A Glossary of Words used in the Country of Wiltshire

by George Edward Dartnell; E. H. Goddard

For. Add:—S.W.

Friggle. Add:—S.W. (Deverill.) *Furze-tacker (Vuzz-tacker). Saxicola rubetra, the Whinchat.—S.W.

Fussicky. Fussy, fidgetty.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard, &c.)

Gallows-gate. Add:—S.W. (Deverill.)

Gawley. adj. Patchy: used especially of root-crops that grow unequally.—S.W., in common use.

Gay. Add:—(2) In good health. 'I do veel main gay agean 'smarnin', but I wur gashly bad aal laas' wick wi' th' rheumatiz.'—N. & S.W.

Get out. To 'get out' a drawn or carriage in the water meadows is to clean it well out and make up the banks. To 'get out' a set of posts and rails is to cut them out and prepare them for putting up.—N. & S.W.

Gibbles. Add:—Underground Onions.

*Gilliflower-grass. Carex glauca, L., and Carex panicea, L.—N.W., obsolete.