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 14 WEST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. Condoal, adj. ill-tempeTed. ''A comtoa^ oixld fellow." "AcomicaZ temper.*' Composantfl, the meteor Castor and Pollux. Couch. The phos- phorescent balls that are some- times seen on the masts of vessels before a storm. Condidled, p. p. as adj. mislaid ; stolen ; conveyed away by trick- ery. Condudles, plays; performances. '' As I never had seed sich con- dudles afore.'' Unde Jan Trenoodle. Cflngee, a bow; a parting. con-gees). Ck>lLgee, V. to bow ; take leave. con-geed). Conger - douoe, sweet eonger. Couch. Conger - dousts, Pol- whele. Conkerbell, Conkabell, an icicle. Cock-a-bell, H. K a Consait, a fancy. ^' I took a eon- Bait to go out." Sometimes used as a verb : "I coneaited to do it." Come-by-ohanoe (pron, coom-be- chaence), something that comes into your possession by accident. Come-upping (pron, coom-upp- ing), a flogging. "1*11 gi* *ee a sound come-upping,* ' Cooche - handed, left - handed. Stratton district. Coor, the time a miner works; eight hours. There are two day and one night coor, **Out of coory" out ot the regular course. A gang of miners is also called a coor, ** I belong to the night coor,** Coose, course. " Iss, j>* eoose,** yes, of course. Coosa, adj, coarse. '' Fine coose cotton," very coarse. Coot, a thrashing. '' I've bin and gove he a putiy coo* to-day." Tregellas. Cop, a tuft of feathers on a fowl's head. Coppies, tufted fowls. Copper-finch, chaffinch. Cor^rL " Til kiss the Bible to it, if there was a eor-cri (Corpus Chiisti?) between every leaf." St. Just T. Cornish. Cornish, v, to use one drinking- glass for several people. "To comieh together." J. W. Comish-hnff, a peculiar grip used by Cornish wrestlers. Corrat, adj, pert ; spirited. '' As corrat as Crocker's mare." Correesy, Corrizee, an old grudge ; a sort of family feud handed down from fiEither to son. Oor- rosy, Polwhele. Corre, a large crab-box kept afloat. Capt. Henry Bichards, Prussia Cove. Corwich, the crab. Co8*send, p, p, as adj, hammered into shape and new steeled. **rm like f ayuier*s ould piggal (a large hoe used for cutting turf) new co8*aened," H. E. C. Costan, a straw and bramble basket. Costeening, a mining term; ex- amining tiie back of a lode (vein of metal) by digging pits. Country, the ground. "The country fell on him and killed him." A house is said to be built against the country when the side of a hill forms Ihe back of it. Conrant, a running romp ; a row. courant, rough, noisy play. Cousin, a familiar epithet. All Cornish gentlemen are coueins. Cousin Jan, a Cornishman.
 * ' Make your congees'* {pron,
 * We congeed and parted" (pron,
 * Whafs all the courontP" Coufe