All-a-hoh. All awry (A.B.C.H.Wr.); also All-a-huh. Unevenly balanced, lop-sided. A.S. awóh. 'That load o' carn be aal-a-hoh.'—N. & S.W.
All-amang, Allemang, All-o-mong. Mingled together, as when two flocks of sheep are accidentally driven together and mixed up (A.B.G.H.S.Wr.). Seldom heard now.—N. & S.W.
All one as. Just like. 'I be 'tirely blowed up all one as a drum.'—N.W. Compare—
''Twere all as one to fix our hopes on Heaven
As on this vision of the golden year.'—Tennyson.
All one for that. For all that, notwithstanding, in spite of, as 'It medn't be true all one for that.'—N.W.
Aloud. 'That there meat stinks aloud,' smells very bad.—N.W.
*A-masked. Bewildered, lost (MS. Lansd., in a letter dated 1697: H.Wr.).—Obsolete.
'Leaving him more masked than he was before.'
Fuller's Holy War, iii. 2.
Ameäd. Aftermath. See note to Yeomath.—N.W. (Cherhill.)
*Anan, 'Nan. What do you say? (A.B.); used by a labourer who does not quite comprehend his master's orders. 'Nan (A.B.) is still occasionally used in N. Wilts, but it is almost obsolete.—N. & S.W.
Anbye. adv. Some time hence, presently, at some future time. 'I be main busy now, but I'll do't anbye.'—N.W.
Anchor. The chape of a buckle (A.B.).—S.W.
And that. And all that sort of thing, and so forth. 'Well, he do have a drop tide-times and that.'—S.W.
Aneoust, Aneust, Anoust, Neust, or Noust. Nearly, about the same (A.B.G.).—N. & S.W.
Anighst. Near (A.S.). 'Nobody's bin anighst us since you come.'—N. & S.W.
Anneal. A thoroughly heated oven, just fit for the batch of bread to be put in, is said to be nealded, i.e. annealed.—S.W.
Anoint, 'Nint (i long). To beat soundly. 'I'll 'nint ye when I gets home!' See Nineter.—N.W.
*Anont, Anunt. Against, opposite (A.B.H.Wr.).
Any more than. Except, although, only. 'He's sure to come any more than he might be a bit late.' Usually contracted into Moor'n in N. Wilts.—N. & S.W.
Apple-bout. An apple-dumpling. (Cf. Hop-about.)—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Apple-owling. Knocking down the small worthless fruit, or 'griggles,' left on the trees after the apple crop has been gathered in. See Howlers, Owlers, and Owling.—N.W.
Aps. Populus tremula, L., Aspen; always so called by woodmen. This is the oldest form of the word, being from A.S. æps, and is in use throughout the south and west of England. In Round About a Great Estate, ch. i. it is misprinted asp.—N.W.
Arg. To argue, with a very strong sense of contradiction implied (S.). 'Dwoan't 'ee arg at I like that! I tell 'ee I zeed 'un!' See Down-arg.—N. & S.W.
Arms. 'The arms of a waggon,' such parts of the axle-tree as go into the wheels (Cycl. of Agric.).—N.W.
Arra, Arra one, Arn. See Pronouns.
Array, 'Ray. To dress and clean corn with a sieve (D.).—N.W.
Arsmart. Polygonum Hydropiper, L., and P. Persicaria, L.—S.W.
Ashore, Ashar, Ashard. Ajar. 'Put the door ashard when you goes out.'—N. & S.W.
Ashweed. Aegopodium Podagraria, L., Goutweed.—N. & S.W.
*Astore. An expletive, as 'she's gone into the street astore' (H.). Perhaps connected with astoor, very soon, Berks, or astore, Hants:—
'The duck's [dusk] coming on; I'll be off in astore.'
A Dream of the Isle of Wight.
It might then mean either 'this moment' or 'for a moment.'
At. (1) 'At twice,' at two separate times. 'We'll ha' to vetch un at twice now.'—N.W. (2) 'Up at hill,' uphill. 'Th' rwoad be all up at hill.'—N.W.
Athin. Within (A.B.).—N. & S.W.
Athout. Without; outside (A.B.S.).—N. & S.W.
*Attercop. A spider. A.S. atter-coppa.—N.W. (Monkton Farleigh), still in use. Mr. Willis mentions that Edderkop is still to be heard in Denmark.
*Attery. Irascible (A.B.).
Away with. Endure. This Biblical expression is still commonly used in Wilts. 'Her's that weak her can't away with the childern at no rate!'
Ax. To ask (A.B.S.).—N. & S.W.
*Axen. Ashes (A.B.); Acksen (MS. Lansd.: G.H.Wr.).—Obsolete.
Babies'-shoes. Ajuga reptans, L., Common Bugle.—S.W.
Bachelor's Buttons. (1) Wild Scabious (A.B.), Scabiosa arvensis, L., S. Columbaria, L., and perhaps S. succisa, L.—N.W. (2) Corchorus Japonica (Kerria Japonica, L.).—N.W. (Huish.)
Back-friends. Bits of skin fretted up at the base of the finger-nails.—N.W.
*Backheave. To winnow a second time (D.).
Backside. The back-yard of a house (A.B.).—N. & S.W., now obsolete.
Backsword. A kind of single-stick play (A.H.Wr.). Obsolete, the game being only remembered by the very old men. For an account of it see The Scouring of the White Horse, ch. vi.—N.W.
Bacon. To 'strick bacon,' to cut a mark on the ice in sliding; cf. to strike a 'candle.'—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
Bacon-and-Eggs. Linaria vulgaris, Mill., Yellow Toadflax. Also called Eggs-and-Bacon.—N. & S.W.
*Bad, Bod. To strip walnuts of their husks (A.B.H.Wr.); cf. E. pod.—N.W., obsolete.
*Badge. v. To deal in corn, &c. See Badger.—Obsolete.
'1576. Md. that I take order of the Badgers that they do name the places where the Badgers do use to badge before they resieve their lycens. … Md. to make pces [process] against all the Badgers that doe badge without licence.'—Extracts from Records of Wilts Quarter Sessions, Wilts Arch. Mag. xx. 327.
*Badger. A corn-dealer (A.B.); used frequently in old accounts in N. Wilts, but now obsolete.
'1620. Itm for stayeinge Badgers & keepinge a note of there names viijd.'—F. H. Goldney, Records of Chippenham, p. 202.
Compare bodger, a travelling dealer (Harrison's Description of England, 1577), and bogging, peddling, in Murray. (Smythe-Palmer).
Bag. (1) v. To cut peas with a double-handed hook. Cf. Vag.
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