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 WEST CORNWALL QLOSSART. fhmg prettier than the apple Blubber, Blobber, the sea nettla Sometiixies called tiing hlubhen, Blue-jkoUy a species or, more probably, a variety of salmon, remarkable for the steel-blue colour of its head and for ascend- ing our riyers («. g. the Camel) alwut Candlemas-day ; hence when appearing in numbers they are called uie ** Candlemas SchooL" It is observed by fish- ermen that the great majority are males or kippers. Couch. Board 'em, an old-fashioned round same of cards. It can be played by any number of players from two to eight, either for fish or low stakes ; but there must not be less than six fish in the pool. Six cards are dealt to each per- son, and the thirteenth if two are playing, the nineteenth if three, and so on, is turned up for trumps. The forehand plays, and the next ^if he has one) follows suit; ii not, he may Elay another suit or trump. The ighest card of the original suit, if not trumped, takes the trick and one or more fish, according to the number staked. If you have neither card in your hand that you think will maJLe a trick, you may decline to play, in which case jou only lose your stake ; but if you play and fail to -make a trick, you must pay for the whole company, and are said to be ''boardeid." Bob, the largest beam of a mine steam-pumping engine. Bobble. '* An ugly bobble in the sea " = a ground sweU. Bock, V, to shy. "The horse bocJeed at the hedge." Boften, p, p. as adj. bought. Boften bread, baker's bread, not home-made. Bf{fien dough is sometimes used to express the same idea. ** As plum (soft) as bo/ten dough " — ^applied to a very foolish person. Boiling, a number, crowd, or family. "The whole bailing of 'em were thera" Boist, corpulence. Bouitis, stoat. J. W. Ix)stwithieL BuathiouB, M. SL C. Bolk, (zdj firm. Probably from balk, squared timber. Boldering, adj, louring; inclin- able to thunder. ** *Tis boldering weather." Polwhele. " 'Tis bold-^ ering hot." J. W. Bolt, a stone-built drain. Boo, a louse. Boobns, a wick for a small lamp. Booba, Boobun, Newlyn. Boostering, part, labouring so as to perspire. Boots and shoes, the flowers of the monkshood. Boryer, a borer; a bar of iron used to make holes in granite ; a mining tooL Boshy-man, a fop ; a conceited fellow. Botany-bay, the hydrangea. Botham, a tumour arising from the blow of a stick on any part of the body. Polwhele. Bothem, the feverfew. Bottom-pie, slices of potatoes and Sork baked on a thick layer of ough. W. Noye. Bottoms, a narrow, uncultivated valley. Bougie, Bowgie, a sheep's house; a shed. Bonldaoioni, Bonld, acff. bold. Boulter, a moored line, with hooks attached, for catching pol- locks.