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Contributions ioicards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



All-pussy. The sign " &," or " Ampassy," at the end of the alphabet in the 

 old spelling-books, was usually known as and-pUSSy in Wilts, and was 

 popularly supposed to represent a pussy-cat sitting up. N. & S.W., obsolete. 



As. That. Sometimes re-duplieated, thus, " I don't know as how as I can 

 go." N. & S.W. 



At. (1) "Add : — S.W. (2) Add:— S.W. 



(3) " At cart," carrying or hauling, the word " wheat," " hay," " dung," etc., 

 as the case may be, being prefixed. " At rip," reaping. N. & S.W. 



Athert-and -acrOSS. Crossing in several directions. " In th' inside o' the 

 spire there's braces athert an' across." N. & S.W. 



Attiert-asquint. Across anything in a diagonal direction. To plough a 

 square field straight across from side to side would be to do it " athert," 

 while to plough it from corner to corner diagonally would be " athert - 

 asquint." There is a three-cornered piece of ground in Dauntsey Wood, 

 which is known as the" Squint-piece." N. & S.W. 



Avish. (A broad.) Half-witted, silly. (Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 1881.) 

 Aa vish or Haa vish at Civile Pypard, where it is commonly used of 

 children who are of weak intellect, silly, or spoilt, especially the latter. N.W. 



Back-friends. Add .— *Back-fringe at Chippenham. (Hist, of 



Chipjp.) 



Back-Side. Add .—Still applied to a backyard in S. Wilts. 

 Badger's flower. Allium ursinum, It., Eansoms. N. W. (Calstone.) 



Bad, Bod. Add .—(2) n. The outer shell of the walnut. N.W. (Glouc.bord.) 

 Bake. (1) and (2) Add .— N.W." 



(4) v. To toast bread. " Bake I a bit o' bread, do'ee, now, mother ! " 



Invariably so used in N. Wilts. 

 Bake-flillt. " Biak-vlints," the white shelly flints found on the thin stony 



pared land, or " bake," on the downs. S.W. (Shrewton.) 



Bakky-Lamb. A sheep. (Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 1881.) At 



Shrewton commonly used by or to children in speaking of sheep. S.W. 

 *Bald-rib. A cut of meat, taken rather lower down than the spare-rib, and 



not having any fat in it. N.W. (Glouc. bord., occasionally.) 



BaillS. Add : — Also applied to leather leggings reaching up the thigh. 



StraW-baHlS and Hay-bams, make-shift leggings of straw or hay 



ropes twisted round the legs, often used in snow or very wild rough weather. 



N. & S.W. 



When the Wilts Volunteers were first enrolled, it is said that some of 

 the raw recruits failed to respond to the orders " Eight — Left," being 



