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Furness Dialect Dictionary
feitin’ & russlin’fighting and wrestling |
 Cumberland style wrestling |
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Furness Dialect Dictionary
feitin’ & russlin’
fighting and wrestling
Cumberland style wrestling
- feit - to fight, a fight (foût - fought)
- browl - to brawl
- at - to attack "He at him."
- flooar - to knock down
- russel (vr) - to wrestle
- russler - wrestler
- chip (n) - a wrestling move. "How many chips knast ta?"
- fô - a fall, a wrestling bout. "Dog fô", an indecisive fall
- hîpe (vr) - to throw over the hip. (swinging hipe, standing hipe)
- fell - to throw down; to overthrow
- blaan out - disqualified in a contest