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ARRIDGE, v. to smooth the edge of a furrow. See HARRIS.
ARSTON, sb. the hearthstone.
- 'He were a farantly man uppo' t' arston'
ARTOW or ARTA, v. art thou.
ASHES WOOD, near Norton Lees.
ASH FURLONG HEAD, a field in Dore.
ASHING. 'Item Ashing acres (pasture) lying' in Stannington. Harrison. He mentions a field called 'Flat ash' in Ecclesfield.
- See FLAT. Cf. Ashgate near Chesterfield.
ASH-KEYS, sb. pl. seed vessels of the ash tree.
- 'The fruit of the ash-tree called Keys, perhaps merely from some resemblance to the instrument so called. Superstitions have gathered about this tree and its fruit. I remember to hare heard an old farmer in Fullwood many years ago affirm that there were no Ash-Keys in the year in which King Charles was put to death.'—Hunters MS.
- Of the ash it is said in this district :
- 'Keep me either wet or dry,
- The heart of oak I do defy. '
- See KEYS.
- Of the ash it is said in this district :
ASK, adj. harsh, tart, sour. Said of sour plums, &c.
- 'Harske or haske, as sundry frutys. Stipticus, poriticus.' Prompt. Parv. It is sometimes pronounced arsk. I have heard both ask and arsk. The east wind is called a 'cold, ask wind.'
ASKER or ASKARD, sb. a newt.
ASKY, adj. husky.
ASLOPP FARM, a farm once adjoining the town of Sheffield.
- 'The ford that belongeth to Aslopp farme Harrison. The farm house adjoined the street. 'Alsop Fields' occurs in Gosling's map of Sheffield, 1736. They lay between Norfolk Street and Pond Lane. 'Aulsope Farme,' 1624.
ASPLAND. See HASPLAND.
ASS, sb. pl. ashes, cinders.
- 'Coke ass,' coke ashes.
ASSIDUE, sb. 'Dutch metal.'
- Workmen speak of it contemptuously. They say 'as thin as assidue.'
ASS-MIDDEN, sb. a heap of ashes.
ASSNOOK, sb. the place where the ashes fall under a fire-place.
ASTA, ASTOW, v. hast thou?
