E

East; eastern United States
- Allegheny vine n • eUS
- apple (of) Peru n 1 • chiefly eUS
- arrow arum n • eastern half US
- arrowwood n a • chiefly eastern half US
- asarabacca n • formerly eUS
- ask v A1c (pronc) • chiefly East
- asthma weed n • eUS
- bee weed n 1 • eUS
- black woodpecker n 1 • East
- chaff bed n • chiefly East
- chippy n² 3 • formerly East, Sth; now chiefly Inland Nth and West (MAP)
- columbo n • chiefly East
- cork elm n 1 • eUS
- daisy fleabane n • chiefly eastern half US
- dreadnought n 1 • chiefly East
- redroot n a • chiefly eastern half US
- redwood n 1 • eastern half US

Eastern European

golumpki n pl • esp freq among speakers of Eastern European background
holishkes n pl • among speakers of Jewish or Eastern European background

east of Mississippi River See Mississippi River, east of

echoic; echoism (See also imitative; phonosymbolic)

belly-deep n • [Echoic]
biff adv • [Echoic]
biff v • [biff adv, echoism]
bim adv • [Echoic..]
bing v • [Echoic]
bip into v phr • [bip echoism for “to strike, hit”]
blinger n • [Perh echoic suggesting resonance of something struck..]
blip n, intj • [Echoic]
bock n⁴ • [Perh echoic..]
bonk n • [Prob echoic]
bookity-book adv, n • [Echoic]
boomalally n • [Echoic]
bullyrum n • [Echoic]
butterbump n • [Prob alter of bittern + echoic element..]
carau n • [Prob echoic]
cha-cha n • [Echoic]
chad-cherries n • [Echoic]
chanky-chank n • [Perh echoic]
chaw-chaw n • [Echoic]
chay-chay n • [Echoic]
chebec n • [Echoic]
chee-chee n • [Echoic]
chee-dee n • [Echoic]
cheek cheek widow n • [Echoic]
cherook n • [Echoic]
cheweeka n 1 • [Echoic]
chewink n • [Echoic]
chib-chab n • [Echoic]
chicaric n • [Echoic]
chickadee n¹ • [Echoic]
chickaree n • [Echoic]
chick-the-willow n • [Echoic]
chilly-lou n • [Echoic]
chink n² • [Echoic of the sound of coins..]
chippy n² • [Echoic or phonosymbolic]
chirrup n, v • [Echoic]
chit bird n • [?Echoic]
chizzywink n • [..prob in part echoic..]
chookee n 1 • [Echoic]
chuck-will’s-widow n • [Echoic]
clape n • [Echoic]
cleek cleek n • [Echoic]
clook-clook n • [Prob echoic]
clumpety-clump adv • [Echoic]
clunk n 1 • [Prob echoic] (MAP)
clunker n 2 • [Echoic..]
coat bet n • [Echoic]
conk-onk n • [Echoic]
conquedle n • [Echoic]
coo-coo owl n • [Echoic]
cool-doo n • [Prob echoic..]
cowbird n 2 • [Echoic]
cow-cow n • [Echoic]
craw-craw v • [Echoic]
crunge v • [Echoic]
crut n³ • [Prob echoic..]
cuckatoo owl n • [Echoic]
cuckoo owl n • [Echoic]
cullah-cullah n • [Prob echoic]
Dick-married-a-widow n • [Echoic]
doodle n¹ • [..with echoic..elements..]
drink pudding n • [Perh echoic]
earl v • [Echoic]
eephing vbl n • [Echoic]
feeble n • [Echoic]
fram v • [Etym unknown, but perh echoic (cf slam, bam, wham)]
fry-bacon frog n • [Echoic]
full-pot n • [Prob echoic]
fump v • [Echoic; perh var of thump]
geek n • [Echoic]
glup v • [Echoic; perh by metath for gulp]
good god n 1 • [Echoic]
go-wank n • [Echoic]
guggle v • [Echoic; cf gurgle v 1]
gurky adj • [Echoic..]
gurrump n • [Echoic]
harry wicket n • [Echoic]
hee-haw n • [Echoic]
higguhri-hee n • [Echoic]
hissy n • [..perh from echoic hiss]
hookumpake n • [Echoic]
hoo-owl n • [Echoic] (MAP)
how is she intj • [Echoic]
hum n¹ • [Echoic]
jarfly n 1 • [Echoic..] (MAP)
Jerome n • [Echoic]
joe-lee n • [Echoic..]
joree n • [Echoic]
jo-wheet n • [Echoic]
jugarum n • [Echoic] (MAP)
june v • [Prob echoic]
katydid n B1 • [Echoic]
kicker n³ • [Echoic]
killdeer n 1 • [Echoic] (MAP)
killing-peter n • [Prob echoic]
killy hawk n • [Echoic]
kiskadee n • [Echoic..]
kotonk n • [Perh echoic..]
pait n • [Echoic]
papabotte n • [Prob echoic]
peabody bird n • [Echoic]
peedee n • [Echoic] (MAP)
peetweet n • [Echoic]
Peter bird n • [Echoic]
pewee n¹ 1 • [Echoic]
pewit n 1 • [Echoic]
pi-ank n • [Prob echoic]
pick-me-up n • [Prob echoic]
pill-willet n • [Echoic]
plum pudding n 1 • [Echoic]
plunket(t) n • [Echoic]
podunker n • [Echoic, but also infl by Podunk 1]
poorwill n 1 • [Echoic]
pope n² • [Echoic..]
potrack n, v • [Echoic]
queek-queek n • [Echoic]
quillaree n • [Echoic]
quink n • [Echoic]
quonk-a-ree n • [Echoic]
ralph v, n • [Echoic]
ramshack n² • [Echoic]
rickety-bang v phr • [Echoic]
rippity slash adv phr • [Echoic]
scouck n • [Echoic]
scout n • [Echoic]
scow n² • [Echoic]
scraper n² • [?Echoic]
shingle-nail bird n • [Echoic]
shoo-shoo n • [Prob echoic]
skeet n² • [Echoic]

educated; education

a prep¹ 5 • chiefly among less educ and rural speakers; somewhat old-fash
a inert vowel • esp among old and less educ speakers
acrost adv, prep • esp among speakers with less than coll educ
again prep, adv, conj (pronc) • esp among older and less educ speakers
against prep, conj (pronc) • esp among less educ speakers
already adv (pronc) • esp among less educ speakers
always adv (pronc) • among less educ speakers
ambulance n (pronc) • esp among less educ speakers
America n (pronc) • esp among less educ speakers
anymore adv • in use by speakers of all educ levels (MAP)
argufy v • esp among speakers with little educ
ask v A1b (pronc) • esp among speakers with less than coll educ
ask v A2b (pronc) • esp among speakers with less than coll educ
ask v A2c (pronc) • esp among speakers with less than coll educ
aunt n A1 (pronc) • among better-educ speakers
awake v 1 • esp freq among better-educated speakers
awake v 2 • perh most freq among less educ speakers
bad adj A • chiefly among less educ speakers
be v B2a(1) • chiefly among Black speakers with little formal educ
be v B5b • esp among speakers with little formal educ
bear v 2 • esp among speakers with little formal educ
begin v A1 • esp among speakers with little formal educ
begin v A2 • esp among speakers with little formal educ
bite v A • esp among males and lesser educ speakers
blast n 3 • chiefly among younger, educ speakers; casual
blast n 4 • chiefly among younger, educ speakers; casual (MAP)
blow v¹ A2 • esp among less educ male speakers (MAP)
boob n • esp among young and coll educ speakers
borrow v B1 • esp among young speakers and speakers with grade school educ (MAP)
break v A3 • esp among speakers with little formal educ
bronchial adj (pronc) • esp among male and old speakers and speakers with little formal educ
brownie n¹ 3 • esp among young and coll educ speakers (MAP)
brownie v • esp among young and coll educ speakers
buck ague n 1 • buck ager(s) is esp freq among speakers with little formal educ, buck ague among speakers with some coll educ (MAP)
burst v • esp among those with little formal educ, bursted
chimney n B2 • esp among coll educ speakers
china n (pronc) • chiefly among old speakers and speakers with little formal educ
climb v 2a • esp among speakers with little formal educ
cool n 1 • earlier esp among young, coll educ, and Black speakers, now more widely used
cool it v phr 1 • formerly esp among young, coll educ, and Black speakers; now more widespread
cork v² 4 • esp among old speakers and those with less than high school educ
corruption n 1 • esp among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
crack up v phr • esp among young, urban, coll educ, and Black speakers
curse, the n • esp common among women, young and mid-aged speakers, and coll educ speakers
do v B4 • esp among speakers with little formal educ
do v B5 • esp among speakers with little formal educ
down adj D1 • esp among speakers with coll educ (MAP)
drat v • esp among educ speakers and women; euphem
draw v B1 • chiefly among rural speakers, male speakers, and speakers with little formal educ, drawed (MAP)
draw v B2 • chiefly among rural speakers, male speakers, and speakers with little formal educ, drew (MAP)
draw v B2 • chiefly among rural speakers and speakers with little formal educ, drawed (MAP)
drink like a fish v phr • esp among young and mid-aged speakers and among well educ speakers
drown v 3 • esp among speakers with little formal educ, drownded
druthers n pl 1 • now esp among speakers with coll educ
east n² • esp freq among speakers with gs educ or less (MAP)
eat v A2a (pronc) • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
eat v A3a (pronc) • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
eat v A3c (pronc) • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
-ed suff 2 • more freq among rural speakers, males, and speakers with less than hs educ
-ed suff 5 • esp among rural Infs with less than hs educ
either adj, adv, pron, conj (pronc) • esp among well educ speakers
faggot n • used..chiefly by young speakers, most freq by well educ urban males
fall n 4 • chiefly among young, well-educ, urban women
farmer n 1 • somewhat more freq among younger speakers and coll educ speakers; derog (MAP)
faux pas n • chiefly among well educ speakers
fireboard n 1 • chiefly among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
floor n (pronc) • esp among speakers with little formal educ
give v A2b • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
give v A3b • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
grow v 1 • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
grow v 2 • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
guardian n (pronc) • among speakers with little formal educ, old-fash
hearth n A1 (pronc) • somewhat old-fash; esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
heat v A1 • chiefly among speakers with little formal educ
hiccup n (pronc) • esp among old speakers and coll educ speakers
hiccup n (pronc) • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
kiln n • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
know v B3 • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
learn v B1 • esp freq among speakers with gs educ or less (MAP)
loam n (pronc) • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ |lum|
mongrel n (pronc) • esp freq among old Infs and those with little formal educ |ˈmʌŋgrəl| (MAP)
offen prep • chiefly among speakers with little formal educ
okra n (pronc) • esp freq among older speakers and among speakers with little formal educ |ˈokri, -ɪ, ˈokər|
poach v A1 (pronc) • esp freq among speakers with gs educ or less (MAP)
raise v B3b • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
ride v¹ A3a • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
rogue n 1 • esp freq among rural speakers and speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
run v A1a • esp freq among speakers with gs educ or less
see v B2c • esp freq among rural speakers and those with little formal educ
see v B3a • esp freq among rural speakers and those with little formal educ (MAP)
seven-up n 1 • chiefly among rural speakers and those with little formal educ
sit v¹ 2a • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
sit v¹ 2b • chiefly rural; esp freq among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
sit v¹ 3a • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
sit v¹ 3b • among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)

Efik

buckra n • [Efik mbakára he who surrounds or governs, White man..]
cala n¹ • [..Yoruba, Igbo, Efik ákárá an oily cake..]
Holy Iden n • [Perh from Efik Idem..]

ellipsis; elliptical(ly)

afterwhile adv • [Ellip for after a while]
a mind adj phr • [Engl dial, ellip from of a mind (to): see EDD mind sb. 1]
and thing conj phr • [and + thing ellip for such, or similar things..]
as far as prep • [Ellip for as far as (something) is concerned..]
begin v B • [Ellip for begin to compare (with)]
come to adv phr • [Ellip for come to find out..]
cry-eye exclam • [Ellip euphem for Christ..]
curled ppl adj • [Prob ellip for or folk-etym from curdled..]
dear intj • [Perh ellip for dear God or dear Lord..]
electric road n • [Ellip]
extra adj B • [Perh ellip for extra good]
fact n B • [Ellip for in fact, the fact is, or similar phrr]
flat n¹ 7 • [Ellip for the flat truth]
for prep B4a • [From elliptical uses of for “as (being)”..]
for prep B5 • [Engl dial; perh from for “as regards” with ellipsis of its object..]
get v B1a • [By ellipsis of has/have..]
hi’most adj • [By ellipsis from hindmost]
just as adv phr • [Prob ellip for just as _______ as can be or similar constr]
leave v B1 • sometimes with ellipsis of infin
lief adv • used in phrr..with ellipsis of the verb..as lief (or liefer)
like adj D2 • in ellip adj phr something like (it)
like v¹ C2 • foll by adv of place, with ellip of infin
like vbl aux E2a • [..with ellip of was/were or had..]
likeso adv • Also in phr by likeso (ellip for by doing likeso)
lose v B • [Prob ellip for lose blood]
need v 3 • Foll by adv of place, with ellipsis of infin
one pron B • Ellip for one or the other
rather adv B1 • primarily..ellipsis rather than reinterpretation as a modal auxiliary (or full verb)
reckon v B1c • Used elliptically at the beginning of a sentence

England; English; English Dialect Dictionary; also British

a-aint v • [..EDD 1823➝, from ceEngl]
aback adv 2 • [EDD aback 4, 1768]
abiselfa n • [Contr of a-by-itself-a..spelling once popular in the US and Engl..]
able adj 2 • [EDD able 2]
aboon prep, adv • [..EDD aboon. A Northern British form]
about house adj phr • [Cf EDD about 9]
acause conj • [Cf EDD, with exx chiefly from nEngl]
accoutrements n pl • [EDD 1880, from wCornwall..]
acorn tree n • [EDD 1881➝]
acquaint v intr • [..EDD 1818➝]
Adam-and-Eve n • [..see also EDD]
Adam’s ale n • [..EDD: “Dial. slang in gen. use.”]
Adam’s flannel n • [..EDD 1828➝]
addle v • [..cf EDD]
adone intj • [..cf EDD adone]
afear(e)d adj • [..EDD, “In..dial. use throughout Sc. Irel. and Eng.”..]
afterclap n 3 • [..see also EDD aftercleckin, -clep, -cleth under after 9..]
agnail n • [EDD agnail 1..]
aggravoke v • [..cf aggrivoking reported from Somerset Engl..]
ahind prep, adv • [Engl dial: see EDD for exx, chiefly from nEngl, Scotl]
ahoo adv • [Engl dial ahuh awry: cf EDD]
aikie(s) intj • [..perh from Engl dial [ˈek] ‘equal’ or hake ‘To hanker or gape after’ (EDD)..]
alewife n • [..perh an Engl dial fish name (cf EDD alley³..)..]
all-ee all-ee (all) in free exclam • for similar usage in Engl see 1959 (1967) Opie Lore Schoolchildren 143 (MAP)
all hid n • [..all hid was the name of this game as played in Elizabethan England (OED 1608)]
all (of) one’s lone adj phr • [EDD 1894➝..]
along of prep 1 • [..EDD 1846➝]
along of prep 2 • [EDD 1890➝]
alongst prep • [..Cf EDD]
a mind adj phr • [Engl dial, ellip from of a mind (to): see EDD mind sb. 1]
and conj B4 • [Perh orig an Irish or Scots locution: see EDD and conj 2..]
andog n • [..EDD chiefly from cwEngl, 1790➝]
aneath prep • [Scots and nEngl form of beneath: cf OED, EDD, SND]
angledog n • [..cf EDD angledog and varr recorded from Devonshire]
anigh prep • [..cf EDD]
antic n • [Cf EDD]
antigoglin adj, adv • [anti- against, counter + goggling ppl adj < goggle to shake, tremble (EDD, SND)]
Antony-over n, exclam • [Prob of Scots origin though earliest quot is US: cf EDD, SND] (MAP)
anymore adv • [EDD, OEDS, 1898➝ with earliest ex from nIreland..] (MAP)
apast prep • [..also in Engl dial--see EDD]
applejack n 4 • [Engl dial: see OED, EDD]
apurpose adv • [..cf EDD]
arsle v 1 • [EDD arsle 1]
arsle v 2 • [EDD arsle 2]
arter n • [Cf OED artery for early exx of this form in Engl]
ash-cat n 1 • [EDD 1808➝ in similar sense]
aside (of) prep • [..see also EDD, SND]
aslew adv • [..EDD 1873➝]
at prep 3 • [Engl dial: EDD at IV 3]
at prep 4 • [EDD at II 1, from nwEngl]
at all adv • [..EDD at IV (1)]
at oneself adj phr • [EDD at VI (11) 1768➝]
audacious(ly) adv B • [EDD 1875➝]
ax n • [..EDD ax sb.¹]
ay-la intj • [EDD 1877]
ayond prep • [EDD ayont, “Sc. Irel. and all the n. counties to Yks.”]
baby-clout n • [..EDD babby-clouts]
baby-rags n pl • [Cf EDD..babby-rags small bits, EDD Suppl. bab-rags clothes for a doll]
bachelor man n • [EDD 1874]
back along adv phr • [..EDD back-along 1, 1880➝]
back and to adv phr • [EDD 1886]
backband n • [..see also EDD]
backdoor trot n • [..EDD..]
back-end-to adv phr • [EDD back-end-fore 1886➝]
backie-horse n • [Scots backie a hoist onto one’s back (SND, EDD)]
back-jaw v, n • [Cf SND, EDD]
backway n • [Engl dial in same sense; see EDD backway sb.¹]
backways adv • [EDD backway wrongly, awkwardly]
bad adj B1 • [..EDD bad 2]
bad adj B3 • [See EDD bad 3]
badly adj • [EDD “Sc. and n. counties”]
badman’s oatmeal n • Cf..EDD devil’s oatmeal
bad off adj phr 3a • [EDD bad 8(3), 1863]
bad sick adj phr • [EDD 1679➝]
baga n • [..cf Engl dial bagaroot, baggie a type of Swedish turnip (EDD)] (MAP)
bagonet n • [..cf EDD]
bait can n • [..cf EDD bait-bag..]
baker n¹ 3 • [EDD 1859➝]
baldhead n 3 • [Cf EDD bald 5 in similar sense]
ballad n B • [EDD ballet 1]
ballow v • [EDD ballow v 1]
bannock n • [Scots and nEngl dial]
banter v • [Engl dial]
bar-geist n • [Cf Engl dial barghest ghost..]
barick n • [Prob Engl dial bargh a long low ridge or hill]
barley bright n • [..barley break, the older English name for the game..]
barm n¹ • [OE beorma, preserved also in Engl dial]
barm n² • [..see EDD sb.²]
barmy adj • [..cf EDD barmy]
barrier n • [nEngl dial]
barrow ditch n • [EDD 1752-c1900, “Obs.”..] (Map Section)
bate v¹ • [Engl dial from abate]
battle v 1 • [..see also EDD]
be v B1g • [..EDD be I.1..]
be v C1a • Cf EDD
bear-garden n • [Orig, in England, a place for baiting bears..]
beatenest adj • [..cf Engl dial beatem victor]
bed rug n • [Engl dial]
bee n² • [..perh alter of been, bean varr of Engl dial boon: EDD boon sb.² 2..] (MAP)
bellows v C • [Engl dial] (MAP)
belly timber n • [Engl dial]
belong v B • [Engl dial]
bendy leather n • [EDD bendy leather (at bend sb.¹)..]
bespoke adj 1 • [Engl dial; EDD “Obsol.”]
betimes adv • [..cf EDD betimes adv.², Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
betwattled adj • [Cf EDD betwattled “confused, distressed, bewildered, stupid” and std twaddle, twat]
bezzler n • [EDD “anything very large of its kind”]
big bug n • [Cf Engl dial bug conceited, pompous]
biggin n • [Brit dial bigging]
big house n 2 • Cf EDD house sb.¹ 7 “The kitchen or general living-room in a farm-house or cottage”
billy n¹ 3 • [Cf EDD billy sb.¹, used in compounds in names of animals, birds, and insects]
billy whicker n • [Cf EDD billy sb.¹, used in Scots and nEngl dial names of..birds..]
bimeby adv • [..see EDD, OEDS bimeby(e)..]
bindle n • [..Engl dial bindle is rare and differs in sense]
birk n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
biver, all of a adj phr • [all of a + biver alter of Scots and Engl dial bever a shiver, tremor]
blackberry summer n • Cf EDD
black man n 1 • Cf black adj and EDD
blanket leaf n • [EDD 1882➝]
blimey n • [Ext of Brit intj blimey prob infl by limey.. Englishman]
blink v 1 • [..see EDD]
blood adv • Cf Brit bloody
blood alley n² • [..EDD blood-alley “In gen. dial. use”]
blue devil n 2 • [Engl dial]
blueweed n 1 • [EDD 1750➝]
bobby n¹ • [Transf from Brit bobby policeman]
bob calf n • [Engl dial bob a very young calf]
bob veal n • [Engl dial bob a young calf]
bodacious adj, adv • [..cf EDD boldacious]
bogart n¹ • [Engl dial boggart hobgoblin, specter]
bogie n¹ • [Brit bogie a low sturdy cart or truck]
bonce n • [Engl dial]
bone v • [Engl dial bone to annoy by constant solicitation; see EDD bone v.¹]
boners v • [Prob Brit dial bunce n, a share, profit, and bunce intj, used to claim possession..]
booby hut n • [From booby hutch (in former Brit use) a small clumsy cart or carriage]
booger n¹ 2 • [Cf Engl dial bug, buggart a louse] (MAP)
bore for the simples v phr • [..Prob alter of Engl dial to have one cut for the simples; see EDD simple 7-8]
born days n • Cf EDD
boss n¹ • [Engl dial buss, boss a young calf; see EDD buss sb.²]
boss n² • [Engl dial; EDD boss sb.¹ 5 “A large round stone or iron ball, used in marble playing.”]
bounce n • [Prob coalescence of Engl dial bonce a large marble, a marble game, and bounce v]
bouncing Bet n • [Engl dial bouncing bess (EDD)]
bounder n • [EDD bounder sb.² “A heavy blow”]
bow n¹ • [EDD bow sb.¹ 12]
bowler n • [Engl dial bowl a marble, booler a large marble used for throwing]
boy’s-love n • [Engl dial: cf EDD..]
braggable adj • Cf..EDD braggable
brash n¹ • [Scots, nEngl dial]
bravish adj • [Engl dial bravish considerable, pretty fair]
breaming adv • [Perh from Engl breme..]
brenth n • [Engl dial..]
brickle adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD, SND]
brimsy adj • [Engl dial breme, brim fierce + -sy familiarizing suff]
broadus n • [..perh by coalescence of brotta..(EDD) with AmSpan barata..]
brockle-faced adj • [Obs Engl dial..brock-faced white-faced, marked in the face with a streak like a badger]
broody n • [Engl dial; cf EDD broody 1, 2]
bruff adj • [EDD bruff adj.² 2 “Somewhat rough and blunt in manner.”]
bubbly-jock n • [Engl and Scots dial..]
buck n² 3 • [..cf EDD buck sb.¹¹..]
buck n⁴ • [Perh from Engl dial buck the liquid in which cloth is boiled in bleaching]
buck n⁵ • [Engl dial buck the body of a cart or wagon]
buck n⁶ • [EDD buck sb.⁷ 3, a hook or ring for attaching the trace to a plowbeam]
buck v³ • [Engl dial buck to wash]
buck and billy n • [EDD buck sb.³ 3 the ‘driver’ used by players in the games of ‘buckstick,’ ‘spell and knur’..]
buck-kneed adj • [Cf EDD buck v.⁶, bucksheened “having the shin-bones bent or crooked”]
buckled up adj • [Cf nEngl and Scots dial buckle to marry]
bucky adj¹ • [EDD bucky rank, sour]
budge n¹ 2 • [EDD budge sb.³ 3 “Ir.”]
buffet n A1 • the initial stress and final |-t| remain characteristic of Brit pronc
buffle-brained adj • [Engl dial buffle fool..]
bufflehead n 1 • [Engl dial..]
bug n¹ 6 • [Engl dial]
bug n² • [Cf Engl dial bug conceited..]
bugeye n² • [Perh from Engl and Scots dial buckie shellfish..]
buggins n • [..cf Engl dial buggin hobgoblin]
bulchyn n • [..EDD “Obs.”]
bulger n¹ 2 • [EDD Suppl., nScotl a1905..]
bull-beggar n • [Engl dial bull-beggar a hobgoblin]
bull goose n • [EDD Suppl. bull-goose a gander]
bullnose pepper n • [EDD bull-nosed flattened] (MAP)
bull onion n • [Cf EDD Suppl. bull-neck an onion that does not form a bulb but grows somewhat like a leek]
bull-tucker n • [..tuck..to sound (EDD v.¹) + -er]
bully n¹ • [EDD bully, swEngl dial]
bulrusher n • [Engl dial]
bum n⁴ • [..cf EDD bum v.³ “To strike, knock” and sb.⁶ “A blow”]
bumbasto n • [..perh infl by Engl dial bumbaste to beat on the buttocks]
bummox n • [..cf EDD bummick a cow or ox]
bungums n • Cf knucks and see EDD for descr of the game as played in Yorkshire
bunty n • [Engl dial bunty]
burble n • [..EDD burbles “small tingling pimples..”]
bush v² • [Cf EDD, SND booshie a call to cows]
busk v • [Engl dial; see EDD busk v.⁷]
bussen ppl adj • [..cf EDD bussen-bellied ruptured (at burst II 1)]
butter money n • [EDD]
buttle n • [Engl dial buttle to pour out drink]
buttony, buttony n • [Cf EDD buttony sb.]
butty n¹ • [EDD butty sb.¹ “A fellow-workman..an intimate friend” 1790➝]
by adv • [EDD by(e adv. 4 “Past, gone by, finished, over”..]
cacky v, n • [Scots, Engl dial cack, cacky to void (as) excrement]
caddy adj • [Engl dial caddy hale, hearty..]
caddy adj 2 • [Cf EDD caddle “Dainty, fastidious”]
cadgy adj • [Scots caigie wanton; cheerful, sportive;..see also EDD, SND]
cag out v phr • [Cf Engl dial cag crawl, move slowly (EDD cag v²)]
calico n B1a • [..cf..callack a young girl (EDD)]
calk down v phr • [Scots and Engl dial calk, cau(l)k..]
call v 9 • [EDD call v.¹ III.4.(3)..]
called to straw adj • [..EDD bring to the straw..]
call hogs v phr • [..Engl hog pig]
call hogs v phr • this idiom is attested in both Scotland and England
callithumpian n • [..See EDD]
can v³ • [Cf Engl dial cand]
candle n A • [Cf Scots, nEngl dial can’le, cannle, etc]
cank v • [Cf EDD cank sb.²..]
cankerous adj • [Cf Scots, Engl dial cankered..]
can’t-help-it n 1 • [Cf EDD can v II.2, can’t-help-it “a violent disinclination for work, &c.”]
cap v 2 • [Engl dial]
cater v • [Engl dial]
cater- prefix • [Engl dial cater diagonally]
catercorner adj, adv • [Engl dial cater diagonally + corner]
cat-nipper n • [..perh from Engl dial nip..]
cause why conj • [Engl dial; cf EDD cause conj 2]
cawk v² • [..cf EDD cawk v²..]
centipede n • [.. forms with final d or t are from Engl or directly from Fr centipède]
certain adv B3 • [Engl dial]
chance child n • [Engl dial]
chat n³ • [Cf EDD chat sb.¹..]
chatwood n • [Engl dial chat a twig or small branch suitable for kindling]
chay v • [Ir; cf EDD chay, intj..]
check n¹ 2 • [Cf EDD check sb.² 3]
check v 2 • [Engl dial]
chee intj • [Cf EDD chee an exclamation of incredulity]
cheese v 1 • [Engl dial]
chibbole n • [Engl dial, alter of cibol]
chimney n • [Cf Scots and nEngl dial chymlay, chimblay..]
chip out v phr • [Engl dial]
chitterlings n pl 2 • [EDD chitterlings 3..]
chizzywink n • [..cf..EDD winkie tiny]
choaty adj • Cf EDD
chomp v • [Engl dial and US var of std Engl champ]
choo intj • [..Engl choo..see EDD..]
chook intj • [SW Engl dial chook..see..EDD choogey pig]
chop n¹ 1 • [Engl dial; cf EDD chop sb.² 4]
chuck n³ • [Scots and Engl dial: see EDD, SND]
chuffy adj¹ • [Engl dial chuff, chuffy: see EDD chuff adj.¹, adv.¹, and sb.²]
chuffy adj² • [Scots and nEngl dial chuff, chuffy: see EDD chuff adj.²]
chum n¹ • [..cf obs Engl & Scots dial chum food (DSL, EDD)..]
clabberhead n • [Engl dial clabber mud]
claggy adj • [Engl dial and Scots claggy sticky, glutinous, muddy..]
clamp v² • [Engl dial: cf EDD clamp v.⁴..]
clapperclawing vbl n • [Scots and Engl dial; EDD clapperclaw..]
clart v • [Scots and nEngl dial clart smear with dirt, befoul]
clash n • [Scots and nEngl dial; see EDD, SND]
clatchy adj • [Scots and Engl dial clatch mess; cf SND, EDD]
clatter n 1 • [Yorkshire dial; EDD clatter sb.¹ 2 “A blow..”]
clatter n 2 • [Scots and nEngl dial]
clatterbox n • [..EDD 1892]
clatter brain n attrib • [..cf EDD clatter-brains “a noisy do-nothing person”]
clatter goose n • [Engl dial]
clatty adj • [Scots, Ir, and nEngl dial; cf EDD, SND]
clatty adj 2 • [Cf EDD clatty 3, “Of weather: wet, rainy.”]
clayer n • [Cf EDD clay sb.¹ 4]
clevel n • [sEngl dial; see EDD]
clever adj 1 • [..cf EDD, SND]
clew n¹ • [Scots, Ir, and nEngl dial; cf EDD]
clew v • [..occas in Scots and Engl dial..]
clew n² • [..EDD clew sb.²]
clitch v • [..EDD clitch v.2]
clod n 3 • [..cf EDD clods miner’s shoes]
clod v 1 • [Also in Scots, Ir and Engl dial: see EDD, OEDS]
cloddered milk n • [EDD clodder a stiff curdle or mass]
clod fitter n • [..ult from Scots, nEngl dial fit foot]
clomper v • [c,nEngl dial; cf EDD]
clomper n 1 • [..cf EDD clomper sb.¹ 2..]
close adj, adv • [Cf EDD clost]
clout n² • [..cf EDD clout sb.³ a clod of earth; a foolish or base person]
clubby adj • [Cf EDD clubby adj.¹ “Thick-set, sturdy”]
cluck adj • [sEngl dial cluck..(EDD at cluck), nEngl and Scots clock-hen (EDD at clock v.² sb.²)..]
clumber v • [Prob alter of Engl dial clumper..]
clump n • [EDD clump sb.¹ 2 “A heavy, inactive person”]
clumper n • [EDD clumper sb. pl. 4 “Thick, heavy shoes”]
clumse n • [..rel to Engl dial clumse speechless, loutish..]
clutch n¹ 1 • [Cf EDD clutch sb.² 2 “A quantity, number”]
coach-abower n • [Ir; see EDD]
cob n² 1 • [Cf EDD cob(b sb.¹ 15 “a game played with nuts” and 17 “a game at marbles”]
cob n² 2 • [Engl dial cob the seed of a fruit]
cob n² 5 • [EDD cob(b sb.¹ II.5]
cobhouse n 1 • [Cf EDD cob-castle a flimsy building]
co-dack v phr • [..(cf EDD Dick sb.¹)]
coddled ppl adj • [..see EDD coddle v.² 4]
coddy adj • [Prob from Engl dial cod a fool..]
codge n² • [Cf EDD cadging-pouch..]
codger n • [Perh akin to Engl dial cadger an itinerant, an ill-tempered person; see EDD]
codger n 4 • [Cf EDD cadger sb.¹ 7]
codge up v phr • [Prob from Engl dial codge botch, mend clumsily, patch; see EDD]
cog n • [Scots and Engl dial cog..]
coggle v¹ • [Scots and Engl dial..]
cohogle v • [Cf EDD connyfogle v.¹..]
comb n B1 • [Scots and nEngl dial]
come in v phr 1 • [Engl dial; cf EDD come..]
conbobberation n • [con- + bobber as in Engl dial bobbery .. + -ation]
conkers n • [Engl dial; cf OEDS, EDD]
connyswaggle v • [Perh blend of Engl dial connyfogle to dupe, cheat + hornswoggle]
conqueror n • [Cf Engl dial conqueror a game played with shells or horse-chestnuts]
conscience n • [nEngl dial conscience estimation]
cooper up v phr • [Cf EDD cooper v.²..]
cooter v • [..See also EDD couther, cutter..]
coppy woods n • [coppy, Engl dial var of coppice..]
cord n 2 • [EDD cord sb. “pl. A contraction of the muscles of the neck”]
corky adj • [..EDD corky 3..]
corrupted ppl adj 2 • [EDD corrupted 1]
cove n² • [Brit cove chap, bloke; prob from Romany kova thing, person]
cover n, v (pronc) • (Note: this pronc is also common in Engl dial; see SND, EDD kiver)
co-wench v phr • [co v + Engl dial wench cow] (MAP)
cowhanded adj • [cow alter of car left-handed, awkward;..see EDD car adj]
crab lantern n • [..cf EDD at crab sb.² 2]
cranky adj³ • [Engl dial cranky sprightly, merry, sportive]
cratch n¹ • [Engl dial cratch a rack or crib for fodder]
crawm n • [..cf Scots, nEngl dial crame..]
creachy adj • [Var of Engl dial craichy infirm, ailing]
creel v • [Cf EDD creel v.² 2..]
creep n¹ • [Engl, Scots dial creepie a low stool]
crim n • [Engl dial creem a shiver, chill]
crimmy adj • [Engl dial creemy chilly]
crink n • [..cf EDD crink sb.¹..] (MAP)
crook n¹ • [..Engl dial crook ‘pain or twinge’ (EDD)..]
croping adj • [Engl dial]
crow-biddy n • [..EDD..]
crud n B1 • [Scots and Engl dial]
cruddle v • [Scots and Engl dial]
cruddled milk n • [Scots and Engl dial]
cruddly adj • [EDD crudly]
crumplety horns n • [EDD crumpledy horn (at crumpled)]
crut n ¹ • [Perh from Engl dial crut a dwarf..]
crute up v phr • [Perh EDD croot v..]
cudjo n • [Perh alter of Engl cudgel..]
cunny-fingered adj • [..cf EDD cunny-fingered at cunny sb.¹]
cunny line n • [..cully-thumb (EDD Suppl., SND); cf EDD cunny-hole..]
curdle n² • [EDD curdle sb.²..]
curled ppl adj • [..cf EDD curlings curds]
curly flower n • [..cf EDD curlyflower at curly adj. 1 (9)]
curnubble v • [..var of Engl dial knubble, nobble to strike..]
cush n² • [Engl dial cush, cush-cow]
cush v • [Engl dial]
cussed gorm exclam • [..(see EDD gorm, garm)]
dabble v • [Engl dial]
daddock n • [Engl dial..]
daddy v 3 • [Cf Scots and nEngl dial father to indicate one’s paternity by resemblance]
daggly adj • [Engl dial..]
datter v • [Cf EDD dather v. 2 “To maze, bewilder”; ditter “To confuse, bewilder”]
dautie n • [..nEngl dial]
dead adj A • [Proncs of the type [ded] are found in some..Engl dial.]
dead adj B1 • [Engl dial]
dead n • [Cf EDD dead sb.²]
dead man’s pinch n • [EDD dead-man’s pinches (at dead-man)]
deadmen’s bones n • [Cf EDD dead-man’s bones (at dead-man) “Stellaria holostea”]
deaf adj B1c • [EDD (at deaf) 1746➝]
deaf ears n • [EDD 1851➝]
devil n • [Proncs of the type [dɪvl] are widespread in Engl dial; those of the type [dil]..in..nEngl dial.]
devil-in-the-bush n 1 • [Engl dial]
devil’s-claw n • [..EDD (at devil sb. 2)..]
devil’s darning needle n • [EDD (at devil sb. 1, 2)..]
devil’s horse n • [..cf EDD devil’s coach-horse, ~ racehorse (at devil sb. 1) a rove beetle..]
devil’s-snuffbox n 1 • [Engl dial] (MAP)
devil’s tether n • [EDD (at devil sb. 2)]
dib n¹ 1 • [Prob from EDD dib sb.³ 2, 3 a sheep’s knucklebone or pebble used in the game of dibs]
dickey n² 2 • [..cf EDD dicky sb.² 3 “A short upper garment or over-jacket worn by working-men”]
Dick’s hatband n • Cf EDD
Dick’s hatband n 1 • [..EDD dick sb.¹]
diddle n² • [EDD diddle sb.⁶ “Ducklings...A call for young ducks”]
diddle v 4b • [EDD diddle v.³ 5]
dike v • [Prob var of dight (cf..EDD dight v. 4) infl by deck;..not clear whether this reflects..Engl dial survival..] (MAP)
dildow n • [..cf EDD dilly sb.¹ 2 “A light wagon”]
dillberry n • [EDD dilberries 1879]
dindle n • [Cf EDD dindle sb. sow-thistle, hawkweed, dandelion]
ding v¹ 3 • [..EDD ding v. 13]
dinge n² • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
dingle n¹ • [Engl dial adopted as a literary word in the 17th cent]
dingle cart n • [Cf EDD dingle v.³ “To vibrate, resound, tremble”]
ding-toed adj, adv • [Cf EDD ding-dew (at ding v. 11. (1)) “a splay-footed person”]
dinky adj • [Scots, nEngl dial dink neat, nice, finely dressed]
dip n¹ 5 • [Engl dial] (MAP)
disbehave v • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
dish kettle n • [sEngl dial; see EDD]
dishybill(y) n • [..cf EDD dishabil, dishbill(e), deshabbily (at dishabille)]
dite n • [..nEngl dial, pronc-spp for doit; cf..EDD doit sb.¹ 2]
do v C4 • [Engl dial (cf EDD do v. II. 3)..]
dob n¹ • [Cf..EDD dob sb.¹ “A small piece of anything; a lump, ‘dollop’ ”]
dob n² • [EDD dob-taw (at dob v.¹ 2..) “A large marble, a ‘lobber’ ”]
dobber n¹ • [Prob EDD dobber sb. 3 “The float of the angler’s fishing line”..]
dobber n² • [EDD dobber sb. 2 “A large, heavy taw or marble”]
dobbyhorse n • [EDD dobby-horse 2 “pl. The wooden horses or roundabouts at fairs.”..]
dob in the ring n • [..EDD dab at the hole “A game of marbles”]
dock n² • [EDD dock sb.² 3..]
dogan n • [..EDD..]
dog daisy n 1 • [EDD 1887, 1891]
dog daisy n 2 • [EDD 1888➝]
doll n • [..EDD doll sb.³ “The hand, chiefly used of a child’s hand”]
doney n² • [Prob var of Brit slang doña a woman, sweetheart..]
donicker n • [EDD dunnekin “A privy; an open cesspool”]
donsie adj • [Scots, nEngl dial donsie..]
doogie n • [CF EDD doogs the number of marbles one has risked in a game (“Obs.”)]
doopy adj • [Cf EDD doobie (at dobby sb.¹) “A fool, simpleton, stupid fellow”]
doorstone n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
double-jointed adj 1 • [EDD double jointed “extra strong”]
doup-end n • [..nEngl dial doup bottom end (of an egg, candle, the human body, etc)]
dourie adj • [..EDD doury “dismal, gloomy” (at dour 2), and EDD durried “Confused, bewildered”]
douse n • [Scots, Engl dial]
down adv B2 • [Cf EDD down adv. 10 “Used as an intensitive;” possibly a minced form for damn]
down-along adv phr • [..EDD downalong “downwards, down the street or road, some little distance”]
down cellar adv phr • [Cf EDD down house downstairs] (MAP)
drabble v¹ • [..EDD]
draft n¹ B5 • [The std Brit name for this game..]
drag up v phr 1 • [EDD drag up (at drag v. II 5) “to bring up children badly”]
drake n² 3 • [Cf EDD drakes sb. pl.² “The mark from which boys begin to ‘taw’ at marbles”]
drammel v • [Perh var of EDD drumble v.¹ “To be sluggish and slow in movement;..to fumble”]
dream cake n • [..EDD dream-bit “a piece of wedding-cake to dream upon”]
dreeled-down adj • [Prob EDD drail (pronc [dril, dreəl]) “To drag or trail along”]
drib n • [..in Engl, Scots, Ir dial] (MAP)
dribble v • [Engl dial]
drift n 1 • [Scots and Engl dial drift a drove, herd, flock]
driggle n • [Prob Engl dial driggle to fall in drops, trickle]
drindle n • [Engl dial]
drindle v • [..cf Engl dial drindle to trickle, run slowly]
drint v² • [EDD drent sb. “Also in form drint...A stain or mark left on badly-washed linen...”]
drip v B1 • [Engl dial] (MAP)
drippy adj • [Cf EDD dreepy “drooping, spiritless” (at dreep 4)..]
drisk n • [..cf EDD drisky drizzly, from Cornwall]
drive one’s ducks to a poor market v phr • [..cf EDD market sb. 2.(4), (5)..]
droll adj 1 • [Engl dial]
drop n C4 • [Engl dial]
drop v D1 • [EDD drop v. 15 “..to sow seed..”] (MAP)
drop v D4 • [Engl and Scots dial]
drop-eye n • [EDD drop-eye (at drop v. 12. (6))]
drop one’s wing v phr • [Cf EDD to wing down to court, pay attention to]
drought n A1 (pronc) • [Scots and nEngl dial]
drown the miller v phr • [Scots and Engl dial]
drumly adj, adv • [Scots and Engl dial]
dub v¹ 2 • [..EDD dub v.⁴]
dub v² • [Cf EDD dub v.³ 4 “to walk heavily, with short steps”]
dubbins n • [EDD dubbings (at dubs)]
dubious adj A • [All these types are found in Engl dial; cf EDD dubious, duberous, dubersome]
dubs n pl • [EDD dubs sb. pl. 1..]
dubs exclam • [EDD dubs sb. pl. 1..]
dubstand n • [EDD dubstand (at dubs) “a term used in the game of marbles”]
duck on a rock n • [Engl dial duck a stone used in games] (MAP)
dud n • [Engl and Scots dial]
duff n 1 • [Engl dial duff var of dough]
duff n 5 • [EDD duff sb.¹ 5]
duff v • [Cf EDD duff v.³ 2 “To dive, plunge”]
duffing n • [EDD duff v.³ 3, sb.⁴ 4]
duke v • [Scots and nEngl dial var of duck to avoid, evade]
dukie n • [Prob var of EDD docky “A slight meal, taken by farm labourers in the middle of the morning”]
dull adj 1 • [Engl dial]
dull n, v² • [Cf EDD dull sb. “Irel. A horse-hair noose or snare for catching trout”..]
dumb cake n • [Engl dial]
dummy n 1 • [..cf EDD dummy “A nickname for a tram, a colliery carriage”]
dunt adj • [Engl dial]
durgen n • [Cf EDD durgin..; EDD durgan sb.¹ 1..]
dusk dark n • [Cf EDD dusk o’dark] (MAP and Map Section)
dusty miller n • [Scots, nEngl dial for the common auricula Primula auricula]
Dutch morgan n • [EDD (at Dutch adj. 1. (9))]
eaceworm n • [..cf EDD easse]
easy adv 1 • [Cf EDD easy adv. 8]
eating poss n • [..cf..Engl dial pace-egg Easter egg]
eenamost adv • [Engl dial; e’en even + amost]
effet n • [sEngl dial; cf EDD (at evet)]
egg v¹ • [..cf EDD hag(g) v.¹ 1.] (MAP)
egg v¹ B • [Engl dial; cf EDD egg v. 2]
egg cheese n • [Engl dial; cf EDD (at egg sb. 1)]
emmet n • [Engl dial]
empt v • [Engl dial]
-en suff¹ • [..EDD attests abouten 1853➝, withouten 1793➝..]
end on adv phr • [Cf EDD end sb.¹ 1. (13)]
Episcopalian n, adj • [Cf..EDD Episcolaupian..]
-es suff¹ 1a • [Engl dial; cf EDG §378]
-es suff¹ 1b • [Engl dial..]
-es suff¹ 2 • [Engl dial; cf EDG §§383, 384]
-es suff¹ 4b • [Engl dial; cf EDG §391]
even n • [Engl and Scots dial]
evendown adj • [Engl dial]
evening n B • [Engl dial] (MAP)
evenly adv • [nEngl dial, cf EDD]
everly adv • [Scots, nEngl dial]
eyes n • [EDD eye sb.¹ 10]
eyeseed n • [OED, EDD]
fact n, v A1 • [Scots dial, 1836➝; cf EDD, SND]
fag n • [..perh also assoc with Brit fag a public-school boy who acts as servant to an older boy]
faggot n • [Perh from Engl dial faggot a term of abuse for a woman or child, transf to an effeminate or unmasculine man]
fagot n¹ • [Engl dial, from fag(g)ot a bundle of sticks]
fahdoodle n • [Var of 17th cent Brit fadoodle nonsense]
faintified adj • [EDD Suppl; cf -ified]
faith you exclam • [Cf EDD faith]
fan v A6 • [Cf EDD fan v. 8 “To stir as with a whisk”]
fancy n 2 • [EDD fancy sb. 2 “A lover, sweetheart”]
farren n • [Cf EDD farren a division of land, freq used for pasturage..]
farrow adj • [Scots, Engl dial farrow, of unknown derivation; see OED]
fash v • [Scots and Engl dial;..cf OED, SND, EDD..]
fat adj² • [EDD fat adj.² 1828➝]
fat hen n • [..cf EDD fat-hen]
fault v B3 • [Cf EDD fault sb. 3 “Harm, injury, wrong”]
fazzled adj • [Cf EDD fazle out “to ravel out” (at fazle v., sb.)]
feared adj • [Engl dial]
feeting n 1 • [EDD feetens, feetings (at footing sb. 2 “A footprint”)]
feeze n, v • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial, from ME fesen to drive off, frighten]
feist n • [Abbrs for Engl fisting-hound, foisting-hound..]
fell-field n • [Scots, nEngl dial fell a rocky hillside; a stretch of high, open untilled land]
fernling adv • [Prob Scots fairlins, Engl dial fairlings completely, absolutely]
fessed up adj phr • [EDD fess adj..]
fetch n¹ • [Engl dial; EDD fetch sb.¹..]
fetch v B12 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
feustering vbl n • [Cf EDD fooster v. “to fuss or fumble about in a futile, purposeless way.”]
fever and lurk(s) n • [EDD fever-lurk “idleness, indolence, laziness” (at fever sb. 2)]
few, a adj phr • [Engl dial]
filliloo bird n • [Cf EDD fillyloo sb. “An uproar” and int. “An exclamation.”]
filth n • [..cf EDD filth sb.² 4 “Weeds”]
finagle v, n • [Cf EDD fainaigue v. 3 “To deceive by flattery; to obtain by improper means, to cheat.”]
find up v phr • [Engl dial; cf EDD find v. 3]
finely adj • [Cf EDD finely adv. 2 “Used predicatively as a quasi-adj.: very well in health, convalescent.”]
fire and tow n • [..cf EDD “of a hasty person: irascible” (at fire sb. 4)..]
fire bob n • [Cf EDD bob sb.¹ 9 “A small insect”]
first adv C2 • [Engl dial; cf EDD first adv. 4]
first along adv • [Engl dial; cf EDD first adv. 5]
first-footer n • [N Engl and Scots dial; cf EDD, SND]
first off adv phr 1 • [EDD first adv. 5. (3). (a)]
fissle around v phr • [Scots, Engl dial fissle, to fidget, bustle]
fitch v • [Prob var of filch, but perh rel to Scots, nEngl fitch to shift, remove]
fitten adj • [Engl dial; pronc varr of fitting]
fitty adj¹ 2 • [Engl dial; EDD fitty adj.¹ 6 “In good health, well”]
fitty adj² • [Engl dial; EDD fitty adj.²]
fixen n • [..EDD “Fixen..Obs.”]
fixment n 1 • [EDD fixment sb. 1 “The furniture of a house.”]
fixment n 3 • [Cf EDD fixment sb. 2 “A dilemma.”]
fizz n¹ 1 • [Engl and Scots dial; cf EDD, SND]
flam v² • [Cf EDD flam sb.³ “A heavy fall; a violent stroke.”]
flamigig n • [Cf EDD flam sb.¹..; flammy v..; gig sb.⁶ 2..]
flannel cake n • [..cf EDD flannel sb. 3 “A coarse oatcake”..] (MAP and Map Section)
flannen n • [Scots, Engl dial varr of flannel]
flapper n 1 • [Engl dial]
flare v B • [Engl dial]
flatter v² • [Perh Scots and Engl dial flatter to float, flutter]
flax v 1a • [Appar in ref to the beating of flax; cf Engl dial flaxen to beat, thrash]
flea v • [Arch and Engl dial varr of flay]
fleak n² • [EDD flick sb.² (also fleck, fleek) “The inside fat of a pig, which is melted down for lard.”]
fleck v • [..cf EDD flick v.² “Also in forms fleck..fleek”]
fleece v 1 • [EDD fleece v. 6 “To thrash, chastise, beat”]
fleech v • [Scots and nEngl dial]
fleshen up v phr • [EDD (at fleshen)]
flibbity adj • [Perh EDD flip adj. “Pliant, flexible”..]
flicket v • [Engl dial]
flight n • [Cf EDD flight sb.¹ 3 “A collection of beings or things; a quantity; a crop”]
fling n • [..EDD flink 4. (1)]
flink v² • [swEngl dial flink, to fling, toss, sprinkle]
flip n¹ 4 • [EDD not to care a flip (at flip sb.¹ 2)]
flirch adj • [nEngl dial flurch a large quantity]
flirt n 2 • [Cf EDD flirt sb. 8 “A slight shower”]
flit v 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial; OED 1504➝]
flitchet n • [Perh var of Engl dial flicket a tatter, rag]
flittermouse n • [OED 1547➝; widespread in Scots and Engl dial]
float n 7 • [Cf EDD float v. 18 “To pare turf or stubble from land”]
floozy adj • [Perh from Engl dial floosy fluffy, soft < floose (flooze, etc)..]
flosh v • [Engl dial flosh to splash]
flour cake n • [Engl dial]
flow adj • [Perh EDD flow adj.¹ “windy, boisterous, stormy,”..]
flow n² • [Scots, nEngl dial “a bog, swamp”]
flowerpot n 1 • [Engl dial (Gloucester). Note: EDD flower-plot (at flower) is an error for flower-pot.]
flowsy adj • [Prob var of frowsy (perh infl by blowsy), but cf EDD flowsy (at flowse adj.) “a slattern”)]
fluke v² • [Prob Engl dial fluke, to wheedle, cajole]
flummox v • [Engl dial and colloq; OED 1837➝]
flummuck v • [Cf EDD flummock v. 4 “To hurry and confuse”]
flumucky adj • [EDD flommucky, flummocky (at flummock) “slovenly..untidy”..]
fluzzy-headed adj • [..cf EDD fluz(z v. 3 “To crumple, ruffle”]
fog n¹ • [Engl dial]
fogle n • [Perh Ger Vogel bird; but cf Engl dial fugle to whistle]
fogo n • [Engl dial; perh var of hogo n¹, infl by fog]
follow-taw n • [(EDD) follow-tar, folly-~]
foot-and-a-half n • [EDD Suppl. foot-and-hawve]
foot-pie n • [..cf EDD foot sb. 6 “A closed tart or pie”]
for prep B2 • [This use is found in some Engl dial, but has prob been infl by one or more African languages..]
for prep B4a(3) • [EDD for prep. 1. (19) (b)]
for prep B4a(4)(a) • [EDD for prep. 1. (17)..]
for prep B5 • [Engl dial; perh from for “as regards” with ellipsis of its object..]
foredoor n • [Engl dial; OED 1581➝]
forked end n • [EDD (at fork sb. 4)]
for keeps adv phr • [Prob Scots dial, though the only citation in EDD (at keep sb.¹ II. 17. (8)) is dated 1893]
fornent prep • [Scots, nEngl, and Ir dial]
for why adv • [Engl dial; OED ➝1700; EDD 1828-1896]
foul adj • [Engl dial]
fox v 3 • [EDD foxed ppl. adj. 3]
fox and geese n 2 • [Similar tag games, but without the marked paths, are called fox and geese in Engl dial] (MAP)
foxy adj 7 • [EDD foxy adj. 1..; cf EDD fox-day (at fox sb. 1. (2)), foxing-day (at fox v.7)]
frail n • [Engl dial, var of flail by rhotacism]
franzy n • [Engl dial varr of frenzy]
frap v • [Engl dial]
frazzle v • [Engl dial]
freeze v A • [Cf similar forms in EDD]
French grass n • [Cf EDD]
French nettle n • [EDD (at French adj. 2. (10))]
French pink n • [Cf EDD]
French sparrow n • [Cf EDD (at French adj. 3. (11))]
French tag n • [Cf EDD (at French adj. 1. (6))]
French woodpecker n • [Cf EDD (at French adj. 3. (12))]
frill n • [Engl dial; cf EDD frill sb. 2..]
fritter n 1 • [Cf Engl dial frit a kind of pancake, and fritter a small pancake containing currants] (MAP)
frogsticker (knife) n • [Cf EDD Suppl. stick-frog] (MAP)
frousty adj 1 • [Engl dial; cf EDD frowsty adj. 1]
frousty adj 2 • [Cf EDD frowsty adj. 2 “Dull, heavy-looking; peevish, crusty”]
frowsicating ppl adj • [Cf Engl dial frowze to rumple]
frowy adj² • [..cf Engl dial frow an untidy, messy woman]
fry n 4 • [Cf EDD fry sb.² 1]
fub v¹ 2 • [EDD fub v. 1]
full adj B2 • [Chiefly Scots dial; cf EDD]
full v 2 • [EDD 1641➝; DJE 1797➝]
full-handed adj • [Cf EDD full-handed (at full adj. 7 (3)) “In good circumstances”]
fur n² • [Engl dial; by apoc from furrow]
fussock n • [Engl dial fussock a stupid person..]
gab n¹ • [Scots, nEngl dial var of gob mouth] (MAP)
gabble racket n • [..Engl dial forms are folk-etyms of ME Gabrielle rache..]
Gabriel’s hounds n pl • [..see also EDD at Gabriel(’s hounds]
gaff n, v A • [..see also EDD (at gaft), DNE]
gaffer n¹ • [..see also EDD]
gaily adj • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial; see EDD (at gaily) and SND (at geylies)]
gale n¹ • [..cf..EDD gell sb.² 3..]
gale n² • [sEngl dial (EDD gale sb.² 1)]
gall n² 1 • [EDD gall sb.² 6 “A barren or unfertile spot in a field, through which springs of water constantly ooze up”]
gall n² 2 • [EDD gall sb.² 7..]
galley-west adv, adj • [Varr of Engl dial collywest(on) contrarily, askew] (MAP)
gallie n • [Cf EDD galley-bird the green woodpecker]
gallon n B • [sEngl dial; EDD gallon sb.¹ 1]
gallop v B • [Engl dial]
gallus adj • [Engl dial; see EDD gallows adj. 10, 11]
gallus n • [..widespread in Brit folk use in var forms--see..EDD gallows sb. 6]
galore n • [..common in Engl dial (cf EDD galore sb. 2)]
gam n¹ • [Perh abbr for obs Engl gammon lively talk, chatter]
gambrel n 1 • [..varr listed here are found also in Engl dials]
gambrel roof n • [From gambrel 1, either directly or through Engl dial gambrel hock..] (MAP)
gammet n, v • [EDD gammet sb. “Fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick”..]
gammick v • [Varr of Engl dial gammock; see OED, EDD]
gander v 1 • [Engl dial “to wander aimlessly”; cf OED, EDD]
gander v 2 • [Cf Engl dial gander-month, ~ moon the month of (or after) a wife’s confinement..]
gang v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
gang harve n • [EDD harve sb.¹ a harrow]
gansey n • [Engl dial gansey (EDD)..]
gant adj • [Arch and dial Engl pronc-spp for gaunt (see..EDD at gant adj.)]
gant-gutted adj • [..cf Engl dial ganty-gutted (EDD at gant adj. 2)]
garden house n • [Also Engl dial..] (MAP)
garden spot n • [Also in Engl dial; see EDD (at garden sb. 2)]
gashly adj • [Arch and dial Engl form of ghastly;..EDD]
gaufre n • [Either directly from Fr gaufre waffle, or through Engl dial (cf..EDD gaufer)]
gaum n² • [EDD gaum sb.³..]
gaum v¹ • [EDD gaum v.³..]
gaum v² • [EDD gaum v.⁴ “To stare idly or vacantly..gape..be stupid, awkward”]
gauming adj • [..cf EDD gauming (at gaum v.⁴)]
gaumy adj¹ • [EDD gaumy (at gaum v.³)..]
gaumy adj² • [..cf EDD gaumy (at gaum sb.³)]
gaup v • [Engl dial; OED 1682➝]
gauster v • [EDD gauster v. 1 “To bully..to be turbulent..to brag”]
gawk n • [EDD gawk sb.²]
gawk n 4 • [Brit dial gowk cuckoo; cf EDD gowk sb.¹ 3. (3)..]
gawk v • [EDD gawk v.² “with about: to wander aimlessly about”]
gawky n • [EDD gawky sb. 3]
gearing n • [Engl dial]
generally always adv phr • [EDD 1875]
get v D3 • [Cf Brit usage He’s getting an old man = He’s becoming an old man]
giblets n pl • [Engl dial]
gift n • [Engl dial]
gig n¹ • [EDD gig sb.⁶ 2 “Fun, frolic; a taunt, jibe; a trick”]
gin conj¹ • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
gin conj² • [Scots, nEngl dial; aphet forms of again..]
gitlet n • [Prob Scots, nEngl dial get brat, bastard; dimins gettling, gytling, etc]
give v A • [All of these types of non-std forms occur also in Scots or Engl dial..]
givey adj 1 • [Cf EDD give v. II. 9 “..Hence Givey or Givy...Of the ground: damp, soft, full of moisture.”]
glab v • [..cf EDD glab sb. 1 “Foolish, idle talk”]
glabber v • [Scots, Engl dial; cf EDD glabber v. 1 “To chatter, jabber, gabble”]
glass n • [The change of gl > dl by assimilation is common in Engl..dial..]
glib-glab v • [..EDD glib v. “to talk rapidly and volubly”]
glom v¹ • [EDD glaum v. 1 “To grasp, clutch at, snatch..”]
glut v • [..cf also EDD glut sb.³ 4]
go v A • [Cf similar forms in EDD]
goat’s hair n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
gobbin v • [Cf..Engl dial gubbins fragments]
gobble v² • [Prob EDD gobble v. 3 “To do anything in a hasty or superficial manner”..]
god rock n • [Cf EDD god-stone (at god sb. 1. (15))..]
go in v phr 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
good man n • [EDD the Good man (at goodman sb. 7) “a child’s name for God”]
gool n² • [Prob EDD gowl sb.² 1 (also sp gool)..]
gooney n • [EDD gawney (varr goney, gony, gooney) “A fool..a stupid awkward person”]
go out v phr 1 • [EDD go v. II. 3. (24) (b)..]
gormed adj, adv • [EDD gorm; perh rel to gaum v²]
gosling grass n • [EDD 1854➝]
grabble v 2 • [Engl dial; cf EDD grabble v. 1, grapple v. 2..]
grabble v 3 • [Engl dial; cf EDD grabble v. 3, grapple v. 3]
granther n • [..cf Engl dial grandfer]
gray plover n 5 • [EDD 1885]
grease v B2 • [Engl dial]
green gravel n • [Engl dial]
grindlestone n • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
grip n 1 • [Cf EDD grip sb.⁴ 12 “A sharp pain, esp. in the bowels..”]
grudgin n • [..cf EDD grudgings sb. pl. “Obsol...1. Coarse wheaten meal”]
Guinea n³ • [..cf EDD guiny “An expletive”]
gulch v • [Engl, Scots dial; cf EDD]
gullick n • [..cf..EDD gullock “To swallow greedily”]
gully n 3 • [EDD gully sb.² 1 “a narrow brook or stream”]
gully n 5 • [Cf EDD gully sb.² 5]
gum n¹, v¹ • [The form goom is the expected reflex of OE góma..and survives in Engl dial.] (MAP)
gump n¹ 1 • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial]
gumption n • [Scots, Ir, Engl dial]
gumptious adj 1 • [Scots, Ir, Engl dial]
gunk n 1 • [Cf EDD, SND gunk a dunce or blockhead..]
gush n B4 • [Engl dial] (MAP)
gut n 3 • [Cf EDD gut sb.¹ 5 “A glutton”]
gutling adj • [Cf EDD gutling ppl. adj. (at guttle v. 1. (2). (b)) “greedy, gluttonous.”]
gutter n¹ 2 • [..EDD ➝1889]
gutty adj • [Scots, nEngl dial; cf SND gutty (at guttie adj. I. 2)..]
guy n • [Engl dial; cf EDD guy sb.² “A disguised form of the word ‘God,’ used in petty oaths.”]
guzzle n 1 • [Engl, Scots dial]
guzzle n 2 • [..EDD guzzle sb.² 5 “Food, esp. drink; ale, small beer”]
guzzle n 3 • [Engl dial; cf EDD guzzle sb.¹ 1 “A drain, gutter, a narrow ditch.”]
gype n • [Scots, Ir dial; cf EDD gype v. and sb. 3]
hack n³ • [Cf EDD hack sb.² 19 “A wooden grating or fence set across a stream to catch fish.”]
hack v¹ 2 • [..EDD hake v. 4 “To tease, worry, importune” also hock v.² “To jeer”]
hack v¹ 4 • [Cf EDD hake v. 1 “To wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter or lounge.”]
hack v⁴ • [Cf EDD howk int. “An exclamation used to attract the attention of horses running loose in a field.”]
hacking and hammering vbl n • [EDD hack and hammer “To hum and haw; to hesitate or stammer in speech.” (at hack v.¹ 27)]
hackled ppl adj • [Engl dial; see EDD hackle v.² 2. (1) “Hackled..peevish, cross-grained, angry”..]
hackling adj • [Engl dial; see EDD]
haffers n pl • [Prob var of Engl or Scots dial halver/halfer a half]
hag v¹ • [Engl dial; cf EDD hag(g) v.¹ 1]
haggle n • [Cf EDD hag sb.⁶ 7 “A clearing or cutting down of timber; a cutting in a wood”]
haggly adj • [EDD haggly rough, unevenly cut (at haggle v. 1)]
hain’t v • [..Engl dial; cf EDD have v. I. 1. ii..]
hair n B1 • [..once common in Engl..]
haish exclam • [Cf Scots, Engl dial hait a call to urge animals on]
half v C • [..Scots and Engl dial; cf SND, EDD]
half acre exclam • [Cf EDD half adj. 6 (1)]
half-ham v • [Cf EDD half-hammer..also hammer v.¹ 9..]
half in two adv phr, adj phr • [..cf EDD half in two (at half 9. (4))]
half-strainer n • [Cf EDD half-strain “mongrel,” half-strained gentry “ ‘shabby-genteel’ persons”]
halvers n pl • [Cf EDD halver]
ham n² • [Cf EDD haulm sb. 5 “The husk of corn or of peas, beans, &c.”]
ham-sam adv • [EDD ham-sam “in confusion or disorder”]
ham-scram n • [Cf EDD hamstram “Difficulty”]
hand running adv phr • [Cf EDD (at hand 1. (79))]
handy adv • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
hang v A1 • hing and heng are Scots, nEngl dial for hang in all senses except “to execute by hanging”
hanover n 2 • [..as a euphem for Hell cf EDD]
hantle n • [Scots and nEngl dial “a handful; a large quantity or number”..]
happen v B2 • [Cf EDD happen v¹ 2]
happenchance n, v • [Cf EDD (at happen v¹ 6. (1))..]
hardbound adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
hard by prep phr, adv phr • [Cf EDD hard by (at hard adv. 2 )]
hard-favored adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD at hard adj. 1. (17)]
hard pushed adj phr • [EDD hard-pushed (at hard adj. 1. (45)) “hard put to it”]
harken on v phr • [EDD (at hearken v. 8) “to encourage, urge on, incite”]
Harry Dick n 1 • [Cf Engl dial Old (or Lord) Harry the devil]
harve v • [Cf EDD harve v. “To harrow”..]
hassle v • [..cf EDD hassle “To hack at; to cut with a blunt knife and with a sawing motion.”]
hassock n • [..EDD hassock sb. “Also hassick..hussick..hussock”]
hat n B1 • [Cf EDD hat-sheaf or shav (at hat sb.¹) “The covering sheaf of a corn-stook”]
havance n² • [..EDD havance “Obs...Manners, behaviour.”]
hawbuck n • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
hawps n • [EDD hawps “A tall, awkward person”]
he pron 1 • [..cf EDD he II. 2]
he pron 3 • [Cf EDD he II. 4]
he pron 4 • [Cf EDD he II. 3]
he pron 5 • [Cf EDD he II. 4]
he pron 6 • [Cf EDD he II. 6]
head adj • [Cf EDD head II.18 “Chief..best, most excelling”..]
hear v A1b • [Cf EDD year, yer(r) (at hear v. I.1.(8),(9),(10)) and DJE yerry]
hear v A2b • [Cf EDD heern (at hear v. I.3.(11))]
hear v A2d • [Cf EDD yeard, yerd, yih’n and varr (at hear v. I. 2, 3)]
hear v B1 • [..Engl dial]
heart n¹ B4 • [Engl dial; cf EDD heart 8]
heather v • [..cf EDD hither 2 “To the left.”]
heave v A1 • [Scots, Engl dial hive; cf SND, EDD (at heave)]
height n • [Forms with [-ɵ]..superseded in std use by Scots, nEngl dial forms with [-t]..]
height n B • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
hell n 1 • [..cf..EDD hell sb. 4 “Obsol. A dark place in the woods”]
hell-for-leather adv • [Engl dial; cf EDD (at hell sb. 1.(9))]
hellhole n • [Cf EDD hellhole “a dark nook supposed to be haunted” (at hell sb. 1. (10) (b))]
hellion n • [Prob var of Scots and Engl dial hallion, hallian, hallyon “idler, rascal” infl by hell; cf EDD, SND]
help v A1a • [Engl dial..cf EDD help I.1.(4),(5)..]
help v A2a • [Engl dial..cf EDD help I.2.(4),(6)]
help v A2b • [..cf EDD help I.2.(5)..]
help v A2c • [[..cf EDD help I.2.(9)..]
help v A3a • [Engl dial; cf EDD help I.3.(5),(8)]
help v A3b • [..cf EDD help I.3.(6),(9)]
help v A3c • [Engl dial; cf EDD help I.3.(7)]
help v B1 • [Cf EDD help II.1.(4)]
helpsome adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD helpsome “Ready and willing to help”..]
hen n¹ B6 • [Engl dial; cf EDD (at hen sb.¹ 3.(4)..]
henflesh n • [Engl dial; cf EDD (at hen sb.¹ 1.(19))]
hen-headed adj • [Cf EDD hen-headed (at hen sb.¹ 1.(23))]
hen-hussy n • [Cf EDD hen-hussey (at hen sb.¹ 1.(28))]
hen pen n • [Engl dial; cf EDD hen-pen (at hen sb.¹ 1.(37))]
hen scratching n • [Cf EDD hen’s-toes “bad writing” (at hen sb.¹ l.(51))]
herb n, v A • [Cf EDD herb sb. and v. 1]
herb v C • [Engl dial; cf EDD herb sb. and v. 7 “To gather herbs...”]
here adj, pron C • [..cf..EDD these II.2.,4, this II.7.(4)]
here adv, adj, exclam, pron A3 (pronc) • [Cf EDD yere (at here adv.)]
hereaway adv • [Engl, Scots dial]
here comes a duke n • [Cf EDD duke sb.¹]
hern pron • [Engl dial..]
hey v • [Cf EDD hey “to cry ‘hey’ ” (at heigh int. and v. 4)]
hicket n • [..EDD hicket v. “To hiccup”]
hickledy-pickledy adv • [..see EDD]
hickwall n • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
hide n² 2 • [EDD hide sb.¹ 4 “Obs.”..]
hide-and-coop n • [Cf EDD hide v.² II.1.(8)]
hide and hair adv phr • [..EDD hide and hair “the whole” (at hide sb.¹ 2)]
hide-and-whoop n • [Cf EDD hide v.² II.1.(9)]
hidey-hole n • [..EDD hidy-hole (at hidy adj.)]
hie v • [Cf EDD hie int and v.¹]
higgle v • [..EDD higgle v.1 “In dial. use in Sc. Irel. and Eng.”]
high geranium n • [Folk-etym var of hydrangea; cf EDD]
high-low-jack n • [..cf EDD]
hightantrabogus n • [..cf EDD tantarabobus “A name for the devil; a bogie”]
hight-l’arnt adj • [Cf EDD high-learned “scholarly, well-educated” (at high adj. 1.(26))..]
hike v 1a • [EDD hike v. 12 “To move suddenly or hastily; to go away”]
hike v 5 • [EDD hike v. 3 “To throw; to throw up”]
hike v 8 • [EDD hike v. 7 “To snatch away; to run off with anything, not necessarily with a felonious intention”]
hill n 3 • [EDD hill sb.¹ 5]
hillins n pl • [EDD hilling sb. (1) “bed-covering, a coverlet, bed-clothes” (at hill sb.² 1)]
him adj • [Cf EDD hims poss. pron.]
him pron • [Cf EDD im, em, um “Dial. forms” (at him pron. I)]
him pron B4 • [Cf EDD him II.4]
him pron B5 • [Cf EDD him pron. II.3]
hinder n • [EDD hinder sb.² 4]
hindside-before adv • [..EDD hin’side (at hind adj. 2.(10))] (MAP and Map Section)
hinge n • [Cf EDD hinge sb. 3 “pl. Fig. Joints”]
hip v² • [Perh from Scots, nEngl dial hip to hop, skip]
hipped adj¹ • [..EDD hipped ppl. adj.¹ “Injured in the hip”]
hipped adj² • [..EDD hipped ppl. adj.² 1]
hipple adj • [Cf Scots, Ir, nEngl dial hipple to limp]
hippo n² • [EDD]
his adj A • [Cf EDD hees, he’s (at his pos. pron. I.(6),(7))..]
his adj B2 • [Cf EDD his poss. pron. II. 3 “her”]
hisn pron • [c,sEngl dial..]
hiss v 1 • [SND, EDD (at hish)]
hisself pron • [Engl dial;..EDD]
hit v 1 • [Engl dial;..EDD hit v. and sb.¹ II.7,13]
hitch v 1 • [Cf EDD hitch v.¹ 1 “To move about..by a series of jerks; to make room”]
hitch v 2 • [Cf EDD hitch v.² 8 “With off or out: To unharness”]
hitch v 3 • [Cf EDD hitch v.² 11 “To agree”]
hither horse n • [..EDD hither adv. 2 “To the left”]
hit it v phr 1 • [..EDD hit “with it..to agree”]
ho v c • [EDD ho-back (at ho int. 1 (1))]
hobble n¹ • [Engl dial..]
hobble n², v • [Engl dial hobbil n, v; cf EDD]
hobble n³ • [..Engl dial hobble pigsty; see EDD hobble sb.³]
hobbled ppl adj¹ • [Cf EDD hobble v.¹ 4..]
hobblefoot n • [..cf EDD sb. hobbing-foot (at hob v.¹ 20)..]
hobbling vbl n 1 • [Cf EDD hob v.³..]
hobnobble v • [..nEngl dial, cf EDD]
hoffler n • [Cf EDD huffler sb. 2]
hoggy exclam • [Cf EDD hog sb.¹ 4..]
hoggy adj 2 • [Perh from Engl dial hog an animal of less than a year]
hogo n¹ • [Engl, IrEngl dial < Fr haut gôut..]
hogo n² • [EDD ho-go sb.]
hog pig n • [EDD (at hog sb.¹ (13))]
hog pudding n 2 • [Cf EDD hog’s pudding (at hog sb.¹ (15))]
hoick v • [Cf EDD hoick v...]
hoist n D2 • [..cf EDD heights, heist]
hoist n D4 • [EDD hoist sb. 3]
hoist v C1a • [Cf EDD hist int., v. 2. a]
hold n A1 • [Engl dial..]
hold n B1 • [..EDD hold sb. 12..]
hold v B1c • [Cf EDD hold v. 17..]
holey n 1 • [Cf EDD holie]
holiday n • [..EDD holiday sb.4..]
holler v, n¹ • [Cf EDD hollo v. “Also..hollow..holler”..]
holler v B1 • [Cf EDD hollo v. 1..]
hollow n¹, adj • [EDD hollow sb., adj..]
holy dance n • [Cf EDD holy dance..]
home adv E • [..also EDD go home (at home sb.¹ 2. (7) (b)..]
home n, exclam, v, adv • [EDD home..]
homebringen n • [..cf EDD homebringing (at home sb.¹ 1)]
homely adj • [Cf EDD homely adj..]
homely adj B2 • [Cf EDD homely adj. 1..]
hone v • [EDD hone v.² 2..]
honeyfuggle v • [Perh var of Engl dial connyfogle v...cf also EDD gallyfuggle v...]
honey pot n 2 • [EDD honey pots (at honey sb. 1 (22) (c)..]
hooch v • [Cf EDD hootch v...]
hook n 3 • [Cf EDD to be off the hooks (at hook sb.¹ 2. (5))..]
hook v 3 • [Cf..also EDD hookv.² l..]
hooker n¹ 3 • [EDD hooker sb.¹ 3]
hookey exclam • [..perh var of Scots, Engl dial kye cows]
hookie n • [Cf EDD hookie (at hokey int., sb.)..]
hooley n • [Cf..also EDD hoolybus sb..]
hoosh exclam • [EDD hoosh int. 1..]
hoot n¹ 1 • [Cf EDD hooter sb.²..]
Hope n • [Cf..EDD hope sb.² 1]
hopper-tailed adj • [Cf EDD hopper-arsed (at hopper sb.¹ 3. (1) (b))..]
hop the twig v phr • [..EDD to hop the twig (at hop v.² 2. (1))..]
horn n 4 • [..cf EDD horn sb. 10]
horn n 8a • [..cf EDD in a horn (at horn sb. 2. (6))..]
horny man n • [Cf EDD Hoorniman (at hornie sb. 1)]
horse n, v • [Cf EDD horse..]
horse n B10 • [Cf EDD horse sb. 14..]
horse beast n • [..cf EDD horse-beast (at horse sb. 1 (9))]
horse cobbler n • [EDD cobbler sb.¹ 3..]
horse hole n • [Cf EDD horse wash (at horse sb. 1. (121))..]
horse tree n 2 • [EDD (at horse sb. 8)..]
hosebird n • [EDD hosebird sb. 2..]
hosen n pl • [Engl dial..]
hot beans n • [EDD hot beans and butter (at hot adj. 2 (4))]
house n, v • [Cf EDD house..]
house n B1a • [EDD house sb.¹ 6..]
house n B1b • [Cf EDD house sb.¹ 7..]
housell adj • [..cf EDD housel adj. 3]
housen n¹ 1 • [Engl dial; house + -en suff²]
hove v² • [EDD..]
hovel n 1a • [..EDD hovel sb.¹ 1]
hover n • [EDD hover sb. 13..]
how exclam • [Cf EDD how int. 3]
howbeever adv • [..cf EDD how it be..(at how adv. II. 1. (13))..also EDD howmiver (at howsomever)]
how-come-you-so adj 1 • [Cf EDD how came you so (at how adv. II. 1. (6))..]
howsoever adv • [Cf EDD howsoever adv..]
howsomever adv 1 • [EDD howsomever adv..]
hub n 1 • [Engl dial hob, hub..EDD hob, hobber (at hob sb.² 3)]
hubble n • [Var of EDD hobble sb.¹ 8]
hubbly adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD hobbly (at hobble sb.¹ 8)]
hubby adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD hobby and hubbed (at hob v.¹ 9)]
hucklemybutt n • [Cf EDD huckle-my-buff..]
hud n • [Engl dial; cf EDD hud sb. 1]
hudder n • [[Cf EDD hooder sb. 1..] (MAP)
hudge v • [Var of EDD hodge v. 2..]
huffjuff n • [..cf EDD huff v.¹ 2..]
hug n 3 • [Cf EDD hug v. 4..]
hug-me-tight n 3 • [Cf EDD hug-me-close (at hug v. 1)..]
hull-gull n • [Cf EDD hull v.² 1..]
human n B1 • [Cf EDD]
humbug n 1 • [..EDD sb. humbug..]
humgumptious adj • [Cf EDD humgumption sb..]
humor n B1 • [EDD humour sb. 1..]
humor n B2 • [EDD humour sb. 2..]
hump v 2 • [Cf EDD hump v. 7..]
hunch v 1a • [EDD hunch v. 2..]
hunch v 1c • [EDD hunch v. 2..]
hundred n, adj A3 (pronc) • [..EDD hunder.]
hundred n B2a • [EDD hundred sb. II. 6]
hungry adj, n • [Cf EDD hungry..]
hunker n¹ • [EDD hunkers sb. pl.]
hunty gray n • [Cf EDD hunty sb..]
hup v • [EDD hup(p) int. and v. 2..]
hupple v • [Cf EDD hipple v.¹..]
hurrah n B1 • [Cf EDD hoo-roo sb. 1..]
hurrah n B2 • [Cf EDD hoo-roo sb. 2..]
hurry v 2 • [Cf EDD harry v.²]
hurryment n • [..cf EDD hurrysome adj. 1..]
hurt v • [Cf EDD hurt v. I..]
hurt v B • [Cf EDD hurt v. 2..]
hussy n¹ B2 • [Cf EDD huss(e)y..]
hutch n¹ • [..EDD hutch sb. 2..]
hyped up adj phr • [..cf EDD hike v. 4..]
hy spy n • [..EDD hy-spy..]
ice candle n • [EDD (at ice sb. 1 (2)) 1736 ➝]
idiot stick n 1b • [Cf EDD idjit sb., nidget sb.²]
iky adj • [..cf EDD ikey adj. “Proud”]
illegal adj • [EDD illegal sb. and adj. “A bastard...Illegitimate”]
impudent adj • [Cf EDD imperent “A corruption of the word ‘impudent’ ” and EDD impident]
in prep B3b • [..EDD in prep. 8, quots 1835, 1877]
in about adv phr • [Cf..EDD in-almost (at in adv. II.2.(2)) “almost”]
in and out adj phr, adv phr • [Cf EDD in and out (at in adv. II.3.(7)(6)) “now and again, intermittently”..]
inching vbl n a • [Cf EDD inchin’ (at inch v. 4)..]
increase of the moon n • [..EDD has 1887 ex at keep v. 3(5)]
infare n • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial; cf EDD, SND]
inkle n 1 • [EDD inkle sb.² 3 “A notion, hint, suspicion, ‘inkling.’ ”]
inkling n • [Engl, Scots dial; cf EDD inklin(g sb. 1]
inside adv 4 • [EDD inside adv. “in an inner room, in the next room”]
intend v • [..cf also EDD intend v. 1]
into prep B1 • [Scots and Engl dial; cf SND intae prep. 1; cf EDD into prep. 3]
into prep B2 • [Cf EDD into prep. 4]
in-ty adv • [..cf EDD in-ty(e) “not I,” used after a negative assertion]
in under prep phr • [Engl dial; prob var of earlier anunder]
invite n • [..EDD]
inwards n pl • [..The loss of w..appears to be widespread in Engl dial (EDD inwards sb. 4).]
Irish n¹ B1 • [..Cf EDD Irish sb.²]
Irish daisy n • [EDD 1876]
iron bar n • [EDD (at iron sb. 1.(3)) 1886]
it pron A1 (pronc) • [Scots, nEngl dial]
it pron D • [EDD]
jabble v • [Prob Scots, Ir, nEngl dial jabble to agitate..a liquid; cf EDD jabble sb.¹ 6..]
jack n² 2a • [..or from Scots and Engl dial chack, var of check pattern of differently colored squares]
jack bite n • [Prob folk-etym for Scots, Ir, nEngl dial chack a snack + bite]
jack mosquito n • [Cf Nfld, Engl dial jacky longlegs crane fly]
jackrock n 3 • [Cf EDD jack sb. 30 “a portion of stone in the roof of a mine”..]
jackstone n • [Folk-etym for Engl chackestone (OED) at checkstone sb.¹)]
jack up v phr 3 • [Cf EDD jack v.¹ 4 to beat]
jag v¹ • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
jaggle v • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
jallus n² • [Cf EDD gallus (at gallows sb. 4) “The devil, deuce, used as an exclamation or mild oath”..]
jamb n • [Cf..EDD jamb sb. 4 “A corner made by a projection”]
jamble n • [..but cf EDD jabble sb.¹ 6 “fig. turmoil, confusion”]
jamb-rock n • [Cf EDD jamb-stone (at jamb sb. 2.(3))..]
Jan van Gent n • [Cf EDD gant sb.³ “The gannet or solon-goose, Sula bassana.”]
jaybird n • [Prob from Engl dial jay-bird..(cf OED, EDD jay sb.)]
jaybird n 5 • [Cf EDD jay-legged “Small or feeble in the legs”]
jerk n¹ B3 • [Cf EDD in two claps of a lamb’s tail (at lamb sb. 3. (1))]
jerp n • [Cf EDD jirt “A dram or small quantity of drink”]
jewlark v • [Cf gill, jill a girl, sweetheart, and EDD lark v. “To flirt”]
jib n¹ 1a • [EDD jib sb.² 1]
jibble v • [Cf EDD gibbles sb. pl...and jibbly..]
jib-job lot n • [..cf EDD jibs “Small, waste pieces of cloth”]
jib-rag n • [Cf EDD jibs “Small, waste pieces of cloth”]
jiffin(g) n • [..EDD “Obs.”]
jiggamy n • [EDD jiggamy..]
jigger n¹ 2 • [Cf EDD jigger sb.⁴..]
jigger n¹ 4 • [EDD jigger sb.¹ 1..]
jigger v² • [Cf EDD jiggered exhausted, tired]
jimmy adj • [Engl dial]
jimpsecute n • [..cf EDD jimpsey (at jimp adj.) “neat, smart” + cute..]
jing n • [Scots, Engl dial]
jism n • [..cf EDD chissom sb. and v...]
job n¹, v¹ • [EDD job sb.¹ 4, v.¹ 9]
jobber n • [..cf Engl dial jobber small spade (EDD job v.² 2)]
jobbernowl n • [EDD jobbernowl sb. 2..]
jock n 1 • [EDD jock sb.¹ 4]
join v B2 • [EDD join v. II.2]
jollop n • [Cf EDD jollop sb. “A semi-fluid mess of anything..”]
joogle v • [Scots, Engl dial; EDD (at juggle v.²)..]
josh v • [Cf EDD joss v. 1..and 4..]
joskin n • [Engl dial]
jouk v¹ • [Scots, nEngl dial]
jounce v • [Cf EDD jounce v. 2..]
journey-proud adj 1 • [EDD (at journey sb. 6)]
jow v • [Cf EDD jow v.³ “To talk loud”]
jukey adj • [Cf..EDD jouk v.³ “To bow, bend, make obeisance.”]
jump jacket n • [..but cf Engl dial jump a man’s loose jacket]
jump up v phr 1 • [Cf EDD jumped-up do (at jumped-up ppl. adj. 3)..]
jundy v • [Cf EDD jundy v. “Sc. Irel.” 1...2...]
junky adj • [Cf EDD junky (at junk sb.¹ 1) “thick”..]
just adv • cf EDD just adv.
kaput adj • [..cf EDD Suppl. go capooch (at capooch)..]
keech cake n • [Cf EDD keech sb.¹..]
keep v B2 • [..cf SND, EDD]
keeping room n • [Cf EDD keeping-room (at keeping ppl. adj. 2.(4))..]
kettle tea n • [Cf EDD kettle-broth (at kettle sb.¹ 1.(4))]
kewster n • [Cf obs Engl coistrel, custrel a knight’s page..]
kibby n² • [Cf EDD kib sb.¹..]
kicky adj • [Cf EDD kickish (at kick v.¹ 6) “irritable”]
kilgubbin n • [Cf EDD gobbin sb.¹.. and gubbin(g)s..]
killick n • [..killick is also reported from Dorset, England...]
kindly adv • [Cf EDD kindly adv. 9..]
king’s ex exclam, n • [Cf EDD king’s,..(at king sb. 10, 1...kings and crosses are common truce terms in ceEngl..] (MAP and Map Section)
kipe v • [..cf EDD kip v. 4..] (MAP)
kipper adj • [EDD kipper adj. 1..] (MAP)
kiss-me-quick n 1 • [Cf EDD..]
kitchen n² • [Perh < Scots, Engl, Ir dial kinch..]
kitchen n² 1 • [Cf EDD kinch sb.¹ 1..]
knabbler n • [EDD nabbler (at nabble v.²)..]
knead v • [..Engl dial; cf EDD kned, ned (at knead v. I.2(3), 3(4), (8))]
knee baby n • [Cf..EDD knee-bairn]
knit v 1 • [EDD (at knit v. I.2)]
knit v 2 • [EDD (at knit v. I.3)]
know v B4b • [Cf EDD kneawn, knew (at know v. 3.(6), (7))]
knuck n¹ 2a • [Cf EDD knuck sb.¹ 2..and nags (at nag sb.⁵ 3(2))..] (MAP)
knuck n¹ 2b • [Cf..EDD nag sb.⁵ 10..]
knuckle n 3 • [Cf EDD knuckle sb. 4..]
knuckle v b • [EDD (at knuckle v. 8)]
knuckler n • [EDD knuckler (at knuckle sb. 7)]
knurl n • [Cf EDD knurly (at knurl sb. 2(2))..]
lab one’s mouth v phr • [Cf EDD lab v.³..]
lace v 2 • [Cf EDD lace v.² “To go along at great speed”]
lad n • [Cf EDD lad-bairn, lad-lass (at lad sb.¹ 1)]
ladder n • [..EDD lather (at ladder sb. I.(6))]
laden n 1 • [..cf EDD lade v.¹ 2.(7),(9)]
ladies’ grass n • [EDD 1837 ➝]
lady’s-nightcap n • [EDD 1825 ➝]
lag v¹ • [Appar Brit dial; cf..EDD lag sb.³, laggy adj. 2, sb. 4]
lag n¹ 1b • [Cf EDD lag sb.³ “A game of marbles”]
lag v¹ 1b • [Cf EDD lig up (at lag sb.³)]
laggy adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD laggy 1..]
lam v 2 • [Cf EDD lam v. 4 “To run quickly”]
lamb’s leg n • [Engl dial; cf EDD [lamb]’s-leg, lambs’-legs (at lamb 1.(13)) nasal excrement]
lamb’s tongue n 2 • [EDD 1886]
lamb’s tongue n 4 • [EDD 1879 ➝]
lame n • [Cf EDD lame sb.¹ 5 “A hurt, injury”..]
lamming adj • [Cf EDD lamming (2) (at lam 1) “huge, great, violent”..]
lamper eel n 1 • [Engl dial]
lamplighter n² • [Cf EDD (at lamp sb.¹ 1.(2))..]
lander n¹ • [EDD lander sb. “A heavy blow”]
land-horse n • [Engl, Scots dial; cf EDD (at land sb.¹ 1.(24))..]
lap n • [..cf EDD lap sb.³ 2 “The lopped-off branches of trees”]
lap v² • [..cf EDD lap v.⁴ “To lop off branches of trees”]
lap v³ • [EDD lap v.³ 1 “To flog, beat.”..]
lap-love n • [EDD 1796]
lapsided adj • [..cf also EDD lapsided, SND lab-sided (at lab- adj.)]
lark n² • [EDD lark sb.² 3 “A wild fellow, a ‘rattlepate.’ ”]
larricky adj • [Cf EDD larruping ppl. adj. (2) (at larrup v. 2) “ungainly, thin, tall”]
larrup v 2 • [Cf EDD larrup v. 2 “To walk in a heavy, shambling manner”]
larrup v 3 • [Cf EDD lerrup(s “A lazy, slovenly fellow; a slut...Hence lirripy, adj. slouching”]
larruping adj 1 • [..cf EDD larruping (2) (at larrup v. 1)] (MAP)
lashings n pl • [Engl dial; cf EDD lashin(g)s and lavins (at lashing 1)]
lasty adj • [nEngl, Scots dial; cf EDD lasty..]
lattermath n • [..EDD (at latter adj. (8))]
laugh n, v A (pronc) • Proncs of both the types [læf] and [lɑf] have been current in std Brit Engl since at least the 18th cent.
laugh v C1 • [Cf..EDD laugh v. II.1.(5)]
laugh v C2 • [Cf EDD laugh all over the face (at laugh v. II.1.(3))]
launch v¹ • [Cf EDD lanch, lonch, etc. (at launch v. and sb.)..]
lavins n pl • [..cf EDD leavin(g sb., lashin(g sb. 1]
Lawrence n • [Cf EDD lawrence sb. 2 “idleness personified; laziness, indolence”]
lay in v phr 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
lay one’s tongue to v phr • [Scots, Engl dial]
layover(s) to catch meddlers n • [..EDD lay-overs (varr include lare-overs, layers, layo(r)s, leeoze)..] (MAP)
lay up v phr 7 • [Cf EDD lay up ..and lig up (at lag sb.³)]
lazybed n • [..EDD lazy-bed (at lazy adj. 1.(4))]
lazy jack n • [Cf EDD lazy-back (at lazy 1.(I)(c)) a hangnail]
leader n 2 • [Cf EDD leader sb. 4 “An artery”]
leak n • [Cf EDD leak sb. 3]
leak v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
leary adj • [Cf EDD leary “half-witted” (at lear adj.¹ 1.(3))]
leather-winged bat n • [Cf EDD leather(-winged) bat (at leather sb. 1.(2), 1.(22))..] (MAP)
lend the loan of v phr • [EDD lend the loan of (at loan sb.¹ 1.(2))]
lennegy adj • [Prob var of EDD lennucky (at lennock adj.) “1. Limp...2. Pliant...3...long, slender.”]
lerrupy n • [Prob EDD lerrup sb. 3 “pl. Scraps of meat, liver, &c., sold by butchers. Cor[nwall]”]
lessen conj¹ • [Cf EDD (at less conj.¹ 2)..]
lessen prep • [EDD less conj.¹ and prep. 3]
let v B2 • [Cf EDD let v.¹ II.2]
letter n 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
library n B1 • [Engl dial]
lick-pot n • [..EDD (at lick v. 1.[8])]
lift n¹ • [Scots, nEngl dial]
lift v 3 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
like v¹ C1 • [EDD like v.² 4 “To take a liking to a place or situation”]
like vbl aux E2b • [Cf EDD (at like adj. 4.(7)(a), v.¹ 18)..]
liken vbl aux • [EDD liken v. 2]
limb of Satan n • [..cf EDD limb sb. 2, 8]
lion’s-mouth n 2 • [EDD 1878–86]
lippin v • [Scots, nEngl dial lippen]
listener n • [Cf EDD listener an ear]
little Jack n • [Cf EDD little Dick]
little Sally Walker n • [..EDD (at Sally sb.¹ 2.(6)) shows Sally Walker to be the dominant form in Scotl as well as nEngl.] (MAP)
little Sally Water(s) n • [EDD “Sally Water(s, Warty, or Walker, children’s singing games” (at sally sb.¹ 2.(6))] (MAP)
liver-pin n • [Cf EDD liver-pin “a pin jocularly supposed to secure the liver”]
loaden v • [..see also EDD, SND]
loady adj • [Cf EDD loady “top-heavy, loaded,”..]
loaf bread n • [Scots, Engl dial] (MAP)
loam n • [..see also EDD loomy (at loamy adj.¹)]
lob n • [EDD lob sb.¹ 1 “A lump; a large amount; a wide extent or surface.”]
lobber v • [nEngl, Scots dial lopper, lapper..] (MAP and Map Section)
loblolly n 3 • [Cf EDD loblolly sb. 2 “A stout, well-developed child.”]
lobscouse n 1 • [..EDD]
lobster n A • [..cf SND, EDD lapster..]
lock-eye n • [Cf EDD lock v.¹ 5 “To shut...Lock up your eyes”]
lodge v • [..EDD]
loft adj • [Var of loath; cf EDD]
loggerhead n 1 • [..EDD]
logy adj 1 • [Cf EDD louggy, loogy..and loggy adj. 2..(Hampshire and Isle of Wight)] (MAP)
lolly n • [Cf EDD lolly sb.³ “Obs...Broth, soup, or other food boiled in a pot.”]
lompus adj • [Cf EDD lompus (at lumpus) heavily, headlong, in a lump; a heavy fall]
lone n • [Scots, Engl dial;..EDD lone sb.² 5; SND lane adj. 2]
lone woman n • [EDD lone woman (at lone adj. 3.(2))..]
loney v • [Cf EDD loney “A cry made to a child to encourage it in its first attempts to walk alone”..]
long adj B3a • [..see also EDD (at long adj. 5)..]
long v B1 • [..EDD long v.²]
long east and a short west n • [Cf EDD longer east, shorter west (at long adj. 3.(8))..]
long finger n 1 • [..EDD (at long adj. 1.(50))]
long-fingered adj • [EDD (at long adj. 1.(51)) 1842..] (MAP)
longful adj • [..see also EDD]
longheaded adj 1 • [..cf also EDD (at long adj. 1.(64))..]
long home n • [..EDD (at long adj. 1.(66))]
longman n • [..EDD (at long adj. 1.(105))]
longnose n 1 • [Cf EDD longneb..(at long adj. 1.(110),(111))]
long oat n • [See EDD to give a horse long corn (or oats)..(at long adj. 1.(113))]
long pasture n • [EDD (at long adj. 1.(117))..]
longsome adj • [..perh infl by arch or Brit dial longsome long, tedious]
long taw n • [EDD long tawl (at long adj. 1.(157))]
long tongue n 1 • [..cf also EDD (at long adj. 1.(164)(a),(165))]
long tongue n 2 • [EDD (at long adj. 1.(164)(b))]
lookers n pl 1 • [Cf EDD looker sb. 1 “An eye.”]
lop v² • [Cf EDD lap v.³ 1 “To flog, beat”]
lope v¹ • [Scots, Engl dial var of Scots loup, lowp to leap]
loplolly adj • [Cf EDD lop-lolly (at loblolly sb. 1)..]
loppus n • [Cf EDD loppus a lazy fellow (at lop v² 1.(3))]
lose v A1 • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial loss, swEngl dial lost]
losset n • [Obs Ir, nEngl dial < Ir losad kneading-trough]
louk n • [..cf also EDD lout v.² 1 “To stoop”]
lounce out v phr • [..cf EDD lowance v...]
louse around v phr • [Cf Scots, nEngl dial lowse to stop working]
love-lies-bleeding n 2 • [EDD 1882]
love-me n 1 • [EDD 1876]
love-pain n • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
lozenger n • [Scots, Engl dial varr of lozenge]
luggish adj • [Cf EDD luggish “Dull, heavy, stupid”]
lummox n • [Engl dial] (MAP)
lumping adj • [EDD lumping ppl. adj. 1 “Large and clumsy; heavy”]
lumpus adv • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
lumpus n • [Cf EDD lumpus “A heavily-built, rough, clumsy person”]
lurgy n • [EDD lurgy, also lurgy-fever..”Idleness, laziness”]
lurky n • [EDD lerky “A noisy game, played with any old tin”]
lusty adj 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
mackly adj • [..cf EDD mackled “spotted”]
make v¹ A • [The proncs [mɑk, mɛk] are common in nEngl, Scots dial.]
make v¹ D12 • [..cf SND spune, EDD spoon]
make of v phr • [Scots, nEngl dial]
make out v phr 3 • [..but cf also EDD make v.¹ II.(15)(a)]
malahack v • [EDD malahack]
mammock n • [..EDD]
mammock v • [..EDD]
man n C2 • [..common in Scots and Engl dial..]
mang n • [..cf EDD mang.. mung sb. 3..]
manner n 3a • [EDD to leave some manners in the dish, manners-bit (at manner sb.¹ 1.(6), 2)] (MAP)
marching around the levee n • [..The commonest Brit version begins “Round and round the village,”..]
mardling n • [EDD (at mardle sb.²)]
marlberry n • [Perh marl Brit var of marble..]
marsh bird n • [EDD 1830 ➝]
marvel n¹ • [Engl, Scots dial]
mast n¹ • [..both mask and mass are attested in Engl dial]
master adj • [EDD master adj. 16]
master adv • [EDD master adv. 17]
may v B • [..EDD can v. II.1]
mayflower n¹ 6 • [EDD 1877 ➝]
May water n • [EDD May-dew, May-water (at May sb.¹ 1.(12), (36))..]
meal of victuals n • [EDD meal’s victuals (at meal sb.¹ 1.(4))]
measuring worm n • [..EDD measuring bug “A caterpillar”] (MAP)
meat n 3 • [Cf EDD meat sb. 4..]
meddle v 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial; cf EDD meddle v. 3, SND middle v. 1]
meg n 1 • [Cf EDD meg, meggy (at mag sb.²)..]
mellow v • [Prob EDD mell v.¹ “To hammer..to beat severely”..]
mend v 2 • [Cf EDD mend v. 8 “To grow stout.”]
mess n 5 • [Cf EDD mess sb.² 4 “Ordure..”]
Methodist ax n • [Cf EDD methody-hammer..]
might n • [EDD might sb. 1]
milkmaids n • [In England applied to Cardamine pratensis as well as other plants; See OED, EDD]
milkmaid’s path n • [EDD (at milk sb. 1.(25)) “the milky way”]
mill n¹ 3 • [Cf EDD mill sb.¹ 5..]
ming-mang n • [Cf EDD ming-mang “disorder,” ming “mixture”]
minnow n A3 • [..EDD minnie sb.²]
minnow n A5 • [..EDD mennem, mennon..]
minnow-fole n • [Cf EDD fole (at foal sb.²)..]
misery n • [Engl dial]
mixy-maxy adj • [Scots, Engl dial; cf EDD, OED (at mixty-maxty)]
moky adj • [EDD moke sb.³ 1..]
molly-hugging vbl n • [Prob by analogy with mollycoddle and similar constr in EDD..]
money n 1 • [EDD money sb. 5..]
money grass n • [EDD 1881]
money plant n 1 • [EDD 1848 ➝]
morphodite n • [..EDD morfreydite]
mostly adv • [Scots, Engl dial]
mother bunch n • [..cf EDD bunch sb.¹ 7..]
mother’s heart n • [EDD 1853 ➝..]
motte n • [..cf EDD moat sb.] (MAP)
mould n • [..EDD mole sb.²]
mourn v 1 • [Cf EDD mourn v. 1..]
much adj 2 • [EDD much adj. 2]
much v • [Engl dial]
much-what adv • [EDD much adv. 4.(7)]
muck n¹ 3 • [Cf EDD muck sb. 6]
muck n¹ 4 • [EDD muck sb. 7]
muckle v 2 • [EDD muckle v.¹ 3]
muckle v 3 • [Cf EDD muck v. 17 (with about)..]
muckle-dun adj • [Cf EDD muckle sb. 1..]
mud-fat adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD mud-fat (at mud sb.¹ 3)..]
mudge n • [Perh Scots, Engl dial mudge a movement, stir]
muffle-jawed adj 2 • [EDD muffle sb. 2..]
muggled up adj phr • [Cf EDD muggle v.¹ 1..]
muley adj, n² • [EDD moiley..]
muley n² C3a • [Cf EDD moiley sb. 2..]
mull adj, n¹ • [..EDD moil sb.¹ “A cow without horns”..]
mulligrub n 1 • [Transf from mulligrubs, appar infl by PaGer mollekopp, mullikopp tadpole and std Engl grub]
mummer n¹ • [Engl dial]
mung you (all) pron • [..cf Suffolk dial you mong she (EDD at mongs)]
murgens n • [Cf..EDD mirge sb...]
mush n² • [..cf nEngl dial muss [mUs] the mouth]
mussel duck n • [EDD 1862 ➝]
must vbl aux 1 • [Cf EDD must v.³ “3. May...4. Shall.”]
muster v • [Cf EDD muster sb.¹ 4 “A litter.”]
mutton-tops n • [EDD 1848]
mux n¹ • [Perh transf from swEngl dial mux, mucks mud, mire..]
mux v • [Engl dial..]
muxy adj • [Transf from swEngl dial muxy, mucksy muddy, miry..]
myself pron • [Cf EDD myself “Also in form meself Ir.”..]
nag v • [..Cf also EDD gnag v. 1]
nairn pron • [Engl dial narn, ne’ern, nern, contrs of ne’er (a) one (see EDD never a one)]
nary adj • [Engl, Ir dial forms of never a (EDD at never a, never a one)..]
near cut n • [nEngl, Scots dial; cf EDD]
neb n 3 • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
neb v • [..cf EDD neb sb., and v. 16..]
needcessity n • [Brit, esp Scots, folk-etym for necessity]
neighbor v • [Brit dial]
nervish adj • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial; cf EDD]
nesh adj • [Engl, Scots dial; cf EDD nesh adj]
nessy n • [..but cf EDD nessy a privy]
new-milch adj • [Cf EDD new-melched cow (at new 4.(7))..] (MAP)
newsy adj • [EDD newsy (at news sb. 2)..]
nicker n¹, v • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial] (MAP and Map Section)
nicket n • [Cf EDD nippet “A small quantity”]
niff n • [EDD niff sb.¹ 1..]
niff-naff n • [Cf Scots, nEngl dial niff-naff a trifling or unimportant thing]
nigger n² • [..cf EDD nigger sb.¹]
nimshi n • [EDD nimshie “A flighty girl”]
ninny n¹ • [EDD ninny v.² to whinny, sb.² a whinny]
noculate v • [..cf EDD, with one ex from sEngl]
noggin n 3 • [Cf EDD nog sb.¹ 1 “A small log, or rough block of wood”]
noggle n 1 • [Cf EDD noggle-head (at noggle v.) a blockhead]
noodle v¹ • [..cf Scots, nEngl dial guddle..]
noration n • [..cf EDD oration..n-oration..]
notion n 1 • [nEngl, Scots dial..]
notionable adj • [Cf EDD notionable “Having a fancy or inclination to a thing”]
nubbie n • [EDD nobby sb.² “Dev. Cor...A small cake or bun”]
null v² • [Cf EDD nool v. 2 “To benumb, to allay or assuage pain.”]
numb adj • [EDD num(b adj. 1 “Clumsy; stupid; dull, heavy, insensible”; numb-head (at numb adj. 2.(5)); numby sb. “A dolt.”]
numpy n • [Cf EDD numps “A dolt, a fool”]
oats, peas(e), beans, and barley grow(s) n • [EDD oats and beans and barley (at oat sb. 1.(20))]
obfusticated adj • [..EDD 1888]
oceans n pl • [Engl dial] (MAP)
odd-come-short n • [Cf EDD odd-come-short-lies..odd-come-shorts..]
of prep C4 • [..may be from Scots, nIr dial; cf..EDD of prep. 14] (MAP)
offen prep • [Chiefly Scots, nEngl dial; see SND affin, EDD off prep. 2.(14)]
off-fall n¹ • [Cf EDD off-fall (at off adv. 1.(6)).., off-falling (at off adv. 1.(8)(b))..]
old-man’s-beard n 4 • [EDD 1886 ➝]
old woman is picking her geese, the phr • [..EDD (at old adj. 1.154.d)]
on prep B2a • [Cf EDD on prep. II.2]
on prep B2b • [Cf EDD on prep. II.2]
on prep B2c • [Cf EDD on prep. II.3]
on prep B3a • [Cf EDD on prep. II.10, SND wait v. I.B.1.(3)(i)] (MAP and Map Section)
on prep B5 • [..EDD on prep. II.6 1806 ➝]
on prep B6 • [Cf EDD on prep. II.7]
once adv B • [..but cf EDD]
ooch v¹ • [EDD hootch v. “[ūtʃ.] To crouch, sit huddled up.”]
oods n pl • [Cf EDD odds sb.⁵]
oonch v • [Cf EDD hunch v.¹ “[unʃ.]..To push..”]
open adj B2 • [Cf EDD open adj. 4..]
orphan n • [..EDD orf’lin..]
ought v C1a • [Cf EDD ought v. II.1]
ought v C1b • [Cf EDD ought v. II.1]
ought v C2c • [Cf EDD ought v. II.1]
out adv B8 • [Scots, Engl dial; cf SND out adv. II.4, EDD out adv. 13]
out n F1 • [Engl dial]
out n F2a • [Engl dial] (MAP)
outen prep ¹ • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
overplush n • [..EDD 1838 ➝]
pack v 2c • [Cf EDD..(at pack v. 11)..]
packwack n • [..varr recorded in EDD..]
pair of bars n • [pair; cf EDD]
parcel n, v • [Spp of the type passel..appear widely in Engl dial..]
parcel n, v • [..parshel, parshal are occas attested in Scots, nEngl dial.]
parliament house n • [Cf EDD parliament 5..]
parson’s nose n • [Engl dial] (MAP)
patch n 1 • [..cf EDD patch sb. 1]
pattern n • [Scots, Engl dial]
pawn n • [EDD pawn sb.(2)..]
peck n¹ • [Engl dial var of pick..]
peedoodle n • [Cf EDD peedoddle “To dawdle”]
peel v² • [Prob EDD pail v...]
peeler n² • [Perh from EDD pail v...]
peewee n¹ 2 • [EDD pee-wee sb. 2]
peggy n¹ • [Brit dial: EDD..; SND..] (MAP)
pelter v • [Engl dial;..cf EDD pelter v. 1]
penny-dog n • [Scots, nEngl..]
penny duck n • [EDD..]
pennywinkle n • [..Engl dial varr of periwinkle n²]
peony n¹ 1 (pronc) • [piony..and the syncopated pin(e)y are widespread in Brit dial..] (MAP)
peony n¹ 3 (pronc) • [By syncope of the std pronc; cf EDD]
pepperidge n • [Engl dial..the barberry or its fruit..]
perjinkety adj • [Brit dial; cf..EDD perjinkety]
pernickety adj • [..nEngl dial; cf EDD pernickety]
peruse v • [Scots, Engl dial]
pestle-tail n • [EDD pestle-tail ..]
piano plant n • [..cf EDD piano, pyanno (at peony)]
pickleweed n 1 • [..EDD pickle plant (at pickle sb.² 1)]
piece n 8 • [Scots, Ir, Engl dial] (MAP)
pig n¹ B13 • [EDD pig sb.1..]
pig n² • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
pigeon gull n • [EDD (at pigeon sb. (5))..]
piggle v • [Engl dial]
pike v³, n⁴ • [Prob EDD pike v.² 9..]
pilau n¹ • [..Engl borrowings..through var intermediaries..] (MAP)
pin-basket n • [Engl dial]
pincushion tree n • [EDD 1896]
pindle v • [..cf EDD pindling..and pinder..]
piney rose n • [..and varr (EDD at peony)..]
pink v • [EDD pink v.⁴ 4..]
pink in v phr • [Engl dial; ult < Du pinken..]
pipjenny n • [..Cf EDD pip sb.¹ 5..] (MAP)
pismire n 3 • [Cf EDD pissimire..]
piss-a-bed n 3 • [EDD 1897] (MAP)
pitchpole v • [Engl dial;..EDD pitchpoll v. 1..]
plane tree n 2 • [..for Acer pseudoplatanus in Scotl and nEngl]
pluff adj • [swEngl dial pluff(y) soft, spongy]
pluffer n • [nEngl..dial; cf EDD pluffer (at pluff v.)]
plump v • [Engl dial]
plunk v • [Engl dial]
plunker n 1 • [Engl dial]
pock-leg n • [Cf EDD pock v.² 2..]
pod n 3 • [..EDD pod sb.¹ 2]
pod n 4 • [Cf EDD pod sb.¹ 4 ..]
poig exclam • [Cf EDD poo-ik int...] (MAP)
poison adj C3 • [EDD]
poke n¹ 2 • [EDD poke sb.¹ 8 “The belly..”..]
poke n¹ 3 • [Cf EDD (at poke sb.¹ 1)..]
poke n² 2 • [EDD poke sb.⁵ 18]
poke-hole n • [Cf EDD.. “A small or wretched building.”]
poked out ppl adj phr • [Cf EDD poke v.² 9..]
pole v 3 • [..prob of Engl dial origin; cf EDD pole v. 7]
politicianer n • [EDD]
polluted adj 1 • [Cf EDD..”Sc. Irel...pass. To be overrun, beset with.”]
pomace n 2 • [..Engl dial evidence..for the sg use...Cf EDD] pomace]
pomper v • [..EDD pomper v. “To feed up. A dial. form of ‘pamper.’ ”]
pooch v • [Engl dial var of pouch v; cf EDD..]
pooching vbl n¹ • [Var of poaching; cf EDD..]
poor do n 1 • [Cf EDD poor do (at do sb. 2)..]
poppy show n • [Scots, Engl dial; varr of poppet show..]
porridge n A • [..in Scots and Engl dial porridge is often construed as a collective plural]
poss v • [Scots, nEngl, Ir dial poss, pous]
pot n 5 • [Scots, nEngl dial...cf EDD pot sb.¹ 7..; SND pot n.¹ 4..]
pot n 6d • [EDD pot sb.¹ 6..]
potato drag n • [EDD drag sb. 9..]
pottle-bellied adj • [Engl dial; cf ..EDD]
potty n¹ • [EDD potty sb.¹..]
pounce v • [..Cf EDD pounce sb.¹..punce v.¹..]
pound n² 1 • [EDD pound sb.² 1..]
povertyweed n e • [EDD 1877 ➝]
prate v 2 • [EDD prate v. 2 ..]
pride n • [Cf EDD pride sb. 4 “The uterus of a sow”..]
pridy adj • [Corn dial; cf EDD pridy adj. 1, 2]
priminary n • [Scots, Engl dial var of OED2 praemunire sb. 3 “Obs...A difficulty..predicament.”]
prize v² 1 • [..replaced..occas in Brit dial..by pry.]
prog n¹ 2 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
prog v • [Scots, Engl dial; cf..EDD prog]
prottle n • [Cf EDD protlins “The refuse left after lard has been refined”]
proud adj 1a • [Engl dial] (MAP)
proudful adj • [Scots, Engl dial]
puckersnatch n • [EDD pucker-snatch a difficulty]
pudding time n • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
pudding time n • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
pudge v 1 • [..Engl dial; cf..EDD.. podge]
pudge v 3 • [Cf EDD podge v.2 “To poke about”]
pudjicky adj • [..cf Engl dial patchy cross, testy]
puggle v • [..cf EDD pug v.³ 1..and puggle v. 1..]
pull-haul v phr • [Cf EDD pully-hauly (at pully-haul) a struggle]
pully bone n • [EDD pull bone, pulling bone] (MAP)
pump n¹ • [..cf..EDD tump..]
pumplefoot n • [Engl dial; cf EDD]
pumple stone n • [EDD pumple-stone..< pumple pimple..]
pushion-berry n • [..nEngl var of poison; cf..EDD]
put v • [..antecedents in Scots and Engl dial; pit is the common form in Scots and nEngl dial..]
pussy adj¹ • [Engl dial var of pursy short-winded, fat]
put v B2 • [..the Scots, nEngl dial inflection of pit..]
put down v phr 1 • [Engl dial]
puthery adj • [Engl dial]
quawk v, n¹ • [nEngl dial]
quick n² • [..cf EDD quick adj.¹ 9 “Sharp, piercing”]
quickie adj • [Cf EDD quick adj.¹ 9 “Sharp, piercing”]
quiddle v¹ 1 • [EDD quiddle v.¹ and sb.²..]
quiddle v² • [Cf EDD whiddle v.”Sc...To move in a short, quick flight; to go lightly and rapidly”..]
quile v² • [..cf EDD quail v.¹ 3 “To quiet down” and v.¹ 8..]
quiler n • [sEngl dial (EDD coilers..)]
quilt v 1 • [EDD quilt v.¹..]
quizzit v • [EDD quiset “..shortened form of obs. Eng. v. ‘inquisite,’ to inquire into.”]
quoit n A2 (pronc) • [..still common in Brit Engl.]
rabbit n B3 • [EDD (at rabbit sb. 2)]
rabbit flower n • [EDD (at rabbit sb. 1.(1)) 1882]
rabbit-meat n • [EDD (at rabbit sb. 1.(7)) 1879]
rack n¹ 2 • [Engl dial by (the) rack of (the) eye]
rack of bones n • [Cf EDD ragabanes, rackle of bones..]
radish n (pronc) • [Varr of this type are old in Brit Engl..]
rag n¹ 1 • [..cf EDD take the rag off the edge (at rag sb.¹ 1.(6))]
rag n² • [EDD rag sb.⁴ 4 “A disturbance,..a dispute, quarrel”..]
rageous adv • [Cf EDD rageous adj. “Outrageous; angry, furious”]
raggly adj • [Cf EDD raggily (at raggil sb.) “shabby, untidy”]
rag-jag n • [Var of EDD rag-jack (at rag sb.¹ 3.(I)(a))]
rainified adj • [EDD “Inclined to rain, like rain”]
raise v B3a • [..this sense appears to be obs or dial in Brit Engl]
raise v B5 • [Chiefly Scots dial; cf EDD]
rake v¹ B2 • [EDD rake v.¹ 3..]
rallack v • [nEngl dial var of rollick; cf EDD rallack v. 1]
ramack v • [EDD rammack v. 1 “To..rush about riotously,” 2 “To turn things topsy-turvy”]
rampike n • [Engl dial word of unknown origin and variable form..]
ramsack v • [Varr of ransack; cf EDD ramsack]
ramshackle v • [..EDD ramshackle v.²]
ramshackled ppl adj 1 • [Engl dial..]
rapid adj • [Cf EDD rapid “Violent; severe; esp used of pain.”]
rapper dandies n • [EDD 1853]
rare v 5a • [Cf EDD rear v.² 6..and 11..and rearing ppl. adj. 7..]
ratch v² 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial; EDD ratch v.² 2..]
ratch v² 2 • [Cf EDD ratch v.² 2 “To..ramble”]
rattlebags n • [EDD 1837]
rattleran(d) n • [..Cf Engl dial plate-rand (at OED2 plate sb. 12)]
rawny adj • [EDD rawny adj.¹..rawny adj.²..]
reach v¹ A • [Cf EDD reach v.¹..]
reach v¹ B2 • [Cf EDD reach v.¹ 6 “To strike, give (a blow)”]
reach v² • corresponding pronc [rič] still occurs as an alternative to [rɛč] in std Brit Engl
ready v • [..cf..EDD ready v. 1]
reamy adj • [Cf EDD ream v.² 2 “to be elastic,” 3 “To tear, split open”]
reap hook n • [..cf also EDD reap v. II.1.(2)] (MAP)
rearovers to catch meddlers n pl • [..cf EDD rare overs for meddlers (at rare overs)]
redd v 1 • [..EDD redd v.³]
redd v 2 • [..EDD rid v.² 1..]
redd v 3 • [..EDD red(d v.¹ 1, 2, rid v.¹ 5, 6..]
redd v 4 • [..EDD read v.¹ 4..]
redding n • [..EDD ruddnin (at rud v.¹ 5)..]
redding comb n • [..nEngl dial; cf EDD at ready v. 3.(2), red(d v.¹ 2.(4), rid v.¹ 6.(2)]
rede n • [Scots dial; see EDD rede sb.²]
red lane n • [Brit dial; cf EDD red lane (at red adj. 1.(25)]
red-neck n 4 • [EDD (at red adj. 1.(31))] (MAP)
red robin n 2 • [EDD 1866 ➝]
red rover n 1 • [Brit dial..]
reduct v • [Engl dial..]
ree adj • [EDD ree adj.² 1 “of a horse: restive, frolicsome”]
ree-rye n • [Prob var of nIr dial ree-raw; cf EDD, SND reel rall]
refuse n, adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD refuge sb.², adj]
remnant n • [..see EDD remlet(also remlit, rimlet, remlant, remlin(g))]
residenter n • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial]
resty adj • [Cf..EDD resty a. “Quiet, full of ease.”]
ribbit n¹, v • [Pronc-spp for rivet; cf EDD rebbet]
rickets n • [Cf EDD rickets sb. pl. “Obs...A disease in sheep; the staggers.”]
ricklety adj • [..cf EDD rickley (at rickle sb.¹) “..rickety, dilapidated”]
ride v¹ A2a • [..appar still in std use in England in the 19th cent]
ride v¹ B9 • [Var of..nEngl..(someone or something) to ride the water on (or with)..]
ridiculous adj • [Engl dial]
rim v¹ • [Engl dial var of rime..cf..EDD rim v.²]
rimptious adj • [Cf EDD rumptious “Riotous; unruly”]
ringy adj • [..cf..EDD wrangy adj. “Wrong, cross”]
rinse v, n • [All of the var forms noted below are found in Brit dial; cf EDD..]
rip and rear v phr • [Cf EDD to rip and rear (at rip v.) “to work hard for”]
rip and tear v phr 1 • [EDD rip and tear (at rip v.) “to curse and swear, to behave uproariously”]
rizzle v • [Scots, nEngl dial; EDD rizzle v.¹..]
road n¹ B1 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
robin-run-ahead n • [Engl dial]
robin-run-the-hedge n • [Engl dial]
robin-run-the-hedge n 1 • [EDD 1831 ➝]
Robin Hood’s barn, go (all the way) around v phr • [Engl dial; cf EDD..(at Robin Hood)] (MAP)
rode n • [Appar swEngl (Devon) dial < ME rode rope..]
rollicky adj • [Engl dial]
romance v 1 • [Cf EDD romance v. 2..and 3...]
romance v 2 • [Cf EDD romance v. 5..]
romp v 2 • [Cf EDD ramp v.² 1 “to use violent language”]
room n B2 • [EDD to have room to talk (at room sb.¹ 2.(2))..]
room n B3 • [EDD room sb.¹ 3 “The best sitting room.”]
room n B4 • [Cf..EDD room sb.¹ 4 “A compartment for smoking fish..”]
rooster fight n 1 • [..cf EDD cock-fighters (at cock sb.¹ 2.(5))..]
rootle v • [Engl dial]
rounce n • [EDD roonses int...]
round adj • [Cf EDD round adj. 4 “Coarse, thick”..]
rubbage n • [Varr of rubbish, perh infl by garbage;..EDD]
ruck v² • [Cf EDD ruck sb.⁶ 4 “Noise, racket”]
rucket n • [EDD rucket sb.² 1 “A loud, confused noise”]
ruction n • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial, cf EDD..]
rue v • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial]
rullock n² • [Cf EDD rallock..]
rumbled up adj phr • [Engl, Scots dial..]
run n 1a • [nEngl dial; cf EDD run sb. 26]
runagate n • [Engl dial..]
runnet n • [Engl dial var of rennet; cf EDD]
-s suff⁴ • [Engl dial; cf EDG §435]
salad n B2a • [Engl dial.; PaGer (Gaarde) salaat lettuce]
salvy adj • [Cf EDD salvy adj. 1 “Greasy, oily, soapy; of the complexion: pale, sickly”]
same like conj phr, prep phr, adj phr • [Engl dial]
same old six and seven, the phr • [..Cf ..Brit Engl the same old six and eightpence.]
sap n² • [EDD sap sb.¹ 4 “Juice, gravy.”]
sassinger n • [Cf EDD sausinger]
sauce n B1 • [Engl dial]
save v B1 • [Cf EDD save v. 3]
say-so n • [LaFr say-so (de crème). This is generally regarded as from Engl say so, but the sense remains unexplained.]
scale v¹ • [Scots, nEngl dial scale, skail to disperse, depart]
scamp v¹ • [Prob Scots, Engl dial; cf SND scamp v...; EDD scamp v.¹]
scamp v² • [Prob Engl dial..]
scholard n • [Engl dial]
scoggin n • [..Cf also EDD scoggin “A vane, weathercock”]
scooch v • [Appar EDD scouch ..]
scoot n³ • [Cf EDD scoot sb.² “A term of contempt..”]
scoot v 1 • [Scots, nEngl, nIr dial scoot, scout]
scoots n pl • [Cf EDD scoot sb.⁶ 9 “Diarrhœa..”]
scope n • [Ir dial;..EDD scope sb.¹ 2]
scorch v¹ • [EDD scorch v.¹ 1 “To shrivel up, caused by frost or cold”..]
scotch v¹ 2 • [Cf EDD scotch v.¹ 4..]
scotch v¹ 5 • [Cf EDD scaut v. 1..]
scotch v² • [From arch scotch.. var specialized senses in Scots, Engl dial,..(EDD scotch v.¹ 1, scutch v.³ 3..)]
scraggie n • [Cf EDD scrag sb.¹, adj. 5 “Useless, inferior.”]
scrapple n • [..cf EDD scrappling “pl. Scraps..renderings of lard.”] (MAP)
screet owl n • [Cf EDD screet v. “To screech..”]
scrimption n • [Engl dial]
scrinch v 1 • [Cf EDD scrinch v.² “To..to cringe.”..]
scrod n • [Perh orig ppl adj < Corn dial scraw, scroe; cf EDD scraw v.²..]
scrog n • [Engl dial. Cf DNE scrag ..]
scrog v • [Cf EDD scrogged ppl. adj.²..]
scrooch v • Cf EDD, SND
scrooch v • [..prob of Scots, nEngl dial origin]
scrop n • [..cf EDD scrap sb.¹ [skrap]]
scrounge v • [Engl dial]
scruff n • [Engl dial var of scurf]
scrunt n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
sculch n • [Engl dial var of culch..]
scunner n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
scunner v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
scurryfunge v • [Engl dial or slang in var senses;..DNE scurrifunge 1...]
scutters n pl • [Cf EDD scutter sb. 13]
scythe n¹ • [Cf EDD side sb.⁵, sive sb., sy sb. 1]
sea parrot n • [EDD at sea sb. 2.(27) 1822..]
seaweed fern n • [EDD at sea sb. 1.(14) 1865]
see v B2a • [The forms see, seed, and seen are well attested in Brit dial;.. see EDD ..]
see v B3b • [This form is widespread in Brit dial; see EDD.] (MAP)
seep n • [EDD seep sb. 5 “A small spring”; sipe sb. 7]
sele n • [Engl dial (give one) the sele of the day..]
senna n¹ • [seeny, attested also in Engl dial..]
set v¹ A2a • [Cf EDD set v. 2.(4)]
set v¹ A3 • [Cf EDD set v. 3.(9)]
setting n¹ • [Cf EDD setting sb. 3]
set up adj phr • [Engl dial; cf EDD set ppl. adj. 1.(13)]
set up v phr 6 • [EDD..sit v. 1.(9)(a)]
set up v phr 4 • [EDD at sit v. 1.(9)(a)]
several adj, n, pron B • [Scots, Ir; cf EDD, Concise Ulster Dict.]
several adj, n, pron C • [Engl dial]
shab v • [Engl dial; cf EDD shab v. 3]
shabby adj • [Scots, nEngl dial]
shack n² 2 • [Cf EDD to be on the shack (at shake sb. 12.(4))..]
shack v¹ 2 • [Cf EDD shake v. 7. “To idle away one’s time..”]
shack v¹ • [Cf EDD shake (also shack) v. 5. “Of a horse: to go at a jog- trot.”]
shackle v • [Cf EDD shackle v.² 5.. and shachle v. (also shauchle, shackle, etc) 2..]
shacklety adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD shacklety]
shale ice n • [Engl dial shale flake, scale]
Shall-I-go-naked n • [Cf EDD shalligonaked sb. 2 “A thin, flimsy garment..”]
shammock v • [Engl dial]
shank it v phr • [Scots, nEngl dial]
sharp adj • [Cf EDD sharp adj. 1.4 “Of a dog: snappish..”]
sharpen v • [EDD sharpen ..]
shaw n • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial;..EDD shaw sb.¹ 1]
she pron 1 • [..cf EDD she II.1]
sheal n • [Cf EDD sheal sb.² 9 “A thin layer or skin, a scale”..]
shear n² • [..cf EDD shear sb.² 11 “A ploughshare.”]
shelving n • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
sheth n • [..cf EDD sheath sb. 1]
shickle n • [Pronc varr of shuttle; cf Engl dial shittle..]
shift n 1 • [EDD shift n. 11..]
shinny on your own side exclam • [Cf EDD shin your side, shin you (at shin int.)..]
shives n pl • [Pronc-sp for chives..appears also in Engl dial.]
shoat n • [..cf EDD shoot sb. 6..]
shoemaker’s black team n • [Cf EDD shoemaker’s black galloway (at shoemaker 1)..]
shook n, v² • [Var of shock;..attested in Engl dial (see..EDD shock sb.¹)..]
shool v • [Cf EDD shool v.¹ 9..10..shooler (at shool v.¹ 9(1))]
shoo-round n • [Cf EDD shoo v.², SND shue v. 1..]
short name n • [EDD short name (at short adj. 8.(21))..]
should v • [..EDD at shall v.¹ 4..]
show for v phr • [Engl dial]
shrimp n, v • [Spp of the type srimp are also found in Engl dial; cf EDG §338]
shrink v B2 • Shrunk was widely used in std Brit and Amer writing
shrink of the moon n • [Cf EDD shrink...”Of the moon: to wane.”]
shuck v² • [EDD shuck v.¹ 1. “To shake”; 2. “To slip..”]
shucks, go v phr • [Perh var of EDD shag sb.³..]
shun v • [EDD shun v.¹ 4 “To cover, hide, screen, shelter.”]
shut adj • [..EDD (at shut v. 3.(2))...shot is attested as a form of shut in both Brit and US dial..]
shut v A • [Cf EDD]
shut-knife n • [Engl dial]
sic v • [Cf EDD sic int. “A call to pigs...A sheep-call”]
side v 4 • [Engl dial; cf EDD side v.¹ 8]
siden v • [EDD siden “To put in order; to clear away”]
sing small v phr • [Cf EDD sing small (at sing v. 1.(6))]
sipe n 1 • [EDD sipe sb. 6]
skag v • [EDD skog v. 3 “To tear obliquely..”]
skeet v 1 • [EDD skeet v. 4]
skeet v 2 • [EDD skeet v. 5]
skeet v 4 • [EDD skeet v. 1]
skeet v • [Cf EDD skeet v., SND v.¹, v.²]
skeets n pl • [skeet v 4; Engl dial < ON skitr excrement]
skeller-eyed adj • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial; EDD skelly-eyed (at skelly adj. 7.(2))..]
skep n¹ • [..the var skip is widespread in Engl dial..]
skew- pref d • [Cf EDD skew-wamp “Awry, crooked”..] (MAP)
skew- pref e • [EDD skew-whiff (also skee-wiff, skew-w(h)ift, among other varr)..]
skew- pref g • [Cf EDD skew-wabble “Unsteady, out of line”..]
skew- pref • [..For Engl dial antecedents see senses d, e, g..]
skift n¹ • [Var of skiff; SND skift n.² 1889 ➝, but prob much older in Brit use..]
skimmelton n • [..Var forms recorded in the EDD include skimitin and skimmerton.] (MAP)
skinchy adj • [..cf EDD skingy “Stingy”]
skin ex exclam • [Cf EDD skinch int. 5 “A cry of truce used by boys at play”]
skip n² • [Engl dial var of skep a large basket]
skite v • [Engl dial; EDD skite..]
skitters n • [Engl dial..] (MAP)
skittling adj • [Cf EDD skiddley “Small, diminutive”, skiddick sb. 1..]
skiver n • [Brit dial skiver skewer, splinter]
skluff v • [Cf EDD sklouff v. 1..]
skoodle v • [..EDD scroodle “To crouch, cower, stoop down”]
sky-gogglin adj, adv • [Cf EDD sky-wannocking..sky-wannock, sky-whiffy]

epenthetic

castrate v (pronc) • occas epenthetic |ˈkæstəˌreɪt, ˈkæstɚeɪt|
exodust v • [..epenthetic t..]

erroneous; error

alligator n² • [By error for delegate..]
blue pig n • [Prob erron for blind pig]
calomel root n • [?Erron for calamus]
cedar braker n • Also cedar breaker (erron or by folk-etym)
civet cat n 3 • [?Erron]
corning n • [?Erron for horning]
dragon n B4 • [Perh erron for draggin’ < dragging shoe]
-eroo suff • [Perh from buckaroo, erron analyzed as buck n + -aroo..]
hen’s tooth n 2 • [Error for or ironic var of clean as a hound’s tooth]
Indiana dye n • [Perh erron for Indian dye]
Indian posy n 2 • also, perh erron, Indian nosy
laxed ppl adj • [..perh erron for prolapsed or aphet form of relaxed]
pine keg n • [..perh erron for key..]
popple n¹ • with modifier..occas used erron for linden (MAP)
rattleweed n a • also, perh erron, rattlewood
rubbers n pl • [..an erron alteration of earlier rubs..]
running pine n • Also, perh erron, running vine

euphemism; euphemistic; euphemistically; also minced form; minced oath; minced phrase

ace-over-apex adv phr • euphem
afflicted ppl adj • [..here used as euphem for var disorders]
African n¹, adj C2 • Used euphemistically in allusion to nigger in the woodpile 1a
all-fire n • old-fash, euphem
all-fired adj • [Euphem for hell-fired]
all-fired adv • [Euphem for hell-fired]
alter v • somewhat old-fash, sometimes euphem
Andy n • euphem
animal n B1 • euphem, esp among rural and male speakers; somewhat old-fash
animal fertilizer n • euphem
answer the last call v phr • euphem
antymire n • [Euphem blend of ant + pismire]
ash can n 4 • euphem
aunt n B5 • euphem, esp among female speakers
aunt n B6 • euphem
Aunt Jane’s room n • joc, euphem
A-wiper n • euphem
back of the lap n • joc or euphem
bad man n 2 • euphem (MAP)
bad place n • euphem (MAP)
bagodbajees exclam • euphem
ballyhack n • euphem
basement n 2 • euphem
basket n 4 • euphem
bass-ackward(s) adv, adj • esp among men; joc or euphem
beast n B2 • euphem
bedide intj • [Euphem for be damned or bedad by God]
bees swarm phr • euphem
biffy n • euphem (MAP)
big jump, the n • euphem
billy-be-damned n • Also euphem sp Billy Bedam
billy hell n • Also euphem pronc-sp Billy Hal
birch n • euphem, joc
biscuit n B5 • euphem (MAP)
biscuit-eater n • [Euphem for bitch]
bit-player n • euphem
black-dogged ppl adj • euphem
blazes n, intj • euphem (MAP)
blood n 4 • euphem
bloody monthlies n • euphem
blowed ppl adj 1 • euphem
bohunkus n 1 • joc, euphem
boo-dock n • joc euphem
bound v 2 • euphem
break one’s leg v phr • euphem
brute n • euphem
buck n¹ 2g • euphem (MAP)
build the fence v phr • old-fash, euphem
Bull Durham exclam • euphem
bullshipper n • [Euphem for bullshitter]
bungy n • euphem
bushwa n², exclam • [Prob euphem for bullshit..]
buttricks n • [Euphem for buttocks]
calendar fear n • euphem
catfish n 1 • [Prob euphem for cat shit]
cat-harn n • [Minced form, ult from God-damn]
cat’s foot intj • [Prob orig euphem for Christ’s foot]
cattle bay n • [Prob euphem for bull bay]
chamber n B4 • euphem, somewhat old-fash
change v¹ • euphem (MAP)
changes n pl • euphem
chase a rabbit v phr • euphem
check out v phr 1 • euphem
checks, cash in one’s v phr • euphem
cheese and crackers intj • euphem
cheesecakes n pl • euphem
chicken crow n • [Euphem for cockcrow dawn]
chihuahua intj • euphem
Christmas intj • [Euphem..]
clip v • euphem
college n B3 • euphem
colored baby n • euphem
come over v phr 2 • euphem
condemn v • euphem
consarn v • somewhat old-fash, euphem
consarned ppl adj, adv • euphem
consound v • euphem
contrive v 3 • euphem
contwisted ppl adj • euphem, obs
cookie n¹ 3 • joc, euphem (MAP)
country cousin n • euphem
cousin n 3 • euphem
cover the waterfront v phr 1 • euphem
cow n B3 • euphem
cow n B5 • euphem
cowbrute n • sometimes used euphem for a bull
cow critter n • sometimes used euphem for a bull
cow’s husband n • euphem or joc
cow topper n • euphem
crackers intj • [Euphem for Christ]
cracky intj • [Prob euphem for Christ..]
cramp n • [Euphem for Christ]
creation intj • [Prob euphem for Christ]
creekers intj • [Euphem for Christ..]
cricket intj • [Euphem for Christ]
crickey intj • [Euphem for Christ]
crimast intj • [Euphem for Christ]
criminy intj • [Prob euphem for Christ..] (MAP)
crimps intj • [Prob euphem for Christ]
crimus intj • [Prob euphem for Christ]
cripe intj • [Euphem for Christ]
critter n B2b • euphem
cross v 5 • euphem
crow intj • [Euphem for Christ]
crower n • euphem
cry-eye exclam • [Ellip euphem for Christ..]
curtsy mug n • euphem
custom exclam • euphem
cute adj 2 • euphem
cut one’s foot v phr • euphem
d. adj • euphem
d. n • euphem
daddy n 5 • euphem
darnation n, adj, adv, intj • [darn euphem for damn]
deuce, the n • euphem
devil and Tom Walker, the n • euphem the dickens and Tom Walker
ding v² • euphem
dingdong n 4 • euphem
dingleberry n 2 • euphem
dingnation n • euphem, old-fash
dingus n¹ 2 • euphem
dinners n pl • euphem, joc
do v D4 • in var euphem phrr referring to defecation or urination
doctor v 4 • euphem
dod n • [Euphem for God]
dog n¹ B7 • [Euphem for God]
dog v 6 • [Euphem] (MAP)
dog-bodied adv phr • euphem
dog my cats intj • euphem
doldern intj • euphem
donkey dust n • [Euphem..]
doodle n¹ 1 • [Prob euphem for cock n²..] (MAP)
doodl(e)y squat n • euphem
double-dog dare v phr • The formulaic phrr build..on..euphemistic..intensifiers.
down n³ • euphem
down adv B2 • [..possibly a minced form for damn]
down below adv phr 2 • euphem; esp freq among younger speakers
downstairs n • euphem
drat v • esp among educ speakers and women; euphem
dress v 4 • euphem
dressing n 5 • euphem (MAP)
drop off v phr 1 • euphem
drop one’s oar v phr • euphem
drop out v phr 1 • euphem
duke n¹ 2 • euphem
dumb v, adj, intj • [Euphems for damn, damned]
dumfoozled adj 2 • euphem
durn v, intj • Used as a euphem for damn
dust n¹ 4 • euphem
earl v • used in var euphem phrr
ell n² • euphem
end man n 2 • euphem
entertaining the general vbl n • euphem
escusada n • euphem
excuse house n • euphem
fade v 2 • joc, euphem
fall asleep v phr • euphem
fall off the roof v phr • joc, euphem
family way, in a adj phr • euphem
fashionable tour n • euphem
father n B2 • euphem
father n B3 • euphem
feel good v phr • joc, euphem
female complaint n • euphem
Ferdinand n • joc or euphem
fetched ppl adj, adv • euphem
fetch-taked adj • euphem
fiddler’s feist n • [Euphem for fiddler’s bitch]
filly n 1 • euphem
filly n 2 • joc, euphem
find v B2 • euphem (MAP)
find rest v phr • euphem
flag n² 2 • euphem
flag-gone adj • euphem
fling n • euphem
flint n 3 • euphem
flourish v • euphem
flower n B1 • euphem
foot intj • euphem
for crying in the beer intj • [Euphem for for Christ’s sake or similar oaths..]
forevermore intj • [Euphem for oaths beginning with for or fore prep 2]
forget it phr 2 • Used as euphem for damn it (all)
fragrant adj • joc, euphem
frances n • euphem
freaking ppl adj • euphem
full moon n • euphem
furnace n 1 • euphem
fury n • Used as a euphem for hell, the devil, etc
gadder n² • [Var of gad euphem for God]
galloping dandruff n • joc or euphem
game chicken n • [Euphem]
garden seed n • [Euphem for God sakes or similar phr]
geekus crow intj • [Euphem for Jesus Christ]
gentleman n B2 • euphem (MAP)
ginger n 3 • [Prob euphem for Jesus]
glory n¹ B1 • freq in euphem phrr referring to death
glory n¹ B2 • [..euphem for heaven(s) or God]
goat meat n • euphem
Godfrey n, intj • [Euphem for God]
gold dust n • euphem
gonnies n • [Euphem varr of God..]
gorry n, intj • [Euphem for God; cf golly]
gorry mighty intj • [Euphems for God almighty..]
gorsh n, intj • [Varr of gosh (euphem for God)..]
gosh all hemlock intj • [Euphems for gosh almighty < God almighty]
goshed adv • euphem
got intj • [Euphem for God]
grabs, by intj • [Euphems for by (or good) God]
grandpa n B5 • euphem
grass n 5a • euphem
great guns exclam • euphem (MAP)
Guinea n³ • [Euphem for God..]
gum v³ • usu in euphem phrr dad-gum (it)
gummy intj • [Cf gum euphem for God]
half-moon n 1 • joc, euphem
hallelujah n B1 • euphem
handle n, v¹ C1 • euphem
hanover n 2 • [..as a euphem for Hell cf EDD]
haystack n 6 • euphem
he n 1 • freq euphem
head of the herd n • euphem
Hector n 2 • [Perh euphem for hell]
heifer dust n 2 • [Euphem for bullshit]
helch n • [Euphem for hell]
Helen n • [Euphems for hell]
hell all Friday intj • [Perh euphem for God Almighty]
hello intj • [Euphems for hell, hail Mary]
help n B • [Euphem for hell]
hen n² • [Euphem for hell]
henfire n • [Euphem for hellfire..]
Henry n 2 • [Euphem for hell, with pun on O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)]
hickory n B9 • euphem
hindsights n pl 1 • [..prob also euphem for hindside n]
hog n B1b • often euphem
Horace n • euphem
hum n² • euphem
hump n 3 • euphem
i prep • [By reduction of by in exclam phrr by God, by Jesus and varr (often with minced forms)..]
i prep • Used in var exclam phrr, usu with a euphem for God or Jesus
ill adj 2 • euphem
jabees intj • [Euphem for Jesus..]
Jacks, by intj • [Euphems for by Jesus]
jaw’s harp n • [Prob euphem or folk-etym for Jew’s harp]
jaybird intj • [Euphem for Jesus]
jeekers intj • [Prob euphem for Jesus (Christ)]
Jeems intj • [Euphems for Jesus..]
jeepers intj • [Euphems for Jesus (Christ)]
jeez intj • [Euphems for Jesus] (MAP)
jeezum crow intj • [Euphems for Jesus Christ]
jeezy-peezy intj • [Redup euphem for Jesus (Christ)]
Jehoshaphat n • [The Biblical name used as a euphem for Jesus]
Jemima n • [The Biblical name used as a euphem for Jesus]
jerps, by intj • [Prob euphem for by Jesus]
Jerusalem n • [The Biblical name used as a euphem for Jesus]
Jerush(e)y intj • [Pronc-spp for the Biblical name Jerusha used as euphems for Jesus..]
jiggers n² • [Euphem for Jesus]
jiminy n • [..perh also infl by Jesus, as in many other minced oaths]
jiminy n b • [Euphems for Jesus Christ]
jingo n • [Perh euphem for Jesus..]
John Brown v phr • used as a euphem for damn
jokey adj • freq used euphem of a feebleminded person
Jordan n B • [Euphem for Jesus]
Joses n • [Minced form of Jesus..]
juckers n • [Prob euphem for Jesus]
Judas n • [Minced form of Jesus] (MAP)
kick n 2 • euphem
kitty n 3 • euphem (MAP)
lady’s monthly journal n • joc, euphem
land n • [Orig euphem for Lord..]
landy n • [Euphem for Lordy; cf land]
lawsy n, intj • rarely in other formulaic phrr as a euphem for Lord
lay away v phr • euphem
lie down v phr 1 • [..appar euphem for go to bed..] (MAP)
litter n 1 • euphem (MAP)
little house n 1 • euphem
little sister n • euphem
little Willie n • euphem
Lord n¹ B1 • also minced phrr Lawk ’a’ mercy, Lawsy mercy, Lordy mercy and varr
Lucy Bowles n • joc, euphem (MAP)
male adj • euphem (MAP)
mammy-dodging adj • euphem
man n C6 • euphem
marble orchard n • joc or euphem
mark v¹ 2 • used..euphemistically, to castrate (MAP)
Mary Jane n 2 • euphem
minnie n⁵ • euphem
mischief n B • freq used euphemistically in exclams
nation n² • [Euphem abbr, prob for damnation]
Nell’s bells exclam • euphem
nighthawk n 6 • [Prob euphem for night glass or varr]
office n 2 • euphem
old man n 4 • euphem
ox n B1 • euphem
pa n B3 • euphem
papa n² 3 • euphem
pass v 1 • euphem
pee ant n • [Euphem] (MAP)
piss-hole in the snow n • euphem
plague-gone adj phr, adv phr • euphem
plant v 1 • joc or euphem
plant one’s corn before one builds the fence v phr • euphem
poke the puppy v phr • [Euphem for fuck the dog]
portly adj 1 • [..now largely replaced by the orig euphem sense “stout, corpulent”]
possible n • euphem
post office n • euphem
pot n 12 • euphem
puredee adj, adv • [Prob orig euphem for pure damn(ed)]
ramshackled ppl adj 2 • Used as a euphem for “damned.”
rooster n 1 • euphem
rumpityfetida n • [Euphem var of asafetida]
Sam Patch n • Used as a euphem for the devil or hell
sea biscuit n • euphem
sea cook n • euphem (MAP)
shit fire exclam • euphem shoot fire
sickness n • euphem (MAP)
sire n 1 • sometimes euphem (MAP)
sit down v phr • euphem (MAP)
skate n² 1 • [..perh a (euphem?) var of skite n.² 2..]

Ewe

dah n • [Prob Ewe da mother]
foo-foo n¹ • [Of West-African origin, rel to Ewe fu₁fu₁..and Fon fufu..]

excrescent

a inert vowel • [Excrescent]
acrost adv, prep • [across + excrescent t..]
attackt n • [attack + excr -t]
attackt v • [attack + excr -t..]
axt n • [ax + excr t, perh infl by Ger Axt ax]
balunst v • Pronc-sp for balance + excr t
crost adv, prep • [Aphet form of across + excr t]
exoduster n 1 • [exodus..+ excr t + er..]
hall n² • [haw + excr l]
orphan n • [..The appar excrescent l of orfling, etc, may represent a survival of orphelin (OED ➝1652, EDD orf’lin).]
scrooch v • [Prob orig < crooch (dial var of crouch) + excrescent s-..]

eye-dialect

a indef art • eye-dial er, ur
any pron, adj, adv • eye-dial enny, hence also ennyhow, ennywhar, etc.
be v Al • eye-dial ar’
be v A3 • Eye-dial iz
be v A4 • Eye-dial wuz, ’uz
be v A5 • eye-dial wur
Christmas gift exclam • Pronc-spp or eye-dial C(h)ris’mus gif’; Christmas giff (MAP)
climb v 1 • eye-dial clime
clothes n pl • eye-dial cloes, clo’es, close
college n • Eye-dial spp colli(d)ge
colonel n • eye-dial kurnal, kurnel
come v • Eye-dial sp cum
critical-looking adj • Eye-dial sp crittacul-lookin’
cur dog n • Eye-dial cur dawg (MAP)
deaf adj • eye-dial def(f)
disencourage v • Eye-dial sp disincurridge
do v Al • Eye-dial or pronc-spp dew, doo, du
do tell exclam • Eye-dial dew tell, du ~
exactly adv • eye-dial sp eggzactly
folk n B2 • eye-dial sp fowkses
heir v • Eye-dial sp air
Indian bouquet n • Eye-dial sp Indian bokay
June rise n • Eye-dial sp Joone rise
listen v • Eye-dial lisen, liss(e)n
money light n • Eye-dial sp munny lite
of prep • eye-dial sp uv
onto prep • eye-dial ontu
pretty adj, adv, n A1a • eye-dial sp pritty
say v B1a • eye-dial sp sez
say v B3 • eye-dial sp sez