Cow-rake;} A scraper, from coal and rake.

Coum, A valley. WELSH, crom.
Counsel, To persuade or influence.

Coup, To exchange. BELG. koop, a sale. ISL. kaupe.
Coup, A cart closed with boards. Sc. coop.

Cove, A cave.

Cowarse, Coarse.

A. S. cofe.

Cowers, Stoops, bend. FR. courber,
Cow-jockey, A beast jobber.

Cow-lady,

Lady-bird, beautiful small scarlet beetle, with black spots.

Coccinella bipunctata. LINN.

Lady-bird, lady-bird, fly away home,

Your house is on fire, your children at home.

Cowl, A circular swelling. Sv. G. kull vertex, 2. To scrape together.

Cowpress,

Cowprise,

A lever, from FR. prise and crow.

Dr. JAMIESON.

Cowshut, A wood pigeon. A. S. cusceate, from cusc, chaste, from the conjugal fidelity of the bird. BELG. kuysheyt, coo,

shout.

Crack, To boast.

2. Immediately.

GER. kraak-en.

"Naa girt cracks,"

nothing to boast of.

Cracklings, Crisp cakes.

Crammle, To walk idly.

Cranchin, Crackling, to grind the teeth.

Crankle, Weak, shattered. TEUT. krank.

Craps, The refuse of tallow.

Cratch, A frame of wood to lay sheep upon.

Crate, A wicker basket. BELG. kratte. GR. krateo.

Crazled, Just congealed.

Cream. To froth, to mantle.

Cree, To seeth, hence creed rice.

Creel, An ozier basket.

Creepins, Chastisement, beating "I'll gi'the thy creepins."

Creutin, Recruiting, recovering.

Cripple hole, Hole in a wall for passage of sheep.

Crob, To tyrannise.

Crocks, Crooked timbers, resting on stone blocks to support the

roofs of antient buildings.

Croft, A small inclosure near a mansion. BELG. krofte. A. S.

croft.

Crommed, Crowded.

Cronkin, Perching. 2. Croaking.

Crook, A disease, attacking the necks and limbs of sheep, causing

the neck to be crooked.

Croon, To roar like a bull. BELG. kreunen. A. S. runian.
Croopy, Hoarse. IsL. kropa, vehementer clamare.

Croppen, Crept.

Cross-grained, Ill tempered.

Crowdy, Meal and water, sometimes mixed with milk.
Croody,

Cruddle, To curdle.

2. To stoop.

Crummy, Fat.

Cuddle, To embrace.

Culvert, A drain or small arch. Qu. BELG. kul, a circle or arch, and LAT. verto, to turn; or from the old English word culvert. a dove, the opening resembling a pigeon-hole. Cunliff, A conduit.

Cur, Used as a person, as ketty cur, a vile person.

Cute, Active, clever. A. S. cuth, expertus. JAMIESON.
Cutely, Sensibly, acutely. LAT. acutus.

Cutterin, Talking low, and privately. BELG. kouten. GERM. kuttern.

Cus} Kiss. WELSH. cus. BELG. kussen. GR. kuō or kusō.

Kus,

Daam, Dame, wife.

Dab, Master of his business.

D

Dad, Father, nearly the same in a variety of Northern Daddy, languages.

Daddle, To do any thing imperfectly.

Daffydowndilly, Daffodil.

Daft, Fearful, timid. Su. G. dofwa, to stupify. Mr. TODD. Daggle, To bemire. Sc. daddle.

Daker-hen, Land-rail.

Dang, To throw, præt. tense from ding. GAEL. ding-um.
Dandiprat, A dwarf.

MINSHEW.

BELG. danten ineptire, et præte, fabulæ.

Darar, More dear.

Darn, To mend stockings. BELG. garen, or TO DO in garn.

WELSH. darn, to patch.

Dash'd, Confused, ashamed, from adash.

Daudle, To trifle.

Dauber, A plaisterer.

Dawled, Tired.

Daws, Thrives, to be healthy. TEUT. dauwen. Su. G. doga. Daytal, A day labourer.

Dazz'd, Not well baked.

Dead-horse," To pull the dead horse," is, to labor for wages already received.

Deaff, Unproductive, whether applied to land or to corn. Su. G. dauf-jord, terra sterilis. JAMIESON.

Deaff-nut, A decayed nut.

Dean, A valley. A. S. den.

Deary, Little.

TEUT. doove, rotten.

Deck, To select, or cast out. Qu. per apocopen lect. from select,

or FB. decouper.

Dee, Die.

Deed, Doings, "there's sad deed I'll uphodto."
Deet,

Deight, Dirtied.

Deft, Decent. BELG. deftig. A. S. defe, pretty.

Deftly, Decently, pretty well, gently. A. S. dafe, accommodus.

SKINNER.

Deg, To sprinkle. A. S. deagan. ISL. deig-r. Sw. dagga. Deg-bowed, When cattle are swollen, they are said to be deg. bowed. Sc. bowden, swollen.

Deggy, Small rain, foggy.

Delf-case, Shelves for crockery or delf.
Delleet, Daylight, break of day.
Delve, To bruise, or indent.

Dem, Dam.

Dench, Nice, squeamish. Sc. donch.

Derse, Havock, also to dirty, per METATHESIN, from dress. Dessably, regularly.

Desses, Cuttings or trusses of hay. This is plainly the taas mentioned in antient MSS. GAEL. tass. BELG. hoy-tassen, to gather hay,

Dess-up, To pile up in order. BELG. dissel, a chopping knive

or ax.

Devil's-dung, Assafoetida.

Dewberries, Cloud-berries, rubus chamœmorus.
Dib, To dip or incline.

2. A valley. A. S. dippan. WELSH. dib. Dibble, An instrument for planting. TEUT. dipffell. Dicky-with-him,

Dished,

Done-up,

- All over with him, ruined.

Didn'to, Didst thou not,

Difficulter, More difficult.

Differ, To quarrel.

Dill, To soothe pain. The ISL. dylla-a, lallo.

Dilt,

Dit,

To stop up. A. S. dyttan occludere.

Dike, A ditch. GAEL. dyk.

2. A bank.

Ding, To throw down. GAEL. ding-am, to press.

Dinman, Scotch wedder a shearing or two years old. FR. deux anns. Sc. dinmont, or from the Scotch word dymenew, diminished, or once deprived of its fleece. In COOPER diudens, a hoggrel.

Dinnle, To thrill, to tingle. BELG. tintel-en.

Dipness, Depth. ISL. dyb.

Dirl, To move quickly.

Su. G. drilla.

A. S. thirlian, to turn like an auger.

Dish, A cup, "a dish o' tea."

Dithers, To shake with cold. TEUT. zittern.
Didders,

Dizen, To dress.

Do, A fete, "a feaful grand do.”

Dockans, Docks.

Dodded, Without horns, an abbreviation of doe-headed.
Dodge, To incite.

Doft, To undress, to throw off, from do-off.

Dog, A toaster, wood or iron, in form of a dog..

Dolly-tub, A machine for washing.

Donk, Wet, poetically dank, originally from the Runic.Donky, S BELG. doncker, cloudy. Su. G. dunken.

Donn'd, Dressed, from do-on.

Dont, Jonathan.

Doon, Done.

Door-cheeks, Door-posts.

Door-staans, Threshhold.

Dos, Joseph.

Dosky Dusky, dark. BELG. duyster.

Double, To clench, "he doubled his kneaf."

Doubler, A large plate or dish, double sized, from LAT. duplaris. Doublet, A waistcoat with sleeves.

Doudy, A dirty woman. IsL. douda, an idle person.

Douk, To bathe, to duck.

Douse, S

A. S. doucan.

In COOPER, to bow the head.

Douse, A blow. Sc. doyst. BELG. dousen.

Douter, Extinguisher, from do-out.

BELG. ducken.

Douvn, Slumber. BELG. dowwe, perspiration. Sc. dover.ÍSL. dur. L.AT. dormio.

Dowly, Melancholy, from dule, sorrow. WELSH, dulyn.

Down-come, A fall of rain.

2. A fall in the market.

Down-faw, A fall of rain or snow.

Down-liggin, Lying-in.

Down i'th mouth, Dispirited.

Drab, light grey colour, properly applied to cloth, from FR.

drap.

Drab, A dirty woman.

Drabbled,

DragDirtied. BELG. drabbo-mire.

Draff, Grains. A. S. and BELG. drabbe, fax.

Drape, A barren cow. A. S. drepen, to fail, having failed to give milk.

Drate,

Dreap,S

To talk slowly.

Dree, Tedious.

Dree, To be able to walk and arrive at. A. S. drcogan, to under go. GOTH. drig, long,

Dreed, Arrived.

Dress, To beat, to cleanse.

Dresser, A long chest of drawers. TEUT. dressoor. FR. dres. soir, a side-board, forte a thresour, thesaurus. MINSHEW.

Drink, Beer, thin drink, small beer.

Drinkings, Afternoon's repast.

Drip, Any thing that falls in drops. BELG. druyp.

Drissing, Dressing.

Drizling, Small rain. Sc. drifflin. Isı. dreitill, guttulæ.

Dry-salter, A person dealing in various articles for dyeing, not in pickles, (in this district,) according to Mr. Todd.

Dub, A pool of water. MA. G. diep, deep. WELSH. dwr,

water.

Dub, The sea, "he's gaan ourt' dub," i.e. he is gone over sea. Dud, A rag. GAEL. dud. ISL. dude.

Duce take you, A profane expression, from GoTH. and A. S. dues, a spectre; i. e. may the evil spirit take you. BLOUNT. Ducks and Drakes, A stone thrown on the surface of the water, which frequently rebounds without sinking.

Duddel'd, Made luke-warm.
Dulbard,A blockhead. Sc. dowhart.
Dullard,

JAMIESON.

Dule, The devil.

GERM. dob-en insanire.

2. An engine with iron teeth for tearing wool, &c. Dumpling, pudding made of dough from dough and plen. Dumps, Sorrow, "he's down i'th' dumps." DUTCH, dom, stupid. Dumpy, A person short and fat. IsL. doomp.

Dung-up, Reflected on.

Dunnot, Do not.

Durdum, Noise, uproar. WELSH, dwrdh.

Dust, Tumult. Su. G. dyst tumultus.

Dusto, Dost thou.

Dwine, To faint, to disappear. BELG. dwijnen. IsL. duyn.--TEUT. dwynen. A. S. dwinan.

E

E. I.

Eea, In a.

Ealand, Island. A. S. ealand.

Ealling, A lean to.

Eam or

Neam, Uncle. A. S. came.

Earand, An errand. Ist. erende. Dr. HICKES.

Earles, The earnest money for service or performance of contract, Arrha. Su. G. ernest. WELSH, ernes, a pledge.

Earn, To coagulate milk. A. S© yrn-an.

Earning, Rennet.

Easings, Eaves of houses.

2. Dung, Cow's easings.

Ee, Eye.

Eed, I had.

Een, Eyes.

Ee-saar, An escar or blemish, unpleasant to the sight.
Efter, After. A. S. eft.

Efter't, After the.

Efter-themsin-Breeod, Bread made of coarse flour or refuse from the sieve. BELG. temsen. IT. temisare.

Egg-berry, or The bird cherry. Prunus padus. LINN.

Egodlins, Truly.

Eigh, Yes,