GLOSSARY
ABBREVIATIONS |
adj. |
adjective |
advb. |
adverb |
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pa.t. |
past tense |
pr.p. |
present participle | |
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pr.t. |
present tense |
p.p. |
past participle |
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prep. |
preposition |
pron. |
pronoun |
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sb. |
substantive |
sb.pl. |
substantive plural |
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a’, pron. |
he. |
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afore, advb. |
formerly. |
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afore, prep. |
before. |
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ashlar, sb. |
dressed hewn stone. |
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avore, advb. |
beforehand. |
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backalong, advb. |
back. |
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beer-blown, adj. |
fat from beer swilling. |
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beetling, adj. |
overhanging. |
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bo-fet, sb. |
corner display cupboard for china and glass. |
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chammer, sb. |
room. |
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chimney-crooks, sb.pl. |
hooks for cooking. |
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clane, advb. |
completely. |
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clothes-horse, sb. |
drying frame. |
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coddled, adj. |
water-sodden. |
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coigns, sb. |
projecting viewing points. |
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collier, sb. |
coal-barge. |
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copings, sb.pl. |
courses of stone or brick. |
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corbels, sb.pl. |
supporting projections. |
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coulter, sb. |
blade of a plough-share. |
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daps, sb. |
copy. |
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delf, sb. |
Delft glazed pottery. |
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dummy, sb. |
blockhead, idiot. |
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elf, sb. |
tricksy creature (esp. child). |
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‘en/’n, pron. |
him. |
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epiderm, sb. |
surface. |
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fag-end, sb. |
last remnant. |
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fainéans, sb.pl. |
idlers. |
fantast, sb. |
a person given to fantasies. |
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felloe, sb. |
exterior rim of a wheel or part of it. |
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fly, sb. |
fast horse-drawn carriage let out for hire. |
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gallied, adj. |
frightened. |
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geologic, adj. |
geological. |
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git, vb. |
get. |
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grammer, sb. |
grandmother. |
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half-risible, adj. |
half-laughing. |
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huddied, vb.pa.t. |
hid. |
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instauration, sb. |
renewal. |
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jade, sb. |
hussy, minx, coquette. |
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kimberlins, sb.pl. |
strangers, aliens. |
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landau, sb. |
four-wheeled carriage. |
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lerret, sb. |
boat suitable for heavy seas, used around Portland. |
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lingual, adj. |
pertaining to language. |
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linkman, sb. |
man employed to carry a torch. |
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mask-figure, sb. |
masquerader, one wearing a mask. |
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masking, adj. |
disguised. |
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metempsychosis, sb. |
passage of the soul from one body to the other. |
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mid, vb. |
might. |
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mullions, sb.pl. |
vertical bars. |
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mumm, vb. |
act in dumb show, mime. |
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nitch, sb. (in phr. pitched his nitch) |
threw down his bundle. |
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nympholepsy, sb. |
ecstasy or frenzy. |
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opened (up), vb.pa.t. |
disclosed. |
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organisation, sb. |
physical and mental constitution. |
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ossify, vb. |
harden (fig.). |
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petite, adj. |
slight, small. |
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petrifications, sb.pl. |
fossils. |
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pipe-light, sb. |
twist of paper, spill. |
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popple-stone, sb. |
pebble. |
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pourparlers, sb.pl. |
informal discussions. |
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quatrefoils, sb.pl. |
four-leaved shapes. |
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rasp, sb. |
erosion. |
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risibility, sb. |
inclination to laugh. |
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scarp, sb. |
steep face of a hill. |
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shure, advb. |
indeed. |
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slopping, sb. |
splashing. |
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spaking-tube, sb. |
speaking tube. |
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spawls, sb.pl. |
chips of stone. |
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squatted, p.p. |
crushed. |
stonen, adj. |
stone. |
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sublimed, adj. |
elevated, refined, purified. |
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subserving, adj. |
subservient. |
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sultanic, adj. |
despotic. |
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svelte, adj. |
graceful, slender. |
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thrue, adj. |
true. |
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tine, vb. |
close. |
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trouvaille, sb. |
lucky find, windfall. |
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wadden, vb. |
was not. |
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wedden, sb. |
wedding. |
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well, adj. |
lucky. |
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wold, adj. |
old. |