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 HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. 19 Coathy [koa'dUi], adj. rotten; applied to diseased sheep. — ^Warner; F. M. See Oothe. Cob [kob], sh. a lump of clay, such as those with which walls, houses, &c. are built. So we hear of co6- walls, and a co6-hou8e. Cob-nut, ah. a large species of hazel-nut. — See Hartshome's Salopia Antiqua, — F. M. In the Isle of Wight a cob-nut is a large nut. — •Akerman's Wilte 01. Coeker [kok'ur], sb. a light horse, occasionally used in the plough. — N. and Q. Ist Ser. z. 400. Cock-eyed [kok-eid], adj squinting. See Forby. — F. M. Cockle [kok'l], sb. the bur of the burdock (Arctium lappa). — Wise. Cook-sqaoilin [kok-skwoi'lin], sb. the barbarous custom of throwing at cocks ; formerly a custom at Shrove-tide. This unmanly pastime is, I fear, not entirely abolished in some parts of England [a.d« 1842]. I have seen the poor unfledged nestlings of small birds stuck upon a gate-^st and thrown at by countrymen. Sqimlin is also used for throwmg. *Ak. See Squoil. Cock-steddling [kok-sted-lin], sb. a boyish game ; Portsmouth Tele- graph, Sept. 27, 1813.— F. M. Codgel [kodj'el], sb. the fat on the under-jaw of the hog. — N. H. Codger [koHj-ur], sb. a name given when familiarly addressing an acquaintance. — N. H. CoUey [kol-i], sb. a kettle. — ^Wise. Colt-pixey [koalt-piksi], sb. a spirit or fairy, in the shape of a horse, which wickers (neighs), and misleads horses into bogs, &c. — Grose ; Warner ; F. M. * As i>agged as a colt-pixey * is a common proverb. — Wise, New Forest, p. 174. There is scarcely a village or hamlet in the Forest district which has not its * Pixey Field ' and * Pioney Moor' ; or its *Picksmoor,* and * Cold- Piccey,* and * Puck-piece.' At Prior's Acre wo find * Puck's Hill,' and not mr from it lies the great wood of Puck-pits ' ; whilst a lar^e barrow on Beaulieu Common is known as the Pixey' 8 Cave. — Wise, New For est ^ p. 175. See also Brand's Pop. Antiq. ed. Ellis, ii. 513. Combe [koom], sb. a valley. — Cooper. Come [kum], adv. used to indicate the completion of a period. Ex. Come-back [kum-bak*], sb. a guinea-fowl. Its peculiar cry is sup- posed to resemble the pronunciation of these worda — F. M. Con [kon], sb. a smart tap on the head administered generally with the knuckles (whence the derivation : KopdvXoVf a knuckle). — ^Adams' Wykehamica, p. 420. Conk Fkonk], v. to cronk. Conking is especially used of the hoarse croak of the raven ; but the word, like the bird, is rare. — ^Wise. Contraption [kontrap-shun], sb. (1) Construction. — N. and Q. 1st Ser. X. 120. (2) Contention. — Ibid. c 2
 * 'Twill be a year come next Michaelmas.* — N. H.