ZOO [zèo], adj. Dry of milk-of cows.

We milks twenty cows, but you know they never baint all in milk to once, some be always 200.

ZOOL [zoo-ul), sb. Sull (2. v.).

ZOONDER [zèo'ndur'], comp. adj. Rather; sooner. This is the commonest word to express preference ; in this sense the literary rather is unknown.

I'd zoonder be 'angd 'vore I'd leeve way her. See RATHE.

There! I'd zoonder work my vingers to bones 'n ever I'd be holdin to un.

ZOONY [zèo nee), 2'. i. To swoon; to faint. See Soony.

Her zoonéd right away in my arms; and the yeat and the galliment was enough to make her zoony, sure 'nough.

“Consummatum est," qua} Crist, and comsede for to sounye Pitousliche and paal.

Piers Plowman, XXI. 58. ZOWER-ZAPPÉD [zaaw'ur-zaap'ud), adj. Crabbed; sour in temper even to the sap or marrow. Usually applied to women.

Her is a party old lade, her is ! nif her idn the zower-zappédest (zaaw'ur-zaap'uds) old bitch ever I yeard snarly.

glumping, zowerzapped, yerring Trash !-Ex. Scold. I. 40. ZUMMER-LEARS [zuum'ur-lee'urz, or lai:z], sb. Summer-leas or pasture land not mown for hay, but fed down with stock in summer only. I have a field thus named, written Summerleys in the Tithe terrier.

ZWAR [zwau'r], sb. 1. Swath. The row or line in which grass falls when mown with a scythe.

The hay idn a-drow'd abroad not eet, there 'tis now all in zwars. 2. A crop of grass to be mown for hay.

That there's a capical zwar o' grass in the Church field, I'll warn is two ton an acre. A SWARTHE (swathe, A.) : orbita falcatoris (falcatorum) est.-Cath. Ang.

SWARTH of grasse newe mowen. Gramen.-Huloet. ZWER [zwuur.), v. i., sometimes v. t. To spin round; to whirl.

Lor! he no zoonder catch-n by the collar-n he made-n zwer round same's a pug tap (peg top). Zwer thy Torn, else or tha tedst net carry whome thy P.d.

Ex. Scoli. 1. 112. See note.

ZWER [zwuur'], sb. A whizzing noise, as of the sudden rise of a covey of partridges.

ZWOP [zwaup'), sb. A whop; a blow, with hand or with some instrument. (Very com.)

Zee whe'er I don't gi' thee a zwop under the year, s'hear me, nif I catch thee agee-an-hot's think o'that, now ! and zich a swop as shall make tha veel ma, looks zee !

Ex. Scold. I. 40. See also lb. ll. 100, 517. SWAP, or strok. Ictus. SwEype, or swappe. Alapa.- Promp, Para.

LIST OF THE COMMON LITERARY WORDS, used

in West Somerset, which are not pronounced by dialect speakers as in Standard English. Note that the bracket ( before a final consonant shows that this consonant is not sounded unless followed by a vowel ; following initial h it shows the emphatic form. A turned period () shows

(the vowel or syllable preceding it to be long, or accented as the case may be. Where two or more pronunciations of the same word are given, the first is the most in use. For Key to Glossic Spelling, see p. xlvii. Abase bae'us

acre

ae'ukur (trisyl.) abate bae'ut

across

ukraa's abatement bae'utmunt

act

b)aakst abed ubai'd

active

h)aak tee! abide

buy d, baa'yd actually h)aak-shulee ability búl'utee

acute

kùe't ablaze ublae 'uz

ad-, prefix

often omitted able ae'ubl

adjoin

jauy'n, juy'n aboard ubooʻurd

adjourn

juur'n abreast ubrús:

adjust

jús (t abroad ubroa'ud

adjustment jús'munt abuse, v. bùa'z, bèo'z

ado

udùe: abuse, sb. bùe's, bèo's

adrift

udrúf: abut buut

adulterate duuliturae'ut abutment buut munt

adulteration duuliturae'uracademy aak 'udúmee, all

shun stress on ist syll. | advance, v. t. to vaa'ns accept

haakósúp, emph.; lend

súp', nemph. advantage vaa'nteej acceptance súp'tuns

advertisement advurtuy'z-munt accident

haak.seedunt advocate h)ad veekee'ut accommodate kaum'udae'ut adze

ad ees accommodation kaum 'udae'ur- affected

fack.tud sbun

infected according to koa'urdeen the afflict

flikt account kaew'nt, kuwint affrunt

fuurint accumulate kùe mulae ut afloat

ufloa'ut accurate haak'urut

afoot

uvèo't accursed kuus 'eed

again

ugee'un accuse kùe'z

against

gún, gin, gee'n ace aeus

age, aged ae'uj, ae'ujeed ache ae'uk

aggravate hag'urvae'ut acid aa'seed (rare)

agree, agreement gree', gree-munt acorn ae'ukaurn

ail, v. t.

ae'ul acquaint kwaa'ynt

air

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alder aul'ur

arch alfred, p. n. aa·lfurd

archangel ale

ae'ul alike ulik:

architect alive

uluy'v, ulaa'yv architrave all

au's, aa'l (rare) arithmetic allotment lau'tmunt

arm allow laew, luw

arrest almanac au'rmuneek arrow almighty (alone) au'lmai tee arsenic almost

um iu's, moorees, artful
mau's

artist aloud

ulaew'd, uluw.d ash alphabet aar fubut

ashamed already

urad.ee alter au'ltur, aa·ltur

ashes always

au'vees, aulwaiʻz, ask
emph.

askew amen

ae'umai'n amidst múd's

aslant amongst

mangs, umang's asleep amount, sb. maewnt, muwnt

asparagus anchor ang kur

aspect ancient

an'shunt (not assail

ai'nshunt) assess angel an-jee'ul

assign anger, angry ang'gur, ang'gree assizes angle

angöl (not ang gl) assure anguish

ang -weesh (not astragal

ang gweesh) asylum annoy, annoynauy, nauyouns

athwart

atmosphere anoint nauyont

atom another unuudh'ur

attorney answer aa'nsur

audacious antic h)an tik

audit, só. anvil an'vee'ul

aunt anxious ang'shus

australia any ún'ee

avoid ape ae'up

awake, adj. apiece upees:

award appeal

pae'ul, upae'ul aware appear

pee'ur, upee'ur away appetite h)aa'peetuy't awful apply pluy, plaay

awkward appoint pauyent

awl apprentice puurintees

axe approve

prèo'v, prùe'v axle appurtenance puurit-nuns april ae'upur,

Baby yae'uprul

bacon apt aa'p

bad arable aa'rubl

bag arbitration aa'rbitrae'urshun 'baggage

aarch haarchan jee'ul

(not aark) h)aa'rcheetaek aa'rgutree'v raeth mutik h)aarm raes(t h)aa'ru h)aa-rsneek haa'rtfèol haartees aarsh shúmid,

ushee'umd, em. aa-rshuz h)aa ks uskùe', (not

uskyue") uslún: uzlee'up, uzlai'p spaarugraa's aas pik saa'yul saes suyn suy zuz shoo'ur h)aa'stikl (com.) suy lum udhuur't h)aatimus (com.) h)aat'um tuurinee uw't-dae'urshus au'deet aa'nt au'strúl'yu vauy'd uwae'ukt,uwoa kt wau'rd wae'ur uwai bau feol h)au kurd naul h)eks h ek'sl

ance

bae'ubee
bae'ukn
baerud
baig beg
bag'eej

bail bae'ul

bench

búnsh bait, v. and s. to bauyt

bend

bai'n, p. t. bai'n ; feed

p.p. ubai'n bait, to torment baa'yt, buy't benefit

bún-eefut bake bae'uk

benighted beenai tud bale bae'ul

berry

buur'ee ball baa:1, bau'l

beseech

beesai'ch, ballad

p. t. beesai.ch, ballet baal'ut

P.p. u-beesai.ch ballot

beside

beezuy'd ballast baal'ees

bespeak beespaik, balm bae'um

beespoa.kt, band of music ban-u-mèo'zeek

u-beespoa'kt band, tie or chain bau'n

better

badir bandage ban deej

beyond

beeyun bane bae'un

big

beg bare bae'ur