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*Sobby. Sodden, as ground soaked with long-continued rain. Op. Sobbled 

 and Sogging-wet. N.W. (Potterne, etc.) 



Solid. Slow, sedate, steady. " Let th' ould mare go main solid, Bill, vor her 

 beant so young as her wur." N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



*Spackei\ adj. Bright, sharp, intelligent. Op. Spact, clever : Cheshire. 



S.W. 



*Spill-8haver. " Spinshavers, or humble dore-beetles." — Diogenes Sandals, 

 p. 90. Probably cockchafers are here intended. S.W. 

 Sprack. Add :■— *(3) Neat, tidy. 



" Used ... in this . . . sense in Wiltshire." — Wise, New 



Forest, Gloss. 



Sprank. Add : — s.w. 



*Sqiiarrib. Scropkularia, Figwort. See Scarybo3US. N.W. (Chip- 

 penham.) 



Squish-gUIl. A syringe. N. & S.W. 



Squy. Asquy. " All squy," crooked, askew. " Thee's dravin thuck there 

 pwost all asquy." N.W. (Potterne). 



Stag. Add .—(2) v. To tear, as the hand on a nail. S.W. 

 *Staniiel Hawk. Falco Tinnunculus, Kestrel. 



Star. Stel laria Holostea, L., Greater Stitchwort. N.W. (Calstone, etc.) 



*Star of Bethlehem, Stellaria Holostea, L„ Greater Stitchwort. N.W. 



(Calstone.) 



Starky. (l) Add — S.W. 



Add : — (2) Brittle. Applied to paper which breaks when it ought not to 

 do so. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



^Statesman. A yeoman. This is in use at Aldbourne, but is no doubt an 



importation from the North of England. 

 Steart. (1) Add : — Compare Start, a stalk, etc., as — " Short shank, or short 

 start. Pomme de cour pendu, an excellent apple." — Cot grave. 

 (2) Add .—S.W. 



Steg. To tear, to rend. S.W. 

 " My Sunday toggery ... is staigged an torr'd."— Ben Sloper at 

 tha Manoovers, p. 24. 



Stem. (1) Add : — " William Dear's boy by the stem 3 weeks Is. 6d."— Old- 

 Rate Booh, Rarnham. 



(2) See Water-stem. 

 Stepple. Add — s.w. 



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