This page gathers the 1,860 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Dialectal” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 10 of 19: from “lumper” to “nait”.
- lumper noun A militiaman.
- luncheon meat noun Spam (canned meat).
- lurch noun A lift or heave.
- lurker noun A small fishing-boat.
- lush adj Mellow; soft; (of ground or soil) easily turned; fertile.
- lusk adj Full; ripe.
- mackle verb To assemble in a makeshift manner; to cobble together.
- mackly adj Seemly; comely; good-looking.
- mad adv Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably.
- madling adj Mad; insane; crazy.
- maggot noun A whimsy or fancy.
- maiden noun A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
- main adv Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
- make noun Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.
- mamaw noun One's mother.
- mammock noun A shapeless piece; a fragment.
- mampus noun A large number.
- manifold noun The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
- manship noun Manly spirit or conduct; courage, valor, gallantry; chivalry
- manysome adj Characterised or marked by abundance; plentiful, abundant; multiple.
- mapocho noun The colloquial term for the Mapudungun language in deep central Chile (Andes) and along Viña del Mar, often used by locals who speak…
- mardarse noun A person who whines and complains a lot.
- marlock noun A prank; a practical joke.
- mask verb To mash.
- masker verb To render giddy or senseless
- massacree noun Alternative form of massacre.
- mauther noun A girl, especially, a large awkward girl.
- maw noun Mother.
- mawk noun A slattern.
- mawkish adj Feeling sick, queasy.
- mawn noun A maund; a basket or hamper.
- meader noun A mower.
- meadow bright noun A swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups; Caltha palustris.
- meal noun A speck or spot.
- mease noun A measure of varying quantity, often five or six (long or short) hundred, used especially when counting herring.
- measling noun Synonym of measle: the disease caused by M. morbillivirus, a red spot caused by the disease.
- meat noun Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food.
- med verb Pronunciation spelling of might.
- meemaw noun Synonym of mamaw (“grandmother”).
- meetin' seed noun A seed from any of various herb plants (especially fennel, but sometimes caraway, dill, or anise), formerly eaten during church meetings to…
- mell verb To say (something); to speak, to tell.
- member verb Pronunciation spelling of remember.
- mense noun Decency; propriety; civility.
- menseless adj destitute of grace, propriety, or moderation; uncivil; immoderate
- mere noun A body of standing water, inclusive of lakes, ponds, and pools, especially any broad and shallow one.
- mether num Four in the old counting system of Northern England.
- mew noun A gull, seagull.
- midgen noun The fat surrounding the entrails of an animal; suet.
- mightsome verb To be powerful.
- mim adj Demure; shy.
- min adj Less; smaller; lower.
- mind verb To remind; put one's mind on.
- ming verb To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
- minge noun Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”).
- minnock noun The minnow (genus Leuciscus or Phoxinus)
- minute noun A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- miscall verb To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse.
- misery noun A bodily ache or pain.
- misgo verb To go wrong, make a mistake, go astray, become lost, miscarry.
- misken verb To mistake one for another; mistake in point of knowledge or recognition; misconceive.
- mislippen verb To neglect.
- mismove verb To disturb; trouble; to disconcert; alarm; flurry.
- misput verb To put out; to inconvenience or disturb.
- mister noun A kind, type of.
- misthrust verb Pronunciation spelling of mistrust.
- mitch verb To pilfer; filch; steal.
- mitching noun Pilfering; skulking.
- mizzle verb To rain in very fine drops.
- mo adj Greater in amount, quantity, or number (of discrete objects, as opposed to more, which was applied to substances)
- mog verb To move or walk slowly; to trudge, amble; (more broadly) to go.
- moh adj Pronunciation spelling of more
- moider noun murder
- moiderer noun murderer as pronounced by some speakers of New York City English with the highly-stigmatized curl-coil vowel merger. Extremely rare now if…
- moither verb to bother or harass
- moke noun A donkey.
- mold noun Earth, ground.
- mommick verb To harass or bother (someone or something).
- mong noun A mingling, mixture, or crowd.
- moonlight noun Synonym of moonshine (“illegally produced or smuggled spirits”).
- moonshine noun Smuggled spirits, often with a specific sense; (Kent, Sussex) white brandy; (Yorkshire) gin.
- mop noun An annual fair where servants were historically hired.
- more noun A root; stock.
- morning wood noun Kindling used to light a fire in the morning.
- mort noun The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease.
- mortling noun An animal, such as a sheep, that has died of disease or privation.
- mosey verb To set off, get going; to start a journey.
- mousehawk noun Any of several hawks (e.g. the rough-legged hawk, northern harrier, etc.).
- mow noun A scornful grimace; a wry face.
- muckamuck noun Food.
- mudge noun mud; sludge
- muffin noun A roll, bap or cob, which may or may not be flat or toasted.
- muggle verb Often followed by along: to live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way; to muddle along.
- mull noun Dirt, dust, or other waste matter.
- mulley noun A cow.
- mullock noun Rubbish, waste matter.
- mun verb Must.
- murth noun murder; slaughter.
- musher noun A mushroom.
- muzzy adj Blurred, hazy, indistinct, unfocussed.
- nait adj Useful; good at need; fit; able.