148 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



black. Impudence, cheek. " I'll ha' none o' your slack ! " S.W, 



Slammock. Add :— N.w. 



Slan. Add :— N.w. (Castle Eaton, etc.) 



Slewed, Slewy. Drunk. N. & S.W. 



felize. Add : — To look askance at anyone. N.W. 



Slommakin. Add:—^?N. 



Sly. " A sly day " looks bright and pleasant, but the air has a chill nip in it. 

 "Sly cold" is the treacherous kind of cold raw weather that was very 

 prevalent during the influenza epidemic. N.W. (Huish.) 



Smeech. ^c^c?:— Also Hill Deverill, 



*Snake-feril. Fteris aqulUna, L., Bracken. S.W. (Deverill.) 



Snake's-head. Add :— S.W. (Hill Deverill). 



*Sniggling. "A sniggling frost," a slight frost that just makes the grass 

 crisp. S.W. (Steeple Ashton.) 



Snivett. A newt. Perhaps a sibilated form of Evet. N.W. 



Snop. (2) ^c;c^:-S.W. 



Snowballs. Add-.—B^f. 



Snowl. A large piece of anything. " Gie I a good snowl o' bread, mother ! " 



N. & S.W. 

 Snuff-rag. Add :— S.W. Also used foiToerly at ClyfEe Pypard, N.W. 

 Sog. Add:—^:W. 



Spance. See Waggon- 

 Sparked. Add: — "One of the earliest indictments on the roll of the Hilary 



Sessions [Wilts], 1603-4, tells of quatuor vaccas qiiar' due color sparked 



et una alia coloris rubri et altera color hrowne." — Wilts Arch. Mag., 



xxii., 225-6. 

 Spear, (l) n. A stalk of reed grass (Slow). S.W. 



(2) V. See Spurl. 

 *Split-fig. A short-weight grocer (Slow). S.W. 



Sploach. To splutter. S.W. 



Sprank. A sprinkling of anything. "There be a good sprank o' fruit to- 



year." Also used in Somerset. N.W. (Mildenhall). 



Spreathed. Add-.-s.w. 



Spuddle. To make a mess. A sibilated form of puddle, S.W. 



Spudcel. A wooden scoop. N. & S.W. 



Spuds. Potatoes. Perhaps introduced by Irish harvesters. N. & S.W. 



*8pur. See Spurl. 



Spurl. Add :— Used in S. Wilts, as also Spear and Spur. 



