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Rh NO WAAYS.—Net at all. "I yers as a zed zummut bad about muh, but I be-ant no waays affronted wi' zuch a poor noodle."

NOW AN' AGIN.—Intermittently, once in a way. "I zees a haayre in the vields now an' agin, but ther be-aut many on 'um this year."

NOWSE.—Ideas of management, ability to act with energy. "T'yent no good to ax he to do't, vor 'e a yent got no nowse."

NOWT.—Nought, nothing. "All as I do's this year zims to come to nowt."

NOWZEL.—To nestle closely for protection or warmth. "Zee how the puppy an' the cat nowzels down together avoor the vire this cawld weather."

NO ZART NOR KIND O' USE.—Used to express emphatically "no use at all." "A be that ther peg-yeaded t'yent no zart nor hind o' use to argivy wi'n."

NOZZLE.—The top of a spout. "The nozzle o' the taaypot be zo chawked up as no taay hardly wunt come droo."

The nose of a horse.

NUBBLY.—Where fine or powdered matter has hard lumps mixed with it.

NUDGE.—To touch with the elbow in order to draw attention confidentially to some matter.

NUMBED.—Benumbed.

NUNCHIN'.—Luncheon.

NUTHER.—Indeed! "No, a wunt nuther!" i.e. no, he will not indeed! "Nuther" is only used for 'indeed' in such cases as the above, coming thus at the end of a sentence to make it more emphatic.

NUTTERIN'.—A hard sounding disconnected noise made by a horse, which sometimes precedes whinnying.