ALMONDBURY AND HUDDERSFIELD. 61 Eaaki ctdj. dry ; parched, &c. A fona of harsh. See Ask. [Danish, harskj rancid.— W. W. 8.] Easter, or Hastener (pronounced haister)^ sb, a meat screen. Eat, past tense of to hit Eand, hold. See Eod. Eanfrookdon (pronounced hqfe ah, a half -rocked one, half-witted. HalliweU spells this word haufrockUm, Eanf-thiok, adj, when applied to bacon means half-fed, or half fat, but if to a man» half-witted. Eanpenny (pronounced hqpejmy)^ halfpenny. Eaust. See Eost Save OAt vb, to make fun of ; to chaff. * They are nobbut hawng Mm an' =^ ^ They are only making fun of him.' Sometimes they say
- having him on for the mu^,* in the same sense — the latter part
of which expression is not qmte clear as to its meaning. Eaverbre&d, or Eavercake, oat-cake, or oat-bread ; cakes made of oatmeal, yerv thin, the size of a large pancake. They are still much in use, and mrmerly little else was to be met with, at least among the rustics. [Icel. ha/r, oats ; Middle English, haver. The word occurs in Fiera tJie FUnrnnan, B. yi. 284 : ' A few cruddes and creem, and an haver cake,* From the Dutch form haver comes Jiaverzakj and the French and English haversack,— W. W. 8.] The 33rd Begiment of Foot rejoices in the title, ' Havercake Lads,* from the circumstance of its having been originally raised, it is said, in this district. Becruiting parties of this regiment used formerly to carry a piece of oat-cake on a cane as a standard. See Pre&bce, ' Oat-cake.' Saw, a word used to horses when they are to go to the driver's side. Oee, when to go off. Eawbnok, or Eawby (pronounced the same), sb, an ungainly person ; a sawney ; a country lout. Eay, or Eey (gl, hai), an old word for a boundary, or fence. Found in names of homesteads, &c. : Famley Hei/f Thorpe Heya (Holm- firth), &0. Head, pronounced Jtedd^ and sometimes yed : the latter form evi- dently arising from the attempt to say hi&d rapidly. The Anglo- Saxon hSa/od became subsequently heeved, or Jieved, and the v being elided, the local pronimciation is nearly correct. Head-tie (pronounced h^eddtee, or yedtee eb, a collar to tie horses' heads.
