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ALMONDBURY AND HUDDEBSFIELD. 39 Drape, a cow which has borne one or moie calveSy hut whose milk is dried up, and is likely to have no more. Bay has the word. Halli- well says * a barren oow.' Drate, or Braight (perhaps connected with the word draw to drawl. ' Slow drating * is applied to a speaker or preacher who drawls. It is perhaps remarkeible that this people, fond of abbrevia- tion as they undoubtedly are (see Bjmame), snould be so given to drating in tneir conversation. At the time when Napoleon threatened to invade England, in 1803 or 1804, a beacon was placed on Castle Hill; a hut was built near, and watch was kept by one or two soldiers. One of these happened to be in a public-house in Almoudbury when two of the natives were there, who, with a laudable curiosity, desired to know from what dis- trict the soldier hailed, when the following colloquy took place : — Native No. 1, * And wheer do yo come thro* P ' Soldier, in a smart, decisive tone, ' I come from Hull, sir; * and the question and answer were repeated in much the same form. Foiled in his attempt to understand the gentleman, who spoke Dutch (which see), Native No. 1 turned to No. 2, and exclaimed, ' W*at ses he P Where dus t' felly say he cums thro' P ' Then No. 2, as though his friend were deaf, bawled out, * He ses he cooms thro' Ho-o-o-o-oL' Drake is sometimes used in the same sense as drate^ and, if not connected with that word, is probably derived from draw. Srate-hoil, or Draight-hoil, i. e. the draught-hole behind the fire- place. Drave, the past tense of to drive. Occurs in I Chron. xiii. 7 : * And Uzza and Ahio drave the cart; ' also Judges i 19. Braze, or Braeze, a large flat broom, made with a hurdle and brush- wood, to brush manure into the ground. Braze, vh. to use the above. Bree, long; tiresome; te^Uous. * A dree road,* * a dree job,' &c. A very old and common word. [From A.S. driogan^ to enduro : a well- known word in Scotch. — W. W. S.] Bregs. See Brakes. Brence, a former pronunciation of the word drench. Blinking, a tea or meal between chief meala A luncheon is a ' forenoon drinking* Brinking water, i, e, water for drinking is cuiiously spoken of as ' eating water.' Bmffen, and Bmkken, both forms of drunken, Toung folks at Golcar and old folks at Lepton have been heard to use the former term. The latter at Golcar is sometimes pronounced by old people as druchen, rather guttural. Both words are well known at Almond- bury. [Cf. Icel. drukkinn, drunken, tipsy. — W. W. S.] Bmfty, droughty; dry. *A dru/ty day,' a good day for drying clothes on.