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2 HAMPSHIBE GLOSSARY. Afeard [u'fee'rd], pp. as adj. afraid. — F. M. Afore [u'foaTl, before. *Ak. often pronounced 'avore' [uvoar]. — N. K. After-math [aftar-maath], ah. a later crop of grass; called also LattermatiL, q, v. — *Ak. After-shear [aft-ar-sheer], sh, the after-math, or latter crop of grass. — Wise, New Fareat. Agape [u'gai-p], adv, surprised, wondering. * He was all agape.' — N.H. Agg [ag], V, to cut clumsily ; to hack. * Ak. Agin [u'gin*], prep, against — Cooper. Agister [u'jist-ur], sb, — Wise, New Forest, p. 190. Agistment [u'jist'ment], sb. — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 190. AgOggle [u'gogi], adv, shaking, trembling, palsied. ' His head is &11 agoggle,* i, e. of a person paralyzed. — "N, H. Agone [u'gau'n], adv, ago, since. Ex. * Ten years agone,* — J. Agreeable [u'gree'ublji adj. acquiescent, consenting (to a thing). Ex. * I'm agreeable,* i consent. — Cooper; Wise. A-hoh [u'hoa*], adv, on one side j generally ' all Orlioh,' all on one side. — ^*Ak. Ex. * A load of com atl-a-hoh,' — ^Wise. In North Hampshire it is used also of a person — ^upset, anxioaa, vexed. Ex. * He was quite a-hoh because a shower come on, he thought 'ud spoil his hay.' — ^W. H. G. Aich-bone [ai'ch-boan], sb, part of a rump of beef ; commonly called edge-hone.-^-Ooo^r, Ails [ailz], sb, beards of barley. — J. Airs [airz] sb, pi. ash saplings. — W. F. Hose. But see * heirs,' which is uniyersally applied to young trees in. Hampshire. Aish J^aish], sb, stubble. — ^Grose; Warner; F. M. A mispronun- ciation for Erish, which see. Akering-time [ai-kurin-teim], sb. the autumn, when acorns fall, and are gathered. — N. H. Akermast [ai'kurmaast], sb. the fruit of the oak. Aker [ai'kur], v. to gather acorns. Ex. ' The children be all gone aJeenng.* Akers [ai'kurs], sb. pi. acorns. — N. H. Akse [aks], v. to ask. *Ak. ; N. and Q, 1st ser. z. 401. AU-a-hoL See A-hoh. Alley [al'i], sb. a taw, not made of baked clay or grey stone, as common marbles are, but of alahaster, or what is supposed to be so ; and hence its name. Brockettj Forby ; F. M.