ALMONDBURY AND HUDDERSPIELD. 143 TTnacoountable, said of persons, when advanced in jear^, if their memories fail. TJngain, awkward to get at, or to deal with ; unhandy. The contrary to *overgain.' * Everything is ungain there.* Ungainly is used in Pembrokeshire and o&er counties; but, I imagine, in the sense of awkward-looking. TTphold (pronounced upJwlt), ' 1*11 upholt ye.' Til assure, confirm, or stand by you. Urchin, or TJrohint, a hedgehog. ITs {gl. uz), used for our when not emphatic. *We mun get tM drinkin*/ t. e. ' We must get our drinking.* But if emphatic, then oar or yaar is used ; as, ' This is aarn, that's thawn.* ITs (gL uz), objective of we, Uveltee. In the expression ' all uveltee shawvs,' t. e, all sizes and sevens. TTwil, spelling uncertain : probably Huwle (which see), the finger (or thumb) of a elove ; or a piece of rag sewn into such form, to protect an iigurea finger. V in this dialect is much slurred over ; thus — aim or e*em for everiy Mem for eleven, hd'n for haven (the plural of 7mve), hardest for harvest, gfen for given, o^orn for oven, sa^em for seven, sare^d or served for served, sta^em for steven, Ste'em for Stephen, Vast, used substantively. ' A vast of information.' Very ((jL var*i ; pronounced varry used adjectively, as, ' a very deal of com, fruit,* &c. Voider, a large clothes-basket. W W in some words is sounded as oo ; as few, pronounced fayoo. Wabble (pronounced to rhyme with babble ; but some say wobble) to move from side to side like a drunken man. Waoe, or Waioe (pronounced wayeece), an old form for wax. See Letter X. Occurs in Willy* s Lady, ver. 8 :
- Yell do ye to the market-place.
And there yell buy a loaf o* wace ; Te*ll shape it bairn and baimly like, And in it twa glassen e*en ye'll pit.'
