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_Teem_, _to_. To overflow or be full. "He teems wi' jokes." "It teems wi' rain."
_Thruff_. p.r.o.nunciation of "through," compare "enough," Linc. enew.
_Tidy_. A pinafore. "Put on your tidy, my bairn."
_Tray_. A hurdle.
_Trig_. Trim, neat, as trim as a pin.
_Tue_ or _tew_. To fret, chafe impatiently, tire oneself out.
_Undernean_. Underneath.
_Wakken_. Wide-awake, sharp, noticing everything.
_w.a.n.kling_. A weak child, also wreckling.
_Ware_, _to_. To spend. "Are you going to ware anything on me at the fair?"
_Wath_. A ford. "Kirkstead Wath," "Shearman's Wath."
_Werrit_, _to_. To worry or fidget, in needless anxiety.
_Wopper_. Anything unusually large. "That bairn of yourn is a wopper."
_Yocks_. The two chains on which buckets are hung from the shoulder board, when carrying water from the well.
_Yon_. Yonder. "Look at yon boy, what is he up to?"
_Yow_. Ewe, a female sheep.
_Yow-necked_. Of a horse with neck too thin.
_Yuck_, _to_. To jirk. "Yuck the reins to check the horse."
APPENDIX I. VERNACULAR NAMES OF WILD PLANTS.
Adam's Flannel Mullein
Alehoof Ground Ivy
Alexander's foot Pellitory
All-heal Valeriana officinalis
"Very precious"-Spikenard. "The Box of Ointment," Mark xiv., 35, worth "300 pence."
Ambrose Wild sage
a.r.s.e-smart Water pepper
a.s.s-ear Comfrey
a.s.s's foot Coltsfoot
Aaron's board Spirea
Bairn-wort Daisy
Ball-weed Centaury
Ban-wort Violet
Base-rocket Burdock
Beard-tree Hazel
Bedlam Cowslip Oxlip
Beggar's b.u.t.tons Burdock
Beggar's needle Shepherd's needle
Bell-bloom Daffodil
Benewithe Woodbine
Biddy's eyes Pansy
Bird's eye Germander Speedwell
Blaver Corn blue-bottle
Bleed wort Wild red poppy
Bleeding heart Wallflower
Blood wort Blood-veined dock
Blow-ball Dandelion
Bobbin and Joan Cuckoo-pint
Bog violet b.u.t.ter wort
