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Furness Dialect Dictionary

In’t yam

In the home

  • fornit~ur - furniture
  • cortan - a curtain
  • stang - pole; rail
  • pict~ur - picture
  • happin - wraps; coverings
  • shilf - a shelf
  • bink - a narrow shelf
  • pot ræl - a plate rack
  • seeat - a seat
  • sconse - seat in recess. "Sconse thisel"   ["Take a seat"]
  • coppy steeal - a low stool
  • kist - a chest, as breead k-, linen k-
  • ark - large wooden chest for meal, oat bread etc
  • cannel - candle
  • cannel bark - candle box
  • leet - light
  • sæavo - save all; a child's money box
  • bed-stocks - a bed stead
  • crûdle - a cradle
  • pilliver - pillow case

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