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210Lobba, Loaber, Lubba. An awkward fellow, alubber.u.J.T.Locking bone. The hip joint. See Pin andWhirlbone.Locus. Sweet stuff, sugar stick. See Clidgy.Lodden or Plodden. A pool. m.a.c.Lodes. Mineral veins. Most lodes, says Prj'ce, (MinemlogiaCornubiensis) are named from the mineralscontained in them. He divides lodes into twelvedifferent kinds as under.1.—Gossan lode.2.—Peach lode.3.—Scovan lode.4.—Caple lode.7.— Crystal lode.8.—Killas lode,9.—Mundick lode.10.—Black-jack lode.5.—Pryan lode.11.—Flookan lode.6.— Quartz lode. 12.— Grouan lode.To notice each separately would exceed the limits ofthis book. The following is characteristic." What's a caunter lode, Uncle Henney ? " " Whythee'rt old enuff and ugly enuff, Old Tom, to knawwhat a caunter lode es as well as I do." "Well,so I thoft I ded too/' says Old Tom, "till Iheer'd our boy Jacky readin in the Mining Journalthat a caunter lode ded run north and south." "Thena couldn't be a caunter," says Uncle Henney, " buta cross-coose running right athurt, for a caunter isslanting, or caunting a east and west lode, and thatis the meaning of a caunter lode, for suppose there isa east and west lode, and another lode running
;211north-east and south-west—slanting the east and westlode—the north-east and south-west lode is a caunter,and that's all that can be said about'n I reckon," saysUncle Henney ;" and I say so too," says old Tom"and I say," says Jan Tenby, "that lots of theylarned men going about now a day don't know acaunter lode from a cross-coose, or a true tinker fromOld Joe H— y's tinker." From the " Cornishman."Lode-plot. A lode that underlies very fast ; or horizontal,and may be rather called a. flat lode.Pryce.Lofty-tin. Eich, massive, rough tin ore, and not soweak or imperceptible in the stone, or in powder onthe shovel.Fryce.Logan rock. A logging rock. A rock so nicelybalanced as to rock easily. Hence the name of thecelebrated Logan rock. In Celtic Cornish, logan,shaking.Loggers, or Lugs. The ears. M.A.c.Long-cripple. A lizard. M.A.C. "In Devonshire,a snake." J.w. The slow worm or deaf adder ofauthors.Borlase.Long-nose. The sea pike, the garfish.Long oyster. The sea crayfish. Fohvhek.Long-stone. A tall (granite) stone, either monumental,directing, or boundary. Many such, ofgreat antiquity, are still standing. In Celtic Cornishmaen heir, battle stone, or maen Mr, long stone.Heir,battle: Mr, long.
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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
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123Buck. A kind of minute fungus ?
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125Bunker headed. "Bunker headed fo
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127Cabobble. To mystify, to deceive
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129Catch up. To lighten np, as of a
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131Cheese et. Stop it, i.e., Dont g
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133Church-town. (Pronounced ch'town
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135Clays, or Clayers. Boys marbles
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;137CloameiS. Boys' clay marbles. S
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139Co. This curious -word has oppos
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141and if well purified, stamped th
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143Cornish diamonds. Crystals of qu
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Cow.145A windlass with a cowl shape
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U7Cribbage face.A thin wrinkled fac
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149Crummet. A very little bit. A cr
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"151Daps or DopS. Likeness, or imag
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153Doat figs. Broad-figs. u.j.t.Dob
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Drabbit155Down SOUCe. A sudden fall
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157Droll-teller. An itinerant story
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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
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Page 193 and 194: 175old word Harow ! an exclamation,
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 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
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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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Page 245 and 246: 227Nub. A knob. "A nub of sugar."Nu
Page 247 and 248: 2 I'DOvergone.Overlooked."Done up,"
Page 249 and 250: 231Pedalincan. The great cuttle fis
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Page 255 and 256: 237Planchin, or Planchen. A plank o
Page 257 and 258: 239Podar. Mundic, pyrites. In Celti
Page 259 and 260: 241Porbeagle. A small kind of shark
Page 261 and 262: 243Prinked up, or Prinkt up. Dresse
Page 263 and 264: 245Pye. Blocks of tin when formerly
Page 265 and 266: 247Quoits. A game played with round
Page 267 and 268: 249Raw-milk. The milk as it comes f
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Page 271 and 272: 253Rumbustious.Noisy, cantankerous.
Page 273 and 274: 255Sang, or Zang. A small sheaf suc
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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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