unkard(ness
dial varr. unkedness.
Cf. unkward in Skinner (1671) s.v., and dial. unkert.
| 1727 Bailey (vol. II), Unkardness, Solitariness, Loathsomeness. 1787 Grose Prov. Gloss., Unkard, awkward. 1788 W. H. Marshall Yorksh. II. Gloss. s.v., A servant is unkard on his first going to a fresh servitude. 1855–91 in Whitby and Gloucester glossaries. |