166 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Eltrot. Add *Altrot. 8.W. (Zeals.) 
*Fern Buttercup. Potentilla Anserina, L., Silverweed. §.W. (Zeals.) 
F luttery. Of weather, catchy, uncertain, showery. ‘“’Twill be a main 
fluttery hay-making to-year, I warnd.”’ N.W. (Huish.) 
*French Grass. Onobrychis sativa, L., Sainfoin. N.W. (Enford.) 
*Gentlemen’s-and-ladies’-fingers. Arum maculatum, L., Cuckoo- 
pint. S.W. (Farley.) 
*Gilty-cup. Caltha palustris, L., Marsh Marigold. S.W. (Zeals.) 
Hyle. In some parts of Wilts the shape and size of a hyle will depend largely 
upon the weather at harvest-time. Thus in a stormy season it will usually 
be built compact and round, while in a calm one it may sometimes form a 
line several yards in length. 
Hucks, Hulks. (2) Grains of wheat which have the chaff still adhering 
to them after threshing, and are only fit for feeding poultry. N.W. (Clyffe 
Pypard.) 
Nibbly. All in little lumps, as “Do ’ee pick all they nibbly bits out o’ the 
dripping.” N.W. 
Oxen. The orders to oxen in a team are :—to the front ox, “ Coom hether” ; 
to the hinder ox, “ Hether up”; go to the left. The order to go to the 
right is similar to that given to horses. N.W. 
Trins. Calves’ trins, é.e., calves’ stomachs, are used in cheese-making. N.W. 
Words given in Britton, Akerman, etc., but not here included, as 
being merely provincial pronunciations or ordinary English. 
Abb, yarn for a weaver’s warp; adry, thirsty ; afore, avore; after- 
math : agistment, the taking in cattle to keep by the term; agog ; 
airn, to earn; allus; amwoast; anighst; apast, after, be- 
yond; archet, orchut; athert, athwart ; athin, within; athout, 
without; atwo, in twain; awnder, an andiron; awverdrow; 
ballet, a ballad; baste, to beat ; bibble, to tope; bibbler ; bill, 
bill-hook ; bist, thou art; bittle, a beetle; blather, bladder ; 
bolder-stones; bran new; brinded, light brown; burrow, 
a rabbit hole, ete.; callus, to form a callus; cantankerous; cat’s- 
cradle; chap; chimley; clane, clean; compas, compost; 
cottage-housen ; crim, acrumb; cross-grained ; crowner ; 
crusty; crousty ; cute ; deaw, dew; deaw-claw ; desperd; 
doff; don; dovvel, the devil; downs; dowsty; drattle; 
