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HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. 91 Buggy. See Soggy. Bull [sul], sh, a plough. — J. Sammut [sum nit], adv, somewhat, something. Ex. ' Twas 9ummut like that' ' Gie 'on summut to drink.' — N. H. Borplice [sur-ples], sh, a smock-frock. — Wise, New Forest ^ p. 162. Busaex-diunpling [sus-eks-dump'lin], ah, a dumpling made only of paste and water ; called also * a dunch dumpling/ — W. Swabber [swob'ur], nh, the blower in a malt-house. — Portsmouth Tdegraph, Dec. 7, 1812.— F. M. Swanky [swan-ki], adj, swaggering, strutting. *Ak. Swath [swaadhl, ah. a row, line, or layer of cut grass, as it lies when just mown. ^Ak. defines it as * the grass as it lies after being cut down by the mower,* which is hardly explicit enough. Bweal, Bwele [sweeR'v. (1) To singe; applied to the process of burning off the bristles of a newly-kUled hog, or the feathers of a fowL (2) To scorch linen. — F. M. ; also Cooper. Bweal, Bwele [sweel], t;. in playing marbles, is an expression used by schoolboys to signify the intention of moving the taw from a distant spot into a hole, or one of two holes, made immediately with- out the ring. The utterance of the word claims the right to do this ; but should another boy cry Fen aweal before the word is pronounced, the intention is thereby defeated. — F. M. Sweaty [swet*i], adj mean, of no value ; as, ti sweaty thing, Sksioeaty horse. Used at Bishop's Waltham^SchooL — ^F. M. Swig [swig], v. to suck. *Ak. Swinuny [swim*i], adj. giddy in the head. — Cooper. Swinge [swinj], v. a. to flog.-— J. Swingeing [swinj 'ing], adj. violent, great. 'A stotngeing blow;'

  • a swingeing ^Tio^* *Ak. [Comp. Goldsmith's Haunch of Venison,
  • At the bottom was tripe in a swingeing tureen.']

Swingel [swing!], sb. that part of the flail which beats the com out of the ear. — Cooper. The swinging part. Bwittle [swit'l], v. to cut a stick ; ' to cut and sioittle,^ to cut a stick and leave the pieces about the room. *Ak. Cf. American whittle, to cut small bits from a stick. Swivity [swivTiti], adj. giddy, dizzy. Ex. * My head's all sunrnfy.*- Swizzle [swizi], v. to drink much, to swiU. — Cooper. Sword [swoard], sb. sward. — Lisle. Sworl [swaul], v. to snarl as a dog. — Cooper. Tab [tab], sb. a shoe-string.- Taok [tak], sb. a shelf, a mantle-piece. Ex. ^ Up on th' tackJ *Ak.