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lazy D) ; leat ; lerrup E (to beat — the word is used in Devon in 

 the same sense, and to signify trailing or dragging about, — ^lerrick 

 also in Devon means to beat) ; lew (lewth not used) ; linhay ; 

 locus E (locust D) ; longcripple (used in East Cornwall sometimes 

 of a lizard, in Devon generally of a viper) ; lug ; likes ; lattin 

 (this word is not much used now in Devon, but lattin cup used to 

 be the general name for a tin mug) ; louster. 



Malkin E (mawkin D) ; mazzard ; mazed ; miche ; muggets ; 

 moil (for mule) ; mange ; mores. 



Niff; nutall ; nuddick E (niddick D) ; nesselbird E (the last 

 bird in a nest — compare nesseldraft D, the last pig in a litter). 

 Oreweed (query oarweed) ; ozel ; overlook. 

 Peendy E (pindy D) ; pillem ; planchen ; plum (soft) ; plum- 

 ming (the rising of bread); proud flesh; pluff; purgy E {query 

 pudgy D) ; pinnikin ; prinked ; piskey (pixie D) ; punkin or 

 punion end E (puggin end D) ; puke E (pook D). 



Quarry W, quarrel E (a pane of glass— quarril D) ; quilting 

 (a thrashing). 



Eaffle (refuse — compare riff-raff D) ; ream ; rig ; runner (a 

 jack towel). 



Scat; school (of fish); sclum ; sconce; scovey; scud; scud- 

 der E (skitter D) ; scute ; shammick ; skit ; skiver ; slip (a young 

 pig) ; slock ; spell (of work) ; squat ; stean ; steer ; seine ; stogg E 

 (stugg D) ; stound; strike (to anoint); sloan ; stroil ; strub; 

 stub ; stuggy ; swop ; suent ; sharps (shafts) ; shrimmed W 

 (shrammed D); slammikin; slewed; sour-sops W (sour-sass D) 

 squab pie ; scruff (of the neck) ; sight (a large quantity) ; stirridge ; 

 smeech W (smitch D) ; spall (a mining term) ; slewed ; sker. 



Tang; tap; tail E (teel D) ; thirl; tiddy; tine; town-place 

 (some of the farms on Dartmoor are called towns) ; traapse ; trig ; 

 tacle W (a windlass — teekle and fall D), a pulley and rope ; tack 

 (to clap hands) ; totalish ; towse ; train oil. 

 Upraising ; uzzle W (ozel D). 

 Vady; vinnied. 



Wad ; wadge E' (to wager — wedge D) ; want ; wettel E (wit- 

 tie D) ; wisht ; wornal (sometimes in Devon wormhole) ; wrinkle ; 

 waive E (to wallow — compare waiving D, rolling) ; well-a-fine ; 

 wallop ; withy ; wizen ; wop. 

 Yap; yock. 



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