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while NuncheOll is a very small meal, a glass of beer and bit of bread, 

 at 10 or 10.30. and again at 4. 



Nunch. (1) An abbreviation of Nimcheon. N. & S.W. 



(2) " He bain't nothen but a nunch," a poor weakly creature. N.W. 

 Odds. (1) and (2) Add.— S.W. 



Oddy. See Noddy. 



Offal. Pig-meat, i.e., spare-rib, griskin, etc., as opposed to bacon. N.W. 



Oven-lug. Add.—s.w. 



Over-look . Add .— S.W., now nearly obsolete. 

 Owl about. Add : — S.W. 



Painted ladies. Pink-and-white Sweet Peas. N. & S.W. 



Pamper. Add : — " You're pamperin' wi' that lock till you won't be able to 

 turn the key at all presently." S.W. (Deverill.) 



Pan. A cart or waggon drag. — Devizes Gazette, 12th Nov., 1896, p. 3, col. 4. 



N.W. 



Parrock. A paddock or small grass held. Still in use at Deverill. S.W. 

 Parson's Nose. Add .—Also used of a duck's tail S.W. 

 Paxy-Waxy. The thick gristle of beef. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



Pea-Shuck. The shell of a pea. 



* Pelican. A pheasant out of season. "That's what we call hereabouts a 



pelican." — Diogenes' Sandals, p. 142. Known as " Moko " (Macaw) in 

 some counties. S.W. 



Peter-grievous. Add .— Pety-grievous at Deverill. 



Peth. Add : — S.W. 



Pethy. Add .—s.w. 



*Pickady. To point or sharpen a pencil, tool, stick, etc. (Slow.) S.W. 

 Pie Finch. Fringilla coelebs, Chaffinch. 



Pin-awl. A bradawl. S.W. (Salisbury.) 



* Pink-more. A rough kind of grass in the meadows, which cattle refuse, 



probably some kind of Carex. S.W. (Salisbury.) 



Pitch. Add : — (11) ». The quantity of goods exposed by anyone in the 

 market for sale. N. & S.W. 



"A small pitch of cheese." — Local paper, Salisbury. 



Pity. " Her face don't pity her," she doesn't look half as ill as she really is- 



