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the difference between the vore-shoot and back-shoot, the ground rest, the 

 bread board, the drail, the wing and point, and the whippence." — Wilts 

 Arch. Mag., xvii., 303. 

 X lurals. (1) The old termination in en is still much used, as Housen, 

 Bijasen,e{c. See En. (1) 



(2) Plurals in es are very commonly used, as beastes,ffkostes,nestes, posies. 

 Very often a reduplication takes place, as heastises, ghostises, etc. N. & S.W. 



(3) Plurals are used sometimes instead of singulars. Examples : — "Nows 

 and thens," "A little ways," "You'll find un a little ways furder on," etc. 

 " These should rather be considered as an adverbial use of the genitive, like 

 always, now-a-days, needs, whiles, etc." — Smythe- Palmer. 



(4) Plant-names are usually plural, even when only a single blossom is 

 spoken of, as, "What is that flower in your hand?" "That's Robins 

 (Poppies, Ni.ght-cap)S, Cuckoos, etc., as the case may be)." N. & S.W. 



*l^odge. Anything very thick and sticky. Cf. Stodge. 



Polly, A pollard tree. S.W. 



A Wiltshire man, on being told by the hospital surgeon that his arms 



would have to be amputated, exclaimed, " Be I to be shrowded like a poUy P " 



Popple-stone. A pebble {Sloio). S.W. 



Pots-and-KettleS. Fruit of Buxus sempervirens, L., Box. S.W. (Bar- 

 ford St. Martin.) 

 Pot-walloper. After Wootton Bassett insert Hindon. 



Preterites. Add-.—CVO^Q, crept; brung, brought. 



Privet. See Brevet. 



Pronged. A scythe-blade with a small flaw in the edge, which may develop 



into a serious crack, is said to be " pronged." N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



Proof. Add : — A thriving tree is said to be "in good proof." S.W. (Steeple 



Ashton.) 

 Proofey. stimulating, fattening. 



" The Monkton pastures used to be of good note in Smithfield, from the 



very feel of the beasts. There are no more 'proofey' fatting grounds in 



W\\ts."— Wilts Arch. Mag., vi., 29. 



*Pud-beggar, Pudbaiger. The Water Spider {Slow). S.W. 



A very interesting word. 0.^. padda, a io&A, paddock, Dev. and East 



Anglia. 0.^. pode, tadpole, Icelandic ^flrf«?a, used of any beetles or insects 



that inhabit stagnant water. — Smythe-P aimer. 



Pussy-cats. Hazel catkins. N. & S.W. 



Puzzivent. ^</rf:— Pussyvan. {Slow). S.W. 



Puzzle-pound. The game of Madell, ?.«. S.W. (Longbridge Deverill, 



etc.) 

 Quar. Add :— S.W. 



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