Salopia antiqua: or, An enquiry from personal survey into the 'druidical,' military, and other early remains in Shropshire and the north Welsh borders; with observations upon the names of places, and a glossary of words used in the county of Salop (Google eBook) written by the Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne printed at the University Press, Cambridge. London: John W. Parker, West Strand. 1841.
WHIPPET, s. a dog bred betwixt a greyhound and a spaniel.
NAGG, v. to bite at, snap. Ex. "Jim's whippet nagged at my heels."
Monday, December 20, 2010
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