W. The Very Rev. R. D. Waddilove, D. D. F. S. A., Dean of Ripon. Thomas Wailes, Esq. Newcastle, 2 copies. John Waldie, Esq. Newcastle. John Walker, Esq. Benwell. John Ward, Esq. Durham. John Watson, Esq., Willington, 2 copies. Mr. George Watson, Gateshead, 2 copies. John Williams, Esq. M. P. Barrister at Law. Robert Hopper Williamson, Esq. Recorder of Newcastle, 2 copies. Rev. William Wilson, Rector of Wolsingham. Richard Wilson, Esq. V. P. Soc. Arts & F. S. A. London. Mr. William Wilson, Newcastle. Nathaniel John Winch, Esq. F. L. S. Newcastle. Rev. Thomas Cave Winscom, Warkworth Rectory. John Wood, Esq. Beadnell. Mr. Nicholas Wood, Killingworth. Mr. Benjamin Woodman, Morpeth. The Venerable Archdeacon Wrangham, M. A. F. R. S. The Right Worshipful William Wright, Esq. Mayor of Newcastle. James A. Wright, Esq. Grange. Stephen Wright, Esq. North Shields. W. Wright, Esq. Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn. Mr. Matthew Young, London. Y. A Glossary OF NORTH COUNTRY WORDS IN USE. A. A. It is a striking provincial peculiarity tenaciously to retain this letter in most of the words in which modern English substitutes o, as ain, own, bane, bone, &c.; and in those ending in 77, the two last letters are generally omitted as a' for all, ca' for call, &c. AAC, AIK, YAK, YECK, the oak. Sax. ac, aec. Su.-Got. ek. Germ. eiche. Dut. and Isl. eik. ABACK, behind. Isl. a-bak, backward. ABLINS, perhaps, possibly. V. Tooke and Bouch. ABOON, ABUIN, above. V. Jun. and Bouch. ABRAID, or BRADE, to rise on the stomach with a degree of nausea; applied to articles of diet, which prove disagreeable to the taste, or difficult of digestion. ABREDE, in breadth. Sax. abred-an, to lengthen. ABSTRACT, to take away by stealth.-Borders. B ACKERSPRIT, the premature sprouting of a potatoe, the germination of grain. V. Skin. Jam. and Wilb. ACRE-DALE LANDS, common fields in which different proprietors hold portions of greater or less quantities; from acre, a word common to almost every language, and Sax. dælan, to divide. In ancient times an acre did not signify any determinate quantity; and when at length it came to mean a specific part, the measure still varied, until it was fixed by statute. ADDER-STONES, perforated stones, imagined by the vulgar to be made by the sting of an adder. They are suspended in stables as a charm. ADDIWISSEN, had I known it. An expression nearly obsolete, though still retained by some old persons. It appears to have been formed on that poor excuse, to which silly people are apt to have recourse, when, for want of thought, they have fallen into a difficulty: had I wist, or had I wissen (and in the pronunciation it is as one word, addiwissen), I would not have done so and so. The phrase is of considerable antiquity, occurring in Gascoigne's Hermits Tale, in Gower, and in Holinshed. ers's wages. ADDLE, EDDLE, v. to earn by labour.-ADDLINGS, s. labourSax, edlean, recompense, or requital. Different both in import and source from-ADDLED, a. decayed, impaired, rotten; as, "addle headed,” eggs," Sax. adlean, to be sick or languid. ADGE, adz, an addice. "addled AE, EA, YEA, one, one of several, each. AEWAAS, always. Ees Meggie wi' a glance.-Rood Fair. AFEAR'D, afraid. This word is repeatedly used by Shakspeare, in several of his plays, and I don't remember that afraid occurs more than once. Pure Sax. AFT, behind. The dictionaries call this a sea term, but it is in common use on the banks of the Tyne, and occasionally in other places, in the sense here given, without any relation to nautical subjects. Pure Sax. AG, to cut with a stroke, adopted from Sc. hag, to hew, synonimous with hack. AGATE. Dr. Johnson says, on the way, agoing," but it also means, as well a person recovered from a sick bed, as one who is employed in doing any thing. AGE, v. to grow old, as he ages, he begins to age. Old. AGEAN, against. Old English, agen. AGEE, AJEE, AGYE, awry, uneven. "Let ne'er a new whim ding thy fancy ajee.”—A. Ramsay. Across, “it went all agee.”—Ajar, applied to a door a little open. Burns uses agley, for wrong. AHINT, behind. "To ride a hint." Sax. a-hindan. AIGRE, sour, Fr. aigre, hence ALE-AIGRE, Alegar, sour ale used as vinegar. West. allekar. AIRD. This word as applied to the name of a place means high, as Airdley in Hexhamshire. Br. aird, height. Gael. and Ir. ard, mighty, great and noble. It is also used to describe the quality of a place or field, in which sense it means dry, parched, from Lat. aridus, hence arid. AIRTH, ARF, fearful. "He was airth to do it"—"he's arfish," i. e. afraid. “An airthful night”—a fearful night. Sax. yrhth, fear. AITH AITH, an oath. Moes.-Got. and Sc. AITS, YAITS, YETTS, oats. Sax. ata, ate. AIXES, AXES, a fit or paroxysm of an ague. Used by several old writers. Fr. accez, accez de fievre. ALANTEM, at a distance. Ital. da lontano. Fr. lointain. ALE, a merry meeting, a rural feast. Bride-ale, and churchale are of frequent occurrence in old documents. And their authorities at wakes and Ales, With country precedents, and old wives' tales.-Ben. Jon. ALGATES, an old word synonimous with always, or all manner of ways, and compounded of all and gates, which in the North denote ways. Not obsolete as stated in Todd's Johnson. ALL-A-BITS, all in pieces, in rags. ALL-ALONG-OF, ALL-ALONG-ON, sometimes pronounced Aw- See ELLER. ALLEY, the conclusion of a game at foot-ball, when the ball has passed the boundary.--Dur. Fr. aller. Also a superior sort of marble, made from alabaster. In later times the potteries in the neighbourhood of Newcastle have made an imitation from white clay, termed Pot-alleys, but which are not esteemed any way equal. ALL-HALLOWS, All Saint's day (1st Nov.). It is remarkable, that, whilst the old Popish names, for the other fasts and festivals, such as Christmas, Candlemas, &c. are generally retained throughout England, the northern counties alone continue the use of the ancient name for the festival of AllSaints. See HALLE E'EN. ALWAYS, however, nevertheless. Its use in this sense is common in the North, and also in Scotland. |