136 ContnhUlons towanh a Wilishire Glossary. 



Howlers. See Owlers. 



Jdua., (1) Add : — The skin of a gooseberry, the shell of a pea or bean, etc. 



N. k S.W. 



(3) Add:-K\^o Hiiddick. 

 Hullocky. Add :— S.W. 



xlumstruni. A home-made fiddle (Slow). Sometimes applied also to a 

 large kind of Jew's-harp. S.W. 



Hunch about. To push or shove about. S.W. 



Hurdle-footedo Club-footed. S.W. 



Hui'kle. To crowd together. An old form of hurtle. " Rtirtelyn, as too 

 thyngys togedur (al. hurcolyn, hurchyn togeder). Imjpingo, collido." — 

 Prompt Parv., c. 1440 {Smythe-P aimer). 



In-a-doors. No one in Wilts is ever to be found " in doors." The expression 

 used is invariably "in-a-doors." 



^IvorS. Hanging woods (-S^w). S.W, 



There would appear to be some misunderstanding here. The word may 



may refer to the coverts on the hillside above Longbridge Deverill, which 



are known as The Ivors, the farm below being Long Ivor Farm. At 



Wroughton a field is called " The Ivory," but this is perhaps a family name. 



Iron Pear. Pyrus Aria, L., White Beam. N.W. (Heddington, etc.) 



Iron-Pear-Tree Farm, near Devizes, is said to take its name from this tree. 



Izzard. The letter Z. Still in use in S.W, 



*Jack. A newt. N.W. (Swindon.) 



*Jime. At Bishopston, N. Wilts, an old bell-ringer was recently heard to 

 accuse the younger men of having got into a regular " jifile " (? confusion) 

 while ringing. We have not met with the word elsewhere, but Hal. and 

 Wright have jiffle, to be restless, var. dial., and Jirble, to jumble, Nhumb. 



Jiggery-poke. Add :— Jiggery-pokery. Unfair dealing. N. & S.W. 



Jlgget. V. To ride or walk at a jog-trot. " Here we go a jiggettiu' 



along." N. & S.W. 



Jiggetty. (1) Shaky. " This be a ter'ble jiggetty train." N.W. 



*(2) Fidgetty (Sloio). S.W. 



Jimmy. Add :— S.W. 



Johnny Chider. Add :— Jan Chider (Slow). S.W. 



Jumping Jesuses. The long-legged water flies which skim along the 



surface of streams. N.W. (Hilmarton). 



*Jut, To nudge. S.W, 



Keeker. Add :-s.w. 



