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LAKELAND WORDS
A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as used in Cumberland and Westmorland, with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect

By Brigham Kirkby
1898

• Bait — Grain ov a booard that's yah mak o' bait.
• Back-can — A can to strap on the back an' carry milk in.
• Back-end — That is autumn.
• Backin — Cotton wool; cotton backin. Neea doot becos it does fer backin up hollow pleeaces. Ass a tailior or a manty-makker.
• Bacon-collop — A bacon-collop an' a pint o' coffee — hoo's that fer a dish?
• Bacon-flick — A picture ta hing up in a chimly niuk. It's miad oot ov a pig's carcase when it's been fed weel an' butched.
• Back-set — To throw backwards in growth or improvement. To be forced or fast. He gat cauld an' it gev him a backset. We're back-set an' fooar-set, an' can't stir a pin.
• Bark — Skin. T' sun's burnt o' t' bark off mi nooas.
• Back-side — Behind the house. Come an' laik i' oor backside. The hinder parts.
• Bash — A nasty ugly wallop. It catcht me abash fair i' t' ee.
• Bacon-stave — A plaster made from a bacon collop. Anybody wi a sair throat try yan, an' sleep wi' 't on.
• Backstun, Backstun-cake, Back'us — Ah fancy t' "bake-stone" 's aboot oot o' date, nobbut at haver-breed time, but a backstun-ciak 's as good, if it is biaked on t' girdle. Thers backs as briad as a backstun, an' mooths as wide as a backus door.
• Bad — Past of bid. He bad a ten pun nooat fer t' Galloway.
• Badger — See batch-carrier. A buyer up of eggs an' butter.
• Badger — Brow-beat. He pot up wi' ther tricks as lang as they did nowt nobbut badger him.
• Badger — "As grey's a badger" 's a common sayin' wi' them as hez nivver seen yan.
• Bad-word — Abuse. He gat t' bad-word fra t' maister.
• Badly — Ill. As many a lad's bin wi' his first pipe o' bacca er pint o' yal. It's cappin how lads '11 punish thersels to "smell like a man," as yan o' them yance sed.
• Bain — T' nearest way to a place, or to do a job. It's as bain be t' rooad. That 'll be t' bainest way o' deein it.
• Barkt — Bruised. Ah barkt mi shins again t' deur step.
• Bait — A meal, or refreshments. A scholar's lunch. To feed horses whilst they are working; or herd t' kye i' t' looanen's as they're garn tult t' paster, is ta let them bait.
• Balderdash — Queer talk. Thoo talks nowt nobbut a heap o' balderdash. It izzant exactly leein', but riapin' on wi' a lot o kelderment 'ats neea truth it 't, an' less good.
• Bawty-bawt — Dog name.
• Bags — Entrails.
• Back-watter — In financial straits. It's best ta keep oot o' back-watter. An' a mill wheel's i' back-watter when it's tail bund wi' a fliud.
• Bag-o-tricks, Boilin', Bunch, Bundle — These o' mean yah thing — an' that is o' t' lot. Git oot o' mi giat o' t' bag o' tricks on ye. They're varra oft used wi' nut mich sense at o'.
• Bairney, Bairnish — Old age childishness.
• Bamboozle — Kick't aboot an' bamboozl'd wi' iv'ry yan o' them. Miad gam on.
• Band — Tether. He's hed ower mich band.
• Band — A high place on a hill — Silver Band on Crossfell, Bowfell Band, &c.
• Balks — Thrown ower t' balks — ass'd ta' t' Kirk; spurr'd; garn to be wedded.
• Balks-hen — Whar t' hens roost.
• Bandy-legged — Short legged, and bowed.
• Bane — Ah yance fand a lal bottle, an' t' auld woman said it hed rattan bane in. Ah guess it war puzzan.
• Bare — Scrimpy; hardly. It's bare weight. It's bare three mile ta Shap.
• Bargest — An uncanny visitant often talked about but seldom seen or heard. One who has the power of foretelling the demise of others. One who makes an unearthly din. Shut up, thoo gurt bargest, thoo! Lal 'uns 'at's aboot ther teeth er oft telt ta be whiat an' gab ta sleep, er t' bargest 'll tak them, an' seea they allus think o' t' bargest as summat flaysome.
• Barken — To clot like blood on a bandage, or to "set in" like dirt on the skin.
• Barley — Ween a lad wants ta claim t' dumplin end he says, "barley me t' dumplin end, mudder," an' neea body else hez any chance tult. Ther's a lot a things i' this world 'at yan wad like ta barley.
• Barns — Youngsters.
• Bate — To take from a stated price. Te banter. He wad'nt bate a ho'penny. Ah couldn't bate him a plack.
• Bated — Ceased. T' rain's nivver bated a bit sen it started.
• Batch — A sack of meal. A baking of bread — barley-mea. Nowt's sweeter ner a bit o' het batch-ciak, buttered.
• Batch — Bundle; number; band. Ah'll feit o' t' batch for a quart o' yal. Ther's a batch o' rattans o' tagidder. They o' went i' yah batch.
• Batch-carrier — A miller's carter. Ivv'ry-body's hed a ride wi't' batch-carrier amang his batches at some turner anudder.
• Bark — A can ta hod can'les in.
• Batter — An embankment.
• Barney — A deceitful transaction in trade or in sport.
• Barney-doo — A made up thing. Two wrestlers who do not fairly contest, but agree which is to fell, are said to mak a barney-doo on 't. Neea body likes a barney-doo ower weel, 'speshally if they've owt on.
• Barrow, Barrow-coat - What they don lal babbies in ta keep ther bits o' legs an' bodies warm.
• Basil — A sheep's skin dressed into leather, for the aprons of smiths, shoemakers, &c.
• Bash — A hurry. He was gaan ower t' fell at seck a bash.
• Bashed — Broken by force. He bashed t' lid off wi' his clog. He gat his teeth bashed doon his throat.
• Bass — Rushes, seck as they use ta boddum chairs wi.
• Bat-i-bo — Pize-bo. Ah fancy sum 'll ken best, but it's o't siam t' lads knows when it's time to laik at it, whedder it's bat-i-bo, pize-bo, or tennis.
• Bat-streea — Thrash with a flail, an' net deea't ower hard seea as ther'll be summat left in fer t' nags er t' kye.
• Bat — The forward stroke a mower strikes each time with his scythe. A blow. A winged animal. A high speed — an' a lot mair things too numerous to mention.
• Bat — Alighted. Mi feet shot oot frae anunder mi, an' Ah bat fair o' mi heed an' shooders.

His neck oot o' joint, an' his beaynes were aw broken,

When at t' bottom he 'bat wi' tremendous crash. — Whitehead.

• Bat-an'-breed — The ground that a mower covers with each stroke of his scythe, bat being in front of him and breed on each side. He could tak' a ter'ble bat an' a famous gurt breed an' aw.
• Bang, banging-aboot — Clatter. He flang him doon wi' a ter'ble bang. Bangin-aboot means when t' pots an' things are skifted wi' somebody 'at's in a bit ov a hig aboot summat an' maks a lot o' noise an' show.
• Banged — Beat. "They bang'd o' t' player fooak twenty ta yan."
• Bang intult — Bang intult an git it ower, when a hard day's darrak's in front o' yan, t' best way to gang aboot it — bang intuit.
• Bark — A short troublesome cough. Thoo'll be barken o' neet.
• Bang up an' doon — A chap 'at's ebben up an' doon in o' his ways an' dealins wi' his nebburs is sometimes said ta be a bang up an' doon chap, an' it's a blessin' 'at ther's a lot left amang us.
• Bandylan — A woman wi a queer character — nobbut.
• Bannocks — Skons made out of barley-meal. Cat ran ower t' rannel balks eatin mewlded bannocks. If ye can say that ower fast, a few times yer nut drunk.
• Bar-oot — At breckin' up time fer t' helidays lads know what ta deea — bar t' maister oot:

Bar him oot, bar him oot.

Bar him oot wi' a pin;

Gie's a month heliday

Er we'll nivver let ye in.

• Bar-o — Lads when they're laikin' at marvels say bar-o, an' they mean it.
• Barley-sugar — A sugar stick. Try a child with a stick of barley sugar. — Ruskin.
• Barfin — A horse collar. A grand thing is a barfin ta gurn throo.
• Barney-brig, Boro'-brig, Babylon — A children's, game.

Hoo many miles ta Barney Brig?

Three scooar and ten.

Can I get there by candle-light?

Yes, and back again.

Any sticks or stones on the way?

Yes, both. How can I get over?

Put your heels aback o' your neck

And then jump over.

• Barbary-bark — A cure fer t' jawness, an' that's a complaint 'at theer's some queer remedies fer.
• Bare-gawps — Young crows er cheepers.
• Bare-pelt — Your birthday suit.
• Bane — An industrious, diligent, persevering man. He's varra bane awovver.
• Bang-headed — Same as backwards-way-aboot; a lefthanded awkward way of doing anything.
• Back-handed-wipe — A way o' wipin yans nooas when yans in a hurry an' neea pocket necklath handy.
• Back-an-edge — Completely. Nay! it's gone back-an-edge.
• Back-hod — A door cheek [door-jam], er owt ta set yer back again when it warks wi' stoopin'.
• Banker — What masons dress flags on, an' farmers buy pigs wi'. They're as useful as owt ye can hev in t' hoose is a few bankers, sez oor Betty.
• Barley-seed-time — A sulky man at hings his boddum lip when things don't suit him is said ta hing a lip like an auld meear i' barley seed time.
• Baum — Baum tea, t' grandest thing oot fer a sweet when ye've a bad cauld er a good 'un.
• Band-kit — A gurt can wi' a lid on.
• Babble — A lie, or to lie, but babble is nicer fer t' barns.
• Baffle — Confuse; discredit; cross-question. He telt his tial as streck as a seeve, neeabody could baffle him.
• Back'ards-way-aboot — A chap 'at gangs about his wark in an awkward fashion, an' does a lot on't twice ower is said ta gang t' back'ards-way-aboot.
• Back-hand — Deceitful dealing. It's a back-hand trick.
• Back-hander — A blow with the knuckles, and the hand not clenched.
• Back-band — The chain with which a cart shafts are held up. Fassen t' backban', tweea off.
• Back-hauld — To wrestle with the contestants behind one another, instead of facing. An attitude allowed to balance inequality in skill or strength. Ah can wrussle thee back-hauld.
• Babblement — Silly discourse, partly lees.
• Baist — To beat severely.
• Bawtry-stick — A piece of elder wood worn in the pocket as a charm against the power of witches.
• Bawtry-Johnny — Elder wine.
• Baggish — Ket; muckment; bad lads er lasses. Thoo's nowt but a impident baggish.
• Bay — To bend.
• Balk — A joist; a weigh-beam; a strip of land; a piece which the plough has not turned over; to disappoint. He was yan o' this sooart 'at nivver balkt his fancy, but sed just what he thowt.

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