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Jennings, James

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

_adj_. Obstinate, resisting [obstreperous.]
Odments. _s. pl_. Odd things, offals. Office. _s_. The
eaves of a house.
Old-qut-and-jerkin. _s_. A game at cards; in a more refined
dialect, _old-coat-and-jerkin_; called also _five
cards_.
To Onlight. _v. n_. To alight; to get off a horse.
O'A¤nt (for w'on't). Will not. This expression is used in almost
all the persons, as _I A¶nt, he A¶nt, we A¶nt, they,_ or _thAc
A¶nt_; I will not, he will not, etc.
Ont, O't. Of it. I a done ont; I a done o't: I have done of it.
Ool. _v. aux._ Will.
Ope. _s._ An opening--the distance between bodies arranged in
order.
Or'chit. _s._ An orchard.
Ornd. _pret._ Ordained, fated.
Orn. _pron._ Either. _Orn o'm_, either of them.
Or'ra one, Or'ryone. Any one; ever a one. Ort. _s._ Anything.
[West of the Parret.]
Ort. _s._ Art.
Oten. _adv._ Often.
Ourn. _pron._ Ours.
To Overget. _v. a._ To overtake.
To Overlook, _v. a._ To bewitch.
Overlookt. _part._ Bewitched.
Over-right, Auver-right.


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