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Aitherways you must go to once, or else tidn no good vor to go 't all.

AIVER. See EAVER.

ALACK-A-DAY! [ulaa'k u dai]. An exclamation of sorrow or regret. Alas-a-day! or alas! are not heard.

ALE [aerul]. In West Somerset, unlike the Midland Counties, ale is the weaker beverage; brewed from the malt after the beer has been extracted from it. Ale is usually sold in the public-houses at half the price of beer. At Burton, the Becropolis, this is precisely reversed.

ALE-TASTER [aerul tae ustur], sb. An officer still annually appointed by ancient court leet; at Wellington his duties, however, have entirely fallen into disuse.

ALEEK [uleek, ulik'], adv. Alike (always).

One of our oldest saws is:

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This perpetuates the old belief that a change of weather always comes on Friday.

ALIE [uluy'], adv. In a recumbent position; lying flat.

The grass is shockin bad to cut, tis all alie. Zend out and zit up the stitches, half o'm be alie way this here rough wind. See GO-LIE.

ALL [aul], sb. The completion; the last of anything. Plaise, sir, all the coal's a finished-i. e. the last of it. [Aay shl dig aul mee tae udeez tumaaru,] I shall dig all my potatoes tomorrow-i. e. I shall complete the digging. This would be perfectly intelligible, even if the speaker had been digging continuously for weeks previously. So, "I zeed em all out," means not that I saw the whole number depart, but the last of them.

ALL [aul], adv. Quite, entirely.

Her gid'n all so good's he brought. Thy taties be all so bad's the tothers. Her and he be all o' one mind about it. This is one of those expletive and yet expressive words which is constantly used to complement phrases, but which can only be defined by many examples: [Aul tùe smaa'rsh. Aul tue un au'npaa'wur. Aul tùe slaa tur. Aul tùe u sluuree. Aul tùe u dring ut. Aul tùe u eep. Aul túe u smuut'r. Aul tu noa urt,] all to an unpower -all to slatter-all to a slurry-all to a dringet-all to a heep-all to a smutter-all to nort (q. v.). See FOUR-ALLS.

ALL-ABOUT [au'l ubaewt].

Scattered, in disorder.

[Dhai bee ugoo' un laf dhur dhingz au'l ubaewt,] they are gone

and (have) left their things (i. e. tools) scattered about. [Dhaat-s aul ubaew't ut,] that's the whole matter.

ALL-ABROAD.

Unfastened, scattered.

See ABROAD.

And whan thou takeste vp thy ryghte foote, than

Caste thy pees fro the all abrode.-Fitzherbert, Husbandry, 10/30. ALL ALONG [aul ulau'ng], adv. 1. Throughout, from the beginning, without interruption.

[Aay toa'uld ee zoa aul ulau'ng,] I told you so throughout. [T-u bún shaukeen aar'us wadh'ur aul ulawng,] it has been shocking harvest weather without change from the commencement.

2. Lying flat; at full length.

[Ee aup wai uz vuys un aa't-n au'l ulaw'ng,] he up with his fist and hit him down flat. [Aay eech mee vèot un vaald aul ulaw'ng,] I caught my foot and fell at full length.

Zo got behind, and wey a 'rown

He pulled near twenty o' mun down

And twenty droad along.- Peter Pindar, Royal Visit, p. ii.

ALL OF A UGH [aul uv u uuh'], alv. One-sided, bent, out of truth, aslant. [Dhik'ee pau's uz au'l uv u uuh,] that post is quite one-sided. Poor old fellow, he is come to go all of a ugh.

ALL ONE [aul waun], adv.
[Wur aay goo'us, ur wur aay

Just the same.

doa'un, t-aez aul waun tu mee,] whether I go, or whether I do not, it is just the same to me.

On the qui vive; on the tiptoe The writer heard in reference aul un een tu yuur ùe'd u

ALL ON END [aul un een]. of expectation; with ears on end. to an exciting local trial: [We wuz kaa‍rd dhu dai,] we were eagerly anxious to hear who had carried the day-i. c. won the trial.

ALL OUT [aul aewt], a. Finished, used up.

[Plai-z-r dhu suydur-z aul acwt,] please, sir, the cider is all finished-i.e. the cask is empty. [Dhu woets bee aul aewt,] the oats are all finished. Compare "out of print," "out of stock."

ALL-OVERISH [aul oa vureesh]. Out of sorts; rather poorly, generally, but without any particular local ailment.

ALL SAME [aul sae'um.] Just the same, of no consequence. [Taez aul saeum tu mee, aay tuul ee, wuur yùe du buy un ur noa,] it is of no consequence to me, I tell you, whether you buy it or not. ALL SAME TIME [aul sae'um tuym], adv. Notwithstanding, nevertheless, yet.

[Aay zaed aay wúd-n, au'l saeum tuym, neef yùe-l prau'mus, &c.,] I said I would not (do it), nevertheless, if you will promise, &c.

ALL TO. Where in other dialects they say all of or all in, we in W. S. say all to. [Aay wuz u strèokt aul tùe u eep,] I was struck all of a heap. So All to a muck, All to a sweat, All to a shake, All to a miz-maze, All to a slatter. See ALL, adv.

ALL TO A MUGGLE [aul tùe u muugl]. In a muddle, confusion. [Uur zúmd aul tùe u muugl, poo'ur soal, aa'dr ee duyd,] she seemed all to a muggle, poor soul, after he died.

[Dhu aewz wuz au'l tùe u muugl,] the house was all to a muggle.

ALL TO BITS [aul tùe beets].
ALL TO PIECES [aul tùe pees ez].

Completely smashed in pieces; quite done up.

ALL TO PIECES [aul tùe pees ez]. Infirm; said of a man or a horse. [Poo'ur oal blid, ee-z aul tue pees ez wai dhu rùe maatriks,] poor old blood, he is quite done up with the rheumatism. [Aew-z dh-oa'l au's ? Oa! aul tue pees ez,] how is the old horse? Oh! quite knocked up. [Dhu ween buust oa'p dhu ween'dur un toa urd-n aul tùe pees ez,] the wind burst open the window and tore it in pieces.

At the same

ALL-UNDER-ONE [aul uun'dur waun], phr. time. (Very com.) Tidn worth while to go o' purpose vor that there-hon I comes up about the plump, can do it all under one.

FOR ALL [vur aul], adv. Notwithstanding, in spite of.

[Vur aul yùe bee su klúv ur, yùe kaa'n kau'm ut,] notwithstanding that you are so clever, you cannot accomplish it.

FOR ALL THAT [vur aul dhaat]. Nevertheless.

[Aa'y du yuur waut yùe du zai, bud vur aul dhaa't, aay zúm t-oan due,] I hear what you say, but nevertheless, I seem (am convinced) it will not do.

FOR GOOD AND ALL [vur gèod-n au·l], adv. phr. Finally, for ever, for once and for all.

[Ees, shoa ur! uur-v u-laf-m naew vur gèod-n au·l,] yes, sure! she has left him now for ever-said of a woman who had often previously condoned her husband's offences.

ALLER [aul'ur]. Alder tree (always); alder wood. Gerard says: This Shrub is called Alnus Nigra. . . and by others Frangula . . . in English, blacke Aller tree.-Herbal, Ed. 1636, p. 1469.

Alnus is called in greke, Clethra ; in Englishe an alder tree or an aller tree.— Turner, Herbal, p. 10.

ALLER, BLACK [blaak aul·ur], sb. The usual name for Buckthorn-Rhamnus Frangula. Buckthorn is never used. This plant is frequently confounded with the dogwood-Cornus Sanguineumboth of which are very common in our hedges. The common alder is also occasionally called the Black Aller.

ALLER-GROVE [aul'ur groav]. A marshy place where alders grow; an alder thicket. The term always implies marsh, or wet land; [u rig·lur aul·ur groav] would mean a place too boggy to ride through.

ALLERN [aul'urn], adj. Made of alder.

[U aul urn an·l,] a handle made of alderwood.

ALLERNBATCH [aal'urnbaach], sb. A boil or carbuncle. Pinswill is the commoner term. See Ex. Scold. 11. 24, 557.

ALLEY [aal ee], sb. 1. A long narrow place prepared for playing skittles, usually with a long sloping trough down which the balls run back to the players. [Wee'ul! dhee goo daewn een dh-aalee un zút aup dhu peenz,] Will go down in the alley and set up the pins. This order means, that Will is to set up the skittles as the players from the other end knock them down, and to send back the balls by the inclined trough. These places are also spoken of as the [Buw leen aal ee] or [Skit l aalee].

2. Passage in a church. Miss F——, farmer's sister, said her seat (in church) was on the left side of the middle alley.-April 1885. W. H. M.

Miss F- was quite right, and those clever people who talk of the passage between the pews, in the centre of the church, as the aisle are quite wrong. The latter is from French aile, a wing (sometimes but improperly spelt aisle in old French, see Cotgr.), and can only apply to a part of the building lying at the side of the body or The alley is from alee or allée.

nave.

An alley, gallerie, walke, walking-place, path or passage. Allée.-Cǝtgr.
So long about the aleys is he goon
Till he was come azen to pilke pery.

Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 10198.

Aley yn gar leyne. Peribolus, perambulatorium, et periobolum.

Promp. Parv.

An aly; deambulatorium, ambulatorium.—Cath. Ang.

Sawne slab let lie, for stable and stie,

Sawe dust, spred thick, makes alley trick.-Tusser, 15/35.

3. A boy's marble made of alabaster, generally valued at from five to ten common marbles, according to its quality. Sometimes, though not often, called [aalee tau,] alley taw.

ALL-FOURS [aul vaa'wurz], sb. 1. A common game of cards. [Steed u gwai'n tu chuurch, dhae 'ur dhai wauz t-aul vaa wurz,] instead of going to church, there they were (playing) at all-fours.

2. adv. fhr. Equal to, a match for, in agreement with. [Vur aul u wuz su klúv ur luyk, uur wuz aul vaa wurz wai un,] notwithstanding that he was so clever she was quite his match.

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I ver❜ly bleive our Tommy wid a zooked 'is dhumb gin now, nif I 'adn a keep on puttin bitter allice pon un; I used to do it every mornin so riglur's the clock. [Laur! dhur-z u guurt bwuuy vur tu zèok úz dhuum-wuy doa'un ee puut sm bútur aalees baewd-n?], lor! there is a great boy to suck his thumb-why don't you put some bitter aloes about it? This is the usual remedy for biting nails and sucking thumbs.

ALLITERATIONS. See SHILLY SHALLY.

ALL MY TIME [aul me tuym]. My best or utmost exertions. I can zee very well t'll take me all my time vor to get over thick job. (Very com.)

ALLOW [uluw', luw, ulaew'], v. t. 1. To advise, to recommend. I d' a low ee vor to put thick there field in to rape, arter you've a-clain un, and then zeed-n out-i. e. I advise you.

Calfe lickt take away, and howse it ye may.

This point I allow for seruant and cow.-Tusser, 33/30.

2. 7. i. To consider, to be of opinion. (Very com.)

I do 'low eens there's dree score o' taties in thick there splat. [Uw muuch d-ee-luw dhik dhae ur rik u haay?], how much do you consider that rick of hay? = i. e. how much it contains. [Aay du luw t-l raayn uvoar nait], I think it will rain before night.

3. To allot, to deem sufficient.

[Aay d-ulaew un baewd u twuul muunth,] I allot him about twelve months. This was said of a man who was living very fast, and meant that the speaker only allotted him a year of his present course before he must come to grief.

ALLOWED [ulaewd]. Licensed.

[Dhik'ee aewz waud-n núv ur ulaewd,] that house was never licensed.

ALL VORE [aul voar], sb. The wide open or hollow furrow left between each patch of ground, ploughed by the same team, at the spot where the work was begun and finished. In some lands these aul voarz are made to come at regular intervals, and hence the field assumes the ridge and furrow appearance. See VORE.

ALONG [ulau'ng, lau'ng], adv. 1. On, in the direction of, away. [Kaum ulawng, come with me. [Bee ul! wút goo ulaw'ng, su vur-z dhu Dhree Kuups ?], Bill! wilt go on with me as far as the Three Cups? (public-house). [Aay zeed ur beenaew, gwain oam ulaung,] I saw her just now, going in the direction of home. [Goo lawng! aay tuul ee,] go away! Be off! I tell you.

2. Constantly used as a suffix to adverbs. Its force is some

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