BARVEL [baa•vul] sb. A short leathern apron used by washerwomen; a slabbering-bib. (See also Barbel.)

BYTHE [beith] sb. The black spots on linen produced by mildew. (See Abited.)

WAPS [wops] sb. A wasp. So haps for hasp, &c.

BUCK [buk] (1) vb. To wash.

CANT [kant] (1) sb. A portion of corn or woodland.

STOCH [stoach] vb. To work about in the mud and dirt; said of cattle treading the ground when it is wet. 'He's always stochin about one plaace or t'other from mornin' to night.'

MOLLIE [mol•i] sb. A hedge sparrow; otherwise called dicky hedge-poker.

RIPE [reip] sb. A bank; the sea shore, as 'Lydd Ripe.' In East Kent, the village of Ripple derives its name from the same Latin word, ripa.

MEASURING-BUG, sb. The caterpillar.

ROMANCE [roamans•] vb. To play in a foolish manner; to tell exaggerated stories. 'My son never romances with no one.'—Weald.

TIMANS [tei•munz] sb. pl. Dregs, or grounds poured out of the cask after the liquor is drawn off. Literally teemings, from the Middle-English word temen, to pour out, to empty a cask.

STALES [stailz] sb. pl. The staves, or risings of a ladder, or the staves of a rack in a stable. From Anglo-Saxon stael, stel, a stalk, stem, handle. Allied to still, and stall; the stale being that by which the foot is kept firm.

RUSTY [rust•i] adj. Crabbed; out of temper.

OUTFACE [outfai•s] vb. To withstand; resist face to face; brazen it out.

ROWENS [rou•inz] sb. pl. Stubble. (See Ersh.) The second mowing of grass; the third cut of clover.—East Kent.

SHOP-GOODS, sb. pl. Goods purchased at a shop, especially groceries.

ROUGH [ruf] (2) adj. Cross; of uncertain temper; difficult to please. 'I lay you'll find 'im pretty rough.'

SEED-CORD [seed•-kord], SEED-KOD [seed•-kod] (Boteler MS. Account Book, 1653) sb. A box or basket used by the sower for holding the seed, and suspended from his neck by a cord or strap … in common use before the invention of the seed drill.

CANT [kant] (1) sb. A portion of corn or woodland.

SUN-DOG [sun-dog] SUN-HOUND sb. A halo round the sun; seen when the air is very moist; generally supposed to foretell the approach of rain.

MITTENS [mit•nz] sb. pl. Large, thick, leathern gloves without separate fingers, used by hedgers to protect their hands from thorns.

SHADDER [shad•ur], SHATTER [shat•ur] vb. To be afraid of.

BRACK [brak] sb. A crack; a rent; a tear, in clothes. 1602.—'Having a tongue as nimble as his needle, with servile patches of glavering flattery, to stitch up the bracks, &c.' Antonio and Mellida.

WlLLJILL [wil•jil] sb. An hermaphrodite.

RIDE [reid] (2) vb. To collect; to ride tythe, is to ride about for the purpose of collecting it.

SHINY-BUG, sb. The glow-worm. (See also Bug.)

DOWN [doun] sb. A piece of high open ground, not peculiar to Kent, but perhaps more used here than elsewhere. Thus we have Up-down in Eastry; Harts-down and North-down in Thanet … The open sea off Deal is termed the Downs.

KINTLE [kint•l] sb. A small piece; a little corner. So Bargrave MS. Diary, 1645.—'Cutt owt a kintle.' (See also Cantle.)

YAR [yaar], YARE [yair] adj. Brisk; nimble; swift. 'Their ships are yare; yours, heavy.' —Antony and Cleopatra, act iii. sc. 7.

FEASE [feez] (1) vb. To fret; worry. (See also Frape.)

SOSS [sos] (2) vb., SOSSEL [sos•ul] vb. To mix slops, or pour tea backwards and forwards between the cup and the saucer.

BACKPART [bak•paart] sb. The back, where part is really redundant. 'I shall be glad to see the backpart of you,' i.e., to get you gone.

FLEEKY [flee•ki] adj. Flaky; in flakes.

FRAIL [fr'ail] (1) sb. A small basket; a flail.

SPEAN [speen] sb. SPEEN [spee•n] (i.) The teat of an animal. (ii.) The tooth or spike of a fork or prong.

POOCH OUT [poo•ch out] vb. To protrude. Rarely used except in speaking of the lips. 'When I axed him for a holiday, I see his lip pooched out purty much; didn't like it much, he didn't.'

PARCEL [paa•sl] sb. A portion; a quantity; as 'a parcel of bread and milk.' (See also Passel.) 'He took a good parcel of bread and milk for breakfast.'

WODMOLE, otherwise WOADMEL, sb. A rough material made of coarse wool. '… One yeard of greene wodmole for an aprune at xijd.' —Sandwich Book of Orphans.

ENOW [enou•] sb. Enough. 'Have ye got enow?'

STALDER [stau•ldur] sb. A stillen or frame to put barrels on.

LINK [link] vb. To entice; beguile; mislead. 'They linked him in along with a passel o' good-for-nothin' runagates.'

HORSE-KNOT, sb. The knap-weed; sometimes also called hard-weed. Centaurea nigra.

UPSETTING [upset•in] sb. A scolding. 'His missus give him a good upsettin', that she did.'

DEVIL-IN-THE-BUSH, sb. The flower otherwise called Love-in-a-mist. Nigella damascena.

REEMER [ree•mur] sb. Anything very good. 'I wish you'd seen that catch I made forty year agoo, when we was playin' agin de Sussex party. Ah! that just was a reemer, I can tell ye!'

CHUCK-HEADED [chuk-hed•id] CHUCKLE-HEADED [chuk•l-hed•id] adj. A stupid, doltish, wooden-headed fellow.

AREAR [u'ree•r] adj. Reared-up; upright.

FRENCH MAY [french mai] sb. The lilac, whether white or purple. Syringa vulgaris.

DREÄN [dree•un] (1) sb. A drain.

DEAD-ALIVE [ded-ulei•v] adj. Dull; stupid. 'It's a dead-alive place.'