426 CORRESPONDENCE OJb' RAY. 



To Pee, is also look near and narrowly. 



Peel the pot (cool it), with the ladle, taking out and pouring in again. 



Peil, stir, what a peil keep you ? 



Perepoint, a perepoint wall made of a thinner sort of hewn stone, set ujjou 



the edge. 

 A Pig-tail candle, the least, put in to make weight. 

 A Plat, a place. 



Pock-arr'cl, marked with the smallpox. 

 To Poi/t the clothes oif. 

 A fire Poit, an iron to stir up the fire with. 

 A Prigcje, a little brass skillet. 

 To Pucker, to draw up like a purse, unevenly. 

 A Puddle, a fat body. 



Quite for wholly is general, for quit. Northern, 'twill not quit cost. 



Badlings, hazel or other boughs, put within the studs of a wall to be covered 



with lime or mortar. 

 A Rat02}, a hoarseness. 

 To Raume, to reach. 

 The Reefe, the itch ; reefy, itchy. 

 To Reek, to smoke, a S. pec, smoke. 

 What a Reuls here ? 7 • i j i 



You make a nise re^it. \ '■ «• ^'"^"l^' ^''^'^ ^°'''^- 

 Rinisk, wild, jolly, um-uly, rude. 



A Riggald, abusively, applied to men as well as to cattle. 

 Rok)/, misty. 

 To Rooyse, to extol. 

 A Roup, a hoarseness. 

 Rudd, red stone. 

 A Rudle, a riddle. 

 Ryndta, used to cows to make them give way and stand iu their stalls or 



booyses. 



I Sagh, I saw. 



Samme mUk, butter in the churn, after the milk breaks into butter, a S. 



rammam, conglobare. 

 Saur, sour, mend like sour milk in summer, Prov. 

 Said, soul, var. dial., S. rasel. 

 rU Saul him, beat him. 

 To Sawce, Rustic, pro so wee, box the cars. 

 To Scream, cry aloud. 

 Scruhy-grass, var. dial, for scurvy-grass. 

 Scug of a hill, the declivity or side. 

 Seaves, pilled rushes, of which they make seav candles. 

 Set, Seln, self. 



Sere, several, sere ways, several ways. 

 A Setle, a seat, a S. retl. 

 To Shaffle, a Shaffles, a bungler. 



To Shale (proper to the feet), iu with the heels and out with the toes. 

 No Sheds, no difference. 



To Skill, as peas, to take them out of the swads. 

 A Shive of bread, cut ofp the loaf. 

 Shoe, or Shoii, ilia, she, var. dial. 



