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 13 of 19: from “research” to “setter”.
- research noun Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that…
- rhine noun A watercourse; a ditch for water.
- rice noun A twig or stick.
- rick noun A sharp or sudden move; a jerk or tug.
- ricket adj Unsteady, rickety.
- ricketed adj Rickety, shaky, unsteady.
- ridder noun a sieve
- ride noun A saddle horse.
- rig noun A ridge.
- right adv Very, extremely, quite.
- rightship noun The quality of being right, just, or reasonable; justice, truth; dependence, trustworthiness; reasonableness.
- rim noun A membrane.
- rin verb To run.
- rine noun A watercourse or ditch.
- ringer noun A top performer.
- ringle noun A metal ring.
- rink noun A man, especially a warrior or hero.
- ripple noun thripple, cart ladder (extension for cart or wagon)
- roke noun Fog, mist; light rain; smoke, vapour; damp.
- roky adj Misty; foggy; cloudy.
- roo noun Peace; quietness.
- rood noun A measure of five and a half yards in length.
- room adj Wide; spacious; roomy.
- roop verb To cry; shout.
- roose verb To flatter or praise.
- ross noun The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees.
- round verb To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak secretly; take counsel.
- rubble noun The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.
- ruck verb To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
- rue noun Sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruffin noun A ruffian.
- rumbullion noun A great tumult.
- rumgumption noun rough and homely common sense
- rumgumptious adj shrewd; sharp
- rumptious adj Energetic, rowdy, uproarious.
- runt noun A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
- rusty adj Cantankerous
- sad adj Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- sam verb To assemble.
- same adv Together.
- sammel noun Sandy gravel; loamy gravel used for puddling.
- sand mouse noun A bird, the dunlin or sandpiper.
- sare adv much, very much, greatly.
- sate noun satay
- sauce noun Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
- saught noun Reconciliation; peace; ease.
- savanilla noun A fish (Atlantic tarpon, Megalops atlanticus).
- sawyer noun The bowfin.
- sax verb To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.
- scaddle adj Wild, mischievous, thievish.
- scale verb To scatter; to spread.
- scalp noun The top of the head; the skull.
- scammish adj awkward; rough; untidy
- scaper noun A rascal.
- scarcen verb to become scarce
- scarecrow noun The black tern (Chlidonias niger).
- scat noun A brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.
- scatch noun A stilt.
- scathe noun Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
- scatty adj Showery; rainy.
- scaw noun A wood or forest; a shaw.
- schindery noun A facility in which animal carcasses are rendered into useful by-products, such as hides, fertilizer, soap, etc.; a rendering plant.
- scolder noun The long-tailed duck.
- Scotch mist noun Something that is hard to find or does not exist.
- scove noun Rich, pure tin ore.
- scowl noun Old workings of iron ore.
- scraffle verb To scramble or struggle; to wrangle.
- scram verb Of one's body or limbs: to become numb or stiff due to cold, lack of movement, etc.
- scramb verb To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw, to scram.
- scrattle verb To scuttle.
- scriggle verb To squirm, wriggle or squiggle.
- scrike verb To shriek; to screech.
- scringe noun The act or sound of scratching or scraping.
- scritch noun A thrush.
- scrog noun A blackthorn.
- scroggy adj Abounding in scrog.
- scrooge verb To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
- scruffle noun A scuffle; a physical fight or struggle.
- scrump noun Anything small or undersized.
- scufter verb To bustle, to hurry.
- scug noun A squirrel.
- sculd verb To accuse (someone) of wrongdoing, especially under the procedure known as sculding.
- sculsh noun rubbish; trash
- scup noun A swing.
- scur verb To move hastily; to scour.
- scutch verb To beat or whip; to drub.
- sea toad noun Any marine animal of toad-like appearance, such as sculpins (Cottidae spp.), toadfish, anglerfish (Lophiiformes spp.), frogfish…
- seal verb To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.
- seam noun Grease; tallow; lard.
- seave noun A rush (the plant).
- seel noun Good fortune; happiness; bliss.
- seen verb simple past of see; saw.
- seg noun A man; fellow.
- seld adv Seldom.
- sele noun Happiness, fortune.
- selly adj Rare; wonderful; admirable
- sere adj Individual, separate, set apart.
- serious adv seriously, in a serious manner (most often heard in take or mean serious)
- set verb To sit (be in a seated position).
- setter verb To cut the dewlap (of a cow or ox), and insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.