Page:Glossary of words in use in Cornwall.djvu/451

90 THE DIALBOT OF no gret nack$,* Evidently eqidvalent to the * no great Mhakea ' of the Bouth. A* poorly-bred cow is also ' no great nacka,^ Nadekit, or Kakit. See Knadekit Naff. See Nath. Kaffler, sb. a person busy about trifles, doing something, and nothing. Used also contemptuously to a child : ' Tha' little nafflin thing.' Naked, or Nakt (gL naikt ; the a as in fate). This word is pro- nounced as one syllable, and not nSkid, Vanberry, or Nanbury, sb, a kind of wart formed on the bag of a cow. See Anberry in Halliwell. Vantle (sometimes pronounced nontle ; gl, nont'l), vb, to move about with a mincing step ; to dance attendance, as on a young woman. Halliwell says, to fondle, or trifle. Nar, or Naur, adj. (which would be pronounced naur), used for TieareTy and even nearestt and seems to be a sort of correlative to far, [Near is nigher, and nearer is nighereTy a reduplicated comparative. Near is always a comparative in Old English.— -W. W. S.] Nath, also Naff, sb. the nave of a wheel. Naturable (gJ. naat'uru'bul), adj. natural : used in many parts, at Lepton and Almondbury. When some lovers of music, for which the West Biding is noted, were returning from one of the Bradford Festivals, a discussion commenced as to the merits of the Hailstone chorus. One said it was * vary gooid.' Another caught him up, indignant at such scant praise: 'GooidI Au mean to say it was perfectly naiurahW Nannt (pronounced naunt), aunt ' Yaa's thi' naunt V * O, sho's brawly.' Nawther, also Nowther, and Nether, the pronunciation of neither : an equivalent to the local sound of nither. But nowther is found in Chaucer. In the Towneley Mysteries we have nother and iiawder. Near, sb. the kidney: connected with the latter syllable of that word. [Mid.Eng. neere; Qterm. mere.— W. W. S.] Neeze, used to express the whistling sound in breathing through the nose when one has a cold. [Occurs in Job xli. 18 ; and (in some old versions) in 2 Kings iv. 35.--W. W. S.] Neif (pronounced naif or nayif; plural, neives). the fist. FIceL hnefi.—W. W. S.] Neighbour row, sb. In most country districts a certain distance is laid out by custom within which persons are bidden (from each house) to a funeral ; called as above. Neist (pronounced ndtst, or nayist), adj. next. [The local word is