The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings
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Agon', Agoo'. _adv._ [these words literally mean
_gone_.] Ago; _agoo, Chaucer_; from the verb to _goo_, _i.e._ to go; _he is up and agoo_; he is up and gone. Alas-a-dAcy. _interj._ A-lack-a-day. Ale. _s._ A liquor, brewed with a proportion of malt from about four to six bushels to the hogshead of 63 gallons; if it contain more malt it is called _beer_; if less, it is usually called _small beer_. Al'ler. _s._ The alder tree. AllA"s. _adv._ Always. All'once. _pron._ [all ones] or rather (all o'n's) All of us; _Let's go allonce_; let us go all of us. All o's. _pron._ All of us. Alost'. _part._ Lost: _ylost, Chaucer_. Amang. _prep._ Among. Amawst', Amoo'A¤st _adv_. Almost. Amper. _s_. A small red pimple. Anby'. _adv_. Some time hence; in the evening. |
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