- Page 9: THE AKCIEKT LANGUAGE,AND THEDIALECT
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- Page 47 and 48: THE PEEFACE TO THE CORNISH DICTIONA
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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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159the churchwarden ; and when the
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—161The moment " out " was said,
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you"" Ah ! fagot 1 163Eval, Hewal,
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;165Tlien both parties adjourned to
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167Filth. "A filth," i.e., a dirty
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"169Flote ore. Seaweed. CareiD.Flou
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Frape. To bind tightly. "Lor ! how
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173is not correct therefore to call
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175old word Harow ! an exclamation,
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"177Giving. Thawing, bedewing. When
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179Gone poor. Decayed, tainted, tur
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Gozzan.Grab.181An old, rusty, scrat
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Groyne. A seal. m.a.c.Grunge, or Gr
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)185Hale. To haul, drag, or pull. "
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187Heavy.Close grained, as heavy br
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A189Hogget. A two year old ewe. Hog
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was191Horse adder. The horse fly, t
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;193quidam (Anglice the Eiier, Grse
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195Jack. Almost if not quite disuse
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"197Jowds, or Jowders. Pieces, bits
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199Kendle teening. Candle lighting
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201Kiddle, Kiddly, or Kiddlin. To b
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203Knacked. Stopped working, said o
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205Lantern fish. The soUa kevis or
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207Lester-cock. A floating contriva
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209raisins in them, cups and saucer
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;211north-east and south-west—sla
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"Maggots. Whims. " Such maggots !Lo
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)215Marchant May's little summer.Ma
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217Men-an-tol. A holed stone. (See
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219Mimsey, or Minny. A minnow (fish
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Mood.A mucous, or jelh'-like mcatte
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)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