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Jennings, James

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

_v. a._ To swallow.
To Sweetort. _v. a._ To court; to woo.
Sweetortin. _s._ Courtship.


T.

Tack. _s._ A shelf.
Tac'ker. _s._ The waxed thread used by shoemaker_s._
Ta'A"ty. _s._ A potato.
Taf'fety. _adj._ Dainty, nice: used chiefly in regard to
food.
Tal'let. _s._ The upper room next the roof; used chiefly of
out-houses, as a hay-_tallet_.
Tan. _adv._ Then, _now an Tan_; now and then.
To Tang. _v. a._ To tie.
Tap and Cannel. _s._ A spigot and faucet.
Tay'ty. _s._ _See_ A hayty-tayty.
Tees'ty-totsy. _s._ The blossoms of cowslips, tied into a
ball and tossed to and fro for an amusement called _teesty-
tosty_. It is sometimes called simply a _tosty_.
Tee'ry. _adj._ Faint weak.
[proofer's note: missing comma?]
Tem'tious. _adj._ Tempting; inviting. [Used also in
Wiltshire].
ThAc. _pron._ They.
Than. _adv._ Then.
Thauf. _conj._ Though, although.
TheA¤ze. _pron._ This.
TheeA¤zam,TheeA¤zamy. _pron._ These.
Them, Them'my. _pron._ Those.


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