old-fashioned fire-places, against which the polished fire-irons generally hang: sometimes it is 'spattled' or else picked out with white lines on a black ground. See Spattled (2).-PULVERBATCH; ELLESMERE. 'W'y look 'ow yo'n collowed yore face! as if yo'd newly comen down the chimley and kissed the aister. Cf. Backaister. 'As black as the aister,' is a phrase employed to express any sooty, grimy appearance. Lambarde in his Perambulation of Kent, ed. 1596, p. 562, says that this word was in his time nearly obsolete in Kent, but that it was retained in Shropshyre and other parts.' See for this, aister in Hal., ed. 1855. O.Fr. astre, aistre, foyer; cheminée. Mot d'origine inconnue.—BUR.

(2) sb. var. pr. Easter.-PULVERBATCH ; LUDLOW.

AITCH [aich], sb. a paroxysm of suffering, as in cases of intermittent disorder; a turn of illness. Qy. com. They tell'n me as poor owd Matty Roberts is mighty bad.' Aye 'er's uset to these aitches every spring an' fall.' Fainting-aitches are attacks of faintness. Hot and cold aitches, alternations of heat and chill in feverish maladies.

""Now swete," seide alisaundrine "seie me in what wise
þat þat hache be haldes & how it be takes?"

"I-wisse," seide william "i wol it nouzt layne,
sum-time it hentis me wip hete as hot as ani fure,

but quicliche so kene a cold comes per-after."

William of Palerne, 1. 905.

A.S. ace, ache; pain; ece, ace, an unpleasant feeling; an ache. AITHER [aidhur'], pron. either.-LUDLOW; NEWPORT. Qy. com. A.S. ægper, either.

'Chese on aither hand,

Whether the lever ware

Sink or stille stande.'

Sir Tristrem, p. 154, in HAL.

AITREDAN [a'y tr'i'dan"], PULVERBATCH; CLEE HILLS, sb. a mad-cap frolic; a foolish prank.

aitredan or other."

'I warrand yo' bin off now on some wild

ALD [:aul'd and :aud], v. a. to hold.-CORVE DALE.

'Curatus resident thai schul be,
And ald houshold oponly.'

JOHN AUDELAY's Poems, p. 33. ALE [ail], ale. Com. [ai-h'l], LUDLOW, Burford. [eel; yi''u'l], NEWPORT. [yae'l], CORVE DALE; BRIDGNORTH. [yu'l'], CORVE DALE. ALE-HOOF [ail'oof"], sb. Nepéta Glechoma, ground ivy.-CORVE DALE; BRIDGNORTH. 'Ground Iuy,' says Gerarde, 'is commended against the humming noyse and ringing sound of the eares being put into them;' as a remedie against the Sciatica or ache in the huckle bone,' and for any griefe whatsoeuer in the eyes.' After relating these and other vertues' of this 'herbe,' he goes on to say: 'The women of our Northerne parts, especially about Wales and Cheshire, do tunne the herbe ale-hoof into their ale; but the reason thereof I know not: notwithstanding without all controuersie it is most singular against

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the griefes aforesaid: being tunned vp in ale and drunke, it also purgeth the head from rheumaticke humors flowing from the brain.' -Herball, Bk. II., p. 856.

ALE-POSSET [ail'posi't], sb. milk curdled by pouring old beer' into it when at boiling point. The whey strained from the curd, spiced, sweetened, and taken piping hot,' is considered a specific in cases of cold.-PULVERBATCH. Qy. com. 'Jack, you had better take care of that cold, I'll make you an ale-posset to night.' Thank yo’, Missis, that'll tak' car o' me, nod the coud.' W. poset, curdled milk. ALE-SCORE [ail'skoa ur'], sb. a debt at the ale-house.-SHREWSBURY; PULVERBATCH; ELLESMERE. Qy. com. Tum's a cliver workman an' gets good money, but agen 'e's paid 'is ale-score every wik theer inna much lef' to tak' wham.’

Jack Cade. There shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score.'-2 K. Henry VI., IV. ii. 80.

'Score a pint of bastard in the half-moon.'

1 K. Henry IV., II. iv. 29.

According to Wedgwood, score was originally a notch, then from the custom of keeping count by cutting notches on a stick, account, reckoning, number, the specific number of twenty as being the number of notches it was convenient to make on a single stick; when that number was complete the piece on which they were made was cut off [Fr. taillée] and called a tally.

'Jack Cade. And whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used.'-2 K. Henry VI., IV. v. 38.

A.S. sceran, to shear; to cut; pp. gescoren, shorn.

ALHALONTID [u'lal untid], sb., obs. the time of the 'Festival of All-Saints,' All-hallows.-WORTHIN.

'Men shulle fynde but fewe roo-bukkys whan that they be passed two zeer that thei ne have mewed hure heedys by alhalwentyd.'— MS. Bodl. 546, in HAL.

Set trees at alhallontide and command them to prosper; set them after Candlemas and entreat them to grow.'-RAY's Proverbs, p. 40. ALL-ALONG [aul'u'lung'], phr. from the first.-LUDLOW. "E's bin comin' all alung.'

ALL-ALONG-ON, prep. owing to; in consequence of. Com. 'James France ticed the poor chap; it wuz all alung on 'im as 'e wuz i̇' the Public.'

'Bot if it is along on me

Of þat ze vnauanced be,

Or elles it be long on 30v,

The sope schal be proued nov.'

JOHN GOWER (A.D. 1393), Confessio Amantis, Bk. V.

Specim. Early Eng., xx. 1. 55.

A.S. gelang, along of, owing to. Cf. Along of.

ALL AS IS IS THIS, phr. it comes to this.-CLUN; Herefd. Border. Now Tum, all as is is this; if yo' dunna stop a-wham an' be tidy I mun lave yo'! so now yo' knowen.'

ALL AS ONE, phr. all the same. Com. 'It's all as one to me.'
ALL-A-YOCK, phr. all awry.—WELLINGTON.

ALLELUIA [al'i'loo'yu'], sb. Genista tinctoria, dyer's green-wood.
-PULVERBATCH. See Cuckoo's meat.

ALL OF A POP, phr. swampy. 'That theer end o' the yord's
all of a pop wuth las' neet's rain.'-WEM.

ALL OF A QUOB, phr. this expression, often used when speaking of
boggy land, is sometimes also employed to denote that peculiar condition
in the body of a calf or sheep which has been struck, i.e. died of a kind
of apoplectic fit, where the extravasated blood can be felt under the
skin by pressure of the hand on the parts affected. See Quob.
ALL ONE, phr. same as All as one. Com. The phrase 'it is all
one to me' is seen in its earliest shape, al me is an, in the Legend of St.
Margaret (A.D. 1200, circa), p. 5, E. E. T. S.: Sources of Standard
English, p. 116.

ALL ON END, phr. in confusion; disorder.-LUDLOW. 'Them
things bin all on end agen, I see.'

ALONG [u'lung], adv. to send anything along' is to send it home, or to some place named.-CHURCH STRETTON. Qy. com. 'Shall I send the mutton alung now, ma'am?'

ALONG OF, same as All along on. Com.

'Her. You, mistress, all this coil is long of you.'

Mid. Night's Dream, III. ii. 339. AMAISTER [u'mais tur'], v. a., obsols. to teach.-CLUN, Herefd. Border. An old man near Leintwardine, speaking of his schoolmaster, said, ''E used to amaister me, Sir.' The term is now [1876] rarely heard.

AMEN-CLERK, sb., obs. a parish clerk. Pegge, under clerk,'
Anecdotes of the English Language, p. 318, says, 'Called amen-clerk in
some places, and in Essex church-clerk.' It may be inferred that the
term amen-clerk' was used in one place, at any rate in Shropshire,
from the following entry in the Parish Register of Hopton Castle :-
'Anno Domi, 1636.

'Richardus Beb Amenclericus sepultus maij primo.'
AMPLE [am pl], adj., pec. complete, perfect.-WEM. 'It wuz all in
ample order agen they comen back.' Cf. Imple.

AMPOT [am pu't], sb. a hamper.-SHREWSBURY; PULVERBATCH ;
WORTHEN; ELLESMERE. Qy. com. 'Poor Dick ŏŏd think it a poor
Chris'mas if 'e didna 'ave 'is ampot; I al'ays start it toërt New
y's tit' towards New-year's-tide.

AN' [an], conj. and. Com. A.S. and.

.. gode lawes.

He dede-maken, an ful wel holden.'-Havelok the Dane, 1. 29. ANCIENT [ain'shunt], adj. precocious, wise-like; said of children. Com. Patty wuz a mighty nice little wench, 'er went about things so stiddy an' ancient. Of such children it is frequently observed that they are too ancient to live.' ANCLER [angklur'], sb. an ancle. Com. 'The Maister's bin laid up above a wik ŏŏth a kench in 'is ancler, an they sen as it 'll be a wik or nine days lunger afore 'e'll be about agen.' 'Talus ancleow' occurs in Archbp. Elfric's Vocabulary, x cent., and Mr. Wright says that the word ancleow continued in use in the English language till the fifteenth century.' See Wr. Vocabs., vol. i. p. 44. Ancler is probably a corruption of this old form. A.S. ancle, ancleo, an ancle. ANDIRONS [an di'unz], sb.pl., obsols, ornamental iron 'uprights' placed at each end of the open hearth in old houses, serving as rests for the two iron bars, which meeting at an obtuse angle in the centre of the hearth, support the logs of the wood fire.-CLUN. Andirons, or, as they are quite as often called, andogs, may still [1875] be seen in use, though there are but few examples of them remaining.

1447, item a pare of andirons.'-Parish Accounts of Ludlow. One paire of landirons headed with brass.'-Inventory . . . Owlbury Manor House, Bishop's Castle, 1625.

.... her andirons—

I had forgot them-were two winking Cupids

Of silver, each on one foot standing, nicely
Depending on their brands.'-Cymbeline, ÏI. iv. 88.

O.Fr. landier. Landiron shews the Fr. article prefixed. In the Fr. landier, the l also stands for le. Cf. Cobbits.

ANDOGS [andok's], sb. pl., obsols. same as Andirons.-CLUN. For some interesting remarks on andirons and andogs, see Hal.

ANEEND [u'neen'd], same as Anind.--NEWPORT.

ANEW [u'noo], same as Anow.-PULVERBATCH. Qy. com. 'On kneis he faucht, felle Inglismen he slew;

Till hym thar socht may fechtaris than anew.'

HENRY THE MINSTREL (A.D. 1461, circa), Wallace, Bk. I.
Specim. Eng. Lit., vi. l. 324.

ANIGH [u'nei'], adv. near.—NEWPORT; WEM. 'The doctor never come anigh,'

ANIND [u'nind], adv. on end; upright.-PULVERBATCH.

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mar aived [heaved] 'er two for' fit i' the ar an' stud anind bout uprit,'er wuz that frangy.'

ANOTHER GUESS SORT [u'nudh'ur'gis sor't], phr. a different sort; generally taken in the sense of 'better.'-PULVERBATCH. Ah! the poor oud Missis wuz another gis-sort o' body to 'er daughter-law, 'er'd al'ays summat to 'elp out a poor family, but this 'as nuthin to spar throm 'er finery.' Wright says in his Prov. Dict. another guess' was a word in common use in the latter half of the seventeenth century. 'H'as been a student in the Temple this three years, another ghess fellow than this, I assure you.'-Durfey. Madam Fickle, 1682..

ANOW [u'nou], adj. plural form of enough.'-SHREWSBURY; PULVERBATCH. Han yo' done anow o' tatoes? Yo' know'n as theer's the jiner an' 'is lad for dinner.'

'He kest the bor doun hawes anowe,

And com himself doun bi a bowe.'

'Servile letters anow.'

Sevyn Sages, 921, in HAL.

MILTON, A.D. 1644. Areopagitica, p. 40. A.S. genóh, sufficient. According to Mr. Oliphant, genóh gave place to innoh about A.D. 1120. Forty years later, about 1169, the combination 'oh' began to change to that of ou,' and innoh became inou. See Sources of Standard English, pp. 71, 80. Cf. Anew. ANTY-TUMP [an'ti'tump'], sb. an ant-hill.-CLEE HILLS. "E raved an' tore like a bŭll at a anty-tump.'

ANUNST, ANUNGST [u'nun'st]. Com. [u'nungst], OSWESTRY. prep. opposite to; against. Generally used in combination with the word 'right.' 'If yo'n follow the rack alung that green leazow, yo'n see a stile right anunst yo', an' theer's a fut-road taks yo' straight to 'abberley.'

'And right anenst him a dog snarling-er.'

BEN JONSON (A.D. 1610), Alchymist, Act II. Anunst seems to be merely a variety of anenst, which, though recorded by Ash as obsolete,' still obtains in several dialects. A.S. anemn = anefen, which see in STRAT. Cf. Right forenungst.

ANVILE [anvei·l], sb., var. pr. an anvil.-CHURCH STRETTON. A.S. anfilt, an anvil.

APPARN [apur'n], sb. an apron. Com. 'Poor owd Anna wuz a tidy ŏŏman, yo' never sid'n 'er ŏŏth a dirty cap or apparn.'

. . . And therewith to wepe

She made, and with her napron feir and white ywash She wyped soft her eyen for teris that she outlash.' CHAUCER, Beryn, Prol. 31, in WEDG. O.Fr. naperon, grande nappe.-ROQUEFORT. O.Fr. nape, nappe; de mappa, avec changement de m en n.-BUR. Mappula, bearm-clað vel rægl. Archbp. Elfric's Vocabulary, x cent. in Wr. Vocabs., vol. i. p. 26.

Barmeclothe or naprun, Limas. The Medulla explains limas to be vestis que protenditur ab umbilico usque ad pedes, quá utuntur servi coci et femine. Anglice, barm cloth.'-Prompt. Parv. and Notes. APPARNTLE [apur'ntl], sb., obs.? an apron-ful.—PULVERBATCH. 'W'eer'n'ee bin laisin', Peggy? Yo'n got a good burn.' 'I' the paas'ns piece; theer wuz pretty pickin', I've got whad yo' sin, an' a good apparntle o' short ears, as Jack's took wham.' Cf. Hantle. APPLE-FOOT [ap-l-fut], sb. an apple pasty or turn-over.'-PULVERBATCH; WEM. The plural form of the term is 'applefit,' but it is a stroke of rustic wit to call them crab-toes,' more especially when sugar has been sparingly used, and the apples in them are sour. They are often given to the men' for their bait.' 'Now, Dick, bin yo' gwein to get any bayye?' W' a'n 'ee got?' 'Apple fut.' 'I