I have no doubt that _Dunch_ is Anglo-Saxon, although I
cannot find it in any of our old dictionaries, except Bailey's.
But it ought not to be forgotten, that many words are floating
about which are being arrested by our etymologists in the present
advancing age of investigation.
Durns. _s. pl._ A door-frame.
Dwon't, Dwon. _v._ (Don't) do not.
E.
Eake. _adv._ Also.
Ear-wrig. _s._ Earwig.
This word ought to be spelled _Earwrig_, as it is derived,
doubtless, from wriggle. See WRIGGLE.
Eese. _adv._ Yes.
Eet. _adv._ Yet.
El'men. _adj._ Of or belonging to elm; made of elm.
El'ver. _s._ A young eel.
Em'mers. _s. pl._ Embers.
Emmet-batch, _s._ An ant-hill.
To Empt. _v.a._ To empty.
En. _pron._Him; _a zid en_; he saw him.
Er. _pron._ He. [Used West of the Parret.]
Eth. _s._ Earth.
To Eve. _v.n._ To become damp; to absorb moisture from the
air.
Evet. _s._ A lizard.
Ex. _s._ An axle.
F.
Fags! _interj._ Truly; indeed.
Fayer.
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