Dialectal

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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 17 of 19: from “tiddle” to “vamper”.

  1. tiddle verb To treat tenderly; to pet; to nurse a young animal by hand.
  2. tiddlywink noun An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop.
  3. tief verb To steal, to thieve.
  4. tig verb To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally.
  5. till prep To, up to (physically).
  6. tiller noun A small drawer; a till.
  7. tillow noun Branch; twig; shoot.
  8. time of day noun era: time; day.
  9. timorous adj Fastidious in dressing.
  10. tind noun A branch of a deer's antler; the horn of a unicorn; a tooth of a harrow; a spike.
  11. tine noun A wild vetch or tare.
  12. tinkler noun A tinker.
  13. tirl verb To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about.
  14. tithing noun Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe proctor).
  15. to-draw noun A resort; refuge; a place of shelter; that which stands one in stead.
  16. to-name noun Synonym of byname, any secondary name, including epithets, surnames, nicknames, cognomens, etc.
  17. toadly adj Quiet; gentle; docile; easily managed; kindly; well-contented.
  18. tocleave verb To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
  19. tolerable adv tolerably; passably; moderately.
  20. tomorn adv in the morning
  21. tone pron the one (of two)
  22. toner noun A musician, particularly one who plays a wind instrument.
  23. toom adj Empty; bare.
  24. toom-handed adj Emptyhanded.
  25. torch verb To (appear to) flare up like a torch.
  26. tore adj Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
  27. tort adj Synonym of tart (“sharp- or sour-tasting; (figuratively) keen, severe, sharp”)
  28. tot noun A foolish fellow.
  29. tother pron Other. Most often used after the.
  30. tottle verb To add up; to sum to a total.
  31. totty adj unsteady; dizzy, tottery, or rickety
  32. touser noun A large coarse apron.
  33. towel verb To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".
  34. town noun A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
  35. trance verb To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
  36. treddle noun The dung of sheep or hares.
  37. trend noun Clean wool.
  38. trender noun One who cleans the filth from wool.
  39. tricker noun A trigger.
  40. triculate verb To beautify; to pretty
  41. trig adj True; trusty; trustworthy; faithful.
  42. trindle noun A wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
  43. trinket noun A small vessel for drinking from; a cup, a mug, a porringer.
  44. trip noun A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
  45. trittle trattle noun Nonsense; foolish talk, idle chatter, or meaningless trifle.
  46. troll noun A trolley.
  47. trone noun A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the…
  48. trounce verb To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
  49. trow verb To trust or believe.
  50. trowable adj Credible; believable.
  51. truck verb To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
  52. trucker noun One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
  53. truff noun A truffle.
  54. try noun A screen, or sieve, for grain.
  55. tuckahoe noun A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
  56. tumbler noun A kind of cart; a tumbril.
  57. tump verb To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
  58. tun noun a chimney.
  59. Turk's head noun A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc.
  60. tush noun A tusk.
  61. tusky noun rhubarb, sticks from that vegetable
  62. tut noun A hassock.
  63. twag verb To play truant.
  64. tweague noun Doubt, perplexity; a troubled or distressed condition.
  65. twibill noun A mattock with one blade like an axe and the other like an adze.
  66. twilt noun A quilt.
  67. twinge verb To pull and twist.
  68. twink verb To wink.
  69. twiny adj fretful; uneasy
  70. twit noun A person who chatters or gossips inanely; a chatterer, a gossip or gossiper; also, a person who divulges private information about others…
  71. tyke noun A mongrel dog.
  72. umbecast verb To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
  73. umbeschew verb To avoid; shun.
  74. umbeset verb To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward.
  75. umbethink verb To recall to mind; remember; recollect.
  76. umbraid verb To upbraid.
  77. umgang noun A round about; a way around; detour.
  78. umwhile adj Erstwhile; late; former.
  79. uncanny adj Careless.
  80. uncommon adv Exceedingly, exceptionally.
  81. undergang verb To undergo; pass through; endure.
  82. underly adj Poor; inferior.
  83. undern noun Synonym of afternoon.
  84. ungain adj ungainly; clumsy or awkward
  85. ungive verb To melt; thaw.
  86. unked adj odd; strange
  87. unlight verb To alight; dismount
  88. upbraid verb To vomit; retch.
  89. upcome verb To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.
  90. upgang noun The act of ascending a slope; ascent.
  91. uplong prep Along in an upward direction.
  92. upright noun The tips of the antlers of a young deer.
  93. upsy-down adv upside down
  94. urchin noun A hedgehog.
  95. utchy adj Chilly, parky.
  96. utter verb To discharge or send out (something); to eject, to emit.
  97. uvver det other
  98. vag noun Turf used as fuel.
  99. vamp verb To travel by foot; to walk.
  100. vamper verb To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.

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