| aggie | A type of highly-prized playing marble made of agate or variegated glass resembling agate; = agate n. 6. | 1896 | Go To Quotation |
| barkle | To cake, encrust (with dirt, etc.). | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| boss | = boss-shot n. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| cheapie | Something cheap (senses 1a, 4a and 5a); a thing of little value or of poor quality. spec.… | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| come-all-ye | (See quots.). | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| cosy | intr. To be comfortable, snug. Obs. dial. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| gramp | A colloq. or dial. substitute for grandfather. | 1898 | Go To Quotation |
| grike | A crack or slit in rock, a ravine in a hill-side; spec. in Geol., a fissure between clints (clint n. 1b). | 1781 | Go To Quotation |
| grizzle | trans. and intr. To fry, frizzle, over-cook. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| grizzler | One who frets or grumbles. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| grizzly | Inclined to grizzle or complain whiningly; fretful, fractious, peevish. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| gutful | = belly-ful n. | 1900 | Go To Quotation |
| huffkin | A kind of tea-cake made chiefly in Kent. | 1790 | Go To Quotation |
| jumped | jumped-up: that has newly or suddenly risen in status or importance (often with an… | 1835 | Go To Quotation |
| kibble | That which is produced by kibbling, esp. (a small piece of) coarsely ground cereal or grain. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| lerky | In the Nottinghamshire area, the local name of a children's game (see quot. 1902). | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| linky | Having the character or appearance of links. | 1859 | Go To Quotation |
| maddie | A mad or foolish person, a lunatic. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| minge | The female genitals; pubic hair. Hence allusively: women, regarded collectively as objects of sexual gratification. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| muck-spreading | The action or activity of distributing manure over farmland. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| nag | trans. and intr. orig. and chiefly Brit. regional. To gnaw, to nibble. Also fig. | 1727 | Go To Quotation |
| niff | A smell, esp. a disagreeable one. Also fig. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| niffy | Having a strong smell, esp. an unpleasant one. Also as n. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| oam | Steam, vapour, condensation; warm steamy air, heat haze; (also) an aroma of cooking. | 1727 | Go To Quotation |
| ormering | The collecting of ormers. Freq. attrib. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| orming | Tall and awkward; ungainly; (also) gawping, staring. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| outen-towner | A person living outside the town. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| ovesting | The action of feeding on acorns and mast. | 1903 | Go To Quotation |
| padfoot | A highwayman who robs on foot; = footpad n. Now rare. | 1847 | Go To Quotation |
| perskeet | Fastidious, pernickety, meticulous; demanding. Also: prim, prissy, prudish. Cf. perjink adj. | 1897 | Go To Quotation |
| plod | orig. Eng. regional. A story, tale, or yarn; an excuse. Now rare. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| progger | A butcher's spike or knife; (also gen.) any sharp implement used for stabbing or piercing. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| pulser | Eng. regional. = pulsometer n. 3. rare. | 1902 | Go To Quotation |
| ranty | Wildly excited; riotous, boisterous, lively; bad-tempered, inclined to rant, characterized by ranting. | 1783 | Go To Quotation |
| roughie | A rough or rowdy person; a troublemaker; a bully. | 1818 | Go To Quotation |
| screeve | pass. Of horses: To have the legs split apart in running on ice. | 1868 | Go To Quotation |
| scrumpy | Rough cider, made from small or unselected apples. Also attrib. in scrumpy cider. | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| scrunchy | That scrunches; that emits a crisp, crunching sound when crushed. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| scuddy | A naked child. Also, an unfledged bird. | 1815 | Go To Quotation |
| shammock | intr. To walk with a shambling or unsteady gait; to slouch; to dawdle; to idle about. | 1857 | Go To Quotation |
| shillet | = shale n. Also attrib. | 1777 | Go To Quotation |
| shivereens | With pl. concord. Fragments, small pieces. | 1855 | Go To Quotation |
| 'side | aphetic Scottish form of aside prep. | 1810 | Go To Quotation |
| sleaze | dial. (See quots.) ? Obs. | 1777 | Go To Quotation |
| slogger | intr. To hang loosely; to go about untidily, etc. | 1888 | Go To Quotation |
| smooch | intr. To sneak, creep; to wander or prowl round (somewhere). | 1904 | Go To Quotation |
| smutchless | Unsmirched. | 1853 | Go To Quotation |
| snape | A check to growth; a change to cold or bad weather. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| stug | A stab, thrust. | 1808 | Go To Quotation |
| tack | = tackle n. 1. dial. Obs. | 1777 | Go To Quotation |
| tempery | Short-tempered. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| thunge | ‘A loud, hollow sound’; ‘a heavy blow or fall producing such a sound’. | 1849 | Go To Quotation |
| twit | A fault or entanglement in a thread, which hinders the process of spinning or weaving. | 1819 | Go To Quotation |
| up-bank | Upwards. north. dial. | 1760 | Go To Quotation |
| up-stroke | dial. The upshot, end, or conclusion. | 1828 | Go To Quotation |
| visgy | = bisgay n. | 1777 | Go To Quotation |
| whew | A hurry; esp. in phr. all of a whew, in a hurry, impatient or excited. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| whipsy-derry | A contrivance for hoisting (esp. ore in shallow mines), consisting of a derrick with a… | 1865 | Go To Quotation |
| whizzo | An exclamation expressing delight. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
| wick | An act of wicking: see wick v., and cf. inwick n. | 1823 | Go To Quotation |
| yaffle | A handful; an armful, esp. (in Newfoundland) of dried fish or kindling. | 1842 | Go To Quotation |
| yite | The yellow-hammer, Emberiza citrinella. | 1812 | Go To Quotation |
| york | Something used to tie a trouser leg beneath the knee. Usu. pl. | 1905 | Go To Quotation |
