“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 xix
... help measured'n for a new suit o ' clothes ; you mind you help me cleaned out thick pond . See HUTCH 3 . Inasmuch as [ dúdn ] did not , is a present conditional forn as well as a past , so when used in a 62 INTRODUCTION . xix.
... help measured'n for a new suit o ' clothes ; you mind you help me cleaned out thick pond . See HUTCH 3 . Inasmuch as [ dúdn ] did not , is a present conditional forn as well as a past , so when used in a 62 INTRODUCTION . xix.
Page xxxvii
... 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 . Your ' oss ' ont be ready this ...
... 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 . Your ' oss ' ont be ready this ...
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... cloth are called the chain ( q . v . ) , and abb corresponding to the warp and weft of the northern counties . The abb is nearly always spun from carded wool , and hence a carded warp , such as that used in weaving blankets , flannels ...
... cloth are called the chain ( q . v . ) , and abb corresponding to the warp and weft of the northern counties . The abb is nearly always spun from carded wool , and hence a carded warp , such as that used in weaving blankets , flannels ...
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... clothes to pieces . 3. adv . Unfastened , undone , open . [ Laur Jún ! dhee frauk - s aul ubroa ud , ] law Jane ! thy frock is all unfastened . 4. Quite flat ; in a mash . squeezed his finger quite flat . bwuuyul ubroa ud sae'um - z u ...
... clothes to pieces . 3. adv . Unfastened , undone , open . [ Laur Jún ! dhee frauk - s aul ubroa ud , ] law Jane ! thy frock is all unfastened . 4. Quite flat ; in a mash . squeezed his finger quite flat . bwuuyul ubroa ud sae'um - z u ...
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... cloth was cut right athurt and across . The pleonasm here used , which is perhaps the commonest form , adds no strength to the expression . Ad ; nif es come athert en , chell gee en a lick.—Ex. Scold . 1. 512 . ATOMIES [ aatumeez ] , sb ...
... cloth was cut right athurt and across . The pleonasm here used , which is perhaps the commonest form , adds no strength to the expression . Ad ; nif es come athert en , chell gee en a lick.—Ex. Scold . 1. 512 . ATOMIES [ aatumeez ] , sb ...
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