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'E.—Thou, thee, you.

"If 'e wunt go I'll gie 'e zixpence" (if you won't go I will give you sixpence).

EARTH-STOPPIN', or YARTH STOPPIN'.—Stopping up foxes holes before the hounds come to hunt, so that foxes may not run to ground.

EAST DUMPLINS.—Plain dumplings of boiled dough, cut open and eaten with sugar and butter.

EDDERD.—Edward.

EDGE-WISE.—The expression, "I coodn't get a word in edgewise" is used when others have monopolized the conversation.

EEN-A'MWOAST.—Almost, nearly.

"I een-a'mwoast ketched a young rabbut, but a slipped into a hawle."

EESE, or E-US and ISS.—Yes.

EFFLT.—An eft or newt.

EGG-HOT.—A hot drink taken before going to bed to cure a cold, it is made of beer, eggs, sugar and nutmeg.

EGG ON.—To incite ; to urge on.

"A eggd 'un on to vight a good bit avoor a 'ood."

EKKERN, or AAYKERX.—An acorn.

ELBAW GRACE.—Energetic work with hands and arms.

"Thee must put in a bit moor elbaw grace when 'e rubs down yer hosses."

ELBAWS.—The expression "out at elbaws" is used with respect to one who has become poorly off.

ELDERN.—Made of elder wood; such things are very common amongst boys on account of the convenient hollow left by the removal of the pith.

ELLOOK.—Look here!