Source : Wright, Joseph English Dialect Dictionary

ASK, sb.1 Sc. Irel. n.Cy. to Chs. and n.Lin. Also
written esk N.Cy.1 Cum. w.Yks. ne.Lan.1; aisk n.Yks.2
e.Yks. m.Yks.1 [esk, ask.] A newt; a lizard. See Asker.
Sc. He brought home horse-leeches, asks, young rats, Smiles
Sc. Natur. (1879) i; It seems to be a general idea among the vulgar,
that what we call the ask is the asp of Scripture... This has probably
contributed to the received opinion of the newt being venomous
(Jam.). Gall. The yallow-wymed ask, Harper Bards (1889) 206.
Crl. (P.J.M.) N.Cy.1 Ask, Esk, a water-newt, believed by many
erroneously to be venomous. Nhb. The pert little eskis they curlit
their tails, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VII. 142:
Dry asks and tyeds she churish'd, Robson Sngs. of Tyne (1849) 148;
Nhb.1 The newt is usually called a watter ask, as distinguished from
a dry ask. Dur.1 Cum. (J.Ar.); Cum.1 Wm. There's an ask in
the pond (B.K.); Wm.1 More frequently called a watter-ask.
n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.3 ne.Yks.1 In common use. e.Yks. Marshall Rur.
Econ. (1788). m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882)
231; Willan List Wds. (1811) n.Lan. A fand ə watər-ask i' dhat
dub. ne.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 n.Lin.1 I was once tanged wi' an ask
among the brackens e' Brumby Wood.
[Tassot, a newt or ask, COTGR.; Magrásio, an eft, an
nute, an aske, Florio (1611). OE. āðexe, lizard; cp. G.
eidechse.]

ASK, sb.2 Sh.I. Also written aisk (Jam. Suppl.).
Drizzle, fog.
Sh.I. A haze or unclear state of the atmosphere generally
preceding bad weather; we speak of there being ‘an ask up da
sky’ when it has clouded over and looks unsettled (K.I.). Sh.&Ork.1
Sh.I. & Or.I. Small particles of dust, or snow (Jam. Suppl.).

ASK, sb.3 Sc. (Jam.) The stake to which a cow is
bound by a rope or chain, in the cow-house.
Cai. [Not known to our correspondents.]
[Prob. a spec. use of ON. askr, an ash, also applied to
many things made of ash; see Vigfusson.]

ASK, sb.4 Sh.I. and Or.I. Also written aisk. A wooden
vessel or dish.
Sh.I. Used for carrying butter, milk, eggs, &c. It has a lid and two
small projecting bits of wood below the rim to serve for handles
(K.I.). Sh.I. & Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.)
[ON. askr, a small vessel made of ash-wood.]

ASK, v.1 Var. dial. uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in the
forms ax, ex, see Ax. [as, aks, āks.]
1. To publish the banns of marriage; to be asked at, in, or
to church, to have one's banns published.
Abd., Lth. Also called ‘cry’ (Jam.). Nhb.1, Dur.1 Cum.1 To be
ax't at church is also called ‘Hung in t'bell reapp,’ ‘Cry't i' the
kirk.’ Wm.1 Axt [older form Ext] at church. n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2
Ask'd at church. m.Yks.1, w.Yks.1 w.Yks.5 Thuh wur ast at
church last Sunday. Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Han they bin as't i' church
yet? (Ax is less common.) Stf.2 Owd Dick Taylor's lad and
Martha Jones wun axed i' church. n.Lin.1, sw.Lin.1, Lei.1 Nhp.1
Being axt to church. War.2, s.Wor. (F.W.M.W.) Brks.1 Thaay
was asted at church last Zunday. e.An.1 I.W.2 Bob Gubbins
and Poll Trot was axed in Atherton Church last Zunday. Wil.
We'll be ax'd in church a Zunday week, Slow Rhymes (1889)
Zammy an Zusan. w.Som.1 Her's gwain to be a-ax next Zunday.
nw.Dev.1 Cor.2 T'es most time for'ee to have me axed, MS. add.
Colloq. They were asked in church the Sunday following, Marryat
Frank Mildmay (1829) xxii.
2. Hence, to be asked out, asked up, out-asked, to have the
banns published for the last time.
Dur.1 Cum. I reckon some one that's here is nigh ax't oot by auld
Nick in the kirk of the nether world, Caine Shad. Crime (1885)
33. Wm.1 Wiah, thoo'l be ext oot a Sunday. n.Yks.1, ne.Yks.1
Ax'd oot. e.Yks.1 Tom and Bess was ax'd up at chetch o' Sunday.
w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 Ax'd out. Chs.1 They were axed out last Sunday. Not.1
Out-asked. n.Lin.1 Theäre's many a lass hes been axed-up... 'at
niver's gotten a husband. sw.Lin.1 To be asked up, or asked out.
Lei.1, Nhp.1, War. (J.R.W.) Shr.1 To be axed up. e.An.1 Axt-out,
or Out-axt. Sus., Hmp., Ken. On the third time of publication,
the couple is said to be out-asked, Holloway. w.Som.1 Dhai wuz
aakst aewt laa·s Zún·dee [they were axed out last Sunday]. Cor.
I be axed out! keep company! Get thee to doors, thee noodle,
J. Trenoodle Spec. Dial. (1846) 41; Cor.1 Cor.2
3. Phr. (1) to ask at, ask of (on), to ask; (2) to ask out,
to cry off, be excused; (3) ask up, to speak out.
(1) Sc. I asked at him, Monthly Mag. (1798) II. 435; Ask at the
footman, Mackie Scotic. (1881) 14; Very common idiom (G.W.).
Stf.1 s.Hmp. He'd do anything you asted o' him, Verney L. Lisle
(1870) xvii. (2) w.Yks. Willn't yə come? ─ No, I'll ax aht (J.R.);
(3) Stf.1
[1. The phr. ‘to ask the banns’ is found in ME.: Aske
the banns thre halydawes. Then lete hem come and wytnes
brynge To stonde by at here weddynge, Myrc Inst. (1450)
203. 3. Heo aschede at Corineus how heo so hardi were,
R. Glouc. (1297) 16.]

ASK, v.2 Sh.I. and Or.I. Also written aisk (Jam.);
esk. To rain slightly, drizzle.
Or.I. (S.A.S.) Sh.I. & Or.I. (Jam. Suppl.)

ASK, sb. Cai.1 A chain for binding cattle in the stall.
Cf. ask, sb.3

ASK, adj. Yks. Lan. Not. Also in form arsk s.Lan.1
Not. 1. Sour, disagreeable, acid, unpleasant to the taste.
Also used fig. See Hask, adj.1
w.Yks. Applied to persons: severe (J.S.). Lan. If wine had
gone sour or begun to decompose it would be said to be ask (S.W.).
2. Dry, parched; burning.
e.Lan. If my throat was very dry, I should say ‘My throat is very
ask’ (S.W.). s.Lan.1 Not. Applied to the skin in fever (H.E.B.).

ASK, v. Abd. With out: of children: to ask permission
to leave the school for a few minutes. (A.W.)

ASK, see Hask, adj.1