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 WEST CORNWALL GLOSSART. 45 -smart. All prinked up so pHdy " fall dressed). — Uncle Jan TrenoocUe. Prill, a small stone, as *' a prill of till." Masons speaking of a stone which does not at once make mortar, but afterwards bursts out, call it *' a hot prill" Prill, V. to mix. Prill, V. to turn sour (as beer). Prill, V. to get drunL Prilled, p.p. drunk. Prink, V, to walk jauntily. Prinkty p, p. dressed finely. ^^You'ie prifdet up for the nones. Prong, a silver fork ; also a hay- fork. Proper, adj, handsome; well- formed. * ' He's a proper man." Proud-flesh, fungus flesh around wounds (exuberant granula- tions). Pm-it-Pm-it, a word used in calling cows. Psalnuuranting-person, a hypo- crite ; a person who continually goes to church to the neglect of other duties. Pad, the fist. Pullan, a pool of salt water among the rocks. PnllOTonaok, a small fish found in pools left by the sea (bully- cods) ; the shanny ; small-fish. Pnl-rose, the wheel-pit. Bottrell. The pit in which the wheel of a water-mill reyolyee. Pnlt, the pulse. T. Q* Couch. Puniok, a small person; a dwarf." B. V. *' Punick, a tonall eater.** W. F. P. Pnnion, Pnnyon-end, the end of a house, not haying any windows or doors ; the gable-end. Pure, Power, adj good-looking; adv. yery many. ** He's a pure-- looking boy." "Pttre and stout." Pnrgy, a short, thick, stout per- son. '* She's a regular little purgy," Pnrgy, a fat little boy. Purl, a guard or watch. One need be always upon one's tmW," t. e. one's watch. Polwheie. Pnrvan, shreds of doth. W. F. P. See Porvan. Purvans, *' shreds of cotton used in wick-making for a 'chilL'" B. V. The purvane were rush wicks, the plaited rag wicks were called "boobas." H.RC. Pnssiyanting, part, fussing; meddling. In Ihe latter part of the seyenteenth century the Poursuivants came into the cotmty to search out aU those entitled to bear am^ : hence the term. Put-going, adj. murdered. Put-home, v. to shut "Put home the door." To see a per- son safely home. ** Shall I put you homef ftnab, V. sickly, infirm peison. Garland. ftuaff {pron. quaif), v. to puff up. ftuaffed, p. p. used as adj. satis- fied; fulL "I'm quaiffed." Sometimes called quatted. (luail, V. to wither ; ^. ^. as adj. quailled. "These flowers soon quail." "Your flowers are quailled." ftuail-a-way, a stye on the eye. ftnalk, a heayy fall. ftnarry. Quarrel, a square or diamond-shaped piece of glass; sometimes applied to a sheet of paper. 4luarterer, ttuaterman, a lodgei» ftuarters (pron. quaarters), lodg- ings.
 * A pure lot of people."