[A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS USED.]
[For full titles of works see Appendix.]
| (A.) | Words given for Wilts in | Akerman. | |
| (B.) | " | " | Britton. |
| (C.) | " | " | Cunnington MS. |
| (D.) | " | " | Davis. |
| (G.) | " | " | Grose. |
| (H.) | " | " | Halliwell. |
| (K.) | " | " | Kennett. |
| (M.) | " | " | Monthly Magazine. |
| (S.) | " | " | Slow. |
| (Wr.) | " | " | Wright. |
N. & S.W. North and South Wilts, the place-names following being those of localities where the word is reported as being in use.
* An asterisk denotes that the word against which it is placed has not as yet been met with by ourselves in this county, although given by some authority or other as used in Wilts.
[WILTS GLOSSARY]
A. He; she. See Pronouns.
A, pl. As or Ais. n. A harrow or drag (D.); probably from A.S. egethe, M.E. eythe, a harrow (Skeat).—S.W., obsolete. This term for a harrow was still occasionally to be heard some thirty years ago, in both Somerset and Wilts, but is now disused. Davis derives it from the triangular shape of the drag, resembling the letter A.