A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in Use in Somersetshire
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_ an open pasture field Leapy, Lippary _s. _ wet, rainy weather Learn, Larn _v. _ to teach, ex. Who larned 'e thay tricks Leathern-bird, Leather-wing _s. _ the bat Ledge _v. _ lay hands on; to lay eggs Lent-lilies _s. _ daffodils Lescious ex. She is lescious of a place, _i, e. _, knows of it and thinksit may suit Levers _s. _ a species of rush or sedge Levvy _s. _ a level (Fr. _levee_) Lew, Lewth, Lewthy shelter, sheltered, lee-side Libbets _s. _ tatters; _little-bits_ Lidden _s. _ a story, a s...ong (Ger. _lied_) Lief, Leaf _v. _ leave; ex. I would as lief Ligget _s. _ a rag Lijon _s. _ the main beam of a ceiling Lip, or Lippen _s. _ applied to certain vessels, as Ley-lip, Seed-lip, Bee-lippen bee-hive (Wiclif's Test. : Leten hym doun in a _lepe_ be thewall Acts ix. 25) Limmers, Limbers _s. _ the shafts of a waggon or cart Linch _v. _ a ledge, hence "linch-pin" (A S _hlinc_) Linney, Linhay _s. _ an open shed Lirp _v. _ to limp Lirripy _adj. _ slouching Lissom _a. _ lithesome, active, supple Lissum, or Lism _s.
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