Back Furness Dialect Dictionary handling & poking

paatan - reaching out the hand

haad or hod - hold [haad, hodden, helt] hanelt - handled gi - to give [gi, gev or gæ, geen] tak - to take  [tak, tæak, takken or tæ'en] putten - p.p. of put; placed ratch - to stretch; draw out pîke - to pick; to gather [pîkt - picked] reeach - to reach poo - to pull; to pluck; to gather tæav - to pull something about; to unravel nip (up) - to pick up hastily claak - to claw; scratch; scrape with fingers [claat - scratched] scræap - to scrape scrat - to scratch græap - to grope

poat, pôt - to poke with a stick or the hand prod - to thrust with a stick etc prûk - to prick thrûst - to thrust [thrûst, thrast, throssen] shuv - to push, a push "He gæ ma a shuv." tip - to tap, as to tip a ball kittle - to tickle; easily affected by the touch jowl - to shake up a liquid wemmel - to turn a dish or hollow vessel upside down

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