HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. 17 Chaok [chunk]/ «& (^) -^ ^og of wood. (2) A large slice — as of cheese, hread, or hacon. Chnreh-litten [church-lit-n], sb. a churchyard or huiying-ground.— Cooper. Churliok [chur-lik], sb. Sinapis arvensis. See Charliok. HoUowa/a Dictionary, — J. B. Chnna [churm], sb. a noise^ disturhance, confusion; cf. A.S. q/rm. Ex. ' Like a swarm of hees all in a churm ; * again, wild ducks are said to he * in a churm * when they are in confusion, flapping their wings hefore tiiey settle or rise. — ^Wise^ p. 191. See Charm. Chum-owl [chum-oul], sb. the goat-sucker. See Puokexidge. (Pro- hahly for churm-owl ; see Ohurm.) CiroTLsified [sur'kusifeid], adj. It being remarked to a Hampshire farmer that his horse (a spotted roan) was a peculiar colour^ he replied,
- Well, he do look rather circusified.' — W . II. 0.
diver [kivur], v. to cover. Ex. * That rick ought to be civered.* — N. H. diver [kivur], sb. cover. Seems used for cTiesi in Stacey's account of Langtrey's murder; Portsmouth Telegraphy Aug. 9, lb29. — F. M. If so used, it would seem to be a mispronunciation not of cover ^ but of co/«r.— W. H. 0. divil [siv'l], adj. good-natured ; much used of animals, as ' a civil dog.—N. and Q. Ist Ser. z. 120. Ex. * He was always a very civil dog to we.' dlaggy [klag'i], adv. wet, miry. — J, dlam [klam], sb. (1) The stacks in which bricks are built within a kiln. See damp in Pegge*s Kenticisms. (2) Hie place where bricks are dug. — N. H. dlane [klain], adj. clean. *Ak. dlap-down [klap-doun], v. (1) To sit down. — Cooper. (2) To put down. dlap-on, V. a. to fix quickly. dlap-to, V. n. to shut, to go together, to slam, as of a door or a gate. Ex, » If yer let 'un go, he'll dap-to.'— N. H. dlappers [klap'urz], sb. pi. stepping-stones in a brook or stream, to enable foot-passengers to cross, generally sufi^ed to the name of a place, as * Mattingley dappers.* --N. H. dlapg [klaps], V. to clasp. (So in Chaucer, Prol. 273.) dlaps, sb. a clasp. *Ak. So also they say, * a daps-kmleJ — ^Wiae. dleet [kleet], v. to shoe oxen when they work. — Wise, New Forest.
- Ak. has deety to mend with a patch. See below.
dleets, sb. pi. iron tips on a shoe. — ^Wise, Neto Forest. ♦Ak. has cleety a patch. In N. H. a plate of brass or iron, nailed or screwed to wood, for various purposes, is called a deet,
