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Jennings, James

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


Athin. _adv._ Within.
Athout. _prep._ Without.
Auverdro. _v. a._ Overthrow.
Avaur', Avaur'en, Avaurn._prep._ Before.
Avoordin. _part._ Affording.
Avraur'. _adj._ Frozen; stiff with frost.
Awakid. _adj._ Awake; _awakid, Chaucer_.
To Ax. _v. a._ To ask; _ax, Chaucer_.
Ax'en. _s. pl._ Ashes.
Axing. _s._ and _part._ Asking; _axing, Chaucer_.
Ay'ir. _s._ Air.


B.

Back'sid. _s._ A barton.
Back'y. _s._ Tobacco.
Bad. _adv._ Badly.
Bade. _s._ Bed.
Ba'ginet. _s._ Bayonet.
Bai'ly. _s._ A bailiff; a superintendent of an estate.
Ball. _adj._ Bald.
Bal'let. _s._ Ballad.
Ball'rib. _s._ A sparerib.
To Bal'lirag. _v. a._ To abuse with foul words; to scold.
To Ban. _v. a._ To shut out; to stop.
To Bane. _v. a._ To afflict with a mortal disease; applied to
sheep. _See_ to COATHE.
To Barenhond', To Banehond'. _v. n._ (used chiefly in the
third person singular) to signify intention; to intimate.
These words are in very common use in the West of England.


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