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while Nuncheon is a very small meal, a glass of beer and bit of bread, 
; at 10 or 10.30, and again at 4. 
~ Nunch. (1) An abbreviation of Nuncheon. N. & S.W. 
; (2) “He bain’t nothen but a nunch,” a poor weakly creature. N.W. 
Odds. (1) and (2) Add :—S.W. 
Oddy. See Noddy. 
. Offal. Pig-meat, i.¢., spare-rib, griskin, etc., as opposed to bacon. N.W. 
~Oven-lug. dd :-—s.w. 
Over-look. Add :—S.W., now nearly obsolete. 
Owl about. Add :-—s.w. 
Painted ladies. Pink-and-white Sweet Peas. N. & S.W. 
P amper. Add :—“ You're pamperin’ wi’ that lock till you won't be able to 
; turn the key at all presently.” S.W. (Deverill.) 
Pan. A cart or waggon drag.— Devizes Gazette, 12th Nov., 1896, p. 3, col. 4. 
N.W. 
Parrock. A paddock or small grass field. Still in use at Deverill. S.W. 
Parson’s Nose. Add :—Also used of a duck’s tail. S.W. 
' Paxy-waxy. The thick gristle of beef. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
-Pea-shuck. The shell of a pea. 3 
*Pelican. A pheasant out of season. «“That’s what we call hereabouts a 
pelican.” —Diogenes’ Sandals, p. 142. Known as “Moko” (Macaw) in 
S.W. 
some counties. 
Peter-grievous. dd:—Pety-grievous at Deverill. 
Peth. 4dd:—s.W. 
Pethy. Add :-—S.W. 
*p ickady. To point or sharpen a pencil, tool, stick, etc. (Slow.) S.W. 
Pie Finch. Fringitla coelebs, Chatfinch. 
Pin-awl. Abradawl. 8.W. (Salisbury.) 
. Pink-more. A rough kind of grass in the meadows, which cattle refuse, 
probably some kind of Carex. S.W. (Salisbury.) 
Pitch. Add :—(11) x. The quantity of goods exposed by anyone in the 
market for sale. N. & S.W. 
“A small pitch of cheese.’”—-Local paper, Salisbury. 
; Pity. “Her face don’t pity her,” she doesn’t look half as ill as she really is. 
