The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and Phrases Used in the West of Somerset and East Devon, Volume 35 |
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Page 30
... corn set up on the field where the crop grew . In a showery harvest the plan is often adopted of making a number of small stacks on the spot , so that the imperfectly dried corn may not be in sufficient bulk to cause heating , while at ...
... corn set up on the field where the crop grew . In a showery harvest the plan is often adopted of making a number of small stacks on the spot , so that the imperfectly dried corn may not be in sufficient bulk to cause heating , while at ...
Page 39
... corn , are always sold by the bag ; and for each article , not otherwise specially contracted for , the bag is by local usage understood to be a certain fixed weight : thus , a bag of apples or turnips is always six score = 120 lbs ...
... corn , are always sold by the bag ; and for each article , not otherwise specially contracted for , the bag is by local usage understood to be a certain fixed weight : thus , a bag of apples or turnips is always six score = 120 lbs ...
Page 45
... corn upon the floor . It is made of elm planks , two inches thick , while the rest of the barn is usually floored with concrete , or beaten earth . The best barns are constructed so as to drive a wagon loaded with corn in at one door ...
... corn upon the floor . It is made of elm planks , two inches thick , while the rest of the barn is usually floored with concrete , or beaten earth . The best barns are constructed so as to drive a wagon loaded with corn in at one door ...
Page 46
... corn and hay - stacks is called the maew - baar teen . See Mow . The term barton is also applied to the entire farm and homestead , but in this case it is only to the more important farms ; very often it is the manor farm , or the ...
... corn and hay - stacks is called the maew - baar teen . See Mow . The term barton is also applied to the entire farm and homestead , but in this case it is only to the more important farms ; very often it is the manor farm , or the ...
Page 53
... corn from the ear . BEAT OUT [ bee'ut , or bait aewt ] , z . To thrash . Birds are said to beat out the corn when they attack it while still uncut . BEAUTIFUL [ bùe tipèol , bùe tifèol ] , adj . Delicious to the taste . [ Dhai brau'th ...
... corn from the ear . BEAT OUT [ bee'ut , or bait aewt ] , z . To thrash . Birds are said to beat out the corn when they attack it while still uncut . BEAUTIFUL [ bùe tipèol , bùe tifèol ] , adj . Delicious to the taste . [ Dhai brau'th ...
Common terms and phrases
a-bin a-got a-tookt aew't aewt Ang.-Sax applied arter avore Ayenbite of Inwyt baint Ben Jonson bide bout called Chaucer common Comp corn Cotgrave could'n Culmstock Devon dhae'ur dhai dhee dhik dialect did'n dree drow dùe eens Exmoor farmer gurt gwain he've heard Her's horse jish maister means neef never didn nort on't on'y Parv piece Piers Plowman pigs plough Promp pron Pulman purty puur Rustic Sketches same's Scold Sir Ferumbras Somerset sure nough ter'ble thee thick thing thout Tidn tother tùe twas usual vore vrom W. S. Gram wadn widn wood word wuul Wyclif yùe yuur zaid zeed zess zome þat þei
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