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 194 Huscen. Scolded. T.w.s. lies. Flukes. Distoma Hepatica, The cause of the rot in sheep. Also the name given to a plant, Rosa solis, by eating which it was supposed the disease was caused. Tonkin, The ;plant is not injurious until it becomes infested with the ova of the " fluke.'' lUek, The gurnard fish. Carew. See EUeck. Ill-wished. Bewitched. Inchin. Encroaching inch by inch. Boys cried out at play, ^^No inchin, no inchin." Ingrossers. Persons who bought wheat at eighteen gallons the bushel, and delivered the same at sixteen gallons the bushel. Carew. Ire. Iron. Ishan. The dust, (douse) or husks from winnowed corn. F.w.P. It is a Celtic Cornish word and spelt isioUj or usioUy meaning, chafi", or husks of corn. ISS. Yes. " Iss a es," i.e., Yes he is. Issterday. Yesterday. I-facks ! Yes faith 1 In the north of England I-fakins ! Iss fath ! Iss fay ! or Iss fey ! Yes sure l Fay and Fey are Celtic Cornish words meaning, faith. ' * Whether sayest thou this in earnest or in play ! Nay, quod Arcite, in earnest by my/a^/." Chaucer, (Piu'm fay! or (Ee-'m)  Bmm fey, by my faith, is also Celtic Cornish).
 * ' By my/a?/." The London Prodigal.