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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
golumpki n pl • esp freq among speakers of Eastern European background
holishkes n pl • among speakers of Jewish or Eastern European background
East Frisian See Frisian, East
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]
slippety-slop n • [Echoic]
sloop v2 • [Perh echoic or var of slurp, but cf also slup]
south-southerly n • [Echoic]
sow-your-wheat bird n • [Echoic]
squaw bird n • [Echoic]
swee-swee n • [Echoic]
swee-sweet n • [Echoic]
teacher bird n • [Echoic]
tearr n • [Echoic]
tee-o n • [Echoic]
three-deer n • [Echoic]
tilly hawk n • [Echoic] (MAP)
ting-a-ling n • [Echoic]
tituree n • [Prob echoic]
tizzerrizzin n • [Echoic]
tweet n • [Echoic]
tweezer-bird n • [Echoic]
twit n • [Prob echoic]
twixt-hell-and-the-white-oak n • [Echoic]
veery n • [Echoic]
wagin n • [Perh echoic]
wake-up n • [Echoic]
walloon n1 • [Echoic]
whafler n • [Echoic]
wheeler n2 • [Echoic]
wheep n • [Echoic]
yank n1 • [Echoic]
yarrup n • [Echoic]
zoozer n • [Prob echoic]
zoum-zoum n • [Echoic]
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)
spoil v B • now esp freq among rural speakers and among speakers with little formal educ
sugar diabetes n • esp freq among rural speakers and those with little formal educ
swim v A1a • esp freq among rural speakers and among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
swim v A1b • esp freq among rural speakers and among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
swim v A1c • esp freq among older rural speakers and among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
swim v A2a • esp freq among rural speakers and among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
swim v A2b • esp freq among rural speakers and among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
swish broom n • esp freq among Black speakers and among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
take v A2c • chiefly among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
thisaway adv • esp freq among rural speakers and those with little formal educ (MAP)
throw v B1a • esp freq among speakers with little formal educ
throw v B2c • chiefly among speakers with little formal educ
till prep B3 • somewhat more freq among those with little formal educ (MAP)
umbrella n A1c (pronc) • esp among speakers with little formal educ
umbrella n A2b (pronc) • esp among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
upchuck v • esp freq among mid-aged and younger speakers, among coll educ speakers, and among women
wagon wheel n 2 • esp among older speakers, rural speakers, and speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
washboard n 1 • esp freq among rural speakers, older speakers, and those with little formal educ (MAP)
wear v B3b • esp freq among rural speakers and those with little formal educ (MAP)
wheelbarrow n 2 (pronc) • esp freq among rural speakers and those with little formal educ (MAP)
whinny n, v 1 • esp among older, rural speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
widow n B2 • esp among rural speakers and among those with little formal educ (MAP)
year n1 B • esp among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
yellow n1 B • esp among speakers with little formal educ (MAP)
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..]
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
what-all pron 1b • Used elliptically in phrr meaning “and many more things of the same sort; and so forth, et
cetera”
sug n • Used as a term of address, an endearment, or a nickname
sugar-booger n • also used..as a term of endearment
sugar pie n • Used as a term of endearment (MAP)
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%Ul] ‘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 [dɪv^wl] 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..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]
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 [m^Us] 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]
slack jaw n • [Scots, Engl dial..]
slack-twist n • [EDD (at slack adj.1 11.(15)) “an inactive, lazy, shiftless person”]
slack-twisted adj • [EDD (at slack adj.1 11.(16))]
slank n • [Engl dial]
slank adj • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
slap adv • [Engl dial] (MAP)
slapping adj • [Engl dial]
slash n1 • [Prob..imit..cf..Scots, nEngl dial slashy muddy, miry]
slat v 1 • [Engl dial]
slat v 2 • [Engl (esp swEngl) dial]
slat n • [swEngl dial]
sleazy adj • [Cf EDD sleeze v., sb…]
sleep in v phr • [Scots dial; cf EDD sleep v. II.2] (MAP)
sleeping Mollie n • [Cf EDD sleeping Maggie..(at sleeping ppl. adj. (5))]
slide n 1 • [Engl dial] (MAP)
sliding pond n • [Engl sliding + pond prob folk-etym var of Du baan path..]
slighty adj • [..EDD slighty adj. 2]
slimpsy adj • [..cf EDD slimp “Slim, slender”; slimsy “Worthless,..lazy..”]
slip v 1 • [Cf EDD slipe v. 6 “to steal; to seize, take away suddenly”]
slip n2 • [Cf EDD slipe sb. 29 “A sledge..used for agricultural purposes.”]
slipe n • [Engl dial; prob var of slip]
slip-go-down n • [Cf EDD slip-down (at slip sb. 3.(7)) “old milk slightly curdled”..]
slipper n 5 • [..cf EDD slip-calf (at slip v. 5)]
slippy adj • [EDD slippy adj. 1 “..dial. and colloq. use in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Aus.”] (MAP)
slips exclam • [EDD (at slip sb. 14) “pl…cry..allows the player to shoot again…”]
slithery adj • [Cf EDD slither v. 3 “to do anything imperfectly or carelessly”]
sliver n, v A • Brit pronouncing dictionaries listed only [ˈslaɪvə(r)] until late in the 19th cent.
sliver n, v B2 • [EDD sliver sb.1, v.1 6 “To..strip bark from a tree”]
slommack n • [Cf EDD slammock, slammocking, slammocky in same senses]
sloosh n1, v • [Engl, Scots dial..]
sloosh n2 • [Cf EDD slush sb. 5 “An indefinite quantity of anything.”]
slop n1 • [..EDD slop sb.2 1 “A loose outer garment.. worn by workmen”]
slope v • [Prob from Scots, nEngl, nIr dial slope to trick, cheat, evade..]
slosh n • [Cf EDD slosh sb. 1 “Mud, mire..dirty water..a muddy wash.”]
slowcome n • [EDD slowcome “Dev. Cor. Also in form slocum”]
slubber v • [EDD slubber v.1 5]
slump n 2 • [Cf EDD slump sb.3 “A careless workwoman”]
slumpy adj 1 • [Engl dial]
slurrup n • [Cf EDD slurrup v. 2 “To walk in a slovenly, halting fashion.”]
slurt v • [Cf EDD slirt v. “To squirt water”]
slut n 1 • [Engl, nIr dial..]
sly v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
smudder v, n • [..presumably inherited from Brit dial (see EDD [at smother]..).]
smur n • [Brit dial smirr, smurr a drizzle]
smur v • [Cf..Brit dial smirr, smurr to drizzle]
smut ball n • [EDD at smut sb. 2.(1)..]
snake v 3 • [EDD snake v. “To sneak…To snatch surreptitiously”..]
snake spit n • [Cf.. EDD (at snake sb.1 1.(4)) 1879]
snath n • [..Engl dial varr of snead; cf..EDD (at snead)..]
snead n • [Engl and..Scots dial..cf..EDD, SND..]
sneak v 2a • [..Cf..EDD snook, snowk, snuck.]
sneck n, v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
sneetered ppl adj • [Cf EDD snite sb. 3 (also sniter) “A mean, treacherous person”]
snifter n • [From Brit dial snifter (in var senses) < snift to sniff]
snool n • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
snoose n2 • [Prob varr of Engl dial snooze noose, snare]
snoot, make a v phr • [..make a snout is found in 19th cent Engl..]
snub v2 • [Engl dial snob to sob; cf EDD snob v.1]
snuffbox n 1 • [Engl dial] (MAP)
snufter n • [..cf EDD snufter v. “To sniff, snort”]
snug adj 2 • [Cf EDD snug adj. 5]
snurl n • [EDD snirl sb.2 5. “A knot, tangle,” 6. “A gnarl or knot in wood”]
snurl v1 1 • [EDD snirl v.2 4]
snurl v1 3 • [EDD snirl v.2 1..]
snurl v2 • [EDD snirl v.1 2]
so exclam • [Cf EDD so int. 2]
soak n1 • [Engl dial] (MAP)
sodle v • [Cf EDD sowdle “To creep”]
sog v • [Engl dial]
sog n • [swEngl dial]
sollaker n • [..cf EDD sollock “Impetus, force”]
somehows adv • [Engl dial (though not in ..EDD)]
sonsy adj • [Scots, nEngl dial]
soo exclam b • [Cf EDD so int. 2]
sook exclam • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial as a call to calves..] (MAP)
sookie exclam • [..cf EDD sucky sb. 6 “A call-word for a calf..”] (MAP)
soople adj, v • [Brit dial varr of supple]
sorry adj B2 • [Engl dial; cf EDD sorry adj. 3]
soul n B • [Engl dial..]
soul-case n • [Engl dial]
soup v • [Engl dial varr of sup to sip]
sour milk n • [nEngl, Scots, Ir dial; cf EDD sour adj. 1.(18)..]
sow n2 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
sowel n • [Engl dial; cf EDD sowl(e) sb.]
spalt adj • [Engl dial spalt..]
spandy adv • [Perh var of Engl dial spandal or spander; cf EDD..]
spanfired adv • [EDD spangfire new]
spean v • [Cf EDD spean sb.1 “The teat of any female animal, esp. used of a cow.”]
spewer n • [EDD “A kind of firework; a squib”] (MAP)
spine of one’s back n • [Engl dial; cf EDD spine sb. 4.(6)]
spitting image n • [..cf EDD spitten picter 1859, spitten image nd..,..spit an’ pictor 1869, spit an’ image 1892..]
splut n • [Cf EDD splutter sb. 7 “A hurry, bustle”]
splutter-headed adj • [Cf EDD splutter v. 3 “To..talk quickly and incoherently”]
splutterment n • [EDD splutter sb. 8 “A fuss, disturbance” + -ment]
sprag n1 • [Cf EDD sprag sb.1 1 “A spray; a branch or bough”]
sprawl n1 • [EDD sprawl (at sproil)]
sprawl n2 • [..cf EDD sprawl sb.2 “A chip of a stone or brick”]
spreader n • [Cf EDD spreader “The stick or stretcher used to keep apart the chain traces worn by cart-horses”]
spreckle n • [Brit dial]
spring v B2 • [EDD spring v. 1..]
spring-keeper n • [Appar of Engl dial origin..]
sprout v1 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
spud n 7 • [Cf EDD spud sb.1 6 “Any person or thing very short or stumpy”..]
spud v 1 • [Cf EDD spuddle v.1 3 “to be uselessly busy; to fuss about doing little or nothing”]
spudge n • [..cf..EDD spud sb.1 4 “A worn-out tool”]
spug n • [Scots, Engl dial “house sparrow”; cf EDD, SND]
spung n • [Cf EDD spong sb. 3 “A low bog, a morass”]
squail v • [Engl dial]
squander v • [Arch or dial in Brit Engl; cf ..EDD]
square around v phr • [nIr dial; see EDD at square v. 10.(5)]
squib n • [EDD squib sb.3]
squinch n • [EDD 1837 ➝ “A dial. form of `quince’ ”]
squinge n1 • [Cf EDD squinge-grub “A small, shrivelled pippin”]
squinge n2 • [Cf EDD squinges sb. pl. 2 “Shooting pains”]
squink v • [Pronc var of squint perh infl by wink; cf..EDD swink]
squirts n pl • [Engl dial] (MAP)
squitch v, n • [EDD squitch sb.2, v.1..]
stamp v • [Engl folkl; cf 1959 (1967) Opie–Opie Lore Schoolchildren 206–8]
stance n • [Cf EDD stance sb. 3 “A stall..”]
stanchel n • [Scots and chiefly nEngl dial..] (MAP)
start v 3 • [Cf EDD start v. 2 “To dispatch, send off”]
stave v 5 • [Engl and Scots dial]
staver n • [Perh Engl dial; cf EDD staver sb. 3, 6]
stay-bit n • [EDD at stay v. 2.(2)]
steady bee n • [Cf..EDD steady v. 7 “To balance.”]
stegg n • [Engl dial;..cf EDD steg sb. 8, stag sb.3 2]
stepmother n • [Engl dial]
stick bait n • [..in Brit use from early 19th cent on]
still water n2 • [Cf EDD still-waters (at still sb.2 3) “..home-made illicit spirits”]
stirrup oil n • [..cf..EDD stirrup sb. 1.(6)]
stirry v • [Cf Engl dial stirree, sturry (at EDD stir v.)]
stitch n 2 • [EDD stitch sb.1 6]
stived ppl adj • [EDD stive v.2 1..]
stiver v 1 • [Cf EDD stive v.3..]
stiver v 2 • [EDD stiver v. 4..]
stiver v 3 • [EDD stiver v. 5..]
stob n • [..nEngl, Scots, nIr dial]
stobby adj • [EDD stobby “Rough, stubbly;..bristly, unshaven.”]
stodge v 1 • [EDD stodge v. 10 “To mix..; to stir up”]
stone hedge n • [Cf EDD hedge sb. 4 “A wall, gen. of granite..”]
stonie n • [Cf EDD stony sb. 1, stonedy sb. 1, stoner]
stool chair n • [Cf EDD stool chair (at stool sb.1 1.(2))..]
story v • [Engl dial]
stout n • [Prob folk-etym for Engl dial stowk..]
stouter n • [Var, perh by folk-etym, of swEngl dial strouter (EDD at strout v. 2)..]
stram v 1 • [Cf EDD stram v.1 2 “To strike or thrust violently.”]
stram v 2 • [Cf EDD stram v.3 2 “To walk in a rude, noisy manner.”]
stram n 2 • [Cf EDD stram sb.3 1 “A big person; a `tripe’ of a lad.”]
strand n1 • [Scots, nEngl dial strand a stream, channel]
strap oil n • [Cf EDD strap oil (at strap sb.1 1)]
street yarn n • [Cf EDD spin street yarn (at spin v. 7.(9))]
strengthy adj • [nEngl, Scots dial]
stretch n, v A • [Engl dial]
stretcher n 1 • [EDD stretcher sb. 1..]
striking paper n • [Cf EDD strike v. 13..]
stripper n 1 • [Brit dial, esp nIr]
strollop v • [Cf EDD strollop v. 4 “To stride or walk about aggressively; to go about in an untidy..manner”]
strollop n • [Cf EDD strollop sb. 1]
strut n 1 • [Cf EDD all in a strut (at strout sb. 4)]
strut n 2 • [Cf EDD strout sb. 5]
studdle v • [EDD studdle v. 1 “To stir up so as to make thick and muddy”]
studs n • [Cf Brit dial take (the) stunt (EDD stunt sb. 15), take the sturdy or sturdies (EDD sturdy adj. 9.(2))]
studying cap n • [EDD to put on one’s studying-cap (at study v. 1(1)) to think deeply.]
stuff n • [Cf EDD stuff sb.1 6 “Live stock, poultry, &c.”]
sturk n • [Scots, nEngl dial stirk, sturk a young bull; fig, a stupid or foolish person]
such adj, adv, pron • [Cf EDD for Scots, Ir, Engl dial forms]
sudden adj, adv, n • [Forms with final -t are widespread in Brit dial..]
suffling n, adj • [Cf EDD suffle v. “Obs. Dev. To puff, blow; also to sob, sigh.” Cf also suff.. (at EDD sough v.1
13)..]
supple-sawney n • [..cf EDD Sandy sb.2]
suz intj • [Scots, Engl dial sirs..prob correctly regarded as developed from the pl of sir..(but cf SND ser v.2)..]
swad n • [Cf EDD swad sb.10 “A portion, measure, quantity; esp. used of liquids”]
swag n 1 • [Engl, Scots dial]
swaggle n, v • [..cf EDD swaggle v. 1 “To swing; to sway to and fro..; to reel and stagger”]
swallop n • [Cf EDD swallup v. “To swallow at a gulp without tasting.”]
swan v • [Reanalysis of Scots, nEngl dial I’se warn..(EDD warrant v. 1,..)]
swanky n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
swanny v • [..Scots dial..(EDD warrant v. 1)] (MAP)
swarp v • [Varr of swap in var senses now obs or found only in Engl, Scots dial..]
swarp v 1 • [EDD swap v.4 1 “Obsol. To strike violently; to thrash soundly”..]
swarp n 1 • [EDD swap sb.5 9 “A heavy blow; a sudden stroke; a slap.”]
swarp n 2 • [EDD swap sb.5 11 “An implement used for reaping peas..”..]
sweet cicely n • [EDD 1815]
sweetheart n 2 • [Engl dial..]
sweetheart n 4 • [EDD 1876 ➝]
swell v 3a • [Cf EDD swell v. I.3]
sweltersome adj, adv • [Engl dial..]
swiddle v • [Cf EDD swittle v.1 2..; v.2 1..; v.3 1..]
swift n • [EDD swift sb.1 4 “A newt; a small lizard”]
swinge v • [..Engl dial var of singe]
swish broom n • [Cf EDD swish sb. 7 “A switch; a twig” ..] (MAP)
switching ppl adj • [Cf EDD switching ppl. adj. 2 “Great of its kind..”]
swither n • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
swithered ppl adj • [Cf EDD swither v.3 2 “To dry up, wither.”]
swiveltree n • [Engl dial; folk-etym for swingletree]
swivet n • [EDD swivet “Haste..”; cf also EDD swivetty “Giddy, dizzy.”]
swizzled ppl adj2 • [EDD swizzle v. “To shrivel.”]
swoon n, v • [Engl dial; cf ..EDD swound]
swop n • [Cf EDD swop (at sope sb. 1) “A sup; a gulp”..]
sword n • [Prob from Scots, Engl dial..]
tacker n • [swEngl dial; now common in Austr Engl]
tackle n • [The forms with [e] and [i]..continue Brit dial forms (cf EDD tackle, teagle..]
take v B2 • [Engl dial take to do(ing) (EDD at doing sb. 4.(2)..]
take v B3 • [EDD take v. 4 “in gen. colloq. use”]
take down v phr a • [Scots, nEngl dial; cf..EDD take v. II.1.(7).(b)]
tallywags n pl • [EDD tally-wag]
tankersome adj • [Var of cantankerous; EDD has one citation from Suffolk for this form.]
tantibogus n • [Var of swEngl dial tantarabobus (and varr)]
tap v1 • [EDD tap v.1 3]
tarnation n, exclam • [Engl dial (though attested earlier in US..]
tarnation adj, adv • [Engl dial (though attested earlier in N Amer)..]
tarve v • [..the only Brit evidence later than the 16th cent is a single 1824 Scots ex of the form tirvie.]
taste v B3 • [..cf EDD taste v. 3..]
ta-ta exclam • [..cf Brit ta thanks and ta-ta good-bye] (MAP)
taw n C2b(1) • [EDD taw sb. 5.(3), (4)]
tazzle v • [EDD “v…to entangle…]
teenty adj • [Prob from Engl dial (EDD at teeny adj.1)..]
teeter v • [Varr of..Brit dial titter to move unsteadily, totter..]
teeter n 4 • [..First attested in US, but prob of Engl dial origin..] (MAP)
teeter-totter n • [Varr of arch and Brit dial titter-totter..cf EDD (at titter-totter)..]
teethache n • [SND 1840 ➝; EDD 1898 ➝]
tell v B2b • [nScots, nIr, and swEngl dial]
tell v B2c • [EDD cites a single Ir ex of towlt.]
tell v B2d • [Similar forms are common in c,sEngl dial..]
tell v C3 • [Engl dial]
tether-devil n 1 • [EDD 1826 ➝]
tetter n1 • [..EDD tetter sb. “Also..titter”]
tew v • [nEngl dial; cf EDD tew v.1 10. “To fuss over work; to bustle about”]
tew n1 • [nEngl dial; cf EDD tew sb. 13. “A disturbed state”]
tewed adj • [nEngl dial; cf EDD tew v.1 5. “To exhaust..; to trouble, harass, bother”]
thanky suit n • [Cf EDD thank you, sir (at thank v. 1.(7)) “a second-hand article of clothing”]
the def art B1 • [Chiefly Scots dial; cf EDD the 12 “Comb. with day, morn, night, &c.: this, `to-.’ ”]
theirn pron • [Engl dial]
thereaway(s) adv • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
therm n • [nEngl dial tharm an animal intestine prepared for stuffing]
these-uns pron • [..cf EDD these 4.(2)]
theyselves pron • [Also found occas in Engl dial, but the US exx prob represent phonetic varr of theirselves..]
thing n B • [Engl dial]
thole v • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
three-faces-under-a-hood n • [Brit dial]
thribble adj, adv, n, v • [..cf EDD thribble, SND threeple]
thribbles n pl, exclam • [EDD thribs “Three..in playing marbles.”]
throddy adj • [Engl dial]
throng adj • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
through n 1 • [EDD through sb. 17 “Obs. A slip or width of corn..a set of reapers..drive before them at
once…1796”]
throughother adv, adj, n • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial throughother, throughither..]
throw off v phr 4 • [Cf EDD throw off v. II.1.(6).(c) “to make fun”] (MAP)
tick tag n • [Scots, nEngl dial tick to touch lightly, esp in a children’s game of tag]
tight adv 1 • [..Obs or Brit dial tite “soon, readily, willingly” has been suggested..; cf EDD tight adv. 17..]
till prep B1 • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial]
time about adv phr • [Scots, nEngl dial]
tip-tap-toe n • [EDD at tip sb.3 9.(7) “the game of noughts and crosses”]
titman n • [EDD tit sb.1 2 “A very small person or thing”]
titrivate v 2 • [Cf EDD titivate 2 “To tidy, clean, put in order; to restore, renovate; to repair a building.”]
tit-tat-toe n 1 • [EDD tit-tat-toe sb. 1] (MAP)
tit-tat-toe n 2 • [EDD tit-tat-toe sb. 3]
tit-tat-too n • [EDD tit-tat-too (at tit-tat-toe)]
titty n1 • [Perh Scots, nEngl colloq or hypocoristic titty sister..]
to prep B4 • [Scots, nIr dial; cf SND tae prep. 6.(4).(i), EDD to prep. 4]
toadspit n • [EDD 1866 for Lemna minor]
toddick n • [EDD (at tad sb.1).. prob var of tod a measure of wool (usu 28 lbs)..]
tommyknocker n • [..cf..EDD tommyknocker a hammer used to break ore (1824 ➝)]
tongue grass n 2 • [EDD 1878–86]
torn down adj phr 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
tottle v 2 • [Scots, nEngl dial;.. EDD tottle v. 2]
touchous adj 1 • [Ir, nEngl dial] (MAP)
trace v1 • [swEngl dial (EDD trace v.2 3 “To plait”)]
trace n3 • [swEngl dial..EDD trace sb.2 2)]
trade v • [..EDD trade v. 9)]
traffic v • [EDD traffic(k sb. 8]
tree mouse n 2 • [EDD 1893]
trestle n A • [..see also EDD trustle.]
triddler n 2 • [Cf EDD triddling “Trifling, talking nonsense”]
trollock n • [EDD trollock “An old garment, esp. an old coat”]
trotline n 1 • [..from Engl dial trot in same sense..] (MAP)
trumpet flower n 3 • [EDD 1878–86 for Lonicera periclymenum]
trunk n 1 • [..EDD trunk sb.1 12 “An arched drain under a road..”]
tunjack n • [Cf EDD tun 2..jack sb. 23..]
tunk n1 1 • [Engl dial]
tunk v • [Engl dial]
tunklehead n • [Varr of EDD dunklehead “A stupid, silly person”]
turn v C4 • [EDD (at turn v. 3.(6))]
tutor v • [EDD tutor v 2. “To manage, handle; to humor, coax”]
twice adv, adj • [Brit dial]
twirty adj • [EDD twirty “Cross, easily put out; nervous, pert”]
twizzle n • [Engl dial]
two-double adj • [Engl dial; see EDD two num. adj. 10]
underminded ppl adj • [Cf EDD underminded ppl. adj. “Underhand, mean, treacherous.”]
unthoughted adj • [EDD unthoughtedly]
upcast v • [nEngl, Scots, Ir dial]
upscuddle n • [Cf EDD scuttle v. 3 “To take part in a street-feud”]
upstreeter n • [EDD (at up prep. 1.(80))]
us adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD us II.4]
used to v phr B • [..much more common in Brit than Amer Engl..]
used to v phr C1 • [Cf EDD use II.1.(8, 10)]
used to v phr C2a • [Cf EDD use II.1.(9)]
usen v • [Engl dial: cf EDD usen v., past usen(ed) (at use v. I.1.(4), (5)), past pple usen (at use v. I.2.(5))]
using vbl n attrib • [Cf EDD using-things “Domestic articles, such as crockery, &c.”]
us’s adj • [Engl dial; cf EDD us’s]
usself pron • [Engl dial; cf EDD ussels]
valentine n • [Spp with o for a..also occur in 19th-cent Engl dial sources]
veil n • [Engl dial]
velvet dock n • [Engl dial]
venison n • [Proncs of the type [ˈvɛnzən] are old and..were until recently, std in Brit Engl]
wackie v, n • [Cf EDD whack v.1 6 “To divide; to share”]
wadjit n • [Cf EDD wadjet (at wedget sb. 1) “A small wad”]
wake v 2a • appar common in Brit use
Walker’s hack n • [..cf EDD Walker’s-bus (at walker sb.)]
walk out with v phr • [Cf EDD walk out (at walk v.1 (3)) “of a lover: to take his lady out”]
wallink n • [Scots, nEngl, Ir dial wellink, wallink ..]
walloper n • [EDD walloper (at wallop sb.4) ..]
walloping adj, adv • [EDD walloping (at wallop v.3)..]
want v1 C1 • [..this constr..occurs in 18th- and 19th-cent Brit Engl..]
wapple-eyed adj • [Cf..EDD wapper-eyed]
warning n 3 • [Cf EDD warning sb. 5 “the verbal invitation to attend a funeral.”]
wasp n 1c • [By metath; cf EDD wasp sb. I.1 and Intro “Language Changes” I.1]
waste v 1 • [Engl dial]
water bewitched n • [Engl dial..]
water dog n 2 • [Engl dial]
water frost n • [Cf EDD water-frost (at water sb. 1.(48))..and watery-rime (at watery adj. 1.(7))..]
water gap n 1 • [Brit dial. Cf EDD water-gate (at water sb. 1.(52) (c))..; water-gap is not documented in..EDD..]
water haul n • [Cf EDD watery-haul (at watery adj. 1.(1))..] (MAP)
wattle n1 • [Scots, nEngl, nIr dial]
we pron • [Cf EDD we pers. pron. II.1..]
we adj • [Cf EDD we pers. pron. II.2]
weather gall n • [nEngl, Scots, nIr dial]
weather light n • [Cf..EDD weather gleam (at weather 7.(23)) “clear sky near a dark horizon”]
weddinger n • [Brit dial]
weedily n, intj • [Cf EDD widdle sb.2 “A very young duck”]
weeky-day n • [..cf EDD week sb. 2.(1)]
ween v • [Cf EDD ween v.1 “To whine, whimper, cry fretfully”..]
weeny adj • [Var of waney < ween, Engl dial var of wane (EDD wane sb.1)]
weewaw adj, v • [Engl dial; cf EDD wee-wow]
whang n1 • [Brit, esp Scots, nIr, dial var of thong]
what and all pron • [Brit dial]
what for adv phr 1 • [nEngl, Scots dial]
what for (a) adj phr • [..idiom in Scots and Engl (Kentish) dial (SND what pron. V.6; EDD for prep. 1.(32)).]
whay exclam • [..cf EDD way int. 1 “A call to a horse to stop.”] (MAP)
wheedle n • [Cf EDD widdle sb.2 “A very young duck.”]
whelt n, v • [Var of welt; EDD “Also written whelt Cum. e.Lan. War.”]
where-all adv • [..widespread Brit colloq in phrr like “and I don’t know where-all.”..]
which from tother pron phr • [Cf EDD which was tother (at which pron. 2.(2)) “one from another”]
whiff n1 • [Engl dial; cf EDD whiff sb. 2]
whiffer n • [Cf EDD whiffler (at whiffle v.2 4.(2)) “an inconstant person; a turncoat’’]
whiffle-minded adj • [Engl dial]
whiffletree n • [..cf EDD whiffles “The whipple-tree of a plough”] (MAP)
whiggered adj • [Cf EDD whiggered whey “Obs…A beverage made by infusing herbs in fermented whey.”]
whim-wham for a goose(‘s) bridle n • [Scots, nIr dial; cf EDD whim-wham 9.(3)]
whindle v • [Engl dial]
whinge v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
whinny n, v 1 • [Brit dial] (MAP)
whipstitch n 1 • [Engl dial (EDD at whip v. 1.(14) (c))]
whip-tongue n • [A Brit folk-name for this plant]
white bottle n • [Brit folk-name]
white liver n • [Cf EDD white liver(ed) (at white adj. 1.54.(b) and 55.(a))..]
white mouth n 1 • [Engl dial]
whopper-jaw n • [EDD wapper-jaws…a crooked jaw]
why for adv • [Orig swEngl, Scots dial..]
wicked adv • [Cf EDD wicked adj.1, adv. 5 “Obs. Very, exceedingly..”]
wicky n • [Perh transf from Engl dial wick(e)y (<wicken < quicken tree)..]
widdie n • [Cf EDD widdy (at wid int)..]
widdie intj • [Cf EDD wheetie 1..; widdy (at wid int)..]
widgeon n 2d • [EDD 1893]
widowman n • [Engl, Scots, nIr dial] (MAP)
widow woman n 1 • [Engl, Scots, nIr dial]
wind v • [Engl dial..] (MAP)
wing-wong for a duck’s bridle n • [Cf EDD whim-wham 9]
winker n 1 • [Orig nEngl, Scots dial; cf EDD winker sb. 1]
witches’ stirrup n • [EDD (at witch sb.1 (37))]
witching stick n • [Cf EDD witch-wand (at witch sb.1 1.(40))…]
witch light n • [EDD (at witch sb.1 (26)) “a will-o’-the-wisp”]
witch-ride v • [Cf EDD witch-ridden (at witch sb.1 (34)) “having the nightmare”]
witchwood n • [nEngl dial (for Sorbus aucuparia)]
with prep, adv A3 (pronc) • esp among second-generation Engl speakers
withouten prep, conj • [Brit dial withouten, a doublet of without..]
withouten prep A • [nEngl dial]
wizzen n • [Chiefly nEngl, Scots, nIr varr of weasand; cf EDD weasand..]
wob v • [EDD wab sb. 2 “A lump”]
wonder v1 1 • [..others appear to reflect Brit dial survivals of ME idioms..]
wonder v1 3 • [EDD wonder v. 6.(3)]
wooden hill n • [In Brit use at least since late 18th cent..]
wool v 3 • [Cf EDD wool v. 5 ..]
woolly n1 5 • [EDD woolly sb. 3 “A hairy caterpillar”]
woolly bear n 1 • [EDD (at woolly adj. 1.(1))]
woolly mullein n • [In Brit use from the 18th cent..]
work v 1 • [Engl dial..]
work-brittle adj 1 • [..EDD work-bracco adj. 1. The origin of the second element is unknown.]
work-brittle adj 2 • [..cf EDD work-bracco adj. 2]
world, in the adv phr 1 • [Cf EDD of the world (at world sb. 2.(7)–(9))]
worrit v 1 • [Engl dial]
worrit v 2 • [Engl dial]
worrit n • [Engl dial..]
wrathy adj • [..Cf..EDD wrathy]
wrestle v, n A1 • [..widespread in Brit dial]
wrestle v, n A2 • [Brit dial]
wrinkle n • [Brit dial var of winkle]
wudge n • [Appar var of Brit dial (now colloq) wodge]
wudget n • [..cf EDD wedget (also wadget, woudgeat, etc) “A small wad…”]
yaffle n • [Brit dial yaffle green woodpecker]
yagger v • [Cf EDD yaggle v. 1 “To wrangle; to quarrel”..]
yarm v1 • [Cf EDD yarm v. 4 “To scold..to find fault, grumble.”]
yarny n • [Cf EDD yarny “Disposed to the telling of long tales.”]
yerk v, n • [..EDD yark v.1]
yoller n2 • [Prob < EDD yoller “To bellow, bawl…To bark noisily”..]
yollop n, v • [EDD yollop, yollup (at yellop)]
yonder adv, adj, n A3 (pronc) • [EDD “yunder Sh[etland] I[slands]”]
yonder adv, adj, n A6 • [EDD “yon’er Sc.; yonner Sc.; youner n. Lan.”]
yonside adv A • [..EDD (at yon adj. 2)]
yonside prep B • [..EDD (at yon adj. 2)]
york v • [Scots, nEngl dial; cf EDD york (at yawk v. 1)]
yourn pron • [Engl dial]
youse pron • [Ir dial; EDD yees, yous]
castrate v (pronc) • occas epenthetic |ˈkæstəˌreɪt, ˈkæstɚeɪt|
exodust v • [..epenthetic t..]
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(ally); 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..]
slop jar n 1 • [Euphem use of slop jar large vessel used to collect household wastewater..]
slut n 2 • euphem
something on a stick n • [Euphem for shit on a stick]
stable horse n • euphem
steer n1 • euphem
stock cow n • euphem (MAP)
sugar foot n 3 • euphem
sugar tit n • euphems sugar tee, ~ thumb, ~ treat, S.T.
Sunday cow n • euphem
surly n • euphem (MAP)
swan v • used euphemistically for “I swear to God.”
swizzled ppl adj1 • euphem for damned—freq in phr I’ll be swizzled
swoggled ppl adj • euphem for damned—freq in phr I’ll be swoggled
tap n1 2 • [..from tap tool for cutting a female thread, as euphem substitute for nut]
tarnation n, exclam • Used alone or in var combs as a euphem for hell, damnation
tarnation adj, adv • Used as a euphem for damned, damnably
tee-tee v, n • euphem
Tennessee chicken n • Used as a..euphem term for some meat other than chicken, esp salt pork
thunderation n, exclam • Used as a euphem for hell, damnation
thunderation adv • Used as a euphem for damnably
timberdoodle n • [Perh humorous or euphem alteration of woodcock..]
time n C4 • euphem
timenation n, exclam • Used as a euphem for damnation
top n 4 • euphem
Tophet n • Used as a euphem for hell
torment n • Used as a euphem for hell (MAP)
torment v • Used as a euphem for damn
toro n 1b • Used as a euphem
trifle on v phr • [From euphem use of trifle with in ref to sexual misbehavior]
tunket n1 1 • Used as a euphem for hell
unwell adj • euphem
vessel n • euphem (MAP)
work v 3 • euphem (MAP)
dah n • [Prob Ewe da mother]
foo-foo n1 • [Of West-African origin, rel to Ewe fu1fu1..and Fon fufu..]
voodoo n • [LaFr voudou of wAfr origin; cf Ewe, Fon vodu spirit, demon]
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-..]
snufter n • [Prob snuffer n1 + excrescent t..]
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
suspicion v • Eye-dial sp suspishion
voluntary adj • Eye-dial sp vol’nterry