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 26 WEST CORNWALL OLOSSART. (captain) is a man who superin- tends the preparing the ore after it has been brought to graas, QnnkYmg clouds, clouds blowing from the quarter of the wind branching oyer the sky in a contrary direction, foretelling a storm. Grebe, a bandfuL Oreen sauce, common sorrel; Oxalis. Oreen side, land kept in pasture. fitable after aU.'' Orend, a kink or twist in a chain. Mousehole fishermen, through W. P. P. Orey, "a badger." Polwhele. proverb. Orey bird, the song thrush. Chiddle, a gridiron, v, to grill. Oriddling, part, sitting on a low stool before the fire warming onesel£ Grie£ "To make ^ne/," to make mischief. Orig^^an, a grasshopper. Ori^Bs, Origlings, heath. "Heathy moorlands are griglan moors." H. B. 0. Heath- brooms, $T^2an-besoms. Orizzle, v. to grin ; laugh ; show the teeth. *< What's the g^eat bufflehead grizding at P ' * • * He grizzled at me; he was as vexed as fire." Orobman, "a sea bream about two-thirds grown," Polwhele, HaUiwelL Orock^ V. to pull ; to tweak. " Orock is to tweak the hair up- wards over the ears or above the nud'eck " (the nape of the neck), H. Bk 0. Orosi, adj. stout; big. "A gross man." Orowan, loose granite. Orowder, soft granite used for scourinff. Decomposed granite often called *' scouring g^krd." Qroyne, a seal. Omd^lings, Orooshaiis, dregs; sediment left in the bottom of a tea-cup. Oruffler, a chUd. Orate, Oreet, coffee grounds; finely piilverised solL "The greet board of a plough is the TOxt which turns the furrow." T. Q. Couch. Ouff, stuff; refuse. Ouinea pig, the small white cowrie. Ouldize, GhMlandize, the harvest- home feast. Oulge, V, to drink greedily. OuUy-mouth, a small pitcher. "He* 8 a regular gully-mouih" (one that takes in everything). Ounuifl, a crevice in a mine or lode. Camborne, through T. C. Onrgoe, Gurgey (both ^s hard), a low hedge; a rough fence for waste land. Ourgoes, long narrow lanes, W, P.P. Oxirrie, a hand-barrow for carry- ing fish ; or a wieker-basket with four long handles, carried like a sedan-chair. Owaith, the breast hook of a boat. Oweans, scallops ; periwinkles. Sometimes called Queens. Owenders, a disagreeable tingling in the extremities produced by cold. Also called Wonders. " i have the gwenders in my fingers." " I have the toonders for the first time this winter.'' Hack, Hacky, r. to dig lightly^
 * ' The green side is the most pro-
 * ' Qrey as a badger " is a Cornish