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I.—Is used for " me." "Gie I one o' them apples?"

IF ZO BE AS.—If. "If zo be as yoa can come an' hev tay wi' we to-morrow, I hopes you 'ooll."

IMP.—"Young imp," is a common name for a mischievous boy, as also a "young rascal."

IN, or UN.—To be "in," with a person is to be intimate; well liked, and to have influence.

Also "him," "I gin 'in wernin'" (I gave him warning).

IN-AN'-IN.—A term used to express close relationship with reference to cattle breeding.

IN-BETWANE.—Used for "between." "I veels a stwun in-betwane my shoe an zock." INLY.—Inwardly.

INNERDS.—"Chitterlings" as frequently go by the name of "peg's innerds" (pig's inwards).

INONS.—Onions.

INVITIN'.—The word is used in homely welcome thus:— As the food is placed on the table the host will say to his guest, "Now you zees yer dinner avoor 'e, an' I hopes as 'e wunt want invitin'." This is intended as a wish that the guest will eat heartily, ask for what he may want, and "maayke his-zelf at whoam."

IRE.—Iron.

I SPY.—The game hide and seek. In the way of playing this the seeker has to call "I spy" to the one he finds before he may start to run "home."

IT.—Yet. "Be thaay comin' it"? (are they coming yet?)

IT AWHILE.—For a short time. {{smaller|"Ut hev a-bin a-raainin' zo as a mus' ha bin hindered a-s'artin' an' I dwoant expec' un yer it awhile."