_Mud_ or _mun_. Must. “I mun (or mud) do it or I shall be wrong.” _Nag-nail_. A corn on the foot. _Nautling_. Towering up, a steeple or tall tree. _Neb_. A bird’s beak. _Nobby_. Handy, clever, ready of resource. _Nowt_. Nothing. Worth nowt means worthless, good-for-nothing. _Overset_, _to_. To overcome or surmount trial. “He’s been very badly (_i.e._ ill) and cannot overset it,” _i.e._ get over it. _Owry_. Dirty, of roads after rain. _Pad_. Path. A footpad is a footpath. _Pedigree_. A long story, as of some grievance. _Petty_. An outside W.C. _Pig’s-paut_. Pig’s foot, a trotter. _Pismire_. An ant. _Plasens_. Places. “I’ve seen many plasens but this licks ’em all.” (See lick.) _Posy_. A bunch of flowers, bouquet. _Pry_. Name of a field. Pry-close (from praie, coarse grass.) _Puddock_. A kite or buzzard. _Purr_. A poker. “Purr the fire,” _i.e._ poke it. _Quirking_. Nimble, active, as a monkey. _Ramper_. The highway (probably rampart). _Remble_, _to_. To move a thing out of the way. “Remble that chair,” &c. _Ratle_ or _Reightle_. To set to rights, arrange in order. “Lassy, ratle them things.” _Screeved_. Split up on the ice. Cattle in former frozen fen floods were thus ruptured and killed. _Shale_, _to_. To walk awkwardly, shuffle along. _Shan_. Shy. Of horses or cattle frightened at an object. _Shift_, _to_. To move anything to another place. _Shiv_ or _Shiver_. A splinter of wood. “I’ve got a shiv in my finger.” _Shout_! A flat-bottomed fen boat. _Shove_, _to_. To push anything along, or out of the way. _Shugh_! An expression of disbelief. Shugh! Nonsense! I don’t believe it. _Shut_. Rid. To get shut (_i.e._ rid) of anything not needed, or a nuisance. _Sicker_, _to_. To soak, as water oozing through a rotten bank. _Sidle_. To walk aside, or indirectly, towards anyone. “Sidle up to her quietly.” _Sile_, _to_. To pour. “It siles wi’ rain.” _Skelp_, _to_. To empty a cart by tilting it. _Skirth_. A fen drain. _Slape_. Slippery, as roads after frost. _Slappy_ or _sloppy_. Muddy and moist. _Slither_, _to_. To slide on ice. _Slive_, _to_. To slip or creep slowly on. “The night slives on.” _Slosh_. Aslant, as a path running slosh across a field. _Sloven_. The stump of a tree. _Smock-raffled_. Taken aback, puzzled. _Smower_, _to_. To pour over. “Yon tree smowers over wi’ fruit.” _Snitchy_. Bad tempered, irritable. _Soodle_, _to_. To daudle. _Soodly_. Idle. _Sooth_. Soft, gentle, of whispers, winds, &c. _Souse_, _to_. To soak in water, &c. _Spank_. To strike with flat hand. “Spank the tiresome bairn.” _Splats_. Leggings or gaiters. _Spry_. Lively, full of spirit. _Squarls_. Quarrels.