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 132 THE DIALECT OF Stunken, past participle of to stink. Sub, to draw money on account before it is due. Suck. If a person has been taken in, it would be said, ' What a suck I * Seems modem. Sugar (pronounced sewgar, or seeogar, without any trace of the h sound ; gl. seug'ur). People slightly more refined endeavour to copy the established pronunciation, and say shuggar (gl, shuog'ur ?). J. o* Benny's said, * When Mr. B. first came to Ombry he sent me to Downing's for a loaf o* sewgar, Joe Booth wur diiukin' gin at the Star on the Brigg. Gin were allys too many for me. Au fell and brak t' sewgar. Booth hugged it for me, and gay* it me at top o* t* Bank. Au fell aeean and brak it ; then Au tuor mad, and claated it agean t* wall, and mash'd it to little loomps. Au hearken'd at door long enough to see if he wur in, and Au went in and laid it daan. Mr. B. said if he had ho'd o* me he*d*yarry sooin put me in a toob o* watter. Au slipt aat o* his gata Au couldn't go in t* morn ; Au couldn't fashion.* Sump-hole (pronounced sumphoil ; gl, suomp'hoil), a place into which the refuse of dye runs, or any surplus liquid. Sup {gl. suop) ; vh. to drink ; sh, a draught. ' We've had a good sup o* rain.* Sure (pronounced sewer, or seooar ; gl. seur). See Sugar. Swab (a as in had), something spilt, or something over. ' Two spoon- fuls and a sivab.* Swab, or Sweb (pronounced as the above), to swoon. Bay and Hall, both spell it sweb. Swad (a as in had), a pea-pod, or ' pay wad.' Swaif, i. e, swaith, a row of grass as it falls when mowed. Swaimous, or Swamous, bashful (Mod. Eng. squeamish,) Swang, past tense of to swing. Sward, or Swarth, skin or rind of bacon, or of any meat Called also by some sword (soard), like the weapon. Swattle (like cattle), to waste away. Sway, vb, to push or press down. They swag in a candle when they press it into the socket. Pressing on a table with the hands is "swaying. If a person were lying down and another pressing on him, the latter would be ' swaying him daan.' Sway, sb. the mass, or bulk, as in the following : * T* swag on it will go into his pocket.' Possibly this may be Mid. Eng. sweigk, as also the word preceding.