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 64 WEST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. Widdle, Whiddle, a whim ; non- sensical idea. '* Nothing more than an old woman's whidcUe" "Pshaw! goividdle,'' Widdy, widdji way, a boys' game. pretty play ; Once, twice, three times, and all run away." Widow-man, a widower. ''He was left a widow, *^ Towednack and Sennen Cove. T. C. Wifl^ a small pelerine. Wildfire, erysipelas. Wilvor, a baker or pot nnder which bread is baked. Couch. Wimmick, v, to cheat; to beggar. Wince-along, v. to swagger; to walk with a swing. Windan - sheet, a winnowing- sheet. Windmow, a rick of com put up in a field where it has been cut. Wingerly, adj. thin; miserable. " A poor, white wingerly fellow,*' Wingery, adj. oozing ; shiny, as tainted meat. *^ThQ mait is wingery.''^ Windspor - broach, a crooked stick thrust into each end of a thatch to secure the windspur rope. EL R G. Windspnr-rope, a rope fastened over a hay-stack to prevent its being blown about by the wind. Winky-eye, a game. An egg is put on the ground some distance off, the number of paces being preyiously decided on. Each player in turn is blindfolded, and with a stick tries to hit and break it. Winze, a small shaft with a windlass. WiBht, adj. sick ; ill ; white ; melancholy. ** You're looking pure (very) and tvisht.'^ * ' Funny, but vnsht" " Ifs wishty but it's quiet" J.W. Wonderi. See Owenders. Worms {pron, warms), poor old people. ** Poor auld worms," spoken of an old man and his wife, botii near ninety and dis- abled. Morvah, T. 0. Wranny, a wren. F. C. Wriggle out the ashes, phr. clear the bars of the grate. Sometimes Biddle out. Wrinkles,' periwinkles. Wrozle, V. to walk unsteadily; to stagger. Wnstn't, V. wilt not. "Thou unuinH do et." Yaffer, a heifer. Yaffle. See Jaffle. Yap, V, to yelp. Yowl, V, to howl. Zacky. See Cousin Jacky. Zang, Sang, a small sheaf of com such as leasers (gleaners) make. Couch. Zeer, adj, " worn-out : generally used in regard to clothing, but applied also metaphoricafiy to persons. * 8he*s very zeer,'^* btackhouse. Zew, V. " to work alongside of a lode before breaking it down." Garland, Znkky, r;. " to smart. ' I wish I had un %ere, Pd make un zukky.' " Camborne, Cornish Telegraph. Zwele, V. to singe. "A twded cat," a singed cat
 * Widdy, mddf/t way, is a very