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£ Nit. Nor yet. Wrongly defined by Akerman and others as xot yet. “I han't 
_—_-_—s got no money nit no vittles.”’ N.W. 
Nitch. See Knitch. 
Nog. A rough block or small log of wood. N.W. 
_ Nog-head. A blockhead. S.W. 
Nolens volens. Used in N. Wilts in various corrupted forms, as “I be 
_ gwain, nolus-bolus,” in any case; “ vorus-norus,”’ rough, blustering; and 
“snorus-vorus,” vehemently. 
~*Noon-naw. A stupid fellow. (Great Estate, ch. 4.) 
Nor, Nur. Than, as “better nur that.” (A.B.) N. & S.W. 
_ Not-cow. A cow without horns. (A.) N.W. 
Nummet. The noonday meal. (A.) Nammet inS. Wilts. 
Numpinole. The Pimpernel. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Nuncheon, Nunchin, The noon meal. (A.) N.W. 
N unchin-bag. The little bag in which ploughmen carry their meals. (A.) N.W. 
14 Nunny-fudging. Nonsense. ‘“ That’s all nunny-fudgen.” N.W. now 
: nearly obsolete. 
Nunny-fudgy. “A nunny-fudgy chap,” a poor sort of a fellow with no 
go in him: now used only by old people. N.W. 
Nythe. A brood, as “‘a nythe o’ pheasants”; always used by gamekeepers, 
A variant of Vide. N.W. 
| -Oak-tree loam or clay. The Kimmeridge Clay. (Britton’s Beauties, 
__-:1825, vol. 3, and Davis’s Agric. of Wilts, p. 118, etc.) 
Oat-hulls. Oat chaff and refuse. S.W. 
‘Oaves. (1) Oat chaff. N.W. (Huish.) 
*(2) The eaves of a house. 
Odds. (1) ». To alter, change, set right. “Tl soon odds that.” (Wilts 
Arch. Magq., vol. xxii., p. 112.) N.W. 
{ (2) mx. Difference. ‘That don’t make no odds toI.” ‘ What's the odds 
: to thee?” what does it matter to you? N.W. 
q Oddses. Odds and ends. NW. 
i) ld man. (1) Artemisia Abrotanum, L., Southernwood. N. & S.W. 
=a (2) Anagallis arvensis, L., Scarlet Pimpernel. S.W. 
Old man’s beard. (1) Clematis Vitaiba, L., Traveller’s Joy, when in 
oe fruit. N. & S.W. 
(2) The mossy galls on the dog-rose. N. & S.W. 
Old Sow. Melilotus caerulea, L., from its peculiar odour. (English 
_ Plant Names.) N. & S.W., rarely. 
“4 ‘Old woman’s bonnet. Geum rivale, Water Avens. S.W. (Mere.) 
