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 WEST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. 49 Soawnse, Soonse, sense; tinder- standing. ' ' He haan't the aconse to do it.'* Soawfy-buds, elder flowers. ''Rub the hive with 9oawsy buds.** Soaw-tree, Seow-tree, Skew-tree, an elder tree. Soethen, a piece of fish cut out for bait F. W. P. Shethen, B.V. SeloWy Solum, v. to scratch* ''Ah, you old sdum-cat" F. W. P., J., Scoad, Scud, v. to scatter manure over fields. Sooanse. See Coanse. Scool, School, a shoal of fishes. Scotoh-dew {pron. Scott's-doo), a mist. Scouring -guard (pron, geard), decom^sed granite used for whitening floors. Soovy, adj. spotted; mottled. " Streaked, smeared, for example, a badl^ painted flat suriace would, if the paint were uneven and smeared, be called acovy" F. W. X . u ., sOl» S. 8007, adj. thin silk or stuff; V. to make a thing thin or smalL "For my fangings (wages) would look Bcoy." — Unde Jcui Trenoodle, Soramblings, scraps of broken meat Seranny, a scramble. Scrawl, Scroal, v. to broil fish over a fire. They are split open, slightly dried, and seasoned with . pepper and salt. Screech, a short, sudden blaze. '* Come to the fire; FU put on a fuz' (furze) and make a acreech.^* Screed, a little piece. " Gi' me a acreed o* malt." Screodle, v. to cower over the fire. Screw, a shrew mouse. Send, V. to descend partly by sli(ting, partly by climbing. Sorif-soraf, Scrof, Scrvf, odds and ends, rubbish. Scriff, Scruf, v. to shrink to- gether; to crouch. ' * Pm acrufed with the cold." Scriffed up m a comer. Scrimp, Scrimpy, scant. "She gov* me acrimpy meayer '* (mea- sure). Scrink, Scrinkle, v. to screw up. " He acrinkl up his eyes," Scroach, v. to scorch. Scroaching, paH. scorching. Scrolls, pieces of hard isX left after melting down lard. Scrome up, v. to arrange roughly. " I acromed up my hair." Scrow {pron. like how), v. to scratch; to graze. "The cat will acraw you." " I acrowed all the skin off my arm." Scruff, the skin. " Take the dog out by the acruff of the neck." Scruff, to fight; to wrestle. " We pitched to acruff.'' <* Then we acruffed" Scrump, 27. to shrink or draw together with cold. Scry, the report of the approach of a ^reat body of fish; formerly apphed to wild fowl. Scud, the hardened crust on a sore. Scud, Skid, TTpscud, Vpskid, v. to spill; to run over. " If you throw the petcher on the floor won*t the water acud,^ "She broke the petcher and upacud the water." Scumbered, spoken of a bird discharging excrement. Si Just, T, C. Scute, an iron with which the toe and heel of a shoe are protected