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 TVEST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. 61 Troach, v. to hawk smuggled goods; now sometimefl applied to hawking vegetables, &c. Troachf v. to trample. "The pigs are troaching on the flower- beds." J. W. Treacher, a hawker of smuggled goods. Treil, a short row on the sea, when paid for called a *'pennord o' say.^' Troil is old Cornish for feast. Trell-foet, a crooked foot; a dub-foot Xrell-feoted, adj. club-footed. Trene, the depression between furrows. Treel, v. to turn round like a wheel. To roll a ball is to irool it. Trey town, a maze ; a labyrinth of streets. **I lost my way; twas a regular Troy ton>n" Trey town, a litter. " She had quite a Troy town round her." A hard- working man is said " to work like a Trojan." TmfE^ a trout. "As fat as a truffr Trug {g hard), used for trudge. Towednack, T. C. Tnmk, a mining tooL Tnmking, one of the processes of tin-dressing. Tub, a red gurnard. Tnbbal, a miner^s tooL Tubban, Tab, a tur£ "She thrawed a tubban at me." '* He was cutting tubbans," Tuck, V, to chuck under the chin. Tucker, a fuller. Tacking mill, a fulling meal Tucking, a term used in seine pilchard fishing. Tuck-net, a net used in tucking. Tolky, Tulgy, a slovenly woman. TummaLi, a heap; a quantity. " Tuminah of letters." Timtree, Tnntry, the pole by which oxen draw a wain. Tnrf-tye, Tye. See Bed-tye. Turmnts, turnips. Turpentine-soap, yellow soap. Tuti a footstool ; a stupid person. Tut- work, job-work in mining. TwinglCyV. to wriggle; to writhe. Ugly, adj. cross. "She's fine (very) and ugly to-day." "I never knawed sich an u^Zy-tem- pered wretch." Unbeknown, not known. " 'Twas quite unbthwum to me." Uncle, a term of respect applied to old men. enough," &c. Old Nursery Rhyme, Unflrooze, t;., p. p., thawed. Unkid, adj. solitary, dull. Unlnsty, adj, unwieldy. Couch. Unopen, v. to open. Unream, v. to take the cream off milk. Unreamed, p, p. "Have you unreamed the milk P " Unrip, V. to rip. Unripped, p. p, " My dress is unripped in the seams." Upplng - stock. See Hepping- Btock. Uprise, Upraise, v. to church women. Uprose, p. p. " She was vprnse last Sunday." Upscud, Upskid. See Send. Urge, V, to retch.
 * As black as a ttUky."
 * Uncle Jan Duff, had money