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Jennings, James

"The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire"


All'once. _pron._ [all ones] or rather (all o'n's) All of us;
_Let's go allonce_; let us go all of us.
All o's. _pron._ All of us.
Alost'. _part._ Lost: _ylost, Chaucer_.
Amang. _prep._ Among.
Amawst', Amoo'A¤st _adv_. Almost.
Amper. _s_. A small red pimple.
Anby'. _adv_. Some time hence; in the evening.
Anear', Ane'ast, Aneoust'. _prep._ Nigh to; _aneast en_,
near him.
Aneen. On end, upright.
An'passy. _s._ The sign &, corrupted from _and per se_.
Anty. _adj._ Empty.
Apast'. _part._ and _prep._ Past; _apast. Chaucer._
A'pricock. _s._ An apricot.
Aps. _s._ The asp tree; _populus tremula_.
Aps'en. _a_. Made of the wood of the asp; belonging to the
asp.
To Arg. _v. n._ To argue.
To Ar'gufy. _v. n._ To hold an argument; to argue.
Ascri'de. _adv._ Across; astride.
Aslen'. _adv._ Aslope.
Assu'e. _adj._ When a cow is _let up_ in order that she
may calve, she is said to be _assue_--having no milk.
Ater. _prep._ After. _Goo ater'n_: go after him.


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