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5 SHEFFIELD GLOSSARY.

COLLOAGE, v. to colleague, to conspire. COLLOP MONDAY, sb. the Monday before Lent.

COLLY CLOSES, fields in Ecclesfield. Harrison.

The word is found as a surname in Sheffield. ' Upper Colley field ' in Cold-Aston.

COLLYWOGGLE, v. to set to rights.

'I'd like to get a basin of hot water and a bit of soap and then I'd

COM, sb. a comb. COM, v. to comb.

COMBER-WOOD, near Killamarsh. O. M. O. Icel. kambr, a ridge.

COME BY, v. to obtain.

' He's come by that land in not a very straightforrard way.'

COME THY WAYS or COME THY WAY, come along. ' Cum the way, Ruth, an bring a bottle we the.' Bywater, 151.

COMFORTER, sb. a scarf worn round the neck.

COMICAL, adj. difficult, perplexing.

' Wa, this is a comical job, ooever.' CONERY.

'A close of arable called the Conery. 1 Harrison.

CONEY GARTH.

Harrison mentions Coney Garth and Coney Greaves in Cowley Manor, Ecclesfield.

CON NY, adj. handsome, pretty.
 * A conny little thing. '

CONQUER OVER, v. to exult or crow over. CONSTER, v. to construe. Hunter's MS.

COOMBES [cums, or cooms], sb. pi. the sprouts of barley when malting.

These sprouts were used for preserving bacon. The bacon was put into a large bin, and the coombes were spread on each layer of bacon or ham. It was so kept for winter use, and it was said to give a pleasant taste to the bacon and ham. ' Ctimmynge as malte, germinates. Cath. Angl. See Harrison's Description of England, ed. Furnivall, i. 156.

COOP, a call for cows. Perhaps ' come up.' COOTER, sb. a coulter, or ploughshare.