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berkshire words.
ORTS.—Odd pieces.
OURN.—Ours.
OUT.—Result of an attempt.
"I zet un to do zome gardnin', but 'a maayde but a poor out on't.
OUT AN' OUT.—Wholly, entirely, beyond comparison.
"I got out an' out the best o' the bargain wi' 'un."
OUT AN' OUTER.—Something very extraordinary or preposterous; one who does very extraordinary things.
OUT-AXT.—When the Banns have been put up in Church for the third time, the couple are said to be out-axt.
OUT-COME.—The result.
OWLISH.—Sleepy, stupid.
OXER.—A logget.
A short thick stick with a lump of lead or iron at the end.
A blow from a thick stick.
OX-SLIPS.—The flowers of Cowslip roots as produced when these roots are planted upside down, and with cow-dung or soot around. The manure doubtless accounts for the tint produced.
