A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire Part 13

Ligget _s._ a rag

Lijon _s._ the main beam of a ceiling

Lip, or Lippen _s._ applied to certain vessels, as Ley-lip, Seed-lip, Bee-lippen bee-hive (Wiclif's Test.: Leten hym doun in a _lepe_ be the wall Acts ix. 25)

Limmers, Limbers _s._ the shafts of a waggon or cart

Linch _v._ a ledge, hence "linch-pin" (A S _hlinc_)

Linney, Linhay _s._ an open shed

Lirp _v._ to limp

Lirripy _adj._ slouching

Lissom _a._ lithesome, active, supple

Lissum, or Lism _s._ a narrow slip of anything

Locking-bone _s._ the hip joint

Long-tailed Capon _s._ the long-tailed t.i.tmouse

Lug _s._ a pole; a measure of land, perch or rod

Lug-lain _s._ full measure

Lumper-scrump _s._ cow-parsnip _Heracleum sphondylium_

Lurdin _s._ a sluggard (Fr. _lourd_)

Lizzom _s._ a shade of colour in heavy bread, or in a mow

Mace _s._ pl. acorns, mast

Macky-moon _s._ a man who plays the fool

Maethe (th soft) sweet as meathe (Welsh _Medd_, mead)

Maggems, Maay-geams _s._ May games, larking

Magne _adj._ great

Make-wise _v._ to pretend

Manchet _s._ a kind of cake eaten hot

Mandy _adj._ and _v._ haughty, domineering Commandy

Mang _v._ to mix

Mang-hangle _adj._ and _s._ mixed-up in a confused ma.s.s

Math _s._ a litter of pigs

Maules _s._ measles

May-bug _s._ c.o.c.kchafer

Mawkin (maaking) an oven swab; scare-crow; a bundle of rags

Mawn _s._ a basket (A S _mand_)

Maze-house _s._ madhouse

Mazy _adj._ mad, ex. I be mooast maazed; a mazy ould vool

Mear, Mear-stone boundary (A S _meare_)

Meat-weer _adj._ applied to land capable of producing food that is good, fit to eat; applied to peas, beans, &c.

Meg _s._ the mark at which boys play pitch and toss

Meg's, or Maggotts Diversions _s._ rattling or wanton fun

Meg-with-the-wad _s._ will o' the wisp

Melander _s._ a row (Fr. _melee_)

Me'll _v.a._ to meddle, touch; ex. I'll neither mell nor make; I ont mell o't, _i.e._, I will not touch it

Mesh _s._ moss; lichen on apple-trees

Mesh _s._ a hare's creep or run _v._ to run through the same

Mess, Messy _v._ to serve cattle with hay _s._ Messin

Mid, Med _v._ might, ex. Nor zed a mid; midst, medst, ex. Thou medst if wouldst

Midgerim _s._ mesentery

Mid'n might not, ex. I mid or I mid'n

Mig in the same sense

Milemas _s._ Michaelmas

Mind _v._ to remember