268 HULL SCIENTIFIC AND FIELD NATURALISTS* CLUB. 



Chip. — To " chip in " is to make a beginning, and to " chip 

 oot " is to make an end, and a " chip " is a baby quarrel, 

 a slight difference ; so is a "scrap." Example: " Bayns 

 nobbut had a scrap; they didn't hot yan anuther." A 

 man telling proudly how well he and his wife got on 

 together, said, " We've nivver had a chip sin we was 

 wed." A tiff or tift is also a slight quarrel. 



Clap — A stroke given with the flat hand, or some broad 

 instrument, making a noise. "Smack" is a word of 

 similar import : " Clap his lugs ; " " Smack his mooth." 



Clash — A violent knock against a hard substance, a resound- 

 ing collision, generally between the head and some 

 immovable impediment, such as a yat stowp, or a deear 

 pooast, or a steean wall : " Bob caught Jack by scruf o r 

 neck, an' clashed his heead an' wall tigither." 



Clip — To strike quickly and smartly. " A clip ovver lug." 



Cloot — To strike as with a " cloot," a cloth. Only those 

 who have been beaten by handkerchiefs (noos cloots), 

 especially knotted handkerchiefs, can fully appreciate 

 the plenitude of its primary meaning. The secondary 

 meaning is to strike with the hand. 



Crawk — A knock on the head ; as, " He ga'e me sikan a 

 crawk wi hand-brush." 



Crack — A stunning blow on the head; as, "Ah fetched him 

 a crack ower heead at meead him ' see sparks'." 



Cob— A kick with the knee, instead of the foot. We used to 

 call it a " lasses' bunch." 



Cuff — Literally a blow with the cuff or forearm ; when the 

 fists are used the strife becomes " fisti-cuffs." A "cuff" 

 is most frequently delivered on the head. 



Dab. — A dab is not a fish, but flesh ; a foreward movement 

 intercepted by the opponent's eye. It is a rather feeble 

 stroke, as if ashamed of itself — just an earnest of what 

 it might be. But for all that, a " dab " in the eye is an 

 " eye-opener," even if it closes that eye for a time. 



Daffener — a stunning blow, felling the opponent and pro- 

 ducing insensibility; as, "Ratcatcher ga' ratton a 

 daffener wiv a speead, an' then he killed it." 



Dandher — Another violent blow, producing a different effect. 

 Its force produces trembling and collapse ; as, " Last 

 neet, when Sons o' Brotherly Luv left lodge meeting, 



