354 PROVINCIALISMS. 



SNEVVER ; {lender and neat. 



SNOCKSNARLS; thread which is overtwifted, 

 and runs into kinks, is faid to run up into fnock- 

 fnarls. 



SNOD ; fmooth, even, fmug, neat. 



To SNOOAC ; to fmell in a fnuffing manner. 



SOCK ; the fhare of a plow (the common term). 



SOKE (vulg.fooac) ; an exclufive privilege claim- 

 ed by a mill, for grinding all the corn which is 

 ufed within the manor or townfhip it ftands in*. 



To SOSS ; to lap, as a dog. 



SOURDOCKEN; rumtx acetofa ; forrel. 



To SOWL ; to pull about in water ; as flieep in 

 the wafhrpool, &c. 



SPAW; the flit of a pen. 



SPECK ; the heel-piece of a fhoe, 



To SPEEAN (mid. dial, to fpane) ; to wean, as 

 calves or pigs. 



To SPEEAV (mid. dial, tofpwe) ; to fpay, as a fe- 

 male calf. 



To SPELDER (vulg. to fpeylder) ; to fpell, as a 

 word. 



SPELK j a fpl inter, or thin piece of wood. 



SPENG'D ; pied, as cattle. 



SPICE j dried fruit, as raifins, currants, &c. 



SPIRES ; 



* Some trials at law relative to this ancient privilege 

 have lately taken place ; but the millers have generally 

 been caft. It fpems tp be un4erftood, hovyever, that an 

 alien miller has no right to afk publicly for corn to be 

 ground in a parifh which has a corn mill belonging to 

 it. A horn may neverthelefs be founded, or a bell be 

 rung. 



