254 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



Mushroom. An overhanging head of snuff in a candle. N. & S.W. 



Must. Add : — In S. Wilts this game is called Duck, q.v. 



Name. To "name" a child is to baptise it privately. "He wurnt ever 

 chrisened, only named." N. & S.W. 



Nannyfudget. a nervous effeminate fidgetty person, — Notes and Queries, 



6th Aug., 1881. Op. Nunny-fudgy. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



NaWSt. Near, hereabout.— Notes and Queries, 6th Aug , 1881 . See N CUSt. 



NeWSy. Greedy of gossip and scandal. N. & S.W. 



Next akin to nothing. Add .—S.W. 



Niggle. To find unnecessary fault with, to complain about trifles, to pick 

 holes in a thing. N.W. 



Nincum. A booby. N. & S.W. 



Ninnyhammer. A simpleton. N. & S.W. 



Nippy. Add: — (2) Sharp, quick. " She's terble nippy on young rabbits. " 



—Diogenes' Sandals, p. 96. 

 Noddy. Add : — This may be the negative form of Oddy, vigorous. 



Nog. (1) Add : — Also used of a small piece of bread, cheese, etc. Nug 

 is a S. Wilts form. 



(2) Nogs, the projecting handles of a scythe. S.W. (Deverill.) 



Nolens Vol ens. Add : — At Deverill to do a thing " vorus norus " is to do 

 it negligently, not caring whether you damage it in the handling or not. 

 Forum-Snorum, q.v., is given as meaning rude, boisterous, in the list 

 in Notes and Queries. 



No-notlOn. "A no-notion chap," a stupid fellow. " A no-nation place," one 

 that is very much out of the way. N. & S.W. 



Noodle along. Add s.w. 



Noodly . adj. Foolish. An old woman at Salisbury said she wanted a proper 

 bonnet, not one of the little " noodly " fashionable things in the shop windows. 



S.W. 



Norman. An Alderney cow. S.W. (Shrewton.) 



Nubblins. Small lumps of coal. N.W. 

 Numfudge. "That's all numfudge," i.e., rot, bosh. In common use about 



Trowbridge. Cp. Nunny fudging. N.W. 



Nummet. Add .—Sometimes called Nemmy in S. Wilts. The Eev. 

 G-. Hill says that about Salisbury Nammet is the twelve o'clock dinner, 



