COlffRESPONDENCE OF RAY. 429 



To Topple down, fall. 



Toota well, very well, too too well. 



A Tooming, wool taken off the cards. 



Topsy-turvy, upside-down. 



Trawth, as faith and trawth, S. TneopSe, fides. 



A Trippet, a quarter of a pound. 



To Tries A, to run through all the dirt, a sono, 6vop. 



To keep Tutch, to be as good as the promise. 



Tuta, too too; thou'rt tuta earnest, clamorous, covetous, importunate, 



unsatisfiable. 



Titrlings, coals about a fist's bigness. 

 Twills, quills. 



Uncoiith, strange, uncommon, unusual, a S. uncofc, unknown. 

 An Urchion, a hedgehog, urchin. 

 Uvver, for upper, or over, var. dial. 



Fa rsallfjjj^ versal . 



A Waag, a lever. 



To Wade the water. 



Wae'st heart, a condolence to the same purport with 



Woe's me, woe is the heart, &c. 



To Waite, to blame. 



Walker's earth, for scouring cloth. 



A Waugh-mill, fulling-mill. 



Waugh, insipid, unsalted, and so unsavoury. 



The Wawks, or corners of the mustachios. 



Wamb, womb, var. dial. S. pamb. 



Wane, decline ; the moon is in the wane. S. panian, minuere. 



War, stand aside, give way, beware. 



Warld, i' th' varsafwarld, universal world. 



Worse, worse, var. dial. 



To Wax, grow, S. peaxan, crescere. 



A Wee-bit, a tiny wee-bit, a small piece (a pure Yorkshireism). 



Weet, i. e. wot, know, I weet full well. 



Weeting, urine. 



Weiky, moist. 



To Ween, think, a S. penan, opinari. 



Welling, boiling. 



To Welt, to totter. 



To Welt or Wolt, overturn cart or wain. 



Wellaneerina, alas. 



Wei-nee, well-nigh ; it's wel-nee night, almost. 



Wesh, or wash, urine. 



To Whakker, tremble, shake every joint. 



Whaint, strange, odd, implying naughtiness, whaintwark. 



A Whamire, a quagmire, var. dial. 



Whawm, Whelm, overwhelm, is whawmed over. 



A Whein, a quean. 



A Wheel-pit, whirlpool. 



Wheemly, neatly. 



Whak't, for quaked, whence. 



Whakers, for quakers, le trembleur*. 



