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Jennings, James

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

pl._ The intestines of a calf or sheep.
Derived, most probably, from maw and guts.
To Mult. _v._ To melt.
Mus' goo. must go.
'Mus'd. Amused.


N.

Many words beginning with a vowel, following the article
_an,_ take the _n_ from an; as, _an inch,_
pronounced _a ninch._
Na'atal. _adj._ natural.
Na'atally. _adv._ naturally.
NaA¬se. _s._ noise.
Nan. _interjec._ Used in reply, in conversation or address,
the same as _Sir_, when you do not understand.
NAcnt. _s._ Aunt.
Nap. _s._ A small rising; a hillock.
NAction. _adv._ Very, extremely: as _nation_ good;
_nation_ bad.
Nawl. _s_. An awl.
Nawl. _s._ The navel.
Nawl-cut. _s._ A piece cut out at the navel: a term used by
butchers.
N'eet, N'it. _adv._ Not yet.
Nestle Tripe. _s._ The weakest and poorest bird in the nest;
applied, also, to the last-born, and usually the weakest child of
a family; any young, weak, and puny child, or bird
New-qut-and-jerkin. _s._ A game at cards in a more refined
dialect _new-coat and jerkin_.


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