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Nine-holes. Add:—T\\\B is mentioned among the "illegal games " in the 



Castle Combe recovAs.— Wilts Arch. Mag., iii., 156. "1576. Lusum 



illicitum vocatum nyne holes." — Scrape's History of Castle Combe. 



Nineter. Add:-*{2) A skin-flint (-S^ow). S.W. 



Nit. Add:— S.W. Slow defines Neet as " not yet." It is more of ten " wor 



yet." 



Noodle along. To lounge aimlessly along, to move drowsily and heavily, 



as a very spiritless horse. N.W. 



Nut. The nave of a wheel. S.W. 



Ny st, Niest. Often used in Mid Wilts in same way as neust, as " I be 



nyst done up," i.e., over tired. (Mr. W. Cunnington.) 



Oaves. (2) Add: — "A good old form. Mid. Eng. ovese {Old English 



Miscellany, E. E. T. S., p. 15, 1. 465),=0. H. Ger. opasa {Vocabulary of 



S. Gall.)"—Smythe-Palmer. S.W. 



Of. With. " You just come along o' I ! " N. & S.W. 



Offer. " To ofEer to do a thing," to make as though you were going to do it, 



or to begin to do it. " He offered to hit I," i.e., did not say he would, but 



put up his fists and let out. N.W. 



wling. Add : — " Howlers. Boys who in former times went round wassailing 



the orchards." — Parish, Sussex Glossary. 



"The wenches with their wassail bowls 

 About the streets are singing; 



The boys are come to catch the owls." — G. Wither. 

 The " owls " here would seem to he the apples which were thrown about 

 the hall at Christmas, to be scrambled for. 



" If the suggestion that oivls=ia.piAes is well-grounded, a connection might 

 be traced with the Celtic words for apple very similarly pronounced, viz. : 

 Irish uball, aball. Com. auallen. Old Welsh aballen." — Smythe-JP aimer. 

 Pank. Add :— S.W. 



Panshard. " In a panshard," out of temper, in a rage. S.W. 



Also used in the New Forest. " Cf. ' in a pankin,' in a violent passion : 



Yorks. Perhaps connected with ^awifc, to pant, or breathe hard." — SmythC' 



Palmer. 



Parasol. Sanguisorbaofp,cinalis,'L.,S2.\dA'QvxnQ\. S.W. (Little Langford.) 



Parson. In carting dung about the fields, the heaps are shot down in lines, 



and are all of much the same size. Sometimes, however, the cart tips up a 



little too much, with the result that the whole cartload is shot out into a 



large heap. This is known as a " Parson." N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



Peaked. Add :— s.w. 

 Peart, (i) Add-.-ST^. 



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