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_Crizzle_, _to_. To crystalize or freeze. "The window is crizzled."

_Daking_. A d.y.k.e or ditch.

_Dither_. To shudder with alarm or dislike. To s.h.i.+ver with cold.

_Dythe_. Cow dung dried for fuel.

_Fell_. Hurtful or fierce. "The flies are very fell this close weather."

_Frit_. Frightened, affrighted.

_Gabblick_. A crowbar.

_Gallous_. Frisky or lively (of youth).

_Glegging_. Glancing slily. "That sly girl's glegging eye."

_Glib_. Smooth (of ice). Smooth and ready of tongue.

_Gout_. A sluice by which water pa.s.ses from one drain to another.

_Gozny_. To look. To look stupid.

_Grizzley_. To shade with grey. "The evening is grizzling."

_Hag's place_. A situation of hard work and drudgery. Fit only for a poor hag.

_Hap up_, _to_. To wrap up, in shawl, paper, &c.

_Harr_. A fog. An old writer says "The air of the fens was cra.s.s, and full of rotten harrs." A "sea-harr" is a fog coining inland from the sea.

_Heppen_. Handy at work. Helpful.

_Hing_, _to_. To hang. This gate hings well.

_Hirpling_. Limping in gait.

_How_. Way or mode of acting. "Do it i' that how, and you'll be right."

_Hug_, _to_. To carry. "Hugging about a big load."

_Ill-convenient_. Inconvenient.

_Keck_. A large plant of the Hemlock species.

_Kid_. A f.a.ggot.

_Lamb-toe_. The plant "Lady's fingers," Lotus corniculatus.

_Lap up_, _to_. To wrap up.

_Leather_. A ladder.

_Leathering_. A beating. "If you don't keep quiet I'll give you a good leathering."

_Letten_. Perf. of to let. "He has letten 'em go," _i.e._ allowed them to go.

_Lig_, _to_. To lie, down, &c.

_Lug_, _the ear_. The plant Mouse-ear (Myosotis Arvensis) is called mouse-lug.

_Lick_, _to_. To beat, "Give him a licking." To be beyond anyone's power. "It licks me how they can do it," _i.e._ I cannot understand.

_Lug_, _to_. To drag. "Why are you lugging (_i.e._ dragging) that bairn about?"

_Marguery_. The herb Mercury, also called "Good King Henry."

_Mithered_. Muddled, dazed, stupid.

_Mizzlings_. The measles.

_Moiling_. Working hard, toiling.

_Mort_. A large quant.i.ty. "Working a mort of hours," _i.e._ many hours.

"That tree has a mort of blossoms."

_Mud_ or _mun_. Must. "I mun (or mud) do it or I shall be wrong."

_Nag-nail_. A corn on the foot.

_Nautling_. Towering up, a steeple or tall tree.

_Neb_. A bird's beak.

_n.o.bby_. Handy, clever, ready of resource.

_Nowt_. Nothing. Worth nowt means worthless, good-for-nothing.

_Overset_, _to_. To overcome or surmount trial. "He's been very badly (_i.e._ ill) and cannot overset it," _i.e._ get over it.

_Owry_. Dirty, of roads after rain.

_Pad_. Path. A footpad is a footpath.

_Pedigree_. A long story, as of some grievance.

_Petty_. An outside W.C.

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