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Furness Dialect Dictionary

Watter

water
  • beck - stream
  • dub - a pool, a deep hole in a stream
  • fos - a waterfall
  • carrs - swampy, boggy land
  • flass - shallow water; wet meadows, where water stands after rain
  • tarn - a small lake
  • mer - a lake; sheet of water
  • watter - a lake in place names
  • holm - an island in a lake or river

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