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98 HAMFSHIBE QLOSSABT. Turmit [turmut], $b, a tumip. — K H. Turn-out [turn-out], ' the mast and acorns of the oak are coUectiyely known as the turn-out or ovest* — Wise, New Forest. Twiok-band [twik-band], #6. the mountain-ash. Quare, a mis-pro- nunciation of Quick-beam, q, v. Twiddle [twid;l], v. (1) To whistle. Ex. * The robins are twiddling; which is said to be a sign of rain. — Wise, New Forest. (2) To be busy about triflea— F. M. See Uuiddle. Twig, 9. to observe a person who is doing something on the sly. — Cooper. Twiflt-wood [twist-wuod], sb, Vihemum Lantanou — J. B, Twit [twit], V. to reproach. *Ak. Com. Twitter [twit *ur], sb, agitation, tremor. Ex. Tm all of a twitter.* — J. Com. Twoad [twoad], sb. a toad. *Ak. Twoster [twost-ur ?], sb, a stick spirally indented by a stem of ivy haying grown round it. — Winch, Sck, 01. T*year [tyur], adv. for to-year^ this year ; like to-day for this day. •Ak. Un [un], pron, him. Ex. * I told tin,' — Warner. Also for it (which is not used in Hants). Ex. ' I put un in my pocket' *Ak. A.S. hine^ ace. case oihe; c£ 'em, them, irom A.S. hem^ them. Unbeknown [unbinoan], pp. unknown. — J. Ex. ' If ho did, 'twa^ unbeknotvn to me.' Unked [unkid], adj, lonely. *Ak. Ex. ' It's an unked road to trayel by night.* Up-along [up-ulong], adj, * Up-along volk' are the people of Surrey and Sussex, in opposition to the * down-along yolk ' of Dor- setsh. and Somersets. — W Upping-stock [up'ing-stok], sb, a horseblock (to mount or get up by). *Ak. Up-sides [up-seidz], adv, a match for, equal to. Ex. ' I can't be upsides wi' un.' — J. Up-tip [up-tip], V. to overset. — J. Valloe [val-i], sb, value, worth. — K". H. Vallee, v, a, to value, to estimate. Ex. ' I don't vaUee 'un a pin.' — N. H. Yaller [val-ur], sh, fallow ; a barren field. — N. H. Vampleta [vam-plets], sb, pi. gaiters. — Wise, New Forest^ p. 162. Also *Ak. Van [van], sb. a winnowing machine, — J. Por fan^ Cf. S. Luke iii 17, authorized version.— W. H. C.