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 19 of 19: from “without” to “yure”.
- without conj Unless, except (introducing a clause).
- withset verb To set (a place) with an ambush.
- withtake verb To withhold; retain.
- witter adj knowing, certain, sure, wis.
- wittol noun A bird, the wheatear.
- witwall noun Any oriole, especially the golden oriole.
- wo noun A wall.
- wold adj Old.
- wonderful adv Exceedingly, to a great extent.
- wone verb To live, reside, stay.
- wong noun A field or other piece of land.
- woodshock noun The marten, or its pelt.
- woosy adj oozy; wet
- wor verb Was; were.
- workaday noun A workday.
- workish adj Fond of work; diligent; industrious.
- workly adj Diligent; industrious; given to work.
- worrit noun Worry; anxiety.
- wrack verb To execute vengeance on; avenge.
- wrest noun A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing…
- wretchock noun A stunted or abortive cock; the smallest of a brood of domestic birds; any puny or imperfect creature.
- wrick verb To twist; turn
- wring verb To cause (someone or something) physical harm, injury, or pain; specifically, by applying pressure or by twisting; to harm, to hurt, to…
- wrinkle noun A winkle
- wroo noun An enclosure in a grass field, in which cattle are penned up at night.
- wud adj Mad; crazy.
- ya adv yea; yes
- yabble adj Able; capable.
- yack noun An oak.
- yadder noun A stake used for bracing.
- yaff verb To bark, yelp.
- yaffle noun The European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
- yar adj Sour; brackish.
- yare adj Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
- yarm verb To cry out; make a loud, unpleasant noise; shriek; yell.
- yarr noun The plant Spergula arvensis, corn spurry.
- yary adj Ready.
- yass particle Pronunciation spelling of yes.
- yatt noun A gate.
- yed verb To magnify greatly in narration; exaggerate a tale; fib.
- yedding noun A burrow; a mole or rabbit hole.
- yelm noun A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.
- yelper noun The avocet.
- yepsen noun Amount that can be held in two hands cupped together.
- yer det Pronunciation spelling of your.
- yessum contraction Used to express agreement with a woman (and, somewhat less commonly, a man): yes, ma'am.
- yet noun A metal pan or boiler; yetling.
- yex noun A hiccup.
- yield noun Payment; money; tribute.
- yill noun A yell.
- yo'selves pron Yo' (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.
- yon det Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there.
- yonder adj The farther, the more distant of two choices.
- yonside adv On the other side.
- yoselves pron Yo (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.
- yot verb To unite closely; to fasten; to rivet.
- yote verb To pour water on; pour in.
- you people noun plural of you
- yous pron You.
- yure noun udder