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A Provincial Glossary; With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions

Francis Grose

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811 edition. Excerpt: ... Buttal, or Butter-bump, a bittern. S Called in the North a Mire-drum. Bijer, a cow-house. Cumb. B. (ja, to ca, to drive. Cuddow, a jack-daw. Norf. Cade-lamb, a tame lamb, Norf. & Suf. Cadge; to cadge, to carry; a cadger to a mill, a carrier or loader. Northumb. Cadging the belly, to stuff the belly; also to bind or tie a thing. Lan. Cadma, called also a whinnock, the least pig of the litter. S. Cail; to cail a stone, to throw a stone. Norf. Pronounced in the West country scale, also, and squale. See Squale. Caingel, a crabbed fellow, N. Cale, turn; it is his cale to go. Derb. Call, occasion, obligation; he had no call to do it. Derb. Calling, giving public notice by the cryer; I had it called, I had it cried. Northumb. Collar, fresh, cool; the callar air, the fresh air. N. Callar ripe grosiers, ripe gooseberries fresh gathered. Calleting, scolding; a calleting housewife To eallet, to scold. Northumb. Camping, playing at foot-ball. Norf. Camp, 1 Cank, t0 talk of any thin-N' Campable, able to do. N. Camperknows, ale-pottage, made with sugar, spices, &c. Campo, or Camble, to prate saucily. N. Canker, a poisonous fungus, resembling a mushroom. Glou. Likewise the dog-rose. Devon. Called also the canker-rose. Cankerd, cross, ill-conditioned. N. Conking, whining, dissatisfied. Derb. Canny, nice, neat, housewifely, handsome. Newcastle, Northumb. & N. Cant, strong, lusty: very cant, God yield you; i. e. very strong and lusty, God reward you. Chesh. Cant, to throw. Kent. He was canted out of the chaise. Cant, an auction; to be sold by cant. Ni' Cant, a corner of a field. Kent. Cant, to recover or mend. N. A health to the good woman canting, i. e. recovering after lying in. N. Cap, or Cob, head, chief, or master. Cumb. Capo, a working horse....We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Provincial Glossary; With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions. To get started finding A Provincial Glossary; With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811 edition. Excerpt: ... Buttal, or Butter-bump, a bittern. S Called in the North a Mire-drum. Bijer, a cow-house. Cumb. B. (ja, to ca, to drive. Cuddow, a jack-daw. Norf. Cade-lamb, a tame lamb, Norf. & Suf. Cadge; to cadge, to carry; a cadger to a mill, a carrier or loader. Northumb. Cadging the belly, to stuff the belly; also to bind or tie a thing. Lan. Cadma, called also a whinnock, the least pig of the litter. S. Cail; to cail a stone, to throw a stone. Norf. Pronounced in the West country scale, also, and squale. See Squale. Caingel, a crabbed fellow, N. Cale, turn; it is his cale to go. Derb. Call, occasion, obligation; he had no call to do it. Derb. Calling, giving public notice by the cryer; I had it called, I had it cried. Northumb. Collar, fresh, cool; the callar air, the fresh air. N. Callar ripe grosiers, ripe gooseberries fresh gathered. Calleting, scolding; a calleting housewife To eallet, to scold. Northumb. Camping, playing at foot-ball. Norf. Camp, 1 Cank, t0 talk of any thin-N' Campable, able to do. N. Camperknows, ale-pottage, made with sugar, spices, &c. Campo, or Camble, to prate saucily. N. Canker, a poisonous fungus, resembling a mushroom. Glou. Likewise the dog-rose. Devon. Called also the canker-rose. Cankerd, cross, ill-conditioned. N. Conking, whining, dissatisfied. Derb. Canny, nice, neat, housewifely, handsome. Newcastle, Northumb. & N. Cant, strong, lusty: very cant, God yield you; i. e. very strong and lusty, God reward you. Chesh. Cant, to throw. Kent. He was canted out of the chaise. Cant, an auction; to be sold by cant. Ni' Cant, a corner of a field. Kent. Cant, to recover or mend. N. A health to the good woman canting, i. e. recovering after lying in. N. Cap, or Cob, head, chief, or master. Cumb. Capo, a working horse....We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Provincial Glossary; With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions. To get started finding A Provincial Glossary; With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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