10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEW SNAIL»
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Tenet (1-]yt') s.v. Snagge. w.Som.1 The regular way to charm warts is to take a
dew-snail and rub its slime upon the warts. Then to stick the dew-snail on a
blackthorn, and as the snail perishes and disappears so will the warts. nw.Dev.1,
s.Dev.
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Then to stick the dew-snail on a blackthorn, and as the snail perishes and
disappears so will the warts. nw.Dev.1, s.Dev. (F.W.C.) Car. You might as well try
to handle a great dew-snail, TREGELLA5 Tales (1865) 50; Cor.l As slippery as a
...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Som.l 'l'hc tcgtllar way tn iharm warts is to take a dew-snail and rub its slime upon
the warts. Then to stick the dew-snail on a blackthorn, and as the snail pcrishcs
and disappears so will the warts. nw.Dev.|. s.Dev. vl-'.\V.C.) Cor. You might as ...
DEW-SNAIL [jue- snaa-yul], sb. The large black slug. The regular way to charm
warts is to take a dew-snail and rub its slime upon the warts. Then to stick the
dew-snail on a blackthorn, and as the snail perishes and disappears so will the
warts ...
English Dialect Society, 1886
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A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English
_ff-pl. t. i (gwlitli) A small collection о? humonrs; also a dew snail. сыпь” or fys, or
или, a whitlow on the linger ; „шлеп ar Кура, or Штамп, a stye on the e e. Gwñthi'
alwen, af. (gwlith-malweu) Dew snail. впишите, s. pi. aggr. (gwlith-malwod) Dew
...
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Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English
(gwlith — malwen) Dew snail. Gwlithfalwod, ». pi. aggr. (gwlith — inalwod) Dew
snails. Gwlithiad, ». m. (gwlith) A falling of dew; a bedewing. Gwlithiedig, a. (
gwlith) Being bedewed. Gwlithlys, ». m. (gwlith— llys) The sun dew. Gwlithwlaw,
». m.
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A Dictionary of the Welsh Language
... Gwleidyddol a, political Gwleidiadur -iaid », politician Gwleiddiad -on », one of
a country; ca- Gwlf, gylfon », channel, notch [rousing Gwlith -oedd », dew, dew-
fall Gwlithen -i nf blister; the dew-snail Gwlithfalwe», falwod nf dew-snail
Gwlithiad ...
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Transactions of the Philological Society
Although my authorities give these Swed. and Dan. words as equivalents of Dew-
snail, I suspect they have confounded it with the Dew-worm which is a totally
distinct animal. The source of the name Dew-snail may be readily understood
from ...
Philological Society (London), 1860
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A Welsh-English dictionary. Geirlyfr Cymraeg a Saesneg, gan ...
... the dew sall; the morning— givlitb folwen, a dew snail-— givi'ub falivod, dew
snails Gwlithen, s. a small collection os humours: also, a dew snail gwlitbcn bjs,
or Ijllwn, a whitlow on the &a%m—givlitben ar lygad, a stye on the eye Gwlithiad,
...
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A new pocket dictionary of the Welsh and English languages: ...
a l.ll , cr; a dew-snail Gwlithfalwen, s.f. a dew-snail Gwlithiad, s.m. a falling of dew
Gwlitho, v. to cast a dew Gwlithog,a. having dew, dewy Gwlithwlaw, s.m. a drizzly
rain Gwlithyn,s.m. dim. a dew drop Gwlw, s.m. a channel, a notch Gwlyh— ion, ...
