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Abear. To bear, to endure. N. <& S.W. 



Afoard. Add-.—SM. 



A galas. Add : — This has no connection with aglets. The d is excrescent. 



It stands for 'agle, i.e., hagle or haigle, a diminutive of hague or haw. — 



Smyllie-F aimer. See Folk-Etymology, p. 630. 

 Agg. (1) Add:~^?N. 



(2) ^«?(£:— To irritate, to provoke. N. & S.W. 



Ailes, Eyles, lies, etc. The awns of barley. N. & S.W. 



All-amang. Add :— s.w. 



*Anan. Add :— 'Nan is still occasionally used in N. Wilts. 



Any more than. Add-.—^NJ. 

 Apple-owling. See Howlers. 

 Arg. Add:-^.-^. 



*Atter-COp. Add :— Mr. Willis mentions that EdderJcop is still in use in 

 Denmark. 



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 ! " 

 BaCOn-and-EggS. Linaria vulgaris. Mill., Yellow Toadflax. N. & S.W. 

 *Badge. v. To deal in corn, etc. 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 pees [process] against all the Badgers that doo 

 badge without licence." — Extracts from Records of Wilts Quarter Sessions, 

 Wilts Arch. Mag., xx., 327. 



Bake. See Beak. 



Bams. Add: — "The old man .... had bams on his legs and a sack 

 fastened over his shoulders like a shawl." — The Story of Dick, ch. xii., 

 p. 141. 



Bandy. ^rfrf:-s.w. 



Bannis. Jrf«?:— *Bramstickle {Slow). s.w. 



Barken. Add-. — Barton was formerly in very common use, but has now 



been displaced by Shed. 

 Baskets. Plavtago lanceolata, L., Pibwort Plantain. S.W. (Little Langford.) 

 *Eawsy, Borsy, or Bozzy. Coarse, as applied to the fibre of cloth or 



wool. "Bozzy-faced cloth bain't good enough vor I." S.W. (Steeple 



Ashton, etc.) 

 Baulk. Add:— {2) A line of turf dividing a field. "The strips [in a 



"common field"] are marked o££ from one another, not by hedge or wall, 

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