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 40 T^EST CORNWALL GLOSS ART: a motion within. If, however, no attention be excited, and especially if any artide be dis- covered negligently exposed or carelessly guarded, ttien the things are carried away, and on the following morning are seen displayed in some conspicuous place, to expose the disgraceful want of vigilance supposed to characterise the owner. ^ The time when this is practised is called * Nicky^nan^nightj* and the individuals concerned are supposed to represent some imps of darkness^ tnat seize on, and expose imguarded moments." Couch (Polperro), p. 151, Boyal Institution of Cornwall, 1842. Hiffy a slight quarrel ; a tifil Hiffed, p. p. vexed. " She's gone away niffedj* Hight-nobby, a commode; a night-stool. Simpingale^ a whitlow. Hog^^9 a gill, the fourth part of a pint. Voggm-wally a wall built of rough stone. Voggle-bead, Soggr7> " a ^lock- h^id." Gkixland. IToise, a scolding. " I said there would be a bitter (great) noUe when Missus know*a you'd brok un" (broken it), Hool, V, to thump ; to beat. Voollng, a beating. Noozled the nepple, v, to nuzzle or nestle, as a child to its mother's bosom. " Thof (though) Tve bin ever sense I noozUd the nepple,*^ — Unde Jan TrenoocUe, So qnarterings, no halfings, no pick-a-daniels, a term used by boys when they find anything. Hones, Sonce, Nines, on pur- pose; for the occasion. ^'He gove me a scat (slap) on the chaks for the nonce J* ** Dressed tip for the wmes,'* '^Nauns: that is on purpose." (Camborne), T. C. Notino, Hotsino^ no; emphatic denial ; not that I know, or not as I know. Howie, a pig's head. Hnddick, the neck. Hiddick, T. a, Couch. Hnll, a dry crust. Horly. " He's a nuriy fellow to deal with," t. c. sulky. T. C. Hnthall^ the hazeL Oak-web, a May-bee; the cock- chafer. Oft, V. ought. "He oft to do et.'' Ogos, c^tves along the shore. Polwhele. Oiler, a waterproof mackintosh. Old, must. "It tastes of old.^ ''The clothes smell of M.'^ (musty). Old hnnderd, Little hnnderd, an old-fEishioned person or child. ''What an dd, hunderd she es." Queiy, as solemn as the old 100th Psalm. Ollick, the house leek. Ool, wool. "As plum as *ooZ" (very soft). Oost, a disease of cattle caused by worms in the windpipe. Ope, a narrow covered passage between two houses; an opening. Oreweed, sea-weed. Organ, Orgal, penny royaL Orrel, a porch or balcony. " The ground-apartment of a fisher- man's house is often a fish cellar, and the first floor serves him for kitchen and parlour. The latter is reached by a flight Qf stone
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