A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire Part 23

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Twibill _s._ a sort of axe with bill of two forms

Twily _adj._ restless

Twink, or Pink _s._ a chaffinch

Twi-ripe, Twi-ripy _adj._ unequally ripe

Twistle, Twizzle _s._ that part of a tree where the branches divide from the stock

Under-creepin _adj._ sneaking

Ungain (from gain) unhandy

Unkit _et. id. adj._ lonely, dismal (A S _cwyde_, speech; _uncwyde_, solitary, having no one to speak to)

Unray _v._ to undress, ex. I do ston to ray, and I do ston to unray

Untang _v._ to untie

Up, Uppy _v._ to arise, to get up

Uppin-stock, Lighting-stock _s._ a horse-block

Uppings _s._ perquisites

Upsighted _s._ a defect of vision rendering a person unable to look down

Ur, Hur _p.r.o.n._ he, she, or it

Urn, Hurn _v._ to run (A S _yrnan_)

Utchy _p.r.o.n._ I (Ger. _ich_)

Vage, Vaze _v._ to move about or run in such a way as to agitate the air

Valch _v._ to thrust with the elbow or fist

Vang _v._ to take or catch, to receive as well as earn wages; ex. To vang a fire, to vang money; also to stand sponsor (A S _fangen_)

Vare _s._ weasel or stoat. Vair ermine

Vare _v._ to bring forth young, applied to pigs (from farrow)

Varmint _s._ a vermin

Vaught _part._ fetched, hence the proverb

vur vaught dear a-bought

Vawth _s._ a bank of dung or earth prepared for manure; litter of pigs

Vay, or Vie _v._ to go, to succeed, to turn out well (Fr. _va'tail_) ex.

How doe't vay wi'ye?

Veelvare, Veldevere _s._ field-fare

Vell _s._ a part of the stomach of a calf used for making cheese; membrane

Vent, Vent-hole _s._ the wrist of a s.h.i.+rt, the b.u.t.ton-hole

Verdi, Verdit _s._ opinion, ex. Thats my verdit therefor I zay 't

Vester _s._ a pin used to point out the letters to children learning to read

Vier _s._ fire

Vig _v._ to rub gently by a quick motion of the finger forward and backward (Dutch _ficken_)

Vinnid, Vinny _adj._ mouldy, as bread; humoursome, as a spoiled child; affected

Vitten, Vitty _adj._ fitly, featly, properly applied _s._ a whim or pretence

Vleer _s._ flea

Vlother _s._ incoherent talk, nonsense

Voccating _adj._ going about chattering in an idle manner

Vore-right _adj._ blunt, rude, impertinent

Voss, Voth _s._ a side furrow

Vouce _adj._ strong, nervous

Vug _v._ to strike with the elbow _s._ a blow with the elbow

Vyer _s._ the fair, ex. Guaine to vyer?

W an initial W is often p.r.o.nounced as in Welsh _oo_, ex. Walter, oolter; witness, ootness; Wells, ools

Wallet _s._ brushwood, bramble-wood

Wamble, Wammel _v.n._ to move in an awkward manner, applied chiefly to machinery

Want, Wont _s._ a mole