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 5 of 19: from “dring” to “flathe”.
- dring verb To press; squeeze; crowd; push.
- drock noun A drainage ditch, sometimes covered; a small watercourse, especially one used for drainage or sewerage.
- droke noun An alley.
- drownder noun A person or animal that is suffering or has suffered drowning.
- drub noun Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
- dub noun A pool or puddle.
- dubby adj stubby, stumpy; Lacking shapeliness or finesse.
- dudder verb To confuse or confound with noise.
- duff noun Dough.
- dumbledore noun A bumblebee.
- dunch noun A push; knock; bump.
- dunny noun A dummy, an unintelligent person.
- dunt noun The disease gid or sturdy in sheep.
- dunter noun A porpoise.
- dush verb To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
- dust verb To strike, beat, thrash.
- dutchy adj difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated
- dwale verb To mutter deliriously.
- dyke noun Any navigable watercourse.
- earn verb To curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process.
- easter adj Eastern.
- eating noun Food; cooking, cuisine.
- eckle noun An icicle.
- een adv even.
- eeny adv With most, almost
- egg verb To conceive a child, especially recklessly.
- eid noun An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of an open bight or inlet and…
- eighty-eleven adj Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
- eke noun An addition.
- eld noun One's age, age in years, period of life.
- eldfather noun One's grandfather or forefather.
- elding noun firewood; fuel
- elf-cup noun A stone with a hole pierced by dripping water.
- elmen adj Of or pertaining to an elm tree.
- elt verb To injure (anything) by rough handling; handle roughly.
- emmet noun An ant.
- en pron Him.
- epizootic noun A disease or ailment (of humans).
- ern verb To run; flow.
- erne noun An eagle.
- ert verb To incite; urge on; encourage.
- ess particle Yes.
- ettin noun A giant.
- ettle noun Intention; intent; aim.
- even-down adj Of rain: pouring straight down.
- evenlike adv Evenly.
- ever det Shortening of every
- everwhere adv Wherever.
- face verb To confront impudently; to bully.
- fack noun One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.
- fain adj Often followed by of: glad, well-pleased.
- fainaigue verb To achieve or obtain (something) by complicated or deceitful methods; to finagle, to wangle.
- fairish noun A fairy.
- fairy butter noun Certain gelatinous fungi, the tremellas.
- fall verb To fell; to cut down.
- fall out verb To pass out.
- fang verb To catch, capture; seize.
- fanger noun A receiver.
- fangle verb To fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
- far noun A litter of piglets; a farrow.
- farantly adj Good-looking; respectable.
- farm verb To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out
- farter noun One who ambles along slowly.
- fasel verb To unravel or become frayed.
- fatherdom noun The state of being a father; fatherhood.
- fax noun The hair of the head.
- fay verb To cleanse; clean out.
- feal adj (of things) Cosy; clean; neat.
- fear adj Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
- feared adj Frightened, afraid.
- fearful adv Extremely; fearfully.
- featly adv Properly; suitably.
- feely adj soft; smooth; velvety
- feeze noun A state of worry or alarm.
- fele adv greatly, much, very
- fell adj Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
- fend noun An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
- fent noun A slit or crack.
- fer prep Pronunciation spelling of for.
- fere noun A companion, comrade or friend.
- fess adj Proud; conceited.
- fetch noun The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a…
- fettle noun The act of fettling.
- fewsome adj Characterised or marked by paucity; sparse; very few.
- fey adj About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
- fickle verb To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
- fidge verb To fidget; jostle or shake.
- fiercen verb To enliven.
- fike noun Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation.
- fimble verb To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.
- fine adv Finely; elegantly; delicately.
- fink verb Pronunciation spelling of think.
- firehouse noun A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
- firetail noun The common redstart.
- firk noun A freak; trick; quirk.
- fixed adj Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).
- flack verb To hang loosely; flag.
- flake noun A paling; a hurdle.
- flat noun A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- flathe noun A ray or skate (fish).