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 3 of 19: from “buss” to “coppy”.
- buss verb To kiss (either literally or figuratively).
- butt noun The direction from which the wind blows.
- butty verb To work together; to keep company with.
- byembye noun by and by
- byname noun Synonym of pseudonym, a second name used to disguise authorship etc.
- cabinet noun Milkshake.
- cadge verb To carry, as a burden.
- cadgy adj cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking
- caffle verb To wrangle, to argue, to quarrel.
- cag verb To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
- cagmag noun A tough old goose.
- cail verb To throw, pelt; to throw weakly.
- cair verb To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.
- cal noun wolfram, an ore of tungsten.
- calculate verb To plan; to expect; to think.
- calmlike adv calmly
- cam noun A ridge or mound of earth.
- cank noun Gossip, chatter.
- cant adj Lively, lusty.
- carny verb To cajole, wheedle, or coax.
- carry noun The sky; cloud-drift.
- casings noun Dried cattle dung used as fuel.
- catch-meadow noun An irrigation system in which a meadow receives water from a spring or stream on the side of a hill.
- cater adv Diagonally.
- cater-corner adj Uneven, not square, as mislaid stones or people with a limping gait.
- cathead noun A nodule of ironstone containing fossil remains.
- causey noun A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.
- cavel noun A horse's bit.
- cess noun A bog, in particular a peat bog.
- cha pron Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a /t/ sound.
- champion adj Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
- chap noun A customer, a buyer.
- chatsome adj Talkative.
- chatty adj Infested with lice; or, (figuratively) dirty, worn or of poor quality; lousy.
- chavel verb To chew.
- chaw verb To be sulky.
- chawl noun Jaw or cheek.
- chawn noun A gap, rift, or fissure.
- cheeser noun A conker, especially one with a flat side.
- cherry pie noun Any of various willowherbs
- cheven noun A river fish, the chub.
- chig verb To chew.
- chimblins noun Small fragments or crumbs produced by nibbling or gnawing; tiny pieces left after something has been chewed, crumbled, or worn away…
- chip verb To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
- chipper verb To chirp or chirrup.
- chism noun A shoot or sprout; a bud.
- chit verb To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
- chitter-chatter noun The chattering of teeth due to trembling, shivering, etc.
- chive noun The spring onion; the green onion; the scallion.
- chore verb To steal.
- chuck noun A chicken, a hen.
- chucky noun chicken
- chuff adj stupid; churlish; loutish.
- chuffed adj Displeased; gruff.
- chunter verb To speak in a soft, indistinct manner, mutter.
- ciderkin noun A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.
- clapperdudgeon noun A beggar who would apply blood or sores to his body in order to gain attention and attract more alms.
- clash noun A heavy fall (of rain); heavy rain.
- clashy adj Wet, rainy; muddy.
- claver noun Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
- cleam verb To smear, rub on, or anoint; to bedaub with an oily or sticky substance.
- cleg noun a blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid
- clem verb To be hungry; starve.
- clep verb To chatter, gossip, tell tales.
- clepe verb To give a call; cry out; appeal.
- cleve noun A room; chamber.
- cleverly adv Completely, fully.
- click noun The latch of a door.
- clicket noun The knocker of a door.
- clip verb To strike with the hand.
- clit verb To tangle or stick together.
- clitty adj Poorly or imperfectly set (of bread, cement, soil after rain, etc)
- cloam adj Made of earthenware.
- cloor verb To claw, scratch.
- clotbur noun The burdock.
- clough noun The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
- clubster noun Synonym of stoat.
- cludge noun A toilet.
- clumse verb To die of thirst
- clunt verb To walk in a heavy, noisy manner.
- clunter noun A large mass or lump.
- cluttery adj Rainy, stormy, or inclined to be.
- coast verb To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
- coath noun Sickness; disease; pestilence.
- cobbed adj Odd, peculiar, strange. (Comparative can be cobb'der and superlative can be cobb'dest).
- cobbler noun The shiny, hard seed of the horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum), especially when used in the game of the same name (sense 1.2); a…
- cod verb To attempt to deceive or confuse; to kid.
- codder noun A gatherer of cods or peas.
- cold fire noun Fuel laid ready for lighting.
- colly adj Black as coal.
- con noun Squirrel, particularly the red squirrel.
- conceit noun Esteem, favourable opinion.
- consarned adj darn; pestilent
- contranarian adj Contrarian.
- cony noun Rabbit fur.
- cook verb To throw.
- cool tankard noun The plant borage itself.
- cop on verb To come to understand; twig, cotton on.
- cope verb To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits.
- coppy noun A low stool.