| dialect |
| 1. n. (linguistics) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community or social group, often differing from other varieties of the same language in minor ways as regards vocabul | |
| 2. n. (pejorative) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong. | |
| 3. n. A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is conside | |
| 4. n. (computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language. | |
| Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC. | |
| 5. n. (ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population. | |
| Southern |
| 1. adj. (not in US) from or pertaining to the southern part of any region | |
| 2. adj. (chiefly US) from or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, or to the inhabitants or culture of that region. | |
| 3. adj. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south. | |
| 4. adj. Of or pertaining to a southern region, especially Southern Europe or the southern United States. | |
| The southern climate. | |
| 5. adj. Of a wind: blowing from the south; southerly. | |
| 6. n. synonym of southerner | |
| Us |
| 1. n. plural of U | |
| 2. pron. (personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we. | |
| 3. pron. (colloquial) Me. | |
| Give us a look at your paper. | |
| Give us your wallet! | |
| 4. pron. (Northern England) Our. | |
| We'll have to throw us food out. | |
| 5. det. The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person. | |
| It's not good enough for us teachers. | |
| 6. n. plural of u | |
| except |
| 1. v. To exclude; to specify as being an exception. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against). | |
| to except to a witness or his testimony | |
| 3. prep. With the exception of; but. | |
| There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans. | |
| 4. conj. With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated. | |
| You look a bit like my sister, except she has longer hair. I never made fun of her except teasingly. | |
| 5. conj. (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist. | |
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| scrapple |
| 1. n. A tool for scraping. | |
| 2. v. To scrape or grub around. | |
| 3. n. (US, Appalachia Blue Ridge) A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered gelatinous broth from cooking jells the mi | |
