ALMOXDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 55 moTes far away from his place, called his ' etooil ' (stool), one of the hidden boys may rash out and take it, provided he can get there first. Should he fiedl in this, he also has to stand aside ; but if any one suc- ceeds, then all run out as before, and the same boy has to say the < nominy ' again. On the other hand, if he finds all the boys without losing his ' stooil,* the boy first caught has to take his place and say the * nominy,* and the game goes on as above. It was thus played at Almondbury in 1810, and is so still both here and at Lepton. Oip (gl gip), vb. to retch. * Ma heart gipe reeght agen it' ' Au gip every taum Au smell it.' Oim, vb, to grin. Oineiii or Gissom, sb, the windpipe, &c Oizzen^ vb. to choke. If a person were swallowing food, and could ^t it neither up nor down, and consequently be checked in his breathmg, he would be said to be gizzening, Olad, adj, smooth ; easy. A screw turns too glad when the hole is too large. [Dutch glad means smooth, slippery : connected with the Eng. ^f&de.— W. W. S.] Oladmelflhed, adj. said of a cow which loses her milk even as she lies down. The word therefore appears about equivalent to ' easily milked.' Olassener (pronounced gl4Kszener a glazier. Oled, or Glead, sb. a hawk, or kite. Gledkolij t. e, Cfleadeholif is the name of an estate near Huddersfield, and means Hawkwood. [AS. glida.^W. W. S.] Olee, vb. to squint, or look aside. Olenk, or^Olink, sb. a glimpse. Ol0iit, or Olint, has the same meaning as glerik; and both glenk and glent with their variations are verbs also. Oloppen'd, adj. surprised ; disgusted ; frightened. If something were set before one too dirty to be eaten, he might say, 'Au'm floppen'd on it, * or * wi' it * ; or one may be glopperi'd with a person who 18 m any way a nuisance. This word was communicated by one who had been a resident in Kaye Lane, and on its being referred to younger persons, they have denied all knowledge of it. I have, how- ever, found it in Thoresby's Api)endix addressed to Bay. It also occurs in the Cursor Mundi (Morris's edition), in the part describing the flight into Egypt (written about 1320), 1. 1,1610 : ' The suanis than bigan to ori . . . Quen Jesus sagh tham glopnxd be, He lighted of his moder kne,' &c., where the word means ' frightened.' The word gUpe for a surprise, or something startling, oooors in
- Magnus Herodes ' {Towneley Mysteries) :
