What does dialectal mean?
Dialectal means Of or relating to a dialect..
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/ˌdaɪəˈlɛktəl/ · adjective
Of or relating to a dialect..
Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.
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Dialectal means Of or relating to a dialect..
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Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.
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