CORRESPONDENCE OF RAY. 421 



Com, came, S. com, Matt. ii. 21. 



To Con, i. e. ply a lesson as schoolboys. 



A Coppin of yarn. 



A dottrel, a piece of iron with a hole in to fasten. 



A Cragg, a stony, rocky bank, &c. 



A Dish Cratch, same with the cradle. 



Crawse, jolly, brisk. 



To Creak as a door. 



Cree'd Wheat, hulled arid boiled. 



To Crinkle, to crouch, to yield sneakingly. 



Cowks, or cinders, coals burnt in common fire, not charred. 



To Laker, to work for hire after the common day's work is over, at 2</. 



an hour. 



To Darne, i. e. sow up holes, so as not to pucker, but fill them up. 

 A great Deal or dele, S. Saelar parts, Matt. ii. 22. 

 To Deegbfiuug, spread mole-hills. 

 To Dither^Q quiver with cold. 

 A Dingthrift, a spendall, prodigal. 



To Dizen, to be curious and look big, to sit in state, as if great. 

 Dodges on, keeps poorly doing. 

 Dog-tree, elder. 

 A Dole, Dool, or Doal, a share or part in a townfield ; also money or bread 



distributed at a funeral to the poor. 



To Dree, to be able to go through to the end of the journey. 

 A Dribble, an iron pin that carpenters use to drive out wooden pins. 

 Driffh, long, tedious. 

 A Dubler, a platter. 

 A Dub, a puddle, or plash of water. 

 The Dule, devil, var. dial. 

 He Dung, or Dang it down, threw it down. 

 To Durse is to dress ; to durse the house, horses. 

 To Durse the ing, to spread the molehills and dung that is in fields. 



Mine Earn, my uncle, S. eame, avunculus. 



For Eance (once) and use it not. 



An Eapns, hands full. 



Earnder, forenoon drinking. 



Edgeyovi brethren, make room, give way. 



Eeen for eyes. 



To Eek, enlarge, S. ican augmentarc. 



Eeen for even, var. dial. 



To Elf, to beat in the dough with more meal and yeast. 



Murk i'th' Eemin, dark in the evening. 



Eeen, evening, per Aplweresin. 



The Fag end, the hinder or latter end. 



F Fate, Faith (an oath). 



Far, for farther, as the far bank. 



Fastne's een, the Tuesday before the Dies Cinerum, or Ash Wednesday. 



Fat (in composition), vessel, as in guile Fat ab S. pat, vas. 



Faugh, fallow ground. 



To Faugh, to plough, and let it lie fallow a summer or winter. 



