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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 117 Wool fire, wild fire, an eruption on the skin. ' It spreads like wool fire,^ a comparison. Wor4, sb. news; a message. ' Woi'd come that his brother was dead/ ' Did the master leave vx>rd when he would be home ? ' Worda^ ah, a falling-ont 'Why did you leave your last place 1' ' Oh, the manager an' me had ivords.* Worm month, ab. part of July and part of August ; a fortnight before and a fortnight after Lammas. *' Everything that has life in it lives this month. Worm-picked| adj, worm-eaten, as wood. 'Worse nor lose ye canna,' ». e. you can but lose, so you may venture to do it. ith, ab. a shadowy likeness of a person. Wran, sb, a wren. Wringin', adj, saturated ; dripping with water. ' I was out in that pour, an' I'm all wringing J Wronght on, v, worked in the system. ' He took a swelling in hi» knee last July, an* it has wrought on him ever since.' Wnd, adj. enraged ; mad. Won^ sb. the wind. Wnnnher, sK a sprite of a child. ' Come here, ye tmnnher, ye.' Wnnnhnr what aili ye. * A'U mak ye tounnhur what ails ye,* a threat of a beating or punishment. Wnnnie elaith, sb, winnow doth, a large cloth on which the grain fidls when it is winnowed by being tossed in the wind. Wnr self, sb. pi, ourselves. Tammerin', Timmerin', v, complaining ; grumbling. Tap, (1) «5. a cross, peevish fellow. (2) V, A chicken or young turkey is said to yap when it makes repeated calls for food. Tappy, adj. thin ; hungry-looking. Tarn. ^Take the yam, said of herrings when they strike the net. Tarwhelp, sb. a bird mentioned by Harris {Hid. Co, Dotort, 1744). It is something like a woodcock." Called also Tarwhip. Tanp, V, to bark ; to cry as a young bird for food. Teat, sb. a gate. Tell, adj, dry, as a cow when not giving milk.