“The” West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases Used in the West of Somerset and East Devon, Volume 13; Volume 17Trübner, 1886 - 876 pages |
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Page xxxii
... ARTER , SIDELING , TIMES I , HARREST DRINK , IN HOUSe , Wad . Before the names of public - houses the is always omitted , and also in the com . phrases , to back door , to door , to hill , to load , to rick , to road , to vore door , to ...
... ARTER , SIDELING , TIMES I , HARREST DRINK , IN HOUSe , Wad . Before the names of public - houses the is always omitted , and also in the com . phrases , to back door , to door , to hill , to load , to rick , to road , to vore door , to ...
Page xxxvii
... arter quarter yard more o ' this here cloth . There idn no more'n quarter bag o ' taties a - lef - i . e . quarter of a bag . I zeed'n g'in t'ouse nit boo quarter nower agone . This last phrase is constantly varied to quarter's hour ...
... arter quarter yard more o ' this here cloth . There idn no more'n quarter bag o ' taties a - lef - i . e . quarter of a bag . I zeed'n g'in t'ouse nit boo quarter nower agone . This last phrase is constantly varied to quarter's hour ...
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... arter so much o ' it . 4. adv . On hand , unfinished . Shockin hand vor to keep work about . While the harvest is about . ABOUT , adv . Idly sauntering . [ Lae uzee fuulur , ee - z au'vees ubaewt , ] lazy fellow , he is always idly ...
... arter so much o ' it . 4. adv . On hand , unfinished . Shockin hand vor to keep work about . While the harvest is about . ABOUT , adv . Idly sauntering . [ Lae uzee fuulur , ee - z au'vees ubaewt , ] lazy fellow , he is always idly ...
Page 29
... arter all . " " No , he idn . " " Oh , idn er ? well , I zeed - n a - armin o ' her about , once , my own zul , last Zunday night as ever was . " ARM [ aarm ] , sb . 1. Axle . The iron upon which the wheel of any carriage actually turns ...
... arter all . " " No , he idn . " " Oh , idn er ? well , I zeed - n a - armin o ' her about , once , my own zul , last Zunday night as ever was . " ARM [ aarm ] , sb . 1. Axle . The iron upon which the wheel of any carriage actually turns ...
Page 31
... ARTER - MATH [ aartur - maath , aa'dr - maath ] , sb . See AFTER GRASS . ARTICLE [ emph . haartikul ] , sb . Term of contempt for an inferior or worthless person or thing - more commonly the latter . Of a bad tool a man would say ...
... ARTER - MATH [ aartur - maath , aa'dr - maath ] , sb . See AFTER GRASS . ARTICLE [ emph . haartikul ] , sb . Term of contempt for an inferior or worthless person or thing - more commonly the latter . Of a bad tool a man would say ...
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