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 50 WEST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. (see Cue) ; the iron point <kf a wooden plough. Scute, a small piece of leather put on the sole of 4 shoe; the outside piece sawed off a balk of tiniber. Scutter, V. to throw a flat stone so as to Ade on the top of the water; to make ducks and draket. Skitter, F. G. Sea-ftdder, a pipe-fish. Sfla-hedgehog, a kind of shell- fish. Sea-holm, sea holly (angelica). Seam, a measure ; a cartload of day. Sean, Seine, a pUchard net. A net not lees than 160 fieithomfl in length. Seaner, Seiner, a man employed on the pilchard fishery. Seedy imp. saw. (slate), Hal an anyull (angel), haf a OAV—Tregellas. Seed-lip, a wooden basket to cany seed when sowing. Servy-day, the day after a feast when all the scraps are served up. See St. Aubyn-day. Set again, v, to reopen a business. Set, a mining licence to work a piece of ground. The piece of ground is also called a set. As a good eet. Shab-ofE^ v. to sneak off in a shabby way. "He wanted to $hdb^off wimout paying." Shaddocks, a slate axe. Shag, a cormorant. ** As sick as a eJuxg," Skaker, 'Hwo good ones and a shaker." Shakes. ** No great shakes " (not, worth much). ''He's no great shakes of a character." Shale, a scale of a fish ; a flake. Shale, V, to come off in thin slices ; to peel ; shell peas. Shaly, o^;. rich and flaky. "This cake is very shaly. ** "As shall/ as a rusty iron hoop.*' Shale-stone, Shilstone, slate. Shallal, a serenade on tin kettles and pans, given to notorious persons on weir wedding-night. <<A great noise is said to be a reguuir shallal,*^ Shank, the spoke of a wheel. Shape (pron, shaape), a great mess; a dirty state. ''What a sJuipe you've got here.' * * * "What a shapes you are." J. W. ** To make a shape is to make a dirty mess." Sharps, the shafts of a carriage. Skear, a good shear of hay. Shed your hair out of yonr eje§, phr, put your hair, &a Skee-YO, a disturbance; a row. "There was such a grand shee-vo." Shenagnun, Shenacknun, a drink made with hot beer, rum, sugar, and lemon. Shig, V. to cheat. Slugged ont, cheated out of every thing. " They shigged me of all my marbles." Shigged, cheated in a mean manner. ^* I was shigged out of that money.'' T. 0. Shiner, a sweetheart Shiyereens, small pieces or shreds. Shoad, loose stones of tin mixed with earth. Sheading - heaps, heaps from pits sunk in search of veins of metal Shocky, a small fish (goby). F.O.
 * I seed his pioter on the slat
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