Glossary of Dorset dialect words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A-cothed | Disease |
| A-drawen | Drawing, for example "He be a-drawen a picture." |
| A-feard | Afraid (Dorset motto, "Who's a-feard?") |
| Agean | Against, for example "'e be runnin' agean thac strong wind." |
| A-lassen | Lest |
| Alik' | Like |
| All's | All this |
| Amper | Pustules "I be all out in an amper!" |
| Aller | The alder tree |
| Anby | At a near time, by and by |
| Annan? | An interjectional exclamation. "What did you say?" |
| Anewst, or Aniste | At nearest |
| Ankly | The ankle |
| Any-when | At any time |
| A piggyback, a pig a back, a pack a back | To carry a child on one's back with their arms around your neck and their legs around your waist. |
| A pisty poll | To carry a child on one's shoulders with their legs around your neck and their arms around your forehead. |
| A-ponted | See "ponted" |
| Arn | A contraction of "e'er a one" |
| Ash candles | The seed vessels of the ash tree |
| Asker | Water newt |
| A-strout | Stretched out stiffly |
| A-stooded | Stood (as a waggon) immovably in the ground |
| A-stoggd | Having your feet stuck in either clay or dirt |
| At | To play at, to have at |
| Athirt | Across |
| Avore | Before |
| A-vrore | Frozen |
| Awaked | Awake |
| Ax | To ask |
| Axen | Ashes |
| Axen hole | Ash hole |
| A-zet | Set or planted |
| A-zew | 1) To be dry of milk; no longer giving suck "The cow's a-zew" 2) To sew a pond, to drain or draw it dry. |
| Backhouse | Outhouse |
| Bad | Synonym for ill |
| Ballyrag | To scold |
| Bandylags | Crooked/bowed legs |
| Bankrout | Bankrupt |
| Batch | Hillock |
| Beas' | Beast |
| Baven | A faggot of untrimmed branches |
| Becall | To deride |
| Beens | Because |
| Beknown | Known about |
| Bibber | Shiver with cold |
| Bide | Dwell |
| Biddle | Beetle |
| Bird-kippy | To keep birds from the corn |
| Bit-an'-drap | A meal |
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