Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood: Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other MatterWalter, J. Conway (James Conway)
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Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood: Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter
Walter, J. Conway (James Conway)
Woodhall Spa (England)
_Bully_. The sloe, wild fruit of the black thorn. Bullace cheese is
made from it.
_By-name_. A nick-name. Compare by-word _i.e._ ill-repute.
_Causey_. Causeway. Commonly used of the brick paved yard of a cottage.
_Cazzlety_. Fickle and uncertain in temper.
_Chickering_. Chirping of the cricket on the hearth, or of a chicken.
_Chittapag_. A woman fond of using fine words.
_Chuck_, _to_. To throw. Chuck-penny, to play at pitch and toss.
_Clagged_. Draggle-tailed with mud and dirt. Of an untidy woman.
_Clatty_. Dirty. Of roads after rain.
_Clegg_. Matted wool on hedges, &c.
_Clout_. A cloth, dish-cloth, &c.
_Clout_. A knock or blow, as “Fetch him a clout on the head.”
_Connyfogled_. Cheated, outwitted.
_Crizzle_, _to_. To crystalize or freeze. “The window is crizzled.”
_Daking_. A dyke or ditch.
_Dither_. To shudder with alarm or dislike. To shiver with cold.
_Dythe_. Cow dung dried for fuel.
_Fell_. Hurtful or fierce. “The flies are very fell this close
weather.”
_Frit_. Frightened, affrighted.
_Gabblick_. A crowbar.
_Gallous_. Frisky or lively (of youth).
_Glegging_. Glancing slily. “That sly girl’s glegging eye.”
_Glib_. Smooth (of ice). Smooth and ready of tongue.
_Gout_. A sluice by which water passes from one drain to another.
_Gozny_. To look. To look stupid.
_Grizzley_. To shade with grey. “The evening is grizzling.”
_Hag’s place_. A situation of hard work and drudgery. Fit only for a
poor hag.
_Hap up_, _to_. To wrap up, in shawl, paper, &c.
_Harr_. A fog. An old writer says “The air of the fens was crass, and
full of rotten harrs.” A “sea-harr” is a fog coining inland from the
sea.
_Heppen_. Handy at work. Helpful.
_Hing_, _to_. To hang. This gate hings well.
_Hirpling_. Limping in gait.
_How_. Way or mode of acting. “Do it i’ that how, and you’ll be right.”
_Hug_, _to_. To carry. “Hugging about a big load.”
_Ill-convenient_. Inconvenient.
_Keck_. A large plant of the Hemlock species.
_Kid_. A faggot.
_Lamb-toe_. The plant “Lady’s fingers,” Lotus corniculatus.
_Lap up_, _to_. To wrap up.
_Leather_. A ladder.
_Leathering_. A beating. “If you don’t keep quiet I’ll give you a good
leathering.”
_Letten_. Perf. of to let. “He has letten ’em go,” _i.e._ allowed them
to go.
_Lig_, _to_. To lie, down, &c.
_Lug_, _the ear_. The plant Mouse-ear (Myosotis Arvensis) is called
mouse-lug.
_Lick_, _to_. To beat, “Give him a licking.” To be beyond anyone’s
power. “It licks me how they can do it,” _i.e._ I cannot understand.
_Lug_, _to_. To drag. “Why are you lugging (_i.e._ dragging) that bairn
about?”
_Marguery_. The herb Mercury, also called “Good King Henry.”
_Mithered_. Muddled, dazed, stupid.
_Mizzlings_. The measles.
_Moiling_. Working hard, toiling.
_Mort_. A large quantity. “Working a mort of hours,” _i.e._ many hours.
“That tree has a mort of blossoms.”
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