ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

In addition to what has been said concerning the dialects of the West, in the Observations, &c. it may be noted here that the diphthong oi, is often pronounced like wi. Thus for spoil, we have spwile; for boil, bwile; for point, print; for poison, prison; for soil, swile, &c.

The d is generally omitted in the conjunction and: as, you an I.

The g, in the present participle, is also silent. Thus, instead of loving, we have lovin, for hearing, hearin or hirin; for singing, zingin, &c. And, generally, all words of two or more syllables, ending in our polished dialect in ing, have the g omitted in the Somersetshire pronunciation. Thus, lightning, is lightnin; groaning, groanin; gosling, gozlin, &c. &c.

Again. prep. Against.

.To Auverdro'. v. a. To overthrow.

Bad. adv. Badly.

Bag'inet. s. A bayonet.

Ballet. s. A ballad.

Ban'nut. s. A walnut. Not generally used; only in the Northern parts of the County. Bee'as. s. pl. [Beasts.] Cattle. Only applied to the or tribe, never to sheep.

For Be'edy, read Bee'dy. See the GLOSSARY.
Bisky. s. A biscuit.

It would be scarcely worth while to notice this difference in the word biscuit (twice baked), were it not that its pronunciation approaches nearly to the sound given by the French to cuit, the latter portion of the word the t being entirely omitted in the Somersetshire delivery.

Blath'er. s. A bladder.

To Blath'er. v. n. To talk fast and, in consequence, generally nonsensically; to talk so fast that bladders form at the mouth.

Boar. s. That peculiar head or first flowing of the water from one to two or more feet in height at spring tides, seen in the River Parret, for a few miles below, and also at Bridgewater, and which is seen also in some other rivers.

This word is in Todd's Johnson, and there spelled bore. I prefer the above orthography, because I believe that the word is derived from boar, the animal so called, in consequence of the noise, rushing, and impetuosity of the water. Mr. Todd's definition, notwithstanding the authority of Mr. Burke, is not applicable to the boar to be seen in the River Parret. With this phenomenon I have been familiar from my child

hood. It is curious to contemplate the different opinions of writers on this word, and on the causes of the phenomenon itself. It appears, however, by ST. PIERRE, Euvres, Tome VI. page 234, Hamburgh Edit. 1797, that the phenomenon is not exactly the same in the Seine as in the Parret.

"Cette montagne d'eau est produite par les marées qui entrent de la mer dans la Seine, et la font refluer contre son cours. On l'entend venir de fort loin, surtout la nuit. On l'appelle la Barre, parce qu'elle barre le cours de la Seine. Cette barre est ordinairement suivie d'une seconde barre, encore plus elevée, qui la suit à cent toises de distance. Elles courent beaucoup plus vite qu'un cheval au galop."

St. Pierre's etymology of the word appears to me extremely fanciful. "It is called Bar," says

he, "because it bars the current of the Seine !"

Since the above was written, I have referred to the Encyclopædia Metropolitana, article Bore, and there the Editor does not seem to be more fortunate in his definition or derivation than his predecessors.

Bob'bish. adj. In spirits and health.

Pirty bobbish, pretty well.

Under Bran [See the GLOSSARY] for pice, read piece.

Bruckle. a. [See the GLOSSARY] "My things are but in a bruckle state."-WAVERLY, Vol. II, page 328, Edit. 1821.

To Buck. v. n. To swell out.

Cass'n. Canst not: as, Thee cass'n do it, thou Cass'n't. canst not do it.

It may be as well to observe here what ought, indeed, to have been mentioned in the Observations on the Dialects, that thee, as the nominative for thou, is in very general use in the West; and although thou is occasionally heard, it is by no means so common as its brother pronoun thee.

Catch-corner. s. An amusement correctly designated by its title.

Cla'vy. s. [See the GLOSSARY.]

The term clavy was, most probably, given to that piece of wood, or other material, which is usually laid over the front of the fire-place, because, in most houses of any consideration, even country farm-houses, the keys were formerly, and, indeed, now are very often, suspended on pins or nails driven into it: hence from clavis, Latin, a key, is derived the term clavy-the place where the keys are hung.

Cla'vy-piece. s. A mantel-piece.

Cla'vy-tack. s. The shelf over the mantel-piece. To Collo'gue. v. n. To associate in order to effectuate some improper purpose. Thieves collogue together in order to carry on their depredations effectually.

"But it was hardly possible two such * * rascals should collogue together without mischief to honest people."-Novels and Tales,

by the Author of Waverly, Vol. VIII, Rob Roy, Edit. 1821, page 319.

Collo'gin. s. [g hard] An association for accomplishing some improper purpose.

This and the preceding word are in Todd's Johnson; but there, it is evident, the definition is incorrect.

Colt-ale. s. Literally, ale given by a person who enters upon any new office or employment, to those already in it; but, generally, money paid to be spent in liquor for such purpose. Sometimes called Footing: this meaning of footing ought to be, I think, in Todd's Johnson.

Coop. interj. A word used, very generally, to attract fowls in order that they may be fed.

To Cork. v. a. To make a horse's shoe so that when passing on ice, or on a frozen road, he will not slip.

Craup. preterite of To creep.

Cubby-hole. s. A snug, confined place.
Cute. adj. Sharp, clever.

Dang. interj. This word is always followed by some noun or pronoun, as dang it; dang 'em; sometimes it is preceded by od, as od dang it.

It was formerly a kind of imprecation, implying God hang it; but the present meaning of dang or rather dang it, is little more than expletive; it is rarely, if ever, used in a bad sense. For Dawzin read Daw'zin [See the GLOSSARY.]

RAY, in his Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ,