eighthest

Yola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈtɛst/

Verb

eighthest

1. second-person singular present indicative of eight
   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

     Thou ne'er eighthest buskès, white palskès, breede-kaake;

     Thou never eatedst spiced bread, white palskes, bride-cake.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 100