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ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 123 an' all *at OVe seen abaat meu*8 ways, proves it to be true— *at what- iyyer men say abaat ye, i' th' long run doesn't tak' a man's character away ; for in genei*al ill reports abaat onny body drop in a while, an' are as ii' they say nowt ; an' it's seldom 'at a man's character can be injured long together, irnless he does summut to desarye it.' Slnrring ice (pronounced slurnn awst), a boys' slide. Slutter, to slide, or slip off : ' as when a druffen (drunken) man slips aat on a cheer (chair) on to t' floor.' Same usage as Shutter. Smithom, the smallest of malt, malt dust. In some parts of England, lead ore beaten to dust. 8mit, used to express the appearance when coal breaks out of the laud, which is a * break.' Smits, small pieces of smut. * When Au coughed and spitted a little phleem, Au olys faand Bmiis i' t' phloem.' Smittle, to infect ; also a substantive. See Arrandsmittle. Smoor'd, smothered ; snioor, to smother. Smudge, small coal. Smudge, vh. to smoulder. A bit of brown paper which continues to burn when the flame is out, smudges, SmtLse, a hole which hares, rabbits, &c. make through a hedge ; or one made for game through a wall. Muse in many parts of England. Snape, to snub, chide, or correct. ' Snapc that dog,' *. e. call him oflf. Snape (.7/. snaip), a check, chiefly in connoctinn with vej:rptation. If early in sj)ring plants look well and trees bud, it is often said, ' We must expect a snape after this.' Snasty (pronounced sndesty ; gh snaih'sty), queer-tempered; cross; testy, &c. Used in Suffolk. Snattle, to waste away. If a child has gradually taken away sugar from the basin, it mieht be said, * Tha's snaWed this away.* Hall, says, ' to linger, or delay.' In some counties snat is the burnt snuff of a candle. Snayel, to talk through the nose. Snayelled, the same as ravelled. Sneck, to latch. Bay has * to anock.* Sneck, that part of the fastening raised by moving the latch and the thumb-bit as well. When Mr. Franks, Vicar of Hudderslield, was about to appoint a new incumbent to Slaithwaito, an old disciple, well known for his plain speaking, said, * Yo' mun ha' one 'at '11 go