Duds _s._ foul linen
Dumbledore, Dumbledory _s._ a humble bee, stupid fellow
Dummic, Dunnic _s._ a hedge-sparrow
Dumps _s._ the twilight, ex. Dumps of the yavening; Dumpsy towards twilight
Dunch _adj._ deaf
Dunder-daisy _s._ large field daisy
Dungmixen _s._ a dung-heap
Durgin (g hard) _s._ a great stupid fellow
Durns _s._ side-posts of a door, (? _doorings_)
Ear-burs _s._ a swelling behind the ear
Ear-gra.s.s, or Hay-gra.s.s _s._ gra.s.s after mowing, from A S _erian_, to till; the gra.s.s of tilled land
Ear-keckers _s._ the tonsils of the throat
Eave, Heave _v.n._ to give out moisture, as flagstones in wet weather
E'en-to, Ee'nsto _adv._ up to, all but, ex. There were ten e'ensto one or two
Element _s._ the sky, used in this sense by Shakespeare in Twelfth-night
Elem'n, or Elm'n _adj._ made of elm
Eldern _adj._ made of the elder
Elt-pig _s._ a young sow
Elver, Eelver, or Yelver _s._ the young eel
Emmers _s._ pl. embers
Emp, or Empt _v._ to empty
En, or Un _p.r.o.n._ Him, ex. A zid'n: he saw him (A S _hine_)
Er _p.r.o.n._ He, ex. Er ziden: he saw him
Errish, Arrish, or Herrish _s._ stubble
Evet _s._ eft, or newt
Ex _s._ an axle
Eye _s._ the cavity beneath the arch of a bridge
Fadge _v._ to fare, to be in good condition. "How will this fadge?"
Shaks. Twelfth-night
f.a.gs _interj._ truly! indeed!
Fairy, Fare, Vare _s._ a weasel (old Fr. _vair_, ermine)
False _adj._ forsworn, perjured
Falsing _adj._ coaxing
Fardel _s._ a small bundle, Shaks. Hamlet
Faut (faat) _v._ to find fault
Fauty (faaty) _adj._ given to find fault
Fauth, Foth, Voth _s._ the turning place of the plough at the side of a field
Featy _adj._ pretty, neat
Feaze _v._ to hara.s.s, or ferret
Feaver-largin (g hard), _s._ a fit of indolence
Fell _v._ to sew down a hem
Fend _v._ to forbid (Fr. _defendre_)
Fess _adj._ gay, smart, ex. A fess fellow
