160 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Vinney. Of bread, mouldy. (A.) N. & S.W. 
Vinny. Nervous. ‘‘ Do’ee stop telling about they ghostises, or ’tull make I 
vinny.” N. & S.W. 
Vrammards, Vrammerd. (1) Order to a horse to go from you, as 
opposed to Toward. N.W. 
(2) Hence sometimes used as adj. by ploughmen in speaking of anything 
distant or leaning away from them. (Great Estate, ch. 8.) 
(3) x. A vrammerd is a blade set at right angles ona short handle, used 
for splitting laths or rails. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
*Vuddles. A spoilt child. (A.B.) 
W. Often not sounded at the beginning of a word. Thus want, a mole, 
becomes ’oont, and within and without are usually athin and athout. 
Waddle up. To wrap up with an excess of clumsily arranged clothing ; 
usually applied to infants, N.W. 
Wag. (1) ‘*To wag the Church bells,” to set them ringing. NEW 
(2) To move. ‘‘I be that bad I can’t wag.” UNA s 
(3) In carrying, the boy who stands at the horses’ heads, to move them 
forward as required, is said to ‘‘ wag ’oss, ” and the order given is ‘* wag 
on!” N.W. 
Wag-wants. Briza media, L., Quaking Grass. Also Weewants, 
Wigwants, Wing-wang and Wagtails. N. & 8.W- 
Waggon. The various parts of a waggon in N. Wilts bear the following 
names :—the bottom is the Wagegon-bed. The transverse pieces which 
support this over the Exes (axles) are the Pillars, Peel (A.) The 
longitudinal pieces on each side on which the sides rest are the Waggon- 
blades. The two similar pieces under the centre of the bed are the Bed- 
summers. The cross piece at the back into which the Tailboard 
hooks is the Shetlock. The ‘i'ail Pole joins the front and hind 
wheels together underneath. The Hound is the fore-carriage over the 
front wheels. The Slide is the crossbar on the tail of the “ Hound.” 
The Dripple is the strip running along the top of the side of the waggon 
from which over the hind wheels project the Waggon-hoops, and over 
the front wheels the Raves. The shafts are the Dills or Thills. 
The Parters are detached pieces of wood at the side, joining the “‘ Dripple” 
to the “Bed.” The Thorough-pin is the pin which fastens the 
“‘Waggon-bed ” to the “ Carriage.” 
Wake. (1) «. The raked-up line (broader than a hatch or wallow) of hay 
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