A scrawny, buttermilk-faced young besom
A besom is a broom made of twigs tied around a stick, though in Scottish & Northern English it's also...
Mouldywarp
A curious and endearing term of Middle English origin, but now archaic or dialect only, although deserving revival. It means...
Crackey, ackymal and ruddock
'The crackeys and ackymals and ruddocks - Devon names for wrens and tomtits and robins ...'
All words for birds,...
Fair moithered
Bothered or bewildered. 'Moither' can also mean to ramble or speak in a confused way.
'Mother's a good-tempered woman, but...
Worm-channered posts
This suggests woodworm tunneled posts and I imagine that 'channered' refers to the tiny channels they carve on the surface...
Graidely or gradely
Graidely seems an alternative spelling to 'gradely' which means fine and good; promising and likely; being in good health or...
Quap or quop
'At the time of capture the drake had been trying to swallow a frog, by quapping with its bill, which...
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