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1. † beal, v. View full entry 1611
...intr. To suppurate, to ‘gather.’ Still in regular use in Scotland....
2. bedder, n.1 View full entry 1611
...One who puts to bed; one who litters cattle....
3. ˈbottle, v.2 View full entry 1611
...To make up (hay) into bottles....
4. † ˈbreward, n. View full entry 1611
...Brim (of a hat); = brerd...
5. † ˈbullfist, n. View full entry 1611
...The fungus called puff-ball (Lycoperdon bovista). ‘Still in use in Suffolk’ Britten and Holland....
6. carling | carline, n.1 View full entry 1611
...Naut. One of the pieces of timber about 5 inches square in section, lying fore and aft under the deck of a ship, with their ends let culvertail-wise into the beams....
7. cheeper, n. View full entry 1611
...That which cheeps, a squeaker; applied esp. to the chicks of partridge and grouse: also a provincial name for the Meadow Pipit, etc....
8. chuffy, adj.2 View full entry 1611
...Fat, swollen or puffed out with fat, esp. of the cheeks; plump-cheeked; chubby....
9. † clumse, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1611
...Benumbed with cold; hence, stupid, dull, stolid of mind; inept of hands, unhandy, unready, idle, lazy; in mod. dial., also, gruff, surly (cf. an ‘awkward’ customer)....
10. † ˈclutterment, n. View full entry 1611
...Crowding, confused and noisy bustle; also concr. that which crowds and confuses a place....
11. ˈcritling, n. View full entry 1611
...(See quot. 16112.) Obs....
12. † ˈdandling, n.2 View full entry 1611
...A dandled child; a fondling, a pet....
13. ˈdeavely | deafly, adj. View full entry 1611
...Lonely, solitary and silent....
14. drape, n.2 and adj. View full entry 1611
...A sheep or cow culled or drafted from the flock or herd to be fatted off for slaughter; esp. a cow or ewe whose milk is dried up or that...
15. earning, n.3 View full entry 1611
...The curdling of milk for cheese....
16. fairish, adj. and adv. View full entry 1611
...Moderately good, passable....
17. † ˈfayer, n. View full entry 1611
...One who cleanses....
18. fruggan, n. View full entry 1611
...(See quots.)...
19. † fuckwind, n. View full entry 1611
...The kestrel. Cf. windfucker1....
20. grubby, adj. View full entry 1611
...Infested with grubs....
