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174Gaert, or Gurt. Great. "Agaert maur o' fuzz," i.e.,a great root or stump of furze.Gait, or Gate. Manner, habit, or way. w.t.A.p.Gate, Chaucer. " What a gate you have of doing it! "IVadehridge.Gake, Gaake, or Geke. To stare about. " Whatbe'ee gaakin about 1 "Gale. An ox. U.J.T. A childless man. Garland.An impotent bull. c.Galliganter. A hulking, big woman. ''She is aregular galliganter." This word, (galliganter) is fromGalligantus, the name of " the giant who lived withHocus-Pocus, the conjuror—Jack the Giant-killerblew the magic horn, and both the giant and conjurorwere overthrown."Nursery Tale of Jack the Giant-hiller.Gallivanter.An incurable flirt.Gallivanting. "Running about with the girls."Flirting.Gallus-rOW. "A gallow's row." (A word perhapsfrom the hanging scenes at Newgate prison). Agreat fuss, or outcry.There is a singular resemblancebetween these words and the Celtic Cornish wordgalar, sorrow, grief, lamentation; galarow in theplural number. Also the verb galaroiv, to weep for,to bewail, to lament. Galarow reminds one of the
175old word Harow ! an exclamation, (see Chaucer), orarowe, as in the old line," Your maryners shall synge arowe^Squyre of loice degree,Gambers."!By gambers " (An exclamation).Gambrel. A spreader for the feet of an animalrecently killed. (The hock. C.)GammutS. Frolic, fun, play. "You're up to yourgammuts again."Gange, or Ginge.To gauge a hook is to arm it andthe snood with a fine brass or copper wire, twistedround to prevent its being bitten off by the fish.Garbage. The skimmings of salt, filth and congulatedoil from pilchards, which are prepared to be put intoGashly. Ghastly, horrible, ugly, disagreeable. "Agashly wound." "A gashly looking thing." "Agashly temper."" You gashly bufilehead."Gathom. A mine spirit, or phantom. M.A.G.Gaully grounds. Ground full of springs of water.Carew.Gaupuses. Fools, idiots. "The gaupuses have sookedit all in," i.e.. The fools have believed it all.3Irs.Parr's Adam & Eve.Gaver. Crayfish. Polwhele.
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Q)ijouA. aO?.
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THE AKCIEKT LANGUAGE,AND THEDIALECT
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CONTENTS.1. Frontispiece—Portrait
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AThen again, words, if one may use
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memento of the Cornish dialect as s
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—among whom are such writers as C
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"A few years before this, Mr. Lhuyd
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people who seldom confer with the b
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8were then alive who couhl hold a c
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IDT linfl soarrelv said or tlionirl
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— —!* Old Doll Pentrealh, one h
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14by the Cornish, as vulgar history
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ON THE REMAINS OF THE ANCIENTCOENIS
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19materials which have been inacces
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21" This is evidenced by the colloq
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23Cornish differ from modern, and t
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25The third chapter of Genesis iu C
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27Coniisli language is a work of gr
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THE PEEFACE TO THE CORNISH DICTIONA
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31259 stanzas of 8 lines each in he
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33He has also added a Sketch of Cor
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Carew, Avriting about the same time
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37of Brittany : and " that it is al
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39ge neitlio.6.—Mi rig gwelas an
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419.—Ha Dew a leveryp, bydhens an
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432S.—Ha Dew a wriig aga benyg^,
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46island-like position of Cornwall,
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48ungrammatical, was in use centuri
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:—50than with fondness. Whether a
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52"Tales" by Tregellas, Forfar, Dan
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54man is intensified towards the ea
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——:56The following speech said
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"be'ee "1^ for, How are you 1 this
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60The Alphabet as Spoken in Ordinar
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Singular.1.—I haad a ben.2.—The
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64Imperfect Tense.Singular.1.—Ef
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the;;66all the waater we had to dri
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How68Cum weth ma, soas ! Naow do'ee
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"70I might prAps," an Betty lafFed;
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WOEDS IN THE COENISH DIALECTCompare
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J75Afraid.AFERED."Was in a bush, th
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" I tuck'd up, with arowes in ther
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Drove.Dwale.DEOV or DEOFF."And dro
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81Had. HADE, (pronounced haacl)Haul
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83Mad." Beseching him to lene a cer
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Number.85NOMBER." Of my diseses the
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87"Of man ne woman forth right plai
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" Should do the t'odir's bidding."(
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'" Fawnus oppon a dey, when Beryn c
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93" That to my foe that gave my her
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COBNISH.
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COBNISH.
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CORNISH.99
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101ON THE GLOSSARY OF CORNISHPROVIN
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103These resemblances between words
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GLOSSARYOFCORNISH PROVINCIALWORDS.A
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!:107Anatomy. A skeleton. See 'Nato
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109Arrish-mOW. A round pile of corn
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IllBack-1 ouster. An itinerant fish
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113Barm or Burm. Yeast. It is hurm
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115Belly-tember.Grood and solid foo
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Black tin. Tin ore fit for the smel
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119Boo, or Booey. A louse. " oil !
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121Braave. First rate, very well, c
Page 141 and 142: 123Buck. A kind of minute fungus ?
Page 143 and 144: 125Bunker headed. "Bunker headed fo
Page 145 and 146: 127Cabobble. To mystify, to deceive
Page 147 and 148: 129Catch up. To lighten np, as of a
Page 149 and 150: 131Cheese et. Stop it, i.e., Dont g
Page 151 and 152: 133Church-town. (Pronounced ch'town
Page 153 and 154: 135Clays, or Clayers. Boys marbles
Page 155 and 156: ;137CloameiS. Boys' clay marbles. S
Page 157 and 158: 139Co. This curious -word has oppos
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Page 161 and 162: 143Cornish diamonds. Crystals of qu
Page 163 and 164: Cow.145A windlass with a cowl shape
Page 165 and 166: U7Cribbage face.A thin wrinkled fac
Page 167 and 168: 149Crummet. A very little bit. A cr
Page 169 and 170: "151Daps or DopS. Likeness, or imag
Page 171 and 172: 153Doat figs. Broad-figs. u.j.t.Dob
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Page 175 and 176: 157Droll-teller. An itinerant story
Page 177 and 178: 159the churchwarden ; and when the
Page 179 and 180: —161The moment " out " was said,
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Page 183 and 184: ;165Tlien both parties adjourned to
Page 185 and 186: 167Filth. "A filth," i.e., a dirty
Page 187 and 188: "169Flote ore. Seaweed. CareiD.Flou
Page 189 and 190: Frape. To bind tightly. "Lor ! how
Page 191: 173is not correct therefore to call
Page 195 and 196: "177Giving. Thawing, bedewing. When
Page 197 and 198: 179Gone poor. Decayed, tainted, tur
Page 199 and 200: Gozzan.Grab.181An old, rusty, scrat
Page 201 and 202: Groyne. A seal. m.a.c.Grunge, or Gr
Page 203 and 204: )185Hale. To haul, drag, or pull. "
Page 205 and 206: 187Heavy.Close grained, as heavy br
Page 207 and 208: A189Hogget. A two year old ewe. Hog
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Page 211 and 212: ;193quidam (Anglice the Eiier, Grse
Page 213 and 214: 195Jack. Almost if not quite disuse
Page 215 and 216: "197Jowds, or Jowders. Pieces, bits
Page 217 and 218: 199Kendle teening. Candle lighting
Page 219 and 220: 201Kiddle, Kiddly, or Kiddlin. To b
Page 221 and 222: 203Knacked. Stopped working, said o
Page 223 and 224: 205Lantern fish. The soUa kevis or
Page 225 and 226: 207Lester-cock. A floating contriva
Page 227 and 228: 209raisins in them, cups and saucer
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Page 233 and 234: )215Marchant May's little summer.Ma
Page 235 and 236: 217Men-an-tol. A holed stone. (See
Page 237 and 238: 219Mimsey, or Minny. A minnow (fish
Page 239 and 240: Mood.A mucous, or jelh'-like mcatte
Page 241 and 242: )Mutting. Moody. Silent and sulky.
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"225" But canst thou j^lay at racke
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227Nub. A knob. "A nub of sugar."Nu
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2 I'DOvergone.Overlooked."Done up,"
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231Pedalincan. The great cuttle fis
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233pilchardes, now not known but in
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235person who is present in the min
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237Planchin, or Planchen. A plank o
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239Podar. Mundic, pyrites. In Celti
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241Porbeagle. A small kind of shark
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243Prinked up, or Prinkt up. Dresse
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245Pye. Blocks of tin when formerly
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247Quoits. A game played with round
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249Raw-milk. The milk as it comes f
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—251and stupid. A dull stupid way
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253Rumbustious.Noisy, cantankerous.
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255Sang, or Zang. A small sheaf suc
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257Scoad, or Scud. To spill, to she
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259Scrowl. "When a lode is interrup
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twoSeine boats.einplo3^eil, viz :26
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263Shodes, or Shoads. Scattered or
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265Skeeny. A sharp and gusty wind.
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267Slam. To slap. (To trump, "I'll
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269Slummock.A dirty, slatternly wom
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Adieu(Heard271So-long ! Good bye !W
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Spalling. Breaking large stones of
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275Sprawl. A disease of young cluck
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Squeeze. An old frump. A cross old
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""in !air of a room. " AVhat a stew
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Stopes. Mining term for a stull, wi
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283Strike, Streeck, or Strik." To l
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Sugary candy.285When the boots or s
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261Tag- The tail end of a rump of b
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Tarve. v.To fuss about in a rage.Ta
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Thrashel.291See Drashel.Thraw to un
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Tifling. Fraying out. " tifling it
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;295Tokened to.Betrothed.ToUur. A m
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Touser. A large coarse apron for ki
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Trig. To put on the drag to a wheel
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301Tucking. Working in a fulling-mi
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303the hounds (the boys) were "at f
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305Vestry. The smiling of infants i
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307tailors to use for this purpose.
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309Weet. To pull the hair. W.f.p.We
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311Whit-neck. A white-throated weas
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Poor313Winnick. To over-reach, to d
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315Yewl. A dung-fork. See Eval. CaU
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ADDENDA.Alive. When a mineral lode
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319Cross-course. (Pro. cross-coose.
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"321Gunnies. " Means breadtli or wi
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323St. Tibb's Eve.Neither before no
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CURIOUS SPELLING OF THE NAMESOF DRU
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"EXPLANATION OF THE EEFERENCES, INT
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329The comparisons with the Celtic
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331" Gwra perthi dp taz ha de mam :
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333or old inscription on the suppos
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335In May 1882, my friend Dr. W. T.
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337But I believe yon have a doubt o
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—339Dear Sie,The follo\ying is Mr
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341in Drew's History of Cornwall, (
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!343rials for a glossary of Cornish
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—345DANIEL, Henry John.— " The
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"347Edwin Lukey's Trip to Town, Ano
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"349NO YE, William.—Contributed t
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351into the association of the Dial
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