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Earthnut   -     pignut

earwig     -      phrase "to stare like a throttled earwig" 

ease up    -     to make room 

edge o'neight    -     nightfall (This is a literal translation of                                   the Welsh phrase min yr hwyr) 

edley-medley     -     confusedly

*eeam     -      near "They liven eeam by the chapel" 

eekle    -    an icicle 

eeverage     -      work done for a landlord for free. Boon-work 

eezin    -     the eaves of a house

egg     -     eager "He inna very egg on at it" meaning he                         doesn't like it very much (derived from the                             Icelandic eggja) Maybe this is where the phrase                     egging someone on comes from?

eighteen pence    -    conceit, vanity, show of importance. A                                  person is said to have a great deal of                                      eighteen pence about them. 

ess-lurdin   -    a person or animal that likes to get close to                            the fire. A mistress said of her servant "Hoo's                        a terrible ess-lurdin, auvays comin' croodlin'                          i'th' fire, stid o' gettin' on with her work". Ess                          is a Cheshire word for ashes.

ess-mexen     -    the mixen or heap upon which the ashes are                           thrown 

eye   -      a hole, such as is frequently seen in bread or badly                made cheese 

eye-hole     -     a depression in a potato

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