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Dial. of Craven [Yorks.] 285: He hath broken his leg, ‘of a dissolute person on whom a child has been filiated’.at break a leg, v.
Dial. of Craven [Yorks.] 285: He hath broken his leg, ‘of a dissolute person on whom a child has been filiated’. Dialect of Craven II 198: Thick. Intimate, familiar. ‘As thick as Inckle weavers,’ who, Grose observes, are a very brotherly set of people.at ...two inkle-weavers under thick as..., adj.
Dialect of Craven I 89: Cousin-Betty. A deranged woman.at cousin betty, n.
Dialect of Craven II 305: Our lad’s quite bobberous.at bobbish, adj.
Dial. of Craven 100: SCANDAL-BROTH, A sarcastic name for tea.at scandal-broth, n.
Dialect of Craven I 89: Cousin Tommy is applied to a man in that melancholy [deranged] situation.at cousin tom, n.
Dialect of Craven I 89: Cow-Jockey. A beast dealer.at cow jockey (n.) under cow, n.1
Dialect of Craven II 152: Sparrow-Fart. Break of day, very early.at sparrow-fart, n.1
Craven Dialect i 47: ‘You have no guts in your brains’; you are completely ignorant, you are quite destitute of skill or cunning.at have guts in one’s brains (v.) under gut, n.
Dialect of Craven II 96: Sap-Head. A blockhead.at sap-head, n.
Dialect of Craven I 272: Laced-Tea. Tea or coffee mixed with spirits.at laced, adj.
Dialect of Craven II 312: Methodies say, how yower prayers er tiresome.at Methody, n.
Dialect of Craven II 2: A miss-nancy, an effeminate, insignificant man.at Miss Nancy, n.
Dialect of Craven I 333: Muck. A contemptuous name for money. ‘What’s all his muck good tul?’.at muck, n.1
Dialect of Craven I 333: ‘To throw muck at a person,’ to scandalize and vilify him.at muck, n.1
Dialect of Craven Gloss. (2nd edn) n.p.: Oil of birch, a flogging with a birchrod .at oil of birch (n.) under oil of..., n.
Dialect of Craven II 97: Sapscull. A foolish fellow.at sapscull (n.) under sap, n.2
Dialect of Craven II 174: Strapper. A large, tall person.at strapper, n.
Dialect of Craven II 176: Stretcher. A notorious lie.at stretcher, n.
Dialect of Craven.at thick, adj.
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