Whitwitch
A pretend conjuror, whose power depends on his learning, and not from a contract with the devil.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Watsail
A drinking song, sung on twelfth-day eve, throwing toast to the apple-trees in order to have a fruitful year, which seems to be a relic of the heathen sacrifice to Pomona.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Tantrells
Idle unsettled people, who will not fix to any employment.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Snow-Bones
Remnants of snow after a thaw.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Slim
Wicked, mischievous, perverse; from the German schlim. It is a word generally used in the same sense with sly.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Scopperloit
A time of idleness or relaxation, play-time.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Pringle
A small silver Scotch coin, worth about a penny, with two XX on it.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Ni! Ni!
An exclamation expressing amazement on seeing any one finely dressed.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Alexander, Crystal Seer. See your life from cradle to grave!
Ming
To remind, give warning, or allude to a thing.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Hotch
To hotch beans is to separate them from the peas after they are threshed.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Gra-Mercy!
An exclamation. Fr. Grande-mercie. See Titus Andronicus.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Flantum-Flatherum
A woman fantastically dressed in a variety of colors.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
Elvish
Irritable, spiteful. The bees are elvish today.
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Samuel Pegge, 1839.
