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ery, pimply An _prep._ If An-dog, Handog _s._ andiron Angle-dog, or Angle-twitch _s._ a large earth-worm (A S _Angel-twicce_), _Angle_ a fish-hook Anpassey, Anpussey, the sign of &, _i.e. and per se_ Anty, empty Appropo, (Fr. _Apropos_) but used as one of a small group of Norman French words which have got into popular use Apse, Apsen-tree, (A S _aeps_) the aspen tree Ar-a-one, ever-a-one. Nar-a-one, never-a-one Arry, any. N'urry, none Asew, drained of her milk: applied to a cow at the season of calving. From _sew_ to drain, hence _sewer_ Aslun, Aslue, Aslope, _adv._ indicate oblique movements in different directions and levels Asplew _adv._ extended awkwardly Astroddle _adj._ astride Auverlook _v._ to bewitch Ax _v._ to waddle Axe, (A S _ascan_) _v._ to ask, always used in Wiclif's Bible Axen, (A S _ahse. aexse_) _s._ ashes, ex. Here maaid, teeak showl and d'up axen Axpeddlar _s._ dealer in ashes Backlet _s._ the back part of the premises Back-stick, Backsword _s._ single-stick, a favourite game in Wedmore Backsunded _adj._ with a northern aspect Bal-rib _s._ spare-rib Bally-rag _v._ to use abusive language Ban _v._ to shut out, stop, ex. I ban he from gwain there Bane _s._ liver disease in sheep, east of the Parret; west of the river the term Coed or Coathed is used, ex. I count they be beund Bannin _s._ That which is used for shutting out, or stopping Bannut _s._ Walnut A woman, a spaunel, and a bannut tree, The mooar you bate 'em the better they be Barrener _s._ a cow not in calf Barrow _s._ a child's pilch or flannel clout Barrow-pig _s._ a gelt-pig Barton _s._ a farm-yard, the Barn-town Bastick _s._ basket Bat, But, the root end of a tree after it has been thrown, also spade of cards, the stump of a post Batch, a sand bank, or patch of ground, or hillock, "a hill," as Churchill-batch, Chelvey-batch, (lying within, or contiguous to, a river); emmet-batches, ant-hills. Duck-batches, land trodden by cattle in wet weather Bats _s._ corners of ploughed fields: low-laced boots Bawker: Bawker-stone _s._ a stone for whetting scythes Be, indic. ex. I be, thou bist, he be Bear-hond _v._ to help Bear-nan, Bear-in-hond, Bean-hond _v._ to intend, purpose, think, suspect, conjecture, ex. I do beanhond et'l rain zoon Beat the streets, to run about idly Beeastle, Beezle _v._ to make nasty
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