80 THE DIALECT OF forward beneath an iinoeiled roof, used for lumber, and Bometimes serving for a chamber : it is generally reached by a ladder. Loioh (probably loach) , a small fish found in the becks, peculiar for its swift and direct motion. Hence the expression as * straight as a loich.* It is sdso called a Tommy Lotch, and Beardie. .See Beardie. Loin, sometimes considered a vulgarism for tanef but really the local pronunciation of loan, which means lane. Both lane and lain are generally used where road would be in some counties, which latter word is used as well, but is neyer pronounced rovd. See Koyd. An eccentric character^ G. B., well remembered by myself, once was met by J. N. near Coldhill Chum (commonly called Cnidhill Churn), and although unacquainted with J. N., he began laughing, and said,
- Wat does ta think P Yon Ben Walker o* lurfield, he sbnake me wi'
a stick. ^ Au said to mysen ** Au'U reeght thee, hid; " an' sooa Au coom'd into Kaye loin iro' Mirfield, and sitha' Au gate a stooan as big as that, an' lapp'd it up in a hankerchy, an' I went wi' it all the ^te to Mirfield ' (which must be four or fiye miles), ' and Au bang*d it reeght thro' his windy. Ha ! ha ! ' Loise (gl. loiz, or looiz), vb. to lose. G. H. and his sister Sal went to Huddersfield to sell a piece, which (or the money) they somdiow mana^;ed to lose, when G. exclaimed, * Eh I yo' may weel loiee t' piece, goin' i' a bonnet ! ' This article of head-gear must haye been looked on as a rarity not so long since, for when a Mend of mine some thirty years ago became incumbent of R, he noticed Simday after Sunday a certain style of bonnet, which on inquiry he found to be the same bonnet lent about among the females of tiie congregation, that evi- dently being considered the only proper head-dress in which to appear at church. Lellioker, sb. the tongue : not much known. Lolly, 8b, either the upper or lower lip. Lolting, pt, lying against Long dog, 8b» an expression sometimes heard for ' greyhound.' ' He runs like a long dog,^ Lop, sb, a flea : the word evidently derived from lope, to leap. ' T* bairn's as wick as a lop,* i. e. as lively as a flea. Lope, vb, to leap. Hop, stride, and lope, an expression used for what is elsewhere called *hop, step, and jump.' [A.S. hMpan, to run, leap, &c.— W. W. S.] Lopperd, adj, or pt a well-known word, and often applied to milk, blood, &c. Halliwell gives instances in which it is spelt lopird or hpyrd, and says it means coagulated. Here it is used when milk is gone sour and lumpy, and not exactly for curdled milk. Lopper milk occurs in Spenser. It is applied also to clotted blood. Trousers splashed are sometimes said to oe * lopperd wi' muck.'
