Provincial Words

One last word

The penultimate post in my provincial words series

Scawt, to push backwards, Berks.Schram’d, chilled, “knit up with cold”.Scriggle, scrawl.Scroop, to make a screwing noise.Shard, a gap.Shirty, angry.Showel, a

Paddle, a spud.Pank, pant, to breathe hard.Panshards, crocks, broken pots.Pelt, skin, as “thick in the pelt”.Piggin, a small pail.Pip, a

Main, almost, as” main tired”.Maur (Celtic), a root, “stool-maur”, “tree-stool”.Mazin, astonishing.Mawkin, a long mop used in baking, Berks.Mazard, a face.Measter,

Gabbern, roomy, comfortless, Wilts.Galley-beggar, a scarecrow.Gied, gave.Gna’-pooast, a niggardly fellow.Green-meat, green food for horses.Grouts, grits, dregs. Haggle, to banter in

Darn, a threat, “darn”, “dash”, and “drat”, I have heard used as a kind of threat.Dawnt, to frighten, “dawnt or

Ackard, awkward, “trimming ackard”.Aish, stubble “oat-ash”.Aneust, “nearst”, nearly, Berks. Bitle, a wedge-driverBout, a pause in wrestling.Brashy, applied to rough, pebbly