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 ALMONDBURY AND HUDDERSFIELD. 115 Scuttle, to move the feet peculiarly. Se&k, to catch (hold of). * Seiik hod, Jem.' Seal, or Sele, to fasten a cow, .^c. to the stall Perhaps to put on the sole^ a collar of wood. [We find A.S. sdl. a rope, chain ; whence «c^/an, to tie up. The A.S. d becomes o, and <£ becomes ea ; hence the BubBtantiye would be Bole, and the yerb teal^ which is just right. — W. W. S.] Se&rchm, i. e. searching : said of a piercing wind. Seedstone, a pebble so called. (Robert Town.) Seeing-glan, a looking-glass. Seeming-glass, the same. (Robert Town and Almondbury.) Occurs in NcUterin Nan, yer. 15 : At t' fooil i' t' seemm dlass,* which for southern readers will require the following translation : glass.' Seise, Sese ; Seisteen, Seseteen, six ; sixteen : a pronunciation going gradually out of use. Seise pince may be still heard for sixpence. For pronunciation see Letter X. Sel, or Sen, self. Seldom, used as an adjectiye : ' Some seldom times.* Selion, a name mentioned in old documents, and seems to be what is sometimes called a land, or ridge between two furrows. [It contains twenty perches^ It is deriyed from Fr. nllon, a furrow.] Selvint, Silvins, or Shilvint, i, e, shelyings, the rails of a cart or waggon to enable a larger load to be carried. Sen, same as Sel, t. e. self. Sen, plural indie, of sat/j i. e. sayen. * They sen soa ' ^ they say so. Served, Serred, or Sarred, senred : the v elided. Set, to go part of the way with. See Oate'ards. ' Au'l set you home.* Set pot, the iron pot fixed in the back kitchen, for brewing pur- poses, &a In the south called a copper, and made of that metaL Settin a face = making a face. Sew, Soo, or Sedd, a sow. ' My sow^s picrg'd ' was a game at cards played in this neighbourhood some forty-fiye years ago. We find it mentioned in Tom Naah His Ohost, 1642 : * For your religions you may (mauy of you) cast cross and pile, and for your just dealing you ■ 1 2
 * A've doubled t' neiv, afoar ta day,
 * I haye doubled my fist before to-day at the fool in the looking-