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wickiup n • [In var AmInd langs, e.g., Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo, wikiyap..]
Sasquatch n • [Salish “wild man”..]
sockeye salmon n • [Folk-etym for Salish suk-kegh red fish]
Scandinavian,/a> (See also Danish; Norwegian; Swedish)
appleskiver n • Scandinavian settlement areas
Berliner kranzer n • Ger, Scan settlement areas
cook v 1 • chiefly Nth, esp in Ger and Scan settlement areas
fattigmanns bakkels n • chiefly in Scan settlement areas, esp MN, WI
fish ball n 2 • esp Scandinavian settlement areas
flatbread n • chiefly Scan settlement areas
julekake n • esp in Scan settlement areas
kispel n • [Prob Scan..]
kringle n • Scan settlement areas, esp WI
Lute n2 • [Abbr for Lutheran, infl by Ger and Scan pronc]
peppernut n • [Calque of pfeffernuss or its synonym in..one of the Scan languages]
rosette n • esp in Scan settlement areas
should v • [..some infl from the use of the cognate verbs in Ger and Scan langs to mean “is said to.”]
skillpot n • [..perh one of the cognate Scan forms..] (MAP)
sylte n • chiefly Scandinavian settlement areas, esp MN
Scotland; Scots; Scottish; Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue; Dictionary of the Scottish
Language; Scottish National Dictionary
aboon prep, adv • [SND abune..]
afear(e)d adj • [..SND, “chiefly archaic.”]
agley adv • [Scots agley squinting, awry]
ahind prep, adv • [..see EDD for exx, chiefly from nEngl, Scotl]
airish adj 1 • Note: The form is still current in Scots..(SND).
allicomgreenzie n • [Scots SND, 1824➝]
all setting adj phr • [..cf..SND set v 12]
and conj B4 • [Perh orig an Irish or Scots locution: see EDD and conj 2..]
aneath prep • [Scots and nEngl form of beneath: cf OED, EDD, SND]
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)
arg v • [Cf SND arg to talk ill-temperedly and hot-headedly]
aside (of) prep • [..see also EDD, SND]
Aunt Dinah’s dead n • [Prob Scots..]
awar adj • [Scots: see SND awaur, awaar, awar]
baby-rags n pl • [Cf..SND babby-rags small bits..]
back v 3 • [Scots: cf DSL..]
backie-horse n • [Scots backie a hoist onto one’s back (SND, EDD)]
backings n • [Cf SND..backings refuse of wool, etc]
back-jaw v, n • [Cf SND, EDD]
backset n 1 • [SND 1721➝]
backsie adj • [Prob rel to Scots bach cow-dung]
baldy n1 • See..SND bawsey
ballup n • [Scots..]
bannock n • [Scots and nEngl dial]
barefooted adj • [Cf SND barefoot(ed) broth made without meat]
barley exclam • [..See also SND]
bart-all n • [Perh rel to Scots bardy insolent, quarrelsome]
bawbee n • [Scots bawbee halfpenny]
ben n1 • [Scots ben < OE be-innan]
bend n2 1 • [Scots]
bergall n • [Scots berge(l); cf SND]
betimes adv • [..cf EDD betimes adv.2, Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
biddable adj • [..orig Scots]
bide a wee v phr • [Scots]
billy buster n • [Perh Scots billy fellow, comrade + buster one who strikes, beats, or breaks]
billy whicker n • [Cf EDD billy sb.1, used in Scots and nEngl dial names of..birds..; + whicker,..the sound..]
binky n 2 • [Cf Scots bink a bench to sit on]
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]
blink v 2 • [SND 1768➝]
blutter adj • [..cf Scots bluiter, blutter filth in a liquid state]
boal n • [Alter of Scots bole]
bolden v, adj • [Scots boldin, boulden to swell..]
boners v • [Prob Brit dial..bunce intj, used to claim possession (SND 1825➝)..]
bonny adj • [Scots bonny beautiful, attractive, great, considerable]
book n2 • [By folk-etym from..Scots bouk belly..]
boose n • [Prob from Scots boose, buss, bush mouth]
brack n • [Prob Scots form of break n]
brash adj1 • [..Engl brash..heap of fragments..with Scots brash to bruise, crush..]
brash n1 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
breaming adv • [Perh from Engl breme, Scots breem fierce, violent]
bree n • [Prob Scots bree broth, gravy, juice..]
brickle adj • [..cf..SND]
brickle adj 2 • [Cf SND bruckle adj 2a, b]
brickle v • [..cf SND bruckle v (1)]
brief adj1 2 • [Cf SND brief adj. 2 (1)]
briggle v • [Prob obs Scots breeghle to fiddle, make little progress despite much bustling]
brinjer n • [Prob Scots breenger a formidable foe < breenge..]
brisket n • [Scots]
bubba n2 • [Cf Scots dial bubba grandfather]
bubbly-jock n • [Engl and Scots dial..]
buckie n2 • [Scots buckie, bucky a mischievous boy]
buckled up adj • [Cf nEngl and Scots dial buckel to marry]
bugeye n2 • [Perh from Engl and Scots dial buckie shellfish..]
bulger n1 2 • [..SND bulsher a playing marble]
bull-in-the-ring n 1 • [SND bull i’ the park, ~ ring]
bully v2 • [Scots bully v to play at “bully”, a fighting game played with chestnuts on a string]
bully-fight v • [Cf SND bully v]
bumbee n • [Scots]
bush v2 • [Cf EDD, SND booshie a call to cows]
busty adj • [Perh rel to Scots busteous rough, fierce (SND)]
but n1 • [Scots]
but-and-ben n • Scots settlement areas
by adv • [..SND by 2 adv. ‘extended also to time to mean “past, finished” ’]
cacky v, n • [Scots, Engl dial cack, cacky to void (as) excrement]
caddow n • [..DOST 1576➝ but no longer current in Scots]
cadgy adj • [Scots caigie wanton; cheerful, sportive; DSL 1592➝;..SND]
cady n • [Scots cadie [ˈkedi] a man or boy’s cap—see SND Suppl.]
cafugelty n • [Prob alter of Scots carfuffle, carfuchle..(SND carfuffle n 2), perh blended with Scots curfuggle..]
calf yard n1 • [Perh Scots calf-ward]
calico n B1a • [..cf Scots cailliach an old woman (DSL), calik a gossip (SND)..]
calk down v phr • [Scots and Engl dial calk, cau(l)k..]
call hogs v phr • [Scots call to drive + Scots hog yearling sheep or Engl hog pig]
candle n A • [Cf Scots, nEngl dial can’le, cannle, etc]
candy pulling n • Cf SND taffie-join
cankerous adj • [Cf Scots, Engl dial cankered cross,..]
cantrip n • [Scots cantrip, cantraip, cantrap a charm; a spell; a trick]
cascrom n • [Scots cascrom a crook-handled spade..]
cat n 4 • [Scots; SND ➝1923]
catagorricky adv • [..+ (perh) Scots dial gorroch..]
catawampus adj • [..perh rel to Scots wampish to wriggle,..]
catch n 3 • [SND 1895➝]
chancy adj 1 • [Scots]
check n2 • [Scots chack, check a snack]
child n A2 (pronc) • Scots
chimney n • [Cf Scots and nEngl dial chymlay, chimblay 16th cent➝]
chuck n3 • [Scots and Engl dial; see EDD, SND]
chuffy adj2 • [Scots and nEngl dial chuff, chuffy: see EDD chuff..]
chum n1 • [..cf obs Engl & Scots dial chum food (DSL, EDD)..]
claggy adj • [Engl dial and Scots claggy sticky, glutinous, muddy: see SND and esp EDD claggy adj 3]
claik n • [Scots: see SND claik n1 4]
clapperclawing vbl n • [Scots and Engl dial; EDD clapperclaw..]
clart v • [Scots and nEngl dial clart smear with dirt, befoul]
clary n1 • [Scots; see SND clary 1]
clash n • [Scots and nEngl dial; see EDD, SND]
clatchy adj • [Scots and nEngl dial; clatch mess; cf SND, EDD]
clatter n 2 • [Scots and nEngl dial]
clatter n 3 • [Cf Scots in a clatter at once, immediately]
clatterbones n pl • [Scots]
clatterment n • [Cf Scots clatter-traps, clutterment..]
clatty adj • [Scots, Ir, and nEngl dial; cf EDD, SND]
clearance(s) exclam • [Also in Scots; see SND]
clever adj 1 • [..cf EDD, SND]
clew n1 • [Scots, Ir, and nEngl dial; cf EDD]
clew v • [..occas in Scots and nEngl dial; cf SND claw v. 3..]
clipe n • [SND clype, kleip, n.4 “A blow”..]
clod v 1 • [Also in Scots, Ir and Engl dial: see EDD, OEDS]
clod fitter n • [Prob Scots fit to tread..ult from Scots, nEngl dial fit foot]
close-clapped adj • [..see SND clap v. 2..]
cluck adj • [..Scots clock-hen..]
cog n • [Scots and Engl dial cog a hollow wooden vessel; a pail]
coggle v1 • [Scots and Engl dial..]
cohogle v • [..SND carfuffle v.1..]
colly-fox v • [Scots collie-fox to idle about]
comb n B1 • [Scots and nEngl dial]
coof n • [Perh from Scots coof..]
cookie n1 1 • [Prob Scots cookie flour cake or bun]
coop v2 • [..cf SND coop n.1..]
cooser n • [Scots; alter of courser]
cooter v • [Prob Scots, nEngl dial: see SND cuiter..]
corfish n • [Prob assim of corft, corved ppl adj, preserved in salt, + fish; SND corft..]
couthy adj • [Scots couth familiar + -ie, -y]
cover n, v (pronc) • (Note: this pronc is also common in Engl dial; see SND, EDD kiver)
crawm n • [..cf Scots, nEngl dial crame..]
creep n1 • [Engl, Scots dial creepie a low stool]
crock n3 • [Scots crock an old ewe]
crud n B1 • [Scots and Engl dial]
cruddle v • [Scots and Engl dial]
cruddled milk n • [Scots and Engl dial]
cud n • [Cf Scots cood, cuid cud]
cumfluttered adj • [Scots cum-, intensive..]
cunny line n • [..Scots, Engl dial var cully-thumb (EDD Suppl., SND)..]
curnubble v • [..cf SND curnoble]
cutty adj • [Scots]
daddy v 3 • [Cf Scots and nEngl dial father to indicate one’s paternity by resemblance]
dancer n 1 • [Scots dial]
dautie n • [Scots..]
dead adj A • [Proncs of the type [ded] are found in..Scots..dial]
devil n • [Proncs..of the type [dil] are common in Scots..dial]
devil’s spoons n • [..SND deil’s spoons 1808➝]
dicked ppl adj1 • [Perh var of Scots dicht (var of dight) ppl adj, dressed, adorned or decked..]
dicty adj • [Perh from Scots dicht..]
diddle v 2 • [..this sense appears to be most common in Scots dial.]
diff n • [Perh var of Scots dowf a dull blow; cf SND dowf II. n. 2]
dinge n2 • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
dinky adj • [Scots, nEngl dial dink neat, nice, finely dressed]
dirk n • [Scots dowrk, durk dagger; DOST 1567➝]
dish-faced adj • [..cf DSL]
disremember v • [Prob orig Scots; DOST 1584➝]
dite n • [Scots..dial, pronc-spp for doit; cf..SND doit n.1 2..]
dodger n1 • [Prob Scots dadge a bannock, perh infl by Scots dodge..(DSL) or dodgel..(DSL)]
dogan n • [..cf Scots dugon, used as a term of contempt for a poor, weak, or worthless person (DSL, SND..)..]
do-less adj • [Scots (DSL 1788➝)..]
donsie adj • [Scots, nEngl dial donsie; prob from Scots Gael donas evil, harm..]
doodle n1 1 • [..cf SND doddle n. 2 “The male genitals”]
doodle n1 5 • [Cf SND doddle n. 3..]
doorstone n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
dort v • [Scots; cf EDD, SND]
dorts n pl • [Scots]
doup-end n • [Scots dial..doup bottom end (of an egg, candle, the human body, etc)]
dour adj • [Scots]
douse n • [Scots, Engl dial]
dovekie n • [Scots dimin of dove]
down-setting n • [Scots; cf SND doonset, down-, n. 3 “A scolding; a crushing rebuke” 1824-1868]
drat n • [Perh var of Scots drit(e), dret dirt, excrement]
dream cake n • [Cf SND dreaming-bread (also ~-bit) a wedding or christening cake..]
drib n • [..in Engl, Scots, Ir dial]
driddle along v phr • [SND driddle v. 2. (1) “To spill, dribble, trickle, drop in small quantities”]
driddle water n • [Cf SND driddle v. 2. (2) “To urinate in small quantities”]
drift n 1 • [Scots and Engl dial drift a drove, herd, flock]
drip n 2 • [Cf SND drap n. 5 “The water which falls from the eaves of a house; hence ‘the eaves of a house..’ ”]
dripple n • [..cf SND dripple v. “To fall in small drops”]
drive one’s ducks to a poor market v phr • [..cf..SND mercat n. 4]
droodle v • [Cf Scots driddle to idle away]
drop v D4 • [Engl and Scots dial]
dropped egg n • [Prob from Scots dial; cf SND drap v. 5. (2) (b) 1824➝]
drought n A1 (pronc) • [Scots and nEngl dial]
drought n A5 (pronc) • [Scots, nIr dial]
drown the miller v phr • [Scots and Engl dial]
drumly adj, adv • [Scots and Engl dial]
dud n • [Engl and Scots dial]
duff n 4 • [Scots dial]
duffy adj • [..cf Scots dial duffy soft, spongelike]
duke v • [Scots and nEngl dial var of duck to avoid, evade]
dusty miller n • [Scots, nEngl dial for the common auricula Primula auricula]
Earl of Hell n • [Orig Scots; see SND]
eating poss n • [..cf Scots pace Easter..]
eke n • [SND eik n.2 3..]
elbedritsch n • [..perh also infl by Scots eldritch weird, unnatural]
ellenyard n • [cf..SND ellwand]
endrig n • [Scots; cf SND en(d)rig(g) at en. I. 7]
Episcopalian n, adj • [Cf SND Episcopaulian..]
even n • [Engl and Scots dial]
everly adv • [Scots, nEngl dial]
eyewink(er) n • [Scots eewink(er) eyelash: SND 1808➝..]
fact n, v A1 • [Scots dial, 1836➝; cf EDD, SND]
farrow adj • [Scots, Engl dial farrow, of unknown derivation; see OED]
fash v • [Scots and Engl dial;..cf OED, SND, EDD..]
feather v 5 • [..cf SND feather v. 5 “Fig.: to beat, chastise”]
feeze n, v • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial, from ME fesen to drive off, frighten]
fell-field n • [Scots, nEngl dial fell a rocky hillside; a stretch of high, open untilled land]
fergen n • [Perh rel to Scots fargin a piece of wood on the end of a pole to push out the sail of a boat]
fernling adv • [Prob Scots fairlins, Engl dial fairlings completely, absolutely]
fetch v B12 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
finnan haddie n • [finnan, var of a Scots place-name..+ haddie, Scots dial var of haddock]
fireroom n • [SND (at fire n. 7. [24]) 1700➝; “Now only hist.”]
first-footer n • [N Engl and Scots dial; cf EDD, SND]
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]
fizz n1 1 • [Engl and Scots dial; cf EDD, SND]
fizz v1 • [Scots dial]
flabbergasted ppl adj 1 • [Scots; see DSL flabrigastit “Worn out with exertion”]
flake n1 3 • [Cf SND flake n.1 “Framework of crossed slats..Also in Eng. dial.”]
flake n2 • [SND 1743-1904]
flam adj, v1, n • [SND flam v.3..; flam n.5..]
flambustious adj • [Perh blend of flamboyant + bustious, var of obs Scots busteous boisterous, powerful, fierce]
flam cake n • [Prob Scots flam pancake, pastry]
flannel cake n • [..SND flannen bannock, flannen biscuit] (MAP and Map Section)
flannen n • [Scots, Engl dial varr of flannel]
flatter v2 • [Perh Scots and Engl dial flatter to float, flutter]
fleech v • [Scots and nEngl dial]
flinder v1 • [Scots dial, rare; perh US use is an independent back-formation from flinders 1]
flinder v2 • [Cf DSL “To flirt; to run about..; also applied to cattle..”]
flit v 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial; OED 1504➝]
flittermouse n • [OED 1547➝; widespread in Scots and Engl dial]
flour bread n • [Scots dial]
flow n2 • [Scots, nEngl dial “a bog, swamp”]
flype v • [Scots flype, flipe to fold back or inside out]
foasty adj • [Perh from Scots vousty, voostie, boastful, proud]
fog mull n • [Perh Scots mull promontory, bluff (on analogy of bank)]
fooder man n • [Perh Scots fouter, used as a general term of abuse for a person]
foot n C5a • [SND 1755➝]
foot n C5i • [Cf SND heavy o’ (the) fit (at fit II. 10)]
footless adj 1 • [Scots fitless (var of footless) unsteady on the feet]
footy adj • [..SND (at foutie) 1722➝..]
for prep B4a(5) • [Scots dial]
for all adv phr • [Scots dial]
forgainst prep • [Obs Scots dial]
for keeps adv phr • [Prob Scots dial..]
fornent prep • [Scots, nEngl, and Ir dial]
foutory adj • [fouter, foutre something or someone worthless or contemptible (chiefly Scots)..]
fozy adj • [Scots dial]
full adj B2 • [Chiefly Scots dial; cf EDD]
fungo n • [..perh from Scots fung to pitch, toss, fling]
furge n, v • [Cf SND foorich “Bustle, confusion..to bustle, to get excited”]
furrow horse n • [Cf..Scots, nIr dial fur-horse]
fute n • [Perh fute, Scots var of fout a fool, simpleton..]
gab n1 • [Scots, nEngl dial var of gob mouth] (MAP)
gab n2 • [SND 1822➝..]
gaily adj • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial; see EDD (at gaily) and SND (at geylies)]
gale n1 • [..cf SND gell n.2 4 (var of gale)..]
galoot n • [Perh ga var of ker- + loot Scots var of lout..]
gang v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
gardaloo n • [Appar from Scots gardyloo! a cry to warn passersby before throwing slops from the window]
geiss n • [Cf SND guise n. 3 “A masquerade”]
genie n • [Cf SND Jennie prop. n. “Also..Jean(n)ie; Genny…A generic term for a country girl”]
gill n2 • [Cf SND gillygacus, gilly-gawkie a silly person, and gilly-gawpus a fool]
gin conj1 • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
gin conj2 • [Scots, nEngl dial; aphet forms of again..]
gin prep • [Scots dial; aphet form 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..]
glabber v • [Scots, Engl dial; cf EDD glabber v. 1 “To chatter, jabber, gabble”]
glaikit adj • [Scots dial]
glare n2 • [Cf SND glaur n.1 6 “Slippery ice..; slipperiness”..]
glass n • [The change of gl > dl by assimilation is common in Engl (but not Scots or Ir) dial..]
glib-glab v • [Cf SND glibber-glabber “to talk idly and confusedly”..]
glim n 1 • [Scots dial]
gloam n • [SND gloam n.]
glom v1 • [..SND glaum, glam v. (also glaam, glom) “1. To snatch, grab..2. To seize..with the jaws; to eat
greedily.”]
goat’s hair n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
go in v phr 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
gool n2 • [..SND gowl n.2 2]
gorby n • [Prob Scots gorbie, dimin of gorb a greedy person or animal]
gowdy n • [Perh SND goudie n1 “A blow, a stroke”]
gralloch v • [Scots dial]
gramy v • [..SND gram v. ➝1928]
gray plover n 3 • [SND 1789➝]
gulch v • [Engl, Scots dial; cf EDD]
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..]
gurry n • [SND goor n. 4 “Slimy matter scraped from fish; fish refuse…Also gouries..goorie”]
gutty adj • [Scots, nEngl dial; cf SND gutty (at guttie adj. I. 2) “Fond of good eating, greedy, gluttonous”]
guzzle n 1 • [Engl, Scots dial]
gype n • [Scots, Ir dial; cf EDD gype v. and sb. 3]
Hacklebarney n • [Cf SND Hecklebirnie n.1 “A euphemism for Hell.”..]
haffers n pl • [Prob var of Engl or Scots dial halver/halfer a half]
hail n2 • [SND hale II. n. “A haul (esp. of fish), the hauling in of nets;” 1888➝]
hail-over n, exclam • [Perh from Scots hail + over; cf SND hail v.2..;..hail n. 3 II. 1..]
haish exclam • [Cf Scots, Engl dial hait a call to urge animals on]
half v C • [..Scots and Engl dial; cf SND, EDD]
half man n 1 • [Cf SND halfman (at half II. 1. (14) (b)) “a half bottle (of spirits)”]
hang v A1 • ..hing and heng are Scots, nEngl dial for hang in all senses except “to execute by hanging”..
hantle n • [Scots and nEngl dial “a handful; a large quantity or number”; cf..EDD]
hap n • [Scots dial; cf SND hap n1 2]
hate n • [Scots dial..]
havance n2 • [..SND havin(g)s “Behaviour, deportment, (good) manners”..]
have v4 • [Cf SND hae v. B5 “To put, bring, take, convey, send”]
hayrow n • [..SND harro a call for help, a cry of alarm or of encouragement]
hear v B1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
hearing n 1 • [SND hearin(g) vbl. n. 2 “A scolding, ‘lecture,’ ‘talking to’ ”]
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]..]
hellion n • [Prob var of Scots and Engl dial hallion, hallian, hallyon “idler, rascal” infl by hell; cf EDD, SND]
hen n1 B6 • [..cf..SND (at hen n.1 2. (3))]
henny adj • [Cf SND hennie, henny timid, cowardly (at hen v. 1)]
hereaway adv • [Engl, Scots dial]
herm up v phr • [Cf SND herm “To grumble, to be peevish or fretful” (at harm n., v. II. 1)]
hide n2 2 • [..SND hide n.2 2]
hidey-hole n • [Cf SND hidie-hole (at hidie adj., n. I. 1)..]
hilliken n • [Cf SND hillikin “a small rounded hill” (at hill n. I. (4))]
hilter-skilter adv • [..cf SND hilter-skilter I. adv. “in rapid succession, confusedly, pell-mell…obs.”]
hind end n • [SND hin(t)-end “the hindquarters, posterior” (at hint I. adj. (4))]
hindside-before adv • [Cf SND hin’side afore “back to front,” hint-side foremost “Backwards” (at hint adj. I.
(8))..]
hip v2 • [Perh from Scots, nEngl dial hip to hop, skip]
hipple adj • [Cf Scots, Ir, nEngl dial hipple to limp]
his adj A • [..SND he’s (at his poss. pron.)]
his adj B1 • [..SND his poss. pron. “freq. of inanimate objects = its.”]
hishy-hash(y) n • [..cf SND hish-hash “A muddle, confusion, untidy mess”]
hiss v 1 • [SND, EDD (at hish)]
hiss v 3 • [Cf SND hiss int.1 II “a sharp hissing call..to incite a dog to attack”]
hitter-titter adv • [..cf SND hither “Also hidder”..]
hobbled ppl adj2 • [DSL hobbil, hobbel..]
hog age n • [Cf Scots-Gael òg a young man]
hokey-pokey n2 • [Cf DSL hoakie]
home folks n pl 1 • [Cf SND hame-folk..]
hoo v • [Cf SND hooch..]
hoody n • [Cf SND huidin..]
hookey exclam • [..perh var of Scots, Engl dial kye cows]
hooley n • [Cf SND to play huilly wi’ (at hulie adv)..]
Hope n • [Cf SND hope n.2..]
hopper-tailed adj • [Cf..SND happer-arsed (at happer n. 1 (1))..]
horns n • [Cf DSL Suppl. 1841]
horse fiddle n • [Cf SND horse fiddle (at horse n. 2. (12))..]
horse tree n 1 • [Cf SND (at horse n. 2.(49))]
house n, v • [Cf..SND house..]
hout v • [Cf SND hoot..]
huffjuff n • [..cf SND juff..]
hug-me-tight n 3 • [Cf.. SND hug-me-close..]
huh v • [Cf SND hooch II. v. 2..or perh SND hauch II. n. 2..]
hullabaloo n • [Forms beginning in hall-, holl-, and hull- are recorded from nEngl and Scotl..]
humbug n 4 • [..Cf..SND humbug n..]
humor n B1 • [..SND humour n. 1]
humor n B2 • [..SND humour n. 1..]
hundred n, adj A3 • [SND hunder II. (2), (4)..]
hunkersliding vbl n • [SND (at hunker n. 3 [4] [b])..]
hunty gray n • [..perh SND “hunty [hunt the] goorie” (at hunt v. II. 1. (4))]
hup v • [..SND hup..]
huroosh n • [Cf SND huroosh (at hurroo n.) 1..]
hurrah n B2 • [Cf..SND hurroo n. 1..]
hurt v B • [Cf..SND hurt..]
huthering n • [Cf SND hutherin (at hudder v. 1)..; hudder v. 3..; n. 2..]
hymn n A • [Cf SND hime..]
hy spy n • [..SND hy-spy (at hi-spy, n.)..]
i prep • [..cf..SND ay int. 6(3)..]
ill adj 1 • [..appar Scots dial in ref to humans; cf SND ill adj. I.4]
in about adv phr • [Cf SND in adv. 9.(1)..]
infare n • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial; cf EDD, SND]
inkling n • [Engl, Scots dial; cf EDD inklin(g sb. 1]
into prep B1 • [Scots and Engl dial; cf SND intae prep. 1; cf EDD into prep. 3]
it pron A1 (pronc) • [Scots, nEngl dial]
jabble v • [Prob Scots, Ir, nEngl dial jabble to agitate..a liquid; cf EDD jabble sb.1 6..]
jack n2 1 • [Folk-etym for Scots chack (SND at chuck n2)]
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-house n • [SND jack n.2 “Sc. variant of Eng. jakes, a privy”]
jackrock n 3 • [..SND jack n.1 3 “a large piece of rock in a coal seam” and jock 3 “lumps of stone in coal”]
jag v1 • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
jagger n1 b • [..cf DSL jagger “A prickle”]
jamb-rock n • [Cf..SND jam-stane (at jamb n. 1.(2))]
jenk, spread one’s v phr • [Cf SND jink n.1 III.3 “A (playful) trick or frolic”]
jenny n 4 • [Cf SND jennie n. 2 “A man who meddles with or assists in a housewife’s work..; a man with
effeminate habits”]
jiffin(g) n • [Scots varr of jiffy; DSL jiffie, jiffin 1788, 1802..]
jimpsecute n • [..cf..SND jimp adj. 1 “Of persons: slender, small, graceful, neat, dainty”]
jing n • [Scots, Engl dial]
jink v 1 • [Cf SND jink v.1 5 “tr. To..escape the notice of”]
jink v 2 • [Cf SND jink v.1 5 “to cheat, trick”..]
jinked ppl adj • [Perh Scots jink to trick, cheat..]
jink money n • [Cf SND jink v.1 5 “tr..to cheat, trick,”..]
joe n1 • [Scots jo(e), varr of joy..]
joog v • [..but cf also SND joog, joug, jugg, jowg (at jog v., n.)..]
joogle v • [Scots, Engl dial; EDD (at juggle v.2)..]
jook n • [Cf SND jouk n. II.4..]
jouk v1 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
junky adj • Cf DNE, DJE, SND
keep v B2 • [..cf SND, EDD]
keeps n pl 1 • [Perh Scots; cf SND keep n. 2] (MAP)
kernel n 5 • [SND kirnel n. 3..]
kewster n • [..cf SND custril n. “A fool, a foolish person”]
kick v A • [SND kick v. “Also kik, keek”] (MAP)
kick the can n 1 • [Cf SND kick the..can(nie) (at kick v. 3(6))]
kitchen n2 • [Perh < Scots, Engl, Ir dial kinch..]
kitchen n2 1 • [Cf..SND kinch n.1 2..]
kitchen n2 2 • [Cf SND kinch n.1 1..]
kittly-bender n • [Cf SND kittlie adj. 3 “difficult, dangerous..”]
kitty exclam • [Cf SND kit int…]
knee baby n • [Cf SND knee-bairn..]
knoll n • [SND know “Sc. form of Eng. knoll”]
lab one’s mouth v phr • [Cf..SND lab(b) (at laib v. I.3) to chatter, talk incessantly..]
laggy adj • [..SND laggie (at lag adj. I.1)]
lamb lily n • [SND 1886]
land-horse n • [Engl, Scots dial; cf..SND (at land I.2.(1)(v))]
lapsided adj • [..cf also EDD lapsided, SND lab-sided (at lab- adj.)]
lasty adj • [nEngl, Scots dial; cf..SND (at lest v., n. I)]
lay n2 • [Scots dial]
lay in v phr 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
lay one’s tongue to v phr • [Scots, Engl dial]
lazybed n • [SND lazy-bed (at lazy adj. I.1) 1743 ➝..]
league n • [Cf OED league sb.2, Scots forms lig(g), lyge, lyig from 15th, 16th cents]
leak v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
least conj • [Arch and Scots dial var of lest]
let on v phr • [Scots dial] (MAP)
letter n 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
lickety-split adv • [Cf SND lickitie (in phr fast as lickitie)..]
lick thumbs v phr • [From an old Scottish custom..; cf SND lick v. 1.(16)]
lift n1 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
lift n2 • [Cf SND lift n.2 II.3..]
lift v 1a • [Scots dial]
lift v 1b(1) • [Scots dial]
lift v 1b(2) • [Scots dial]
lift v 2 • [Cf SND lift v. 4.(2) “To take up, accept and pay (a bill of exchange)”]
lift v 3 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
lift, on the adj phr • [Cf SND lift v. I.1.(8)..]
lightwood n1 • [..(cf Scots licht-coal coal burned to give light)..] (MAP)
like adv G • [Cf..SND like adv. 1.(1) “Gen.Sc.”]
-like suff 1 • [Cf..SND -like suff. 1]
-like suff 2 • [Cf..SND -like suff. 2]
lippin v • [Scots, nEngl dial lippen]
lipping full adj phr • [SND lip v. 3.(2) “To be full to the brim, or overflowing”]
little house n 1 • [..SND 1764 ➝]
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)
loaden v • [..see also EDD, SND]
loaf bread n • [Scots, Engl dial] (MAP)
lobber v • [nEngl, Scots dial lopper, lapper; cf..SND lapper v.1 I.1] (MAP and Map Section)
lobster n A • [..cf SND, EDD lapster..]
lock v 1 • [Cf SND lock v. I.6 “to bind or engage oneself to (a person).”]
lone n • [Scots, Engl dial;..EDD lone sb.2 5; SND lane adj. 2]
lonesome n B1 • [See SND one’s lanesome (at lane adj. 1.(6))]
loney v • [..see also SND lane adj. 2.(2)]
long adj B1 • [..SND lang adj. 2 “Gen. Sc[ots]”]
long adj B3a • [..see also..SND (at lang adj. I.3)]
long adv D1 • [..see also SND lang adj. 7.(7) “Gen. Sc[ots]”]
long chair n • [Cf SND lang chair (at lang adj. I.6.(10))..]
long drink of water n • [SND lang drink (o water) (at lang adj. I.6.(14))..]
long eye n • [..cf also SND (at ee n. I.2.(1)) 1944]
longheaded adj 1 • [..cf also..SND (at lang adj. I.6.(22))]
lope v1 • [Scots, Engl dial var of Scots loup, lowp to leap]
lose v A1 • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial loss, swEngl dial lost]
louse around v phr • [Cf Scots, nEngl dial lowse to stop working]
low wine n • [..Scots lowins]
lozenger n • [Scots, Engl dial varr of lozenge]
lusty adj 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
-ma- infix • [Cf SND ma- “An intermediate syllable appearing freq. in Sc. compound words..”]
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]
man n C2 • [..common in Scots and Engl dial..]
man n C5a • [SND man n. 6 c1895 ➝]
marriage bone n • [nScots dial..]
marvel n1 • [Engl, Scots dial]
mauger adj • [..cf SND maugre ..]
may v B • [Cf SND can v.1 III.2..]
meddle v 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial; cf EDD meddle v. 3, SND middle v. 1]
minnow n A5 • [..SND minnon]
mixy-maxy adj • [Scots, Engl dial; cf EDD, OED (at mixty-maxty)]
month n B • [The use of sg form for pl..is still common in Scots dial..]
month n C • [Scots dial]
moozie n • [Cf SND mozie, moz(z)(e)y, mosey, moosie adjs (at moze n. I.1)..]
morning, in the adv phr • [Cf Scots adv phr the morn tomorrow..]
morning’s morning n • [Scots morning a drink of liquor taken before breakfast]
mostly adv • [Scots, Engl dial]
mourn v 2 • [SND murn v. 2…]
mozey n2 • [Cf SND moshie (at mosh n.2)..and mooshie (at mosh n.2)..]
muckle adj • [Scots muckle large, big; mature]
mudge n • [Perh Scots, Engl dial mudge a movement, stir]
mudge v • [Scots dial]
mull adj, n1 • [SND mull adj “Hornless”..]
mull v2 • [Cf SND mull n.2 1..]
murgens n • [Cf SND mirge (at mird n.2)..]
mushle v • [..cf SND mush v.1..]
mutton corn n • [Perh folk-etym form of Scots mauten; cf 1840 DSL mauten, mawten..]
nappy n1 • [Scots dial dimin of nap bowl, basin] (MAP)
near cut n • [nEngl, Scots dial; cf EDD]
near hand adj phr • [Scots dial]
need v 2 • [Prob of Scots, nIr origin; cf SND need v. 4, 1923 ➝]
needcessity n • [Brit, esp Scots, folk-etym for necessity]
needle-wire n • [Cf Scots wire a knitting needle]
nervish adj • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial; cf EDD]
nesh adj • [Engl, Scots dial; cf EDD nesh adj]
newsy adj • [..SND (at news n. I)..]
nicker n1, v • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial] (MAP and Map Section)
niff-naff n • [Cf Scots, nEngl dial niff-naff a trifling or unimportant thing]
noodle v1 • [..cf Scots, nEngl dial guddle..]
notice v 1 • [Cf SND notice v. 1 “To watch, tend, take care of, see to, look after”]
notion n 1 • [nEngl, Scots dial; cf SND notion n. 1]
notionate adj • [Cf SND notionate (at notion n. 2) “obstinate, headstrong”]
of prep C4 • [..may be from Scots, nIr dial; cf SND o prep. 1.(6)(v), of 4.(4)(ii)..] (MAP)
offen prep • [Chiefly Scots, nEngl dial; See SND affin, EDD off prep. 2.(14)]
old daddy n • [SND auld daddy, auld father (at auld adj. 2)]
Old Horny n • [Scots Auld Hornie]
old mamma n • [Cf SND auld-mither (at auld adj. 2.(5))]
Old Year’s Eve(ning) n • [Cf SND auld adj. 6]
on prep B3a • [Cf EDD on prep. II.10, SND wait v. I.B.1.(3)(i)] (MAP and Map Section)
open adj B2 • [Cf..SND open adj. 2..]
orey-eyed adj • [Perh var of awry, but cf SND oorie adj. 1..]
out adj D1 • [Cf SND out adv. II.3 “Of a cup,..: emptied..”]
out adv B8 • [Scots, Engl dial; cf SND out adv. II.4, EDD out adv. 13]
outen prep 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
paddy frog n • [Scots var of paddock]
paddybass v • [Cf SND.. “Sc. form of Fr. pas de bas(que)..”]
parcel n, v • [..parshel, parshal are occas attested in Scots, nEngl dial.]
pattern n • [Scots, Engl dial]
peggy n1 • [Brit dial: EDD..; SND..] (MAP)
penny-dog n • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
perish v 4 • [Scots dial]
perjinkety adj • [..cf SND perfink..]
pernickety adj • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial..]
peruse v • [Scots, Engl dial]
pet n 2 • [Scots, Ir dial pet(day)..]
pick n1 • [Scots, nIr dial <..dial var of pique]
pickety hop n • [Perh rel to Scots, Ir dial pickie(s) hopscotch]
piece n 8 • [Scots, Ir, Engl dial] (MAP)
pieceway(s) n • [Prob survival of Scots idiom..]
pig n2 • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
piney rose n • [Cf Scots, nIr peony-rose..]
pinkie n3 • [..or through Scots pinkie (SND at pink n.2 2 1808 ➝)]
plane tree n 2 • [..for Acer pseudoplatanus in Scotl and nEngl]
pluffer n • [..Scots dial; cf EDD pluffer (at pluff v.)]
pock n • [..SND pock n.1 1]
pointedly adv • [Cf SND..]
pointer n 3 • [SND..]
point row n • [Cf SND point n. I.5 ..]
pole v 1 • [Cf SND powl v.1 2..]
police n B1 • [Scots; see SND police n. 3]
poor mouth n • [Scots, nIr dial]
pooter v • [Cf SND peut(e)r, pewt(e)r (at peuther v.2)..]
poppy show n • [Scots, Engl dial;..cf the parallel Scots dial puppie 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..]
potty adj 1 • [SND pottie (at pot n.1 1)..]
potty adj 2 • [Cf SND pot-black (at pot n.1 2.(1))]
preaching n • [Scots, nIr dial]
pride n • [Cf..SND pride n.2 “The spleen of an animal”..]
priminary n • [Scots, Engl dial var..]
prog n1 2 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
prog v • [Scots, Engl dial; cf..EDD prog]
prossy adj • [SND prossie, prowsie (at pross v.)..]
proudful adj • [Scots, Engl dial]
pudge v 1 • [Scots..dial; cf SND pudge..]
purie n • [Prob from SND peerie n.1 6..]
pushion-berry n • [Scots..var of poison; cf SND..]
put at v phr • [Scots dial]
put v • [..antecedents in Scots and Engl dial; pit is the common form in Scots and nEngl dial..]
put v B2 • [..the Scots, nEngl dial inflection of pit..]
queer adj B • [Cf SND queer adj. 3..]
queerous n • [..cf SND querious]
quile v2 • [..cf also SND quall v. “Of wind, etc.: to lull, abate”]
rag n2 • [..SND n.2 I.1 “A disturbance, a noisy dispute”]
raise v B5 • [Chiefly Scots dial; cf EDD]
ramshackled ppl adj 1 • [..perh infl by Scots dial camshacle to distort, disorder]
ramstugious adj • [SND ramstageous, ramstugious “Rough, coarse, uncouth”]
ratch v2 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
redd v 2 • [..SND redd v.1 4.(2)]
redd v 3 • [..SND redd v.1 6.(3), 7.(1), rid v. 5.(2), 6]
redd v 4 • [..SND rede v.2 3, redd v.1 4.(6)..]
redding comb n • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial..]
rede n • [Scots dial; see EDD rede sb.2]
reel-footed adj • [Scots, Ir dial]
ree-rye n • [Prob var of nIr dial ree-raw; cf EDD, SND reel rall]
relievo n • [..Ult from arch, chiefly Scots dial relieve to release, rescue]
residenter n • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial]
ribble off v phr • [SND (at reeble v. 1) “To reel off in a hurried, expressionless manner”]
ribey adj • [Cf SND ribe n. 2 “A long-legged, thin person…”]
ride v1 B9 • [Var of..Scots..(someone or something) to ride the water on (or with)..]
rinse v, n • [..cf..also SND, which gives [rɪnz] as the usu Scots pronc]
rippet n • [Scots dial..]
rizzle v • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
road n1 B1 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
rounce n • [EDD roonses..— reported from Aberdeenshire. Cf SND round n. 9, where roonses is interpreted as a
double plural..]
ruction n • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial, cf EDD..]
rue v • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial]
rullion n • [Scots dial; cf SND rullion (at rivlin n. 4)]
rumbled up adj phr • [Engl, Scots dial; cf SND..]
run-a-mile n • [Cf SND..]
run sheep run n • [Perh of Scots origin,..cf SND] (MAP)
saft adj • [Scots dial var of soft]
sawney n • [Scots dial..]
scale v1 • [Scots, nEngl dial scale, skail to disperse, depart]
scallyhoot v • [Cf SND skellihewit “A row, a noisy quarrel, din, rumpus”]
scamp v1 • [Prob Scots, Engl dial; cf SND scamp v…; EDD scamp v.1]
scaper v • [Cf SND scape v. 2 “To run at large, to scamper.”]
scoot v 1 • [Scots, nEngl, nIr dial scoot, scout]
scotch v2 • [From arch scotch..which has var specialized senses in Scots, Engl dial,..SND scutch v.3 1, 2..]
scour adj • [Perh rel to Scots scourie shabby, ragged]
scrawn n • [..cf SND scrawn (at scran n. 2..)]
scrooch v • Cf EDD, SND
scrooch v • [..prob of Scots, nEngl dial origin]
scrunt n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
scunner n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
scunner v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
several adj, n, pron B • [Scots, Ir; cf EDD, Concise Ulster Dict.]
shabby adj • [Scots, nEngl dial]
shank it v phr • [Scots, nEngl dial]
shaw n • [Engl, Scots, Ir dial;..EDD shaw sb.1 1]
sheep sour n • [..may instead (or also) derive from Scots sheep sourock..]
shelving n • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
shifting clothes n • [Scots dial]
shock n2 • [Scots dial]
shoo-round n • [Cf ..SND shue v. 1 “To swing, rock or sway backwards and forwards”]
-sie suff • [SND -sie suff. 2]
simmy n • [Cf SND simmy v. “To mope about..”]
singlings n • [SND 1796 ➝]
skate n2 • [Sense 1 is of Scots origin..]
skate n2 1 • [SND skate n.1 3..]
skate n2 3 • [Cf skate v 4 and SND skite n.1 3..]
skate v 2 • [..SND skite v.1 ..] (MAP)
skate v 4 • [Cf SND skite v.1 5(2)..]
skeelings n • [Cf SND keel v.3 “To skim the floating fat from soup, etc.”]
skeet n1 • [SND skeet n.1..]
skeet v • [Cf EDD skeet v., SND v.1, v.2]
skeet v 3 • [SND skeet v.1 1 “To (make to) skim over the surface of water”]
skeller-eyed adj • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial..]
skep n1 • [..scape is an older Scots var]
sketch n • [SND sketch n.2 “a brief period of time..”]
skift n1 • [Var of skiff; SND skift n.2 1889 ➝..]
skift n2 • [SND skift n.1 2, skiff n.1 2..]
skift v1 • [Cf SND skiff v. 5.., skift v. 21..]
skinny malink n • [.. SND (at skinny adj. 2)..]
skirt n • [Cf SND skirp n. 1..]
skite n • [..SND skite n.2 2 “A nasty or objectionable person”]
slack jaw n • [Scots, Engl dial..]
slank adj • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
slash n1 • [Prob..imit..cf..Scots, nEngl dial slashy muddy, miry]
sleep in v phr • [Scots dial; cf EDD sleep v. II.2] (MAP)
sloosh n1, v • [..Scots dial; cf SND sloosh n. 2 “A dash of water ..,” v. “To splash..”]
sloosh-hole n • [Cf SND slush n. 1 “A wet marshy place, a puddle, quagmire..”]
slope v • [Prob from Scots, nEngl, nIr dial slope to trick, cheat, evade..]
sly v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
smudder v, n • [..presumably inherited from Brit dial (see..SND).]
snead n • [..(esp in form sned) Scots dial,..cf..EDD, SND..]
sneak v 2a • [..Cf..SND snoke..]
sneck n, v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
snib n, v • [Scots dial]
snool n • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
snooled down adj phr • [Scots dial snool to bully; to keep in subjection]
sonsy adj • [Scots, nEngl dial]
sook exclam • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial as a call to calves..] (MAP)
sour milk n • [..Scots,..cf..SND sour I.1.(13)]
sow n2 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
sow and pigs n • [Cf Scots sow in the kirk..] (MAP)
spratch n • [Cf SND spret n.2 1 “A sudden spring or leap, jump, bound”]
springle out v phr • [Cf..SND springly “?Twiggy, having many small shoots or branches”]
sprout v1 1 • [Scots, nEngl dial]
spug n • [Scots, Engl dial “house sparrow”; cf EDD, SND]
stanchel n • [Scots and chiefly nEngl dial..] (MAP)
stancheous adj • [Abbrs for arch Scots dial substantious]
staple n1 • [Scots dial]
stave v 5 • [Engl and Scots dial]
staves, to adv phr • [..cf SND stave n. 2]
stay v 1 • [Scots, nIr dial]
steady adv B1 • [Cf SND steady adv. “Continuously, all the time”..]
steady bee n • [Cf SND steady v. “Of a hawk..: to hover in one spot..for prey”..]
steer v • [Pronc varr of stir(red); cf SND steer v.1]
step aside v phr • [SND (at step v.) “to err morally..”]
stile v • [Scots dial stell (also stile) to put in place, station, set up]
stink base n • [Cf SND stink n. 2..Also.. SND dale, dail n.4 2..]
stinking willie n 1 • [A Scots name..(SND 1825 ➝)..]
stob n • [..nEngl, Scots, nIr dial]
stob v B5 • [SND stob v. 3 “to mark or bound with posts; to prop up with stakes”]
stog v • [chiefly Scots, nIr dial]
stove v2 4 • [SND stave v. 3 “To sprain, bruise or confuse a joint of the body”]
strand n1 • [Scots, nEngl dial strand a stream, channel]
strange adj 3 • [SND strange adj. 2 “shy, self-conscious among strangers..”]
stravage v • [Scots dial]
strengthy adj • [nEngl, Scots dial]
striffen n • [Scots, nIr dial; prob < Scots Gael..]
strop n, v • [strop.. Scots dial form strap, but remains std in a few technical senses..]
strushled adj • [SND strushle adj. “[strʌʃl]…Untidy, slovenly, disorderly, of persons or things”]
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]
sugan n • [Ir, Scots Engl suggan (< Ir, Scots Gael súgán)…]
susy adj • [Cf SND susy (at shusy n. 1) “Used for a woman in gen., esp. a silly..woman”]
suz intj • [Scots, Engl dial sirs.., (..cf SND ser v.2)..]
swag n 1 • [Engl, Scots dial]
swag n 5 • [SND swag n. 4 “A quantity of liquid or liquor, a long `pull’ or draught”]
swagger v • [..cf SND swag v.2 “Only in fut. tense I’ll swag, I’ll bet” and wager v…]
swan v • [Reanalysis of Scots, nEngl dial I’se warn..(..SND warrand v.)]
swanky n • [Scots, nEngl dial]
swanny v • [Reanalysis of Scots dial I’se warn ye..] (MAP)
swarp v • [Varr of swap in var senses now obs or found only in Engl, Scots dial..]
swarp v 1 • [..SND swap v.1 “To strike, hit,..scourge.”]
swarp v 2a • [SND swap v.1 3 “To brandish (a weapon), make a swipe with”]
swarp v 2b • [SND swap v.1 3 “to cast a fishing-rod”]
swarp v 4 • [SND swap v.1 5..; 6..]
swarp v 6 • [Cf.. SND swap v.1 7 “tr. To drink in quick long gulps”]
swatch v 1 • [..cf SND swash v. 3.(2) “to go about in a showy ostentatious way”]
swatch v 2 • [Cf SND swash v. 3.(1) “to rush to and fro,..bustle”]
swither n • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
swoggle v • [Cf SND swaible (also swabble) v. 2 “To mop up..energetically”]
swop n • [Cf..SND swap n.1 4 “A pull or swig of liquor”]
sword n • [Prob from Scots, Engl dial..]
tackle n • [The forms with [e] and [i]..continue Brit dial forms (cf..SND tackle)..]
take down v phr a • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
take in v phr • [SND tak v. B.1.(8).(viii) “intr. of a church: to assemble..”]
take up v phr 2 • [SND tak v. B.1.(14).(vi) “to re-open (a school or college)..]
tarve v • [..Brit evidence later than the 16th cent is a single 1824 Scots ex of the form tirvie.]
taste v B3 • [Scots dial; cf..SND taste v. 2]
teethache n • [SND 1840 ➝; EDD 1898 ➝]
tell v B2b • [nScots, nIr, and swEngl dial]
that’s pron • [..reinterpretation of that’s contraction of that his; cf..SND that pron. I.1]
the def art B1 • [Chiefly Scots dial; cf EDD the 12 “Comb. with day, morn, night, &c.: this, `to-.’ ”]
them-uns pron • [Scots, nIr dial; cf SND them yins (at yin pron. 3)]
thereaway(s) adv • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
they pron2 • [Prob from Scots the(y)..(SND there adv. 1)…]
thole v • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
thoughty adj 1 • [Scots dial; cf OED2 “Obs. exc. Sc.”]
thribble adj, adv, n, v • [..cf EDD thribble, SND threeple]
thriblet n • [Cf SND threeplet (at threeple n. II)]
throng adj • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial]
throughother adv, adj, n • [Scots, Ir, nEngl dial throughother, throughither..]
tick tag n • [Scots, nEngl dial tick to touch lightly, esp in a children’s game of tag]
tight adv 2 • [Cf SND ticht adv. “attentively, closely”]
till prep B1 • [Scots, nIr, nEngl dial]
till prep B2 • [Scots dial]
time about adv phr • [Scots, nEngl dial]
titling n • [Cf SND titlin n. 2 “The smallest and weakest in a brood, esp. of pigs in a litter.”]
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]
toad n 6 • [SND 1768 ➝]
torn down adj phr 1 • [Scots, Engl dial]
tottle v 2 • [Scots, nEngl dial..]
troke n • [SND troke n. 4 “Any small piece of work or business..”]
trollop v 3 • [Scots dial]
truckle v • [Cf SND troke I.4 “..to trudge about”]
turn v C5 • [Scots, nIr dial turn the wild cat..to turn head over heels]
-um suff • [Cf SND -um suff “esp. in children’s language”]
untelling ppl adj • [Scots dial]
upcast v • [nEngl, Scots, Ir dial]
us-uns pron • [Scots, nIr dial; cf SND us yins (at yin pron. 3)]
vaunty adj • [Scots, nIr dial]
wallink n • [Scots, nEng, Ir dial wellink, wallink ..]
wally basket n • [Scots wallie fine, beautiful + basket]
want v1 C1 • [..this constr..occurs..chiefly among Scots and Anglo-Irish writers.]
want v1 C2 • [Scots, nIr dial..]
want v1 C3 • [Prob of Scots, nIr orig..]
wattle n1 • [Scots, nEngl, nIr dial]
weather gall n • [nEngl, Scots, nIr dial]
weed n • [Scots, Ir dial]
whang n1 • [Brit, esp Scots, nIr, dial var of thong]
what-all pron 1a • [Scots, nIr dial]
what for adv phr 1 • [nEngl, Scots dial]
what for (a) adj phr • [In some areas..a calque of Ger was für (ein),..in others perh from..Scots and Engl
(Kentish) dial…]
whenever conj a • [..SND (at whan)..]
where-all adv • [Prob..Scots, nIr dial..]
whim-wham for a goose(‘s) bridle n • [Scots, nIr dial; cf EDD whim-wham 9.(3)]
whinge v • [Scots, nEngl dial]
whip v, n A1 (pronc) • [Scots dial whup] (MAP)
whip v, n A4 (pronc) • [Scots dial]
whistlewood n • [Scots, nIr dial]
white liver n • [Cf..SND white liver (at white adj. I.(39));..]
why for adv • [Orig swEngl, Scots dial..]
widowman n • [Engl, Scots, nIr dial] (MAP)
widow woman n 1 • [Engl, Scots, nIr dial] (MAP)
will v B3 • [SND will v.1 4..]
wingle v • [SND wingle v. 1..2 ..]
winker n 1 • [Orig nEngl, Scots dial; cf EDD winker sb. 1]
wizzen n • [Chiefly nEngl, Scots, nIr varr of weasand; cf ..SND wizzen, Concise Ulster Dict. weasen]
wonder v1 1 • [..reflect Brit dial survivals of ME idioms (see..SND wunner II.1).]
worth adj B • [..SND worth adj. 2 ..; 1.(1) little-worth, -wirt..]
yonder adv, adj, n A4 (pronc) [SND [ˈjon(d)ər]]
york v • [Scots, nEngl dial; cf EDD york (at yawk v. 1)]
you-uns pron1 • [Scots, nIr dial you-ones, you-uns, you yins]
coontie n • [Seminole kunti]
trembling earth n • [Calque of Seminole okefinokee]
dupa n • [..cf..Serbo-Croatian dupe]
mechameck n • [..cf Shawnee mak-, Menominee mɛ·c big (in reference to the large root)]
muffuletta n • [Sicilian dial muffuletta a soft, spongy roll]
pasta fazool n • [..cf Sicilian fasula..bean]
kishke n • [Yiddish, ult of Slavic origin..]
-sky suff • [Appar in imitation of Russ (or other Slavic) names or other words ending with this element..]
halushky n pl • [Slovak halušky]
potica n • [Slovene..]
Smoky Mountains; Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English (See also Appalachians)
grayback n 5 • Smoky Mountain area
tarpole wagon n • [..DSME suggests that tarpole is a folk-etym for tarpaulin.]
milo maize n • [Sotho maili] (MAP)
a prep1 3 • chiefly Sth
*a prep1 5 • throughout US, but esp freq in Midl, SW; less freq Sth, NEng
a inert vowel • now chiefly Sth, Midl
about prep, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
about to die adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
above one’s bend adv phr • esp Sth, West
Abraham Lincoln n • chiefly Sth, Midl
account n (pronc) • esp Sth, Midl
act v B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
Adam’s apple n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
adder n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, NEast; rare in West (MAP)
afear(e)d adj • once widespread, now chiefly Sth, Midl
afflicted ppl adj • chiefly Sth, Midl
afore adv, conj, prep • once widespread, now chiefly Sth, Midl
African n1 B1 • Sth
African n1, adj C1 • now chiefly Sth
after prep, adv, conj, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
after prep, adv, conj, n (pronc) • esp NEng, Sth
afterwhile adv • chiefly Sth, Midl
again conj D • chiefly Sth, Midl
again prep C1 • now chiefly Sth, Midl
agate n 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl
ageable adj • chiefly Sth
aggie forti(e)s n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
aggravate v B • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
aggravated ppl adj • widespread, though esp freq in Sth, Midl
aggravating ppl adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ague n (pronc) • Sth, Midl (MAP)
aim v • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
air n (pronc) • Sth
airish adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
airish adj 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
airn pron • Sth, S Midl
air potato n • Sth
airy adj1 1 • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
Alabama n (pronc) • chiefly Sth
alder tag n • Sth
all adj1 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
all-day singing n • Sth
alligator n1 B10 • Sth
alligator bait n 2 • chiefly Sth
alligator bonnet(s) n • Sth
alligator tree n • chiefly Sth
all-overs n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
allow v 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
allow v 4 • chiefly Sth, Midl
alls n pl • ?Sth
all she wrote, that’s phr • chiefly Sth, West
all sorts of adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
all the • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
all (the) time adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
along of prep 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
aloose adj • Sth, Midl
already adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
aluminum n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
a many a adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ambeer n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ambitious adj 1 • Sth, Midl
ambrosia n 2 • chiefly Sth
amen corner n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
amen pew n • chiefly Sth and Atl States
a mind adj phr • chiefly NEng, Sth
and conj B2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
and them conj phr • chiefly Sth
angel’s-trumpet n 1 • Sth, CA and HI
anigh prep • esp Sth, S Midl
ankle express n • esp West, Sth
ant n (pronc) • Sth
antigodlin adj, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
antigoglin adj, adv • Sth, S Midl, West
antses n pl • Sth
anxious bench n • chiefly N Atl, Sth, S Midl
anyways adv 1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
anyways adv 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ape n 1 • chiefly Sth
apple haw n • chiefly Sth
appreciate v B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
apron n B4 • chiefly Sth, Midl
arbor n B1 • Sth, Midl
argue v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
argufy v • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
arrow n (pronc) • Sth, Midl
arrowwood n c • chiefly Sth
arthuritis n • esp Sth, Midl
article n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
ary adj • throughout US, but esp Sth, Midl
as conj B3 • chiefly Midl, Sth
as pron D • formerly widespread, now chiefly Midl, Sth
asafetida n (pronc) • Sth, Midl, and less frequently elsewhere
ascared adj • chiefly Midl, Sth
ash-box n • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
ash bread n • chiefly Sth, Midl
ashcake n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ash-hopper n • chiefly Sth, Midl
as how conj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl
ash pone n • chiefly Sth, Midl, esp VA
ashy adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ask v A1a (pronc) • formerly esp NEng, now chiefly Sth, Midl
ask v A1b (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
ask v A2a (pronc) • now chiefly Sth, Midl
ask v A2b (pronc) • now chiefly Sth, Midl
assign v • Sth
ass-licker n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
at prep 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl
at prep 4 • chiefly Sth, Midl
at all adv • chiefly Sth, Midl
atamasco (lily) n 1 • Sth
at oneself adj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl
audacious(ly) adj, adv (pronc) • Sth, Midl
*aunt n A2 (pronc) • chiefly S Midl, less freq Sth
aunt n B2 • Sth, Midl
awful adj 3 • Sth, S Midl
babe n • Sth
baby n 3 • esp Sth
baby catcher n • chiefly Sth
back v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
back back v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
backband n • now chiefly Sth
back-buster n • Sth, Midl
backdoor trot n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
backset n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
backward(s) adj, adv, n (pronc) • esp Sth, Midl
backy n1 • ?Sth
bacon n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bad adj B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad adj B7 • chiefly Sth, Midl
bad adj B8 • chiefly Sth, Midl
bad adv 2 • appar Sth, Midl
bad child n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bad man n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad off adj phr 2 • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad off adj phr 3b • Sth
bad pay n • Sth, S Midl
bad place n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bad sick adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, but esp Inland Sth (MAP)
bagging (sack) n • Sth
bait n 1d • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bait n 2 • Sth, S Midl
bait n 3 • chiefly Sth
baitworm n • chiefly Midl, Sth
balcony n (pronc) • Sth
baldface n 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl
ball n1 3 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
ball v1 • Sth
balm n (pronc) • Sth, Midl
bandy-shanked adj • prob Sth, S Midl
banjo n (pronc) • Sth, Midl
bank n1 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
bank v 2 • chiefly Sth
banter n • chiefly Sth, Midl
banter v 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
Baptist n (pronc) • esp Sth, Midl
Baptist pallet n • chiefly Sth
bar n3 • Sth, esp sLA and other Fr settlement areas
bar n4 • chiefly Sth, Midl, nNY
barlow knife n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
barn lot n • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
bar off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
barrel n B1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
base n B2 • widespread, but esp Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
basing n • Sth
basket dinner n • chiefly Midl, occas Sth
basket meeting n • Sth, S Midl
bastard oak n 1 • chiefly Sth
bat v2 1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bath v • ?chiefly Sth, S Midl
bathcloth n • Sth
battercake n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
battle v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
battling stick n • Sth, S Midl
bayou n (pronc) • esp Sth, Midl
be v A1 (pronc) • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
be v B1a(1) • chiefly NEast, Sth
be v B1a(3) • esp Sth
be v B1c • esp NEng & settlement areas; also Sth
be v B1f • esp freq among Blacks; occas among Whites in the Sth
be v B1g • chiefly Sth
be v B3a • chiefly Sth
be v B3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
be v B3c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
be v B5a • esp Midl, Sth
be v B5b • chiefly Midl, Sth
be v B6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
be v C2a (pronc) • ?chiefly Sth, Midl
be v C2b (pronc) • chiefly NEng, NY, nPA; also Sth, esp eVA, eNC
bead tree n • Sth
beans, not to know v phr c • esp Sth, S Midl
bear n1 A (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
bear n1 B • ?chiefly Sth, Midl
bear v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
beast n B1 • Sth, S Midl, NEng
beast n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
beat bobtail v phr • ?Sth
beaten biscuit n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY, MD, VA (MAP)
beatenest adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
beater n 2 • chiefly Sth
beaucoup adj, n, adv • chiefly Sth (MAP)
beau dollar n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
beautyberry n • chiefly Sth
because conj (pronc) • in Sth, S Midl
bed n (pronc) • chiefly Sth
bed n A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bed n B1 • Sth, S Midl
bed v 2 • chiefly Sth
bedroom shoe n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
bedstead n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bee gum n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bee martin n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*beet tops n pl • widespread, but least freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
before-day n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
beg v (pronc) • chiefly in Sth
begin v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
begin v A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
behind prep • chiefly Sth
behind prep B2 • chiefly Sth
behind a dime adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
beholden adj • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
being conj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
belike adv • ?Sth
bell cow n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
bellows n, v (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
bell pepper n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
bellyband n • Sth
belly-buster n, adv 2 • chiefly Sth, W Midl, Cent (MAP and Map Section)
belly washer n 1 • ?Sth, S Midl
belong v B • Sth, S Midl
bench-legged adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
benne n • Sth, esp SC
betsy bug n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp AR, KY
betwixt prep • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
beyond prep, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
B from (a) bull’s foot, not to know v phr • now chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
biddable adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
biddy n3 • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
bid whist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
biff n1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
biff v • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
big adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
big v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
big daddy n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
big day n • Sth
big dog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC (MAP and Map Section)
big-eye adj 1 • Sth
biggity adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
big hominy n • Sth, S Midl
big house n 1 • chiefly Sth
big Ike n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
big mamma n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
big meeting n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
big road n • chiefly Sth, Midl
big time n • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl
bill n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
billfolder n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bimeby adv • [..prob reinforced in Sth by slave use since it was widespread in pidgin and creole English of 17th
cent and after]
bird n A1 (pronc) • esp coastal Sth, NYC, eNEng
bird n A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bird n B1 • chiefly Sth
bird n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
birth v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
birthing vbl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
biscuit n A • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
biscuit n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
biscuit-eater n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
biscuits n • Sth
-bit suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bite v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bitter adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bitterweed n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, TX (MAP)
bitterweed milk n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
black-and-tan n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blackberry storm n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blackberry winter n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
black bottle n • widespread, but esp Sth
black-bottom pie n • chiefly Sth
black curlew n • prob chiefly Sth
black dark n • prob Sth, S Midl
black Dutch n • esp common Sth, S Midl
black-eyed pea n • widespread, but esp freq in Sth, Midl
black-eyed Susie n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
black frost n 2 • chiefly Sth
black gum n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
black haw n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
black iron n • chiefly Sth
blackjack n 5 • chiefly Sth
blackjack oak n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
black man n 1 • esp common Sth, S Midl
black racer n 1 • chiefly Sth (Map Section)
blacktongue n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
blade n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blare v 4 • chiefly Sth
blared ppl adj • chiefly Sth
blare-eyed ppl adj • chiefly Sth
blast n 4 • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, scattered Sth (MAP)
blate n, v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
blate n, v A2 • chiefly Sth (MAP and Map Section)
blate v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blaze-face n 1 • chiefly Sth, W Midl
bleed v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bless out v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blind n 1 • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
*blind n 2 • widespread, but least freq NEast, Sth (MAP)
blind bridle n • scattered, but esp common Sth, S Midl
blindfold n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
blindman’s buff n c • chiefly Sth, Midl
blind tiger n 1 • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP and Map Section)
blip n, intj • prob Sth, S Midl
blizzard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
block and tickle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blood boil n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blood kin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bloodshotten adj • chiefly S Midl, Sth
bloodweed n • chiefly Sth, esp TX
bloodybones n • Sth
bloom n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blouse n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
blow n2 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blow v1 A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, and scattered Nth (MAP)
blow fire (out) v phr • Sth, S Midl
blubber n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blubber v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue adj 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue bean n • Sth
blue blazes n a • chiefly Sth, esp SC
blue catfish n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp lower Missip Valley (MAP)
blue crane n 1 • chiefly Sth
blue darter n 2 • chiefly Sth
blue eye n • chiefly Sth
blue gum n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue-gummed adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue hen’s chicken n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue john n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue martin n • esp Sth, Missip Valley
blue Peter n 1 • chiefly Sth, esp FL
bluetick n • Sth, Midl
bluff n1 a • chiefly Sth
boar n attrib • chiefly Sth, S Midl
board n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bobble n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bobtailed flush n • scattered, but more common Sth and West
bodacious adj, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bodaciously adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
body waist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bofe adj, pron • chiefly Sth
bog the shadow of a buzzard v phr • Sth
bogue v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
boguish adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bohunkus n 1 • chiefly Sth, esp TX
boil adj • chiefly Sth, NEng
boil n1, v (pronc) • Sth, Midl, NEng
boiled custard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
boiler n1 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
boiling n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
boiling water n • chiefly Sth
bollworm n • Sth
bone felon n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
booger n1 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
booger n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
booger v1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW
boogerbear n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
boogerman n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
boogerman n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bookity-book adv, n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
books n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
boot n1 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bootlick n • now chiefly Sth
bootlick v • chiefly Sth
boresome adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
born v tr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
born days n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
borning vbl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
borrow v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl and NEng, esp ME
bosh n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
boss, get oneself a v phr • chiefly Sth, sMissip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
boss-man n 1 • chiefly Sth, sAppalachians (MAP)
bottled drink n • chiefly Sth, esp NC
bottom n 1a • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP)
bottom n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bottom n 8 • Sth, S Midl
bottomland n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
bound v 1 • chiefly Sth
box n 2 • Sth, S Midl
box n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
box v2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
box-ankled adj • chiefly Sth
boxing n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
boy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brag adj • chiefly Sth, Midl
brake n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX
brake n4 • Sth
branch n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
branch water n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bray n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bread n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
break n1 5 • esp Sth, S Midl
break v B7 • chiefly Sth
breakdown n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
break it off in v phr • Sth, S Midl
break off v phr • chiefly Sth
break one’s leg v phr • chiefly Sth
break one’s neck v phr • esp Sth
bream n (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
bream n B3 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*breastbone n • scattered, but least freq in Nth and Sth
breath harp n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brickle adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
brierberry n • Sth
brier hook n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bright adj 2 • Sth
bring v A (pronc) • in Sth, S Midl
bring v C4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brinjer n • Sth
britches n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
britches n pl 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
britches n pl 2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
britches n pl 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl
brogan n 1 • widespread, but esp common in Sth, S Midl (MAP)
broiler house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
broken vein n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*broody n • widespread, but least freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
broom sage broom n • chiefly Sth
broom sedge n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
broomstraw n • chiefly Sth
brother n A1 • esp Sth, S Midl
brother n A2 • orig among Southern Blacks
brother n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bruise v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Brunswick stew n • chiefly Sth, esp VA, NC, GA (MAP)
brush n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brush n, v1 A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brush v2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brush arbor n • chiefly Sth, Midl
brush broom n1 • Sth, S Midl
bubba n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bubblegum machine n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*buck n1 1a • widespread, but infreq in Sth (MAP)
buck n1 1c • chiefly Sth, Midl
buck n1 1e • chiefly Sth
buck n1 2a • chiefly Midl, Sth
buck n1 2c • chiefly Midl, Sth
buck-and-wing n • widely known, but used esp Sth, S Midl
*buckboard n 1 • widespread, but less freq in Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bucket n 1 • formerly chiefly Sth and Midl, now more widespread
bucket n 2a • chiefly S Midl, Sth
buckeye n 9 • esp Sth, Inland Nth
buck-eyed adj2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (Map Section)
bud n2 1a • widespread, but esp common in Sth, S Midl
buddy n 1a • widespread, but chiefly Midl, Sth
buddy v • chiefly W Midl, Sth
buffet n A2 (pronc) • esp Sth
bug n1 8 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bug n1 14c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bug n1 14e • W Midl, Sth
bug v 1 • chiefly Sth
bugaboo n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
bugger n1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bughouse n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bulge n, v (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
bull n 1 • Sth, S Midl
bullace n 2 • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
bull bay n • chiefly Sth
bullfrogs, rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bullgrass n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bullnose pepper n • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bull of the woods n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Pacific (MAP)
bull tongue n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bumblebee adj • Sth, S Midl
bumfuzzle v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bump n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bunch bean n • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
bundle n, v1 (pronc) • in Sth, S Midl
burrhead n1 1 • scattered, but esp Sth
burying n • Sth, S Midl
bush arbor n • Sth
bush ax n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
bush baby n • Sth
bush hog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bush hog v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bush hook n • chiefly Sth, NEast (MAP)
bushpea n • esp Sth
bust v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
busthead n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
butter bean n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
butter pea n • Sth, Midl
buzzard lope n • chiefly Sth
buzzard roost n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC, TX (MAP)
buzzard-wing sweep n • Sth, S Midl
by prep 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cabbage n B2 • chiefly NEast, Sth (MAP)
cabbage pea n • Sth
cackle v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cafe n • chiefly West, Sth (MAP)
calaboose n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, West (MAP)
calf-eyes n • prob Sth, S Midl
call v 12 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
call hogs v phr • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
calm n, adj, v (pronc) • esp in Sth, Midl, infreq in NEng
camel walk n • chiefly Sth
camp meeting n • chiefly Sth, Midl
can v1 1b (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
candle n A (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
candle fly n • chiefly Sth, Midl
candy pulling n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, CA (MAP)
canebrake rattler n • Sth
canecutter n • Sth
can’t see n • chiefly Sth
cap n1 2a • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
cap n1 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cap v 4 • Sth, S Midl
Cape jasmine n • Sth
captain n B2 • Sth, S Midl
carbox n • Sth
carcass n • perh esp Sth, S Midl
car house n • Sth, S Midl
carpet, on the adj phr • Sth, S Midl, esp NC, TX, AR (MAP)
carry v (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
carry v B1 • formerly freq in NEng; now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
carry v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
carry v B4 • chiefly Sth
car shed n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cash money n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cat n 3c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cat n 8 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*catalpa n • widespread, but least freq in Sth
catamount n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
catawampus adv 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth
catawampus n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
catawba n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, OH, IN (MAP)
catch v B9 • Sth, S Midl
catch v B10 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
catch ’im v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
catch-pain n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
catercorner adj A1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cathead n • Sth, S Midl
cattle gap n • chiefly Sth
cave-in n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cavort v • orig chiefly Sth, S Midl, now widespread
cease v1 (pronc) • Sth
cease v1 B • chiefly Sth, Ozarks (MAP)
cease v2 • chiefly Sth
cedar pencil n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cedar pine n 1 • chiefly Sth
cement n, v, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cent n (pronc) • chiefly Sth
cent n b • chiefly Sth
certain adj, adv (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl
certain adv B2 • chiefly Sth
chair n (pronc) • Sth and S Midl, scattered in PA, NEng
chairbacker n • Sth, S Midl
chamber lye n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
chance n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
change v1 • chiefly Sth, sAppalachians (MAP)
channel bass n • chiefly Sth
chap n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*Charley horse n • widespread, but least freq NEast and Sth
chartered adj • Sth, S Midl
check n1 3 • Sth, S Midl
check out v phr 2 • chiefly Sth
cheese-eater n • chiefly Sth
Cherokee rose n • Sth
chess pie n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chew one’s bit(s) v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chew one’s tobacco v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chickamy chickamy craney crow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chicken corn n 1 • Sth
chicken-eater n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chicken snake n 1 • chiefly Sth, Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
chickie n 1 • widespread, but esp freq in Midl and Sth (MAP)
chickoo intj • Sth, S Midl
chifforobe n • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
child n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
child n A2 (pronc) • chiefly nNEng, Sth, S Midl
child n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
child n A2 (pronc) • esp Sth
child n A3 • Sth, S Midl
chill bumps n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chill tonic n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chimney n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, occas NEng
chimney n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chimney sweep n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*chimney swift n • widespread exc West, Sth (MAP)
china n (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
chinch n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chinchy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chink v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chinquapin n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chippy n2 3 • formerly East, Sth; now chiefly Inland Nth and West (MAP)
chittamwood n 2 • chiefly Sth, SW
chittamwood n 3 • chiefly Sth, SW
chitterling bread n • Sth
chitterlings n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chocolate drop n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
cholera n (pronc) • esp in Sth
chook intj • chiefly eNEng, Sth
choose v B • chiefly NEng, Sth
chop n1 1 • now chiefly Sth, Midl
chop v B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
chounse v 1 • Sth, Midl
Christian n • Sth
Christmas n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Christmas n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Christmas Eve n • ?chiefly Sth, S Midl
Christmas gift exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Christmas tree n 3 • chiefly Sth, nNEng, also S Midl (MAP)
chuck-a-luck n • esp West, Sth
chuck-will’s-widow n • chiefly Sth
chufa n • chiefly Sth
chug v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chunk-floater n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
church house n • chiefly S Midl, Sth
circumstance n B2 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
civil adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
civilize v 1 • Sth
clabber n1 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl and West (MAP and Map Section)
clabber cheese n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
clap in, clap out n • esp Sth, S Midl, NEng
claybank adj • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
clay pea n • Sth
clear n, v, adv, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
clearstone n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
clever adj 3 • formerly NEng, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
climb v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
climb v 2d • chiefly Sth
clod buster n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
clodknocker n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
coat n 1 • Sth
coat n 2 • Sth, S Midl
cobbler n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
coca-cola n A (pronc) • Sth
coca-cola n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW
cock n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
coco grass n • chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS
coffin tack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
coil v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cold bumps n pl • chiefly Sth
cold drink n • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
collard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
colonel n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
colored n • chiefly Sth
comb n B2 • chiefly Midl, occas Sth (MAP)
come v A5b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
come back (again) v phr • chiefly Midl, scattered Sth
come by v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
come-by-chance n • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
come easy, go easy adj phr • chiefly Sth
come-off n 1 • Sth, S Midl
come sick v phr • Sth, S Midl
come through v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
come up v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
come up v phr 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
comfort n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
*comforter n 1 • widespread, but least freq in Sth (MAP)
comical adj • ?Sth
commode n 4a • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
company room n • Sth, S Midl
Confederate violet n • chiefly Sth
congealed salad n • chiefly Sth
congo n1 1 • chiefly Sth
congo n1 3 • Sth
conjure n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
conjure bag n • chiefly Sth
cookie n1 2 • Sth, S Midl
cookroom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cookshop n 1 • chiefly Sth
cooling board n • Sth, Midl
cooling room n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
coon n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
coon v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
coon v 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
cooncan n • esp Sth, SW
coon dog n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
coop n1 (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
Cooter Brown, drunk as adj phr • chiefly Sth
cope v2 • chiefly Midl, scattered Sth (MAP)
copperas n attrib • chiefly Sth, S Midl
copperhead snake n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corn beer n • chiefly Sth
corn bin n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corn bread n 1 • esp Sth
corn cake n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
corn crow n • Sth
corn dodger n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corn dumpling n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
corner n1 • esp in Sth, S Midl
cornfield bean n • chiefly Sth
cornfield negro n • Sth
cornfield pea n • Sth, S Midl
cornfield school n • Sth
corn light bread n • Sth, S Midl
corn patty n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corn pone n 1 • orig chiefly Sth, Midl, now widespread exc NEng
corn shucking n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corn song n • chiefly Sth
corporosity n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corruption n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cotton n 4 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
cotton box n • Sth
cottonhead n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
cotton house n • Sth
cotton-picking adv • esp Sth, SW
cottonweed n 5 • Sth
counterpin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
country adj • chiefly Sth, Atlantic (MAP)
cover n, v (pronc) • Sth, Midl, occas NEng
cow lot n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cowpea n • chiefly Sth, Midl
cow’s tail n 2 • esp Midl, Sth
cow tick n 1 • Sth
crab-apple switch n • Sth, S Midl, esp MS
crackling n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
crackling bread n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
crackloo n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crack of day n • chiefly Sth
cramp-colic n • scattered Sth, S Midl
crank-sided adj • chiefly Sth
crawfish adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crawfish n A • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
crawfish v 2 • chiefly Sth, W Midl, Pacific NW (MAP)
crawl v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*crazy bone n • widespread, but least freq in Sth, NYC (MAP)
cream gravy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
creature n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl, and NEng
credit n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
creep v A • chiefly Sth, S Midl
creep v B2 • chiefly Sth, scattered Midl (MAP)
creep v B3 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cringe v, n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
crip n, adj • prob chiefly Sth
cripple n2 • Sth, esp SC
crook nose n • prob chiefly Sth, S Midl
crop n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crop n B1 • prob chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
cropper n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
cross v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crossways adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crowder n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crow to pick, have a v phr • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
cuckleburr n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
cud n (pronc) • Sth, Midl
cuffy n • chiefly Sth
cur dog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cure n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cure out v phr • Sth, S Midl
curiosity n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
curious adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
curious adj B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
curioussome adj • chiefly Sth
curl n, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
cush n1 • chiefly Sth
cushaw n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cuss-fight n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cut n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cut v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cut a rusty v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cut-bait n • chiefly Sth
cutoff n 1 • chiefly Sth
cut off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cut on v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cut one’s comb v phr • chiefly Sth, NEng
cut one’s eyes v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cymling n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cymling-head n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dad n2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
daddy n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
daddy n 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dairy house n • esp Sth, S Midl
dam-buster n • esp Sth, S Midl
damn Yankee n • chiefly Sth
dasheen n • esp Sth
*davenport n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
day and time n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dead adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth
dead adj B1 • Sth, S Midl
dead adj B3 • Sth, S Midl
deadbeat v • esp Sth, S Midl
dead cat on the line n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dead lice are falling off, like adv phr • chiefly S Midl, Sth
deadline n • Sth, S Midl
death n (pronc) • chiefly Sth
declare v • Sth, S Midl
deedie n • Sth, S Midl
deep-water Baptist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
delicate adj • esp Sth, S Midl
den n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
den v • esp Sth, S Midl
despise v • Sth, S Midl
dest n • esp Sth, S Midl
devil n • chiefly Sth
devil n B2 • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil n B4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil v 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
devilish adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
devilment n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil’s footstool n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil’s horse n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
devil’s horse n 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
devil’s shoestring n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil’s-snuffbox n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dew n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
dew n (pronc) • Sth
dewberry n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
didapper n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
diddle v 3 • esp Sth, S Midl
dido n 1 • widespread, but esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
differ n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
differ v • Sth, S Midl
diggings n pl • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
dike v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dinner on the ground(s) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dinner pot n • esp Sth, S Midl
dip n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dip v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dipper n 6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dipping stick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
directly adv, conj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
directly adv B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dirk n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dirt v 1 • chiefly Sth
dirt dauber n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
dirt-eater n 1 • chiefly Sth
disfurnish v 1 • S Midl, Sth
dish n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dish-face n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dish-faced adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dishrag n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
disremember v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dive v 1 • Sth, S Midl, nNEng
dive v 2 • Sth, S Midl
do n1 5a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
do v B1 • chiefly Sth
do v B2 • chiefly Sth
do v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid and S Atl
do v B6 • esp Sth, S Midl
do v C5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
do v D2 • Sth, S Midl
do around v phr • Sth, S Midl
doctor v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
doctor woman n 2 • Sth, S Midl
dodge v 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
dodger n1 1 • Sth, S Midl
dog n1 B7 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog n1 B17a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog n1 B17d • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog v 6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dogbread n • Sth, S Midl
dog drunk adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dog fennel n 1 • chiefly S Midl, Sth
dog fennel n 4 • chiefly S Midl, Sth
dog finger n • Sth
doggery n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog iron n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dog my cats intj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog run n • chiefly S Midl, occas Sth
dog’s bait n • Sth, S Midl
dog’s foot, the intj • esp Sth
dog tick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dogtrot n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
doing n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
doing n 2 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
doll baby n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
doll rags n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
domestic n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
done adv • Sth, S Midl
doodlebug n 1 • Sth, S Midl
doodl(e)y squat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
doogaloo n • Sth
dooley n 1 • chiefly Sth
door n (pronc) • chiefly Sth
dose n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dote v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
doty adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
double-back-action adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
double cabin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
double-dog dare v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
double-jointed adj 1 • S Midl, Sth
double-pen(ned) adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
double shuffle n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, orig also NEng
double-team v 2 • chiefly Sth
double tenant n • chiefly Sth
double-u n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
doughface n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*doughnut hole n • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
down n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
down-and-out adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
down-and-out adj 3 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
down the country, give one v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drag v B5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drag harrow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dragon n B1 • esp Sth, S Midl
drain v, n1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
draw n 1a • chiefly Nth, Sth (MAP)
draw v B1 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v B2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
draw v C3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v C4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v C7 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
dream v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drink n B • chiefly Sth (MAP)
drink box n • chiefly Sth
drive n 8 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drive v B2 • now esp Sth, S Midl
drive one’s ducks to a poor market v phr • chiefly S Midl, Sth
driver n 2 • chiefly Sth
driver n 3 • chiefly Sth
droll adj 1 • Sth, S Midl
drop n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drop v D1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
drop one’s candy v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
drop shed n • esp Sth
dropsy n1 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
*drought n A3 (pronc) • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl
drummer n 6 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dry adj 1 • chiefly Sth
dry drizzle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dry fly n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dry grin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drying cloth n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dry-land turtle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, SW (MAP and Map Section)
dry so adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dry so adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dubious adj A2 • Sth, S Midl
dubious adj A3 • chiefly S Midl, also NEng, Sth
duck acorn n • chiefly Sth
duck fit n • chiefly Sth, Midl
*dud n 1 • scattered, but less freq Sth (MAP)
due adj, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dull adj 3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dumb chill n • chiefly Sth
dummy n 1 • esp Sth
durn v, intj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dusk dark n • chiefly Sth (MAP and Map Section)
dust n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*Dutch adj 1 • scattered, but less freq Sth, NEast
*Dutchman n 1 • widespread exc Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Dutch whippoorwill n • chiefly Sth
d.w.i. n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
dying adj, adv • esp Sth
earbob n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
earmark n • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
ear slit n • chiefly Sth, Midl
earth n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
earthworm n • widespread exc Rocky Mts, Upper MW; esp freq Sth (MAP)
ease v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
east n2 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
east n2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Easter lily n 3 • Sth
easy adj 3 • Sth, S Midl
eat v A2a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
eat v A2b (pronc) • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
eat v A3a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
eat v A3b (pronc) • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
eat v B2 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
eat v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
eating joint n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
-ed suff 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ed suff 3 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ed suff 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
edge n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, eNEng
eel n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
egg n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
egg v1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
egg bread n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp GA (MAP)
egg custard (pie) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp MS (MAP)
egg-sucker n 1 • Sth, S Midl
egg turner n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
either conj E1 • chiefly Sth
element n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
eleven adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ellenyard n • Sth, S Midl
elm n (pronc) • widespread but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl
end n, v A1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
end of nowhere(s) n • appar Sth, Midl
end of one’s row n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, exc Mid Atl
enduring adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
enduring prep • Sth, S Midl
entitle n • Sth
entrails n pl (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
equal n, v, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
er- • chiefly Sth
-er affix 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-es suff1 1b • Sth, S Midl
-es suff1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-est superl suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl
even adj, adv, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth
evening n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
event n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ever adj • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp TX (MAP)
ever adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ever adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
ever adv C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
every adj • chiefly Sth
ewe n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
exactly adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
except(ing) conj B • Sth, S Midl
excusing prep • chiefly Sth
expect v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
extra adj B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
exwice n, v • Sth
eye n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
eyes n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
facecloth n • chiefly NEast, Sth
faintified adj • chiefly Sth
fainty adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fair off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fall off v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fall out v phr 1 • scattered, but esp Sth
fall out v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
family n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fantastic n • chiefly NEast, Sth
far adv, adj1 B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
far adv, adj1 B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
far adv, adj1 B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
farkleberry n • chiefly Sth
farm-to-market road n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Cent (MAP)
far piece n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Cent (MAP)
farrowing house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fat adj2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fatback n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
father n B3 • chiefly Sth
fat meat n • chiefly Midl; also Sth (MAP)
fat pine n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
favor n B1 • Sth, S Midl
favor v C1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
feather bells n • Sth
feather-legged adj • Sth, S Midl
feature v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, ME
feeding time n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
feel of v phr • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP)
feist n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fence n, v (pronc) • esp eNEng, Sth
fence n, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
fertilize n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fessor n • chiefly S Midl, Sth
few, a adj phr • Sth, S Midl
F.F.V. n • chiefly Sth, esp VA
fiddle, fine as a adj phr • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
fidget n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
field n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
field lark n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
field pea n • Sth, S Midl
field road n • chiefly Sth
figeater n • Sth, esp SC
fight v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
fight a circular saw v phr • Sth, S Midl
fighting adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fighting adv • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl
filling n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
filling n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
find v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
finder n • chiefly Sth
finger n B1c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
finish n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
fire n B2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
fire and tow n • chiefly NEng, S Midl, Sth
firebox n 1a • esp Sth, S Midl
*firefly n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fire hearth n • chiefly Sth
fire-hunt v • chiefly Sth, Midl
first adj, adv (pronc) • NYC, scattered Sth
first dark n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
first light n • Sth
first shot n • Sth, S Midl
fish n, v, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fish bait n 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
fish camp n 3 • Sth (MAP)
fisherman’s luck n • scattered, but more freq Sth, Midl
fish fry n • scattered Missip-Ohio Valleys, Sth, S Midl
fist n1 B1 • chiefly Sth
fist and skull adj phr, adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Fist City n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fitified adj • chiefly Midl; also Sth
fitten adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fix v B1c • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fix v B1e • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, N Cent (MAP)
fizzle n 1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fizzle v • Sth
flag lily n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
flambeau n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
flannen n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
flat-break v • Sth
flat-footed adv • chiefly S Midl, Sth
flatform n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
flat-out adv • chiefly Sth, Midl
flatwoods n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
flesh crawl, make one’s v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fleshen up v phr • Sth, S Midl
*flighty adj 1 • widespread exc Sth (MAP)
flinch v1 (pronc) • Sth
flinders n pl • chiefly NEng, S Midl, Sth
flip n1 1 • Midl, Sth, esp AL
flip n1 2 • chiefly Sth
flip n1 4 • chiefly Sth
flirt v 1 • Sth, S Midl
flitter n1 5 • Sth, S Midl
float n 3 • esp Sth
float road n • Sth
floor n (pronc) • Sth
Florida n (pronc) • esp Sth
Florida flip n • Sth
flour bread n 1 • now chiefly Sth (MAP)
flour bread n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
flour gravy n • now esp Sth, S Midl
flowering straw n 2 • Sth
flugens n • chiefly Sth
flunky n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
fluttermill n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
flyflap n 2 • Sth, S Midl
flying jenny n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
flyswat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fly up v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fly-up-the-creek n • chiefly Sth, Midl
fodder n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fodder-pulling vbl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fodder stack n • Sth, S Midl
folk n B2 • Sth, S Midl
fool adj • formerly widespread, now esp Sth, S Midl
foolish adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
foolishment n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
foot intj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
foot n C5a • Sth, S Midl
foot n C5b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
foot n C5f • esp Sth
foot evil n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
footkisser n • Sth
footlog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
foot tub n • chiefly Sth
foot-washing Baptist n • Sth, S Midl
for prep B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
for prep B4a(2) • Sth
fore prep 2 • chiefly Sth
forehead n (pronc) • esp NEng, NYC, Sth, S Midl
forest n (pronc) • esp NYC, Sth
fork n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
form n • appar chiefly Sth
*forty winks n pl • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
foundation n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
four adj, n (pronc) • Sth
*four-flusher n • scattered exc Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fox across the river n • Sth
fox fire n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fractious adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
frail v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
frame n 1 • chiefly Sth
frame n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
franzy adj 1 • Sth, S Midl
franzy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
frazzle n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
frazzle v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
frazzled (out) ppl adj 1 • chiefly Sth
frazzled (out) ppl adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
frazzling adj • Sth, S Midl
frazzling n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
freak n 3 • esp Sth, S Midl
freehearted adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
*freestone n 2 • widespread, but least freq Sth (MAP)
freeze v A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
freeze v A3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
freeze v A4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fresh n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fresh n 4 • chiefly Sth
fret v • chiefly Sth
fried bread n 3 • chiefly Sth
fried corn-bread n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
fried pie n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
fringe tree n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fritter n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
fritter n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frog n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
frog n B3 • esp Sth, S Midl
frog hair n 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
frogskin n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frogs, rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frogsticker (knife) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frogstool n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
frog-strangler n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
from prep • chiefly Sth
fry n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
frying size adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
full v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
full of oneself adj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
fun v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
funeral n (pronc) • chiefly Sth
funeralize v • Sth, S Midl
funky adj 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
funky chicken n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
funnel v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fur n2 • Sth, S Midl
fuss n B2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
fuss n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fuss v C3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fuss v C4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
gabblement n • Sth
gal boy n 2 • Sth
gald v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
gall n2 2 • Sth, S Midl, esp VA
gallant v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
gallberry n • chiefly Sth
gallinipper n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
gall shirt n • Sth
gambling stick n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
gander pulling n • chiefly S Midl, Sth
gap n1 2 • now chiefly S Midl, Sth
garb n1, v (pronc) • esp S Midl, Sth
garbroth n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
garden n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
gator bait n • chiefly Sth
gaum n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, but also NEng
gear n 1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
gear v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
gear house n • esp Sth, S Midl
gee v2 b • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
gee-haw v 2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
gee whiz n • chiefly Sth
general adj, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth
generally adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth
genuine adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, SW
Georgia n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
Georgia buggy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Georgia skin (game) n • chiefly Sth
get about v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
get away with v phr 2 • S Midl, Sth
get behind v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
get down v phr 1a • esp Sth, S Midl
get fair v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
get gone v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
get oneself a cook v phr • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
get religion v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
get up v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
get up v phr 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
gin conj2 • Sth, S Midl
ginger cake n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
girl n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
girt n • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
give v A1c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
give v A3b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
give v B2 • esp Sth, S Midl
given out adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
give out v phr • chiefly S Midl, Sth
glass snake n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
glue n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
glut n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
glutton n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
gnat’s eyebrow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
go v A4a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
go v A4b • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
go v B • chiefly Sth
go v C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
go v C2 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
go v C6 • chiefly Sth, Midl
go v C7 • chiefly Sth, Midl
go by v phr 1 • Sth
golden slipper n 1 • esp Sth
gonnies n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
good fashion adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
good god n 1 • Sth, S Midl
good old boy n • chiefly Sth
goody n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
goofer n • chiefly Sth
goofer v • Sth
google n • esp Sth, S Midl
goop v1 • esp S Midl, Sth
goose n B4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*goose pimples n pl • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth (MAP)
goosey adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
goozle n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
go to the bad v phr • esp Sth
gouge v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
gourd n 3 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
gourd martin n • Sth
gourdseed corn n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
gown n • esp NEng, Sth
grab v • esp Sth, S Midl
grabble v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
grabble v 2 • Sth, S Midl
grader ditch n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
grandboy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
granddaddy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
granddaddy n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grandma n A1 • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
grandma n A3 • chiefly Midl; also Sth, West (MAP)
grandma n A5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grandma n A10 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
grandpa n A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grandpa n A3 • chiefly Midl; also Sth, West (MAP)
granny n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
granny n 7 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
granny v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
granny woman n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grass n 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
grass blade n • esp Sth, S Midl
grassnut n 1 • Sth, S Midl
gravel v1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
grease v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl
greasy adj A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
great adj, adv, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
great day (in the morning) exclam • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
great northern bean n • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl
*green bean n • widespread, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
green fly n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
green hand n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
greenhead n 4a(1) • esp Sth, West
green lizard n 1 • Sth
green snake n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng (MAP)
green trout n • chiefly Sth
grind rock n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
gritchel n • Sth, S Midl
grits n pl 1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
gritsmill n • Sth
groundhog case n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ground itch n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
groundnut n B2 • chiefly Sth
ground puppy n 1b • chiefly Sth
ground squirrel n a • chiefly Midl, Sth
grow v 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
grow v 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
growing moon n • esp Sth, S Midl
grow off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Guinea n2 • esp Sth
guitar n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Appalachians
gully dirt n • Sth, S Midl
gum v3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
gumbo n 6b • chiefly west of Missip R, Sth
gumption n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
gush n B4 • scattered, but esp Sth, TX (MAP)
guy v • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
gyp n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hack v1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hacked ppl adj1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hagberry n • esp Sth, S Midl
hain’t v • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl, esp Appalachians
hair n C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
half n, v, adj, adv (pronc) • widespread Sth
halfance n • Sth
half hand n 2 • Sth
half in two adv phr, adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
half-leg deep adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
half-strainer n • Sth
halvers n pl • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
hammer mill n • esp Sth
hamper n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hand n B1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
hand n B4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
handle n B3 • now esp Sth, S Midl
hand running adv phr 1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl
handwrite n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*hangman n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
happen-so n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
happy adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hard down adj phr • Sth, S Midl
hard down adv phr • chiefly Sth
hard-favored adj • Sth, S Midl
hardly adv A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hard peach n • chiefly Sth
hard pine n 1 • Sth
hard-shell adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hardtail n 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
harp n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hash n 1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
haslet n • formerly more widespread, now esp Sth (MAP)
hateful adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
haul ass v phr 1 • chiefly Sth
haunt n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
haunt n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
haunty adj • Sth, S Midl
have v2 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
have off v phr1 • Sth, S Midl
hawkbill n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hay frame n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hayrack n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
head n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
head n B1 • scattered, but esp Midl, Sth
head n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
head n B4 • esp Sth, S Midl
head n C1c • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
headcloth n • esp Sth; also Ger settlement areas
head handkerchief n • chiefly Sth
heading n 1 • Sth, S Midl
headlock n • esp Sth
headmark n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
head rag n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
heap n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
heap n 3a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
heap row n • esp Sth
hear v A1a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hear v A2b (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hear v A2c (pronc) • Sth, S Midl, esp Appalachians
hear v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hearse n B1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
heart n1 B1c • esp Sth
hear tell v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hearth n A2 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
hearth n A4 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
hearth broom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
heartleaf n 3 • Sth
heat n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
heat v A2 • esp Sth, S Midl
heaven n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hellcat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hellfire n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help v A1a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help v A1b (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help v A2a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help v A2b (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help v A2d (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help v A3a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help v A3b (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
help v B1 • Sth, S Midl
hem v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hen n1 A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
herb n, v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
herb n, v A2 (pronc) • now chiefly Sth, S Midl, formerly also NEng
here adv, adj, exclam, pron A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
here adv, adj, exclam, pron A3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
here adv, adj, exclam, pron A5 (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
here adj, pron C • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hern pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
hessian n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
hey exclam 1 • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
hickey n2 b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
*hickey n2 c • widespread exc Sth (MAP)
hickory n B2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hickory n B2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hickory shad n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hide-and-seek n A • Sth, S Midl
high adj (pronc) • esp Sth
high adj B4b(2) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
high adj B5b • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
*high beam n 2 • widespread, but less freq Sth, W Midl (MAP)
high blood n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
high-brown adj • chiefly Sth
high cotton n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX
high-minded adj • esp Sth, S Midl
high sheriff n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
high-tempered adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hill n 1a • chiefly Sth
hill n 2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
hillside n attrib • chiefly Sth, S Midl
him pron B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
him pron B4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hinder v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
hind-part-before adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
*hindside-before adv • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
hippen n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hip-slip n • esp Sth
hisn pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
hisself pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hissy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hit v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hit a lick v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
hitchrein n • esp Sth, S Midl
hit the grit v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hoe n1 2 • Sth, S Midl
hoecake n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hoe hand n • Sth, S Midl
hog n B3a • Sth, S Midl
hog n B4 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hog v C1 • orig Midl, now also Sth
hoggish adj 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hog-head souse n • Sth, S Midl, esp Lower Missip Valley
hog-killing n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hog lot n • chiefly Midl, Sth
hog meat n • Sth, S Midl
hogpen n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hogs ate my brother up, since the adv phr • esp Sth, S Midl
hog’s head cheese n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
hold n A1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
hold v A1b • Sth, S Midl
hold v A2a • Sth, S Midl
hold v A2c • Sth, S Midl
hold v A3a • Sth, S Midl
hold v B1 • esp Sth
hold v C1a • Sth, S Midl
hold v C2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States, AR (MAP)
hole n 1c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
holiness adj • chiefly Sth, Midl, Cent (MAP)
holler v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
holler v B5 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
holler n1 C2 • Sth, S Midl
hollow n1, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians, Ozarks
hollow horn n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
hollow tail n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
holy laugh n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
home demonstration n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
home folks n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
homeplace n • esp Sth, S Midl
hone v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
honey bun n • esp Sth, S Midl
honey shucks n • chiefly Sth, esp VA
honeysuckle n 3 • scattered, but esp S Midl, Sth
*hooch n1 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hoodoo n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS (MAP)
hook v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
hoo-owl n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hoop cheese n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hoosier n B1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hoosier n B1b • Sth, S Midl
hop v1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hop and (a) jump n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hope v1 • Sth, S Midl
hoppergrass n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*horse barn n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
horsebean n 4 • Sth
horsemint n 2 • esp Sth
horse piss n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
horse sugar n • esp Sth
host n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hot v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
hotel n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hotten v 1 • Sth, S Midl
hot-water tea n • Sth, S Midl
hound dog n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
house n B1b • Sth, S Midl
house-raising n • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
house shoe n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
howdy v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
how you do exclam • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
huckleberry n 10 • Sth, S Midl
hug-me-tight n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hull n B2a(2) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hull n B2a(3) • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
hull n B2b(1) • Sth, S Midl
*hullabaloo n 1 • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hum and haw v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
humble adj, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hump n 5 • scattered, but esp S Midl, Sth
hundred n, adj A1 (pronc) • chiefly Atlantic, Sth, S Midl
hundred n, adj A4 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hungry adj, n • esp Sth, S Midl
hungry n B • Sth
hunker n1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
hurricane n A1b (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
hurricane n A5 (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
hurricane n B1a • esp Sth, S Midl
hurt v B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl
hurting n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hush v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
hush v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Appalachians
hush v B2 • Sth, S Midl
hush puppy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
hyena n B • Sth, S Midl
hymn n A • Sth, S Midl
i prep • chiefly Sth, S Midl
I pron (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
I be phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ice-cream supper n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
icing n 2 • Sth, S Midl
idea n 2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
idea n 3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
if conj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
iffen conj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ified suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ify suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ignorant adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ill adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
illegal adj • esp Sth, S Midl
in prep, adv A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
in prep B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
in about adv phr • Sth, S Midl
inch n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Indian hen n 2 • chiefly Sth
Indian hen n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Indian peach n 1 • Sth, S Midl
Indian potato n l • Sth
infant baby n • Sth
infare n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ing suff B1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
in generally adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
initiation n • esp Sth
ink n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
instead adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp freq among Black speakers, stedder, stidder
instead adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
insurance n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
Irish n1, adj (pronc) • esp Sth
Irish potato n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
iron dog n 1 • Sth, S Midl
island n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
it pron A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
it pron C1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
it ain’t done it phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
itch n B1 • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
itch n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*ivory n1 1a • scattered, but less freq Sth, nNEng (MAP)
ivory n2 • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
jack n1 14 • chiefly Sth, Midl
jack n1 15 • chiefly Sth
jack n1 16 • esp Sth, S Midl
jackfish n 1a • chiefly Sth (MAP)
jack frost n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jackleg adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jack-o’-lantern n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
jack snapper n 1 • esp Sth
jaggedy adj 1 • Sth, S Midl
jailhouse n • scattered, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jam up adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
jam up adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
jaundice n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl, |ˈændə(r)z|
jaundice n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl, ME, |ˈɔndə(r)z, ˈɑ-|
jaunt n, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
jaw back v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
jaybird n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jaybird n 1b • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Jay Gould n • esp Sth, S Midl
jelly n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
jenny n 6 • Sth, S Midl
jerk n1 B1 • chiefly S Midl, Sth
*jerkwater adj 1 • scattered exc NEng; infreq Sth, Inland Sth (MAP)
Jerusalem oak n 1 • widespread, but esp freq Sth
jewlark v • esp Sth, S Midl
jewlarker n • Sth, S Midl
Jew’s harp n • esp Sth, S Midl
Jew’s harp n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Missip Valley, West
jimberjawed adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
jimmies n pl1 1 • esp Sth, S Midl, West
jimmy-john n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
jimson weed n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
jimswinger n 1 • Sth
job n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
job v2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Job’s turkey n 1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
*john n 2a • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth (MAP)
John Brown v phr • chiefly Sth
johnny house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid and S Atl (MAP)
Johnson grass n 1 • chiefly Sth, West, W Midl
join v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
joint n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
joint snake n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
joist n 1 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
joke v • esp Sth, S Midl
jokey adj • esp Sth, S Midl
jomo n • Sth, S Midl
Jordan n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
joree n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Joseph’s coat n • chiefly Sth
josie n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
journey-proud adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
jower n • Sth, S Midl
jower v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
jowl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
juba n • chiefly Sth
judge n, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
juice v • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
jump v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
jumper n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
jump the broom v phr • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
jump the rope v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
jump-the-rope n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
jump-up song n • chiefly Sth
june v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
June bug n 4 • chiefly Sth
juniper n 2b • Sth, esp Mid Atl
just adv 1b (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
just adv 2 (pronc) • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
just adv 3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth
just adv 4 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
just as well adv phr • esp Sth, S Midl
keen adj 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
keen adj 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
keep v B3 • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
keg n, v A1 (pronc) • chiefly NEast, S Midl, Sth
Kentucky n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
kernel n 4 • esp Sth, S Midl
*kettle n B1 • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP and Map Section)
kill v A (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
kill v B • Sth, S Midl
kill v C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
kill v C2 • esp Sth, S Midl
killdeer n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW, Pacific (MAP)
killifish n 2 • Sth
killy hawk n • chiefly Sth
kin n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
kindly adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians
kinfolk n pl • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, TX (MAP)
king bee n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
kingnut n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
king snake n 1 • chiefly Sth, SW
kinnery n • Sth, S Midl
kinpeople n • Sth, S Midl
kit n 2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
kitchen furniture n • esp Sth
kittledee n • Sth
kitty wants a corner n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
knee baby n • Sth, S Midl, esp NC
knee-high to a grasshopper adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
knickknack n1 • esp Sth, Missip Valley (MAP)
knock v 2 • esp Sth (MAP)
knock down v phr 1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
knocker n 7a • Sth, S Midl
*knoll n B • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth
knot n1 3 • chiefly Sth, Midl, Cent (MAP)
know v B3a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
know v B4a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
kudzu n • chiefly Sth
lack v1 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
lady n • Sth, S Midl
lady pea n • chiefly Sth, sS Midl (MAP)
Lane cake n • Sth, esp MS, GA
lap child n • Sth, S Midl
lashings n pl • esp Sth, S Midl
last button on Gabe’s coat n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
last drop n • esp Sth
last of pea-time(s) n • esp Sth, S Midl, NEng
laugh v C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
law n1 B1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
law n2, intj • now chiefly Sth, S Midl, formerly also NEast
law v • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
lawsy n, intj • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
lay v 1 • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
lay v 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lay by v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lay for v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
lay off v phr 2 • Sth, S Midl
lay off v phr 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
layout n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
lay out v phr 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth
layover(s) to catch meddlers n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
leader n 1 • Sth, S Midl
lean v A (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
learn v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
leastways adv • esp Sth, S Midl
leather-winged bat n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
leave n1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
leave v A1 • chiefly Sth
leave v A3 • esp Sth
leave off v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
leave out v phr 1 • Sth, S Midl
leg n (pronc) • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
less conj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lessen conj1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
let v B1 • chiefly Sth
let in v phr 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
level full adj phr • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
lick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
lick n 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lick v B4 • Sth, S Midl
lickskillet n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lid n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
lie n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
lie v1 1 • esp Sth (MAP)
lie down v phr 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lie out v phr 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lie out v phr 2 • Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians, GA, SC (MAP)
lie out v phr 3 • esp S Midl, Sth
life everlasting n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lift, on the adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
light v2 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
light a shuck v phr • Sth, S Midl
light bread n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, OK, TX (MAP)
light moon n • Sth, S Midl
light roll n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lights n pl 2a • esp Sth, S Midl
lights n pl 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
lightwood n1 • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
-like suff • chiefly Midl, Sth
like v1, adj, vbl aux, n, adv, prep, conj • Pronc-spp chiefly Sth, S Midl la(c)k, lock, loike, luk
like v1 C1 • NEng, Sth, S Midl
like vbl aux E2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
like that adj phr • esp Sth
like unto prep phr • esp Sth
*lima bean n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
limber adj • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
limber jack n 3 • esp Sth, S Midl
limberneck n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
*limey n1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
line horse n • esp Sth, S Midl
line out v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
linthead n • Sth, S Midl
lip v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
liquor head n • chiefly Sth
list n 1 • chiefly Sth
list v 1 • chiefly Sth
listen v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lister n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
little old adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
little Sally Walker n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
liver hash n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
loaf bread n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
loblolly n 2 • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
local preacher n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, C Atl (MAP)
locked bowels n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
locker n 1 • esp Sth
loft n 2 • scattered, but chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP)
logroller n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
logrolling vbl n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*lollygag v B1 • widespread, but less freq Sth
long handles n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP and Map Section)
longheaded adj 2 • Sth, S Midl
*long john n 1 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
long sweetening n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
long tom n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
look v B4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
look over v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Lord n1 B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Lordy intj • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
lose time v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
lot n 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
lot n 3 • chiefly Sth
loud adj B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Louisiana n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
*lousy adj 2a • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*lousy adj 2c • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*lousy adj 2d • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth (MAP)
love v D1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
love bump n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
love vine n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
low adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
low v, n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
low blood n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
low cotton n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
low-down adj 1 • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl; now more widespread
low-down adj 2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
low-quarter(ed) shoe n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
low-rate v • chiefly Sth (MAP)
low sick adj phr • Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States (MAP)
low wine n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
lumber room n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
lusty adj 1 • chiefly Sth
lye hominy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ma n B1 • esp Sth, S Midl
ma’am n1 B1 • Sth and S Midl
mad adj 1a • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mad adj 1b • chiefly Sth (MAP)
madam n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
made over ppl adj phr • esp Sth, S Midl
madstone n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
main strength and awkwardness n • esp Sth, S Midl
major n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
make v1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
make v1 C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
make v1 C12b • esp Sth, S Midl
make v1 D3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
make v1 D15 • esp Sth
make v1 D19 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
make v1 D20 • esp Sth
make v1 D21 • formerly widespread, now esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
make down v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
make like v phr • widespread, but esp freq Sth (MAP)
make out v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
make up v phr 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
male adj • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
mamma n1 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mam-maw n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mammock v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mammy n1 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mammy n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
man n A • chiefly Sth, chiefly among Black speakers pronc-spp mon, mun
man n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
man n C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
manner n 1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth
mannerable adj • Sth, S Midl
mannish adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mantelpiece n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Atlantic (MAP)
marble eye n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, Missip Valley (MAP)
*marble orchard n • scattered, but rare Sth, S Midl
marching around the levee n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mare n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mark v1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mark v1 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
marrow n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
marry v (pronc) • chiefly Atlantic, Sth
marry up v phr • esp S Midl, Sth
marsh hen n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
Mary n (pronc) • esp Sth, NEng
mash v1 1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, Midl; also West (MAP)
mash v1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Massachusetts n (pronc) • chiefly Sth
massacre n, v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mast n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
master n (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth
master n • chiefly Sth, among Black speakers, obs, mars(e), mass(a)
master n B1 • Formerly used by Blacks in the South
matter n1, v (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth
matter n1 B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Maud n • esp Sth, S Midl
maul rails v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
may v Aa • chiefly Sth, S Midl
may v B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*mayapple n 1 • widespread exc West; less freq NEast, Sth (MAP)
me pron 3a • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
me pron 3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
meadow n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
*meadowlark n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mean adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mean adj 4 • Sth
*meander v • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
meat n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
meat hog n • chiefly Sth
meddle v 1 • chiefly Sth
*median (strip) n 1e • scattered, but rare Sth, West (MAP)
mee-maw n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
melon n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
melt n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mend v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mend v 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
menfolk(s) n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ment suff A • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ment suff B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mesh n1, v (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
mess n 1a • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl
mess v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
mess up v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
Methodist n • Sth, S Midl Mef(o)dis, Metdis, Meth(o)dis
middle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
middlebuster n 1 • chiefly Sth, TX (MAP)
middleman n 1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
middler n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
middling n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
middling n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
midlady n • chiefly Sth
midmother n • esp Sth, S Midl
mighty adj • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, NEast
mighty adv • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
mile n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng mild
mile n B • chiefly Sth, Midl
milk box n • esp Sth, S Midl
*milk house n • widespread, but less freq Sth, Atlantic (MAP)
milk lot n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
milk room n • scattered, but chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*milkweed n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth
millrock n • Sth, S Midl
mince v • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
mind n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mind v C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mind v C2 • esp Sth, Midl
mind v C6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mind out v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mingledy adj • esp Sth, S Midl
*minnow n A1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
minnow n A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mirate v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
miration n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
misdoubt v • esp Sth, S Midl
misery n • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl
mislick n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
misput adj 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
miss-meal colic n • chiefly Sth
missy n 2 • chiefly Sth
mist n 4 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mist rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mistress n B1 • Formerly used by Black speakers in the South
mixed-breed n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
mixtry n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mizzle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mizzle v1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mizzle v3 • esp Sth
moan v • chiefly Sth
moaners’ bench n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mock v B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mock orange n 1a • Sth
mock orange n 1d • chiefly Sth
mojo n • chiefly Sth
molasses n (pronc) • esp NEng, Sth
molly cottontail n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*mom n1 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP)
monkey food n • chiefly Sth
monstrous adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
month n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
moon-fixer n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mosquito hawk n 2a • chiefly Sth, but scattered Missip Valley (MAP and Map Section)
moss n 2a • Sth
moss verbena n • Sth
mostly adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
most time(s) adv phr • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
mother wit n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
moughty adj, adv • Sth, S Midl
mould n • Sth
mountain n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mountain dew n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mountain pheasant n • esp Sth, S Midl
mountain trout n 2 • Sth
mourner n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mourners’ bench n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*mouse n B3 • scattered, but rare Sth (MAP)
mouth n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth
Mr. It n • esp Sth
Mrs. n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
Mrs. n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
much adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
much v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mud v 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
muda grass n • esp Sth
mud eel n 1 • chiefly Sth
mud puppy n c • chiefly Sth
muffin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mulatto adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
mule n1 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mule n1 6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
muley-head n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
mull adj, n1 • Sth
mulligrubs n pl 1 • scattered, but esp Sth (MAP)
multiplying onion n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*mumblety-peg n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
muscadine (grape) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
mush n1 3 • esp Sth, S Midl
mushroom n (pronc) • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*musical chairs n pl • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*muskmelon n (pronc) • widespread, but less freq Sth, West..|ˈmʌsk̩mɛlən| (MAP)
muskmelon n (pronc) • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, N Atl..|ˈmʌš̩mɛlən| (MAP)
muskrat n • Pronc-sp chiefly Sth, S Midl..musrat
musky adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl; scattered NEast (MAP)
must vbl aux 2 • chiefly Sth
muzzle n • esp Sth
myrtle n1 • Pronc-spp chiefly Sth, S Midl
nairn pron • Sth, S Midl
naked adj (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
nape n (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl
napper’s house, go to v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
nappy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
narrow adj, v, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, less freq NEast
nary adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
nasty adj • scattered, but esp Sth (MAP)
nation n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
natural adj, adv, n (pronc) • esp Sth
naturally adv (pronc) • esp Sth
naturally adv B • Sth, S Midl
natured adj • Sth, S Midl
nauseated ppl adj (pronc) • esp Sth
navel n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
near adj, adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
nearabout(s) adv 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
neck n (pronc) • esp Sth
ne’er adj1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
neighborhood road n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
nest n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
nest onion n • chiefly Sth, esp GA
new adj (pronc) • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl
newnited adj • esp Sth
newspaper n • esp Sth, S Midl
New Year’s gift exclam • Sth, S Midl
nick-tailed adj • esp Sth, S Midl
niece n • Sth, S Midl
nigger town n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
nighabout adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*night crawler n • widespread exc Sth (MAP)
night glass n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
night-hunting vbl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
night work n • chiefly Sth
nigra n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
nigro n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ninny n2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
nit fly n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY (MAP)
no-count adj • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
norate v • chiefly S Midl, Sth
noration n • chiefly S Midl, Sth
north end of a chicken flying south n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
northern bean n • scattered, but esp Sth, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
notice v 1 • Sth, S Midl
notionate adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
noway adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
nurse v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
obedient plant n • Sth
oblige v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
odd-come-short n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
of prep Ba • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
of prep Be • chiefly Sth, S Midl
of prep Bh • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
of prep C3 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
of prep C5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
off prep C1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
oil n1, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
okra n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
old field n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
old-field pine n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
old-field school n • Sth, S Midl
old head n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
old maid n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Old Master n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Old Ned n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Old Scratch n • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng (MAP)
old-timey adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
on prep, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
on prep, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, Midl, eNEng
on prep B1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
on prep B3a • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl (MAP and Map Section)
on prep B6 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
once adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
once and occasionally adv phr • Sth, S Midl
one pron B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
one-gallus(ed) adj • Sth, S Midl
one-sided adj, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
onion n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
onliest adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
only prep B • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
oo-wee exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
open adj, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
open barn n • esp Sth, S Midl
osnaburg n • chiefly Sth
ought v • Pronc-sp chiefly Sth, S Midl ort
ought v C2a • widespread, but more freq S Midl, Sth
ought v C3a • chiefly Sth, TX
ourn pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
out adj D2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
out n F1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*out n F2b • scattered, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP)
out prep E • chiefly Sth, Midl; also NEast (MAP)
outdone adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
outen prep 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
outside child n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
oven n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
over adj C • Sth, S Midl, West
over v D1 • chiefly Sth
over n E1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
over exclam F • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
owing to prep phr • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
owlhead n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
own self pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ox n A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ox n A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ox n B1 • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
pa n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pale v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
paling n1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
paling fence n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pallet n • chiefly Sth, W Midl, SW (MAP)
palm n B • chiefly Sth
palm n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng |pæm|
palma Christi n • chiefly Sth
*pancake turner n • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl, PA (MAP)
panel fence n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
panther n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
panther n C1 • widespread, but chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
papa n2 2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
pa-paw n2 (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
parasol n B1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, TX (MAP)
parch v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
parlor n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
particular adj B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
particular adv D • esp Sth, S Midl
partment n • esp Sth, S Midl
partner n A • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
partridge n A1 (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
partridge n A3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
partridge n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pass v 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pass v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp LA
passage n • Sth, S Midl, esp SC
pass and repass v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
passel n 2 • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl, now widespread
passion flower n • esp Sth
pass words v phr 1 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pastor v • esp Sth, S Midl
pasture n1, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈpæstə(r)|
pat v 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pat v 2 • chiefly Sth
pat-a-cake n • esp Sth, S Midl
paunch n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
paunch n B • Sth, S Midl
pea n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pea n2 • esp Sth, S Midl
peace n • widespread in literary use, but chiefly Sth, S Midl in oral use (MAP)
peacebreaker n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
peach-orchard boar n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
peach pickle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
peach-tree tea n • Sth, Midl
pear pickle n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
peart adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
peart adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pearten v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pea-turkey n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
peavine n 1b(2) • Sth
peck n3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
peck v1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
peck v1 2 • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
peckerwood n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
peckerwood n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
peckerwood n 3a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
peedoodle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
peeper n2 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
peep-eye n, v, exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl
peg n B8 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
peg n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |pe(ɪ)g|
pen n1 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |pɪn|
pen n1 B2 • Sth, S Midl
pen n1 B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pen n1 B4 • esp Sth
penny pencil n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pennywinkle n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
people n B2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*perambulator n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
persimmon beer n • chiefly Sth, esp SC (MAP)
peruse v • Sth, esp SC, GA
pet n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pet v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
phlegm n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |flim|
piano n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl, NEast |paɪˈænə, piˈænɪ, piˈjænɚ|
*piccalilli n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pick v 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pickaninny n • chiefly Sth
piece n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
piece n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
piece n 7 • widespread, but more freq Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
pieded adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pie melon n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
*pieplant n • widespread exc Sth (MAP)
piggin n 1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
pig tracks n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pill n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
pimp n1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth
pin n1, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |pɛn|
pine burr n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pine top n 1 • chiefly Sth
pine top n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth
piney woods n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*pinochle n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pipewood n • Sth
piroot v • chiefly Sth, SW
pitch v 1 • Sth, S Midl
pitch v 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pitty-pat n • Sth, S Midl
plague n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
plague-gone adj phr, adv phr • Sth, S Midl
plague-taked ppl adj phr, adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
plain bread n • Sth, S Midl
plain out adv phr • Sth, Midl
plait n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
plait v • chiefly Sth, Midl, SW (MAP)
plank fence n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
plant one’s corn before one builds the fence v phr • Sth, S Midl
play like v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
play off v phr 1 • esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
play-pretty n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
play-toy n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pleasure n, v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pleasure n, v B2 • Sth, S Midl
plow v B2 • Sth, S Midl
plowline n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
plumb adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
plumb adv 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
Plumb Nearly n • Sth, S Midl
plum peach n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
plunder n 1 • orig chiefly Sth, S Midl; now more widespread
plunder n 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
plunder n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC
pneumonia n (pronc) • chiefly S Midl, Sth |nuˈmoni|
poach v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
poach v A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth (MAP)
pocket n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*pod n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
point n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, formerly also NEng |paɪnt|
poison n, v, adj, adv (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |ˈpɔz(ə)n|
poison n, v, adj, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEast..|ˈpaɪz(ə)n|
poke bonnet n • formerly widespread, now more freq Sth, SW (MAP)
*poker n1 2 • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
poke salad n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
polecat n 1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
polecat n 2a • esp Sth, S Midl
police n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
police n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈpoˌlis, ˈpoˈlis|
polite adj, adv • Pronc-spp esp Sth, S Midl perlite, p’lite
pond water n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pondy adj • esp Sth, S Midl
pone n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pone n 1b • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
pone n 3b • esp Sth
pone bread n 1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pooch n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pooch v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
poontang n 1 • orig Sth, now more widespread
poor adj A2 (pronc) • chiefly neNEng, Sth, S Midl
poor adj Ba • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
poor adj Bb • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
poor do n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
poor Joe n1 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
poorly adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈpo(r)li|
poor mouth n • chiefly Midl, Sth
poor White n 2a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, SW (MAP)
poot n • Sth, S Midl
poot v1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*pop n1 • widespread, but less freq N Atl, ePA, Sth, eMO, sIL (MAP)
pop v1 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
pop v1 1b • Sth, S Midl
pop v1 3 • Sth, S Midl
pop call n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
poppy n2 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
pop-the-whip n • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley, West (MAP)
possum n 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
possum v 1 • Sth, S Midl
post n 2a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
post oak n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, OK, TX (MAP)
pot n 1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pot n 11 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
potato n A3 (pronc) • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
potato n B2 • chiefly Sth
potato n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pot hound n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW
pot liquor n • scattered, but chiefly Sth
*potluck meal n • widespread, but less freq Sth, C Atl, NY (MAP and Map Section)
potrack n, v • Sth, S Midl
poultry wire n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pounding n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
pound party n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pour v, n B1a • chiefly Sth, Midl, West (MAP)
pour v, n B1b • esp Sth, S Midl
power n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
powerful adj B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl
powerful adv C1 • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
prank v1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
prayer n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |ˈprɑə|
pray through v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
preacher-man n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
preacher, pay the v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
preacher’s nose n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
preaching n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
preserve n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
press n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pressing club n • esp Sth
press meat n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
press peach n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
pretty adj, adv, n A1c (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth
pretty n C1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians
pretty n C1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
prickly ash n 2 • chiefly Sth
Primitive Baptist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
printcloth sack n • Sth, S Midl
priss v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
prize n 1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
prize v2 1 • chiefly S Midl; also Sth
prog v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Chesapeake Bay
project v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
prone into v phr • chiefly Sth
prong n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
prong n 3 • Sth, S Midl
protracted meeting n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
proud adj 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
proud adj 2 • Sth, S Midl
puddle duck n 1 • Sth, S Midl
puddle duck n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
pull v 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pulled candy n • chiefly Atlantic, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pullikins n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
pully bone n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK, IL, IN (MAP)
pulpit n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |p^Ulˈpɪt, ˈp^Ulˈpɪt, ˈpʌl-|
punching stick n • Sth, S Midl
puny adj 1 • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
pure adj, adv (pronc) • Sth |pjo|
pure adj B • Sth, S Midl
pure adv C • Sth, S Midl
puredee adj, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
purely adv • Sth, S Midl
pushency n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
push little ducks in the water, mean enough to adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
pussle-gut n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
put away v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
put in v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
put-on n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
put one’s mouth on v phr • Sth
put out v phr 2 • esp Sth (MAP)
put up v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
quality n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
qualmish adj • esp NEng, Sth
quarrel v B • Sth, S Midl
quarter n 1 • chiefly Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
quarter n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
quarter v 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
queer adj (pronc) • chiefly S Midl, Sth |kwer, kwɛr, kwær, kwɑr|
quieten v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
quill n 1 • Sth, S Midl
quill n 2 • chiefly Sth
quinine n (pronc) • esp eNEng, Sth |ˈkwɪnaɪn, kwɪnˈaɪn|
*quits exclam • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl, SW, Cent (MAP)
rabbit hawk n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rack n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl
rack n2 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
racket n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ragged robin n 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
rail-splitter n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
rain crow n 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
rainfrog n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
raise v B3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
raise v B5 • esp Sth
*raise v C1b • widespread exc Sth, TX (MAP)
raised gravy n • Sth, S Midl
raised in a barn adj phr • widespread, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
raise sand v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
raisin n (pronc) • also Sth, S Midl old-fash |ˈrizn|
ramsack v • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl
ramshacklety adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ramshackly adj • formerly more widespread, now esp Sth, S Midl
rantankerous adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rap jacket n • Sth, S Midl
rare v 4 • Sth, S Midl
rare v 5a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rat cat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rather n • chiefly Sth, W Midl (MAP)
rat-killing n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
rattler n 6 • esp Sth, S Midl
rattlesnake melon n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rattlesnake pilot n • chiefly Sth
rawbony adj • chiefly Sth (MAP)
rawhead and bloodybones n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
razorback hog n • chiefly Sth, Sth Midl
reach v1 A1 • also chiefly Sth, S Midl re(t)ch
reach v1 A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
reach v1 A3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
reach v1 B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ready-roll n • esp Sth, S Midl
real adj, adv (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl |re(ə)l|
reap hook n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
reckon v B1a • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
reckon v B1b • Sth, S Midl
reckon v B1c(2) • Sth, S Midl
reckon v B1c(3) • Sth, S Midl
recomember v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
red-bellied perch n • chiefly Sth
redbelly n 1 • chiefly Sth
redbird n b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
red bone n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
redbug n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
redd v 4 • esp Sth, S Midl
redeye n 5 • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl; now more widespread
red-eye gravy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
red gravy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
red gum n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
red-headed scorpion n • chiefly Sth
redhorse n 1 • chiefly N Cent, Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
red light n 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, PA (MAP)
red liquor n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
red-neck n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States (MAP)
red perch n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
red wasp n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
redworm n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
reed brake n • Sth
reed cane n • Sth, S Midl
refugee v • Sth, S Midl
*relation n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*relation n 2 • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rescue grass n 1 • chiefly Sth
rest v1 A1 • esp Sth, S Midl
rest v1 A2 • esp Sth, S Midl
rest v1 B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
return thanks v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
reverend adj B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Revolution n • Sth, S Midl
ricebird n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
rich pine n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ride v1 A2a • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
ride v1 B13b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ridiculous adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ridy-horse n 2 • chiefly Sth, sAppalachians
ridy-horse n 3 • esp Sth, sAppalachians
right adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
right adv, n, adj (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |rat, ræt, rɑt|
right-down adv phr, adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
right now adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
right on adv phr • chiefly Sth
right smart adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
right smart adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
right smart n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ring v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |riŋ, rɛŋ, reŋ, ræŋ|
ring v B1b • esp Sth, S Midl
ring v B2b • esp Sth, S Midl
ring-around-a-rosy n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rinktum n 4 • Sth, S Midl
rinse v, n 1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rinse v, n 2 (pronc) • esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
rise n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rise v A2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rise v B1 • Sth, S Midl
rising n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
roach n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
roach v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
roasting ear n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rock n1 4b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rock v2 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rock geranium n • Sth
rock school n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rock wall n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
rogue n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rogue v • Sth, S Midl
roguish adj • Sth, S Midl
roll v • Sth, S Midl
rolly-holey n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Roman cannon n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Rook n2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
root n1 B1 • Sth
*root cellar n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
root doctor n 2 • Sth
rooter n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
root-soaker n • Sth, S Midl
root work n • Sth
rosemary pine n • chiefly Sth, esp NC
rosin n A1a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rosin n A1b (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
rosin n A2a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rosin n A3 (pronc) • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
rosin n A4 (pronc) • scattered Sth, S Midl, SW
rosin n B1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rotten adj 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
rotten v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
rough adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
roughness n 1 • Sth, S Midl, esp Appalachians
round squash n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
roundance n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
roust v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
row n 3 • Sth, S Midl
rub v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
rubboard n 1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
*rube n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ruckus n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |ˈr^Ukəs, ˈrukəs|
rue v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ruin v A2b(pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
ruin v A2c(pronc) • Sth, S Midl
ruin v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ruin v B3 • Sth, S Midl
ruinate v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
run n 6 • esp Sth, S Midl
run v A1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
run v A2b • esp Sth, S Midl
run v B3 • Sth, S Midl
run v B9a • chiefly Sth
run v B9c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
runaround n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
runner n 4 • formerly more widespread, but now chiefly Sth (Map Section)
run one’s mouth v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
run up v phr 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
rural n • chiefly Sth
Russian boar n • chiefly Sth
rusty adj2 • esp Sth
rusty n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sacred harp n • chiefly Sth
sad adj • chiefly Midl, Sth
saddle n 4 • scattered, but esp Sth (MAP)
saddlebag house n • Sth, S Midl
safe n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
saft adj • chiefly Sth, Midl
sagaciate v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sager n • Sth, S Midl
salad n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |ˈsælət, -lɛt, -lɪt|
salad n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
salad onion n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
salamander n 2 • Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States
sale day n • esp Sth, S Midl
salt bacon n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
salts water n • esp Sth, S Midl
same like conj phr, prep phr, adj phr • chiefly Sth
Sampson’s snakeroot n 1 • chiefly Sth
Sampson’s snakeroot n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Sanctified (Church) n • Sth, S Midl
sand n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sand fiddler n • Sth, esp NC
sand fly n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, TX, Upper Missip Valley (MAP)
sandhiller n 1 • Sth, esp GA, SC
sandy mockingbird n • chiefly Sth
sap gum n • Sth
sass tea n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
satisfy v • Sth, S Midl
sauce n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |sɔ^Us, sɑ^Us|
sauce n B1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
saucer squash n • esp Sth, S Midl
savagerous adj, adv • esp Sth, S Midl
save v B1 • Sth, S Midl
saw exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
saw rack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
say grace over v phr • Sth, S Midl
scalded (corn) bread n • esp Sth, S Midl
scale n • esp NEast, Sth (MAP)
scandal n B • esp Sth, S Midl
scandalize v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scare n, v A (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |skɪə(r)|
scarf n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
scarlet sage n • chiefly Sth
scary adj B • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
scat intj • Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP and Map Section)
scattering adj • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
school butter exclam • Sth, S Midl
scoot v 1 • esp Sth
scope n • Sth, S Midl
scorpion n (pronc) • scattered Sth, S Midl, SW |ˈskɔrpən, -pɪn, -pin|
scorpion n B2 • chiefly Sth, Midl
scotch n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scotch v1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scotch v1 4 • Sth, S Midl
scouring broom n • Sth, S Midl
scours n pl • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
scrape n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scrape v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scraping n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
Scratch n2 • esp Sth
scratchback n • Sth
screak v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scrimption n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scrinch owl n • Sth, S Midl
scringe v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scrooch v 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scrooch v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scrooch owl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
scrubboard n 1 • esp Sth
scrub pad n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
scutter n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
scuttle n • NEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*sea cook n • widespread exc Sth, S Midl (MAP)
seamster n • esp Sth, S Midl
sea perch n b • esp Sth
search n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl old-fash |sɑ(r)č|
season n1 • Sth, S Midl
seasoning meat n • Sth, S Midl
sedge n • Pronc-sp chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng sage
sedge grass n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
see v B2b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
see v B2d • Sth, S Midl
see v B3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
seed n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
seed tick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
seegar n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
seek v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
seep n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
seesaw n 1 • chiefly Atlantic, Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP and Map Section)
self pron (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |sɛ(ə)f|
self pron B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sell out v phr 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
send v 2 • Sth, S Midl esp freq among Black speakers, sahnt, saunt, sont
sensitive brier n • Sth, S Midl
sent for and couldn’t come adj phr • esp Sth, S Midl
sermon n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈsɜ(r)mənt|
servigrous adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
set v1 A3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
set v1 B4 • esp Sth, S Midl
set horses v phr • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
setting n1 • esp Sth
setting chair n • esp Sth, S Midl
settlement n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
settlement road n • Sth, S Midl
set up v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
set up v phr 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
shabby adj • Sth
shacklety adj • Sth, S Midl
shackly adj • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
shad n 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Missip-Ohio Valleys
shade-tree n attrib • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shaft n 2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ševz|
shake v 1a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shake v 1b • esp Sth, S Midl
shake v 2b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shaking ague n • esp Sth, S Midl
shallot n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP and Map Section)
shank of the evening n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEast
shape note n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
share n, v (pronc) • also chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEast |šir|; infreq |šʌr|
sharecrop v • chiefly Sth
sharecropper n • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
sheepshead n 1 • chiefly Sth
sheriff n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |šɝɪf|
shifty adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shimmy n1 • widespread, but slightly more freq Sth, S Midl
shine n 1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
shine n 4 • scattered, but esp Atlantic, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*shinny n1 1 • scattered exc Sth (MAP)
*shinny v • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
shirttail adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shock n1 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth, West (MAP)
shooter n 3 • esp Sth
shortening bread n • Sth, S Midl
short sweetening n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
short thigh n • chiefly Sth
shotgun n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shout n 1 • Sth, esp sSC, GA coasts
shout v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
show out v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
shrimp n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |šrɛmp, srɪmp, swɪmp, swɛmp|
shrink v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |srɪŋk, swɪŋk|
shrivel v1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl..|ˈswɪvəl(d)|; also |ˈsrɪvəl(d)| (MAP)
shuck n1 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shuck n1 1b(1) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shuck n1 1b(2) • Sth, S Midl
shuck n1 1b(3) • Sth, S Midl
shuck v1 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
shuck v1 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shuckins intj • esp Sth, S Midl
shut adj a • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast; now more widespread
shut adj b • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
shut adj c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
shut v A • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng shed, shet
shut v A • esp Sth, S Midl shit, shot
shut-mouth n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
side and side adv phr • chiefly NEast; also Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*side by each adv phr • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
side meat n • widespread, but more freq Midl, Sth (MAP)
side pleurisy n • Sth, S Midl
side room n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sides adv, prep • chiefly Sth; formerly also NEast
sidewalk plot n • esp Sth, S Midl
sideways n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
sight n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
sight n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
silver bell n 2 • esp Sth
singing convention n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
singing n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sinner n • esp Sth, S Midl
sirree bob n • scattered, but esp Sth, wTX, N Midl, NYC (MAP)
sit v1 2b • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sit v1 3b • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
skate v 2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
skeet v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
skeet v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
skeet v 3 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
skeet v 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
skewbald adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*skift n2 1 • widespread exc NEast, Sth, SW (MAP)
skin n 1 • chiefly Sth
skin v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
skin v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
skipper n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
skull buster n • esp Sth, S Midl
skunk-drunk adj • esp Sth, S Midl
sky west and crooked adv phr, adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
sky-winding adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
slab bacon n • scattered, but more freq Sth (MAP)
slam adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SE
slap adv 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
slapdab adv 1 • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
slapdab adv 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
slash n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
slay v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
slice n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth |slaɪš|
slick elm n • chiefly Sth, S Midl Gulf (MAP)
slicky adj • esp Sth, S Midl
slide n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
sling blade n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
slip v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
slip v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
slip gap n • Sth, S Midl
slippance exclam • Sth, S Midl
slippy adj • chiefly PA; also Sth (MAP)
slip-shuck v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
slip the bridle v phr • esp Sth
sloe n 1 • chiefly Sth
slouch n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
slowful adj • esp Sth, S Midl
slue-footed adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
smack adv 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
smack-dab adv 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
smack smooth adv 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
smart adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
smart n • esp Sth
smather v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
smell melon n • Sth
smilax n • chiefly Sth
smooth crop n • chiefly Sth
smoothing iron n • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
smother v 2 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
smother fry v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
snack n 1 • chiefly Sth, NEng
snack n 2 • formerly esp Sth, S Midl, now widespread
snake n 1a(1) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
snake n 1a(2) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
snake n 1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians (MAP)
snake-bit adj 2 • chiefly Sth
snake doctor n 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
snap n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
snap bean n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sniptious adj • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
snollygoster n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
snooter n • scattered, but esp Sth
*snowing down South, it’s phr • widespread, but less freq Sth, Cent
snuff stick n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW, TX (MAP)
soap gourd n • Sth, S Midl
sob v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
‘sociate v • Sth
soda n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast |sodɪ, -i|
sod-soaker n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sog v 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
solid adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-some suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
somebody n • esp Sth, S Midl
somerset n • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
something n, adj, adv A3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈsʌmp%Un, ˈsʌmp%Um|
something n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
something dead up the creek n • Sth, S Midl
something or other phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sometime adv • chiefly Sth
sooey exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, TX (MAP)
sook exclam • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
soon adv 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
soon adj 1 • Sth, S Midl
soon adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sooner n2 2 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
soot n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, less freq NEast |sʌt|; occas |sut|
sorrow n, v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sorry adj B2 • esp Sth, S Midl
sot n • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
soul-case n 1 • chiefly Sth
soup bunch n • chiefly Sth, esp LA, MS
souse v1, n1 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl..|sa^Uz|
souse v1 B2 • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
souse v1 B4 • esp Sth, S Midl
souse n1 C1b • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
souse meat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sow bosom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW
spang adv 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Spanish needle n 1 • chiefly Midl, Sth (MAP)
spank-brand new adj phr • esp Sth
sparrow n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |ˈspɑr(ə)|
speaking n • Sth, S Midl
speckled perch n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
speckled trout n 2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
speed breaker n • Sth, S Midl
spend-the-night (party) n • chiefly Sth
spew 2 • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl, West; now more widespread (MAP)
spew 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
spewer n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
spinning jenny n • Sth, S Midl
spinning wheel n • Sth, S Midl
spirit n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈspɛrɪt|
spit image n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
splinter n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
split v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
split n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
split n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
split basket n • esp Sth, S Midl
split the blanket(s) v phr • Sth, S Midl, West
splo n • Sth, S Midl, esp KY, TN
splunge v, n • Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians
spoil v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl; formerly also NEng
spoil v A3 (pronc) • esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
spoil v C2 • chiefly Sth
spoon bread n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
spread v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
spread v B2 • esp Sth, S Midl
spreading adder n • chiefly Sth, TX, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
spring v B1 • esp Sth, S Midl
spring branch n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
springhouse n • formerly widespread, now chiefly Midl, Sth, esp Appalachians (MAP)
spring lizard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
spring onion n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
sprinkler n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
sprout flow n • Sth
spruce pine n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sprucy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
spunk-water n • Sth, S Midl
‘spute v • chiefly Sth
squab n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
square n1, adj, adv (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl |skwæə(r)|, less freq |skweə(r)|
square n1 B2 • Sth, S Midl
square-dab adv • chiefly Sth, esp TX
squatting snipe n • Sth
squealer n 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
squeech v • esp Sth, S Midl
squeeze v Bb • Sth, S Midl
squench v1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
squinch v2 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
squinch v2 4 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
squinched up ppl adj phr 1 • esp Sth
squinch owl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
squirrel’s jump n • esp Sth
squirts n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
squush v 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
stable horse n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stable lot n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stack chimney n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl, but also NEng
stack chimney n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stack of bones n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
staff n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
staggle v • chiefly Sth
stair n1 (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |star, stɑr|
stairsteps n pl • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
stall v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stand n 1 • Sth, S Midl
stand n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stand n 3 • Sth, S Midl
stand n 4 • esp Sth, S Midl
stander n • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl
standing rent n • chiefly Sth
stand in with v phr • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stand one down v phr 2 • Sth, S Midl
staple n1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈstip%Ul|
start-naked adj phr • Sth, S Midl
stave n • esp Sth, S Midl
stave v 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stay v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
steady adj, adv, v A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
steal v B1b • scattered, but most freq Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
steal v B2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
stealing partners n • Sth, S Midl
stealing steps n • esp Sth, S Midl
stealing sticks n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
steeple n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
steer n1 • scattered, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl
stemper n • Sth, S Midl
step off the carpet v phr • scattered, but esp Sth
step stove n • orig widespread; later chiefly Sth, S Midl
stew n • esp Midl, Sth
stick-and-clay chimney n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sticky n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
stiff-starch n • Sth, TX
stile n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stile block n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
still adv 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
still adv 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stinging worm n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stinkbird n • chiefly Sth
stinking jim n • Sth, S Midl
stob n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stob v B1 • Sth, S Midl
stock cow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stomp n 1 • Sth, S Midl
stomp-down adj phr, adv phr • Sth, S Midl
stool-bottom(ed) chair n • Sth, S Midl
stop by v phr • scattered, but somewhat more freq Midl, Sth
store n • Sth, S Midl sto(ah); rarely sto-er, tore
*store n B1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
*store n B2 • widespread, but less freq Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
store-bought adj phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
stork shower n • scattered, but esp NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
storm hit it, look like (a) v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
story v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stove up adj phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stove up adj phr 2 • scattered, but esp Sth
straight drive (transmission) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stray adj 2 • scattered Sth, S Midl
streaked gravy n • Sth, S Midl
streaked meat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians (MAP)
streakedy adj (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
streak off v phr • Sth
street, in the adj phr • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
strike v A1 • Sth, S Midl strack, strick.
strike a lick v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
strike up with v phr • Sth, S Midl
striking paper n • Sth, S Midl
string n, v (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |stræŋ, strɛŋ|
strop n, v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
strow v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stroy v, ppl adj • Sth, Midl
strut v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
strut n 1 • Sth, S Midl
strut n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stubborn adj • esp Sth, S Midl
studs n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
study v1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
study v1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
study v1 4 • Sth, S Midl
stump v 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
stump-broke adj • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, TX
stump-hole liquor n • Sth, S Midl, esp NC, SC (MAP)
stump juice n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stump-jumper n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
stump liquor n • Sth, S Midl, esp GA
stump mover n • Sth, S Midl
stump sucker n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
stump-tail(ed) cow in flytime n • esp Sth, S Midl
stump water n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
stump water n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*subpoena n, v (pronc) • widespread exc Sth |səˈpini, -nɪ| and (for past, past pple) |səˈpinid, -nɪd| (MAP)
subpoena n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |səˈpiniə, -jə|
such adj, adv, pron A1 (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
such adj, adv, pron A2 (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
such pron B2 • orig chiefly Sth, S Midl; now more widespread
suck-egg adj • chiefly Sth, Midl
suck-egg adj 1a • chiefly Sth (MAP)
suckhole n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sug n • Sth, S Midl
sugar n 3 • esp Sth, S Midl
sugar n 4 • esp Sth
sugar ant n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, TX (MAP)
sugar-booger n • esp Sth
sugar foot n 1 • esp Sth, West
sugar mule n • chiefly Sth
sugar tit n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
suit n 2 • scattered, but now more freq Sth, Midl
sull v • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
sumac n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl chiefly rural |ˈšume(ɪ)k|
sumblesault n • esp Sth
sumbleset n • esp Sth
summer duck n 1 • chiefly Sth
summons v • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
sundown n • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
sun-pain n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sunrising n • esp Sth, S Midl
sup n • now esp Sth, S Midl
sure adj, adv 2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sure enough adv phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sure enough adv phr 2 • chiefly Sth, NEng
sure enough adv phr 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sure-enough adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
suspect v • esp Sth, S Midl
suspicion v • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
swag n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
swag n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
swag n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swag v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
swage v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
swagger-tail(ed) coat n • esp Sth
swallow n2, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |ˈswɑlɚ|
swallow n2 B • esp Sth, S Midl
swallow v Ca • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
swallow fork n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
swamp angel n 3 • esp Sth, S Midl
swamp blueberry n c • Sth
swamp canary n 1 • Sth
swamp cypress n • chiefly Sth
swamper n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
swamp flag n • Sth
swamp grape n • Sth
swamp owl n 1 • chiefly Sth, esp Gulf States
swamp red oak n • Sth, S Midl
swanny v • chiefly Sth, S Midl; formerly also NEng (MAP)
swap ends v phr 2a • Sth, West
swap work v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
swarthy adj • Sth, S Midl
swear v C2 • esp Sth, S Midl
*sweat v Aa • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sweat v Ab • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
sweep n 1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
sweet bread n 2 • Sth, S Midl
sweet milk n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
sweet pea n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sweet-potato pie n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
sweet-potato pudding n • chiefly Sth
sweetening n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sweetheart v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
sweet tea n • chiefly Sth
swell v 3b (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swift-jack n • chiefly Sth
swift water n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
swim v A1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swim v A1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swim v A1c • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl, OK, TX (MAP)
swim v A2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swim v A2b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swimmy-headed adj • Sth, S Midl
swing blade n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
swinge v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
swish broom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
switch, hide the n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
swivet n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
swizzled ppl adj2 • Sth, S Midl
syrup n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |ˈsʌrəp, sɝp|
syrup biscuit n • chiefly Sth
syrup cake n • chiefly Sth
syrup house n 1 • chiefly Sth
tackle n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl, TX |tɪk%Ul|
tacky adj1 2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tacky adj1 3 • chiefly Sth
tacky n 1 • chiefly Sth
tacky n 2 • Sth, S Midl
tacky party n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tad n1 2 • formerly chiefly Sth, S Midl, now widespread (MAP)
tadpoles, rain v phr • chiefly Sth (MAP)
take v A1a • chiefly Sth
take v A2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
take v A2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
take v A3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
take v A3d • chiefly Sth
take v A2d • chiefly Sth, S Midl
take v B1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, MO, OK, TX (MAP)
take v B4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
take down v phr b • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
take in v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
take low v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
take on v phr • chiefly Sth; also S Midl, NEast (MAP)
take up v phr 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
take up v phr 6 • esp Sth, S Midl
take up v phr 8 • chiefly Sth, esp LA (MAP)
tallboy n 1 • chiefly Sth, West
tall cotton n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*tap n1 1 • widespread, but less freq nNEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tap n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tap n2 2 • widespread, but esp freq Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
tapstick n • esp Sth
tassel flower n 2 • esp Sth
taste v, n A1 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
taste v, n A2 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
ta-ta exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
taw line n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
tea cake n • chiefly Sth
tear down v phr • chiefly Sth
tear up v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
tear up v phr 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tear up v phr 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*tea towel n • widespread, but less freq NEng, Sth (MAP)
tee-hiney n • esp Sth
teenchy adj • chiefly Sth
tee-nincy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tee-niny adj • Sth, S Midl, esp SC (MAP)
teensy adj • formerly Sth, S Midl, now widespread, but less freq NEng
tee-tee v, n • chiefly Sth
tee-tiny adj • Sth, S Midl
tell v B1a • Sth
tell v C1 • formerly chiefly Sth, Midl, now widespread
tell v C4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ten n, adj (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |tɪn|
tendable adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Tennessee n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |̩tɪnəˈsi, ˈtɛnə̩si, ˈtɪn-|
tennie-pump n • chiefly Sth
tennis n • chiefly Sth (MAP)
terrapin n B1 • chiefly Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
terrible adj, adv (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl, NEng |ˈtɝəb(ə)l, ˈtɝb(ə)l|
terrify v B • esp Sth
tester n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈtistə(r)|
tetchous adj • Sth, S Midl
tetchy adj • formerly widespread, now esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tetter n1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
Texas n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈtɛksz, -əz|
text n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈtɛks(t)ɪz|
that pron, conj, adv, art A1a • esp Sth, S Midl
that adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
that conj C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
theater n (pronc) • freq Sth, S Midl |ˈɵi̩etə(r), ɵiˈe-|
theirn pron • esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
theirselves pron • chiefly nNEng, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
them pron, adj (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |ðɪm|
them pron B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
them pron B2 • esp Sth, S Midl
them adj C1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
there adv, adj, pron A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
there adv, adj, pron A4 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
they pron2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
they adj • Sth, S Midl
theyselves pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl
thickened gravy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thimble n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thing n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |ɵæŋ, ɵɛŋ, ɵiŋ|
think v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |ɵe(ɪ)ŋk, ɵæŋk|
think v B2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
think v C1 • Sth, S Midl
third and fourth n • chiefly Sth
thisaway adv • scattered, but more freq Atlantic, Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
thob v, n • Sth, S Midl
those pron, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, NYC..|doz|
though prep1, adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth..|do|
thought coming, have another v phr • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thousand-legs n • scattered, but esp freq Sth, Midl (MAP)
thrash n1 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
thrash n3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
thrip n • esp Sth, S Midl
throat n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |ɵot|
through adv, prep 1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
throw v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
throw v C1 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
throw v C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
throw off v phr 4 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thunder n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
thunderwood n 1 • Sth, esp GA (MAP)
tick-a-lock exclam • esp Sth, S Midl
tickle bone n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tickle box n • esp Sth, S Midl
tickler n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ticky adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tiger n B1 • chiefly Sth, SW
tight-eye n1 • Sth
tight-shoe day n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
till prep, conj A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
till prep, conj A2 • esp Sth, S Midl
till conj C1a • chiefly Sth
time n C1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
time conj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
timid adj • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tinesy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tip v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
tit for tat adj phr • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tit-tat-too n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
titty n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
titty baby n • Sth, S Midl
T-model Ford adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
to prep, adv A1a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp VA
to prep B7 • Sth, S Midl
to prep B8 • scattered, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl
to prep B9a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
to prep B9b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
to prep B10 • esp Sth, S Midl
to prep B16 • esp Sth, S Midl
toad-frog n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
toad-frogs, rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
toad sack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tobacco n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tobacco fly n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tobacco gum n • Sth
toboggan n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also Inland Nth
toby n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tod n • esp Sth, S Midl
toe itch n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
toggle worm n • Sth
toilet n 3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, NEng
told, get one v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tolerable adj, adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEng
toll v1 1 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
tomato n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tomato n A4 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tomato n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tomcat v • widespread, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
tommytoe n • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
tom walkers n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tone v1 • chiefly Sth
tongue n 2 • chiefly Sth
toothbrush n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tooth dentist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tooth doctor n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
top of the pot n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
torch pine n • Sth
torment n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
torn down adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
torn up adj phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tote v A1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tote v A4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tote v A5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tote v A7 • Sth, S Midl
tote v A8 • chiefly Sth
tote v B1 • Sth, S Midl
tote v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tote v B3 • esp Sth
tote v B5 • esp Sth
tote v B6 • esp Sth
tote sack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tother pron, adj • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
tottle v 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
touch v, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |tɛč|
touch v, n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
touch v C2 • esp Sth, S Midl, IL (MAP)
touchous adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
touchous adj 2 • Sth, S Midl
tourister n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
toward prep A (pronc) • esp Sth |tod(z)|
towel n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |tæl, tɑl, tɔl|
town n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |tæ^Un|
town ball n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
town dude n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
town sparrow n • esp Sth
tow sack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK
toy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
toy n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
trace chain n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
train, smoke like a v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tramp snow v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
transport truck n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tree v 3 • esp Sth, S Midl
trembles n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
trick n 1 • Sth, S Midl
trick n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
trick doctor n • Sth, S Midl
trifle on v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
trifling adj 1 • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
trifling adj 2 • Sth, S Midl
trough n A1 (pronc) • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
trout n 2a • Sth, S Midl
trout n 2b • chiefly Sth
trout-fish n • formerly widespread, now esp Sth, S Midl
truck n1 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
truck n1 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
trumpet n 1 • Sth
trumpetleaf n • Sth
truth n • Sth
try v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Tuesday n (pronc) • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl |ˈtjuz̩de, -̩dɪ|
Tuesday n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈč(ɪ)uz̩de, -̩dɪ|
tumble v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
tumblebug n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl
tumbleturd n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tump v2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tune up v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
tupelo n • chiefly Sth
tupelo gum n • Sth, S Midl
turkeyberry n 1 • Sth, S Midl
turkeyberry n 2 • Sth
turkey oak n • Sth
turkey trot n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
turn off v phr 2 • scattered, but esp Sth, Midl
turn v A • Sth, S Midl turnt
turn v C4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
turning plow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
turn out v phr 1 • chiefly Sth
turn out v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
turnrow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
turn shovel n • chiefly Sth
turpentine n B • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
turpentine v C • chiefly Sth
turtle n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈtɜ(r)k%Ul, ˈtʌk%Ul|
turtledove n • now esp Missip Valley, Sth (MAP)
tush n C1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, W Midl, Cent, TX; scattered NEast, Gt Lakes (MAP)
tush hog n 1 • Sth, S Midl
tush hog n 2 • Sth, S Midl
twice adv, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |twaɪst|
twist n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Sth, SW (MAP)
twister n 1 • Sth, S Midl
two n, adj, pron (pronc) • chiefly NEast, Sth |tju, tiu|
two-by-four adj • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
two-eyed cat n • esp Sth, S Midl
two-mule adj • chiefly Sth
ugly adj B1 • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ugly adj B3 • formerly more widespread; now chiefly Sth (MAP)
ugly n D1b • esp Sth
umbrella n A2a (pronc) • widespread, but esp Midl, Sth, SW (MAP)
uncle n 1a • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
uncle n 1b • Sth, S Midl
*uncle n 2 • widespread, but somewhat less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
uncrunk(ed) adj • esp Sth
under adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
underbody n • Sth, S Midl
underpend v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
under the doctor prep phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
unfinancial adj 2 • chiefly Sth
unions n pl 2 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
unlessen conj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
unsweet tea n • Sth, S Midl
unthoughted adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
until conj C1 • Sth, S Midl
up-country adv phr • esp NEng, Sth
up East adv phr • esp Sth, S Midl
upland moccasin n • Sth
upside prep 1a • esp Sth
upside prep 1b • formerly Sth, now widespread
upwards adv • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
us pron (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |ɝs|
us pron B1 • Sth
use v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
use v B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
used to v phr C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
usen v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
using-ground n • esp Sth, S Midl
us’s adj • esp Sth
usself pron • chiefly Sth
V-harrow n • esp Sth, S Midl
vigrous adj • Sth, S Midl
villain n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈvɪljən|
-ville suff (pronc) • Sth, S Midl |-vəl, -v%Ul|
vine okra n • Sth
Virginia n (pronc) • chiefly Sth |və(r)ˈɪni|
Virginia fence n • chiefly NEng, Sth
vomit n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈvɑmɪk| (MAP)
voodoo n • orig esp New Orleans LA; now scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
voodoo v • orig esp New Orleans LA; now esp Sth
wag v • Sth, S Midl
wagon greasing n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wagon wheel n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Missip-Ohio Valleys (MAP)
waiter n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wait on v phr 1 • chiefly NEast, Sth
wait on v phr 2 • Sth, S Midl
wake v 1b • formerly widespread; now scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
wake v 1c • esp Sth, S Midl
wake v 2b • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
Walker hound n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*walking plow n • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP)
walk, strong enough to adj phr • chiefly Sth, Midl, TX (MAP)
wall v • Sth, S Midl
wallet n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wallet n 1b • Sth, S Midl
wallet n 2 • widespread, but more freq NEast, N Cent; also Sth, West (MAP)
wallop v • Sth, S Midl
wallow n, v (pronc) • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl |ˈwɑlə(r)|
wallow n, v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wallow n, v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wallow n, v B4 • esp Sth, S Midl
wallow n, v B7a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
walnut n (pronc) • chiefly sNEng, Sth, S Midl |ˈwɔnət|
walnut n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |wɔrnət|
wampus n2 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
wander v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
want v1 (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |wont|
want v1 B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
War between the States n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
War for Southern Independence n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
warrant v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wash n, v B • Sth, S Midl
washateria n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, West, esp TX, LA
washers n • Sth, S Midl
wash-hole n • Sth, S Midl
wasp n 1a (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wasp n 1b (pronc) • chiefly Sth
wasp n 2a (pronc) • chiefly Sth
wasp n 2b (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wasp n 2c (pronc) • esp Sth
wasp n 2d (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
wasp nest n 1 • Sth, S Midl
waste v 1 • esp Sth
waste v 3 • chiefly Sth (MAP)
waste n • Sth, S Midl
waste up v phr • chiefly Sth
water n, v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
water buzzard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
water frog n • esp Sth
water gap n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY
water gap n 3 • Sth, West
water gravy n • esp Sth, S Midl
water haul n • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
water jack n • esp Sth, S Midl
watermelon cutting n • Sth, S Midl
water oak n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
water rattle n • chiefly Sth
water shelf n • Sth, S Midl
we-all pron 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
we-all pron 2 • Sth, S Midl
we-all’s adj, pron2 • chiefly Sth
wear v B1 • esp Sth, S Midl
wear v B3b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, Cent (MAP)
wear v C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
weasly adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
*weasy adj • scattered exc Sth (MAP)
weather v • Sth, S Midl
weatherboard n • chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
weave v A1 • esp Sth, S Midl
web wire n • esp Sth, S Midl
wedge n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
weed one’s own row v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
weed sling n • Sth, S Midl
weedy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
week n1 A • esp Sth, S Midl
week n1 Ba • chiefly Sth, S Midl
week n1 Bb • Sth, S Midl
well intj (pronc) • esp NEng, Sth, S Midl |wɑl|
wet adj 2 • chiefly Sth, West (MAP)
whack n 2 • Sth, S Midl
whang n3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
what and all pron 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
what for adv phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whatness, of a adj phr • esp Sth
whatsomever pron • now esp Sth
wheelbarrow n • DARE..shows aspirated |hwil-| forms..more common in the Sth
wheelbarrow n 2 (pronc) • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl (MAP)
wheelbarrow seed n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whelk n • Sth, S Midl
whelp n, v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whelt n, v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whenever conj a • Sth, S Midl, wPA
whenever conj b • Sth, S Midl
whensomever conj • esp Sth, S Midl
where adv, conj, pron A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
where adv, conj, pron A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
where conj C1 • esp Sth, S Midl
where-all adv • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
where it doesn’t snow n • esp Sth, TX (MAP)
wheresomever adv • esp Sth, S Midl
whet n • Sth, S Midl
whether conj 2 • Sth, S Midl
which pron 1 • Sth, S Midl
which pron 2 • Sth, S Midl
which conj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
which and way, every adv phr • esp Sth
whichaway(s) adv • scattered, but more freq Sth, Midl, TX, N Cent (MAP)
which from tother pron phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whicker n2 • Sth, S Midl
whickerbill n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whiles conj • esp Sth, S Midl
whindle v • Sth, S Midl
whip v, n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whip v, n A2 (pronc) • esp Sth
whip v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whip v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whippoorwill pea n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whippoorwill winter n • Sth, S Midl
whip-popper n • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whipstick n • esp Sth, Midl (MAP)
whipstitch n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
whirling jenny n • esp Sth
whiskey house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whiskey-palian n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
white acre pea n • Sth
white gravy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
white lightning n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, Midl, SW (MAP)
white liquor n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
white liver n • esp Sth, S Midl
white meat n • chiefly Sth, esp AL
whitening n • Sth, S Midl
white potato n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
white side meat n • Sth, S Midl
white squash n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
white sumac n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
White trash n • orig Sth, S Midl; now widely known
white whiskey n • Sth, S Midl
whitleather n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whitleather n 3 • chiefly Sth
whizzing adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
who-all pron 1a • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
who laid the rail phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whole adj, n (pronc) • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl |hʌl|
whomper-jawed adj 1 • Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
whomper-jawed adj 2 • chiefly Midl, Sth, TX (MAP)
whoo exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whooee exclam 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whooee exclam 3 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
whoop n C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
whore-hop v phr, • esp Sth, S Midl
why come adv phr • esp Sth
wicked adj • esp NEast, Sth
wide place in the road n • chiefly Midl, Sth, West (MAP)
widow n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |ˈwɪdɚ|
widow n B2 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
widower n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl..|ˈwɪdərə(r)| (MAP)
widowman n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
widow woman n 1 • formerly widespread, now esp Midl, Sth (MAP)
wienie n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Cent, West (MAP)
wiggletail n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX, OK (MAP)
wiggletail n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
wild buckwheat n 2 • chiefly Sth, SW
*wild canary n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth (MAP)
wild cotton n 3a • chiefly Sth
wild honeysuckle n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
wild okra n 1 • esp Sth
wild poinsettia n • chiefly Sth, Midl
William n • scattered, but more freq Sth, S Midl
willipus-wallipus n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
willipus-wallipus n 2 • Sth, S Midl
win v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl winned
winding adv • Sth, S Midl
winding blades n pl • chiefly Sth, Midl
wing-footed adj • esp Sth
winny n • esp Sth
wire grass n 2e • chiefly Sth, SW
wire road n • Sth, S Midl
wish v, n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth
witches’ stirrup n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
with prep, adv A3 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
with prep, adv A4 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
with prep B1 • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl
without prep, adv, conj A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
without conj B • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl
withouten prep, conj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians
wolf n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
woman n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
woman n B2 • Sth, S Midl
woman-person n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
woodchuck n 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
woods burned, since the adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
woods child n • esp Sth, S Midl
woods colt n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
woods colt n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
wool-gathered adj • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
wool hat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl
wool, pull v phr • chiefly Sth
wopsided adj, adv • formerly scattered, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
work v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
work v 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
work v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent (MAP)
work down v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
worked down adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
workhorse n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
working n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
world, go (all the way) around the v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
worm n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
worm n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians
worm tree n • Sth
worry v, n B2 • formerly widespread; now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
worrywart n • Sth, S Midl
wrinkledy adj • esp Sth, S Midl
write v B1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
write v B1c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
write v B2a • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
writing spider n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
wrop v • esp Sth, S Midl
wup exclam • esp Sth, S Midl
-y suff1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
yahoo n • widespread, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl
Yankee cotton n • esp Sth
Yankee dime n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp AL (MAP)
Yankee minute n • esp Sth, S Midl
Yankee shot you, where the n • Sth, S Midl
yard broom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
yard egg n • esp Sth, S Midl
year n1 B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
yellow adj, n1 A1 (pronc) • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
yellow adj, n1 A2 (pronc) • widespread, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
yellow adj, n1 A5 (pronc) • esp Sth
yellow n1 B • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, OK, TX (MAP)
yellow-breasted lark n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
yellowhammer n 1 • widespread, but esp freq Sth
yellowhammer n 4 • esp Sth
yerk v, n • esp Sth, S Midl
yes adv 1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
yesterday adv, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEast |ˈjɪstɪ̩dɪ|
yet adv, conj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl |jɪt|
yet adv, conj B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
yet adv, conj B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
yon adj, pron, adv, n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl |jæn|
yon adj, pron, adv, n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians
yonder adv, adj, n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
yonder adv, adj, n A5 (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
yonder adv, adj, n A6 • chiefly Sth
yonder adv B1 • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
yonder adv B3 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
yonder adv B4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
yonder n Da • chiefly Sth
yonder n Db • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
yonkapin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
you pron1 A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
you pron1 B1b • esp Sth, S Midl
you-all pron, adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
you-alls pron1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
you-all’s adj, pron2 • Sth, S Midl
you-alls’s adj, pron • Sth, S Midl
young one n • esp Sth, S Midl
your adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl yo(ah), yore
your-all’s adj, pron • Sth, S Midl
yourn pron • esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
yourns pron • chiefly Sth, S Midl
zip n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
zoon v 2 • Sth, S Midl, esp GA
Adam’s housecat n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
ain’t v1 • Mid Atl, S Atl
A.K. v • S Atl
all around adv phr • S Atl
alley n1 2 • chiefly S Atl
alligator cooter n • chiefly S Atl
alligator hole n • S Atl
alligator terrapin n • S Atl
alligator wampee n • S Atl
all two adj, pron, conj • S Atl, esp SC, GA coasts
amberfish n • S Atl
amberjack n 2 • S Atl
*Annie-over n, exclam • widespread, but least freq in NEng, S Atl (MAP)
aplenty n • chiefly S Atl, Midl
artichoke pickle n • S Atl, esp SC
artichoke relish n • S Atl, esp SC
baby stroller n • esp S Atl
back and to adv phr • now chiefly S Atl
bateau n B2 • chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
bay n3 1 • chiefly S Atl
bay n3 2 • S Atl, esp seGA, neFL
bedroom shoe n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
bell a buzzard v phr • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
bellows v C • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
belly girt n • chiefly NEng, S Atl (MAP)
biddy n1 1 • chiefly NEng, S Atl
biddy n3 • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
bird-eye pepper n • S Atl, Gulf States
black ankle n • chiefly S Atl
black drum n • chiefly C and S Atl
black frost n 1 • chiefly NEast, Gt Lakes, C and S Atl, CA (MAP)
blessing n • chiefly S Atl, Inland Sth (MAP)
block-house n • S Atl
boogerman n 3 • S Atl
bootjack n 2 • chiefly S Atl
bothered up ppl adj • S Atl
both two pron • esp S Atl
box v1 • esp S Atl
brad n2 1 • S Atl
brass on one’s face, have v phr • chiefly S Atl
breakfast bacon n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
bright adj 1 • chiefly S Atl, S Midl
brownie n1 1 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
buck n4 • S Atl
buck naked adj • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
bug n1 5b • chiefly Mid and S Atl, SW (MAP)
bullace n 2 • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
bullbat n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, SW, scattered S Midl (MAP)
bunch grape n • chiefly S Atl
bush and bog n • chiefly S Atl
butt-head n • chiefly S Atl, AL (MAP)
butt-headed adj • chiefly S Atl
camphor weed n 3 • S Atl and Gulf States
can’t-help-it n • chiefly S Atl
carrion crow n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Inland Sth (MAP)
cassena n • chiefly S Atl
cat squirrel n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
cavalla n • S Atl and Gulf coasts
cavally n • S Atl and Gulf coasts
centipede grass n • S Atl, HI
certain adv B1 • esp NEng, also C and S Atl
certain adv B3 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, NEng, Ohio Valley
cham-chack n • chiefly S Atl
cherry laurel n • chiefly S Atl
Chinaberry n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
China tree n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
chip v 1 • S Atl
chitterling strut n • S Atl
chunk v 2 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
clay-eater n • chiefly S Atl
clay road n • scattered east of Missip R, esp S Atl (MAP)
clearseed n • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
clodknocker n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
coachwhip snake n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
*coal oil n • widespread, but least freq in Nth, S Atl (MAP)
co-calf(ie) v phr • esp S Atl
cod n1 2 • S Atl coast
co-ee v phr • chiefly C Atl, S Atl
coffeeweed n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
Confederate War n • chiefly S Atl
conjure n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
coon oyster n • chiefly S Atl, esp FL
cooter n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, esp SC
cooter n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, esp SC (MAP)
corn barn n • esp NEng, S Atl
corn dodger n 2 • chiefly S Atl, eVA
corn muffin n • scattered, but chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
corn stick n • chiefly S Atl, Inland Sth (MAP)
cossie v • esp Mid Atl, S Atl
country n B2d • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
country n B2e • S Atl
co-wench v phr • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
cowitch n 3 • esp S Atl
cracker n 2 • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
cranberry bean n • scattered, but esp NEast, S Atl
crawl n2 • S Atl
creek n1 B3 • chiefly S Atl
crevalle n a • esp S Atl, but also Pacific coast
crink n • scattered, but esp S Atl (MAP)
crocus sack n • chiefly S and Mid Atl (MAP)
croker sack n • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
curd n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Gulf States, S Atl, NEast (MAP)
cut the fool v phr • chiefly S Atl
diamondback terrapin n • chiefly C and S Atl
*dinner n 1b • widespread, but less freq Lower Missip Valley, S Atl (MAP)
dip n1 4 • S Atl
Dixie boy (plow) n • S Atl
do v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid and S Atl
do v C1c • chiefly S Atl
do v C2b • chiefly S Atl
*dog n1 B5a • scattered, but less freq S Atl (MAP)
dog fly n 1 • chiefly C and S Atl, AL (MAP)
doily n B1 • S Atl
dope n 4 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
double singletree n • scattered, but esp C and S Atl (MAP)
*doughball n 2 • scattered, but less freq NEast, C and S Atl, Pacific (MAP)
draggy adj 2 • chiefly Midl, S Atl (MAP)
drain n1 C2 • scattered, but esp Mid and S Atl
dross n • chiefly S Atl
English duck n • chiefly S Atl
fairy stone n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
fatback n 2b • S Atl
fault n, v • chiefly Mid and S Atl
feed up v phr • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
ferry-flat n • esp Missip-Ohio Valleys, S Atl
fescue n • chiefly S Midl, S Atl (MAP)
filibuster v • Mid and S Atl
find v B1 • chiefly NEast, S Atl
firedog n • scattered, but esp freq sAppalachians, S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
fire iron n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl, N Cent (MAP)
first dark n • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl
fish basket n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
fix v B3 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
fleech v • S Atl
flip-flop n 2 • esp N Midl, S Atl (MAP)
fram v • S Atl
French mockingbird n 2 • S Atl, Gulf States
fuss-box n • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
gall n2 1 • esp S Atl
gallinipper n 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
gator n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
geechee n • chiefly S Atl
geechy adj • chiefly S Atl
Georgia wiggler n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
*get v C2 • widespread, but less freq S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
get behind v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
gin house n • chiefly S Atl
give in v phr 1 • esp S Atl
givey adj 1 • chiefly Mid and S Atl
glade n 1 • esp Midl and S Atl
going to bed adj phr • S Atl (MAP)
granddaddy graybeard n 2 • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl
grits n pl 1b • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
ground pea n 1 • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
guano n B • chiefly S Atl
guano sack n • chiefly C and S Atl
guard n, v (pronc) • esp Mid and S Atl
guinea wasp n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
gunja n • chiefly S Atl
gutter n1 2 • esp NEng, S Atl
hack n1 2 • chiefly S Atl
hack v4 • esp S Atl, Gulf States
hail-over n, exclam • S Atl, Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
hairy head n • chiefly C and S Atl
*handspring n a • widespread, but less freq S Atl
happy adj 3 • Mid and S Atl
harvest flow n • S Atl
hear v A2d • chiefly S Atl
*hickey n2 a • scattered, but less freq NEng, S Atl
highland adj • chiefly S Atl
highland terrapin n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl
high yellow n • scattered, but chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
hog bear n • chiefly S Atl
hog’s head cheese n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
hog wire n • scattered, but esp S Atl, Gulf States, Cent (MAP)
hole n 1a • esp S Atl
hominy n B1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly Atlantic, esp S Atl (MAP)
hopping John n 1 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC, GA (MAP)
hornyhead n a • esp S Atl
hound dog n 2 • scattered, but esp Lower Missip Valley, TX, S Atl (MAP)
house n, v (pronc) • chiefly Atlantic, esp NEng, Mid and S Atl
howsomever adv 1 • scattered, but chiefly S and C Atl, S Midl
hull n B2a(7) • chiefly S Atl, esp GA
hummock n 2 • chiefly S Atl, esp FL (MAP)
hurrah bush n • S Atl, esp GA
hurrah’s nest n 1 • now esp S Atl
hurricane n A2b (pronc) • chiefly Appalachians, Mid and S Atl
hurt v B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl
in prep B7 • scattered, but chiefly S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
into prep B1 • chiefly NEast, S Atl
jack n1 24a(1) • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
jackdaw n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
Jack-in-the-bush n 2 • esp Mid and S Atl
jaded adj • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
jamb n • S Atl
jelly doughnut n • widespread, but esp freq NEast, S Atl, CA (MAP)
jewfish n 1a • S Atl, Gulf States
jewfish n 1b • S Atl, Gulf States
jiggering vbl n • esp S Atl
jim-crow card n • S Atl
johnny house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid and S Atl (MAP)
joint grass n 1 • scattered, but esp Mid and S Atl
jook n 2 • orig FL, later chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
jook v3 • chiefly S Atl, esp FL
jump n 2 • S Atl
Kate n • S Atl
keg n, v A3 (pronc) • esp S Atl, Gulf States
kernel n 1 • chiefly C and S Atl; also Gulf States (MAP and Map Section)
key n 3 • chiefly S Atl, AL (MAP and Map Section)
kick v B1 • chiefly sAppalachians, S Atl (MAP)
king mackerel n • S Atl, Gulf States
*kraut n 2 • widespread, but less freq Mid and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
lark n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly C and S Atl
last-go-trade n • chiefly Mid and S Atl, WV (MAP)
laying-by time n • chiefly S Atl
lazy boy n 1 • esp S Atl, Inland Sth
-left suff • S Atl
let v A2a • chiefly S Atl
level n • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
light v2 2 • scattered, but esp S Atl, sAppalachians (MAP)
lightwood n1 • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
lightwood-knot floater n • esp S Atl
liken vbl aux • esp S Atl
live in adultery v phr • scattered, but chiefly W Midl, S Atl (MAP)
liver pudding n • chiefly S and Mid Atl (MAP)
log cart n • esp C and S Atl (MAP)
loggerhead n 5b • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
lull v • chiefly Mid and S Atl, nNEng
maiden cane n • S Atl, Gulf States
marsh tacky n • chiefly S Atl, esp SC
master n • chiefly S Atl coast, among Black speakers, obs, maus(sa), mossa
maw n1 1 • chiefly Gulf States, Mid and S Atl
mayapple n 2 • esp S Atl, Inland Sth
maybird n 2 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC
minister’s face n1 • esp NEng, S Atl
mole bean n 2 • esp S Midl, S Atl
Molly Bright n • Mid and S Atl
monkey n1 B5 • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
monkey bite n 1 • chiefly CA, also C and S Atl (MAP)
mosquito fly n • esp Gulf States, S Atl
mother dear n • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
mouth organ n 1 • widespread, but chiefly Inland Nth, C Atl; also S Atl, SW (MAP and Map Section)
muffle-jawed adj 1 • esp S Atl
mutton corn n • chiefly S Atl, esp SC
newground n 1a • chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
*nicker n1, v • widespread exc NEast, Gt Lakes; less freq S Atl (MAP and Map Section)
nig n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
nigger killer n 1 • chiefly S Atl, AL
nut grass n 1 • scattered, but chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
on prep B9 • chiefly S and Mid Atl, PA (MAP)
*Osage orange n • widespread exc S Atl, Inland Sth, Gulf States (MAP)
pap n 1 • chiefly Midl, S Atl (MAP)
parrot-toed adj • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
parson’s nose n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
pee-jib n • esp S Atl, Inland Sth (MAP)
periagua n • chiefly S Atlantic coast
piazza n • chiefly NEast, S Atl (MAP)
piccolo n • chiefly S Atl; also NYC
pig picking n • chiefly S Atl
pigoo exclam • chiefly OH Valley, Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
*pigtail exclam a • scattered, but less freq NEast, S Atl (MAP)
pinder n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
pine barren n • C and S Atl
pine snake n 1 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, Cent
piney-woods rooter n • S Atl, Gulf States
pipjenny n • esp Delmarva, S Atl (MAP)
*pit n2 1a • widespread, but somewhat less freq Mid and S Atl, W Midl (MAP)
pluffer n • S Atl
*Podunk n 1 • scattered, but less freq C and S Atl, West (MAP)
pogy n 1 • chiefly nNEng, S Atl, Gulf States
pompano n 1 • S Atl, Gulf States
poop v, n • widespread, but more freq NEng, NY, Gt Lakes, S Atl, West (MAP)
potato pone n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
pudding n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Midl, Mid and S Atl (MAP)
rat snake n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
rattle n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
red bass n • chiefly S Atl
redbreast n 2 • S Atl (MAP)
redfin pickerel n • chiefly S Atl
red snapper n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
remembrance n • S Atl, Gulf States
rice n (pronc) • esp Mid and S Atl |rəɪs|
rice n (pronc) • esp S Atl, Gulf States |ras|
rock n1 5 • chiefly Upper Missip and Ohio Valleys, C and S Atl (MAP)
rockfish n 1 • chiefly C and S Atl
roll-a-bat n • esp S Atl
room n (pronc) • scattered, but esp NEng, Mid and S Atl, Gulf States |r^Um|
root the peg n • esp Gulf States, S Atl
saltwater trout n • S Atl, Gulf States
sand-and-clay road n • chiefly S Atl, VA (MAP)
sandlapper n 1 • chiefly S Atl
savannah n • chiefly S Atl
saw bench n • esp S and Mid Atl (MAP)
saw grass n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
*saw wood v phr • widespread, but less freq S Atl, Inland Sth, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
sawyer n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
scallion n • scattered, but chiefly NEast, S Atl (MAP)
schemy adj • esp Mid and S Atl
*schottische n • widespread exc Appalachians, Mid and S Atl (MAP)
scissorbill n 1 • S Atl, Gulf States
scoggin n 2 • chiefly S Atl
scooter n1 1 • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
scovy n • esp Mid and S Atl
scow n2 • esp S Atl
scrape n 2 • S Atl
scratch n1 2 • esp Mid and S Atl
scroonch owl n • S Atl
sedge hen n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
set horses v phr • chiefly Sth, esp S Atl (MAP)
setline n • chiefly Inland Nth, S Atl (MAP)
shed room n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
shell road n • chiefly C and S Atl, LA, seTX (MAP)
shine n 2 • scattered, but chiefly S Atl (MAP)
shivering owl n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
shoofly n 2 • scattered, but esp S Atl
short-patient adj phr • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
side prep 2 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
silverfish n 3 • esp S Atl
sirsee n • scattered, but chiefly S Atl
skeester n • esp S Atl
skipjack n 1a • esp S Atl
slick calm adj phr • chiefly Mid and S Atl, Gulf States
slip v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl (MAP)
slow-walk v • chiefly S Atl
slubber v • esp S Atl
snap v 3 • esp Mid and S Atl, nNEng (MAP)
so exclam a • chiefly Nth, N Midl, West; also S Atl (MAP)
some kind of adv phr • chiefly VA, S Atl
sometime adj • esp S Atl
sometimey adj • esp S Atl
sparkleberry n • chiefly S Atl
specify v • esp S Atl
spider n 1 • chiefly Nth; also Mid and S Atl (MAP)
squinch adj 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
stable n 2 • esp C and S Atl (MAP)
stick broom n • chiefly SE, esp S Atl (MAP)
stick-frog n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
stool chair n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
storm pit n • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl (MAP)
straw n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
strike v B1 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC
string v C1 • chiefly S Atl
stump n1 1 • scattered, but chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States, TX (MAP)
stumpknocker n 3 • S Atl
sugarberry n 1 • chiefly Midl, S Atl
*summer squash n • widespread, but less freq C and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
swamp hog n • S Atl, Gulf States
sweet myrtle n 1 • Mid and S Atl
swelltoad n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
swingletree n • chiefly C and S Atl, Appalachians (MAP)
tea weed n 2 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States
timber cart n • chiefly Mid and S Atl
toadfish n a • chiefly Mid and S Atl (MAP)
trash mover n 1 • chiefly Mid and S Atl, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
tread-soft(ly) n • S Atl, Gulf States
turn n 1a • chiefly Mid and S Atl; also Gulf States (MAP)
turnplow n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, WV (MAP)
*vegetable cellar n • scattered, but less freq S Atl, Gulf States, SW (MAP)
wage hand n • S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
wampee n • chiefly S Atl
wash-foot Baptist n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
white oak snake n • chiefly S Atl (MAP)
white shad n 2 • esp S Atl
white trout n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, S Atl
whoop-and-hide n 1 • chiefly S Midl, S Atl (MAP)
whoop n C2 • scattered, but esp S Atl, Gulf States, Gt Lakes, Upper MW, Pacific (MAP)
whoop exclam D • esp S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
whooping owl n • esp NEng, S Atl, Ozarks
wicky n • S Atl
wiggler n 3 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States (MAP)
wild arsenic n • VA, S Atl
wind v • scattered, but esp Mid and S Atl (MAP)
wind-busted adj • esp S Atl (MAP)
witch water n • esp S Atl
woodpecker mill n • chiefly S Atl
woods rider n • S Atl
wool hat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp S Atl
yard child n 2 • esp S Atl, Gulf States
yard child n 3 • esp S Atl, Gulf States
yellow adj C • chiefly C and S Atl, Gulf States
yellowbreast sunfish n • esp Mid and S Atl, Gulf States
Zaccheus tree n • esp S Atl
about prep, adv (pronc) • MD, eVA, eSC
acknowledge n • SC, GA coasts
acquaintun ppl adj • SC, GA coasts
all both pron • chiefly coastal SC
all two adj, pron, conj • S Atl, esp SC, GA coasts
and thing conj phr • sSC, GA coast
answer n • seSC, nGA coast
artichoke pickle n • S Atl, esp SC
artichoke relish n • S Atl, esp SC
ash nan n • SC
aw adv • sSC, GA coast
awendaw n • SE, esp SC
bactize v • SC, GA coasts
basket name n • sSC, GA coast
batter n1 • SC
bay n1 3 • SC, NC
beat the hound out of v phr • esp SC
benne n • Sth, esp SC
big dog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC (MAP and Map Section)
bird-minder n • SC
blackbird n 1 • chiefly SC
Black Bottom n • esp SC
bloodynoun n • chiefly SC, esp Charleston area
bluebait n • SC
blue blazes n a • chiefly Sth, esp SC
bog n • SC
boomalally n • SC, esp Charleston
brass ankle n • chiefly coastal SC
broadus n • SC, GA coast
brownie n1 1 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
bucket candy n • esp SC
buckra n • chiefly coastal SC and GA
bum n3 • SC, FL
bum jacket n • SC
butt n1 1 • esp SC
buzzard roost n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC, TX (MAP)
cascade v • esp SC
case n2 2 • chiefly SC
catfish stew n • chiefly SC (MAP)
chair n (pronc) • SC, sNEng, Upstate NY
Charleston buzzard n • SC
China brier n • esp in SC
city sparrow n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY, SC
co’ n • eSC
cooter n (pronc) • coastal SC and GA
cooter n • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, esp SC
cooter n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, esp SC (MAP)
country n B2d • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
crack one’s teeth v phr • SC, GA coasts
cripple n2 • Sth, esp SC
Croatan n • NC, SC
curly flower n • SC
day clean n • chiefly SC
dead v 2 • SC, GA coasts
dope n 4 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC (MAP)
down v F4 • esp SC
drain n2 • eSC
dry drought n • chiefly GA, SC, Gulf States
dual lane highway n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp SC
ear n1 (pronc) • SC, GA
easy walker n • chiefly Gulf States, SC
enty interrog exclam • chiefly SC, GA coasts
eyeball n 1 • NC, SC
fanner n 1 • chiefly GA, SC
farkis n • SC
figeater n • Sth, esp SC
fool adv • SC
fowl house n • now esp SC (MAP)
garage apartment n • scattered, but esp TX, AL, SC
grand n • chiefly SC, GA
grandpa n A10 (pronc) • SC
grease n (pronc) • esp coastal SC, GA, FL
ground mole n • scattered, but esp SC
groundnut n (pronc) • chiefly SC
guano n (pronc) • chiefly GA, SC
guinea squash n • chiefly SC
half v C • scattered, but esp SC
half-a-shirt n • SC
half hand n 1 • esp SC
half-rubber n • GA, SC
handle basket n • SC
heself pron • chiefly SC
hill n 3 • esp SC
hog crawl n • SC, GA
hoist v C1i(1) • Gulf States, SC
hopping John n 1 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC, GA (MAP)
Indian pullet n • chiefly FL, GA, SC
joggle v 1 • chiefly SC
joggling board n • chiefly SC, GA
johnny cockhorse n • SC
joog v • chiefly SE, esp SC
Juneberry n 3 • esp SC
ki intj • esp sSC, GA coast
lie out v phr 2 • Sth, S Midl, esp sAppalachians, GA, SC (MAP)
limping Kate n • SC
limping Susan n • SC
little adj, n, v • sSC, GA coasts
liver mush n • NC, SC, GA, TN
liver nip n • esp SC
locus preacher n • SC, GA
ma n A3 (pronc) • esp SC, C Atl (MAP)
mamma n1 (pronc) • esp SC
mamma n1 2 • GA, SC
mannersable adj • esp SC
marsh tacky n • chiefly S Atl, esp SC
mawmouth n • chiefly SC
maybird n 2 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC
me adj a • sSC, GA coasts
meet v 1 • sSC coast
mixed bread n • esp SC
monkey n1 B4a • SC, NC
moonshine n 3 • SC
mosshead n • esp SC
mutton corn n • chiefly S Atl, esp SC
no-manners adj • sSC, GA coasts
okra soup n • chiefly SC (MAP)
one adv C1 • chiefly coastal SC
out adv, v, adj, prep, n, exclam (pronc) • eVA, SC
out v C3 • chiefly eSC, eGA (MAP)
outen v 1 • chiefly PA; also SC (MAP)
pa n A3 (pronc) • chiefly Mid Atl, esp SC (MAP)
packhouse n • esp GA, NC, eSC, VA (MAP)
palement n • GA, SC
papa n2 (pronc) • esp SC |ˈpæpə, pəˈpæ|
passage n • Sth, S Midl, esp SC
persimmon beer n • chiefly Sth, esp SC (MAP)
peruse v • Sth, esp SC, GA
pilau n1 • chiefly SC, GA, FL (MAP)
pine-bark stew n • NC, SC
pinto n2 • chiefly SC, GA
plat-eye n • SC
pluff adj 1 • chiefly SC
plunder n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC
poisonberry n 1 • SC
pontop prep • SC, GA coasts
poor joe n2 2 • chiefly GA, SC
potato n A4 (pronc) • esp SC, GA
praise house n • SC, GA
pride of India n 1 • esp SC
pull one’s foot v phr • seSC
racktify v • esp SC
redhorse bread n • SC
rice hook n • esp SC
roost n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, SC, TX, W Midl, esp IN (MAP)
sailor’s choice n 1a • esp NC, SC
salt n 1 • esp SC, GA coasts
sand chicken n • SC
sandhiller n 1 • Sth, esp GA, SC
sanguillah n • SC
scuppernong n • chiefly SE, esp SC, GA (MAP)
she-crab soup n • coastal SC
sheself pron • SC
she-she talk n • sSC, GA coasts
shout n 1 • Sth, esp sSC, GA coasts
shout v 2 • chiefly sSC, GA coasts
sieva bean n • esp SC
slipstone n • GA, SC
soo cat n • SC
stand v 1 • seSC
strike v B1 • chiefly S Atl, esp SC
stump-hole liquor n • Sth, S Midl, esp NC, SC (MAP)
Summerville Indian n • SC
sweet pitcher plant n • esp NC, SC
swonger adj • seSC, eGA
syrup candy n • chiefly Gulf States, GA, SC (MAP)
tabby n • SE, esp GA, SC
table tapper n • esp GA, SC, eNC
task n • GA, SC
tee-niny adj • Sth, S Midl, esp SC (MAP)
toad n 7 • SC, GA coasts
trash mover n 2 • SE, esp NC, SC
trotline n 1 • chiefly Gulf States, W Midl, Cent, TX, SC (MAP)
trunk n 1 • SC
trust-me-God n • seSC
Turk n2 • cSC
tussock liquor n • SC
we pron • chiefly SC, GA coasts
we adj • SC, GA coasts
weather house n • SC, GA, AL
where adv, conj, pron A3 (pronc) • sSC, GA coast
whiteshank n • SC
white shirt n • FL, GA, SC
worriation n • chiefly Mid Atl, esp SC, NC
yard ax n 2 • esp SC
yard child n 1 • SC, GA
yellowbelly cooter n • chiefly SC, GA (MAP)
bloodynoun n • chiefly SC, esp Charleston area
boomalally n • SC, esp Charleston
farmhand n • NW, ND, SD
hunyak n 2 • MT, ND, SD, WY
slushburger n • ND, SD
stone johnny n • esp ND, SD
stubbleberry n • esp ND, SD
tavern n • chiefly nwIA, seSD
alligator buttons n • SE
alligator grass n • chiefly SE
alligator lily n • SE, esp FL
amyroot n • prob SE
apple of Sodom n • SE
awendaw n • SE, esp SC
bear foot n • chiefly SE
bull snake n • formerly widespread SE; now esp Missip-Ohio Valleys and westward (MAP)
Carolina vanilla n • SE
cedar moss n • SE
Cherokee bean n • SE
cholera n (pronc) • freq in SE, less common in other areas
chunk v 3 • chiefly SE
congo eel n 2 • SE
conjure v • chiefly SE (MAP)
cowitch n 2 • chiefly SE (MAP)
cut down ppl adj 1 • chiefly SE
death owl n • chiefly SE
deer-tongue n 1 • SE
dog’s tongue n 3 • chiefly SE
dollar weed n 1 • chiefly SE
do what interrog exclam • chiefly SE
duck n 5 • chiefly SE (MAP)
dwarf palmetto n 1 • chiefly SE
elbow, go (all) around one’s v phr • chiefly SE, esp NC (MAP)
feeder n 5 • chiefly Upper MW, N Cent, SE (MAP)
fever grass n • SE
field hawk n • chiefly SE, C Atl
field pine n 1 • chiefly SE, Gulf States
flat n1 3 • chiefly Missip and Ohio R Valleys, SE coast
floating island n 1 • chiefly SE
flycatcher n 4 • chiefly SE
flytrap n 2 • chiefly SE
fodder shower n • SE
Georgia bark n • chiefly SE
G.I. haircut n • scattered, but more freq C and Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
goober n1 1 • widespread, but chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, SW (MAP)
gopher frog n • chiefly SE
gourdhead n 1 • SE
*green pepper n 1 • widespread exc SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP and Map Section)
hag n 1 • esp SE
hagride v • esp SE
hairydick n • chiefly SE
*handle n B1 • scattered exc SE (MAP)
hassle v • chiefly SE
highland moccasin n • chiefly SE (MAP)
hog-head hash n • esp SE
horse guard n • chiefly SE
horse lot n 1 • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
hot stick n • esp SE, Gulf States
hound’s-tongue n 2 • chiefly SE
jarhead n 1 • chiefly SE (MAP)
jasmine n 2a • esp SE
joog v • chiefly SE, esp SC
July fly n 1 • chiefly SE (MAP)
kerosene oil n • scattered, but esp SE, NEast (MAP and Map Section)
*kitchen broom n • scattered, but less freq C and Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
last pea in the dish n • chiefly SE (MAP)
locust beer n • chiefly SE
loggerhead shrike n • chiefly SE
long drawers n pl • scattered, but chiefly SE, C Atl, seNY (MAP)
lord god n 1 • chiefly SE, esp Gulf States (MAP)
maypop n 1 • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley
mudfish n a • chiefly SE
mulefoot n2 • esp SE
nettle rash n • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX (MAP)
popgun elder n • esp SE
pounding mill n a • SE
rabbit tobacco n 1a • chiefly SE, VA (MAP)
raise v C2a • SE
raise v C2b • esp SE
red wagon n • chiefly SE (MAP)
red wiggler n • chiefly SE (MAP)
reel n • SE
rise v A1a • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley, SW; also NEast (MAP)
rise v A2b • scattered, but esp SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
rooster spur (pepper) n • SE
rooter n 1 • chiefly SE
Saint-John’s-weed n • chiefly SE
sand gnat n • scattered, but chiefly SE (MAP)
sand martin n 2 • SE
sandspur n • SE (MAP)
saw frame n • esp SE (MAP)
scaly bark n • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley (MAP)
scrap iron n • esp SE
scratcher n 2 • scattered, but esp Midl, SE (MAP)
scuppernong n • chiefly SE, esp SC, GA (MAP)
section harrow n • chiefly Lower Missip Valley, SE (MAP)
seed-sower n • SE
setback n 2 • chiefly SE, Mid Atl, Appalachians, CT (MAP)
set hook n • esp SE
shirttail n 2 • SE
shower of rain n • esp SE (MAP)
side v 3 • esp SE
skull orchard n • chiefly Appalachians, SE (MAP)
slam adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SE
snakeberry n 4 • SE
snake hawk n 1 • chiefly SE
snook n2 • esp SE, NEast
sop n 1 • chiefly W Midl, SE, West exc TX (MAP)
sorry adj B1 • scattered, but esp SE, Lower Missip Valley, TX, OK (MAP)
stave v 4 • chiefly SE; less freq NEast
stick broom n • chiefly SE, esp S Atl (MAP)
streak of lean n • chiefly SE (MAP)
stretch flow n • SE
suckhole n 2 • esp Mid Atl, SE (MAP)
suption n1 • SE, Gulf States
swamp haw n • SE
swamp laurel n 1 • chiefly SE
swamp primrose n • esp SE
tabby n • SE, esp GA, SC
telephone v B • chiefly SE, S Midl (MAP)
tight n • chiefly SE, TX, OK (MAP)
tilly hawk n • chiefly SE (MAP)
tomato n A3 (pronc) • NEast, SE
toothache tree n • esp SE
transfer truck n • chiefly SE, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
trash mover n 2 • SE, esp NC, SC
tumbleset n, v • chiefly SE, Gulf States; also NEast (MAP)
tush n A1 (pronc) • chiefly SE, sAppalachians (MAP)
weeky-day n • chiefly SE, esp GA
whicker n1, v • chiefly SE, Mid Atl (MAP)
whopper-jawed adj 1 • chiefly C and Mid Atl, SE, N Cent (MAP)
willow cat n a • chiefly SE, Lower Missip Valley
yard ax n • chiefly SE
about to die adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
admire v A • chiefly NEng, S Midl
admire v B1 • chiefly NEng, S Midl, and settlement areas
after prep B2 • chiefly S Midl
afterdinner n • chiefly S Midl
aggie forti(e)s n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
aggravate v B • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
aggravating ppl adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
aim v • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
airish adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
airn pron • Sth, S Midl
all-overs n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
all sorts of adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
all the • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
all (the) time adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
almanac n (pronc) • chiefly NEng, S Midl
already adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
aluminum n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
a many a adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ambeer n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
ancient adj, n (pronc) • S Midl
anigh prep • esp Sth, S Midl
antic adj 1 • chiefly S Midl
antic n • S Midl
antigodlin adj, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
antigoglin adj, adv • Sth, S Midl, West
anxious bench n • chiefly N Atl, Sth, S Midl
anyways adv 1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
anyways adv 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
apricot n B • chiefly S Midl
arbor n B1 • S Midl
argufy v • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
article n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
ashcake n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ashy adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
as the feller says adv phr • chiefly NEng, S Midl
atwixt prep • now chiefly S Midl
auger-eyed adj • S Midl
aunt n A2 (pronc) • chiefly S Midl, less freq Sth
awful adj 3 • Sth, S Midl
back v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
back v 7 • esp S Midl
back and forth v phr • S Midl
back back v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
backed up adj phr • S Midl
backings n • S Midl
backset n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
back-step n • S Midl
back yonder adv • chiefly S Midl
bacon n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bad adj B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad man n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad off adj phr 2 • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bad pay n • Sth, S Midl
bad sick adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, but esp Inland Sth (MAP)
bait n 1b • chiefly S Midl, West
bait n 1d • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bait n 2 • Sth, S Midl
bald n • chiefly S Midl, esp sAppalachians, Ozarks
ballad n (pronc) • chiefly in S Midl
ballad n B • chiefly S Midl
ball shoe n • ?chiefly S Midl
bandy-shanked adj • prob Sth, S Midl
bare adj (pronc) • esp S Midl
bark v1 1 • S Midl
bark v2 1 • chiefly S Midl
barking exercise n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY
bar off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
basket meeting n • Sth, S Midl
bath v • ?chiefly Sth, S Midl
battercake n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
battle n1 • S Midl
battle v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
battling block n • chiefly S Midl
battling stick n • Sth, S Midl
bawling-hound n • S Midl
be v Al (pronc) • formerly widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
be v A2 (pronc) • widespread, esp NEng, S Midl
be v A5 (pronc) • formerly widespread, now chiefly S Midl
be v B3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
be v B3c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
be v B4a • chiefly S Midl
be v B6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
beans, not to know v phr c • esp Sth, S Midl
bear v 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bear-hug v • chiefly S Midl
beast n A • chiefly S Midl
beast n B1 • Sth, S Midl, NEng
beast n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
beaten biscuit n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY, MD, VA (MAP)
beatenest adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
beau dollar n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
because conj (pronc) • in Sth, S Midl
bed n A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bed n B1 • Sth, S Midl
bedpost v • S Midl
bedstead n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bee gum n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
beeler n • S Midl
bee martin n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bees swarm phr • S Midl
bee stand n • chiefly S Midl
beetleweed n • chiefly S Midl
*beet tops n pl • widespread, but least freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
before-day n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
begin v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
begin v A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
begone v • chiefly S Midl
behind a dime adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
beholden adj • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
being conj • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
bell cow n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
bellows n, v (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
bellows n, v A2 • esp S Midl (formerly also NEng)
bell pepper n • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, West (MAP)
belly-rub n, v • chiefly S Midl
belly washer n 1 • ?Sth, S Midl
belong v B • Sth, S Midl
benasty v • esp S Midl
bench-legged adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bend n1 • chiefly S Midl
benighted ppl adj • formerly widespread, now chiefly S Midl
betsy bug n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp AR, KY
betwixt prep • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
beyond prep, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
biddable adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bid whist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
biff n1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
biff v • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
big adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
big adj 2 • chiefly S Midl
big v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
big dog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC (MAP and Map Section)
biggity adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
big hominy n • Sth, S Midl
big house n 2 • chiefly S Midl
big Ike n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
big meeting n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
big time n • widespread, but esp Sth, S Midl
bill n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
billfolder n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bird n A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bird n B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
birth v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
birthing vbl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
biscuit n A • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
biscuit n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
biscuit bread n • chiefly S Midl
biscuit-eater n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
-bit suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bite v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
biting ppl adj • S Midl
bitter adj 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bitterweed milk n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
black-and-tan n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blackberry storm n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blackberry winter n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
black dark n • prob Sth, S Midl
black Dutch n • esp common Sth, S Midl
black-eyed Susie n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blackguard v C2 • chiefly S Midl
blackguard adj D • chiefly S Midl
blackguarding ppl adj • chiefly S Midl
blackguarding vbl n • chiefly S Midl
black gum n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
black haw n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
blackjack oak n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
black man n 1 • esp common Sth, S Midl
black racer n 1 • chiefly S Midl (Map Section)
blacktongue n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
blade n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blade fodder n • chiefly S Midl
blate n, v A1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
blate v B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bleed v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bless out v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blind bridle n • scattered, but esp common Sth, S Midl
blink n1 • chiefly S Midl
blinked ppl adj • chiefly S Midl
blip n, intj • prob Sth, S Midl
blizzard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blockade n • chiefly S Midl
blockade v • chiefly S Midl
blockader n • chiefly S Midl
block and tickle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blood boil n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blood kin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bloodshotten adj • chiefly S Midl, Sth
bloom n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blouse n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
blow n2 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blow v1 A2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, and scattered Nth (MAP)
blow fire (out) v phr • Sth, S Midl
blow horn n • chiefly S Midl
blubber n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blubber v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue adj 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue catfish n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp lower Missip Valley (MAP)
blue gum n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue-gummed adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue hen’s chicken n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blue john n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
blunt n2 • chiefly S Midl
boar n attrib • chiefly Sth, S Midl
board n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
board tree n • chiefly S Midl
bobble n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bodacious adj, adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bodaciously adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
body waist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bogue v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
boguish adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
boil n1, v (pronc) • S Midl
boiled custard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
boiling n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
bold hives n 2 • chiefly S Midl
bone felon n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
bone idle adj • chiefly S Midl
booger n1 1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
booger n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
booger v1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW
boogerbear n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
boogerman n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bookity-book adv, n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
books n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
boresome adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
born v tr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
born days n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
borning vbl n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
borrow v A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl and NEng, esp ME
bosh n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast (MAP)
botherate v • esp S Midl
bots n pl 1 • chiefly S Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
bottom n 8 • Sth, S Midl
boundary n • chiefly S Midl
bounden adj • chiefly S Midl
box n 2 • Sth, S Midl
box n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
box v2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
box house n 1 • chiefly S Midl, esp Ozarks
boxing n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
box, off one’s adj phr • chiefly S Midl
boy n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brake n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX
branch n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
branch water n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brand-fire-new adj phr • chiefly S Midl
bray n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bread n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bread v • chiefly Midl, esp S Midl
break n1 5 • esp Sth, S Midl
break v C3 • chiefly S Midl
break v C5 • chiefly S Midl
breakdown n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
break it off in v phr • Sth, S Midl
bream n (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
bream n B3 • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
breath harp n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bridle blind n • esp S Midl
brier n 2 • esp S Midl
brier hook n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bright adj 1 • chiefly S Atl, S Midl
bring v A (pronc) • in Sth, S Midl
bring v C4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
britches n pl 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
britches n pl 2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
britches n pl 2c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
broad n • esp S Midl
brogan n 1 • widespread, but esp common in Sth, S Midl (MAP)
broiler house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
broken vein n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
*broody n • widespread, but least freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
broom sedge n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brother n A1 • esp Sth, S Midl
brother n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
brought-on ppl adj • chiefly S Midl
bruise v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brush n, v1 A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brush n, v1 A2 • chiefly S Midl
brush n B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brush v2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
brush broom n1 • Sth, S Midl
brute n • chiefly S Midl, occas NEng
bubba n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bubblegum machine n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bubby n1 1 • scattered, but esp S Midl
buck v1 B6c • chiefly S Midl
buck-and-wing n • widely known, but used esp Sth, S Midl
*buckboard n 1 • widespread, but less freq in Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bucket n 2a • chiefly S Midl, Sth
bud n2 1a • widespread, but esp common in Sth, S Midl
bug n1 8 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bug n1 14c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bugaboo n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
bugger n1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bughouse n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
build the fence v phr • esp S Midl
bulge n, v (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
bulge v C • esp S Midl
bull n 1 • Sth, S Midl
bull v • chiefly S Midl
bullbat n 1 • chiefly S Atl, Gulf States, SW, scattered S Midl (MAP)
bullfrogs, rain v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bullgrass n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
bullnose pepper n • chiefly NEast, Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bull of the woods n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Pacific (MAP)
bull-roarer n 1a • chiefly S Midl
bull tongue n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bumblebee adj • Sth, S Midl
bumfuzzle v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bump n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bundle n, v1 (pronc) • in Sth, S Midl
burnout n 1 • S Midl
burying n • Sth, S Midl
bush ax n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid Atl (MAP)
bush hog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
bush hog v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
buss v1 • chiefly S Midl
bust v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
busthead n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
butternut n 3 • esp S Midl
butternut n 4 • esp S Midl
buttonhole n 1 • chiefly S Midl
buzzard bait n • esp S Midl
buzzard roost n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp SC, TX (MAP)
buzzard-wing sweep n • Sth, S Midl
by prep 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
byword n • chiefly S Midl
cabbage n A2a • esp S Midl, NEng
cackle v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cadgy adj • chiefly S Midl
calf-eyes n • prob Sth, S Midl
calf-rope, holler v phr • chiefly S Midl, Gulf States (MAP)
calf-slobber(s) n • chiefly S Midl, SW
call v 11 • S Midl
call v 12 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
call by v phr • prob S Midl
called to straw adj • S Midl
call hogs v phr • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
camphor n • esp in S Midl
can v1 1b (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
candle n A (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
candy breaking n • S Midl
candy pulling n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast, CA (MAP)
cap n1 2a • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP and Map Section)
cap n1 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cap v 4 • Sth, S Midl
captain n B2 • Sth, S Midl
captain n B3 • chiefly S Midl
car n1 (pronc) • esp in S Midl
carbuncle n (pronc) • esp in S Midl
carcass n • perh esp Sth, S Midl
card n1 (pronc) • esp in S Midl
careen v • chiefly S Midl
car house n • Sth, S Midl
carpet, on the adj phr • Sth, S Midl, esp NC, TX, AR (MAP)
carrion n (pronc) • esp in S Midl
carry v (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
carry v B1 • formerly freq in NEng; now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
carry v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
car shed n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cash money n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cat n 3c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cat n 8 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
catabias adj, adv • chiefly Midl, esp S Midl
catamount n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
cat-and-clay n • S Midl
catawampus n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
catawba n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, OH, IN (MAP)
catch v B9 • Sth, S Midl
catch v B10 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
catch ’im v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
catch-pain n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
catercorner adj A1a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cathead n • Sth, S Midl
cave-in n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cavort v • orig chiefly Sth, S Midl, now widespread
cedar pencil n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cement n, v, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
certain adj, adv (pronc) • esp NEast, Sth, S Midl
chair n (pronc) • Sth and S Midl, scattered in PA, NEng
chairbacker n • Sth, S Midl
chamber lye n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
chance n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chap n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chartered adj • Sth, S Midl
check n1 3 • Sth, S Midl
checkline n 2 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
cheep v • chiefly S Midl
cheese n A • chiefly S Midl
chess pie n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chew one’s bit(s) v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chew one’s tobacco v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chickamy chickamy craney crow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Chickasaw plum n • chiefly S Midl
chicken crow n • S Midl
chicken-eater n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chicken fight n 1 • chiefly S Midl, esp KY, MD
chickoo intj • Sth, S Midl
chifforobe n • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chiggerweed n • chiefly S Midl
child n A1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
child n A2 (pronc) • chiefly nNEng, Sth, S Midl
child n A2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
child n A3 • Sth, S Midl
chill bumps n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chill tonic n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chimney n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chimney sweep n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
china n (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
chinch n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chinchy adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chink v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chinquapin n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
chitterlings n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chocolate drop n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
Christmas n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Christmas n 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Christmas Eve n • ?chiefly Sth, S Midl
Christmas gift exclam • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
Christmas tree n 3 • chiefly Sth, nNEng, also S Midl (MAP)
chuffy adj2 • chiefly S Midl
chug v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chug-full adj • S Midl
chughole n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY (MAP)
chunk-floater n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
chunk of fire n • chiefly S Midl
church v 2 • chiefly S Midl
church house n • chiefly S Midl, Sth
ciphering vbl n • chiefly S Midl
circumstance n B2 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
city sparrow n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY, SC
civil adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
clabber cheese n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
clap in, clap out n • esp Sth, S Midl, NEng
claybank adj • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
clean one’s plow v phr • esp S Midl
clear n, v, adv, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
clearing n • S Midl
clever adj 3 • formerly NEng, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
climb v 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
clod buster n 1 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
club n 1 • once general, now chiefly S Midl
coat n 2 • Sth, S Midl
cobbler n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
coca-cola n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW
cock n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cod n1 1 • chiefly S Midl
coffin tack n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
coil v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cold-trail v 1 • ?chiefly S Midl
collard n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
collogue v 1 • chiefly S Midl
colonel n B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
come v A5b • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
come v B5 • esp S Midl
come by v phr 1 • chiefly S Midl
come by v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
come-by-chance n • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
come-off n 1 • Sth, S Midl
come on v phr 3 • chiefly S Midl
come sick v phr • Sth, S Midl
come through v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
come up v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
come up v phr 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
comfort n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
common adj 1 • chiefly S Midl
common adj 2 • chiefly S Midl, occas NEng
company room n • Sth, S Midl
confidence v • chiefly S Midl
contrary v • chiefly S Midl
cookie n1 2 • Sth, S Midl
cookroom n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cooling room n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
coon n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
coon v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
coon dog n1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
coonhunt v • chiefly S Midl
coop n1 (pronc) • Sth, S Midl
copperas n attrib • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corn v 1 • ?chiefly S Midl
corn dodger n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corner n1 (pronc) • esp in Sth, S Midl
cornfield pea n • Sth, S Midl
corn light bread n • Sth, S Midl
corn malt n • ?S Midl
corn patty n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corn shucking n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corporosity n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
corruption n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
co-sheep(ie) n • chiefly S Midl
co-sheep(ie) v phr • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
cost v A1 (pronc) • esp in S Midl
cottonhead n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
counterpin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
country n B1 • esp S Midl
cove n1 3 • esp S Midl
cow critter n • chiefly S Midl
crab-apple switch n • Sth, S Midl, esp MS
crabgrass n 1 • chiefly S Midl
crackling bread n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
crackloo n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cramp-colic n • scattered Sth, S Midl
crawfish adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crawl v • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cream gravy n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
creature n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl, and NEng
credit n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
creece n • chiefly S Midl
creel v • ?S Midl
creep v A • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cribber n • chiefly S Midl
crimpy adj • esp S Midl
cringe v, n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
cripple v • S Midl
crook nose n • prob chiefly Sth, S Midl
crop n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crop n B1 • prob chiefly Sth, S Midl, West
crop v 3 • ?S Midl
cropper n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
cross v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crossways adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crowder n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
crystal n (pronc) • S Midl
cuckleburr n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
cull list, on the adj phr • S Midl
cur dog n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cure n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cure out v phr • Sth, S Midl
cure up v phr • chiefly S Midl
curiosity n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
curious adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
curious adj B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
curl n, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
cushaw n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cuss-fight n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cut n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cut v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cut a rusty v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cut off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cut on v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
cut one’s eyes v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cut one’s foot v phr • esp S Midl
cutter n1 7 • chiefly S Midl
cut the pigeon(’s) wing v phr • esp S Midl
cymling n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
cymling-head n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dad n2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
daddy n 1 • widespread, but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
daddy n 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dairy house n • esp Sth, S Midl
dam-buster n • esp Sth, S Midl
davenette n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
*davenport n • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
day and time n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dead adj B1 • Sth, S Midl
dead adj B3 • Sth, S Midl
deadbeat v • esp Sth, S Midl
dead cat on the line n • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
deadening n 1 • chiefly S Midl
dead lice are falling off, like adv phr • chiefly S Midl, Sth
deadline n • Sth, S Midl
deadwood n • chiefly S Midl, West
death bell n • S Midl
declare v • Sth, S Midl
deedie n • Sth, S Midl
deep-water Baptist n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
delicate adj • esp Sth, S Midl
den n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
den v • esp Sth, S Midl
despise v • Sth, S Midl
dest n • esp Sth, S Midl
destructious adj • S Midl
devil n B2 • formerly more widespread, now chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil n B4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil and Tom Walker, the n • chiefly NEng, S Midl
devilish adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
devilment n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil’s footstool n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil’s horse n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
devil’s horse n 4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
devil’s shoestring n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
devil’s-snuffbox n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dew n (pronc) • Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
dew poison n • chiefly S Midl, esp sAppalachians
diamond n (pronc) • esp S Midl
didapper n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
diddle v 3 • esp Sth, S Midl
dido n 1 • widespread, but esp NEng, Sth, S Midl
diffabitterance n • chiefly S Midl
differ n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
differ v • Sth, S Midl
diggings n pl • scattered, but esp freq Sth, S Midl
dike v • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dilatory adj • S Midl
dinner on the ground(s) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dinner pot n • esp Sth, S Midl
dip n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dip v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dipper n 6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dipping stick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
directly adv, conj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
directly adv, conj B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dirk n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dirt dauber n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
discipline n, v (pronc) • chiefly S Midl
disencourage v • chiefly S Midl
disfurnish v 1 • S Midl, Sth
disgust v • S Midl
dish n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dish-face n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dish-faced adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dishrag gourd n • chiefly S Midl
disremember v • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dive v 1 • Sth, S Midl, nNEng
dive v 2 • Sth, S Midl
do n1 5a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
do v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp Mid and S Atl
do v B6 • esp Sth, S Midl
do v C5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
do v C6 • esp S Midl
do v D2 • Sth, S Midl
do around v phr • Sth, S Midl
doctor v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
doctor v 2 • chiefly S Midl
doctor woman n 2 • Sth, S Midl
doddly adj • S Midl
dodger n1 1 • Sth, S Midl
dog n1 (pronc) • chiefly NEng, S Midl
dog n1 B7 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog n1 B17a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog n1 B17d • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog v 6 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dogbread n • Sth, S Midl
dog drunk adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dogfall n 1 • chiefly S Midl
dog fennel n 1 • chiefly S Midl, Sth
dog fennel n 4 • chiefly S Midl, Sth
doggery n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dog iron n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dogleg n • esp S Midl
dog my cats intj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dogpelter n • chiefly S Midl
dog run n • chiefly S Midl, occas Sth
dog’s bait n • Sth, S Midl
dog tick n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dogtrot n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dogwood winter n • chiefly S Midl
doing n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
doing n 2 • chiefly NEng, Sth, S Midl
do-less adj • chiefly S Midl
doll baby n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
doll rags n pl • chiefly Sth, S Midl
domestic n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dominicker n 1 • scattered, but chiefly S Midl
done adv • Sth, S Midl
doodlebug n 1 • Sth, S Midl
doodl(e)y squat n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dose n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dote v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEng
doty adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
double-back-action adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
double cabin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
double-dog dare v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
double-jointed adj 1 • S Midl, Sth
double-pen(ned) adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
double shovel plow n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
double shuffle n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, orig also NEng
double-u n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
doublings n pl • chiefly S Midl
doughbelly n 4 • chiefly S Midl
doughface n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*doughnut hole n • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
down adj D5 • chiefly S Midl
down n2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
down-and-out adj 3 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
downspout n • esp S Midl
down the country, give one v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
draft n1 B4 • chiefly S Midl
drag v B2 • chiefly S Midl
drag v B5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drag harrow n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dragon n B1 • esp Sth, S Midl
drain v, n1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
dram n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
dram v1 • chiefly S Midl, esp sAppalachians
draw n 1b • esp S Midl
draw v B1 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v B2 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v C2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
draw v C3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v C4 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
draw v C7 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
drawbar n 1 • formerly NEng, now chiefly S Midl
*dray n 2 • widespread, but less freq S Midl, Cent
dream v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drindle v • chiefly S Midl, esp sAppalachians
drip n 2 • chiefly S Midl
driprock n • chiefly S Midl
drive n 8 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drive v B2 • now esp Sth, S Midl
drive one’s ducks to a poor market v phr • chiefly S Midl, Sth
droll adj 1 • Sth, S Midl
drop n, v (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drop n C1 • formerly widespread, now chiefly S Midl
drop v D1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
drop one’s candy v phr • esp Sth, S Midl
dropsy n1 1 • esp Sth, S Midl
*drought n A3 (pronc) • scattered, but less freq Sth, S Midl
drown the miller v phr 2 • esp S Midl
drug n1 • chiefly S Midl
drummer n 6 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dry drizzle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dry fly n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dry grin n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
drying cloth n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dry-land turtle n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, Cent, SW (MAP and Map Section)
dry so adj phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dry so adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dubious adj A2 • Sth, S Midl
dubious adj A3 • chiefly S Midl, also NEng, Sth
duckbill n 2 • S Midl
duck butter n 1 • chiefly S Midl
*duck soup n • widespread, but less freq S Midl (MAP)
due adj, n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dull adj 3b • chiefly Sth, S Midl
dumb bull n 1 • esp S Midl
durn v, intj • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
dusky dark n • chiefly S Midl (MAP and Map Section)
dust n1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
*Dutchman n 1 • widespread exc Sth, S Midl (MAP)
d.w.i. n • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, TX (MAP)
each and every pron • S Midl
ear n1 (pronc) • S Midl
earbob n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
early candlelight n • chiefly S Midl
earn v • chiefly S Midl
earth n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ease v 3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
east n2 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
easy adj 3 • Sth, S Midl
eat v A2a • chiefly Sth, S Midl
eat v A2b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
eat v A3a • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
eat v A3b • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, N Atl (MAP)
eat v B2 • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
eat v B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
eating joint n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl, SW (MAP)
-ed suff 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ed suff 3 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
-ed suff 5 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
eddy n 1 • scattered, but esp freq S Midl
eel n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
egg n (pronc) • chiefly S Midl
egg n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl, NEast
egg v1 (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
egg bread n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp GA (MAP)
egg custard (pie) n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp MS (MAP)
egg-sucker n 1 • Sth, S Midl
egg turner n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
element n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
eleven adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ellenyard n • Sth, S Midl
elm n (pronc) • widespread but somewhat more freq Sth, S Midl
end n, v A1 • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
end of one’s row n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, exc Mid Atl
enduring adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
enduring prep • Sth, S Midl
equal n, v, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-er • chiefly S Midl; also NEast
-er affix 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-es suff1 1b • Sth, S Midl
-es suff1 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
-est superl suff • chiefly Sth, S Midl
evening n B • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
event n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ever adj • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp TX (MAP)
ever adv (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
ever adv B • chiefly Sth, S Midl, occas NEng
ever adv C1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
everlasting adj, adv • chiefly NEng, S Midl
exactly adv • chiefly Sth, S Midl
except(ing) conj B • Sth, S Midl
expect v (pronc) • Sth, S Midl (MAP)
extra adj B • chiefly Sth, S Midl
eye n1 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
eyebright n 3 • chiefly S Midl
eyes n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fact n, v A1 • chiefly S Midl
faint n • S Midl
fainty adj 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fair off v phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fall off v phr 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fall out v phr 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
family n (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
far adv, adj1 B1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
far adv, adj1 B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
far adv, adj1 B3 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
far adv, adj1 C2 • chiefly S Midl
far adv, adj1 C4 • chiefly S Midl
far piece n 1 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl, N Cent (MAP)
farrowing house n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fat adj2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fatback n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl; also NEast (MAP)
fat pine n 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fatty-bread n • chiefly S Midl
fault v B1 • chiefly S Midl
faunch v 1 • chiefly S Midl, West
favor n B1 • Sth, S Midl
favor v C1 • widespread, but chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
favorance n 1 • S Midl
favorite n, adj (pronc) • esp S Midl
feather v 5 • S Midl
feather-legged adj • Sth, S Midl
feature v 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, ME
feel of v phr • chiefly S Midl, Sth (MAP)
feel one’s keeping v phr • chiefly S Midl
feist n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
feisty adj 1 • chiefly S Midl
feisty adj 2 • chiefly S Midl
fence n, v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
fertilize n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fescue n • chiefly S Midl, S Atl (MAP)
fessor n • chiefly S Midl, Sth
fetch v (pronc) • esp S Midl
fetch v A1 • esp S Midl
fetch v A2 • esp S Midl
fetched ppl adj, adv • chiefly S Midl
few, a adj phr • Sth, S Midl
fiddle, fine as a adj phr • now chiefly Sth, S Midl
field n (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
field lark n • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
field pea n • Sth, S Midl
fight v (pronc) • esp Sth, S Midl
fight a circular saw v phr • Sth, S Midl
fighting adj 2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fightingest adj • esp S Midl
filling n 1 • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
filling n 2 • esp Sth, S Midl
find v B2 • chiefly Sth, S Midl (MAP)
finger n B1c • chiefly Sth, S Midl
finish n • scattered, but esp Sth, S Midl
fire n B2 • scattered, but chiefly Sth, S Midl
fire v C10 • chiefly S Midl
fire and tow n • chiefly NEng, S Midl, Sth
fireboard n 1 • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
firebox n 1a • esp Sth, S Midl
fire coal n • chiefly S Midl
fire, come to borrow v phr • scattered, but esp S Midl
*firefly n 1 • widespread, but less freq Sth, S Midl (MAP)
first shot n • Sth, S Midl
fish n, v, adj (pronc) • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fish fry n • scattered Missip-Ohio Valleys, Sth, S Midl
fist n1 (pronc) • esp S Midl
fist and skull adj phr, adv phr • chiefly Sth, S Midl
Fist City n • chiefly Sth, S Midl
fitten adj • chiefly Sth, S Midl
five-up n • chiefly S Midl (MAP)
fix v B1c • esp Sth, S Midl (MAP)
fix v B1e • widespread, but more freq Sth, S Midl, N Cent (MAP)
fixy adj • chiefly S Midl
fizz n1 1 • esp S Midl