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a *Horse-conber. A rude boisterous gitl—Wotes and Queries, 6th Aug, 1881. 
This is unknown to us, but may be intended for “ Horse-comber,” which 
: might very well be applied to a masculine girl. 
*Horse-peppermint. Ajuga reptans, L., Bugle. N.W. (Calstone.) 
Huck-down. Add :;—Still in use in 8. Wilts. 
~Huckmuck. ( 1) Add :—A kind of wickerwork strainer used in domestic 
‘brewing. S.W. (Deverill.) 
a (3) Add:—A muddle. (Hist. of Chipp.) 
Hud. add :—*(5) “A game of Hud,” Hide-and-seek. N.W. (Potterne.) 
Hudmedud. Add :—(3) “I’ve got my hudmeduds on,” my worst or old 
4 clothes. N.W. (Grittleton, Brinkworth, etc.) 
_*Humble-com-bug. The Humble bee. Formerly used about Devizes, 
N.W. 
Hunch about. Add :—Used of a cow thrusting with her horns. N.W. 
ardles. “There are ten ‘sails’ to each ‘wattle hurdle’; the rods across 
are fixed by shackles, or ‘raves’ ; and a hole, called a ‘ twilley’ hole, is left 
in the centre of each hurdle for the insertion of the ‘shore,’ or pole, on which 
the shepherds carry them. The usual height for sheep-wattles is three feet.” 
—Diogenes’ Sandals, p. 90. 
At Clyffe Pypard the hole in the centre is simply the “ stake-hole.” 
Also see under Fold-sail, Fold-shore, Fossel, Hurdle-shore, Raves, Sails, 
Shackle, Shore (2), Wreaths. 
‘ Imitate. Add :—S.W. (Deverill, ete.) 
Inam ost. Ver y nearly. “ Vrim every varm inamoast within vive an twenty 
mile.”— Ben Sloper at tha Manoovers, p. 20. N. & S.W. 
al "e. Iron (A.B.). This form of the word is worth noting, from its frequent 
oceurrence in the old parish accounts, as in those of St. Thomas, Sarum :— 
>“ 1688—9, 141b Iron and altering the Irework of a bell 9s.” N. & S.W. 
Tron. Weight, “heft.” S.W. (Shrewton.) 
: A timber cutter, on throwing a large Bech tree, remarked, “ One wouldn’t 
5 a thought there were so much iron in un.’ 
d Jacky-pig. (1) A pig. J akkypig. —Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 
j 1881. Used by children in N. & S. Wilts, and probably a form of 
— *Chucky-pig.” ; 
(2) Sometimes applied to a boar. S.W. (Shrewton.) 
lag. (1) Add:—“Oats . . . sown early on good ground, promise to be 
_ well jagged.” —Devizes Gazette, 22nd June, 1893, p. 5. 
Jarl. Add :-—Jowl] at Deverill, 8.W. 
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