A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire Part 7

Drub, Drubby _v._ to throb

Druck _v._ to cram or thrust down

Druck-pieces _s._ pieces of wood let into a wall to support the pipe of a pump

Drug _v._ to drag, also _pret._ of drag; ex. He drug un out of the pond; Drugs _s._ harrows or drags

Dub, Dubby, Dubbid _adj._ blunt, squat

Dubbin _s._ suet or fat for greasing leather

Duck _v._ to carry a person under the arms in a suspended state

Dudder _v._ to confound with noise

Duds _s._ foul linen

Dumbledore, Dumbledory _s._ a humble bee, stupid fellow

Dummic, Dunnic _s._ a hedge-sparrow

Dumps _s._ the twilight, ex. Dumps of the yavening; Dumpsy towards twilight

Dunch _adj._ deaf

Dunder-daisy _s._ large field daisy

Dungmixen _s._ a dung-heap

Durgin (g hard) _s._ a great stupid fellow

Durns _s._ side-posts of a door, (? _doorings_)

Ear-burs _s._ a swelling behind the ear

Ear-gra.s.s, or Hay-gra.s.s _s._ gra.s.s after mowing, from A S _erian_, to till; the gra.s.s of tilled land

Ear-keckers _s._ the tonsils of the throat

Eave, Heave _v.n._ to give out moisture, as flagstones in wet weather

E'en-to, Ee'nsto _adv._ up to, all but, ex. There were ten e'ensto one or two

Element _s._ the sky, used in this sense by Shakespeare in Twelfth-night

Elem'n, or Elm'n _adj._ made of elm

Eldern _adj._ made of the elder

Elt-pig _s._ a young sow

Elver, Eelver, or Yelver _s._ the young eel

Emmers _s._ pl. embers

Emp, or Empt _v._ to empty

En, or Un _p.r.o.n._ Him, ex. A zid'n: he saw him (A S _hine_)

Er _p.r.o.n._ He, ex. Er ziden: he saw him

Errish, Arrish, or Herrish _s._ stubble

Evet _s._ eft, or newt

Ex _s._ an axle

Eye _s._ the cavity beneath the arch of a bridge

Fadge _v._ to fare, to be in good condition. "How will this fadge?"

Shaks. Twelfth-night

f.a.gs _interj._ truly! indeed!

Fairy, Fare, Vare _s._ a weasel (old Fr. _vair_, ermine)

False _adj._ forsworn, perjured

Falsing _adj._ coaxing

Fardel _s._ a small bundle, Shaks. Hamlet

Faut (faat) _v._ to find fault

Fauty (faaty) _adj._ given to find fault

Fauth, Foth, Voth _s._ the turning place of the plough at the side of a field

Featy _adj._ pretty, neat

Feaze _v._ to hara.s.s, or ferret

Feaver-largin (g hard), _s._ a fit of indolence

Fell _v._ to sew down a hem

Fend _v._ to forbid (Fr. _defendre_)

Fess _adj._ gay, smart, ex. A fess fellow