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 15 of 19: from “snelly” to “storm”.
- snelly adv quickly; sharply; acutely; coldly
- snet noun The fat of a deer.
- snickle noun Suppressed or sly laughter; snigger.
- snicklefritz noun A child, especially a mischievous one; especially as a nickname or term of endearment, or exasperation. Alternative letter-case form of…
- snift noun A moment; a while.
- snig noun A small eel
- snipebill noun A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.
- snit noun A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states…
- snithe verb To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to…
- snoke verb To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
- snool noun An abject, cowardly person who submits tamely to others.
- snoot noun A nose or snout.
- snork verb To snore.
- snot noun The flamed out wick of a candle.
- snudge verb Also followed by along: to walk with one's head down; to walk with a stoop.
- snuzzle verb To rub the nose against and snuff.
- sny verb Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something
- sodder verb To solder.
- sodie noun A soda (carbonated drink).
- sokay intj it's okay; it is OK
- sole noun A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.
- some adv To a certain extent, or for a certain period.
- somedeal pron Some part; a portion, something; some.
- sook noun Familiar name for a cow.
- soon adj Early.
- soople adj supple
- sorra noun sorrow
- soss noun Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle.
- souse adv Suddenly, without warning.
- souther verb To fix; remedy; put to rights.
- sowl noun A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.
- sozzle verb To splash or wet carelessly.
- sozzly adj sloppy; messy
- spadger noun A sparrow.
- spang verb To leap; spring.
- spank noun A leap or bound.
- spanker noun A small coin.
- spar verb To bolt, bar.
- spat verb To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- speckled-belly noun The gadwall (Mareca strepera).
- speel verb To climb.
- speld verb To split.
- spelder verb To spell.
- spelt noun A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
- sperling noun A young herring.
- spider noun A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
- spiff adj Neat, smartly dressed, attractive.
- spiketail noun A pintail duck (Anas spp.).
- spile noun A splinter.
- spinetail noun A ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).
- spink noun The chaffinch.
- spinster noun A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.
- spit verb To dig (something) using a spade; also, to turn (the soil) using a plough.
- splain verb Apheretic form of explain.
- spot verb To rain slightly, in scattered, infrequent drops, for example when first beginning to rain.
- spreathe verb To make chapped, as with cold.
- spreckle noun A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.
- sprent verb To leap; bound; move quickly; dart
- sprigtail noun The pintail duck.
- spring verb To mature.
- sprunny adj neat; spruce
- spud noun A piece of dough boiled in fat.
- spuddle verb To shallowly dig or stir up in an unsystematic manner.
- squad noun Sloppy mud.
- squirl noun A squirrel.
- squizzle verb To cry easily.
- staith noun A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars into vessels.
- staithe noun A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.
- stale noun One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.
- stam verb To confound.
- stammel noun A large, clumsy horse.
- stank noun Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
- stanners noun The small stones and gravel on the edge of a body of water; also applied to stones in a riverbed which might be submerged or exposed and…
- stark verb To stiffen.
- start adv Completely, utterly.
- startup noun A kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people.
- statesman noun A man who lives on a landed estate; a small landholder.
- stave verb To walk or move rapidly.
- stawsome adj Disgusting, repugnant to the taste or appetite; sickening.
- stay adj Steep; ascending.
- stean noun A stone.
- steaning noun A ford over a river.
- steel noun A flat iron.
- stell verb To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
- stelled adj Firmly placed or fixed.
- stend verb To rear or leap.
- stenting noun An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
- steups noun The sound made by sucking one's teeth.
- stickle verb To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
- stilling noun A stillion.
- stith adj strong; stiff; rigid
- stive verb To stew; to be stifled or suffocated.
- stob noun A stick, twig or peg, especially in roofing or matting.
- stog verb To stab; to probe; to thrust
- stookie noun idiot
- stool noun A seat with a back; a chair.
- stoop noun A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- stoor verb To move; stir.
- stop noun A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- storm verb To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.