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 12 of 19: from “piggin” to “remeid”.
- piggin noun A small pail, can, or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but…
- pightle noun A small piece of enclosed land, often by a hedge. Some authorities also indicate that a pightle tends to be associated with a house or…
- pigsticker noun A sled with a pointed front.
- pigweed noun Heracleum sphondylium.
- pike noun A hayfork.
- pikelet noun Any crumpet, regardless of thickness
- pilm noun dust
- pimping adj Puny; sickly.
- pind verb To impound (as cattle), to shut up in a pound.
- pinder noun A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
- pindling adj frail, delicate
- pineapple noun A pinecone; the cone of the fir.
- pingle noun A small piece of enclosed ground.
- pinnock noun The hedge sparrow.
- pintle noun The penis.
- pirn noun A trouble or difficulty deliberately created.
- pissabed noun Any of various other wild plants with diuretic properties; bluet, oxeye daisy, etc.
- pitiful adv In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
- pize verb To strike or hit (a person).
- plant noun A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
- plash verb Synonym of pleach (“to make or repair (a hedge) by partly cutting plant stems, bending them down, and intertwining them with other stems”).
- plaw verb To boil; boil slightly; parboil.
- plight noun Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
- ploat verb To pluck or strip off.
- plouter verb To splash around in something wet; to dabble.
- ploy noun Sport; frolic.
- poacher noun An American wigeon (Anas americana).
- pod noun A bag; a pouch.
- poddish noun Porridge.
- poke noun Pokeweed, and its berries.
- polehead noun A tadpole.
- politicker noun A politician; one who employs politics.
- pollywog noun A tadpole.
- polt noun A hard knock.
- pooty adj Pretty.
- pope noun The whippoorwill (Antrostomus vociferus, syn. Caprimulgus vociferus).
- popple noun poplar
- porray noun A medieval pudding or stew of leeks and other vegetables (and sometimes meat) simmered in fresh almond milk and/or meat broth.
- posh noun A sudden and heavy fall or gush of rain or water.
- poss verb To push; to dash; to throw.
- pot verb To tipple; to drink.
- powerful adv very; extremely
- preen noun A pin.
- pretty adv Prettily, in a pretty manner.
- pride of the morning noun A light rain (or sometimes a mist) which falls in the morning, especially one which is expected to give way to a pleasant day.
- prill verb To grow sour.
- prime verb To trim or prune.
- prink verb to give a wink; to wink.
- print noun A pat of butter, especially one pressed with a die.
- pritch noun pique; offence
- prog noun A pointed instrument.
- progue noun A sharp point; a goad.
- puckle noun A fairy; elf; sprite.
- puddle noun Stagnant or polluted water.
- purely adj Well, in good health.
- purl noun A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
- purty adj Pronunciation spelling of pretty.
- push noun A pustule; a pimple.
- quaint adj Strange or odd; unusual.
- qualm noun Mortality; plague; pestilence.
- quart adj Safe, sound; healthy.
- quat adj Free; no longer involved with; quit.
- queer verb To puzzle.
- quelch noun A blow; a bang.
- querk verb To die.
- quiff noun A puff or whiff, especially of tobacco smoke.
- quirkle noun A twist.
- quizzle verb To suffocate
- quob verb To throb; to quiver.
- quobby adj Marshy, boggy.
- quoddy noun Herring, especially if caught and cured (or smoked) near any of the various northeastern American places named Quoddy or Passamquoddy.
- rackan noun A chain or bar drilled with holes to accommodate pot-hooks from which cooking vessels can be suspended over a fire; a pot-hook.
- rackle noun A chain.
- raggy adj Foggy, misty (and typically cold), with drizzling rain.
- rand noun A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
- range noun A bolting sieve to sift meal.
- rapid adj Violent, severe.
- rate verb To cause (hay, hemp, flax, etc) to decay (whether in an injurious way, or—as retting—in a useful way) by exposure to weather, particularly…
- rather verb To prefer; to prefer to.
- ravenstone noun A gravestone
- rawk noun A mark.
- rax verb To stretch; stretch out.
- ream noun Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
- reaminess noun Creaminess; frothiness.
- reamy adj Creamy, made with cream.
- rean noun A ridge or baulk.
- rear adv early; soon
- reard noun A voice; a sound.
- reasty adj Rancid, "rusty" (applied to salt meat).
- reck verb To concern (someone); to be important or of interest to; to matter.
- red sauce noun Tomato ketchup.
- redd verb To free from entanglement.
- rede noun Help, advice, counsel.
- ree adj Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
- reed noun The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
- reeding noun Thatching.
- reeve verb To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.
- regular adv Regularly, on a regular basis.
- regular coffee noun American coffee, as opposed to espresso, or a derived coffee drink (cappuccino, latte, iced coffee, etc).
- remeid noun Legal redress of a wrong.