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airish, adj 
1 Chilly, windy, drafty.chiefly South, South Midland
2 Conceited, self-important, arrogant. formerly widespread, later chiefly South, Midland
‡3 also airy: Effeminate in manner.
tobacco, n 
A Forms.
1 |tə(r)ˈbækə(r)|; also aphet |ˈbækə(r), ˈbæko|; pronc-spp bacca, baccer, bacco, baccur, backer, baker, terbaccer, terbacker, terbakker, terbarker, tobaccer, tobacker, tobakker, torbarker, tuhbackuh.chiefly South, South Midland
2 |təˈbæki|; also aphet |ˈbæki|; pronc-spp baccy, backy, t’baccy, tobaccy, tobacky.
3 Pronc-sp tobac.
B Sense.
Std: a plant of the genus Nicotiana, esp the cultivated N. tabacum.
van, v
chiefly New EnglandTo swear, declare; to swear to (someone); also used as an exclam in phr by van.
wallow, n, v
A Forms.For addit exx, see B below
B As verb.
1 also with around: To roll, tumble (someone or something on a surface or in some soft or sticky substance); to push or stir (something) about; fig, to turn (something) over (in one’s mind).chiefly South, South Midland
2 also with around: To handle roughly or inappropriately.
3 To throw (someone) down in a fight or wrestling match; to beat severely, wallop; also fig. chiefly South, South Midland
4 with down: To flatten (grass, crops, snow, etc) by or as if by rolling or trampling; to push (something) over by leaning on it; hence ppl adjs wallowed (down) crushed by or as if by being rolled on. esp South, South Midland
5 as ppl adj wallowed up; Of a bed: rumpled.
6 with out: To make (a depression), make a depression in, by lying or rolling.
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a with out: To erode (a depression), enlarge (a hole) by repetitive action; esp, to cause a bearing or other machine part to become worn out of shape or fit; hence v phr wallow off to wear off; ppl adjs wallowed off (or out) worn out of shape or fit. chiefly South, South Midland
b with out; intr: To become hollowed or worn.
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a with out: To loosen (something) from the ground by working it back and forth.
b intr: To become loosened by rocking back and forth.