ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSPIELD. 109 Beckon. Common. Used for think, or believe. G. H. had been to Lords' Miln, near Honley, for a piece fifty yards lon^, -which he brought home * cuttled * into a bundle. On his way back he got too much beer, and the piece getting unrolled, trailed along on the ground. Entering his father s house, he said, ' Theer*s one end o' f piece here ; wheer f other is Au canna* tell, but Au reckon ifs somewhere between yaar haas and f Miln.' Bedflter, a redstart. [A.S. steort; Dutch staart, a tail. — "W. W. S.] Seek, a common word for smoke. Formerly certain dues had to be paid to the vicar : ' So much for reek, house custom, eggs,' &o. Seeling. This is a part of the process in making oat-bread, &c., by which the cake is made round. The do/e (dough) is placed on the hakbrade in a semi-fluid state, then, by moving the board about in a peculiar manner (somewhat as a pancake is shaken in the pan), the cake is turned into a rounded form. Beever, or Sever, any man or animal in a poor condition ; a lame man, horse, &c. Seteed, Seezed, or Se&zed (^l. ri-h'zd), a term applied to rancid bacon. Sender, to separate, or extract, the fat from membranous substances. Shemus, the rheumatism. Sickling, a small lump of hay raked up to dry better before being put into cock. Big, a ridge in general; the backbone ; the back. [A.S. krycg, the old form of ri^e.] Sight, pronounced reet, or rait. Bight (a word in much use), the same as regular or proper in some parts ; as, ' He is a right fooL' Big tree, the highest beam in the frame of the roof. Bingo (pronounced ring-go). * Johnny Rtngo ' is the name of a game. See Jolinny. Also the Yellow-hammer is sometimes so called. Sip. When a boy takes a bird's nest he is said to rip it. Sism, or Sissom (pronounced riz7n)f a small portion. I have heard it used in these sentences : ' He never had to work one riem sin,' t. e. he had done no more. ' There isn't a riam on it left,' there is none left. ' Tha' gev him a lot o' cheese and bre&d ; Au niwer gev him a riam V mi' lauf.* Biye (old pronunciation reeve ; now rauve, or rive), to tear. Bead (not pronounced royd, but roodd ; gl. roo'h'd), used peculiarly for way or manner. * It*s done that road, i. e. in that way.
