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*Horse-COnber. A rude boisterous girl. — Notes and Queries, 6th Aug, 1881. 

 This is unknown to us, but may be intended for " Horse-comber," which 

 might very well be applied to a masculine girl. 



"^Horse-peppermint. Ajuga reptans, L., Bugle. N.W. (Calstone.) 



Huck-doWU. Add .—Still in use in S. Wilts. 



Huckmuck. (1) Add : — A kind of wickerwork strainer used in domestic 

 brewing. S.W. (Deverill.) 



(3) Add .—A muddle. (Hist, of Chipp.J 



Hud. Add .— *(5) " A game of Hud," Hide-and-seek. N.W. (Potterne.) 



Hudrnedud. Add : — (3) " I've got my hudmeduds on," my worst or old 

 clothes. N.W. (Grittleton, Brinkworth, etc.) 



*Humble -COUl-bug. The Humble bee. Formerly used about Devizes. 



N.W. 



Hunch about. Add : — Used of a cow thrusting with her horns. N.W. 



Hurdles. "There are ten 'sails' to each 'wattle hurdle'; the rods across 

 are fixed by shackles, or ' raves ' ; and a hole, called a ' twilley ' hole, is left 

 in the centre of each hurdle for the insertion of the ' shore,' or pole, on which 

 the shepherds carry them. The usual height for sheep- wattles is three feet." 

 — Diogenes' Sandals, p. 90. 



At Clyffe Pypard the hole in the centre is simply the " stake -hole." 



Also see under Fold-sail, Fold-shore, Fossel, Hurdle-shore, Raves, Sails, 

 Shackle, Shore (2), Wreaths. 



Imitate. Add .— S.W. (Deverill, etc.) 



Inamost. Very nearly. " Vrim every varm inamoast within vive an twenty 

 mile." — Ben Sloper at tha Manoovers, p. 20. N. & S,W. 



Ire. Iron (A.B.). This form of the word is worth noting, from its frequent 

 occurrence in the old parish accounts, as in those of St. Thomas, Sarum : — 

 " 1688—9, 141b Iron and altering the Irework of a bell 9s." N. & S.W. 



Iron. Weight, " heft," S.W. (Shrewton.) 



A timber cutter, on throwing a large beech tree, remarked, " One wouldn't 



a thought there were so much iron in un." 

 Jacky-pig. (1) A pig. Jakkypig.— Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 



1881. Used by children in N. & S. Wilts, and probably a form of 



" Chucky-pig." 



(2) Sometimes applied to a boar. S.W. (Shrewton.) 



Jag. (1) Add : — "Oats . . . sown early on good ground, promise to be 



well jagged." — Devizes Gazette, 22nd June, 1S93, p. 5. 

 Jarl. Add .—Jowl at Deverill, S.W. 



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