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TACKLE. he wur tackle - he was a rum amusing person.
TAWKIN PRAWD. speaking in dialect.
TALKIN FINE. speaking properly - not dialect.
TATCHIN END. cobblers' thread stiffened with a piece of gut to enable
one to sew as with a needle.
TAYU. etayu
in two (he pooed id e tayu) he pulled it in two pieces.
TAYUN. town.
TAYUZLE. to tousle as hair.
TAY. tea
TAY PURTY. a tea party.
TEER. to tear or rend.
TEERING ALUNG. hurrying along.
TEE. to tie, teed - tied.
TECK. to take.
TEDD. to turn hay during haymaking.
TEDDER. a machine to turn hay.
TEIGHCH. to teach.
TEEM. to pour.
TEMMED. poured.
TEENY. tiny - little.
TENT. to tend, to watch, to guard.
T'EN BAD. taken ill.
TICE. to entice
THRUNG. too near together, crowded.
TICKLE. to catch a trout with the hands.
TICKLE STOlCH. a weak stomach whlch is easily upset.
TIPED OER. tipped over, collapsed, fainted.
TIT. a young mare.
TITLURK. titlark, Meadow Pipit, a smaller edition of the lark.
TOLLER. to berate in anger, to give a telling off.
TOO. put that door too - Close that door.
TOOT. to tout, to pry, to be inquisitive or interfering.
TOOUS. toes.
TOOUD. a toad. Tooud paddocks - toadstools.
TOOUN. one of the two, either of the two.
T'MORN. tomorrow.
TORT. towards.
TORMUT. a turnip.
T'OTHER. the other.
TOW. to toll a bell. '
TOW. a toll or charge for admittance.
TOWD. told.
TOW. to toil at a heavy task, or moving a heavy object.
TOWIN. to struggle with a heavy task.
TRA MON DO ID. (A oommand .) You must do i t.
TRA MUN DO ID. You must do it.
TRA MAWND DO IT. You must not do it.
THAYU. thou.,
THAYUSAND. thousand.
TEN. taken.
TECK. to take.
THEE. you, thou.
THEER. there.
THEEGH. thigh.
THICK HEEUD. a dull stupid person.
THICK PODDITCH. thick porridge which is nearly solid with very little
liquid.
THINE. yours.
THINK STU. What do you think.
THIN BIN. They have been. :
THIS'N. this one, a this'n - like this, this way.
THODDEN BREAD. bread which is heavy and solid, the yeasl not having
risen.
THOW. to thaw.
THOWT. thought.
THOOSE. those.
THOSSE. the name Thurston.
THORSDEH. Thursday. :
THREEUP. threap - to argue, past tense - threpped.
THREED. cotton thread for sewing. To threed - to thread a needle with
cotton.
THRIFT. growth pains in the limbs of children.
THRIMBLE. to pass meal or grain through the fingers.
THRIMBLED HIS MONEY AWAY. frittered his money away bit by| bit.
THROOUT. the throat.
THRUNG. a person who is busy.
THROSSLE. Throstle- a thrush.
THRUTCH. to push, to shove.
TH'WITTLE. a table knife. :
THUNGE. a lound bang, a noise of a loud explosion.
THUNK. a leather boot lace, a leather thong.
TH]NNER. thunder.
THUNNER BOWT. thunder bolt.
THY SPADE. your spade.
TRAIPS. to go on a tiring fruitless errand, traipsin abayut.
TRANKLIN. experimenting with a machine or materials.
TRANKLEMENT. an improvised object or tool.
TRASHIN ABAYUT. trailing along, shuffling about.t:
TRAWNCE. a long tedious walk, a futile errand.
TRAYCLE. treacle.
TRAYDNCE . trounce .
TRAYUT. trout.
TREST. a trestle on which pigs are killed, dressed and cut up.
TRONNED UP. dressed up in their best clothes, looking extra smart.
TROT. to trot, to tease or remind a person about some past action
or occurence.
TRUCK. connection or association, not wishing to have dealings with
a person.
RUNGLE OR TRUNDLE. a child's iron hoop made by a blacksmith from 3/8"
rod about a yard in diameter Also an iron hook to guide the same.
TUFFEE. toffee .
TUM. Tom, Tummus - Thomas.
TUN DISH. a funnel .
TUNG. tongue.
TUNG SHURP. a tongue shaped piece of ground in an irregular shaped
field after the ful 1 length furrows have been ploughed.
TUNGS . tongs, fire irons.
TURBLE BAT. terrible rush or speed.
TURTY. tarty, sour.
TUTHREE. two or three, a few.
TUTTLE. to catch birds using a decoy, linnets with bird lime on twigs.
TUTTLE (BONNY) . an untidy or di rty unkempt person .
TWITTERED UP. a dish in cooking which ets dried UT' and burned.
TWITCH. to flinch, to move sharpl;y vrhen cut or burned.
TWIRL. a turn, as in dancing.
"U"
ULLET.
a young owl.
UMBRELL. umbrella.
UN ANOTHER. and another
UN.one.
A good one. A bad un - a bad one.
UD. at. Ud one blow - at one blow.
UNHAWMPT. clumsy, ungainly.
UPSTROKE. the conclusion agreed upon or decision taken after a conference.
UTSTID. instead.
UNBEKNOWNtST. an action of which a person has not been made aware
of previously.
"V"
VARRA,
VARRY. very.
VEEUL. veal.
VIEW TREE. a Yew tree.
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"W"
WACKER.
to quiver, to tremble, to be unsteady.
WACKEN.
awake, to awake.
WACKENED. he awoke.
WAPT. speed, stamina, strength, vigour.
WAKE. weak.
WAIND. he will not (won't)
WAHLU. insipid, a liquid which has gone flat.
WAH'SP. a wasp, a wap. :
WAM. a large wide drainage ditch.
WAMPLE. to sway about in walking, wambly - wobbly.
WANGED ID AWAY. he threw it away, discarded it.
WARMS. worms. (Wurms).
WATER. water.
WAYTER. water.
WAY. we. Way went - we went.
WAWT. to overturn, to slip off as a load on a vehicle.
WAWVE ID OER. to turn an object over, to turn a flat object over.
WAYDE BIN. we had been.
WAY'RE GOOIN. te are going.
WE EN SOME. We have some. We en to goou - We have to go.
WEEL. well.
WER SELI,. ourselves. We did it ourselves.
WEERY A GREWIN TREE. weary or tire a growing tree - would bore anyone
to death.
WEET. wet.
WEET BE DAUB. a blackbird or thrushes nest coated inside with mud
in a stage of building.
WELLY well nigh - very near, nearly. O bud - All
WELT. a blow, welt - part of a shoe
WENCH. a girl. Wenches - girls.
WESH. wash, to wash.
WHAPT'ED ID OER. turned it over, to turn over a flat
WHET. Awl ev a whet ad id - I will have a try at it. I will have a
turn.
WHET. to sharpen a knife on a whetstone.
WHEER ARTU BAYUN0. Where are vou going .
WHEER. does'tu come froo - Where do you come from.
WHITTLOW. an infection of the finger.
WHISKET. a shallow open basket, a clothes' basket.
WHIZZ. as sour as. Something which is extremely bitter to the taste.
WHOOA. who.
WITHAYUT, BAYUT. without.
WITH O. with you. ..
WI. with.
WICK. a week. Dick O W;ck, Ruchert ud Sunda - Dick all week, Richard
on Sunday.
WICK. alive, a lively active person.
WICKENED. fermenting by the addition of barm (yeast) to nettle beer.
WICKS. twitch grass.
WIN BIN. we have been.
WILL'TA. will you, wilt thou.
WISE'TY. a large and high draughty room. An exposed area open to the
wind.
WIST BI GOOIN. we shall be going.
WITCHUT. wet shod. Shoes and stockings full of water. Wet through.
WITH'O. with you.
WITHIN. a variety of willow.
WIZZENED. shrunken features, withered, wrinkled as a very old person.
WOULD'TA. would you.
WOD. what.
WOD SESTU. what say you. What do you say.
WOR. it was.
WHOOT. to whistle.
WOOKERS. stray loose airs on the head.
WOOKERS. small thin slloots missed when cutting a hedge
WOD CAPS ME, WOD BEATS ME. What I cannot understand.
WCRK BRACKLE. keen and willing to work.
WOR. he was. Thi wor - they were.
WOR'ND. was not, were not.
WOSS. worse.
WOSSENED. worsened.
WOSS THUN DILFU . worse than doleful, hopeless.
WOS'T. worst.
WOSS FER WEER. worse for wear.
WRASTLE. wrestle.
WRUNG. wrong.
WURCTED. ached, wurchin - achin, teeth, head or stomach
WUN UP. wound up, upset.
WUSTED. worsted. (Wool). Cloth from re-processed woollen rags.
WURT. a wart.
WYE CAWVE. a female calf.
WYE'ND. wind.
"Y"
YALLA. yellow.
YARR. a weed which used to grow in corn but seldom seen nowadays due
to better husbandry.
YAW. yes. Much used in an arguument or dispute, used vehemently in
n argument or accusation
YAW TRA
WOR. Yes you were.
YED. the head.
YORS. yours. Yore - your.
YO. you. Used in addressing an older person as a sign of respect.
YO. used when addressing a number of persons. Tha, being used in speaking
to an egual or youner person than one's self. YORD. a yad. A farmyard
- a furmyurd.
YURD. a measurement of three feet, a yard.
YURF hair.