M - Z

I remember my dad being sluffed.No matter how we try eldest daughter always insists she hasnt done owt.And i usually make a mullock of things!
Maister
Master

Middlin
Moderate

Miln
A mill

Milner
Originally the one who put the cloth in the milling stocks

Mongi
Idle

Mule
Spinning machine

Mullock
Mess or muddle

Muff
Make a small noise

Mungo
Old rags and woollen material, shredded to be rewoven


Nogs
L-shaped pieces of iron placed on the beam to hold the warp

Noils
Short fibres of wool removed by the combing machine

Noit
Business

Nope
To hit, especially on the head


Okker
To hesitate

Olis
Always

Oss
To stir; move, to begin

Owt
Anything


Paand
Pound (£1)

Perch
To examine cloth by putting it over a rod, pole or perch, in order to remove burls or motes

Pick
To throw the shuttle

Piggin
A lading can or small vessel

Poise
Kick

Porty woof
Forty threads

Pund
Pound (lb) weight


Rordin
A Riding; a third part

Rovin
In wool spinning where the filaments are drawn out to a greater length

Rush
A festival


Saig
Saw

Saigins
Sawdust

Sam
To pick up or gather

Scribble
To give the first rough carding to wool or cotton

Shauve
Slice (of bread)

Shiftless
Helpless

Shivvins
Small bits of wood in the wool or bits off the yarn (shavings)

Shoddy
Waste material thrown off by machines, used for low priced cloth

Skep or skip
A willow basket

Skitter
To hurry one's work

Sliver
A long carding of wool

Slub
To draw out cardings into greater length

Sluffed
Disappointed, distressed

Stamperds
The four posts supporting a loom

Stocks
Part of milling machinery

Strinkle
To scatter or sprinkle

Sumpoil
Place to which surplus liquids flow


Taew
To strive

Tail goit
Channel from the mill

Tenter
Frame for stretching cloth to dry on tenter hooks

Thoil
To bear; endure; not begrudge; spare

Throng
Busy

Thrum
The ends 0f the warp cut off from a piece of cloth

Thump
Local name for a feast or fair

Tig
To touch (as in childrens games)

Toit
To keep in toil; to keep in good order

Tuner
One who tunes or sets the looms for weaving


Ummer
Local word for Hell


Wanty
A girth for a pack horse

Wappy
Quick; a short cut

Wassock
Daft

Wind
To wind bobbins

Wim wam
An impulse or fancy

Winteredge
Winter hedge; clothes horse

Wit
Commonsense

Worsit
Worsted

Wom
Home


Yark
To jerk; pull or snatch