Yel-spear. s. An instrument for catching eels.

Yes. s. An earthworm.

Yokes. s. pl. Hiccups.
Yourn. pron. Yours.

Z.

SEE the observations which precede the letter S, relative to the change of that letter to Z. Zât. adj. Soft.

Za'tenfare. adj. Softish: applied to the intellects. To Zam. v. a. To heat for sometime over the fire, but not to boil.

Zam'zod.

adj. Any thing heated for a long Zam'zodden. time in a low heat so as to be in part spoiled, is said to be zamzodden.

Conjecture, in etymology, may be always busy. It is not improbable that this word is a compound of semi, Latin, half; and to seethe, to boil: so that Zamzodden will then mean, literally, half-boiled.

Zand. s. Sand.

Zandy. adj. Sandy.

Zand-tot. s. A sand-hill.

To Zee. v. a. pret. and part. Zid. To see.
Zeeäd. s. Seed.

Zeeäd-lip. See SEED-LIP.

Zel. pron. Self.

Zen'vy. s. Wild mustard.

It is often very difficult to trace cor- rupted and contracted words to their sources.

This word has, by some etymologist, been supposed a derivation from sainfoin; but sainfoin is not mustard. The true etymology will be seen at once in sénevé, French, from sinapi, Latin, contracted and corrupted to Zenvy, Somersetian.

Zilker. s. See SILKER.

Zog. s. Soft, boggy land; moist land.
Zoggy. adj. Boggy; wet.

To Zuf'fy. v. n. See To SUFFY.

Zug'gers! interj. This is a word, like others of the same class, the precise meaning of which it is not easy to define. I confess,that I cannot define it with any satisfaction to myself. Idare say it is a composition of two, or more words, greatly corrupted in pronunciation. Zull. s. The instrument used for ploughing land; a plough.

Zunz. adv. Since.

Zum'met. pron. Somewhat; something.

To Zwail. v. n. To move about with the arms extended, and up and down.

To Zwang. v. a. and v. n. To swing; to move to and fro.

Zwang. s. A swing.

To Zwell. v.a. Toswell; to swallow. See To SWELL. Zwod'der. s. A drowsy and stupid state of body or mind.

Derived, most probably, from sudor,

Latin, a sweat.

POEMS,

AND

OTHER PIECES,

EXEMPLIFYING THE

DIALECT

OF THE

County of Somerset.

Notwithstanding the Author has endeavoured, in the Observations on the Dialects of the West, and in The Glossary, to obviate the difficulties under which strangers to the dialect of Somersetshire may, very possibly, labour in the perusal of the following Poems, it may be, perhaps, useful here to remind the reader, that many mere inversions of sound, and differences in pronunciation, are not noted in the Glossary. That it did not appear necessary to explain such words as wine, wind; wordle, world; zâ, say; qut, coat; bwile, boil; hoss, horse; hirches, riches; and many others, which it is presumed the context, the Observations, or the Glossary, will sufficiently explain. The Author, therefore, trusts, that by a careful attention to these, the reader will soon become au fait at the interpretation of these Westcountry LIDDENS.

GOOD BWYE TA THEE COT.

IF I could bid thee, pleasant shade, farewell
Without a sigh, amidst whose circling bowers
My stripling prime was pass'd, and happiest hours
Dead were I to the sympathies that swell
The human breast.

BOWLES.

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