10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NISGUL»
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1
A glossary of provincial words used in Herefordshire, and ...
The forms nisgil and nisgul are likewise used, both in Herefordshire and
Gloucestershire. In Lancashire, " cry'd no child" means a woman cried down by
her husband ; in which expression no- child, according to Grose, is a corruption
of nichil ...
sir George Cornewall Lewis (2nd bart.), 1839
[Communicated to Cuvier by Milbert, from the Falls of Nisgul] As the name of
Labeo oblongus has been applied by MM. Cuvier and Valenciennes to a species
from Java, we propose to change our L. oblong-us to elongatus. POPULAR
NAMES ...
James Ellsworth De Kay, 1842
3
A glossary of provincial words used in Herefordshire and ...
The forms nisgil and nisgul are likewise used, both in Herefordshire and
Gloucestershire. In Lancashire, " cry'd no child" means a woman cried down by
her husband ; in which expression no- child, according to Grose, is a corruption
of nichil ...
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 1839
4
The Black Country Dialect: A Modern Linguistic Analysis
Very few now keep animals other than pets, so words such as "leasow", "pleck", "
nisgul", "weasand", and "spugger" are not widely known. The word "bobowler" (
moth) is still known, as it used as a metaphor for a young person who stops out ...
5
Presteigne, past and present
... usually on wheels. darchy : better spelt as dakky, but some times pronounced
with Welsh ch. lungeous : also cruel. middling : also, of health, poorly ; pretty
middling often means worse than middling. niscal : better spelt as nisgul queek :
also ...
William Henry Howse, 1945
We also learn from Professor Wright that a runt pig is a recklin, riddlin, rutlin, dillin
, nisgul, ora pitman, depending on what part of England he is found. The
Professor would certainly be floored by Americanisms such as critter, shote,
varmint, ...
7
Word-lore; the 'folk' Magazine
... of local synonyms of this word ? In Somerset everyone knows that a nestletripe
is the youngest or weakest pig of a litter. In Gloucestershire " wrinnock " means
practically the same thing. In Worcestershire they call it a " nisgul " or " nestcull ...
8
Banham's Veterinary posology and other information for the ...
... Bratling, The Darling, Dolly, Wrinnock, Nisgul, Nestcull. Gummer, Gunner or
Runner= weaned pig. Store Pig=a pig between weaning and being fattened. Яоо
=а male pig after being castrated. Stag, Steg, or Seg=a, male castrated late in life.
George Amos Banham, William James Ironside, 1943
H. nisgul : one that is backward in growth, the smallest of a litter, brood, etc. H.
nobby : a young foal or colt, noggin : a can of say one or two quarts (e.g., a
noggin of milk for the calves). H. nub : a small lump (e.g., of coal). H. oddmark :
portion of ...
William Henry Howse, 1949
10
Baillière's veterinary handbook: formerly The veterinary ...
Also Anthony, Bratling, Creet, Crink, Crit, Critling, Crowl, Dack, Darrel, Darling,
Dilling, Doll, Dolly, Jimmy Tiddler, Nestcull, Nestletripe, Nisgul, Pignit, Pitman, Rit,
Rutland, Tiddler, Timothy, Underling, Wrinnock. Runt = a small, weakly pig.
G. N. Henderson, John Stratton, George Amos Banham, 1963
