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 75 A GLOSSARY OF WORDS IK USE IN EAST COKNWALL Abroad, Abrawd, open. " The door is all ahrawd" Adder. The Rev. J. L. Stackhouse, Curate of St. Mellion, says, that in hifl neighbourhood this name which generally means the viper, Fdtus Benuy is applied to the newt, LiMotriton punctata, Afeard, afraid. Agate, " all agate,^* descriptive of earnest attention. Agen, against; untiL Agg, V. to incite ; set on ; provoke. A.S. eggian. ^11, used frequently as an augmentative, as " all abroad." Alley, the A ilia shad, Alosa vulgaris. From its bony nature some- times locally called chuck-ohildem. Allsanders, the herb, Smymium olvsairum. Ampassy, the &c. (et cetera) at the end of the alphabet. An ATI. This interjection, used within remembrance, is now nearly extinct. It seemed to imply a wish to have the question repeated, and to mean, ** what did you say P " Anend, on end ; straight. " Tail anend" Angelmaine, the Monk fish, Squatina angelus (Mevagissey). Aogle-twitch, Angle-touch, the earth-worm. Tagwormes which the Cornish English terme angle-touches. — Carew. Your bayte shall be a grete angytl-twytch or a menow. — Treatise of Fysshynge by Juliana Bemers. Anist, Anest, near to ; nigh. " I wan't go anist en." Anker, a keg or small cask of handy size for carrying by hand, or slung on horse-back. Used by smugglers. Apple-drane, the wasp. Apsentree, the aspen, Pqpvlus iremula.