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 . See chap, xvi., p. 190.

, A. A breath, a slight wind. "A wag of air," means a gentle draught of air. In Dorsetshire we still have "wag-wanton" applied to the quaking-grass (Briza media). See Barnes' Glossary of the Dorsetshire Dialect, p. 404.

, A. A very small bundle of straw, more particularly a wisp for cleaning a horse. Used also, according to Mr. Cooper, in Sussex.

. The side dikes along the road, which carry off the water. Common throughout the West of England.

, To. To bring corn or hay into swathe, before putting it, as it is called, into "puck," which see.

, A. (From the Old-English wæn-geat, literally, the waggon-door.) The tail-board, or ladder of a waggon.

, A. A stick for ladling the water out of the shallow Forest pools and wells. Called in the Midland and Northern Counties a "lade-gorn."

, A. In addition to auger, as given in Wright and Halliwell's dictionaries, an instrument with which to take up faggots or trusses of hay.

. Often used instead of cider.

. Giddy. "My head is wivvery," is no uncommon expression. To wivver, given by Wright and Halliwell as used in Kent, is more especially employed here of the quivering flight of hawks, particularly of the kestrel and hen-harrier.

, A. A small ill-favoured pig. The smallest pig in a "trip," to use a West-Country term for a litter, is known as the "doll," the same as the "nessle-tripe" of Dorsetshire; whilst a pig brought up by hand is called a "graft"," or "grampher," equivalent to "mud," in the phrase "mud-lamb," or "mud-calf," as also "sock," and "sockling," and "tiddling," used in various counties.

, To. Not merely to gossip, as given by Mr. Cooper in his Sussex Glossary, but to loiter. To yape about is used very much as is shammock which see.

, To. To chop, reap. Used of cutting corn, peas, or beans. "Hacking," however, is generally the term applied to harvesting the last, when the reapers use two hooks, one to cut, and the other, an old one, to pull up the halm. 288