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tjUAl" if DKISK^To have had ^dnp^'dwrnk means to be partly tntoxjcated.

" 1 xanney had had a ^Idi^ «' dnmJt mktm I daw that ther.**

i;kAT^" A cofnmon imprecation.

1>KATTLE. — A swearing expresdon ; also to throttle.

" iJrattU hit neck ; a pretty nigh irnld^i I."

1;1<AY, or DKAA, or DRAW.— A squirrels nest.

" To dray *' a cover is to turn in the boands and work them through to try to nnd a fox.

UKliCKLY MINUT.— Immediately; on the instant.

" Oie I that ther knife </rrrA/y mf mi/, else I'll muchabout drap into 'e."

DKICIC.- Three. DKKS 11. --To thrash.

DKICSS. -A butcher ** dresses*' the carcase of an animal when he roniovcH skin and offal and prepares it for sale. Land is Muriiicc.
 * • Um-iirtssed" with manure, when this is allowed to lie on the

hU lew. —Sleepy, inactive.

hUIPPIN--Uocf dtip/^in' is much used on bread instead of

hUirPlN' Wl';i. The usual expression when one is ih^M^m^hly wrl fix)m rain is, '• I be got drippiiC, wet."

OKM / 1 W K^ini)|3: in x^ery small drops.

»>KO rh«^ihrx>iiu

1 > K' > > 'N. I ,vxkiiv;t dowiKast.

. fxN thuHw nVAWiv^;: preterite Dkowed. ^^^x^^^^^^^ KVV. v>nc ^valxd with nda is said to look