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 211 north-east and south-west — slanting the east and west lode — the north-east and south-west lode is a caunter, and that's all that can be said about'n I reckon/' says Uncle Henney ; ^^ and I say so too," says old Tom ; larned men going about now a day don't know a caunter lode from a cross-coose, or a true tinker from Old Joe H — y's tinker." From the " CornishmanJ* Lode-plot. A lode that underlies very fast ; or hori- zontal, and may be rather called a, flat lode. Pryce, Lofty-tin. Eich, massive, rough tin ore, and not so weak or imperceptible in the stone, or in powder on the shovel. Fryce, Logan rock. A logging rock. A rock so nicely balanced as to rock easily. Hence the name of the celebrated Logan rock. In Celtic Cornish, logan, shaking. Loggers, or Lugs. The ears. M.A.c. Long-cripple. A lizard. M.A.C. "In Devonshire, a snake." J.w. The slow worm or deaf adder of authors. Borlase, Long-nose. The sea pike, the garfish. Long oyster. The sea crayfish. Folwhele. Long-stone. A tall (granite) stone, either monu- mental, directing, or boundary. Many such, of great antiquity, are still standing. In Celtic Cornish maen heir, battle stone, or maen Mr, long stone. Heir, battle ; Mr, long.
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