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Robert Surtees, Esq. Mainsforth, 2 copies.

T. C. Swanston, Esq. Barrister at Law, London.

Daniel Sykes, Esq. M. P. Raywell.

Mr. John Sykes, Newcastle, 3 copies.

T.

George Watson Taylor, Esq. M. P. Earlstoke Park.

Hugh Taylor, Esq. Earsdon.

George Taylor, Esq. Witton-le-Wear.

William Taylor, Esq. Hendon Grange.

Edward Tewart, Esq. Southgate.

Benjamin Thompson, Esq. Ayton Cottage.

Mr. Benjamin Thompson, Newcastle, 2 copies.

Mr. Robert Thompson, Newcastle.

Samuel Thompson, Esq, North Shields.

Rev. Charles Thorp, B. D. Rector of Ryton.

Robert Thorp, Esq. Clerk of the Peace, Northumberland, 2 copies.

Mr. Thomas Thorpe, London, 12 copies.

Rev. E. S. Thurlow, Rector of Houghton-le-Spring.

Mr. John Thwaites, Durham.

Mr. Thomas H. Tilt, London.

N. C. Tindal, Esq. M. P. King's Counsel.

John Tinley, Esq. North Shields.

Rev. Henry J. Todd, M. A. F. S. A. Settrington.
Messrs. John and George Todd, York, 3 copies.

Ralegh Trevelyan, Esq. Nether Witton.

Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Esq. Wallington.
Mr. Robert Triphook, London, 12 copies.

John Trotter, Esq. Hallgarth.

Rev. William Turner, Newcastle.

Mr. Daniel Turner, Blagdon.

Dawson Turner, Esq. F. R. A. & L. S. Yarmouth.

Sharon Turner, Esq. F. S. A. London.

Mr. Thomas Turner, London.

William Upcott, Esq. London.

U.

W.

The Very Rev. R. D. Waddilove, D. D. F. S. A., Dean of Ripon. Thomas Wailes, Esq. Newcastle, 2 copies.

John Waldie, Esq. Newcastle.

John Walker, Esq. Benwell.

John Ward, Esq. Durham.

John Watson, Esq. Willington, 2 copies.
Mr. William Watson, Liverpool.

Mr. George Watson, Gateshead, 2 copies.
Charles N. Wawn, Esq. Newcastle.
George Weatherby, Esq. Tynemouth.
Mr. Charles Weatherley, Low Willington.
Roger Wilbraham, Esq. F. R. & A. S. London.
John Allan Wilkie, Esq. Lemington, 4 copies.
Thomas Wilkinson, Esq. Town Clerk, Durham.
J. J. Wilkinson, Esq. Temple, London.

John Williams, Esq. M. P. Barrister at Law.

Robert Hopper Williamson, Esq. Recorder of Newcastle, 2 copies. Rev. William Wilson, Rector of Wolsingham.

Richard Wilson, Esq. V. P. Soc. Arts & F. S. A. London.

Mr. William Wilson, Newcastle.

Nathaniel John Winch, Esq. F. L. S. Newcastle.

Rev. Thomas Cave Winscom, Warkworth Rectory.

John Wood, Esq. Beadnell.

Mr. Nicholas Wood, Killingworth.

Mr. Benjamin Woodman, Morpeth.

The Venerable Archdeacon Wrangham, M. A. F. R. S.

The Right Worshipful William Wright, Esq. Mayor of Newcastle.

James A. Wright, Esq. Grange.

Stephen Wright, Esq. North Shields.

W. Wright, Esq. Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn.

Mr. Matthew Young, London.

Y.

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Glossary

OF

NORTH COUNTRY WORDS

IN USE.

A.

A. It is a striking provincial peculiarity tenaciously to retain this letter in most of the words in which modern English substitutes o, as ain, own, bane, bone, &c.; and in those ending in 77, the two last letters are generally omitted as a' for all, ca' for call, &c.

AAC, AIK, YAK, YECK, the oak. Sax. ac, aec.

Germ. eiche. Dut. and Isl. eik.

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ABLINS, perhaps, possibly. V. Tooke and Bouch.

ABOON, ABUIN, above. V. Jun. and Bouch.

Su.-Got. ek.

ABRAID, or BRADE, to rise on the stomach with a degree of nausea; applied to articles of diet, which prove disagreeable to the taste, or difficult of digestion.

ABREDE, in breadth. Sax. abred-an, to lengthen.

ABSTRACT, to take away by stealth.-Borders.
ACKERN, an acorn. Isl. akarn.

B

ACKERSPRIT, the premature sprouting of a potatoe, the germination of grain. V. Skin. Jam. and Wilb.

ACRE-DALE LANDS, common fields in which different proprie tors hold portions of greater or less quantities; from acre, a word common to almost every language, and Sax. dælan, to divide. In ancient times an acre did not signify any determinate quantity; and when at length it came to mean a specific part, the measure still varied, until it was fixed by

statute.

ADDER-STONES, perforated stones, imagined by the vulgar to be

made by the sting of an adder. They are suspended in stables as a charm.

ADDIWISSEN, had I known it. An expression nearly obsolete,

though still retained by some old persons. It appears to have been formed on that poor excuse, to which silly people are apt to have recourse, when, for want of thought, they have fallen into a difficulty: had I wist, or had I wissen (and in the pronunciation it is as one word, addiwissen), I would not have done so and so. The phrase is of considerable antiquity, occurring in Gascoigne's Hermits Tale, in Gower, and in Holinshed.

ers's wages.

ADDLE, EDDLE, v. to earn by labour.-ADDLINGS, s. labourSax. edlean, recompense, or requital. Different both in import and source from-ADDLED, a. decayed, impaired, rotten; as, "addle headed,"

eggs," Sax. adlean, to be sick or languid.

ADGE, adz, an addice.

"addled

AE, EA, YEA, one, one of several, each. AEWAAS, always.

Ae lad frae out below the ha'

Ees Meggie wi' a glance.—Rood Fair.

AFEAR'D, afraid.

This word is repeatedly used by Shakspeare,

in several of his plays, and I don't remember that afraid occurs more than once. Pure Sax.

AFT, behind. The dictionaries call this a sea term, but it is in

common use on the banks of the Tyne, and occasionally in other places, in the sense here given, without any relation to nautical subjects. Pure Sax.

AG, to cut with a stroke, adopted from Sc. hag, to hew, synonimous with hack.

AGATE. Dr. Johnson says,

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on the way, agoing," but it also

means, as well a person recovered from a sick bed, as one who is employed in doing any thing.

AGE, v. to grow old, as he ages, he begins to age. Old.

AGEAN, against. Old English, agen.

AGEE, AJEE, AGYE, awry, uneven. "Let ne'er a new whim ding thy fancy ajee.”—A. Ramsay. Across, "it went all agee."-Ajar, applied to a door a little open. Burns uses agley, for wrong.

AGIN, as if.

The best laid schemes o'mice and men
Gang aft a-gley.

AGOG, eager, desirous.

uncertain.

AHINT, behind.

"He's quite agog for it." Etymology

"To ride a hint." Sax. a-hindan,

AIGRE, sour. Fr. aigre, hence ALE-AIGRE, Alegar, sour ale used as vinegar. West. allekar.

AIRD. This word as applied to the name of a place means

high, as Airdley in Hexhamshire, Br. aird, height. Gael. and Ir. ard, mighty, great and noble. It is also used to describe the quality of a place or field, in which sense it means dry, parched, from Lat. aridus, hence arid. AIRTH, ARF, fearful.

i. e. afraid. yrhth, fear,

"He was airth to do it"-"he's arfish," An airthful night”- -a fearful night. Sax.

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